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Joe Aiken Named
Postmaster Here
For 6-Month Term
Full Time Job
Pending Outcom
Of Examination
Joe Aiken, elder son of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Aiken, Wednesday
evening was named acting post
master for Heppner for a term of
six months and took over his offi
cial duties this morning. Aiken
succeeded the late Charles B. Cox
who had served as postmaster for
the last 13 years.
Full time appointment to the job
will not be made until Aiken and
other applicants have had an op
portunity to take the civil service
examination. The examination is
open to those who wish to take it,
regardless of political faith, and it
is understood that several people
have stated they will make a try
for the job.
Aiken stated there will be no
change of office personnel as far as
he is concerned. Mrs. Muriel Rice
is acting chief clerk in the absence
of James Driscoll who is in the
navy while Mrs. Gertrude Apple
gate and Harry Smith comprise
the rest of the force at present.
The acting postmaster is a native
son. He is a graduate , of Heppner
high school and had two and one
half years at the Ellensburg State
college prior to enlisting in the U.
S. army. He served with the 12th
Air Force in England, North Africa,
Sicily and Italy, putting in 32
months overseas out of his 40
months service period. He was dis
charged on June 6, 1945.
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Happy Youngsters
Return From Big
4-H Club Exposition
Thirteen happy Morrow county
4-H clubbers returned from Port
land the last of the week after at
tending the big northwest 4-H
club fair at the Pacific Internation
al grounds. While - not bringing
clusters of blue ribbons home with
them, some of the county's exhibits
received recognition, and the young
people have the satisfaction of havt
ing attended one of the biggest and
best 4-H, fairs ever held at the P-I.
Sixteen calves were entered by
the Morrow county 4-H beef club.
Exhibitors were Jda JLee Chapel,
Audrey Majeske, Patty Majeske,
Jean Rauch, Jo Anne Graves, Bet
ty GraVes, Faye Cutsforth, Orville,
Cutsforth Jr., Kenneth . Cutsforth,
Tngrid Herman, Helmuth Merman,
Billy Hubbard and Louis,Carlson. "
The stock was on display and
graded Tuesday, and judging and
showmanship took place Wednes
day. All livestock was sold at the
4-H auction Friday and is pro
nounced the most successful ever
held. The grand champion" sheep
sold at $3 per pound; grand cham
pion steer , brought $2 a pound,
and the grand champion, pig, $1.75
a pound. Prices held up well and
the Morrow county beef drew 20'fe
cents per pound.
There were 233 beef calves in the
show and in all 675 animals were
exhibited.
The youngsters were housed at
Camp Palmer on the exposition
grounds where some of the par
ents accompanying them also stay
ed. Among adults attending the
show were Mr. and Mrs. Orville
Cutsforth, Mrs. Adolph Majeske,
Mrs. Gottfried Herman, Mrs. Ju
lian Rauch, Mrs. Roy Thomas,
Blaine Chapel and Mr. and Mrs.
Arnold Ebert.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Latourell
from Cascade Locks are in Hepp
ner and vicinity this week on a
hunting trip. . Mr. Latourell was
formerly the Ford dealer in Hepp-tier.
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 18, 1945
X-Ray Finds Few
Reactors Locally
Morrow county people have a
high health rating, judging from
the results of the special x-ray
survey taken here recently. Out of
a total of 792 persons x-rayed, only
28 were found to be questionable,
Miss Margaret Gillis, county public
health nurse, told a group at a
meeting of the health association
at the school house Tuesday eve
ning. In addition to the report by Miss
Gillis, an educational moving pic
ture was shown "Cloud on the
Sky," a story of family life in
Mexico. Due to ignorance about
tuberculosis the mother of the fa
mily was lost but through the
use of the x-ray and better health
education the others were able to
find health and happiness.
Mrs. Claude Graham, president,
announced a public meeting to be
held Nov. 13 at the city council
chambers and urged everyone to
attend.
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Sanitation Officer
Pays
Official Visit
Intent and purpose of Oregon's
new sanitation law were explained
to local eating houses Friday by R.
