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NEWBERG, YAMHILL COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 5, 1918
Na. 9
COMES
VOLBRECHT-MARKELL WED­
LETTER FROM LIEUT. WHEN JOHNNY MANCHINO
LETTER
FRON
SERGT.
V.
M.
C
A.
WORKERS
HOME
DING AT SPBINGBBOOK COLLEGE REPRESENT-
CHANDOS L CHASE
ARTHUR T. LEE Will the home be ready for John­
AHVESHEET HERE
ON BATTLE FRONT At high noon on Sunday, tbe first
Many Day* on F irin g Line—flays
W ar b a D irty, Disgusting,
H eartless Thing
Lieutenant Arthur T. Lee tells of
esperlences of the 3<4tb Infantry,
•1st Division, on the way to, and
In the Argonne Forest. Lieutenant
Lee was Bayonet Officer for his bat­
talion.
Still In France,
October I t , l i l t .
After a long but necessary alienee
fm writing again. We have had
the expertenoes of many months of
trench warfare crowded Into a short
time, but I’m still alive and without
a scratch. I’m going to write quite
at leagth aad tell you about it as
hast I may.
Soma weeks ago we left a small
town where we had been training,
and after m march of several hours,
fall packs, wsighing on an average
ef SB pounds per man, cut to 70
Bounds on later inarches—we*reach­
ed another town where we billeted
that night and stayed three days
Then another march of several
hoars and night in shelter tents In
a field, and* a day’s train ride on
the SO Hommes 8 cheveaux ears.
Fasseagsr cars for officers. Imme­
diately following the train ride a
four hour march, arriving at mid­
night and sleeping In a woods.
Concealment necessary. Remain­
ed there two days, then e sixteen
• mile march at night and two days
more In the woods, during which
time we witnessed a great bom­
bardment, but that Is about as dose
As We got to that battle, - reserves
were not needed.
We then movia up to the next
town for n dqy. and then an all
sight truck ride to another area,
followed by a two hour march the
ny when he comes marching home?
I am radically opposed to sending Long Time on the F iring Line B ut
boys away to settle up new lends.
Has M erer Been
Very few make a success of home­
Wounded
steading on new lands, even after
suffering all the hardships.
John Stevens, the great railroad
Small French Village,
engineer, said that the eight coun­
November 1, 1918.
ties of the Willamette valley was
My dear Mother and Dad—Well,
capable of sustaining a population dears. It has been some time sines I
of five million people. If we can have been able to w rite, to you on
put two million in this valley it will account of having been at the front,
multiply the population of every but now we are again back for a
county, .city and town by ten. rest and so will be able to again
Think what a civilisation we would let you hear from me.
then have and what Improvements
I have been receiving lots of let­
we would enjoy.- Many large farms ters and also one copy of tbe
in this valley could be made to sus­ Graphic. Ycqi see, this time while
tain from 50 to 100 families, that at the front we had advanced po­
are now poorly farmed. Why not sitions, and so it was much harder
start a drive to open these lands for to get mail In. and there was none
small home owaerf ? Bee what that went out.
Newberg has done! Get a few' past
I must say we had rather a hard
masters a t community building. time while on the line, as we were
Ilka Jesse Edwards, together aad In for over six weeks. A long hard
plan a campaign right away. Do stretch. And this time It was Jus*
not wait for the holidays to pass, plain hell, much worse than the
the flood is coming now. Then If Marne.
necessary put it up to the legisla­
But why worry? It’s over now
ture or congress to devise some plan j and I’m here all In one piece for
whereby the boys can pay for tbeir IC. L. Chase-came out again without
homes by easy payments.
a mark other than- one more stripe
Let the Commercial Club of some on his sleeve. Fdr, Mother, T h£Ve
wide awake town In the valley ask been promoted from Corporal to
tbe county Judges of the several Sergeant.
Now don’t feel too
Willamette valley counties to send proud of me. etc., for I did not do
delegatee to a convention to lay anything much to get It. All I did
plans for the work. Or ask the was my duty and then a little .-n
Commercial Clubs end Oranges to top cf that. One never loses by do­
send delegatee.
ing what he secs should be dose.
