•- G resham O utlook VOL. 11, NO. 62 HOME ECONOMICS COURSE IS ASKED A hom e economics course for women to be held in connection w ith th e F arm ers W eek at G resham next Ja n u a ry is the goal set by th e com­ m unity council of V ictory, L usted, O rient and C ottrell school districts. T his was decided upon a t the an ­ nual com m unity m eeting held a t the C o ttrell schoolhouse T h ursday even­ ing. Such a course w ould include hom e economics, child w elfare, bet­ te r hom e equipm ent and o th e r sub­ jects w hich would ten d to develop b e tte r train ed hom e-m akers. S. B. H all, county agent, th is m orning when advised of th e action of the council la st evening expressed him ­ self as delighted w ith th e proposi­ tion and will aid in every way the carry in g out of such a program . The G resham lib rary has been suggested as a su itab le m eeting place and the lectu res would be given by special­ ists from th e Oregon A gricultural College and elsew here. Mrs. E. E. V anF leet, chairm an of th e H orae Life com m ittee of the council gave th e com m ittees rep o rt ns follows: “ We recom m end first, th a t m ore social en te rta in m e n t be given in the hom e for boys and g irls of equal age, u n d er th e guidance and direc­ tion of th e ir parents. “ Second, because of th e num ber of cases of m al-n u tritio n found am ong children we recom m end th a t a study club or som e sim ila r club be form ed for the purpose of giving this m ore consideration. “ T hird, th a t a rep rese n tativ e or rep resen tativ es from o u r sta te col­ leges o r o thers be secured to give lectures on home econom ics, child w lefare, b etter hom e equipm ent, etc. “ F o u rth , believing In th e g rea t benefits of good music in a child’s life, we recom m end th a t w herever possible children be given in stru c­ tion in m usic.” T his rep o rt was accepted and the first and fo u rth recom m endations will of course rest upon th e p arents to a large extent. T he th ird will be handled thro u g h th e F arm ers Week plan an d th e second th ro u g h the P aren t-T eachers associations to which it was referred. Chas. G ossett presented th e report of th e com m ittee on b e tte r schools and th e report bro u g h t o u t consider­ able discussion. The rep o rt was as follow s: "W e favor consolidation of th e O rient, C o ttrell, Lusted and Victory schools.” This first clause brou g h t o u t con­ sid erab le diacùssion as to ways, m eans and tim e required. T his clause was referred back to th e P aren t- T eacher associations to ta k e up. It was agreed th a t th e consolidated schools had advantages b u t several questions w ere raised w hich no one present could definitely answ er so it was th e gen eral opinion th a t a care­ ful study of the situ atio n of these com m unities and of th e new county u n it bill would be a profitable su b ­ ject for th e P arent-T eachers to take up th is w inter. No one present seemed to be of th e opinion th a t any radical action should be ta k en but th a t th e d istricts concerned should be considering th e possibilities of b e tte r schools by consolidation. T he o th e r four recom m endations which w ere adopted unanim ously by th o se present were as follow s: "W e recom m end Chat each P a r ­ ent-T eacher association atten d the neighboring associations as often as possible and in as large a body as possible. “ We recom m end full cooperation by th e p aren ts w ith the teacher. “ Also th a t the teachers m ake it a point to visit th e p are n ts of each child at least tw ice each term of school.” An am endm ent was added recom ­ m ending th a t th e p aren ts also m ake It a point to visit th e school. Much live discussion followed th ese recom m endations b u t th e one po in t b rou g h t o u t m ost stro n g ly was th e need of education to prep are boys and girls to solve th e problem s w hich th e ir p arents are facing now. “ If we educate them a ll,” said one, "th en we can surely find some who will have th e train in g and the m oral In teg rity to handle th e cooperative efforts, labor, unions, etc., w hich o r­ ganized fo