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NEWS FROM YOUR I OWN STATE & COUNTY EASTERN STAR INSTALL OFFICERS * I A t a s la te d co m m u n icatio n of Q ueen E s th e r C h ap ter, O rd er of E a s te rn S ta r, T uesday ev en in g , J a n u a ry 9. th e o fficers for 194U w ere in sta lle d . B ecause of th e illn ess of M rs. H a ttie H am m , in s ta llin g w o r th y m atro n , th e r e tir in g w o rth y m a tro n , P hoebe C larke, acte d a s in s ta llin g o fficer, assisted by M rs. E u - phem ia Jack so n , in s ta llin g c h a p la in ; M rs. N eva P ilo n , in s ta llin g o rg a n is t; a n d Miss E lv a B erry, in s ta llin g m a r sh all. T h e follow ing a re th e new o ffi cers: Mrs. Ila C. R ipley, W. M.; J . V. V illerm o u re, W. P .; M rs. A ud- r a W h ite , A.M .; M iles B arag er, A .P,; M rs. N e ttie E. S loan, s e c re ta ry ; Mrs. H a ttie H am m , tr e a s u re r ; Mrs. W in - n if re d N o rto n , c h a p la in ; Mrs. E d n a B a ra g e r, o rg a n is t; Mrs. Phoebe C la rk e , m a rsh a l; Mrs. R ach el Ja c k - son, A da; M rs. E lsie D aw son. R u th ; M rs. N ell A rnold, E s th e r ; Miss E lv a B erry, M a rth a ; Mrs. Inez M cCor m ack. E le c ta ; Mrs. B eu lah Sim ons, W a rd e r a n d Jess A rnold, S e n tin a l. Mrs. A da C hapm an, w o rth y m a tro n of U m atilla ch a p te r, M rs. N eva P ilo n , U m a tilla and Mrs. G. C. H u m p h ries, la te ly of P e n d leto n , w ere g u ests of th e even in g . D elicious re fre sh m e n ts w ere se rv ed by Mrs. E d Ja ck so n , Mrs. E lsie D aw son, Mrs. R. A. B row nson and M rs. N ell A rnold, an d a social h o u r w as enjoyed by all. TOWNSEND CLUB TO HAVE OYSTER SUPPER SATURDAY T T h e H erm isto n T ow nsend club w ill sponsor an o y ste r su p p er S a tu r d ay n ig h t in th e L egion h a ll b e g in n in g a t 6 :0 0 o’clock. S e rv in g w ill c o n tin u e u n til 8 :0 0 , fo llo w in g w h ic h a fre e dan ce an d g am es w ill be enjoyed. T he p rice of th e su p p er w ill be 35c. T he occasion is th e b ir th d a y of D r. F ra n c is T ow nsend w h ic h is be in g c e le b rated by a ll clu b s of th e n a tio n . T he P e n d leto n clu b w ill be p re s e n t a n d w ill fu rn ish th e m usic. A p a ir of pillow cases w ith h a n d k n itte d lace m ade by Mrs. L enz w ill be sold a t D utch a u c tio n d u rin g th e ev ening. A t th e la s t m eetin g of th e club, se v eral m em bers w ere 'p resen t from P e n d leto n , in c lu d in g a s ta te con g re ssm an . Ten Years Ago ( E d ito r’s N ote— An a tte m p t w ill be m ade every week to r e p r in t som e o f th e new s h ap p en in g s in th e co r re sp o n d in g p ap er ten y ears ago. The ite m s a p p e a rin g below w ere ta k e n from T he H erald , w ith J a c k Biggs, s o w of P e n d leto n , as p u b lish e r.) < A V oters in U m a tilla c o u n ty a t a sp ecial electio n D ecem ber 27 voted dow n th e m easu re p ro v id in g fo r a n ew co u n ty c o u rt house. Mr. an d Mrs. J o h n Je n d z re je w sk i e n te rta in e d a b o u t 30 g u e sts a t th e ir hom e in C olum bia New Y e a r’s eve. A t tw elve o’clock th e new y e a r w as g re e te d w ith cow bells an d v ario u s o th e r so rts of noise p ro d u cin g in stru m e n ts. G race Ja ck so n w as th e w in n e r of th e p o p u la rity c o n te s t re c e n tly con d u c te d by th e H erm isto n D ru