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A SOLDIER CAN DO IT
"WHY DON'T MORE OF US
AT HOME GIVE ACCORDINGLY?
Mrs. Ralph Thompson received
the following letter which, we are
sure, after reading it, every sub
scriber to the Gazette Times will
want to do as well as this Morrow
county soldier of whom all of us
are proud. Yes, he is giving his all
and his money, too. Can we at home
sit , by and allow this splendid
young American to give so freely
without at least trying to emulate
his example? But read his letter: 1
Somewhere in Luxembourg
My dear Mrs. Thompson:
Today, as my quota of mail, I re-
ceived a much kicked around and
slightly battered up edition of the
Heppner Gazette Tim dated back
in September On the back page I
happened to notice your writeup of
contributions that various local
people had made to the McCaw
General hospital. It didn't take a
great deal of thought to tell me it
was time I got "on the ball." There
is nothing over here to spend mo
ney for so my "pockets have .been
burning for quite some time to get
rid of some of the cash on hand.
Please accept the enclosed check
for $25 as my long overdue contri
bution to a marvelous cause. I only
hope that it may provide something
that will make the long hours of
convalescence shorter for some
wounded G. I. I'm especially anx
ious that McCaw . should be the
. best because it is the army's policy
to place seriously wounded in hos
pitals closest to their homes. So far
I have been able to stay away from
the medics over here and I might
that I have no desire to take up any
add, without a moment's hesitation,
of their time.
, I know I need not tell you how
appreciative the patients, at McCaw
must be for all the many gifts Mor
row county has contributed to them.
The American soldier may try to
hide it, but he's a' sentimental cuss
and responds quite readily to kind
ness. This tiny country of Luxembourg
is quite beautiful, but not so serene
right now. The city is very pictur
esque and quite modern. I can't say
that I like it here, however, and
wouldn't trade a combined France,
Belgium and Luxembourg for one
small rocky hillside in Eastern Ore
gon. We're all anxious to get home
at the earliest possible moment, but
I don't believe there is a single
man who'd leave before the job is
done.
Well, I must close, so thanks
again for the work you are doing
for the fellows. I'm sure its value
will speak for itself for years to
comelong after the last artillery
piece has been melted down for
conversion into a more beautiful
and constructive piece of equip
ment. Sincerely,
: Dan Dinges
SOLDIDF. ALIVE BUT
wovr.inn WHY
T Cpi Andrew M. Shoun writes
l!.-oi:a i;ot:.": v.'hcre in France to his
i - ". r.t- , My. and Mrs. J. A. Shoun
oi Irrigor, informing them of a
chrnpe in AID number.
' "I hone it is our last change. We
had close to a dozen changes. I
came back from the front quite
healthy, although there were times
that I was a bit in doubt of doing
so. I am almost positive that we
won't have to go back unless some
thing happens as it did before.
"It added two or three more
countries to my visit list. We had
plenty of snow and cold weather
but I didn't mind it much as we
Heppner,
Heppner Civil Air
Pafrol Unit Now
In Full Swing
75 Enrolled for
Study; Training
Plane Due Mar. 8
Heppner's latest innovation, a
Civil Air Patrol unit, is well under
way and classes are meejing every
Monday evening at the high school
gymnasium for study and military
training. Enrollment has reached 75,
with the prospect that it will go
considerably higher, according to
Walter S Ready, under whose gui
dance the unit was formed.
Organizing under army regula
tions, the unit has the following
officers: W. S. Ready, commanding
officer; Marvin Wightman, training
officer; Conley Lanham, flight lea
der; Edmond Gonty flight leader
and instructor in radio theory; Rev.
Francis McCormick, chaplain; Earl
McKinney personnel officer; Edgar
Albert, intelligence officer; Dr. A.
D. McMurdo, medical officer and
Mrs. C. J. Espey women's leader.
Subjects include military drill
and all basic training manuals,
classes in first aid, radio communi-
cations, all aircraft subjects, flight
training and anything else pertain
ing to military training.
Of the 75 members enrolled 15
are cadets, youngsters between the
pgas of 15 and 18 who' are eligible
to flight training but not solo flying.
The unit has purchased a training
plane which will be delivered here
March 8. It is a 100 horse power
Bird three-place job." A'' second
plane is under negotiation, a 50
horsepower Taylorcraft training
plane. In this connection it may be
mentioned that Irving Anderson has
bought Milton Morgan's Interstate
Training plane and Morgan is now
in the market for a 2-place Fair
child. training, including Mr. and Mrs, 0.
A group has signed up for flight
W. Cutsforth, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford
Yarnell, Bert Corman, Mr. and Mrs.
Aflon Gayhart, Kenneth Dyerson,
Cohley Lanham, Don Gosnell, Lloyd
Burkenbine, David Baker, Marvin
Wightman and Edgar Albert.
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Payroll Deductions
Boost Bond Sales
Persistant purchasers of E bonds
in every part of Oregon continue to
keep the state in the forefront of
the U. S. treasury's war savings
program, according to William A.
