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EXCLUSIVE NEWS DISPATCHES
WILLAMETTE VALLEY NEWS
BY SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1930
LODGES OFFER
: JOINT SOCIAL
AT MONMOUTH
Monmouth An event of last week
Here was the Joint social given by
'Independence and Monmouth clr-
les of Neighbors of Woodcraft, who
"entertained the Dallas circles, ofti
cen of district No. 21, and the grand
officers residing in this district. At
- the conclusion of regular lodge work,
t a special program was put on In
. the Odd Fellows hall.
The program opened with piano
solos by Mrs. R. D. Elliott of Mon
mouth. Mrs. Charles Kurre of In
T dependence, and Mrs. C. W. Price
j j of Monmouth, guardian neighbors
, j of their respective circles, gave ad
dresses of welcome to the group,
which numbered about 200. The
1 response was given by Mrs. Edith
I Parks, guardian advisor, of Newberg.
i Because of a previous engagement,
Mrs. Minnie Hines, grand guardian,
i was unable to be present, but a Jt
: ter of greeting sent by her was read.
In answer to a request, visiting of-
fleers, numbering 16, introduced
, themselves to the group. They were
. Or and Manager Annie P. Haw
: kins, of Toledo; Grand Advisor Edith
Parks, of Dallas; Grand Represents- j
a tives. Eva Wahlfenber-ar of Mc-
Mlnnvilie, Burah Burr of Amity and
. Anna A. Lake of Baisey; district
. tt fleers. Past Guardian Neighbor Al
tai M. Marren. Newport; Guardian
; Neighbor Carrie E. Knott, Corval
Us; Advisor Esther K. Hopkins, In
dependence; Clerk A?nes Hoag,
Monmouth; Banker Ruth Lee Cur
ly, Albany; Attendant Emma Spor,
Lebanon; outslre Bentinai came
rKldd, Dayton; Managers Doris
Trunk of Dundee, Cleora Heater of
Newberg; W. H. S. Sarah staats,
Dallas; C. of O. Alice E. Bancroft,
Newberg.
A piano solo by Frank Arrell was
followed by a report on the grand
lodge session by Mrs. Parks. Other
reports were given by Annie Haw
kins, Eva Wahlfenberger, Carrie
Knott, Esther Hopkins and Sarah
Staats.
Other features of the entertain
ment were music by Verl White and
Earl Johnson;- violin solo, Glenna
Hlltebrand of Independence; piano
nolo, Robert Price. Monmouth:
Dutch cloj dance, Hulda Kurre of
Independence; vocal solo, Dorothy
Winejor, and some unique musk
by Rev. E. O. Ranton of Inde-
jiendence, using a saw for a violin
and a broom and ciiiar boij contriv
ance which put to shame more cost
ly Instruments. .
The entertainment came to i
close when the guests, led by the
refreshment committees 01 both
lodges, marched to the timing hall
where refreshments were served.
Amity Village Smithy,
Relic of Pioneer Day ,
Marks Passing of Art
Amity Had the poet visited Amity before penning his
ode to The Village Smithy" the opening line might have
undoubtedly been written "Under a spreading maple tree"
lor tne ufcens Diacksmitn fiiiop In
Amltf, that nestles under the spread
EIGHTH GRADERS TO
WELCOME VACATION
. ... f. . -
Aumsvllle The eighth gride are
preparing for the spring graduation.
The member.! of the eighth grade
have very good averages, tin.
Blanch E. Albright Is teacher.
The averages are: Dena Wilcox SI,
valedlctrlan: Doris Nicoison 90.
aahiatorium: Alice Jenae 80, class
prophet; .Hwcphlne Downer 87, class
will; Lucille England 9. class poet;
Elizabeth Clark an, cuss history:
Lucille Getchell 84, and Ralph Clark
81 per cent.
