THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1945.
THE HERMISTON HERALD. HERMISTON. OREGON.
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The Hermiston Herald
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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
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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.
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Lumber is still very scarce, but
even though you cannot build at
this time — you can make old
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Paas Egg Dyes 3 Pkgs
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Toilet Soap
bars
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2 bars
.17
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Lady Godiva
Pears
Walnuts, Large
lb.
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Grapefruit Juice
Cake Flour
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Brown Sugar
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