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About The Hermiston herald. (Hermiston, Or.) 19??-1984 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1938)
The world stands a r for the man who ’ where he’s going. «dr VOLUME XXXH NUM. OUTSTANDING CLUB BOY AND G IR L FROM HERMISTON •*- ¿iw Hrrmtütnn Wralh HERMISTOW. UMATILLA COUHTY. OREGON. They that know God will be hnmble; they that know themselves cannot be proud. —Ravel. SEPTEMBER 29, 1938. Random Shots Taken at Umatilla Project Fair OTHER CLUB W IN N IN G S A T FAIR Anne Sommerer and Kenneth Ben sel of Hermiston will be the guests of the First National Bank of Port land for three days during the Paci fic International Livestock exposi tion in Portland next week as the result of selection as outstanding 4-H club girl and boy in Umatilla county by a judging committee. They were selected as winners in the third annual 4-H club achieve ment and leadership contest spon sored by the state-wide banking in stitution among the 25,000 club members in Oregon. Anne Sommerer was selected for her activity in eight years of club work. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Sommerer of Her miston. Anne has been for two years lead er of cooking and clothing clubs which finished 100 percent; repre sented Umatilla county for two years at state fair in the best dress division of style revue; placed third in the dollar dinner contest at state fair in 1938; coached clothing dem onstration team receiving honorable mention; won the following in the 1938 local fair: Dollar dinner, 1st; Canning III, 1st; Cooking, bread, 3rd; style revue, best dress, 1st; Clothing exhibit, 3rd. Each of the eight years Anne has had winnings in her club exhibit. Kenneth was a member of the state champion dairy demonstration team in ’37 that represented Oregon at Columbus, Ohio; scholarship to 4-H club summer school last year; leader of West Umatilla Pig club and Butter Creek Dairy club; dis played a junior champion steer at Union last year; member state championship crops demonstration team at state fair; displayed Junior champion Hereford at local fair this year. < t - v Last O regonian P h o to -E n g rav in g Two club members from every Out of the hundreds of excellent pic uia po ■ ¡bilkies at the Umatilla ?ro;ect fair these few outstanding county in the state are being announ glimpses were recorded. Upper vie v, Emery Co , Colom ia < tange ma er, proudly views the "horn of ced as winners this week through H. plenty" exhibit which won first pri e frr his range. Center left, it’s r allv di.-hear enin’ as heck when a C. Seymour, state club director. To feller slicks up his v hite pig for exaihltlon and then It starts rootin' i> tb» black soil, low er left, fun on gether with two winners from the the merry-go-’round. Center right, Leo Rueber of Stanfield looks at the blue ribbons won by his black city of Portland, the 72 county Angus steer. Lower right, you just know they’re talking turkey, judging from the Interest of the eaves- members will convene In Portland dropplng birds, in the foreground is Minnie McFarland, Morrow county Pomona grange master. October 5, 6 and 7. Heightened in terest and personal achievement RALLY DAY TO i OIL CONSERVATION PARADE ADEOUATE among 4-H club members have made this year’s selection a difficult task, OPEN N EW C H U R C H CAMP A T STANFIELD A N D COLORFUL according to the local judging com _____ mittee. composed of W. A. Holt, The Hermiston Union church The parade for the Umatilla Pro The CCC barracks at Stanfield are county agricultural agent. Miss building will be opened Sunday, Oc to be reopened about October 1st. ject fair appeared on schedule Sat Frances Clinton, home demonstra tober 2, in the first meeting for the with the installation of a soil con urday morning and was half a mile tion agent, J. A. Yeager, county Sunday school with a rally day pro servation corps. The camp as re in length. Those winning prizes school superintendent and Will gram. The slogan is “Every member ported will consist of 200 CCC boys were: Class, manager of the Pendleton present for Sunday school.” and the working under the soil conservation Juvenile, Gabriel covered wagon and Branch of the First National Bank membership is working toward that i corps, and Is expected to remain four Shetland ponies, 1st: Auxil o f Portland. goal, under the direction of Chas. there for several years. The work is iary Legion girls. 