GRESHAM OUTLOOK,
Mrs. Hannah Johnson
Celebrates Birthday
(By G. N. Sager.)
A delightful p a rty w as that
w hich w as en tertain ed at th e home
of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. D ahlquist
last Sunday, it being th e occasion
of Mrs. H an n ah Jo h n so n 's 91st
b irth d ay. A sum ptuous re p a st was
served in recognition of th e event.
T h e candles on th e b eautiful b irth
day cake w ere arran g e d to re p re
se n t th e num ber 91. F o u r g en e ra
tio n s w ere represen ted a t th e g a th
ering. T hose p rese n t w ere'M r. and
Mrs. E. R. Johnson and daughter,
Mrs. L ucille M arkell of G resham ,
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. D ahlquist, Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. D ahlquist and little
d au g h ters, Naomi and Nora, all of
th is place.
Over 75 of Mrs. Jo h n so n ’s 91
y ea rs have been spent in Oregon,
and in th is im m ediate vicinity. Log
houses w ith th e ir old fashioned Are
p laces th a t w ould ta k e in a back
log so large th a t it w as necessary
to ro ll it into place, w ere th e rule
in those early days. Ox team s w ere
th e chief pow er for tra n sp o rta tio n
and tw o days w ere required to
m ake th e trip to P o rtlan d and re
tu rn . B arn and house raisings,
ap p le parings, and spelling bees
w ere the m ost conspicuous events
on th e calendar. Schoolhouses w ere
few and fa r betw een and churches
w ere sc arce r th a n schools. The
c irc u it rid er w as th e m in ister in
those days, and services w ere held
in th e schoolhouse and often in th e
hom es of the people. Much of the
clo th ing w orn in those days was
spun on the spinning w heel, and
woven on a hand loom in th e home.
C om pared w ith th e present, w hat
a m ighty tra n sitio n is to be noted
in one perso n ’s lifetim e. In pro
ductive e n te rp rise th e w orld ad
vanced a thousand y ears u nder the
o b serv ation of G randm other Jo h n
son d uring h er life of 91 years.
T h ro u g h o u t h er long life she has
diffused a sp irit of kindliness,
c h a rity and love am ong her friends
and neighbors. Crow ned w ith her
long y ears of u p rig h t ahtl sincere
life, children of four g enerations
rise up and call h er blessed. And
w hat is g ran d e r and nobler th a n a
rip e old age filled w ith y ears of u p
rig h t and honorable purposes and
accom plishm ents? “In com parison
w ith it th e rich es of C roesus seem
like dross. In com parison w ith it
w hat th e world ca lls fam e seem s
like w ithered leaves. In co m p ari
son w ith it an em p o re r’s crow n
seem s like a bauble."
D espite h er y ears Mrs. Johnson
possesses
p erfect
health
and
stre n g th , can ta k e ca re of h er own
household duties and in sists upon
doing so. H er m any friends join
w ith th e home folks in w ishing her
m any m ore happy an n iv ersaries.
TROUTDALE
T he F low er club w ill give an en
te rta in m e n t at th e city hall on S a t
urday evening. March 26. The p ro
ceeds w ill go tow ard fixing up the
I school grounds.
Mrs. H. E. W aite retu rn ed to her
I hom e here W ednesday a fte r a visit
of a week w ith friends a t P en d le
ton and W alla W alla.
Mrs. L. G. H owell and tw in sons
left T uesday evening for an extend-
' ed visit in M innesota and Michigan
[ w ith relatives.
David Bicon aud Mr. W allace of
P o rtlan d w ere S unday v isito rs at
the hom e of Mrs. M argaret Burns.
Elizabeth Robinson sp en t T u es
day night at th e home of Betty
T horne in G resham .
Mrs. R. D. H ew itt is spending a
few days in A lbany w ith h er p a r
ents.
