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\- ÖTntmty Journal îond Y ear No 25 T h ese T h in g s We N ote Moro, Oregon Friday^ Moro Takes Two Baseball Games The Moro Huskies made it two straight as they dropped the Maupin Redsides by a 6 to 3 count April 18. Dick Rust, ace southpaw of the Huskies, set 14 batters down on strikes while allowing one walk. Lane connect ed for a home run ir* the seventh. Bare, pitcher for the Maupin nine, got two hits in three times at bat to lead the hitting depart ' by Giles L. French ment. He also got a home run • Winning pitcher was Rust, the We haven’t seen a single mar loser was Bare. The line score: ble this spring. Boys used to rub Maupin 111 000 0 «hits 4 errors their chapped knuckles in the Moro 011 200 2 6 hits 3 errors dirt long before it was warm and some years ago the business men of Grass Valley played mar bles between customers until the baseball season was well started. A pril 21, 1950 Official County Paper Wheat League Dalies C o f C Host to pjane Hits High Organization M eetLegislati,,e Tension Line; ** A number of citiaeus citizen.. of Sher- Sher man county attended the tax meeting in The Dalles Monday noon when a forum meeting of The Dalles Chamber of Com merce was held at The Dalles Hotel. Members of the legislative in- terim committee were guests and explained some of the intri- cacies of the state’s tax system, and citizens of Hood River, Was- co, Sherman, Gilliam and Wheel- er counties attended an d ask w l qLesTons Tbout X s to which WTuco Wins First Home Baseball Tilt Dedication of M vuwiwu Moro Church Aviator Dies Held Tuesday Wasco won the first home game of the baseball season by outscoring Ione on the Wasco grounds Sunday. Score was H to 4 at the end of the seven Oregon’s three-man delegation Michael E. Breadner,. Jr., The , Moro Community Pres innings when hostilities ceased. left today for the final organiza Yakima, Wash., was killed byterian' Church was dedicated Jensen had a cut wrist and tional meeting of the National Tuesday at least the new parts urday morning about 9:30 when didn’t play and Manager Hast Association of Wheat Growers lk6 plane he was flying hit an ings started Winecoop in the of i t It was dedicated in the at Kansas City, Mo., April 21-22. D . ,lne between the Richelder- hox and Rinehart behind the formal words of the Presbyterian 1 rimary purpose of this meet- fer and Pearl Butler McDonald Pia te‘ and soon changed them to faith for use as a house of wor L8 ,to ad?PS the c°hstitution farms northwest of Wasco. R isk o sk v Rlskosky pitching and Wine- ship. and by-laws drafted by the steer The Reverend Doctor O. L. Breadner was flying a plane coop catching. Pettijohn did the ing committee, which was elect- for Jerry Barnet and Clyde hurling for Ione and was effec- M alter of the Morland church ed at the first meeting at Den- Fridley and had worked at it tlve until the Wasco heavy hit- ot Portland gave the dedicatory 1-------- ™ ••• - be they were interested. ver, January 29. There will but a short time. Ira Fridley ters got used to his slants in the »erman at an evening service an election of officers. Finan held at the end of a day given The not for Cinv lo c a tio n o f hi.-i i m e meeting meeving was mu ior the vne a^d (lyde were spotting. He sixth inning. over Ip a meeting of the Port a n d th e m a n ( n r th e Purpose advancing any theory was Bying north and south and Guy Andrews, baseball catch land Presbytery, meeting for secrpLarv'a loh w-iii h» noncM ». ab°ut taxation but was for the because the run was short was er of an older day, . to y s Job will be consider- purpose of informatton to both making it all one way. He rose curves from behind the plate. the first time in years at this most eastern tbwn in that over the power line at the end IONE ’ , A „ members of the committee and WASCO e egates from 18 m ajor wheat generally, far flung district. of his run and on the final round O'Meara, 1 Pettijohn, p TT WN states will be at Kansas City. Mrs. Carroll