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About The Hermiston herald. (Hermiston, Or.) 19??-1984 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1939)
The world the man who ing to make forgets all a» being agalr^^> VOLUME j IBEB 23 INCREASED CREAMERY BUSINESS REQUIRES PLANT EXPANSION SOON TO OCCUPY NEW QUARTERS -w Itimntstnn Itealii HERMISTON » v a t u ta COUNTY. OREGON, GIRLS'BASKETBALL SQUAD God will not look you over for medals, degrees or di plomas, but for scars.—El bert Hubbard. JAIL AB Y 26, 1939 COMMERCIAL CULB MEMBERSHIP GROWS BULLDOGS WIN OVER MUSTANGS IN TILT; The membership committee of the Hermiston Commercial club reported fifty paid up members at the regu EARLY SCORING SEEN lar meeting Tuesday night. Tuc goal is for 100 members. The club ruled that farmers be longing to farm organizations, young men employed about town and non-resident property owners should be given a membership at half the regular fee, >1.00. The committee consists of Dr. F. B. Belt, chairman, J. A. Clarke, Roy Hale, H. A. Pankow and Walter Pearson, secretary. The club unanimously endorsed the following bills now before the Oregon legislature. The Hermiston Community Park district bill; the Umatilla Port measure to reduce the tax limit from ten mills to one mill; the proposal to create an eastern Oregon district fair at the Hermis ton grounds, and in support of the measure to increase the tax on liquor. A committee was appointed to draft a new set of by-laws. Above is the Hermiston Union high school girls’ basketball squad. So far this season the girls have played five games, losing only one. Reading from left to right, front row, they are Audrey Null, Bar KENNETH* BENSEL bara Moore, Claudine Hale, Georgia Rae Neal, and Wada Moore. Second row, Thelma Shipp, Crystal Rob erts, Eleanor Sires and Virginia Wells. Third row, Gladys Williams, Marie Hinkle, Eleanor Steiner and Miss Lavina May Lynch, coach. —Cut courtesy Bulldog W IN S U. P. AWARD RANKIN AND TILLER HIGH POINT MEN The Umatilla Cooperative Cream (From the Bulldog) ery is expanding in an effective way The Hermiston Bulldogs defeated having outgrown its present quar the Heppner Mustangs a second time ters due to increased cream and on the Heppner floor January 20. butter production and the need for Bill Corpe of the Bulldogs was the labor saving since the creamery is first to sink the ball with a beauti operated under union hours and the ful shot from the foul line. Fol recently enacted wage and hour law. lowing a time out for Hermiston, Dairy herds in this area have in Rankin cut loose with a long looping creased in production and the vol one that went through the hoop un ume of cream coming into the cream touched. Corpe then fouled Barrot -ery from member producers has of the Mustangs and O’Donnel foul taxed the capacity of equipment and ed Tiller, both missing their shots. storage facilities for some time. An Corpe again fouled but Morgan other influence on production is the failed to convert. Tiller added two increased carrying capacity for dairy more from under the basket. O’Don cows found on newly seeded pastures nel was first to score for Heppner, as well as an increase in dairy cows with a foul shot on Tiller. Following found in this section. a basket by Tiller and one by Mor * Directors hope to be operating in gan, a whole new string went in for the new quarters within the next Heppner. Tiller then fouled Craw 30 days. ford, who missed but took the ball Cold storage facilities which off the board for two. A long one by are operated as a unit of the cream Aikens for Heppner and a basket by ery has outgrown its quarters and Gettmann ended the first quarter overlapped somewhat into creamery Kenneth Bensel, 17, Hermiston 10 to 7 for Hermiston. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ plant space', cutting down efficiency. BREAK GROUND FOR CO-OP. INSTITUTE 4-H club member and son of Mr. Midway in the second Morgan With this came the demand for ad HI SCHOOL NOTES and Mrs. A. E. Bensel, was awarded dropped in one to give his team a NEW CLUB HOUSE DATES ADVANCED ditional locker space. The expansion ♦ ♦ the annual scholarship given by the 16 to 15 lead which they advanced program will include, in time, an The grade school board has elect Union Pacific railroad to a boy or to 19 to 15 at half time. Ground was broken Wednesday The cooperative business institute ed Miss Gertrude Bradley of Port additional 140 lockers, which rent girl In each Oregon county in which In the third period Hermiston at from $5 to >14, or at sixty cents for the new Columbia park club scheduled for February 2 and 3 has land to take over the duties of the organization operates, to be per cubic foot of space per year. v house being financed by the Farm been