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rt. F red rick so n
s r 'i v e d Sotv -a y from Salem lo r a
v is it a t th e R. B. W ilcox home. Mrs.
F re d ric k so n is a sis te r of Mrs. W il-
c rx . W h ile here th e y v isited Mr.
F re d ric k s o n ’s siste r, Mrs. Bill W a lk
e r, a t th e H erm iston G aneral h ospi
ta l. ' T he F re d ric k so n s re tu rn e d to
S alem Sunday aftern o o n .
Mr. an d Mrs. J. H . R eid made a
tr ip to P rosser, W n „ recen tly .
Mr. an d Mrs. A. O. S w arn er an d
eon M onroe, a n d Mrs. E ra s e r Were
d in n e r g u ests of Mr. an d Mrs. Jo h n
DeM oss S unday.
E ffo rts a re b e in g m ade in H er
Mr. and Mrs. L. W . D ouglas w ere
v isito rs in P en d leto n an d P ilo t Rock m iston to ra ise su ffic ie n t m oney to
S a tu rd a y .
Mr. an d Mrs. L ester M ainm er cel o b ta in a g lass eye fo r S o n n y Schell,
e b ra te d th e ir w edding a n n iv e rsa ry son of Mr. an d Mrs. E d S chell of
S unday.
D in n er g u ests w ere Mrs.
A m anda S haver, M r. an d Mrs. Bud H erm isto n , w ho re cen tly lo st his eye
S h av er a n d P atsy , Mr. and Mrs. w hen a ru b b e r h an d w h ich he w as
H u g h N eill an d P eggy an d Mr. an d
Mrs. C arl H am m er a n d C arol. A s u r s tre tc h in g b ack fired , s trik in g him
p rise fe a tu re of th e d in n e r w as a d irectly in th e eye. T h e la tte r w as
la rg e cak e w hich th e N eills had rem oved tw o w eeks ago a t th e
b e a u tifu lly d eco rated a t th e Shaw
D oernbecher h o sp ita l in P o rtla n d .
b ak ery .
C h arles W . M elville fu rn ish ed an
Sonny, who is a f ir s t g ra d e s tu d
o y ster su p p er for th e S p an ish W a r
e
n
t here, is ta k in g th e m isfo rtu n e
v e te ra n s in P e n d leto n T h u rsd ay .
Q uite a n u m b er from h e re w ere p res lik e a tro o p er an d ap p eared on th e
e n t.
Mr. M elville is from L ex in g
to n h a v in g moved to th is d is tric t s tre e ts th is w eek w ith h is fa th e r a p
e a rly in th e w in ter.
p a re n tly none th e w orse fo r his ex
Mrs. Bill W alk er, w ho h as been
perien
ce e x cep tin g loss of th e eye.
a t th e H erm iston h o sp ita l, w as ab le
to leave S unday an d is now a t th e P ro v id in g s u ffic ie n t m oney can be
R. B. W ilcox home.
raised he w ill re tu rn to th e h o sp ital
Mrs. Iz e tta B aty, w ho h as been in th e n e a r fu tu re to h av e a glass
v is itin g h er p aren ts, Mr. and Mrs.
U. E d w ard s since th e firs t of th e eye in serted . A p p ro x im ately $23 of
y ear, left for P o rtla n d
la s t week th e $35 needed for th e o p e ra tio n has
w here she w ill v is it fo r a few days been raised b u t th e re m a in d e r is
before re tu rn in g to h e r hom e a t still lack in g .
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F lo ren ce, Oregon.
T
he
follow
ing
is a lis t of those
Mr. and Mrs. P ercy C orm an a re
both ill a t th e ir home. F rie n d s c a ll w ho have aid ed to w ard s th e b ill:
ing on them S a tu rd a y w ere Mr. an d Ben G erking. H u g h N eill, F. B. B elt,
Mrs. Lloyd G oodrich, G ene B uzzard, Mrs. A1 Shaw , B ill S h a a r, W. M.
Mrs. B lin st2 n and d a u g h te r Geng-
vieve, Mrs. N ellie T u c k e r and Ted S m ith , C. C. P ercey, P. F . H ensel,
W. M. P earso n , R. H. P ierso l, M ax
P an ag es.
