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»RIDAY, JULY l », 19<; i
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Moro Personals
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Families are spending a smaller
share of their Incomes on food
today than they were shortly af-
f ter World War II and getting
j more for their money, an Oregon
State University tpecialist re
ports.
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St.qve MpMUUn * a s discharged tig Mftrpia Is recovetinj from the
from a Dalles hospital last wtek mumps.
and is enjoying a rapid recovery
by Pauline Broughton
at his home. His trends are all
Mr. and 5Ir<i. Mark White ami happy that he is doing so well.
Dr. Otis G. Perkins
children were he3*.t last week to
Mr . r,! Mrs
Lloyd Roy-:
Mr. ard M:s. E«1 P-\?eh and Claud spent the weekend in Bug^n-»
Optometrist
W hite of So, tt’e, Wn, and Mrs where they v .c ite ; their son ‘ n
Wasco News
1 Percentage Expenses
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L-aveinia Randal J Grandv.cw law and daughter, Mr and Mt.-
M r\ Kar. lal remained until San- Norman Hockley and Man ia I.;.-
I day w herA her hAs*'- accompanied
her er. the return to Grandview
For many families, the grocery
bill now’ takes only about a fiftn
, of the take-home pay compared
with a fourth short’y after the
war, says Zelma Reigle, extension
‘ food marketing specialist
And customers are getting mora
marketing services with their
food money, she continues. The-e
include processing, distribution,
and transportation services that
enable the shopper io select freso
produce from distant areas year
around.
Today’s food bill also includes
more convenience, more built-in
maid service, ready mix, and heat
and serve meals.
Although food prices have gone I
up in the last 10 years, the farm- I
er receives a smaller share of the I
food dollar. Price rise is due to I
higher costs for wages, freight I
Unversity. She will be a jun.or rates, fuel, equipment, taxes, ad- 1
this fall in the school of human vertising and all other items used I
in getting the food from farm to I
ities and social sciences.
market. Processing, transporta- 1
Mr and Mrs. Gordon Johnson tion
and distributing costs added!
and family are now in Kaneohe, together take 61 cents of the food!
Hawaii.
dollar. The farmer gets less than I
Mr and Mrs. John DeMoss re 40 cents— or a dime less than h e "
turned from Kah-Nee-Ta Het got a decade ago.
Springs Wednesday and reports
Compared with other rising
that the Wann Springs Indians costs of living, food ranks as a
have bought the springs and will good value, says the specialist. In
do extensive remodeling this fall. the last 15 years, the nation’s
Mr. and Mrs. Del Friedline 3re food bill rose 15 percent, housing
home again. Their vacation was
costs rose 32 percent; transporta
interrupted by his illness from tion costs, 46 percent; medical
being attacked by a bug which he care, 57 percent; and average
finally succeeded in getting rid
take-home pay jumped 59 per
of, although it reduced his weight cent.
20 pounds to do so.
Miss Reigle says ;hat the real
Mr. and Mrs. Collis Moore re cost of food can best be measured j
turned from Portland Wednes by what we get for our labor. I
day after a day or two in the Ten years ago an average hour’s
city where Collis reports the side work bought 2.3 pounds of chuck
walks curled up and the walls roast; 1.8 dozen eggs, 6.5 quarts
melted down.
of milk, 9.6 loaves of bread or 24
Mr. and Mrs. Owen Searcy and pounds of potatoes. Today, one
daughter of Salem came home hour of work is worth 3.3 round«
with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pinker
ton Sunday from the Searcy fam
ily reunion held that day at Bear
Springs, to spend the night be
fore going on to Wallowa lake
the next day for a vacation trip. Accidents Not Bad
Alex McCleod was here again
Wednesday morning. Alex has Until June
been having bad luck with auto
accidents, one that wrecked a car
June 24 and another that scratch
ed another Wednesday. But he
still gets around.
