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OREGON NEWS COMMENTS ANO 4/aXmL^to n 7 Ao etald OFFICIAL UMATILLA COUNTY PAPER HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. MARCH 19, 1942. VOLUME XXXV VERNON WILLIAMS TWO PIONEERS PASS AWAY FOLLOWING EXTENDED ILLNESS TUNZAPOPPIN7 TO BE SHOWN AGAIN FRIDAY EVENING NUMBER 31 Reds' Manager Does a Bit of Explaining BIDS CALLED FOR HERMISTON SEWER AND WATER PROJECTS “Funzapoppin”, the three-act mus ical comedy which is being sponsored by the Hermiston Rotary club, was WORK EXPECTED TO HERMISTON MATRON presented before an appreciative aud ience last night and will be shown I PASSES MONDAY GET UNDERWAY SOON again Friday night at the high school auditorium. The proceeds of the play The long-awaited news of the call Funeral services for Edwin O. will go towards the purchase of de ing of bids for the construction of Comegys, 73, a resident of Umatilla fense bonds, acording to Dr. F. B. the Hermiston sewer and water im county since 1881, were held Satur Belt, president of the Rotary club provement project “broke” this week. day afternoon at 2:30 from the Fol which is sponsoring the play. Sealed bids are being called for the som chapel in Pendleton with Rev. F. The cast consists of Hermiston’s construction of the sewer and the C. Wissenbach, rector of the Church best talent and they are really stag- j water improvements and will be op of the Redeemer, officiating. Mr. ing a comical show. Those taking | ened publicly Monday, April 6, at Comegys suffered a stroke at his leading roles are: Virginia Wells, 7:30 p. m. home here nearly a year ago and nev Fred Rankin, Jim Boylen, Gerald Several firms have intimated that er fully recovered. He has been in Keller, Barbara Moore, Barbara | they would be interested in work At Medford and the Albany-Cor- St. Anthony’s hospital in Pendleton Tucker, George Harkenrider, Mabel j which assures the fact that bids will vallis area where cantonments are un since that time. Rauch, Grace Campbell, Mrs. Dan be received. Should developments der contract (designed for a total of 1 Ted Roy sang “Abide With Me” Gray, Helen Tilton and Virginia I take the expected course, actual work 60 000 soldiers) how to take care of i and "Softly and Tenderly” during Herd. should get underway in the very near the workers is already a problem, ac-1 the funeral service. Pall bearers were In addition to the play, many future. e rding to word received in the capi-1 C. M. Jackson, W. R. Longhorn, Geo. choruses and specialty numbers are Pumping tests at the artesian well tai. In the two cantonment districts Strohm and Chas. Taylor of Hermis presented. Some of those in these have been underway during the past there are no vacant dwellings and ton. parts are: trumpet solo by Lucy Hol week with very pleasing results. It Mr. Comegys is survived by two loman, vocal solo by Mabel Rauch, workmen are filling the auto camps. Even baseball comes in for a streamlining these modern days. Here There is and will be a drain on school sisters, Mrs. Eva Engle of Pasadena, vocal trio arranged by Jo Casper, a Manager Bill .McKechnie of the Cincinnati Reds (left) explains the opera is hoped to utilize this natural flow accommodations, as several hundred Calif., and Mrs. Fannie Carney of duo dance by Leona Davis and Karon tion of a new automatic pitching machine to pitcher Paul Derringer. The of water in the water improvement children are being brought in while | Pendleton. Glenisky, violin solo by Hope Rey device is in use at the Reds training camp at Tampa, saving much wear proj ect. -- -- -= • ox- father works in the cantonments. j He was well known in this area as nolds and a vocal solo by Virginia and tear on valuable pitching arms. JOHN SOTO TO DIE a painter and paper hanger having Todd. In other cantonments during con followed this trade for many years. A pep squad is an added feature to I FRIDAY IN LETHAL struction it has been possible for the He had been a resident of Hermiston LOCAL RELATIVE the show and is composed of Ilene I JUNIOR HIGH TO workers to live 20 or 30 miles away for 33 years and was a member of | Blodgett, Barbara Todd, Leladell ! GAS CHAMBERS from the job, but the sites in Oregon the cuy council from 1911 to 1913. SINKS ON HOUSTON