Heppner Gazette Times, July 22, 1943 3 '-LEXINGTON NEWS Dec Cox Delivers First Wheat to Lexington Elevator By Edith Edwards Harvest is getting underway in the Lexington district with several farmers hauling into the elevators. Dee Cox, Jr. has the distinction of delivering the first wheat, having -started last Wednesday. Miss Alice Griffith of Sacramen Hf, Calif, arrived Wednesday to spend the summer with her aunt, Mrs- A. M- Edwards. She was met in Arlington by Mrs. Edwards and Clyde. Pvt Kenneth Jackson surprised his parents Sunday evening, when he arrived home for a short furlough- Private Jackson has been stationed at Camp Wolters. Texas. Janet Marquardt of Portland spent the week-end here with relatives- Mr .and Mrs. Ed Grant and fam ily spent Sunday in Condon visit ing Mrs. Grant's parents. Wanda Breeding of Kinzua spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 0. G. Breeding. John Miller of Portland spent the week-end here with his family. Janice Hayes spent several days last week in Heppner with her grandparents, Mr- and Mrs. Glen Hayes- Mr. and Mrs- George Hannan and family of The Dalles spent the week-end with Mrs. Hannan's brother, Carl Whillock and family. Ralph Jackson was a week-end visitor in Portland Miss Patty O'Harra is employed in the office of the Morrow County Grain Growers, Inc. Mr- and Mrs. Claude White and Juanita Bellenbrock were Pendleton visitors Monday. Betty Qmningham of Heppner spent Saturday night with Majo Marquardt Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Herman en tertained with a lawn party Sunday at their ranch home honoring the birthdays of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rauch, Doris Rauch, Edna Fetsch and Doris Klinger.. A picnic din ner, was served at noon and swim ming was enjoyed later in the day. DarreH and Delbert Vinson were business visitors in Portland last week. Carl Whillock, George Hannan and Al Fetsch spent Saturday night and Sunday in the mountains fishing. Sgt and Mrs. Hugh Vester Shaw and Mrs. Guy Shaw of Hermiston were visiting relatives, in Lexing ton and Heppner Tuesday. Sgt Shaw and his bride, the former Donna Maxine Kelly, are spending a short furlough with his parents following their wedding July 9 in Casper Wyo., where the groom is stationed. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Peiper and Marcile were Pendleton visitors Monday, going over to consult a physician about Mr. Peiper's hand in which he has been suffering blood poisoning. Phyllis Grant is employed at the Merritt Gray home. Wayne Hams of Heppner is stay ing at the George Allyn home. E. B. Jensen and family of Hepp ner were in town Thursday. Mr. Jensen is the new school superin tendent for the coming year. Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Burton and family spent last week in Mb Minnville with relatives. The committee in charge of the Mc Caw hospital fund wish to thank all those who so generously contrib uted to this worthy cause. A total t urn of $164.47 was raised in the Lexington community, which will bo ueed for the hospital for wound ed soldiers in Walla Walla- GLASS JARS FOR VICTORY CANNING Low Pr otein Wheat May Be Answer to Starch Shortage Possibility of combatting a grow ing shortage of starch by manufac turing this material from low pro tein wheat of the mid-Columbia area is being studied by a com mittee of the Oregon Farm Chem urgic council, according to H. W. Derry, manager of Pacific Power St Light company's new industries department and secretary of the farm chemurgLo group. In addition to food products, starch goes into adhesives, paper of certain kinds and a long list of other industrial products and pro cesses. It normally is produced from corn. The present shortage results in part from ceiling prices which make it more profitable for growers to feed their corn to hogs than to sell it. Working with Derry on the com mittee are Professor E. H. Wiegand and D. D- HilL Oregon State col lege; Dr. David B. Charlton, Charl ton Laboratories of Portland, and Kenneth Miller, S. P. St S. railway. The starch from wheat program was discussed recently at a chem urgic session called in Portland by Derry. The meeting was held at the request of Dr. G. E. Hubert, chief of the starch and dextrose division of the department of agri culture's northern regional re search laboratory at Peoria, HI., and Dr. Langford, chief of the lab oratory's engineering and develop ment division. Both discussed stud ies they are making on manufac ture of starch, glucose, dextrose and feed from surplus Oregon wheat- Among those attending the meet ing were George N. Peck, Harry Dinges and D. W. Glasgow, all rep resenting the Morrow County Grain rowers, Inc., of Lexington, and a number of federal officials- To Spend Month With Church at Pendleton Archdeacon and Mrs. Neville Blunt drove to Pendleton today where they will remain until the first of September. Mr. Blunt will carry on the work at Church of the Redeemer during the absence of Rector Eric 0. Robathan who is vacationing at Victoria B. C. Bishop Remington also will be absent from the city during that 'period. Arch deacon Blunt will return to Hepp ner for the morning service Aug ust 8. Archdeacon Blunt will broadcast at 8:15 o'clock each morning next week over station KWRC Pendle ton. During their stay in Pendleton he and Mrs Blunt will be in resi dence at the home of Bishop and Mra Remington. TAKING VACATION T. J. Humphreys is taking a week's lavoff from the ' store and is. spending the time around