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LENTS STATION, PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRÍL 11, 1919
WELL-KNOWN GIRL BECOMES
BRIDE OF RETURNED SOLDIER
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One of the most interesting social
events of the month was the mar
rlage of M imi Sebra Decton and
Alvin Klingl.-i Wednesday, Ap'il
at high noon, The ceremony took
place at the home of the bride's par
ents, Mr. ami Mrs. A. L. Dvrton, of
6318 Ninety-second street. The bride
1» a very popular young lady, and up
to a short time ago was employed
In the Multnomah State Bunk, where
she made many friend». The groom,
. whom- home is at Bull Run, returned
two weeks ago from France, wlfe-re
he has l»een in the service since
last July.
The bride and groom took tlieir
places in the double doors under a
silk flag, to the strains of a Wedding
march played by Miss Chloe Keith-
ley.
The rooms were beautifully
decorated in the national colors of
red, white and blue.
0
Mrs. Klinger was attired in a
beautiful bridal gown of white satin
and lace, the bridal veil being hold
In plfee* by a wreath of orange blos
soms, ami she carried a bouquet of
white carnations.
The guests present wore Mr. und
Mrs. A. L. Decton, Mr. ami Mrs.
Klingler und Charles Klingler, Mr.
and Mrs. Fisher of Scotts Mills, Ore.,
Mr. and Mis. Mackey, Irwin Mackey,
Mrs. Wise, Minnie Chapman, Bell
Chapman, Arthur and Charles Chap
man, Mi. and Mrs. Robert Chapman,
Miss Chloe Keithley, Mr. and Mrs.
Bloyd, Mrs. Revenue, Ruth Reed,
Eva Edwards, Mrs. Donaldson and
Ixrona Donaldson, Mr. ami Mrs.
Merle Decton, Mr. and Mrs. 1 .eater
Chapman.
Mr. and Mrs. Klingler loft imme-
diately after the ceremony on a
wedding trip to Eugene.
DARWIN J. BRADLEY
Mildred Wnkefield Gave
DIED AT THE FAMILY
Party to Little Friends
RESIDENCE MONDAY
LENTS SCHOOL TEAM
FRANKLIN STUDENTS
ORGANIZED AND OUT
ARE TO DEBATE ON
FOR CHAMPIONSHIP
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Will I’lay Woodmere School on Next
Patron» of School
I
Entertained and
Wednesday, April I«. at Local
Banqueted by l<og Cabin Bakery
Grounds at Lenta Park.
Company Recently at Plant.
The l-ciits school baseball team
is composed of the following mem-
hers; captain and pitcher,- Don Rohl
fing, and Glen Petty, alternati-
pitcher; catcher, Merle McDade and
Leater Cex; shortstop, Au »ton West
over; first base. Herbert Wise; sec
ond base, Theodore Bvrrvth; thin!
base, |»>ster Cox and Merle McDade;
left field, Glen Petty and Don Rohl-
fing; center field, Albert Huskeu;
right field, Elmer Miller. The fol
lowing are five new players taken
from the second team to fill va
cancies:
Merle McDade, Auston
Westover, Glen Petty, Albert Huske>
and Elmer Miller.
Th* schedule of coming games is
as follows: April 9, Lents vs. Kel
logg, on Lents field; Friday, April
11, Lents vs. Creston, on Creston
ground, post poned game; Monday,
April 14, Ixqits va. Woodstock, Wo<xl
stock field; Wednesday, April- 16,
Ix-nts vs. Woodmere, Ixmts Park.
On the fourth Tuesday of this
month the Franklin Parent-Teacher
association will be entertained by a
debate given by the students of the
Franklin high on '“The Ix-ague of
Nations." There will also be an ad-
<l>ess by Mrs. R. J. Marsh.
Last Wednesday evening about 150
patrons of the Franklin High school
we-e entertained by the Log Cabin
Bakery, 265 Ivy. The guests were
first escorted through the baking
plant, shown its equipment and
methods, and were then banqueted.
George Schmidt, city sales manager
for the Log Cabin Bakery, made an
address of welcome to which Mrs.
George G. Root, president of the
Franklin Parent-Teacher association,
responded. At the close of her ta’k
Mrs. Root introduced Principal S. F.
Ball of Franklin, who spoke in be
half of the faculty. J. Bruce Pol-
worth, of the Franklin party, gave a
humorous talk on the merits of the
I lx>g Cabin Bakery. Among other
i things, he paid his respects to his
( wife’s cooking but added that here-
after he should eat only Log Cabin
| products.
