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T he T urner T ribune
TURNER, MARION COUNTY, OREGON.
GLUM E XVI
NUM BER 11
THURSDAY, DECEM BER 25, 1»30
CHRISTMAS G R EETIN G S
MISSIONARY MEETING AT
DOMESTIC SCIENCE CLASS
WEBB H9ME LAST
SERVES DINNER-FINE I —- ci ini b ; i \ m ah —-
• V .V .V . V .V .V .V .V .V .V .V .V « ‘ V i V / . . V . V . V V W / /
Tin- dinner . « tvi <1 by the domestic
acionce clu--* un«l«-r the direction of
th eir teacher, Mr*. May H a lley , wax
it <l< cid< <1 eucccM with urouml $40 be
ing put in the treasury. A splendid
piugrunt by the pupil* of the school
vtm given im m ediately following the
dinner. The uuditorium was pack-<1 to
ra p acity with children and friend
who were very attentive th j ughout
the piogruin, which w u gone through
* n h by the pupil*, i;*poc!a!ly tiie tmy
folk*, with enup end precision, with
m «lenire to please nnd pl«-a*<- they did
f«,r each num ber received a hearty
lu.tidcl ip. M m . P.-arcy led the group
ranging anil also preaented her I.atin
ciar* in a clever song num ber, "Com*-
Ail Y< F aith fu l,” and "A m erica,” in
I i*ln. Mr». M ayro McKinney and
Mr... \V. A. M artin, in duet, contri-
b ited two plensing number*.
O ther num bers on the proa ram
v »• j C hriatm t* dialogue, prim ary
I »in 1»; “ A lin n T hat F ailed," Eugene
lia rriro n and l/oster Bone*; "Mr*.
S u u n '- C hristm as," M argaret Gil-
» trap ; "T he C hristinas S p iiit,” in te r
ne l e t -’ pupil.-.; piano no’'», Mr*. May
llu d lcy ; “ C hrirtm aa A rithm etic," C la
ns«» C lark; song “ Silent N .ght,” high
rchool chorus; '*Chri*tma* Candle*.”
I si g ra d e; ' Tl*• • Lookout Man,"
Itir a n d in • White,* *rrr»g, “ Away In
J u d e a ,” grade »chool.
Sunla Ciau* appeared a t the clo*«
o f the program , much to the pleasure
u f i very child present and gift» were
tak en from a lovely tre e which *tood
in one co rn er of the auditorium ,
laden w’lth gift* for «11.
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, IW W / / . V , W A W / / / / A ' - V A r J V
/ A S '. W .V W . V / / / / A V W A T W / A V / W W A V A V W / l A W A W M W l W W / A
nd miml: c> n tered more com
Onci again, Christm as . . . Children of m utual «offering, common t.;.,-edy fu !■
. . . Toys . . . S a n t » Ciaus . . . C harity and widespread ini.ifortune, th at p le te ly on self.
. . . Holly wreath* , . . Friendly jo st friendliness and gen«ro;:ity thrive
C hristm as should not be the orgy
ling crowds . . . Sparkling Chri»tma.i m int luxuriantly. Cloud*, however of splurge and ex travagance which
t r . « i . . . Roust turkey and cran b erry faint, on one’» personal horizon are w«j have mode of it in tim es past, and
*-iuc* . . . over and through it all the likely to kindle a more sym pathetic this year, if its magnificence is a
kindly beneficence, the quickened uttituil- tow ard the broth« r in distress t. i!' r.io.t, subdued th an form erly, it
pulre beat, the h ru rt warm ing an«l u n who.io w ant may be k> • n«-r than one's wi'l be more in keeping with the
folding of th<- Hpirit which i* *o in i own.
birthday of the gentle m an it com
eradicable a purt of the Yuletide m-a-
B neath the haze of gloom and de m em orates.
»on.
pression which shroud* the w’orld at
The do« p inner significance of
Dizzy prosperity is not the magic the present tim e the Christm as spirit C hristm as needs litt'e in the way of
alchemy which tu rn s gro ser nature» will flourish and glow in beauty rs it o u ter em bellishm '-nt. A toy for the
into gold. It is not the excited con- «•ould never <io in the glar.ng sunlight cl, Id, a little g ift fo r th e needy, a
sclousnesa of accum ulating wealth of prosperity which b!in«le«l ua but a lighted ta p e r in th e window, the
v/liicli op* n.< purse strings und gatii-
short m onths since.
