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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1921)
BREVITIES Cash (or ehkkeae. J. R. Reynolde. Mr. and Mr. Clyde Staggt and lit tk daughter of Ferndale were Sun day guesta d the J, M. Ash worths. Miss Jessie Davla, accompanied by Miss Mary Yox. spent tho wk and with Mr. and Mrs. W. M. DavU un north Water street Special eervices are announced for each avtning of naxt week at the U. B. Church, beginning Sunday evening. Preaching by the pastor. Milk customer wanted. Jersey cow. Marry Bcathe. A moat interesting featura of tha conference at tha M. E. Church. South, was tha abla aarmon Wednee day evening by Bishop D Boae, A pacial eong eervke waa enjoyed. -Th Soul of You" la tha titla of splendid aaven-raal aupar epeciel to be acreened at Memorial hall next Tuesday evening , Feb. 32, for the ben efit of tha Weston school, Judga Lindaey and his Juvenile court are featured. "Captain Kidd and Hia Kids" U tha comedy offering. Tha Bachelor CirU met with Miaa Vira Morrison Wednesday evening and were very pleasantly entertained. Superstition waa braved by a tweet list of thirteen. . Cards, music and fancy work were tha diversions of the evening, and a two-course luncheon waa served. Sea me for pure-bred Holstein, Jersey. Poll Angus. Durham and Guernsey calves. C E. HalL One of the most pleasant social events of last week was the dinner given Saturday evening at tha coun try heme of Mr. and Mrs. Albert O' Harra in honor of tha birthday anni versaries of Mrs. M. W. Pedersen, Mrs. Albert O'Harra and Mra. P. C. McCauslin. A period of lively con versation and congratulation waa . folowed by the presentation to tha honor guests of gifts in variety and profusion. The guests were then seated at tables made attractive with spring flowers, candles and heart shaped place cards, and partook of a delicious four-course dinner. - A charming featura of the feast" was the tiny individual birthday cakes, topped with candles, placed at each cover. Those bidden to share in the hospiUlity extended were: Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Pedersen. Mr. and Mrs. P. C. McCauslin, Mr. and Mrs. Gif ford Osborne, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Winn, Mr. and Mrs. Newton O'Har ra, Mr. and Mrs. Albert O'Harra, and George Ott Lost On south Water street, jeweled comb. Kindly return to Mrs. J. E. SUnfield. A most delightful social evening was given Monday by Stephanie Tem ple, Pythian Sisters, at its castle hall. An elaborate banquet was fol lowed by diverting pastimes. Iven O'Barra has been kept at home part of the week by illness. Athena-Weston -Post, American Legion, is sending out invitations for a dance at Weston, tomorrow evening. Mr. and Mr. G: W. Proebstel, Jr., were up from the Thompson ranch near Pendleton Monday evening and attended ' the social of tha Pythian Sisters. Miss Wilms Harbour, who. is at tending the Cheney, Wash.," Normal, is much pleased with her work and surroundings there and is catering into the spirit of school activities. A recent number of the school paper contained a clever little poem by Miss Harbour in praise of the basket ball team. George Ott was host Saturday ev ening for one of the jolly card and dancing parties in which Pea Ridge residents, take keen delight Time passed swiftly and merrily until mid night, when a delicious lunch was served. The guest list included: Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Woods, Mr. and Mrs. G afford Osborne, Mr. and Mrs. Newton O'Harrs, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Lumsden, Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Mc Causlin, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Lundell, Mr. and Mrs. Albert O'Harrs, Mr. and Mrs. Tim McBride, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon O'Harra, Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Pedersen; Misses Ruby Price, Vira Morrison, Wavel O'Harra; Messrs. Lyle Webb, George Blomgren and Herman O'Harra. J. C. Dearth, lata of Pendleton and formerly from the east, arrived this week preparatory to taking a position with the Weston Mercantile Company the first of ' March. Mr. Dearth is accompanied by hia wife and infant daughter and they have secured apartments at ; the E. W. Achilles residence. He