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Veterans Service
Committee Set Up
Here This Week
Aid to Returning
Veterans Object
Of Organization
Formation of a veterans service
committee was accomplished here
Tuesday when Lt. Col. George E.
Sandy, CE, Chief, veterans person
nel section of Oregon state head
quarters of selective service met
with a group of Morrow county
Ffeople at tfche office of the local
board of selective service at 2p.m.
Judge Bert Johnson of the local
"board will act as chairman of the
newly formed group which includes
M. D. Cljark and J. 0. Hager as
members of selective service; Har
old Cohn, veteran employment
committeeman; Mrs. Clara B. Gert.
son, welfare and Red Cross; Mrs.
Lucy Rodgers, educational and vo
cational councilor, and Arnold Eb
ert, to (assist Veterans in procuring
farms or farm employment.
The committee is set uj to give
very possible assistance to service
men returning to civilian life and
it is the purpose of selective ser
vice to fulfill its obligation to the
men in assisting them to re-adjust
themselves to civilian liie as faith
fully as it Was carried out the ob
ligation of inducting the men into
the various military services, as is
required by law. Judge Johnson
says that any man returning from
military service to civilian life will
find the members of the committee
alwlays ready and desirous to ren
der every possible assistance to all
men who have been discharged un
der honorable conditions.
The information center will be at
the office of the local board where
returning service men may obtain
information as to whom and where
where to apply for assistance in any
of their problems. The clerk will, if
the veteran wishes, make a definite
appointment for him with persons
who are capable of giving him the
specialized assistance he may de
sire. The lone and Heppner American
Legion posts have signified a desire
to co-operate with the committee.
Any civic organization, church or
fraternal order having anything to
offer in the wtay of assistance to
returning veterans will be wel
comed as a co-operating group.
Present at the meeting besides
the group mentioned were Walter
Roberts and Jack Farris, represent
ing the lone American Legion post
and Darrel Hudson, Loyal Parker
and Clarence Hesseltine of the Hep
pner post. ,
Miss Frances Griswold, a clerk of
the selective service board of Uma
tilla county, accompanied Lt. Col.
Sandy from Pendleton.
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Elliott Transferred
To Freewater Store
Coming as a complet surprise.
Blaine Elliott, manager of the Hep
pner J. C. Penney company store,
Wednesday received word that he
is to assume management of the
company's Freewater store, taking
charge Dec. 28. Elliott will turn ov
er the local store to a Mr. Connor,
temporary manager of the Ritzville.
Wash., store.
This move in managerships was
prompted by the resignation of the
Ellensburg, Wash store manager.
The Freewater manager is being
moved to Ellensburg.
Ellioitt came to the Heppner
store from Port Angeles, Wash.,
taking charge here June 16, 1942.
About -three months ago he pur
chased the residecne property of
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Doolittle. For
the present, Mrs. Elliott and their
two daughters will remain in Hep
pner pending solution of the hous
ing problem in Freewater.
GOING TO BEAVERTON
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Gonty and
children will leave Saturday eve
ning for Beavertoh to spend Christ
mas with Mrs. Gonty's parents, Mr.
end Mrs. Charles Hemrich. They
plan to return Dec. 29.
.Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 21, 1944
Real Christmas
In Store for
en
At McCaw General
A real Christmas is in store for
the patients at McCaw General hos
pital. Under the Christmas trees
will be the 150 gift bags filled by
the people of Morrow county.
In ward 47, each patient will re
qeive a gift with his name attached.
Each will receive a nicely wrapped
book from Locust chapter, O, E. S.,
the lone comnaumTy, games by Cub
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lone Many or these gifts were from
.TESTeVTidlfcL'Sl'r
Ward 47w htve 19 nacka.es of
Eifts books candv 25 n-iir-s slinrrs
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made by women of Lena district to
wards 46 and 47: 24 hpd lamns from
wards 46 and 47: 24 hpd lamns frnm
Morrow countv commt.t.PP.-t.hrPP l.
bums of Christmas
holly wreaths
cords for Elks ward; ' many tele
phone calls home and all magazine
rui; ,. An
and mjany for ward 46.
