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About Gresham outlook. (Gresham, Multnomah County, Or.) 1911-1991 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1926)
GRESHAM OUTLOOK HOLIDAY NUMBER, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1926 Kelso Community Shows Advance; Is Prosperous Agricultural Section 3 hi» home, as well as o th er Im prove- I Merry Christmas to You. m ents. T hose settin g out new b erry patches w ere Win. Schleisher. Dan Meyers, Jas. Fow ler, L. L. Griffin, Wm. Booth and Ray Fow ler. Wm. Booth also m ade fine show ing in clearin g w hich m ade an im provem ent in his place, all th is land is u n d er cultivation. Several new pupils cam e into th e school d u rin g th e past year. Miss Vivian W hite is principal. Miss Rose P o tter, te ac h er of p rim ary grades. We also have an active P aren t-T each er association. "M erry C h ristm as to you,’’ sounds good to my ear. It brin g s its own m essage cf goodw ill and cheer It is not like th e com mon "How do you do?” “Hope you a re w ell?” “Good luck to you.” th ree o th e r notable additions d u r (By Mrs. R obert Jo n sru d l As the year ro lls tow ard its close ing th e year, nam ely, a fine up-to- it is with a feeling of g ratitu d e th a t date drug store, built of hollow tile, It has in it som ething ra th e r h ard to define; we review its events. We live in a by R. E. E sson; H enry P e rre t’s It sounds som ew hat hum an, y et alm ost sublime. favored section of the land, w here new garage, built en tirely of con It m akes you feel glad, yo u 're living today. \ clim atic conditions a re equable, crete and the la rg e st in th is end of It q uickens th e pulse, and m akes you feel gay. scenery u n su rp assed and crops th e county: also George M aroney’s It b rin g s to o u r m em ory th e sto ry of old. ab u n d an t and unfailing. The sea new building of hollow tile w here W hen S hepherds w ere w atching th e sheep of th e fold he conducts a pool h all, confec sons have been ideal, w ith enough W hen heaven w as opened, and angels w ere singing, Ed su n sh in e and enough rain and free tionery and lunch room. Joy to the w orld, good new s we a re b rin g in g .” from sto rm s or adverse conditions B runs, assisted by H all B ro th ers has alm ost com pleted a sto ry and of any kind. It rem inds us of youth, of days so ra re We are served by one of the a half house on his land opposite W hen th e h ea rt w as young, w ith never a care, w o rld 's g re a te st highw ays, th e Mt. the high school, w hich is to be oc W hen th e fu tu re w as brig h t and th e days w ere long, Hood Loop road, w hich can be cupied by Mr. Geo. O rr, th e high And life seem ed to us b u t an endless song. counted as th e m ost im portant fac school principal. T he house has B ut let us be young, and each one try to r in th e developm ent of th is sec full basem ent, fireplace, furnace To forget th e tro u b le of y ea rs gone by. and is en tirely m odern. tion. D airying, diversified farm ing L et th e re be no one to grum ble, no oue to chide. G ilbert E ri and C arl A nderson and p o u ltry -raisin g a re the p rin ci But all m ake m erry a t C h ristm as tide. pal in d u stries, w hile straw b e rry have each built a fine new barn. C. F ish er, a recen t se ttle r on th e P erh ap s w e're fifty, yet why be old? grow ing is rapidly becoming an A m an is as young as he feels, we a re told. im p o rta n t and profitable crop, th is Bluff road, has nam ed his place We can frolic and laugh as any kid, section being especially adapted to Mt. Hood View P o u ltry Farm . T he Sandy G range is a live o r And so w e’re not going to p ut down th e lid. raisin g th a t delectable fruit. No finer clim ate can be found for the ganization th a t is grow ing and Though we can n o t play w ith trin k e t and toys, raisin g of w alnuts, w hich is also a prospering. T he G range ow ns its Yet w hen C h ristm as com es w e’re only boys. hall w here m eetings are held the com ing industry. We a re still w atching for S an ta, hope h e'll rem em ber second S atu rd ay of each month. To b rin g a nice gift to every m em ber. Union High School No. 2 of Tim ely subjects of im portance to C lackam as county, located near th e farm er have been discussed So let us be glad and rejoice once more, Sandy, serve th e follow ing dis during the year and it is highly de And all sit down a t th e bounteous store, tric ts : Kelso, C ottrell, Bull Run, sirab le th a t m ore e a rn e st farm