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LENTS STATION, PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1919
LOCAL RED GROSS IS YEARLY MEETING OF LÈNTS
SADLER CHARLES BULK
FRIENDS CHURCH
TURNING OUT WORK
CATTERY A, 14th F. A. HAS
THRILLING EXPERIENCE
Brrxourt, France, Dec. 2.
Editor Herald: Will write a
few lines and let you know 1
am still receiving the paper. It
sure niitkea u fellow feel good
to receive news from hi» home
town.
\Ve would give our
month’s pay for news some­
times. We haven’t had very
much mail the last two months.
When we move we always have
to wait for our mail two or
three weeks.
But since the war is over we
are getting tired of staying
over here. I guess the people
in Portland celebrated when
they heard the war was over.
The French people sure did cel­
ebrate, and sure are happy. But
the German soldiers are the
happiest liecause they don’t
have to fight the American sol­
diers any more or stand up
against the American artillery
barrage. I don’t lielieve there is
a human being able to live un­
der one.
When we first came to France
wo went to the biggest artillery
school over here. It was at
Sauniur, France, and that sure
was a lieautiful country. They
call it God’s country, and 1 l>e-
lieve it is. But the people are
altogether different, so is their
morale. But we manage to get
along with them all right.
The trains here are alto­
gether different than our trains.
They call them wagons. They
are about 10 to 15 feet long and
have no springs,
Saumur was the l»e»t town
we were in since we were in
France. It was a good town for
Americans. They had quite a
lihe of American articles. We
left there the last of May and
went to the front. Our first
show we were in was at the
Toul sector in the lx>rraine
front. We were there alx>ut
three weeks, then we left there
for the Alsace front. That was
a iM'autiful country.
There
were quite a few German people
there. We sure filled up on
oherries, they were ripe when
we were there.
When we left the Alsace front
we went to the Chateau Thierry
front. That was the real front
for excitement. The first night
we got bombed was in the Bel-
leau woods, and there was some
excitement. The Germans
started toward Paris, but didn’t
go very far until they met the
Yanks. Then they turned about
face and started towards Ger­
many. Then we drove them un­
til we got to the town of Flames
on the Vesle river, where the
Germans put up a stiff resis­
tance for a couple of weeks.
Then we left for the Soissons
sector. Our battery fired 1500
shells into the town of Juvigny.
That was the front where they
bomber us every night. When­
ever we heard the Bosche ma­
chines coming we could never
sleep until they were gone.
Their engines sound something
like this: “I’m a hun, I’m a hun,
I’m a hun,” and that sound sure
puts the creeps in a person.
Then the next thing we would
hear would be a loud report,
then the ground would tremble.
Some of them they drop are
about two feet in diameter and
about three and a half feet
long. So you know what a hole
a bomb that large will make.
Some of the holes you could put
a Mount Scott street car in.
We left that front and went
out for a rest. We were out
five days and then we left for
the Verdun front. That was
the front that saw the fighting.
Our sector there was the Ar­
gonne-Meuse. We pulled in on
September 23. The guns went
into position on the 24, and on
September 26 the first show
started. The Americans and
French had 2400 big guns there
-6-inch to 14-inch railroad
guns and 1000 75s, or about
three-inch guns, and when they
all commenced firing there was
just one continual rumble. That
barrage lasted 27 hours. We
went about 14 miles. Then my­
self and two other boys got a
pass to the rear. We went to
Bar-le-luc. We started out at
1:80 p. m. and started catching
trucks going to the rear. We
were about two and a half miles
from Bar-le-luc when there was
an air raid signal. We got off
the road and started for a field,
but we no sooner got started
than the machine guns started.
Then the tracer bullets began
to rain heavy and we got under
the eaves of a building and
stayed there a minue.
We
started to cross the road again
when the shrapnel commenced
coming down from the anti-air­
craft guns and we sure wished
we had our helmets that night.
