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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1950)
’ is . \ .. ‘ , j * % ’ * * 1 t , ‘ * ’ H .4 * ' W ‘ . ‘ ‘ , a ¡j * 4 . - Gherman CCnunty ¿Journal o ft? r p j^ 0 g 0 High School Play T h in g s We Official Cojinty Paper December 8, 1950 Sixty-Third Year No 5 Postponed Because O f Bad Roads Cold Rain Clings afts fm v“ " am' r« n i >« i In Hospitals Hi// To Roads; Makes Wheat League Travel Dangerous Variety of Topics Speakers Have Plans for providing Christmas The high school play “Janu gifts for veterans who are in ary Thaw” has been postponed This week the Oregon Wheat from the evening of D^emLer 8 H-gbways had been ice «>ver B arn « ^ P ' p^ e .Veterans - "— = u ~ (this Friday) to December 16, ed in places Monday night and hospital in Portland and the Droeram Dalles with a long program (next Saturday) because of the late Tuesday driving conditions Veterans hospital in Roseburg ahead of it, a program |\I o t e freezing rain that made school became hazardous south of De have been made. ^ ,hiects that in VF U V ? dismlssal lmpera hili as raln felI and fro2e will be p la c ed ln »tores - v e r s growers 'Tre in nesday. It was felt that If the to the road. and pastimes throughout tne cast had to miss the final re- Trucks stopped in Moro to county *Ker' 8lfts can x> by Giles L. French the atomic hearsals it would not be able to wait until morning and drivers poalted^^CJrirettes. B.ecauae._th®. tn.eet.‘"5. ,.h,a It looks as if the atomic the j wen. put on chains. Those who had lng cards or other suitable i8 go close it is expected that bomh will be like gas. N o one w u h another week ,n which to travel were able to do so with- gifts will, be welcomed. many Sherman county wheat J IP! s _ai, .. .c _ , wlll dare use it for tear oi re- piay those toMng out great danger by going slow, 'The boxes of gifts will be ta- growers will avail themselves of taliation. part expect to give a better per- School busses were ordered to xen or sent to the hospitals in the opportunity to hear a part, The United States armies have formance than would be possl- stay in garages so there was no time for Christmas. The three or all, of the program There school Wednesday in either Moro American legion posts a r e are talks oh everything from been in enough of the world b le . if held on schedule or Grass'Valley or Kent. aiding in sponsoring the plan, making rain to selling wheat already that nearly all armies -----—--------- - Committees will work Thursday , The temperature was higher fight with our weapons. • q . to write resolutions aliout many Wednesday and the ice m elted ,»R(X3RAMi, EARLY The administration is said to F a r m lDCO m e K lS t things. by noon so that driving was rea be concerned about the large .1 1 mCl sonably safe except for shaded The programs arranged by Whether one likes it or not supply of lame ducks left over tx p e C te C l In 1 ^ 3 1 portions of the highway and the Community church are be- the organization of members of from the recent election. We the promise of warmer weather ginning Jong before Christmas any trade or business becomes wouldn’t want to pose as an Gross farm receipts are ex- gave better prospects _ for ithe this year In order to give time In time the mouthpiece of those expert but we do remember pected to be larger for two rea- ^ r ^ ln d e ? of th e' week, for all of them. Thursday of who follow that trade or bust- what grandma did with lame sons: a moderate increase in Six trucks went off the road tWs week the junior ladies are ness. What the writers of re- ducks. o u tp u t (if w eath er ) Wednesday morning and having a Christmas party at solutions write will be what Ti n._______ an had to he pulled on bv the thinks an- me lemtm.vrc. v» vhe state thinks jo . ar® nvrwxptpfi an church. nau io Saturday De puneu the on an- uv the m e remainder vnurvn, of ¿ a the iu iu state a y vne So far as we know there is no ce . g P f . wreckers. No damage was done nual Christmas party for the the wheat men believe until organization in America to keep espec a y onn«,impr except for one