RATIONING
CALENDAR
Ration Book No. 2
April 18—Red stamps D (meats-
fats) in book No. 2 valid; also un
used A, B and C stamps. All expire
April 30. E stamps valid April 25 to
unannounced date. Each weekly ser-
ies good for 16 points.
April 30—Blue stamps D, E and F
(processed foods) in book No. 2 ex-
pire at midnight. Blue stamps G, H
and I valid April 24 to May 31.
SUGAR
May 31—Stamp No. 12, book No. 1,
good for five pounds, expires at mid-
night.
COFFEE
April 25—Stamp No. 26. book No.
1, good for one pound, expires at mid-
night.
SHOES
June 15—Stamp No. 17, book No.
1, valid for purchase of one pair of
shoes, expires at midnight. Stamps
are interchangeable within the family.
FUEL OIL
September 30—Period 5 coupons
valid March 26 through September
30. Heating coupons—one unit, val
ue ten gallons; ten units. 100 gallons.
GASOLINE
May 21—No. 5 stamps, in A book,
each good for four gallons, expire at
midnight.
; COLUMBIA NEWS
By Mr». Bob Woodward
Mrs. Harvey DeMoss of North
Powder spent the week end here at
the James DeMoss home.
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Douglas left
Thursday of last week for Pilot Rock
where they will spend some time at
the home of their daughter, Mrs.
Marvin Hutchison.
Dick Hodge, son of Mr. and Mrs. O.
L. Hodge, underwent a tonsilectomy
at the hospital in Pendleton last week.
D. W. Davis, county assessor, was
in this district on business last week.
Mrs. Myrnie Caldwell and daugh
ter spent several days this week in
Stanfield with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Reuber.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Mikesell spent
Wednesday in Pendleton on business.
Mrs. Glenn Parsons and daughter
were in Pendleton Tuesday.
Hubert Snapp’s father of Helix
visited at the Snapp home Tuesday.
Rosalie Hammer was unable to at
tend school several days this week due
to an accident while bicycle riding
Monday, She suffered severely hurt
knees.
Pegzy, small daughter of the Hugh
Neills of Pine City, is spending this
week at the Lester Hammer home
Alfred Smith of Pendleton was in
this district last Saturday and Tues
day on county business.
Mrs. Baxter Hutchison was in Pen
dleton Saturday evening to visit her
cousin, Mrs. Cora Boyd, who is ser
iously ill at St. Anthony’s.
Boone Watson, brother-in-law of
Baxter Hutchison, passed away Sun
day in Pendleton following a long ill
ness. Mr. Watson, who was well
known here as well as throughout the
county, was 90 years of age. Because
of his love of nature and keen know
ledge of natural history, he was of
ten referred to as “The Sage of
Thornhollow.”
UNION SERVICE
ON GOOD FRIDAY
The West End Umatilla County
Ministerial association will conduct a
Good Friday service in the Hermiston
Methodist church on April 23rd from
12 noon until 12:50. The message will
be persented by Rev. H. V. McGee,
minister of the Hermiston Baptist
church. The theme will be: “The Sig
nificance of the Cross.” 'Special mu
sic will be provided by the Central
Church of Christ.
Rev. Shelby E. Graves of the Pen
tecostal Tabernacle will read the
scripture lesson. Rev. J. W. Stuart of
the Pilgrim Holiness church will di
rect the prayers, and Rev. E. M. Ay
ers of the Missionary Baptist church
will pronounce the benediction. Rev.
M. B. Ballinger of the Methodist
church will be in general charge.
FOOD DRYING TO
BE DISCUSSED
Miss- Myrtle Carter, home demon-
tsration agent, will conduct a meeting
of the Hermiston Home Extension unit
next Tuesday, April 27, at the U.S.O.
building starting promptly at 10.30
a. m. on the topic of “Food Preserva-
tiotn.” She will also give two main
demonstrations which will be on food
drying and preparation of foods for
freezing. A home-built food dryer
will be exhibited.
