EUGENE, ORE. » 'Jntvor.il, of Origin X * ;’ W of 0 Librar, *■* fHL Ärntt Iterali Subscription, $1 OU a Year LENTS STATION, PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1920 VOL. XVIII. No. 21 In Memory of the Brave J H. Marshall, for 17 years past a resident of Ismts, was almost in stantly crushed to death between the floor ami the elevator gate on the sreomi floor of the Swift Packing company’s building, Fourth and Hoyt streets, on WcdneMiay, May 18, at about 6 o'clock in the evening. Evi dently Mi. Marshall, who had been night watchman for the company ror tbe past eight months, had just started to get onto the elevator on the second floor to go to the* third floor, when th«* rope was IcKisencil in some way from above, anil he was caught as above described. He was crushed through the cheat am! his neck was also broken. Funeral services were held at the Kenworthy chape) Saturday, May 22 Rev. E. A. Smith of the Lents Bap (1st church officiating. Interment followed at the Mt. Scott Park cem etery. Members of camp No. 77, W. O. W., conduct«! burial cervices at the grave. Mr Marshall was born in New York December 31, 1H.'»6, and was 64 years of age at the time of his death His people moved to Michigan when hr was but right years old. Upon attaining his majority Mr. Marshall * joined the U. S. army and was •t corting Custer’s baggage train at the time of the Custer massacre by the Sioux Indians under Sitting Bull. Mr. Marshall was with Captain Benteen. He was later stationed at Fort Bu ford. N. ll., where in 1885 he was married to Miss Ella Keller, who survives him. Besides the widow three children, Floyd, Alice anil Doris, survive. Mr. Marshall was one of the main promoters of th«« ix*Dts Home Tele phone company, and was president of the organization until it wax' ab sorbed by the Pacific States company. He was a member of camp No. 77. W. O. W., and was held in high esteem by all who knew him. M. E. LADIES* AID IS ENTERTAINED AT STEFFY HOME / A pleasant afternoon was spent on Wednesday afternoon of last week at the home of Mrs. Roy Steffy. 7114 52nd avenue, by about fifty friends of the M. E. Indies’ Aid so ciety, the occasion being thr regular monthly silver tea. 'The committee in charge of the affair was Mes dames Altermatt, Brash. G. W. Bleything, Roy Steffy, R. Schermer horn, W. H. Woodworth, Alice Wood worth, G. G. Woodworth, O. S. Wor den ami Wilkinson. A nicely ar ranged program was given, included in which was a song especially en joyed, "Jesus Loves Me.” by little three-year-old Hubert Burgett; piano solo, Mrs. Burgett; reading, Mrs. Miles, "Lady in the Shoe Depart meat"; Mra. Miles responded .to an encore with “Mother’s Gingham Apron”; piano solo, Mrs. Hall. After serving refreshments, which consisted of mock eggs on toast and coffee, a silver collection was taken which netted the ladies a nice sum for their treasury. They are always pleased to welcome new as well as old friends to these social gatherings, so watch for the announcement of the next one in June, as they assure us a more enjoyable afternoon would be hard to find. The friends of Rev. F. R. Sibley were very much pleased to have him able to attend the services at the M. E. church again after his recent illness. MRS. R. G. TWEED PASSED AWAY ON FRIDAY, JUNE 21 R. G. Tweed, who passed away on May 21, 1920, at the family residence at 6103 93rd street, fol lowing an attack of pneumonia, was bom in Portland August 2, 1885. Her maiden name was Nute A. Thornton. Besides her husband she is survived by -three children, Marjorie, Helen an«i Robert; a brother, Harry M. Thornton, of Spokane Bridge, Wash., and a sister, Mrs. Melusine Livings ton, of Selma,’ Cal. There were present at the funeral services held at the Kenworthy mor tuary parlors, Sunday, May 23, Cap tain H. M. Thornton, of Seattle, father of deceased; J. E. Tweed, of Corvallis, brother of R. G. Tweed, and also Captain and Mrs. J. H. Piltz, of Portland. Ilev. O. W. Taylor, of the Episco pal church, read the 103rd Psalm, and paid a touching tribute to the life and character of Mrs. Tweed. Mesdames A. E. Kenworthy and Mrs. Herbert Orton sang "Lead Kindly Light” and “Beautiful Isle of Some where.” The pallbearers were Messrs. J. F. Coffman, Eaton, Fred