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7 77 F ifty-T hird Y ear N o . 32 B I Ü “• i h-t -A " Moro, Oregon, Friday, June 13, 1941 Defense Council Cattle Feeding Appointed By Experiment To Gov. Sprague O rganization of county defense councils to cooperate with state Be Done Here defense councils and the national council has been largely done in the past week under leadership oi G overnor S p rag u e. Four Pens of Steers To Be Feed Wneat and Named to the Sherman county ctuncil by the governor were the Wheat By Products following: George A. P o tte r, Klon It has been m ade nearly certain W ashington, D. C. Ju n e 12.— No dike; T. Lester, Johnson, Wasco; one pretends *to know how much A. It. Dunlap, . . Grass Valley; . r Giles th a t foui pens of steers will be money is being voted by congress F ren ch , M oro; C. C. W ilson, Moro: fed a t the local ex p erim en t sta tio n fo r n ational defense, aid to lB ritain J. E. N orton, K ent; C arl Thom p- etc. From the president comes a son, R ufus; W ily W. K nighten, this fall and w inter. Dick Rich special m essage m aking a request Moro: C urtis A. Tom , R ufus; E. M. ards, m a n a g e r of the Union e x perim ent statio n , will be in general fo r a few hundred m illions and it .Alley, G rass Valley. charge of the feeding experim ent The first m eeting will be called is prom ptly votjgd. The w ar de and will furnsh the steers. p a rtm e n t reqdftes a m ore hundred by Mr. P o tte r as county judge and ¡Prelim inary plans indicate th a t officers of the council will be m illions—a few billions— and aftei* a day o f consideration by a com chosen. W hat work will fall to the betw een 30 and 40 head will be m ittee it is voted in a few m inutes. lc< al defense councils is not known put on feed. The purpose of the From the navy comes th e req u est until the “unlim ited em ergency” experim ent will be to show the for a billion or two, and this has as declared by the president indi value of w heat and w heat b y -pro the sam e expedious tre a tm e n t as cates need. E nrollm ent o f citizens ducts. The ca ttle will be divided the request from the arm y or from in citizen re serv es will be done by into fo u r groups to be fed alfa lfa and w heat, w heat hay and w heat, the councils. th<‘ president. w heat chaff and w heat and the Congress is running wild m aking fourth group will be fed like those ap p ro p riations. T here is alm ost a t Union to give a check on the. n.)-effort to hold down outlays and o th er feeding experim ents. th ereby reduce tax es a little. B ut The increase of livestock in this the congressm en are “on the sp o t.” county and in all the w heat dis If one knows th a t this spending Mrs. Ellen M. H a rp er, wife of tric ts has m ade this experim ent should he curbed he is regarded W illiam C. H a rp er of W asco, died feasible. A ttem p ts have been made as a stum bling block; as not in at a hospital in The Dalles T h u rs to feed w heat hay and w heat chaff sy m p ath y with national defense day m orning a fte r an illness of a ; Union but m ost of the feed had an d a t h e a rt a fifth colum nist. se v e ra l weeks. to be hauled from U m atilla coun This being the case, th e congress She was born a t B em ent, LI1., ty a t considerable expense. m an eith er votes fo r the ap p ro p ri N ovem ber 8, 1880 and had been ation o r carefully absents him self Local fa rm e rs have had some a resident of Sherm an county since when the roll was being called. One profit from feeding w heat to cattle» 1904. nn-mber who re g u la rly g ets the Long interested in lodge work but the b est ratio n has n o t been floor and talks for one m inute un- This feeding te s t M s. H a rp er was p ast m atron ol determ ined. vai ¡ably asks, “ W here will you get is being done to indicate w hat th? Annie F ulton ch a p te r, OES i t the m o n ey ?’’ This m em ber is not m ay be the best w heat feed to give W isco. She was also an active popular, he is regarded as ag a in st fa tte n in g steers. w erker in local lib ra ry affairs. t h i ad m in istratio n , as one who She is survived by h er widower, would scu ttle th e defense program two sons, W illiard and Gordon and to pinch pennies. •4a d au g h ter, G eorgia all of W asco; A Canvass am ong congressm en a brother, W alter W all of B em ent, reveals th a t not one has the slig h t III., and tw o siste rs, Mrs. Gussie est idea of the to tal of ap p ro p ria C iaw and Mrs. N ellie T ab o r of tions. T here has not been a week F ifty six m em bers of the Thom p Bi m ent. when a sta g g e rin g sum h a s not The funeral was held a t the son Clan g ath ered a t the Moro been voted w ithout the bat of an W vseo M ethodist church w ith Rev. City p a rk on Sunday, Tune 8th, eyelash. Men high in the adm in F L. Cannell giving the serm on 1941, for th e ir 20th A nnual Round- istratio n tell congress th a t the de and m em bers of the E a ste rn S ta r Up. The day was cold and windy, fense p rogram will cost the U. S. but nice in the park on the lawn. aiding. -> $100,000,000,000 before we are The Clan now has a m em bership th ro u g h ; th a t the billions already roll around 183- The pro g ram was approved are m erely a s ta r t; th a t in tere stin g item s and various req u ests for another 20 billion w ill sketches taken from the records be made in the fiscal y ear begin of the 20 R ound-U ps, by the sec ning next month. P resum ably th ere re ta ry . are some 'officials, probably a book F ran k S ayrs was in the hospital One more m em ber of the fam ily keeper in the corner of some office, as the re su lt of an accident th a t circle has gone to his long re st: who is keeping tally on the o u t o c.u rre d when he w ith Dean the death o f J . B. Thom pson in lay, but he appears to keep his Pi ikerton and M arjorie Meloy Decem ber, 1940, has left five w ere re tu rn in g from The Dalles b ro th ers and two siste rs in the secret. On the theory th a t the tim e to S a tu rd a y night. F ra n k , who was fam ily of C harles W. Thom pson g et it is while the g e ttin g is gooa, said to be driving, fell asleep and , and Delila B ax ter Thom pson, de th ere are mem.bers who endeavor the car w ent off the grade in ci ased. A. C. Thom pson and M rs. to have defense funds sp en t in B i ; gs canyon and overturned. Chas. B ullard of Moro. H a rrie tt th e ir d istric t or s ta te and these Both boys were knocked uncon Nish of The Dalles. I. Owen have no in terest in economy. Somt. scious. Mr. and M rs. J. K. Mc- Thom pson, of Camp S herm an. B. of the mo.-t im portant functions of Ki an bro u g h t them to Moro when R. Thom pson of P asadena, Cali the w ar d ep artm en t is to u n d er it was a t first th o u g h t theirin- fornia. E zra Thom pson of C orval take have not been annopneed yet, ju iie s were slight. lis. but th ere are m em bers of congress L ast y e a r’s record shows six who are pulling w ires to see th a t Madia A T raveling E xam iner of O pera birth s including Pauline these activities are properly lo to rs and C hauffeurs is scheduled and Paul M ichael, tw in babys of cated, and properly located m eans to arriv e in MorG W ednesday, Mr. and Mrs. Milo H. E llio tt of in th eir d istric t if possible. June 18, 1941, and will be on d u ty S heridan; one death and two S ecretary of the T reasu ry H enry a t the co u rt house between the m arria g es, K eith Busch of H ills M orgenthau, J r., suggested th a t hours of 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. boro, and Gordon Thom pson of one billion dollars could be saved All those w ishing perm its o r Donald. this y ear by refu sin g ap p ro p ria licenses to drive cars are asked to Those enjoying the day were tions to certain agencies. Invited g e4 in -touch w ith the exam iner a t Mr and Mrs. A. C. Thom pson, to item ize these agencies, he m en th?se hours. M r and M rs. N. W. Thom pson, tioned the CCC cam ps, the W PA, Mr. and M rs. Chas. B ullard, F lo r and im m ediately raised a ro&. ence Brown, Mr. and M rs. J. C. T here is a proposal fo r CCC and Thom pson and d au g h ters F ay e and NYA to consolidate but such a Claudine, Mr. and M rs. M artin m erg er will never please the people M tlzer and d a u g h te rs N orm a, Lois of the w est for the enrollees have and P riscilla, H arvey Thom pson, perform ed rem arkable work in the Mr. and M rs. M .A. Bull, Mr. and fo rests, in soil reclam ation, on rec- Mrs. Dewey Thom pson and sons lrm atio n projects, on g razin g , on Ted, Donald and K eith, Mrs. w ildlife centers and on public land. F rances H enrichs and d a u g h ter The w est, b e tte r th an the e a st, V era Jean , Mr. and Mrs. S. A. recognizes the value o f these H all and son Mack, Mr. and Mrs. cam ps. As fo r W PA , although the Russell Belshee and d a u g h te r p resid en t reduced his req u est for N ina M