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-Volume VI.
Schools Plant War Garden.
Thru the efforts of R. L.
Tucker, local real estate dealer,
Beaverton schools have secured
eleven lots for their war garden.
In accordance with a plan which
'was worked out by the United
States Department of Agricul
ture, the local schools prepared
and planted this ground Tues
day afternoon. Each room is
to Have charge of a designated
plot. The Parent-Teachers as
sociation will supervise the car
ing for of this garden during
the summer season. It is
hoped that this garden can be
utilized to materially lessen the
cost of the noon lunch, which
ls been established thru the
efforts of the local Parent
Teachers association.
BEAVERTON HIGH SCHOOL
' WILL PRESENT PLAY
"Plundering Billy" a Three-Act
Comedv to be Given by Lo- -calHigh
Friday Even
ing, May 3.
The next big event is "Blun
dering Billy" to be staged at
Beaverton High School Audit
rriam Friday, May 3. The story
.. ,'4-: tola fn II rvf
13 an ext-iuii)". iuvc wv.
romantic thrills and unexpected
.. T ' ..l..AMl Tl C
ctYotiMio. Lieutenant . Wis-
" wiild, a viley. soldier, tries to
mr.ke a fortune by marrying
nfv,,r ha AanvhtBr of Ezra
Tuttle. an unsophisticated west-, j
ii.U ;1 nVVllt5YnO '
em miner with social ambitions
Ht the plan is foiled by tne.
lieutenant s lormer wue, ;
C!r.risa Bumham, who is aiso
(Continued on page six)
ja Agnes Fitzpatrick.
The hand of death was laid on
n -PonvprtfiTi home Tuesday and
Rose Anies Fitzpatrick, daugh
ter of Mrs. Anna Fitzpatrick.
pnd a much liked young lady of
the schools here answered the
summons. 1
Rose Agnes Fitzpatrick was
born May 10, 1904, came to Bea
verton when one year old and
has atended the . Beaverton
schools up to the time of her ill
ness a few months ago. She died
Tuesday, April 23. 1918. Funeral
services were held from St. Ce
celia's church yesterday morn
ing and interment followed m
the Cedar Mills cemetery.- t
cv,n wo a an exceptionally
bright and charming miss and
jo . rvurne' hv a 'arpp nurawei
of friends among the young lad
ies of Beaverton. ,
She is survived by her moth
er, Mrs. Anna Fitzpatrick, four
brothers, Joseph, a theatrical
mfti now traveling somewhere
in the East. Vincent, with the
American Expeditionary Forces
in France, and Lawrence and Ed
'vjiH. still ft, home, and five sis
tars, Rita of Portland, Marv and
Jennie of the local post office,
and Margaret and Laura still at
home.
- L. 0. Haskell was over from
Cedar Mills yesterday. -
"BEAVEKT ON, OREGi
Helping Hoover to Bust the . - of the spelling contest at
Sugar Trust. '' Hillsboro was announced for last
5"rT7. t rm. at Hillsboro. but it will
John Rtwe and G. L. Thomp- eld tomorrow. Many stud
son, our local railroad men say ; ents f rom Beaverton will attend,
that they are going to help , , A wU iyen at
ifi? X i Saturday night to help pay for
imams Fw. w "v "
to make sirup, Mr. Rowe having!
sent for and received mf orrr v,
tim. from Oregon;1 Agricultural
College at Corvallis. They
imintr tn trv a natch for an ex
periment. John says if he has
success he will bring in a sam
ple so of course here's hoping
he has success;
James Dodd, 0. E. railway
section foreman; has resigned
vis . fnrmanship of Section 7
here and has gone to Portland
this section being turned over
to and added to Section 8, of
Hillsboro. Section Foreman
Mr. Williams having a gas cat
can get over the track in quick
order but says that- help, is
pretty scarce. - 1 ' ,
Mrs. J. C. Jennings of Port
land visited her brother. Prof.
Phillips, and family Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Brown and
daughter, Miss Hazel, spent Sun
day in Beaverton. i
, Mrs. L. V. Read left yesterday
for Sherwood to visit her aunt,
Mrs. M. X). Potter and to bring
nome ncr uilic uoujup " -
nette, who has spent the past
i il
home her little daughter, An-
v.'ppk- tne.re.