Reeder, Donna Whithaft and Louise GIVE OPERETTA have been designated since the cur He was also a member of the Knights I Hammer. John Anthony Soto, 17-year-old Lester Dowling, brother of Mrs. A. tailment of automobiles and tires. of Pythias lodge. The Hermiston junior high school slayer of three Hermiston residents Unable to replace tires when they be operetta, “The Dizzy Baton”, gives A. Estle of Hermiston, was aboard last September, will die Friday MISS BARTHOLOMEW the American cruiser Houston when come useless, the* workers hesitate to great promise of being one filled with morning at 8:30 in Oregon’s lethal Funeral services for Mrs. Rhoda use cars for any distance. Also feed many laughs and comical situations. it was sunk in battle February 27. ' gas chambers in Salem. Soto is “as PNEMONIA VICTIM Berkley Meyer were held Thursday No official word of his death has ing these families will develop ano When two escaped lunatics direct a i happy-go-lucky as can be,” Deputy afternoon at 2:00 o’clock at the Her ther problem in the Willamette and junior high chorus rehearsal most been received here but is expected Warden Gene Halley of the state miston Methodist church with Rev. Miss Maryann Bartholomew, 16- within a few days. Rogue river valleys. There is a pos Malcolm B. Ballinger in charge. Bur year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs. anything can happen. Dowling enlisted with the navy penitentiary stated this week. sibility that by the time the canton- The date of the operetta has been “He talks like he wants to die," ial was in the local cemetery. She Harry Bartholomew of Echo passed I about 2 12 years ago. His home is list- ments are finished these workers will reached the age of 61 yearss, six -away Tuesday afternoon in the Her changed from April 3 to Thursday, I ed as Sharon. Oklahoma. His moth i Halley said, “but he told me he tried be available to gather in crops. to commit suicide three times before months and 10 days. miston hospital from pneumonia. Miss April 2. More information concern er is also a resident of Oklahoma. Hood River orchardists are anx Mrs. Meyer was born September 6, Bartholomew was a junior in Echo ing the operetta will appear in next he came here. ious that a property custodian be 1880, near Elsberry, Mo., a daughter high school and well known here by week’s issue, according to Ted Roy, “Soto eats good, sleeps good, and STONE'S MARKET director of the performance. named to take over the 98 orchards of Wm. and Nancy Joe Berley. The the young folks. plays the radio all the time. He told operated by 70 .Japanese in that val family moved to Clarkston, Wash., in Surviving besides her parents are HAS NEW MANAGER I me he likes it here in prison, saying ley. Someone familiar with the fruit 1902. The deceased was married to two half brothers. Funeral services HERMISTON MAN I it's just like a big hotel. In fact he industry will be required to super John Ed Meyer in December, 1904. will be held "Saturday afternoon at aid it was the best place he ever IN DRAFT Kenneth McKee, recently of Lewis | lived in.” vise the Japanese holdings, as care Surviving are two sons, Joseph Mey 2:00 o’clock in the Echo Methodist FIRST * ton. Idaho, arrived this week to as- of the orchards is technical. Spring er of Baker and Edward Berkley church. Halley, who has seen 15 condemn- --------------- — • e ---------- work on the trees must start in a few Meyer of Los Angeles. Also sur The Umatilla county selective ser | sume management of Stone’s store I ed men before they went to the exe- days and the association of«orchard viving are a brother Charles Berk vice board announced Wednesday here. He replaces Rodger Olin who | eution chamber, including 11 to be LOCAL LAUNDRY ists has communicated with Washing ley of Idaho, and two sisters, Maymie that Blanchard Joseph Celler (441) resigned this week to enter the army i hanged and four to be gassed, said ton, explaining that when a decision Meyer of Missouri and Katie Miller UNION MEMBER of Hermiston was the first number as a draftee. he has “never in my life seen anyone The store also has a new meat cut like Soto.” is to be made the Hood River associa of Washington. • drawn in the Tuesday lottery affect ter in the person of Gerald Bond, re