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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. ''&
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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.
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