TU ESD A Y S
AND
F R ID A Y S
G resham O utlook
Gresham Grade School Dates Back
to First Little White Schoolhouse
ing g en eratio n s in th e education of
T W IC E
A
W EEK
81.50 Per Year
OltESHAM . MI’ I.TNOMAII COUNTY, OKKOON. TUESDAY, I)E( EMBEK II. 1#-»«
VOL. 1«, NO. 88
G resham 's b eautiful grade school
building, th e finest in M ultnom ah
co u n ty o utside of P ortlan d , is the
fifth in a. w orthy succession, indi­
c a tin g the grow th of th e d istric t
an d th e in te re st ta k en by succeed­
N ew » and G eneral Stories and Feature»
H O L ID A Y N U M B E R
S ectio n T h re e— E ight P age»
I have a grade of a t least 90 in d e­
portm ent.
The p resen t co rp s of te ac h ers
consists of C. M. Q uicksall, p rin ­
cipal, Mrs. Buena Stone, Mrs. Mary
K rueger, Miss Rachel Chezem, Miss
Ruth Bowron, Miss N aera Stebbins,
Mrs. P e a rl H ayden, Miss L illian
L ekander, Miss Adele Schenck,
Miss H elen H oss, Mrs. G ladys
Hoyt, Miss Ida N ordine and Miss
Alice Leekley. G eorge T ach ero n is
! the efficient and ever ready ja n ito r
w ho keeps
th e building
and
g rounds in pro p er condition.
T he m em bers of th e school board
a re Jam es E lk in g to n , ch airm an ,
A rth u r D ow sett and J. V. Cogswell.
C. J. L undquist is clerk.
Gresham Gets First
Snow in Two Years
G resham experienced its first
rea l touch of w inter on Sunday
when a cold drizzling ra in tu rn ed
to snow . About two inches fell
d u rin g th e evening and th e tem ­
p e ra tu re took a drop to 24 degrees
above zero in th is vicinity. T his is
th e first snow th a t G resham people
have seen for tw o y ears except as
they have viewed it from th e lofty
peaks of Mt. Hood 40 m iles d istan t
or have visited som e o th e r clim e
w here snow is a re g u la r p a rt of
th e w in ter program .
Professional People of Gresham
Faithfully Serve Large Territory
OltESHAM STOKES OPEN
I \ |- ninos BEFORE \M IS
The leading G resham sto res h av ­
ing C hristm as lines for sale have
been interview ed w ith referen ce to
keeping open house evenings p re ­
vious to C hristm as and th e re seem s
to be g en eral agreem ent th a t sto res
will be open for business evenings
d u rin g the week before C hristinas.
T hose co n sen tin g to do so are
H epp's Racket, H icks Co.. W al-
rad M ercantile com pany, A. W.
M etzger & Co., and A ylsw orth &
M artin. Some o th e rs will d oubt­
less be open one or two evenings
before th e 25th. T he d ru g sto res
and confectioneries will be open
for tra d e every evening as usual.
In th e m a tte r of professional ser-
vices G resham and trib u ta ry coun-
try a re ably and faithfully served by
four physicians, tw o ch iro p racto rs,
th ree d en tists and tw o law yers
With but few exceptions these per-
.
sous have been resid en ts of G resh-
am for m any y ears and have be-
come well acquainted and have
built up a good p ractice In th e ir
respective lines.
Dr. H. II. Ott has been practicing
the dental profession in G reaham
for the p ast 20 years, and his
b ro th er. Dr. W J. Ott since 1908.
Dr j Q s tu r e began hig d en ta,
I
„
,
.
p ractice in G resham in Ju n e of
'
1923, succeeding Dr. B. Pedersen.
Dr. S ture, until a few m onths ago,
m aintained an office In Sandy, but
he has now disposed of th a t and
T he four physicians and s u r ­ devotes all his tim e to w ork in
geons who have become p rom i­ Gresham .
nently identified w ith G resham and
The legal tan g les of G resham are
h er in te re sts are Dr. A. W. Botkin, quickly and am icably unraveled by
Dr. H. H. H ughes, Dr. George In ­ two atto rn ey s, W. J. Cooper and
glis and Dr. II. V. Adix. In ad d i­ C. G. Schneider, who endeavor
tion to re g u la r p ractice Dr. Inglis faithfully to serve th e public along
has a w ell-equipped o cu lar labor- th is line. Mr. S chneider is a m em ­
a to ry ’w h cre th e latest m ethods are ber of th e firm of McGuirk &
em ployed in fitting glasses.
