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At Whitman Mission Dedication Ceremony IU se of Pea Combines*7-«=rIn Area Is IncreasingWallBoth processors and growers propelled pea combines last of green peas are expanding week in the Frazier field just their uses of pea combines and off the Power Line Hoad on the pea podders in the Blue Moun- Cottonwood Road and has a tain district this year in their new self-propelled pea combine search for economies and great- coming during the weekend that er efficiency in harvesting green he will put in use earlv thisweek. He is believed to be thej ™ r first grower to invest in peaThe Birds Eye Division of the comb£,,sGeneral hoods Corporation will Birds Eve will have three newhave five combines working in seif_pr0peiied combines and onethis district. Tom Copeland ^ p ^ that it used ex-who grows for Birds Eye, will DprimrnUllv ,,peaswho grows ror oircis cap, * perimentallv last year In addi-have three pt* combines, andj*: u will have one of the ne*operf.,fl,\reciSr;?ro^er * - r ™*Sn ation in cooperation with the Walla Walla ( anning Co will manufacturer 0n an experimenTheGiant Co. used several pea combines last year and it isSeveral of the pea--------- ... * ... .. have been assembledpresumed will expand its use immedjate area,of these machines.poddersin th isBoth the self - propelled andPea podders that remove pods tractor-drawn pea combines re-of pea plants then removes the quire that peas be cut by swath-# ... _ it . ^ . 11 A t • ^ Jm I m * * * 1 t _ I . ... _ peas from the pods will be used Prs fjrst and placed in windrows‘he district, too. it The pea podder ' “is understoodpeas, eliminating the swatherCopeland started two tractor-expense.Thi* was part of tha crowd, estimated at 500 to 400 at the Whitman Mission National Historic Sita dedication ceremony Saturday. New Visitor Center is behind the speakers' stand.Mission Site DedicatedPP(Continued from Page One)9 * - afe.J J2 » *25i'V« .man in 1836. was sung by theDuring a 15-year pilgrimage S: Army Band j[am ^ort in the Willamette Valley he con- Lewis provided music, tributed to what are now Pacific! Others seated on the speakersand Willamette Uniw _________introduced p“which survive today in part were jjal Holmes, former con-because of the dedication gressman from ^e Fourthof purpose which he eventually .gave to Whitman College,” said Washington District; Dr. Gif-Dr. Perry. ford M. Drury, Northwest hisEells was invited in the fall of torian. and Charles F Luce, ad- * 1848 to teach at what was then ministrator of the Bonneville know as Oregon Institute at Sa- Power Administration. ilem which later became Wiliam ! Greetings from Gov. Mark Aette University. In 1849 he took Hatfield of Oregon and Gov. |charge of luaiuin /\cnarmy Rnhprt Smvlie of Idaho. Conwhich became Pacific l mver- gresswoman Catherine May of i sity. Eells remained at Forest thp Fourth Washington District ; Grove two vears, then taught in and v s Senat0r Warren G.another school four years. In m a gnu son were read by Supt. 1858 he returned to Tualitin as Kennedy, principal. In 1859 he took a vaca- 'tion trip to Walla Walla to visit * rom Trxa*the old mission site and the Numerous officials of national Great Grave where Dr. and parks and historic sites through-Mrs. Whitman and others were buried.He Bought Site“Feeling very strongly that something should be done to from his Texas station.honor the martyrs, he boughtthe mission site and 640 acresNorthwest in attendance. Among these was Erwin Thompson, former historian of the Whitman Mission.The ribbon in front of the new Visitor Center was clipped by Edward A. Hummel, western regional director of the National Park Service, and Judith Sparkman of Milton Free-water, who is of Cayuse Indian descent. (U-B photos by Liliey)W' -’j\\SystemTo Be TalkedAfter the ribbon cutting bythe regional Historian HummelJ , ll(. . . of land for $1,000 penuriously ,which officially opened the Visi-Conrad L. Wirtn, former head saved over a decade from his (0r Center, refreshments wereschool teacher’s income.” Dr served on the veranda of the Perry continued. “A charter was center by the Marcus Whitman obtained from the Washington Foundation Inc. iTerritorial Legislature in the Estimates 0f attendance at theearly winter of 1859 for whai| dedication ranged around the Cushing Eells chose to • - ■Whitman Seminary.w w w w w w —- w ^ ^ — - F —of the National Park Service, was the principal speaker at the dedication.In tlcomRoailievlt;trictPealastsearIn ParadeSTARBUCK—A special meeting of the city council is called for Monday evening at the city hall. The city planning commission will meet at the same time. Both groups will work together. Many phases of the proposed city water system will be discussed. City Attorney H. N. Woolson of Dayton and Larry Bogar of the Bovay Engineers of Spokane have been asked to attend. The public is urged to join in this meeting.Joe Zink Sr. left Thursday for Northern California. He will