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PAGE 3 SHERMAN COUNTY JOURNAL, MORO, OREGON, FRIDAY, AVGUST 31, 1956 French. He is secretary of the There will be regular church Oregon Historical society and a services at the Moro Community speaker at the annual picnic in church next Sunday. Moro Personals Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kelso and daughters left Saturday for their annual vacation which will be spent In southern Oregon where they used to live, especially at Bandon which was long their home. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Vaughan were here Sunday and Monday as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Giles B ethlehem C hapter No. 78 O.E.8. , ( ALL FOR BID S J. B. Adams was in Moro Satur day while on his way home to Portland after a trip to Ontario on behalf of the Eastern Oregon I^and company. He says that Mrs. Adams died late in June of this year. Mrs.»Eva Jane Coffman, who has been spending some time in The Dalles with her mother, is going this week to Pendleton to make her home there. Sherman county will receive sealed, bids for a 1952 GMC su burban truck—formerly the am bulance—until 10:00 a. m. Sept. 11, 1956. Truck has gone less than 15,000 miles and is in good shape. May be seen at garage. County re serves the right to reject any and all bids. Sherman County Court * Meets every secor.l and ( ARD OF THAN KM fourth Thursday In each Our heartfelt thanks to the z r “ - month; visiting members w invited. Moro. Oregon. many friends who expressed sym pathy by way of w’ord, card and Dorene Hall, W. M. flowers during our sorrow. Dorothy Heater, Secretary Elsie and Tommy Jones Eureka Lodge No. 121 A.F.&A.M. Meets on the 1st and 3rd Thursday evenings .each month. Vising ■ members cordially in- vited to meet with us Dean Pinkerton, W. M. Clyde Gillmor, Secretary Moro Ixxlge I want to thank the many good friends who sent me cards and flowers during my stay in the hospital and tell them that 1 am out and feeling well again. Tom Striker nd Mrs. V P. B »ere recent Por ’. and Mrs. L. Ro J F. Rov o Portlan >. J. Rovi By D oris N l»bet Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brown a daughter, Nancy, and her fian Charles Shropshire, all of Pi land, visited the Charles Full ranch Saturday and were ent taTned with a barbecue. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Brock t as visitors last week their eld son and family, Mr and Mrs. 8. Brock, Sammy, Bobby and Tei of Great Falls, Montana. TT will visit in Mlskoula and Spok: on their way hbme. Mr. and Mrs. Lou Is Trounce of Vancouver, B. C., an<l Mr. and Mrs Charles Nevillt and four children visited Mr. and Mr Ar- thur Sargent all last week. The Trounces left Saturday for Iteno Nevada and Mr. and Mrs. Neville Optometrist Hl. • Acr ass from Stadlern Bonn Hardware) Phone 5362 Brock and n t Mens Jeans Brand Name while they last House Paint Truck Turn Signals Adjustable Ironing Board Dr. Otis G. Perkins 4t>5 E. he week in ie Oren (îov- $2.98 i 3.25 i 15.00 i 9.00 ? RANCH & HOME STORE MORO, OREGON The Dali« - , lire. . ~ -*■ -*■ -*• P erfection in every service at reasonable cost Lupine R ebekah Lodge No. Meets 21r and 4th Tuesdays of eachps-i month. Visitingj members welcome. Laura Grabenhorse, N.G.; Vada DeMoss, Secretary CARD OF T H A N K S Wasco News S O M E T H IN G S P E C IA L I Time fo th e lig h t r e f r e s h in g b e e r Funeral Service Leonard & Wilma Smith Ben L. Callaway Directors No. 113 Meets 1st and 3rd Tuesdays in I.O.O.F. hall. Transient and visiting brothers a re t cordially invited. John Shipley, N. G. Leo Watkins, Secretary Phone T h e D alles CY 6*3135 *11 1 _______ A _ _ L xv There will be 1 12 events in A the horse show Friday, Sept. 14 of the fair and the calf J a A rv ZX V A f I roping will be split into two sections. < Only three of them will be judging events; all others are contests. A cowhide race, junior scurry, potato race, pole bending, barrel race and team roping are some of the other events. Riders from the mid-Columbia area will be here to assure stiff competition in all For the polio c h e f.. give a cheer! It’s charcoal broiled »leak .. ond the light, events. Don’t Miss It. THE refresh! ng b e e r.. Blitz W einhardl * . TAVERN Mac & Bill Alsup Discover for yourself the light, refreshing b e e r.. Blitz W einhardl — IllU W ill 4HAit COMiAMt • PQitlAKO. OilOOM It's something speciall itc you to visit u s . . . and see how Tho lig h t But most of them are taking up sewing and cooking and simi lar feminine pursuits and we ex pect that all of them will grow up