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NEWS FROM YOUR OWN STATE & COUNTY 77 e. '1 / qxg .L g L OFFICIAL U M A TILLA COUNTY PAPER COLUMBIA NEWS By Mrs. Bob Woodward exmLito n I VOLUME XXXIV, HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, M AY 1, 1941. NUMBER 37 a The mothers of the 8th grade grad uating class at Columbia school met I Tuesday to discuss plans for grad-| nation. A crew from the S.C.S. camp at I Stanfield is working on the Anderson j farm, formerly known as the Boylen' AM DA BRIT 1411 MT place, to repair the damage recently UH KADDII T i U m I caused by the break in the “A” line ’ canal. i ■ - ■ The Dizzy Dozen Calf club met F A U L T Y S A FE TY ELECTRIC ENERGY Wednesday evening at the home of ** ** their leader, Miss Eva Wilcox. DEVICE BLAMED TALK REVIVED Miss Joyce McCulley is now em ployed at the Oregon Hardware in DeLoris Viola Foster, 16, of Hood Authorization for the construction town. Mr. and Mrs. James Barber have River, was killed near Hermiston of the Umatilla Rapids dam was ap Sunday afternoon by an accidental recently gone to Milton where they proved Wednesday by the House of are employed. discharge of a .22 rifle as she and Representatives rivers and harbors Mrs. John Gray and Miss Lucille three other young people were en committee. It had previously been Lukens, county health nurse, went to route to a rabbit hunting site. The Salem last week to bring home Fred approved by the committee on Com erick Gray who is quite ill with rheu loaded rifle, without a workable safe merce. The bill provides $23,700,- matic fever. He has been attending ty device, was placed in the front 000,00 for a navigation dam includ the State School for the Blind at seat of the car. Apparently the dis ing foundations for installation of Salem. machinery for generation of electric Mrs. Miles Barager, who has been charge was caused when the car in Portland the past two weeks for jolted on the rough road, the bullet energy. medical attention, has returned home going through the back of the front The bill includes projects in every ard is much improved. seat striking Miss Foster in the state in the union except four at an Mr. and Mrs. Afton McIntyre of chest. estimated cost of $500,000,000.00, Wasco visited at the Walter Maffei In an attempt to rush her to the home on Friday of last week. with appropriations to be made by Mrs. Anna Hoof of Walla Walla hospital, the car became stuck in the congress for each project as funds visited Sunday at the Elmer Ryland sand causing the loss of valuable are needed. It is expected to pass the home. She was accompanied by Mrs. time. Walter Liebe, who happened house of representatives, and also Rod G arrett of La Grande who has to pass by, rushed her to the Hermis Milton-F reewater A caravan of boosters, including the queen candidates, and the Mac-Hi drum and bugle the senate without much, if any, op spent the past week in Walla Walla and who will remain here for an in ton General hospital but Miss Fos corps will be in Hermiston Saturday, May 3, in the interest of the Pea Festival on May 17. Left to right are position. definite time with her mother, Mrs. ter was dead upon arrival. Carol Angerman, Donna Hopkins, M argaret Cockburn, Betty Ross Crow and Betty Martin, members of the The measure is no surprise to lo Ryland. Other visitors Sunday a t Included in the hunting party were cal advocates of the Umatilla Rapids the Ryland home were Mr. and Mrs. James Alec Crenshaw, 19, of Hood •oyal court, and one of whom will be chosen festival queen at the close of the button sale on May 10. project, who have kept in touch with Jim Chetwood and daughter Kather ine of Wallowa, Mr. and Mr?. Charles River, and Neal Borthwick, both in j the of sentiment for P.E.X. PROGRAM U. S. DEFENSE BONDS this development Grey and Mr. and Mrs. Hanley of La the front seat, and Irene Borthwick HERMISTON AND particular project. Grande. and Miss Foster in the back seat. The FRIDAY NIGHT AND POSTAL SAVINGS Support of the Umatilla dam has