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MARION
HAYES
! GIVE you «uv word, I was never
■ mire flabbergasted in iny life
than the afternoon I found Jennie
Muldrow looking through Bill's clos-
et.
Bill is my husband.
I must
have made a sound- gasped, maybe
—for she turned around with a jerk.
If I ever saw guilt on a human coun
tenance it was on hers. Then sud
denly I had an inspiration. ! laughed
weakly. “You gave me a start, Jen
nie,” 1 said. "I didn’t know anyone
was in here. Were you looking for
your coat?”
“Yes. I—I was," she stammered.
Perhaps it would be better if 1 be
gan at the beginning. You see. the
bridge club was meeting at my
house. Just the usual crowd, two
tables. Jennie Muldrow, only a few
minutes earlier, had invited us all to
a dinner party at her home the week
before Christmas
That night Mildred Carr phoned
me. “Mary," she said, "did you see
a pair of brown pigskin gloves any-
where? I thought they were in my
purse but I can’t find them.”
The next day 1 told Mildred 1
couldn’t find the gloves. “Just as I
thought,” she answered.
“What did you say?”
“Mary, I hate to say this, but I'm
terribly afraid we have a thief in
our midst.”
Immediately 1 recalled Jennie
Muldrow in Bill's closet, but I didn't
mention it. "Why, Mildred!” I ex
claimed, “What makes you say .
that?”
“Well, Betty Hicks lost a compact
yesterday. 1 don’t mean she drop
To Our Enemies For 1945
To our enemies in war we wish to extend a warn
ing greeting for the new year. We are in the most
determined fighting mood since the tragedy at Pearl
Harbor. Three years ago we were unprepared for
the great struggle enforced upon us. Now we have a
fighting force of over ten million trained men. We
have the largest battle fleet of all nations—larger
than all others combined. We have an air force also
larger than all others. Our home fires are burning
just as strong after three years of bond buying and
tax paying, and devotion to war production, and are
determined to go the full limit of our powerful nation
to win a full unconditional surrender.
We invite the war leaders of Germany and Japan
to take full measure of our strength and devotion to
our cause before continuing the slaughter of their
own people and further destruction of their own re
sources. We urge them to believe that we Americans
do not fight for any of their territory, nor »seek con
trol of their governments. Our battles are in defense
of our own land and its democratic form of govern
ment, and for down-trodden nations who seek free
dom. For these things we will fight until the last
drop of blood in our veins, and until our resources
are sunk in the pits of destruction. This is our defiant
message to you, our enemies, on this New Year’s day
of 1945.
And why are we so devoted, so determined, so vig
ilant, and so militant? Because you assailed us with
out cause, and so treacherously, and because we be
lieve so strongly in our system of civilization. Under
our form of government, and in our beliefs in the
human rights of the individual before the law, we
have, in the short period of 160 years, built up the
greatest government on earth. We hold that all men
are created equal, and that each man should have op
portunity for fullest development, and not be sup
pressed by tyranny, despotism, dictatorships, mon
archs, and regimentation under the command of a
few. We regret that you, with your strange ideolo
gies should seek to rule the world, and enforce such
enslavement on us. You have, or the rulers before
you have, developed strong nations and achieved
much which now you will destroy. We denounce you
for trying to overthrow the tenets of Christian civili
zation which have done so much for humanity, and
attempting to establish the cold theory of dictatorial
tyranny, a doctrine which has been on the way out
for centuries. We come to destroy such principles.
Do not think that we would send the brilliancy of our
young manhood to fight, suffer and die for agrand-
izement and power. They go only to fight for a na
tion conceived under God, and the principles estab
lished under a democracy and our constitution.
If I ever saw guilt on a human
countenance it was on hers.
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teelings
NEU YEAR
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Hrasn's Greeting!
. . . . That is a very simple time-worn ex
pression but it can mean very much. It
can contain the sincere warmth of a per
sonal message. It can convey a personal
feeling of good will and friendship - not
just for the short Christmas Season -but
for the entire New Year which lies ahead.
Our greeting to you does mean all that is
implied in the old expressions, Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year!
miller’s Trading Post
I
ped it somewhere She had it at your
house. But when she got home it
was gone.”
“And that isn’t all. Kitty put a
lovely Appenzell handkerchief in her
bag when she left home, but this
morning it wasn't there.”
I stalled to speak but Mildred said
quickly, "Now don’t say she was
just mistaken, Mary Ellsworth, be
cause that isn't all. Guess what Mar
tha Fox told me!” This was just
rhetorical, so 1 didn't answer. Evi
dently Mildred had had a busy
morning. "Jennie was visiting Mar
tha last night and, when Martha was
called to the phone and her back
was turned, Jennie pocketed a tie
of Raymond's! Martha was facing a
mirror but Jennie didn't notice.”
