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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1942. THE HERMISTON HERALD. HERMISTON. OREGON. VETERANS-You men who fought the last War-make this your job. To see that no American boy shall fail because a lack of scrap de prived him of a fighting chance. PAGE THREE Tuesday was a 300 pound buck killed by Mr. Fitzgerald, a resident of the Echo trailer camp. Echo Garden club presented an in teresting and artistically arranged flower show Saturday at the Meth odist church basement with a silver tea served in the afternoon. Pouring were Mrs. W. J. Helmick, president of the club and Mrs. A. C. Ebert. Pro ceeds of the tea were given to the ar my and navy relief fund. Willard Morse and Howard Tharpe who are employees of the Umatilla Ordnance depot were fined $12.50 and costs in the local justice court Tuesday for shooting pheasants out of season. Echo Masonic lodge will start its fall activities Tuesday evening with “THE FARMER’S OWN STORE” work in the Entered Apprentice de gree. Refreshments will be served. Phone 2811 - - Delivery Service Jack Teel of Echo, who entered the service in September, is now stationed at Hammer Field. Fresno, Cal. Miss Elsia Wilson, 17 year old daughter of Herb Wilson of Nolin, R. F. Williams, who has been man was taken to the Hermiston hospital ager of the Tum-A-Lum here for sev Friday suffering from pneumonia. eral years, resigned his position and Several Echo people attended a By Mrs. Glenn Ostrom has not yet stated his future plans, wedding anniversary party of Mr. and but for the present he is going to Mrs. Harvey Meyers at their home in Mr. and Mrs. Otto Pound returned spend some time visiting his parents Pendleton Saturday evening. Sunday from a couple of days in and family and friends. Mrs. Wil Sloan Thomson and Mrs. Joe Mid Portland visiting their daughter liams has taken her husband’s posi- dleton returned Thursday evening Blanche who is employed there. Mr. tion. Mrs. Glenn Ostrom and son Gary from Portland where they have been Pound is on a vacation from his du for several days. Mr. Middleton is ties as agent at the depot. George Dean spent Monday visiting with Mrs. Dayton Harris and Mrs. Fred expected to be released from the Cooper is taking Mr. Pound’s place. Hermiston. hospital in that city in about two Mrs. June Marlin and daughter Rankin in — — ee------------- weeks. Linda returned here Wednesday from Mrs. Hawley J. Bean left Sunday Portland where they had spent a few for ‘ a week’s business trip to Port days. land. Mr. and Mrs. George Cooper and Mrs. Marian K. George, who has son Ronald, who have been in Port By Mrs. Bernice Wattenburger been convalescing in Portland from land for the past two months, arrived Mrs. Marian Finch gave a pinochle here last week to spend a week while an operation, is reported to be im proving rapidly and is expected home Mr. Cooper is working in the depot. card party Friday evening with three the last of this week. Lyle Brown, who is employed in tables in play. High score went to Mrs. Sarah Roth, Echo high school Huntington. is here visiting a few Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Wattenburger and teacher, underwent a minor operation days with his family. low to Bertha Ayers and Garnet Ab- at Pendleton Monday and has been The Umatilla school has spent two crombie. unable to teach her classes but is ex days gathering up scrap iron for the Pendleton callers Saturday were pected back at work the first of next government. week. Mrs. Paul Donavon of Los Angeles Mr. and Mrs. Marian Finch and M. E. Larive, Echo school superin arrived here last week to visit some daughter Patty, Mr. and Mrs. Clay tendent, left Friday evening for Port time with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. ton Ayers and daughter, and Mrs. land to confer with state school auth Art Bousquet. Mr. -and Mrs. Glenn H. Ostrom and Helen Currin and son, and Mr. and orities regarding an application for federal assistance in financing the son Gary Dean spent the week end on Mrs. E. B. Wattenburger and family. School will be closed Thursday and additional expense of providing faci a trip to John Day, going by way of lities here for defense workers’ child Heppner and coming back through Friday for the teachers to attend in Dale. ren. Mrs. J. H. Byrnes returned home stitute in Baker. