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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1935)
uagk TUE SHEKMAN COUNTY JOURNAL. MOHO, OKEGON FRIDAY. DECEMBER 20, 1935 MUH' Grass Valley Oregort ..Champion Will Have New Curbs Soon Grass Valley Teams Win Trom Moro By Janet Wileox Teachers Leaving For Xmas Vacation; Rowe To Speak , After a conference with F. B. chief engineer of this area för WPA, Mayor Shepard announ ced Tuesday that a project for new’ curbing would in all liklihood be approved so that work could begin within 30 days. The state has already started paving opera tions on the unfinished portion of the main street and the curbs will be put in WPA labor immediately after the final approval of the job at headquarters. The Oregon state championshls Jess Barnett is reported to be •n the 4-H Club Food Preparation actually at work again after his Contest was won by 15-year-oM severe illness and operation of last I Eunice Anderson of Eugene, fall and he is feeling better than which makes her a delegate te iDt 4-H Club Congress in Chi« ever. scheduled for the week of George Wilcox was in Portland «w. 13 to Dec. 7. MI sj Anderson, who is shown and Newberg the first of last week with Mrs. Wilcox and he made a «bove, has completed seven years trip to Gilliam county Tuesday on »f 4-H Club work, four in can ting, three In cooking, two I d business matters. \«ahh and one in marketing. Tom Alley came up from Port Tu’.s year she baked 292 loaves land Tuesday for another of his *4 biead and 48 dozen rolls, can- frequent visits with friends and ■>-d 148 pints of farm products relatives here. Tom likes a dry • id served 121 meals. She has i ^calved numerous prizes. climate, it seems. IMr. and Mrs. Art Bibby were in Portland Wednesday and Thur- sday of this week on a short business trip. I will be in Grass Valley Mon- ' day 23rd and Friday 27th and in Moro, Tuesday 24th and Saturday 28th for Christmas week. The same week days for New Years’ week. Arnold Landry. On Dec. 9th the ladies of t'ne Mr. and Mrs. Tom Garrett went to Portland Thursday morning, to American Legion Auxiliary met appear before the planning board at the home of Mrs. Pluemke to in behalf of the retention of the make toys for child welfare for CCC camp at Moro. Christmas. All ladies of the corn Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Stradici’ munity were invited to spend the were here last W’eek end from afternoon with us in honor of Mrs Portland. Mrs. Fred Stradley ac- Vie Haynes who left Tuesday for companied them home for a short Philomath to make her home. All visit. _ I joined in toy making and at the J Miss Lois Reedy and Miss Ei- close of the meeting we nad nine leen Hickson are leaving after the stuffed toys, eight dressed dolls school day Friday for Portland three doll wardrobes and two bean from where Miss Reedy will go on bags ready to ship to Portland. Refreshments were served by to Medford for Christmas. ____ the hostess. Clifford Rov<e and Harold Hugh On Dec. 12 members of the Leg es will leave the last of the week for Portland where both will at ion and Auxiliary were entertain tend the teacher’s convention dur ed with cards at the home of Mr. ing Christmas week. Mr. Rowe is and Mrs. Wm. Guyton. Seventeen to speak on the ‘‘Correlation of were present. Mr. and Mrs. Wily English in Smaller Hig*h Schools” Knighten won first prize for high score and Cassie Holmes and Ted on the program. Lester Barnum and Myrtel Da von Borstel consolation prizes. A vis were here Sunday visiting with delicious supper of chicken pie, and coffee was served. friends. apple pie with whipped cream “Does your wife believe all you Plans 'have been completed fpr a tell her?” card party on Dec. 21 and for a “Does she? Why, she believes chicken pie supper for the Legion lots of things I’d never dream of Tenth annual dance New Year’s tailing her.” on Dec. 31. Our next meeting will be a joint “Dere goes dat slatternly Mandy meeting with the Legion Dec. 26. Jackson wid her ten pickaninnies. She sho do look repugnant.” Read the ads in the Journal "Lan sakes! Again?” Kent Auxiliary Sews For Child Welfare Work In two hard fought games Fri- day night Grass Valley began its basketball schedule by triumphing over Moro. The girl’s game was especially interesting and exciting as the two teams were so evenly matched. The final score in this game was 12 to 11. The line up was as follows: Janet WWcox, Cora Bayer Ruby Fairchild, Louise Roth, Marjory Blake and Fran ces Fairchild. The substitutes used were Kathryn Burton and Thelma Fortner. Several tijnes during the game the score was tied. The final score in the boys game was 33 to 8. The same line up was used as in the JJufur gaipe. The substitutes were Billy Alsup, Clarence - Yonug, Frank Bayer, Guy Vintin WilTard Rolfe and Max Van Ausdal. Preceding the girl’s game the ‘G’ men gave a marching stunt. At the half of the game a group of six boys put on an amateur band act. all but one played some instrument to the tune of “On Grass Valley”. During the half of the boys game the girl’s league, dressed in uniform costume, formed a large “M” and then gave a yell for Moro. They marched out of the “M” forming into a ”G” and then sang “On Grass Valley.” This was con cluded by a peppy serpentine. Both the Boys’ and the Girls* Basketball teams will play Mau pin in the Grass Valley gym Wed nesday evening. This will be the first game the girls have ever played with a team from another county, therefore they are looking forward to it with a great deal of pleasure. After the games the Girls’ feague and “G” men will servo refreshments to the visiting teams. The Town team will play the CCC Basketball team Thursday evening. ' ’ The Mermaid tavern held a meeting at the home of Janet Wil cox Tuesday evening. Each mem ber present contributed some of his or her original compositions. These could take any literary form and be written about any subject. The Christmas program, spon sored' by the-Grade school -will be