I
O u r Printing Plant
i* Equipped For A ll
Kinde of Job W o rk
THE SPRINGFIELD NF WS
TWBNTY-F1FTH YKAll
FUN FESTIVAL TO
BE HELDFEB. 3RD
j
Chamber Groups Schools Starting
Named by Hamlin Second Semester
A
LIVE NEWSPAPER
IN A LIVE TOWN
X
BPRINGFIBLD. LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY JANUARY 2«. 1928
Accomplice o f Hickman
"The People’s Paper"
NUMBER 3
RAILROAD AND PAPER
MILL SUBJECTS BEFORE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
I I I FOR M'KENZIE
A M A S I ROADS
The east and west railroad proposed
President Shapes Committees Honor Students Listed at High
by the state public service commis
fpr Civic Body in
and Elimsntary Schools;
sion will be discussed at the regular ,
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Year 1928
Stats Test* Taken
meeting of the Springfield Chamber of Junction City a n d
Siu*laW
Commerce Friday night. The state
Chamber«
of
Commerce
Votd
Committee organisation tor 1828 of
The igscond semester got under way commission has requested support of
to
Put
Two-Mill
Measure
ort
the Springfield chamber of commerce at the Springfield public schools this
the various commercial bddies In its
i was announced today by F. I) Hamlin,
Ballot
at
Primary
Election
wwek. with attendance about the same case pending before the Interstate
recently elected president. The fleet
Commerce commission to order some < Time.
Program for Community Event
Announced; Many Organiza
tion« Enter Stunts; Judges
are Selected; Prizes will be
Given.
meeting of the year will he held Fri as during the first term. Promotions railroad to build the cross state line I
day night, at which the Crane-Odell and honor rolls have been announced trom Crane to Odell that will shorten j A two mill tax for the completion
! railroad extension and several other In the various schools, and at the distances
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to the ____
east by 500 miles of the Willamette Valley-Florence
matters of Importance will be taken junior high school a group of 16 young
The Eugene Chamber and County highway and also for the McKenzie
up.
people took state examinations in an Court are filing a petition of interven- highway was endorsed at the joint
Directors of the chamber are Julius
Fulop, W. C. Wrlgnt, W. C. Rebhan, effort to graduate Iqto high school tlon in the case and It la likely the meeting of the Sluslaw and Junction
tanks. They will hear from the testa local chamber will also be a party city Chambers of Commerce at
, W. A Taylor and J. A. Seavey.
to IL
The committees follow:
early next week.
Florence Saturday.
The meeting
IxMomunlcatlons In regard to the ¥Oted
put a mpaaure C0Terjni
Trade, commerce, and Industry—A
At the high school the honor roll
paper
lax levy
,
on the
the ballot
ballot at next
J Perkins, tyelby Stevens, John Wln- was announced yesterday, includlnx locadon
¿, w 7 i e , l of
, a pulp
. l o l l and
.
, — mill
J In tax
on
th lu
n lfv
t W
s / i||
-1
*
f
t
’ »vo
iu v i iu iu k
vicinity
ix; rt.ad and
dis- ,
, ,,
zenreld.
names. Grades of 89
1 U8aed
j
election time in May.
six uames.
80 or above 1,
Legislation, taxation, highway, flab are required to make the honor lis t 1 '
,
The meeting was one of the largest
end g a m e - W. C. Wrlghte, K. E. Mirrl- and those cited for honor» have been
Committees for the year will he and mo, t enthlIBUgtlc rOad gathering«
appointed by President F. B Hamlin P W heW jn western
county<
Hon, I. M Peterson.
few this year.
Publicity, conventions, civic, social . The honor, students announced T
W° r“ i?'"’“
T""Bt3r memb<!r" of th" J“«“*«™ City
, and educational—If.
Maxey, H. M yeeterday are Ruth Carlton. Nadln„
‘„ ¿ T * * * " and , Chamber made the trip by auto to
Stewart, W. H. Pollard.
Mapleton and thence on a boat to
' McMurray, Audrey Schultz, Lawrence
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House—C. F Egglmann, F. B.
Florence where a seafood dinner wal
Roof Wlnlfrld Tyson and Dale Daniel,. T R O O P , c A n p B M A fiP
Flanery, J. F. Ketels.
