■^limitan Liatuin JJmtrrtaí
Seventy Fifth Year No. 32
T h ese
T h in g s
W e
N o te
Giles L. French
Moro. Oregon .
Friday, June 7,
Junior Livestock
Show At The Dalles
In Progress Now
Historical Society
Prognm Features
Singing, Old & New
The program to be given at the
Sunday m eeting of the Sherm an
County Historical Society at De-
Moss Springs will feature sing
ing, because th at is w hat the
passing generation did for music
and because Sherm an county has
some very’ good singers.
Mrs. Florence T. Cain will sing
"Noble Flag" w ritten by the De-
Mosses, a young people’s q uar
tet from Wasco will sing some
num bers, Jacque Bucholtz will
sing a solo and there will be com
m unity singing of such old num
bers as "Quilting P a rty ” “You
Take the High Road”, along with
"Tipperary’” and other songs of
the vintage of World W ar I.
F or the business m eeting there
will lie officers’ reports, nomma
tion of officers, and other busi
ness.
John I. Sell of Salem will Je
liver the address.
It will be shortly after noon
when the tables will be set to in
te rru p t the visiting briefly, for
even among old friends, the
m outh cannot be used for both
eating and talking at the same
time w ith success.
official County Xcwspaiier
An old show at a new tim e was
in progress at The Dalles this
v,«M*k w here exhibitors for th|
17th annual Oregon W heat Grow
ers League’s Ju n io r Livestock
Show lx*gan checking in Wednes
day with their grain - fed steers,
lambs and hogs.
Until tnis year the show had
opened on Sunday and closed
Wednesday, hut this year th e
show opened W ednesday with a r
rival of livestock and will lx* con
cluded Saturday afternoon and
night w ith the auction Hides. Auc
tion of lambs and hops will be at
2 p in. and steers at 7.
First full day of activities for
the show was T hursday ami sche
duled FYlday w as more judging
and contests w ith tin* annual a-
w ards lianquet that night. Final
show events a re slated for Sat
urday m orning
General Manager Elm er H e r
man said ins Board felt the new
time will I k * m ore advantageous
for exhibitors and also for sale
of their livestock at public auc
tion a t the show grounds pavil
ion.
May Wasn’t Much
Ol a Month From
Weather Standpoint
May w eather differed from
April w eather by being dri ?r
than usual instead of wetter. f»>
tai precipitation was til inch
which is .20 under the normal.
Most of that came c*urly in the
month, with .31 inch on the t»«n
For the crop year the total is
now 11.73 und the normal is 19.-
59 inches.
May w asn’t so hot as Mays gi ,
the highest tem perature being Si
w hereas it usually gets up to 87
and the lowest was 30 which is
just exactly what we can exjn**t
for May. T hat was on the flrtt,
quite a bit before the normal
freezing date of May 9. The
monthly mean was 53.S and the
normal is 56.6 degrees, a n o tlu r
indication that May w asn’t very
hot.
Soil tem|x?rature at 4 inches
down ranges from 70 <o oo de
grees and at 12 inches down is 00.
'Phis is a new test that should
lx? a good comixiriison in future
years.
The wind averaged 4.3 mob.
1.2 I k - low normal.
June Estimate On
Wheat Crop Is
Favorable
If you want to know wliat the
ItMLi wiiecrt and barley crop in
Sherman county will tx? like,
there is not much net*d of asking
farmers. They do not agree.
A man wlio farm s north of
Gordon ridge and lias a field full
of clu*at and a touch of ru st will
not lx* optim istic about the pros-
¡x*cts; a man from south of Nig
ger ridge w here the w heat is tail
and with little cheat may lx* pret
ty sure of a gixxl cn>p. Any long
time observer will realise that
lM«th may lx* right -o r wrong.
The stands this year a re good,
the early rains caused a big
grow th with lots of "feathers”
which makes the fields look fine,
rid'., dark green and high enough
to wave lx*autifully in the win I.
AU that may lx* a handicap if
and when hot winds come in June
o r July.
But all this is the usual per
plexities a forecaster m ust face
in this country w here the wea
th er is unpredictable and the
«'motions like - wise.
However, there will lx* w heat
and for many it will lx* satisfac
tory; that we ¡iropiiesy w ith con
fidence.