E. Click, state restaurant sanitar
ian on the occasion of his first of
ficial visit to Heppner. Click stated
his visit was primarily to acquaint
restaurant operators with the pro
visions of the new law and while
here made only a cursory inspec
tion of eating places. By the first of
the year sanitation inspectors will
visit all places and issue permits or
licenses in accordance with terms
of the law. . ,
Under the sanitary code for eat
ing and drinking establishments,
the term "restaurant" shall mean
any establishment where food or
drink is prepared for consumption
by the public, but shall not in
clude railroad dining cars. ... It
shall be unlawful for any person
to operate' a restaurant without
first securing a license to do so
from the health officer. Such li
cense shall be posted in a conspic
uous place on the premises of the
licensee. ; . ,
It is not the purpose of the sani
tarian to bear down too heavily on
the eating establishments until af
ter they have had sufficient time to
Comply with the new law and have
failed ; to ""L do -v so, Click informed
this newspaper. ,
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SCOUT PACK TO ORGANIZE
Little boys who are desirous of
joining a Cub scout pack will have
that opportunity at 7:30 Friday
evening at , the music room at the
school house. Mothers are urged to
be present also. Refreshments will
be served. '
HOME EC MEETING SLATED
The H. E. C. of Willows grange
will meet Friday, Oct. 19. A speak
er will talk on dextrose at the reg
ular meetin Oct, 20,
Ending of Service Men's Troubles Only Start
Of Worries for Obliging County Official
To most of us, cessation of hos
tilities meant looking forward to
the return of our boys and girls
just as soon as the question of
points and transportation and a few
other minor details could be work
ed out. It probably meant the same
thing to County Clerk C. W. Bar
low and all other clerks and re
corders over the land, but it also
meant new wrinkles in their brows
for most returning veterans are
having their discharge papers re
corded in their home counties free
of charge and the work has only
started.
Up to Wednesday noon of this
week Clerk Barlow has recorded
95 discharges for Morrow county
veterans. This list includes a num
Mustangs Hold Blue
Devils to 13-13 Tie
In Exciting Game
Heppner high school's Mustangs
managed to preserve their unbeat
en) record of this season only by
the skin of their teeth last Friday
when they eked out a 13-13 tie
with the surprisingly strong Con
don Blue Devils.
It was a wild see-saw battle all
ihe way in which the lead changed
hands three times befoie a last
quarter drive by the Mustangs
pushed over the tying touchdown.
Condon, consistently beaten by
Heppner in previous seasons, pro'v
ed conclusively tin Friday's en
counter that they are a dangerous
foe and a serious force to contend
with when these two teams meet
again Nov. 2 at Condon. Heppner,
on the other hand, evidently suf
fering from a let-down or over
confidence, only occasionally dis
played the power , that carried
them to last week's victory over
Hermiston.
In Friday's game neither team
quarter and the period passed un
eventfully with the score 0 to 0,
was able to get under way the first
Things really started happening
the second quarter as Condon's
first touchdown came with bewild
ering suddenness. Heppner had
started what looked to be a touch
down drive. After gaining a first
down on the Condon 40 yard line,
the Mustangs started a running
play with Hughes, left halfback,
carrying the ball. Hughes juggled
the pass from center and started
into the line with the ball still not
under control. Just as he hit the.
the line the ball popped out of his
hands into the arms of a Condon
lineman who took on the gallop for
the Heppner goal. Though he was
hit from behind by a Heppner
tackier on the Mustang 40, he
alertly lateraled to a teammate
Continued on Fagre Five
CHARTER FLYING GROWING
IN POPULARITY HERE
Importance of the Lexington air
port is seen in the increasing de
mand for plane service from the
outside points. Jack Forsythe, air
port manager, has had four charter
trips this week, one to Corvallis,
and the others to Portland; and) he
Is now contemplating a . two-passenger
plane to accommodate the
growing business. f
Saturday, Forsythe flew Dr. A.
D. McMurdo to Corvallis to attend
the Oregon State Dad's day exer
cises and witness the Oregon State
Oregon football game. Again on
ing Dr. McMurdo there on busi
Monday ihe : flew :to. Portland . tak
ness. The young flier left again for
Portland this- morning. j
These flights are being made
from the Lexington airport. Time
from Portland" to Lexington Mon
day was one hour and 20 minutes.
ber returned to , civilian life after
short training periods and natur
ally has extended over the length
of the war. In recent weeks over
seas voterr.ns have been arriving
home and more nnd more are com
ing every week, so that the clerk's
office has its job cut out for in
definite time.
Mr. Barlow and his deputy, Miss
Edna Hughes, are accepting this
additional task cheerfully. There is
a drawback to it, one that makes
the job more tedious, and that is
the fact that there are several
types of discharge papers presented
for filing. The army quite general
ly follows one form but the clerk
states that several different forms
2-County Meeting
Slated for Oct. 24
A meeting of importance to
farm folk of this section will be
held Wednesday evening, Oct. 24
at the Lexington grange hall at
which time Harry L. Bryson of
Chicago, national organization di
rector of the American Farm bu
reau, will be the principal speaker.
Mr. Bryson is coming under the
auspices of the Morrow and Gil
liam county farm bureaus and
those agencies would like to see
not only a good turnout of bureau
members but other farmers and
ranchers as well as town folk that
they may get a first hand report
on the work carried on by the or
ganization throughout the country.
The Oregon Farm bureau has ar
ranged a schedule for Mr. Bryson
where1 there are bureaus.
Since Mr. Bryson's job takes him
embracing all counties in the state
to all sections of the country he is
one of the best posted men on ag
riculture and right now, with, post
war problems to be worked out
his counsel is widely sought. Says
the Oregon Farm Bureau News: "If
you have any doubt about the good
during the war and how it is on
work the Farm Bureau has done
the job protecting the interest of
agiculture in the peacetime world,
come and meet Mr. Bryson. He is
prepared to answer your questions,
and welcomes your interest."
