The Hermiston herald., December 21, 1939, Image 1

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CLAUD HANS
F AIR BOARD A
OFFICIAL UMATILLA COUNTY PAPER
n.
A t th e la s t re g u la r m eeting of th e
W e stla n d G range a reso lu tio n was
a d o p te d u rg in g th e C ounty C ourt to
a p p o in t C laude H anscom of P en d le­
to n , to th e C ounty F a ir Board for
th e th re e y ear term s ta rtin g in J a n ­
u a ry , 1940. Mr. H anscom is M aster
of th e U m atilla Pom ona G range, an d
la s t y e a r served as a m em ber of th e
h o a rd th a t p lanned
th e U m atilla
C o u n ty F air.
N ew ly in stalled officers of th e
G ra n g e occupied th e ir c h a irs for th e
f ir s t tim e, an d conducted an in te r­
e s tin g an d snappy m eeting. Mrs.
M a rg a re t S eeliger, G ran g e le c tu re r,
an n o u n ced p lan s for a G range C h ris t­
m as p a rty to be held T h u rsd ay , Dec­
em ber 28. T h is w ill be in th e form
o f a n open m eetin g for G ran g ers and
th e i r fam ilies. T here w ill be a sm all
g ift fo r every one. and e n te rta in m e n t
w ill be a rra n g e d
by Mrs. S eeliger
Of co n sid erab le in te re s t to those
a n d Mrs. J. D. Corliss. C hairm en of connected in th e d a iry bu sin ess is
s ta n d in g com m ittees for th e follow ­ th e a n n o u n cem et of a c o n test by H.
in g y ear, as announ ced by M aster R. H a rtle y , o w n er of th e H appy
H a ro ld L aird , a re as follow s: Home T h o t Jerse y F a rm . Mr. H a rtle y w ill
E conom ics, Mrs. Jess P rin d le ;
re ­ aw a rd a p u reb red Je rse y b u ll calf
fre sh m e n ts. Mrs. A. E. R u g g ;
fi- to th e person w ritin g th e b est sto ry
n an c, Floyd L a ird ; leg islativ e, H. R. on th e su b ject, “ W hy D airym en
H a rtle y ; cooperative, G uy S haw ; and S hould Use A P u re b re d S ire .’’
a g ric u ltu re , D. H. Sherw ood.
A decided need for m ore an d b e t­
V isito rs p resen t a t th e m eetin g in ­ te r sires h as been n o ted on th e p ro ­
cluded Pom ona M aster H anscom and ject d u rin g th e p a st tew years.
Mrs. H anscom , and Mr. and Mrs. A. F o u r-H o rg a n iz a tio n s an d p riv a te in ­
E. M cCulley, an d d a u g h te r E lean o r, d iv id u als have voiced th is need an d
of Cold S p rin g s G range.
esp ecially a t th e re c e n t U m a tilla
C o unty F a ir w h ere m an y of th e blue
rib b o n s w ere ta k e n by o u tsid e com ­
p etito rs.
T h e H appy T h o t Je rse y F a rm h as
m ade an en v iab le reco rd in
p a st
y ears a n d b u ll calves fro m th is h erd
w ill be a v a lu ab le asset to a n y d a iry
N in a R ae M cCulley an d C h arles
herd. T h e c o n te s t h as been a rra n g e d
K ik, fo rm er p ro m in e n t
4-H
club
w ith th e th o u g h t In m ind to help
m em bers of th e H erm isto n d is tric t, som eone to in crease p ro d u ctio n in
w ho a re now a tte n d in g O regon S tate
his herd.
college, w ill be th e p rin c ip a l sp eak ­
T h e fo llo w in g ru le s h av e been
e r s on th e a n n u a l 4-H A chievem ent d raw n up by th e c o n test co m m ittee:
d a y p ro g ram to be held T uesday,
1. Open o n ly to m em b ers of th e
D ecem ber 26, in th e b asem en t of th e U m atilla C ooperative C ream ery or to
U nion ch u rc h a t H erm isto n .
Miss th e ir im m ed iate fam ilies.
M
cC
ulley
and
Mr.
