Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current, August 12, 1955, Page 4, Image 4

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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
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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-
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□ 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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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We have seen Nome womanly
suggestions as powerful as a five
ton truck, just suggest ions, how­
ever.
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HAS GOT SO MUCH
TO GO WITH!
Olympia!
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th a t m akes th e
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(not even the
high-priced cars)
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Office Phone: 183
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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.
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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
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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.
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the women are smart
make ’em like It.
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