“What do you think? Could Jennie
be a—-a kleptomaniac?"
"I don't know.” 1 answered.
I
said nothing about seeing Jennie in
Bill's closet. I nevei did tell anyone
but Bill. He was inclined to pooh-
pooh the whole business.
The burning question was: Should
we go to the Christmas party or
not? There was a difference of opin
ion about what to do. Martha want
ed each one to make up a water-
tight excuse and stay at home. Mil
dred Carr said ruthlessly, "No. that
won’t solve anything
Jennie must
resign from the club We can t have
a criminal in it. She must under-
stand she isn't wanted.” The more |
determined Mildred became, the less |
I wanted to humiliate Jennie
So |
finally 1 said, "Girls, you can ail 1
do what you like, but I'm going " I
The upshot was that all of us ap
peared except Mildred and her hus- Î
band.
Jennie gave us the surprise of our |
lives
She had a small, beautifully
trimmed tree, with attractive look
ing
packages
nestling
in
the
branches. We simply gasped. “Jen- |
me! You shouldn't have done this!"
She laughed
“Really, it wasn't
much trouble. In fact. I had a lot of |
fun
After dinner the presents were dis
tributed One by one the missing ar
ticles came to light
Kitty's face,
as she lifted her Appenzell hand- I
kerchief out of a dainty velvet case, |
was the funniest thing I’ve ever |
seen! Haymond Fox unwrapped a ;
tie holder from which a tie was
hanging, and Bill did the same. Ev
erybody was laughing uproariously
by this time, yet looking decidedly
sheepish, too. 1 was gazing in fasci- |
nation at my present—pictures of
my children.
Just to make it unanimous, she
said, there was a gift for John Mul
drow
“I've been looking high and
low for that thing," I heard him say.
Released by Western Newspaper Union,
BOARDMAN NEWS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1044
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By Frances Skoubo
Funeral services will be held in
Heppner Friday for Mike Marshal.
C/N Asta Skoubo, Eleanora
Skouba from Eugene, C/N Erna
Skoubo from Salem and Dagmar
Skoubo. student of Pendleton Sen
ior High, spent Christmas day with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adolf
Skoubo.
Lt. Ted Wilson, stationed in
Bakersfield, Cal., Mr. and Mrs.
Homer Baker, Mrs. John McClas-
key from The Dalles, Mr. and Mrs.
Johnston from Portland and Mr.
and Mrs. Pat Wilson from Portland
spent Christmas with their par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Wilson.
Mrs. Claude Coats and Mrs.
Glenn Mallery spent Christmas in
Seattle.
Miss Katherine Smoke and Miss
Marj. Smoke from Oswego spent
several days with Mr. and Mrs.
Lehman.
The Community Christmas tree
program was held in the school
auditorium Thursday night. A
large crowd attended the program.
Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Ely spent
Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. O.
Ely Christmas day.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Anderegg
and Barbara. Mr .and Mrs. Thomas
Gardiner. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kunze
and grandsons. Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Mulligan and family, Bill Harring
ton and Ralph Wasmer had Christ
mas dinner with Mr. and Mrs. I.
Skoubo.
Word was received from Lyle
Robertson from Europe Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Ransier
and family from Pendleton, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Marlow, Daniel
Ransier from Pasco and Miss Le
nora Self spent Christmas day
with Mr. and Mrs. Dan Ransier.
There was an unsually large
crowd at the Christmas dance
sponsored by student body Satur
day night.
Miss Dorathy Roach and Robert
Zeppenfeld spent Christmas with
Mr. and Mrs. Roach. Dorathy is
attending high school in Bremer
ton.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Root spent
HAPPY new YEAR
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HAPPY NEW YEAR
TO YOU,
FELLOW AMERICANS I
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F. B. SWAYZE, President
Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Root.
Glena Case from Rowena spent
Saturday visiting friends here. Ed.
McClellan and Glenda motored to
Rowena Sunday.
NOTICE OF HEARING
United States
Department of the Interior
General Land Office
Serial No. 031929
Contest No. 2664
The Dalles, Oregon, Dec. 4, 1944.
A sufficient contest affidavit
having been filed in this office by
James I. Phillips, contestant,
against Homestead Entry, Serial
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No. 031929, made by Ora Harold
Thompson, Contestée, and the said
contestée having filed a sufficient
answer thereto, said parties are
hereby notified to appear, respond,
and offer evidence touching said
allegation at 10 o’clock a. m. on
January 16, 1945, before E. P.
Dodd, Notary Public at Hermiston,
Oregon, and that final hearing will
be held at 10:00 o’clock a. m. on
February 19, 1945, before the Reg
ister at the District Land Office in
The Dalles. Oregon. Either party
wishing to submit further evidence
on the day of final hearing must
give the opposite party ten days’
notice.
E. P. DODD.
Acting Register.
(Dec. 7-Jan. 4)
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