We stood there for awhile. The
nevt thing we heard a hissing
coming down from above. Then
we hugged the ground with our
bread baskets. Then we saw a
flash, then the report when the
first bomb exploded. It was
just across the road. We raised
al»out a foot off the ground
every time one went off. But I
don't want any more that close.
There sure was some excite­
ment for a while.
The next day we started back
again. We got home about 7
o’clock. About 5:30 the next
morning they dropped a few
more ash cans around us. They
were about 240s, that is, about
a 10-inch shell. The first went
over and exploded about 100
yards from us. The second one
exploded about 25 feet from us.
It threw steel, dirt and every­
thing all over our tents. But
the third one was the one that
made us move. It hit about
five feet from our tent. There
were tents all around. But I
guess God was for us that day
—it was a dud. It buried itself
in the ground but never ex­
ploded. So we got out of range
of the firing. That was a very
early first call that morning.
On November 1 the last bat­
tle for freedom started- The
barrage started about 3 o’clock
in the morning and was still go­
ing on that evening. That was
the last play the Boches played
with us. Then on November 11
at 11 o’clock the last shot was
fired—and the boys went wild.
The Yankees fought the last
winning battle. We participated
in all the good shows except the
St. Mihiel drive.
We saw our part of the war
and did our bit, which it wasn’t
any fun to do. And Oregon can
be proud of its field artillery—
they are as good as any artil­
lery over here and there aren’t
any batteries that can beat
Thé local Red Cross auxiliary
is still meeting in the I«nts
school sewing room, every
Thursday from 10 a m. to 4
p. m. While the attendance is
not as large as it should l>e, yet
the workers are turning out an
abundance of garments and
knitting.
Since the end of the war a
great many people do not seem
to understand that the need for
hospital garments, etc., which
are furnished principally by the
American Red Cross, is just as
great as ever, and cannot stop
just because peace has come.
Some of our boys who were so
badly wounded “over there”
will have to remain in hospitals
for months to come.
The work the auxiliary is do­
ing at present is making conva­
lescent garments.
The auxiliary has several el­
derly ladies who scarcely, if
ever, miss a meeting, and they
are justly proud of them. Two
of these ladies, Mrs. Seeley, of
Ninety-fourth street, and Mrs.
Judd, of Eighty-fourth street,
are over 80 years of age. Mrs.
Seeley pieced a quilt top ¿nd
donated it to the Red Cross,
and several others donated the
money to get cotton and lining,
and went to Mrs. Seeley’s home
and quilted it. The quilt is for
sale and is on exhibition in the
Yott building, comer of Ninety-
second street and Foster road.
Grundma Judd is never absent,
and the auxiliary ladies would
feel lost if she failed to come.
Lents auxiliary was organ­
ized in June, 1917, and to date
has made the following articles:
57 pillows, 41 slips, 28 tray
cloths, 10 hot water bags, 11
ice bags, 14 l>ed sox, 105 hand­
kerchiefs, 97 napkins, 60 tea
towels, 8 knit squares, 12 sub­
stitutes for handkerchiefs, 78
bed shirts, 60 operating caps, 36
surgeons’ aprons, 50 tape shirts,
22 T bandages, 99 body bands,
52 skull bands, 21 packages gun
wipes, 120 arm slings, 124 shoul­
der wraps, 13 sheets, 109 pa­
jama suits, 30 convalescent
robes, 10 refugee shirts, 50 pin­
afores, 50 comfort kits, 40
girls’ dresses, 26 bed jackets,
202 French kits, 117 pairs sox,
21 pairs wristlets,, 73 sweaters,
4 scarfs, 9 helmets, 358 pieces.
Many packages of clean cloths
for surgical work and also gar­
ments donated for Belgian and
French refugees were handled
by the local auxiliary, making
a total of over 2000 articles.
IV ministerial association of
Oregon yearly meeting of the
Friends church will meet with
the local church on Nipety-
seernd street for a conference
January 28, 29 and 30. This
is the first time in the history
of the local church that it has
entertained this gathering.
