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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1963)
.v ê ’hvrntitn ^County Jjmtnta Moro, Oregon K<‘W illy r if t li Year Xo. 27 T hese T h in g s We Note Get Acquainted With Historical Society the 3artletts Officers Plan June T T W T T W N Tt had to hapjjen sometime. A Re Imond reindeer gave birth to an albino. W ouldn’t It lie fortun ate if such things happened down south? , . T T W N The legislature Is getting a- round to kill some hills for which everyone can T»e thankful. The more are killed on the floor, tha easier it is to kill them In com mittee. T T W N happy Month For t Wheat Farmers The annual Sherman County I Historical society picnic will I k ? held Sunday. June 9 at DeMoss Springs park. Plans for it w ere ma le Monday night at the Moro I Hotel when the board of dire*- tm s met to care for the details. Frank vonBorstel. president, appointed the following comml?- ti ■ > with tin* advice and consen» of other officers. Coffee: Lester Barnum, Orville Ruggles and Bot» Rolfe. Cold Drinks: Mrs. Clara Koek. Mrs Myrtle Barnum an l Mrs Boh Rolf-«. Nominating: Carroll Sayrs ami A' Jlace May * Mr and Mrs Theodo’e Jo h n ston will bring the society’s pic- poos and any others who have interesting pictures of early days .are asked to bring them for dis play. Two new’ residents wer? put on the Betterm ent committe?: J R. D. Friedline and Jam es Bid- well. Grace Zevelv. Nina P inker ton an i Mary F akin flfre the pro gram committee. T h e b e g in n in g of it dam as a p a il o f the soil con servatio n p ra c tic e s th a t w on fo r B ill T ix lil the till«* o f Soil C o n s e rv a tio n M a n o f th e Y e a r fo r S h e rm a n Here is Dan C. who is buying toe Sherman County Journal a”. I is resjicnsible for this issue. He is an experienced new spaper man of many years training, knows i iii k shop work fully and is a t energetic ad salesman. In addi Mrs Charles Burnet and Mrs tion to that he is interested in H arriet Wells were named to as public affairs. s is t Secretary Mile Ruggles w i'h registration and Mrs Nellie Fields an 1 Mrs Gladys Cochran will he a.-ked for flowers. Henry Graben- horst is in charge of grounds. i'he sum m er m eeting of the society usually brings a num ber of old tim ei- to the county to m»« t residents in a day of visi- ti .g nn 1 rem lscing of early days. Jack Smith to Talk Here Saturday This is Dan jr., now w orking at W hile Salmon on a paper w li) has found time to help here pari til- e. He, with his wife, Dorsella. i oil three sons, Steve, Bob ami I ?-s, will move to Moro when «.cl tool is out. He. too, is a com- p ’ent printer. N The time has changed again at the »»ehest of the oppressive maj- o n ty . We can learn to live with that But we are somewhat con cerned with the probable fa’e of a nation so set upon convenience th at it cannot abide nature. T T W N Before we leave this editorial .•hair there is som ething that w>? must say. The news alxiut S her man High school basketball was w ritten from the school w ith no more than m inor editing here. The team had a rugged season missing the state tournam ent bv s n t e unfortunate illnesses. There was not ane word of excuse sent to this desk not one. In this re gurd, and in praise, we want to quote the second stanza of W ill iam E rnest H enley’s “ In v ic tu s/’ “ In the fell clutch of circum stance I have not winced nor cried aloud Vn-’er the bludgeoning of chance M» head is bloody, but unbowed.’ T T W H J ’e note that some states have a rule against increasing taxes in some years. T hat’s something for the constitution makers. Rain Makes April Picnic at DeMoss Giles L French Driving along the road east at »¡"ass Valley this week we noted the change in the road at Kos • nu. h made some years ago and remembered an incident that oc- ( in red there years ago. Charlev Davis was running the Bolton point and he had sent to Till» mook county for some dairy cal- •yes to raise. He kept them in the EX’ Davis Livery stable in town for awhile then decided to move» ’hem out to the point. Carl Helms was w orking for him and went into town with a headerhed and four horses after a load of the calves. On the retu rn trip, as he turned down into Rosebush on the old road he felt the absence of a brake. So did the horses which broke into a run by the time they hit the first turn. The calves slid to the low side and over they went. Only a few had broken legs and only a few w ere turned loose, most of them being under the headerbox. Bill W alker an i Fred W alker, then on the Vi.it in place, went up and helped put the outfit together again. T T W N Or.e of the sadder things aboi t our changed statu s was the nec essity of d is u s in g of a large num ber of law books we have been keeping for years. They were of the law library of the esteemed W.C.Bryant who was a student ol lie law and owned many text books on it. When George Upde- graff modernized the office after the death of Mr Bryant, he held the books to be surplus. Thinking that we would have a lawyer in tl.e family soon we asked for ’hem and have kept them sine? In order to store our sizeable gathering of legislative and his torical keepsakes, we had to haul •Jem away, hundreds of ca’f hound hooks, obsolete, but of a quality not now possible. County O ffic ia l Paper i ’liilav, Mav 3. UM>3 Moro library Adds 43 New Books The Moro library has 15 new hooks on its shelves of a variety to be interesting to any reade” Among hem are: McKenna - Sand Pebbles, Lin 1- |»ergh - 1 »early Beloved, Drury • A Shade of Difference. 1’owcll - I Take This l.and. The A stronaut» . We Seven Dooley - Promises to Keep, Slaughter - Tom orrow ’s Miracles. Tresselt - W hite Snow. Big Snow, Hawes • The Dark Frigate, Lewis - Young Fu of the E pper Yangtz. Coatsworth - The Cat Who Went to Heaven, O'Dell • I «land of the Blue Dolphins. These lx»oks have lx*en place 1 mi the new book shelf and are available for loan for two weeks only. There is such a demand for our new books that we m ust have tnetn returned prom ptly so others rr»y borrow them. The juvenile hooks placed on the shelves have completed the L ibrary’s purchase of liooks awarded either the New- be, ry or Caldecott Medals. The New berry Medal has been given annually to the most distinguish ed contribution to American lit erature for children published rim ing the preceding year. This aw ard has l»een presented since li-21. The Caldecott Medal has 1 '»« n presented since 193k to the a rtist of the most distinguished illu strating of children's book . Toe selections of the book and presentation of the aw ards are made annually by the ( ’hildren’a Services Division of the Amer • can Library Association. Now they’re talking about pa per clothes. How far will j»eople go to keep from washing? T T W N The piesioent plans to miss *x»ndon w hin in Europe because he* has no invitation to visit T)e- Gaulle and feels he mu.M treat As a result of a Student Cour both England and France alike, < il suggestion, Mr. Tyler per tire, whet u p ’d give for a man mitted Sherman High students T T W N to participate in a student gov- Nelson Rockefeller h going to « rnm ent day held May 2. have to decide w hether he would While students took over their rath er I* president or Mrs Mur teacher's duties, they w ere able phy’« husband. t » see an inside view of teaching h utu re Teachers of America mem- T T W N Wyoming and Nevada are th? .<ers, as well as other student.«, w estern stales with the smallest pained a different perception of amount of federal money s p e d t< aching as they assisted class ’n them That makes them good mates, planned assignm ents and t.rospec.s for residence. •onducted classes In general. A report from the Oregon leg islature will lie presented h.v Jack L. Smith, state representa tive, during the spring meeting of the Sheunan County W hen’ league, Saturday night. May 1, .H the Masonic hail in Wasco. The program gets under way at 7:00 p.m.. (DST) with a dinner and an S 30 program. Implications of the 1901 wheat piogram will lx* discussed by a, nanel presentation from varied segments of the industry. The panel will include representatives from • tit Oregon Farm Bureau, Oregon Wheat league, W estern Wheat associates, grain trade .and credit institutions. Those unab’e to attend the banquet ate invited « > participate in the general ses sion startin g at 8:30 says Hi’.