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Facts About Suggestions
Seventy-eight employees of the
Umatilla Ordnance Depot have re
ceived cash awards for suggestions
since the beginning of the Employee VOLUME XXXV11
Suggestion Program. All suggestions
are carefully reviewed and evaluated
with the assistance of the divisions
concerned. Myrtle Beaver, Ivan E.
Gilstrap, C. F. Weber, Dorsey E.
Johnson, Fred Berry, William R. Do
zier, Cyril McAtee, Maryellen Han
cock, John A. Grant and Leone F.
Clark received cash awards in the
month of May. Drop your suggestion
into the box today.
FUEL SHORTAGE IN
THIS AREA FEARED;
WARNING IS ISSUED
Money Is Might—Make
Yours Fight!
TO GET FUEL MOW
etald
OFFICIAL UMATILLA COUNTY PAPER
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, JUNE 22, 1944.
CRAMPTON HOME CHAMBER COMMITTEE
FROM NEW GUINEA . —I. "
OUTLINES PLANS FOR
Oron O. Felthouse was elected jun
ior grand steward of the Masonic
grand lodge of Oregon at a meeting
last week in Portland. It is thought
that this is the first time in many
years that Hermiston has had repre
sentation as an officer in the Masonic
lodge of Oregon. Mrs. Felthouse ac-
companied Mr. Felthouse to Portland.
| Harry D. Proudfoot of Wasco was
elected grand master and Fred W.
Hartman of Portland, deputy grand |
master. Mr. Felthouse reports anex-
ceptionally fine meeting.
POWER MEN TO
Pvt. Ralph Crampton, son of Joe
Crampton of Hermiston, arrived home IO ATINA VETEDINADV
this morning (Thursday) after 24 LVSAIDU V-ILKIECRN I
months of overseas service, mostly
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around the New Guinea area in the FUND NECESSAR
Southwest Pacific. Pvt. Crampton |
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will spend a 21-day furlough here be-
fore reporting back for duty.
Crampton states that life with the ' About three months ago at a meet-
armed forces in the New Guinea sec- I ing of the Hermiston Chamber of
tor is “pretty rough”. Although he Commerce,
Con
the question was brought
has suffered considerable from malar- up relative to Bangs disease and T.B.
ia and stomach trouble, he has es- | as to a health measure in the west
caped injuries from combat work. | end of Umatilla county. At that time
Some day Crampton says he will tell 1 President Sam Moore appointed a
more of his experiences.
committee whose primary function
FOR FIRST YEAR
A
LOAN
Fear that some of the citizens of
Hermiston will go cold next winter,
Those departments who have reach unless they order and take delivery of
ed the goal of 100% participation and their firewood and coal for the year
15% payroll deduction are Payroll, immediately, was expressed today by
Signal Corps, Control and Dormitor Mayor F. C. McKenzie.
ies. Cash bonds sales on the Depot
“Information reaching me from the
as of June 20 have reached >11,325, Northwest Solid Fuels Rationing
which is a very good start. Charlotte Branch of the Office of Price Admin- j JJCCTCT AIRRRFFpce
Nelsen, Matilda Radford, Catherine istration,” the mayor continued, “in- FAPPim - - AnRM19
Wahner, Pauline Jensen, Barbara dicates that while strenuous efforts
Nelson, Marian Correa, Mabel Rand, are being made to avert any firewood
Helping to prevent accidents on the
Leila Henderson, Joanne Tade, Wyo- or coal shortage, federal authorities farm, Ramon Beatty, Pacific Power
ma Rosenbaum and Marjorie Gordon charged with the responsibility of & Light Co. local agent, has offered
In keeping with a general program
have entered the bond selling contest keeping Pacific Northwest homes sup the help of company crews to farm throughout the United States, L. A.
and are hard at work raising that to plied with fuel are gravely worried as ers who must cross under the compa- Moore, owner of the Oasis theatre,
tal. Select your girl and buy a BOND to whether a critical shortage of these ny’s lines with hay derricks.
will present a bond premiere to which
from her TODAY!
two fuels can be averted.
