The Hermiston herald., September 07, 1939, Image 1

NEWS FROM YOUR
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COUNTY
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SET FOR FRIDAY
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OFFICIAL UMATILLA COUNTY PAPER
VOLUME XXXIII.
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 7, 1939.
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Considerable in terest has been
shown in the comjng N orth Morrow
HE RM ISTON U NIO N
county fair to be held Friday and
HIGH SCHOOL HAS
S aturday, Septem ber 8 and 9, a t
Boardm an. Prem ium lists have been
RECORD ENROLLMENT
d istributed and indications are th a t
th e re will be a large list of en­
tran ts.
Schools began in H erm iston Tues­
A highlight of the fair will be tihe
day w ith the Union high school en
dance Saturday night in the Board- REGULATIONS GIVEN rollm ent reaching 168, one more
man high school gymnasium. The J
th an was registered a t any tim e last PROSPECTS ARE FAIR
FAKE POULTRY MEN COMMITTEES PLAN
T roubadors will furnish music and BY DEPARTMENT
year. Several more are expected to FOR W IN N IN G TEAM
a good crowd is expected.
enroll la ter in the week or th e first
SELL T O N IÇ HERE;
The week of Septem ber 10 has of next, according to W. G. K ersber-
FOR M A N Y ENTRIES;
been designated by the U. S. postal gen, superintendent.
A total of 32 suits were issued ARREST FOLLOWS
UPHAMS CONSTRUCT departm ent as “ R ural Mall Box Im­
CARDS TO BE PLAYED
Tuesday on the first day of football
NEW LAYING HOUSE provem ent W eek." All patrons are The following is the list of grades practice by Ray E. C ritchfield, new B. O. Corbin and F. H. P o rter
By Mrs. Emil Zivney
asked to bring fiheir boxes up to the and num bers of pupils listed; first, football coach a t H erm iston Union
were arrested F riday by M. J. Bel­
E ntries for the F all Flow er Show
28; second, 27; th ird , 31; fourth,
standard
required
by
the
postal
laws
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Upham of
26; fifth, 33; sixth, 31. seventh, 33; high school. Several more are clam ­ ton, of the sta te departm ent of ag ri­ will not be received after 10:00 a.m.
th e Columbia d istric t are continuing and regulations.
and
eighth, 37. This compares fav­ oring for uniform s and it is expect­ culture. Investigation was made tomorrow, Friday, Septem ber 8, at
Boxes should be placed about 3%
to add to th eir poultry business. The
ed th a t a squad of 40 will be on hand following com plaints by farm ers the side door of the high school aud­
orably
over former years.
new est addition is the construction or 4 feet above the surface of the
the first of the week to fig h t it out who
had
purchased
“ poultry itorium . It is the hope of th e G ar­
Two more football tilts have been for sta rtin g positions. Ten letter- tonic” from the two men who alleg­
of a new laying house 24x26 in size. ground, erected on a shelf on a post
den club in presenting a well ar­
added to the schedule previously men answered the in itial call but edly represented the S tandard Chem­
T his is the th ird of such units they firm ly planted in the ground.
ranged exhibit of the gorgeous flow­
It
Is
th
e
desire
of
the
departm
ent
published.
These
are
w
ith
W
alla
have built and will accommodate
only six saw reg u lar action last year. ical Products Co. of Denver, Colo.
ers
now seen about the project, th a t
225 laying hens. The w alls and th a t all ru ra l mail boxes shall be W alla which will be played there on The others ju s t played sufficient
The men sold the tonic and poul­ Herm iston and nearby com m unity
painted white, but alum inum paint October 13, and here on November quarters to earn a num eral.
ceiling are all insulated.
try spray a t 812 per gallon and was people will become so interested In
D uring the Ju ly heat wave a tem ­ is permissible. It is also desired th a t 3.
found to be of little w orth. The men such a venture th a t requests for an ­
Among th e regulars on the squad
p eratu re of 97 was m aintained in the posts or supports of the boxes be
a . u a ,m t
ta
„ ,
T ..
were arrested Friday and pleaded nual affairs w ill be made.
these houses when outside the tem ­ painted w hite b ut no objection will
T
. S uilty to the charge at Pendleton
Active com m ittees are ready to
p eratu re was 112. An approved ven­ be made by the departm ent to the PIANO INSTRUCTION ers, B. Corpe, L. M ulkins and Bill Saturday. They were fined $100 and
receive th e lovely flora and present
Corpe.
