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PAGE 3 SUEEMAX COUNTY JOURXAI* MORO, OREGON FIliPAY, JANUARY 1C, 1950 Moro Personals Wasco News Tom Woodcock learned Tues day of the death of his brother, James E. Woodcock, <Hagen) 75, who passed away at The Dalles a few days after being discharged from a hospital with a heart at tack. Funeral services will be held Friday 3t 1:30 at Wamic with in terment there. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Sayrs left Monday for Phoenix, Arizona to spend a few weeks. Accompany ing them was their grand daugh ter, Patricia Coats, who hopes to recuperate in the warm Arizona sunshine. Stuart Johnson was here from Salem this week and just hack from a two week trip to Califor- Miss Carol Burnet is living in Salem where she is practice teaching as the last part of her course at OSC preparatory to graduation this spring. Mrs. J. W. Coons went to Hood River Wednesday evening to speak to a group there interested in starting a full time fair in that county. BORN: To Mr. and Mrs. Bob Newbill January 13 at Redmond, a son, the first of his family. Bob lived in Moro a good part of his life with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Huis. Dale Harrison won a three day trip to Las Vegas, Nevada in a contest for selling tires? The con test ran ten months ending Octo ber 31 and Mr. Harrison was win ner of the district. Dale is looking forward to the trip which will be an all expense tour starting January 24. Lesie L. Edwards, a junior at Eastern Oregon college and a 1951 graduate of Moro High School, has been named to the honor roll for the fall term. A student must maintain a min imum grade point average of 3.5 (4.00 is perfect» in all course work in order to be named to the select list. Les, the son of William M. Ed wards of Moro, is majoring in math-physics and has a teaching fellowship in mathematics for this school year. By Dori» Nisbet S.OOO YEARS AGO, IN A NO ENT EGYPT, /OO, OOO MEN H A P Sk TO PE PfO PM BACK8PEAK/NG fc . - A B C * FOP 2 0 >£APS TO B U 'L P THE GPEAT PYPAM/PS... « THE EFFOPT PEQUfPEP M TOM CNE THE < PO CKS N A S S O O PE AT THAT HUNPPEPS O P M E N WEPE UTEPALLY N O P K E P TO PEATH EVEPY P A Y ... lOPAY, LIFT TPUCKS A N P INPUSTPIAL HO ISTS P P O P U C E P BY YALE A TOW NE HAVE S O E A S E ? THE H A N P L /N O O F MATEPIALS THAT A CONSTRUC TION CPEW COULP B U IL P THE P Y P A M /P S IN TNE TIME I T TAKES TO EPECT A M O PEPN OFFICE 9 U IL P lN & .„ Y A L E MATEP/ALS HANPUN& EQ UIPM ENT NH/CH CAN HANPLE LO A P S U P TO 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 iB S ., HAB & V E N THE WOPK/N& M A N NEW P IS N IT Y BY PELEASINO LE H IM FPOM H /S 111 ANC!ENT POLE I lf| I AS A * B E A S T O F BUPCEN T dub women was explained by Mrs. Pinkerton. Each club has an individual contest, the winner go ing to the 4th district. The first prize is a trip for two to Paris. Astrid Tuggles is Vogue Pattern contest chairman for the club. Helen Bruckert, chairman of the education department of the 4th district gave a detailed report about club participation in the education program of the Feder ated Women's clubs. They would like to honor teachers for out standing w’ork. Motion was made and seconded that the club send $10 to CARE. Mrs. Haven introduced t h e chairman of the program commit tee who In turn introduced the speaker of the afternoon, Mrs. Leona Weatherford, of Arlington, who spoke on “Conservation of Natural Resources.” Mrs. Weatherford pointed out that natural resources, or lack of them, may be the cause of wars. In their trip around the world, natural resources or the lack of them was a main interest in the countries they visited. Wasco Women Hear Speaker The Wfcisco Woman’s Study club was called to order by the president, Mrs. L. F. Haven at her home with Mrs. Vern Dutton as co-hostess. The roll call was answered with Now Year’s resolutions. Fourteen members were present. Mrs. Nina Pinkerton of Moro, president of the 4th district was a guest. Ways of making money were discussed. The president appoint ed Esther Royse, Glennie Harper and Dorothy Dutton, a committee for a food sale to lx? held Jan. 17. The fishing season in Sherman The Vogue Pattern contest for county will begin