The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, December 24, 1929 PAGE THREE fVe- HORTH HOWELL GLIB MEETS Community Club Organiza tion Completed; , Plans " For Year Made NORTH HOWELL. Dec. 23. The second meeting of the North Howell Community club was call ed to order on the evening of De cember 20, with the president, R. H. Drake, presiding. Minutes of previous meetings, were read and then President Drake outlined plans for, the com ing four meetings. The families of the community have been divided into two groups with W. II. Stevens and Mrs. Earl Harmon as leaders and they will take turns in arranging two meet ings each. W. II. Stevens has charge of the January meeting which will be an anniversary and homecoming event and one of the features of the evening will be a short de bate. There will be two speakers on each side and each will be allow ed six minutes each. The subject' will be, "Resolved, that 'the changes of the last 59 years have been detrimental rath er than beneficial to the happiness and contentment of the American people.' An unusually good Christmas program was given by the pupils of the school under the able di rection of E. B. Fletcher and Mrs. Elvin Pruitt with Mrs. K. D. Coomler as musician. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bump and Mr. and Mrs. Archie Wiesner drove to Monitor Thursday eve ning and enjoyed the work of the Grange drill team there. The social night for North How ell Grangers and their families will be held next Tuesday evening In the Grange hall. There will be a Christmas tree and candy and Huts and every one wiH"brIng a present cost not to exceed 15 cents which will be exchanged TWAS NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS 4 t . . 82) There is bat one thought constantly in the minds of Younr America, and that is of jolly old -St Nick.- These two youngsiddSd to wait up and see if SanU would pay them andrSeVHS have fallen asleep before they could find out. However, they seem to have met the jolly old man, and are, of course, leaving their orders nersonallv rather ihan trust to crowded mails? in some novel manner. All Grangers and their famil ies are cordially invited. A Christmas sermon was given last Sunday morning in the North Howell church by Professor Hert zog of Salem. The community club is indebt ed to Skagg's Safeway store of Sil verton for two pounds of coffee Dewitt Berreman, Barbara Harris and McMarr's store also of Silver- ton for 2 cans of corn, and to. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Drake for two pounds of popcorn, which were used as door prizes last Friday evening. Russell Coomler won the cof fee, John Rutherford, the corn and Catherine Bump, the popcorn. ebb ins m L 1 KEIZER, Dec H An audi ence of fully S0(T people gathered at the Kelzer school house Friday evening for the Christmas pro gram which was given by the pupils of the school, and consisted of exercises, recitations and songs appropriate for the Christmas season. Special features of the program were two playlets "Santa ! the Third," put on by the fifth and sixth grade pupils and "A New Fashioned Christmas' by pupils of the 7th and 8th grades. A clever little exervise "Christ mas Symbols" was given by the younger children. Miss Ruth Ru Hfson and Hiss Irma Keefer gave a piano duet. The progtam was in charge of Miss Mildred Gard ner. Not many, communities can boast of as many nationalities as Kelzer, but they all rendered well their parts in the program. At the close Santa Clans ap peared vn the scene and presents and a treat were distributed. Ov er 500 sacks of candy, nuts and oranges were sent out A donation of fruit, vegetables and clothing was brought and mostly given to the Salvation Army. ISEIZ .REPORTS ' VALSETZ. Dec. 23, The home of Mrs. H. F. Thomas was beau tifully decorated in honor of a Joint birthday party given for her two little boys. William "Billie" Thomas and Franklin, Thursday afternoon. Mrs. M. E. Raymond, as Santa Clans with a pack of gifts for each little guest enter tained the following children: Mary Jo and Jackie Raymond, Martin and Betty Helen Rudy, Pat March, Francis Nelse, Doro- PARTES Two Pioneers of 1846 Meet at Monmouth MONMOUTH, Dee. 23 Two historic pioneers of early-Oregon met here today for a visit during which the . curtains of time were rolled back and' Quaint' happen ings of events of three quarters of a century ago were told again. These Interesting, persons are Thomas Crowley, 85, of Salem; and Mrs. A. J. Richardson, 84, Monmouth, and -they are the only two - remaining 4 members of the emigration of 1848, the first to come Into Oregon Tia the "south ern cut-off or Rogue river pass. Thomas Crowley's father, Thom as Crowley. Sr., was captain of the train of more than 100 . wa gons which' left Missouri in the spring of 1846; "and reached Polk county the latter part of De cember. " ' Mrs. Richardson and Mr. Crowley are first cousins. Her father and his mother were Lin villes, who traced their descent from a Linville family which eame over with William Penn on his Becond expedition to America. They were landed on the coast of e North Carolina,' where they set tled, and became large land and slave owners.:: - Mr. Crowley related, today, that he well remembers when he, a boy of 4. was obliged to part with . his treasured tomahawk, that a