r th e benefit of th e farm er and w orking man often th ro u g h lack of properly train ed leaders w ork to th e ir harm . Guy H. R obertson, chairm an of the com m ittee on F arm and M arketing, gave a few suggestions on th e m ar­ k etin g problem s and a fte r a discus­ sion of th e potato situ atio n , th e local berry m ark et problem , th e m ilk sit­ u ation, etc., as it affected th e farm ­ ers of th e com m unity it was voted to su p p o rt th e F arm B ureau in every way possible and a la rg e r in te re st and attendance at th e F a rm e rs Week in G resham be urged upon th e resl- dents of the com m unity. S tan d ardization of potatoes was discussed and those present gave evi­ dence of th e ir w llllngne-a to cooper- GRESHAM, MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON NEAR EAST WORKER COMMENDS OREGON “ I was filled w ith pride in Oregon j when I found th e splendid w ork be- ! ing done by Oregon R elief w orkers in I the N ear E ast,” says J. J. H andsaker, I d irec to r of th e N ear E ast Relief, who has ju st retu rn ed to P o rtlan d from a trip th ro u g h A rm enia, so u th ern R us­ sia and o th e r fam ine sections. "T he sam e pride I felt in th e work- I ers from o u r own sta te I feel in those from th e o th e r states, fo r a fte r a care­ ful investigation I can say th a t we are doing a m ost rem ark ab le w ork under th e te rrib le handicaps due to th e con­ sta n t w arfare. 100,000 ch ild ren saved is certainly som ething of w hich to be proud w hile at th e sam e tim e we are hum bled by th e fact th a t we saw children by th e h u n d red s on the stree ts in rags and th e m ost u tte r d estitu tio n .” “ Mrs. Amy B urt from Bend. O re­ gon recently rescued a th o u san d chil­ dren bringing them to a place of sate- ty on two train s which she herself se­ cured and one of which she conduct­ ed. “ W hen I saw ju st one of th e 4 7 girls for whom F rances Gage of P o rt­ land risked and gave h e r life I felt th a t she had not died in v ain .” “ M argaret H inm an, of F orest Grove, had a m ost th rillin g escape from th e T u rk s who com pelled her and a large party of relief w orkers to leave M arsovan. She is now in Con­ sta n tin o p le w aiting fo r conditions to stabilize so th a t she can re tu rn to her chosen field in th e in te rio r." “ Miss E thel Long Newman, O. A C. 020, who w ent w ith o u r p arty was a l­ ready installed as office m an ag er at A lexandropol w here we have 12,000 children. H er husband has been ap ­ pointed to the ag ric u ltu ral work in th a t d istric t.” “ Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ram bo, of B aker, Oregon helped care fo r m ore th an 200 children at H aro u n ieh until th e advancing b attle lines drove them out. They m ade a m ost th rillin g and dram atic rescue of th e ch ildren, sta y ­ ing w ith them un til they sailed for th e Isle of Cypress then they w ent to C onstantinople, from th e re to Batourn w here they rescued thousands of G reeks who were m arooned helplessly a t th a t place. On account of th e w ork Mr. and Mrs. Rambo and others th e Queen of Greece has w ritte n a m ost hearty le tte r of appreciation and sent a liberal check for th e work of th e N ear E ast R elief.” “ I was am azed to find th a t w ar conditions still prevailed an d th a t sto ries of suffering which we have heard th e la st two years a re still true. W ith my own hands I helped clothe some 20 children in g arm en ts th a t I carried o ut in my personal baggage. I was com pelled to deny help to hu n d red s of o th e r d esp erate­ ly needy. How m any th o u san d s th e re may be still outside o u r camps and orphanages nobody know s.” “ P lans for th e fall cam paign are rapidly u n d er way and will Include th e collection of clothing, of funds both from th e g en eral public and from organizations, from Sunday schools and churches especially at th e C h ristm as tim e. T h e doctors and nurses begged me especially to send large shipm ents of Oregon prunes. F lour, of course, is g reatly needed and as Oregon has always been so keenly in terested in th e N ear E ast I am sure th