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e © © o © • ° ° © g e rm a n (Êüttttiy intimai Sixty-Eighth Year No. 32 T h ese T h in g s We N ote Moro, Oregon Friday School Boards Sherman Countians Settling Problems D” " " 65 PMs ~ n ■ • Over Bus Lines Io Blood Bank .lime 8, 1956 Crop Conditions County Official Paper PROGRA M Boy Scout Troop 736 Rev. M. L. Shields, Leader Invocation Rev. Don Leach Welcome President Wily W. Knighten Musical Number Girls Trio Report of Sec.-Treas Mrs. 0. N. Ruggles “ Sweet Oregon” Tom Fraser Bits from History Giles French Musical Number Male Quartet Trumpet Solo Everett Cantrall Address Sen. John Hounsell COMMITTEE REPORTS Betterment Mrs. Trace Fields Marker Orville Ruggles Historian Giles French Nominations Donald Martin “ God Bless America’1 Audience Flag Salute Vary Due To Moisture, Nitrates Two Win Top Spots At Stock Show in TheDalles Donation of blood to the Red Cross was done by 65 Sherman School boards of Rufus and countians Monday when the One can get almost any kind of Sherman county 4-H children W asco have met with the county Bloodmobile came up from Port- report about wheat in Sherman took highest honors in the sheep high school board in an effort to land for its first trip to the coun- County from rosy to blue. There and swine classes at The Dalles settle the problems with which ty this year. Seven were rejected is a wide variation in both the Livestock show this week when both are concerned. The problems and 39 pints were donated for in- reports and the wheat, Kay McKay of Kent swept the are these: dividual«, reports Mrs. Darwin Spring Wheat, fertilized and swine class with her Tamworth The passage of the county high VanGilder, chairman of that work sown early, has gown rapidly and market hog, a 214 pound bit of By Giles L- French school law in Sherman county fop the Red Cross. looks good. That sown later does walking pork and Jimmy Coons Assisting the doctor and three not look good. With few excep- took top place in the sheep divi Social security means that the carried with it a division of the sion with a Southdown lamb. worker bets three percent of his budgets of the Rufus and Wasco nurses of the unit were Pauline tions fall whe ♦ is patchy and .......... live to be — The county also took first in wages that he will 65 boards. That port to be raised for bouma, Althea Burnet, Helen ragged. In the north end all and want to quit work and that h.igh school purposes is to go to Martin, Alice Conlee, Dorotha wheat looks poor and spindly. the herd of five class in both di Whether the rains of winter the money will be worth some- the countY high school board. The Moore, Shirley Richelderfer, Vir- visions. thing when he gets there and that same situation does not apply to gjnia McIntyre, Dorothy Dutton, washed the nitrates down into In beef classes Steven Burnet he will be indigent. It’s a poor bet. l^e. union high school board, Catherine Andersen, Mae Reid, the soil so the wheat root« have drew reserve champion in the T T W N which had made a budget, also. Norma Balsiger, Florence Thomp- not reached it or whether there Angus class with a heavy calf. Did you ever notice how quick- of that goes to the county high son Helen Olds, Jo Gentry, Mrs. are not enough nitrates, anyway, Janice McIntyre was 6th and 7th ly a pendulum changes direc- s®^ool board. Elementary districts Tony Miller, Clair Balzer and Wil- some of the wheat is yellow and and Jim Thomas 8th in the heavy of Kent, Grass Valley and Moro ,na Gentry. weak. Yet, there are other fields Angus class. In light Angus plac- tions? appropriated no money for h i g h _________ on better ground and probably ings were Gene Fridley 2, Barbara T T W N school. heavily fertilized, that looks as Fridley 4, John Thomas 5 and In all American history we can Historical Society good as ever. Terry Kaseberg 8. recall no elections that were de The county high school board Wasco Cleaning Up was willing to take less than the Nitrates were probably lost in In Hereford classes Lee Kase- cided until election day. Program Completed full amount appropriated for high Town Today the many run-offs during the l>erg was 8th in very heavy class, T T W N winter as they are very soluable The program for the annual Sally Fields 2, Alice Kase»l>erg 6 Maybe we should have let Eu- districts and asked in return that Wascoites will get up early Frl- a” ‘j inasmuch as it requires the two districts aid in arranging meeting and picnic of the Sher and Virgil Fields 7 In heavy Here- ^ h a r T t V g t i T h ^ s u to r w“th transportation so that duplicate day morning to start their clean- w ln h » diw lop ihem th i7 may man County