Jack Deardorff, of Happy Valley,
has bought the house and acre on
Mildred Wakefield entertained n East Gilbert road formerly own^d
number of little friend» at her home, by Mr. Brooks, and will move in as
Had Lived in Oregon Nearly Thirty 6532 Ninety-second street, Saturday, soon as school is out.
Year»— Resident of the Lenta
April 5, in honor of her twelfth
birthday. After spending some time
Dialrirt for Seven Yearn.
playing game» and having a jolly
Darwin J. Bradley died at the time the little guests were invited
family residence ut 7913 Foster road to the dining room where a delicious
Monday. April 7. Funeral services luncheon of sandwiches, cocoa, ice
were held Thurs.lay, April 10, at j i cream and cake were served. The
1 30 p. m. from the funeral parlors j table was tastefully decorated with
of A. D. Kenworthy A Co., 5802 pink streamers festooned from the
Hermiston, Ore., April 4, 1919. prised at the number and extent of
Ninety-secosd street 8. E., Portland. chandelier anil fastened to a little
the apple orchards. There is one ad
Interment wa» in Multnomah ceme pink basket at each place filled with To My Ix-nts Friends, Greetings:
joining
Mr. Bundy’s place of 70
spring
beauties
and
lilies.
A
kewpie
I promised when we left home for
tery.
acres, and there are larger ones than
doll
dressed
in
ping
swung
above
the
the
sagebrush
country
that
sometime
Mr. Bradley was bom in Wiscon
that. I wish you could see these
sin in 1862 and crossed the plains in tpble ami watched that all went well. in the near future I would write my
ditches, the big ones. They run all
Covers
were
laid
for
12
but
owing
impressions
of
this
land
and
submit
1864 to MostariU, where he grew to
over the country and crossed by
manhood. He cam* to Oregon in to the inclemency of the weather them to The Herald for publication.
only
nine
of
the
invited
guests
were
When we had been here a coupl* “honest-to-goodness’ bridges. One of
1890, engaging in mining business
present,
who
were:
Dorothy
Geisler,
of
weeks I mentioned to a bunch of these ditches we crossed today was
in southern Oregon for a few years.
i
Audrey
Douglas,
Francis
Sefton,
callers that I must redeem my proin- running like a mill-race with more
Hr earn* to Pnrttend later. engagin»
I Dorcy Coffman, Gertrude Huber, Mil ise, but one of them said, “Oh. Mrs. water in it than there is in Johnson
in fraternal work and photography.
creek. It is a sight, believe me. It
He was humane officer for several dred (.arson, Irene Davis Dorris Mar McKinley, wait a while; you don’t
shall
and
Olive
Updike.
know unything yet.” So I waited. goes rushing and roaring and gurg
years, both in Oregon City and Port
I'd be wiser perhaps to wait longer, ling about its business as though it
land under President Shanahan.
; but I don’t want any of you to think knew how important it was. With
Mr. Bradley had lived at the above
Obituary
of
“
Grandma
”
I am afraid to speak my mind on all this system it rains quite often,
address for the past seven years.
too. I-ast night it rained—poured all
He leaves to mourn his departure his
Cundiff, Who Died Here this or any other subject.
night.
widow, Kate Bradley; three sons,
If I said this is a region of sand
This climate is the grandest in
March
31
at
Baker
Home
George Bradley of Rosalia, Wash.,
I I would be telling you all I thought
the world. Ask anybody who knows.
Ix* Bradley of Lewiston, Idaho, Per
at first—sagebrush und sand tells
The wind actually does not blow as
ry Bradley of the U. S. army ata
Mrs. Mary E. Cundiff, affection part but not all of it. Ixtoking out much or as hard as it does in I^nts;
timed at Camp Kearny, and Forest ately known as Grandma Cundiff, of over the country it reminds me very
that’s a fact. Don’t ask me the price
Bradley, step-son; one sister, Mr». 6023 Eighty-fourth »tree} S. E.. Port much of Dakota, It is rolling, with
of land. It’s according to the land.
