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U. o. n NEWS The Three cheers and a vote of appre ciation to oar Hermiston Business Men’s U. O. D. working crew. We think it is ‘tops’ of them to work swing shift at the Depot after their VOLUME XXXV11 days work in their various occupa tions. At present this crew consists of A. H. Norton. Roy J. Skarloken. Lee Quiring, Alfred Quiring. Waiter A. MacArthur, Frank Bilderback. Ra- mon Beatty. George Harkenrider and Ralph Lieb. We can use more of this help. Anyone interested see Mrs. 4 Jackson at U. O. D. Employment Of fice. Hermiston. Oregon. 4aimL^to n OFFICIAL UMATILLA COUNTY PAPER HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, JULY 27, 1944. ROOSEVELT AND DEWEY TO RUN CREAMERY LETS BID FOR NEW BUILDING TO PENDLETON FIRM The Bus To Pier Nine Did you ever ride out to pier nine in the bus And hear all the things those fellows discuss? Bombs, dunnage, and T-N-T. War. religion, and the family tree; Russians. Germans, and barbarous Japs. The seven Seas with their whitening caps. Those wise old birds they cover it all From Adam and Eve to Peter and 4'e.’ta.LcL LOCAL BOYS RECEIVE INJURIES FOLLOWING D-DAY CAMPAIGNS Franklin D. Roosevelt was nomi nated last week end for the Fourth term for president to oppose Thomas E. Dewey. The presidents running mate will be Senator Harry Truman of Missouri, and Dewey's running mate is Governor Bricker of Ohio. The preliminaries of the coming campaign are now being planned by both poli- tical parties and the country may ex pect the fireworks to begin in Sep- tember. IS PLANNED NUMBER 50 NEWS OF OTHERS The intensity of the assault on the One of the largest building im- war fronts following D-Day was provement projects here in many brought closer to home this week by years will he launched within a few announcement of injuries to two of days at the Umatilla Cooperative Hermiston’s “home boys". Last week Creamery. The contemplated building County and state politics are still news of the fact that Lt. Alfred Em- contract has been awarded to the Mc rather dormant but will gain momen ert. son of Mrs. W. A. Emert. is miss Cormack Construction Co. of Pendle tum during the next few months. ing over France shocked the commu ton for the sum of $16.217.00 with Several hot contests are anticipated. I THOMAS E. DEWEY FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT nity. machinery and other necessary equip ment running the expenditures to at Sgt. W. C. (Chester) Dyer. USMC, least $30.000.00. according to Herman son of Mr. and Mrs. Waldo G. Dyer Paul— Plass. manager. of Hermiston, who landed under hea Genghis Khan and Atilla the Hun. vy fire on D-Day and was wounded The creamery cooperative has in And all the Wars the Yanks have at Saipan, after 10 days of almost mind several new features as part of won. Cpl. George Knapp, stationed at Kenneth Gibbs, city sewer mainten continuous fighting on the front lines, the program now under consideration. Politics too has a mighty big place Alexandria, La., and Ray Knapp. ance man, is one of the most worried writes: “We had heavy casualties on Due to the high subsidy in the whole Mr. and Mrs. Pete Laas, who for Everyone backing his favorite’s race. M.M. 1/c, from two years overseas men in Hermiston these days. In the beach. The Japs covered the area milk business, the farmers in this area the past eight years have owned and If some one says for leader it’s Dewey duty in the South Pacific, visited a spite of previous please and warn with mortar and machine gun fire, Another pipes up and says it’s all are eager to take advantage of the few days last week in Hermiston with operated the P & G Cafe, are leaving ings. sewer users are continuing to mowing down many of the men in the situation and plan to enter this field- hooey; their sister. Miss Margie Knapp, and today for Deming. New Mexico, stuff the mains with mop rags. first two waves. specializing in pasteurized milk. The where they hope to reside for the time Yet another man says he’s better by “Mine was supposed to be a reserve surplus milk will be used in the man with other friends and relatives. Both being. The cafe has been purchased aprons, tea towels, diapers and other far. boys are graduates of Hermiston high outfit, but the fighting was so tough forms of clothing and materials. This ufacture of cheese products for which by Art Magill and Jack Wyatt who Than the man that’s known as F.D.R. is causing considerable trouble and that we were in the advance ranks machinery will be installed at once. school and the Knapp family lived He of course is howled down too. here for many vears. I took possession Monday of this week. expense at the end of the line where continuously. I was wounded on D- Buttermilk will also be a by product, Till the air is simmering purple and