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PAGE FOUR HERMISTON HERALD Published Every Thursday at Hermiston, Umatilla County, Oregon Alfred Quiring and Leander Quiring Publishers Entered at the post office at Her- miston as Second Class Matter, Dec. 1906, Umatilla County, Oregon. Subscription Rates One Year ........................ Six Months ____________ THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1945. THE HERMISTON HERALD. HERMISTON. OREGON. $2.00 1.00 . OndoOWHASEAPuR F UIL11 NE RS 495901 A T111 The Arlington Honkers will play and has returned to Stanfield to the Boardman Yellow Jackets on make his home. the home floor Saturday night. Delbert Couch was taken to the Walla Walla hospital last Satur day for an appendectomy. He al so had a tonsil and adenoid oper ation. By Mri. Rvtt Hedrici A. J. Hess is reported as improv Miss Ruth Read, 4th grade teacher, wishes at least 12 ladies ing from an attack of pneumonia. Mrs. Bessie Iverson, who has of the town to be present at the gym on Monday night, January 22, been visiting her sister, Mrs. Os to try out for basketball and pro car Christianson, has gone to Port bably play the high school girls land to visit relatives and hence tc San Francisco to visit two more after a few practices. Miss Barbara Wood spent the sisters. The Stanfield I.O.O.F. lodge week end in Walla Walla with helped Echo lodge to install their friends. Harry Wessell sold his interests new officers Monday night. Eight in a grocery store in Bellingham members from here attended. STANFIELD NEWS Several from Stanfield attended the funeral of Mrs. C. B. Greene at the Echo church Monday after noon. They lived on the Stanfield project many years. Her husband, five daughters and two sons, and three grandchildren survive her. The Study Club held its regular meeting in the church parlors on January 11 with 12 members pres ent. Mrs. Velda Wedge answered questions on the bombing of Pearl Harbor and its after effects on Honolulu. Mrs. C. E. Fisk review ed White’s articles on Russia as given in December and in January Reader’s Digest. To impress on all to save waste fats, waste paper and to smash your clean tin cans to be ready for the next drive before February 1, is the urgent request of our war service salvage chairman, Mrs. C. E. Fisk. One lady writes, from one hog's head I made 6 quarts of mince meat, rendered 8 pounds of lard, and make 40 large bars of soap. Can you beat that? All have their duties if we would win this war. The Lesser home in the east end of town was seen to be on fire at about one o’clock Tuesday. The high school boys ran to the scene and carried out the contents before the firewagon and hose got there. No great loss was sustained. It was fortunate that the Lessers were home and were just ready to sit down to dinner. The fire started under the house. A telegram has been received by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bartley from New York City that their son Bud, who has been overseas near ly three years, will be home soon. Latest word concerning Bud Wessell is that he is now stationed at Kelly Field, Texas, and is head clerk of the supply division. Miss Janice Harmon is recover ing nicely from her appendicitis operation and will soon return. Mrs. Andy Cleghorn has been a patient in St. Anthony’s hospital since last Monday but is reported improved. ECHO NEWS (Continued from page 3) there is cold but the soldiers have ample warm clothing and keep comfortable, although extremely busy. His letter, written Decem ber 31, reached here January 8. Harle has been overseas since Oc tober 1943. A science club has been orga nized at Echo high school under the direction of Mr. Cotton. Meet ings will be held semi-monthly for scientific experiments and reports of the various classes. The offi cers elected are: Mildred Penney, president: Ernie Rahde, vice presi dent; Mary Cotton, secretary; Wil ma Brown, treasurer; Pauline Rauch, librarian, and Lois McEl roy, reporter. News has been received from Portland of the death there of Mrs. Lillie Gillette, Echo pioneer, who died January 15. A graveside fun eral service will be held at Echo cemetery Thursday forenoon at 10:00 o’clock. Mrs. Gillette is sur vived by two daughters, Mrs. Elite Owen and Mrs. Heda Aacook of Portland, and two brothers, Wil liam Benedict of Echo and Bert Benedict of Aberdeen, Wash. Ben Gaskill, recently appointed marshal of Echo, assumed his du ties Monday. E. J. Nieland, the retiring marshall, will remain in Echo and will continue to operate the east side school bus. 7 BOARDMAN NEWS By Frances Skoubo Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miles of Board man received word from the War Dept, that their son, Pfc. Frank Miles, Infantryman of the 137th Division, is now a German prisoner of war. Frank was re ported missing on the thirtieth day of November. The Boardman Yellow Jackets won a decisive victory over the Ione Cardinals on the home floor with a score of 35 to 18. After the game the student body girls served refreshments for the team and vis itors. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilson are proud to announce that Mr. and Mrs. Homer Baker (Phyllis Wil son) are the parents of a baby girl. Grace Tyler is spending a few days with her son Harold Tyler. S. 1/c, and her daughter, Mrs. Ed ward Warner. Pfc. Alfred E. Turner spent two days visiting friends here on the project before returning to Missis sippi. Lyle Tannehill, S. 1/c, who has been stationed in California, is spending a few days leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Tan nehill. Word was received that Mr. and Mrs. Bob McCutchen are parents of a baby boy. Mrs. Edward Kunze gave a spec ial dinner for her son. S/Sgt. Frank Kunze at her home Sunday afternoon. Those invited were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Anderegg and Barbara. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gardiner. Ralph Wasmer. Mrs. Al vin Deulen and daughters, and Mr. and Mrs. I. Skoubo and Frances from Boardman and Mr. and Mrs. Erve Flock from Junction City. Russel DeMauro. Ph. M. 2/c, re turned to Rhode Island Friday. January 12, after spending nine days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul DeMauro. Miss Ernabel Peck, who is at tending St. Josephs Academy, spent the week end with her par ents. Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Peck. Mr. Linn returned from Lara mie. Wyoming, Sunday, accom panied by his father-in-law, W D Fonda from St Edward. Nebraska Mr. and Mrs. Charles Falconer and family have moved to the Berger apartments in town after selling to Lou and Cecil Hamilton. Mrs. Elvin Ely and Mrs. Chas. Anderegg and families were in Hermiston on business Saturday. The monthly P.T.A meeting was held Thursday evening at the school auditorium. After the meet ing. lunch was served in the cafe teria. Ernie Peck and Emil Ash re turned from Portland Sunday. After the game with Ione Fri day night, the high school student body had a farewell party for Dor- othe Van Metre, who is moving to The Dalles. Several games were played and the remainder of the evening was spent dancing to the music by Gene Reitman from Ione. Ione visitors were all invit ed to stay. ... 1 A shower was given for Mrs, VanMetre at the home of Mr and Mrs. Root Tuesday afternoon. Audree Wilson has been in Th® Dalles for medical treatment this week and expects to be home this Sunday. 3 5 7 TWANKS, FOLKS/ tuts If they had all settled in one locality, the 3,712 electric customers added to PP&L lines in 1944 would have given the Pacific Northwest a brand new city of 10,000 population. As it was, this healthy growth was distributed throughout the 80 cities and towns and the extensive rural areas served by the Company. At the year-end, PP&L was supplying low- cost, dependable electric service to 93,831 customers. Thanks to the two "rate dividends" total ing nearly $600,000 which PP&L dis tributed to all customers in 1944, the Company’s electric users enjoyed 12 months of service for the price of 11. This practical method of sharing war- time earnings gave customers savings, during the year, equal to an 8 1/3% rate reduction. Even though PP&L delivered 44,521,000 more KWH to its customers in 1944, the drop in average price kept revenues from increasing with the volume of business. Expenses, however, went up due to increased power purchase re quirements and other operating needs. As a result, the Company’s net income for the year was substantially less than the 1943 figure. Wherever it serves, PP&L represents a steady and substantial payroll in the community. Last year the Company met a total payroll, including construction work, of $1,838,542. It provided em ployment for an average of 725 loyal and competent men and women. And PP&L looks forward to the day when the resumption of a peacetime develop ment program will find it helping to make many more jobs for ambitious boys and girls. UP 143% With more customers than ever before, and with a growing war-time demand for cheap and tireless electricity, PP&L was called upon to supply users with 354,906,000 kilowatt-hours of electric ity in 1944—an increase of 44,521,000 kilowatt-hours, or 14.3%, over the record-breaking 1943 total. 4 6 8 While the cost of living kept going up in 1944 (now 25.4% above 1939), the average price of PP&L electricity went down to the very low figure of 1.86 ents per KWH for residential service (21% below 1939). Homes served by PP&L pay only about half the national average price, and use almost twic« at much electricity as the average American home. Direct taxes for PP&L for 1944 will total about $1,292,500. Nearly half goes to the Federal Government to help meet wartime costs. The remainder goes to support local, county and state activities of many kinds. Like other taxpayers, PP&L has to set aside a big chunk of its revenue to meet tax bills, which will take about 17.3 cents out of every dol lar of 1944 PP&L revenue. In 1944, PP&L spent $273,000 to main tain its facilities in good operating con dition—and $955,000 to construct addi tions and improvements authorized by the War Production Board. In addition to the expansion of facilities to meet load growth in many communities, the Company added 35 miles of rural distri bution lines to a network already serving more than 13,000 farms in Washington and Oregon. 9 Again we extend to our customers our thanks and appreciation for their co- operation in many different ways to help us do our wartime job throughout the year. Working together, wc were able to meet every need for electric service as it arose. We have confidence that the same spirit of cooperation can carry this region forward ia the post-war era so Pacific Power & Light Company Yow Busimesi-Menaged Sy.m
