U. O. Ib
NEWS
The 4atmiiton 4/AiaLdL
During the past week the West
Area has made a new record. The ca*
pacity of cars handled in this area is
90 cars per week. This week we
VOLUME XXXVll
handled 150 cars.
Delbert F. Fitzpatrick transferred
from the Dormitories to the West
Area.
RED CROSS WAR FUND
GOAL IN SIGHT AS
Bill Leasy transferred from the
West Area to Motor Transportation. CAMPAIGN CONTINUES
Since the first of March eight new
employees have been added to the
West Area personnel.
OFFICIAL UMATILLA COUNTY PAPER
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, MARCH 9, 1944.
Ralph Marble Wins Awards
8588%
Geo”
RURAL AREA TO
BE CANVASSED
The West Area wishes to thank the
Firemen and Guards who have been
The Red Cross 1944 War Fund
working an extra four hours in the
West Area to help relieve the car sit campaign is progressing nicely in this
area, according to Mrs- Roy Tiller,
uation.
chairman of the committee which is
Miss Frances Culver has returned hard at work attempting to reach a
to work at the depot after an absence quota twice as large as in former
years. To date around $1000.00 has
of two months.
been donated but this figure is still
Volley ball and table tennis have far short of the quota, according to
taken a back seat during the lunch Mrs. Tiller.
The house-to-house campaign in the
hour and more and more of the West
Area employees have been playing city is almost completed but many as
yet have not been contacted. Anyone
Pictured above is a group picture of the crew of the bomber, Geranimo,
soft ball after lunch.
who has not had the opportunity to headed by First Lieutenant Ralph W. Marble, son of Dr. and Mrs. A. E.
Lt. Simpson has received a promo give towards the present drive can Marble of Hermiston. Lt. Marble was recently honored by being awarded
tion to 1st Lieutenant. Congratula do so by mailing contributions to the Distinguished Service Cross and only last week was further honored
Mrs. Tiller, or leaving them at the by being the recipient of the oak leaf cluster award. The above crew some
tions!
First National Bank or The Herald weeks ago completed their 25th bombing mission and have been extremely
busy in the past several weeks. Local friends are anxiously awaiting more
1st. Lt. Joseph E. Callis has arrived office.
The campaign in the rural area is news of the Geranimo and are vouching for the fact that it will do its
at the depot from Philadelphia Ord
nance District, Philadelphia. Penn., expected to get in full swing the lat part in the present conflict. Lt. Marble is in the center of the back row.
ter part of this week under the co
for permanent duty.
chairmanship of H. J. Ott and Mrs.
We are glad to have Fredrick A. H. Cable. It is planned to con
Lightle back with us after being off tact every farm resident in this area.
Although the contributions to date
work for a week with the flu.
have been quite generous, particular
ENGLAND—The Flying Fortress
You just can’t keen a good man
Carl F. King and Elmer Moyer | stress must be placed on more gener
both have taken their physical exam ous giving due to the heavy demands down. Pvt. Bill Belt, son of Dr. and “Hard Luck” almost had to bring
inations for the Navy and expect to of Red Cross facilities during war Mrs. F. B- Belt who made news head back three bombs from the Berlin dis
time.
lines a few years ago when he an trict raid Saturday when they stuck
be called shortly.
To give some indication of the value nounced his candidacy for United in their shackles, but Sgt. Austin Rob
Worth Hindman has been absent of the Red Cross, excerpts from a let States president in 1964, now heads erts kicked them loose, one by one,
for the past week due to a bad case of ter from Eddie Bensel, son of Mr. the list of the staff which publishes right over the target.
Roberts, a waist gunner from Her-
the flu. Mr. Johnson has also been and Mrs. A. E. Bensel, are printed be the Torch and Sword, a mimeographed
low:
sheet printed at Fordham University I miston. Ore., and Sgt. Delbert Burns
ill for the past week.
“Now for my tour of this United where Bill is stationed with the U. S. of Eureka. Kas., the other waist gun
Mary Gelette was called to Monta Kingdom. I flew to England by com- army. An excellent editorial, “The ner, noticed just before their ship
na to her home Saturday evening due mereiai plane and took a train to Lon- Fate of ASTP”. is printed in the lat- reached the target that the ball turret
was revolving continuously in one di
don where I stayed at a Red Cross est issue.
to her mother being quite ill.
club. I then proceeded to see the
The little paper is very newsy and rection.