No students were dropped from high
KUUK LEADER MADE
served free. On the return a free
Finance—O. G. Bushman, C. E. Ken | achool because of poor scholarship.
LIFE SCOUT BY COURT supper was given the visitors at
yon. W. G. Hughes.
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Mapleton. Western Lane hospitality
Mrs. Ora Read Hemenway annouu
in
mut •” r<. r«.
.vi<>i
Bridge—E.
E. Morrison,
H
senior patrol
patrol leader
leader was
was displayed
displayed everyw
everywhere according
’ iced the Brattaln honor roll and pro-' Earl Wheeler,
« " e e .e r , senior
Mi(X..y> w,,lhy st(>v<.nK
m otions early In the week. Including I ° f th® Ll° “8 Club
,cout troop'
tbe Talley v!a,tor*-
a long list of names of children whose "T*? rna'1' a 1,f‘ »cout by the court
The m a tin g was unanimously in
, N V , T A T |0 N , s G IV E N
work has been satisfactory In the
OU,,T al '‘s meeting Tuesday even fa¥or of completing both ends of th«
elementary school. l-gincipal L. C.
“ * * “ ethodl8t church May°’ ' Willamette Valley-Flor, nee highway
by the
Kprlngfleld
post
Ore
TO NON-CHURCH GOERS
High achool orchestra selection s.
, up —
— —
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Moffitt
of
the
Lincoln
school
listed
the
/ . . . .U
summer.. The
is n
. S. . ”7
. °
. _ over the this n nutuiMct..
m r millage
luiiia^c tax
id* 13
u eo
cv
Negro minstrel. Neighbors of Wood- «•>« National Guard. It Is revealed In
AS RESULT OF SURVEY
; 1 following honor
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..
court
eourt which also made Carol A
Adams
dam s1 ; e8>ary,
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wa„
. . U e ______
cf)un.
*
reports
from
headquarters
received
pupils:
craft drill team.
3 Bn ri*h°'u
merlt b*dg
badges
ty-g share of the money needed to co
CO
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A» an aftermath of the recent re-j
First Grade—Muriel Tyson. U oyd ! to*Ralnh°
H aI>, awarded
ed. n’erit.
e t ! ty's
by C. A. -----------
Swarts, commander
Farce, Mrs. Pepper's Ghost."
In If iilr t n
U iio h a o
n z . L n l . _ . L i _ ____a 1
For the r year,
unit was llglous survey n here,
Seamans. Ida
Ida Jlane
Jlane Irwdn
Irwin, Sohnnle ! Him“ wh
T s '” 8C ° ar8hlp and operate with the state and bureau at
Touring In China
, r,,r
rur- the local 11,1,1
e r e . r representatives
e p r e s e n i a u v e s . Seamans,
cnod In
In Its
Its class
class In
In attendance.
attendance. It
It of
of the
the Springfield
Springfield protoniani
Protestant church?«
churches I I anne.
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I
e
ee > r n rv-manshlp.
public roads In completing the high«
High school glee and ukelele clubs. »«c«>ud
Spore,
Rosalie
Looney,
Robert
A
total
of
10
merit
badges
are
r
e
-1
way.
Farce, "Rumpus on Olympus
Olympus."
. *«» fourth In all units throughout have Issued an Invitation to person« I Knight,
Alice
Chase,
l.«awr( n< e '
»re re-
.h o
„ „ , . « „ 0 . am ith, [Thnmraon.
m ,',i« '" '* '*
*0^
' Tb'
the state
Many Stunt Plannsd
Stunts al the gymnasium will begin
fo r
December, the Springfield denominations to attend one of th. , Second Ora(Je _
a 8tar 8cout 000,1 Progress Is shown
bv all t h e . e m i t . <„ E ^th ,k„ T
: Cheshire station and runs to Maple-
with . musical farce. While all of Q“*rd ranked h ighest In It. class In churches here.
G
Eckhardt. Louisa Cowden’
? * * L‘° n8 ton. It is desired to finish the road
T..C lormal
statement follows:
¡Elisabeth Wardlow. S ixjuisa
^ ^ O o U cowaen,
,’ E th el! I and
port. I^
R'°n troops 8C0Utma8tor’
re"
from Mapleton to Cushman on water
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.