g com pany. H er p rize w as a d resser set. H e rm isto n b read w as a g a in p u t on th e m a rk e t to d ay w h en W . R. H owe re-opened th e H erm isto n b a k ery. Tw o au to m o b ile acc id e n ts in v o lv in g local people w ere p a r t o f th e a f te r m a th of th e C h ristm a s v acatio n . S unday, W illiam S h a a r an d H . E. Sheseley, in Mr. S h a a r’s car, c o llid ed w ith a c ar driv en by H. C. T illey of W alla W alla. S a tu rd a y n ig h t, w h ile F red B a rk e r and B e a tric e B en- sel w ere on th e ir w ay to P e n d leto n , th ey m et a c ar w ith su ch b lin d in g lig h ts th a t Mr. B a rk e r r a n o ff th e road, tu r n in g th e oar over. T h e oc c u p a n ts of th e c ars received m inor in ju rie s. H. J . S tillin g s, p ro m in e n t H e rm is to n farm er, w as m arrie d in P o rtla n d C h ristm a s d ay to B lan ch e E n g le, P o rtla n d T he Rev. A. J. W are, fo r m er H erm isto n p asto r, co n d u cted th e w ed d in g cerem ony. H arv ey DeMoss. s tu d e n t a t th e E a s te rn O regon N orm al school, Is sp en d in g th e h o lid ay s w ith h is p a r e n ts, Mr. an d Mrs. J . H. DeMoss. H arv ey DeMoss is p re sid e n t of th e E a s te rn O regon N orm al s tu d e n t b o dy. rz e. ex/niùton 4/eXtiLci. OFFICIAL UMATILLA COUNTY PAPER TEMPERATURE DROPS TO N IN E A B O V E WEDNESDAY NIGHT FIVE INCHES SNOW FALLS DURING WEEK The temperature hit a new low for the year Wednesday when a mini mum of 9 above was recorded. Indi cations were that the thermometer would go even, lower Thursday eve ning. ♦ ❖ ❖ A fiv e-in ch sn o w fall M onday n ig h t b la n k e te d th e H erm isto n a re a T u esd ay m o rn in g . T he fa ll, h o w ever, w as c o m p arativ ely lig h t in co m p ariso n w ith o th e r p a rts of n o rth e a s te rn O regon. P e n d leto n r e p o rted seven inches, U k iah had six, Ione re p o rte d 14, an d L ex in g to n 12. T o tal p re c ip ita tio n fo r th e w eek m easu red .73 in H erm isto n , a cco rd in g to C h arles T ay lo r, local w e a th e r observer. T h e snow w as w elcom ed by fa rm e rs a n d sto ck m en ab o u t th e co u n ty , th e snow com ing on soil n o t fro sted over, a n d se rv in g as a p ro te c tio n to w h e a t an d also a s s u rin g field s w h ere s p ro u ts a re ju s t a b o u t to em erge of sa tisfa c to ry g ro w th w ith a m in im u m of possible dam age. Of in te re s t to fa rm ers is th e fa c t th a t w ith no fro st in th e g ro u n d , m o istu re in th e snow w as ex pected to go in to th e soil, ad d in g to t h a t sto red p rev io u sly , to th e d e p th of 16 in ch es o r m ore. F a rm e rs in some sectio n s re p o rte d th a t in surnm ei fallow th e m o istu re w as m easured to a d e p th of th re e feet. T h e feed c a n a l is rep o rted to be ru n n in g a t cap acity load w ith th e aid o f m e ltin g snow in th e m o u n ta in s. Some fe a r h ad been fe lt am o n g w a te r u se rs fo r th e lack of m o istu re in th e h ills to provide w a te r fo r th e dam s. If no severe freez in g w e a th e r som es, w h ich w ould cause th e feed can al to freeze, th e fe a r of lack of w a te r w ill be g re a tly lessened. A lth o u g h th e s tre e ts an d sid e w alk s w ere fa irly icy d u rin g th e m o rn in g s th e fo re p a rt of th e w eek, th e snow an d ice m elted to w ard s noon an d m ade tra v e lin g fa irly safe. No se rio u s a c c id e n ts w ere re p o rte d h e re d u e to th e snow fall. Y ou n g s te rs an d sp o rtsm e n aw ak en ed T u e s d ay m o rn in g in b rig h t sp irits. W ith th e w ind com ing from th e so u th th e p a st few days, no serio u s cold period is expected. H ow ever, sh o u ld th e w ind s h ift to th e n o r th e a st an d c le a r w e a th e r p rev ail, th e te m p e ra tu re can be expected to drop. T h e w e a th e r re p o rt for th e week follow s: 35 . 