K
ik
w
ill
te
ll
how
2. S to ries m u st be m ailed or de­
rsft
4-H club w ork has aid ed th em in livered to th e cream ery on o r before
' p re p a rin g for th e ir w ork a t college. J a n u a r y 20, 1940.
A w ards w on a t v ario u s fa irs an d
3. No nam es sh a ll a p p e a r o n th e
c o n te s ts d u rin g th e y ear as w ell as sto rie s su b m itte d , n u m b ers fo r th e
p in s re p re s e n tin g th e y e a r’s w o rk sto rie s w ill be d raw n by th e co n tes­
w ill be given to each c lu b m em ber ta n ts a t th e cream ery office an d in
by th e lead er of h is club.
oase of sto ries se n t in b y m ail, n u m ­
A pot luck lu n ch eo n w ill be served bers w ill be d ra w n by a n office em ­
a t noon by th e p a re n ts of th e club ployee.
m em bers.
T he lu n ch eo n is sch ed ­
4. All sto rie s w ill be ju d g ed by
u le d to b egin a t 1 1 :0 0 o’clock, an d th re e cap ab le ju d g es and. th e ir deci­
e v ery o n e is in v ited to a tte n d .
sion sh a ll be fin al.
5. All sto rie s su b m ited s h a ll be­
come th e p ro p e rty of th e d o n o rs of
th e calf.
HAPPY THOT JERSEY
FARM ANNOUNCES
S T O R Y CONTEST
RULES LISTED FOR
LOCAL DAIRYMEN
MCCULLEY AND KIK
TOBE SPEAKERS ON
ACHIEVEMENT DAY
MUSIC BOX AT
IN LA N D COOP.
DRAWS INTEREST
C h ristm a s tree m usic box, a n a p ­
p a ra tu s w hich revolves a C h ristm as
tr e e an d a t th e sam e tim e p lay in g
fo u r d iffe re n t tu n es, h as been d ra w ­
in g m uch in te re s t and p raise d u rin g
th e p a st week. T h e
m ach in e
is
ow ned by G uy Shaw an d can be seen
a t th e In la n d C ooperative. T he m u ­
sic box is a t least 60 y ears old an d
w as g iven to Mr. S h aw ’s g ra n d p a r­
e n ts by an old sea c a p ta in . No o th e r
in fo rm a tio n is know n ex cep t th a t it
w as m ade in G erm any, b u t no d ate
ca n be located.
T he m ach in e h as been w ired so
t h a t a lig h ted C h ristm as tre e is k e p t
tu r n in g by m eans of a la rg e sp rin g
d riv e. One w ind w ill la s t fo r a t
le a s t 40 m in u te s w ith fo u r d iffe re n t
tu n e s on its re p e rto ire . T h e c o n ­
tr a p tio n is w o rth y of m en tio n a n d
frie n d s a re w o n d erin g w hy sim ila r
m ach in es have n o t been p u t on th e
m a rk e t.
ROBERT HAYES GUEST
A T SCOUT MEETING
R o b ert
H ayes,
reg io n al
sco u t
ex ecu tiv e of th re e w e ste rn sta te s,
' w as feted in H erm isto n
T h u rsd a y
! n ig h t, D ecem ber 14, w hen Boy
S co u ts an d th e ir p a re n ts ten d ered a
b a n q u e t in h is honor. T h e ev en t of
th e ev en in g w as a ta lk by Mr. H ayes,
in w h ich he stressed team w o rk in
sc o u tin g , p o in tin g o u t th e im por­
ta n c e of p a re n ta l assista n c e in th e
p ro g ram .
Dr. F. B. B elt, c h a irm a n of th e
local tro o p com m ittee, acted a s to a s t­
m aster. A n o th er g u est of th e ev en ­
in g w as O scar E. H oover of W alla
W alla, d is tric t executive.
A p ro­
g ram of s tu n ts , m ovies a n d m usic
w as en jo y ed , and a C o u rt of H o n o r
w as h eld a t w hich tim e th e fo llo w ­
in g a w ard s w ere g iven :
F ir s t class. J u liu s G im bel. Jr.
Second class, Jo h n an d Jim m y A l­
len, Dick B elt. B ruce N o rto n
an d
J a c k Jack so n .