This is an open meeting and all
housewives interested are cordially
invited to attend. A luncheon will be
inspection of all persons intnenrested.
business meeting and annual election
of officers will be part of the day’s
program.
__________
The 4atmLiton 4etald
OFFICIAL UMATILLA COUNTY PAPER
VOLUME XXXVI
ANNUAL CONVENTION
OF CARPENTERS ENDS
SATURDAY EVENING
HERMISTON,
UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, APRIL 22, 1943.
MRS. EARNHEART
FUNERAL RITES
HELD THURSDAY
Second War Loan Drive On
BUSINESS FIRMS TO
CHANGE HANDS IN
Funeral services for Mrs. Freder GENERAL SHUFFLE
ick E. Earnheart. aged 60, were held
aifig
Thursday afternoon at the Central
I Church of Christ with Rev. C. War
ner in charge. Burial was in the lo
cal cemetery. She is survived by Mr.
Earnheart and six children, Lawrence
and Fred E. Earnheart, both in the
armed forces. Leo and Merlin Earn-
heart, both of Seattle, and Robert and
Margaret of Hermiston.
Mrs. Earnheart was found Sunday
afternoon “about 5:00 o’clock in her
bedroom with a shotgun by her side,
apparently having taken her life be
cause of despondency over the illness
of Robert and Margaret. The latter
two have been ill for several months.
Mr. Earnheart was outside working
in the garden and the two children
were in another room when the shot
was fired.
No inquest was held but Coroner
Allen Folsom and Deputy District
Attorney C. C. Proebstel investigated
the accident.
ALBANY CHOSE
1944 MEET CITY
Closing sessions of the 18th annual
convention of the Oregon State Coun
cil of Carpenters and Joiners were
held Saturday night. At an evening
session officers, elected during the
afternoon, were installed by Fred Al
len of Portland. President Joe L.
Ross of Bend was unanimously re-
elected and L. W. Crone, Seaside, ex
ecutive secretary, won over Roy White
of Hermiston in a contest for that of
fice. Executive committeemen for the
for the seven districts of the state also
were named.
The 1944 convention city will be Al
bany, according to a vote taken dur
ing the day Saturday. Due to the
fact that many of the delegates re
siding in the most southern part of
the state would not be able to return
to resume their work Monday if ses
sions continued through Sunday, all
work was cleaned up Saturday night,
according to Roy White who was in
charge of the arrangements. The
council gave a rising vote of thanks
to Mr. White for his efforts.
The sessions opened Friday when
the high school band, under the direc
tion of G. C. Humphreys, provided
music; Rev. M. B. Ballinger gave the
invocation and talks made by Mayor
F. C. McKenzie and E. P. Dodd. Pre
sentation of the colors was made to
the local by Co. 7. 22nd battalion, by
a squad headed by Captain V. E.
Daugherty. Committee appointments
were made that day. Sheriff Bob
Goad was' also present to present a
key to Umatilla county.
Chief speaker Saturday morning
was D. E. Nickerson of Portland, exe
cutive secretary and treasurer of the
Oregon Federation of Labor, and also
a member of the regional war labor
board.
Father Alban Cullen gave the in
vocation at the opening of the Satur
day afternoon session, and Colonel A.
S. Buyers, commanding officer at the
Umatilla ordnance depot, addressed
the delegates. He spoke of the quali
ty of the work done by the carpenters
at the ordnance depot.
John O’Neill, secretary Oregon
State Building and Construction
Trades Council, was the guest speak
er before the delegates at the evening
session and stressed the fine position,
the carpenters were in at present, if
advantage was taken of the situation.
Earlier in the convention. President
Ross asked for a financial report of
the organization and was told that
there was a balance on hand of
$4,826, dscribed as a great deal better
than normal. The business of the
convention went on smoothly although
cramped accommodations somewhat
hampered the activities. The crowd
was somewhat smaller than expected
due to a great extent to the busy
times and meager traveling facilities.
ANNUAL BANQUET
IS SCHEDULED
The annual Activities Banquet will
be at the high school Thursday eve
ning, April 29, and covers will be laid
for approximately 100 persons.
