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PA G E S SHERMAN COUNTY JOURNAL. * Lloyd Henrichs Goes To Camp Murray, Wn. Lloyd Henriohs, who recently accepted a position a t O ntario has received word th a t he is to report a t Cam p M urray F eb ru ary 1 s t lie is a reserve officer in the U. S. A rm y. H. E. Inlow, of M onmouth, head of the d ep artm ent of In-service of extension education, was in the county M onday and T usday v isit ing the various schools, supervis ing the teachers and interview ing seniors expecting to follow the teach in g profession. M rs. M arg aret Peetz, who hand- h d the g ath erin g and sending of C hristm as and qther cards donat ed by the com m unity fo r the Fair- view Home a t Salem, has receiv ed acknow ledgem ent, and wishes to extend the words of ap p recia tion to the one donating the 1669 cards sent. The .M o ro W om an’s club will hold its annual H usbands N ight p a rty on S aturday, F eb ru ary 8 at eig h t o’clock at the Odd Fellows hall There will be a program consisting o f a one act play, music, etc. R efreshm ents will be served and adm ission will be 25c per person. Please notify the com m ittee if ¿timing. Mrs. L. L. Peetz entertained her bridge club S aturday afternoon, w ith two tables in play. Mrs. Theo Johnston won the club prize, M rs. M. A. Bull the consolation, and Mrs. Giles French, the guest prize. M rs. Glen King was called to P o rtlan d S aturday due to the iTl- re s r of her fa th e r, W alter R ut ledge. M r. and Mrs. H. B. Pinkerton left W ednesday with a load’T'of stock for the P ortland m arket. They will rem ain for a few days visitin g w ith friends and relatives. Allen is «taying a t the R. B. Hos- k.nson home and P atricia a t the R obert B elsh’ e home d u rin g the absence of th eir parents. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Van Gild er and W alter E aton were guests at the Darwin Van Gilder home Sunday. Mrs. Clarence S parling enter-, t; .ned the junior bridge club F r i day. High scoring honors w ent to M rs. Irv in g H a rt, while Mrs. C arroll Say-s received the conso lation. M rs. W illia m 'J - M artin is now learn in g the assistan ts job in the local post affke to relieve Florence L aw rence, who took over the first of the y ear when Gene Bri shine resig n ed to en ter school a t Ore gon S tate. M rs. Grace Thogerson came Sunday from B attle Ground, Wn.. for a visit with relatives. She left Tuesday accom panied by Mrs. R. C. Bvers, who expects to visit n P ortland with her daughters, M arjory and E v tiy n , before re tu rn in g home. M rs. H avnes Gridley and small fir.ughter arrived M onday in Moro \ . ;th Mr. and Mrs. George Up4®- graff. The two women m aking the trip from C alifornia together M rs. G ridley’s p aren ts caroe Mon day to take her and babv to their home in Y akim a. Mrs. U pdegraff b 'o u g h t home a small black sco tty to help keep h er company. Mrs. S. W. S earcy le ft F ridav fo r P ortland on business, expect- ir g to retu rn home Monday. Mrs. Georgia H enderson spent from S atu rday until M onday vis it ng her son and fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Henderson. - Mr. and Mrs. W. F. McLeod and son went to P ortland F rid ay for a v isit w i|h Mr. Melwood s sister. Mr. McLeod returned Monday with the U pdegraffs, leaving his family for a longer visit. -Mr. and Mrs. Serai Se-arcy s re n t the week end visiting in Goldendale with Mrs. Searcy 3 m other, Mrs. Maud Driscoll. Mrs. Lloyd H ennagin e n te rta in ed the young m atrons club a t her hom e F rid ay evening honoring Mrs. R. B. H enderson. . Among those atten d in g the an nual m eeting of th e Mid-Columbia Pi eduction C redit Association in The Dalles W ednesday w ere Le- Roy W right, J. B. Adams C arroll S ay fs, Bill Powell, and M. M. Oveson. ? - M rszW . W. K nighten and Mrs. T H. F ra s e r were jo in t hostesses *‘or the P ast Noble Grand club at the K nighten hom e T hursday. M rs. Marion Powell entertained íooKt/f» roif ¿3 Try th e W ant A ds MORO? OREGON. FRIDAY, JANUARY 31. 