Sayrs played the Morgan, c from after turning for the return, hit Brislain, 8 Each state has three official .. . Among . those attending T People, especially men, can the line above the wheels. A pole Young, 3 organ for opening and closing Bergstrom, 3 Wilson. Several members of Marion delegates. Oregon's: Jens Terje slip very quickly. If they remain was broken and the plane turned Ingleman, m of the service, the audience had Rlskosky, p busy and iwtive age doesn’t Rebekah lodge No. 127 of Wasco son, chairman Oregon wheat A. C. Kaseberg, Kenneth Fridley, to the ground badly wrecked. D. Rchldfr, r Reltman, 1 read the call to worship and re A. A Dunlap, Paulen Kaseberg, seem to dull their mind or per motored to Madras Tuesday. commission; Henry Baker, pre L E. Kaseberg, T. AV. Thomp Breadner’s throat was cut by Adams, 1 peated in unison the confession Ball, 1 April 18, to attend the meeting sident Oregon Wheat Growers the straps that held him onto of Faith and had heard Rev. Wm. Miller, 2 H. Rchldfr, 2 U’ey “ Si of ‘he Juniper Rebekah lodge League, Paulen Kaseberg, past son, H. M. Zell, Qgr 11 Sayrs, the seat and he died, presum Winecoop, c - Salters, r Lindsay of the I^ake Grove path where competition doesn t of Presldent and W. T. Balslger. president of the league. ably from loss of blood before Hldrbrnd, m Pettijohn, s church give the invocation and sharpen them every day they Ramgey.g official visit to he could reach a doctor. Thia association will be the the solemn Lord’s Prayer. Rinehart, c go backward, lose contacts, lose her own i^ g e . first big wheat group. Rep Clif The Sherman county ambu Rev. Henry G. Hansen twice Information, lose interest, grow The beautiful degree work ford Hope of Kansas will be lance was called with Norman pastor of the local church and* old. was conferred "upon two of their one of tjie speakers. Hope Fields driving but he died short now retired and living in Port T T WN candidates and J. A. Engberg of wag one Congressmen ly after reaching the hospital. land, was present to give the Thia story Is told about a well Marion lodge. to voice the need for a national prayeV of consecration and Rev. He is survived by a wife, Bet known figure In this area but Those making the trip from association to represent wheat Wm. Gearhart gave words of ty Jean and a son, Richard Eu- thia column doean’t vouch for it. Wascp were Mrs. Sadie Rich, growers in congress, said Ter- __ ____ appreciation for the new build practices gene, and his father, all of Yak- Soil conservation It seems that a man and wife Mrs S. J. Brock. Mr. and Mrs. Jeson, steering committee chair- c o ^ p o n d l'n ’g "to 'ihe capabilities ’m i ’hta’ mother, Mrs. Gene Carr ing and to those who had work- stopped In a friendly tavern to J. A. Engberg Mrs John, De- man. of the |and wag dlaa.ts, , ( by 9Otl of Vermont. He was a veteran An.lrew Charles Thompson ed to make It possible, dine or drink. She decided to Moss, and Mrs. Leo C. Watkins. The association la supposed to conservation personnel at a din- of the Canadian Air force al- died quietly at his home In Moro The program for the PresbY- play the machines, slot or pin, St. P hilip's Epicopal Mission will tackle many of the problems too ner meeting of the Sherman though only 25 years old, and Friday ___ evening, ______ ____ April 14, after tery meeting brought some 60 and exchanged a dollar for ni- hold church services Sunday, blg for state groups 'I'wo pro- County club Wednesday. had just recently taken out his a long illness that has kept him members of the ehurah to Moro ckels. He traded a dollar for April 23, at the Methodist church hlems are a new farm program lndoors several years. from as far west as the shores first citizenship papers. T. P. Helseth, dlsti let conser dimes and went to the door with in Gra8S x 4,lley at i , P" for wheat, acceptable to growers vationist for the SCS discussed Born January 17, 1857 In Cam- of the Pacific ocean at Clover- the handful and tossed them out wlth F rn e st rayler