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AMENDMENT
GLENN C. WADE
HERE TUESDAY
HERMISTON FEATURE W ESTLAND GRANGE
ELECTS OFFICERS
RADIO BROADCAST
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H. P. KOPACZ
STATION OWNER
HEAR J. D. ROSS
SPEAK O N POWER
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Hermiston will be featured
❖ on a special night program ov-
❖ er the Columbia Network, via
station KFPM, at just one min-
❖ ute before 8:00, p. m. on No-
❖ vember 25th. This is brought
❖ about by the retail merchants
❖ in Hermiston who display Wrig-
❖ ley’s Spearmint gum in their
<• stores, according to Scatter-
❖ good Baines, who heads these
4> programs.
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Local citizens w ill find this
<> program interesting and will
❖ be able to tune in over any sta-
❖ tion on the Columbia network
❖ set-up.
Henry P. Kopacz has purchased
the accessories department of the
Hermiston Motor company garage
from the Pasco Motor company and
took possession early this week. The
Hermiston Motor company will re
tain the agency for the Chevrolet
car but Mr. Kopacz will act as their
local agent. The accessories depart
ment will be operated under the
name of Kopacz Service.
Kopacz is making arrangements
and will probably carry Standard
products, through Sam Moore, local
agent.
Kopacz is known by many in
Hermiston having operated a 31
acre farm on the Stanfield ranch
and for the past year has farmed the
20 acre tract owned by W. P. Lutt
rell in Columbia district.
R. G. Penney and E. P. Dodd mo
tored to Portland last Friday in or
der to be in Portland that evening
to hear J. D. Ross, Bonneville’s ad
ministrator, disclose his program on
electricity for all within transmis
sion distance, to be distributed
through public or private systems,
as the people wish.
Mr. Penney is president of the
Umatilla Electric Cooperative asso
ciation, recently approved by the
federal REA to distribute power to
the rural districts in this territory.
Mr. Dodd represented the board in
another capacity.
Mr. Ross was making his first ap
pearance in Oregon under the aus
pices of the People’s Power League,
and was introduced by Dr. J. F.
Hosch, chairman of the House Com
mittee on Public Utilities.
In a friendly, almost conversa
tional talk,
Administrator Ross
promised the lowest rates to all
within reach of the project, but ex
plained that generation and trans
mission was only a fraction of the
cost to the ultimate consumer.
Mr. Penney and Mr. Dodd gained
a brief hearing with Mr. Ross who
promised that he would make a visit
to this REA project within a short
time and would offer any advice or
assistance possible In the develop
ment of tee project.
Engineers are now in the field
laying out stakes for construction of
the power lines.
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Townaenditea to the capacity of a
lull house gathered at the Union
church Tuesday night to hear Glenn
C. Wade, district organizer, tell ol
his meeting with Dr, Townsend at
the national convention and later
with Governor Martin in Portland.
Mr. Wade stated that the Townsend
movement was now seeking for a
constitutional
amendment
which
would permit a transaction tax as
.a means of bringing about economic
recovery and security for the aged.
Wade spoke enthusiastically over
A N C IE N T RIVALS
the proposed move to secure the con
stitutional amendment through the TIE GAME 6-6
vote of the people, and stated that
the success of the movement lies In
Rivals since early school history,
the future, and depends upon the the Bulldogs and the Heppner high
people to send in dues to headquar football teams clashed on the Hepp
ters where the work will be carried ner field Armistice day and fought
to a tie game, 6 to 6. The play
on.
In telling of the presentation of ranged between the 20 yard line«.
the petitions- to Governor Martin, Hermiston threatened
to
score
calling for a special session, Mr. three times during the game and
Wade said that that was the first made the six points In the first half
time in the history of the Townsend when S. Rankin carried the ball
movement that petitions had been over on a tackle smash.
presented directly to any chief exe
Heppner scored in the last half
cutive. The committee explainted of the last quarter when Hermiston
the transaction tax to Governor lost the ball on penalties of too
Martin and answered other ques many time outs and the 15 yard
penalty placed the ball on Hermis
tions.
