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About The Hermiston herald. (Hermiston, Or.) 19??-1984 | View Entire Issue (April 24, 1941)
See The Carpentry Shop IN H E R M IS T O N For A ll T ypes C oncrete and M asonry W ork Re PAGE TH THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON. OREGON. THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1941. G. G a r r e t t Will Do All Types of Cabinet Work, General Contracting or Building. Phone 2962 UMATILLA NEWS By Mrs. Glenn Ostrom Bill Switzler. Betty McKenzie, Al b erta Johnson and M argaret Brown spent Wednesday in Pendleton where Mr. Switzler attended to business. Mrs. J. B. Springer entertained the 500 club a t her home Wednesday a f ternoon. Mrs. C. A. Binder, Mrs. Jess Con- nell and Mrs. Lyle Brown and son Norman returned home the last of the week from Salem where they a t tended a funeral. Mrs. Dickie Peterson of Boardman is visiting Mrs. George McNabb. Mr. and Mrs. F rancis Stephens and son Billy of M aryhill spent F riday and S aturday visiting a t the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A1 Steph ens. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lingow and son of Starbuck spent Sunday visit ing at the home of his aunt, Mr. and Mrs. A1 Stephens. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. McKenzie and Betty ami Bob. and Ed Skoubo, and Mrs. Jennie Blakely spent S aturday in The Dalles. Joe Reeves and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Reeves and daughter of Hermiston were Sunday guests at the Ben Spencer home. Ben Juday of Mosier arrived last week to work in the roundhouse. Mrs. Juday came with him but returned to be with her family. The Misses A lberta Johnson and M argaret Brown returned to th eir home in Boise Sunday a fte r spending the week here visiting. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Stoop were in U m atilla Sunday. Je ff Stephens, who w ent to Pdrt- land recently to work, is spending a few days visiting his family. Mrs. Jam es Byrnes and daughters Joan and Mrs. Glenn Ostrom and son Gary Dean spent Saturday and Sun day in The Dalles where they visited at the home of their daughter and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Walsh. Merlin Walsh returned with them to spend a few days at the home of his grandparents. Misses Rosa Ricco and Dorothy Eiken, teachers at The Dalles, spent the week end here visiting a t the home of Miss S ara Rix. Mrs. Minnie S harpstein and Mrs. M ary B righam and daughter F ran cis of Oklahoma spent the week end here visiting their brother and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Switzler.* Sunday they all drove to M aryhill where they I em on Is V ersatile visited the museum and the ferry which Mr. Switzler owns, and his A nd Extrem ely U sefu l By Elaine Fisher ranch at B errian Station. They were V ersatile—th a t's the lemon, a first accompanied by his nurse, Betty Mc The Senior piay was presented at aid to the housekeeper in dozens of Kenzie. the high school F riday evening. It different ways. Mrs. E arl Bensel and sons of was presented to a lull house. Besides the delicious dishes m ade Hermiston spent Sunday here at the a shower in holier o, Mrs. F rank home of her mother, Mrs. Jess Con Mites was held at the home of Mrs. from this fruit and the flavor it con trib u tes as a garnish, it has a m ulti nell. H arry Ford Friday afternoon. There Mr. and Mrs. A lfred Stephens and was a large attendance and many tude of household uses. Lemon juice is an invaluable sons Gary, Gail and Jim m y of Yaki-1 useful and lovely gifts were received ma spent the week end here visiting by the honoree. health asset to those who m ake its his parents. Mr. and Mrs. A1 Steph- : Ruth and Francis Patee of Um a use a reg u lar p ractice. F or h air ens. tilla attended the Senior play Friday and com plexion it is one of m ilady’s Mr. and Mrs. H arry Rodenbough evening. forem ost beauty aids. and son Keith motored to La Grande Do you m ak e the m ost of lemon The local softball team played at where they visited