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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1953)
PAGE 4 HUE,IMAN ('Ol’XTY JO lH N A I., HUHU, ulliXGOh Grass Valley (By Mrs. A. F. Balzer! F ill DAY, A I’GVHT 21. IMS Edgar-Coffey wedding. Miss Cof fey is a cousin of Wallace May. Milo Elliott and daughter, Pau line and Mr. and Mrs. Vance Ell iott and daughters of Sheridan spent the weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank T. Bayer. Mr. and M De I Ole's • )<! Mr. and Mrs. Bert ( ex went to San dy Sunday to attend the silver wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Huhman. Mr. and Mrs. ('laud Bayer and family of E nterprise were week end guests at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank T. Bayer. Mr. and Mr». A1 Roljerts and family of Corvallis were visitors from Thursday until Sunday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred ('ox. Ronald and Rod ney Roberts stayed for a longer visit with their grandpaients. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Schilling and son, Cary, were in The Dalles Thursday to visit her father, Bud Coon. & Visitors at tne home of Mr. and Mrs. Fre.l ( ’ox Sunday afternoon were Mrs. Charles Forrester and daughter, Lucile and Mrs. Phipps of Goldendale. Mrs. I>ean Olds and son, Wil lard of Portland spent the week end here with her mother, Mrs. Ly dia WassenmiUer. Mrs. John De ker, Nancy, Don nie and A rthur and Deanna Bek- kedahl calk 1 at the I< rank von Borstel home Saturday evening. Kenneth Bekkedahl accompanied Mrs. Decker to Paulina where they spent the weekend w ith Mr. and Mrs. A1 Bekkedahl and fam ily. Deanna remained with her Parents after spending several weeks at the Decker home. I/,w ell Smith celebrated his seventh birthday Tuesday Au- ust 11, when his mother, Mrs. Myrie Smith, Invited his friends in for the afternoon. The child ren played in a tank and plastic pool on the lawn for several hour\ l>ef re coming I n v Iz)well open his gifts an<l be ser ved ice cream, birthday cake and punch. The guests Included Gene David and Louise Eakin, Terry, Ray and Susan Eakin, Joy and Cathy von Bor-tel, Ardine Todd. Julie Reynolds a n d Kenneth, Curt and Sharyl Blagg, the hon or guest, Izivvell, and his baby brother, Gordon. Also present were Mrs. Bill Todd, .Mrs. Ivan Blagg, Mrs. Owen Eakin, Mrs. Bill Rausch and Mrs. Vernon Ea Mrs. T. M. Rolfe, Mrs. W. B. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Davis and kin, who was also honored with Mathews and Mrs. Roy Wells daughters Louise and Ellen of a birthday cake and received some gifts. The ladies enjoyed coffee Condon, spent Sunday visiting at went to The Dalles W ednesday the home of his brother and sis to meet the latter’s son, Donald with their cake and ice cream. Mrs. Alfred Kock entertained ter in law, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Da Wells, who arrived from Charles her bridge club at her home vis. The girls stayed for a longer ton. S. C. having recently re turned from a cruise of six mon Thursday afternoon. Bridge was visit. Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Bayer ths in the .Mediterranean. in play at two tables with Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Crews of Arzell Lemley holding high score and family, Kay Brittain, Mrs. F. and Mrs. J. S. Newcomb low score T. Bayer, David Bayer and Mrs. Stevenson came Tuesday to visit for the afternoon. Refreshments Charles Perrlgo and daughters, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dell were served by the hostess. Other Linda and I^slie, visited Mary Olds, Mrs. Crews will remain to members present were Mrs. Glenn hill museum Sunday afternoon. help her mother during harvest. Mrs. Charles Perrlgo and dau Mr. and Mrs. Harold Blagg and Perry, Mrs. A. F. Balzer, Mrs. Max Brown, Mrs. Donald (Tod- ghters of Astoria arrived last daughter Sandra came Friday ev felter and Mrs. Art Bibby and week and Mrs. Perrigo will drive ening from Portland to spend the Mrs. Gordon Lemley as guest. wheat truck for her father, weekend with his