At the previous m eeting. Vance
Matott. Glenn W ilcox and Allan
Pankow were adm itted as tenderfeet.
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, DECEMBER 21, 1939.
NUMBER 18
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HERMISTON CHURCHES TO COMMEMORATE
CHRISTMAS SEASON WITH PROGRAMS
Methodist Church
Songs, re c ita tio n s an d a p a g e a n t
w ill be th e n a tu re of th e p ro g ram
to be p resen ted
S a tu rd a y
n ig h t,
D ecem ber 23, a t 8 o 'clo ck a t th e
M eth o d ist ch u rc h by th e S u n d ay
School. E ach d e p a rtm e n t w ill p a r­
tic ip a te in th e p ro g ram by g iv in g
some special n u m b er d u rin g th e
evening.
T h e p a g e a n t is e n title d ‘‘C h rist's
P a th w a y to P eace.” I t is a colo rfu l
cerem onial procession w h ich b rin g s
sym bols of th e C h ris tia n w ork b ein g
done th ro u g h o u t th e w o rld to th e
foot of C h rist. To a w o rld th a t is
b ein g to rn w ith s trife a n d w a r, th is
d ra m a a tte m p ts to b rin g a ra y of
hope for th e p eace of th e w orld.
W ith th e a tte n tio n of m en c e n te red
a t th is seaso n of th e y e a r on th e
P rin c e of Peace, a ren ew ed e ffo rt
should be m ade to sp read h is Gospel
to all men.
Y o u r C h ristm as w ill be th e b rig h t­
e r a n d h a p p ie r fo r h a v in g been p res­
e n t a t th is service. In s p ira tio n , en-
te u tsin m e n t an d w o rsh ip
w ill
be
yours. W e hope th a t you can come.
Sunday School w ill have a s h o r t p ro ­
g ram d u rin g th e S unday School h o u r
in th e m orning.
T he com plete sto ry of th e m an g er,
th e sta r, shepherds, angels, th e Babe,
and th e w ise m en, w ill be told in th e
ev en in g p rogram by th e ju n io r de­
p a rtm e n t of th e S unday School, and
th e ch u rch choir, th ro u g h
p a n to ­
m im e and song, solos, d u ets an d cho­
rus num bers.
T he C h ristm as o ffe rin g w ill be in
th e n a tu r e of a “W h ite G ift” , food
stu ffs, m oney, etc., to be se n t to th e
W h ite Sw an In d ia n
M ission n e a r
Y akim a, W n.
The Pentecostal Tabernacle.
T he C h ristm a s p ro g ram
P en teco stal T ab e rn a c le w ill
S unday ev en in g a t 7 :3 0
T he p ro g ram w ill be u n d e r
rectio n of Mrs. E. D. G reeley.
at
th e
be held
o’clock.
th e d i­
Baptist Church
CHRISTMAS CHEER
FOUND IN PAGES
OF THIS IS S U E
S c a tte re d th ro u g h o u t th e pages of
th is w eek’s issue of T he H erald w ill
be found C h ristm as g re e tin g a d v e r­
tise m e n ts from v a rio u s m e rc h a n ts
an d p rofessional men of H erm isto n .
S im ilar card s have proven very pop­
u la r in th e p ast a n d su b sc rib e rs have
voiced th e ir ap p ro v al.
T h ough m any m e rc h a n ts hav e h ad
ups an d dow ns d u rin g th e p a st y ear,
n ev erth eless a t th is tim e of y e a r
th ey feel ex trem ely g ra te fu l fo r a ll
th e p a tro n a g e an d k in d n esses show n
by people of th is co m m u n ity and
s u rro u n d in g te rrito ry . Much of th e
co m p etitio n an d d iffe re n c e s is fo r­
g o tte n in an e ffo rt to b rin g C h rist
m as ch eer to a ll.
H erm isto n is in so m ew h at of a
p e c u lia r s itu a tio n .
F irm ly
e s ta b ­
lish ed is th e business of th e past,
w ith th e hope and a n tic ip a tio n of
w h a t th e fu tu re m ay b rin g u p p e r­
m ost in m inds of m e rc h a n ts an d c itl
zens. T h e w ish of a "p ro sp e ro u s”
New Y ear m ay becom e a re a lity .
