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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, November 22, 1945
Volume 62, Numberc35
Mustangs Wind Up
Season With Win
Over Baby Bucks
Pendleton Beaten
Second Time With
Score of 1 3 to 7
Defeating the Pendleton Baby
Bucks 13-7 Wednesday afternoon,
the Heppner Mustangs wound up
one of the most successful football
seasons in the history of the local
high school. It was the second de
feat the Babes suffered at the hands
of the local aggregation this year
and gave the Heppner lads a total
of seven wins out of eight starts,
the only loss being to a class A
team which they defeated in the
first encounter.
Pendleton kicked off in the first
quarter and Heppner made two
first downs. The Mustang offensive
bogged down and Pendleton took
over on downs but had to kick out.
Heppner moved the ball down the
field 70 yards on end runs and line
bucks, reaching the Pendleton 15.
Two passes failed and again the
Bucks took over and had the ball
when the quarter ended.
Heppner recovered the ball on a
blocked punt on Pendleton's 30 as
the second quarter opened. On the
npxt nlav Skk Connor, Heppner's
scoring quarterback, was injured
and taken out for the rest 01 tne
game. This didn't stop the Mus
tangs, although temporarily stun
nw) Hnffps ran the ball to the Pen
dleton 3-yard line and in another
play crossed the goal. Try for con
version failed. The rest of the quar
ter was a see-saw affair.
Tn V,p third Quarter the Heppner
iQrl ont down to business and put
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Pendletons zu-yara
For These Boys It Is a Real, and Joyous Thanksgiving
CLAYTON DAVIS
NORMAN GRIFFIN
PAUL BROWN
Thanksgiving 1945 means more to these boys and their comrades who suffered similar experiences in Jap
anese and German prison camps than those of us who were more fortunate can ever know or appreciate.
Whether at home or not, the boys are on American soil, not so far removed from their loved ones, and
have hope and prospects for a life of happiness and contentment whereas in three previous Thanksgivings
all was darkness and despair.
VICTORY BOND CAMPAIGN
TWO-THIRDS OVER HERE y2
Victory bond sales moved up
during the past week and accord
ing to tabulations at the First
National bank - approximately
two-thirds of the county quota
has been purchased. This 'leaves
about $C5,000 to be subscribed, a
large part of which is E bonds.
More individual buyers are need
ed to swell the total.
Morrow county can be one of
the first to attain the quota first
if each and every one does his or
her share without further delay.
District Meeting of
Endeavor Society
Bushmen Promote
Strike When Wives
Stolen By Enemies
Vif hall on
sirme, uuduc uomj v -
from Buster Padberg and galloped , UGHS 1 OITIOrrOW
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over tne line ior me sciu"u
down. Archie Padberg plunged the
line for the extra point. Score, 13-0.
The teams played on even terms
throughout the fourth and with 12
seconds to play a rencuexon m"
made a goal from Heppner s 10
yard line. Try for extra point was
successmul. Final score, 13-7.
About the only thing left for
Heppner now would be a post-season
meeting with Moro, rated east
ern Oregon "B" champion. There is
considerable belief here that the
local lads could upset the rating of
the Sherman county lads if given
an opportunity. High school ath
letic board rules seem to prevent
such a meeting but it would be
the means of satisfying a lot of fans
about the relative strength of the
two teams.
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County Meeting of
AAA Set for Dec.
1 at Courthouse
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R. B. Taylor, chairman of the
state committee, will be guest
speaker at the AAA meeting in
Heppner, Saturday, Dec. 1, an
nounced Henry Baker, county
chairman this week.
The Heppner meeting, at which
the North and South Heppner,
Eight Mile, Lexington, lone, Mor
gan and Alpine communities will
choose the men to run their farm
program during 1945 will begin at
1:30 in the afternoon at the court
house.
The election meeting at Irrigon
will begin at 10 o'clock Friday, Nov.
."'), at Fred Houghton's office and
the meeting at Boardman will be
at 2 o'clock the same day in the
high school auditorium.
Aii farmers and ranchers who are
participating in either the agricul
tural conservation or federal crop
insurance programs are eligible to
attend and vote.
The county convention with the
election of county officers will fol
low the community meetings at
Heppner Saturday afternoon Dec. 1.
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Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Isom and dau
ghter Harriet drove to Portand
Wednesday to have Thanksgiving
with Bill's mother, Mrs. Sarah Isom
and other relatives.
Allied forces, and particularly
those of the United States, will
long remember the aid given by na
tives of the South Sea islands in
helping push the Japs back to their
native islands. Whether it was the
Austrailian bushmen or the Phil
ippine igorrote and all similar peo
ples in between, the Jap was an
unwelcome guest and the natives
realized it was or would be to their I ID A
advantage to assist the white men. Annual Ked Lross
CHRISTMAS SEALS MAILED
Opening of the 1945 Christmas
Seal sale was made the first of
this week when seals were mailed
out to the people of the county.
