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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1943)
c: 70 own o r ci 37 o IP mints rsLii;iij :t c: m m la- K1 O Our A en In Service TRAINING AT FARRAGUT George Ivan Renoe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Renoe, Hardman, is now one of the thousands who are stationed at the U. S. Naval "Training station, the largest in the -west, for the recruit training in preparation to becoming a member of the fighting U. S. fleet. Seamanship, physical fitness and the many phases of Navy life will soon become second nature to him, and at the conclusion of this train ing he will be given an opportunity to qualify for a specialized field in one of the many Navy service schools. VISITS FATHER Ensign Louis Gilliam left Wed nesday " for assignment to active duty after visiting a week with his father, L. L. Gilliam. Louis re cently graduated from the school of communications at Annapolis and was granted a short leave for the trip home. ON LEAVE Philip Cohn arrived in Heppner Wednesday to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Cohn, coming from Farragut. Ida, where he has been in boot camp. Philip has been in training since shortly after gradu ating with the class of '43, Heppner high school. HOME ON FURLOUGH Dan Dlnges is enjoying a fur lough from training duties at Camp Howze, Tex-, and is visiting his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dinges, at Lexington. He has been in Hepp ner renewing acquaintances and locking 'in at the First National bank to see that everything is clicking in his former habitat. V EROUTE TO FLORIDA Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Turner re ceived a message from their son, Sgt Don Turner, stating that he was leaving Camp Roberts immed iately for a. point in Florida, pre sumably an officers' training camp. The parents are awaiting further word explaining the sudden trans fer. Old Morrow Hill Blackened By Fire Saturday Afternoon Fire, which for a time late Sat urday afternoon, threatened resi dence property on the east side of town, burned off a heavy coat of grass on the Morrow hill which, is included in the Barratt pasture. Reportedly starting from a yard fire the flames spread rapidly and had a long start on the hand full of fire fighters who rushed to the scene. . Shortly after the flames had en tered the pasture the wind changed and for a short time it looked like the fire would be confined to the lower portion of the hill. In a few moments the wind changed again and this time the angry flames started a destructive race up the hillside in the direction of the cross at the summit. That point was at tained quickly but when smoke and flame had cleared away it was seen that the cross had not been damaged. Fire fighters managed to skirt the flames in a car, getting beyond immediate danger and succeeding in throwing a fire line on top of the second ridge from town, thus diverting and checking the flames in their sweep up both Hinton and Willow creeks. A call for the fire wagon was sent in when the fire threatened homes fringing the pasture. The flames came rather close to some of the places but no damage resulted. Heppner, County Visited By Electrical Storm Wednesday Night No New rorest Fires Reported to Ranger's Office Much lightning, some thunder and a brief shower descended upon the county Wednesday evening and for an hour or so lights and pow er service on the Heppner branch were somewhat on the dim-out or der. A blown fuse in a transformer at lone interrupted the service un til Manager Kenneth House was able to replace the fuse. Lights brightened up about 10 p. m. and there was no further disturbance No reorts of new fires have been received at the office of Ranger F. F. Wehmeyer in Heppner. although he stated that reports are a little slow in coming in and that there is a possibility that minor blazes may have been started- ' Crews are busy "moping up" the 19 forest fires that have been giv ing considerable trouble the past two weeks, Wehmeyer stated. One of these fires got out of control the past wek-end and spread over an area 6,000 acres in the Monument section. Little concern was felt un til the fire jumped the John Day river. It appeared that the local crew would be unable to cope with the situation and an SOS brought about 220 soldiers from Walla Wal diers approximately 300 men went Is. With the arrival of the sol to work taming the fast traveling blaze, which, fortunately, did not get into a timber belt. A lot of grass was consumed but aside from that the damage was negligible, Wehmeyer stated. Highway Commission Scheduled to Visit' Heppstcr August- 25 Members of the Oircgon state highway commission will visit Heppner Wednesday, Aug. 25. ac cording to word received the past week by P. W. Mahoney, chairman of the roads and highway commit tee of Heppner chamber of com merce. The commission is making a tour of the state, visiting county courts to discuss post-war road construction. Arrangements have been made for a luncheon to be served at the Lucas Place for the commission, county court, board of directors of the' chamber of commerce, road committee and any others interest ed in the promotion of a highway program in the county. In announcing . the scheduled visit, the commission stated that when peace comes there will be a considerable . volume of highway construction. For this purpose, Ore gon will have a fund of $15,000,000 and it is the plan of the commis sion to have a program all set to go as soon as the funds can be re leased. For that reason the members are visiting the several county courts to ascertain the needs and desires for state built and operated highways. Morrow county has two unfin ished highways that the court is anxious to have considered under the new building program. The Heppner-Spray road from Ruggs to Hardman needs to be standardized and the entire road from Ruggs to Spray needs surfacing. The other highway needing attention is that ' portion of the Heppner-Condon unit which remains unsurfaced. It is likely the court will seek assist ance on these two routes. As chairman of Monday's lunch eon meeting, Mahoney explained some of the most salient features of the new pay-as-you-go income tax measure. Oregon, Thursday, August 5, 1943 Heppner Youth Gives Blow By Account of Hurricane A Heppner" youth, Don Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvah Jones, had a taste of blitzkrieg