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th e a t .t e
T
_____________
____
Ix-glon
scoutmasters
re-
the organisations to enter stunts have ,,le stat«.
pot yet been listed, a partial list In- 1 Commander »warta eSpressed satis-
u i w u u a i y whojOott, Norma William«.
To families in our w
community
'
prade along the Siuslaw and also ths
eludes the Brattaln teachers. Lincoln fut'Hon over the year » work. At pres- have no preference among the de
Fourth Grade-Dorothy King. Mac the S p rln X ld ^ co u n cll°h J ^ n £ t I ^ h “ O aV " thls end from Che8hi"
teachers, high school teachers, chain- ’ r» 1- the local troop has a strength nominations of the Christian churches
churi
her of commerce, Bible Study class. . ,,f ’ t lwo above the maximum, and I “We want to express our gratitude
8eavey, Fay Squires, Eugene May, ■ucroforv
secretary, finance officer and _0
scout
d o ^ ^ ^ s Z ^ *
P T. A., Needlecraft club. Llona club, tianafers to the reserve must be made to you for your courteous response
Drucille Ogjlvle.
commissioner will be elected at that Between Mapleton and Cushman, it
Aneaa club. American Ix-glon. The | »" br,n< “ >« membership down. Ef to our questions, and we extend to
Sixth Grade— Evelyn Bacus, Marie time.
parade will follow
,,,r’8
<et " larger allowance for 1 you a very hearty Invitation to attend
the route follows the river, it will be
Coffelt. Lloyd Ellison, Ralph Gillette.
After the stunt program, another members here. In order that the size any of our church service«,
necessary to move nearly five m llei
Junior High School—Robert Starr, MRS. WALKER TO HEAD
entertainment program will lie given
*b,‘ ’'°mpany might be Increased,
”We urge upon thone of you with
of the railroad track in order to get
Paul Lindsey. Hazel W'ilson, Beatrice
at the high achool. It will Include the *ln** failed so far due to the lack I children In the home to make diligent
CIVIC CLUB IN 1928 a wa,er fftade. It is expected that
same numbers as the first.
,,f appropriations.
, use of some one of our Sunday Gillette, Melha Harris, Mildred Nad-
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the Southern Pacific company will c »
vornik, Bertha Keentan, Leila Clark,
Rev C. H. Blom. Rev. G. Sykes. |
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! schools.
Annual election of officers to o k ! operate In this work if the highway
Carroll
Gates.
“We h<
to Rny that w hatever
and Rev R E. Childers will jud«,., CHILDERS IN NORTH
____
place at a meeting of the Springfield
commission decides on this routing
the stunts, while Dr R P. Mortensen,
I Women’s Civic club Tuesday evening which is said to be favored by the
CONDUCTING M EETING fllfr,,r''n' “ T' iu may note am ong us
you will find that we are at one In LOCAL CLUB WORK IS
Dr W H. JVillard and Dr Carl Phett»-
with the following results: Mrs. W "‘« ‘e ehgineers.
place will judge the parade.
In the absence of Rev. 8, Earl our conviction that the Christian way
ORGANIZED BY COLLIER W w «l*er. president; Mrs. W. C. Me-1 The voting on the mi’lage tax Is
Childers, who Is conducting revival of life Is the inevitable assurance of
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1
vice-president; Mrs. Frank I practically re-enacting the measure
services
at Yakima, Waahlngton, for hnDP>' homes
MANY A TTE N D FUNERAL
Club work among school children Page, secretary; Mrs. I. A. Valentine. | voted by the people two years ago hut
“ (SignedIC. H BLOM
of this city Is being organised by treasurer; Mrs. Paul Brattaln, cor- declared Illegal by the court on ac
'
FOR RICHARD NELSON the nest three weeks. Rev. W. A:
"8. E. CHILDERS.
Elkins will preach at the Springfield I
Arnold Collier, county club leader, responding secretary.
count of the election notices being
"MRS. CLARA BROOKS.
. . . . .. . hold
. . . . Tuesday
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Funeral services
at Christian church Sunday evening !
following a visit to the Lincoln school
The official staff is now prepared drawn improperly.
