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8 Heppner Gazette Times, September 6, 1945 WIGHTMAN FRIENDS PICNIC AT MOUNTAIN RANCH The Wightman ranch in the mountains was the scene of a big picnic Monday when several car loads of friends and neighbors drove out U spond Labor day. Mfr.-lvrs of the party included Mr. s.tJ Mrs. Biairw Elliott and family ci 3: Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Hus tw, Mts.. Ad Bloom, Mr. and Mrs. L- Howvw Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Joc.es. Mr. and Mrs. Burl Coxen, Mr. arvi Mrs. L. D. Neill, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Barlow and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Drake, and Mr. and Mrs. 0. Wendell Herbison and fam ily. Mr. and Mrs. Wightman were invited to join the group for din ner and all told 32 people dined together. HELP AT SCOTTY'S Mr. and Mrs. Riley R. Richards of Portland have come to make their home in Heppner. Mrs. Rich ards is the daughter of Mrs. J. L. Hall and she and her husband will ' be employed at Scotty's. Mr. Rich ards' sister, Mrs. Lucile Long, is a guest of the Halls this week and is assiting at the eatery during the Rodeo. The Halls have moved to their new home on west Baltimore street. Mrs. F. W. Turner is now a pa tient at St. Anthony's hospital in Pendleton where Mr. Turner took her Wednesday, morning. Mrs. Tur ner has been rather miserable since returning from Portland and it was thought best to take her where she can have professional care for a few days. . Star Reporter . . . . FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 ESCAPE IN THE DESERT A rip-snortin' western in modern dress. Show will start at 7:30 Also Hi HO RODEO, BRONCS AND BRANDS, and BOB WILLS AND HIS TEXAS PLAYBOYS. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 BACK TO BATAAN John Wayne. Anthony Quinn, Beulah Bondi, Fely Franquelli, Leonard Strong The amazing inside story off the invisible army of the Philippines . . . told in a thundering epic of grit and glory. Show will start immediately following preformance at the rodeo field. Also SONGS OF THE RANGE and WAGON WHEELS SUNDAY-MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9-10 A MEDAL FOR BENNY Dorothy Lamour, Arturo DeCordoova, J. Carrol Naish, (who sure pinned a medal on himself with this performance), Frank McIIugh It's great: Because of the brilliant dramatic performances . . . because of the unusual and tender story, from the pen of John Steinbeck, to day's great portrayer of the common man . . . because everyone connected with its production helped to make this film delightful, deep-down and heart appealing. No Sunday matinee. Show will stait immediately following performance at Rodeo field. TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 11 DARK WATERS Merle Oberon, Franchot Tone, Thomas Mitchell, Fay Bainter. John Qualen, Rex Ingram A deluxe thriller from the Saturday Evening Post's most thrilling story. Also "Now...The Peace" presents the idea of world cooperation as the foundation of a secure peace. WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 12-13 MUSIC FOR MILLIONS Margaret O'Brien, Jose Iturhi Jimmy Durante, June Allyson, Marsha.IIunt Hugh Herbert, Marie Wilson, Larry Adlr One of the most charming romantic comedies we have ever had the privi lege of showing, with music that is unsurpassed; there are sympho nic numbers from such composers as Dvorak. Tschaikowsky, Chopin and others. There is the music of Victor Herbert, there are piano patter numbers and an excellent harmonica solo. We recommend this one! Pine City, Irrigon Schools Running Two schools of the county, Irri gon and Pine City, got the jump on the rest of the disricts by opening this week. Most of the other schools will open Sept. 10. as announced last week. Mrs. Adelaide Orange of Pilot Rock is in charge of the Pine City school, which cares for the children up to the eighth grade. Most of the high school students from the district attend the Echo high school. Leroy Darling is the administra tor of the Irrigon school. He has been music supervisor at La-Grande. A new administrator has been se cured for the Lexington school in the person of E. LeGrand Cherry. At lone, Supt. B. C. Forsythe has the teacher situation well in hand and is prepared to put the wheels of learning into motion Monday. Registration of high school stu dens opened at the Heppner school Wednesday afternoon and will con tinue through Friday afternoon, unless everybody rushes to get it over with today to be ready to at tend the rodeo. Dr. and Mrs. A. D. McMurdo re turned home Wednesday after 'a week spent in Portland where the doctor attended a medical associa tion meeting. They were accomp anied by Mrs. R. B. Rice and grand daughter Eleanor. , Steward Cole spent the Labor day vacation visiting relatives and friends in Joseph. Whiiji it takes to rain-proof roofs Weather" won't come through your roof if you seal the surface with Standard's tough coatings. Use Standard Asbestos Roof Coating for a top-quality job . . . 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