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PAGE FOUR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1942. THE HERMISTON HERALD. HERMISTON. OREGON. The Hermiston Herald STANFIELD NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Roy Neill of Hepp ner left Monday for Kemmerer, Wyo. to visit Mr. Neill’s daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Elden Kinten and daughter. Mr. Neill was going to see his new granddaughter who is only about a month old. Mrs. John Harrison and son John ny of Eugene, Ore., who lived for some time on Butter Creek, are now making their home in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Wattenburger and A. E. Wattenburger spent Mon day in Pendleton on business. Mrs. Katty Currin of Pilot Rock is cooking for the harvest men on the Turner place in Sand Hollow. Frank McVitty. who entered the Heppner high school, quit Tuesday evening and entered Echo high school so that he is closer to home. By Mrs. Rose Hedrick The Stanfield Woman’s Study Published Every Thursday at i club held their first meeting at the home of their president, Mrs. C. E. Hermiston, Umatilla County, Oregon. Fisk for a business session, and the Alfred Quiring and Leander Quiring, Publishers. guest speaker was Miss Margaret Achterman, the new recreational di rector at Stanfield. Entered at the post office at Hermiston as Second Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Dennis drove - Matter, Dec. 1906, Umatilla County, Oregon. to Spokane Monday night to see Al Becker, youngest brother of Mrs. Dennis and who survived the sinking Subscription Rates i of the U. S. S. Wakefield recently, One Year.......................................... $2.00 He was able to be at his mother's home, Mrs. Katharine Becker. Six Months ...................................... 1.00 Mrs. Rosenberg and son Hank are Three Months ........................ 50 visiting old friends in Lewiston, Ida- ho. this week. Payable in Advance The Harmony club met at the home of Mrs. Ellen Stillings on Sep Office Telephone ............................. 2051 Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Myers spent tember 22 with Mrs. Bessie Stone as wi 4-4 in The Dalles on a business Residence Telephone ....................... 2333 hostess presenting a program on I Friday . “if Books. Some gave a report on their In P. — ., . , favorite and some recent ones were ! Miss Dorothy and Jean Wiggles- it given. Mrs. Hada Shelton reviewed I worth of „Echo spent theweek end __ *r hnu * Lu n LAI a +1 n w —u 1*w% cur ua . L nlz *i Yr h 1 I n with the Wattenburger children while F Rachel Field’s book, “And Now To- their st" parents spent the week end in morrow,” Great Britain’s position . $ in the present war was very well re Portland. w’s Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Ayers and lated. Don Blanding’s book, “Vaga Mr. es and Mrs. Burl Wattenburger at bond House”, a book of unusual poe-' tended the dance in Lexington Sat try was recommended by Mrs. Agnes urday evening. Herrick who whote an original poem **. Mr. and Mrs. Marian Finch and for each club meeting last year. daughter Patty were dinner guests Jeff See, 74, who passed away at at the E. B. Wattenburger home on St. Anthony’s hospital September 12, Sunday evening. Later in the eve War Housing Fronts was buried in Stanfield cemetery Mr. and Mrs. Garnel Abercrom with Rev. Cornelison of Pendleton ning and family joined them. October “Fortune” contains an extensive article conducting the services and Bom- bie Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Wattenburger boys in charge. He was born in Mis spent Sunday on war housing throughout the United States. The and Monday in Pasco. souri and came to La Grande in 1910 Mr. and Mrs. Joe Foley and Miss magazine uses Mobile, Alabama, and Witchita, and lived there many years, coming Marie Here s an entirely new type of two-way plow that Beebe visited Mr. and Mrs. A. to Stanfield twenty years ago. One E. Wattenburger Kansas, as outstanding cases, and if the names and Saturday evening. will give you big capacity, easier sister. Mrs. Perry Arthur, survives, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Moore and adjustment, and better work than ever before - the numbers were changed, the story would apply to and lives in the Columbia district. sons called Thursday evening at the Hermiston. The experiences here in dealing with E. B. Wattenburger home. Deere operate No. 32 on Two-Way Tractor Plow Both wheels the land to serve as Pine City club ladies met Thurs The Woman’s Study club were de the problem are the same as in all defense areas in day for an all-day club meeting. lightfully entertained at their first the Plow and to keep the plow the country except that this area has met the chal Mr. and Mrs. Marian Finch spent level at all times—even when opening lands It’s meeting this year at the home of new in design—new in features you’ll like. See it lenge far better than most of the districts. their president, Mrs. Fisk. Thirteen Saturday evening in Heppner. Bobby Schiller and Frank McVity attended and all sang their club song . check its many fine features at our store. You’ll Mobile had 115,000 population and now has 200,- and America the Beautiful. Mrs. are driving from the Vey ranch to want a new John Deere No. 32 two-furrow Two- the Jarmon corner and meeting the Sikes played and Mrs. Inez McCor “ ay Tractor Plow on your farm this year.’ 000. Witchita had 127,000 and now has 170,000. mick sang My Own America. The school bus. They attend Echo high We had 800 and now have over 8000. The percent 31st anniversary was featured in the school. Mrs. John Moore of Seattle, Wn„ roll call and plans were made to BRADEN-BELL TRACTOR & age