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School Closing to
Start Next Week
In Some Districts
Lexington Class
Baccalaureate Set
For Sunday Night
That day dignified! seniors look
forward to as soon as school opens
in the fall as their commencement
day is not far off for some of the
graduates of Morrow county. Three
high schools and one rural grade
school are scheduled to close their
doors next week and the balance
of the schools will wind up the
year's work on or by May 25.
Lexington, Boardman, Irrigon and
Eightmile are due to close next
week. Baccalaurate services will be
held Sunday and class activities are
being run off, as it were, this week.
At Lexington the following pro
'gram has been arranged for bacca
laureate to be held in the Church
of Christ beginning at 8:15 p. m.:
Prelude; processional, June O'Con
nor; invocation; hymn, girls' cho
rus; baccalaurate sermon, O. Wen
dell Her bison, Heppner; "The Lord
is My Shepherd," girls' chorus; re
cessional, June O'Connor.
At lone, the junior-senior ban
quet and prom will be held the
evening of May 11. Heppner's prom
is schduled for May 18 and bacca
laureate the following day.
Some changes in teaching staffs
will be noted when school opens
in the fall. At Irrigon, Principal Ed
Elliott resigned to take a similar
place at Umatilla. He will be suc
ceeded by Leroy Darling of La
Grande who has been assistant mu
sic supervisor this year. B. C. For
sythe has been engaged as superin
tendent of the lone school and is
s faced with the task of staffing the
high school and perhaps one grade
room. George Linn remains at
Boardman and Mrs. Bethel Taylor
will not return to Lexington.
Supt. George Corwin is feeling
quite well satisfied with his teacher
problem for next year, although he
may start feeling uneasy any mo
ment. At present most of the grade
and high school positions are filled
but this situation can change and
the "soop" isn't trying to fool him
self. CORA ALICE MUNKERS
Services were held at 2 p. m.
Wednesday at the Church of Christ
in Lexington for Mrs. Harry Mun
kers who passed away May 7 at
The Dalles following a lingering
illness. O. Wendell Herbison offici
ated and Phelps Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.- Inter
ment was made in the Lexington
I. O. O. F. cemetery. Pallbearers
were George N. Peck, Burl Coxen,
W. C. Seehafer, Ernest Heliker,
John Bryson and Marion Palmer.
Born in Moscow, Ida., Aug. 10,
1883, Mrs. Munkers came to Mor
row county in 1910. She married
Harry Munkers Dec. 24, 1916 at
Lexington. Two sons, Riley and
Donald Munkers, were born to this
union. Two sons by a former mar
riage, Glenn Sherer, Portland and
Harold Sherer, Heppner, her father,'
Charles Gilman of lone, and three
brothers, Miles Gilman, Monument,
Walt Gilman, Heppner, and Pete
Gilman, Heppner, two grandchild
ren, Kay and Dick Sherer survive
her.
Mrs. Munkers was a member of
the Church of Christ and the Wil
lows grange.
DON'T GIVE UP, JOE
A letter dated April 25 from Joe
Gilleese reads in part: "I want to
thank you for arranging to have the
"Gazette" sent to me and I assure
you I enjoy it very much. It is
getting here regularly and I do look
forward to its arrival. In reading
the paper I notice many changes
have taken place in the old town so
guess I'll feel sort of out of place
if and when I return. Tomorrow
completes two and one half years
of exile for me and I'm afraid I
won't be home for a long time to
come."
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Johnson of
Pendleton were week-end guests at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chris
Brown.
Heppner,
More Recreational
Facilities Needed,
Speaker Declares
More entertainment and more re
creational facilities in this vicinity
were cited as possible activities for
the chamber of commerce and th
community in looking forward to
postwar devlopment. This was the
viewpoint taken by B. C Forsythe
as he spoke to the chamber of com
merce luncheon group Monday. Mr.
Forsythe. a resident of the county
the past two years, compared this
section to other parts of the state
where recreational facilities have
been stressed and expressd the op
inion that more attention should be
given them here.