Investigating, they discovered Tur-
town. . . ”
Accident Record
typical of Bill Belt’s work (he was
“I saw some swell plays and musi editor of the Hermiston high school ret Gunner Sgt. George Benedict of
The Safety Division of the Umatilla
Ordnance Depot announces that the cales and a lot of movies and had a Bulldog while attending school here). | Bedford. Mich., had passed out after
Depot has established another all-time wonderful time. The Red Cross sure Local friends are glad to see him in his oxygen mask froze. Roberts and
low accident frequency * rate. The has been a wonderful thing over here similar work with the armed forces, Burns revived him and then saw the
three bombs still hanging in their
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last time accident frequency rate for for us. It really comes as close to be-
shackles.
the month of February dropped to ing American and home as anything
Roberts made his way along the
—
12.70 per million man hours of expos can be. They sure deserve all the
catwalk to the bomb bay and kicked
ure, a rate more than 30 per cent support they can get.
was
them loose while “Hard Luck
The above paragraphs are typical
lower than the previous low rate at
still high over Berlin.
tained in the month of October 1943, of others received where soldier boys
The American Legion and Auxiliary
are experiencing the value of the Red
when it dropped to 19.84.
Carvers Buy Homesite Here
will
hold their annual pot luck birth
The employees of the Depot can Cross organization.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Carver this
The committee in charge urges, day party on Thursday, March 16, be
justly feel proud of this new record
ginning at 7:00 o’clock. Refresh week purchased several lots just east
when they consider the fact that this “Let’s all do more than our part.”
ments of birthday cake and ice cream of the Hermiston hospital on which
is lower than the rate established from
will
be furnished by the committee.
they plan to build a new home in the
January through October 1943, by in GEORGE WILLIAM SCARLETT
All members and friends are cor-near future. Mr. and Mrs. Carver
stallations performing duties similar
George William Scarlett, the infant dially invited to attend and help the are the parents of Loren Carver who
to theirs.
son of Mr. and Mrs. George L. Sear- Legion celebrate their 25th birthday, last week opened a barber shop here.
Mrs. Edith Seyler of the Box Fac lett, passed away in the local hospi
Sgt. Bill Harris Hosne
Pulley Acquitted By Jury
tory Crew underwent an operation on tal Sunday, March 5, following a very
Sgt. Bill Harris, son of Mr. and
A verdict of “not guilty” was re
March 7th at the post hospital. Her brief illness. He was born January
husband. Lloyd Seyler, A-M.M. 1st 8, 1944. Funeral services were held turned in the case of State Police vs. Mrs. George Harris of Hermiston, ar
Class, from Pasco, Wn., is here on at the Prann Funeral Parlor at 2:00 E. E. Pulley last Friday. Mr. Pulley rived home Sunday morning on fur
o’clock on Tuesday afternoon with C. was tried on a charge of driving lough following 26 months overseas
leave.
Warner officiating. Burial was in while under the influence of intoxi service. He has seen many parts of
cating liquor. In a similar case, the the world and experienced much dur-
Effie McFall is enjoying
visit the Umatilla cemetary.
He is survived by his parents, Mr. same jury disagreed on the trial of ing his army life. An attempt will
from her daughter, Mrs. Geo. Finner.
and Mrs.' George L. Scarlett and Jim Shearer. The case will be tried be made to tell of some of his travels
of Fort Worth, Texas.
one sister, Clara Louise; his grand- again at a later date.
next week.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Snively are vis- parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Mulkins
Hing their son Willard, who will soon and Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Scarlett, all
be inducted into the armed forces.
of Hermiston; Great Grandparents,
Mrs. Belle Scarlett, Indianapolis, Ind..
The Electric Shop reports that they Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Nodel, Toledo,
have moved shop No. 2 from the north Ore, Mrs. Addie Arbogast of Irrigon;
area into one comer of the shop here, three uncles, a/c F. L. Mulkins, Mus
which makes the electric shops an ef tang Field, Okla., William L. Scarlett
ficient centralized unit. New testing now in the Aleutians and Pvt. Miller
panels and work benches are some of Scarlett of Camp Abbot, Ore.
the new improvements. Mr. Stratton
believes that their working efficiency
has increased 50 per cent.
New employees for the shop are
Lora Harritt and John Berkey. Wel
come, “newcomers”, we hope you will
Mrs. O. M. Kerr of Walla Walla
like it All employees of this shop
will soon be sporting new uniforms and a graduate of Whitman College
which are to be white with red let has taken over the classes which Rev.
