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RATIONING CALENDAR SHOES February 9 to June 15—Stamp No. 17, war ration book 1, valid for purchase of one pair of shoes through this period. Fam ily stamps are interchangeable. RATION BOOK NO. 2 February 20—Retail sales of canned fruits and vegetables ends at midnight. February 22 to 27—Registra tion for war ration book No. 2 at schools. March 1—Rationing of canned and dried fruits, canned and fro zen vegetables begins. SUGAR March 15—Stamp No. 11, war ration book No. 1, good for three pounds expires. COFFEE February 8 to* March 21— Stamp No. 25, war ration book No. 1 of book holders 15 years of age or over, good until mid- night March 21 for 1 pound of coffee. GASOLINE March 21—No. 4 stamps each good for four gallons expire at midnight. TIRES March 1—All “C” coupon books and most “B” cards must be renewed. March 31—Cars with “A” books must have tires inspected before this date. Same basic rules as for passenger cars ap ply to motorcycle "D" books. Fuel Oil- One unit amounts to 10 gallons, or 10 units equals 100 gallons. The 50 gallons of smaller units in the book should be used for “change” only. There are five 5’s and 35 1’s. Under Gasoline— All B and C stickers that are dated to expire March 1 should be renewed at once. If dated to expire later, they need not see the board at the present time. Oil companies are requested to ac cept I.O.U.’s until March 15, accord ing to new instructions from the OPA. Fuel oil will be issued to stoves purchased since July 31 marked aux iliary ration and there will be no as surance that fuel will be issued next heating season for these stoves. This is entirely up to the regulations of the OPA which may be changed at any time. LAST MUSIC HOUR SET FOR FRIDAY The last music hour of the present season will be presented in the high school auditorium on Friday evening, March 5th, and will include, as be fore, music by both high school and grade school groups. There will be no charge. Included will be a novel demonstra tion by the grade school orchestra, which consists of harmonizing and playing an impromptu melody, to be furnished by the audience. The grade school chorus is trained and directed by Mrs. Alma Greaves, Junior high school vocal teacher. The program is as follows: Sec. I—Grade School Orchestra Sunset Waltz, composed by Pauline Graves; Foghorn Serenade, composed by Rodney Mittlesdorf: Novelty Dem- onstration; Elfin Bells Waltz, com posed by Ted Hammer. Sec. II—Grade School Chorus Santa Lucia, Boys and Girls Cho rus; Amaryllis, Girls Chorus; (a) Billy Boy, (b) Old Black Joe. Boys Chorus: Lullaby, Girls Chorus; Read ing by Marjorie Hughes. Sec. Ill—High School Chorus The Lost Chord, Sullivan, accom panied by Jack Jackson; (a) Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. Kern, (b) Sum- ner Time, from “Porgy and Bess”. Gershwin; Matinnata, Tosti, Girls’ Voices; Oh, Po’ Little Jesus, Negro Spriritual; Ay! Ay! Ay!, Chilean Folk Song; Oh. Meadow, Meadow!, Bohemian Folk Song. See. IV—High School Band March, Quality Plus, Jewell; Over ture, Blue Mountain Idyl, Humph reys; Waltz, Tesoro Mio, Becucci; March from Tannhauser. Wagner; Bridal Song, from “Rural Wedding Symphony”, Goldmark; March, Craw- ley's. King. Star Spangled Banner. WINTER NIGHTS IN The past week has been a contin uance of the week before, with cold nights and warm days prevailing. The thermometer has hovered around the 20 mark for the nights through- out the week. Mrs. W. M. Shaar was the first lo- eal lady to bring in a bouquet to the Herald office—namely a small bou quet of new violets (thank you). The report follows: Date Max. Min. February 25 ....... -...... 49 18 February 26 ................ 53 February 27 ....... 56 February 28 ............... 58 21 21 25 March 1 -.............. March 2 . ...................... 23 17 58 53 The ■Ha.tmiiiton eald OFFICIAL UMATILLA COUNTY PAPER VOLUME XXXVI COMMERCIAL CLUB VOIES NEW NAME AT LUNCHEON TUESDAY NEW COMMITTEES ARE ANNOUNCED A fine crowd was in attendance Tuesday at a regular meeting of the Hermiston Chamber of Commerce with President A. M. Thrasher in charge. The name above is being used for the first time since the Her miston Commercial club was estab lished many years ago. The club vot ed Tuesday to change the name to Chamber of Commerce. Col. A. S. Buyers, commanding of ficer at the Umatilla Ordnance Depot, was present and told the club of the housing situation at his previous post, and also explained the various modes of transportation used to bring workers to their jobs. He ex pressed appreciation for the reception he had received here and stated that he was greatly pleased with the mild climate, although he admitted he had not as yet experienced a sand storm. President Thrasher announced his committee appointments for the year