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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1943)
I 48» Z P AGB > SKRRMAN OOUNTT JOURNAL, MORO, OBBGON Moro Boy Injures Hand w a r Large Needle FRIDAY. JANUARY 15, 1M1 NEWS FROM SERVICEMEN Sheppard Field, Texas— Pvt. James Y. O’Meara, son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick G. Omeara of Was co, Oregon, has graduated from an intensive course in aviation mechanics . Sheppard Field, near Wichita Falla, Tex., is one of the many schools in the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command that trains the specialist technicians who maintain our bombers and fighter planes in perfect combat condition. He now is eligible to become crew chief on a bomber and to win a rating as corporal or sergeant. • • • F ort Knox, Ky.—Pvt. Melvin E. Babb, of Grass Valley, Ore., is a recent graduate of the Armored Force school, where tens of thou sands of technicians for the arm y’s armored divisions are trained. To earn their diplomas, the men studied the motor and driving mechanisms of various tanks, tearing them down piece by piece to learn how to ‘‘keep ’em rolling’’ afield. During their course they worked with the same bools is sued to field crews. • • • F arragut. Idaho— Arriving a t the U. S. Naval Training Station here in the mountains of northern Idaho, Irvin Ross Fields, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Fields, of Grass Valley, Ore., has begun his recruit training for service with the U. S. Navy. During the nbxt several weeks, he will learn the fundam entals of seamanship. On graduation from recruit training, the new blue jacket will either be sent to a Navy service school for additional training in a specialized field or will join the U. S. fleet a t sea. PP&L Gives Figures on Power Consumption turns between now and March 16. The year also saw 105 stars placed on the company service flag honoring its men called into m ilitary service. At least two of them are known to have won dec orations for valor. Women took over a ’ number of new posts in the organization for the duration. Because of sharp restrictions on new construction work, the total number o f persons employed by the company declined heavily, but t ' ’tal payroll was cT somewhat less because of increases to meet higher living costs. will remain in the city for a while. Am ong, the shoppers and vis itors in The Dalles Saturday were Mrs. Edgar Alley and daughter, Gus Engstrom, Mrs. Herman Zeig ler and daughter, Mrs. A; F. Bal- zer, Mrs. Etha Schilling and son Robert. Mrs. C. R. Anderson, Mrs. C. M. Clevenger, Miss H ar riet Cole, Miss Emma Jean Scholl and Clair Balzer. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bibby and A rt Bibby were business visitors in The Dalles Wednesday. A rt Bibby* took a truck load of cattle to The Dalles Friday. Mrs. William Beck and daughter Jeannie accompanied the Lawrence Denis family home Sunday eve ning for a day’s visit. Arzell Lemley has leased the William H arder place . south of Grass Valleyeand will move there next week. Mr. and Mrs. William Holmes and son were business visitors in The Dalles Tuesday. Miss Cassie Holmes came home from The Dalles Friday to visit her father, Sam Holmes. She re turned Ato the city Sunday. Mrs. C. R. Anderson was hos tess to a group of friends Thurs day afternoon. The af.ternoon was spent sewing, with refreshm ents at the end of the afternoon. Fred Cox went to The Dalles Monday to m eet his daughter, Mrs. A1 Roberts, and son of Cor vallis, who came from Seattle, where they bad spent a" week vis iting friehdk. They will visit here for a week. William Harder spent several days in Milton on business. Mr. and Mrs. Ixiy Cochran of Portland spent the wreek end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ebon Kee. . Grass Valley Rebekahs Install 1943 Officers 0. M. Fraley earns ap faum The Dalles Sunday evening to spend some time visiting his daughter, Mrs. Art Bibby, and family. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Denis of The Dalles were Sunday din ner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arzell Lemley. , Mr. and Mrs. Herman Peter« had as dinner guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Loy Cochran of Port land, and Mr. and Mrs. Eben Kee. Glen Karnes left Wednesday for Portland on business, returning borne Friday. Gus Engstrom went to The Dalles Tuesday bo visit Mrs. E ng strom, who is ill in a hospital there. Mr. aqd Mrs. P at Willoughby and son of Klondike were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Art Bibby Monday. Gail McIlroy left Tuesday for Salem to attend the Full Gospel Assembly convention. Mr. and Mrs. William Beck en tertained friends at dinner Sun day evening in honor of the la t te r’s birthday anniversary. