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News About
Our Folks in
Armed Service
Irrigon Woman
Gives Two Sons
In Freedom Cause
The call to arms has been ans
wered by four sons of Mrs. Hugh
Grim of Irrigon and of these two
have made the sujpreme sacrifice.
Pfc Eldon L. Allen was killed in
action December 25, 1942 and T Sgt
Raymond L. Allen was killed in ac
tion March 8, 1945. Eldon lost his
life in New Guinea while Raymond
was killed in the Luzon campaign
Mrs. Grim has prepared brief his
tories of her two war heroes for
the files of the Morrow county
selective service board and we are
privileged to publish them. She
writes:
Pfc Eldon L. Allen was born Feb.
3, 1917 in Hamilton, Ore. He moved
to Irrigori with "his parents when
he was a little over one year old.
He attended school at Irrigon. On
Jan. 7, , 1942 he entered the army
and took his training at Camp Ro
berts, Calif. After three months he
was sent overseas with the 127th
Infantry of the 32nd Division. On
December 25, 1942, he was killed in
action in New Guinea. He was
awarded the Purple Heart for ounds
received in action beyond the call
of duty.
T Sgt. Raymond L. Allen was
born in Irrigon July 11, 1919, where
he also attended school. He joined
the cavalry in 1942 and belonged to
the 7th Cavalry, 1st Division. He
took his training in Fort Riley,
Kan., and in various camps in Tex
as. He was killed in action March
8, 1945 on Luzon. As yet I have
not received any other word, but
I am to receive details of his
death from Washington. I received
a letter from Raymond which was.
written March 7, saying that his
furlough had been canceled.
I have also two other sons in the
navy. Calvin D. Allen S 2c is in a
navy hospital in Corona, Calif.,
where he has been under medical
treatment for nearly 10 months.
William D. R. Allen S 2c is now
serving on a U. S. L. S. T.
SGT SANDERS WRITES
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Sanders re
ceived an interesting letter Wed
nesday from their son, Sgt. Paul A.
Sanders who writes in part:
"I am sending you a Victory Pe
sos. It is the official money of the
Philippines now and is worth 50c.
They have just started to let us send
it home. I also can tell you some
of the places I have visited. I have
flown around over Luzon and Ma
nila. I have been in Owi island,
Biak, Hollandia, New Guinea, Ley
ete, Nadzab, Milne bay N. G., Lae,
N G., Finschaffen, N. G., Wadke
island, Morotai island and a few
other places. Recently I was award
ed the Purple Heart for wounds re
ceived on 15 Dec. . . The weather
here continues to try to rain. It
clouds up pnd then turns off sun
shiny seain.. It will probably start
in one of these days and never let
up.
"T! rmrt" Ifce you have not had
any too mnch snow these past few
months I rup'ore that the weather
has turned towards the springy
side now. I would like to be there
but it will be some time before I
get back I imagine. . . The food has
been very good in comparison to
what I wrote last time but it is
still far from being good. I am so
used to it now that it does not make
much difference. I can do without
meat but I miss salads and fresh
milk. It has been 13 months since
I had any fresh milk. I will have
a lot of drinking to do to catch up
on it milk I mean."
Heppner,
Gale Street Lot
Offered as Site J
For Co. Hospital -
Desire for the construction and
operation of a hospital was express
ed in concrete form Tuesday when
Mrs. R. L. Benge called Judge
Bert Johnson and offered to give
the county a plot of ground for
that purpose. Mrs. Benge stated
that she and Mr. Benge are anxi
ous to see the hospital built arid if
the donation of a property will
help get it under way they will
deem it a great pleasure to make
a deed to the county.
The property offered is the tract
lying between the R. L. and Ter
rell Benge residences on Gale
street. While the tract may not be
large enough to accommodate the
type of building . contemplated,
there are other tracts adjacent on
the rear that might be obtained in
the same manner, making a build
ing site with spacious grounds for
landscaping.
The judge was slightly overcome
at first and after catching his
breath assured Mrs. Benge that he
would refer her proposal to the
hospitial commission.
Schools Converge
On Lex Tomorrow
All school roads will lead to Lex
ington tomorrow (Friday) when the
schools of the county meet there for
a County Speech Arts Festival, for
which the Lexington school will
play host.
Panel discussion will start at 2:30
p. m. with four participants from
each school. The question is "What
shall be the post-war attitude of
Oregon toward Japanese-Americans?"
The panels will be follow
ed by poetry reading and extem
poraneous speeches. In the evening
there will be dramatic readings and
one-act plays.
The festival gives promise of be
ing an interesting and co-operative
undertaking and many hope it
may become an annual event. "
Mrs. Van Winkle
Leaving Saturday
Announcement was made from
the office of County Agent Arnold
Ebert the first of the week that Mrs.
Cecilia Van Winkle has accepted
the position of home extension
agent in Coos county and that she
will wind up her work in Mor
row county this week so she may
leave for her new post Saturday.
