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About Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923 | View Entire Issue (June 27, 1919)
ML Swrtt Iterdà V 9t 0 Lilriry Subscription, $1.50 a Year LENTS STATION, PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1919 FOURTH ÛF JULY CELEBRATION IS PLANNED FOR COMMUNITY A community-wide celebration of under the direction of the regular the national holiday for this district Instructors, Mr. Birello and Miss Coffey. Prizes will be given the is tiring plunnrd by a committee of same as in the, other contests. representative men. John II. leach, There will be foot races of all of the Phoenix Pharmacy, is chair kinds, including sack, relay, hurdle man, and A. Earl Kenworthy is ami obstacle races; shot-put, baseball vice chairman. J. J. Handaaker, P. throws for distance, tugs-of-war, pil A. Kennedy, Dr. C. S. Ogabury and low fights, climbing greased pole, T. E. Sprlrs are the other members etc., followed by red-hot game of of the committee. These men have ball between two good tcamM, their selected i’sul L. Newmyer, who has names to I m * announced later. barn helping in the community drive Then the event that delights the for funds to secure s boys’ work sec heart of the small boy und often the retary, to act as general manager of rest of the crowd—the "big feed”— the celebration, Mr. Newmyer has an old-fashioned picnic dinner where hud much experience In conducting the tables are piled high with good uthletic meets and play festivals things und everybody steps up and and will give all his time until after helps himself. The "cats” committee the Fourth to make this event one | will serve free lemonade and coffee, long to be remembered by the people but wants each family to bring u big of the district. basket full of regulur "chow." Sub-committees have been appoint- After the dinner then- will be con ed as follows, and are busy on their tests of a less strenuous naturo than respective duties: the races, such as Boy Scout drills Refreshments, Mrs. G. W. Merry. in first aid, signaling, knot tying, Program, John R. leach. etc.; folk dancing under direction of Miss Coffey; pyramid building and Advertising, A. E. Kenworthy, tumbling by u troupe of boys under Athletic sports, T. K. Speira. Mr. Birello. While the definite program ia not It ia hoped by the committee that yet ready for announcement, a ten- It is the services of a good band can be •"•jve outline in possible, planned to start the events of the secunxi to give a concert, after which day with a parade of all the organ- a program of vocal music, reading izalions represented in ths district— and speaking will be given. Prof. 0, A. I( . Spanish ami World War Hollingworth will direct the commu Veterans, Fraternal Oniera, Boy nity sing in patriotic and old-time Scouta. etc., and as many cars as songs. The choirs of all the churches possible arc wanted by the commit- are heartily invited to take a leading ter* for the event, Trucks and dc- part in this part of the program. livery wagons are alao nwxled to Some well-known speaker will be •e- carry the children, Priiea will be cured for a 20-minute patriotic ad- given for the best decorated outfits. dress. Probably other features not yet The parade will start from Seventy- second street and Fifty-fifth avenue planned will be secured by the com at 11:30 a. m. ami proceed through mittee, ami as this celebration is for the district of Lenta and Arleta to the whole district they expect every the Arleta school grounds, where the one to take an interest and help out program of athletic eveats for the in any way piiiwiMr. It ia especially desired by all con- older people of both sexes will take place. Prizes will be given for all earned that this event I m * emphasized events and enough contests staged as a celebration in honor of th< boys that anyone who wants to may enter coming home from the army, navy something and try for a prize. While and marine corps, and every boy who the events are being run at the hhs been in the Servian of his coun school grounds, a similar program try in any capacity is to have a place will be put on at the Mt. Scott play of honor and all the "pie” he can grounds for younger boys and girls, eat. Pass the word along to all. BOY'S WELFARE DRIVE The recent community drive for funds with which to secure the ser vices of a trained worker to give his