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Health Education
Program Outlined
At Club Meeting
Specialist From
State Department
Principal Speaker
Health education in the schools
was the subVct of a brief discussion
by Miss Helen Dempster before
the luncheon group of the Heppner
chamber of commerce Monday
noon. Miss Dempster spent two
days here, Monday and Tuesday,
launching a program recently adop
ted by the state department of edu
cation, Heppner having been chosen
as one of the seven schools in the
state for introducing the project.
The health education program
had its inception with the W. J. Kel
logg company of Battle Creek,
Mich., which established the Kel
logff Foundation for the promotion
of better health among the children.
From the beginning the policy has
been to work for the benefit and
well being of any child and after
a few years of operation largely
as a local project the Foundation
began to spread out and tender its
services to schools everywhere,
Specialists are trained by the Foun
dation and these are loaned to edu
cational systems to help institute
projects. Miss Dempster stated that
she is a loan to the Oregon system
The specialists learn what school
Vipaltb needs are and formulate
programs to be carried out. Nutri
tional problems, communicaoie ur
eases and lack of health education
are prominent in the list of items
commanding their attention.
The camber of commerce auth
orized a $25 donation to buy pres
nts for service, people who will be
on the high seas on Christmas day.
This sum was generously enlarged
by personal donations and Mrs. O.
G. Crawford was delegated to buy
the gifts.
P. W. Mahoney explained the
Victory Loan drive which opened
Monday.
Lester Doolittle was introduced
as a guest, Chairman Frank Turner
announcing to the club that Mr.
and Mrs. Doolittle are planning to
return to Heppner to make their
home.
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LIEUALLENS BUY FARM
AT CAYUSE STATION
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lieuallen, for
mer owners and operators of Lieu
allen's Cafe in lone, have purchas
ed an 80-acre hay farm near Cay
use Station in Umatilla county and
will take possession about Nov. 20.
The Lieuallens bought the Victory
Cafe at lone in 1943 and made quite
a success of it. They disposed of the
cafe in September this year to Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Long from Walla
Walla, retaining ownership of the
building and the card room. The
Longs have purchased the building
and are now operating the entire
plant.
Mt-s. Lieuallen's daughter, Aloha
Painter, plans to remain in lone
and finish high school with the
class of 1946.
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DISCHARGED FROM ARMY
Harlan McCurdy Jr. arrived
home Monday to enter upon civili
an life again, having received his
discharge from the army. Harlan
spent most of last year in Germany,
entering that country in Decem
ber 1944 and remaining there until
slated for a discharge.
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, November 1, 1945
Program Set in Motion for Putting
Victory Loan Over Top in County
Shaking Carbonate I
Bottle Produces
Unexpected Results
Gerald Bergstrom, young son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Bergstrom,
thinks maybe he got hold of a
miniature atomic bomb Tuesday. It
was noon and Gerald was home
from school for lunch. Lunch over
the lad was roaming about the
apartment when he espied a small
oottie or citro carbonate, it is a
practice among the junior set to
shake bottles of soft drinks to see
them foam so Gerald picked up
the citro carbonate bottle, screwed
the cap down tight and proceeded
to shake it. A little of that treat
ment and wham! The tiny flask
fairly flew all over the place. Ger
ald"s neck and face were cut by
the flying particles of glass and it
required several stitches to repair
the damage to his features.
Gerald is now satisfied that so
dium products are loaded with, a
lot of authority. And his mother is
still sweeping up tiny slivers of
glass.
General Farmers'
Meeting Scheduled
For December 1
A program of interest to all far
mers in Morrow county is sched
uled for a general farmers' meeting
in Heppner all day Saturday, Dec.
1, when election of community
committeemen and county officers
of the Morrow County Agricultural
Conservation association for the 1946
program year will be held, an
nounces Henry Baker, president
this week.
In scheduling the county meeting
at Heppner, the committee started
arrangements for separate meet
ings to be held at Boardman and
Irrigon on Friday, Nov. 30, for
election of community committee
men at those places.
Among highlights of the county
meeting will be a speaker from the
state or regional ACA office who
will explain the operation of ACA
for 1946. Further notice of program
details will be announced later.
Starting immediately all opera
tors who were signed up for prac
tices in 1945 will be called to the
county office to assist in checking
performance compliance on these
practices, Mr. Baker said.
