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About Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1915)
4ML Srntt lïeralù Phone us your news Items-—they are al ways welcome Subscription, $1.00 a Year. / LENTS, MULTNOMAH CO., OREGON, THURSDAY, DEC. 16, 1915. BIG PROTRACTED HfSS HOME VISITED BY IN IRUDf RS MEETING PLANNED Four Lents Churches Unite in a Meeting for the Month of Jan uary. Successful Evangelist Will Manage the Meeting. Four of tli* Protestant churches ot Lents will unite in a lengthy protracted meeting tiie flret of January. The Evangelical, Friends, Methodists and Baptista have decided to unite in the Work and the meetings will lie held in the largest church, the Evangelical. The meetings will liegin the evening of Decemtier 31 an<l will continue over to ti>e fifth Sunday. Bev. C. M. Van Marter and wife will have charge of the meetings. Mr Van Marter is a well known evangelist, a powerful speaker who goes heart and sou. into his work. He holds au audience breathless with unanswerable arguments and origiuality of presentation. He has tield meetings at various places in Oregon and has given unifoitn satisfaction. He lias been taking a vacation for several months, meantime serving as pastor of the church at Heast<ie. At the same time lie has been preparing some special sermons lor evangelistic use and prob ably will use some of them the first time in !<enta. lamta pastors will fill his Seaside pulpit while lie is away. Mrs. Van Marter is a singer ot ability ami will assist in loading the music of the series ot meetings. There is every reason to believe lamia will see one of tiie biggest revivals that has ever visited the town. It is a question whether the churches will lie able to hold the people but if they are not an effort will be made to lake care ot the crowds. Methodist Episcopal Church The Methodist Episcopal Church of Lenta was organised in May 1906. The first trustees were J. 11. Cone. O. W. Kimber, A. E. Joscelyn, 8. R. Toon and T. H Hunt. Application for incorpora tion was made May 22. The present site of the church, 86th street and 58th avenue, was purchased in .May 1906, and two months later a building waa erected and dedicated to tiie worship of God on Sunday, Hept., 29th, by Bishop Warren, assisted by many members of the Conference. Regular services were first held by Rev. G. P. Bennett, a retired member of the lhn Moines Conferanct, in tiie old Lent hall, until the church was built. The first regularly appointed pastor was W. E. Ingalls, who was sent here in October IWtwt. He was succeeded by W. Boyd Moore, who remained on the work seven years, being followed last October by the present pastor, W. R. F. Brown. Improvements have been made to the church since it was first built. The league room was built In 1910 and au additional Hnnday School room at tiw* east end of the church was built in 1913. The memltership has made a ¡eady increase, at the present time being 205. The Sunday School, under the super vision of H. R. Toon, nnrnbm 217, thoroughly organised in all departments and doing systematic Christian work. The Epworth League is a live evange listic society, having a strong influence over the young people. The Ladies Aid Hociety flourishes and the choir renders efficient work at the church services. Lents Evangelical Church About fifteen years ago w* organised a class and built a small church at I^nts where the present building stands. The number gradually increased making it necessary in a few years to en large the building. latter on this build ing was again remodeled and enlarged. In 1910 the present building in which we have splendid equipment for church services, Sunday School and young fteoples work was erected. At present we tiave 160 church members, alxiut UM) Y. P. A. members, a Sunday School with an average attendance of 250. A lanlies’ Aid, Woman's Missionary Ho ciety, etc. One of our present improvements is a room 25 1 50 feet with fireplace and the conveniences for young men especiftlip. This room when finished is to be the young men's home for bible study and reading, library work ami social gather ings. Beginning Dec. 31 and continuing through the month of January we will have a Union meeting of the four churches of tants in our church. Rev. Van Marter will be the Evangelist and Mrs. VanMarter the soloist. A large chorus will also sing at each meeting A cordial welcome ia always extended to all. This is a good time to re new your subscription to the Herald. About 8:30 o’clock Saturday evening officer I)ra|ieau informed Dr. Huas that he had just passed his house ami ob served some one had stopped there with a machine, and that apparently they were looking around the place Doc was easy. He decided al once that lie was tieing made the victim of a