whole attention to the boys of this community is not yet over. The va rious captains met at the Arleta Li brary recently and reported a total of nearly $2000 already pledged and many more reports yet to come in. They also reported much interest among the people of the district. Many people feel that they want to help but do not as yet see Just where the money will be spent or in what way the secretary will help the boys. For the benefit of such people it can be said that this plan has been tried and is now working in many com munities over the country, and in every case has proven a decided suc cess. Towns of 2500 population in North Carolina have tried it out and the consensus of opinion among the busihcHH men is that it paid and paid big. Districts in Chicago, Denver, Kansas City and Pittsburg have been organized as this district ia now and the results obtained have been highly satisfactory to the contributors. Mr. Kennedy, the campaign man ager, is hoping to finish the cam paign this week and has visited every precinct, helping the captains line up more workers, and in other ways stimulating the work. He would be very glad to have contributions turned in to him or to any of the captains. Subscriptions are payable over a period of two years, in quar terly installments, and a subscrip tion of a dollar a month from a few more families would mean the RUC- cess of the campaign. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Warde, and son and daughter, Glenn and Ruth, motorist to Hood River Sunday. They drove as far as Eagle Creek Saturday night nnd went on from there Sun day morning. SIXTY-FIFTH WEM E NOW GRAVELED. READY FOR USE Action by the city council on the Ninety-second street sidewalk ques- ! Lion, which was to have been passed upon Wednesday, was postponed for another week because the resolutions necessary' for the transfer from the county to the city could not be com pitted in time for the meeting this week. An Ninety-second street ia a county road it in necessary for the pity to take over that portion of the street between the curb ami property line. Mr. Johnson, of Commissioner Barbur’s office, has the resolution about completed and states that the matter will be put through at the council meeting next week. LITTLE GIRL DIED MONDAY AT ST. VINCENT’S HOSPITAL Little six-year-old Melva Mary Racey, daughter of Mrs. Minnie Racey, died at St. Vincent's hospital Monday, evening, June 23, of rheu matism of the heart. She was born September 10, 1913, in Portland. The funeral services were in charge of A. E. Kenworthy at St. Peter’a, Father Beutgen officating. She was laid to rest in Mt. Scott cemetery. On Wednesday, June 25, St. Peter’s church was the scene of the wedding of Miss Marguerite A. K earns and Edward T. Keelan. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J’. Beut- gen and the attendants were Ensign Keelan, brother of the groom, and Mias Harriet B. Kelly. The wed ding party entered the church to the strains of Mendelsohn’s Wedding March, played by Miss Bernice Kearns, sister of the bride. Immediately after the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served at the bride’s home. After a short tour of the Sound cities the young couple will make their home at Deer Is land, where the groom ia connected with the Deer Island lagging com pany. .Mr, Keelan has a wide circle of friends in and around Portland, many of whom met him while he was attached to the spruce division at Vancouver. Mrs. Keelan is a graduate of St. Mary's Academy, where her charm and cleverness made her a host of friends. 4 AWAY AT ARLETA HOME JUNE 18 I There were many sad hearts when and they have since been active, con- it was learned that Franklin H. I sistent Christians. When they moved Griffith, of Arleta, had passed on. to Sunnyside they joined the Wes- Mr. Griffith had been ailing for I leyan Methodist church, which was some months and had been confined [ then the only church in the neighbor- to his bed for many weeks, but the | hood. end came on Wednesday morning, One son, Franklin E., and the dear June 18. He died as he had lived, wife, of the immediate family sur quietly and peacefully; there was not vive him, but he has four brothers a struggle nor a movement of the and two sisters in the east. * eyelids. Mr. Griffith was always to be Mr. Griffith was born July 21, found united with every force that 18:15, at Columbia, Herkimer county. was for the good of the community. New York. When a very small boy He was a kindly, helpful neighbor he moved with his parents to East and friend, a thoughtful, loving hus Paw Paw, 111., where he resided until band und father. almost a man. At Shabony, 111., May Many of the old friends of Clack- 22. 