THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1944.
THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON. OREGON.
when he took part in the attack on
Tarawa. He spent two weeks on the
island with the marine engineers but
did not get hurt. His brother, Neal,
is in the naval reserve at Corpus
Christi, Texas, and will be commis
sioned as a pilot next month. N. A.
Bleakney, who is now farming at
Mabton, Wash., writes that Mrs.
Bleakney was very seriously ill in
November with sleeping sickness and
is still in poor health. The Bleak-
neys farmed for many years in the
Meadows district west of Echo prior
to moving to Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Collinsworth
moved to Payette. Idaho, the first of
the week where Mr. Collinsworth is
now employed.
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ECHO NEWS ITEMS
A committee has been appointed to
obtain data for a service record to be
hung in the Methodist church of Ec
ho. The record will contain the names
of all members of the armed forces of
the United States who have attended
the local Sunday School or church,
and will also include any others from
this community who are in the ser
vice, provided their relatives or
friends desire their names enrolled.
Information desired by the commit
tee is name, date of birth, branch of
service and rating. The list will in
clude soldiers, sailors, Wacs. Waves,
or any other branch of the armed
forces. All who are interested in hav
ing names placed on this record should
call Mrs. Earl B. Cotton, or write
Mrs, Wm. Helmick.
Sloan Thomson returned Wednes
day from a trip to Portland where he
traded in his old Pontiac for a new
1942 model.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl -Esselstyn of
Pendleton were Echo visitors Sunday
and Mrs. Esselstyn and Mrs. Maude
Davis called at the home of Mrs. Es-
selstyn’s sister, Mrs. Harry Andrews,
at her Butter Crek home.
George Luciani, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Luciani, has passed his in
duction physical examination and is
now awaiting a call into the service.
Walter Raney left for Weiser, Ida-,
Wednesday to take his physical exa
mination for the armed service.
Mrs. Frank Siemiller. who was ill
in the Pendleton hospital several
days, returned to her home in Echo
Friday.
Walter Brommell of Seattle spent
a week end furlough with relatives in
Echo.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Andrews who
have a herd of registered Holstein
cattle, discovered one morning re
cently that a coyote had killed a fine
day old calf. George Wurster, a
neighbor, had a like experience a few
weeks ago.
The Anniversary club enjoyed a
surprise party and pot luck dinner
Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Meyers. Mr. and Mrs. Gay
lord Madison and Mr. and Mrs. Clos-
son Scott of Pendleton were invited
guests.
Willie Greene, son of Mr. and Mrs.
€. B. Greene of the Meadows dis
trict, will leave February 21 for Camp
Farragut to start training for the
navy.
Staff Sergeant Lawrence (Bud)
Jordan, who was recently transferred
from a hospital in California to the
Walla Walla Veteran's hospital, was
visited by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John R. Jordan of Echo Sunday. They
report that Bud looks better than
they expected although he is quite
thin. He had several months in ser
vice in Guadacanal, New Guinea and
the Fijis and was ill with malaria
much of the time.
Mrs. Harold Liesegang and Mrs-
- Edward Liesegang left Saturday
evening for Camp Farragut. Idaho, to
visit Harold Liesegang, who is ill
with rheumatic fever.
Sa—;
Invitations are out for a Masonic
card party and dinner at the lodge
room Monday evening, February 21.
at 7 p. m. N. D. Bard, Hawley Bean
and A. C. Ebert are committeemen
for the affair.
George Pearson, son of Howard
Pearson of Walla Walla, is home from
Camp Farragut on a furlough. He
and his father visited friends in Echo
Tuesday.
The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Tolar, who was injured by a fall Fri
day, is reported to be recovering sat+
isfactorily.
Bob Bleakney, former Echo school
boy. saw his first action of the war
By Mrt. Grace Shoun
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Duus were
Hermiston visitors Thursday.
Miss Lavern Duus, student nurse at
Pendleton, spent Monday with her
parents, the Herman Duus family.
Ernest Stephens spent Friday and
Saturday in Arlington with his moth
er, Mrs. Mary Stephens.
Mrs. Carl Brownell arrived Monday
to spend one day with her mother.
Grandma Graybeal. Mrs. Graybeal
has been quite ill for some time.
The Irrigon high school is having a
school play Friday at 8:00 p. m.
Vernon Jones is quite ill in the
Pendleton hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Smith were
Hermiston visitors Tuesday.
The J. A. Shouns went up to Moses
Lake to purchase a pure bred bull of
the C. W. Wheeler registered Red Poll
herd. Mr. Wheeler said he was an
Oregonian and had lived in the Ore
gon sands when a young man. He is
78 years old now.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Miller and
daughters went up to Toppenish and
Sunnyside Saturday, returning Sun-
day.
Mrs. F. E. Forbes and Lola Bell
Lenz were Hermiston visitors Monday,
as were also the J. A. Shouns.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Grim were
Umatilla visitors Monday.
Patty Jo and Tommy Lee Coulter
left for Pendleton Sunday to enter St.
Mary’s Academy Monday.
R. Wilson and O. Leach of the
Leicht camp spent the week end in
The Dalles with their families, re-
turning Monday morning.
Mr. Walker and the J. S. Woods
visited the H. Fiskers of Hermiston
Sunday.
Frank Leicht. Seaman 1st Class,
wrote to his sister, Mrs. Sam Umiker,
that he was in a rest camp in the
South Pacific.
Grandma Peterson was hurried at
Pendleton Wednesday. She had been
living in Irrigon most of the time
since 1929 when Mr. Peterson died.
She left a daughter, Mrs. Mildred Al
drich of Irrigon, and two sons, Lloyd
and Joe Peterson of Hermiston and
their families.
CALL FOR WARRANTS
School District No. 61, Umatilla
County, is calling hereby for payment
warrants from No. 96 to No. 152, in
clusive.
Mabel M. Richards, Clerk.
(Feb. 17)
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Bring them in for Cash, or trade
them for what you want.
Miller’s Trading Post
In New Building - New Location - On Main Street
(Next to Dr. Belt’s building, across from Theatre)
Hermiston, Oregon
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