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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1944)
MS Il M MHUMII WllW MVftftAJ, OSMIO« FMDAYi HM MM1 ~ri » — - - * wu-U-K. - !--~ 1 Odd-Fellows and W h y a Farmer Should R ebekah» • Will > Buy and Keep War Bonds , by Mark T. Buchanan Picnic Sunday Odd-Fellows and ' Rebekahs and their wives and husbands will have their annual picnic at the DeMoes park next Sunday, July 9. The birthday of county Judge J M Wíleon was celebrated last Sunday with a family gathering* held at the Wilson residence at K ent ‘ , Mr and Mrs Glen Gilbertson and children, Ernie and Guinann, were recent visitors at the home of Mr ’ and Mrs W H Cauthere. Mrs Gilbertson is a daughter of Mr. Cauthers and *’-■» family intend making their home in Salem Ore- *. gen. - Roger and Dorothy Ekatrom of Portland are v «i ting their grand mother Mrs Roy Belshee. Billy In gram of The Dalles is also a guest a t the Roy Belshee home thia week. Mr and Mrs D. Harold Morphy .. uere here from Portland Saturday Sunday and Monday, returning home Tuesday in order to be on kind for work. They were guests of her parents, Mr and Mrs M G Meltar. A grass fire was started in Nigger Hollow a week ago that turned over a tract of pasture land. A crew of fighters were out from Grass Valley to fight it. Most damaged were L. L- Bell and George Smith. Mrs Vernon Miller and younger 'boys were in Eugene for a short visit with her parents last week Mrs Janet George was here over the week end v sitin g with her rirter, Mrs Collis Moore and fam ily. Her two children returned home with l»er after being here a couple of weeks. Jcfing Chai/Titan, Division of Farm Management and Agricultural Economic» State College of Washington, Pullman, Washington " *** TOURING the early stages of an in selling Bonds to individuals inflationary period a farmer than in sel selling them to banks. should talk like a pessimist and Protection. This country and the act like an optimist. He should War effort have been blessed with extend himself by means of credit six successive years of phenome and i take advantage of the rising nal crop yields and agricultural * production. If a penny is tossed price situation. During the latter part of an in six times and corpea up heads flationary period he should talk every time, the probability of the seventh toss is stiU 50-90, heads like an optimist and act like a and Although the success pessimist. He should liquidate his sion tails. of good years does debt and put as many inflationary not necessarily crop portend crop fail dollars as possible into a fixed ure to come, nevertheless crop investment No fixed investment is always something that is more satisfactory for this pur failure be considered possible. pose than War Bonds of the United should Money invented in War Bonds will State 3. provide protection for living ex In addition to laying aside pres penses and capital during the dif ent easily obtained money to use ficult years. ' ** . $ when its purchasing power has in Safe Investment. As a rule the creased, there are several other paying off of the “mortgage** is a reasons why farmers should buy farmer's best investment. During and keep War Bonds. the w.ar years, however, many Reserve for Needed Replace farmers have accomplished this, meats and Improvemeata. Every and are now seeking a safe invest farmer knows that his machinery ment for extra cash. No invest and equipment gradually wear out ment is safer than the Bonds of and become obsolete. During this our Government. Not only is this time when new machinery and investment a safe one, but the ri?