that turned over children will be held at 2:00 In next year. pet squirrels from nibbling tu- ow ng expected higher near K ent the afternoon Sunday the Mar- ‘'A n y farmer may attend com- o X i X ^ I t “ Z uT d to ° rgan‘" .r f af rf v & W a V \ b T ^ r f 0f af rt^ n . : v T ^ t h e hlpaH- ------------------------------------------------- ty index of farm coat price, Cub wii, have 1U, ChrlaV Sharon Coelsch, 4, Committeemen Loses Appendix Elected For In Hurried Operation Little Sharon Coelsch has had her appendix removed after using it a bare four years. Sun- g and her doctor relatives founds high count white So they cut of out her corpuscles. appendix which Cas ready a long one for go sma„ a glr) and sharon te getting along fine, taking as much pleasure out of the atten- ¡¡‘“U‘,L " receives as she " gets mLserv from her operation Per- misery from her operation. h?pg ghe thinkj8 It wise tQ get rld your appendix early. gharon is the daughter of Mr and Stanley Coelsch Qf Moro Farm Programs WOMEN TO MEET The next meeting of the Moro Woman’s club will be held at the club house December 14 at 2:00 o’clock. It will be the an- nual Christmas party and Mrs. Randolph Cook of Pendleton will be the speaker. Mrs. Ernest Woods will be director for the day and Mesdames E. Amidon, Donald Martin and Lloyd Hen- richs will be hostesses. .e e iln g s . If be wants ,o ------------------ pdlV g°The P parity Index includes Mhedu e ° ° n ™ ,UDS of wl11 ha’ p a Christmas - n u n o d l l i e s ^ h t b y j a r m ^ ^ o n , “farm products in « 1 ™ pro- use of wheat in Industry or day The city of Moro finally he may have his BUrted^action^on ^ h l ^ t h e th T ^ Maly ^ ° '^ m e f Uws wUl be »!«> hired labor, taxes and inter- '"c u rren t and historical data ------------- !------ The wheat league and the shovel belonging to C. C. Ger- removed In the process is expected to on farm commodity prices and HVB.HTATION iTtEW HERE wheat commission are trying bet uas ),oug1} " 1 on' <'^ nmowa ja uw pro» or or is est. The Index & percent durlRg uble8 - ln good Umes of morning to start work. The that too much to expect? the next 12 months, and a new and ^ a p h s and summarized In A crew arrived Monday to the problems w^ich are sure to operator found the ground too TTWN ixw uiuc au wie v»vvu>«» of all-time peak in farm produc- a speclal section. Copies of the start work on the new sub-sta- come up In bad times. In time soft for regular shovel work Looking at the pictures the Britishers who are visiting tion expenses is expected irt report are available from county tlon of the Pacific Power & o f'p ro sp erity to prepare, for ad- and put on a drag line the next thia country has made us won 1951. . * extension agents or from the Light company which will be verlsty, has befen <helr creed, day. Whether the job of placing this r o u n ^ has won e x te n g Arstill-Mon- That Is something about which the new culvert will be done r w y \ w»i4»rt uzp wpre Consumer demand is ex- ________ r roe garage tin Scott and Second every wheat grower can have an this fall or not depends on the ? ? er*x*aV h . n ,h^ n r ^ d u X n pec,ed “ P «'lal|y 8tron* ---------------- Streets The lot will be fenced interest weather. lounger when the I production for meat and the suppiy of beef d and new transfor- of a moustache seemed to be . . b ,n n t t much jf AXTEI.IiR IX)NG WED . ana e" ? . ------------------- desirable Lack of acreage and ,a^ r Pork prod^ctTon will ' « 4 n T ” Placed , THURSDAY DMt’KMBEH 7, 1M0 rtf 4*And h o w e v er made it im- Y r * prodyction ' 11 Mr. and Mrs. Perry Axtell tlon atop poles on M’aln street 3round o ’ p^rcont. ♦rxmn down rbium 10:00 a. in. ComtTutt«i Meetings practlble' ’ If not Imopwiblc and Per<'e" t pfr,£*3tx?r, *rCater' «»I celebrate their golden w/wi. wed- «rin will he torn Production & Transportation. . . .Kenneth Smouse, chm. the urge passed about the time nowever- * ding anniversary December 19. new 200 KVA tranfor- Federal Agriculture Program & Land Use ... Randolph we quit trying to wear a derby The report contains sections Open house will be held at their mers wm be installed on con- (Sam Cbok, c h m .