advanced to February 16 and teacher in departmental work in the used at Oregon State college. The again turned on the fire to hold the The program is being financed by Bureau auxiliary and built by men 17, due to the inability of Robert Junior high school to fill the vacan award of >100 was given to Bensel MustangB scoreless while they ran off a 25 to 19 score. the Spokane Bank for Cooperatives donating their labor, under the sup N. Kerr, attorney for the Interstate cy left by Miss Dora Moore who was because of his outstanding work. Tiller started the scoring in the on a long term contract. The build ervision of P. II. Corman. The ladies Associated Creameries, to be present married during the Christmas holi The announcement was made this final period when he sank one by a served a pot luck dinner at noon for on the original date. He was called ing was purchaesd from the Hermis days. Miss Bradley i§ a graduate of week by Lee Mead, Union Pacific fast break down the keyhole, fol to Washington, D. C., and could not Monmouth Normal and has taught ton Union church when that organi men working on the grounds. agent in Pendleton, and released lowed by two more points which he return in time for the meeting. The club house will face south zation moved into a new church on for five years in the Redmoud through the county agent's office. dropped In from the side. In spite and is near the entrance.of the park. Others on the program will be R. schools. She will teach history, geo Hermiston avenue. Nina Rae McCulley was selected as of much shooting, Heppner was only An increase of 32 435 pounds of Dimensions will be 24 by 40 feet L. Kron of Piepenbrink & Kron, graphy and physical education. Mrs. alternate provided young Bensel able to increase their score by four butter for 1938 was shown as the built onto the 16 by 20 building auditing firm in Portland, to discuss David Mittlesdorf has been acting does not use the scholarship. Miss points which left them trailing 29 largest increase for any one year used for several years as a meeting that angle of cooperative business, as substitute teacher the past month McCulley is now attending O.S.C. to 23 at the final whistle. marketing since the creamery has been in op place, to be utilized as a kitchen. A and Paul Carpenter, Bensel was outstanding in club A county-wide test will be given The Hermiston boys really dis specialist from Oregon State college, concrete foundation will be placed eration. This, and other Information, work having been a member of the played some fine ball playing and Tuesday, January 31. in the fifth. will be given to members at the an under the entire building. Three to discuss the various phases of tax Sixth, seventh and eighth grades in state champion dairy demonstration have shown in their last two con nual meeting to be held Wednes targe trees were taken out to clear ation and unemployment insurghce. arithmetic, language and spelling, team in ’37 that represented Oregon tests the basketball ability that day, February 1. Total production the site. Curtain drapes have been pur at Columbus, Ohio; received a schol they are capable of. Rankin and Til for the past year was 600,000 JAY T. PIERSON W ILL chased Club Meeting Held. and hung on the stage in the arship to 4-H club summer school in ler of Hermiston tied for high point pounds of butter. The Increase is The regular club meeting was auditorium of the junior high school ’37; was leader of the West Uma honors with eight points each. attributed to the fact that there are held Friday of last week and a com LEAVE TUESDAY building. Funds used in purchasing tilla Pig club and Butter Creek Heppner (23) approximately 1200 more dairy mittee consisting of Mrs. F. B. Belt, Hermiston (29) the material were proceeds from the Dairy club; displayed a Junior cham F Barrett ( 1 ) cows in the territory than a year Mrs. R. C. McReynolds, Mrs. Geo. Jay T. Pierson, assistant county Corpe (7) pion steer at Union; was a member O'Donnell ago, and nearly 1000 acres have Harkenrlder, Mrs. T. H. O’Grady, agent at Hermiston for nearly two operetta given last year. F Rankin (8) of the state championship crops Alma Laird was selected to repre Drake (9) been seeded to new pasture. The Mrs. Julius Gimble representing the years, will leave Tuesday, January C Marble (4) demonstration team at state fair; Coxen (4) open range was said to have been garden club, met with the auxiliary. 