Mr. an d Mrs. L ester H am m er and ine F au st, V irg in ia W ells, Mrs. E.
M ary N eill m ade a tr ip to P en d leto n J. H azen, M. G. H edw all,
A lb ert
T h u rsd ay .
M onroe S w arn er,
w ho has been Skovbo, H. W . L a u d e rm ilk , Guy
v is itin g h is p a re n ts Mr. and Mrs. A. Shaw , V. R. W ilk es, H. M. Som m er
C. S w arn er, le ft for F a irb a n k s, A las er, Ben O 'C onner, B. M ichel, F. C,
k a, W ednesday.
McKenzie, V irg in ia A ndreson, H. L,
Mr. an d Mrs. B ud H ooker and E l
C onnor, Roy H ale, R uby K n ig h t,
m er M oyer w ere b u sin ess v isito rs in
J u d y C o lp itts, Chas. W ilcox, Mrs. A.
P e n d le to n S a tu rd a y .
D in n er g u e sts a t th e V. R. W ilk es H. N orton, C u rtis Sim ons, O. O. F e lt-
hom e S u n d ay w ere Mr. and Mrs. Ci house, Mrs. G len R ipley, C. E. M il
A. Show n an d ch ild re n . Mr. and ler, A. A. F in ley , A. F. R o h rm an ,
Mrs. C arl M etteer an d c h ild ren w ere
afte rn o o n v isito rs a t th e W ilkes H erm isto n D ru g Co., Jessie B. B rier-
ley, C h arles T ay lo r, Mrs. L. M.
hom e.
Mrs. H. J. O tt a tte n d e d th e g ra n g e W h ite, J. E. C onnor, A lfred Q u irin g ,
school fo r le c tu re rs held W ednesday, L ean d er Q u irin g , A. W. B ehrm an.
T h u rsd a y and F rid a y in P en d leto n
A lth o u g h on ly $12 m ore is n eed
th i s w eek.
Miss M y rth en a M a rtin ,
p rim a ry ed for th e a c tu a l o p e ra tio n , it w ill
te a c h e r a t C olum bia school, w as a be n ecessary to m ake th e tr ip dow n
d in n e r g u est a t th e
F ra n k
S ater an d o th e r in c id e n ta l expenses. A ny
hom e S unday.
P u m p k in C enter T elep h o n e com one w ish in g to h elp to w a rd s th e
p an y m et a t th e H e n ry Som m erer fu n d may leave it e ith e r a t th e H e r
hom e F rid a y to ad o p t a set of by ald office o r th e
F ir s t
N a tio n al
law s.
B ank.
Mr. an d Mrs. W. B. F o ste r called
on Mr. and Mrs. A dam B lahm , an d
Mr. an d M rs. G us L in d e r Sunday.
Mrs. G us L in d e r is rep o rted im
p roving.
Mr. and Mrs. M iles B a ra g e r and
Mrs. B u rn h a m w ere P en d leto n v isi
to rs T uesday.
" I t pays to a d v e rtise " s ta te d H a r
Mr. an d Mrs. M yron M oran of
B risto l Bay, A laska,
w ere v isito rs ry C onnor over th e phone F rid a y a f
S u n d ay of th e ir re la tiv e s, Mr. an d te r th e fo llo w in g ad b ro u g h t re su lts:
Mrs, M iles B arag er.
“ L ost— B oston B ull and T e rrie r dog.
T h e re w as a fa ir a tte n d a n c e a t R ew ard .” T h e prized fam ily p et
th e G ran g e pie social a t C olum bia
school house F rid a y n ig h t, and a w as re tu rn e d th a t day th ro u g h th e
coop eratio n of frien d s w ho had read
good p ro g ram w as p u t on.
