Thuraday, November 28, 1918
LOCAL B R E V I T I E S
AND NEWS I T E M S
G. K. Hovvitt shipped a hun
dred tons of oat hay last week.
Mrs. L. A. Wells with Lee
Arsington Wells, Jr., returned to
her home on Sunday. Both are
doing well and will enjoy the
ministrations of GrandmaLilburn,
who will remain for a while with
her daughter.
Dr. R. F. Morse informs us that
the stork visited th% home of
Mr. and Mrs. .Lloyd Yocum of
Estacada on Friday, November
15th and left a bouncing boy.
The ^J ews extends congratul
ations to all concerned.
Mrs. Edward Shearer of Gar
field, left Monday for Tacoma,
where she expects to meet her
• aunt Dr. Maria White, who has
been for thirty years a medical
missionary in India under the
auspices of the United Presby
terian Church.
The last two
years she has been home on a
furlough and expects to sail from
Seattle on December the fifth.
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Allen moved
Tuesday to Ashcroft, Ore. They
have lived here for twelve, years
and have made many friends‘d ur
ing that time by whom they will
be greatly missed.
Mrs. Allen
has been prominent in the East
ern Star and Mr. Allen lately has
been night guard at the Cazadero
Power plant, but will now act as
gatemaa at the dam at Ashcroft,
for the P. R. L. & P. Co.
The funeral of William McKin
ley HofTmeister, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Hoffmeister, of
Eagle Creek, was held Friday
morning at that place with Un
dertaker Chapman in charge, who
looked after every detail so that
nothing was overlooked.
The
service was of a most impressive
character, the Rev. J. F. Dun
lop of Estacada officiating. The
church was packed to overflow
ing and the casket draped with
the U. S. flag. The floral trib
utes were remarkably numerous
and most beautiful, the casket
being hidd*en by them, while £he
remainder were banked high
about the rostrum.
The cere
monies at the grave were accord
ing to the ritual of the Eagle
Creek Grange which reverently
consigned the mortal remains of
this young man to their last rest
ing place. The bereaved family
have the sympathy of all which
will afford them some slight
measure of consolation in this
V their great sorrow.
EASTERN CLACKAMAS NEWS
There will be services at the
Christian Church, Sunday as
follows: Rible School 10:00 a.
m.. Preaching services at 11:00
a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
The Rev.
Mr. Wilson from Portland will
officiate.
H. C. Stephens has sold his
eighty acre farm at George, to a
Mr. R. E. Warwick of Portland,
who will take possession at once.
Mr. Stephens will move his family
to town.and until a suitable house
can be obtained, will occupy
rooms over the bank.
S. H. Gruber of Portland was
in town Friday, representing the
Provident Life and Trust Co., of
Phi adelphia. He is well known
to many of our people, as he re
sided on a ranch in Garfield for
some years.
Before returning
to Portland he went to look over
his farm which he still owns.
Herbert the fourteen year old
son of J. F. Dunlop met with an
accident last week, while playing
with another boy, the latter threw
a half eaten apple at him, which
hit him in the eye. The blow
was severe enough to raise a
swelling, which gathered and
was extremely painful.
The
swelling broke finally, after
which the distressing symptoms
subsided, and the wound is fast
healing up.
Attorney John W. Loder of
Oregon City, who has had a
severe nervous breakdown which
cdused him to disappear for a few
days to the great distress of his
family, returned home last Sun
day in a dazed condition. He is
well known to our citizens and
spoke at a Loyalty league meet
ing here last September. We are
glad to report that his physician
predicts that with a complete rest,
he will soon be himself again.
Albert Linns brother Fred Linn
of George, arrived Thursday
afternoon for a short visit home.
He was a member of last year’s
Junior class of the Estacada High
School, but enlisted in July in
the navy.
He is stationed at a
training camp in Seattle. Before
his enlistment he belonged to the
Garfield band and now uses his
’ musical ability in- the aviation
band.
In Monday’s Oregonian, C. H.
Kimmel son of B. R. Kimmel of
this place was reported severely
. wounded. On making inquiry of
his father, we learn that the
casualty took place last Septem
ber and that a letter from him
had been received dated in
October. The young man was
then in a hospital sick with fever
and dysentry, but made no
mention of his wound. Mr. Kim*
is at a loss to know just what
is the condition of his son.
Page Five
The editor and his wife were
surprised Tuesday by a gift of a
box of most delicious apples from
A. W. Botkin of Garfield. He
informed us that this season
I these apples are not keeping well.
But we have never known that
to be otherwise with good apples.
We find that the better they are,
the less likely they are to keep
on our hands.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Christen
son of Springwater spent Thanks
giving with friends at Portland.
Reports are current of thefts
of turkeys, geese and poultry
from ranches near town. If the
miscreants are caught, they
ought to be dealt with very se
verely.
Mrs. R. C. Deming arrived
Monday from Seattle, where she
The school was very pleasant has been staying since her hus
ly surprised Tuesday by a com band's departure for war service.
mittee from the W. C. T. U., She is stopping with her mother,
composed of Mesdames Page, Mrs. J. W. Reed, who entertain
McWillis and Ely the purpose ed that evening for h4r, by in
being the presentation of a fine viting a number of her former
picture of Frances E. Willard girl friends to meet her.
Mr.
for the assembly room and her Deming is in England and she
biography for the library. These does not know whether he will
are very acceptable gifts and. be sent home shortly or not.
greatly appreciated.
After leaving Seattle Mr. Dom
The friends of Otis Wagner ing was at Camp Colt. Pennsyl
were pleased to see him at the vania for training in the tank
football game last Friday. Dr. corps, arriving overseas this
Adix took him in his car, which month.
with the top and side curtains up
and the engine running, was!
M. E. Church
kept sufficiently warm, and the
exertion did not prove too much j There will he services both morning
for his strength. It must have ' and evening next Sunday at 11:00 a. in.
been a welcome change from the and 7:30 p. m. Sunday School at 10:00
rn., Young People’s Meeting at 0:30
monotony of lying in bed, to a.
p. m.
Everyone cordially invited to
wiitch once more a game in which attend these services.
he had formerly starred.
,J. F. Dunlop, Pastor,
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