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THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR
SPRINGFIELD. LANE COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY NOVEMBER 15. 1928
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^pTingrield Beats Red Cross Drive
TOWNS Junction City 38-0
to Start Monday
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trips , armistice day
“ T he People's Pap er"
Love Authority
MUCH STAIE ROAD
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A rm istice week-end proved to be |
the stim ulus of many trips to and Local Squad Wins Fifth Straight Springfield to be Canvassed by
| front Springfield. Several Springfield j Victory of Football Season;
Local Women in Annual
Four-L Contest on “ Why Lane j folks took advantage of the three-day j
Play Brownsville Friday
Campaign for Funds
Work on McKenzie, Siuslaw and
County Houses Should be vacation and visited friends in all '
Willamette Highways is Pro
Active work on the Lane County
Built of Wood,” Now Under Parts of the state while otherf> r«- Pushing the pigskin oval past the
here to show out-of-town v isi-! Soal line six tim es, the Springfield j Red Cross drive will begin in Spring-
gram for Next Summer as Re
Way With Twenty-Five Cash mained
tors w hat progress Springfield has high school football team captured an j field Monday, November 19, the date !
sult of Special Tax and Dunne
Prizes.
made and what it has to offer.
, easy victory from the Junction City : having been changed from November
Bills Failure.
Several visitors attended the fo o t-' high school team, 38-0, before a record- J 12 for the benefit of local townspeople,
stud en ts in tne bpnngneid scnoo.s
| ba„ game between Springfieid high breaking Armistice Day crowd at Bra;- it was announced by Mrs. M. B. Hunt
Construction of the coast highway
e,,l gae*A
" w yling ea*ays
° n i school and Junction City held Monday i tain field. Two of the tries for extra ly, who has general charge of the
on the Siuslaw and completion of the
W hy Lane County Houses Should be j alternoon „„
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on o ra tt a in field.
. points were made.
Springfield drive
’. McKenzie highway will be carried on
Built of Wood." as a result of 25 cash , M argaret Ha)sey Qf Walton 8pent < Fiye
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M. C laude A net, F rench noveli'st | this coming summ er as a result of the
prizes being offered by the Loyal I the week.end at home
Roll call will start Monday when ten ! pow in New York who is known
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I one of the w orld’s authorities on
voting of the »200,000 special tax ia
of Loggers and Lumbermen. ' Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Peterson enjoyed | g a ^ r X ^ s ^ h e i n ^ c o l c t e d ^ v ' i ’ T Ì T * SPr," gfle’d WOme”
The essay contest is being conducted the holIdays at Rockaway and other Le()nard b h
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• , with Mrs. Huntly will canvass this dis- j Jove, has received invitations from
Lane county, the highway commission
lany cities to hold “love clinics”
told the county court at the meeting
as part of the 4-L wood promotion T11Iamook beache8.
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Grove
, accordin« t0 sections. The cam-
here the all-absorbing topic will
held last Tuesday in Portland. Sur.
campaign. and the local order has
Mr and Mrs G A March vjglted
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heavier te^m is the ’ ?
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annUa’ d r‘Ve
>c discussed from every angle.
veylng was also ordered on the Wil
the co-operation of the Booth-Kellv , c ia ,.kam as m n n t v n v » r th » i r m i ,
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am is the for botb tbe n at)onai and county R ed'
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m Clackamas county over the Armis- only squad th a t has been able to take : Crosg a88ociations
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lam ette highway from the present con
Lumber company In providing t h e , tIce week-end. Mr. Marcb.g father ^ S p r tn g f ie W
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SPRINGFIELD LIBRARY
structed 11 miles to Oakridge which
prizes.
1 was ill a t the time.
The campaign leaders have issued ; RECEIVES SHIPMENT OF
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score
of
18-0.
will be constructed next summer.
A grand prize of $3 and four cash I Mr. and Mrs. W illard G illette and '
statem ents to the effect th at from i
No mention was made at the com
foot-
prizes
$3 io
to ouc
50c are
are b o - Mr an(, Mrg George WilHams motor- . Marked
p riz e s ranging
r a n g in g from
rroui »a
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140 WATERPROOF BOOKS
every m em bership which costs one
m ission's m eeting concerning the
ing offered in each of the six divisions | ed lagt week.end to Kenyonville ? Y
d,8play®d by ,t be ‘°.ca hign
to Kenyonville gchool men ag they h e,d th e‘ vigitorg ; do” ar. fifty cents is turned over to
A shipm ent of 140 new water-proof b Prin Kfie><l bridge approaches. C. P.
in the essay contest. The schools where tbey vls,.ed M r G1Uette.s uncle.
the . national
association
and the re- , | bound books were received Tuesday i R ainard reports,
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have been divided as follows: Junior
Mr an(J Mrg E]mer E pyne and scoreless while playing “ a - strong offen- i
m ainder is sent to the county organ!- ..