A q u iltin g p a rty w as enjoyed a t th e ad in T he H erald.
th e L ester H am m er hom e W ed n es
S everal w eeks ag o E nos M a rtin
day. T hose p resen t w ere Mrs. A m an
d a S h av er, Mrs. Bud S haver, Mrs. pu rch ased tw o young p o rk ers too
H u g h N eill an d Mrs. C a rl H am m er. sm all for th e holes in h is fence. A
Mrs. C h a rle y B ak er an d R o b erta tim ely placed classified in T h e H er
C a n n w e re d in n e r g u e sts of Mr. an d ald soon h ad th e ru n a w a y s safely
Mrs. A. C. S w arn er F rid a y evening.
W hen A lice H am m er w as asked back in th e fold su rro u n d e d by a r e
w hy she w as n o t p re s e n t a t th e vam ped w all.
G ran g e m e e tin g T u esd ay n ig h t she
S im ilar in c id e n ts have been re la
re p lied , “ My h e a rt w as in th e rig h t ted re c e n tly by o th e r read ers,
in
place b u t o u r c ar w h eel w as n o t.” clu d in g Mrs. B ert M ichel w ho lost
T h ey had ju s t crossed a mud puddle
w hen a re a r w heel d ropped off. No t G ruen w atch a t th e U m a tilla co u n
ty fa ir la st fall an d had th e w atch
one w as h u rt.
re tu rn e d some tim e la te r.
FUND STARTED TO
OBTAIN GLASS EYE
FOR SONNY SCHELL
CONTRIBUTIONS USED
FOR OPERATION
ADVERTISING PAYS
PHONES MERCHANT
Ten Years Ago ANNUAL MEETING
T he F a rm B u reau A u x iliary has
decided if th e w om en of th e com m u
n ity would be in fav o r of a can n e ry
an d w ould back it, th e y w ould see
th a t a can n e ry is s ta rte d . T h e com
m itte e in c h arg e w ere Mrs. B. H u t-
<hison. Mrs. F. G u iw its an d Mrs. Ce
cil Madden.
New p u p ils e n te r in g school th is
week a re M ildred P h elp s, sev en th
g rade, G erald Rood, fifth , an d Or-
vel Rood, seventh.
B ron S u n d ay . F e b ru a ry 16, to Mr.
an d Mrs. A. H ooker, a boy.
R aym ond C row der, fo rm er ed ito r
of th e H erm isto n H erald , w ill be in
H erm isto n S unday to re p re se n t th e
m en 's counsel. He is now located a t
A rlin g to n .
L e tte rs have been received re c e n t
ly by local fa rm ers fro m Sim on B lt-
te rm a n , vice p resid en t of th e P a h st
D ie ta ry
P ro d u cts
In c., re leasin g
them from an ag re e m e n t prev io u sly
m ade to grow a rtic h o k e s d u rin g th e
com ing season fo r. th e P a b st Co.
DATE SCHEDULED
T he H erm isto n M ercan tile Coop
e ra tiv e w ill hold its a n n u a l m em ber
ship m eetin g in th e b asem en t of th e
U nion ch u rc h F rid ay . F e b ru a ry 16,
b e g in n in g
a t • 8 :0 0 o 'clo ck p. m.
T h ere w ill be a sh o rt p ro g ram o f e n
te rta in m e n t w ith o u t-o f-to w n sp eak
ers.
R e fre sh m e n ts w ill be served
an d a sh o rt bu sin ess session held a t
w hich tim e re p o rts w ill be h e a rd
a n d tw o d ire c to rs elected.
T h e m a n a g e r an d th e b o ard of d i
recto rs u rg e all m em bers an d frien d s
to atte n d .
Inland Cooperative to Meet.
The a n n u a l m eetin g of th e In lan d
C ooperative of H erm isto n
w ill be
held S a tu rd ay . F e b ru a ry 24. a t 2 :0 0
p. m. in th e A m erican L eg io n h all
in H erm isto n for th e p u rp o se of
ele c tin g seven d ire c to rs an d to
tra n s a c t such o th e r b u sin ess as m ay
be necessary.
HERMISTON. UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON. FEBRUARY 15, 1940.