Bingham, state chairman of the
pay roll deduction program.
Oregon, which frequently has
been first, has an all-time record of
third in payroll savings purchases of
E bonds, according to tabulations
just completed.
"This has .been accomplished,"
said Bingham, ' "not by people on
high salaries or by employes of
certain prominent industries, but
by the cooperating effort of little
bond buyers who have stuck to
their jobs payday by payday in all
parts of the state."
HAVE NEW DAUGHTER
Shannon is the name Mr. and
Mrs. P. W. Mahoney have given
their new daughter. The young lady
arrived Monday evening about nine
o'clock at St Anthony's hospital in
Pendleton. She tipped the scales at
seven pounds. Mrs. Mahoney and
the little lass are reported doing
very nicely according to Mr.
Mahoney.
STATE TAX MAN HERE
John Parker is spending the day
here assisting those unlucky people
who find themselves in position to
pay tribute to the good old state of
Oregon in the form of income tax.
There are not a few such unfortu
nates in Morrow county these days.
Oregon, Thursday, March
Orchid's Just as
Purty at lc Each
In Guatemala
Orchids at one cent a piece are
just as beautiful as those costing
several dollars if you buy them in
Guatamala. Down in that torrid cli
mate the flowers bloom in profu
sion all over the hillsides where one
may pick them at will if they wish
or may buy them from the natives
at the ridiculously low price of one
cent each.
The story of Guatamala was un
folded to the large crowd at the
.Eastern Star meeting in Heppner
Friday evening by Mrs. Harvey
Coats, sister of Mrs. Charles Hus
ton of lone. Mrs. Coats is a re
turned missionary from Guatemala
where she spent 27 years. She cov
ered the living conditions, political
structure and geographical, forma
tion of the country as only one
who has spent so many years in a
region could.
Through corruption of public of
ficials Guatemala was bankrupt. A
new president was elected who as
sumed somewhat of a dictatorship,
ter paying up and finally leaving
first canceling public debts but la
the country's finances in a healthy,
state. In cleaning up the political
mess, living conditions were improv
ed and today Guatemalans live quite
as comfortably as the peoples of
any other tropical countries. The
terrain ranges from seacoast to high
mountains giving a variety of cli
matic conditions favorable to com
fortable living and the production
of abundant food supplies.
Farm Bureau Calls
Business Meeting
1 A regula meeting of the Morrow
County Farm Bureau will be held
Monday evening at the Lexington
grange hall, it was announced this
morning.
There will be no speaker but or
ganizational matters and other bus
iness will be discussed by the mem
bers, states Pres. George N. Peck,
who urges that all members make
it a point to be in attendance.
SISTER DIES IN SOUTH
Mary Adele Case Vann passed
away at her home near Los Angeles
Feb. 21 and was buried there ac
cording to a message received by
her brother M. L. Case last Satur
day. Mrs. Vann had visited here at
various times and made many
friends. She will long be remember
ed for her beautiful contralto voice
and her name appeared frequently
in musical circles up and down the
coast.
The news of Mrs. Vann's passing
reached Mr. and Mrs. Case about
an hour after they had received
the glad tidings of the birth of their
new grandson.
OLD FRIENDS MEET
One of those unexpected meet
ings that come to service men now
and then happened recently in the
Mariannas when Jack Healy MMljc
dropped in on Howard Gilliam Ph
M3c for a little chat. Howard was
busy writing an examination when
it was announced that there was
someone there to see him. He
thought it was someone to see him
about glasses and got the surprise
of his life when Jack walked in.
Howard plans to repay the visit
when he can get out to Jack's ship.
GOING TO PORTLAND
Mrs. Marvin Wightman plans to
leave Sunday for Portland taking
her son Marvin Jr to the Doern
becher hospital for a check-up. She
will be accompanied by Mr. and
Mrs. G. A. Sanders of the Heppner
Bakery.
INITIATIONS SCHEDULED
Initiation of five candidates is the
program for Sans Souci Rebekah
lodge Friday evening, March 2. Re
freshments will be served, which
should beckon the membership to
turn out in force.
1, 1945
Mrs. Bauman Buys
Nell's Beauty Shop
Announcement was made this
morning of the purchase of Nell's
Beauty Shop by Mrs. Harvey Bau
man. Mrs. Bauman has taken over
the business as of today. The for
mer owner, Mrs. Nelle Anderson,
has' been engaged as bookkeeper in
the Hodge Chevrolet Co. office since
the first of February. Mrs. Ander
son purchased the business from
Mrs. Henry Aiken in 1943.
Mrs. Bauman states that she will
retain the present operators, Mrs.
Ray Massey and Mrs. Edward Le
trace, taking a more or less inactive
part in the business herself. She
has changed the name to MarCarol
Beauty Shop, using the first part
of the names of her two daughters,
Marjorie and Carolyn, in making
the combination.
