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HERMISTON. UMATILLA COUNTY,
PENDLETON MALE
CHORUS WILL PRESENT
CONCERT, MARCH 31
OREOOH,
I God will not look you over
I for medals, degrees or di
plomas. but for scars.— E l
bert Hubbard.
MARCH 23, 1939.
PENDLETON MALE CHORUS WILL APPEAR HERE SOON
SPONSORED BY
LOCAL C IVIC GROUPS
The H erm iston Commercial club
and the H erm iston Garden club will
present the Pendleton Male chorus,
F riday, March 31, in th e high school
au d ito riu m a t 8:15 p. m.
The
chorus is directed by Ted Roy, well
know n tenor, and w ill be assisted
by Miss F rancis Robertson, soprano,
as guest soloist. A ssisting w ill also
be the male q u arte t, Baynard Sager,
violinist, and B arbara Edm unds
Roy, accom panist.
The concert is being given as a
benefit for the H erm iston Commun
ity park kitchen project. Tickets
w ill be on sale this week a t 45 cents
for adults and 25 cents for students.
The program will consist of the
following:
“ F riendship,”
(them e song of
chorus), “In a P ersian
M arket,”
"D ear Land of Home” by the male JOSEPH C. TUCKER,
chorus.
MAYOR OF UMATILLA
“Lawdy W hat a Lonesome Day,”
and "Greeneyed D ragon,” by the PASSES SUDDENLY
m ale q uartet.
"N octurne” and “ I Love L ife,” by
Joseph C. T ucker, 73, mayor of
F ra n cis Robertson, soprano.
U m atilla for the past five years,
"I Got Shoes,” “ Go Down Moses,” passed aw ay a t his home in U m atilla,
a n d “Keep In the Middle of the F riday m orning, March 17, follow
R oad,” by the m ale chorus.
ing a h eart attack. Funeral services
“Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life,” and were held Sunday afternoon a t 2:00
“W ill You Rem em ber,” (M aytim e) o’clock from the Masonic hall in
by F rancis Robertson, soprano.
U m atilla w ith C. W arner, pastor of
“Volga B oatm an,” by male chorus, the H erm iston Union church, deliv
and "D ark Eyes,” by q u arte t and ering the service w ith the assistance
B aynard Sager, violinist.
of members of the Masonic lodge.
"Ita lia n S treet Song,” (N aughty Interm ent was in the H erm iston
M arietta) by F rancis Robertson and cemetery.
chorus.
Mr. Tucker had been a member of
“ Bells at E ventide” and “ Home the Masonic lodge since the age of
on th e R ange,” by male chorus.
21 years. He was an active support
The personnel of the chorus con er of the U m atilla port, as a citizen
sists of, first tenor, Burl Stillw ell, and as mayor of U m atilla.
D onald Lains, D. V. Glenn, C hristian
Mr. Tucker was born in Roanoke,
T horsen, W ill Penland, E arl Mil-
V irginia, and came west to San
liorn, Lee Downey.
Francisco in 1910. He was au d ito r
Second tenor, M arvin Roy, Dave for th e Southern R ailroad company
Thorpe, C harles Carnes, W illiam for m any years and served as wire
Macey, Owen Jones, Leonard G ustaf chief for the W estern Union for 33
son, Charles Cook, Elvin Beck, Jack years. He had resided In U m atilla
Sm ith.
since 1923 and was retired in Ja n u
F irst bass, V ern McGowan, Rol- ary, 1931.
lin McBroom, Ray Doherty, Ralph
He is survived by his wife, three
L aum eister, Dave
Hamley,
Bob daughters, Mrs. L. A. Moore, H er
Brannock.
miston, Mrs. R obert A rrow sm ith,
Second bass, Balfe Ulrich, G. Zah- P ortland, and Mrs. J. S. W ebster,
ler, R. K aspari, C. G raham , J. R. Maraposi, C alif.; two sons, Oberry
L ight, Paul G raft, D. Holman, Bob Tucker,
Sparks, Nevada;
Thos.
