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PAGE ( SHERMAN COUNTY JOURNAL, MORO, OREGON FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1»M . Mr. and Mrs. William Brinkert Rolfe drove to Stevenson Sunday hatl aa j | nner guest* last Sunday vi*iting friends evening anq lo watch television of Mrs. Mathews. his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill By M rs. A. F. Balzer Mrs Lydia Wassenmiller had Bnnjiert, his uncle and aunt Mr. California relatives visiting Mr. MriU? v ,h SU?Hiiy h' r. and and Mrs. Bert Cox over the week ter, Mr». I.ydla Old» and rjru , Mr„ Bud Brinkert victor John- end were Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Willard and Donald, from Port- son and Mr. and Mrs. John Alley. C’ratty. They were accompanied by ^antJ al>d ^er 800 August Wassen- Mrs. Arzell l»emley, Mrs. Her Mrs. Cratty’s sister, Mrs. May mi,Ier and family from Tygh Val- man Peters and Mrs. Eben Kee Haines of Baring, Washington. Iey Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jensen Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brinkert had spent Thursday afternoon with stopped Sunday and had lunch as dinner guests Sunday their Mrs. Art Bibby playing bridge. Mrs. Arzel I»emley and daugh- at the home of Mr. and Mrs A F houseguest* Mr. and Mrs. Court Balzer on their way to their home Chapman, Mr. and Mrs. William ter> Carolyn, were business visit- in Sacramento, Calif., from a va- Hrlnkert and son, Gary, Mr. and ors in The Dalles Tuesday, cation in Canada. Mr*. Bnd Brinkert and Victor Mra Archie Cantrall drove to Mr. and Mrs. Bernard McNeely Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. John Portland Saturday and brought of The Dalles were visitors Sun- Alley. Mr. Cantrall home from St. Vin- ay and called at the Alfred Payne Mr- and Mrs. Charles Perrigo cents hospital where he »pent ten home. and daughters, I»eslie and Lori of days for medical attention. Among those attending the Elks J rr‘‘ved F, riday aLJ he Stephen Tetz, son of Mr and picnic at Tygh Valley Sunday ¿ ’Lnir ph ‘u- pdrenAS’ ,a”d M™i Mrs. Henry Tetz, of Monmouth, were Mr. and Mrs. Eben Kee, . . ’ ^ ei rigo w suffered third degree burns Bome- Mrs. Pauline Chalmers and her 1 ’ ,n e's ' time in June and has been in grand daughter, Susan Allen, from Loyd Gooch and son, Vernon, Salem Memorial hospital for treat- Huntlngton Park, Calif., Mr. and arrived last Wednesday from Car- menL He will be taken to Dor- Mrs. t w . Fields, Mr. and Mrs. lisle, Iowa, for an extended visit ernbecher hospital in Portland »•rank von Borstel, Mr. and Mrs. at the home of his son in law and this Tuesday for further treat- i»en Garland and son, Howard. daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Don Earl. m ent Mr. and Mrs. Arzell Lemley had Callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gooch has been here for a as dinner guests Sunday honor- Mrs. H. N. Riggs Sunday were month. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Brafford of Ing their daughter in law, Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Perrigo and daughters Linda and Lori. Linda Des Moines, Iowa, were callers Gordon Lemley on her birthday stayed and had dinner with them. last Thursday at the home of anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. Lem- ley and children, Kenneth and Mr. and Mrs. Court Chapman Mr. and Mrs. James Earl. Mr .and Mrs. Dick Earl and son Janice, Carolyn Lemley and Jim- left Monday for their home In Battle Creek, Mich., after spend Greg of The Dalles were visitors my Roberson of Moro, Members of Sherman chapter ing several weeks here visiting last Tuesday at the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. James Earl. No 132 OES held a special meet- Mr. and »Mrs. Bill Brinkert. Mr. Mr. and Mrs. A1 Kock and her ing at the Masonic hall last Tu»s- Chapman is a brother of Mrs. cousln, Philip Nachter of Rose- day evening. Mrs. Jack Adams, Brinkert Ralph Balzer and son Cancel ar bur*. Ieft Thursday on a trip to associate matron, presided. Plans zed Friday Friday night from Portland P ortland Grand Coulee and McNary dams, were discussed for the district rived night from meeting to be held at Wasco in and spent the weekend with his returning home Saturday. parents Mr. and Mrs A. F. Balzer. Grass Valley Mrs. A. A. Dunlap and her sis ter In law, Mrs. Nell Swiek re turned home Sunday from a trip to Oceanlake, and Philomath where they visited Mrs. Dunlap’s brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Haynes a few days and stayed overnight at Camp Sher man Saturday. Mr. ami Mrs. Alton Coyle and fam ily of Ixdiunon spent several days last week at the Ivan Blagg home. now for Mrs. F rances M athews and son, Teddy and her m other, Mrs. T. M. & There's a pack o' September. Refrehment of cookies coffee an tea were served later by -Mrs. Adams. Mrs. Frank von Borstel called for Mrs. Donald von Borstel and they called on Mrs. Gene Rey nolds Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Don Smith were NOTHING Nothing The most up-to-date V8 like a Chevrolet Y8 ! V T h a t’ s C h e v ro - let’s “Tur bo-Fire V8!” So efficient that it needs only 4 quarts of oil instead of the usual 5. Shortest $tioke of any V8 in the industry. Delivers more horsepower per pound than any engine in Chev rolet’s field. 