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The n e x t m n c H n » '
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and senior high school, division o n ,; Mrg. Nellie Jordan spent Arm istlce , sive game in a fieId ot mud'
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afternoon at the tFprtngfleld library
next m eetlnS of the highway
zation.
The
surplus
from dollar
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of
more
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one
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which
last
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freshm an and Sophomore high school week.end vigiting friends in Salem, I Reverse8’ spinners, and pass plays tions ()f
division two; eighth grade, division, Molalla. Oregon "city„’”and P o rtlan d ? were used by the local players as thpy placed in the fund of the county a 7 <’u arters on the "<”-theast corner of ! e .wbole P « * ™ » for next year will
Second and Main streets, where the I be laid out' Judge Barnard believes
made yardage tim e after tim e through , 8ociatlon> ,t ,8 sta te d .
th ree ; seventh grade, divsion four; returning to Springfield Monday
F irst National bank was formerly tbe con>m*8sion will follow out its
fifth A and sixth grades, division five; ing,
the light Junction City line.
,
I Mrs. M. B. Huntly. who is vice- „itllatpd
agreem ents for the immediate work on
fourth and fifth B, division six.
Grades in English composition are
Cross association, went to Eugene varloo8 other cIasses of literatu re are ways wltho»t further delay. On the
also being given by the schools and a A. Taylor, who left Sunday.
!a»d Palm er, T hayer McMurray, and
to attend a meetlng of th(f
represented in the shipment, accord- i ®‘U8,aw from Mapleton to Cushman
large num ber of essays Ts expected
Miss Clara W agner spent the week , ire e m a n Squires carrying the ball for , La
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Last Thursday
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to Miss Mary Roberts, librarian, Ian agreem ent is necessary with the
to result. G reat in terest is Beil'S end at h er home in Corvallis.
consistent gains while E verett Squires : tbe |oca, committee
n r a n d M ra <5 P a in h n in n a i
b a rk e d s ig n a ls th a t keDt th p v i s i t o r s 1— -------
----- WaS present at J who cannot find words appropriate Soutllerd Pacific railroad In regard to
taken in the contest reports Roy Carl
Dr. and Mrs. S. Ralph Dippel of Parked signals that kept the visitors the Red Cross luncheon be]d at the ! enough to expre88 her proP dneP88 o f ' right of way and the moving of the
ton. Loyal Legion chairm an, who has pa iem>«canle from Bandon to stay in confused throughout the tilt.
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I tracks In places. This section is s
made talks before some of the grades SprtngfleId last week.end as guests ‘ A stonewall line aided the backfield Osburn hotel in Eugene. Plans for the the new books.
the drive were outlined by the . cam-
Tbe new reading 8pecimens which blg Job of heavy construction and w 11
and also furnished much literature on
of Mr. and Mrs. H arry W hitney, be- men in th eir charges. End positions paign leaders.
the use of \Food.
were tested successfully by Miss cost around one milion dollars. The
fore going to their home.
! were well taken care of by Coy Leath-
Members of the local wood promo-1 Mr and Mrg Ray Ca8teel Qf P o rt. ers and Donald Bettis who failed to let I. . Downtown
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. u residential
e .n g w , dis- Roberts as being waterproof will be bureau of public roads is cooperating
state and
county and have
non com mittee are Mr. Carlton, W P. Un(i spen, gunday flt the home
the Junction city backs ga(n grouI1(, 'l tr irts wiU he canvassed by the local placed on the shelves next week. The with the
uthoarized
tn np
Tyson, Clayton Barber. Lawrence May. Mr CaBteeV8 brother> Merle Mrs. 1 through their territory. Prances Deeds
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Hu" tly' shipm ent cam e from the H artberg .
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- Carl
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‘“ “ ce» ce eu s wj,o sees no reason why Springfield bindery in Des Moines, Iowa.
I m e proposed construction.
