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About The Hermiston herald. (Hermiston, Or.) 19??-1984 | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1944)
U- O. D. NEWS The By June 15th the Depot had reached 33% of the bond quota for thia 5th bond drive. Our cash sales to date have reached $24,615.00. The call of the Fifth War Loan is a message VOLUME XXXVII from the far-flung fighting fronts for a self-invasion of our own pocket- books, our own bank accounts and our other resources. It is a call for self denial until it hurts—to stand side by side with our fighting soldiers and make the greatest sacrifice we can in the interest of their own safety and the high cause for which they are willing to give their all. The least sacrifice we can make is to lend all the money we can possibly spare on the greatest and soundest investment in America—WAR BONDS! , Guards The Fifth War Loan drive in Her Pfc. H. A. Simons, son of Patrol miston, as well as in the county and man Grummond Simon, is spending a state, is rather spotty with some good short furlough with his father and days reported and then others not so relatives at Ordnance. Among in good. On the whole, the drive is be teresting souvenirs which Pfc. Simons hind schedule and some last minute brought back from the Southwest Pa hustling will be necessary if this area cific, and are now on display at is to reach its quota. Guard Headquarters, is a battle An impromptu bond auction at scarred .30 cal. Jap rifle, two Jap war Hale's Confectionery Monday night bonds and some pictures taken off the netted a total of $3.500.00 in E. bonds. body of a Jap soldier. With the proprietor, J. C. (Sam) Nye The workmanship of the rifle is in as auctioneer and Lee Quiring as ferior to those used by American clerk, bonds were sold to practically troops. Its only redeeming feature is everyone in the store. its light weight. The stock is short As has been the custom in previous and made of very light wood similar weeks, one of the local merchants is to balsom, and the shoulder strap is sponsoring a bond message this week. fastened to the side instead of the Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gailey are re bottom of the gun. sponsible for the advertisement that ■^la.’imLsion 4]axaLd. OFFICIAL UMATILLA COUNTY PAPER HERMISTONt AUCTION SALE PROVES SUCCESS Plant Property Marilyn Rawls and Elizabeth Han kins’ sons, Grady and Gary, were com panions in the hospital the last of the week. Both had tonsilectomies. Grace Nonne had as week end visi tors her sister and brotherin-law, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Richardson from Hanford. Mr. Pearce’s daughter, Muriel, was in the hospital this week receiving treatment for a severe sore throat. Thelma Henderson went to Condon this week end to visit her brother, Howard, who is home for a short leave before being assigned to a new station. Aliene Mallory and Phyllis Jacobs were Sunday afternoon visitors at the R. B. Wilcox home. Magazine Area Albert Steward, Sr., foreman in the Magazine Area, was surprised last Monday night when his son, Albert Steward, Jr., Seaman 1st Class, came home unexpectedly Albert was on an aircraft carrier which had 18 subs to its credit. This is the first time Al bert Jr. has been home since Septem ber, 1942. Utilities June .2 was a gala day for Beth Russell, Utilities. Twenty-seven of her friends helped celebrate her birth day Thursday evening, with games, gifts, and a large birthday cake. Dispensary Elaine Belieu, Frances Rozema and Charlotte Montgomery of the Medical Department and Florence Powe, Headquarters, were in Pendle ton Saturday evening. Charlotte went on to Baker to visit relatives. Lend Over Here to Win Over There Inspection Bill Sweitzer is spending a weeks vacation in Seattle. Two ammunition inspectors former ly of this depot have recently trans ferred and are now employees of “Good ol’ Inspection”. Bill Jennings has recently returned from Benicia Arsenal, Cal., and Bill Young from Navajo Ordnance Depot, Bellement, Arizona. Mr. Jennings spent Monday in Top penish, Wash., on business. Magazine Area Everett Snyder is spending this week in Portland vacationing. He plans on attending the dog races while there. West Area I’m glad to be in the West Area. Everyone is fine, but my hobby is one brunette and one cocker spaniel dog. Sorry, girls, I'm married. —Glenn Long. War Bonds Speak Lauder Than Words Bor Factory The Box Factory ‘threw’ a big ice cream feed Tuesday celebrating one year with no lost time for accidents. William Johnston drove to Spokane on business last week. Herschell Cairns is visiting his nephew who will soon join the armed forces at Ava, Missouri. Matilda Willingham and Mr. Wil- lingham drove to Baker, Ore., Friday to attend the funeral of a friend. Flora Moyer attended her nephew’s funeral last week. Irvin Scott was killed in an accident near Pasco. Mr. and Mrs. Snively motored to Freewater Saturday evening and spent Sunday picking strawberries and cherries. NUMBER 46 JULY FOURTH TO FIFTH WAR LOAN SHOWS SLOW GAIN IN CITY AND STATE Dig Deeper as the Fight i Gets Ha.rder UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. JUNE 29, 1944. THOMAS E. DEWEY REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT CHANGES GIVEN FOR AUTO TIRES F. C. McKenzie, chief clerk of the local War Price and Rationing board, has received information telling