The Monmouth Herald Vol. xui Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, November 12, 1970 No. 10 Monmouth is Located in the Best Section of the Best Valley of the Best State in the Nation Items of Interest At Oregon Normal An electrical selfwinding clock hat been IhjUhI Id in the ofllce of the Normal during the past week. It ii planned that this clock will ring all belli and will regulate the irenndary clock in the training ichool, the dormitory, the chapel and the library. Only two member of the fac ulty are doing institute work thli week: Mr. Ileuttle. who la at Bend, and President Ackerman, who plana to be at Tillamook on Friday. Tentative plans for enlarging the dormitory are ready to be tub mltted to the building and execu tive committee. The Normal wai honored to have a guest on Monday, Mr. George II. Cerlinger, Mr. Helen Udd Corbett, Mr. E. R. Corbett, and Mr. Leo Hoffman, all of Portland; and Mr. A. M. Buh and Mis Cornelia Marvin ofSulem. Mr. Cerlinger gave a brief, interfiling talk at the chapel hour. Mitt Went it entertaining Miu Green, formerly of the Art Depart ment this week. The randy sole lust Saturday evening before the picture wat a complete financial Buccess, netting the Junior the moncyrequisite for their dancing party on November 20. A free picture show will be given In the chapel Tuesday evening, No vember 16. The film selected for the evening ia "Jenny Be Good", a Rcalart picture, with Mary Mile M inter a llie central character, tupported by an all-star cast, Aa the Itealart company make some if the most artistic picture put out at the present time, this ia certain to be an enjoyable 'entertainment, A "community sing" to begin at eight o'clock will precede the pic ture. The public ia cordially in vited to this program. The Children' Orchestra, under the direction of Mis Sohuette, cave two well-rendered selection at the chapel hour on Monday. A program with the American Legion aa guests of honor was given in the chapel on Armistice Dav. Thursday at ten o'clock. The Reverend Mr. Elvin of Salem gave the principal address. The committee in charge Is glad to announce that "Humoresque", perhaps the most popular picture of the year, i to be shown in the chapel Saturday evening, November 13. "Humoresque need no praise, it it like life, Intensely hu man and appealing. While mother love is the dominant theme, love of country, too, plays a vital part in the romance. More than a picture of Jewish life "Humoresque'' is picture of human life 8 picture made to an eternal harmony to which the wjrld beats time. The local Odd Fellows have work in the initiatory next Monday night and the work will be put on by the team with Claud Boothby aa captain and Albert Sacre as conductor Members and sojourning brethren are Invited to bo present. M'ss Dora Hall has bought the Dawson house on Main street, jut east of the Misses Butler. ".This house has been occupied by E. L, Comstock and family and they ex pect to occupy the house Rev. Pace and wife live in when the latter move into their new quarters at the church. Thomas Boulden is once more back on Main street as a merchant as may be noted in his adverttee ment in another column. He will deal in poultry and poultry sup plies, buying for cash. - ENTERS COLLEGE AT AGE OF TWELVE L Ik Edward R. Hardy, U 11-year-eld prodigy, sod at I'rof. and Mrs Edward R. Hardy, la tb youngoat scholar to vr (titer Columbia unlvtrslty, and vary likely the youniMt student to enlr any col 11. If speaks II language tni "-lecta to study Chinas this Rumored, Reported Concocted, Collected Dallas camp of Modern Woodmen of America, of which Floyd D. Moore is one of the dynamo, held an open session last rriday mgnt rhich one hundred n emhers of the order attended, with visitors from Salem, Monmouth and Independence as well as a number of guest who were not member of the order. Rev. Benney of the Dallas Christian church was speaker of the evening and he was followed by J. G, Tales, district deputy. A feature of the program wa a vocal number by the Monmouth quartette, consist ing of Denzel Moore, Fred Hill, Clay M oreland and Joe Staals. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Miller are once more heated In Salem. They sold their arm this week to a Quaker minhter, Mr. eton and sons. There are 19G acres in the farm which is located in the I.uckiamute valley on the rural route out of Suver and considera tion was $16,000. In the deal Mr. Miller toon in a house and several Iota in Salem. Baptist Church Notes Bible School and Morn'ng wor ship at the'usua! hour. Rev, Geo. H. Young, D. D., Young People's and Bible School Director for Ore gon and Idaho ia expected to speak at the morning service and he or some other visitor at the Young People' service at night. 