Lack of auto courts may be af
fecting travel through this section
and should be given consideration
now to prepare for peace time tra
vel. More use of the mountains for
recreattion should be fostered, he
stated. Locally, there is room for
more tennis courts, a city park
(maybe) and other facilities for en
tertaining visitors as well as our
own people. He gave number one
spot to those things which will
have a tendency to help keep our
young people interested in their
home community. He even stuck
his chin out and plugged for a ro
deo as a drawing card for the
people of the surrounding country
side, stating that many people are
anxious for a revival of the show
and that unless we give them what
they want they will seek their re
creation elsewhere. ,
Members present expressed the
belief that a V-E day celebration
would be out of order. In anticipa
tion of the day, President K. A.
House called upon Rev. Bennie
Howe for . prayer, which was fol
lowed by siniging of the Doxblogy.
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lone to Join in
Service of Prayer
The "proclamation of President
Harry S. Truman has designated
Sunday May 13 as a day for thanks
giving and prayer by all people of
the United States.
In respect to the proclamation of
our President I hereby invite all
residents of the lone community to
meet at lone high school auditor
ium at 2 p. m. on above date where
everyone will be free to join in the
service of thanksgiving through
prayer, singing and speaking.
The lunch rooms will be open
and I will supply coffee and sugar
to those who may bring lunches.
Bert Mason, Mayor.
Council Has Busy
Session Monday
Monday evening was a busy time
for the mayor and city council,
there being several matters of im
portance to take up and dispose of
as far as possible.
Following the routine business
period, complaints of gardeners
were heard relative to the running
at large of dogs. The council passed
a dog ordinance earlier in the year
which was easier to pass than to
enforce. With but one policeman
to cover the town day or night
there is little likelihood that the or
dinance can be as effective as in
tended. An appeal has been made to the
state highway commission to have
the local crew patch all streets of
the town prior to a proposed sur
facing of one and one-half miles of
streets. The commission's reply has
not been received.
With the arrival of 6,000 feet of
new pipe, an effort is being made
to contract with a concern whose
specialty is laying pipe lines. If a
contract is made it is hoped to get
the pipe laid this summer.
D. E. MITCHELL PASSES
Word was ' received Wednesday
morning by Mr. and Mrs. Frank S.
Parker that their son-in-law, D. E.
Mitchell, passed away that morning
the home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Mitchell, in Joseph. Mr.
Mitchell had been ill since late last
summer, his condition becoming se
rious shortly after he moved his
family to Heppner. Funeral serr
vices will be held at Joseph Friday
afternoon. Mrs. Frank S. Parker
and Mrs. Fred Hoskins Jr. left for
Joseph Wednesday evening and
other members of the family will
drive over in the morning.
Oregon, Thursday, May
Emotion Lacking
In Observance of
V-E Day Locally
Attention Centers
On Taking Nippos
Out pf Struggle
There was no lack of ' rejoicing
and calm meditation over the news
that Germany had capitulated but
outward expressions were confined
for the most part to quiet discus
sion of the prospects for a perma
nent peace and to how long it will
take to bring Japan to her knees.
That was the situation here in Hep
pner and elsewhere in the west
where the Japanese problem is
more apparent than to those on the
Atlantic seaboard.
With the liquor store closed and
a ban placed on sales of lighter
beverages, there was little evidence
of exuberance. There was one ex
ception, when a young woman
hurled a monkey wrench through
a window on the south side of the
First National bank, but aside from
that nothing occurred to remind one
that there was even cause for. a
celebration.
A prayer service was held Tues
day evening at All Saints Episcopal
church which attracted a goodly
number of devout people who
wished to thank a kind providence
for directing the Allied nations to
a victory in Europe and to ask for
continued guidance-in bringing the
Japanese war to a successful
conclusion.
At lone, Mayor Bert Mason has
called the citizens of that commu
nity at a special service at the high
school Sunday afternoon for a per
iod of prayer, singing and speaking.
Contrasted with the armistice of
1918, the second fall of Germany
scarcely created a ripple upon the
placid waters of every-day Ameri
can life.
Choral Club Adds
New Laurels With
2nd Annual Concert
Greeted with a house comparable
to the one attending the first con
cert, the Heppner Women's Choral
club added new laurels Monday
evening in the second annual con
cert at the school gymnasium-auditorium.
