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PAGE 4 SHERMAN COUNTY JOURNAL, MORO, OREGON
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1963
who had bvyM-aktentiipg be»-ppn-
xly i cum on at the home of Mei FFA Observing Its
m other in BaRkqpC<?uitoj, .W® it-, in
Annual Farm Week
by A n n a R a is e r
honor ol her brouter Werix Giegxx
A griculture students In Sher
die noted New York cartoonist,
Mrs Alfred Kock entertained
m an High school will Join F u t
h er bridge club at her home in woo spent a low days in t e
ure Farm ers of America m em
Moro T hursday with additional west tor the Portland symphony
bers throughout the nation in
guests including Mrs Kenneth orchestra benefit, accompanied
them from
Vancouver to her activities to focus attention on
H attrup, Mrs Charles Burnet.
home
at
M
ercer
Island. The von the Importance of agriculture d u r
Mrs H enry Barnum of Moro, Mrs
ing National FFA week, F ebru
Don Cox .mil Mrs Donald vonlior- Borstels le lu tn e d home Tuesday
Mr and Mrs Donald vonBorstel ary 19 2 1
stel of Grass Valley. D essert ser
"A griculture— Vital fo Am eri
ved at Individual tables centered went to Portland Wednesday to
ca” is this year’s FFA week
attend
the
funeral
of
her
uncle.
with m iniature bouquets preceded
.Mr and M is K enneth H attrup theme. The boys will undertake
the
afternoon of
bridge at
had
as dinner guest» Sunday eve a campaign to Inform the public
four tables. Scoring honors for
about the importance of agricul
club w ere held by Mrs A. A. D un ning Mr and Mrs Bud Koek and
lap. Mrs Arzell I^emley and Mrs family, Mr and Mi , Donald von ture to America, and of the num
A F Balzer. Mrs H a ttru p held Borstel and M r, A. von Borstel erous and wide variety of op-
portunities that exist in this field
high score for guests and Mrs and Phil
Mr and Mrs H erm an Peters for young nu n who have a back
Burnet low score for the a fte r
ground fo farm experience and
noon. Mrs D.L KeyHolds won the went to The Dalles Saturday and
training.
on
to
Hood
River
to
visit
their
traveling prize. O thers present
"We have such an abundance
were Mrs Eben K*e, Mrs Herman son, Herman jr. and family, and
of
fixxl in America that the j#eo-
to
visit
Mrs
Peters
and
the
new
P ite rs, Mrs Harold Eakln, Mrs
pie are taking farm ers for g ran t
Bill Pausch, Mrs .luck Adams and baby at the hospital, returning
ed” said Marvin Robertson, vo
home Sunday..
Mrs Don Clodfelter.
cational
agricultural teacher and
Mr
and
Mrs
Gordon
Lemley
Mr and Mrs Gary Alden of
FFA
advisor.
"Actually, agricul
and
family
were
dinner
guests
Lubbock, Texas are the parents
of daughter Lynn lx»e weighing Saturday evening at the home of ture Is our largest and most im
portant industry, and it is be-
9 pounds, 2 oz. born in January. his parents, Mr and Mrs Arzell
She joins two brothers and one Lemley.
In the article on the stork
* sister. Her mother, Mrs Ai t Bi
shower
honoring Mrs Don Ver
bby of Portland is there with her.
Members of Sheim an chapter st i ate (Nancy Decker) it will be
OES held iheir regular meeting held at the Kent Baptist church
in the Masonic hall Tuesday eve Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 2 p.m. in
mtig Mrs Harold Lakin, WM, and stead ol Feb. !) as was in last
Harold Lakin WP, presided Dis week's paper.
Mr and Mrs Herman P eteis jr
tinguished guests present were
Mrs Jean Heed, G rand Marshal ol oi Hood River are the parents
the Grand chapter of Oregon, of a daughter lx,rn Feb. 8. She
Mrs Alice Jones, Grand Hepresen weighed 0 pounds. She joins two
tative of Ohio in Oregon and Mrs brothers and a sister. G randpar
Nina Pinkerton, member of the ents are Mr and Mrs Herman
endow m ent fund committee ol Peters of Grass Valley and Mr
the Grand Chapter. Following the and -Mrs Ellis Lary of Kelso, Wn.
Mr and Mrs F rank vonBorstel
regular business m eeting the visi
tors each gave a report. Mrs La were dinner guests Sunday at
kin was given the commission of the home of Mrs J. L. Norton in
Grand Representative of the State Kent.
Mr and Mrs Len Garland weie
ol Vermont in Oregon by Mrs
Reed. Refreshm ents were served business visitors in Madras on
Wednesday and business visitors
at the close of the meeting.
in The Dalles Saturday.,
Mr and Mrs Arzell Lemley had
Mr and Mrs Duane Dunham
as dinner guests Monday Mr and
and family of Portland and Mr
Mis Liner Helgestad and family
and Mrs Shelton F ritts were
and Mr and Mrs Bill Pausch.
visitors Sunday afternoon at the
Mr ami Mrs Boyce Blaylock home of Mr and Mrs Ed F ritts
ami Ivan Blagg and Kenneth and
m Moro. They all attended the
Sharyl were visitors in The Dal
services
at
the
Presbyterian
les Sat unlay.
church that evening. The Dun
Mrs Glenn Perry was pleasant
hams then left for their home.
ly surprised Saturday evening
Frank T. Bayer, Mrs Tom Bay
when relatives and friends called
to wish her a Happy Birthday. er, Mis F rank E. Bayer and Hel
Those present were Mr and Mrs en were business visitors in The
Earl Olds and Robin, Mr and Mrs Dalles Wednesday.