We w ere down on th e Des
chutes last week end for a dav
and a night. The sun d idn’t shine
the wind blew and it was no day
for fishing, th at most useless j>art
of such a trip. But we th in k we
Darrel Wood, State S u p e rv is o r ol A g ric u ltu re L in e a tim i, State
have never seen the riv er more
D epartm en t of IM u e atio n , Salem, is piet m e d w ith Allen M ille r
beautiful. The hills are still green
and life* sister, Patty of Morn. A lle n is «me o f tw o She. mun boys
from the long April rains, the
com peting for the State \ m eric 11 F a rm e r I F t degree— Dick
road is as good as it will ever be,
S tra d le y of Gross V alley being the o ilie r local c iinlld.tte. Pally
and the riv er actually smells
was the HMi.’l F F A t ’lia p te r S w ee th e art. T h e ir parents are Me.
and M rs. M e rle M ille r w ho fn rm east of M oro.
wonderful. Along stretches of it
the wild roses ami th e mock
orange are out to 9cent the whole
atea. The riv er is high to disap-
point fisherm an but it covers the
rocks.
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It is perm issable and probably
proj>er for a citizen to w orry a-
lx>ut the state of the nation. And,
we must say, we rem em ber no
D arrell Wood, State Supervi or
Dick m anages a 1,900 a c r e Bill Buether Buried
Catholics To Have
time when the reasons w ere so
ot A griculture Education, State wheat ranch near Grass Valley I
plentiful.
D cpaitm ent of Education in Si in p a rtn e rsh ip with his broth« r, At Grass Valley
School at Grass Valley
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lent, was in Sherm an C o u n i y Gail, and mother, Mrs. Georgia
“Pony”
White
Dies
T here will lx* a Religious Va
Ju st to keep the record straig h t
Monoay interview ing candidates Stradley.
After Long Illness
cut lun s(*hool at the Grass Valiev
it should l»e rem em bered that if While Driving Car
for the American F a n n e r award,
He received the 1903 State
Funeral services for William Catholic church beginning June Board of Equalization
Americans are anti - intellectual
it will lx? made next October at F arm er Degree at the recent St ite
Henry B uether w ere held Tues 10. ( ’laisses will begin a t 9 a.in.
they are not anti - intelligence.
i.he national FFA convention in FFA convention at The Dalles.
day atftemoon at 2 p.m. from tne and end at 3 p.m. with Slater Pa To Meet June 14
The intellectual ks not alw ays In On Highway 30
K ansas City, Mo.
Grass Valley Baptist church with tricia Jean of 'Phe Dalles as .sup
telligent.
Harold (Pcny) W hite, 51, died
Two Sherm an County FFA boys
The Sherm an County Hoard of
Interment in the IOOF cem etery ervisor. All school children wno
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at 'the wheel of hks c a r near Ro Allen Miller of Moro and l)i<.< US National Bank
Equalization
mot May 27 with a
wish
to
attend
will
lx*
wekxmv*.
there.
couple
dozen
|x*titions for change
In all th is yak-yak alw ut the wena, as he and Mrs. W hite were Strauley of G rass Valley — are
Mr, B uether died Friday In a
on hand. After a discussion th at
danger of the "rig h tists”, we have •eturning home from a business candidates for th e FFA American New Quarters Open
hospital in T he Dalles. He was
lasted all day the tx*ard p u t olf
to w onder how rig h t a person trip. A heart attack was the cau;>e F arm er Degree in Oregon, the
New q u a rte rs for The Dalles k irn A ugust 2, 1899 in Germany Bible School Starts
of death.
highest FFA award. The state is
m aking a dw lslon until another
can 1 m ? and not be dangerous.
and
came
to
Sherm
an
county
in
Mrs. W hite noticed th e car allowed four American Farm ers branch of U.S. National Bank will ! ’ I al'li-r tin- I irst W o rld W lP .
m eeting which will lx* held June
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lx* oix?ned to custom ers for the
At
Moro
Church
1 I.
Out of all th is urge - sparked move toward the center stripe and there a re now eight candi
He was a farm er here for nearly
J gave a w arning, w hich w ent dates Wood will announce the first tim e Friday, June 14, re- it) years and also owned pasture
I t is ut * ic rst<xxl that tlie State
by the negro uprising— to have
Monday
m
orning
at
9:00
a
m
ix»rts IL. J. Koktr, km k president.
Tax
com hdssion will m eet Juno
every A merican go to th e same unheeded. She grabbed the wheel four honored boys to lx* recom
sharp
the
children
of
Moro
and
Ribbon cutting ceremonies and land near Shaniko.
