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About The Hermiston herald. (Hermiston, Or.) 19??-1984 | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1945)
P T 7 I U. O. D. NEWS Head quarters— The Colonel Buyers returned from Washington, D.C. April 30. While there he went to New York to Co- lumbia University where he at- VOLUME 38 tended the ceremonies of the grad- dation class of the Midshipman's school of which his son, Ensign Archie A. Buyers, was a member. When he returned he brought his son. Ensign Archie, with him who will be here for about twenty-one ur sincere sympathies go to ain Kenneth Billington who ailed to his home in Rye, fork, last week by the death 2 of son. M .or Homer Simola, who has bee at the depot for about three yea ‘s. will leave Saturday, May 5, for i.e Separation Center at Fort Lewis, Wash. Good luck, and happy landings, “Mr.” Simola. Mrs. H. C. Sutch is now in the Post Hospital, We hope your stay there is very short. Inspection— Earl Muse, ammunition inspec- tor, who has been here quite some time, has transferred to Camp Blanding, Florida. Mrs. Audrey Smith is a new em- ployee at Inspection. Clem Henry spent three days last week visiting his mother at Elgin. Oregon. Stock Control— We offer sympathy to Marjorie Tobin who was called to her home in Enterprise by the death of her mother. Payroll— Betty Juhnke spent the past week end visiting her parents in Wase , Oregon. Irene Munns spent Wednesday of las veek shopping and visiting friends in La Grande. Personnel— Personnel said “Happy Birth- day" to Miss Neree Glasgow Mon day when they had a party for her through the lunch hour. She was presented with a nice gift. A deli cious cake baked by Eileen Brown was served. Marjorie Gordon has transferred from Personnel to Plant Security. Fiscal— OFFICIAL UMATILLA COUNTY PAPER HERMISTON. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. MAY 3. 1945. AMATEUR SHOW WELL ATTENDED SATURDAY IN LOCAL GYMNASIUM U.O.D. Employees Awarded .. : JERRY PIGER IS sine Saturday evening a fine number of top performers “strutted their stuff" before a record Crowd at the Hermiston high school gym under the able direction of the master of ceremonies. Max Piger. All acts were entertaining and the program was enjoyed by all. First prize went to young Jerry Max Piger, age 5, who stole the show with his singing. Second prize went to the tumbling team from Ordnance composed of Billy —Cut Courtesy East Oregonian Hunsinger, Jimmy McFarland, At the Umatilla Ordnance De nine months' service without lost Merrill Manning, Bobby McVicar, pot there are 232 employees who time as well as those shown. Lynn Mohney and Raymond Bun- have had no unapproved absences By March 1. 1945, 451 six ten. Third prize was won by Mis for one year or more. months*. 301 nine months' and 232 ses Grace Nelson and Shirley Fra In November, 1943, a system of one year emblems had been zier with their song and dance act. awards for attendance and adopt awarded. In addition 139 employ Fourth prize was won by Billie ed suggestions was inaugurated. ees of the Depot had made sugges Bunton and Walter Bearrows with The picture shows the emblems tions for improved operation and their cowboy duet. Fifth prize which are given for one year or were presented with the Adopted went to Marilyn Miller, Janice more of service with no lost time Suggestion bar. Daugherty, and Maxine Hinkle and for an adopted suggestion. The rules for the award of ser with their tap dance number. The hanger bar shown at the vice bars were set up largely as Sixth prize was won by Joe McCoy top inscribed with the words recommended by the U.O.D. Em- with his guitar and vocal solo. “Umatilla Ordnance Depot” is ployees’ Association and are quite Consolation prizes were won by given to each employee entitled to rigid. No employee is entitled to Ina Jane and Sammie Parley and any award. This hanger bar is an award unless he has worked at Miss Betty Jo Williams. worn on the outer garment and the depot for the required period Specials on the program were from it are suspended the awards. without any absences not ap rendered by individuals who did There are bars for six months’ and proved in advance. not compete for prizes. The num bers which added much to the pro SGT. NAUGHTON gram were excellent and greatly VACATION BIBLE appreciated. SCHOOL