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GRESHAM, MULTNOMAH COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER IS), 11)21
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CHRISTMAS CANTATA
ON MONDAY EVENING
By W ALTER RA M SER..
to d ate th e w rite r is yet to experience
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T he G resham grad e school is p ro ­ I house w as built, w hich w as considered
A M erry and Blessed C h ristm as to the first disap p o in tm en t w ith them ; in
Music lovers of G resham and vicini­
g ressin g rap id ly and is a cred itab le in­ m odern an d u p -to -th e-m in u te. T his all!
fact every tim e he com es in touch with
ty a re to be envied th e tr e a t w hich is
Some of th e follow ing new s item s them , adds an o th er p leasan t incident
schoolhouse,
stitu tio n to th e com m unity in w hich replaced th e fo rm er
in sto re for them Monday evening. D e­
cem ber 22, w hen a p ro g ram of C h rist­
it is located. Its te ac h ers a re h a rd ­ w hich w as sold to th e G resham g ran g e m ay not be new s to th e im m ediate to his memory. One Sunday m orning,
| for a hall, and w hich provided tw o neighbors, but even to them it may w hile on th e w ay to ch u rch , the
m as m usic w ill be p resen ted a t th e
w orking and conscientious. The a c ­
room s for school purposes. T he new be of as m uch in te rest to be rem in d ­ , Chevy’s gas ta n k w ent dry n ear Yun-
high school gym nasium . A ch o ru s of
tiv ities of th e school a re varied and schoolhouse had four room s, tw o on ed of it as to o th e rs to h ea r it th e first k e r’s, and as th ese folks w ere not at
30 voices w ill assist th e boys’ and
fu ll of in te rest. T he boys and g irls I th e ground floor and tw o in th e sec­ tim e.
home, Mr. Siiki w as asked if he had
g irls' glee clubs and an o rc h e stra of
a re busy, th e re fo re happy. Tw o of th e ond story. In 1902 th e re w ere four
E dw ard S chw edler, who joined the any g as? Sure, he said, lots of it in
about 20 pieces will ren d er selections.
p u p ils in the school a re n o n-residents te a c h e rs em ployed. A. F. H ersch n er, navy about a y ear ago. should by th is the truck. He w ould not let us look
M arch, "F lag of T ru ce,” by L au ren -
of th e d istrict.
j Mrs. C lara A nderson. Miss H a rrie t tim e be at B rem erton, W ashington, ! for gas elsew here, b u t drain ed some
deau; "T he A doration,” a C h ristm as
T he en ro llm en t is now the la rg e st in A lexander and Miss H attie P ierce. The w here his ship, th e Nevada, is to u n ­ ! out of his tru ck , w hen he should have
ca n ta ta, by K evin; "P oet and P easan t
th e histo ry of th e G resham grade n in th g rad e w as ta u g h t for th e first dergo rep a irs. H is folks a re ex p ect­ , helped th e o th ers pick cucum bers, and
O verture," by Van S uppe; “C hantique
school, th e re being 372 on th e school tim e th a t y ea r an d high school g rades ing him hom e for C hristm as, and the then he even refused paym ent at first
de Noel,” by A dam s and "B eneath th e
reg ister, w ith an average atten d an ce w ere added each y ear u n til th e com ­ neighbors a re also anxious to see him for th e gas. Mr. Siiki alw ays g reets
j H olly," a group of C h ristm as songs,
of 353. T he school sta rte d in S eptem ­ plete fo u r-y ea rs’ course w as provided. again. Eddie is v ery w ell th o u g h t of you w ith a sm ile, not a forced sm ile,
! com prise a m ost ex cellen t p ro gram
b er w ith a reg istra tio n of about 335 T he first class, w hich w as g rad u a ted by all who know him, especlaly those but an honest-to-goodness one, and his
and th is is given free of ch arg e to th e
an d th e re has been a decided in crease in 1906, consisted of b u t tw o m em bers, who associated w ith him in G resham actions prove them genuine.
public.
ever since. E leven new pupils en- Miss G race L aw rence, now M rs. Geo. high. He is leaving no sto n e u n ­
Miss D orothy M. Dickey, th e efficient
Mr. Sm ith is conducting p ray er
Page, and Miss P e a rl L indsey, now tu rn ed to get an ap p o in tm en t to A nn­ ! m eetings a t his hom e n ear T eevin's
te rd d u rin g th e p ast week.
in stru c to r of m usic at th e high school,
apolis, having en listed p rim a rily to place T h u rsd ay evening.