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Leaders Needed in
Four-H Club Work
The young people in Heppner and
surrounding communities have ex
pressed interest in severa 1 4-H
club projects but the response on
the part of adults to lead these
clubs has not been very promising,
reports Miss Grace Gadeken, emer
gency assistant home demonstra
tion agent. The clubs which need
leaders are a cooking club of high
school age girls, a clothing club for
high school girls and a bachelor
sewing club for sixth grade boys.
Activities for boys and girls in
any community are important be
cause it keeps them off the street
and away from undesirable places,
Miss Gadeken declares. Four-H
club work is particularly useful
because it provides incentive as
well as reward for effort put forth.
The backing of these boys and
girls by their parents is an abso
lute essential in the succes of the
work.
If anyone who had not been con
tacted wishes to take part in the
important work of leading a club,
notify Miss Gadeken at the coun
ty agent's office.
ON ANNUAL VISIT
There's one thing Heppner people
can always rely upon that as sure
as deer season arrives so also com
eth Maurice E. Smead from Port
land. Smead was here early this
week for his annual trek to the
mountains with Dr. A. D. McMur
do. Both hunters were successful.
have been presented by discharg
ed navy men. Were all branches of
the service to use the same type of
paper the recording would be sim
plified, , for a common form could
be printed with .blank spaces for
filling in of names and other in
formation. To meet this condition it is pro
posed that the county purchase a
photostatic machine. This would
simplify the matter of recording
discharge papers and at the same
time come in handy in other re
cordings and business transacted at
the court house. It is likely that if
such a machine can be obtained at
nominal cost one will be installed
in the clerk's office.
Volume 62, Number 30,
County's Quota in
Victory Loan Drive
Set at $190,
About Two-thirds
Of Total To Be
Taken in E Bonds
Morrow county will have an op
portunity to redeem its reputation
as a bond buying public when the
eighth, or Victory loan, is launched
Oct. 29. For one thing, the amount
asked of the county is more with
in reach of the people's ability to
buy, the quota being $190,000, of
which $125,000 will be E bonds?
It will be remembered that Mor
row county, along with many other
counties, fell considerably short of
the goal set in the Mighty Seventh
war loan. At that time the quota
was $353,000, with $248,000 of that
amount allotted to E bonds. When
the count was all in it was found
that all but $63,000 of the E bonds
had been taken up approximately
a 25 percent deficiency. Other ser
ies were covered.
The balance of the quota is divid
ed between sales to individuals
$35,000 and to corporations $30,000.
Oregon's quola for the Victory
loan will be $69,500,000 with $22,
500,000 in E's, $17,000000 other is
sues to individual:! and $30,000,000
to corporations.
Bonds available for the campaign
in addition to the egular E, F and
G series will include 2's, 2V2's,
and 7-8's and series C treasury sav
ings notes. All the special issues
possess unusual investment fea
tures and may be used as collater
al for bank loans. The 2's and
2Ws will be dated Nov. 15 and the
7-8's Dec. 3. '
Mrs. John McMillan
Victim of Heart
Attack Tuesday
Memorial services for Mrs. John
McMillan will be held at 2 o'clock
p. m. Friday from the Christian
church in Lexington. Mrs. McMil
lan passed away at 4:30 p. m.
Tuesday in Pendleton following a
heart attack. She had submitted to
an operation Tuesday morning and
had been visiting with her daugh
ter that afternoon who left her mo
ther for a few minutes to get
something to eat. Upon her return
some twenty minutes later she
found that Mrs. McMillan had suf
fered a heart attack from which
she did not rally.
Mrs. McMillan, who was Ruth
Anne Shinn before her marriage,
had been a resident of Lexington
since 1918. She was born Jan. 29,
1908 in St. Clair county Mo. and
came west with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Shinn. She was
married to John McMillan in Aug
ust 1934 and three children were
born to' this union, Scott Denward,
Erma LaVonne, and Iva Colleen
(Mrs. Hermann Wallace). Besides
the father and those mentioned she
is survived by her parents and a
brother, Scott Shinn, all of Port
land; four sisters, Blanche Bryant
of Maryland; Neva Hurt, Iva Shinn
and Ollie Baker, Portland; two
grandsons, John Fredrick and Les
ter Eugene Wallace.
Mrs. McMillan was a member of
the Lexington Christian church and
Holly Rebekah lodge of that place.
Mrs. Sara McNamer has been en
joying a visit from her brother
and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Rodgers, from Salem. They
arrived Saturday and left Sunday
afternoon. They were accompanied
by a soldier friend, Lester Arm
strong, who was enjoying a brief
furlough from the hospital at Camp
Adair. Mrs. McNamer's sister, Mrs.
M. Summers, of Spokane, was here
at the same time and went home
with Mr. and Mrs. Rodgers for a
visit
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