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î f , y t a . SIlK itM A N COUNTY JOU HNAL, MORO, OREGON Icy Weather A. A. Jtogers, Makes Work On Phone Wires state superin tendent o f banks, recently a p pointed iby the board of control Wt* here T hursday to check on th e situ atio n here in connection w ith banks being liquidated un der his charge. FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1040 Pocket Submarine May Be Powerful Jap Sea Th PAGE T H U S reat Checks Now Available For A ged Who Qualify Under Security A ct Monthly ¡benefits to aged work- salaries and ,the employer pay« ers and to survivors of w orkers an equal amount, who die will be made a f te r J a n Persons entitled to these m onth u ary 1 under th e provisions o f the ly paym ents include: fe d e ra l social sec u rity a c t as O ) W orkers of ag e 66 o r m ore FSA Offers Grants A crew of local men were busy the first of -the w iek knocking*!he ice off th e telephone w ires 'between !Moro and G rass Valley. They w orked long fio u r^ a ltern ately loosening and ducking ice and then aid for Sherm an county farm fam w ire suddenly out of a jib Wed ilies whose operations are in jeo- nesday m orning becausi the thaw paidy, is available through coun ty F SA offices in the Hall building of th e n ig h t before had cleaned I I Hood River, rep o rts M. A. S tout, the wires. .. supervisor. O perators on Dewey Thompson is now check- fam ily sized farm s whose liveli- ing farm stored w heat. This is hood is threatened by lack of ade- To Needy Farmers a necessary procedure every tb n e m onths as long as the federal Joan ta in effect. E arl Thompson will be here F ro day to check on crop insurance in this county. H arold (Dubch) B clshie return» quate credit facilities or x. m 'b sjn r some of the ice th a t her- alaed the new year here, Ju d g e C arl Hendrick* wax here . W ednesday from Fossil Jo hear a rg u m e n ts on a motion by F rank Dick, re p resen tin g Mrs. Gladys M orrison, ask in g for support mon- Phtj, the divorce proceedings pre heard. The rnpljon w ai allow & ?.. aimUar papaes are eligible fop FSA a s • s ’stan c;. c ~ . Sufficient funds have been allo t ted to this d istric t to provide for estim ated needs of all handicapped fa n « fam ilies tbroysrb ed over th e holidays from B rem er ting goods, livestock, feed an(f oo- ton, W ashington w here he is now operative loans, as well as d ib . statio n ed as a.„ saHor in Uncle ' adjustm ent and supervisory ser- S am ’a navy, a job th at Dutch re-1 v> , c*s * C ooperative farm and home p o rts he likes very well indeed, j p ’Pns stre ssin g business like man- Jva pnd Pollie Belshei of Portland, agem ent and production of home Wtrji also bnm* fQr the holidays food needs is the basis cf each w ith th eir p aren ts, Mr, and. hfrg. reh;. ;ilitatio n loan. F urpjers expecting to request J tJ b e rt Belshee, aid for next y e a r’s operation are A deal ■ was made last week asked, to file applications as soon whereby B arnum of The as possible so plans can be com D allas became the p^ynef pf tip. pleted this w inter and facilities brick building occupied by the made avaijubje li|f oom mg bank, R uggles confectionery and crop season. W here em ergencies Dr. F oley’s office on the first floor. exist, subsistence g ra n ts can bo H, E- E ndicott w as down from made to d e stitu te farm fam ilies and m ad e' thc sale t o i f t “m drouth areas o r resident fam Mr. Barnwro, ¡lies eligible for rehabilitation. M».. «/?d Mrs. J. McKean •pent New Y ears a t Sea.side, tfcqs «È9S? am ended a t the la s t re g u la r ses sion of Congress. T he L a Grandie office o f th e fe d e ra l social secu rity board will receive app licatio n s fo r these (ben efits from eligible persons in S h er m an , G rant, W allowa, Union U m atilla, M orrow, W herier, Gil liam , H arney and M aheur counities according to an announcem