Historical society fords and Doug Blsh was 2nd in ha« been made up by a committee light Hereford«. the box of candy doesn’t always ^ y sy8tems would not ** neces* to ^ o rk " \ u t * ^ a u s e the enough to make the wheat headed by Wallace May, vice-pre Sherman county was second in win the gal. go far no agreement has been West Wind Riders will serve a sident. It Includes several musi county herd, Umatilla being first. . . * • « « « * .» . May was a very wet month and T T W N There may be some cow-boy breakfast at the Legion far in Ju n e ^t haa rainetl two cal numbers, one being the tradi David Reid was first in judg Some writer said of work: it reached. doubt whether the county high hal at 6:30 a m. Being thus forti- or three times a week so moisture tional ‘-Sweet Oregon”, sung by ing, Steven Burnet second, Wilma is the only thing you can do eight school board could take less than Red they will proceed to white- . lim iting factor this vear Tom Fraser. Program time will Gentry sixth, I«ee Kaseberg sev hours a day. the specified amount. And there wash trees along the streets, cut lh " 31 d 1 be one o’clock, following dinner enth and Sally Fields eighth. . T T W N 9potted wilh gome which is to start at twelve. Probably the greatest monop is some doubt as to Whether one grass on untended lots haul yie,ds In team judging and herdsman- away collected rubbish until noon getting a good crop perhaps a Senator John Hounsell serving ship the county also won places olies have .been those set up by bus system would work. At the present it appears that when the ladies of the town will a bumper vrop, and others getting six Oregon counties in the state the people to combat minor mon serve luncheon in the park. 4 . senate, will make the address of at the show which concluded A far less. No one has found a rea- opolies. Too often the cure for the county high school board will Thursday night with an auction the day. monopoly is more of the same, have to buy busses to transport If the men work hard enough to »on that Is generally accepted as high school pupils and element Everyone is welcme to come, of stock. to why this should have occurred. only by different people. ary school boards will operate deserve two such bountiful meals Perhaps warmer weather in June bring their picnic lunch and join T T W N the town will shine by night. the party. An Interest in the his Swimming Classes —If any there be—will make it It is wonderful to know how ito busses for grade schools. tory of the county is the only re all good. express one’s self in words and Kennt<»r John Hounsell quirement for membership. more wonderful yet, to have Start Monday Oregon Fairs Meet Miss Vivian Trounce something to express. About The County Red Cross swimming classes T T W N Draw Local People The annual Sherman county May Cold and Wet; start Monday for Sherman coun Mavis Miller Wins Cars are to be lower, sleeker Buried A t Wasco ty children who will be taken to The Oregon Fairs Association Grange picnic will be held Sun- and faster. That has to appear in Miss Vivian Trounce, for more sponsored a w’orkshop for fair day June 17 at DeMoss Springs Keeping Record The Dalles pool In school busses an editorial column because it than Grange Award 30 years a Sherman county management personnel at Oregon park. for the lessons which will begin isn’t news. May was another cold month music teacher, died at a hospital Mavis Miller, daughter of Mr. at 10 a. m. each day of the les State college in Corvallis May 25. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Disch and T T W N being two degrees Ixdow the nor At t!he general assembly in children and Mr. and Mrs. Don mal. The average maximum was and Mrs. Blaine Miller, Moro, won sons. Enrolled are 46 from Grass A n y w a y , ........ Hu- in first place State --------. Grange Valley, 44 front Moro, 13 from Memorial man- Anderson for r in the c com com- - 7917 Mn,« sian who got to retire and live. ------ M -------------------- * bounce was . born — ............... Eng .viem oriai hall n a n Walter w a ite r Holt, non, m an - A n u e rsu n r returntxl e t u r n e a io avnraiw» m itiim in n ------ ----- in ~ the „ ------- Kent, 66 from Wfctsco and 36 from land, 79 years ago, and received ager of the pacific International, mencernent exercises at the high was 44 0 and the mean 58 8 which $?nt^St at ,,endlet® ” Tuesday, T T W N hnn miioizml nJ 1 t ( of T nn/lnn - . _ • • • . «« WHS ix.