___ _ Taxation & legislation---- Ken hat It is not, therefore, that on 10 phases of the outlook: de- home, Route 1, The Dalles from crete liases and switching facil- neth Fridley, chm. —.5—Wheat Disposal & Market De we have a lifelong prejudice mand, gross farm income, pro- two to five that day. Friends |tieg wy| be nut ln place. Present velopment . . . . Ralph McEwen, dhftl. *. . . — -- Young against moustaches, although ductiom. ooste, ynarketing costs, will call at that time. Mr and bufldlngs wfh be used for stnr Peoples Activités . . . Virgil Larson, chm. they do give the face a sophls net dollar farm income, real Mrs. Axtell lived In Sherman age 4:00 p. m. Preliminary Report. Standing Committees ticated look. We saw a magnifi- farm income, production pros- county most of their married ... cent one the other day, big and pects, national population trends life, farming near the Harmony FRIDAY, DECEMBER K, BAZAAR SUCCESSFUL bushy, like an Ivy growing west coast, trends, and short schoolhouse. 10:00 a. m. Executive Committee Meeting. The bazaar given by the 1Q;45 a m Musicai Selection fro m to o s m a l l a p o t ---------------- 2------------------------------------— —----------- ------------------— Gad, what a spray of coffee women of the American Legion Vice-President Donald McKinnis, presiding one could have blown from it. auxiliary last Saturday was Address of Welcome: Mayor, City of The Dalles But: these British with their considered a success In as much Response: Ronald Itew, Umatilla Co. Committeeman, little close cropped moustaches as a net of $76.45. was^added to jj . qq a m president’s Address: Henry Baker, Ione. worn like a uniform make us the treasury by the effort. Presentation of Executive Committee Mrs. Florence Bruckert won wonder if they are worn for de Introduction o.f Wheat Commission.’ fense or to gesture with or for After intensive research, the buy more from the Orient and the quilt and Ted Kelly and Tex some reason we are unable to won other prizes ¡2:00 Noon Recess Oregon Wheat commission hasBget the Orient to remove trade Irzvk The next meeting will be discern a lot of the answers and infor-Bbarriers. 1:15 p. m. Recognition and Presentation of Life Members. N A court h T o T W ruled that the w h ich ’ ^was district beid in confer- The 1:30 p. m. “Servicing Oregon Agriculture^’ F. E. Pr^e, Dean Directing of Agriculture, Oregon State college, Corvallis Portland school I district was it out to get two years ago. Dalles Thursday. At that time 2:00 p. m. “Oregon Wheat Growers league .Show Eugene within It. powers to outlaw ’ VL Courtney, Manager, The Dalles fraternities In the school there. get the iaett hM been Washington and Idaho. USDA on her visit to G,r^ 2:30 p. m. “National Wheat Growers Association” in other words belonging to a in a report to Gov. Douglas chemists were set up at Wash- auxiliary has sent »10 and m Herb Clutter, President, Holcomb, Kansas. fraternity Is not for the very Kay for the period July 1,1948 ington State college at Pullman. SO in gifts to the veterans ho. 3:15 p. m. “Policy and Program of Oregon State Farmers En- JWWtg. Kid« to» £ r ,o June 3° th^ o u n t of specific This laboratory works closely pitals ion”. Ronald E. Jones, President. L Hke drinktag a n i infcrmation gathered by .the with USDA regional llab o ra^-------------------- 3:45 p. m. Panel Discussion on “The Uôe of Fertilizer for Soil college. nut late business-minded commission will tories at Albany, California, and . a 1 — » Conservation a n d Wheat Production’ . necking and ^ n j °un ’ , the wheat farmer a better Peoria, Illinois, and experiment C h e s t e r A n d e T S e il Arthur S. King, Soil Conservation Specialist, OSC. OK for tfie big boys but not for give the, wne pcnd)eton ................................................ 