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M-. .»A.* .<fV » ,. • PAM 1 *■ « SHERMAN COUNTY JO URNAL z Federal Payment » . î MORO. f ■ ' OREGON. ilU D A Y . DECEMBER 13, 1940 They returned Sunday night, The local baeftetball team will play Grass Valley here Monday night. Rodney Truitt, who went to Portland to enter the navy, return ed this week because of a slight cold infection in one ear. He will go 'back again when well. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Conlee went to The Dalles Wednesday leaving Mr. and Mrsr Lester Conlee to care for the store. Marshall Cothran has been act- 5hg as city forester this week hav ing ’ cut down a couple of trees near Mrs. Cope’s place and put Christmas trees about the town as presents from the Moro Grain Growers who have several hundred to distribute. Lovely Christmas gifts. Martha Cope. flo ra C alifornia to visit his §ister. Valley visited a t the L. E. Clark The business house whose Don Sm ith and son L arry, M rs; home Sunday. is at the top of this eokuni Gus S m ith and Mr. and Mrs. John On T uesday evening Mr. and be the one at whose place of busi H ays m otored to The' Dalles F ri Mrs. John W ilson en tertain ed a t ness the weekly drawing is held day, w here Mr. Hays received d in n er the follow ing g u ests: B etty m edical trea tm e n t. J* P o in ter and Roy Lieuallen of W as each Saturday afternoon at three Mr. and M rs. Dell Olds and Mr. co; Mr. and Mrs. J . C. W ilson, Mr. o’clock. Main drawing will be and M rs. H arold Eakin were G rass rn d Mrs. Volna Guy»ton, Mr. and December 21 at the Moro HoteL A bridal shower w-as given a t V alley v isito rs in The Dalles F r i Mrs. C arl Schadew itz and John; day. "* .-•> - ■■■>’ i the home of Mrs. Allen Bekkedahl Mr. and Mrs. John Decker and Mr. About a quarter of the agricul M rs. G. B. Dickison of M ultno F red K rusow was a business last S atu rd ay for M rs. R obert and Mrs. R obert M itchell. tural conservation payment has m ah, bought the movie business M itchell (W inona B ak er), a v isito r in The Dalles Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Louie Schadewitz been received at the county agent’s from K olstead of Hood R iver recent bride. Those atten d in g in V B. E akin was a business visi nr*d d au g h ter of Coquille, who had Visit Our Store and Find Oat office and farmers who have coop leasing to J.H. Peabody, S utherdin cluded: M esdames Volna Guyton, tor in The Dalles Wednesday. bten v isitin g relatives here, re- T heir Value, erated with the program are now O regon. Mr. and Mrs. Peaibody a r John Decker, Guy Hoskinson, E rn R o b ert E slin g er returned home tm ned to th e ir home, W ednesday. receiving their government checks. rived here F riday, showing the first CON LEE’S GROCERY from W heeler S atu rd ay afte r est Sm ith, Mae Cam m ack, W. R. They w ere accom panied '’by Mrs. T otal received to d ate is $42,756.- picture S atu rd ay night. Jones, Paul Wilson, L ester W ilson, spending th ree m onths there for 90. H arley McKay, who will spend --------------- ------------------------------ 1 ^ “ M rs. Ivan G ervais and d au g h ter C ai! Schadewitz, Gus Koepke, medical trea tm e n t. some tim e visitin g relatives and T h e R ebekah lodge m et T ues stopped here T hursd ay a t the Glen Chicken and Ham Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Olds spent Paul Sm ith, R obert Schilling, Max f.i lends. d ay n ig h t and presented M rs. K arnes home on h er way to het riu em k e , Ted von B orstel, Em m a F rid ay and S atu rd ay nights is Sunday, December 15th Joe Truitt with a past noble V isitors in The Dalles fro m here