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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1944)
-i T PAGE 4, SHERMAN COUNTY J OU RM AL. MORO. O ÂâûûN P h î DAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1U4 Moro Library More Corporations Opens Saturday > Buying Bonds With New Books Pacific Power 4k Light company has purchased a total of 447,000 of w ar bonds in The Dalles dis trict, of which >6000 will be ere- ited to the Sherman county quota, |6000 each to the Gilliam and Wheeler county quotas, and tfie balance to Wasco county. The funds being put into w ar bonds by the P.P.&L. company represent cash reserves which will be available fo r post-war addi tions and improvements to the system. A total o f 4500.000 is being invested by the company in the Fourth W ar Loan drive. O ther allotm ents have., coma from corporations as follow ^ Shell Oil 46,000, Union Oil 45,- 000, Texas com pany 4150, S tate DEADLINE MARCH 31 of Oregon 41525. Mrs M. A. Bull, librarian, s t a t es th a t 97 Children’s hooks and 96 books fo r ad u lt reading (have been received from the State Lib ra ry and are now on the shelves of the Moro Public Library ready for loaning. The library will be open this Saturday, February 5th, from 2:00 to 5:00 p. m. and will continue to be open each Saturday of the week from now on as usual. A m eeting of the Chris Schultz post, American Legion, Wednes day night brought out many of the younger generation of Am erican fighting men who have returned from the present conflict I t was agreed to invite the dis tric t vice-commander, Andy Neb- 15 deadline for federal taxes. ergall, to come from Bend to The Moro high school basket meet with th e local post on Feb ball team went to The Dalles Wed ruary 23. If he comes the Wasco nesday night and defeated the and Kent posts will be invited to S t Mary’s teem by a decisive meet here with the local , post. score. Gene Lockett was made chair Mrs Jam es Kenny is in P o rt man of the quarterm aster com land visiting her daughters, Mary mittee and Theo. Johston of the and Jessie. • ' hall committee fo r the meeting. A basketball tournam ent for Mr and Mrs Richard Lockhart Sherman and Wasco counties has returned from Seattle Saturday been scheduled fo r Maupin next a fte r he bad signed up with the Friday. February 18- Moro will be m erchant marine. Following a one of the competing teams. course a t Catalina Island in Cal The schools’ p a rt of the bond ifornia he expects to ship out on drive is alm ost completed w ith a freighter. Mrs Lockhart and sales being made each week. The Roger will live in Yakima while Wasco school w tq 'a h tia o u Dick is in the service. Wasco school with a quota of Mr and Mrs Giles French and 4788.00 has sold 4725.00 in bond; daughter. Patty, were in Portland and stam ps; Moro with a quota from Friday until Sunday. of 41053 has sold 4834.50; G n u s Miss Lois F la tt visited in P ort Valley w ith a quota of • 4345.20 land several days returning home has gone over th e top with sales Monday. of 4531.15- K ent h a s a quota of Mrs Merle Becket and son, 4345.20 and Rufus one of 4152.95. Paul, went to Heppner last week Rufus reports sales of 4207.25 to to remain until the end of this exceed its quota according to re week visiting with relative«. port made to Wily Knighten« chair Andy May has sold his work man. These figures total 42397.90 horses to a valley horsebuyer, which exceeds the county school delivery being made this week. quota of 42064 by over 4300 with Mr and Mrs Loval Zell are m Kent yet to be beard from and Portland this week while taking another week of sales yet to be a weeks vacation from duties in made. the bank. Mrs Robert Marvin returned last week from a two weeks trip to California where she visited her husband, now in camp there. FOR SALE: 2 used Cheney weed- Arnold I^andry has rented tne ens. 1 used M cComrick-Deering, Runsman house to be vacated this Weeder. 2 white faced calves, week by the Lockharts and will week old. Mrs Louie Davis move into it shortly. Grass Valley, Ore. Clyde Gillmor has had to take a few days off work because of FOR SALE: Jersey milch cows, 4bme fresh, some- to freshen the flu. soon. Howard Belshee, Moro Mrs Lester Barnum left T ues 13-15c day for Portland to remain a few days. LOST: Black Spotted Sow, up Jam es McCune, brother of the per bit off rig h t ear. Max late John McCune, came up from Brown, Grass Valley 14-6p his home in Portland Wednesday night by stage to gather up the STRAYED: from my ranch ia Gilliam county, large Hereford possessions of his brother. He Bull, switch of tail, metal ta g in says th at John died of pneumonia ear, horns sawed to 4 inches a fte r an illness of about ten days long. 420.00 reward Notify in the Vanport hospital. He was Oecar Maley, Fossil, Oregon buried in Oakville cemetery- bet ween Albany and Corvallis. LOST: 6 yr. old Guernsey cow, Pvt. Charles Tallman was here m etal tag in ear, R.M. Tonkins. last week visiting h i s , wife and Moro, Oregon 14-6p daughter. The basketball boys of the FOR SALE: New Hamshires, all breeders Xrom eggs direct from high school were in The Dalles Christie Farm s. Rock-New Hamp Wednesday to be examined before the tournam ent which begins Feb Cross. R. I. Reds & Wh. Leg horns. W rite for circular. H a rts’ ruary 24, at Arlington- Miss Ruth Catterson and Mis» Hatchery, Berverton, Oregon tf Vades Koonst drove to Portland last week end returning Sunday FOR SAL.E: John Deere Tractor plow 3-16in. high lift with evening. spring release hitch. A -l condi Mrs A rthur Christianson has tion. Bernard M artin Grass Val heard from her son, Bob, now a ley Phone 419 13-5p member of the 13th Air Command W anf someplace in the Pacific area. John S. Baker was h e re - the first three days- of the week to make out income tax returns for men who have to meet the March GAS AND OIL Any Quantity R. H. McKEAN and SON in s u ra n c e T. Lecter Johnson Grain, Feed, Flour, Fuel Farm Implements, Bags, Twine * PHONES Residence Feed store Office 182 162 163 OREGON WASCO ¿¿¿¿^Soooo©ooooooo<»ooooooeooooooooooooooooooce Walther-Williams Co. Is an old, established firm that has been selling, servicing and repairing cars for a generation. The dependability of its products and the quality of its service has been proven many times. Tire Repair and Recapping 4 01 E 3 rd qqq q 0 q T h e D a lle s 0© O ©O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O C ©O ©O CC©O CXXX3O O O O O O O O O O II
