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Point grange hall on Thursday eve
ning. Other officers installed the
same evening were overseer, Ralph
Gibbs; Stewart, Harold Roberts; as
sistance stewart, Roderick Hermann;
secretary, Ted Green; gate keeper,
Earl Royer; Flora, Mrs. John Car
man and Home Economics chairman,
Mrs. Earl Royer.
Henry Gustofson, Coos county
(Too late for last week)
. ter of Broadbent grange at the in- deputy from North Bayside was the
John Carman was installed as mas- I stallation of officers held in Myrtle installing officer. Assisting him were
A t Broadbent
John Carman Will Head
Broadbent Grange For Year
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tfcaoks to all ef yoe fee year patronage and ee-
opsration during the peat year.
H m peat,
Our resolution for riso coming year, ae in
b to
Hero'«
pan a happy and
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Mountain States Power Co.
Tax-Paying, Private
John M artin of C oouilla as m arshall,
M adge M yars o f M yrtle Point, em
blem bearer. Elsie Wheaton of Co
quille, regalia bearer. Mrs. Claris
Mast served as chaplain and Rosa
M iller was the musician. Officers
from Coquille and Myrtle Point
granges were also installed during
the evening.
Following the installation ceremon
ies Mr. Gustofson spoke briefly on the
grange and its ideals. Short talks
were also given by master, John Car
man and Ralph Gibbs, Ted Green and
Roderick Hermann, ail past masters
of Broadbent Grange.
Other officers to be installed but
unable to be present were, lecturer,
Thomas Luttrell; chaplain. Mrs.
, Thomas Luttrell; treasurer, Clint Car-
, man; Ceres, Ruth Roberts; Pomona,
Dorothy Grant; lady assistant, Mrs.
Roderick Hermann; juvenile matron,
Mrs. Ralph Gibbs; executive com
mittee, Guy Grant, James McWilliams
and R. P. Carman. These officers
w ill be installed by their own grange
at a later date.
A lunch of donuts and coffee was
served to a crowd of about 75
grangers and friends at the close of
the evening.
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Christmas Party Held
A Christmas party and gift ex
change was held at the school house
Tuesday afternoon by the school
children in their respective rooms.
School closed following the party and
w ill remain closed until January 5.
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Guest A t Gibb«
A guest at the Ralph Gibb« home
on Thursday evening was Mr Gibbs’
¡sister, Mrs. Roland Warner. M r. and
Mrs. Gibb« accompanied her to her
home at Lorraine on Friday after
noon. They returned home the same
evening. Mr. and Mrs. Warner ar
rived several days ago to be with
¡Roland’s father who is seriously ill.
Another brother, Ellis Warner of
Vale arrived the first of the week to
be with his father also.
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Move« To New House
Leon Arne has moved into his new
house which he has recently com
pleted oo part of the Laird estate on
Rhoda Creek. He purchased the pro
perty last spring. Mr. Arne planned
to leave the first of the week lor Cot
tage Grove where he w ill visit until
after the holidays. He w ill be a
guest at the homes of his brothers,
Rufus and Claude Arne during his
stay in Cottage Grove.
O e T e Gold
Mrs. George Nelson accompanied by
, her mother, Mrs. N rilie Armstrong
left on Tuesday for Gold Beach where
they w ill tg- house guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Evans, until after Christ
mas. The Evanses operate the Green
Lantern Cafe in Gold Beach.
Mrs.
Evans is also a daughter of Mrs.
Armstrong.
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Mr. and Mrs. R. H. McCall of Floras
Creek and two children Glenda and
Dareld were overnight guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Victor Howard one night re-
cently.
, Sings In Choir
Helen Glbbe sang with the girls glee
1 club at the Christian church in Myrtle
Point on Sunday, December 14, when
a Christmas program was oresented
Miss Gibbs attends Junior High
School in Myrtle Point.
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B asketball Suite Arrive
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su*ts, ordered byeye. But Danny, who is an ardent
the Broadbent Booster club some time basketball player and a member of
boys basketball team,
the Broadbent Hornets isn’t letting
Broadbent Hornets” have a rriv e d ___ a little thing like a black eye and a
been distributed to members of the little razzing dampen his enthusiasm
team and substitutes. Floyd Way is for the game. "More power to ya
the basketball coach.
sonny.”
