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Heppner Lodge to
Sponsor Summer
Camp for Youth
Elks Appropriate
$1,000 for Project
. In Blue Mountains
Announcement was made this
week that Heppner lodge No. 358,
B. P. O. E. has set -aside $1,000 for
the development of a camp for
youth organizations of this terri
tory. Selection of a. site will be
made as soon as weather conditions
permit and it is the hope of the
sponsors that at least part of the
development may be accomplished
in time for use this summer. It has
been suggested that a point along
upper Willow creek will be chosen.
. The announcement was made at
the weekly luncheon of the cham
ber of commerce at which time Don
Bennett and Lauren Corwin pro
vided the program in talks on Boy
Scout history and activities. Senior
Patrol Leader Bennett told of the
origination of the' Boy Scout move
ment. General Baden Powell, in
charge of British troops in South
Africa, found too many of them
softies and unfit for the type of
service demanded of them.' He de
vised a program of recreation and
exercises designed to' harden them
which proved effective. Upon his
return to England he evolved a
plan to teach boys about life in the
open. This movement spread to
this and other countries and to
day the Boy Scouts of America to
tal 1,754,000 members. '
Lauren Corwin told about his
vi;jit to Omp . Meriweather last
summer. It is located back from
the Oregon t coast in a spot inac
cessable to vehicles so that Scouts
visiting the place must hike in and
carry their own luggage, or most
of it.
There was no discussion of the
. Elks plans for a youth camp fur
ther than the announcement made
by P. W. Mahoney that the money
had been appropriated and that the
proposed camp will be at the dis
posal of the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts,
and any other youth organizations
desiring to use it. The lodge will
make appropriations from year to
year as the funds may be needed.
Other organizations may contribute
to the fund as the Elks want it
undertood it is not an Elks park
but distinctly a youth camp.
Rainfall Exceeds Inch
First Half of Month
Signs that 1945 may be a wet
year have been plentiful since Jan.
1. During the first month of the
year a total of 1.63 inches of mois
ture fell over most of the county,
and up to Feb. 15 the precipitation
has exceeded one inch in the Hep
pner area. Showers of the past
week brought .47 in one instance
and .41 another time. Intermittent
showers have increased the total
in amounts from one to five points,
bringing the total up to well over
an inch to date.
One of the earliest thunder
storms recorded in recent years
hit parts of the county early last
week. Eight Mile residents report
ed flashes of lightning and heavy
peais of thunder accompanying a
rainstorm which precipitated .53
of an inch of moisture over that
area. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Duvall
reported a similar storm in their
section.
VISITING FROM MID WEST
Mrs. Claude Snow and baby from
Newport, Wash, are visiting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. John Hiatt.
Mrs. Snow has but recently come
from Hutchinson Kan. where she
was visiting her' husband. Claude
Snow AMM 3c has gone to Florida
for two months , and will then be
sent to the west coast.
News From
The Boys at
The Front
SGT. NICKERSON LEADING
TIIE LIFE OF RILEY
SOMEWHERE IN THE PHILIP
PINES S. Sgt. Francis B Nicker
son, son of Mrs. Grace Nickerson
of Heppner, Ore., has been award
ed recently the Philippine Liber
ation ribbon.
' The ribbon is given by the Com
monwealth government of the Phil
ippines to all troops actively parti
cipating in the campaign to free
the islands.
S Sgt. Nickerson, member of a
combat infantry unit, has served
in the Hawaiian Islands and New
Guinea. He has recently been ac
cepted as an officer candidate and
will attend school in Australia. -
Mrs. Nickerson has received a
letter from her son since he arrived
in Austalia. He states he was put in
a Red Cross rest center and that he
is living high beds with springs,
sheets, etc.; served at tables with
linen cloths and real dishes; orders
from menus and served by wait
resses. Truly the life of Riley. He
sings the praises of the Red Cross.
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WEDDING BELLS RING
I OII SOUTH SEAS VETERAN
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Leathers an
nounce the marriage of their dau
ghter, Jeanne, to S. Sgt John H.
McRoberts. The wedding took place
Fe.b. 9 in Portland.
Sgt 'McRalberts, son of HarVe
McRoberts of Heppner, spent part
of his furlough here after spend
ing about 33 months in the south
Pacific area where he distinguished
himself as a soldier. He is to re
port at Santa Barbara Feb. 19 for
new assignment.
Beautiful Mortuary
Building Converted
Into Apartments
Workmen are completing altera
tions and installations in the Case
building at the corner of Gale and
Center streets transforming the
former mortuary building into a
modern four-unit apartment house.
Most of the carpentry work has
been completed and it is expected
that plumbing and decorating jobs
will be finished in a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Case, owners
of the building, will occupy a down
stairs apartment when the building
is ready for occupancy. They have
occupied the upper floor for a
number of years.