Miss Knapp returned home with the I Mr: Wyatt will be in active charge the material becomes entagled in the Day plus nine. I had been relieved according to Mr. Plass. A portion of blue. boys for a few days visit at their and will act as chef while Mr. Magill machinery. and was catching some sleep. I awoke the building will be devoted to the will retain his job at Hale's Confec Wait! We’ve just arrived at Pier home this side of Bingham Springs. with a start and found a Japanese of Anyone convicted of misusing the dairy retail business, featuring all tionery. Number Nine. sewer will be prosecuted, according to ficer five yards from me trying to types of dairy products. During their stay in Hermiston Mr. Away out here at the end of the line. sneak behind our lines. I had no In this conjunction will be a foun and Mrs. Laas have been active in city authorities. Now if you really want a rare educa weapon, but I challenged him in tain counter where all types of dairy “extra curricular” duties. Mrs. Laas tion. stinctively and warned my buddies. products will be served. The counter has been a member of the Women’s Ride to Pier Nine for the full dura “The Jap fired with his revolver will be attractively decorated and be Ambulance Corps while Mr. Laas has tion. and hit me once. He ran and dropped located just east of the present office Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Fraser and been the local locksmith, gunsmith —Number 890. a couple more hand grenades, wound space. daughter Nancy arrived last week and other chores. Their son Keith, ing another Marine, but rifle fire make Other improvements call for a new from “back east” and plan to who has attended school in Pendleton Fiscal Advertising matter for the forth killed him a second later.” Walter Carlson left last Thursday, boiler and numerous other types of their future home in Hermiston. Mr. the past two years, will accompany coming Pendleton Round-up reached Sgt. Dyer is now in the San Diego July 20. for Fort Douglas, Utah, on machinery. When the building is com Fraser will take over active manage his parents to New Mexico. Hermiston this week telling of tne Naval Hospital for medical care. He Mr. Laas thanks his customers in 33rd annual show, the ‘greatest exhi is suffering from a pistol shot which official business. He will be gone pleted and the new equipment is in ment of the Oregon Hardware & Im stalled, the concern will be one of the. plement Co. in order to relieve the an advertisemerrt in this paper. about a week. bition in the world—the Epic Drama entered his right side and came out Fiscal Branch tells me they are go largest and most modern in this re- strain for his mother, Mrs. Margaret of the West.” Cowboys troni wes the left, piercing his abdomen. A sec Fraser, who has been in charge for ing ‘wacky’ (a little more than usual) gion. tern states. Canada and Mexico will ond operation has been performed and trying to ‘cope’ with the new. white The new construction will add 25 the past year. The Frasers have pur- contest for world’s championships in his condition is still considered quite time sheets. feet frontage on Hermiston Avenue chased the former Dr. W. M. Marbut riding broncs. bull riding, bulldogging serious. His brother, Lee Dyer, left facing north, then run south 80 feet. home on Gladys Avenue. and roping long-horn steers. Over Wednesday to see him. Another bro Hear Ye! Hear Yet Hear Ye! Mr. Fraser who has been an audi thence west until the building forms The warm weather brings out .more two thousand Indians from various ther. Gilbert Dyer, is in the service in Big U. 6. D. Picnic -Greatest event a square with the present quarters. tor for the Anaconda Copper Mining than just perspiration these days. It tribes will again participate. Hawaiian Islands. of the year—Hermiston ball park on The contract for bids, which was company for many years has travelled brings out the bad in boys who have The dates of the roundup are Sep Chester’s address at present is Nav August 6th. 1944. quite involved, has been pending for extensively during that time. He the urge to steal luscious watermelons tember 14, 15 and 16 with Happy al Hospital Building 9, Deck 2. San Come One. Come All—Both Large some time while all alterations were comes to the hardware store with from growers in this area. Some Canyon to be featured each evening. Diego. Calif. An excellent picture of and Small. Performance starts completed to everyone's satisfaction. some experience as he worked in the times there are two kinds of these him in the hospital, being served by a promptly at 1:00 o’clock that Sunday. Other bidders on the job were Frank store several years ago when the con boys—the one type who will sneak in "pretty WAVE”, can be seen at the Four hours crammed full of entertain- Sargent of Hermiston. Andrew Bald cern was in charge of his father and to a patch, pick out a nice ripe one Herald office. men! Fun for all! win of Umatilla, A. Ritchie & Co., F. C. McKenzie. and hie to some secluded spot, there Word has also been received by this Free Ice Cream! Free Beverages!.... and Moore * Morrissey of Umatilla. to devour the loot. office from Dr. Silas E. Fairham. dis- • Prizes For All Contestants ........ It is thought that the building should The other type is much more des trict superintendent of the Methodist A group of 35 members and friends Come and enjoy yourself at the big be ready for occupancy by October 1. tructive. A group of these boys in church, that Chaplain Malcolm Bal of the Traildusters riding club met gest event of the year. Bring your vaded the watermelon patch of Mrs. As a preliminary to the proposed linger. former pastor of the local lunch, kids, bicycles, and horses. building program, a new well has been Florence Tanner this week and des- Sunday afternoon at the A. W. Behr Methodist church, is being returned man ranch south of Hermiston. A Picnic tables will be furnished. A big drilled for the cooperative by Troy Although the past week has seen a troyed a great number of melons bounteous luncheon was served at on a hospital ship to the United States panoramic picture of the whole picnic Griffin at the rear of the present from England. He has a broken back. continuance of real warm summer which are not ripe as yet. Mrs. Tan- will be taken. quarters. The well has reached a weather, the thermometer has re ner requests that if boys must steal noon on the large lawn, followed by is in a cast, but is able to walk a lit- Baseball Game! Beauty Contest! depth of 95 feet with a five inch cas mained below the 100 mark. The last the melons, they be kind enough to moving pictures and other forms of tie with no complications. Unique Contest t ing. A sufficient flow of water with 100-degree weather came Wednesday. wait until they are ripe and then take amusement. Towards evening a por Chaplain Ballinger expects to tion of the visitors went on a long ride AUGUST 6th - HERMISTON a 57 degree temperature has been ob- July 19, when it reached 102. This only enough for one party. in one of the military hospitals for about the project. tained. according to Mr. Plass. six months after he lands in America. area has been spared of any serious Headq^uirters Gale Felthouse Overseas The Traildusters have had a series No details were given as to how he fire during the past several weeks but Headquarters has really been doing Sgt. Frank G. (Gale) Felthouse, of this type of gatherings during the the danger still remains eminent and son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Felthouse summer months and each one is received his injuries. some transferring and some ’changes every precaution should be taken. have been made’ lately. Miss Cather of Hermiston, is now overseas and greatly enjoyed. The records, according to Chas. has participated in a course designed ine Kennedy who was a messenger is Taylor, follow: taking Endora Arego’s place in Mail to bridge the gap between training in Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hamman have Date Max. Min. the states and soldiering in an active & Record Branch. Mrs. Arego will leave for Lanham, Maryland, soon. received word of the marriage of their 102 July 19 71 theatre of war. At one of the Air The case of the State of Oregon vs. Miss Alta Mae Guerrant transferred son. Glenn A. Hamman. Tech. Sgt., 95 62 July 20 Service Command Stations known as Dr. A. C. Willcutt on a charge of as- from the Mimeograph Dept, to Mes U. S. Marines, to Miss Anna Berg, 56 95 July 21 Control Depots. Sgt. Felthouse was The distinction of being cited as one senger. Reitha Nation is a new em daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Berg 59 94 July 22 carefully processed by classification of the world’s outstanding Rexall sault and battery has been referred ployee in the Mimeograph Dept. Mae of Kirkland. Wash., at Berkeley. Cal., 59 95 July 23 experts who make certain that he was stores is one that has come to Moore to the grand jury following a prelim Wilcox is working part time in the on July 16 at an 8:00 a. m. ceremony 70 97 July 24 well fitted for the job assigned to & Ripley Drug store, along with the inary hearing before Justice of the Peace E. P. Dodd in Hermiston today in the First Congregational church of Signal Corps Office. 