/ F A M * SBSRMAN COUNTY J OUBNAU Scheduled For ORBGON. FRIDAY. NOVBMBER (, 1,4# t z Grass Valley Death Rate Home 9 Elk A meeting will be held next Saturday at the county courthouse beginning at two o'clock. REA de- vfkpm ent in Sherman county will be the subject discussed and Eric Johnson, superintendent of Wasco county’s REJA, his engineer, a rep­ resentative from the Bonnevilb administration and one from ths REA itself, will be here to tell of tbeii plans for bringing REA fj'ecfcricity to this county. Beautiful Christmas Cards. Miss Vivian Troune. 1.4 Mr. and M % W . A. Ruggles were In St. Helens Saturday to visit with their son, ,Philip and wife. it Merril Oveson was in Corvallis last Friday and Saturday to con­ fer with officials of the state college in connection with the ex­ periment station of which he is superintendent. Mr. and Mrs. Marius Douma re­ - / I »*ext three or four years, paticu- evening was spent playing five- turned late SSnrday « night from , ar,y * armame„t program hundred. a trip that took them from Lan should disrupt the practice of in- iHenry Clements of The Dalles stng delivery . , . , . e“ h »*"• new where car »0 they N mt took York. doSn' on the a 1 , trodu<:lng modebl is here visiting at the home ol i v a Atlantic coast and home by the ; Mr and Mrs. John Hays. Marion Van Metre left Monday morning for Prineville on busi­ • v'- southern route. They have been Kick Up Tunes gone for about a month. ‘U.S.Can Lick Japan* » r neaa Drops repair shops of the nation employ some 200,000 mechanics and 120,- 000 helpers within the draft age, according to a survey just report­ Dell Olds, Earl Olds, ed to the Oregon State Associa­ Eakin, Jack Lewis, Roy tion by the A.A.A. rnd Alfred Kock left Friday for Since there are but an e stim a t­ the Blue Mountains elk hunting. ed 360,000 mechanics and 160,000 They returned Tuesday evening helpers of all ages in the 90,000 with four bull elk and five cow garages and repair shops, the elk. They reported nice weather figures foretoken the possibility while there, but snowing the day of a shortage of trained mechan­ they left. ics when the draft and other phases Roy Hogue, Ralph Balzer, Ed of national defense get under way Graves, Harry Stark and Frank and point to a need for prompt Bayer were visitors in The Dalles institution of mechanic training Sunday evening. programs, the Motor Association Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Newcomb points but. were (business visitors at Arling­ Already, the national defense ton Saturday. program has ’accounted for «the 1 Mrs. IA. F. Balzer and son 'Ralph weaning of some 10,000 mechanics were business visitors in Moro on from the repair shops to the a v is -, Monday. tion and automotive industries, the Mr. and Mrs. A. A. (Dunlap en­ survey indicated. At the ssn»c tertained friends at a dinner party t me, about70 per cent of the Wednesday evening. Those pres­ garages answering the question- ent were Mr. and Mrs. Herman rsire anticipated an increase in Peters, Mr. and Mrs. Eben Kee automobile repair work during the and Mr. and Mrs. Ro yBamet. The Saturday The kTed Paterson. Fred Stradley was a business visitor in The Dalles Monday. I' Mr. and Mrs. O. N. Ruggles had Garage Men Neededin Service Honten B r in g The garages and automobile as dinner guests Sunday his mother, Mrs. Lucy Ruggles and The traffic death rate for the first Mr. and Mrs. Cauthers of Moro, r:ne months of 1940, as expressed Mr. and Mrs. Earl McKinney ano •n the number of persons killed per family of Heppner and Mr. and 100,00^0,000 miles of travel, was Mrs. Willard Barnet and son 10.8, a slight decrease from the Keith. Arch Cantrall has purchased the rate of 11.2 recorded for the same Joe Folda house in the north end period last year, it was announced