8 Heppner Gazette
Our Men in Service
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used the paratroops there.
NEPHEW LOST AT TARAWA
Mrs. Joe Hughes received word
Friday that her nephew,. Pfc Ralph
L. Williams, was among the U. S.
Marines who gave their lives at Ta
rawa. Young Williams was a talent
ed musician and would have been
19 years old in February.
RAISED TO SERGEANT
From San Francisco comes word
that Cpl Orrin W. Bisbee. son of
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Bisbee, has been
promoted to the rank of sergeant in
Headquarters Squadron at 4th Air
force. Prior to entering service Sgt.
Bisbee was employed by the Stan
dard Oil Company of California.
CIIIEE PETTY OFFICER
Relatives have learned from Earl
Francis McCabe that he has been
made chief petty officer, motor
machinist's mate. Earl has been
overseas several months and has
not been home since joining the
navy.
VISITING PARENTS
Don Evans is spending his leave
from duties with the Merchant
Marines. Wounded in action twice,
Don will go to a San Francisco hos
pital for special treatment at the
conclusion of his visit here Jan. 7.
MISSING IN EUROPE
Rev. J. Fred Stilwell of Yamhill
writes the Gazette Times that he
and Mrs. Stilwell have been noti
fied that their son Frederick Emory
Stilwell has been reported missing
-in the European theater. While de
tails were lacking parents are quite
certain that Frederick's plane was
among hose shot down Dec. 1 in the
big raid on Berlin in which 1200
planes were engaged and 42 bomb
ers failed to return to base.
Lt. Dale Stilwell. flying one of
the transport planes for Uncle Sarn
in India, recently sent his parents
a letter describing the Hindu
Christmas ceremony which is ob
served Oct. 4 to 9 each year. When
space permits the article will be
published in this newspaper.
HOME FROM SOUTH PACIFIC
TO SPEND CHRISTMAS
Wthile numerous service men
were able to get home for Christ
mas vacation, it is doubtful if any
of them came further than Lt. Ar
thur W. Bergstrom, who is visiting
his parents Mr. and Mrs. Carl F.
STAR Reporter
Friday-Saturday, Dec. l31-Jan. 1
Salute to the Marines
(In Technicolor)
Wallace Beery, Fay Bainter, Regi
nald Owen, Keye Luke, William
Lundignn
A picture liberally mixed with,
laughs, a few tears and lots of warm
humanity. (While there is some
war action in it, this is not one of
the grimly realistic war pictures).
Sunday-Monday, January 2-3
A Lady Takes a
Chance
Jean Arthur, John Way e, Charles
Winninger, Phil Silvers
A delightful trie of a city girl's bus
trip to the breathless wonders of the
West and her adventures that were
not advertised in the travel chart.
Tuesday, January 4
So This is Washington
Lum 'n Abncr, Mildred Coles
After a series of laughable scrapes,
radio's most successful hayseed co
mics land on their feet as heroes in
wartime Washington.
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Wednesday-Thursday, January 5-C
Spitfire
Leslie Howard, David Nivcn, Rosa
mund John
A powerful drama of the life and
struggles of the man who designed
Spitfire airplanes for the RAF.
ALSO
THE MARCH OF TIME: U. S. Mu
sic and the -War.
Times, December 30, 1943
Baker re-Elected
Chairman County
Conservation Assn.
The annual election of the Mor
row County Agricultural Conserva
tion association was held in the
courthouse Dec. 21, at which time
Henry Baker was re-elected chair
man of the county committee;
Frank Saling was re-elected as reg
ular member of the county commit
tee; Clyde Denney was elected as
'regular miember; Frank Anderson
first alternate and W. A. Baker of
Boardman second alternate.
Committee elections were held
the same day for all districts with
the exception of Boardman and Ir
rigon, and meetings were held in
those places the previous day. Com
mitteemen were elected for all com
munities prior to the county elec
tion. The 1944 AAA program will fol
low about the same line as in past
years except there will be no re
strictions on the planting of wheat
in 1944. Soil conservation payments
will be made the same as in the
past and there will be very few
changes in the soil conserving prac
tices under the farm program.
As far as is known now there will
ba a greater wheat loan program in
1944 but no information has been
received as yet on the loan rate.
