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o o o sew "3 C r H O O O 73 4-H Clubbers to Show Their Wares Here October 4 On-Day exhibition To Draw Fine Stock, Home Ec Products Four-H club members of Morrow county will exhibit their livestock, garden and home economics projects at the annual 4-H Club fair at Hep pner Monday, Oct- 4. Clothing, cooking,, canning and garden exhib its will be on display in the vacant store formerly occupied by Hanson Hughes, and livestock exhibits will be shown in the fair pavilion. Exhibits will be in place all 10 a. m. and the forenoon will be de voted to demonstrations and judg ing contests and the afternoon to judging exhibits. Judge for Hvp stock and garden projects will be Elgin Cornett, assistant , county agent at Milton -Freewater, while Marian Moyer, home economics in structor in Heppner high school, will judge the home economics ex hibits. The health contest for all the clubs in the county will be held at 10 a. m- and the participants from each health club should be on hand at the former Hughes store at that time. Unendorsed Coupons Can't- Be Accepted Unendorsed gasoline coupons can not be accepted by service station operators, under OPA regulations. All coupon books carry full endorse ment instructions and the regula tions require the immediate en dorsement of coupons issued for highway use as soon as received from the ration board. Unendorsed gasoline coupons is sued for highway use, "A", ,'B", "C" and "T" stamps, may be con fiscated by OPA enforcement offi cers, whether in the hands of the person to whom issued or a gaso- line company. Ink must be used for the en dorsement. Pencil endorsement is worthless. Pomona Grange to Meet at Lexington Morrow county Pomona grange will meet Saturday with Lexington grange as host. The usual program of business session in the forenoon, followed with lunch at noon and resumption of business will be in force until 3 p. m- The lecturer's hour is scheduled for 3 o'clock and the program will include numbers by members of the several granges; an agricultural talk by County Agent C D. Con rad and a special speaker. An in vitation has been extended an out side speaker or chemurgy and should he be unable to appear an other speaker will be available. The public has an invitation to attend the program hour, according to Mrs. Ernest Heliker Lexington grange will exemplify the 5th degree to a class of candi dates, and a memorial service and the election of officers will con clude the day's meeting. DISTRICT MEETING OF STAR SCHEDULED FRIDAY EVENING A district meeting of the Order of Eastern Star will be held in Heppner Friday evening, Oct. 1, at which time Dr. June Martin of Marshfield, worthy grand matron of Oregon, will pay an official visit. Ruth chapter No. 32 of Heppner will be the host lodge, Locust chap ter of lone being the other member of the district organization. Rev. Bennie Howe is recuperat ing from an eye operation in Port land and hopes to return next week. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, September 30, 1943 Red Hat Army Advances on Wary Timber Denizens There may be a manpower short age in some quarters but it is not evident in the "red hat army" that annually sets up headquarters in the mountain fastnesses to make war on that wiley denizen properly called the deer and referred to by various other names, such as veni son, buck or mowitch. Somewhat in advance of local nimrods, parties of hunters from outside points, some from Coos Bay, others from Portland and Vancou ver and no telling how many other places, began rolling in Tuesday and by this morning about all the rigs seen on the street were hunt ers' outfits. Weather conditions are beautiful for camping out a bit zestful in the upper stretches but hunters would prefer some rain. Timber operators, fearing the consequenes of large concentrations of hunters through out the region, have taken precau tion to have their holdings declared closed until it is safe to hunt. In this region, the Kinzua Pine Mills company petitioned Governor Snell to close the area covered by their holdings and the governor acceded. Some 65,000 acres in the area were affected. TWO LOCAL TRUCK CONCERNS SELL OUT Two truck deals were made here Wednesday, one involving equip ment of a lumber outfit and the other general hauling. Claude Buschke sold four of his lumber trucks to Frank Crawford of Spray who will continue the movement of lumber from that point to Heppner Lumber company. The other deal was made by Frank Ho lub who sold his big transport and business to Walterj L. Nutting of Portland. It is understood Nutting will operate the line from this ter ritory. PAT MOLLAHAN BUYS HENRY BLAIIM RANCH P. A. "Pat" Mollahan closed a deal the past week with Henry F. Blahm of Walla Walla for the Blahmj farm three and one-half milesi northwest of Heppner. The place includes valley and hill land It has been farmed by renters for a long time or since the Blahms moved to Walla Walla to make their home. Mollahan contemplates making some improvements but does not intend to take up residence on the place for a few years. Most of the