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NEWS FROM YOUR I OWN STATE & COUNTY r/ a COLUMBIA NEWS By Mrs. Bob Woodward e.ïmL$ton -j-/ataLdL OFFICIAL UMATILLA COUNTY PAPER VOLUME X X X IV . HERM ISTON. UM A TILLA COUN 1, OREOON. A P R IL 3, 1941. NUM BER 3 J The chicken dinner given by the POLICE ENFORCE F. B. A. ladies at the club house last TOUCHET TO PLAY Thursday was well attended and net ted a sum of $4 7.40, p art of which TRAFFIC RULES BULLDOGS FRIDAY will make up the 4-H scholarship sponsored by the auxiliary and the The city police court is now func balance to go into the fund for in Coach Critchfield’s Hermiston high tioning with all violations of city or stalling a water system in the club Bulldogs will meet Touchet high dinances cited to Judge Charles Tay hcuse. school on the local baseball diamond lor. Main street parking lines have , A card party sponsored by the Col umbia Grange Home Economics club Friday afternoon at 2:30. The visi been painted as well as non-parking i was well attended at the Columbia M ILTO N SPONSORS tors are reported to be a strong ag PROGRAM FEATURES zones. City police have been instruct- j club looms Saturday evening, the gregation and no doubt will make the ed to more strictly regulate traffic ( prize of an I.E.S. lamp going to Mrs. HERMISTON GROUP going tough for the locals. on Main street, both as to speed and I GIRLS' GLEE CLUB Jack Allen and an electric toaster to Mrs. Hooker. The Bulldogs travel to Athena Steps for the organization of a Ro parking. Verne Dunham of Elgin spent the tary club in Hermiston were taken Tuesday afternoon. The third annual Spring Music It has been suggested th at time j past several days at the Eugene Wednesday noon by a group of 18 Varieties, presented by the girls’ glee parking limits may soon be set by the .Dunham home. clubs under the direction of Misa JUSTICE COURT IN Mrs. Lester Colpitts of Reith and business and professional men who city council in order to further re Gwendolyn Ross, will be presented in Jim Chetwood of Wallowa visited met in the basement of the Methodist lieve the congestion in this area. HERMISTON THRIVES the high school gym at 8:00 o'clock Sunday at the home of their mother, church with R. V. “Nig” Borleske, Mrs. Elmer Ryland. Mrs. Rodney district governor. This action unites on April 4. The admission will be, G arrett, another daughter of Mrs. Hermiston with more than 4,400 cit HERMISTON WINS children, 10c: high school, 25c; and Keeping in step with new develop Ryland, who has been visiting here ments In and around Hermiston, the adults, 35c. Phyllis Sires will act as from Enterprise, left Sunday with ies all over the world where Rotary COUNTY GOLF CUP I local justice court has been doing a accompanist for the musical program h tr husband who was returning from clubs have come to play a leading a trip to Klamath Falls. part in the progress and develop j thriving business the past week. presented in three scenes. Hermiston divot diggers made it I Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Russell and [ ment of the life of the community. Scene one is a one-act operetta, News of the court will be published two in a row at Pendleton when they Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Tempany and The new club is sponsored by the again won the county tournament, in the Herald from week to week in “The Ladies Aid”, a satire of an old- family, all of Walla Walla, were vis ; order that friends might know what fashioned small-town Ladies Aid itors at the F. R. Moore home Sun Rotary club of Milton. Rotary has thereby winning a second leg on the day. been brought to our city through the Pendleton Chamber of Commerce meeting. The characters are as fol their neighbors are doing. Misses Dorothy Knox and Florence friendly feeling of Rotarians of the I trophy. Hermiston needs but one On this week's blotter were the lows : Kowitz were Sunday evening dinner j .Milton club for fellow business and Mrs. Hydrogen—Ethel Clarke. I following: Bob Templeton, improper more win to gain permanent posses-1 guests at the b. E. Getchell home. professional acquaintances in our sion of the cup. Mrs. Howe D. Dugh Mabel Rauch 1 angling methods, $25.00 and costs: Miss Bessie Hammer, superintend-. Miss Huntaman—Mae McGee J. E. Paxton, failing to stop on en ent ot nurses at the State Tubercu-1 city. Hermiston’s team score was 802, | tering highway, $2.50 and costs; R.i Mrs. Stout—-Beryl Hunter iosis Hospital in Salem, arrived Sun- i Rotary clubs in nearby cities are with Athena a close second with 804. day for a visit at the home of her ! those in Milton, Walla Walla and Echo scored 845 and Pilot Rock was B. Mitchell, failing to stop a t stop j Mrs. Featherbrain, B. Follett parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Ham Pendleton. sign, $2,50 an costs: Orel A. Chap-j Mrs. Snappy—Phyllis Sires a man short so the score did not i mer. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Neill and One of the distinctive features of Mrs. Tuffles— Anne Peterson man, more than three in front seat, count. daughter Peggy, and Mr. and Mrs. $3.00. Mrs. Everpest—Ellamae Casper Carl Hammer were also dinner guests the Rotary club is that its members [ Low net for outside players went at the Hammer home Sunday. Pineapple, her daughter— S. Knox are welcomed at every other Rotary [ Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Hutchison and club in the world, and the constant to Eddie Bensel of the Hermiston Miss Dippy—Mary Hazen SERVICES PLANNED team with an 85, minus a 16 handi infant daughter of Pendleton visited interchange of these visits between Polly, the maid— Frances Follett cap. He was awarded a cup for his Sunday a t the Baxter Hutchison Mrs. Tombstone— Doris Follett business men of different cities tends efforts. The day was ideal for play 1 Pictured above is Bobby Hayes of FOR GOOD FRIDAY home. ❖ ❖ ❖ Mr. and Mrs. Guy Cronk, accom to break down any feeling of pro and a total of 89 contestants were out Boise, Idaho, who will meet Sammy panied by Mr. and Mrs. Orville Ven vincialism and rivarly, and to build for the day. Scene two is presented as “Waltz The churches of Hermiston will .McCracken in the semi-windup of the erable of Athena were Sunday even a spirit of good will and cooperative The team will journey to Pasco again unite in their annual Good F ri Time” and is the one serious scene of ing guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Udey. friendship to the advantage of all fight card to be held in Hermiston, John Miller and the Misses Florence day service. It will be held in the the program, featuring the girls in Sunday for an inter-city match. Tuesday, April 15. The boys have Baptist church on Friday, April 11, formats under an array of changing Kewitz and Dorothy Knox were af cities. colored lights. The waltzes presented ternoon callers at the Udey home. Those present a t the meeting Wed fought two previous draws. at 12:10 noon. On Tuesday Mrs. Lester Hammer nesday when it was decided to form SUNRISE SERVICES in the scene are as follows: The main event will feature Irish The speaker of the occasion will and Teddy, Mrs. Carl Hammer and Wonderful One—Glee Club a Rotary club in Hermiston and seek Carol and Dick, and Miss Bessie John Taylor of Oakland, Calif., and be the Rev. Stearns Cushing Jr. of PLANNED HERE Two Hearts—Glee Club admission to membership in Rotary » — ——— Hammer visited Mr. and Mrs. Fred P. J. Lewis, sensational negro fighter the Methodist church who will speak While Hearts Are Singing— Mabel Johnson in the mountains near Al International, the central organiza A committee met Monday evening. of Boise. These two scrappers re on the subject “The Cross and To bee. Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. L. Ham tion of which all clubs are members, a t the Rev. C. W arner home to make Rauch cently fought a 15-round thriller in day”. mer are sisters. Chimes of Spring—Sextet were: Dr. F. B. Belt, president; W. plans for Easter Sunrise services t o ! Boise and are anxious to settle their Special music will be provided to Mrs. George Norton of Milton and Kiss Me Again— Ethel Clarke Mrs. Albert Shaw and son Bob of W. Felthouse, vice president: W. be held at 5:15 a. m. The commit difficulties. give an appropriate atmosphere for Sweethearts—Glee Club Walla Walla were guests at the H Kirchner, secretary-treasurer; Lean tee consisted of young people from the service. The entire service is be Wooden Shoes—Glee Club C. McCulley home Sunday. The lad- der Quiring, M. E. Knickerbocker, the Methodist and Christian churches.