Governor Martin did not agree to ton’s 12 yard line. Van Meter car
call a special session because, he ex ried the ball over the goal line on
plained, It takes 12,513 signatures a fake reverse, but the point was
to kill a referendum and any tax was low.
measure must be referred to the
The game was hard fought and
people, therefore, it would be sheer was played on a wet field.
extravagance to call a special ses
The Bulldog football season has
sion and then have its purpose de been good considering tjie inexper
feated by the people.
ienced material turning out at the
The membership fee for clubs has beginning of the season. The team
been returned to the 25 cent mini has either tied or won all games
mum and several new members were against schools of their own enroll
secured at the meeting Tuesday ment and has held other teams to
nightj
reasonable scores.
A summary of the games is as
Entertainment Furnished.
A program was furnished at the follows:
opening of the meeting when C. A. Pasco 19 ......................... Hermiston 6
Jackman read the monthly bulletin. Waitsburg 0 .................. Hermiston 0
This was followed by a skit by Mrs. Joseph 0 ..................... Hermiston 19
Waldo Dyer, Mrs. C. R. Moore and Pendleton 6 .................. Hermiston 0
C. R. Moore, entitled “Clothesline Arlington 6 ................. Hermiston 13
Gossip,’’ which involved local char Kennewick 14 .............. Hermiston 0
acters. A vocal number was given Milton 22 ...................... Hermiston 0
by Mrs. H. G. McCulley, Mrs. W- G. Heppner 6 .................... Hermiston 6
Dyer and C. R. Moore, and a guitar
number by James Goodman of Stan HERALD PUBLISHES
field.
Mrs. Alta Brown, president of the NEXT WEDNESDAY
Heppner club, brought greetings to
The Herald will reach subscribers
the club from her members and ex
on the regular Friday morning mail
pressed her appreciation of the work
next week but it will be necessary
being done in this club.
to publish on Wednesday due to
Chicken Dinner.
A chicken dinner was served pre 'flhanksglving o'n Thursday. No
ceding the meeting when at least mail will be carried on routes that
200 people were served. Proceeds day. Correspondents and advertis
w ill be used to promote the program ers are asked to note the early pub
lication day, in order that all copy
of the local club.
may be sent in a day earlier than
usual.
STANFIELD CCC
The Herald will be placed in the
mail Wednesday evening.
OPEN HOUSE
Don Sherwood was re-elected
Master of the Westland Grange at
the last regular meeting Thursday.
November 11th, and at the same
time other officers were elected. The
new officers will be Installed in a
joint meeting with the Columbia,
Echo and Stanfield Granges, held In
the Odd Fellows hall at Hermiston,
Thursday, December 2, at 8:30 p.m.
This meeting will be open to the
general public.
Eugene Rugg, who represented
the state of Oregon as one member
of the livestock demonstration team,
gave an account of his trip to Co
lumbus, Ohio, where he attended the
National Dairy show.
Officers elected were G. C. Gor
don,
Overseer; Benjamin Prior,
Steward; Harold Laird, Assistant
Steward; Lauretta Mulklns, Lady
Assistant Steward; Mrs. Jess Prin-
dle, Chaplain; Mabel Corliss, Lec
turer; Mrs. A. E. Rugg, Secretary;
Virgil Wilkes, Treasurer; Phillip
Power, Gatekeeper; Alma Laird,
Ceres; Mrs. Guy Shaw, Pomona;
Mrs. Phillip Power, Flora; and the
executive committee members were
E. H. Dunning, Guy Shaw and A. E.
Rugg.
The second November meeting of
the grange has been cancelled due
to the fact that it falls on Thanks
giving day.
PN EUM O N IA
OVERTAKES M A N
A. A. Fidler ot La Grande was
taken to the Hermiston General hos
pital Thursday of last week, on Ar
mistice day, when he became ill
with a cold which had developed in
to pneumonia, while enroute to his
home in La Grande from Portland.
Mr. Fidler is greatly improved at
this time and on the way to recov
ery. His wife came from their home
in La Grande immediately upon
hearing of her husbai d’s illness and
is now with him. The Fjdiers i t
erate a new and second hand store
in La Grande.
Lieutenant Fredrick W. Hower, PURPOSE IN HEAVY
commanding officer for the Stan
field OCC camp, has announced an SCHEDULE
open house at the camp during the
Coach Frank O’Neil has a purpose
afternoon on Thanksgiving day, No
in scheduling a fifty percent tough
vember 25th. The public is especial
er basketball season than last year.
ly invited at this time to visit the He wants to let the boys taste de
camp and see how the OCC boys feat on occasions and toughen them
live.
in for tournament play, which he
The camp boys will present the hopes will seem mo Re like a real
•“CCC Revue” a show put on entirely challenging contest instead of Just
by boys in the camp, and will give another basketball game.