- equipment is difficult to obtain, he turns are attractive. Series E should lay aside funds with which Bonds held for 10 years return in to replace this equipment when it terest of 2.9 per cent, compo.n Jed becomes more readily available annually—in 10 years $4.09 for following the war. each $3.00 put in. Prevent Inflation. This war is Patriotic Motive. Not to be for costing twice as much per year as gotten is the fact that this war the total cost of World war I. To must be won. Farmers have mere the extent that the Government sons and daughters in the service can borrow this required money per family than any other gro-ip from individuals out of savings or of our population. We must pro funds that otherwise would be vide them with the prines, tanks, available for living, inflation will guns, ships, and other materials be averted. That is why the Gov necessary to speed their return ernment is much more interested home. U. S. Treasury Department V FOR FIVE AND V FOR VICTORY Mrs Grace Smith left Monday for Pprtlahd after a week here with her daughter, Mrs Ernest " Woods and family. Sherry Woods went to Portland w th her grand mother for an extended v isit C H Suneson of the Bureau of Plant Pathology was here last v/eek to do some work with Mer rill Oveson at the experiment sta tion - Mr and Mrs W F McLeod were house guests of Mr and Mrs Tru man Strong last week end, coming ¡back from their home in Portland. to see friends here. W J Martin . left Sunday for ■Medical Lake, Washington where he will stay with has daughter. Mrs B F Morgan for awile. Grass Valley FoIksfMeet and Eat on Fourth Mr and M ts J S Newcomb and daughter, Doris, Mrs Anita Bar nett, Mr and Mrs A F Balzer and son, Cla'r, Mr and Mrs John Engstrom, Mrs Jesse Helyer of Kent. Mr and Mrs Bert Baker of Gresham, Mrs Etha Schilling of The Dalles all enjoyed the Fourtn of July at the home of Mr and Mrs P. J Baker in The Dalles. A pic nic dinner waa served at noon on c big table under the trees on the lrwn. Every one enjoyed the din- nci and vis ting afterwards. Mr Helyer visited his parents in The Dalles • Notice o f the funeral of Ab Black, former resident of Gra-ss Valley, was contained in the Chronicle thia week 'Mrs Glen Perry, Mrs Ed Alley, Mrs Tom Alley and Mrs John Block went to The Dalles the Fourth and attended the shows. Mr ahd Mrs Roy Feely and daughter, Mrs Nelda Kendall, and Mr and Mrs Arch Zehner of The Dalles were visitor» here the Fourth of July. Mr and Mrs George Smith and daughter, Judy, and Mr and Mrs Eben Kee spent the Fourth of July on a picnic at Bear Springs. Mr and Mrs Tom Alley were >us nese visitors in The Dall«j Monday. Ralph Bolen, U S. Navy same up with them to spend the Fourth of July with his sister, Mrs Wayne Kelley and family. ■3®,, Mr and Mrs Willis Brittian and *on, Gary Wayne, cam? over from Tygh Valley Saturday accompan ed by > Mr and Mrs Curtis Stark if Astoria who came to spend ivveral days visiting Sam Stark and wife and Mrs Helen Bayer. Mr and Mrs James Phifer and small daughter came over from Maupin Saturday to visit over the 1th w th her moihferi 'Mrs Maud^ Garrett and family. Mr and Mris Frank Pike left Monday evening for Hermiston to j pend the Fourth of Jujy with ELs parents, Mr and Mrs I D Pike and lis brother in law and sister, Mr ind Mrs Louis May and family. Mr and Mrs Art Bibby and children and their house guests, Mr and Mrs Mike Bibby of Han ford, Mr and Mrs Herman Petersa and sons and Mr and Mrs Joe Bibby spent the Fourth of July ifishng at Shearer’s bridge and enjoying a o:e«> dinner. Mrs Maude Garrett had as din ner guests» the 4th Mr and Mrs James Phifer and {laughter of Maupin, W J Crozier and Mr and Mrs Clarence Hensen. Wayne Kelley arrived h e r e Sunday from Klamath Falls to viFit his family, leav ng Tuesday for Klamath Falls accompaniisd by his wife and family who will spend several months there with him. Lloyd Hennagin, accompanied by his daughter, Derrie and son, Michael came up last Sunday to take charge of the bank during the vacation of Merle Becket The Beckets left Sunday night to spend a few days of their two weeks in Portland. D . R . F it z p a t r ic k — S t . L o u ia P o e t - D ie p a tc h Mr and Mrs Charles Powell left Saturday for Portland after a few The Sherman county riders holiday, returning Thursday to days of looking after their farm were out Sunday starting at the work. John Robh has been transferred h e r e . _____ ____ .