neighbor, Bethual Dove, might be properly supplied with equipment for a trip to the Cal ifornia gold fields in 1849. "Tommy hid the tomahawk In an effort to keep it. but his sisters found It. Incidentally, Mr.' Dove did well in the mines, and on his return brought many nice gifts to propitiate Tommy. He also drove home 100 head of Spanish long horn cattle,' which were sold to various farmers in Polk county. Mr. Dove's old donation land claim is now the site of the Horst company's hopyard, one of .the largest in the Willamette valley. Mrs. Richardson has lived most of "her lifetime in Polk county. Mr. Crowley has lived in the three coast states, but modestly admits to having "wintered" some sev enty times in Oregon. , thy- Ann Hobson, Billie Bertram, and Marjorie Jean Thomas, Mrs. Henry Hobson, Mrs. Walter Ray mond. Mrs. J. Lb Harris and' D. A. Grout helped Mrs. Thomas with the little folks. A dainty luncheon was served - with two lovely birthday cakes with their tiny candles. Billie was three years old De cember 19 and Franklin was 1 year December 17. Birthday Honored A birthday party was given Mar jorie Lefever Friday afternoon. There were 20 little girls present. Prizes for various games were wvn by Averill Morris, Dorolny Davis; Jane. Wray Wiggins, Mat-j garet f Lefever, Dorothy Marqjuiii Betty Lou Morris, La Vera Maf J quis, Gertrude Lefever and Eve lyn Stoltenberg. A lovely cake with eight little candles decorated the center of the long dining ta ble where a dainty luncheon was served. Saturday night a farewell par ty and handkerchief shower were given in honor of Betty Patton by Dorothy Wiggins and Evelyn Pot terfield at the Wiggins' hvme. The guests were Virginia Brown, Bernice Johnson, Catherine Hahn, Frank Lefever, Oliver McDonald. Donald Mixer, Bradley Gates, Clifford and Gorden Brown. Mrs. Edna Mixer assisted Mrs. Paul Wiggins in entertaining and serving the young people. HUBBARD FOLK ME W BUSY COUNTY P. T. A. MEET BROOKS, Dec. 23 The Coun ty Council of P. T. A. will meet in Salem on January 11th at the Leslie junior high t school, the meeting will be cited to order at 10:30. The state president, Mrs. W. T. Brice and the second vice president of the state P. T. A., will be the main speakers of the day. . Lunch will be served by the domestic science class at the school. HUBBARD. Dec. 22 Mrs. Pet er 4uns of Dallas with her tiny son,' left the Anne Voget hospital Thursday for' Donald, where - she will remain for a while with her parents, MfT and Mrs. James Ry an. Mrs. Kunx is a cvmsin of Mrs. George Knight of Hubbard, i The first ditching machine used in ' digging" ditches for draining land in this vicinity is that of Mr. Fisher of the Donald tile fac tory in operation on the Waldo Brown farm east of Hubbard. Mr. Brown has 80 .acres already drained and when the large, field on which he is now laying tile is completed he will hare all the cultivated land of his 160 acre farm drained. C. C. Aller of Salem, manager of the Pacific Telephone ft Tele graph company, stopped at the Hubbard office Friday. ' Mrs. Waldo Brown, accompan ied by Mrs. Ella Stauffer, attend ed a homecoming for former teachers at Stafford, Clackamas county, recently. Mr. - Brown's mother, Mrs. Margaret Brown, and Mrs. Waldo Brown are both former teachers f the Stafford school. W. G. Beatty of the Uni versity of Oregon taught his first school at Stafford about forty years ago. The freshman class was host to the student body, teachers and parents of the Hubbard high Bchool at a Christmas party at the school house Friday night. Supt. J. R. Bidgood, Mrs. Nel lie Cornell, conynercial teacher, and Mrs. Adeline Fields, English teacher, Mrs. H. L. Carl, Mrs. J. Breeden and many students at tended. Games were played and a good time was enjoyed by all. Gervais Holiday Programs Many GERVAIS, Dec. 23 The Par ochial school held its Christmas tree and program? at the- city hall at three tt'elock' Sunday. after noon,: and a large "crowd ! wa present. The' program consisted of songs,' recitations and a one act play. - After, the program treats and-presents-were distrib uted to the youngsters, Rer.-H. A, Orth making the presentations. The Presbyterian Sunday, school and church held a Joint Christmas program Sunday night at the church, and the building was filled to its capacity." Songs, recitation, . readings, " pa&tomime and a candle light exercise prov ed very pleasing to all. A collec tion was taken for the benefit of the western division of the na-: tional board of missions, undet whose supervision the local; church. 1s taken care of. , Evergreen Has ; ; School Program I WALDO HILLS. Dec. 23 The Evergreen school gave their regu lar. Christmas program last Frlc day evening. A crowded house ; listened to the youngsters. Candy and nuts Vere distributed to the children by the teachers, Mlee Ramsby and Mr. Oveross. , Mrs. Maude Htberly who re-, turned from The Dalles last Wed nesday, motored to Portland Fri- , day to meet her daughter,' Mil- . dred, who had remained at The , Dalles until the close of school. Miss Mildred teaches Domestic science in the Tiigh school at thaj. Place. ,K Mrs. Frank M. Egan is quite ill -at her home suffering from an attack of influensa. Mr. and Mrs. Karl Haberly -made a business trip to Salens . Saturday morning. 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