The federal crop insurance pro
gram has been discussed but many
farm groups including Eastern Ore
gon Wheat league have gone on re
cord favoring re-instatement of the
crop insurance program, but as yet
there is no indication that it will be
continued for the 1944 year.
One of the questions asked most
frequently during the past months
is whether or not farmers may plow
up crested wheat grass and seed the
land to wheat or other grains.
There are no restrictions in 1944 on
the plowing up of crested wheat
grass but the farmers are urged to
give some real thought and consid
eration to the practice before going
ahead and considering the livestock
feed requirements on their farm and
whether or not the grass is needed
for erosion control.
Indians Re'cruited
For Sheep Herding
Sheepmen of Morrow county will
be interested in arrangement by
the extension service for recruiting
Navajo Indians from Arizona for
employment in lambing and as sheep
herders.
C. D, Conrad, county agent, states
that full details have not been re
ceived as yet but the program will
follow much the same lines the one
followed with the use of Mexican
labor in which the farmer contracts
to pay the men the going wage rate
and keep him employed at least 75
percent of the time.
The Navajos are experienced in
sheep raising- and especially in
herding and should fill the needs
of many ranchers in Morrow coun
ty. One advantage they may have
over Mexican labor is that they
r:ak Relish.
2,'hccpmen or others interested in
obtaining some of the Indians must
place their orders at the county
agent's office as none will be re
cruited except upon definite order.
Bergstrom of Eight Mile. Lt. Berg
strom came from the South Pacific
where he has been through four
major naval engagements.
He has been transferred to a sub
marine chaser school in Florida and
will leave for that point upon com
pletion of his leave here.
VISIT AT KEAVERTON
The Edmond Gonty family spent
Christmas with Mrs. Gonty's people
at Beaverton. When they returned
they were accompanied by Rav
mond Hemrich, member of the air
corps.
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KNOCK MUSTANGS OVER
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and wound up on the long end of a
41-25 score.
This has not discouraged Coach
George Corwin, who stated that an
early season defeat, especially by a
strong team, is good medicine for
any team and he expects his boys
to keep their feet pretty well on
the floor from now on.
Millard F. French
Passes S'jnday
Funeral services were held at 2
o'clock p. m. Tuesday from the
Church of Christ for Millard Fil
more French, who died early Sun
day morning at the residence of L.
W. Briggs where he made his home.
Mr French succumbed to an illness
which had been afflicting him for
some time. Born near Troy, Ohio,
Aug. 19, 1856 he was 87 years, four
months and seven days of age. He
was the last of his immediate fam
ily. When he was about one year old
the family moved to Indiana where
they made their home until 1880,
coming to Oregon that year. They
arrived at Umatilla Junction the
day James A. Garfield was elected
president. They settled on a farm
near Heppner and Millard as a
young man engaged in farming and
stock raising for many years. Later
his health broken, he followed min
ing and trapping, during which time
he spent several years in Klondike.
Alaska, Idaho and Washington, then
in July, 1936, owing to infirmities
of age, he returned to Heppner,
making his home with his brother-in-law,
L. W. Briggs, and family
until the time of his death.
When a young man of 22 he unit
ed with the Baptist church at
Brookston, Ind., transferring, on
his coming to Oregon, to the Bap
tist church et Heppner, later unit
ing with the Church of Christ, to
which he remained a faithful mem
ber the balance of his life.
Surviving are two nieces in Hep
pner, Miss Opal Briggs and Mrs.
Ray Taylor, and three nieces in Cal
ifornia. His only nephew, Burl Gur
dane of Umatilla, was unable to
come to the funeral because of illness.
AUNT DIES
Stanley Minor received word the
last of the week of the death of his
aunt, Mrs. W.' T. Brown of St. John
Wash. Mrs. Brown passed away
Dec. 24 after a lingering illness. She
had visited in . Heppner several
times and was here at the passing
of Stanley's mother, Mrs. Mahala
Minor. Because of travel difficul
ties, Stanley decided to not at
tempt to make the trip to St. John
for his aunt's funeral.
GOING TO NEW LOCATION
Lt. and Mrs. Norton King were
guests over the week-end at the
home of Mrs. King's mother, Mrs.