, cV erjr voices of friends lifted in
I
Christm
as
this
year
may
not
be
so
rueting, and the benevolent spirit
era the lonely an«l h« art-hur.gry
opulent nn«l showy, but its giving will hovering over the world breathing
around the w arm hearthston«.- of hi- m ore sincere, more genuine nnd ••uc- n o r'- through the years the im-
frit ndsliip and brotherly love.
n rire thoughtful than on those o th er m ortal words o f Tiny Tim, “ God bless
It is ru lh er under the m urky clouds Christm as «lays when purses were • ua every one!” T h at is Christm as.
H ill II l U
NOME M H S ON H O N
The t«-achers and children of the
A very pleasant afternoon was
T
urn'-r
schools are this week enjoy-
spent at the G. A. McKay home S a t
J
ing
the
■»«., lio!i<!ays. The teach
urday when Mias l.iilinn Peterson en-
ers
w'ill
go
to
different part* of the
tertaineil her Sunday school class of
j
stat«-
to
spend
the
Yuletide with rela-
the C hristian church. Mrs. Santa
i
tives
and
friends.
( lau* (M rs. G ayettc B u rn etii was
P rofessor and Mrs. Cox will spend
present and an d ted v. ith the ent«-r-
-otrv
time w ith Mr. Cox’ parent* near
tu in n v n t of the youngst-r*. Gann s,
J*
ffeison,
and will also visit Mrs. Cox’
song i and stories in k«-epirig w .th the
fa th e r at O r gun City. Mr. Hicock
Yuletide im ison were enjoyed. Mis*
* is spending his vacution a t his home
Peterson rem em bered each pupil with
a gift. Ri tr\ ¿lime ni* . e r e served by J ,n l'o r .- 1, having «Irove th ere a fte r
the host«-*, Mrs. M rK ty, assisted by the ha* tb il game F riday evening.
Mrs. Teil W hitehead. P resent were Mi. and Mrs. Pearcy and son will
G eneva H.irber, Al«-ta Mae Bones, v-sit Ml*. P earcy ’s b ro th er in Marsh-
M arjory McKay, EaVern.t Whit- head, ft Id ; Mrs. Ivan Hadley and family
W ilbur Itarubaugh, Rob<-rt Half! Id, % -.11 go to I.ongview, W ash., to visit
Jam es Gillespie, Keith Bull, I.oui* ‘ .«-'a'iver and Mrs. C. W. Sloan will
Piffley, Leslie I,inn. Darwin B.t<- 1 , i visit n few «lay :: at her home at King’s
V ern McGowan. Alfred and Juck l Valley, and will also visit her daugh-
C raw ford, W ilfred and Philip McKay, : tei in Eugene.
Min* l.illian P t -rron, M argaret T uck
er, Mrs. Gay tt H arnett, Mrs. Ted
I . E. Pi-terson was in M arion, S un
day, to *e. his fath er, who has a large
W
. Mrs. M
Kay.
'a m i th f,rc.
1 M M OF SUICIDE"
Tl
Mrs. C. T. W hite led the devotion-
als and mission m eeting T hursday
a f t m oon when Mrs. Geo. Brow er
and Mrs. J. L. Webb w ere jo in t host
esses a t the W ebb home fo r the mis
sionary m eeting. The topic was “T he
Philippines,” relating to the work of
Mr. W olfe, a m issionary, who ¡3 sta
tioned there.
M arjory McKay, F ern el G ilxtrap
and L aV erna W hitehead sang Luiis-
er*s “ C radle Song,” with M arg aret
G ilstrap as accom paniest. Ail preaent
took p a rt in the program and an ex
change of g ifts was enjoyed. R -
freshm ents were served by the host
esses. P resen t were .Mesilames Tom
W ebb, F. C. Deizell, W. H. H a r r i«,
Hugh Webb, Susan G irardin, G eorg-
F arris, E. J . G ilstrap, C. T. W hite,
0 . M. I a:uon, G ayctte B arn ett, G.
A. McKay and the hostesses, Mr».
Brower and Mrs. Webb.
