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SH E R M A N
COUNTY JO U R N A L
MORO, O REG ON
itln g here, described the
ion of W ashington as con-
of one-third governm ent
une-third negroes and one*
Seeing America . . . .
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F R I D AY. N O V EM BE R 13, 1953
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>f A ilnH iU m , V irgin ia
Vernon is a shrine vis-
nearly everyone w ho
> W ashington. I t w ould
of o r a i
envir<
lie lik e going to the zoo w ith o u t
here tl
pr< seeing the monkeys. W ashington
d id n 't have such a big house, not
so large as Le® did 60 o r 70 years
later. There seems a s trik in g sol
A r lin g to n , V ir g in ia
e m n ity in the crowds th a t push
\\ ¿1 ^iiington is su
against the ropes re s tra in in g
im pressive, it being
capitol o f them fro m e n te rin g the rooms
the greatest nation
he w orld, and gaze at the s ilve rw a re on the
but it is n ’t except
hose who d in in g table, the fireplaces, the
I glam our post beds. No one jokes alx>ut the
and hoping to be 1m
shortness of the beds, the heighth
is born to the purple o f the feather beds made the
itte r how great a man sleeper, nor the m o d e rn ity o f the
ne in one adm lnistra- copper pots.
n a few years he can
Clothes w orn by George and
le street, a has-been as M artha are s till on display al
i last year s dress. Re- though looking little as they did.
,r position and place There are all sorts of little gad
I’t grow among most gets made from some a rticle
, at least, not to the owned by George. A c tu a lly he
s among peoples who d id n ’t sjiend much tim e at Mt.
size
bred to respect royal- V ernon’ living engaged in su r
nave
ty. I
gc l * s out on his law n to veying, fig h tin g , p o litic k in g most
»If and the crowds go of his life. Rut it was a p re tty
practice
rig h t on by on the w ide side- place to coine home to.
walks, stopping but b rie fly i f at
G overnm ent
w o rk e rs ’
hours
ratch him. In fro n t o f the
White House the other day a are staggered so as to lessen the
sm all and fris k y sq u irre l was get tra ffic jam s m o rn in g and evening
tin g more a ttention than resi when they congregate in groups
from all over the s u rro u n d in g
dence o f the presidents.
co u n try to do th e ir stin ts in the
Yet folks by the thousands w ill block long and block w ide b u ild
go tra ip sin g through the public ings.
parts of the W hite House, gawp
T iie botanical garden was fille d
ing anti peering lik e cats in a
women and chrysanthe
strange barn. The line moves w ith
slow ly and would be extrem ely mums,one mum , the oth e r not.
tiresome except fo r the paintings Here are more mum« than Gwen
of very dead presidents hung on Vfitehell has. W hatever flo w e r is
the wall an I solemn expressions in season is dispayed and in pro
ori the faces of A m ericans in this fusion.
T iie S m ithsonian is fille d w ith
solemn spot.
the greatest amount o f ju n k ev
The whole th in g looks new and er assembled, most o f it authen
It may bo no more h is to ric than tic. Dresses w orn by every presi
It was a year ago; walls, floors dent's lady; displays o f the man
and carpets (ca re fu lly rolled* are ufacture of many things; dozens
new, so complete was the $7,(*(*<•,- of planes (W rig h t’s L in d b e rg h ’s);
(*(M* renovation by the little man carts and wagons from the e a rli
from Missouri.
est hewn wood ones; ship mod
In the capitol Itse lf the halls els; engines. One could fin d the
are g e ttin g p re tty fu ll o f statues; h is to ry o f almost a n y th in g here
w hich should make certain that if he hut followed th rough on
henceforth a man m ust do some w h a t he can see.
th in g re a lly grand to have a brass
The
W ashington
monum ent
replica o f h lm self planted there. sticks way up tow ard the sky and
There is g r eat va ria tio n among lines of v isito rs w a it fo r a chance
them ; brass,, marble; clothed in to ride up the elevator to the top.
