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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1945)
I y J ip B $. ^HERMAN COUNTY ^V U ttN A L . »|QKQ, OREGON FRIDAY, MARCH 1«, 1943 K 0R Q MISSIONARY SOCIETY INSTALLED OFFICERS- Mfrs‘ H*«*y P « * e rto n re M m A U « MeUw . « t i l e d th , P'>r£ nd « w oA ccn for t h . Mom M io ^ n - ™ " *d thc,r Dean P,nl ary Society at a low ly red and white candle service in the Wo* men's dub room Tuesday a/ten- Inducted into office were Mrs. Jus. Motor«. pmoidort. Mrs. Art Bar- num, Tie, p r«iton t. M m Harr.r Pinkerton, wcrelary. Mrs. E. K b a r s,,, treasurer, also the seer,- taries for their activities: Mon- dames L. V. Moore, lues Thomo son, W. D. Walhsn,»Wm. Caruthers, Edith Burnet, Claude Thompson and Carl Melser. A short program proceeded the installation in which Xn, Inez Thompson read an article on C hm - tian Japanese, Mrs. Tom. Preec? on the work of an industrial chap lain and Mrs. Abbie MeSer.^on Lenten sacriAces. Mrs. Caruthers led the devotional» and Mrs. A. L. Mallery played the xylophone. Refreshments of fruit jello, cookies and coffee were served b’ Mrs. Martin Melser, »Mrs. Te*» Thompson and Mrs. Floyd Flatt. Moro Women’s Club will meet at 2:30 p. m. Friday, March 16, at tine club house. M in Lola Martin, social we1- fare worker for Sherman oounty. returned the first of the week from a busmen trip to Condon. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Wallan of Boise, Idaho, wore surprise dmaei guest of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Wallan Tuesday. They were enroute to Aberdeen, Wash. Darwin VanGikler is visiting at home Bene after several week.« of medical treatment in an army hca pital einoe Ms return from over seas. He returns bo the hospital March 26 end expects to have an additional furlough later. PEDESTRIANS MAKE UP 66% OF TRAFFIC FATALITIES Oregon’s January traffic toll wa* the heaviest of any January since Mrs. L. Barnum of The Da txxurate traffic records have been vwrting her brother, Hairy Runs maintained, Secretary of State man, at the Moro hotel. Robert S. Farrell said today. In an _ __ _ ° “nald W*” ° nouncing 27 persons killed in cm - p u r d ^ e d . Tsylorernft plane. I. tor vehicle accident* that month. “ rt‘U U * '» Eighteen of the fatalités, or 66%, "E • • • e * — were pedestrians. By far the great Associate Grand Conductiea: er percentage of the pedestrian Catherine Felger of Portland held fatglitiea involved elderly persons, a school of instruction for Bethlc- struck during hoprs of darknsa. In analyzing the pedestrian ac hem chapter FrMay evening in ths cidents, the safety di vis ion discov Masonic hall. A t the dose of tht ered that most of them occurred evening refreshments were served when the pedestrians stepped into by Ahc© Powell, Betty Thompson the path ol approaching vehicle». an<j Gnevieve Powell. “Many persons apparently do ________ _____ not realise that drivers may not be ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORS able to see them till they are witfa- in 40 or 60 feet of them on dark Building permits issued in Pen- nights," Farrell said. “This is be dkton in Fd)ruary totaled $13/)W) cause we sye only reflected light, A conference on rural and town and dark clothing , reflects only evangelism was held in the Baptist from five to seven percent of the Jigbt that strikes it. Consequently, church at Athena March 12. the pedestrian is not seen by the . ... „ , . driver till h e is too clogp to stop or swerve his vehicle to avoid an ac cident. , “The person on foot also does The Union Pacific round house always realize the speed , at jndon burned to the ground which an approaching car may be arch 3; of building $7000, traveling. He sees the car s h”’* igineg $3200, all covered by in- block, or a block away, and az- iance. > , ! ^umes it is safe to proceed . But at 30 or 36 miles an hotff, the car will To make the work o-f OPA better go a block in leas than ten seconds, ïderstood, members of the Hate <hort ti<ne ^ uka(> a œ r nnmmeion are visiting districts travel a hlock and the fact that It Oregon. McDaniel Brown, OPA * difficult for th* driver to eee? dressed in dark c’oth- WRITING EXPIRATION DATE - stamps now are good for a linv buying pri >A<wo principal reasons ON RATION STAMPS HELPFUL jfaj period. When the aimouncefent utampe, * should not s U r t across, J U u * you written down the ex- u nmde of the validation of new good W? J In the path of an ap- pbatioa data* *n «he hath* of the ^Gunpe, the expiration dates are sugar stall Wait tfli it parses, 14^ and bfap stamp* in y e u r r a tio * 4 te o give-n. Blue stamps, good fur fo? four ra V boohsT y o u d .> g .