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PAGE 3 SHERMAN COUNTV JOURNAL . MORO, OREGON FRIDAV, JUNE 29, 1962 Moro Community Presbyterian Church Getting Ready For 75th Anniversary & US L. B O W M E N Wasco News PROFESSOR OF DRAMA AT SOUTHERN OREGON COLLEGE AT ASHLAND, IS FOUNDER- DIRECTOR OF AMERICA'S FIRST ELIZABETHAN THEATRE - TH E OREGON SHAKESPEAREAN FESTIVAL • ATTENDANCE AT THIS CULTURAL ENTERTAINMENT FETE HAS GROWN FROM A HANDFUL IN I 1935 Tb NEAR 5QOOO1N 1961 The last meeting of the year for the WSC5S of the Wasco Me thodist church was held Wednes (Editor s Note: Much of the in- Mary Cushman. Black, McLean day, June 20 at the church with formation for this article is from and Axtell were elected elders Mrs. Dewey Thomas, outgoing I h t T hlSt° ry “ f° r the Wilhin a -vear a church had president in charge. She present churthu anniversary by Harry B. been built on the lot now occu- ed the new president, Mrs. Gor Pinkerton, a life long member.) pied by the Dewey Thompson don Hilderbrand with a corsage The Moro Community Pres- home where Rev. Morrison con- and thanked the membership for b> tenan (-hurch a lineal descen- ducted a school as well as church its help during her Incumbency. dant of the First Presoyterian services on Sunday. He also start- Mrs. Hilderhran I finished the Mh^ Chu/°f GrBSS Valley 1?cated at 611 a chlirch in Hav canyon that meeting and members adjourned Moro, Wasco county, Oregon, that was abandoned after some vear# f to the church basement where a was established July 1J, 1887 of service It was the custom of program was given under direc is going to be 75 years old next Mr. Morrison to walk from his tion of Mrs. L. E. Kaseberg. Guest month. home to Moro eacn Sunday morn speaker was Mrs Josephine Hun- The man responsible for the ing preparing his sermon on the kapiller of Portland. Several Was original church was James M. way. co girls played piano solos and Morrison, l»rn in Pennsylvania Morrison had lived at C.arinda an award was given Miss Mary in 1832, graduated from Delaware Iowa anil knew the Woods Dau- Ann Haven on her choosing to college, with a master’s degree ghertyt Coleman, Bennett and Pin- work in the Christian field Re from Indiana university who kerton families all of which latet freshments were serve to mem came to this ar?a in 1885 from settled in Sherman coun’y bers and guests from Moro and Weston. He had nine children. Pay of ministers was small in HE GENERAL E X T E N S IO N Wasco. Morrison settled on a piece of the nineties and Mr. Morrison V I S I O N * O F O R E G O N lS The Rev. John McMurtrey and land in a little draw’ east of Hay’ got along on a meager $100 pet- STATE SYSTEM OF H IG H E R . family consisting of wife, two canyon that he eventually bought year which, while not magnifi- sons in high school and a daugh EDUCATION IS UNPARALLELED after his son, Joe, had grown a dent was more than many min- ter, recently graduated have ar TH R O U G H O U T T H E N A T IO N . good crop after several efforts, isters received who ministered to rived from Cave Junction to take T H IS S T A T E -W ID E EDUCATION The Reverend Morrison ttas in- the spiritual wants of early day over the pastorate of the Metho» SER VIC E REACHES O UT TO terested in preaching and teach- Sherman countians. distchurch. A IL OF OREG ON P E R M IT T IN G ing and soon started visiting Before 1809 when Rev. Morri- Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hilder around to find interest in estab- *»on left Sherman county, church- USE T H E G R E A T brand drove to Hood River Sun lishment of a Presbyterian i hurch es had multiplied until every RESOURCES OF CAMPUS INSTITUTIONS. day to attend the cerem mies at The Baptists had ouilt the Friend- town had one or more. The Bap- -— tendant to the opening of the boat ship Baptist church and had much tists had an academy at Grass basin there and net Lt. Comman Not n money tree but a Savings Bonds tree! This is the idea Mrs. U.S. of the membership among the Valley and the Methodists had She is a 1962 graduate at E9C and mile up the river betw»tn. the der M. D. Tuel, aboard the Weiss. Savings Bonds l.mily 1'errall of St. IIclens, Oregon Is pointing out to homesteaders. — But ^ soon church ill in A Moro. scnools Schools wil1 vtt Morrison i iouil T>uilt « a viiuiuu vioro. 