tiie flo w in g robes of great-great The things one is expected to do
g ra n d fa th e r’'4 day o r as modern occupy the tim e of most tourists,
as the clou ble-beeasted soft in apparently.
w hich Huey Ixm g and W ill Rog-
The L in co ln m em orial is tr u ly
er« are pi -tuiped, Iwtth w ith hands im pressive. W hoever designed it
in pockets, i tself as d is tin c tiv e as did a fine, a rtis tic job and no A m
the raised »¡word o f generals or erican can help but lie Impressed.
the fa r awaj>• look o f discoverers. That of Jefferson is as large. His
Speaking r»f statues, an Oregon- statue stands In the center of
M«
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C ory
K nife
S h a rp en er ,
B a r n e y ’s <irnNH V alley
SI 1.95 S u n b ea m M ixer, 943J1O, H a rn ey ’s,
Grass V alley
w h ite m arble p illa rs but it is too
large, too black. Jefferson was a
man who made hi« m ark by his
ideas, not by hi« power. Hi« doc
trin e was th a t man should be free
to th in k and to express; the firs t
amendment is hi« philosophy.
In W ashington is the center o f
governm ent; but out in the «ticks
the people d ire c t it. Ideas are
born and developed in little tow ns
where problem s are met w ith in
telligence and a b ility anad action.
When they g row they are p u t in
to effect by the governm ental ma
c h in e ry centered here. T h is im
presses as the center o f the mach
in e ry , noot the center of the ideas.
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P leanu nt H ill, N o rth C arolin a
The A n d re w M ellon a rt muse
um in W ashington D.C. w ould
cost as much to re b u ild and re f i l l
as any b u ild in g here. In fact, it
could not be re fille d fo r it con
tains masterpieces of p a in tin g th a t
could not be duplicated. W hat is
displayed are pa in ting s m ostly,
although there is some sculpture.
P aintings, in a s o rt of sequence,
ru n fro m ea rlie st times to the
v e ry modern, both of w hich are
p re tty bad, one because of lack
o f equipm ent and the other fro m
lack o f w o rk enough to complete
detail. In between are some m a r
velous paintings.
G overnm ent
b u ild in g s
cover
blocks and inside have block long
halls and a m y ria d of rooms occu
pied by men w o rk in g at some
part o f some job. Somewhere there
must be men to centralize all this
e ffo rt and make i t effective.
S E R V IC E
AT
held it th ro u g i
Douglas and R
were guests o f
several days th » fii
w h ile th e ir p a r mts
Leland Medlet
Raker.
Mrs. E a rl W »ther
tnd son
ne Sun-
o f A rlin g to n re tu rn d
day a fte r a ten day v sit /1th her
parents, the George
•«. E a rl
was h u n tin g elk in the .Wall wa
m ountains. They or Iv got on in
a p a rty o f four.
The R E A m eting was held in
The Dalles Saturday. L u n ch was
served ta noon. Mrs. George Eox
won a chicken frye r. F our o th e r
Sherm an county members won
prizes.
R a lly day at R ufus Sunday
school is planned fo r Nov. 22.
There w ill be a musical program
under the d ire ctio n o f Mrs. W illis
Harney. E veryone is welcome.
M r. and Mrs. H a rry H yd o rn
and Mrs. H arold D u rfie and c h il
dren were Sunday guests*bf Mr.
and Mrs. John Mathieson.
Rev. and Mrs. W illis Harney a t
tended preachers’ conference last
week at Wenatchee, Wash. They
spent a day at Seattle.
Msr. X yth e l Rice and daughter
P atricia o f Palouse, Wash, spent
a few days v is itin g at the home
o f M r.*and Mrs. Fay B rackett.
Mr. and Mrs. YJeorge B la ck
im m e and fa m ily and Mr. and
Mrs. Paul R lackburne visited in
D u fu r Sunday.