burglar. He invited the officer to attend him and they made a quick run for home. When they reached the house all waa dark, but tiie suspicious machine was stand ing out in front. Doc approached the house with care. He insisted that the officer call up the department and get assistance. But Drapeau thought be could handle the matter. “Well get your gun ready. Il may I m * a faul actor," says doc. They got tip on the front porch, stamped around, fumbled with tl>e flash light, evidently hoping Ute burglar would leave the back way. D<>c proposed that the officer open the door. “No, this is ytwir place," says the polite minion ot Ute law. Doc then made a search for the key but was un able to find it so he propos'd to force the door. Both men, and they are some bulla, then proceeded to annihilate the door, which was all the lime living held shut by “the burglar.” Altout the time the door should have fallen in it was suddenly pulled open, tbe liglds were turned on and Doc faced a house full of his neighltora. It waa some gag. But he admitted the trap and proceeded to continue the joke. Drapeau was sent to the Yeager, where Mrs. Hess waa being entertained by one of the plotters. She waa in formed that Doc's telephone waa going a great rate and that Doc was not in sight. Being a dutiful wife she assumed tiie duty and made a quick trip to the office which she found closed. The ter rible responsibility of rendering assist ance to some unfortunate who might be in mortal distrews stare«I her full in lite face. Perhaps the augmentation of the race was in jeopardy. With an overwhelming vision of the possibilities she sought relief at the corner drag store, that is she went there to locate the doctor. But the phone there failed to connect her with tiie call and then she made a break for home. To say that she made good time would la* fai short of accurate. She simply strewed her company and children all tbe way from Foster Road to the Hess domicile. They came straggling in for fifteen minute« after she got the shock of find ing her well ordered house over run by about forty of the local neighbors who were proceeding to conduot themselves just as tho nothing had happened. Everyliody had a good time and the Hess’s seems to have recovered from the shock. LARGE CROWD ATTENDS RALLY The Young People’s Rally held in tbe Evangelical Church waa a decided suc re*. There were almut 300 people pres ent. and from the start of the program until the final home-going about 10:30 there was not a dull moment. Perhaps the items evoking the most nterest were the two debates, and the wish waa generally expressed that more time could have been given to them. Edwin II. Norene, the president of the Epworth league of the M. E. Church, defeated J. 8. Fox in the Preparedness deliate, and George R. Greenwell van quished N. G. Hedin with his Prohibi tion arguments. Both decisions were popular but there is talk of return de late with more time. The Regularly appointed publicity man not being on the job in time this report is curtailed for lack of room. Mention must however be made of the splendid address by Dr. Geo. B. Pratt, which was most inspirational and timely; the duets by the Misses Cooper and Butterfield, and by Miss Carr and Mr. Tamplin; the foreign mission talks; the musical numbers, and of course the refreshments in tho coxy room in the basement. A large number of strangers applied for membership and the Rally un doubtedly left in the minds of many a desire for more. ODDFt HOWS .SHOW GOOD GROWTH atatfu^at^euaieiistifugii b Cbe Ideal Gift 8 8 S Mt. Scott Lodge 188, I. O. O. F. wsa organized in March 30, 1905, at Wood- mere liali, and the inembers at the time were H. C. Coe, T Y Cadwell, Jessie Wood, John Lundgren, Geo. E. Montgomery and N. E. Cham bless. T. Y. Cadwell waa the first Noble Grand, N. E. Chambieos the first Vice Grand, H. C. Coe, Secretary and Jessie Woods Treasurer. Tbe lodge changed meeting places at various times. They changed to Davis’ boll at Lenta, Duke’s hall, then at Crum’s hall on Millard avenue and finally returned to Lenta. In 1913 tliey built their own building and hall at the corner of 58th avenue and 92d street, at a co«t of 38500, furnished it in a manner that made it the best lodge room in southeast Portland. Practically all tbe lodge« in Lents meet in this hall now. Mt. Scott Lodge is in a prosperous con, lit ion. In spite of the stringent times there continues to be addition of new members. The tola) enrollment at this time will fully reach 160 active members. Financially tbe Lodge ia in a good condition. It started with noth ing. It now has its furniture all paid for. and a large portion of the building expense has been covered. Should no misfortune interfere it will be inde pendent in a short time all through tbe economical handling of its rental in comes. Th« Ideal Christmas gift is ths oxe to which has bees ap plied th« Golden Bala—A. a., by putting yourself in the other mm ’« plaro and thinking just wLat yon would like to have under tho«« eircunutanaas. Onoe upon a time it happened that a woman gave har washwoman a pair of pendant paarl earrinp. If not pearl, they w«r« near pearl and pretty enough for all purposes. This woman remembered having heard the servitor expreas a wish for them on a het August day, a Wish breathed wiik- out any hope of fultllment. Joy was in one heart that Christ mas. for, as th« recipient expressed. “Everybody pve me aprons and underwear, Ont those oarrinp I do lor«!