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About The Hermiston herald. (Hermiston, Or.) 19??-1984 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1941)
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1941 PAGE FTV» THE H E R M IS TO N HERALD. HERMISTON. OREGON. ! Tuesday by Lola Wilson of Condon | who will take possession about the ; 27th. The former owners, Mrs. Etta By Mrs. Glenn Ostrom Schmidt and Mrs. E tta Tanner will follow other business interests. The Eastern Star held their regu- Miss Ina Gilbert spent from Wed > lar meeting Tuesday evening. During nesday till Sunday in Portland. Miss Joan Leslie spent the week the business meeting it was voted to end in La Grande where she was sponsor a 4-H club scholarship to be known as the Clara Corrigan scho bridesmaid for a wedding Friday. 7he ladies of the Community larship. The scholarship is to be church gave a silver tea Saturday , given to a local boy or girl. The high school student body re afternoon. Mrs. William Bloom and son visit cently purchased equipment for bad ée t Umatilla last week. Mrs. Bloom minton, ping pong, lawn croquet and is a former teacher tiere now living horse shoe, and a supply of tennis in Fairbanks, Alaska, and was called balls under the supervision of Mr. to Hermiston by the death of her Regele, the principal. mother. Mrs. Jack Kester returned from Mrs. John Kinney left Friday on Medford where she spent some time a t i p to Colorado and Oklahoma and visiting her mother who is ill. bxpects to be away for about a Mrs. O. P. Miller and Mrs. Fred moi th. Mr. Kinney's aunt, Mrs. Mullins of Pasco and Kennewick Fred Sands of Kennewick accompan spent Friday here visiting friends. ied her as far as Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Don Harryman and children Mr. and Mrs. Everett Tyrrell of of Kennewick returned to their home WaKa Walla visited at the Kinney Sunday after a few days visiting here home Tuesday. with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James The Oe Etta Cafe was purchased Byrnes. UMATILLA IKWS one of the Columbia cabins Mrs. George Williamson and Mrs. Otto Willis and daughter spent F ri day afternoon in Pasco visiting friends. Mrs. Max Graybeal has been ill i with the flu. Mrs. Mabel Shaw is visiting with her mother. Grandma McMartin while she has an infected hand. The high school Sunday Schoo class j met at the home of their leader, M rs., IN H E R M I S T O N Ervin Chapman Saturday evening' for a business meeting and social hour. Ray Chapman of Portland spent l Will Do All Types of Cabinet Work, General several days visiting his brother Er- ■ vin and family. Contracting or Building. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Gripp have purchased a new 1941 Chevrolet! Coupe. Miss Mildred Conlon, who is em ployed in Salem, spent from Satur-I Phone 2962 day till Tuesday visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Conlon. Mrs. Bertha Cherry spent Friday in Heppner visiting at the home of her son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Miss Naomi Brownell of Portland Cherry. spent from Saturday till Tuesday HO M E INTERESTS visiting at the home of her sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Chap CONFERENCE BEING man. She accompanied her uncle HELD FEB. 25 TO 28 Ray Graybeal as fa r as here. Olaf Stangeby of Seattle was a business visitor here two days last Umatilla county women are now week. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Newman and attending the eleventh Annual three children of Walla Walla I Conference for the study of home in stopped at the home of her brother, terests held at Oregon State college. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Ostrom and son, Friday en route to Chehalis where February 25 through the 28. There they will meet representative women he is employed. Many local people attended the 1 from most of the counties of the basketball game tournament at A r state, according to Miss Frances lington. Umatilla lost to St. Marys of The Dalles and were put out of Clinton, home demonstration agent of , Umatilla county. the tourney. Miss Leta Meyers, who has been The conference will open with a in the hospital in Pendleton for two dinner in the Memorial Union. Gov weeks returned to her home n Ken ernor Sprague will speak on “The newick Sunday. Miss Louise Jackson is working Family as a Social Unit.” Following for Mrs. Pat Murphy for some time. the dinner a concert by the Glee and Mr. Murphey’s mother returned to Madrigal clubs, a chorus of 190 voic her home in Portland. Dixie Brown, niece of Mr. and Mrs. es, accompanied by a fifty-piece o r M. Martin, received a badly cut foot chestra will be presented. As a con Friday afternoon while riding on her cluding number, the chorus will sing, bicycle. “ Ballad for Americans.” A rt Rieley, vice president of the The program of the next three Willamette Dredge Co. and Gene Carr and S. Meyers of Portland came days is also filled with outstanding Friday to take their dredge which features. Forty-five speakers will has been stationed here for a week, participate in the program, many of down the Columbia to Willamette. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Reed of Port them of international note. E. Stan land are making their home at the ley Jones will speak on “The P art of Texaco cabins while Mr. Reed is em Religion in International A ffairs.” ployed on the building of the new Dr. E. Neige Todhunter, associate tank for Standard Oil Co. professor of nutrition, Washington Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Norstram of Portland stayed at the Texaco cab State college, Pullman, will discuss ins two days last week while Nors “Sources of Vitamins from Food ver tram conducted business here. He is sus Concentrates.” John T. Reis- one of the officials of the Asbury mer, executive secretary of rural Transportation company. Mrs. J. B. Springer entertained missions, will address the conference the 500 club at her home last Wed on the subject “Is a Christian Rural Civilization Possible?” At Friday’s nesday afternoon. Donna Smith has returned to the luncheon Senator Dorothy McCul home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. lough Lee will speak, on “Women’s Howard Smith after a few days visit < at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. P art in Government.’’ Alma Bowman in Arlington. Besides many other speakers of Betty McKenzie came home Tues note, many recreational features are day from Pendleton where she has been employed at the St. Anthony’s on the program. A three-act play hospital where she will go to Port entitled, "The Ready-Made Family” land with Mrs. Switzler the last of under the direction of Mrs. Bess the week and get Bill who is receiv Brown, will be presented from Clack ing medical attention and is able to amas county on Wednesday evening. come home. Miss McKenzie will be A fashion shop depicting new spring his nurse here for several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Miller and models will be staged by one of the children, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Schmidt larger Portland stores. and Don Harryman all of Kennewick According to Miss Clinton the con spent Sunday here visiting. Mrs. ference will be filled with both edu Harryman and children who had been here for a few days returned with cational and recreational features. the Schmidts and Harrymans. A farewell party was given by the TR O U T SEASON C. E. Monday night at the home of Miss Orion Wattenburg for Mrs. V. OPENS M A Y 3 D. Bramer. Tuesday afternoon a community party was held in the community hall for her with about Steelhead fishing will be legal 30 ladies present. A gift was given Mrs. Bramer. The Bramers are leav throughout the year in Umatilla ing Wednesday for La Grande to county under regulations announced make their future home. Mrs. B ra by the Oregon State Game Commis mer will be greatly missed as she was very active in the chyrch and social sion. At its February meeting the Electric block signals . . . the "traffic lights” of the great life, and has operated the Bunella commission closed the north fork of lilroad systems . . . speed millions of tons of national defense Beauty shop for three years. the Walla Walla river to angling this materials safely over the rails every minute of the day and night year. The fishing season in Uma These signals must not fail! Troops, munitions and supplies tilla county opens May 3 and closes OUT OF TOWN oust move on schedule! on November 1. This same season PRINTERS PAY That is why railroad managers are happy that their electric will be in effect in 10 other Eastern service comes from the vast interconnected grid of private NO TAXES HERE Oregon counties. power systems . . . instead of from small, isolated power plant, LET US DO YOUR In the remaining portion of the •erving hut one city or county. VI • PRINTING state the general fishing season wilt PO W ER G R ID H ELPS ALL INDUSTRY! HERMISTON HERALD extend from April 12 to October 15. Supplying dependable electric service to railroad signals is but one example of the important part the power grid plays in national defense. All along the 42,000 miles of electrically controlled tracks new factories are springing up, established plants are working overtime on defense orders. These indus tries, whether large or small, are getting all the electric power they need, when they need it. The network of transmission lines can bring power from many different sources to supply the abnormal needs of any area. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. McNabb and Diane, Mrs. Pete McNabb, Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Stephens, Cecilia Beyler and Mrs. Oliver spent Friday in Pendleton. Virgil Jordon returned Saturday to his home in Nyssa, Idaho, after spendng a few days here visiting at the homes of his aunts, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Johnson, and Mr. and Mrs. Max Graybeal. Andy Baldwin, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Reed, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Ostrom and A1 Moran attended the smoker in Heppner Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lawson re ceived word that they were to be moved to Portland. The Lawsons have made their home here for sev eral months. Both Irrigon and Umatilla teams were asked to enter In the Y.M.C.A. grade tournament in Walla Walla this week. Umatilla drew a by for Monday so will play their first game Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Walt Lathum, who have been living in Hermiston the past year and half, have moved into n o u n c in g Î A N e w C arpentry Shop R. G. G a rre tt POOLING of Power Systems means dependable electric service EVERYWHERE! 1)1 II (I 11 Weird and Wonderful WE HAVE 3 TIM ES PO U ER O k AXIS! Because private power systems have always built ahead of actual demand, there is plenty of reserve capacity for use in national defense. America today has four and one-half times the electric generating capacity it had in 1917 . . . or three times as much power as Germany and Italy combined. PRIVATE CAPITAL BUILT 90% t lit« ID O V » » . . ______ _____________________ ___ ___________ mission Ha» •inc* ‘«.d h” incr‘* „ •* po’ *r Private capital—and the American spirit of free enterprise— has built more than 90% of these extensive power facilities . . . without subsidy from the public treasury. Only 5% of the na tion’s power has been created by municipal systems, only 5% by the federal government. PRIVATE POWER SYSTEMS ARE READY NOW WITH ABUNDANT, DEPENDABLE POWER ... there it no need to divert one dollar o f Public fund» from the building o f planet, tank*, gun», »hip»! P acific P ower & L ight C ompany 3 0 Years s i Public Service A fairyland in vivid colorings best describes the spectacle of Bryce Canyon National Park In southern Utah. Bryce is a huge bowl-shaped canyon filled with countless rock formations tinted in every shade of the rainbow. This is on« of the most unusual of our national parks. —.uataa Pmi. pbaia
