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HERMISTON HERALD
Published Every Thursday at
Hermiston, Umatilla County, Oregon
Alfred Quiring and Leander Quiring
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1906,
Umatilla County, Oregon.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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