19
and
it may make decisions that
schools, receive the same kind of -turned off the ignition and found mended to the N ational FFA
Surviving are his widow, Kate, surrounding vicinity enrolled in
a munlx-r <xf other opening acti
will affect the kx*ul situation re
education and act alike, we pre her husband lifeless. She signaled tffice the latter ¡»art of June. Phis
the
('om
m
unlty
P
r
e
s
byterlan
a
son
A
rthur,
on
th
e
farm,
a
vities have lx*eii planned for the
garding real property valuations.
dict will come a reversal which a passing car w ith flashing head is the first year Sherm an County
day. C onstruetton of the $387,000 daughter G ertrude at home (both Church Vacation Bible School to
lights
anti
Mr.
W
hile
was
found
has
liad
candidates
lor
the
Am
will create m any different kinds
study
the
last
of
a
three
year
children
are
graduates
of
Oregon
building has been Underway since
of school« to suit, anti train, many dead at The Dalles fh e station erican F arm er Degree.
State); two brothers, John of serias which Is "T he ('hundí**
when examined by Dr. John SkJr-
The degree is limited to one iai !y sum m er last year.
kin< Is of people
Maps Available
Location < f the new structure ItLsimond and Richard of G ?r- theme of this session.
ving.
lx?y per 1,000 FFA members.
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Since Bible school w ill lx? ¡ l is t
many; five sinters, Mrs. Anna
is
directly
across
from
the
bank’s
Harold W hite was born a t Was
A llen Is a 1901 g ra d u a te o f
If a man runs hks own business
Brueckm an of Canada, Adele N i a week this year there will not
1 m ? it large o r small, he will prob co, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Sherm an High anti is farm ing present lix ition at 319 W e llin g ger, G rete Buether, Trinohen Me I«* a program at the dose. How Of Local Streets
ably be w ary of spending unless White. He attended local achooh east of Moro with his father, Merle ton. Modern kinking services will yer and Mrs. A ugust Hlrwch all ever, there will lx* on display I
it promises gain of some sort; if and was m arried to Mabel Co’h- Miller. They farm 1,110 acres of include a drive-up teller win low, of Ge i many.
Sunday in the ehureh Sanctuary From Highway Dep’t
he w orks for the governm ent he ran, who survives him. He was cropland including seven acres of ( if • street ¡lurking and 21 - hour
(ime of the work acismvpllshed
Rev.
lxan
Dunham
conducted
may consider spending useful in Union Oil distributor for m any alfalfa, (¡00 acres range, 15 acres (U pository.
Ly these students.
the
services.
New Htreet maps for six Ore
I’aul B. Emerick, Portland, is
itself. It is lots of fun to spend years until he took over th e Ixmie beef cows and c u rre n t calf -rap.
One of the projects under the gon cities are now available
the
contractor,
with
architectural
ranch
on
the
retirem
ent
of
his
Allen w as State F arm er in 1902.
o ther people’« money.
supervision of Mrs. David Moo:e through the Oregon State High
design by Stanton, Boles, Ma
father.
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is Church Sym kils done in color way D epartm ent, according to
Deschutes
Memorial
guire & (lu n c h , AI A, Portland.
He has developed a w heat and
ed rice. According to Mi’s. Nt-U Forrest Cooper, state highway
Interior design is the selection of
This adm inistration seems con crttle Iwslness by buying Miller Telephone Company
Melzer an average of 79 students engineer.
Lila Colwell.
i Ends In Confusion
vinced th at governm ent should Island as a sum m er range for
are attending.
'Hie 4'ltlos are Dufur, Eagle
manage the nation’s economy. No stock and irrigating th e home
House Joint Memorial 26 was
Be sure to oome to church Sun
governm ent has ever lx*cn very ranch w ith w ater from S a n d Has New Service Aid
passed at the 1903 session after day for the services and to see Point, lx*xlngton, Maupin, Moro
and Wasco.
sucrossful at that, and no people Spring, site of an early day stage
County Officials Here lx ing amended by the Senate tills wonderful display.
The maps are draw n to the
Si>ecial iKistcai’ds Hiipplement-
*
have stood for it very long. Be stop.
Committee of N atural Resources.
scale of 899 feet to the inch a id
sides governm ents m anage for
The im|KW*tant. ¡»aragraph of t ’ue
O ther survivors are hht m other, em ergency service " "
June
13
In
Meeting
are plotted on a 17xl9-lrwh sheet.
selfish, (personal reasons.
resolution now reads: “The Con
Posalee of Wasco and a sister, form ation on the inside
Swim
Classes
Need
This size map costs 25 cents. A
©ever
of
the
liKi3
phone
hook
The
district
m
eeting
of
the
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gress of the United States is urg
Mrs. Robert T urner, of A n ch o r
lediK'ed size m ap uses a scale of
w’iil lx* mailed to telephone users Li .'inie of Oregon C ounties will ed to ¡»rovide for appropriation
According to published budget, i'ge, Alaska.
