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News About
Boys in Service
Through the courtesy of the He..
hisch, Heppner high school news
paper, the Gazette Times is priv'
ileged to publish a column of in
teresting items about Heppner boys
still in the armed service of their
country. The Hehisch was pub-
, lished Wednesday morning of this
week.
Pvt Sidney Van Schoiack of the
Marine Corps is about 10 miles
south of Nagasaki. He doesn't care
for the weather says it's too much
like Portland. He also said that he
saw why the Japs would worship
the sun, because they never see it.
He is stationed about 10 miles from
where the atomic bomb was drop
ped. When last heard from, S 2-c Bob
Kelly of the Seabees was on Guam.
He said that they were going to
stop in Tokyo Bay, but they found
out General MacArthur didn't care
for the navy so they returned to
Guam.
Howard Pettyjohn, who has been
promoted to Y 3-c, hopes to be
home for Christmas. He's in San
Diego and goes over into Mexico
every so often but says he doesn't
care for the girls.
Joe McLaughlin is in Philadelphia
and thinks there is a slight chance
.that he may get home for Christ
mas. Our old friend Bill Ulrich when
last heard from was in Pearl Har
bor headed for San Francisco. Bill
says that he likes the navy but
misses his hunting quite a bit. He
has been taking war prisoners out
of Japan. There's a possible chance
that he "may get a leave before or
after Christmas.
Pvt Jack Schaffer was home on
Ipavp roppntlv. Hp has signed un for
three years service in the China!
area but reported back to El Paso,
Texas for further training.
Walt Skuzeski was in Portland
last month and said that he was on
his way to Japan.
Two former H. H. S. students
home on leave are Howard Gilliam
and Albert Bailey.
Rodger Connor is in Chinwangtao,
China. He has seen the Wall of
China.
We have a former H. H. S. stu
dent back with us now, who is none
other than Lyle Cox. Lyle entered
the navy Aug. 21 1941 and received
his discharge Oct. 18 1945. He has
been on 27 islands, among them
Munda, Ondoro, New Britain, Bou
gainville and New Guinea. We
quote Lyle: "While I was attached
to Pearl Harbor I went aboard the
U. S. S. Independence and served
in the raids on Marcus Island, atoll
of the Marshalls. In all, I spent two
months in this area.
"I left the States again on July
23, 1944 and was stationed at Pearl
Harbor for 10 months. From there
I went aboard the U. S. S. Roi
(CVE), and was on an escort car
rier to the tanker fleet that fueled
the Third fleet. I was 90 miles from
the Japanese coast the day the war
was over. We went into the Yoko
hama harbor for seven hours and
returned to the States on the 28th
of September, 1945. During my per
iod of service I spent 41 months
and five days overseas and was in
five major battles and three raids
while in the islands. I think Bou
ainville is the most beautiful island
in the Pacific as it has an active
volcano, which gives a red glow to
the island."
Let's give "Three Cheers for
Lyle!"
PREPARING TO TAKE
OVER BARNETT STORE
H. E. Warner, in town Wednes
day from Lexington, stated that he
and Mrs. Warner have completed
arrangements to take over the Bar
nett store Jan. 1. They plan to
make some alterations to the store
room and add some lines not now
carried.
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 20, 1945
Passing to New
Announcement of the sale of the
Hotel Heppner was released the
first of this week when Cachot
Therkelsen was here winding up of years.
details with D. M. Ward, .owner of, Manager will be H. A. Sanders,
the property for the past eight I practical hotel man of Vancouver,
years. Negotiations had been pend-1 Wash., who will take over opera
ing for several weeks and while tion Saturday.
all agreements were reached some
time since, final arrangements for
transfer were made with the arri
val of Mr. Therkelsen from Port
land. A Portland investor, for
Mrs. McCarty Was
Long-time Resident
Funeral services for Mrs. W. G.
McCarty, eastern Oregon pioneer,
who died Monday morning at the
home of Mrs. Mattie Gentry were
held at the Heppner Church of
Christ; at 2 p. m. Wednesday, O.
Wendell Herbison, pastor, officiat
ing. Mrs. C. C. Dunham sang "The
Old Rugged Cross" and "Beautiful
Isle of Somewhere", Mrs. J. O.
Turner accompanying. Pallbearers
were J. O. Rasmus, Charles N.