Coach has a strong starting line
visitors a vivid idek of the type of
entertainment the men indulge. up this year with very little reserve
Older and doughnuts will be served strength. Five lettermen In the
to visitors while they enjoy the field this year including Gerald Kel
ler, S. Rankin, A. Shaw, R. Knapp
sketch.
and H. Buell.
The boys of the camp are being
The first of a series of 18 games
extended the courtesy of bringing a will be played with Irrigon on No
guest to dinner in the evening. vember 30th.
Couples will be placed at tables re
served for them and other members PARTY
of the camp will be assigned to
serve and see to the needs of the FIVE ELK
guests.
Other officers of the camp are | Five elk battled uselessly against
Lieutenant Bernard F. Burdzinski. : a party of six invading hunters last
Jun'lor" officer. Frank K. Seely, e d - ! week, who came from Hermistom
ucatlonal adviser, and Dr. Wiliam The group returned Sunday with
M. Marhut. contract surgeon.
«▼* fin* e,k wk,ch
. in
The CCC Company 569 at Stan-'of the best quality kill bro' * ^
field recently celebrated Its second for several years, all the animal,
anniversary as a camp at Stanfield, being fat and in fine t leak V. C
The company moved to Stan.fleld on Smith, who head, a party of sue
October 22. 1935. from Camp Horse cesslul hunters each year, says,the
Heaven located In the Coeur ’d animals are the best he has ever
Alene NationalJ o r ^ t I , Idaho.
- n ^ O t h e U lt h e party W ^ A .
BLAIN ALSPACH
BURIED M O N D A Y
Blaine M. Alspach, young Pilot
Rock merchant who died at his home
Friday, November 13, was buried
Monday afternoon in the Olney cem
etery at Pendleton following ser
vices held at Folsom’s at 2:30. Al-
^pach was known by many in Her
having been employed here
for more than a year
Mr. Alspach was born in Lewis
ton, Idaho, November 14, 1909, and
his early youth and school days
were spent at Helix. He was asso
ciated with Lawrence Reilly In the
meat market at Pilot Rock. Besides
his widow; the former Marjorie
Hutton of Stanfield, he Is survived
by his father, Charles Alspach, a
brother, Gale Alspach, and two sis
ters, Mrs. Paul Bracher of Hermis
ton. and Miss Genevieve Alspach.
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Mr. and Mrs. Earl Baker left
Tuesday for their home in Golden-
dale. Wn.. after spending a week
visiting Mrs. Baker’s mother. Mrs.
T. L. Ketley.
Montgomery, of Hermiston, Roy
Tracy of Oregon City, and C. S.
Dann of Portland. The party hunted
nt the head of the Grande Ronde
river.
GERALD W H IT E
NAMED CARRIER
Gerald White, who has been a
resident of Hermiston for almost
eleven years, has received the ap
pointment of rural carrier on Her
miston rural route No. 2, which was
left vacant by the retirement of J.
A. Reeves, veteran carrier. White
took over his duties Monday, No
vember 15th. Jasper Templeton will
continue to act as substitute carrier.
White has been employed by the
Hermiston Light & Power company
for the past nine years and before
that was active in the poultry busi
ness. He came to Hermiston from
the Lexington country.
Janies Todd is the rural carrier
for route No. 1 with Ed Bensel as
substitute carrier.
Mrs. Mary M. Daum.
ASSOCIATION SHIPS
THREE CARS TURKEYS
93 PER CENT
PRIME BIRDS
The Eastern Oregon Turkey Grow
ers’ association shipped its first
turkey pool Tuesday of this week
which comprised 88,994 pounds of
turkeys and three car loads, con
signed to Los Angeles. Of the 5798
birds shipped 93 percent were prime.
Loading and delivery
started
Monday and continued through unr
til Tuesday noon. The pool com
pared favorably with previous pools
and high grade of stock. Favorable
weather conditions were experien
ced In picking and receiving.
