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V. T he B eaverton R e v ie w The Only Newspaper Devoted Exclusively to the Interests of Eastern Washington County. VOLUME XII, No. 16 irsm ïo State Institutions Exemption from Fees to lie (iiven to W orthy High School CraduatcH K E R R SlKìCìESTS PLAN K i p f f l In Knablr H lu d m U to At* • tend, W h o (M h v rw ia r C ould N ot htchotarships ifoini at any slat« Inatitution o f higher wluntiun In Oregon will lio open to students graduating from hiarh schools of Wa*hington county, It wax an- nounced recently by Dr. W. J Kerr, chancellor o f higher educa tion, whose plan for recognizing promising students in this way has been approved by the state board of blither education. Under the plan, the state will be divided into districts, and ap proximately two per cent of the graduates will bo elegible to re ceive the scholarships. Students chosen must have high scholastic standing, and be in actual need of the funds in order to attend a higher institution it is pointed out. Recipients of the scholarships will be given exemption of gener al fees, amounting to $18 per term at the university or state college and $<! per term at any of the three normal schools Student body fees, building fee and health ser vice cost will he required as usual •The scholarship will lie fur the freshman year, and will result in a total saving, of $54 to prospec tive university or college students. •This scholarship plan is in har tnony with the practice of a large number of the best institutions in the country,*' Chancellor Kerr said in his statement of recommenda tion to the board. "It is the ap proved method of maintaining de mocracy in higher educational op portunities for students of excep tional ability who would otherwise I h * unable to get an education be cause of financial limitations.** The new scholarship plan will mean little if any loss of income to the institutions, as the scholar ships for bhe most part will go to students who otherwise would not attend1. They will pay some fees, an I can be absorlwd into present classes with negligible in crease In teaching or other costs, it was pointed out by the chan cellor. STATE YOUNG PEO - P LE ’S LEAGUE MEETS lieaverton, WaHhington County, Oregon, Friday, Silently PaHMing »- letierQ as : Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania February 28, 12 noon Mr. Hulett, Dear Sir; I want to thank you so much for sending me the good Beaverton Review. I do enjoy it more than ev er since I am here. I will leave for home on or about June I to 10, for »home again, ansi let me say I never put In such a winte- as I have here. For a month now it has l>een bitter cold below zero As cold as 12 to 17 below, off and on all winter; snow, ice and smoke Dirty. And at this very minute it registers (1 below zero outside and about zero in th® house with the coal furnace and gas stoves going full blast. One cannot keep warm here. In Pea- verton ami Portland you ar® en joying warm weather, and such weather as we have here makes us love our Oregon state and cli mate more than ever before. How is Mrs. Hulett? Pleas* tell her I wish her a speedy recovery now, and thank you for the home paper. I «hall be here about 8 or 10 weeks more. Believe me I will be glad to get my feet on Oregon ground once again, and home. With best regards, I am Very truly yours, Mr*. Jessie V. Myers LETTER FROM FRENCH GIRL IS INTERESTING ONE Members of the French class®« at the Beaverton high school are cor responding with boys and girls in France, who are studying English. •The following is a rather free translation of one of the most in teresting yet received. The writer is a French girl attending school in Paris. The paragraphs between the two rows of asterisks are prin ted just us she wrote them in Eng lish 'The rest of the letter was written in French. Paris, February 21, 1934 l*ear Aletha, I have just received your letter, and I am very happy to have an American correspondent. I am not very sure of my English, so I shall write you mostly in French. • • • I am fifteen years old. I have very black hair and dark eyes, with a brown complexion. I am in the third class of the high school. In our school, we don’t tak® subjects in particular, but all of them which on the programme. ' ut th«» subjects I prefer are liter ature, sciences naturelles, histoire et (and) gymnastique. I don't understand what is the World's Fair? I like sports very much, particu larly swimming, football, and fo o t ing. I am good also in rhythmic dances, that is to say, ballet dan ces, and foreign dances— Russian, Spanish, Bohemian, Arabian and Grecian. 