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News From
The Boys at
The Front -
SNAKE CHARMING POOR
WAY TO EARN LIVING ,
THINKS HEPPNER SOLDIER
Pfc Wade Bothwell, writing from
somewhere in India, tells his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Botthwell,
some of the highlights of ' life in
India from the viewpoint of a sol
dier. The letter was mailed Jan. 6
which shows that mail transport is
functioning nicely.
American Military Hospital
January 5, 1945
Dear folks:
My1 address is changed again. I
guess this will be the last change
for, awhile anyway.
Not too ,much to do around here
but go to shows at night. We have
athletic equipment and can play
volley ball, ping-pong, football etc.
I am sending you a couple of ru
pees, Indian money. It is the kind
of money we use here. Worth ap
proximately $.30. When we get
back we won't know how to use
American money.
I saw a couple of snake charmers
the other day. They had six or
seven cobras and a few other
- snakes. The snakes, would sit up
and strike at them. I can think of
a lot of better ways of making a
living.
We had a pretty good Christmas
dinner canned - turkey with dress
ing, cranberries, and the Red Cross
gave us some candy and cigarettes.
Was there snow there for Christ
mas? HEADED OVERSEAS
Paul A. Doolittle AMM3c appar
ently is enroute to an overseas des
tination since his mail now goes
care of postmaster. The Gazette
Times will supply him with Hepp
ner news at the request of his mo
ther, Mrs. Lester Doolittle, who
was in town early this week mov
ing and disposing of goods stored in
their former residence property re
cently purchased by Cliff Doherty
from Blaine Elliott.
EN ROUTE HERE
Glenn Fell is enroute here to
spend part of a leave from Beau
fort, S. C. where he . has been in
training. He stopped in Portland to
visit his parents a few days. This
word was brought by Albert Ed
wards who, has been at the same
center and is home on leave visit
. ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.
M. Edwards of Lexington.
Mustangs Drop to
Second Position
Heppner high school's Mustangs
dropped the first league game of
the season in an encounter Friday
night with the Umatilla Vikings on
the latter's floor. Final score to one
of the hottest casaba sessions of the
season was 35-33.
Umatilla scored the first basket
but Heppner soon took the initia
tive and at a time during the op-,
ening period held a lead of 13 to 4.
Umatilla raised the score to 8 which
made the score 13-8 at the end of
the period. It stood 16-15 in favor
of the Vikings at the end of the
.half. This lead was advanced to 2.0
15 in the third quarter, only to
have Heppnr come back and edge
in a one-point advantage as the
period ended.-
Spectators and officials stated
that the second half of the game
was the best they had seen this
year. It was a see-saw throughout
and finally culminated in Umatilla
getting a three-point lead, 35-32,
reduced to 35-33 in the last seconds
of play when Parrish converted a
foul.
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, January 25, 1945
10-Year Rainfall
12.54 Inches in
Gooseberry Area
An average of 12.54 inches of
rainfall has visited the Gooseberry
section during the past 10 years,
figures submitted by V. L. Carlson,
weather observer of that district,
reveal. This represents the period
Carlson has been recording the pre
cipitation and the figures are prac
tically the same as those recorded
in the Heppner district.
According to the record some dry
years were experienced, the past
two seasons being not too favorable
while on the other hand some wet
years were seen. In 1935 the guage
showed 11.31 inches; 1936, 9.88; 1937
15.74; 1938, 11.85; 1939, 7.25; 1940,
16.55; 1941, 15.14; 1942, 18.44; 1943,
9.60; 1944, 9.58, for a total of 125.34
inches, or a 10-year average of
12.54.
Complete figures for January
1945 have not been computed in
this area. Len Gilliam stated Tues
day that rainfall up to this week'
has been approximately 1.50 inch
es in Heppner. Since the rains were
quite general it is assumed that
that figure will speak for most of
the county.
Farmers are not complaining.
They report the ground moistened
as far down as 18 inches in some
districts and this, they say, looks
favora.ble to a good crop.
Farm Production
Goals Conference
Set for January 30
Morrow county's 1945 farm pro
duction goals conference will be
held in Heppner on Jan. 30, it was
announced today by Henry Baker,
chairman of the county AAA com--mittee.
Recommendations for maintain
ing continued high levels of pro
duction from county farms and
ranches in keeping with state goals
and the nation's need for food will
be made by county farm leaders
and farm agency representtatives at
the all-day meeting. Plans will be
developed for acquainting each far
mer in the county with national re
quirements so he may make any
desired adjustments in his 1945
operations.
Those attending the meeting will
include all county and community
committeemen, commodity group
presidents, county farm organiza
tion heads. FSA committeemen and
county war board members.
