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Alice Nichoson of
lone Wins Victory
Queen Contest
"E"Bond Quota
Oversubscribed
By 141 Per Cent
Alice Nichoson, winsome lone las
sie, was the' successful contender
In the Morrow county Victory loan
oueen contest which came to a close
Saturday evening. A canvass of the
votes for the several contestants
established Miss Nichoson as the
winner with a total of 2545 votes
TMiresentinff sales amounting to
$47,718.75. She was sponsored by
the lone high school which has
made a splendid record in bond
sales throughout the wartime era.
Next in line was Majo Marquardt,
representing the Lexington school,
who rolled up 1446 votes for a total
sales value of $27,487.50. Miss Mar
quardt, a graduate of Lexington
high school is a student at Eastern
Oregon College of Education at La
Grande.
Jean Turner, Heppner high school
candidate, nosed , out Helen Healy,
Heppner chamber of commerce
sponsoree, by a margin of 19 votes,
1397 to 1378,
Miss Nichoson, Oregon State col
lege student, probably was one of
the youngest, if not the youngest,
railway depot agents in the Union
Pacific System while serving as
agent at lone last year. She was
notified early Tuesday of her sua
cess and asked to be in Portland
Wednesday morning . where ''she
would be the guest of the Oregon
Victory Queen division of the
state's war finance committee for
two days during which time she
was to be judged along with other
county queens in the state finals
to select the young lady who will
make the trip to Hollywood.
Figures on the E bond sales
show that the queen contest had a
decided influence the last few days.
Up to the time the lone school
joined the contest local sales there
had been rather poor. When the
school forces got organized things
began to move and by the end of
the drive the community definite
ly proved that it was right in there
pitching.
The same condition prevailed in
the other communities, with the
Tesult that the quota was oversub
scribed 41 percent.
A report by the bond committee
Monday shows that E sales were
$177,163, quota $125,000, number of
l am ; 1 1 3-
buyers 320. Other individual bonds
$84,797, $31,000, 270 percent sold
number of purchasers 26. Corpora
tion bonds, 59,157, quota $30,000
percent sold 197. Total sales $321,-
117, quota $190,000, percent sold
170.
Sales made up to and including
Dec. 31 will be included in the Vic
tory loan campaign.
Response Generous
For Yanks Who Gave
Response to requests for "gifts
for the Yanks who gave" was very
satisfactory to the Heppner unit of
the American Legion auxiliary,
that group reports. While slow in
getting started, people turned gifts
in quite regularly up to the closing
date, Monday, resulting in an ac
cumulation of 176 articles.
Auxiliary members forwarded
the articles to Portland where they
will be placed in gilt packages to
be delivered to hospitalized veter
ans througout the state. Packages
valued up to $5 are made up for
this purpose.
An original request for articles
enough to make 6,000 packages was
later changed to 9,000 in order to
meet the increase of patients re
turning from war theaters.
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 13, 1945
0 Holy Night" Is
School Christmas
Program Offering
This year's offering of the music
department of the Heppner school
will be "O Holy Night," announces
Supt. George Corwin. The program
will start at 8 o clock Wednesday
evening, Dec. 19, in the school gym
nasium and will be open to the
public.
This is an all school production
from the tiniest first graders thru
the .high schoolers participating
and from the hard work and con
scientious effort put in on the pro
duction, it will be well worth wit
nessing. Test Survey to Be
Made of County's
Conserving Needs
AAA community committeemen
yesterday launched the "Conser
vation Needs" test survey in Mor
row county as one of two county
test surveys in Oregon for arriving
at soil conservation needs by coun
ty and state totals. Murl Cummings,
district AAA farmer-fieldman, led
the start-off meeting at the council
chambers in Heppner, and cited the
importance of protecting the coun
ty's largest resource its 310,534
and 584,330 grazing land acres to
secure te county's future economy,
announced Henry Baker, county
AAA chairman.
Reports of the community com
itteemen will be made at a second
all-day meeting Dec. 20, beginning
at 10 a. m. at the courthouse, when
representatives from the soil con
servation service at Pendleton and
the county land-use committee will
join in arriving at the county es
timate. All interested are urged to
attend the meeting and feel free to
join in the discussion.
Results of the local survey will be
taken to the state AAA conference
at Corvallis, Jan. 7, 8, 9, as a guide
for conducting a three-month sur
vey throughout the state.
Precipitation in
Heppner Hits 2.55
Inches in November
Precipitation figures for 1945
were given a considerable boost
when November's , 2.55 inches of
moisture was added to an already
slightly above normal figure, bas
ed on a ten-year average of 12.75
inches. The tally up to Dec. 1
stands at 13.51 inches to which will
be added an inch or so for the
month of December unless the re
gion settles down to cold, clear
f th el months inciuding
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Figures recorded by Len Gilliam
November show no totally dry
months. Beginning with a figure of
1.63 in January we find February
recording 1.72; March 1.78; April
.87; May 2.74; June .25; July .12;
August .08; September 1.26; Octo
ber .51 and November 2.55. It is
believed enough moisture has fall
en since Dec. 1 to bring the year's
total above 14 inches.
