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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1963)
r nf o i . m n \ n r Sternum (¡County journal Seventy Fifth Year No. 30 These Things We Note V- Giles L. French Moro. Oregon Memorial Dav Will Be Observed Bv 75 Finishing Grade Schools Approval Given Road Lew; $225,000 To Be Raised Bv 1967 American Legion The Wasco American leg io n post, Frank Drown, will be host at the annual Memorial day p a r ade and program to be held on the courthouse grounds about noon, May 30, next Thursday. Ray VanGilder is in charge of the job of arranging the program and has obtained Wallace Ken ney, comnrander of D istrict 5. American te g io n as speaker ror the day. Parade entrants will gather at the city park on the txall ground site by ten o’clock to be lined up T here will be horsem en from the riding clubs, the high school ten d , veterans able to march and vet erans able to ride. They will m arch up the hill to the court house where the program will be presented near the m arker erec ted in honor of veterans of all wars. Friday, May 24, 1963 In Sherman Co. Seventy five youngsters will graduate from eighth grade class es in the five Sherm an county schools anti be ready to enter Sherm an High school next fall. They are: ItufiM — District No. 3 Rufus • District No. 3, Gradua tion May 28, 8 p.m., Rufus school gymnasium. Barbara Tmes. Beverly June Bates, Robert W ayne Chutney Sandra Lee Dowell, Ronald Ix*e Hlnkley, Dan R. Jensen, Donna Joens, Ella lx»u McElroy. Shir ley Morris, I» ra h L. N ottier Cathy Lynn Ocheltree, Leslie I Parker, Lynn Parker, G’adine Phillips, David M. Reniff, N i c k Reniff, Sandra Reniff, Sandra Riedlinger, Dennis K Staats. Lonnie Sunderland, J a c k E. White, Mary Karen Wilson. The other day in The Dalles, we passed an Indian woman stand ing beside a building. We looked back at h er anti she questioned, “W hat’s th e m atter w ith my legs’ ”, a oommenS on o u r cur- iousity and o u r masculine incli nation to look at the legs first to detem ine w hether to look at the face or not. We went hack to explain tliat Indian women in th eir moccasins have so much t e t te r carriage th an w hite women in th eir high heels that they are always a pleasure to see. W hile we were talking a much older W a *-« D istric t No. 7 woman walked post; -hurt, fat, Republican Women Wasco - District No. 7, Gradua but with a back as straight as a tion May 28, 8 p.m. Wasco school Arrange House Show die. She had perfect posture. Auditorium. T T W N Krista Kae Adkins, Stephanie In The Dalles Ann Barnett, Delores Belshec. W hat this country’ needs is a Albert Dean Dormaier, Douglas thin, tough paper, durable and Repeating a popular event of Lee Dutton, Alan D. Finnegan, strong, with which to p rin t our innum erable cards and identifi two years ago, Republican Wo Richard A. G rabher, Ever«tt cations for o u r wallet stu ffin g . men of The Dalles are sponsoring Dean Grogan, Iva May Hill, Philip a Home T our in that city from 2 C. Jones, Lois Ann Kaseber.i, T T W N to 5 p.m., Saturday, May 25. Bruce Lane, Faye Lucille Lari During Cooper’s interm inable Representing an interesting more. flight in space th e grandchildren variety in architecture and fu r Diane Marie Macnab, Jan e E. gathered around grandpa at the nishings, the five homes to be Macnab, Richard G. Macnab. television and during a com m er open for public showing include Sharon Kaye N istet, Philip Gio: cial questioned him about the those of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Rice, gory O’Meara, David T. Riche’- greatest invention he rem em tered 1715 Jordan Street; Mr. and Mrs derfer, H eather Ridle, Maurice in his time, which seemed to them Malcolm Krier, 218 E ast 9th Vernon Root, Howard E. Spen as long as the reach of tim e it Street; Dr. and Mrs. Philip Dough cer, Paula K athleen W alker, Da self. “The greatest thing I rem ertv. 1702 E sther Way; Mr. and vid Law rence Welk, Jeanney em ber was the invention of a Mrs. John McClaskey, 506 Ea-d Lynn Welk, Beth W illiams. sh irt that didn’t have to be pulled 5th S re o t, and Mr. anti Mrs. D. S on over my head”, he said. And Elwood, 715 E ast Scenic Drive. Moro — D istrict No. 17 