YOUTH VERSUS AGE
TO FEATURE COURT
CONTESTS FRIDAY
T h e n im b len ess of y o u th v ersu s
th e stead in ess of age w ill be im p o rt
a n t facto rs in th e b a sk etb all do u ble-
h ead er scheduled for th e H e rm isto n
h ig h g y m n asiu m F rid ay n ig h t w hen
Coach R ay C ritch field w ill sen d h is
boys a g a in s t th e tow n team . T he
second gam e w ill see th e s tro n g A l
le n 's S p o rtin g G oods team of P e n
d leto n m ix in g it w ith th e H e rm is
to n T ow nies. T he firs t t i l t is sche
d u led to g et u n d erw ay a t
7 :0 0
o’clock.
T h e h ig h school-tow n team con
te st was a rra n g e d in o rd e r to keep
th e B ulldogs in fig h tin g tr im for
th e M ac-Hi gam e M onday n ig h t in
th e
s u b -d istric t
playoff.
Several
frie n d ly th r e a ts have been h u rled
am ong th e boys as to w h e th e r th e
p re se n t high school group is stro n g
en o u g h to w ith s ta n d th e ex p erience
o f th e older to w n team play ers.
A llen ’s S p o rtin g Goods te a m h as
been m a k in g q u ite a record in and
aro u n d P en d leto n d u rin g th e past
few m o n th s an d is expected to p ro
vide firs t class com petitio n .
Gene
P ierce, fo rm erly of H erm isto n , is a
m em ber of th e team .
A larg e crow d is expected to see
th e d o ubleheader.
A. BUHMANN
'THE POOR RICH'
TITLE OF PLAY
OF JUNIOR CLASS
WEATHER SHIVERY
FIFTY YEARS AGO
A mong o th e r a d v an ta g es in living
in m odern tim es is th e im provem ent
in w e a th e r co n d itio n s. A ccording
to C h a rle s B artholom ew of n ear
H erm isto n it w as ex actly 50 y ears
ago T uesday th a t th e te m p e ra tu re
dropped to 40 below o v e rn ig h t w ith
18 inches of snow on th e ground.
A lth o u g h th e th e rm o m e te r varied
some, it rem ain ed ex trem ely cold
u n til M arch 7.
Most of th e stock in the com m u
n ity died a t th a t tim e, it b ein g im
possible to provide a su ita b le sh e l
ter.
T he J u n io r class of H erm isto n u n
ion h ig h school w ill m ake its d r a
m atic d e b u t n ex t F rid a y . F e b ru a ry
23, p re s e n tin g “ T he P oor R ic h ," a
th re e -a c t farce by P risc illa W ay n e
and W ayne S prague. M em bers of th e
cast hav e been p ra c tic in g d ilig e n tly
d u rin g th e past w eeks. T his w ill be
th e f i r s t tim e th e new am p lify in g
system w ill be used in a public p er
form ance.
“ T he Poor R ich " c e n te rs aro u n d
the life o f th e C a rp e n te r fam ily, Sam
and S arah , and th e ir tw o sons; Tom
C arp en te r, played by B ill B elt, is
m arried to Louise, G eorgia L indner.
T hey prove to be an o rd in a ry young
couple.
At th e C a rp e n te r farm , S a ra h , a b
ly p o rtray ed by B a rb a ra Moore, and
Sam, in th e person of G ale F elth o u se
are a w a itin g th e re tu rn of th e ir son,
Bob (T om F ra s e r), an d h is fiancee,
Lela B riggs, played by S usan Knox.
Leia is th e d a u g h te r of J. H am ilto n
B riggs, a n iillio n n a lre .
L ucinda M organ, t h e
gossipy
neighbor, M abie R au ch , is su rp rised
at the effected a irs of th e C arp en te r
home. T he h ired m an, D avid H am m ,
as Ole L asson, is tran sp o sed in to the
valet, and N ora S m ith k ers, M arion
O tt or th e h ired g irl, becomes th e
victim in S a ra h ’s a tte m p t to im press
th e ritz y new d a u g h te r-in -la w .
