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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1943)
8 Hppner Gazette Times, August 26, 1943 Man's Body Taken From Columbia River County coroner A. D. McMurdo was called to the north end of the county Saturday to examine the hndv of a man taken from the Col- lumhia river. The body was recov- ered by T. B. Hague, Patterson fer- ry oerator. who discovered it in the . nA. nomvrfArl f authorities, MrwaTaooomanied by Sheriff John Fuiten and County Attorney P. W. Mahoney. No foul play was indicated and jt rtwv.., ,W boon Alt WO UliVfVJl wv xi lv.. mnnfiii! TTa 111 ue wcwri nuiui nrrvr iivwu. tr 4,11 ..uinhiul VacfuKwvn WtlS ilA ixiii. vvjau ."vv,.. 180 to 190 pounds and was brought to have been between 45 and 50 years of age. The body was nude excerrt for a pair of shorts. Fmgerpnnts were taicen ana om- We were fortunate to find a cials are awaiting returns on this gmaU instrument, just 44 inches to establish identity of the man. Im- tall. 24 inches wide and 56 inches mediate burial was recommended long. It was good and in good con by Coroner McMurdo and the re- dition as Mrs. Walter Moore check mains were laid to rest in the n for us. So know it was a county's section of the Heppner good one. The price of $250 deliv Masonic cemetery. ered was not considered too much shoats. FOR SALE 5 sows, 35 Harold Wright, Heppner. 22-23p HUti bALJti UK ItUUJCj 10U acres of pine timber if miles rrom nep- rA rA TaV0 tr,-lr x. r 1. 1 ixi. i. kti . ana lumoer wuh vaxii. ividAe unci in first letter. Due to illness must BelL F. F. Wright, 22 N. E. Mon roe St.. Portland Ore. 22c FOR SALE 35 acre farm: 20 A in afaifa. 1 A grapes, laying house for 1000 hens, 2 portable brood -letf houses 1200 dhbc capacity, electric water system, 4 room to on oiled roadi J W. Mc on Mullen. 22p FOR SALE trailer tires. Lee Cantwell. with good 22c. : ; ; WANTED-Cooking, housework or child care. Elaine Nichols. Ph-ll72- p Dr J P. Stewart eye-sight spec- ialist" of Pendleton will be at Hepp- ner hotel Wednesday, Sept 1. ! FOR SALE Guernsey heifer just fresh with heifer calf $110-00 L. T. Coffman, Cecil, Ore. 23c FOR SALE Washing machine. Mrs. Anna Q. Thomson, Heppner. 22p STAR Reporter Priday-Saturday, August 27-28 The Ox-Bow Incident Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Mary Beth Hughes, Anthony Quinn, Jane Darwell A compeUing drama from Walter Van Tilburg Clark's indictment against mob lynching. PLUS Truck Busters Richard Travis, Virginia Christine, Monte Blue A quick-moving, realistic story of the little fellow's struggle for survival. Sunday-Monday, August 29-30 The More the Merrier Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Charles Coburn, Richard Gaines, Bruce Bennett A delightful zany story and one of the cleverest pictures to brighten the movie horizon in a long time. Tuesday, August 31 Souls at Sea Gary Cooper, George Raft, Frances Dee, Henry Wilcoxon, Harry Carey, Olympc Bradna, Virginia Weidler, Porter Hall, Joseph Schildki-aut, Robert Cummings Another famous motion picture re issued to add to your movie enjoy ment Wednesday-Thursday, Sept. 1-2 Bombardier Funds Subscribed Here Make Piano Purchase PoSSlble By MBS. 'RALPH THOMPSON The bouquets this week go to everyone who donated funds to the Morrow county committee. Your generosity made it possible for you to furnish a small niano to be used in the wank at MCaw, anny hos- pital. This & " . thing long wished for but more im- portant needs were taken care of first. Because this countv raised - v siirK a lnreic sum wp Viflvf been - o- aKIp in suTunlv manv nrpssini? needs f j x-- o these last two months but the piano will mean more to the boys . in bed than anything else that has been given. 83 f11 Pianos have icreased ,in P" and such small ones are hard to find. The carpenfiprs at ivicviw li n r - -i . win duiiu a siiian piBuurm wiui castors in each corner so it will be castors in eacn corner so n win oe M.w fnr thA Ws to move it and j v. v,; ,,,oii since July 29th when we pub- lished the total contributions as $1663.50. we wish to rerxrt that the total has grown to $1712.50. This was made possible by the $5.00 giv- en us by several persons, $10 from the Pomona grange at lone and the generous gift of $35 from Mr. and Mrs. Harlan McCurdy. Of this sum $905 as been used at' McCaw which includes the cost of the piano, $22.05 was used in buying mater- ial for the cushions and bench pads and $6 61 was necessary to pay the express of the latter to Walla Wal- k When you read thege tota3 please remember the first $555 sent was alloted for work we did not e rs year e co1"11! was organized. Members of the commit- tee andi others were asked their opinions before any money was spent and the final word comes from Mrs Fred Mankin, of lone, as to just what we shall furnish and how much we should pay out It was surely kind of Mrs Mankin to take this resonsibility after giving so much of her time in collecting funds RETURNING SATURDAY Archdeacon and Mrs. Neville Blunt will return to Heppner Sat- urday after spending a month in Pendleton where the archdeacon supplied for Rev. Eric O. Robathan. Rev. Blunt will hold services at All Saints Episcopal church , Sunday morning. He and