** And who shall say that the present was not appropriate t Gifts of sheer prettinsse often mean tho most, even when they are not expensive. Was it net a Frenchman who said, “Give me the luxuries of life and I oan do without the necessities t” Who cannot think of the man who would rather have a sub scription to a good magaain« than a pair of much needed new gloves! A person will go shabby very contentedly if the heart is warm with the thought of some precious new posses sion which perhaps he did not really ne«d. We must not for- pt that prpous gifts of frankincense end myrrh were given to the Christ Child in his lowly birthplace. A growing plant, even if nothing more than a bloom;ng crimson geranium, will be a bright spot through many of the gray days of January and February. The dollar mark ia no gauge for the ideal Christmas gift. What the boy wa its, what the girl desires, what the older man or woman secretly withes for—these are the thinp which shall make them happy, no matter if they do not seem appropriate or sensible COUNTY GRANGE ARLETA COURT OF MEETS AT FAIRVIEW BEN HUR PROSPEROUS Multnomah County Grange met at Fairview Wednesday. The usual num ber of enthusiastic grangers were pres ent and participated in the proceedings. The programs and the . banquets were up to Fairview standard. The evening session was taken up with fifth degree work and a literary program. Reports from tbe various granges in dicate an increase in Grange interest in most of them as most of them sbow in creases in meml«rship. Discussions of the day were presented by H. L. Idle- man, who spoke on the necessity of en couraging manufacturing in the vicinity of Portland. It was a good talk and was followed by a resolution favoring a plan to urge the Portland Chamber of Commerce to take a more active inter est in the securing of new manufactur ing concerns. A resolution submitted by the Master and Lecturer's meeting proposed that a degree be presented at each Pomona meeting, in rotation, so that various granges would be required to pat on the work, A question box to be plac«d in the hands of tbe resolutions committee was also voted, and one was installed at this meeting, and it proved to be quite interesting. In the evening Mr. Saui'l Lancaster was present and made a talk and show ed pictures of the Columbia Highway. 8everal musical selections were rendered during the day. It passed for one of the best meetings ever held at Fairview. The County Grange will meet with Woodlawn next time. SHOOTING MISTLETOE Sometime« Christmas Plant Is Har vested With a Gun. Tbe hunter took deliberate aim and fired Into the higher branches of a swamp elm Only a bunch of foliage, cut from its supporting bough by tbe charge of bird shot, fell a yard or so away "Missed him?" was the half queried conimcut of a "tenderfoot" who had «trained his eyes tn vain to see the object of the shot “Missed nothing." came the rejoin der. "»bootin' greens.'* be added by way of explanation. He picked up the clump of leaves flecked with wax en berries and threw Into a gunny sack three or four pounds of mistletoe the reward of his marksmanship Th« open season for mistletoe begins early In December, according to tbe Kausaa City Star, and continues until only a day or so before Christmas. or. in the lean years, until th« crop is ex bausted. The mist let o« on the Kan sas City market come« from Oklahoma, where In many localities the shipping of Christmas greens ia recognized as s winter Industry The old method of "shooting" mistletoe has been In large part displaced, however, by agile boys who earn men's wages by climbing for tbe crop and carrying It to the ground In sacks slung IToffl their shoulders That preserves the foliage beauty by M. N. Hadler is fixing up a display leaving the berries Intact. When the room for plumbing fixtures that will boughs are “harvested" by tbe shot show the goods off in an attractive way. gun method the charge jars many of the globules from their tiny stems, The Multnomah State Bank ia leading and th« fall to earth but adds to tbe havoc. off with a “Christmas