The tragedies of frontier life
Now, Mother, dear, you wrote
are no longer necessary for the me of my being* wounded. I have
young mothers. Don’t exile them.
not been wounded and do not exr
J. C. Cooper.
pact to be That report was a
take fas I have never been near a
hospital since I left Bordeaux lap!
spring, and I felt very sorry that 1
could not write and let you amir
that ft was not true, for 1 receive#
your letter while «a the line.
LEONARD GOWER
OFF ON VACATION
J . K. McKillop, Y. Secretary, Tells
of Work—Another L etter from
t C a lm B lair
October 18—Our division has
participated In other actions and
has done Its Job despite leasee but
has had nothing like this drive.
All of our Y. men have been it. Our
headquarters fores has been cut to
Just one man. Some have been in
the field hospitals, but most of us
have been day and night in the com­
bat area and some have been in the
very front lines, exposed to every
fiendishneea practiced by the Hun.
Our fellows have done well. One
afternoon our two trucks and three
camtonettes abandoned the furnish­
ing of supplies and devoted them­
selves to bringing in wounded.
They went where army ambulances
are forbidden to go because• of the
danger of being thit. Goodsell, once
our Baptist pastor in Nevada, took
his truck to within 200 yards of
our front trenches where the Huns
had direct observation of him and
peppered him with ‘machine gun
fire. He turned around up there?
both front and rear whwls
Into shell holes In the process, anti
brought out eight wounded men.
Two of the camtonettes went Into
the same place and got patients.
And, mind you. the army ambu-
Y. M. C. A. rigs and Y. M. C. A.
men go anywhere without let or'
hindrance. In this battle we have
hot only given away thousands of
francs’ worth of supplies, but have
personally sought * out thé men in
the trenches, holes, bushes, dugouts
and fields and handed them the
stuff.
October 24—Sunday our boys
day of December, tbe marriage of
Miss Eva May Markell to Martin Annual Conference of
A. Vollbrecht, U. S. A., waa solemn­
and Faemltkl of
ized at ‘the home of the bride’s
dent CoQcfes
mother in Springbrook. Only rela­
tival of the bride and four of her
close girl friends were present.
On Friday and Saturday ef
To tbe strains of beautiful wed­ week the annual conference of
ding music improvised by Mias Lord Independent Colleges of O n p n
Putman, the bridal cduple came held in Newberg.
down the stairs and entered the
Every college In the
prettily decorated living room, fol­ except Eugene Bible University wan
lowed by tbe rihg bearer, little represented, the delegatee officially
Helen Markell. of Portland, cousin present being aa follows:
Reed
of the bride, and standing before a College, Professor Charles X. Gray;
large American flag 'draped over Pacific University, Professor Edward
the bay' window, Rev. Geofge H. Taylor; McMinnville College, Presi
Lee read the beautiful double ring dent L. W. Riley and Dean NortB-
ceremony.
rup; Philomath College, President
After congratulation« Miss Eva L. L. Epley; Willamette University,
Hadley sang "The Sunshine of Your Dean George H. Alden and Profes­
Smile’’ and "Love’s Melody.”- Tb/ sor Franklin G. Franklin; Albany
guests also gathered around the College, President Wallace H. Leu
piamo and sang appropriate and pop­ and Professor R. W. McNeal; lb>
ular songs, after which a wedding ^eific College. President
f.
dinner was served on a long table Pennington and Prof«
decorated with carnations.
: Lewis.
The bride and groom tried to slip
President Levi T.
away in a waiting machine but were Pacific College was
deluged by rice and old shoes
ef the • asoctation for the eo nisg
Miss Markell grew up in Spring- year; President W. H. Lee of Al­
brook and was graduated from Pa­ bany College, vice president and
cific Academy in 1944, and baa Professor F. G. Franklin of Willa­
since helped in store and office in mette University waa re-elected eee-
a. capable way. Mr. Vollbreeht la retary-treasurer. The other offi­
a eon of the Rev. A. Vollbrecht, of cers re-elected were Pretodent L W.
Fountain' City, Wisconsin.
