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A Heppner Gazette Times, April 15, 1943 Heppner Gazette Times THE HEPPNER GAZETTE Established March 30, 1883 THE HEPPNER TIMES Established November 18, 1897 CONSOLIDATED FEBRUARY 15, 1912 Published Every Thursday by CRAWFORD PUBLISHING COMPANY and entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as second-class matter. O. G. CRAWFORD. Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year $2.50 Two Years 4.50 Three Year? 6.00 Six Months 1.25 Thro? Months b5 Sinte Copies 05 MAYBE THERE IS A WAR ON, OR SOMETHING! In times past, one of the joys of cen tral Oregonians or those accustomed to passing through that region periodi cally, was the excellent cuisine offered by restaurants and hotels of the sev eral towns. Service was of a high or der and fine quality of food was recog nized by patrons from near and far. It helped earn for central Oregonians a reputation for genuine hospitality and was a haven for the tourist. Today the food is excellent if and when you can get it. That isn't to con vey the impression that eating houses are not operating. It means that one may be disappointed if counting upon eating a Sunday dinner, for instance, at his, favorite restaurant, for said res taurant may be closed on Sunday not by choice of the management but due to necessity due to shortage of help and the purpose of catching up on food quotas. Perhaps, one has drifted back to hap pier days as the car wends its way up the winding trail of highway 97, flank ed on either side by lush green of the Sherman county wheat fields for many miles and finally, reaching the rolling top country of Wasco county where the first full view of the matchless Cas cade skyline meets the eye Yes, it is little wonder one forgets the rest of the world and what is going on in it until Madras is reached. There you be gin to emerge from a world of dreams into a realm of reality. With a big start already made toward construc tion of a huge airbase, forces are being collected for carrying the work to com pletion and soon upwards of 1800 work ers will be on the job to complete the base at the earliest possible date. Red mond, always a busy little city, is more so these days, and at Bend all efforts are being directed toward completion of a new contonment, Camp Abbott. All this by way of saying that there is unusual activity in the central Ore gon region and things, are far from normal. There are more people to feed and clothe and while caterers and store keepers are doing an excellent job they can cope with the situation only as war conditions warrant or permit. It is a rude awakening to the casual tourist or visitor and at the same time it is a quick and thorough lesson in the changes wrought by the war. There is a war going on, all right, and it takes but one little trip to find it out dier problem, the matter of providing some sort of personal entertainment for the boys, who find themselves pro jected into our midst while awaiting transfer orders elsewhere. One advan tage in the situation here is that the CCC camp will not house any large number of the men and that our en tertainment efforts would be some should be made to give the boys an what limited. However, an effort opportunity to break away from the man company which is theirs all the time except for the few hours of leave granted. Those few hours should bring to them contacts with home life to which only the women can provide the proper touch. It is quite certain that groups of sol diers will be temporarily housed here regularly. There is little opportunity for house invitations and the simplest form of entertainment perhaps would be a hall operated on the USO plan. This has been urged upon the commu nity before and is being presented again with the hope that something concrete will result. There is assurance from those engaged in USO work that the soldiers do and will appreciate the , entertainment provided under such an arrangement, that they enoy the con tacts made here and that the percent age of "gutter romances" will drop perceptibly. In a manner, the soldiers occupying the camp here are on their own. Idle ness breeds mischief and if the civilian population sees fit to let the situation remain as is we may expect no small amount of trouble as the months roll by. Entertainment for Soldiers Needed Organized entertainment for sol diers during their stay in Hepp ner was urged upon his listeners by L, L. Dawley, director of the USO at Pendleton, in a talk at the par ish house Thursday evening. If the soldier's conduct is not what the civilian thinks it should be the civ ilian should do some thing about it, he contended. Making the soldier feel at home is the most impor tant thing. Many of the boys are separated from home life and en vironment for the first time in their lives. Of necessity, their com pany for more that 90 percent of the time is their