Parents are in v ite d to attend
Open House at the school T h u rs
day, Nov. 12 at 8 p.
C o m m u n ity pinochle clu b m et
Monday at the home o f Mrs. H a r
ry Adams Mrs. Tom Macnab re
ceived high score and Mrs. Chet
Coats low. L a te r the hostess se rv
ed salad, ro lls and coffee.
Mrs. Della P atterson o f T he
Dalles was a weekend guest at
the home of her brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs. B ill Mac
nab.
D r. and Mrs. Leo Moore
Mr. and Mrs. H a rry Bonners
The Dalles visited L. V. M(
A rm istice day.
S E R V IN G IN K O R EA
A rm y Pvt. Charles E. Wallace
21, son of M r. and Mrs. Glenn E
W allace o f Wafcco, is n o w s e r v in g
head” d ivisio n ,
H eartbreak ridge
id Old Baldy, i now undergoing
itensive post-t uce tra in in g .
P rivate W alk •e entered the ar-
January and completed
my U
b a sic tr a in in g at C am p ^ to lte r ts;
w ith th e 2nd In fa n tr y d iv i-io n in < alit
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which we are adept.
and other rectal di »order»,
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a service we perform regularity and with dispatch.
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ecutlve com m ittee is Sam Brock,
W ill H u ck and A t lee W ilson. Mrs.
R ill O 'B rien is musician.
W ish ra m high school football
te^tn outpl<u#ed the Wasco-Rufus
te im when th e y came to R ufus
F rid a y afternoon. R ig h t fro m the
ita r l Wi-.in;.mi took tka lead and
You probably thought a l t u t warmer clothes about +
the same time. We can’t do anything about the chill, ♦
but we can do plenty about the clothes.
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In su ra n ce C o.
T h is ¡« what a country is made of.
Not skyscrapers and bridges and highways—
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A corner, fo r the end of day. A place fo r resting and dreams.
Around you— safe and cared fo r— the people you love.
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T h ia is a peace you cart have a nd keep.
For i f our homes are happy and secure, our country w ill re
main strong. T hat’s why i t ’s so im portant fo r each of us to
save to have security. Save to keep the national prosperity
and strength that protects the peace. And you’ll find that the
easiest way to save is to invest in U. S. Savings Bonds through
the P ayroll Savings Plan where you work.
You w ill never tniss the money when you save on this easy
Plan. Because the money is saved fo r you, before you get
your salary.
You can save as little as a couple o f dollars a payday. Best of
a ll— the Bonds your money w ill buy are now earning more
interest than ever before.
Why don’t you ask at work, today, to sign fo r the Payroll
Savings Plan? Or, i f you’re self-employed, let your bank
start you in the automatic Bond-A-Month Plan.
Hou> you can reach yo u r savings goal
on the systematic Payroll Savings Plan
If you wont approxim ately
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Name”
Y o u ’re ready for arrivals when you’re stocked
w ith the better beer buy! Be ready for unexpected guests
with plenty of Blitz on hand... quarts in the refrigerator, a
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$5,000
$10,000
$25,000
Each week for
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$8.80
$18.75
$45.00
Each week for
19 year» and
R month«, » a v e ..
$3.75
$7.50
$18.75
T h is chart shows only a few typical examples o f savings goals and
how to reach them through Payroll Savings. Y o u can save any
sum you wish, from a couple o f dollars a payday up to as much as
you want. Th e im portant thing is, start you r Plan today!
the better buy...better for flavor, better for mildness,
better for all ’round enjoyment. Better buy Blitz!
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These nippy nights put a chill in the bones th at
flRF/i GREYHOUND
There w ill be service o f d ivin e
w o rsh ip at 3 o’clock p.m. Sunday,
Novem ber 15, at the Grass Val
ley M ethodist church, announces
Rev. H. (Jravenor, m in is te r in
charge.
Phone
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