S'immum County journal
Seventy Fourth Year No. 37
These
T hing s
We
Note
Giles L. French
Moro, Oregon Friday
-,
J u ly 13.
County Official Paper
Harvest Starts
Yield Satisfactory
For Beginning
Church Reunion
Draws Members
Of Long Ago
Barley is being harvested on
some of the earlier lands m the
county and the Hay Canyon ele
vator has been opened for the sea
son in the Moro district So far
no wheat has been threshed.
George Drinkard Jr. was the
first to bring in barley and it
was reported to be of good qual
ity and making about a ton to the
acre. Harold Meker is also cut
ting barley.
Farmers are convinced that the
crop is going to l»e a good one if
the rate of insuring it against fire
is an indication. They are taking
out insurance of 35 to 10 bushels
per acre with only a few below
that. The county will I k * allowed
to harvest less than 90,000 acre.;
of its total crop land or about 25
Members of the Moro Com
munity Presbyterian church and
friends of the church over Its
75 years gathered in Moro Sun
day to celebrate that anniversary.
William W. Gearhart, pastor
from 1918 to 1952, came from
Ojai, California to make the talk
at the morning session of the
church ami at noon the women
of the church served dinner to
all who came to help them cele
brate.
In the afternoon the session
was presided over by Harry B.
Pinkerton, church historian and
life long member, who called on
visitors to tell about their exper
ience with the church. Mrs. Col-
lis Moore lead parts of the history
prepared by Mr. Pinkerton with
ad libs of her own ami Julia Han
sen, 91, had a few words to say
almut her family the W. A. Wood»
and the church.
Mrs. Marie Wilcox spoke for
the five grandchildren of the Rev.
.1 M. Morrison, eldest son of the
church founder and were Clar
ence, James, Mule, Margarette,
and Lillian. Rev. Lawrence Mlt-
chelmore, changed mostly by the
loss of his heavy head of hair
since his 1930 pastorate, as Rev.
Gearhart’s curly locks are grey,
spoke of the depression times
when he organized the young peo
ple of the community.
Greetings were read from many
former members Including the
L. B. Robinsons, the J.R. Morgans
and Mrs. Elva Byrant and Gov.
Mark Hatfield.
We wonder if banks have ever
investigated plastic bags as a
place to keep money. They are
as hard to open as a safe.
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. What do these do-gooders use
for thinking? Imagine a guy bend
T h e h igh w ay bridge a cro ss the filled hut flu* to p s o f th e p iers are
T he M om <'«»nimunity I’reshy tin* first M-rimm w h ile th ey listen
ing over strawberry plants all
teriau church, b igger than ever, ed to th el »test S unday at the 75t’i
day without the solace of alcohol. Joh n l>ay river m ay he hut a high now , ev en com pared to the
sh o rt d istan ce strove the w a ter a f hig shou ld ered h ills that protect
held m em b ers win» rem em liered a n it it erxary.
Why else pick berries?
ter the John h a y «Luu pool is the C olum bia.
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Cutting the taxes is not a sure
way to boost business. The nation
percent.
would get along better if govern
ment wasn’t so much a competi
Taylor Lodge Has
tor.
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Annual Picnic
There seemed to be some ques
Members of Taylor lodge No.
tion about continuance of the
99 AF and AM and Annie Fulton
governor’s conferences.
That’s
i hupt<*r OES, No 121, tlH ii fain
hopeful, most conventions are
ilies and friends held a picnic at
useless.
the Wasco park, Sunday, July 8.
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After a bountiful picnic lunch, the
The Saskatchewan doctors are
day was spent visiting and relax
very positive about not liking
ing. Everyone enjoyed the day s)
anyone or any government be
much that it was hoped by those
tween them and their patients.
present to make it an annual af
Pretty drastic remedy for social
fair. Those attending were: Mr.
ism but treating it with pale pills
ami Mrs. Arthur Sargent and the
doesn’t work.
ir houseguests Mr. and Mrs. Glen
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F. Nelson of New York, Dr. and
The nation needs to solve the
Mrs. Frank Reid and son Doug
riddle: what comes first, welfare
Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Mansfield
or dependency? Are people poor
and children, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
because of welfare or do we have
liam Masten and children, Mr. and
welfare because some are poor?
astors past and preseiit: I jjw - a«.w, and R ev. W. W. Gearhart,
Mrs. Carl Tuggle, Mr. and Mrs ren P ce
In any event, as long as there’s
M itchel m ore, w ho, it might w h o
graduated
to
C aliforn ia
Floyd
Root,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Ernie
welfare some will get it.
