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A Weekly Chronicle of Local Events anti Progress in Linn CouTitv
VOLUME 15
Harrisburg Bridge Dedicated
S a tu rd a y was a big day for
H arrisb u rg . The occasion being
the dedication o f th e new bridge
th a t spang the W illam ette river at
th a t poiut, and forms a link in the
great Pacific highw ay. W hile the
bridge lias been com pleted and in
use for some m onths, it was not
form erly dedicated u n til S atu rd ay ,
when w ith befitting ceremonies
it waB given over to th e use of the
public.
T he celebration was not unlike
th a t of an old fashioned F ourth of
Ju ly celebration
T here were p a
rades, speechm aking, footraces,
baseball and other sports and d an c
ing. A big basket d in n er at noon
in a nearby grove was also one of
the principal events.*
T here were autom obile carcv an s
from P ortland, A lbany, Corvallis,
Eugene, Junction C ity and m any
persons were present from all the
neighboriug towns.
HALSEY, OREGON WEDNESDAY JUNE 9. 19.'6
Seniors Give Good Program Hotel Under New Manager
The closing event of the 1926
grad u atin g class of the local
high school was enacted in the
Methodist church last Thursday
evening iu the presence of a full
house.
The program was a well balanced
affair and enjoyed by all present.
T hom as Palm er who made the
second highest average in grades
for the four year course delivered
the address of welcome. Class
history was by Velva H adey; pro-
phecy, Agnes H a \e s,
grum bler,
Leroy S traley; “ je ste r,” R alph Mc
Neil; poem by R uth Quim by fol
lowed by a verse by Eunice Sylves
ter about various members of the
class; advice to juniors, Thomas
Miller; class will, Helen W illiam s;
and the valedictory by Roberta
Vannice, who had made the h ig h
est average for the four yeais.
T he clo«ing num ber was a soDg
by the class, entitled, “ We d o n ’t
like to say goodbye,’’ w ith Miss
Roberta V annice at the piano
Graduates Feted
NUMBER 6
Surprised on Birthday
D a iry
P o it 11 r y
W ool
Camo Meeting at Halsey
After the class night program at
Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Forster were
The local M ethodist church has
tiie M ethodist church T h u rs d a y , very delightfully surprised Weil-
for the past two summers put on a
cvcning the graduating class was litaday evening when members of
ten t meeting in Halsey. Last year
entertained at a 'w o course lunch-J the fam ily began to gather in
' it took on more than a local aspect
eon at the home of Mr. and M rs. • help Mrs. Forster celebrate her
in th a t tho churches a t Peoria aud
Lyman P attou. Place cards d e - ' birthday. Tha presentation of
Lake Creek co-operated while it
corated w.th blue and gold candle- a new electric cleaner, a gift from
was attended by people from Shedd
sticks which carried out the class ' all the children was a feature of
T angent, Brownsville and H a rrir.
colors marked each place. A fter i. the evening.
Refreshm ents were
burg.
the luncheon the evening was served. Those present were Mr
During the year the Linn C ounty
passed pleasantly in guessing and Mrs. Chas. Falk jr. and fam ily
Holiness Association has been o r
games and conversation. R esides. H . W. Stienke and fam ily, Mr,
ganized aud it seemed to be in the
the senior class, Mrs. Irm a Shot- and Mrs. Algie Sweet and Mr. and
minds of the executive com m ittee
well, Mrs. Inez Fret,land and Mr. Mrs. Fred Roberts and daughter
to continue the work begun in H al
all her tim e to the restau ran t busi and Mrs. Eldon Cross were guests. Lucile, all of Eugenp. The other
sey this vear, only m aking it a
ness on Second street.
F orster of
county affair. The present mem
Mrs. Johnson is thoroughly reno Geo. Laubnor 40 Acre Tract Sold T ujunga, C alifornia and Mrs.
bership of tiie association is one
1 Preston Newton of Portland were
vating the entire building and a d
hundred-eighty five. W hile it was
1 lie -lit acre tract of land adjoin- unable to be present.
ding some new equipm ent and fur
organized
in Lilin county, there
highway at the north edge'
nishings. Another bath room is iug IT the . 1 ____
.1
>
a
are
probably
forty from Benton
of Halsey and owned by Geo Cornett Farm Near Shedd is Sold
am ong im provem ents scheduled.
county
who
are
members and sever
Laubner has been purchased bv
al
from
Lane
county.