tion has a name to submit. The alien His only chance is to obtain a com She had been a member of the Bap The Hermiston Laundry & Dry ing anyone in Umatilla county. property custodian will be a part of tist church in St. Louis. The Meyer Cleaners is now a member of the Other Hermiston men listed in the cently of Kellogg, Idaho, Dorm Mil mutation of sentence from Governor the treasury set-up and he will ap- family moved to Hermiston in 1920 Laundry and Dry Cleaning Workers first 30 in Umatilla county are as ler, former butcher, has also resigned Charles A. Sprague, but the gover point field men. nor’s office has indicated this is ex and resided in the Meadows district union, according to Alvin Elkins, follows: Charles Nicholas Gellinger to enter the armed forces. Metals division of war production since that time. She had been ill for owner. Arrangements were complet (1817), Jerry Dolling (1103), La tremely doubtful. The youth, who had escaped from board has heard that there is nickel the past two ♦ years, passing away ed recently while Mr. and Mrs. El Verne Stanfield Burrell (968), Ed COX TO RECEIVE in Oregon and has arranged to send Monday in St. Anthony’s hospital in kins were on a business trip to Port win Clyde Hall (1218), Walter N. the Sonoma, Cal., state home for Jackson (1291), Logan C. Todd FLIGHT TRAINING scientists to that region to make an Pendleton. land. feeble-minded, committed; his crime investigation. No nickel is produced at Hermiston on September 25, 1941, According to Mr. Elkins his con (1638) and Joseph William Rice Oregon State College, Corvallis, being convicted of killing Kenneth L. in the United States, the current sup POWER COMPANY cern is now one of the very few un (131). --- • =--------------- March 19—Richard Cox of Hermis Gorsuch. He also killed Gorsuch’s ply coming from Canada. WPB has ion shops in eastern Oregon and the Examiner Here Again Thursday ton, junior in agricultural economics mother and her nephew. Soto lived a tip that one deposit is in Douglas PAYS HIGH TAXES only one in this region. ------- — = • — ---------- The traveling examiner of opera at Oregon State college, is one of 18 with the family, and says he killed county, not far from Riddle, and that Office Personnel Has Mnmps tors and chauffeurs is scheduled to students who will receive flight in them because the mother, learning he there is a smaller deposit somewhere Real and personal property taxes If this week’s issue of the Herald arrive in Hermiston Thursday, March struction at the beginning of spring was wanted at Sonoma state home, in the Jackson-Josephine area. If, explains the metals division, these amounting to $21,336.70 for the half- does not have that effeminile touch 26, and will be on duty at the city term under the civilian pilots train threatened to turn him over to the deposits can be used at all and even year levy due March 15 under new it can be blamed on the mumps. Both library between the hours of 10 a. m. ing program. The students are now police. though they may cost more to pro state tax laws were paid to Umatilla Joyce McCulley and Anne Sommerer to 5 p. m., according to a recent an taking certain ground courses. Be The jury at Pendleton found Soto duce than would be justified in peace- county last week by Pacific Power & are taking a forced leave of absence nouncement released from the office cause the government has prohibited sane, phychiatrists agreeing Soto is time, WPB will see that federal mon Light company, according to A. M. due to the dreaded malady. If the of Secretary of State. All those all private flying within 150 miles of of border-line intelligence, but that ey is available to make the properties Thrasher, local manager for the mumps continue to take their toll wishing permits or licenses to drive the Pacific coast, flight instructions he knows the difference between company. here the next issue may need consid cars are asked to get in touch with will be given at Madras instead of right and wrong. active. The company’s total taxes for 1941 erable “swelling”. the examiner during these hours. Albany. Soto’s parents, Porto-Ricans who On the upper Columbia, somewhere jumped 11 per cent over last year, are on relief, live at Niles, Cal. Soto r. Umatilla county, the