4:15 71; m. Report on Trip to the Orient, E. J. Bell, Adminis the little ones. commlssidn. The 1917 legislature and elsewhere In the p iej. ( , f-Je a r ( A t t a t k trator, O r e g o n Wheat Commission. The OregonlanX special cen- set up the commission to find Northwest, which are breeding V 1W U. U C a r i M UdLK SATURDAY. DECEMBER 9, 19.M> ♦xxrvrvini odition reports that markets for Oregon w heat plants. Chester R. Andersen, 50, died 9:00 a. m. Report on Conservation Research Program. «¿„„tv produced over 52 “We don’t have all the ans- Already two kinds of whea 8Uddenly at his home ln Grass M. M. Oveson, Superintendent, Pendleton Station • W®**?oc° . y P acre in wers for the job isn’t done,” Elmar and Brevor, have passed Valley FrIday moming. He had iflfioior which The Dalles cham- said Chairman Jens Terjeson. stiff tests T heb re®eaTch aJ?,! not felt well the day before and 9:30 a. m. Standing, Committee Report on Wheat Disposal ami Marketing Development & Commission Activities. Ralph Mc should buy up “We still have a lot to do. But at develpoing wheat th a t 1 bad arranged for an eXamina- Ewen, chairman. ^ er 0 wp are wav ahead of two years be high-yielding, disease-resi s - tjon ^ ^ I n a day or two. He had — - x wv. ...v.... . day the whole edition 9:45 a. m. Oregon’s Program Under P.M.A. Harvey Miller, a^go." ant Just the right qualities another man to make TTW N chairman, State P.M.A. Committee. It has taken quite a war to Oregon wheat farmers had ask- tor Bood an nu ous some deliveries for him and e««toce Henry Wallace that ed the commiaslcr to get facts bakery lndustrlal then went back to bed where standing Committee Report on Federal Agricultural Russia was not filled with the on how to sell more wheat Research on industrial uses he dlfid ° programs and Land Use. Randolph (Sam) Cootf " chair- Russia was n how to get better wheat, for wheat is also going on at chegter Anderaen waa born ln « ^ a m s anu u a n oilnk It was worth It. use more of It (or industry and the same Moro March 4 son f mam p Rr,ck Pre9,dent Wa. d o n t tninx t t w n to reduce freight rates tories TAe ‘ at The the lat€ Chrls Andersen and 1015 R e s o u rc e ™ Development Corporation. Pasadena, Calif. wa? to to evferyh^ c - J ^ s r t up' thT Padflc Grain ^ u e s t of the ^ r e g o n Wheat Tnd « w i S “ X o r t 'o f W/ieaf Commission Reports On Work Done On Industry Problems - “ ““ z - : s ,, Auditing Election of Officers; Selection of 1951 Convention City. 00 Noon Recess We wonder if the meeting member of . the 115 p. m. “Why ¡We Need To Teach Conservation”. S. P. Swenson, Dean, Washington State college, Pullman, Wn. M Truman and Atlee will not Graag y a lle y M asonk lodge and v b o th nations happy—hap- j member of the Elks lodge. 1:45 p. m. Standing Committee Report on Production a n d Transportation. Kenneth Smouse, chairman, Lexington. "T . h ^ e l t b e r nation has both wg w|d<>w Cfl *7 ^ e m therine Mary, ‘ a son, Dennis 2:00 p. m. Presentation of Conservation Man of the Year. Floyd Root, Wasco. , » I them’ T T W N w „ k,e hla „^th er. Sophie An- . lin k e r intimates that per- dersen of Portland; two sisters, 2:15 p. m. “Work of the Milling & Baking Laboratory and Its Relationship to the Wheat Improvement Work in Ore v A enwp of the voter reaction Frances of Portland and Mrs. baP,S ♦ X e rn m e n t medical care Guyw of FaHg gon”* O. A. Vogel. Agron omist. Agriculture Experiment Station, Pullman, Wash ington. aga n^Lsnnqe several million GIs Funeral services were held' was beca - _ f that sort of t th Spencer & IJbby funeral 2:45 p. m. Standing Committee Report on Young Peoples Ac - X N J 4 O a^M onds, tivities.” Virgil Larson, chairman. Condon. 3 00 p m. “Activities of the Northwest Farm Council”. Don ^ p1eha? a^ W ^ U n d 7 r’’ o L n X C ^.mmlsalon Is also pro- to T w h cat league. The commit- oVflciaUng.' Tntorm cnt McKinnls, vice president, Summerville. about wha' or lomandpd a new bread in Oregon, tee strong y recommended that ' J ' " , f A O .P . cemc. 3:11$ p. m. Report of Oregon Advisory Research Council and Freight R a t e Activities. Marion Weatherford, Arling ton. 3:45 „ p. m. “Federal s ~ x s m x x : : : : : „ „ Crop ......... Insurance Program”. Murl Cummings, State Director for Oregon & Washington. Federal Crop Insurance Corporation tO P - w r ponsible for other states join- L i, Oregon in the N ational as- lng National