arie, Mr. and M rs. Orval th a t agency, there are m any cham Thom pson and sons Allen, Dale, E. G. Reed J. VV Ja rv is pions in congress for th is relief Eugene and d au g h ter R am ona, all work, fo r not everyone is capable Joe W. Ja rv is, well known of Moro; H a rrie tt Nish and J. O. o< tak in g a job in private industry let ally as the Union Pacific’s E llio tt of The D alles; Mr. and M rs. and th e re are m illions who need rth w e st ag ric u ltu ral agent, has A. Busch and son Dale of H ills the sm all sum th a t W PA pays. So been appointed supervisor of a g r i boro; Mr. and M rs. Jesse Thom p n eith er CCC nor WPA will be elim- cu ltu ral developm ent,' succeeding son and Mr. and Mrs. R ay Seigen- “’Thated. The forces will be reduced, E irle G. Reed. th a le r of P o rtlan d ; M rs. Geo. E. projects deleted, but both will J a rv is will have h e a d q u a rte rs in Meloy and d au g h ters M arjory and ca rry on w ithin w hatever sum con O m aha and have charge of the B arb ara of Cascade Locks; Mr. en tire system . He w as reared on and M rs. H. M. Bull and sons gress approves. M any m em bers of congress a fa rm n ea r Salm on, Idaho, a t Tommy and Jack ie of Condon; realize th a t a payday m ust come tended school a t O ntario, Oregon, Mr. and M rs. Chas. A dlard, Moro. and th ey would like nothing b e tte r anti, was g rad u ated from Oregon G uests vVere Rev. and Mrs. H an tnan to trim appropriations, but S ta te college. He was the first son of Moro; Mr. Edm und C ushing, th ey cannot w ithout the m oral stu d en t to win a Union Pacific P o rtlan d ; Lois A belgore also of pressure, for national defense and scholarship in vocational a g r i P ortland: Mr. and Mrs. E llsw orth the re g u la r , d ep a rtm en ts, alm ost culture- from M alheur county, Woods, K londike; Florence Law w ithout exception, are keeping He- ta u g h t vocational ag ricu ltu re rence- of Moro and Bobbie Brown. w ithin th eir budgets. The one for three years in high schools in L ucetta A dlard, secretary . hope of these congressm en is th a t Im bler, A m ity and Union, before when the w ar Is over the world will joining the Union Pacific in 1037. A new ruling by th e s ta te d ra ft < be sr- financially busted th a t th ere Reed has been appointed gen- board has m ade it possible fo r succeeding men to ta k e ten days to fill out Wilk cancellation of eral livestock ag en t, -------. wm be a « general ---------------------- debts. They do not expect to col- j p WhitmoiV; who has retired on th eir questionnaires - instead of the previous five days. account of illness. Continued on Page Two Mrs. Ellen Harper Buried At Wasco Young People Hurt In Car Accident m v x 4 Mormon Crickets Glen P. King Endanger Wheat Succumbs To Again This Year The m enace of Mormon crickets Heart Attack has .become g re a te r this week since the w e a th e r has become w arm er and th e insects are more inclined t » move. _ T h e fed eral ag e n t detailed to fight the crickets has -been here v. Ithin the p a st week but has been d* ¡ng ex term in atio n work at W arm Springs. F arm ers who ’ have Mormon crickets in th e ir w heat in large num bers a re : R. M. Johnson, W. A. Medler, G eorge D rinkard, Claud C oats, C. Ar. W allace, Dick Yocum, Clyde F ridley, C harles H arper and Virgil M atney. Possible dusting by use of an airplane has been s ig g e s te d and this method may be tried before th e end of the week unless o th e r m ethods are found eff ective. , Twenty Children Attending 4-H School Monday tw en ty young people of th;« county le ft for Corvallis and t i e annual 4-H sum m er school. T hey will rem ain 12 days includ ing tim e needed fo r the trip com ing and going. Many of them went on scholarships given by o rg a n i zations. A tten d in g are: M ar g h erita Von B orstel, Shelton F ritts , Ed F ritts , IBetty Juhnke, Shirley Ju h n k e, lAnajean K nighten, IClyde F ’idley, M erril S ath er, Mary Lou vdr. B orstel, Helen von Borstel, Lee B arn et, Leland B arnet, Bobby Huck, Lloyd Kelley, Jack von B orstel, Jo h n H ilderbrand, C arsten von B orstel, E lton Medler, Phyllis M edler and Glen S ather. Thompson Clan Auxiliary Elects Meets 20th Time New Officers y -, * Election of officers fo r the A m erican Legion A uxiliary was held a t th e la s t m eeting with the r is u lt th a t Mrs. Om er Sayrs was chosen to serve an o th er year as piesid en t. Mrs. Floyd F la tt is