*" HiiG I fit? MlCHiT J o .o W illC f l Mavì* o entered n ln r o d a fi o t in d m c c In n Rufus for a total of 205. sundress In th the t , . her musical education at London school last Thursday night. Mrs. was the featured speaker. The evened up for April which was junior division. The question of whal to do w ith and j>arjs before coming to the William Fearn Is director of re conference divided into commit I>eo Myers was In town Thursday political has-beens is more impor- united States. She had lived in tee groups with each group as having come from Creswell with just that much warmer than nor The exhibits were judged this creation at the pool anti Jerry mal. Both February and March tant to the individual than the Angeles but after coming to Mrs. Beatrice Davis who is mov were cold. However, It did get up week in Pendleton where the Froebe will be in charge of the public. They do have a lot of in this county remained here most signed a chairman, one OSC re ing Instructors at the pool. Chaper to that town. presentative and a secretary to to 92 on the 18th and never be State Grange convention is l>e- ones will lx? arranged by PTAs formation that is most often of the time although traveling in ing held. Mrs. Ina Hanson, Sher The body of Carl Happold was discuss problems, solutions and low freezing Curing May. wasted. Some of them can safely the summers. except at Kent where the school items of interest. At 3:00 p. m. all found at Crane Prairie reservoir It rained .49 on the 10th of man county extension agent, at board will see that the bus Is be turned out to pasture to spend tended the meetings Monday and She taught piano to pupils all committees returned to Memorial this week after drowning while May and the total was 1.75 inches their remaining years quietly; the county being universally hall and a short report from each fishing. He was a native of Wbs- to best the average by .96 Inch. Tuesday and assisted with the chaperoned. Children must have others keep bothering the fences. over finished the first grade and they popular and ever willing to play was given.. Subjects covered were co. Total for the crop year was 14.91 Judging. Other entries from Sher will be divided Into classes ac T T W N man county were a pair of em- Land Products, Livestock, Flower Some folks" are worried because for entertainment« and have her on the first of June, a good 4.45 Music Students To above the average, since the first !>™Wer«l 1>illowease8 by Grace cording to swimming experience. business doesn’t keep on getting pupils do so. She was a member Exhibits, Home Economics, Com- Those finishing the tests success of the Episcopal church, the Re munity Booths, Arts & Hobbies, of June another .33 Inch has fal Medler of the Rufus Grange and fully will receive certificates of bigger and better for everyone. Give Recital an adult sundress by Mrs. Helen bekah lodge and the American Poultry and Rabbits. len making the crop year total But really that wouldn’t be heal accomplishment. Bruckert. There were nearly one hundred Students of Miss Rae Lund will more than 15 Inches. thy, either, to have the whole Legion auxiliary. Surviving are a sister, May in attendance and it was a most participate In a concert in the economy grow at the same rate. Sheppard in England, two broth- successful beginning. Oregon home of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Haven T T W N Beauty Shop Sold Class of 1926 MHS » Imagine j .u r j a man ers, Davis in I^aJolla, Calif., and Fairs association hopes to con Saturday, June 9, 1956. Change In Days the thoughts of a man • Vancouver B C tinue sponsoring such a school in The students who are particl- who has just bought a ventilated lx>uls- vancouver, B. C. Miss Barbara Alley of Grass Mrs. Metra I«ee, Wasco-Sher Have 30th Year Funeral services were held an effort to be of real service to patlng In this concert are: Car- cap before this June winter be Wednesday man Public Health nurse will be Valley has bought the Moro Beau from the Methodist each fair in the state. men Royse, daughter of Mr. and Sunday, June 3, 1056, nine grad ty Shop from Mrs. Georgia gan. church in Wasco at 2 p. m. with Those attending from Sherman Mrs. L .L. Royse of Wasco; Bet- In her office at the courthouse, Powell and will commence at her uates of Moro high school of 1926 T T W N Monday, June 11 Instead of Tues- Rev. Charles Neville „--- giving Mr. ..... and --------- -------- - the --- county were Charles and Althea ty Haven daughter of ..... . n wilt <it*w iva 1 week. w w a . one new joo Job 1 next She uas has in't'ii been met at DeMoss Springs park for Prophesy: We are going to read ----- 1 ®HK wui oe a(tendlng lbeauty fichool In Port- their thirtieth anniversary. much praise of Thomas Jefferson sermon. Interment was In Sun- Burnet, Opal Parkins, Mary Sayrs Mrs. L P. Haven of Wasco; and <lay’ Jun< and Mary O. Coons. Sammy