45 J a n u a r y 4 ... 29 J a n u a r y 5 ... ........... 48 32 ...... 42 J a n u a r y 6 ... ... 41 .... 28 J a n u a r y 7 ... J a n u a r y 8 ... ............. 36 . .. 31 ....... 37 .... 31 J a n u a r y 9 ... J a n u a r y 10 ............ 31 .... 9 PENDLETON MALE CHORUS TO SING HERE JANUARY 19 P la n s a re now b ein g com pleted for ih e second a n n u a l a p p e a ra n c e in H erm isto n of th e P en d leto n m ale ch o ru s, u n d e r th e d ire c tio n of Ted Roy. on F rid a y , J a n u a r y 19, in th e H erm isto n U nion h ig h school a u d ito riu m . T he p ro g ram is u n d e r th e sp o n so rsh ip of th e H erm isto n G a r den club. An a n n o u n c e m e n t w as m ade th is w eek w h ich added a g re a t d eal of , spice to th e fo rth c o m in g ev en t. T he fe a tu re soloist o f th e ev en in g w ill be D an M otanic, a full-blooded C ay use In d ia n , a re c e n t discovery of M r. Roy, He w ill a p p e a r In full In d ia n d re ss an d sin g s in a b e a u tifu l bass b a rito n e voice w h ich h a s been a p plau d ed in h is re c e n t ap p earan ces. A fe a tu re w ill be h is in te rp re ta tio n of “ Z uni S u n rise C all,” a n a tiv e In d ia n song. O th er special n u m b ers on th e p ro g ram w ill in clu d e selectio n s by Bay- n a rd S ag er on h is v iolin. Mr. S ag er ap p eared on th e p ro g ram h e re la st y ear b u t did n o t p lay an y solo n u m bers. H e specializes in R u ssian airs. T he m ale c h o ru s n eed s no in tr o d u ctio n h ere an d is know n ab o u t th e co u n try a s a v o lu n te e r g ro u p o f n o n -p ro fessio n als w ho lik e to sin g an d w ho h av e developed in to ex cel le n t h a rm o n y an d precisio n . M rs. B a rb a ra E d m u n d s R oy is acco m p an ist for th e g ro u p . T h e p e rfo rm an ce w ill b e g in a t 8 :1 5 p. m. PARENT-TEACHERS TO HAVE MEETING WEDNESDAY NIGHT A n o th e r o f a series of P a re n t- T e ach ers asso ciatio n m eetin g s w ill be held lin th e h ig h school a u d ito r ium n e x t W ed n esd ay n ig h t in ste a d • of th e u su a l T h u rsd a y as a n n o u n c ed p rev io u sly . T h e h ig h school b an d w ill be p re s e n t and w ill p resen t a g ro u p o f n u m b ers. A cco rd in g to Mrs. C. M. Jack so n , p re sid e n t, o th e r im p o rta n t m a tte rs w ill be d iscussed in c lu d in g sev eral item s w h ich h av e been discussed a t p rev io u s m eetin g s. It is ex p ected th a t th e new loud j sp e a k in g e q u ip m e n t w ill be in s ta ll ed by t h a t tim e an d w ill be d em o n s tra te d provided th e n ecessary a d ju s tm e n ts h a v e been com pleted. COMMERCIAL CLUB MEETING TUESDAY — T h e a n n u a l electio n of o fficers of th e H erm isto n C om m ercial clu b w ill be held a t th e m e etin g T u esd ay ev en in g in th e Odd F ellow s h a ll w ith | th e R eb ek ah s se rv in g th e supper. O th er b u sin ess w ill be b ro u g h t up d u rin g th e ev en in g , acco rd in g to E. P. Dodd, p re sid e n t. T h e m e etin g w as to h av e been h eld la s t W’ed n esd ay b u t w as p o st poned u n til T u esd ay , J a n u a r y 16. NUMBER 21 HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, JANUARY 11. 