Khea creek grange is providing
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ffiST Waill WalL are senior
IZwforZTi&TheW
at Pasco will have a brighter hoU-
aL vlZl nfthe II wfttSS"
day bedause of the many beautifull
ner, tne vaioy Missionary society
and the Morrow committee
Heccause the people of our coun.
ty have been so generous, our
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committee is able to continue a
program of assistance each month,'
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not just ea, itri&tmas nine, okjicu.
the chairman, Mrs. Ralph Thomp-
son. "In January many nice things
will be done in closed wards at Mc-
Caw and Walla Walla air base with
mental cases. A generous check of
over $120 from Willows grange and
Home Economics club and the lone
community makes this possible."
"As chairman of this committee, I
wish to thlank each person for his
or her help in making this Christ-
mas program so successful. It is a
pleasure to serve you." concluded
Mrs. Thompson.
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AttraCtS ThrOnq
Having to change to another hall
failed to essen ce interest in and
color or tne joint installation cere-
monies of the Masonic and Eastern
Star lodges held in the I. O. O. F.
hall .Monday evening. Use of the
hall was tendered the Masonic
groups when it became known that
the heating plant in the Masonic
building was temporarily disabled.
Following a sumptuous turkey
dinner, where upwards of 200
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peopxe were servea, uie uuwig as-
sembed in the lodge room for the
installation ceremonies. The Masons
-Blue lodge and Royal Arch-
made comparatively short work of
their rituals and cleared ,the way
for the Star installation which is
carried through in strict formality,
At the conclusion of the Star rites
gifts were presented the outgoing
and incoming officers. In accepting
the lodge gifts, Mrs. Archie Ball.
newly installed worthy matron,
gave an inspiring talk in pledging
her best efforts for the ensuing
year. Mrs. Claude Graham, outgo-
ing matron, was the recipient of
gifts from various lodge groups and
individuals. The Ball family gifts
were presented Mrs. Ball by four of
her daughters. The flower presenta-
tion was made in song by Mrs. Fred
Hoskins, lodge musician. She was
escorted by Harriet Ball and Carter
House.
SUFFERS BROKEN LEG .
Mrs. Dan Phelan suffered a badly
fractured upper leg Tuesday after-
noon when she fell at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Edwards. She
had been visiting with Mrs. Ed-
wards and had left the house on
her way home when she fell on the
icy walk.
HOME ON LEAVE
Clarence Baker, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Baker, is home on leave
after serving two years with the
U. S. navy. Clarence has been
through the African and Italian
campaigns and no telling how much
more-
tin worth of now " Percem stored on tarms. As of s a waste 01 ruei out is a . " ; "
, qlU worm OI new re- t. , on . , . " r,.i. . for t.ho most nart. npoTvlp haA
Farmers Obtain
$2,181,316 Under
Wheat Loan Plan
Dec. 30 Final
Date for Issuing ,
Commodity Loans
ohnf $2.181,316.86 . through the
jn;n inan .
imiircia 1UUI1UW COLulLV nJ3VP
for whS
tuiu ouier grains oinsffc I w vii
ent Arnold Ebert states
tnat a cneck on figures to date re-
veals that 1,607,000 bushels of wheat
J"" bus,heis of
have heen Placed under loan
"ave Placl under loan since
harvest 71 percent of which is in
through the countty
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which farmers
office from
receive the above
sum.
SincP Dpo 30 is tP fir,al
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isstnni (Yimmnrlitw none
are warned that this nans that
farm stora wheat must be sam-
Pled mediately if it is to be grad-
ed before deadline and that
samPles submitted after Christmas
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completed if warehouse receipts
HIH I H T 1 Mflr I II inn OAllTlTV UMU
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office before Saturday. Dec. 20.
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Ooenina Encounter
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Displaying good form throughout,
the Heppner , Mustang squad took
the first glante from Boardman on
the local floor, 31-23, Friday eve-
ning. It was a bang-up game, with
the ultimate outcome not too cer-
tain until the last minute of play,
for Boardman displayed a lot of
fight and determination until the
final quarter ended.
