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About The Hermiston herald. (Hermiston, Or.) 19??-1984 | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1939)
THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1939. THE HERMISTON HERALD. HERMISTON. OREGON. 5 CELEBRATE THE 4TH AT ECHO a A ll day program sponsored by the Echo Boosters club Start at 10:00 a.m. Sports and races for children and adults. Jitterbug con test on wheels. Noon—Community picnic at school yard, sponsored by the Grange. Address by Dr. Carl Thompson of the Bonneville Dam staff, and other speak ers. Afternoon— Baseball game, Mission Indians vs. Echo. Special sports events, including championship footrace between Mayors of Pendleton and Echo. Softball game, Pendleton Coca Cola team vs. Echo Sage- a brushers. Evening—28-Round Boxing Card. Main event, Harold Hoshino, Pendleton, vs. Billy Genova, Portland, 10 rounds. Semi-final, 6 rounds, Kid Torpedo, Walla Walla, vs. Truman Kennedy, Walla Walla. Three 4-round preliminary bouts. Public fireworks display. Dancing in air conditioned hall, 7-piece orchestra, evening of July 3 and July 4. Double feature picture show at Echo Theatre, air conditioned show show house. Show Monday evening and continuous performance on the Fourth. Music Concessions Fun for A ll Come E a rly and Spend th e D ay IRRIGON NEWS ITEMS By Mrs. W. C. Isom The Sunday school members of th e H erm iston. Stanfield and Irrigon P entecostal churches held a picnic on the church yard F riday a fte r noon. Paul H aberlein, who is w orking near Heppner, spent th e week w ith his family. Mrs. Dosch is staying w ith his daughters for the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Larson have moved to the Olmstead place w est of town. Mr. and Mrs. E arl Leach motored to U kiah Saturday, rem aining over n ig h t. Mr. L each’s fath er, Cloyd Leach, accompanied them to his claim near U kiah w here he w ill im proving. spend several weeks processing. Ray Lam oreaux of A rlington was in Irrigon over the week end. Mrs. Ja y Berry from Portland spent the week end w ith h er parents, Mr. and Mrs. Em m ett McCoy. Mr and Mrs. E arn est Bedwell of S tanfield spent F riday n ig h t w ith his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Em ery Bedwell. Mr. and Mrs. Elm er E rlan d were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Isom Sunday night. They were re tu rn ing from Salt Lake City to th eir home in P ortland. Don Isom accompanied Mr. Hull and Rex Moses of U m atilla on a flash ing trip to the m ountains south of H eppner Sunday. B ert Dexter reports th a t his m oth er, Mrs. B ert D exter Sr. of U m atilla who is in the Pendleton hospital, is ASTAIRE-ROGERS IN CAREER OF CASTLES ______ A dhering closely to the real-life 8tOry of Vernon an d Irene Castle, world-fam ous dancing team of a q u a rte r century ago, Fred A staire and Ginger Rogers’ new co-starrin g vehicle, “The Story of V ernon and Irene Castle,” is reported to be the finest musical film of recent years and the greatest of all the pictures in w hich these two favorites have teamed. The story opens w ith Vernon Cas tle’s early career as a knock-about comedian w ith Lew Fields, and his PAGE T H R U first m eeting w ith the th en Irene Foote, who persuaded him to give up cheap comedy in favor of danc ing. How th e two m arried on the pro verbial shoestring, w ent to P aris and nearly starved before they got a sta rt as a team, is revealed in de lightful fashion. T heir m eteoric rise to fame in dance engagem ents which took them across two conti nents un til th eir reputation was es tablished as the o u tstanding dance duo of th e ir tim e; the breaking-up of the team when Vernon enlisted w ith the British forces on th e o u t break of the W orld W ar; and his u n tim ely death in a Texas a ir crash, are main ingredients in a story which is depicted in impressive and tuneful fashion ag ain st typical back grounds of the period. "T he Story of Vernon and Irene Castle" sta rts Sunday a t th e Oasis theatre. TEMPORARY GRAIN PERMITS DECLINED Ormond R. Bean, Public U tilities Commissioner of Oregon, desires to call to th e atten tio n of operators of motor trucks who propose to tra n s port grain for compensation, eith er as a common or contract carrier, th a t no tem porary perm its will be issued th is season for th is hauling. Persons who intend to engage in th is type of tran sp o rtatio n service are requested to com municate imme diately, eith er w ith the commission er in Salem or Field A uditor Roy J. Ford, who is located in th e U m atil la county court house, city of P en dleton, and secure the inform ation necessary in order to obtain th e re quired au th o rity . COLUMBIA GRANGE NOTES The 66th session of the Oregon S tate G range closed F riday evening, June 16th, afte r a memorable con vention la stin g five days. Corvallis was the m eeting place