M erry
Christm as
THE SPRINGFIELD NEÏ,
▼ I
TWENTY-SECOND YEA It
CHRISTMAS 6METV
FEATURE Of WEEK
C a n t a t a « , Entertainment«,
School Program«, Parties, are
Mark of Holiday Spirit in
Springfield; Booth-Kell^ Mill
Closes to Make Repairs.
With n numb, r nt affair«, gather-
Ins*. innetlnga, parlies, and cantata»
Occur lug th« past week, about nil
that remains for (lie observance of
Christina« 1« the Dome «inn« around
tlio flr>«lde, the hanging up of stock­
ings, and the <'hrl»tu«i« dinner with
turkey and all the filin'«, or some
other «uablltut* for It.
The llaptlst church tri' present a
program Thursday evening of store-
optlran «ltd« depleting the «tory of
the Nativity. Thia program will bo
followed by a Christmas tree for the
children.
A program of a sltnilur rutur* was
presented at the Methodist Episcopal
church Wednesday evening. Along
with the pictures were presented
souks and scriptures, and violin num­
bers by Charles Nuilvornlk. Harlan
Duncan, and Joe Cyr. The first part
of the program was furnishe d by the
Primary department of the Sunday
school.
i tie cno-r or the llaptlst church,
under the dlr-s tlon of M Norton Pen.
gra. presented a cantata, "The Prince
of Peace." Sunday evening for the
•Sunday achool, and again Tuesday
evening An offering was taken at the
Tuesday service which will be uned
for relief work.
A cantata »«« also given at the
Cbrlst'an church Sunday evening It
was present**! by tho choir. The
•tory of the Nativity was acted out
to considerable extent, and appropri­
ate music sung to fit the tableau
Most organisation« are leaving
Christmas Eve open so that children
may spend tho evening at home with
their parents, perhaps so that they
may tin- more eagerly anticipate the
ho Iday Joys that wll follow!
All Springfield schools were rinsed
for the vacation period Wednesday
afternoon. At the llrattaln school, the
Junior high, and the high schools,
programs were given uarly In the
afternoon, and Christmas tr»-es with
the presentation of girt« followed
School was dismissed early In the
afternoon.
At the high school, the program
took the nature of a "kid" party, and
those who were not appropriately
dreseed or costumed, partook loss of
the general excitement and Joy of the
occasion.
In all the schools. nnmes, or num­
bers were assigned each student, ami
prnsents wtere purchased after the
drawings. In no case did the cost ex­
ceed 25 cents. Wednesday afternoon
the Boys' and Girls' Glee clubs from
Hprlngfleld high school went around
to the different achools mid sang
Christmas carols.
The Booth-Kid y mill closed down
this afternoon for a period of ten
days to two wteiks. according to nn
announcement posted on the bulletin
board by Superintendent
Jarrett.
General repairs will bo made during
the shut-down, although not all of
the men will be out of work. Some
departments will run with nt least a
percentage of the norntnl crews.
Business houses In general will be
c osed down for Christmas day.
New Sion 8hop.
'Ilff Murray has rented tho bulltl-
t on Main street between Sixth anil
vtnth fo-merly occupied ly a
tmblng s.top, Mr. Murray has cou­
rted the building Into a h'ailqjnr-
•v for his sign painting business
Is well-known among Springfield
i, Eugene residents, whore he nas
en engaged In, his vocatl >n .’or a
mber of years.
Illnolt Visitor Hers—Danville, li­
nts Is on the list of towns repro­
ved by local business visitors hero
a week. L. Wakefield 1« here from
i Illinois city.
Marcóla Merchant Calls—J. W.
nery, of the Marcóla Meat market
ild a short business visit In Sprlng-
lld Wednesday.
a Emery Lssvss—Mrs. N. W.
y left today to spend a few
with her sisters In Portland, the
,s Emma nnd Abhy Massee.
Iter conditions will determine,
or less, the date of Mrs. Era-
return.
SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY. OREGON.