Schneider, with offices in P ortlan d
T he two ch iro p ractic physicians w here he spends half of his tim e.
Dr. H. C. Johnson and Dr. A. H.
are Ur. Mary Becker w ith offices in
the Sell building and Dr. George W right are v eterinary surgeons of
M allett, over the Bank of G resham . ability who have been p racticing in
Both of these offices a re fitted up I G resham and su rro u n d in g te rri-
w ith various m odern ap pliances to lory for a num ber of y ea rs and are
relieve th e ills of m ankind hy alw ays ready to respond to calls
m eans o th e r th an drugs.
req u irin g their service«.
th e ir child ren . So far, no one has
been found who can tell the exact
year in w hich th e first schoolhouse
w as built, but it is th o u g h t to have
been about 1860. P rio r to this,
how ever, a sm all school had been
m ain tain ed fo r a tim e fa rth e r up
T he th erm o m eter has continued
th e valley, th e n know n as Powell
to in d icate a fu rth e r decline and
V alley and including th e p resent
early T uesday m orning reg istered
tow n of G resham . A nother school
17 degrees. P lu m b ers a re re p o rt­
Band to Give Concert.
w as conducted for a sh o rt tim e in a
ing business as brisk, w ith every
The follow ing program w ill be
Gresham
Meat
Market
te n t house on the M ethodist camp
sign th a t it w ill continue so for a
rendered W ednesday evening, De­
ground w est of th e p rese n t Main
Now Well Equipped
few days. L ast w in ter w as a com ­
cem ber 15, at the opening concert
s tre e t and n o rth of Pow ell street.
p arativ ely dull w inter for plum b­
of th e series to be given by the
Up u n til the 2d of last Ju ly th e
T he te a c h e r of th is school w as a
ers as th e re w as w ere no frozen
G resham band at th e high school
G resham is fo rtu n a te in having
G
resham
Meat
m
a
rk
e
t,
of
w
hich
Mr. Rich.
pipes.
I A. J. W. Brow n is th e p ro p rie to r,
gym nasium :
Bear Cat m arch,
School d istric t No. 4 w as o rg an ­ occupied q u a rte rs in th e old Brown ' sev eral good resid en t m usic in-
T he stre e ts a re a slip p ery m ass L u stsp eil o v ertu re. Gems of S te­
:
s
tru
c
to
rs
who
a
re
en
th
u
sed
w
ith
ized in 1859 or ’60, according to building on th e site of th e p rese n t
of ice w ith h ard ly enough snow to phen F o ster (A m erican F an ta sia ),
County School S u p erin te n d en t W. new stru c tu re w hich w as com plet­ th e ir w ork and alive to every o p ­ in su re safe footing for p ed estrian s
La 1‘alom a (S panish S erenade),
p
o
rtu
n
ity
in
tra
in
in
g
p
u
p
ils
in
the
ed
in
O
ctober
at
an
ap
p
roxim
ate
C. A lderson. T he first schoolhouse
As G ala NiiMit o v ertu re, N eapolitan
investm ent of over $30,000. Five developm ent of one of n a tu re ’s or safety for autom obiles.
of the new ly organized d istric t was sto re buildings, tw o of them 20 x 45
u su al the ch ild ren a re m aking the N ights, Bay S tate Cadets m arch.
a fram e building of one room about in size and th re e of them 20 x 50, rich est gifts. Miss F lo re n ce Honey, m ost of it. From all kinds of u n ­
S uperha o v ertu re, Cuban L ibera
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18 x 24 in size. It is said to have com prise th e m ain p a rt of the Miss F ried a B ratzel and Mrs. Ja s. expected hiding places sleds are
w altz and the De Molay Com m and-
been th e first fram e building for building w hile a basem en t and a S terlin g are accred ited te ach ers being dragged fo rth and everything
ery m arch. O ther num bers of in ­
sub-basem ent provide am ple sto r- who c a rry on re g u la r studio w ork
public use e a st of P o rtlan d . P ercy
T h e L a d ies’ B ap tist G uild will co n d u c t a c o u n try
resem bling a hill is a favorite te re st on the p rogram are a vocal
j age space.
