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0 O to n r o o o 73 H r G H O 71 in H O 73 O 73 Work Starts on New Residence for W. C. Rosewalls Wartime Priority Given for Building Complete New Unit "Work on the construction of a new $5,000 residence for Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rosewall was start ed Sunday- when a power shovel from the Joelson rock crusher ex cavated the basement; Workmen, have been 'busy between showers leveling off and setting cribbing for pouring concrete and the construc tion will go on just as fast as weather conditions permit. Site of the new residence is the former Heppner Flouring Mill pro. perty on North Court street. It is considered one of the most desir able lots on the street and lends it self nicely to landscaping. The new house will be a five room job designed to harmonize with the surroundings. It will have a 67-foot frontage including' double garage. Priority has been given for a complete, modern equipped house with heating allowances made for both fireplace and furnace, and full basement. Since 'Heppner has not been in cluded in a critical area, residence construction here has been light since the declaration of war, al though there have been numerous conversions. The Rosewalls had not contemplated building their home until after the war but the current housing shortage left no alternative when their present residence was sold. Having owned the site of their home for a number of years it was not too difficult to secure a priority for building. O. M. Yeager, Howard Keithley and Roy Thomas are doing the work. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, January 18, 1945 11 i i - . . . . volume 61, Number 43-- Annual Drive for Polio Funds Ends 31st of January Ha rry Duvall in Charge of Morrow County Campaign Beginning Jan. 14 the annual March of Dimes, the fund raising campaign to wage war on infantile paralysis, got under way and will be carried on through Jan. 31, ac cording to Harry Duvall, campaign director for Morrow county. There is nothing in the way of giving to the fund after Jan. 31, but it is the purpose of those directing the na tional drive to have the quota filled at the end of the stated time. While special emphasis is being placed upon polio at this time of year, attention is called to the fact that a group of women in each community is waging a year around battle against the dreaded disease. In Morrow county these home-front soldierettes are led by Mrs. D. M. Ward of Heppner, chairman of the women's division, in this county. Half of the money raised through the annual March of Dimes will stay in this section to provide aid required bj4 polio victims regard less of age, race, creed or color. Stressing that while Oregon was not one of the epidemic states in 1944, E. T. Hedlund, Oregon fund raising chairman for the March of Dimes Wednesday pointed out that many victims of the 1943 epidemic still are receiving medical care through the various chapters in the state. Infantile paralysis cases in Oregon 'last year were only about 40 percent below the 1943 figure of 415 cases. Consequently, many new pa tients were added to the chapter's rolls. Last year the state of Oregon was second only to the District of Co lumbia in its per capita amount raised through the March of Dimes campaign. It is the hope of the lo cal chapter that during the drive' this county will better its last year's average and that Oregon will again lead the nation. Leave your dimes with your local postmaster and the more you leave the better. News From The Boys at The Front EDMONDSON AWARDED GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL An eighth air force bomber sta tion, England! For 'exemplary be havior, efficiency and fidelity" while serving with the 91st bom bardment group, a pioneer B-17 flying fortress group in the air battle of Eurone. S Set Francis T,. Edmondson, son of Mrs. Delia Tash of Heppner. Ore., has been awarded the good conduct medal ,it was an nounced by his commanding officer. A veteran of over 18 months over seas, S Sgt Edmondson is one of the men whose work is contributing to the all-out success of the eighth air force's daylight bombing offensive, which paved the way for the in vasion of western Europe and which is now being concentrated against the synthetic oil producing plants and vital systems of commu nications to soften up the' nazi war machine for the knockout blow. The 91st group has struck over 260 times at enemy targets. Formerly a surveyor for U. S. engineers, Edmondson enlisted in the AAF Sept. 23, 1942. His wife, Mis. Joycg Howard Edmondson lives at 14 Stouhbridge Grove, Cambridge. England. Pine City Ladies Club Sets High Mark In Wartime Activity Enterprise. . . t A communitv didn't V,aQ u. heavily populated to accomplish big tilings. That has been demonstrated recently here in Morrow county with the result that several of the war activities have benefitted in a substantial way. " The fact that the Ladies club of Pine City held an auction sale along in December has long since ceased to be news, but what was accom plished at that sale will dwell in the minds of the club and those who attended for many, months, to say nothing of the beneficiaries who have received the funds. The la dies