in and congymerg alike, and public possible conservation den. Rock Island county, 1111- dale and many from Portland, practices charge. relations on a national scale for for Sherman county. $ludie May- noli, Mr. Thompson came west Business of the P resbytery u s into the street. wheat growers. with his fafriily when a young conducted and the Rev. John She paid no attention and soon CENSUS HALF FIN ISH ED ko, soil scientist, SCS discussed man and was married In 1879 at Paxton gave the sermon in tm In addition to Oregon’s official exchanged another dollar for the method and items used in , . , __ . x . Roger Blackburne of Rufus, Corvallis to Rosa Henkle. Short- afternoon, The film „ e‘ nickels. He obtained another cen8U9 enumerator for north delegation, there will be Dr. D. making a soil survey of the ly thereafter they moved to Down Prom 1 eaw n dollar’s worth of dimes and re Sherman county, reports the Job D. Hill, head of farm crops, iand< t . W .’ Thompson, - "county Sherman county with other mem- shown. OSC; Marion Weatherford, pre- agent was In charge <af the pro- peated his act. At the third dol more than half accomplished. ser _ ___ women of Moro The Wasco Woman’s club met tjers his _____„ family and started Church «Uent of the hoard of directors gram for the meetMta ___ „ of ____ lar’s worth of dimes thrown ved lunch at noon to the visitor The Rufus grange held its first Pacific Northwest Grain and president W. FL H 1 announ Friday April 7 at the home of _jarming He continued this pur- away she protested and said, dance in two years Saturday lhe next meetlngjof the club Mrs. Walter Bruckert with Mrs. guit unliI he retired and m0Ved and served coffee and cake “What are you doing throwing night. A large crowd attended. Grain products association; Bob Trace Fields, co-hostesses. Taylor, chairman of the National to Moro renting his land to his the group attending the dedica your money away like that?” tlon service in the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hockman of Grain Advisory Committee; Carl for Wednesday noon (May 3. Roll call was responded to by sons and son-lin-law. “Just the sam e as you are,” The Dalles and Del Rust of Mrs. Bruce Alley and children members recalling events of past Engdahl, Umatilla county state Surviving are three sons, Jess he said Grass Valley furnished the mus senator and wheat grower; Ken and Mrs. Ed Alley took the for of Portland, Claud of Pomona, Easters. TT W N ic. E l C. Eaton, Andy Engberg, neth Fridley, executive oommiv m er’s Moro Boy Gets Name m other, Ml. ...JAayuv? Down in California it is pro and George Fox are the dance teeman of the wheat league; E. Gould to The Dalles Saturday ’ The regular order of business California, Dewey of Moro and was u-dHBavwu. « daughter, Mrs. Edna Melzer, transacted. Mrs. Vivian posed to eliminate the nickel committee, and another dance J. Bell, wheat commission ad- where she took the bus for her Rust was elected a new member of Moro; two sisters, Mrs. Myra /An |4nnnr Roll telephone call. Look what hap is planned for May 6. minlstrator. home In Portland. of the club. Bullard, Moro, Mrs. Harriet Nish 11WU pened when the nlckleodeon The program led by the pre- Dalles; two brothers,, j ack Sather, son of Mr. »and was eliminated. sident, Mrs. Carl Tuggle, includ- Dwen of Pomona, California and j^ra lo U is sather of Moro, was TTW N ed a poem, “Friends”,; written Berton R. of Pasadena, California; naTned a8 junior citizen of 1949 That advertising , man f o r by Mary Berger and, read by grandchildren, 16 great grand j<iwanis club at ( la t- breakfast foods who thought up Mrs. Keith McDonald. Mrs. Tug children and one great great kanje and presented with a wi ist the idea that a good breakfast watch at a recent meeting of the gle gave a brief history of the grandchild. The American Legion auxil Mr. and Mrs. Walter Guyer The cherry trees are in ^full club. makes one more interested in A scrapbook containing Funeral services were held club. the opposite sex deserves