RATIONING
CALENDAR
RATION BOOK NO. 2
May 2—Red stamp F (meats-fats)
in book No. 2 valid; stamp G valid
May 9; H valid May 16: J valid
May 23. All. including unusued E
stamps, valid through May 31. Each
weekly series good for 16 points.
May 31—Blue stamps G, H and J
valid through May 31.
SUGAR
May 31—Stamp No. 12, book No. 1.
good for five pounds, expires at mid-
night.
COFFEE
May 30—Stamp No. 23, 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.
FUEL OIL
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September 30—Period 5 coupons
valid March 26 through September
30. Heating coupons—one unit, value
ten gallons; ten units, 100 gallons.
GASOLINE
May 21—No. 5 stamps, in A book,
each good for four gallons, expire at
midnight.
TIRES
May 31—Cars with C books must
have tires inspected by this date: B
hooks by June 30. First inspection
for A bookholders must have been
made by March 31: subsequent inspec
tions within every six-month period
thereafter, but at least 90 days apart.
September 30 next tire inspection
deadline for A books.
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OFFICIAL UMATILLA COUNTY PAPER
1 OLVME XXXVI
TIN CAN DRIVE TO BE BP •
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SHORT AND SWEET IN
WEST END LOCALITIES
The girls in grades 7, 8 and 9 of
the Stanfield schools will present a
physical education fitness program
Friday evening. May 7, in the high
school gym beginning at eight o’clock,
under direction of Mrs. E. Zivney.
There will be class maneuvers, fancy
drill, tumbling acts, comic relay, folk
and ballet numbers. Maypole winding
and the coronation of a May Queen.
Interest has been high with the May
Queen balloting. Each war stamp and
bond purchased last Wednesday.
Thursday or Friday, entitled the own
er to cast ballots. Each ten cent ex
penditure for the war effort was
worth a ballot More than 3000 bal
lots were cast by grade and high
school students.
Following the coronation ceremony,
there will be a dance free to all in at
tendance. Tickets will go on sale
Wednesday afternoon, May ♦.
SMITHS ACQUIRE
LOCAL HOTEL IN
DEAL WITH HARTS
SKY MOODS IS THEME
OF ANNUAL P.E.X.
The past week saw several more SHOW FRIDAY NIGHT
changes in the business family of Her
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PROPER CARE OF
CANS ESSENTIAL
MC KENZIE WILL
ISSUE PERMITS
Under a new arrangement, F. C.
McKenzie will hereafter issue license
permits at his office at the reclama-
! tion building, utilizing the west en
trance. Mayor McKenzie will handle
i this chore in addition to his work with
the War Price and Rationing board.
City Recorder Charles Taylor has
been issuing the permits for the past
several years.
BOND DRIVE NETS
FINE FIGURE HERE
A total of $106,827.30 in war bonds
was raised in the Hermiston vicinity
during the recent 20-day second war
fund drive which ended April 30, ac
cording to Mayor F. C. McKenzie,
chairman of the local committee. Al
though this amount was not quite as
high as had been hoped, the figure
is nevertheless very gratifying.
NUMBER 38
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, MAY 6. 1943.
All schools in the state of Oregon
are sponsoring tin can collection
drives this week. According to infor
mation received from the State Sal
vage committee the cans are urgently
needed at this time for the tin and
copper that is obtained when cans are NEGRO JAILED IN
melted down.
KNIFING SCRAPE
It is warned that all cans must be
prepared before they will be accepted.
Rodell Atkins Wednesday received
This means the labels must have been
removed, the cans washed, both ends a 60-day jail sentence and 90 days
suspended provided he leave Umatilla
removed and the can smashed flat.
In Hermiston, the cans will be county for a year, in the Hermiston
picked up Wednesday morning. May Justice of Peace court. He pleaded
12, by students under the direction of guilty to an attack with a dangerous
L. S. Burrell, principal of the Her weapon, drunkenness and vagrancy,
miston grade school. All persons who and was taken to the Pendleton jail
have prepared tin cans should have late that afternoon.
Atkins went on a drunken spree
them out on the parking strip by
POPPY SALE IS
Wednesday morning. Farmers and Tuesday, slashing his daughter-in-
living out of town may bring law, Mrs. Christina Atkins, in the
ANNOUNCED HERE ' others
their cans in and dump them in the | arm causing a gash that required sev
I vacant lot west of the city jail, either en stitches. The assault almost back-
Poppies in tribute to America’s bat Wednesday or Thursday.
fired when he gashed himself in the
tle dead of two wars will be worn in
At Stanfield, the youngsters under leg accidently.