1 have a brother, who is mar ried, and has two children, a son and a daughter, but no sister. In English, I began to read ‘'Torn Sawyer” , from Mnrk Twain. It is very funny. 1>id you hear of the death of the King of Belgium, All>ert 1; he was a very good king. The Congregational Young Peo ple's I-eaguo of Oregon met at the local church Friday evening with a large group of representatives from Portland, Forest Grove, Ore gon City and various other districts present. Miss Ruth Seabury Nation al educational Secretary of Foreign Missions was the speaker of the evening Following the program games ami refreshments completed the evening. Sunday evening a similar meeting was held at the First Congregational church in Portland when Miss Seabury again was the speaker. A tea preceded the pro • • • gram at this meeting Seventeen 'Where were you bom ? I was young people from the local church l>orn in Paris, which is a large attended this meeting and beautiful city, with beautiful monuments, but there are many HITEON CLUB EN automobiles, and the odor is very T E R T A IN S VISITORS bad In summer, it is too warm, and in winter, not warm enough. Hiteon club met Wednesday But I have been raised In Provence March 7 with Mrs Emma Carlson (in southern Frani'e) and in Cor an<| Mrs. Emily Peterson. That la sica, which are magnificent coun dies are sometimes embarrassed tries, with snow-covered mountains was discovered by the roll call, down to the very edge of the sea. Corsica is a wild country, with “ An embarrassing moment", which was responded to by seventeen many fields not cultivated. Some times, in the middle of a field, memlters and four visitors. All members were urged to at one sees a mound of earth, cov branches, from which tend the convention in Portland ered with rises a large, black cross. This is March 24. Mrs. Hannah Christensen gave an the tomlb of someone who died the interesting talk on ""The farm violent death of the "Vendetta” . home of the West in Pioneer Days.” Vendetta means vengeance, or sonie- Mrs. Harnum was made a mem ,thing like that. »There grows up, sometimes, between two families a ber of the cluh, •The next meeting will be at the great hate, because of a small ac home of Miss Margaret Summers cident, money affair, fire, oi an insult of some sort. ‘Tile Corsi at Titnard. cans are very punctilious. Their hatred extends to the friend's of CW A W AGE ADJU ST each family. Then these people stay ING GROUP NAM ED close to their homes, and when one of them finds himself face to face Memoers of the committee to with his enemy, th®y fight until adjust CWA wanes in Washington one of them, at least, dies. Then county are John »Thornburgh, For the one who is left living takes est Grove, chairman, representing to the maquis, to escape from the the welfare hoard; Jacob Mohr, police, that is to say, he hides in Hillsboro, representing labor; and the precipices filled with trees and Howard Smith of Carlson-Sherk, hushes. And the vengeance keeps Sherwood, representing the business up for centuries, until all of them men. 81 jf new projects were start are dead, or until, by some ex ed Monday, and others will be ceptional circumstance, they make undertaken as soon as men can he pear®. As you can see, it isn’t a very peaceful country. »There are transferred to th® work. ------- u é David K. Yroumans David E. Yeouman* di®d last Thursday, at the age of 08, He had been u service station opera tor at Durham. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Emma Yeouman*. and a son, D. L Yeouman*, Jordan Valley, Oregon. Funeral services were held yes terday in the »Tualatin church. Wesley W, Hoscow March 16, 1934 Beaverton Grange Has Regular Meeting Reporta o f Standing Com mittee* A re Made By Chairmen ALL DAY SESSION Wesley W. I’ oacow, 07, treasur er of Washington county, died at A Reading of Prose or Poetry to He Next Meeting's Roll Call Hillsboro, Sunday, March 11. Mr. Hoscow was born Jun® 12, 1886, in Washington county, and •The Beaverton Grange, No. 324, had lived here practically all his met in all day session Saturday, life. He had been elected county March 10, in the Grange hall, with treasurer to succeed E. B Sapping- Master Mrs- P. H. Downing, pre siding. ton, at the last general election. During the gold rush he spent Reports of standing committees several years at Nome and the were made. A. S. Funston and Mrs. gold fields in the Yukon country. A. P Christianson reported on the I-ater he owned a clothing store agricultural committee, and W. F. at Hillsboro. Desinger on the legislative. He is survived by the widow, The master announced