Commenting on weather condi
tions, Gilliam pointed to the fact
that the creeks do not rise to the
extent they did in former years. It
is his belief that the ground ab
sorbs more of the ' moisture and
this is aiding in producng heavier
crops. Recalling the periods when
there was heavy snowfall the
creeks often were ' filled to the
runnin over point he opined that
it is the rains that make the good
crops in the long run.
Mrs, W. T. Crow of Osoyoos, B.
C. will return to her home the last
of the week, leaving Heppner Fri
day, after spending a few weeks
with her parents, Judge and Mrs.
W. T. Campbell. Mrs. Crow ex
pects to come down again next
summer when the Judge and Mrs.
Campbell celebrate their sixtieth
wedding anniversary and the family
will all be present
Lindstrom Loses
Suit for Damages
Against Grain Co.
Evidence Lacking
That Wrong Seed
Was Sold Plaintiff
After a hearing that consumed
most of two days in the December
term of circuit court, the jury
brought in a verdict for the defen
dant in the case of Franklin Lind
strom versus the Morrow County
Grain Growers, Inc. While good
arguments were produced on both
sides the jurors determined that
sufficient evidence was lacking to
award a verdict for the plaintiff.
The suit arose over seed grain
Lindstrom purchased from the
Community Credit Corporation in
the spring of 1943, the same hav
ing been produced on the C. A.
Warren farm in Dry Fork, deliv
ered to the Morrow County Grain
Growers warehouse in lone and
later purchased by Lindstrom. The
grain receipt held by Warren
showed that he had delivered soft
Federation, whereas Lindstrom al
leged that the crop grown from it
turned out to be Rex, which pro
duced 14 bushels to the acre as
against 35 bushels to the acre of
soft Federation elsewere on his
farm.
Jurors drawn for the case were
C. H. Bartholomew, H. E. Warner,
Howard Bryant, Cloy Dykstra, Wil
bur R. Akers,, Ed Bennett, Archie
S. Bechdolt, Lewis E. Biabee, Alex
Green, Mary Edwards, J. H. Bry
son and Albert Breeding.
P. W. Mahoney and John Kil
kenny represented Lindstrom and
J. J. Nys and W. C. Perry repre
sented the defendant,
of other cases on the doeke; in-
Judge Calvin L. Sweek disposed
eluding passing sentence on .Ber
nard Everett Corpe, accused of
larceny was given two years on
probation; issued divorce decrees
in the cases of Hazel E. vs David F,
Steagall; Grance vs LaVeinc An
derson, Terrell L. vs Hazel Benge,
and Earlene vs Ellwynne Peck.
EASTERN STAR PLANS
PARTY FRIDAY NIGHT
Following the regular meeting
Friday evening, when Ruth chap
ter No. 32, Order of Eastern Star,
will hold the annual Christmas
party. A gift exchange will be the
principal interest and a value of
the packages has been limited to
50 cents.
Election of officers will be
the order of business during the
lodge session.
Lt. Doherty Saw
Marking Close
Lt. Dorothy Doherty, U. S. Army
... " "",7- "'-
in Morrow county and enjoying
home soil again after having been
in service the past two years on
Pacific islands, among them Oahu,
Enewitok, Saipan, Guam and Io
Shima.
Ie Shima small island off Oluna
wa became world famous during
final days of the war. Lt. Doherty
fortunately was able to witness
the arrival of the history-making
Jap emissary planes enroute to the
Pilippine Islands to confer with
General McArthur, following V-J
day. Here also has been erected a
beautiful monument to Ernie Pyle,
beloved GI reporter killed during
invasion of the island. "The Rock",
as the island is known, has been
almost entirely converted into an
airfield, constructed mostly of cor
al, and was the object of intense
Another 800 Miles
Or So Makes Little
Difference Today
There was a time when 800 or
1000 miles was a journey requiring
several days and no small amount
of preparation. But not any more
if you travel by air. It is just a
matter of hours, and should it hap
pen that 800 or a 1000 miles or more
are added to a 2,000-mile schedule
it means just a few more hours.
Orville Smith, manager of the
Heppner Lumber company, took a
plane from Pendleton early last
week with Detroit Mich, as his
destination. The plane was able to
land in Chicago, but could not land
at Detroit. Passengers were carried
on to New York and were still un
able to land. Returning west,
Smith's plane landed at some small
port near Detroit and he took a bus
into the city. Smith's dilemma was
rather mild compared to a man who
boarded the eastbound plane at
Chicago. This man had traveled by
air from England to New York and
his plane could not land there, so
he was flown to Chicago. Return
ing to New York and back to the
iittie port near Detroit he was
compelled to go on to New York
by train.
It was an .uneventful trip so far
as "Smittie"" was concerned but it
did not sound so much that way as
he gradually unfolded the tale of
his adventures. He arrived home
early Sunday morning, being met
at Pendleton by Mrs. Smith and
son Jimmy.