Guests at the Forrest Moore home latter and Mr. Cranshaw, both of WALLULA HEAD now many forces which were inact the latter part of last week were Mr. Hood River, had come with his par- COUNTY LEAGUE and Mrs. Johnny Fischer and small The annual Physical Education ON SALE HERE M A Y 1 ive during the past several years. ______ son of Sacramento and Mr. and Mrs. ents, Mr. and Mrs. Jess Cranshaw, j Paul J. Raver, administrator of Bon Exhibition (P.E.X.) program, spon W. E. Fischer of Stockton, Cal. Mrs. to visit the E. L. Borthwicks Sunday.1 The United States Defense Sav neville and Grand Coulee has stated Umatilla County Baseball sored by the combined high school Johnny Fischer is a granddaughter After dinner, the young people de- j girls’ and boys’ physical education ings Bonds and Postal Savings publicly frequently during the past of Mr. Moorp. League Standing cided on the fatal rabbit hunt. Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Templeton classes, will be presented Friday Stamps will be placed on sale in the year that the Umatilla would soon Pet. W L The two boys propped their guns j made a business trip to Pendleton on night, May 2, at the high school aud main Post Office a t the opening of be needed for power within a few 1.000 Tuesday. They were accompanied by between them in the front seat while j Wallula ................ 2 itorium, beginning at 8:00 o’clock. business on Thursday, May 1, as part years, and the board of army engi 1.000 Hermiston ............ 2 Mrs. John .Tendrzejewski and Mrs. De Loris had her .22 automatic rifle! The performance each year draws of the national effort to make Amer neers have considered it justified in .500 Texaco Chiefs ..... 1 W. A. Mikesell who attended a home with her in the back seat. Prior to the early future. a record crowd with this year’s pro ica impregnable. extension meeting in Pendleton as the accident, James had taken a few .500 Helix t.................. 1 representatives of this unit. It is also figured as necessary for gram expected to maintain the high .000 Umatilla .............. 0 Postmaster Wm, E. Logan an shots at eels near the Umatilla riv standing. Friday night’s show will nounced today that plans are nearly the defense program on the Pacific .000 Mission ................ 0 er dam and reloaded his gun there. be divided into five divisions and will completed for this community, along coast. Anither feature of the last It was his gun which discharged lat include numbers by the high school with thousands of others from coast move is to provide employment as Games Next Sunday—Wallula at er. The accident took place about band, freshman and sophomore girls’ to coast, to do its full part at the soon as the defense program slack By Mrs. G lenn O strom three miles from Hermiston, near the Mssion, Hermiston at Helix, Texaco gym classes, a pageant depicting the opening of the savings program. It is ens, and the President has said he Ray ranch. Chiefs at Umatilla. stages of a girl’s life, boys’ gym expected that the mayor and other would approve appropriations for Joe Tucker is able to return to The girl’s body was taken to Hood school after receiving a bad cut on classes and the coronaton of Queen civic leaders will be among the first any such projects as would aid n a t The Hermiston Red Sox and Wal his right hand on a piece of corru- River Sunday evening. She is sur- Marie Hinkle. purchasers of savings bonds and ional defense. gated roofing which he had started , vived by her parents, and six broth- lula maintained their perfect sta rs The location of the UmRtilla Ord Miss Constance Luehrs and Ray E. stamps here. tc throw away. He was rushed to ers and sisters. ing in the Umatilla county league nance Depot here will strengthen the Critchfield, high school instructors, Hermiston for medical attention and The tragedy serves as another this week by defeating Umatilla and Postmaster General Frank C. need for more power and better use are in charge of the program. t was necessary to take seven stitch-1 . ., . , , , , Walker, in a letter to postmasters er in his hand 1 w arn”*J? that loaded guns are dan- Texaco Chiefs respectively. Helix of the Columbia river for transpor throughout the country, said that the Joe Cooney has been quite ill at I serous weapons and should be hand- broke into the win column by ekeing tation. Senator Chas. L. McNary BUILDING PERMITS the home of his parents and is un- \ led carefully. j out a narrow 5 to 4 win over Mis help of local postmasters would be “a and Congressman Walter M. Pierce able to attend school. real service to the country”. He sion on the Helix diamond. BOOM IN APRIL have kept a watchful eye for the pro Roy Roberts and Shirley, and Joyce transmitted the thanks of Secreta Hermiston went to Umatilla Sun McFarland motored to Monument PETTYJOHNS MAKE per opportunity to inject the Uma April proved a banner month in ry of the Treasury Morgenthau for tilla dam into national legislation day expecting another “after dinner Sunday where they visited his son Irf-roy. the help that local postmasters had APPLICATION FOR tea” contest and almost came home Hermiston in the building field, ac For many months reports from The Pocahontas lodge took in one on the short end of the score. Uma cording to Charles Taylor, city re already given in the sale of United Washington and other sources have new member, Mrs. George William- BUS LINE TO DEPOT States securities, and also Mr. Mor- tilla pounced on Chas. Wilcox, sta rt corder, who is keeping a file of build son, and re-instated Mr. and Mrs. C. carried assurance that the news just ing Red Sox pitcher, and continued ing permits. A total of $26,300 in genthau’s thanks in advance “for the received would reach the public be A. Binder at the regular meeting N. E. and Paul Pettyjohn, now op cooperation which he knows you will Thrusday evening. the onslaught on W. C. Morehouse permits was issued during the 30- fore the summer months arrived. Mrs. George Butterwood and Mrs. erating a bus line from Heppner to in the second frame. However, Fred day period. March showed a total give to this new effort”. H arry Grammer returned the last of Arlington, and doing business as the Rankin came to the aid of the falter of $6,200 but the month prior to The new Defense Savings Bond is the week from Seattle where they had Greyrock Lines, have made applica LOCAL GOLF CLUB ing Hermiston team and held Uma that, February, showed a total of similar to the familiar “ Baby Bond”, spent a couple of days visiting. tion to operate a bus line from Her $14,600. of which more than five billion dol OUTSCORES ATHENA tilla scoreless the remainder of the Several improvements are to be noticed around town. The Tucker’s miston to the army ordnance depot, contest. Some of the larger permits in lars worth have been bought by more hotel, whch includes the Western and undoubtedly daily service will Members of the local golf club out- Umatilla has a greatly improved April were the houses being built by than two and a half million Ameri Union office, the Fred Knudson begin within the next few days. team and will make things interest Buell Throop of Walla Walla, the cans since 1935. scored the Athena club members here home, the Butterwood house on the This statement was made in A Defense Bond may be purchased Bunday 21*4 points to Athena's highway, all have a new coat of ing for the rest of the season. Mont- W. E. Kennedy building and the paint. The Butterwood home in town Hermiston today by Ralph H. Mitch (Continued on last page) G arret Carpenter shop. (C o n tin u ed on la s t p ag e) 11*4. Pen Harris of Athena was low >• receiving a new screened-in front ell, secretary to the public utilities medalist for the day with a score of perch. The Yerxa place, which in commissioner, Ormond R. Bean, 71 for the two rounds. He broke the cludes three new houses, has been while a Hermiston visitor. course record when he turned in a fenced with new’ wire. The new r The Pettyjohns have acquired a Switzler houses are practically com card of 33 