wanted to do something for the war effort and being few in num ber it was decided that an auction sale would be the best means of raising a fund. Having decided upon holding a sale, the next thinig to consider was an auctioneer, and to their minds there was but one such gentleman in this part of the country and that was our good friend Bob Runnion. From all reports Bob could have sold the Axis on the idea of un conditional surrender, he was so hot that night. At any rate, patrons from Morrow and Umatilla counties did their best to outbid each other and when the sale was over it was found that the proceeds amounted to $351. And here is what the ladies did with their money. First, they pro vided Christmas treats for the kid dies for which they spent $70. Mc Caw General hospital received $100; the Red Cross. USO and the Pen dleton Doughnut Hut $50 each. These funds were just allocated a few das ago and the money to Mc Caw will go through the Morrow county unit of the Blue Mountain Camp and Hospital committee. Can you think of a better way to raise money, especially when some thing worth while was put up for every bid, and to .what better pur pose can money be appropriated in these days of turmoil -and suffering. The rest of the county doffs its tile to the Ladies Club of Pine City. Mustangs Bowl Fossil Over for 39 to 1 8 Score Fire Loss Light During Past Season ... Althouh the fire department re sponded to 18 calls during the year 1944. total loss was comparatively light, the report of . Fire ChM Blaine Isom reveals. Total loss esti mated was $2710, , or a little over $150 per call. , Of the 18 calls answered, 13 were within the city limits and five were s outside. Heaviest loss suffered was $2,000 when the Rockwell residence was badly burned. That leaves the balance of $710 to cover the other 12 fires, some pf which were neg ligible grass fires. Calls were ans wered to two restaurant fires where burning grease gave the firemen some anxious moments. One outside call entailing assis tance by the firemen was the Irve Bennett residence in south Hepp ner, beyond the city water line. The house was completely lost as it had too much of a start before the equipment could get on the job. Use of chemicals prevented destruction of a truck at the Hepp ner Lumber company plant. LOCAL MAN WINS AIECKEWMAN WINGS Albert L. Bailey, ARM3c, U. S. Naval Reserve, son of Mr and Mrs. N. D. Bailey, recently completed operational training at the U. S. Naval Air Station, Cecil Field, Jacksonville, Fla. and was awarded his aircrewman wings of silver and gold, in an impressive ceremony by Lt. Com. John M. DeVane. Bailey to receive his wings, has undergone a rigid and vigorous training program in gunnery, radio, flying and ground crew training in SBD Dauntless Dive Bomber under actual combat conditions. Aircrewman Bailey will now be assigned to an operations, squadron aboard an aircraft carrier or at a naval air station." Albert ' and his bride of recent weeks arrived in Heppner Sunday and spent a few days with his car- nets before going on Thursday to San Diego to report for assignment. ,' LT. WILLARD JONES JOINS SQUADRON IN ITALY 15th AAF in Italy 2nd Lt Willard W. Jones, 23, of Irrigon, Ore., has arrived in Italy and taken up his duties with a 15th AAF liberator .bombardment squadron. Trained as a co-pilot for a B-24 liberator bomber, Lt. Jones has been serving with the air force since March 1943. He received his commission at Blackland field, Tex. on May 23, 1944. Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Vernon Jones of Irrigon, Ore. Lt Jones was a student at the Eastern Oregon College of Education prior to en tering the armed forces. Loss of two first string men did not keep Heppner High's Mustangs from maintaining the string of vic tories run up during the current season. The squad met Fossil on the local floor Tuesday evening and bowled the visitors over to the tune of 39-18. Padberg and Pick ens, two of the mainstays of the Mustangs, were out due to illness and injuries, and two subs, "Skip" Connor and Lauren Corwin. show ed up to good advantage. Change in lineup was not the only handicap that was overcome. Supt. George Corwin, last year's coach had to step into the breach this week due to the illness of Leo nard Pate, varsity coach. Pate is in the hospital at Pendleton and may have ssubmitted to a surgical operation ere this and may be ab sent for several weeks'" Corwin took the helm and guided the boys to victory. Connor heaved in 14 of the 39 points to capture the scoring re cord for the game. Lauren Corwin played a good game at guard, stay ing in all but one and one-half minutes of the game. Parrish at center, Ulrich and Connor at for ward and Ferguson and Corwin, guards was the lineup. The team is working hard to be in top form for the next engage ment which will be played at Uma tilla Jan. 19. The river boys are big rangy fellows and have yet to be defeated this season. With Hep the league Friday night's game pner holding the same standing in may indicate which team will like ly be in the tourney finals. THINKS MAYBE HE'S HEADED FOR "WET LAND" JOB Having for the past two years been riding herd on "wet sailors on dry land". Shore Police C. J. D. Bauman thinks he might be head ed for duty