EXTENSION SPECIALIST
DUE HERE MONDAY
Mrs. Mabel Mack, extension spe
cialist in home management, will
be in Heppner Monday and Tues
day, Nov. 5 pnd 6, to confer with
Miss Grace Gadeken, emergency
assistant and Arnold Ebert, county
agent, on house planning.
All persons interested in this
phase of extension work are advis
ed that the advisory group will be
pleased to have them confer with
them on one of the above named
days.
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OUT OF NAVY
John Thomas Mahon arrived in
Heppner Monday from New York
where his ship, the U. S. S. Port
land, docked for Navy day. John
has been discharged from the navy
alter 40 months in the service in
the Pacific area. He attained the
rate of Boatsman's Mate 2c.
Declaring that Morrow county
must go over the top in the current
Victory Loan bond campaign, P. W.
Mahoney, chairman of the county
war finance committee outlined a
program Wednesday evening de
signed to again place this county
in the winning column.
As far as a quota is concerned,
the Victory Loan is smaller than
most of the amounts asked during
the period of hostilities. Total is
sues amout to $190,000, with $125,
000 set aside in E bonds. It is-this
type that will command the atten
tion of the finance committee
throughout the campaign for it is
the bulk of the total quota and
calls for purchases by individuals,
It is expected that other types will
be readily taken and this leaves the
committee and all other workers
free to concentrate upon the small
er series bonds.
QUEEN CONTEST BILLED
An innovation has been intro
duced into the Victory loan drive
and when the campaign ends, some
Oregon girl will find herself head
ed for Hollywood with a possible
motion picture contract. A queen
is being featured throughout sever
al western states and the young la
dy winning out in the entire dis
trict will be given a one-year con
tract with a Hollywood motion pic
ture studio. Any girl between the
ages of 18 and 26 may enter the
contest by meeting terms printed
on the official entry application
blank, a copy of which will be
found elsewhere in this' issue of the
Gazette Times. Fill out the appli
cation and mail it to the county fi
nance committee and then go out
and sell .bonds as fast as you can.
LEGION TO ASSIST
Kenneth Blake and Loyal Parker,
representing Heppner post of the
American Legion, attended the n
nance committee meeting and were
asked to present a proposal to their
post that the Legion sponsor a pro
motion campaign during the month
of November. Some suggestions
were made but it was left up to the
Legion to plan its own program.
Chairman Mahoney recited needs
for the funds asked in this cam
paign and stated that the danger of
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HEPPNER WOMAN BRINGS
IN BUCK OF THE SEASON
There may have been some larg'
er bucks . brought in but the one
Mrs. Roy Orwick pinned her tag on
early last week is tops so far as
this newspaper has been able to as
certain. The animal dressed in at
212 pounds quite a hunk of wild
steaks and roasts to grace the Or
wick family table for the next few
weeks.
UNION CIIUURCII SERVICES
Congregations of the Methodist
and Christian churches will join in
a union service at 11 a. m. Sun
day. The meeting will be held at
the Church cf Christ, with Rev.
Fletcher Forster of the Methodist
church delivering the message.
DRIVE TO PORTLAND
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Happold
drove to Portland Wednesday to
visit at the home of their daughter,
Mrs. James Bradford. They were
accompanied by Mrs. Leta Babb
who had spent a few days at the
home of her son-in-law and daugh
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Crawford.
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Ventilator Bars
Securely Welded
Following Tuesday morning's jail
break the county court decided that
Sheriff Pat Mollahan should not be
kept on the anxious seat when en
tertaining boarders and he was au
thorized to have permanent repairs
made to the jail cells. In place of
fastening the bars over the ventil
ator holes with bolts, the bars have
been welded to the steel ceiling.
Harold Becket, who did the weld
ing, stated that he put the bars
over the holes in the first place at
the instance of Sheriff C. J. D
Bauman and it was thought at the
time they were secure against any
attempted jail break. But the Ken
tucky bad boys were too clever
and the weakness was shown up
Becket says it remains to be seen
if some smart guy can pry the bars
loose as they are now fastenedi
Joslin Home in
Alpine Destroyed
Fire of undisclosed origin de
stroyed the house and all contents
on the Mrs. Emma Joslin ranch in
the Alpine district Tuesday night
The property is known as the J. P.