The building was completed and
opened as a mortuary in 1930. De
dication exercises were held Oct.
19 of that year. Since that time
a beautiful lawn has been devel
oped, with nice shade trees and
flowers lending an air of hominess.
Conversion of the mortuary build
ing to an apartment house makes
the third apartment property owned
by Mr. Case in Heppner. The new
house will provide three high class
apartments for families demanding
that type of residence as well as
lending aid in meeting the housing
shortage which has been more or
less acute for many months. '
Grange Schedules
Home Ec Meeting
"Fewer Colds" will be the sub
ject discussed by Mrs. Cecelia Van
Winkle before the Rhea Creek
2:30 p. m. Saturday, Feb. 17 at the
grange in a meeting scheduled for
grange hall. The afternoon will be
devoted to discussion and study of.
methods to prevent colds and there
will be a social hour in the evening
highlighted by a potluck supper fol
lowed by a round of games.
The grange issues an invitation
to all grangers and friends to attend.
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, February 15, 1945
Citizens Register
Protest Against
Timber Exchange
Would Halt Deal
Between Timber Co.
And Forest Service
Co"tndir)u that Morrow county
stands to lose its 25 percent parti
cipation in any future sales made
by the U. S. Forest service of
timber of the Umatilla forest with
in (he county's boundaries, the
Morrow county farm .bureau at its
February meeting appointed a spce
. tions protesting against the pro
ial committee to draw up resolu
posed exchange of timber between
the Wallowa Timber company and
the forest service, as advertised the
past few weeks in the Gazette
Times.
The farm bureau's committee,
Orville Cutsforth, Oscar Peterson
Henry Baker and George Peck,
drew up resolutions which were
presented to the county court and
read as follows: . , . ,
Report of the special committee
appointed by the Morrow County
Farm . Bureau at its regular meeK.
ing at lone Feb. 5, 1945 to investi
gate the timber exchange between
Wallowa Timber company and the
U. S. Government.
The committee met with the
county court and after giving the
matter due consideration it was de
cided to enter protest and objec
tions to the timber exchange be
cause it appears that Morrow county
under the said exchange would
lose its proportion of any future
sales of timber in this area as pro
vided by section 107-711 to 107-714
O. C. L. A. which would be a di
rect loss to the individual taxpay
ers, of Morrow county Present laws
provide that 25 percent of the pro
ceeds of the cash sales of timber
from the Umatilla National forest
be distributed to the counties in
which said forest is located. The
committee was advised by the
county court that they had direct
ed the district attorney to file a
protest in behalf of the county
court that they had directed the
district attorney to file a protest in
behalf of the county court. The
county court
farm bureau has retained Raley,
Kilkenny and Raley to represent
them.
Signed by the committee.
It is understood that similar act
ion is being taken by other coun
ties affected by the deal.
Ton of Clothing
Sent to Russians
More than a ton of used clothing
was shipped from Heppner Satur
day evening to the Russian relief
center in Portland. According to
Mayor J. O. Turner, the response
was most , generous and the cloth
ing came in without the necessity
of a drive.
A total of 71 bundles made up the
shipment which the mayor says
comprised usable articles entirely.
Reports coming from other points
indicate that vast quantities of
clothing will be forwarded from
this country to help the millions of
Russians who have lost all person
al belongings during the terrific
fighting which has laid, waste much
of their land.
GOING FOR PHYSICAL
John H. Fuiten, sheriff pro tern
since Clarence Bauman joined the
navy, will go to Portland Monday
to take his pre-induction physical
examination. Fuiten has two or
three brothers in the service and his
entry will just about make it una
nimous for the family. The brothers
were inducted from Forest Grove,
the family home.
SOME PEOPLE GET ALL
THE BREAKS OR DO THEY?
Some people get all the breaks.
That's what a goodly number of
other people think and just to prove
that Heppner folks are normal hu
mans a recent instance is cited.
A few weeks ago Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Rosewall got a special
priority to erect a new residence.
They had owned the lot several
years and thus had grounds for
asking for a priority under stress
of necessity. In laingy out their
grounds they employed the services
of a power shovel and a a bulldo
zer. Early this week the shovel and
trucks of the Joelson rock crushing
concern were - employed in getting
out dirt to fill in the lawn of the
property. The shovel , was set up in
the south part of town where good
soil was available. The shovel was
set to work loading trucks. Bye and
bye someone observed what was
going on and inquired who was
building. Upon learning it was the
Rosewalls the party remarked,
"Some people have all the luck.
They just got a permit to build one
house and now they are starting on
a second one."
Wehmcycr iLeavn
erwee
fend of February
It has been recommended that as
af Feb. 23, I be retired from the
Forest, Service, U. S. Department of
Agriculture.