A certain friend of mine prospered ,
m ightly in his business and invest- )
NORTH S ANTI AM
nieiiis. i used to see him o ften , and it
«listressed me to observe th a t his in- i
Ruth McNeal is recovering from an
crease in w ealth ha«l apparently added
nothing to his peace o f mind. He attack of tonsilitis.
seemed to be alw ays w orried. His
C harles Hinkle and G« orga Kevins
health was not too good. W ith each
and
son, 0.:car Nevina .m otored to
added million he «ieveloped a new
Salem. S aturday.
com plaint.
The o th er day I saw him again for^
The school m eeting he! ! t N orth
.’if l;rst tim e in nearly a year. His |
Santiam , Decem ber 19, t.«!-j *.ed the
eyes shone. He was full of pep and
budget fo r 1930-31, and the board
plans— a w onderful transform ation.
will proceed with hiring an additional
“ You know, I used to talk about 1
teach er fo r the rest of the school year.
re tirin g ,” he sai«l, “and I had ju st
F ra n k S tew art, from W illamina,
about made up my mind to do it when
spent the week-end here at the T yler
the stock m ark et crash«-«!. Then I dis-
home.
covere«! th at I couhln’t atTord to re- j
tire.
The C h ri.t :i s program given by
“ I’ve gor.«* back to work, and it’s the N orth Santiam school Monday
.
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the g re a te st tonic I ever had. I doubt night, was enjoyed by all. The pro
Mr and Mr». I. II. Small of T u rn e r
now if I ’ll ever re tire . When you g ram consisted o f patriotic and
will have a» th eir C hristm as guest*
come to think o f it,” he added, “ i«ile- C hristm as song, a r«*citation by Cora
th eir tin« <• children and tin ir (amities,
nc.-.- is ju at a form of suicide.”
May T yler, and a play by the five
Mr. and Ml Cecil Small and daugh
T he phrase is striking, but the up p er grades, show ing th e arriv al of
ter*, Ella May and Jacqueline, of
thought which it expr- sses it not new. Sant» C laus am ong a group of im
E u g e n e ; Ju d g and Mr*. It. C. Small
Many men have ma«le the same dis m ig ran t chihlren an«l bound fo r the
nnd dau g h ter, Susanne, of Salem, and / A \ X W . % k \ V . V \ \ 'A V . W A W A W / J Y W Y . W A V W V V W W V W
covery, and usually at the price of U nited States.
Mr. nod Mr*. E. I>. Robert» and chil
\ unhappiness.
dren, Dean, B arbura and Alice, of
C harles I.am.b, when released at last !
T u rn er.
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from
his dru d g ery o f desk work at j
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METHODIST CHURCH
the Intiia office, cried out th a t he
:~)r. U F. F o u n d p r t e t i c * lim ite d to
1 wouhl not go back to his “ prison fo r ,
rti.to v .il of U e t h , c »• o r loc al, * nd
ten thousand pounds.”
O ur church began special m eetings
d e n t a l X rey. N ew lo c a tio n 3 0 3 F ira t
"I um free! F ree as a ir!” he w rote Sunday night w ith 50 p er cent mon-
N a t i o n s ! B a n k Bldg , S ale m , O r e g o n .
: estically to a frien d . “ I will live an out thr»n th e first night of m eetings
o t h e r fifty years. Positively the best last year.
thing a m an can do is nothing.”
HIS is your tew n and my to w n : ami th at m eans not only
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
those who live within the corporation limits but those who
Two years passed. Idleness lost its ■ If you were not one of the a tte n
live in th«* surrounding rural districts, who make this town
charm . Time, which had seemed to i tive listeners to Dr. L aughlin’s peac
their trailing cen ter, who a tten d its churches and whose
; pass slowly when he was chained to , address last S unday, you missed it
Yes, C hristm as is a happy time.
|£
> »ns un«l daughters a re enrolled in its schools. This, then,
a job, now hung around his neck like th a t’s a ll! He began by describing
u
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a m illstone. W ith his days free for a C hristm as eve he sp en t with others
is OUR TOWN.
