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NEWS FROM YOUR I OWN STATE 0 COUNTY e. OFFICIAL UMATILLA COUNTY PAPER COLUMBIA NEWS By Mrs. Edw ard Shaw a tm L lto n 4/a.t&L<i. volume xxxin. HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, DECEMBER 28, 1939. NUMBER 19 Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Keener and UMATILLA TO GET lam ily, Mrs. Midge Eidsom of W alla JOYCE M CULLEY W alla. Mrs. B urnham and daughters M arjory and Mary, and H arry Wee- GRAIN ELEVATOR W INS 4-H MEDAL sell of Stanfield were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Miles Baragar. According to reports coming from Joyce McCulley of H erm iston has Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Mikesell and Pendleton, th e Pendleton G rain been designated to receive th e gold son of Albany, Ore., were house Growers, Inc., will build a 44,000- medal aw arded county w inners in guests of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Mikesell, over the holidays. bushel bulk g rain shipping elevator th e national 4-H food preparation They returned home Wednesday. a t U m atilla early next year. T he de contest conducted for the fifth sea MRS. B. A. DOYLE Mrs. Daisy Mikesell of P ortland is cision was reached last Friday, w ith son by th e extension service. The LUNCHEON HELD a house guest of her niece and fam the estim ated cost, including a 400- presentation was made by County CHRISTMAS M A IL ily, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Cable. She W IN S FIRSTPLACE foot conveyor system to load barges Home D em onstration A gent a t the IN UNION CHURCH will be here for an indefinite time. MAKES INCREASE The Y uletide season was consid a t the dock, to he $25,000. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woodward an n u al achievem ent day in HermiS' attended a C hristm as eve party a t erably brightened in the H erm iston BASEMENT TUESDAY W ork on the project will begin ton Tuesday. The medal is about one AT LOCAL OFFICE Rohrm ans. area this year when num erous homes early in Ja n u a ry and be completed inch deep, worn w ith a clasp, and H ouse guests at th e C. L. Upham about the city and countryside were hom e d uring th e C hristm as holidays illum inated by a ttractiv e and in te r w ithin 90 days. The Pendleton grow handsomely embossed. It is provided One hundred and tw enty-eight A 27 per cent gain in stam p sales ers will load grain for oth er s h ip p e r by Servel, Inc., as an incentive to 4-H w ere th eir daughter and family, Mr. 4-H club boys an d girls were pre d u rin g C hristm as week is reported a n d Mrs. L aurence H arte and child esting displays and decorations. To and give service to all barge lines work. by Wm. Logan, local postm aster. sented pins and aw ards for th eir ren Dick and Rachel of Gaston, and Mrs. B. A. Doyle of H erm iston w ent now op eratin g on th e Upper Colum Orr-Lyda Brown of Eugene was ■their son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. the honors of the grand prize, an I. T his is an indication of the general year's work a t a 4-H Achievem ent Dick Upham of Salem. They all re E. S. lamp aw arded by the H erm is bia river. Sacked g rain will be h an d named state w inner and received a increase in C hristm as trad e both lo Day program held Tuesday, Decem led in the same m anner as bulk ex trip to the national 4-H club cong tu rn e d home Wednesday. ber 2 6, a t th e Union church In H er ton L ight & Power Co. cept th a t sacks w ill be "c u t in " at ress in Chicago early in December. cally and about the country. In 1938 miston. A pot luck luncheon w as D inner guests at the A lfred Cable $478.04 in stam ps were sold d u rin g Her display was arran g ed ju st in home C hristm as were Mr. and Mrs. the elevator and shipped as bulk C hristm as week, w hile th is year served by parents of the clubbers a t O scar Miksell and family, Mr. and side a large window w ith a huge from there. SCHOOL TO START Mrs. W. A. Mikesell and Mrs. Daisy pain tin g p o rtraying th e C hristm as $606.39 was recorded, an increase of 11:30 a. m. Follow ing