At Riley of McMinnville College, rep.
present he is with the Spruce Di­ resentative on the state board e f
vision at Ysquina.
standardisation; and President L.
T. Pennington of Pacific College
correspondent.
Three sittings of the confer ease
were held. Two topics were ronsid
Five Ndwberg boys, namely, Ray­ ered at, each session. At the first.
mond Baeeett, Fred Horning, Earl Professor Charles H. Gray of Reed
Moore. Harry Rockwell and Elmer gave an account of the Student
Thomas, are members of the famous Army Training corps work, aad thn
First Division which is receiving subject was further diecuseed by
mock favorable comment. Following Deea Alden and Professor Franklin
Is a copy of a circular letter issued of Willamette University. At thin
came
ege'read a
_ In Captain Hfl
too.
Our
burial
squad
of
about
180
"Co-ordination
of
the Independent
Headquarters First Division, Amer
P in t Time in Sixteen
We. the Captain, four non-coms
search, and another the next night
men
kept
right
on
working.
Shells
Colleges,'*
which
was
full of suggen
lean
Expeditionary
Forces.
and myself, are on the billeting de­
Months
—nightmares, both of them!—sleep­
dispersed
them
once
but
they
soon
tiveness,
and
which
brought
out ex­
October
JO,
1918.
tail for tbe battalion. We travel
%
ing both days in the woods.
came back.
Today a captured Colonel of the tended discussion. In which Profes­
about
three
days
ahead
of
the
com­
We remained In the last woods
November 7, 1818.
I had a peculiar time once dur­ German army arrived at our dlvi sor Curtis P. Coe of McMinnvBln
two days and had our first 'taste of
Dear Folks—I have been so busy panies and make arrangements for ing the forenoon. I went with a sion cage. He was cold, hungry led. A committee on co-ordinatkm
shell fire and saw two airplane having a good time that I have neg­ their quarters. _ _
Our detail has been staying with good big load of supplies to a bat­ and broken in spirit. After four was authorized, one member from
skirmishes.
Another march at lected to write my weekly letter.
tery going into position. In a few years of severe fighting and con­ each college.
night for three hours, during which Left camp last Saturday night and a French family. We take our minutes, as though Frits had notice stant service in his army, he was
“The Ups and Downs of the Inde­
meals
with
them
and
the
lady
is
a
time Boche shells followed us up have been my own boss for a few
of
the
move,
his
Infernal
G.
I.
cans
pendent
College" was the subject
taken prisoner by the troops of the
the road, but shortened their range days and still have a few more to very good cook, of course not as began to come over. The first victorious First Division.
of
an
interesting
paper by President
too slowly and got none of us.
spend before going back to the old good as you. but she’s not bad at one wounded a man but no other
L.
L.
Epley
of
Philomath,
in the dis­
The
following
is
taken
from
his
that.
We were then eight days lying in grind.
cussion of which Professor R. W.
hit. Frits had the range to & remarks:
We
are
going
to
have
for
dinner
I spent a day in Paris and It sure
the woods, no one even showing
"Yesterday I received orders to Lewis of Pacific College led. Thin
this evening ehicken, French fried nicety and almost instantly the or­
himself in the openings or on a is some village. 1 saw many sights potatoes, string beans, salad, coffee, der was given to unhitch and "beat hold the ground at all costs. The brought out many interesting remi­
road. We got .more or lees shelling of interest and was treated fine by bread, butter, etc., We bad a hard it.’’ I had JuBt passed one team of American barrage* advanced to­ niscences. "The Influence of War
daring that time but nothing seri­ everybody I met. I think they real­ time finding the chicken, but at four horses when s shell got three ward my position and the work of on Scholarship" was presented by
ous We were very close up, how­ ize . more what the Americans have last we found one woman who would of them., flopping two into the your artillery was marvelous. The President Levi T. Pennington of Pa­
ever. We marched a short way the done than any other place in sell one. They sure are hard to get ditch. The fourth wasn’t unhitched barrage was so dense 'that it was cific College, Professor Franklin G.
next night, were awake all night, France. In fact, I have a better over here now.
but came clear through without a impossible for us to move out of our Franklin of Willamette University
and "over the top" the next morn­ opinion of tbe French people since
scratch.
