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L-COuTvIEK, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1922.
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OUR NEAR NEIGHBORS
BOLTON
The social given by the fire de
partment of Bolton Friday evening
was a huge success both financially
and socially. An excellent program
was rendered by the younger mem
bers and each selection was well re
ceived. A great number of attractive
baskets were sold and the remainder
of the evening devoted to dancing.
Music was furnished by tthe high
school orchestra. The sum of $45
was taken in, of which $30 is profit.
This department is one of the most
active organizations of this city and
their reputation as hosts yet remains
unequalled.
Mrs. Harold Leighton of Wilamette,
who has been seriously ill, is now at
the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. McDonald.
Miss Ruby Hogan entertained a
group of young people at her home
Sunday afternoon. Those who were
her guests are: Joyce Mercer, Alta
Warden, Elmer Simpson and John
Michels.
Miss Ruth Young of Silverton was
the guest of Mildred McKillican Wed
nesday evening.
Mrs. A. J. Hobble is able to be out
again, having just recovered from a
severe illness.
Walter Rector, a student of the Bol
ton school, left last week for her
former home in Idaho. We are very
sorry to have him leave but wish him
sucess in his school work wherever
he goes.
GLADSTONE
Party for Alfred Rowan
Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Rowan enter
tained Friday evening in honor of
their son, Alfred, whose fifteenth
birthday anniversary occured on that
date. The living rooms were prettily
decorated with red carnations, hearts,
and kewpies. The evening was devot
ed to games, contests, and music.
Mrs. Rowan was issisted in serving
refreshments by her daughter, Mrs.
Elvin Catto. Those attending were
Misses Dorris Smith, Veatrice Rauch,
Vivian Rauch, Eunice Amer, Nellie
Harvison, Glenna Miranda, Leona Fox,
Mary Louise Merrick, Mary Meads,
Erma Roche, and Dorothy Shearer;
Alfred Rowan, Fred Meads, Roy Wil
kinson, Everette Catto, Frank Garlick,
Franklin Niles; Harvey Wodward
and Alfred Olsen, of Portland; Er
nest Freytag, Jack Hempstead, and
Eldred Grasier.
Euterpean Club Meets
Mrs. F. L. Oswald will entertain the
members of the Euterpean club Thurs
day of this week.
Sunday School Class Entertained
Mrs. F. D. Ellis entertained the
members of her Sunday school class,
"The Busy Bees," Friday evening. The
living rooms were prettily decorated
with red crepe paper and hearts. The
evening was devoted to games, con
tests, and music. The valentine prize
given in the "heart hunt" contest
was won by Delbert Hayward. Delic
ious refreshments were served by the
hostess. Present were Helen Craw
ford, Matilda Hayward, Habel Turell,
Lola Vedder, Elsie Sobinski, Doro
thy Kyler, and Delbert Hayward, Rob
ert Ellis, and Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Ellis.
Missionary Society Meets
The Missionary Society of the
Christian church met at the home of
Mrs. K. E. Bauersfeld, Wednesday
afternoon. In connection with the reg
ular program and business, plans were
made to entertain the Federation of
Missionary Societies which will hold
an all day meeting at the Christian
church Friday. The program will start
at 10 o'clock. Dinner will be served
at noon by the ladies of the Gladstone
Christian church.
Mrs. F. D. Ellis had as her dinner
guests Wednesday, Mrs. E. H. Ellis,
mother of Mr. Ellis, and Mrs. J. H.
Potter, sister of Mr. Ellis of Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Legler and dau
ghter, Mildred, were the dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Duane Ely, of Oregon
City, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. McGetchie had as
their dinner geusts Sunday, Mr. and
Mrs. R. M. McGetchie, Mrs. Margaret
Niles, and Mrs. H. C Parker.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Freytag, Miss Alice
Freytag, and Ernest Freytag (were
the dinner geusts of Mr. and Mrs. O.
A. Pace Sunday.
Delbert Hayward was the guest of
friends in Portland Tuesday evening.
Church Department Prospers
The Home Department of the Chris-
tian church, which has been recently
organized is proving successful. The
department is divided into three
classes. Mrs. B. F. Clay, Mrs. O.
Thoen, and Mrs. G. Olds are in charge
of the classes which meet each Thurs
day afternoon. These classes are for
the benefit of those unable to attend
Sunday school, the regular Sunday
school lesson being studied at the
meeting. -
Mrs. F. A. Burdon, who has been
seriously ill at the St. Vincent's hos
pital, is steadily improving.
