Gresham outlook., December 14, 1923, Holiday Number, Page 7, Image 7

GRESHAM OLTLOOK, HOLIDAY NUMBER, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1923
who is w ell inform ed. T he lib ra ry is
th e w o rk e r's o p p o rtu n ity .
T he secondary aim of th e lib ra ry is
to su p p ly w holesom e p le asu re an d
rec re atio n in th e form of sto rie s ro ­
m antic, im ag in ativ e and rea listic. In ­
L ib ra ry ideals keep pace w ith m od­ to be to g u ard books from th e dese­ tim ate acco u n ts of in te restin g people
e rn developm ent. L ib rary is now the c ra tin g touch of th e seeker afte r and stra n g e places offer p le asu res and
know ledge. Now th a t conception of a d elig h ts untold, o ne's life becom ing
w o rk e r's o pportunity.
lib ra ry is rap id ly becom ing obsolete. th e ric h e r for having read them . Books
In th e h e a rt of G resham sta n d s a
Today every city, g re a t or sm all, prac- for in stru c tio n , books for study, books
lib ra ry —sym bol of civilization, cu l­ tic ally every tow n and village, and for rec re atio n , books for men, women.
tu r e an d -in telle ctu al developm ent. The m any a stra g g liu g com m unity th ro u g h I boys and g irls, a ll of w hich th e lib ra ­
lib ra ry as an in stitu tio n has existed tile len g th and b read th of our land ria u is eag er to place in th e hands of
fo r ages; 2,000 y ea rs before C hrist has its lib ra ry —a PUBLIC INST1TU- | those to whom they will be of m ost
th e B abylonians founded lib raries, re- ! TION ow ned by th e PUBLIC and oper-1 help. Such is th e lib ra ry in G resham .
m ain s of w hich a re still in existence. ated for th e b etterm e n t and p le asu re a F R E E PUBLIC LIBRARY, b u ilt here
F o u r c e n tu ries B. C. a t A lexandria of th e PUBLIC. T ru ly has it been by th e resid en ts of M ultnom ah county
th e re w as a lib ra ry of some 600,000 said, "A com m unity w ithout a lib rary for th e use of M ultnom ah county
volum es. A ncient Rome also boasted is a com m unity w hose soul is asleep." dw ellers.
of her lib ra rie s w hich housed clay
T he m odern lib ra ry seeks first to be
T he close of 1923 finds th e lib ra ry in
ta b le ts and m a n u scrip ts of ra re value. of p rac tica l service. It striv es to be a a p ro sp ero u s and grow ing condition.
Public Library Is Fountain
of Knowledge and Culture
Gifts, Gifts
AT
The Men’s Store
Our store is just brimming with fine new mer­
chandise, Practical, Serviceable and Moderate­
ly Priced. Gome in early and let us help you
with your selection.
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H o sie ry .....................................25
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M ufflers ............................... 2.00
R ath R obes ........................ 7.50
S m o k in g J a c k e ts ............. 8.00
K n itte d V ests ...................... 5.00
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U m brellas
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In the S nrn in e r th e Public LI
lirury Book Wagon B rings th e Books
W ith the grow th and spread of Chris­ tre a s u re house of inform ation, su g ­
tia n ity lib ra rie s and le arn in g are gestion an d help, w here th e m e rch an t
closely connected. F or y ears th e m e­ may find Just th e h in t he needs for a
diaeval m o n asteries produced, co llec t­ new and a rre stin g bit of ad v ertisin g ,
ed and preserved th e lite ra tu re of th e w here th e farm er, th e g ard n e r and
w orld,
dissem in atin g
know ledge th e d airy m an m ay glean th e la test
am ong th e ir p atro n s and petitioners.
scientific facts ap p licab le to th e ir r e ­
O ften lib ra rie s have been created as spective problem s, and th e m echanic
hobbies o r favorite p ast tim es by may keep a b re a st w ith p ro g ress in his
w ealth y collectors. Books and m an- w orld. H ere, also w ill be found in-
u sc rip ts by th e ton have been p u r- form ation ad a p tab le to th e puzzles and
ch ased and housed m erely idt- the w orries of th e busy m other, te ac h er
sa k e of possession—not for use. Not j and S unday school w orker, and th e
so long ago th e re s till existed th e li- equally puzzled an d w orried stu d en t,
b ra ria n w hose sole duty in life seem ed i E very occupation needs th e w o rk er
M ercliaudise
D irectly to th e People.
D uring th e y ear 19,894 books and
m agazines w ere loaned for home
study an d reading, in addition to th e
co n stan t use m ade of th e lib ra ry for
referen ce study by th e school ch il­
dren. T he lib ra ry h as been th e scene
of se v eral d elig h tfu l com m unity en ­
te rta in m e n ts an d lectu res. T he use
of it fo r such g ath erin g s is alw ays
w elcomed. I t w ould be w ell if they
o ccu rred m ore frequently.
