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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1944)
TJ tO tl o r ;u O 9 j IP torn Our Men In Service She's a Marine . . 5 lltlM f ' . aging conditions in the history of Miss Ellen Nelson of Lexington has their business and it has been enlisted in the marine corps worn- nothing less than their deterrnina en's reserve. She is the daughter of tion to see that their patrons have Mr. and Mrs. Alfred N. Nelson of milk that has urged them to con Lexington. A graduate of lone high tiriue in the face of heavy losses, school, Private Nelson attended These losses have not been repre nnd the University of Oregon for sented in insufficient revenue Oreeon State colleire for two years " , " . " . one A brother, orman, is s ran ZVTI TJZ"LhZ transerred to Camp Lejeune, N. C, for training early in 1944. FIVE MEN MAKE UP DECEMBER DRAFT LIST Five men were accepted in Dec ember for army and navy service. Of these two were volunteers who chose the navy. James L. McCarthy oi Hood River, known to a good many farmers in Morrow county, . was in the local draft. He is a mar ried man. Curtis M. Thomson of Heppner, also a married man, is the of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Thomson son j i TUr, Rmc i it j.- ii i n store up to the time of leaving for training. Paul Beardsley, son of Mr, Mrs. Jesse Beardsley of Heppner, was accepted by the navy, while Clarence C. Rogers of Hardman and Harry Petersen of lone entered the army. , The local board cud its nrst aran- . mie state iqpa. headquarters ing of married men in December. It transportation division, has appoint- will be a regular procedure from ed checkers to Zdev- 'take the job, one at Irrigon and one BAIJMAN TRANSFERRED Clarence Bauman has been trans ferred from the Seattle area to the Portland area, according to Mrs. n T i . . J Jnvr.w Saturday night. For several month, the erstwhile Morrow county sher iff has been working out of Seattle east and south as an agent of the """J a HEPPNER SAILORS MEET IN SOUTH PACIFIC m...- tt i ...u home vearned to meet each other in farawav lands after entering the in iaraway lanas aiwr entering uie service. .They were in the Hawaiian Islands at the same time but did not know it and each kept check- ! .1 1 . 1 1 A- ing witn tne nome ioiks xo get some trace. Finally, the opportunity came and they had a fine visit, spending several days togetner. Tkio ifn,Dnrt wa ,Wivvl ly Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Jones in let- ters from both boys, their son, Dee Jones Jr., F. C. and Lyle Cox, A. M M 2c, son of Elbert Cox. Each boy stated the other was looking fine. Lyle stated that the little time p. m. Monday in the presence of he had spent in Mr. Jones' machine relatives and friends. Vault entomb shop helped him immensely in his ment was made at the Portland present work. Both boys are good Mausoleum. mechanics, Dee having had good sphoolirK? in weldint? under his fa- Mr. and Mrs. Walter Becket and ther, and while Lyle had not so much training, he had picked up enough from Mr. Jones that he had little difficulty in attaining the rat- continue on ra aini Milk Deliveries Continue Pending Word From OPA Wightmans State They Will Not Let Town Down " Milk deliveries are continuing in Heppner and will continue as long as it is a physical posViblity, ac cording to J. J. Wightman. head man of the Alfalfa Lawn dairy which has been serving the town contin uously for more than 38 years. This assurance was given Monday at the weekly luncheon of Heppner cham oer of commerce when Wightman iidtlined the milk situation. It is doubtful if any of the dairy's customers . know what a struggle it has been to serve them the past two years, according to Wight man, who stated that they have been faced with the most discour- "ie. uunug we patt iwu bcdaoiia -1 xL- j. i Tnv t,nv in?t n,vilv in stork due liT HeecTtSX "twhfreinTey invested S3.000 in what had been represented as stock of one of the best dairy herds in Oregon It soon developed that most of the cows were reactors and by the time the weeding out was accomplished' they had but two healthy cows of continued on Page Eight Excessive Driving Undergoing Check Excessive use of cars is undergo ing a ceck in this vicinity, this newspaper has been informed, and ulose mauiuig m uie prauuee are being urged to refrain from driving .1. Ai. oeing urged vo reiiam irom ariving more f to is necessary to get them i uviu.uu Ul sact important business. It has been found at workers have been mak mg least two unnecessary trips dayy to and their - jobs and an effort is to curb e practice.