Sherman County journal., October 24, 1952, Page 4, Image 4

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JO U R N A L , MORO, ORBGON
FRIDA Y, OCTOBER 24, 1».W
ind she had just
of Arlington left for their home dinner for Mr. and Mrs. Leland mother they foi nt the hospital
They
spent
Ml-dler
and
children
Doug
and
patted
quietly
Sunday afternoon
there. The fune ral was not until
the week here d loing some bull Barbatfh.
e
Fox.
The
old
Wjhen
Mr.
and
Mr«.
I^eonard
the last of th< « week waiting
dozing for Georgi
iwn,
and
a
new
Jordan
went
to
The
Dalles
until <jll the r< latives could get
barn was torn do
(By Mrs. George L. Fox)
barn will be erec ■ted In a differ- Tuesday night to visit Leonard’s here.
A mock radio program was ent place.
on at the Rufus grange Booster
Mr. and Mrs. Leland Medler
Night program.
The hall wa3
Support
made bright with various color­ are building a double garage
lieside their new home. Rev.
ed mums.
The program l>egan with the Adrian Robirts was working on
grange officers seating drill, it la^t week.
presenting the flag, and the
Bill Jake, a new eighth grade
welcome address by Master Rol­ pupil, entered Rufus school re­
and Johnson.
cently.
Tap dance numbers were giv­ Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Thomas
en by Karen, Kay and Arlene and son of Kent were Sunday
Macnab who each danced alone. dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs R epublican C andidate for State
Jeanne Macnab put on an acro­ (Jordon Johnson.
R ep resen tative from the T w en ty-
batic dance. Mrs. F. W. M^acnab The geese are beginning to
accompanied the girls on the tome into the wheat fields. The Second D istrict
piano.
geese especially like It where
Sam Brock, after addressing the stubble has been disced. Steiwer for Representative com­
the group, turned the spool dial They can get around so much mittee
on his apple box radio to get the better In this.
Steve Thompson,
Chairman,
announcer of the program, who
I)r. and Mrs. Frank Reid en­ Heppner, Oreon
was Harland McDonald.
The tertained at a Saturday night
program was put on back stage.
First on the air was Mrs. Wl T.
Little and Mr. Wni. O’Brien in
a piano duet. A1 Dormaler play­
ed the guitar and mouth harp at
the same time. Horace Carlisle
played a piano solo.
Mr. and
Mrs. James Tate sang a duet.
Donal Brislain gave a panto-
mine of a basketball coach dur­
ing a game, a wheat farmer
hauling wheat to the elevator,
and a music director teaching
students to sing. The back stage
group sang, "Now Is the Hour”
accompanied by Mrs. W. T. Lit­
tle on the piano. Roland Johnson
appeared as a professor giving
advise to the lovelorn. Mrs. Har­
ry Actants and Robert Davis
were In a play called ‘‘Henry
and Jane”. Miss Vivian Trounce
favored with a piano solo to
end the program.
Rufus News
You are Cordially Invited to Attend the
GRAND
DPEH ING
of the Newly Remodeled
Stadlem an-Bonn Hdw e.Co.
Then the . chairs were pushed
against the walls and square
dancing and modern dancing
was enjoyed by the crowd to
the music of Horace Carlisle on
the piano, phonograph records
and accordion and guitar music
played by Fred and A1 Dor­
maler.
About 11:00 o’clock the grange
women served pumpkin pie,
doughnuts, cider and coffee to
approximately a hundred peo­
ple.
The grange drill was prac­
ticed ot the Rufus grange hall
Thursday night when the grange
meeting took place. Roland John
son, master, presided at the bu­
siness session.
Mr. and M,r. A1 Dormaler and
.Mr. and Mrs. Pat Macnab were
voted as new members.
Harland McDonald was re­
cently put on the entertainment
committee iafter Wl'llam Huek
resigned. Harland said a mod­
ern dance will lie held at the
grange hall Saturday Nov. 22.
The master announced the
dates of the visitation program
Rufus goes to Mosier Nov. 13.
Mrs. William O'Bnion, lecturer
announced the plans for Booster
Night were completed.
The program hour was given
over to practice on the drill af­
ter the lecturer read a poem, on
Halloween. The women served
supper at the end of the work.
Mrs. F. W. Macnab, Mrs. Ice­
land NV*<lH'r and Mrs. George
Fox met Thursday afternoon at
the Medler home to discuss the
lunch and prices for the Hallo­
ween party at Rufus school
house Frhkty, October 31 at
N:(M) p. m. Don Macnab will se­
cure an appropriate movie for
that night.
The grade school
children are to come In cos­
tume. Prizes will be awarded
for the- best dressed boy and
girl In each elementary, room.
Airs. Donal Brlslaln’s parents
spent the week end visiting In
Rufus at the Brislain home.
A number of Rufus residents
were HI last .week with a
stomach flu. A cold seems to
be going with It also with fever
anil chills symptoms.
Although the clouds hung
heavy here Saturday, it didn't
let down any rain. A number
of the wheat farmers who never
deep seeded are putting their
wheat Into the summer fallow'
with the drills set shallow,
That way, the first rains will
start the kernels of wheat to
growing.
Mr. and
Far! Weatherford
In The Dalles, Oregon
3 BIG DAYS 3
For Further Particulars Listen to KODL, 1230 on your dial
Stadlcman Bonn Hardware Co.