as follows: Membership and Attendance, Pete Berg, Elmer Dodd, Everett Hunt; Good Wil) and Hospitality, W. E. Lo gan, George Harkenrider. Roy White: Legislative, F. C. McKenzie, W. J. Warner, Harold Rankin; Good Roads, A. F. Rohrman, Walter Pearson, F. B. Swayze; Civic Improvement, Chas. Hodge, Ben Gerking, A. H. Cable, Ralph Liebe; Finance, Chas. Taylor, Walter Hamm, Al Quiring; Agricul tural, Harold Dean, Otto Pierce, J. B. Spencer; New Industry, Dr. Willcutt, Ralph Brownson and Guy Shaw. Other matters came up for discus sion during the business meeting al though no definite action was taken. The luncheon was served by the P & G Cafe. The club will meet again Tuesday, March 16, at the U. S. O. building. WORLD DAY OF PRAYER SET Hermiston churches will cooperate with the “World Day of Prayer” on Friday, March 12, which is the first Friday in Lent. Services will start at 10:30 a. m. and last until 3:00 at the Methodist church, with the var ious churches conducting the pro gram, Each church will have a per iod but anyone may come to any of the periods or may remain for the en tire time. The Central Church of Christ will serve a sacrificial lunch eon from 12:00 to 1:00. The various time periods are as fol lows: 10:30 to 11, Christian Science: 11 to 11:30, Baptist: 11:30 to 12, Meth odist: 12 to 1:00, Sacrificial Lunch- eon: 1 to 1:30, Pilgrim Holiness; 1:30 to 2. Pentecostal; 2 to 2:30, Mission ary Baptist. More Information will be given next week HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, MARCH 4. 1943. WAR CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED HERE Evangelist Here "i — .91 The Hermiston campaign for Red Cross War Fund was launched here this week. The Oregon Women’s Am bulance Corps will be active in the drive among the business section while other workers are covering the | residential district. A booth will be arranged on Main street Saturday with Mrs. Paul Van Patten in charge. More information concerning the drive will be printed next week. It is urged that everyone contribute to the fund in order that By order of Colonel Anne Schmeer of Regimental Headquarters in Port land. the following appointments in the Hermiston platoon of Oregon Women’s Ambulance Corps were made: 2nd Lt. Irene Van Patten was promoted to 1st Lt., taking Mathilda Russell’s place as commanding offi cer of Co. K ; Sergeant Constance Luehrs was promoted to 2nd Lt. and will be second in command of Co. K. Other appointments made by Lt. Van Patten were Pvt. Virginia Herd to -Sergeant: Pvt. Helen Keller to Corporal; Pvt. Lois Harris to Cor poral; and Pvt. Helene Coxen to Ser geant. During the week the Owac’s will solicit the business district for con tributions to the Red Cross War Fund. On Saturday, March 6. the Owac’s will be established in a booth on Main street to get other contribu tions for the Red Cross. An additional task that Co. K has taken on is volunteer duty at the Hermiston General Hospital. The corps members have signed for hours and will be on call during those hours. They will serve in the capacity of Nurse’s Aides under the supervision of Mrs. A. Kingsbury. On March 13. another dance will be given by the Owacs at the Hermiston park hall. Music will be furnished by the high school orchestra. Irrigation Tax Explained An item in last week’s Herald stat ed that the Hermiston city council had raised the irrigation tax from 6c per front foot to 10c. This should have read from 8c to 10c. In other words, an average lot of 50 front fèet will cost $5.00 this year instead of the $4.00 paid last year. The slight in crease is necessary because of the various improvements considered nec essary for efficient irrigation service. EDGAR OWEN HUNT Edgar Owen Hunt was born in Bristol. Tenn., July 31. 1869, and passed away February 22, 1943, fol lowing a long illness. He was married to Alta May Dolph in 1894. To this union were born ten children, nine of whom survive. Mr. Hunt with his family came to Oregon in 1914, taking a homestead in Jefferson county, and moved to Her miston in 1924 where he spent the remainder of his life tilling the soil. Mr. Hunt joined the Church of Christ in Redmond, Oregon, in 1915. Those who survive are his wife; Lester O. Hunt of Bozeman, Mont.: Mrs. Clarence Short, Ashwood, Ore.; Doyle, Harold and Chester of Hermis ton; Mrs. Glen Mickle. Powell Butte. Ore; Mrs. Henry Thoreldson, Port land: Owen of Merced, Cal.: and Charles serving his country in the Army Air Corps at Lemorre, Cal.; thirty grandchildren and two great grandchildren. INLAND COOPERATIVE HAS ANNUAL MEETING W. W. Felthouse, prominent Her miston hay merchant and city coun cilman, Thursday was elected presi HERE SATURDAY 4-H ACHIEVEMENT NIGHT IS HELD AT WESTLAND Evangelist Roy E. Nible Evangelist Roy E. Nible is holding a series of meetings every night