S unday at the com m unity ch u rch
next Sunday will begin prom ptly
a t 10 o’clock and will be followed
by a ju n io r serm on by th e pasto r,
the Rev. E. R. D. H ollensted.
FAIRVIEW
T he annual m eeting of th e W om
en ’s society of th e Sm ith M emorial
P re sb y teria n ch u rch w ill be held
T hursday, M arch 24, at th e home of
th e president, Mrs D. W. McKay,
beginning at 2 o'clock. T he elec
tion of officers and paym ent of dues
will first ta k e place, followed by a
social hour and refresh m en ts. All
m em bers are req u ested to be p re s
ent and other friends a re cordially
invited.
HOGAN
Mrs. L. F. S anderson and little
daughter, B ernadine, of San F ra n
cisco, arriv ed recen tly for an ex
tended visit with relativ es aud
friends. Mrs. S anderson will be
rem em bered ag Miss A nna Mac-
K errow , and is a siste r of Mrs. A.
J. Stout of Hogan station.
Mrs. C arl Schultz and Mrs. Mark
N ickerson spent an enjoyable day
W ednesday
visiting
th e grade
school a t G resham . A fter luncheon
they spent a few h ours a t the home
of Mrs. N ickerson's p aren ts, Mr.
and Mrs. W. F. Honey.
Mrs. M. D oryland enjoyed a v isit
from h er m other, Mrs. Sam uel
M ueller of M ontavilla, last S a tu r
day. It w as also th e second b irth
day of little Jack ie D oryland. Mrs.
D oryland's youngest dau g h ter. The
little m iss received a num ber of
gifts and also a num ber of "w h ip
p ings” to celebrate her birthday.
Haley Baptist Services.
The H aley B ap tist Sunday school
will convene a t 10 a. m. Sunday,
follow ed by the m orning w orship in
Swedish at 11 o’clock. T he young
people will have ch a rg e of th e eve
ning service w hich will begin at
7:30. A cordial in v itatio n is ex
tended by the p asto r, the Rev. Jno.
S. N ordell, to all to be present.
Columbian High
W tR tll
Is
1927
PAGE THREE
BORING
SA NDY BLUFF
T he b ask etb a ll team from the
grad e school played th e Bull Run
team at Sandy ou T h u rsd ay of last
week, and defeated them by a score
of 22 to I I. T h is gives th e Boring
team th e ch am pionship of ea ste rn
C lackam as county and by so doing
earn ed a new bask et ball th a t was
to be given to th e w inners. Mon
day evening they played a team
from W illam ette but w ere defeated
by a score of 17 to 4.
Mrs. H. G. Knox and ch ild ren
spent a few days la st w eek in P o rt
land visiting w ith h er sister, Mrs.
G race Holcomb.
F arm ers a re g ettin g anxious to
have sp rin g open up so they can
get th e ir seeding done.
t). M. Richey h as im proved the
looks of his farm by building some
new fence.
The young people of th e Bible
study class a re re h e a rsin g th e play
w hich they expect to give in the
n ear future.
T he Boring Rebekah lodge is
planning on having a play th e la t
te r p a rt of April.
M embers of th e H arry Miller
fam ily a re rep o rted io have ch ick
en pox.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray W ilkenson of
P o rtlan d visited w ith th e home
folks over th e w eek-end.
Mrs. Randolph S p iers and little
d au g h ter visited a couple of days
w ith Mrs. A. Radford. Mrs. S piers
has been aw ay from Oregon about
eight y ears and is glad to get back.
The fam ily intends locating in O re
gon again.
Mr. and Mrs. L eonard H ughston
of T he D alles cam e down to the
R adford home last S atu rd ay . Mrs.
H ughston rem ained all w eek and
Mr. H ughston will be down afte r
h er th is week-end.
Mr. an d Mrs. G eorge B lackburn
called Tuesday eveuing at th e H.