Bumlay m orning saw a fine lurge
,
w ritin g he actually w rote less th an in in B ethlehem : th en took the message
WY Im «’ helped build it up tog. th«-r! we have made it a b etter place
Sunday school, 105 were present.
the
years when w ith all th eir dull to the shepherds, “ Peace on ea rth ,
in which to live and given it it c h a rac te r as a represen tativ e A m er
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1 routine, he had been stim ulated by ! good will to m en,” as the basis fo r
Oui m inister delivered a real
ican com m unity; who have worked to g eth er nnd played to g eth er; we
his talk. He showed how th e three
! daily con tact w ith the active world.
C hristm as »« rmon at the worship
have enjoyed prosp«*rity to g eth er and suffered adversity to g eth er;
big problem s of th e «lay are political
“ I assure you no work a t all is j
nnd both have served to bind us more closely to each other.
hour.
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worse than overw ork; the mind preys im perialism , econom ic dom ination an-l
racial prejudice, and closed by u rging
T here is one institution in o u r own which can justly lay cluim to no
S unday’s music was especially e n
on itself— the most unwholesome of
everyone
to m em orize th e Kellogg
small part in m aking our com m unity w hat it is. T hat is the Home
joyable. T here was n full choir.
food-.” So he w rote to the same
peace pact.
Paper. C hronicler of the news which keeps the people o f o u r com
friem l. “ I have ceased to care for
Leone Cook led mi InU resting C. K.
m unity inform« d of the activities of th eir neighbors and therefo re
alm
ost anything. N ever did the w aters
We called off services fo r Tuesday
in«-« ting Sunday evening.
g i\. •« them u bi-tti-r opportunity to know one a n o th e r; in terp re ter of
of heaven pour down on a fo rlo rn er | n ight th a t we m ight all join o ur siste r
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the spirit of our com m unity, of its i«lrnls nnd its needs to make it
N.-xt Sunday the m orning them e
head. W hat I can do, and overdo, is ^ church in h er celeb ratio n o f the birth
a
b etter com m unity; mi l leader in the m ovem ents which answ er those
will he New Y ear’s. In the evening
to walk. I am a sanguinary m urilerer ' of o u r King. C hristm as Eve we hehl
needs and prom ote the w elfare o f our com m unity, your Home P aper
of time. But the oracle is sil«-nt.”
there will b<- a rousing C. E. m eeting
o u r celebration but every n ight h ere
is happy a t this tim e to extend to all of its friends in this friendly
a fte r which all will attend the M. E.
H enry T horeau, who saw many a f te r fo r the tw o w eeks du rin g the
community a friendly g re etin g : M erry C hristm as!
revival. The pastor is dism issing the
| things clearly, looked forw ard to a holidays th ere will be evangelistic
evening preaching service fo r the
! time when every m an’s life would be service in the little church around the
And in this glad s«-ason when we all can know the joy of living, let
M. E. revival.
! reasonably divided betw een hard work co rn er. Come!
us add to o u r list ju st one m oie g ift— a g ift of loyalty to o u r com
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‘‘Tho’ C hrist a thousand times
and happy leisure.
m
unity.
Ect
us
highly
resolve
to
carry
over
into
the
new
year
the
The C hristm as program Tues«lay
In Bethlehem be born,
spirit
of
Christm
as.
Let
there
be
“
pence
on
ea
rth
,
good
will
to
m
en”
"W hy should th e hen set all d ay ?"
evening was immcnaely enjoyed by
If
H e’s not born in thee
not
only
on
this
day
hut
in
the
«lays
to
come
as
w
«>
work
to
g
eth
er
he asked. "She can lay but one egg,
the kiddie* ami the old folk. T here
Thy
soul is all fo rlo rn .”
for
the
best
interests
of
your
town
and
my
town
—
o
u
r
town
—
our
and besides, she will not have picked
was a larg«- crowd present and all re
com
m
unity.
up
m
aterials
fo
r
a
new
one.
Those
ceived n p a rt in the treat. S anta
betw een them is a happy medium
who w ork much do not work h ard .”
Claus appeared anil caused lots of
— T H E PUBLISHER
Both idleness an«l unrelieved d ru d which is really living.— By Bruce B.tr-
m i-rriment. The excellent progrnm
gery are form s o f suici«le. Somewhere ton.
was in charge o f Mrs. Delzel.
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