of increase is not even comparable. According make changes if necessary. Miss is visiting her son and family, Mr. EQUIPMENT CO. to “Fortune” thousands of workers quit because of Margaret Achterman. area supervis and Mrs. Russell Moore. Dr. and Mrs. Dale Rothwell of or of the recreation project, address lack of housing. Many commuted as far as 85 miles. Pendleton Phone 518 ed the club on the essentials of her Pendleton and Mrs. John Moore of Tents, trailers, and temporary shacks were numer work and the value derived in the Seattle visited Sunday at the Rus association of people, Refreshments sell Moore home. ous there and the sanitary conditions were far worse. were served. Mobile is hot, has wet lands, poor drainage, frequent METHODIST CHURCH Mrs. M. Woodward and Melissa JOHN DEERE Gade „elémends Scebe from Kalispell, Montana, are here to Malcolm B. Ballinger^ Minister rains, some of torrential nature, mud and mosqui visit Mrs. Elinor Schutte, daughter Sunday, October 4. 10 a. m., Sun toes and disease. We have none of these except of M/s. Woodward, for a week. day School at Hermiston and Echo Mrs. Kathryn Dennis, chairmas churches. 11 a. m„ World-Wide heat in summer and a few unsanitary places that the for the Red Cross, announces that Communion Sunday observance at 12 Noon. Basket dinner at the new members of Hermiston Metho- state has largely corrected. Whoever selected this two night shirts have been finished the Hermiston church. Celebration Echo church. 2 p. m., World-Wide dist Youth Fellowship. and turned in, and workers are need of the sacrament of Holy Commun Communion Sunday observance at 8 p. m.. Motion Pictures for Young area for defense projects acted wisely, or perhaps ed. Mrs. Schutte announces that ion, reading of message to the church the Echo church. Celebration of the Adult Fellowship at Hermiston. more wisely than they knew. Hermiston, alone, has Mrs. Hodgen, Mrs. N. A. Smelcer and from Bishop Bruce R. Baxter, dedi sacrament of Holy Communion, read Mrs. Peterson are knitting, and that cation of Service Banner and Ser ing of message from the bishop, lift responded with 150 per cent increase in housing, yarn is here to supply 15 knitters. vie Roll of Honor, lifting of offering ing of offering for the Fellowship of and the surrounding towns and country has met the Some are making woolen skirts. for the Fellowship of Suffering and Suffering and Service. ADS For SALE IN The primary room has enrolled 43 Service. At the Echo church, spec 3 p. m., Motion Pictures for Echo requirements far beyond reasonable expectations. thus far, two dropped out, and four ial program sponsored by the Girls’ Methodist Youth Fellowship. OUR NEXT ISSUE more new ones arrived this week. League. All the defense areas have been handicapped by 7 p. m., Initiation ceremony for Their teacher, Mrs. Bessie Chapin, priority regulations, lack of materials, labor, and was seen cheerfully escorting the ones living at the trailer houses safe also assurances of reasonable degree of permanen ly across the highway. cy. The general result has been much temporary The freshmen are eagerly looking forward to Thursday and Friday for building, high rentals, opportunity for racketeering, their initiation and party. Mrs. Sue packed school quarters, and worse than all the drift Waid is their adviser. Carolyn Smith, whose bike was ing and shifting of workers. The tire and gas situa stolen a week ago, now rides a fine tion is now contributing to the further condensation new one. Charles Michaels, î , cousin of Jack of workers, and may become worse as commuting Michaels, is here from 1 Colorado to becomes next to impossible. visit the Michaels. Mrs. Bill Clark ami Mrs. Don The final conclusion is suggested that families Clark visited the Orlon Warrens here this week en route to their Ida may have to remain at home, barracks built, and ho home to get their daughters Ruth men drafted to work who must live away troni their and Bernice and then will return the families for the duration. Unless Federal Housing end of the week to their home in Ta- coma where their father works in the authorities can iron out some of the difficulties there shipyards. lav. The Ladies Aid will feature is more trouble ahead. Until heads of government or lar session October first, the begin- are not content with tents, shacks, trailers, men tak Tits ning of the second half of their : $ ing three shifts in one bed, loss of workers, loss of year’s work. Each will report in 26 words or less how they earned their 2—l morale in workers, and delay in construction (all dollar since the last meeting. Mrs. Mike Reilly will be hostess. Every over the nation) wc must do our best to meet local one urged to come and have a conditions. This will be much less than we would share in the fun. do if given more power to meet the emergency. The Harmony club met at the Her 2. rick home Tuesday. September 29, -CW with Mrs. Glen Seeley as reader of the late book, Respectfully Yours, nV" Annie. Be, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Duncan were business visitors in Pendleton on Tuesday. That Lasts A Year Mrs. Frankie Lane, Mrs. C. C. Rhea. Mrs. Margaret Daughtrey and Miss Lentia Waid honored the latter A SUBSCRIPTION TO on her birthday with a dinner at the Starkweather Cafe in Pendleton last Sunday. The Home Newspaper Rev. J. M. Cornelison entertained the young people last Friday night with a watermelon feed. Rally day $$908$$$$990908093$$$9*0$****$*99 last Sunday brought out several but there’s room for more. Membet ORECO NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS 4ss q £| a TI 0 N JOHN DEERE operation, "asiat new John Four e wheels for A MRS. 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