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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
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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
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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
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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
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and her family of five attended night with the overseer, Roy Murray Walker, lx*fore going on
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Linen and some blends of
iad of trade names, hav
W. Axtell, Mr. and Mrs. John Dal
A by Mrs. George
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school here. Mike was an 8th Shafer acting as
as master because to Seattle to spend a day or two plained about “spotting
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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
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Marshall
of
me,
his
wife
why,
he
was
tn
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Mrs
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Peters,„
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Donnell, Joseph M. Black, Mrs.
fall.
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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
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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
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on
the
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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.
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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.
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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.
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