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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1944)
-o o -o zo m o r O Our Men In Service OUT OF THE SERVICE John Turner has been granted a tentative discharge from the United States army and with Mrs. Turner returned to Oregon the first of the week. John was stationed at Camp Fanin, Tex. Physical disability was given as the reason for his release. The Turners stopped off in Baker enroute to lone where they are visiting Mrs. Turner's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Engleman. They were guests at a birthday party at the Sam Turner home Tuesday eve. John is glad to be home but regrets that he is unable to go through with the job with, his buddies. . VISIT SON Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gilliam spent the week-end in Spokane visiting their son Jackson and wife. They received a call from Jackson after he arrived in Spokane, the first in timation that he was in the west. He was in school in the east the past eight months and having com pleted the training is awaiting or-, ders to report for active service again. His wife will remain in Spo kane for the present and attend a business college. ' ENJOYING FIRST FURLOUGH Everett Crump is home on a vis it, the first furlough he has had since entering the service in Dec ember, 1942. At the conclusion of, his visit here he will go to Colum bia, N. M. . s RETURNS TO CAMP Pvt. Francis Doherty left Monday for Camp Pope, La., after spending several days in the county visiting members of his family. - "" . Fowling Pieces of Ye Olden Times on Display at P. P. & L. One of the rarest collections of old guns and other weapons indica- tive of wars and hunting expedi- tions of yesteryear is on exhibition in the display window of the Pa- cdfic Power & Light company of- fice. Relics of pre-Revolutionary war era down to an age within the memory of the oldsters of the pres- ent era are to be found in the lot which includes several oddities in the form of lethal weapons. The MAilAMiAn in rrtA TYinirt i c rnA ttv ""tv wvi aa f perty of J. O. Rasmus. A derringer of the type used by John Wilkes Booth in the assassi nation of Abraham Lincoln; a Chi nese revolver sans a f,iring pin, the pin being included in the cartridge, and a tiny eight-shot affair slight ly resembling a scotch tape mach- ine-the property of Stanley Minor all revealing man' desire to de fend himself in the most effective manner. There are numerous mod . els of the Springfield rifle as well as a buffalo gun, aged shotgun, old flintlocks, muzzle loaders and what not. Don't take a novice's word for it but see it yourselr. HOLDING SPECIAL DIRECTORS' MEETING IN SAN FRANCISCO C. D. Conrad. Delbert Emert and Earl Blake left Tuesdoy for San Francisco to attend a special meet ing of the directors of the Grain .ivw., "v- ""iv.- by car and the party drove to Portland to pick up two other di- rectors. Acconmanvine the men as far as Portland was Mrs. A. B. Chindgren itTnlolln ,.,U. lww v.n..n of Molalla, who has been the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. George Cor win for several days. SPENT WEEK-END HERE John Parker spent the week-end at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Parker, coming from his home in Pendleton Saturday after' noon with Eddie Kenny. F. S. Par ker has been ill the past three weeks but is on the mend now and hopes to be out soon. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, January 27, 1944 Dance Scheduled To Boost Infantile Paralysis Fund March of Dimes" Boxes Filling Up, Chairman States (Morrow county's contribution to the infantile paralysis fund is pro- gressing satisfactorily, according to Charles B, Cox, county director, Up to the first of the week more than $600 had been accounted for m the March of Dimes" campaign EVERY STORY SHOULD HAVE HAPPY. ENDING iiglit Iniantile l'aralysis! Send your dollars and dimes to the President at the White House. and it is expected the count from this week's take in the boxes de- Dosited in various maces will swell the fyjyj considerably, Although there has not been the promotional work this year that that has characterized previous campaigns, the money has come in the same. This week-end, in common with mony other places, there wil be a dance in celebration 0f the President's birthday, the pro- oeeds to co'to the infantile naralvsis fun(i Chairman Cox has arranged i 1 1 tttii . i 1 1 i j.1 J .i wiin uie iv ks xo ixoxa uie uaiive hi the hall for which a local group of musicians wui lurnisn uie music. A program consisting of numbers is hoped that many who do not Bchool orchestra, reci dance or care to participate m that tations by Bey niiott r. manner will buy tickets to help M DuBois, accordeon solo by Wal swell the fund. In years past these ter skuzeski and numbers by a affairs have been instrumental in i :i . j u.. n raising several hundred dollars. "Although little has been said re- garding infantile, paralysis since the war embroiled America, the fact remains that the dread disease is showing an increase and there is need for more iunds than ever, Cox stated . "I am satisfied that Morrow county will do its share .,, , .. 