H. W atk in s’ home.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. A ult and Miss
Byron visited Sunday w ith Mr and
Mrs. S. G. C arrell of Powell Valley.
V isitors Sunday at th e W atk in s’
hom e w ere Mr. W atk in s’ m other
and two b ro th ers Jew ell and F ran k ,
and Mrs. W atkins’ sister, S alena
H aight.
Mrs. Byron left T h u rsd ay for
Medford to spend the sum m er with
her dau g h ter, Mrs. A. J. Crose. She
w ill stop a few days in Salem to
visit her sister, Mrs. T allm an.
(By F ran ces E vans)
The Alum ni defeated th e V an
couver b ask etb all team 25-21, W ed
nesday evening, M arch 9. T he high
school “ D rops” and "M isses” play
ed a p relim in ary game. T he score
w as 24-13 in favor of th e "M isses.”
T he H igh School vs. Alumni
gam e F riday. Mach 11. resu lted in
a w inning score for th e high ^school
boys. T he score w as 23-14. The
“V am ps” and th e " F lirts " of the
high school played th e c u rta in ra is
er. T he "V am ps” w ere victorious,
ru n n in g a score of 19-18.
Lucile Jo h n s of P lea san t View
entered school Monday, M arch 14,
to finish th e second sem ester.
Dolores Morgan, an alum na who
spent la st w eek-end at her hom e;
has m ade a position on th e second
b ask etb all team at O. A. C.
L aw rence A ndersen, ’25, is a
m em ber of the Ju n io r Symphony
o rch e stra in P o rtlan d w hich is
w orking h ard on its next concert
for A pril.
Bella Reed, a senior, took p art
in th e M ultnom ah A thletic club ex
hibition held a t th e P o rtlan d au d i
D on't lay down th e p aper till you
For real estate loans see or call
torium M arch 12.
have read the W ant Ads.
B. W. T horne.—Adv.
E. L. S helton, who m anages the
bulb g ard e n s n ea r th e high school
is giving p rac tica l d em onstrations
of botan ical w ork to th e botany
class. Mr. S h elto n 's help and dem
o n stra tio n s a re g rea tly ap p re cia t
ed by th e te ac h er and th e students.
In th e p ast he has given sim ilar
12-20 (’as* tra c to r , double J o h n D eere ll- in c li
aid to botany classes in C alifornia
plow , 0 it. double disc, till like new . B ought last y e a r;
and in th e east.
1-ton R epublic tru c k , ll- in c li w a lk in g plow, h a rro w ,
The h o n o r stu d e n ts for th e first
m ow er, ted d e r, ra k e , w agon an d h a y ra c k . Cary safe,
six w eeks of th e second sem ester
used only six m o u th s.
are M arjorie Bush and Hazel B ut
ler, se n io rs; W illiam Mishey, ju n
See th e s e a rtic le s a t C h riste u s e n p lace
m ile
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The c a st for the stu d en t body
Must, sell on a cco u n t of sic k n e ss.
play “W hat H appened to Jo n es" is
as follow s;
Jones, P aul Miles; Cissy, R oset
ta
H en k le;
Ehertezer
Goodly,
Lynne W oodw ard; Mrs. Goodly,
C arolyn A rneson; M arjorie, Ade
line
E v an s;
R ichard,
Malilon
E v an s; A lfred, Otto Aschoff; Rev.
Antony Goodly, P aul B ush; Al
vina S tarlig h t, T helm a Davies;
H elm a, B erth a N elson; W illiam
Bigbee, K enneth B ram h all; H old
er, H ow ard P arso n s.
Bargains at Private Sale
For Cleaner and
Better Homes
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ELECTRIC
w ith
VACVrVt
I l.iA V E k
a tta c h m e n ts — a com
p lete se t fo r ev ery ty p e of
c le a n in g .