1940. VOLUME XXXHI. NOEL BENNION TO MEET W IT H FARMERS Noel B en n io n , ex ten sio n sp ecialist in p o u ltry h u s b a n d ry of O regon S ta te college, w ill be in H erm isto n n e x t T u esd ay , J a n u a r y 16, to m eet w ith p o u ltry men of th is area. The m eetin g w ill be held in th e office of M. E. K n ick erb o ck er, a s s is ta n t co u n ty a g e n t, an d w ill b eg in at 1 :3 0 . T h e m ain topic of d iscu ssio n w ill be feeds for b reed er h en s an d w ill be of p rim a ry im p o rtan ce to tu rk e y raisers. Dressed for the Weather GEORGE ANDERSON T h e above is th e m a n ag e r of th e B c r d e .l Aces w ho w ill play an all s ta r a g g re g a tio n on th e H erm isto n floor F rid a y n ig h t. GRAND MASTER PAYS ANNUAL VISIT HERE G rand M aster O. F. Steele of P en- lleto n m ade an o fficia l visit to the H erm isto n I. O. 0. F. lodge M onday ev ening w ith a la rg e crow d in a t tend nee. Lodge m em bers cam e from P endleton. W eston, S tan field . Echo an d B oardm an. T he h ig h lig h t of th e ev en in g w as a m essage from Mr. Steele on " P a t rio tism an d M o rality .” R e fre sh m en ts w ere fu rn ish e d by th e P e n d leto n lodge. Mrs. McKenzie Attends Funeral Mrs. F. C. M cK enzie, w ho has been v isisin g in T illam ook a n d Se a ttle th e p a st few w eeks, w as p res e n t a t th e fu n e ra l of h er b ro th e r- in -law , N. H. G ates, in T he D alles W ednesday. Mrs. M cK enzie w as v is itin g a t th e hom e of h e r s is te r w hen Mr. G ates passed aw ay last S a tu r day in S e attle. T he body w as shipped to T he D alles for b u ria l. Mrs. Mc K enzie re tu rn e d to H erm isto n on T h u rsd a y a fte rn o o n . In d ian S in g er to A p p ear on P ro g ram MAYOR M6KENZIE NAMES NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS PENDLETON PLAYS ON LOCAL FLOOR SATURDAY NIGHT D O Y L E ELECTED FIRE CHIEF AT ANNUAL MEETING Coach Ra> C ritchfiield's b a sk e t ball team w ill h av e a busy week end w ith th re e gam es scheduled w ith in five days. T he B ulldogs jo u rn e y to U m atilla F rid a y n ig h t, P en d leto n in vades th e local floor S a tu rd a y n ig h t and T uesday th e boys tra v e l to A th ena. T he p lay ers h a v e h ad several days of re s t d u e to th e fa c t th a t th e Ione c o n te st w as called o ff T uesday w hen t h a t team w as u n a b le to a p pear d ue to th e snow storm . T he gam e F rid a y a t U m atilla a p pears to he a " n a t u r a l ” as U m a tilla , u n d e r th e tu te la g e of A rd y th C ochran, h as developed in to a firs t ra te ball club and h as been k n o ck in g over sev eral o p p o n e n ts in re cen t gam es, in c lu d in g Irrig o n , S tan - fitld and L ex in g to n . In an y event, th e c o n te st w ill in no w ay be a b re a th e r fo r th e H e rm isto n lads. T he H e rm isto n h ig h school band has been in v ited to p lay a t U m atilla F rid ay n ig h t an d h a s acep ted th e in v ita tio n , acco rd in g to W . G. K ers- bergen, su p e rin te n d e n t. The P e n d le to n B ucks come to H e r m iston