at 7:45 at the Pilgrim Holiness Church until March 14. Friday night he will talk on “What’s wrong with the world and what’s wrong with the church?” Sunday night he will speak on “Start ling signs of Christ’s return to this world.” LAUNDRY OPENS FOR BUSINESS The Hermiston Laundry, closed for several months, has been re-opened for business, according to Horace Smith who recently purchased the building and equipment from Dr. W. L. Morgan. The laundry has been closed since Mr. and Mrs. Alvin El kins operated it and the former was called for service with the U. S. Navy. Mr. Smith states that A. E. Rugg has been engaged to handle the wash ing with much of the former person nel back on the job. BUSINESS FIRM IS ENLARGED Extensive remodeling work has been in progress the past several days at the Hermiston Dry Cleaners where R. H. Piersol is making more room for his cleaning equipment. He will utilize the other two rooms in the same building and is distributing the various equipment such as the press, tumbler and steam iron in these rooms. This change makes a great deal more room for the reception counter and storing of clothes. The entire interior will also be painted and kalsomined. The Longhorns are doing the car pentry work. Methodists Answer War Need In Three-Fold Dedication Y w* ", ** MA. erpice Across the nation in 42,000 Methodist churches during the Week of Dedication, February 28 to March 7. eight million members of the denomi- nation will be called by their bishops and pastors to rededication of “seif, service and sustance.” Spiritual emphasis will be climaxed in a sacrificial offering on Sunday, March 7, which will be used to meet emergency war needs of providing Christian ministry or financial aid to men at the armed forces, “uprooted families" in industrial defense arena, refugees In war- torn countries, evacuated f orei gn missionaries, churches and schools in Latin America, and other projects created by wartime conditions. BUSINESS SHOWS FINE GAIN IN 1942 The annual meeting of the Inland Cooperative was held Saturday in the basement of the Methodist church with a fine attendance. Manager Guy Shaw, who was in charge of arrange ments, had prepared a fine program which included a business meeting in the morning, a chicken dinner at noon and entertainment in the afternoon. Sales for 1942 showed a substantial increase over the year previous when a gain of 97 per cent was made. This year the gain was 26.5 per cent with the following totals for sales for the past three years: 1940, $25.132.98; 1941. $49,445.97, and 1942, $62,551.60. According to the audit report, the books and records of the concern were in good condition and the firm indi cated a healthy business. Share cer tificates have been issued and are be ing distributed to the members. A feature somewhat unique among business houses of this type is the purchase of a defense bond at least once a month. In addition to that the firm is rated as 100 per cent in bond purchase among its employees. Directors who were re-elected for another term were: W. A. Baker, Boardman; W. C. Kik, Umatilla; A. E. Bensel, Minnehaha, and R. G. At- tebury. Echo. Holdover directors are Dell Christley, F. L. Huntting, and P. J. Quinn. Following the dinner at noon, mov ing pictures were shown by Gene Lear, assistant county agent, and Rev. M. B. Ballinger of the Methodist church. Approximately 70 4-H club mem bers, parents and grangers celebrated achievement night with Westland Grange as host, Friday, February 26. Gene Lear, assistant county agent, and Mrs. Myrtle Carter, home demon stration agent, presented first and third year and special award pins and second year certificates to the club members present. An appro priate motion picture, special music by Velma, Verla and Margery Kr.app and Iva Van Arsdale, and quantities of ice cream and cookies were all highly enjoyed and greatly appreciat- ed. Several Grange members indicated their willingness to be 4-H club lead ers for 1943. Many more leaders are needed as, due to war conditions, clubs are being restricted to those within walking distance of leaders’ homes. Anyone interested in helping these boys and girls meet their goals for 1943 are asked to please contact Mr. Lear or any of the present club lead ers. Grange Lecturer Marian Rice prom ises another talk for the next meet -----... w — r---------- ing, March 12th, fully as interesting and instructive as the one given by GYM CLASSES DO Guy Knapp at the last meeting- Oth er special features are also being VIGOROUS WORK • _ ---L » • • planned, according to Mabel' Corliss, publicity chairman for Westland The war is on in real earnest at the Grange, __ _____ Hermitson Union high school where Coach Lee Weber, free from all wor LATE SIGNERS TO ries of inter-school athletic competi is sending his gym classes