W. A. MacArthur handled for the
tering “U.O.D. Electric Dept”
first semester and which Mrs. Geor-
Mrs. Elizabeth Gwinn was called to gea Sutch has taught for the past six
Walla Walla by the death of her weeks. Mr. MacArthur was forced to
mother. Our deepest sympathy—and give up the classes due to a stretch of
poor health and press of other work.
we hope you will soon come back.
Mrs. Sutch volunteered to help until
Pfe. Harlow H. Cossitt of Abline a successor could be found.
For a time it looked like the volun
Field, California, is visiting his par
teer setup would be permanent but
ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Cossitt
Mrs. Kerr’s appearance on the scene
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Gatlin, Mr. and saved the status of “temporary” ap
Mrs. Bill Lewis and W. H. Switzer pointment
•visited friends and relatives in Cald
well, Idaho, last week.
PAPER EDITOR
HERMISTON MAN
SAVES FORTRESS
T.ECTON GROUPS
TO CELEBRATE
HIGH SCHOOL HAS
1:1 J
L AT AUCTION
Mildred Jennings of Benicia, Calif.,
formerly of Inspection Division, came
back to the 'old stomping grounds' for
The first farm auction sale in sev
a brief visit last week.
eral weeks has been scheduled for
Tuesday, March 14, at the Henry
Barbara Graham is leaving Satur Shafer ranch 2* miles southwest of
day for California to be with her hus- Hermiston on the Butter Creek high
hand. Bernard Graham is to be sta way. R. C. Peters will be the auc
tioned at Camp Roberts.
tioneer, and Pete Berg, clerk.
Mr Shafer is listing the items in
The Roving Reporter—I suppose an advertisement on Pag 3 of this is
(Continued on Page •)
sue.
Red Cross men and w omen are with troops on fifty -three conti-
nenUl and insular battlefronts, and have gone into the theatres in many
instances right along with the invasion Iurte», or else hare followed
soon after. Above is Miss Barbara Sweetland. American Red Cross
worker, chatting with a email native boy. “somewhere in India.“
American Red Crass for the Office of War Information.
TEACHERS ARE
NAMED FOR NEXT
YEAR BY BOARDS
The principal business of the March
meeting of the board of directors of
school district No. 14 was the election
of teachers. This district is in a pe
culiar situation as was the case in the
two preceding years. The Umatilla
Ordnance Depot indirectly exerts con
siderable effect upon the number of
teachers. If the amount of employ
ment decreases or increases the num
ber of children of school age chang
es in proportion. A goodly number of
these children live on federal reserva
tions and are the responsibility of the
national government in so far as
school is concerned.
At this time it is difficult to esti
mate how many such children there
will be and whether the Federal
Works Agency will make satisfactory
arrangements or not. After discuss
ing the question at length, all regular
elementary teachers were offered con
tracts for next year, but teachers who
were employed for extra rooms, not
normally maintained by the school,
were not at this time re-elected.
The high school board had previous
ly notified all high school instructors
of re-election. The elementary board
incorporated a sizeable raise in the
notices of re-election. High school
trustees have not as yet set a definite
salary schedule.
POSTAL RATES
TO BE HIGHER
W. J. Logan, Hermiston postmas
ter, has been notified by the postal
authorities that after March 26 a new
schedule of rates will be in effect. In
many instances the rates have taken
a jump in price. The following is a
list of those stamps which will be ef
fected :
Rural routes will be 3c each ounce.
Local drop letter rate will remain
at 1c each ounce-
Post card rate remains at 1c.
Parcel post will increase 3 per cent.
Money order. 1c to $2.50, 10c: $2.51
to $5.00, 14c; $5.01 to $10. 19c; $10.01
to $20.00, 22c: $20.01 to $40.00, 25c:
$40.01 to $60.00, 30c: $60.01 to $80,
34c: $80.01 to $100, 37c.
All registered, insured and C.O.D.
mail will be increased.
Air mail inside continental U. S.
and Alaska will be 8c per ounce; over-
seas air mail to armed forces will re
main at 6c per * ounce.
MAJOR MARBUT
TO GO ACROSS
News has been received from Major
and Mrs. W. M. Marbut of Barnes
General hospital in Vancouver, Wn.,
that Major Marbut has received an
overseas assignment and will leave
soon for some unknown destination.
Major Marbut has been stationed at
Vancouver for the past three years.
Major Marbut was a physician in
Echo and later in Hermiston for a
time prior to entering the service.
The Marbuts still own a home in Her-
miston.
U. s. NAVY MAN
CLAIMS BRIDE
Miss Jewell A. Townsend, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Townsend,
and Clarence E. Faulstich, cox-, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Faulstich,
were married March 1st. Mrs. Faul
stich was a member of the class of
1943 of Hermiston high school and is
a stenographer for Federal Housing.