pro iary met at the home of Mrs. T. and children of Klamath Falls bloom in the orchards at Rufus programs from the time of found- from t h e Moro Community Although a resident of Clats M. Rolfe Wedneday with 17 and her mother, Mrs. Chris An- and from all Indications there ing, over forty years ago,1 until church Monday afternoon at two motion. kanie for only two years he has members and 4 guests present. dersen of Portland stopped Sun- will be plenty of chi rrles for all. the present time was exhibited ° clock with Interment I n t o TTW N been active in agricultural work,' Miss Dorothy Wilson W8S t a X S on" ' £ £ . c ‘T he J X ^ Brats”, n r ^ a n three ^ Funny Rose cemetery east of town especially in weed control. The Doolittle raiders assembled chosen to g0 to Glrls state an<j He Refreshments were served by where other members of the has a farm hear town which was n reunion have agreed to make the Americanism essay cash prlz- way to Klamath Falls from Port- «,e Rufus ' hlgh school Frl<)ay, t X l u s l o n family are burled flooded In 1948 and which he has X e h X ^ lty “ PanC8e “ were awarded “ follows: 1st land. *-- 12 at « 8 ---- Rufus -- — April p. na at Mr. Thompson was a member again put Into full Produtc.U?2 of the meeting. prize to Margaret Baumgartner; Harry Hooper of Hazelton, auditorium. of the Moro Community church. He Is married and has three TTW N 2nd to Bucky Brady; 3rd to Bar- Idaho arrived Sunday to spend The Rufus high hooi spring Some day someone with children. bara Blaylock: 4th to Danny Dun t^e week end at the home of formal dance will be Saturday, Jack was born in Sherman little more brains /vnmo than ai««« the av omtro i<> onino Gafy Schilling; and ^ r . and Mrs. A A. Dunlap. Oth- April 29 at 9 p.m. county and attended school at Marion Crews erage Is going to come along and Mary Brady received honorable Wf~»kpnd v n e s ts a t th e D un- M « M elvin B rariv a n d M is make all these'high prices look mention. T wle€kend gue8ta at P « " « u n. Kent before going to OSC where exhorbltant by practicing some The ladies made corsages of v P Î a?d ,,M r> Sarah Glannatti attended the 47 he obtained his education and efficiency There are few few busi bual- p o p p L w W ch^re t T “ aoïri Kendrlck Dunlap and ,amlly ° ' annual O.E.S. O E S ' co'lw ntlon ln Front Sherman County Journal Cnmposes Operetta There are did research work. Carlton. A family dinner Satur- Portland during spring vacation, April 24, l» 3 t nesses - that could not be .im- ¿lection day day evening Included besides Herman Brackett, who has rt-ooo v-iioxx nrxH ------- -- ----------- -------- ------ — -------- ------- ----------- W C. Bryant was buried Friday, April 14, Mr. and Mrs. proved with more work and less May 3 . ¿ Ill bnid a nn above ment,oned’ Mr and be€n 1,1 ls improving, but Is not Tuegday afternoon following his Dell Olds, of Grass Valley, Mr. Wb”’,ng' TTW N ± 7 ’d?nn"‘a3r.iThcWM„rY>H O; “ * * * j ‘* ------- « . \ . t* - ¿"ge"t "t™ mucii yeY p s w ill noin n^ina a no- . • „ . "around ----------- ---------------------- --------- * j g n d M rg p M ^ r e w s o f Wasco, Wayne Darby Dies .. . . . . . , host dinner at the Moro Hotel at c onnje Wilson of Moro and Mr. - George Hennagln’s barn was and Mr> and Mrs Darwin Van The old Individualist limped In 7:30 In honor of Mrs. W. W. and Mrg Vern Mobjey an(j fam. At a recent meeting of Marlon burned down Wednesday night GHdcr of Moro drove to Steven In Medford and settled himself in the spare Graham, state resident from Cor- n f Ke , Rebekah lodge No 127, a special Two ®°n’ W n » 10 attend an operetta, office chair before he stated his vallis. Other guests will be Mrs. ‘ birthday party was held honor- a^ ong with the garage, horses were badly burned and "s Prl"«U™ , T iX " ' Wayne Darby, 38, died S ^ ur" case. “I’m buyin’ a lot of stuff I Edwarti Seufert, district presi- ^ a ir Adams ami sons from Ar- the member8 whose birth horses wc— and directed by Marion Crew^. day, April 15, at Medford follow- don’t want,” he