- dred Zell, president. Bill Todd, Grass Valley, 1903 Conservation Man of the Yea" an 1 Mrs Sharon Thompson, More, 1902 Sherm an County Cake Ba- 1 ing w inner will lx* honored at the banquet. B ill K . Todd, second t i in e c o n s e rv a tio n w in n e r, because ol the v a r ie t y of bis soil s a v ing m etho d s on the l l a r r y Bags* d ale ra n c h east of G rass \ a lle y . bill i odd Gets Soil c o u n ty . T h e d a m is on an a rm o f F e r r y can y o n below th e T m lil h v ild in g s . W o r k had to In- stop- , mm I due to w e t w e a th e r hut it w ill rise to abo ut SO feet w ith in a m o n th o r two. are two plantings of trees on the ranch one close to the house for a wind break and the other for the l>enefit ol birds. Tiie ranch, east of Grass Valley is alm ost a model for a soil con servationist with all approved practices ’xnng observed and careful study made of their value. I ill Todd was born southwest of (¡rass Valley as was his wife, Vivian, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. F ritts. Except for 42 months in the service he has al ways lived here and always farm ed i \c e p t for ■ shot I tim e as Col.nl> 00 «Or. 'I'he T odd cliil dren are Ardlne, a junior at Sher man High, Scott, 12, hi the Cth grade and Becky Lou, 2 years old. He has been president of the county win. at league, supervisor of .he Sh-tm un Soil Conserva tion district and presently its treasurer. He Is also a board member of the F irst Baptist church in Grass Valley and Sun day School superintendent. The 1903 Soil Conservation wtt ner will lie honored at the annual inciting of the wheat league at Wasco Saturday nigh’. Wasco Pioneer? Conservation Man of ! ° Hoid Reunion at v A j a • I'he Dalles Saturday Year Award Again Although many Sherm an conn ti.ins are eligible not m any have Bull E. Todd has again b e e n been attending the annual m eet named as Conservation Man of ings of the Old Wasco County ,he Year for Sherm an county, Pioneer association held in The having won the honor first in Dalles the first Saturday in May. 1951. lie was not chosen for any We have probably commented spectacular soil conserving prac liefore, but it b e a n repeating, tice--. hut for a variety of them. that the reunion is w orth atten d At present he is building a dam ing w hether or not one knows a across the canyon below his single mem'ner. The sheer joy the liou-e that will lie nearly tw enty oldsters express on m eeting an feet high and hold w ater for stock old friend is wortli the day. They and maylx* some fish. He has 40 do have a gixxl tim e and certain acres of Siberian w heat grass ly everyone should enjoy w atch and a like am ount of Crested ing others in moments of plea Win at grass mixed w ith alfalfa sure. ¡■ad when he plows it up he leaves The Wasco County Pioneers tin* w aterways sodded to prevent hr.vi the best accum ulation of runoff, lie tuns 15 head of beef pictures in this entire area and co \ on i he 1000 acres of range eacn year they line the walls land on the ranch, which com- v ith them, literally. 'Hie whole I ii e 3282 acres. It is owned by pageant of Wasco county idstory llaa y Ragsdale who has cooper is spread out for anyone to see. ated in all oil conservation work And the Wasco county they talk of Mr. Todd i bout is th? Wasco county that Although some of the land is oik • stretched to the top of the .Mrs. C hristine Thompson, w id being bittoni plowed this year, Rocky mountains. ow of Hans, died in Portland Wed tl e usual practice is to stubbie Anyone »x?rn fifty years ago nesday at the age of 91. She was mulch it with a sweep plow. This within the confines of the origin* born in Seanneborg, Denmark, v ta r he is disking and sweeping |a i Wasco county may join. The April 21. 