Theron Cogill
I Casteel was form erly Miss Christy and Gerald Morrison worked well at should not go over the top this year. | A total of $7.31 was realized from i Next sum m er will likely see the
: Anderson.
tackle posts as they opened up holes
Springfield women who have been tbe silver tea held at the opening of ^reate st activity in sta te road build-
MEN SERVE WOMEN AT
| W allac Halsey returned to Portland for the Springfield offensive. Stellar
placed
on the local Red Crass drive • the library last Saturday afternoon, ing in Lane county for a number i
SUNDAY SCHOOL FEED Sunday after spending a few days in tackling featured thè playing of the
In the receiving line for the dedica years, with construction going on ia
com
mittee
are:
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Springfield.
¡guards, Gaylord Morse, Keith Kendall,
tlon were Mrs. N. W. Emery, chairm an al le*at three traces. Some Roosev- It
Mrs.
William
W
right,
Mrs.
Larson
Dressed in kitchen aprons, mem-
Mr. and Mrs. Will Patton of Cottage J and Lawrence Roof. Big Reid Hemen-
of the library board; Mrs. Fred Hin-1 highway construction near Florence
bers of the Loyal Men’s class of the Grove spent Sunday at the home of . way formed the nutshell of the stone- ! W right, Mrs. Mary Kessey, Mrs. C. E.
son, Mrs. Vina McClain, Mrs. L. K. “ lay also be done t *’e <'«mlng sum m er
Sunday school of the Springfield Mr. and Mrs. W illiam Rouse.
j wall with his good work as center.
| Kenyon, Mrs C. Deeds. Mrs. Bernice
Page, and Mrs. C. H. Blom.
, Now th a t ,he n >>nne bills have been
C hristian church entertained the wo- < Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lemley of Port-
Substitutes for the local squad Van Valzah’ M rs- M- Male, Mrs. C. O.
men of the two Sunday school d o sse s land, spent the week-end at the home showed up weU against th e ' visiUng ! ^ " . 8nn' ? IrR Frank ^ sh er' M''3' ^ g h t T l r e ^ X ^ r t h e 0 n e w ^ ir a r v « I n l a i w a r a f T f u t u ^ c o n "
at a special dinner given Friday even- of his mother, Mrs. Vina McClain.
plgskin Iads. Those who broke Jn t0 |W « mm Doqaldson, and Mrs. Huntly. *
i «tructlon which was held uu the
was held up the past
ing at the church.
| Mr. and Mrs. I. V aderrick of Vor- (th e fray are: Paul Potter, E u g en e1
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although there Is a r r o w in g
year, on account of the outlook for
: lack of shelf snace for the books
The dinner which was served in two vallis were guests over the holidays Walker, Claire Thurm an, Jess Sumner ' SUNDAY PROGRAMS FOR
Library hours win remain as before. funds. ________________ t u . j
courses known as the toothpick and at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Trinka.
and Quenton Thurm an.
BAPTIST
CHURCH
LISTED
nam
ely—Monday, Wednesday and S at
w ater courses, was was given by the
Mr. and Mrs. M artin Endicott of
Despite the fact th a t they could
urday from 2 to 5 and from 7 to 9 in MRS. BROWN'S FUNERAL
men as a forfeit for a contest held , Roseburg were in Springfield Monday !
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W hat the practice of Stew ardship t he evening
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make yardage only once, the boys
W ILL BE HELD FRIDAY
some tim e ago in which the women , visiting friends.
1 from Junction City displayed
v plenty woulrt mean to the world," is the sub-
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w ere the victors.
| Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Male and Mr.
of fight till the w histle blew. Victor Ject of an address to be dtlvered by NEW CITY OFFICERS W ILL
Funeral sarvices will be held Friday
Rev. S. E. Childers, pastor of the , and Mrs. Ivan Male motored to Port-
Wetzel, form er sta r on the University Rev. C. H. Blom, Baptist pastor at the
afternoon a t 2 P. M. for Mrs. Elsie L,
church, spoke before the class m em -, land Saturday to spend the week-end
TAKE CHAIRS JANUARY 1 Brown, aged 24. of Dexter, who passed
of Oregon football team, refereed the meeting of the B. Y. P. U. a t the
hers. W. A. Taylor, president of the visiting Miss Grace Male. They also
match and Joe Nelson of Junction City B aptist church Sunday evening at
New city officers will not take their ' ? Wa~ B* tbe 1 n< ,dc *lri8t*an hospital
class, presided.
attended the Pacific International
6:30. I. Carlton will lead the group
acted as head linesman.
official chairs until the first of next
-»Kene at 12.26 p. m. Tuesday,
Selections were sung by the male Livestock hsow.
