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CAPT. ALFRED IN CHINA
From somewhere in China Capt.
Frank C. Alfred writes that while
.he is enjoying the surroundings in
this land half way around the
world from Oregon, he yearns to
get a glimpse of the Morrow coun
ty wheat fields and the Blue moun
tains. Judge Bert Johnson received
the 'letter from the erstwhile coun
ty prosecutor and in due time Al
fred will get one of those book
length reviews of the news for
which the judge is becoming just
ly famous among service men. Al
fred said he is particularly inter
ested in the Chinese method of
farming which is quite different
to the method employed in this
section.
Another soldier friend of Judge
Johnson's, Larry Ritchie, writes
that he has been transferred to an
other branch of the service and
that he thinks he will like it. The
judge recently mailed him an ency
clopedia of Morrow county doings
and a lot of sports items by airmail,
the cost of which aided materially
in reducing the postal deficit.
NOW ON COAST
Marine Private Ellen Nelson of
Lexington recently reported for
duty at the Marine Corps Air Sta
tion, Santa Barbara, Calif.
. The Marine woman received a
four-week course at the motor
transport school at Camp Lejeune,
N. C, and is qualified to repair and
drive motor vehicles from jeep:.,
and station wagons to light delivery
trucks. Taking over her new duties
- will enable her to release a male
Marine mechanic or driver for act
ive combat duty.
Private Nelson's parents are Mr.
and Mrs. A. H. Nelson of Lexing
ton. IN RADIO SCHOOL
T. Sgt William Clayton Wright,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Orian Wright
of Heppner, who has been in the
Marshalls and Gilbert Islands for
several months, has been transfer
red to the Hawaiian Islands for ad
vanced radio training. Clayton is a
radio technician. He writes that he
is catching up on his ice cream eat
ing. He had four days vacation be
fore entering school and enjoyed
seeing the sights and places of
interest.
ON EMBARKATION LEAVE
Norman Nelson of the Seabees is
spending an embarkation leave
with his parents, Mr. arid Mrs. A.
H. Nelson of Lexington. A CB lc,
Norman has been in the service
since 1942 and has seen quite a
slice of this troubled old sphere.
He has recently completed ad
vanced instruction at Camp Parks
and will report back there Wed
nesday. RELIGIOUS VACATION SCHOOL
TO HOLD ANOTHER WEEK
Religious vacation school for the
children of St. Patrick"s parish got
under way Monday. So far 42 chil
dren have been registered and
more are expected to attend before
the end of the week. It will close
June 9.
Sister Lucida, superior of the
academy at Wasco, Calif, and Sister
Philomena Joseph are the sisters in
charge. This is the second year for
ing down Sunay returning Tuesday
Sister Lucida to return. Helping
the sisters With the schonl are Mar-
guerite Glavey, Patricia Kenney,
Kathleen Daly and Kathleen Sher
man. Mrs. Rose Francis is helping
out at the parish house while sum
mer school lasts.
UNION MISSIONARY MEETING
Heppner union missionary socie
ty will meet at the Methodist
church at 2:30 p. m. Friday June 9.
The Methodist women's society
will omit the June meeting.
Heppner,
Young Graduates
Told to Prepare
For Times Ahead
Departing from the usual type
of commencement address, Dr. N.
H. Cornish discussed world condi
tions as the (prospect facing the
graduates of 1944. As professor of
business administration at the Un
iversity of Oregon he is well qual
ified to discuss economic affairs
and he brought home a realistic
picture that was understandable by
young and old alike.
'An era already highly specializ
ed has been . made almost univer
sally so through demands arising
out of the war, Dr. Cornish point
ed out. He admonished the young
people to study present day condi
tions and to prepare themselves ad
equately to meet the keen compe
tition not only during the war but
in the peace to come.
The speaker did not attempt to
paint a dark picture, nor did he
speak glowingly of the future. He
faced facts squarely, balancing the
weak pots against the strong. In
passing he expressed the opinion
that this country could never car
ry on under a program of isola
tion and that we must hold . our
position in the van of the family
of nations.
Norbert Peavy played the proces
sional, Principal Ivan Parker intro
duced the speaker and presented
the awards, Superintendent George
Corwin presented the class and
Miss Leta Humphreys passed out
the diplomas. Archdeacon Neville
Blunt gave the invocation. Two
numbers were sung by the high
school girls chorus under the di
rection of Mrs. Fred Hoskins.
Scholarships were awarded Lorria
Mae Jones and Louise Green, both
ci whom will attend Eastern Ore
gon College of Education to take
up teacher training; and to Mar
joiie Sims, who was one of 200
high school graduates in the state
to receive the Oregon State col
lege scholarship. Miss Sims also
was accorded a place on the honor
plaque as the one considered the
outstanding member of the class
by the faculty and her classmates.
All Restrictions
On Slaughter of
Farm Stock Lifted
All restrictions on farm slaugh
ter of livestock and delivery of
meat to off -farm customers were
lifted Tuesday, according to Lewis
A. Nichols, office of distribution,
WFA, Pendleton, Ore.