ent by John F. R ichardson, La G rande m an ag e r. T hese m onthly 'benefits, R ich ardson explains, will be based en- tiie ly on work perfo rm ed since J a n u a ry 1, 1937 a t jobs covered by th e social secu rity act. All liner o f com m ercial and in dustrial em ploym ent are u nder the law W o rk ers in th ese jabs pay a tax of one p er cent o f th e ir w ages and iÓdtLtéÀ .....k t e N According; to reports reaching London from To by a. the lananM u. « „ .it ». . -----------~ :— 7 finally has put an oft-reported three- co», or $5:500 each. The craft, d c p l c ^ “ T I r L ., fro d n o .lo . a. . «nbmarlnc is 000 feet in length, Us displacement to 10« to n s' c o m n . r . i ti ’ avcra»e modern that the new boat can . u t m « t 0 to an alm ost uobel£v“ i le £ £ V , K Is reported • > Cal onp torpedu ha. a potential nuisance value of millions of dollars. ’ °° ,e e *' ’ * e ,,r l ” '" p e ie m an su b m a rin e into m ass production. Disnatohes sav the hnat« *.» x Battles Machine Kent Rebekahs Wa$co Teachers Ivan C lark an d M r. and Mr». U . | M i « N ora G rady a rriv ed here k H ^ k h ^ y 'o f OM tlw iilX ra'F i X d d a in’andr h° m* 'in n,tale Mo"- Return Home M a tu n o , W hite Plan Parties a ‘ E ^H u ' ^ _ Wheaitlaml Rebekah Lodge a t K in t held an in terestin g m eeting T h u rsd ay night. P lans were made fo r in stallation <jf officers /to. be held J a n u a ry 4. Also it was reported th a t th e third public ” 600” card p arty in the series would be held on S a t urday night, J a n u a ry the 6th, w ith ' Olli« H elyer actin g as chairm an, of the com m ittee in charge. Again; No School M rs. Weld left w ith her ’son to R o b ert B J k n a p took hi» ear and Dark Victory who choose to re tire and w ho have w orked in a t least six calendar q u a rte r» §ince J a n u a ry 1, 1937 and earned a t leakt $60 each q u a rte r. (2) The su rv iv in g widow an d children o f a w o rk er who dies a f t e r ’ Decem ber 31 if th e re b a child under a g e 16 or u nder 18 in school. The deceased w o rk er m u st also have had the six q u a rte rs of em ploym ent stated above. (3) -Surviving p aren ts who w ere wholly dependent on an u n m arried san or d a u g h te r m ay receive bene fits when each p a re n t a tta in s 66. T he deceased w orker m ust have b<en fu lly insured under the law a t tim e of death. Booklets explaining th e old-age and survivors benefits plan o f the social sec u rity a c t,m a y be o b tain ed w ith o u t charge' by addressing the social-security board, 201 Foley B unlding, l a Grande. hira Mr. and Mrs. >Rav Bel hr.r hi a ( dinner g u ists a t the Owen B ar- twçommodated the Wasco school fam ily in P o rtlan d . . n e tt home Sunday. teachers when th e y left fo fo r r the the , J e *Sie for P w t- I Olive and John Robinson were hoHday.- B elknap and Miss Beryl Icnd w ^ere she will re- hosts Sunday to , Mr. and Mrs Shi ets visited a t the B elknap home C<?‘VC rnedlt'al atte n tio n , i Vernon Van Gilder and B arb ara a t Blue Lake. W ayne B urt stop- M rs. W, B Rice returned from Hines. Mr. and Mrs. Claude H ta rin g p d a t N ew berg, Miss B um s an d a iPomfiS stay in a hospital, Mtas A ckerson a t P o itlan d , Ml»» Mr. and Mrs. Roy Belshee were g u ests on New Y ears day at F rances GorsJinu spent the holi »pent New Y ia rs Day with Mrs. the home of IMr. and Mrs. W eslev " days ip Independence and , Por/t- Maud A kers and Mrs. G. T. A n Wilde. ed by the judge, Bill Reid, son of Mr. and Mrs. Und. G ran t Bo-ice accom panied drew s a t the A kers home. Illness from severe colds, pop W illiam Reid, and Jessie Conlee, Belknap as fa r as G resham where Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Gvrvais and ularly called the flu, has increased d au g h ter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard he visited Rev. and Mrs. G ilbert d au g h ter, F ran ces b a rlin e , left d tirn g the p a st week and nearly Carey and children. T eachers who fo r th eir home In P rineville last Ccnlee of Moro were m arried in everyone has it or has had it by P o rtlan d S atu rd ay . retu rn ed for work Tuesday, th . 