[ Numerous preliminaries are being lined up. ing planned to be over in 45 minutes 1« are sisters of Mr. McCulley \\ altzing in the Clouds—Johanna George Harkenrider, Harold Rankin, A schedule was made out for the en so that people can get back to work Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McMullen were ; f " i- Ca. -yr , Munday callers at the F. R Moore board members: Stearns Cushing Jr., j tire services which will be announced on time. Mrs. Oscar Payne Passes Love’s Own Sweet Song—,Sextet home. Pay Critchfield, Harold K. Dean, W. completely next week. An open invitation is extended to You Are Free—Mary Hazen z Joyce McCulley spent a few days M. Pearson, Dan T. Gray Jr., W. G. The services will be open to the \\ ord was received here this morn everyone to partake in this service tr s week in Hermiston with Mol'lv Kersbergen, John A. Clarke, Dr. W. public. Auf Wledersehn—Glee Club I ing of the death of Mrs. Oscar Payne which is sponsored by the West End Ar.n Ripley while Mrs. Riplev made In Shadowland—Glee Club L. Morgan, C. L. Hodge, L. A .. of Salem. Rev. Payne was former Umatilla County Ministerial asso a "rip to Portland. LOCAL LIBRARY ly pastor of the local Methodist ciation. Dale Woodward is spending the i Moore and E. D. Martin. On the Radio,” the third scene Is week at the Instone ranch near Lena ' These men, each representing a church. Funeral services will be piesented as a Radio Broadcast fea going last Saturday with his aunt? different classification of business or i OPEN EVENINGS held Saturday at 10:00 a. m. Rev. COMMERCIAL CLUB turing station W-l-N-D and the theme Mrs. W. H. Instone, who with her! Payne is a brother of Harvey Payne daughter Constance had spent the profession, were brought together to song of various programs and enter day here on business and visiting at be the nucleus of a complete “cross- i Mrs. R. A. Brownson, librarian at of Hermiston. Besides her husband, TO MEET TUESDAY tainers on the air. Bill Belt wrote the the Sherman Wells home. section” of the economic life of the the Hermiston library, stated Wed Mrs. Payne leaves five children, Bet dialogue for the program and David Mrs. Grace Foster and son Mark community. nesday that hereafter the library will ty, Bob, Mary Lou, Charlene and Le were guests of the Rand family at A regular meeting of the Hermis Hamm win act as announcer. The The new club will have its regular ! be open each Monday and Thursday land. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Payne Irrigon Sunday. ton Commercial club will be held theme song is composed by Mr. G. C. weekly meetings each Monday noon, i will go to Salem for the funeral. evening from 7:00 to 9:00 o’clock. Bert Michel painted the roof of Tuesday evening in the Odd Fellows Humphreys and is entitled, “The the new Caldwell cottage last week. It has been the Rotary custom ever This schedule will go into effect to hall with the Rebekahs serving the Broadcast.” Following is the pro. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Woodward went since the first Rotary club was found night, April 3. RECREATION SOUGHT dinner. President George Harken gram: to Umatilla Sunday to make arrange ed in Chicago in 1905 to have week The change of hours has been ments for the care of their orchard The Broadcast— Sextet rider stated Wednesday that efforts FOR IDLE WORKERS during the coming season. They re ly meetings where the members might made to accommodate the many new Give Me A Moment, Please— Theme were being made to arrange an in develop and strengthen a spirit of ! comers in Hermiston, many of whom port that there are prospects of a teresting program. song of Rubinoff, Bill Penney. fa ir fruit crop, the severe late frosts fellowship and mutual helpfulness,, are employed during the day a t the With the increasing population of Sleep—Theme song of Fred W ar A list of paid up members will be seeming not to have done much dam and engage in an informative discus-! various offices and at the site of the the community the problems of rec age as expected. ing, Glee Club read during the meeting. sion on some topic of general Inter- ; L matllla Ordnance Depot. reation become more difficult. To Mrs. Carson was a dinner guest est, usually presented by a qualified j Moonlight and Roses— Theme song alleviate this condition