S a tu rd a y w ith a p o te n tia l s ta te ch am pion team , especially due to th e fa c t th a t L ew is'B eck, all sta te p lay er la s t y ear, is now b ack in th e lineup. H ow ever, w ith th e th o u g h t in m ind “ T he bigger th e m an, th e h a rd e r he fa lls,” th e B ulldogs a re d eterm in ed to p u t on a " g ia n t k ill e r ” a c t a n d m ay provide an upset. B url Doyle, w ho fo r a n u m b e r of y e a rs h a s been a c tiv e in th e lo c a l v o lu n teer fire d ep a rtm e n t, has been chosen lire chief for th e city of Her m iston fo r th e y ear 1940, re p la c ln < V irg il S m ith w ho has held th e p o st for a n u m b er o f years. D oyle w as elected c h ie f a t th e firem en ’s m e e t in g M onday n ig h t held a t th e c ity lib ra ry an d th e election w as co n firm ed by M ayor M cK enzie an d th e c ity council a t th e special m eetin g of th e council held T uesday n ig h t. P au l B ra c h e r w as elected a s s is t a n t fire chief, G yn H ughes, p re s i d e n t of th e fire d ep a rtm e n t, J u liu s G inible, v ict p re s id e n t, and F. C. Mc K enzie, se cretary . All co m m ittees of th e c ity c o u n cil w ere re-ap p o in ted by M ayor Mc K enzie, w ith th e firs t nam ed on each com m itee to a c t as ohailrm an of th e com m ittee, as follow s: S tre e t and lig h ts — N. R. M ueller, G eorge H a rk e n rid e r an d M. G. H e d w all. Ir rig a tio n — R. A. B row nson, N. R. M ueller an d A1 Q uiring. C ity w ater— A1 Q uiring, G eorge H a rk e n rid e r a n d W. L. M organ. W ays an d M eans— M. G. H ed w all, R. A. B row nson and W. L. M organ. A udit an d F ire — W. L. M organ, N. R. M u tller a n d M. G. H edw all. P a rk and C em etery— G eorge H a r k e n rid e r, A1 Q u irin g a n d M. G. H ed w all. O th er city o fficers re -ap p o in ted w ere W. J. W arn er, city a tto rn e y , 11. A. P ankow . city m a rch al, B. J. N atio n , n ig h t police, an d F. B. B elt, h e a lth o fficer. Mrs. W. L. H am m w as also re-ap p o in ted on th e lib ra ry board. S erious co n sid eratio n w as g iven th e selection o f a city dum p g ro u n d s a t th e council m eeting, and a n a t tem p t w ill be m ade to p u rch ase a plot of gro u n d w est o f th e b u tte fo r th a t purpose. Im m ediate actio n on th is m a tte r w ill be ta k e n in o rd e r to provide a p lace for tow nspeople to h aul th e ir cans, etc. T he su b ject of p u rc h a sin g a s tr e e t g ra d e r w as a g a in b ro u g h t up, a n d it w as rep o rted th a t H. A. P an k o w m ade a tr ip to P o rtlan d th e p a st week w ho in v estig ated a m a ch in e th a t w as up fo r sale. T h e m a ch in e lacked a s c a rifie r and had h a rd r u b ber tire s w hich w ould he u n s u ita b le fo r th e san d y soil here. F u r th e r in q u irie s w ill be m ade and th e s u b je c t discussed before actio n w ill be tak en . ELECTRIC CLOCK NOW REGULATES NOON TIM E SIREN T he d a ily call of "s o u p ’s o n ” w ill h e re a fte r be re g u la te d by a n elec tric tim e sw itch in s ta lle d th is week a t th e b ase of th e to w er a t th e west end of M ain s tre e t. An e le c tric clock th ro w s in a c o m p en satin g sw itch a t exactly 12 o’clock w h ile a n o th e r sw itch is n ecessary to re lease the c o n ta c t a fte r a n in te rv a l of 10 sec onds d u rin g w hich tim e th e siren blows. T he a p p a ra tu s has