1872 and was married to his bailey land and plowing his business of the association is lim uie late Mr. Thompson in the wheat land. He uses a deep fur- ited. They come to visit and that l tilted States in 1890. I row drill to seed in iate Keptem- is what they do. That makes i, Survivors Include one son, H ar lx?r. a wonderful day. * • y of Moro; three daughters,; Mr. Todd uses up to 40 pound« ,.rs. Clara Ward, Mrs. Georgie of nitrogen on his grain crops. The junlo- girls Sunday schoo, i hillips and Miss Lillian Thomp Ik* has grassed w aterw ays and son all of Portland, and sever'd h.i about a mile and a half of dl- • lass of he Grass Valley Baptist g, andchl'dren. \c r- on t e r r a c e s on sloping • lu rc h are sponsoring a Holt i .option program May 5 when a, Funeral services will lx* hel 1 ground. from the Moro Community Pres As for weeds he sprays th e m ,ni,r< ^ b ,py WHI show slides tak byterian church Friday at 2 p.m , ano keeps on the watch for the <,r‘ Fion*a of Holt work. Girl» DST. Interm ent will lx' in the perm anent kind. He also s p ra y ; he willir g to collect any us ? 1 IOOF cemetery. hi,- fence rows for cheat. There "lld ren ’s e> »thing, any size, for \orean orphans. Il is not news that April was a v e t month, but it may be of interest that it was the third th ird wettest since w eather re cords were kept at Moro. The w eitest was April of 1941) when 2 IS inches of rain fell and In 191 | that record was first estan- 1 shed. April of 1963 brought 2.12 inches, a big 1.36 inches above normal. Best part of it came on the 21s, with .53. That was the day of the big snow south of Nigger ridge. The therm om eter never got above 66 and that was cold for only the Aprils of 1950 and 1917 equalled that low tem jx'rature I .owes, was 25 degrees which was on the 2nd. We can expect 76 for high. The monthly mean was 43.9 which Is 0.06 below nor mal. 'I’he wind averaged 4.2 MPH ami that is m inus 2.0 below nor mal and helped keep the groun 1 from drying out. Highest wind was 20 MPH on the 27th and ,h'>se who rem em ber form er An- ril winds will consider that a ci.lm. Maximum soil tem perature at four Inehes was 63 degrees and at a foot down was 51 degrees. Thl.- is a new m easurm ent that may be found valuable. Pre byterian Women to Hold Guest Day May 8 ’th e Women's Society of the Moro Presbyterian Church will hoi • its Guest Day meeting or. Wednesday, May 8 at the church so-’ial room. The business ses- o> n will be a, 1:30 followed by th e pi -»gram a, 2. Mrs. Andre,v 1 dilson is program director. The «•»pic is “H onoring All Mothers." At the ?lose of the program, re freshm ents w ill he served. Bab’’ :it I ing service will lx* provided. A.l women of the com m unity are v »r llally invited to attend. Sherman High AcKvi’y Calendar May- 1 May 2 M .y 3 M iy 8 M,.y ll) May 17 Mav 21 .Mav 26 .May 28 May 29 Student Gov’t. Dav All-S|xir,s Banquet F’l-’A I n s ta lla tlo i 8,h Grade Visitation li.oid < ■ m eat I Senior Play End of 6 Weeks _ Baccalaureate . Awards Assembly — Commencement I / A r d ln e T m ld , d a u g h te r of M r. and M rs . B ill T«xl«l, has been ( liosen as d e le g a te to G irls M a t e by Hie a u x ilia r y of tie o rg e l ’«-ll |w»st, A m e ric a n lx*gi«»n at (B a s s V a lle y -K e n t. Students Take Over Teaching For Day ________________________ H e lp in g w e re B io l k o r k , K lto n B a k in , J o h n A llle y Jr., R o y e r H ln y lo e k and Ito d n e y R o lfe . S h o w n h e re a re the R o lfe , F.ak- In an d l l l e y m a«h lnes an the 'd h e rs w e re s till going. In Hie m e a n tim e Roh Ito lfe was ( k i n g th e w eed s p ra y in g . Leonard Echols Dead Of Heart Attack Leonard Echols, 51, one-time resident of Sherman county, die I at Wamic Monday morning, ap parently from a heart attack. He w s w orking for Cody L um ber Co. He was a native of Nebraska. While here he m arried Mrs. Bessie Theole, who survives him as do three sons, Elzy in the Navy, Wayne and L arry both of California, his fath er of Roseburg m«‘ the Thoele family. Funeral services w ere held Thursday with interm ent in th e ’OOF cem etery in The Dalles. 