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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1963)
I PAGE 4 SHERMAN FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 19C3 COV5TV JOURNAL, MORO, OREGON • Grass Valley by A nrut Ralzer E xcerpts from a Grass Valiev Jo u rn al dated Friday, Feb 8, 1907 found by F ran k K etter when re modeling his house W I. Wes»te field was Editor and Proprietor. "The last day of Jan u ary will l>e remembered by our citizens as having the heaviest floods in 13 or 20 years, when about six or eight inches of snow <Jisai>- peared as if by magic; the warm Chinook m elting the snow and as the ground was frozen solid it resulted in swollen streams, cel lars and streets filled with w ater iloing some damage and no little inconvenience. Bridges were put out of com mission by the flood so there was no train service to Shaniko. “Feed was getting low for the several thousand sheep at Shan iko aw aiting shipm ent "Official County Directory George B. Bourhlll, county ju d ge; Wm. W alker and Duncan Chisholm, commissioners; H. S. McDanel, clerk,; W. B. McCoy, sheriff; W alter Stanley, treasu rer W C. Bryant, school suj>erin en dent; Otto Peetz, assessor; Dr. M. B. Taylor, coroner; John Stewart stock inspector. "Mr. Brooks bought lit) head cattle from R H. King which are aw aiting shipm ent from Grass Valley, "F irst letter mail since Jan, 30 arrived at Grass Valley on Wed. Feb. «. .May have a train Sunday. "I-ust Thursday at the Buckley ranch the w ater was 20 indies deep in front of the kitchen door, says Charley Huffman, some thing never ktiown before. Don Clodfelter lives there now. "Our patent is somewhere on the road between G rass Vulle.v and Portland and it has lieen nec essary for us to publish tills week on tlie "half shell’ it Las been a had week to gather news of any kind and we hope our subscriliers will not criticise us too harshly* Amen. "F red Haynes was in from Kent Tuesday evening hunting trouble on the telephone line. MlM Sigman's pupils gave her a little surprise Tuesday even ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs C I). Watkins, it being her b irth day. Grand Concert: The DeMoss family consisting of 11 (icrforin* ers with George DeMoss as m ana ger, will give a vocal ami in stru m ental concert in the Grass Valley Opera House on Monday evening. February 11. Doors open at 7 ’ ■ ’ ' . ’ Reserve ¿eats 50. rept«, children half pried and a «qx’cial reduction on family tickets." Some of the ads in the paper were from the Citizens Commer cial Co., Department Store We sell everything Land For Sale by L'. R French ¿ .C o , Li t your farm now; We are prepaied to handle any am ount of land, on a most liberal commission. Call and list your property. Horse Heaven W heat Land. (’. A. Heath & Sous, Real Es late an<l Insurance. U ndertaking Goods, Tally New comb; Dr. M B. Taylor, physi cian & surgeon; Hollis Wilcox, proprietor of the Postoffice ami Candy store. Roy J Baker, la w y e r & Coun sellor, Notary P u rl? office near Citizen’s Bank ,M(S L etter Coulee w;o liostess at a parly at her burnt* in Moro Wednesday afternoon. Dessert \e d at individual tables preceded the afternoon of bridge a t three tables Scoring honors were neld by Mrs H enry Barnum, Mrs. J. K McKean and Mr> Charles Burnet all of Moro Others present wen- Mrs Cat roll Sa. rs, Mi s Irving H a d , Mrs A rt Christianson, Mr- Jam es ’Tiwater »nd Mrs Alfred Kock, all of Moro and Mrs ArzeH I^m ley, Mrs Bill Pausch and Mrs A. F. Balzer of Grass Valley. Mr and Mrs Bernard Martin returned home Saturday from a two week trip to Los Angeles to visit her sister, Mrs Peggy Nicks They went to Plajuana, Mexico, to ElPaso, Texas, to Mesa and Phoenix, Arizona and to Palm Springs, California and hack to Portland. Mr and Mrs Bernard Martin City Truck & Dray, John Hays, went to Portland Monday Jan proprietor. All orders prom ptly 2s on business and returned homa attended to ami charges will be Tuesday. reasonable. Mrs. Kendrick Dunlap was hos‘ Groceries — Groceries ess at a party at her home Thurs The right place to buy. Fresh goods of the best in the grocery line. Call and see my store. Your patronage solicited. J 11. B ilk er Diqxisit your private papers in a place where they will lx» easil.v found when you wish to refer t » them. You can leave them in our vault if you like, no charge The Citizen’s Bank day afternoon honoring her mo th e r in law, Mrs. A. A. Dunlap, on h e r birthday anniversary. The afternoon was spent playing bridge at tw o tables w ith Mrs. H erm an P eters holding high score for th e afternoon. Others present w ere Mrs Arzeil Lemley, Airs Eben Leo, Mrs Bill Fauseh. Mrs Glenn P erry and Mrs A. F Balzer. The honor guest was pre sented with a gift from the group. Mr and Mrs William B rinkeri returned home Sunday, January 27 from Medford where they had spent a week visiting her mother. Mr a n d Mrs W illiam Brinkeri and Gary went to Rainier, Wash. Saturday and brought hi3 mo ther, Mrs. Rill B rlnkert home after spending two weeks w ith Mrs. Beatty Kelley. Mr and Mrs Tommy Eakin and daughter are In Portland for ten days while he Is in training for the Air Force National Guard. Mr and Mrs Verne Mobley of Kent took th eir daughter In law Mrs. Keith Mobley to the home of h er