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A \\ eokly C hronicle of Local Events and Progress in Linn County
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HALSEY, OREGON W EDNESDAY. MAY 26, 1926
Family Reunion
Public School Note»
' The home of Mr. and Mrs. W.
H Robertson was t.bp scene of a
fam ily reunion Sunday. The fam­
ily assembling to celebrate the
birthday .of T. M. Bennett, a
former resident of Halsey, now re­
siding on a ranch uear Lehauop.
Dinner was served at 2 o’clock.
Seven daughters and their families
were present: Mr. and Mrs. Merle
Appolgate and little son of Eugene.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Griffith of
Albany, Mrs. Opal Higbee and
twin sons of Lebanoo, Mr. and
Mrs. Irwin Gardner, two eons
and little daughter, Mr. and
Mra. Clair Miller and two sons,
Mr. and Mrs. Robertson, son
Wayne, and daughter and son
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Cross, and Mr.
and Mrs. T. M. Bennett of Leban­
oo. Miss Helen Armstrong also
was a guest at dinner.
( Enterorla« Correspondence)
- Local and Personal Mention -
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Rocilal Enjoyed by Large Audience
The Senior Endeavor society held
The large audience who as­
its regular monthly business meet­
sembled Saturday evening in tho
ing at the Christian church T hurs­
Christian church to hear the recital
day evening. About forty young
presented by the pupils of Mrs.
¡people were present, including
Jess Cross were io uo wise disap­
several visitors from Shedd aud
pointed in the entertainm ent, find­
Mra. C. P. Stafford is
ia expected
others outside the society. A sue.
ing it quite up to the high stand­
houia today from Oregon City and
I ial hour was also spent and refreah-
ard set and maintained by pre­
Portland, where she has been
. mente ot sandwiebs, pickles, cake
vious classes of Mrs. Cross.
Mr«. Bradford Moss was a visit
Mr. and Mrs. a . G. Waggener spending the past two weeks.
’aud lemonade served.
The program was unusually good,
or in the prim ary room Tuesday.
have been visiting relatives near
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Caeebeer and
so
much so that it would be hard
Since Stste tests are over, review Marion. Ped Simone has been at­ Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Irvin of i Orchestra Given Lawn Party
to
mention
any one number as
work has been the order of the day tending to their ranch while they Portland were w»ek end guests of
outstanding.
The parts by the
| • The orchastra ot the Christian
Mr. and Mrs. Chancy Sickels,
in the fourth, fifth and sixth grade were away.
yeunger
ones
were
well presented
’church
was
treated
to
a
lawn
party
rooms.
Bessie Reynolds who has been
Mrs. Bert Clark, who has been
and
allowed
considerable
care and
Two more weeks of school! And confined to her home with illness convalescing from an appeudicitie at the home of Mr. aud Mr*. Will time h id been expended to bring
A1
we haven’t seen any of the stud for so long is at last able to be out operatiou three weeks ago was 1 Robertson Tuesday evening.
them to so high a standard. The
Savuge,
who
raises
some
very
fine
enfs grieving about jt.
and visited her brother, Chester suddenly stricken agnin today with strawberries promised the orchestra selections rendered bv the older
severe pains and at the time of
Miss Enid and W’anda Veatch Curtis one day last week.
(a feed of berriee if aomeone would ones of high school age showed
going to press is ia a serious con­
were pleasant callers in Mrs. Ki
careful teaching and technique aud
The Franklin piano used by Mrs. dition. Dr. Clark of Harrisburg furnish the place for the party.
zer's room Wednesday.
considerable ability on the part of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Robertson
then
fu
r­
Cross at her recital by courtesy of was called.
both pupils and teacher.
All students in the sixth, sev the Seth Laraway Music Co. at
nish» 1 it.
Rev.
Robert
Parker
drove
to
Pine
enth and eighth grades passed the Eugene, was purchased by Mr. and
The orchestra consiste of nine
state tests and some very fine Mrs. Elbert Isom and not returned Grove Thursday aud called at the puces end as ell brought their in ­
Miss Beulah Miller is leaving
Ministers to Hold Picnic
P. A. Phorson home and also at struments with them, good music
grades were made. Pupils gradu to Eugene.
Friday morning for a trip to S»o
other homes of the community was furnished for the occasion.
ating from the eighth grade are
Francirco on the steamer Rose City
The ministers of Linn county
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Sickels Mrs. Eliza Brandon accompanied
Ernestine Coleman, Beseie Rey
which starts from Portland, Friday
and their wives will hold a picnic
nolds, Gertrude Robius, Herman and two little sons of Albany visit­ him.
afternoon.
From San Francisco
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Ed
Zimmerman
oti the first day of June, at Cas-
Koontz, Ellsworth Gardner and ed Sunday at the home of his par-
Mrs,
J.
J.
Corcoran
spent
Sun-
she
will
go
to
Los Angeles and
are
the
possessors
of
a
new
Willy*
Ctdia.
ents, Mr. aud Mrs. C. Shekels.