H.
Connor,
who
was
the
tilatio n system has been installed in use, in the of boxes erected along IN CLASSES TO BE
costs each by Judge Manuel Friedly them for public view in a m anner
regular center last year, will be u n ­
th e units. The latest b uilding has highways, of the same color scheme
on charges of violation of the veter­ most com plim entary to the respect­
able to play th is fall due to autom o­
been built for a later installation of as th a t applied in the p ain tin g of GIVEN IN SCHOOL
inary practice act. They were in ive flowers.
bile in ju ries suffered d u rin g the structed to leave the country.
th e state college designed air condi­ guard rails on such highw ays. W hile
There will be lovely displays of
summer. O thers who saw service
tioner.
Sloping concrete floors it is not a requirem ent th a t mail box­
F arm ers are w arned to be on the flower arran g em en ts In shadowbox
Piano instruction in classes a t low last year include C. Hale and Ted lookout for sim ildr schemes and re­
g reatly facilitate cleaning opera­ es and th e ir supports be painted, it
backgrounds, individual flowers for
tions.
is earnestly hoped th a t th e patrons cost will again be available th is Ripley. The la tte r is expected to port them to local officers imme­
com
petition of choice blooms, and
Mr. and Mrs. Upham are on a will comply w ith the request in this year a t the school under the d irec­ develop into a first rate half back diately.
flower arrangem ents by men on the
K
enneth
Bensel
is
an
o
th
er
candidate
tion
of
Miss
Golda
E.
Mumma
of
sh o rt vacation this week, atten d in g regard, which is considered to be to
project having th a t magic touch
is w'ho has added a little w eight and
th e sta te fair and visiting In Forest the advantage of the equipm ent it­ H erm iston. Group in stru ctio n
R.
E.
A.
HAS
NEW
such as our local postm aster, Mr.
ideal
for
beginners
and
fully
as
should
see
considerable
service.
Grove.
self, and to add to tihe appearance of
Logan, who took first honors in
the boxes and the rig h t of way along thorough as individual lessons, ac­
Others on the squad are; G. F elt- OFFICE MANAGER
such a division at the county fair.
cording
to
Miss
Mumma.
W
hile
th
e
which they are located; also in the
house, B. Pierson, R. Piersol, E.
TOWNSEND CLUB
Boys and girls are asked to b rin g ar-
in terest of civic pride of the individ­ progress is usually a little slower in Blahm, N. Borthw ick, D. Hamm, F.
R. L. Woolley began work this
class w ork th an p rivate study, ex­ Stone. R. Holloman, C. Longhorn, E. week in the local R.E.A. office as rangem ents su itab le tor a teacher’s
PROGRAM SATURDAY uals and the community.
desk. Much in terest is anticipated
In accordance w ith Section 1059, perience has dem onstrated th a t pu­ Rugg, C. K ennison, J. Dawson, W. m anager. He will work in connect­ in the division for arran g em en ts of
pils
frequently
accomplish
alm
ost
as
S aturday night, Septem ber 9, the P L & R, the name of each ow ner of
H arris, B. Dawson, L. Wilcox, E. ion w ith C. A. K ennison who will native flora (weeds to you). T here
Tow nsend club is sponsoring a pro­ each box shall be inscribed thereon. much and the classes serve to dis­ Miller, C. Pierson, C. K nerr, G. W ar­ spend most of his tim e on the lines. are many other divisions for flow er
g ram called vocafilm, entitled “It It is suggested th a t the name be in­ cover talen t.
ner, L. T iller, B. Sm ith, T. Fraser, Mr. Woolley is an experienced elec­ entry, equally as alluring.