the second round, three 12-passenger bus, said Mitchell, and pleted and are all occupied now. strokes below the par 36. Mrs. Fred Knudsen was hostess to plan to start service as soon as the For the home boys, B. Doyle re the bridge club at the home of Mrs. state issues permit plates to them. ceive the prize for the closest to the Harold Regele Thursday evening. MOVING AG AIN ,PO P? 6H UCKS.fW $ W r The pinochle club met in the evening pin and Dan Gray made the longest at the Fred Knudsen home. drive. For the visitors L. Pinkerton SOFTBALL LEAGUE <TAV PUT LIKE- iM tV U$EP T O . I V M Mrs. Albert Keefer and twins Dav had the closest to the pin and D. Fos ie and Diane returned home from the TALKED HERE im T hehohse ito living insight y - seven setti had the longest drive. Hendleton hospital last week. The railroad business has picked The two round scores and points Y ea E S A 60 MV 6RANPFATMER MOVEP HlS At a short meeting held in the • ij’i enough that a third switch engine follow: Hermiston Glenn Ripley, nas been put on here with the shift Herald office Wednesday evening, a FA W F t o WE EAST IN A ■II, 43, 3 points; Jim Todd, 36, 41,1; beginning at 12 p. m. Jeff Stephens six team league for softball was dis-1 Eddie Bensel, 4 1, 38, 2; Bud Beard, THAT WAS OVER A HOWPREP » FORTS' it the engneer. 48, 4 8, 0; “ Shorty” Matott, 39, 40, The depot added a cashier to its cussed. Teams are proposed from ii i ce this week. The position is tem Hale’s Confectionery, Rotary club, j 1 *4 I J. Jackson, 44, 41, 2: Dan Gray, army engineers, Terteling’s crew, porarily held by W alter J. Bullard. 37, 39, 3; Paul Van Patten, 16, 16, Betty McKenzie returned Saturday and two teams to be chosen either 1; B. Doyle, 42, 42, 2: Howard Klag- bom Portland where she had spent from Echo, Stanfield, Umatilla, I r es, 45, 41, 3; A E. Bensel, 46, 48, 3. since Thursday on business. C. A. Binder has returned from rigon or Boardman. It is possible I For Athena Snider, 45, 49, 0: P. Soap Lake after spending several I that the league can be enlarged to Harris, 38, 33, 2: Pinkerton, 44, 37, ays there at the hot lake. eight teams. 1 ('. Hanlon, 42, 37, 3: D. Fossetti, Mrs. Lyle Brown was hostess to a It is hoped that lights can be in 39, 40, 1 *4; Hayes, 46, 40, 1; John group of ladies and their mothers stalled in the near future for night son, 42,42, 0; Rarnes, 48, 41, 2: Thursday afternoon honoring her ' in Norman on his first birthday. play. Another meeting for perma Gordon, 40, 46, 1; Weigand, 17, 51, Those present were Mrs. Bill Han- nent organization will be held next 0; Kaputot, 52, 49, 0. > n and daughters Sybil and Linda. Wednesday, May 7, at the Herald Mrs. A1 Reed and sons Fred and Son- office. Mrs. Rav McNabb and Freddie JUNIOR PROM SET tnd Diane. Mrs. Vera Dodson and -in Don. Mrs. Glenn Ostrom and son FISHING SEASON FOR FRIDAY, MAY 9 arv Dean. Mrs. C. A. Binder. Mrs. Harl Rensel and sons of Hermiston, OPENS SATURDAY The annual Junior Prom will be Mrs. Jess Connell and Skee, Mrs. An-. • e Edwards and the hostess and son. held this year on Friday, May 9, in Margie Enbysk of Pendleton is In the midst of all the boom acti- the high school gymnasium. In v ita •mploved at the Bill Switzler home vities in Hermiston, the opening of tions will be sent out in the near fu Mrs. Bessie Wisdom has gone to Ir- fishing season has been somewhat ture. ’igon. The Prom is the highlight of social Mrs. Bertha Cherry who has been clouded. Local fishermen, however, -ecuperating at her home after a re- are looking forward to the day and activities each year and considerable -ent operation at Portland is im- many plan to drop all business and time is being spent in making this • roving very rapidly. seek the open stream and the elusive . year's event successful. Further in (Continued on page 4) finny tribe. formation will be released soon. (WNU ACCIDENTAL RIFLE SHOT KILLS GIRL UMAIiLLA RAPIDS DAM APPROVED BY HOUSE GROUP UMATILLA NEWS ♦ 0 Annual P. E. X . Friday Night, May 2 - High School Gymnasium - 8:00 P.M.
