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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (June 24, 1943)
P0 n a o mitt It t G W H O 73 o o :o c -o to o r ;o H O r ft Our Men In Service WINS PROMOTION . Fred E. Ritchie, formerly of lone is now stationed in the canal zone and has been promoted from cor poral to the grade of sergeant ac cording to an announcement by iirmy officials- RETURNS TO POST Sc Ar.Vmr Var Wt TWsHav TJStTZSi fJTZ.TTJ Vance, and other relatives. LEAVES FOR SOUTH Sgt Frances B. Nickerson left "Wednesday evening for Camp Liv-. ingston, La., after spending a week with his mother, Mrs- Grace Nicker son. Mrs. Nickerson drove to Pen dleton with him Wednesday morn ing on the first lap of his journey. TAKES BRIDE Cpl of Guard Claude Snow well known Heppner youth in training at Camp Farragut, Ida., was married June 18 to Miss Doris Oscarson.at her home town of Newport, Wash., according to word received here by the John Hiatt family. COMING ON VISIT Mrs. Jack Forsythe received a message from her husband, Lt For- sythe, that he graduated this after- noon from the navigator school at San Marcos, Tex., and that he was taking off immediately for Hepp- ner on a brief furlough, hoping to land here Sunday or Monday. Lt Forsythe is the son of B. C. For- sythe, recent arrival in Heppner from Ashland, and a brother of Mr pin ni.V ORDERED TO SCHOOL Donald Bennett has received or ders to report at the University of California, Los Angeles to receive officers' training. Donkd, son of and M. j16"' was member of the officers' reserve at Teir l"e WUU1Cm Unaay g' TRANSFERRED Pfc Dean Gilman of the U- S. Marine corps has notified his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Walt Gilman of Heppner, that he has been trans- ferred to the paratroopers division at Camp Gillespie, Calif. Gilman, who spent 10 days at home in April, has been in the corps a year and has been on guard duty in Cali- fornia. . m nvw nav t nvp , , Vrf, John DeMoss arrived in Heppner Monday morning to visit Mrs. De Moss and others He is taking a 30- day leave from the "CB's", with which unit he has spent the past year in Alaska. He and Mrs. DeMoss left Wednesday for Portland to vis- it his mother and his grandmother, The latter is ilL Portable Elevators Tendered Farmers County Agent C. D. Conrad has been informed that four of the portable grain elevators belonging to the Commodity Credit Corpora- tion may be purchased by farmers. lne purcnaser. ihe place has been The rigs are offered at a nominal owned for many years by Mrs. J. cost figure, actual amount of which H- Gemmell and is at present occu may be ascertained at the agent's Pied y Mr C. C. Patterson. office. Conrad also has been advised TO REMAIN HERE that 20 pressure cookers have been Rev. Bennie Howe returned Mon- allotted to Morrow county and that mc inoroctorl in nurpVinsino' nni of them should keep in touch with local dealers. Three types are avail- able. Conrad states, the National at U.50 tViP Wiseonrin at. $15.50 and .t. r 4 u it- u Ul pec a i yiUpiw Heppner, Pioneer Resident Laid to Rest at Lexington Sunday Daniel D. Summer Lived in Community r c V rOr. jeventy Years ' . , ., Funeral services were held Sun- day afternoon from the Christian Summer, 82, wWse death occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dinges where he had lived for the men was responded to with three utors will act immediately. A com past seven years- Services were in feather mattresses enough feathers mitte member has been appointed charge of Cecil Warner of Hermis- t0 required number of pil- for all outlying communities ton and music was provided by - ; Miss Dona Barnett and Mrs. Trina Parker. Interment was in the Pen land cemetery at Lexington. Mr. Summer was one of the ear lier Morrow county pioneers, hav- ing lived in the community for 70 years. He came to the section with his parents when it was stall part of " 2 1 C Tkws vIlW oTe thnS Mr. and Mrs. Eli Summer. From ,, , , the time he -was a young man he was engaged in the occupation of Survivors include an older sis- ter, Mrs. Caroline Patterson of Centralia, Wash, and several neph- ews and njeoes Mrs- Harry Dinges Df Lexington; J. C. Phillips, Kin- zua; Ralph Phillips, Arlington; Sgt Ray E. Phillips, U. S. Army; Mrs. Gerald G. Acklen and Ruthann Acklen, Grants Pass, and CpL Dan Dinges of Camp Howze, Tex. Pallbearers were selected from a group of Mr. Summer's neighbors, men with whom he had been as- sedated for many years-L. A. Pal- mer. Roy Campbell. Ted McMillan. John McMillan, George Allyn and Mbnny Pettys. Dale Papineau suffered a badly where 11 WaS found injurieS discussed and the