The asso
Frank K inney, prom inent realtor
T he J. B. C ornett farm of 54 ciation is not a church, b u t it has
Stage Driver Gets a Jolt of Eugene.
acres located a short distance east as its aim the helping of all
Mr. K inney, no doubt will be
of Shedd, was purchased the first churches. As the Y. M. C. A. is
State traffic officer Bloom after
able to tu rn this place in a short
of the week by T. E. Bevens of organized from members of all
following one of the big stages for
M arried in Portland
time at a nice profit.
Salem who expects to occupy the churches for a specific work, so the
several miles on the highway last
The Laubners expect to locate in
Miss G ertrude P orter, d aughter
place as a homo as soon as im Holiness association is organized
Charles S traley and fa m ily , Le- T hursday decided th a t the speed Halsey.
of ex-senator and M rs. F. H. P o rt Roy Straley and K arl Bramwell was a little too fast and after
provements in the buildings are from all churches for the purpose
er, a form er Haisey resid en t and a and family and m other, Mrs. Al stopping it near H alsey, asked the
made
of quickening and deeping sp irit
native of Linn county, was united bert Miller were among the people driver to go talk the proposition Will Attend Summer Camp
Mr. C ornett was foruieriy a ual life.
in m arriage at the home of her who went to Eugene Sunday to over with Justice of the Peace,
prom inent Shorthorn breeder of
By such an organization, strong
p aren ts in P ortlan d la st week to E. hear the sacred concert by tb s new Bert C lark. A lter hearing both
Ralph McNeil and F. Buford th a t district but is now u n k in g his workers can be secured and more
L. M cKalson of P o rtla n d .
chimes in the C hiietian church a t sides Mr. Clark was also covinced Morris will leave Monday for F o rt home at K lam ath Falls.
people from the outside «will be
Stevens, at the m outh of tne
and assessed a fine accordingly.
th a t city.
brought together.
M rs. Bramwell Entertains Club
Columbia riv r, where they w i l l ! Brownsville Chooses Picnic Queen
The old records of the church re
spend two weeks with Rat. A. 249, |
veal, while it is still vivid in the
Mrs. K arl Bramwel! en tertain ed
Miss E m m a Howe, freshm an of minds of the old tim ers here the
Coast A rtillery of the Oregon N at
several members of th e Purity Past
ional G uard. Mr. Morris has a Brownsville high school, was elect cam p m eetings th at were held at
Noble G ra n d ’s club at her home
commission as Second L ieutenant ed queen for the pioneer picnic, to E van’s ferry, near Lake creek,
Fred Skirvin and fam ily of Mar- she is superintendent, to a picnic
last T hursday afternoon. Follow
and will have charge of the range be held Ju n e 16, 17 and 18, in a R obert's bridge, B r o w n v i l l e ,
quam were guests a t the home of a t S m ith ’s grove near I’eoria Tues
ing the business session and a soc
section
during the encam pm ent. popularity contest held by the Keeney farm , Peoria and M ary's
Mr. S k irv m ’s brother, T. J.S kirvin day. T w enty-four youngsters were
ial hour refreshm ents were served
J . W. Rector who is a
registered American I-egion A uxiliary. The river.
and wife Sunday.
present and the day passed in
by the hostess, assisted by her
pharm
acist,
and
Mrs.
Morris
will a tte n d a n ts to the queen will be
Ju n e 17-27 there will be a revi
J . W. E vans of Lake Creek re playing games and swim m ing. At have charge of the drug store d u r M uses Lois H enderson, Virginiu
m other-in-law , M rs. Mae Miller.
val of the old tim e cam p m eeting,
noon
lunch
was
served.
Mesdames
Shelton, Clarissa T indle and Alice when the people will meet nt the
Members present were Mrs. turned home from the Corvallis
Bramwell, Coleman and Johnson ' ing M oriss’ absence.
Cochran,
G overnor Pierce fias Gourley grove, iust east of Halsey.
Nellie F ru m , Mrs. Belle G orm ley, hospital Monday. Mr. E vans is
acted as chnperones.
been
invited
to crown the queen
Mrs. Addie Moody, Mrs. Mae M il suffering from stomach ulcers.