Guests will include lettermen ; oth
er students who have contributed to
school activities in an outstanding
fashion; board members and their
wives; and faculty members and
wives or husbands if any.
Athletic letters will be awarded by
Coach Lee Weber and Supt. Kersber-
gen will give the “Honorable Men
tion” list of students for other con
tributions:
Following the banquet which will
be served by the Rebekahs, there will
be a formal invitation dance and mus
ic will be furnished by Rod Esselstyn
and his Orchestra.
FARM BUREAU TO
HIT JAP LABOR
First organized opposition to open
ing Umatilla county to Japanese-
American farm labor during the com
ing harvest seasons was reported in
Pendleton Wednesday when the coun-
| ty court announced that it had re-
ceived an official notification from
the Hermiston Farm Bureau.
The letter stated that this organi
sation opposed throwing Umatilla
I county open to any Japanese labor.
\
\
\
\
j
"They Give Their Lives—You Lend Your Money”
RATIONING TO BE
EXPLAINED MAY 3
AT CLINIC HERE
To the Herald Readers :
If we should lose the war, life would not be worth
living. “But we won’t lose it,” you may say. Listen,
Dear Reader, in this world nothing is sure, unless you
make it so. This month it is up to us here at home to
do our part, and then some, to make Victory surer—
and quicker! To do it, we’ve got to lend Uncle Sam
13 billion extra dollars.
To date, in the second war loan drive, Hermiston
is lagging in bond purchases. It isn’t easy—but war
isn’t easy and Victory isn’t cheap. It takes money—
and more money—to buy planes, ships, tanks, guns
and a million other things our boys must have to de
liver that final knockout punch. Let’s help them.
So dig deep. Dear Reader, and do it NOW !
The local War Price and Ration
board received word Thursday that a
price and rationing clinic will be
held at the high school auditorium on
Monday, May 3. Present will be J.
N. Chambers, general commodities:
Ernest Cline, service organizations,
and Clark Van Fleece, rationing.
A general meeting will be held at
7:30, followed later in the evening by
separate gatherings of the three var
ious phases of work. It is essential
that all merchants, retailers of any
kind, service organizations be pres
ent from this board area, which in
cludes Echo. Stanfield, Hermiston,
Umatilla, and the U. O. D. It is
quite necessary that all those inter
ested be present in order to receive
instructions of rationing and price re
strictions.
Although a similar meeting of this
type was scheduled twice prior to this
one, it is felt certain that this one
A fine crowd was in attendance on will transpire.
Monday night at a regular meeting of
the Hermiston Chamber pt Commerce
with President A. M. Thrasher pre
siding. The highlight of the meeting
was a report by Gene Lear, chamber
secretary, who told of his attendance
at a state meet of Chamber of Com
Special Easter music will be ren
merce secretaries at Salem the week dered at the Central Church of Christ
prior. He stated that farm labor Sunday evening, beginning at 8
came up for much discussion and indi o’clock. The program prepared is as
cated that town merchants would have follows:
to come to the rescue of farmers dur
Open the Gates of the Temple, solo,
ing the harvest season. A committee Ben Gerking; Prepare the Way, O
was appointed, headed by H. K. Dean, Zion, choir; In Perfect Peace, choir;
to check up on the matter in this lo Now is Christ Risen, choir; I See My
cality.
Savior, choir: Oh, Come, Let Us Sing,
Several other items were discussed choir; Easter Bells, choir; Jerusalem,
during the evening. The next meet Mrs. D. Sikes: Responsive reading;
ing has been set at Monday, May 3. The Easter Story, C. Warner; Holy
City. Ben Gerking, repeated by Mrs.
Skow! Hosanna to the Son of David,
choir; Christ Arose, choir; Rejoice,
He Lives, choir; Hail to the Victor,
choir! Where, Death, Thy Sting,
choir; My Task, choir; Calvary, solo,
Several showers during the past Mrs. D. Sikes.