presented Friday/ Dec. '20. This will eottsist^bf an Operetta by the first four graded, and a Christ mas play by the upper grades. For added entertainment the Grass Valley band will make its first public appearance of the school year by playing several selections. The Rhythm Makers will lend their talents to the affair by sing ing between acts. And of course there will be the usual climax to the evening when dear old Santa Claus arrives amid the clatter of hell* .agd joyouf, whooping of ar dent followers, ; TrOMNLi wgiber 357, the Boy Scouts sgf 3 Grass Valley, 'held a regular nguaeiing Monday night, December 16, az the High school. Scoutmaster Rowe and Assistant Ruggles called a meeting to order with sixteen boys present. Jack Gervais, chairman of the local committp^, was present and in formed the troop of the fact that the city council had given the scouts the use of the old city hall. The remainder of the evening was spent ih. completing the Tender-1 foot examinations. Following the regular ifieeling, a special meet ing of the patrol leaders and as sistants was held- ’ The following boys passed the Tenderfoot examination: Marcus Eslinger, John Roth, Jean Rey nolds, Bill Roth, and James Blagg. Teacher: “Now if I lay three eggs here and five eggs here, how many eggs will I have?” “I don’t think you can do it.” “Faith, Mrs. Casey, you’re a woman of wide perception.” “Sure ’tis me own figure and 1’1! not have ye makin’ remarks.” sue platèa over the counter. The went in search * of other news, peak of the license demand ia not Later—-much later In fact—ao the expected until after Chriatmae. prM, ^„„ntatlves were aftor- « * * 1 ward, informed, the committee Oregon firms will receive all emerged from their hiding prep state business in the future unless they try to gang up and profiteer, ared to reveal the secrets of their the board of control decreed this session to a waiting world. But week in meeting a complaint filed there were no reporters around to The announcement by the Ar- by Oregon stationers agninst al record the story which is still gentine National Grain Regulat legedly unfair competition on the unpublished. of out-of-state firms who use ing board of it’s authorization to part Oregon as a dumping ground for Two more young Democrats purchase wheat from farmers ai surplus stocks. '’ California and were rewarded by state jobs this 10 pesos per quintal, equivalent in Wa^Wngton have for years refus- past week. Alton J. Basset of United States money at current: ed to buy state supplies from out- Portland became secretary to the rates of exchange to 89 3-8 cents of-state firms, it is understood state capitol reconstruction com pe? bushel, was the outstanding here. ; While firms from these ad- mission and William Hedland, also feature in the wheat situation dur-1 joining states have been invading of Portland, became assistant sup ing the week. The new price rep Oregon with cut-price bids for ervisor of the liquor control com reseats an advance of about 38 state business, firms from this mission. In Hedland's case .the _.T 1935 ........ r---- ________ _________ _____ state have been afout out ____ from new job represents a promotion, cents over the buying price and resulted in gains on Dec. ?3 crossing the state line to compete Hedlund is a son of the Portland of nearly 20 cents per bushel in with firms of the neighboring postmaster. Buenos Aires wheat quotations. states: The state highway department The 'higher minimum prices for owns 789 pieces of • motorized Argentine wheat reflect princip- ‘If you failed to read anything equipment. In the list for which ally the unfavorable outlook, for about the newly organised state application was made for ‘exempt’ the new crop and prospects of flax board in your'favorite newa- license plates la . included 417 relatively small supplies for ex-1 pgper. blame it on the capi tot re trucks. 172 passenger cars,, 89 port in the southern hemisphere porters. The board met all right tractors, 94 trailers, 8 air com this season. Estimates of the 1936 ( but there was no report of the ses- pressors, one pile driver, one mud Argentine crop have been lower- gion simply because when the jack and seven snow plows. ( *. ed and the United States agricul- board got ready to talk to the news; turai' Attache has cabled forecasts men the capitol correspondents- Beware of “Botanical Gardens of from 140,000.000 to 154,000.000 were busy staging a small sized of St. Louis” and their bulb offer. bushels indicating an exportable revolt against the increasing ten- This is the warning received by surplus of around 60,000.000 bus. dency toward executive sessions Governor Martin for state wide Harvesting returns in Australia and censored news hand-outs on dissemination from the Better are showing considerable irregul- j the part of state boards and com- Bisiness bureau of St. Louis. The arity and shippers have become • missions. bulb offer of this firm was charac firm holders during recent weeks.! When the flax board went into terized by the bureau as “a nation Australia is reported to have fix- session it closed the doors on the wide swindle.” ' . < ed the price of Wheat for domestic press and public. , The press rep consumption at 92 7-8 cents free resentatives on the capito! assign ........... ■■■ ■■ on rail and seaboard to be finan ment should be accustomed to such ced by the temporary re-imposi- treatment by now, but they aré UPDEGR AFF & PEPPER tion of the flour tax to be paid not. They stood around on one foot for a while, and then shifted into an equalization fund. Attorneys At Law ’ to the other for the sake of im partiality. After an hour of STATEHOUSE GOSSIP watchful waiting they (the repor Moro, Oregon ters) gave up the vigil outside the Continued from page one. portals of the committee room and of State Snell. Two new branch offices have been established for the convenience of motorists, one at Eugene and the other at Ore gon City. 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