of several changes in the laws concern ing the tire program. Compulsory periodical inspections of tires on pas senger cars has been discontinued but motorists are required to retain their present inspection records because their use is continued in the gasoline rationing program. Tires to be re placed will continue to have to be in spected by an OPA authorized inspec tor. Effective May 1, all motorists using their cars for occupational driving (B and C book holders) were made eligi ble for Grade I tires. At the same time motorists holding A books be came eligible for the small remaining stock of used tires. New cars are fast dwindling and OPA will continue to get tighter and tighter on this phase of rationing. appears on Page Four. Mrs. A. H. Cable and Henry Ott, who are the community leaders in the neighborhood leader plan in the Her miston project, report that the rural leaders who are selling bonds in the 5th War Bond drive are very coopera tive and doing a splendid and thor ough solicitation o the communities. Neighborhood leaders who are do ing the soliciting are as follows: Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Rankin, A. E. McCul ley and Mrs. Victoria Churchman: Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Jackson; Clarence Buhman: Henry Ott and Duff Knight; Mrs. Harry Kessler and Dell Christ- ley; Mrs. R. B. Wilcox and Frank Young: Mrs. H. F. McCulley and John Jendrzejewski: Mrs. John Graves and Claude Upham: Mrs. Geo. Liebe and Mrs. Chas. Epperson, and Mrs. J. W. Templeton and E. R. Buz zard. While we know that every one is very busy with their seasonal work, this is a job that must be done to back Capt. H. K. Iverson, who has been our fighting boys,” said Mr. Ott. stationed in Hermiston and at the Umatilla Ordnance Depot for the past three years, left Wednesday morning for the Lathrop Engineers Depot near Lathrop, Calif., where he will be located until further orders. Capt. The Umatilla Cooperative Creamery Iverson and his family have made of Hermiston is awarding a purebred many friends while here and the com registered heifer calf to the outstand munity regretted to see his departure. Mrs. Iverson and son Dean will vis ing 4-H Dairy club member within the territory that they serve in West it at Pasco and Portland prior to go Umatilla and Morrow counties, said ing to California to join her husband. E. L. Jackson, president of the cream ery board of directors. It is antici pated by the creamery to make this award annually to induce the 4-H club members to practice better breeding and dairy management, stated Mr. Jackson. Frank E. Hackler, assistant county The final hunting regulations for agent, pointed out that since C. E. the 1944 season were adopted by the Fisk of Echo, who has been awarding Oregon State Game Commission when a beef calf to the outstanding 4-H it met in Portland on June 24. There Beef club member each year, has stim will be issued 3,000 special tags to ulated the enthusiasm of club mem take female spike buck or immature bers to practice better selection and deer in a specified portion of Grant management of their calves, which, and Baker counties: 500 tags to take in turn, produces more beef for our antlerless elk in section in the armed forces. northeastern part of the state; and This awarding of a dairy calf by 200 buck deer and 300 doe deer tags tht Cooperative Creamery will, too, in the Hart Mt. National Antelope achieve the same results by stepping Refuge. Application blanks for these up the feeding program of the club tags are now available at the Game members producing cows, which also Commission office. No money should will help feed our fighting men and be remitted, however, for if by Aug women of the armed forces. ust 1, more applications are received than tags to be issued, a drawing will Milk Subsidy Program Expires be held and the successful applicants Filing applications for the March notified to send in their fees. The general season for blacktail and April milk and butterfat payment subsidy program expires June 30th, and mule deer having not less than and filing applications for May and forked horns is from October 1 to 31, June payments will start July 1st, ac with a bag limit of one. The open cording to Frank E. Hackler, assis season for bull elk is from November 1 to November 30 in the entire state tant county agent. except for some exceptions. The phea sant season for Umatilla, Baker, Wal Mrs. W. J. Thorne Dies lowa and Union counties is from Oc Mre. W. J. Thorne, 49, of Haines tober 14 to November 5, with a bag died June 21 at St. Elizabeth hospital limit of four cocks a day, 8 in posses where she had been ill for some time. sion or in seven consecutive days. The The family moved about a year ago same season prevails for Valley Quail from Echo to Haines. She was born and Hungarian Partridges. at Holdman and was a member of the Baptist church and was married in 1911 at Weston to Walter J. Thorne. Survivors are, her widower, Walter J. Thorne: a son, Pvt. Frank Thorne, Camp Roberts, Calif.: three daugh ters, Mrs. Margaret Dillow of Silver- At the next regular and also special ton, Misses Vera and Ruby Thorne of meeting of the Hermiston Post, Amer Haines. Funeral services were held ican Legion, officers for the coming Saturday in Pendleton from Folsom’s year will be installed. In addition to Funeral Home chapel. the regular ritual, refreshments