These classes a re organized w ith L. Sater, A. Buell, G. Dyer and B. trician and will do some line work.
Can Be Done.” This is not a mov­ scribed in neat black le tte rs about an
G racious Garden club members as
in g picture but as the lecture pro­ inch in height on the side of th e box the desire to make the individual Miller. Several of th is num ber are
He ta u g h t school last year a t Rose reception hostesses will be on hand
ceeds by transcription, the screen w hich is visible to the carrier as he cost sm all enough to allow all ch ild ­ real football calib re and may blos­ Lodge, Ore., but came here from F or­ to greet visitors d u rin g the day and
show s the characters w hile speaking. approaches the box w hen engaged in
ren the privilege of piano in stru c­ som out d u rin g the follow ing week est Grove. He is m arried and has evening.
Chas. W etterm an, sta te represen­ serving the route.
Cards, pinochle, bridge and 500
Coach Critchfield is a disciple of rented a home in Hermiston.
tion.
ta tiv e of the Townsend organiza­
The boxes shall be erected on the
will be played d u rin g th e evening
the W arner system, utilizin g a dou
tio n, will conduct the program , and right-hand side of the road reg u la r­
Examiner Coming Again.
hours. Everybody Is invited and
ble w ing back form ation. He will
it is free to the public.
ly traveled by a ru ra l c a rrie r and in REA SETS ELECTION
use th e huddle system to call sig­
The exam iner o? operators and urged to atten d .
This is som ething new, and mem­ safely accessible for the delivery and
nals. C ritchfield is an experienced chauffeurs will be in H erm iston
bers are asked to bring th eir friends. collection of mail by the carrier TUESDAY. SEPT. 12
coach and is expected to develop
T hursday, September 14, a t th e city JIM STUART CERTAIN
If w eather perm its the program will w ithout leaving his conveyance.
strong contender later in the season lib rary between the hours of 11:00
be carried on in th e park near the
Boxes sha'll be located on the
The m ajority of the squad is green a. m. and 5:00 p. m., according to a STARTER AT LEFT
The adjourned m eeting of the Um­
Pearson service station, and if the righ t-h an d side of th e road in the
and it will be several weeks before recent announcem ent released from
w eather does not perm it it will be direction of travel of the ca rrie r in atilla E lectric Cooperative associa­
a w inning com bination can be m us­ the Secretary of S tate’s office. All TACKLE AT U. OF O.
held in the basem ent of the Union all oases w here the traffic conditions tion of last A ugust 10 will be held tered.
those w ishing perm its or licenses to
church, a t 8:00 p. m.
Eugene, Sept. 7— Jim S tu art, fo r­
are such th a t it would be dangerous Septem ber 12 at 2:00 p. m. a t the
drive cars are asked to get in touch
A
practice
session
will
be
held
The regular m eeting on F riday for the ca rrie r to drive to th e left In association office and law n a t the
m
er
H erm iston high school football
w ith the exam iner d u rin g these
sta r, is being groomed for all-coast
has been called off for this program. order to reach the boxes. C arriers Reclam ation building. All members S aturday In order to get in shape for hours.
tackle honors by members of the
are asked to report to postm asters of are urged to be present as the m eet­ the first game a t Pasco, W n., next
U niversity of Oregon coaching staff.
any boxes w hich do not conform to ing is for the election of a board of Friday, September 15. The first
Boys
Visit
from
California.
CANFIELDS RETURN
home game will be w ith Kennewick
S tu a rt will be a Junior on the
the regulations. F u rth e r inform a­ directors for the ensuing year.
Stanley Wessell and Bud Lebo of Webfoot squad th is year and already
on
September 29.
Five
directors
will
be
chosen
and
FROM CALIFORNIA
tion is available at the local post-
M offitt Aviation Field, near San is regarded as a certain s ta rte r at
office. Cooperation is desired in or- a quorum m ust be present to elect.