home a t Prineville from Wascc guests a t the hom e-of Mr. and Mrs. McKay, Ada G uyton, Roy 'B arnet, last week include« Mr. and Mrs. grand pin for service to the lodge w here she visited her p aren ts, Mt. Belk Hogue, and Miss G eraldine L ester N ahouse in The Dalles. during her term of office. anu M rs. H atley. N orton and Miss E sth er Cam m ack. Roy ¡Barnet, Mrs. L ester Wilson, Mr. and M rs. George Wilcox Mrs. Lawrence Waterbury and Mr. and Mrs. Don Sm ith and and fam ily and Grover Young were Mrs. A delbert Rees and Miss Jo h n Mr. and Mrs. J. E. N orton, Carol M rs. B url E dw ards, nieces o f M rs. I L a st W ednesday aftern o o n u MORO HOTEL Mr. and Mrs. Glen K arnes wen. son were also there, com ing from and Ross; Louis S ath er and Dick St'aikley. E lizab eth Schaeffer, left M onday ! group of 47 women and g irls m et business visitors a t Shaniko on«; visitors in -The Dalles F riday. F red Cox returned home from Shaniko. c f te r a weeks visit. W. A Snod a t the home of M rs. E d ith B urnet day a s t week. L. E. Clark atten d ed the m eet O f, By, For Mrs. J. C. Wilson an d Nellie Vancouver, Wn., where he visited erly retu rn ed w ith them to Long foi th e m onthly m eetin g of the in g o f tjje E astern Oregon W heat Mr. and M r s /E d g a r Alley m ot his m other. He also visiteed fits sjient the week ^nd a t th e Haney Creek. M issionary society. The p ro g ram ored to The Dalles M onday, Mrs. League held in Pendleton last Sherman Countians Blanker oeckler home in P ortland. week, re tu rn in g S atu rd ay . Mr. and Mrs. T rum an S tro n g dealt w ith the C h ristm as s p irit al! Ailey going for medical trea tm e n t. son in law and d au g h ter, Mr. ana Mrs. Al R oberts in Corvallis, be Sherm an County Pomona g ran g e w ere d in ner g u ests a t the home of th ro u g h w ith M rs. O rval Thom pson Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schadewitz Olan S tark left Monday fox fore he retu rn ed home. was held a t the K ent g ra n g e hall SHERMAN COUNTY JOURNAL Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Nelson T h u rs in charge. The glee club s a n g and Jo h n ; Mrs. Mae Cam m ack, P o rtlan d to join the navy. Mr. and Mrs. Jam es McHale S atu rd ay , December 7. 1 ne lec _____ __ __ _ day evening. C hristm as carols. E xchange of K enneth B arn ett and Ivan Blagg and son of The Dalles were Sunday tu re r’s hour was open to th»> Misses E sth er Cam m ack and Helen C. C. W ilson is atten d in g th e con- ' C hristm as p resen ts added anotii- | spent the week end a t Redmon« Halvorsen were dinner g u ests at 1 inner g d ests a t the home of Mr. public.. J' vfn tio n of O regon sheriffs th is er °* in te re s t and fellow ship \ »siting Cleo B arnum . the L. W. Amick home Sunday. ■»nd M rs. H arold Eakin. Mrs. Lola B arn et of Cow Canyon week in P ortland. T. L ester John- ! tn the m eeting. M r. and Mrs. B ert Cox of G rass ) Mr. and Mrs. Ted von B orstel The G rass Valley Rebekah lodge and Mrs. J. L. M atthes attended .<cn le ft W ednesday to ta k e p a rt in The M asons held a special m eet- m et W ednesday evening. A ftei and children of Kent visited her Rebekah lodge a t G rass Valley Valley visited Sunday a t the Jay McKay home. > th<* annual m eeting of d istric t at- I ing T uesday n ig h t which was a t the re g u la r m eeting five candidates 'a th e r, Sam Holmes a fte r church W eonesday evening. to rn ey s. - . J tended by a larg e num ber of the were initiated into the order. The Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. F ran k von Bprstel Mr. and Mrs. Roy B arnet, Mrs. and Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Norton