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TICS LAD SAW REAL ACTION
In a recent number of Liberty
magazine there was a full page
technicolor picture of the Ploesti
oil fields in Rumania. The picture
had to do with the bombing of the
fields and oil plants by a force of
American bombers. '
About the time Liberty picture
-was run, the Gazette Times re
ceived a letter from Marcus Gunn
of Sacramento enclosing a page
from the San Francisco Call-Bulletin
describing in picutre the ex
periences of Lt John J. McAtee,
son of Slyvester J. McAtee of 15
Eighteenth street, San Francisco.
Lt. McAtee was a pilot of one of
the big air birds which helped
"wreak serious damage at Ploesti.
His letter to his dad follows:
Dear Dad:
I hope my cablegram arrived in
time to prevent your worrying too
much. We have been awfully busy
here. 1 wouldn't have missed this
show for all the spaghetti in Joe
Di Maggio's . . . . . My hair is
still standing straight up on end
from passing under a barrage bal
loon and not hitting the cable- . . .
"We didn't go in at tree top altitude
as reported. We went in below the
tree tops. We had to ... . The hot
test place in hell is an ice storage
plant compared to this infemo of
exploding oil tanks ...... Just as
we were on the bombing run a
parachute came at us head on. but
I'd be dammed if they were going
to stop us now The last we saw of
the pea shooter he was circling for
the ground with his engine aflame.
After we turned off the target we
couldn't get the bomb doors shut,
causing such a reduction of air
speed that we couldn't stay in for
mation. To be out of formation at
that time was darn near suicide.
Smitity, my engineer, Istlrted to
close the doors by manual methods.
He couldn't work with his para
chute on, so he took it off. He fi
nally got them closed, at least to
the extent of being able to stay in
formation. We landed back at the
field with no flaps or brakes to
stop with. We just had to let her
run until she finally quit rolling,
as our hydraulic system and brakes
were shot out as well as my instru
ments on the dash board.
Now to chow or go hungry. All
my love,
John.
Sylvester McAtee was born m
Heppner in 1884 and moved away
from here in 1892. He is a nephew
of D. A. McAtee of this' city.
Sender of the letter, Marcus
Gunn, likewise is a native of Hepp
ner who moved away from here in
1903 following the Heppner flood
in which his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
A. M. Gunn lost their lives.
CUP OF COFFEE SAVES LIFE
Someimes it takes a very small
matter to keep soul and body to
gether and in the case of Jim Ad
kins, former Heppner man, it was
an ordinary habit that caused him
to be alive today. Jim was return
ing to the States from the African
zone and when about 800 miles out
from New York the ship was dam
aged by an underwater explosion.
At the time this happened, Jim
was on the upper deck enjoying
a cup of coffee. Otherwise he would
not be among the living, so he
wrote his mother, Mrs. Mattie Ad
kins of Portland. He was not even
scratched but suffered shell shock
and nervousness and was hospital
ized as soon as he reached New
York. He is expecting a medical
discharge as soon as he is able to
leave the hospital.
HE'S A "SEA BEE" NOW
Looking hale and hearty. Bill
Francis, former state game police
Continued on Page Eight
Selective Service
Registrants Face
Careful Check-Up
Delinquents to Be
Rounded Up By
FBI, Board Is Told
Selecive service regisrants who
have failed to keep in touch with
their local boards have been issued
a warning that unless they correct
this condition by Nov. 1, 1943. they
will be facing an unpleasant situa
tion. This fact was revealed here
today- by Judge Bert Johnson,
chairman of Morrow county local
board No. 1, who stated that his
board has some cases and that
something is going to be done about
it.
Local boards throughout the
country presently will be review
ing the file of each registrant who
is delinquent or suspected of being
a delinquent. Commencing Nov. 1,
the local board will list all de
linquents and suspected delinquents
and begin the process of reclasify
ing the registrants and ordering
them to report for induction. A
complete list of the delinquents
failing to report for induction will
be presented to United States at
torneys, and facilities of the Fed
eral "Bureau of Investigation will be
utilized to round up those who have
failed in their duties.
Johnson pointed out that local
boards are now reclassifying fath
ers to , fill calls and that delin
quents will not be allowed to play
a game of hide-and-seek with the
boards. Asserting that many of the
delinquencies may be due to ne
glect rather than wilfulness, he
said that the best time to clear up
any misunderstandings which have
arisen through their neglect is
now.
Jack Bailey, who gave Cecil, Ore..
as his address when he registered
in Spokane is cited among the de
linquents from this district.
BISHOP REMINGTON TO
PRESIDE HERE SUNDAY
Archdeacon Neville Blunt has
been advised that Bishop W. P.
Remington will visit All Saints
Episcopal church Sunday and will
preside at the Morning Prayer
service at 11 o'clock.
The , bishop will remain for the
potluck dinner in the parish house
immediately following the morn
ing service and may discuss some
matters pertaining to the welfare
of the church.
ON, HUNTING TRIP
Al Neilson of Portland came to
Heppner Sunday night to join Dr.