Hermiston on Saturday, May 29, Mrs. the direction of W. A. Thomas, school
He was arrested by Chief of Police
G. Ripley, president of the Hermiston superintendent, are planning to col B. J. Nation and placed in the local
unit of the American Legion Auxili lect cans on Wednesday, Thursday and jail, pending his appearance in just
ary, announced today.
Friday. They will be collected at the ice court Wednesday.
The poppies this year will honor Roy Duncan Service Station. Mr.
the men who have given their lives in Duncan is sponsoring a prize to the
the present conflict, as well as those two highest groups in a can contest. JAIL YARD IS
who fell among the poppies of France
At Echo, Supt. Larive will super
and Belgium 25 years ago, she said. vise the collection of cans by the S HHD ED TO LAWN
The money contributed for the flow grade school youngsters on Wednes
ers will be used for the welfare of vic day, Thursday and Friday. Cans will
B. Haneline, city street superin
tims of both wars and their families. be collected on the school grounds.
tendent, this week leveled and seeded
The Hermiston unit of the Auxilia
the ground around the city jail, great
ry is making extensive preparations
ly improving the appearance of that
for the observance of Poppy Day PLANE CRASHES
corner. It is understood that he is
here, under the leadership of Mrs.
dickering with Chief of Police Nation
Ripley and Mrs. F. B. Belt, unit Pop TO BE REPORTED
as to who will be in charge of the
py chairman. The little red flowers
mowing operations if (and when) the
The City-County Civilian Defense grass should grow.
of remembrance will be available to
everyone in the city, offered by volun organization has perfected a plan for
Included in general shuffle and
teer workers from the auxiliary, who relaying information concerning any cleanup proceedings was the removal
will be on the streets throughout the plane crashes, parachutes or other ob of the “One Way Traffic” sign which
jects dropped from the plane, or coun has graced the jail entrance for sev
day.
The flowers, made of crepe paper try fires with the idea of providing eral months.
in replica of the wild Flanders poppy, proper authorities whether military
have been ordered from Portland or civil with this information in the
where disabled veterans manufactured quickest way possible, and with a FREE DANCE IS
them under direction of the child wel minimum of confusion.
Under the plan as announced today SET SATURDAY
fare department of the auxiliary.
Poppy making has kept the hands of by C. L. (Buck) Lieuallen, County Co-
A new feature in dancing programs
hundreds of these unfortunate men ordinator, anyone observing such an
usefully employed during the winter incident should immediately notify the is set for Saturday at the Hermiston
and spring, helping them pass the Mayor of the nearest town if he lives park hall when the Willson and John
long hospital hours and aiding in outside the Pendleton community, and son orchestra of Echo will sponsor a
if he lives in the Pendleton communi free old time dance to introduce a
their rehabilitation.
More Americans than ever before ty. he should call the Control Center series of such events in future weeks
The orchestra has been playing before
are expected to wear poppies this year or the city police station.
as a perosnal tribute to those who
He should give a report on what he large crowds at the Townsend hall,
have been killed, and to aid the dis has observed and explain where, bas and are transferring their activities
abled. their families and the families ing location on numbered highways, to the Hermiston park hall.
The orchestra features a splendid
of the dead.
highway junctions or generally known
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land mark so that persons unfamiliar sound system. Mr. Willson and Mr.
the section involved, would not be Johnson are inviting the dancing pub
UMATILLA BOND with
confused. He also should be prepared lic for Saturday night with absolute
DRIVE SUCCESS
to either serve as a guide for incom ly no charge.
ing trucks or ambulances or have
The recent bond drive proved a someone immediately available to act
huge success at Umatilla, climaxing in that capacity, and notify the per
Saturday night with a bond rally and son to whom he makes his report as
dance. The latter was sponsored by to where the guide will be found.
In the event of a plane crash or
the Pocahontas club and Improved
Order of Red Men. During the even similar occurrences, he should imme
ing Queen Mary Ann Sherlock was diately place a guard at the scene and
crowned, attended by 10 princesses. see that no one touches anything un
W. R. Nugent, Sachem of the Red til the proper authorities arrives, ex
cept that persons in distress might be
Men, was master of ceremonies.
Queen Mary Anne was presented given aid.
If the person making the report
with a bond and each princess was
given $5.00 in defense stamps. The lives outside the Pendleton community
state guard presented the colors earl and cannot contact his Mayor imme
ier in the evening. The Pocahontas diately. he should telephone direct to
and Red Men each purchased bonds. the Pendleton police or city-county
A total of a little over $20,000.00 in Control Center in Pendleton.
bonds was raised during the drive.