DEFECTIVE VISION
FOUND IN COUNTY
Albany Defective eyesight In two
thirds of Linn county's school chil
dren In districts outside, of Albany
was found by Miss Margaret Glllis,
according to her report filed over
the week-end with Mrs, Edna Oeer,
county school superintendent. Of
the children examined 303 had de
fective eyesight, 1130 had bad ton
sils and 201 were si dieted with ade
noids. Miss Oll! Inspected 2417
children since February.
Miss Olllts Instructed the teachers
during the examinations in child
health and also (ought of parents
cooperation In keeping the children
clean and well.
AG CLASS VISITED
BY SENIOR GROUP
Silverton A numbor of seniors at
O A. C. among whom were William
HtU. A. W. Hare, W. L. Bwenlnger.
James T. Bransen, W. R. Lance, O.
P. Bartholmer. U. C. Oerlach, C.
Fcrdun. J. 5. Johnson. C. Corily, B.
W, Dunn, R. W. Waagoner. A. Ous
trn, B. B. Blackmore and Prof. H.
H. Gibson, all of whom are prospec
tive tractors In Smith Hughes with
exception of Mr. Oibson, who Is of
the agricultural education Iron, the
division of vocational education at G.
A. C, visited the local deparUnenl
Friday and took note on classroom,
shop and other methods. They also
visited the James Neal project in
poultry near the city, which Is a
lour year continuation project from
a few chirkens to a present valua
tion of more than 800. The visitors
who had been at Molalla before
coming here, went to Woodburn In
the afternoon.
COUNTY PROGRAM 8 FT
Amity The "Better Homes' pro
gram sponsored by the Civic Im
provement club will be observed at
the home of Mrs. L. A. MeCarty
Wednesday afternoon April 30 at
a to oeiorr.
of a lordly maple, even today oc
cupies the Identical spot upon which
8. F. Lickens, the father of James
Likens, local blacksmith, constructed
his smithy back in 1866,
Actually using some of the
tools that were in his father's
shop so many years ago, "Jim,
he Is familiarly called by
his heist of friends here, Is now
carrying on his business at the
same stand where nearly three
quarters of a century ago, as a boy
of eleven, he laboriously pumped
the great leather bellows used In
those far distant days to fan the
blacksmith's fire.
A native Oregon lan, born De
cember 30. 1854. near the present
town of Willamina, Likens sprung
from rutted "Pennsylvania Dutch'
stock. His parents were member?
of an immigrant caravan that fol
lowed the old Oregon Trail west
ward in 1850. settling in western
Yamhill county where Likens, Sr.,
took up his blacksmithlng trade.
In 1866 he moved to Amity, when
James was eleven years old. Al
though he absorbed some of the
smith's lore when a boy, while aid
ing his father, James served his
apprenticeship in the robust craft
under the instruction of -Peter Mc-
Carter, an old time smith of this
region. Through the years Likens
has been loyal to his native state
and for the last 64 years, with the
exception of a short time In El?ln.
he has lived in Amity and 50 years
of that time has been devoted to
the blacksmith trade.
"1 drove a stae," says Likens,
"between .McMinnville and Dallas
before the advent of the railroad
through Uiis section and when thin
railroad was built to Corvallls I
worked for the company under John
Hnriburt, the construction engineer.
father of T. M. Hurlburt, sheriff
of Multnomah county. In 1875
n as first sworn in as mail carrier
and rode a pony express route be
tween McMinnville and Monmouth,
carrying mail in my saddle bags.
Other riders of that era have now
passed away and to the best of my
knowledge I am the oldest llvtn'
mail carrier left of that period."
Assisting James in his shop is his
brother, Sam, who also was a mem
ber .of the poslal service when the
hurrying feet of a saddle horse
brought the mail to western Oregon
towns. Sam Likens was a mail car
rier in the days of the famous
"Cayuse" Brown, a hard riding mail
man and a well known character of
this section In the late 70's.