first vice-president Mrs. Claude Thom pson, second vice-president, Mrs. Wily K nighten secretary, si re ta ry and M rs. C harles R ug gles, tre a su re r. D elegates to the s ta te convention to be held July 21-22-23 a t Eugene are Mrs. Knigh ten and Mrs. Sayrs w ith Mrs. Bull and Mrs. Chas. A dlard altern ates. F ifty pillow’ tops and 8 pillows a rt ri2 d y to send to the V eteran ’s hospital and 215 bedside sacks are ready to go to F t. Lewis. These sick s were m ade In collaboration with the M issionary society. Sam Gordon Coming To Teach Bridge C o ntract b rid g e is a cineh ac cording to Sam Gordon, the K ibit zer, who will again be here for a series o f c o n tra c t lessons June 19. 20, 21, a t the IOO F hall under the auspices of the PNG club. He says the only aim of bridge p a rtn e rs is to tell each other hew m any trick s they expect to take ai’d the best tru m p ; and th a t’s all. A p layer need not be eith er, or all, civii engineer, statisticia n nor clairvoyant. A few rules and signals are all the equipm ent needed and these Mr. Gordon will explain when he ccmes to Moro n ex t week. Grass Valley Man Married At Dallas W ilbur Odell B rin k ert, son of Mr. and Mrs. W illiam B rinkert of G rass Valley, was m arried last Sunday in Dallas to Miss B ertha C raw ley of Rickreal in a cerem ony th a t was attended by 200 friends ?.nd relativ es of the bride and groom . Mrs. B rin k ert has been a school teacher in Polk county for several years. .T he young couple will come to Sherm an county next week, a f te r their honeymoon, and expect to rem ain h ere. A ttending the w edding were Mr. and Mrs. B rin k ert and -son, W illiam , of Gras4; Valley. L ester E arle Shipley is one of two Oregon men who g raduated from th e U niversity of P ennsyl vania T h u rsd ay , Ju n e 12 when com m encem ent exercises were held in the M unicipal A uditorium a t 10:30 a. m. Mr. Shipley is a g ra d uate who will receive a degree of m aster of a rts having been n g rad u ate stu d en t fo r th e p ast year. He is a son of Mrs. Tom Douma. Prominent Farmer and Stock Man Dies After Long Illness Glen P. King, Sherm an county farm er, died M onday m orning from a hi a rt attac k , the second within a m onth. D uring last fa ir Mr. King suffered an a ttac k which in- capacited him for active work but he had been able to be around much of the tim e. He had ju s t retu rn ed from the hospital last week feeling very well although confined to bed. Monday m orning he was rushed to the hospital by am bulance but died as he reached there. Mr. King was born iff Sherm an county A pril 20, 1898 and moved tc A rizona and C alifornia with hi p aren ts when a sm all boy. He returned here in 1917 and began to farm his fa th e r’s place between Moro and G rass Valley which he has added to by purchases of his own. He m arried Miss F rances R utledge in 1919. He has developed good livestock, both horses and ca ttle during his farm in g y ears, and his race horses have been consistent w in ners a t the county fair. S urviving are his widow, two sens, R obert and Donald, and two s b te rs , Mrs. Gladys Van Sicklen and Mrs. E. S. M ercer of V entura, C alifornia, a nephew’, Micheál K. B .rk e , and a younger nephew and niece. F uneral services were held T h u rs day afternoon from the auditorium at G rass Valley and in term en t was made in the fam ily cem etery plot near th a t place. O fficial County Paper Farmers Will Officers Elected Kill Weeds With By Co-operation Own Tools R esult of the atte m p t to sign up Grain Growers farm ers owning 150 acres of p er ennial noxious weeds failed because most farm ers had alread y made arran g em en ts to cu ltiv ate th eir own weeds or have neighbors do it for them . The weed control com m ittee will therefore not buy any weed culti; vi.ting equipm ent but will depend on farm ers w orking th eir own un- ilei such a rran g e m e n ts as have been made. School Elections Due Next Monday Next Monday school elections will be held in th e school districts of the county and a t least one d irector and a clerk will be chosen to aid in directing d is tric t affairs for th e’ nex t term . A t W asco two directors will be chosen due to the resig n atio n of John M dO ure. Some d istricts will m ake up the yearly b u d g et at this tim e while others retain the h ab it of fall budgets. A fter th is y ea r all school d istricts will m ake a budget in Ju