1 teach schonl this fall in Port- highway and railroad traetts Tuel grew up in Wasco where ___ Due ___ or in . land Americans. \ tree of Savings Bonds to help individuals save for the big had enough names to a petition fro,n being knlzl held in churches land- to the stiff ,____ breeze ... it burned quite bis paretits ope.'ateil a bakery to the Oregon Presbyter} and the same building as -lurches things in their lives us they help make America stronger through their Friends of Michael Thoma rapidly before it was put out. Later the Hilderbrands visited purchases of Sav iugs Bondi. C Forbes and Rev. E. N. were established in all parts parts of of O’Brien have ■*«»«? learned if.uii«i of ui his ms wed- wcu- Mr. Mr. and and Mrs. Mrs. Ivan Ivan Bonneville Bonneville the Parrott family. Lonciit together with Elder G. W. the county, usually near enough ding to Frances Ann. daughter of who were in Rufus the p e t cou- Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Lyons 0» weatherford came to the Morri- to each homesteader that children Peter Grochmal on Saturday,June pie months, moved their trailer Baker with their three children S p ra y S ta rc h Needs If spotting occurs, i t ’s usually a e e a n il h o l , l COUld rid#» n r w a iv 1 ■ 23 a t O u r I.a ilv n f Anu#»!« i ’hiiri»)» . > . ....... son home By stage and held a °°uld ride or walk to school 23 at Our Lady of Angels Church house Tuesday to Itelovz Tilla- stopped to visit his sister. Mrs caused by the hot iron earning in meeting in the Baptist church Hiding a cayuse was the most at Hermiston. The O’Briens were mook where he expects to work Bill Broughton one night last E x p e rie n c e a n d C are contact \ Ith droplets of starch not (which was also the school hxated common method of arching well know here when the father, the rest of the summer Mrs Bon- week. The Lyons were on their abstubctl by the fabric. To avoid Many homemakers ate finding on what is now the Mrs. Havie schools which were held three Bill O’Brien worked as 3 signal neville helped out the the Rufus way to the Seattle fair. spray starch a h< lp in keeping spotting, roll garm ent loosely, Brtsbine place). months at a titre maintainer and lived at Biggs.Al- Cafe as a waitress part time Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Harper sum m er clothes crisp and fresh. (ben unroll it af»?r a few seconds. The 19 charter members in- X —2------ so Mrs. O’Brien was a hign school while she was here drove to Olympia, Wash., last Others who’ve ’ried the. ,- new I bis allows the starch to equalize eluded .Mr. Morrison, his wife and RufllS N p W-. teacher at Rufus several years, Rufus Grange met Thursday week to lie guests of Mr. and Mrs. products, available under a m yr uniformly throughout the sprayed two daughters, Mr. and Mrs. O 5 and her family of five attended night with the overseer, Roy Murray Walker, lx*fore going on v.,... Linen and some blends of iad of trade names, hav W. Axtell, Mr. and Mrs. John Dal A by Mrs. George - F x school here. Mike was an 8th Shafer acting as as master because to Seattle to spend a day or two plained about “spotting a 1 1 d man niade fibers are less absor rymple, Mr. and Mrs James A wedding of Interes» to this grade graduate and attended high the Holland Johnsons were awav at the fair. bent than cotton and may need to starch sticking to the iroi Woods, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Mc community is that of Miss Yvonne school in Rufus W ore moving to attending State Granee at n ••mi , the ,H‘ ro,,ed ,n thls manner, r.dvise« There are a tew trick.- , “here w ^ n ' t o ttu ,-h hoj, Lean, Mrs. p. A. Scott, Mr#. C. T. Eilene Marshall, .laughter of Mr Echo. I, was report«! that Mike is in d,e HPeclaUst. expects to teach in Alabama this trade which convert pr and Mrs. Henry (I Marshall of me, his wife why, he was tn the ,es, Mrs (ílo Peters,„ a ,' Donnell, Joseph M. Black, Mrs. fall. She has set August 12 ns her “ ,OnT h«r "tV "' A"en Sl"'V iC" T Alat ‘ and W:“ ‘C She "ha™ ” the .« .