67 95 July 25 him. added distinction of being on Rexall’s (Thursday). The charge came as a Miss Beryl Logue enjoyed a visit that city. The ceremony was per annual honor roll. The award is result of a complaint signed on June from her mother and brother of Hunt formed by the pastor, Rev. L. Cross. made by the International Association 20 by Mrs. Beatrice E. Barker. The HE GAVE HIS DAD — YOU LEND YOUR MONEY Mrs. E. S. Hamman, sister-in-law ington, Ore., from Thursday until of Rexall clubs and the United Drug grand jury will be in session some of the groom, was matron of honor Sunday last week. Company, parent organization of Rex time the latter part of September. Archie G. Buyers, seaman 2nd class and Sgt. Joe Leone, buddy of the all. The case was to have been tried and son of Col. A. S. Buyers, arrived groom, was best man. Mr. Hamman The Certificate of Merit, much cov Thursday afternoon but when one of home Friday for a short visit. He is is a graduate of Hermiston high eted by Rexallites everywhere, is in the star witnesses was unable to ap with the Navy Medical Corps sta school and later attended Western itself a richly engraved parchment pear. it was decided to refer the case tioned at San Diego. Cal. Archie looks College of Education at Bellingham, that will always have a place of hon to the grand jury. C. C. Proebstel Wash,, where he met Miss Berg, who very fit and is 100 per cent Navy. or in the Moore & Ripley Drug store, and Raley Peterson represented the also attended' school there. He has but its meaning is even more import state while John Kilkenny was attor Payroll served in Iceland for eight months ant. It states that this store and its ney for Dr. Willcutt. The Payroll girls had a farewell and later served 16 months on or near staff have rendered exceptional ser party for Miss Connie Wallace at Guadalcanal. He participated in the vice to their community, their fellow Ordnance week before last. Fried battle of Tarawa. Later he contacted Rexallites and the United Drug Com chicken with all the trimmings was malaria and has been sent home. pany through whole hearted coopera served. Miss Wallace is leaving for He informed his parents of the tion with value-giving merchandising Pratt, Kansas, where she plans to wedding by long distance phone. plans through their exemplification of marry Staff Sergeant Robert Logue. S. E. Brogoitti, chairman of the the Rexall ideal of distinctive drug She was presented with an appro Rationing store service to the people of their Pendleton War Price priate gift. Board, is announcing a meeting for town. Mildred Bean is back to work after Glenn Ripley, manager of Moore & August 1. at 8:00 p. m.. at the Pen having been off for nine days to as Ripley Rexall drug store, and the dleton junior high school on “Ceiling sist in earing for her daughter. Hope Prices on Hay and Feeds.” Dairy- salespeople, to whom Mr. Ripley gives A new policy on granting gasoline Reynolds, who recently had the mis men and stockmen. as well as produc much of the credit for this award, are fortune of being thrown from a horse. rations to members of the armed ser ers, are urged to attend this meeting. fi sharing in the congratulations being Miss Jeanette Case is a new em- vices on leave or furlough was an It is hoped that a number of inter showered upon them because of this nounced today by McDannell Brown, ployee. - ested parties from this area will at well deserved honor. adv. Millie Ede has gon ‘a fishin’ in the district OPA director. tend the meeting. Effective July 25. 1944, a member mountains. We hope she catches a Inland Cooperative To Donate Miss Reid to Hawaii big one. (Fish, of course). She plans of the armed services on leave or fur lough for a period of three days or The board of directors of the Inland Miss Barbara Reid, daughter of to be gone three days. | more will be entitled to one gallon of Cooperative met Monday night for a Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Reid of Hermis gasoline for each day of his leave or regular business meeting. During the ton. left Monday for Hawaii where Free Beauty Contest For AR furlough up to a maximum of 30 gal evening it was voted to donate to the •he expects to teach this winter. Miss Girls — August 6th lons. The new rule replaces one Hermiston hospital fund and also to Reid has been teaching in the Ord- granting a flat five gallons to every the veterinarian fund provided the nanee nursery for the past several Personnel member of the armed services on testing of all cattle in this area for months. She will join her brother Miss Irene Cox left Tuesday for I leave, furlough or pass, regardless of u. s. Treasury Department Bangs and T. B. was made compulso- James in Hawaii where the latter is (Continued on page five) I the length of the leave. ry, according to Guy Shaw, manager. serving as an army engineer. KNAPP BROTHERS LAAS FAMILY TO SEWER MISUSE LEAVE THIS CITY FROWNED ON HOME ON LEAVE FOR NEW MEXICO HUGH FRASER TO MANAGE STORE PENDLETON SHOW IS ADVERTISED WATERMELONS HAVE PICNIC THERMOMETER IS POPULAR TOPIC MOORE & RIPLEY STORE HO NORED GRAND JURY GETS WILLCUTT CASE HAY AND FL— TO BE TALKED NEW GASOLINE RULE ORDERED ehr ) K
