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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1955)
PAGE 1 SHERMAN COUNTY JOURNAL, MORO, OREGON Grass Valley FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1955 anniversary. Mrs. Rust was pre sented with a gift for her work in By M rs. A. F. Balaar the lodge last year as noble grand. About 60 attended the bridal Refreshments were served by Mrs. shower given for Elaine Brinkert Sam Alberty and Mrs. Rust. at the IOOF hall Thursday even The Baptist Missionary society ing with Mrs. Don Smith, Mrs. met at the church Wednesday af Claud Bayer, Mrs. C. R. Andersen, ternoon with 20 members present. Mary Brady, Barbara Blaylock, Mrs. Edwards of Salem was the Sherry Woods and Joann Eakin speaker. Refreshments were ser hostesses for the evening. ved with the King’s Daughters as The room was decorated with sisting. red and white streamers coming A good attendance was had at to the center of the room over the the Baptist church Sunday even gift table, red hearts were attach ing when Sidney Schmidt, a stu ed to the streamers, Red hearts dent at the Western Seminary in also decorated the lace covered Portland, brought the message. gift table. Harold Vander Ploeg, also a stu The program consisted of a dent there, played a violin solo piano solo by Mrs. C. E. Duncan; and Mr. Ploeg and Mr. Schmidt several games appropriate for the favored with a violin and vocal occasion were played with prizes duet. going to Mrs. C. E. Duncan, Nancy Mr. and Mrs. Alfred I»ayne and Hibbs, Karen Kelly and Sandra son, Jimmy, drove to Portland Sant; Karen Kelly sang “Because Wednesday to take her mother, of You” and “Whither Thou Go’- Mrs. Christina Maldaner, to the eat” accompanied at the piano by home of her daughter, Mrs. Adam Ramona Davis. Bauder, where she will spend a Miss Brinkert was presented few days before returning to her with a red carnation corsage and home in New Westminister, B C. escorted to the gift table where after spending a month here with she opened the many lovely gift, the Paynes. The Paynes returned wrapped packages for the pleasure to The Dalles that evening to at of all. Those assisting her were tend the basketball game between Mary Brady, Barbara Blaylock, Moro and St. Mary’s. Sherry Wbods and Joann Eakin. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Adams of Miss Woods also passed the guest Eugene spent Thursday here visit book. ing his brother, Clair Adams and Refreshments of cake and ice family and Friday visiting his sis cream were served buffet style ter, Mrs. Donald Clodfelter and from a white cloth covered table family. centered with the cake flanked Mr. and Mrs. William Brinkert by candelabra with lighted red and son, Gary, and Mrs. Earl Olds tapers. The cake was frosted in were business visitors in Portland white and decorated with pink Monday. Barbara Alley returned rosebuds, topped with a pink fros to Portland with them. ted cake umbrella and the inscrip, Sharon Sawtell of The Dalles tion “John and Elaine March 6, spent the weekend here with her 1955”. The cake was baked and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. R decorated by Mrs Joe Hammond Blaylock, The Blaylocks and grand and served by Mary Brady an<J daughter Barbara Blaylock took Barbara Blaylock. Mrs. William her back to The Dalles Sunday. Brinkert, mother of Elaine, presid- Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Payne ed at the coffee urn and Mrs. Earl drove to Heppner Saturday and Olds, mother of John, served the spent the weekend visiting his punch. brother in law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Mclxichlan. Mrs. Bud Kock left Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. R. E. LeBleu and accompanied by her parents, Mr. family of Wasco were dinner and Mrs. Henry Ten Eyck of San guests Sunday at the John Rust dy for Washington, D. C. They ^ome. They all were supper guests will visit her brother in Chicago of the H. O. Duggers. before she leaves for Fort Belvoir Mr. and Mrs. Wallace May had Virginia to lx? with her husband, as dinner guests Sunday her bro Bud Kock, who is stationed there ther and sister in law, Mr .and Her parents plan on flying home Mrs. Andy Walter and son, Fred The last word Mr. and Mrs. Alfre |<' »ok ol Hood River Kock received from them they Mrs. C. P. Adams of The Dalles were held up in Cheyene, Wyom spent a few days here visiting ing on account of the snow storm her son Clair Adams and family Meinliers of Sherman chapter and d au g h ter Mrs. Donald Clod- No. 132 OES met at the Masonic ¡felter and family. hall last Tuesday evening for their Mr. and Mrs. Melvin F ulkerson regular meeting with Mis. Vernon n il f . iim / y o f The Dalles n o'e d in Eakin, worthy matron presiding, h e r g u ests Sunday at the home of plans were made for the annual| Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Payne. birthday and homecoming to lx Mrs. Roy J. Baker and Jack held at the hall Tuesday evening Howe of The Dalle» were business March 15. Refreshments were visitors here Saturday. served from a tea table decorated Mr. and Mrs. Dick Earl and son, with the Valentine motif by Mrs Greg, of The Dalles spent Sunday Harry Justesen as hostess. |vlslting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. The Grass Valley Rebekah bxlge^ lam es Earl. No. 118 met at the IOOF hal Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Alley and Wednesday evening. Mrs. Joh laughter, Ruth, spent the week Rust, past noble grand, presiding [ond In P ortland on business. with 11 members present. After Mr. and Mrs. Cluad Bayer and the meeting a birthday party was [family went to Shaniko Sunday held for members with birthdays and spent the day visiting Mr. anil in February, Mrs. Jack Brady was Mrs. John Reeder. honored and Mrs. Bernard McNee Scott Fritts and Arthur Bueth- ly was honored on her wedding ler. Indents at DSC at Corvallis Rufus Personals Mr». George Fox The Rufus high school boys played their last league game with Wasco Thursday night. It was an other sad affair for Wasco who had lost their star player Harry Decker. Decker was taken to a hospital with pneumonia the day before the game. The outcome of the game was Rufus 59 and Wasco 30 points. Howard Garland and Duane Car rol tied with 12 points each for highest place in the scoring for Wasco. Wally Morris was top e Wiesinger and Brighan officiated. The Wasco high school girls played a volley t>ali game with the Rufus girls who were half high school freshmen and half grade school students. Wasco won by a score of 56 to 17 for Rufus. After the game the Wasco high school girls served sandwiches, cookies, punch and coffee to ail, then the students had o sox dance in the auditorium. The girls game pre ceded the boys game that night. These freezing nights we had last week, were not so good for the farmers who wished to get into the fields early to plow. Most every night the mercury dropped to 20 degrees above zero. The sun shine came out during the day to warm things up, but th ^ e was some cold wind also. VMith all the cold, cheerful dai sies are blooming along the warm er river banks of the John Day river. Hraland McDonJId, master, was in the chair when the Rufus gran ge met Thursday evening. The ball game at Wasco that night took some of the members away from their places, so it was a small meeting. Mrs. Will Huck had a program of songs, readings and a game. A late supper $ as served by the women. A number of bad colds hovering on the verge of pneumonia have been prevalent here the pas* week in the north end of the cWunty. Dr. Frank Reid spent three days away from his dental chair with the flu the first part of the week. Kathleen O’Brien who has been ill for several weeks with a virus is reported better and expects to be in school this week. Mrs. Grace Medler and Mrs. William O’Brien were luncheon guests Friday at the home of Mrs. Walt Bruckert. Several women from Harlandview grange vwUjf present and a discussion of tm- Pomona dinner at Rufus on Feb. 26 was discussed. Mrs. Roland Johnson, state lec turer accompanied by Mrs. Will Huck and Mrs. George Fox left Monday for Corvallis where they will attend the state grange lectur ers school February 22 and 23. 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