Representatives of the OSC Ex
tension service and the state AAA
office will discuss state and nation
al goals and food requirements,
price support provisions and the
outlook for farm labor, transporta
tion, supplies, equipment and other
facilities needed for the farm pro
duction job.
LEAVING FOR PORTLAND
Frank W. Turner " planned to
leave today for Portland and from
there to Seattle to. take the Ray
mond Huddleston family to catch
a boat for their home in Valdez,
Alaska. The Huddlestons took the
Turner car to Portland on the first
lap of their journey and Frank will
return home in it.
GO TO PENDLETON
Pednesday evening 18 young
people from the Heppner Church of
Christ attended a meeting of the
Columbia Basin Christian Endea
vor union at the Christian church
in Pendleton. A banquet preceded
the meeting. There were 133 in at
tendance. ATTEND PORTLAND EETING
Mrs. Harry Tamblyn went to
Portland Wednesday to attend a
conference of OPA clerks and ex
ecutives from the district under the
jurisdiction of Mrs. Harold Dobyns
of Pendleton.
Schools of County
Confronted With
Teacher -Shortege
Appeal Being Made
for -Recruits From
Ex-Teacher Ranks
Unless former tenchers come to
the rescue some schools of the
county may have to remain closed
in the fall. Thrt is the contention of
Mrs. Lucy Rodgers, county school
superintendent who is this week
making a special appeal to former
teachers to register at her office
that she may prepare a list to sub
mit to the several school boards of
the county.
School boards are already wrest
ling with the problem of filling
staffs for next year. It is stated
there will be several vacancies in
the Heppner school, a matter that
Is causing oficials to scratch their
heads, for it was enough of a wor
ry to complete the ranks last year
and with the situation throuhout
the statue and nation growing daily
worse there is nothing to indicate
that the forthcoming ordeal will be
less painful.
The suggestion has been made
that some of the districts may find
it convenient to arrange a tempo
rary consolidation particularly with
reference to high school. It is ar
gued that in this way students will
be given the advantage of a stan
dard high school with teachers
specializing on certain subjects ra
ther than a small faculty handling
numerous classes. To what extent
this proposal may be considered de
pends upon the scarcity of high
school, teachers. ' '
In another section of this issue
will be found an advertisement
from the office of county school
superintendent setting forth in
brief the teacher situation as now
confronting that office as well as
the districts. Mrs. Rodgers feels
sure there must be a number per
haps many, former teachers who,
rather than see the schools suffer,
would come out of seclusion and
go on the active list once more.
Since there are no teachers looking
for jobs, she is urging that these
inactive teachers register at her of
fice at once. There must be some
certified teachers not otherwise
employed, except as housewives,
who have had sufficient experience
to make them readily available.
There may be .others eligible to
certification, and Mrs. Rodgers as'to
that troy also register.
A blank has been included in
the advertisement for the conven
ience of those living out of town.
By filling this out and mailing it
at once to the superintendent's of
fice you will be opening the way
for doing a valuable service to
your community during this time
of toil and trouble.
Fire in Basement
Does Little Damage
Fire in the basement under the
Elkhorn restaurant was quickly
checked by the fire department
Sunday evening. The blaze was dis
covered in time to prevent spread
of the flames, with the result that
little damage was inflicted, other
than charring the woodwork down
stairs. It was put under control
without resorting to use of the high
pressure water system.
Tenants of the building and near
hf structures were on the anxious
seat until it was found that the fire
was confined to one end of the
basement. Several jars of fruit sy
rups were destroyed but aside from
that little damage was done.
Tenantsnug
Although the restaurant was
smoked up. patrons did not flee the
building and cooks and waitresses
went on with meal serving as usual.
DOYS IN WARD 46
NEED T1TEWEITER
Who has a portable typewrit
er that is not being used or is
not essential to carrying . on a
business? If there is such a ma
chine in these prats, the owner
or owners should contact Mrs.
Ki'lph Thompson, chairman of
(he Morrow county unit of the
Blue Mountain Camp and Hos
pital council, or a member of
the committee in your immed
iate neighborhood or the Ga
zette Times office.
Boys whose hands have been
parcilyzt'd from injuries in
battle and are unable to write
can peck out letters on a type
writer. There are several of
these lads in ward 46 at McCaw
General hospital and they are
crying for a typewriter. An old
Corona will do if nothing more
modern is available.
Ward 4G is the one sponsored
Heppner lodge No 358. B. P.
O. E.
Women Urged to
Take Part In Work at
Red Cross Room
An appeal is being made to the
women of the community to take a
more active part in the work of
the Red Cross, particularly with
reference to the sewing room
which is located in the Oddfellows
building and is open Tuesday and
Thursday afternoons of each week.
There has been no lack of response
to other war time activities but it
seems that only a handful of wo
men have been carrying on this es
sential work, and they feel that
many more would participate if
they understood more fully what is
being done.
