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Heppner Gazette Times, TKurs'day, December 15, 1955 Page 3 Lexington News By Delpha Jones Mrs. Bertha Hunt and Mrs. Alex Hunt were hostesses to a farewell party honoring Eugene Wardwell who has left for ser vice In the Coast Guard. Cards were enjoyed by the high school and faculty, and refreshments were served. Others attending the party besides those mention ed were Max Breeding, Marvin Way, and Larry Groves. Diana Schoonover accompanied by her brother and father visited Sunday at the June Cooper home. Mrs. Cooper is the mother of Diana. The Lutheran Ladies Aid met at the Collison home in Heppner last week. Election of officers was held at this time with Mrs. Alex Hunt elected president; Mrs. Irvin Rauch, vice president and Pauline Matheny, secretary-treasurer. Lovely refreshments were served. The next meeting will be at the Alex Hunt home in Lex ington. Let's don't forget the church Christmas program to be held Dec. 18th at 7:30 p. m. Let's not forget the reception held for the George Allyns cele brating their 60th anniversary. This will be held at the I. O. O. F. hall from 2-4 Sunday after noon Dec. 18. The fire department answered the call to the Ray Papineau - Long Distance Nation-Wide Moving Service Mayflower Agents Padded Vans Penland Bros. TRANSFER CO. Pendleton, Oregon Phone 338 home on Tuesday morning where a fire had been discovered between the walls. Some damage was done, but due to the quick work of the fire department the fire was soon put out. Dinner guests on Tuesday night at the R. W. McMillan home were Mr. and Mrs. Bill Forrester. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. McMillan and John Spence were visitors Sunday at the Fred Bristow home in Cove, called there by the ill ness of Mrs. Bristow. Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Breeding enjoyed their Christmas dinner on Saturday evening a few days early, as their son Max, who is home from the U. S. Navy will be returning to overseas duty on Christmas. Those present were: a daughter Mrs. Floyd Smith and infant daughter of Heppner, Mrs. Don Grant, another daughter and family from Yamhill, and an other daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Dennis and son Jay of Lebanon, and sons Max and PauL Mr. and Mrs. Jack Barak and family have gone to Texas where they will spend the winter. Deanne Angell is a patient in Pioneer Memorial hospital in Heppner. She is the infant daughter of Mr .and Mrs. Jim Angell. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Darnielle and children of The Dalles visited at the home of Mrs. Darnielle's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Newt O'Harra one day last week. The Thespians have received play books and will soon start work on another play to be given in February. Let's not forget the school pro gram on Dec. 22. Miss Jewell Boone and Mrs. Lawrence Brent were Portland visitors over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Hunt are the proud parents of a son Gary Dean born at Mid-Columbia hos pital one day last week. The grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. John Key of Heppner and Bertha u1 Gifts for Men SHOP PHIL'S FOR NEWSlllICra" New Schick "25" with black and ilver fcSO Caddie Case ygy You be the judge! The newest and finest shaver ever made by Schick must give you the closest shaves your face has ever felt or your money back in 14 days! iv 1 - mm Special $7.50 Trade-in For Your Old Electric Shaver-You Pay Only $22.00 Also a choice ol Norelco, Remington, Ronson and Sunbeam Electric shavers. Special $7.50 trade-in allowed on these models. -KINGS MEN Toiletry Sets -OLD SPICE Toiletry Sets -COMPLETE LINE OF BAR SUPPLIES -TIMEX WATCHES $10.95 UP -KEM PLASTIC PLAYING CARDS DOUBLE DECK, $7.50 SINGLE DECK, ,. .$3.95 -POKER CHIPS AND CHIP RACKS -CARD SHUFFLERS -LEATHER SHAVING KITS . ..$1.50 UP -LEATHER BILLFOLDS AND SETS -SHEAFFER PENS AND PEN SETS -GENUINE IMPORTED BINOCULARS PHIL'S PHARMACY PHIL BLAKNEY. Owner d? OUX32ML f 4 Operation by armed forces of general merchandise stores, known as Post Exchanges, and foods stores, known as Commis saries, has long been debated. Defense Department claims al though stores operate at no cost to government, they sell for;. less than near by private en-j terprlses be cause of buying economies, ef-: ficiency, other rpnsnn. ? ' However, re port of Com mission on Ur- c. W. Harder ganization of the Excecutive Branch of the Government, bet ter known as Hoover Commis sion, disputes these long stand ing arguments. The report states, "Post Ex changes are intended to be com pletely self-sustaining, but in reality they are not. Their ability to sell at lower prices and still accumulate profits results pri marily from the indirect subsidy given post exchanges." The commission notes there are 450 post exchanges with 19, 780 civilian employees in U. S. and doing annual business of $470 million. Abroad 2,700 post exchanges, employing 49,935 civ ilians do annual business of $540 million. Thus post exchange system equals some of biggest U. S. retailing enterprises. Hoover report, also finds sal aries and allowances of 1,300' military personnel in post ex changes operations are not charged to overhead. Situation is more aggravated in operation of grocery stores, or commissaries. In U. S. 199 commissaries do annual business of $185 million. Of 7,411 employ ees, over half, 4,084, are military. (2) NiMonil Fp(Wtlon of Independent BunlneM Report notes commissaries not only sell military people, but also some civilian employees at markups ranging from 3!4 to 5. Yet Hoover Commission states to cover cost of military personnel employed in commis saries, depreciation, other costs, a mark-up from 10 to 14 would be necessary. Report takes cognizance of fact cheaply sold merchandise is one of so-called "fringe bene fits" supposed to induce men to remain in the armed forces. Yet even with these "fringe benefits" and with highest pay in world, armed forces constantly com plain about losing men. For ex ample, a corporal, not a very high rank, with wife and two children can draw over $300 per month. Yet 49 of all families in the U. S. have incomes of less than $4000 per year. In addition, subsidized service owned retail operations, cut con siderable swath in potential vol ume of privately operated tax paying retailers. There is strong question of fairness in expecting retailers to bear brunt of pro viding "fringe benefits" to armed forces, if such are necessary. There is also a strong psychol ogical factor. With thousands of impressionable young men with no business experience taken into services every month, dif ference in prices at armed forces stores as compared with those elsewhere cannot help being noticed; could lead to conclusion more abundant life should in clude socialized business. This problem does not confront Rus sian High Command. At very least, to offset this silent propaganda for socialism, post exchanges and commissar ies should be required to display large signs, to print on all sales slips wording such as this, "These prices are only possible because U. S. taxpayers pay part of price of everything sold here." Hunt of Lexineton. He weighed 7 lbs. 5 ozs. The Lexington high school stu dent body Is preparing a play "Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick" to be given soon. The cast is fis follows: Aaron Slick, Donald Hunt; Wilbur Merridew, Dexter Miles; Clarence Green, Hugo Leyva; Mrs. Rosy Berry, Inez O'Niel; Gladys May Merridew, Pat Steagall; The Girl in Red, Maureen Groves; Little Sis Riggs, Sue Laney. o Monument News By Martha Matteson Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Matteson are announcing the coming mar riage of their daughter, Jessie Ellen, to Harry W. Scott of Long Creek, son of Mr. and Mrs. Orvall Scott of Vale, Oregon. Tony Hutchison and Ben Spain drove through Pendleton Wed nesday on their way to Portland. Mrs. Tony Hutchison and Jessie Matteson drove to Fossil Mon day on business. Mrs. Ray Ward and children drove down from Long Creek and visited at the Kingman home for lunch; Mrs. Kingman drove them up to the Bob Holmes ranch Fri day. They visited Margaret Holmes and Jessie Matteson who are working at the ranch. . John Erhardt was in John Day Saturday on garage busi ness. Maynard Hamilton and Lee Slocum drove to Heppner Satur day on business and Christmas shopping. Chuck Van Detta accompanied Harold Lippert to Portland with a load of stock. Jessie Matteson accompanied Mrs. Tony Hutchison to Pendle ton Tuesday morning where they spent two days shopping and visiting. Bob Holmes and Andy Beards- ley spent two days in Pendleton on business. Mrs. Delmer Settle and son of Long Creek were in town Thurs day calling on Bill and Lula Set tle, Mattescfts and Kingmans. Stanley Musgrave and Rhoe Bleakman were busy delivering dressed hogs around town here Friday. Ben Spain and Tony Hutchison returned from Portland Saturday night. The M. M. M. club will hold its annual Christmas meeting in the grange hall Thursday, December 15. There will be a potluck at noon, a short business meeting then games and an exchange of gifts. The Legion auxiliary will hold their Christmas meeting at the grange hall Saturday night, De cember 17. Heppner High School SCOOP The shop boys have been busy working on their projects. Bob Stevens has completed making a 4 wheel trailer, Tom Wilson has finished overhauling the engine of his car and Eddie Bros nan is making a stock rack and bed for his new truck. The shop boys also plan to col lect and repair old and damaged toys for the needy boys and girls of Heppner and Morrow county. Mr. J. W. Popham, chairman of the speech committee, announced that plans are on the way for the speech festival at Lexington on March 6. 4-H Club News THE COOKERETTES The Cookerettes 4-H club met at the home of Mrs. Markham Baker December 10 at 1:30. Mrs. Baker started the meeting by showing us how to measure liquids and dry ingredients. Our president then called the meeting to order. The usual order of business was followed. After the meeting, we played games. Dalene McDonald won a prize. Mrs. Baker and Mardine served lovely refreshments of hot chocolate, jello and cookies. Before we left, Mrs. Baker gave each girl in cooking I a set of measuring spoons, and each girl in cooking II a spatula.- The next meeting will be held at the home of Dolores Emert, January 14 at 1:30. Dianna Pettyjohn, reporter Phone Your News to 6-9223. By Nancy Anderson The high school Christmas party will be Thursday Dec. 22. Names have been drawn and gifts will be exchanged at that time. Also, a 30 minute program is planned with Christmas carols and entertainment. , Friday, Dec. 16, at 1:30 col lege representatives from three state schools will interview the seniors and answer questions con cerning enrollment in state col leges. Parents with seniors in school who might have questions are invited to attend. The Hehisch sent papers to the Columbia Scholastic Press and the National Scholastic Press to be evaluated. The FFA boys are selling Christmas trees again this year. They are on sale in the lot next to Heppner Auto Parts. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Robbins and Eddie Brosnan attended the FFA banquet in Pendleton Dec. 13, Eddie Brosnan has completed his contract with the Sears sheep chain and the contract has been transferred to the La Grandje chapter. From where I sit ... 6y Joe Marsh' New Light on an Old Subject Mr. Evans from the Lighting Company gave an interesting talk at the Community Hall last night -on how farmers can cut electric bills. 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