1,690 feet to the Inch on 8*4x11-
m s ix* held at .Moro, Ju n e 13 with to the United States Bureau i Support Of More
the federal governm ent will cost
He was a m em ber of T aylor in The Dulh-.s, A rlington, d Irass
•r.ch .shis’ts. T hese sm aller maps
next county officers from H<xxl River, Land M anagement of an adequate
the average citizen $540 (of course Lodge A.F.&A.M., Royal A r c h Valley, Moro and Wasco nc<t
cost 19 cents each.
it will spend more); the s ta ’e Masons, K nights Tem plar, A1 Ka- week, according to C. I’. Horn, lo Wasco, Hhennan, GIHlotn, Mor sum of money to construct access Parents and Friends
The ma|>s include m arkings for
cal
m
anager
for
Pacific*
N
orth
cost will lx? $225, the county $100 d er Shrine and T he Dalles Elks
row, ami W heeler attending. Ken roads to and through its lands
Mr. Diom* the w ater safety |
pnd the city of Moro $30. That Ixxlge. Private funeral services w est Bell.
Tollenaur, state secretary of the bordering this section (lower 100 chairm an was op from I’o rtlin d |x»st offi<*«»s, schools, railroad sta
The c a rd s list th e numlx?r to organization, has called the mee.- miles) of the Deschutes river and Friday and spent the day with tions, city halls, courthouses, and
totals $895. W orthit?
w ere held at Sm ith Callaway
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ti m aintain a portion of tills urea me checking out the pools and libraries. S treets are marked as
Chaj)el Tuesday w ith Interm ent call for am bulance service in ing.
each com m unity.
For one who has w orn an over at th e IOOF cem etery.
Discussion of the laws recent available to the public in a rela our swim program, everything o(x*n for travel o r dedicated but
H orn a«ked everyone to w rite ly pa ed by the legislature chang tively wild and wlldern<*ss ntate 1« coming along fine ex<<*pt we not (»¡x*n. The m aps w ere p rep ar
coat to a F o u rth of Ju ly celebra
the appropriate nutnlx-r in toe ing th e authority and renponsl- free of roadr. and motor vehicu n<*ed more hel|x*rs for the swim ed In co <>ix*ratlon w ith the B ur
te n in Sherm an county, these
eau of Public Roads.
space provided inside the front I ility of counties will lx* the topic lar aocm*. ”
co<»l day« are liveable.
instructors and to help around
Dance Pupils Appear cover
Persons w anting these map«
of the phone k>ok since the for discu sion. Sherm an county
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The final phrtane is the senate’s the | mx »| n .
may jxirchase them by w riting
card is likely to lx* lost o r m is will lx- the host county for tills and It con»plet«*ly upsets the first
The recent session of the legis In Recital At
We would like to have some
placed du rin g th e life of tlie di m eeting which will draw about ¡xirt and dull« the original Intent adults and a few teenagers who the Traffic Engiiws*ring Division,
lature is ended and surely some
State Highway Building, Salem
rectory.
25 county officials.
of the political hopes of m em
of the memorial.
can swim, please help us with 10, Oregon. Ch«x ks should lx?
bers. Thus one will cause no End Of Course
this problem, these are your chll- made ¡»aYable to the Oregon State
“pointing with pride.”
Thus perform ance will be ncld
j dren and your com m unity a.id Highway D epartm ent.
5
In the high « fw o l auditorium .
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we cannot attem pt to do a pro
We don’t know anything about The Dalle«. Tuesday, June 11, at
ject us large as this one Is w ith
the Rase Show princesses, but 7:45 p in. The kindergarten assn-
out jo u r cooperation.
know we would vote for the one ti.ts Mrs. L arry Hubbel, and Mrs.
Grans Valley and Kent have di- Kenny Blagg Gets
Helen Jones. The dancing assis
with the least hair.
j most enough helpers but Moro,
tants, Anne Jennings, and Chris
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Wasco, and Itufus have very few UP Scholarship
D »ing what we don’t w ant to ty Stintson.
volunteers, if you d in donate a
lt> T honiax W. T hom pson
Tho«e participating from h ./e
do is a major cause of sickness.
little (»f your time pleas«* eont i«*t S h erm an Co. E x tension Agent
are "Dance of the Good W itch”,
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, Mrs Everett Cantrall, Gross Val
Kenny Blagg, a Sherman nlg.i
leanne Cushman, "Ding Dong tn ?
ley; Mrs ,8>yn I’rh e , Moro and chool Ju n io r and 6 year 4-»i
T h e proposed constitutional Wicked Witch Is I»ead", singing
Mis. C. L. Gray at Wasco.
