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I’AGK 3 SHERMAN COUNTY JOURNAL, MORO. OREGON Moro Personals , Mrs. Collls P Moore winJeave Friday (or a speaking trip to Ne.v Mexico where she *111 be the guest of the national committe > woman of that state and address a meeting of the members of the Republican party there. Walter Reed is home again af ter spending a day or. two in a hospital in The Dalles with pneu monia. Mrs. Iva Nahouse is here visit- ig her daughter, Mrs. Rona’d Powell. She left Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Dell Olds to attend th? funeral of her brothe”, Frank at Milton-Freewater. A drivers license examiner will be on duty in Moro Tuesday, May 9, at the court nouse between the hours of 9 a. m. and 4 p. m. Eighty-seven coeds have pled ged 13 national sororities on th? University of Otegm campus during spring term rush. Pledging from Moro was Miss Rcnda Fraser, a fresmnan major- ing in liberal arts. She is the dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fri- ser. Miss Fraser pledged Pi Beta Phi. The city siren excited the vill age Saturday night as the fire men went out to DeMoss hili where a car had started a fire cy putting on too much brake, it was pretty well destroyed liefo>€ the fire was out. Mr. and Mrs. John Stewart an J daughter are here for a few days to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Art Christianson and other rela tives. They live in Salt Lake, Utah, where the boy is in school. Earl Mersinger of Coavelo, Cal- ifornia and Mrs. John Mersinge’, stopped here Monday nignt to visit with Mrs. Mary Mersinger and son Lynden. There will be an all county grade school tra< k meet Saturday» May 6, from 10 to 12 a. m. at the Shennan High School. Cub Scouts are sponsoring a concessions Ixxjth during the meet. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bernards and family have moved here from and are presently living in Grass Valley from where he drives every day to do the fann ing at the experiment station. Mr. and Mrs. John DeMoss cam? back to Sherman County this week after a winter spent in Arizona which is getting to lie as ‘" ."h \heir home as DeMos* mucn Springs. The Drue Lorett Barnum, cho sen as Franklin High Schools Rose Festival princess is a daugh ter of Orville Barnum, native son or Sherman County and grand daughter of Maggie Barnum. John I. Sell, well known banker in Sherman County has been made manager of the Salem branch of First National Bank of Oregon _ __________ FRIDAY, MAY 5, 19«! Bains Family Has 25th Anniversary Wasco News Marian Rebekah lodge met on ADrtl 16, with 13 members pre sent. Eleven officers and mem- bers of Star Rebekah lodge at fur were present as guests: In- Blanche Mayfield, district d„pUjy president; Elna Reed, n> 1 d; 1>eggy Morrison, vie»- and. Nancy Hunt, conducto**, * uela^ Mead, treasurer; Maude k chaplain; Ramona Chaffee, inside guardian; Matilda Duffield, outside guardian, Vera Taylor, . Manda Earls. The visiting d presented a little sketch, base<j on the Biblical heroines ( ‘ the Kebefcah lodge. Refresh ments of Ice cream, cookies and coffee were served at the close of the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Gochnau- er were recent dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Royse. At the morning service of the Wasco Methodist church Sunday chet Coats, chairman of t h ‘ tHjmndUee on missions, presented information on the Bishop’s “Ap- . for Afrtca» a plea for funds *or th<? emergency me measures oi . «»merizencv fuod healing and training of lead- ers project Is one of the larg- eg| ever undertaken at one tinv*. and lg presented through- QUt aU Methodism. The amount needed, two and one naif will be administers y teers working through ie . odist committee for o\ersea. H«f (MCOR) and the church s division of World M‘ssl0^ bl)l' lowing the present a. an y - • Coats, a special offering was celved at the Wasco . Mr. and M rr A1 r D young son, Milton, . ville vine to spend the weeken . ---- - there, they were Ku'/8ts oi M‘ Derr’s mother, Mrs. .