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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
G RANT C OUNTY SENIORS
John Day
Seniors
Alma Joslin
JOHN DAY — On May
23, we had Shay’s usual yum-
my pizza. It was garlic chicken
pizza served with green salad,
and cotton candy ice cream for
dessert. There were approxi-
mately 26 diners present.
The gals from the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, Darlene Nodine and
Ann Huffman, also delivered
24 lunches plus 20 frozen
meals to shut-ins. Ann led the
lag salute, and Darlene asked
the blessing. They also served
and cleaned up.
Susan Fowle and Billie
Bullard greeted us, and Mar-
ianne Morris sold quilt rafle
tickets.
Veanne Weddle announced
we will have another pie so-
cial on Thursday, June 9. She
thanked everyone who has
been rolling silverware. It is a
real time saver when setting,
as well as being much more
sanitary. She also announced
the fundraiser for the Perei-
ras was a huge success. They
really appreciated all who do-
nated, helped or participated.
Thank you all.
I was the lucky winner of
the Len’s Drug gift certiicate,
and Darlene won the free meal.
On May 26, we had our
Memorial Day lunch. We even
had picnic bags on the tables.
We had deep fried chicken,
which was prepared in our
new deep fryer, baked beans,
red potato salad, biscuits, wa-
termelon and chocolate chip
cookies.
The entree was furnished
by St. Elizabeth Catholic
Church, who were also our
servers. There were approx-
imately 56 diners present,
plus David Turner and Jim
Maple delivered 30 lunches.
Veanne helped with deliveries
and also delivered 30 frozen
meals to shut-ins.
David Pasko and Bonnie
Kocis greeted us, Jim Maple
asked the blessing and Walt
Hall led the lag salute.
Doing the serving and
cleanup were Walt and Agnes
Hall, Jim Maple, David Turn-
er and Jean Madesh.
Veanne announced Lloy-
dene Thomas brought in to-
mato plants for the taking.
Grant Union has closed their
greenhouse for the year and
has more plants to give away.
If you are interested, Veanne
has the phone number.
We have a quilt rafle go-
ing for the quilt hanging on
the north wall. It has been
donated for the Pereira fund.
Tickets are $5 each. Zola Pike
has been injured in an acci-
dent so remember her in your
prayers. May 27 was Francis
Kocis’ birthday.
We had a guest with us for
lunch; Karen Barrietua had
her daughter with her from
Washington, Lisa Simonsen.
Lisa won a special drawing,
Ken Henry won the Chester’s
Thriftway gift certiicate and
Buzz Glass won the Valley
View lunch for two.
On Thursday, June 2, we
will have mushroom chick-
en with mashed potatoes and
birthday cake, and on Mon-
day, June 6, we will have egg
and cheese stuffed potatoes,
cheesy potato casserole and
sausage patties.
Mark 11:25 “And when
you stand praying, if you hold
anything against anyone, for-
give him, so your Father in
Heaven may forgive you your
sins.”
Prairie City
Seniors
Rose Coombs
PRAIRIE CITY — Only
seven months until Christmas. I
was reminded of that when I got
the mail with the needlework
catalog in it. Better get started
on those gifts.
But irst we have Memorial
Day to celebrate. I wonder if the
“young people” of today have
any idea what Memorial Day is
all about. We know it is not just
the irst holiday of summer. My
grandmother was born on May
30 so she got to celebrate two
ways.
Our celebrated cooks, Iva,
Helen and helper, Donna, de-
cided to have a picnic for our
enjoyment. We had grape juice,
green salad, pasta salad, big rolls
to put the pulled pork on and ice
cream with your choice of choc-
olate or caramel topping for des-
sert. Seventy people signed up
to enjoy this meal.
Buzz, Jim and Harold did
the table setting. Buzz, Jim,
Larry, Ken and Tom made the
deliveries. Gary and Marlene
maneuvered the juice and milk
cart. The servers from each table
did a ine job. Give yourselves
a pat on the back. Buzz led the
lag salute, and Jack Retherford
asked the blessing. The tables
were decorated with patriotic
centerpieces of little lags and
blue and red stars.
Ron Dowse won the $5 in
trade donated by Prairie Hard-
ware & Gifts. When I asked for
those who had May birthdays,
Lou Thoemke responded as one
of the three I found. She also
stated that she had never won
anything. So when I had Jim
Hamsher draw, guess whose
number came up? Thanks to
O UT OF THE P AST
Huffman’s Market, she won the
$10 in trade this month.
The food bank made a large
delivery to us. We were able to
dispense and disperse packages
of raisins, spaghetti, noodles,
cranberry jelly and frozen veg-
etables. Thanks so much, Chip.