The men who didn’t “beat dugouta. Following this barrage leading in the discussion.
Now, Mother, the questions in
ing. I was fortunate the next few seeing Paris.
it.*’
with
some
of the horses, ran in­ closely were the troops of the First
‘Changes in the Curricula Due to
At the present time I am at a your letters must remain unans­ to holes dug by predecessors in a Division. 1 saw them 'forge ahead the War" was presented by Dean
days, and though I had a hundred
wered
for
I
could
not
keep
the
let­
place set aside by the United States
close onps I wasn’t scratched.
ters while at the front, having no sort of bank. A couple of fellows and knew that all was lost. All George H. Alden of Willamette Uni­
You remember Lieutenant Lloyd for soldiers to take their furloughs. place to carry them, so you must near the end o f'th e line of holes night I remained in my dugout, versity, the discussion of the paper
Cochran? He was killed September You will see by the letterhead what ask them again and I will try and said when I got to them, "--------- hoping vainly that something would being led by Professor Charles H.
28. Tom B. came through alright, kind of hotels we are staying at. answer them all.
---------, you Y. M. C. A. guys go happen that would permit me to re­ Gray of Reed College. It seemed
though with a machine gun bullet- They are the best in France and the
anywhere,
don’t you?” I replied. join my army. This morning your tbe united judgment of those who
But about my letters. I am sure
meals are the best I have tasted
dent In is tin 'hut.
"Yes,
and
this
one is going into a trope found me and here I am. after Joined in the discussion of this top­
I’ve received nearly all of them for
Anyway we ran the Dutch back since leaving hpme. You can Imag­ I must have received twenty-five or hole right now,” and Into a .nice, four years of fighting, a prisoner.
ic that the great need was a change
several miles and killed and cap­ ine how good It feels to crawl into thirty while at the front. So worry gooey, clayey hole I ducked.
"Yesterday I knew that the First in the method of handling the sub­
tured quite a good share of them. a real bed and know that yon can no more about my tnall or about me
It seemed as though all (hat day Division was opposite us. and I jects now taught rather than exten­
The first night I took a patrol of sleep as tong as you wish. Sunday for I honestly think that we have both Smith and I dodged into an knew that we would have to put sive changes in the subject matter
twenty men out into No Man’s Land night I slept in the first bed I had seen tbe front for tbe last time and area of shell fire wherever we went up the hardest fight of the war. of college work.
and one man and I got as far as been In for sixteen months and I
but not a scratch came to either of The First Division is wonderful and
it looks like the end was near.
Professor Edward Taylor of Pa­
the wire of the next Hun trench sure did some sleeping.
us.
I believe Providence watched the German army knows it. We did cific University presented an able
You
must
tell
everyone
hello
and
Last night’s news was the best
system end after accomplishing our
over us and has preserved us for not believe that within five years paper on the subject. "Re-construc­
that I’m feeling fine.
mission returned without anything we have had yet, and If things go
return to our families. I am pro­ the Americans could develop a di­ tion After the War,” in the discus­
The
weather
here
is
rather
cool
on the same way 1 will be home In
occurring.
vision such as the First Division. sion of which 'President Lee of Al­
foundly thankful.
now,
but
that
Just
makes
one
feel
The next day was slower going. the near future.
October 26—We are now keeping The work of its Infantry and Artil­ bany College topk the lead.
And, Mother, If I
My bedroom window looks out like living.
We were held up at one time, and
should get wounded I’ll let you a ,canteen In a dugout. It is not lery is worthy of the best armies
The woman's auxiliary to Pacific
Lieutenant B. and I got into a b*K on the Atlantic Ocean and when I know at once, or soon. Love to all. pleasant underground and some of In the world.’’
^ College served a delicious banquet
am
tired
of
running
around
I
sit
shell hole In No Man’s Land while
Following added by General Sum- to the visiting delegates and the
the men sleep upstairs, but I have
From your loving son,
the rest of the outfit were "digging and dream of what la on the other
•rail.
Sgt.
Chandos
L.
Chase.
learned
to
appreciate
the
value
of
members of the local faculty.
in’’ each man Just digging a grave side of that great body of water.