luncheon, group singing was led by A. E. Ben- Mikesell. $128.35. story, including the C hrist child, the NEXT TUESDAY Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Reeder and sel and talk s were given by N ina TOWNSEND MEETING A to tal of 892 sacks of m ail was lam ily of Yakima, and Mr. and Mrs. th ree wisemen and th e s ta r of the Rae McCulley, form er prom inent 4-H handled by th e local post office force, east. T he outside of th e window was A. R. Carpenger were dinner guests DATE SHOVED UP The C hristm as holiday will be 310 going o u t and 582 coming in. club member, who spoke on the ad of Mrs. Mabel Weeks and fam ily on framed w ith fir boughs and the en concluded next Tuesday, Ja n u a ry 2 C hristm as day. The C hristm as mall was exceedingly vantages of 4-H club tra in in g in pre tire scene lighted by a unique a r The next m eeting of the H erm is in the H erm iston school when regu heavy th ro u g h o u t the state, accord p aration for a college education, an d D inner guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. rangem ent, w ith the lig h t coming A. W ilson C hristm as were Mr. and by Charles Klk, also a past 4-H club ton Townsend club has been shoved lar classes will commence, according Mrs. J. B. Bradshaw and fam ily and through a hole cut n ear the top of up from Ja n u ary 12 to Friday, J a n to S uperintendent W. G. K ersbergen. ing to rep o rts Issued from oth er cit member, who recounted the events ies. the scene. K ent G arrison. Mrs. Charles Taylor received m uili uary 5, because the club is calling It is expected th a t the recent flu epi Mr. and Mrs. Stein of P ortland, A lthough th e gain in local stam p of his receut trip to Chicago, w hich Zelm a Sw arner of Corvallis and Mon praise for her fireplace scene a r an ex tra m eeting for Ja n u ary 13 to demic will have passed on by th a t sales boosted th e hopes of reaching he won as a resu lt of a 4-H p ro jec t roe Sw arner of A laska a re visiting celebrate Dr. F rancis Tow nsend’s time. the second class post office quota, it in R u ral E lectrification. Kik also a t the home of th e ir parents, Mr. and ranged on the fro n t lawn of the Tay birthday. P lans for the celebration Many of the teachers left th e city still left a considerable gap to be stressed the values of 4-H teaching. Mrs. A. C. Sw arner d uring the holi lor residence. The p icture depicted d u rin g the week to visit relative« and Aw ards to Home Economics Club days. filled d u rin g th e final days of the the night before C hristm as w ith a will be the order of the evening F ri friends but are expected back this year. leaders were presented by Mrs. DorO* Dr. George Jordan of Albany was sm all girl and boy hanging stockings day, Ja n u a ry 5. here over Christmas. Mr. Jordan The results of the election held week end. thy Bishop, Home D em onstration and his m other Mrs. L. W. Douglas before a lighted fireplace. A realistic last week were as follows: president, Agent of U m atilla county to the fol motored to P ilot Rock Sunday a fte r C hristm as tree, beautifully decorat L. W. Dixson; club council, H. R. FIRST SNOW FALLS low ing: Ann Sommerer, sewing, 19 HALE HAS UNIQUE noon to visit his sister and family, ed, stood nearby w ith two Scottie members, cooking, 14 members; Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. M arvin H utchison. IN HERMISTON dogs looking on. A large p ictu re of H artley, F. W. Lenz, F o rrest Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Charles K eller and the V irgin Mary graced the top of F. M. G uiwits, E dna Udey, E. L. W IN D O W DISPLAY Wm. Bensel, cooking, 17 members: ch ildren were C hristm as dinner H atfield, Joe Udey, L. W. Dixson, A lthough th e first trace of snow G race Bensel, camp cookery, 9 mem guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chester F lan- the fireplace. Of considerable in te rest to old ti A nother b eautiful p o rtray al of the Jess P rindle, W. C. Moorehouse and n lgaa and family. was recorded in H erm iston this week bers; Mrs. D. H. D ufur, room Im mers and stu d en ts of Oregon