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THE H E R M IS T O N HERALD
HERM ISTON, OREGON
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19,
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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.
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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
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C h ris tm a s -1 i m e
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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. Marble
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