Beatty said a request in advance by admission will be only by the purchase
At the regular meeting of the Uma
“Increased use of mill waste as raw telephone or mail will bring a P. P. of a bond. The date has been set for
tilla Ordnance Depot Employees as material in manufacturing and in & L. service man who will either Thursday, July 6th, at which time the
sociation it was decided to hold a well- creased distance of sawmills from fuel raise electric wires to provide safe picture, “A Guy Named Joe,” starring
planned picnic some Sunday in late markets has cut down the supply of clearance or will deaden the line until Spencer Tracy and Irene Dunne, will
July or early in August. Beer, coffee firewood.
the derrick is clear of overhead wires. be shown.
and ice cream will be furnished, and
Tickets for the show will be placed
The company makes no charge for
“It also would help matters if all
lunches are to be family style. Ar persons who can do so would cut their the service.
on sale this week end at the First Na
rangements will be made for the play- own firewood for the coming winter.
tional Bank, Hermiston postoffice,
off game of the Softball league. There
Hermiston Herald, and at the theatre
Every stick of firewood so gained will j
will also be other entertainment.
lobby. Three shows will be presented
help alleviate the shortage when cold
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Major Donald R. Charleson left weather comes.
during the day, at 4:30, 7:00 and
June 16 to attend a school on Work
9:30. Only a limited number of tick-
“Between two-thirds and
Simplification and Materials Handling fourths of the coal used here
ets will be available so it is urged that
three-
is
at Pueblo Ordnance Depot, Pueblo, shipped in from the Rocky Mountain
those interested obtain theirs imme
Colorado.
George Attebury, prominent Stan diately. Any denomination bond will
states. The railways are crowded and
Lt. Joseph E. Callis returned to du with increased intensity of the Paci field rodeo man, is announcing a three entitle the buyer to admission to the
ty June 17 from the Ammunition In fic War will be mere so. Mines are day rodeo for July 2, 3 and 4 at his premiere.
spection course at Delaware Ordnance shorthanded.
ranch southeast of Stanfield. A fea
Depot, Pedricktown, New Jersey.
“Dealers have not equipment to de ture of the three day show will be his
Capt. Harry E. Avery returned liver all of the firewood and coal that famous brahma bulls which have a
June 18 after attending the Quarter will be needed when cold weather ar-reputation of being as “wild as they
master School at Camp Lee, Virginia, rives.
come.” They recently stole the show
and Aberdeen Proving Ground, Mary
The Women’s Service Organization
“For their own sakes, I hope all at Pasco, Wash., where Mr. Attebury
land.
people who heat their homes with fire- staged several rodeos.
will hold its June meeting this com
Capt. Robert A. Halverson left wood or coal will heed this warning
A new feature will be attempted for ing Monday evening, June 26, at 8:00
June 19 to attend the Quartermaster and get their fuel in now.”
July 3 when a morning show will be p. m. at the U.S.O. club. The evening
School at Camp Lee, “Virginia, and
staged for the benefit of workers who will be in charge of the program com
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.
are unable to attend in the afternoons. mittee and will consist of discussion
Lt. John Moore left June 16 to at
On July 2 and 4 the shows will begin of the new constitution, news from
tend school at Pueblo Ordnance Depot
at 1:30 p. m. but on Monday, July 3, members of the armed forces, a speak
and to attend a Yardstick Conference
the permormance will begin at 9:00 er from the Pendleton Wives and
at Benicia Arsenal, Benicia, Calif.
and close at 12:00, according to Mr. Mothers club, and musical selections.
Annual elections for School Dis Attebury.
Every member is urged to be pres
Dig Deeper As The Fight
tricts 9 and 14 will be held Monday, | Plans are already shaping for one ent and to bring recent letters and
Gets Harder
June 26, at the high school and grade of the finest gatherings of livestock addresses.
school respectively. The polls will and cowhands. Competition for prize
open at 2:00 p. m. and remain open money has been well advertised and
Plant Property
Archie G. Jackson returned Monday until 7:00 p. m. in each case. In ad reports are that plenty of cowboys
from a week in Portland.
dition to naming new directors the will be on hand,
Lois Hunt, who has been ill with usual business will also be transact-
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the measles, returned to work Thurs ed.
B. J. Nation Retnms Home
Kent Garrison of Hermiston is an
day.
In district 14 (grade) two new di
Chief of Police B. J. Nation, who nouncing plans to open a sheet metal
Evelyn Ford attended the monthly rectors will be elected, one for a four recently underwent an appendectomy shop in Hermiston in the very near
gathering of the Traildusters Sunday. year term and one for a five year in a Walla Walla hospital, returned future. He will use the machinery
This week end the group was enter term. The names of Bob Woodward home Monday afternoon and is get formerly used by S. A. Anderson, for
tained at the Lee Beckner ranch at and Harry Andrews Jr. will appear ting along nicely. He came up town mer Hermiston tinsmith.
Ione.
on the ballot. In the high school elec for the first time Wednesday but will
More definite plans will be given
Phyllis Jacobs spent part of last tion, one director for a five year term not be able
to
work
for
some
time.
next
week.
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week in Portland.
will be named. The name of E. L.
Jackson will appear on this ballot. Iv
Back The Attack—Buy
each case write-in votes are accept
EXTRA War B otu I«
able.