what, they inquired, was the te st Coffee will be served throughout Moro - D istrict No. 17, G radua lesson you ever had, "T hat's the a fte in x in on the natio of tion May 28, 8 p.m., Moro school easy”, said th e old man, “ I learn the Bert Keith home, 701 Court Auditorium. ed most teaching a caif to drink S t ASM William Michael A lsuit Judith out of a bucket” Detafts of the tour and tickets Ann Axtell, David P. Bayer, Ron T T W N may be obtained by calling either Burres, Vivian Joyce Decker, We still think w e’re sending the of the co • chairm en, CY 6-9372 Janice Marie De Moss, Margo te a w rong persons into space. or CY 6 • 2636 or at I>ance Appat- G rabenhorst, Donna Jean Gun T T W N el in The Dalles. nels, Kathleen Ann Heater, Ro W hy not elect Jim m y Hof fa bert E. Helgeson, Patrick. I.. president and raise everyone’* C D If Kenny, Kathleen Jane Miller, Jill w ages’ rarm Bureau lias Moore, Cecyl Holloway Mulic T T W N zx • • »1 - s i Bruce R otert Pinkerton, Richard Over in Gilliam county there Opinion About Labor H enry Powell, Allan John Shir are thousands of acres of good D’ll KI D J* ley, Judith Elaine Thompson, Vi< grass and in Sherm an county Ollis Now Pending ki Diane V irtue only slightly less, and a large part of it is not being eaten by ani By Scott ten th Grass Valley — District No. 23 mals of any kind. It was the ori Information Director Grass Valley - D istrict No. 23, ginal resource and still a good The te b o r • Parmer Battle G raduation May 28, 8 p.m. Grass one, but fan n ers are using some As the legislature draw s to a Valley School Auditorium. thing less than half th e ir acres close, the battle between the la Sharyl Eileen Blagg, J e ssk for production and getting in t e r unions and th e farm ers Ann Brander, Louise V ernette come from politics. grows more obvious. te b o r ’s e n Eakin, E dgar Claude Eslinger, T T W N try Into the agricultural a r e a June Noreen Faria, Carmen Hel It is surprising how many el- hinges on unionizing both farm en Johnson, Kathleen Francis lerly men are light and skinny, w orkers and farmers. The union King, Harold David Gwens, Glen th at is, surprisin g to everyone pitch for farm w o rkers comes da Diane Perry, Julie Suzanne but the doctors, w ho ray th a t’s mainly from the AFL - CIO, Reynolds, M y r n a Sue Sisco, the only kind who get elderly. while the T eam sters union has Cathy von Borstel chosen dairy fan n ers for their T T W N entry into representing farm ers Kent — D istrict No. !» C.l We’ve ju st noted a piece about Bills pending in the legisla Kent • D istrict No. 9 CJ, Grad the education of women. Certainly ture p retty well m ark the course uation Monday, May 27. 8 p in., tiiere’s nothing men can teach ’em which divides agriculture from K ent school Auditorium. T T W N la te r. Senate Bill 64, which Colleen L. Jeffries, and Terrv So much for science departm ent: would set minimum wages for Michael Stark. they still put watch pockets in agriculture w orkers, is getting pants. Maybe for the modern the full treatm ent from labor-) dollar. controlled representatives, while Nancy McKean, Jack T T W N the farm legislators are opposed If you feel sorry for pourself, to the bill. Senate Bill 406, which Kellogg Chosen you should. would prevent stranger picketing T T W N of farms, Is naturally oppose,! MlB8 wag On a j>encil on o u r desk is p rin by organised labor and hoped a ()f ted: "Think it through again’’ for by farm groups. te the outstanding senior girl of T T W N In hte tax area the la te r un the 196.3 graduating class a t Sher ions have opposed any tax bill The story that Mississippi isn't man High school at class night getting its previously announced which would levy more taxes on exercises. Jack Kellog was simi- share of federal projects lead’s the , , working _ man a while farm , ers , larlly picked as the q u fstan d in i , Teacher8 f t n r d sin- to the conclusion that if you live claim property taxea are unfair by the federal dollar, you will to rural Oregon. dents singly arai in groups to re- Since most of o r» a n l» l labor for var)ous- a c tM |. die by it. is in the heavily populated areas K-s and souk * citizen s w ere chos- T T W N r„ vlv e ,or Most of the reasons