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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1958)
PAO«, 1 B U K H M A N COI M i JO U R N A L, MORO, OREGON I o n ’ll Find H is P h o n es In 4 5 0 0 4'om im m ilies G e n ’l Telephone is Second to A.T.&T. Men Who Moke Americo Creot Uy LOUIS JAMES How did David feel next to ¿•iant Goliath? “Sort of small," grins Donald Clinton Power. Power ought to know thut feeling. As president o f the Gen eral Telephone Corporation, he feels "sort of small'’ next to mammoth A.T.&T. which con trols 60 million of the country’s CO million phones. But General Telephone is a Goliath in its own right. It is the giant of a vast network of 4300 independent companies who fun most of the phones in the smaller communities throughout the country. Operates in 30 slates General's three million phones tentacle 30 states and many thousands of towns, making it the second largest phone com pany in the world. Bell, for instance, may control Los Angeles, Power admits, “but we have Los A n g e le s s u r rounded." In six years, Power helped ump General’, assets into the »illion dollar class, upping its pet from $5 mi'lion to $41 mil lion. He did it because few men |n the field know public utilities ind the complexities of rate sys tems as intimately as he does. For years he taught the sub ject at Ohio State (he was chair man of the board in 1961) and iater was chief counsel for the Ohio Public Utilities Commis- lion. Last year, the W all Street Journal gave him a special to ken if leadership in progressive busi ness and he readily admits his iependency on business news ( Grass Valley By Min. A. F. Bai/.n Mr and Mrs Kendrick Dunlap were hostu at a party at their home in Moro Saturday evening honoring his aunt, Mrs. Swlck, house guest of his m other, Mrs A A Dunlap, d u e ts included Mr. Swick. Mrs Dunlap, Mr and Mrs H arry Hooper and Floyd, Mr. and Mrs Herman Peters of Gruss Valley, Mr and Mr Art W atkins of Wasco, Mr ami Mrs Jack Cush man, Mr an I Mr, Paul Cyphers, and Mr and Mrs Boh Marvin of Moro. Iti idge w.t in pi iy at two tables w1th Mrs H ooj• -i md Mrs Cushman winning the prizes and pinochle at two table, with Mrs W atkins and Mi Dunlap w in ning the prizes. Bel reshm ents were served by the ho-te-s. Gene Cantrall, Kaem Wilson of Kent, Diane Schilling and Rolan t Hastings of M a in w < re visitors in The 1 )all<* Fri ay Mr and Mi « Bill John >n are parents of a son born Sunday, Jan u ary 6 at the Wilcox Mem orial hospital in Portland. The baby weight'd ^even pounds. I be grandparents are Mr and Mis Tommie Barnett of Gr.t Willey and Mrs Florence Johnson of St. Ignatius, Montana. Mr ami Mis Fred vonBot tel were dinner guests New Year's day at the Cat I Schadewltz home Mrs Allred Kock of Moro, M i- Donald vonBorstel and children and .Mr Tc vonBni '.cl ol I lie Dalle« drove to Portland Friday to attend the funeral of Mi May Nelson, mother of Mi - Bill Pau k h, on Saturday Mr and Mr F It Way lock and Mr an Mi s Boy e Blaylock re turned horn»' IH'C. 31 from Seattle where they had visited the lat ter's «laughter, Mrs F.uguno s . h ' h cer and son. Harry Dean Eukin left Mon thly for Klamath Falls to remain lor the spring term at DTI alter sjH'nthng the holidays here with his parents, the Harold Kaklns. Mi«« Jerrin e Blaylock of Port- land sj»ent tlx* New \ e a r ’s week end hei e will» het pal cuts, Mi and Mrs Boyee Blaylock. Mr ami Mrs Kendrick Dunlap hail as dinner guests at their home In Moro Sunday h o n o rln : Mrs Jim liodtla and Dewavne Cantrall on their birthday an n i versaries Gm -ts were Mr ami M is Jim Rotbla and daughter, Mr family. Mr an I Mis Archie ( a n tiall ami Gene. Mr and Mrs Fa,gar Alley an I Ruth went to Portland I- u «day on Ittudnes« an while there visi ted Mrs Norton and M, ami Mis Clarence Payne, returning home Saturday. Mr ami Mrs \ vonBorstel were callers at the home of Mr and Mt Ben Maxfield T hursday afternoon to visit with Mrs Etta Buchanan from Ma ison. WIs o.isln, a for mer teacher at Kent, who has been visiting relatives and friend.