which wasn't administered by Hitler's le gions, neither was it.a stab-in-the-back attack by Tojo's treacherous minions. It was a hurricane which swept over, a portion of the state of Texas Tuesday of last week and which struck with great force in the area where Don is training, near Houston. The worst in that re gion since 1915, the hurricane's down town velocity reached 132 miles per hour and at the air field it measured 135 miles per hour. Don stated that the weather was calm and the sky slightly overcast with a light rainfall Tuesday morn ing. Before the storm had cleared a total of six and one -half inches of rain had fallen. Having a cold, Don went to bed at 12:30 p. m. and was awakened at 4 p. m. by water leaking through crack in the barracks walls and through doors and windows- A little later the windows were knocked out as well as some of the door casings. The wind was so strong that he walked at a 45 degree angle toward the mess hall three blocks 0 and C Holders Urged io Get- Books Holders of B and C gasoline books are advised by the local ra tioning office that the new books are now on issue and that those not having applied for book three arc urged. to -do so- nt once.. - Valid date is the day the book is issued and renewal date is three months later with instructions to use until all coupons are gone. The ration board points out that tire inspection certificate must be brought in with all B and C applications. OUR DEMOCRACY 'A CHAIN IS NO THAN ITS WEAKEST LINJf Each one of us is a vital link in the chain of America's strength, as we work harder on farms, in factories, stores, offices and homes,-as we save more put our money into war. bonps, LIFE INSURANCE, SAVINGS ACCOUNTS, WE MAKE OURSELVES, OUR FAMILIES, OUR NATION STRONGER, REINFORCE THE MIGHTY CHAIN OF AMERICA'S STRENGTH, away, it requiring 10 minutes to cover the distance. The mess hall was indeed a mess with water two inches deep over the floor. Returning to the barracks, with the wind at his back, it took much less time By 5 p. m. everyone was back in the barracks and ordered into rain coats and helmets to turn out and help hold planes to their moorings. To reach the site of the planes the boys were lined up double file, each one holding on to the man in front of him. The planes were teth ered with six-inch thick rope and despite this fact it required four men on each wing to keep them from taking off. The cadets alter nated shifts, one hour on, one hour off, eating between times. ' The storm reached its peak at 8 p. m. and had declined to a dead calm by 9:30 p. m. But this was not all. After returning to the barracks for a bit of sleep, the boys' were called out again, dressed in their wet clothing, to turn the planes around- The storm had turned and was coming back. So there was nothing to do but hang onto the planes and dhtl until midnight when the storm began to abate. RANCH SALE REPORTED ' Sale of the J. E. Musgrave farm on lower Rhea creek to Mr. and Mrs- Dan BLhop was reported the fust of the werk. The place con sists of 80 acres, most of which, is in alfalfa- The Bishops have been connected with the Blackburn mill anee coming to the county. , PHILIP KENOE HOME Philip Renoe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Renoe of Hardman, returned home Wednesday,, having been given a medical discharge- He recently had a serious case of pneumonia and spent 93 days in the hospital. by Mat STRONGER. ''& Vv Volume 60, Number 19 C of C Accepts Lead In Organizing for Oregon Chest Drive Relief Fund Drive To Get Undervvay In Early October Machinery was set in motion Tuesday evening to formulate a campaign for raising Morrow coun ty's quota of the Oregon War Chest, a general fund to care for several relief agencies, services and other aids due to the war. Ac tion was taken by the board of di rectors of the Heppner chamber of commerce accepting responsibility for securing a county chairman and helping in other ways to get the campaign under way. The task of securing a chairman has been left to Frank W. Turner and O. G. Crawford. Purpose of Oregon War Chest, Inc. is to cooperate with the Nat ional War Relief in providing funds to be drawn upon in assisting va rious relief agencies. Instead of staging drives for each need that comes along, it is proposed to con duct one general drive for funds to care for the following list of na tional member agencies: USO; War Prisoners' aid; United Seamen's Service; United Nations Relief including Belgian War Relief so ciety, French War Relief fund, Greek War Relief association. Nor wegian Relief, Polish War Relief, Queen Wilholmina fund, Ksssion Relief, United China Rdkf, Unit ' t "d "Czechoslovak ju - Relief fund, U nited Yugoslav Relief fund; Refu gee Reliel Refugee Relief Trus tees, United States committee for the care of European children. Discussion of the matyer of select ing a county chairman was held at 'the Monday luncheon at the Lucas Place, at which time Mrs. Lucy Rodgers disclaimed any intention of taking the job herself while pledg ing aid in securing a chairman. It iinally was left in the hands of the board of directors. Mrs. Rodgers at tended a meeting of Oregon War Chest, Inc., on June 9 while in Sa lem for the county superintenrents" conference and brought the re qucst of former Governor Char' 3S A. Sprague for a county organiza tion. Opening of the fund campaign has been scheduled for Oct. 18, with Nov. 30 as the closing date. Acting upon suggestion of the luncheon club, the board of di rectors Tuesday night elected Ken neth House as treasurer of the chamber of commerce, taking that much work off the hands of the seeietary. A permanent program chairman will be named at the luncheon next Monday. CHURCH TO ENJOY POTLUCK DINNER AFTER A. M. SERVICE Ladies of the guild of All Sainta Episcopal church have announced plans to serve a potluck dinner im mediately following Holy Com munion Sunday. Aug. 8. Archdea con Neville Blunt will come from Pendleton to conduct the morning service at 11 o'clock. Archdeacon and Mrs. Blunt will remain in Pendleton during tho ab sence of Bishop and Mrs. Reming ton who arc enjoying a vacation in Victoria this month. BAC FROM CAMP WHITE Mrs. R. C. Lawrence and two. daughters returned the first of the week from Medford where they spent several days with Dr. Law rence, Camp White dentist. They were accompanied home by Mrs. Lawrence's sister. Mrs. Rod Dra per, who will visit here for some time. r- W o o H -