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i Heppner Gazette Times, March 2, 1944 3 Lexington News Two-county Lodge Convention Calls Group to Pendleton By Mrs. Ruth McMillan Umatilla - and Morrow - county Oddfellows met in. district , conven tion Feb. 26 at Pendleton. Presid ing officer D. W. Davis of Eureka lodge -No. 32, Pendleton. "The high light of the afternoon session was an address by Grand Master Ray W. Comstock followed by a series of 5 minute talks from the floor. A fine banquet was served at 6:45 by Pauline Rebekah lodge No. 13 with over a hundred members attending. The evening session was devoted to work in the third de gree by the Pendleton lodge and a flag drill by the same lodge. A floor drill was given by Pauline Rebekah lodge No. 13. Judge For rest L. Hubbard, P. G. M of Oregon gave a very excellent address. Echo was chosen as the next host for the convention and the follow ing officers were elected: president, J. I. Young, Echo; vice president, J. F. Thornburg, Lexington; Miller Rayburn, Weston, secretary and Harold Hill, Heppner, treasurer.' Carl Shaw, member of a glider division in Virginia was visiting reatives and friends here Monday. He was accompanied by his mother, Mrs. Guy Shaw and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Hugh Vester Shaw of Hermiston whose husband is an aerial gunner overseas. John Padberg, father of Orris Something NEW n See Bill Isom about; 80 per cent collision on your car. B. E. ISOM Heppner, Oregon A good cup of coffee is the perfect complement to a sat isfying meal. Our food is good, well cooked, and taste ful; our service is prompt and we are pleased to serve you. j; . "V.i ... Due to shortage of help we remain closed all day on Thursdays. Try our meatless meals ev ery Friday. HEPPNER CAFE Padberg and former resident here underwent a major operation in a Portland hospital Friday morning. Carl Marquardt S 2c, "Seabees", is here on a short leave from Camp Perry, Va., to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. ' Charles Marquardt. Mr. and Mrs., Lawrence Palmer and Mrs. Bill Van,, Winkle were called to Salem Thursday by the serious illness of. their mother, Mrs. Mary Eskelson. t . . . Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hunt and fa mily spent Wednesday, in Pendle ton. They 'took their daughter Louise over to consult an eye spec ialist. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Forbes and son of Irrigon and their daughter, Mrs. Fred Lenz and son of Pendle ton were visitors here Monday. Cliff Doherty sprained an ankle quite badly when he fell from his tractor. He was taken to Heppner to a physician. Mr. and Mrs. Karl Miller of Her miston arrived Tuesday for a shoit visit at the Harry Dinges home. Mrs. Alex "Hunt who has been confined to a hospital in The Delles for several days returned to her home near Lexington Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Marshall left for Ellensburg Wash. Monday having been called by the death of Mrs. Marshall's father, Robert Duncan who passed away Sunday following a stroke. Rev. H. N. Waddell of lone Co operative church and Evangelist Earl Miller will hold services Mon Wh -sir- ISi-AAv ; , V V IS' ..;...w....-. ma jrtVfi-lvv.v.;.;.f.Vrtrl-..ivlij:1; day, March 6, 7:30 p. m. at Lexing ton Church of Christ. Evangelist Miller will run a film of the life of Christ and present several numbers on the silver steel saw and guitar. There will also be' other special music. Everyone is urged to attend. Lexington high school won 27 to 25 over Stanfield's A string in a close game Tuesday on ' the local floor, Lexington grade and high school lost to Stanfield's B string with a score of 43 to 14. ; The brooder house of Mr. and Mrs. John Pieper two ' miles above town burned late , Saturday night with a loss of about 60 baby chicks. With the prompt help of neighbors the fire was kept from reading to nearby buildings.. Ac Edgar E. Peck is home, on furlough from Enid basic flying school, Enid Okla. He and his wife and son Keith are visiting at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George N. Peck and at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ferris at lone. Upon his return to Enid March 4th, he expects to , be assigned to a college training de tachment. This is his first visit hime in 14 months. Herman Wallace took his father Sam G. Wallace back tp Hubbard Friday after a month's visit here. They were accompanied as far as Portland by Mrs. Bill Smethurst who will visit her husband who is convalescing at Emanuel hospital folowing a major operation two months ago. erever ran In Ireland, in India in Alaska or in Australia wherev er in the world he is stationed, be comforted by the thot that where he is, there the Red Cross is also. This year more than ever before it is important that we finance the Red Cross generously. This year your dollars serve your own husbands, brothers, sons and daughters! Through the Red Cross they help bring comfort and cheer to homesick youth; food and hope for deliverance to pris oners of war, and countless other services to lessen the strain of a terrible war. So we say Give This space Heppner Chamber of Commerce DISCHARGED FROM SERVICE James J. Stotts, son of Uriah Stotts of Heppner, has received a medical .discharge from the army. He has been ; out of Alaska for some time but was hospitalized be fore returning to his home here about a month ago. At present he is in Pendleton for a medical checkup- 'rom where I sit . . . Ay Joe Marsh Lem Martin's dog went on a rampage last week... killed four of Ed Carey's best hens. Naturally, Ed was pretty mad. Went around vowing he was go ing to get his shotgun and blow the blazes out of Lem's dog when he saw him. And Lem says, "Let him try it and I'll blow the blazes out of Aim. Ought to keep his chickens locked up, anyhow." But Ed and Lem are realty mighty sensible fellows. And the whole thing was settled when Lem invited Ed over for a glass of beer, and they sat around No. 77 of a Series Me Is rhis m v , ;; r-: ; ;T"' TvT X ""f-X" Xv X-X- x . vTTTvTv X vTT -wvX 'ivWJW ;i! mum mm-mb- to contributed by the ANOTHER GRANDDAUGHTER Mrs. Lucy Rodgers received a telephone call Tuesday , morning from her son, E. C. Buchanan of Seattle, 'stating that a daughter, Barbara June, weight live pounds 13 ounces, was born early in the day. This is the Buchanan's second child. The family visited Mrs. Rod gers here last summer. chatting ever the quarrel as if It were a kind of joke. "Shucks," says Ed, "them hens didn't amount to much no how." And Lem says: "Just the same I'm bringin' you a barrel o' apples to pay for 'em." From where I sit, it would be a lot better for the world if folks wonld settle their arguments peaceful-like sitting around over a friendly glass of beer instead of going off half-cocked, and making mountains out of molehills. 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