'CITY CALLS FOR SALE
OF $13,481 IN BONDS
lllils will lie called for on 113.481
worth of Hpr'ngfleld Improvement
bonds on January 25. according to
the authorization for sale made at
the meeting of the city council Mon­
day night. TI»e bonds will coyer oyer
a title of nldvwnlk built In the city
dur ng the past year, the Tenth street,
Seventeenth street, Kelly houlevarl
and Third strait south Improvement»
The motley raised will* take care
of the payments for property holders
tuktlig the Bancroft act allowing le t
years for payment. Many property
holders, «sperlally on (he sidewalk,
paid cash for the work.
The council anticipate many more
Improvements for the city during the
routing year The pavement of the ul-
ley between Main mid A street as well
as the pavement of aeveral streets Is
being considered by property owners
and the city
Without the new bridge across the
WIMuniette river can be built this
year councUmen declare pavement
will have to In- forced In on either
Second or .Mill street this summer.
The city Is spending hundreds of dol­
lars «soli year for the maintenance
of Second street and It is seldom In
good condition nt thut Pavement on
till heavily used macadam streets Is
an worn,my In the long run council-
men say.
"T h e People’* Pape«*
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NEW SPAPER
IN A L IV E T O W N
NUMBER 4»
THURSDAY, DEC. 24. 1925.
Santa Clans is Coming Tonight
A
o ciety ANDERSON MFG.CO,
TO EXPAND PLANT
WALLACE-CHASE WEDDING
EVENT AT BAPTIST CHURCH Two New Buildings, Sidetrack
and Modern Machinery Will
A beautiful wedding was that which
Be Installed and Wholesale
occurred Wednesday evailng when
Window and Door Frames
•Miss Grace Wallace was united In
Will Be Manufactured.
marralge with Homer Chase at the
Baptist church. The bride was attired
In a gown of white georgette crepe
trimmed with beads. Two little pages.
Dorothy and Jean Chase, followed the
bride, supporting the veil.
Attendants were M:se Maude Wal­
lace and Mr. Chester Chase. Ushers
were the Misses Carol and Maude
Chase and Eugene and Merle Chase.
The church was decorated with
white chrysanthemums, white paper
whites, palms, ferns and slmlax, Rev­
erend Blom performed the ceremony.
A reception is anounced to be given
December 31.
The erection of two large building«
and the installation of more wood
working machinery 1« the plans of
the Anderson Manufacturing company
In the near future, according to O. F.
Anderson, the manager. Recapitaliza­
tion of the firm is now underway and
once the improvements are made,
wholesale business in knocked down
doors and window frames and other
interior house furnishing will be gone
into on a large scale. The new plant
will be erected at the corner of Third
and F streets.
Plans of the firm call for the erec­
De Pue’s Entertain 500 Club.
, tion of one building, 40x80 feet and
one 60x100 feet, the installation 't
Mr. and Mrs. Frank DePue, enter­
several pieces of modern machinery,
tained the Five Hundred club in their
a complete exhaust system, a coma
home last Friday evening. T w enty!
piete and modern fire protection sys­
guests were present. Mrs. I. D. Lari­
tem and a new sidetrack, according
mer won high score for the ladies,
to Mr. Anderson.
) and Mr. Washburne took high scores
Experimenting and cost finding ill
for the men.
the products, the enlarged firm ex»
Those present were Mr. and Mrs.
pects to manufacture has been done
Jess Seavey, Mr. and Mrs. Ike Lari­
by Mr. Anderson for the last two
FOOTBALL MEN RECEIVE
mer, W iliam Dawson, Ronald Rob-;
years. Recently a committee from the
LETTERS AT ASSEMBLY
DRAMA
CLUB
PRESENTS
i
erts-
Mr and Mrs Wnk Perry' Mr Lions clnb visited the plant and. ap­
PUBLIC MARKET PREPARES
| and Mrs. W. H. Adrian, Mrs. Maude •
proved Mr. Anderson's pians tor ex­
At the regular assembly of the high
TO ADVERTISE WARES
PLAY AT HICH SCHOOL Bryan and daughter, Crystal, Mrs.
pansion. "When completed this new
suhoo' student body lust Friday after­
Grace Roberts, Welby Stevens,, Eliza
According to plans now under con­
Before a fairly rarge audience last Sutton, Byron Washburne, and Mr. plant will be a modern and up-to-date
noon, I# boys were presented with
factory and anyone Interested Is In­
large purple "8" letters. In cimttli'in- sideration, the new public market, at Friday evening, the Dramatic club and Mrs. Frank De Pue.
vited to Inspect the plans at tho
nratlon of the work they have accom­ the foot of Sixth street, will be ad- of the Springfield high school pres-
Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Rebhan were present plan,” says Mr. Anderson.
plished for Hprlngfleld during the! vortlsed and (he attention of the | ented the play ‘‘Assisted by Sadie honor guests.