____ fair grounds and riding to the The Claud Coats fam ly had a to Bremerton. Wn., from Farra- Dan McLacblan waa moved from Mewpoint on Gordon ridge where picnic at the DeMow park l a s t gut, Idaho, where he took his Emmanuel hospital in Portland to tliey could see the north end of Sunday. ' - boat training. Mrs Rotih left here a hospital "to The Dalles laot week the county and from the other Mrs Harvey Thompson came up Wednesday for Bremerton to be and is pleased to be so near homo ride of the road could look up the from Portland Wednesday after- with her husband while he is sU again. Deschutes river gorge. Twenty noon for a days vis.t with her tioned there. The Ruggles family had a pic- five rode and 63 partook of bhe husband. With her was Mr3 The Baptist Mission society, nic at the city park the Fourth, picnic which was held at the Wayne Thompson who had been at met at ^Xhe home of Mrs W C Phil and wife were up from Port- *ess Landry farm home. Camp Roberts for several days Todd Thursday afternoon with 13 ln^d. Walter and wife in from Cara-ten von Borstel and Earl visiting her husband. members present. Klondike, hut Oscar was haying Lyons are here on furloughs, both Elmer Barzee was here a part Mr and Mrs W E Bruckert of en the Finnegan ranch and did being in process of being trans- th® week from Portland to see Klondike were callers at the home not come. ' ” fie med to Camp Mead, Maryland, if the wheat crop was ready to cut. of Mr and Mrs Q N. Ruggles a replacement center, from which He thinks it will be three weeks Sunday. they expect to go overseas yet before much harvesting is- Miss Doris Newcomb came up CARD OF THANKS from The Dalle» Sunday evening We w »h to give our sincere Mrs H E Wooton of Sac ramen done. James B. Adams returned the to »pend the Monday and Tuesday thanks to the many kind friends to, California submitted to an op Portland holidays with her parents, Mr and who gave us their time and sym- &tion in The Dalles Wednesday. middle of the week from ___ pathy in arranging for the funer- Mnj Wooton is a airter in law of , ,e end Mrs J S Newcomb. al of our wife and mother. Mrs Wm. J. Martin. / T 7’ Mr and Mrs Dick Edwards w J Martin and fam Jv r v i^s* Mr® LuciDe Harrington*and son ana V K Ciowaras art for e „ 1 X " h? v ^ Eugene are here to v i.it her ly went to Moro Monday « ' where he visited wrth Mr «nd Mra to visit her brother and sister in CARD OF THANKS h i. » n . George and wife, over the n ^ X E l h U n Mr and Mn, W C Schilling We wish to express our thanks *■..■41.1 to all of you who helped fight o 5S55SSS m SS o S o 5 ooo 55 oooooc 5S o 5 8 5 S 5 oo S S S S S 5 m an ,^ r Mr and Mrs Charles Davi® were fire on our place. business v'sitors in The Dalles Martha Bell and the Bell family Monday- W- M tnmtttttttttsmtssmnttttttamttmtMi C. A . Ruggles INSURANCE I . I I U H I I I ............... Matt Simon, Jahn Engstrom rnd Jacob Wassenm Her were busi ness visitors in Bmd Thursday. Barbara Mathews arrived here Wednesday from Seattle, W n.,to rpend the summer with her grand parents, Mr and Mrs T M Rolfe. Mr and Mrs Jesse Helyer of Kent were visitors here Thurs day- Mr. Witherall, auditor, from Pendleton was here Thursday aud iting the books at the elevator. John Conroy was a business visitor in The Dalles Thursday About 30 were present at uho Eastern Star picnic held at the city park Sunday.,A pot luck d li ner wias served and the afternoon •pent vistin g. Mr and Mrs Charles Lemley and Mr and Mrs Eugene Amidon c-f Moro went to* Goldendale, Wn., Sunday to spend the dav visiting at the home of Mr and Mrs Joe Evans. Mr and Mrs Mike B bby ar rived here Saturday afternoon from Hanford, Wn., to spend reve-r^l days here visiting at the home of Mr and Mrs Art Bibby. -Mr and Mrs W F. JSehilling had as their guests for d nner Sunday Mr and Mra Dick Edwards and family, Mr and Mrs Art Schilling tnd family, Mr and Mrs Roy Schilling and son, Gary, and Mr and Mr® W C Schillng and fam ily of Moro. Jean Zevely went to Shaniko Friday to visit Patricia McOullock who came home with Jean to spend the week end. Mr and Mrs Kendrick Dunlap arrived here Saturday night from Carlton to spend a week here visiting his parents,. Mr and Mrs A A Dunlap- Mr and Mrs Herman Peters and rone, Herman and Arden, were visitors in Tlie Dalle® Monday. BUY ■ t A / « « ÀVÀ 5WAH10AH SHE WILL RULE ROUND-UP 'W - Chosen to rule over the thirty-thirTTendlefon, Oregon, Round- Up, Sept. 14,15,16, is Janet Thompson, 19, shown here on h. t