said. dent, Mrs. Stanley Krueger, state lngton arr v‘"d .F.r, d^y *1*77 days occurred during the months destroyed. days occurred during the months This is the second year as aay» ’♦« „ "Foolish,” says we. "Why vice-president and Mrs. Mitchell week end at the home of his of October, -------- - r,------ State «1 State tax commission> J ^ n d s November, December. ingtructor ln the 8teven. Ing an operatk’2 brother in law and sister, Mr. January, February and March. f ubl ™ee^ ^ ndL 800 hlgh school for Mr. Crews. * Mr. Darby wa born In Wasco don’t you quit?” Thorn, national committeewom- and Mrs. Donald Clodfelter. Two beautifully decorated tax bil s passed at the recent wrote both the music and In May j)f Dotn tne 8Ch^oi there. In “Can’t", he retuma. “It’a on an- a11 from Thc Dal,es •• _ _ j < . l/vzTialftfliro onaainn Mir. and Mrs |Robert King legislative session. words for the operetta while £ aden ™d C(lucation he pro the tax bill. I wonaer wonder 1/ Refreshments were served at and family were dinner guests 031168 with the na 111, 3 and hirth ir anyone Odd Fellows plan observance snow __ It either Wonder the close of the meeting by Mrs^ a™ * er* d n” gCrene dates of the honored guests were bound this winter. else wants pared for teaching and tough of their 112th anniversary here happen If If I I figured figured Marcus Bslinger, ---- Mrs. - Frank of Mr. and MW . Gene Qf attraction. what would happen - — -- g ^ d a y Rpvnolds in the Culver « hool|nla The honored guests wfere Leo April 26. out the things I'd be willing to The Mr. ‘and Mrs. C. W. Fields years before going Into elec From the Grass Valley Journal The guests present Watkins, Charles iscel, Mrs. pay for and substracted the hostesses. The Moro to Be Host trical refrigeration and remainei April 22, 1921 wx.-. Edith Sayrs, Mrs. w6nt to The Dalles Wednesday g j Brock E arv in Howell, Mrs Ìn This work until his untimely other stuff off the bill.” 'f were Mrs The annual Field Meet and _ _ George Krueger, Mrs. Mollis Me- hLs John DeMoss, Mrs. J A. Engt>erg, death He started in Vasco or “You’d lose your property Lachlan and Mrs. John Rolfe. hospitad for an operation on his A En<berg and Mrs. Sadie Declamatory contest will be held T q OudiCiiOWS partnership with !Steve ° Meara be thrown in jail,” we told him. ^ r a" " xt~meeting will be held arm Thursday morning. £ ~ May 21 at Grass Valley. "OK”, say, the old individual- Mrs Art Blbby went to The Dalles A big improvement was made Odd-Fellows of five counties before going to Portian May 10 at remained unui until ‘ about , * t0 1st,” suppose everyone did Ab Donald Saturday and took his in the appearance of the city meet in Moro Saturday, he remained mother The Eastern Star had a very von Borstet same. There ain’t that many to Cornelius to spend a few interesting meeting at the Ma- Monday when loads of tin cans, April 22, when the district con- months ago when ' Jails.” * han Tuesday evening with bottles^ etc. ' were carted away vention of this area meets for Medford. Mrs. Willard Rolfe and Mrs. days. Mr. Blbby visited Mrs. Survivors ar^ ub¿¿ Vj l/)ad( Mar- TTW N Ross Fields gave a layette show- Blbby who is at the home of fourteen members from the An- in the exuberance of an annual its *37th gathering. Counties of one Hood River, Wasco, Wheeler and garet, one daug ; Z lfor'd; hh nie _ Fuiton To the ordinary earth pedes- er at the home of Mrs, T. M. her sister, Miss Louise Fraley, — ----- chapter of Wasco clean-up day. trlan the traffic signals and sky _ __________ Rolfe Friday afternoon honoring convalescenclng from a recent present. Mrs. Frank von Borstel, _________________ __________ . Gilliam will send delegates to son a . vdla Darby of trail markings are not easily ob- Mrs. Harry Hooper of Hazelton, o P ^ o n . „ ^ VQva wortY matron, presiding at thc the autos carrying people home the me€tIng whlch wlll mother, Mrs^ < Rcn. served from the ground. Idaho, with about thirty-two The Grass Valley Rebekahs meeting. Mrs. Dorothy Dutton, from the Antelope