1911 M r.'a n d M rs. F ra n k Pike were v isitors in The Dalles Sunday. Miss M a rg a re t T rabue and Miss J e a n - Powell sp en t the week end ir. The Dalles v isitin g a t the home of Miss T ra b u e’s p arents. M rs. W allace May en tertain ed eleven m em bers of the Bookworm club a t her home F rid ay afternoon. Mr«-. A rt Soailling reviewed the M rs. Don S m ith en tertain ed book “T hrough Em bassy E yes” by Mr. and M rs. S cott F o rtn e r of the junior bridge club a t h er home M arth a Dodd. R efreshm ents were Hood R iver spent Sunday in Moro T hursday afternoon. M rs E d g ar served by the hostess. w ith Mrs. F o rtn e r’s p aren ts, Mr. Ailey and Mrs. A rt ’ Bibby held Mr. and Mr?. F red Cox were high scores and Mrs. J . S. N ew visitors in The Dalles Monday. end MTs. Ray Blake. In planning week end diversions comb low score in c o n tra c t a t Miss P a tric ia C yphers spent the don’t fo rg et the P resid en t’s Ball play a t th ree tables. week end v isitin g her p aren ts in A rt Bucholtz and son T erry , of The Dalles. a t Kent S atu rd ay n ig h t w ith M or ey Graffs O rchestra fu rn ish in g the Moro visited his aun t, Miss Anna Ray Jew el spent the week end S chw artz, and sister, M rs. G er visitin g re la tiv e s in P ortland. music? Mr. and M rs. H arold Eakin and Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Oveson en tru d e H arp er, F rid ay afternoon. M. and Mrs. R. J. B aker left con spent la s t week end visiting tertain ed with a dinner p a rty S a t urday fo r Mr. and M rs. W ray S atu rd ay fo r th e ir home in Gres- relativ es in P o rtlan d . Guests a t the Fred Cox home Laurence, county ag en t of Wasco ' bam a fte r spending several weeks county, his a ssista n t, Mr. and , here a tte n d in g to business affairs. over the week dnd Mr. and Mr?. Mrs. Ray Blake and M rs. Bernice I.ouis- S ath er of Kent. Mrs. Gene Leer, and Mr. and Mrs. W ilt of Moro were v isito rs here Mr. and Mrs. John B euther R. B. Henderson. Monday. w ere in The D alle, M onday v isit Cliff J a c k s o n . of The Dalles a r W. G. H elyer and son, Jesse of rived T hursday of la st week to K ent w’ere business visito rs here ing th eir d au g h ter, Freiila a t the h o sp ital. Mrs. Maude G arrett finish the w ork on aerial m aps Monday. and d au g h ter, Daisy accompanied a t the court house, s ta rte d by Miss V irginia H elyer and Jack George Brooks, who le ft a few L -w is spent the week end visiting them to The Dalles. Jam e« M atthe? of Kent was a weeks ago to acceept a civil s e r her p aren ts, Mr. and M rs. E. M. business caller here F riday. vice position as a border - ra n g e r Helyer. I. D. Pike an 1 Louis May were neai El Paso, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. F red Cole of Wasco business v isito rs in The Dalles Chris Boeson, 39, who died F r i visited at the home of Mr. arjd Tuesday. day in P ortland, was a son of A. Mrs. Ed Alley Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Dick H oldaw ov Boeson, a fo rm er resid en to f this Mr. and Mrs. Dell Olds and Mr rn d d au g h ter, Doris were in Hi>od county, having lived here around enc Mrs. R. J. B akqr w ere djnner , R iver S atu rd ay v isiting friends» 1910. He w as a nephew of Mrs. guests a t the home of Mr. ^ n d ‘ Mr. and M rs. B b Ix*Bleu Were K ate Hansen. M rs.. Glen K arn°s F rid ay evenm g business visitors in The Dalles on Mr. and Mrs. Dan M cLaohlan A rt and Joe Bibbv were business .Saturday. retu rn ed last week from a visit in v.sitors in The> Dalles Monday. Mr. and M rs. A. F. B ilzer were the > valley w ith th eir dau g h ters, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Coyle and v 'sito rs a t the home of Mr. and Mrs. H: G. H a rrin g to n (Lucille) Mr. and Mrs. H arold E akin and Mrs. Gus H artm an n in Wasco in Eugene and Mrs. A. M. Cham- son le ft T uesday for C entralia. Si nday. ness (E velyn) in .Portland.- W ashington to attend the funeral Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hensen The Moro B re a k fa st club is service« fo r Mr. Coyle’s b ro ther, of Moro w ere visitors at the horn * sponsoring a b ask et social and C larence Covie, who died Sunday. of Mr. and Mrs. Arch C antrall ether. e n te rta in m e n t fe a tu re s fo? Miss C assie Holmes returned Si nday. F eb ru ary 12, a t the Legion hall borne from The Dalles F riday Mr. and Mrs. Janu s B lagg and for funds for the purchase of w here she had been n u rsin g Freida d au g h ter, M arie were visitors in su its for the local b ask e t ball B euther. w’ho is in a hospital. The Dalles Monday, b ♦own team . Mr. and M s. F ran k Pike moto»-- K enneth .C rew s lv£a.