- - at tteppneivA. u Houghton is in- , vetigating Uie situation relative to north end citizens working at the ordnance depot where, it is'reported car drivers have been accorded;: . m -r 1 ; P A similar condition exists at thf mill here, workers having 'put in . . - , . , W.voon their VimQ on1 ftlant Fred Ross of the local mill crew has been delegated to check with the workers and get them to coop- erate with labor uni6n irt con- oclvuls CVCI ie gajiuu 01 r- Valentine Final Rites Held in Portland services wre held fet 2 0-clock p m Sunday at pheIps Funeral Home for c w; Valentine, Morrow countv nioneer whose r1Path J " i t on - ' " - O. Wendell Herbison, pastor of the Church of Christ, officiated. : Following the service the family took the body to Portland where final esrvices were held at 2 o'clock Charles Becket left Tuesday for lj0S ngeies m response to a mes- B?se uia ary was se- nously ill The trip was made by car. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, January 6, 1 944 Adrian Matteson Loses Life in Fire Word reached Heppner Tuesday morning of the death of Adrian Matteson at Susanville. The message informing relatives sttated that he was burned to death in a small c(albin which he had occupied for some time and which was located about one-half mile from the little mining town. He was living alone. Matteson was the son of Albert Matteson, pioneer settler of the Matteson butte district in the south ern part of Morrow county. He was an uncle af Mrs. Ed Bennett of Heppner and had spent his life in this region. For manv vears he prospected in the Greenhorn moun- tninc fvurnnw frnm that spr-t.irm to spend a few days of the Christmas vacation with relatives and friends in Heppner. He had just returned to his mountain home , when the tragedy occurred - Sewing Circle in Need of Workers More workers are needed at the Red Cross sewing room, according to Mrs. Blaine Elliott, work promo- tion chairman, who urges every woman who can arrange her house- hold affairs to ' spare a few hours for this purpose. The Morrow county ,unit has been asked to make several hundred ar- uc-iea m tides in the next two months and iU . ... . ointinoa nt , uus W11A 'uuc c - much up haS tened ? Meetings are heldeach 7. . e .f?0"1 downstairs m Masomc Gilding. No yarn is available iust now for but there are many things to made not caUing for "V Hst of artldes to be tued m. by March 1 includes 100 housewives, iw Deasiae Dags, xw cuppeis, xu wash cloths, 25 men's . pajamas, 25 pneumonia jackets and 100 kit bags, 550 articles altogether. FERGUSON-BARRATT VOWS In a distinctly military setting Miss Bonnie Ferguson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Ferguson of Os- . , .1 ,Wf ST 5 Hentmer in a ceremony performed 4 .i-v - 51 at 11 o'clock a. m. by Chaplain Kuln in F chanel. uraip nw xea. took place immediately following Ii TT 1 T! fTtUA ...AjJnrt Lt. Barratt's graduation from offi cers' candidate school and was wit- """u'ua" 0",uui essed by e f'8 Zt Je oms other' J Tas jLL Viorc nf T.t Rarralxs comranv. e, attired in a white tn w criven &. " - "-i!" i 1 1 1 1 . j. i ir- viuuiii waa anciiucu t-r v - " .7 : " TT , . - & iraxerrucy oiuiner, nai xvuguy r Seattle and ushers were Dean Jack son of Eugene, Bob Downey and Harold Clark of Portland, all fra- ternity brothers. After a wedding dinner served at the Offloers' clulb, the newlyweds left for New Orleans. xn fiAS! NO TICKETS! Mr. and Mrs. Lee Scrivner drove to town Wednesday to do some shnrminT and whPn thev Pot reativ return nrvma W fnnnH trio uaQ- oline tank bs dry Thev went to get some gas and found that the coupons had been left at home. Lee laid his plight before the rationing board and was given special gas to Sel nuiiie 'Oil. moiai; wiecs gas ana j 1 nr 1 - 1 . 1 T a VISITING McMURDOS" Miss Jeannette Sims has been a guest at the home of Dr. and Mrs. A. D. McMurdo this week, coming from Corvallis where she was grad uated the past week from Oregon State college. AUXILIARY MEETING Regular meeting of the American Legion auxiliary will be held at 8 p. m. Monday at the IOOF hall, with Mrs. Lucy Rodgers and Mrs. iera crawiord hostesses. 1943 Precipitation Falls Short of Record in 1942 Figures Show Past Year Returns to Normal Rainfall Precipitation as recorded in Hepp ner during 1943 lapsed back to an almost normal status, according to records Kept by Ln u umiam. while 1942 recorded the heaviest precipitation in many years, 19 inches P1- 1943 ade a scant 12 inches, which is a little below average. Out Gooseberry way, where V. L. Carlson keeps score on the weather, a total of 11.43 inches olf moisture MX compared with 18.44 in 1942. and 14.77 in 1941. Carlson's records for the last four months reveal the fact that the Sept. 1, 1943-Jan. 1, 1944 rainfall was less than half that of the corresponding period in 1942, the figures being 3.39 inches in 1943 compared with. 7.98 inches in the previous year. Gilliam's record has not been completed for the year. "During the n m0nths recorded and set down Heppner was credited with 11.10 rm u incnes. mere possioiy was cuuug-i Precipitation in December to bring ?ie t to 12 irf hes. Fog dur- "'5 . ed any precipitation that might have fallen and it was not until toward the last of the month that any appreciable amount of rain