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PAGE 8IX THE H E R M IS T O N HERALD HERM ISTON, OREGON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, •»•eeeooeoeeeeeoeeeeeeoeeeooeeeeeeeoeeeeeeooooeeoo w The Hermiston Herald Published Every Thursday at Hermiston, Umatilla County, Oregon. Alfred Quiring and Leander Quiring, Publishers. Entered at the post office at Hermiston as Second Class Matter, Dec. 1906, Umatilla County, Oregon. Subscription Rates One Y ear......................................... $2.00 Six Months ..................................... 1.00 Three Months .................................. .50 Payable in Advance Office Telephone ......................... . 2051 Residence Telephone ................... . 2333 -- ---- ec W I L .3 O N IL L Y A R D L E Y po k ed a RESH snow crunched un ick W r ig h t’s s h o e s last. Across the tiny cabin F d as e r he D stom ped into the waiting Jim was snoozing quietly, his room. Old P eter was still there, s t i l l m in d in g h is t e l e g r a p h key as he had when Dick was a boy. But now it was C hrist m a s ; now D ic k w a s h o m e 0 R E g 1 o (N S'? (PER P ublish E R'S/ 4 -S -S 0 (; I A T I 0 N NEW OFFICERS TAKE CHARGE OF WESTLAND GRANGE New officers of the Westland Grange, headed by A. E. Rugg, Mas ter, presided for the first time at the last regular meeting, and held a short and snappy business session which was featured by a talk by H. J. Ott, of the Columbia Grange, on the pro posed P.U.D. It was voted to cancel the next regular meeting, as it would fall on the 26th of December, so the next meeting will be Thursday, Jan uary 9. Committee chairmen for the com ing year as announced by Worthy Master Rugg, include: Home Econo mics, Mabel Corliss: Legislative, Floyd Laird: Cooperative, Guy Shaw: and Agriculture, Don Sherwood. Fol- lowing the meeting refreshments were server!. SENIOR CLASS PLAY SET FOR MARCH 7 (From the Bulldog) Members of the senior class have ' been torn between two excellent plays for their spring production, namely “Second-Fiddle” and Auronia Rou- verol’s “Young April”, which is a se quel to “Growing Pains.” This play, it will be remembered, was presented by the class of ’37. At the present time the majority seem to be leaning toward “Second- Fiddle”, a three-act comedy that pro mises to be a riot. The date set for the play is March 7, and will be under the direction of Miss Lavina May Lynch. from the city, a successful young architect. As he walked up to old Peter’s grilled ticket window, Dick recalled tiie last time he stood in this station. Two and a half years ago, it was, the day after Jean had left for New York in search of a career. “Just can’t stand Marysville,” she had told him. “You’ll understand, Dick, won’t you?” He had forgotten as best he could. Nothing in Marysville for him then, either. There had been a quick de cision, a closing of half-open doors, a tearful good-by to his parents and then—off to the city. It was odd how a blow like that could give a fellow determination. Today, just 30 months later, he was coming back home with a career already carved out. Old Pete looked up from his sheaf of tram orders. “Well, Richard!” he cried. “Glad to see you, boy, and a Merry Christ mas! Your folks know you're corn in’?” “ Merry Christmas to you, Pete!” Dick answered. It was nice, at that, to see a familiar face. “Mind if I use your ’phone? I caught an early train and Dad wasn’t expect ing me until tonight.” A few minutes later the old fam ily car was carrying him home. His Dad looked older, and a mite wor- 940 TO OUR FRIENDS At this Yuletide season we are happy to again send our greet ings. Happiness and Good Cheer is our wish to you. AND HAPPY NEW YEAR IS OUR WISH Ruby’s Beauty Shop Hermiston Co-op. 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PSNDLSTON, OREGON tentative eye outside his B blanket. It was daylight, at “Heard from Jean, son?” he asked. m e a s u r e d b r e a t h a lm o s t drowned by the roaring wind outside. B ill’s e y e s s u r v e y e d th e cabin with its old stove and r i c k e t y f u r n i t u r e . Cozy enough, perhaps, but this was no w a y to s p e n d a n e n ti r e winter, even for the sake of geo graphical accuracy. Several hun dred miles to the south, in Winnipeg, the government office was waiting for early spring; when Bill and Jim could finish their surveying assign ment and bring back a report. < ... The pilot dumped overboard a huge bundle. Ahead, meanwhile, were two months of this maddening snowbound si lence. Bill’s glance drifted to the calen dar. Suddenly he caught his breath— “Jim !” he shrieked. “Wake up! Wake up! Do you know what day this is?” Jim groaned, stirred a bit, and answered sleepily. “Tuesday, ain’t it? And so what?” “Jim! It’s Christmas Eve!” A few minutes later they found themselves staring blankly out the window, almost wishing they’d nev er discovered it was Christmas, It was kind of childish to let on that you cared, Bill thought. So he put on his parka and headed for the door. “Let’s forget it, Jim ,” he advised. " I’m going to look at our traps and get some fresh air. Be back