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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1944)
T3 O c: 5C own o r o so, - ho r :s fa m intra to o o o m Wheeler County Agent Chosen to Succeed Conrad A. C. Ebert Has Been at Fossil Past Eight Years A. C. Ebert, for eight years agent in Wheeler county, was this week chosen to succeed C. D. Conrad as Marrow county agricultural agent according to announcement by Charles Smith of Corvallis who was here Wednesday conferring with the county court over the vacancy created by Conrad's resignation. Ebert will take over- August 1. He will spend a few days here with Conrad next week familiarizing himself with the office and field. The new agent is thoroughly fa miliar with conditions in this sec tion, having been reared at Echo. He attended Oregon State college, graduating from the school of ag liculture. He is married and has one child. The outgoing agent is busy wind ing up reports of his office and the numerous activities in which he was engaged. His leaving will necetsitate appointtment of a new county salvage chairman, a duty which may be wished onto Mr. Ebert if he is susceptible to such jobs. Conrad also has been one of the most active workers in the Grain Products, Inc., serving as secretary-treasurer of the organi zation. Faith in the ultimate realiz ation of the company's plans caused him to hesitate about accepting the Baker agency. The matter of living quarters for Mr. Ebert and his family had not been settled up to press time. In view of the numerous changes tak ing place in town it is more than likely that he will have to buy a home. In this connection it may be stated that Don Strait, . Heppner Smith-Hughes agriculture teacher, has purchased the Conrad resi dence and is this week offering his present property (for sale. , One-Time Resident Dies in Portland Mrs. Nellie (Anderson return 1 Friday evening from Portland where she spent several feks w;th her father, Charles Sorber, in his last illness. Mr. Sorber passed away July 2 and was buried the afternoon of July 3 at Vancouver. He was a native of Pennsylvania, where he was born 87 years 8to, and came west in 1888, living in eastern Oregon and Portland most of the time. Mr. Sorber was a caipenter and built many homes in lone and the schoolhouse at Morgan. Surviving are his wife, six dau ghters, six grandchildren and one great grandchild, Mrs. Anderson's granddaughter. WOUNDED MAN ENJOYING GOOD CARE AND FOOD Life on a hospital ship provides more comforts than a foxhole, ac cording to S. Sgt John McRoberts, son of Harvey McRoberts of Hepp ner, who was one of the casualties Biak Island campaign. McRoberts suffered flesh wounds in the right hip and hand from a Jap machine gun. He is enjoying the good care, food and other comforts of the ship despite the discomfort of his wounds. "Sure beats foxhole and sea rations," he writes. ON VACATION Miss Edna Hughes and Miss Charlotte Cannon left Sunday af ternoon for the seashore to tak? their vacations. They accompanied County Clerk C. W. Barlow as far as Portland. Another passenger in the Barlow car was Mary Mollahan who went to Portland to remain a few weeks. Heppner, Morrow Third County to Over Subscribe 5th E Bond Quota County Provides Ample Funds for Hospital Program People of Morrow county have a way of expressing their apprecia tion for the manner in which af fairs of the Blue Mountain Camp and Hospital council are conduct ed. Evidence of this is seen in the gsnerous subscriptions mnde to ihs 1045 -fund which was recently com pleted and results of which have been compiled by tilt?- Morrow county -chairman, Mrs. Ralph Thompson. A grand total of $2,389.87 has been mada available to the com mittee to carry on the good work fo ocapably organized and execut ed the past year. Mrs. Thompson has submitted her report by dis tricts as follows: Cecil 50.00 Cecil Friendly Club 10.00 lone and vicinity 751.50 lone Past Noble Grand club .... 5.00 Lexington and vicinity 393.50 Sand Hollow 40.00 Butter and Hinton Creeks 118.50" Rhea Creek and Eightmile ... 377.00 Balm Fork-Upper Willow .... 111.50 Heppner 532.87 TOTAL 2,389.87 It is interesting to note that last year the committee felt if $250 were in the drive for funds that would be doing well. At the end of the fiscal year tho report showed a to tal of $1,872.51 had been received, of which all .but 193.55 had been spent on camp and hospital work. This year volunteer solicitors went out and boosted the receipts as mentioned above. "We are truly grateful to the people of Morrow county for their generous response. This shows that the work done by the council is approved of and that the people re alize this is the only way the situ ation can be handled. We are deep ly appreciative of the splendid work done by the solicitors, fully realiz ing that without their help it would not have been possible to raise this sum which will enable our organi zation to carry on its program of bringing comfort and cheer to our hospitalized veterans," Mrs. Thomp sos stated Tuesday. More Residences Sold During Week Residence buying continues ra ther brisk in Heppner, with three deals closed this week. Gus