fell, Stockmen state that sheep and cattle have fared weU so far, graz- . having been extended well into Graih raisers are not too sanguine about their fall seeding, fog poor start not blam- ed on off moistUre. Weather conditions were not favorable to early sown Si"am and some of fields spotted. April was this section's wettest . mon when 2M mches rf rain ' 1 ' " . , was e dryest month. January with . . October 2.18 accounted for most of the year's precipitation, NEW YEAR'S EVE PRANK COSTLY TO PERPETRATOR Lloyd Harshman' paid $75 into the city's coflfers Monday after nlnoJin rY-.;U.. a nkoMs f a false fire alarm City Re- t .U1UC1 "f" &J murvr onm x 1 T-rtiY Tna t 1 rt npruirriTiBnT. "v Harshman wanted a little excite ment to' help "usher in the new year and thought the fire siren would give the proper touch. Since the CTiritVi kna lwart rpmnvM frnm thp rr,mnhrova v,rno 'A infip4 in fte telephone he iCouid not tum on tne siren himself so he td aphoned the "alarm" in from the Heppner hotel booth Marshal Bill j - alarm sounded and rushed to the alarm sounded and rushed to the city, building to get the truck out. Afer returning the truck to the stall a little investigating was done and Harshman was soon picked up. - , GASOLINE RATIONS MUST BE TRANSFERRED ' Attention is called by the war price and rationing office to the necessity of ; transferring gasoline rations along with certificate of title when a car or otner motor venicie is sold or traded. It should be re membered that the gasoline is ra tioned on the license number of the vehicle rather than to the individ ual, the board points out. Officials state tat much trouble may be avoided by making the ra tion transfer with the certificate of title and closer cooneration is urffed upon all individuals who sell or trade their cars. Volume 60, Number 41 Mayor Presents Tentative Plans For. Postwar Era Expansion Due to Follow Return of Peace, Claimed That Heppner will experience some growtn in the postwar era was the belief expressed by Mayor J. o. Turner to members of the citv council and a few visitors Monday evening. There is nothing to prompt a boom, he stated, but he foresees an active period of home building is scon as materials are released for that purpose and he is convinced that steps should be taken to pro- vide l.or such expansion. Prospective growth was used as basis of a discussion relative to in- creasing the city's water supplv and this brought to light the fact that the mayor has for some time had under contemplation the drilling of a new well a few miles above town and within one half mile of the pre- sent pipe line. He submitted the proposition to the council with the proposal that if it met with their approval he would halve the well driller at the next meeting for j.x.m.j j: j iuuib ueLtuieu cusi;ussiun. t. jlvju jm- wards, Lexington driller, has made a proposal to the mayor that he "" - flow of at least 200 000 gallons dai- ly for the sum of $3,000. If he does not get that sum of money it will not cost the city a red cent. That was the deal as submitted to the council. It was the opinion of mem- bers present that the well should be armed. Another feature of the mayor's program is the improvement of streets. The city has been allotted about $1500 from the highway fund with which it is hoped several un- finished streets may be completed as well as necessary patching done. a matter claiming tne attention or mayor and council, following routine ousiness, was presentation or a re- quest Ior earbase disnosal. a general cleanup ot the city and more anitary conditions generally. Mrs. W. P. Mahonev and Mrs. Or- ville Smith, representing the Wool growers auxiliary and Blaine E. Isom and Rev. Bennie Howe, repre senting Heppner chamber of com- merce Presented the desires of tneir respective organizations In launchin such a Pject. This brought to the attention of the council the lack of earbaee disno- iTdliSs Z2 ISdSs- sion of ways and means for proper ly handling this disturbing problem. Heppner Lumber Co. Opens Box Factory One more enterprise was added to Heppner's gradually growing industrial life this week when the Heppner Lumber company started a - - - ion Pacific detot. The comnanv re. ion Pacific depot. The company re centJy secured a small sheet-iron enclosed building used as a ware house by the Union Pacific truck line and fitted it up for a box factory. The new operation will give em ployment to four or five men and has a capacity of between 15,000 and 20,000 feet daily. Lumber is brought from the company's plant vw town and th shook is loaded directly onto cars for shipping. While only a small operation it is designed to utilize surplus mater ial from the mill as well as creat ing more jobs. NOT RETURING TO SCHOOL Upon their return to Heppner from Corvallis the past week-end, Dick Ferguson and Earl Clary an- nounced that they will not return to college as they expect to enter the service within a short time. r- ti O n -