2nd: Ayers’ goat Duvall, superintendent. Other Club Winnings. reported to be in part to clear the team and cart, 3rd. The building will not be official channel of the Grange and Co-ops: Cannery & Umatilla river Other 4-H club winnings in both livestock and home economics divi ly dedicated until October 16 when through this area in order to reduce Laundry, 1st; Farm Bureau Co-op a special service and program for flood damages. Some drainage work erative, 2nd; Grange Cooperative, sions are listed below: may be done along with protection 3rd. Dollar dinner contest: Anne Som the day will be arranged. Moving Into the new building of irrigation canals, and develop Individual Farm Floats: Kelley & merer, 1st: Grace Bensel, 2nd. Judging contest: Foods—Cather will take place Saturday followed by ment of wind erosion projects. The Boynton, turkey float, 1st; Bray’s ine and Mary Kennedy, 1st; Ruth the meeting Sunday, which will ter program has not been definitely an farm, 2nd; Dixson hop yard, 3rd; minate with a basket dinner and nounced but is expected to be de Wilson’s farm, 4th. Jordan and Laura Stephens, 2nd. business meeting. Business floats, divided equally veloped according to the needs of ClotlNng: Catherine Kennedy and Finishing will be completed by the surrounding territory. between Burnham & Burnham and Mary Kennedy, 1st; Mary Westgate dedication at which time an open Brlerley’s, Joint float, and Guy and Joan Westgate. 2nd. house will be held during the after Cronk’s donkey farm float. Turkey Growers Visit. Demonstrations: Foods — Grace J. C. Leedy, field man for the Ore Bensel and Maxine Thompson, 1st; noon for those Interested in visiting Slausen Injures Back. gon Turkey Growers’ association, Clothing — Catherine Kennedy and the new church building. O. R. Slausen, salesman for the and a director of the Northwestern Mary Kennedy, 1st; Lois Wagner Hermiston Motor Company, suffered Pheasant Season Here. Turkey Growers association, stopped anad Barbara Records, 2nd. The pheasant season opens Satur in Hermiston Wednesday to confer a severe back injury Monday while Style Revue: Wash Dress — Kay day morning, October 1, and contin with John Jendrzejewski. president trying to dig his car out of the Keener, 1st, Eleanor Smiley, 2nd; ues to and including October 15th. of the Eastern Oregon Turkey Grow sand. He was stopped at the rear Best Dress — Anne Sommerer, 1st, The limit is four male pheasants a ers’ association, while enroute to of the car when It rolled over him Catherine Kennedy, 2nd; Wool Suit day and not over eight In seven the annual meeting of the N. W. T. bending his body against a sand or Dress— Opal Wheeler, 1st, Mary consecutive days. No hens are per G. A. at Salt Lake City, Utah. He bank. Misplaced vertebra, strained Kennedy, 2nd. muscles and injured nerves resulted The Kennedyä, Ben seis and Thomp mitted killed under the law. The was accompanied by C. H. Coyle. St. from the Impact. Mr. Slausen Is re duck and geese season opens the Paul. Chas. Füllager, Halsey, direc son are all from the Ndrth Hill dist last day of the pheasant season, or tors of O.T.G.A., and K. D. Coomler, covering In the Hermiston General rict and have improved in club work hospital. October 15, and closes November 28. turkey grower at Brooks. Ore. during the past year. Miss Thomp son is in her first year of club work. M. E. Rally Day. Leave for Missouri. Skeleton Uncovered. Other Divisions. The Methodist church Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ford and three The county coroner and district In the crops judging Henry Som children left Wednesday morning school will observe rally and promo merer Jr., won 1st, Chas. Klk, 2nd. for Archie, Missouri, on a six weeks attorney were called Tuesday to In tion day Sunday, October 2. The pro Kenneth Bensel, 3rd. Eugene Rugg, trip. They plan to visit relatives' and vestigate the uncovering of a skele gram consists of a number from ton on the Frank Carelle farm locat each class. 4th. and Bill Corpe. 