East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-18
MINSTREL SHOW AT
HERMISTON SUCCESS
LADIES OF COLUMBIA NEIGH
BOR HOOD PRESENT FINE
ENTERTAINMENT.
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HERMISTON, March 14.-Hermis-
tonians were created to a surprise In
amusements last night In negro
minstrel performance given at the au-
ditorium.
Some time since the ladies of the
Columbia neighborhood WHO are pro-
gressive to say the least decided to
give an entertainment at the Colum-
bia school in order to raise money to
| improve their public park surround
! ing the school. Their entertainment
was so successful that it was decided
to repeat II i'm Hermiston, and the
! crowded auditorium rewarded them
| for their trouble. The local quips
We're certainly pointed and brought
down the house. The music was good
and the dancing of Mrs. Stewart was
especially appreciated. SO successful
is the troupe that they have under
consideration the doing of other towns
in the nelghborlng territory. The
Proceeds was substantial, half of
which is to go to the Hermiston Red
Cross Auxiliary.
Mrs. H. T. Fraser who has been i'll
at the st. Anthony hospital in Pen
dleton returned home yesterday.
Col. J. F. McNaught, who broke his
arm last Saturday evening, is improv-
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Rayhill, who
have been residents here for mum.
ber of years and who have been prom
inent socially, left for Portland We'd
nesday morning to make their home
there.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. Newell enter
tanned at cards Tuesday evening for
Mr., ana Mrs. Geo. Rayhill.
Mrs. E. p. Dodd entertained the
Bi-Weekly Club Monday afternoon.
The afternoon was devoted to cards.
H. T. Fraser was in Pendleton
Tuesday and Wednesday to accom-
pany Mrs. Fraser home from st. An
thongs hospital
The Hermiston Auxiliary to the
Umatilla Chapter of the American
Red cross have sent in another lot of
its work to the parent organization at
Pendleton. The industrious ladies
who are doing this work are an in
spiration to the observer and one can
fealize what devotion to a cause
means by summing up the work done
since the auxiliary was started and
the difficulties overcome in securing
a place in which 1t could meet, tran
sact it's business and work.
The present quarters were practi-
cally pre-empted by the organization.
They just moved in because the build
ing was vacant and convenient. BY
and bye comes along some business
shark and wants to rent the building
| for the purpose of opening a mere
| q
Not much. But they got busy They
visited the business men of the town
Who guaranteed to pay the rent,
which is not nominal and the ladies
decided they would have a superfluity
sale and raise themselves some mon
ey. The sale was held and netted
the ladies the tidy sum of $40. So
successful was the sale and so elated
were the ladies that they have decid-
ed to hold a sale once month and
thereby release the business men of
any financial obligations and head off
any ambitious persons of commercial
instincts with sordid desires.
Mrs. J. H. Strohm, the president
of the local Red Cross Auxiliary, gave
the following statement of work sent
to Pendleton:
Two dozen ambulance pillows;
three dozen comfort bags, two thou
sand surgical dressings. one hundred
and fifty full suits pajamas or three
hundred garments in all, seven doz-
en- sweaters.
Mrs. StrOhm has had charge of the
preparation of surgical dressings and
the successful handling of this part of
the Red Cross work is quite feat in
itself, as Hermiston is the first aux