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8 Heppner Gazette Times, April 15, 1943 Our Men in Service Mustangs Slate Spring Sports By JIM BARRATT With the help of favorable wea ther the students of Heppner high school are looking forward to a busy calendar of spring spors. The track team is now rounding into shape and will enter the "Car nival of Speed", large track meet for eastern Oregon and Washington, to be held at Milton-Freewater Mc Laughlin high school this Friday. Coach Swenson's hopes will be on an 800-yard relay team, composed of Wade Bothwell, Bill Ulrich, Jim Barratt and R. D. Alstott. Bothwell and Barratt will also take part in the 100- and 220-yard sprints. The tennis squad will be picked from the tennis ladder probably next week. Matches have been scheduled with Pendleton Echo and Hermiston, on the home and home basis. The initial match will be with Pendleton here, April 28. Although not a major sport, soft ball is very popular this season. Only one game has been scheduled so far and that with lone. A CORRECTION A error in the quoted price of paint in the advertisement of the Rosewall Motor company appearing on another page of this issue of the Gazette Times reads $2.65 per gal lon. This price should read $3.15 per gallon. MILLS BUY TIMBER Approximately 12,000,000 feet of timber were sold to Kinzua Pine Mills and the Heppner Lumber company the past winter, announces Rager Fred Wehmeyer of the Hepp ner forest office. Junior Forester Parker has had a busy winter marking timber and scaling logs, much of the work having to be done in the deep snow. VISIT DAYVILLE Rev. and Mrs. Sterl Spiesz drove to Day ville Wednesday fos a month ly fellowship meeting. the total absence of winter in that vicinity would lead one to believe that he is nearer the equator than he would be at home. He expressed his thanks for Christmas cards, al though they arrived late, sees a show occasionally, and would much rather ride some of his father's saddle horses than a boat. TWO LEXINGTON YOUTHS CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY John R. O'Hara and Eugene K. Jackson, both of Lexington, have bee called to active duty by the Enlisted Reserve Corps, it was an nounced this week by Dr. Carl F. Kossack, campus armed forces re presentative at the University of Oregon. Both are sophomores at the uni versity. O'Hara is majoring in ar chitecture and allied arts while Jackson has been studying law. Staff Sgt. Rufus E. Hill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbern P. Hill of Heppner, is now stationed at South Plains army flying school at Lub bock, Tex. Sgt. Hill has started his training in Uncle Sam's giant cargo and troop-carrying gliders at the "Home of the Winged Commandos." Upon completion of training in the big silent ships, the "Winged Commandos" will receive commis sions as second lieutenants or ap pointments as flight officers. William Scrivner, 20, of Hepp ner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee B. Scrivner,, was recently sworn in as a private in the United States Mar ine corps at the recruiting and in duction station, Spokane Wash. . Pvt. Scrivner is scheduled to un dergo seven weeks of intensive recruit training at the Marine Corps base, San Diego, Caif., prior to being assigned to a combat organization. JOINING AIR CORPS Larry Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Moore of Pendleton, is leaving at an early date to join the army air corps, according to word brought to Heppner by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Turner, who visited the Moores Sunday evening. Larry is an experienced flier. WEEK-END IN WALLA WALLA Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Turner dtrove to Walla Walla Saturday afternoon, spending that night and Sunday with their daughter and husband, Lt. and Mrs. Fred Alli son. Lt. Allison has been recently transferred from Portland to the Walla Walla air base. COMING ON VISIT Mrs. Edwin Dick has received word that her mother, Mrs. B. C. Forsythe of Ashland will arrive this evening for a short visit. Mrs. Forsythe is attending a state meet ing of Parent-Teacher officials in Portland. She visited her daughter here last October. Ten to 15 percent of Georgia's 1942 bumper crop of cotton was picked by volunteer city folks. COOKED FOOD SALE The ladies of the Methodist church announce a cooked food sale to be held Saturday morning at the Case Furniture company. FOR SALE Outside toilet. See N. D. Bailey. 3-4p WHEAT LAND WANTED WANTED TO LEASE Wheat land; will rent or buy farm equipment. Write C. W. Fox, Condon, Ore.4p A Delightful Variety! EASTER DRESSES Casual and Dressy Types! Fascinating Spring Colors! You'll be amazed by the scope of siyles in this budget priced group! Soft sheer, dressy frocks or the casual "Suit Type" frocks so popu lar this Easter. Sizes 12 to 20 and 38 to 44. STAR Reporter Friday-Saturday, April 16-17 My Heart Belongs to Daddy Richard Carlson, Martha O'Dris coll, Cecil Kellaway The hilarious story of a professor who learned about life from a for mer bubble-dancer. plus PARDON MY GUN Outdoor action story with Charles Starrett and Alma Carroll. Popcye Cartoon Sunday-Monday, April 18-19 Happy Go Lucky Dick Powell, Mary Martin, Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, Rudy Vallee Light happy entertainment in Tech nicolor . . . they sing, they intrigue, but