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bcviititiT County journal Moro, Oregon Friday Seventy-Second Year Xo. 2 These T h in g s We Note Giles L. French Bargaining having failed to set- tie the steel strik e we will now try a so rt of governm ent inter- vention. Maybe It w on’t w ork eith- er Foreign nations can settle it through imports; recruiting dif- ferent w orkers could end it or the unions could buy th e steel mills and pay w orkers w hat they w anted TTW N Well now they're all set to ecare the cranberry right off the TTW N A w riter in Horizon explains how the human race got rid of the probia for w itch hunting. It was encouraging. Maybe, we can even tually get rid of the phobia for government. TTW N We’d like to know w hat the models look like w ho sit for ab stract paintings. T T W N It appears that televiewers wanted entertainm ent and hon esty, too. A little faking helps many a script. TTW N Wie can tell the kind of country a visitor comes from when he stops on Sherm an county streets, If he come« from the city he locks his car. T T W N W onder w hat became of the hula hoop craze. T here was some- think to put action into a harden- ing spine. TTW N Airplane travel is getting fast er and cheaper, but it is still pos sible to save a little by staying home. T T W N Bill Langer was an individualist. He never got anything out of the senate but publicity and th at was enough in these times. T T W N For the forty one billion it takes to defend this country we should equip everyone wdth an atomic bomb. T T U N The governm ent now suspici ous th at m any m ore houses are (being built than have been coun ted. C an’t even keep hooks, eh. TTW N It has long been expected that India w ould be conquered from the north th at being the route taken by form er conquerors. And we think th at is ju st w hat will happen unless it gets rid of Nehru. T T W N If w\? didn't have C hristm as we would have to invent it. No holi day does so much to exercise the Sherman Makes Play-offs With 21-0 Victory Wheat Leaguers M iet Next Tuesday To Discuss Policy Farm legislation will be the major topic tinker consideratio.t during the forthcom ing Sherm an W heat Growers Association fall meeting, Tuesday, November 17, County Courthouse, Moro. Mae Hall county president, indicates committee meetings will get u n derw ay at 9:30 a. m. w ith accep tance of committee recommenda- lions and program to follow in the afternoon. Floyd Root, president, National Wheat Growers, will report on a c tlvltles of that orgam zation dur- ing the afternoon. Sherman coun- ty wheat farm ers need to take a serious look at prospective chan- «es in farm legislation at then- county meeting. Lincoln and Ben- ton counties, W ashington, want a drop In wheat parity support to 55 to 80 p er cent w ith an Increase wheat acreage, Root reports. This program, coupled w ith increased soil bank acreage national nee 1 be considered in relation to the Wheat Stabilization plan, Root adds. Andy W ard, assistant secretary, Oregon Wheat Growers League, will review the expanded "W heat Field” published by the leagu ». A film on m arket development worked in Japan and Korea taken by league representative« will be shown Committee meetings will be the main order of business during the day, starting at 9:30 a. m. Various committees will meet in separate groups to form ulate county re commendations. Chairman, m eet ing place, and comm ittees are: produ. tion and l^and Use, county COurt room, Allan Pinkerton, chairm an; Taxation and Leglsia- tion, circu-it judge’s office, John Decker, chairm an: Y outh-A ctivl- ties, county agent’s office, Larry Kaseberg, chairm an; M arketing and Transporation, ju ry room, Ted Thompson, chairm an; Feder al Ag Program s, circuit court room, Hildned Zell, chairm an; and Domestic W heat Utilization, social room of Moro church, Mrs. W. E. Bruckert, chairm an. County Official Paper November 13, 1959 John F ield s make« yard age be player, R oy«e cam e up to hein fore b ein g tackled by a M aupin hut lie e l. M ays and Leaxe of Mau pin were th ere to put him dow n. On th is play Sherm an failed to score from the one foot lin e al- th ou gh it scored from far out af- ter M aupin had kicked. Dunean (N o. 14) turn« to hand off to a l*a«< a s Oeel (No. SO) breaks through th e line to ham per the play. Census Will Revise Figures On Farms Some Advice About Tbel959 Census of Agriculture, now under way In Sherm an coun- 05 w *9 '» ing up to date farm statistics last collected in 1951, when fhe farm census revealed the following facts; The value of products sold In 1954 by farm operator« was $9,009,398 The value of all crop« sold was $8 387,024 and Included $8,352,- 292 for field crops and $34,732 for fruits and nuts. The value of all livestock and livestock products sold was $622,- Spreading Colds Given by Health Board We’re back once again to the season when upper respiratory in- fections c a n - to expected to in- crease. The most common of these are Influenza, pneumonia and. the