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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1954)
P4GE 4 SHERMAN COl’N Tt JoLMftAE, Slolto. uUhXioN FRIDAY,-AUGUST II, 1»M Billion Bushel Carry Over Prospect For GOING PLACES? u.s.WhJc„p have more fun (and more paoca of when you go with our SporU-Travol tuckad in your hip pockatl For vocation- timo is a bad time fo r accidents . . . bacauta accident» n n n toko v a e a tio n tl ☆ <r <r You 8»» $5,000 to $50,000 protection, of homo or away, (or travel by air, land or water; or while participating In any «parti Full dutiils, With M •bligltlM. frsn , . . Eugene Courtne* Insurance Agency Telephones: Bus. 2015; lies. 3432 106 W ashington Street, The Dalles, Oregon The United States started this marketing year (July 1) with a 900 million bushel carryover— enough for a year’s domestic and export needs without even har vesting this year’s crop. On top of that, the July crop report says this year’s crop may nudge a bil lion bushels—988 million. Add the 900 million and the 988 million, plus around four million imports, and we come out with a supply of 1,892 million bushels—48 per cent above the 1955 estimated quo- • a You’ll want to be dressed for the fair, not just • : : dressed, but decorated. A big hat, a bright shirt, a : gay kerchief, and a suitable pair of pants, boots, too. * _ : We can show you Just what you’ll need. : • : : • : Dales Clothing ta level 001,276 million bushels. one month wj left to take the We could come out with a billion other half. bushels carry-over on July 1, 1956. Most importing wheat countries Dr. Frank D. Reid are not going to make good on D e n tis t their current commitments at ex isting prices. Up to the end of Moro Hotel June they had taken only half of the 121-mlllion-bushel total. Only Office closed u ntil fu rth e r notice FUNERAL SERVICE . .. with understanding . . . responsible Mortgage Loans To Meet Your Individual Needs ATTRACTIVE TERMS PROMPT SERVICE . . . reasonable Standard Insurance Co. : f a OREGON : • • WASCO A western oompany serving western agriculture HOME OEEICE 812 S. W. Washington Portland, Oregon Phone ATwater 4331 CHAPEL Leonard & Wilma Smith Phone Will hold a Sale at Ruth Van’s 3135 is die Best lime in History to Buy a 3011'4-’ E. 2nd - The Dalles - D a lle n B ight N o w The Vancouver Fur Factory Thurs.-Fri.-Sat. The August 19-20-21 I > O \T IA< ! Surprisingly low prices on all Fur Coats, Capes, Stoles, Etc. $32.50 will re-style your old fur coat. You’ll have the Greatest Beauty! You’ll have a Bigger Car! —Federal Tax Cut in Half— Tim e for a n o th e r dance at WASCO b y A m erican L egion August 14 C olum bians orch estra adm ission $ 1 .0 0 a p e rso n D A N C I N G ................ It is not known when the first dance was held in Sherman county. Probably not at Graham’s. They ran a bridge and a stop ping place and although the family was large, those who come and go don’t often stop to dance- More than likely it was at Eaton’« or at Leonard’s. Eaton had a big family and many firsts were inaugurated at bis place for it big family and many’ firsts were inaugurated at biswas... was a sort of center for what population there was in the sixties- Leonard’s was a stopping place, too, on the John Day where the Walla Walla stage crossed the river. But Leonard kept the crew that patrolled tin* telegraph line after it was built and a bunch of young men would have danced bad there been women to dance with them. Wotmm were aearee, tin* only knowt^woman at Leonard’s be ing M ary, the wife of Daniel, himself, who later was charged with shooting said Daniel with a gun loaded with powder and lead and achieving, niter some days of frustration, his demise. Dancing was an early mode of cnterti^m ent in Sherman county, as it has remained. When the settlers came to this county they held dances in their own homestead cabins, iigiting a few neighbors and a fiddler. Music was a problem in early days before turning the dial brought music from New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco.» Today’s Pontiac is the most beautiful ever, with its dis tinctive Silver Streak styling. And Pontiac's beauty is more than skin deep: inside you'll find luxurious appointment» and fabric» usually reserved for much more costly car». Today’« Pontiac ia the biggest