given for of thè aiate. It i . qulte n aturai „ the dire need of a tax cut have that thè m ajority of legislatori* to the school. New officers were evaporated They never were goor! also cotne from these areas Agri sworn in by their predecessors culture, therefore, fights a rear w ithout reduction in spending guard action on most of the legis T T W N Wontler if th e medical arg u lation. Compromises and arbitra m ents a te u t the danger? of c!” tion on the bills presenter! by ag <>0WlerS Go VlSltlflg; | fl aette smoking are having mu~h rlcu ltu re weaken them conaKle, p|ace arette smoking are having m u c i abiy, while bills present«! by b t e r fare quite well. T T W N Sherm an County bowlers (In Presumably, IxXh are looking cluding A rt Buetber, I/»roy Mar Maybe the advantage of the com puter doesnt, equal the loss after t t e te st interest« of their tin, Clarence Higley, Bernard representative groups. However Martin, Dick Rust and Gale May». In human ability to comnute in the shuffle t t e best tong • tim e along with H arry F ls te r of The T T W N An im portant asset for a bar interests of Oregon are over I/alles, Journeyed to Pendleton looked. F o r instance, higher last March 16 to form a five-man becue set is a smoke arrester wages for farm w orkers are fine, bowling team w ith two substi T T W N Oswald West, former Oregon but can Oregon compete against tutes in order to purtiripate in governor and always a fine citi o tte r agricultural areas if a min the Annual State Bowling Tour nam ent held at that time. zen, sent us the following poem imum wage becomes law ’ -Fortunately, most legislators Matching tl.eir skills againri a short time before his death. E n keep such thoughts In mind, but top bowlers in Oregon, the team titled ”My P ray er”, It reads: “I knell not now, to ask that Thou some work for only one group placed 4th in t t e state, bringing of people and by bo doing do not lr winnings cf $107.00 Beside Make white a single sin; I only knell to thank Thee I»rd represent the te st interests of the howling as a teem, doubles and state ' rlngtea were also bowled For what I have not been ”. County Official Paper Sherman Farmers Sherman Countv Club Experiments May To Hear About Work Favor Defeated On Adult Education Wheat Controls Voters of Sherm an county have decided that they would like to have some better roads built. By The referendum tin wheat con a vote of 389 to 112 they voted trols held Tuesday all over the approval of a $225,000 five year United States resulted in more continuing levy, which will be than a million votes being cast, $45,000 per year. The cost in mills many of them by ¡M-rsons who h i? will t e a te u t four—o r less if the never voted before on such a valuations are raised. proposal. The vote by precincts: The result was a decisive set YES NO back for the adm inistration and Rufus 00 10 the Secretary of A griculture, o •- W a s c o ___ ______ 97 21 ville Freeman, who had »ried by M o ro ------ --- . -------- 82 20 every means possible to eneour- Grass V a lle y ------ -- 30 28 age a favorable vote on Die pro K ent . . . ---------- 20 28 posal. 289 113 In Oregon the referendum fail The north end of the txjunty was strongly favorable perhaps ed by a vote of 5032 to 4637 .» tiecause the first project will be cording to early returns. the Scott canyon road connecting In Sherman county the far Rufus and Wa9co and the south mers voted in greater proportion end was opix>sed because of than last year for the controls, doubt about what it would get the division te'ing a te u t SO per- from the levy. The vote indicates I cent for them. that. BY DISTRICT: Tile levy will lie on the Nov em ber tax bills. YES NO PLEAD NOT <4 ILTY Both Jake Gross and Dolphin Baker entered pleas of not guilty when arraigned before Judge E H. Howell In circuit Court here last T hursday. Argument for a change of venus on tehalf of (b o ss was argued in court T hurs day of this week Lix-ust Grove Was«» Moro Grass Valley Kent Mall Total 65 72 85 71 23 68 9 10 29 31 13 S 384 95 T te Sherm an County club will meet next Tuesday night at the Masonic hall. The program will be a te u t the very excellent work done last year at the high school in adult