A crew of 27 persons worked in
th warehouse during receiving and
loading was completed and all birds
packed in the cars by noon Tuesday, •
covering a period not to exceed
thirteen hours from the time the
pool started until it closed.
More birds of higher quality were
received through the pool than were
anticipated earlier in the season.
The entire shipment exceeded ex
pectations of the association.
Another shipment will follow the
early pool on November 29th and.
30th.
WALKER'S SERVICE
STATION SOLD
Walker’s Service Station was sold
this week to Jack Stanger of Pen
dleton, distributor of Associated Oil
products, by Mrs. Mabel Walker,
who has owned and operated the
station for two years. Grant Walker
has leased the station
from Mr.
Stanger.
Walker took over the station Mon
day, November 15th, and is now in
complete charge. He has assisted at
the station for the past eight years
and is well known here.
The station is being painted As
sociated Oil colors and will handle
accessories.
Mrs. Mary M. Daum, 84, passed
away Friday morning', November 12,
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R.
A. Brownson, after visiting here
for five weeks from her home in
Èureka, Kansas. Mrs. Daum had
been a resident of Eureka since
1869, where she was married and
reared her family. The body was
shipped to Eureka via the Portland
Rose on Saturday, and Mrs. Brown-
son and Mrs^ M. M. Wells, who ac
companied Mrs. Daum to Oregon,
went to Kansas on the same train.
Mrs. Daum is survived by three
Townsend Auxiliary Organized
daughters, Mrs. Brownson, Mrs.
Blanche Evans of Pomona. Calif.,
A Townsend club auxiliary was
and Mrs. P. R. Pitts of Indianapolis, ¡organized last Wednesday. Novem-
Mrs. Brownson expects to return her 10, at the home of Mrs. F. E.
Earnhart. The ladles worked on
some time before Thanksgiving.
quilts and dishtowels and enjoyed
a social afternoon. Among those
Ship 10 Truckloads Stock.
present were Mesdames E. C. Hugh
The Grandview Livestock & Poul es, Churchman, Chas. Epperson,
try company shipped ten truckloads F. W. Lenz, F. R. Moore. G. E.
of stock from the Hermiston terri Knapp, A. T. Kauffman, Joe Udey,
tory last week. B. I. Whitney is the T.A. Sink, C.A. Binder, H. Hooker,
local representative and has been Perry Arthur and F. E. Earnhart.
operating in this district for sever The next meeting will be held Fri
al years. Stock is reported in good day. November 26, and all persons
condition and a good market price. Interested In the organization are
Sanders Married.
invited to attend.
Walter Sanders and June R. San
Heppner On Armistice.
ders, both of Hermiston, were mar
Legion and Auxiliary members
ried Monday, November 15 th, In
Bests in Alabama.
Pendleton by Justice of the Peace and their families spending the day
at Heppner on Armistice day In
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Best, who left
Manuel Friedley.
Hermiston by motor and trailer
cluded Mr. and Mrs. BUI Logan and
two children, Mr. and Mrs. 0. K.
house October 28th, with Florida as
Revival Services.
their destination, are now at Mo
Mudge, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Moore,
Revival services have been con Mr. and Mrs. James Todd and two
bile, Alabama, according to word re
ceived here this week. The Bests ducted at the Methodist church for daughters, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Jack-
visited in Raton, New Mexico, where the past two weeks by the Pastor, son, Mrs. W. L. Hamm, Mr. and
they were at an elevation of 6600 R. R. Flnkbeiner. All the services Mrs. Gerald White, Mr. and Mrs. R.
feet, but went south to Mobile in have been well attended. The theme H. Plersol and family, Logan Todd,
search of a warmer climate. After has been “God demands righteous all of Hermiston, and Mr. and Mrs.
visiting in Alabama they will motor
Ursel Hiatt of Umatilla. Some of
south to Florida to spend the great men in an unrightous world." These the group remained for the banquet
er part of the winter^ returning to meetings will continue until Thanks and dance In the evening and oth
giving day.
Hermiston in March.
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ers returned home after the football
game between Heppner and Her-
pner.