1856, he was married to Susan Angeline Turner. This union was amas came to be at the funeral, crowned with more than 63 years of which was held at Kenworthy’s un- happiness. In 1906 the friends of dertaking parlors Friday afternoon, Sunnyside celebrated the fcoiden wed- | June 20, Rev. E. A. Smith officiating, ding and in 1916 the loving friends assisted by Rev. M. Hamper, of the of Arleta celebrated their sixtieth Wesleyan Methodist church. There was an abundance of flowers which anniversary. had been brought by old friends from In 1876 these dear old people came the home gardens. to California, where they resided It could be truly said of Father for two years. The^ then came to Oregon and settled at Sunnyside, Griffith: Clackamas county, where they lived "An hone«t ninn lie« her« at rent. e re God with HI« iniaice ble«t. for 30 years. Elpven years ago they Aa The friend of man. the friend of truth. came to Portland and built a home The atrength of the aired and the guide youth. * at Arleta where they have since lived. Few of heart« like hl« with virtue warmed. At the beginning of the civil war Few head« with knowledge ho Informed. If there* a better land he liven In bliaa. they united with the Baptist church If there’a none, he made the beat of this " I The county last week completed grading and surfacing Sixty-fifth avenue from Eighty-second street to Ninety-second street. The crushed rock removed from Ninety-second^ street where the paving was put in was used in improving Sixty-fifth, and as the same crew and equipment did the work the cost was nominal. The total cost only amounted to $675, all of which was put up by DESCENDANTS OF O. P. LENT the property owners along the ave HELD A FAMILY REUNION nue. They now have a good, durable road and are assured of an outlet at The sons and daughters of the late all seasons of the year. O. P. lent, one of the pioneers of Ients, held a family reunion recently ICE ( REAM SOCIAL ENJOYED at the home of Oscar E. Lent, 8817 BY SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS Fifty-sixth avenue S. E., all the liv ing members being present, besides The young people of the Aero a number of the grandchildren. Those nauts class, Second Friends Sunday present were Mr. and Mrs. Geo. P. school, met in the church annex for Lent, F. L. Lent, Mrs. and Mrs. a social evening Tuesday. June 24. Oliver W. Lent, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. While a few were kept away by ill McGrew, Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Mc ness, enough were there to make a Grew, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. McGrew, the pleasant time. The girls who have Misses Marjory and Ruth Lent, and been away at school were out in full Jasper and Paul I-ent, of Portland; force. Home-made ice cream was Mr. and Mrs. C. Whitlock and Miss the main feature of the refreshments. Delia Whitlock, of Silverton; Mrs. So many had a hand in this that it Rose Evans, of Bellingham, Wash.; would be hard to name them all, but Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Wood, of Fuller Mrs. Phillips and T, Littlefield did ton, Cal.; Mrs. Carl E. Wimberly, of the hard work, to whom the class is Roseburg, and Guy Sanders. A duly grateful. Only three gallons of bountiful dinner was served and the ice cream were used. afternoon was enjoyed with speeches, music and conversation. Axel Kildahl and wife, and Mrs. Root, Mr. Eastman, Mrj and Mrs. Mesdames Elvina and Clyde Sager Tom McSIoy, George Spring and Mr. entertained at a family dinner Wed and Mrs. William Wood worth mo nesday evening for Mrs. L. J. Kemp, tored to Mt. Hood last Sunday, start who has been visiting them the past ing at 9 a. m. and arriving home ut two months. Mrs. Kemp left Thurs 11 p. m. A most enjoyable time ia day for her home at Hutton, Alberta, reported. Canada. She will visit her son, Earl Wing, at Niche), B. C., and stop at Word was received this week of Calgary for the dominion day cele the death of a former Ix»nts girl. bration, which commences July 1 and Miss Si grid Richardson. She was