of town and will move his family today by Earl Snell, secretary of there the last of the week. The Baptist . Mission society state. The lowered death rate is a met a t the home «f Mrs. Sam Stark tribute to the driving care exer­ Wednesday afternoon. cised by Oregon motorists because Mr. and Mrs. • Fred Cox were it indicates that in spite of more visitors in The Dalles Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Kendrick Dunlap travel in Oregon, and the conse­ Miss Virginia Helyer, John Reck- quent greater exposure to accidents p»an, Miss Patricia Cyphers anc tnere was actually a lower percen­ William 'Beck attended the dance tage of tatal accidents, Snell said. Traffic in Oregon,^ as computed at Antelope Saturday night. from gasoline consumption, wa3 Clyde and Doris Stradley and eight percent greater than during C. Durm wuoJ, pilot to Gen. Chi­ Miss Georgia Blaylock were hosts the first nine months of 1939. In ang lla i-s h ;k , says the U. S. can at a Hallowe’en party at the F. L. the face of this increase, the actual lick Jaycn In 93 days. Fnrm wood Stradley home Wednesday eve death toll increased only three per w ill r .ii.r n to China a fte r visiting ring. Games and stunts were the cent, giving the lower death rate his m e tie r in Chicago. sports of the evening, with re­ for the period. freshments »being served later in •During the'month of September thf evening. Thos preent were this year, the traffic death rate was Mr. and Mrr. C. A. Ostreich, Mr. 9.3 as compared to a rate of 13.fi snd Mrs. Ted Ball, Mr. and Mrs. for the corresponding month of Lester Barnum,fcMr. and Mfs. Har­ 1939. There were 26 deaths dur­ old Eakin, Mr. and Mrs. Norris^ ing that month, a decrease of 27 Glikison and Mr. and Mrs. Glen per cent from the toll of 36 for Karnes. — r 7 the corresponding month a year Mr. and Mrs. C. I. Laffoon and ago. Travel during the month of Mrs. H. (A. Sommer were visitors September was five per cent over in Arlington Thursday. that of the same month last year. Miss May -Ellis of Hood River is a guest a t the home of Mr. and Mistress—What’s wrong, Mary? Mrs. Ted Ball. you look worried. Mr. and Mr. Dick Reckman _ I t ’s that there baker, mum. daughter Margaret were ’E’s been an’ gone an’ never come. n The Dalles Saturday. The Grass Valley library w:l! TF7/ y t E n j o y I t ? have the following new books on the shelf Saturday. Frontier by Winpower Needs No Tail Vane Coe; Mystery Omnibus, Eberhart; Therefore More Power at you r ranch Mrs. Miniver, Struther; Four Men Gei Our Prices on New Batteries and a Prayer, Garth; Clear Trail, W H E A T $ 2 p e r t o n 9-21 Plate, Spun Glass, Seltzer; The Family, Fedorova. 10 yr Guarantee —o v e r 2 t o n lo ts-- The bazaar sponsored by the Also Used Delcos G^ass Valley Rebekah lodge was P h o n e 5 2 1 •’ De Moss A Son well attended. Lunches were serv­ L o u is M a y Moro, Ore. Res. DeMoss Springs ed during the day and five hundred Grass V aliev, Oregon was played- a t nine tables during the evening while listening to elec- iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiillillliur,<**w*^**ww*^m^ r* turns. Mra, Art Bibby and Jsimes Matthea held high scores, with low scores going to Mrs. Areh Cantrall And Roy Barnet. Two ladies were sitting at an ness. Mr. and Mrs. Giles French were' Among the shoppers and visi­ in Fossil Saturday night to attend open window. tors in The Dalles Saturday were One was listening to a church a Willkie-McNary rally. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Schilling choir practising across the way. Mr. and Mrtfc Ray* Blake and | and son Robert, Mrs. Maude Gar­ The other was listening to the Mrs. (Bernice Wilt, drove to Hood rett and Children, Daisy and Rob-* River election day to celebrate noise of the crickets. ert, Mrs. Glen Karnes, Mrs. W. J. The first one said, “How loudly the birthdays ef Mrs. Scott Fort- < Davis and son Clyde, Mr. and Mrs. they sing tonight!