Hilma Anderson. Lt. King has been
transferred from Ellensburg, Wash
to Oklahoma City. They left Tues
day. k K
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Best Wishes
for the
New Year
And many thanks for your
friendly cooperation thru
the months just past. We
all have great plans, for
postwar days, so let's buy
Bonds, work extra hard,
and those days will come
soon! This year, as in the
past, our service will be
adequate and of the best.
onstow
Insurance Agency
NOLA BRISTOW
lone, Oregon
CHURCHES
CHURCH OF CHRIST
O. Wendell HerMson, Pastor
Bible school 9:45. A class for ev
ery age.
Morning worskip 11 o'clock
Christian Endeavor, 6:30 p. m.
Evening worship 7:45 p. m.
ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH
Rev. Francis McCormack. Pastor
Schedule of Services:
Henmner: Sunday mass at 9 a. m.
on the 1st and 3rd Sundays; at
10:30 a. m. on the 2nd and 4th.
lone: 10:30 a- m. on the 1st and
3rd; 9:00 a. m. on the 2nd and 4th
Sundays.
Week day mass at 8 a. m. First
Friday at 7:30 a. m.
Confessions: Saturdays, 7:30 p. m.
to 8:00 p. m. Sundays 8:15 a. m. to
8:55 a. m.
ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
Archdeacon Neville Blunt
Holy Communion, 8 a. m.
Church School, 9:45 a. m.
Holy Communion. 11 a m.
Dr. T. Barber will report on the
general convention.
The Rev. Eric Robathan will
broadcast over KWRC, Pendleton,
on Wednesdays during January.
Time, 3:30-4 p. m,
IONE COOPERRATIVE CHURCH
II. N. Waddell, Pastor
Bible school. 10 a. m.
Worship and communion service.
11 a. m. Sermon, " Facing Forward
in 1944."
Friday, Deo. 31, 8 p. m., watch
night party at the parsonage. Every
one invited.
T.
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
Bcnnie Howe, Minister
SUNDAY. Jan. 2
jSivine worship at 11 a. m.
Church school at 9:45 a. m
Evening sing at 7:30 o'clock, at
which time the sound films, "Touch
ing Untouchables and Yesudas the
Outcast," will be shown. A collec
tion will be taken.
FRIDAY. Dec. 31
The choir will have their rehear
sal Friday evening instead of
Thursday evening this week.
THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY
The New Year lies before you a
spotless track of snow,
Be careful how you tread it, for
every mark will show.
"He that doeth the will of God
abideth forever."
IONE BAPTIST CHURCH
J. C. Stephens. Pastor
Sunday school, 10 a. m.
Freedom of CHOICE
'W1 TALK about Freedoms, what about
MAthlT ?Wff"dSrn f Ch0i,C5 0311 mCan tHe Same thinS
all the other freedoms people are talking about-and a few
others besides. In large measure, freedom of choice is what
this war is about 1
Freedom of choice means such ordinary things as trying
soy beans in the south field next year, if you think it's the
thing to do. Itmeans buying the kind of flour you think
gives you the best biscuits. It means you and your bou
oeJ1aooiemaCkCerdlng he'H g t0 5
Freedom of choice is the soil in which character grows.
rJ HiS KT.d"! f tch&i-and its counterpart, a sense of
responsibility for the decisions made-has done much to
develop the character that is going to win this war-on the
to ?. Vnt ,C f?rm' in industry- And when the vic
tory is won, the kind of America we have fought and worked
to preserve must be a tountry in which every man and woman,
and every boy and girl, will have freedom of choice in even
greater measure. General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
H,.,r tk ' Geveral ' W prm,.- "The C-E All-girl Orchestra"
Sunday 10 p.m EWT, NBC "Tie World Toda' newt,
tvtry wnkday 6.45 p.m. EWT, CBS.
BUY WAR BONDS
GENERAL ELECTRIC
Morning service, 11 o'clock.
Evening service, 7:30 o'clock.
Midweek service, 7:30 p. m. Wed
nesday. Special watch night service 8 p.
m. Friday, Dec. 31.
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RETURNS TO SCHOOL
Miss Teresa Breslin retuned to
Bend Sunday to resume her duties
as teacher in the high scho-l there.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our heartfelt
thanks to friends and neighbors for
their many acts of kindness during
the illness and death of our be
lovde husband, and father; and for
the many floral offerings.
The Burkenbine Family
Wh
en in
it the
VICTORY
CAFE
vw
Roy r.nd Betty Lieuallea
Special
Chicken Dinners
each Sunday
11 a. m. to 8 p. m.
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