Rev. Stearns Sunday at the home of her daughter of Lanny Ross, Glee Club speaker. Mrs. Henry Sommerer. ENDEAVORERS HOLD Cushing Jr. of the Methodist church P. P. & L . INSTALLS Your Eyes Have Told Me So— Mr. Tanner was emploed at the spent Monday in Portland conferlng NEW EQUIPMENT Theme song of Murine program, Obristley place Tuesday. CONVENTION RALLY - PERSONALS with church officials about securing Miss Bessie Hammer, accompanied Mary Hazen financial aid to establish a recrea by her nieces the Misses Gloria, Lou Pacific Power & Light company The Waltz You Saved for Me— A Christian Endeavor pre-conven tional center. ise, V iola and Rosalie Hammer will | Members of the Central Church of Wayne King’s theme song, the leave Friday morning on an exten-! Christ 90 & 9 class aided J. R. Hard- j tion rally of Morrow and Umatilla A plan has been submitted which will install a large-type voltage reg Follett Trio, Barbara, Doris sive trip which will include visits to ing with his spring work on the counties was held at the Presbyterian calls for the construction of a build ulator at its substation here to im Fort Lewis, Tacoma and Seattle, and i and Frances prove service to customers on the to Vancouver, B. C. where they will farm \\ ednesday. The ladies of the church in L matilla last Friday night. ing to house ping-pong tables, Chi system it acquired from Hermiston Isle of Golden Dreams—Tht -ins Rev. K. C. Hendricks, pastor of the i nese checker tables, and similar l«e met b.v Miss Hazel Griffith, friend church prepared a dinner. Mr. Hard song of the Hour of Charm, f Miss Bessie Hammer, who will re ing has been in ill health in recent Christian church at Milton, gave the games and work tables for hobby Light * Power company last Septem ber, according to John A. Clarke, lo the Follett Trio turn with them to Tacoma. address. Miss Lois Messenger of groups. months. Mr. and Mrs. John Graves took a (Continued on last page) cal manager for the Pacific compa Stanfield was Mistress of Ceremon There is also the possibility of Dorothy Pierson, daughter of Mr. ‘ruckload of steers to Portland Sun ny. ies. getting a recreational director who day, returning Monday evening. ' and Mrs. K. D. Pierson, has been in installation of the new equipment They also visited Mr. Graves’ folks bed this week due to illness. would divide his time between Her here is part of the program of sys TW IN CALVES ARE Tennis Team H ' ik s And Loses living near Portland. miston and Pendleton to look after The Ladies’ Aid of the Methodist Mrs. A. H. Cable, Mrs. W. A. The Hermiston high school tennis this matter. This is part of the tem rehabilitation and service im WELCOME GUESTS Mikesell and Mrs. Daisy Mikesell church met for its monthly business team won two matches and lost three provement the Pacific company in ■ade a trip to Walla Walla Friday. meeting at the church Wednesday, at Heppner Wednesday afternoon. church’s program of giving help to augurated on acquiring the property. those in National Defense work. Doris, small daughter of Mr. and April 2. Voltage tests and load surveys have Mr. and Mrs. Jess Myrick of the Mrs. Dave Dufur, has been quite ill Mrs. Pearl Straw of San Diego, been under way here since last fall. Columbia district, prominent Here w th an attack of flu this week. Cal., who has been visiting her Prom a construction budget total ford breeders, received a pleasant daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. ing $791,224 for 1941, Pacific Pow surprise recently when Panama Lass, TOWNSEND CLUB Joe Neary at Caldwell, Idaho, a r er X- Light company will spend $300,- prized Hen ford cow, presented them NEWS rived in Hermiston Saturday to OOo building new distribution lines with twin calves, both being bulls« By Mrs. Joe Udey spend the week with Mrs. Georgia and extensions from existing facili- The dam is one of the finest in the Henderson. In observance of the eighth anni I ties in the territory it serves, said Myrick herd and comes from show Notice On the 11th of April the Miss Edith Clarke, who recently versary of the Civilian Conservation camp, a more extensive exhibit of en Clarke. stock. T. wnsend club meeting will be at the spent the spring vacation here with rollee work and training activities is Corps, Camp SCS O-S at Stanfield Provision for the