5th. friends In Missouri, Kansas and Ok Livestock judging; Butter Creek lahoma, and return by way of Texas ed above Umatilla on the Columbia At a joint meeting of the Arling Dairy club team composed of Ralph and California. This is Mr. Ford’s river. Mr. Carelle first saw the arm ton. Echo and Hermiston Leagues, Neill, Harold Neill and Bruce Lind first trip east since 1916 and Mrs. bone which his pigs had rooted out Sunday night. Carol Jean Tooley of say, 1st: West Umatilla Beef club Ford’s first trip since coming west. of the ground and then the skull. It The Dalles will give a report on the is believed the skeleton Is of a man National Youth Council which was team composed of Chas. Klk. Leo They farm in the Fourth Unit. who has been buried for many years. held at Boulder, Colorado. Rneber and John McMullen, 2nd: ---------- ------------------- Dairy club team composed of Bob Brrchett-Hooker. National Letter Writing Week. Woolgrowers Will Meet. Records. Bob Burggraff and Gordon Miss Nellie Hooker, daughter of National Letter Writing Week la The Wool Growers Auxiliary will Haun. 3rd. Henry Hooker of Columbia district, being sponsored by the Post Office meet Friday, October 7, at the home Demonstrations were given by gnd Willis H. Burchett, son of Mr. four teams: Dairy— Joe Cooney and and Mrs. W. Burchett, were married Department for the week of October "f Mrs. F. C. McKenzie. The meet Bob Jackson. 1st; Crops— Kenneth Friday, September 16, at Kelso. Wn., 2 to 8, according to W. J. Logan, ing will start promptly at 1:30 p. Bensel and Eugene Rugg. 2nd; by the Baptist minister. At present local post master. During that week m. It was announced Saturday that Poultry—Grace and Frank Bensel. they are making their home at the It Is being suggested that every per Mrs. J. A. Clarke of Hermiston was son’s slogan be. "Write a letter.” to presented with the Afghan given by (Contlnnjd on page I) Burchett home north of Hermiston. friends or folks back home. the auxiliary during the fair. BULLDOGS STAGE CLOSE CONTEST RECORD CROWD WITNESSES PROJECT FAIR SATURDAY The Hermiston Union high school Bulldog squad and the Walla Walla B squad staged a close contest in football last Friday afternoon when the visiting team took the locals In DAIRY EXHIBITS a 7 to 2 score. Neither score was earned but was the result of a fum LARGEST IN HISTORY ble on the part of the players. Hermiston scored in the first of The Umatilla Project fair and the first quarter when they punted county-wide 4JH club and Future and the Walla Walla B safety man Farmers exhibits closed a successful fumbled the ball which rolled over three day show Saturday with a to the goal line and was picked up and tal attendance tor the two days at carried back over the line for a nearly 2000. Fair skies held through down by a Bulldog man, scoring a out the show with the exception of touch back. a slight shower Friday afternoon. The Walla Walla B touchdown The fair board feels that the came as a result of a fumble late in county-wide 4-H club and Future the fourth quarter when Walla Wal Farmers exhibit was a very desirable la B punted, placing the ball on asset to the show this year and will Hermiston’s eleven yard line. Her increase in favor and possibilities miston fumbled in the first play and for future shows. More than 200 the ball was recovered by a Walla club boys and girls exhibited at the Walla B man who ran for a touch show and took part in the various down. activities from all parts of Umatil The highlight of the game was la county, taking home prizes and when Elbert Moore retrieved the special awards. ball and carried it to midfield with Judging in all departments was excellent interference and then ad completed Friday resulting in the vanced It 20 yards farther by shak following awards. ing off one tackier and dragging Mrs. Joe Udey won first on gen another for five yards, making a 55 eral flower display, Mrs. James Todd yard run. second and Mrs. A. E. McFarland, Hermiston was bested on power third. The flower display was ex nlays and forward passes, but out- ceptionally fine this year, there hav nlayed their opponents on laterals, ing been no frost to deteriorate the reverses and spread plays. The lo blooms. cal team was outweighed 15 pounds Mrs. E. Duvall won first on her per man all around. crocheted doilies. Mrs. R. C. Scott, first on edging and Insertion, and MRS. ROBINSON Marjorie Alspach, first on crocheted blouse. These entries will be en PASSES THURSDAY tered in the national crocheting Mrs. G. R. Robnson passed away contest being sponsored this winter. J. Skovbo of Hermie(fon entered Thursday, September 22, at her the only honey display. home here following an illness of One of the largest displays of cat more than two years. She became tle was seen this year In the history critically ill two weeks before her of the show. J. M. Nelson dairy death. Funeral services were held of Walla Walla walked away with Saturday from Prann’s Funeral Par the majority of prizes In the Jersey lors with Stearns Cushing Jr., pa3tor division, winning all champion and of the Methodist church officiating. grand champion premiums. In the Interment was in the Hermiston Holstein Senior champion female cemetery. an<j Grand champion female were Mildred Ager Robinson was born won by Jack Reeves’ entry and the in Minnesota, November 7, 1875, to Junior champion by Chas. Seeliger. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Ager. She be Guernsey senior champion bull and came a member of the Presbyterian grand champion bull were won by church at an early age. John Spencer’s entry, and junior She married G. R. Robinson Jan champion bull and reserve champ uary 1, 1902. Besides her husband ion bull by Joe Long's entry. she leaves three children, Arlouine Frank Seeliger’s entry took all Walker of Los Angeles; Sumner and four places In the female division. Bryce Robinson of Hermiston; and Individual farm produce displays a grandson Hugh Walker Jr. Of her were placed as follows; H. M. Som immediate family she leaves three merer Farm, first; A. Skoubo, Board sisters, Mrs. R. L. Dougherty of man, second. The Sommerer display Portland, Mrs. Guy Shaver of State was awarded the trophy presented Center, Iowa, Mrs. Emil Broms of each year to the winner by the Pen Tillamook, Ore.: five brothers, C. H. dleton Chamber of Commerce, to be Ager, R. W. Ager and H. W. Ager, of retained after winning three conse Portland: T. C. Ager of Worthing cutive years. ton, Minn., and G. W. Ager of Bend, Columbia Grange placed first, and Ore. Westland Grange, second. In the Grange farm produce booths. PLANING M IL L M A Y (Note: A complete list of win nings In first and second place will OPEN NEAR HERE be published next week F. M. Cox of Lyle, Wn., may con struct a planing mill near the But ter Creek highway to start work within ten days, according to a statement by K. D. Pierson who is acting as local repreaentative for the present. Mr. Cox is Interested In his own mill and others at Lyle and promises prices on a mill to user basis. LOCAL LEGION HOST ARMISTICE DAY LOCAL BOYS ACTIVE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY Pacific University, Forest Grove - — Bill Jackson and Gerald Keller began to take prominent positions on the Pacific University campus at Forest Grove, Oregon, as BUI began his sophomore studies, and Gerald entered as a freshman. Jackson was elected vice presi dent of the sophomore class and be gan his duties as manager of the Pacific University Index. Keller Is turning out for fresh man football and is entered In the Pacific University tennis tourna ment. The Hermiston Post of the Ameri can Legion and Auxiliary will be host to members of the Heppner Legion and Auxiliary Armistice day, November 11. Details of the pro Duck Stamps for Hunters. gram for the day will be announced later, but the day will culminate W. J. Logan, local postmaster, Is with a dance In the Community hall. urging duck hunters to buy their duck stamps now at the local post £? lien tine on Tour. office to avoid the rush of the last U. S. Bailentine of Klamath Falls day. If local hunters comply, a sup was in Hermiston today. He Is the ply can always be kept on hand for republican candidate for congress of out-of-town hunters. this district. He stated that he had received a report In Portland yester Appreciation Expressed. day that Secretay Ickes had Inform Members of the Umatilla Project ed friends that the order for con struction of the Umatilla rapids dam fair board express their apprecia would be issued about October 10. tion to all persons taking a direct Secretary Ickes is head of national or indirect part In making the fair irrigation and It has been known a success this year. Many persons that he desired the Umatilla dam gave time and money toward the project to further irrigation in the fair and every member of the hoard west. Mr. Bailentine was accompa deeply appreciates all that was done from the smallest errand to the big nied by Mrs. Bailentine. gest responsibility. The board also welcomes any sug Revival Meetings. Evangelist J. H. Williams of gestions and constructive criticism Houston, Texas, will begin services for the improvement of the fair, to at the Pentecostal Tabernacle, Tues be presented at any board meeting. UMATILLA PROJECT FAIR day. October 4, meeting every night BOARD. except Monday.