(i0jQ iirsd ay J. N. Stevenson, recently oper ated on a t St. V incent hospital in p.’ to P ortland Wednesday’ on bu s for Olym pia. W a<hington. The G rass Valley high school P ortland, was able to leave th a t iness, re tu rn in g home th a t eve basket ball team s defeated the ning. institution Tuesday. Hee will r e Miss Lila Lee Alley spent the R ufus high school team s on the m ain in P ortland fo r a tim e. ! week end v isitin g relatiy'es in The local floor F rid ay night. The first The high w a te r of la s t week di team s score w as 32 to 23. Dalles. verted the stream of w’a te r th a t Mr. ahd Mrs. Fred S tradley G rass V alley banded the u n b eat has fed the sp rin g on th e E. E. m otored to The Dalles S atu rd ay en R ufus «team its first defeat in P arnum ranch probably since it to bring th e ir d au g h ter, Doris league play la s t F rid ay by a was hom esteaded y ears ago, by home for the week end. H er score of 32-23. G iuld. A vein has been found The T ig ers opened the scoring r e a r it and will be raised and t ’o th er, Clyde retu rn ed h er to The and w’ere never behind, althougn Dalles Sunday. piped into the old sp rin g covered Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Rolfe and pressed h ard by the Wolves most by the wnndmill if possible. In the pelim inary Mr. and Mrs. Dean Reynolds at- of the way. tended the g ra n g e m eeting held at gam e the G rass Valey reserve trounced the R ufus 2nd team 32 K ent S aturday. E arl F a r r of P ortlan d was an tc 7. overnight g u est a t th e T. M. Wasco C h ristian C hurch. Feb. 22. Rolfe home F rid ay n ig h t. M rs. C. H. H ughes and children 1U:OO a. m. Church School. left S atu rd ay fo r B rem erton, Wn^ 11:00 - M orning W orship. 6:30 -.T he C hristian E ndeavor has to join h er husband w’ho is em a special recognition of the F ound ployed at the navy yard. Mr. and Mrs. Wallaoe May, Mr. ing of C hristian E ndeavor, held a t and M rs. H ow ard Cline. Miss the parsonage. Evening sevice a t th e church at V irginia H elyer. Jack Lewis, Miss T rabue, Ray Jew’e1, 7:30 Topic for discussion “The M arg aret Miss Vivian F ritts , K enneth Crews Most Im p o rtan t Step in L ife.” F. Claude Stephens, M inister. and R obert Schilling were d in n rr guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Wasco M ethodist C hurch: S un Gien K arnes W ednesday to cele day School a t 10:00 a. m. Classes b rate the b irth d ay an n iv ersary of Mr. K arnes. for all ages. Vjnce G entem an, yvho had been M orning w orship a t 11:00' a. m. The Mason and E a ste rn S ta r w orking near Pendleton for the li'dges will atten d the m orning p ast th ree weeks, was a visitor service which will be in com m em here Sunday. W. C. Fields, Mrs. Raw leigh and oration of the evangelist John. There will be a pot luck dinner in the basem ent of the church a fte r tue m orning service. Special music E very one welcome. Epw orth LAWYER league, a t 6:30 p m. F. L. Cannell, pastor. WASCO MORO with two tables of bridge Wednes day. Mrs. Joe Belanger won the honors for the afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Nelson and daughter drove to Salem Saturday to visit Mrs. Nelson’s mother, Mrs. Minnie Hansel. Mr. Nelson and Donella returned Sunday leaving Mrs. Nelson with he; mother, who is not very well. Grass Valley Former Kent Matron Entertains Resident Buried Bridge Club Wednesday chi incurs T. Lester Johnson Moro Com m unity P resb y terian Church. Sunday-, F eb ru ary 2, 1941. 