new voltage reg- Besides specializing in the Here Columbia hall, the change was made her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. being arranged, including many work is planning an “open house” event ' ulator at Hermiston appears in a ford cattle business, Mr. Myrick also because of the Legion hall being Clarke, was a speaker last week at on April 6, from 1:00 to 5:00 p. m. ing models. Other features also are i 121 1,224 allocation for system-wide! owns one of the only thoroughbred used for the government’s draft a meeting of the Northwest Division that will give citizens of the sur scheduled, with the intent of giving property improvements. The compa- stallions in eastern Oregon. room. This will be a social night of the American Health association rounding territory another favorable everyone attending a thorough ac i ny will also spend $130,000 for re- "d everyone is invited to come and 1 in Portland. She discussed mixed opportunity to “see for themselves” quaintance with the objectives and j -(instruction of various distribution j -a r the program put on by the pro recreation in Physical Education in BOWLING ALLEY how enrollees are trained for useful the accomplishments of the local CCC | lines in the territory it serves. gram committee, and also the guess- junior high schools. She now is an living, and how they have contribut and Soil Conservation Service orga TO OPEN MONDAY 'g games. There will be credits instructor in the junior high school ed to the protection of soil resources nizations. POST OFFICE IS nven on these games and a t the end I in Corvallis. b.v their assistance to farmers. “ Now that attention is focused so f the quarter those that have the Bowling enthusiasts of Hermiston A party of local people spent an “Once again we want to make this intently upon national defense ef SHOWING INCREASE most credits will be entitled to the «-njoyable Sunday in the mountains and vicinity will be glad to learn that an occasion of friendly visiting b.v forts, we feel that visitors will be im t rile. Come and hear this explained I at the cabin of Mr. and Mrs. “Rosy” the local alleys will be open for bus farmers and townspeople, and every pressed with the valuable training The Hermiston post office, com- iness Monday. Although it is ex at the meeting and get into the fun. j Huffman. The group included Mr. Refreshments will be served by the 1 and Mrs. J. J. Gimble and Lauree, one Is most cordially invited to a t which enrollees receive as an impor , monly referred to as the barometer pected that the room will be complet tend,” J. R. Chenault of the Soil tant backlog to national prepared 1 if local business, is showing a stea social committee at the close of the Jay and Fred, Mr. and Mrs. Preston Conservation Service announces. “We ness”, Mr. Chenault comments. “The dy increase. The month of March ed before then, the Monday date was •eeting. Every member is urged to Holloman and Lucy and Raymond. are trying hard to make thia year’s development of healthy bodies, order also showed approximately a 45 per set as the official opening. bring friends. L. A. Moore, proprietor, has in Mrs. Hartshorne of Pendleton and open house a banner celebration, and ly minds, skilled hands, and good cent increase over last year, being in stalled first class equipment through The dance committee announces the host and hostess. In the after a program of broadest possible in citizenship, which is a basic purpose , line with January and February in rat Saturday, April 5th, is the last noon Rev. and Mrs. Stearns Cushing out and offers one of the best bowl terest is being planned.” of CCC, is also a sound foundation [this respect. The increase for the ing alleys in eastern Oregon. The «ance that the Townsend club will Jr. and Charlene drove up and had In addition to the usual hospitali | for the democracy we are seeking to ' first quarter was approximately 50 gnte in the Hermiston hall. location is directly east of the new dinner with the party. ty In «bowing visitor, through the I defend in this country.” I per cent. furniture store on Main street. ROTARY CLUB IS ORGANIZED HERE WEDNESDAY NOON SPRING VARIETIES SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY EVENING OPEN HOUSE AT STANFIELD S. (. S. (A M P TO CELEBRATE 8TH ANNIVERSARY SUNDAY