We came up with a name for
the Blue Mountain Care Cen-
ter group that comes by being
pushed in their wheelchairs:
The BMCC Cruisers. Those
who came down were Dorothy
Blasing and Lois Hill, pushed
by Scott and Jaine. I assume that
the person with Chester Willis
was his son, Chris, because they
could have passed for twins!
Someone once asked my mom
and I if we were sisters. I retort-
ed that if that was the case, one
of us was in bad shape! We had
the pleasure of listening to Jim
Hamsher and Dave Traylor dis-
cuss some of the county’s issues
while eating our lunch. Fasci-
nating!
The people in charge of the
dishwasher purchase have given
up on the company that wanted
to lease us one, and found an-
other that has the same machine
and will be glad to sell it to us.
As we were discussing the situa-
tion it was brought out that “ser-
vice” to the customer is getting
to be a thing of the past.
I read a letter to the editor
from some out-of-town visitors
extolling the helpfulness of peo-
ple they encountered in Grant
County. Everybody give them-
selves a pat on the back for that.
Heads up for an announce-
ment: June 11, as part of the ’62
Days Celebration, a number of
us that did the “Voices from the
Past” presentations last fall will
do them again at the Canyon
City Community Hall at 2 p.m.
that day. See you there!
Psalm 119:149 “Hear my
voice in accordance with your
love; …”
June 1, 1916
Grant County
Journal
100 years ago
May 30, 1941
Blue Mountain Eagle
75 years ago
School Property Sold
The third attempt to
sell the old school build-
ing and grounds was
successful, and at the
special meeting held at
the school house last
Saturday afternoon for
that purpose the sale was
made to the Grant Coun-
ty Mercantile Company,
the consideration being
$1540. The transfer was
made this week, and the
Mercantile Co. now has
possession.
The price on this prop-
erty has been raised each
time that it has been ad-
vertised for sale. The first
bid was $1,025, the sec-
ond between $1,300 and
$1,4000 and at the last
meeting $1,526 was of-
fered. At this time there
was some talk of using
it for a hospital site and
of the city buying it, and
so all of the bids were
again rejected. Now the
sale has been made at the
above mentioned figure,
and there is no longer
any doubting the fact that
those who were opposed
to the sale for any less
figure were right.
The Mercantile Com-
pany is tearing out the
partitions, will put in
a freight elevator and
use the building for a
machinery
warehouse,
building onto it for a
warehouse for heavier
hardware, such as ce-
ment, nails, wire, etc. The
old school yard will prob-
ably be used as a lumber
yard.
I am the farmer
I am the provider for all
mankind. Upon me every
human being constantly de-
pends. A world itself is built
upon my toil, my products,
my honesty.
Because of my industry
America, my country, leads
the world. Her prosperity
is maintained by me, my
good hands, her balance of
my good hands, her balance
of trade springs from fur-
rows of my farm. My reaper
brings food for today, my
plows hold promise for to-
morrow.
In war I am absolute, in
peace I am indispensable —
my country’s surest defense
and constant reliance. I am
the very soul of America,
the hope of the race, the bal-
ance wheel of civilization.
When I prosper, men are
happy; when I fail, all the
world suffers.
I live with nature, walk
in green ields under the
golden sunlight, out in the
great alone, where brain and
brawn and toil supply man-
kind’s primary needs, and I
try to do my humble part to
carry out the great plan of
God.
Even the birds are my
companions, they greet me
with a symphony at the new
day’s dawn and chum with
me until the evening prayer
is said.
If it were not for me,
the treasures of the earth
would remain securely
locked, the granaries would
be useless frames, man
himself would be doomed
speedily to extinction or
decay.
Church Services In Grant County
Redeemer
Lutheran Church
Come Worship with r s at
627 SE Hillcrest, John Day
1 st & 3 rd Sunday Worship
& Communion ...............................10 am
2 nd , 4 th & 5 th Sunday Worship ..........10 am
Wednesday Evening Bible Study.......6 pm
For information: 541-575-2348
Cornerstone
Christian
Fellowship
139 N.E. D AYTON S TREET , J OHN D AY
541-575-2180
Sunday Worship Service
10 am
Pastor Levi Manitsas
cornerstonejohnday@gmail.com
CHURCH OF THE
NAZARENE
Sunday School..............................9:30 am
Sunday Worship Service .............. 10:45 am
Sunday Evening Service................6:00 pm
Children & Teen Activities
SMALL GROUPS CALL FOR MORE INFO
Weekdays: Sonshine Christian School
521 E. Main • John Day • 541-575-1895
wwww.johndaynazarene.com