Muller, son of Mr. and ?nr th.we nttenib ,and and ha» graduated from that May 12, 1926, a class of 16 grad and others of the great American rise cemetery at Waseo. Mrs. Art Muller of The Dalles. and from 2 to 4 for those attend course. uated from Moro high school. At individualists. The battle between Everyone is invited to attend. ing 4-H club summer school. that time it was the largest class and robots is shaping up. The program will Include: ever graduated. T T W N Compositions by Bach, Beeth Families of the mentfjers of the Who can remember when a graduating class, parents of mem- tithe was considered a pretty high Twenty-one Sherman county 4-H Boys and girls attending and oven and Koelling played by Sam my Muller; Baoh, Hadyn, Chopin bern anti memlx?rs of alumnae tax? club members will leave Moro by sponsors of summer school schol- and DeBussy by Betty Haven; lion annual business in its peak were present. T T W N bus June 12 to attend the annual arships are: Diana Henrichs, Bach, Mozart, Satie, Sibelius by year, Jackman helped organize Mr. W. E. Buell, principal, and Have you stopped to think 4-H Summer School on the Ore- Moro, Sherman County 4-H Lead- Carmen Royse the Oregon Seed Growers’ league Mrs. Buell and Miss Iz>ra Mitchell what these wet years are doing gon State college campus, Cor- ers Association; Ilia Jean Macanb, and was secretary for Its first 10 commercial teacher In 1927, were to the native wild flowers In vallis, which will be held June 12- Rufus, James Weir Memorial years. He also helped organize also present. Shower Given For Sherman county Along the road- 22, county extension agent, Ina B. Fund; Nancy Lee Wilson, Kent, and was secretary of the Oregon Due to Inclement weather a pic sides and In the draws the butter- Hanson, has announced. Oregon Wheat Commission; Flor- Miss Joan Eakin Wheat Growers Economic confer nic lundh was enjoyed on the cups and yellowbells bloom with Boys and girls attend summer ene Crews, Crass Valley. Grass ence In 1920 which was forerun stage of the covered building in Miss Joan Eakin of Condon 11 • ontpn 'nr parlv in the scho° 1 on scholarship award ba- Valley Grain Growers; Ronda ner of the Oregon Wheat Growers the park. Paul Alley and Mr. ye tow . p <. 1 - HautP«» 6is- l e g a t e s submit an applica- Fraser, Moro, Harlandview Gran- was honor guest at a bridal show- league. Buell served coffee to all. sprtng. n o w tne 111 p . ' tion to be considered as a delegate. ge; Julie Woods, Moro, Beefo’s; er given at the Moro Community In recent years, Jackman has A business meeting was called are fading arter a ian Selection is made on the basis of Jeannette Belshee, C u s h m a n church Tuesday by Mrs. Jennie l»een particularly active in East by Avery Martin, president. It ing and the rock macs are ow- voOperatjOn, Interest, past records Equipment} Wilma Gentry, Moro, Martin, Mrs. I>eta Esllnger and ern Oregon range-improvement was voted to hold the thirty-fifth ering plentifully. We do have and attendance at summer school Safeway Stores, Inc.; Mavis Mil- . it -------------------------- ---- ----------- ---------- ------------ ---- » ..... Mrs. Donald Martin. programs including sagebrush re anniversary on the first Sunday some pretty wild flowers ano it jn prevjoua years. ler, Moro, J. C. Penny Co.; Shirley Mrs. Cloyd Duncan accompanied moval and seeding of adapted in June, 1961. All alumnae invit is a wonder flower gardeners pre- club members live in college Safiher, Kent, The Dalles Branch by Mrs Harry Pinkerton sang two range grasses. He is past presi ed and to be hel<l at DeMoss park. for the Imported varieties to dormitiories, fraternity and eoro- United States National Bank; numbers, “There’s a Song In My dent of the Pacific Northwest sec Those who were present were them. There isn’t a prettier rose jty houses under supervision of Karen Wilson, Kent, Sears Roe- Heart” and “Love Is a Many tion of the American Society of Mrs. Edna Grimes DeMaris, of than the little native red one that chaperones and counselors. Class- buck and Co.; Sally Fields, Was- Splendored Thing”. Range Management. In 1950, he Prineville, Mrs. Minnie Starr Far- grows where there Is a little es are held during the morning co, Oregon Cattlement’s Associa- Mrs. V. B. Eakin, grandmother instituted the society’s Youth gher, The Dalles, Avery Martin, moisture. hours. A general assembly of the tion; Jean Ross, Moro, Sherman of Joan, gave a reading “Little Range Camp that meets out on McMlnnevllle, Darold L. Belshe, T T W N 2,000 boys and girls expected to County Cattlemen’s Association; Girl’s Bridal Dream”. the range one week each summer Portland, Mrs. Gladdto