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News About
Our Folks in
Armed Service
LT. BILL BIDDLE WINS
DISTINCTIVE AWARDS
Home from the Asiatic-Pacific
theatre, 1st Lt. Bill Biddle is spend
ing a well-earned furlough at the
home of his mother, Mrs. Vernon
Brown. Bill arrived in the States
on April 3 and made it home by
April 14.
Graduating from training school
at Douglas, Ariz, two years ago, he
was sent into the Pacific area.. He
has been pilot of a B-24 Liberator
and wears many outstanding med
als, among which are the air medal
with the three oak clusters, five
battle stars from the Asiatic-Pacific
theatre, one silver star for the
Philippine libeVation campaign, and
two bars representing six months
each of overseas service.
Lt. Biddle has announced his
forthcoming marriage to a child
hood friend from Gilliam county,
April 22 being the date and Port
land the locale. A wedding trip to
California is planned and Bill will
wait there for reassignment to duty.
He and his mother were calling
on Bill's former teacher, Mrs. F.
W. Turner, Monday.
IN NAVAL HOSPITAL
Alton B. Christenson SM3c'writes
this paper from Mare Island Nav
al hospital that he is under obser
vation for TB. It's a great life, he
says, with nothing to do but sleep,
eat, read etc. He also reported that
his brother, Major Chet Christen
son, visited him Sunday, April 8,
the first time they had seen each
other since Easter 1942. He would
appreciate hearing from service
men from around Heppner and can
be reached at U. S. Naval Hospital,
Ward 7, Mare Island, Calif.
VETERAN OF MANY MONTHS
Sgt Joe Aiken, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Aiken, arrived home on
Monday after many months over
seas to spend a few days visiting
family and friends. Sgt Aiken was
sent overseas in 1942 and served in
the African corps for several
months and has lately been sta
tioned in India. Sgt Aiken, accom
panied by his mother and father
went to Portland Wednesday morn
ing for a few days.
KILLED IN ACTION
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Alstott Jr. of
Hermiston have been informed that
their nephew, Cpl Alvin C. Wolke,
was killed in action March 31 in
Germany. Cpl. Wolke lived with the
Allstotts from the time he was
three years old and spent most of
his boyhood in the Eight Mile sec
tion where the family lived and
farmed the place now operated by
John Bergstrom.
GEORGE GRIFFITH SAFE
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Griffith of
Morgan have received word from
their son George stating that he is
all right after fighting his way
through the Iwo Jima campaign.
George's letter was written April 3,
was mailed April 13 and reached
bis parents April 17. He stated that
got out with a whole hide, al
tVough why he did not know.
TO RETURN TO SERVICE
Cpl. Donald Robinson, home on
3n-day furlough from McCaw hos
pital, states that he expects to re
turn to service in a short time. He
is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Robinson of Hardman.
VISITS PARENTS
S Sgt Clair H. Cox arrived in
Heppner Wednesday to spend a few
days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Cox. Sgt Cox has been sta
tioned in Florida for the past sever
al months.
Heppner,
Will You Port
With Them?
Spring is, here and with it comes
the urge to bask in the sunlight
fish or play golf (if you are a golf
er.) That urge is felt most keenly
right now by boys at McCaw Gen
eral hospital who are able to enjoy
the outdoors. Like the guy who sug
gested, "If I had some ham, I'd have
some ham and eggs-rif I had the
eggs" these boys would go fishing
if they had a pole and some tackle.
Or they would golf if they had the
"makin's."
Somewhere, up in the attic, out
in the woodshed or the barn, you
may have a fishing pole not in use.
If you have and want to bring joy
to some soldier who is in the hos
pital because he was trying to de
fend your rights, won't you turn it
over to the Morrow county com
mittee to be taken to McCaw? The
same thing applies to golf balls. If
you played golf in years gone by,
maybe there's a golf ball or two
lying around. Put fishing pole and
golf balls in the car next time you
are coming to Heppner and leave
them with Mrs. Earl Gilliam at Gil
liam & Bisbee hardware store.
Also, you may have a musical in
strument not in use. It would come
in handy for the shut-ins at McCaw
who can play a stringed instru
ment or a horn.
Speech Festival
Slated for April 27
A county speech festival will be
held at the Lexington school Fri
day, April 27, it is announced from
the office of County Supt. Mrs.
Lucy Rodgers. All schools of the
county are being urged to partici
pate and entries made up to this
time indicate that there will be a
good attendance. Rules governing
the contests have been mailed out.
Each school may enter one pupil
from the 6th, 7th or 8th grade in
the poetry reading. Also each school
;b urged to have a choral reading,
a dramatic reading, a poetry read
ing or a one-act play for the en
tertainment to be provided in the
evening.
The question adopted by the Ore
gon High School Speech League
will be used. The question is "What
shall be the post-war attitude of
Oregon toward Japanese-Americans?"
