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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1950)
PAGE *3 SHERMAN COUNTY JOURNAL, MORO, OREGON Moro Personals A drivers license examiner will be in Moro Tuesday, Sept 5 at the courthouse between the hours of 10 a. m. and 3 p. m. Mrs. Olive Cornett of Klamath Falls, national committeewoman of the Republican party, stopped briefly in Moro Sunday while on her way to visit an aunt in Yakima. Monday eastern Oregon mem bers of the Elvin Barnum family FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1950 gathered at the home of Lester Barnum for a family dinner in honor of the 76th birthday of Elvin Barnum. Present were Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Barnum and son. son house having moved up of Bend, Mr. and Mrs. Giles from Portland ,to be ready for French, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Bar- the school year which »begins num and sons, Mrs. Elvin Bar with a workshop September 5-6. Mrs. Ellis is/also here for the num and the honor guest start of school. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Alley of t Chickens on the Carroll Sayrs Yale, Michigan, and their grand son, Ted Molesworth and his ranch are safer nowdays since friend Bill Henry, were here a week visiting other members of the Alley family while on a trip by Warren Goodrich to the west. They are visiting Salt Lake, Yellowstone park, the Black hills, and in California. While here they were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cole who en tertained them Sunday with Mr. • and Mrs. Ed Alley and two grand children Karen and Dickie, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Alley, Mjr. and Mrs. Edgar Alley and family, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Alley and family, Mr. and Mrs. Earl McKinney and sons Malcolm and Leland of Ione and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Me- Jim Jones caught a bobcat near there. The cat had been going into the chicken house through^ window. Several have lost chick ens lately because of badgers or cats or other varmints. Mr. and Mrs. Collis Moore and son David left Thursday morn- Tolvana park to visit sr parents a few days be ing to ‘ British Columbia they will fish for a few rvists are being called Hand for physical exam'- s and some will receive ¡all before long it is felt. Elton Me!der is reported to have been called as an army officer. Tommy Foster is a - member of the reserve who has had exam ination and Frank Sayrs Is an other. ; Mrs. Frances Ekstrom was here last week end to see about the wheat crop on the George Hennagin place, coming from Portland. Mr. and- Mrs. Fred Walter had lunch in DeMoss park Sunday with guests from Wapato, W h ., who were Conrad Walter, father of Mr. Walter, Mr. and Mrs. Al fred Walter (he Is a brother) and Sylvia Walter, a niece. W o rld R r n o irn e d R o a d K eeo rd fo r E co n o m y a n d L o n g LU c £> Tele-fun J u s t y iv e i t p le n ty o f ex ercise Lupine RebeSahTTx perience or capital required, r w manent Write McNess Co. 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Cattle & Horse Exhibits Horse Races= 4-H Club Demonstrations Carnival-Wheat th e lod ge will »ee the rati Io all hl» excellence. No ¡» w h ln g at the spectators for those boy» and girls. paced U. «"“ “ • • X T e T ^ h “ i> a > - ’get three looks a t i h T w r V m n d » here It has W be n earI, perfert because the onlookers are used to seeing ‘’‘ b u .' every year .h e k id . eome np do get the eye of the arena watchers; some boy <»r girl^wlll com e out w ith a fat Hereford that w atrrt the mouth of the steak lover or a plump Angus w ith loliis full of tender meat or a griralv Sb°rV horn with skin packed full of roasts and steak». r T ou Hke them because of the perfection of the fattening th ey look Just as w eo . T he kid« th em selves are a show . They watch the Judge like a hawk w atching a chicken; they stand their stu ffy anim als in perfect poses; they pull up the head, push back a foot, tuck in a s a j d n n «tomach. Straighten a rebellious curl so that Sherman county I s p r o » J " } ,„<l Justly P"™*1- M,a ,r lairs and the Pad tl,« com petition a I « , , ag„ e national and lately - their calv< The Dalles. T hey win because best and the b est shown. There 1» pleasure In " " ‘" « X m T w l ing a champion perform g best, champion of. We like to see Urn Urst- Ag f o r club " J ’l i an., a. ” and perhaps thi «m ethlng th a tw a to n e to see the nt id big nor so good as the cino . man county fair. on t] f h r i a l r Z n g «->««<= ° \ ” e™ « ° n“ i harh»mrulon calves of «hl» Their mind Is on their business. W hich brings on another point, the'value o e a r • lu g to keep ones mind on ones b u s in g s , of forget tin g the crowd, of concentrating on the Job at hand. The onlooker can forget the calves f . m om ent in contem plating the fine training going on before him. Bnt one might think that all the foregoing was w ritten to get the reader to come to the fair, w hen, in fact, all of yon will be there anyw ay. Von conldn’t stay away; there’s too much to see, too much going on, too many friends to visit, too much excitem ent on track nnd arena. B u t some review of w hat may be seen, some w arning of the excellence to be show n, some sharpening of the anticipation will add to the enjoym ent of those who com e to the fair. r»" One can be surprised at the Sherman county fair. Like a party from California ing home down the evertnore popular H ighway »< and seein g the signs in town thonght they would rest a few m inutes w atching a country fair. W hen they got to the arena nnd Saw the chib calves be ing exhibited they crowded up to the gate, pulled out their m ovie cam eras and color cameras anil spent the afternoon practically breathless at the w alking T-bones before them .