T h in g s begin to h ap p en w hen Bob
an d L ela arriv e , an d J a k e (G ilb e rt
D y er), a frien d o f 30 y ears before,
a rriv e on th e scene,
WEATHER REMAINS
WARM DURING WEEK
No cold w e a th e r w as recorded in
th e H erm iston a rea d u rin g th e past
w eek, acco rd in g to C harles T aylor,
w e a th e r observer. A lth o u g h consid
e rab le snow w as rep o rted
in
th e
m o u n ta in s none h as fallen locally,
a lth o u g h a cold ra in fell a t in t e r
vals W ednesday. It is rep o rted th a t
th e snow d epth had reached 50 in c h
es a t Toll G ate W ednesday m o rn in g
w ith m ore fallin g .
T he w e a th e r re p o rt follow s:
F e b ru a ry - 8 ....... ....... 50 .. .. 38
F e b ru a ry 9
....... 53 .. .. 41
F e b ru a ry 10 ....... ....... 52 .. 44
F e b ru a ry 11 ....... ....... 55 .. .. 34
F e b ru a ry 12 ....... ....... 53 .. .. 23
F e b ru a ry 13 ....... ....... 51 - .. 40
F e b ru a ry 11 . . ....... 49 .. .. 37
A to ta l of .26 in. of p re c ip ita tio n
w as recorded.
A n o th er H erm isto n p ro je c t pio
n eer passed aw ay S u n d ay w h en A.
B u h m an n , 72, succum bed to a h e a rt
a tta c k a t his hom e w est of H e rm is
ton. Mr. B u h m an n had resid ed in
th is te rrito ry since 1919 a n d w as
well know n by old tim ers of th e p ro
ject.
H e w as bo rn O ctober 1, 1867, a t
Dixon, Cal., w h ere he m ade h is hom e
u n til 1895 w hen he moved to W asco.
In 1919 th e fam ily moved to H e r
m isto n w h ere th ey have m ade th e ir
hom e since. H e w as m arrie d to A n
n a M. H en rich s in 1895 an d to th is
u n io n w ere born six ch ild re n , th re e
of w hom su rv iv e :
L a u re n c e
an d
C laren ce of Z u rich , M ont., an d Mrs.
E ld a Im th u rn of L ew iston, Idaho.
Mrs. B u h m an n also survives.
F u n e ra l serv ices w ere h eld a t th e
H erm isto n U nion c h u rc h T u esd ay
w ith Rev. C. W a rn e r,
p asto r,
in
ch arg e. B u rial w as in W asco.
S a tisfa c tio n C ereal and S a tisfa c
tio n F lo u r a re th e nam es of tw o new
p ro d u cts w hich a re being placed in
local sto re s for
d is trib u tio n
th is
week. T he new p ro d u cts have been
m a n u fa c tu re d a t H eppner b u t it is
p lan n ed to move th e m ill h e re if
sales a re fav o rab le.
* W." M. C lark - of H erm isto n and
N eal K n ig h ten of H ep p n er a re spon
so rin g the sales here. An a d v e rtise
m ent te llin g of th e p ro d u cts ap p ears
elsew h ere in th is issue.
CROP AND FEED
LOANS AVAILABLE
REBEKAHS INSTALL
N E W O F F IC E R S
VOTERS URGED TO
REGISTER BEFORE
PRIMARY ELECTION
NEW PRODUCT IS
NOW ON MARKET
V oters w ho w ould oth erw ise be
elig ib le a re urged to re g iste r in o r
der th a t they may vote a t th e com
ing May p rim aries.
E ach election
year co n siderable confusion re su lts
by voters who w a it u n til th e last
m in u te to check up v o tin g q u a lifi
catio n s and find th a t th ey a re n o t
p ro p erly reg istered .
Q u o tin g from th e O regon B lue
Book: VoBing Q u a lific a tio n s— M ale
and fem ale c itizen s o f th e U nited
S ta te s of th e age of 21 y ears P re v
ious residence in th e sta te , six
m o n th s; in th e co u n ty , p re cin ct or
w ard, no specified tim e.
R e g is tra
tion is req u ired . V o ters c a n n o t re g
iste r a t th e polls on th e day of e le c t
ion, b u t m ust be re g iste re d a t least
30 d ay s p rio r to election.
R esid en ts of th e H erm isto n v ic in i
ty m ay re g is te r a t th e O regon H a rd
w are & Im p lem en t Co.