history A lbert Shipp was a dinner guest C hristm as story was noted a t the Mrs. J. B. Beebe. th e w eather conditions have not provem ent, 12 members; Mrs. C lara Follow ing the election last F riday is th e window display a t H ale’s been exceedingly cold. The lowest B urrell, sewing, 5 m embers: Mrs. W. of Mr. and Mrs. John Knox and fam Em erald Tilden home on N orth Hill. ily Christm as. the ladies’ au x iliary served a jitn ey Confectionery and »porting Goods H. K ennedy, sewing, 5 m embers; Mr. and Mrs. Orey B ennett and The scene was arranged in the door lunch. A program was enjoyed d u r store on Main street. A se t of old em perature d u rin g the week came on C hristm as day when it fell to 17 Joyce McCulley, room Improvement, d au g h ter Mrs. Jam es Thomas, and way w ith changing colors illu m in at ox yokes, found a t the site of the old Mrs. Stanley Sm ith, Mrs. B ennett’s m other, Mrs. Nora ing the display. The lig h tin g was ac ing the course of the election. above. Only .01 in. rain fall was re 5 m embers; H en rietta fo rt near Echo, centers the Lee of Clifton, Colo., arrived S atu r complished w ith a bed lamp, cello corded d u rin g the week, according to sewing, 11 members. day n ig h t for a visit w ith his sister, display. The yoke belongs to Ben Mrs. Bishop p articu larly stressed Charles Taylor, w eather man. Mrs. Baxter H utchison. They left for phane and a larg e 'wheel driven by AUTO LICENSES M iddleton and is th o u g h t to have Max Min. the fine cooperation given by h er a trip down the coast as far as San a small motor. Many people drove to been discarded follow ing an Indian- NECESSARY ITEM leaders in th a t all home economics Francisco W ednesday of th is week. th e Tilden home to view the scene. 51 33 December 21 w hite man fig h t many years ago. From there they will re tu rn to their clubs in the W est end of U m atilla The T. A. O’Grady display consist December 22 40 23 home a t Clifton. county completed 100 per cent. Each The 1940 autom obile license tags The yoke is made of hickory and ap December 23 28 37 Helen Jendrzejew ski and Bernard ed of two large decorated C hristm as leader then in tu rn presented pins m ust be obtained by next Monday, pears to be in fairly good condition. trees w ith a larg er tree between the 24 December 24 43 Jendrzejew ski of 0. S. C., and W al Also of in terest ¡3 an old side sad- and aw ards to her club members. te r Jendrzejew ski, assista n t county two holding a huge silver star. N ear acording to C harles p . Pray, su p er December 25 35 17 a g e a t a t K lanfath flails, -are spend by was a picture of the V irgin Mary, in ten d en t of Oregon sta te police. Car die known to be a t least 55 years old They were as follows: b n e year December 26 31 21 ing th e week w ith th e ir parents, Mr. The display was arranged on the ow ners who neglect to have new belonging to Joe Cooney Sr. of Echo. pins— Mary H tta Clark, Nancy Lee December 34 27 26 and Mrs. John Jendrzejew ski. plates by New Y ear’s day will be a r An old tim e -bull whip, old rifles and Clark, Louise Dexter, E laine Hogg, D inner guests a t the Baxter H u t lawn of the O’Grady residence. O ther ou tstanding arrangem ents rested. Orders to th a t effect were o th er relics com plete th e picture. V irginia Krause, Kay Logan, Shirley chison home C hristm as were Mr. and HERMISTON TEAM Mrs. Orey Bennett, Mrs. Jam es Tho were presented by M argaret F elt- dispatched to sta te ipolicemen over M cFarland, Mildred Mollstead, Bet New Year Dance Planned mas and Mrs. N ora Lee, all of Clif house, Mrs. Mabel Weeks, Mr. and the sta te th is week. W INSTW O G AM ES ty M ustard. A lida Plcanso, V irginia ton, Colo., 'Mrs. Cora Boyd of Pilot A rrangem ents have been com plet S uperintendent P ray reports th a t Picanso, D orothy Nelson, Donna Rock, Roy G ra n t of Stanfield, Mr. Mrs. Logan and M ethodist church. A local basketball team, composed ed for a New Y ear’s dance, commenc although th ere are about 350,000 Quick, Molly Ann Ripley, Carolyn 3nd Mrs. Ellbert H utchison of Pen A lthough o th e r homes