April 25 which is a Saturday, unless the game commission makes an unexpected Sherman County Has change at its later meeting this month. This is about the same as No Business Changes opening day has been recently. "There are the same amount of Changes made by the commission were to restrict spring fishing business concerns in Sherman along the coast to permit steel county today as compared with head to get back to the ocean with last year,” says J. Harry White, out running the risk of capture district manager of the Portland office of Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. by trout fishermen. Basing his facts upon a physical The welfare of the people In the count of the January 1959, Dun & countries they visited were In MUCH GRAIN MOVING Bradstreet reference book, White proportion to their natural resour More than nine million bushels points out that in 1958 there were ces. India was a land of great of incoming grain were moved 53 businesses listed in Sherman wealth and great poverty. Altho through state department of agri county and the same amount are water was available In wells at culture grain inspection during listed today. from 40 to 60 feet, they did not December, according to T. Ralph The reference book, incidently, have ipumps and know how to Harry, division chief, Portland. lists only manufacturers, whole benefit by them. Their top soil Inspection of incoming grain salers and retailers. It does not has been completely used up and by tyipes and respective amounts include some of the service and nothing has been done to build It in bushels were: wheat, 4,232,407; professional businesses such as up. The present government be barley, 3,266,509; oats, 117,554; beauty and barber shops and gan Its reform in 1948. Though corn, 137,307; and milo, 1,943,000. stock and real estate brokers. they have done much, there is so The wheat receipts carried 3.5 Thus, the figures for business in much more to he done. Mrs. Wea per cent smut and 33.9 per cent Sherman county would actually therford ended her talk with lie higher than the 53 quoted thoughts from the book by Frank foul dockage. Export shipments of wheat in above. C. Laubach, “Prayer, the Mighti spected totaled 2,192,632 bushels est Force in the World”—“Thou while barley tallied 3,283,891 bu ghts for an Atomic Age." The president announced the sec shels. Graduate Nurses Certified weights (in pounds) ond Monday in February for the issued: safflower seed, 2,019,160; Asked To Meet next meeting. brass, 136,079; cottonseed, 44,745; Everyone was invited to the tea All graduate nurses are cordial table where cake, candles, nuts, soyl>ean meal, 1,361,704; alfalfa meal, 561,640; copper, 82.337; ly invited to attend the first meet tea and coffee were served. A plea aluminum, 179,387; beet pulp, 298,- ing for 1959 of district No. 2 Ore sant hour of visiting ended the 290; millrun, 652,475; and screen gon State Nurses association, it afternoon program. was announced today by Mrs. ings, 242,680. Lucy Mullins, president of the \y,. take tW® nitum- Of thanking local organization. The meeting Heating Oils each of you for the beautiful cards is to be held Monday, January 19, and friendly letters that we re 8:00 p. m. in the dowmstairs meet Prompt Service ceived acknowledging our golden ing room of the P. P. & L. build ing. A 7:15 p. m. hoard meeting wedding anniversary. Budget Plan We had a lovely party and is being called preceding the reg many friends came to call. How ular meeting. Call or See The program will he taken care ever. we would like to have seen BOB BYARS you, also, because old friends are of by Mrs. Edward Crowther from Oxford, England, who will dis never forgotten. Union Oil Consignee Sincerely, cuss the district nursing program Florence and Ja k Cothran in England. Hostesses for the so Wasco, Oregon cial hour are to he Mrs. Alice Mell 01 2 5454 and Mrs. Lucy Mullins. ('ARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our many friends for the lovely flowers, cards, and kind expressions of sympathy in the loss of our dear husband and father, Joe Newcomb Mrs. Joe Newcomb and family CARD OF THANKS I want to thank all those who bought tires from me in the first ten months of 1958 and made it