CHRISTMAS LIGHT
CONTEST ASSURES.
FIN E D IS P L A Y S
ROUTE GIVEN
OF CONTESTANTS
E n trie s in th e lig h tin g c o n te st
closed T uesday ev ening, an d
th e
n u m b er checked over by the co m m it­
tee assu re s a m ost successful d isp lay
of h ig h q u a lity e n trie s of th is a n d
s u r ro u n d in g d is tric ts .
T he com m u­
n ity tre e w hich sta n d s a t th e end of
M ain s tre e t h as been lig h te d an d la
u n u su a lly fine.
Ju d g e s from n e ig h b o rin g
tow na
have been selected fo r th e n ig h t of
th e fin a l a w a rd in g of prizes. T hey
a re ;
Mrs. H. B. H u ll, U m a tilla ;
Mrs. S ta n le y S m ith , S ta n fie ld ; an d
Mrs. Jo sep h M iddleton of Echo. T hey
w ill m ak e a c arefu l survey of all
disp lay s e n te re d for co m p etitio n a n d
an n o u n c e th e ir decisions a fte r a su p ­
per W hich w ill be served to th em by
m em bers of th e co m m ittee a t th e
hom e of th e co m m ittee
c h a irm a n ,
Mrs. J . J. G im bel.
As w as done la s t year, th e com ­
m ittee h as prep ared a lis t of hom es,
etc., placed in th e ir p ro p er o rd e r,
for th e convenience of those w ish in g
to view th e displays.
Some have
been included w hich a re n o t e n te re d
In th e co m p etitio n b u t a re w o rth y of
a place in th e trip . T h ese a re m ark ed
w ith a s ta r.
R. C. M cR eynolds. P a u l B rach er,
P aul V an P a tte n , M ethodist C h u rch .
B a p tist C h u rch , ❖ R ohrm an M otor
com pany office, E m era ld T ild en ,
Mrs. M abel W eeks, ❖ A. H. C able.
❖ F ran k B llderback, W a lte r P e arso n ,
C h a rlo tte R alph, M a rg aret F elth o u se,
F. B. B elt, R. H. P ierso l, Tom F r a ­
ser, W m . L ogan, J. D. T odd, F red
H ensel, B. A. Doyle, C h arles T ay lo r,
A. F.' R o h rm a n , T. A. O’G rady, H, A.
P an k o w , W. J. K e n n in g s an d ❖ J. J.
G im bel.
P riz e w in n e rs w ill be an n o u n c e d
In n ex t w eek’s Issue o f th e H erald .
T he C h ristm as p ro g ram w h ich w as
to have been held a t th e B a p tist
c h u rc h S u n d ay ev en in g w ill be in ­
d e fin ite ly postponed because of ill­
ness of m any of th o se on th e p ro ­
gram . H ow ever, th e re w ill be C h ris t­
Hermiston Union Church'
"G ifts F o r T he K in g ” w ill be th e m as m usic an d some of th e exercises
th em e of th e C h ristm a s p ro g ram a t of th e c h ild re n a t th e S u n d ay m o rn ­
An a ll-tim e h ig h in stam p sales
8 :0 0 o ’clock in th e U nion ch u rch .
in g S unday school hour. T h e re Will
was reach ed in th e H erm isto n post
T h e p rim a ry d e p a rtm e n t of th e be tre a ts fo r th e kiddies.
office W ednesday, acco rd in g to W m.
E. L ogan, w hen alm o st $162 stam p
sales w as recorded. T h is w as a p p ro x ­
im ately $85 over th e sam e day la st
year. T h e h ig h e st day la s t y ear was
$125 com ing a few days p rio r to
Olaf Jo h n so n , w ho h as s p e n t co n ­
T he C h ristm a s school v acatto n of
C hristm as.
sid erab le tim e th e p a st few y ears in ap p ro x im a te ly 10 days w ill begin
A ccording to Mr. L ogan, 62 sacks
H erm isto n , received a se n te n c e «of F rid a y , follow ing a C h ristm a s p ro ­
of m ail w as received, w ith a sim ila r
six m o n th s in th e U m a tilla co u n ty
g ram in th e high school gym nasium . n u m b er of sacks d isp atch ed . In c lu d ­
ja il M onday in th e H erm isto n ju s ­
ed am ong th e o u tg o in g m ail w ere
tice of peace co u rt. H e w as ch arg ed C lasses w ill com m ence a g a in T u es­
n um erous packages m ark ed " p e ris h ­
w ith d ru n k e n e ss on a city s tre e t an d day. J a n u a r y 2, acco rd in g to W. G.
a b le ” , c o n ta in in g p rim e H e rm isto n
w as a rre ste d by s ta te police.