For the ast several months Mrs.
Van Winkle has been serving un
der the War Food administration.
Her term would have been up the
first of July but she decided to ac
cept the Coos county offer, which
opens May 1.
During the time Mrs. VanWinkle
has served here she has done a
most acceptable job of directing the
farm women in preparation of foods
to obtain the highest nutritional
values, in care of home and other
matters pertaining to home man
agement. In addition to the home
work, she has revitalized the 4-H
club work to the point where 194
youngters are enrolled and active
ly engaged in projects.
Home economics extension meet
ings for Morrow county have been
cancelled but Mrs. Van Winkle ad
vises that bulletins are still avail
able at the county agent's office.
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ENLISTS IN NAVY
Announcement has just been re
ceived from the Baker navy re
cruiting station that Ravmond Jesse
French, son of Mrs. Rose Francis
of Heppner, was enlisted in the U.
S. Navy Reserve April 21. Ray has
returned home to wait his call to
active duty and in the meantime is
carrying on his work at school look
ing forward to graduation with the
class of 1945.
Oregon, Thursday, April
Hospital Will Be
Built, Judge Tells
Luncheon Group
Several Matters
Of Local Interest
Given Attention
Stating that much of the prelimi-v
nary, work remains to be done,
Judge Bert Johnson , assured his
hearers at the Monday luncheon of
the Heppner' chamber of commerce
that the proposed Morrow county
hospital will be built, although he
could not say when actual con
struction will begin. He counseled
patience while the hospital com
mission and the county court are
rounding up all possible informa
tion and disposing of detail mat
ters. It is the desire and the purpose
of the county to see that the citi
zens get the most for their money
and if this means delay in construc
tion it will have to be that way.
Judge Johnson appeared as the
luncheon speaker in response to an
invitation from Charles B. Cox,
program chairman, who told him to
choose his own subject and "shoot
the works." He didn't quite do that,
although there were no punches
ipulled where he thought a good
stiff jolt was needed.
Conditions in Morrow county
from the view point of an official
whose job it is to know what the
score is, might be put down as the
judge's subject. He recited some
figures to show that things are not
what they used to be, that changes
are coming rapidly and that our
economy must be shaped to meet
new conditions. He pointed out that
wheat farming costs have gone
down in recent years, making grain
raising a profitable enterprise. On
the other hand, government regu
lations are forcing our sheep men
out of business, as the following
figures disclose:
In 1930 there were 180,000 head
of sheep in the county. In 1941 the
number had dropped to 103,000. By
the spring of 1945 the flocks had
dwindled to 58,000, of which 6000
are sold and it is expected between
8,000 and 10,000 more will be ship
ped outA
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Women's Chorus to
Be Heard May 7
Monday evening, May 7 is the
date chosen by the Heppner Wo
men's chorus for the second annual
concert of the group. The program
will be given in the gymnasium
auditorium and wjH start at 8
o'clock.
The chorus is somewhat smaller
in numbers this year but appear
ances made during the season indi
cate that the same high quality of
performance may be expected in
the second concert that was dis
played in the first. In addition to
ten numbers sung by the ensemble
there will be duet and trio combi
nations from within the chorus.
RETURNS FROM VACATION
Dr. A. D. McMurdo has returned
to his home after a visit to Califor
nia points. Dr. McMurdo was able
to secure very fine accommoda
tions on his trip south, but return
ing to the Northwest was a dif
ferent story. He had to sit up from
San Francisco. Mrs. McMurdo, who
accompanied him to San Francisco,
has gone on to Ios Angeles to vis
it her brother-in-law and sister;
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Brand.
HEALTH MEETING SCHEDULED
Mrs Claud? Graham, president,
announces a meeting of the Mor
row County Health association will
be held at 8 p. m. Monday, April
30, in the council room of the city
building. The meeting will be open
to the public.
26, 1945
What! No Fishing
Poles in County?
Response to the appeal for fish
ing poles was zero, according to
Mrs. Ralph Thompson, Morrow
county chairman of the Blue
Mountain Camp and Hospital
council, who is wondering if Ga
zette Times subscribers failed to
read the article at the top of col
umn two, page one in last week's
issue.
Fishing poles and magazines
both are badly needed for use of
the veterans hositalized at Mc
Caw General. A fishing pole may
be your prized possession some
thing held sacred by the follow
ers of Izaak Walton, it is true
yet those boys in the hospital
are not there as a matter of
choice. They offered their lives
and feel lucky they have enough
of their bodies left to enjoy a
little happiness.
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John Fuiten Leaves
For Military Duty
John H. Fuiten, sheriff pro tern
in the absence ol Clarence Bauman,
left Wednesday afternoon for Fort
Lewis to begin training for service
with the army. He Wound up his
duties with the county Wednesday
morning and turned over the keys
of the office to P. A. Mollahan, who
has been appointed to serve as
sheriff and tax collector until the
return of 'the duly elected official
who is serving in the navy.