soon!” It was no picnic, trudging through knee-deep drifts for two hours. To make it worse, the traps were all empty. Even the animals were stay ing inside in this weather. “Wonder if they’ll miss Christmas, too?” he mused as he neared the cabin. Suddenly he heard a faint hum in the sky. It grew nearer. Unmis takably a motor—an airplane! Bill raced for the cabin door. “A plane, Jim !” he cried. “Get some black smoke going up the chimney!” Then he raced out to the clearing. The pilot saw him gesticulating wildly, or else he saw the fresh black smoke over the cabin. The big ship circled, flew off to the north, turned and came back, flying low. Over the clearing it almost stalled as the pilot dumped overboard a huge bundle that plummeted into the snow almost at Bill’s feet. Then he waved and sped avyay. They got it inside, somehow, though they wanted to open the bun dle right where it landed. Once the rope was tom loose an oilskin pouch flew out. A note was inside. From the boss: “In case you boys have forgot ten,” it read, "tomorrow’s Christ mas, Herewith the makings, includ ing some presents your families asked us to send along.” Bill and Jim looked at each oth er, then they cheered. “Merry Christmas?” asked Bill. “Why, it’s the best ever! Wait’ll you taste this turkey!!” ried. Something was on his mind. “Heard from Jean, son?” lie final ly asked. “No, Pop,” he answered truthful ly. The house loomed up ahead now. “Why do you ask?” “Oh, just wonderin’, son, that’s all. Forget it. There’s Mother wav in’ at us up yonder!” But Dick couldn’t forget it. Marys ville and Jean were like ham and eggs. He thought about her when he stopped at the drugstore that night— they used to drink sodas there. Maybe Dick was looking for more of those memories next morning when he started out alone on skis for Murray’s hill. They used to play there in the winter, he and Jean. “Forget it, you imbecile!” he snapped at himself. “That’s a closed chapter in your life!” It was a couple of hours later that he saw her. Skiing down Murray’s hill for the last time he rounded Horseshoe bend to find Jean direct ly in his path! There was a shriek, a thud, and theft four feet sticking out of a snowdrift. “Jean!" he cried, unstrapping his skis and running to help her. “Are you hurt?” It was rather unromantic, per (Released by Western Newspaper Union., haps, pulling her out feet first. But she laughed at him and fell down 53 Sundays in Year again, pulling him after her. According to the Gregorian cal “You're going to get your face endar, every year has 53 days of the washed for that, Mr. Wright," she one it begins on. Generally speak cried. ing, the year contains 53 Sundays He came up sputtering to find her every five or six years. This oc suddenly serious. curred in 1928, 1933, 1939, and again “Dick dear,” she said, "I was in 1944, 1950, 1956, 1961, 1967, wrong. Mother wrote that you'd be etc. The United States naval ob home for Christmas and—well, I servatory points out that in any con had to come too. It's you and tinuous sbries of 28 years, five have Marysville that I want, not New 53 Sundays, unless the series in York, This morning when I saw cludes a year whose number ends you going past our house, I some in two ciphers without its being a how knew that I should go with you. leap year, as in 1700, 1800, 1900. Not just today, Dick, but always!” When leap year begins on Saturday, It was like ham and eggs, Dick two of the six-year periods fall con thought, only the next day was secutively.—Philadelphia Inquirer. Christrrms—and Christmas meant turkey! Old-Time New Year Serious < Released by Western Newspaper Union) Oldttme New England was serious on New Year’s, as witness the t tie I Beginning of the New Year Various dates were used in differ of a book published there in the year ent countries, for the beginning of a of 1702 by one Richard Standfast: year, but America followed the Eng “A New Year’s Gift for Fainting lish custom of using the date of Souls, or, a little handful of cordial most early Christian countries_ comforts scattered through several about the beginning of the ecclesi answers to 16 questions and objec As also doubting Christians astical year. The Gregorian calen tions: dar, establishing January 1 as the invited to Christ.” beginning of the year, was adopt Chines* New Year's Greeting ed by England and her colonies in The Chinese New Year’s greeting 1711. id ”»u-ht.” or “May jov be voure.” FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF HERMISTON F. B SWAYZE, President Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ft SUOliT l<MO 3 We count it a p: :vih»ge to be able to again extend our Christm as wishes to the many friends we have made in this community, for in friendships we find the worth-while things in life. S A Y L O R ’S 19 BEST WISHES '40 fo r C h ris tm a s -1 i m e F4, Charles Dickens wrote: “I have always thought of Christmastime as a good time, a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time.” That expresses our idea of Christmas better than any words we might write. Dr. A. E. 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