The acounoement of Mr. Anderson
Toe plot was laid In a hotel at 3
past football season. The tuam won ; townspeople called to the fact that
such a market Is being conducted fo summer resort, with a series of mys- Mra, Lar|fn#r EnterUin Pricilta Club. that his company -wil expand adds to
one game, tied one, and lost four.
the industrial activity in the vicinity
terlous Jewel robberies as the motive
Since only three of this year's squad the benefit of Springfield people.
Mrs. I. D. Larimer entertained the j of his plant. The Carbolineum Wood
will graduate In June, Coach Bain ex­
New arrangements ore being made, ^or
action
Although the entire cast is to be Pricilla club at her home last Friday , Products company is building a new
pect« nn excellent team next year, un­ by the Market committee to add to
afternoon. The affair was in the na­ plant and the Springfield Lumber
less some of those who would be eli­ the attractiveness of the place, and complimented, special mention is
ture of a Christmas party. Table deco­ company is installing new docks and
gible Io piny, failed to return next it Is thought this, together with the due Faye Fishel as Sadie Brady;
rations, place cards, and refreshments equipment at its mill.
year. The men who »t I graduate this contemplated* advertising campaign. Shirley Hemenway as Harriet Carley,
followed out the Christmas spirit
year are George Moon, Frank Lom­ will draw sufficient trade to Justify *nd Evan Hughes as Bunch, the bell
Guests of honor were Mrs. Jess DANNER MOTOR CO.
bard. and Charlo« Thompson
tho rental of more stalls to those; *’°P-
Shirley Hemenway In her part eas­ Seavey and Mrs. Fred Rosenberry. MOVES INTO NEW BUILDING
The hoys who received letters were, who now take their proluce to the
ily led the cast unt| well along in Members of the <4 ub who -were pres­
McPherson, captain; Cowart. Frank Eugene Public market.
the second a ct when Sadie, who had ent were Mrs. Leland Eubanks, Mrs.
The E. R. Danner Motor company
la<wls, Howard, Moon. Pollard, W.
There are about 20 stalls In the
T. V. Henderson, Mrs. R. Snodgrass,
has moved into its new building at
Geiger. K. Geiger. Hastings, Lombard, Springfield market block, but at pres­ posed as a stenographer, revealed
Mrs. W. M. Stermer, Mrs. John Seav­
Fifth and A streets. The building,
Whltenaek. Williams,
Harper,
J ent only about four to six are being herself In the role of detective for an
ey, Mrs. N. Howard, Mrs. Paul Bas-
insurance
company.
As
the
stenog­
which is a one-story concrete struc­
Thompson, C. Thompson, and Cox.
used Tuesdays and Saturday« are
rapher, she was rather weak, but ford, Mrs. L. E. Basford, Mrs. A. Mor­ ture finisned with rock stucco, cover«
It was the third letter for George the busy days.
gan.
Mrs.
W.
Curtis,
Mrs.
J.
M.
Lar­
feen in her proper role, her author-
an area of nearly 16,006 square feet.
Moon, and the second for the follow­
Fresh meBt, vegetables, potatoes, Itive commands had an irrestible ap­ son, Mrs. J. Tomseth. Mrs. C. A.
It w ll be occupied by the garage. *
ing: Cowart, Howard, C. Thompson,
Swarts, Mrs. J. C. Parker, and Mrs.
beats, rutabagas, turnips, parsnips, peal
gTocery store and the Springfield
hnd W. Geiger, and the first for the
carrots, cabbages, hominy, cottage
Evan Hughes was the typical bell- Larimer.
Bakery. The bakery will move Into
remaining boys.