Wil liamson sold his residence property on the corner of Willow and Chase streets to Harvey Harshman. The property has been occupied for sev eral years by Mr. and Mrs. Scott Furlong. The Furlongs recently rented another house and William son decided to relieve himslf of one worry by selling. He owns the ad jacnt residence which he plans to keep, expecting to return here at some future day to make his home. I. C. Bennett, burned out of house .and home two weeks ago, yester day dosed a deal for the residence property of Marius Nash. This place adjoins the former Bennett home.. Nash immediately made a deal for the former Martin Reed pro perty in North Heppner adjoining the Ad Moore residence. This place was bought a few weeks ago by Mrs. Dick Steers who did not oc cupy it. IN POIITLAND Mrs. Anna Bayless and Mrs. Frank Wilkinson drove to Portland Monday to zee Mrs. Bayless's sis ter Mrs. Frank Turner, who is a patient at St. Vincent's hospital. They returned Wednesday. Oregon, Thursday, July Total Al! Sales Exceeds Quota by More Than $38,000 Morrow county has gone over the top in the Fifth War Loan cam paign, exceeding the $356,000 quota by $38,412.50, according to figures submitted by the war finance com mittee this week. Not only has the quota been surpassed but Morrow is the thiid in the state reporting oversubscribing the E bond quo' a. TM::- quota was $167,000 and ovrr ; :op!e have purchased a total of i?U;y,500 worth of the series to date. Corporation purchases turned in the last few days of the campaign boosted the total over the top, once more placing the county in the win column. These purchases amounted to $89,328 and were placed by the following concerns: Morrow county, $10,000; Pacific Power & Light company, $6,000; J. C. Penny comjpany, $2,000; Stand aid Oil company, $8,000; Tum-A-Lum Lumber company, $1,000; Un ion Oil company 700; Pendileton Production Credit association, $2, 500; Federal Land Bank, $11,000; Shell Oil company, $8,000; Union State Bond committee, $14,628, and Pacific Railroad company, $9,500; other purchases $16,000. (Names of other purchasers not reported by the state committee.) .'The figure of $167,500 reported by the state committee as Morrow county's E bond purchases was the figure given on an earlier tabula tion. Latest figures show purchases amounting to $189,802.50 or $22, 892.50 over the top. Individual sales including E bonds amounted to $305,084,50 which with the $89,328 in corporation sales makes a grand total of $394,412.50: Some disappointment is felt in the fact that only 625 purchasers bought E bonds in the fifth drive compared with 1118 in the fourth campaign. It is pointed out that the school children played a big role in selling E bonds in the fourth drive and there was no personal so licitation this time. Donald Robinson Wounded in Battle Cpl Donald Robinson of Hard man, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ro binson, was seriously injured June 13 in France, according to informa tion received this week. The war department telegraphed Mr. and Mrs. Robinson of Donald's injuries and the date it happened but gave no detailed information. However the message did state that a lettetr would follow. Early this week a letter came from Donald who is a paratrooper and holds the rank of corporal, and he gave more specific information. He received shrapnel wounds in his left leg and foot which he states were not too serious , but ap parently enough to put him out of action for some time. He stated he feels fortunate that he's alive after the places he's been since the in vasion started. DOC IN NEW ROLE For years Dr. A. D. McMurdo has been helping other folks to be come grandparents with never a thought that it might happen to him some time. Sunday the stork turned the tables on him and now he and Mrs. McMurdo are grampaw and grammaw.. the wily old bird delivered a gentle little bundle of fenuninity at the home of .Lt. and Mrs. Charles E. McMurdo in Lynchville, Va. The father was un able to be present, due to train ing activities at Yale where he is taking a special course. The little miss has been named Margaret Hager McMurdo. 13, 1944 Governor Will Not Call Legislators In Special Session Governor Snell will not call the legislature into special session to consider a change in the election laws. This decision was reached in a meeting Monday called by Sec retary oJ State Farrell when county clciks ar d printers from the several counties gave assurance that full cooperation will, be given in pre paring and printing the ballots for the November election in time to distribute absentee ballots to service people and obtain their re turn for counting along with the civilian ballots. It had been proposed to call the legislature in special session and pass an amentment to the certifica tion law extending the period from 45 days to 60 days. Beiore arrang ing to call the legislators together, Mr. Snell and Mr. Farrell decided to find out if it were possible to obtain the desired results without changing the law at this time and they found the clerics and printers ready to cooperate to the fullest extent. Absentee ballots are not much of a