A new room w as finished th is year Mrs. Oscaty' E rickson.
is th e d irecto r of th is concert. The
get an education.
in th e building to accom m odate the in ­
Misses W illene Botkin an d E lizabeth
T he steady in crease of p u p ils in the
E. E. Schw edler got th e last of his
cre a se in attendance, and from p re s­ school ag ain
H
orning a re th e piano acco m p anists
W
alter
Schw
edler
w
orked
in
Port-
dem anded en larg ed
potatoes into his c e lla r on th e last
en t indications, it would seem th a t an q u a rte rs and in 1908 tw o class room s i land afte r going to Oregon A g ricu l­ w orking day before th e snow.
for th e occasion, and a n um ber of lo­
av e rag e of a room a y ea r w ould be and an assem bly h all w ere added to tu ra l College for a w hile, and in S ep ­
cal soloists have been asked to assist
Mr. G ran and Mr. B rugger of G resh ­
n ec essary to be added to ta k e care of th e re a r of th e building. In th e sec­ tem ber he resum ed his stu d ies a t C or­
by special co n trib u tio n s to the p ro ­
am bought m ost of Mr. S cliw edler's !
th e new stu d en ts.
gram . They a re Jack so n Jones, G er­
ond sem ester of 1914-15 th e union high vallis, w h ere he is w o rking betw een th o ro u g h b red C hester W hite pigs,
Tw elve te ac h ers a re now em ployed, school d istric t w as organized and the tim es.
tru d e A lexander, C. E. R usher, H elen
He m ay also be hom e for
and C hris H em rich of P le a sa n t Valley
including the prin cip alsh ip . T he only added high school pupils who cam e to C h ristm as but h as not definitely m ade
A nckorn, A ugusta H ahn, Leslie W al-
got som e sows from him. Mr. S chw ed­
room w ith less th a n 30 pupils enrolled th e school crow ded th e b u ild in g so plans. W alter is in close touch w ith
rad, M arie Blom, and Bill Elliott.
ler is so overloaded w ith work, being ■
is th a t of the eighth grade, w here th a t classes m et in every av ailab le Melvin B rugger, his cousin, who is j
T he p erso n n el of the glee clubs is
alone on an 80-acre farm , th a t he d e­
th e re a re 25. T he first grad e has the space, inclu d in g th e u p p er co rridor. also tak in g ag ric u ltu re at th e college.
the follow ing: Vada A nderson, Doris
cided to not raise so m any pigs. He j
la rg e st en ro llm en t in th e school, th a t J. E. S tubbs w as p rin cip al a t th a t
Brown, Goldie Bjur, Ila B arclay, P aul-
A rth u r G ran, an o th er g rad u a te of h as only five cows now, sin ce selling j
of 52.
e tta D ow sett, E lean o r Botkin, M ar­
tim e. In th e su m m er of 1915 th e G resham high, who w as a t O. A. C„ th e b alance to p a rtie s who shipped '
.M iss B eneta S troud, th e a ssista n t union high school building w as con­ has leased some b erry land n ear No-
g a re t E rickson, A lta H endrickson,
them to th e H aw aiian Islands.
co u n ty h ealth n u rse, sp en t con sid er­ stru cted and from th a t tim e th e g rad e re e n ’s and W edin's, and in ten d s to put
D oris H unt, Joyce K idder, H elen L aw ­
How m any of you farm ers, who a re )
able tim e in the school rec en tly ex­ school has had th e building for its out m ure p la n ts next year.
rence, Mary M iller, H azel P ru itt,
! read in g th ese lines, voted "y es” for J
am in ing the pupils for m inor physical own use.