Many of the audience
considered the 15 numbers on the
program all too brief.
This year's concert was given en-,
tirely by the chorus members. Spec
ial numbers included a group of
three songs by a trio, Miss Rose
Hoosier, first soprano, Mrs. Orville
Smith, second soprano and Mrs.
Don Romine, alto, and two duet
numbers by Mrs. C. C. Dunham
and Mrs. Ture Peterson. These fea
tures were delightful and elicited
much favorable comment.
The high plane of musical .ex
cellence established in the first
concert .was maintained throughout
this season's performance. The en
semble work exhibited good tone
quality, clean diction and under
standible interpretation. With but
one or two exceptions the program
was made up of songs new to this
community and was of a serious
nature.
During an intermission, Terry
Thompson apiproached the direc
tor's stand and presented Mrs. O.
G. Crawford with a bouquet of red
roses, a gift from the chorus. Mrs.
J. O. Turner, accompanist, was re
membered in the same manner.
A reception to the choral club,
their husbands and a few friends
was held at the Orville Smith
home following the concert. Re
freshments of sandwiches, cookies,
tea and coffee were served, Mrs.
Lucy Rodgers presiding at the cof
fee urn and Mrs. George Corwin
pouring tea at the beautifully ap
pointed tea table.
Kingman, Ariz. Recent graduate
of the Kingman Army Air Field
'flexible gunnery school situated a
few miles outside of Kingman was
23-year old Donald W. Jones, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Alva W. Jones of
Heppner. Cpl Jones entered the
army at Sheppard Field on March
29, 1943.
10, 1945
1945 Precipitation
Ahead of First
Quarter in 1944
It's a strange phenomenon (if it
may be called a phenomenon), that
when there is a season of rain some
of our citizens view the situation
with alarm and may be heard to
remark that we need more sun
shine. The, weather changes and we
have a few days of sunshine
bright, clear growing weather and
all nature takes on a ruddy hue
and the cry goes up that we need
rain. It is a well known fact that
nature takes care of the weather
in her own wise way and the only
thing left for man to do is to take
advantage of weather conditions to
the best of his ability.
Figures on the chart kept by Len
Gilliam bring to light that total
precipitation for this area does not
vary too greatly year after year,
except in times of extreme drought.
Ten-year averages hold fairly close
to an inch per month. The differ
ence arises through the distribution
of moisture and thereby affects the
crop situation.
Since January 1, 1945, a total of
6.10 inches has been recorded in
Heppner. This almost doubles the
1944 moisture for the same period,
3.78, and is slightly less than the
6.87 mark in 1943. April precipita
tion was low until last Thursday
evening when .23 of an inch fell in
a thunder shower. There may be
repetitions of this nature during
the summer to raise the year's recording-
above the average, and on
the other hand there may be a long
season without rain, but in the
main the average will be some
where near the same.
Low point in precipitation since
records have been kept was in 1936
when 10.54 inches fell. With 3.03
inches recorded in June 1937 the
drouth was broken and conditions
have been favorable since.
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5,000 Pounds of
Clothing Shipped
Approximately 5,000 pounds of
used clothing left Morrow county
in the recent drive to aid our for
mer Russian allies and other coun
tries of Europe. This doesn't re
present five pounds per capita but
it is a sizeable pile of clothing for
all that.
J. O. Turner, county co-ordinator
under whose jurisdiction the drive
was made, has askd that special
credit be given the Pacific Power
& Light company and K. A. House,
manager, for providing warehouse
sbace for the clothincr: to the
schools and churches for coopera
tion in the drive, and to Mrs. C. P.
Brown and her committee on
packing, labeling, etc., to say no
thing of the many people who con
tributed so generously.
SEABEES EAT WELL AND
TOM WELLS CAN PROVE IT
Uncle Sam's Seabees, those boys
who can fix up anything that is
fixable, fare a little better gener
ally at the table than so-called
combat units. That's what Tom
Wells told your roving reporter and
from the looks of Tom it was not
hard to believe, for with the ex
ception of the uniform he looked
neither older nor poorer than the
day he left to join up with this
"Don't let them kid you about
newest outfit of our fighting forces,
this non-combat business," Tom re
marked. "We have to take up a gun
nnd fight when it is necessary, but
of course we are a construction
unit. As to eating, we perhaps have
a little advantage over the combat
units as we seldom get far remov
ed from the supply depots. And we
always work enough to maintain
good appetites."
