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! r page rom ASHLAND TTDIXGS. Thursday, April 15, 1015 In the Social Realm riiilathca Mission. The Philathea Mission study club met at the home of Miss Freda But terfield last Saturday afternoon. The leader for the afternoon vas Miss Margaret Moore and the subject was Palestine. Each one eudeavored to tell what they knew of the holy coun try. Mrs. Clackstone gave a very in teresting talk. The club took in as an auxiliary the Junior Philatheas of the Baptist church and will interest them in missions and mission work. As a reception for the new branch of the club .the newcomers were ten dered an elaborate banquet. The club Is progressing finely and is cre ating a goodly amount of interest in the members. Each member is bo coming a committee of one to secure material for each discussion and all are enthusiastic over the work. The officers of the club are: Miss Freda Butterfield, president; Mrs. A. V. Hardy, vice-president; Lillian Arant, secretary and treasurer; Mrs. Bowan, corresponding secretary. The mem bers of the Junior Philathea who were taken into the senior organization were: Florence Mastier, Ruby Mc Culland, Effie Oslin, Orpha- Oslin, Goldio Beeler, Ivern Keller, Jessie Arant, Helen Walker, Ruth Ander son, Lida Harvey and Phileman Arant. Wednesday Afternoon Club. The Wednesday Afternoon Club held a most delightful meeting yester day at the home of Mrs. C. B. Lam kln. v The yearly report of the secre tary and treasurer was read and adopted. The report of the nominat ing committee was acted upon and resulted in the following officers be ing elected for the coming year: Mrs. II. W. Andrews, president; Mrs. F. F. Whittle, vice-president;. Mrs. A. Schuerman, secretary; Mrs. J. K. Choate, Jr., treasurer. A vote of thanks to the retiring president, Mrs. 0. J. Stone, was ten dered for her faithful and efficient la bors with the work of the last two years. After an artistic piano boIo by Mrs. A. W. Boslough a guessing game was played. Mrs. V. A. Stuart proving the best guesser, was awarded a bo- quet of spring blossoms. Substantial refreshments were served, after which the club adjourned to meet April 28 at the home of Mr9. Shlnn. Mrs. Lamkin was assisted bv Mrs. W. M. Poley and Mrs. E. H. Bush. The Auxiliury, I'p to Diite. All unsold tickets for the dramatic club's series of entertainments and also the proceeds from ticket safes should be handed to Mrs. Pell, presi dent of the Auxiliary's advisory board. Wrk on the club home Is reported to be progressing satisfactorily, and many generous donations of material, work and furnishings have been most gratefully received. A list pf these will be published later. Remember April .30, the date of the Auxiliary's May day dance. Full par ticulars of this event will be given out in the near future. . The next business meeting of the Auxiliary will occur on Tuesday, April 20, at 2:30 p. m. in the library lec ture room. - . Physics (lass on Hike. The physics class from the high school spent Monday in an interesting and profitable visit to the railroad shops and to the city power plant un der the chaperonage and direction .of Mr. Moore. The morning was spent in the Southern Pacific yards, where a thorough investigation was made of the railroad's equipment in so far as it was of interest to the students. The afternoon was spent with a trip up the canyon to the power house, where the men in charge explained the machinery to the class. A very enjoyable picnic-lunch in the canyon formed one of the biggest subjects for scientific investigation. IIuirter-Abbott. Mrs. Minnie Hunter and Mr Charles E. Abbott were married at the ranch home of Mr. Abbott last Sunday at noon. Only a few immedi ate friends and "relatives were pres en. On Monday evening a crowd of the neighbors pulled off a regular old-fashioned charivari. Tin pans, horns and lusty lungs made the coy otes across Bear creek envious. The newlyweds invited the gathering into the house and great quantities of re freshments were consumed by the merry party. Mr. Abbott is one' of Ashland's best known citizens and the good vIshes of the entire com munity are given the couple. School Holidays Are Limited The following measure passed at the last session of the legislature ar ranges the number of holidays for schools In Oregon: No school shall hereafter be open for the purpose of ordinary instruc tion on Saturday or on