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THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1945. THE HERMISTON HERALD. HERMISTON. OREGON. PAGE FOUR The Hermiston Herald Published Every Thursday at Hermiston, Umatilla County, Oregon. Alfred Quiring and Leander Quiring, Publishers. Entered at the post office at Hermiston as Second Class Matter, Dec. 1906, Umatilla County, Oregon. Subscription Rates One Year..........»............................. $2.00 Six Months ...................................... 1.00 Payable in Advance Office Telephone ............................. 2051 Residence Telephone ........................ 2333 Jersey and just recovered from a case of scarlet fever. Mrs. Hugh Grim received word Tuesday that her son, T/Sgt. Ray mond Allen had been killed in ac tion in the Pacific area. He was a member of the Dismounted Cav alry in the Philippines. Thomas Phillips and Mrs. Stel la Doll were married in Seattle. They arrived home after a ten day wedding trip and were charvaried Monday evening at their residence in Irrigon.____________ ECHO NEWS ITEMS Staff Sgt. Eldon Smith, home on a furlough after three years ser vice in the South Pacific, left Sun day by plane for a visit with his sister-in-law, Mrs. Vernon Smith Cooperate With the Irrigation District Manager at Lawton, Oklahoma. Lt. Vernon Smith is now on duty with the The irrigation season is about to open. We find seventh U. S. army In Europe. El ourselves at the beginning with a shortage of stor don will return to Echo the last of age in the Cold Springs reservoir of from 15 to 20 this week. Members of Echo Garden club per cent of the usual amount. This means that there enjoyed a pot luck dinner at the must be careful cooperation between the farmers home of Mrs. Claude Meyers east and the management, if every user is to have suffic I of town Monday evening. A com- | mittee was appointed to contact ient water to mature his crops. This is no scare head the city council and arrange for a item but a warning, and at the same time an assur spring clean-up day. Mrs. Fisk ance that if all do their best in handling the water, a spoke on the war time salvage campaign, and made a special plea full season af crops may be produced. for saving more fats for the army. She stated there is now an urgent The manager is new, but he has been on the job need for great quantities of grease long enough to show that he is in on the know, and for wartime uses. The April meet ing of the club will be the occasion has the stamina to regulate. He has had varied ex of the annual election of officers. perience, knows soil requirements, methods of irri Capt. William Westfall, former gating, is ambitious to do the right thing and has the Echo high school teacher, is now stationed at a Long Beach air strength to say yes and no. Unquestionably, he is training station as an instructor in the man to cooperate with this year under our rather flying. Writing to the B. B. Mid strained circumstances. But one thing is certain, he dletons he tells of being involved in his first airplane accident re can’t do it all. cently. One of the engines on his plane caught fire shortly after Good use and distribution of water from your taking off from the airport and he turnout gate requires land in good shape and ditches was forced to land downwind on cleaned to carry a good head. Waste must be pre the runway from which he started. He ran the plane into the dirt at vented in all possible cases. Some farmers may the edge of the field and he and want to work a shift while the water runs heiter skel the co-pilot barely escaped before ter, or is left to the direction of women and child the landing gear collapsed and the plant burst into flames. Captain ren. Some new farmers will not know the first prin Westfall says he may stay in the ciples of distributing water and these will need to army after the war as he likes the learn and neighbors should be willing to help them. work, or he may fly as a civilian. T/5 Blair Coleman writes his Otherwise pools will be formed and seepage lakes parents, Mr. and Mrs. Troy Cole accumulate. man. that he is now with an ord nance evacuation unit in France. This year some night attention will be needed and He went overseas in February. In most places have few spots for night runs without France he met several soldiers who were stationed with him dur serious waste and damage to their land. Irrigating ing his two years in western Alas is a practical science and cannot be just played with ka. if results are to be secured. These remarks apply William Benedict, who has been seriously ill at his home here for to all irrigation projects in this region if we are to do several weeks, was taken to the our part in the production of food supplies that must Pendleton hospital Monday. Mr. be maintained and increased in 1945. and Mrs. Tom Casey of