soclation of Wheat Growers, for- med this year, Terjeson was elected vice president. T h e whcat WU’ written by Administrator E. J. BeII, and introduced in co n fess last February, is being studied all over the nation. As an a- mendment to the present law, Jt offers free growing and mar- - n g a of - a t o sn d n r yf . “ the column. Note. ** £ da « > “et‘ wag as corn. also The Tne wheat wneai commission conun«»*v« also started the ( acifit Nor h Wheat proj tics on the p r£ u c on usm and m2 W.m en, ° iO47 his M o T ^ - wheat In _ “ i? Tt service Is official sourc^ kept up in Por land by the USDA and the ’ Pacific Northwest . . company. He wgg r u ^ ‘ to mect compelllion, at Oregon State college. fnd Owen 4:18 p m- county Nom-“ - - ---------------- a :iO P- H U V zW M IV 6:30 p. m. Annual / Banquet, Governor Douglas McKay. Election of community com mitteemen for the federal agri cultural programs in Sherman county was - accomplished at elections held late in November and votes were counted early this week. The county conven tion for the selection of county officers was postponed from Wednesday until sometime next week. For the Locust Grove com munity H. M. Zell, chairman, Da vid Richelderfer, vice-chairman, Malcolm McDermid, member; M. I. Howell, first alternate, Tad McCoy, second alternate. Gordon Harper and H. V. Watkins, del egates to the county convention. For Wasco: Joe Hllderbrand, chairman, Dewey Thomas, vice- chairman, V. W. Dutton, mem ber, Marvin Thomas, first alter nate, J. L. Robinson, second al ternate; delegates, Lee Dehler and A. J. Smith. For Moro: Carroll Sayrs, chair man, Charles Burnet, vice-chair . man, Bob Belshe, member, Bob Boynton, first alternate, Ronald Powell, second alternate, dele gates, Lloyd Hcnrlchs and Har vey Thompson. For Grass Valley: Bill Holmes, chairman, lis te r Barnum, vice- chairman. Dell Olds, member, A. W. Schilling, first a.ternate Ted Trimble, second alternate delegates, Dell Olds and A. J. Pavne. For Kent: • Theo. C.. von Ror- stel, chairman. Bill Jefferies, vice-chairman. Donald McTnn’s. metnber, J- E. Norton, flrgt alter nate, Jay McKay, second alter nate, delegates Luther Davis and Grover Young. YD UN GST ERS WR E< K E l) Jimmy Roberson. accompan ie<i by Sharon Coons, Carolvn IjemJey and Yvonne Kirkelie. overturned his father’s car near the Eben Kee place last Friday n*cht while returning from a show at Grass Valley. The car overturned once and was badly dented. No youngsters were hurt- seriously. KTORR ROBBED .The Grass Valley Variety store was broken Into and rob bed some time Sunday night Entrance was gained through the back door on which a screw driver was used. About $35 in cash and several jackets and shirts were taken. BERT HATLEY DIES Funeral services for Bert I lat- ley were held In The Dalles last week following his death (here. He was a {prmer resident of Wasco and a long time em ployee in the warehouses as a v,heat buck. He was working in the mill at The Dalles. Rufus P-T A Meets, Hears Program Parent-Teachers met at their regular monthly meeting at the Rufus school house Monday with Mrs. Allen Tom presiding. The members decided to send a Christmas box of gifts to the state hospital. The gifts to be attractively wrapped and left with Mrs. Martha Drady who will send them away. After the usual business was taken care of, Mrs. Sarah Gian- nonatti’s upper grade room pre sented a one act play which was well received. The students taking part were Vincent Rice, Dottle Steward, Elaine Eaton, Patty Blackburne, Wally Mor ris and Jerry Brackett The pu pils also sang two numbers ac companied on the piano by Mi's. Edyth Neyhus. Refreshments after the meet ing were served by Mrs. Fay Brackett, Mrs. W. E. Rice and Mrs. Edyth Neyhus. The next meeting is scheduled for January 8 un account of New Years falling on January lVDon Macnab. Allen Tom and George Fox were appointed hosts R. A. STOW IN STDUH Word from R. A. Stow from San Carlos, California where he is spending the winter with his son Volnev sends his best wishes to all Sherman county people He states he is feeling pretty good and likes it there.