*' nor, the Blake's daughter and Mrs Atod the other one said: “Yes, Del Eakin and daughter, Emma WiJt, which occurs within a few and they tell me they do it with Jean, Mrs. Kendrick Dunlap, Miss days of each other. Anita Dunlap, Mrs. Don Smith and their hind legs.” The missionary society will meet Miss Patricia Cyphers. at the church auditorium Wednes­ I. V. Kane assisted by Miss Jean day, November 13 at 2 p. m. A Powell and the pupils of the 7th Thanksgiving special service will anc 8th grades, celebrated Hallow­ be held and , an offering taken. e'en with a party at the school FOR SALE: The Catherine John­ Meidames 0 . A. Ramsey, Ida house last Tuesday evening. The son residence in Wasco. Inquire Davis and W. Cauthers will be the six lower grades had their party of T. Lester Johnson, Wasco or leaders. 1-3 cn Thursday afternoon. Moro. Mr. snd Mrs. J. K. McKean were Mr. and Mrs. I£dgar Alley and in Portland Wednesday. FOR SALR: 76 head choice wean- children, John and Barbara, were Paul S t Germain was here on | er and feeder pigs. Price Reas­ visitors in The Dalles Saturday. behalf of the International Har- onable. Bob Blair, Rednmond The grade school volley ball verter company Thursday. Ore. Pd 52-1 team of Kent was defeated by the The annual roll call of the Red I local grade school team on the local Cress will begin next Monday, WANTED: General Repairing. Rea floor Thursday afternoon. Glenn McLochl ilin is home Noverriber 11, according to Mrs. the hospital |n < d able to get ital *m sonable Rates. Write R. D. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Dryden apd Robert Hoskinson who is chairman ; i Lyons, Grass Valley. Box 72. 51- son accompanied by Mrs. Shelton about a iittla/although still not for Sherman county. Local chair-' 1 52-1-2. Fritts and her mother, Mrs. Anne ready for work. Mrs John ^<'-*3 was brought man will be named this week. Scliadewitz, went to The Dalles home from thfihoopital this we?k Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Sparling , - Friday, Mrs. Schadewitz return­ after ¡apendiaf taro weeks, ther? rnd Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Byers re­ ing to her home in The (Dalles, af­ D r y G o o d s , C lo t h in g a n d ns the result Of ah auto accident. turned Monday from s week end ter visiting her daughter, Mrs. Her daughter, Mrs. Fred Hellberg ♦rip to Brush Prairie. Wn., to visis Fritts, for a week. S h o e s to m e e t th e Mr. and Mrs. John Thogerson. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Krusow were rnd daughter are here to help her Mrs. Lewis McKee entertained j business visitors in T h e' Dali ?s mother for a time. n e e d s o f th e a group of friends Monday after- j Moro Community Presbyterian Friday. noon with «bridge being played CnurCh. Sunday, November 10,1940 Mr. Edgar Alley and children, c o m m u n ity during the day. Mrs. E. R. Barxee 10.00 - Sunday School. Classes for John and Barbara, and Mrs. Will GEORGE G. U P D E G R A FF all ages. Chester W. Smith, sup­ ard Barnett and son Keith, were won the prise. ’ D e p e n d a l e , Q u a lit y G r o c e r ie s Elmer Barxee left last week for j erintendent. visitors in The Dalles Wednesday A tto r n e y A t L a w Newport where he will open his 11:00 - Morning Worship. Special Mrs. Tom Alley entertained father’s house and get ready for music furnished by the choir. The members of the Grass Valley the arrival of Mrs. Barxee who will pastor is preaching the second triage club at her home Wednes­ M o ro an d W aaco lesve soon for Newport where they sermon next Sunday morning on day afternoon. Scoring honors ,, T r ;f ^Ttm?ytntxxtnn :mmm ti:n ttnxttntnn