lasts one week. living with hei rrfother, Mrs. Ida Richardson, in Fairbanks, Alaska, at Mrs. E. A. Hershner, 5906 Eigh the time of her death. She gradu tieth street, leaves today for Rocka ated from the Lenta school and at way where she will open her apart tended Franklin high school two ment house for the summer season. years. Mrs. Richardson will bring Mrs. Hershner has 16 apartments in the body here for burial. her house for rental purposes. I I MEMBERS OF SCHOOL CLUBS SHOULD REPORT SATURDAY VOL. XVn. No. 26 STREET COST 87C A YARD The paving of Ninety-second street was completed last week,. I^nts now has the only paved street in the Mt. Scott district, but it is hoped this modest beginning will soon be fol lowed by a more compiehensive pav ing program throughout the whole community. Ninety-second street being a coun ty road, an arrangement was entered into between the county and city whereby the county did the grating and put down the crushed rock bate and the city laid a two-inch asphaltic concrete wearing surface on the base It was the intention of the county in the first place to pave only a 16-foot center strip, but a few of the business men, led by Marvin Hedge, took up with the officials a proposition to pave the full width of the street, the cost of the paving be tween the center strip and curb be ing paid by the property owners. This was agreed to by the county and city and the work of signing up the property owners was successfully accomplished with but one exception. The paving extends from about 50 feet sputh of the car track to the south line of Fifty-fifth avenue In addition the north side of*Foster road between the curb and the center HIGHWAYMEN BUSY IN LENTS DISTRICT SUNDAY MORNING Three highwaymen in an automo bile attempted three robberies in Lents, according to reports to the police department Sunday. Andrew Anderson reported that he was stop- tied Sat unlay morning, but fled and hid under a house until the robbers gave up the chase. Early Sunday morning Mr. Anderson and Frank Navarra were held up at Eighty sixth street and Sixtieth avenue, but escaped before being robbed. John Schields reported that the s&,„<. men held him up at Eightieth street and Woodstock avenue, robbing him of $25 and his watch and chain. Two of the robbers are described as about 22 years old, weighing about 140 pounds and about five feet eight inches tall. Both wore dark suits and derby hats. The • other was about 20 years old and wore no hat. Four young men were arrested Tuesday on another charge who were using an automobile said to resemble I the one that figured in the holdups, 1 and the police are investigating this clue for a possible connection with f the robbery. PARTY OF LENTS GIRLS SPENT NIGHT ON LARCH MOUNTAIN — Winona Andersen chaperoned a party of young people to Larch mountain Saturday evening. They took their car as far as Multnomah Falls and hiked six and a half miles from there to the top of the moun- tain, arriving at midnight. They made camp and spent the night, then starting for home Sunday morning, reached here in the evening. Those in the party were Myrtle Hummel, Clarabell Foster, Marguerite Tifft, Fiances Hartwig and Ray Butter- field. All members of the Lents school that belong to the garden, rabbit or poultry clubs and have not yet made out their second reports may get the envelops containing them at the Mt. Scott Herald office Saturday, June 28. Fill out the cards and leave them at the Herald office that day or the following Monday. Also all who have made out the second re port and have not yet turned in your ONLY CHILD OF MJt. AND MRS. cards should leave them at the Her NELS MAYRO'SE PASSED AWAY ald office Saturday or Monday, June 28 or 30. John Edward Mayrose, seven-year- The third report will be given out old son of Mr. and Mrs. Nels May at the same tine. rose, 7115 Thirty-seventh avenue S. E„ died June 13 of spinal trouble Chester Cieslinski, one of the pro resultant from influenza. He was prietors of Chester & George’s’ ba r- an only child, Mr. and Mrs. May ber shop, has purchased a nifty Ford rose having lost a baby daughter coupe and is now working over-time five years ago. Mr. Mayrose was learning the art of driving it. en route home from Alaska at the time of his son’s death, necessitating The little four-year-old son of Mr. postponement of the funeral uptil and Mrs. F. O. McGrew, who has