Robert Weeden of St. Helens. Ore.; land. Ore., was bom April 9, 1843, in ¡no native trees except an occas-
1 saw a piece that sold for $40 an
one brother, Chas. Bradley of Rock Marion county, Kentucky, near the I iona) clump of willows—yellow wil-
acre but the water has to be brought
ford, Washington.
village of Merrimack. She died at Ilows which gleam in the sunshine a long ways. I know another place
like veritable gold. Just now the
the above address March 31, 1919.
that the owner asks $300 an acre for,
prairie is covered where it is not
She
was
educated
in
"Ix>retta
”
Miss Gilbert Entertained
but if you want land use your eyes
Academy, a selective school for girls ' under cultivation with a bright yel- and your tongue; money is no con
Wednesday Afternoon in near
Merrimack, and in 1870 moved I low flower with "short stems, thai
Honor of Francis Rife to Illinois, near Rantoul, where she literally carpet the ground with yel- sideration.
The country is settling up with a
low. Then the alfalfa is the bright
took up teaching and music.
nice class of people; helpful, kind,
On New Year’s day, 1874, she was est green, and now that the peach and many of them educated, all
Miss Gladys Gilbert entertained a married to -Thomas I). Cundiff,
and orchards are in bloom, it is a sight. bound to boost the country they live
number of ladies at a surprise in 1891 the family* moved to Oregon
Everybody has his orchard of
shower Wednesday afternoon at her and locat«-d near Albany. When the peach, apple, apricot, cherries, etc. in and do their level best to keep
home, 6710 Ninety-second street, in home farm was sold and’ made the Some raise grapes and berries. Near everybody that conics here right
here. They have fine schools. We
honor of Miss Francis Rife. The Linn county poor farm they moved ly all have strawberries.
have one not far from us that is a
affair was a complete surprise to to Ix-banon, living there from 1899
looking out now on my right is a marvel for a ^nintry school—two or
the bride-to-be. A beautiful cedar to 1908, followed by one year at
hill
covered with yellow; on the left three grades, a bus to carry the
chest given by the bridegroom-elect Newberg. She moved to Iafayette
was filled with gifts which will be in 1909 and lived there until 1915. is pink, and in the center is a great children out here and one to carry
expanse of green.
them into town. The children cer
a pleasant reminder of the happy While here she lost her husband, and
About ten years ago a company tainly enjoy that performance, too.
event. A delicious luncheon of cake, when she became so feeble that she
coffee and pineapple sherbet was could not manage for herself any known as the Maxwell opened up They have their country clubs and
served. The table waa beautifully longer her children had her come to this project. They sold the land at have Sunday school and church in
decorated in pink and white. A kew- Portland, as being a more central as high as $250 per acre, and a our school house.
good many people came in and
Hermiston is a nice, progressive
pic doll bride with pink and white location.
bought and built and afterward went little town. A fine library and three
ribbons attached to her wreath and
She was converted in early life,
tied to the bluebird and butterfly and during her stay in Portland she away and left their places. The evi churches are among the buildings. I
place cards formed the centerpiece. became very much attached to the dence of their failure dots the prai must not forget the magnificent high
rie in at least two directions from school building. We are up on the
Pink and -white rosebuds and carna little Friends church at Lents,
nnd
tions added to the beauty of the her request was that the pastor, Rev. where we live. The company’s sys hillside where we can see the lights,
tem was all wrong. The ditches re hear the school bell and see the
rooms.
lsturana Terrell, officiate at the
main but when the government took “ ’leventeen” trains that puff and
The ladies present were Mrs. Eva funeral.
over the project they threw them roar their way through the little
Anderson, Mrs. E. M. Scheucrman,
She had three children, Lucy, who
Ruth Holland, Mrs. Ernest Trenary, died in infancy, and Chas. A. Cundiff all out. The government is very burg all hours and half hours of the
Mrs. Martha Trenary, Miss Gingrich, of Vancouver, Wash., and J. F. Cun considerate and helpful. There is a day and night.
I must tell you about the birds and
Mrs. Shupp, Fem Upham, Mrs. Mor- diff of 732 E. Twenty-seventh street, resident engineer, a ditch rider and
terud, Mrs. Rife, Mrs. Huxley, Bell Portland, both of whom survive he*. other government employes who jackrabbits and coyotes. Blackbirds,
come at everybody's call with help quail, robins, larks, magpies and
Chapman, Vera Knox, Mrs. Rusk.
and advice and encouragement.
china pheasants all contribute to our
Every landholder is entitled to happiness and entertainment. There
Dr.
Hess
’
Car
Stolen
I^ast
Mt. Scott Drug Company
four feet of water four feet deep all are ducks and fish in the ditch.