Elks Annual Party
Highlights Year of
Lodge Activities
Culminating a year of lodge ac
tivity the Elks annual Washington
birthday party held at the temple
Saturday has been 'pronounced one
of , the most successful social af
fairs in recent history of Heppner
lodge No. 358. ,
The party opened in the after
noon with cards for the ladies In the
lounge and a business and initiation
session for Elks in the lodge hall.
A class of 21 candidates was initiat
ed, including R. L. Benge of Hepp
ner, who admitted he was 81 years
young.
A sumptuous buffet supper was
served, followed by dancing to mu
sic furnished by a Portland dance
band. . i .
There was a general turnout of
members and their ladies from all
over the Heppner lodge district.
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Mrs. John Picper
Passes Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. John
Pieper, who passed away Wednes
day evening at the family home
south of Lexington, will be held at
11 o'clock a. m. Saturday, March 3
from the Church of Christ in Hepp
ner, the pastor, O. Wendell Herbi
son officiating, with Phelps Funer
al Home in charge. Interment will
be made at Milton later in the day.
Mrs. Pieper was born Feb. 27,
1867, being 78 years and one day of
age when summoned by death.
An obituary will be printed next
week.
HERE FROM PENDLETON
Mrs. Ruth Barnett of Pendleton
came over last week to attend the
funeral of her sister-in-law, Mrs.
Mary Ella Barnett of Lexington and
to visit a few days with her sister,
Mrs. Rose Eskelson and brother R.
L. Benge. She returned to her home
today.
BUYS DUPLEX
Mrs. Bertha Johnson has pur
chased the duplex property next to
the Richfield service station from
W.11. Bushman. Mrs. Johnspn oc
cupies one of the apartments,, the
other being rented to Mrs. Grace
Turner.
ON IWO JIMA
Pfc Emory Coxen is a member of
one of the Marine divisions helping
to exterminate , the Japs on Iwo
Jim a.
MOVE TO APARTMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Nelson and
family moved into an apartment at
the Frank Engkraf home Tuesday
where they will remain until their
residence, now occupied by Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Hodge, is available.
ON ROAD TO RECOVERY
Mrs. Ralph Thompson is able to
be up again after a two week's very
painful siege of rheumatism in her
right arm. She is not entirely free
from it yet but is slowly improving.
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Volume 61 . Number 49
Lt. Rhea N. King
Reported Killed in
Northern Italy
Letter From Flier's
Pal Tells Wife of
Tragic Accident
News of the death of Lt. Rhea
Norton King was received in Hepp
ner Wednesday in a letter from the
flyer's pal to Mra King who has
been making her home here since
Norton went overseas about a year
ago. Details were lacking except
that it was stated Norton died at the
controls of his ship and that death
came quickly.
The tragic circumstance connect
ed with the story of the death of
the young airman is that he had re
cently written Mrs. King that he
had completed his missions and that
he would probably see her in Port
land right after the first of this
month. Mrs. King had resigned her
position at the bank and was pre
paring to drive to Portland Wed
nesday morning to do some shop
ping and be prepared to meet her
husband. Accompanied by her mo
ther, Mrs. Hi! ma Anderson, brother,
Frank Anderson, aunj, Miss Flor
ence Bergstrom, and Miss Kather
ine Furlong, Mrs. King drove to
Portland Wednesday afternoon
where Norton's mother, Mrs. Leta
Babb, . and other members of his
family reside.
According to the date given by
the writer of the letter, Norton's
death occurred on Feb. 16, his wife's
birthday.
Norton graduated from Heppner
high school with the class of 1937,
entering Oregon State college that
fall. He took his basic training in
Arizona and spent a few months at
Ellcnsurg, Wash, prior to going ov
erseas. NEW BOOKS IN
CITY LIBRARY
Recent books added to the Hepp
ner library are as follows: "People
on our Side" by Snow, contributed
by B. P. O. E. No. 358. It is truly
read by all people who wish a more
an engrossing story and should be
comprehensive understanding of In
dia, China, Japan and Russia.
Books purchased by the library
for adult reading include "Building
of Jalna, de la Roche; "Earth and
High Heaven," Graham and "How
Dear to My Heart", Kimbrough;
while for pre-school and grades 1 and
2 there is Walt Disney's "Circus."
Patrons are invited to avail them
selves of the services of the library
whether for current literature,
books pertinent to present-day
problems or fiction, or well-chosen
books for the younger readers, ac
cording to Mrs. Blaine E Isom,
librarian.
CONFERENCE AT LEXINGTON
A home economics extension
meeting will be held at the Ladies
Aid room of the Congregational
church i Lexington at two p. m.
Friday, March 9. This rrectin v i-l
be conducted by Cecilia V;t j Win
kle, emergency war foo'i r ;::: '"t.
All ladies of the Le-:inpm com
munity are invited to ttten.
BACK AT DESK
Mrs. Joe Hughes is a;,'ain at v.-r
desk in the OPA office after an
enforced vacation of a few weeks
during which time she had medical
care in Portland.
RETURNS TO KANSAS
Cpl Ernest Winchester left Sun
day for his base camp in Kansas
after a 16-day furlough here with
Mrs. Winchester. He will receive a
new assignment upon his return.
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