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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1943)
FAGO B S H W U U N OOÜWTT JO tU U ÍA L , MORO, O O O O N F R ID A Y , IA N U ARY News Received From Meeting Of 22, 1041 ~FHE'T1MÍQ SOUL B y-W ebster Ace of Aces Kids Buy Army Jeep With War Stamps Servicemen Woman’s Club The following are quotation'! from a recent letter received from Rolla Thogerton, who is stationed at the Amphibian Training Base at L^tib C r t i f ’, Ya\: ■ - 1 an<^ ? e \ e ^ av?. ,weUi . transferred ue off our ’h‘P ‘hree » « ’J« ««»• “ 1 n* now in barracks. I don t expect to be here much longer, as we are getting very ’ rigid commando rating. ‘‘Next Saturday I go up for Motor Machinist Mate 1-C rating T hat will be as high as I can go until I make Ohief. Now I ’m rated the same as a staff sergeant in the arm y only I have more au- thority. A second-class petty of- ficer in the Navy has quite a bit of responsibility; On the 404 I was in complete charge of the engine room. I had four diesel engines to look after. “ How is the weather out there? I t ’e pretty cold here, but we have u© uperHte to operate «iijrw»/. anyway. I guvoo guess they w ant make ug tough. I'm sure gjad hear th a t conditions are g0 th at you have chances for a crop again next year, — - had - planned - . on •- - ‘‘I getting a leave to come home over the holi days, but it was too far. They wouldn’t give me long enough leave.” / • • • Word has been received from Vernon Melzer of the U.S. Marine Corpse th a t he has been transferred to Norman, Oklahoma, where he will take training to become an aviation mechanic’s mate. Is Postponed The woman’s dub meeting that was scheduled for today has been indefinitely po.tponed becauee of the weather. Marius Douma ia now stationed a t Golf Port, Miss., having been transferred from Davidsville, R.I. Roscoe Moore w ent to Portland Friday morning to m eet his wife, who had bean visiting there. Mrs. E. E. Barzee and son Max accom- panied him. The Moores returned Monday. Mrs. Bob Belshe entertained a t the grange hall Friday night with a p arty honoring the birthday of her husband. Icy sidewalks th is week caused numerous spills and near-epills. A group of Moro boys have or ganized a — Boys ’club, under the ---- — — -----» ------- sponsorship of Ray Blake, Russell Hollinshead, and G. Douma. They m eet in the room above the fire station. Officers are Bon Chris- tensen, president; Tommy Foster vice-president; Bill F la tt secreta ry-treasurer; and Donald Thomp son sergeant-at-arm s. Mrs. John M. DeMoss left Sat- urday for Washougal to be with b?r mother, who is ill. Roy Dug- gcr’s condition is reported worse, rill Oveson returned early Friday morning from Utah. Due to his train being late, Mrs. Ove son was forced to w ait for him for five hours a t Bigg*. . A change in the schedule of the state driver’s license examin er’s visit to Moro has been an nounced by the secretary of state. The examiner will be court house a t Moro one Thursday of each month from 9 to 11 a.m. Mrs. Louis Sather was taken Form erly the exam iner’s visit n e w to the hospital last Thursday. At was on Wednesdays. The last report she was doing nicely. schedule sta rts Thursday, January Gordon Bringman of the Bel Corn and Mrs. Ted Coats are mont army camp - in California , is • • • i «4 •_ tko rvMirvtv visiting a t the Sather home for a visiting relatives in the county. **w»**»® a Farewell Party THE OLD JUDGE SAYS. . . “ ft Takes Both” Given For Grass Valley Boys « Alton Olds and Roy Justesen gave a farewell party a t t h e I.O.O.F. hall Saturday evening for Robert Rolfe, H arry Young, and W arren Morgan, who are leaving for the army. The eve ning was spent dancing with mu sic furnished by Mr. and Mrs. takes art Isbell and a Hutson . . Orville Ruggles. Refreshm ents -« it Sammy Baugh and a Dick Todd to were served a t a late hour. form a forward pass combination. It Mr. and Mrs. Louis May and takes both . . . War Bonds and Taxes children came up from The Dalles to provide the necessary finances to win this war—a war for freedom and Saturday, and were overnight humanity. Are you doing your part? guests a t the home of Mr. and . P. T reasury Uff'artmeHt Mrs. I. D. Pike. Mr. May went on to Redmond, where he is em ployed by the Union Oil compa ny, and Mrs. May and children, accompanied by her sister, M rs.’" Lloyd Goodrich, and son went back to The Dalles Sunday. Miss Virginia H elyer of The ' V S e n t H i(th - » o o . ba.Uet ball team d e f i l e d Wasco by • a Dalles spent the week end here visiting relatives. - of U .^ Lieutenant and Mrs. Harland a D alle, hospital Fnday and Sat- Clodfelter of Portland visited a t the Don Clodfelter and Frank von Robert Gregg was an overnight Borstel homes during the week guest of Glenn Sather last - Tues end, en route to Pendleton, where Lieut. Clodfelter was to report for day. - Kent high basket ball team de duty at the Pendleton air base in feated Maupin 33 to 24 last Tues aviation ordnance. day. „ \ . The Ladies’ Social Service ’club It takes both . . , two fingers to Kent Grange will hold its reg- met a t the home of Mrs. Charles give the Victory sigh. It takes both ular meeting Saturday night Lemley last Thursday with a . . . War Bonds and Taxes to make that Victory come true. Continue _________ <T pot luck dinner a t noon. Twelve your purchase of War Bonds, at were present. In the election of least ten percent of your income. C H U R C H E A officers, Mrs. T. M. Rolfe was e- Pay your Victory Tax and your in ^ ji r i gtjan Science Society lected president, with Miss Anna come tax cheerfully and gladly. Sunday morning services a t Schwartz as viefe-president a n d Both are in lieu of an Occupation Tax to Hitler. 5. T rea su ryD ep a rtm en t 11:00 a.m. Subject,, “T ruth.” Mrs. Wallace May secretary-trea Wednesday night aervice a t 8 surer. Miss Marsh from Malaya, includes testim onials of healing. who was a teacher in a Chinese The in the rolfr school, gave a talk. Rev. and Mrs. m e reading room --- building is open. All AO F. L. Cannell and Mrs. Maud tborjxe<j Christian Science liters Akers or Wasco were present. can be ^ g h t or borrowed Mrs. E dgar Alley, Gus E ng strom and Mrs. Etha Schilling Wasco Methodist Church went to The Dalles Friday to vis Sunday School a t 10:00 a.m. it Mrs. Engstrom , who is ill in a Morning worship a t 11:00 a m. hospital. Epworth League a t 6:30 p.m. Mrs. C. M. Clevenger e n te r F. L. Cannell, pastor tained members of the Grass Val ley bridge club and additional Wasco Christion Church guests at her home Wednesday at Bible School at 10:00 a.m. a dessert luncheon. Bridge was Morning worship a t 11:00 a.m. played a t three tables. The high j h , thwM. ¡, ‘ The M aster Heal- score for the club was held by „ Mrs. Ed Alley, with Mrs. Don Christian Endeavor a t 7:00 p.m. Smith holding the high score for at the parsonage. the guests. Mrs. H arry Heising and chil Moro Community dren of Metolius arrived h e r e Presbyterian Church Friday to visit a t the Dell Olds Jam es D. Moberg, pastor. home. Mrs. Heising accompanied Bible School a t 10:00 a.m. Mr. Olds to The Dalles Saturday Morning worship a t 11:00 a_m. to visit Mrs. Olds, who is ill in Sermon, “ His Life fo r His Be a hospital there. Mrs. Heising lief,” “The Kingdom.” Communion and children returned to their service. Special music by choir. home Sunday.. Christian Endeavor a t 7:30 p^m- Mrs. Ed Alley left Thursday Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.. choir for Bonneville to visit her son, _ Bruce, and wife several days, as urgday a t 7:30 p.m., prayei Bruce will leave soon for the na * vy. . ._ Mrs. E dgar Alley, Gus E ng — strom, and Mrs. Herman Zeigler I J I /z x r if A CIS' w ent to The Dalles Monday to FF U I U “ ,, FOR SAOLE: 1 <>ordiaI® ^ c k - visit Mrs. Engstrom a t the hos years old; 1 Lincoln buck 4 year pital. old, both large and gentle. John M. DeMoss, Moro. ___________ « BUY WAR BONDS Mrs. Louis Sather Taken To Hospital C m “. te r of Mr. and M r,. Carroll Sayr». Mr. and M r.. W .