Many have already mailed in
checks for the seals received and
others are asked to attend to this
important matter at an early date.
An increase of tuberculosis has
been noted during the war per
iod. Funds are in greater demand
than ever before. Your purchase
of a block of the seals may help
prevent further spread of this
dreaded disease.
Heppner is the focal point for a
considerable number of young peo
ple this week-end when the Chris
tian Endeavors of eastern Oregon
gather at the Church of Christ in
annual convention. The meeting will
open Friday evening and will close
with a banquet Saturday evening.
Dr. James Millar, is scheduled to
make the opening address Friday
evening. He is an outstanding
speaker, having traveled in many
foreign countries, and at present is
touring the northwest for the Port
land Ministerial association lectur
ing on the "Romance of the Bilbe"
This will be followed by a "Gypsy
party" in the basement of the
church.
Saturday will be a full day and
an invitation has been extended to
the public to attend the services
regardless of church affiliations.
Christian Endeavor is an inter
denominational youth society, the
theme of which is Enlist for Christ.
Adults of all churches are invited
to attend the addresses of the out
standing speakers coming for the
convention, announces O. Wendell
Herbison, in charge of arrange
ments. Programs will be found in
the store windows.
Hardman Hereford's
Sell at La Grande Sale
One of the successful exhibitors
at the Northwest Hereford Breeders
sale at La Grande last week was
Roy Robinson of Hardman. He had
a pen or tnree cows wnicn were
first in their class as well as cham
pion pen of cows. They were pur
chased by Floyd Worden of Heppner.
Robinson took only one polled
Hereford bull, but the animal was
first in his class and brought sec
ond highest price paid at the sale-$1500.
Harvey Smith of lone bought
several females at the sale, Robin
son reports. Donald Robinson
boueht a cow and a bull calf and
Roy Robinson purchased an aged
herd sire from the Albert Melhorn
herd.
Consequently many of them dis
played a willingness to work that
might not have been the case un
der other circumstances.
But there was one occasion when
certain tribesmen reiused to work,
according to Miss Muriel McMur
do, who spent three years in the
Pacific war zone with the Ameri
can Red Cross. Miss McMurdo put
in much of the time in Australia
and is well informed about the life
and habits of the people. It seems
Uiat on one occasion when the ser
vices of the bushmen were badly
needed they were decidedly indif
ferent towards work. An investiga
tion brought to light the reason. In
the men's absence hunters from
other tribes stole their women. Now
these wild men may not hold their
wives in the same regard as the
white men do theirs but this break
in their family ties created a decid
ed lowering of morale and they re
fused to return to work until their
wives were returned to them. When
that was accomplished all was well
with the world once more.
Miss McMurdo just recently re
turned to the States and is visiting
at the home of her uncle and aunt,
Dr. and Mrs. A. D. McMurdo. She
was guest speaker at the chamber
of commerce luncheon Monday and
related many interesting incidents
of her life in the South Pacific.
Her home is in Charlottesville, Va.
Meeting December 8
December 8 has been set aside as
the annual meeting date of the
Morrow county chapter of the Red
Cross, announces Blaine E. Isom,
chairman of the group. The meet
ing will be called at 2:30 p. m. in
the Heppner Masonic temple. Miss
Grace Jackson, field reresentative
for the American Red Cross, will
be present and the chairman en
tertains the hope that a promised
speaker from the San Francisco
office will be on hand to address
the gathering.
Election of officers will be the
order of business and the chairman
urges all present officers to be in
attendance, as well as all others in
terested in the work of the chapter.
Mrs. Effie Crow arrived last Sat
urday from Osoyoos B. C. Canada
to spend a month with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Campbell. She
will be pleased to have friends call.
Lexington Grange
Names 1946 Officers
Installation of officers elected by
Lexington grange at a recent meet
ing will take place during the Po
mona meeting which will be held
at the Lexington hall Jan. 5, 1946.
At that time Kenneth J. Smouse
will be seated as master; Norman
Nelson, overseer; Mrs. Al Troed
son, lecturer; Joe Devine, steward;
Fred Nelson, assistant steward;
Mrs. Oscar Martin chaplain; Mrs.
Fred Nelson Jr., lady assistant ste
ward; Mrs. Ray Dolven, secretary;
Ray Dolven, treasurer; Oscar Mar
tin, gate keeper; Ceres, Mrs. Ken
neth Smouse Pomona, Mrs. Myles
Martin: Flora Mrs. John Graves;
executive chairman, Mrs. O. W.