war depart- Thrasher said, to reach a new high is the eldest of seven children. ment plans the construction of a de of $1,055,810. His mother, Mrs. Antonia Soto, ap pot for quartermaster supplies. The In addition to state and local lev pealed in person to the governor sev depot will cost several million dollars eral days ago for clemency. She says and work is expected to begin during ies, this total included payments to her son did not appeal to the state the coming summer. The contract the federal government of more than supreme court because he could not will be negotiated and not competi- $413,000, or enough money to pay a afford it. tive. A negotiated contract usually year’s interest charges of $13,600,000 “I don’t intend to interfere,” the eliminates any contractor or con of U. S. defense savings bonds. governor said. “I have reviewed the tractor group not known to the army him case, and nothing new has been pre officers and the job is given to a con LOCAL TEACHERS sented to me that was not presented cern that has worked for the army TO ATTEND MEET to the jury which convicted him." before. This is why some govern AV • 6 ' ment work in the northwest has so AG frequently been handed to the same WORK PICKS UP Superintendent W. G. Kersbergen few contractors and is why maritime and his entire staff will attend the | AT DEPOT SITE commission refuses to award ship or- annual teachers’ institute to be held t Ni iers to new concerns, regardless of this year in Portland from Wednes their experience. Roy H. White, business agent of day until Friday, March 25, 26 and There is before the senate a bill 27. This institute is popular with the local carpenters local, stated authorizing the secretary of war ‘to the educational leaders of the state Wednesday that his office was re construct a permanent gate and mon- and is usually well attended. ceiving a few calls daily for help at .ment to commemorate the deeds and the Umatilla Ordnance depot. Mr. Students of both high and grade achievements of early patriots whose school will be dismissed for the three White stated that although consid efforts were responsible for the es-1 days. erable activity is expected this sum tablishment of the title of the United mer, there is no immediate sign of States to the Oregon country." The a great demand for help at the de FARM FEDERATION site of the monument is to be at pot. Champoeg. Twice, years ago, the SPONSORS DINNER Mr. White has a list of many car senate passed bills authorizing $100,- penters and their addresses who he 000 by the federal government to will contact as soon as some work match a similar sum from the state The Oregon State Farm Bureau | develops. for a Champoeg memorial, but the Federation will sponsor a dinner at1 Mrs. R. E. Koon RetUms Erom Visit bills were lost in the house. The | the Columbia park club house Tues- Mrs. R. E. Koon returned Tuesday present measure is modest; it author- day evening, March 24, at 7:00 p.m., night from a two weeks visit to Los zes only $25,000 and requires the according to A. H. Cable, president Angeles and other California points. state to maintain the memorial. of the Umatilla Project Farm Bu She visited her son, Lt. R. C. Gear The income tax just paid on last reau. hart who is in ferry command of the year’s income is the heaviest that has Chas. Baker of Walla Walla, ex army air corps at Long Beach. She ever been imposed on the American perienced in Farm Bureau work and also visited Col. and Mrs L. W. Jor people. However, it is slight compar former head of the Walla Walla dan in Los Angeles who plan to re ed with that which must be paid one Farm Bureau Federation, will be the turn to Hermiston in early spring. year hence. speaker of the evening. Portland, Ore.—War activities in Oregon are causing a housing prob- Jem which is arousing concern in the rational capital. Pendleton, for ex ample, needs more housing units for non-commissioned officers at the air field, at least 100 dwellings. While arrangements are being made for ex panding the accommodations, it is proposed to transfer 100 modern trailers from Umatilla to be used by workmen, for there are no accommo dations for carpenters and mechanics who must construct the 100 dwell ings. rm* 7 h's r. % il ye. I •