any school holiday. The school holidays are Sunday, the first day of January, the 30th day of May, the 4th day of July, the 2 5th 'day of December, and every day appointed by the president or the governor for a public fast, thanksgiv ing or holiday. Days on which an election is held throughout the state are school holidays for those teach ers only; whose school rooms are used for election purposes. When School holidays occur during a session of school teachers are allowed full pay for such days. The 12 th and 22nd days of February, the first Monday n September and the 12th day of October are not school holidays, but a portion of each of these days must be observed by the schools with ap propriate exercises. DEPOT 1KHXGS. C. A. Wester, division engineer, was in Ashland Tuesday. CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS. Congregational Church. The usual services will be held on Sabbath, April 18. Sunday school at 9:45. Morning worship at 11; sub ject, "Thankfulness and Trust." Y. P. S. C. E. at 6:30.- Evening service at 7:30; theme, "God is Mighty." A hearty welcome to all. R. W. FARQUHAR, Minister. Union Meeting. Charles. A. Phipps will address all the boys of the city between the ages of 14 and 24 in the Congregational church at 2:30 Sunday afternoon. At 3:30 Mr. Phipps Vill address at the same place the Sunday school work ers of the city. These meetings are under the jurisdiction of the Minis terial Association. ARTHUR R. BLACKSTOXE, Secretary. Uirtlulay Affair. Miss Ruby Palmer entertained a number of the younger set Tuesday evening In honor of Miss Margaret Slemantel. whose birthday It waB. Reversing the usual order of proced ure, luncheon was served immediate. ly upon the arrival of the guests. Artistic hand-painted place cards were the cause of much admiration. The dainty refreshments were thor oughly enjoyed. Five hundred and. music passed the remainder of the evening in a delightful manner. The guests were Misses Ruth Scott. Allie Shlnn, Vivian Greer, Cherry Starkey, Maigaret Sieniantel and Messrs. An drew McGee, Sugcne Moody, Roy Mc Danlel, Wilfred Carr and Howard Barrett. "Kverywoman." The magnificent production, "Everywoman," which is to be put on at the Vining Theatre nexf Wed nesday evening, promises to be one of the social events of the season. This production Is an Immense one and is of a class which never before has played a town the size of Ash land. The company is sent here by the Mew York booking offices more as a test of Ashland's calibre as a theatre town than anything else, was the opinion of one of the advance men who were in town the first of the week. The theatre management has put the price within the reach of all and a crowded house is almost a certainty. Several big theatre par ties are b'elng planned for the evening. Sophomores Hike. Sixteen members of the Sophomore class from the high school hiked to Gurkee Falls, on the slopes of Grlz ily Peak, last Saturday afternoon. A big picnic lunch taxed the strength of the hoys of the party to get it up to the Falls but did not tax their appetites when It came to getting the lunch down. The members who made the trip all report a dandy time and are already planning for other trips. See that spring line at Enders'. You take no chances there. West Side Association. The West Side Parent-Teacher As sociation will hold a meeting at the West Side school house Tuesday. April 20, at 3:30 in the assembly room. "There will be held the annual election of officers. Mrs. George W. Seager will read a paper on "Dishon esty of Children." Macrubce Delegate to Portland. Mrs. Sarah E. Cox left Tuesday for Portland, going as Ashland delegate to the state convention of Maccabees being held in that city this week. Mrs. Cox will return Sunday. The Chautauqua Park Club will meet Friday afternoon at 2:30 at the Chautauqua hall. Regular business meeting. MH mm STORE NEWS 1 worth talking about SfTZ Have vou ever tried Roval Society Crochet 4lL Cotton? It takes the place of D. M. C's. that are getting so expensive. The Royal Society is only 10c a ball far any number in ecru or white. We have stamped goods and linens for embroidery, work. A new and up-to-date line of Spring Dress Goods now on display. -'J Our Grocery Department is filled with good " things to eat. We want to clothe and feed you ' come and see about it. ' ASHLAND TRADING Co. 153 East Main Street Phone 122 J. W. Metcalf, in his