K ersb erg en , s u p e rin te n d e n t.
tu rk e y s to hom es of re la tiv e s an d
H is sen ten ce w as suspended, how ­
S c arlet fever, colds and various frien d s.
ever, w ith th e co n d itio n
th a t he o th e r Illnesses d u rin g th e p ast week
W ith th e boom in sta m p sales, p ro ­
leave th e c ity d u rin g th e d u ra tio n of have so m ew h at d isru p te d school a c ­
v id in g th e sales c o n tin u e for th e b a l­
th e sen ten ce.
tiv itie s, a lth o u g h no serio u s tro u b le a n ce of th e w eek, th e p o ssib ility of
is expected. T uesday found 25 per re a c h in g th e second class post office
*Santa To Appear At Smith’s Store* cen t of th e high school s tu d e n ts o u t q u o ta is becom ing a p ro b ab ility .
w ith colds, b u t sev eral re tu rn e d
♦
❖
K iddies o f H erm isto n w ho ❖ W ednesday a n d m ore T h u rsd ay . T he
Mrs. Taylor W ins Afghan Rug
❖ have been a n x io u sly a w a itin g ❖ sc a rle t fever sc a re has a p p a re n tly
Mrs. C h arles T ay lo r of H erm isto n
❖ th e a rr iv a l of S an ta C lau s m ay ❖ passed w ith n«o new cases rep o rted .
M. L. W atson, high school ja n ito r , w as aw ard ed an A fghan ru g a t th e
Low ell S to ck ard , ag e 31, d ied a t ❖ see him S a tu rd a y n ig h t a t th e ❖
❖ re p o rts th a t he has sev eral jo b s on re g u la r m eetin g of th e U m atilla
Salem la st F rid a y follow ing a long ❖ H erm isto n T ra d in g Co.
hand d u rin g th e "tim e o ff’ period. G arden clu b T h u rsd a y a ftern o o n .
illness.
Mr. S to ck ard w as bo rn in ❖ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ♦ ❖ ❖ ❖
H erm isto n an d s p e n t a ll h is life in
T h e fall season for p ick in g an d
H erm isto n , only re sid in g in Salem
packirfg tu rk e y s a t th e E a ste rn O re­
th e p ast year.
gon T u rk e y G row ers p la n t in H erm ­
H e w as a g ra d u a te of H erm isto n
isto n w as com pleted T uesday. T h e
U nion h ig h school in 1927 a n d a t ­
n e x t pool w ill com m ence on J a n u a r y
tended O regon S ta te college. He w as
3.
m arried in 1933 to E tta H u tch in so n
D u rin g th e season 22 c ars hav e
of P en d leto n , w ho su rv iv es as do tw o
been
sh ip p ed , c o n ta in in g a p p ro x i­
ch ild re n , Owen an d Sue, also his
m ately 40,000 b ird s w ith a to ta l
fa th e r an d m o th er. Mr. and Mrs. R.
w eig h t of 694.000 pounds. It Is now
H. S to ck ard of H erm isto n , a n d fo u r
e stim a te d th a t th e re y et rem ain s be­
b ro th e rs: V icto r of S ta n fie ld , P a u l
tw een th r e e anil fo u r c a r loads fo r
of F a irb a n k s. A lask a;
C lem en t of
J a n u a r y an d la te r sh ip m en ts.
