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U. o. ». NEWS The >■ -------- -------- BUY WAR BONDS Just as the attack on the enemy must continue with increasing fu- | ry, so must the buying of War VOLUME 38 Bonds continue to increase in vol-1 ume. All employees not taking ... . payroll deductions should sign up immediately and once again those having payroll deduction should give serious consideration to in- | creasing the amount of their de ductions. The depot’s 97.6% par- ticipation and 14.3% payroll de-1 duction is very gratifying. The ----- . goal is 100% and 15%. Let’s have COOPERATION °F azmiston OFFICIAL UMATILLA COUNTY PAPER HERMISTON. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. SEPT. 28. 1944. ar WASTE D ADED DCAUD MISSIONARY TO SCHEDULED FOR CITY SATURDAY, SEPT. 30 4 2ald TELL OF SNEAK ATTACK BY JAPS Rash! RED CROSS UNIT HAS VISITOR FROM PENDLETON NUMBER 7 POLITICS ARE SLOW IN MATERIALIZING FOR NOVEMBER VOTE A telegram was received shortly before noon Thurs day by Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Mrs. J. T. Laing, production Rev. W. W. Patterson, returned Felthouse that their son, missionary from Java and the Gale, had been killed in ac chairman for Umatilla county, of Pendleton, visited the Hermiston Dutch East Indies, will discuss the tion over Norway. Gale, Red Cross sewing group Tuesday CITY OFFICERS sneak attack by the Japanese at 100% cooperation in achieving this RESIDENTS URGED the Pentecostal Tabernacle here born and raised here, was a afternoon. She praised the group FAIL TO FILE Saturday evening, September 30. Top Turret Gunner on a B- for such a fine attendance and also at 8:00 o'clock. He is speaking to- 24 bomber and apparently for the interest shown Afterout- West Area By W. A. MacArthur Although national politics have . . lining an extended list of work ex- A farewell luncheon with gifts Citizens of Hermiston! Anothei was on a mission over enemy pected of Umatilla county for the flared up during the past week was enjoyed by the West Area of-important opportunity to help in with fiery speeches by President territory. ! Red Cross in the near future, she Franklin D. Roosevelt and his re fice force Monday noon in honor of the war effort is upon us. r 01 told of instances where much of publican opponent Thomas E. Jeanne Brown and La Velie Mark- several months now we have heard the work recently had benefited Dewey, political activities in the BUCK HUNTERS ham who are leaving for college the clarion cry to save waste Pa- 1 locally. Jeanne has a scholarship at East- per. That waste paper is vital to state, county and city are extreme PREPARED FOR There were nine ditty bags fin- ly quiet. It is thought, however, ern Oregon Normal and La Velie is the expediency avnedienev of the war. All AIWIF age TUV WTT R ished this week. Materials for that candidates and backers are coing to Northwestern Bible Insti have thus been duly observant of UHLL VI boys’ trousers, ditty bags and lap this major war need. The time for carefully preparing plans for a tute at Seattle, Wn. robes were taken home to finish. concentrated drive during Octo Gayle Westmark, former em collection of the accumulated pa th JE Although there has been practi- More ditty bags and robe material ber. per has come, and the success of ployee, visited here Saturday. I t pl cally a "news blackout of the are on hand for next week. Local Absolutely nothing has been The Junke girls are a’ cornin’ said collection will depend entirely I coming deer hunting season, local Girl Scouts are helping with lap heard from City of Hermiston of and agoin’ to visit their boy friends upon you. Mr. and Mrs. Hermiston I Saarm hunters have been secretly prepar- robes and putting draw strings in ficials, even though election is on who are home on military fur and vicinity. • . . j . . — .. ing for their annual trek into the ditty bags for service men. The Boy Scouts have again vol night loughs. Shirley left for Wasco to (Thursday) and Friday g ht hills for their favorite sport. In A total of 24 ladies attended, ly slightly more than a month visit with Doug Shull of the Navy unteered to pick up the paper and at the Assembly of God church in good brotherly fashion they have Several present for a Home Exten- away. Although he has not been approached as yet, it is thought and Betty just returned from Was- see that it gets to the proper re Irrigon • Rev. and Mrs. atte son pooled ammunition and gas, and sion class also sewed on lap robe that local citizens will again draft co, visiting with Sgt. Jerry Bar- claiming depot. But your help and and their three children o he Saturday morning will find a good-material while attending their Mayor F. C McKenzie to “carry nett. Betty is a Payroll employee. cooperation is essential in this Bethel Temple, Seattle, spent six ly number leaving for the moun- meeting. task. Saturday, September 30, has on" a job which he has faithfully Guards years in Java operating a Bible in- tains to pitch camp for