e response will be generous both in clothing, food and m oney.”' FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1921 IMPORTANT MEETING GRESHAM BUSINESS MEN MONDAY NIGHT EXHIBITORS BANQUET HELD FRipAY EVENING TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS $1.60 PER YEAR MANY PRIZES WON BY LOCAL PEOPLE T he banquet given a t th e fair g ro u n d s to officers an d exhibitors was not so well atten d ed as usual th is 1 year b ut th e re w ere probably 40 pres- The follow ing list of aw ards con­ I ent including m ost of th e officers, de­ cludes th e list in all d ep artm en ts as p artm en t su p erin ten d en ts and m any P resid en t W ill Hessel has Instru cted Secretary Leslie W alrad of of th e ex hibitors of fine stock, etc. tak en from th e aw ard books of the th e G resham Business Men’s A ssociation to call a m eeting of th e 1 D. C. F reem an , in charge of th e As­ M ultnom ah county fair. O ther de­ association fo r next Monday n ig h t, O ctober 3, at th e city hall and th e sociated In d u stfies of Oregon acted p artm en ts have been reported in th e two preceding issues of th e O utlook: ¡is to a stm aster. # O utlook is au th o rized to m ake th is announcem ent. T h ere is m uch A m ong those called upon w ere of im portance to come before th e m eeting. Don’t fo rg et it. Messrs. Sm ead of M orrow county and j COUNTY EX H IBITS i Long of C lackam as county. T hese Clackamas county, score 93 points W herever th e 1925 fa ir is located G resham has a good fu tu re . T h ere j men are th e secretaries of th e ir hom e Morrow county, score 92 points. are some who th in k G resham ’s developm ent will be m ore satisfacto ry if j county fa ir and both spoke on various Dried F ru its— ,Y-lb. cartons phases of county work. T he city in- th e fair is located fa rth e r aw ay from th e town th a n on th e proposed ] d u stria l leader, T. D. K irk p atrick C h erries—1st prize, Mrs. F. Peak; site between G resham and P o rtlan d . We do not th in k th a t is possible b ut ! spoke of th e w ork being done by club 2d, Mrs. H annah Johnson. Apples—1st, Mrs. H annah Johnson; those who are n o t boosting for th e P ortland-G resham site are not boosting 1 boys an d girls In th e county and th e 2d, Mrs. M. D. Kern. fo r th e fa ir on any proposed site. [ fact th a t these young exhibitors were Peach plums— 1st, Mrs. M. D. Kern. The lack of en th u siasm on th e p a rt of som e seems to grow o u t of the i gain in g such a know ledge of fine B erries se n tim e n t th a t it ca n ’t be done. T hose who express them selves in th a t | stock, th e ir care and th e show points Straw berries—1st, Florence Jones. of different breeds, th a t th is work way generally say, “ You c a n 't g et th e fair a t this lo catio n ,” w hich seems Blackberries—1st, Chester Mickel­ to imply th a t they are not w illing to be identified with those who are trying, would m aterially increase th e n um ­ son; 2d, F. A. Gregory. ber of exhibitors in th e open class in else they would not p u t th e em phasis on “ you.” N uts In union th e re is stren g th . An a ttitu d e th a t would speak b etter for th e n ex t few years. He pointed to W alnuts—1st, Mrs. F ran k Heiney. one boy present who last y ear was a th e progressiveness of th e individual, especially for th e business man, club boy and this y ear Is exhibiting Filberts—1st, Percy Giesy; 2d, Bush would be "W e will try .” in open class. He also m entioned th e Farm . C hestnuts- 1st. Mrs. F ran k Heiney. It is all th e m ore reasonable to expect th is in view of th e fact th a t it fact th a t a num ber of boys had en ­ Almonds—1st, C. H. Stone. costs but very little in effort o r money to try. And also th a t no h arm is tered th e ir stock in open class and done but considerable benefit wil resu lt to th is locality from th e effort, even carried off a num ber of aw ards this DOMESTIC H41EXCE year. if th e site is selected elsew here. Leon B aketel of th e P o rtlan d T ele­ Hand Ketving I t ’s ju st a m a tte r on the p art of some of sittin g back and lettin g “ George Infant sk irt—1st, Mrs. Floyd Mack. do it,” if an y th in g is