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Umatilla readies for new post
offi ce 25 years ago, in 1992
25 YEARS AGO
cleaned makes suitable
bandages when torn into
strips. Anyone having this
type of material on hand
should get in touch with
the USO girls or telephone
2402, Claudine Hale. The
ambulance girls are now
in the midst of a fi rst aid
course studying the art of
caring for injured persons.
All the members are now
bedecked with the offi cial
uniforms making quite a
pleasant sight. With the
arrival of the new ambu-
lance, the activities of this
group will be much in de-
mand,
SEPTEMBER 1, 1992
• Umatilla residents will
be able to mail their Christ-
mas gifts from a new post
offi ce if everything goes
according to schedule.
“Tthe new building will be
completed by Nov. 9th,”
said Lee Geissel, Umatilla
postmaster. “After that all
we have to do is accept the
building and move into it.
Geissel said the new facil-
ity will feature three cus-
tomer service windows, a
new drive through letter
drop lane and about 400
more mailboxes than the
current building. “When
they build these things
they plan for the future,”
Giessel said. “This build-
ing, with 5,200 square feet
will allow us to serve the
community for the next 20
years.
• More than 100 people
turned out Saturday eve-
ning to watch a fi re engulf
a shed and a trailer behind
a house on Northwest
Third Street. Reportedly,
the fi re caused more than
$4,000 worth of damage
to property owned by res-
ident Chris Anderson and
several other people. The
blaze, which threatened
several residences and the
Wilcox Furniture ware-
house, began around 5
p.m. Fire offi cials are still
investigating the cause
of the fi re. “This is going
to be a long and drawn
out investigation,” said
Pat Ward, fi re marshal.
“There’s still some inter-
esting questions we have
about this fi re.” Jim Stea-
rns, Hermiston fi re chief,
said the fi re was confusing
because so many people
reported it to the fi re de-
partment. “We actually
thought there were two
fi res in this area. There
wasn’t, and all of the
trucks kind of ended up
at the same place, “ Stea-
rns said, pointing to the
fi ve fi re trucks around the
blaze. Firefi ghters were on
the scene for more than an
hour and a half putting out
the fi re and making sure it
didn’t restart. “We were
really lucky today,” Stea-
rns said.
50 YEARS AGO
AUGUST 31, 1967
• The water skiers of
McNary Yacht Club will
present their sixth annual
Water Ski Show on La-
bor Day, Sept., 4th, at 1
p.m. at their site near Hat
Rock State Park, accord-
ing to show chairman, Ray
Heimbigner. Admission is
free and everyone is invit-
ed to attend. Some of the
features of the show are:
18 or more skiers behind
one outboard boat; two
of the youngest barefoot
skiers in the country, Ben
Hinkle and Mary Rasmus-
sen; Mary and her twin
sister Ann Rasmussen
teaming up to top a 5-man
pyramid over the jump-
ing ramp; Mary demon-
strating the turns on the
ramp, which won her the
regional trophy in Seattle
recently. Tom Heimbig-
ner will do a deep water
barefoot takeoff, and Mike
Clark will demonstrate
a new barefoot teaching
method. At 7 years of age,
Mike is believed to be the
youngest barefoot skier in
the region. He is the son
of Dr. and Mrs. Norman
Clark. Dr. Clark will per-
form on a surfboard. Other
HERALD ARCHIVE
Hermiston watermelon harvest is in full swing on the
Zabransky fi elds east of the Stanfi eld Loop Road, as these
boys, engaged in the hottest, hardest work, well know. They
are, left to right, Lonnie Cloe, Dusty King and Bob Bloom
with Dick Miller and Kip Clark on the truck practicing the
fi ne art of packing the melons so they don’t roll off in this
photo from August 1967.
HERALD ARCHIVE
Mrs. Bob Russel and Miss Claudine Hales, offi cers of
the Hermiston Ambulance Corps, and Sam Moore of the
American Legion, stand in front of a new community ambu-
lance, which was purchased with funds donated by various
organizations and individuals. The machine will be used in
west end Umatilla County whenever the occasion arises.
skiers, such as Jeri Jeppe,
Joe Halvorsen, Mark Hal-
vorsen, Jack Thomas,
Terri Smith, and about 20
others will be seen in the
afternoon of show skiing,
Heimbigner said.
