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THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1939.
THE HERMISTON HERALD. HERMISTON. OREGON.
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Starring
CARY 6RANT • VICTOR McLAGLEN
DOUGLAS F A IR B A N K S , J r .
Wednesday
Thursday
PLUS SHORT - FEATURES
MAY 3 - 4
Wednesday Special Night.
CO NSTANCE BENNETT
ROLAND YO UNG
Flttlf BURKf • AlAN MOWBRAY
PLUS SHORT FEATURES
Mr. and Mrs. Roy A ttebury were
Mrs. Mary Brown is g ettin g along
nicely a t the H erm iston G eneral
Pendleton visitors Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. 0. O. Felthouse spent Hospital.
Mrs. Joe Moyer and h er d aughters
from T hursday till S aturday in
Lillie, Emmabelle, and Mrs. W.
Portland.
W. G. Ballard of Vancouver, B. Hutzell were W alla W alla visitors
C„ was a business visitor in Herm- Wednesday of last "week.
Anyone interested in a co-op h a rd
iton Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Best, who ware should atten d the m eeting in
have spent th e w in ter m onths in Los the old G range sto re Monday, May
adv.
Angeles, Cal., arrived home S atu r 1, a t 8:00 p. m.
E
verett
Davis
of
Corvallis
was
the
day evening.
guest
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
M.
E.
K
nick
A ttend the hardw are m eeting in
the old G range store Monday, May 1, erbocker W ednesday. He is a spec
at 8:00 p. m.
adv. ialist a t Oregon S tate college.
Mrs. J. S. Matoon of La Grande
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Logan, H er
spent
W ednesday w ith her sister,
m iston postm aster, visited in La
G rande over the week end w ith his Mrs. J. M. P rindle, and m other, Mrs.
brother, Dr. and Mrs. A. V. Logan. C. H. Crandall, who is v isitin g here.
Dorothy Jean K ingsbury is stay
Mrs. Rosine S tu art of P ortland is
ing w ith Mrs. K ing in th e M inne
visitin g a t the home of Mr. and Mrs.
haha d istrict for a few weeks where
M. C. B aragar of th e Clumbia dis
she is recuperating from the whoop
trict.
ing cough.
A nna Ray M artin of Pendleton is
Mrs. M. G. Hedwall and son Tom
spending a 10-day vacation in H er my spent from W ednesday till F ri
miston w ith her parents, Mr. and day in W alla W alla, W n„ w ith
Mrs. Enos M artin.
friends. They were accompanied by
We are now ta k in g orders for Miss Omega Sater.
home-made pies. H u n ter’s Cafe. adv.
Miss Lela R abenscraft of Elgin
Mrs. Otto Pierce, Stanley and stopped a few m inutes in H erm iston
Marion Pierce, Mrs. C arrie Beitel W ednesday en route to P ortland.
and G eraldine Mullins spent last F ri She form erly ta u g h t school in S tan
field.
day in Pendleton.
Mrs. D. A. Chapin of Los Angeles.
Charles W ilcox, who has been
Calif.,
spent five days last week at
employed w ith the M ortone Sound
Service d u rin g th e w inter, has re the E. J. Benefiel home a t Irrigon.
turned to work as a fire lookout at Mr. Chapin is employed w ith the w a
the E llis sta tio n in the Ukiah dis ter system in Los Angeles.
Mrs. C. H. C randall of Union, Ore.,
trict.
is visitin g her d au g h ter and son-in-
law, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. P rindle. She
arrived last week and plans to stay
un til Memorial day.
The condition of Mrs. H arry H am
mon is greatly improved a t the H er
miston G eneral H ospital and it is ex
pected th a t she w ill be able to re
tu rn to her home the la tte r p a rt of
the week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Bensel en te r
tained at dinner a t th eir home Sun
ACCURATE T IM E 1$ SO IMPORTANT
day for Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Voelker
IN LIFE'S SUCCESS
of W alla W alla, W n., Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Reid, and Mrs. XJhristley and
Dell. Voelker was form erly school
superintendent here and is now m u
sic supervisor of a CCC camp at
HERMISTON, OREGON W
alla W alla.