th eir daughter I Irrigon F riday with a score of 10 to to bring out flavor in other foods? Doris who returned w ith them to 12 in favor of Boardman. A plate of lem on q u a rte rs m ay very spend the week end. McKenzie of U matilla was well take its place on the table Miss Ina G ilbert left Monday the Jean guest of Frances Skoubo S a tu r along with the sa lt and pepper sh a k night for Portland where she was ers. day. called by the death of her brother. The Russian custom of serving Mr. and Mrs. Trum an Messenger Mrs. Mary Ragon, Mrs. C. E. Bates and daughter M ary of T ro u t of Meacham were visiting relatives lemon with tea is now universally accepted. Since m any guests prefer dale, Ore., arrived F rid ay to visit at here over the week end. Rev. Walpole attended Presbytery lemon with this beverage, the the home of th eir nephew, son and thoughtful hostess will alw ays in brother, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bates. in Baker last week. A m issionary meeting was held at clude a plate of lemon slices and Mrs. Bates remained to visit for some time, but the others returned S atu r the home of Mrs. John F isher Wed q u arters. nesday afternoon. Ten ladies were Cloves m ay be inserted in the lem day. The Senior class attended the present. on for a decorative touch. Iced tea, Eastern Oregon high school confer in p articu la r, calls for generous ad ence in Pendleton T hursday where ditions of lemon. they heard outstanding speakers And, believe it or not, th e re ’s noth MERCHANTS from several colleges. ing like lemon juice to bring out the Three high school girls, Betty full flavor of melon. W IS E Goff, Betty M ustard and M argaret F resh fruits, such as bananas, ap Kinney attended the g irls league dis A d v e r tis e ! ples, avocados, peaches and pears, tric t conference in Lewiston F riday used for Salads, m ay be kept light and Saturday. in color and a re im proved in flavor by covering or sprinkling with lem on juice. * Add a little lemon juice to w ater in which lettuce or other salad greens a re freshened. It will rev iv e, and crisp them . BOARDMAN NEWS Nursery School for Deer Set U p in North C arolina *4 1 0 ,0 0 0 SLASHED OFF ELECTRIC BILLS... Effective May 22 Co. rate reductions goes into effect. All home, farm , com m ercial and pow er custom ers will benefit by this la te st cut in th e price of electricity. M in im u m bills lor rural custom ers have been cu t from $1.50 to 95c a m onth. M in im u m bills for city h om es have been reduced 15% to 25%. In addition, prices on all q u a n tities oi elec tric ity — large or sm all— have been g rea tly reduced. PACIFIC POWER & LIGHT COMPANY C USTO M ER S NOW SAVE U , 3 0 0 ,0 0 0 A YEAR BY THIS AND OTHER RATE CUTS SIN C E 19 3 6 • Y our low electric ra te s are to be low er still. F or on M ay 22 an o th er in th e series of Pacific Pow er & Lisrht PRO G RESS T h is la te s t re d u c tio n in y o u r e le c tric ra te s is a n o th e r ste p in P acific P o w e r & L ig h t C om pany’s lo n g -e sta b lish e d p o licy of c u ttin g th e p ric e o f e le c tric ity as it in creases its volum e of bu sin ess and th e efficiency o f se rv ice. S avings th a t we have m ade are now passed on to you . . . ju s t as th e y have been in the past, an d w ill be in the fu tu re . , «ai« '« , „ _ lU-hour. ot ' « s Reside« Hal H»«* First w k?kf"*a«-t'°urs 85c 4 .2c 2 .5 c 1 5C n tic * » t e t lor »H » k w h i» ! i ; ¿ c L r i n e t e i r e N «*' îilo « » « - h o u n Excess H» o, 500 ,« 7 m i" 5 p . (or sePaTa "* ' \ess p et vao-«-.hor ° r ercial He* Com® Rales I Î J iff I F irst N e x t 386 kilowatt-h°urs N e x t 6 0 0 ¿dowatt-b°urS N e x t WOO in o n th $1 4.6c 3 .5 c 2 .5 c 2c M l excess A*/*- ’ ’ _> w m <5 & ? MORE ELECTRICITY FOR NO MORE M0?!EY’ • W ith o u t paying a cent m ore, y o u ’ll now g et m ore elec tricity . T h e am ount you g et depends on your p resen t use. B ut in any case you'll g et enough ex tra kilow att«hours to operate a t least one such an appliance as a to aster, v /afle iron, clock, lam