Tin Cans Available
For Shipping Food
Tin cans are now available in
the county extension office for fill
ing with such foods as candy, nuts,
cakes, cookies and fried fruits for
sending to the service man or wo
man. These cans may be purchased
in the county extension office, ta
ken out and filled and then brought
back to be sealed. A label will be
put on the can stating the contents
and that it abides by postal regu
lations. Reports from service men indi
cate that thi9 is the most satisfac
tory way of sending foods to the
service man.
For suggestions on food for mail
ing ask for home economics mimeo
graph No. 1842 at the county ex
tension office.
ASSISTANT RANGER ARRIVES .
E?rl W. Simonton arrived in Hep
pner Tuesday from Quilcene, Wash,
and is occupying the assistant rang
er's desk in the office of Ranger
Glen Jorgensen. Mr. Simonton's
fami'y will come here later when
a residence is available. It hinges
upon Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wehmeyer
vacating their residence on south
Chase street which in turn will be
occupied by the Jorgensons. When
the Jorgensons move, the Simon
tons will occupy the house they va
cate. The Wehmeyers are moving to
southern California for a year or so.
Oregon, Thursday, April
Irrigation Water
Prospect Good in
Local Territory
Snow Depth on
Arbuckle 38.1
Inches April 1
Irrigation water should be quite
plentiful throughout the season for
Willow and Rhea creek ranchers if
the present snow level is a criteri
on. Depth of snow on Arbuckle,
where the forest service maintains
a record, was 38.1 inches on April
1, with a water content of 11.8 in
ches, reports Glen Jorgenson, lo
cal forest ranger.
A special map prepared by the
department of agriculture shows
that Morrow county is in a favor
able position compared with neigh
boring counties. Green indicates
the areas where snowfall has been
sufficient to create a water supply
for the summer and while the shade
over this area is a bit lighter than
some other counties, measurements
in the Blue mountains indicate that
there will be a sufficient amount
of water to take care of normal
needs.
The water content of 11.8 in the
mountains at this time is 1.6 inches
above the 16-year average for the
district or 9.4 inches. This figure
is 171 percent of the 1944 content,
131 percent of 1943 and 126 percent
of the average.
Tollgate, in the Blue mountains
south of Walla Walla, had a depth
of 75.4 inches of snow . on April 1.
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Saling Rites Held
At Folsom Chapel
Funeral services for Frank Saling
80, Lexington farmer who died in
Portland April 14, were held at 2
p. m. Wednesday from the Folsom
chapel in Pendleton with the Rev.
Eric O. Robothan, rector of the
Church of the Redeemer, officiat
ing. Burial was in the Olney ceme
tery. Mr. Saling was a native of Walla
Walla, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ish
im Emory Saling who crossed the
plains in early days. The fam
ily moved to Weston in 1873 where
he received his education. He serv
ed as county clerk of Umatilla
county and in later years acquired
farm property in the Lexington
district of Morrow county where
the Pendleton lodge of Eagles, and
he made his home. He was a mem
ber of the Heppner lodge of Elks,
the Lexington grange.
Surviving are the widow; a son,
Qlney Saling of Heppner; three
daughters, Mrs. Muriel Crane of
Richmond, Calif.; Mrs. Frances Si
monton of Long Beach, Calif., and
Mrs. Lucile McKinney of Spokane,
Wash., and three sisters, Mrs. Ja
mes Bullfinch of The Dalles, Mrs.
Ida Coffin of Portland, and Mrs.
Emma Funk of Kent, Wash.
Pallbearers were chosen from
among his Morrow county neigh
bors, including George Peck, Bur
ton Peck, Myles Martin, Alfred
Troedson, R. B. Rice and Joe De
vine. Of these Mr. Rice was unable
to serve due to injuries received at
Arlington.
ATTENDS BROTHER'S FUNERAL
Mrs. Agnes Curran accompanied
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Scritsmeier to
Portland last Sunday where she
was called by the death of her bro
ther, Charles Colleary. Mr. Colle
ary, whose home was in Vancou
ver, Wash., died in St. Vincent's
hospital in Portland, where he had
been ill for some time. He died
Friday morning and was buried on
Monday morning. Mrs. Curran re
turned to Heppner Tuesday.
19, 1945
Spring Program
On Schedule for
Friday Evening
The Heppner school's annual
spring music festival will be held
in the gymnasium auditorium be
ginning at 8 p. m. tomorrow (Fri
day) evening. This year's offering
will be an extravaganza written by
Everett Smith, grade school princi
pal, and entitled "Somewhere Over
the Rainbow", and has the follow
ing cast of characters:
Umbrella man, Bobby Jones;
Judy, Rieta Graves; Jim, Marion
Green.
Umbrella dancers: Carol Miller,
Colleen Prock, Rita Johnson, Mar
jorie Bauman, Juanita Padberg,
Lois Key, Barbara Slocum, Pat
Pierson, Marlene Du Bois, Eunice
Keithley, Barbara Stout, Wilma
Harshman.
Bull Gerald Bergstrom, Carl
Thorpe.
Star Queen, Imogene Hendrix;
Star dancers, Jean Moulton, Nellie
Howell, Rachel Cox, Faye Ross,
Beverly Eberhardt, Betty Jeane
Graves.
Solo, Darlene Wise.
