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NEWS
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Captain Dale Finley, Lt Leonard
Vodak and Jack Miller from the Seat
tle Army Service Forces Depot were
here on business the first of the week. ----------------------------
VOLUME XXXVII
For the fine work that Lt. F. J.
Munch has been doing in the West
Area the past six weeks he was
awarded with a promotion from
Lt. to 1st Lt. Congratulations,
Munch!
WAR FUND RED (ROSS
E CAMPAIGN BEGINS
OFFICIAL UMATILLA COUNTY PAPER
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, MARCH 2. 1944.
HAS FINE YEAR
In Limelight
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NUMBER 29
CREAMERY MEETING
Mrs. Walter Hamm and Frank PROVES INTERESTING
Hackler, co-chairmen of the salvage
committee here, were greatly sur- AND INSTRUCTIVE
| prised this week by the response
FOR CLOTHES
About 100 members of the Inland
Cooperative gathered Saturday for
Congratulations go to Captain Har-
the fifth, annual meeting of the orga
ry E. Avery who was promoted from
nization. The meeting, which began
1st Lt. the 29th of February.
’ shown for a request of used clothing
at 10:00 a. m., was
lively one
| to be sent to the war stricken coun-
throughout, spiced with a lunch at
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Frosh an
' tries. Although only a few days were
noon and moving pictures. During the
nounce the engagement of their
allotted for the drive, the response |
business session, it was brought out
•daughter, Alice Jane, to Marcel Nus-
was excellent and a large number of
The annual Red Cross campaign, to that the concern did a total of around
"Farmers should take a greater in
ser, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kasper R.
articles were turned in.
be known this year as the War Fund $60,000 in business during the past
terest in government affairs, and be
Nusser.
Mrs. Hamm and Mr. Hackler want
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Red Cross drive, will year. Also dividends have been paid
more concerned as to whom they se
Both Alice Jane and Marcel have
to thank everyone for their coopera
I
get underway this up to 1941 inclusive.
lect for their representatives and sen
worked here on the Depot for a long
tion. Anyone who was unable to turn ators,” stated Will Henry at the an
Three new directors were named at
week in this area.
time. Marcel had been called to the
in articles for the present drive will
according to Mrs. the meeting: F. L. Huntting, Irrigon,
nual meeting of the Umatilla Cooper
Navy but was given a medical dis
BRoy Tiller, chair- re-elected; Henry Kopacz, Stanfield:
have an opportunity at a later date ative Creamery Tuesday. Mr. Henry,
charge so is now back to work.
when another campaign will be an-
man. A committee ¡and A. H. Cable, Columbia. Other'
who is manager of the Portland Dairy
The wedding plans are for June,
|nounced.
B
has been named and | members of the board are W. A. Ba-
Cooperative association, one of the
and we wish them the best of every
groups organized for ker, Boardman: W. C. Kik, Umatilla; 1
largest in the group of Interstate
thing.
active solicitation.
Although | A. E. Bensel, Minnehaha, and Roy
an
units, further stated that the farmers
no quota has been set. it has Attebury, Echo-Butter Creek,
were reluctant to receive subsidies
The Employees Suggestion and been announced that the Umatilla
Guy Shaw is manager of the con- i
during the past year and that as a
Cash Awards Program presented county quota will be approximately I cern. He was authorized by the
whole they were the last group to re
awards to the following people on the three times that of last year or around board to attend the meeting of man-
Ralph S. Wyn, 27, formerly em ceive this financial aid from the gov
Pictured
above
is
Earl
Snell,
gover
radio program February 19th:
ployed at the Umatilla Ordnance De ernment.
$31,000. For this reason, everyone agers of the Pacific Supply Co. at
C. E. Armstrong, Frank Ayers, J. will have to give more than in former Walla Walla Saturday and Sunday of nor of Oregon, upon whose shoulders pot, caused considerable excitement
Although there has been some re
C. Hall, Daniel Hill. R. W. Hindman, years, according to Mrs. Tiller.
this week and also the annual meet- falls the responsibility of naming a last Thursday evening when he es duction of butter output in recent
successor to Senator Charles L. Mc caped from the guards and fled to
Dorsey Johnson, Russell McCoy, Otto
The campaign at the high school is ing of the same concern Monday and
Nary. deceased. Friends are urging wards Boardman in his automobile. years, the outlook for the future is
Meyers, Norman Pennock. C. O. Pet
already underway under the chair Tuesday.
Governor Snell to fill the vacancy According to state police, the guards nevertheless quite encouraging. The
erson, Mabel Rand, Earl B. Swanson,
manship of Mrs. Ethel Clark. A booth
reduction of butter production is caus
himself.
