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PAGE FOUR we will fight again at Valley Forge, if necessary. The enemies are large Published Every Thursday at and great, but we are large and Hermiston, Umatilla County, Oregon great, and we are united to the last Alfred Quiring and Leander Quiring citizen. from Pendelton to lead the meeting and talked on “Financial Planning.” Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Wilcox left Saturday morning of last week to visit with her folks in Salem and from there will go to Roseburg to spend several days visiting relatives Publishers of Mr. Wilcox. They planned to be Wherever else the nation may be | gone about a week. Entered at the post office at Her- unprepared the Umatilla Ordnance Mr. and Mrs. Myrnie Caldwell miste n as Second Class Matter, Dec. Depot is fortunately ready and pow spent Monday shopping in Pendleton. 1906. Umatilla County, Oregon. der for units stationed from the Aleu They were accompanied by Mrs. Jack tian Islands to San Francisco will be Reuber of Stanfield. Subscription Rates Mr. and Mrs. Baxter Hutchison available. With a hard driving force I spent One Year ............................... $2.00 Sunday afternoon at the W. A. and favorable circumstances 1000 ig- Six Months .......................... 1.00 Mikesell home. Visitors at the Bob Woodward ' loos are in completed condition for Three Months .............................. 50 storage. And while these are difficult home Friday evening of last week Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hummel, Jr., I to reach from ocean aircraft carriers were and two small children of near Win | they must be defended to the limit nemucca, Nevada, who were over- Onecon WekSoarun of our national strength. night guests at the home of her aunt, Mrs. J. S. Wells, in Hermiston. Mrs. • Hummel is the niece of Mr. Wood The farmer will be a great factor ward. i in winning this war. Let there be no Miss Opal Wilson spent the last With Grim Determination let down in agricultural production. week-end in Portland on a shopping The men at the fighting front will trip. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hammer moved What we can do in our local dan- I have to be fed and fed well, and a this week into their own home from ger spot is only what every American larger army in the fields of war ma- the Lester Hammer place where they citizen is expected to do. To begin | terials and equipment will be taken have resided the past several months. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Neil and small with, we must keep a steady head from ranch and factory to supply the daughter left this week for Ocean and a stout heart, and not allow our | needs of battling legions. side, California, to make their home. selves to indulge wild thinking and Mr. Neil, who has been associated fractious nerves. Though the war with Shaar’s Barber Shop in Hermis ton, has a new position at Oceanside. is at our shores we must meet it as Along the Diagonal : A gay gath we meet other difficulties of life to By Mrs. Hob Woodward ering at the Carl Hammer home Sat win the final battle. urday evening . . . turkey picking . . . And win we will and win we must. ■I. H. Reid reported Wednesday war talk . . . and more frequent Ever since the days of Patrick Henry that up to that time he had received thoughts of the boys we know who our slogan has been “Give me liberty no message since the Sunday air at are in the service. or give me death." We won our lib tacks on Honolulu, from his son, COLUMBIA SCHOOL erties at the cost of great sacrifice, James H. Reid. .Jr., who is stationed with the U. S. Engineering De death and suffering and we will hold | there partment at Hickock Field. He and NOTES these precious elements of oui Amer Mrs. Reid reside at the Hickock ican ways of living or give our lives Housing Courts, but it is not known and all we have in the attempt to I whether or not it is near the field On Friday evening, December 19th, where some of the heavy bombing keep conquerors from our land. With occurred. a Christmas program will be pre a high spirit of pride in our great The Home Extension Unit meeting sented by the boys and girls of Co nation, and with the grim determina Tuesday was attended by twelve lumbia school. Admission free. tion of the blood of our forefathers members. Miss Frances Clinton came | Columbia school teachers and pup ils are happy to announce that the Red Cross Roll Call has been answer 193000000409900901100090910*********9**** ed 100% for the second consecutive • : year. One healthful hot dish a day is be ing served Columbia boys and girls without cost to pupils. A number of families represented in the school : ’ : have volunteered to furnish potatoes, carrots and milk. Surplus foods will be furnished beginning in December. The school board allows a fund for : IF YOU DON’T HAVE A-CHECK- : purchase of staples needed ih the cooking. A fine variety of hot lunch dishes is planned. ING ACCOUNT, YOU WILL FIND The winter activity schedule went into effect last Monday and will con : OUR CHARGE FOR A CASHIER’S tinue throughout the cold winter months. Recesses are periods of di : i CHECK OR DRAFT IS CHEAPER THAN rected group room games under di rection of one teacher. The morning % ANY OTHER METHOD OF MONEY and noon periods are divided between work of a pupil’s own choice 1 ? project and room games. For room games 2 TRANSFERRING. ... ; there is ping pong, bean bag throw, ten pins, ring throw, indoor hockev and puzzles. Mrs. Elris Waid is teaching necklace making. Boys and ? THE SAVING WILL BE girls having signed up for a two-week period in that class are modeling $ WORTHWHILE : beautiful neckware of candle drops and others of painted peanut shells. Mrs. Alice Smith is teaching loom weaving. A number of interesting pieces are in frames and interested boys and girls work diligently. Mrs. Fern Zivney has the woodwork classes. A number of interesting art icles suitable for Christmas gifts are