A . W . B ehrm an
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-- Specials for April 28-29-May 1 --
MILK, Red & W h ite...........................4 for 25$
KARO SYRUP, Blue or R e d ............3 lbs. 25$
WHEAT CEREAL, Red & W h ite.............. 17$
PEANUT BUTTER, Red & White .. 2 lbs. 39$
SPAGHETTI, Franco American ................ 2 lbs. 19$
WAX PAPER.............................125 ft. roll 17$
CHOCOLATE MALTED MILK, Brimfull 29$
BEANS, Red or W hite.................... 10 lbs. 39$
PRUNES ............................................. 4 lbs. 29$
PRUNES, R & W Santa Clara..........2 lbs. 17$
FRENCH DRESSING, R & W 8 oz............ 13$
STRAINED VEGETABLES, R & W 3 for 25$
Doz. 95c
2 for 45$
PINEAPPLE, Red & White 2V2’s
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Meat Dept,
Armour’s or Swift’s
Half or Whole
3
◄ BACON - Sliced
FLAVOR JELL................................... 4 for 19$
T hat Delicious Dessert
R. & W. COFFEE
2 lbs.
33$
>9$
49 lbs. $1-29
R. & W. FLOUR
FLAKY BAKE FL’R. 49 lbs. $1 .15
Produce- -
ORANGES, med. Sunkist
►
£
4
Pork Leg
23* £
Pork Shoulder
19*
Steaks
◄ Round ........
lb.
£
25* E
Loin ............. lb.
MART COFFEE
H b .
EARLY RISER COFFEE 1 lb.
33^ ►
I6< £
◄ Beef Shoulder
Good Grade Pink
PAPER NAPKINS, PLATES, KNIVES,
FORK, SPOONS and CUPS — pkg. 91
BROWN BREAD & BAKED BEANS
Red & W hite.......................... 33^
T
Roasts
1 lb. 18$
Fresh - Fluffy
SALMON, Silver Rapids l ’s ..............3 for 35$
3 doz. 47$
NEW POTATOES
4 lbs. 19$
NEW PEAS
3 lbs. 19$
T. Bones ....... lb.
Pork
lb.
►
Beef P late ►
B oil
H ermiston T rading C o .
Phone 341
The
RED&WH1XE
Bridge Club Holds Meeting
The Dessert Bridge club held a
m eeting at th e H erm iston hotel S at
urday, April 22. Hostesses for the
occasion were Mrs. C raig Percy, Mrs.
Fred Hensel and Mrs. Ja rv is Dur-
fey. N ine tables w’ere in play d u r
ing th e afternoon. A D utch m otif
was used in the decorations. Tulips,
wintQnill wall decorations and host
ess costumes added to the occasion.
Tallies were made by C harlotte
Ralph. F irs t prize w ent to Mrs. W.
J. W arn er and Mrs. B. H aneline won
second.
5 Hams ►
Home Style or Sliced
MARSHMALLOWS, Red & White
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Rohrm an and
family were T he Dalles visitors on
Thursday.
We are now ta k in g orders for
home-made pies. H u n te r’s Cafe. adv.
Dr. and Mrs. H. F. M artin of F re
mont, Neb., will visit over the week
end in H erm iston w ith his brother,
Enos M artin and family. Dr. M ar
tin is president of M idland college
at Fremont.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Kenyon and
daughter, Mrs. B ert D ykstra of
Grandview. W n., spent Sunday w ith
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Dyer. The Dyers
and Kenyons were friends 40 years
ago when they lived in Denver, Col
orado.
Leland Jam es, president of Conso
lidated F reig h t Ways, and H. C. Mil
la r of the personnel d ep artm en t of
the same organization, spent some
tim e S aturday afternoon a t th e local
office discussing business w ith Mrs.
Alice E. W agner, local agent.
W ord has been received by Mr.
and Mrs. W. J. K ennings th a t th e ir
son A1 has been appointed forem an
of a large herd of registered Jerseys
at Sunshine F arm a t Merced, Calif.
He will begin work sometim e th is
month.
Wm. L am bert of P o rtlan d stopped
a sh o rt tim e in T he H erald office
W ednesday. He has a large ranch
near E lgin and spends several weeks
there each summer. Mr. L am bert is
an au th o rity on gam e h u n tin g and
is an en th u siastic sportsm an.
Miss P auline Stoop, Mrs. Ida Gor
don and two d au g h ters A rdeth and
Doris Ja n e of Meacham, Alfred Stoop
of E lgin, and th e ir 'father, H enry
Stoop of Stanfield, stopped in H er
miston a short tim e Saturday
en
route to Yakim a. W n., w here they
attended a fam ily reunion.
W alter Sm ith, E. P. Dodd, H enry
Sommerer and George H ark en rid er
attended a banquet in W alla W alla
W ednesday n ig h t as representatives
of this d istrict. The occasion was a
d istric t conference to discuss econ
omic problems of th e N orthw est, es
pecially southeastern W ashington
and eastern Oregon.