8HS President Mrs. Thompson .tie — a n d Ito lfr'i* n< ig lilx o s l im e Io Ilfs airl t i ii r w r r It. T u e s d a y th e re w e re fl» e tra c - <os a n d plow o iitfitN b a rk in g .o tin I the Ito lte Meld tu r n in g e w n .ir-re s a m ile an d m a k in g th re e o r m o re m ile s a n h o u r. The county court, in session W ednesday, was m aking plans to acquaint taxpayers with th e spe cial election proposal that will ba decided on Friday, May 17. The election is to give voters a thance to pass on a special tax i v y of $45,000 per year for five y e a r', a continuing levy th at would require about four mills ’o taxes over that peri xl. For the money ,h is raised the county could have a road pro- ,,1 am of steady construction of roads in an effort t > bring them le a higher standard. F arm ers «hive th nisnnds of miles in heav ily laden trucks on county roads and several have said that better roads are a gixxl investm ent. The county court, Judge V ern on Miller speaking, said th at the intent of the court was to follow ihe recom m endations of the Ru ral Advisory Council com m ittee as to roads to lx* built. P riorities may lx* c h a n g e d in some in stances Ix'cause conditions may change In five years. Bus routes, tr e of roads and oth er conditions could affect construction The our, Is by law responsible for n u i budding. F irst on the list is the Wasco- Scott canyon road which I, Is hojxxi can lx* largely finance 1 w.th FAS funds txirrow«*«! from e th e r counties where they are not being used. Generally, however, the court Intends to use the coun ty road crew to do as much work as ixissible 1, is equipped to move dir, and r«x k and do gra I- ing. As for engineering, the road crew bull, ,1 k * new Liberty road west of Kent, and 1, was approve«, by the state. Tne cour, and the council com- mi’tee will prepare and send out letters of inform ation to all ’tar- la s e r s ixdore the election. F-ary Ir’.vk Elected Services Friday for • »- ■ n ii* n f c n HI th is s p rin g ram * I b y « »me In ju r y to his spine an d th e dor-tors h a» e <»td««»rd h im to stay o ff a tra rt-H o f a ll th in g s . M r can g "t a n tu n d f o r lig h t « h o irs hut no liftin g . Itn t it pays to h ave nri<til»o»s— th e r r i ! « ’ being Court Hans Information Sheet On Road Election C arol O w ens, « la u g h te r of M r . and e ’ «,«» 'I he w ill M rs . H a ro ld O w e n s , w as sete« ted l»y th e a u x ilia r y . G rass V a lle y R e lte k a h bulge fin a n c e h e r tr ip . Top honor was aw arded Gary irzyk a? h< was elected stu d en t Ixxiy president over Bill Rayon ist Monday. G ary’s main goals next year a te to m aintain the high standard set this year and to striv e to Im prove student faculty relations. Sherm an High filled its posi tion of A.S B. vice president by electing Tom Ocheltree, a sopho more tran sfer student from Mon», i tah. Tom won more than h a ’f i votes cast even though the"e V’» re three other candidates. Carol Owens, with two years of student council experience be hind her, will aim “to do lx«tt»*r than the best” next year when <.ie takes over as s«.*ere,ary. Cur» I <;as done an outstanding Job is advertising m anager this year. Not only was Kaye W hipple nominated , but she was also »pcfed to th« office of parliam cr- ta Ian. Kaye will learn m ore of this relatively new office whlb? attending G irl’s State this sum mer. Sophomores Marcia M artin and Ni ncy Conlee will lx*rome as«is tnnt editors of S h erm an ’s two publications next year. In th eir senior year, Marcia will becom? annual editor and Nancy will b» t'd to r of the Sherm an Hl Times. Karen Bethel, a ju n io r trans fer stud.m t from Eugene, will follow in ( arol O w en’s footsteps as she takes over h er job as ad- • ertislng manager. Denise Miller, Jen n ifer Hahn, Nancy Doolin, Judy Dunlap and M’h er B arbara Jones o r Marv Sue Wallace (a revote was nec essary! w ere chosen as varsity «beer leaders from i field of ten