education. Sherm an had more such classes than many larger places and they were varied from history to a rt to knitting. Ed Tyler will be th e speaker as I k » knows the subject from his experience here and te»fore com ing to Sherm an county. Wives and guests are invited. Sherman Trackmen Take Third Place At District Meet Sherm an’s trackm en placed 3rd I In- d i s t r i c t i i u v t In Bums, May 18. B urns and Nyssa took top honors with first and second respectively. Other district teams competing were Heppner, E n ter prise, Pilot Rock, G rant Union and Vale. Doug Blah, T erry Decker, and Bill Doolln were among those earning a first or second ribbon and thus qualifying for the state meet in Corvallis, May 24 and 2r Blsh nabt»ed a first in the high hurdles and a second In the lows. Doolln threw the Javllln for his first place and came in second in the broad Jump. Decker’s qual ifylng event was the pole vault in which he took second place. Other Sherm an players placing included: Virgil Fields, third in the 220 and fourth In the 100; Bolt Parker, fifth in te th high and low hurdles; Ernie Mix »re, f i f t h m mo, s tc ic Gentry, sixth in pole vault. T te relay team, Moore, Kent Thomas, Fields, and Parker, placed fifth. ,ii Max Barzee Elected Commander Of Chris Schultz Post Chris Schultz American Ix»glon Post No. 71, Moro, held election of officers W ednesday evening at tin* meeting held in the Ix»gion Hall Max Barzee was elected oom m ander for the «»min^ year Other officers elected an» Glen Virtue, Adjutant; John DeMoss, Finance Officer; Bill Alsup, 1st Vice Commander; Jack Cushman, 2nd Vice Commander; B*»nson H. ttoterson, Sergeant-at-A m is; Ted T h o m i»so n, Chaplain; Giles French, H istorian; Stan Coelnch, Service Officer. I itilo is II. Nickerson, D. Ed. w ill d e liv e r the (Continence* incoi a t Hhernum D igli School Gymnasium M iy 29, 8:<H> p.m. De wax Im rn In Mu I n urn C ity , Culli., I9RJ, came to* Oregon in (he th ird g i a l l e , I I v « m I in Port lumi, Interi.», then in Deppni-r which is the fa m ily home at |>renent. D e I n A*NÌMtant Io the < h atn ello r, and Executive Secretary of the D igli Siliool- Gollegrt IteLitionx (o r in ilitie r of the Oregon State System of H ig h e r Education. Cornmencenien t Program Sherman High School \Ve<Ine*lay. May 21), 1963 High School Gymnasium (1:00 p .m . H’lixessional .. .. ---------- AH Be Conducted “Fanfare and Pivccssl<»nal” Elgar - Rloyhar Sherm an High School Band ♦Invocation . . . . . . . — , The Itov. Fatlwr Gerald Condon V ale d ic to ria n ...................................... ..........................Alice Ka sc berg Salutatorlan . . __ . — ----- — Jacque Buholtz Announcement« and A w a rd s ..................... c Edw ard Tyler S uperlntenent • Principal Commencement A d d r e s s .......... Francis B Nli kerwm, D Ed. “T he Beat G eneration” Piesenfation of C la a a ................... .................. C E<hvard Tyler PieM»ntation of D ip lo m a « ....................... . . Marvin Thomas Chairm an, Board of Dlrectoni ♦Benediction . . . . . ----- , , The Rev. F’ather Gerald Con I m Recessional — . . ---------------- “F’anfare and Recexslond” Phiyh.ir Sherman High S c 1 mw »I Band •Audience will please stand Audience will ptoa.M* rem ain standing until graduate!- iiav» m arched out. A public reception for Die (Tass of pg‘»3 will te held In the Cafetorlum Immediately fol lowing the Rtces-ilonal. Off-Station Soon Tire legislature has not yet tto- elded on the am ount of money to appropriate for the board of higher education and r lth t now the discussion revolves around some additional money for the faculty, hese may t e a cut in ap- priations for ex|»erlment station.»:. Certainly there will te» no Inc • ease. T he costa of the Sherm an ex perim ent station at Moro were greater than the appropriation for tire last biennium and that cannot t e continued, says a re p resentative of th e college by tele phone. Several plans are te»ing consid ered, and the decision will t e mad*» by July 1 w hen the next biennium sta rts One plan Is to discontinue the operation of the Shernran station and continue off station experim ents, which a»*e conducted in several counties in several elevations