and a re kept busy w ith a c o n s ta n t­
Giese attended th is school during
s to re in th e Brow n b u ild in g n e x t to 1’iggly W iggly
T he erection of th is building w as ly en larg in g group of piano pupils. co astin g ' reso rt. T he few ch ild ren solo, “As Long As I Have You,"
a five-m onths’ te rm in th e w inter a big u n d erta k in g and n ecessitated
s to re on F rid ay ,
fo rtu n a te enough to possess ice
Since com ing to G resham M r* sk ates are at once th e ad m iratio n by Roland S chedeen; m andolin
of 1870 and '71. H e w as 17 y ears the financing of a heavy loan w hich
duet, Miss M arie Blom and Miss
old at th e tim e and w ell rem em bers has placed a likew ise heavy burden J. E. G ates has also given piano of th e neighborhood. T hose w ith ­
R uth Schedeen; violin solo, W. D.
W illiam B arkley, the te ac h er, and on the sh oulders of Mr. and Mrs. in stru c tio n and h as assisted as ac­ out skates are content to u se th e ir
K in d er; b arito n e solo, l)r. H. H.
On Snturiliiy tiiternoon, here in her is , in connec­
the fact th a t th e re w ere 62 pupils Brow n. The building w hich they com panist at v ario u s functions. shoes for th is purpose find go
Ott.
tio
n
w ith lit«“ country store, a candy and hake sale
Mrs.
E
d
ella
Tow
le
M
iller
specializes
in th e school.
skim m ing over th e icy stre e ts and
have been resp o n sib le for is a
w ill he held.
w ith beg in n ers in teach in g th e w alks.
D oubtless th e crow ded condition
Xmas
Gifts.
cre d it to th e tow n a t la rg e and
of th is school brought about the places them in th e list of p ersons D unning system for th e piano. She
For hand m ade X m as gifts see
M any a rtic le s will be on sale a t re a l b a rg a in prices.
So fa r no suffering has been re ­
occupies th e sam e studio as Miss
Mrs. AV. A. W inters, phone 31x1,
erectio n of a tw o-story building of
ported in G resham or n earby com ­ G resham .—Adv.
■who have th e good of a su b u rb an
tw o room s w hich w as burned in a com m unity at h eart. C onsequent­ B ratzel and also devotes two days m unities. Aside from th e Incon­
fo rest fire. Both th ese buildings ly Mr. Brow n ap p re cia tes a co n tin ­ a w eek to classes a t Arboleda.
venience of pipes th a t refu se to
w ere painted w hite and w'ere des­ uation of the patro n ag e of his c u s­
Miss A lice P rin d le cam e to d rain and a few sh a rp n ip s re ­
ignated as “the w hite schoolhouse.”
G resham th is year as in stru c to r of ceived as th e fu rn ace is re p le n ­
tom ers.
L a te r the first w as spoken of as
Many changes have tak en place m usic a t G resham Union high ished no co m p lain ts have been
“ th e little w hite schoolhouse.”
in G resham since Mr. Brown cam e school. She is doing very efficient heard. A few have been cau g h t
T he th ird schoolhouse to be built
here 16 y ea rs ago. H e first joined w ork as leader of th e high school napping w ith potatoes still undug.
w as «he building now ow ned by W illiam H ockinson in th e m eat o rc h e stra and devotes tim e to in ­ Hut for th e m ost p art cro p s have
G resham G range. I t w as moved
business and, w hen th e la tte r w ith ­ dividual lessons. Miss P rin d le ’s been w ell tak en ca re of.
off th e ground to m ake w ay for th e
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drew from th e p a rtn e rsh ip and th e vocal selections are m uch enjoyed
B usiness is going on as usual
fine tw o-story, four-room school-
b usiness w as ta k en over by T. R. by Tier frien d s w ho have occasion and no serio u s tro u b le has been re ­
house w hich w as erected in 1901.