Tacy Racine, H o rten se Sow ard, M ar­
T he handsom e, m odern
T he officers for D am ascus F arm B u­ the Income ta x ? Did you know that
defects and re p o rts th a t th e condi­ building w hich w as co n stru c te d for
g aret St. C lair, Mabel Sm ith. G race
reau w ere elected for 1925 a t th e la st you voted to kill th a t ta x ? Let us
tio n s th a t she found existing th e re th e school a y ear ago la st sum m er, is
Welch and Alice W eiland, Donald
F arm B ureau m eeting. Two facto rs hope th a t you did not realize w hat
! Confrey, M erritt Ileehler, O rville
w ere very cre d itab le to th e com m uni­ filling up, an d th e basem en t room fin­
stan d out p ro m in en tly in acco u n tin g you w ere doing. If you did know. j
tie s represented.
Davidson, Bill E lliott, Clifford Gibbs,
ished la st sum m er is needed to su p ­ for th e su ccess of la st y e a r’s w ork,
then don't you ever com plain about
C. M. Q ufcksall, th e en erg etic p rin ­ plem ent th e ten o rig in ally finished.
1 P hilip G ran, H ervy Ide, M ilton Lake,
w hen o th er F arm B u reau s have b e­ your high tax es agaifl. F or you will
cip al, is now engaged in his ninth If th e p re se n t ra te of in c re ase co n ­
W alter T ilstro m , P aul R usher, Guy
come d o rm an t or have died, and it is not get any sym pathy, w hen some of
co nsecutive y ear of te ach in g in G resh­ tin u e s it w ill be b ut a y ear o r two
R usher, Jo h n Ott, W inston S tro n g and
h ard to decide w hich of th e tw o is th e tw enty-five th o u san d in Oregon, !
am and vicinity. He ta u g h t nine years u n til m ore room s w ill be required.
E dw ard Southard.
m ost im p o rta n t: T he steady, u n tirin g who m ake som e fifty m illion dollars
in th e O rient d istric t p rio r to com ing T he plan of th e b u ilding provides for 1
The program will begin pro m p tly a t
efforts of its ch a irm an S. A. Roberts, per y ear and pay h ard ly any taxes,
8:15.
to G resham , w here he is now in the th e addition s of room s in p a irs u n til
or th e loyal su p p o rt of th e m em bers. give you th e horse laugh.
m id st of the fifth y ear as head of the 18 on th e m ain floor have been com ­
If th e p rese n t cold w ave should
T he picnic, h arv e st festival ex hibiting
C lackam as county gave L aF o llette a
g rad e school.
continue u n til next week it is likely
pleted. T he basem en t room now in at Canby, w here $50 w ere won for the
la rg e r p ercen tag e of votes th an any
T he developm ent of th e school in ^ is e is a sta n d a rd class room an d its
! th a t the c a n ta ta will be postponed.
, local org an izatio n by w inning second o th er county in Oregon. T h e propor
th e la st 25 y ea rs has show n a steady c o n stru c tio n below th e m ain floor is
J prize for F arm B ureau booths, are tion in C lackam as w as: Coolidge 6,
gro w th, and added room s or teaching m ade possible by th e slope of the
<1. N. FORD SECURES
some of th e high lights d u rin g the La F o llette 4, Davis 2, or La F o llette
fo rce or both have been an alm ost ground. Its w indow s and doors are
Above is a photograph of Presi­
GRAND AMERICAN SHOOT
, y ear now coning to an end. T h at is got one th ird of th e votes, and W ash
dent Coolidge sent by radio from
y ea rly event. In 1901 a new schooi- all above ground.
1 the reason why Mr. R oberts w as urged ington county w as alm o st th e sam e,
London to New York, time 17j4
In clem en t w eath er m ay check the
minutes. Below shows photo being
j to co n tin u e th e ch airm an sh ip , espec- one-third. Benton county gave him
CHRISTM AS SERVICES
JACK FROST DECORATES
ard o r of som e spo rtsm en but It ra re ly
taken from radio cylinder in New
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AT EVANGELICAL CHURCH
MANY SHOW WINDOWS
Yorl^offices.
k ills a gun club shoot. And even It
I duct th e m onthly m eetings, an d has One o ut df every four b allo ts ca st in
the C h ristm as w eath er ap p e ars u n ­
T he S unday school of the Zion E v an ­
N ature occasionally h as a m ethod of j th e undivided confidence of th e mem- Oregon last m onth for p resid en t w ent
4>re»luiui I iidcnnnilitnfInnal Services. favorable m ore th a n likely th e New
g elical ch u rch w ill convene a t 10 d ecorating shop w indow s to h er lik ­ i b ersh ip and com m unity at large. Mr. to La F ollette.