At the end of the first quarter
the score stood Heppner 12, Board-
a a- v,.,! u on o tUa
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uuiu uuaxtci fea-X". Jul uic laau
qufirtter the visitors revved up and
began scoring but got started too
,
. owvtu
m tne snort periods tney were in,
showing that Coach Pate is build-
in up a dependable squad for any
emergency.
t Next game is with Condon here
Jan. 5.
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COLLEGE STUDENTS HOME
Morrow county's contingent of
nnllptfp ctnrlonte Vino Kooti .QT..iirirrf
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nome tor several days and an win
be at hand for Christmas festivities.
Coming from Oregon State college
at Corvallis were Frances Wilkin.
son, Betty Adams, Peggy Tamblyn,
Mary Kay and Helen Blake, Mar-
jorie and Florence Sims and Joene
Brown to spend the holidays in and
near Heppner, and Wilma Dobyns
to be with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Dobyns near lone and
June Griffith, holidaying with her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Grif-
fith, at Morgan Don Turner came
Sunday from the University of Ore-
gon where he is a law student and
Bob Runnion arrived Wednesday
evening. Louise Green, Doris and
Dorothy Worden, students at East-
em Oregon College of Education at
La Grande are due tomorrow. Dor-
otha Wilson, student nurse at Mult-
nomah hospital, arrived home the
first of. the week.
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T HAPPENED
Last week this great moral up-
lifter made a prediction that two
of Heppner's husky men would get
caught in Harvey White's new
storm entrance if they happened to
meet there. They did that is they
met in the entrance and they got
stuck, so to speak. The outside door
swings inward and the inside door
swmg outward. One man wanted
out, the other wanted in. They
could not pass, they couldn't back
up until one of them got the
bright idea that they might be able
to open one door at a time. Thus
did Runnion and Grabill solve the
workings of the storm entrance.
mii:if nnrl enmo """"'"" ox lenninai Storage and "idi.n wiuui, acwi Lung io uic - , .i. ,
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English Customs
Cause of Wonder
To Yank Soldiers
English people are about 50
years behind the folks on this side
of the pond, in their mode of living,
in the opinion of the average Yank
who has been privileged to spend
a few months in the British Isles.
lt is the opinion of Capt. Richard
uawrence who
told ' members of
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saw over there and im-
nressions ho trained Vm onntooc
ere .wo item, referred to
tw KieuiiiE trAcuiiLMes ot rinnLHnn s
P-gress in household comfort,
one containing a type ot toilet
long since gone out of use
at." j i.i. i r.
111 " counxry. as xo ,tne neaang
most of it is done by inadequate
terested in improving.
un me otner nana, Lawrence
like all other visitors, is duly im-
nressed with the beautv of Endand.
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nlthoiicrh no too cnthlisiastlf nhoilt
the lack of sunshine. He was billet-
ed in Wales for several months and
stated that the Welsh are an indus-
trious people although not counted
among the wealthy of the empire.
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the high school this morning.
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BabsOII ForeCQSt
To Appear Dec. 28
xne Lrazetne limes wm puoiisn
Roger W. Babson's "Business and
Financial Outlook for 1945
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28.
Among otner topics, ivir. caDson
wil1 forecast: War and Peace; In-
ventories and Reconversion; Jobs
and Payrolls; Commodity Prices
and Retail Sales; Farming and In-
dustries; Securities and Real Es-
tate; Politics and Taxes; Foreign
Trade and Our Allies.
We are calling this feature to
your attention because we believe
that everyone of our readers will
una it ot interest ano vaiue.
PAYS surprise visit
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.Coming rom Frt 0r(d. Calif,
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prised family and friends when he
frotT1 Portland Thurd-iv af
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S Xs FV.nk S Sr&r to JZi
a" Sn W P,ri
n'Tbeen eSed
Jnce rS fr0 fflo!tlTin
AleSiTcamosm He first
A f S-KU rS iXr
f fto Columbia S C
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htpr Ppnplia await bis rpturr, from
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f ars a n91 3
Sf, etob ZuTh.i
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was iS ?e 1
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"gf;?v D,m iT ryKer
ana ramuy lor aiew nours. .