Jones, J. J. Nys, and Mrs. McCar
ty's nephews, Frank, Jesse and Sam
Turner. , -
Louella Turner was born in Mex
ico City, Mo., May 8 1862, the dau
ghter of Christopher C. and Cyrena
(Boaz) Turner, and passed away in
Heppner, Oregon, Dec. 17, 1945, at
the age of 83 years, seven months
and nine days. At an early age she
traveled with her family by ox
team to California.
She was married Sept. 14, 1882, to
William Granville McCarty at El-
mira, Calif. The young couple came
by boat to Oregon, living for a time
at Prospect farm in Stage gulch,
Umatilla county, later homestead-
ing in Sand Hollow, Morrow coun
ty. In 1913, Mr. and Mrs. McCarty
retired from farming and moved to
Heppner to make their home. He
preceded his wife in death in June
1944.
Mrs. McCarty was a "lifelong
member of the. Church of Christ.
Surviving are the four children
born to Mr. and Mrs. McCarty:
Mrs. Sadie Sigsbee and Mrs. Muriel
Rice of Heppner; Mrs. Oscar Borg,
Portland, and W. C. McCarty, The
Dalles; five grandchildren and one-
great-grandchild. A grandson, Paul
McCarty, veteran of the European
campaign, is enroute home from
overseas and his sister, Frances
McCarty lives in San Francisco.
Mrs. McCarty has been an inva
lid for a number of years and be
came gravely ill Saturday.
RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL
Mrs. Merle Miller has returned
from Portland where she was hos
pitalized for eight weeks. She was
able to be up town Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Smith and
son Jimmy, expect to spend Christ
mas in Natches, Wash., with Mr.
I Smith's mother.
Ownership and Management Saturday
whom faerkelsen acted as agent
was the buyer of the property, and
Therkelsen has leased it for a term
Before returning to Portland,
Therkelsen stated that a program
of improvement will be carried out,
including installation of furniture
and furnishings as occasion war
Vesper Service at
Gymnasium Heard
By Good Audience
Cold weather was no deterrent to
music-loving people of Hoppner
who turned out in considerable
number Sunday evening to enjoy
the vesper service presented by
the Heppner Women's chorus. The
large auditorium was comfortably
filled with those having a fondness
for the beautiful music character
izing the yuletide season.
Due to difficulties with the heat
ing plant at the school, presentation
of the concert at the gymnasium
was a matter of doubt until about
10:30 a. m. Sunday, when a fur
nace man from Pendleton succeed
ed in removing the trouble and the
boilers were started heating. Tem
Confinued on Page Bight
40 Years In One Spot Quite a Hitch
For Man With Printer's Ink in His Veins
The restlessness characteristic of
the average newspaper man has not
bedeviled Charles Clark, brother of
M. D. Clark of Heppner. Mr. Clark
has been publisher and editor of
the High River Times, High River,
Alberta, Canada for 40 years and
is looking forward to continuing
on the job until the infirmities of
old age demand that . he turn the
job over to a younger person. '
In the issue of Dec. 6, Mr. Clark,
who visited Heppner the past sum
mer, says in part:
will have completed 40 years of
circulation in this district. It was
On Dec. 5, the High River Times
established on Dec. 5, 1905, and has
continued under the ownership and
management of the founder, Char
les Clark, since that date. This sets
something of a record amongst
country weeklies of the west foi
continuity under the same editor.
The Times is one of the early
weeklies to be issued in the pro
vince, and there are few, if any,
which have not changed ownership
more than once in the past four
decades.
"Forty years of living in one
community is a long time. Forty
years of newspaper work, of gath
ering and passing on the news and
views of town and country, has
been an invigorating and enriching
experience. One cannot think of
any happier way or happier place
rants. Regarding reopening of the
dining room he was noncommittal,
merely stating that time will tell
whether such a move is practical.
Mr. Ward purchased the hotel in
1937. It had been operated for
some time by C. W. Tenney. The
building was erected on a public
subscription basis in the early '20s
was later acquired by Pat Foley of
The Dalles and sold by his widow
to Ward. The dining room has been
closed the past five years.
REA to Provide
Field Man to Aid
Preliminary Work
Word has been received by local
officials that the REA is sending a
field man here to assist in prelimi
nary work of setting up the organ
ization and lending up to starting
actual construction work. Henry
Baker, president of the local unit
of REA, has been advised that the
man will assist in obtaining signa
tures of users besides taking ac
tive part in other matters pertain
ing to getting the rural service
established.