6:30 P. M. Vesper Service con ducted by the young people with brief address by the Pastor or a vi sitor. The finishing touches are being put upon the building this week. Some plumbing, and finishing touches in the way of cleaning, staining, varnishing, waxing, etc., will be about all work left after this week. Expect next week to announce program for dedication and formal opening. Pastor and Mrs. Pace moved into tha upstairs apartments of the now building Wednesday, The Pastor's library anil office outfifwere moved into the new quarters Tuesday and the Stste Library "will be moved Friday (today) . . Evangelical Church Note . Sunlay, November 14. Morn ing worship at 11. Subject "Memory and Imagination". No evening services, congregation join ing in the Union services at the Christian church.' Sunday School at 10. Prayer services Wednesday, 7:30 p. m, . Ladies Aid Thursday p. m. There is to be an interesting Sun dav School Comention in Dallas next Monday and Tuesday, Novenv her 15 and 16. Norman Johnson, the new State secretary is expected to bo present and take part in the meeting. Recalled Humorous Side of Soldiering Armistice Day, November 11, wat generally observed In Mon mouth. The store closed for the day anT I special program for the benefit of the public, the G . A. R., the American Legion and th Na tional Guard, wat given at the Nor mal in the morning. By special invitation all three of the Indepen dence organization named attend ed the program and at the close were treated to a luncheon in the Domestic Sceience quarters in the Training School. At the luncheon they were the guests of the Nor mal faculty and student and citi zens of Monmouth and vicinity. Prof. Ostien presided at the meeting, giving a few reminiscen ce on his own behalf, and special music for the occasion was rendered by the Normal Orchestra and Glee Club under the able direction of Miss Schuette, who also led the audience in chorus tinging. A Norma) ttudent, Mist Mary K. Wilsn, gave a timely talk on the celebrated compact in the cabin of the Mayflower, the signing of which occurred November 11, 120, ex actly three hunderd yeart ago. The bugler of Con.pany K gave a number of bugle calls for the en tertainment of the audience, and Miss Alberta Greene, formerly of the art department of tha Normal and who was for a time in war work in the east, gave a most per tinent talk on "My Oregon". In the East she found that tome peo pie ludthe idea that Jackson, Mich igan ft "west" and an instructor m Columbia had seriously asked her if it was possible to go by rail from Seattle to SanFrancisco. She did not believe that people had any reason for apologizing for the state or its institutions and thought it time Oregon did a little advertising for itself. Rev James Elvin, Congregational minister of Salem, waa speaker of the day and took as his subject the "Humor of the American Soldier" The humor of the soldier especially of the overseas men had not only been always in evidence but it had helped him. to endure hardships and overcome obstacles in doing his part to win the war. One story fol lowed another and Mr. Elvin kept the audience in good humored at tention for three quarters of an hour. The war now has reached the remhioicence stage, he said, and his stories were the fruit of hit exper ience in Y work in France during the closing year of the war. Al though his stories were droll, the attentive listener was able to see behind them the real scenes and in cidents that thrilled him with their seriousness, the closeness to death that made men joke of it and the torture of nind in stress and trial that made even a rat seem a ccm- panicn, Standing fmong the graves at Belleau Wood he said there wps no soldier but must catch an inspi ration and a seriousness of purpose for when he returned he must cherish higher ideals of justice and right and must represent not only himself but the boys left te- hind on the field of battle. An Enthusiast. '.'Cleanliness can be curried too far." "Impossible." "It can. If I don't stop her, my wife would scour the lettuce with soap." Method In Hit Madness. Carter Why do you have so many shoes? Corning It's a great relief; no two of them hurt In the same place. On Assuranc. "Do you think the tale Miss Flirty told you was made up on the face of It?" ' -"Maybe not, but she was." Farm Conditions Ripe For Change There was a "gratifying amount of interest in the proposal to n it lonalize the Farm Bureau move ment meeting held in this city in the Commercial club rooms Wednesday night. People were 'present from Dallas, Airile, Rickresll, the Luck- j lamute country and elsewhere and among other who came waa C. L. Hawley of.McCoy, recently elected State dairy and food commissioner. P. O. Powell presided introduc ing the ipeakert, Paul V. Maris of fche Agricultural college farm ex tension department, George A. Mansfield of Jackson county, presi- dentof the temporary Oregon State Farm Bureau Federation and Ches ter H. Gray of Missouri, member of the executive committee of the American Farm Bureau Federation, all of whom made addresses intense ly interesting to those who heard them All united in the view that the time is ripe for united action, that the farmer with hit lack of union with hit fellow always suffers fin ancially when the reconstruction problem reaches the point of lower ing pricet. It hat been the custom for him to take what is given to him in the way of prices for hit product and to pay what is asked for goods he buys. The farm bu reau it helping to bring farming to the sane basil other business ven tures rest ' upon with the prospect that the gretteat business of the country may offer to people who undertake it, the same inducements they may hope foi irl other trades or fallings At the close of the addresses it was moved that Polk county en dorse the move for a state organi zition but as the meeting was a special one a move of this kind was ruled out of order and the matter will be taken up at the next regu lar meeting of the county bureau. Often In On. Heck Mj wife has a great fond ness for peU; hns yours? Peck That depends on whether you refer to animals or the mood. r Its Financial Stat. "That couple hnve Just com back from their wedding trip dead broke." "Ah I So the honeymoon has got to Its last