mendx*r has won tlx* 4-H Union
amendment to keep the suprem e and dancing. Vicki Martin, Lisa
We
have
three
hundred
a
n
l
■
‘
Paetfle Railroad college achaiar-
court from meddling in appor Ivock, Wendy Martin. Ixiri Kx-k,
tw enty • two children signed up hip, Thom as
W. Tbompaon
tionment of the states legisla
Scene five, in the EmeraM City
so you can understand the nee I County Extension Agent, has an
tures would m erely restore the Of Oz. ’’Munch of the Soldiers in
for more helpers for safety sake. nounced.
form er and proper understanding G reen”, Teri Patterson, and Mike
We want to thank those people
The $2(8) aw ard will lx* used by
of state’s rights.
Cushman
"B allin’ The Ja c k ”,
who
have
.«»
generously
op-ned
Kenny
the fall of 1964 for study
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Emerald Cgy Police Force, R e x
their | km >I s to us und <o save a of agrkm lture or V eterinary me
Overheard: “as much cheat «■• Brown "A Shine On Your Shoes
mess in their dressing rooms we d icin e at O regon S tate U nlvet-
a conservation award w inner ”,
By EmeraM City Beauticians.
pre asking that all the children sttv The scholarship w inner is
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Ik b b te WooJeraon.
come in th e ir sw im m ing suits
The "liberals” notw ithstanding,
" T h a t’s A Plenty" scene 1, In a
end go home in them, bringing II Llvest«x-k Club, and Is the >n
you don’t have to be a onward Hollywood rehearsal hall, "S’
their own towels, this will cau.*>e of Ivan Blagg.
to be a citizen in the 20th cen- W onderful”, dancing Kathleen
¡ess confusion too.
Union Pacific 4 H Scholarship*
turv.
and Jeanie Welk, Beverly Psbogv
Please watch the ]»a|x*r for have Iwen given In Sherman
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da, and Betty Blsh.
later instructions <'on»emlng Lie C ounty ■one«* 1922 F.stoU H art
Scene 8 at the fp4f links, ’’.Moun
In < »j 4x rot ion to the Oreg Mi-
pooh: and which one your ciill- ley, Gross Valley, was the first
commtt-
tain
G
re?nery",
Kathleen
and
ien ’s proposal that tax
dren will lx* asslgn«*d to. If your Sherman ('ounky w inner that
tfX*S hold joint sessions as do ?a Jeanie Welk, and Helen Boyer
neighbors do not take th e ixiper year. Some Mcond generation
the ways and means commltt«?es, Cast for " I b e Wizard ( K O t" was
&&4,
cull them und inform them of families are now receiving thia
we believe that there should 1« put on by the first and second:
the«»' thing.«, it is hnpow«H>le to award. Paul F raser (199B) and
I 9 I . I N T K K ll < I t E U ln<litd ing Ih r “ top bra»«”
show ’«« G en eral M a n a g rr, E lm rr I.In m a n , I ximm -
no joint ownmlttees. The taxpa grade students, and menvijers of
, contact each jMipil w ho has sign daughter, Sherrie FVaser (1959)
o f the OrF»;nn M t»«-,.» Gt-nwers lx*HKiie’w J u n io r
m
a
Kfonp,
from
I
r
f
l
,
of
Janie««
Q.
Jobnuon,
I’
rr-
yer« would be b etter serve»! tf the Pine Grove kindergarten
ed up for thlf? program.
and Lloyd H en rltb s (1886) and
lhr<U <N k MltAW n t I h r lla lie a thb» w erk W e I-
« M e n i o f i h r U , i « m - o < onnty W heat (in»W rm ;
"T liat’s A Plenty” were by the
th ere were two ways and means
nr<»<liiy lliio itg li M atarday, .lu n r .V«, p M rh n l in
We at thki time intend to st n t Diana H enrichs (1981), are .+»mo
V irg il ( tioale, in rhaege i f F F A
ami
darn
ing
students
from
the
3r
I
committee*. Speed Is not the test
fo r r r e r tk m of pen* in Ih r Menfn-t bniklings
( n July 8th, you will tie Inform- second generotk>n families re
) I B oiiliani, n ho Mtpet % l-es the t -ll lllvluton
grade upward.
of a legislature.
<lui in< rrrent w u ik |-.»i(>, ln h.-t< kgroun.l ih r
ol the Ml»ow.
I ed of any change«.
ceiving the award«.
Sherman Boys Compete
For Highest FFA Degree
SR*
( jU«
f