is a salesman of ability and experience in all de partments of general merchandizing, and specializes in window dressing and card writing. Mr. Dearth pre fers to locate in a small town; and has found Weston and its leading store very much to his liking. Mrs. Hattie Wilsey motored to Walla Walla Tuesday evening to at tend the concert given by Anna Case, famous grand opera star. Wednesday afternoon the local li brary circulated 100 books among its patfans. A QUESTIONNAIRE. Wkkk realties) Do Yea. Occupy la Year Church? Are you aa attender.or an abet tor? A pillar or a sleeper? A wing or a weight? A power or a problem? A promoter or a provoker? A giver or a getter? A worker or a worry? X k.wtr nr a hnaiter? A peacemaker or a strife creator? A supporter or a sponger? A soldier or a slacker? A friend or a faultfinder? A helper or a hindrance? A possessor or a professor? There with the goods or with an excuse? Doce your pastor count on you or count without you? Every members should enlist to make hia or her church one hundred percent efficient The church is necessary or unnec essary. If necessary, then every member is in duty bound to support it Support it with presence, money and work. If the church is unnecessary, then it should be put out of existence. Are you willing to assume the re sponsibility of no church in your community? WESTON MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION. (By W. R. Storms, Chairman; M. A. Phinney, secretary.) Novel Club Party at the Flsk Home. Mra. C. E. Fisk dispensed delight ful hoepitality Monday evening when she entertained at her spacious sub urban home the Saturday Afternoon club members and their husbands. The house waa elaborately decorated with evergreen ropea, hearts, cupida, arrows and other emblems of the Valentine season. Following a series of novel contests, a Husbanda' Ex hibit was staged, men of the party constituting the entries. A commit tee of judges after careful delibera tion awarded prizes as follows: Character, Richard Morrison. . Most Fine Points, Ellsworth L. Woods. Best All Around Husband, John F. McNee. Most Elevated, C. E. Fisk. Disposition, Claud Price. Most Becoming Haberdashery, Hey Winn. Good Looks, Rev. Mark A. Phin ney. Most Entertaining Husband, J. A. Lumsden. A moving picture scenario was then filmed, embodying the following scenes and characters: Jack Spratt. M. W. Pedersen. Mrs. Jack Spratt, Mrs. Iley Winn. Portia, Mrs. M. A; Phinney. Shylock, Ellsworth Woods. Desdcmona, Mrs. C. E. Fisk. Othello, John F. McNee. Romeo, C. E. Fisk. Juliet, Mrs. M. W. Pedersen. A "Vamp" scene: Theda Bara, Mrs. Ellsworth Woods; Her Victim, Emory Staggs. Antony, Rev. Mark A. Phinney. Cleopatra, Mrs. J. A. Lumsden. Popular vote awarded the prize to the last named act At midnight a delicious three course supper was served, guests be ing seated at tables carrying out the valentine motif in all appointments. Compliments are being showered upon the committee in charge of the affair, which consisted of Mesdames Ellsworth Woods, J. A. Lumsden, Iley Winn, Emory Staggs, Leon Lun dell and M. W. Pedersen. The Mystery As Yet Unsolved. Mrs. Mabel Carmichael continues to improve under treatment at, the home of Dr. and Mra. Kennard, and is ex pected will in due time recover from the effects of the exposure resulting from her singular experience on Dry creek. Mrs. Carmichael is still una ble to shed any definite light upon the manner in which she reached Dry creek, although she has a faint im pression that she was brought by two men in a car and put out somewhere "in the dark," afterward finding her self in flood water. She left Seattle Monday of last week, while suffering raging headache. The train was crowded, and she was unable to get a berth. She sat up in the chair ear, and after passing North Yakima par tially lost consciousness. She has a hazy recollection of alighting at the station in Walla Walla, but subse quent events, until she encountered the cold waters of Dry creek, are al most a complete blank to her. Louis Dowd Married. Louis H. Dowd, formerly a lead ing farmer of Weston mountain and now of Washtucna, Washington, was recently united in marriage to Mrs. Jessie M. Wood of Whitehall, Wis consin. Mrs. Wood is a sister of the late Mrs. Dowd. Mrs. I. E. Saling is reported to