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*M 0 ‘» u » ln g fflrrmiatoti Bmtlh E ELECTS CO-OP. BUILDING, GRAWe BOAS0 MEMBERS PLANT ADEQUATE BUSINESS VOLp^te SHOWS INCREASE H. M. Som m rer, m anager of the F arm B ureau Co-operative of Her m iston, believes th a t th e building w hich now houses the p la n t is cap able of ca rin g for the present needs, and fu tu re dem ands of Its patrons in the lines of feeds. He brought th is out w hile g iving his rep o rt a t th e a n n u a l m eeting held F riday, F eb ru ary 11, in the Union church, to w hich a large m em bership repre se n tatio n was present. Mr. Som m erer’s rep o rt showed th a t the p lan t had tu rn ed out 3,126,573 lbs. in stock mixes, 748,- 274 lbs. in custom m ixing, and a to ta l in grin d in g , crack in g and e le a n in g of 5,485,123 lbs. d u rin g 1937, m aking a g rand to ta l of 9,- 359,970 lbs. p u t th ro u g h the mill d u rin g th e past year. T his tonnage has been p u t thro u g h th e mill for members w ho come to H erm iston from w ithin a radius of 50 miles. H ow ever, th is does not include o th e r stock handled such as flour, salt, seeds, mill feed, molasses an d other m iscellaneous items. Total sales for 1937 am ounted to $185,- 986.90. Sold from Box Car. The first sales made by th e Farm B u reau Co-operative w ere made from a box c a r w hich stood on th e track an d w as delivered to m em bers di rect from th e car. The m em bership h as grow n u n til now the p la n t serves som e 700 members. In th e sp rin g of 193 7 th e board of d irec to rs opened a $10,600 building program w hich added a large storage space and m ade the b uilding ade q u a te for any expansion w hich m ig h t be necessary in the fu tu re to ta k e care of increased volume in production. The p la n t now offers th e service of a barley roll installed a t the tim e of expansion. E ig h t people are now em ployed at th e p la n t and in th e office to care for th e increased business. H. M. Som m erer is m anager, David M ittles- dorf, Fred Reeves, M. J Taylor, W alt Mead, O. C. Pierce, p lant forem an, and Mrs. G eorgia H ender son as bookkeeper assisted by Miss E va Wilcox. Directors Elected. T hree d irectors were re-elected a t th e m eeting F riday. H. J. Bean from th e Echo d istric t, R. G. Saylor. B ut te r Creek and M innehaha, and J. H. Reid, South Columbia. O ther mem bers of the board are P. J. Quinn, Stanfield, H. J. O tt, N orth Columbia, S. J. Devine, Morrow county, and R. V. Jones, U m atilla and Irrigon. Each d ire c to r serves for a term of tw o years. By-Laws Revised. The board of d irectors have been w orking on revision of th e by-law s of th e organ izatio n for two years and w ith the assistance of extension service men from Oregon S tate col lege they w ere brought up to date to comply w ith th e law s governing cooperative o rganizations in Oregon. T hese changes w ere read at the m eeting and th e by-law s adopted. Service Station Report. V. R. W ilkes, m anager of th e Co o p erativ e Service S tatio n , organized four years ago, gave a rep o rt show in g a gross volume of business a m o u n tin g to $31,042.50 for 1937. P atro n ag e dividends paid to mem bers am o u n tin g to $2,741.65 for the year. Jack Dawson is a ssista n t at th e service sta tio n and Miss M ar ian Casady is bookkeeper. H. J. Bean acted as chairm an of th e m eeting and R. G. Saylor as secretary.___________ TOWNSEND PARTY MOVE APPROVED Gordon W are, n atio n al represen ta tiv e in Oregon for th e Tow nsend m ovem ent, w as the guest speaker a t th e H erm iston Tow nsend club m eet ing T uesday n ig h t in th e Union ch u rch. H e told of th e move by Dr. Tow nsend to form a th ird political party. The local club voted against th e follow ing resolution: Resolved: T h a t th e H erm iston Tow nsend club refuse to aid and assist in an y m an n er w hatsoever th e form ation of a Tow nsend political party. C. R. Moore, vice president of the club, acted as chairm an of th e m eet in g in the absence of C. A. Jack- m an, president. The re g u la r busi ness was conducted and th e follow ing v isitors from P endleton in tro duced. Mr. and Mrs. B arney A nder son and Mrs. Wm. E arley, secretary of the P endleton club. Mr. A nderson has been active in th e club work since its o rganization in th is county. Weather Report Date F eb ruary F eb ru ary F eb ruary F eb ruary F eb ruary F ebruary F eb ruary 10 H 12 13 14 15 16 Max ....................... 