Mrs. O. L. Weddle returned Friday
from Salem where she was called last
week by the illness and death of her
granddaughter, and the serious illness
of her daughter, Mrs. Otto Scheinan.
Mrs. W. E. Hmpstead spent last
week in Portland, the guest of her
sister, Mrs. Benjamin Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Roake of 'Oregon
City and Mrs. W. I. Rowan motored
to Salem Sunday where they were
the guests of Mrs. Rowan's sister,
Mrs. Barnette. They were accompan
ied home by William Davis, father of
Mrs. Rowan.
Mrs. John Kent, is spending the
week in Forest Grove with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Fred Steiner, and sister, Mrs.
John Yoder.
The young people of the Baptist
Sunday school were entertained in
the church parlors Friday by Judge H.
E. Cross, who is Sunday school super
intendent. During the evening delic
ious refreshments weres'erved.
' Mrs. Carrie N. Parker, acting post
mistress, was installed as clerk of the
Neighbors of Woodcraft for the 25th
consecutive term.
Mrs. O. E. Freytag has been ap
pointed registrar for the two Glad
stone precincts by County Clerk F.
A. Miller and has acepted the office.
Mrs. Carl Simmons, who has been
ill with la grippe, is improving.
JENNINGS LODGE
The Jennings Lodge Christian En
deavor society held a basket social
in the Community church Tuesday
evening. In connection with the sale
of baskets a program was given.
The Community club hejd its reg
ular monthly social meeting in the
school house Wednesday evening
when "500'' was played. Light refresh
ments were served.
The regular meeting of the Parent
Teachers association was held at the
school house last Friday afternoon. Jt
was decided to continue serving warm
lunches to the pupils during the noon
hour. The report of the committee
in charge of the lunches showing a
surplus of $6.07 for the past month.
A check for $25.00 was received from
the Portland Knights of Pythias lodge
in payment for the services of the
pupils of Mrs. Moore's room in pre
senting the Tom Thumb wedding. A
Previous check received from Oregon
City makes the total for the play
ground apparatus from this source
$50.00.
Mrs. William Moritz entertained the
members of the Luncheon club at her
home on the River road Wednesday.
Charles Peterson of Duluth, Minne
sota who has been visiting his son,
Albert Peterson of Hull avenue, re
turned home Monday. Enroute home
he will visit in California. He was
so favorably impressed with this sec
tion that he may dispose of his pro
perty in Duluth and return to make
his home here.
Mrs. Dan Jones and little sons are
confined to their home with the pre
vailing grip.
Mrs. Claire Maple who has been
confined to her home several days
is convalescing.
Mrs. Will Brice of the Roselawn
Poultry yards visited with Mr. and
Mrs. Marion last Sunday.
Mrs. Nellie Hughes who has spent
the past nine, months with her son,
R. F. Deter and family, returned to
her home in Montague, California
last Sunday.
C. E. Dietz and family have moved
to Rainier where they recently pur
chased a farm.
W. B. Jennings has remodeled Ly
swise cottage on the river and will
remove to the old homestead now
being vacated by the Wilson family,
who are moving to the place on Hull
Ave., recently vacated by C. E. Dietz.
Mrs. Florence Moore of the Jen
nings Lodge school has taken possess
ion of one of the Blinstone apartments
on Hull avenue.
OSWEGO
OSWEGO ITEMS
L. L. Woodward, chief chemist of
the Oregon Portland Cement Com
pany, who died suddenly at his home
in Oswego Thursday morning, was
buried Saturday afternon. Services
were held at the Holman chapel, fol
lowed by interemnt at the Oswego
cemetery, where a large concourse of
friends were in attendance. Mr. Wood
ward has been very prominent in the
welfare of the young people of Os
wego, having organized both the Boys'
Scouts and the Girls' club. He left
Oswego to go into the service in the
late war, and joined the Y. M. C. A.
organization and was stationed as a
secretary at Camp Lewis. Since his
marriage he has made his home at
Oswego. He was a man of great talent
in community work and Oswego al
ways considered itself fortunate in
having the benefits of his leadership
in the many lines of work in which
the city was interested. His loss to
the commnituy will be almost irrep
arable. Besides his widpw ami daugh
ter, Margaret, Mr. Woodward left two
brothers and a sister, who reside in
Canada.
Plans for an elaborate George Wash
ington day celebration are being laid
at the Oswego grammar school. In
addition to fancy dancing, songs and
other music, the stellar event will be
a flag raising with the local Boy
Scouts officiating. The program will
be held about 10 o'clock a. m. in or
der to let the children have a half
holiday. Parents and friends are invited.
