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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1943)
n o 1 n Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 23, 1943 Our Men In Service ' If there is a shortage of turkey for Christmas it may be due to the amount consumed at Camp Peary, where so many thousand of Uncle Sam's '"Seajbees"' are getting their training. "Bee Lines," official camp paper, gives an interesting inside story of the Thanksgiving feast which shows where a considerable amount of the food supply is being . consumed. A Heppner youth, Hu bert Hudson, sent a copy of the pa per to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Hudson, and ve are privileged to reprint the dinner story: "If an office of Price Administra tion employe had to figure out the number of ration points it would take to feed the officers and men stationed at Camp Peary for Thanksgiving dinner, the process would better all the best forms of Spanish Inquisition torture. Preparation of the sumptuous dinner took the assistance of more than 750 rated cooks and strikers, working long hours in the station's -galley; plus hundreds of mess at tendants under the supervision of Lit. Comdr. Herman Strock (SC) USNR, commissary officer, and Lt. (jg) P. J. Meyes (CEC) USNR. Ship's Co. mess hall 'officer. It took 28 tons of turkey meat to feed the hungry diners. Compare this with seven and one half tons served at Allen and Bradford last Thanksgiving.- Best Wishes for a Happy Christmas from the Gazette Times Family Pioneer Woman Laid to Rest at Lexington IIYND BROS. REPORT LOSS OF 300 SHEEP r Loss of 300 head of sheep from poisoning was reported by David Hynd, flock manager' of Hynd Bros., who was in town the first of the Chester Darbee Passes at Redmond Following an which had kept most of the time this past Chester Darbee died at the Volume 60, Number 39 S. Claus Due to Make Rounds Tomorrow Night There has been no definite infor mation relative to his mode of transportation this season, but it is definitely established, that Santa Claus will make his usual rounds tomorrow evening. The weather man has been unable to settle on weather suitable for the occasion and unless this situation is changed suddenly, Santa will be unable to use his sleigh in these parts. Then too. the gas and rubber shortage is hampering his progress and air plane travel is out of the question, but we bet he'll get here if he has to w;lk. . The Christmas season opened last Sunday with programs and carol services in the churches followed by the school program Wednesday night. Christmas eve service at All Saints Episcopal church is sched uled to start at 10 p. m. Special mu sic and Holy Communion are the features of this service. Friends are welcome. Holy Mass at St. Patrick's Catholic church is set for 12 o'cock midnight Friday night. It is expected that business hous es will remain closed Saturday. On Monday evening at eight the members nf the Wnmpns rhnnis arA extended illness guesls will do a bit of outdoor car him hospitalized n1 cinoincf On the lighter side, the Elks have scheduled) a dance for Saturday evening. It will be held at the Elks hall and music-will be furnished by Yarnell's orchestra. The lodge has also scheduled a JNew Years eve dance at the hall and has retained year, Red- nwk Tho shepn were ranging, in oaran iaroiyn iNicnois was,- win the sand country and it is presumed mond hospital Thursday, Dec. 16. Aug. 9 1863, near Sparta Miss, and got into a patch of iupine. Commitment services were held at departed this Me Dec. 17, 194d, be- Knn ,a t ua vnA rromjt,, TjrAT 0 - - O- , . , J Wild! UUU 11CQU Ul J. -J 1 IYA W A i HU11U VitlllUH.iWUU . Prepared to complete tne amira uig ov x- niuia mu sh trailed back from sum- Darbee was a resident of Hepp- were 20,600 pounds of sweet pota- en days old, She spent her girlhood meranSeBwre lost in the foot- ner fori 24 years, leaving here in toes and 5500 1 pounds ol tresh ' hills a few months ago the company May , 1941, upor .retirement as agent the Blue Nots frm Xrimgton to shrimp for the salad. enits to Uassville, Ark .where sne ,f , , & minor j for most of the Union Pacific company. He f,irncV, th. m In addition. 75,000 iresh rolls, WW was married uct it, loou, to jonn . . -,, w-r- rpt.nvprPA w divided his tim between Redmond 0'",S TtZ A r i iir in Tiru:j.A t i qq .u nr.wtrt Man- j pounds ot butter, o,ouu pounos ol idiMii vuu. : - David says this loss is different. rresn peas, ,uw pouuus cauli flower, 560 gallons of ripe oJives, 2,800 pounds of celery. 1.200 pounds of cheese, 1,000 pounds of crackers, 2.800 pounds of radishes, 2,600 Marshall White. In 1884 she came with her husband to a homestead near Lexington. She was a member of the Congregational church and of the Eastern Star. Her husband and a daughter, Rowena G. Gentry, pre- nnim nf Kansaffe. nnd 1.000 pounds ceded her in death. of jelly tickled the palates of the Surviving are one daughter, Iona Seabeas. ' - E- Gilbreath, Dayton, Wash.; three Dessert consisted of 1,850 gallons sons, Claude G., Lexington, Neil O., of ice cream, 10,000 pounds of mince Pilot Rock, and Lt. Gerald A. White, meat and 4.300 gallons of cof- HermistOn, now stationed at Char fee and a proportionate amount of leston, S. C; two brothers and three cream and sugar.. sisters, seven grandchildren, four As an additional treat, more than great .grandchildren and several 50,000 candy bars were handed out nephews and nieces. along with 300,000 cigarets, pur- Funeral services were held Mon- chased for the occasion with wel- day afternoon at the Church of fare funds by order of the com- Christ for Sarah C. White who pass- manding officer." ed away Friday morning at her , home afer a long illness. O. Wendell HftM1? nR rHRiSTMAS " ' Herbison of the Heppner Church of HOME FOR CHKISIMAS rhiot m0A ritk PV,W F,,no- When Mr. and Mrs. Alva Jones rr. 71 IiT' " a! " C " . Tompkins Tells of Trip tc Great Britain Morton Tompkins, master of the state grange, was the speaker at the Morrow county Pomona held at Boardman Deo. 15, with Green field grange as host. Tompkins, one of three chosen in the United States to study and assist with ag ricultural problems in England, from where he recently returned, gave a graphic deseiption of his (voyage, entertainment in Great Britain, rural conditions and life in the cities and smaller towns, making his hearers feel that they had been with, him on the trip. divided his time between Redmond were his daughter, Mrs. Ray Rod gars, lives, and Portland. He had served as reresentative of another railroad line at Wenatchee, Wash, for a long number of years before coming to Heppner with the Union Pacific, His wife preceded him in death several years ago. Besides his daughter and two grandchildren in Redmond, he is survived by a brother, C. Darbee, Taooma, Wash., and other relatives in New York. Special Christmas services will be held next Tuesday at the Valby Lutheran church in ooseberry. A morning service at 11 o'clock and evening service at 7:30 o'clock will be held. Rev. Kenneth Andeen of Seattle will be in charge, and the services will be open to the public. 0 Lt. Barratt to Take Bride December 31 Mrs. Cyrene Barratt is leaving this week-end for Camp Hood, Tex., where on Dec. 31 she will attend the wedding of her son, Lt. William Barratt, and Miss Eonnie Ferguson of Oswego, Ore. Mrs. Barrett will A large number of grangers Whm Mr. nnrl' ivirs. Aiva dunes , TT . , . , . . , ,, , , . , , , , Ami .returned from Portland Wednesday Z Lerfon auxiliary have provided the tank destroyer school on Dec. evening they not only had with was exempiaed for faeir deartepd 0f officers of the several granges them their son Don but two other by a from Ruth b five officers fr0m the state Heppner lads anxious to place their ch R er A quartet com grange. Bertha J. Beck, secretary, "dogs' under the family table Don o M R R Ferguson, J. O. acted as installing officer and was Bennett and Hugh Crawford m Tumer Mrs Q Q assisted by State Deputy Wickland -teammg at Los Angeles, arrived ui Crawford of Heppner two er as marshal; Mrs. Lily Wick Portland i time to make connec- 5 numbers, accompanied by lander, district juvenile matron, and they lost no time in establish ing liaison. Ed Bennett had ex pected to drive to Arlington to meet his son and Hugh Fday. Don Jones is from Ellin&Lon Field, Texas. LEGION AND AUXILIARY PROVIDE "RIDE" BOARD As more and more cars are going- into retirement due to the cas and tire retaliations the demand for meet the bride to be and her par- greateir cooperation in the share- ents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Ferguson, the-ride plan increases. To meet .at PendMon and they will make this demand, the local post of the the journey together. American Legion and the American Lt. Barratt will graduate from 31 rationing! office with a blackboard and plans call for a military wed- upon which cars going and people ding to follow if the bridal rarty wanting to go are listed. arrives by . that time. Both of the Cooperation of the public in this contracting parties attended Ore move to conserve gas and rubber gon State college, from which Bar will make the work of the rationing ratt graduated last spring. They will board much easier. A call at the of- make their home at Camp Hood temporarily. lions with the Heppner bound car m. ' . ' ,?.' irr-. irJ r-ji. t, fice either m person or by tele- . .. , . iuiiU ivirs. o. w. luinci ttk uto pioiivj, regaiia oearei iviia. 111 111 uuiuici 1, n 1,0 Min f - Pallbearers were George Peck, state youth superintendent, emblem " " an37 HUIT BABY DIES w n.,cwv, r-Koioc ivrarr,arHt i m opportunity to bring car and pas- uu.s sengers togetht.