40 ....................... 43 ..................... 52 53 ...................... 49 ...................... 49 ....................... 45 Min. .39 ... 31 ... 31 ... 38 31 26 ... 30 FIGHTING BULLDOGS The G range Cooperative was rep resented by a fa ir m em bership a t the an n u a l m eeting last F rid ay n ig h t in th e Union ch u rch a t w hich R. G. Penney acted as secretary and J. M. R tc h a rd s'a s ch airm an . G aylord Mad ison and A. E. M cFarland were fchosfen as new directors. T he board w ill now consist of R. G. Penney, secretary and m anager, F. B. S tu art, S tanfield, G. J. Casper, H erm iston, A. E. M cFarland, U m atilla, and Gay lord Madison, Echo. R. G. P enney has been m anager of th e business since its o rg an iza tion when it was sta rte d w ith a sm all stock, and th e business has grow n u n til now it occupies a larg e w arehouse and sto re room. The or ganization deals in h ard w are, m ach inery, lum ber and fuel and did a gross business of $61,262.23, w hich is a ten p ercen t .increase over the year previous. T he personnel of th e G range Co o p erative consists of Mr. Penney, S. L. Chapin, Guy Shaw , George H a r ris, and Miss E lean o r Dawson, book keeper. R efreshm ents were served to the more th an 60 a tte n d in g th e m eeting. ILLUSTRATES HOUSE W IR IN G , LIG H TIN G According to announced schedule, m eetings w ere held th is week to il lu stra te and discuss th e m ethods of w iring houses, farm prem ises, and th e uses of electric appliances. The first m eeting was held a t Boardm an W ednesday aftern o o n , th e second at Irrigon W ednesday evening. At each of these m eetings over 100 farm ers were in atten d an ce. The th ird m eeting- was a t S ta n field. T h u rsd ay aftern o o n , attended by 75 farm ers, an d th e fo u rth at the Union h igh school in H erm iston, T hursday evening, ab o u t th e hour of going to press. A large atten d a n ce was expected here. In te re st in all th e m eetings was keen, and many questions were asked, re su ltin g in valuable in fo rm atio n being given. J. T. P ierson, a ssista n t county agent, opened the m eetings and de scribed th e in te rest the extension service was ta k in g in th e w ork of w irin g the farm homes, and in pro per uses of elec tricity for lig h t and power. E dgar Saylor, su p e rin ten d e n t of th e U m atilla E lectric C ooperative as sociation, discussed th e kind of w ir in g th a t should be used an d proper m ethods of in stallatio n . H e also outlined the progress of th e work on the line, sta tin g th a t th e system would be com pleted for service ab o u t A pril 1st. T he most im p o rta n t p a rt now is for th e farm er to have his house w ired, he said, and th a t th e acquirem ent of appliances could fol low. E. H. Da\ is, extension specialist of en gineerin g from Oregon S ta te college, illu strate d the use of mod ern lig h tin g and modern home ap pliances w ith slides show ing how the new er m ethods of lig h tin g excelled the old by giving more efficien t lig h t a t the same cost as in ad eq u ate lig h t from a n tiq u ated fix tu re s. F IN A L SEASON GAME LOST TO BAKER — C ut Courtesy of T he P o rtlan d O regonian. T he H erm iston Bulldog q u in te t w hich has lost but five of th e 21 gam es th is season. Coach F ra n k O’N eil’s Bulldogs w ill e n te r into a su b -d istric t play-off w ith P endleton an d Mac-Hi team s next week. T he first gam e w ill be w ith M ac-Hi F e b ru a ry 22. The boys ap p ear from left to rig h t: Bill Corpe. M arvin R an k in , S tu a rt R an k in , Raym ond K napp, G erald K eller, R alp h Marble. Asa Shaw and Coach O’Neil. STORK BRINGS FOUR BABY GIRLS F our baby girls w ere le ft by the sto rk a t th e H erm iston G eneral hospital d u rin g the past two weeks. Jan ice Fay, d a u g h te r of Mr. and Mrs. Jam es L andley of Irrig o n , a r rived F eb ru ary 10, and