the open- --------- - --------------- filled for a number of years. Two of our guards, Mr. Foss and been designated as the day of col stitute, and were present when the ing of the season Sunday morning__ rrer ------- Councilmen who are now serv Mr. Berry, just couldn’t seem to hit lection. All paper will be picked Japs attacked that community. The season will be open for a — • Vaas —Or ing are George Harkenrider, W. W. the target one day last week when up on Saturday provided that such Rev. Patterson officiated at the month, with a general bag limit of • they were firing on the range. paper is in the proper place for funerals of eight American officers GETS PROMOTION Felthouse, Horace Smith, Dr, W. L. Morgan, J. G. Pearson and A. F. Upon returning to Headquarters gathering by the boys. There are amid the bombing of Java and one deer having not less than horns. Rohrman, None have issued pub the pair were given ‘special necessarily some definite rules of experienced many of the horrors forked Word has been received by Mrs. For a certain section of Grant lic statements whether they do or awards' and ‘honors’ by their fel procedure which must be followed of war. The Pattersons escaped county, however, 3000 tags have Charles C. Compton, an employee do not wish to be re-elected. Other low guards for their record of in order that the boys can gather from Java after a nerve-racking at the First National Bank, that been issued for the taking of doe officials include, Charles Taylor, Misses’. We understand that Mr. the maximum of paper, and also trip of two months that landed deer. All hunters in this area, her husband. Lieut. Compton, who city recorder, and Mrs. Florine Foss and Mr. Berry are instigating have the simplest and easiest time them in New Orleans. has been Officer-in-Charge of all whether hunting for doe or buck Langenwalter, city treasurer. Al a new club with the qualifications doing so. Please then, observe the deer, will be required to check in 9th Naval Battalion construction though they have not expressed a Rev. Patterson states that the of 100 straight misses (clean mis following rules: work, is now acting Executive Of desire to “run” again, it is thought ses don’t count) called the “Order 1. Have all papers either secure loss of human life was heavy dur and out of the area at stations es ficer of the Battalion. that all are deserving of another of the Big Zero”. ly tied or substantially packed in ing those early attacks. The na tablished for this purpose by the Lt. Compton has been with this tives would become panicky and Game Commission at the following IN MEMORIAL pasteboard carton. Battalion since it was commission term of office. In order for a candidate's name Personnel of the Depot wish to 2. Place all cartoned or tied pa run in every direction instead of places: John Day. Mt. Vernon, ed and he came to the Battalion as extend their sympathies to Mrs. per on the parking strip in front obeying orders to lie flat on the Prairie City, Unity, Sumpter. Dale a Lt. (jg). In March of 1943 he re to appear on the ballot he must Ranger Station. Forks Guard Sta Telma Culver and daughter Fran of your home not later than 9:00 ground. ceived his advancement to Senior have a petition to that effect sign “I was teaching in our school tion and Long Creek. Checking Grade Lieutenant, While in Ice ed by at least 25 freeholders, and ces in their recent bereavement in o'clock Saturday morning. There when we heard the shore batter- stations will be open from 7 a. m. land, Lt. Compton was in charge of filed 10 days prior to election. In the loss of their husband and fath will be no second trips. er. Robert W Culver. Mr. Culver 3. In a very few instances there ies, and by 10:30 the Japs were to 9 p. m. with the exception of Mt. public works office at the air field order to vote in the city election, a voter must be registered with the was born in Calhoun Georgia, on may be substantial loads of paper there. Jap planes came down and Vernon, which will remain open and at the fleet air base. city recorder. Registration must November 4. 1891. Before becom- in some basement or store build- destroyed building after building. | all night. Hunters may start | be completed at least five days pri- ing a U.O.D. Guard, Mr. Culver ing which cannot easily be placed I told the students to fall on the checking into the area on Septem- . or to the oVember 7 election. The had worked in Tacoma and Yaki- on the parking strip If such con- floor and as they did, the floor ber 29 and the checking stations LOCAL OFFICERS j city vote will be taken in conjunc- a. Wash. dition exists, please contract Rev. came up to meet them. The whole will remain in operation through __ ________ n AT INSTALLATION i tion with the regular national elec- Fire Department ■ MacArthur by phone or the Herald building shook but it wasn’t hit.” November 1. The special deer season in the (Too late for last week) The public is invited to hear Mr. 1 tion but on a separate ballot. Reg office so that boys may be dis Mrs. Helen Belt, district presi istration can be made at the office Mrs. John Oliver left Friday by patched to the home-or store and Patterson at the Pentecostal Tab federal Hart Mountain refuge ex train for Everett. Wn.. to visit her paper removed for taking, ernacle Saturday evening at 8:00 tends from October 7 to October dent of the American Legion Aux of the city recorder. 