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OREGON NEWS momprom ANO COMMENTS, »-i ' ' The etald OFFICIAL UMATILLA COUNTY PAPER VOLUME XXXV VERNON WILLIAMS COUNCIL GRANTS 5-YEAR FRANCHISE TO POWER COMPANY I HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. EEBRl ARY 12, 1942 REGISTRATION FOR MIDDLE AGE SET FOR FEB. 15 & 16 Seeks Re-election MOBILIZATION OF WOMANPOWER TO COMMENCE MONDAY By W. G. Ker»bergen On page three of this issue of the / Herald will be found advertisements for bids on certain school work for both districts 14 and U-9. It will be MEETING PLANNED remembered that early in November the local districts received signed con FRIDAY AT U.S.O. ____ tracts with the Federal government to provide certain improved school While men from 20 to 44 years of facilities. The Union High school age sign up for the military draft was to receive $3,000 for this purpose Monday, women will be registered for and the elementary school $8,360. wartime jobs. The Oregon board for Several efforts have been made to the mobilization of labor states that get some action on the contract as 6,000 volunteer workers will start a additional school facilities were bad house-to-house survey of Oregon wo ly needed. However, for several manpower next Monday, February months every local proposal was dis 16. By March 1, the board expects approved under various pretexts. to have a complete catalogue of the Finally a program has been approved skills and abilities of Oregon’s jun by government officials and bids are ior leaguers, office workers, house being called for. It is sincerely to wives and other walks of life. be hoped that no further obstacles Umatilla county has been divided will be placed in the way of securing according to voting precincts. Locally the grants. Mrs. David Mittlesdorf and her corps The high school grant is to be used of workers will mobilize precinct 32 to purchase additional furniture and and Mrs. R. H. Piersol and her work instructional supplies made necessary ers will act in precinct 33. Mrs. F. by the increased enrollment. The B. Belt has been appointed commun grade school allotment is divided in ity chairman for Hermiston, Uma to two sections. One section is simi tilla, Stanfield and Echo and is busy lar to the high school allotment, while this week arranging for the various the other section calls for repairs to signups in the different localities. the present elementary school build Every woman over 18 years of age ing. These repairs include enlarging AIR BASE JOB will be registered, even the home the water main entering the building, putting new floors in several of the bound, since they may be available to J. A. Terteling & Sons of Boise, room, also painting rooms and hall take care of children, releasing young large scale contractors who recently ways, replacing some equipment and mothers for officers, factories and constructed the Umatilla Ordnance partitions and the installation of a fields. Women will not be required to pledge work, but they will tell in depot, were successful bidders for ini terviewers of jobs they have held and tial work on the Walla Walla air whether they will be available for base. Involved in the job is under COMMERCIAL CLUB full or part-time work. stood to be the grading, installation One immediate need for woman of drainage and preparation of the MEETS AT U.S.O. power is known. It is in the farm aggregate (gravel) for later con struction. The Hermiston Commercial club fields where a labor shortage endang Major Harry R. Schuppner, well met Tuesday noon at the new U.S.O. ers what is expected to be a record known here for his high class work building for its regular luncheon. The crop. L. C. Stoll, state employment at the Umatilla Ordnance depot, is dinner was served by Mrs. E. A. director, predicts that the mobiliza tion of women will solve the farm la area engineer for the Washington Thornburg of Jack's Cafe. project and is in charge of several Reports were given by W. E. Lo bor problem and has advised farmers smaller jobs. J. A. Campbell, former gan, postmaster, and F. C. McKenzie, to go ahead with increased plantings area engineer at Pendleton, and later mayor. The former told of his find for an all-out war. Stoll estimates that another So,- in Hermiston, will be resident engi ings at the postmasters’ convention at neer on the air base. Seattle, stating that prospects for a 000 men will be needed in the next six months in expanding Oregon ship It is expected that additional con new building here are still quite yards, industrial plants and army bright. Mr. McKenzie stated that tracts will be let in the near future construction. Women cannot fill those for construction of runways and of progress is being made in preparing positions but they will be called on to the numerous preliminaries for actual the cantonment areas at the air base. construction of the sewer system and replace the service station attend improving the water works. He indi ants and store clerks who transfer to PROJECT FARM cated that construction would begin war production. Eventually children will be regis soon, prior to the irrigation season. TO MEET MONDAY tered as a labor reserve. Tentative Other subjects discussed included membership cards, politics and regis registration is planned for March for students above the seventh grade A special meeting of the Project tration for Selective Service. The (Continued on Last Page) meeting was well attended. Farm Bureau will be held Monday, February 16, in the Columbia club Part g Makes Ogden Trip UMATILLA CO-OP house, according to A. H. Cable, pres Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rankin and ident. An election of officers will be held during the business meeting. A Mr. and Mrs. George Harkenrider re CREAMERY MEETING pot luck supper will be served at 7:00. turned Thursday (today) from a five HELD WEDNESDAY Present for the evening will be day trip to Ogden, Utah, where they County Agent Walter Holt and Cecil visited with the former’s son, Stu Yates, county Farm Bureau presi art, who is stationed there with the The regular annual meeting of the U, S. army. dent. Umatilla Cooperative Creamery was held Wednesday in the basement of the Methodist church with a good at tendance. A dinner was served at noon following a business session in the morning. Elected on the board of directors for the coming year were H. J. Bean, P. J. Quinn and R. V. Jones’ position was left open for further discussion. Holdover directors are A. E. McFar land, Lewis Fales and H. J. Ott. Of ficers during the past year were E. L. Jackson, president, A. E. McFar land, vice president, and M. G. Hed- wall, secretary-treasurer, Don Sherwood gave an interesting discussion on feeds and feed tests at the Umatilla Field Station. Al Brown of the Interstate Creamery associa tion and Jim Hill of the Oregon Wheat League were also present to address the group. Monte Hedwall, manager, gave a report which indicated that the local | creamery has enjoyed a profitable | year and members are looking for ward to another good year in 1942. According to the law passed by Congress, the third registration un der the Selective Training and Ser vice Act of 1940 shall take place February 16, 1942. There will be four places open for registration in 1 Umatilla county, Pendleton, Stan field, Freewater and the Umatilla In dian Agency. Persons required to register are: “Every male citizen of the United | States, and every other male person residing in the United States, if on December 31, 1941, such citizen has attained the twentieth anniversary of the day of his birth and on February I 16, 1942, has not attained the forty- I Governor Charles A. Sprague this fifth anniversary of the day of his week renewed his announcement of birth, and has not heretofore been registered under the Selective Train last summer that he would be a cand ing and Service Act of 1940”. idate for re-election. His campaign Residents in this area must regis will be based on his record as gover ter at Stanfield where G. L. Dunning ! nor and submits that his administra- will be in charge. Registration will tion has been clean, vigorous and con be on Monday only, February 16, structive. He will be opposed in the from 7:00 a. m. to 9:00 p. m. at the primary by Secretary of State Earl Stanfield Irrigation District office. | Snell. George Winship is in charge of regís- 1 tration in Pendleton. Registration 1 there will also be open Sunday at the | TERTELING BID Selective Service office in the Stang- | ACCEPTED FOR ier building. PORTLAND—Politics, which had been lying dormant for the past sev- ■ ral months on account of the war, RECORDER PRESENTS went off with a bang last week. Earl ANNUAL REPORT Snell’s announcement led the parade and, incidentally, gave the boys cour The Pacific Power & Light com age enough to come out of political pany, which serves this community, hibernation. Following Snell’s hat in was granted a franchise to construct, the ring came a deluge of announce- maintain and operate on the streets ments for almost every office in the of Hermiston for a period of five state, all the way from governor to years, at the regular meeting of the onstable. Many members of the Hermiston city council Friday night. resent legislature will not be can The franchise was published in the didates for re-election to that body. Herald December 11 and 18 and ask The last count gave 33 incumbents ed for anyone interested to discuss seeking other offices, such as city the franchise with the city council at ommissioner, county commissioner, any regular meeting up to the meet circuit judge, etc. Others are retir- ing of February 6. No objections ng from politics for the time being, were voiced at the meeting, so the at least, and will not seek any office. council passed the franchise with a This means a sea of new faces in unanimous vote with all members of both houses at Salem when the law- the city council present. In the ab makers gather next January, which sence of Mayor F. C. McKenzie, N. R. will include a flock of freshmen mem- Mueller, chairman of the council, pre bers. At this early date political pro sided over the meeting. phets see the chance of a Democratic Recorder Charles Taylor presented house after the votes are tallied next the annual report of the city recorder November. The reason advanced is, for the period December 31, 1940, to many of the old-time Republican December 31, 1941. Tax collections members who should be sure bets for during the year totalled $7,346.33, re-election are seeking other offices, while fees, fines and licenses collect while a few of those who will again ed during the year amounted to a to try to occupy house seats are almost tal of $6,281.20. Although expendi certain to be defeated. tures were exceedingly large due to | DISTRICT PLAYOFF the influx of thousands of people in The Republican high command evi- Hermiston during the past year, the BRINGS MAC HIGH lently senses the danger of Oregon collections left the city in a good fi HERE WEDNESDAY flopping over to the Democrats once nancial condition. again. With all debts paid and close According to the report the treas to $10,000 cash on hand, the G.O.P. urer’s bank balance December 31, The first game of the annual dis state committee went into real action 1941, was $8,608.53. The city of Her trict playoff between Pendleton, Mac this week. Headquarters have been miston has no outstanding warrants High and Hermiston will be played pened in the Morgan building, with since a bond retirement of $5,000 Monday, February 16, when Hermis the able Carl Moser in the chair of from water revenue during the past ton meets Pendleton on the latter’s executive