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'Friday Evening
Commencement
Onlv Remaining
Activity of Year
School days for the seniors are
about over at Heppner high school
with only Commencement left on
the list of the week's activities.
This crowning event is . scheduled
for 8 p. m.' at the gymnasium Fri
state department of education, will
day, May 25. Dr. Ray Hawk, of the
deliver the message of the evening.
The high school girls chorus will
sing, awards be announced, then
the Class of '45 will step forth, di
ploma in hand, ready for the next
scene in life's drama. Two mem
bers of the Class of '45 have al
ready moved up into the arm
ed service so will be present to
morrow evening in spirit only. We
refer to Joe McLaughlin and Din
Rnowles.
The chief social function of the
spring activities for upper classmen
was the junior fete for the sen
iors. This gayest of evenings op
ened with a banquet prepared and
served by the mothers of the jun
iors in the dining room of the
Church f Christ. . Sixty guests,
students, faculty and school board,
surrounded the festive board. The
diners adjourned to the school
where all was in readiness for the
long-anticipateii Prom. The gymna
sium, with a generous use of crepe
paper, pines and flowers, had been
transformed into the Pleasant Pine
Gardens. Here Jean Turner and
Jack Pickens were crowned as roy
alty for the evening. - Dancing held
sway until midnight.
Baccalaurete service was con
ducted Sunday night at the gym
nasium with Rev. O. Wendell Her
bison delivering the sermon.
Came Monday. And grim reality
was the order with examinations
causing student to wonder what
had happened to those winter study
hours.
The final issue of the Hehisch is
off the press. The Mustang left the
hands of the printer Monday night.
Thus one by one the various acti
vities are tapering off. Teachers
are busy with grades and last min
ute reports; grade schoolers are
awaiting the distribution of report
cards Friday, so with the' last
sKrains of the Reqesioiial dying
away Friday evening, another
school year closes.
Forces Organize to
Boost School Fund
Organization of the Oregon State
college branch of the United Citi
zens Committee, Inci, in Morrow
county has been effected and the
local group is preparing to open
an active campaign in behalf of
educational measures to be ballot
ed on June 22.
Mrs. Joe Hughes is chairman of
the OSC group and has named the
following alumni to serve several
districts: R. I. Thompson, Heppner;
Mrs. C. K Fisk, east side of coun
ty and in the Echo territory; Noel
K. Dobyns, lone, and Harry Din
ges, Lexington.
Groups of buildings needed have
"been listed by each of the state
operated schools. Plans are based
on expected attendance of returned
service people and include numer
ous enlargements as well as some
new structures. Each state school
will have committees in the, field,
all cooperating for the one object
ive of obtaining passage of the
measures.
Joe Westhoff, proprietor of the
Heppner Laundry has ' returned
from San Francisco where he was
visiting relatives.
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Red Cross Given
Permanent Work
Quarters-Maybe
It has been suggested that anyone
having a vacant store room that
is rentable but finds no . taker
should turn it over to the Red
Cross for a sewing room. As a mat
ter of fact, the situation in Hepp
ner has been more than a sugges
tion it has been a reality.
In the early months of the war
a group of patriotic women met in
the dining hall of the Masonic
building. That is upstairs and some
of them found it difficult to nego
tiate the steps, so much so that
some of their patriotism was lost.
Rev. Berime Howe, county Red
Cross chairman, got consent of the
Masons to use the vacant store
(oom on the jround floor. He
went to 'considerable work to pre
pare the room and the ladies had
scarcely become familiar with
their new surroundings when Con
ley Lanham decided the Masonic
corner was just the spot for his
Gamble store.
Mr. Howe then set about to fix
up the former Hughes grocery
room in the Oddfellows building
and once more the ladies settled
down to work. It looked like they
might go undisturbed for the du.
ration. But it was not to be. A new
firm, Hill & Parker, cast covetous
eyes on the location and took a
lease on the room. This put the
Red Cross chairman on the spot
once more and he decided to find
a location where his next move
Oregon, Thursday, May
Jearv 'Turner Raymond French
Alfred RuCf
Crowd at Theater
Enjoys Unusual
Entertainment
A group of young people from
McCaw General hospital at Walla
Walla added much interest as well
as color to the Bond Premiere at
Star Theatre Tuesday evening.
A large audience, admission by
bond only, enjoyed the regular
picture schedule which was follow
ed by a short program with Bob
Runnion acting emcee. The Hepp
ner Women's Choral club present
ed a group of three songs. P. W.
Mahoney talked on E Bonds, urg
ing a generous response and the
need for univeral buying by all
citizens. "Victory Barrel" provided
much mirth and produced some
startling results; a roast of beef
was one of the coveted prizes, as
were five pounds of Morrow. Coun-
Creamery butber; a pair of hose;
a pair of unprintables with elas
tic in 'em too. The grand prize
was a $25 E bond donated by the
Heppner chamber of commerce.