The action was taken by the war
foods administration, Nichols said,
to facilitate movement of heavy
supplies of 'livestock now on farms
into consumer channels. Direct de
livery of meat from the farm to
neighboring communities is ex
pected to help the farmer, and im
prove rural meat supplies.
Farmers were previously requir
ed to obtain permits to slaughter
and deliver livestock to persons not
living on the farm. Restrictions on
slaughter and delivery of hogs
were revoked some time ago, but
.until now continued in force for
all other livestock. Tuesday's act
ion is made effective through
amendment 15 to war food order
No. 75, Nichols stated.
Sheep Moving Out
Of Local Yards
A special train of 21 double deck
cars of sheep left the Heppner
yards Wednesday for points east.
One lot of 14 cars was shipped by'
Justus brothers to Baker for sum
mer range. 9
The other seven cars were pur
chased by James Farley of Arling
ton for Culp & Sons and were
shipped to Pescadercr, Ida. for feed
ing. The Justus shipment was made
up of ewes and lambs
Oregon, Thursday, June
Grass Fire Burns
Over Large Area in
Northern Morrow
Monahan Sheep
singed in Blaze;
Damage Extensive
A fire starting on the west end
of the bombing range in northern
Morrow county Saturday burned
two days sweeping across the width
of the bombing range up to Butter
creek before it halted. The blaze
is reported to have been started by
a plane although it is not stated
whether it was due to backfire of
if it Was a bomber practicing over
the field.
So long as the fire stayed on the
bombing range little damoge was
done; but it broke over in spots and
wreaked considerable havoc. A
band of ewes and lambs pasturing
in the vicinity of Castle Rock and
belonging to Frank Monahan suf
fered the most damage. The fire
overtook the flock and swept over
it, "singeing the animals, leaving
many dead and others in pitiful
condition. According to County
Agent Conrad, who visited the
scene early this week Monahan's
loss will run intothousands of dol
lars. He reported many lambs with
heads swollen to twice normal size
and ewes with scorched flesh all
helpless and many of them doomed.
Many were already dead. Many
ewes will be without lambs and
lambs without mothers. This was
the band of twin lambs.
Some farm buildings also were
reported lost in the fire, although
definite information regarding the
properties was lacking this morn
cate that residents along the south
ing. Reports from Boardman indi
side of the project were consider
ably alarmed over the nearness of
the fire to their holdings.
Harold Anderson
Passes Suddenly
Death came Sunday to Har
old Anderson, 40, Eight Mile farmer.
He had been ill a few days but his
condition was not knnwn to be
serious
Services were held at 3 o'clock p.
m. Tuesday from the Heppner
Church of Christ, Rev. Cecil War
ner of Hermiston qfficiaiting in the
absence of the pastor, O. Wendell
Herbison. Interment was mode in
Heppner Masonic cemetery. Mrs.
Ture Peterson and Mrs. Ruby Ro
berts of lone sang and pall bearers
were Charles Becket, Walter Beck
et, Floyd Worden Raymond Lun
dell, Elmer Palmer and Alfred
Bergstrom.
Harold .Anderson was born in
lone May 10, 1904, the son of Char
les and Nellie Akers Anderson. He
was married to Arlena Redding,
Dec. 25, 1934 at Hood River. To
this union were born three child
ren, Adelia, Nancy and Carol, whn
with their mother survive. Other
survivors are the invalid mothei4
and a brother, Erwin. Deceased was
a member of Rhea Creek grange.
Out of town relatives and friends
coming for the funeral included
Mr, and Mrs. Alfred Anderson of
The Dalles and Fred Akers of Ha
milton, uncles and aunt; Dale Ak
ers, Hamilton, Mrs. Maxine Kings
ley, Mrs. Opal Pommerring, Mr.
and Mrs. Ted Kohler, Elton Par
man RTlc, Seattle, Mrs. Blanche
Ranson, Freewater, cousins; Mrs.
J. E. Frazier, Walla Walla and Mrs.
. Kate Parman, Freewater, aunts; a
niece, Miss Carolyn Sparks; Shirley
Ransom, Freewater, Mr. and Mrs.
Armin Wylon, Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Tucker, Stanfield, and Mr. and
Mrs. Bradley Castle and children
of Redding, Calif.
Miss Esther Bergstrom returned
home Wednesday evening after a
10-day visit in Portland.
1, 1944
Goodly Number of
Visitors Coming For
C-H Meeting Friday
Between 35 and 40 visitors will
be in Heppner Friday to attend the
monthly meeting of the Blue
Mountain Camp and Hospital coun
cil. Definite information that at
least that many representatives
from several counties in the dis
trict has been received by the
Morrow county council chairman,
Mrs. R. I. Thompson.
From Walla Walla will come ten
people, including an officer and
two patients from McCaw General
hospital and Miss Janet Caldwell,
head of recreation at the hospital
Listed so far from other points are
five representatives each from
Pomeroy and Dayton, Wash., and
Pendleton. Pasco, La Grande and
Baker have not reported the num
bers in their delegations. These are
all county committee members.
Morrow county people are urged
to attend the afternooon meeting
and get first hand information rel
ative to the work being done by
the camp and hospital units and
the needs of the hospital patients.