that the Mrs. Maud W Hoscow, as well as grange will open at 10:30 a.m., by a brother and three sisters, W il promptly, at the next meeting, liam H Boscow, Hillsboro; Mrs. April 14, and the first degree Stells Baumgardner and Mrs. W. will be exemplified All officers H. Waring of Portland and Mrs. are uiged to be present and have Grace Patterson, Vancouver, Wash. 1 their ritualistic work memorized. Funeral services were held at 2 After the usual pot luck din P.M Tuesday in Donelson A Se well's chapel with burial in River- ner the Grange reconvened for the lecture hour, arranged by the lec view cemetery, Portland. turer, Mrs. A. S. Funston. “ Wear- j ing of the Green", and “ When HOUSE, G A R A G E AND Irish Eyes are Smiling” were sung W OODSHED BURN by the assembly. The following read ing* were given: “ St. Patrick” by A fire presumably caused by a Mrs. Lewis Stark; “ Ireland" by defective flue destroyed the house, A. M. Kennedy; "The Irish Peo garage, and woodshed on the for ple” by Mrs. Fred Austin; excerpts mer W B. Emmons place on Den from an “ Ancient Irish History” ney road, Friday evening, about by Mrs A S. Funston; and “The 10:30. »Th® place was occupied by Old Granger” by Mrs. Carl Han Mr. and Mrs- Clearwater. They sen. “ The Dear little Shamrock" were able to save a goodly amount was sung by Miss Grace Funston. The geography of Ireland was of their belongings. •The B®averton fire department discussed. A lecturer was announced responded to the call, but due to for the April meeting and for roll lack of water facilities was unable call every member was asked to to give much assistance. The high bring his own choice of a reading, of prose or poetry- wind was also a decided menace. villages, where there ar® scarcely any inhabitants left, but a great many graves. I will tell you more of my coun try in the next letter. Have you any nicknames? I have several. »They call me Toto— I don’t know why. As I hava a Provencal accent, some call me Mercedes, which is a southern name. And finally, as I have a dark al mond skin, and eyes drawn up a little toward my temples, some- 'hing like the Chinese and Japan ese, my cousin calls me Peach- Flower, but it makes me angry, because he always wants to write it Fish-Flower! (A play on words, for the French Words for fish and peach, with a slight difference in spelling, are pronounced the same.) »They are enraging., these boys! Write soon. Your French friend, Lydie Blicher KINTON C A L F CLUB HOLDS M EETING •The regular meeting of the Kin- ton Calf club was held at the home of one of the members, Wil liam VanKleek, March 9. Business was discussed as usual, and sever al committees appointed. Two members gave a debate on the question, “ Resolved: That Guernsey cows are more profitable than Holsteins.” The negative won- Four new members were initiated: Chester and Bill Robinson, and Charles and Roy Hemrich. The club now has thirteen members, and is, according to the county agent, the largest calf club in the county. •The boys are enthusiastic about their work, and are anxious to participate in the debates. The club meets every 2 weeks at the homes of its members. Iceland Flint is the club leader. A ll Right I f the Bailer Holds O u t. $1.50 Per Year Big jamboree To Be Lisle Walker, Asst. Scoutmaster The seco d session of the na ture course in astronomy was held last Saturday evening at the senior patrol leader’s home. Four finished the session and the quiz. The third study period will be tomorrow eve ning on the overnight cabin hike. Scouts will leave the assistant scoutmaster’s by 4:30, and will re turn Sunday morning. Those taking the course are not required to stay overnight. Several scouts attended the Court of Honor last Thursday night to take the review examination for merit badges. •The meeting tonight will be short but important. It will start prompt ly at 7:15 so that it will not in terfere with other scheduled pro grams. COUNTY HEALTH AS SOCIATION TO M EET The March meeting of the Wash ington County Health Association will be held at the grade school building in Tigard at eight o'clock March 20th The program will con sist of reports from chairmen in the various communities, a talk on “ Immunization for Diotheria and Smallpox” by Dr. R. A. Bissett, of Tigard and reports from the State Tuberculosis conference held in Salem February 27th and 28th. Mrs. Essex Marsh of Beaverton will report on the Child Health Education Session which will in clude Health Objectives in Educa tion, the health of the school child and the health o f the teacher. Mrs Marsh will further give the final state seal sale report and the