BOND PREMIERE
SCHEDULED AT
OASIS THEATRE
BRAHMA BULLS
OF 4TH RODEO
WOMEN'S GROUP
SCHOOL VOTES TO
NAME DIRECTORS
K. GARRISON TO
OPEN METAL SHOP
was to get a veterinarian who might
locate in Hermiston to do this work
and also to practice as a private prac
titioner. This committee is composed
Otis H. Buell passed away Monday, of the following: Pete Berg, chair
i June 19, after a lingering illness. man, Herman Plass, R. A. Brownson,
Funeral services will be held Friday Harry Kelley, Elmer Watson, Joe
afternoon at 2:00 o’clock at the Cen- Corliss, George McCourt, Olyn Hodge
W. and Frank Hackler, secretary.
trai Church of Christ with
“Several veterinarians have been
Prann in charge of arrangements and
Rev. C. Warner officiating. Burial interviewed but they could not be en
ticed unless they were subsidized for
will be is the Hermiston cemetery.
Mr. Buell was born February 28, a certain fee per month for one year.
1882, in Layton, Kansas. He was Thereafter, they thought that their
married to Mary Baricklow of New practice would be self supporting,”
berg, Ore., on November 25, 1912, in states Frank Hackler, secretary of
Portland. To this union were born the committee. The group has since
five children. Mr. Buell, with his gone into a huddle and the following
family came to Hermiston in 1926, proposition has been outlined. It is
making their home here ever since. planned, by the committee, to offer
He was an employee of the state high >100.00 per month or $1,200 per year,
way department for approximately which was the subsidy fee the veter
10 years. He joined the Church of inarians required. This amount will
be raised from business corporations,
God when a boy.
Those who survive are: his widow; rural organizations, stockmen and
two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Dixon of farmers. To date the committee has
Portland and Mrs. Rachel Johnson of secured a veterinarian that will locate
Garden Home; three sons, Harold D., here providing this sum can be raised
Fireman 2/c, stationed at San Diego, by the territory involved.
R. A. Brownson, manager of the
Calif., Alfred J., Seaman 2/c, sta-
tioned at Hawthorne, Nev., and Clay Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co., is the trus-
ton Otis of Hermiston. His father, A. Hee of the funda and is bonded. If
J. Buell of Lyle, Wash., who has there is such a thing that after a few
passed his 90th birthday, also sur months the Dr. of Veterinarian med
vives, as do two sisters, Mrs. Grace icine becomes dissatisfied, then the
Garner, Corvallis, and Mrs. Maud funds will be returned on" a pro rata
Null, Arthur, Iowa, and also two bro- basis.
“I am satisfied that a man trained
thers, Roscoe Buell of Garden Grove,
Calif., and G. N. Buell of San Diego, in veterinarian medicine can save the
stockmen and farmers thousands of
Calif.
dollars annually in this locality,”
states Mr. Hackler.
BUELL SERVICES
SET FOR FRIDAY
HERMISTON SPAR
COMMISSIONED
MRS. W. H. QUICK
The commission of ensign in the PASSES FRIDAY
United States coast guard women’s
reserve was conferred on Spar Nellie
Peterson, 23, daughter of Mrs. Bessie
Peterson of Hermiston, June 14, at
Palm Beach, Fla.
Ensign Peterson was graduated
from a four months’ course for pay
and supply officers at the Spar train
ing station. Before being called to
officer training in February, she was
on duty with the coast guard at Nor
folk, Va.
4rH Club Goes All Out in War Bond Effort
Training Branch
Max Piger is “Esquire” of U.O.D.
A new tie every day. Max states he
has an even dozen and that he is
looking forward to another birthday
next year.
Jean Hendrickson spent the week
end at her home in La Grande visit-
ing relatives and friends.
Mr. Piger and Harry Nelson are
leaving for Benicia the 22nd of June
to attend a training program.
Rail Transportation
Mr. Dooley left the evening of the
15th for Denver, Colorado, where he
will work with the C & S Railroad
Co. A surprise farewell party was
given Thursday afternoon with the
U. P. and Rail Transportation mem
bers present.
Ernest Richardson is on a 90 day
leave of absence due to ill health.
William Woodard accompanied Mr.
Dooley to Denver where he will con
sult a physician. He expects to be
hack to work in about 30 days.
Miss Esther Hutchings and Mc-
Kinley Hoppes are new employees in
the department.
Bernard Murrell, who has been em
ployed at Pasco, is now working on
the train crews as brakeman. Mr.
Murrell was previously employed at
this depot for about three months.
Guests of the J. C. Simonsen - Jr.
home over the week end were Mr. and
Mrs. Farrell Murray and daughter
Jennie Lou of Pasco, Washington.
Harry Springsteen left Saturday
night to visit his home in New Ply
mouth. Idaho.
Mrs. Ida Bloom enjoyed a visit from
her son Melvin, and granddaughter.
Miss Rita Mae of Salem, Ore., over
the week end.