"REV GABRIEL SYKES." Tuesday. For several years there has to shape the 1928 activity _ program
the Poole chupel for Richard Noll j Claude Neely, song director, will take
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__
for
Earl Hill,
of Mapleton, president
ot
Nelson, son of Mr. and Mrs Arne charge In the morning aervlcea each
lx en no organized club work here.
the local group, which is associated the Siuslaw chamber, presided at th«
Nelaon. who died last Saturday night | °f the three Sundays the pastor Is JEWEL IS PRESENTED
Girls of the school organized
two
women's
. O
k — 1 w,‘h ‘bp state
-- federation
- ~ ' « k-k.-... of w
VU1CU ( meeting at Florence. He and Wayn«
vtVve z on
xev Tuesday, and
~ .1 a the
v boys are , nlnho
aa the result of a timber accident, j away.
P. G. N. OF WOODCRAFT clubs
clubs. Vg-j.
Mrs. Walker, the new presi- Robertson, president of the Junction
were largely attended by many rela- ( *n charge of the gervlcea on Sunday
, preparing to form rablt and poultry
the wife of a local realty City Chamber of Commerce, were
vltea and friends of Mr. Nelson.
! evening. February 6. will be the ( Past guardian neighbor’s Jewel was clubs. Much Interest Is being shown man. and is a teacher in the public authorized, to select committees tJ
j Christian ----------------
Endearorers. - ----
and . Rev
Mr Nelson wan smashed
n
. between
».
. . . . ...
»« last
i<>n, , also <
u v«
w
El ............................
presented Mrs. ............
Marlon ow««««*
Adams « at
In
camp
cooking, according to ’ chools
act Jointly in carrying on a cam
night s meeting of the Neighbors cf Mr. Collier.
After the business session Tuesday paign in behalf of the two-mili tag
a heavy log nnd a donkey engine . | k•"« will preach again on the follow , night's
Woodcraft.
The
wan | ! The ----
'—
class of ~ “ the Junior evening, refreshments were serv
while working for the Beebe Lumbar ln* Sunday.
wooacrart
m e presentation was
agricultural
measure.
company nt Leona on January 14. He
,J,*‘ Sunday, Rev. Eason, superin- made by Mrs. C. F. Egglmann, pres-i high school, and others, will visit the and a general social gathering held
of
Oregon .-oaie
State missionary
Missionary ’ “nt
neighbor.
.
| 1 poultry
Poultry and rabbit show at the Bank | I The next meeting will he o n 'th e HIGH SCHOOL T E A M l
was taken to the Pacific
facinc t Christian
nristian ‘d e n t >
>1 the
<<■» un-ipra
« « s guardian
u u r u ia n neignnor.
hospital In n serious condition, and .
spoke In hehulf of missions In; Committees were appointed as fo l-: of Commerce In Eugene to be held a-,onn<t t >
° n
< b e
there.
*b*B "‘«I*-
¡low s Flowers. Mrs. Nina McPherson today, Friday and Saturday
' worn»« h
x
u J “817' Ea<h
LOSER TO U. H. S. Q U IN TE T
finally died there
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nnd. Mrs. M B. Huntl.v; program. Mr - !
, woman has been asked to bring a i
Mr. Nelson
had b e e n but
recently
Arthur Pengra. Ml,a Ann Dillard, Mrs N E E D L E C R A F T IA /O M F M ------- slon’ at 7
888
s PrlnSfieW h|eh school basketball
1 married to M iss Ruth Tucker of HINDU IS SPEAKER
Noiih
initAhrnnd
tt
U
L
tC
K
A
F
T
WOMEN
j
fclon
at
7.30
oclock,
followed
by
a
pro-
team dropped a game to the Uniref-
Noah
Hiltebrand
Goshen
He lived <here for a long
AT M ETH O D IST CRURCH
HAVE MASKED PARTY gram’ needlework a“d games
slty high school quintet of Eugene,
Dori« Girard was elected and in
thne, attending the schools of this
28 to 13, at the local gymnasium lest
Mrs. Marshall
„„ tnuiiirian.
m u ,,,-in i. mrs.
marsnnil
.
— —
C T rorun
city, and was well-known here.
D Devnputra, of Bangalore, India,* Rtalled as
( night.
Greater experience of the
and Mrs. Earl Dillard were Initiated.
