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About The Hermiston herald. (Hermiston, Or.) 19??-1984 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1944)
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1944 HERMISTON HERALD HERMISTON. OREGON. PAGE TWO COUNTYCOURT ri Claims allowed by the County Court at the November, 1944. term for the month of October. 1944. except certain claims allowed by stai ute. Also a concise statement of the proceedings of said court as entered of record: F. Roher, Court House $ 5.00 Amelia K. Steele, Sheriff 154.80 Alta M. Joerger, Election . 118.20 Roberta Erwin, Election . 109.70 Portland-Pendleton Motor Transport Co., Court "Eren n </rn is •• days of "hl. House .......................... 2.63 II e are some ti:.. » blessed n th Frazier Book Store, offices 36.05 gifts oj i¡ad:’ Susie Waite Miller, Elec AY the blessings of tion .............................. 20.80 ISS LETTY read the inscription over a life-size picture of the R. E. Goad. Sheriff, Jail & God be with you, 1 594.88 Court House ......... .... manger scene. 46.80 The sight of bright tinsel decora Dulcina Lee, Sheriff ........ our friends, and with all tions, the sound of carols, and the Dorothy Von Arx, Sheriff .. 36.50 smell of holly and fir on the crisp Donna Johnson, Recorder 48.75 air between stores filled her with a Pendleton Water Comm., of us... in our souls and nostalgia that almost unnerved her. Court House and Health Unit .............................. 23.80 She had intended to shed twenty upon our hearths. We can years of her life like a worn cloak, The Herald, Co. Court ..... 45.60 forgetting that she had spent her Frazier Book Store, offices 67.68 offer no more gracious best days making a heaven on earth A. A. Shick, Cir. Court ..... .45 for her crippled mother so that her Larson Printing Co., offices 20.90 knight had wearied of waiting. Now Burroughs Add. Mach. Co., greeting this Yuletide. she was going shopping for a family Sheriff & Assess.......... 29.10 that had never been hers except in The Taylor Hardware Co., her thoughts, a plain little girl with Sheriff & Court House . 8.28 pigtails and freckles, and a sturdy Koeppens, Sheriff ............ 3.91 small boy with pudgy hands and Domestic Laundry, Sheriff 1.48 round expectant eyes. Western Union. Sheriff .... 7.61 She wondered what Larry Haines East Oregonian, offices ..... 346.32 was doing. Poor Larry! She wished Dora Judd, Clerk ....... 15.60 she might have said “yes” to his Doris M. Shafer, Recorder 21.45 persistent wooing. The girl with West Coast Printing & Bd. whom he had run off had not both 85.00 Co., Recorder ................... ered to make a decent home for Dunlap Stationery, offices 9.70 him. Finally they had moved from Burroughs Add. Mach. Co., town and Miss Letty had quite lost 8.80 Treas............................. track of them. 42.28 Recalling that she had come to D. W. Davis, Assess............ town to pretend, she made a fren- E. E. Walden, Assess.......... 119.70 7.70 Baslees, Assess..................... Lumber Oregon Yard, 9.64 Court House Western Soap Co., Court 27.25 House The Taylor Hardware Co., 18.99 Court House ............... Robert T. Hogg. Court 40.82 House .......................... J. N. Allen Supply Co., 46.00 Court House Gillanders & Burroughs, 11.32 Court House Pac. Power & Light Co., 81.65 Court House IT IS INDEED A PLEASURE Vaughan’s Electric, Court 3.13 House .............................. Right now, on the eve of Ind. City Scavenger, Court New Year's, when 1945 is 3.00 House The Herald. Clerk ............. 17.00 ready to make its bow. it Jimmie McNair Plumbing • is indeed a pleasure +o ex Serv., Jail ........................ 23.85 4.00 Jack W. Gröndahl, Jail ..... tend hearty greetings and 1.94 Jack Allen Supply, Jail .... good wishes to the people .45 W. J Clarke, Jail ............... "Letty,” he said, “it’s Larry!” W. C. Mason, Watermaster 101.81 of this community. O. W. Cheedle, Watermas zied dash to the toy department. We are at your service 17.50 ter ................................ She began to buy recklessly, getting 80.45 Biggs Printing Co., election —always. into the spirit of her game. 25.35 I’ll find someone to give them to, The Milton Eagle, election 3.00 Roberta Erwin, election she thought. Maybe I can borrow a couple of children from an orphan Pendleton Water Comm.. 1.05 Health Unit ..................... age just for Christmas. On the way home she stopped to Pac. Power & Light Co., 10.33 Health Unit ................. buy a tree and some bright decora tions. At the grocer’s she gave an Northwest Cities Gas Co., 3.05 Health Unit ................ order that made that good man's Larson Printing Co.. eyes nearly pop out of his head. 1.35 Health Unit ..................... Leaving the store behind, loneli Pac. Power & Light Co., ness swept over her. The house 17.58 Health Unit ................ would be dark when she got home. Maybe the fire would be out, too. Jean McPherson, Health 4.75 Unit ............................ She peered into the gathering Pac. Power & Light Co., dusk. Somebody was there wait 2.10 Health Unit ing for her on the front veranda of Pi THE STAR IN THE EAST Down through the ages has come the story of the shepherds tending their flocks at night, awed by the Star in the East. During this sacred season, mellowed by the thought of those who cannot be with us, we have abundant reason for gratitude. We have come a long way since the dark Christmas of 1941. The Star in the East shines brighter now. That this may, indeed, be a Merry Christmas for you and yours is our ardent wish. CHPUCHID FATHERS Our Jan of Aniels Church "...and on earth peace, good will towards men." • And to each of you who read this message that enraptured happiness which comes only at CHRISTMASTIME Dr. I. G. Sohiman • Christmas is here. And once more we find ourselves at a loss for words to ex- press how we feel about your loyalty to us during 1944. But we know you will understand. We wish for you and your family the best of Merry Christmases, and the best that thia happy season can bring in both material and spiritual blessings. GAMBLE STORE Wa. I. Sabin, Owner STANFIELD, ORE. M ji Merry Christmas Marble Hermiston Laundry & Dry Cleaners the rambling old mansion. She has tened her steps. A man stepped for ward out of the shadows, a child clinging to each hand. "Letty.” he said, "it's Larry!" "Land sakes!” she exclaimed. "You gave me a turn. Come in out of the cold.” She hustled them indoors, and turned to take a good look as she switched on the lights. It was in deed Larry, older and grayer, but trim and neat in a navy uniform. There stood her dream children, a plain little girl with pigtails and freckles, and a sturdy small boy with pudgy hands and round eyes brimming over with tears. "I want my Mummy,” he sobbed. “His mother is dead,” explained Larry. “I thought, Letty." said the man, “that maybe you could look out for them a little. See, I’ve joined the navy. I’ve got to go and I hate to leave Letty and Jackie to almost anybody." Miss Letty gulped and sat down suddenly in the rocker, gathering the little fellow into her arms. “Gifts of gold," she murmured, “at Christmas.” "Many's the time I've dreamed of seeing you like that," he said, reach ing for one of her hands. She no ticed how thin he was. How thin the children were, too. and how inade quate their clothing. "I haven't got much. Letty," he began, "but what ever I've got is yours if you want it.” Still holding the small figure in her arms, she rose to open the door to the kitchen. The house radiated warmth and good cheer. "Fine," she said gently “Welcome home, children. We’ll have baths and sup- per, and then weil trim the tree.” Larry’s eyes caressed her. "May be, if I could get the license we could be married before I go off." “Maybe we could, Larry.” His arms were suddenly around her and the child, his lipa warm against her cheek. Little Letty clapped her hands. “Such a Christmas we are going to have I" she cried. “Even today,” quoted Miss Letty, remembering the inscription, “as in days of old, we are sometimes Messed with gifts of gold ” Released by Western Newspaper Union, (Continued on Page 3) — IilIII iwumir. There is something in the very season of the year that gives charm to the festivity of Christmas. -WASHINGTON IVING • Whether Christmas be white or green, we hope it will be full of charm for you and yours, with an abundance of all the good things that are part of happy Yuletide . . . Hermiston Mercantile Cooperative Grocery
