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A PROGRESSIVE COUNTY
NEWSPAPER
IN M A G A Z I N E
FORM
Forest Grov8, Washington County, Oregon, Thursday, March 31,1904.
Vol. 1.
DOWN BY THE SEA.
Beyond all Expectations
The play “ Down by the Sea” by
the home company of the W. O. WM
last Thursday night, was without doubt
the most decided success of any pro
duction that was ever brought before a
Forest Grove audience, either by local
talent or by a traveling troupe. The
house was crowded and the interest
and appreciation shown by the audi
ence was more than that accorded to
any other production ever in the city.
A stranger would not have known that
those acting were novices at the busi
ness, so well did each do his or her
part, and so well was each person
chosen for the particular part taken.
The casts were as follows:
Kate Raymond.............. Jessie Buxton
(A City Belle)
Kitty Gale,......................Anna Pomeroy
(John Gale’s daughter)
Mrs. Gale.................Mrs. E. D. Harris
(John Gale’s wife)
John Gale,.......................W. R. Hicks
(A Fisherman)
September Gale,............Harry Giltner
(Protege of John Gale)
March Gale,........... Harvey Baldwin
(Protege of John Gale)
Abner Raymond,...................Ed. Wirtz
(A City Merchant)
Capt. Dandelion...............Robert Wirtz
(A City Dude)
Jean Grapeau,........... Wm. Clapshaw
(An Old French Peddler)
The stOiy which is very facinating
opens at the home of John Gale, a
fisherman who lives down by the sea.
Two successive shipwrecks, one in
March and one in September, left the
Gale family two boys who are now
young men, each named after the
month of the ship wreck each exper
ienced. The city belle, Kate Ray
mond, and her father were boarders at
the Gale home and Mrs. Gale relates
to Kate the wierd story of how the sea
gave them two boys, and she in turn
rema.ks that her father would be in
terested as he had lost a son about the
same year, in a similar manner. Later
Kate is walking on the rocks and ac
cidently falls into the sea and is res
cued by September Gale, who falls in
love with her. Her father having
heard the story and knowing that the
wrecked ship was of the same name as
that on which his wife sailed for home,
forbids his daughter to receive the atten
tion of September upon the theory that
he may be her half brother. September
disbelieves that he is a son of Mr.
Raymond and persists in his attentions.
Finally the father, to thwart the match,
insists that Kate shall marry Capt.
Dandelion, a city dude, who has fol
lowed them to the sea-side. At this
critical juncture a French peddler ap
pears upon the scene and he hears the
story and asking questions discovers
that he was on the same ship wreck
that occured in March and that upon
the same ship was a Madam Raymond
with her infant boy, who had failed to
catch an earlier ship the prevous Sep
tember. The peddler also states that
a small anchor had been tatooed upon
the boy’s arm, during the voyage.
September has no such mark, while
March has the anchor where the ped
dler had stated it was placed on the
Raymond boy. March is thus a brother
to Kate and September wins the con
sent of the merchant to marry her.
March makes it a condition of his ac
knowledging his father, that Mr. Ray
mond consent to his marriage with
Gale. Other intensely interesting feat
ures are present throughout the play.
The city belle was very charmingly
acted by Jessie Buxton and the scene
where she was carried in dripping with
sea water was vociferously applauded.
The saucy manner in which Miss Pom
eroy, as Kitty Gale, made things come
her way was very amusing. Mrs. Har
ris seemed especially adapted to the
role of Mrs. Gale, and was the recip
ient of much favorable comment. Mr.
Hicks acted the role of Father Gale in
a most excellent way. Edward Wirtz
was a typical merchant and carried his
dignity well. The City Dude, acted
out by Robert Wirtz caused much
mirth by his fine impersonation.
March and September Gale, acted by
Harvey Baldwin and Harry Giltner,
were especially good. Wm. Clap
shaw, as the French peddler, was also
to be commended.
at daybreak. Organic heart trouble
with
other complications arising
later, was the cause of her demise.