Mr and Mrs Don Smith were
Dick Bust and Neuta, Mr and
Mrs Hoy Schilling, Mr and Mrs business visitors in 'I'he Dalles
Frank K etter and Mr and Mrs I Intraday.
Mrs Chester Briedwell return
John Rust.
Bridge was in play
ed
home W ednesday from Cor
at two tables with Mrs Perry
and Mr K etter holding high score vallis where she spent several
and Mr Schilling and Mrs K etter weeks visiting her mother. Mrs
low. One table of pinochle with LI,ha Guthrie.
Mr and Mrs Harold Eakin and
Mr and Mrs John Bust holding
high score. Refreshm ents of cake Mona and Mis Bill Pausch went
ice cream and coffee brought by to Portland Friday on huslnes-.
returning home Saturday.
the guests was served.
I he Rev. and Mrs Duane Dun
The Grass Valley Reliekah lod ham and family arrived S atur
ge held its regular meeting in the day from Portland and were over
lOOh hall Wednesday evening. nigh, guests at the home of Mr
Mrs John Alley, noble grand, p re and Mrs Bill Todd. Rev Dunham
sided with 20 inemhers present. held m orning services a, the
After the session they had degree Baptist church followed by a pot
practice.
puck dinner.
Mr and Mrs John Decker of
Mr atiil Mrs A. F. Balzer had
Kent went to Portland Tuesday as dinner guests Sunday her sis
on business and to visit th eir ter and husband, Mr and Mrs
son, Art and wife, returning to Gus H artm an n of Wasco, th e oc
Kent Thursday.
casiori being the birthday anni
Mr and Mrs F ran k vonBorstel versary of Mrs H artm ann.
drove to Mercer Island, Wash ,
Mr and Mrs Bert Cox, Mrs Don
to visit her brother and wife, Mr Cox and Mrs John Rust were
and Mrs llarland Clodfelter and business visitors in The Dalles
family. Mrs llarland Clodfelter Tuesday.
Grass Vallev
Oregon there are 3SOO members.
Farm ers chose the
Geotge Washington’s
birthday each year for the obser
vance of National FFA week. Al
though usually recognized as a
Revolutionary war general and
our first president, Washington
had laim ing for ids first love
He w as one of the first in the
nation to practice contour farm
ing, crop rotations, fertilization
and other soil conservation and
improvement methods.
Judge Vernon Miller
Proclaims FFA Week
because a prosperous and pro
ductive agriculture is the very
foundation of our American stan
dard of living. We will need good
farmers xn our future.
As students of vocational agri
culture in public schools, they
study the scientific, economic and
mechanical aspects of modern
farming. Aa members of the F ut
ure Farmers of America, they
learn tlxruugh active participation
how io conduct and take part xn
public meetings; to speak in pub
lic, to market farm goods, to
solve their own problems; to fin
ance themselves; and to assume
civic responsibility
The F u tu re F arm er of America
is a national organization of, by,
and for boys who are studying
vocational agriculture in the pub
lic high schools of the nation. A
local chapter of this fine organi
zation is active in Sherm an High
school.
As America’s future farm ers,
these young men hold in th eir
minds and hands the progress
that this county and this nation
may make in the years to come.
The population of America and
of the world is undergoing trem
endous growth. Despite the great
abundance of agricultural pro
ducts today, it is vital to our fut
ure happiness and security that
we m aintain a supply of skilled
farm ers and other agricultural
w orkers to assure that there al
ways will l>e plenty of farm pro
ducts to supply our needs. F u t
ure Farm ers of America are
training for this im portant work
cojning increasingly im portant
Future
with our expanding population.” week of
Locally, members of the Sher
man FFA chapter plan to have
several
window displays, our
parent and son banquet, and a
tadio program.
Membership in the FFA Is
made up of boys Interested In
agriculture
who are students
of agriculture in high school. The
organization's activities are de
igned to help develop rural
leadership and good citizenship,
and to stim ulate boys to better
achievem ent in their study and
work toward successful etablish-
ment in farm ing and other agri
cultural occupations.
The Sherm an FFA chapter has
JO members. Officers are: Doug
Medler, preseident; Mike Lane,
vice president; Doug Reid, secre
tary; J. P. Reckinann, treasurer;
Dick G rabenhorst. rejxirter; Don
Mobley, sentinel.
The national F uture Farm er
organization has 383,000 mem
bers, with 9,(XX) local chapters
in 50 states and Puerto Rico. In
It is fitting that we honor them.
I, therefore, join with others
throughout the nation In pro
claiming February 16-23, 1963, to
be Future Farmers of America
Week. I urge all jx?ople of this
eoun y to become acquainted
with and give full support to the
I r< gram of vocational education
in agriculture and to Ito students,
the Future Farmers of America.
They are the successful leaders
and farmers of tomorrow.
Vernon I. 'Tiller,
County Judge
endblos
the family
fo lim it
♦he cost
♦o its needs or wishes.
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