Dave Lemon, Sam B u rn ett and
"S tu b ” Bartlem ay, who p articipated
at the Tony Vey rodeo Sunday, stop
ped a sh o rt tim e Sunday a t the Dr.
F. B. B elt home en route to th e ir
home a t A rlington. Mr. B artlem ay
was the world champion cowboy in
1936 and placed th ird a t th e Vey
rodeo Sunday. He will leave soon
to p articip ate a t the San Francisco
exposition.
Mrs. E. P. Illsley and Mrs. W ilbur
Illsley of F ullerton, Cal., and Mrs.
Howard Illsley of Camas, W n.. spent
th e week end a t the home of Mr.
and Mrs. W. R. Lcnghorn. The el
der Mrs. Illsley rem ained for a long
er visit, Mrs. W ilbur Illsley w ent on
to Baker to visit, and Mrs. Howard
Illsley retu rn ed to her home at
Camas Sunday.
S tore
FREE DELIVERY TWICE DAILY — 10:80 A. M. — 4 :30 P. M.
Phone 341
Basket Social Postponed.
The basket social w hich was to he
given F riday n ig h t by th e young
people of the Union church has been
indefinitely postponed. O ther a n
nouncem ents will be made a t a la
te r date.
Traffic Safety Man to Speak.
A traffic safety m an from the of
fice of E arl Snell, secretary of state,
will speak to the H erm iston high
school stu d en ts Tuesday, according
to W. G. K ersbergen, city su p e rin
tendent.
IN
MEM0RLAM
In loving memory of our dear
m other and fath e r who were taken
from us on Ja n u ary 29, 1912, and
April 23, 1937.
Gone but not forgotten.
Agnes, Leonard and Ada.
ALFRED HENRY SCHMIDT.
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Alfred H enry Schm idt was born
F ebruary 7, 1912, a t Stanfield, Ore HOUSE TRAILER. 16 foot
gon. He attended school and lived
on a ranch west of B u tter Creek u n FORDSON TRACTOR
til he w ent to a barber school in
1930 FORD PICKUP
P o rtland, and practiced barb erin g In
1935 V-8 SEDAN
Echo, Pendleton and Milton.
He enlisted in the U. S. M arines
1930 BUICK, DeLUXE COUPE
October 6, 1938, and became ill In
1938 PLYMOUTH DeLuxe SEDAN
Jan u ary , 1939. He passed away
April 19 in the U. S. Navy hospital.
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He Is survived by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C harles Schm idt; two bro
thers, A rth u r of Pendleton and
F ran k of Alameda, Cal.; an d three
sisters, Mrs. W alter W iglesw orth of
Echo, Mrs. Viola Duvall of The
Dalles and Mrs. George Legler of
M onument, Ore.
F u n eral services were held in
The CCC boys are p la n tin g trees
Stanfield Monday afternoon. Rev. on the W illis S tru th ers farm. They
S tearns Cushing was the m inister in have comploted th e p la n tin g of a
charge.
sandblow to evergreens for Dell
Christley.
C. L. Upham received 900 chicks
and Mrs. L. W. Douglas received a
1000 chicks from the W ashington
Cooperative H atch ery Friday. Les
By Mrs. W. C. Isom
ter H am m er received 500 chicks th is
week from Appleton City, Mo.
Bud Shaver, son or Mrs. Am anda
Mrs. Leola Chapin from California Shaver, has rented the Addleman
is v isitin g her brothers, th e Benefiel place.
boys.
Mr. and Mrs. A rth u r W ynen of
Bert D exter is rem odeling the in Umapine were Saturday d in n er vis
terior of th e home of Mrs. Becker.
itors at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
The senior high school class ac L ester Hamm er. Mrs. W ynen is a
companied by the ju n io rs motored niece of Mrs. Hammer.
to R itte r Springs in cen tral G rant
Mrs. M. R. S tu a rt of P o rtlan d is
county for a two day ou tin g last spending a m onth a t th e home of her
T hursday. Miss Irene Clark, one of sister-in-law , Mrs. Miles B arager.
the teachers, chaperoned the party.
A num ber of young people enjoy
Lola B erry of P o rtlan d spent the ed a sk a tin g p arty and w iener roast
week end w ith h er g randparents, at the Cecil Madden home T hursday
n ig h t of la st week.
Mr. and Mrs. E m m ett McCoy.