Harvey C. Warner and Arnold F.
first arrested Wyn on a charge of ed mostly by a curtailment of herds
will appear on Hermiston Main street
Weber.
driving while under the influence of and by a greater business in fluid milk
Friday and Saturday of this week and
intoxicating liquor. Deciding to turn I distribution. The local concern is also
I workers will canvass every home in
him over to the state, they took him considering branching out into the
Hermiston.
outside the depot gates, stepped from fluid milk field. Mr. Henry was in-
Mrs. Lester Carson has received
Mrs. Tiller has named the follow
his car, and he started the machine, troduced by G. A. Brown of Inter
ing committee to take charge of the word from her son, Ffc. Don Behne, HIERE NEXT WEE’T?
attempting to run over one of the | state, who in turn was introduced by
house-to-house canvass: Mrs. Anita that he recently has been with troops
guards as he escaped. Attempts to--------
E. L. Jackson, president of the board
The senior class, under the direc Moore, Mrs. Helen Belt, Mrs. George on the Marshall Islands and has seen
There will be a meeting next Wed- stop him proved futile.
of directors.
tion of Miss Lavina May Lynch, will Harkenrider, Mrs. A. H. Norton, Mrs. considerable action. He writes, “Don't
State police later captured him near
Herman Plass, manager of the con
present for its spring production the Jeanette Saboe. Mrs. Frank Bilder- worry, Mom. And tell everyone to nesday night, March 8, beginning at
Boardman
following a footrace. Al- cern. presented a resume of the past
keep
the
ammunition
rolling
and
we
8:00
o
’
clock
at
the
U.S.O.,
at
which
back.
Mrs.
Florence
Olmstead,
Mrs.
current Broadway hit, “Best Foot
I time the topic, “Food Fights for Free- though he resisted arrest he did not year’s business, which again was quite
Forward”, by John Cecil Holm, The Frank Brace, Mrs. W. L. Morgan, will do the fighting.”
bronze
| dom,” will be discussed. According to resort to weapons, according to Sgt. encouraging. He stated that the
Pfc.
Behne
now
has
two
Mrs.
Marie
Todd,
Mrs.
Howard
Gra
presentation is scheduled for next
stars in his campaign bar. He for | Miss Mary Lou Johnson, the entire | Louis Johnson of the state police. Wyn creamery did a total of $223,399.70
ham and Mrs. Wailer.
Thursday, March 9.
avarine will
ha devoted
davalad 1 to talks on appeared before Justice of the Peace business in butter sales and a grand
will be
The following information has been merly attended Hermiston schools and A 1 1 evening
The entire action takes place in a
victory
gardens
—
need for these gar- E. P. Dodd Tuesday where he was total business of around $260,000 for
later
worked
for
L.
A.
Moore.
room in the boys’ dormitory at Win- contributed :
dens, insect and pest control and oth- fined $100 and costs and given a 60- the 12 months period. The latter fig
When Red Cross workers come to
socki prep school. It is the afternoon
er features.
day jail sentence. The jail term was ure also includes sales of ice cream,
Lowell Tiller Here On Furlottgh
of the annual senior prom and all the your door, don’t be surprised when
Lowell Tiller, Seaman Second Class,
Present will be a speaker from the suspended, however, for six months ice and supplies. About $11.000 in
boys are making frenzied prepara they tell you that the campaign is not
Army Personnel who will tell of the during good behavior. The fine was dividends was paid to members during
tions to receive the girls who are com for dollar memberships. This is the U. S. Navy, came this week to spend
need of food and its part in this emer- paid.
1943, according to Mr. Plass.
ing up for the big annual dance. In Red Cross war fund drive, to meet a short furlough here with his par-
gency, state Miss Johnson, supervisor
Following the dinner, served In the
the midst of the crackling lines and wartime needs, and dollar member ents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Tiller, and
banquet room of the Methodist
humorous discussion of dates comes ships are not enough, if the quota of friends. He has been stationed lately of the West Umatilla recreation acti-
be Robert neu FIT pevpr
church, another interesting speaker
Bud Hooper (Jack Rodgers), who is $200.000,000 for the nation is to be at Wabash College, Crawfordsville. vities. Also present will
Reeder,
specialist
in plant pathology 1 W IVI re A
Ind.,
attending
regular
college
cours
was C. L. Wallmark of the Spokane
plenty gloomy. - Hi roommates fin reached.