and with several kinds of soil and times ol frost. In favor of this plan is t t e fact that the station ground has l»een used for e x p ed ien ts for over 50 y ears and there is a residue from t t e experim ents that casts doubt on the value of them, especially as to fetlllzer trials. But, before any decision Is nta<le final, It Is promised that the citizens of Shernran county will have a chance to te heard on the subject. fournal To P rin t F air Book Again iShernran C ounty F air Board met W ednesday, May 15, at eight o’clock at th e (Vxirthouse. One of the pressing issues of the itwedng was the Prem ium books for the fair this fall. It was decided to have the S term an County Journal print these books for them again. Annie Fulton Has Gala Time With Member Guests Annie Fulton C hapter No. 121 Order of the E astern S tar held its «tated «»ininunlcatlons m eet ing Tuesday, May 14, at the Ma sonic Hall In Was«» with W orthy Matron Adeline McDonald and W orthy Patron H arland McDon ald presiding The hall was te»autlfully decor ated with artificial pink roses and fern. Mrs Jean Held, G rand Marshal of tire G rand Chapter of Oregon was an honored guest. Mrs Reid is a m e n rte r of Condon Chapter. Mrs. Florence VanGoabeck of Harold Beach Asks Jasm ine Chapter, A rlington was Support For New also a welcomed guest. Mm. Reid announced the ap Farm Legislation pointm ent of Mrs. M arguerite K aseterg of Annie Fulton Chap Harold Beech, Hermiston, pre ter a« Grand Chaplain of the sident of t t e Oregon Farm Bur G rand C hapter of Oregon for tte eau federation, said today the year 1964 - 65. Mrs. K aseterg defeat of the 1964 wheat program will t e installed during the irt Tuesday'« referendum means Gran<l Cha ¡»ter session to te» held t t e nation's farm ers are asking in D m » Memorial coliseum In P ort for le tte r w heat legislation. He land during the first week oi said the cauqxaign both for and June against Die w heat program was a It was also made known W or vigorous one and em blem atic of thy Matron McDonald would our freedom of choice in this serve as an assistant W arder and country. worthy patron McDonald a s 'I’heie Is no tim e for bitterness G rand usher during the session. or rancor over the choice of the Very talented and artistic, Mrs. wheat growers, t e said Instead, Carl Tuggle, will te In charge of we should all Join forces to wx>rk a portion of the decorating ol out wheat legislation in Congress tte- Coliseum. which will move away from Gov The officers for the year 1964- ernm ent controls and tow ard the 65 were elected as follows; free market. Astrid Tuggle, W'orthy Matron; Beach said t t e decision was Carl Tuggle, W orthy patron; not an easy one for farm ers to Beth Reid, Asso. Matron; Frank make, since Diey in effect, were Reki, Asso. Patron; Gladys Zell, pitting dollars against philoso Sec ; Madge Shull, Tree.; Conduc phy of government, it <k»es «how, t s ss, Patricia Skiles, Asso. Cond. he said, that farm ers are still the The w orthy m atron presented self - reliant Individuals who te the youngest m other, Beverly, lieve In free enterprise exempli tte oldest m other, Idah E verett; fits, hy our m arket system. youngest grandm other, Betty By He said he i»o|>ed the Secre ars, an<l grandm other with must tary of A griculture would now grand • children, Elva Dehler work for new w heat legislation each with a potted pink geran tesed on voluntary cuthacks and ium. not follow through with his A pK-iii depicting the love and threats to create dollar wheat tolerance of a M other was read through m anipulation of the huge by t t e w orthy m atron and each governm ent surplus stocks. Mother present was given a per Beech ;>olnled out tiiat the sonal gift, by Mrs. MuDonald. Farm Bureau program of bidding Delightful refreshm ents were land o ut of production by com served at the close of the meet [sSitive bids and tying price sup- ing. Mrs. Jean Reid and Mrs. El |x»rtM to crop cutbacks Is a sound va Dehler presided at the tea plan for reducing w heat surplus table. Hostesses for t t e evening es> lie said he hoped the admin were, Mrs, C arl Tuggle, Mrs. iNt rat ion and Congees would nov. R o tert Bissh, and Mrs. A rthur consider that plan. Sargent.
