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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1949)
w t « < PAGE G SHERMAN COUNTY JOURNAL, MORO, OREGON FRIDAY» AUGUST 19, 1949 left. Monday m orning. M rs O. A. E kstrom and dau ... Mr and Mrs Eugene Amidon g h ter D orothy, and Mrs. Lotus re tu rn e d Sunday from a trip th a t K enny cam e u p from P ortland took them firs t to H elix to visit F rid ay to rem ain un til Sunday. w ith his daughter, M rs Joe Nar- ■ They visited a t the hom e of Mr kaus and fam ily for a few days. and Mrs Roy Belshee. Mr and Mrs T rum an Strong T hen on to Coulee Dam and in w ent to Portland F rid a y and ex ro u te visited Mrs Grace W allan and h er b ro th e r a t Garfield, Wn., pected to attend the Sherm an and Mr and Mrs Serai Searcy a t county picnic there before re Spokane, W n. They* rep o rt the tu rn in g home. Mrs Daisy Byers and her dau Searcy fam ily again in the h ard w are business in th a t city. The gh ter Miss Evelyn C hristianson, Am idons th en w ent on to Lake left Sunday for Portland to a t Louise, Banff, and Calgary, re tend the Sherm an county picnic tu rn in g th rough G lacier N ation a t Peninsula park. They expect al P a rk and w ay points of in te r to spend some tim e visiting est. All in all h aving a very de th ere and in E ugene before re tu rn in g home. lightful trip . The Sherm an County Riders Mr and M rs A1 Peake of E u will m eet at the fair grounds gene spent from Sunday to Sunday at 2:30 p. m. to hold a Tuesday visiting w ith his sister, m eeting and do some practicing Mrs Dewey Thom pson and fam for th eir p a rt of the Sherm an County F air. ily. F red H ellberg of A storia came Leslie L. Bell w as discharged S atu rd ay evening to visit w ith from the Mid-Columbia hospital th e Foss fam ily and to re tu rn last F riday som ew hat im proved - Born: To Mr and M m A. H. Mr and Mrs E d Johnson and association, the new title for the A rstill a d au g h ter in The Dalles of Eugene w ere W ily K nlghlen wfis“Tft E u g en e Oregon— S ta te Teaehera- »»s a d a- Mr and Mrs Roy Belshee left week end visitors a t the Wan-" Sunday for P o rtla n d to attend th e first of the week to attend a tion, which is holding a conven- dell B alsiger home. Mr. Johnson d au g h ter Were a t Seaside over m eeting of the Oregon E ducation tlon th ere for th e members. the S herm an county picnic th ere —-Z— --------------- w -r w and Mr. Balsiger attended W ill the w eek end. w t » w w w w w ’w* V T V w w r-r th a t day. Monday they w ent to am ette univ ersity together. Jo h n Eugene to atten d th e funeral son is now m ayor of Eugene. of Mrs Belshee’s sister in law, Mr and M rs Henry* B arnum Mrs M yrtle H arlow , w ho passed and Mrs Maggie Barnum spent a w eek driving about Oregon away in Eugene F riday. EYE, EAR, NOSE A 1BBO A T M r and Mrs B ert Riddle, he visiting friends and relatives a t Chapman Building form er sta te rep resen tativ e from Bend, Cottage Grove, Ocean • The Dalles w Oregon ru n n in g Lake, C arlton and Portland, be Douglas county, stopped in Moro ... HOURS: 9 to 9, closed Monday m orning w hile on th eir fore retu rn in g hom e Tuesday. Thursday afternoon w ay to Pendleton to attend a - H albert Belshee w as - to the hospital early th is week. PHONB 9170 _______________ m eeting of Jo b ’s D aughters Ray H ulse and H. A» B yers left for K lam ath F alls Monday to w ork in the barley h arv est th ere before going on to the. Sacram ento valley fo r rice h a r vest. Giles F rench w en t to M adras Wasco, Oregon Tuesday w here he talked to the K iw anls club on th e m atte r of reapportionm ent of the Oregon legislature. Mr and M rs R obert Jones and two sons of P o rtlan d w ere THE N E W h ere last week end to v isit h e r hardboard parents, Mr and M rs E. E. Bar- OF 1001 USES STEELHEAD are in the Deschutes S e e S te v e o n h o w to c a tc h ’e m our HOMEl Get your equipment at FOR REMODEL STEVE’S TAVERN ttT T tt CASH* USi . C a s tin g R o d s , C a s tin g R e e ls , F la t F ish .There’s a lot of ways to have fun 1 Be Sure to Attend the 1949 W asco County FAIR and RODEO S e p te m b e r 2, 3, 4 a n d 5 i... O For sm M O For tub-tto^rinf m “ B e e tfo ” O ’M e a r a , p r o p . Mon, beovUM * - * t, _____ where folks gather