ers W ith g ra te fu l h ea rt to our God above Sandy Ridge, Dover, Firw ood, join th is organizatio n w hich has F or th e b irth of C hrist, th e gift of God’s love. C herryville, Brightw ood a n d th e fa rm e r’s in te rests at h eart. REV. E. R. D. HOLLENSTED. W elches F our la rg e busses and V isitors are welcome at th e lectu re P asto r Sm ith M emorial P re sb y teria n C hurch, Fairview . one to u rin g ca r tra n sp o rt the s tu hour from 2 to 3 o’clock in th e a f dents to and from school. P rin c i ternoon of each reg u la r m eeting. pal Geo. D. O rr, who is serving his Kelso has a nou rish in g Sunday th ird year a t the helm of Sandv school in the little K elso church Union high, is accorded w ell-de- w hich Is under th e leadership of served credit for th e splendid p ro g several e a rn est women of th e com ress of th is institution. O ther m em m unity. Mr. C hapm an also bought 10 (By Mrs. J. Ml Brophy.) b ers of the faculty are Neal H orr, We th in k th e G resham Outlook is T h e C o ttrell com m unity has adres of th e O sborne place and is a s sista n t p rincipal, m anual tr a in a splendid pap er of its size, and m ade iap id p ro g ress d u rin g the clearin g a site to build a new home ing teach er and in charge of boys’ especially adm ire th e editorial o u t past y ear in im provem ents, m ostly as soon as th e w eath er perm its. a th le tic s; Miss Alftiia O strum , look, w hich is th e soul of a paper. building, also along th e line of g en J. H einy has his place alm ost fin te ac h er of m athem atics; Miss H il We all have reason to look forw ard eral farm ing. New b erry patches ished and will move in a sh o rt da T horne, E nglish teach er a n d | to the new year w ith g re a t in te rest leader of the glee club and orches- i and high hopes. May th e C hrist- have been set o ut and considerable tim e. He p u rch ased 10 ac res of the tr a ; Miss A rleigh K am m erer, do sp irit of peace goodw ill to all men land clearin g done, w hich has in Newell place. creased th e value of land and ad d m estic science te ac h er; Miss H elen G. S. W ilkinson erected a fine re st on us all. ed to the g en eral ap p earan ce of new barn on his place d u rin g the McCormick, histo ry and language; property. Miss E d n a Thom pson, com merce. year. "Help Yourself” Mrs. Ruby Loyd Brown of P ortland Im provem ents w ere also m ade in F red W agner erected a four- at Piggly Wiggly roads. T he Booth road w as graded room is te ac h er of piano. P rofessor O rr bungalow on his place for the h as ch arge of th e 30-piece band and stum ps blown out to the P e te r benefit of his te n an t, W illiam Down south a few years ago, so and th e re is a-12-piece o rch e stra in son road, and gravel w ill be p ut on Schleisher. c h a rg e of Miss T horne, who is also ru n s a tale, a m an conceived the in the spring. C onsiderable work D. D. Meyer erecteil a fine m od coaching the senior play, “Seven idea of p u ttin g his m erch an d ise on w as also done on th e P eterson ern house larg e enough to teen," to be given on the evening J tlle shelve8 and le tt,n S th e Pe°P le road, S tra u ss road and M ayberry , caM# chicken for 1()00 ch lck e n s. T hla ls one come in and help them selves. It of Decem ber 22 a t the high school of th e best planned chicken houses w as trie d out to th e m u tu al sa tis auditorium . w hich w ill m ake a sh o rt cu t to , ln th e com niun(ty having electric faction of all concerned, b ut som e Dodge park. All th is w ork w as ijgj,ts, w ater, and o oth The K elso school is doing excel th er conven- one rem arked, “W hat a piggly- lent w ork under Miss Inez Nvman done u n d er th e su pervision of Pete lence8t m aking ,t sa n ita ry ln every w iggly w ay of ru n n in g a sto re.” H auglum , road su p erv iso r for this way. p rin cip al, and Mrs. A. C. Baum- T he nam e stuck and today th e re d istrict. back, p rim ary teacher. Both rooms are 3000 Piggly W igglys scattered M iller & Low ney m ade several have been provided w ith built-in Much p ro p erty was sold during im provem ents on th e sto re and ' over the co u n try from Canada to book cases, and a splendid section Cuba. They probably do n ot r e the p ast year. S everal new fam i- , ,easpd (t to c A Cro8HOIli who al platform for en tertain m en ts is ■ sem ble the o riginal P iggly W iggly, lies moved to th e com m unity re- ! doing a Kood bU8ine88 being b uilt, the la tte r, being fi w hich w as proportioned on a m in cently and some a