The above tribute to the First
---------o---------
President Carl G. Doney of Willa­
safety
as
I
did
not
once
and
share
S t Mato Is an old fortified city
shaped hole for temporary protec­
Division comes from one of Ger­ mette. president of the association,
darknees
and
bad
air
with
rata
and
NOTICE
TO
PROS-
tion. We had a nice big hole and and every rock In the harbor has
many's seasoned field officers. It was unable to be present. In bis
PECTIVE BUILDERS cooties In warmth rather than fresh
sat In there and ate bully beef and an old fort of some kind on It.
Is with great pleasure that we learn absence the chair was filled by Pres­
air
and
dayllglit
with
H.
E.’s
In
hardtack, end through our field There Is an old wall running around
that even oUr enemies recognize the ident Levi T. Pennington, the vice
We are In receipt of the follow­ the cold.
glasses watched the battle proceed the city and there are many old his­
courage,
valor and efficiency of our president. The next conference (s
War is a degrading, brutalising
torical places to visit. They are all ing from the National Council of
on our left.
troope.
The
work done by tho First to be at Philomath College at the
thing personally, a tearing, destroy­
A Boché sniper had us 'Spotted, very old and wonderful but I will be Defense:
Divls'on
during
the past few days
Under revised rulings of the War ing thing nationally and a weak­ will go down in history ¡is one of Thaksglving recess next year.
but their snipers are usually sur­ glad to get i back to Oregon where
prisingly inaccurate and he cmly everything Is new and you can Industries Board bearing date of ening. polluting thing morally. those memorable events which will
managed, to kick the mud up around make all the noise you wish with­ November 80, all restrictions gov­ Passions rage and'reign almost un­ live in the hearts of the American
IMPORTANT ROAD MEETING?
erning buildings have been removed obstructed.
the hole. We had another Interest­ out bothering someone else.
people for generations to cnir.e.
I am only writing thla on one and. all construction projects, irre­
The other day when our boys
ing experience in there—a short
---------o---------
On December 14 there will be a
one pound shell from one of our side of this paper so If the eeneor spective of costs or materials con­ "went over" and waged a fight of
CARD
OF THANKS
meeting called at Newberg on the
own guns lit In our shell hele but outs any of It out It will not spoil cerned, can proceed without the which you read the next day, a
The parents of Roy O. and Mary question of a bard surfaced road
was a blind and failed to explode. the other side. I-almost forgot to necessity of securing government party of Huns came out with white
flags. Our fellows stopped fighting C. Fitch with to extend their heart­ from Newberg to Carlton via West
We gulped a few times, blinked tell you' that the women In Paris approval.
are
the
most
beautiful
and
drees
Kindly see that this ruling Is and went to meet them, whereupon, felt thanks to their many friends Chehalem.
twice and went on with the hard­
Further notice of the purpose will
better
than
any
place
In
the
world,
given
publicity in your community, the Huns pulled automatics and be­ and the I. O. O. F. and Rebekah
tack.
and also encourage all building pro­ gan shooting. None of them were Lodges for their great kindneea. be published next week and a report
I had'slept only four hours total outside of Newberg, Oregon.
Well, folks, 1 hope when I get jects, for In this way you can assist taken prieoners but none of them their expressions of sympathy and of the committee appointed a year
In three nights eo I had an hour’s
sleep In that hole. We then moved back to my outfit that Germany has the government in restoring busi­ are today in Hun horde or hospital. the beautiful floral offerings ten­ ago In West Chehalem will be ready.
John U. Smith. Chairman.
out and In a short time had the decided -that she is whipped as this ness to normal conditions, thus pro­ The attack was not over when word dered on the death and burial of
rest
has
kind
of
spoiled
me.
1
guess
viding
employment
for
the
many
....... o --------
came
back
to
ue.
My
partner
was
our
beloved
son
and
daughter.
Dutch positions and had pushed on.
Subscribe for the Graphic and get
Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Fitch.
While my platoon was on out- that will be all for this time. Lots men who will be released from War so angry he became Incoherent and
Industries.
of love,
Leonard.
the home news.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Cook.
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