u uiu i 1 1 i i n m i mn u i m i r will spend the next month. Mrs. • the general theme, “Sinrs of To­ were held by Mrs. A. F. Balzer for Schaeffer was in Portland this day.” club and Mrs. Dick Huhman for week. The young people will guest with low score score being hel I Mr. and Mrs. Robert Marvin of their discussion hour next Sunday • by Mrs. Dell Olds. Hermistorisrpentoiaction dayhere j. even i ng at 7:30 at the home .Pi Mr. and Mrs. Marion Van Metre visiting with her father, Harry Mr. and Mrs. Russel Belshee east left Thursday on a business trio town. Automobiles will be pro­ to Portland returning home Fri- Kunsman. Hallowe’en passed with little vided for all who plan to go. The cay evening. disturbance in Moro with the ex­ ptcple will assemble at the manse The high school students and ception of the over turning of ' at 7:30 o’clock. teachers had a Hallowe’en party The monthy, meeting of the Mis­ in the fchool gym Wednesday eve­ chicken house for J. M. Axtell and the soaping of most of the win­ sionary Society will meet on Wed­ ning. Games and stunts were the nesday afternoon, November 13 at diversion of the evening, with r? dows along main street. Mrs. A. B. Christensen was hos- the church. Mrs. Ramsey, Mrs. f’fcshments of doughnuts and cide teer Wednesday to friends who Cauthers and Mrs. Davis will have being ?erved. charge of the program. came out to play bridge. Mrs. Ed Alley went to The Dalles Between forty and fifty people Thursday to visit her daughter in Miss Nellie Jackson, Miss Effie Jackson and Mrs. Reba Nye were attended the covered dish dinner the hospital. Mr. Alley went down d’nner guests at the horn« of Mr. at the church last Monday evening. Saturday and brought them home. and Mrs. A, M. Nelson, Wednesday The pastor gave a graphic expla­ The Social Service club met at nation of various philosophies of the home of Mrs. Charles Lemley night. Visitors at the A. S. Johnson life, comparing them with the Friday afternoon. home last Sunday included Mr. Christian standards. This dinner W. E. Garrett and Mrs. Alice and Mrs. C. P. Ragsdale, Mrs. is the first of a series of five plan­ Schekneck were visitors at Moro Norvall Coulter and grandson ned for the winter eason, to taki Saturday. * • Larry, from Hood River; Mr. and place on the first Monday evening Miss Virginia Huhman and Miss Mrs. W. H. Ragsdale from The of each month. Helen Morrison of The Dalles Henry G. Hanson, Pastor. spent the week end visiting Miss Dalles and Dr. and Mrs. L. D. Wleman from Salem. Huhman’a parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wasco Methodist church: Sunday H. D. Huhman. , Dr. and Mrs. Viggo Haufelt a’rived home Tuesday from a trip School at 10 a. m. Classes for all Mr. and Mrs. Herman Schilling to Detroit where they bought a ages. had- as dinner guests Sunday Mr. The morning worship will be in ana Mrs. W. F. Schilling, Mr3. new car. They cgm® home through Ohio,, Kentucky, Arkansas, Texas keeping with ArmistiOC Day. The Amelia Peterson and Mr. and Mrs. and the southwestern states ar- young people will furnish special music and tl^e pa*>r will preach riving just in time to vote.. cn the subject* ‘’Armistice.” Let s go to church a»4 pay tribute to the MORO SCHOOL NOTES T. Lester Johnson Last Friday marked the laf U81:e™ uni C S M SHERmnn counTü brriich FIRST RRTIOnnh OF PORTLAND Features, Tcwsther with the W eekly Magazine Section, M ake the M onitor an Ideal Newspaper fo r the H om e. Price f l 2.00 Yearly, or $1.00 a M onth Saturday Issue, including Magazine Section, >2.60 a Year. 7 Introductory O ffer, 6 Issues 25 Cents. Obtainable ati Reading Room, Christian Science Society, Moro Oregon. « m * the weekly dfawiaR ia bald each Saturday afternoon at tkree o’clock. 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