S ta n ley R eavis and wife stopped m em bers. Mr. and M rs. F«red”Cox were in five candidates were Mrs. W ayn; here Tuesday n ig h t while on a The school band gave its first re- Kelly, Mrs. H erm an Ziegler, Mrs. The Dalles S aturday. Mr. Cox Verne Mobley and sons, Mr. anil went to Bend Sunday to atten d an b tie f vacation from his work w ith cftal of the y ea r la s t S a tu rd a y Boyce Blaylock, Mrs. W ren Hogu*. -eceived medical trea tm e n t while M»s. R obert Schilling and diaugh-i A m erican Legion Conference of ter, Mr. anti Mrs. Allen B ekke D istrict 5. the PP& L com pany in the Y akim a | n :g h t a t the school house and ano M rs. George Sm ith. R efresh therei - • dahl and children, also B etty P a in t valley. . < - pleased the p atro n s of the school m ents were served a t a late hour. M rs. Dick Reckm ann of G rass Mr. and M rs. A. A. Dunlap and er and Roy Lieuallen of Wasco en Valley visited her p aren ts, Mr. and The A rlington town basket ball , »th o u g h m any o f the players Mr. and Mrs. Roy Feely of The K endrick and A nita returned home PHYSICIAN & SURGEON team will play here S atu rd ay n ig h t were absentbecause of the epidem ic D ahes visited relativ es here Sun- F rid ay from California, > w here joyed a Sunday dinner given a t the Mrs. J. C. Wilson Tuesday. John Decker home. a g a in s t the local town team . i colds. hey had been called when th eir cay. _ J. C. Wilson, Mrs. A lfred Lyons, 1 Ross Ornduff moved the first of B rig h t sunny days and very snap- Lodge No. 113, I. O. O. F. on C harles w as injured by falling Mrs. George Wilcox, Mrs. Ed the m onth to the Searcy home i PY nights have been th e lot of Mrs. Rpbert Schilling and B obetta , Before you buy a new Moro, Oregon am ber, th a t he was unloading, Alley and d au g h ter, Lila Lee, and M eets 1st and 3rd w here they will occupy the up- Sherm an countians this w eek b u t Gordon Lemley were visitors in b reaking the pelvis hone, and oth- w<re The Dalles shoppers and vis the m ercury has not been very sia irs. T uesdays in the ;r inju ries, which will keep him '.1 itors Monday. Truck or Pick-up The Dalles S aturday . low I.O..O.F. hall T rai 1 hospital for several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. S cott F o rtn e r were Mr. and Mrs. Del Eakin of G rass j Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Rolfe, Mrs 8ient and visiting SEE - the new lntem«tion«l F ra n k B ayer, Helen apd H a rry here the last of th e week for a Roy W ells, Mrs. Clyde Sm ith and b ro th ers are cordi ta rk and A nita Dunlap were in visit w ith her p a re n ts and to give AAA ELECTIONS J. K. McKEAN Mrs. J. E. Brown were visito rs in ally invited to meet The Dalles Saturday evening to Scott a chance to h unt geese. «Continued from page one» The Dalles Monday. with us. Mrs. E arl G entry w ent to S tev itti nd a show. Grass V alley Theatre M illard Bakin and J . iB. Coon. F or Mr. and Mrs. M att Simon and Orlo M art:n, N.G. E lection of officers was held last enson, Wn., S atu rd ay w ith hei K ent: L. E. C lark, ch airm an , Ken d au g h ter, Helen, and Mr. and Mrs T u esd ay evening when the E astern \ « rnon Miller, Sec. husband who w ent on to P ortland. Under N e w Management neth M artin apd Roy B arnet. Dean Olds and son, Donald were S ta r ch a p te r m et for th eir reg u lar Lupine Rebekah Lodge No. 116 for your protection D elegates to the co unty conven- dinner guests a t the home of Mr m eeting. The following officers Bids fo r r the rekinville scnooi school i . d iu s io me E t,r»Kinvme , , . . . ” ..... — Moro. Oregon buildings will be .received by the ' * ,U ,1’° elei5 ed and th c ’ e *nd M r Jacob W assenm iller Sun- were elected fo r the coming y ear: FOSS & COMPANY Mi ( ts 2d & 4th Tues clerk until 12 noon, D ecem ber'u, w>" ^ o s e county officers. cay. WM, E llen Reynolds: WP. Dean day of each m onth. Mr. and Mrs. H erm an Schilling R eynolds; ATM, Alta M ay; Con S atu rd ay . S ep arate bids will be '* V isiting m em bers wel Don’t Forget Your . — f e a tu r i n g — were visitors in The Dalles Mon- du ctress, Vivian Ball; AC, Alice ccccpted for the g arag e, teacher- W H EA T LEA G U E come. rg c and school house. The board • Continued from page one. O estreich; secretary , A. A. D un day. Anna Davis, Ni (ii* r ( -erves fhe rig h t to reject any or , been signed wjH be in effect soon, Ray Jew el, W illiam Beck, Miss lap; tre a s u re r, Dorothy Dunlap. Barbara Stanwyck Florence Johnston, Se< Am ong those who attended the i ll bids. Wily W. K nighten. , o f the8e 30 contra c ts 24 a re for P a tricia C yphers, I. V. Kane, Mis* E ureka Lodge No. 121 A-F & A-M clprk. 6 public power. The work of in- M a rg a re t T rabue,' Miss Jean Pow bc*ketball jam boree at Rufus F ri Fred MacMurray M eets on the 1st and ________MORO GARAGE________ ell and Miss V irginia H elyer a t day n ig h t were Ed Alley and —-------------------------------------------------stallin g more g en e rato rs is going 3rd T h u rsday eve- d a u g h te r,. Lila Lee, Jea n ette H uh- tended a teachers m eeting a t Moro IN TH E CIRCU IT COURT OF 1 on an d soon G rand Coulee will be nings of each m onth. mr.n, Doris Newcomb, Don Cox. v TH E STATE OF OREGON FOR 1 ¡n operation to give the n o rth w est S atu rd ay . Saturday and Sunday V isiting m em bers cor TH E COUNTY OF SHERM AN. ’ o p p ortunity it should not m iss Mr. and Mrs. Don C lodfelter Ralph B alzer, Olan S tark and ' dially invited to meet Hat old Coyner. G rass Valley high NOTICE OF SA LE OF REM A IN - i through lack of in terest. rn d fam ily w ire Sunday g u ests at w ith us. school baskej, ball team came out - December * ING A SSETS Grover B. Hill, a s s is ta n t secre- the ........ home of Mr. and Mrs. A lfred E. Amidon, W.M. in th ird place a t the jam boree. In the M atter of th e Liquidation U ry of ag ric u ltu re, spoke briefly ’ Kock. New On Sale C. V - B elknap, Secy. G erald B lagg came up from The of the MORO STA TE BANK, ex pressing a philosophy of h o p e * Mr.: and Mrs. K enneth M artin RUGGLES CONFECTIONERY Bethlehem C hapter, No. 78.O.E.S. Moro, Oregon. fulness as opposed to the general and Mr. and Mrs. Glen sK a rn ec Dalles M onday w ith T. M. Rolfe Moro, Oregon P u rsu an t to an order m ade by fe a r of w h at m ay happen to a g r i w ire business visitors in The to v isit his p a re n ts until a fte r C hristm as. •• » . Meets Every Second and the above-entitled C ourt, notice is culture. He said th a t 10,000 are Dalles T hursday. The Ladies Social Service club F o urth T h u rsd ay s in each hereby given th a t the S uperinten- w orking for the A m erican fa rm e r A tto rn e y A t L a w Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Rolfe and m et a t the home of Mrs. R. A. Month. V isiting m em bers d tn t of Banks of the S ta te o f Ore- , who has a stro n g hand which will Mi. and Mrs. Arch F o rtn e r a tte n d Stow W ednesday afternoon. 