Mr Fuiten was honored with two
dinner parties Friday, one at noon
at the court house in which all of
ficials and employees participated,
and the other at the Assembly of
God church in the evening. Again
Tuesda evening there was a large
ingathering of the church folk to
give him a send-off.
"We hate to see Mr. Fuiten leave
the court house," stated Judge Bert
Johnson. "He has been an efficient
officer, keeping the records of the
office up to the minute, and be
sides, he is most pleasant to deal
with' He has left us with the as
surance that the job will .be open
for him when he returns,"
Mrs Florence Ely and Mrs. Mu
riel Rice will carry on in the tax
department and Mr. Mollahan,
while being in charge, will devote
his time to the duties of sheriff.
Others leaving with Fuiten were
Jack Edmondson, Heppner; Elton L.
Fraser, Irrigon; Charles J. Doherty,
lone, and Bernard Cook, transfer
red from Couer d'Alene, Ida.
Piano Recital on
Slate for Saturday
After doing an "off again, on
again, gone again, Finnegan," the
fore part of the week, Mrs. J. O.
Turner has definitely set the date
for the annual presentation of her
piano class in recital for Saturday
evening, April 28. The recital will
be held at the Turner home.
The recital date usually is set
for the last week in April and Mrs.
Turner filed that date about a
month ago. When it was learned
that antitoxin shots were to be ad
ministered in the school this week
end, she changed the date to the
latter part of May. They enme word
that the school work would have to
be postponed due to illness of the
physician. The recital was put
down for April 28 and that is the
final word.
SKUZESKIS LOCATE IN
SAN FRANCISCO FOR TIME
A leter from Mr. and Mrs. John
Skuzeski this week announces they
will remain in San Francisco some
time as they lave found an apart
ment. Ted has entered Junior High
school with eight more weeks of
school. In the fall he can enter se
nior high school. Walter shipped
out the very next morning after
their arrival and that was a keen
disappointment to them as they
had hoped to be near him for a
while.
Volume 62, Number 5 '
Speaker Secured
For Farm Bureau
C. of C. Meeting
Prof. Poling Will
Unravel Problems.
Of World Interest
A combined Morrow County
Farm Bureau and Heppner Cham
ber of Commerce meeting has been
scheduled for Wednesday, May 2,
at which time Prof. Daniel W. Pol
ing of Oregon State college will be
present to discuss features of the
Dumbarton Oaks, Yalta and San
Francisco conferences.
There is so much of interest to
farmers in what took place at Dum
barton Oaks and Yalta and what
will develop out of the San Fran
cisco conference that members of
the farm bureau decided they
should participate in the meeting
originaly planned by the chamber
of commerce. The regular farm
bureau meeting date was set for
Monday, May 7, at which time a
visiting speaker was to be present.
He has consented to come next
week and will be given 20 minutes
of the time allotted the bureau for
its business session.
A potluck dinner will be served
at the I. O. O. F. dining hall in Hep
pner during which time the farm
bureau will hold its meeting. The
group will then adjourn to the
lodge hall to hear Prof. Poling.
Townsfolk are invited to bring their
contribution to the dinner and en
joy a pleasant hour with the farm
bureau.
While the San Francisco confer
ence is just getting under way, the
belief prevails that one of the
prime . objectives is the matter of
free trade. It is expected that Prof.
Poling will present agriculture's po
sition with relation to importation
of wool, wheat and other agricul
tural staples. All of this has vital
post-war interest and merits care
ful consideration by all persons en
gaged in agricultural pursuits, it is
pointed out by Arnold Ebert, coun
ty agricultural agent.
The county agent's office has
mailed out letters to all farmers
urging them to attend the meeting
and it is expected that a capacity
crowd will turn out. Supper will
be served a 7:30. The meeting will
convene at 8:30.
SELLS AND BUYS
Mrs. Nellie Anderson has sold
her Jot north of the W. T. Camp
bell residence to Mr. and Mrs. J.
B. Snyder. The property was the
site of the Heppner flouring mills
and is considered desirable as a
residence location. Mrs. Anderson
turned around and bought the Har
vey Lollar residence adjoining the
Mattie Gentry home which she ex
pects to occupy.
OVERNIGHT GUEST
R. V. Turner was an overnight
house guest at the home of his pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Turner
on Sunday. Bob came in from Ba
ker and was met in Pendleton by
his father and mother. Ha nr-n-..
panicd his father to Portland .Tor
day morning, as did Jcscphire V -honey.
Mr. Turner senior, rimd
to Heppner Tuesday.
DANCE CANCELED
A dance had been planned 'or
Saturday night, April 28 at Wil
lows grange but due to conflicting
engagements the dance has been
canceled according to word from
Carl Troedson, dance chairman of
Willows grange, lone.
REHEARSAL SUNDAY
Member of the Heppner Women's
chorus t are reminded of rehearsal
at 2 p. m., at the high school gym
nasium Sunday afternoon. Please be
prompt.
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