A. D. McMurdo on a hunting trip
He was accompanied by" friends,
Mr. and Mrs- Seet Bigbee and Mr.
and Mrs. Ulrich all of Portland.
The doctor was unable to keep the
appointment due to a hurried trip
to San Francisco so Mr Neilson is
doing a little bird shooting before
he returns to the city.
IN HOSPITAL
Joe Hughes entered Heppner hos
pital Monday to receive treatment
for injuries sustained in an acci
dent at the Wightman ranch about
two weeks ago. A load of straw up
on which he was riding turned over
and Joe was thrown a considerable
distance down hill, narrowly es
caping plunging into a pile of rocks.
He suffered severe bruises and
sprains and injury to his back.
UP FROM PORTLAND
Mrs. Clair Ashbaugh was up
from Portland the first of the week
on a business trip. Her son Lowell
who has been employed at Wilson's
Men's Wear expects to join the
family in a few days. He stated he
might return to Heppner in the
spring.
Heppner, Oregon, Thursdoy, October 28, 1943
Handicapped Child Has Chance
Under New Oregon Law
Handicappd children have an op
portunity to find a place in the sun
under provisions of a law passed
at the recent session of the Oregon
legislature. The measure provides
for individual .attention rather than
group training as in the past and
the department of education is
charged with the duty of formulat
ing and carrying out the program.
Speaking of the measure before
the chamber of commerce forum
luncheon- Monday at the Lucas
Place, Dr. V. D.Bain of the state
department of education stated that
the 1941 legislature appropriated
$15,000 to be used in canvassing
the possibility of special training
for physically handicapped children.
The survey was made and a report
made to the 1943 session, resulting
in a law being passed with suffici
ent funds to back up the program.
Buckberger Feed
Served to 55 People
Fifty-five or more Legionnaires
and auxiliary members gathered
around the festive board at the par
ish house Tuesday evening and en
joyed the buckberger feed, an an
nual event with the Legion. Lee
Howell and Ernie Johnson were
(responsible for cooking the buck
bergers., and in addition, Johnson
provided the buns and doughnuts.
Women of the auxiliary assisted in
the serving of the meal.
In attendance from outside were
District Commander Bob Duggan
and Past District Commander
Robert Burlingame. both of Milton,
who installed the following officers:
Harvey Bauman, commander; Lee
Howell, past commander; Loyal
Parker, secretary; D. E- Hudson,
vice commander; Harry Tamblyn,
assistant sergeant at arms; Harley
Wright, first new member from
World War 11, sergeant at arms.
Attending as a special guest of
the Legion auxiliary was Mrs. Ce
celia Palmer of Fossil, past district
president. She was introduced by
Mrs. Harvey Bauman. president of
the local unit, and gave a talk at
the dinner.
Rehekahs fro Hold
District Convention
Rebekahs of the county will meet
in district convention Saturday eve
ning, Nov. 6 with the lone lodge
as hostess. The state jssembly
president, Mrs- Bertha McCollom,
will be present and it is expected
that a good representation of the
membership will be on hand to
greet her.
Plans for the membership of Sans
Souci lodge of Heppner to attend
the convention will be taken up at
the meeting Friday evening, Nov.
5. Noble Grand, Mrs- N. D Bailey
has asked that all members plann
ing to go to lone Saturday night
to attend the regular lodge session
so transportation may be arranged.
LEAVE FOR CALIFORNIA
Dr. and Mrs. McMurdo left Mon
day for Portland where they took
train passage for San Francisco.
They received a message from their
son Scott stating that he had been
transferred from the San Diego base
to the bay region and that he
thought he might be on his way lo
overseas service. Since there was
slight prospect of a leave for their
son. the parents decided to visit
him. They may go to Los Angeles
to visit with another son, Ted, and
his wife and other relatives there
before returning to their home.
V7SITING IX SOUTH
Mrs. C J. Espy Jr. went to Port
land Sunday to accompany her brother-in-law.
John Espy of the Ma
rines to San Francisco and Los An
geles where she expects to visit
for a month or six weeks.
Dr. Bain introduced John Taylor,
specialist in training handicapped
children with special reference to
deaf and hard of hearing children
Methods used in training these
children are designed to remove the
inferiority complex and create an
interest in learning. When this is
accomplished the child usually
keeps pace with his more fortunate
classmates. Many times children
regarded by their teachers as stupid
are found to have a phyical handi
cap such as poor hearing which
causes them to miss much that is
being said- Once this condition is
understood the child usually be
comes a good student.
Accompanied by Taylor and Dr.
Leon Lasser, medical consultantant
of the department. Dr. Bain was
making a routine visit to counties
of the eastern part of the state.
Willetta Crigler
Passes at Milton
Funeral services . for Willetta
Crigler. 53, were held at 10:30
o'clock a. m. Tuesday from the
Methodist church at Milton. Rev.
E. O. Robathan. rector of the
Church of the Redeemer in Pendle
ton, officiated- Interment was made
at Milton.
Willetta Adkins was born at Wes
ton in 1890 and died Sunday. Oct.
