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LT. DONALD E. DRAKE
CITED FOR BRONZE MEDAL
Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Drake have
received from their daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Donald E. Drake, a copy
of a citation recently awarded
their son, Lt. Donald E. Drake,
which reads as follows:.
'lst Lt. Donald E. Drake, 175th
Inf. U. S. Army, for heroic achieve-
ment in military operations against
the enemy in Germany. On 19 No-
vember, 1944 1st Lt. Drake, while
leading his platoon in the attack
on the town of ' ' ', displayed out-
standing courage and leadership.
His untiring efforts in keeping his
men dispersed and tactically de-
ployed during the entire advance,
and his personal supervision of the
operation in the, face of 'intense receipts so far indicated clearly m Heppner formerly the Hughes store in the Oddfellows build
enemy artillery' and small arms that this years March of Dimes Qn Majn street The American Legion and the American Le-
fire were greatly responsible for would break all previous records , ... . ... , , ,.:
the quick cfpture of the objective the extension has been made nec- g'n f1' a operafng in this drive and W.ll maintain an
with a minimum of casualies to essary by the abnormal weather of attendant and the above designated building will be open on Feb-
his unit. Such actions reflect great the past two weeks which has ruary 8, 9, and 10, from 10:00 o'clock a. m. to 5:00 p. m. each day.
credit upon himself and the Mil- closed schools, theatres and other All persons who will bring clothes to this center are particularly re-
itary Service. Entered military places and caused postponement of quested to do so on those three days, for the building will not oth-
service from Oregon." March of Dimes events in many erwise be open. The schools also are cooperating in this drive and
Another son, Claude Drake S lc, parts of the country. The extension an material taken to the schools will be collected during those three
was back in port atter making his will apply to the motion picture days and wjjj be delivered to this center. The Legion and auxiliary
first cruise ; . . theatres drive in the areas that th:en sort) pack and ship the goods to the proper designation
. ,'a! a"6041- in Portland. Don't forget February 8, 9 and 10. And please re-
GENE EMPEY COMMISSIONED Conditions affecting other regions member the valiant Russians!
SECOND LOUIE IN ARMY naye noi oeen apparent nere ana
Gene Empey, who recently visit- rive s gone along smoothly,
ed at the home of Mrs. R. L. Zin- according to Charles B. Cox. Group
ter, was commissioned a second a"d "dividual contributions in
lieutenant in the United States HePPnerf v? ruf ovr 300 Larg
T 1Q j. j f . est contributor to this fund was
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ficial announcement made by the
public relations officer at the in-
He completed the officer candidate'
course and is now qualified as one
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The new lieutenant was inducted
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into the army June 23, 1943 and
served with the JMrd Inf. 8Jtn di-
vision before going to officer can-
didate school. He held the ran or
sergeant before being commissioned.
Lt. tmpey attended lone nign
school and Oregon State college.
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HE'S SEEN SERVICE
S Sgt John McRoberts is
here
visiting nis iauier, narve ivicnoD-
erts, and mother, Mrs. Austin De-
vin, after many months in the
bouth Facilic. A member oi tne
41st division, he has been in num-
erous engagements and wears me
mentos of his valiant service, one
of them the distinguished service
cross. He has a 31-day furlough
which he will spend renewing ac-
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quainiances ana lammaiiimg imn-
self with civilian life. 0 ,
PAUL BROWN IN JAPAN
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Brown have
received word from the war de-
partment that their son Paul, pris-
oner of the Japanese since Bataan,
has been transferred from the Jap-
anee prison camp No. 1 in the
Philippines to a camp on the island
of Honshu in the Japanese home-
land group.
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SEAMAN BADLY BURNED
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Mrs, tester x-v
wora uom
enson o s w-t "C
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badly ournea in acuon m jra-
cific about the middle of January.
He stated that his condition is im-
proving, aunougn mS Mua
from healed.
FELL ARRIVES was accompanied by the company's returned the past week from Chula day. , business and later established the
Glen Fell arrived the first of the new forester, Mr. Fordham, who Vista, Calif, where they have made o- Black.bui-n mill on Rhea cck.
week from Portland to spend a has come to take charge of that their home during the winter. Gil- REBEKAH MEETING SLATED Since leaving Heppner the family
couple of days of his leave with service in the area. Coleman spent man has been doing border patrol Regular meeting of Sans Souci has resided iit Tonaskct, in north
friends. He visited his parents, Mr. several months in the east the past service with the FBI but will en- p. m. Friday, Feb. 2. Refreshments ern Washington,
and Mrs. Marshall Fell, in Portland year, returning to this territory ter the armed service. Mrs. Gilman Rebekah lodge will be held at 7:30 Survivor are the wife and dau
lat week. ' only recently. - will remain here with her parents, will be served. ghter, Lois.
