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4 Heppner Gazette Times, April 22, 1943 Heppner Gazette Times THE H3PPNER 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 Three Months t5 Single Copies 05 THE CROSS ON THE HILL Written by Venerable Eric O. Robathan It stands, a lonely sentinel, And from its height surveys The going to and fro of men Intent upon their ways. Sometimes 'tis hidden from the sight In shroud of mist and haze; And those below lift up their eyes With searching,, anxious gaze. The storms arise; the rain descends; The wind around1 it plays; But stronger than the storm, the rock On which the Cross is raised. Comes then the sun; the Cross appears All silvered in its rays; The mists dissolve: the Cross still stands: And hearts are filled with praise. Not always lonely is this Cross, Though, lonely most its days; There comes some sad and burdened soul Who kneels, looks up and prays! , EVERYTHING OR NOTHING In this titanic struggle enveloping the major portion of the globe the answer appears to be "everything or nothing." Meaning, of course, that an alied victory means everything to the cause of freedom and democracy, whereas, an axis victory will remove every vestige of those principles for which we stand. It also means that be fore this war goes much farther the American people will have to invest every dollar not absolutely needed for living and operational expenses in war bonds. If that is, not clone and done soon, this struggle for world freedom will last much longer than most of us want it to. The allies seized the initiative sever al months ago. Since then telling blows have been inflicted upon the enemy. But that enemy is still powerful, dan gerously so, and unless our forces are supplied with the equipment to con tinue striking the first and the hardest blow, the initiative may be lost or at the best the war reach a stalemate. Supplies and more supplies, men and more men women, also will have to be kept moving up to the front. To do this takes a lot of money. The gov ernment is asking you to loan your surplus funds. Remember, THEY are giving their lives you are asked to LOAN your money o ANXIOUS TO DO THEIR PART In this all-out war it must not be for gotten that the teen-age folk have a part to play and they are eager to take their place in the sun. Today many of the young people, those m high school, are worried about the in crease in juvenile delinquency and they would do something to curb this men ace to the future of our country. But the young people are looking to their elders for guidance and the pity of it is that most of us are so engrossed in business affairs and activities result ing from stress of the war that we have not the time to give issues affect ing the moral status of our country any thought. In recent meetings of the luncheon forum of Heppner business and pro fessional men both the young people's viewpoint and iwhat may be deemed a direct answer to their challenge have been presented. In the first instance, Loma Jones, high school student, stat ed the case of the young people, point- j il i? -J. il- i. 1 i.1 1.fi ing to me iact uiai 11 uiey are uui, lu their own devices they are apt to take the easy way, which, in effect, is the harmful way. However, she contended that youth is not afraid, that they will work for the good things in life, and that all they ask is the opportunity and the proper guidance. It Was a chal lenge to an older generation to point the way. The answer was furnished Monday by Mrs. B. C.'Forsythe of Ashland, member of the executive committee of the Oregon council of parents , and teachers, who told the forum of the program of the Parent-Teacher assoc iation Mrs. Forsythe had just come from a meeting of the committee in Portland and her talk was highly in formative. The P-TA is vitally inter ested in the problem of juvenile delin quency and proposes to do something about it. Clean minds and healthy bod ies are vital in the development of the youth of today who will be the leaders of tomorrow. That calls for a thorough and vigorous recreational program. Dancing is one of the items on the P-TA program rhythmical, graceful danc ing. Therefore the tango and boogie woogie are ruled out, as are all other types, of recreation that are not con sidered proper for development of mind and body. In brief, the program calls for training of our youth in a manner to carry on the principles up on which our government was. found ed, to meet new conditions arising as a result of the war. To do this will re quire keen minds and strong bodies. The. question' is, will we get behind this educational movement and help our young people to help themselves, or wiil we just drift along and let them work out