•!. , who celebrated her 82nd birth day April 30, and of their son In law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Larson. , _ Bains of Mr’ an‘ M B by Pauline Broughton Portland spent the weekend at the home of her parents, Mr. and Because of the state convention m battu o f tub bulscs Mrs. Tracy L. Fields of Rufus. of the OFWC to be held at leu- A U-W W / Í U SEEN FO U G H T S H C E The occasion being their 25th dleton May 8 and 9, ihe regular TIM E / M E M O R IA L ...E V E R & N C E THE COMPLETE FREEDOM O F EVE WOMEM wedding anniversary. meeting of the Wanco Womans a 4 1 £ 0EEH SEARCH: MG F O R A SYLPH Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs. Club has l»een postponed until F /G u R E W fTh THE F LU lP ITY O F HATURE. Mol Peterson of San Francisco, Tuesday. May 16 The annual pic- who were visiting her mother, nlc will be held on this date ut Mrs. Emma Dutton ?f Wasco, a’l the Wasco city park. came to visit and spend the even Mrs. Floyd Root entertained ing and they. togeth»?r with Mr. a group of Eastern Star officers and Mrs. Fields had dinner at the and members from Annie Fulton new Otteson's Oyster House in chapter at a luncheon Wednesday Rufus. of last week Sunday Mr. and Airs. Bains Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Harper were honored with a pot luck an drove to Portland Sunday and niversary dinner at the Leonard were dinner guests of their son Fields’ home near Wasco. The and daughter in law, Mr. and Mrs. table was decorated with a mixed Stanley Anderson and children. flower arrangement from her Mrs. Arthur Sargent, Mrs. Paul mother’s garden, and a beautiful Patrick and Mrs. Leona VanGlld- anniversary cake was made and er, were guests Friday of Mrs decorated by Mrs. Harold Brown Gordon Harper for an Informal of Grass Valley, a niece of Mrs -brunch’’. Bains. It was a white three-tiered Retired Army Colonel and Mrs. cake decorated with pink roses (C ollectors items George Jeffcott, their daughter aaugnter with green leaves and a 25-year C O M IC PRJHTS Lynne, and son, Michael, of Port- OFTEN /LLUSTRA TCP emblem on top, which was out land, were guests for a few days THE TORTURE O F standing. Mrs. Bains was given a B a n k Debits U p recently at the ranch home of YESTERYEAR /V beautiful orchid corsage by M*’. 7/.<£ H A 11E O F their brother in law and sister. In Mid-Columbia F E W H IR E Z E A L . ar.d Mrs. Leonard Fields. Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Cardinal. Bank debits for the Upper Col Those present besides the hon %TOPAY'$ DESIGNERS O F & R P L E S A H P E R A S W. A. Nlsbet and Jack Rothery umbia River including Sherman. ored guests and the hosts ard / ; A C E COMFORT A H P FREEPOM O F A C T!O H both of whom were hospitalized sons John and Virgil, were M ’. Hood River. Wasco, Gilliam. F ZST !H SERUHG THE 1961 H IG H -F A S H IO N in The Dalles last week, returned T R E N D .. FO R EXAM PLE THE U L T IM A T E : TH E Wheeler counties rose by 7.1 per and Mrs. Tracy Fields, Mr. an.l to their Wasco homes over the S T R O N G -C R S S -C R O S S G R P L E GETS R /P O F cent in March 1901 ?s compared Mrs. Harold Brown and son, Rex, weekend. 0 U L G ES - WITH HO G/RPLEP FEEL ! \ G - G IVES to February 1901 and dropped .