15. inclusive, and will be limited iliary, and Harry Kelley, district daughter who is in the hospital | 4. All stores are asked to have o'clock. to the holders of the 200 buck and commander presided at a double BULLDOGS WIN there. Mr. Oliver took her to Pas- all waste paper and cartons avail- 300 doe deer tags authorized for installation ceremony of the Amer able at the alley entrance, from this hunt. ican Legion and Auxiliary at Pen OVER WAITSBURG Ralph Earwood of Boardman is which place they will be picked up a new employee in the Fire Dept. dleton Monday evening. Also pres IN FIRST GAME Farmers and those living out PARTY PLANNED Headquarters LICENSE MAN IS ent at the meeting was Mrs. Gla side the city limits can bring paper Captain R. S. Purse returned direct to the box car on the siding dys Lemons, department president. By Dick Belt A "get acquainted" tea will be DUE NEXT WEEK Saturday from a week’s trip to near the depot Saturday morning Others going from Hermiston Playing their initial game of the held by members of the local unit San Francisco on official business. after 9:00. If it is more conven were Chief Petty Officer James A traveling examiner of opera Todd and Mrs. Todd Mr. and Mrs. season Friday afternoon, the Her Captain Billington spent several ient to bring stores of paper in on of American Legion Auxiliary Sat days this week at Vancouver Bar Friday, such paper may be dropped urday afternoon from 2:30 to 4:30 tors and chauffeurs is scheduled to Joe Saboe, Mr. and Mrs. Kelley miston High Bulldogs defeated the Waitsburg Cardinals on the latter's racks in connection with Motor off at the Poultry building at the for new eligible members of the arrive in Hermiston Wednesday, and Mrs. Belt field 20-0. It took the Hermiston auxiliary. Invitations have been Transportation activities. Henry fairgrounds. October 4, and will be on duty at boys four quarters to warm up but sent out. Mrs. Anita Moore will be the Legion hall between the hours Miller accompanied him. Further information may be had NIGHT CLASSES when they got warm they couldn’t The new girl in the mimeograpn by calling Mrs. Walter Hamm or chairman for the afternoon. of 10:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m. be stopped. room is Betty Mae Nuanes. Miss Mr. MacArthur. All those wishing permits or MAYBE SLATED The various past presidents will The game started with the Bull Nuanes is from Pendleton. serve as hostesses during the tea. licenses to drive cars are asked to dogs kicking off to Waitsburg who Miss Catherine Kennedy accom A short musical program has been get in touch with the examiner A meeting of all those interested returned the ball to their 40 yard panied some friends on a fishing BOY SCOUTS HAVE prepared. during these hours. in studying typing and shorthand line. After three plays into the trip to Johnson Creek. several evenings a week will be line, the Cardinals had a first They brought back a nice “catch”. FINE CAMPOREE held Monday evening, October 2, down on the Hermiston 35 and ap Utilities at 7:30 at the high school. Miss peared to be on their way to pay A total of 21 boys enjoyed a two D. R. Weber and son, S/Sgt. Bill Olive Ridge, commercial teacher, dirt. The line tightened and held, Weber, left Friday morning for night Camporee at Bingham will be in charge of the classes if however, and Hermiston took the Springs over the week end. leaving Spokane, Wn., to visit relatives. sufficient interest is shown. ball on downs. After two plays "D. R.” expects to return Wednes here Friday afternoon and return Anyone interested in either or which netted five yards, Hermis ing Sunday. The Scouts were from day. Bill will continue on to Seat the United States in 1893, and both of these subjects should at- ton went into kick formation and Joseph Ramos Sr. tle where he will visit for a while Troops 54 and 56, under the gen Joseph Ramos Sr. died at the worked for his half brother, the tend the meeting Monday. Ar- Schoonover punted 60 yards into eral guidance of Kenneth Hicken- before returning. Pendleton hospital Tuesday morn late Antone Vey, at Butter Creek, rangements for future meeting the end zone. The first quarter Sam Parsley has been quite ill bottom. Scout executive. Quite a ing from injuries sustained when until 1894 when he settled on his nights and other details will be ended in a kicking duel and found lot of advancement was made in for the past week. the car he was driving was hit by home ranch one mile south of Ec discussed. The classes will be or the ball in Waitsburg's hands at Scouting by the boys of both