She was bom in Cass County, Georgia,
October 31, 1853, her maiden name
being Martha Louise Ivy. While
quite a young child her parents moved
to Pickens County in the same state
where she lived until she was married
to John Striplin on December 10, 1868.
Mr. and Mrs. Striplin at once located
in Cherokee County, Kansas, where
they lived until they came to Forest
Grove in the fall of 1890. She was
converted and joined the Methodist
Church while yet a young girl and has
been an earnest and faithful Christian
since her conversion. Her true Chris
tian spirit and loving motherly charac
ter was shown many times during her
late illness by the many expressions of
readiness to meet her Savior and her
anxious regard for the welfare of her
family and husband who for eight
weeks have not left her bedside.
Her spirit departed as peacefully as
the sleep of a little child.
She leaves an unusually large circle
of friends to mom her departure as she
was so earnest a worker in her church
and so kind and true a neighbor and
friend.
Her husband, John A. Striplin, one
of our stanch and highly respected
citizens and the two daughters, have
the hearl-felt sympathy of the entire
community in these sad hours of their
bereavement. The daughters are Mrs.
Dora Adams, Forest Grove; and Mrs.
Lottie Smith, of Springfield, Lane Co.,
Oregon. Deceased also leaves four
brothers and three sisters all living in
the far East and South. The funeral
services were held in the Methodist
Church at ten o’clock, Tuesday morn
ing and she was laid to rest in the
Naylor Cemetery.
A Correction
In the issue of the Washington
County News dated March 17, an
T he rare way in which each played I obituary of Mrs. Mary McDaniels was
his or her part causes one to regret published which contained two errors.
that it will not appear elsewhere in the It stated that Mr. McDaniels had resided
county. AfteT the play the orchestra in Columbia county, whereas he had
gave a dance which was well attended. been a resident of Washington county.
Obituary
The second error attributed to a local
Mrs. John A. Striplin, after many long doctor the mistake of giving an over
weeks of p-tient suffering, was called dose of morphine. The obituary was
to her reward last Sunday morning handed to the News as published but
No. 46.
we have since received a communica
tion that clears up the situation and
completely exonerates the doctor from
any blame. It seems that the lady
was dying at the time of the doctor’s
arrival and the former statement was a
mistake. It is an injury to the doc
tor which the correction cannot en
tirely atone for. He is a Christian
gentleman and a fine physician and
surgeon and such a statement was a
gross injustice.
Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Wells cele
brated their golden wedding anniver
sary last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs.
Wells are well and favorably known and
their many friends wish them many
more years of peace and happiness.
They have lived in Forest Grove for
over 30 years, coming from Ohio in an
early day. They have one son and
two daughters, Aaron Wells of Port
land, Mrs. Sadie Williams and Mrs.
Emma Teegarden of Forest Grove.
Cracksman a Novice
An attempt was made to blow open
the safe at the Climax Mills at Hills
boro Saturday night. The attempt
was unsuccessful although they in
jured the safe. The burglers were
novices at the trade as the nitro-glyc-
erine used was not what a good chem
ist would have made up. No money was
in the safe as the proprietors are care
ful business men who always bank
their cash each afternoon. No clue
has yet been discovered which would
lead to the detection of the criminals.
Obituary
Elbert Lafayette Wilson was bom in
Silver Creek, Ida county, Iowa, Sept
ember 23d 1881, and came to Oregon
December
11th
1888. He first
moved to Cornelius, where he lived a
little over a year then moved to Hills
boro, later coming to Forest Grove,
where he spent the remainder of his
life. He was drowned in the Yamhill
river, February 12th, 1904. His body
was found March 2 2d, 1904 by a pro
fessional diver, Hugh Brady from Port
land. He had many friends in Forest
Grove being a young man who had a
pleasant word for every body. He
leaves to mourn his loss, an aged
father and mother, three sisters and
two brothers.
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