Wo® “n of the Needlecraft club ini . « I t V E N S ON JURY IN
a will
student
at speaker
the University
Oregon ............
................ .. <>f Mrs. Esther ¡ ' ^ ‘hr‘* ^ w ‘n«“ . br " a‘ a ...........
be the
at the of
Methodist
""" ,h" ... ap»'“'a‘'""B
ma8k’ I '
BIG PORTLAND TR IA L campus prep team counted to ‘he,i
BAPTIST CHOIR MEETS
advantage, and they stole an early
church Sunday evening. His su bject, Bn,bham and Mr8 Josephine Chase |
held at ¿he home ° f Mrs.
AND IS ENTERTAINED
Carl Olson last Thursday evening
Springfield has a peculiar interest ! ,ead fron* ,he Springfield team
will be "Christian Missionaries as i were received.
Prize for the member best concealing in the details of the trial in Portland
On the whole, "
however. Coach
The First lla|»t 1st church choir met Seen by a Hindu.”
■ her Identity went to Mrs. E. May.
Leonard Mayfield's squad showed up
of
J.
E.
Wheeler
and
Emery
Olmstead
PLAY
CAST
FETED
AT
last Tuesday evening at the home of
At the Sunday morning service, i
Present were Mrs. Dan Crites, Mrs. on charges of conspiracy to violate fairly well against the university high
Mrs. Kenneth Tobias. After rehear Rev. Gabriel Sykes will speak on j
LEGIONNAIRE DINNER Wm. Dawson, Mrs. S. R. Dlppel, Mrs the federal bank laws, because of the team, and Is playing an improved
sal a program of stunts was put on '•Jesus Christ nnd Real Progress. |
r- . »
«
7" ,
Robert Drury, Mrs. Walter Gossler. selection of Welby Stevens of this brand of basketball.
for entertainment. The choir will sing Special music will be given by
. tho
f a s t of the American Legion play Mrs George Hobson Mr.
city as a member of the Jury.
oil Sunday morning at the Baptist senior choir ln the morning and by ¡"His Uncle's Nelce." was feted at n Jarrett Mrs J F K etels Mr U'
w
----- 1 Mr. Stevens Is a rarmer of this
church while in the evening a male the Junior choir In the evening. Sun-! banquet given by the veterans at the • _
quartet composed of Norton Pengra, day school is at 9:45 a. m. and Ep-J ohnmb-r of commerce Friday evening Long. Mrs. K May Mrs. Carl Olson, district and Is president of the Corn-
Mrs Carl Phetteplace. Mrs. W. H. j merclal State bank here. He was
Wllfert Cook, Paul Frese and Oscar worth League at 6:30 p. m.
The Christian church orchestra fur
w
T w 'r i rhL
WS ° n’ Mr8‘ I C8lled ‘° P° r‘l8nd tb*8 y w t0 8e™
Gladdlsh will sing.
Starting
nished special entertainment.
February 28 the choir Is invited to OVER
v
,.'1,
i
„
d
.
n
7
MrS on the federal ^ a”d JUT. and he and
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( The leg io n at the meeting decided Floyd Flanery. Special guests ' were
150 . . AT
CHRISTIAN
spend the evening at the home of Mrs.
this week
CHURCH N IG H T F R ID A Y !to put 6n a 8,unt at the fun festival Mrs. Mary Gallier and Mrs. Levi NeeL Mrs. Stevens have made their tem
porary home in Portland during hts
Frances Mitchell, 12 9 5, Orchard
j to be held soon at the high school.
Jury term. He and an Oregon City
afreet, Eugene.
More than 150 attended church
G. A. R. LADIES W ILL
man are the only bankers on the
night program at the Christian church i
Michigan Club Meets
The Michigan Club of Lane county
NEW FORD ON FLOOR
Friday evening. The entertainment
INSTALL AT SESSION trial Jury.