Mrs. Larimer was assisted by her
cheese, and other produce are avail­ boy, especally In the scenes with
the new quarters shortly after Christ­
able as the public demands. Other Sadie Brady, and In the manner in two daughters, Alene and Dorene mas. A new Middlebee-Marshall ov­
FIVE INITIATED INTO
Larimer.
and larger varieties of food will be which he received “tips."
en has already been Installed for the
ODD FELLOWS LODGE displayed when the demand Is suffi­ An orchestra of local students or­
bakery.
Needlecraft Club Meets.
cient to warrant the trouble and ex­ ganised under the direction of Mrs.
The garage is expanding in several
At the last meeting of the year of pense of preparing them for the mar­ Ivtn Mnle, music instructor at the
The Needlecraft club met at the departments, and expects to offee
the local Odd Fellows lodge, held last ket, It is believed by the Market Junior high school, furnished Instru­ home of Mrs. Floyd Westerfield in
complete Ford service and storage,
Friday evening, five candidates were committee that, an Increased Interest mental, and both the Boys' and Girls' Eugene Thursday afternoon. Mrs. G.
according to E. R. Danner. The shop
Initiated Into the Royal Purple degree. among those who -would offer their
cu b s furnished vocal music un­ W. Hobson of Springfield assisted facilities have been greatly improved
The work was put on by the W. B. wares to the Springfield public rather der the Instruction of Miss Spauld­ as hostess.
in comparison with the old quarter«
I’engra encampment. No. 67. Follow­ thun take them to the Eugene mar­ ing. of Springfield high school.
The delightful affair took the form on Main street. New bins to contain
ing the lodge work, a light lunch was ket.
of a Christmas party, and holiday spare parts have been ordered. They
served.
games and decorations added to the will conform with the present unit o t
ANNUAL ELECTION HELD
The cand'dates taking the degree WOMAN S AUXILIARY SENDS
spirit of the event.
four large Lupton storage bins.
A WOODMEN MEETING
were; Robert Ptrrte, and Alec Mc­
CHRISTMAS BOX TO VETS
Intosh, both of Sprlngfio d, and E. B.
40 and 8 to Meet.
Officers -were elected by the local
LARGEST SEWING CLUB
Knowler. C. A. Price, and O. H. Ol-
The Women’s auxiliary of the
Of interest to the members of "40
lodge of the Modern Woodmen of
HAS BOYS ENROLLED
aon, all of Mnrcola.
American Legion completed their America in meeting last week. The and 8" will be the “rtde" to the meet-
H erbert E. Walker, high priest of gifts Tuesday and mated a large box
election results follow: N. H. Llther- ing to be held on New Year's eve at
The largest sewing club in Lane
the Grand Lodge of Oregon, paid an containing Christmas ‘‘goodies" and
land, consul; V. B. Manning, advis­ the Nooii e King's Oriental grill in county, with 21 members, has Just
official visit for the grand patriarch. articles for practical use to the Mult­
or; Charles Myers, escort; John Len­ Eugene. However, no “wreck" or Ini­ been organized at Marcóla. Several
nomah Hospital No. 77, In Portland
hart, watchman; J. P. Vaughn, sen­ tiation is scheduled for this night.
boys are taking the course which In­
The gifts sre to be distributed among
LOCAL HOOPSTERS PLAY
try; Roy W. Carlton, 3-year manager.
cludes handy work, weaving, color de­
the disabled veterans who are. at
The regular meeting of the Ameri­ sign and darning. Members of the
MONROE; GAME IS "SNAP"
George Ditto, clerk; and Charles T.
present confined In the hospital.
can Legion which was announced for club, according to the roster received
M4
ler,
banker.
Mrs. M. B Huntley, who ha 1 charge
The basketball
game
between
A Joint Instalatlon of officers will Thursday, December 24, has been by Arnold Collier, county club leader
cf
the work of assembling the (.m a­
Springfield high achoo' and Monroe,
be held with the Royal Neighbors of changed to Monday, December 28, ac­ are as follows:
played nt Monroe Saturdny evening th ns, wishes to thank the merchants America on the evening of January cording to Tom Swarts.
Melda Pratt, Audrey Pratt, Leet*
resulted In a walkaway for Spring nnd other persons who contributed 20. A fed, and social time, are plan­
Abernathy, J-enne Ferlngs, Ethel
to
Ihe
cause
for
their
coop.,ration.
field when tho game ended with n
ned in connection with this event.