for the fifth tim e since G range in stitu tio n in Ore gon. In the opening rem arks of S tate Master Fay G ill’s annual address, he said, “ It is especially fittin g th a t the sta te G range should assemble here a t the home of the land g ran t college. In a large sense, th e N a tional G range was th e fath e r of the movement w hich brought to us the land g ra n t college and the extension services, including the county agent system ." Oregon now has 377 S ubordinate G ranges with a m em bership roll of 22,533. Every county in Oregon, w ith but one exception, has an ac tive Pomona Grange. N ational Secretary H arry A. Ca ton, Coshocton, Ohio, divided his tim e on the coast so th a t he m ight atten d both th e W ashington and Oregon conventions. O ther distinguished guest speak ers included Gov. Chas. Sprague, Pres. Geo. W. Peavy of Oregon S tate College, Dean Wm. Schoenfeld of the college, dean of the school of ag ricu ltu re, Mayor H. W. H and of Cor vallis, Mr. and Mrs. Ervin E. King. Mr. K ing being M aster of the W ash ington S tate G range, Mrs. H arry A. Creek, wife of th e secretary of the W ashington S tate Grange. L. D. Fed eratio n of Labor, S tate G range offi cers and Pomona m asters. In addition to th e im portant ses sions for hearin g reports, business m eetings, adopting and rejectin g in some instances of proposed resolu tions, th ere was tim e for the many G rangers to "p lay .” On Monday evening, tw enty recreational leaders directed group games, contests and get-acquainted stu n ts am ong the hundreds present a t the football field. L ater th e same evening th ere was a dance in th e Memorial Union building. On th e week’s program were luncheons, banquets, teas, tours, drill team presentations, etc. The annua! 4 IT sum m er school session was in progress on th e cam pus d u rin g th is busy G range week.* More th an 2000 boys and girls from all over th e sta te were there. Many of them were enjoying G range scho larships. Columbia G range could not be represented at th e S tate G range con vention, b u t by the issuing of a scholarship we made it possible for M arian Ott, an active 4-H clubber, to enjoy the sum m er school session. We hope in the n ear fu tu re to have M arian tell us about her busy week in Corvallis. The S tate G range will meet in Sa lem for its 1940 session. Remember. Columbia G rangers, the reg u lar first m eeting of July has been postponed u n til July 11th. L et’s increase our sum m er attendance. The presence of each and every member makes th e m eeting seem so much more w orthw hile. Don’t forget Field Day S aturday, July 1. B ring basket lunch. Come a t 10:30, OREGON CAFE Pendleton, Ore. T here Is som ething about the Ore gon Cafe th a t sets it ap a rt from other eatin g places and makes it highly satisfactory. The extrem e care and th o u g h t th a t goes into every thing, the cooking, serving and se r vice creates an eatin g place to be vis ited regularly. H ere good food is combined w ith m oderate prices. Proper food well cooked is an absolute esentlal to good health. We are pleased to direct special atten tio n to our readers and urge them to drop in the next tim e they w ant a real good sandw ich or meal. adv. ADS For SALE IN OUR NEXT ISSUE by Âir-Condltloned SUPER-COACH No driving strain or traffic worries ROUNO Twr ONE WAV Salt Lake City 10.95 19.75 Boise 5.15 9.30 Portland 3.60 6.50 Spokane 3.70 6.70 2.00 3.60 The Dalles For fares to other points, phone HERMISTON DRUG CO. Main S treet Phone 101 UNION PACIFIC STAGES INTERSTATE TRANSIT LINES COMPLETE CLOSE-OUT B E G IN S SATURDAY JÜLY1 9:OO A. M. W ill SAVE ON TH ESE- SAVE ON THESE— L e tte r To The Publie! Children’s Dresses LADIES’— O I have decided to go out of business. In order to clean up my stock entirely, everything in the shop has been marked down to cost or less. Everything will be sold, including all fixtures, and the public is invited to take advantage of these prices. I wish to sincerely thank the people of Hermiston and adjoining territory for their patronage during the past two years. Children’s Stockings Baby Articles Costume Jewelry Ladies’ Slacks ONE LOT LA IIE S ’ DRESSES ONE • Shirts b Hats b Hose • Slips ind numerous other items COTTON HOUSE DRESSES Were $1 & $1.29 SALE PRICE ...... A Good Chance to STOCK UP I 1 Children’s DRESSES & ZAr Reg. 98c - $1.19 * * 071 SUN SUITS Regular 39c Now - ANKLETS fl, Regular 15c Now - 7 * BRASSIERES If, Regular 45c & 50c 1 I STORE CLOSED FRIDAY TO PREPARE FOR SALE FREE GIFTS GIVEN TO FIRST TEN CUSTOMERS ONE Fj [l 1 1 1 l| L1 Ruby McMillan’s MAIN ST. Sweaters Blouses Pajamas Underwear ► Gloves LOT Were $1.98 <4 OC SALE PRICE ........ ^1-00 Includes Spun Rayons and Cotton Sheers 1 I 1 • HERMISTON, OREGON* LOT L adies ’D resses Were $2.98 SALE C l P R IC E ................ I _ QA INCLUDES— Spun Rayons - Flat Crepes Cotton Sheers • New Shipment Included