As m any new books a re added to th e
collection each y ea r as th e lim ited
book fund w ill p erm it. Some esp ec ial­
ly w o rth w h ile books av ailab le a re
W ells, “O utline of H isto ry ,” “ P a p in is”
“Life of C h rist,” S tefan so n ’s, “N o rth ­
w ard C ourse of E m p ire,” “O utline of
Science” by T hom pson, “A laska, Our
N o rth ern W o nderland,” by C a rp en ter
and O ssendow skis, “B easts, Men and
Gods."
AylsWorttyffMartirs^
C ertificates
M en ’ s w ear
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M erch an d ise
C ertificates
sh o es
G R E SH A M
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
T routdale. W hen th e county system
w as organized, th is read in g room w as
ta k en over by th e co u n ty in about
1905.
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T he sam e women w ere in stru m e n ta l
in having a room provided for th e li­
b ra ry in th e new tow n hall and for
th e p lan tin g of an d ca rin g for an ex­
trem ely a ttra c tiv e g ard en a t th e en ­
tra n c e to it. Books m ay be borrow ed
from th is read in g room every T uesday,
T h u rsd ay and S atu rd ay betw een the
h o u rs of 2:30 to 5:30 and 7 to 9 p. m.
fo v Everybody
C orbett, in p lan n in g th e new high
C andy is a lw a y s a n a p p ro p ria te m e a n s of e x p re s s in g
school, provided a room for a public
Love o r F rie n d s h ip .
T IIE HUMAN TOUCH IN
lib ra ry statio n . T his sta tio n is u n d er
L IB R A R Y SE R V IC E th e ch a rg e of Miss A gatha H ard in g
Select one of o u r boxes. T hey a re a big value in C andy
How th e busy housew ife, school and is open every Monday and F rid ay
te ac h er and sto rek e ep e r help th e r u ra l from 3 u n til 4:30 p. m. T his is a co n ­
CIG A RS C IG A R E T T E S TOBACCOS
com m unities get books from th e public solidated lib ra ry d istric t as w ell as a
The
lib ra ry is show n by a review of th e consolidated school d istric t.
LU N CH ES AND D IN N ER S SER V ED
v ario u s lib ra ry sta tio n s In M ultnom ah school bus for B ridal Veil w aits long
enough for th e B rid al Veil stu d en ts to
county.
Up in th e h ills of th e C olum bia visit th e lib ra ry and select books for
riv er h ighw ay a t B row er Is a fa rm ­ th eir own and th e ir n eig h b o rs’ use.
house w ith a blue and w hite ‘'P u b lic P a rk ro se h as th is sam e form of lib ra ry
S. E. Cor. M ain & P ow ell, G re sh am
P h o n e 1111
L ib rary S ta tio n ” sign. Busy as every service on M ondays from 3; 30 to 4:15
farm housew ife is, th e ow ner of th is and from 7:30 u n til 9 p. m., W ednes­
house ta k e s th e tim e to su p p ly her days an d F rid a y s from 3:30 u n til
4:15.
neighbors w ith w in te r reading.
d istrib u tes books to both ch ild ren and
A te a c h e r a t th e Buckley school is
C ountry sto rek e ep e rs m ake it pos­ ad u lts in some of th ese d istric ts dur festival tim e, who first celeb rated it,
or w hen o r how. Nobody know s If
show ing h er in te re st in the com m uni­ sible for v ario u s com m unities to have
lug th e sum m er. In th e w in ter the D ecem ber 25 >» ¿he rig h t a n n iv ersary
ty by giving h er ow n tim e to ta k e th e benefit of lib ra ry service. T he
ch ild ren have th e ir books in the of C h rist's birth.
ch arg e of a collection of books in th e sta tio n ’s lib ra ria n , ea rly in th e fall,
schools but ad u lts of th ese coinm uui
C elebration of b irth d ay s was con­
new com m unity house every Monday stopped a t a new little sto re a t th e
ties a re deprived of lib ra ry books u n ­
sidered h eath en ish by ea rly C h ristian s
aftern o o n from fo u r un til six and co rn er of P le a sa n t Home and Lusted
less som e person w ith th e in te re st of and it w as not u n til a fte r 341 A. D.
