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Pre-Flight Course
May Be Available
To Local Schools
Civilian Air Patrol
Has Plans to Train
Standing Air Force
Preliminary plans were laid here
Tuesday for setting up a pre-flight
training course in the schools of the
county near the Lexington airport,
namely lone, Lexington and Hepp
ner. Such training is in line with
the policy of the Civilian Air Pa
trol, in conjunction with the army
air force training command to train
cadets for a peacetime standing air
force. '
Here to discuss plans with Wal
ter Ready and other members of
the local unit of the CAP were Lt.
Col. Leo G. Devaney, state director
of the CAP, Major Arnold of the
U. S. Army air training command
and an assisting sergeant from the
Portland airbase. High school stu
dents and others interested will be
provided with the facilities for
training here at home.
The officers informed the local
unit that training facilities, equip
ment, etc. will be made available
here upon request. These planes
P-38s and other types technical
manuals and working mock-ups.
The latter is a working model of
an airplane engine set up in plastic
covering so that students may see
each part in action.
Hangars and other buildings may
.be secured from abandoned army
airbases,' the army charging only
for transportation and setting up
costs. It may be possible to acquire
such buildings at the Pendleton
base or at Madras.
Through arrangements with the
town of Lexington, made when the
new airport was projected, the CAP
will be permitted to use part of
the land acquired for the airport as
a base for the unit's operations.
Attend Funerals of
Valley Relatives
Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Bailey and
son Cpl Nelson Bailey returned Mon
day night from Albany and Port
land where they were called by the
deaths of Mr. Bailey's brother in
law, William Shults, and his broth
er, John Wesley Bailey, both of
whom died Thursday.
Mrs. Bailey and Nelson returned
Thursday evening from Spokane
where they spent a few days visiting
Pfc and Mrs.. Francis Bailey at Ft.
George Wright. Thy found a note
on the table left by Mr. Bailey tell
ing them he had been called to Al
bany. Shortly after their arrival a
call came from Portland telling of
the sudden death of J. W. Bailey,
They did not unpack their bags and
set forth immediately for Albany
where they attended the funeral of
Mr. Shults and accompanied Mr
Bailey to Portland to attend his
brother's funeral there Monday. J.
W. Bailey, N. D.'s youngest broth
er dropped dead while at work
Thursday morning.
NO MORE CANNING SUGAR .
Those people who failed to ac
quire allotments prior to Sept. 15
will have to eat their fruit as is,
for on that date permits for canning
sugar ceased. The local board real
izes this will cause disappointmnt
to the "mean to" folks but due
notice was given when there was
yet time for everyone to get his or
her supply and the matter is entire
ly out of the hands of this office
SPECIAL MEETING
A special meeting of the Ameri
can Legion auxiliary will be held at
8 o'clock p. m. Saturday, Sept. 29,
at the hall in the Oddfellows build
ing for the purpose of installing
officers for the ensuing year.
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, September 20, 1945
The new mobile Chest X-Ray Survey Unit, built and equipped
with Christmas Seal funds is now ready to travel to all parts of
the State. The photo shows the workmen who built the trailer.
The -overall size of the Unit is 38 feet long and 8 feet wide. It
contains a Westinghouse X-Ray Unit in its own X-ray room,
dressing rooms and a dark-room for developing the films. Mr
and Mrs. A. A. Anderson will be in charge of the Unit and take
the pictures. The Oregon Tuberculosis Association and the County
Public Health Associations pay for the service out of Christmas
Seal funds.
Bishop Remington's
23 Years Service
Drawing to Close
Members and friends of All
Saints Episcopal church gathered at
the parish house Monday evening
to enjoy a sumptuous dinner given
in honor of Bishop and Mrs. William
P. Remington. It was in the nature
of a farewell inasmuch as the Rem
ingtons will leave the eastern Ore
gon diocese early in October and
go to Philadelphia where Mr. Rem
ington has accepted the post of suf
fragan bishop.
Dr. A. D. McMurdo expressed the
appreciation of All Saints church
for the great work done by Bishop
and Mrs. Remington during their
23 years residence in eastern Ore
gon and wished them continued suc
cess and happiness in their new
field. Mrs. R. B. Rice, president of
the Women's auxiliary, presented
Mrs. Remington with a gift from
the women of the church to which
she responded in her usual gracious
manner.
Evening prayer service was con
ducted by Bishop Remington at
which time he reviewed briefly his
work in the diocese. As a token of
appreciation the congregation sub
scribed a substantial sum to the
Bishop and Florence Remington en
dowment, interest on which is used
to augment salaries of missionary
priests of the diocese.