•y Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Parsons, F R E E P O M O F M OVEM ENT HCTH f. C U R E S O W N CO M FO RT. Monday, young Ronnie Welk friends from Portland who came 0.7 i^er cent a year ago. was reported as being quite 111 at Oregon, with 227 banks report- as a surprise to 'hem a hospital in The Dalles. ing, had an Increase in bank ( (H N T Y A G E N T Home from EOC at La Grande The Rufus PTA social groun debits In March 1961 of 13.4 per Rufus News LARKSPUR met Monday evening at the Rufus for the weekend were Everett cent compared witn February Last week low larkspur infes chair- Royse, Terry Kaseberg and Harry 1961, and an increase of 0.3 per tation on the Bob Brown rang*' by M rs . G eorge F o x Decker. Ronda Fraser, who a> cent over March 1960. Total east of Kent was surveyed. Th? man Morris Burnett calling ’h tends school at the U of O ln Eu- Monday afternoon there was a debits for Oregon in March 1961 infestation occurred along a south tett gene wa8 ai8o home over the meeting to order. Mrs. Burnet came to $2,059,522,891, February slope in rocky ground going Into school election at Rufus and 77 acted as her husbands secretary, weekend. 1961, totaled $1,316,400,499; and the John Day River. Prior to this voters came out to cast their bal and read the minutes and took March, a year ago, reached $2,- time larkspur range his not been lots. The results of the election down notes. Election of officers fbr director for the District No. 053,961,547. in this county. During 3 Rufus were George Jensen 43 was held with Mrs. George ten- Bank debits represent the dol observed Dr. Otis G. Perkins FO U R ON HONOR R O LL past ten years larkspur has and Fay Brackett incumbent, 31 sen elected as next year’s chair lar value of checks drawn against the man. Mrs. Howard Steward was Dr. Frank D. Reid been observed in the sub-irri Four students from the Mot i the deposit accounts of individ votes. The vote to exceed the Optometrist area at Oregon State University uals and business firm.’.. Banx gated section of Rosebush canyon six percent limitation was 44 yes elected as secretary-treasurer. Dentist The announcements were that 40. B. tnd 8L are listed on the winter term debits are considered gee» 'di- east of Grass Valley. and 30 no votes. For director at . 9_ t Office Days: Tuen, and We«l. To date Bob has not had any large for the R ural School l>ls- Bra.luatu.n will he _.■*« 2.> at 1 eL CY6-M62 The Dall«*, Ore. honor roll announced by the uni cators of current buslncs" : - . v Moro, Oregon known livestock loss uue to lark trict was Ivan Blagg 60, Harvey 8 p. m. and the school picnic at versity registrar. lty. spur. Three species of larkspur Hanson 1 George Fox 1. For the Rufus school grounds on May 23, They are Louis B. Miller, sen including the low type observed Sherman County Rural School and as usual there will lie games ior in business and technology; cause more cattle losses in the District for Zone 1 at Rufus for for the children. Roy Gayman, Warren W. Norton, lreshman in ALTAR SOCIETY BREAKFAST principal of Rufus school, thank western range states than any A .. business education and technol Tax Reform Could i , i „, I,- three years were Stuart Macnah, ed the 1*TA for its support th j ogy, Kent; Keith A. Mobley, sen Hein—Could Hinder Leland Mediae 13, George past year and Morris Burnett also sheep and horses rarely occu’ ‘ elecle.1, ior in education, Kent; and Sher at the Jensen 5, Don Macnah 1 and Geo. thanked the group for the help Low larkspurs start growth in Major reforms in federal tax rie K. Fraser, sophomore in hu Fox 1. The director for the Sher laws “could help put the brakes earl> spring and usually mature man High School District No. 3 given him. Mrs. Sam Tsuliota was I0 0 F Hall in Grass Valley manities and social sciences. To be eligible for the honor list, on rising unemployment.’ Arth- by June. All plant parts, especial- 1 oro waa Pinkerton 28 Leland present and Introduced Mrs. Tom my Thompson who spoke on Men students must make at least a B ur H. Matley, president of the ly ,he leaves, are poisonous The ^ r o was Hnkert^ Sunday- May 7, 1961 plus average for the term. Chamber of Commerce of tlie toxic substance is an alkaloid. ¡»..f,,« District has 236 registered tal Health. Mrs. Thompson said this Is a new thing for Sherman L_______ I ______________________ United States and publisher of Cattle usually feed on larkspur ,, J k -------------------- C O M M U N IT Y P R E S B Y T E R IA N County, hut after icaring Mrs. Parade magazine, says. because good forage is scarce. names on the voting list. Time: 11 a. m. to 1 p. m. CHURCH In view of estimates that tne Losses are apt to oe heavy if The Home Extensi m unit at Thompson give some reports It Is 9:45 Church School numlier of unemployed may animals are allowed on larkspur Rufus met Thursday, April 27 at oi vital importance to all, as few 11:00 a. m. Church Service - reach 6,000,000, he says, “the need range, before good forage has Hie home of Mrs. Marland McDon- families escape this problem, Sermon Theme: for action is critical.’’ made sufficient growth. aid. Hostesses to serve the des- Tommy Thompson, county agent, “The Parable of Two Sons’’ For most people the savings Livestock losses cun be reduced sert lunch at noon were Mrs. Sam accompanied his wife to Rufus. Ernest C. Goodenherger, Pastor of others make possible the jobs by keeping cattle off until forage Ts’uix>ta and Mis Atlee Wllsou Af,er M,s- Thompsons speed they have or hope to have. As is available. Eradication of lark- Miss Janet Olsen. Home Exten- slides of the Christmas program From where I ¿y Joe Marsh mote people are able to save and spur in large areas is not practic- sJon agont gave tlTV lesson whicn and last year’s picnic were shown Z E N IT H TV invest in new and expanding en- able. It can lie controlled in small was on th ’, carp and use of snr,n by Mr. Bill Macnan and these terprlses, there will lie more and area by grubbing or by treating app|ianCeS she demonstarted an were interesting to all. Hostesses Sales & SERVICE better jobs for our growing labor the plants with 2,4-ST with pro- electric fry pan> a mlXer, a waffle f‘»r the evening were Mrs. How- S E R V IC E O N A L L M A K E S A "Tidy" Problem force. per follow-up. baker and a blender. It was an ar<* Steward, Mrs. Lyle Peek and Mrs. Jack Burnett. This was the Call ANDY PAULSON “More risk capital can be made Rust of Cereals interesting lesson and Janet let available if Congress reduces Hie Rust on wheat nas been ie- (he mcmber8 ask questions after last meeting for this year. T e le p h o n e J D 5-3513 com e ln and h ou se-clean fo r excessively high individual in- ported and observed in the Moro- |he jcsson Red D o la n d ro p p ed b y th e Mrs. John Mathleson Is home m e. T h e y d id last y e a r and It come tax rates (ranging up to 91 Wasco area. The moist and lower W idow P a rk e r’s last week to again from the hospital hut Is not took m e th re e days to get thin gs per cent) and the 52 per cent cor- than average temperatures have Mrs. Millard Leigh, chairman, drive her to the depot. She wae T e r m ite s ? too active as yet. Mrs. John Bel back to rig h ts .” porate stimulated rust infestation. A called the business p16® meeting porate tax,’’ tax,” Mr. Motley.says. 1*11« ?° ,oni is ln a ’ hosDital u leaving on her annual m onth lonl is In a Dalles hospital under- Free Estimates Prom w here I sit. some folks long visit w ith her slater. We also need to overhaul our couple of weeks of dry warm wea- “We wen- order. Mrs. Leigh told of the ’ . ‘ ‘ Her .. children C dldren Mr. atari out w ith good Intentions Guaranteed Work “ L a n d sakes the fo lk s in this tax policy on depreciation. The ther would certainly reduce the planned highlights of the Sher- Toni Bellonl and C «cilia cod up interferin g . W e t o w n a r e n ic e ,” she s a id . l>olicy discourages investment potential damage to ’he crop. man County Home Ec Festival ,h , mother Insured Operation P« may not agree w ith the w ay “ Y o u ’r e th e f o u r t h p e rs o n Wheat, oats, barley and rye which was held April 29. Jane wM»k«nd and the replacement of obsolete our friends Ila up th eir homes Dobyns th a t’s o ffered m e a rid e today eouinment with the up-to-date may lie attacked by ?ight distinct Baker made a poster for the dis- over weenenu. equipment up- and they may not agree w ith and I ’ve a lre a d y arra n g e d to machinery essential to enable species of the rust fungi. Wheat play at the Festival and the group Tl,e lst an,j 2nd degree work our preference fo r beer w ith go w ith M rs . P h illip « . B u t, R ed, Pest Control American firms to compete ag- is subject to stem, leaf and stripe made up a silver offering to give of RUfus Grange was called off meals, but these are choices we th e re is one th in g you can do with foreign compan rust. Oats are attacked by a stem to Jane In appreciation for her due to tpe worry over Mr. and e«eh have a right to make. R e Ph CR 6-2125 - Pendleton gresslvely fo r m e.” jes ' . and a crown rust. Barley may work. spect fo r them Is the biggest Mrs. Jerry Brackett’s baby, Sher- “ Y o u n a m e i t , ” says R e d . 8-7180 - Ione “Legislation such as the Her- fall prey to the same stem rust Election of officers was n?ld rV( who Is scheduled to go to “favor" of all. “ W e ll,” she re p lie d , “In some 8 7244 long-Baker tax reform bills has tliat attacks wheat and a leif with the following results: Mrs. Chicago for medical aid on her d ip lo m a tic w a y w o u ld you le t these Job-creating goals in min i. rust. A stem rust and a leaf rust Sam Tsubota as president, Mrs. eyes The Bracketts plan to leav» m y nice frie n d s k n o w they “Today's tax laws deter new attack rye. Each of the eight rusts Joe Morris as vice chairman anl Friday after preliminary work is w o n ’t do m e a fa v o r if th e y investments which would create Is made up of several different Mrs. Otto Petersen as secretary- finished In The Dalles. The Brack- H rtw tri AuiKMtufn, l*c. jobs for hundreds of thousands of races, which may attack certali treasurer and Mrs. George Fox etta have the sympathy of the unemployed Americans. The tax varieties of a particular crop. will l»e the county committeeman entire Rufus community, structure penalizes individual R«»€ Damage and Mrs. Millard Leigh will he savings and initiative at the mid- Rust on grains in the Pacific the alternate Guests of the chi', Mr. and Mrs. Holland John.so l die and top income levels, chief Northwest occur periodically were Mrs. Roy Thornburg and were In Boardman Saturday at a as the qualifying factor« source of job-creating invest when moisture, temperature and Mrs. Claude Thornburg of Dalles- Grange meeting ther?, and whl'e in funeral service. ment. Tax rates soar to 50 per foliage Is in proper condition, port. Wn. and Mrs. Arthur Brown their car was parked during the cent on $16,(XX) individual income. Rust has never caused extensive o: Rufus The next meeting will afternoon this freak windstorm Z1 Above $18 000, taxes soak up crop loss in this area as In the |> on May 25 at the name of Mrs. came up hurling trees down. One more than half of every dollar mid-west and east. The higher Trace Fields and it will be on her of the trees hit the Johnsons d/K’XO’j , earned Basin area have suffered up to patio as It is a lesson on outdoor car breaking out the hack window “With the advances of science, 15 percent loss in yield with s?v- cookery. K,ass • T'd fro" ’ wmdshield, leav / A»-' O H ing a dent in the right front 1100 k i l l Y A V t invention, improved technology ere infestation. Rust in Shermcn has never been known to ^he Rufus community didn t door and all over the car. and greater specialization. It now County anv ernnnmie «ct nearly as much ra.n when as other Tj,e aerial to their radio FRIDAY & SATURDAY costs an average