AT DANNER MOTOR CO. was ln charge of the men's Bible will meet at the rooms of tho Eugene
An Adventure Story By
Ladles of the G. A. R„ Iuka Circle, PERKINS W ILL BUILD
class, and refreshfffffnts were served chamber of commerce Wednesday,
February 8, at a dinner at 6:15 p m. hereafter will meet at the chamber of
A new model Ford car to be used by the Junior girls
Stewart Edward White
TW O HOUSES IS PLAN
as a demonstrator has been received
The men's qunrtet, composed of AI1 former Michigan residents of this commerce. It was announced this
One of America's Leading
by the Danner Motor company ar.d Walter Nealson, D. B. Murphy, Claud vIeinity are Invited to be present. week by Mrs. C. F. Eggimann, presi
George Perkins, who this week ac
dent.
will be kept by the denier until de Neely and Lawrence Moffitt, gave Rev-! Names and reservations may be
Novelists
quired property at Sixth and A streets
The first meeting of the year will
liveries of the new automobile are eral selections. Wlnlfrld Tyson and Phoned or mailed to the Michigan
from Mrs. Jennie Cannon, plans to
made to the public. Dozens of pros Agatha Beals sang a duet, and the club, care of the Eugene chamber of be there today, and officers will be ln- erect two new modern houses at that
sctalled. Refreshments will be served.
pective buyers are taking rides In the latter sang another with her father, commerce.
This story Is even better than
place. It Is understood.
workings. Everyone Is agreed that It A reading was given by Roscoe Cole.
Deal transferring the property from
“Blachsheep”
1a the finest automobile of Its class Several numhera wore presented by
Party Is Planned
LIONS CLUB TROOP TO
Mrs. Connon, who now lives ln Port
Ford has put out. Deliveries of the Eugene visitors.
The Women’s Foreign Missionary
CONDUCT HIK E SUNDAY land, was completed early ln the
Society of the Methodist church will
new car are expected to start within
week.
BE SURE TO R E A D /
3couts Make Monty
hold a Measure Party In the basement
a few weeks.
A tramp into the hills south of
A considerable funfl for the Girl of the Church, Tuesday evening, Jau- Springfield Is planned for the Lions
Assists With Inspection
the
Auxiliary To Meet
Scouts was collected at a card party uary 31, at 7:30 o'clock.
club g o y Scout troop Sunday.
Mrs. C. R, Poole Is assisting the
The local auxiliary of the American and entertainment given at the cham
There will be a short program of
The scouts .w ill meet at the county health nurse with health In
Legion will conduct a meeting to ber of commerce last Saturday. Many music and readings, and several short Methodist church corner at lt 3 # spection at the Lincoln school today.
Firtt inttallm ent
night at the home of Mra. H. E. local women attended the event. En talks on China will be heard. A o’clock Sunday afternoon, and from A clinic held a few day« ago at the
I'lana urd program arc complete tor
the first Bprliigfield “fun festival"
scheduled tot the high school auditor
ium and gymnasium on February 3.
Mrs. Ora Read Hemenway, principal
of the Urattaln school, la directing
the affair, which Is sponsored by th«
local I’arent-Teacbeis association.
Proceeds from tb< festival will go
toward benefiting the local school sya-i
tern through the I’.-T. A There will
VVciby Hunt, Kansas City youth
be two programs, with the same num who
has confessed his part, with
bers. ut the auditorium at 7:16 and Edward Hickman, in the hold-up
and murder, on December 24, 1920,
• ill.
All stunts and the purade will be O* Ivy Thoms, Los Angeles drug-
;sl
Hickman is the confessed
bold at the rymnaslum nt 8:15 o'clock,
tdoaper and slayer of Marian
Anie organisation may enter a stunt Parker, 12-ycarold Lot Angeles
not to exceed 10 minutes In leugtb, gtrL
and a |5 prise la offered for the best
stunt. Any couple or -person may
enter the parade, and a 12 prise for LOCAL NATIONAL GUARD
the moat comical couple In the parade ATTENDANCE RECORD IS
AMONG BEST IN OREGON
Io offered, as well as a prise for the
host-sustained character
Unusually good al.on.I.ncc records
The program at 7:15 at the high
for 1827 ami Deceinbar «ere marked
achool auditorium follow«:
f
ON TIPTOE
Maxey. Important matters of busi tertalnment was fhrnlshed by th o , Chinese lunch will be served at the there w ill go Into the hills. The hike school waa not completed then, but Is
Scouts, and cards furnished diversion, close of the evening.
ness wlM he considered.
will he confined to Sunday afternoon. being finished today.
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