Rowe.
Tucker, U m atilla; eight grandchild
The q u a rte t personnel consists of ren, and two g rea t grandchildren.
M arvin Roy, Burl Stillw ell, Balfe
A cting pallbearers were W. H.
U lrich and Rollin McBroom.
Switzler, H. B. H ull, Fred Knudsen,
F rank Clark, Geo. Butterw ood and
ODD FELLOWS SEND Pete McNabb.
REPRESENTATIVES
TO WORLD'S FAIR
The H erm iston chapter of the Odd
Fellow lodge has elected Don Sher
wood and Fred Reeves to represent
th e lodge as members of a sta te drill
team w hich will present drill work
on Odd Fellow ’s day a t San F ran-
cisco d u rin g the w orld’s fair. The
d rill will be presented by 100 mem
bers from Oregon May 10 and 11.
Odd Fellow s from 12 w estern states
and B ritish Columbia will be pres
e n t a t the fair, w ith a to tal of 25,000
present on th a t day.
Reeves and Sherwood are past
grand m asters of th e local lodge.
Dexter Family Reunion.
A fam ily reunion was held a t the
W. B. Dexter home Saturday, March
18, when every member of th e fam
ily was a t home for the first tim e in
four years. The Dexters live two
miles west qf U m atilla. Those pres
ent were Mr. and Mrs. L. B urt Dex
ter and dau g h ter A rlene of Irrig o n ;
Mr. and Mrs. V alias Dexter and son
Gary of La G rande; Mr. and Mrs.
R olbert Dexter of C latskanie;
Mr.
and Mrs. Dan H ill and d au g h ter
C arla of Irrig o n ; Bessie Dexter of
Dale; M aurice H ill of Irrigon. Mr
and Mrs. V alias Dexter and Mr. and
Mrs. R olbert Dexter retu rn ed to
th eir homes Sunday.
Knickerbocker.
assistant
county
Mrs. Carl Thompson passed aw ay
W ednesday. March 22, a t St. A n th
ony’s hospital in Pendleton follow
ing a week’s illness from bronchial
pneum onia. F u neral services will be
held S aturday, March 25, at 2:00 P.
M., from the P ran n F u n eral P arlor,
and burial will be in the H erm iston
cemetery.
M arietta Levina Bennett Thomp
son was born June 15, 1878, in
F ayette, Iowa. She m arried Carl
Thompson, Ju n e 15, 1894, in W hite-
lake, South Dakota, and they moved
to Baker, Ore., in Ju ly 1915. In the
fall of th a t year they came to H er
miston w here they have made th e ir
home since.
Survivors include her widower,
five daughters. Ora Thompson, Mrs.
L. C. W illiams, Mrs. A. M. Hooker,
Mrs. C. E. W olford, H erm iston; Mrs.
H. R. B ault, Grand Coulee, W n.;
one son, Arlie Thompson, Lakeview,
Ore.; sisters and brothers, H arry
Bennett, Spokane; Ora L. Beaver,
Anaheim, Calif.; Mrs. A nnie W ells
and Mrs. Lucy H iatt, Baker, Ore.;
Mrs. E velina Beaver, of W isconsin;
and 20 grandchildren.
Creamery in New Quarters.
The U m atilla Cooperative Cream
ery is now operating in the recently
constructed quarters. The equipm ent
was moved during th e past two
weeks and the office will be moved
as soon as possible. The new q u ar
ters are roomier and more modern in
every way. An addition to the cold
storage p lan t and lockers will go in
the place vacated by the cream ery
equipm ent a t the earliest possible
date.
HcNaughts Donate Lots.
GEO. SALE ELECTED
COLUMBIA TEACH I NG FARMERS DISCUSS
DISTRICT PRESIDENT STAFF ELECTED
M UTUAL PROBLEMS
EPWORTH LEAGUE
SATURDAY NIGHT
The Columbia school teaching
George Sale, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. Sale, Sr., of Stanfield was elect
ed president of the D istrict Epw orth
League at a m id-w inter in stitu te
held at Hood River, March 17, 18
and 19. Miss M yrthena M artin, now
of Hermiston, was elected fourth
vice president.