home. ( I 1:1 ci iii (3 ran mm coo U. S. Trtuutr Department RETURNS HOME Mrs- Harold Smith and daugh ter returned to their home at Nach es, Wash., Tuesday after spending two weeks at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Smith. Mrs. Smith's husband, member of the "Seabees," is seeing service in the Caribbean area. Photo Courtcsv Ball Bros. Co Plan to can every extra vegetable from your Victory garden and don t worry if your dealer hasn't jars with the kinds of caps you have been - accustomed to using. Gladys Kimbrough, Home Service Director of Ball Brothers Company, tells us that very few of the all-time favorite zmc caps are left on the home front because zinc is needed on the battle front, but all Mason Jars (any Drana; wiiny smooth, even top edges can be sealed with glass top seal or two- piece metal vacuum seal closures. Glass top seals consist of glass lid, rubber ring, and metal screw band. The rubber is placed around the pro jection on the bottom of the lid, then lid with rubber is placed so that the rubber rests on top of the jar. The bands are screwed down tight, - then loosened slightly before the jars are put into a canner for processing and screwed tight immediately after the jars are removed from the Ban ner. After the jars have stood twelve or fifteen hours, the bands are re moved and used to seal more jars with glass lids and rubbers, thus making a little metal go a long way. That's one reason Government offl cals smile upon home canners who !use glass top seals. Another good top seal for Mason Jars is the two-piece metal cap, icalled vacuum seal. The lid is ! slightly dome shaped, lined with white enamel and has a rubber seal ing compound around the outer edge to take the place of a regular jar ring (don't let anybody fool you all sealing compounds contain rub ber). If one is using old-fashioned open kettle (never use this method for canning vegetables), the lids , are boiled a few minutes to sterilize, but need only to be dropped into boiling water and kept hot if the jars of food are to be placed in a canner for processing. After the lid is placed on the jar, the metal band is screwed tight once for all. Re tightening the band after the jars are taken out of the canner is likely to prevent sealing. The bands are removed from the jars twelve or fif teen hours after the canning is don and used to teal more lids on other jars. Jars sealed with two-piece mtl eana am tultabla for all tmes of canning except oven a tightly RETURN FROM GRANITE Mr. and Mrs. E. R- Shaffer re turned Sunday from Granite where they spent a couple of weeks with their sheep on summer range. The sheep were started to the range on July 3i sealed jar is likely to break when subjected to the dry heat of an oven. Rands for el ass toD seal and vac uum seal caps are not interchange able because a deeper Dana is neea ri fnr the fflass lids, but the two have one thing in common. Neither is rust-proot. That s because or tne zinc shortage, but a quick Wiping after each use with a cloth mois tened with paraffin will prevent se rious rusting. It will save time and trouble too, if a cloth is prepared ahead of time and kept in one of those glass jars that can't be used for home-canning. Then when the cloth is needed, set the jar in a pan of warm water until the paraffin softens. The "lightning" jar (so called be cause it is quickest to seal) requires very little metal and not too much rubber for sealing. Several manu facturers make this type jar. It seals with a glass lid and rubber held In place with wire bails. The wires used on one nationally known brand are of heat-treated, high-tension, stretch-proof, spring steel. This is the ideal jar for home canning any year because it is so easy to seal. The rubber is placed on the sealing surface or shoulder, the lid comes next, then the upper bail whro is pushed up until it rests in the groove in the top of the lid. Pay no attention to the lower wire, it takes care of Itself until after the jars art removed from the canner then it is pushed down against the side of the jar and that's all there is to sealing it. When buying jars, choose pints for peas, corn, and shelled beans and quarts for all other vegetables. Half pint sins aren't being made, and half-gallons are unsuitable for caa ning vegetables because it takes too long for heat to reach the canter of the jar. DRIVE TO PENDLETON Mr. and Mrs. Don Strait, Mrs. Keith Marshall and Joe Hughes, Jr. drove to Pendleton Saturday eve ning to meet Pvt. Marshall, who is on leave from training duties at Courtland, Ala. Why fret and stew over pre paring dinner these hot days? You can save yourself all that bother by patronizing this popular cafe. APPETIZING, SATISFYING MENUS, REASONABLY PRICED HEPPNER CAFE -i i ii.. .i i i ii i ii I mmmm m ' 'I she's a 9 )Y Old Flag! i And she has been go- I n jfoj ing places in recent i W ' ' v 'ets eeP tne Stars ' l4lf " : ? anc' Str'Pes 9'n9 P'a' h 111 v ces un'' tne v'ctory 's ml r ' completely won ... It - f v A; can be done if we buy At War 'Bonds (( RONSOH J I W ACCESSORIES W btamps II Wt any Ami II - 1 - For Warm Weather Meals Be prepared for a quick lunch one that you will not have to fire up for. Our LUNCH MEATS will form just the right basis for a summer time meal. A vegetable salad made from local pro duce will add the right variety to your menu and provide much needed vita mins. And for dessert, some of those nice ber ries and other fresh fruits. Trade where the crowd goes there's a reason. Central Market: