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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.
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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
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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.
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