Highways To Health By Ada R. Mayne FEEDING THE FAMILY Homemakers who are giving top billing to better family nutrition on their New Year's resolution lists will be glad to hear that despite food commitments to our armed forces and allies, the nutriitive value of the 1945 civilian food sup ply will continue almost as high as 1944 Higher incomes, record war time crops and increased produc tion have meant, better eating for Americans in wartime than in pre war time. The quality of our national diet has improved considerably in the past twenty-five years. Increased milk consumption has t meant more calcium riboflavin, and vitaminA and greatly increased citrus fruit consumption, more vitamin C. Vic tory garden harvests, especially of green and yellow vegetables, have upped vitamins A and C. Enrich ment of white bread and flour is estimated to have increased the thiamine, iron, niacin and ribofla vin in this year's national diet. Even though the nutrition situa tion has improved, the food econ omists point out that there are wide variations in family diets. To bring below-average diets up to lecommended nutritional standards they advise more emphasis on the protective foods milk, fruitts and vegetables and eggs. Soup is one of the mealtime fa vorites of the entire family during the cold and dreary days of mid winter. This delectable soup is an easy-to-make dish and is just one of the many ways to serve milk to your family. Cheese Soup With Rice 1 tablespoon onion, chopped; 2 tablespoons butter; 2 tablespoons flour; 4 cups milk, cup cheese, grated; 1 teaspoon salt, Va teaspoon pepper, 2 eggs, well beaten; IV2 cup hot cooked rice. Cook onion in butter 5 minutes, add flour and milk. Cook until slightly thickened. Add cheese, salt and pepper, stirring until the cheese is melted. Pour over egg yolks, stir- Heppner Gazette Times, January 1 1, 1945 3 ring. Serve immediately rpoonful of hot rice. with SCARDMAN NEWS Frances Skoubo Greenfield grange was host to Morrow county Pomona grange Sat urday Jan. 6 and a large crowd was in attendance. Flossie Coats returned from Brenton Wash. Sunday where she had been visiting with Mr. and Mr?. Ed Barlow for the past few days. Mr. and Mrs. Seale, now residing in Ordnance, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Stoltnow several days last week. Mr. and Mrs. Neal Bleakney from Sunnyside spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. L. Morgan. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mulligan and family and Mr. and Mrs. I. Skoubo and Frances were dinner guests f Mr. and Mrs. Charles Anderegg Sunday afternoon. Crystal Barlow returned rom Hie Dalles hospital Saturday where she was treated for undulant feve. Mike Moffit from Lostine. Ore. visited with the Linns Sunday en route to Lostine. Otto Falconer was taken to tht St. Anthony hospital in Pendleto.i Sunday evening and receive an operation for appendicitis at 11:30 Sunday night. Word was received that Albert Partlow was returned' to the States for medical treatment. Russell De Mauro Ph. M. 2jc who has been stationed at Farragut, na val training center since he was inducted Nov. 6, 1942 is spending a ten day leave with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Paul DeMauro. Russell is to report to Rhode Island for fur ther orders. S Ggt Frank Kunze, one of the renowned 41st division enginieers is enjoying a 30-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kunze after spending 32 month with his division in and around New Guinea. Audree Wilson was in The Dalles over the week-end. Irrigon News Notes By MBS. J. A. SHOTTO Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Hoaglund have sold their place west of town to Lawrence Smith and expect to give possession by Feb. 1. They are buying Nora Wilson's, small house. Smith has been living on the Robert Smith place. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Haddox have moved from the Bailey house to a farm near Walla Walla. The E. R. Schneiders, Mrs. Tom Caldwell and Mrs. Emma Steward went to Heppner Wednesday. Mrs. Theresa Connell who spsrit some weeks in the Pendleton hos pital is out of the hospital and is staying with Mrs. Nora Wilson. The Pentecostal church started a revival meeting with Mr. Sto vall of Texas in charge. Ella Mae Grim and Kathleen Poulson went to Pendleton Friday night to attend the Jan Smeterlin piano concert. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Elliott spent the week-end at La Grande returning Sunday evening. Mrs. Nellie Netter and three children of Aurora arrived Mon day evening. Sam Umiker brought them from Boardman. Mrs. Umiker and Mrs. Netter are sisters. Mrs. Alice Hoagland was a Stan field visitor Thursday. The Irrigon and Stanfield basket ball teams played on the Irrigon floor Tuesday erening. Stantfijeld team won 39 to 27. The grades 11 to 9 and Irrigon second team won 15 to 12. Avery Shoun went to Heppner Tuesday. Claude Crawford of Lind Wash, arrived Wednesday to visit tie Harvey Warner family. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Connel and Mr. Council's mother, Mrs. Theresa Connell went to Pendleton Tues day, i Findley Graybeal of Gillander and Burrows visited his mother Mrs. Josephine Graybeal Tuesday. The Irrigon first and second bas ketball teams went to Hermiston Tuesday evening to play the Her miston basketball teams there. ner Tuesday, the first time in many months. He is on furlough from army duties in the South Pacific and is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adam Blahm at Hermiston and his sister, Mrs Lee Spnnkel in Heppner. Raymond spent 31 months in the South Pacific. He is a member of the 41st division. 31 MONTHS IN SOUTH PACIFIC Sgt Raymond Blahm was in Hepp RETUKN HOME Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ready and family returned . Thursday of last week from Seaside where Mrs. Ready and children had been with her parents since in November. Their baby daughter, Barbara Joan, was born at Astoria Nov. 18. OUR DEMOCRACY by Mat IT'S SIMPLE ARITHMETIC i Wasteful jjjr spending EF Does no ood, Means less money save J -iafej Riture plans in douLt. l Prudent ''CflB spending -j TT 1 nelps us ai mu eans more money save And future plans assured. "fif ' .i W HOME Tii EDUCATION. HUiJ RETIREMENT;!" CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our most sin cere -. thanks to our. many friends for their kindness during our sad bereavement, also for the many floral tributes! Mr. and Mrs. Dennis McDevitt Mr. and Mrs. Charles Marshall Robert Marshall, Willows Grange IONE Announces a Dance at the GRANGE HALL Saturday Evening JANUARY 13 GOOD MUSIC SUPPER SERVED Adm. 50c; tax 10c Total 60c A Good New Year's Resolution To eat at the HEPPNER CAFE just as often as possible throughout 1945 Yours for Better Eats HEPPNER CAFE Shop Thoughtfully You will be able to eat well if you spend points wisely. Five new red poinit were released Dec. 31 T5 through X5. Also those releas ed Dec. 3 Q5 through S5 are still valid. You can use these stamps to good ad vantage at our store. SUGAR STAMP 34 is good for 5 pounds of sugar. Blue points valid at this time are X5 through Z5 and A2 through G2. Keep in touch with us. We will do our best to give you the right kind of service at all times. Central Market 1 No yo t For extra energy-normal growth-good digestion, you need bread enriched with Vitamin Bl. Vitamin Bl is scarce in most foods and in order to have normal appetites and calm nerves you must have generous amounts of it daily. Your best source is bread . . a food you eat with every meal. It is the inexpensive way of obtaining extra health protec tion. Heppner Bakery