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Volume vii. BEAVERTON. OREGON, FRIDAY. JUNE 13, 1919. "No. 24. .J BANK OF BEAVERTON WAS " ROBBED OF $3,800 TUESDAY Bold Highwayman Entered at Noon and Coolly Demanded Cash ' Clerk Locked in Vault, Customer Also Low Covered by Insur 1 ance Escape Made Good. ' Tuesday noon while the streets of ' Beaverton -were almost 'deserted and while the cashier, Doy Gray, was at his lunch, a daring highwayman en- tered the bank and coolly presenting his revolver to Miss Lillian- Evans, assistant cashier, whowas in the bank alone' at the time, demanded the cash that she had in the paying teller's changer. Miss Evans had no choice but to comply and the highwayman coolly put it in a satchel.Then he gal lantly asked if the door( to the- cage was locked and being assured that it was not, he stepped to the inner door and took Miss Evans by the arm and escorted her to tne vault. He closed the door but could not lock it. As he started y leave, Charles Berthold of the American Feed Company entered with a check. The robber stepped. behind a door and Mr. Berthold, see ing no one, stepped to the window of the cage to wait. The robber came out and firmly invited Berthold to join Miss Evans in the vault'. He closed the door and warned them not - to come out or make any alarm and while they waited he stepped into a waiting automobile" and escaped. The loss is fully covered by insur oance and neither the bank nor the de positors will lose by the occurrence, as Mr.; Gray has protected himself , and his depositor against auch loss J to the extent of $18,000.00. 4 The robber is described as a young man, between the ages of 20 and 30, about 5 feet, 8 inches tell, weight in the neighborhood of 150 pounds, was dressed in a dark brown suit, and a black or dark brown soft hat. ' He ' was driving a Chevrolet car that was apparently new and carried a Wash ington license tag. He drove rapidly toward Portland, doubled back onto the Walker road at the Weed Peony farm, swung toward Cedar Mills and entered Portland by way of the Cor nell road. He was last seen at the entrance to Lovejoy ,,fitreot whore he slowed down and mingled with the traffic at about the time the alarm reached Portland, as Miss Evans .was detained in the vault by the strict or ders of the highwayman and thought . discretion te better- part of , valor, while the robber made good time in . getting away. Spencer Jones of Hillsboro, an em- , ployee of the Portland Gas Co., had just finished his lunch i t the Beaver- , ton bakery and was leisurely enjoy- ing a cigar when the bandit drove up. He noted the car, but thought noth ing of it. Ke was able to give a fair ly accurate description of the ma i and noted the make of car but not the license number. James Lewis saw bore a legend recalling some ln a man answering the description pass cident fresh in the memory of him on the Canyon road as he came the guest it designated. The fa out with his truck and later the same vors were beautiful confection car passed him at a rapid rate, going Cups in the form of pink, half toward Portland. Charles Bernard blown roses filled with rich and was at work on his farm north of tastv dainties. Five hundred and ; town when he saw a similar car pass, croquinole filled the afternoon. He noted that the license tag was The ruests were: Mesdames W. white. Other reports leave no doubt B. Emmons, Otto Erickson. R. as tothe identity of the car, but the W. Cook. H. O. Stipe, L B. Wil baatdit was evidently an amateur and son and R. H. Jonas and Misses ' his o4 start toalrat detection now Jessie Lieser, Gladys Legg, Oma a matter of question. ' - Emmons and Elva Ross!, Attention! Men Who Were Olive Drab! The Times office has the new questionnaires for the residents of School District No. 48, and all men who were in the service of the United States during the late war should not fail to secure and fill out one of these blanks. This is a part of the effort of the .Oregon Historical Society to Mr. Gray speaks very highly of Mia Evans' coolness under the trial and others who saw her immediately afterwara are 'high in their, praise of her Jwfavery. But for her presence of mind and ready compliance with the robber's demands, doubtless much more loot would have been secured. Beaverton Folk are Invited To Welcome Boys Home, The people of Beaverton and vicinity are invited to attend the reception given by the Honoi Guard, Saturday, June 21. ithe Beaverton high school, at 8:30 o'clock p. m., to welcome all re turned boys. Any of the ladies who wish to bring a cake will kindly let any Honor Guard know. Edward Boring is again work ing for Staples, the jeweler, of Portland. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Emmons of Beaverton and Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Smith of Corvallis drove ti St. Helens Sunday for a visit with Mr, and Mrs. R. G. Kelly.. . Alton Emmons left Sunday evening and Harold Pegg and Stanley Summers followed the following morning, to take the boat to SanFrancisco where they will visit Lloyd Galloway and if they like the town they may de cide to remain. ' Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Smith and family of Corvallis motored to Beaverton Friday and spent the week end with Mrs. Smith's par ents, Mr. anct Mrs. W. B. Em mons and family. Their coming was, made the occasion of a re union of the Emmons family and all members of the family but Mrs. Kelly of St. , Helens and H. G. Emmons of Bend were home for Saturday evening and Sun day dinner Lieutenant W. D. Jackson was a guest at the Sun dav dinner. Mrs. Doy Gray entertained Saturday at a dainty luncheon In honor of the teachers of the Bea verton school. The home was beautifully decorated with roses ,and peonies. Dainty place cards gather exact and accurate in formation regarding each and every Oregon man in the service and it will be greatly to the ad vantage of each man and his rel atives to see that this informa tion is given, promptly and ac curately. Come to the Times of fice and get a blank and fill it out at once. Members of the seventh , and eighth " grade classes enjoyed a de lightful picnic at Whitford park Tuesday. Games and music were en joyed. A delicious basket luncheon was served. Those in attendance in addition to the classes were: Mrs. Ada Teal Wilson, teacher; N. A. Frost, county superintendent; Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Jonas, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Cook; S. H. Davis, director; and Leon Davis, returned soldier. Following , the luncheon, several of the guests entertained with stories, Leon Davis' stories of the fighting in France being exceptionally inter esting. ' ; Miss Jessie Lieser has resigned her position in the local high school to accept a. better position in the Van couver, Wash., high school. Miss Lie ser has been one of the mainstays of the local high school during the past year and a half and her decision to leave us will cause many regrets, mingled with congratulations at her good fortune. , Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hedge spent Saturday to Monday on a trip to Hebo, south of Tillamook, where they visited their daugh ter, Osta, now Mrs. J. M. Baker, whose husband has the superin tending of the construction of 11 miles of hard surfacing of the new highway at that place. It was a very enjoyable trip. Mrs. J. L. Hardy of Hoq'uiam, Wash., accompanied by her two sons, Jack and Billy, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. A Hendricks of Beavertonu She arrived Wednesday of last "week, but has spent a part of the time with her husband's father, Capt, Hardy of Peary fame, at his Portland home. Beaverton, Ore. June 9, 1919. Editor Beaverton Times: . Dear Sir: Perhaps you can tell me something that I'm in doubt about. After looking over the crowd out at last Sunday's ball game it seems to me that you did an injustice to me when you asked me to write the game up for this paper. It looked to me as if everybody and his wife and youngsters and sometimes his dog were out en masse. , Now, if there was any of your sub scribers that weren't there it was be cause they were many miles away, so why impose on me? Say, Mr. Editor, would you believe it, there was a guy at the game who didn't think it was worth even two bits to see the boys play? It's a fact. i Yours truly, Society Reporter. P, S. That guy that wouldn't cough up two-bits was blind they tell me. just like the other umpire. MARY'S GRADUATES EIGHT YOUNG LADIES Three Finish Business Course and Five Are Awarded Honors in the Grammar Grades Two Medala Are Given. 1 Wednesday afternoon Pt 2:00 o' clock the graduating class of St. Ma ry's Institute were presented with the diplomas they have earned.. The diplomas were presented and the ad dress was made by Archbishop Chris tie, who spoke impressive words of encouragement to the young ladies of the school wno uave readied tis mile- post of tcir careers. The sptwas auditorium was well filled with relatives and friends of the young ladies and the chaiming program was well receivod and liber ally applauded. The grauuates in the' business course were; Lucile Chipman, Ger trude Bettes and Margaret Fitzpat rick: those from the grammar grades were: Avery , Shackleford, Helen Dodd, Fayo Brenner, Beatrice Allen and Leona Berry. .Palmer certifi cates were given to Margaret Allen, Wanda Czarsky, Margaret Fitzpat rick, Margaret Welch, Gertrudo Bet tis, Mary Hermans, and Mary Rigert. A gold medal was awarded to Mar garet Fitzpatrick for efficiency in re ligion and a like award to Leota Ry an for proficiency in music. The chapel was tastefully decorat ed and the excelleu. program gave evidence of the excellence of the work done by the institute. , The program consisted of musical selections and a playlet by the girls of the school. PROCLAMATION. Wednesday, June 18, is Clean up Day in Beaverton. Get your cans, rubbish and garbage into boxes or sacks and have it on the sidewalk by noon of the 18th' and the town will take care of the disposal of all rubbish so col lected. Those who fail to have it collected on time for the town wagon must dispose of it them selves. All grass and weeds are re quired to be cut for 100 feet back of the street. Let's all work together to make the town presentable. By order of the Town Council : Attest : OTTO ERICKSON(, GEORGE THYNG, Mayor. Recorder. Evangelist F. J. Schnell of Portland will assist Rev. G. A. Gray of the local M. E. church in a series of revival meetings in Beaverton, beginning Monday ' and continuing two weekg or longer. They have just closed a successful series of meetings at Cedar Mills. , Mr. Schnell is a young man, a sales manager for the National Hospital Associa tion ,and a speaker of pleasing personality and strong convic tion, who has the love of his fel low man and the spirit of Christ in full measure. Thursday of last week the loc al O. E. S. lodge entertained the Sherwood lodge and held initiation. ST.