Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon, Feb. 24, 1949 Page 6 Lexington Feels Effects of Flood Earlier in Week I.''Mnpton citiwns wore thor oughly aroused anil many frifrht enrd hy Ihf floods on Monday am) Tuesday. Many of (he people had to abandon their homes Those rnovinp 10 safer localities inr -ludi-d Mrs. Fl.sie Peterson. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Breeding and fam ily. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hayes nnd lamily, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon PadberR. Mr. and Mrs. Orris Pad berg suffered quite a loss. The uater broke through at the Newt O'Haria bain yards and came down the street past the Green, Warner and S. G. McMillan homes and turned there, poing past the Congregational church and down to the creek. Mr. and Mrs. Burnside Mr. and Mrs. Orris Padberg, Mr. and Mrs. Adolf Ma jeske and and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Van Winkle suffered the most damage, with the water from the Blackhorse canyon running over the bridge and flooding the Ma jeskes' and other yards, OBITUARY Citizens of Lexington were deeply grieved Friday of last week when thev laid to rest one 'feck and Roy Campbell; honor- of their prominent citizens. Sam- ary pallbearers. R. B. Rice. J. K uel G. McMillan. He was born Lucas. C. R. McAllister, it. u September 1, 1ST6, in Mohawk, 1 Benge, Arthur Hunt and A. M. Tenn . and passed on in Portland, Kdwards. who were lifelong Oiegon, February 15, 1949. aged friends and business associ.nes. 72 years. 5 months and 11 days He came to Oregon with his par- Leonard Munkers sane accom panied by Mrs. C. C. Carmichael, cuts in lSSC at the age of ten three of Mr. McMillan's favorites, years, and settled five miles .Face to Face." "No Night There" and "Old Rugged Cross. Ar rangements were in charge of Mrs. Thelps. He and his famih established a permanent resi dence in Lexington from their ranch in 19117. He was in his life very active in the work of the northwest of Lexington. On Sep tember 22, 1902. he was married to Frances Ilechtner of Leland. Idaho. Survivors, besides his wid ow Frances, are the following children: Robert of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Wayne (Pete) of Grande Ronde: Naomi Hill, of Portland: Sam of Lexington, and Jack of on the school board, as city Portland. He was preceded in councilman and as mayor 01 L.ex death by one son. Eldred, in 192S. lington. He was a member of the at the age of 23. He is survived IL'nited Brethren church community, serving at one time hy 19 grandchildren as well as brothers and sisters, Mrs. Minnie Leonard of Spokane. Wash.; Cora Warner of Lexington; Lou Broad ley of Kelso. Wash.; brothers Bill of Corvallis. r.nd J. F. of Lexing ton, two brothers, George and Eb. having gone before, also one sis ter. Mrs. Pointer. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Lexington i the lone floor Wednesday night Christian church with the Rev. with the Jack Rabbits winning. Palmer Sorlien of Heppner offi- J29-31. This was a fine game with ciating. Interment was in the Livery good playing on the part 0. O. F. cemetery'- t of both teams. The game was Active pallbearers were Frank jdose and well attended by both Parker. Gene Gray, Charles Mar- 'parties, as well as lone and Hepp quardt, Harry Dinges, George ner. This win entitles Lexington S. G. (Gus) was respected by all who knew him and was a friend to all, a good husband and father and all friends will miss him, especially the smaller ones of the community, who knew him as Grandpa. The Lexington Jack Rabbits played the Boardman team on The Morrow County Court earnestly requests the cooperation of the public IN NOT USING THE COUNTY ROADS any more than necessary while roads are in a thawing, soft condition. LOADED VEHICLES OF OVER 3 TONS GROSS WEIGHT WILL BE PROHIBITED, unless under emergency circumstances. . . Certain roads will be posted and patroled during this emergency. Your cooperation will be appreciated. By Order of MORROW COUNTY COURT. (Authority Vehicle code No. 1 1 5-394) Monument Bride Elect Honoree At Shower on 18th By Millie Wilson A very pretty bridal shower was held in the school auditor ium honoring Betty Jean Cork on February IS. Miss Cork is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cork and is the bride-elect of Joe Simas. son of Daisy Simas. Their wedding will be an event of next week. Miss Cork was the recip ient of many lovely and useful presents. Delicious refreshments were served by the hostesses, Harriet Batty, Twilla Cumings and Bessie Wyland. They were as sisted by Dorothy Wyland, Bertine Leathers and Joan Rauch. Mr. and Mrs. Emory Moore were business visitors in Pendleton on Thursday. On account of the roads they went and returned by way of Heppner. The ice went out of the river on Friday without doing any great amount of damage. It was reported that some of the ice cakes measured 34 inches thick. Monument grange held open house on their social night, Feb ruary IS. Everyone enjoyed the old time dances until midnight when a potluck supper was serv ed. Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Batty went to Heppner last week. On their return they visited at the Ken neth Batty home in Hardman. Kenneth returned with them to get his truck. Mr. and Mrs. Miles Gilman were called to Baker on account of the illness of their daughter, Mrs. Charles Pope. Stanley Boyer took them as far as John Day early Saturday morning so they could catch the bus. There will be all-day meeting in Monument next Friday with a potluck dinner and moving pic tures in the afternoon. Mr. Jack son, representative of the REA, in this district, and who has re cently returned from Washing ton, D. C, will have an interest ing message for the people. The Bill Morgan family was i called to Heppner on Monday to attend the funeral of Albert Mas sey. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Aubrey have returned from Klamath Falls where they spent the winter. They are now staying at the home of Mrs. Aubrey s sister, Mrs. Jessie Batty. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Swick and Howard Swick were business vis itors in John Day on Monday. Mrs. Ruth Swick keut the baby while they were gone. Chris Hamilton and Theron King drove to John Day on Mon day. Mrs. King and son, Earl Frank, spent the day with Mrs. King's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bar nard. On account of the drifting EASTER SEAL SALE HEADED BY VAN MARTER Morrow county's chairman for the annual Faster Seal sale by the Oregon Society for Crippled Children and Adults will be La Verne Van Marter of Heppner, ac cording to an announcement re ceived from Jesse Rosenbaum of La Grande, society president. Rosenbaum said the sale, the third sponsored hy the society in Oregon, will be held from March 20 through Caster Sunday. Ap- snow they were forced to spend S proximately 400,000 residents of the night in Monument. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Settle and son Delmar from Rudio creek were doing some shopping in tow n on Tuesday. Doc Hinton took Mrs. lffie Mc Kinny to John Day on Tuesday for a medical check-up. Mrs. Ed Round and Daisy Si mas were on the sick list this week. Mrs. Doris Capon helped her mother, Delsie Sweek, serve the hot lunch at the school on Tues day. Daisy Simas was sick with a cold and had to remain at home, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Elder from Vale are visiting at Mr. Elder's mother's, Mrs. Margaret Elder. They drove to Heppner on Thurs day. The M.M.M. club met in the church on Thursday for their reg ular meeting. A short business meeting was held. They decided to postpone their play until a later date. A delicious potluck lunch was served. Those present were May De Ett Hinton, presi dent; Martha Matteson, secre tary; Helen Brown, Ruth Swick, Margaret "Elder, Ella Durst, Grace Stlrrit, Maude Harris, Faye Sweek, Nora Boyer, Ann Johns, sse.j j" ,4' .1 WATCH FOR CI Sale ea ranee Week oi March 1st CASE FURNITURE CO. 322 team to play in the district tourn ament starting tonight at Echo. Ted McMillan, John Spence and Miss Joy Gerharz were Pen dleton visitors one day last week. Marvin Glascow and Ralph Phillips of Arlington were in Lex ington one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Jones re turned home Wednesday after several days spent in Portland. Bud Marshall who has served four years with the United States navy has returned to Lexington to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. K. K. Marshall. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Breeding and son. George Ervin, were Pendle ton visitors last Friday. Z. Franklin Cantrell has been called to minister to the Chrlsr ; tian church of Lexington and j he and his wife and two children ! will move here this week. His I late pastorate was at Stanfield. i The Amicitia club met at the j home of Mrs. Gladys Van Winkle last Wednesday. Mrs. Jerry Do herty won high and Mrs. Jack Forsythe, low. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Warner and John Robert McMillan of Portland visited at the Earl War ner home last week. They came to attend the funeral of S. G. Mc Millan. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Jones motor ed to Pendleton Friday, taking their small daughter Charlene to a physician there. the state will receive Easter Seals through the mail, he stated. In announcing Van Matter's appointment, Rosenbaum urged the people of Morrow county to support the sale, stating that "the funds rerived from Easter Seals will do much to assist the phys ically handicapped persons of the state, adults as well as children," "There are thousands of crip pled children and adults in Ore gon who need the help from Eas ter Seals because they are not eligible for assistance from any other agency, private or public," Rosenbaum said. "The society does not duplicate the services of any other group." The society is not interested in whether a child or adult's condi tion is the result of an accident or any one of more than 2Ki crippling diseases, but only In whether the person needs assist ance and cannot obtain it, the president reported. ASSESSMENT BLANKS DUE Assessor W. O. Dix wishes to remind property holders who have not turned in their assess ment blanks that the deadline is March 2. After that date a pen alty of five percent is automat- Mary Marcus and Millie Wilson Jically imposed. Only five days The next meeting will be held remain to gel the blanks in and at the home of Nora Boyer on 1 it is advisable to cooperate with March 3. the assessor's office in this im- A forest meeting for the stock- portant matter, men of the Tamarack forest re-, --a serve was held at the town hall in Spray on February 17. Hugh Johnson was again hired as Salt er for the coming summer. Those present from the Monument community were Hugh Johnson, Chet Brown, Harold Cork, George Stirrit, Wayne Leathers, Zephyl Harrison, Ed Kelly, Roy Bowman, Roy Cork, Harry Capon, Henry Cupper, Chance Wilson, George Capon, Earl Sweek and HowarJ Swick. Glenn Parsons, forest ranger, presided. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Sweek and daughter Carol and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bowman and family were all having dental work done in John Day on Wednesday. Joe Simas and his sister, Jean Devore, arrived late Wednesday night from Roseburg. Mrs. Devore will remain at the home of her mother. Daisy Simas, until after her brother's wedding on Febru ary 27. SCHOLAHSHIP ACCEPTED Virginia Smith, member of the class of 1949, Heppner high school, received word Wednesday morning that her application for admittance to the Colorado Wo man's college, Denver, had been accepted. The school limits en trance to 250 freshmen each year, drawing these from every state in the United States and from num erous foreign countries. Miss Smith is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Smith of lone. mmm STAR REPORTER AdmlwUoa prices afternoon and taming, nnleaa vpe. eUloalljr advertised to ba etherwieei Children i Est. Prloe .IT, red. Tax .03, Total 10c; Grade and HMrb School Student! U rears and over: Eit. Price .40. Fed. Tax .10, Total 60c; Adnltn Ert. Prole .SO, Fed. Tax .10, Total 60c Every child occupying a seat moat haTa a ticket. Sunday ahowi eontlnnoaa etartlr.fr at 1 p.m. All other ihowi itarat at 7:30 p.m. BoxoIIice open evening! until 9 p.m. Sunday-Monday, Feb. 27-28 APARTMENT FOR PEGGY JR4ULU4, CriLin, William Holdan, Edmund Gens Lockimrt, A h'art-arrtiirni. dowrMo-tarth and honest sry . . . Mi ji.ya and vjrr"w of a married GI at teiHjiiijf ol under the vetpruna' bill of lights . . . photographed in Technicolor ... a truly great and human comedy. Every Sunday & Monday: An excellent N e w s r e e I with news while it is still news! TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY, MARCH J-2 THE SECRET LAND Authentic T htiit oh-r film of " Operation Hiffh Jutnp" ith narration hy Commander &obirt Muutgomarjr, Li Kobart Taylor ftnd It, Van MttfUn and purring Mie Han and Ship of th V. ft Mavy. No ftiifr view oi the polar region have iver liwn irffwtxj .... exrlluiic urerie and great advent utiMi never m reened before VLVS OLYMPIC GAMES OF 1948 The Mweop and spectacle, the impress! veneM and beauties of the greatent sports event In the world, enhanced by Technicolor photography. Comment ary by Ted Hating and BUI Stern. THURS.