STANFIELD HIGH
PRESENTS PEX
eald
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MISS LUEHRS TO
JOIN RED CROSS
Miss Constance Luehrs, who has
been on the high school staff here for
the past several years, has accepted
a position with the Red Cross organi
zation and will be connected with hos
pital recreation work. She has re-
signed her position here effective at
the end of the school year and must
report at Washington. D. C-, on May
31.
She will receive two weeks training
at Washington and then transferred
to San Francisco for further work.
From there she will be assigned to
some army or naval ohspital. Over-
seas duty may follow after several
months. Miss Luehrs will work among
convalescent soldiers.
miston. Among the leading deals to
be completed was the transaction
whereby Mr. and Mrs. Walter Smith
acquired the Hermiston Hotel from
Mr. and Mrs. M. V. Hart who have
operated the hotel for the past 10
months. They purchased the hotel
from Mrs. Anne Durfey approximate
ly 10 months ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith will continue
to operate the Hermiston Trading Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Hart have not an
nounced their future plans but expect
to locate soon at Ontario where they
own other real estate.
The Hermiston Hotel has played an
essential part in the housing problems
here for many years.
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TAX EXPERT TO
DISCUSS PROBLEM
J. S. Cooper of Colfax, Wash., fed
eral tax councelor. will be present at
the Chamber of Commerce dinner
Monday night at the U. S. 0. begin
ning at 7:15. He will discuss the
"pay as you go” plan and how it ef
fects farmers and business men. He
will also explain the victory tax, who
pays and how.
Mr. Cooper has been active in in
come tax work since income tax laws
CRONKS BUY
were passed in 1913. Other business
TEMLE FOUNTAIN will also come before the meeting.
Tickets will be sold this week end
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Cronk, operators for the dinner.
of the Cronk apartments, have pur
chased the Temple Fountain Lunch GAILEYS APPLY
from Mrs. Agnes Teeters in the Dan
Lindsay building west of the tracks. FOR PERMIT
Mr. Cronk contemplates a general ren
Expanding demands on business
ovation and remodeling job, including
the installation of new booths and have reached unto the truck operators
of Hermiston, it would appear. Com
tables.
Mr. Cronk expects to have the work missioner of Public Utilities Ormond
done within 15 days but will remain R. Bean has notified the Herald that
open during the time the work is un there is pending in his Salem office
an application from H. H. and J. H.
derway.
Gailey who own the Hermiston Trans
fer & Storage Co., to purchase the
TILLER PLACES
permit under which I. W. Geer, de
ceased, used to operate as a common
IN HIGH JUMP
carrier from any point within 50 road
Lowell Tiller, the jumping jack at miles of the city to any point in Ore
Hermiston high school, rose to a gon. The Gaileys also have applied
height of five feet, 10 inches in the for a permit allowing them to make
high jump at La Grande Saturday, the Government Depot at Umatilla
one of their terminals.
but this was not enough to win him
Following the usual practice a hear
first place in the event, placing sec
ing
on these matters has been set for
ond. Tiller was the only one to place
the
Oregon building at Portland on
from Hermiston in the district meet.
May
12 at 10:30 a. m. The Commis
The sad part of Tiller’s feat was
sioner
invites all interested persons to
that it did not qualify him for the
appear and be heard.
state track meet as in former years.
Due to war conditions, only first place
winners qualified for the state event- TURKEY OFFICIAL
TALKS HERE
Second War Bond Drive Success
It is understood that Umatilla
Herb Beyers of Salt Lake City,
county, the state of Oregon and the sales manager for the Northwest Tur
nation as a whole went “over the top” key Growers association, came Tues
in the recent second war bond drive. day to address a group of members of
the Eastern Oregon Turkey Growers
association here. He spoke of the
prospects for future markets and of
general conditions. It is expected that
there will be more turkeys raised this
year than last.
A shortage of turkey pickers has
been experienced at the local plant
this week, according to C. A. Flani
gan, plant manager. It had been
hoped to complete the present pool
this week but unless more pickers re
port for work it will not be possible.
Anyone in need of extra cash is asked
to report at the plant.
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COMMANDER OF ALLIED FORCES IN NORTH AFRICA—
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, promoted to the highest U. S. military
rank on February 11, directs the operations of the combined American,
British and French armies in ousting the Axis from Africa. He
was born in Tyler, Texas, in 1890, graduated from the U. S. Military
Academy at West Point in 1915, and during the World War was
awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for “his unusual seal, fore-
sight and marked administrative ability" while commanding officer
of the Tank Corps Training Center at Camp Colt, Gettysburg, Pa.