H ow itt, Mr. Brow n m anaged th e to h ea r her.
ported w ith telephone or electric
T h is b uilding w as th e pride of the
Mrs. R obert B lair of P o rtlan d w ires. T he sun is sh in in g and
place for five years. At th e e x p ir­
com m unity. Its corps of teach ers
ation of th is period he leased th e has done excellent w ork w ith th e skies a re c lea r b ut no relief is
for a num ber of y ea rs consisted of
b usiness for five y ears, la te r p u r­ grad e school o rc h e stra since its prom ised from th e cold sn ap for
A. F. H ersch n er, prin cip al, Miss
chasing it w ith th e buildings and organization. • She h as been very th e presen t.
H a rrie t A lexander, Miss H attie
su ccessfu l in w ork w ith beginners
ground.
P ierce and Mrs. C lara A nderson.
Tom T aylor
Mr. and Mrs. Brow n a re re p re ­ in th e o rch e stra.
A Springdale Correction.
R ight w ell did they do th e ir w ork
sentativ e citizens and active In com es from P o rtlan d once a week
I
S p rin g d ale kiddies w ill have a
and pupils w ere encouraged to con­
ch u rch and civic affairs. Mrs. for classes w hich m eet him at th e w onderful C h ristm as tre e if the
tin u e th e ir studies beyond the
Brow n is quite as fam iliar w ith the residence of Mrs. M artha F ield ­ sta te m en t in th e la st Outlook is
eig h th grad e and as a re s u lt a
house.
business as h er husband,
co rrect.
$70,000 to be expended,
c la ss w as given th e w ork of the
One of G resham 's m ost su ccess­ all th e re su lt of a P a re n t-T e a c h e r
n in th grade in 1901 and ’02, and Greshnni Welfare Bureau Report*.
ful m usic te ac h ers h as kindly co n ­ p ro g ram and sale! It is too good
was ca rrie d on to successful g ra d ­
T he G resham W elfare b ureau sented to pass along th e follow ing
I to be tru e. J u s t how th e e rro r
uation from a four-year high j w hich w as organized ab o u t tw o
su g g estio n s w hich w ill doubtless cam e to be m ade is n ot c e rta in , or
school co u rse in 1905. T his class | y ears ago in G resham rec en tly re-
prove of in te re st to both in stru c to r why it w as not cau g h t in th e proof-
co n sisted of Miss P earl Lindsey, 1 ported th ro u g h its com m ittee, of
and p u p il. “It is im possible to tell j reading. But to get down to facts,
now Mrs. O scar E rick so n of W ar­ w hich the Rev. E. G. Judd is th e
th e tru e teach er ju st how she is to or "b rass tack s," th e am o u n t was
ren to n , Oregon, and Miss G race chairm an and Mrs. J. H. M etzger
V acu um C lean ers
W in ch ester Rifle»
do an y th in g , for each teach er $70, and th a t will be sufficient to
L aw rence, now Mrs. Geo. Page, of se c re ta ry and tre a su re r. T he sum
m ust have her own technique. give th e kiddies a w onderful
G resham .
R oasters
j co ntributed by citizens for the W hen once she has th o ro u g h ly a c ­
F la sh lig h ts
i C h ristm as tree.
T he grow th of th e school w as so work am ounted to $53.16, in ad d i­
quired her su b ject m a tte r. It m ust
rap id th a t it w as n ecessary to en­ tion to considerab le food and clo th ­
P erco la to rs
V acu um B ottles
th en sta n d a t th e disposal of h er
larg e th is building, and in 1907 it ing. T his am ount w as paid out
wisdom and circ u m sta n ce s and of
w as m ore th a n doubled in capacity for supplies to a ssist those in need.