common cold; collectively they prol»ably strike more people than any other groujv of diseases In the country today. If Oregon residents m aintain the estim ated national average, Sherman Countv Club Society Members Meelmg Dated Far Monday A t Wasco To History, Song The Sherm an County club will hold its next meeting at the little Alx»ut 80 persons attended the A careful, calculating Sherm an Legion hall in Wasco, 'Monday, football team defeated an over night, Novem4»er 16, according to fall meeting of the Sherm an R. E. ______ Ferrell, w_______ p re sid e n t The County Historical society dinner confident Maupin team here F r l - ____ day afternoon by a decisive 21-0 Town and Country Grill will cater held at the Odd Fellow s hall n score with the district champion- the 7:(X) o'clock dinner for mem- Grass Valley Sunday, November ship the rew ard at stake. bers and other Sherm an countlans 8. Fall flowers and Oregon Grape As a result Sherm an will go to who wish to take part in the puh- and w heat heads decorated the tables which had l* en done under Medford F riday by bus to play ifc affairs of the county. St. M ary’s of Medford, a private Speaker will lie K enneth Frld- direction of Mrs. Dorothy D un school, for the cham pionship of ley, sta te highway commissioner, lap, in preparation for the potluck districts five and six. The game who will have some of his co- dinner under m anagem ent of Mrs. will be played at 8 p. m. Saturday w orkers with him. Discussion Clara Kock and Mrs. L ester Bar- night on the lighted field of Med- will center on inuprovement of num. ford high school. No booster's bus highways in the county and con- Carroll Sayre, president, hand- will go from Sherm an and per- struction of a bridge across the led the program w hich Included sons m aking the trip are asked to Columbia, w hich is still a project musical and singing n u m te rs by fill their cars w ith students want- of the S tate of W ashington, al- Bonnie Jefferies, Patty Knott, Ing to go. though local branches of govern Ju n e Jefferies, Sally Rue Bibby, The first Sherm an touchdow.i ment and the highway commls Teresa Bardenhagen, Gary C arl son, Jim m y Tatum and Donnie came on the first play in the sec- slon have a part in it. Mobley, under the direction of ond q u arter w ith th? l>all n e a r --------- — • Eugene Knott, Kent principal and the Maupin goal line due largely Republicans Raising music teacher. Mrs. Ju an ita R ug to a long run by John Fields. C a m p a ig n Funds gles and Mrs. Joe Bibby w ere ac Kaseberg ran the l.all over and The Republican party in Sher companists. Clyde Fridley, L arry Zachary’s kick was good making man county Is conducting a fund Bddlngs and Bob Nisbet, accom the score 7-0. drive by mail and calls for 1959 panied by Mrs. Eddings sang two After the kick off Maupin fum and I960. num bers. bled and Eakln recovered on its It is hoped that- with sufficient Mrs. Nellie Fields read the m in 22. Fields made two, Middleton money candidates can I k - secured five an ! after a penalty*for back- to local, state and national offices, utes of the last fall meeting, Theo field in motion Middleton made a says Irving H art, finance chair dore Johnston gave a re p o rt on the scholarship given in the name first down on the Maupin seven man. of the society to Eva Klrkelle, now from where Jim Duncan ran it a student at ORC and Mr. Rayrs over and Zachary kicked success Woman’s Club told of the placing of m arkers fully again. along the- route of The Dalles Maupin strengthened In the Meets At Pinkertons The Moro W oman’s club met on Military Road last sum m er by third q u a rte r but Mobley blocked a kick and Middleton Intercepted i'uesday afternoon at the Harr> so. lety m em ters. a pass to keep that team contain- Finkerton home, Mrs. Louis Sat li Giles French talked on the h is ed in mid-field. In the fourth quar e r «»slating as hostess. I n s e r t tory of G rass Valley from the ter Sherm an was stopped on the ""a* served a t 1:30. days, now nearly 100 y ears ago, Mrs. Roy Belsbee presided at when pack trains used to cam p one y a r l line by the aroused Maupin line, Maupin c o u id T o t the meeting. Reports w ere made in the tall rye grass th at grew gain and kicked to Fields on the from the m em bers who had a l In the valley to the changed con- 45 yard line. On the next play tended the Fourth D istrict board ditlons brought on by transporta- Kas«s)M‘i-iz broke ixvkkn over nvA>- tns-v,n Tom F raser sang "Rweet Kaseberg tackle and meeting at W eston and also the (jon ran through the visitors for the Kendleton club m eeting at which O regon” accompanied by Mrs. final touchdown re elving sAme Mrs. Richard L. N euberger spoke C arroll Rayrs. on her experiences ns a delegate helpful blocks on the way. ¡Sherman has lost to Umatilla, to the "A tlantic Congress of N. Heppner and Gokiendale, mostly A.T.O. N ations” in I/m don recent Kent Extension i,y close scores and often through ly. Decision«, were made by the Unit Meets apparent over-confidence. When