being made such as spice cabinets, 2 F. B SWAYZE. President % neck tie racks, bookends, brooches, : J Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation : ’ toys, condiment racks, and bread boards. cccccc%*c99*0c*9*c909*ccccccc04cc002c020000*4****. The Citienship club, whose active HERMISTON HERALD PDBLIsHens AssqCArion COLUMBIA NEWS Money Transfer— i THURSDAY. DECEMBER 11. THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON. OREGON. ASK US ABOUT IT : FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF HERMISTON | • ‘ • membership is limited to pupils of grades 6, 7 and 8, decided to pur chase two strings of American made Christmas tree lights, a gift to the school for use in future years, too. The intermediate room earned the i attendance pennant for a second time this school year, having the highest percentage of attendance and fewest tardinesses. Miss Ethel Bruce called at the school Tuesday. She announced that Dr. Wilcox will be at the school Mon day, December 15 to give the second shot to pre-school children. 1941 for SANTA CLAUS COLUMBIA GRANGE NEWS $ $ Storm $ I Sash $ Twelve members attended the reg ular grange meeting Tuesday eve ning, December 2, with Master P. H. Corman presiding. Executive committee members to serve for the ensuing year were elect ed as follows: P. H. Corman, Emil Zivney and Childs Barum. Columbia grange has a number of candidates seeking membership. Mr. Corman suggested that an invitation be issued to the county Y.G.A. team to initiate this class for our grange in January. Invitations have been issued to Westland and Stanfield granges re spectively to be guests of Columbia grange Wednesday tvening, Decem ber 17, at the Farm Bureau Auxiliary club house for joint installation of officers. Pomona Master Claud Hans com with his staff of assistants will install the officers. A delightful evening was enjoyed by Columbia grange families and candidates for new membership, Sat urday evening, November 29, when the annual anniversary banquet was served. Mrs. Mary Harra was spec ial honor guest, having a birthday an niversary near that date and is Co lumbia grange's oldest member. The banquet table was attractively decorated for the festive season. Thirty-eight covers were laid for the guests. Mr. and Mrs. Claud Hanscom, Pomona Master and Cold Springs grange master, respectively, were es pecially invited guests. (0 4,0 Weather Stripping /(ORDER YOUR \ 0 Coal ( f COAL c. NOW. $ Presto Logs CROP INSURANCE HEAED FOR BIG YEAR IN OREGON 40 Expanding each year since its in troduction in Oregon in 1939, federal GzAGAGAGEAGAGAGEGCC all-risk wheat crop insurance is headed for its greatest volume in 1942, from the standpoint of number of farms covered by policies, accord ing to Clyde Kiddle, crop insurance assistant with the state AAA office. Applications for insurance on win- i ter wheat have been received from ! 5563 farms. Spring wheat policies | are yet to be written, the closing date Oregon losses. fire, 1 per cent; crusting, .7 per cent; being February 28. For the 1941 : wind, .5 per cent; flood, .4 per cent: Nearly every kind of Crop hazard crop year, 4691 policies were in force | is represented in the losses paid so lack of irrigation water, .3 per cent : for both winter and spring wheat. stray stock, .1 per cent; poor farm The loss record for 1941 presents far. Percentages of the total indem ing practices, .1 per cent; dust storms a sharply contrasting picture between i nities paid for each cause of loss were .05 per cent. given as follows: eastern and western Oregon, Kiddle reports. Of the 1228 loss claims paid | Plant diseases, 29.2 per cent; ex- COUNTY AAA GROUP up to November 15, only 122 came cessive moisture, 18.2 per cent; in- from the nine Columbia basin wheat sects, 16.9 per cent: hail, 9.9 TO ATTEND MEET counties. Most of the losses were re cent; drought, 8.4 per cent; frost, Reporting on another outstanding ported in the Willamette valley, 5.6 per cent; weeds, 2.5 per cent; vol where insects and plant diseases hit unteer vegetation, 2.5 per cent: mi year for the Umatilla County Agri many farms. Hail and excessive gratory birds, 1.4 per cent; rodents, cultural Conservation Association, moisture led as the causes of eastern 1.2 per cent: winter kill, 1.1 per cent: members of the county AAA com mittee are leaving this week-end for Corvallis, where they will attend the annual state AAA conference De- cember 15-17 at Oregon State college. Representing the county associa tion at the conference will be A. R. Coppock ( Chairman of the County Committee, John W. Crow, county committeeman, Guy Rockwell, county committeeman, Layton L. Mann, as sistant secretary, Walter A. Holt, secretary, James Beamer, crop insur ance supervisor, and D. R. Cook, farm loan supervisor. Problem and achievements of the 1941 AAA program in this county will be reported on by the local del egates, as well as suggested appli cation of next year’s program and recommendations for 1943. Crop insurance is a very outstand ing feature of the farm program es pecially in Umatilla county. Although entirely new to the farm er, when first introduced in 1938, 278 applications were written, which cov ered 33% of the wheat allotments in this county. The table below shows the substantial increase in policies written each year. 1939 ........... 278 1941 ............. 761 1940 451 1942 .... .... 1035 From the number of policies writ ten on the 1942 crop it can be seen that the farmer now realizes the ben efits and protection offered by this nil-risk insurance. Sold at TUM-A-LUM LUMBER CO. THRIFT CARRIERS FOR THE NATION i For Farms... For Business... For Total Defense Effort Phone 2791 per Each U. S. battleship has a library of 2,000 or more books of fiction and fact. The Navy sent 2,500 books to its men in Iceland and are adding 1.500 more; fiction and non-fiction. Free Estimates All Labor Guaranteed RAY LOOSVELDT HERMISTON AUTO CO HERMISTON, OREGON Licensed Plumber Plumbinf & Heating Contractor Phone 2381 Hermiston