private car Shasta, was up from Dunsmulr Tuesday. Charles Silsby is back on the Weed- Klamath Falls run after a month's layoff. Superintendent F. L. Burkhalter stopped off between trains Wednes day, here. E. E. Bowling was in town the last two days checking up the local ticket offices. H. J. Smith, division storekeeper, was up from his headquarters at Dunsmulr Monday. G. W. Wiley accompanied Superin tendent Metcalf on his inspection trip to Ashland the first of the week. ,J. J. Keith, head of the auditing department with offices at Oakland, was in Ashland the first of the week. F. R. Siefer, division engineer of the Portland division with offices at Portland, was In Ashland Wednesday, W. N. McMurray, general passenger agent for the O. W. R. & N., passed through Wednesday en route to the exposition. J. A. Philbrlck, superintendent of the lighting system, was up on ,hls regular inspection trip the first of the week. W. Smith, from the division en gineer's office at San Francisco, has been in the city during the past? few days checking up matters pertaining to his department. Conductor L. Bradford and Brake- men J. R. Lilley, J. T.. Pleisch and J. H. Philnott were the successful bidders of the work train operating n and out of Weed. A. A. Callahan, head of the Nickel Plate and Big Four lines of Chicago, with headquarters at Chicago, passed through Wednesday and called on G. N. Kramer, the local agent, who Is an old friend of the Chicago railroader. C. E. Brown, second trick operator n the Redding depot for four years, has been appointed temporary agent, vice Robert A. Martin, who will leave this week to become freight agent at Portland. The position of agent In Redding will be bulletined and opened to bids from other agents on the Shasta dl vision. The permanent appointment will not be made for thirty days, or thereabouts. A sign has been posted at the Southern Pacific depot for the pur pose of acquainting woman and girls, who are traveling alone to San Fran Cisco, with the fact that, if they wish, they may be met at the train by a member of the Travelers' Aid Society and escorted to a reliable hotel or rooming house. This society Is a hoh sectarian one and performs the ser vices free of charge. The passengers are " cautioned to watch for people wearing the gold star badge who are stationed at railroad stations in Oak land and San Francisco. Baptist Church Notes. Last Sunday evening our congrea tion enjoyed the lecture of Dr. Guy Wadsworth in the Presbyterian church. Prohibition will some day possess the whole earth. Thus the kingdom of our Christ marches on. The Thursday evening prayer meet ings will be slven up to preparation for the coming revival. Sunday school at 9:45 every Sun day morning. The subject of the morning sermon will be "Man's Need of God in His Soul." The evening service will be especially for young people. Some of the Baraca boys will assist the pastor in the service. We expect the male quartet to sing. ARTHUR. R. BLACKSTOXE. First Church of Christ, Scientist. , Corner Hargadine street and First avenue. Sunday service at 11 o'clock. Subject of lesson sermon, "Doctrine of Atonement." Sunday schpol at 9:45; Wednesday evening meeting at 7:30. Christian Church. All members and friends of the Christian church are invited to at tend -the annual meeting at the church, corner Second and B streets, Thursday night, April 15. Dinner will be served from 7 to 8 p. m., after which will be the election of officers for the ensuing year and other busi ness for the good of the work. Come and help make this a better ear for the work than any in the past. M. C. EDGIXGTON, Clerk. Missionary Societies. Wcdnssday . and Thursday of last week the Woman's Home and Worn an's Foiclgn Missionary Societies of the Methodi3t church convened in Grants Pa33. The first day's program concerned tho Home Missionary de partment, cf which the main feature was an p.ddre33 by Mrs. P. H. Bodkin of Los Angeles, a field worker of the association. Thursday two returned foreign missionaries gave most inter esting addresses, Miss Grace Clark, missionary from Africa, and Miss Lura Heoty, missionary from China. Delegates v.'ero present, from all over the Rogue River Valley and the ses sion proved most beneficial. Repre sentatives from Ashland were Mes- dames Van FosseD, Douglass, G. F. Billings, G. H. Eillings, R. J. Ed wards, A. W. 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