re alread y w o rk Mr. W agner cleared considerable nanced by th e W om an’s club of ute scale, but judging from the ing on new buildings and clearin g land d u rin g th e p ast year. K elso. A new w ell w as dug la st j sto re w hich opened in G resham on land. L. L. Griffin erected a double < sum m er and provided w ith a pump, i Mr. Nash, who recen tly p u r g arag e on his place d u rin g the October 23, u nder the m anagem ent T he playshed received a copt of ( of R alph D eaville of P o rtlan d , they chased 10 ac res of th e O sborne year. p aint. The te ach ers a re serving a j Jam es F ow ler has had electric a re d esirable assets to any com m u place, has his house alm ost com hot lunch d u rin g th e th ree w inter pleted. lights, and a w ater system p u t into nity. # m onths. A notable im provem ent A line clean stock of groceries, w as th e in stallatio n of electricity valued a t $5,000, fills th e shelves of in th e school room s the first of the the local Piggly Wiggly store, y ear, th e P. E. P. com pany ru n w hich is located in B row n’s new ning a line from th e Bluff road building, and every convenience is down th e Oregon City road, se rv offered th e busy shopper. As the ing th e resid e n ts along th is route m anager says, “T h ere is nothing and sev eral fam ilies a t Kelso. cheap here except th e p rice.” Mr. T he W om an’s club of Kelso is an D eaville is assisted in th e business o rgan ization for social life as w ell I by E llis Judd. as doing the w ork of a P a re n t- i T each er club. T he club aided fi- 1 nanciallv in in stallin g electricity Davidson's Drug Ha» Many Popular Lines into th e school, is financing th e . building of a platform for the ' T he drug sto re of Glen M. D avid school and has a fund sta rted to son is a favorite stopping place for w ard additional playground equip those in need of the lines he c a r m ent. It has about 22 m em bers, ■ ries. H e has a g eneral asso rtm en t holding m eetings once a m onth at of dru g s and sun d ries, to g eth er the hom es of th e various members. T he p resent officers of the club are 1 w ith a full line of kodaks and corfl- m ercial photographic supplies. He Mrs. R. Jo n sru d , presid en t; Mrs. -H ere a re a ll th e good g re e tin g s o f . has the E astm an kodak agency and M. Kligel, vice p resid en t; Mrs. A. th e seaso n to th o se m en in H om e specializes in kodak finishing. In Jo n sru d , se c re ta ry -tre a su re r. S w eet h o m es of th e ir ow n, p a rtic u la rly addition he c a rrie s a first-class line T he Jo nsrud-G underson Lum ber th a n k in g th o se w ho h a v e favored us of confectionery and is th e agent com pany is tra n sfe rrin g its place witj) th e ir p a tro n a g e . M aybe th e y h av e for a w ell-know n m ake of phono of business to Sandy. T he com pany new p la n s fo r th e co m in g y e a r— a n d if graph. Mr. D avidson opened up has alread y b u ilt a planing mill so w e ta k e th is o p p o rtu n ity of s o lic it business eight y ears ago on Main and w ood-w orking shop a t its lo ing th e ir tra d e on th e b a sis of first, stre e t and enjoys a liberal p a tro n cation in Sandy, and a lum ber shed q u a lity — a n d secondly, low price, for age. He is ably assisted by Miss is in p ro g ress of construction. Both b u ild in g m a te ria l of all kinds. L etitia P u lfe r who has been em- steam and electric pow er w ill be ployed in th e sto re for several If you a re not in a hom e of your used The firm will continue to years. ow n th is C h ris tm a s th e n you know deal in all kinds of lum ber and ______________ th e u rg e to h a v e o n e —a n d w e ask th a t m oulding. 1 _ „ . ____ , „ , . i Don t lay down th e p aper till you you allow us to h elp in th e fu lfillm en t The town of Sandy has made haVP rPad the W ant Adg Babe of Bethlehem Innpire*. To our frien d s and co-w orkers of Boring and P lea san t H om e: We wish to g reet you in the nam e of th e Babe of Bethlehem w hose life and death m eans so much to each one of us. We a re th a n k fu l for the pure life he lived, the lessous he tau g h t, and for th e hope th a t he has set before us. He has extend- ed th e bo rd er-lin e of heaven to ea rth , and by his death on th e (’H I T U F I,I. SCHOOL IS BEAI T IF I 1.1.V U H A T T U f i C ottrell school, situ ated as it is in th e m idst of woodsy lots and on the divide betw een the W illam ette and Sandy riv ers, is one of th e m ost a ttra c tiv e to be found in O re gon. The situ atio n Is also rich in h isto ric lore. it is th e form er home of th e In d ian s and is w here the pioneers passed on th e ir jo u r ney to th e W illam ette valley. T he school has an en ro llm en t of 45 with an average atten d an ce for the. past th ree m onths of nearly 9H per cent. Boys a re in the m a jo ri ty at present. By way of im provem ent th e d is tric t has put a new door in the la rg e r room for fire protection when using the moving p ictu re m a chine. T he buildings on th e school g rounds have been newly shingled and a book case lias been m ade for th e trav e lin g lib rary from w hich books on alm ost any subject may be borrow ed. C ottrell school has m ade a sp le n did record for 1926 and has the prospect of doing as w ell or b etter for 1927. T he te ach ers a re Miss Vivian W hite p rin cip al, and Miss Rose P o tter, prim ary. Cottrell Is Progressive Community With Well Located Schoolhouse Is cro ss hag opened a door into th a t kingdom for us all. Let us p raise God for th e p riv il ege of investing an o th er y ear of our life In his service. P erh ap s we have not done as much as he ex pected of us but, nevertheless, som ething has been accom plished. And we have a rig h t to expect a r e w ard for our labor when C h rist conies again to call his own. MR. »nd MRS. E. W. W ITH NELL. ‘------------------- (,18Urance funds for farm loans. No com m ission or brokerage. Very easy term s. B. W. T horne.—Adv. M ER R Y C H RISTM A S SANTA CLAUS IS ON HIS WAY now and he will choose m any of his X m as Gifts from our stock of handsom e Shoes and Slippers. W hat b etter offering for papa, b ro th er or son. or any of your m ale frien d s th a n a p air of Shoes or S lippers. W e have a splendid asso rtm en t for X m as offerings. Me are ag en ts (nr M ade-tn-M easure Shoes HOWELL VALLEY GRESHAM SHOE SHOP T he reception w hich had been announced to be given th e new choir leader, H erm an C arlson of P o rtlan d , on W ednesday evening it th e Swedish Mission church has been Indefinitely postponed. CAItl, HAUL, Proprietor Phone, Shop II Phone, Re*. 581) M ERRY C H RISTM A S a ia i5lS l»i»iS l5i5iS lS ia!» iS i5 ì» i» i5ia 5iS i5 i»lg i5 ìS iS l»iS iS iS i5 iP i» iS i»a i A t Christmas time man appreciates most his Home-Sweet-Home I I’ll o n e 5(1x1 I ! O scar W. Thori-n , SEE US FOR Anything in Cabinet Work, Built-in Fixtures, Sash and Door Frames, made to order. « « of th a t a m b itio n . If you s ta r t now to th a t end, in th e S p rin g o r S u m m er you can be in a p o sitio n to build an d th a t is w h e re w e can se rv e you. F ro m p la n s to m o v in g -in day, we can save you m oney a t every tu rn . Fruits Nuts Meats Vegetables for Those Bist Holiday Feasts! s y wM G resh am P h o n e ¿121 Fir and Hardwood Floor* Finished ■ ■ WITH ELECTRIC SANDER £9 f f f f i i i i fi JDF 1 fi These delicious fruits, nuts and vegetables, nature’s choicest, have been brought to your Holiday tab'e from far and near. The tangy pine apple—your favorite nutty friends from Brazil and even the old homely pumqkin is here awaiting your order. ( iood cooks will be exerting every effort to protect their reputations and new cooks to become as magic as Auntie Susan. But the secret lies here order your fruits and your veg etables and a goodly quantity of assorted nuts and the feast will be a huge success. Our meats are strictly sanitary and fresh, government inspected, and priced so low there is no reason you should go meatless Xmas. We can supply you with fine young turkey or any other fowl. Also the choicest cuts of Beef, Veal, Pork and.Lard. A comparison of these prices will convince you that this is the place to buy the Xmas dinner makings. Specials For This Week CANNED PINEAPPLE.................................. 2% cans, 2 for 45c FRESH GRAPEFRUIT.............................2 for 25c and 3 for 25c MIXED N U T S ..............................•.................................... 2 lbs 46c PUMPKINS................................................3 for 10c, and 2 for 15c BANANAS,............................................... dozen 30c, 35c and 40c FRESH CIDER...............................................................gallon 35c FANCY MINCE MEAT..................................................2 lbs 45c EXTRA FANCY SMALL PE A S......................................can 19c ORANGES, dozen,.................................. from 30c, 45c, 50c, 60c 65 EASTMAN LUMBER CO. N ear Mt. 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