visit relatives in Yreka and Et-The “Whirlwinds of WallaWalla” are going to be in500-600LOMission grounds was directed _ “The college-to-be struggled . Deputy sheriff Bud Fix and T.for more than two decades be- tV%n r„ti] Air patrni with ratinePortland’s Rose Festival juni-k’° decades ne- ^jvii Air Patrol with seating became a four-year insti- h:inHlpfi hv Girl Scouts. Fodeor parade next Friday.The “Whirlwinds” includeabout 65 young baton twirlers and drum corps performers who have been trained byCarol Coryell.The Junior Chamber of Commerce has undertaken the role of arranging for their appearance and getting them to Portland, as the only Walla Walla representatives in the Rose Festival parade.handled by Girl Scouts.tution under the later leadership of Alexander J. AndersonEven then its future was not assured for after the glories ofcausRETIRED OFFICER DIESin a Tlcissu.cv, 0-------- WASHINGTON (AP) - Maj .the Penrose era it came close to Gen Charles H. Bonesteel, 79, jT ‘closing its doors during the de- a retired Armv officer, died \closing its doors during the de- a retired Army officer, died # ,pression of the 1930s. It was not while being taken to Walter until a dozen years ago that it Reed Hospital for emergency Hlt; finally rid itself of outside in- treatment Friday. He had suf- *8°-debtedness. ... fered a stroke last month. Gen.! TlNeeded Vision Bonesteel, a 1908 West Point esta“Marcus Whitman and Cush- graduate was the father, son000ing1 Eells had to be men of vi- and grandson of Army officers, ciet; sion and faith to endure theU. 5. Sen. Henry M. Jackson was among the speakers.STRIKE THREAT ENDSna before returning home.Mayor Roy Eaton and mother, Mrs. Nola Eaton, went to Tacoma Thursday for a few days visit at the Carl Swanson home.Dennis, the fifteen year old son of Mrs. Esther Lockard, underwent an emergency appendectomy in the Dayton hospital Wednesday morning.The Mervin DeRuwe family was in Browning, Mont. last week looking after business interests. They have several bands of sheep there on summer pasture.The group will leave in bus and cars at 6 a.m. Friday. The parade is at 1:30 pm. They will remain overnight, taking sleeping bags for a night in a school gymnasium.Installationhardships for a tomorrow they knew they would never see The least we can do as we dedicate this tribute to them is to gainrenewed strength from the knowledge that what we do today will in like fashion undergird someone else’s tomorrow. Our memorial may not be a college on this historic site but itFRISKY AS IT CAN EPORTLAND (AP)—The threatof a strike against major foodstores in the Portland area end-_ .can still be a life. It is in thisTn Fin TVi/m'V spirit that Whitman College iX O D( X l/l If I ldelighted to join the Whitmany ,, — , I Mission National Historic SiteJob s Daugh- jn ^ renewed determination that ters, Bethel No. 44, will install these pioneers shall not haveofficers today at 2 p.m. at the died in vain.”Trade Travel Time is runn Chevrolet dealer’s. This is alHERMISTONchance to get in a wThole summe a beautiful buy like a Chevelle Let us point out some less ob It has curved side windowsTUed Saturday when the 2,300-Darlene Caylor, senior princess;ISTANBUL. Turkey (AP) -Opposition Justice party leaderRagip Gumushpala died Friday Betty Harding, junior princess;member Food and Drug Clerks night after a heart attack. The ^jyrna jackson, guide and Lin-former army general was 67^Masonic Temple. Installed will! The Rev. Emrys P. Thomas,pastor of the First Congrega-be Valerie Hunt, honored queen;looks, but to give you more sho It has those self-cleaningbeneath the doors that resist ruUnion approved a new contract.da Thomas, marshal.Miss Hunt and Patty Meade will represent the Bethel at grand session.The Rev. George Robertson of Palo Alto, Calif , will speak at the Trinity Lutheran Church 11 a.m. worship service and at the youth banquet at 5:30 p.m. Patti Hudemann, president-elect of the Luther League, will be mistress of ceremonies at the banquet. The Rev. Richard Nieman of Milton-Freewater will showthe movie he took at the Luth-oron Rihlo r»amn nnar Tollgafp.tional Church, gave the invocation and the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Hugo Pautler, pastor of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, the benediction. Mrs. Goldie Rehberg, a leader in the movement to have the statue of Dr. Whitmanplaced in Statuary Hall. Washington, D.C., led the pledge of allegiance to the flag.Judith Sparkman of Milton-Freewater, an Indian of Cayuse descent, a freshman student at Oregon State University, laid alarge wreath on the Great Grave of the Whitman massacrevictims.“Yes My Native Land I Love Thee,” a ’hymn sung at the mnrriapp of I)r. and Mrs. Whit-
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Walla Walla Union Bulletin
Walla Walla, Washington, US
Sun, Jun 07, 1964
Page 11
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Rogers M.
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