31, for Moscow, Idaho, where he sent the high school In a citizenship displayed junior champion Hereford Gettmann (2) G Morgan (2) better during the spring and fall Mrs. Arietta White showeed mem will make the acquaintance of the contest sponsored by the Daughters at "local fair; and won third In the Tiller (8) G season than In previous years. The bers of the club how scrappy pieces central extension service staff at the of the American Revolution. One 4-H club division at O.S.C. corn Subs: Heppner— Begojia, Craw cooperative is filling its place in of material may be used in making University of Idaho, before taking student from each high school in the show. ford, Applegate (2 ), Aiken (4), W. the territory with an active mem hooked rugs. She has been asked to over his duties as county agent for state is selected and the name sub Miss Esther McMullen, daughter Roy (1); Hermiston— Pankow, Pier bership of over 400. return for the next meeting, sched Washington county with headquart mitted to Salem where the governor of Mr. and Mrs. J, W. McMullen, son, Crampton. of the state will draw a lucky name, uled for Friday, February 1. The ers at Weiser, Idaho. was given the Union Pacific scholar Improvements Fill Needs. entitling the individual to a free Pierson will return to Hermiston New creamery Improvements are program committee will consist of trip to Washington, D. C„ with a ship award for 1937. FLAN TO FORM being made in a building 34 by 68 Mrs. Bertha Knox and Mrs. Laura about February 10 when his family representative from every state in will accompany him to their new Morris, and the refreshment com Mrs. Lathrop to Hot Lake. feet and will be arranged to save ELECTRIC PROJECT the union. time and labor. At the front of the mittee, Mrs. Anetta Barham and home. Mrs. Duane Lathrop left Wednes building will be the office, service Mrs. Lillie McCulley. All friends for Hot Lake where she will H. C. Seymoure, state 4-H club Rohrman Adds Equipment. CANNERY BUSINESS day and supply room, and a service and neighbors are invited to meet receive treatment. Her daughter, leader, will meet with Jay T. Pier Equipment recently added to the window in the office, at which sales with the club at any time. Mrs. Albert Hasse, visited here son, assistant county agent, and oth shop at Rohrman Motor company SHOWS INCREASE may be made. A small hand door over the week end and when she re er representatives in the interest of which is of most interest to local opens into the cooler room through M A N Y SIGNS OF turned to her home near LaGrande forming a 4-H club electrification The Hermiston Cooperative Can motorists is a test to determine the which butter and supplies are easily Monday made arrangements to enter project for eastern Oregon. Everett nery & Laundry annual meeting SPRING EVIDENT life left in a car battery without re accessible. her mother at the Hot Lake Sani Davis agricultural engineering moving the battery from the car. An was held Saturday and the report tarium. Mrs. Lathrop was accom No change will be made in the specla’llst from O.S.C., Harry F. given by Manager Alton Sisson Numerous signs of spring are evi addition to motor rebuilding equip front of the building but the en panied by her daughter, Jo Ellen Cline, assistant county agent at trance will be concreted and graded dent over the Umatilla project in the ment is the Suunen Pin Hole Grind shows an increase of 6742 cans pro Mopps, Mrs. Alton Kingsbury, R.N., Milton-Freewater, W. W. Lawrence, form of pussywillows budding cat er with which it is possible to fit cessed during 1938 over the pre from the Hermiston General hospi to the sidewalk. county agent, and Grant Perry, as What is known as the "sharp” fish biting, buttercups blooming and the piston pins, as well as other vious year. Processing totaled 68,- tal, and L. W. Dixson, who drove his sistant, from Wasco county, will 836 during the year with the high the inevitable grasshopper coming working parts to an accuracy of one car. Mrs. Lathrop broke her hip (Continued on page 6) more than nine months ago and Is also be present to form plans. into prominence in his new cloak. ten thousandth part of an inch. Ac est Increase seen in fruit. The club will make membership A number of improvements have slowly Improving. Specimens of the latter were exhi cording to R. C. McReynolds, shop SCHOOLMEN UNITE possible for boys and girls who live bited this week by D. D. Follett, foreman, this machine operates at been made in the plant the past in town as well as rural districts, F.T.A. Entertained. year, the most recent the pouring of nature lover and sportsman. Hardly IN ORG ANIZATIO N such close limits that it is absolute Mr. Pierson stated. a day has passed this month with ly necessary to allow for the thick a concrete floor In the cannery The regular Parent-Teachers’ as building and raising the ceiling. Ad out the sun shining through at In sociation meeting held Thursday of ness of the oil film on parts when Superintendents and principals of Umatilla county formed a perma tervals. Other reports are that the fitting. The machine is the only one ditional