M. Spooner, Hugh Fague, Obed bsborn and William Rodgers. The remains were cremated, fol lowing the services, at the Mt Scott crematorium. ANNIVERSARIES ARE OCCASION OF SUNDAY DINNER Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Edward* en tertained a number of friend* and relative* at their attractive home at 6708 91st street on Sunday, May 16, ■ the occasion being the wmiding an- | niversary of Mr. and Mr*. Edwards, and the birthday anniversary of their i •on-in-law, Winfr««d Walker. A dainty luncheon was enjoyed by all fortunute enough to be present. The table was atti actively decorated, the center piece being a large birthday cake, adorn«! with tiny pink candles in ro*ebud holder*. A Victrola fur nished music for the u*aembled guents, and card* were al*o a feature uf the entertainment. Those enjoy ing the hospitality of Mr. and Mra. Edward* were Mr. and Mrs. Wlnfr« — Walker, Warren Walker, Dr. and Mt Arthur Lundberg, Mra. Elva Upha and Mis* Fern Upham CUTTING TRANSFERS TO HOOD RIVER P. O. X i C. W. Cutting, for several years a Portland mail earrier, working out of the Lenta postoffice, has been transferred by the postal authorities from lx*nts to Hood River, route No. 2, and has been succeeded by J. Lynn Baldwin. Mr. Cutting goes to join his wife, who is living on a little ranch near Hood River which they puryhus*‘<i about a year ago. MRS. WOODWORTH ENTERTAINS IN HONOR OF SISTER Mrs. W. H. Woodworth was hos- teas at her home at «430 84th street recently to a small party of friends in honor of her sister, Mrs. W. C. Smith, which came as a complete sur prise to her, Mrs. Smith being en ticed away while preparations were made for the bountiful noon lunch serve«! by th«- hostess. Among those present to bid godspeed to Mr. and Mrs. Smith before their departure to their summer home in eastern Ore gon, were: Mesdames C. W. Cone. H. Johnson, E. Kline, E. Adamson, Shotts. Williamson, Groner, G. G. Woodworth, Isham, Krugan, Kildahl, Minnott, Norene, Alice Woodworth. Mary I^wrence, Marie Welch, Nellie Chapman. Alice Bates and Raymond Cone. DRESS UP PARTY AT LIBRARY ON JUNE 4 á • ii if Wil G. A. R. AND W. R. C. MRS. DARNALL WAS MENTAL CULTURE ENTERTAINED AT HOSTESS TO O. E. S. CLUB PREPARING * SCHOOL TO1>At CUH ON SATURDAY YEAR’S PROGRAM Memorial Day will !>• observed in the schools this year on Friday. Maj 28. A short program will be given after which the teachers will serve a light lunch to th«» members of th< G. A. R. anil W. R. C. in the teach ers’ room. The program will consist of the following numbers: “Columbia,” by the entire school. Rooms 1, 2. 3, 4, 5, and 6 will sing “Scatter the Flowers,” and give the flag salute. Rev. E. A. Smith will make the address. Miss Bessie Earsley, of the third grade room, will sing the solo and all pupils will join in the chorus of “My Own United States." A pupil from the third grade will recite. "The Stars and Stripes Forever” will be sung as a chorus by the en tire school, Ella Barnett will read the Gettysburg Address, and the program will clos«' with “America.” Pupils from the eighth grade will attend to the decoration of the stage and pupils are asked to bring flowers Friday morning and place them on the stage in th«> assembly room. A “dress-up party” will be given at the I^>nts library Friday after DELEGATES LEAVE noon, June 4, at 4 p. m. The affair FOR I. O. O. F. MEET is for the children, and each child will come dressed to represent a Walter Bush and Joseph Schwitzer. character in some book. The public representing Lenta lodge of Odd Fel is invited. lows, and Mesdames Mamie Cox and Cora Wright, representing Eureka HEDGE JOINS PARTY Chapter of the Ix*nts Rebekah lodge, TO DESCHUTES RIVER left Monday for Baker to attend the grand lodge of Odd Fellows. A. E. M » Kenworthy of Lents also went on the W. F. Backus, of Backus & Mor same date as representative of an- ris, Mr. Van Duzer, president of the other Portland lodge of the same Chamber of Commerce. Phil Holmes, order. a salesman for Backus A Morris, and Marvin Hedge, of the Lents Hard ware Co., made a party by train to SCHOOL EXHIBIT AT the Deschutes last Saturday night. HERALD OFFICE The anglers got off at Caskela and fished from that station up