prospects for next year. Mrs. Hugh McGilvra will report on the panel discussion held on the subject, “ What Types of Expendi tures are Justified for County Pub lic Health Associations using Christ mas Seal Funds?” and “»The Amer ican Legion Tubercolosis Project” . She will also touch upon the State Tuberculosis Hospital Building pro gram. Miss Margaret Dixon, R. N-. County Nurse, wit! give a report of lectures by Dr. Vernon A Douglas, Marion County Health O f ficer, and' Dr. Ralph C. Matson Associate Clinical Professor, Uni versity of Oregon Medical school CIRCUIT COURT JU RY GIVES $7500 A W A RD •The circuit court jury at Hills- b >ro awarded damages of $7500 to Eugenie H. Fuchs. Monday night •The action, in which Henry and Fred Tflmer of Portland were de fendants, resulted from sn automo bile collision near Roamers' Rest last March 25. The plaintiff sought $20,000 for cuts and bruises on her face, hips and' back. She was a passenger in an automobile driven by Earl DeLashmutt- By Áttmt r. Raid One Act Flay “The Villain Still Pursued Her” To B e Given PROGRAM A N D DANCE Exhibition of Several Local Indua- tries and Products to be Shown “ Have you got your tickets to the Big Jamboree? Say it’s the biggest and best thing that has been booked for this community in a dog’s age! Tickets are sell ing like wild fire, and there won’t be enough to go around if the present pace keeps up.” Such is the tone of the common conversa tion that is heard on every cor ner and in every place o f business here. •The numerous committees work ing. the quality of the talent scheduled, the number and variety of the features on the program, to say nothing of the purpose for which the affair is being put on, all point towards a record atten dance. Oh, yes, we almost forgot that this big event is to be put on tonight, Friday, March 16, at the Beaverton high school gym- Among the numbers on the pro gram we note: a one act drama, ‘The Villain Still Pursued Her” , with a cast chosen from the mem bers of the high school faculty and the T eaverton Kiwanis club. Now if some of the characters in this drama don't make Tizzie Liah gre®n with envy, it will be because her program sponsor can't spare her (or Him) to attend this really big-time production. Normie Norton antf George Wash ington direct from big-time vaude ville. Jack Enzler, nationally fa mous piano-accordionist, will be present in person, and by the way, if you want some old favorite of vours rendered, just shout it to Jack. and he'll strut the real stuff just like you want to hear it. •The Venetian Serenader trom Hillsboro, a young, Italian with a phenomenal voice, and the Ozgrk Mountaineers, famous Hill-Billy radio entertainers must not be tor- gotten for they are worth any man's time and money to hear. Just in case you are not com pletely exhausted from lgughter iuring the program and really fepl like shaking the light fantastic to* there will be an opportunity to dq so as soon as the floor can be cleared, and the crowd thins out a little An exhibition of s®veral indus tries and products of this section will also be on display so that vis itors from outside towns can get some idea of the varied resources af this locality. (Don't forget, this big produc tion is being put on by the Bea verton Community building associa tion. Tickets on sale everywhere. STU DY CLASS MEETS A T SCHOOL HOUSE •The Young People’s Bible Study class which meets usually at the R. B. McMinn home on Saturday evenings, was held at the Raleigh school bouse last Saturday evening, i order to accommodate the large group present, which included the parents and friends of the young people. Miss Harriet West was in charge o f the program. •The orchestra accompanied the singing. fThe Misses Genevieve Car ter and Ruth Denney sang a duet. Mr. Garnett’s lesson topic was “ Jewish History” . A hike to Pointer Mt. is being planned for next Saturday after noon. A picnic supper will be served, after which the class will meet for study at the McMinn home. CASH AND CHECKS T A K E N FROM SAFE About $340 in cash and checks was obtained by safecrackers who “ blew” a safe in Ireland’s hard ware store at Hillaboro Sunday night. 'The safe had been wheeled into an aUevwav within the store and shat'prod by a charge of nit roglycerine Six weeks ago someone tried un successfully to open the safe, and turned their attention instead to Verne Curry’s safe in his grocery store next door. They obtained about $50 in that robbery. The group committing! Sunday night’s «rime is believed to be the same group, because they entered through the same window, on which the putty was not yet dry.