riding herd on "dry sailors on wet land" in the near future. That's what he told the luncheon group of the chamber of commerce Monday. Bauman has finished a period of service at Farragut and has been ordered to report at Seattle, for which point he left early Wednes day morning after spending a few days here with Mrs. Bauman and visiting as many friends and favor ite haunts as possible. He entered the service in the sec ond World War with the expecta tion that he would see some for eign service, but up to the present has served as shore palice on pas senger runs between Spokane, Se attle, Portland and a southern run wth a hitch at base duty at Far ragut. ' Lexington Grange Off to Good Start ACCOUNTANT TO OPEN OFFICE IN HOTEL Harry Nelson, a recent arrival from The Dalles, has rented the room formerly occupied by the F. W Turner company in the Hotel Heppner building and is preparing to open an accounting service. He has taken temporary living quar ters in the hotel and will bring his family here in a few days. Mr. Nelson has been operating an accountant service out of The Del les and has many accounts in Mor row, Gilliam and Wheeler counties. He decided Heppner is a better location for him to handle this bus iness and contemplates buying a home here. RECEIVES PURPLE HEART Mr. and Mrs. Dan Way of Lex ington Monday received a Purple Heart awarded posthumously to their son Stanley who gave his life in the service of his country in the Normandy camaign. The award was made Jan. 6. WOUNDED IN ACTION Relatives have received word that -Sgt Fred Ritchie of lone was wounded while in action with the First Army in Belgium. He has been moved to a hospital in Eng land and probably will be invalided home. Ph. M Harold Armstrong is home on leave, coming from St. Peters burg, Fla. to visit" hia mother, Mrs. Ida Daniels. NO WILFUL VIOLATIONS OF PRICE CODE FOUND LOCALLY. BOARD SAYS Considerable interest was mani fested in the visit and findings of the OPA price specialists who checked up on retail merchants of (he county last week. Rumors were abroad that several dealers would be fined for violations, but accord ing to P. A. Mollahan, chairman of the rationing board, there were no wilful violations and such as were found were due to misinterpretation of the rulings rather than deliber ate attempts to circumvent the law. Mollahan stated that Mr. Smith, in charge of the checking up in this area, stated that local retailers were conlformfing closely to the regulations and that he found it ne cessary to make recommendation in some instances but did not inti mate that fines would be imposed. Lexinton grange got off to a good start with the new set of officers in charge Friday night, 'reports Mrs. R. B. Rice, newly appointed secretary succeeding Mrs. Ann Smouse, resigned. The new master, R. B. Rice, had his work well in hand and the lecturer, Mrs. J. A. Troedson, -presented a good pro gram. A feature of the evening was the music by Mrs Frances Odom. Lexington grange plans to enter tain the Willows and Rhea Creek granges at the next meeting, Feb. 9, at which time there will be in itiation of all new members. The grange will open at 7 p. m. and there will be no program. Members are urged to come to the meetings early and assist the officers in op ening on time. PAUL BROWN WRITES PARENTS HE IS OK Mr. and Mrs. Chris Brown were made happy this week upon receipt of a postal card from their son Paul, prisoner of war of the Japs, that he is in good health and expressing his happiness over hearing from them. Mr. Brown got the card out of the office and went up and down the street showing the card to those whom he met. The card was signed with ink in Paul's hand writing. It was dated May 8, 1944. - ON, WAY HOME Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Huddle ston left Saturday for Portland on the first leg of the long trek back to Valdez, Alaska, after spending a month visiting relatives and friends in Heppner and vicinity. House Takes Over At C-C Luncheon B. C. Pinckney. retiring presi dent, turned over the gavel (which consists of a spoon or fork applied to a water glass) at Monday's lun cheon to K. A. House, the new president. "Pinck" expressed no re grets at being relieved of the job which he has held three of the five years since the chamber of com merce was formed and hoped that his successor would find a little more time to devote to the club than had been his portion especially during the past year. House stated that he is somewhat handicapped by lack of time but will give his best efforts toward keeping the club active. Monday's program was highlight ed with discussions of internation al problems by two high school boys. Ted Ferguson's subject "Big Issues Confronting the Allies To day" and Ray French discussed the American foreign policy in Europe- ' an disputes. AMBULANCE TRANSPORTS SICK MAN TO HOME According to word from Mrs. D. E. Mitchell this morning to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Parker, Mr. Mitchell was taken to Joseph Tuesday from the hospital in Port land where he has been for several weeks. Mr. Mitchell was under a hypo most of the time so stood the trip fairly well. He is a native of Joseph and was desirous of return ing where he might see old friends. r (A o o m H v