This is not a hard job, but a
pleasant one, say the women who
have been carrying on. Heppner
has a large quota of sewing to
complete and it is asked that ev
ery woman or girl who can spare
a few hours any Tuesday or Thurs
day come in and assist. If you know
little about sewing it is a grand, op
portunity to learn. You will have
good company and a happy feeling
that you are doing your part.
The room is" open on Tuesday
evenings to give the working wo
men an opportunity to help. Mrs.'
E. O. Ferguson is chairman of the
Heppner Red Cross sewing and ex
tends an invitation to all to come.
Work being done includes con
valencent jackets, layettes, house
wives, bathrobes, slippers, and
knitting of all kinds. t
High School Puts
Out Printed Paper
Heppner high school's paper, The
Hehisch, appeared in printed form
Monday, the first time in the his
tory of its publication that it has
been printed from linotype slugs. At
least it is the first time in the cur
rent seven years that it has been
issued as a newspaper. The origi
nal Hehisch , was the yearbook
started back' in the days when the
late Spencer Crawford was a high
school lad and the c-m'uinn.tion of
the first two letter.., f ; the three
words Ikpfre" h'. f.i n 'u,ol pro
vided the nam - .--jdu'-l of his fer
tile brain. ,
Marylou Fct?'. yr-i is e ''!'." of th-j
Hehisch, Coll-.: .:: ?&:?r tr. i-tint
editor, and Lauren C rv . busi
ness manager. In echith.n U- .re is a
large staff covering different de
partments.' Principal Leonard Pate
is the adviser.
The ambitious business manager
just about sold the town out on
advertising but he was told to got
as much as he could to help defray
expenses and he did his job well.
The Hehisch is being printed at
The Gazette Times office. There
will be four more issues before
school closes.
Volume 61 , Number 4
Snell Proclaims
Jan. 29 Infantile
Paralysis Day
Hard Fight Ahead
I o Curb Disease,
Governor States
Urging full cooperation of the
people of Oregon in the annual
fund raising appeal of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis,
Governor Earl Snell today direct
ed attention to Mondny. Jan. 29, as
Infantile Paralysis Day in this state.
In a letter to Dr. E. T. Hcdlund
of Portland, stats appeal chair
man, the governor pointed out that
he was aware the annual totals of
polio cases have been among the
heaviest in history during the past
several years, and that thousands
of patients may be expected in 1945,
some of them for years after.
"Lives broken by infantile par
alysis are among our greatest tra
gedies," the governor said. "The
help we can give now will contri
bute mightily to the rehabilitation
of thousands of these boys and girls
so they may live and enjoy normal
lives. At the same time, we will be
furthering valuable research to the
great general good."
Commending' the work of Dr.
Hedlund's organization in behalf of
the March of Dimes campaign over
the slate, Governor Snell added:
"It is ,a pleasure indeed to have
this opportunity to participate in the
splendid program -that you are cai
rying on for Oregon."
According to Charles B. Cox.
county chairman, Morrow county is
entering the final week of the cam
paign with the prospect of meeting
the quota. He has deposited March
of Dimes boxes in several business
houses and response has been good.
He urges the people to contribute
generously that this county may
again do its part in helping place
Oregon in the van of all states in
the Union.
While there will be no President's
ball, the Elks lodge is giving a pri
vate dance Saturday evening the
funds from which will be' diverted
to the polio camjpaign. The lodge
has asked for donations as well as
admission charge.
(The Gazette Times erroneously
stated that Harry Duvall was chair
man of the current campaign. Mr.
Duvall is finance chairman of the
county organization. Charles B. Cox
is the appeal chairman.)
Seven Boys Leave
Tuesday for Navy
Seven Morrow county boys, all
just old enough to volunteer for
service, left Heppner Tuesday for
Spokane for final examinations to
enter the navy. Five of them pass
ed the examinations Wednesday
and are enroute to San Diego for
training. The other two will arrive
home this evening.
Three of the boys making the
grade were from Lexington, Tru
mnn Messenger Jr., Bud Buchan
an and Harold Hoffman. The other
two successful boys were from Hep
pner high school, Billy Ulrieh and
Don Knowles. Two other Heppner
boys, Joe Hughes and Jack Ed-
mond-jon, were turned down be
cause of old injuries. Hughes suf
fered a brdly rncUircd arm when i
lad of six and Edmondson had suf
fered a compound fracture of one
leg. This rejection doc.i not remove
them from possible service as they
soon will be subject to the draft.
HAVE NEW RON
An 8V2 pound son was born to Mr.
and Mrs. William Cox at the Molla
han home, Wednesday morning,
Jan. 24. His older brothers are in
executive session trying to select a
name for him.
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