w ent home w ith her m other Monday. Mrs. E r nest W alchli of H erm iston presented a d au g h te r nam ed Evelyn M arg aret on F eb ru ary 12. An u n u su al fea tu re in th e b irth of th e o th e r two baby g irls is th a t one was born to Mrs. O. W ells on F eb ru ary 12 and one to h er d au g h ter, Mrs. Lawson F lora, on F eb ru ary 13. Both are now in th e h ospital. The W ells ba by has been nam ed Naomi E. W ells and th e F lora baby E ldene L oraine. A son was born F eb ru ary 3 to Mr. and Mrs. Claude S. B artley of S ta n field. He has been nam ed R o b ert L arry. Jo h n Thom, who has been in th e hospital for some tim e, was able to have d in n er Sunday a t th e Joe Reeves home and is im proving d a i ly. _____ _____ M A N U A L T R A IN IN G WORK DISPLAYED TEAMS TIE UPPER COLUMBIA LEAGUE WIREW ORM FIGHT TO BE TALKED Two members of the U pper Co lum bia B asketball League will be tied for first place if U m atilla w ins th e game scheduled w ith Echo F ri day, giving Boardm an and Um a tilla an equal p ercen tag e o< w ins for th e season. Dopsters have it th a t U m atilla will win F rid ay an d then th e play off w ill be staged a t H erm iston, S a t urday, F eb ru ary 26, in th e high school gym. League sta n d in g s a re as follows: Won Lost Perc< Boardm an .... ....... 11 1 916 10 909 U m atilla 1 666 Irrigon ......... ....... 8 4 545 Echo .............. ....... 6 6 ....... 3 300 S tanfield 8 2 200 Ione ............... ....... 9 0 12 000 Lexington ..... ....... A m eeting is being arran g e d by the U m atilla P ro ject F arm B ureau for F riday, F eb ru ary 25, a t the Union ch u rch , when M. C. L ane of W alla W alla w ill ta lk on w irew orm control. Mr. L ane Is entom ologist in ch arg e of w irew orm control w ith th e d ep a rtm en t of ag ric u ltu re, and is said to be one of th e best in fo rm ed men in th e w est on the subject. A rran g em en ts for th e m eeting are being m ade by H. K. Dean, su p erin te n d e n t of th e U m atilla Field S tation, who announces th e m eeting for 8 :00 o’clock th a t evening. It has been pointed o u t th a t an im m ense am ount of dam age has been experienced th e past two sea sons th ro u g h the source of wire- worm s in th is section. The w ire- worms dam age m any g arden crops. SPECIAL SCHOOL ELECTION CALLED The school board of th e Stanfield high school has called a special elec tion for S atu rd ay , F eb ru ary 26, at 2:00 p. m. for th e purpose of voting on th e question of d isc o n tin u in g the high school and becom ing a p a rt of th e non-high school d istric t of the county. F ifty persons signed the p etitio n req u estin g th e school board to call the special election. Much in te re st is being show n in th e dis tric t and a large vote is expected. T he m a tte r of d isc o n tin u in g the high school at S tan field would not necessarily be m ade p erm an en t by a vote to disco n tin u e it now, it was stated by a m em ber of th e school board, since it could be voted back la te r in th e same m an n er if the change should not prove sa tisfac to ry. O ther business a t th e m eeting will be th e election of one director' to fill th e vacancy left by th e resig nation of Roy P e n ney. Pieces of fu rn itu re m ade by firs t year m em bers of the class in m an u al tra in in g at th e H erm iston U nion high school are displayed in th e window a t the Oregon H ard w are & Im plem ent com pany. T he class is u nder the in stru c tio n of F ra n k O’N eil and has tu rn ed out some ex cellent handiw ork from wood in an u n u su ally larg e v arie ty of styles and types. * M anual tra in in g classes were made possible th is year by th e in sta lla tio n of th e new h igh school VEGETABLE CROPS plant. E n ro llm en t th is year in c lu d ADAPTABLE HERE ed 24 stu d en ts. The display will rem ain in th e window over th e week to allow more people to see the Joe W. Ja rv is, a g ric u ltu ra l ag en t end work. Donaugh for Senator. for the Union P acific, told m em bers • -------- a of the W estland and Colum bia E ndorsem ent of Carl C. D onaugh's G ranges a t a jo in t m eeting T uesday GEORGE R. LEWIS candidacy for th e U. S. sen ate