T he
O regon S ta te , S h irle y of Bly, O regon,
p e rc e n ta g e of prim e b ird s w as a b o u t
an d tw o siste rs, Mrs. F re d D avis of
th e sam e as in previous years, an d
U m atilla an d Opal S to ck ard of Salem .
choice tom s b ro u g h t w ith in a c e n t a
F u n e ra l serv ices w ere held T u es­
pound of prim e.
day a fte rn o o n a t 2 :0 0 o’clock from
T he asso ciatio n em ployed on an
B om boy’s ch ap el w ith
Rev. Cecil
av e ra g e d u rin g th e p ick in g an d p ack ­
W arn er of H erm isto n o ffic ia tin g ,
in g periods 130 persons, and th e to ­
an d b u ria l in O lney cem etery .
ta l pay ro ll w as $7,500.
T he asso ciatio n b ird s for 1939 w ill
reach alm o st 50,000. I t is rep o rted
th a t S w ift and A rm our and o th e r
sh ip p e rs hav e h an d led ten car» o r
m ore a n d th e g ra n d to ta l of th e t u r ­
T h e H erm isto n T ow nsend clu b
key In d u s try for th e y ear w ill reach
w ill have an electio n of o fficers a t
aro u n d 70,000 birds.
its n e x t m eetin g F rid a y , D ecem ber
22. O fficers w ere n o m in ated a t th e
HOWARD-NATION
la st m eeting.
Of In te re s t to H erm isto n frie n d s is
T h is w ill be th e la s t m e e tin g of
th e re c e n t a n n o u n c e m e n t of th e m a r­
th e m o n th and m em berg a re urged
ria g e of Miss R eith a H ow ard and
to b rin g in th e ir T ow nsend b an k s or
M yron “ B abe” N atio n , both of S a ­
to tu r n th em in to F o rre st Moore of
lem. T hey w ere m a rrie d D ecem ber 2
th e fin a n c e com m ittee.
a t V ancouver, W n., w ith Rev. P a u l
K unzm an In charge. T h e cerem ony
w as a tte n d e d by frie n d s from P o r t­
land.
Mrs. N atio n Is a d a u g h te r of Mrs
B ert M ichel of H erm isto n an d Mr.
Mrs. Dan P a rk e r, tw o m iles east
N ation Is a son of Mr. and Mrs. B.
of H erm isto n , su ffered p a in fu l b u rn s
J. N atio n , also of H erm iston. T h e
T u esd ay a t h e r hom e w hen a n oil
y o u n g couple Is well know n h ere as
stove exploded
Mrs. P a rk e r s u ffe r­
th e y a tte n d e d local schools and la te r
ed scalp b u rn s an d h e r h a ir was
Mr. N ation was em ployed by th e U n­
singed co n sid erab ly .
ion P a c ific railro ad .
A tte n d in g ph y sician sta te d T h u rs ­
Mr. and Mrs. N ation w ill resid e in
day th a t h e r b u rn s w ere no t serio u s
Salem w here be la em ployed as a
and she w as g e ttin g a lo n g nicely.
g u a rd a t th e s ta te prison them .
JOHNSON RECEIVES
AU REVOIR TICKET
ROST OFFICE HAS
RECORD M A IL DAY
O N WEDNESDAY
SCHOOL VACATION
TO START FRIDAY
LOWELL STOCKARD
DIES AT SALEM
TURKEY PICKING IS
COMPLETED HERE
W IT H GOOD RUN
TOWNSEND CLUB
TO HAVE ELECTION
STOVE EXPLOSION
BURNS NOT SERIOUS
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The Christmas tree is at the head of Main street. Window dec­
orations tell of the approaching event. Radio waves carry mes­
sages of the world wide celebration common to most of mankind.
Hymns of faith peal forth in stirring accent days before the real
day. Where there is Peace, and where there is no Peace, human
souls bow to the Prince of Peace.
It is a happy thought that out of the present world of turmoil,
there remains hope and cheer.
Those of us who have comforts, peace and liberty, can find it in
our hearts to be grateful for the Star of Bethlehem and the Ser­
mon on the Mount, much easier than the parts of the world in
deepest shadows. It is our task to keep the faith that they may
let fail in their despair. Mounds of doubt that we allow to be­
come mountains, may be spread into fields of green with the sim­
ple implements of humanity, faith, hope and courage, given us by
the Master, whose birth to the w orld we celebrate next Monday.