1 and it must be remembered that 50 percent of all money raised remains at home to be used in assisting in the care of local people who may become afflicted." LOSES ARM IS ACCIDENT Word has reached Heppner that xvaieiRu VYOoouui, lormer jesiueiu here, recently suffered the loss of his left arm just below the elbow in an accident which occurred in a sawmill W ha i lm, report stated that his condition was a .i i. serious due to shock and loss of blood. Woodfin frmerly clerked at Hotel Heppner and was one of the organizers of the local woodworkers union. Mrs. D. M. Ward has had word that her nephew, Paul Farnsworth, suffered a severe cut over his eye in an accident which happened while he was in training with the navy air forces near the training base in Washington. Mustangs Tamed By Well-Named Fossil "Falcons" A majority of the basketball fans of this vicinity must have sensed what was going to happen and couldn't stand the thought of wit nessing a slaughter of their favor ites, for there was room aplenty to accommodate many more people at the high school gym Friday night. Or it maght have the fans had somewhat feeling that the coach been that the same and team seemed to have erroneously at- tained that this would be just an- other ball game. Well, it was just another game but not what Hepp ner thought it was going to be. Fos sil had another idea about it and set out in the very first minute of play to show why the trip had been made. With some of his first string men under the weather due to the flu, Coach Cowrin sent in his second pointed to the lack of encourage string. They were a game bunch of ment given the young people in the kids but not quite fast enough. Af- homes. A return of the old family ter Fossil had gained a lead of 10 parlor where the young people or 12 points, the first team went in could congregate for games and re but this did not halt the speed and freshments would relieve the neces accuracy of the Falcons. They kept sity for a supervised hall " and its right on tossing baskets and pre- attendant expenses, it was argued, venting 'the Mustangs from con- It was further pointed out that nectine. Even the valiant left-hand- these projects are alwavs eiven a ed tosses of Skip Connor could not curn the tide and! Ulrich' bid for district scoring honors took a ter rible slump. Final result, Fossil 33, Heppner 15. Coach Corwin has been revamp ing his lineup this week in prepar ation for the Condon game and in a practice session with a town team Tuesday evening the Mustangs staged a comeback. Coach and team are determined to break the tie with Arlington at " Condon's ex-' pense and again take the lead in the Big Wheat league. Parents, Teachers Form Association A meeting for the purpose of or ganizing a Parent-Teacher associa tion in Heppner was held in the music room at the school Wednes day evening. A group of some 50 parents attended and a great deal of interest was shown in the pro posed organization. It was unanimously decided to start a P. T. A. here and the fol lowing officers were elected: Mrs. mtmJT.jL s irJ Steven Thompson, president; Mrs. r Orville Smith, secretary and Ever- ett Smithi treasurer. Mrs B C Forsvthe of lone state v,ik AiL. t a. x' v a gave an interesting talk in which showed the necessity for the support 0f organizations such as the p T A and told what some o the objectives of such an organization hpr nt TWnnor miaht t L ""b-" Lost Ration Books Belong to "Uncle" Ration books are the property of the government and as such should be taken care of zealously, accord ing to warning given out by the rationing Ollice. cut in case in case you lose your boooks some pointers on what to-do are given by the board, rTho 'first atn is t onntnra nt i ...u -i i... the street try advertising in the lo- " . Cal newspaper. The second step is to go to the rationing office and make out a renewal form. You then have to wait ten days unless proof Gf real hardship is submitted. If the book has not been found by that time the board will review your case and will grant a new book any time within the following 30 days. Mrs. Agnes Curran is in Portland this week on a buying mission. Student Plea for Recreation Room Heard by C. of C. Need for a supervised recreation room for the young people of the town and community was voiced in a plea made Monday to the cham ber of commerce by Merlyn Kirk in a carefully prepared and well presented talk. Miss Kirk decried the lack of such facilities and stated that if the young people had a place of their own, conducted and managed by them under adult su pervision, it would check to a large degree the spread of juvenile delin quency which is becoming a per plexing problem. attention should be paid to the" young people-the citizens anJ leaders of tomorrow although tnere was a ditierenee oi opmion relative to the kind of supervision needed. The gist of the . remarks big boost in the beginning but soon die for lack of interest. However, President Pinckney asked expres- its well earned reputation, it is as sion of the group relative to giving right quick if the county is to save the matter some study and upon serted. motion appointed a