Personnel a freight train Monday morning in ho. He was married to Miss Mary ganized if a goodly number show midfield. troops. Miss Dorothy Prahl underwent Higinbotham at Pendleton May 2, an interest. front of his home one mile south (Continued on Page 7) T. J. Means, Scoutmaster of a tonsilectomy at the post hospital 1906. Since coming to Echo he en of Echo. Funeral services are Troop 56. and Mr. Lish were in Monday. Seems as if all the girls Colpitts To Attend School charge of the boys. Mr. Willcuts planned to be held at the Echo larged his holdings in the Umatilla are having their tonsils out. Lester Colpitts, an employee of CAPT. JAMES R H i • river valley south of Echo to about Catholic church Friday morning at also took a group of the boys on Payroll 10 o'clock. Burial will be in Echo 3000 acres of bottom land, and was the Inland Cooperative, has been IS VISITOR HERE Mrs. Ione Case left Friday. Sep- the trip. a large producer of alfalfa and chosen to attend a milking mach cemetery. ember 22. for Seattle, Wn.. where ine school and a pump installation The accident occurred Monday livestock. she will visit her huband Lt. (sg) LOCAL MEN TO Capt. James Reid arrived Wed Surviving him are his widow course at Waukesha Wis. His ex morning about 8'clock as Mr. Ra Don Case of the Merchant Marines Ri gern crraeT nesday morning for a month's fur penses will be paid by the coopera and five children. Joseph George who is attending school there. She — * —AU— mos was crossing the track from tive and the manufacturing firms. lough here with his parents, Mr. his home on a private road to the and Roy of Echo; Antone Cecil, in The courses will last for about two and Mrs. J. H. Reid. He recently expects to return October 2. the armed forces of the Pacific; Capt. V. E. Daugherty and 1st highway. The locomotive of a Fiscal weeks but Mr Colpitts will pro arrived on the mainland by air- Alva Hunt spent Saturday in Lt. Walt B. Carlson have received westbound freight train hit the Robert Alfred, in service at Camp bably be gone about three, as he plane from Honolulu where he is Farragut: and Mrs. Delphine Col- Walla Walla arid Pendleton on a j orders to report Sunday morning car near the rear end and shoved expects to visit en route with rela stationed with the U S. Army En business and pleasure trip. She at Fort Lewis for a week's training it off the track and it landed up lins of San Francisco. Three child- tives. gineers. His family could not ob- ren died in former years, Eight was accompanied by her brother, and schooling. The week's pro right in the ditch. Ramos, who | tain passage over at the present Pfc. Albert Isensee who is home on gram, under sponsorship of the 9th was alone in the car. was thrown grandchildren are living. Pfc. Belt Now In France | time. furlough from Las Vegas, Nevada. Service Command, is for officers through the windshield. He was Dr. and Mrs. F. B Belt have re Capt. Reid and his family resid Sloan Thomson returned Mon- Albert was a former employee of of the State Guard. The officers seriously cut about the face and ceived word from their son, Pfc. ed on the islands prior to the sneak where day evening from Spokane the Inspection Division. When he will receive training in the latest head and sustained spinal and in Bill Belt, that he has arrived in attack by the Japs and experienc returns he will be stationed at | methods of warfare and all mat- ternal injuries. Dr. Gray of Echo he was under a doctor's care for France with the armed forces. He ed the now famous episode. Work the past week. Lincoln, Nebraska. ters pertaining to State Guard or- gave first aid and the injured man Henry Peters, former Echo bak writes that the weather to date has of repair and installation has made | ganization. Medical Department was rushed by ambulance to Pen ery proprietor, is here from Port been "terrible” but that the food wonderful progress and is now in Pvt. Zobrist. Pfc. Leak and Cpl. Capt. Daugherty, commanding dleton hospital. He was conscious is very good. He writes that the excellent condition. Although Lucht, Medical Dept., spent Sun- officer of the local unit, and 1st Lt. at intervals until his death at 3:30 land as a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ed French people are very loquacious shells dropped in their near vici- ward Liesegang. He is taking a day fishing at Johnston Creek.. Carlson will leave here Saturday a. m. Tuesday month’s vacation from work to and friendly. It was the first word I nity during the December 7 at- They reported a nice “catch". marnine in i order ----- a- -- on — hand >—a morning to be Joseph Souza Ramos was born in Dr. and Mrs. Belt had received ’ tack, all members of his family es- (Continued on Page Four) (Continued on Page 8) Sunday at Fort Lewis. the Azores in 1877. He came to from their son in some time. I caped injury. BtNe Sunday- Funeral Services for Elderly Echo Resident Is Friday Morning at ID Boy Scout Uloste Paper Pickup Saturday, Sept 30 - - Place in Park Strip