quarter." Exact Locality, Lawyer Officer, did you catch the prisoner In flairrnnte delicti!? Policeman No, sir; 1 caught him In the back alley. Answered, "Why ilo they always have to get iwrcIs for plays?" "Because Ihere Is the devil to pay If Ihey don't." "Jim" R. Howard, aalds from belna national president of the American Farm Bureau Federa - tton, Is drat tnd last a farmer. On bit 480-aer (arm la Marshall - eo, Iowa, near demons, he panted lone enouth recently from huak - Ing 80 to (0 bushels f corn te an acre In a big 100-acr Held, to tell bow hit orcanliatlon with its ihtlllon and a halt member every one a practical and active farmer planned to solve the farmers' distribution problems through commodity marketing. Their plans art for even distribu tion of 'all foodstuffs over the 11 months of (he year by holding It fh farmer-owned ttoraie, Instead of harreat Urn glutting of the market at at present "The farm er wants only the cost of produc tion plut a reasonable profit." says Howard. TA1M BUHEAU PREXY HUSKj CORK AND TALKS MARttTWC Annual Roll Call The Annual Roll Call of the Red Cross it now on, the work being dated from Armistice Day, Novem ber 11 to November 20. A house to house canvas will not be made but our people are (Urged to keep up their memberships which can be' done at the rate of $1 per year. The money can be paid and receipts aid buttons secured at the bank, Mor'an t Son's and at the office of the Monmouth Herald. Let us see that Monmouth does not fall down in the matter of renewing member ships to this great L.nevo'errt un, dertiking. Miss Maggie Butler, Mrs. T. J. Edwards tnd Ira C. Powell are the local committee for the roll call. Would Violate Franchise At the regular meeting of the commercial club held Tuesday night the proposal of th" telephone com pany to unite the Monmouth switch board with the Independence ex change was considered and the fol lowing committee was appointed to investigate: E. M. Ebbert. Walter Brown and W. R. Graham. In the franchise given the telephone com pany in September 1911 it was stipulated the company was obligat ed to maintain a service station ana swtch board for the benefit of Mon mouth patrons. The franchise is for 25 years. Reprieved Because the weather is so favor able to farm work and because of unfavorable conditions earlier in the fall that put the work back and also because men are necessary at the next Grange meeting, having the dinner to prepare, it has been thought best to postpone the regu lar Tnonthly meeting of the order to a week from Saturday, November 20, when arrangements as schedul ed will take p!ace. ' , C. E. Convention The Christian Endeavor conven tion will open with a banquet in the basement of the Christian church on Saturday evening at 6 o'clock. Everyone is invited to come. Tick ets :?5 cents. Following- the ban- quetwillbe a talk by a state Fn-'"d for $20,000 and .custody of deavor officer and a social gocd! heir one child nd one tttrd .of time. Sunday afternoon at 2:30 valuable real property and alleged o'clock there will be a Rally itt- Rnd inhuman tstment- Mr. ; ing with talks by State Endeavors officers. In the evening 'a uni n service of the Christian and Evar. galical churches will be held. - Miss Faye Steinmetz of Portland, Union C. E. President will be pres ent at the sessions. Prof. Walter L. Meyesof Eu gene will have charge of the regultr services in the Christian church on Sunday. , ; S? F ! b H T iI . Lady Checwrtist Visits The fact that our popula. , is constantly shifting makes our mer chants comparatively easy marks for a certain type of sharper. A Mrs. Snider who might just as well have spelled her name without the final "i" visited Monmouth last wek and cashed two checks in two of the local stores, for $5 and $10 respectively, which turned out to be fraudulent. , The checks were o.i a bank in Vancouver and later were returned with a notice of "no funds". The lady had a ten year old girl with her and explained they were related to certain Nor mal students and were hereto visit. Later in Portland the lady cashed a check on the First National bank of Monmouth which was retu rned w ith the statement that she had never had any account here of any kind. , Cashier Chambers of the local bank investigated tha Vancouver bank checks and this week received information that the lady had had a small account there but promptly checked it out and since had left a trail in Washington and British Columbia of small no fund checks aggregating over three hundred dollars. Incorporated The local tile plant waa recently incorporated under the name of the Central Clay Products Co. with R. TJ. Steelquist as president and G. H. partridge as secretary and treasurer. They aim to manufact ure tile, building tile and trick next year and will add a second kiln to their equipment and h creased drying shed room. They planned to have a switch with a spur track put into the yard but when they found this would cost $1,600 in addition to work and ma terial, thought it cheaper to buy a truck. Both pai ties in the divorce suit of Verd Hill vs. Frances HOT were, denied divorce by Judge Bkjgjkaws. in Albany last week. Mrs Hill Hill blea a cross ma suing . same allegations, Rev. H. E. Rossell of The Dalles, who occupied the Christian church pulpit last Sunday morning and evening, has been elected regu lar minister for the local congrega' tion. Rev. Rossell has for the past six yejs been at The Dalles and has also supplied at Dufur He is originelly from Michigan and comes highly recommended. J