Misses Lavelle Hunt and Virginia
Richards spent Sunday at Beckner’s
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GIVEN AIR MEDAL
8th Composite Station, England —
Award of the air medal to 2nd Lt. Al
fred G. Emert for meritorias achieve
ment while engaged in operations over
enemy territory, has been announced
by headquarters, eighth air force.
Having numerous missions over na
zi Europe to his credit, Lt. Emert,
bombardier on a B-24 Liberator, re
ceived the award from Col. Clifford J.
Heflin, commanding officer at this
heavy bombardment station, in a re
cent ceremony. The citation accom
panying the air medal states: “The
courage, coolness and skill displayed
by each of these individuals in the
face of determined opposition mater
ially aided in the successful comple
tion of these missions. Their actions
reflect great credit upon themselves
and the armed forces of the United
States.”
Lt. Emert is the son of Mrs. W. A.
Emert of Hermiston, and his wife
lives in Seymour. Tenn. He attended
the University of Tennessee and was
a farm owner and operator before en
listing in the army in July, 1942.
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* The Four-H Clubs of America, 1,700,000 strong, ars
strong and in buying War Bonds. Here are some scenes
of 4-H boys and girls at their war work. No. 1 shows Glenn
Whittenberg, of Hidalgo County, Texas, with his fine litter
which will help the food supply. Glenn is putting his profits
m War Bonds. No. 2 shows an ambulance purchased by
the 37.000 members of the 4-H Club members of Virginis.
Major Barnard Sobol, USA. is accepting the ambulance,
with Director M. L. Wilson of the Extension Service
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art * ,
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Department of Agriculture, looking on. No. 3 shows Billy
Fleming of Fairfax County, Virginia, helping Dad with the
choree. Billy is putting his earnings into War Bonds. 4-H
Club members own 90,000 head of dairy cattle. No. 4—4-H
Clubs make a mighty contribution to the poultry and egg
supply, raising 9 million chickens in 1943. Here is Helen
Wheeling, Brown County, South Dakota, with a couple of
her birds. She also buys War Bonds with her profits. No. 5—
4-H Clubbers are also Victory Gardeners. Here is Jane
Budderar of Frederick County, Maryland, in her garden.
produce last year. Back the Attack—Buy More Than Before
L.
Gordie Ethel McFalls Quick passed
away Friday, June 16, quite suddenly.
Funeral services were held here at
the Central Church of Christ Tuesday
with Rev. C. Warner officiating. Ar
rangements were in charge of Prann’s
Funeral Parlors. Burial was at the
Bay City cemetery at Tillamook
Thursday afternoon with graveside
services there.
,
Mrs. Quick was born February 3,
1883, in Union County, Missouri, the
second of eight children. The family
came across the plains by wagon train
leaving Missouri in 1887, and arriving
in Oregon in 1889. They settled in
Tillamook county where Mrs. Quick
grew up and in 1904 was married to
Wm. Harry Quick. To this union
were born four children,
On leaving Tillamook the family
lived at McMinnville and Forest
Grove, and in 1916 moved to Hermis-
ton where the family has resided
since.
Those surviving are: the husband,
Mr. Quick: four children, Madge
Quick Schlotthauer, Tehackapi, Cal.,
Bert Harry Quick, Hermiston, Muri
Quick Craig, Sacramento, Cal., and
Thomas Lynn Quick. Hermiston. Two
sisters survive, Mrs. Sallie Skinner,
College Place, Wash., Mrs. Stella
Quick, Stayton, and one brother. Roe
E. McFalls, Sublimity.
LOIS C. BLUM
PASSES AWAY
HOME CANNING
TO BE SHOWN
Friday afternoon, June 30, at 2:00
p. m. at the Frank Hackler residence.
Miss Eula Earnheart, emergency food
assistant, will give a demonstration
on home canning with a pressure
cooker.
All mothers and daughters who are
interested in Four-H canning are
urged to attend, states Miss Earn-
NUMBER 45
Funeral services for Lois C. Blum
were held Wednesday afternoon at
the Prann Funeral Parlors with a
Christian Science service. Mrs. Blum
passed away Monday at the home of
her sister, Mrs. Laura Morris of the
Columbia district.
She was born in West Chehalem,
Oregon, of pioneer parents and has
recently been staying with her daugh
ter, Mrs. R. E. Cate of Baker but last
week came to Hermiston. She has
made frequent visita here in past
years and was known by many friends
here.
She is survived by her sister, Mrs.
Morris ; one brother, A. C. Carter;
daughter, Mrs. Cate: one son, V.
Blum, a mining engineer in Chehaa-
hua, Mexico; two grandchildren, Lt.
Lynne Von Blum, in South Seas, and
Mrs. Jack Roberts, of Phoenix, Ari
zona.