Sherman County journal., July 20, 1962, Page 3, Image 3

HAGE 3
SHERMAN COUNTY
JOURNAL, MORO, OREGON
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ritter of
Springfield were visitors at the
Tommy Jones home Friday to
Ken Malloy is back again at the Monday. Mrs. Ritter is a adster
desk irf »the Dalmor Equipment of Tommy Jones.
store taking care of the parts de­
partment. He and Mrs. Malloy
have moved to Moro coming from
Portland.
Mr. and Mis, B. H. Roberson
drove to Salt Lake City last week
to visit her aunt who was cele­ Oregon weightmile tuxes paid
brating her 90th birthday. They truckers for use of state high­
will drive around by Yellowstone ways boomed to a record high of
park before coming home.
$16,335,700 for the fiscal year
Norman Frees of Salem came which ended June 30, according to
up Thursday of last week to go statistics just released by the of­
fishing on the Deschutes. His son, fice of the public utility commis­
Bill, left with him Saturday for sioner. This is 6 7 percent greater
than the total collected for the
California.
Mr. and Mrs. George DeMoss previous 12-month period.
were here Sunday from their
were here Sunday from their
home in Washington to attend the
Dugger family picnic at Tygh Val­
ley.
Miss Zora Morgan left Tuesday
The 14th annual Town and
morning for Portland to attend Country Church conference at
the Washington-Oregon council OSU has been set for August 6-10.
convention of the Daughters of Instead of the traditional confer­
America, of which sne is a nation­ ence type program thia years ses­
al officer.
will be built around the ideas
Mrs. Mary Coons is in Chehal­ sion continued
education for the
is, Wn., for a couple of weeks to of
clergy,
church,
leaders, the
help her daughter Mrs. Paul community leaders lay and
others in­
Creighton with her son.
terested in the town and country
T. Lester Johnson, with Dr. church.
Penn Chum of Portland as a guest,
Pre-registration should be sent
went to Hart Mountain last week to the Rev. Lorin H. Bush, re-
to join with some 400 other An­ cruitman, Church of the Good
telopes at the annual celebration Samaritan, 35th and Harrison,
of the rights of man.
Corvallis, Oregon. The conference
is planned and ¡sponsored by var­
ious church, farm and state agen­
cy groups in Oregon.
FRIDAY, H LV 20. IMS
Rufus News
Moro Personals
l j M «. O iye F t
Due to the wimt.v weather of
last Thursday, the picnic which
was planned for that day at th '
home of Mrs. Trace Fields was
hel<I in her basement recreation
room Mrv Reids and Mrs Grace
Me«Her were hostes.-»es to «serve
des.-erl for the p cnic lunch that
day. They had an.’el cake and Ice
cream with punch ar.il coffee.
After lunch Miv. Otto Petersen
chairman, called a business meet­
ing Mrs. Agnes Benson, Pomona
chairman of Sherman county, and
who lives at Moro, was a guest
for the lunch an.I meeting.
Mis. Petersen said the club did
well on their rummage sale held
in The Dalles. M’s». Benson said
all she had on the canning contest
and fancy work, is what is in the
Grange bulletin. The club plans
on meeting at the Grange hall
Aug 9 for its next meeting. Mrs.
Alta Smith won the drawing.
Weight Mile Taxes
Up For 1961
Conference Set
Town and Country
Eastern Oregon
Electric Cc
PATTY O’MEARA
Action Slow
Farm Bill
The House Agriculture comit-
tee, Thursday, July 12, voted 29
Electric Contractors
to 5 to approve a revised version
îommericial — residential of HR 12391. The bill contains
a striped down version of Title I,
industrial
The Land Use section; Title II,
ESTIMATES and BID modifies slightly the present PL
480; Law and Title III, would ex­
REQUESTS
tend a revised version of the pre­
sent
emergency wheat and feed
with no obligation
grain programs thiough 1963 and
EL E C T R I C H E A X provides for a so-called voluntary
milk production plan.
O’MEARA SUPPLY CO. Action by the entire House
Senate-House conference was
Wasco Phone GI 2-5402 and
expected during the third week
The Dalles
»b. CY6-4184 of July.
Sherman Theater
New Admission Prices: Adults 90c Children 6-13 33c
FRIDAY & SATURDAY, JU L \ 20—21
of so many of us
ELIA KAZAN'S PRODUCTION OF
SPtfNDoV
ÄYGfASS
NATALIE WOOD
WARRENBËÀTTV
The only tiling that has not changed appreciably through th*
E. W. HDUGIITON
DEAN’ GILLETTE
SUNDAY & MONDAY, JULY 22—23
The apricot harvest has been
years is the w’enther. Certainly man's method of measuring tem-
perature has been streamlined since the time when a 20-foot
going on in the Hutu« area for the
thermometer was secured to the
past week, and it is thought they
[ shady side of one's house to the other end of the cord and
will l>e finished this week.
record outdoor temperature.
pointed to the current temper­
Last Tuesday, a week ago, the
Invented in 1592 by Galileo,
first load of barley came down to I the thermometer was improved ature.