fellow soldiers man company. Dawley pled with the young women and matrons of the town to exercise their personal charm in the proper manner to help preserve the high moral stan dards so essential to the future welfare of our nation. Mrs. W. P. Remington delivered a stirring address to the young people, her annual Lenten lesson, stressing the necessity for exercis ing courage and maintaining faith during these trying times. She also presided at the piano in leading community singing. Several members of the YPF made short talks and the group pledged their best efforts in trying to formulate some type of organiz ed enitertainmjent for soldiers. The meeting opened with a pot luck dinner. Coming from Pendleton besides Mrs. Remington and Mr. Dawley were Miss Catherine Peterson and two soldiers Pfc Karl E. Hoefle and Sgt. Luther Eskijian. CHANGE MEETING DATE At Tuesday's meeting, the Will ing Workers of the Church of Christ voted to change their meeting date to Wednesday "afternoon of each week. Several members wished to participate in Red Cross work and the change in date will make it possible for them to meet with both groups. LOST Small gold wrist watch Hampden make. Mrs. R. C. Lawrence. 3c -O- ARE YOU CONTENT "If you are content with your pre sent situation and with the present re sults in industry, in agriculture, and in our civilian life," said Secretary of War Stimson, "then I suggest that you go to one of our great Army camps I suggest that you read the detailed dispatches from Tunisia and the South and see our boys in uniform working, west Pacific about the fighting efforts of our soldiers, I suggest that you com pare your comforts in life with theirs, and then ask yourself Are you con tent? Few persons in civilian life can say they have yet made any all-out war ef fort. Too many are still more interest ed in planning personal and "social gains," first, says the Industrial News Review. Blaine E. Isom All Kinds of INSURANCE Phone 723 Heppner, Ore. Professional Directory naaiBMMnMMMMMMMHM O. M. YEAGER CONTRACTOR & BUILDER All kinds of carpenter work Country work especially Phone 1483 -O- NEAV AUTO POLICY Bod. Inj. Pr. Dam. Class A 6.30 5.U Class B 7.00 5.44 Class C 9.80 6.80 F. W. TURNER & CO. -O- TALK ALONE NOT SUFFICIENT Heppner is again faced with the sol- NOT A BAD IDEA, MAYBE There are many ideas about the pro per way to rid the world of one Schic kelgruber but the one expressed over the radio Wednesday is not only good it has possibilities of actual results. It seems the famed castle of Berch tesgarden, perched atop an 1800-foot hill, has a secret elevator used only by der fuehrer and his most intimate inti mates. The story goes that on the init ial, trip up the elevaor der fuehrer had the unpleasant experience of spending four hours about midway of the lift while mechanics repaired the machin ery. Art Linklater, narrator of the sto ry, suggests that the same thing hap pen again, only this time the proper thing to do would be to forget to repair the machinery. CLEANING Wednesday-Thursday-Friday SERVICE HEPPNER CLEANERS Phelps Funeral Home Licensed Funeral Directors Phone 1332 Heppner, Ore. Heppner City Council Meets First Monday Each Month Citizens having matters for dis cussion, please bring before the Council J. O. TURNER, Mayor REMEMBER- These Two Things This is Oyster Season and The Elkorn Restaurant Is the Place to get Oysters Served to your taste Other Sea Foods In Season Follow the Crowd ELKHORN RESTAURANT Ed Chinn, Prop. J. O. Peterson Latest Jewelry and Gift Goods Watches - Clocks - Diamonds Expert Watch and Jewelry Repairing Heppner, Oregon A. D. McMurdo, M.D. Trained Nurse Assistant PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Office In Mnsnnic Building HEPPNER. ORE. Dr. W. H. Rockwell Naturopathic Physician & Surgeon Gilman Bldg. Office hours: 1 p. m. to 7:30 p. m. Exam free Ph. 522 Heppner, Or. J. O. Turner ATTORNEY AT LAW Phone 17? Hotel Heppner Building Heppner, Oregon Morrow County Abstract & Title Co. INC. ABSTRACTS OF TITLE TITLE INSUBANCE Office In New Peters Building Dr. L. D. Tibbies OSTEOPATHIC Physioian & Surgeon FIRST NATIONAL BANK BLDG. Rec. Phone 1162 Office Phone 492 HEPPNER, OREGON Directors of Funerals M. L. CASE G. E. NTKANDER 862 Phones 262 COMPLETE GAME COUNT fire hazard reduction work on Shaw Forest Guards Max Buschke and creek. Bert Bleakman completed their game census work and have since TRANSFERRED TO HEPPNER painted the forest buildings In Ellis B. Carlson of the forest ser- town. They now are engaged in vice has been transferred from tim ber sales in the vicinity of La Grande to fire prevention work on the Heppner district. He and Mrs. Carlson have rented an apartment in the Bertha Johnson residence on Chase street. Jos. J. Nys ATTORNEY AT LAW Peters Building, Willow Street Heppner, Oregon P. W. Mahoney ATTORNEY AT LAW GENERAL INSTJBANCE Heppner Hotel Building Willow St. Entrance