committee to do Chairman P. W. Mahoney has the studying and present the find- called attention to the fact that ings at a later meeting. O. Wendell Herbison, Mrs. Lucy Rodgers and George A Corwin were named. County NIFP Holds Election of Officers Officers and directors of the Mor row county chapter of the National Infantile Paralysis fund met at the desire to keep Morrow in the rank Hotel Heppner Wednesday evening of counties going over the top. If in annual meeting at which time yu don't want these people calling the following officers were elected on you, Mahoney states, make your for the ensuing year: President, purchases this week-end. A tabu Harry Duvall; vice president, D. M. lation of purchases made up to Ward; secretary, Josephine Maho- Feb. 1 is being kept and all pur ney; treasurer, B. C. Pinckney, and chasers coming in before that time directors, , Bert Mason, Elmer Grif- will not be included in the list to fith, Henry Baker and Charles B. be called on. Cox. An examination of the organiza tion's records revealed that funds on hand in the bank amount to $656.78, not including any of the money collected in the present camPai6n- Anwit-vmrm GAS TICKETS AVAILABLE All truck and pickup owners who baby girl at the Corda Saling home, have not received gas tickets for and the third girl was born to Mr. this quarter and who need them and Mrs. Ellis Pettijohn of lone, are advised to take a certificate of Have we missed any that should be war necesity to the ration board. reported? How to Keep Chickens and Friends at Same Time Explained in College Bulletin Want to keep a few chickens in anyone embarks on one of these the back yard and still keep good neighbors? Perhaps the way to do this may be found in a new exten- sion bulletin from Oregon State college that describes the construe- tion and use of an 8 x 12 foot, 25- hen poultry house, equipped with a portable wire porch which makes it possible to keep a few hens satis factorily under confinement. Hens penned up won't be scratching the neighbor's victory garden. Laying hens need not run out on the ground, explains James A. Harper, reearch assistant in poultry husbajldry.' who' Wlt C1yde Walk" er. extension aerimimira pnnmppr. is author of the bulletin.Pullets may be grown to maturity in the con- finement of the house when given free access to the outside porch and if provided with a well bal- anced diet, as they cannot forage for extra feed. The wire porch pro- vides additional space, prevents and permits the birds to get fresh disease due to contaminated soil air and sunshine. One caution suggested before Volume 60, Number 44 n - Returns Indicate County Lagging in Purchase of Bonds Other Sections Go Over Top After First Few Days While reports from other sections of the state indicate that the Fourth War Loan is going over in high gear, local officials are loath to re port that Morrow county is scarce ly warmed up in low gear. This is not in line with past performance, state, and plans now are going forward to launch a general canvass to put this county in the list of those going over the top. Bonds are being purchased in blocks by corporations and other organizations represented in the county. Standard Oil Company of California, following its usual pol icy, has allocated $8,000 to Morrow county which has been invested in the Ws percent certificate bonds. The Federal Land Bank of Spo kane aso has allocated a nice sum to the county, and some investors have taken generous slices, but the buying has been sporadic and will nave to get down to a steaay oasis only four days remain of the time allotted for non-solicited buying. After Feb. 1 workers will enter the field with instructions to bring in the money. , A class was intrust ed Saturday afternoon at the coun cil room in the city building and these people, while not eager to take the field, are earnest in their STORK'S BUSY IAY Girl babies are taking the lead in this neck-o'-the-woods, if. the ta bulations for Jan. 20 are a proper indication, A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Swaggart at Pen dleton; Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Dale Warren became the parents of a backyard poultry projects is to in- vestigate feed supplies, which have been critically short. It will be ad- visable to contact a feed store, mill or dealer with regard to assurance of normal supplies of mash and grain before any poultry house is constructed or stock purchased. the authors say. The bulletin was issued in re sponse to the widespread interest in home food production in time of war. The restrictions on poultry keeping in the back yards of urban homes have been modified in many Clt for ,the d,urf lon a"d. home table noiiltrv flocks are beint? es- tablished, in increasing numbers. This new illustrated bulletin dis- cusses three ways of starting such an enterprise, tells how to construct a small poultry house, and explains how such a building can be divided with a partitioin so as to use half of it for brooding purposes and the Other half as a laying house. A free copy of this bulletin, No. 625, can be had from the county agent's of- fice, or direct from the college. o r to o o