Stearns Cushing Jr., pastor of the
local M ethodist church delivered the
closing address of the conference in
the absence of the host pastor, who
was ill. The in stitu te featured class
es dealing w ith the discovery of
life’s possibilities.
Others from H erm iston atten d in g
were Beatrice Hord, D orothy P ier
son, Rebecca Pierson, R obert P ier
son, Lowell Sater and Omega Sater.
AMERICAN LEGION
BIRTHDAY OBSERVED
The Herm iston Post of the Ameri
can Legion and the auxiliary enjoyed
a jo in t meeting last T hursday n ig h t
celebrating the tw en tieth b irthduy
of the organization of the American
Legion. Mrs. W. L. Hamm, Mrs. F.
B. Belt and Mrs. G. W. Ripley served
on the program committee.
A huge birthday cake was made
and decorated by the com mittee
w ith 20 candles which were blown
out by the H ermiston Post Com
m ander A1 Cable and Auxiliary
President, Mrs. W. E. Logan.
Tw enty years ago M arch 15, 16,
17, a great caucus was held in the
Cirque De Paris, France, and 1000
American officers and enlisted men
representatives of the A.E.F. lau n ch
ed the American Legion. The occas
ion was recalled by all Legion and
au x iliary
members
th ro u g h the
United States the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. M cNaught,
former residents of H erm iston, and
now of P ortland, presented a deed
to two lots in the W ecom a-Braemar
section near N elscott, Ore., to the
Buy Barlow Property.
Episcopal church, for the fu tu re
Mr.
anad
Mrs. Geo. Hodge of R ai
erection of a chapel, according to A.
M. W illiams, pastor. T he deeds were nier, Ore,, have purchased th e J. T.
accepted on behalf of th e church by Dowell property recently owned by
O. L. Barlow. They arrived last week
O. H. Schw erdtm ann.
afte r a trad e for the property had
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ been completed. Mr. Hodge is in te r
ested In sta rtin g com munity auction
HI SCHOOL NOTES sales
in Hermiston. Mr. Hodge is the
fath er of C. L. Hodge, form erly of
The Young Oregonian sta rs will
the H erm iston Motor Co.
appear In person at the high school
auditorium Monday, April 3, a t 1:30
M. £. Church Remodeling.
P. M. The cast will include 35 ta l
T he auditorium of the Methodist
ented sta rs who will p ut on an In
terestin g program sponsored by the church has undergone some remodel
high school. The public is Invited to ing. The en tire entrance has been
rebuilt, and In place of a two level
atten d the program.
agent, will all be present and con
Dr. L uther Gable gave a lecture platform . It has been put Into one,
trib u te to the program . Miss H o u t on radium a t the high school last greatly Increasing the floor space
chens will cook a com plete meal on F riday as a feature of th e N ational and lig h tin g effects. The work will
an electric range and dem onstrate High School assemblies program.
be completed by E aster Sunday.
uses of domestic appliances includ
E leanor S teiner was elected M ay 1
Grade Teacher« Re-elected.
ing electric
roaster, refrig erato r, queen to rule a t the Physical Edu-[
w ashing m achine and electric iron. cation Exhibition to be given Fri-1 The grade school board met Tues
A com plete display of electrical day. May 5. Her atte n d a n ts are day n ig h t and re-elected the follow
appliances will be shown by H er V irginia ‘W ells, Claudine Hale, Max ing teachers: Miss M yrtle B urnett,
miston and Pendleton dealers. The i ine Blinston, G eraldine Mullins, first, Miss Mary P etri, second, Miss
purpose of the m eeting is to give th e ’ L au retta M ulkins and Georgia Rae M argaret K irk, third. Miss Blanche
users of electricity in th is te rrito ry ! Neal. The exhibition is being plan Harmon, fourth, and Mrs. Alma
the benefit of inform ation on mod ned and directed by Miss Lavina Greaves and L. S. Burrell, d ep art
ern lig h tin g In th e homes, and in May Lynch and Jack Hodgen.