24 in Milton. When a young girl
she came with her parents to Hepp
ner and made her home in this
county many years, receiving her
education here. She was first mar
ried to Waldo Vinson, a native son,
and this happy union was severad
when Mr. Vinson was taken by
death. Later she married Sam Crig
ler of Milton, about 12 years ago.
Mrs. Crigler became an invalid se
ven years ago and her husband
was in constant attention over her
to the end.
Surviving besides the husband,
are a daughter, Mrs. J. J. Records
of Portland; the mother, Mrs. Mar
tha Adkins of Portland; a sister,
Mrs. Fred Elder, Porland; and five
brothers. Ed. lone; James, at pres
ent in New York; Cleve, Newberg;
Cyril, in Alaska, and Conser, Van
couver, Wash.
Attending from this section were
Mr. and Mrs. J. O Rasmus, Mrs.
J. O. Hager and Mrs. Blanch Brown
of Heppner and Mr. and Mrs- Ed
win Hughes , Mrs. Mabel Hughes
and Arthur Hughes of Lena. Edwin
and Arthur Hughes served as pall
bearers.
Oscar Jayne Dies
At Casper, Wyoming
Mrs. D. A. Wilson has received
word from her mother. Mrs- Jennie
Elder of Bremerton, Wash., of the
death of Oscar Jayne on Oct. 20 at
Casper Wyo., where he had resided
many years. Mr. Jayne was a bro
ther of Mrs- Elder's and was a res
ident of Morrow county at a time
when this section was comparative
ly new.
Born at San Jose. Calif., March
9, 1876, Oscar came to this county
with his parents at the age of
three and attained manhood here-
Ha engaged in the sheep busi
ness a' number of years at Condon,
later going to Malheur county and
upon closing out business there
went to Casper where he lived
until death came.
Two sisters. Mrs. Elder of Brem
erton and Mrs- Henry Vance of
Oregon City, Ore., and a brother,
Roy Jayne of Denver, Colo., survive-
MOVE TO PENDLETON
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Parker moved
to Pendleton the first of the week.
Parker, with the Heppner office of
the Umatilla forest the past two
years, will be in charge of the sta
tion at UHah,
Volume 60, Number 31
County Welfare
Outlay Upped By
Increasing Costs
Itemized Expenses
Given By Bureau
Of Tax Research
High cost of living and not an
increased relief roll prompted the
Morrow county court to increase
the budget for old age assistance
this year. This was explained by
Judge Bert Johnson when shown
an article issued by Oregon Busi
ness and Tax Research, Inc. cover
ing county tax cost for relief and
care of the aged.
The report, summarized by the
research organization from records
of the state public welfare com
mission, shows that Morrow county
Xor 1942-43 budgeted $2,400 for gen
eral relief of unemployed and spent
$1,093, or 45.5 percent of the taxes
levied on property for this welfare
purpose.
For the same fiscal year Morrow
county budgeted $5,000 as its match
ed share of old age assistance cost
and spent $3,709, or 741 percent of
the budget allowance.
General assistance or relief' cost
Morrow oouflty $3,277 in 1941. For
the present 1943-44 fiscal year,
year. $2,500 for this purpose was
budgeted, a decrease of 31 precent.
The number of relief cases in Mor
row county during May, 1941 was
61, during May 1943 21 unemployed
persons were aided, a decrease of
65.7 percent.
With respect to old age assistance
Morrow county spent $4,201 dur
ing 1941. but budgeted $5,500 for
this purpose for the present fiscal
year. This is an increase of 30 per
cent in proposed expenditures for
old age assistance, although the
number of old age cases aided in
typical month of May, 1941, was 94.
and73 for the same month 1943, a
decrease of 22.2 percent.
In addition to monthly grants to
old age assistance cases on basis of
need in Morrow county $370 was
spent for medical care and hospi
tilization during the first six months
of 1943. In addition $60 was spent
for medical care of relief cases, a
total of $434 for the six months of
this year.
Set Up for Counry
Seal Sale Files
Miss Martha Shamberger from
the Oregon Tuberculosis association
Portland, was a visitor in Heppner
Oct. 1 and 22- At thi3 time she con
ferred with members of the Morrow
county health association. With her
help, the new association files for
the seal sale were set up. Mrs.
Omar Rietmann has accepted the
chairmanship for the lone territory
and Mrs- Orville Cutsi'orth will
serve in the same capacity for the
Lexington district. Mrs. K. A.
House is the county chairman.
Early requests for Christmas seals
to be used on mail going to men
overeas are now being filled by
the local health association accord
ing to Mrs- House. The seal sale of
ficially opens on Monday, Nov. 22.
GUESTS FROM PORTLAND
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Sweek and
daughters Sharon and Beverly of
Portland arrived in Heppner Satur
day and were guests of Mr. Sweek's
sisters, Misa Edith Sweek and Mrs.
Jack Couture and family. They re
turned to Portland Sunday and
were accompanied by Miss Sweek
who is sr-endin a few days in the
city.
GOES FOR CHECK-UP
Harvey White, proprietor of the
Heppner cafe, took advantage of
his closing day to drive to The
Dalles for a medical check-up. Mrs.
Lorena Marquardt took him in her
car. ; , i