will "e = — be served later in the evening. “Bring County Gets Credit for Bonds your own,” is the order issued by Sam Jim Pearson, local manager for Moore, adjutant, and A. H. Cable, Shell Oil company received word this commander. morning that Shell was participating Officers to be installed are Dr. F. in the 5th War Loan Drive and will B. Belt, commander; Joe Saboe, vice subscribe $8,000,000 on the Pacific commander: Harry Kelly, adjutant. Coast. Umatilla county is to receive George Savage, sergeant-at-arms: and credit for $15,000 of thia amount. Thomas Means, chaplain. Another war time Fourth of July will be celebrated next Tuesday, July 4. In Hermiston no special celebra tion is planned with the day probably dedicated to quiet family gatherings and picnics. A majority of the stores will be closed all day July Fourth but many plan to remain open Monday, July 3. Several business houses are also closing Monday in order to give employees a three day vacation. Advertising and news copy should be mailed Monday of next week in or der that the Herald force can follow the usual procedure of setting much of the copy early in the week. PUREBRED CALF NEW HUNTING SEASONS ARE LISTED NOW LEGION OFFICERS EXTENSIONS ZONE JOHN W. BRICKER REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR VICE PRESIDENT BRAHMA BULLS TO BE FEATURE ARMERS _ TO GET ______ OF COMING RODEO F SURPLUS TRUCKS One of the orneriest herds of Brah ma bulls ever assembled in this area will be featured by George Attebury at his rodeo southeast of Stanfield on July 2, 3 and 4. A portiori of these bulls recently proved highlights at the Pasco rodeo and roundup fans are clamoring for more similar action. On July 2 and 4, the shows will be gin at 1:30 p. m. However, on Mon day, July 3, Mr. Attebury is catering to the workers who cannot attend in the afternoons because of the night shift. The rodeo will be held in the morning beginning at 9:00 and last ing until 12:00. Entries in both the riders and live stock indicate a real performance. Competition for prize money has been well advertised and reports are that plenty of cowboys will be on hand. mregI *e***===ca —ertene" 3 ------su" NEW UNDER SUN JH w {far ’ -i ... A few surplus used army trucks are now being made available for sale for farm use and more are expected from now on, according to informa tion received by R. B. Taylor, chair man of the Oregon USDA war board. Although only a few will be available in Oregon in the immediate future, an important procedure has been worked out that provides for orderly and fair distribution of such government ma terial, says Taylor. Chief change from former times re quires that these trucks be handled through regular licensed motor vehicle dealers, where they will be subject to price regulations, thus assuring final sale to users at fair prices and with- out undue profit to handlers. County farm transportation committees and county war boards will handle farmer application for these trucks as they become available. BENSEL NAMED TOH. S. BOARD CAPT. IVERSON CREAMERY GIVES COUNCIL CALLS The taxpayer, known in some cir-1 cles as “Joe Pungle”, seldom knows A. E. (Edi Bensel received 45 write the efforts that are made in his behalf by those who try to find ways and in votes at the high school election means io better his living conditions, Monday to qualify for the District and who comb the records for better U-9 board. He defeated E. L. Jack- laws and more just regulations. The son whose name appeared on the bal- Herald reporter this week found Re lot for a five-year term. The grade school board election was corder Chas. Taylor doing a little re search work on building codes and postponed when it was found that chuckling over this one inserted in a there was a discrepancy in the way modern book. It is an authentic trans the election was advertised. There is lation from "The Code of Hammurabi, considerable legal entanglement when a school board switches from a three King of Babylon, about 2250 B. C.” 228: If a builder build a house for man setup. A new election will be a man and complete it, (that man) called as soon as the Oregon Attorney shall give him two shekels of silver General makes a ruling on the matter. per sar (approx. 12 sq. ft.) of house as his wage. 229: If a builder build a house for a man and do not make its construc tion firm, and the house which he built collapse and cause the death of Five more blue stamps totaling 50 the owner of the house, that builder points—W-8; X-8: Y-8; Z-8 and A-5 shall be put to death. 230: If it cause the death of the —will be good for buying rationed son of the owner of the house, they processed foods on July 1, Willard shall put to death the son of that Case, district OPA food rationing representative, said today. builder. During July, Case said, many house 231 : If it cause the death of a slave of the owner of the house, he wives will use all of the first strip of shall give to the owner of the house blue ration stamps in War Ration Book Four and will begin using the a slave of equal value. second strip, the first stamp in this 232. If it destroy property, he shall restore whatever it destroyed, strip being A-5. The first strip contained stamps and because he did not make firm the house which he built and it collapsed, bearing the figure “8” on their face, he shall rebuild the house which col The figure “5” is printed on stamps lapsed room his own property (i.e., at in the second row. These figures serve for identifica- his own expense). 