did not re- private autom obiles in the state, only ing a t 12:00 o'clock m idnight Sun mostly of R ankins, won two victor Sm ith, E d ethanne Spencer, Frances dleton. W illiam N ebergall, and Mr. ( Continued on Page 8) and Mrs. Edw ard Shaw. Mrs. Boyd 122,000 new tags had been applied day night, December 31, a t th e H er ies d u rin g the past week. Saturday Stephens, B etty Tenny, Iva Van Ars- miston park hall. Steele’s 9-iplece n ig h t Irrigon fell before a 38 to 24 and Mr. G rant were house guests of for up to W ednesday morning. dale, Lucille Weeks, M arjorie W il th e ir cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Baxter MRS. BURNHAM HAS sw ing band will fu rn ish the music score and W ednesday n ig h t th e lo liams, Dona Marie Beck, M argaret H utchison. w ith popular prices prevailing. The cals trim m ed U m atilla 30 to 14. Both Jones, Betty Lee Moris, Iris Irene House guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ed CLEARANCE S A L E DIVIDEND CHECKS affair has been billed as a m idnight tilts were played on foreign soil. w ard Shaw C hristm as were Mr. and Moris, Vivian Moris, E lam ae Casper, frolic. Included on th e roster w ere Fred, Mrs. E lbert H utchison of Pendleton A R E GIVEN O U T Ann Mary Sherlock, and V irginia and Mrs. Jam es Thomas, ccusin of B urnham & B urnham of H erm is S tu art and M arvin R ankin, Gerald Borthw ick. Mrs. Shaw. ton is announcing a clearance sale Miss Cooney on Honor Roll. Keller and Bill G orrell. Fred Reeves Miss P auline Morris spent th e hol Two year pins— Fern Bray, Joan P atsy Cooney, d au g h ter of Mr. and acted as advisory coach Checks for a sem i-annual dividend A nother idays w ith her m other, Mrs. L aura beginning Friday m orning a t 10:00 Byrnes, Myra G etchell, Lauree Glm- Mrs. Em m ett Cooney of U m atilla, Is were being distrib u ted last week end of all surplus w inter stocks and Mc game has been scheduled for to n ig h t Morris. ble, Ann Plersol, Beulah Ryland, Frederick Grey, who is a student M illan’s Style Shop stock. A. R. God by th e U m atilla Cooperative Cream listed am ong the honor stu d en ts a t (T hursday) a t Pendleton. Rachel Weeks, Lois W illiams. Sara a t th e school for the blind in Salem, frey, representing M. F. H atfield As ery to Its members. The dividend M arylhurst college for th e fall q u ar is spending the holidays w ith his sociates, Spokane, Wn., is in charge am ounted to 1 % cents per pound of te r ju st ended. Miss Cooney m a tri W urster, Jo h a n n a Casper, Lois Cas House Takes Over Skating Rink. parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Grey. Under new arrangem ents, Jack per, Peggy Todd, Norma Getchell, b u tte rfa t delivered to th e company culated th is fall from U m atilla high F rank F u rrer was a visitor a t the of advertising and selling. House has taken over the interests M urlal Kingsley. school from w hich he won a scholar in the first six m onths of th e year. Jo h n Knox home Sunday. A two page advertisem ent appears T hree year pins— Lila Scalf, R uth Vera Sisson and Max Geer were in this issue of The Herald telling About 400 members, In U m atilla ship to college. She retu rn ed home of the H erm iston sk a tin g rin k w hich v isitors a t the the John Knox home of p articu lars of the sale. and n o rth ern Morrow counties, w ere F rid ay to spend th e holidays w ith will be open each night. I t was op McCulley, M ary Helene Plersol, M in Monday evening. recipients of the dividend am ounting her parents, a fte r a gay pre-C hrist erated for about a m onth by V. E. nie Riley, P auline Roach, Peggy N ina Rae McCulley is spending Sommerer, Anne Peterson, L aura Ste Clark of Spokane, Wn. mas season on th e campus. to $3,628.23. th e holidays w ith her parents, Mr. McMILLAN-MATOTT vens, M axine Thompson. an d Mrs. H. G. McCulley. She will The m arriage of Ruby McMillan, F our years-—Agnes Riley, Jean retu rn home New Years day. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. F oster and son d aughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McKenzie, M arian Ott, Iren e B orth Scott, and M. T. M atott of H erm is M ark, and d aughter A rilda, who is wick, M arie Tenny, Irene H unt, Lois home from The Dalles for a visit, ton came as a p leasant surprise to H unt. and John Swearingen who is a tte n d th eir m any friends th is week. The Five years— Donna Keener, Agnes ing business college in Seattle, were C hristm as dinner guests of Mr. and m arriage vows were exchanged in K ennedy, Dorothy Knox, M ary Som the M ethodist parsonage a t W alla Mrs. B. L. Rand of Irrigon. merer. Miss Lucille Weeks arrived home W alla last T hursday, December 21. Six years— Grace Bensel, Kay Saturday from th e home of her sis Both are well known in H erm is Keener, Mary M argaret Kennedy, ter, Mrs. J. E. Schroeder. Mrs. ton. Mrs. M atott form erly operated Schroeder has been ill and Miss C atherine Kennedy, Susan Knox. Weeks has been caring for her. Mrs. Ruby’s Dress Shop here w hile Mr. B ight years— Joyce McCulley. Schroeder is reported as being all M atott is a telegrapher a t th e H in (Continued on P age 8) rig h t now. kle railroad station. The la tte r is a H arold H unt and fam ily, Mr. golfer par excellence and is captain H unt, H iram S tillings and Lawrence H unt were dinner guests a t the De of the Herm iston golfing team. W EDDING DATE Local friends are w ishing them Moss home C hristm as day. Mr. and Mrs. H ebert visited her many years of happily m arried life. IS ANNOUNCED m other in Pendleton Christm as. John Jendrzejew ski left W ednes Annual Senior Dance Held day for P o rtlan d to attend an Ore Of In terest to her m any local The seniors of H erm iston Union gon T urkey Growers meeting. They friends is th e announcem ent of the m et a t the Im perial Hotel, and he re high school were hosts last F riday forthcom ing m arriage of Miss Mary turned home F riday night. for the annu al alum ni dance a t the M argaret Felthouse and Dr. P eter Tommy Haddox visited a t the local gymnasium. A large num ber of LeRoy Poulson of Baker on Ja n u ary home of John Jendrzejew ski C hrist mas night. He was here from Irri students and alum ni attended. The 1940. T he wedding ceremony will gon. The Tem pletons were also vi hall was decorated in C hristm as col be performed a t Baker. sitors. ors. Miss Felthouse is th e d au g h ter of Mr. and Mrs. Reid and d aughter Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Felthouse and B arbara, Mr. and Mrs. Seeley, Mrs. Lupine Flower Braves Weather. Casady and M arian were dinner attended local schools and graduated Mrs. Melvin F o llett brought a Lu guests a t the C hristley home C hrist from Oregon S tate college. She has mas. pine flower in full bloom in to the been employed for some tim e In the Herald office th is week w hich Mr. city hall a t P ortland. Dr. Poulson is License Examiner Here January 4 F ollett had picked w hile h u n tin g for p ractisin g at Baker where the couple A trav elin g exam iner of operators Indian arrow heads on an island In will reside following th e wedding. and chauffeurs is scheduled to a r the Columbia river. It is ra th e r u n riv e In H erm iston T hursday, Ja n u a usual for th is type of flow er to ap ry 4, and will be on du ty a t the city pear a t this tim e of year. Lt. Cheater Johnson Visits Here lib ra ry between th e hours of 11:00 Lt. Chester Johnson was a holiday a. m. to 5 p. m . according to a re Pre-Inventory Sale Planned visit or In Hermiston. He stopped cent announcem ent released from the Saylor’s, H erm iston dry goods here Friday en route to Pendleton to S ecretary of S tate 's office. All those store, is announcing a pre-inventory visit his m other, Mrs. T. K. Johnson. w ishing perm its or licenses to drive sale beginning thia week end. An ef Lt. Johnson, form er H erm iston cars are asked to get in touch w ith fort will be made to reduce the stock youth, is now stationed a t Tacoma, th e exam iner d u rin g these hours. prior to inventory. Wn. MANY V IS IT O R S MAKE TOUR OF LIGHT D IS P L A Y S MANY FOUR-H YOIINGSEERS OEI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS Introducing Miss 1940 IIIIIHBBWB Mill