James Likens hold charter mem
bcrshlp in the Amity I. O. O. F.
lodge; when the Koiuiu encamp
ment was formed here. Likens was
the first member in tbenew order,
He is a past noble grand in this
fraternity and a past patriarch of
Dayton encampment. Farmers now
stopping at the Likens blacksmith
shop may quench their thirst from
the same deep well at the rear.
which many of their fathers doubt
Irss drew upon. This old well was
dug soon after the original black
smith shop was built in 1836 by Alex
Sutton, another name to be con
jured with in Amity history. This
well Is walled with brick nauieo
from the Prank 8. Hold rid tee kiln
at Dayton. Likens has no worries
over frozen meters and high water
bills as a lusty pull on the well rope
brings him up a bucketful of cold.
clear water on which no charge is
levied.
In over half a century spent at
the forge and anvil Likens has kept
abreast of modern methods. His
present equipment includes an elec
trical bellows and up-to-date tools.
He declares that smithing today has
become a much changed trade since
the days when old Dobbin was fitted
with shoes which the blacksmith
fashioned himself. But however
clkngcd his work may have become.
Likens Is unchanged in his habit
of dally Industry that allows him
rarh evening to say, like the smith
of Longfellow: "Something accomp
lished, something done, hath earned
a night's repose."
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JAMES LIKENS
WEST. STAYTON MAN
INJURED AT MILL
Jefferson M?rritt Brown of
Aunwiville, who is employed in a
ssw mill at West Stayton, accldent
ly stuck a sharp instrument used
in handling- lumber, in his foot,
cauung a severe wound. He was
brought to Jelferaon where Dr. J. O.
Van Winkle dressed the wound..
vicITmTmproves
nervals Alfred Boley. son of
William Bowler, who was lilt by
passing auto last week, K able to at
tend school again.
Alfred was waiting on the corner
by the Presbyterian church for the
school bus to come by. He darted
across the pavemeut. falling to are
the approaching machine and was
thrown to the pavement, rutting his
head and Injuring both his legs.
C'AVKS IN rRESNO '
Amity Mr. and Mrs, John Cave
and daughter, Cieune, have gone to
H-esno, Calif., for an extendi-d visit.
Mr. Cave, who Is a mill right, has
obtained work there. . for several
weeks.
BRIDGE WANTED,
INDEPENDENCE
Inde pendence Interest - is mani
fest here over the prospect of the
Gicat Northern railway entering this
city, and the probability of the Wil
lamette river being bridged at this
point, to make a physical connec
tion of the Valley 6c Siletz railroad
with the Oregon Electric at Orvilie.
Several mills operating alng the
right-of-way. ilia Cobbs & Mitchell
company mills at Valsetz, the larg
est, and several camps operated by
C. K. Spaulding Logging company,
all shipblogs and lumber and other
heavy freight tver this line. There
is an aim..vt endless amount of
timber In the Sttelz basin that must
be moved this way. and the road-bed
and track has been constructed to
take care of this heavy traffic.
At different times there has been
strong agitation to have a wagon
bridge across the river here at this
point. The only means of trans
portation across the river here is a
low water Urry, operated by the
adjoining counties, and should
railroad brldgs be constructed, it is
to be hop?d that some recognition
will be taken of this fact.
BOY COOKS WIN
OVER GIRLS AT
DEMONSTRATION
Liberty The boys scored over
the girls at the cooking demonstra
tion of the 4-H club held at the
Liberty hall Friday evening, given
by the eightn grade pupils.
Two actual demonstration were
given. The first on of baking An.
gel Food cake was given by two
girls, Wllma Westenhouae and Verda
Raines, Each step was carefully
explained to the audience by Miss
Westenhouse.
The second demonstration, mak
ing cookies, was given bv two bovs.
Robert Cunningham and Edward
Kaldy, Edward doing the talking
and Robert the work.
There wera three division of
cooking on the exhibit table, cookies,
cakes and bread. Mrs. Ray Cleve
land, Mrs. E. C. Free and John
Oascb were the judges appointed
and after much tasting and debat
ing made their decision. High
honors in division 1 went to Arthur
Bingham; division 1, Stanley Nev
ens, and only one entry in division
3, that being by Verda Raines.