Oregon yearly meeting terri­
tory includes the states of Ore­
gon, Washington and Idaho.
Many important and interest­
ing questions will be discussed
by R^rne of the ablest ministers
in the denomination. The meet­
ings will I>e open to the public
and the .services on Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings, January
28 and 29, will Ite especially in­
teresting and inspiring. It is
h<>])ed the entire memoership
and the regular attendants as
well will make arrangements to
s't through the entire confer­
ence.
The opening session will be
on Tuesday evening. January
28, and the closing session on
Thursday afternoon, January
30.
Closely following the confer-
encej on February 2 the local
church will commence a series
of uvangelistic meetings with
Rev. Harry Hays as evangelist.
These meetings have been
looked forward to for some
time.
LENTS GRANGE TO
MEET ON SATURDAY
All newly-elected officers of
Lents Grange are urged to be
present next Saturday, January
11, for installation. The first
and second degrees will be given
at the morning session begin­
ning at 10:30 a. m. The usual
Grange dinner will be served at
noon and the officers will be
installed in the afternoon. Jack
Welbus, past master of Russel-
ville Grange, will be installing
officer.
COLONEL ROOSEVELT
A few of the I^ents young
single-footers held a stag party
last Friday evening at the home
of Donald McNeil, on Foster
road. Those who took part in
the midnight festivities were
Reuben Morterud, Milton Katz-
ky, Alfred Nygaard, Clarence
O’Neil, and Donald and Gordon
McNeil. A dandy good time was
had by the boys.
them. We are waiting for our
orders to go home now. I guess
it will be three or four months
before we return. But it will
seem like that many years. We
will sure be happy when we get
l>ack to Paradise again. Do not
send the paper any more until
I get back, for I guess we will
be in the states about the same
time this letter reaches you.
Yours truly,
SADDLER CHAS. BULK,
Bat. A, 147 F. A„
American E. F.
Ex-President Theodore Rooeevelt,
who died unexpectedly at his home In
Oyster Bay, N. Y., 8unday night.
JOSEPH WOLFENDEN
DIES OF PNEUMONIA
No. 2
BOYS IN THE SERVICE IN BELGIUM
Fo«r Leaf« b«y» ire tecMed la the ib«»e pktare, aaaMly, “Carly" Farbaa. Fay Baybara
Fraafc Baybara aad Paul Leal. Bert H om . ef (jreahaa, wba la weh kaawa ta Laate, to atea to
the froap. They are member» ef the MJrd Ambulaace Ceapaay, JIM flattery Trait, at­
tached te the fiateas »1*1 Divtofoa treat Camp Lewi», which haa bcea threafh aaaw eavera
fighting bath In France aad Belglaai. The dtvatea waa b Belgian wbea the erabtfce waa
signed, where thia pictare waa taken. Tbe aait b aew ea reate hone, aad bat tbe Lenta
deya will receive a roaatag welceaw goe» wttbaat aaytaf. la the origbal photograph batea
caa be eeea la the aide el the am balance made by abrapeeL Twa German helaete, trephine
of battle, hang oa the aide ef the car.
AUTOMOBILE SIGNAL
IA SCHOOL OF METHODS
TO BE HELD JAN. 14-18
IS INVENTED HERE
An auto signal, mirror and
spotlight combined, called a
mir-rir-lite, has been invented
and is being put on the market
by A. W. Johnson, of 4839
Eighty-seventh street. The de­
vice consists of a hollow rod
about 12 inches long which is
clamped on the windshield at
right angles to the car, on the
outer end of which is mounted
a mirror .and signal. The spot­
light is mounted on the end of
the rod next to the car.
The driver can see traffic
belwnd him in the mirror while
driving, then when desiring to
turn he merely turns a small
switch and the signal is brought
into position in place of the
mirror, and the driver of the
machine following is warned of
the impending change in direc­
tion of the first machine. The
signal has an electric light in­
side, is enclosed with red glass
and has the word “Turn” in
large letters.