been Installed by J. V. V ilierm o u re, local e le c tri cian, an d II. A. P ankow , city m a r sh al, an d is housed In a box con stru c te d w ith an o utside of tin and an in te rio r of firte x to assure w arm th . D u rin g cold w e a th e r an ele c tric bulb w ill provide h e a t w ith in th e box. N ear th e a p p a ra tu s on th e outside of th e box is located a n o th e r sw itch w hich w ill blow th e sire n in cases of em ergency such as a fire. C iti zens a re asked to keep th e sw itch in m ind and should blow it im m ed iate ly w hen an em ergency occurs. BURD-REID Miss Ja c q u e lin e B urd, d a u g h te r of Dr. and Mrs. H en ry B urd of S eattle, becam e th e b rid e of Ja m e s R eid of H onolulu, C h ristm as day a t the U n iv ersity T em ple in S e a ttle a t 4 o’clock. Mr. R eid is th e son of J . H. R eid of th e C olum bia d is tric t. T he b rid e w as lovely in ivory vel vet. She w ore h er s is te r's fin g e r tip veil. H er a tte n d a n ts w ere Mrs. C. Van E. D onaldson, m a tro n of h o n or, sis te r of th e bride, who w ore fuschia violet, th e th e m aid of h o n or, Miss Lucy L aw rence, w as dressed in h y a c in th blue. W allace Reid, b ro th er of th e groom , w as best m an, and G eorge T eufel was u sh er. F o llo w in g th e cerem ony was a lovely recep tio n a t th e hom e of th e b rid e 's p a re n ts. Miss B a rb a ra R eid, s is te r of th e ¿room , c u t th e b rid e ’s cake. T he w edding w as solem nized on th e w edding a n n iv e rsa ry of the b rid e ’s p a re n ts. Mrs. R eid fo rm er ly ta u g h t co stu m in g in th e division of d ra m a a t th e U n iv ersity of W ash in g to n . H e r fa th e r, Dr. H enry B urd, Is professor of business a d m in is tra tio n a t th e U n iv ersity of W ash in g to n . Mr. R eid is in c h a rg e of th e e n g in e e rin g section of th e d is tric t e n g in e e rs of the U 3. W ar D e p a rt m en t in H onolulu The young couple plan to sail for th e ir hom e in H onolulu th e 24th of th is m onth. BEARDED ACES TO APPEAR ON LOCAL FLOOR F R ID A Y I A ra re tr e a t in the b a sk e tb a ll v a rie ty w ill be fu rn ish e d b a sk e tb a ll fans F rid a y n ig h t w hen a tr a v e lin g tro u p e of H ouse of David p lay ers, know n as B earded Aces, a p p e a r in th e H erm iston high school g y m n a siu m a g a in s t a group of a ll s t a r s picked from H erm isto n and U inahil- la and possibly front Echo. T h e Aces have an o u ts ta n d in g reco rd d u rin g tihe past few years, h a v in g won a g re a t m a jo rity of c o n te s ts w ith m ajo r h all clubs of th e c o u n try . D u rin g th e 193 8-39 season, th e y played 124 gam es, losing 22. T h e Aces w ere th e only boarded team se lected to play In th e N atio n al p ro fessional to u rn a m e n t held In C h ic a go last M arch. T h e team is n o t o n ly noted for its w in n in g ta ctics, b u t is also ad e p t in clever p assin g a n d hall h an d lin g . Van Pattens Occupy New Home Mr. anil Mrs. P aul Van P a tte n of H erm iston moved Into th e ir new house at. e a st M ain s tre e t T uesday. T he live-room one sto ry b u ild in g w as re c en tly co n stru cted . M em bers of th e U m a tilla C ooperative C re a m ery force su rp rised the Van P a tte n s T uesday ev en in g a t a h o u se-w arm ing p arty . Pendleton Buckaroos vs. Hermiston Bulldogs Saturday Night - H. S. Gym. A