Gentry Baseball players aren’t the only attend is held eadh afternoon fol- Susan Woods, Moro, Sherman Mrs. Paul Fraser, Mrs. Gene to study range management. Mrs. Marie Amidon ones to have hitting slumps. lowed by athletics for the boys County 4-H leaders Associaton; Reynolds and Mrs. Allan Pinker A prolific writer, Jackman, has Bucholtz, Hosklnson, Vernon Miller, Paul T T W N and girls. During the evenings Ronnrte Mobley, Kent, Sherman ton assisted in opening of the done much to advance agriculture Alley, all of Moro I and This has started off like a vio- special entertainment is held and County Branch, First National many ___ v ___ „ __________ lovely gifts. Marcia Martin and to Interpret rural life through Alley of Grass Valley. J. Edgar lent year. Big storms, high water, living quarters activities are ar- Bank; I>avid Conlee, Moro, Moro amisted by"passing the gifts. *■ R - JACKMAN newspaper and magazine stories. many highway accidents. Be care- ranged. Grain Growers; Terry Kaseberg, Coffee and punch were served Articles in national magazines In Others graduating but not pre ful, it may help. Delegates will leave Tuesday Wasco, The Dalles Branch, U. S. from a lace covered table center- e . r . Jackman, Oregon State clude “Burns, Oregon” written sent were Helen Bryant, Ix»Nore T T W N morning June 12 by bus and re- National Bank; James Thomas, ed with pink and white carna- college range crops specialist, has for Saturday Evening Powt In Amidon *<arkaus, Ione Miller Mc Kinney, Cecil Gragg. Ardeth Portlanders expect rain during turn the afternoon of June 22. Wasco, Sherman Cooperative tions and daisies. The bride's mo- been awarded the U. 8. depart- 1948. Cochran, Morris Searcy and Lloyd the festival, but It Is a poor time Club members will also draw Grain Growers; David Reid, Ru- ther, Mrs. Ralph Eakin, poured ment of agriculture Superior Ser- The I ’ost described author Jack- to have rain. Flowers and girls upon their own talent for the fUS| Pomona Grange; Keith Mob- and her aunt Mrs. Estel Hartley, vice award for 1956, it wa:> an- man "Ml lan with 20,000 Friends.’ Heunagln. are so pretty without it and so summer school talent show and ley, Kent, .Marshall’s Food Store, presided at the punch bowl. nounced June 5 In Washington, "The state of Oregon is about 300 drab and bedraggled with it. the radio revue during the ses- Mrs. Orlow Martin, Moro, will Mrs. Charles Burnet and Mrs. c. miles wide ami 400 miles long,” Visitors At Wasco T T W N slon. The talent show features accompany the group as official Orlow Martin assisted in serving Jackman was ffied “for out- wrote the magazine editors, “yet Guests of Mr. and Mrs. John T. If you haven’t signed a petition individual performances, while Chaperone. Mr. Jagjit Singh Bains, the dessert. standing success in promoting E. R. .^kman knows it almost as Johnson Memorial day were Mrs. to put the Federal Plan on the bal- radio revue includes both Individ- International Farm Youth Ex- Out of county guests were the Oregon’s wide pread adoption of well a lm o s t j>eople know their Nell Burres, Mr. and Mrs. F. Har- lot It can yet be done. Only this ual and group shows. Sherman change from India, who has been groom’s mother, Mrs. Helen Jae- grass land agriculture and for home towns. . .Jackman has vis- lanri Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. month remains and there are pe- county boys and girls will par- staying with the Paulen Kaseberg ger and sister Mary Jaeger anti leadership in development of the Ite<I at least half the farms and Mlfcael, Mr. and Mrs. Richard tltions in the Journal office. It is ticipate In these events. Some of family at Wasco will also accom- Mrs. Mattle Johnson of Condon, state’s multi-million dollar seed ranches in Oregon, and there are Michael and daughters Sherry to obtain adequate legislative re- the girls in the clothing projects pany the group to Corvallis. Mrs. Mrs. Lena Searcy of Hillsboro and industry.” He has been with OSC some 63,000. Friends say he can and Dixie, Mrs. Gina Medler, all presentation for your own protec- will participate in the annual ina Hanson, county extension Mrs. V. B. Eakin of The Dalles. extension service since 1920. call about 4000 Oregonians by of Portland, Mr and Mrs. Gordon tion taxwise and otherwise as a Style Revue, In the Coliseum on agent, will teaoh during the 4-H Miss Mary Jaeger passed the As a leader in developing the name, and he estimates that he Jrihnson and children, Ryan and Citizen of Oregon. the OSC campus. summer school session. guest lxx>k. Oregon seed industry, a $33 mil- knows at least 20,000. Linda. Summer School Attracts Clubbers Jacbman Honored bv USDA