The Cedar Mills Red Cross is
to give their home talent produc
tion. "Her Friend; the Enemy,
in Hillsboro Saturday night ana
wju repeat their performance at
Leedy Grange Hall baturaay
nignt, way
By a typographical error t.h"
rMn.a"L Newman, who went
t.oV0 iot wppV returned
I IAS 1J.VV cmv "
I home Saturday, the physicians
ijtA vSr
FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1918.
o f w lights along the nignway
d w fa here
' 4 "JU . . it
Monday.
Sheriff Jesse Applegate, J. W.
Bailey and C. B. Buchanan of
Hillsboro are sojourning in Port
land. - ' ' " - ;
The school board met Friday
night, re-employed John Sum
mers as janitor at $75 per month
nnA vntMi sm.RO for the encour
agement of war gardens under
the direction of Prof. Phillips.
J. II. Mulchay, former resi
dent but now a prominent rail
road man of San Francisco, was
looking over his property inter
ests here the last of last week.
; Spencer Jones ' nnd Thomas
Brownlee of the Portland office
of the as company have opened
offices in Hillsboro and will have
charge of the company's busi
ness in this county.
Mr.- Mever of the' department
nf Plant Pnthnlnc-v at O. A. C.
was inthe county the first of the
,veek investigating the grain
smut situation. County Agent N.
C. Jamison visited the principal
jrain regions with him.
Lieutenant Fr ank B. Upshaw
is now in the southern part of
the state in charge ot tne re
cruiting drive, for, the . naval
training station at Seattle. He
has eight men in his party. Mrs.
Upshaw is visiting at the home
of his parents, Rev. and Mrs. W,
L: Upshaw, in BeaVerton.
i there holding out no hope to her
that te bf.ths would prove bene-
i t
nciai to ner
NO. 17.
JOHN GILLANDSRS SUC-
HOME AT LAUREL BUKJS
Tnhn ni'TlnndAM of DavtflTl.
father of Mrs. D. C. Tallman of
this district and of Mrs. r. jar 4
Crabtree of Laurel, died frcn
the shock and excitement when
the Crabtree home at Laurel,
where he was visiting, caught ;
fim from a defective flue and ,
burned, Tuesday.' There was no
one at the house at tne time dui
Mr. Gilanders, who suffered a
paralytic stroke four years ago
and has since been , partially
blinded and his grand daughter
Miss Deloris Crabtree. The
plucky young lady telephoned
for help and neighbors respond
e3 , promptly and saved every
thing in the downstairs part pf
the house, but the buildinj aid
all contents of the upper floor
were a total loss.
The excitement proved too
much for the feeble health of
the aged man ana ne rjassea
away soon after being taken
from the burning building, v
John Gillanders was 84 years
of age and had been a resident
of Oregon nearly 50 years. He
had been an Odd Fellow for 50
vanrs nnn the funeral was held
under the auspices of the order
at Dayton yesterday aiternoon
at 2:30 o clock
He was a member of the Evan
gelical church and was held in
high esteem by his neignoors as
a devout Christian and a most
worthy citizen. " : -
He is survived by his widow,
fArmorlv Mis TiAiirn Turnin of
Portland, and by their two sons,
Earl Gillanders of Pendleton ana
Herbert Gillanders of Gaston,
and two daughters. Addie (Mrs.
D. C. Tallman) of Beaverton and
Pearl (Mrs. F. M. Crabtree) of
Laurel.
School Notes.
Miss Margaret Lewis was a
visitor at the High School last '
Tuesday. r
Loyd Blauer started j ichool
last Tuesday; , Loyd has at-.
tended Beaverton school before?
and we are all glad to see him
back again. ' , ' , ,? i
.. Friday, afternoon April 23,
was given for making garden."
School was called as usual at
12:45. ; Every rake and hoe was
brought that was available.
From the school the pupils
marched to their gardens where
they worked diligently until
8:10. A few industrious ones
worked later than this. Every
one showed his talent in planting
11 TWT Ph'Wna . I'll toll
you he knows how to plant peas
(nve mcnes aeep.)
i School lunches were stopped
last Friday. Monday noon many
of the students went, upstairs
for soup, but were disapponited,
Everyone look for the posters
for the high schol play to be
given Friday evening of next
week. Get your tickets early for
we expect a large crowd and you ,
had best be on the safe'side. j,'
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