p, etc. But p erh ap s you've alw ays w anted an electric range, re frig e ra to r or w a ter heater. T h en w hy not let your ex tra electricity apply or. the operation of one of these m ajor appliances. W hat, additional electricity you'll need w on’t cost m uch, for Pacific Pow er & L ig h t C om pany ra te s are now ex tra low. A S K A N * D E A L E R O R P A C IF IC P O W E R A L IG H T C O M P A N Y W H A T T H E R A T E R E D U C T IO N M E A N S TO Y O U I N T E R M S O F B E T T E R L I V I N G I P acific P ower & L ight C ompany A lw a y s a i Y our S e rvic e A n u rsery school for deer, hold ing classes from Ju n e to October, h as been established in the 100,000- ac re P isgah N ational F o rest G am e refuge, about 30 m iles from Ashe ville, N. C. The fawn station w as set up be cause this national forest is o ver stocked with V irginia w hite-tailed deer, and they had foraged tree seedlings until forest grow th was endangered. Now forest service m en seg reg ate the newborn fawns and raise them “ by h and” until they a re old enough to be retu rn ed to 1 the wilds. The course of the new born faw n's life in the plant is as carefully su pervised as th a t of the baby in m a tern ity hospital. E ach little fawn has its own ch art, which records periodically its weight, te m p eratu re i and g eneral condition. It is fed from an o rdinary baby bottle with rubber nipple. In addition to thinning out the deer by the faw n-farm method, the five or six thousand deer on the Pisgah gam e p reserv e is fu rth er d i m inished through the use of 160 d e e r( traps. Placed by the roadside to facilitate the tran sp o rtatio n of the adult d eer by tru ck to oth er homes, these apple-baited hum ane trap s cap tu re the an im als uninjured. Equal to Stradivari After eight y ea rs of rese arch in his H arv ard university physics lab orato ry , Dr. F red erick A. Saunders decided th at a good A m erican violin costing no m ore than $200 w as the equal in tonal quality of a $50,000 in stru m en t m ade two cen tu ries ago by Antonio S trad iv ari. Recently ha decided to te st his theory before an audience of 170—including m usicians and m usic critics—at the Franklin In stitu te of Philadelphia. Behind a screen, a violinist played a violin m ade in P hiladelphia a few m onths ago, another m ade in G er m any a few y ea rs ago and a third, m ade by S trad iv ari, 200 y ea rs ago Of the 170 listeners, only 47 picked out the S tradivarius. Concluded Dr. Saunders: “ T he' fine old in stru m en ts—the S trad s and the G u arn arii—require only half as much work to produce a good tone. They are , therefore, m ore respon s iv e -im p o rta n t to players working a t the lim it of th eir abilities. But for the listener, there is no differ-^ en ce.” Pow erful Antiseptic A sm all am ount of chlorine con cen tratio n —100 p arts per million w a te r—will lessen to a g reat degree the b acteria germ left on utensils in both the home and public re sta u rants, according to a bactériologie survey of public places recently m ade. It w as found th at m any b acterias a re left on eating utensils in both the home and resta u ran t, despite a thor ough cleaning. The report states, however, that they can do but little harm . While m any persons dislike the ta ste of chlorine in w ater, m ede a men say that it has been prove! over and over again th at in the con centration form , chlorine is h a rm less and at the sam e tim e valuable in the preventing of epidem ics of food infection. More C areful Now Love has m ade radio am ate u rs m ore careful in their choice of language. For years “ h am s” a d dressed each other as “OM” (old m an) and when there w as need to refer to one's wife she w as the “ OW” (old wom an). But unm arried your . chaps when they got a girl natur ally called her the “ YL” (young lady). And when they m a rried , love just couldn't see referr.n g to tl-.e “ YL” as the “ OW” so soon, so new wives w ere called ' XYL.” A rd now all “ old w om en” are referred ’ j on the air as “ ex-young la o -'s ”