John Miller,
day with her daughter Will mina Knight sedau.
start on a motor trip with relativea
Tho m inisterial association of
Traveling freight aud passenger at the state tuberculosis hospital
back through the middle western
The seniors are taking their final
Albany will furnish the games,
School closed at pine Grove
at
Salem.
agent
L.
L.
Graham
was
in
town
states
to point« in Missouri.
horse shoes, base ball and other exams preparatory to graduating
Wednesday. Miss Undine Dan-
this
week
looking
after
Southern
She
expects to be away a'x
1'he
graduating
class
will
consist
of
Mr and Mrs. Frank Donaca of nan who haa been teachiug there,
games. Bring jo u r owu Innch
Pacific
interests.
weeks.
the
following
students:
Agnes
S*cet Home were at tho train re. picniced with her pupils at Sm ith's
basket. AH ministers of the coun
Hayes, Roberta Vaunice, Velva
ty and their wives are invited.
Miss Damian
Miss Marjorie Walker, a former «etitly to meet Mrs. Mabelle Jones, grove at Peoria.
J. 0- Cross drove a truck load
Hadley, Eunice Sylvester, Rutb Halsey girl but uow of Reedsport, the latter’s sister, who has been does not expect to teach this coin­ of sheep to Portland Tuesday.
teaching at Swiss Home nnd took ing year but will attend school at Martin Koontz and Wilber Norton
Baccalaureate at Church of Christ Quimby, Helen Williams, Thomas is here visiting Halsey friends.
Miller, Thomas Palmer, Ralph Me-
her home with them for a visit.
Monmouth.
got up early and made the trip
Currin
Miller
was
missed
from
Neil,
Leroy
Straley
and
Frank
B iccalaureate services will be
with him.
Mr. and Mrs. George Finley of
Miss
Ruby
Schroll
was
the
guest
this community Sunday and it was
held ht the Church of Christ, Sun­ Koontz. This is the largest grad­
Portland visited Mr. Finlev’s sis­ of Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Miller F ri­
uating class there haa been for lev discovered that he went to Rickre-
day evening at 8 o ’clock.
ter, Mrs. Eliza Brandon a short day and Saturday.
Official Notice
eral
je&rs. Commencement exer, all. Must be some strong attrac­
Rey. Robert Parker, pastor of
tjmo Friday, enroute to their ranch
Miss Vera Bond of Albany visit­
Halsey Methodist church will de­ ciscs will be held Friday eveuing tion to take a young man so far at Crawfordsville.
Notice ia hereby given th at in
from home.
ed
her sister, Mrs. Elbert Isom Sat­
at
the
M.
E.
church.
The
Bacca­
liver the address.
accordance
with ohapter 265 of lb»
Little
Charles
Willis,
whose
arm
urday and attended the recital.
laureate sermon will be preached
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wade of
General
Laws
of Oregon for the
was
so
badly
broken
several
weeks
at the Christian church by Rev. Peoria were visitors of the latter's
Mr. and Mis. J. J. Corcoran year 1923, section 2, the area w ith­
Halsey H i Boys W in One Lose Ona
ago,
will
be
taken
to
Albany,
this
Parker Sunday night and June 3rd sister, Mrs. Nora Coleman. Tues-
week to have the splints removed visited at the home of Jack Curtis in the present boundary lines of
Halsey high school hoys went to has beeu decided upon for class day.
and an examination made of the near Peoria Saturday and Messrs ' school district No. 72 in L ina
Tangent Friday afternoon and de. night.
Mr. ami Mrs. Elsworth Casebeer broken bone. If it has not healed, Corcoran and Curtis continued on 1 County, Oregon, has been, by ord­
feateri the Tangent team in what
to Albany where they purchased a er of the County Court of Linn
Mrs. LaFollette of Corvallis was of Sweet Home wore Sunday after­ a silver plate may be used to fasten
is said to have been one of the best
tomb atone for the grave of the County, Oregon, declared to be a
the bones together,
noon visitors at Chancy S'ckel’s.
games seen there in years. At the the guest of her sen, Eldon Cross
late Mrs. Curtis.
weed control district fo r the year
Two cars hay and a car of bulk Mrs. Herman Steinke and daugh­
end of the ninth inning the score and wife last week.
1926, for the destruction and pre­
Mr.
nnd
Mrs.
E.
E.
Gormley
and
wheat moved this week from tho ter Blanche wero in Harrisburg
stood 3 t o 3, but in the 10th Ilal-
venting
from producing seed of the
Mrs.
Maggie
McClelland
went
to
warehouses operated by O. W ■ Tuesday morning where the latter
Teachers’ Examinations
sev was able slip over a score and
noxious
weed known as Canada
Irving
Saturday
to
visit
at
the
Frum and the M V. Koontz Co.
had an appointment w ith the den­
win by one point.
home of Mr. and Mrs. George Al* thistle.
tist.
Saturday afternoon the Philo­
Notice is hereby given th a t the
Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Miller and
Dated this 26th day of May,
ford. From here the ladies con­
math high school boys came over County Superintendent of Linn daughter Gardie, aud Beulah Mil­ The chicken dinner served by the
tinued on to Springfield to visit at 1926.
from th a t Ijttle city of brotherly County, Oregon, will hold the ler were Sunday guests of Mr. aud ladies of the Christian church on 1
B. M. Payne, County Judge
the home of L. E. Gormley. E.
love and carried away the long end regular examinction of applicants drs. Seymour Bowman.
election day was well patronized E. Gormley returned home Sun­
J . D. Isom, County Com.
of a topheavy score in the total of for the State Certificates at Albany,
Joa. Hume, County Com.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Wells re­ and the proceeds amounted to $30 day.
13 to 4. The disastrous result of Oregon as follows; Commencing
ceived a letter from their daughter This will be used to paper aud
this game can be charged to the Weduessay, June 9, at 9:00 o’clock
Goldie, missionary to Mondobe, paint the ladies’ aid room at the
superb pitching that Philomath a. m. and continuing uotil S atur­
Africa, recently, stating that the church.
received from her star pitcher, day, June 12, 1926, at 4:00 o’clock
Mrs. P. II. W illis, who under­
weather is intensely hot aud that
Albert Brown.
P- m.
■he has been suffering from m alar­ went a minor operation at the Al­
The Halsey girls also played the
Wednesday Forenoon
ial fever but is recovering. She bany general hospital Sunday, was
Philomath girls here Saturday and U. S, History, Writing (Penm an­
Wednesday and
Iso reported that other mission­ brought home
were slightly defeated.
ship,) Music Drawing.
aries unused to the clim ate of the though unable to be up and around
Wednesday Afternooo
yet, is convalescing nicely.
ungla bad cootrscted it.
Physiology, Reading, M a n u a l
A great number of Halsey peo­
Training, Composition, Domes­
ple
are expecting to attend the Church of Christ
tic Science, Methods in Reading,
military
tournam ent at Corvallis
Course of Study for Drawing.
Saturday.
The Southern Pacific
Methods in Arithmetic.
are
making
a special rate of .94 cts
Thursday Forenoon
for
the
round
trip. The usual one
Arithmetic, History of Education,
way
fare
being
$1.05.
Psychology, Methods in Geo­
Look over this list of
graphy, Mechanical Drawing Do­
The students of the North Pacific
gifts for tho boy or girl
mestic Art, Coarse of Study for Evangelical institute held their
graduate:
Domestic Art,
week end conventiou at Harris
Thursday Afternoon
burg Saturday and Sunday. A
Kodaks £2.60
Gram m ar, Geography, Stenogra­ number from Halsey attended the
Picture Album 75c up
phy, American Literature, Phy­ meeting.
Sunday School 10.
Pyralin Ivory
sics, Typewriting, Methods in
Preaching 11.
Mrs Irm a Shotwell spent the
Language, Thesis for Primary week end at the home of her par­
Stationery 50c up
C hristian Endeavor 7.
Certificates.
Preaching 8.
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Fanning of
Box of Candy $1.00 up
Friday Forenoon
alern.
Bro. Robert Parker w ill* deliver;
Kazor $1.00 up
Theory and Practice, Orthography
Mrs. C. N. Moody of Harris­ the Baccalaureate sermon at th e'
(Spelling,). Physical Geography,
Perfume, powder 50c up
evening service.
English Literature, Chemistry. burg has been visiting at the home
Clifford L. Carey, Pastor.
Parker Pen $5.00 — $7.00
of her son C. P. Moody the past
Friday Afternoon
Parker Pencil$3.50 $4.00 School Law, Geology, Algebra, week.
M . E. Church
Civil Government.
Mr- and Mrs. John Bressler and
Robert Parker pastor.
Flashlight $1.40 up
Saturday Forenoon
daughter Agues, and H arry Bres­
Sunday school, 10.
Halsey
Geometry, Botany
Treadling, 11.
sler and family visited Perry Bres­
Junior League, 2:30,
S itu rd ay Afternoon
sler of near Lyons Sunday and
Pharmacy General History, Bookkeeping
Epworth league, 7.
feasted on some very fine straw ­
Preaching, 8.
good
Edna Gear,
Open Wed. and Sat. eve till 9
berries raised in the Saotiam val­
Praver-mceting, Thursday, 8,
ley.
County Supt. Schools.
tGOODSk J
Bible S tu ly Tuesday, 2.
Miss Mearle Straley, whose term | ...
.
of school has expired at the Powell ’
** Helet* Armstrong, who has
school, visited in the fourth fifth 1 bee" teach,ne at Creiswell the past
and sixth also the seventh a o d i ' P
”" 1 th ° week end with
her friend, Mrs. J. O. Cross.
eighth grade rooms Tuesday.
Miss Violet Carver took dinner
Ione Miller missed a week
school while struggling with the with her friend Ernestine Coleman
Saturday.
whooping cough.
H. C. Davis and his sister, Mrs.
Shedd, are leaving tonight for an
extended visit at Milwaukee and
other eastern points.
^ to ie p r o o f ^ to s ie r y
fjractuation
S ifts
to m a tch every costume, in
the season s sm a rte st co cors,
$1.50
fcor men,
cn
ynacn
an
fa n cy co/ors,
35 to 75c
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