TERTLE TOWN TO CHAMBER GROUP
BE RENOVATED
HAS MEETING
Recent word from the federal pub
lic housing authority states that the
FPHA has taken jurisdiction over the
83 housing units in Tertle Town here
and will thoroughly remodel them and
place them in good condition for year
around ocupancy. Fred A. Cuthbert,
senior housing representative of the
Portland office, made the announce
ment in Portland and was also veri
fied from Washington, D. C.
At the time the request was sub
mitted. it was estimated the repairs
and improvements, ranging from roof
to sewage facilities, would cost in the
neighborhood of $75,000.00.
No word has been received as to
when the work of repair and improve
ment will get underway but it is ex
pected that it will be done soon.
CHANGES LISTED
IN TAX LAWS
A bill pased by the last legislature
is of interest to a large number of tax
payers in Umatilla county paying
their taxes under the Hess law. This
original law was passed in 1936 and
provided for the payment of the cur
rent tax and at least one-fourth of the
oldest year of delinquency each calen
dar year, in order to have interest on
certain years of taxes remitted.
Senate bill No. 271 enacted by the
recent legislature substitutes the date
of August 15th in place of Dec. 31st
as the final date for payment of each
year to secure the waiver of interest
on delinquent taxes, and also termi
nates at August 15, 1944, any waiver
of interest on all delinquent taxes on
real property, which means that there
will be no more benefits under this
law after August 15, 1944.
It also terminates at August 15,
1943, all waiver of interest on delin
quent personal taxes which means
that all delinquent personal taxes be
ing paid ander this payment plan will
not receive further benefits by the
law.
_________ __
NUMBER 36
EASTER MUSIC
SUNDAY NIGHT
RAINS PROVE TO
BE OF BENEFIT
week have proven a boon to garden
enthusiasts. The rains, working in
harmony with the sun, have caused
seeds, both flower and vegetable, to
shoot up. Providing no heavy frosts
come, local Victory gardens should be
ready for use in a very few weeks.
The weather report for the week,
according to Charles Taylor, follows
Date
Max. Min.
April 14 .....
87
42
April 15 ........ -............ 85
48
April 16
83
52
April 17
78
49
April 18 ........................... 77
40
April 19 .......................
66
48
April 20 ....... ................... 67
48
UNION SUNRISE
SERVICE SLATED
___
The young people of the Baptist,
Central Church of Christ, and Metho
dist churches will hold a sunrise ser
vice Easter Sunday morning at
in the Central Church of Christ. The
Misses Eleanor Skovbo. Frances Fol
lett. and Rebecca Pierson
speakers on the subjects:
ious Fact of the
Amazing Results of the Empty Tomb
and “Because He Lives. I. Too, Shall
630
Felthouae Rttvm» From Trip
W. W. F el thou se returned this
week from a several weeks trip which
took him to Rochester, Minn., Chica
go, Ill., and Logan, Utah, in addition
to other places. At Rochester he re
ceived an examination at Mayo's Cli
nic and was pronounced “above nor
mal.” At Chicago he visited with Live."
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Gray, formerly of I Special Easter music will be pre
Hermiston, and at Logan he visited sented by young people from each of
with his son. Aviation Cadet Gale the three churches. The general pub
Felthouse.
lie is invited to attend.
will be the
"The Glr:
Resurrection _ The
HOME TOWNERS
HOLD OWNERSHIP
Business deals on Hermiston Main
street have been flying fast and thick
this week and it could be that more
have transpired before The Herald
gets in the hands of its readers. Al
though several changes have been
made, the property has remained in
the hands of home-town people and
no new-comers have been listed.
Heading the list this week is the
purchase of the Thompson Drug store
by Sam Moore and Glenn Ripley from
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Thompson who
have operated the concern for the past
several years. The change-over will
be made May 1, according to Mr. Rip
ley and Mr. Moore who will each own
one-half of the business. ■ The deal
includes the building, equipment and
merchandise. Mr. Thompson has not
annouced his future plans but indi
cated that he would remain in the
store for the time being to assist the
new owners.
The Igloo Inn is also in new hands.