window.” | Advertised Letters Hchaifer, J. M.; Side), Mrs.; Stewart, Mrs. M. E.; Thiro, Lillie; Wilson, Arthur. Geo. W. Spring, Poetmaster. Christmas Snowballing In Old London. Tbe Christmas of 1670 was apparent ly the snowy Christmas beloved of the novelist and the ponds in St Jatnea* park were all frozen over. The Duch ess of York, sister-in-law to Charles II.. delighted In the wintry weather and spent most of the day In a horse sledge with the king. Tbe sledging wns thought horribly dangerous, how ever. by the court, and only the Duke of Monmouth. Mr. Griffin and «Mr. Go- dolpbln were able to drive the duchess and the king safely over the ponds The duchess wns very fond of snow balling and used to seize every oppor tunity to pelt her grave husband, much to his disgust WOODMERE BREVITIES g A farewell party will be given in honor of Mary Fallis at her home on December 16. She intends to go to Utah soon. Mr. and Mrs. H. Hurd of Portland visited their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. C. U. Hurd of 7627-61st Ave., 8. E. Sun day. A delightful party was held at the home of Roen Faith. The boy scouts and their girl friends contributed music and recitations to tbe program. Games were played and refreshments served. All report a fine time. The boys of the Millard Avenue Ath letic Club will have their next meeting at the home of Mr. Rutherford on Wednesday, December 15. On account of the nearness of the holi days the regular time of meeting of the Woodmere Parent-Teacher’s Association will hold its next meeting in February instead of January. Mrs. Ju<ry of 7103 Millard avenue has been seriously ill the past week. Miss Louise Gifford of 82nd street and two other girls from the Lincoln High School, who intend to be teachers, went with Mr. Armstrong, the county super intendent. in his automobile to visit tbe county schools one day last week. • Mr. Grant of Tremont Station, who has been residing with his daughter, Mrs. Bush, died December 14. 1915. He died of heart failure and perhaps had been dead two hours when tbe family found him. Mr. and Mrs. John Shepherd and daughter of Portland visited at the home ot Dr. and Mrs. W. T. Stouts Sunday. A surprise party was given by the many friends of Mr. C. E. Proudfoot of 6423-73d street Saturday evening, the occasion being his birthday. Games were played and at a late hour refresh ments were served All present wished Mr. Proudfoot many happy returns of the day. A surprise party was given at the home of Mr. Albert Grischau Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. T. 0. Cartozian are re ceiving congratulations upon the birth of a ten pound baby boy, born Decem ber 5, 1915. Mother and child are both doing well. « Mrs. T. Malloy of 7503-60th avenue, I returned home after a short visit to her daughter, Mrs. J. E Edwards, of Woodlawn, Wash. Max Reade, a mining man from Cor dova, Alaska, visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Swearingen at 7720-65th avenue 8. E. Sunday. A supper was given at the Brentwood M. E. Church last Saturday evening by the side wearing the blue button. The red button side had to pay for the sup per, for they did not secure as many members as their opponents. Harold Foote, a member of the Wood- mere school, is visiting his grandfather in California, who ia very sick. The Eighth and Ninth Grade girls of the Woodmere School served a cafeteria lunch to the teachers and also the pupil«, Dec. 10. It proved such a suc cess that the girls plan to serve another lunch on Dec. 17. Tbe Arleta Tribe of Ben Hur, a fraternal and beneficit ry lodge which is only a branch of a gre t national order, reports conditions in excellent shape. Tha court is a comparatively new one yet the membership is 203. It waa organized in May 1913 by Geo. W. Walker wbo was the Oregon representa tive The coart won the beautiful ban- ■■ * ner presented by tbe home office to the court that showed the greatest increase in membership in a given length of time. It entered the 1915 Roee Festival Queen contest and made a wonderful showing. It also entered into the con test for a chariot drawn by horses. It had a float a galley boat, propelled by slave oarsmen, which was 'strongly mentioned bv the Portland press for first prize. The court has the reputa tion for being the prize organization for its social activities in tbe Mt. Scott dis trict. The meetings are held the third Wednesdays of each month at Arleta W. O. W. Hall. The officers at present are: F. M. Phelps, Chief; E. E.Yeiger, Judge; Clyde H. Grable, Scribe; L. M. Estey, Keeper of the Tribute; A. G. Thompson, Past Chief: May Grable, Teacber; G. E, Bowman, Captain; Geo. Schliger, Guide; Sarah Buei. Keeper Inner Gate; John Crountree, Keeper of the Outer Gate; Lotta M. Murry, Musician; O. H. Clark, Physician, and