-FRI.-SATm MARCH 3-4-5 PANHANDLE Sod Cameron, Cathy Downs. Anne Gwynn, Keed Hadley. Top-bracket western of the rugged days when Texas was young. Photographed in sepla-tone. PLUS THUNDER IN THE PINES Timber! The booming call of lumberjack adven ture and action. Filmed. In aepla. In the forest! of Wisconsin. With George Beeres, Balph Byrd, Michael Whelaa, Lyla Talbot, Marian Martin. Annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Lunch eon by the Women' Auxiliary of the Episcopal Church, Tuesday, March 1st, 11:30 to 1 o'clock. "Many times a year the people turn to the RED CROSS . . . once a year the RED CROSS turns to the people." Harry S. Tru man MARCH IS RED CROSS MONTH1 01 GENUINE TESTQSTERGME now available 30 FOR MEM NEW REDUCED PRICE Sent to you in plain wrapper by re turn AIRMAIL Send check or money order for $5 we pay postage. Send $1 with CO. D. orders, ORDER TODAY WITH CONFIDCNCC FROM THI ORIGINAL HEALTH CHEMICALS C:pt. 0-1 P. 0. Box 1426, Los Angeles, Calif. TAB- LETS POST PAID COXEN GRADUATES Pfc Glenn B. Coxcn, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Coxen of 616 S.W. 5th St., Pendleton, has graduated from the draftsman course at the USAF technical school, Ft. Fran cis E. Warren, Wyoming, accord ing to an announcement by Col. John C. B. Elliott, commanding officer. o NOTICE All persons who are using shal low wens which have been con taminated by the recent high wa ter should boil the water before drinking it to prevent typhoid fever and other infections. Those wishing to be immun ized against typhoid fever maj be immunized at the office of the county health officer free of charge. EXTENSION UNIT TO MEET Mrs. Pat Mclntyre will be hos tess to the Heppner Extension unit Tuesday, March I. Miss Ma bel Wilson, county home dem onstration agent, will "discuss small electrical equipment in the home. DISCHARGES FILED Three Morrow county ex-GI's recorded their service discharges at the courthouse during the week. William A. Zinter, lone, who received his release on March 28, 1916, James V. Doherty, lone, released January 7, 1949, and Ralph E. Currin, released March 7, 19-16 now have the ev idence of their resepective per iods of service safely filed in the archives of the office of County Clerk C. W. Barlow. INCOME AGENT COMING A state Income tax agent will be at the court house in Hepp ner Thursday, March 3, from 8 a.m. to 12 noon to assist taxpay ers. He will be at Kinzua Pine Mills office from 3 to 9 p.m., March 1; Condon court house, 1 to 12 a.m., March 2, and at Ar lington from 2 to 4 p.m., March 2. TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS TAKE TWELVE LIVES IN JANUARY Oregon's lowest monthly traf fic death toll in six years was recorded in January when state wide accidents claimed 12 lives. Secretary of State Earl T. New bry has reported. The Wall Street Journal comes forth with this one: A story reaches us of a fellow who fell behind on his installments on a new television set. Every passing week brought a dunning letter each more heated than the last Finally in desperation came the coup de grace written to appeal to the man's sense of shame. "What," said the letter, "would your neighbors think if we came and took away your television set?" The response so far has stump ed the finance experts. "I took this matter up with the neigh bors," wrote the delinquent, "and they think It would be a very lousy trick. The Poor Cave Man Had No Newspaper To Advertise In. But You Have ! I REGULAR SALE Thursday, March 3 More Stacker Cattle plus Miscellaneous Items Bring in what you have We'll do our best to find a buyer. SEE THE BRANDING AND DEHORNING CHUTE AT Heppner Sales Yard Harold Erwin, Operator John Varner, Auctioneer Harry Dinges, Clerk PENNEY'S SUPER TOMORROW! HURRY! HURRY! 3 DAYS ONLY FRIDAY - SATURDAY - MONDAY RAYON KNIT SLIP Ladies! A big money saver! Four gores . . . tailored . . . wears and launders beau tifully. Pink, white. 3241. 1 RAYON JERSEY KNIT HALF SLIPS Sizes small, medium, and large. Elastic waistband. $ 1 Women's 75 Denier RAYON JERSEY GOWNS Easy to wash, need no ironing. Lace rimmed styles in white, blue, pink and maize. I I 1 yy.j .... MM eaeBm"eeel 51 WOMEN'S PANTIES ,Two bar tricot, non-run rayon ... all around elastic waist, Hollywood or band leg briefs. Pink, white, blue. S, M, L 2 for 1 GAUGE NYLONS Perfect 51 gauge 5 or 30 denier nylons at won derful low price! 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