Sunday; Found Monday over his land during the season from After all, I want to say it costs
In Business 17 Years Here
March to September, or later if money and hard work to open up a
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needed. You can raise anything you farm here, but once get yout; alfalfa
Dr. Hess’ car was stolon last Sun
The Mt. Scott Drug Co. is adver
please in this unspeakable sand started and the worst is over. It is
tising a special sale to begin next day evening from Broadway and
(even Cane) if you know how. I was hard to get along without lights and
Saturday in celebration of their sev Taylor streets, where he had parked
told
today that I could raise pea - other convenierces that we had at
enteenth anniversary since beginning it for a couple of hours. It was re
nuts.
home, but never mind, we still own
covered
Monday
evening,
howeiQr,
business in I<ents. This firm is one
bees, our home.
Many
of
the
farmers
keep
of the pioneer business firms of this none the worse for the trip it had
One man has 1500 hives, and there
Loving regards to the Wr C. T. U.,
district and many changes and im evidently had. x Some one no doubt
is no honey like the flfalfa honey. Red Cross and all the church folks.
provements have taken place since wanted a joy ride and picked the
Come on, you bee man. I was sur-
MRS. D. H. McKINLEY.
they first began business here. They best looking machine that could be
M rs . D. h . mckinley writes
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U of 0 Librar;
VOL. xvn.
No. 15
MR. AND MRS. SCHEUERMAN
CELERRATE GOLDEN WEDDING
Saturday evening, April 5, 1919,
at 7:30 o’clock, the appointed time,
. the guests all being present, the
bride and groom of 50 years, the
i bride carrying a bouquet of daffo-
' di is, were leau to the spacious oay
window in their home, 6223 Eighty
ninth street. "Silver Threads Among
the pold" was played on the grafo-
nola. The pastor of the couple, Rev.
N. Shupp, with ceremony very fit
ting for the occasion, in an amusing
way brought to mind the time of 50
years ago. The ring ceremony was
used in which a gold ring set with a
sardonix and internet with a diamond
was presented to Mother Scheuer
man. Immediately following, Father
Scheuerman was presented with a
gold watch and fob. The pastor lead ,
in prayer.
One feature of the congratula
tions wfes the reading of congratula- ■
tory letters from three of the daugh- ,
ters in the east. "When You and I
Were Young, Maggie,” was played
on the grafonola.
The bridal party was then invited <
*
to the dining room and seated at the
table. Place cards, hand-painted in
gold, attached to small gilted slip
pers by yellow ribbon, with a conun
drum at the other end of the ribbon,
designated the positions of the guests
at the table. The wedding cake, dec
orated with gold lear-aa, helped to
adorn the table. "O ’Dem Golden
Slippers” was then played, after
which delicious refreshments consist
ing of orange ice cream and cake
were servea.
The home was decorated with gol
den streamers, Oregon grape, daffo
dils and wild flowers.
Those present were Father and
Mother Scheuerman, Rev. and Mrs.
Shupp, Mrs. A. C. Kiger, Miss Alma
Kiger, and the children, Mrs. M. M.
Kiger and family of McMinnville;
M. H. Scheuerman and family, E. M.
Scheuerman and family and H. R.
Scheuerman and family, all of Lent^
Four daughters not present are Mrs.
J. M. Wickizer, Argos, Ind.; Mrs. B.
R. Castleman, Bantry, N. D.; Mrs.
Earl Zechiel, Culver, Ind.; Mrs. Vic
tor Elick, South Bend, dnd.
letter From Leslie Yott
Lieut. Gibbons Addressed
From France; Thought
Mt. Scott Mental Culture
to Be en Route Home Club at the Last Meeting
The following letter was received
by Mrs. Yott from her son, Leslie
H. Yott, who is in France with com
pany F, 158th infantry. It is ru
mored that he is on the sea en route
home at present:
Bordeaux, France, March 17.
Dear Mother: I am still in France
but am getting nearer home very
slowly. We are now in the port of
embarkation and have been inspected
and are waiting for our turn, and
hope it will be soon.
I am as usual and in the best of
health and anxious to get on the
ship, as then we know it is the good
old U. S. A.
I haven't seen anybody from home
only Roy Whitaker, and I think he
is in the army of occupation in Ger
many. I read in the papers where
several of the boys that came in the
army the same time I did are dis
charged and home now. I received
two papers you sent me a few days
ago dated February 7 telling all
about the trouble in Seattle. I hope
it is all settled by this time. I also
received some papers from Nogales
but haven’t heard from Pet lately.