• In a few months
Hermiston residents will
be able to shop at an en-
tirely new, completely
enlarged to local store,
manager Bill Phinney and
Safeway property man-
ager Orville H Blair of
Portland said. Plans for
the new store are now
being checked over, and
the project should be out
for bid sometime before
Sept. 10, if all goes well,
with construction to begin
about a month later. The
new building will be con-
structed directly behind
the present location at 415
S.E. Second, and the pres-
ent structure will be torn
down and the space made
into additional parking
area. The new store will be
approximately twice the
size of the present one, oc-
cupying just under 9,000
square feet. Everything
will be enlarged in the
new store, Blair said, and
the arrangement will be
somewhat different from
the old one. Ice cream and
frozen foods will occupy a
large center section, with
dairy products at the rear.
Produce will be located on
one side, and meat on the
other side. A new feature
will be a bakery, set to one
side of the front of the new
store. Blair said that there
may be a brief period of
inconvenience to custom-
ers when the new store is
fi nished and the old one
is torn down. A week to
10 days will be required
to raze the old structure
and put in a parking lot.
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AUGUST 27, 1942
• House-to-house milk
delivery will cease in
Hermiston after August
31. Both the Hermiston
Dairy and Happy Thot Jer-
sey Farm have served no-
tice to their customers that
hereafter they will have to
get their milk at the stores
as house-to-house deliv-
ery will stop due to the
tire diffi culty. It is under-
stood, however, that milk
deliveries to stores and
boarding houses will con-
tinue as heretofore. Stores
will now carry a big sup-
ply of milk in order that all
customers will be able to
obtain it there. Stores will
be allowed to make milk
deliveries with a grocery
order but will not deliver
milk only.
• Members of the
Hermiston
Ambulance
Corps have asked for a
donation of material that
can be used for bandages.
Old sheets and other cloth
which can be washed and
When and why did you move to Hermiston?
I’ve lived here my whole life — born and raised.
SEPTEMBER 1, 1917
• AJ Arnold, a constant
reader of The Herald re-
siding in Portland, after
asking for information
regarding well drillers in
this section, kind of made
our chest swell somewhat
when he referred to the
improved condition of
the paper in the follow-
ing letter: “Will you kind-
ly advise me names of
well drillers in your city,
as I wish to have a well
drilled on my place near
Boardman, but have not
been able to get in touch
with any well drillers yet.
“Wish to congratulate you
on your imperial newspa-
per and also your timely
article in the last edition
on ‘Preparing and Seeding
of New Land.’ I intend to
take advantage of this and
get all done possible this
year. I am quite sure arti-
cles on those meet will all
subscribers approval.”
• John J Casserly, one
of the old school of news-
paper men whom it is al-
ways a pleasure to meet
and converse with, was
in town Saturday from
his ranch 1 and one-half
miles northwest of Herm-
iston. Years ago Mr. Cas-
serly was a shining light
in the newspaper arena in
south Dakota, where he
made history with his pa-
per called The Enterprise
for the city of Wentworth,
in which it was published.
Always progressive, both
by nature and occupation,
he wielded a strong infl u-
ence toward the up-build-
ing of that town through
timely articles appearing
in his paper. Eight years
ago he sold the Enterprise,
and later the lure of farm
life overtook him, and
hearing of the opening of
this fertile project by the
government he came west
with his family six years
ago and settled on the land
embracing his up-to-date
farm. Here his energet-
ic ways won for him the
same success in ranching
as formerly experienced
in the newspaper business,
until now he is well fi xed
in worldly possessions and
forging right along toward
the goal where he can see
the silver lining, fringed
with a little gold, depicting
for him a surcease from
toil and a well earned rest.
What is your favorite place to eat in
Hermiston?
I love Walker’s (Farm Kitchen).
What do you like to do in your spare time?
I spend all my spare time with my family — my
husband and my boys.
What surprises you about Hermiston?
The growth — it has grown so much since I was a
kid. But it’s also amazing.
What was the last book you read?
The Twilight series.
What app or website do you use most other
than Facebook?
Pinterest.
If you could travel anywhere, where would
you go?
I’ve always wanted to go to Australia.
What is the funniest thing that’s ever
happened to you?
I can’t think of anything that’s happened to me,
but I saw something that happened to somebody
else. My husband and boys and I were in here
one weekend doing stuff, and a lady took off
running into the old car dealership parking
lot and tried to jump the fence. Her shorts got
snagged, and she was stuck on the fence — she
couldn’t get over completely so she had to come
back.
What is one of your goals for the next 12
months?
To get my business where it needs to be to make
my family’s life better, and to spend more time
with my family.
What is your proudest accomplishment?
My family. I have two boys, my oldest is 9 and a
half and my youngest is almost 5.
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