AWAIT MARCH 15 tion, through a strenuous program of con ditioning. Anyone who is in doubt as No further applications will be ac to what an honest-to-goodness tough cepted for war ration book 1 or 2 un ening program consists of, is invited til March 15, the district OPA an to see the boys go through their paces. From wrestling, boxing and scuff nounced. Persons who did not register at the ling to just plain running, the entire schools during the period February program is intended to improve the 22-27 may apply to their local ration physical condition of the boys. The ing board on March 15, the OPA stat drastic need of this type of condition ed, but not until then. The rationing ing has been shown by the reports of boards need the two-week period to army camps where young men have catch up on several phases of their reported for duty with the armed work, the mailing out of fuel oil cou forces. pons, renewal of B and C mileage ra- Although the program is quite tions, and the mailing out of ration strenuous and fatiguing, the boys are book 2 to persons who registered by not kicking. February 27 and made their consum er declaration but did not receive book 2 because of the last-minute SERVICE MEN'S shortage. ___ WINDOW PLANNED YOUTHFUL THIEF STEALS MONEY RIVER MYSTERY IS CLEARED UP Umatilla residents were astir Sat urday over the discovery of three life preserver jackets and a two-man oar found washed up on the beach of the Columbia at the junction of that riv er and the Umatilla river. The items were all labeled “President Jefferson” and thought likely to have been swept off an overturned boat. The matter was turned over to city police who discovered that they had fallen off of a dock a short distance above the place they were found. FELTHOUSE NEW ROTARY HEAD dent . of the Hermiston Rotary club for the new term. W. G. Kersbergen school superintendent, was elected club secretary, and A. M- Thrasher, Pacific Power & Light Co. manager here, was named vice president. Felthouse and Kersbergen will rep resent the group at the annual Rotary convention scheduled this year for Victoria, B. C. some time in April. MRS. VAN PATTEN NEW C. O. FOR LOCAL O.W.A.C. NUMBER 29 Sam Moore, Hermiston Legionnaire and A. M. Thrasher, P. P. * L. Co. manager have made arrangements to display the pictures of local men in the service in one of the windows at the power company office. Proper identification will be placed with each photograph and possibly other infor mation. Relatives and friends of boys in the service are urged to bring photo graphs of any discription to the P. P. & L. Co. office as soon as possible. --------- » ■ »—:------ Chief of Police B. J. Nation Tues day night rounded up a group of young boys who had been enjoying the past several days on a spending lark, mostly on the strength of a theft of $75.00 from the home of C. R. “Ti ny” Keyes. One of the group, only 11 years old, went to the Keyes home, stating that the “lady” across the street was ill and wanted Mrs. Keyes to come over. As soon as she left, the youth entered the house and stole BELTS LEAVE FOR the money. The next day he passed the money SHORT VACATION to some of his friends and the group Dr. and Mrs. F. B. Belt left today went to Pendleton on the bus. Only about half the money was left when (Thursday) for Portland and sev they were apprehended late Tuesday eral other points for a 10-day vacation. Dr. Belt recently spent about a week night. ___ ___ in St. Anthony’s hospital in Pendleton GOLFERS TO MEET with a mild attack of pneumonia and is greatly in need of a rest. NEXT THURSDAY Mrs. Ruth Guilland, in charge of Dr. Belt’s office, will keep her usual The first meeting of the year of the office hours. Hermiston golf club will be held next Fellowship Meeting Wednesday Thursday evening, March 11, at the Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co. office, ac The sectional fellowship meetings the Pentecostal Tabernacle cording to C. J. Jackson, president. of Dues for 1943 will probably be re which are held in Hermiston once a duced in order to gain a large mem year will be this next Wednesday, bership and also other plans for the March 10th at 10:30 a. m., and a bas ket lunch will be held at 12:30. There year will be discussed. Due to travel restriction and other will be an afternoon meeting at 2 30 sports curtailment, golf on the local and an evening meeting at 7:45. Sev course will be about the only means eral of the churches from adjoining of recreation for many in this area. district are expected to meet with the All members of the club as well as local church. S. E. Graves, pastor of anyone else who is interested in play- the olcal church, gives everyone a in* should attend the meeting Thurs hearty welcome to join with them for an all day meeting next Wednesday day evening.