problem to the lighter populated counties but mean much extra work to clerks' offices in the larger counties. Plans for handling the extra work were discussed at the meeting and each county group will operate as in the past. The meeting wound up with a luncheon in the capitol cafe. Attending from Morrow county were County Clerk C. W. Barlow and O. G. Crawford of the Gazette Times. L. W. Briggs and Conrads Honored Members of the Methodist church gathered in the dining room of the church after the morning services Sunday to "do honor to some of their flock for different reasons. One reason was the 85th birthday anniversary of L. W. Briggs, the other as an expression of good will to Mr. and Mlrs. C. D. Conrad who will leave Heppner in a few days to take up residence at Baker where Conrad has accepted the post of county agent. Mr. Briggs is one of the town's oldest residents and perhaps is one of the oldest members of the church. He first came to Heppner in 1872. His parents were moving to eastern Oregon, but his father didn't like it here very well and went on to Umatilla county and settled on Weston mountain. Ten years later L. W. Briggs returned to Heppner to make his home and has lived here continuously. In 1923 he was elected county treas urer, succeeding T. J. Humphreys, and is now serving his sixth term. It is doubtful if there is another county treasurer in the state who can boast of 85 birthdays. On Tuesday noon, Mr. Briggs was honored by his fellow work ers at the court house with a lun cheon at which time he was pre sented with a gift. DRIVING TO PORTLAND W. O. Dix will spend the week end in Portland with his family and all will return to Heppner in a few days. Mrs. Dix and Jo Jean have .been in the city for some time. DEPUTY CLERK FOR A DAY Mrs. Fred Hoskins Jr. was in charge of the clerk's office at the court house Monday in the ab sence of County Clerk C. W. Bar low who was on a business mission to Salem. Volume 61, Number 16 Shortage of Fuel Oil Is Certainty, OPA Warns Users War Necessity to Curtail Supplies For Civilian Use A definite fuel oil shortage with in the next few months is the pros pect facing users of the commod ity who are advised by the Office of Price administration to do some thing about it if they want to avoid heating difficulties next winter. According to officials of the OPA this is no scare talk but a warning that must be regarded or there may be intense suffering be fore the winter is over. Conditions arising from the sum mer campaign in Europe are direct factors in the announced scarcity. Whether the European conflict ceases by January or February or not, war needs will drain produc tion resources and civilian supplies will be cut. Should the war in Eu rope come to a close around the first of the year it is said that heavy withdrawals of fuel oil will be made in order to fuel the At lantic fleet for transfer to the Pa cific zone. The OPA adyises that people de pending upon this type of fuel not delay in using up their surplus cou pons from last year as well as go ing into first period coupons of the new issue and buy all the oil they can store on their premises. The word sent out is to do this prior to August 30 as after that date there may be curtailments which will cut many users short of their allotments. Misunderstandings frequently oc cur over the issuance of gasoline coupons to farmers, local officials state. Coupons are issued on a ba sis of 60 percent of the amount asked for. When the 60 percent is nearly used up, the farmer may get in touch with the local office by telephone or by writitng and explain his situtation and the ra tioning board will forward the other coupons for the remaining 40 per cent. This is being done, it is ex plained, to save the farmer extra trips to town, especially during the harvest period, and the board is asking that all affected by the rul ing make an eflfort to comply so that valuable farm time may be conserved. Heppner's History Traced by Mayor Heppner's history from 1869 when George W. Stansbury bought the claim of a man by the name of Estes and lived in a crude cabin on property later known as the T. W. Ayers place, corner May and Chase streets, up to the present was trac ed by Mayor J. O. Turner who was forum of the chamber of commerce the guest speaker at the luncheon Monday. The place was originally known as Stansbury's Flats. There was a spring about where the First National bank building now stands. It was about 1871 before any sem blance of a town began to Appear and it was then that J. L. Morrow and Henry Heppner set up the first mercantile establishment here, Heppner giving his name to the town and later, when the county was formed, Morrow was ho.iored by it bearing his name. MUSIC ON HAND Perhaps members of the Hepp ner Women's chorus will be inter ested to know that several different copies of new music are available and will be looked over next Mon day evening, weather permitting. VISITORS AT LEXINGTON Sgt. James Peck and wife ar rived this week from Wichita Falls, Tex., to spend part of his furlough visiting at the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. Burton H. Peck. r O o n