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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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