10:00 - Sunday School. Classes for all ages. C hester Sm ith, Supt. 11:00 - M orning W orship. S er mon by the p astor. L ast in a se r ies on “ S tew ardship,” accom panied b r ch a rt analysis. Special music., 7 30 - Young people, will m eet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Schadewitz. Claudine Thompson v ill lead. ' Moro C hristian Science Society. Sunday m orning service a t 11 o’clock; subject “ Love.” Sunday School a t 10:00. T estim onial m eet ing every W ednesday evening at 8 o’clock. R eading room in the church building open each d a y w ith an a tte n d a n t on W ednesday eve ning; EASY WASHER A T— < |— | J--4 New rubber a g ;tator stops wringer rolls Trade your old washer as down payment. Phone 161 for trial HAMPTON FURNITURE7 The Dalles, Ore. Word was received, here Mon day of the death of Susanne W ai ter* a t Vancouver, W ashington. The funeral was held a t K ent on W ednesday afternoon a t one o’- c’.ot k. The W alters were fo rm er Kent residents. Mrs. Max Pluem ke sp en t the past week visiting her b rother, llei ry Moers, and siste r, Mrs. G ran t Sm ith in P o rtlan d . She a l so' visited her. son A lbert, who is «•’ationed - a t Cam p C latsop, and sou Karl and w ife; a t Salem befoj’i » turning home. The reg u lar jo in t m eeting of the .American Legion and A uxil ia ry , w hich is held, once earn m onth, was T hursday evening, J a n u a ry 16 th. A nf o y ste r suppet n: < puled the m eeting. Mrs. -Guy H oskm son spent Sun day afternoon visitin g Mrs. Mae Cammack. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sm ith and Fi ll Jefferies m otored to P ortland S a iu id a y where they spent th>> \ eek end with Levina B arnet. Tney were accom panied home by Mrs. Max Pluem ke. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mitchell • r.d Mrs. Allen Bekkadahl and children m otored to H erm iston Sunday w here they visited at the home of the fo rm er’s p aren ts, Mr rnd Mrs. William M itchell an t i b o Allen B 'k k n d ah l, who has - irnloym ent there. The W as'o basket ball team s r.’fto red to K“nt F rid ay evening when they defeated the Kent tram s. Geraldine N orton M errill S ather ’ nn Robert T atum m otored to The Dalles T h u rsday in the inter- o-t of the school advertisin g . The Kent basket ball team sp o n sored a dance S atu rd ay evening a f ‘be Kent grange balk- n iiric bv Mobley’s orchestra. Mr. and Mrs. John Wilson wore 'n The Dalles T hursday and Fri- ’aj where the la tte r w ent for medical care. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Shadew itz. Mr and Mrs. l i s t e r Wilson ami Mr. and Mrs. George Wilson an 1 rtild re n were dinner guests oi Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wilson Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. W ilson and ’u u g h ter Nellie were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. R- C. Ornduff a 4 Moro Sunday. Mrs. Belle Hogue and d au g h ter G ertrude were taken to The Dalles S atu rd ay where Mrs. Hogue :s quite ill at the home of her broth- r F rank B ennett. , M r-. Flove von B orstel. d istrict president of the Am erican Legion Vuxiliary, visited C hris Schultz Unit at Moro recently to help a r range for a district Defense mcet- •” e which is to be held a t Moro F eb ru a ry 5. in the evening. Mrs. Mm. H orsfall, N ational Commit-, tec woman, who is re tu rn in g from a N ational Defense m eeting in W ashington D. G.. will b ring the l i b s t report on Defense and N a tional Security. A social hour will T ’low this m eeting. W. W. K nighten, County school superintendent, of Moro and Mr. H. E. Inlow, of Monmouth school of Education, visited the Kent school Monday, when Mr. Inlo.v talked to the senior class. M embers of H arland View G range motored to Kent S atu rd ay when they conferred the 3rd and 4th degrees on the new candidates in Kent grange. Pot luck dinner v as served to approxim ately 60 l ( rsons a t the r.oon hour. L ater r.'ans were discussed reg ard in g the w iring of the hall before an evening program in F eb ru ary . T#ie hall is now lighted by a small light plant. Mr. and Mrs. Ja y McKay and Mrs. Alfred Lyons w ere in The Dalles F rid ay where the latter rrreived medical atten tio n . Mr. and Mrs. Gus Schilling and George W itter were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. R obert Schilling F riday. The occasion being the- birth d ay an n iv ersary of B obetta S< billing. “ . PEOPLE’S COLUMN Continued from page two school house, when