CHILD INJURED BY DOG
when Httle Nan ravis daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. William Davis op-
ened gate and steppeoi insicie
the cydfe Niittmg yard she had no
fear whatever of the big St. Bernard
dog for had he not her com
panion and protector, always good.
natUred and eager for a pat on the
head? But it was a fert story
Tuesday morning, for when little
Nan entered the yard the big fellow
had changed his attitude. Tethered
inside the gate was the Nutting
Peke. In passing by the little dog
Nan sort of Drushed it aside and
the St. Bernard resented this ac-
ion He made a pass at the 2ittle
girl with the result that she suffer-
ed severai contusions on her face.
Mrs Nutting rushed her to a phy-
sician and had her injuries dressed
The dog will be spared for two
weecs while it is determined if
there is danger from rabies, after
which he will be dispatched 'to the
happy hunting ground
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ON SHORT VACATION
Miss Margaret Gillis, Morrow
county health nurse, left today for
Portland and Salem where she will
visit friends over Christmas.
Volume 61.. Number 39 h
White Christmas
Not in Prospect
In This Section
Silver Thaw Hits
Eastern Oregon as
Holidays Approach
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News from the eastern front has
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an .opportunity tor two uays oi
rest- wim a ramily Oinner or guests
0n Mondav Locallv no dances or
UI1 iViUIluay. JjOCdliy no Udlltea ur
ther PW entertainment features
fen advertised. Churches
will observe the usual Christmas
ev ""H1-Kidr
Shopping has been brisk for
many days and reached the peak
ure situ ucvumuuH yroraji uuo
iness has been good, showing that
people are trying to keep up the
holidlay spirit.
As a prelude to a 10-day .vacation
tVip TTprmnpr school presented .the
story Df Christmas in song to an
appreciative audience Wednesday
evening. School will close rriaay
afternoon and take up on Jan. 2,
1945 Some of the teachers are
planning trips home, two having
gone iast Friday. Miss Mildred Ha-
jenga ancj Miss Elsie Jenny, resi-
dents of Montana, were excused
eary to permit them to make the
jollg t,.jp partly because Miss Ha-
jenga's brother was home from over
geas an(j could not wait for her
jeave here at tne regular time.
Midnight services will be held
Sunday at All Saints Episcopal
church and St. Patrick's Catholic
church, announcements for which
will be found elsewhere.
MFET IN HAWAII
"lreu"B luc 11131 1,1 "VCI
Meeting the first time in over
two years, Claude and Douglas
Drake recenlly had 'our hours to.
Rethf"r in Honolulu when' the tank-
,ber pUt in at &at VTt Douglas
in the islands for a lonS
time and was beginning to think
WOUJd nVer See SOmeone he
knew when he got a telephone call
from Claude to meet him.
I,ERE FOR "OLIDAYS
Mr. and Mrs. John Rouston of
Weiser- Ida" are here to sPend
holidays with relatives of Mrs.
Rouston, the former Neva LeTrace.
They attended Eastern Star-
Masonic banquet and installation
ceremonies Monday evening, Mrs.
Mrs Rouston having long been a
member of Ruth chapter.
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ATTEND ALKY MEETING
Clyde Denney and Terrell Benge,
directors of the Grain . Products,
Inc-' attended the meeting of the
board of directors of the concern
over the week-end. They expect to
8 to Carver right after the first of
the year when a new plant will be
opened.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS AND
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL
H Hittler or anyone of his stripe,
should win tJus or some future
world war, the right of religious
freedom would be doomed and
Peace on Earth, Good Will to all
Men would be a memory. Many of
our youth are fighting and dying
on foreign soil to preserve the
freedom of our country and all that
freedom stands for. Those of us at
home must also fight to support our
s h at the front; do all
the work you can, stay on the job
until it is finished and buy all the
bonds possible that we and our
children, may in the future years,
be able to wish a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year to all.
BERT JOHNSON
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