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Don't Forget—Hermiston Park
December 23rd, Saturday
night. The big UOD Christmas
dance. Special features for enter
tainment and a good time for VOLUME 38
everybody. If you don’t have a
badge, borrow 50c and come any-
Hall,
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way.
YULETIDE PROGRAMS
TO BE FEATURED IN
HERMISTON CHURCHES
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OFFICIAL UMATILLA COUNTY PAPER
HERMISTON. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. DECEMBER 21. 1944.
tamoang
Headquarters
Archie G. Buyers, Hospital Ap
prentice 2/c, son of Colonel and
Mrs. A. S. Buyers, arrived Friday
to spend a short furlough with his
parents.
He expects to leave
Thursday for Columbia University
where he will attend the U. S. Na
val Reserve Midshipmans School. PUBLIC INVITED
Major Simola was in Portland
on official business several days TO PARTICIPATE
this week.
Captain and Mrs. Sutch left
The annual Christmas program
Thursday for Seattle. They ex- of the Methodist church will be
pect to be gone two weeks.
held Sunday night, December 24,
Captain Purse was in Portland at 7:30 p. m. The primary group
over the week end. He was ac will give their part of the program
companied by Captain McGuire, under the direction of Mrs. Lydia
Captain Randolph and Lt. Warren. Quiring, which will include read
The latter two attended the ings. songs, and the like.
Shriners Convention.
The second half of the program
Personnel
is under the direction of Mrs. Max
Uadyne
McKenzie,
LaVelle Piger, and will include all mem
Hunt, Esther and Essie Jones, all bers of the junior and senior de
spent Wednesday in Walla Walla. partments of the church school.
Dollie Duckett is a new em “Christ to the Nations” is the title
ployee in Personnel. She was for of this section, in which Mrs. Piger
merly employed at the Union Pa has arranged the various Christ
cific Depot at Ordnance.
mas carols in order of the original
Control
country, and through the use of
Mrs. Eileen Brown and Martha flags will show the influence of
Jones spent Saturday in Walla Christianity in these countries.
Walla.
The church choir is assisting in
Fiscal
this program, which includes solos,
Three cheers and a vote of duets, trios, and mixed chorus.
thanks from the Personnel of the
Treats will be given out to all
entire depot goes to the girls in the children present, and every at
Fiscal who this week worked four tempt will be made to complete
successive shifts. 32 hours, to get the program at 9:00 p. m. so that
the payroll out so the checks will families may return to their homes
arrive before Christmas. We think for any Christmas Eve functions
it’s swell of them! The fiscal girls: they may have arranged. Chimes
Hazel Finley, LaVada Barnes, Al in the church tower are through
va Hunt, Ruth DeBoie, Jessie Mar the courtesy of Willard Stratton
low, Jessie Filsen, and Elsie Holm of U.O.D.
strom. Walt Carlson stayed on the
COURT TEAM IS
job, too.
The Hermiston Baptist church LOSER AT PASCO
Plant Property
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mathews and choir has arranged a number of
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Clark spent Sat special Christmas numbers for the
urday evening shopping in Pendle Sunday morning worship service.
This program of music will be the
ton.
The Hermiston high school bas
culmination of several weeks of
Payroll
ketball team tasted defeat for the
practice.
The
Christmas
story
will
Mrs. Emma Chastain is on the
be read from the Scriptures and a first time this week, but continued
sick list this week.
merrily on the victory trail by an
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Schull and message for the times will be giv nexing three more wins. Coach
daughter Jean of Wasco, Ore., en by the pastor. Everyone is in Frank Davison’s proteges have far
were guests of Misses Betty and vited to join in this service of outshone opponents in a majority
Shirley Juhnke over the week end. worship at the eleven o’clock hour. of the contests played to date, ex
The Sunday School will present cept for the 33 to 27 defeat re
Hyla Kensler and Delores Mo-
ran were guests of Mary Ellen their annual Christmas program ceived at the hands of the strong
Sunday evening from 7:30 .to 9:00. Pasco five last Friday at Pasco.
Hancock Friday night.