The Kent Home Extension unit the team buckles down to Its best club to have a Scholarship Tea In it ¡performs well and hag a chance December; to send C hristm as met at the home of Mrs. Byron to win from St. M ary’s. That team gifts to the Eastern Oregon State Stark November 5. Home Exten- Rufus School Again Rated Standard w nn m e provision me pro A business m eeting was held m unity as we do w ith some otner The weather, which has been ject must b e com pltfed; and the ,ju ri[Lg the morning hours. A buf- diseases w e’ve had, or why a vac The County School S uperinten cine can’t lx? developed to give warm with low clouds for several club voted to Join the General fe t luncheon w as enjoyed at noon den t’s office has ju st received a Farm Prices Down days turned cold with an east Federation com m unity achieve- followed by Installation of offl- artificial Immunity. report from H. Irene Hallberg. Actually, comparatively little is wind T hursday and some snow ment contest, In which prizes are cerg co u n ty com m ittee member, elem entary supervisor, from the Also Farm Costs furnished by Sears Roebuck & Co. Annice Nogle installed the new known today about the cold, al has been prophesied. State D epartm ent of Education, though research is now- being officers. Carol A rm strong then statin g that on the basis of her Oregon farm prices showed a jntens|fjecii \ w do know that presented the lesson on fitting supervisory visit on October 8, mixed pattern of ups and downs cw|(js are caused by viruses, a and buying foundation garm ents. 1959, Rufus Elementary- School in Octotx?r and ended up w ith an wj,oie family of viruses, a4x»ut 40 This proved to I k » a very in terest has ¡been re-rated as Standard. average 2 percent higher than a rnemtl»ers of whi h have already ing lesson and all th e ladles learn The Rufus school board, Jack m onth ago, reports Mrs. Elver a lt>een j ;e n tif Thus, you could ed many helpful hints about foun Lloyd, principal, the teaching Horrell, extension agricultural have several "colds” yt once, or dation garm ents. staff and the com m unity w ere economist at Oregon State college, I k » recovering from one and get commended in the report for th eir At the same time teports from another. I’ll A C H A l’TKIt ORGAXIZKH fine school program . the U. S. departm ent of agricul The only vaccines available are by Patty Byars tu re show prices received by effective against a limited num- Twenty-five girls held an org an i farm ers over the nation dropped te r of these viruses, and of course zational m eeting of F u tu re Home Family Living Will seasonally In October to a point there is no "wonder drug" which m akers of America Monday after 2 percent lower than last m onth can cure a cold. sch<M)l in the home economics Include Legal Talk ami the lowest In nearly 2 years, The chief weapon we have to room to ekict officers and to learn Sherm an county residents are National farm p rl es now stand day against the common cold is more alx»ut the club. Miss P e a r invited to attend a session on g percent below last year and the ¡»lain old-fashioned courtesy, If son, FHA adviser, explained the f« A «wZ w ill You have to m ake u n vo u r "'Family Business and the L aw ’’ lowest since November 1957. we will keep our cold to ourselves FHA goal and its m otto "Toward mind. <»« «'«'"Infi, November | n Oregon, OetOber eg g an,I tur- rather than trying to give It N ew Horizons.” TTW N 16- Tbe nieeting, which will he key prices moved up, ami milk away, In ldence could be reduced. The FHA is a national o rgan G etting som ething for nothing held at the Sherm an High cafetor- a it: milk cows also carried higher ization of girls and boy» who a re We all know the rates— such as is a very economical w ay to ac- ium will begin at 8:00 p. m. price tags. Feed grains and w heat staying at home, sneezing or studying homemaking in high schools of the United States and quire property—popular, too. Of Mr. Donald Dunn, attorney from climbed, and hay and potato coughing Into disposable tissues, Its T erritories. 'I’Ve rod rose, FHA and not talking nose-to-nose w ith ten though th ere’s a hook inside The Dalles will conduct the ses- prices also rose. slon, whose purpose is to make These gains In state farm prices others. An unprotected sneeze, flower, representy. the search of the wiggling worm, people aw are of the opportunities were partially offset by lower for example, can spray viruses al FHA for l»eauty in everyday liv TTW N and pitfalls that the law holds, prices on most meat anim als and most 20 feet, and Infect a lot of ing Red and white, the club’s W onder w hat folks do on a \ j r f>Unn Is acting as a rapresen- wool, broiler prices dropped for people. colors, holds a m eaning In the holiday. Eat? 8leep? Drink? Dif- tative of the Oregon State Bar the second straight m onth, and None of the upper respiratory organization; red stiggastft stre n ferent Work? Talk? association. corn prices turned lower. How- infections should be taken light 20' gth