„ ^ r ^ p r o g to perfection. says mice ,r,)n “coating usually caus J. Leet, Mrs. Laura Moore ed by spraying toa heavily. If the ? ei,r weddin« ‘late was teaching there. The young which was a quiz program and a marriage date in La Grande. Straw n of OSU. Mrs. America Moore, Mrs. Jane 2 “ — .................. d be fabric is saturated, the starch Moore, Mrs. Nancy Bailey Morri was June J at Our Lady of the couple went to Florida for their spelling bee apellina the word- Patricia started sehool in Rufus Itciiks to be staiche church in La honeymoon to visit her father, backwards ’ P * in 1946 graduating 8th grade in sprayed and ironed a portion at a lnav ball up or flake off' If the son, Miss Ella Morrison, Miss \ alley Catholic Nancy Bailey Morrison and Miss p!’ar” . e; EHte ne h wel1 known in who liv/es there< lhen back to Ore- Bill Huck of Parkdale was in 1954, Sherman High in 1958. Her time, using a gently sweeping 11,0- b’on becomes coated, cool it and Rufus as she wa.- employed for 8«n where she will teach and town Thursday to see abo it the folks raised fruit just west of Ru tion to apply the starch lightly wipe dean with a damp cloth, fus until the highway 30 bought and evenly. Spray starching Is not two summers nt Dinty’s Cafe. Mike expects to go to college. Grange insurance and also to at- them out in 1955, «and at that time recommended for large #c de iron ------- . Mr' and Mrs' Hoy Shafcr were tend the Grange meeting they re-located their hon 0 in Ru ing. For instance, curtain.: and DR. FRA.VX D. REID hostesses for refreshmerts for The Rufus community is proud fus. Z E N I T H TV slip-covers should not be spray Gange and served sherbet and * * J w ill clone his dental office dm to have one of its own as a honor starched. After being warm all last week, Sales & SERVICE cookies and coffee. student at EOT, Patricia Black started out being warm Mon One of the mi SERVICE ON ALL MAKES impo»t;.nt di lag July and August. A gras« fire started Sunday burne. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. it day, but W ore evening tin wind reetions in spray arching is to 6t the qualifying factors about 1:00 p ,m. on the Washing C a ll A N D Y P A U L S O N George Blackburne, made a 3.8 («line with such force as to break Open again in September. in funeral service. ton side of the Columbia river average last term. Patricia Is a twigs off trees and doing other shake the can thoroughly befoi Telephone JO 5-3313 Below Biggs and burned nearly a 1962 graduate of the college ani I damage. Anyway Tuesday is was using Hold the can at a 30 to 1," degree angle when spray ng. Il a lot cooler than last week. held horizontally, it w on’t be pos r sible to get all the starch from Hit bottom of the can when the sup ply runs low and starch will 1 m wasted. n I t JB4 I“"’ •toll ho*t IIOOkfllYAVt For Safe Motor Trip Follow These Rules F LIN T , Mich. Your vacation trip this summer w ill be a lot safer and more emoyable if you w ill get plenty o f rest each night and lim it your driving to 10 hours per day. > These are two o f the most important rules followed by Buick tcs'. drivers in compiling a record o f 3,000,000 miles without an acci- cent at the General Motors Proving Grounds, M ilford, Michigan. A. E. McManama. general supervisor of B u ic k ’s road lest depart- Blent, lists the following as musts for Buick's driving team: 2 Ac Sherman County Journal is the only news and advertising media with a sole and exclusive interest in SHERMAN COUNTY Good living habit, — plenty o f sleep and rest, and a good frame of mind with no worries while driving. Break up monotony — stop fo r coffee or gas, at regular intervals, get out and walk around. Never go more than two hours or 150 miles without a stop. This keeps you fresh, alert and at your driv ing peak. L im it your Dally D rh ln g — ten hours o f driving per day is the lim it. A fter that you are asking fo r trouble. A ★ Car maintenance — it’s a must to keep your car In top mechanical condition. Drive a tidy Car: Loose articles, litter, pack ages, etc., can be dangerous. Keep the in«ide o f your car neat and tidy, everything packed in convenient places where loose items can’t slide around. Packages piled on Jhe rear window ledge become missiles in case o f a collision, and they also block the view o f the driver behind you. ★ ★ * lays 40 m ph., believe it. If it says, “ Slow, dangerous curve,“ la ke the highway department’s word fo r it. The signs are placed along the roadway fo r your help, and they have a good reason for being there. Dusk and dawn are p w r visibility driving times. Use extra care then. z