Tom arrived early Wednesday
morning, being met at Arlington by
Mrs. Wells. They were busy most
of Wednesday greeting his friends.
He has a 30-day leave.
GUESTS FROM McCAW
Cpl Donald Robinson and Sgt
Leonard Huckaby from McCaw
hospital, were week-end guests of
"Miss Merlyn Kirk. Sgt Huckaby,
formerly from Wyoming, has the
purple heart with oak leaf clusters
and is to be given a medical dis
charge soon. Both boys are wearers
of unit presidential citations and
served in the E. T. O.
Volume 61, Number 7
Directors Favor
Staging Rodeo
In Fall of 1945
Date of Show to
Be Determined
At Later Meeting
Directors of the Heppner Rodeo
association, in meeting at the coun
cil room in the city building Wed
nesday evening, voted unanimously
to hold a rodeo in the early fall of
1945. The directors were not alone
in expressing favorable action, as "
several citizens of town and coun
ty were present to give their sanc
tion to a renewal of the big wes
tern exhibition.
There was one inharmonious note
however, and this may cause some
dissention. The oft-debated question
of holding a Sunday show, or
running over to Sunday, came up
for discussion and when an expres
sion was called for the directors
favored running on Sunday, while
President Lee Beckner and Secre
tary F. W. Turner spoke against it.
, It will be recalled that when the
directors voted to hold a show last
year opposition arose in different
quarters and after plans were laid
a tentative date set and stock con
tracted for, an extra special meet
ing was held and the show was
called off. Expressions of opinion
at the time among the citizens in
general seemed to warrant cancel
lation and after a few days little
more was thought about the show
as everybody was busy. This year,
with the European war over and a
prospect that there may be a little
easing of wartime regulations there
is a tendency to revive some of the
activities put on ice when the Japs
broke - loose over ; Pearl Harbor.
In a .business session the direct
ors were reelected, the board, head
ed' by Lee Beckner, president, in
cluding C. E. Fisk, W. E. Hughes,
E. E. Dougherty, Ralph Jackson,
Bob Grabill, Bob Runnion, with F.
W. Turner secretary.
Date of the Rodeo will be an
nounced later.
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Program Set Up
For Voluntary Aid
Mrs. Pauline Scheer. volunteer
supervisor from the Portland dis
trict office of the War Price and
Rationing board was in town Thurs
day to assist in setting up a volun
teer program of help for the local
oifice. Mrs. Pat Mclntyre is the
local chairman of volunteers and is
listing recruits who are willing to
give three hours a week or more
of their time.
This augmentation of clerical
help will be of great value to the
general public as it will speed up
output of applications for various
commodities and routine work. Al
ready signed and starting work
this week are Mrs. Emma Evans,
Mrs. J. F. Davis, Mrs. A. D. Mc
Murdo, Mrs. Harvey Bauman, Mrs.
J. L. Hamlin, Mrs. R. B. Ferguson,
These women will all be entitled
to volunteer service cards and pins
upon the completion of the requir
ed number of hours. Additional
people who wish to help with this
program are urged to contact Mrs.
Mclntyre.
Kinzua Trying Out
New Logging Unit
A new type logging machine is
being tested by the Kinzua Pine
Mills company in the area south of
Heppner. The implement ia a com
bined arch and tractor built as a
unit and is designed to be ' more
maneuverable in tight places than
equipment now in use. It is part of
a program to aid in timber conser
vation and was developed by the
Portland office of the United States
Forest service. The model is the
only one constructed so far but it
is hoped that general construction
may be started soon.
GRANGE MEETING BILLED
Regular meeting of Lexington
grange at the hall Friday evening,
May 11. Members are urged to be
on hand so that the meeting can
open at 8 o'clock sharp. There will
be initiatory work.
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