'A Invited g o r will sell the asse ts rem aining win for him if he plays it well. ed the card p a rty a t K ent S a tu r C hristm as program w as given M o ro an d W asco Naomi Von Gilder, W. M. in the liquidation of the Moro S ta te T he d ep a rtm en t cannot m ake th “ day evening. VERN©N FLATT and an exchange of g ifts, follow- 1 Ruth S p a rin g , See. Bank, Moro, O regon, to the highest f s r m er successful, he said. T h a t Mr. and Mrs. Torn Alley were ed by refresh m en ts. b ’dder for cash, excepting cash on depends on the efforts of the fa rm b arn . S eparate bids w ill be r e er him self. He praised the work business visitors at Moro F rid ay Mr. and Mrs. Glen K arnes and NOTICE OF F IN A L H EARIN G SI ceived fo r the assets as a ,whole n- the experim ent statio n s th a t Notice is hereby given t h a t the W hat finer whiskey for holiday ch eer than | Use Co-op Products or fo r sep a rate item s thereof, have given fa rm ers so much in fam ily w ere Sunday, dinner guest.* S' he-b,,o«j nf the assets to be sold i ' rnr.aton about th e ir business a t a t the home of Mr. and Mrs. undersigned has filed in the Coun Shelton F ritts . ty C ourt of the S ta te of Oregon are on file and open to ir^pection so little cost. MORO GRAIN GROWERS C. W. Fields and son, Ross, Mrs. for Sherm an C ounty his Final N ^ E . Dodd, Oregon fa rm e r, who in the above-entitled C ourt and —n ho'-'» nf the AAA. talked R cw leigh and Melvin D unlap were Account as ad m in istrato r of the m a tte r, and in the office of the ! S uperintendent of Banks, a t Sa- about the chances of price for visitors in The Dalles and Hood estate of P eter J. P eters, deceased, Fire & Auto I w heat in the future. He e x p ress R iver Sunday. and th a t Monday, the 30th day of lem. Oregon. December, 1940, a t 10:00 a. m., ed little hope for higher prices as »Art Ju stesen of Kent was a The S u perintendent of Banks Insurance :n Moro, Sherm an County, Oregon, Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey reserves the rig h t to reject any and th e w orld’s surpluses are g e ttin g business visitor here Monday. higher. • a? been fixed by the co u rt as the * Mr. and Mrs. Howard Cline and all bids. Any and all bids accept S. W. SEARCY The plan of the C anadian and fam ily and W oodrow Riggs were lime and place for h earin g of oh-, ed by the S uperintendent of B ank’ C H E H lH f A S IT S N AM K^9 HARDW ARE INSVRANCI orc subject to confirm ation b y the A u stra lian governm ents w ere ex d .n re r guests a t the home of Mr. 'ections to said F inal R eport ana plained and the several schem es and M rs. Victor R iggs Sunday. for the settlem en t of said estate. Court. For those cheerful days H erm an D. P eters, Jack Lewis was a business visi All persons who desire to sub- to raise w heat fa rm e r’s income in ju st ah ead , o rd er th e A d m in istrato r *% it bids for the purchase of all A m erica were m entioned. The chief to r a t Cow Canyon la st Tuesday. w hiskey that's “Cheer or any p a rt of the assets rem ain- J w eakness of the p re sen t plan, he Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Newcomb and T. L ester Johnson, d-7 ful as its Nam e”—order b«g in such liquidation are hereby i Fa’d, w as the necessity of obtain- d: u g h ter, Doris and Robert Schil A ttorney for ad m in istrato r. in a d v a n c e ;.' m ellow , fine-tasting OLD . notified to present sealed bids to mg annual ap p ro p riatio n s fo r its ling w ere visitors in The Dalles SUNNY BROOK,! fhe S u perintendent of Banks a t | cr ntiftuance. The plan also needs F riday. liUCHOLTZ CONFECTIONERY FOR A LL C L A S S E S OF TR A V EL Mrs. A rzell Lemley en tertain ed his office in Salem , Oregon, on or a larg e signup to succeed. The is whiskey is 4 YEARS OLD before tihe 21st 'day of December, certificate plan is now in process the ju n io r bridge club a t her home 93 Proof 1940. Each bid m ust be accom pa of being accepted by more fa rm T h u rsd ay