T o d a y, the new Tempriti
the Rufus elevator from the Dick
by Ferdinand II, Grand Duke thermometer is one thirtieth th«
of Tuscany.
Yocum place. W alt Eaton received
size of that early outdoor ther­
it at the elevator. Several farm­
The accomplished physicist, mometer. It is made from pre­
ers started last week to thresh,
Otto deGuerlcke, Burgomaster coated aluminum with p 1 a s ­
of Madgeburg, constructed an tio caps that rain, snow or sun
but were stopped on account of
Instrument, from a large copper cannot rust or blister.
too high a moisture conterd The
globe joined to a long tube, bent
In the slightest breeze, de-
first load of wheat was received
to form a narrow U, into which Guericke’a ungel wavered. Th®
Monday of this week.
was placed a certain amount new Temprite has bold numer­
of alcohol. The shortest arm of als and a back-lighted tube
We’ve had more cold and windy
the U was open at the top. A with bright red liquid for easy
weather this past week which
tiny inverted brass foil cup and accurate reading. A new
floated on the top of the column type offset bracket with double
keeps the dirt stirred up. Even
of liquid. To it W’as attached a keyhole slots, makes possible
some of the fields blew last 1 hurs-
cord that passed around a wheel full view positioning on either
day when the wind blew so fierce­
hung on the underside of the side of tlio window. Wind, up
ly. This was some oft he land lay­
globe. An angel, with out­ to gaio velocity, will not change
ing idle In summer fallow.
stretched arms, dangled from the thermometer’s position.
Mr. and Mrs. James Fox went
to •Bremerton, Wn., Saturday
where they attended the fifth an­
niversary of Mrs. Fox’ high school
graduating class. They said about
half of the class was present. Af­
ter attending a salmon bake put
on by the naval yard Sunday, they
returned to Rufus that evening.
They were Saturday night guests
of Mrs. Fox’ parents Mr. and Mrs.
Tage Ahlqulst.
Four Oregon State University
graduates have joined the ranks
of space pioneers.
Now employed rt Bell Tele­
phone jahoi atori'-’s. they all have
played key roles in development
of Telstar, the Bell System’s ac­
tive communications satellite that
is now successfully orbiting the
earth. The four are:
A. K. Bohren, former Portland­
er, graduate of Benson Polytech­
nic Hign School and of OSU in
1930.
Dean Gillette, one-time Tacoma,
Washington, resident and gradu­
ate of OSU with a B.S. degree in
1948.
A .A. LundstrOm, Portland na­
tive and Benson Polytechnic stu­
dent, and holder oi a B. S. degree
from OSU In 1928.
Edward W. Houghton, Irrigon,
Oregon high school graduate and
a bachelor of u'cnce graduate
from OSU in 1936.
Wasco News
Mr. and Mrs. Elfin Ross of
Salem were here until Wednes­
day to visit with Mrs. Myrtle
Funk. Elfin has retired from work
for the state and they are catch­
ing up on their visiting, going
and Mrs. Wilson Foot« came
from here to Mediord where their to Dr.
Rufus
Monday evening from
son, Wally lives.
Nephi, Utah, wnere Wilson at­
Mrs. Ida Everett and Mrs. Jen­ tended his 25tn reunion of his
nie Hearing wept visiting to high school graduating class. Af­
Hood River to see the Ed McKees ter spending the night here ‘.hey
and then up to Hermiston to visit left Tuesday taking their daugh­
Mrs. Florence Feldman who has ter Nancy who had spent the
week visiting relative« here, they
not been V’f 1 lately.
all returned home to Corvallis.
'D
Mrs. George Blackbume and
her
daughter, Patricia, and her
( A lt D O F T H A N K S
We sincerely “ want to thank granddaughter, Mona Casey, were
the neighbors hr.d friends and in Portland for several days last
fire «fighters who helped put out week selecting the material for
the grain fire last Thursday that the bridesmaids dresses which
«•me so close to burning our they will wear at Patricia’s wed­
ding which Is the first part of
wheat and barley crcp.
Mr. and Mi«* John Robinson August.
George Fox Jr., of Sunnyvale,
Calif., telephoned Tuesday morn­
ing that they were parents of a
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new baby boy born that morning
The, little fellow weighted in al
Shies & SEHVK E
7 lbs. 7 oz. and lias been named
SERVICE ON ALL MAKES
Martin James. H? has a three year
Call ANDY PAULSON old brother. Lawrence. The baby’s
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
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George Fox of Rufus and Mr. and
Mrs Fred W«inzel of Clackamas.
Mrs. Wenzel D going south to
spend a couple of weeks with her
daughter until she can manage
alone. It was reported all were
doing fine.