March of Dimes
Campaign Extended
InFriimaiyK .
Bad Weather, Fuel
Shortage Cited as
Interferences
March of Dimes directors through
out e state and nation were noti-
fied Wednesday that the campaign
has en extended to Feb. 15. The
arive was, 10 Mve enaea wednes
dav but it; was decided to extend
uie mne 10 &ve areas anectea by
bad weather and fuel shortages an
opportunity to participate. the or-
der was wired to state directors
y Basil O'Connor, president of the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis.
O'Connor stated tha'ti although
the Heppner lodge of Elks which
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collected a total of $227 at the
March of Dimes dance held at the
hal1 Saturday evening. There was
no admission charge but each per
son contributed to the fund, some
contributions going as high as $20.
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Troot No. 3 Girl Scouts. Mrs. J.
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Mo, afternoon at the school
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Saturda turning in
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checkuD on county subscriu-
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tions has not been made and it is
expected, mat when all secuons
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time those who have not nartici
pated in March of Dimeg are
feminded that ft ey may do so with.
in the nxt tw(V weeks.
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Red Cross Quota
-Cfti" Crunu 4.100
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Morrow county's quota for the-
ri . W i r, 1 1.
ioruicoming nea ross memoersmp
and, wartime emergency drive has
been set at $4100, according to Ben-
nie Howe, county chairman. The
drive is scheduled to be put on in
March and it is the hope of the
chairman to complete it at an early
date.
Looking forward to getting the
campaign under way, Mr. Howe
chairman of the Heppner district
as wel1 as assistant chairman for
has appointed Mrs. Ted Smith as
the county. Mrs. Smith will name
her own assistants.
The 1944 county quota was gen-
erousy over.subscribed; with
result that the 1945 ante was rais-
ed. Last year'S assessment was $3,-
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MJLL MAN VISITS
. D. Coleman. General manaffPr
of the Kinzua Pine Mills company,
was a Heppner visitor Saturday. He
Heppner, Oregon, Thursdoy, February 1, 1945
Mayor Makes Appeal for Clothing for
Illy Clad Thousands of Heroic Russians
In that portion of Russia that was over-run by the German horde
in 1942 and 1943 and retaken by the Russians in 1943 and 1944,
great suffering has been caused from hunger and exposure. Lend
lease is doing what it can to supply food and now a national drive
is being instituted in this country to supply clothing to those war
torn sufferers.
We are not being asked to give the clothes off our backs, nor to
buy new ones, nor to give money, but to give our cast-off clothing
clothing that we have thought too good to throw away, but which we
probably will never wear again. Our closets are too full of that kind
of material and now is a good time to dispose of it and for a good
cause. Let's help those who have helped us mightily.
Clothes that are positively worn out are not wanted, nor are
clothJes that are dirty, nor do we
again. But clothes that are soiled
lot of good wear in them yet, will
Clothes should be tied in bundles or packed in cartons. Shoes
should be tied in pairs.
Most of these clothes will be collected through the schools, but
those families that have no direct
jn school. mav leave their bundles
Mustangs Spring
Surprise on Team,
Fans at Arlington
One of those last minute thrillers
that upset the dope bucket and set
fans all agog occurred at Arlington
Tuesday evening when the Hepp-
nef Mustangs nested victory from
the Columbia river boys in the last
of play Up to twQ minutes
find whistle Arlington
wag lead ig.17 last
minutes Heppner pulled out in
making the
final score 21-19.
Tf
was a mo and tuck affair
. . Womror tosspd the
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&st basket and then forgot where
the was located for awrule.
Arlington took the lead and rolled
up eight
ter. Heppner garnered three more
points in that canto and the score
stood 8-5.
The second quarter was an ex
hibition of tight defense by botn
teams and WOUnd UP 8-5.
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There was more scoring by both
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teams in tne tnira quarter dui uie
fight really got hot in the fourth,
with Arlington managing to stay
a little ahead. A nice toss from deep
field by Skuzeski .seemed to put
the needed spark in the squad. La-
ter a foul was tossed, putting Hep-
pner within one .basket of Arling-
ton. Then with two minutes to go
two more baskets were counted,
With 30 seconds to play, Parrish
was ruled out of the game on fouls
but the boys held to their tight de-
fense until the cun stopped the
game.