8 Two Sizzling 6 '* The most powerful 6’s in Chevrolet’s field — with all the advantages of Chevro let’s long leadership in valve-in-head engine design. L V i.***e- Powerglide, pleasure in every handy carton of r Drive with care. . . EVERYWHERE! and it’s winning new, young-minded friends faster _______ _ A new and finer Synchro- Mesh transmission, or,’ as e x tra -c o s t o p tio n s, oil- smooth Powerglide auto matic transmission orToueh- Down Overdrive. New engineering advances on steering and suspension than you can say America’s hottest V8. Because o f its liveliness, its looks, and because it holds the road like it loves it—which it does. Come try it, won’t you, if only for the fun of it! Special ball bearings in the steering gear roll with the turn of the wheel to reduce friction. Glide-Ride front suspension rolls the bumps smooth. CHEVROLET the 182 SUNSET MOTOR COMPANY o 523 East THIRD STREET THE DALLES OMTMPIA BMWMM OOMPANY. Olympia. Wart. U. S. A.«® Sherman County Fair September 8-9-10-11 T he editor of H arp er’s m agazine accuses the women of bossing the men and it Is our opinion that he Is not going lo get anyone to agree with him. T he men, except In jest, are not going to adm it they are liossed, No, No. T hey couldn’t re tain th eir notions of m aseulliw au th o rity that wav. And the women never admit that they are the I rish . B\ no means. They have a gentler touch and the most any one of them will adm it is that she might oecaslonly m ake a little suggestion. In Hhcriiiun (‘«unity we don't he gazes in masculine awe at the think tin* women are doing tin* fancy work and apparently won- bossing. O therwise there would In* W om en are responsible for all more exhibits at the county fair. this. And also are the ones who They come out and bring th eir cakes, th eir canned goods, th eir em broidery Iw e ran that in to practice spelling it), th eir pump- R-Q 1 0 11 □ e p ie m o e r O J I U - i l Sherman County Fair Even In early days women In this county had flowers, blue flags along the w alk out to the road, yellow roses blooming at the cwrner of the cabin, some baehe- lor buttons and popples In a little plot and some sweet w illia m s and >nuybe nasturtium s along the side of the homestead cabin. a to Both sexes are agreed on tht* story they tell. The big. broad chested men do all the (tossing, give the orders, except to be <4>ey- ed. The meek little women listen respectfully and follow dutifully. Thus ls»th In their minds adhere to the roles society has told them they shoukl follow. * 4 I s i ____________ W W- It Isn't always so, nor often so. W e have seen too many mancullne w ills of w illow ami too many fem inine whim s of iron to believe It. , ■ jW ' ’ Au-Jlbrffi $ i Sherman County F air kins, (h eir flow er» and make a p retty sight of the pavilion hut they are unsuccessful at getting the men to bring In much in the way of wheat. So, in the ls»ssing departm ent we can’t give Nher- man couaty women a passing grade. We think that w ill make them happy and make the happier. And it seems to he true which Is always a nice adjunct to a roinpllment— although not essen- tial. We wonder sometimes If the men know how much the women do for the fair. One can always find a stray male or two strolling around the pavilion with a vacant look on his face, like a visitor in a strange kitchen. He leans on the display eases and looks at the varl-eolored cakes and gets hungry thinking about how they'd taste; ders whether the pleevvs were made to put his head on or eat off of; he Inspect* the vegetables, sniffing at the carrots and Is 1m- •pressed by the size of the tMjuash— which has onlv size to recommend It. Sherman County Fair Sentember 8-9-10-11 bring the row upon row of Janis, JHIleo, canned fruits, canned canned vegetable» to grace counters. Now such things are beyond men. They can fry an egg _________ These early day flower gardens " b e n the w ife w on’t get up In the vften showed the evidence of n>“ r ,dnK ««<• they can make a drouth, of neglect, of unadapted brand of coffee thaf rivals a soil because the women were so *<*’*‘'iger d rin k for potency, hut bUSy |n those davs tiefore running* September 8 -9 -1 0 -1 1 make Jelly. Women have to do that sort of thing. And, bke everyone els«* w ho has a mon- opoly on something they make a mystery of It— so much of Juice, so much of sugar, so much of some thing else, lioiled so long on so hot a fin* u n til It sounds as rompll» rated as