« around Kent for a week. Her dau- , aught ac-hooi in Kent ant, U now teaching in Jusetin, Venezuela, South America. M r ami Mrs ( ’.'»Is Rice and Rud G ave up G eology to Study Utilities Right off the bat things began to happen. First, he expanded and re staffed the important New York o ffic e ; second, he in itia te d a growth program. Two years ago he acquired Theodore Gary & Co., a big in dependent, which owned manu facturing facilities also. So now, n e x t to W e s te rn E le c tr ic , Power’s firm is the country’s big gest maker of phone equipment This year, through an ex change of stock, he joined forces with Peninsular Telephone Co. o f F lo r id a , a d d in g a n o th e r 300,000 phones. Previously, he adds, "we didn’t have a single phone in that state." A big, round-faced man of 57, Power is a quiet sort of fellow who moves quickly and noise lessly. Conservative, he doesn’t like to fiy-though he i s con stantly on the move. He averages 100,000 travel miles a year-but by train. DONAI D CLINTON POKER in the Journal and in local papers wherever he travels. Born near Marietta, Ohio, in 1899, Power dropped an early yen for geology (his father worked in the oil fields) in favor of business and law. At 27, he was holding down two jobs— teaching law at the university in the morning und practicing it in the afternoon. W in p a rtn e r o f l l r i i k e r In 1939, a law partner, John B ricker, was elected Ohio gov ernor and Power became his sec- retary. When B ricker got the presidential bug fo u r years later, Power le ft to become chief coun sel fo r General Telephone. “ 1 had as many as 19 rate cases in 19 different states going on at the same tim e," Power re calls, womk'ring how he ever managed it. When General needed a new president in 1961, Power was their logical choice no one knew as much about the in trica te net work of the business as he did H is c h ie f worry Every weekend he entrains for his 220 acre Ohio farm to be w ith his wife and two daughters. Now that General owns plants in Belgium. Italy, Canada and the phone systems of the Philip pines and the Dominican Repub lic, Power is now on a business trip to Europe where he is ex ploring new opportunities. In summer he takes off for Rome 9 uel,ec fishing - always worrying «bout where he will get the new capital for the $900 million plant expansion he plans for th e next five years. But that’s a small worry-Power al ways seems to get what he starts out for. Mr an I Mrs Bud Kock and fam ily wyre dinner guests New Year’s day at the Donald vonBorstel home. Mr ami Mrs Amandus von Bor- stel were callers at the home of Mr and Mrs Carl Sehadewitz Sat urday evening. Mr and Mrs A vonBorstel and Mr ami Mrs Frank Sayrs and lony were dinner guests Sunday .it the Frank vonBorstel hopie. Bill I’auseh went to Portland I hm lav to I m * with .Mrs pans, h and to attend the funeral of his ni" her in law, Mrs May Nelson, on Saturday. .Mrs. Pausch was taken to the Emanuel hospital in Portland for inedi alattention. Mr. i ’ausch will .stay th en ' for a few days. Mr and .Mrs Norman Adams ami son of Eugene and Miss San dra Adams and Mrs C P Adams of Ihe Dalles were guests Sat urday at the Donald Flodfelter hong?. Mr and Mrs C A Riggs and f miily topped here 1 uesday en route from California to visit his brother. Hershell Bigg« ami family, leaving Friday for their home in Canyon City, Colorado. Mr and Mrs Bruce Eccles and family ol Hood River came Tiles- iy and spent the New Year hol iday with her p a i n t s the Don ald Clodfelters. Mis Harold F.tkin and Moua wt nt to Camp Sherm an Saturday Dtcemlter 28 and Mr Eakin ami lummy and Penny Higley of Moro wen, up