horse. White Foot, at the ranch of Janet’s parents, Mi and Mrs. James R. Thompson. Janet, known as one of the best girl riders in the Pacific North- vest, first climbed into the saddle wher. she was »wo y e u s old; she broke White Foot, and other mounts to ride, and has frequently won in the racing events at the Spring Show held by the Mustang- ers, Pendleton saddle club, of which Janet is a member. In 1934, she was the Round-Up junior queen. nrown-eyea, aarx-nairea But it is not only in horsemanship that brown-eyed, dark-haired Jnhersity of Oregon, in Janet excells. Now a sophomore at the Unii tent pilot's flying license high school days she was awarded a student after instruction which included 20 hours of solo flying; she is on excellent shot; plays a fine game of golf and tennis, is an expert angler and skis and swims with excellent form. However, Janet’s life hasn’t been 'J fun. From childhood she has been a real ranch hand and for the past two years has played her part in the food for victory campaign; first driving a truck in pea harvest, and next, running a pea loader, distinctly a man’s job, from six in the morning to six at night. Janet’s dad, well known wheat rancher, has since boyhood been one of the mainstays of the Pendleton Round-Up, aiding in events o f track and arena. H< is a ,ieph<w of S. R. Thompson, president of of the Round-Up and a brother of Herb Thompson, livestock director. Riding with Janet will be a court of six Round-Up princesses, to be announced later. THE OLD RELIABLE for Quality—Dependability—Courtesy Quality Store G R A SS V A LLE Y BONDS THE OLD JUDGE SAYS. . .j > 7 John Stiles says Tuesday is a poor day for Sherman Coun- tians to leave home because they can’t atop at Stiles on the Deschutes for. eats or drinks. But Stiles is open every other day from 8i . M the morning until 19 at night. Moró Shelton (Bud) -Fritts of the U. S. Navy left Monday for Sal em where he will continue nia stu d ee at Willamette University after spending a leave of a week •here with his parents, Mr and Mrs Shelton Fritts Ben Leghorn of Scappoose waa here several days last week visit ing friends. Mr and Mrs Tom Coyle, Mr and Mrs Norris Gilkfson, Mrs Harold Eakin and children and Mr and Mrs J S Newcomb had picnic dinner at the home of Mr and Mrs John Engstrom Sunday- Mr and Mrs Bud Coon left Wed nesday for Sandy to spend sever al days visiVng their son and dan • gbter in law, Mr and Mrs Florin Coon. M t and Mrs Dick Edwards and family arrived here Sunday morn ing from Myrtle Point, to visit her parents, Mr and Mrs W F Schilling. O regon 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 qual ity of its service has been proven many times. Now, when it is doubly important that you have good workmanship and quick. service to keep your cars and trucks running, have us take care of your service problems. - Tire Repair and Recapping 4*01 E 3 r d The D alle« LeRoy Spoor of Mblalla i® here at bbc home of his brother in law and sister, Mr and Mrs Lawrence Todd. ¡2&J, ' ’'//■ tai • - n , “ The men overseas don’t mince any words •about the way they want to find this country when they come marching hom e... do they, Judge?’’ builds the economical f l i g h t rntak V Pouaagar C ar t/ Light T rattar ✓ Powar H au t á “ Thay certainly don’t. H erb...and they shouldn’t. They’re doing a masterful job fighting over there to protect our rights and they have good license to expect us to pro tect theirs back here at home. One thing they’re mighty clear on is their stand on prohibition.’’ “ Their position on that subject was stated | very emphatically in a poll taken recently among American service men in England by 1 the British Institute of Public Opinion. 1 When hundreds of men were asked point blank how they would vote on prohibition, 85% of them stated, in unmistakable terms, that they would vote againsl it. There’s no doubt about it. H e r b ...th e men overseas don’t want any action taken on that subject while they’re away.” 1 “ And they’re 100% right. Judge, because I know how 1 felt when I came-nome after the last war—only to learn that we had been over there fight mg for so impractical a thing as Prohibition.” t