watch out for the flit gun! Tuesday, April 20 The Gorilla Man John Loder. Ruth Ford, Marian Hall, Richard Fraser, Paul Cavanaugh Nazi agents stir up plenty of hor ror before falling into one of their own traps. Wednesday-Thursday, April 21-22 My Sister Eileen' Rosalind Russell, Brian Ahernc, Janet Blair. George Tobias, Allyn Joslyn, Elizabeth Patterson Warm, human, genuinely funny en tertainment with a superior cast. Ill W.jf -98 feci .rm t if II vPS& a MA m figure nattering rrims: 1 BUDGET DRESSES Cleverly styled spun rayons in one and two-piece types. A fine assortment of the much - in - demand button front models too. Sizes for all. 12 to 20, 38 to 44. ?u.1 r v.i i HI pt Budget COATS, SUITS 12-75 Select from an all-star Easter col lection! T weeds , plaids o r soft - toned pastels. Girls' Easter Dresses. 1.98 .Boys' Poplin Waist Suits.1.98 For Spring! SPORT COATS 1275 Men! Here's favored Town-Clad all - wool quality in herringbone and checks. Men's Marathon IIats....3.98 Men's Spring Slacks. 4.98 Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. The Heppner of Old Is Recalled ... Continued from First Page to the booming Morrow county town. He sent for his younger brother, Alvah, and they acquired the Gazette. It beceme a twice-a-week paper and fairly bristled with Patterson editorials and the news of the Hepp ner hill country. Our brother, Vawter Crawford, was then a youngster serving as printer on the Waitsburg times, under the guidance of the late C. W. Wheeler. Patterson the teacher knew Crawford the printer and he coveted Wheeler's junior "Franklin." More gold .was tendered. A higher rank was a second inducement and Vawter quit the parental roof and the composing room of The Times for the new and greener field. When Vawter began life in Heppner he found on the banks of Willow creek the fastest stepping little city in eastern Oregon. There were big ger towns in adjoining counties, but none did the business nor showed the "western pep" in proportion to their .size than was displayed by the village founded by Henry Heppner, the trader, and Jack Morrow. For many years the Gazette prospered. It was largely responsible for the bringing of representation to the national congress to Morrow county when it sponsored the candidacy of Attorney W. R. Ellis. The Patterson brothers were men of great capacity and energy. Alvah. after years on the Gazette, received an appointment in the pension bureau in Wash ington. He was an attorney, well educated, handsome and dashing. While in Heppner he wooed and married a lovely young lady, the sister-in-law of the late Dr. McSwords. When I came to Heppner, a lad of not yet 12, Heppner was known over the west with having more pretty girls and women, of any town of comparable size in two states. I began service as a printer's devil Vawter did not spare me.There was not a job too dirty or grasy for me. I took them in my stride and was proud of my job. Frank McFarland was then operating The Fair Store. Minor & Co., ran by Oscar and Art Minor, did a smashing business throughout Blue Mountain area. There were numerous other stores and all thrived. I have seen Main street be come impassable due to loading freight wagons into the lane from The Fair to Walden Rhea's store in the old First National Bank building, with an overflow in front of Natter's brewery. And this reminds me that Heppner had a fourth hostelry, the Mountain House, atop of the rock ledge next to and adjoining the brewery. The Gazette, pro Republican, never found anything wrong with the party's candidates. It always found plenty wrong with those espoused by the Democrats. It worshipped at the feet of John H. Mitchell, a great senator of that day, and prayed for that time when the American people would reject Grover Clevland and his free trade program for a leader who believed in the protective tariff, a full dinner pail and the rights of the rugged individual. 50 From where I sit . . . ly Joe Marsh John Trumbull, our postmaster, looks up from his newspaper yesterday and says: "I see they caught another one o' them so called 'gang-lords' of the Pro hibition era. "Wonder how long it's going to take us to wipe out the evil Prohibition left behind . . . not to mention the billions of dollars it cost the people?" Well, John's right o' course. Hard to believe America could ever pass a law like Prohibition. But from where I sit It's a big consolation now that Prohibi tion is over to sec how moder ation and tolerance have grown up in its place. Nowadays, if a man enjoys a friendly glass of beer or two after a day's work, he not only can do it in clean, respectable surroundings but he knows that no bootlegger or gangster is making a red cent on it. 8 No. 57 of a Series Copyright, 1943, Brewing Industry Foundation ffimilHHIItlllHHIIIHtmtllHHIIIIHItilHtlMtllim tINIIHIM Don't Be Misled by the old Arkansas yarn about the farmer who didn't roof his barn in the summer time because a roof wasn't necessary then and couldn't put the roof on in bad weather. Good weather or bad, your buildings need good roofs and right now is a fine time to do it, repair or put on an entire new roof. Right now we have ROLL ROOFING including nails which come with it. CEDAR SHINGLES Nos. 1, 2, 3 have nails temporarily for these. ROOF PAINT TO FINISH THE JOB Tum-a-Lum Lumber Company Heppner, Oregon IT smARI IF IT'S USEFUL 1