I n * Mild, cut h is m in isterial teeth v\li4*re (lie miiii tu rn ed -Ills lin k s Estella Dillinger
Shull, Mr. and Mrs. Harland Mc on the Moro ch u rch , lle v . E rnest gray am i (lie fish in g is n ’t mo g«s» 1
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Donald, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon <i«MHh*nhei*gei* w h o look s ufter the
We know a man who quit fight
Dead At 78 Years
Harper, Mr. and Mrs. Walter sp iritu al w elfare of the church eith er.
ing crabgrass and found a way to
Bruckert,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Art
Smith,
Estella May Dillinger died In
make it useful. Maybe a lesson in
Portland Saturday and funeral
T h ey are p ou rin g the deck on the Oregon sid e o f th e bridge Mr. and Mrs. Harry VanGilder,
that.
stirrin g m usical n u m b e rs for tin services were held Tuesday in
the Ham llill bridge across the sh o w s the n ew deck at th e end of Mr. and Mrs LeRoy Belshee ami
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Annie Fulton
assemblage.
Deloris.
The Dalles with interment In the
fu
lly
com
p
leted
a
p
p
ro
a
ch
es
o
v
er
C
olum
bia
river
at
B
ig
g
s
rapids
The nation’s labor costs are too
T he new ly in stalled WAi then |<M)F cemetery the c.
high. That doesn’t mean that a lth ou gh one span Ls m issin g from railroad and h ig h w a y eight of
Has New Officers
p resen ted the o u tg o in g WM and
Mrs. Dillinger was lx»rn Marcn
wages are too high, but that not th e ste e l work l>eeause o f strik in g w aj
WP w ith a gift, anti the Jew els o'- I, 1881 in S h erm an county where
Wheat
Prices
Up:
T
he
1962-63
officers
of
A
nnie
steelw
o
rk
ers.
T
h
is
picture
from
enough work is done ‘or the
th
e
ir
office.
T
he
1961-62
officers
F u lto n C h a p te r
No. 124, OES,
she lived until 1920 when she
wages.
added to th e e n te rta in m e n t w ith m o v d to Portland. Later she liv
Legislation In Doubt w ere installed at an open m eeting an
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adden d u m
for th e re tirin g
Sherman Countv
We suppose the Russians will First National
Wheat prices moved up one to S atu rd ay , Ju n e 31), at th e Masonic WM and WP. T he 1962-63 officers ed in The Dalles and lately has
I).ill
in
W.i
1
■
liveil with her daughter, Mrs.
get some propaganda .nileage
one and a half cents during the
Following the informal opening then p resen ted a clev er ad dendum Edith May Andrews at Banks.
out of the spy who preferred Boosts Deposits
past
week
to
sell
for
$2.21
a
bush
h
o
n
o
rin
g
th
e
new
WM,
a
fte
r
Sends Four To Bend el at Portland July 6. This makes and call to order by the outgoing
Surviving Is another «laughter,
death to life in an American Jail
w hich th e W P was p resen ted w ith
Deposits and loans for First Na
W
.M
and
WP,
Bobbie
and
Floyd
Mrs.
Geneva Alford of Portland, a
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a price of $2.05 in Sherman Coun
a tiny m in iatu re
gavel by hlu
tional Bank of Oregon hit new
ister Mrs. Margaret Woods, five
The Mexican president, like the mid-year jx?ak.s on June 30, It was Republican Convention ty over ten cents al»ove the ef Root, Nina Pinkerton of Mon», a niece, K athy Pear«.on. Tin* meet
of the Grand (’hapter
gandchildren and seven great
American congress, seems to announced by Piesident Ralph J.
fective commercial loan rate In member
Home Endowment com m ittee, ing close«!, an«l w as follow ed by a grand« hildren. She was a member
Attending the Bend convention tfle COunty.
think the president Is a very nice
reception
and
refre
sh
m
e
n
ts.