193« PROGRAM WILL BE DISCUSSED AT
AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION MEET FRIDAY
Farmers located in the west lima- ted at the beginning of the year,
tilla area will have an opportunity It will not be necessary this year to
to select community committeemen figure out how much can be earned
to represent them in the county Ag- per acre through the use of soil con-
riculturai Conservation program for serving crops. Each farmer is glv-
'38. The first meeting In the en two goals, the first of these is a
unty is to be held at the Union total »oil depleting crop goal which
church In Hermiston, Friday after-, means the crops which are hard on
noon, November 19, at 1:30 p m | the soil. The other goal Is known
A. R. Coppock, chairman of the A g-; a„ the soil conserving goal which
rlcultural Conservation committee i will make for the farmers soil build-
will be present to explain the 1938 | |ng practices, or what he may do to
restore the fertility of the soil. There
program.
Jay T. Pierson, assistant county are some twenty-eight practices
agent, attended a district meeting which can be used to build up the
held at Arlington some time ago and fertility of the soil.
Ail farmers Interesed in the Agri
stated that the new program has
been simplified so that a single to culture Conservation program are
tal payment representing the amount urged to attend this afternoon ses
the farmer can earn can be catcula- sion.
MASONS ENJOY
JO IN T MEETING
A joint meeting of the Masonic
and Eastern Star lodges from Uma
tilla, Hermiston, Stanfield and Echo
was held at Refvem’s hall in Stan
field last Monday night In celebra
tion of the adoption of the constitu
tion of the United States more than
150 years ago. George Cochran, at
torney of La Grande, was the main
speaker on the program and his talk
was greatly appreciated by those
present.
Hawley Beau e t Echo acted -a*.
master of ceremonies and Introduced
the officers and committeemen from
the various organizations, and the
speaker of the evening. A presenta
tion of the flag was made and the
group sang the Star Spangled Ban
ner, as an opening number on the
program.
Other program numbers consisted
of a piano solo by Mrs. Don Sikes of
Stanfield; selections by the Eastern
Star ladies’ quartet composed of
Mrs. L. Munsey, Mrs. W. L. Hamm,
Mrs. J. A. Clarke of Hermiston, and
Mrs. Jim Lane of Stanfield; violin
solo by Dorothy Chapman of Uma
tilla; selections by the Masonic male
quartet composed of Roy Smith of
Echo, Homer Hedrick of Stanfield,
R. G. Saylor of Echo, and J. A.
Clarke of Hermiston.
A pot luck supper was served by
members of the Eastern Star fol
lowing the program. The program
for the evening was arranged by com
mittees appointed from the four
Masonic lodges.
Construction Over Project.
A. W. Turnblad Is remodeling his
dairy bam this week on his farm
near the steel bridge on the Uma
tilla river, which Is one of the many
activities in the remodeling and
building field. A. H. Cable has re
cently completed an extensive chick
en house on his farm in Columbia
district. Colonel Jordan Is building
a four room house on his farm In
the extreme wpst portion of West-
land district. W. L. Pierson has com
pieted remodeling work on his farm
home north of Hermiston. Wayne
Coe of Portland is remodeling one of
the dairy barn on the Coe • ranch
at Stanfield putting in a concrete
floor and lining the Inside walls,
making it Into a 60x100 foot brood
er ’ house to be used for turkey
poults. A1 Gregory will have charge
of the birds and the plant when
they start operation in the spring.
T H A N K S G IV IN G DAY
CHURCH SERVICE
The churches of Hermiston will
unite in a union Thanksgiving day
service which will be held in the
Methodist church on Thursday, No
vember 25th, beginning at 9:30 a.
m. A special musical program la
belisg arranged and the public la
invited to attend these services on
Thanksgiving morning.
HIGH SCHOOL
SMOKER DEC. 2ND
The Hermiston high school will
present a smoker Thursday, Decem
ber 2, at 8:00 o'clock in the high
school gym, in a card arranged be
tween Heppner and Hermiston, com
prising eight matches
and
24
rounds.
Last year Heppner won the smok
er by a 5-3 point margin and Her
miston is out for revenge this year.
Bouts will be scheduled between fly
weight to heavy weight matches
and prbntises to be a rounder
Beekeepers Annual Meet.
The anuual meeting of the Uma
tilla County Beekeepers' association
will be held Monday, November 22.
at 2:00 p. m. in the office of the
assistant county agent's office. E
Sires of Stanfield Is president, J.
Skovbo. secretary, and E. D. Mosaic
of Pilot Rock is vice president.