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.
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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
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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
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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!
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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
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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
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days more. Let’s help
keep them running.
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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.
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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