Trace Fields To
E. R. Jackman stopped in Moro
Celebrate Sunday
for a time Wednesday evening
while on trips between two range
Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Field hope
tours, one at Warm Springs and
to celebrate their belated 50th
one at Pendleton.
wedding anniversary next Sun
Wily Knighten jr. came up to
day, July 16. It should have been
Moro Wednesday. He is on vaca
June 4 but a car accident injured
tion from Anchorage, Alaska
both and kept Mrs. Fields In a
where he is stationed with the
hospital for nearly a month wi»h
FAA, inspecting equipment for
a concussion.
safe plane handling
She will wear her wedding dress
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Everett
broken arm and all, and look as
of western Washington visited
much like the wedding picture
with Mrs. Bullard and daughter,
Florence over the Fourth and also
stopped to see Mrs. Charles Ad- ,
lard, (who is Mrs. Everett’s sis
ter) in The Dalles hospital. Mrs.
Adlard has since gone to Mil- <
waukie where Charles has learn- (
ed to walk with a cane after long
illness with a stroke.
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Hot weather is a good excuse |
for inertia and there generally
seems a willingness to excuse j
inertia for that excuse. The same (
applies to cold weather although
there are more furnaces than j
air coolers. We do not konw the \
custom in such things in Russia.
COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
taken back in 1911. The celebra
tion will be held at the Rufus
Grange hall from two until five
and friends a r i in v ite d to com e
in and see what changes nave
been made in Trace and Nellie
in 50 years. The “ before” and
“after” pictures give some clew.
Dentist
O ffice Days:
Tues, anil Wed
Moro, Oregon
and spent the day there
Mr. .ar 1 Mr- rr.mk Reifsr.l ier
and children Bobby. Sharer, ard
DcWayr.c spent trotn Sunday
until Friday of last week vaca
tioning in Washington and Idaho
In Dayton they were guests of
Mrs. Reifsnider's brother anti sis
ter in law. Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Dunn, and in Colfax they visited
another brother and sister in law,
Mr. and Mrs H. Lt Dunn. They
drove on to Lewiston and Clark
ston, Idaho and before returning
stopped in Walla Walla to visit
relatives.
Mrs. Floyd Haines and Mrs.
Leo Watkins drov * to Portland
July 1 to attend a meeting of the
ladies auxiliary of Patriarchs
Militant.
Mrs. Gene Gosson and daugh
ters were Fourth of July guests
Harry VanGilder, Mrs. Arthur
VanGilder and Mr.’ . Arthur Sar
gent journeyed to Portland Satur
day. where they joined Mrs. Har
ry VanGilder and attended the
funeral of the latter’s sister, Miss
Mary Laidlaw.
Mrs. Clyde Frkll?y gave birth
on Saturday July 8, at a Dalles
hospital to the
couple’s third
child, a son. The boy, weighing
7 lbs. 10 oz. has been named Rus
sell Duane. The Fridley’s other
children, Teresa and Stuart, are
thrilletl with the new little bro
ther.
Mrs. Leona VanGilder and her
granddaughter, Donna Jean Gun
nels, were guests Sunday of M r.
and Mrs. Bill Broughton.
Russell Belshee was the guest
speaker Sunday a» the Wasco
Methodist church. Speaker next
Sunday will be Eil Fritts of Grass
Valley,
Mr. and Mrs. Steve N Stivers
are now at home at 930 W. Main
in Sheridan, where he will teach
this next school year.
Word from Gia lys Zell states
from Lima, Peru, that she is hav
ing a fabulous trip, and will le
home for harvest.
at the Leo Watkins home. Mr.
and Mrs. John Buck and family
ol Moro were also guests of the
Leo Watkins. Debbie Gosson
remained for a longer visit with
her grandparents.
Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Leo Wat
kins , Judy and Don, .and Debbie
Gosson, were guests of Mr. an 1
Mrs. John Re at the latter’s home
on the John Day
Mrs, Harry VanGilder was
called to Portland hast Wednes
day by the death of her sister,
Miss Mary Lairlaw, who had been
in a coma following a stroke sev
eral weeks ago. Mis. VanGilder
was accompanied on the trip by
her daugh’er in law, Mrs. Arthur
VanGilder.
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like a regular income, borne do not have occasion to use
his services for years at a time. Yet he responds prom ptly
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Likewise, the world's finest drugs and pharmaceuticals,
the high q uality products of Parke, Davis fc Company
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your Pharmacist, w ith his professional resources, are
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that contribute to the health, comfort, and welfare of
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