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. , ;
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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.
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