valley land is in alfalfa and the barn is equipped for handling dairy stock. -v. CHURCH RALLY DAY Annual Rally day will be ob served by the Heppner Methodist church school on Sunday, Oct. 3. Sunday school and church hours will be merged into one single service beginning at 9:45, states Mrs. Lucy E. Rodgers, Sunday school superintendent. There will be a special rally day program. All parents and friends of the children enrolled in the Sunday school are particularly invited to come. HERE FOR IDUNT Arrivals in Heppner Wednesday evening from the Portland area to hunt for deer were Mr. and Mrs. La Verne Van Marter, Catain Bul lier and wife and Major Bianci, the officers coming from Vancouver Barracks. REBEKAH MEETING CALLED Sana Souci Rebekah lodge will resume meetings Friday evening, Oct. 1, according to Mrs. N. D. Bailey, noble grand, who urges all members to be present. ATTEND JOHN DAY FAIR Mr. and Mrs. Frank Turner drove to John Day Saturday to take in the fair. War Chest Group Ready to Enter n; ield Tomorrow Chairman Isom Completes List Field Workers Organizational work has been completed1 for the Oregon War Chest campaign, according to Blaine E. Isom, county chairman, and workers are ready to take the field Friday. The drive, starting in step with the state and national sched ules, will be pressed thrQUghout the month of October, coming to a close Oct. 31. Morrow county's quota is in ex cess of $4,000 and it is hoped that each individual will feel his or her responsibility in subscribing! funds for the various relief agencies in cluded in the national chest and those coming under the Oregon Win Chest. "It will make organizational work easier if donors will make their contributions early and of course, generous as well," Isom stat ed. "It is an essential effort and ev ery citizen should consider it a pri vilege to contribute to the aid' of millions of people rendered desti tute by the ravages of war. I'm sure Morrow county will come through in this drive as it has in previous drives," he concluded. The Morrow county unit of Ore gon) War Chest, Inc., with Blaine Isom, chairman, includes O- W. Cutsforth, Lexington area chair man; V. L. Carlson, lone area chair man, and. -the, following field staff; Heppner F. W. Turner, business district; Mrs. Lucy Rodgers. resi dential district. Upper Willow creek. Mrs. R. I. Thompson; Rhea creek above Ruggs, Mrs- Inez Gentry, Mrs. Walter Becket; Eight Mile and lower Rhea creek to Heppner, Mrs. Ben Ander son, Mrs. Harley Anderson; Little Butter creek, Mrs. Fay Finch, Mrs. W. E. Hughes; Heppner to Piper ranch, Mrs. Millie Evans; Hardman, Mrs Cleo Robinson; Boardman. Mrs- Margaret Thorpe; Cecil, Mrs. George Krebs; Morgan, Mrs. Elmer Griffith; lone residence and north, Mrs. Charieg Carlson; upper Sand Hollow, Mrs. Sam Turner; Heppner Lena, Mrs. Rod Thomson; Irrigon, George Linn, and Lexington, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hunt. HERE ON BUSINESS Maurice E. Smead, northwest sup ervisor of the Capitol Life Insur ance company and John E. Meeke special agent of the Firemen's Fund, drove in from Portland Wednesday evening on business in connection with their respective companies Smead, native of Heppner, may de cide to remain for a week-end hunt with Dr. A. D. McMurdo. Astorian Says Bunchgrass Fishermen Should Try for 40-Pound Chinook for Real Sport Eastern Oregon Isaak Waltons should try their hands at luring a 35-40 pound royal chinook salmon on light tackle if they want some real sport. That's the opinion of W. F. Spittle of Astoria who was a guest at the chamber of commerce luncheon forum Monday at the Lu cas Place. He said he realized that casting for trout in our eastern Ore gon streams is a pleasant and heal thy recreation but if real excite ment is wanted, the royal chinook salmon is the fish to go after. Mr. Spittle expressed keen pleas ure in the way the Third War Loan drive went over in Morrow county. It let him out of a bit of a spot, he said for after arriving in Hepp ner he learned that his home county of Clatsop was running behind on bond sales and he felt a little em barrassed to make a purchase here 13 Morrow County Youths Called Up For Training Duty Morrow county local board of selective service reports the follow ing men as accepted recently for military service. In the army; Robert William Voile, Irrigon; James Dewayne Holliday, Heppner; Erloy Cecil Ellis, lone. Marines: Clarence Emery Coxen, Hugh P. McLaughlin, William H. I. Padberg, Jr., all of Heppner. Navy: Russell N. O'Donnell, Hu bert Clifford Wilson, Kenneth Earl Bailey, William Gay French, Hepp ner Albert Riley Edwards. Lexing ton; Donald Gordon Ford, Board man; James William Gist, Hard-man- i MUST BE LEFT OUT D'.ie to a bvrt-minute arrival of advertising which had to run this week, the "Our Men in Service" col umn has been omitted. We majke this explanation in justice to those contributor who may be disappoint ed in not finding their boys men tioned in this issue. HARDMAN POST OFFICE CLOSES Tins EVENING As the month of September draws to a close, the doors to the Hardman post office will be locked for the duration. That