Graduates From Normal
'This m eeting is not of oue church
Rev. J. C. O rr and wife of Inde
and
there
is
not
the least doubt but hut the m em bers of the association
ler, Mrs. Louise T aylor, Mrs. E s
Mrs. F. O. Salm on and children
V ere Byron Higbee, of Halsey is w hat he w ill he there. T bs gov
th er Bond, Mrs. S arah F. W ells, returned horn« Monday from E u pendence spent M onday afternoon
are members of following churches:
w
ith
H.
L.
Almon
at
the
E
n
te
r
among
tjje students of the Oregon ernor has m ade a splendid record
Mrs. M ary Gray, andalso the h o n gene where the children had been
Evangelical,
Free M e th o d ists,
prise office. Mr. Orr is a cousin of Normal school a t Monmouth who in this line of work during the past
or guset, Mrs. F . Buford Morris.
M ethodist«, Presbyterian, South
attending school.
Mr. Almon.
graduate a t tho end of the spring three years.
The next meeting of th e club is
M ethodist, U nited Presbyterian,
Mr.
and
M
rs.
C
harles
F
alk,
Mr.
term
, June 15.
The standard
scheduled for June 25 at the home
Ercell C. Sneed, recent graduate
Salvation
A rm y and C hristian A l
and Mrs. H erm an Steinke and
of Mrs. Em erson True.
in chemical engineering a t O. A. course at the norm al covers tho M ay Rains Kill Young Pheasants liance.
th eir families and Mr. ami Mrs. G.
C ., has accepted a position in the work of two years and entitles the
Halsey is highly favored in be
J. Rike spent Sunday afternoon
F ifty per cent of the Chinese
chem
ical laboratories of the A m eri graduate to a state certificate lead
Public School Note*
ing selected as tho seat of the
picnicing up the Calappoia.
can Trona Corporation at Trona, ing to a life certificate after 30 (pheasants hatched in the Willitm- county cam p m eeting and it is hop
(Enterprise Correspondence)
Miss W illim ina Corcoran who C alifornia and is leaving soon for months of successful teaching in "tte valley during M ay were killed ed to give the Association and vis
Oregon. The elem entary couisc, Î by cold rains, according to a re
Tuesday and W ednesday the last has been a p atien t a t the state (hat place.
itors such a welcome th b t the g a th
which covers three terms of resi port made S atu rd ay by the state
school tests were given. Bessie tuberculosis hospital at Salem for
ering
will he continued here from
Nellie, A rdith and B a rn e tt Sneed dence work, entitles the holder to
Reynolds and G ilbert H ayes who some tim e will be brought home
game commission. C onsequently, year to year.
of Marshfield arrived S aturday and an elem entary certificate which,
were unable to tak e tlie state tests goon. Mr. Corcoran has an open
the commission reports, sportsm en
will spend some tim e a t the bom.' with renewal is gooit for two years.
on account of illness will be given air house completed for her.
wifi have a poor season this fall.
Patronize Home Industry!
of theirgr& ndparents, Mr. and Mrs.
them on T hursday and F riday,
Miss Isabell G u llifo rJ, a d au g h N. T . Sneed.
H arry Bressler was a business
Picnics were the order of th e day ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E . G ulli-
F riday .
High school students ford, who was born and raised iu Rev. John B. Coan, S u perintend-I visitor in A lbany. Tuesday.
choosing T riangle lake as th eir des Halsey was Married June 5 to L. ent of the W esley liosjital will oc
cupy the pulpit both m orning and Pine Grove Church
tin a tio n , where they sp en t th e day W . H oughteling in P ortland.
evening a t the M ethodist church
boating, swimming or hiking. A
Sunday school 10 a. rn.
Mrs. J . T. McNeil moved in to next Sunday. The subject for the
very extensive and bonntiful lu n ch
Preaching, 11 a. m. Rev. Gil
eon was spread a t noon with sev the Cummings house near the M m orning sermon w ill be, “ C hrist’s
M inistry of H ealin g ,’’ and a gospel lispie.
eral gallons of ice cream to finish E. parsonage this week.
message
will be given in the even-
Prayer m eeting Thursday 8 p. in,
off w ith. And though each mem-
Mrs. W alter Stafford cf Eugene
iug.
m em ber o, the party trie d to do and Mrs. John H aines of O akland,
Church of Christ
am ple justice to all th e tem p tin g C alifornia were dinner guests at
Mrs, W ilte r M cClelland and
dishes set before them , so much the Stafford home Friday.