PLANNED REPORTED DEAD A band composed of Esther Frederickson, Evelyn Ford, Mrs. Daily Vacation Bible School, un Mrs. James Naughton this week Max Piger and Ray Meade sup plied music at different times der the direction of the Hermiston received a telegram from the War throughout the evening. Miss Eve Ministerial association, will begin Department stating that her hus lyn Ford pleased with several ac- in Hermiston on May 27 and run band, Staff Sgt. Naughton, was cordian solos. Miss Esther Fred through June 1. Classes will be killed in action over Germany De erickson, talented violinist, ren held in the Methodist and Babtist cember 24, 1944. He had been dered several numbers during the churches, and will include child listed as missing since January 15 ren from four years of age through and since that time further word evening. had been anxiously awaited. From Others on the program were a high school. Rev. H. V. McGee will act as othe • information received from special tap dance number by “Miss 'Cuess Wh’ Petunia”, vocal selec dean for the school this year, and crew members, it has been learn- tions by Billie Munton, piano se teachers and officers will be used ed that six of the crew of nine lections by Mrs. Glasgow, original from all of the cooperating church were killed in the same crash. Funeral services were held at sketch by Junior McVickers and es. Each class will meet daily, Mon the local Catholic church Tuesday Norvil Sasser. commemorating the Some unknown admirer of “Miss day through Friday, and the hours morning, Petunia” the tap dancer, wishes to will be 9:00 a. m. through 11:30 a. death of Staff Sgt. Naughton. He give her two dollars. If Miss Pe m. On the last Thursday evening is survived by his widow, the for tunia will make her identity of the two week school, a program mer Miss Barbara Connor, and known, she may receive the mon and display will be held at the an infant son. He is also survived Central Church of Christ. by his mother. Mrs. James Naugh ey. ______ __________ Further announcements and in ton who resides in Victory Square. formation for parents will be pub FUNERAL RITES lished later. LT. JACKSON Hazel Finley, who recently un derwent an operation at the Post Hospital is back on the job. —Invest in War Bonds— Rail Transportation— Janet McNabb who has been away for quite some time returned and is now employed in Rail Transportation Office. Joyce Hendrickson, former em- ployee, is now in San Francisco, Patricia Watson is on the sick list this week. Jeanne Carter who has been off work caring for her children, who had a siege of chicken pox and measles, has now returned. Utilities— Eddie Sene, former employee, is back on the job again. The Resident Engineer now has an office in the Post Engineer building in connection with con ARE ANNOUNCED struction activities. The Electric Shop celebrated all their “April birthdays” Satur Mrs. Frank Helms (Beulah Bar day with a beautiful four layer ker) passed away Tuesday, May 1, cake, jello and whipped cream. in Sacred Heart hospital in Spo Forty-eight employees enjoyed the kane following an extended ill- party. Stratton “did the honors” ness. She passed away at the age of cutting cake as Saturday was of 60, having resided for 54 years his birthday. Other April birth in the Echo and Butter Creek dis days were Glenn McCracken, trict. Funeral services will be Frank L. Hary, Phillip Aulton, held at the Echo Methodist church Morris Close, Alexander Gibb, Friday, May 4, at 2:00 o’clock, with Clifford Wenzel and Don Roberts. interment in the Echo cemetery. Mrs. Edna Mulkins almost The Rebekah lodge will be in started a riot (or exodus for Ritter charge of the graveside service. by employees of the Electric Shop) Mrs. Helms was born September when she announced that she had 24. 