standing commit ku u ! : j were very serious. M 11arfjM, , ... c" una wircn. m m uaiucuv Sf r" .uiino; i led pulled back suddenly, dislodg- ing w from throwing him to the ground with considerable force, resulting in a compound fracture of the elbow. Sfft r pi who fl vSf tohom"0 thpas? wek, stated that he was eligible for release from the army due to his age but that he likes army life and chose to remain in the service. He is a cook. Word was received here that Jonn Padberg was released from hosPital at Th Dalles earlier in the week and that he and Mlrs. Padberg were expecting to return to their home in Heppner shortly. A baby girl was born Monday morning, JtK 2 to MndS L D. Vinson ' . Mrs. C. C Carmichael was called to Portland over the week-end to see her mother who is ill in a hospital. GEMMELL HOUSE SOLD Sale of the Gemmell property at h f TUT,,, A ru Mv w w a v lliuji fUJIU VlMUv Greets was announced the past week- Mrs- Gayhart, mother of Af- ton Gayhart logging contractor with the Heppner Lumber company, -was day from Portland where he attend- ed the annual conference of the Columbia district of the Methodist church. He has been reappointed to the Heppner church and also will serve the Methodist church at At-iirxTn . ...ifn, Oregon, Thursday, June Urgent Plea Made To Close Sunroom Fund Drive July I A second call for funds was is- sued this week by Mrs. Ralph I. Thompson, Morrow county chair- man of the campaign to outfit a sun- room in McCaw General hospital at WaUa Walla. Contributions have n0t 156611 turned in, Mrs. Thompson states, and she urges that those 'contemplating giving funds do so at once that campaign v Us-a u riv -i call for fearers to stuff pil- low to crippled service Calvin Hanlon Hurt In Freak Accident Bud Hanlon was called to Walla Wala Friday in response to a call hig hroih Hanloni had been ser d Jn an accident at Weston. Hanlon- electrician with the Pres- s and nnwpr diqtrirnitor at Weston ana Pwer aisuiDUtor at wesson anQ Atnena, en caueo- ou to repair damage to the line in Main repair damage to the line in Main street in Weston resulting from col- lision of an army truck with one of the company's poles. He was up on the pole when more army trucks approached. Three of the trucks be- came involved in a mixup nearby and in the effort to clear the line of traffic one of the machines skidded in the direction of the pole Hanlon was working on and before he could get down, truck and pole collided. The electrician was hurled from the pcfe and landed on the trailer ngue of the truck. The impact Js.,!l "l Li-C.. and one wa He was ?u . , w T, fn ed to the hospital at Walla Walla KIw RL.T7. . . k . g Naw Knnle A Horn ... c. . Library Shelves . , , , . , m f. HePpner h as q shipment3 received past few days. Twenty mystery sto- 2?, grades comprised an allotment re- through the circulating de- Partment of the state library. On the Legion auxiliary shelf may be found two current "musts", "The Forest and the Fort," by Henry Allen, listed as adult reading and for the children there is "Listen, Hitler, the Gremlins are Coming," by Hoan. Added to the Sigsbee shelf are Madame Curie Eve Curie- Kings maaame wune, r,ve tune, xvmgs 2W' Bf?Tn W TomorW' Hu" man C0"1 William Saroyen; Mrs. ParkmgUm, Louis Bromfield; VaUev of Decision, Maraa Da- venport, and The Ox Bow Incident, Walter Clark. These books have all been donated by the Sigsbee family. More books are needed for the Victory book drive To date, 45 books have been sent, but the call is for more. pag Dedication Set TOr dlinday Evening Serviies will be held twice Sun- Bishop Scott academy in Portland day at the Lutheran church in the and graduated from Oregon State Gooseberry district. A class of sev- college. He was appointed state en en will be confirmed in the morning gineer in 1918. He was an expert in at 10:30. Evening service is sched- reclamation matters and was retain uled for 8:00. At this time the ed by the Jefferson county water church's service flag for the boys district ag legal adviger on Nopth cf this neighborhood who are in 4Vi nmJ fnrroc will Vm AaA'mntcA. Pastor Stanley Sandberg of Seattle will be present. He will be accom- panied by Mrs- Sandberg and dau- ehter Karin. The public is cordial- 1v invitprl. 'j . . . 