adjusting the fuel ration of a diesel motor. Sherman County Fair September 8-9-10-11 Women bring the flowers, too. Once In a w hile a man can Ire found who will cultivate flow*ers hut even then the women ar range them—or rearrange them which Is like having the final word, in Itself a woman’s peroga- tive. Of recent years there has itoen more Interest In flowers and like as not the fair boartl will have to expand its classes of flowers As It Is they pay prem- turns on some 20 varieties of flowers. Phone 2166 DM yon ever wonder w hat the fa ir w ould be like If the women ran it? Ix*t the men look a fte r the b urking horses and the bucka- roos, arrange the races, feed the cattle, eat the hamburgers, spin th e ir (long-winded yarns in, the shade of the barns and keep out of the w ay. If we knew what such a fair would be like we’di tell you. But we don’t. The kids would get more 5 5« attention, we’ll bet; although we don’t know how that could be pos r'G* sible; we might need a bigger pa vilion to hold the sewing and cook ing; and there might be some ama teur games and) such of a family nature. But It would be different. They would be fresh at the job. «er.- ■ We have seen Nome womanly suggestions as powerful as a five ton truck, just suggest ions, how ever. Ki HAS GOT SO MUCH TO GO WITH! Olympia! W w a ater ze r th a t m akes th e \ (not even the high-priced cars) ...... GOES Office Phone: 183 (. - IPs the new winner in stock car competition . . . H. L. Owens Consignee Sherman County Fair September 8-9-10-11 and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wil lard Rolfe and family. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Eslinger of Mòro and their son Walter Es- linger and wife and son from Cal ifornia were visitors Sunday af ternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Blagg. Overdrive or OrftRH Valiev, Oregon The editor of Harper*! might better have attacked the men for letting the women boss them than the women for 1 toss ing. The way to upset a dictator is by arousing his followers not by criticising his power. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sutherland ar rived Friday evening from Rich land to spend a week visiting her brother in law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Art Bibby and family. George Wilde of Portland left Sunday after spending several days at the home of his son in law Synchro-Mesh refreshing Olympia Beer. Be sure to bring home enoughl Union Oil of California Residence: In The Dalles Sunday where they spent the day visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Crews and son, Donald, left Sunday for their home in Stevenson after spending a week here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dell Olds. T h e re m ight be less change af- ‘ ,e r t," ‘ rirM year. ' group putting on a show of any kind sometimes *be * am * things Just to prove it was rig h t the year before. Guess th at won’t happen. N ever heard of an all woman fa ir board. But th ere’s no law against I t The wom en w ouldn’t do It. T h e y ’d be pleased to be naked and w ould fal back on th e ir role of follow ing orders Instead of g ivin g them . I>id you ever stop to th in k w hat a nice g im m ick th at Is? “ You be the boss and I ’ll te ll you w hat to d«.’’ The fair board might be well pleased If the women were the bosses. They’d get In more than six samples of wheat in a county that lives on wheat alone. I» \ WS so* H a rp e r’s editor complains that the women have made men into household slaves of a sort and L. w feels badly that they have even made them like It. No doubt he fe lt lik e a kn ig h t in arm our rid in g across the hills to free his fellow part of the men lik in g It and t^cks. man when he w ro te th at piece another part of them too sissy to You see, nbout womfn< " h e n he found care he just blew up and threw enough to ___ „ __________ ______ bathr<x>ms. r wa.dilng ma- chine», freezers, electricity. But i the verv fact that there w ere flow- er» showed a determ ination to have something p retty around to re|jeve the ilrabness of liv in g in a semi-arid land T h e r r ’i r,H»m fo r niDn* women this year at the fa ir fo r M arie H a t tra p Is not going to be here this year. O ther exhibitor» w ill be pleased about .th a t fo r M arie brought In the whole ranch, gen eral exhibits of graaa and wheat and oats and hartey, canned stuff. Jelly, cake, eggs, u n til an observer got to wondering If the gal ever slept. She loaked healthy. And this may be the lant year for the Bell girls, that, hand work- I ing pair who never leave the fair grounds without a goodly stock of fair money. They exhibit house- hold arts of cookery, canning and also sheep and poultry and they show good stuff, good enough to w’ln year after year. WP’ll be sorry to see them go. xZS « »sX y w tf f r : î S toï o the women are smart make ’em like It. *-Tm|
