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.
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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.
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Budget
COATS,
SUITS
12-75
Select from
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Easter col
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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.
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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.
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No. 57 of a Series
Copyright, 1943, Brewing Industry Foundation
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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
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