possible for me to win a free trip to I>as Vegas. I appreciate it very much. Dale Harrison Z E N IT H TV Sales & Service S E R V IC E Call ON A I.L ANDY ,|O M AKES Annie Fulton Chapter 124, OBS, of Wasco met in regular session Tuesday evening with Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Kaseberg, WP aud WM presiding. Mrs. Carl Tuggle was escorted and introduced, a»xl received gra cious expression of appreciation from the worthy matron for her work in the chapter, and for re ceiving the proficiency certificate from the Grand Chapter of Ore gon. Mrs. Tuggle was pinned with a beautiful corsage of pink carna tions. An impressiw? memorial was held for the loss of a long-time member, Mrs. Annabelle Fortner, who passed away late in Decem ber. This was a special evening de signated by the chapter to honor the members of Tiylor lodge No. 99 A. F. & A. M. and their wives. A number of Masons were present for the occasion and received a cordial welcome and greetings from Mrs. Kaseberg. The Worship ful Master, Douglas Shull, and his wife, LuEtta, were introduced and escorted to the East. Mr. Shull was pinned with a red car nation boutonniere and his wife received a corsage of pink carna tions from the presiding officers. An addendum "Harbor Lights” was given to honor the Masons and visiting wives. The good ship O.E.S. cruised about the temple “seas", stopping at a number of ixirts where the wives were giv en some bouquets of red carna tions and the Masons received gifts from the craft. Refreshments w e r e served from an attractive table centered with spring flowers. Hostesses were Mrs. I^ewls Hastings, Mrs. Gus Hartmann, and Mrs. L. P. Haven. Cards were In play at the close of the evening and visiting was enjoyed. . hear of the birth of a second son, Darrel Duane, to Mr. and Mrs. Duane Kyler of San Diego. Mrs. Kyler is the former Ixilu Johnson, daughter of Mrs. Gordon Johnson. Mrs. Kyler also reports that two weeks after this event a brush fire swept <’own the canyon to within five feet of their recently acquired new home and It was damaged by smoke and heat, and a couple of days later the heavy rainfall caused a flood which swept through, leaving six inchei of mud and wafer in the house Rufus Personals January 28 the Wasco Metho dist church will lie joining with all Methodist churches In the Northwest area to celebrate “All Alaska-Day.” The mission work of the Methodist church will be emphasized through a special pro gram in each local church. The program at Wasco will begin at 7:30 with a period of recreation and fellowship—featuring games from Alaska. This will lx? follow ed by a study of Alaskan Missions led by Rev. lairry Eddlngs. The study will lx? concluded by the showing of a movie and color slides of the 49th state. Souvenirs, artifacts, and history making newspaper stories will be on dis play. The program is being plan ned and presented by the Commis sion on Missions, of which Mrs. Clyde Fridley is chairman. Com mission members will assist in the program. By Mr*. Geo. L. Fox Thursday evening pinochle club met recently at the home of Mrs. Lloyd Gosson with three guests present to fill in for absent mem- lx»rs, Mrs. Harold Engberg, Mrs. Fred Anderson and Mrs. Pete Welk. Winning hlgti prize for the evening was Mrs. Douglas Shull and low prize went to Mrs. Rill White. Mrs. Bess Stanley, who fell and fractured several ribs In her home before Christmas Is still recupera ting In Tb? Dalles General Hos pital. Cards and letters will be most welcome. There will be a meeting of the executive board of the WSCS at 1:30 p. m. Wednesday, Jan. 21, proceeding the regular meeting which will begin at 2:00. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sargent and their houseguest, Mrs. Rena Sheppherd are in Corvallis stay ing with the Sargent’s grandchild ren while their parents, the Rev. and Mrs. (’liarles Neville are in San Francisco, California. Oregon In History January 16, 1907—Armed citi zens of the community of Adams, made desperate from the long continued fuel famine, held up the northbound OR. & N. train seized one carload of coal con signed to Eugene Tauslck at Walla Walla. The fuel famine ha.