The meetings will be held in the
Elks hall, the business session in
the morning and the afternoon ses
sion at 2 o'clock.
Luncheon Group
Learns OPA Facts
Lifting of ration points on meats
and other recent OPA rulings were
discussed Monday noon by Mrs
Frances Dobyns of Pendleton, field
officer for the counties of Umatilla,
Morrow, Gilliam and Wheeler suc
ceeding Harley Richardson in this
area.
Mrs. Dobyns took up the several
blanches of OPA service, giving
the latest information on produce
prices, fuel oil supplies, gasoline
and tires. Easing on meat rationing
she explained, was to give farmers
and stockmen an opportunity to
dispose of surplus stock. When this
is done it is likely that restrictions
will be restored, although on a
more moderate basis. There is no
promise of easing up on the gaso
line situation and the speaker urg
ed strictest observance of the driv
ing regulations. Fuel oil will be
handled as last year, she stated.
P. W. Mahoney told the luncheon
club about the forth coming war
bond campaign and George Corwin
urged preparation and printing,' of
handy folders descriptive of Hepp
ner and vicinity.
MORE RECRUITS LEAVE
FOR ARMED SERVICES
Uncle Sam's fighting blood was
enriched by three Morrow county
young men who left Heppner May
25 to enter naval training, James
H. Driscoll, James M. Estes and
Evan L. Rill.
Four men left May 29 for induc
tion into the army. These included
Bruce M. Lindsay and Ray P. Pat
terson of Heppner, William A. Gol
lyhorn of Irrigon and Richard Lo
renzen, a transfer from Bremer
ton, Wash.
PAY SHORT VISIT
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Githens of
Berkeley, Caif. were Heppner vis
itors from Thursday to Sunday.
They came to take their daughter,
Mrs. Lera Crawford, to Berkeley
where she will make her home,
having given up her teaching job
in the Heppner school. Mrs. Craw
ford will leave Berkeley June 11
for New York where her son Hugh
will graduate from the midship
man school at Columbia university.
She will stop in Boston enroute to
visit another son, Ensign John
Crawford. Hugh may return to
Berkeley with his mother to spend
his graduation leave.
VISIT LA GRANDE
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rosewall
drove to La Grande Monday night
to consult an ear specialist Tuesday.
Vol ume61 Number 10
Outdoor Program
Scheduled to Open
5th War Loan Drive
Band From McCaw
Hospital, WanVets
Coming to Assist
Plans are under way for opening
the Fifth War Loan campaign with
an outdoor program the evening of
June 10, according to announce
ment by P. W. Mahoney, Morrow
county war bond sales chairman.
If the weather permits there will be
a band concert and speeches at one
of the Main street intersections,
following somewhat the order of
procedure for the Second War
Loan drive about a year ago.
A 25-piece band from McCaw
General hospital at Walla Walla
will be the musical attraction for
the rally, while two officers and
four enlisted men, all veterans
with plenty of overseas service,
will be the speakers. It will be a
daylight program, starting at 7 p.
m. Should weather be unfavorable
the program will be given in the
Elks hall, Mahoney stated. '
Morrow county's quota of the
Fifth War Loan is $356,000, of
which $167,000 will be offered in
Series E bonds. Other individual
issues amount to $115,000, while
corporation quota is $74,000. (
"This is a big quota for our
county and it will require our best
efforts and cooperation to meet it,"
Mahoney stated. "It is a little out
of line with our population as
shown in the OPA census. Whereas
original figures were based upon
a population of better than 4,000
the OPA census shows little better,
than 3,500 persons in the county
at the present time.
In the last two drives the county
went over the top by 40 percent:
The Third War Loan drive, opened
with an auction sale that brought
in $152,000 and the Fourth War
Loan, coming along during the
Winter, were comparativei'.y easy
since the county had experienced
the greatest production season on
record. At this time of year with
crops not far enough developed in
determine what the outcome may
be, and with money reserves run
ning low, the prospect of selling
$350,000 worth of bonds is none
too bright. But it will be done,
Mahoney and his bond committee
declare.
Farm Bureau to
Hold Open Meeting
Monday Evening
Arrangements have been made by
the Morrow County Farm Bureau
to hold an open meeting Monday
evening, June 5, at the Lexington
grange hall, according to announce
ment by George Peck, president
and Oscar Peterson, secretary.
It is the desire of the bureau to
acquaint not only those directly in
terested in .agriculture but all citi
zens of the county in the objectives
of the Farm Bureau federation. To
do this it was decided to hold an
open meeting and let the citizens
hear first hand what the bureau is
doing and plans to do.
Mac Hoke, president of the Ore
gon Farm Bureau, will be on hand
as will Sam Hunter, membership
chairman, and others from Uma
tilla county.
Peck and Peterson indicated, that
already some 60 farmers had taken
membership in the new county unit
and that a strong organization here
is assured. They will be glad to see
a good turnout of business men as
well as farmers and to add a bit of
social touch to the meeting have
arranged to serve ice cream, cook
ies and coffee following the meet
ing which opens at 8 o'clock.
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