baseball game L, . f o Wasco, and on< «> ■ • However we wbnder if there present. The rooms were decor- took In $32 on their food sale worthy matron, and Carl Tuggle, a merry time. Some didn’t get Saturday afternoon at g_ ne^ Ferguson in Funeral services ^ erefro^ the is only one place to turn a spray ated with bouquets of daffodils. Saturday. worthy patron, were escorted home until after midnight. Antel- hall, gather later around the banquet table at the Moro Hotel The Dalles, Apr • . flnd ln piane_ and that one directly <fors. Willard Rolfe presented Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cox and the East. The Star points led ope won 19-7. over Moro. Mrs. Hooper with a corsage after Bert Cox went to Chehalis, Wn., by Mrs. Wily Knighten, marshal From the Observer, April 21, 1911 and convene again for final ^ t ^ T w a s made in The Dalles terment was Jess Landry and Ed Lewis (The editor is on a speaking which she opened the lovely gift Sunday to attend the celebration pro_tem gave an addenda for I.O.O.F. cemetery. tour this week. This item just packages. Refreshments of cake of the 60th wedding anniversary Mrs. Dutton and presented her drove to The Dalles Sunday mak- work at the hall. slipped into his private column.) and Ice cream with a stork cen- of Mrs. Bert Cox’ parents, Mr. wIth a star shaped nosegay Af- ing the trip via Rohrvilla ln five Arranging for the convention One who tries to raise flowers, ter were served. Out of town and Mrs. C. H. Augee. ter the meeting a program was hours. It is ln bad shape so they are Leo Watkins, chairman and Riders to Meet ___________ guests were Mrs. Art Watkins. Among the Grass Va”ey Re- held with Mrs. Knighten as gen- returned via of Rattlesnake John DeMoss secretary with There is a meeting of the South of Moro, Mrs. Herman Schilling, bekahs in Moro for social night erai chairman. Games were en- grade which is a fine road. The Sherm an County R iders Sherman County P-TA tonight. Mrs. R. J. Baker, Mrs. Tom Al- with the Moro Rebekahs were joyed conducted by . the enter- W . A. Raymond has the con- Theodore Johnston and Vernon as com m itteem en w ln meet Sunday, April 23, at Miller acting Aorll 21 at the Grass Valley ley, Mrs. Stephen Gammon, Mrs. Mesdames Archie Cantrall, Art talnment committee, Mrs. Don- tract for building the new public noon for a potluck dinner and school for the purpose of elect- Donald Curtiss and Mrs. Clif- Schilling, John|Block, T M Rolfe, ald Clodfelter and Mrs. Lester school In Moro. He will install a on the program. practice, a t the F air Grounds. . officers. ford Whalen all of The Dalles, Jack Adams, Charles Perrigo, Wilson. Refreshments were ser- cement brick making machine ---------- — Bring silverw are. All interested ng roQtnrc will be the Mrs Vern Mobley, Mrs. Ted von John Rust and Eben Kee. ved at tables decorated with wild and make the material on the Mr. and Mrs. John Mathieson’s are invited and urged to come shTwln^of3«1 Him and a talk on Borstel and Mrs. Frank von Bor- The message topics for Sun- flowers. spot. home was the scene of a wed and bring your horses New- day April 24, for the Grass Valley There will be a practice meet- Don Wheat met with a painful “Behavior Problems of Early stel of fo n t. ding anniversary dinner Sunday School Age Children” by Walter Sam Stark was in Tygh Val- Baptist church are morning, ing of the officers of the Star at accident when his plow struck a in honor of Mr, and Mrs. E. C. com ers are all welcome. The spring show will be held F Snvder from the state depart- ley Sunday visiting hla daugh- 'God’s Program”; evening, “For- the Masonic hall Friday evening, rock throwing him and cutting Engles. June 11 at Hood River. ment Tf education. ter, Mrs. Willis Brittain. giving and Forgetting.” April 21. i J a his face. C alk Delegates Rebekahs’ Travel To Madras Meet Club Holds Soil Final Rites for Study Meeting A. C. Thompson Club Meets At Bruckert Home About the County about folks vou ao know or would eniov knowing in Days of Old a i