Bank of Cooperatives. He quoted sta
In Umatilla county, the quota has es. He has been in uniform for eight and entomology of Oregon State col-
ally find out the trouble. A month
lege. He will talk on pest and insect
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rankin were tistics on the growth of various co-
ago when they went to see a movie been stepped up from $11,000, last months and will report now to the
control in victory gardens.
starring Gale Joy (Maurine Sutton) year’s quota, to $31.000, almost three Naval Air Station at Hutchison, Kan
relieved this week to receive word operatives in the west, particularly
Also planned for the evening is a
sas.
the wham girl—the trouble started. times that of 1943.
from their son, Sgt. Stuart Rankin, the growth in the last ten years.
period of community singing, games
During the election period, new
And why is the Red Cross asking
Bud got carried away and he wrote
following some time without any news.
and different contests. Miss Johnson
this
year?
for
so
much
more
money
the movie star, asking her to come to
His new address is now “somewhere members named to the board of di
Sewing Short-Cut» To Be Featured
states that the nation had 18 million
the prom. And she accepts. Bud has First of all, 90 per cent of the Red
in Egypt" and states that he is feel rectors were: F. L. Huntting, Irrigon;
During March. Home Extension
victory gardens last year but that
the
men
in
Cross
funds
are
spent
on
hastily written his regular date. Hel
ing fine but homesick for the United N. G. Robertson, Echo: P. J. Quinn,
units through the county will be pre
this year this will be increased to 22
en (Opal Null), that he has had an the armed forces—at home and sented an all-day demonstration on
States. Although he saw some winter Stanfield, and E. L. Jackson, Minne
attack of the grippe and he expects abroad. In 1942-1943, we had 4,500,- short-cuts in sewing and mending, an million.
in Europe, where he is now the cli haha. The latter is also president of
Everyone is invited to attend, par
the board. Other board members are
to have it until after the dance. But, 000 in the army and navy; now we nounces Myrtle Carter, home demon
mate is otherwise.
so that the faculty won’t get angry, have 10,000,000. Last year there were stration agent. The morning demon ticularly the residents of Hermiston.
The Nile valley is rather beautiful, A. E. McFarland, Boardman: H. J.
Bud tries to take Gale Joy to the 1,500,000 men serving overseas; now stration will feature sewing short-cuts
“but so flat.” Sgt. Rankin has trav Ott. Hermiston, and Wm. Kik, Uma
dance as his girl, Helen—and then there are 3,000,000. At the side of and in the afternoon, short-cuts in
eled much while in the service and tilla.
Helen arrives! For further details, the men in 56 theaters of war there mending will be emphasized.
when he comes home will have many
see the senior play Thursday night, are now 12,954 workers—as compared
stories to tell.
t 5,362 last year. There are 350
Four-Legged Chicken Live*
March 9.
N. J. VanSkike of the “Vigorbilt”
Loren Carver and I. L. Scott, re
The cast follows: Bud. Jack Rodg- overseas rest and recreation clubs in
era; Dutch, Dick Belt; Hunk, Dean operation, as compared to 150 last Hatchery called The Herald Thurs cently of Pendleton and the Air Base,
new
day morning stating that his new Thursday morning opened
Although snow has been reported all
Scott; Gale Joy, Maurine Sutton; year.
Blind Date, L V McGraw; Helen, Opal
Prisoners of war parcels now total hatcher, recently constructed by him four-chair barber shop in the location
around this area, to date Hermiston
Null; Ethel, Dorothy Jordan: Miner 3,390,000, as compared to 1,004.000 self and Curtis Walls, is really prov formerly occupied by the late W. J.
and near vicinity has escaped all
The board of directors of the Her clutches of Old Man Winter. Four
va. La Desea Pieper; Green, Gale last year: surgical dressings for the ing successful. This week the new Warner, attorney. Equipment was in
miston Townsend club met at the inches of snowfall was reported in
Davis: Satchel, Bob-Greer: Professor military are 925,000,000 as compared machine hatched out a healthy four stalled earlier in the week.
Lloyd, Jack Jackson; Doctor Reeber, to 520,000,000 last year; the military legged New Hampshire Red chick.
Mr. Scott has recently been re U.S.O. building Tuesday, February Pendleton early in the week but this
Bob Alford; Chester, Bob Attebury; is asking for six million pints of More of this type of bird should aid leased from the armed forces follow 29, and outlined the program for had disappeared by Wednesday. If
Thursday evening (tonight) when A. the winter weather holds up for a few
Jack, Dick Kingsley; Old Grad, John blood for the coming year, as com the chicken shortage.
ing 11 months of service.
O. Soholm addressed a gathering at more weeks, this territory should be
McMullin; Miss Delaware Water Gap, pared to one fourth that amount
the U.S.O. Mr. Soholm is a national
Aha Mae Guerrant; and Miss Smith. shipped last year, and help to be giv
gin asking for recognition similar to
representative of the Townsend move
Martha Jones.
en service men and their families must
that of “sunny California”.
ment.
Here’s what the New York critics be four times that given last year.