for eating and music the remedeU'*« |g concrete Forms U ob,O'n’ " __________ ,1. w .A obl. «1* - o '- 1 CHARCO and conversation. Try it. - Ä |S •' CHAPCO BOARD Moro Lumber & Fuel OPEN SU N D AYS ■■«*»««n - — H I A W A T H A P A G E A N T 8;3 0 S u n d a y N ig h t - Y o u ,tl se e m a n y fin e E xh ib it», P o w e D r f lli, W o r ld F n m y u s C lo w n A c t ., C a r n iv a l SUCCfSS COMM MINT-FLAVORED o n G ro u n d s. A lso L iv e sb o c k A u c tio n M o n d a y m o r n in g at 1 1 :0 0 o 'c lo c k M eet Y o u r F riends a t th e F air! Or wollbood« . . . O For parquet floon ‘ A T T H E C A P IT O L C I T Y ” Rodeo Saturday Night Sunday & Monday p.m. FAIR TIME - STANDARD • _____A--- * . . . O For partitions Ed’s Place — Fireworks on Friday NigHt F S \ S o m eth in g Doings Every M in u te !! i and a lot of them can he found at W . E. H U N T PARK, TYGH VALLEY, ORE. F rid a y , S a tu rd a y S u n d a y a n d M o n d a y B ig Paul K. Keller M.D. « ' - - jg r ■ fc *■ » ’’T h is i s t h e k i n d Meet M r. and Mr«. W illia m Towery, Stayton mint growers, and their five husky sons. From le ft— Billy, Jimmy, Richard, Mrs. Towery, M r. Towery, Maxey and Marion. The ambitious Tow eryi earned farming success in Oregon, after 14 disappointing years elsewhere. "W e reached the Santiam area almost broke in 1939, Towery said. "The First National Bank helped us buy our 52-acre home plaça and, later, «0 acres near Jefferson. Today these Oregon-budding ranches yield 100 acres of quality mint annually for distillation into Has.»ring. They also produce many vegetable crops and steady jobs for five non-family workers. o f th in g th a t s p e lls i n d u s . t r i a l g r o w t h .” ALURT BAUER ¡i| T 'Ik fa ifa Por/Ju»d IRIS BULBS REWARD HOBBYIST Twenty five years ago, at the age of 57, Ben C. Offins (center) retired zrom lumbering to enjoy his hobby of raising Dutch irises. Soon nis acre of land in Grants Pass was crowded with these white, yellow and blue flowers. Flonsts began buying the bulbs for force-blooming purposes. N o w 82, Offins, with hl1 ¿ns, Harold W . (le ft) and Don A, directs modem iris culture on 30 acres of land— growing approximately MOO,<X>0 quality bulbs annually. T heir firm, B. C Offins & Sons, relies on th<l4 ran,“ ,Pi M| building OREGON TOGETHER Fi” ‘ N ,* £ 2 u i° ' THF DM ’ A’JDS PROVIDE HOUSING Twice AS MUCH FOWt», < • « '« • £ ’£ * £ £ £ & orolh.f 45,000-kilowolt » .M -o .0 . will « r t S DDii'a «inni Merwin Dcim. InsFoIlotion of uon.’ X l o n Un.'.'’ond „ « ¡ P « " 1 ' • M * "»• X Oregonians are energetic and re sourceful. The enterprises pictured here show typical examples. In each case individuals have bettered them se lve s— by developing a buBlneSB» \ \ . I I . D illard began building a small home in 1938 on an acre plot on Prineville’s outskirts. D illa rd , then a sawmill worker newly arrived from Oklahoma, hardly had the job started before he had rental inquiries. " If folks want places like these, let’s build more,” D illa rd suggested to his w ife, Violet. Today they own nine acres, 18 low-rental houses, a 27-place trailer park and room to build a modem tourist court. "W e really ’started on a shoestring’,” D illard says, "and we credit the First National of Prineville for much of • our success. 3Ve got both financial help and sound business advice." farm or service. » ~ Many other people like these, all working to te th e r—family by family» farm £ f w n and business by busi ness— help build Oregon jobs a n d opportunities foe each o f us. Banks in the First N ational Group help build Oregon by providing con venient and helpful banking sorvkca. u> how wo can best help yott. . „ .0 0 0 ,0 0 0 . . I rom oanv h»s «Pint mote than $25,00°,00° on new cooMturtioo T h ^ Ate M q w f a fr job making d o l U r » - < W ^ « ^ r i PW' ,in c e V -J ay- invested here in m r t BUIIB OlieOR lODiTMil* meet your electrical needs, -o w in g tegion demand a steady flow of these K n r r h w M t to h e lp the gteat ..' «hePaciflcNotthwmt. *° ‘‘^ " X o t ’X X SHERMAN COUNTY BRANCH improve service, while sharing yout tax butdan, is tnily • Pattnet P acific P ower & L ig h t „ FIRST g A progress»*« power system - business monaged t M .M ..1 N A T IO N A L B A N K OF PORTLÄNG -.» .« A ’ ..» •••» is .s u » r i