secretary. Flanked by a year paid up all bonded indebted court. Pendleton will play at Milton- group of politically wise men, Mr. ness. A complete recorder’s report Freewater Tuesday, and Wednesday Moser will direct the campaign. With will be published in the Herald next will find Rufus Fox bringing his a good-sized bankroll to go on and | week. Mac High courtsters to meet the more money coming in, the Republi- Among other business taken care Bulldogs here. The best two teams ans will put on a slam-bang fight | of at the meeting was the combining will meet in a final series February which they hope will make Oregon of Irrigation District No. 1 and Ir 20 and 21. -afe for the G.O.P. column. rigation District No. 2. In previous Chances for a Hermiston champion years assessments for district 1 were ship look rather slim at the present Old-age pension advocates looked somewhat larger than district 2, but writing, judging from games played very glum last week when the sup the past year both assessments were throughout the regular season. How erne court handed down a decision the same. It was felt that combining ever, the morale of the Bulldogs has placing the question of two cents per the two districts would save much picked up greatly in recent practices package on cigarets up to the voters. time and effort. Kenneth Gibbs, wa and upset possibilities are being Those who favor and engineered the te ■ superintendent, was given an in courted. measure through the last session of crease in salary beginning with Feb- i the legislature fear, with so many ad- ruary 1. verse happenings coming to pass dur- BAND TO PRESENT ng the past year, that voters will PLEDGE BOOKS DUE MID-YEAR CONCERT turn thumbs down on the measure next November. If so, a good million SATURDAY EVENING or more of additional money which The mid-year major concert by the would have gone to the oldsters in the music department of Hermiston high Hermiston “minute men” who still form of assistance, or pensions, is gone with the wind. Now the pen- have pledge books not completed are school will be presented by the band ‘ion-minded are working on another | urged to finish their territory and and glee club on Friday, February 13, bill which will be dropped in the lap return their books to the Herald of in the high school gymnasium begin f the next legislature, in the event fice not later than Saturday night. ning at 8 o’clock. The purpose is to accumulate mon The response has been quite favor the present one is rejected. ey toward the spring tour. There will able although the entire task has not be a small admission charge. Word trickles through from Wash- | been completed. Anyone wishing to sign a pledge ngton, D. C., concerning renewed talk of the possible transfer of the for the purchase of defense bonds is forest service from the department of | urged to come to The Herald office Agriculture to the department of the where pledge books will be kept for interior, a move blocked a year ago this purpose. when the president made many re- groupings. Now under his war-time TEACHERS ISSUED powers the president can do as he BUY wishes. The support of Oregon tim- NEW CONTRACTS UNITED bermen, in the main, is no longer fav- STATES SAVINGS At a regular high school board rable to the forest service remaining /BON DS AND STAMPS n agriculture; they would prefer to meeting Monday night, all high school have the service under Ickes, irascible teachers were tendered new contracts as he is, than with Wickard. Their for next year. Those whose contracts complaint is not with the foresters in were approved include Miss Con the field but with a small group In stance Luehrs, Miss Lavina May Washington, D. C., who are planning Lynch, Mervin Werth, Ethel Clark, -tate socialism for the forests. A Helen Thomas, Ray Critchfield, Lee -ample of what the group is aiming Weber and G. C. Humphreys. At a board meeting Tuesday, the at is the so-called Bankhead bill, in troduced last fall. It is alleged that ' following grade teachers were issued under this bill, if it is enacted (it has contracts: Enid Delaney, Mary Petri, been placed on ice ), in a few years Blanche Harmon, Ruth Johnson, here would be no private timber own Eleanor Tischler, Alma Greaves and ers. Secretary Ickes, the timbermen L. S. Burrell. Due to the fact that the new con feel, would be a safer man to admin- ister the forest service than Secreta tracts have just been issued, instruc tors have not had time to return ry Wickard. : signed statements. Consequently, it Westland Grange Enlittt Member» ! is impossible to tell as yet just how At a well attended meeting of the | many will be back for next year. Westland Grange recently, 21 appli- ations for membership were received. ANNUAL MEETING The next meeting of the grange will be held at the Westland school Fri- SET FOR CO-OPS lay. February 13. ---------------------— — The annual meeting of the Farm l.ndge Plane Sodai Meeting Bureau Co-operative and the Coop Pauline Rebekah lodge will have a erative Service Station will be held social meeting Wednesday. February at the Central Church of Christ at 18, following a regular lodge meet- 1:30 p. m. Friday, February 13. At ng. All Rebekahs are urged to at- this time the service station will is- tend. | sue its dividend checks. BIDS ADVERTISED FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT LOCAL SCHOOLS NUMBER 26 Abraham Lincoln MINSTREL SHOW SET FOR IRRIGON "Dark Belles Minstral Show” has been scheduled for the Irrigon high gymnasium for Friday, February 13. Gags, dances and songs are featured for the evening with dancing to fol low the performance. An admission fee of 15c for stu dents and 35c for adults will be charged. “The year’s best entertain ment,” stated Ladd Sherman, Irrigon superintendent. District Playoff Game - Wednesday, Feb. 18-Mac Hi vs. Bulldogs 8:00p.m.