1884, and in January, 1920, enjoyed fresh mountain trout and married Frank Helms. Surviving homemade butter on her recent her are Mr. Helms, and three visit there with her aunt and un- children: Mrs. Fred Rauch Jr., cle, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Arbogast. Mrs. James Elliott of Spokane, and For some unknown reason Don Harriet Helms at the home in Spo Roberts is a bit “touchy” on the kane. Also four sisters and one subject of weiner pigs! brother survive: Mrs. Almira Ken Magazine Area— nedy and Mrs. Mary Ruckle of Gertrude Meade was presented Long Beach, Calif., Mrs. Will Rob with a lovely satin comforter as a erts of Ashland. Mrs. Alice McMil farewell gift from the girls in the lan of Portland, and J. H. Barker Magazine Field Office. Irene Reu- of Buhl, Idaho. ber, formerly of Control in the West Area has replaced her. Beverly Alexander who is also NEWS OF DEATH leaving was presented with a Lus- IS SHOCK HERE ite glass compact as a farewell gift from the office girls. The news of the death of Staff Wanda Gentry spent the week Sgt. Mike Haniuk on Leyte, Feb end in Pendleton. Edith Bowen enjoyed a three ruary 21, was received here this day vacation in Portland last week. Sgt. Haniuk, who was the fiance of Miss Norma Getchell of week. Guests of Connie and Alice Hermiston, was well known here Frosh over the week end were Pet and had a large circle of friends. ty Officer 2/c Clifford Woods and He was killed just a week prior to Seaman 2/c James Wadge from leaving for the United States, his name coming next on the rotation Colorado. list. —Lend for Victory—Spent Sgt. Haniuk was killed when he in Peace— attempted to rescue his buddy who Box Factory— Emery Mace is back after sev had been injured. The story told eral days absence due to illness. by another buddy revealed that Laura Watkins is leaving due to Sgt. Haniuk was shot once while ill health. She has been in the trying to save his wounded part Box Factory for a long time and ner. He got up and again attempt ed to reach him. this time receiv hopes soon to be able to return. Guests at the home of Mr. and ing a fatal wound. His parents re Mrs. Bert Dexter are Mr. and Mrs. side in North Dakota. Floyd Hobbs and children from Bureau Meeting Is Postponed North Powder. Oregon. The regular monthly meeting of the Project Farm Bureau, which was to have been held Friday, May 11, has been postponed until Fri day. May 18. The change was made due to the dairy meeting which will be held at Columbia May 10. This arrangement will hold true for this month only. IWSUREyowtyd- Ga WH WAR BONDS #e.’ttni'iton 4ataLdL LA GR ANDE TRIP FOR TRACK MEN THIS WEEK END Coach Frank Davison will leave Friday night with a group of Her miston high school track men and George Harkenrider will take the remaining squad to La Grande Saturday morning where they will compete in the annual district meet. The team this year is the largest ever to attend a track meet at La Grande, and considering their record to date, are probably the best balanced squad. Although there is little chance for high team honors, it will be no surprise if several members qualify for the state meet in Corvallis. May 11 and 12. Members of the team going are: Frank Harkenrider, Lloyd Hughes. Dan Follett, Gordon Shown, Bill Schoonover, Frank Myrick. Jim Rugg. Bob Thomas, and Bill Row ell. The only events that the team will not be represented in are the pole vault, high jump and mile run. An interesting event will be the third meeting of Frank Harkenri- der. and Lamb of Mac Hi in the 880, each of whom hold one victo ry over the other. Lt. Gerald White Still Busy In a recent letter, Lt. Gerald White. who is stationed on an is- land in the North Pacific, he writes that they are still extreme ly busy trying to keep the mail coming and going. He is station ed with a postal unit, having been overseas approximately 11 months. In a recent record day. his crew handled 31.000 pounds of air mail coming in. and sent out, the same day, 11,000 pounds of air mail. There are 28 men in this unit. Mrs. White is a rural mail carrier in Hermiston. Pvt. Frank Thorne Wounded Pvt. Frank Thorne, formerly of this area, son of Walter Thorne of Haines, was slightly wounded at Luzon on April 11. He volunteer ed for the army on May 23. 