S unday school at the undenom i­ Y ear’s w eath er will be highly fa v o r­
o'clock on Sunday. T he low er classes ing w hich is h ard to be im proved upon R oberts is also ch airm an of th e legis-
On th e incom e ta x o u r county m ade
even by th e m ost sk illfu l window- I lative com m ittee of th e C lackam as a som ew hat b etter show ing. Out of n ational tem ple will convene a t 10 able for the shoot a t the P o rtlan d Gun
w ill re h e a rse th e ir C h ristm as program
trim m er. T he w ork of Ja c k F ro s t is I county F arm B ureau, and as such got every tw elve votes c a st on th is m e as­ o ’clock, conducted by Mrs. Mary club g rounds on New Y ear’s day. T he
d u rin g th e session. At 11 o’clock the
referre d to and on sev eral w indow s of . a vote of confidence for his w ork on I u re five w ere for rep eal, and seven to D avidson, the su p e rin ten d e n t, a fte r an nouncem ents have been Issued for
C h ristm as services w ill be held in
G resham b usin ess houses th is m o rn ­ th is com m ittee. A legislative com mit keep th e law as it was. B ut our w hich th e S unday school will p ractice an open shoot and th e p ro g ram Is di­
E n g lish , w ith th e celeb ratio n of holy
ing th e effects of th e fro sted pane tee is to be appointed for our local j C lackam as farm ers seem to th in k they for th e C h ristm as exercises w hich will versified and a ttra c tiv e and will prove
com m union. T he choir w ill render
profitable to any experienced shooter.
w ere varied, a rtis tic and beautiful. also, but th e ap p o in tm en ts have not ! can grow rich and fat on S w ifts oleo, be held 'on C h ristm as eve.
special C h ristm as m usic and an of­
T h ere will be p reach in g a t 2 p. m.
O. N. Ford, m an ag er of th e club, of­
One of L. A. W ack’s w indow s co n ­ been m ade public as yet.
for they defeated th e oleo bill th ree to by th e p asto r, th e Rev. S. F. P itts. fers to coach any am ate u r who ap p lies
ferin g for the A ssyrian o rp h an ag e at
tained a p erfec t oak leaf and a t Wal-
At our road m eeting, Ja k e DeYoung, two. But, oh w ell; som e never learn,
Je ru sa le m w ill be received. A brief
ra d 's th e re w as p ictu red a v eritab le our road boss for a good m any years, and some, a fte r it is too late. Of all The services la st S unday w ere much and th e expense will be sm all.
re h e a rsa l of the C h ristm as pageant
Mr. Ford, who has won m any ch am ­
fairy la n d fo re st scene. L ace c u rta in s abso lu tely refused th e job again. Al. c re a tu re s th e farm er seem s to be the enjoyed and w ell atten d ed , over 200
w ill be held im m ediately a fte r th e se r­
being p resen t In th e aftern o o n . P ra y er pionships, has been atten d in g m eet­
decorated
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show
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P eier got th e m ajo rity of votes as the ea sie st and also th e slow est. (P. S.
vices.
m eeting w ill be held T uesday evening ings of th e am ate u r T rap sh o o tin g a s ­
dows,—c u rta in s com posed of fa n ta s ­ one to be recom m ended to th e county The w rite r is a farm er too).
T he young people's m eeting w ill be tic sc ro lls of ice, evenly designed.
and Bible study on F rid ay evening. sociation In Chicago and D ayton, Ohio.
co u rt as successor to Mr. De Young.
Miss F ried a R am ser is now in the
held a t 7:30, led by Miss F ried a Ram-
I t did not re q u ire any stre tc h of the A special road tax of about eight m ills em ploy of ihe G resham P ickle co m ­ E veryone is cordially Invited to all the He is m an ag er of th e Pacific co ast
services.
ser. T he topic w ill be, "T he C h rist­ im agination to see a tu m b lin g cascade
zone and a d irecto r of th e association.
was voted, and M arket road num ber pany as ste n o g rap h er, tak in g th e place
m as S tory In P o etry and Song.”