Walla Wal la have been here for sime time helping to care for Mr. Benedict, but Saturday Mr. Casey had a land. Wash., and Mrs. Lois Land cerebral hemorrhage and was tak and daughter, Lorraine, of Port en to the Walla Walla hospital in land. are visiting Mrs. Nora Wil a serious condition. Miss Beth Russell Dr. C. L. Gray received word Miss Patty Markham, one of Ir son. Miss Huth Hayes of Cambridge. Tuesday of the death of his fath rigon high school's most out standing seniors, this week joined Idaho, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. er. Bert E. Gray of Tecimseh. the Nurse Corps. Irrigon high Tom Caldwell and other friends Mich. Dr. Gray just returned last week from a short visit with his school student body presented a in Irrigon. scholarship to her. She also was Pfc. Joe Wilson. I. H. S. gradu father. Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Meyers mov honored with a scholarship from ate of ‘43, is spending this week Eastern Oregon College. visiting his mother. Mrs. Nora Wil ed Monday to their new home in Mrs. Edna Walbridge of Wood- son He has been stationed in New Pendleton. Their residence in Echo has been purchased by A. E. Wat- tenburger and he moved in from his Butter Creek farm the first of the week. E. B. Wattenburger, who has been living at Pine City, will now reside at the A. E. Wat tenburger farm place. Eighty-six guests registered at the open house held in observance of the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Meyers at their home here Wednesday after noon and evening. The rooms were beautifully decorated with golden daffodils and on the serv ing table was a large wedding cake which was brought from Portland by Averill Meyers in his plane. Mrs. Ollie Jones and Mrs. Alta Laughlin, sisters of Mrs. Meyers, had charge of pouring, assisted at intervals by Mrs. John Jordan, Mrs. Charles Hidy, Mrs. John Oli ver, Mrs. Margaret Wolf, Mrs. Earl Robinson, Mrs. Bernice Ful lerton. Mrs. Edward Liesegang and Mrs. Ben Gaskill. The four sons of Mr. and Mrs. Meyers, Averill of Portland, Ros coe and Claude of Echo, and Har vey of Pendleton, and their fam ilies. were present for the obser vance. The sons presented each of their parents with a diamond ring as a wedding, anniversary gift. Among the guests from out of town were Mrs. Ollie Jones, Mrs. Earl Robinson and Mrg. Bert Staats Jr. of Baker, Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Davis and Mrs. Bernice Ful lerton of Pendleton, Mrs.-George Jefferson and Mrs. Elna Preston of Pasco. Donald Pearson and Miss Midge Hard of Portland, Mr and ; Mrs. Loren Kenison, Mr. and Mrs. Will Reeves and Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Bard of Stanfield, Mr. and Mrs. Preston Hollomon of Hermiston, and Mrs. Lucinda Vandercar of Ordnance. Pvt. Earl Middleton writes his parents that he expects a 15-day furlough starting April 9 and will be home about that time. He is stationed at Camp Ellis, Ill., where he is engaged in testing mechan ized equipment for the army. Rev. Malcolm Ballinger, former Echo pastor, is reported to be sta tioned at Salt Lake City as an ar my chaplain. The Rust College Jubilee sing ers of Holly Springs. Miss., were at the Echo Methodist church this week Thursdav. They presented a program of spirituals, semi-class- ical. popular and comic songs. Cnl. Larry McMaster of the air corns in Bermuda was a guest at the Tolar home this week. He left Fridav to return to his camp. Word has been received from Keith Middleton that he is now in Germany but he gives no de tails as to locality or action by his — Gas — Oil — Stove Oil — Diesel Oil — — Bulk Sales Gas and Oil — Co-operative Service Station First National Bank of Hermiston F. B. SWAYZE, President company. Miss Emma Geiszler is now at home convalescing after being in the Pendleton hospital for some time recovering from a serious op- P eration. Dr. C. T.. Gray returned Wed- nesday from Michigan where he was called recently by the serious illness of his father. He found it hard to secure transportation west but finally succeeded in getting passage on a plane. Starting April 1 there will be four buses each way daily through Echo. The new schedule will be: westbound at 6:12 a. m., 1:27 p. M., 5:27 p. m., and 11:47 p. m. East bound: 2:45 p. m., 7:45 p. m., 1:25 a. m. and 7:15 a. m. WANTED! 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Matches carton 12 8al. .98 No. 212 can Silver Grille ' Texas - No. 2 can Woodbury's Red & White * Tomato Juice. No. 2's New West or Pierce's* C risco 3 lbs. Soil-Off Apple Butter. 38 oz. Dina-Mite 3 lbs. Shopping Bags Corn Flakes 18 oz. Brown Sugar Coeur d'Alene Sunspun Pint .26 Spanish Green Olives Eg Pints • Red & White Wheat Flakes 18 oz. Red & White each Sho-Woven Mesh E 4. 1 pkg. lb .08 a large .10 Coffee, Red & White . lb. 33C - 2 lbs. 63c Hermiston Trading Co. • Hermiston, Oregon