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Cooper, who Pine City club met Wednesday have been on a vacation trip to Hood Saturday from La Grande where she with a good attendance. A handker River and Portland for the past week, has been for three weeks due to her health. Her daughter. Mrs. V. D. chief shower was given in honor of returned home Monday. and children, Jim and Stella Fay Finch. There was a roast tur James McCarty of Butter Creek Bramer drove her home and spent until key and dressing and a big birthday was taken to the Pendleton hospital Rae Saturday because of a threatened at Sunday. Mrs. John Leidloff returned home cake topped off the dinner at noon. tack of pneumonia. He has been con Saturday from Boise, Idaho, where Miss Marie Healy, daughter of Mr. fined to bed at the home of his broth she had spent a few days. and Mrs. John Healy, spent the week er, William McCarty, for several Many hunters left for the moun end with her parents. Miss Healy months following a stroke of paraly tains as soon as word came that the sis. season was opened, but at this writ works in the First National Bank of Otis McCarty is now home after ing only Glenn Ostrom and Everett Portland. spending ten days in the Hermiston Ervin havp come home with a deer Mr. and Mrs.. Walter Ely of Taco hospital with an attack of flu. Al Jim Williams and John McNabb ma, Wn,. spent Monday night and though able to be about he is still too returned Sunday night after a counle weak to return to work at the ord of days in Portland with his sister Tuesday visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Wattenburger. nance depot. Margie Williams. Hardware Fuel Farm Machinery Electrical Appliances at the Inland Cooperative UMATILLA NEWS SCRAP SLACKERS CAN LOSE THIS WAR! It’s squarely up to you. The mills nee J scrap to make the steel to go across the sea as ships, and tanks, and guns. They need it now—and in the months to come. For all new steel must be 50% scrap- and the mills are running out. They haven c enough for even 30 days more production —then they’ll be shutting down. Unless you get to work. Unless you go into your basement and your attic and rout out the junk that’s there. Talk about it to your friends and neighbors—you men who PINE CITY NEWS Lnow what war is like. Tell them .. .“Don’t be a scrap slacker. Get your scrap ready for the drive that starts next Monday!" Then get to work and help them do it. We're out to fill the junk yards—to make every salvage depot a towering tribute to our fighting men. And don’t think the job is done when the scrap starts piling up. Because the war must end before the need for scrap is over. Do this to help make sure it ends our way! * * ★ Watch this paper for details of the big scrap drive and what you must do to help NEWSPAPERS’ UNITED SCRAP METAL DRIVE (This Ad Contributed by Hermiston Herald) KHO NEWS ITEMS Mr. and Mrs. George J. Mitchell of | Nyssa called on friends in Echo and Stanfield Monday. The Mitchells lived in Echo for many years while Mr. Mitchell was cashier of the Bank of Echo. He is now manager of the Nyssa branch of the First National Bank. C. H. Esselstyn and party returned Sunday night from a hunting trip in the mountains but without a deer. Mrs. John Oliver returned home the first of the week from a few days visit with her daughter, Mrs. Blake Pearson at Everett, Wash. Although scores of hunters went to the mountains Saturday and Sunday, the only deer reported brought in by 5 wer — , % s he P iter 388,*. I • 27 e .. Our men need tanks il ships and guns. The steel for these must be made of 50 % scrap metals. The nation’s steel mills don’t have enough scrap avail ta. ..." vx ' able to last even 30 days more. Let’s help keep them running. ...k % - s : • & y I Y O down into your basement — your storeroom. Climb up to the attic too. Look at the unused stuff you're sure to find, and realize how important these odds and ends can be. G Important to a kid half wav around the world. Important to a blue-clad gob—to a flyer, racing to reach the target before some knifing Messer schmitt can find its mark. That old metal means steel for these men. And steel means armor plate for safety—weapons and ships for Victory. Without it they’ll die. They’re not afraid of that—but it’s better to give a life for a cause than to be sacrificed by thoughtlessness. And it’s better yet to live, knowing that the folks back home didn’t let them down. We will load a car Friday & Sat. Bring in your Scrap and we will pay you Top Prices. Help Slap the Japs with Scrap’ Hermiston Auto Wrecking House E. F. Pierson, Owner
