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-3 O n r o utrca in O Our Men In Service Mrs. Lily Aikejn has received word from her son Cyrus that he is now a full fledged sailor, having joined the Merchant Marine. And he informs his mother that he likes the life of a sailor even if he is post 50 years of age. He is now out on the high seaa Cy retired from business some time since and of late had been working with the detective branch of the Portland police force. V TAKES A WIFE St. Sgt. Ray E. Phillips has an nounced to Morrow, county friends that he recently took unto himself a wife. Ray is stationed at Camp Callan, Calif. Our informant, Bert Mason of lone, did not state who the bride is, but maybe in his ex citement Sgt. Phillips forgot to mention that important fact. Mrs. Verle Frederickson reports that her son Donald now gets his mail at Sioux City, Iowa, where he is engaged as a flying instruct or link trainer, is the term used. This is low flying and done mostly by instruments Don has a class of officer pilots, which isn't so bad, er? He had been idle at Salt Lake about a month before moving far ther east Mrs. Delia Edmondson advises this paper that her son, Frank Le land Edmondson, is in Atlantic City, N. J., awaiting transfer over seas. Another son, Dick Edmond son, is attending navy school in North Dakota. Both boys are grad uates of Heppner high school " ' WRITES FROM AFRICA From North Africa, Clarence Ba ker writes his parents Mr. and Mrs. Henry Baker as follows: o April 3 Dear Folks: Everything is fine, we're in north Africa. The weather is pretty nice here warm in the day time and cool at night. It looks just like home, lots of hills with greasewood on them. I sent a cablegram on the way over. Did you get it? The first part of the trip was pretty rough, most everybody was seasick, but the last part was OK. ' How is everything? Tell them, all hello for me. I can't think of any thing else that would pass the cen sors so HI stop for now. Love Clarence RETURNS TO CAMP Pvt James McNamee left this after noon for Pendleton to entrain for Camp Hood, Texas, from which point he was called to come home due to the illness of his father, Dennis McNamee. His mother ac companied him to Pendleton, Frank Turner driving them over. Price, Rationing Clinic Sheduled 10 a.m. Monday A price and rationing clinic has been scheduled to be held next Monday at Heppner high school. This clinic, advertised for an ear ier date but cancelled due to trav el conditions at the time,' will start at 10 a. m. and will be conducted by four specialists from Portland who will talk to the merchants. In view of the constantly chang ing conditions, it is urged that a representative of each retailing business in the county be present. The Heppner meeting is being held for the benefit of all the county excepting Boardman and Irrigon merchants, who have been asked to attend the clinic at Hermiston.. ePPH Youth Welfare is Task Accepted by Parents, Teachers Physical Fitness Seen Need in Light Of War Experience Physical fitness is the watch word of the Parent-Teacher assoc iation and from here on that or ganization will direct its efforts to ward building up a stronger, more self-reliant generation, Mrs. B. C. Forsythe of Ashland told members of the business men's luncheon forum in weekly meeting Monday at the Lucas Place. Mrs. Forsythe, spending a week at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Dick, last week at tended a conference of the state executive committee of the P-TA in Portland and brought much in formation to the attention of her listeners. Experiences in the present war demand that more attention be giv en the physical fitness of our youth, the speaker contended. Due to our mode of living in the per iod preceding Uncle Sam's entrance in the war, many of our boys were undeveloped physically and this weakness has been displayed in numerous cases, particularly at sea, where youths who were pro jected into the water by one cause or another lost their lives because they lacked the experience and the stamina to pull themselves aboard by the life line thrown to them. The Parent-Teacher program is comprehensive and is directed to ward developing an intelligent, for ward looking generation that will be prepared to shoulder the respon try. Careful study has been made sibilities of government and indus of those agencies which have con tributed to the startling rise in ju venile delinquncy and this blot on our national history will be erased if sufficient outside support of the association's program can be mus tered. Briefly, the P-TA envision? a cleaner, heathier, more intelli gent generation to carry on the principles of democracy for which the young manhood and young womanhood of the land are giving their all today. J. O. Turner was chairman at Monday's meeting. Blaine Isom's name was drawn for next Monday. Band Plans to Buy Instruments Purchase of much needed instru ments is the plan of the Heppner school band in annuoncing