The last letter she said she was go
ing to visit you this summer and I
hope she can go about the time I
get discharged and we can travel
together. I am figuring on getting
out about May 30, but you know
figures don’t always tell the truth.
LESLIE H. YOTT.
Marie Chapman Left on
Concert Tour Wednesday
M iss Marie Chapman, one of the
most popular and most talented vio
linists of the community, left Wed
nesday to begin a concert tour with
the Ellison-White Chautauqua bu
reau, The tour begins at New Or
leans, is»., and returning through
Texas, Arizona and California to the
Pacific coast.
Miss Chapman has resided since
childhood with her aunt, Mrs.
Mooney, and sister, Miss Loretta
Chapman, a well-known teacher in
the Lents schools, on Buckley ave
nue, near Gilbert station.
Miss Chapman will visit a brother
in Chicago en route south, whom she
has not seen for 18 years, and also
expects to be met there by another
brother from New York. She will
be gone three months.
The Mt. Scott Mental Culture Club
met at the home of Mrs. Roy D.
Armstrong, 7013 Fifty-second ave
nue, S. E., Friday, April 4. An in
teresting talk was given by Lieuten
ant William H. Gibbons, 10th Engi
neers, overseas service, who spoke
on the work of the forestry engineers
in France.
Several piano selections were given
by Alexander Jackson.
The program committee for next
year was announced as follows: Mes
dames J. J. Handsaker, F. M. Dobbs,
E. J. Stephens, Sayler Smith, and
Sadie Orr Dunbar.
Party Given in Honor of
Mrs. Una Smith by Sister
A party in honor of Mrs. Una
Smith in the form of a shower was
given Wednesday afternoon, April 9,
at the home of her sister, Mrs. Robt.
Davis, 7356 Ninety-second street S.
E. The table decorations were pink.
The afternoon was enjoyed by all
present.
Luncheon was served to
the following guests:
Mrs. Una
Smith and two young daughters;
Mrs. C. W. Davis, Mrs. D. A. Davis
and young son and daughter, Mrs.
Alice Cadona of Seattle, Mrs. E. S.
Brown, Mrs. C. L. Thayer, Mrs. Ed
Vick, Miss Mary Schultalber, Mrs.
Redmond, Mrs. Snyder, Mrs. R. Judd.
Mr. Hansen Passed Away
At Home at Bell Station
Neels Peter Hansen died at his
home at Bell station Tuesday after
noon, April 8, of tuberculosis. He
was born in ^Denmark March 3, 1879.
Funeral services were held today
at Kenworthy’s chapel and interment
was at Mt. Scott Park cemetery.
Mr. Hansen is survived by his wife,
Anna C. Hansen, and a daughter,
Elva Marie.
Ernest McKinley Moves
to Eastern Part of State
Ernest L. McKinley left on Sunday
for Hermiston, Ore., to take up farm
work. Mrs. McKinley left about a
week ago in order to make a visit
in Pendleton on her way east. Mr.
McKinley’s place on rural route A
from Gresham is being filled by Wm.
P. Myers of Pleasant Home.—Gresh
am Outlook.
Girls of Gilbert School
Joseph Kellogg School
Entertained by Teacher
Has Girls’ Baseball Team
About fourteen girls from Gilbert
school gathered at Myrtle McNeil’s
home on Foster road last Saturday
afternoon. Miss McNeil is thinking
of organizing a campfire girl society
and that was the main topic of con
versation, planning hiking trips, etc.
A dainty lunch was served, the tablé
being decorated with a large center
bouquet of daffodils, pretty place
cards and tiny yellow baskets filled
with after-dinner mints were at each
have grown with the community and found. The doctor’s instruments and
The Cook family, living at 9219
1*. Parker, of Elk City, Ore., is place. A jolly good time was had
now have one of the best and most two overcoats which were in the ma Forty-sixth avenue, are under quar- visiting friends and relatives in town and all are looking forward to some
chine were not molested.
grand times this summer.
antine for smallpox.
progressive stores in Lents.
this week.
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The girls’ baseball nine of the Jos
eph Kellogg school is composed of
the following: Catcher, Isabel
French; pitcher, Beatrice Beckman;
first base, Dorothy Jessup; second
base. Fay? Ward; third base, Helen
Rider; left shortstop, Dorothy Sni-
der; right shortstop, Madeline Han-
sei; left field, Grace Guthrie; right
field, Maybelle Erickson.
Hattie Yott sold the Parker resi-
dence on One Hundred and Third
street to George Howard, of Port
land, last week.