parents in Bend Sunday after spending about a month to San Jose where they visited land. They celebrated . Cathy's here with Uieia. I her aunt and uncle, spending three and her grandfather* bir.hdaye -Mr and Mrs Adcipa Marino and daughter of Portland »peat Sun day here visiting at ti e horn» of Mr ar.J Mrs E a rl Olds Mrs J. W. Bxagg was p k a s a h u y surprised W ednesday w hei friends called to w ish her a H ip py B irthday Tho;e enjoying th afternoon of visiting were Mrs E arl Old, Mrs. Ralph Rust, Mrs. Dick Rust and Xeuta, Mrs. E rank E. Bayer, Mrs. Dennis Anderson and Mrs. Don Smith. Birthday cake, ice cream and coffee brought by the guests were se rv ed later. Angelo Owens of Kent was a guest of Nancy A lberty Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. A rt Schilling and Mrs. Roy Schilling took Mrs. W. E Schilling to Portland Wednesday, Jan. 23 to the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. Dick E dw ards for sev eral weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Don Clodfelter returned home Saturday from a trip to Phoenix and Tucson, A riz , and to Santa Barbara. Calif., and J a eel. j on •. e t..p . I r. u Mr j a m e rle ? Z .r 'r .p t - z .f M. s : Citess at a l a r t y «.t he. re m t seek. Monday :v;r.ir.g honoring Mrs Don Smith cn hei birthday anr.i •«r;»ry Bridge -.a s in piay at two tables w ith Mrs Dick Ru t holding high sto le and M r: Rov Rayon of Moro low. o th e rs pre sent were Mrs. F ran k Ketter, Mrs John Rust, Mrs. Glenn P erry and Mrs. Orville Ruggles. R efresh m ents were served by the host ess. A stork show er honoring Mrs. Don V erstrate (Nancy Decker) of Yakima will he neld at the Bap tist church in Kent Tuesday F ebruary 9 at 2 p. m. Everyone is invited. Mrs. A. von Bcrstel and Phil and Mrs. Claus Bardenhageu w ere business visitors in The Dalles Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Garland and Cathy of Lexington sjvcnt the weekend here at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Len Gar Mrs Cochran had quite an ex perience one day w hen she was sitting on a bench under a tree in the Park Queen su rf w ith her purse beside her, several teenage ls»ys were riding bicycles around there when one of them took her purse and ran. She ran after him scream ing for him to drop it. She got close enough and he fin ally dropped it for which she was thankful. 'l’he Kees also visited the islancs of Oahu and Maui while there They returned home Monday, Jan 28 In time for the stiow storm of last week. SHERMAN THEATER 'RIDAY - SATURDAY - SUNDAY FEB 8 9 10 SUNDAY MATINEE 2 00 pm , IF A MAN ANSWERS | SANDRA DEE BOBBY DARIN ij) 1 •’ SNEAK PREVIEW Friday Night Only CHUBBY CHECKER DUKES OF DIXIELA . Scouts Stress Physical Fitness STRENGTHEN AM E s <»•' Giere comes a time when every housewife realty wants an electric dryer When you’re “up to your neck" in family w ashing...w hen the weather makes drying clothes the old-fashioned way a dreary and endless chore—th a t’s when you really want an electric dryer! A modem electric dryer promises you perfect clothes drying weather, anytime! W an n and gentle action does up your linens, cottons, silks and synthetics with lexs w tinkling, less wear and tear. And there’s no lifting, lugging, stretching and pinning for you. S C O U T W EEK Be kind to yourself. Get a new electric dryer for easy, worry-free washdays. See ‘he new models at your electric appliance dealer’s today. F E B R U A R Y 7 -1 3 , 1 9 6 3 B O V S C O U T S O F A M E R IC A Scout Week Celebrates 53rd Anniversary Phytiral fltaen, one of the principal aims of (he B ot Scowl« of Ameriea for S3 yearn, it recehin< «pedal emph*. • ’» during Scout Week in February by the organiMtloB*» S .2 1 M M members. The theme, "Strengthen America—Bo Prepared— Re Fit", a« «hown on Gie new 1963 Seoul W t r l poster, will be dramatized during «pedal meeting» on nearly 133 000 Cub Scout pack«, Boy Scout troops, and Explorer ic P ow er & L ig h t C om pany You Live B etter... Electrically! »M i ■ or.r. v .i. zt. ». Tr.i Vuiles Friday cn business ii»u at icuded the t'n rlh Club dinner. Mr and Mr; Frank Sa>f% Tuny .iiiil Mell a, of .Moro were dinner guests Sunday at the home ot her mother, Mrs. A. von Boi stel. Mr. and Mrs. Arzeil Lemley sjient F riday afternoon and even ing visiting a t the hom e of Mr and .Mrs. Alfred Kock in Moro. Mrs. D. L. Reynolds returnee» Sunday after spending a few days »»i id e m a. Wash., w here she visited hei m other in law, Mrs. O. C. W isner who is ill in the hospi tal. She also visited h er brother at Chehalis. Mr. and Mrs. John R ust tooK their grandson, Ricky W ilson t> the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wilson in Bend Sunday, after spending a week here w ith them. Mr and Mrs Eben Kee left on December 19 from Portland a ir port for Hawaii w here they sur prised his sister and husband. Mr ami Mrs Loy Cochran, who were there visiting their son, Gordon, who Is an architect and just returned from Guam, where a hurricane or typhoon did a lot of damage to the island. He was to go hack to Guam Jan. 1 fo r six months. When the K ees a rri ved there it was 51 degrees, the coldest on record. They had lots of rain and lot of sunshine, too. i' .♦ \ ■ •. .al .r : .h r F o u i i 'r .j.l. von ¿ o ii.il la it