Introduced and escorted to
of the old Wasco county pioneers
of R epublicans w ere Mr. and Mrs.
man, but has somo very unaccept Voss.
Barley prices were quoted at was
T he hall was I h * m tifu lly di c u r
Deposits of $921,320,103 com
the east. Tin* installing offkers
ami tin* Methodist church.
able ideas. ‘
Frank
von
Borstel,
Mrs.
Collis
$49
a
ton
at
Portland
this
past
pared with the previous June 30
were introduced md were. Helen ated in pink roses w ith w n ite, an I
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Moore,
and
Irving
Hart,
who
W
eek.
Both
wheat
and
barley
are
featu
red
a
g
ard
en
trellis
and
World War I veterans are trying high of $871,974.993 a year ago. was elected distr.ct congressional substantially above the loan price. Bruckert, PM, installing matron; fo u n tain in th e east, o ffic e rs w ere
to get a pension bill through it also Is an increase of $27,559,- chairman at the session.
The Moro Grain Growers re- LeRo.v Belsbee, PP, installing pa gow ned in dellca e pink lace for- Masonic Order
congress. Well, the nation is sub 216 over the first quarter figure.
T alk s w ere inadt by R epublican ports only one lot of contraeteli tron; Mildred McDonald, PM, In m als, w hile tin* WM chose h e r
Outstanding loans made thru official . and by M ark H atfield, g r a jn fo r th e 4962 crop. A sm all stalling secretary; Inez Sargent,
sidizing less deserving groups.
the 88 offices of the statewide g o v ern o r and ca n d id ate for th e am o u n t of grain Is b ein g con- PM, Installing chaplain; Marguer d re s s in a d eep er sh ad e of Azalea To Picnic Sunday
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pink to c a rry o u t h e r color «chem e
Th«* picnic of Eastern Stars
The good old reliable Saturday banking system total $530,278,014 office again. R e tu rn in g conven- tr a d e d in U m atilla C ounty area. ite Kaselx*rg, PM, installing mar fo r tin* year. As th e o fficers elect
shall;
and
Florence
Van
Oaasberk
for
an
all-time
high.
This
com
ano
Masons that was scheduled
Evening Post has changed officers
tioners report a very lively time Tht Umatilla lots arc Brevor.
PM, Installing organist, and mem filed in to lie in stalled , each c a r fm last Monday night had to I k *
again and lost four million dol pared with the loan total of $484,- and good arrangements.
1963 W heat A llotm ent Program
ber of Jasmine Chapter at Arling t i«*d a w hite llibl»*, topped w ith a |K»stponed. It will now I k * held
lars. Maybe it wdll have to return 796.714 a year ago.
The Secretary of Agriculture ton.
pink rose and w h ite sa tin strqarn
Total
resources
stand
at
$1,-
Sunday ¡«t 12:30 p in. In tne city
to being gfxxl and reliable. Let u«
has proclaimed the national mini Newly installed officers were: ers.
park
on July 15.
have more of the beer and less of 020,698,266.
mum wheat acreage allotment at Adeline McDonald, W.M; Harland
The Sherman County branch of Jack Ingrain
Invite«] are members of lx,th
the foam.
55 million acres. Oregon’s 1963 McDonald. WP, Astrid Tuggles,
First National reported deposits
orders and their wives or hur-
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crop share amounts to 851,980 AM; Carl Tuggle, AP; Marjorie
of
$2.609,101 and loans outstand
band« Coffee and drinks will lie
Whatever Oregon political par
acres, 88, 012 acres more than the Shull, treasurer; Beth Reid, con Mrs. W. D. Watkins
Buried
In
Maupin
f i l l nlshed.
Th«»se coming will
ty espouses a new tax can expect ing of $987,738, according to L.
1960 crop allotment. The mini ductress; Alice Gochnauer, AC;
bring
the
food.
to become the smaller party at D Price, manager.