YOUNG PEOPLE OF COUNTY
LEAVE FOR COLLEGE
Seven Morrow county young
people- left early in the week for
Corvallis to enter Oregon State
college. Included in the list were
Joe Hughes, Ted Ferguson, Henry
Rauch Jr., Don Evans, Margaret
Krebs, Merlyn Kirk and Evelyn
Kirk Bosworth. Mrs. Bosworth is
registered nurse and will take a
pre-medic course at the college.
Her husband lost his life in the
service about a year ago.
Others leaving this week for
Corvallis are Scott McMurdo, who
has one more year of pre-medic,
Marjorie Sims, Helen . Blake and
Betty Adams of Heppner. Jean
Turner, member of the Class of
Heppner high school, arrived on the
campus Monday, being left there
by her parents, Mr. and Mr?,. Sam
Turner.
Loma Mae Jones will enter the
University of Oregon this fall to
take work in connection with her
course at Northwest Christian col
lege in Eugene. Marylou Ferguson
will enter Whitman college next
month and Betty Coxen goes to
Eastern Oregon college at LaGrande.
Joe Farley reported to Ft. Lewis
for induction into the army.
Few Arrests Made
Here During Rodeo
Rodeo crowds may be boisterous
without being disorderly, and this
was proved -in the recent Heppner
three day show when the town was
filled to overflowing with visitors.
Of four arrests made during the
period only two were for disorderly
conduct. The others included a
charge of obtaining money under
false pretense and a highway acci
dent. The fact that the Rodeo associa
tion and the City of Heppner pro
vided ample police protection pro
bably retarded numerous outbreaks,
but the history of the Rodeo as far
as the police docket shows is that
arrests are fewer then than on the
average Saturday night, crowds
considered.
Health, Physical Ed
Workshop to Be
Held in Heppner
All teachers in Morrow county
will have an opportunity to attend
a two-day health and physical
education workshop next week
when Miss Dorothy Moore and
Harold Bishop, state supervisors of
health and physical education will
be in Heppner for that purpose. Lo
cal arrangements are in charge of
Mrs. Lucy Rodgers and George A.
Corwin, county and city superin
tendents, respectively. Assistance
will be given the teachers concern
ing the health and physical educa
tion law which was passed by tha
state legislature at its last session.
The workshop will include prac
tical demontrations of physical ed
ucation activities in which the pu
pils of the Heppner school will par
ticipate. Explanations will be giv?i
for the use of all health instruc
tion materials and assistance will
be given with prograam planning
and scheduling problems.
NEPHEW MISSING IN ACTION
Relatives in Heppner have been
informed that Clifford Vawter
Jones son of Mr. .and Mrs. Leroy
Jones of Montesano, Wash., has
been missing in action since July
24. He was with the fleet off Tokyo
bay at that time and was a mem
ber of his ship's radar crew. Vaw
ter was a nephew of Mrs. J. O.
Turner, Mrs. R. B. Ferguson and
Mrs. L. B. Schwarz.
WHITE SPUDS OFF CONTROL
As of Sept. 14, white flesh pota
toes, at all levels of distribution in
cluding retail, have been removed
from price control until Oct. 26,
according to information reaching
the local OPA office Tuesday.
Adults of County
To H ave Benefit
Of X-Ray Service
The adult population of Morrow
county will be given an opportu
nity to find out if there is tubercu
losis in our. midst when the Chest
X-ray Survey unit of the Oregon
Tuberculosis association comes here
for a four day engagement. Ar
rangements were made Tuesday of
this week when Mrs. Sadie Orr
Dunbar, executive secretary of the
association, met with the Morrow
County Public Health group.
The local health group is urging
all adults to avail themselves of
this free service, funds for which
are provided by the health associa
tion through the sale of Christmas
seals. Through this survey it is hop
ed to locate the unknown cases
of tuberculosis and this can be
done only if the people cooperate
100 percent.
The schedule set up for the mo
bile unit calls for its appearance
at Boardman Friday, Sept. 28, 10 to
12 a. m. and 1 to 4 p. m.; Heppner,
2 to 5 p. m. Saturday and 10 to 12 a.
m. and 1 to 4 p. m. Monday, Oct.
1; lone 10 to 12 a. m. and 1 to 4 p.
m. Tuesday.
The x-ray unit can take 300
pictures each day and the health
association hopes to make full use
of its time. If you have not been
contacted or received a letter, call
Mrs. Oscar Rippee, Heppner; Mrs.
Omar Rietmann, lone; Mrs. Or
ville Cutsforth, Lexington; Mrs.
Minnie Mciarland, tsoardman, or
Miss Emma Crego, Irrigon.