the annual band dance to be given Saturday evening, May 1 at the Elks hall. Wartime restrictions have made attendance at the district contest at La Grande an impossibility, it is stated, consequently the band will use the profits realized from the dance in purchasing equip ment. Since their manufacture has ceased for the duration, instru ments are at a premium and in creasingly difficult to obtain. Weather permitting, the band will march down Main street on the evening of the dance with the usual musical accompaniment. The "Men About Town" will play for the dance which is sched uled to run from 9:30 to 1:30. TEACHER LIST COMPLETED FOR THE PRESENT With the signing of a contract to teach in the primary department by Mrs. Edna Turner, the teacher list at the Heppner school is com pleted for the time being, announ ces Supt. George A. Corwin. Mrs. Turner, for several years a mem ber of the teaching staff at Lex ington, rates as an excellent pri mary instructor. .)Ie9onZ,lursay APri' 22 1943 Sunrise Service, Cantata Scheduled For Easter Menu Annual Trek to Hilltop Planned if Weather Permits War clouds hanging over a large part of the globe will not deter church people of Heppner from ob serving Easter in the accustomed manner, according to plans an nounced by the several religious groups of the town. The only threat to the program is rain clouds and this would hamper only the an nual treck to the crest of Morrow hill where sunrise service is sched uled to start at 6 a .m. Should it rain, this service will be held at the Church of Christ. All persons have been invited to participate, with Martin B. Clark bringing the message. Three years ago with the cooper ation of the forest service under direction of F. F. Wehmeyer and Ed Parker, the Boys Scouts under the leadership of Martin B. Clark placed the cross on top of Morrow hill. The several churches have Eas ter services planned for Sunday morning and at 7:45 in the evening a chorus formed from members of the Methodist, Christian and Epis copal choirs, will present the Eas ter cantata, "Bright Easter Morn," at the Church, of Christ. Miss Rose Hoosier will direct and Mrs. J. O. Turner will preside at the piano. Good Friday services are sched uled at the First Methodist. Cath olic and Episcopal" lurches. At the latter church, Bishop W. P. Rem ington will preside between the hours of 12 noon and 3 p. m. The bishop will return to celebrate OontlnuPd on Page Eight Declaring Ceilings, Filing of Menus Lot Of Stores and Cafes Many Morrow county merchants will receive notices from the local war price and rationing board this week relative to their posting of ceiling prices. Some of these notices will be sent to merchants whose filings are satisfactory except for the signa ture. In other cases the local price panel is merely making a routine checkup to ascertain whether mer chants may have overlooked filing supplementary lists of stocks added since March of last year. Since the war has necessitated a good deal of substitution in stocks, most mer chants will find it necessary to file these supplementary lists occasion ally. Any inquiries which' cannot be answered by the local price panel will immediately be forwarded to Portland, where prompt replies are sent either to the ' merchant or to the price panel. Any notification from the Office of Price Administration such as those being sent from the local office, are to be acted upon by the merchants receiving them within ten days. Business places may correspond with Price Panel members by mail or telephone if unable to see them personally. Inquiries may be left at the Heppner War Price and Ration Board office. Price Panel members are Mrs. Rachel Dick, Mrs. Evelyn Isom, and Mrs. Katherine Burchell. (a) Filing of menus. On or before May 1, 1943, every proprietor of a restaurant, hotel, cafe, dining car, Spring Festival Slated' for April 30 at Heppner Travel restrictions due to war time necessity may reduce the quantity of the annual spring fes tival to be held at Heppner, April 30, but there will be no diminish ing of the quality say those having the affair in charge. Starting at 9:30 a. m. at the rodeo grounds the grade school track meet will hold the center of in terest. An additional feature of this meet will be several exhibition races, between athletes from lone, Lexington and Heppner high schools. Of no less interest will be the mu sic festival which will start at 1:30 p. m. in the gym-aditorium. In cluded in the program will bo crowning of the festival queen; Maypole dance; numbers by the Hepplner and lone bands; group singing by the various grade school choruses, and feature numbers by the different schools. Of special note is the fact that the afternoon program will be of much shorter duration than in for mer years and will consume no more than one and one-half hours, giving those who desire an oppor tunity to attend the special mati nee starting at 4 o'clock at the Star theatre. PLOWING DONE AND CROPS LOOK FINE A few warm