A program was given by the club.
One number was given by the
Rythym band, which is made up of
children from four to eight years
of age.
Following the program and exhi
bition a plate lunch was sold, the
proceeds to be used By me eigntn
grade class to help on the expenses
of graduation exprrlses '
WOODBURN HI
MUSIC CROUPS
WILL COMPETE
Woodburn Woodburn high
school will be represented at the
Forest Grove music tournament on
April J5 by a girl quartette, a
mixed chorus, a girl' chorus and a
boys' chorus.
The girls' quartette wUl alng.
"Swing iow, Sweet Chariot," by
Huntley; the mixed corns will sing.
"Salutation," by Jacobsen; the
girls' chorus will lng, "Around the
Gypsy Fire", by Brahms, and the
basy chorus will render "Who Will
Come to the Sea," by High.
The girls' quartette will be com.
posed of Misses Grace Shrock,
Edith Shrock, Opal Dickey and
Ruth Geer, who will a bo sing in
the chorus. Other members of the
chorus are Opal Hodge. Margaret
Mochel, Phyllis Koemg, Lura Fred
rick, Donni Conyne, Jessie Sims,
Margaret Rich, Maxine Glesy,
oeraidlne Bonney, Mabel Halver
son, Dorothy Austin.
In the boys' chorus are Kenneth
Gtllanders, Glenn Seely, Donald
Covey, Harold Owings, Bernard
Cole, Glenn Yemen, Charles Cam
mack, Artie Owings, Louis Rad
clifre. Earl Shrock, Alvln Jtogen,
Cornelius Gearin, James Myers,
Frank Bartoe. Albert Lemcke and
George Oberst. '
Miss Elizabeth Miller Is accom
panist and Miss Margaret Templer,
director.
CLASS COMPETITION
ENDED AT LIBERTY
Liberty The contest between the
boys' and girls classes of the Lib
erty Sunday school ended with the
last Sunday of the quarter, the boys
losing. The boys treated the girls
to a picnic In the Dougherty woods
with Roy Farrand, teacher, supervising.
There was also a prize offered
by the Sunday school for regular at
tendance during the quarter. Four
children tied for the prize, having
attended eveYy Sunday. They were
Hazel Leek. Glenn Leek, ' Wllma
Westenhouse and Vincent Westen
house. The girls were presented
with pictures and the boys received
Testaments.
STARTS-
for
WHITE SCHOOL HONOR
PUPILS ARE LISTED
Hubbard Hie White school. 1 a
mile east of Hubbard, has a large
group of pupils on the honor roll
Heralds of Health. The school is a
one room, eighth grade Institution
serving the children of that Immed
iate district. Pupils receiving the
grades in health, deportment, schol
arship and health who are entitled
to the honor are Eileen Werner.
Blanch Munscn. Norman Stauffcr,
Leano Colvtn. Betty Stauffer, Mary
Krupicka, Eddie StauKer, Carl Gies
weln, Clco Corot tiers. Doris Stauf
fer. Haael Corothers, Warren Grim.
Elsie Houghtallnf, Peggy Meyers,
Jean Houghtaling.
BROOKS CLUB WILL
END SEASON SOON
Brooks The 4-H sewing club of
the Brooks public school met at the
home of their leader. Mrs. H. H.
Bosch Saturday afternoon. The club
will complete their work next weefc
At the close of the meeting, refresh
ments were served by the hostess.
Members present were, Misses Addle
Colyer. Arleta Wood, Clara Umen
oto. Millie Tschida, Hattie M. Aspin
wall, Minnie Ogura and Evelyn Mol-san.
PATCHING CREW TO
FINISH JOB SOON
Jcffcr&on The state highway crew
in charge of H. B. Beviu of Salem,
will soon finish the work of patch
Iwt the pavement south from the
Jefferson bridge where their tem
porary plant is located, Another
crew, whose plant Is located near
the depot, will build up the should
ers of tlie pavement and put ou
non-sitin surface.
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