Mrs. Blunt will go to Cove Tuesday to attend the church conference, following which they will resume residence here. HAVE DAUGHTER A six-pound 11 ounce daughter was bom Saturday, Aug. 21, to Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Hayes at Pen dleton. The young lady has been named Christine Adele, according to her grandmother, Mrs. Grace Nickerson. of Heppner. home HOME ON FURLOUGH Robert Scrivner arrived Saturday from Teas where he is in the psychological division of the army air corps. He visited his bro- ther Bill in Iowa enroute here to visit his parents, Mr -and Mrs. Lee Scrivner. GOES TO STANFIELD Roy Obert who has been work ing for Ted Smith near lone is preparing to move to Stanfield soon, he iniormed mends while in . Heppner the first of the week. BULLETS TO TOJO Grant Olden was in town Tues day, bringing a sizeable chunk of kitchen fats which he turned in to the butcher to be sent away for of weeks. making into "bullets for Tojo." O HOSPITALIZED GOES TO FLORIDA Mrs. E. J. Elake spent a few days Bill Blake left Tuesday evening last week in Heppner hospietl due for Florida where he will take more to sinu troubb. She has been hav radio training in the signal corps. ing dental work done too. Continued from First Page but ship by truck instead. This will increase as time goes on, he stated. Mayor J. O- Turner thanked the commission for the oiling job done on Heppner streets this spring. He called attention to the inadequate bridges oyer ,v . -iv form dams -n of water Re for , . .j i rUv L "wais Lm inside the railings and placing on outridedevoting .. , ' . whJde . , traffic. . T vnfVi ' W. H. Lynch of the bureau of ...i.;-. wni 44 tkn Wha tv. i nvir ? w f materials the bureau has no road "6, fore hostilities cease. T. H. Banfield, chairman of the ms3 Graidine Mary Watson, a commission, stated the object of former resident of Heppner and a the visit was to give the new com- yy operator at Myrtle's Beauty mission an opportunity to meet the hop here in i94142 has enlisted courts and other interested groups, -m WAVES, women's service of as well as gaining first hand infor- the y s NavVj is awaiting mation on the condition of the assignment to the WAVES indoc state's highways. Things seen and lrination school at Hunter's colleffe learned on these inspection trips will be studied to formulate the highway programi. T, .t- w of H .Un-u. 0f cnmmeroe at commerce at a i,1T1on at 4ia Lucas PW. at , . , ., . wnicn rersiaenx Clarence rtosewaii . presided. A dozen or so members 0f the chamber of commerce also attended the luncheon.- rva .rtv ivoo hAA W T. TT. Banfield of Portland and included A. W, Schaupp, Klamath Falls and M. E. Chessman, Astoria, commis- sioners; R. H. Baldock, Salem, state highway engineer; H. B. Glaisyer, Salem, commission secretary; H. G. Smith, Salem, construction engi- neer; S. H. Boardman, Salem, parks superintendent; Wm. E. Chandler! Bend, division engineer; Paul Van Scoy, La Grande, division engineer; T. ML Davis, Portland, engineer; PubUc Roada administration; John Kelley. Salem, director, postwar readjusibment and development committee; Ralph Watson, Portland, Oregon Journal; Dr. E. B. McDan- iels- Portland, president Oregon State Motor association; Senalbr Marshall E. Cornett, Klamath Falls; W. H. Lynch, Public Roads admin- istration, and Joe Gerber, Portland advertising man. SERVICE AT VALBY CHURCH There will be both morning and evening services at Valby Lutheran church in Gooseberry Sunday, Aug. 29, according to Leonard Carlson who was in Heppner Monday. Rev. Stanley Sandberg of Seattle will preach at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. The church extends a cordial invitation to the public to attend. SCOTT FAMILY PICNICS Members of the several Scott families residing in the Portland area held a Picnic Sunday in Laur elhurst park in Portland. Among those attending were Mr. and Mrs. Oral Scott, former Morrow county residents now living near Gresh-am- About 25 cousins of Mr. Scott were present. GEORGE HENRY HALL Georg3 Henry Hall, aged 79 years, five months and eight days, died near midnight last night at Hepner hospital where he had been taken the first of the week. He had been making his home with his son Roland Hall at the Rood place. The body was placed in charge of the Case mortuary for shipment to Blackfoot, Ida. Hall was a native of Harrisville, Mo. HOME FOR A DAY Mrs- W. C. McNamer spent Mon day in Heppner looking after bus iners affairs. She reports that Mr. McNamer, who underwent a major surgical operation last week, is slowly gaining. HOME FROM HOSPITAL Mrs. Henry Aiken drove to The Dalles Saturday, returning that evening wit hMrs. Lillie Aiken who was hospitalized there for a conrle Our Men in Service Continued from First Page ter division in charge of school SUppijes. jq MORROW COUNTY BQys Jom jg Charles Frederick Markham of Irrigon and Blaine Leroy Turner of lone entered the marine corps Sj?Z tto 71 f J LwhTThlf 3 after short furloughs at home- Private Markham is the son ol Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Smith and a graduate of Irrigon high school . M . i inmers parents are Mr. ana Mrs. Blaine Turner of Portland. 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