to North PAVING WORK IS The Lents school exhibit consisting Junction and back. Mr. Hedge, who of necdledmft and manual training, AT STANDSTILL returned Tuesday morning, says that together with the demonstration of work In all Its phases by student» ON 72ND AVENUE he had never seen fishing better on .the the Deschutes. The best luck was and teachers, held In the Herald office last week attracted much attention had with a dry fly, the blue upright from parents an<l the public generally. Work, which originally contem and flying caddis being particularly The girls showed great proficiency In plated the improvement of 60th ave effective in luring the big rainbows the needlework department, and the hoys evinced skill In the work done nue a distance of 10 blocks, has been from the swirling pools. by them. Interest and pride In the discontinued, pending agreement of work, were everywhere evident, and the city and street car.line as to the ARLETA DEFEATED that fact reflects credit on the school responsibility for the improvement. head and his associates, who have the UNION PACIFIC TEAM work in charge. The exhibit con About one block has been paved at' tinued over Thursday and Friday, and Tremont. The contractors have much the work was very creditably demon equipment and material on the The W. O. W. baseball team of strated throughout. ground. No one seems to know, how Arleta defeated the Union Pacific ever, when the work will be con team last Sunday by a score of 4 J. H. Gripp and family, of 9142 tinued. to 3. Lefty Leonetti twirled for the Foster road, who recently sold their Arleta boys. The W. O. W. boys are confectionery business in Lents, have Mumps are prevalent in the Ar playing good ball thus far this moved to a newly purchased 50-acre leta neighborhood. season. farm near Canby. Mra. H. A. Da mall, of 5309 92nd street, entertained the Portland As- sociate Matrons* Club of the O. E. S. last Saturday at a one o’clock luncheon. Place cards were ar ranged for 18 associate matrons but some were unable to attend. The guests were Mesdames Phoeb»* Guer in, Rose City; Marie Smith, East Gate; Lulu Mills, Martha Washing ton; Edna Gicger, Multnomah; Addie Kimble, Sellwood; Florence Graves, Friendship; May Bell, Corinthian; Minnie Stevens, Pioneer, Oregon City; S. B. Hall, Gresham; Miss Alda Overstreet, Minerva. The color scheme in the decora tions was yellow. Throughout th« rooms were California poppies and Scotch broom. The hostess was as sisted in serving by Miss Ida Men- zie? an«i Mrs. Hattie Mooma. After the luncheon, a short busi- ness meeting was held and Miss Overstreet, of 109 West Burr street, invited the club to meet with her on June 5. NONOGENARIAN OF LENTS STILL ACTIVE; CROSSED PLAINS IN ’51 Just half a mile east of Lents, at 5417 82nd street, half a block off Fos ter Road, lives Thomas N. Faulconer and his wife. Mr. Faulkner, recently attaint'd his 90th milestone in the journey of life, and has good use of his mental faculities, and physically is remarkably spry and active for one of his age. Mr. Faulconer was born In Troy, Mo., tn ISSO, ami drove an ox teamacross the plains in 1851, join ing a brother at a settlement In Yam hill county, now called Sheridan. Hare he took up a donation claim, and he and his brother, started the first store in Sheridan. I-aler on, Mr. Faulconer enlisted in the Oregon Vol unteers and fought the Yakima In dians, who were hostile In the early Sixties. He was Indian agent at Grand Ronde for three years, and also represented Yamhill county In the state legislature on two «occasions, He frequently walks into Lents and scorns the use of a cane. He is a social kindly man whose friends In Oregon are numbered by the hun- dreds. C. C. SMITH TAKEN TO SANITARIUM C. C. Smith, an elderly gentleman, whose home is at 5115 88th street, developed a serious case of blood poisoning the latter part of last week from a chafed foot, caused from spading in the garden. The in fection spread rapidly, and on Mon day last Mr. Smith was removed to the Portland Sanitarium for treat ment. His condition is reported very serious. A committee consisting of Mrs. J. F. McLoney, chairman; Mrs. Alex. Jackson, Mrs. E. A. Hershner, Mrs. Owen Day and Mrs. J. A. Handsakef