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A2 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM COMMUNITY HERMISTON HISTORY WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 2017 THREE MINUTES WITH ... Fire damages Stanfi eld Cafe 25 years ago 25 YEARS AGO JULY 28, 1992 • Armed with leather gloves, sturdy shoes and wooden pokers, members of four local organizations have picked up the gauntlet to col- lect trash strewn on High- way 395 from Umatilla to Interstate 84. First to join the Adopt-a-Highway Program in the area was the Umatilla Kiwanis Club in July 1991. Club members gather gar- bage from a 2-mile stretch of highway, beginning at Buck’s Corner and ending at the Umatilla Speedway, “We might not have chosen the best section of road to clean up,” joked Larry Clucas, club president. “That two miles gets a lot of trash lost on its way to the dump. Once the Umatilla Kiwanis had com- pleted their second cleaning, they decided to share the fun and presented the Hermiston Kiwanis with a bright orange bag of trash and challenged the club to adopt its own section of roadway. “We couldn’t let the challenge go unanswered,” said Hermis- ton Kiwanis president Steve Frazier. Meeting the chal- lenge, and maybe going one better, the Hermiston Kiwan- is adopted the remaining four miles of Highway 395 lead- ing to Hermiston. • Golf Central - Kik’s Pic- ture. • A late night fi re Sunday severely damaged a restau- rant in Stanfi eld and kept fi refi ghters busy throughout the night trying to extinguish the blaze. The fi re, which ap- parently started in the attic of the Stanfi eld Cafe, spread between two roofs and made it diffi cult to extinguish. The fi re was reported at about 11 p.m. and fi refi ghters were battling the blaze until about 4 a.m. Monday. 50 YEARS AGO JULY 27, 1967 • Inquiries from all over the United States regarding Hermiston are being received and answered daily, Mrs. Everett Lake, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, told the Chamber board of directors at their meeting last Friday noon at the Hong Kong cafe. Mrs. Lake said that Hermiston brochures, maps, travel information and literature are mailed to those who ask for them. She has prepared a mimeographed supplement to the Hermiston brochure, giving up-to-date listings of churches, motels, service stations and restau- rants in our community. • Hermiston Rotary Club viewed a fi lm, “Revolution in Our Time”, presented through the courtesy of Don Gray, First Federal Savings and Loan Association. The picture compared the early HERALD ARCHIVES A Stanfi eld fi refi ghter faces large fl ames and heavy smoke while battling a blaze at the Stanfi eld Cafe. Firefi ghters were on the scene all night in July 1992 to contain the fi res at a local cafe, which burned the roof off the building on Highway 395. depression days when rent- ing was prevalent with the present day of homeowners, pointing out that since 1947 home ownership has doubled in the United States, with 60 percent of the people owning their own home; and now 1 million homes are being built annually in this country. •Ann Rasmussen, mem- ber of the Hermiston Swim Team, won the three-meter diving championship for girls 12 and under in Eugene July 23, in the fi rst Oregon AAU Combined Senior and Junior Diving Champion- ships. She also was second in the age 11-12 one-meter div- ing, By virtue of her winning Ann will go to San Francis- co, Calif., August 26-27 for the Far Western Division Championships. 75 YEARS AGO JULY 30, 1942 • Members of the Hermis- ton unit, Co. E., 22nd Battal- ion, Oregon State Guard and members of the Hermiston ambulance corps will stage a parade along Main Street Friday evening about 8 p.m. for the benefi t of those who are not aware of the fact that these two groups are in exis- tence. They will also adver- tise the benefi t dance sched- uled for Saturday night at the Townsend pavilion. The guard has recently added fi ve more recruits, bringing the number well over one hundred. Another addition to the local unit is the arrival of another commission, 2nd Lt. Rex Moses of Umatilla. • In case this week’s Her- ald does not have that ef- feminate touch it is because this offi ce has done its bit towards the war effort by re- linquishing all rights on the girls employed here. In oth- er words, the Misses Joyce MCulley, Kay Joyce Ritchie and Anne Sommerer are now employed at the ordnance depot in one capacity or an- other. Some help has been re- ceived by the able assistance of Mrs. Ritchie, mother of Kay Joyce, and Miss Elsie Rauch who have come to the rescue. • At a recent meeting of the Hermiston city coun- cil, a deal was made with Dr. and Mrs. E.A. Marble whereby the city of Herm- iston acquires all interest in the artesian well just south of the city limits, fi ve acres and some buildings. A lease has been in effect for the past several years but it expired July 21. A purchase price of $2,500 has been announced. The water will be used at the completion of the im- proved water system now under construction. It will be completed as soon as the DeBlasio crew fi nishes the sewer. 100 YEARS JULY 28, 1917 •J Frank Spinning, a drug- gist of Echo and well known in this neighborhood, sure got the goods on a polecat one day last week when he discovered the animal in the cellar of his residence. Mr. Spinning did not stop to make intimate acquaintance at the particular time, beat- ing a hasty retreat to other parts of the house, where in sober meditation he evolved a solution to the problem of getting rid of Mr. Skunk without being called upon to become inoculated with the aroma for which pole- cats are noted. With plans well laid, J. Frank returned to the cellar where he made a strategic fl anking movement and placed formaldehyde and sulfur candles, which he brought with him, in as close proximity to the enemy as he dared. The skunk appar- ently realized the futility of trying to compete with such a combination of bad odors, and forthwith beat a hasty retreat, to the great delight of the inventor of a formula that, in this case, proved suc- cessful in making the pole- cat take to the jungles. • Not many cities in the state of Oregon, or in any other state, either, can boast of a fair sized reve- nue from the sale of alfalfa taken from city property. This is why Hermiston has a unique distinction over oth- er towns. For years money has fl owed into the treasury of the city from alfalfa crops cut four times each season off a tract of land that it owns and which is situated along the east side of the railroad right in the city. The ground upon which this commodity is grown is one of the most sightly spots in Hermiston, and some day ere long the fodder now growing thereon will disappear, although such a money maker for the town, and in its place will spring up a tree-encircled bluegrass park that is intended to be one of the most beautiful and enticing spots of this nature to be found between Port- land and Spokane. • Lack of rain has been a great drawback to sheep and cattle men ranging stock over the bunch grass area in this section of the county this season. Fodder is get- ting very scarce, becoming dry and withered for want of moisture. While this con- dition prevails in most parts of Eastern Oregon, it is more noticeable here this year be- cause it so seldom happens. On this account many of the large owners of cattle and sheep utilizing the range hereabouts have been com- pelled to move their herds closer in so that green feed can be secured. One is JD Watson of this city, who this week was compelled to move his fl ock of 450 sheep and 80 head of Angora goats from the range near his ranch 9 and one-half miles southwest to a grazing spot on an alfalfa ranch near Hermiston, which he rented for the purpose. Call Today! 541-289-5433 1060 W. Elm, Suite #115, Hermiston, OR (across from Good Shepherd Medical Center) www.apd4kidz.com What do you like to do in your spare time? The only thing I’ve ever had time to do is read — and sometimes keep up with the grandkids. What is the last book you read? I’m reading a new one by Danielle Steele. She’s my favorite author, so anything by her. What surprises you about Hermiston? 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