to be housewives and cooks In stead of cattle tenders. There is a long list of things they can compete In this year and the pa vilion will be. full of girls and their exhibits, fuller even than liefore. m usic, loto o f It anil w e’ll bet R I«* listened to. The school band is going to play in front of the grandstand, that is across the track from the grandstand near the calf chutes so the calves can enjoy the lively music and make better time. Those In the grandstand can see and hear It. The kids made good music last spring and will get in practice again for the fair. That Is always an attraction. horses and more calf ropers. All liorsi**« entered in the county fair, race« or exh ib its, m ust lie vaccinated for en cep h alitis, w hich is sleep in g slckne««. T his regu la tion is lieing enforced at all fairs th is year because of an outbreak of the ailm en t In som e part« of the state. A n yw ay a com ity fair is no place for a sleepy horse. They model dresses, show off their sewing, bake bread and cake right In front of everyone and have a very nervous time of it of one. Twice as much dancing. The first dance will lx? at Grass Valley Friday night and the next one at Wasco Saturday night. Ken Knott has been here before and this time he is bringing Del Stenson as a vocalist (modern name for singer) to delight the ladies. Heretofore dance bands have brought girls to delight the boys. This time it is the ladies turn. Ken Knott Is the one with the moustache and Stenson is the one with the hair. It wasn’t the first county fair, but it was the first of the duly and legally organized county fairs. Before any of them, an ex hibition of horses had been held at Wasco. • If anyone wants to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the county fair this year he or she is perfectly In his rights to do so. In fact, several counties are do ing that very thing. Maybe It is too late because It would require some planning to dig up and dis play the trappings of fifty years ago? The fair board exp ecto a good ilelegaU on •from (•oldendule to at- tend the fair th is year. T h e , have not been com in g because our fair am i thelrN ha« been held on the name w eek em l. T h is year our change of date« m akes It |«»««ihle for them to com e. Anil w e hear th ey are com ing. T hat m eans a b igger crow d and m ore race Already they are competing for the opportunity to go to the state fair and who is going has been decided. However, the Sherman county fair is after the state fair which means that they can return and display their handiwork again to the home folks. Although the idea seemed a good one it didn’t continue for some reason. It did distribute $900 to exhibitors. But the county went back to supporting the tri county fair which was held at I he Dalles and drew a good crowd. Then at night Ken Kott of Port The next year a fair board was land will play for the dances of organized but no fair was he < which there will be two instead and it was not until 1908 that the county became Interested enough to buy a site and prepare a track and start what was called the fitst county fair. o all. The contests always draw a good crowd of women anxious to see how it Is done by rote and maybe pick up some new Ideas. g ills In all even t«, even In the lieef cla sses w here g il l1 have been h eatin g the buys. Anyway some group like the granges that makes a display or some individual who enters the farm display contest might want to take advantage of the oppor You see back in 1906 a group of tunity to hark back to the good men met at the court house to old days of horse and buggy. see about putting on a fair. J. O. Red Fife wheat, wooden harrows, Elrod and Walter Moore were ac kerosene lights, sacked wheat tive in the movement and they might work on the idea. decided to have a fair. It was held down In the flat on the baseball grounds, now In a city park and T h is 1956 fair is going to have football field. Did y o u k now th at thk* S h er man cou n ty fair Ls as clone an any to bein g th e fiftieth cou n ty fair. Mont of the exh ib it« w ere h orses w ith Home cattle anil there w asn ’t much for th e w om en in th is first fair. If th ey raised ch ick en s they couhl ex h ib it them , hut not much of a n y th in g else. freshing Beer it browed. Guided tours 10 A M . to 5 B.M., Monday» throvflh W c cordiali» inv Did you note th e figu res p rin t ed som e d ays ago th is year than b oys. © to me - ,-»-(to * *4 * « • sh ow in g that there are more girls In club work account foe Muann «• - ‘ M eer T hat may sh o w in g of the * t ■*e» **tol A,