parents, Mr. Frank T. Bayer. and Mrs, J. W. Blagg. Sharyl About thirty people attended Miss Helen Steenkolk of Moro Blagg went home with them Sun the demonstration party held at spent a few days last week visit day evening to spend a few days. the home of Mrs. H arry Justesen ing Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Justesen at Kent Wednesday afternoon. at Kent. Miss Steenkolk will The room was decorated with leave soon for Hawaii where she FUNERAL SERVICE aweet peas. After games were will teach this school year. played refreshm ents of iced tea, limeade and cookies were served. B. M. Kelley left Saturday for . . . U nderstanding Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Blagg were Iowa having l>een called back on hosts Saturday evening when a receiving word of the death of buffet supper was served to Mrs. his mother. . . . responsible Zola Blackwell and laughter, Be Mrs. Zola Blackwell and dau verly, of Iz-banon, Mr. and Mrs. ghter, Beverly of Ix>banon came t Harold Blagg and daughter, San Friday and spent the weekend . . . reasonable dra of Portland, Mr. and Mrs. J. at the Ivan Blagg home. They W. Blagg, Mr. an I Mrs. Clair left Sunday accompanied by Ken Balzer and Howard Miller. Mr. neth and Curt Blagg who will and Mrs. J. W. Blagg had the visit their grandparents Mr. and same group In for dinner Sunday. Mrs. Jerry Coyle in Lebanon. Miss Martha Bardenhagen and Mr. and Mrs. M rs.. Frank E. her cousin. Miss Sylvester left Bayer and family were visitors Saturdaay for Portland where last Sunday in Parkdale at the they took a plane for New York home of Mt. and Mrs. Willis to the home of Miss Sylvester. Brittain. Kay Brittain camo home Leonard & Wilma Smith Miss Bardenhagen stayed with with them for a visit.. Pho»« 'H ie D alles 3135 her cousin and left the next day for John Hopkins hospital in Baltimore where she u student nurse. The girls spent a month Due to Repairs on Cooler & Vacation here with Miss Bardenhagen’s parents, MV. and Mrs. Claus Bar denhagen. C & C Food Store Slaughter House will Mrs. George Bash and Mrs. Frank von Borstel were callers Friday afternoon at the home of he closed August 1 to August 24 Mr. and Mrs. Claus Bardenhagen. Mr. and M th . Wallace May C & C Food Store were In Portland Sunday to visit their daughter in law, Mr. C. W. Grass Valley May and son and to attend the You know how It was in the old days, a bunch of men, mostly young, laying around on Sunday after the chores were done. May b e the cards were too greasy to play poker with, or maybe there wasn’t any money on hand. They got to talking. One says ‘ If you guv’ll saddle up that bald-faced aorrel PI, ride him ”. Maybe there were a few bets, not much for some of the west's worst horses have been ridden for $2.50 or less. So the riding started Some one else chose a horse until the horses were all broke or as near broke as It was interesting to make them. * . Then when the tlnfes were «lull they started on the steers which were a different kind of riding but still a contest between man and beast. Putting a saddle on a steer so it would slk k was too much trouble so they rode brfre- back. That was years ago when cow boys were working men In search of a little fun after they had wash ed their extra shirt and hung out their blankets toward the friendly western sun. Now a cowboy is a showman who works weekends before cheering crowds riding horses and bulls both of which are trained to buck; otherwise the cowboys would have had them broke long ago. They ride ten seconds Instead of staying until the horse stuck his head against the corral poles and quit bawling Mac Barbour Is bringing his string of lmckers and his crew of rkiers to the Sherman county fair again this year Just as he has been doing for years an«, years. The completely new Ford Truck DKIVEMZID CAB! Over 2,100 inches of visib ility—more than uny other trucks! There is no other truck that gives you the comfort and visibility of the totally new Ford Truck! "il No other truck cab offer» you to much! Only FORD has it! T h e nil-new F ord T ru