storage space has been ad last week was entertalneed by mem LOCAL STUDENTS nent organization at a dinner meet robin has been seen in many sec of its kind in this end of the county. ded and equipment included three bers of the junior high school boys' ACTIVE A T O. S. C. new washing machines, an electric and girls’ glee clubs and orchestra. ing at Pendleton high school cafe tions of the project. Pilgrim Holiness Revival. juicer, hand operated corn cutter, The glee clubs were directed by teria Monday night, attended by 13 Revival services will open Mon and bean cutter, License Examiner Coming. Mrs. Alma Greaves and the orches representatives. Items In the Oregon State college Henry Tetz of Adams was elected O. L. Barlow was manager of the tra by O. C. Humphreys. W. O. Kers- Barometer reveal activities In which C. M. Bentley, examiner of opera day, February 6, at the Pilgrim president, M. L. Dawald of Athena, tors and chauffeurs, will be in Her Holiness church with Rev. C. A. plant until last October when he re bergen directed a discussion on several students from Hermiston are vice president, and Charles Simpson miston Thursday, February 2, at the Wilson as evangelist. The meetings signed to move his family to Cor school attendance. The next regular taking an active part. Helen Jen- meeting program will be presented drzejewski was among the five final of Pilot Rock, secretary. Members city library between the hours of will continue until February 19. nelius. Bisson plans to attend the annual by the high school band and orch candidates for junior prom queen, of the organization plan to meet in 11:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m., according Evangelist Wilson was at one time a Pendleton once each two months, to a recent announcement released deputy sheriff. The public is cordial canners’ and fieldmen’s school at estra and a few vocal selections will sponsored by Snell Hall. Nina Rae when they will discuss common from the secretary of state’s office ly Invited to attend services as fol Oregon State college February 6 to also be included. McCulley and Helen Dunning were school problems, and developments in Salem. All those wishing permits lows: Sunday school, 10:00 a. m.; 18. Burrell Thornburg will look af listed on the general Barometer 11:00 a. ter the business during his absence. Umatilla Gospel Mission. along educational and legislative or licenses to drive cars are asked Sunday worship service staff as reporters. Helen Dunning m.; Young people’s meeting, 6:30 lines. to get in touch with Mr. Bentley The board of directors consist of Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock has been pledged to Alpha Chi Ome p. m.; Evening service, 7:30 p. m.: Mrs. W. A. Mlkesell, president, Mrs. School administrators attending. during these hours. will be the opening of the Umatilla ga. national social sorority. June Evangelistic services at 7:30 each A. W. Turnblad, vice president, -------- — besides officers elected, were Glenn Gospel Mission In the theatre build Richards has been pledged to Chi evening. Linn of Umatilla W. G. Kersber- Weather Report. Mrs. H. M. Sommerer, secretary, ing at Umatilla. Services will be Omega, national social sorority. Max. Min. gen of Hermiston’ F. C. Fitzpatrick Date A former Hermiston student, O. Mrs. A. E. Marble, treasurer, and held every Sunday afternoon at 2:30 Woolgrower» Dessert Bridge. of Stanfield. M. A. Parker of Echo January 19 ......................... 54 . .. 33 Mrs. Miles Barager and Mrs. A. E. o’clock and Wednesday evening at E. Mikesell, county 4-H club agent Cecil M. Sly of Weston, James Bur- January 20 ......................... 54 . .. 25 The Wool Growers Auxiliary will Bensel. The board will meet soon to 7:45 o'clock. of Linn county, had charge of a ra gess of Milton-Freewater, Donivan January 21 ......................... 45 . .. 20 enjoy a dessert bridge at 1:30 p. m., elect officers for the coming year. dio broadcast over KOAC recently, Decker of Umapine, and Austin January Í2 ......................... 38 . .. 17 Friday, February 3, at the home of Over half a million farmers In when clubbers took part In tho pro . 53 . .. 31 Mrs. Marian George of Echo, accord Landreth, Clarence Hines and J. A. January 23 The total farm acreage in the this country buy gasoline, oil and gram. Mikesell graduated from OSC January 24 ..................... 47 . .. 22 ing to Mrs. Gaylord Madison, presi United Staten is more than half the other petroleum products through in ’34, and is the son of Mr. and Yeager of Pendleton. January 28 ......................... 47 . .. 18 dent. farmers' cooperative associations. Mrs.. W. A. Mikesell of Hermiston. land in the country. B A S K E T B A L L - B u l l d o g s vs. Helix, Boys & Girls, Jan. 31, 7:30 P.M.