are now preparing a program for “Outdoor Life,” ft>r the Mt. Scott Mental Culture Club for the coming year. The annual closing luncheon will be held at the home of Mrs. Janet Gesell, 6119 89th street, on Thursday, June 3. On last Thursday at the auditorium of the Arleta li brary Miss Elsie Wible lectured on the “Work of the Industrial Depart ment of the Y. W. C. A.,” under the auspices of the club. FRANKLIN CLUB TO ELECT OFFICERS NIGHT OF JUNE 2 The Franklin Community Club, which happily combines mentality and sociability in its weekly meet ings, and makes for neighborhood progress of the right sort, will hold a meeting on June 2 at which time there will occur the annual election of officers and the question of con tinuing the meetings during Jhe .»tm- mer months will be discussed. It is believed that the club will offer prizes for the teams which shall bring in the largest number of new members during a stated period. Re freshments, music and readings will be a feature of the coming meeting. MT. SCOTT BAKERY SOLD THIS WEEK J Rosenau this week sold his bakery on Foster Road near 92nd street to Wm.. Wingard, of Firland station, who will take charge next Monday Mr. Rosenau will remain in Lents, and wishes to thank all customers tor past patronage, and recommends his successor in business. Cbe Cents School hews Vol. a Friday. May 28. 1S2O Editor Lillian Steinbrick Assistant Editors Walter Smith, Helen Delaney, Augusta Richter No. • Mrs. Bohna, Mrs. Scheuermaa, Mrs. Collins, Mrs. Harwood, Mrs. Ander son, Mrs. Thielke, Mrs. Russell, Mi’s. Taylor, Mrs. Webb and Mrs. Fortner. The splendid support of the ele Mr. Wesco and his assistant, Mr. mentary school law in the recent Poor, were here for writing Tuesday. election, on the part of the public generally, and particularly here in Mr. Krohn, of the physical train Lents, will certainly stimulate the ing department, was a visitor of the teachers to their very best efforts Lents school Monday. for the children in the times to Marvin Gossett, of »he 4b, has re come. turned after a long illness of dip- One of the pleasant surprises of theria and its effects. the week was the flower shower Mrs. Altro, the visiting nurse, was given the principal by the pupils of at the Lents school Tuesday, Wed- Miss Chapman’s and Miss Mancur’s nesday and Thursday. rooms. In a very few minutes the We are glad to have Birney office was transformed into a real Scheuerman with us again after an bower of fragrant blooms of roses, absence of two weeks on account of flags, snowballs and Scotch broom. illness. There was an exhibit last week at In a spelling contest between the boys and girls in room 14, the girls, the Mt. Scott Herald office which won. Millard JSasly led the boy- consisted of drawings, work in sew ing and work in manual training. and Mabel Knox the girls. Louise Milligan, Paulina Brash and Miss Martha Hart has just finished Mildred Jurich of the 7b were models and turned over to the school a fine for their own' dresses made in sew new banner. The colors are red with ing class at school. The girls who green lettering. It is just in time demonstrated sewing were May for the track meet. Crawford, Thelma Kennedy and An Gordon Benge, of the 4b. leaves nis Hays of the 7b. The boys of next Sunday for southern Oregon. Lents made some very nice things He will spend the summer there with in manual training which were shown his cousin, but will return to Lents in the exhibit. The pupils who dem onstrated writing were Irene Wood, when school opens next fall. Helen Barker, Norman Tate, Helen The teachers and principal of Lents I Curtis And Ethel Kelly of the 7a; school wish to extend to The Herald Clyde Huntington, Charles Guisness, their united thanks for the use of its tlladys Allen, Gertrude Carlson, Ed office and for their co-operation in na Boyer and Florence Maughan of the matter gf the school exhibit of the 6b; Ethel Sumner, Ethel Har writing, manual training and domes wood, Irene Bangs, Miller Limback, tic art. Howard Smith and Carrie Bohna of The parents who have visited the the 5b; Lucille Triplett, Elisabeth Lents school recently are Mrs. Clark. Elliott, Frances Tifft and Doria Bald Mrs. Hoff, Mrs. Hedin, Mrs. Locke, win of the 8b.