After serving 16 years as local
representative of the Forest Service,
I find it difficult to say an official
'good bye' to the many fine folks
with whom I have lived and with
whom I have worked as Ranger.
The people bordering the Hepp
ner district have at all times given
wholeheartedly of their friendship
and their cooperation, making it a
pleasure to have known them and
a privilege to be considered a mem
ber of each individual community.
Undoubtedy the name of the Dis
trict Ranger succeeding to the po
sition will be announced soon by
oui' Fjndleton offka. Who ever it
is, he will hi a fine" chap, well qual
ified for the job and worthy of the
same consideration so generously
given by the public of this area in
the past.
In a personal way, I would" like
to say good bye, good luck and
best wishes to you, one and all.
FRED F. WEHMEYER
District Ranger
Umatilia Spoils
Mustangs' Chance
At Championship
In a rough, hard-fought game,
Heppner high school's Mustang bas
keteers lost all chance for the
league championship Tuesday night
a Umatilla's towering Vikings over
whelmed the smaller but scrappy
Heppner team on the local floor .by
an 18 to 10 score.
A Umatilla took command early in
the first quarter and never once
was headed throughout. The first
half was nip and tuck with Umatil
la leading at half time 7 to 6. In
the third quarter Umatilla's of
fense began functioning smoothly
as they chalked up seven point3
while holding Heppner scoreless to
increase their lead to 8 points. The
final quarter was even in scoring
with much whistle-tooting as the
two teams fought for possession of
the ball.
of nine gift throws from the foul
Failure to hit a single shot out
line, coupled with Umatilla's tre
mendous height advantage that per
mitted them to dominate the back
boards and jumps, were the key
Continued on Page Eight
BUSINESS TRIP TO CITY
Mrs. C. W. McNamer returned
Friday from Portland where she
had gone on business.
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Volume 61, Number 47
National Housing
Agency Approves
10-Unit Program
Family Dwellings
Permissible Under
. H-2 Authorization
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Heppner's request for 10 new
family dwellings has been granted
by the National Housing Agency.
By telegram and letter, Mayor J.
O. Turner has been informed that
the agency has approved a war
housing program for Heppner per
mitting the construction of ten
family units by privately financed
sources. This program has been set
up I under . the H-2 authorization
which permits a limited amount of
new construction without reference
to the occupation of the occupant
or builder.
Information .relative to the hous
ing approval was submitted by
James E. Maxwell, housing repre
sentative at Portland, who informed
Mayor Turner that the maximum
sales price for construction under
this program has been fixed at
$G000. The maximum rental has
been fixed at $30 per month. All
builders in the Heppner locality
who wish to build under this quota
allotment are advised by Maxwell
that they should file applications
with the office of Folger Johnson,
Director, Federal Housing Admin
istration, Piatt Building, Portland,
Oregon.
Request for a housing unit orig
inated with the Heppner Lumber
company during the past year.
Cubs, Scouts, Dads
Have Annual Dinner
Cub Scouts, Boy S .nUs and
dads to the number of TO gathered
in the basement of (he 7 ''cthodist
church Monday evninf i,o parti
cipate in the ani.ur:l Scout-Dad'
dinner. This year's feed was a pot
luck affair and r.ll of the mothers
must have been of the same mind
that there would not be enough to
go around. .
This was the first year the Cubs i
have participated, it being less
than a year since they were organ
ized, but Father Francis . McCor
mkk has brought them quite a
distance along the trail to scout,
dom. The cub master, in his usual
modest manner, attributed most
of the success to the cooperation
of the den mothers, but it is evi
dent that he too has done his
share.
Scoutmaster John Fuiten intro
duced the several scout patrols of
the local Scout troop who gave the
Scout oath and sang the Scout song.
Fuiten announced he wou-d soon
sever his ties with the Scouts in
asmuch as he will be joining the
bigger movement to reestablish
peace in the world. He asked for
continued and greater cooperation
Continued on Page Seven
ELDERLY MAN ILL
Frank L. Corwin suffered a
stroke Tuesday evening while out .
doors at his home and was not
found for several hours afterwards.
Scheduled to attend the basketball
game with his son's family that
evening, Supt. Corwin went to in
vstigate his father's ub;enee and
found him in the yard. The elderly
man was thoroughly chilled and
apparently paralyzed when found.
According to reports today he is
resting easy now and is no longer
paralyzed. He is at the home of
Supt. and Mrs. George Corwin.
Mrs. Cyrene Earratt left this
morning to spend a few days vis
iting in The Dalles and Portbnd.
She is visiting Mrs. W. S. Bennett
in The Dalles and will visit her
sister, Mrs. Lester Wheelhouse, in
Portland .before returning to her
home in Heppner.
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