Getting B etter
W ill Massey is reported to be im
proving slowly following a severe at
tack of the flu. He was recovering
nicely when he suffered a relapse,
and was confined to his bed for sev
eral days. Mr. Massey makes his
home with a neice and her husband,
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Watson. Ex
pected Christmas day dinner guests
at the Watson home are her parents
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Parrish of Myrtle
Point and Mr. and Mrs. William
J rM of Coquille. Mrs. Thrower is a
sister of Mrs. Watson.
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A Christmas party was enjoyed by
the Grange, the Juvenile Grange and
their friends at the grange hall Sat
urday evening. An interesting pro
gram under the direction of the lec
turer, Mrs. Roderick Hermann was
presented. Master John Carman gave
a brief address of welcame following
which Christmas Carols were enjoyed
by the audience. A discussion on the
meaning of Christmas and when the
practice of bringing Christmas gifts
originated was led by the lecturer.
Readings and musical selections
were also included among the pro
gram numbers.
Short articles on
how Christmas would be observed in
other countries this year were read
by various ones from the audience
A brightly decorated Christmas
tree surrounded by gayly wrapped
packages made an appropriate set
ting for Santa who arrived in person
in time to give oranges to the kiddies
and distribute the gifts. Games were
played until • late hour when home
made candy, popcorn balls, mixed
nuts, fruit cake and coffee were
served by the juvenile to the grangers
and their friend«.
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Someth Inc new In pie i
What? Ceme and see for your
self. When? January 14. Where
A t the school gym. Lota of en
tertainment and daneini
teed during the entire
te planned by the Broadbent
Home Extension unit. Come and
buy your favorite pie and give
your favorite girl a whirl. Watch
this space for further details
later.
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Who has a black eye In Brcpdbent?
And Why?—Daniel Gibbs-i-As for
the reason of the shiner, and! believe
you, me, it is a dandy, there are sev
eral surmises, among them of course,
the proverbial door in the dark, and
the young man is receiving no end
of razzing from his school mates. But
Danny “ain’t talkin’”. Confidentially
though the truth of the matter Is this
Daniel received the black eye at
basketball practice one evening when
he and hit opponent came together
head on. The other fellows head
proved the hardest— hence the black
A t Norway
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The school house was the scene of
a children’s party Friday afternoon
when Santa Claus came and gave
gifts to all the youngsters and their
parents. The children rested before
their stage performance in the eve
ning for the parents and friends. The
school house was filled to capacity
and everyone enjoyed the program.
Rufus Hylander had a telephone
call from Portland Saturday inform
ing him that his wife was greatly im
proved, which is good news.
Bob Detlefsen came in Tuesday
evening from Corvallis to spend the
Christmas Holidays with her folks,
M r. and Mrs. Tom Detlefsen and
Mary Ann.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Soper who have
been visiting the Ed Brodies left the
first of the week for their home in
Albany, and to spend the Christmas
Holiday withAheir children.
Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Brodie and
sons had Sunday dinner at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Melby. Mrs.
Melby had her home beautifully
decorated for the Christmas season.
Walter Smith arrived home from
Corvallis
Friday
evening
to spend
the Christmas holidays with his folks,
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Schmidt.
Mr. and Mrs. Patricia McKeown
and son came in from Corvallis to
spend the holidays with his mother
and sisters in Coquille, Mrs. Mary
McKeown and Norene and Madeline,
also to be with Mrs. McKeowns
father, Mayor Herman F. Tadsen.
They expect to be here a couple of
weeks and by that time Herman
w ill have his grandson, Teddy, help
ing in the store.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Larmon and
daughter, Violet Gossen and M r. and
Mrs. Tom Gossen and fam ily left
Saturday morning for Washington to
spend the holidays with their parents.
The Norway school budget has
been posted and also a notice to elect
a new director to take the place of
Mrs. Tom Detlefsen who has re
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‘Ring out tho old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy beds, across the snow;
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true."
—Alfred Teeaysoa
Another year has rolled around . . .
1948. As w e see it, this is another
As the glad bells peal out at the stroke of midnight
opportunity to make new friends, and
to mark the passing of the old year and the arrival
to serve our old ones even better.
of the new, we pause for a moment to express our
May w e offer you our best wishes
appreciation for the confidence, friendship and
good w ill which have been extended to us during
for a truly Happy N ew Year.
the past year and to extend our best wishes for a
bright and happy N ew Year.
(jfakanuL — 194-8!
Herman’s Mens Store
Southwestern Motors, Inc.
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