c k D riv e rized C ab has th e m ust m odern cab sus pension in tru ck s. I t insulates th e cab against vib ratio n , noise a n d fram e w eave, gives a level-action ride. T h e styling is som ething you never expected to see in a tru c k cab. S m a rt new upholstery and trim . . . h a n d som e new in stru m e n t panel curving in to door panels. T h e F ord Driverized Deluxe C ab offers, a t w orthw hile add ed cost, 16 custom ex tras like foam ru b lier seat padding and a u to m a tic dom e light. See tlie new F ord Driverized C ab — s u n it, try it — an d y o u ’ll kauiu i t ’s th e one i t . you! v T Mt '*«1 _ Maximum working comfort—lesa driving fatigue! Both are youra when you ride in the all-new Ford Driverized Cab. New curved, one- piece windshield—new 4 ft. wide rear window. New, wider 2-way adjustable seat with new non-sag springs and exclusive new counter shock seat snubber. New push button door handles, new rotor latches! Completely N ew ! For ’53, Ford offers over 190 completely new truck models! Come in today! SAVE TIME • N ew gian t! F ord F-800 Big Jo b , G .V .W . 22,000 lbs., G .C .W . 48,000 lbs. I ’o w ertu by 155 h.p . Cargo K in g V-8! (Deluxe show n.) SAVE MONEY • LAST LONGER See Your Nearest Ford Dealer in search of a change the fair board has gone here and there but has never found a better Aring of horses or riders or a \hute crew that gets the horses into the arena like Mac does. T hat’s the reason he's coming again—hes’ good. Somehow the riding of horses has taken ahold of Americans and from New York to Moro i>eo- ple flock to a rodeo like bears to a honey tree. Many of these hor ses are terrific and in an after noon a spectator can find all type» of bulking horses; the straighaw ay fast, quick jum per, the sunfisher, the one that turns over, the end changer. All speeds from the little fast ones that break a rider’s back to the big slow ones that Jar bis teeth loose. You never know what kind is coming out of the chute, nor what kind of a ride the man is going to make. Every now and then an old hand gets one he can’t ride and some green kid stays on top with nothing but nerve to keep him there. T here’s money in it for the good ones and the lucky ones and there’s a diet of corral dust for the other kind—and broken bon es for both. The customers shout and cheer about it, stand up and yell at a good ride or yell person al rem arks at the unfortunate who makes the wrong guess and goes a different way than the horse. They ride bulls, too, and rope calves and sometimes bust steers which now wear a plastic head- piece to keep their horns on. Hor ses are trained to hold tight or keep a slack roi>e until they, the.nselves are worth the price iff admission just to watch. Saturday affd Sunday, Scptem- ,M-r 12-l.T there will lie that kind of a show at the fair grounds, during the Sherman county fair which will begin Friday when club work will be the major a t traction. T hat’s the wa © it started; goodness knows where it will end. Neither does bailness. F< r the present the business of riding bucking horses, roping un willing calves, lass«x)lng lunging steers anJ all the similar open air pastim es attendant to w estern ro deos are hitting the top -of the spectator sports and may go on for long after the last of the orig inal cowboys has gone to that home in the sky al>out which he forts. purportedly sang. Great Day. A man might as well try balancing himself on a flag pole while eating cu.<tard pie in The Ixrots and saddles are the a high w in d .' same except that the old saddle was a sort of deep nest from which a rider had to be throw n straight up before he could be dislodged. Modern ones are al most flat which gives an advan tage to the horse. Also the rules favor the horee. A man can’t hold on with anything but his legs and his willpower. No clutching the horn, the mane or using more than one hand on the rope. Also riders are supposed to scratch the horse from shoulder to flank at every jum p a movement that is as likely to unbalance the rid er as to augm ent the horse’s ef