She will remain here for the duration.
Cox. Faulstich has been on duty in
the South Pacific and his ship, the
U. S. S. Curtis has been in three ma
jor battles. He has gone to join his
ship, a new one, for an unnamed des
tination.
Although the young couple have
known each other for three years, the
wedding was a complete surprise to
relatives and friends, who wish them
much happiness.
NUMBER
30
PROJECT FARM PLAYS
HOST COUNTY GROUP
AT DINNER MEETING
SPEAKERS TALK
ON MANY TOPICS
One of the largest and most inter
esting farm bureau meetings in some
years was held Tuesday night at the
Columbia park hall when the Project
Farm Bureau was host ba regular
monthly meeting of the directors of
the County Farm Burgau. The ladies
auxiliary served a bountiful dinner to
a gathering of about 100 members and
guests. The program arrangement
was handled by A. H. Cable, president
of the Project Farm Bureau.
Following the dinner, the meeting
was turned over to Lowell Steen of
the county organization who acted as
prgram chairman. Among those in
troduced as speakers was Mac Hoke
of Pendleton, state farm bureau
president. He told of the necessity
of retaining key men on the farms-
men who can operate tractors, manage
activities and otherwise are responsi
ble for keeping the farms going. He
stated that there is a national law
that farm laborers cannot be paid
more than $200.00 a month or more
than $2400.00 for a year’s service.
Another interesting speaker was
Bob Burlingame of Milton, a member
of the county selective service board.
He told of the many difficulties fac
ing the draft board and trouble aris
ing from their attempts to keep their
quotas filiad. He explained the pro
cedure to be followed in drafting
farm labor and the necessity of same.
Cecil Yates, also of Milton and for
mer county farm bureau president,
explained the new Farm Bureau Ac
cident Insurance policy. He stated
that many farmers are taking and
planning to take advantage of this
low-cost insurance.
Mayor F. C. McKenzie of Hermis
ton was called on for a short talk.
stating that close harmony should ex
ist between farmers and townspeople
in order to receive maximum benefits
for all concerned. Gas rationing also
came up for some discussion while Mr.
McKenzie, chief clerk of the local War
Price and Rationing board, had the
floor.
F. B. Swayze of Hermiston also
stressed the necessity of cooperation
of the rural residents and those re
siding in cities. He stated that bus
iness life in town greatly depends on
rural support and also that farmers
receive benefits from services of the
town. R. L. Woolley, manager of the
Umatilla Electric Cooperative, also
gave a short talk.
Gaylord Madison of Echo and Clint
Jackson of the local farm bureau rep
resented their districts at the meeting.
It was announced that the county
farm bureau is planning to publish a
farm paper to be released monthly,
with the first issue to appear about
the first of April.
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VOTERS SHOULD
REGISTER SOON
Voters for the coming primaries
and election may register at the Ore
gon Hardware * Implement Co. on
Hermiston Main street. Anyone who
has lived in the state six months and
30 days in the precinct and who is an
American citizen may register. Any
one who has previously registered and
has changed his residence to another
precinct must also register to be eli
gible to vote.
The primaries will be May 19 and
the registration closes for the primar
ies 30 days before that date.
Fraser Graduates March 12
Mrs. Margaret Fraser has received
a graduation announcement telling of
exercises March 12 at the Douglas
Field, Arizona, flying school. Listed
among the graduates is her son, Lt-
Thomas G. Fraser, Army Air Corps.
Corp. Felt house Leaves For Duty
Lt. Fraser has completed the various
Corp. Gale Felthouse left Thursday stages of flight training in rapid or
for Salt Lake City where he will re der and now awaits assignment for
port for duty with gunnery troops fol flying duty.
lowing a 10-day visit in Hermiston
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Canning Candy Proves Valuable
Felthouse. Corp. Felthouse told the
Claude VanArsdale, manager of the
Hermiston Rotary club of some of his Cooperative Cannery and Laundry,
experiences at the regular luncheon stated this week that many are tak
Thursday noon.
ing advantage of the canning facili-
ties of his concern to send candy over-
Classifieds Make Headlinas
seas to boys in the service. Mrs. Wal
It isn’t often that the classifieds ter Hamm has become quite expert in
rate front page notoriety but in this this art and anyone wishing informa-
week’s issue can be found four refrig tion is requested to contact her. Can
erators in the For Sale columns on the ning arrangements may be made by
Classified page. This in itself is real contacting Mr. VanArsdale at the
cannery.
news.