J. J. Murry, 8r., Master of Ritual. The ritualistic work of tbe order is based on Lew Wallace’s book, Ben Hur, ami is very beautiful. The home office of the lodge is at Crawfordsville, Ind. The lodge admits men and women on an equal basis. There are about 100,000 insured members, now. $14,000,1'00 has been paid out in benefits and there is a surplus of $1,500,000. One of the I important features of tbe lodge work is its literary and social programs. Advertised letters for week ending December 11, 1915: Allen, Mrs. Laura; Balboergen, Mr.; Davis, Mrs. Louisa; Dalton, Frank; Fenley, Mr. and Mrs. L. S.; Fret-man, Joke O.; Graham, Mrs, Nellie M.; Hall, Mrs. A. N,; Jones. Mrs. J. ,0.; Kilian, Miss Margaret; Kenny, Frank; Slyder, Mrs. C. F.; Vol 13. No. 50 NEW FRANKLIN PLANS COURSE Course Designed For Practical Training, Industries and Home Making - Agriculture to Have Part. Franklin High School, when com pleted, will be housed in seven build ings with a central heating plant. The total cost ot buildings and equipment will approximate $600.000. Tbe capac ity of tbe school will be 2000 students, and the staff of teacher« will be be tween 80 and 100. The school ia designed to serve the rapidly growing population of South east Portland. This portion of the city is very largely a city of home owners. Tbe people, as a class, are neither very poor nor very rich. They belong to tbe middle class whom Lincoln said the Lord must love for be made so many of them. The courses of study of Frankiin High School have been planned, and, as new courses are added, they will oe arranged to meet the needs of this cl as« of people. Both tbe course« of study and the instruction are designed to be practical rather than theoretical; sub stantial rather tbau showy ; avoiding on the one band the long drawn oat, pure ly cultural courses, and on the other, the short, get rich qaick courses that have no real abiding value. Tbe department of agriculture will be a feature of tbe acbooi in this depart ment, Franklin High School will do for tbe city dweller and the suburbanite what tbe state Agricultural College is so well doing for tbe state at large. Gar dening. both for the home and for tbe market, fruit husbandry, poultry rais ing and bee culture will be included in the courses offered. The purpose of those wbo are planning the school is to “make it different,’’ and already the plans are beginning to work oat. Franklin High School is different even now, and as ita ideals develop it is bound to become more different. One thing is sure, it« patrons need not hesitate to interest their children and give their support to Franklin High, in full confidence that they shall not be disappointed in tbe outcome. It was planned to have a cut with this article but it could not be secured.—Ed. Mrs. Eva Hayner at Rest Mrs. Eva L. Hayner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C F. Clapp of 6915-45th Ave., died Friday. Dec. 3. The remains were e remate«! at Sellwood on Monday follow ing, after the funeral at Lercbe’s chapel. Rev. Corby ot tbe Church of Good Tid ings conducted the funeral ceremony. Mrs. Hagner has been an invalid for three years and was an heroic sufferer, paralysis having renderei! her helpless. But her misfortune made her the subject of sympathy of her relatives and friends. Her loss is deeply felt by the members of the family, who had been drawn so close to her by her helpless condition. The Ladies Aid of the Fourth United Brethern Church will have a bazaar on Wednesday, Dec. 15. Lunch will be served. All are welcome. Miss Mary Gray, only grand-daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Duncan ot 6834-83d street, celebrated her second birthday Wednesday, Dec. 8th, and Mr. John Duncan Jr., celebrated hie birthday on Thursday, Dec. 9. Mrs. Jas Miller of Ninth avenue and 65th street has gone to North Dakota to visit her parents, brothers, and sisters whom she has not seen for a number of years. Mrs. Palmer of 82nd street was badly injured last week, being hit by an auto mobile. Mr. Blower who lives near Kendall Station is building a garage for his auto mobile. Mrs. Gifford of 82nd street has been recovering slowly from her illness. She was able to attend church Sunday. Mr. Mike Cohn, wife, and daughter, who formerly resided at 147J^ N. 21st St., North, are now residing at Tremont. Mr. Cohn is a member of the Standard Furniture Store Co. Mr. A. Boylan of Seaside is visiting hie twin sons, Ora and Ola Boylan of Brentwood. Lente Eastern Star lodge elected officers last Wednesday evening, and the following persons will manage the work of the l««dge the coming year: W M , Ida Foe'er; W. P„ P. A. Ken nedy; A M., Sarah McKenzie; Sec., Maude Connell ; Trena, Della York; Conductress, Lydia Campbell; A. C., Dean Hees.