24, 1943 lows. The Woolgrowers auxiliary bought ticking for them and these are ready to be turned in. They are to be sent July 1. Pin-up lamps, fans and wall brackets are needed. They may be turned in at the Pacific Power & Light office in Heppner. Cash con- tributions may be turned in there or at drug With six days left to complete the project, the chairman has ex pressed the wish that all contrib School Election Draws Light Vote Annual school election held Mon- day failed to create a great amount of interest and when the votes were counted it was found that 25 peo- P naa manuested an mterest m tnct affairs. C. N. Jones was ac- 20 votes against five for j,,man " " " " riarvey iiauman. Mrs. Tress Mc- ' , """ w vmw: of fistrict derk- Mrs. McClintock received 23 votes. Approval of the budget for the ensuing year was indicated by the abence of negative votes. Park IsSUe ClaifTIS Attention of Clllb . .. , JL ?f JhTf i. Z. ' JJSJ S- r J vZ! T u 7 w' 7 1 m8 tward a aty P3 or some f outdoor recreatlon center- s waa apparent at Monday's meet- ini, w- Aa . n.. v.v.vv w m vcaugain me A .J An effort will be made to get the cooperation of the county court. with the club assuming responsi- Elation of such equip- ment as may be deemed necessary to make . Pfrk usable for pic- Zr e " B. C Pinckney presented tfie current campaign for funds for the sunroom at McCaw General hospital, offering the suggestion that a surplus of $113 from the USO campaign last fall might be diverted to this purpose. Dr- L. D. Tibbies presided at the meeting. Chorles B. Cox's name was drawn for next week's chair- man. NATIVE F HEPP?fER PASSES IN WYOMING A newg originating at Saem . SjT of p CmL fil ptssmg . ' P1 L at Ljara" ' Jf" earf Monday rnormng. nTcT! f rom, Washinton , , " "8 witn ei m matters pertain- . " wumy recia mation project for which he was attorney. . Cupper was born in Heppner where he attended the public schools. He afterward attended the Unit project MS,",rV1Y,ors are widow Mrc aMe Cupper; two children, Mra John D' Mint and Miss Billie Cup- Per both of Salem, and other relatives. Volume 60, Number 13 c Recreation Hall Furnishings Asked At Camp Heppner Advent of Recruits Presents Problem Of Entertainment Advent of a considerable number of soldiers at Camp Heppner this week again raises the question of recreation and entertainment. Uni formed men began arriving Tuesday and no one knows whether the camp will be filled or how long they will stay, but it is intimated that there will " be soldiers in this vicinity much of the time from now on. This is the first group of any size to occupy the former CCC camp since during the winter. At that time agitation for a recreation cen ter in town failed to stir up much enthusiasm. There was some in terest manifested in rigging up the former CCC recreation hlal, al though no drive was made for fur nishings. Heppner and he county responded to a call for materials to fit up a center at Boardman when more than 100 service men were lo cated at the little town on the Columbia. Opinion expressed by some local people interested in fitting up a recreation center in town or in the camp is to the effect that it would be an easier task if it were known how regularly troops will be sent here. Regardless of this fact an effort is being made to as semble a few articles for the camp recreation hall to help the boys pass the time when off duty. Some of the items urgently needed are reading and writing tables, daven ports, chairs, magazines games, phonograph, radio and lamps. This is standard equipment in most re creation halls and since there is no fund to be used for providing these things it is put up to Mr. and Mrs John Q. Citizen to search garrett and storeroom for them. A piano was donated by Mrs. Rose Francis last winter. There is a limited amount of furnishings in the hall, enough, perhaps, for the maintenance crew but not enough for a company or more of soldiers. Man's Back Broken In 24-foot Fall Ira Britt. workman at the Hepp ner Lumber mill, suffered a brok en back when he fell 24 feet from the roof of the mill and struck a small timber on the ground.. The accident occurred Tuesday. A plat form support gave way causing the man to pitch headlong from the platform upon which he watt working Britt was brought to Dr. A. D. McMurdo's office and then taken to Heppner hospital for an x-ray which revealed that his back was broken. He was taken to a Portland hospital for treatment. The state accident commission was contacted and Britt was taken to a specialist recommended by the board. SUFFERS STROKE Mrs. Anna Baylisa received word Wednesday afternoon that her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Howard Swick, suffered a paralytic stroke Wednesday noon. Mrs. Swick was lunching with friends in Long Creek when the attack came and she was rushed to the hospital at Prairie City where slender hopes are held for her recovery. Mrs. Bay liss left Wednesday evening for Prairie City CITY VISITORS Mrs. J. L. Hamlin and children are Portland visitors this week. r o o n