T oasters
H am m ers
th e ch ild 's n a tu re and capacity.
by th e addition of four class rooms Seven fam ilies w ere given aid be­
T he facts are m erely th e sto re ­
and an assem bly a t th e re a r of the sides other individuals, and at
E lectric S a d Irons
S crew D rivers
house to draw from as th e child
o rig in al stru c tu re .
least 15 cases w ere investigated. him self reach es for know ledge, th e
W ednesday E vening, Dec. 15—
A gain in 1914 th e school outgrew T he bureau stan d s ready to give
C asseroles
W renches
te a c h e r’s p art being m ainly to F irs t co n cert of series by G resham
th e building, p a rtly as the re su lt assista n ce to those in need, a t any
band,
high
school
gym
nasium
.
stim u la te and guide his reaching.
of the organ izatio n of th e union tim e if its atten tio n is called to th e
S cissors an d S h ears
H an d S a w s
“ Many teach ers a re m ore in te r ­
F rid ay E vening, Dec. 17—C h rist­
high school d istric t, w hich g rad u ­ m a tte r.
ested in th e pupils who have m uch m as c a n ta ta , Pow ell V alley school-
K itch en C utlery
ated th e first class in 1915. In th a t
P liers
ta le n t th a n in those who have little. house.
' ,
y ear th e high school w as erected Gresham Drug Co.
But th e re is a p a rtic u la r sa tisfa c ­
P y rex O v en w a re
an d the se p aratio n of the high
P o ck et K n ives
F rid ay and S atu rd ay , Dec. 17
Oldest
Local
Firm
tion In dealing w ith difficult situ ­
and 18— Bake sale and co u n try j
school and th e g ram m ar grades
atio n s, in w orking o u t different sto re by B ap tist L adles' Guild.
A lum inum W are
Anyone en terin g th e doors of the
w as effected.
S h avin g O utfits
w ays of stim u latin g a w eak pow er
In 1924 School D istric t No. 4 au ­ G resham D rug com pany and ob­
S atu rd ay , Dec. 18—S p rin g d ale |
to stro n g er reactio n and in ex p lo r­
P olish M ops
th o rized th e building of its fifth serving
th e
b risk
atm o sp h ere,
H ot an d C old Ju gs
W oodman dance, T ro u td ale city
ing to find o ut hidden pow er.
B
schoolhouse, a m odern one-story, would hardly believe th a t back in
hall.
“T he te ac h er m u st fo rm u late h er
F
ood
C
hoppers
12-room building w ith office, rest th e old days, w hen th e b u sin ess
F
ish
in
g
T
a
c
k
le
alm s to w ard th e child, select th e
Sunday, Dec. 19, 10 a. m.—T u r- ,
room s and larg e auditorium , w hich w as sta rted , cu sto m ers w ere such
m a teria l she w ill use, decide on th e key and ham shoot u n d er auspices
E lectric C urlers
w as occupied in th e fall of 1924. a ra rity th a t betw een tim es th e
B aseb a ll G oods
m ethod o r plan she w ill follow in G resham P o st No. 30 A m erican L e­
T h e new building is one of the p ro p rie to r and his a ssista n t found
gion,
county
fair
grounds.
using th a t m a terial and w ork out
H air C lippers
finest in th e state. Today th e en­ sufficient tim e to go outside and en ­
R azors
h er own technique in ad ap tin g h er
Sunday Evening. D ecem ber 19 -
ro llm en t h as reached 379.
gage in th e frien d ly gam e of p itc h ­
m u u tu
C h ristm as program and c a n ta ta at
The w ork being done by these ing horseshoes. T his is said to be plan to each child.
“To follow rig id ly any fixed B ap tist ch u rch .
hoys and g irls is very satisfacto ry , th e case, b u t ap p a ren tly those days
series of ideas or lessons (even
according to P rin c ip a l <3. M. Quick- have gone forever. The b u sin ess of
W ednesday, Dec. 22— S enior class
on e’s ow n) Is d estru c tio n to th e play, “S eventeen,” by Sandy Union
sail. who is responsible for com pil­ the com pany has p ro g ressed w ith
te a c h e r’s in itiativ e, and th e te a c h ­ high school a t Sandy.