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HERE FROM CALIFORNIA
Mr,
and Mrs. ii. u. ivicuuray,
Mrs. Ella Davidson and Mr. and
Mrs. Len Gilman and small son
want clothes that you will wear
and somewhat worn, but have a
be very acceptable.
school connection no students
at the Red Cross Sewing Center
J. O. TURNER, Mayor.
Farm Bureau Meets
At lone Monday
, Willows grange hall at lone will
be the meeting place for the Mor-
row county farm bureau in Febru-
ary. The meeting will be held Mon-
day night, Feb. 5 and an invitation
has been extended to the public to
attend.
An effort to have -a speaker on
the REA seems to have been frus-
trated by one drcunistance or an
other and early this week Secretary
0scar peterson was trying to get
Pres. Roben J. Maaske of the Eas-
n 0regon College of EducaUon
to speak on a subject of his own
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will oe neiu aim uicic wiu uc
will oe jiciu aim uicic
something of interest for all who
attend- Under leadership of Walter Rea
Refreshments will be served at dy, a class in Civilian Aviation Pa-
the conclusion of the program. trol is being formed here. To date ?0
or more persons have signed up for
IONE BRETHREN VISIT a course in ground work and it is
LOCAL MASONIC LODGE expected that many more will be-
,, ,.,., come interested before class work
lumer urimtn, itoy lanestrom
and H. G
Holcomb of lone were
mipsts of Hpnnnpr InrW NTn. fi?) A
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F. and A. M. Tuesday evening, at
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wmcn ume were was an unusual
turnout of local Masons. Work in
the MM degree and a lunch of oy-
ster stew, coffee and cake made a
big evening for the fraternity. The
refreshments were served by mem-
bers of the Eastern Star.
An item of intetrest to nonrres-
ident members and also resident
members not attending lodge regu-
larly was the presentation of past '
worhipful master aprons to three
faithful servants of the lodge at
the meeting the previous Tuesday.
Robert Wightman, Frank S. Par-
and Ray McAllister were the
recipients
aprons. J. 0. Tur-
ner eulogized each of them in mak.
ing the presentation speech.
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CALLED TO WHITE SALMON
The Ted Pierson family left Sun-
day for White Salmon, Wash, to
attend the funeral of Mr. Picrson's
father. They expect to return Fri-
Vol ume 61 , Number 45
Production Goals
For 1945 Set at
Tuesday Meeting
Wheat Acreage to
Be Less; All Other
Lines Increased
At a meeting in the court house
in Heppner Tuesday, attended by
farm leaders of the county and re
presentatives of the state AAA and
Oregon State college, Oregon's 1945
production goals were reviewed
arid it was learned they eall for
another year of full production
from Morrow county farms and
ranches to meet the needs of war.
Although the goals . in general
call for farmers to again "do more
with less," Henry Baker, chairman
of the county AAA committee, be
lieves that they are possible of at
tainment because they were estab
lished by state people after care
ful consideration of the state's ca
pacity to produce under expected
conditions.
Goals calling for marked changes
from last year's output include:
Reduction of 6 percent in wheat
acreage.
Maintaining highest possible dai
ry production.
All possible production of alfalfa
seed.
Increased marketing of beef
cattle.
The rest of the goals remain
about the same as last year's pro
duction, Baker said. He also called
attention to the goal for spring;
pigs. Present indications are that
production will fall considerably
short of the goal unless more brood
sows are kept for farrowing in the
spring. The present support price
has been extended to March 31,
194G to cover the period when this
years spring pig crop will go to
market.
E. ' Harvey Miller represented the
AAA and E. R. Jackman was the
Oregon State college representative
at the conference.
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couniy are mterestea in locating an
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that organization and training of a
considerable class in basic flying
wiu a stimulus to securing such
a field. It is pointed out that avia-
tion win be one ot the country's
greatest developments when peace
comes and now Jg a good time
to begin to prepare for that devel-
opment.
Tnose interested in aviation who
have not bc.-n contacted by Ready
are urr,fd to sre him as early as
rossibie.
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Fritndr in Hnj.ner have receiv-
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ed anricinwiTi" -1. of the death of
Walter B'ackburn at his home at
Tonaskct, Warh, Jam 25. Burial
was made at Lebanon, Ore.
Mr. Blnckburn and family lived
here for a number of yers. He
was at first engaged in the garage
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