Echo, Larry Lovgren; Whistler.
Gary Couture; Mrs. Whistler, Nan
cy Jean Adams; Star Sprite, Terry
Thompson; Mrs. Thumper, Pat Hea
ly; Bunnies Darrell Blake,' Donna
Lovgren, Barbara Prock, Darlene
Brannon, Oliver Devine, Leland
McKinney, Judith Thompson, Lance
Tibbies. Wizard, Roy Carter.
There will be no admission
charge.
Cubs to Promote
Salvage Project
Pack No. 61, Cub Scouts, of Hep
pner has set aside the week of Ap
ril 23-28 for a fat salvage campaign.
The drive has a two-fold purpose
to obtain much needed fats for the
war effort and to provide some
"working capital" for the pack.
Local residents are urged to turn
over their waste fats to the boys
thus encouraging them in their de
sire to aid the war effort and at
the same time remunerating them,
not as individuals but as a unit.
SPRAINS ANKLES
Lauren Corwin, erstwhile stereo
typer at the Gazette Times office
when he is not pouring over Ptol
emy and Shakespeare at the high
school, had the misfortune to sprain
both ankles Tuesday while racing
down the concrete steps leading
from the school to town. Lauren
thought if he had to be laid up with
one sprained ankle it wouldn't be
much more inconvenient to have
both of them out of commission, or
something like that.
FOOD DEMONSTRATION
A P-TA sponsored "Food for
Health" demonstration will be held
at 1:30 p. m. Thursday, April 26,
in the recreational hall of St. Pat
rick's Catholic church. The pub
lic has been extended an invita
tion to attend this meeting which is
under the guidance of Cecilia Van
Winkle, extension demonstrator.
COMING ON FURLOUGH
Pfc Keith Marshall is due to ar
rive Saturday afternoon for a short
visit with his family. He is on em
barkation furlough and scheduled to
report April 30 at Salt Lake City,
Keith is a link trainer and has been
in Courtland, Ala. since .induction
except three months in Bryan, Tex.
on special training.
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INJURED IN FALL
R. B. Rice is laid up for repairs
this week following an accident at
Arlington Tuesday. While attending
the farm wage meeting he fell from
the steps at the meeting hall, suf
fering a gash over one eye and re
ceiving a bad shaking up.
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Volume 62, Number 4
Intensive Drive
For Clothing Set
For Next Week
Five Pounds Per
Person Needed to
Meet Emergency
Thursday and Friday, April 26
and 27 are the days set aside for
Morrow county to participate in,
the drive to gather in 150,000,000
pounds of used clothing throughout
the nation to relieve a dire emer
gency in the liberated countries of
Europe. The date was set Wednes
day evening when several people
met with Mayor J. O. Turner in
the council room of the city build
ing to formulate plans for gather
ing and packing the offerings of
local people.
A goal of five pounds per person
has been set by Henry J. Kaiser,
director of the campaign, for the
state of Oregon. That means that
Morrow county, if it meets its quo
ta, will contribute 20,000 pounds or
more. In view of recent drives
which were deemed successful by
those handling the clothing it hard
ly seems possible that so large a
quantity of clothing is available
here, but whether it is or not, it is
hoped that an all-out effort will
be made" by our people to turn in
every type of article under the fol
lowing listing:Usable second hand
clothing, shoes, bed clothing, caps,
knitted head wear, and remnants
of piece goods.
All ready this year 11,000,000
pounds of used clothing has been
shipped from the western part of
the country through the Portland
terminal. Several times that much
will have to be collected if millions
of people in Europe are not to suf
fer and die from exposure. The na
tional goal is 150,000,000 pounds.
The churches of Heppner will re
ceive and bundle the clothing. If
delivering to the school it is ad
visable to have your bundles made
up. The Pacific Power and Light
Company office will be the central
receiving point in Heppner.
There is no time now to have
clothes cleaned at the cleaning shop.
It will be advisable to brush suits
and other garments and anything
too badly soiled should not be sent
Ed Drake Victim
Of Heart Attack
News of the death of their bro
ther, Ed Drake, was received Tues
day morning by Ray and Cleo
Drake of this county. The deceased,
eldest brother of the family, was a
resident of Robins, Calif,., and had
visited his brothers here on numer
ous occasions.
Mr. Drake was night watchman
for an irrigation company and had
spent Monday in Sacramento. Upon
returning home he was seized with
a heart attack and expired sud
denly. He .was a native of Nebraska, in
which state bs vf J born May 13,
1889. The fat.-.ily moved to Yamhill
county, Ore., vlnrt.' he was raised.
The body v ill b". brrught to Day
ton for burial. IV, . three brothers,
Leo of Hood River, C! ;o of lone and
Tlay of Heppner leU Wednesday
morning for Dayto'i to attend the
funeral.
CONFIRMATION
Most Rev. Joseph F. McGrath
will be in Heppner to administer
Confirmation in St. Patrick's church
Sunday. There will be 31 candi
dates for reception of Confirmation.
The ladies of the Altar society will
honor the newly confirmed with a
breakfast to be given after mass in,
St. Patrick's hall.
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