2nd M onday, now. T here are m any vacant T he w eather record a t W asco fuund th a t school had been pest- iMr. and Mrs. Louis Scholl shows a total of .34 in ch is of m ois •re ts in the school rooms because por.ed for an o th er week becayss. uf m otored to The D a lles Sunday to tu re fo r Septem ber, O ctober and Pf iljnesa apd several business the epidemic uf pvhta. see th e ir son* in law and d au g h ter, November. December b ro u g h t 1.75 m en have b®-w kept >t h<>IT}e a Mr, and Mrs. Jean J o y a l’ are Mr. and Mrs. George KnehiL few day* because of cold and inches to m ake the crop y e a r total p aren ts of a baby boy born in The m uscle soreness th a t usually ac Mr. and Mrs. Fred F o rtn e r left 2.09. So fa r in J a n u a ry .30 inch Dalles a m inuL a fte r m idnight com panies it. for P o rtlan d W ednesday where Mr. bar. fallen. M axim um te m p eratu re New Y ears ¡Day. - — ---- F o rtn v r has ren ted an a p a rtm en t. has been 62 and the m inim um 19 J . W. Boone, brother in law of At The Dalles New Years day T heir d-aughtir, W inifred and hus- degrees. Mrs. E lizab eth Scheffer, died in j t Rev,. C unningham Portland T h ursday m orning and Biin 1 s irv e b'rGi. M iss Lillian Hi.’l wedding cerem ony P erforjned the band, Mr. Van Doren accom panied of Miss Doro- th im a fte r spending spending several soveral d«v< days - M rs, ijchaefy$r Ifft im m ediately for man of New York saw a lifetim ? tby Dawdle of The Dalles and1 Vern here. A re cru it w earing size 14 shoes th a t aity to accttihpany the Vvdp to am bition realized Feccn|)> when she enlisted in the arm y . One day the D utton, Klondike. IMrs. Dutton is Pnnevilk- where burial will be was given a specially written par» Harold and E arl D utton sp en t in a new Guild Theater play, “The the d au g h ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jak e the wvok end v isitin g th eir p a r- officer m issed him. made. Officer. “ Has anyone seen th a t F la tt of F riend. A fte r the wed The M issionary society will meet World Wc M ake.” rn ta, Mr. and Mrs. H a rley D utton. r e c ru it? ” , ding cerem ony a reception was n i> t W ednesday, Ja n u a ry 10, at Mr. and Mrs< Law rence (Boots Voice from R ear: “ Yes, sir, he held a t the home of b rid i’s the home of Mrs. E. H. Moore. A of Lebanon were visitors a t the hxl has gone to the cro ss-ro ad s to giardm otfoer. Mr. and Mrs. Law- C°Verrd dish d in n e r will be served. D utton home Sunday. tu rn aro u n d .’’ Kllve Boot» attended the wedding Members are requested to bring Mi- and Mi's. R alph Crum vis- from Lebanon. th eir own aew lng. • „ itfd recently in A rlington w ith College stu d en ts re tu rn in g to S tu d en ts a t the various schools L ttle Johnny and hta s iste r had Mrs. C rum ’s p aren ts, Mr. and M rs, Moro Com m unity P resb resbyterian y terian th eir classes a fte r th holidays of th . s ta te left early this week been sen t to bed an hour before S h n ^ h ' _Sun.<iay'„ J ’ nu? ry 7’ 1940' w er<’ C atherine U ichelderfer, MiHs E. C. S trah an . but were still aw ake. to resum e th eir classes afte r • tOO . Sunday School coUeg e . _____ David _______ R ichelderfer, Jan G u s ertrude H ansen re tu rn ed , Miss spending the past ten days with “ I think th e re ’s om pany down 11 00 - M orning W orship - Infor- Sto»«n Qr,,i Philip O’M ___ Steven and eara, C ath- home from The Dalles Tuesday a ta ic ^ ’,’ sa id E thel, “ I ju s t h eard p a re n ts and friends. null sendee of song and praise. e rjne Fridley* M arg aret McDer- i cvenip* being em ployed M ummy laugh a t D addy’s joke. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Braum and Communion service postponed mid, G ertrude C annell, Ted an d 1 thvrt* as hea«ty operator. Jlu ssel H uelet spent C hristm as at one week. J ih n P roudfoot and Phil Andrew«. M i. and Mrs. Dick Johnson are thv Prvn! Thom pson home. Mrs D etroit N ew s: E v ery w d l re g u 7:00 - Young people will m eet. Jdr. and M rs. H a rry Dean Proud- home from E ugene a f te r stay in g Braum and Mr. H uelet are sister The r g u ia r m onthly m eeting of foot of Hood River spent five d-ays ' several weeks. They had p k n n d lated household should have one and b ro th e r of Mrs. Thompson. the M issionary Society will be held her? a t the home of his paren ts, 1 to s ta -v longer but M rs, K atherine m em ber who can w rap a< C hrist New Y ears eve w as ra th e r a t-th e home of.M r. and Mrs. E. H. Mr. and M r s .H . D. Proudfoot. ¡Jo h n so n is not well, so they re- mas parcel th a t w on’t arriv e quiet tim e in Moro despite the looking a s if Mr. F a rle y had s a t Moore next W ednesday, J a n u a ry Mr. and Mrs. M urray W alker ' tu rre d to be wUh her. record of the date fo r noise mak on it personally. M rs- W i,liam C lo th i.r ing. A few p arties sufficied to 10. It will be an all day m eeting' re tu rn .d to th eir home a t E p h ra ta 1 M r’ with covered dish dinner a t noon. W n„ a fte r spending ten days ’ w m t u r n e r hosts Now Y ears eve keep celebrants up until the,m agic m oth oth- ' t0 ^ r ' and M u rraV’ "W alker stroke of twelve and o t h r s just The choir will m e .t as usual on visiting with Mrs. W alk er’s m of E p h ra ta , Wn„ Mrs. Belle Cloth er, Mrs. A ugusta tfuokin. «tyyed UP to let out a fe \/ yip W ednesday evening a t 7:30. H enry G. H anson, P astor. itr, M rs. A u gusta H uckin and Mr. )nto the n |g h t «1* in welcome to Pei¿ons from out of town a tte n d and Mrs. Diebert Johnson. the new y ear, which, so far, ha; ing th e fu n eral of E rnie Weld »First B aptist Church, G rass N yal G rady retu rn ed to P en m adt little ih a n g . around here. T uesday included Ray Weld of Mr. and M is. A. M. H untley Valley, Ore., Sunday, Ja n . 7, 1940 P ortland, a •brother; Mrs. B ertha dleton W ednesday follow ing a hobo p aren ts of Mrs. Collis Moore, were 10:00 a. ni. - Bible School; J. S. H aiL y of F orest Grove, a siste r; weeks stay with his paren ts. h ire over new y ears to visit their F ritts, S uperintendent. 11:00 a. m. - M orning W orship, d a u g h te r and fam ily. Mr. and Mrs. H arold Ginn and “/Another Gospel vs. the Gospel M a rg a re t Caldwell were in P o rt ot' R evelation,” a study in Gala- BIG tions. land a p a rt of C hristm as week. See w h at prices may be found in Moro fo r eve«yday grocery item s. QJen C ojey, m anager of thi 6:30 p. m. - IB.Y.P.U., with the FRUIT GROW ER Specials for FRID A Y & SA TU R D A Y jNieu fo r t)|e Pacific Power & Light Stew ardship iCcmimission in ch aig e - com pany was here T hursday fr,yi 7:30 p. m. - E vening Service. Tender, F n s h The Dalles. 7:30 p. m. T hursday - P ray er and |1 lb. Cello plug Rain fell W ednesday night to a Bible study a t the parsonage. L ast depth of .33 inch a t the station Sunday evening a fte r services as S p e rry ’s giving the new year a good s ta rt usual a t the church, the co n g reg a larg e 3 lb p k g on the m oisture deficiency of the tion adjourned to th e parsonage year ju«t past, A fotal o f .62 whir-e quiet gam es w ere played jpeh h«s coma sine® 1940 began. and refresh m en ts w ere served. - * • c Cleo M- B arnum was down over During the elos-ing hours of the the New Y ears holiday from Bend Old Y ear a very p re tty candle w here he is now farm ing. ight service was presented. This M rs. N. E. F erbrache, of P o rt concluded at one m inute past mid land, was here last week looking night when “ A H appy New Y e ar” 4 9 lb . bag* ¡A rm o u r's hall or w h o le : P ic k s ¡ W h it e River a f te r business affairs here and