The topic for the Sunday worship year
W ith a 21-0. victory already on list
| November 13. Services will he held a t
q u artet consisting of: Lawrence Sun
against Brownsville, the Springfield at I t a. m. will be "Increasing Our
ler. musical director; Lawrence Mof- CIVIC CLUB WOMEN
C. O. Wilson, mayor-elect, W. A. the P leasant Hill church with inter-
I team is getting prepared for a return Faith.” Bible school will begin a t 10 Taylor, H. J. Cox and W C McLacan ment at the p,ea8ant Hili cem etery,
flt, Dallas Murphy, and John Robert
ENTERTAIN HUSBANDS i game with the Brownsville eleven on a. m.
be sworn
in pro
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W A E ,k,na' Cbrlatlan mi" i8tet,
son. D. J. Beals, playing the trom
councllmen elect, will be
sworn in
the field of the la tte r school Friday
Rev. Bloom will speak on "A G reat bably on the last day of this year and I
c° nduct tho ceremony
bone, and Glenn Radabaugh, playing
Civic club members were hostesses afternoon.
Discovery” at the song and gospel will become active directors of the I , Mr8' Brown’ who wa8 to have cele>
th e saxaphone, gave a duet.
to th eir husbands a t a potluck supper
Call for a light practice Tuesday service a t 7:30 p. m.
city governmertt on January 1, 1929
i ,ra,e
her twenty-lfth birthday on
Readings were given by Teddy Car- Tuesday evening. After the supper a
afternoon indicated th a t no serious in-
The city ch arter provides for no ' November 18. is survived hy her hus-
Special selections will be given bv
ruthers, Elmer P arrish and Mrs. Ora business m eeting was held and a pro. Jurleg
resu ited from the A rm istierd ay
band, Frank Brown, and three sm all
Read Hemenway.
gram presented. The com m ittee on battle and th a t the Then are in the the choir a t both services. P rayer i formal Inauguration,
children:
Byron, Earl, and Frank
stree t signs reported th a t prices were best of condition for the Brownsville service will be neld tonight at 7:30. j J. M. Peterson and Wm. G. Hughes, Robert Brown. She Is also survived
Dexter
will
hold
services
at
3:30
Sun-j
re-elected
as
city
recorder
and
city
NEW OFFICERS CHOSEN
being gotten on the different kinds of fray.
.treasu rer, will’ also' U ke"'the"‘™ th of by he,r m o,ber' Mrs' Edgar Davls ot
day afternoon.
FOR PINE CIRCLE NO. 4G signs.
office at the beginning of their new -aurt , Oregon,
A travelogue was given by members
term .
Mrs. Sam Richmond was elected who had taken trips. Mrs. W. C. Mc-
guardian of Pine Circle No. 45, Neigh Lagan told of an automobile trip to the
bors of W oodcraft at a m eeting of the Middle W est this sum m er; Mrs. L. K.
lodge held W ednesday evening at the Page described the Standford univer
sity grounds and Mrs. Ora Read Hem-
W. O. W. hall.
O ther officers elected at the meeting enw ay told of a trip through San
are: Mrs. C. F. Eggimann, past guard Francisco Chinatown before the eartn-
ian neighbor; Mrs. Elm er Findley, ad- quake.
A cooked food sale will be held next
visior; Mrs. Marion Adams, Clerk;
Mrs. Kenneth Chase, banker; Mrs. Saturday at Ketels drug store to raise
Dallas Murphy, a tte n d a n t; Mrs. W. A. money for the stree t signs. Any wo
Taylor, magician; Mrk. W ilbur Lloyd, men interested are Invited to bring in
captain of the guards; Mrs. W a y n . food for sale w hether they are mem
Clover, flag-bearer; Mrs. William Carr, bers of the club or not.
inside sentinel; Mrs. Larralne W right,
outside sentinel; Miss Doris Garard, REV. PIKE ANNOUNCES
m usician; Mrs. H. E. Maxey, press
TOPICES FOR SERVICES
correspondent; and the following
m anagers: Mrs. O. F. Kizer, Mrs. B ert
The M ethodist Junior church will
Doane, nad Mrs. Nina M cPherson.
hold m orning worship a t the church
A bouquet of flowers was presented Sunday at 11 a. m. when Rev. C. J.
to the women by mem bers of the Pike, pastor of the church, will preach
Woodmen of the World in apprecia on “Our G reat Question.” Sunday
tion of the work done by the ladles school will begin at 9:45 in the morn
to purchase and have Installed the ing.
new radlola heater in the hall.