F ran k M arkham passed aw ay a t
th e H erm iston hospital Monday a f
ter several days illness. Mr. M ark FRONTIER ROMANCE
ham was past 80 years and had been
a resident of Irrigon for m any years. IN "GUNGA D IN "E P IC
Mr. H unt and Mr. W heelet of
Boardm an attended services a t the
A romance th a t blossoms in th e
Pentecostal church Sunday.
shadow of om inous th re a ts of re li
Mrs. Sam U m iker and little d au g h
ter K athryn, who have been visiting gious uprisings in th e land of gold
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F ran k en dome temples, threads a danger-
Lelcht the past ten days, left for filled course through the vivid story
th eir home a t T u ttle, W n., Friday.
of "G unga D in” , p icture version of
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brow ning and th e R udyard K ipling ballad, w hich
family, Mrs. M arshal M arkham. Rev. sta rs Cary G rant, V ictor McLaglen
and Mrs. H arness, Mr. and Mrs. H ar-
vey W arn er and Mrs. W illiam son and Douglas F airbanks, J r., in one
motored to H eppner last W ednesday of the year’s most colorful screen en
night to atten d church services at tertain m en ts.
the Pentecostal church.
The th ree sta rs are seen as reck
E arl Isom was operated on T ues less sergeants in a B ritish arm y o u t
day at th e Pendleton hospital for ap post near th e famous K hyber Pass,
pendicitis.
Mrs. E arl Isom and W. C. Isom a scene of u n rest and h atred as a
motored to Pendleton Tuesday m orn band of religious fanatics, known as
ing to be w ith E arl d u rin g the oper Thugs, frenziedly pursue a reign of
ation.
te rro r and m urder according to th e ir
Bobby W aters and W ill Cox suf secret rites.
fered a bad fall on th e ir bicycle as
Joan F o n tain e is cast as th e
they were re tu rn in g home Sunday.
Both boys were badly cut and b ru is d au g h ter of a tea company official
stationed in th e h eart of the affect
ed.
Mrs. Dolly H apke from V ancou ed area. H er romance w ith one of
ver, Wn.. arrived F riday to be w ith the h ard -b itten
non-com officers,
her fath er, F ran k M arkham, during F airbanks,
follows
a
tu rb u le n t
his illness.
course, co n flicting as it does w ith
Frances M arkham of La G rande is
the sworn friendship of the th ree
also here w ith his g ran d fath er.
Fred Caldwell is suffering from sergeants, and shadowed by the con
severe eye trouble.
sta n t danger to which F airb an k s is
subjected.
Sam Jaffe, of “Lost H orizon” fame
plays the n ative w ater ca rrie r im
m ortalized in the K ipling poem.
By Lois H utchison
“G unga D in” s ta rts Sunday a t th e
T here will be a big w orking bee Oasis th eatre.
at Columbia park on May 3. E very
one is invited to atten d . T he park
has been drained and needs to be put
in shape for th e num erous picnics
Nationally Advertised
th a t will be held there th is sum
mer. Trees will be trim m ed, fences
repaired and ditches cleaned. O ther
(Endorsed by Good Housekeeping)
details will be found In an o th er
story In th is issue.
Special Low Prices Until
Dr. and Mrs. S. H. Peterson of
MAY 8
Corvallis were recent overnight vis
SEE OR W RITE
itors a t the H. J. Ott home. They
were on th e ir way to the N orthw est
In stru cto rs’ convention at Spokane.
Mrs. A. Bonnyman of P ortland is
Local R epresentative
employed a t the Gene Buzzard home.
For D em onstration
H enry and Raymond Blahm of
H eppner visited th eir parents, Mr.
ROUTE 1
HERMISTON
and Mrs. Adam Blahm, Sunday.
hermistoh ; ahto
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IRRIGON NEWS ITEMS
COLUMBIANEWS
SHAGPROOF HOSIERY
Mrs. Mary Rowell
METHODIST GROUP
PLANS MERGER
One of th e foremost advances In
th e field of religion w ill be made
th is week w ith th e b eg inning of the
U niting Conference of th e three
branches of Methodism. The con
ference will be held in K ansas City,
Mo., sta rtin g April 26. T he m erger
of the M ethodist Episcopal, Metho
dist Episcopal South and th e M eth
odist P ro te sta n t churches will b rin g
to an end a period of nearly 100
years of separation.
N ine hundred delegates have the
task of w orking out th e final plan
of form al union. The u n ification
brings about the larg est union in
C hristian church history. The new
M ethodist church will have a mem
bership of more th an 7H millions.
T hia step is being looked upon as a
lead for o th er groups to follow In
giving P ro testan tism a u n ited fro n t
ag a in st th e forces of evil In th e
world.
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