^ F u U e ,- w e r e whTre ,heyW<he»ve been .pending the winter. r v MrlM Bom. to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Allen Tom, in San Francisco Jan uary 15, a daughter. Mr. Tom, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Tom of Rufus, is an ensign in the nav al reserve, and ie stationed a t Treasure Island. Larry Sayrs, who is staying a t the home of his grandm other, Mrs. Edith Sayrs, while his m other is in the hospital, hae the mumps. ... His sister x- is staying with Mr Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Sayrs. Mary Lou Sayrs is at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Thompson. It has th at Lieut. I.,*.. been reported ---- Lloyd Henrichs, son of Mrs. hran- ces Henrichs of Moro, waa m ar- ried in December to Miss Eliza- beth Shaw of Melbourne, A ustra lia, at the home of the bride’s par ents there. MORO SCHOOL NOTES Moro Huskies will play the first home basketball game with the tall Kent team , in the Moro gym Friday evening, Jan. 22. There will be two » F games, am e» . startin g * at 7-30 pm . The game with Rufus was postponed, so this will be on- ly the second league gaipe of the year. Another home game will be played the following Friday, when Wasco comes here for a r e turn game. The Junior class is sponsoring a dance following the games this Friday. The DeMoss Melodiers will furnish the music. 'Admis sion will be 25 cents per person, and the public is invited to a t tend. . „ . A new student in the Freshm an class this week is Bob Roberson, who comes from Weisen, Idaho. His father has taken charge of the local railroad depot. A younger son, Jimmy, is in the fourth grade. Juanita Tonkins has en- tered the fifth grade, while LU- lian Loe has left the eighth grade here and will go to school near Eugene. l ii ii im i in n r - 1 ----- ............. “It Takes Both” “ Judtre, I didn’t realize till the otf)rtupght v.-iien 1 ran across an article in the p^)er what a whale of a lot of industrial alcohol the government needs for the war.” ‘‘1 should say it does, Chet. I understand the beverage distillers around the country are producing about 240,000,000 gallons of indus trial alcbhol this year for ammunition, tires, and other things. I’d say it’s mighty fortunate these distilleries are available to do the job. Otherwise, if we still had prohibition, the government would have had to spend mil lions of dollars and use up a lot of critical materials J o build plants... to say nothing of all the time it would take. It might have been just another case of ‘too little, too late’.’* WE WILL To Bring You The News Not As W e ’d Like It To Be BUT AC C O R D IN G T O THE IN F O R M A T IO N ..... .... ......... ... ....................... W E RECEIVE C. A . Ruggles In these times more than usual it is important to have a dependable grocer— In wartime prices and quality _ and even quantities "^re subject to change. ' ~ . Quality here will be good, prices will be fair and quantities what is allowed. ' Zeigler’s °s","y Grass Valley INSURANCE M o ro O re . IIIIIIJIIIIIIIIHIIIIIHITTT............ ...... BASKETBALL Sherman County Journal Game Tonight a t 7 :30 MORO vg. -K E N T • • Game Friday, January 2» WASCO 8:00 p.m. MORO Adm. 10 A 25c ^UJLI i tiorn iiji i ii i i i i inmi i i in i iD i ionnomn---------- I 4 1 ♦