Cutsforth. and musician, Shirlee
Smouse.
The erange will hold booster
night on Nov. 30, at which time
there will .be a potluck supper toi
lowed by a bazaar and dancing.
Meeting Scheduled
Here Wednesday for
Wheat League Groups
County committees of the Eastern
Oregon Wheat League have been
appointed and will meet in Hep
pner at 10 a. m. Wednesday, Nov.
28, reports Werner Rietmann, lone,
league executive committeeman for
Morrow county. Members in each
county have been divided by the
officers into three principal com
mittees: production and marketing;
taxation and transportation, and
federal programs and land use. As
in past years the county groups will
prepare resolutions and reports to
be presented at the annual wheat
league meeting scheduled for Dec.
5-7 at Pendleton.
Henry Peterson is chairman of
the taxation and transportation
group; O. W. Cutsforth the produc
tion and marketing, and Henry Ba
ker the federal agricultural pro
grams and land use committees.
Delegates and others attending
the annual meeting of EOWL will
find several additional program
features, it has been announced by
President Lloyd Smith, Mayville,
and C. W. Smith OSC extension
service, secretary. Two men to ap
pear on the general program are
A. L. Hoffenrichter head of the re
irional nursery division of the Soil
Conservation service, and E. L. Pe
terson, state director of agriculture,
Salem. Previously announced as
Drocram stieakers are N. E. Dodd,
director of the field services branch
of the PMA. and Carl C. Pairing
ton, director of the grain branch of
PMA, both of Washington, V. U
Lexington Airport;
May Be Placed onr
Scheduled Service
Oregon Air Lines
Asks Information
On Landing Strip
Probability that Morrow county
will be included on the schedule of
a statewide air line service is seen
in a telegram received by Heppner
chamber of commerce Tuesday
from Oregon Air Lines seeking in
formation relative to a landing
strip near Heppner. The telegram
asked for immediate reply and was
answered by both the chamber of
commerce and officials of the Lex
ington Airport commission.
The message received here is self
explanatory and reads as follows:
'Oregon Air Lines will inaugurate
scheduled airline service between
Portland-Bend and Portland-Eu-
gene in about two weeks and short
ly after Jan. 1 operations will be
extended Portland to Pendleton, La
Grande, Baker, Ontario, Klamath
Roseburg Medford, Coos Bay, As
toria. All operations are intrastate
passengers and cargo using twin
engined Cessna transports; Please
wire us if any ground in near vi
cinity of Heppner that could be re
leased for and developed as an air
port affording an east-west runway
of not less than 3000 feet; also if in
your opinion sufficient business
could be developed there to war
rant a regular or call stop with an
early morning departure for Port
land approximately 9 a. m., and re
turn stop approximately 5 t. m.
Actual flying time would be one
hour airport to airport. The Hepp
ner stop will be given consideration
in our operations when and if suit
able facilities can be leased and
developed."
The Lexington 2roun save a full
description of the airport, what has
been done so far and what is con
templated. There is room for a
3000-foot runway, with 18G0 feet
graded and in use. Everything is
ready for the grading of a cross
runway. At present a hangar is un
der construction and has progress
ed to the point where the next step
is the root, telephone connection
is already in and the power com
pany is getting ready to string
wires to the field. A new road has
been graded from the Hermiston
highway, permitting high gear tra
vel to the port.
The airport commision extended
an invitation to the Oregon Air
Lines officials to visit the airport.
Answering for the Heppner cham
ber of commerce, Frank Turner
stated that Heppner is backing the
Lexington airport and recommend
ed that Oregon Air Lines consider
it for a port of call in this county.
SONS JOIN MOTHER IN
OPERATING MEAT MARKET
Reece and Merle Burkenbine
have joined their mother, Mrs.
Mabel Burkenbine, in operation of
the Heppner Market. Reece has
been discharged from the Coasl
Guard after a period of nearlv
four years, and Merle will be elig
ible for discharge from the navy in
about three weeks. Both boys art
working in the market now anc
Merle will return home as soon ar
he receives his discharge papers
Lloyd Burkenbine has been hi;
mother's right hand man in the ab
sence of the other boys and plan;
to enter some other type of busi
ness upon his return from Kansas.
BUYS RESIDENCE PROPERTY
Mrs. Alena Anderson has pur
chased the residence property or
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Johnson. The
place is the former Frank Turne:
residence acquired by the Johnson:
from the Herman Neilson estate. I
is understood that the Johnsons in- ,
tend to move to the Willamette
valley.
Lt. Sibyl T. Walker, army nunr
corps, was a visitor at the horn.
of Mr. and Mrs. Tress McClintoc',
last week. Lt. Walker has but re
cently returned from Guam. She
and Mrs. McClintock are sieter.
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