ever built. In fact, no car near it» price provide» you witii the road-hugging comfort and »(ability of Pontiac’» long wbeeiba»e. And Pontiac'» »ice is apparent, too, in it» roomy Body by Fisher that let» you stretch out and relax amid every fine-car luxury, appointment and convenience. You’ll have America’s Top Value! Today'» Pontiac i» the greatest value ever built. \\ ith all its fine-car qualities, Pontiac is actually priced right next to the lowest—so low, in fact, that if you can afford any new car you can afford a Pontiac. Add to that the fact Pontiac lias the highest resale value in its price class ami you'll have an unmatched motor car buy. Come in soon. Yo»1l have Finer Performance! Today’» Pontiac is the most powerful ever built. Pontiac’» b*g, hnsky engine puts you in command of more power than you’re ever likely to need. You enjoy instant re sponse in traffic, and as you cruise the opeh road your en gine merely loafs along, saving nioiw-y every mile and greatly prolonging engine life. You’ll have World-Famed Dependability! Today’» Poutiac is the most dependable ever built. Pon tiac’s record for long life is acknowledged everywhere. No car at any price will deliver more mile» of carefree, eco nomical service. This unsurpassed dependability mean» ou can drive and maintain your Poutiac at amazingly ow cost, mile after pleasant mile. ö l tie J H O 1X A U n u t B O L L A B YOU CAN'T HEAT A P O N T IA C ! ARSTILL MONROE PONTIAC, INC. MORO There were few fiddlers in the county and they had to be seen at opportune moments, cajoled into coming and waited upon when they finally arrived a-horsebaek with their fiddle tucked under their ann. Sometimes they danced quadrilles with the fiddler ¡torched precariously in the comer of the room while the long-dressed ladies and the heavy-shod men went through the intricacies of the ‘‘do-se- do” to the command of the caller. And sometimes, it the fiddler was accomplished at the long drawn notes of “ Over til* ’VaveS” , they waltzed. There was a combination of the two. the waltz quadrille, a dance by ‘ sets’’ like a quadrille and to waltz time and with a little song which the dancers sang: “ First couple down center and there to divide, Ladies to the right, gents down the side; Honor your partner and don’t he afraid, Swing on the corner with the waltz promenade.” Soon someone built a hall, hauling the lumber from Golden- dalc and it was used for meeting*, for church, perlrapa, and for dancing and more folks came. They gtmc for miles, 20-30. and the young men for 40 and they danced until the sun came up across the snow, for surely this same group of |«eoplc would never get together again and we might as well enjoy ami prolong it. q So dancing has been « pastime of the county for SO years and more and a Shermna countian who couldn’t dance was merely a Shtnnan countian who wouldn’t; stubborness overcoming oppor OREGON tunity. Many a lady has said ‘‘yes’ to the “ Blue Danube” or the ‘Missouri Waltz” or a (lershwin melody ami. no doubt, as many have said “ no” , music not being so full of eharms as the romant icists say. Down through years and years of local history almost any occasion was sufficient for a dance- Fourth of Julys, Christmases— especially New Years— have had dances. Moralists put a limit on dancing down at Salem and Earl Snell and Phil Yates had the hour extended for rural dances some years ago, hut still the law—theore tically puts an (*nd to dancing before dawn. So this generation will never know, legally, tin' supreme delight of dancing wearily around ami around to some fascinating tune as the sun lightens the sky and exultation lightens the spirit as one realizes that he has outlived the night without benefit of sleep. So there will be dancing at the Sherman County Fair, come Septemltor 9-12. No imported orchestra will play, hut a local one^ composed of musicians from Moro and Grass Valiev, Beaehler’s BeBops. modem in name Imt still having among its music many of the tunes that father knew when he was young and gay and mo ther n'tuemhers front the time the dresses were sacks as they threa ten to l>e again. O Long dresses, short dresses, boots, patent leather pumps, fid dle music in the corner or a full orchestra in the pit, dancing goes on an expression of human jov. Is there anything betterf