The largest attendance at any ev
ent of its kind in Oswego in several
years favored the chicken dinner giv
en Thursday evening at the Congre
gational church by the Community
Sing Club. The event had the hearty
support of Oswego's general Commun
ity Club and also- the town people re
gardless of affiliation. The Sing Club
membership deserve a great deal of
credit for the hard and effective work
done and for the gratifying results fi
nancially.
The pupils of Miss Pettinger's class
were given a pretty costume party
Friday evening at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. James Duncan. Little Celia
Duncan was a charming hostess, and
gave her small guests a happy eve
ning. The Wednesday Five Hundred club
met at the home of Mrs. George Thom
as, last week.' First prizes were won
by Mrs. Sumption and Mrs. John Da
vis; and the booby prize fell to Mrs.
Griffey. Places for each guest were
marked with dainty Valentines and'
a delicious luncheon was served.
On Thursday evening Mr. and Mrs.
George Emmerick entertained a party
of friends at their home in South Os
wego. .
Willis Koehler was in Oswego dur
ing the week. He is from Falls City.
WEST LINN
Mrs. Shonks has been rather ill.
for some time at her home. Her
friends hope she may improve soon.
Mrs. Polterer formerly Miss Irene
Moore, niece of Mrs. L, L. Pickens,
passed away in Omaha, this week.
The funeral will be held in Oregon
City on Thursday of this week.
Since the death of her husband,
Mrs. Polterer had lived with Mrs.
Pickens but she had been visiting in
Omaha for a time with friends.
Construction on the new bridge is
progressing rapidly and the old sus
pension is nearly demolished. The
forms, for the concrete work have
been in the making for some time.
A large amount of reinforcing rods is
also on the ground ready for use.
During the latter part of last week
it was found necessary to add guys
to the new bridge to prevent the
swinging occasioned by high winds. A
guy was stretched at each side level
with the foot wag and several smaller
cables placed between the foot way
and guy thus preventing the side
swing.
Fred Hegdale, a junior at West
Linn High, who has been very serious
ly ill with pneumonia is reported to
be improving.
Mrs. Nora Armstrong is still in the
Oregon City hospital, but is doing as
well as can be expected.
Mr. Tom Armstrong is also ill hav
ing to have a doctor attend him.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Reinke of Rose-
mont have had quite a few friends
and relatives here visiting them re
cently. All of them coming from Hol
bor, Iowa.
Mrs. Wm. Robinson was hostess re
cently at a beautifully appointed din
ner at which Mrs. Eva Tmery Dye,
Mrs. Cauiield, Mrs. McDonald, Mrs.
Walter Bennett, Mrs. Hickman of Bol
ton and Mrs. Hugh Burdon of Ocean
Falls were her guests.
On February Cth, - County Agent
Holt was at D. O. Days to advise
Rosemont folks just which varieties of
potatoes would be best for this com
munity to market successfully. Quite
a number came to hear the speaker.
Rosemont now has its own road dis
trict, number sixty two with D. O.
Day as supervisor. While nothing can
be done to the two main roads this
year, the DeBok road will receive our
entire allowance, for it is badly in
need of immediate repair.
Rosemont Community Club, at its
last meeting decided not to accept
the one fourth acre Mr. Reinke olfer
ed for a club house but will buy one
half acre from him instead. Incorpor
ation papers are ready and as soon
as they return" and the half acre is
purchased the work will begin on the
new clubhouse.
The members finally decided to ac
cept for membership any resident of
West Linn, Oswego, Willamette or Ha
zelia. Friends are welcome at regular
meetings, the next one being March
first and thereafter every two weeks,
at 8 P. M. For information regarding
place of meeting, membership and so
on call 7F2.
Mr. Jake Borland, who has resided
in Eastern Oregon the last few years,
has been visiting his old home for a
few weeks.
Miss Zennah Lytsell who is ill with
scarlet fever at her grandmother's,
Mrs. Krummel's home in Oregon City
is getting along well.
Wm. Robinson and Ruth were Port
land visitors last Saturday. '
Mrs. Mayme Schultz and children
of Redland were the guests of Mrs.
Edith Mowbough for several Sundays
lately.
Mrs. Henry Elliott has been con
fined to her bed with the grippe for
quite a while. She is still poorly.