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Law rence Denis of The Dalles and Mr. and Mrs. Orville Ruggles. Estel Hartley came heme from Portland Monday to visit his fam ily, returning to the city Tuesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. A rt Bibby and O. M. Fraley went to The Dallas Tuesday, returning here Wednes day. The Grass Valley Rebekah lodge There was one item of the fam Nicky Wright, small son of Mr. m et a t the IOOF hall Wednesday ily budget that actually declined and Mrs. LeRoy Wright, received eevning for installation of officers. in price during the war year of a painful injury Last Thursday, Ciara Kock was the installing of 1042—and you didn’t have to stand when he fell while running with ficer, with the assistance of Marie in line or use a ration card to buy a large darning needle. The nee- Wilcox as m arshal. The follow it. dk entered the knuckle of his in ing officers were installed: Myrtle „ This item was the electric ser dex finger, breaking off there. It Barnum, noble grand; Helen Al vice used in homes served by the was necessary to dse a fluoroscope ley, vice grand; Clara Rolfe, sec CHAIRMAN REPORTS Pacific Power and Light company, in order for the doctor to be able retary ; Mabel Blaylock, treasu r according to a year-end review to remove the steel. Reports are ON SALE OF SEALS er; Edna Kee, LSNG; Maymie of company operations released that he recovering from the in Bayer, RSNG; Fern Kelley LSVG: here by R. V. Lockhart, the local The Moro community has done jury. well so f a r in contributions toward Beryl Ziegler, RSVG; Georgia agent. Stradley, warden; Jo Hogue, con Local Odd Fellow and Rebekah Average, cost of electricity used the health fund through the sale ductor; Glendora Smith, chaplain: lodges entertained Grass Valley in homes on the Pacific system of tuberculosis Christmas seata. K atheryn Blaylock. IG; Alice and Wasco lodge members a t a dropped during 1942 to a new low There are only a few who have Smith OG; and Juanity Ruggles, joint installation of officers Tues of 2.07 cents per kilow att hour, not acknowledged the receipt of ir.usician. day night. A potluck supper was Mr. Lockhart said. And instead the stam ps, and it is expected by Dinner guests a t the home of served before the meeting. of being rationed, residential cus- the local chairman th at these will Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Anderson Sun Mieses Anme Thieeson, Lillie • tomers actually used an average of respond before the close of the day evening were Mr. and Mrs. Shipler and Catherine Hathaway, 5.7 per cent more than in 1941. sale on March 1. Jesse 'HeIyer of Kent, and Mrs. and Mrs. Theresa Timmerman Much of the story of w hat has Per capita returns so far are Elba Schilling and son Robert. were Sunday dinner guests a t the happened since Pearl H arbor in $1.03, the average being consider Mr. and Mrs. Don Smith and home, of Mr. and Mrs. Russell the Columbia valley area served ably raised by contributions of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pike were Hollinshead, the occasion being by the company can be gleaned local organizations. business visitors in The Dalles the sixth birthday of Kay Hol from the review. For instance, Robert Rolfe and W arren Mor linshead. the number of residential and rural gan were the selectees who left customers served by the company OWI SA Y S VICTORY Mrs. Lois Barzee is here this Monday for Portland for their increased nearly 3 per cent, re week for a visit with relatives physical examination. They re flecting some growth in popula CLOCK MAY BE MADE and friends. turned here Tuesday for a seven tion. Industrial customers i n - The Women’s Missionary soci Time will tell, but indications days’ furlough. nttttnttitttunnnnHTTiiii i i nnnnm g creased alm ost 9 per cent under are th a t Mrs. America’s search ety met a t the home of Mrs. Dew- Frank Pike has bought the war demands for more produc for an alarm clock may soon pro Tum-e-lum house in Grass Valley cv Thompson Wednesday, 45 be- tion. duce a Victory model. Since the and will move there in the near i;tr present for the potluck din- But at the same time commercial m anufacture of alarm clocks was future. r •v - • t noon. The ladies spent the customers showed a drop as auto prohibited by a W ar Production *t * on sewing for the children Harold Eakin took Mr. and Mrs. dealers, gasoline stations a n d Board order, members of the in Dell Olds and daughter Betty to o ’ IT ’ es House, Alaska, six girta’ M o ro O rc . other m erchants with little or dustry have met with government The Dalles late Tuesday night ;< v 7 ns being finished. nil »»»n i nnnnmimini»m i ini»mw» nothing to sell closed up. The net officials to study the WPB sug when Mrs. Olds entered the hos Mr. . id Mrs. Collis Moore and result was a gain of only 1.7 per gestion for a Victory model. This pital, as she was very ill. M r . Mr. and Mrs? Darwin VanGilder cent in total number of custo would be designed to use the least Olds and Betty remained there left th ’s week for a visit to AJ- BASKETBALL mers served. possible »mount of copper a n d with her. SCHOOL SHOW banv, Portland, and other valley First Home Games Kilowatt-hours delivered I o brass in movement parts, and a Mrs. Tom Alley entertained C H U R C H E S points. January 22, 7 slO p.m. customers increased by 20,800.090 non-metal case. But Mrs. Ameri members of the junior bridge club Moro Gym, 8:00 p.m. R .