«WWbed * > * < ' , ‘ u __________ _ _ if* U Will rnw lU y your point ,1 , m m — , V, ' Regular Da ^ t c M g r a P h r r s , t y p i s t ^ cterkat fh t peririehent positions witfl the Shit»' Apply a t $1$ MMffBnOdhMU Portland 4. Final W Positions ^> h e — w S K to low R yth ren gb ou t $uu. >» Army; Nurse t Red Cross or L^GHÒÌRN In buildings 96,396 pianee last year, the United States aircraft industry msfatained an average production mte of approximately 8,000 planes per month or about 11 plans* every hour of the day and night fatin g 1M4. \ . telephone operators: for perma nent positions with the State ap ply at «tfl'Msad RuSding, Port-’ land 4. Final filing data March; Si. Positions locally or through-' SEB HERB MA t TWISE baiorp. you buy what you want is thee Way of home farntehlnga fovi: your hone. If you have anything r to sell we will pay you cash ferv >our furniture. So before you -B U T OR SELL see Bert> MM-fj -tWeu Fuwiiture Exchange, 60S; JBeet 2nd Street, th e Dales, Ore I J > M old ssUblished firm th at hag ¿«Mb idtttag, servicing and repairing cars for a generation. The dependability of its products and the qual ity of its service has been proven many • *». v 7 . - , >• - r J - ' • * * * Mow, when it is doubly important that you have good workmanship and quick service to kOep your cars and trucks running, 'have us take care of your service problems. To refuse to see in osiers th a t which one does not wish to express in one’s self is to reduce the Gold en Rule to hourly and daily practice.—-Alma Sftierbaum C H U R C H E S Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Poley of The Moro Cammuaity Dalles eaUed on friends here Sun Presbyterian Church day afternoon. .They were accom J James D. Moberg, pastor. panied« by their daughter. Miss Bible School 10 a. m. Rachel, a member of the armed Morning worship, 11 a. m. Sermon: forces who had recently arrived “Blessed Are the Merciful," Math from Washington, D. C. Pot luck lunch and Sunday Geo. G. Updegraff drove to Salem School rally at 1:00 p. m. at Grass Friday. He was accompanied by Valley Baptist church. Mâts Patty French and Mrs. Nor- naal W. Frees Jr. of The Dalles, daughters of Rep. and Mrs. Giles Christian Science Society Sunday m orning services a t French. Mr. Updegraff returned 11:00 a. m. Subject: “Substance” here Saturday but Miss French and . Wednesday night service at $ Mrs. Frees laager with includes testimonials of healing. raj» IT E. V atm ttr, O rcbatelitt, ^0 "0 C * * ^.1 ’ o f Hood River, Oregon The reading room in the rea* of the building is open. All as thorized Christian Science liters tare can be bought or borrowed WABCO METHODIST CHURCR for new hospital construction,, te he Bunday Sohool at 10:00 a.m. used ee Genera) Hines of the veter- Morning Worship a t 11 >00 a. m. am ' edmhdetretioA deems neces- F. L. Cannel 1. pastor. re$y. Censtroctkm for these e<Hi- tienel beds fc not progressing**» rapidly as the situation requires, GEORGE G. UPDEGRAFF veterans' admlnMUation explained that it is ffiffieak to acquire the necessary equipment, but the G T. bill provides that, next to the army and navy, ftrat prlerMes should go to the veterans* sihifalgteattrs The state o f Washington pays next w iiimnmuama to the highest Wage for farm labor of any stats in the couptry. In third place te Oregon. Per month, the wage in Washington wit rout board te SITS, and with board ir- eloded $122. Per day, it te $7^4 Oregot without hoard and SM 6 with board. In Oregon the rate te $160 per month without board and $1£5 with; $7 m t day without boards and $6 j B$ vrfth. With board includ ed, C sbforateleads by 80 cents a month, which to the only category P E R C Y T H O M P S ON n which XhdMomte leads Wash MAIN STREET. MQRO ington. V « k Done Well and Quickly C A. Rugglc INSURANCE ,S«l*a 1o-vuH»»h»od bv luamy. P m S b H L i g h t Co in po n y . Caso* oloc «ru. v o te r hoo ting on tHo irey. and now. Our ianb w it oqe o f the fim, and at the ti/ne one o f the few? to have electricity. N ow I understand there are mote than 13,000 farms on fines alone. What a difference it’s made to both farming and marketing. I t profit able u s p for electncity have been de- vek^pid'year after year! j b i f a la« year we put in a i elec- iralTy A erated stationary spray plant that wiR enable d £ two ¿ t iu the W r e 35 acres of tree» by ounelves l//x sun u -7/ m ' - operated by W . E. Vannier and his brother, if we have to. W ith this plant we don‘t Frank Vannier, is located about 3 % mil»« have to haul the spray into the orchard— all # e « 4 e to d o’« « r h nfafiB, # south o f Hood River, in the Pine G ro w dis into me orchard, and’ttsft sprayihft. ft 2 ^ /.. ‘ L “ • saWs the work or two men. i ¿ Vannier, parents o f the brother», th» firrt ten acres when they moved to the H oed Tfeight now we*re ffxuppg oq ad elec- s\ \ Ul The 35 acres o f apple, pear and cherry orchard trie irrigation pump, to lift water Out o f the creek to add to~ the supply tie get frfim the canal l i i e boys at die PPCL o g ee helped A wiA plana for t& kpray plant, and right A jhg they give £ tug. that help ttqket the m ftt f rom the trict, sod te one o f the Irm g rit carabiiahed orchards in the valley. M r. and M w . M . M. M iyte* Valley from the Dakotas in 1904 lo r. 1910 they bought an additional ten arret,, and Ls 1918 the final 15 acres. Th$ Vanniers used coal oil la m p until 1907, when a line was built past their place , by the Hood River Electric Light, Power A ^ • t e r ^o ^M (^yx which subsequently became o f the P R ^ s y s tc m . They installed the fir,t ei * r n f e * rMe<^ domestic water sys- U d one o f the first electric washing machines, and oqe o f the fifst elec tric Hadrons. F ’.-fSJhi \ . e . ,.p- POWER ■ a .r.; / V -v*>'fA.**