Each department of the church
West Area
The Washington lads got off to
has school will have a part in this pro a good start and were leading at
Charlotte
Montgomery
transferred to the West Area from gram.
the end of both the first quarter
the Medical Department.
and at half time. However, the
The annual Christmas program, Bulldogs fought back in the third
Motor Transportation
311a Smith from Personnel has centering around the theme, quarter to tie the score at 23 all,
been assisting in the office this "White Gifts for the King,” will but could not match the Pasco
be presented Sunday evening at sharpshooters in the final frame,
week.
Arthur Davis is a new em- 7:00 o’clock at the Central Church
At Boardman Saturday night,
of Christ. The white gifts are to the Morrow county boys fought
p.oyee.
Captain Billington, Royal Stan be sent to the Turner and Beaver bravely against a taller and more
ton, Hank Miller, George Brown ton homes this year.
experienced Hermiston five and
The program will consist of for a time made stiff competition.
and Willis Reuber were in Han
Christmas carols, recitations, and However, the Bulldogs soon found
ford on business last week.
Mary Gelette is on leave while a worship service and will be pre the range of the small gymnasium
her son is here on a furlought from sented by the children’s division. and romped on to 43 to 22 victory,
the Navy.
with the second team seeing a
The garage is boasting of the
Following is the Christmas great deal of action.
new electric lift installed on the chedule of Masses in Our Lady of
Tuesday night at Columbia high
door to the “Lube" rack.
Angels Parish: Hermiston, High was Bill'Schoonover night. He
We now have UOD bus service Mass and Benediction at midnight; celebrated his last game prior to
to Irrigon and Umatilla.
Pilot Rock, Solemn Mass at mid- leaving for his pre-induction phy
Rail Transportation
night; Echo, Solemn Mass at 8:00 sical by sinking 24 points, ably as
The new traffic manager at Rail a. m.; Boardman, Solemn Mass at sisted by Dick Belt with 15. The
Transportation is George A. Lock- 8:00 a. m.; Ordnance, Solemn Mass remainder of the team also en
ie from Everett. Wash. Mr. Lockie at 9:30 a. m.; and Umatilla. High joyed a scoring spree and when
formerly worked at Paine Field.
the fog had lifted, the Bulldogs
Mass at 9:30 a. m.
Utilities
had won another contest, this time
Dan Hill “the oil man” reported MRS. GRAVES
by a score of 61 to 26.
for induction into the army in
The third win of the week came
Portland this week.
Wednesday night at Pilot Rock
PASSES
AWAY
Fred Weber will spend a short
with the second stringers winning
vacation visiting his home in Mon
from the Pilot Rock first team, and
Mrs. Virginia L. Graves, age 29, the third team winning from the
tana.
Obern Standerfer, former em wife of Lt. Francis L. Graves, Pilot Rock second team.
ployee who recently received a passed away at the U.O.D. hospi
The Bulldogs will go to Rich
medical discharge from the navy. tal last Friday morning at 6:30. Lt. land Friday for one of the most
visited the machine shop Tuesday. Graves is Post Medical Adminis- important contests of the year. The
Mrs. Omohundro and Mrs. Cut- | trative Officer. Mrs. Graves, who
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ting are on the sick list this week. | was born in the Hawaiian Islands,
Seems as though the Box Facto- had been ill only a very short time
ry is doing a landslide hospital and her passing was quite unex OLYN HODGE BUYS
pected.
business!
ANOTHER DAIRY
Mrs. Charles McFall, who has Rosary was held at the Chapel at
been in the Post Hospital, is re- 7:00 p. m. Sunday with funeral
covering nicely and has returned services Monday afternoon at the
Olyn Hodge, owner of the Her
i Hermiston Catholic church, with miston Dairy, has completed ar
to her home.
Charles Bacon was also able to Rev. Father Cornelius conducting rangements whereby he takes over
leave the hospital Friday.
j the services. Monday night Lt. the entire stock and equipment of
Emery Mace, who has been ill : Graves left with the body for Co the Birch Creek Dairy of Pendle
with the flu for a week, is back on lumbia. Missouri, where last rites ton. As much of the equipment
will be performed. Columbia is that can be used will be moved to
the job.
Miles Barager is now in the Post the former hime of Lt. Graves.
Hermiston with the local dairy
Hospital.