ing th e d ata co ncerning th e early the grow th of th e tow n and today
er, of all oth ers, h as g re a t need for
W ednesday Evening. Dee. 22—
h isto ry of th e school. T he te a c h ­ A rth u r D ow sett and Joe P a te n ­
ers a re doing th e ir best to direct eaude. the m em bers of th e firm, all h e r in itiativ e and re so u rc e fu l­ C h ristm as exercises a t G resham
ness. H er m ethod does not have M ethodist Episcopal church.
th e pupils in p roper ch an n els in m ust find tim e outside of th e long
to be a rb itra ry , n eith er a re inven­
W ednesday Evening, Dec. 22—
a ll thing.-. E nough ath letics is p e r­ busin ess hou rs for recreatio n .
tions and devices n ecessary , if th e
m itted to m ake th e school in te re s t­
T he G resham D rug com pany, or m a terial is ad eq u ate and In te re st­ S enior class play, Colum bian high
school, Corbett.
ing to tho se who are so inclined the R exall drug sto re as it is re c ­
T hursday. Dec. 23—A nnual home
and to cu ltiv a te th e sp irit of fair ognized. is th e oldest business ing.
“T he very n a tu re of m usic is com ing a t G resham Union high
play. T he football team w as su c­ house in G resham u nder th e sam e
such and m an ’s re la tio n to it so school.
cessfu l in th a t it won tw o gam es m anagem ent.
It w as estab lish ed
close th a t it seem s ra th e r in a p ­
T h u rsd ay A fternoon, Dec. 23—
from Pow ell Valley, tied one with in 1961 by Mr D ow sett and 12
p ro p ria te to let an y th in g so form al C h ristm as exercises O r e s h a m
th e high school freshm en, and won y ears y ater Mr. P aten eau d e becam e
as a fixed method sta n d betw een g rad e school.
th e second from th e freshm en by a a m em ber of th e firm and has been
th e little child and his experiences
score of 14 to 13. T h ree team s associated w ith th e business since
T h u rsd ay Evening, Dec. 23—
in so elem ental an art.
C h ristm as program a t U ndenom i­
w ere organized am ong th e boys of th a t tim e. Mrs. E lsie D eardorff is
“ It is im possible to know all th e n ational tem ple.
th e in term ed iate grades, and a em ployed as saleslad y in th e sto re
effects of m usical ex p erien ces upon
to u rn am en t is being planned w ith a and in the ru sh seasons o th e rs a s ­
T h u rsd ay E vening, Dec. 23—
th e child. The te ac h er has dealt
C om m unity C h ristm as tre e ex er­
p en n ant and an ice cream feed as sisted tem porarily . T he G resham
not only with the ch ild 's in tellect cises.
a rew ard for w inning. T he basket Drug com pany c a rrie s a full line of
and his body—w ith his pow er to
ball team Is now tra in in g and bad dru g s and su n d ries and a t holiday
Sunday E vening, Dec. 26— C h rist­
PHONE 145) • GRESHAM
th in k and to do—b u t h as also dealt
m as program at F airview Sm ith
its first gam e F riday, w inning by tim e its ta b les a re full of C h rist­
very larg ely w ith his pow er to feel. Memorial P re sb y teria n ghurch.
a score of 28 to 4. P u p ils to p a r ­ m as suggestions.
Who can m easu re th e effect of
tic ip a te In th ese gam es m u st m ain ­
W ednesday E vening, Dec. 29— ,
Looks
like
a
good
old-fashioned
A dm ission of new m em bers to j
tain an average of 85, w ith nothing
(Continued on page 8 of th is
’ band.
*
section)
below 70 in th e ir studies, and m ust C hristm as.
Teachers of Music
Hold Worthy Place
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DECEMBER 17, 1 P. M.
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Gifts
or
Useful Presents for All
This list at best can only include a few of the hundreds
of acceptable holiday presents obtainable at this store:
Gifts for Men
Gifts for Women
GIFTS FOR BOYS
Coaster Wagon, Pocket Knife, Scout Axe,
Baseball, Glove,
Air Rifle, Skates,
Train,
Hammer,
Top
Watch,
Sled
GIFTS FOR GIRLS
Flashlights,
Scissors,
Tennis Racket,
Electri
Curling Iron, Toilet Clipper, Fancy Dishes,
Vases,
Skates.
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