A trio of Wacs from McCaw
sang "Smoke Gets in Your Ees"
and "Sylvia" and were followed by
Cpl Eugene Lien. Cpl Lein saw ac
tion in Italy as a partrooper in an
Continued on Paf Fare
woul be the last. M. L. Case came
forward with an offer of the room
formerly occupied by the Peter
son jewelry store next to Huston's
grocery. Case has promised Mir.
Howe that if someone comes along
to rent the room he will put a
prohibitive rate on it
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Town Falls Short
Of 1,500, Count Just
Completed Reveals
Heppner's boundary limits were
a bit too restricted to permit a
population count of 1500 or more
in the town census taken during
the past week and tabulated Tues
day. It had been the gues9 of a
good many interested citizens that
the little city would show a count
of 1500 or more people. The actu
al figure reveals a population of
1414.
This figure reveals a gain of 274
since the 1940 census. The count at
that time was 1140, so that a gain
of 24 percent has been experienced.
Harold F. Phillippe, director of
the census as a representative of
the office of the secretary of state,
explained that it was not permis
sible to enroll residents of the
CCC camp. Although there are
several families living out there on
city-owned property it is outside
the city limits and cannot be count
ed in this instance. The same rule
held in other sections of the city
causing a lowering of the figure
as estimated prior to the taking
of the census.
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RETURN FROM CANADA
Mr. and Mrs. James Valentine
and Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Ferguson
returned last week from a trip to
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The
trip was made by plane and going
north was pretty bad. The men
were buying stock in the Canadian
city and the ladies went along for
the ride. They flew from Spokane.
Ka6kijv Ho well ..
Volume 62, Number 9
Rodeo Directors
Choose Date for
1945 Exhibition
Three-day Event
To Be Run Off
September 7, 8, 9
Definite date for the Heppner
Rodeo was set Monday evening by
the directors of the Heppner Ro
deo association who met for that
purpose and to discuss tentative
plans for revival of the big wes
tern exhibition in 1945, A three
day show will be held Sept. 7, 8
and 9, and already a move is on
foot to have it underwritten by
business houses of Heppner and
citizens of town and county who
are interested.
Committee appointments were
made Monday evening and these
include Eb Hughes, in charge of
the stock division; Bob Runnion
and Bob Grabill, dances and car
nival, thley to choose assistants;
Arnold Ebert, 4-H club and county
fair; Ralph Jackson, parade; O. G.
Crawford, advertising; Cliff Da.
herty, grounds, and F. W. Turner,
track.
Three granges of the county,
Rhea Creek, Lexington and Wil
lows, will be asked to supply
queen's attendants. Selection of the
queen is left in the hands of the
directors and their choice will be
announced at a later date.
Eating establishments of the
town have indicated that they will
cooperate to the best of their abil
ity with a growing scarcity of meat
and other restaurant staples. An
nouncement of easing up on gaso
line rationing has bolstered Rodeo
association morale somewhat as it
will have a tendency to swell atten
dance at the show.
Early Pioneer Laid
To Rest Wednesday
Funeral services for Charles Ri
ley Johnson, 71, who passed away
early Tuesday morning, were held
at 3 o'clock p. m. Wednesday from
the chapel of the Phelps Funeral
Home, with Rev. Bennie Howe of
the First Methodist church offic
iating. Interment was made in the
Heppner Masonic cemetery beside
the graves of other members of his
family.
j?tr Johnson was distinctly a
Morrow county, or rather, Hepp
ner pioneer. He was born in this
vicinity in 1874, his parents, the
late Mr. and Mrs. Henrv Johnson,
having settled on Willow creek
above the fledgling town in 1872.
With the exception of about nine
years spent at Salem when the
family moved there in the '90's,
Charley lived his whole life in
Heppmer where for many years he
was engaged in the carpenter trade
with his father, helping to build
many houses now included among
the residences of the town.
He was one of a family of five
boys, two of whom, Harry and
Percy proceded him to the grave.
The remaining brothers, Tom of
Heppner and Ralph of Henrdston,
were present at the funeral.
Death was due to a heart attack
which siozed him. shortly fter re
tiring Monday night. He roomed
at the rear of the Elkhorn res
taurant and came to the front of
the building and asked Edward
Chinn to call a doctor as he was
having difficulty in getting his
breath. The doctor arrived short
ly and the elderly man passed on
shortly thereafter.
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R-C YARN AVAILABLE
A new consignment of yarn has
been received at local Red Cross
headquarters and knitters are ask
ed to get their quotas at the ear
liest possible moment.
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