and white is rerognlzed as the TTW N a few of the many points to be ever, gains averaged m ore than ly. A cold or the fill can weaken symbol of sincerity. Stereotyping Is done by high covered Include: W hat is the Ila- losses for the state's farm ers and ........................... The new organization elected a .......................... ¡»erson to the extent they be- •chool boys In many p lants In Ore- bllity of an em ployer to his em- total farm prices averaged 2 per corne easy prey for a serious In- the following officers: Penny Hlg gon anti it isn't a job that requires pioyees? W hat happens to real cent higher than in Septem ber fection. So don't take any chances, ley, president; I>arlcne Gochnau- much ability. And $3.61 for a and personal property if there Is and 1 percent alx ve a year ago. c a u vour phy ician when you be er, vUv-presIdent; P atty Byars, long, lazy hour is akin to high- no will? p o w-hat extent is a fam- Meanwhile prices received by Comc ill. and follow his advice. secretary; Barbara H am pton, way robbery, except unarmed. lly responsible for acts of Its V. R. farm ers fell to the lowest _______ 1___ treasurer; Connie Axtell, p a rlia TTW N minor children? average in nearly two years. Cat- m entarian; Nancy W ilson, rep o r If you want something done The public Is Invited to attend tie, hogs, corn, grapefruit, calves, Sherman High In ter; Jeanne Macnab and Julia Bay cheap offer a prize for It. It beats this meeting, w h k h Is Jointly and eggs ail moved own. Higher er, historians. modern wages all hollow. Apre Æ e/mse ¿ ï i j t ■ sponsored by the county Home prices on milk, fresh tomatoes, Mrs. Bob Byars and Mrs. H ar Quarter Finals TTW N Extension u n its and the Sherm an and wheat only partially offset ley \l Kay w ere elected by the School kids m ust get a kick out county extension service. A ques the decline. by Turn Eakln girls to l»e their C hapter M others, of teachers going to «chool. Sherm an's football team will tion and answ er period will follow Prices the nation's farm ers pay The secorul Monday for every TTW N play St, for goods and services also moved travel to Me*lford to Mr. D unn's presentation. month Is the tim e act for the Well, anyway, women look bet T lower In October, but at a much Marys of Mwlfonl in the ( ’lass B meetings to be held th is year. ter in skin tight pants than cow American Legion slower rate, Mrs. H orrell found. quarter-finals this Saturday at The next meeting will be Decem boys do. Farm wage rates paid for things 8 p. m. The H uskies defeated Auxiliary Meets ber 14. TTW N The auxiliarv of Chris Schultz used in farm-family living offset Maupin, 21-0, here In the district - -• V . T “She looked," said the m an at Post American I>egion met Friday these lower costs to some extent, play-off last Friday. BI S D R IV E R S M UST Vi With prices received by farm- The team bus will leave at 6 30 afternoon, Nov 6 in the Masonic the bar and sliding off the stool T A K E T R A IN IN G ers dr<n»|»ing faster than prices a. m. Friday for Medford. Coach he waved his arm s in frustration. hall w ith afwut a dozen members A training session for school ----- 4 / ’ »-• (She looked” he repeated trying an '1 quests attending After the paid by farm ers, the purchasing Christiansen plans a w orkout bus drivers will be held in Moro products slipped Friday afternoon to loosen the for words to express his disgust, business meeting. .Mrs Floyd von I » * « of fa, n Decetnlier 3 u n d er d irection of the "She looked like a model for an Borstel of Kent showed several « llttk» last mon’h. The parity hoys up after the trip. D epartm ent of Education and the They will «tay Friday night abstract painting." different rolls of motion pictures ratify—the governm ent’s yard stick D epartm ent of M otor Vehicles. in a M e’ford hotel, relax S a tu r T T W N ah* had taken In her travels to for m easuring the relationship l»e- I Id*. 1« how th e new p o sto fflee th e a lk y lin e and w ill hr abowt Punpose Is to im prove the safety day and play the game that night tween prices received and prices It beats the deuce how much many state conventions. Members w ill look. Three tree« w ill I m - left M feet deep from th e H reet. T he of pupil tran sp o rtatio n and effl- time is saved by the lack of news- brought gifts to be sent this week paid by fanners— fell to one point at 8 00 Th-? 27 players with the in the (Nuking Strip. T he build- park in g area w ill he |Nived. T h ere clency. T he county school super- below Septem ber this year, 6 two coaches and principal will papers But it doesn’t handicap to the Gift Shop In Portland at Ing w ill nrrMpy .1ft feet o f the M w ill lie a «trip of decorative IxAck inter» ¡ent is m aking conversation w hich does not re- the V eterans hospital. At the point« I k I ow October 1958. and leave from Medford Sunday mor foot frontage, t e l ng fluxh w ith In fro n t. for a county-wide meeting. nJ ng. quire Information. cake and coifee were "*rved the lowest since A ugust 1940 éz' si 1