M rs. F ran k G ray are leaving for
had been prepared th a t supper was
P ortland for a visit with relatives
Mr. and Mrs. Frauk McCaslin T hursday, Mrs. McClelland will
served before the crowd returned
and Miss Marie Sneed all of P o rt join her husband at P o rtland and
home.
land motored down to H alsey S a t
Unquestionably sm art styles at decidedly less
The fourth, fifth, sixth and urday afternoon and spent Sunday they will continue on to Cam p
M
eeker,
C
alifornia
where
they
wi¡
I
than city prices. Come in and see the genuine
seventh grades spent th e day at th e at the home of the ladies’ parents,
reside.
M cKercher mill and picnic grounds
price reductions, dependable qualities and truly
Mr. and Mrs. N- T. Sneed. Ercell
adjoining. Many of the parent«
Lyman M arsters who has been
Sneed of O. A. C- «Iso spent S un
Favored styles of the season. One Day Sale Only
were present and a very pleasant
d ay a t home and Mr»- Sneed re principal of tbe school at M ineral,
day was passed by all.
turned w ith him to witness his W ashington tbe p ast w inter came
borne Monday. H e expects to go
Sunday School 10.
The prim ary room with their g raduation
to Stanford university in a couple 1 Preaching 11.
teacher, Mrs. Cross, sp en t th e day
Mr. and Mrs. F. Buford M orris of weeks for a six weeks course of i
C hristian E ndeavor 7.
at the swinging bridge between
are m oving from the E sther Rike study.
P reaching 8.
Sports Coats #16.75 for >19.50 to >22.50 styles
Brownsville and Crawfordsville.
bouse on F rst street to the Mrs.
Clifford L. Carey, Pastor.
M any parents were also present
Charles
Poole
and
W
illiam
Cur-
Sm art Dresses #10.75 for >14.75 to >16.75 styles
Addie j-eeper house today.
with the youngsters. Many good Leeper has stored her household lii of Lebauou drove over Sl“ u rd ’ '
100 spring and sum m er dresses. $16.75 to >19.75
th in es to eat wera in evidence and goods in the second story of the | and w‘ re lbe Bueets o f Mr. and M . E. Church
R obert Parker pasior.
125 fashionably new trimmed hats 3.95 to 6.95
so far, no casualties have been re building and will make her home Mrs. Bert C lark. M rs. Clem who
Sunday
school,
10.
ported f r om over-eating.
wRh hef d ao g b l, r
j IoJ. j By. has been stayiog with Mrs. Clark
150 most popular women’s coats 18.75 and 29.75
Preaching, 11.
Miss A m anda M itzner, who ha« er e v ’n A lbany. Mrs. Rike will returned home with them .
Junior League, 2:30,
rn ,ro
from
been atten d in g the N orth Pecifl; retu
r"IQrn
m Corvallis soon
eoon to oc-
M rs. Bert Louden returned to
E pw orth league, 7.
her borne a t P ortland F riday after
Evangelical institute at Portland, copy her home.
Preaching, 8.
came borne Friday. Her vacation
Mrs. Nora Coleman treated tbe a visit with relatives here.
Praver-rneetinz. T hnrsday, 8,
will last until October,
Jun io r E ndeavor Society, of which
(Continued on page
Bible S tu ly Tuesday, 2.
On Tuesday of th is w< ek Mrs
E valyn Johnson form eily of Sail
Diege, C alifornia, to ik charge of
the Halsey hot»l and will operate
it for the next year under lease.
The hotel is an old established
one and well known to the travel
ing public, having been owned and
managed by Mr. and Mrs. G rant
Reynolds for th e past several years.
Mr. Reynolds who has had active
charge for the p»st few m onths
will retire to private life, and Mrs
R ;ynolds will continue to devote
- Local and Personal Mention -
ONE DAY SALE— FEATURING
Coats, I )resses
and Hats
Direct From Wholesalers
Monday, June 14th
M. V. KOONTZ CO.
Halsey, Oregon
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