"taking over” the former custo
Irrigon
Church
Plans
Program
Springsteen's crew is working in
mers of the Pendleton firm. Mr.
the Box Factory this week.
The annual Christmas program Hodge states that the Hermiston
Magazine Area
of the Assembly of God church in Dairy now serves many of the
Mr. and Mrs. Casimir Baranow Irrigon will be held Sunday even Pendleton stores with fresh pas-
ski left Wednesday for Astoria, ing. December 24. beginning at teurized milk.
Oregon, where they will spend the 7:30 o'clock, according to Mrs. Lil-
With the new increase, the Her-
Christmas holidays.
Ue B Warner. Everyone is cor miston Dairy is now one of the
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largest firms in this entire region.
dially invited to attend.
GOVERNMENT MOVES
INCOME DECLARATION
TO JANUARY 15TH
110 the angel Sail unto them
LAW AFFECTS
MOST FARMERS
pot (000 tidings of great jop
which shall be to all people.
Jor unto pou is born this day in the city of
David a Saviour, which is Christ the Zord.
And this shall be a sign unto pou; De shall
find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying
in a manger
And Suddenly there was with the angel a multi
tube of the heavenly host praising Sod, anb saying
Slorp to Sob in the highest, anb on earth peace
goob will toward men.
Y uke 2 10:14
SGT. S, RAN
MAKES JOURNEY
AROUND WORLD
CHRISTMAS GREETING
EDITION SENDS WISHES
TO MANY SUBSCRIBERS
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The annual Christmas
greeting edition of the Her
miston Herald this year not
only will be sent to all the
subscribers in this vicinity
and surrounding territory but
will find its way to many cor
ners of the globe wherever
Hermiston boys and girls are
serving in the armed forces.
A total of 1550 papers are
printed every week, with ap
proximately 75 going to mem
bers in the armed forces.
Anyone wishing to send a co
py to a relative, may obtain
one at the Herald office.
Much time and effort has
been spent in preparing the
edition this year. The pictures
and greetings have been pre
pared with the cooperation of
the
Western
Newspaper
Union. The thoughts con
tained therein are very appro
priate and worthy of read
ing.
The Herald editors and their
families add their best wishes
to those expressed by Her
miston merchants and busi
ness men and women.
NUMBER 19
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BEST WISHES
Harold Rankin, chairman, and
F. C. McKenzie, chief clerk, Her
miston War Price and Rationing
Board, wish to take this means of
sending all the residents of this
area best wishes of the holiday
season. They wish also to thank
the residents for their cooperation
during the past year.
Other members of the board are:
F. E. Hackler, Thelma Harkenri-
der, H. H. Gailey, Ramon Beatty,
L. C. Smith, W. W. Felthouse, Cur
tis Simons, Tom Tucker, Mrs. Har
ry Nelson, Mrs. Daisy Best, Lee
Quiring, Mrs. Hattie Hamm, F. B.
Swayze, Sam Moore, Gwyn Hugh
es, George Harkenrider, Mrs. Jul
ius Gimble. Mrs. Betty Cooney and
Mrs. Roy Hale.
Pfc. Kuhn In Italy
Pfc. Charles E. Kuhn, Rt. 2.
Hermiston, an ammunition bearer,
is fighting with the 363rd Infantry
Regiment in the current Florence-
Bologna offensive in Italy. The
regiment is part of the 91st “Pow
der River" Division with Lieuten
ant General Mark W. Clark’s Fifth
Army. The 363rd entered combat
in Italy last July 4 north of the
Cecina River on the right flank of
the 34th “Red Bull” Division, to
which it was then attached.
Probably the first Hermiston
boy to completely encircle the
globe while serving with the
armed forces is Sgt. Stuart Ran
kin, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. G
Rankin of Hermiston. He recent
ly landed on .the west coast, about
27 months from the time he
“shoved off" from the Atlantic
coast. Upon his return to the
States he went to Salt Lake where
he met his wife and 20 months old
daughter. Carole Jean, who did
not know her Daddy as she had
never seen him.
Sgt. Rankin, who has not seen
another man from Hermiston dur-
ing his travels, entered the armed
forces in October, 1941. He was
sent overseas in September. 1942.
going to England. He then spent
18 months in the European thea-
tre of war, seeing Sicily, Italy,
Egypt, and other places.