Funeral services for Jack In- mum national average support for Bobble Root, marshall; Gladys Buried Monday
Comparable
totals for the
the next election.
gram Friday, Julv 6 at Maupin the 1963 crop of wheat is set at Belshee, chaplain; Robert Root,
About the County
branch
a
year
ago
were
$2.807.868
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were held following hi» death in $1.82 cents a bushel the marketing organist; Darlene Gochnauer, Ad Mrs. W. D. (Celia Mae) W at
In
deposits
and
$929,482
in
loans.
kins
«ll«*<l
in
a
h
o
sp
ital
In
T
he
Lloyd Henri« n t, Carolyn and
Uncle Sam wants people to buy
Portland of cancer He was the quota referendum Is scheduled for ah; Naideen Medler, Ruth; Betty
Dalles l* i ¡«lay ui the age of 78
and Ben War«!, Dana and
stock« so makes it possible to do
son in law of M**s. Hilda Brown, July 25th.
Byars, Esther; Ikverly Hllder- and fu n eral service.*« w ere held Naixy
Kathy went on 1» pack trip Into
it on half borrowed money in
siste r of A. and 0. Douma and
act,wn b* lbe bouse and brand, Martha; Patricia Skiles,
stead of 70 per cent.
senate might change this wheat Electa; Glennie Harper, warder; from th e C h ristian C h u n h in the Wallowa Mountains. They
Two Youngsters
Mrs Joe Peters
acreage
allotment notice substitu and Frank Reid, sentinel. Unable W asco Monday afte rn o o n a t 2:00 left LaGrande on Saturday morn
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Mr. Ingram was born June 1,
ting
some
other pi «»gram. The an to I k * present was Gladys Zell, p in w ith tin* Rev. W illiam Jo n es ing, and drove 60 miles where
We’ll bet the gambler or gamb Receive Awards
1922 at Union and served Ir,
they hired a pack horse and hlk
nouncement
by the Secretary of secretary -elect, who will be In officiatin g
lers who owned that $2.5 million
Cheryl Gentry, a junior at Sher World War II receiving the
Mrs W atk in s was lx»rn (xt«»l»«*r e<| to John Henry Lake, Little
never get their fingers on it again.
Bronze
Slap.
S.nvlvom
are
his
Agriculture
would
leave
allot-
stalled later.
22, 1883 at Nevada, MU souri and Minotn Mea«lows, Bear Lake an«l
The government will find some man high school, Is one o f 119 widow, Jean, a dai.ghter, Jan and ment» similar to the 1961 wheat
During the installation cere has lived In tin* U asco co m m u n ity back to the Ixistlne River—a total
way to keep it. A little guy has Future Teachers of America at a son, Edward, a brother and his allotment acreage.
tending the annual Youth ( infer
no chance.
The House Agriculture commit monies, Mrs. Dale Stump of The for o v er sixty vears. Sh«* w as a of 26 miles,
ence on Teaching lx*ing held this parents.
F ishing was excellent The Hen-
tee last week gave tentative ap Dalles, accompanied at the plan« m em bei of Hu* C h ristian ch u rch
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proval to a new omnibus farm hill, by Grace Gavin Lewis, rendered and th e A m erican Legion A uxili rich« returned nome with 51 fish.
The Mr Spangler who wrote a week at Oregon College of Educa
several tieautiful vocal numbers. ary,
Ben Ward remained In the Moun
H. R. 12391 (Cooley, D-N.C.)
small book about Wayne Morse tion.
Miss Gentry 1« attending on a
The hill contains four titles: Among them were "My Task’
S u rv iv in g are thi«*e sons, Vin- tains to climb to Francis Lake
has lx*en subjected to whatever
Title I deals with the I^and Use 'How Gieat Thou Art”, and Smil tln, o f Salem, A rth u r of Heppner and the rest of the party return
whips and scorns political oppon scholarship from the Sherman
County
chapter
fo
Oregon
Educa
Adjustment Program; Title II ing Through”.
and Leo of Wusc«» a half brother, ed on Tuesday r.ight,
ents can imagine. It is not a vin
The newly install«*«! WM n*ro Ix*e H|M*llinan, P ortland, f i v e
Re|x)rt Is that the condition of
deals with P L. 480; Title III
dictive book One who reads It Is tion Association Future teachers
deals with Commodity Programs; duced visiting members 01 het g ran d c h ild ren and th re e great- Byron Bayer has Improved an«l
likely to end with the feeling that from 61 Oreg< n high schools are
he is conscious at least part of
and Title IV contains general pro family, and out »f town friends g ran d ch ild ren
here Is a loyal, conscientious hu on campus fot the six-day meet
who were present for the colorfu.