tra n sp o rta tio n was lum ber w agons, buckboards, s.eighs and horseback—m ostly horseback. Now Mr. Rolfe, if your are ab’e to lead my scribbling I really would rike to know if J. V. O’ L eary is still alive; also do you know if E rn est and Leon Moore, sens of John Moore of Moro, are am ong the living. I am aw are th a t m ost of th e' <ld tim ers are pone, th e r^ are: j robably few if any th a t rem env b c’’ - me. The la»t work rhat I did in S h u m a n county was for B b .Jones ;n 1902, I drove . header box a ccuple of weeks when 1 was home t n a visit, then went to m ining i.nd in 1910 want in road work m J ' stm ite Valley. In 1913 I took a f> rem an ’s job on S tate Highway m aintenance and am still at the sam e work. My first job was w ith Bob G uthrie' at $10. a month, 1 now get $210 a m onth, and ex p e rt to re tire -jp a couple of years and let the young lads do the job. « If th ere is any inform ation re g ard in g the early pioneers you v an t C p o ssib ’y could inform you. Any time the sp irit moves you, nml you have spare tim e, w rit? n n . I hardly think I ’ll ever get bock to Or »gon. 1 m arried two turn's, once to my wife and again my easy chair, and I can t leave eith er one Sincerely yours, ' J. I). W illia m s,' Box ..186, Rodeo. C alif, L o a d in g A total of ap p ro x im ately $3,- .* 1 (’,250.009 in m otor vehicle fe ts wm collected in the U nited S tates d ’ lin g the past ten years, accord ing ti> Oregon S ta te M otor asso rt;, to n tigur This is an increase of. 32 per cent over the collection» cf the proceeding decade. WR in h a r d COM PANY PO R TLAN D ORIGON •W 141 E>ry G o o d s , G loth in gJJan d S h o e s to m e e t th e n e e d s o f th e . c o m m u n ity D e p e n d a l e , Q u a lit y G r o c e r ie s ZEIGLER’S °s± v Grass Valley liiini iiii iiiiiii iiii i i mt i i i iiiii iiiii L iiiiiii HH i n;.... *.......... *........ Guaranteed Satisfying L ast Fri<ffy the Moro high played The Dalles Pappooses, the la tte r winning both gam es.- 11 G rass Valley will play a double h* ad er with Moro on the local floor this week. - The sem ester exam inations were la st T hursday and F rid ay . The stu d en ts started a new schedule •Monday. Report cards w ere given cut Tuesday ,of this week. I ’ The band has been practicin g i several num bers for the A m erican Legion en tertain m e n t next Wed- r.e«day. School dism issal is changed back , to the usual 4:00 o’clock schedule, I giving back the full hmir noon. i 2 c a r s F r i-i d a y a n d S a tu r d a y ,' F e b r u a r y 7 & 8 , fo r , d o m e s tic u se. W ill p a y $ 6 p e r t o n aboard car those tw o days only. Sam Forman 602E 2nd The Dalles I heranne 1C» e n U H U l AS ITS NAME9 «.thSïRwx» Men cheer Old Sunny B ro o k f o r its g e n ia l q u a l ity and all-around goodness. This whiskey is 4 YEARS OLD. 92.lo •“ '■Wr S ( jn is y B rook KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY 93 Proof Copr. 1940, National Distillers Products Corp.« New York, N. Y. ..' * Clean up Days P a in ts V a rn ish es K a lso m in e W all Paperj S oil o ff F lo o r W a x j . F u rn itu re P o lish D u stin g Paperj I S Spnm i HARDWARE & INSURANCE («iy Kenny. Quality Goods 1er Example SC R A P IRONi MORO HIGH SCHOOL NOTES BLITZ- Pictured here is Guy J. Swope, auditor of Puerto Rico, who has been nominated by President Roose velt to succeed Admiral William D. Leahy as governor of Puerto Rico. The appointment Is subject to con firmation by the senate. ‘ ' The a fte r dinner speaker, touch B. S. “ Known t > the old tim ers as ing on the ad v an tag es of co-opera Johr.nie W illiams.” s- tion, said'.' M hat do you do in w in ter tim e “ Now take treckles. Think w hat Mi’. R olfe? I rem em ber fhe win- a nice shade of tan th ey ’d m ake if t< rs in the »Id days were long and they would only get to g e th e r.” < (u; agreeable, not much to do ex cept feed stock. Of course, now ♦he ifadio and modern tra n s p o rta tion has improved living eondi- ti. ns. \d io s, J. D. W. Gras? Valley Zebras defeated ‘hr Goldendale town team on the local flo/r Tuesday night by a score zbf 64-39. " C o m p le te S to c k • To Puerto Rico i : j I