-V . Ixickhart spent several Moro Community KENT vs. MORO or 8 per dent. fo a total of 276,- and additional guests a t her home ca may not be so luckjt. once the davs last week in a Dalles hos- Presbyterian Church Monday, January 18 000,000 kwh for the year, while present supply of w rist watches Wednesday a t a 1:30 dessert lun n;t»l resum ing home Sundav. Mrs. Jam es D. Moberg, pastor. Admission: 10 & 25c (Tax Inc.) the revenues received by the com is gone. Neither w rist watches cheon. Contract was in play »at Lockhart is taking his place at Bible School a t 10:00 a.m. • • * th<* P.P.&L. office. /"Morning worship a t 11:00 a m. pany were only up 1.9 per cent. nor pocket watches bav(*been con two tables, with high scoring hon “BUCK BENNY RIDES AGAIN*’ DW»ng the year the company sidered with the same concern as ors held by Mrs. Don Smith, and The Moro choir under the di Sermon, ‘‘Sowing and reaping,’’ DANCE FOLLOWING GAME was an active member of , t h e the alarm clock. Should the man Mrs. C. M. Clevenger winning the with Jack Benny, Ellen Drew rection of Mrs. Russell Hollins Eph. 6:7 and 8. northw est power pool in which guest prize. ufacture of watches be resumed head. had twenty-two out f o r Christian Endeavor a t 7:3® p^n. Sponsored by Junior Class and Rochester Wednesday at 7:30 p m ., choir all major private and public pow a t all it would probably be only ' Mr. and M rj. Vernon Eakin left practice this week. They have Admission: 26c, Tax Included er systems are interconnected to to use the present inventories of Friday for Portland. Mr. Eakin b*»gum work on the E aster canta practice. DeMoss “Springy” Band Admission: 10, 15, & 25c. Tax inc. returned home, but Mrs. Eakin ta. Those interested in singing L’ Thursday a t , 7:30 p.m., prayer gain maximum use of all gener movement parts. ating plants and to strengthen the in the choir are invited to attend meeting. supply of power for w ar indus ★ choir practice a t the home of Mr. tries of the region. and Mrs. C. J. Thompson Wednes Christian Science Society Taxes for the year on the com Sunday jnorning services a t day nights at 7:30 p m „ pany’s operations reached th e Robert Rohde came down from 11:00. Subject, “Life.” all-tim e high of approxim ately Wednesday night’ Service a t 8 Naches, Wn., Friday on a abort $1,160,000, and reflected the w ar business trip. Mr. and Mrs. Rohde includes testim onials of healing, pattern facing every taxpayer. »rp unending some ♦’’me with Mrt».1 ft The reading room in the rear Real and personal property taxes Rohde’s mother, Mrs. M eyestra, of the building is open. All a u and other local levies showed a thorized Christian Science litera at N’acbea. small drop for 1942 as local gov Information haa Wen received tu re can fye bought or borrowed. ernm ents pulled in their belts here thia .-Week to,th e effa^l that but total federal taxes jumped 30 Christion Church the railroad b e e aefesd th e fr per cent, a forecast of the jolt in Bible School a t 10:00 a.m. al»ardoaaMAt ease be saspended Communion and morning mes store for individrals when they for aborft six weeks in order for file their federal income tax re- sage at 11:00 a.m. The message, them to compile fu rth e r data. Because the key to the liquor “A lesson from Jacob’s well.” Christian Endeavor a t 7:00 p.m. store had been misplaced, it was a t the parsonage. A candlelight necessary for Mrs. Lawrence Ken serivee wag featured last Sunday ny. who is operating the store, to FOR SALE: New Hampshire Red “break in” Monday morning. She evening. breeding roosters, $1.00. Mrs. had the assistance of Aden A x Wasco Methodist Church Chas. Bullard, Moro, Ore., across tell. town marshall. from Shell Oil Co. Sunday School a t 10:00 a.m. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bullard and Morning worship at 11:00 a.m. L O S T : 8 w h ite f e e d e r p ig s be Miss Forence Brown were Sun Epworth League a t 6:30 p/m. DEC. 31, 1942 tw e e n 80 a n d 100 lb s . R e w a rd day dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. DEC. 31, 1941 Preaching service at Grass Val R eso urces Percy Thompson. The occasion ley Methodist church a t 2:30 p-m. $2 5 . W . D . B a r n e t t , G r a s s V a l $72,555,015.02 C ash on H and and Due from Banks $45,606,821.10 le y , O re . P h o n e 922. 