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HISTORY
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
OUT OF THE PAST
75 years ago
Kimberly sheepherder with 9th Air Force
promoted to Staff Sergeant
George O. Manuell, son of Mrs. Minni Manu-
ell, Route 1, Woodville, Wisconsin, a crew chief
in a widely known P-47 Thunderbolt group of the
Ninth Air Force in Germany, has been promoted
to the rank of Staff Sergeant.
Staff Sergeant Manuell has served overseas
more than thirty months in North Africa, Sicily,
Italy, Corsica, France and Germany. His group
has been cited five times by the War Department
and has participated in eight major campaigns
in the Mediterranean and European theaters of
operation.
The group was the first tactical unit of the
First Tactical Air Force to operate east of the
Rhine and at the time of the German capitula-
tion was operating from a base deep in Germany.
Staff Sergeant Manuell was a sheepherder
with George W. Moore, Kimberly, Oregon,
before entering the service in March 1942.
50 years ago
John Day intersection gets an upgrade
New and larger stoplights at the John Day
crossroads of highway 26 and 395 will mean
improved visibility for drivers and less chance
of unintentional “red light running,” a hazard to
pedestrians and other drivers alike. State High-
way Department crews put up the signals last
week, then came back Monday to readjust the
lights so beams were aimed directly into the driv-
er’s lanes at all four corner stops after business
and apartment dwellers in the area complained
the flashing safety device was too bright during
night hours.
Eagle file photo
From 50 years
ago: Larger
stoplights
were in-
stalled at the
intersection
of highways
395 and 26 in
John Day.
O utlook
SENI
R
Hot enough for
ya? That proves
summer really did
get here! Yeah! The
corn is 18” high,
the sunflowers are
Rose Coombs
approaching 5’ and
the peas have grown
a foot above their 3’ support and have blossoms. Double yeah!
The surprise flower has made seed pods, so I hope to harvest
them before the birds and bugs do. There are blossoms on the
cucumbers too, soooo…
Our takeout and pick-up meal today was so good: pork
chops in cream gravy, mashed potatoes (without the skins
– triple yeah!), pickled beets, a green salad and spice cake.
Helpers were Tom, Pam, Carla, Ginger and Carole. Carlos
and Luann did the home deliveries. Thanks to Laura and
Laura for a great meal. Also, this meal was in memory of Lyle
Marrington, a special friend of head cook Laura. We also want
to thank Valeria Andrews for the donation of a box of chicken
patties. Thank you so much for remembering us.
I got the leftover paint all mixed and applied to the hallway
and restroom ceilings. Then found some more in a different
color and mixed to put on the walls. Ah. I like the color. No,
I LOVE color. Beige and tan and brown and ‘earth tones’
just don’t cut it for me. They are depressing! And I don’t need
anymore of that right now!
Got a quip from a friend: “Giving money and power to
government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage
boys.” Which is why we have a constitution to take care of
such things, right? On a related note, new citizens know more
about our history than those who have gone through the
school system here. Now, what’s wrong with that picture? And
if the USA is such a bad place, why are people dying to get
into it? And that’s the soap box lecture for today.
Back to the continued story on the hook on the restroom
stall door… Asked a few people how to get the ‘unremovable
screws’ out of the door. Oh, there is a special tool to do that
with. Don’t try to find one in Grant County though. Maybe a
saw that cuts metal (the name escapes me right now – ask me
later after I’ve finished this) can be used to just saw the screws
off. Nope. No way to get them. Perhaps vice-grip pliers can
get a good hold and you can turn the screws. Double nope.
At this point, frustration took over, and I grabbed the jig-saw
and just cut the whole screw-holding area out of the top of
the door!!! There. Job completed. Dab some dark brown stain
on it and forget it!
So I enquired of my contractor son why there was such
a screw. It was to keep vandals from removing doors from
public restrooms… Now you know. So when the restroom
was constructed, the contractor just ordered so many door
kits and that’s the screws that came with them. So the next
time you are in a store restroom, check out the screws in the
hinges.
Revelations 3:20 “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If
anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat
with him, and he with Me.”
Yes the center
is
closed to come
John Day
in a set. This is a
Seniors
makeover if we were
there!
Greeters: Lucel and
Dusty Harris
Rickie
Servers: Aliens
from Mars. We’re so glad they could come back for another
day
Door Prizes: 1st Cher won a sack of apples, 2 Sonny won
a Cookie Jar, 3 Toby won a child’s guitar. A Big thank for
coming out today.
July 20
Lasagna with meat sauce, Green Salad, Bread Stix, Brownie
Cheesecake bars.
July 23
Sweet & sour Ham and Rice, Egg rolls, Fortune cookies,
Lemon Salad Dessert Sponsored by Susan Howard, In
memory of William Chootate
July 27
Chicken Fajita, Rice and Beans, Pineapple upside down
cake.
July 30
Beef & Mushroom Hand Pie, French Fries, Pea Salad with
Vinaigrette, German Chocolate Cake
We want to thank you all for ordering your lunches through
us, Shay says it has doubled, we want to let you know how
much we all appreciate your remembering us.
Stay safe.
Prairie City
Seniors
Our cooks Terry
Cade and Carrie
Jewell made some
tasty teriyaki
chicken stir fry
Soo Yukawa
with dry noodles
and vegetables, pot
stickers, and cookies for dessert. We thank them ever so
much for helping us have some semblance of our wonderful
Tuesday senior meals. We miss seeing everyone and visiting.
We will never take that for granted again, speaking for myself
here.
Our helpful volunteers were Kristi Guimont and Jan Ensign
who counted the money and filled out all the paperwork.
Bob Cockrell collected and delivered the meals to the waiting
patrons. All this teamwork help make for a smooth operation
in doling out these yummy meals. Thanks to all for their
help!
Rocky Maley’s funeral service was really nice. There were
so many people. We had to park almost by the highway
and walk all the way to the gravesite. Thankfully I was
wearing my cowgirl boots and not some sandals or flip flops
or something. That would have been very bad and my feet
would have been black. I hope Deanna and the kids were
blessed to see that their husband/daddy was very beloved
indeed. Many, many people came to pay their respects and
like I have said before, I wish I had gotten to know Rocky just
a bit more. Well, I guess that will happen on the other side of
this life. I pray that the preaching that his cousin did with the
truth of salvation through Jesus planted many seeds.
Monument
Seniors
I haven’t had a chance to get Jeffrey the mean rooster yet.
Oh, it will happen soon, maybe. He was out again with
some of his girls and I finally found the hole in the netting
where they were escaping. I had to hit him with a stick again
because he tried to attack and spur me. Yes, it is only a matter
of time before his mean days are over and I will have my sweet
revenge of eating him.
I have been picking tons and tons of raspberries. We are
eating a lot of them but also washing, bagging them up, and
freezing them. I will have to make raspberry jam later when it
is a little cooler. I don’t know how they did it in the old days
with a wood cook stove, seriously? Those pioneer folk were
tough! I will have to have some friends come and pick some
because there is way too much for us to eat.
Well, it looks like this week is going to be a scorcher. We
have been very blessed so far to have such a mild summer.
Although, it did wreak havoc on my garden because it was too
cold for the peppers, tomatoes and green beans. I guess the
sun is making up for lost time. My tomato plants are finally
doing well and so are my Armenian cucumbers. They are
looking mighty fine! I shall soon reap the rewards of my labor
in my zucchini plants. Yes! They will be ready in a week.
Galatians 1:20 “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I
live; yet not I , but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now
live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved
me, and gave Himself for me.”
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