is n ig h t in Colum bia school house, th a t voiced by R e p re s e n ta tiv e W alter th e re were possibilities for com m er FILES FOR SENATOR Pierce, Oregon congressm an, In a cial vegetable grow ing in th is sec recen t statem en t. "D onaugh is a tion of c e rta in products adapted to an of very high sta n d in g ," George R. Lewis, form er m ayor of gentlem th is clim ate an d soil. P ierce said, in com m enting on Don- P endleton and well know n a tto r Ja rv is explained w h at is required au g h ’s d eclaratio n of candidacy. “ I to produce these various crops. Peas ney, is a can d id ate for th e dem ocra have know n him In tim ately for 14 tic nom ination for jo in t sen ato r should be p lanted early since they years and he has filled every tru st develop larg e pods u n d er cool and from U m atilla, Union and M orrow w ith fid elity and im p a rtia lity ." counties. He m ade his an n o u n c e dam p conditions. H arv est op era D onaugh seeks th e sen ate seat w hich m ent S atu rd ay m orning an d his fil tion m ust be fast and th e peas m ust F red erick Stelw er has vacated. He reach th e ir m ark et th e sam e day ing co n stitu tes th e first actio n ta k has served for several years as fed en by any leg islativ e ca n d id ate in they are harvested, w h eth e r it be th e th e county or d istric t. Rex E llis, eral d istric t a tto rn e y for Oregon, com m ercial can n ery or th e fresh republican, estab lish in g an enviable record. is th e incum bent. m arket. E arly potatoes should be Mr. Lewis is a n ative of A labam a planted in th e sp rin g in o rd er to Townsend Auxiliary. reach the m ark et n ot la te r th an and Is a g ra d u a te of th e U niversity T he ladies of th e Tow nsend A ux Ju ly . Sweet corn, asp arag u s, and of A labam a w here he received his spinach w ere o th e r vegetable crops law degree. He served for 14 m onths iliary m et a t the home of Mra. O. H. m entioned as ad ap tab le to th is lo in F ran ce w ith th e A m erican arm y Buell la st F rid ay . F eb ru ary 11, cality. The use of h ig h g erm in atio n and was a se rg e an t in the E lev en th w hen 24 w ere p resen t. Club mem He came to bers voted to send money to Dr. seed and cu ltiv a tio n are am ong th e E v acu atio n hospital. essentials for good production, J a r P endleton in 1926 from P o rtlan d Tow nsend on F eb ru ary 22, to pro and began th e practice of law as a mote his ed u catio n al program . The vis said. Ja rv is explained th e th ree types m em ber of the firm of P eterso n & next m eeting will be held a t the home of Mrs. F. R. Moore, F riday, of tra n sp o rta tio n as by boat, tra in Lewis. On Ja n u a ry 1, 1933, Mr. Lew is be F eb ru ary 25. Ladies are asked to and tru ck , p o in tin g out th e ad v an tages and d isad v an tag es of each In came associated w ith the late Ju d g e come early to spend the aftern o o n reach in g th e m arkets. He explained Lowell and a fte r the d eath of Judge q u iltin g . th a t th e method of packing an d a t Lowell purchased th e office an d law Grand Matron Coming. In 1930 Mr. Lew is was tra c tiv e display of th e products were business. Im portant facto rs in disposing of elected as m ayor of Pendleton and Mrs. H elen M. P riday, G rand As served In th a t capacity d u rin g 1931 sociate M atron of E astern S tar, will produce on th e m arket. The Union P acific offers a service and 1932. He is now serving as city m ake her official v isit to the local to dairym en jn th e form of lo catin g a tto rn e y and has held th a t position lodge Tuesday, F eb ru ary 22, a t 8:00 high producing d a iry cows w ith o u t for several years. o'clock in th e evening. T his a n Mr. and Mrs. Lewis reside at 402 nouncem ent was made by order of cost o th e r th a n th a t paid for th e anim al and for tran sp o rta tio n , J a r Thompson stre e t, Pendleton. Oregon. th e W orthy M atron. They have five children. vis said. Em il Zivney of th e U. S. Field Daisies Bloom. S tation, acted as ch airm an an d tu r n Appropriate Dress Topic. T he firs t daisies to bloom on the ed th e m eeting over to Don S h er The Home E xtension U nit rill h ills in th is section of th e