Mrs. Lloyd Royse returned by
plane to Portland Saturday even­
ing from a two weeks visit with
her mother at Britt, Iowa. On two
separate occasions, she enjoyed
reunions with her two sisters and
three brothers from Indiana, Illi­
nois and other parts of Iowa, and
visited other friends and relatives
during her stay.
Mrs. Norman Hockley, Marcia
and Norma Rae, of Eugene, ac­
companied Mrs. Hockley’s father,
Lloyd Royse to Portland Saturday
evening, after a weeks visit and
to meet her mother at the plane.
Everett Royse of Corvallis was
also on hand to meet Jii« mother.
Mrs. Hockley and children, then
accompanied her brother Event
to their home in Eugene. Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd Royse returned to
Wasco on Sunday.
CARD OF THANKS
TECHNICOLOR
Thermometers Shrink To 1/30 Size In
300 Years O f Temperature-Taking
We wish to thank the many
friends and neighliors and the
Moro and Wasco lire departments
who helped put out the lire , on
our place last Thursday.
Jerry and Madelyn Barnett
W A S H IN G T O N
AND
SUMMER SALE
"SMALL BUSINESS”
Well Known Brands
SPORTS W EAR
One- Third Oft
S ta rts
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WASCO, OREGON
NOW
IN
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BARBECUE
Barbecue tools and accepsorit’s
ICE CHESTS
Charcoal Briquettes
Li< her Fluid
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F.ARWIC SPRAY
By C. W IL S O N H A R D E R
Millions once laughed as Fib­ ployees. Millions of employees,
ber McGee’s catchall closet I cither unable or unwilling to
door opened to spill the helter- ' make provisions for their fu­
ture. arc thus kept from being
skelter mess hidden inside.
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While causing no m irth, to­
day’s Fibber McGee « Inset Is
becoming the Social Security
system; the catchall for vote
seeking politicos.
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w . 'm
ry
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T his is a
reason 77% of |
the nation’s
businessmen,
v o tin g ,
th ro u g h the!
Nation.il Fed-J
eration of In-
dependent
Business, dis­
approved ad­
W . H .......
arder
ditional So- C.
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cial Security taxes for aged
hospital care.
eventual burdens on society.
In addition, that part of their
earnings paid In SS taxes Is
not being spent now on goods,
increasing Inllatlonary pres­
sures. Thus, employee contri­
butions are antl-Inflatlonary,
while employer taxation In­
creases inflation.
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It also seems obvious that
a poll of employees would find
majority heartily in favor of
Social Security. They would
say it is good for them, a point
of view which is logical.
• • •
Thus, why is It not logical
for employees to pay entire
amount for their future secur­
ity payments. After all, em­
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By 1»69, if no further frills ployers are not expected to pay
are added, the combined SS half their fire Insurance, auto
rate paid by employers and Insurance, other life insurance.
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employees will be 9%%. Rep.
In fact, if the employees of
Herlong has Introduced a res­
olution for a constitutional the nation were permitted to
amendment to freeie the m axi­ vote In a nationwide referen­
mum permissahle tax at 10%. dum. on the subject, there
For immediate cash on
y o u r CCC loan — o r
credit to your account
• • •
I could be interesting results,
While this measure is prob­ especially if it were made plain
ably better than no limit at all, and clear that from that
there is a question if the limit I point on, the full Social Secur
ity tax would be paid by the
should not even be lower.
• • •
employee. It Is quite possible
SS tax Increases poses an that the employees of the na­
economic paradox apparently tion would vote an even higher
obvious to all but to the so­ tax on themselves to finance
cialistic element of lunacy larger benefits
along the Potomac.
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THE DALLES BRANCH
319 Washington at 3rd
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102 Mam Street
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Some Veterans Out
Of Borrowing Time
Entitlement to a G1 home, farm
or business loan will expire for an
estimated 25 percent of World
War II veterans July 25, Manager
R J. Novotny of the Veterans Ad­
ministration Regional Office in
Portland said. For example, this
date would apply to an ex-service­
man who was released frcrrtl ac­
tive duty early in 1944 aft^r two
years of service.
A veteran can compute his own
deadline by adding 10 years to his
da:« of discharge and an addition­
al year for each th.ee months of
war service. To meet the deadline
In connection witn a loan by a
private lender, V A must receive
the loan appllca’lon item the len«l-
er liefore the veteran’s expiration
date, Novotny said.
However, a veteran who plans
to purchase a hom’1 in a VA direct
loan area will nave His deadline
extended one year by addressing
an informal letter of application
to the Portland VA office, provid­
ed the request is received before
his loan entitlement expires.
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his costs and prices at a time fits that employees expect to
when inflation at home, non- i receive. Actually, If politi­
competitive pricing abroad, cians were honest employees
are pointed out as grave na- ( would uundoubtedly realise
tional problems.
that Instead of Peter being rob­
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