days worked won ders with the grain in the Goose berry section, according to V L. Carlson, in town the last of the week. If rains come at the right period there will be another bum per crop in Morrow county, Carlson asserts. "' Carlson ""Bros'.,"""vT"L."and" C" K, have finished their spring plowing, consisting of 1250 acres. It was ac complished in 26 days, was done entirely in daylight and without hired help. bar, deicatessen, soda fountain, ca tering business, or other eating or drinking place, shall file with the War Price and Rationing Board for the area in which each of his places is located a true copy of each menu, bill of fare, or other price list of food items, including beverages, and meals (called "menu") in use at that place during the seven-day period beginning Sunday, April 4, 1943 and ending April 10, 1943. If no menu was in use in that period, or if the menus in use did not list all food items or meals then offered, the "proprietor" shall file with the board a list in menu form showing the prices which he charged dur ing the seven-day period for food items or meals which are not shown on any menus he may file here under. Each menu or list so filed shall be signed by the proprietor or by one of his responsible officers or employees. A copy of each menu or list shall be retained by the pro prietor. Proprietors of railroad din ing cars shall file with the services and consumer durable goods divi sion, OPA, Washington D. C. (b) Filing by new proprietors. The proprietor of an eating or drinking place which was not open during all of the seven-day period (includ ing newly-opened places) shall file menus or a price list in accordance with paragraph a, except that (1) the filing shall be for the seven day period beginning with the first Sunday that place is open after April 4, 1943, and (2) the filing shall be made within three weeks of such first Sunday. Volume 60, Number 4 County Lagging On Bond Sales Reports Indicate More Concerted Effort to be Made In Closing Week Tabulations made by members of the Second War Fund Drive com mittee early this week indicate that "Morrow county is not living up to its well earned reputation for coming in first on most of the war activities. As a result of these tabulations the committee has re doubled its efforts to pull the cam paign out of the doldrums and from here on out every citizen consid ered as a likely prospect will be given an opportunity to do hia share in smashing the Axis. While the drive had' been on for a week previous, the campaign -sound-off was made Saturday eve ning when a street program brought out several hundred people to hear the Heppner school band play and to listen to speeches in behalf of the war loan. P. W. Mahoney, "E" bond chairman, briefly outlined the object of the meeting and in troduced Supt. George A. Corwin of the Heppner schools, who sub mitted facts and figures substantiat ing the government's call for the greatest loan in the country's his tory 13 billion dollars and mak ing a plea for Morrow county to meet its quota. Mayor J. O. Turner was intro duced, who made an appeal from a patriotic standpoint, calling at tention to the sacrifices those in the armed services are making and minimizing the secrifices of those at home. All ready four Morrow county men have made the supreme sacrifice, three others are held prisoner by the enemy and one oth er reported missing. In the order named these are Kenneth Warner, Lexington; Jim Stevens, Hard man; Ernest Clark, Heppner; Eldon Allen, Irrigon; Paul Brown, Hepp ner; Norman Griffin, lone; Clayton Davis, Lexington and Henry Stotts, Heppner. In closing, Turner stated: "Many of us here have not many more years upon this earth, and, my friends, it is going to be with a mighty heavy heart, that I go to meet my maker, if I learn, with the passing years, that the money I might have invested in bonds, would have saved my boy." B. C. Pinckney, chairman of the war loan fund drive, took time to state that Morrow county's official quota had been set at $350,000 and that up to Saturday evening ap proximately $32,000 had been in vested. There has been some activity in bond buying this week, but it lacks the punch the committee would like to see and arrangements are being made for another ttreet meeting this Saturday evening. The band has been asked to appear and the chairmen will appoint speakers if it appears expedient. MUST BE SIGNED Letters to the editor, to obtain publication, must be signed by the writer. Publishing the writer's name is optional with that party but the editor must know who is responsible. Otherwise such coin- niunications will not be given space in the paper. VISIT SISTER HERE Misses Idella and Mamie Martin of Madras were week-end guests of their sister, Miss Myrthena Martin, primary teacher in the Heppner school. Irregularity of travel sche dules between central Oregon and Heppner prevented their remaining here more than one night. It was their first visit here. Q ; t -') o -i - ih