1944 He finished his training at Camp Roberts. Calif., in December and spent a 10-day furlough with his wife and daughter prior to going overseas in January of this year. IS WOUNDED Word has been received here that Second Lt. James Jackson, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Jackson of Hermiston, was wounded in ac tion in Italy April 18, receiving a head injury. It is thought that the wounds will not prove serious as he wrote a letter to his wife, who resides in Pendleton, three days afterward stating that he was re ceiving excellent care and that he was able to be about. Local relatives and friends are anxiously awaiting further infor mation as to his condition. SERVICE BOARD MUCH INTEREST Much interest is being manifest ed in the Honor Roll service board which has been erected on Main street just east of the Oasis Thea tre. The board contains approx imately 400 names of boys in the service from this area. A com plete list of the names will be pub lished soon in order that any cor rections or additions may be made. The beautiful honor roll board, bordered by red, and headed by a huge eagle, was constructed by Rev. W. A. MacArthur with the aid of the shop boys at the high school. Others who have been in strumental in the project are Pete Berg of the Hermiston Grain & Feed Co., L. A. Moore, Dr. R. R. Fast, Vern Daugherty and The Herald office. It is granted that there probably are some needed corrections but it has been a tremendous task to get a correct list of names. These cor rections will be made as soon as they are called to the attention of Rev. MacArthur or The Herald. PLANS OF RAPIDS DAM RUSH ORDER An article in the Portland Jour nal Thursday morning contained the following item, originating in Seattle: “Col. Ralph A. Tudor, Portland district army engineer, announced Tuesday the engineers have a “rush order” to develop construc tion plans for a large dam across the Columbia river at Umatilla. Its estimated cost is between $75 million and $100 million.” The news was received jubilant ly here. LOCAL CHAPTER HOST TO GROUP Umatilla Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, was honored by Queen Esther Chapter April 25th, with a very lovely degree put on by the local chapter. Star members living at Ord nance, who have been coming to Queen Esther Chapter, presented Worthy Matron Rachel Jackson with a beautiful boquet of pink rosebuds. A beautiful degree was also put on for Mrs. Chloe Refvem and Miss Elva Berry of Stanfield, who are leaving soon to make their home in California. Each were present ed with gifts from the Chapter. Very delicious refreshments (yes, hot dogs with all the trim mings!) were served after the meeting, by the Ordnance mem bers. The next meeting will honor all Mothers and the men will have charge of the refreshments. HERMISTON IS TENNIS WINNER The Hermiston high school ten nis racquet swingers, under the tutelege of Coach Frank Davison, won their first match of the sea son Wednesday when they defeat ed Heppner 3-2. The local racquet- displayed some excellent ten FAMOUS GENERAL ecrs nis but clearly showed lack of LOCAL RELATIVE competition. Roy Sires won in the boys sing les from Ferguson 6-2, 2-2. Mary General Courtney Hodges, Arnold lost to Miller 6-4. 6-3. The whose name is ranked high in the boys’ doubles team of Frank Har- present war, is a cousin of Horace kenrider and Bill Schoonover de Hodges, an employee of the Her feated Pickens and Connor 10-8. miston grade school. General 8-6. The girls’ doubles of Cleda Hodges, who now rates four stars, Nusser and Donna Jean Meyers is a member of a famous family lost 6-3, 6-4. The mixed doubles which has played an important I of Glen Wilcox and Doris Ann part in warfare for several gener Daugherty won 6-4, 6-3. ations. Mr. Hodges (Hermiston) fought CANNING SUGAR over the same grounds that his cousin is now covering. He was ISSUE TO START injured in one of the skirmishes. His son, Courtney, who attended The issuing of canning sugar school here in recent years, is al will start May 15, it has been an so in the armed forces and landed nounced by the local War Price at Normandy, and is now follow and Rationing board. Spare Stamp ing his famous uncle across France No. 13 will be valid, with absolute into Germany. He spent a fur ly no stamps given over the coun lough here some months ago ter as all stamps must be mailed those applying after the appli NEW SLAUGHTER to cations have been passed by the board. Applications should be QUOTAS LISTED made prior to the actual need af ter May 15. It is urged that special care be Farm slaughter quotas have been re-established and it will be taken of stamps for if they are lost necessary for those farmers who or destroyed, they cannot be re intend to slaughter, sell, and placed. “Keep them in a safe transfer meat in 1945 to register place away from fire and child by May 14 with the local OPA ren,” is the warning. Sugar stamp 36 which became bard. The