- nndl save a lot of Ui with pneumonia but two days, running around the street inauir-. Dennis Huit, three-months -old son. O. W. Cutsforth, Charles Marquardt, bearer, and State Master Morton Loypl Tarker, Harry Duvall and Tompkins, chaplain. Zarl Wrrner. Rhea Creek grange will be host Interment was in the Lexington to the next Pomona in April. I. O. 0. F. cemetery beside her hus band, the late John M. White. Mrs. White carried on her home and farm interests during the past 25 years and was always interested in lines of advancement for this DOESN'T LIKE FOG Pfc James Wallace LundelL sig nal corps division, home on fur lough spent at the home of his par- states that he likes being home but community in which she has a doesn't appreciate our cold, foggy E" or ineim weather. He is stationed at Davis. judge JonNSON SENDg CHRISTMAS GREETINGS HEADED FOR HOME Mr. and Mrs. Earl Evans are anx CERTIFICATE OF NECESSITY TICKETS WILL BE MAILED Farmers are advised by the office a share-the-ride trip to Salem Fri ol the Morrow county rationing ing for passengers or accommoda tions, it is pointed out. . , VISITED SALEM Mr. and Mrs. Don Strait went on board that it will not be necessary for them to bring certificates of war necessity to the office as the tickets will be mailed to them for T-books. Tickets will be in strips in a fol- of Mr. and Mra. Al Huit, died Sat urday at Seattle. This sad news reached the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Howell early Saturday and they left immediately for Se attle, picking up their daughter Si byl at Portland. Mrs. Howell's mo ther, Mrs. Mary Sowers, also of Portland was ill and not able to visit accompany them north. Services (jg), were held at 2 p. m. Monday. The Dorothy was bom We are again at the season when der instead of a book, rationing of- lously awaiting tne arrival name ui wiU pervades all of us; we see ony their son Don who is scheduled to rpaoh Pendleton Friday night. Don has been hospitalized in South Am erica with an injured leg. BACK IN HOSPITAL Word was received in Hepppner that Chester Brown is again a hos pital patient, this time at Camp day. They were accompanied by Miss Elenita Mardock who visited friends in Newberg; Mrs. John Bar rie, who went to Tacoma to her husband, a lieutenant whose ship is in harbor, and Mrs. mother was the former Joe Hughes, whose daughter Mary Howell. Baby Dennis Olive returned with the party Sun- Sept. 18, his span of life attaining day. Since returning home both exactly three months. Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Strait have been flu Howell returned to Heppner Tuofi- the good in our fellow man; we are more generous toward all mankind; we give without stint to the less fortunate; we seem to realize and practice, for a short time, the teach ings of Him from whom all bless ings flow. OBITUARY Arthur Edwin Burkenbine was born March 23, 1894, at South English, Iowa, the son of Joseph Nathan and Frances Emmaline Burkenbine. He was married Sept. 4, 1915, to Mabel Hutchens at victims. day. Parks Calif. He has been hospital- who are not with us this Christmas; ized two or three weeks. RETURNS TO SERVICE Reece Burkenbine left Tuesday night for Seattle to return to ser vice with the coastguard. Merle Burkenbine, also called home by his father's death, will leave Friday for San Francisco to rejoin his outfit. CPL inATT IN ENGLAND Levi Hiatt reports that his son, Let us not fetrget those loved ones Grangeville, Idaho. He had been let us exert more eCfort, sacrifice more for those who are absent; , let us buy war bonds that all things needed by the boys in the armed forces will be abundantly supplied. Sincerely believing in this idea I a resident ot Heppner lor lb years coming in Jan. 1928 and opening the Heppner market which had been his constant care until seven weeks prior to his death when he was stricken. IIOMi: FOR HOLIDAY VISIT Miss Dorotha Wilson, student at the University of Oregon, is spend ing the holiday vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Wilson. School work will be resumed at the university on Dec. 28. TWIN GIRLS Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Turner received word Tuesday of the birth of twin girls Monday r.ight to Lt. and Mrs. Fred Allison at Walla Wal la. One babe weighed five pounds 15 ounces, the other four pounds and five ounces. The mother is the lormer Annabel Turner younger MOVING TO PORTLAND Mrs. W. E. Mikesell accompanied daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Turner. her son Loren to Toppenish Tues- day where she will remain unlfd HERE FOR CHRISTMAS after Christinas. She plans to go Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Akers and Surviving besides the widow are rrnm thorp to Portland to make her daughter. Mrs. Alma Gilliam, came am not sending Christmas cards but four sons, Reece in the coast guard home with her son Gene. Tuesday from Portland for a visit have used that money for a war service; Lloyd residing in Hepp- and to spend Christmas with the C. bond. I take this means of wishing ner; Merle, in the U. S. navy, and COMING FOR CHRISTMAS W. Barlow family. They will return everyone, everywhere, a Merry Albett at home with the mother; Wallace Rockwell, who works at to Portland Sunday. Christmas and a Hap' New Year three brothers, William Jay Burk- the Boeing plant in Seattle, will ar- Opt Carl Hiatt, is in England now and may God soon grant complete and Sherman C. Burkenbine of rive in Heppner tomorrow to spend IN WALLA WALLA where he is serving with a medical success to our cause enbine, Grangeville, Ida.; Roy N. a .short vacation with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. James Valentine unit and enjoying the work. Bert Johnson Centralia, Wash. Dr. and Mrs. W. H Rockwell. are Walla Walla visitors today. o o