He has filled many important posts in the War Department and while
serving as Assistant Chief of Staff in charge of the operations divi
sion, Office of the Chief of- Staff, Washington, D. C., in June, 1942,
bo was designated as commanding general of the European theater
with beadquarters in London.
QUEEN FRANCES
TO BE CROWNED
Friday evening, May 7, at 8:00
o’clock. Miss Lavina May Lynch,
girls’ physical education instructor,
will present her P. E. classes in the
annual physical education exhibition
termed the “P- E. X.”. Coach Lee
Weber will present his boys’ P. E.
classes in a physical fitness program.
The first number on the program
will be a drill by the girls’ P. E.
class.
Coach Weber’s P. E. classes will
give a demonstration of the "Physi
cal Fitness” program in keeping with
Victory Corps plans.
Following this will be a tap dance
by Karen Glenisky and Peggy Todd.
A group of girls from the third per
iod P. E. classes will repeat the dance
“Pony Ballet” which was composed
and directed by G. C. Humphreys for
his original operetta “The Lawn Par
ty.”
Betty Jean Hartsock and Joy Reed
will tap dance.
The various sports will appear in
shadow.
The pageant is termed “Sky Moods”
and will feature songs about the sky
including—■
Good Night, Sweetheart
I’ll See You in My Dreams
Sophisticated Lady
Daybreak
Sunrise Serenade
Over the Rainbow
Stairway to the Stars
Moonlight Mood
Stardust
Story of a Starry Night
In connection with the P.E.X. will
be the coronation of the May Queen,
Frances Culver, her majesty Queen
Frances I. She will be escorted by
Student Body President Kenny El-
wood.- Princesses and escorta, arei
Doris Follett. Lylè Tilden: Marjorie
Skow, Maynard Neal; Dola Mae
Daugherty. Bud Rugg: Noreen Town
send, Lowell Tiller: Norma Williams,
Al Buell: Mary Sommerer, Carl Long
horn: Marjorie Knapp, Jack Drake;
Wanda Dunning, Clarence Kennison.
Crown bearer will be Dean Iverson,
son of Captain and Mrs. Herbert K.
Iverson: flower girls, Carol Hedwall,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Monte Hed
wall, and Loray Eiler, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Eiler.
Following the coronation will be
the annual May Queen’s Ball honor
ing the queen and her court.
WEATHER STAYS
COOL AND WET
The past week has seen very little
in the way of warm summer weather,
choosing rather to remain cloudy and
cool with an occasional shower. The
condition has been ideal for growing
crops which are receiving an excel
lent start prior to the long dry spell.
Victory gardens and shrubbery are in
fine shape with more interest than
ever being manifested by home own
ers.
The report for the week follows:
Max. Min.
Date
65
4»
April 28
April 29 ......... ......... ... 68
48
67
April 30
45
48
May 1 .....................
70
May 2
...............
. 70
37
May 3
70
45
May 4
66
45
AUXILIARY GROUP
LATE DONATION
ATTENDS MEET
AIDS RED CROSS
Members of the Hermiston Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary attended an in
teresting meeting at Pendleton Mon
day night. The occasion was a meet
ing in honor of the state auxiliary
secretary, Mrs. Mae Whitcomb. Mrs.
Whitcomb is in this area making
plans for the state convention that is
being held in Baker in September.
Nine members of the local auxiliary
made the trip to Pendleton.
It’s never too late to help a good
cause. The intermediate room at the
Columbia schiari decided to lend their
efforts towards the recent Red Cross
drive but could not muster their
strength until this week. They raised
$2.67 and this week turned the fund
into the Herald office which will in
turn relay it to the Pendleton office.
Mrs. Peter Castric is the teacher
of the class.
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TEA FOR MOTHERS REV. MCGEE TO
TO BE SATURDAY RECEIVE DEGREE
The American Legion Auxiliary
will sponsor its annual Mother’s Day
Tea at the U. S. O. on Saturday, May
8th. from 2:00 to 4:00 o’clock. An
interesting program is being planned
and tea will be served.
All mothers who have sons in the
armed forces are cordially invited to
attend and bring anyone that the
auxiliary members are not able to
contact.
Rev. H. V. McGee, pastor of the
Hermiston Baptist church, left for
Portland this week to be present at
the graduation exercises at the Wes
tern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Rev. MeGee will be among the class to
receive Bachelor of Theology degree,
a three year’s course.
Rev. McGee expects to continue to
work for his Master’s degree by cov-
respondence.
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