Being attached to the medical
corps, Rankin was then trans
ferred to the Asiatic theatre,
spending nine months in India. He
estimates that he has travelled
about 25,000 miles and has
changed his watch a total of 24
times, at one time spending two
successive Tuesdays. Of course,
the biggest thrill of his homecom
ing was his little daughter, but he
is overjoyed by receiving a delay
en route visit now and may receive
a furlough when he reports Jan
uary 16.
STUDENTS SELL
MANY WAR BONDS
Hermiston high school students
went to work with enthusiasm in
the recent sixth war bond drive,
with a total of $20,185.00 in bonds
sold during the campaign, accord
ing to Supt. W. G. Kersbergen. The
students purchased many of the
bonds themselves out of earnings
saved.
This total greatly added to the
total number of bonds purchased
by Hermiston townspeople.
Joseph D. Numan, Pr., Commis
sioner of Internal Revenue, has
reminded individual income tax-
payers that Congress has changed
from December 15, 1944, to Jan
uary 15, 1945, the final date for
filing Declarations of Estimated
Income Tax, either original (as in
the case of farmers), or amended,
and paying of installments of es
timated tax for the calendar year
1944.
Among the taxpayers affected
by this change in dates are: farm
ers who exercised their right to
defer filing declarations last
April 15; others who have already
filed 1944 declarations but desire
to change their estimates by filing
amended declarations; all persons
who owe the final installment of
1944 estimated tax.
If a taxpayer who would other
wise be required to file an origi
nal or amended Declaration of Es
timated Tax by January 15, 1945,
files his annual income tax return
for 1944 (on Form 1040) and pays
all tax due by January 15, his re
turn will serve as both a return
and declaration and he need not
file the 1944 declaration.
Also, if a taxpayer files his fin-
al 1944 return (on Form 1040) and
pays the tax due on it by January
15, he need not pay the final in
stallments which otherwise would
be due on his estimated tax.
A bill from the Collector for the
final installment of 1944 estimat
ed tax may be ignored by a tax
payer who files his annual return
(on Form 1040) and pays the tax
due on it by January 15.
These changes will enable a
taxpayer, if he desires to do so,
to wind up all his 1944 income tax
obligations by January 15, but it
does not affeet the filing of his
1945 declaration which will be
due March 15. Also, taxpayers
who do not file their final 1944
returns by January 15 must do so
by March 15.
GTS FOR YBWKS
PLAN RECEIVES
FINE SUPPORT
The American Legion and the
American Legion Auxiliary wish
to thank all those who contributed
gifts and money for the “Gifts for
the Yanks Who Gave" program.
Besides the gifts donated the cash
receipts were as follows: Echo,
9.98; Stanfield, $16.43; Hermiston,
$123.38; Umatilla converted its
cash into gifts valued at about
$20.00, making a total of over
$169.00. The total value of gifts
when ready for shipment was
about $225.00.
It is with a feeling of pride and
with a great deal of satisfaction
that these two organizations make
the final report of a program en
trusted to them by Eddie Cantor.
The American Legion and the
Auxiliary have been honored by
being asked to undertake this
great task of providing gifts for
the sick and wounded service men
and women and the members are
very grateful to those who contri
buted so generously and made the
program a success.
The Legion and Auxiliary also
wish to thank the Hermiston
Transfer and the Portland-Pendle
ton Motor Freight who handled
the “Gifts for the Yanks" free of
charge. It is cooperation and gen
erosity such as were shown in
this program which make any un
dertaking a success.
FRIDAY LAST DAY
SCHOOL CLASSES
Pvt. Rogers Completes Training
Private Emsley W. Rogers, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Roy C. Rogers of
Hermiston, has completed training
Superintendent W G. Kersber- and has been graduated from the
gen announces that classes will be Chanute Field Army Air Forces
dismissed at 4:00 o'clock Friday Training Command in Illinois.
afternoon and will not be resumed While attending this school he re
until 9:00 a. m. Tuesday. January ceived instruction in the electron
2, giving the students and teachers ics course, and in various technical
slightly over a week for vacation. operations vital to the mainten
No school activities of any kind ance of
planes.
are slated during that period.
the
country’s fighting