Ford believes In doing big th ings
of w ate rfa lls on th e w indow s of Cecil 30, th e H enningren, G resham , Sharkey, of G enevieve M cA llister, w ho now is
BOLLS! BOLLS! BOLLS!
and w ent afte r th e biggest th in g in
A w hite gift C hristm as program , a c ­ M etzger's gro cery , p erfect peacock and Borges ro ad s each got p a rt of th e
Mrs. Melvin Jo h n sto n . Miss R am ser
We diave th e la rg e st line of dolls trap sh o o tin g , th e G rand A m erican
com panied by a C hristm as tree , will fe a th e rs on G eorge D ietl’s b u tch er special tax.
took an extensive co u rse In sten o g ­ ever show n in G resham . Don’t buy I shoot for 1926.
be ren dered by the Munday school on shop window and feath ery fe rn s in ­
Some people seem to have all kinds rap h y and
ty p e w ritin g in
Mrs. your dolls un til you see o u r stock,
T his will be th e first tim e th is g re a t
T uesday evening a t 7:30, if the w ea th ­ tric a te ly trac ed on th e w indow s of of experiences with th e Jap an ese. But
Dolls from 50c lip. G resham Drug
K napp's business college in Tacom a.
t'o.. G resham . — Adv.
event has been brought to th e Pacific
e r p erm its. C h ristm as services and H epp’s ra c k e t store. T he person who |
coast and It will be a big th in g for th e
th e observance of holy com m union in is gifted w ith an ap p re cia tio n of th e
P o rtlan d Gun club on w hose gro u n ds,
th e G erm an language w ill be held at u n u su a l in n a tu re sees noth in g com ­
I located a couple of m iles w est of
10:30 a. m. on C h ristm as day.
m onplace in th ese m arkings.
G resham , th e g ran d shoot w ill be held.
Mr. Ford te leg rap h ed th is in te re s t­
ing new s to a P o rtlan d m an y esterday.
As given in an O regonian new s Item
M N lllllIN m H H M Ilf t lll
the teleg ram w as as follow s:
"M eeting grarfd success. P o rtlan d
gets next G rand A m erican; $2200 di­
vided four high guns, $1000 to w inner.
New five man sta te team race, $875 to
th ree high team s. T w enty F ord cash
prizes, each pays $50 In gold. I p ut
over all eight fea tu re s.”
THE NATION’S STRENGTH
Free Methodist Church Services.
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A Solid Year of Interesting
A gift th a t » ill be appreciated hy
every m em ber of the fam ily fo r HU
film s In th e y ea r I* ¡1 subscrip tio n to
th e U reshnm Outlook. T he pap er Is
fo r you. abont jo o anil yonr frien d s,
and is rh o ek -fn ll of in te restin g and
tru th fu l fact which is nnroiored by
prejudice.
It Is full of classified and display
a d te rtisin ir th a t tell you about the b a r­
gains. | | is every »tore in G resham
brought Into your home.
It
will cost only $1.50 a year.
Gresham Outlook
D^PT. oT ASRlCUUTUfcE-
KEPORT,
A C h ristm as p rogram will be ren -
, dered by th e low er g rad es of the F ree
M ethodist Sunday school next Sunday
m orning, beginning a t 10 o'clock, In­
stead of the re g u la r session of the
Sunday school. M usical selectio n s
will be given by a lad les’ ch o ru s, a
mixed q u a rte t and a duet. T he p ro ­
gram will be followed by a C h ristm as
ad d ress by th e p asto r, th e Rev. E. N.
Long.
The young people's service will be
held a t 6:30, th e song service p reced ­
ing th e serm on will be at 7:30, and
I preach in g a t 8 o'clock. All a re wel-
[ come to th ese services.
Methodist Episcopal < hureh.
T he usual serv ices will be held next
Sunday, including Sunday school at
10 o'clock follow ed by p reach in g by
th e p asto r. Dr. C. W. H u ett, who will
tak e for his su b ject “God’s G re at Olft
to Man.” E pw orth L eague a t 6:30
and p reach in g by th e p asto r a t 7:30
on th e su b je ct "T he Fool's D eath .”
T h e C h ris tm a s p ro g ra m , w hich w as
to have been held Sunday evening, has
been postponed one week on account
of the Inclemency of the weather and
the difficulties In getting together
those who are to take part.