county wood, m aster of W estland G range, a f te r in tro d u cin g th e m ain speaker meet Tuesday. I eb ru ary 22, a t 1 :30 i were b ro u g h t In T uesday by D. D. in th e Legion ball. T his is th e first F o llett who sta te s th a t ce rtain sec. of the evening. Sherwood introduced R i c h a r d m eeting of a series on a p p ro p riate tlons a re yellow w ith th e blooms. W lghtm an and E. S ullivan, Sm ith- dress. The topic will be ''L in e and T here are m any of them on an is H ughes In stru cto rs in th e schools at D esign." w ith Mrs. Paul V an P atten land In th e Colum bia n o rth of H er These yellow daisies alfe A rlington and B oardm an, resp ect and Mrs. C. J. Jackson, project lead m iston. ively. who explained th e purpose and ers. in charge. H ostesses w ill be th e firs t wild flow ers to bloom and Miss Lois H utchison and Mrs. J. H. m ake th e hills yellow w ith color set-up of th e work in th e schools. Reid. d u rin g th e early spring. (C ontinued on page 2) S U B -D IS T R IC T PLAY-OFF HERE. BULLDOGS LOSE FIVE OF 21 GAMES T he H erm iston B ulldog b ask etb all team successfully wound up Its sch eduled gam es S atu rd ay n ig h t by losing only five o ut of 21 gam es played th is season F rid ay n ig h t. Coach O’N eil’s boys gave H eppner its second trim m in g of th e year, 44 to 23. T he gam e w as never in doubt from th e opening w histle. The q u a rte r ended 12 to 3 for th e locals, who increased th is to 26 to 9 a t h alf tim e. K eller san k th e ball for 22 points. T he Bulldogs closed the season S atu rd ay n ig h t by ag ain m eeting th e B aker Bulldogs, one of th e stro n g est team s in ea ste rn Oregon. It was a reg u la r bulldog scrap, b u t B ak er’s h eig h t proved too m uch for- th e locals. T he H erm iston q u in te t co n sisten tly lost th e ball u n d er the backboard an d a t th e tip-off, b u t in sp ite of th is d isad v an tag e, th ey scored 29 points to B ak er’s 41. T h e tw o Bulldog team s played on even term s In the firs t q u a rte r, and only a B aker basket as th e w histle blew gave th e B aker boys th e lead 7 to 9. They increased th is 12 to 21 a t h alf tim e. A H erm iston rally In th e th ird , b ro u g h t th e score w ith in six p o in ts of th e B aker score only to be outscored ag ain In th e closing m in utes. Average Scoring. i A g ran d to ta l of 747 p oints w ere rolled up by th e local squad d u rin g th e season, w ith 520 points by th e ir opponents. G erald K eller, one of th e best b asketball players ever devel oped by H erm iston high, made 330 of th e to ta l 747 points, g iv in g h im a gam e average of 15.7 points for th e season. He played in every gam e and seldom was su b stitu ted . S tu a rt R an k in was n ex t h igh w ith 167 p o in ts fo r th e season, or a gam e av erage of 8.3 points for 20 gam es, be ing o ut of th e K ennew ick gam e w ith an in ju red eye. Asa Shaw, d im in u tive gu ard , scored a few p o in ts in every gam e b u t one, for a to ta l of 75 points. He w as follow ed closely by Raym ond K napp a t cen ter for 70 points. Ralph M arble and M arvin R ankin scored 22 and 33 points re M ASONIC MEET spectively. Corpe, G ettm an and C ram pton made up th e rem ain d er of AT U M A TILLA the points. The five gam es lost th is season The M aster Mason degree of the included two each to A thena and Masonic lodge was p u t on Monday Baker, and one to Pendleton. n ig h t a t U m atilla by four past m as Games and Scores. ters of the U m atilla lodge, Elm ore McKenzie, H arry H ull, Lew Brow n Games played th is season and th e ell and G eorge B utterw ood. The scores are as follow s: cerem ony was very Im pressive ant! Irrig o n 23 .............. H erm iston 41 th is was followed by talk s given by U m atilla 12 ............ H erm iston 18 visitors from H erm iston, Echo, S ta n H elix 17 ................... H erm iston 46 ...... field, P endleton. Pasco and W alla P endleton 22 H erm iston 26 W alla. A pproxim ately fifty were in Echo 24 ...... H erm iston 39 atten d an ce. A social and lunch A thena 38 ............. H erm iston 30 hour w as enjoyed at th e close of the G ran t Union 12 . H erm iston 13 Baker 4 9 reg u la r business. H erm iston 27 Union 27 .................. H erm iston 48 W alla W alla B 20 H erm iston 29 Ski at Meacham. W alla W alla B 18 H erm iston 23 A group of people from H erm iston H elix 27 .................. H erm iston 46 and P endleton m otored to Toll Gate Irrigon 18 H erm iston 43 last Sunday on a ski p arty b ut were H eppner 18 .......... H erm iston 71 forced back by th e severe blizzard A thena 52 ............... H erm iston 42 and snow storm . They th en motored Pendleton 30 ........ H erm iston 23 to Meacham w here they spent the Echo 12 .................... H erm iston 65 rem ain d er of the day. Included in K ennew ick 21 ........ H erm iston 31 the p a rty w ere Mr. and Mrs. K. M. U m atilla 16 ....... H erm iston 24 Mayer. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hensel, H eppner 23 ........... H erm iston 44 Miss N orm a Jo h n sto n , and C raig B aker 41 .................. H erm iston 29 Percy of H erm iston, and Mr. and Mrs. A1 Shaw of P en d leto n . Percy Sub-District Schedule. and Hensel w ere a tte n d in g as em T here F eb ru ary 21 ployes of Safew ay stores who were Pendleton sponsoring th e affa ir and met sever Mac-HI H ere F eb ru ary 22 al o th e r employes* a t th e meet. P endleton H ere F eb ru ary 24 Mac-Hi T here F eb ru ary 25 Mclntyre-Dyer Families Related. T he wife of O. O. M cIntyre, fam ous New York coium ist who died re cently, was a second cousin of Joe and C u rtis Dyer who live In H er miston. The two fam ilies were very in tim ate when th ey lived In Gallo- polls. Ohio, as children. C u rtis Dyer has been a faith fu l read er of th e M cIntyre colum n for years, p artly due to his freq u en t reference to ch a ra c te rs and places in Gallopolis. BEEF CLUB PLANS PROGRAM The Beef club met F eb ru ary 14 a t th e office of the a ssista n t county ag en t w ith th e follow ing members present, Jo h n McMullen, K enneth and R obert Bensel, C harles Kik, E u gene and R ichard Rugg, Eldon Say lor and Leo R ueber. J. W. McMul len and Bill Corpe were visitors present. Members discussed th e value of carro ts and beet pulp as calf feed. The Union livestock show and th e form ing of ju d g in g and d em o n stra tion team s were also discussed. Each m em ber gave a b rief rep o rt on the progress of his calf. Some mem bers are in terested In purch asin g a calf to show a t the W orld F a ir at San F rancisco in 1938. It is understood th a t high pre m ium s are being offered. T he follow ing m eeting d ates were set: M eetings are scheduled for 7:30 p in., except tw o — March 14-28; April 25; May 7-9-31; Ju n e 2, and Ju n e 25 a t 1 :00 p. m ; Ju ly 18; A ugust 20, 1:00 p. m. LEGION AUXILIARY NEWS T h ro u g h the m onths of F eb ru ary and M arch, all of o u r m eetings will be in th e aftern o o n . T he m eetings are for th e m em bers and we are looking for a b e tte r atten d an ce. They are in te re stin g and In stru ctiv e and you are m issing so m eth in g each tim e you are absent. A t a form er m eeting A. E. Bensel gave an in te re stin g discourse on th e h isto ry of the co n stitu tio n . We now have books en title d "S to ry of th e C o n stitu tio n ," w hich we will begin to stu d y a t our n ex t m eeting. Dr. F. B. Belt, city h ea lth officer, asked the u n it to assist in secu rin g sam ples of well w ate r to be tested for typhoid. Two team s were a p pointed and each will be in th e field for two days. We have our o rd er in for popples. Mrs. Ilia Ripley as ch airm an , will again have ch arg e of poppy sales. T he N aval P late has arriv ed and Is a beauty. It will be raffled off la te r as is th e custom . An in te re stin g Lincoln Day p ro gram was presented by Mrs. W alter Hamm a t th e m eeting last T hursday. ’’L incoln's G etty sb u rg A ddress" by M ary H elene P ierso l; "H ow Lincoln Got H is F irst Book” by Molly A nne R ipley: "H ow Lincoln S tu d ied ,” by Ann Piersol; L in co ln ’s fav o rite poem, "T h e P erfect T rib u te ,” by Mrs. W alter Hamm , and everyone sin g in g "T h e B attle Hymm of the R epublic,” were on th e program N ext m eeting w ill be F eb ru ary 24. Be there, members! Mac-Hi, Tues.; Pendleton, Thursday o