A t th e in s ta lla tio n of o fficers held
last T uesday, F e b ru a ry 6, th e fol
lo w in g w ere in s ta lle d : noble g ra n d ,
C ora M innick; vice g ra n d , Oda R a n
k in ; se c re ta ry , B e rth a N atio n ; r e
co rd in g se c retary , W an d a B ra c h e r;
tre a s u re r, O rrel H u g h es;
w arden,
M a rg a re t H o u g h to n ; R. S. to N. G.,
T h elm a H a rk e n rid e r; L. S. to N. G.,
B eulah Sim ons; R. S. to V. G., G la
dys H ale;
L. S. to V. G., A udra
Em m a
W h ite ;
inside
g u a rd ia n ,
A t a re cen t m eetin g of th e H e r
E d ith
Local Men Attend Oil School.
S tro h m ;
o utside g u a rd ia n .
V irg il W ilk es and E arl W atso n of Cable.
m iston G arden club th e z in n ia was
th e F arm B u reau C o o p erativ e S er
T he V alen tin e m o tif
w as used chosen as official flow er for H e r
vice S ta tio n of H erm isto n a tte n d e d d u rin g the luncheon w hich follow ed. m iston and v icin ity .
R esid en ts a re
a th ree-d ay m e etin g sponsored
by
asked to fe a tu re th e z in n ia in th e ir
th e P acific S u p p ly coo p erativ e. G en
g a rd e n s th is sp rin g . E ffo rts w ill be
P. T. A. ‘Meets Thursday
A re g u la r m eetin g of th e H erm is m ade to m ake H erm isto n th e Z in n ia
e ra l P etro leu m p ro d u cts, h eld
in
W alla W alla th e firs t of th e week. ton P a re n t-T e a c h e rs asso ciatio n w as City of Oregon.
L u b ric a tio n problem s for em ployees held T h u rsd a y (to n ig h t) In th e h ig h
A tten tio n has been called to th e
of u n its a ffilia te d w ith th e above school gym n asiu m . E n te rta in m e n t re cen t im provem ents m ade w ith th e
cooperative.
A h ig h lig h t o f the w as fu rn ish ed by th e e lem en tary bloom. More ad v a n c e m e n t has been
m eetin g w as a b an q u e t served in the school and consisted of m usical n u m noted in th e p ast th r e e y ears th a n
G ran d h otel.
bers and a one-act play.
had been m ade d u rin g th e preceding
20, and th e izn n la of to d ay is a
b e a u tifu l blossom.
F a rm e rs In th e H ^r;m iston a rea
in te re ste d in m ak in g cro p an d feed
lo an s fo r 1940 have been ask ed to
call a t th e o ffice of A ssista n t C oun
ty A g en t M. E. K n ick erb o ck er M on
day, F e b ru a ry 19. b e g in n in g a t 10
o ’clock. A fie ld su p erv iso r w ill be
p re se n t to aid in m ak in g th e loans.
Anytone w ish in g p re lim in a ry in
fo rm atio n m ay call a t th e office th is
w eek end.
Z IN N IA CHOSEN AS
OFFICIAL FLOWER
ANNUAL MEETING OF FARM BUREAU CO-OP.
REVEALS GAIN IN PROCESSED FEED FOR YEAR
T h e a n n u a l m eetin g of th e F arm
B u reau C o o p erativ e of H erm isto n
w as held F rid a y afte rn o o n in the
L egion h all w ith 4 2 m em bers of the
co o p erativ e p resen t. Y early records
of th e m ill an d serv ice sta tio n were
p resen ted by H en ry Som m erer and
V irg il W ilkes, m a n a g e rs resp ectiv e
ly.
T h e election of th re e d ire c to rs
w as held as follow s: A. C. H eyden
w as elected to fill th e p osition v aca
ted by H. J. B ean, re tire d in the
E cho d is tric t; J. Dell C h ristle y was
elected in D istric t 3 (S o u th C olum
b ia ) to ta k e th e place of J. H. Reid
w ho resig n ed because of personal
b u sin ess and ill h e a lth ; an d R alph
O. S ay lo r w as re-elected in th e B u t
te r C reek and M in n eh ah a d is tric t.