In term e n t was in S u n rise «tin the time.
visions.
man being who is hurt to find out ing which end« Friday (July 13).
Everett R. Kirkelie of Moro
Lynn Hampton returned from
The most controversial section ceremany. These Included her mo e te ry at Wasco.
of his fellow humans lacking in
is one of 31 Oregon State Univer
th«* National Education associa
of the bill Is Title III, which ex ther, Mrs. Signe Pearson; her
those characteristics.
sity men named to he advisers in
tion meeting In Denver Tues«lay
tends the present emergency brothers and sisters in law, Mr.
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morning saying that there were
wheat and feed grain program and Mrs Carl Pearson and child Library Course
It is not factual to accuse busi the men's residence halls for the
1962-63
school
year,
according
to
ren
Judy
and
Gary,
and
Mr.
an«*
many fine discussions among the
through
1963,
and
provides
a
60-
ness generally of working again
five thousand delegates attending.
called voluntary milk reduction Mrs. Charles Pearson and daugh
st the administration. Business Van Richards, assistant dean of
Mr. and Mrs. David l«ine of
program whereby farmers are tors Karen and Kathy; and aunt, Starts Monday
has never been able to agree on men
Carefully chosen for their res
T h e Dalles were guest« Sunday
paid $2 50 i»er hundredweight for Mrs. Btt Waldt and cousins, Mr
anything. That is why labor can
The young readers Oregon at th«* horn«* of her {xirents Mr
ponsibilities, the advisers help
and Mrs. Robert Waldt, hl of
not producing milk.
kick it around.
Trail story hour an«l mummer and Mrs. Lloyd Johnson and t«>
Portland;
Mr.
and
Mr«.
John
students
with
study
and
j»ersonal
The
House
committee
is
exp«*ct-
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ed to meet early this week to give Chambers, also of Portland; Mr. reading dub will start July 18 at attend the church anniversary.
Teachers of salesmen used to problems: assist In new student
Mr. an«l Mrs. W. E Lyons and
further consideration to this legis an«l Mrs Delos Williams of Salem, the library for all children from
tell pupils that It was nce«*ary orientation programs and help
Mr. and Mrs. Ha rold Baker of E u the first to sixth grades. They their three children, Linda, Ann,
to
organize
and
direct
dormitory
lation.
to repeat anything three times to
There Is considerable evidence gene, andMr. and Mrs. John Mut may get registration card« at the and John, stopped at Wasco on
make a propect understand TV is affairs and social programs in
I
n
Keith
A
Mobley,
USX,
that
the House bill, If passed, ray, of Dayville. Mr. Murray, a library, at Domna's Grocery or Saturday afternoon for a brief
return
advisers
receive
free
doubling that to maddening limit
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Verne
E.
would
r»e used as a vehicle, In con- cousin of the new WP, also pre at the Sherman Supermarket. visit with his sister, Mrs. Bill
room
rent.
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Mobley
of
Kent,
Oregon,
wasference
with the Senate, for sub- sented a surprise r umber on the There will be a story hour Wed Broughton.
Kirkelie
will
he
a
junior
in
the
The Lyons family,
What goes on? Columnists and
graduated
June
15
from
thestituting
the Senate passed Ad- program, when l*e appeared Pi nesday evening el eight Readers whose home Is In Baker, were re
school
of
business
and
technology
newspaper writers have sal J kh?
Navy - Officer Candidate School ministration bill providing for traditional Scottish kilts, lx*arlng of ten Ixvok« Wnl receive a cert I turning then* from a trip to Cor
senate might pa»s the withl.o.J- this fall at OSU He Is the son of at
a «et of bagpipes, and pluytsl sotm ficote.
vallis.
the Naval Base, Newport, R I supply management control.
Mr
and
Mrs
I
L
Kirkelie
ing bill It lost two to one.