The Epw orth League will m eet at
The new officers will be Installed at 6:30 In the evening. “The Incessant
■the first m eeting in January.
Seeker” is the topic selected by the
pastor for the evening worship whicn
will begin a t 7:30.
CLOVER JEAN COX HAS
FIFTH BIRTHDAY PARTY
L ittle Clover Jean Cox celebrated
her fifth birthday Wednesday, Novem
ber 14th, with a party at her home on
A street. Games were played during
the afternoon, after w-hich delicious
refreshm ent« were served The little
hostess received many rem em brances
of the day.
Those present at the party were:
Bobby Rebhan. Dorothy Flanery, Lnev
Marie Lovelass, Betty Virginia Sher
man, Evelyn Stevens, Billy Davis,
Maxine Valller, Donald Cook. Bobby
Pollard. Betty Lou Tomseth, Echo
June Bailey, and Bruce Norton Maxey.
LOCAL AUXILIARY OF
G. A. R. MAY DISBAND
Funeral services were held Wednes
day m orning for Mm. Alice Griffin,
Plans are now being made for the „„ „„
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Auxiliary
of . aKn 63 years, who died Monday night
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the G. A. R. to give up their ch arter
Services were held a t the W alk er
and have its mem bers transferred to ;
Poole chapel and presided over by
other chapters, it became known last
Rev. S. E. Childers of the Christian
i Friday evening when two outside of- i
church. Interm ent was a t Laurel
1 fleers of the organization visited
Hill cemetery.
Springfield.
Mrs. Girffln, an old-time resident of
The officers who were here as the [
j Lane county, who was born on April
! guests a t the homes of Mrs. C. F. Eggi
. 17, 1865, Is survived by her husband,
mann, past president, and Mrs. Bert
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John Griffin, and three sons and
Doane, president of the Iuka circle, ’
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, 1» daughter by form er marriage*,
are: Mrs. R iseneller Keller, depart-
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H erbert Hearn, Camp Creek; E lbert
m ent president, and Mrs. Laura Van
Hearn, Glendale, California; Cheated
Valkenburg, inspector from Portland
Hearn. Timber, Oregon; Mrs. Stevg
(¡handler, Touchet, W ashington; and
SERMON AND MUSIC ON
one sister, Mrs. E tta Eaton of Tacoma,
CHRISTIAN PROGRAMS Washington.
LIONS TO TAKE SCOUTS
TO U. 0. SWIMMING POOL
T ransportation for the Boys Scout*
each week to the swimming pool at !
the U niversity of Oregon will again
be arranged by the Springfield Lions i
club. It was decided at a m eeting of
the group held last Friday.
Rev. C. J. Pike of the Methodist :
church, told the club members of his j
trip to Canada and also of the Canad
ian prohibition system.
Two num bers were rendered by the
girls' sextette from the high, school
glee club.
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
FOR MRS. ALICE GRIFFIN
Our Greatest Mother
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Sermon and music will feature tho P. T. A. TO MEET FRIDAY
program s for Sunday services nt the
AT BRATTAIN SCHOOL
C hristian church which will convene
a t tbe usual hours.
Reports of the delegates to the re
In the morning, Rev. ». E. Childers gional convention of the Parent-teach
I I will preach on “v h rlst and the ers assocltalon a t Roseburg recently
I I Miracle.” The choir will sing "To
will he held a t a meeting of the
Alone,” by Loren«.
Springfield Parent-Teachers assort»-
“The Old T estam ent—Anam ias” is t!on to bp h#Id at the Brattaln school
the topic selected by the pastor for ( building Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock,
his sermon in the evening. Lawrence j Mr„ Elizabeth G. Page and Mrg.
Sunkler, musical director .o f the P ratt Holverson, president of the local
church, will render a solo entitled, I organization, will present reports.
"The Name of Jesus," by Lorenz.
J T eachers of the first and second
I grades will serve refreshm ents.
Baptist Church Social Friday
A supper at 6:30 will open the
church social to be given at the Bap
tist church Friday evening The Men's
Bible class will serve the dinner which
will be followed by a program of en
tertainm ent.
All members of the
church are cordially invited.
Fenders Broken in Collision
Two cars received broken fenderà
Sunday afternoon about 6 o’cincK
when a ear belonging to H orae*
Jones of Junction City collided w ith
another automobile while crossing the
Springfield bridge.