The spotlight and signal are
lighted from the magneto of
Fords and from the batteries of
other cars. The device is com­
pact and very neat in appear­
ance.
Mr. Johnson has a temporary
machine shop fitted up in his
garage but intends to move to
larger quarters down town. He
has orders for large numbers
of the signals and has about
1500 manufactured ready to be
assembled. The signal will be
sold to wholesalers only and will
retail for $10, making the com­
plete mirror, signal and spot­
light little more expensive than
spotlights alone of other makes.
PROFESSOR O’MEALY’S
FAMILY IS RECOVERING
STAG PARTY HELD BY
LENTS YOUNG MEN
VOL. XVII.
Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Pressnall,
of Brighton, Ore., parents of
Mrs. B. A. O’Mealy, are at the
O’Mealy home at 3810 Seventy­
sixth street. They came up to
assist in caring for their daugh­
ter and family in their illness.
Five of the O’Mealy children
were confined to their beds at
one time suffering from influ­
enza. Mrs. O’Mealy is just re­
covering from a serious illness
which began with tonsilitis but
finally developed into a serious
case of quinsy. Her throat was
lanced twice without securing
relief for her, but finally the
gathering broke. All the mem­
bers of the family are well out
of danger at present and Prof.
O’Mealy, who is a teacher in the
High School of Commerce, re­
sumed his duties Monday.
At the last meeting of the ex­
ecutive committee of the Mult­
nomah County Sunday School
association, final arrangements
were completed for putting on
the school of methods to be
held in the White Temple Jan­
uary 14-18, inclusive. The af­
ternoon sessions will begin at 3
and the evening sessions at
7:30. Prominent pastors and
local Sunday school workers will
be assisted by Harold F. Hum­
bert, general secretary of the
Oregon State Sunday School as­
sociation; Walter Moore and J.
H. Matthews, general secretar­
ies of the Western Washington
Sunday School association, and
Mrs. E. C. Napp, of Spokane.
Mr. Napp is general secretary
of the Inland Empire associa­
tion. The four-day school of
methods is a new departure in
this county, taking the place of
the annual county convention
which has been held formerly.
The plan has been very success­
ful in other cities and much
good is expected to be derived
from the series here by those
interested in any feature of the
Sunday school work, as the pro­
gram is a very comprehensive
one, covering the whole field of
Sunday school endeavor.
BOY CLAIMED HE
WAS KIDNAPPED
A lost boy, Dick Jacobson,
was picked up on Buckley ave­
nue last Friday afternoon and
turned over to Deputy Sheriff
E. M. Calkins at Gilbert station.
The boy claimed he had been
blindfolded and kidnapped by
two men on leaving the Alberta
public library the day before,
and had no recollection of where
he had been taken or where he
had spent the night.
He was about 14 years old,
appeared to be honest and in­
telligent, and Mr. Calkins is in­
clined to believe he told the
truth. The boy’s parents live
on East Tenth street between
Knott and Beech, and his father
came after him when notified
of his whereabouts.
HOWE RECOVERING
FROM PNEUMONIA
John Howe, formerly post­
master at Lents Station but now
in the postal service down town,
is recovering from a very seri­
ous attack of pneumonia It was
thought the first of the week
that he could not live, but he is
now considered out of danger.
Joseph Wolfenden died at his
residence on Fifty-eighth ave­
nue Tuesday of influenza. Mrs.
Wolfenden is also confined to
her home with the same disease,
and Mr. Wolfenden’s mother
and sister, Mrs. W. E. Whitman,
Bert Hollenbeck, of Newberg,
are so low at the latter’s home
Alice Carr, of 6116 Ninety- was transacting business and
on Fifty-third avenue that they first street, is reported sick greeting old friends in Lents
have not l>een told of his death. with influenza.
last week.