Guy Cronk, who last week announced
that he planned to open a cafeteria,
decided at the last minute that he did
n’t want to go into the restaurant bus
iness. Information now is that John
Henry Nye and Sam Nye have leased
the firm and will operate the bar side,
sub-leasing the lunch counter. Work
is expected to get underway immed
iately to get the place in shape.
Naomi’s Beauty Shop also has new
owners. Last week arrangements
were completed whereby Mr. and Mrs-
Edgar Saylor took over the interests
of Miss Naomi Brownell in her beauty
establishment on Main street. Mr.
and Mrs. Saylor also operate a cloth
ing store here and one in Pasco, Wash.
It is understood that Miss Brownell
will be employed later at the Umatilla
Ordnance Depot.
Still another change finds Vern
Daugherty’s Barber Shep moving to
the Igloo Inn from the Hermiston Ho
tel. Work on renovation will get un
derway oson.
Also of importance is the closing
of Gene Meade’s shoe shine parlor just
east of the Hermiston Food Store.
This firm blossomed forth several
weeks ago but Gene decided to throw
in the sponge for the duration after
a several day trial.
SALADS ON MENU
FRIDAY, APRIL 30
Pert as a new spring hat, salads
are a tonic to winter and ration-weary
menus. Serve them as a crisp gar
nish, a main dish for the working
man’s meal, or as a bridge party
grand slam.
Now that warm weather is here for
a spell, you’ll need cool new ideas for
filling foods. Come to the U.S.O.
Cooking School on Friday, April 30,
at 2 p. m. when Mrs. Georgea Sutch
will prepare an enticing salad sand
wich plate, a lima bean salad, Italian
style, a party salmon salad in lemon
aspic, and a hearty old fashioned hot
potato salad. They're all easy to make
and best of all, require practically no
points.
BONNEVILLE MAN
TO BE SPEAKER
TURKEY POOL IS
UNDERWAY HERE
Carl D. Thompson of Bonneville
will address a gathering at the Col
umbia park hall on Monday, May 3.
at 8:00 o’clock. A pot luck supper be
ginning at 7:00 will precede the busi
ness meeting. Mr. Thompson, who is
an authority on public power, will
speak on: “Public Power in the War
and Post-War Period”, according to
A. H. Cable, president, project farm
bureau.
Mr. Thompson will appear at Rhea
Creek Saturday, May 1; at LaGrande
Wednesday. May 5, and at the Uma
tilla Pomona, Thursday, May 6. He
has with him a movie sound picture
to illustrate his talk. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
The first turkey pool of the season
began this morning (Thursday) at the
local plant of the Eastern Oregon
Turkey Growers. It is expected that
about 500 breeder stock will be dis
posed of this week end with the birds
to be sold locally. According to C. A.
Flanigan, plant manager, pickers are
in demand and anyone wishing to
earn a little extra money should con
tact him immediately.
The ext pool will begin Monday,
May 3, and will continue until such
time as the entire breeder stock is
taken care of. According to John
Jendrzejewski, president of the asso
ciation, it is estimated that there will
, be approximately 3,400 birds killed at
I this pool.
Shaw I» A erial Gunner
Turkeys for local consumption will
Sgt Hugh B. Shaw, son of Mr. and be available at the plant this week
Mrs. Guy Shaw, was graduated Mon end with a ceiling price prevailing.
------- —e =
■ —
day from the Army Air Forces Flexi
ble Gunnery School at Fort Myers,
Pearion» Return From Vioit
Fla. He now qualifies as an aerial
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Pearson re-
gunner and will become a member of 'turned this week from Tillamook
one of the thousands of bomber crews where they visited at the home of
which will be sent overseas in a few their daughter and family, Mr. and
weeks to battle the -nazis or the Japs Mrs. George McKenzie. Mrs. Pearson
somewhere “over there.” Sgt. Shaw had spent about a month there and
entered the army five months ago and Mr. Pearson about a week. Jim in
attended the
armament school at dulged in his favorite sport of fish
Buckley Field, Colo, a 145 "
ing but did not have too good luck.