4-H Club Fair to
Be Held Saturday
Four-H club members expect
large attendance at their annual
fair in the Oddfellows hall Satur
day, Sept. 22. Exhibits from the va
rious clubs will be on dispay by 10
o'clock Saturday morning. Mem
bers from Boardman, lone, Lexing
ton, Pine City, Hardman and Hep
pner will have their work exhibited
at the fair.
Club members, parents, and
friends will have pot-luck dinner
at noon in the Oddfellows dining
room.
Afternoon program starts at 2
p. m.
COURTHOUSE JANITOR ILL
James Archer, courthouse janitor,
is in St. Anthony's hospital, Pen
dleton, and reports from there indi
cate that he is in serious condition.
Archer became ill Thursday of last
week and was confined to his room.
He later suffered a light stroke and
his physician immediately secured a
room for him at the hospital. Judge
Johnson and Clerk Barlow took him
to Pendleton Monday morning. Re
ports indicate that he is not im
proving. RETURNS TO HEPPNER
Mrs. Frank C. Alfred and daugh
ter Lee Ann returned to Heppner
Friday to again take up residence
here. Mrs. Alfred has been working
in Tacoma since her husband has
been in service. Capt. Alfred is still
in China, or was a few weeks ago
when this office received an inter
esting letter from him. He sent
greetings to his friends and stated
that he wa9 becoming quite accus
tomed to Chinese customs, particu
larly those of the central part of
that vast counry where he has been
stationed so long.
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EXTENSION LEADER HERE
Charles W. Smith, assistant di
rector of the extension service and
Miss Frances Clinton, assistant
home demontration leader, were
Heppner visitors Wednesday. Smith,
who recently recovered from a se
rious illness, was in consultation
with Arnold Ebert, Morrow county
agricultural agent, while Miss Clin
ton was going over the home de
monstration program with Miss
Grace Gadeken, new leader of that
work in the county.
Volume 62, Number 26 -
Improvement of
Lex Airport to. Be -Undertaken
Soon
Committee Seeks
Funds for Putting
Project in Shape
A campaign to raise funds to be
used in development of the Lexing
ton airport has been opened and
the entire county will be given an
opportunity to contribute. Plans of
the financial campaign and the de
velopment program were outlined
to the luncheon group of the Hep
pner chamber of commece at the
Monday meeting by Mayor Lonnie
Henderson and Councilman Clif
ford Yamell of Lexington.
Mayor Henderson explained that
the citizens of his town and imme
diate vicinity have put up more
than half of the purchase price of
the land, 64.1 acres, but that they
have gone about as far as they can
without outside assistance. "We
have come here today to try to in
terest the people of Heppner in the
airport we have started at Lexing
ton," he stated. "We feel we are
doing somehing in which the en
tire county is interested and to tell
you what has been been done and
what we hope to do."
An 1860 foot runway has been
made. It runs east and west and
there is room enough to expand it
to 3000 feet. However, it is felt
that if the original plans need to be
expanded it will be necessary to ac
quire more land and this should
be done as soon as possible.
Henderson reported that Jack
Forsyfhe will be manager of the
airport and will take over in about
two weeks, or as soon as he re
ceives his discharge from the U. S.
army air force. He also pointed out
that operation of the airport will
eventually bring air mail and ex
press service on a feeder line basis,
a weather station, as well as train
ing and charter flying services.
Clifford Yamell spoke briefly on
the financing, stating the need for
a hangar, olfice building and sup
plies as well as paying out the bal
ance of $1600 due on the land. He
estimated immdiate needs at $3000
which the airport committee ex
pects to raise by popular subscrip
tion. Frank Turner praised the Lex
ington people for their initiative in
starting the airport and said he
felt that $3000 was an insignificant
sum to raise. He pledged Heppner to
raise a goodly share of that amount
and has been prevailed upon to do
the fund raising job here.
B. C. Pinckney introduced his
guest, Sid Smythe livestock spec
ialist for the First National Bank
of Portland. Dr. A. D. McMurdo
presented his son Scott who spoke
briefly on the navy, of which he
was a member for 39 months and
three days. Conley Lanham intro
duced the Lexington guests.
BACK IN STATES
Two Morrow County boys were
aboard the Queen Elizabeth when
the great ship docked at an eastern
port Wednesday, T5 Kenneth I.
Hunt of Heppner and Pvt Lester L
Cox of Lexington. A considerable
number of Oregon men were among
the passengers including soldiers
from many sections of the state.
NEW PARTS MAN
C. G. Hasvold of Medical Lake,
Wash., is the new parts man at the
Braden Tractor and Equipment
company plant in Heppner. With
Mrs. Hasvold he arrived here Sept.
10 and they have been looking for
living quarters since.
VISITING IN OKLAHOMA
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Allstott of
Hermiston have gone to Oklahoma
on an extended visit.
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