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
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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
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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.
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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,
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one involv-
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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
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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.
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