The report for the week, according
Mrs. Joe Udey reports that a total to Charles Taylor, follows:
say of the play:
War discharged men. big responsibi
of $575 has been paid into the nation
48
“Best Foot Forward” carries off lity of the Red Cross, are coming in
23
February 22
al Townsend headquarters during the
50
Blue Ribbons. Youth and pleasure at the rate of 70,000 a month.
18
February 23
past year to aid in furthering the
meet in ‘Best Foot Forward’ to pro
50
41
On the home front, services of the
February 21
Townsend plan. The money has been
vide one of those rejuvenating eve Red Cross have almost doubled, es
50
27 •
February 25
raised from rent of the pavilion locat
nings at which George Abbot is a pecially in camps and hospitals, train
46
35 :
February 26
ed east of Hermiston. Membership
master.”—John Mason Brown, World ing of nurse’s aides, while chapter
SI
February 27
21
cards
of over 60 members have been
Telegram.
home service has increased 71 per
51
39
February 28
turned in, according to Mrs. Udey.
“Captivating - varied charms.” — cent.
18
25
February 29
Richard Lockridge, Sun.
With such statistics (and these are
“ ‘Best Foot Forward' turned out not exaggerated) the Red Cross need
to be a youth movement by itself— offer no apologies in asking that you
bright, breezy, brash.”—John Ander give—and give generously. The in
son. Journal-American.
creased quota is made necessary for
The Umatilla Project Farm Bureau
the simple reason of increased de
Corp. Bud McCourt, son of Mr. and
will be hosts to the directors of the
mand, a demand that must be met.
Mrs. G. E. McCourt of Stanfield, is
county American Farm Bureau Fed
home on furlough following 17 months
1944
eration at a dinner meeting on Tues
of service with the U. S. Marines. Bud.
day evening, March 7. The Pilot Rock
who has spent the past year overseas,
local entertained the county organiza
was with the paratroopers and has
The construction of a new postoffice
tion at its February meeting. The
many interesting experiences to his
in Hermiston is still a possibility, ac
county directors number some fifty
The Army-Navy College Qualifying
credit.
cording to Roy White, business agent
I members.
Corp. McCourt visited with Pfe. D.
of Carpenters Local 933. Mr. White Test (C-3) will be given at the local
The ladies of the Farm Bureau Aux
high school Wednesday, March 15, at
E. Hamm, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
WAR FUNO
received further information from the
iliary will serve the dinner in the Col
Hamm, and the Clark boys of Stan
office of chief inspector, Spokane, 9:00 a. m., according to W. G- Kers-
umbia park hall. Members of the
bergen, superintendent. This test is
field while in combat zone. He brought
Wash.. Thursday stating various plans
Farm Bureau are invited to attend
several interesting souvenirs from
given by most of the high schools and
and the procedure to follow.
the meeting March 7. The dinner will
colleges throughout the country. Its
Dave Hamm for his parents.
Mr. White asks that anyone inter
be served promptly at 7:00 p. m
purpose is to provide a register of
ested in the construction of the new
New Ga» Coupon» Coming
young men for Officers Training.
building contact him as soon as possi
After March 1, every motorist who
We*tland Dairy Club Meet»
The general program is known as
ble.
The Westland 4-H Dairy elub met receives a renewal of his "B" and
the Army-Navy V-12 training pro
at the home of the club leader, Mrs. “C” supplemental gasoline rations
gram. Students who graduate from
Marian Rice, Sunday. February 20, and every farmer or other off-high-
this course are given commissions as
and the following officers were elect- way user who gets new “E” and “B”
2nd Lieutenants or Ensigns, depend
ed: President, George Steward; vice coupons for his gasol ine-powered
ing on the branch of service. The
president. Richard Liles; secretary, equipment will receive, instead of the
training also provides about a year
Duke Bellinger: treasurer, Robert ration book he is accustomed to, a
of student college eredita. The exam
ws of nearly every home. Red Cross will
This year, with service flags in
ination is open to all young men be
icted in this reproduction of a 1944 Riee: yell leader, Vern Steward. The strip ef serially numbered coupons in
m also will display the symbol of next meeting will be held March 5 at a cardboard folder. Frederie F. Jan
tween the ages of 17 and 21, who are
1:00 p. ». at the home of Mrs. Ed ney, district OPA rationing executive,
high school graduates or will become
has announced.
Bellinger,
WITH LARGE QUOTA
CONCERN DOES
FINE BUSINESS
BIG COMMITTEE
B
• M
a
WILD RIDE SENDS
DRIVER TO JAIL
PFC. DON BEHNE
ON MARSHALLS
SENIOR CLASS TO
VICTORY GARDEN
WILL BE TALKED
STUART RANKIN
NEW BARBER SHOP
OPENS BUSINESS
WEATHER STILL
PROJECT FARM
TO BE HOSTS
POSTOFFICE TALK
KEEP ON
with
WM BONDS
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