be seriously ill at her home on north Water street. woex m mm trail IS HEARING CG!.!FLET!G:I l alnlsked Macadam Base Tetala Uaa Thaa Tarty MUce. States Alexander the Booster For Geod Roads. With ttretchea totaling under 40 mile yet unfinished, the road work on the old Oregon Trial from Uma tilla to Huntington, will be completed by August tha first, is the statement mad by A. F. Alexander of Up-to-the-Timea Magatlne and well known exponent of good roads building. Mr. Alexander, who waa in town yesterday, aaid that Wilson A Co. has a force of fifteen men at work on the Cabbage Hill-Kamela division at present A ti foot macadam base is being laid, of which the company has five milea completed and eight miles yet to finish, which will complete their present contract, and which will give a finished road from Pendleton through the mountains to Kamela. On the other aide of the divide, there yet remain nine milea of unfinished roadway betwen Kamela and La Grande. Further on east, there are small statches of unfinished road between Hainee and Baker and between Baker and Huntington. Including the Wea-ton-Milton gap and a short stretch near Arlington, Mr. Alexander places the estimate at less than 40 milea of road yet to be finished in the present schedule of construction pertaining to the old Oregon Trail and under su pervision of the state commission, ex clusive of the hardsurfacing. Mr. Alexander is familiar with the entire system of road development in Eastern Oregon and Southeastern Washington, and was one of the first, supported by his Up-To-The-Time Magatine. to go before the commie- I i i sion and advocate the selection of the' Oregon Trial for permanent im provement. BOARD Or REVIEW PASSES ON BEST PICTURES OF TUB YEAR The National Board of Review has given out its report, in which It gives the forty best motion pictures pro duced for the year J020. Of the 40 best pictures aa selected by tho Board the little Standard theatre has screen ed 14, aa will be found in the list following. Two others. "The Devil's Pass Key," and "The Mark of Zorro" are scheduled for February 27 and March 6th, respectively, and othera are booked . "Each picture, in a way peculiar to itself, tells an effective story," says the Board of Review. There has been no attempt in the listing to analyse the unusual qualities or defects of these photoplaya. Tha following list is arranged chronologically and not in the order of Importance: Mark of Zorro Devll'a Garden Last of the Mohicans Sin That Was Ills Girl of My Heart Way Down East Godless Men Leopard Woman Over the Hill Passion Deep Waters Homespun Folks Earth bound If I Were King Jack Knife Man Something to Think About Conrad in Quest of Ills Youth Tha Great Redeemer The Soul of Youth Dwelling Place of Light-Jes' Call Me Jim Crooked Streets Invisible Divorce Humoresque Fighting Chance Devils Pass Key In the Days of St Patrick Bottom of the World Desert Love Toll Gate Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Down on tha Farm Shore Acres Treasure Island My Lady'a Garter Copperhead Stronger Than Death Cup of Fury Bloomln Angel Huckleberry Finn. Laundry work done at home. Mra. R. R. Riley. S. Broad street TAKE CASE OF V01 FEET We are agents for the DR. SCHOLLS FOOT EASE APPLI ANCES. These are recognized by foot ' specialists as the most satisfactory solution of foot troubles such as bro ken arches, bunions, etc. They are so adjusted as to fit comfortably in the shoe, raising and correcting the fallen arches to the right position, equalizing the weight, supporting the weak portion of the foot .and giving absolute comfort to the wearer. Thousands have found in these foot appliances relief from the nagging, painful effects of fallen arches and kindred ailments. , Much care is used in fitting these arch supports and we ask that you call at the store and investigate Dr. Scholia appliances. If you have foot trouble let us suggest a remedy; the testimony of our customers is that they would not be without Dr. Scholls' arch . supports. WEST0I3 mmm com f THE VJESTOH LULLS will ROLL, GRIND or CLEAN your grain, and will give prompt atten tion to orders for anything in its line. International Stoclx and Poultry Food Hay, Rolled Barley, Oats, Wheat and Millfeeds. 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