of up to $15, ’XX) cause ,oss ‘ ex ten siv e economic jn was bro- to $20,(XX) to c/eate just one new Ru*t Types MAY 5—6 wind and rain slorrn came Satur- Mat on the upholstery after the job. Almost a million more peo Stem ru st of w heat cau ses th e day afternoon. Rain again fe'l window was broken. The John- ple come into «he labor force each most spectacular and greates" with rush Monday afternoon, but ^ ns Hakl they were lucky that XU year than leave It. It takes $15 to losses. This rust is not presently 11 on<? was ln the tar at the $20 billion in Investments to keep known to exist here although it Rufus. sald Wa8CO had more th?,n no time of the accident. They took It the>e people out of the unem ployment lines and to put them does in Union, Umatilla, and va.’- nul Baum had another square to Thp I)a,les for rePairs Monday- THE GR EA T EST M O D E R N M O V E M E N T ious Washington counties. Erad dancing lesson at Rufus school Charles Williams and a friend on the production lines.’’ ication of the European or com- sautrday night with more than from Federal road department mon barberry is ne?essary fur two squares turning out. Every Army engineers at Vancouver, control of this rust. SUNDAY & MONDAY. MAY 7 - 8 one seemed to have a good tim? Wash , stopped Thursday after The more common types of as they usually do. Several cou noon at the home of Mrs. Georg; More th in one-third oi our nation « people voluntarily and rust in this area are the strip*; ples from Moro were down. Mr. Fox. who is a sister ?f Uñarles. freely pay for medical or hoapital care m through coop f t -ALL ITS— i and leaf rusts. I^eaf lusts attack and Mrs. Otto Petersen took care The men were on their way *.o erative insurance plan« Th»» it probably the greatett voluntary SPECTACLE the leaf blades, leaf sheaths, and oi the lunch which was served Walla, Walla, Wn., fo- a regional movement toward improved health and welfare in the history AIO stem. The rust pustules appear durlng intermission o f the world. meeting of electrical computéis only on the upper side of the leaf. SFltlOOR Every phate of «hi» activity it laudable. The cooperation of which they use In engineering Mr. and Mrs. Walter Morris problems. ANDTHE The color of the summer stage is mduitry and it» employee», and the foreii^ht of breadwinner» were In The Dalles for a few days orange to orange brown. to invest money in cheit finu h ci hetlth in ndvancc of actual Mr. and Mrs Bert Swlgart had Stripe rust has been commonly at the home of Mr. and Mrs. need, are evidence of progress. Active participation of the known as yellow rust because of Frank Adams to help with the their ojienlng at the Rufus Laun medical profewon n evidence of it» »tature. the yellow or yellow orange pus- children while the Adams were dermat on Monday May 1. They The de«ire for improved health, and the newly found penooal tules. This rust attacks the leaves away. They return«: 1 to Rufus gave away plastic aprons, coffee pride and dignity of the individual are umver»al, and you may leaf sheaths, stems an 1 kernels. Sunday night. and cookies, balloons and punch depend upon u», a* upon your phytician, in the achievement of Field inspection will lie made The Rufus Grange ¡4 planning for the children They also wash- the»« objective! for your fam ily. at different times to ascertain Ir- or. putting on their a.norgastxud ed free for all the patrons who f« station. No practical control May 28. This will oe the second called between 9 and 3 p. m. that WASCO PHARMACY program is recommended b / year that Rufus Grange has put day Mrs Bill Buck and Mrs. plant disease sj^clallst at OSU or one on I-aat year It xent ovar Millard Ixdgh helped out during PHONE GI 2-5262 USDA. very well, everyone thought. the day. » rv sit... j Toward Improved Health ESTHER * KING ’S J Ä Sherman Theater