n e as will o th er tax in g Indies because in 1942 the new law will take effect th a t m akes the fiscal year end Ju n e 30. ( O l RT HOUSE TO C LO SE This S atu rd ay aftern o o n the court house in S herpian county will be closed. A new law becomes effective th at day th a t will make closing of court houses general through nearly every county in the state. Legal business is p rac tically a t a stand s^ill. S atu rd ay afternoons and inasm uch as court hi uses care for legal business closing has .become th e rule. Grass Valley Soldier Spends Day With Parents While On Trip Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Balzer had a* th eir gu ests T h u rsday n ig h t their son, PFC Melvin D. Balzer, S ergeant C arter N. Dean, PFC Janies W oodworth, and PFC C harles Beckers all of the 34th Ai. Base Group from March Field, C alifornia. They left,..F rid ay to spend several days in P ortland be- fi re going to E v erett, W ashing ton where the 34th Air Base will he stationed. About fifty friends and. neigh- boi s m otored to the Fred S tradley heinir Sunday n ig h t to charivari. Mi. and Mrs. Clyde S tradley. The evening was spent inform ally with refresh m en ts served in the late evening. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Alley drove to The Dalles S atu rd ay to m eet th eir d au g h ter, Mildred who came home from Seattle to spend a week visiting here. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bibby were visitors in The Dalles, S aturday. Miss Dolores Simon came home S atu rd ay from the W illam ette U niversity to spend her vacation with her parents. R obert Rolfe came from OSC S atu rd ay accom panied by Miss Velma Kennell of Albany who spent the week end a t the T. M. Rolfe home. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. D unlap M is. A rt Bibby, Mr. and Mrs. T. iu. P.olfe and Mr. and Mrs. A lfitu Kock atten d ed the card p arty a t K ent S atu rd ay evening. Mrs. Rolfe won the gran d prize. Mrs.. Del E akin, M rs. Dean Rey nolds, Mrs. Harold E akin and Mrs. W allace May attended the funeral service» fo r Mrs. H a rp er held in Wasco S atu rd ay afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. H arold E a \in were business visitors a t Toppenish T hursday. Many friends from G rass Valley attended the funeral services for Cecil N orton held a t Kent T h u rs day afternoon. F ran k Uleh and M rs. Jean Ply- pigte of The Dalles called a t the (Art Bibby home T h u rsd ay evening to v isit Mrs. Elsie Rust. Mrs. R ust acom panied them back to The Dalles. Mr. and Mrs. Dell Olds left F rid ay for H ubbard to v isit her m other, Mrs. Jam es W alkensbaw , going to the coast before r e tu r n ing home Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. L. M. E»linger and d au g h ters of Twin Falls, Idaho sp en t several days last week vi.-iting Mr. and Mrs, Jam es B lagg and Mr. and Mrs. H erm an Zeigler. A rlis Bailey and W illard Rolfe le ft F rid ay for G ladstone, N. D, to spend several weeks visitin g Mi. B ailey’s p aren ts. Roy Hogue, who is employed in The Dalles spent the week end h ire visiting Mr. and M rs. Wren^ HeguQ. Mr? and Mrs. Arzell Lemley ana d au g h ter C arolyn, left F rid ay for F orest (¡rove to visit Mr. and Mrs. C ar’ Sherm an. They also visited Mr. and Mrs. H u b ert H u tchcroft and fam ily in P o rtlan d re tu rn in g home the first p a rt of the week. Miss Cassie Holmes, Mrs. W il liam Holmes and d au g h ter, Doro thy w ent to P ortland Sunday when "Dorothy will e n te r St. V incent hospital for n u rse’s train in g . M arg u erita von B orstel accom pa nied them on her way to Corvallis to atten d the 4-H club sum m er school. Mrs. John B rogan and d au g h ter of Antelope visited a t the Sam Holmes home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Coyle and the b itte r’s m other, Mrs. Ollie Rice, left T hursday for S w eet Home to retu rn M rs. Rice to her home there a fte r spending a m onth here. The Coyle’s w ent to Lebanon to attend the S traw b e rry F a ir F rid ay re tu rn in g home S atu rd ay . Mr. and Mrs. H arold E akin and son, M arcile Zurlinden and Lois Coyner left Tuesday for P ortland where Mr. Eakin will atten d the Masonic grand lodge. Lois Coy ner will rem ain to visit her sister, Mrs. Ethel M iller and her brother H arold Coyner, and go to the Rose F estival before retu rn in g home. Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Kelley were v isitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W ayne Kelley Sunday. Mr. K illey has been ill for several Wasco Group Has Large Meeting and Elect Sii Directors; Moro Re-elects The Sherman Cooperative Grain Glowers’ meeting was held Mon day of this week. A program fea turing several speakers from out side the county was given a fte r dinner served in the city park. Major R.E.M. Delsleta of the Bon- m ville adm inistration spoke about development of the river saying that by January first next the Col umbia river would be open foi ocean going vessels as far as The Dalits. He advocated the con struction of an elevator on the river. J. D. Mickle, head of the state departm ent of agriculture »poke about his many years in the de partm ent and praised the coopera tives for their general success in farm m arketing. County Agent LeRoy Wright also spoke briefly in the absence of Normal M artin of The Dalles whe could not attend. Elected were six of the board ef seven. LA. J. Smith, A. C. Kaae- berg, O. G. H ilderbrand, Arvid Anderson, E. H. W atkins and T. L. Fields. Mr. Fields i» the only new member of the board. A. D. Richelderfer was the only hold over member. v At a board meeting held in the. evening A. J. Smith was re-elected president, A. C. Kasefoerg, vice president and O. G. Hilderbrand, secretary-treasurer. The Moro Grain Growers re elected Clarence Sparling and Vernon Miller as members of the board. Chose Joe iPeters and Wendell Balaiger as members of the Mid-Columbia Terminal as sociation and voted to send Clar ence Sparling to Spokane as dele gate to the Northwest Grain Grow ers next Monday, June 16. Speakers at the meeting were A E. Sutton, m anager of the N orth Pacific G rain Growers and E. B. Mitchell, field man for the Pucific Supply company of Walla Walla. The meeting of the G rass Val ley cooperative will be held S at urday. Game Laws Charge On July First On July 1 there will be a change in the nonresident angling license. The two-day nonresident angling license for $2.00 has been elimi nated and in its place will be sold a ten day angling license for $3.00. Other new game, laws include provisions for enlargem ent of the areiu of the Corvallis watershed wild animal refuge; setting aside an area east and north of Canyon Creek in G rant county for bow and arrow hunters during deer season; making provision for avoiding con flict and difficulty n the enforce ment of game laws on the Snake rver where th at river serves as the bountary line between Idaho and Oregon. Another law passed by the legis lature prohibits the taking ol salmon or any other food fish by any means on the W illamette river or tributaries a fter July 1. An emergency clause was a t tached to the bill g ran tin g the Game Commission power to set seasons and bag limits, and as a result this law became effective as soon as the governor signed weeks? „ ,Lloyd Kelley left S atu rd ay foi the bill. Corvallis where he will atten d the 4-H club sum m er school for a couple o fw e e k s . M rs. C. M. C levenger and hei house g uests, Mr. and Mrs. Howard C raw ford, were visitors in The Dalles Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. E a rl Saw tell and fam ily of The Dalles spent, the week end visiting her p aren ts, Mr. and Mrs. E rn e st Blaylock. RJrs. W allace May was hostess to m em bers of the Bookworm club at her home F rid ay afternoon. Mrs. Don C lodfelter review ed a book “ From Green Thum bs to Green H ouses” and refreshm ents were served later. Mr. and Mrs. E rn e st Blaylock had as Sunday dinner guests Mr. an,l Mrs. E arl S aw tell and fam ily of The Dalles and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Stradley. ,M r. and Mrs. Jam es B lagg and (Continued on Page two) Californian Killed A Sunday night accident about five miles southwest of Shaniko on the Sherman highway resulted in the death of Willard E. Cary of Los Angeles, California. Injured were Mrs. Carey who waa shocked wid bruieed, William E. Kennedy, of Berkely( California, a nephew of Carey*® occupants of the Carey car, and James L. GdMrich of Derby, Montana» who w is driving a car for Howard Mclnroe of Walla Walla. The cars hit nearly head on. G cod rich and Mclnroe both have broken jaws and many cute and bruises. The Careys were going, to Seattle to attend her mother’s funeral and the other car paasen- gt rs were going to San Francisco to enter government service . at Guam.i 7 _