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Vesper Service to Be
Held 5 PI M. Sunday
The public is invited to attend
the vesper service to be given at 5
o'clock p. m. Sunday, Dec. 16, by
the Heppner Women's Chorus. The
school gymnasium has been retain
ed for the service.
A program with a distinctive
Christmas flavor has been prepared
by Mrs. O. G. Crawford, director
and includes Adeste Fidelis; Oh
Little Town of Bethlehem; Canti-
que Noel; Lo Now a Rose; reading
Cristmas story, by Mrs. G. A. Cor
win; Ave Maria, Listen to the
Lambs; Lord's Prayer, and Silent
Night.
OUT OF HOSPITAL
Edward Chinn, proprietor of the
Elkhorn restaurant, was able to
leave the Heppner hospital Wed
nesday after spending ten days
taking treatment and receiving a
much-needed rest. He will be un
able to resume his duties in the
restaurant for several days.
Miss Rose Hoosier and Mr. and
Mrs. Everett Smith attended a clin
ic for public school music teachers
at Eastern Oregon College of Edu
cation at La Grande Saturday.
Stirring Events
of Japanese Wa
i enemy bombing, as well as suicide
paratroopers who made a desper
ate attempt to destroy the big B
29's and their launching ground for
attacks on the homeland. Over 1G0
air raides were reported one month
On Oct. 9, the day of the dis
astrous typhoon on Okinawa, th
contingent of nurses to which Lt
Doherty belonged was awaiting em
bark;;tion home when the 135-mil
per hour gale struck. Tents, ouan
set huts, everything came down,
ueiuge was iouna pnncipaJly in
deep ravines which seemed at the
moment very comfortable and dry.
The visitor is on extended fur
lough until Jan. 20, when she will
receive her army discharge. .She
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B.
P. Doherty of Pendleton, former
residents of Sand Hollow, this
county. She was queen of the Ro
deo a number of years ago.
Volume 62, Number 38
Community Plans
Dinner Series for
Returning Veterans
Monthly Banquet
Proposed by C of C
And Legion Post
Plans for entertaining returning
veterans are being formulated by
the Heppner chamber of commerce
and the Heppner post of the Am
erican Legion. While nothing defi
nite has been done, a proposal that
a banquet be given real soon for
those already home was favored at
the meeting of the chamber of com
merce Monday and the plan al
ready has the approval of the Le
gion. Realizing that it will be
months before the veterans all get
home and that they will be arriv
ing from day to-day, it is proposed
that a banquet be given each month
to the arrivals during that month.
Total enlistments from the coun
ty were 541. Of this number 131
have reported back home, leaving
310 to be distributed over several
months.
Definite action is expected with
in a short time.
Due to the absence of Mr. and
Mrs. J. F. Lucas from the city, the
Lucas Place dining room was not
available Monday noon and the
luncheon group accepted an invi
tation from Supt George Corwin
to hold the meeting at the school
house. Luncheon was served by the
cafeteria and the entertainment
part of the program was provided
by the high school. This consisted of
two songs by Bruce Smith, "How
deep is the ocean" and White
Christmas, with piano accompani
ment by Joan Corwin. Young Smith
possesses a rich, well placed bari
tone voice that gives promise of
going places if properly cultivated,
and Miss Corwin displayed a talent
as an accompanist.
Betty Lovgren discussed 'The
Spread of Socialism in Europe"
and Don Gilliam took for his sub
ject, "What is the danger of in
flation at the present time?" Both
students handled their subjects
capably.
Mrs. Lucy Rodgers prepared the
program and stated that she was
putting into practice her theory
that the community should know
more about the work being done in
the schools.
O'Connor Chosen
To Head Red Cross
For Coming Year
J. J. O'Connor, manager of the
Heppner J. C. Penney company
store, Saturday was elected chair
man of the Morrow county chapter
of the American Red Cross. O'Con
nor succeeds Blaine E. Isom who
accepted the job by appointment
following resignation of Rev. Ben
nie Howe.
O'Connor will be assisted in the
chapter's work program by Mrs
Jasper Crawford vice-chairman;
Mrs. J. G. Thomson Jr., secretary
Mrs. Fred Parrish, treasurer, anc
the following board of directors
Mrs. Roy Lindstrom lone; Mrs
Vernon Munkers, Lexington; Lei
Howell, Harvey Miller and Mrs
Stephen Thompson, Heppner.
The meeting was held at the Ma
sonic hall in Heppner Saturda.
afternoon.
ORGANIZING LOCAL
HOME SERVICE UNIT
Miss Ruth Wilson from the hea.
office in San Francisco, field di
rector of the Red Cross for thi.
district, is assisting Mrs. R. B. Rio.,
recently appointed director io
Morrow county, in getting organ
ized for the home service worl
Anyone wishing assistance in thi
line will find Mrs. Rice prepared k
assist at all times.
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