At the time the project was dis
continued, due to the outbreak of
hostilities, there were 115 prospec
tive users on the line who had not
signed up. Since then a good many
of them have signified their desire
in which the time might have been
spent. As the years have melted
one into another, the Times has
gained many new friends and sub
scribers, but a special sentiment
surrounds the older friends whose
names were first on the subscrip
tion list of the infant weekly, and
whose loyalty and encouragement
have been a sustaining force
throughout the years.
In 40 years natural enviroment
becomes a necessary part of well
being. Our rich countryside never
fails to satisfy the eye; the infinite
variety of our seasons in all their
unpredictable whimsies; the back
drop of the eternal Rockies; the
high clear skies, and the chinook
arch which is our sky symbol of
ho; e. II ihese things with which
vp or? f urrounded become woven
'.Co business of living. They
. i j.xhaustible in their power to
cotu'u; i or to charm a part of life
in High Ri.er which in its entirety
has proved so abundantly worth
while."
After reading Mr. Clark's edi
torial and other articles it is plain'
ly understandable why the Times
has remained under the same man
agement for 40 years. The place he
holds in his community was made
through his faith in and enthusi
asm for that particular section and
the able manner in which he has
transmitted his enthusiasm to
oters.
Volume 63, Number 39
County Gets Share
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Winter Weather as
Temperature Falls
Boreas is king over most of the
the North American continent, with
weather complaints coming in from
as far south as southern California
and Florida, and Morrow county is
net without its share of winter
weather. This is particularly true
in the matter of temperatures, the
mercury dropping far below freez
ing point and remaining cold most
of the time for the past week. A
Snow blanket of approximately
two inches is all there is to show
in the way of precipitation but
what is lacking in the "beautiful"
is made up by frost.
Lowest recorded temperature in
Heppner for the week was one de
gree above zero Tuesday morning,
making Monday night the coldest
since the "spell" broke over this
region, and the lowest recorded
temperature in several seasons.
Highway travel is extremely ha
zardous. Ice and snow prevail most
of the way from Heppner to Port
land and parties visiting the city
tne past week-end found the return
home a trying ordeal.
In conjunction with the cold
weather and its attendant discom
forts, there is an epidemic of colds
and flu extant over the county,
necessitating closing of some of the
schools for a few days, and prompt
ing an or them to close early for
the holidays. The Heppner school
was obliged to cancel the annual
Christmas program scheduled for
Wednesday evening due to the in
roads colds and sickness made in
the choruses and among the princi
pals. A slight moderation in tempera
ture today brought a little more
snow but there will have to be a
further rise to bring a noticeable
increase.
Joint Installation and
Banquet Scheduled
Final arrangements are under
way for the big social event of the
year among Masonic fraternities,
the annual joint installation and
banquet of Heppner lodge No. 69,
A. F. & A. M. and Ruth chapter
No. 32. Order of the Eastern Star.
The Royal Arch also will take part
in the festivities, inducting officers
for the ensuing year.
Election of officers was held Fri
day evening by the Eastern Star
with the following results: Worthy
Matron, Mrs. William Barkla; wor
thy patron, Harley Anderson; as
sociate matron, Mrs. Tom Wells;
associate patron, Tom Wells; sec
retary, Mrs. F. S. Parker; treasur
er, Mrs. Edna Turner; conductress,
Mrs. K. A. House; associate con
ductress, Mrs. Frank Wlkinson.
Loyal Parker will head the Mas
ons in 1946; Gordon Banker is the
new senior warden, Noel Dobyns.
junior warden; C. R. McAllister
secretary and F. S. Parker, treas
urer. The Royal Arch elected L. D
Tibbies to the position of Higl
Priest; Noel Dobyns, King; Harle;
Anderson, Scribe; E. R. Huston,
secretary, and M. D. Clark, treas
urer. GRANGE DANCE POSTPONED
Cancellation of a dance schedul ed
for Dec. 22 at Willows grange
was announced Tuesday by Cai
Troedson. Too much illness througi
out the county was given as reasoi.
for calling off the affair.
. Miss Dorotha Wilson accompan
ied her uncle, James Wilson t
Heppner Saturday night and spen
Sunday with her parents, Mr. ani
Mrd. D. A. Wilson. She and Mi
Wilson returned to Portland Mon
day morning. James Wilson is i
brother of D. A. Wilson and Mr.
Alva Jones.
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