LOCAL MASONIC LODGE
Schreider, Hazel Craig. Mildred Wet-
•core of 24-2. Monroe made her score .The next meeting of the auxiliary
w
II
be
held
on
the
second
Monday
ELECT YEAR’S OFFICERS ze’, Myrtle Drew, Lulu Drew, Doro­
early In the first quarter. The score
thy Ryan, Hazel Hopkins, Dorris Mor­
FOURTEEN
TO
GET
NEW
In
January.
at tho end of tho first half was 8-2.
row, Ina McKay, Mabel Steward,
Officers
for
the
ensuing
year
were
AUTOS FOR CHRISTMAS
In tho last hnlf Springfield chalked up
Classes to be Arranged
elected by Liberty lodge of Springfield Pearl Koons, Marion McKay, Isabelle
16 more markers. In the last quarter
Seward,
Everett
Masons at Its regular meeting Tues­ McKay, Norby
Fourteen
families
will
be
made
hap­
Parents
who
are
Intending
to
statt
both teams put In substitutes, since It
Chetwood,
Milton
Chetwood
and
A r­
wns evident that no further damage children In school at the beginning of py tomrrow, at least, according to the day evening. The officers have al­ thur McKay.
ready
taken
their
station
for
the
year
plans
of
14
people
who
purchased
could be done. The line-up for the second semester, are asked to get In
Springfield team was; Cowart, for­ touch with Mrs. Hemenway, principal new autos to be delivered today. 1926.
Two Families Have Scarlet Fever.
The following were elected: Theron
ward; Beeson, forward; center, C. of Ihe Brnttaln school, as soon as pos­ (Thursday.) A local garage Is hand­
There are at present two families
Whltenaek; guards, McPherson and sible. Mrs. Hemenway w ll make ar- ing the entire consignment, they re­ Cogtll. worshipful master; O. M. Of-
In Springfield quarantined for scarlet
ported
Wednesday.
An
exceptional
son,
senior
warden;
A.
J.
Morgan,
Jun­
ragements
for
new
classes
as
soon
Lewis; and substitutes, Cox, D. Whlte-
as she finds out the number of new buslnes« day was experienced by the ior warden; C. E. Wheaton, secretary; fever, according to a report from the
nack, and Hastings.
garage when five persons purchas­ C. F. Egglmann, treasurer; W. L. office of Dr. Pollard, city physetan,
Other gnmes that have been sched­ scholars that may he expected.
ed new coupes. Five men from the May, senior deacon, S. V. Ward, Jun- Wednesday. Five cases were reported
The
new
term
will
open
February
uled are:
Danner Motor company went to or deacon; S. Ralph DlPDel, Tyler and in one family. Four members had
1.
January 2, Alumni, here.
Portland after the cars Tuesday, ar­ Dan W. Crites, trustee for a three been ill. and it was not until the fifth
January 6, Eugene High, here.
riving with them about 8 p. m. that years, term of office; Clayton Barber, became il', that the malady was recog­
Church
To
Hold
M
eeting.
Marcoln, 2 games, date unknown.
nized. Ho-wcver, care had been taken,
senior steward.
The quarterly business meeting of evening.
so It is unlikely that other cases will
the Baptist church will be held New
8prlng fl«ld M ill Cloved-
Building Is Remodeled.
H. W. Whitney, of the Wheaton result
Year's day, with a lunch at the
E. E. Kenpner la remodollng and Barber shop is confiend to his home
The Springfield Lumber compnny church.
Ralph Lilly, a nephew of Mr«.
adding to a building on Fifth st-K t with verlcosed veins. He had been
mill closed down today for Christmas
F. B. Flanery will spend Christmas between B end C. It is unJirstood troubled for several days with the Flanery, Is assisting In the Flanery
nnd will not he open until Monday.
R. H. Parsons, the manager, and wife day with relatives in Corvallis. He that an auto repair shop or some malady, and it la thought that it will drug «tore. He is a senior In the
left for Baker, Oregon, to visit their will attend a family reunion there, similar buolness will occupy the be several days before he can re­ school of pharmacy at Oregon Agri»
cultural co lege.
.
turn to his work.
and will return Saturday.
bu! clng when It is completed
gen who Is a druggist there.