Mr. Frank Petit was reported better
the other day. He has been quite ill i
with pneumonia.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Elliott, Willie
Elliott and Dorothy Boggess were out
fiom Sellwood last Sunday to visit
Mrs. Henry Elliott,
Mr. Pete Georoff is visiting at the
Wm. Robinson ranch. '. .
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Blaney are home
again and have taken up their resi
dence at the Robinson ranch. Their
two daughters of Portland were here
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. J. Hall were din
ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Cory at the home of Dr. Ralph Fen
ton at Rockspur station, just off the
highway.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Day have
moved into the Albert Powell home in
West Linn from the ranch in Rose
mont, as Mr. Day is now employed
at the Crown Willamette mills.
West Linn was again visited with
snow and sleet on Sunday and Mon
day. The trees are budding and the
pussy willows are out in spite of the
weather.
horses and other dainties the , little
folks went home tired and happy.
WILLAMETTE
The entertainment given by Mr.
Parker at the Willamette Methodist
church was enjoyed by many people.
His poem "The Man with the Hope"
was especially well-liked and his ren
dering of several of Edward Guest's
poems pleased everyone especially the
children. 1
Mrs. O. "Larson who is at the St.
Vincent hospital is much better and
expects to be home soon.
One of the numerous improvements
of the Progressive Club is to bring
gas to Willamette. The reqiured num
ber of people have approved of it and
work on the project will start soon.
Mrs. W. L. Snidow rturned home
Sunday from the Oregon City hospital.
Mrs. Carl Elliot entertained a group
of friends at her home, Feb. 8. - The
guests enjoyed a social afternoon and
a delicious luncheon. Mrs. Harold
Graves, Mrs. Elmer Johnson, Mrs.
Walter Larson, Mrs. Harlan Donovan,
Mrs. Bert Zerkel and Mm Carl Ell
iott attended.
Misses Meade and Mildred McKilli
can visited Miss Edith Overton Thurs
day evening.
A baby girl arrived at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hoffman Sunday
evening, Feb. 12.
Mr. Lloyd Junken and his friend,
Mr. Cmuteson spent Sunday at the
home of Mr. Junken's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Junken. . Mr. Canuteson
has just returned from visiting rela
tives in Idaho.
The teachers of the primary depart
ment of the Sunday school entertain
ed the Willamette little folks Satur
day afternoon. Including several par
ents there were seventy persons pres
ent. After feasting on gingerbread
OAK GROVE
Many children are out of school
this week because of illness.
Mrs. F. N. Little is able to attend
to business again after a week's ill
ness with grip.
Mrs. Ada White and three children
were very ill the' first of the week
and the county nurse was called to
the house.
A number from Oak Grove were in
attendance at Portland auditorium on
Sunday night, February 12, to hear
Miss Evangeline Booth, commander of
the Salvation army.
The annual reception of the Social!
Service club was held Thursday, Feb-1
ruary 16 at the home of the president,
Mrs. W. C. Pierce on County road. A !
report in detail will be published in j
next week's issue. j
The moving of the church has been
delayed by the rains, which prevented ;
excavating. j
Rev. J. J. Patton, Mrs. Patton and
son, are ill 'with grip but are improv-'
ing. I
R. Fleming has purchased the T. C.
Elliott place and moved into the same.
C. L. Morgan has purchased the Gil
lepsie place on River road.
An appreciative audience was en
tertained with stereoptican views and
lecture on Alaska Sunday evening at
the church. The pictures. were good
and the lecture rendered in a pleas
ing and interesting manner.
The Ladies' Aid society held a food
sale Saturday. February 11. and a
net sum of considerable proportions
was realized and all food disposed of.
The A. C. Arnold home is under
quarrantine for diptheria, the little
boy being ill.
The Concord school was closed all
last week because of diptheria in the
district.
Mrs. Grace Bryant has been suffer
ing from rheumatism in her ankles.
Mrs. E. C. M. Youngs is still one
fined to her home from an injury to
her spine which she - received by a
fall in the yard of her home.
The postoffice is now in charge of
an "acting postmaster," who took
charge February 15. No examinations
have as yet been held and Mrs. Hel
en E. Wilcox was placed in charge..
Mr. V. G. Benvie, veteran postmast
er, after nearly, four years, will go
in to Americanization work about
March 1.
The Helpers' club held its regular
meetinfg Tuesday, February 14, at the
home of Mrs. Bernire. After the bus
iness session, a Valentine party in
cluding a Valentine box and other
games were enjoyed. Refreshments
were served.
G. S. Davenport, wife and two sons,
were all sick last week with the
grip.
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