233: If a builder build a house for tion of the stamps only, and have no a man and do not make its construc connection whatever with their value, tion meet the requirements and a wall Case pointed out. Regardless of fall in, that builder shall strengthen whether food ration stamps have an 8, 5, 2 or 1 on their face, they are all that wall at his own expense. worth 10 points. All stamps validated on July 1 Will 1 be good indefinitely. FIVE MORE BLUE STAMPS VALID LIBRARY TO BE OPEN LONGER The regular hours of the Hermiston library have been from 3:00 to 5:00 p. m. during the summer months. However, due to the demand of work ers who are unable to get to town by closing time, the library will remain open from 3:00 to 6:00 p. m. every Tuesday and Friday, beginning this week. The public is taking excellent ad vantage of the services offered by the local library. CARD OF THANKS May we take this opportunity to thank our neighbors and friends for the kindness and sympathy shown during the recent illness and death of our husband and father, Mr. O. H. Buell. We wish to especially thank those who presented floral offerings and otherwise assisted with funeral arrangements. Mrs. O. H. Buell and Family. Dance Is Scheduled The Umatilla P. T. A. will sponsor a Fourth of July dance at the Uma tilla high school gym Tuesday even ing. They have engaged the Ione Car dinals, popular 6-piece band. Mrs. W. R. Nugent stated Tuesday that popu lar prices would prevail for the dance. No State Fair This Year Oregon will not have a state fair in 1944, according to announcement made in Salem late last week by Di rector E. L. Peterson of the state de partment of agriculture, following the regular semi-annual meeting of the state board of agriculture. Members of the board of agriculture and the di rector considered carefully all the angles on the fair before deciding it would be unwise to hold a fair under present conditions. Any state fair that could be held this fall would be only a glorified carnival, the group felt. Several factors strongly influ enced the decision. The City of Hermiston is advertis- ng for bids this week on the construc- ion of new sewer lines in Hermiston. The present sewer line on Fourth treet will be added on to by two lat erals, one extending to the Ritchie cabins and another to the Pulley cab- | ins. This needed addition will be greatly welcomed by residents in that area. A shorter addition, but ------- one involv- --------- -------- ing probably more labor and incon venience, will be built in the middle of town. Due to the fact that the sewer line running in the alley at the rear of the Union Cafe and the L. A. Moore furniture store is not deep enough for proper draining, it is pro posed to connect that portion with a deeper line running in the alley be- hind the Hermiston Food Store and Hermiston Laundry, To do this the line will cross Main street on Second street. The project is expected to cost around $7,000.00. The city council, at a recent session, heard a delegation from Ridgeway Avenue opposing the construction of shacks and other smaller buildings in that area where approximately 35 new homes were recently completed and are practically al) occupied. Only ten remain to be sold. The council is now checking on the matter of zoning cer tain parts of the town. Many other improvements are being contemplated by the council. A large paving project is now being planned and will be partly paid for by resi dents and the city. Many feet of side walk have been poured in recent weeks, concentrating mostly on Gladys and Ridgeway Avenues. The town as a whole is perking up and many citizens are making needed changes and additions. Several new basements have been dug, new four dations poured, buildings’painted, and lawns and shrubbery planted. Many citizens are planning to build and im prove at the completion of the war when both labor and materials will be more plentiful. WEATHER MAN TURNS ON HEAT It seems that at last summer has arrived as the past week the thermo meter has gradually gained altitude, although to date no exceptionally hot days have appeared. The weather has been very favorably for the apricots and peaches on the river and the crops in general look fine. The report for the week follows: Max. Min. Date . 83 59 June 21 57 . 83 June 22 51 92 June 23 55 91 June 24 65 88 June 25 60 . 83 June 26 84 54 June 27 WAR LOAN DANCE ON JULY FOURTH Bert Michel's orchestra is sponsor ing a Fifth War Loan dance for the evening of Fourth of July at the Townsend hall cast of Hermiston. Ac cording to Mrs. Michel, business man ager, all proceeds above expenses will be used to purchase bonds and will be given away during the evening. Three drawings will be made at 12:30. The Townsend hall is being donated for the evening and other services will also be given free. Mrs. Michel in vites all patrons to participate in fur thering the sale of bonds. HERMISTON METHODIST CHURCH Walter A. Mac Arthur, Minister The morning worship service at 11 o’clock, being the first of the new quarter, will observe Holy Commun ion. The minister will bring a devo tional message on the theme, “Prison ers of the Unimportant.” Other services: Church School at 10:00 a. m. ; Youth Fellowship at 6:30 p. m. Back te Atrck/ EXTRA BONDS