a: was wished by all present, C ra s s Valley. She form erly lived a t G rass Valley back in 1901. "CATERPILLAR” Wasco M ethodist C hurch: Sun- ay School a t 10 a. m, i * ’ ................. ................. * ....................................... We tak e this m eans of giving M orning W orship a t 11 a. m? DIESEL Snowflakes our slnere th an k s to those kind Epworth League a t 8:30 p. m. 2 lb. box friends who gave and offered their There will be no pot luck dinner a t G. E. Hogan, Forem an, The Seg- aid and sy m p ath y a t the tim e of the church nyxt Sunday, due to j reflation C o rp o ra tio n ,’ Y akim a Red & W hite the fu n eral of our m other, Mrs. the flu epidemic. The p«»tor will W ash., says: 2à size tin s Ruby Petty«. preach a t the G rass Valley M eth- | “ Before b u y in g we tried out fo u r Glenn F airchild and family Solad dressing odist, church on Sunday afternoon 1 o th e r tra c to rs. T heir best per- •t Mrs. Emma Ja n ttn e r q u a rt ja rs al 2:3°- iform ance was 22 gallons of gaso- F. L. Cannell, P a sto r 1 line in 10 hours of disking. TiHamook “ We felt th a t the ‘C a te rp illa r’ D2 2 lb. loaf Moro C hristian Science Society. T ra c to r .b e a t a n y th in g , we tried Sirndijy School a t 10:00 o’clock and its record to d ate show s we A & H B rand ,FO R S A L E : R egistered Shorthorn Church service jjegins a t 11 a. m. were lig h t. 1 lb. pkg I ^ b u ll, com ing th re e years old. -u 'jc c t ‘‘God.’’ W ednesday eve- Porters Frillets " ’ »Carl M. M elzer, Moro, 8 pd ng m eeting a t eight o ’clock. The 1 lb. Cello pkg Reading Rocm is in the re a r of the FOR S A L E : 35 ton« w heat hay hurch building, with an atte n d a n t P u re Cane H. B. Belshee, Moro. on W ednesday evening. The pub 10 lb. bag FOR S A L E : House in G rass Val lic is cordially invited to all »er John Deere Caterpillar ices and to make use of the ley, th ree Jots, Call a t Journal r 9-11 pd reading „room. ' office. oiyW iES T. Lester Jekason uwm WAaoo 3 i- Luuta Star-Time«: What a w orld- About the tim e you pay .your debts, draw up a strict bud get, and g et lined up to save some m oney, your neighbors haul off and buy a new autom obile.' . -;:r . 4 ^ -•J»« Stale Sen. James A. Noe of Louisi ana, close friend and aide to* (he late Huey Long, and now a candi date for governor, has promised to Home Electric Light System break up the political machine founded by the “ Klngfish.” Noe 60 cents per y ear o p eratin g cost 3 y ear P aym ent Plan broke with the other “heirs” follow ing Long's death and is given F ree E stim ates W ithout O bligation • * • credit for instigating and leading the present graft investigation in the LADIES— T ry new a r t self w ring- state. ihg mop, also D EX TER TW IN W ASHER, w ritë or phone John M. DeMoss, Dealer CH IR O PR A CTIC PH Y SIC IA N S Res. DeMoss S prgs. Dr. H. H. P irra to n , C h iro p rac ’Moro, Ore. tic P h y sic ian of Chicago, 16 years exjierience. Painless non surgical rem oval o f tonsils, vericose veins, foot troubles, sinus, colitis, scia tica, a r th r itis etc., F irs t N ational Bank Bldg. Phone 101. The Dalle«, Oregon. EASY W E R I N MAfiKET SAFE Groceries— M eats— Fresh w r in g e r ro ll«. your old washer as Fruits and Vegetables in payment. Phone Season PalfQMgc AeradaM HAMPTON FURNITURE The Dalles, Ore. Conlee’s Grocery : M a rsh m a llo w sJ 12c (P a n ca k e F lou ~ - r ■ i S yru p ¡£4.™’ pt. ju gs, 2 1 c [' flour '"] [ bacon ] 21c lb. ¡C rackers ■ iK raut ?. i M iracle W h ip Want Ads _ O ’MEARA S u p p ly & Im p. C o For a few centj a week You can tell Sherman Countians i** what you have to je ll, the price, thc quality and the other features that make it ~ a . a desirable purchase 3 cans, (Soda 2 pkgs. :Egg N o o d le s 21c S u gar D a te s, C lea n p itted , 2 Iks 161 for trial AIR CONDtTIQNKD COLD STORAGE L O C U M Y mt N ew rubber It*s cheaper than talking ) o -