B oth Bean and R eid have held
th e ir p o sitio n s fo r some tim e and
have been in s tru m e n ta l in th e s te a
Rankins Make Week End Visit
Mr. and Mrs. H aro ld R an k in a t
tended th e P a c ific -W llla m e tte bas
k etb all gam e w hich w as played a t
H illsboro F rid ay n ig h t and also saw
the O regon S ta te-W ash In g to n S ta te
co n test a t C orvallis S a tu rd a y n ig h t.
T hey v isited th e ir sons F red and S tu
a r t w ho a re a tte n d in g P acific and
O regon S ta te respectively. Mr. and
Mrs. G eorge H a rk e n rid e r and Mr.
and Mrs. R alph R ic h a rd s saw th e
S atu rd ay n ig h t tilt. Mr. and Mrs.
R ankin co ntinued on to A sto ria and
visited Mr. an d Mrs. A ndrew Ja c o b
sen at A storia S unday and M onday.
dy g ro w th of th e concern.
T he follow ing a re som e of th e
s ta tis tic s presented by H en ry Som-
cerer co n cern in g th e o p e ra tio n s of
th e m ill and w arehouse d u rin g the
p ast y e a r: to ta l sales am o u n ted to
$194,636.64 w hile th a t of th e se r
vice sta tio n to ta lle d $37,155.41, or
a to ta l of $231,792.05.
As an exam ple of th e g ro w th of
th e m ill is th e follow ing: In 1937,
16 to n s of feed w ere processed per
d ay ; th is jum ped to 19 to n s in 1938
and In 1939, 26 to n s of feed w ere
processed per day. D u rin g th e y ear
1939. 7,750*4 to n s of feed
w ere
m an u fa c tu re d w hich included 1,350
to n s of tu rk e y feed and 1,112 tons
of p o u ltry feed. T h e to ta l to n n a g e
Is eq u al to 387*4 carloads.
C onsiderable e n th u s ia sm w as ex
pressed a t th e m e e tin g for th e fu
tu r e success of th e cooperatives.
Former Resident Passe».
Jo h n C am pbell, w ho fo rm erly lived
a h a lf m ile n o rth
of H erm iaton,
passed aw ay J a n u a r y 25 a t H arb o r,
Oregon. S u rv iv in g him a re his w i
dow, a son. F o rre st of Salem , an d a
d a u g h te r now re s id in g in New Y ork.
T h e fam ily left h ere ab o u t 12 years
ago.
NUMBER 28
THOMAS A. CAMPBELL
SUCCUMBS THURSDAY
TO HEART AILMENT
OLD TIM E PIONEER
LEADS BUSY LIFE
T hom as C am pbell, one of th e pio
neer c itiz e n s of H erm isto n , passed
aw ay a t St. A nthony h o sp ita l In P e n
d leto n T h u rsd a y m o rn in g a t 2 :3 0
o'clock, a fte r a sudden Ulneas of *
very few d ay s d u ra tio n . H is f u n e r a l
w ill be h eld a t P r a n n ’s F u n e ra l P a r
lors S a tu rd a y a t 1 :3 0 In th e a f t e r
noon an d th e body w ill be sh ip p ed
th a t afte rn o o n to P o rtla n d for c re
m atio n cerem onies.
Mr. C am pbell w as born a t W ayne,
111., A ugust 6, 1857. H e cam e w est
in 1878 a n d a rriv e d by bo at a t W a l
lu la from w h ere he w ent to S po
k an e co u n ty , w hich w as th e n on th e
fro n tie r. T h e re he located and m ade
fin a l proof on tw o g o v e rn m e n t
tr a c ts of land an d fa rm e d fo r sev
e ra l years. In 1884 he engaged In
th e m e rc a n tile business a t M edical
L ake, W n., w hich e n te rp rise he con
tin u e d u n til 1907 w hen he disposed
of th e business an d moved to S e attle,
In 1911 he cam e to H erm isto n an d
re-engaged in th e g e n e ra l m e rc h a n
dise u n til 1931. S ince th e n he has
lived on his farm n ear tow n an d op
e ra te d th re e places. H is h s a lth w as
u n u su a lly good a ll h is life u n til he
w as s tric k e n by a h e a rt a ilm e n t an d
soon a fte r su ffered a stro k e from
w hich he did not recover.
