NEWS FROM YOUR I
OWN STATE 0
COUNTY
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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.
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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
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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