Francisco, Cal., came to visit this left tackle. Last year as a sopho­
der
th
a
t
efficient
Mrs. Millie Canfield and children
service can be
Weather Report.
week at the home of Mr. W essell’s
Miss Dodd Makes Honor Roll.
more he served as an understudy to
L illian and Roswell returned recent­ possible.
The following is Che w eather re­ m other, Mrs. B. I. W hitney. T he Bill F oskett b ut broke Into the line­
ly from a three w eeks vacation visit­
Miss R uth Dodd, d au g h ter of Mr. port for the week ending Wednes- boys are on a 4 5-day leave of ab ­
in g Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Canfield and
and Mrs. E. P. llo d d , retu rn ed this day, Septem ber 6, according to Chas. sence. Mr. Wessell may spend most up frequently in the final games of
the season.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Canfield a t Mo­
week from Berkeley w here she has Taylor, local w eather man.
of the tim e in Herm iston.
Prospects of S tu art w inning all-
desto, Cal. They w ent south as far
By Mrs. Edw ard Shaw
been a tten d in g th e U niversity of
A ugust 31 ................. 82 .... 54
sta r honors th is year are rated high
as Portersville to visit Mr. and Mrs.
C alifornia sum m er school sessions.
Septem ber 1 ................. 75 .... 65
Gerkings Change Residence
by V aughn Corley, Oregon line men­
Jo h n Canfield and also enjoyed a
She was accorded honor roll honors
September 2 ................. 79 .... 50
Mr.
and Mrs. Ben G erking, who tor, who ran k s the H erm iston red­
day a t the San Francisco fair.
Mrs. Elizabeth Gage
and received considerable mention
Septem ber 3 ................. 85 .... 50
hae been living In a house near G if­ head as one of th e finest linesmen he
Mrs. E. G ardiner and children
Mrs. E lizabeth Gage, pioneer of on her thesis on “ Crim inology." She
Septem ber 4 .................. 93 .... 49
ford’s Service S tatio n , movedj over has ever coached.
drove to Modesto from Caldwell, Ida., Oregon, passed aw ay at the Jo h n De- will leave next week for th e U niver­
Septem ber 5 .............
83 .... 62
the week end to the W oughter house
Big, fast and rugged, S tu a rt’a
to spend a week w ith Mr. and Mrs. Moss home Septem ber 1, a t 10:00 a. sity of Oregon w here she will com­
Septem ber 6 ................. 76 .... 51
recently occupied by Mr. and Mrs. chief handicap this coming season
R. C. Canfield and other relatives. m., a t the age of 84 years. Mrs. Gage plete her senior year. She is v isit­
A total of .60 rainfall was record- Sherm an Chapin who have moved to
will be lack of experience. He will
R. C. Canfield walks a half mile a f­ was born a t F alls City, Ore., and ing a t th e home of her parents here.
spent most of her life there. She
ed on September 1.
E llensberg, Wn.
be backed up by a form er freshm an
te r milk every m orning and works was the foster m other of Mrs. John
team m ate, A rt W ln etro u t of G ran ts
in th eir garden. Mrs. Canfield is up DeMosg and has sp en t the last 13
Pass, and a pair of sophomores. Jack
and around. They wish to send th eir years w ith the DeMoss family.
Mrs. DeMoss accompanied the re­
Sickel, Pasadena, Calif., and Leonard
best regards to old friends and
mains to Dallas, Ore., w here in te r­
Surles of Bend.
neighbors.
m ent was made in the Dallas ceme­
Approxim ately 60 v arsity players
tery.
are due to report to Coach Tex Oli­
WORK PROGRESSES
ver on September 14 for the s ta rt of
Columbia school opened Tuesday
w ith an enrollm ent of 41. More are
ON NEW PHONES
practice at Eugene. T he Webfoot*
expected to enroll later. The teach­
will have less th an two weeks In
ing staff consists of Mrs. Em il Ziv-
Red Top, one of the
P ractically all dial telephones ney, principal. Miss M arjorie B urn­
which to prepare for th e ir opening
have been installed In the H erm iston ham and Miss M yrthena M artin. A
conference game ag ain st Southern
featured buckera at the
area w ith workmen now busy a t new set of W orld books arriv ed a t
Callforna at Los Angeles on Septem­
Pendleton Round-Up,
S tanfield and Echo. The line from the school opening day.
ber 30.