D ecem ber 28, 1881, he m a rrie d
K ate M. F a n c h e r, a m em ber of a
w ell know n fam ily of S pokane an d
Mr. and Mrs. C am pbell c ele b rated
th e ir 5 8 th w edding a n n iv e rs a ry la st
D ecem ber a t th e ir hom e h ere. Be
sides Mrs. C am pbell th e su rv iv o rs
a re a d a u g h te r, Mrs. M. D. Scroggs
of S u n n y sid e; Jo h n W . C am pbell of
P o rtla n d , an d T hom as C am pbell of
New Y ork c ity ; a siste r, Mrs. M ar
g a re t R eed of W est C hicago, 111.,
an d tw o g ra n d d a u g h te rs an d six
grandsons.
H e w as a m em ber of the M asonic
lodge of H erm isto n an d w as for
m any yeai’3 a c tiv e in th e C om m erc
ial club and a lib e ra l su p p o rte r of
all public e n te rp rise s. He w as alw ay s
considered as one of th e best a n d
most o u ts ta n d in g citiz e n s of th e
w est end of U m atilla co u n ty d u rin g
his 28 y ears of resid en ce here.
He belonged to th e p io n eer type
w hich is ra p id ly p assin g fro m th e
scenes of th e P acific N o rth w est. H e
cam e in to th e In lan d E m pire before
the a d v e n t of th e ra ilro a d s, located
and b ro u g h t in to c u ltiv a tio n a hom e
stead and preem ption claim , becam e
a pioneer m e rc h a n t in th e B ig B end
c o u n try of W ash in g to n an d cam e to
H erm iston w hen th e U m a tilla p ro
je c t w as b e in g firs t opened to s e t
tlem en t. D u rin g th e 62 y ears of his
life in th e N o rth w e st he saw m uch
developm ent an d c o n trib u te d w ith
in d u stry and public s p irit to w a rd
th a t progress.
MRS. VIRGINIA EVA WELLS
F u n e ra l serv ices for Mrs. V irg in ia
Eva W ells, 79, w ere held W ednes
day, F e b ru a ry 14, a t th e M ethodist
ch u rc h a t E cho w ith Rev. S te a rn s
C ush in g of H erm iston in ch arg e. A r
ra n g e m e n ts
w ere
in
c h arg e
of
P r a n n ’s F u n e ra l P a rlo rs.
Mrs. W ells w as born In New Y ork
s ta te S ep tem b er 23, 1860, an d cam e
to O regon in 1890, h o m estead in g a t
Echo. S he haB m ade fre q u e n t v isits
a t th e hom e df h e r son, S h erm an
W ells, in H erm isto n for th e p a st 11
years. T he W ells had visited h e r a t
E cho S u n d ay w hen she ap p eared to
be in good h e a lth .
S u rv iv in g a re a d a u g h te r,
Mrs.
E th el L ehm an of P o rtla n d , a son,
S herm an W eils of H e rm isto n , tw o
g ran d so n s, D onald an d D avid L eh
m an, and a g ra n d d a u g h te r, V irg in ia
W ells of H erm isto n .
Minstrel To Be Given at Boardman
A negro m in stre l w ill be p re s e n t
ed a t th e B oardm an high school by
th e m em bers an d frie n d s of th e
B oardm an P re s b y te ria n ch u rch . T he
tim e w ill be 8 :0 0 o'clock. T h e p ro
ceeds w ill go to help fin a n c e th e re
w irin g of th e ch u rch b u ild in g . T h e
prices are, fam ily tic k e ts 75c, a d u lts
25c an d c h ild re n , in c lu d in g h ig h
school stu d e n ts , 15c. Come and h elp
o u t a good cause.
adv.
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Sub-District Championship - Hermistonvs. Mac Hi Monday Night, 7:30 p.m.