Tuesday and spent the New Yeur, all returning on I'hut «day. Mi and Mrs N orris Gllkison pent the New Year holiday visi ling relatives in Pasco, Wash. Wayne lennet of Madras was an overnight guest Saturday a, the Boy Schilling home He ac companied Gary Schilling to Eu gene wU re the lx»ys will resume then «tn ie> at the Fnlverstty of (began alter »pending the hol idays with their parents. Mrs W F Schilling was a d in ner guest Saturday evening at the Roy schilling home. Mr and Mr» J \V Blagg ami C 'l ald Blagg drove to Port land I iMay w here they attended the funeral of Mrs M B Taylor. Ralph Dcggendorfer’ arrived in Gra-s \ alley Friday fiom Califor nia when» he receive i his dls- ciiarge from the n a w , to visit (rden Peters, 1 .caving Sunday for his home in Kellogg. 1. aho Mr am, Mis A lil t'd Kock of Moro si,»p,i, .| to \tslt \,r am, Mrs Form an Peters Sum.ay afternoon ami then had supper with Mr ami Mis Arzell Ix'mley, Mr« W allace May. Mrs J W BI.i c Mr* Gerald Blagg and Mrs V S Xlbcrty altemled the Verne Mobley took Keith Mob ley and Susie Woods of Moro to Corvallis Sunday w here they w.II resume their (studies a t GSC’. Verne drove to Klamath Falls .Monday to resum e his studies at o I l Mr atid Mrs Dell Olds and Mrs Ronald Powell and son, l ’at, of Moro drove to McCoy Monday to visit Mr and Mrs I, H Nahouse The Oles were business visitors in McMinnville Tuesday. Mr and Mrs John R ust anti Johnny Raven were in Portland December 28 visiting Mr ami .Mr and .Mrs Carl Runke. Mrs Richards and children came home with her parents for a visit. .Mr ami Mrs William B rinkert ha as dinner guests New Year’s day Mr and Mrs Bill B rinkert, Mr and Mrs John Alley and son, and the form er Mrs. B rln k ert’s nephew, Duane Anoerson and family of The Dalles, her sister, .Mrs. Oscar Anderson of Fergus Falls, Minn., and her mother, Mrs. Chruttine Froduen of Portland. Her sister ami her m other stayed to visit until Friday when the William rinkerts took them to Portland. Mr and Mrs Earl Olds am, Robin went to Portland T h u rs day to visit Mr ami Mrs Glenn Perry and family, returning home Saturday. Guests a, the home of Mr and Mr« John Rust Saturday evening were Mr and Mrs John Alley, .Miss Barbara Alley. Dick Rust, Mr and Mrs Claud Bayer, Mr and Mrs Oren Raven, Mrs Rex Richards and Carl Kelley. The evening was spent playing pi no li le with refreshm ents served The Grass Valley 4-H livestosk club met at the home of Kenneth lxnnley. Club member», on Ja n uary third, had a short business meeting f t which Tommy Thom p son. county agent, showed slides on how to Judge livestosk ami profitable beef production. Mr and Mrs Dick Heckman and daughters drove to Bend on busi ness Friday stopping enroute a, Madras to visit Mr and Mrs Mill ard Fakln and family. Mr and Mrs Jam es Nichols (the form er Jackie Horner* of Ingle- wood. California are the parents of a daughter ,s»rn December 30 weighing seven pounds and six Mrs Bernard Martin and Dean na went to Portland Thursday to visit relatives, returning F ri day. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Martin took their son I.eRoy to Portland T hursday were t * took a plane I ku k to Fort Ord, California, after sjorntlng the holidays here with them The M artins returned home Saturday lay- held at the Presbyterian Church Moro S atur. ay afternoon. Mi and Mrs |H>1| Olds were din ner guc«ts Sunday at the Lyle Olds home Mr ami Mrs Wallace May were d in n er guest« New Ye u s eve at the D I Reynolds home. Mi an Mr« H O Iht. • r. Mr an I Mr Ott'ii Raven and family ml Mr Rex R. hart’« «mt chit Rice o f Sweet Home a rriv e o n of Portland were dinner T h u rsd a y to v is it M r ami Mrs E f tie d s Sun ay at the John Rust I* Thom pson, Mr and Mrs N«»rii- home. Gllki«on anti Mr and Mr« Harol I Mr an I Mrs D lber< Wilcox Eakln ami family returning to it. Prineville w»ie viaitora