farmers who are mak ing applications for a slaughter valid May 1 will stretch over a permit must submit evidence of four month period and no addi the slaughtering and marketing tional stamp will be validated prior to September 1, because do that was done by them in 1944. If evidence cannot be furnished, mestic sugar reserves are at rock then they cannot sell, transfer, or bottom. Local ration board in ad deliver meat in an amount of 400 dition have been instructed to is pounds in any calendar year, ac sue only up to 70 per cent as much cording to Frank E. Hackler, as sugar for home canning as they is sued last year. sistant county agent NUMBER 38 VOLUNTEER PROGRAM IS LAUNCHED HERE BY RATIONING BOARD WOMENTO AID WITH DETAILS A new volunteer program is be ing inaugurated at the local office of War Price and Rationing board» This step was deemed necessary to obtain more help in the office where work has become too heavy for the regular clerks. With sev eral busy periods in the imme diate offing, including the issuing of canning sugar after May 1, ex tra help is urgently needed. Mrs. Thelma Harkenrider Wed nesday was appointed volunteer supervisor. Present at the orga- i ization meeting vere Mrs. Fran ces Dobyns, Pendleton district sup ervisor, and Mrs. Pauline Scherer of the Portland office. Mrs. Har- kenrider will recruit volunteers and will be in the board every Thursday from 10:00 a. m. to 2:30 p. m. Anyone having time to give to the board may call or come in to see Mrs. Harkenrider at that time or phone 2753. Volunteer clerks on a regular status have been named as fol lows: Mrs. Daisy Best, Mrs. Marie Todd, Mrs. Frank Sargent, Mrs. Mabel Gimble, Mrs. Hugh Fraser, Mrs. I. C. Bohlman and Mrs. Ray Loosevelt. Mrs. Best has worked many hours in the office during the past few years, working five days each week on a volunteer basis. Extra volunteers who have sig nified intentions of helping in the volunteer program are Mrs. Inez Hoffman, Mrs. M. P. Casseday. Mrs. Al Quiring, Mrs. Beulah Sim mons and Mrs. Winifred Norton. Others will be registered during the coming weeks. The War Price and Ration pro gram is considered one of the most important in war time efforts and anyone who has any time to de vote at all to this worthy effort is asked-to contact Mrs. Harkenri- der. ANNUAL P. E. X. TO BE HELD FRIDAY This Friday, May 4, at 8:00 p. m. will be a gala one for students of Hermiston High School when they hold their annual P. E. X. (Phys ical Education Exhibition) in the gym in honor of the May Queen and her court. Supporting the entire produc tion will be a picked band of 25 under the direction of Mr. G. C. Humphreys, local bandsman, who has made arrangements suiting each individual act. The whole program centers it self about three dashing sailors —Mildred Lambert, Jerry Uleman, and Peggy Young—tripping around the world on the Goodship P. E. X. from this grand U. S. A. to parts unknown until they encircle the globe, finally arriving home. Before completing their journey they will see many spectacular sights which have been carefully planned and rehearsed. Selections vary from featured folk to ball room dancing. This includes the newly developed modern dance and tap routines. Both boys and girls have strained muscles lim bering themselves for specialized tumbling acts requiring regular practice. For variety the audience will be favored with one vocal solo and a minstrel act. So all in all, the program as planned prom ises to be one of variety which will be enjoyed by children, students, and adults. Everyone has been practicing for weeks and. of course, at pres ent participants are on the last minute details to whip everything into shape. TOWNSEND CLUB TO MEET MAY 8 The next Townsend club social meeting will be held at the Town send club east of Hermiston in stead of at the USO club Tuesday, May 8, at 8:30 p. m. All members are invited and asked to bring a gift, as there will be a mock wed ding and a treasure hunt. Friends are invited to come and help eat the wedding cake. NEW SHOE STAMP VALID AUGUST 1 A new shoe ration stam will be come valid on August 1, 1945, for one pair of shoes per ration book holder, M. R. Collins, district OPA shoe rationing representative, an nounced this week. Airplane stamps 1, 2 and 3 are now good and will continue to be valid in definitely, Collins added.
