COFFEE BREAK
Saturday, May 18, 2019
East Oregonian
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OUT OF THE VAULT
War effort aided by young metal collectors
By RENEE STRUTHERS
East Oregonian
EO File Photo
Six-year-old Bobby Newman of Cold
Springs in Umatilla County poses with
some of the 3,000 pounds of scrap iron
he and his brother, 4-year-old Dick, col-
lected over a period of two months in
the spring of 1942 to aid the war effort.
The year: May 1942. The program:
scrap metal collection for the war
effort. The major players: Bobby and
Dick Newman of Umatilla County.
Many tons of scrap iron were col-
lected and shipped from Umatilla
County in the 1940s as part of the war
effort to supply metals for the manu-
facture of munitions and other materi-
als. The most precious ton and a half
of metal donated to the effort, how-
ever, was collected by two brothers
from ranchlands in the middle Cold
Springs area between Hermiston and
Pendleton.
On early May of 1942, J.L. Dun-
ham drove into Pendleton with a
load of 3,000 pounds of scrap iron on
his truck, accompanied by nephew,
6-year-old Bobby Newman. The
youngster, assisted by his 4-year-old
brother Dick, had spent two months
locating and hauling scrap iron from
ditches and gullies on their uncle’s
farm.
The boys would locate a piece of
iron, long abandoned, and then trans-
port it in their wagon to Mr. Dun-
ham’s ranch house. And since some of
the pieces of iron were rather large —
at least for boys their age — the ton
and a half of metal represented a huge
investment of work and sweat.
An East Oregonian reporter was
on hand at Joe Luck’s place in Pendle-
ton when Dunham and Newman were
helping unload the truck, and found
Bobby in a willing, but modest, mood.
He happily posed for a photo with
some of the scrap he helped collect,
but was disappointed that his brother,
who couldn’t come to town, wasn’t in
the photo.
“Did you help them?” the reporter
asked Dunham.
“Not a bit of it,” Dunham replied.
“Those kids did it all themselves.”
How could the Axis hope to beat
that kind of spirit?
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
May 18-19, 1919
Lawson Booher, aged 20, popular Athena young man,
died yesterday morning in Athena after an illness caused
by the amputation of a leg two years ago. Young Booher
was injured while playing basketball with the Athena high
school basketball team and the loss of the limb was the
result. Besides his friends in Athena, the young man was
well known in Pendleton. He was active in student affairs
and athletics before his illness.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
May 18-19, 1969
Vandals caused about $700 damage to the restrooms at
McKay Creek National Wildlife Refuge over the weekend.
Clair Aldous, Burbank, Wash., refuge manager, said one
restroom was pushed into McKay Reservoir and another
was knocked off its foundation. McKay Reservoir is a popu-
lar boating spot seven miles south of Pendleton.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
May 18-19, 1994
Tribal leaders flexed their newfound political muscle
Wednesday evening when they gathered together for the
groundbreaking of a new gaming facility. All are betting
on a prosperous future that breaks away from federal finan-
cial support and brings Indian employees and entrepreneurs
into the marketplace. “This is a signal of deep change,” said
Antone Minthorn, chairman of the general council for the
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
“Things will not be the same any more.” Minthorn was one
of eight speakers to usher in the Wildhorse Gaming Resort,
an event which drew more than 200 people beneath a large
tent to listen. Tribal leaders, shovels in hand, dug up the soil
where a new casino will be built next November.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
On May 18, 1896, the
U.S. Supreme Court, in
Plessy v. Ferguson, endorsed
“separate but equal” racial
segregation,
a
concept
renounced 58 years later by
Brown v. Board of Education
of Topeka.
In 1863, the Siege of
Vicksburg began during the
Civil War, ending July 4 with
a Union victory.
In 1944, during World
War II, Allied forces occu-
pied Monte Cassino in Italy
after a four-month struggle
with Axis troops.
In 1980, the Mount St.
Helens volcano in Washing-
ton state exploded, leaving
57 people dead or missing.
Today’s Birthdays: Base-
ball Hall of Famer Brooks
Robinson is 82. Bluegrass
singer-musician
Rodney
Dillard (The Dillards) is 77.
Baseball Hall of Famer Reg-
gie Jackson is 73. Rock musi-
cian Rick Wakeman (Yes) is
70. Country singer George
Strait is 67. Contemporary
Christian musician Barry
Graul (MercyMe) is 58.
Thought for Today: “A
conference is a gathering of
people who singly can do
nothing, but together can
decide that nothing can be
done.” — Fred Allen, come-
dian (1894-1956).
Universal Crossword
Edited by David Steinberg May 18, 2019
ACROSS
1 One often dropping
things
6 Chinese dynasty
known for its vases
10 Actress Merrill
14 Florida senator Marco
15 Continent within
Australia?
16 Famous ___ cookies
17 First-grader’s retort
18 Bridge no-no
20 Christmas tree choice
21 Brit’s “Adios!”
23 Homes for rinks
24 Red Raiders’ school
27 Batter’s stat
28 One-on-one fight
29 Disappointing firework
words
33 Honest
36 “This frustrates me!”
37 Like a yellow banana
38 Pie ___ mode
39 Boy saved by Scrooge
42 “___ to Joy”
43 Volleyball move before
a set
45 Ewe’s boo
46 Main circus tent
48 Diner staples
50 Smooch, in Seville
51 ‘60s conflict site
52 Phone option
57 Uncontrollable jerks
60 Phishing email, e.g.
61 Chicken ___
62 Liposuction cousin
64 Slanted
66 Vicinity
67 Jacob tricked him
68 Submarine detector
69 Mrs. Truman
70 Sci-fi time distortion
71 Banzai, Shenzi or Ed,
in “The Lion King”
DOWN
1 Mac and cheese brand
2 “Foreign Affairs” writer
Alison
3 Low-cost ride in a
popular app
4 “___ the season ...”
5 Attire for Malcolm X
6 American Girl co.
7 Calculus pioneer Newton
8 Cacao tidbit
9 Fancy party
10 Fig Newton relative
11 (Facepalm)
12 Mardi Gras city, informally
13 Requests
19 Makes a boo-boo
22 Was humiliated
25 What a caret means
26 Trumpeter Al
30 NYC film festival site
31 Coif style
32 Adele’s “Rolling in the
___”
“T SQUARE” By Brian Thomas
sudoku answers
33 ___ San Lucas
34 Homecoming guest,
briefly
35 Be a snitch
36 Bar scene?
40 Conde ___
41 Medley
44 Some flat-screen TVs
47 Acquired
49 One of 11 for Julia
Louis-Dreyfus
50 “Put on a happy face!”
53 One of 22 for Walt Disney
54 Express a view
55 Strikeout record
holder Ryan
56 More than needed
57 Metaphorical attempt
58 Untainted
59 Pot concoction
63 Katie Ledecky’s
Olympic team
65 Small dog