9 - 1 0 - 1 1 - p d was the 15th wedding anniversary F. L. Cannell, pastor of the Thompsons. 133,966,311.07 U nited States B onds....................... 51,988,045.17 C. A. Ruggles K INSURANCE During the month of December 1942 this bank bought for its own and its ★ • customers’ accounts, U.S. War Bonds ,..- totaling 541,968,990.54 ★ ★ ★ Want Ads Condensed Statement of Head Office and 41 Branches B onds of U. S. Gov’t Agencies and In s tru m e n ta litie s ............... MORO SCHOOL NOTES The Moro High School Huskies started out the league aeries of basketball by defeating Wasco 19- 15 on the Wasco floor last Friday. The game was close all during the contest, with Wasco leading at half time. G. Nesbit of Wasco, Bob Schilling and Herman Zeig ler of Moro tied for scoring hon ors, with six counters e a c h .- I n the preliminary game the Moro Pups tqok the Wasco reserves 20 to 14. Wayne Melzer led the scor ing with seven counters. Wasco Moro G. Nisbet (6) Ziegler (6) Shull (4) t Bayer (2) L. Nisbet (2) Wilcox Fridley (3) Thompson (4) Gosson ’ Schilling (6) Substitutions: Wasco, Hilde brand, Lutje. Moro, DeMoss, Lemley. Rue- ther. Moro journeys to Rufus to night, January 15, for the second league game. Rufus was defeat ed by Kent last Friday: Kent al so defeated Moro in a pre-season game, so this game should be in teresting The first game on the - home ’ court is to be Friday, January 22, with Kent, starting a t 7:30 p.m. The game will be followed by a dance open to the public. The half way mark for the Moro school children will be reached next week when the first semester will come to a close. Mid year “ exams for the high school will be given on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Students having an average of two or better and a plus in citizenship will be exempt from tests. The cards will be given out Monday, January 25. and the ‘second sem ester officially begins the same day. Carl Looney, son of Mrs. Geo. McDonald of the Harmony dis trict, is k /iew student in t h e Moro grade sdhool, in the fourth grac|e. B o th a r e a t BATTLE STATIONS 877,624.47 2,427,193.8^ $100,022,060.14 7,303,950.01 M unicipal Bonds and W a rra n ts.......................... 470,387.49 O th e r Bonds ’-....... ................................................. 62,714,982.16 L oans and D iscounts-MONEY AT WORK IN OREGON 240,000.00 Stock in Federal Reserve B an k............................ 2,754,805.77 B ank Prem ises, Furniture and F ix tu re s............ 1.00 O th e r Real E s ta te .................................................. 21,067.35 C ustom ers’ Liability on A cceptances.................. 370,286.32 In te re st E a rn e d ........................................................ ~ 79.159.69 O th e r Resources *<«..-.«... .wr.*;; . . . . .7 . « . . . . . . . $173,976,699.93 I Total Resources .'« V«« ♦ « J - $207,398,950.16 5,041,024.69 396,658.80 54,030,792.70 300,000.00 2,710,360.87 1.00 16,214.24 666,921.99 —------ — -------- 156,362.03 $270,717486.48 L ia b ilit ie s C a p ita l............................................... $3,000,000.00 S u rp lu s............................................... 5,000,000.00 U ndivided P ro fits............................ 1,840,447.58 Reserves for C ontingencies.......... 1,920,840.28 •ATTLES these days are fought in the air, on sea, on land— and with the help of the Nation’s communication lines. Reserves Allocated for Taxes, In terest, Etc.-«« A cceptances ...................... .............................. . In te re st Collected in A dvance.........* ................... O th er L iabilities.................................................... D e p o s its (exclusive of all reciprocal bank deposits). . . . . . Total Liabilities.......... Operators, handling the greatest volume of $4,500,000.00 5,500,000.00 . 1,604,730.28 1,223,102.94 $ 11,761,287.86* 431,742.18 • 22,122.15 522,053.49 68,746.49 161,170,747.76 $ 12,827,833.22 487,947.76 16414.24 ■ r- 166,802.09 119,437.94 257,099,051.23 $173,976,699.93 $270,717486.4? calls in the telephone’s history— calls dealing largely with war and war production— occupy flk/» ere eifbt independent books in a “battle station” of vital importance. oPUieted tvitb ibis book, witk e M e ! deposit volume, Oregon directip on December, 3t, t942, o f $12,621,909.55 You can help them to bring Victory closer. Though materials for more telephone lines are not available, due to war’s requirements, you can help keep the lines dear for war by making only vital calls to the war-busy centers. FIRST IM TIO IIM i BBIIh OF PORTLAND, OREGON Your cooperation helps us to serve you and * our Country. We deeply appreciate it. ■ " / .V ' T » B P A C IF IC T B L B P M N B A N » T I L I C 1 A P I C O M PA N Y MEMBER F E D E R A L .- D E P O S IT IN S U R A N C E C O R P O R A T IO N •