Saturday, June 21, which was held been dangerously ill with pneumonia, at Kenworthy’s undertaking parlors, has passed the critical stage of his Rev. E. A. Smith, pastor of the Lents illness and it is hoped will soon be Baptist church, officiating. Four well again. boy friends of the deceased acted as pallbearers. There were many beau Mr. and Mrs. Bert Munser, of tiful floral pieces. Interment took Fifty-seventh avenue, motored out to place in Mt. Scott cemetery. Eagle Creek Sunday and enjoyed a Mrs. Mamie B. Hogue entertained family picnic, They were accom- panied by Mrs. Munser’s parents, at her home, 6439 Eighty-eighth street, last Thursday in honor of the who live down town. first wedding anniversary of her Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wimberly, of daughter, Mrs. Julius Krebs. Those Roseburg, spent the week-end at the present were Mr. and Mrs. Julius home of Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Lent, Krebs, Miss Lina Krebs and Edward Mrs. Wimberly’s parents. Krebs. strip was paved from the east side of the Yott building to the west side of the Nygaard building, and on the south side of Foster road from Ninety-second street west to the postoffice. The total cost of the paving was $2435.35, $1043.60 of which was paid by the county and $1437.25 by the property owners. A total of 2347.24 square yards of paving was laid and the cost per square yard amounted to a fraction over 87 cents. This, according to the agreement with the city, will give the property owners a rebate of 13 cents per square yard, ‘he estimated cost having been $1. $ allow ing is a detailed statement of the cost: Plant labor, $166.37. Plant materials—Power and fuel, $76.63; lubricating oil, $1; asphalt, ^84.95; screenings, $211.50; sand, $153; filler, $49.20. Street labor, $217.09. Street material—Rock dust, $13.50; kerosene, $6.19. Transportation, $356.02. Overhead and superintendence, $325.36. The above items make a total of $2259.86, to which was added 10 per cent for depreciation, etc., making the grand total of $2485.85. ENCAMPMENT WAS ENJOYED BY G. A. R. Mt. Scott Herald: I would not feel I was doing my duty to the Grand Army and the ladies of the G. A. R. and Relief Corps did I not in some way express myself in behalf of .those orders for the very loyal and kind manner the great-hearted citizens of The Dalles treated us at the department en campment. They surely went over the top in the cordial way they treated the G. A. R. boys and their allied orders. It seemed they could not do enough in eulogizing them. I will give a little of my o*i experi ence: I stayed with a Mr. and Mrs. Mc Coy, a very wealthy family. There were five others who stayed there. When I asked him what my bill was he said I did not owe him anything. I told him I had money and wanted to pay him. He said if I talked pay to him he would have me shot. Everything was free. Men on the streets with lemonade begged us to stop and drink free. Then they took every' one who wanted to go for an auto ride. Our host took us where we were 2000 feet above the river and gave us a birdseye view of the city, and then we went where the great Columbia goes through a gorge only 120 feet wide. The third day we were taken to see the big cherry orchards, which range from one acre to 200 acres. They drove their auto right into the orchard and told us to eat all we wanted to. Royal Anns were ripe and fine. There are thou sands of tons of cherries, prunes, apricots and peaches. And as to the grain, wheat was fine and nearly ripe. Everything is raised under the dry- farming system. Fields are al ready plowed for the fall crop. And now language fails me to ex press my thanks to the good citizens of The Dalles. The next encampment will be at Astoria. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Department commander, Daniel Webster, of , • Salem. Senior vice, J. M. Patterson, of Dale. Junior vice, W. M. Hendershott, of Portland. Medical director, J. E. Hall, of Portland. Chaplain, J. B. Self, of Portland. JOHN WALROD. The little four-year-old son of Paul S. Newmyer, who has become well known in the district through his work in the interest of the boys’ welfare movement, underwent an operation for appeadicitis art. a hos pital in Oregon City last week. He is still very ill but is on the road to recovery. This is the second attack of appendicitis the little fallow has had. J «