‘ been caused by a prolonged ant severe cold snap which has hel< this area In an Icy grip for th< past several weeks. { The Busy Bumble Bees, a 4-H sewing group, met January 7 at the home of their leader, Mrs. Otto Petersen, after school let out. For roll call each answered with a New Year’s resolution. Mrs. Petersen discussed about the skirt to the "Charmingly Yours” group, and also the bandana to the "Sew. It’s Fun” group. Ig u ana Burnett is the news reporter for this group. The teenagers and younger group met Saturday night at the Rufus Grange hall for another night of fun and dancing. The chaperones were Mr. and Mrs. Otto Petersen. Refreshments are served at 10:30 p. m. so that the children can leave the hall at 11. It was a beautiful day here Mon day with a west wind blowing some warm air in. It did rain In the evening, and a real hard rain fell Sunday. It Is thought this rain will do some good as most of the frost ha* left the ground and the moisture can go down. It was very wet and sloppy most of last week. Mr. and Mrs. I^eonard Jordan are sporting a new station wagon car. A pretty green color which they plan to use for their camp ing trips next summer. Mrs. Fred WVnzel of Clackamas Is In Rufus visiting at the George Fox home. Sunday dinner guests of the Fox' were Mr. and Mrs. Earl Weatherford and family of Ok?x. The Home Ec. club of Rufus Grange entertained their hus bands Thursday night with a chicken dinner, and apple pie with lee cream at the grange hall. After dinner grange took up for a short meeting. Mrs. Walter Morris was escorted to the masters station where she was presented with a perfect report from the district chairman, Mrs. Adklsson. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Richards were elected to become members of Rufus Grange. A note from Mr. and Mrs. Tracv? Fields was read telling the members Trace Is getting along pretty good and looks forward to being home In the near future. Mrs. Walter Morris said she was unable to lx? the treasurer of the grange, so Mrs. Roy Shafer was elected to the office. The grange took a stand on the raising of the Pacific Power & Light hills for the rural area. The rural area« are already paying much higher rates than The Dal les area and It Is proposed only the rural areas i>e raised. For the lecturer hour all sang, "Work for the Night Is Coming.” All were asked to tell something we might do to improve the grange during the year. “The Wor ry Wiaraa” was read by Mrs. Rol- lond Johnson, “The Measure of Success” was read by Mrs. Har- land McDonald, and the verse “When 1 Have Time” was read by Mrs. George Fox. Sherman County Pomona master, Harland McDonald says the grange will meet at Rufus on February 14 at 10:30 a. m. with a pot luck din ner at noon. At lee Wilson reported there will be another card party at the hall Jan. 17 at 8 p. m. The officers of grange are endeavoring t« im prove their grange work. Fred Wenzel of Sunnyside Grange was a visitor and called upon to say a few words. After the grange meeting Mrs. Fred Dormaier, Home Ec. chair man, called a meeting of the club. Mrs. Walter Morris reported the candy is selling. Mrs. Harland Mc Donald reported a thank you let ter was received from Camp Col umbia for the things sent the boys for Christmas. Mrs. Dormaier appointed Mrs. Roy Shafer, Mrs. Holland Johnson and Mrs. Sam Brock on the Year Ihxik committee to plan it for the year. The next meeting of the club will be February 12 and it is plan ned to make it a clean up day for the grange hall, and the members have a pot luck lunch at noon. Mrs. Morris reported the club did well by putting on the football banquet at Moro. Mrs. Walter Morris won the drawing. The Rufus Grange men are starting to work on the hall, build ing on a dining room. ADDING MACHINE TAPE At Journal Office i Try it for traction! If y o u 'd lik e to d rive a truck where you’ve never been able to drive one before . . . by all means come in and test one of our new four-wheel-drive I nternationals . I I Tkke it through muddy fields... up steep hills. Thke it where you would be afraid of getting stuck with your conventional rear-wheel drive truck. Find out how those (NTERNATiONAL-powered fro n t wheels help pull you th ro u g h ! 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