their own philosophy of life. o THE BATTLE OF THE PINES When the word battle is mentioned one naturally thinks of planes, guns, tanks, and kindred weapons, but there has been a real war going on right in our own back yard which merits the praise of every loyal American. It may not have the glamour of the battle field, indeed there is little opportunity for heroic sacrifice, but the fact re mains that the men who have carried on in the forests the past seven or eight months have put up a magnificent battle against the forces of nature in an effort to keep timber products roll ing to the front or wherever they are sorely needed in sustaining the allied war effort. The past season has been about the worst imaginable from the logger's standpoint From the Pine Log, house organ of Kinzua Pine Mills it is learn ed that "weather conditions provided one of the worst problems. Rain, rain, rain was the refrain. No one liked it but not a man let it get him down. The rains never stopped during, the sum mer and fall of 1942. Ground condi tions in the woods were never worse. Had not Uncle Sam needed timber so desperately in the war program it would not have been commercially sound log ging practice to have logged during the heavy rains and snows of the past few months." Thus we learn that non-combatant forces too are putting up an heroic struggle to claim raw materials so vi tal to the promotion of the war. As in the case of the timbermen, it is seldom without risk to life and limb. Founded First Tin Hardware Shop Here The Gazette Times is in receipt of a letter from Mrs. Mabel Leezer Bascom of 1235 E 74th St. Los An geles, which reveals the origination of one of Heppner's earliest busi ness enterprises. The letter is self explanatory and is as follows: Heppner, Gazette Times: Congratuations on your 60th an niversary. I was only a small child when the first paper was issued so I do not remember Mr. Keyte, but I do remember Patterson, Michel, Redington, Warnock, Shutt and of course Mr. Vawter Crawford and brothers and sons. My father, W. J. Leezer, had the first tinware and hardware store in Heppner. He and Mr. Briggs were associated together. I hope Mr. Briggs is still living. Last week I called on an old classmate of mine, Lillian Bisbee Wentworth, at Altadena Calif. We had a grand visit talking over our school days. They have a lovely home. You will always find Lillian in her flower garden and it is beautiful. I always enjoy getting your paper and while a great .many of the names are strange to me, there are a few old friends left I would love to be able to come back to the old home town for a visit, but I do not know as that will ever be, so I say greetings to each and every person I ever knew. Sincerely, Mabel Leezer Bascom. HENRY SCHWARZ HOME Leonard Schwarz drove to The Dalles Sunday and brought his fa ther ,Henry Schwarz home from the hospital. Mr. Schwarz is recov ering from the effects of an ampu tation in which he suffered the loss of one leg, but will be invalided several weeks. FOR SALE 5 -room house, modern lawn and garden space. See Ralph Beamer. 4-6p WHEAT LAND WANTED WANTED TO LEASE Wheat land; will rent or buy farm equipment. Write C. W. Fox, Condon, Ore.4p Give the cook a rest on Easter. Bring the family in for a good Sunday Dinner at the Elkhorn Restaurant Ed Chinn, Prop. Professional Directory J. O. Peterson Blaine E. Isom All Kinds of INSURANCE Phone 723 ' Heppner, Ore. Latest Jewelry and Gilt Goods Watches Clocks - Diamond! texpert Watch and Jewelry Repairing Heppner, Oregon O. M. Y EAGER CONTRACTOR & BUILDER All kinds of carpenter work Country work especially Phone 1483 NEW AUTO POLICY Bod. Inj. Pr. Dam. Class A 6.25 5.05 Class B 6.00 5.25 , Class C 7.75 5.25 F. VV. TURNER & CO. A. D. McMurdo, M.D. Trained Norse Assistant PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Office In Mtsimic 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. CLEANING Wednesday-Thursday-Friday SERVICE HEPPNER CLEANERS J. O. Turner ATTORNEY AT LAW Phone 17? Hotel Heppner Building Heppner, Oregon Phelps Funeral Home Licensed Funeral Directors Phone 1332 Heppner, Ore. Morrow County Abstract & Title Co. INC. ABSTRACTS OF TITLE TITLE INSURANCE Office In New Peters Building Heppner City Council Meets First Monday Each Month Citizens having matters for dis cussion, please bring before 'the Council. J. O. TURNER, Mayor Dr. L. D. Tibbies OSTEOPATHIC Phyiioian & Surgeon FIRST NATIONAL BANK BLDG. Rec. Phone 1162 Office Phone 492 HEPPNER. OREGON Directors of Funerals M. L. CASE G. E. NIKANDEB 862 Phones 262 Jos. J. Nys ATTORNEY AT LAW Peters Building, Willow Street Heppner, Oregon P. W. Mahoney ATTORNEY AT LAW GENERAL INSURANCE Heppner Hotel Building Willow St. Entrance