Finley place and was one of the
older houses in that section of the
county.
Mrs. Joslin and sons purchased
the Finley place in 1943 and have
made a success of farming there,
having taken off two good crops
of wheat.
UNFORTUNATE FALL
F. Unrein, operator of the local
Richfield Service is due to spend
some time in bed due to a fall
Wednesday evening at the station.
"Johnny" cracked his hip in three
places. If he remains absolutely
quiet the pain is not too severe
but for an extremely active man
that is pretty tough punishment in
itself.
The station will be closed each
day until 5:00 p. m. except on Sat
urdays and Sundays when it will
be open for business all day until
Mr. Unrein is about again.
PAUL BROWN AT FT. LEWIS
Paul Brown arrived at Fort Lew
is Oct. 27 for a week's hospitaliza
tion before coming on home. He
called his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.
P. Brown from there, the first word
they had had from him since he
was transferred from a prison camp
to Manilla. Mrs. Brown left Tues
day for Fort Lewis to see their son
and presumably remain until he is
released from the hospital. They
are expected home the last of the
week.
GRANGE ELECTION DUE
Election of clficers will be the
business in hand at the next regu
lar meeting of the Lexington grange
according to the master, II. E. Rice,
who urges the membership to turn
out in force.
Mrs. Agnes Curran, Mrs. Patricia
Espy and William Lanham left
Heppner Wednesday for Los Ange
les, Calif. Mrs. Curran will be in
the south for a month on a com
bined business and pleasure trip.
Mrs. Espy will remain in Los Ange
les with her sister, Miss Vera Mahoney.
Volume 62, Number 32
Escaped Prisoners
Recaptured Near
Baker Wednesday
Trio Cut Wav Out
Of Jail Here Early
Tuesday Morning
Three prisoners held in the Mor
row county iail on larceny counts
effected their escape early Tues
day morning and got as far as Ba
ker before state police rounded
them up Wednesday forenoon. Two
of the escapees are young men with
records and not only are wanted by
local authorities but also by offi
cials in Kentucky. Their escapades
also have called for FBI entrance
into the picture, a member of that
organization coming to Heppner
Wednesday to pick up evidence on
their operations in this territory.
Jesse E. Kirkland, 23 and Elbert
Earl Demery, 19, broke jail Sept. 30
at Paducah, Ky., where they were
incarcerated on larceny counts.
Their trail has been followed from
Kentucky to Texas and then to the
northwest and the government is
ready to pin several counts on them
for thefts of cars and driving same
from one state to another.
The local story started with the
theft of money and goods from the
Bristow store in lone on the night
of Oct. 24. Coming to Heppner the
pair engaged a room at the Lucas
Place paying their bill with dimes.
They later cancelled the room res
ervation, stating they had to go to
Pendleton. This reached the ears of
Sheriff Mollahan who, up to that
time had not come upon a work
able clue. The sheriff sought the
services of several high school
youths in locating the car used by
the culprits and it finally was
spotted in front of the Heppner
hotel. Kirkland and Demery were
lunching in Scotty's. Mollahan and
Marshal Dean Goodman entered
the place and waited until the
lunch was over and made the ar
rest. A search of the car later re
vealed the loot from the lone store
as well as the presence of a revol
ver and an extra license plate
which some Mississippi motorist
likely has missed from his car.
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GOOD MOUNTAIN WEATHER
John Wightman, in town Wed
nesday from the mountain ranch,
stated that up to the time he left
winter seemed to be some time off.
He said the fall had been pleasant
and eside from an early snow flur
ry there is little more indication of
cold weather than in the open
ied to town by W. II. "Bill" Dut
country. Wightman was accompan
ton who came from his home in
Portland three weeks ago to spend
some time in the mountains. Dutton
as a boy made his home where Mr.
and Mrs. Claude Graham now live,
that being the old W. P. 'Dutton
ranch.
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WINDOW WASHING ORDER
OF DAY THIS MORNING
Heppner merchants, in common
with business houses all over the
land, were busy this morning at
their annual task of cleaning soap
and wax from their windows.
The kids were out in force last
night but aside from the soaping of
windows and doors no vandalism,
on indows and doors no vandalism
was apparent