John Knox, who is In the W alla
Sept. 13, 14, 15, 16, is a
Pendleton to Stanfield is practically W alla
Hopes of a stro n g Oregon eleven
V eterans’ hospital is reported
finished. No definite date has been as being mudh improved.
th
is
fall Is considered b rig h t w ith 18
terror to cowboys. High
set for the actu al change-over, but
letterm en and eight other player»
Hop picking began Monday a t the
in air. all four feet off
it is expected th a t it will be the first L. W. Dixson hop yards. Mr. Dix-
back from the 1938 team.
son 3tates th a t the hops are very
the ground, he shows
p a rt of November.
good this year.
A sm all building will be con stru ct­
Whitneys Buy Illsley Home.
how he does it. Red
Marva H utchison of Pilot Rock,
Mr. and Mrs. B. I. W hitney have
ed here to house equipm ent. It will who has been w ith her grandm other,
Top is owned by
purchased the I. P. Illsley home In
be situated Just east of the present Mrs. L. W. Douglas the la tte r p art
Moomaw & Bernard,
H erm iston and will make th eir home
phone building. F u rth e r announce­ of last week, is now v isitin g her
au n t and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Bax­
there.
Mrs. W hitney has recently
m ents are expected later.
rodeo contractors, of
ter H utchison. She Is also picking
leased her re sta u ra n t business to Mr.
hops.
Omak. Wash.
Attend Christian Endeavor Retreat.
and Mrs. Pete Laas. Mr. W hitney is
A pot luck dinner was enjoyed at
the L. W. Douglas home W ednesday
connected w ith th e G randview P ack­
The young people of th e Union of last week by Mrs. Donald Camer­
ing Co.
church and many of th e older mem­ on and daug h ters Donna and Mrs.
bers of the church attended a C hrist­ Carlton Luck and d au g h ter Donna
Ladies Attend Flower Show.
ian Endeavor re tre a t Sunday a fte r­ Jean, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin H u tch i­
Mrs. F. B. Belt, Mrs. Roy H ale.
son and fam ily of Pilot Rock, and
noon and evening a t E m igrant Mr. and Mrs. B axter H utchison and
Mrs. T. O. O’Grady, Mrs. Chas. T ay­
Springs. Over 200 were registered Mrs. Edw ard Shaw.
lor and Mrs. B. A. Doyle attended
for the day.
Mrs. John Knox and son Jim mo­
the Echo Garden club flower show
tored to W alla W alla Tuesday of last
W ednesday. They report an excel­
week to visit Mr. Knox.
Cushings Return From Vacation
Don B ittn er of Pendleton was a
lent display of fall flowers.
Rev. and Mrs. S tearns C ushing Jr. business visitor in this d istric t Tues­
day.
retu rned late W ednesday from a va­
S Weber Is New Pastor.
Mrs. Lois Blum is employed a t the
Rev. 3. W eber has recently been
cation trip to Oregon City and Salem H. K. Dean home, w hile Mrs. Dean
tran sferred to H erm iston as pastor
w here they visited relative«. They is in C alifornia visiting a sister.
of the P ilgrim Holiness church. He
(C ontinued on Page S)
attended the sta te fair Monday.
comes hare from Benton City. W.
RURAL POST OFFICE
PATRONS URGED TO
RECONDITION BOXES
TEN LETTERMEN GREET
NEW COACH AT FIRST
FOOTBALL TURNOUT
FALL FLOWER SHOW TO BE
HELD AT H. S. GYM FRIDAY
COLUMBIA NEWS
ACTION. PLUS A T PENDLETON