was the word given the chamber of commerce by Postmaster Charles B. Cox of Heppner, who states that Hardman patrons will be served from this office.. Patrons of the Hardman of fice will receive their mail from the route wagon driven by Elbert Cox, Mrs. Elsa Leathers has been post mistress ai Hardman in recent years. She has not divulged her plans for the future. COMING ON VISIT Mrs. W. S- Cochell and baby dau ghter Judith Ann, are scheduled to arrive in Heppner tomorrow from Portsmouth, Va., to visit Mr. Co chell's mother, Mrs. T. S. Wells. Billy Cochell has been transferred to sea duty; RETURN HOME Mr. and Mrs- Frank Spittle who spent two weeks at the home of Mr- and Mrs. Ture Peterson, re turned Wednesday to their home in Astoria. They accompanied Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Nys as far as Portland TEACinSR SOCIAL SCHEDULED A social evening with program and visiting has been scheduled for the evening of Oct. 11 at St. Pat rick's Catholic church in Heppner. Teacherg of the county will be the guests of honor. HOME ON LEAVE John Skuzeski Jr. has finished boot camp at Camp Bennion. Far ragut, Ida- and is home on 14-day leave. Taking advantage of his son's presence, John Sr. will take a brief vacation at Ritter Springs, starting tomorrow- to be credited on another county's sales. But since Morrow had gone over in a big way he felt relieved. Frank Turner reported that a do zen or so Heppner people were in attendance at the John Day fair Saturday. He considered it a good exhibition, taking into account the scarcity of riding talent and other shortages induced by the war. A , discussion of the weed prob lem on the school grounds resulted in a decision to continue the work of clearing the playground. (For the benefit of chamber of commerce members, it may be stated that four men turned out Tuesday evening and wrestled with the China lettuce but progress was slow. O. Wendell Herbison was ap pointed program chairman for the month of October. O. G. Crawford served in that capacity during September. Volume 60, Number 27 - County Over Top In Big Way on Third War Loan Over-Subscription May Reach $100,-.. 000 in Final Count If the state of Oregon Is lagging behind in the quest of the $104,000, 000 it is not the fault of Morrow county. Figures released this morn ing by Cb-Chairmen P. W. Ma honey and B. C Pinckney indicate that this county's quota has been oversubscribed at least 26 percent Totals available up to press time show that "E" bonds reached a high of $216,887.50; other types $178,285, and corporation purchases credited to the county, $68,000, for a grand total of $463,173. According to the chairmen, other amounts to come in before closing time this afternoon should raise the total another $5700. If this is done the grand total will exceed the quota by more than $100,000. Until a complete check is made of re turns and buyers the exact amount of bonds sold and- the number of purchasers cannot be diclosed. It is evident, from the total of "E" bond purchasers that a goodly number of small buyers entered the picture . the past few days, A news report in the Oregonian this morning was to the effect that Oregon is approximately $21,000,000 short of the $104,000,000 quota and many agencies are working to put the state over on schedule. Teachers' Institute To Open October 13 Annual institute for teachers of Morrow and Umatilla counties and most of Grant county, will be held Wednesday, Oct. 13 in,' Pendleton, announces George A. Corwin. presi dent of eastern Oregon division of the Oregon State Teachers' associa tion. The three-day conference for the district has been scheduled to accommodate the several counties, taking into consideration travelling crnditionr. Union and Wallowa tea chers will gather at La Grande Oct. 14, and the Baker and Mal heur conference will be, held in Ontario on the 15th. Theme for this year's confer ence is "Education for a Post war World." The list of speak ers include Rex Putnam, sup erintendent of public instruction; Royce Bjjewster, regional agent for occupational information and guidance, U. S. bureau of educa tion; Dr. Frank Parr, executive se cretary. O- S. T. A., and Dr. R. F. Hawks, director of research, Van port City schools. Portland. IN PORTLAND Mrs. Ada Cason left Wednesday for Portland to spend several weeks in the city. SUFFERS FROM FALL Mrs. M. L. Case is recovering from the effects of a fall which she experienced about 10 days ago. no bones were broken, she suf fered severe wrenching and bruis ing and was quite ill for) several days- HAVE A SON Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Huit an nounce the birth of a son, Dennis Alfred, Sept. 18 at Seattle. The young man weighed six pounds, eight ounces. Mrs Huit is the dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs- Lee Howell of Heppner. GUEST OF DRAKES Mrs. Jessie Hanshew of Hillsboro was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Drake at their home in Sand Hol low from Wednesday to Saturday of last week. She left Saturday for Spokane on a brief visit Mrs. Han shew owns the property fanned by the Drakes O r- ti o o r-i