A dressing room has been added mental.
handling th e various appliances, ac
to
th e stage in the high school audi
cording to th e most economic and
Weather Report.
torium and also a fittin g booth In
profitable methods.
Max. Min.
the home economics room, which Date
Mr. Moulton invites and urges all also Includes a full length m irror. March 16
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persons interested to atten d , and
The senior class will sponsor an March 17 .............. ............... 53
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will welcome all questions asked. He April Fool's Day dance Saturday, March 1«
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has recently attended two m eetings
April 1, to w hich the public Is in-; March 19 ......... ................ 70
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of the board of directors of th e vited. It will be held In the high
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U m atilla E lectric Cooperative
school auditorium .
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elation.
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USES FOR ELKTRKITY ON THE FARM WILL
BE DEMONSTRATED AT MEET HERE MAY 10
The uses of electricity in the
home and on th e farm w ill be dis
cussed Tuesday evening, May 10, a t
the H erm iston high school au d ito r
ium, beginning a t 8:00 o’clock. An
educational dem onstration and the
various phases of the subject will
be discussed by able speakers.
The m eeting has been organized
by W’a lte r R. Moulton, of th e u tili
zation division of th e national REA,
representative in the Pacific N orth
west, who will discuss operating
costs and general uses of electricity.
E verett H. Davis, extension ag ric u l
tu ra l engineer of O.S.C., will speak
on th e practical application of elec
tric ity on the farm . Miss V irginia
H outchens, of the u tilization divi
sion of the REA. will talk on home
uses of lig h ts and appliances. Mias
Frances M. C linton, home demon
stratio n agent for th is county, W al
ter A. Holt, county agent, and M. E.
MRS. C. THOMPSON
PASSES WEDNESDAY
sta ff for the coming year has been
announced by the school board. Mrs.
L aura Morris, who has acted as p rin
cipal of the school for nine years,
resigned her position, w hich was
filled by Mrs. Emil Zivney. Mrs.
Zivney has ta u g h t the interm ediate
grades for the past three years.
O ther teachers are Miss M arjorie
Burnham of Herm iston, g rad u ate of
C entral W ashington College of Ed
ucation at E llensburg, W n., who
will teach the Interm ediate grades.
Miss M yrthena M artin, who has
ta u g h t the first three grades for the
past three years, was re-hired by the
board.
HERMISTON M AN
WEDS PORTLAND
GIRL SATURDAY
Mr. and Mrs. E. D. M artin a tte n d
ed the wedding of th eir son Jack, to
Miss M arion Pier, in P ortland last
Saturday, the account of w hich was
taken from th e Sunday edition of
the Portland Oregonian.
The m arriage of Miss Marion Pier,
d au g h ter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanhope
S. Pier, became the bride of Jack E.
M artin, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. D.
M artin of H erm iston, a t an im pres
sive ceremony read S aturday night
a t W estm inster P resbyterian church
by Dr. P erry C. Hopper.
The bride, given in m arriage by
h er father, wore a drees of w hite
slipper satin, made empire style.
H er full veil of double illusion, was
held in place about her head hv a
w reath of pearled orange blossoms.
She carried a cascade bouquet of
freeslas. gardenias and w hite orch
ids.
Miss Jean M urray, maid of honor,
wore a dress of Venetian rose slipper
satin and carried a bouquet of Jo
h an n a Hill roses.
Misses Betty Lou Phelps, Rose
mary Geneste, Lucille Alphonse and
A nna Ray M artin of Pendleton, who
were bridesm aids,
wore
sim ilar
frocks of peacock blue slipper satin.
They carried bouquets of bronze
snapdragons and tulips.
R ichard M artin acted as best man
for his brother. Ushers were Donald
Ericson, M artin Blakely, Donald
Boyd and Donald Hampson of Rend.