W ednesday evening from 7:30 u n til 9. roads. Mr. Stevenson, th e ow ner, ex ­
th e com m unity at h e a rt m akes p o ssi­
th a t an in v estig atio n w as m ade Into
T ro u td ale has th e d istin ctio n of b e­ pressed his w illin g n ess to have books
ble a lib ra ry statio n .
th e d ate of C h rist's b irth by o rd er of
ing one of th e first sm all tow n s in In his new sto re so now P le a sa n t
Pope Ju liu s. T his se t th e d ate a t
Oregon to have a lib rary . Long be­ Home ag ain lia.. public lib ra ry s e r ­
fore M ultnom ah had a county lib ra ry vice. T he sto re of J. J. H ughes a t How ( 'h rlstm a s C ustom s O riginated. D ecem ber 25, although m any sections
a group of w om en sta rte d and m ain ­ Ascot A cres on th e Base L ine road h as
Many of th e m ost Im p o rtan t sym bols celeb rated J a n u a ry 6, A pril 20, M arch
tained a sm all lib ra ry in th e tow n of been a d istrib u tin g point for th is d is­ and p ractices of C h ristm as o b se r­ 29 and May 20.
tric t for tw o years. T he sum m er book vances a re of d istin ctly pagan origin,
Pope Ju liu s set th e d ate as D ecem ­
wagon stops h ere and gives th e re s i­ th e re s u lt of th e early ch u rch rec o n ­ ber 25, and estab lish ed th e festival at
dents, d u rin g th e sum m er m onths, the ciling h eathen co n v erts by adopting Rome on th a t date. T his is the dute
ad v an tag e of a com bination book w ag­ th e m ore h arm less fea tu re s of th eir of the w in ter solstice, w hen w in ter be­
on and sta tio n service.
gins to decline tow ard spring, w hich
festivities.
T he book w agon, a trav e lin g lib ra ry
Nobody know s an y th in g definite for ce n tu ries before C h rist had been
on w heels, m akes its w eekly trip s and ab o u t th e origin of C h ristm as as a celeb rated by D ruids and o th er pagans
as th e chief festival of the year.
M istletoe w as an object of special
v eneration w ith th e D ruids, and w as
gath ered with g reat cerem ony in De­
better able than ever before
cem ber. It survived In C h ristm as ob­
f t serv an ce w ith the kissing, a relic of
Our selections are all new
the S a tu rn a lia of the ancients.
T he Yule Log of old E ngland began
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In the D ruidic bonfires celeb ratin g the
Yule festival.
WITH ROW’S CONFECTIONERY
GRESHAM MEAT MARKET
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E x te n d s H e a rty X m a s G re e tin g s to All a n d is p re p a re d
to m e e t y o u r m e a t n e e d s w ith P rim e
R oasts, or C hoice T u rk ey or oth er F o w ls
E v e ry O rd e r G u a ra n te e d to G ive S a tis fa c tio n
F o r Y our S a lad s
Red Rock C o ttag e C heese
F o r Soup o r C o c k ta ils
O y ste rs
ORDER EARLY.
A . J. W . B R O W N , P rop.
Phone KiH
When you think of gifts, think of this store. We are
to fill your Christmas list and will be glad to help you.
and the prices are much less than last year.
S ta tio n ery ,
B ooks,
P erfu m es,
P a risia n
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S h a v in g S ets, L eath er G ood s,
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PEN is a gift th a t
will bring m any
nappy th o u g h ts to
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G ift
the one who r e ­
ceives it.
Our
stock is la rg e and
we offer som e of
th e finest P en s
made.
As in th e p a s t you w ill find o u r toy c o u n te rs
crow ded w ith a ll th e la te s t in still a n d m e­
c h a n ic a l toys. C om e see th e m b efo re you go
e lsew h ere.
Gresham Drug Co,
The Kexall Store
GRESHAM.
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Holly and M istletoe.
H olly grow s In alm o st every co u n ­
try , and because of its th o rn s and Its
blood-red b erries was associated, cen­
tu rie s ago, w ith th e P assio n of C hrist.
M istletoe, which grow s on oak tre e s,
used to be held sacred by p ag an s be­
cau se th e oak w as supposed to be the
symbol of th e ir god. T hor. At the
tim e of th e g re a t pagan w in ter festi­
vals it w as cu sto m ary to d eco rate w ith
all kinds of green th in g s. W hen peo­
ple becam e C hristians they held onto
some of th e old custom s and co n tin ­
ued to d eco rate th e ir hom es and places
of w orship w ith g reen ery .
Holly,
w hich w as easily secured at C h rist­
m as tim e, n a tu ra ly becam e a favorite,
and th e m istleto e failed to be fo r­
gotten.
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P le a s in g p a la te s is n o t a o n e e -a -y e a r jo b of ours.
W e do it ev ery day in th e y ear. W e do feel, how ever,
t h a t C h ris tm a s offers us an o p p o rtu n ity e x tra -o rd in a ry
to he of se rv ic e to th e s w e e t-c ra v in g public. W e offer
to 5-pound boxes. M ixed G andies, and m a n y o th e r
f t
sw e e t th in g s a p p ro p ria te fo r C h ristm as.
Cigars
Cigarettes
Tobaccos
Nuts
SCHANNO’S CONFECTIONERY
P h o n e 2351, G re sh am
Cor. M ain a n d Second
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“Give More T h ought to Music,” is
th e slogan for N ational Music W eek
to
be observed
q u ite
g en erally
th ro u g h o u t th e countsy May 4 to 10,
1924.