afternoon, when Mrs. National Distillers Prod. Corp., N. Y. ers and m ay be adopted. He did Tom Alley received the club prize nied by cash or a certified check not think th a t m ark e tin g quotas and M rs. H erm an Schilling receiv for not less than 10% of the or price fixing would be success ed the g u est prize. rin o u n t of the bid and be subm it Delivered off car, $13.50 ful w ithout change of p resen t Jack Lewis and W illiam Be^k ted upon a stan d ard form which MORO LUMBER & FUEL YARD m ark etin g plans. were business visitors in The will be furnished prospective bid- A. M. Scott of the N orth Pacific Dalles S atu rd ay evening. Complete Line of ¿ e rs upon request. Suah form s for M il.ers, told of the troubles -the Mr. and Mrs. Gus H artm an n of t ids m ay be o b tain ed L ^o f"B an k s ' m illers are having w ith Rex w heat Christmas W ra p p in g s R ogers, S uperintendent o f B anks, th a t up pow they have W asco were visitors a t the horn? of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. B alzer S u .te Office Building, Salem, Ore- ag much flour Sunday. and T re e D ecorations FOR STUDENTS AMD 6EHERAL PUBLIC gon. *■ .... - ■’ ’ ” from it ae from other v arieties C. B. Doyle return ed home from A. A. ROGERS, / This often occurs w ith new w heats MORO PHARMACY S uperintendent of Banks of S tate lie said, and the m illers m ay find P endleten F rid ay w here he had E x c e e d in g ly lo w rail fares visited his daughter, Mrs. Dorothy of Oregon, in charge of the liqui a w ay to mill Rex satisfac to rily o v e r th e H o lid a y s in c lu d e M aynard, and a son, who came Frozen Storage dation of the MORO STATE before long. tr a v e l b y C o a c h , P u llm an F B a NK, Moro, Oregon. Tourist and Standard Pullman Comes For County Fanners Grass Valley Kent Bride Given Shower By Young Matrons of Town Picture Sold; Possession Taken i“ wS Save yonr Red&White labeb D in n e r 60c Sherman County Abstract Co. D r. C . L . P o lc y F o g L ig h ts “ Remember the Night” anti freeze Christmas Jelly Beans - Gam Drops 14 - 15 GEORGE G. UPDEGRAFF Shell Diesel Oil Shell Stove Oil S unny B rook J O U R N A L -- $ 1 0 .0 0 a y e a r ¿5 C a r lo a d F a n c y Lum p Coal FREE Complete Stock Want Ads FOR SA L E : Delco L ight P lant; 32-voit Radio; Vacuum Cleaner. Sell or trad e . M rs. Louie Davis, G rass Valley. Quality Goods I OR SA L E : 13-head w eaning and y e a rlin g calves.^ W. G. H elyer, K ent. , € "8 FOR S A L E : or trad e , two 3-bottom 16” powe? K ft Jo h n Deere tra c to r plows. D onald M artin, G rass g alley, Pd FOR SA L E : 6-tube RCA 'battery radio, w ith b a tte ry . Inquire of C. E F lan ag an , a t C hrism an house. I OR S A L E : F a t young geese and /d u ck s, alive o r ^ d e a d . Goose F e a th e r pillows. Mrs. W- E. B ruckert, Klondike, phone 477 -Wasco. ' — 6'8 D ry Goods, Clothing an d Shoes to m eet the needs o f the com m unity Lockers E ffe c tiv e o v e r a w id e t e r r i t o r y in O re g o n W ashington A Id a h o SALE DATES DAILY D e c e m b e r 1 3 t h to January l e t in clu sive Return by Midnight January 6 th In q u ire of your lo c a l agen t for fares. You will find it far ch eaper, a a fe t a n d m o re c o m f o r ta b le to ta k e th e train on your H o lid a y trip than to d riv e your own car. °S ± G ra s s V a l l e y Electric Clocks $2.95 up PACIFIC POWER A LIGHT CO. Complete Lme of Ig n itio n P a r ts . «.■ D ependale, Q uality G ro ce rie s, Z E IG L E R ’S Christmas Trees for Everyone at MAY and SON, GROCERY UNION PACIFIC RAIIROAO > ik y M dh <f/7’ Moro Grain Growers Ass’n JOE’S MOTOR SERVICE DOUMA BROS. MBAT K A K U T i L - - •