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THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON. OREGON.
THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1941.
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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
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YEAR BY THIS AND OTHER
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• 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
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is a n o th e r ste p in P acific P o w e r & L ig h t
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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
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passed on to you . . . ju s t as th e y have been
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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.
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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 ”