Sat their home Sunday. urday at the Ik d l Olds home Reserves o f the State L’ nem- ment C om m ission dropped below $12 m illio n s th is week fo r the lowest year-eixi to ta l in 15 years despite n e a rly $17 m illio n s paid in taxes in 1957 by 27, 500 e m p lo y ers fo r th e higggest annual income in the com m ission's 20-ycar h is to ry . U nem ploym ent also set new a ll-tim e records w ith la id -o ff w o rke rs being paid $31,500,000, n e a rly 59 per cent m ore th a n in 1956. P a yro ll taxes are scheduled to rise fro m an average o f alxm t 1.44 per cent to 1.85 per cent in 1958 b u t even these rates may tie superseded i f fir s t q u a rte r bene fits fo r.e reserves below the new flo o r o f about $31.5 m illio n s . A ll e m p lo ye r rates then w o u ld re ve rt a u to m a tic a lly to 2.7 per cent u n t il the unem ploym ent tru s t fund again rose above the flo o r. P aym ents to the unem ployed d u rin g December are estim ated at about $4,COO,000, an increase of over 80 per cent fro m a year ago. , f w eekly claim s at local offices w n tin u e then seasonal ruse, Ja n uary and F ebruary benefits may pass the five-million mark. A de cline i«- expected in March, p a rt ly be ausa of better w eather and partly because many claim ants will have draw n maximum bene fits. H igher weekly lienefits approv ed by the 1957 legislature accoun ted for p art of the increased pay m ents since last July 1. Average weekly check rose from $29 to over $33 with the sta rt of the 1957-58 benefit year. leg islato rs al.-o established higher flexible tax schedules but their effect will not be felt until April when first assessm ents on 1958 payrolls be come due. AlRiut 80,0tX) workers have fileJ claims sin e the start of the bene fit year last July and 50,000 have draw n at least one check. Some 2,500 have exhausted benefit rights a nd the num ber is rising by several hundred each week. W ith many claimants entitled to 26 weeks corni>ensation, even more exhaustions are expected cu rin g the early weeks of 1958. C A N I ÍN O L S S V W A R A G A IN S T THS I N S É C T A SMUG BUG IN A RUG... t h a t ’ s t h e D E S T R U C T IV E C arpet " c - ctle {he ernmy: LA liV A S A P £ 3APJ C R O W N , NAIflOJ A a o u r >■’ t» ir x u o «3, comp i ro w SO R T W H IT E F 5 G S . T U fc / OC THE PAAAAGE. A P t ' t T T E fT I ES A £ U U I N S H A P E , 0 R O V /N N j O G-CAV, C g Ihck. w p t t beetle S L A C K , S O M E T IM E S F l t C K f O W IT H M D . tC O K S e C lU P fc O i.- THE RIGHT SIZE bULB common arpet beetle. T H E M I N 0 / \R K , PLACES. jx á f i a ttach LARVAE CATHClXS IN RUSS. CARPETS, W O O LE N C L O T H IN G , S L A N K e T S , C U R T A IN S - EVEN S T A N I M A L S . G REA TES T PANtAGE (S O O N E T O FA6R1CS LEFT U N PiSTU fiS-- J FOR L O N G P E W O O S . CAR A t T 0 -E T L E S ARE tWGST AflUNUAAH- W H E R E O UST ANO L IN T A C C O M U LA TS . COSTS JUST PENNIES MOPE mans counterattack.-. P R O TEC T RUGS, ET C . 6 V F R E Q U E N T V A C U U M IN G , S E M IA N N U A L S U N N I N G , S E A T IN G , B R U S H IN G , u s e c h e m ic a l sprays — o o r D R P IE L P R lN . USE LA TTER AS CQAASC, W E T SP R A Y OR. O UST. A P P L Y T O C R A C K S I N FLO O R S ANO flA S L 8 0 A f <>S, C L O S E T S H E L V E S . REPEAT APPLICAV / N AS NECESSA RY. CMYUtZHT /9SB, SH£U • I tu JA C K M A N H O N O R ED E. R. Jackman, extension r j g< crop management specia'.i-’ CS , was paid top honor at thr m Bureau’s 26th a n n u l’ n. c’ n f In Eugene. Each year the o’ »T:iz . tion M ie U a ' Î I S N.tionil eontined it« build ing program during 1957 with new buildings for Us Lunches In Albany and Newt«*rg plus major t ermxlchng of its Coos Bay branch A mo 'em new laid ding for the Hillsboro Commercial branch is now under construction. On November 9. C. 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