W illiam E llio tt sang preceding
the ceremony.
The couple left afte r the cere
mony for a wedding trip to San
Francisco, Cal. For trav elin g the
bride wore a costume suit of wine
and blue crepe w ith top coat of navy
blue, accessories of wine and cor
sage of gardenias.
Successful C. E. Rally.
One-hundred and seventy-ifve per
sons attended the C hristian E ndea
vor rally held a t T u tu illa Mission
last Friday n ig h t, representing Dun
can. Freew ater, H erm iston, Relth
and other points. One of the features
on the program was an address by
Mrs. Malden, m issionary from China,
who Illustrated portions of h er talk
w ith exhibits of articles made by
the Chinese. Those going from H er
miston were K enneth Rensel. Allan
Clarke. M arlbell Clarke. Mary Alice
Corpe, Eldon Saylor, Betty More
house. Ralph Neill, C. W arner, Lou
ise May and Bernard Corpe. A nother
pre-convention rally will be held at
flfanfleld, Friday, March 14.
H. J. Ott, president of the Uma
tilla P roject Farm Bureau, acted as
chairm an of the meeting held last
S aturday n ig h t In the basement of
the M. E. church a t which 50 people
were present.
Speakers on the program were
Mrs. A. E. M cFarland of U m atilla,
A. E, Bensel, Em il Zivney, H. K.
Dean, M. E. K nickerbocker and Mr.
Ott.
Mr. Dean, su perintendent of the
U m atilla Field Station, In speaking
of soil fertilizers, explained th a t th e
soil was a complex substance com
posed of organic m atter, and In arid
sections, such as Is fdund here, the
soil contains less th an one percent
organic m atter compared w ith ten
percent in the best soils.
Rye and vetch planted between
row crops are plowed under and the
bacteria works on the raw m aterial
to make hum us in the soil. This, Mr.
Dean stated, is one way to fertilize.
He pointed out, however, th a t the
best fertilizers, and those which aid
In Increased production over a longer
period of time, are the manures.
F arm m anures are a real benefit to
the soils as experim ents carried on
a t th e farm have shown.
P lats In which alfafla is planted,
and which has developed w ithout
adding m anure showed a 3.3 yield.
O ther plats w here 8 tons of m anure
had been applied produced 4.6 yield,
and a plat where 32 tons of m anure
had been applied produced 5.7
yield.
M anure was applied six years out
of fourteen in which the experim ent
was carried on, the last application
in the seventh year of the experi
ment, and a t the end of the fo u r
teen th year an increase in produc
tion was still shown from the appli
cation of manure.
Each ton of m anure when applied
a t the rate of 8 tons per acre, gave
a retu rn of 832 pounds of hay. W hen
applied a t th e ra te of 32 tons per
acre it gave a re tu rn of 370 pounds
of hay per ton of m anure applied,
show ing th a t the 8 ton application
was th e most economical.
On the basis of w hat is known at
results from application of commer
cial fertilizer today. Mr. Dean states
th a t it is not recommended th a t
farm ers pay money for commercial
fertilizer.
When
super-phosphate
was applied, th ere was a little in
crease in yield. W hen concentrated
nitrogen fertilizer and potash were
applied, there was no increase.
Emil Zivney, assistan t at the s ta
tion, spoke on weeds and weed con
trol. He stated th a t one of the most
effective and cheapest methods In
weed control is to use clean seed;
learn to Identify noxious weeds;
practice a system of crop rotation;
follow a com plete fallow combina
tion w ith crops on large infested
areas, but unless done system atic
ally and completely the expense and
labor Is wasted.
He stated th a t when a complete
fallow could not be carried o ut on
the farm , a modified system of ta l
low and sm other crops can be used
to advantage. One of the best plans
Is to fallow throughout the summ er
and seed rye or w inter w heat In the
fall. As soon as the rye Is harvested,
plow the land and repeat for a t
least one or more yeara.
A nnuals, he eaid, can be controll-
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