JIX*>
DON'T BE HALF-INFORMED
...KNOW THE WHOLE TRUTH
ABOUT THE PROPOSED TAS
"Constitutional Amendnto’Jt
Providing Equitable Taxing Metho.]
,i/
for Use of Highways
The trucking industry is
trying to avoid a fa ir
share of hig h w av costs
ESooi’t b e
[ d i.o rm e d
OUT-OF
6R0C€RV OWN
&on’t be
HALF-
WE REPRESENT
TREfDAlRV
BnioPftied
the BIG truckers are behind
this proposed amendmeiL
9 # of OREGON S
2196 G K N * *
DAIRY
MILKCONMlTTfcL \
Eon’» be 1
If
r of
The trucking industry can’t-ex
without good roads...a FAIR higi
use-tax is a good investment
The proposed biU wi3i
increase re g is t r a t ic i fees
for autom obiles
The Dalles, Oregon
’$ GET 2 FACTS STRAIGHT!
‘ 4
The out-of-state grocery chain, through the Affiliated M ilk Committee,
□
promises "rich milk at lower prices.” The FACT is that the milk they sell in
i
mtrollcd markets is generally neither richer nor cheaper than ours! They say it but
t
don’t
it!
*■ V They also infer that Oregon’s dairy farmers want the so-called "protection” of
J their tricky price control initiative. THE FACT IS — over 80'. of ('re u’s
i .auc ” A” dairy farmers arc fighting to keep our present FAIR law and «:• .. .
steady supply of sanitary milk.
Nobody Gail Deny iü » ;
G r a d « “ A” m ilk on m ost
HALF- ]
In fo r m e d J
81% of OREGON TRUCK
own 3 or less trucks, 46% own
of SMALL BUSINESSES
END THE TRUCK TAX MESS
VOTE 330 X YES
the n a tio n a l a v e r a g e .
tit's Vote to Keep i Fair
Fold AW
•n I
• RU
4a Qrt '
Milk
law That Keeps a Fair Price!
’
only 1 tr u c k ...it’s an industry ,
Oregon toblas costs U S S than
LMDNARD IL. SMITH
Ikillrw
C E .N H lH
"W E H A V E IT "
406 E. Second St.
HAH NKW ORGAN
The Grass Valley Baptist
church h|ia recently Installed a
new organ in the sanctuary
This will greatly facilitate alt
musical numbers, and will lx*
an attraction to all visitors at-
tendng the "Christ For Every
one” special meetings held in
the church October 27 through
November 2.
■»orne interestin, ~ sidelights on
Oregon’s* agriculture at the mid-
KltOAD R XPKR1ENUK IS A
century mark have come from
an 'analysis of recent data by
FIKHT QU A LIFICA TIO N FOR
Mrs. Elvera Horrell, OSC exten­
sion agricultural economist.
CONGRKHH
The census shows that nearly
twice as much Oregon land is be­ John G. Jon es has been a radio ex ecu tiv e, a achool teacher,
ing farmed today as 50 years ago couch and su p erin ten d en t. Jon es lias been a con su ltan t to in d u s­
with a sharp increase in the num­ try ami leader in civic affairs, lie has lived on a ranch and
ber of farms.
k n ow ! the problem s of agricu ltu re.
Jon es has aerved as a
At the present time, Oregon
Dirt*«
toe
of
nine
D
isplaced
P
erso
n
s
cam
ps
w ith
I NltKA In
has slightly more than 20,300.-
000 acres of land in farms.
In G erm any. He k n ow s th e co n d itio n s in post-w ar E urope. H is
1900, the figure was 10,071,328. q u alification s com e from a career of w ork in g w ith people.
The number of farms has jumped
He lias
the w id e
exp erience necessary to serv e as you r R e­
from the 35,837 total in 1900 to p resen tative in C ongress. In C on gress John w ill rep resen t
the present day 59,827.
Average-sized farn at the op­ A l.l, the people.
ening of the century was 281
Pd Adv. Jones for Congress Club, LaGrande, Oregon
acres. Today that figure is up to
James Woodell, Treasurer
Demonstrations A ll 3 Days
Funeral Advisors and directors
T he
A G K H 'I L IT K A I,
Thursday - Friday - Saturday
October 23 - 24 - 25
SPECIAL VALUES •
SPECIAL AWARDS
All 3 Days
4 a Day
All 3 Days
$4«
CHAPEL
P hone
of their grandparents, Mr. and
se. T ie bureau of ag •icul-
Mts. Harland McDonald while turai ronor lies of the I SDA
their parents went hunting.
earliei this year estimated the
Kay and Jimmy, children of total due if farm landt and
Mr. and Mrs. Janies Butler of build i rs in Oregon at
1.45H
Portland are visiting their grand (KM).(XJ X). The 1900
parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. was $172,761,28«
Wilson while their parents are
agriculture to-
on a trip to Iowa for a couple While Oregon' diversification
day
boasts
of
1
of weeks.
Teachers Institute was Thurs­ and the great number of
day and Friday of last week. that are grown in the stab
Mr. and Mrs. Leland Medler census comparisons show
and children Doug and Barbara 1900 had an edge In at
took advantage of the vacation case or two. Fifty years ago, for
to attend the P. 1. in Portland.
Barbara anil Gail El!lot of
The Dalles spent the weekend
as guests of Dotty Steward. Lu­
ther Steward's sister and bro­
ther in law of Portland spent
Tuesday night at the Steward
home.
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