T h e y w ill prove
th e ir m e rit b ecau se th e y pos
itiv ely c lean u p h o lste ry , m a t
tre sse s,
c u rta in s ,
difficult c o rn e rs.
ceilin g s,
T ry it on
th e u p h o lste ry of y o u r car.
It re a lly c le a n s b ecau se of
th e pow erful su ctio n .
The
m o to r
d riv e n
b ru sh
b e a ts th e ru g a s it su ck s th e d irt up, th e re b y ta k in g
up a ll th e d irt a n d n o t ju st w h a t is on th e su rface.
Premier Duplex Vacuum Cleaner........ $(>5.00
Com plete Set A tta ch m e n ts...................... $ 1 0 .0 0
Demonstration !
of th e
P R E M IE R
HENRY M. CHRISTENSEN, Owner
D U PL E X VACUUM
( ’L E A N E R
SATURDAY, MARCH 19
at the E lectric S tore on l ’ow ell St.
PORTLAND
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OLD TIM E
DANCE
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Phone 801
Gresham
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G iv en b y F r e d G. A n lc k e r
Saturday, Mar. 19
Good Old Time Music
EVERYBODY
Powell St. near Roberts
INVITED
GRAHAM BROTHERS
TRUCK
Come and have a Good Time.
POWELL VALLEY
T he Rev. A. It. A nderson of Se
a ttle w ill occupy the pulpit of the
Pow ell Valley M ission ch u rch on
S atu rd ay evening and on Sunday
m o rning and evening. Choir r e
h ea rsal will be held on W ednesday
evening. At th e Bible study held
on T h u rsd ay evening by the young
people th e topic of “ R epentance"
w ill be considered in connection
w ith the series of Bible studies on
th e su b ject of “S alvation." All are
req u ested to b jin g th e ir Bibles.
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FRIDAY,
DANCE
Every Saturday Ni^ht
Portland-Gresham Stage
I V. PORTLAND
DAMASCUS
M usic by Al G oodw in’s
O rc h e stra & E n te rta in e rs
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6 m iles from G resham
E v ery o n e co rd ially invited
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AU are Exceptional Buys
$150
1920 FRANKLIN touring, g lass enclosure, dandy u* J ’T fl
m otor, and w ith lic e n se ........................................................ yWv
o p e r a te d
by
Ihink of a Graham Brothers Truck
at $670!
Quality, power, speed, ruggedness, fine
appearance, low operating cost- -depend
ability for day in and day out perform
ance !
Improved Dodge Brothers engine!
W e a re g o in g to sell to th e h ig h e s t b id d er
Only great mass production enables
( Iraham Brothers to build so good a truck
at so low a price.
G raham llrn th e rs T ru ck s a re built in %,
1. 1H ¡Hid 2-Ton capacities. They meet
91% of all hau lin g req u irem en ts. They
lire sold by Dodge B ro th ers D ealers
E v ery « here.
BROCKWAY & NELSON
ONE
O N LY
Superior Black Hawk Spreader
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L ig h test D raft — S h o rte s t T u rn in g R adius
No Cog G e a rin g s — Seven Q u a n tity C h an g es
S tro n g an d PoHitlve Feed
S h o rte s t W heel Base
A leinlte O iling System — Easy to Load
O p e ra te s P e rfe c tly on H illsid es
Phone 1471
GEO. LEW IS & SON
SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1927
AT 2:30 P. M.
IDS CHEVROLET touring............... ...................................
1925 OVERLAND sedan, new Duto finish.
Special Spreader Offer
0. A. C. MILITARY BAND
Fill out the attac h ed blank. w rite your hid In th e space p ro
vided, sign y o u r nam e mid ad d ress mid mull o r deliv er th e
blank Io ns in a sealed envelope miy lim o betwt*en now and
6 p. hi . on March IS, 1927,
A PPEA RIN G IN
It t L E S
O verhauled m otor ................................................................ » p O tlv
$100
FRANKLIN r o a d s te r ............ ......................................... $250
1924 < IIEVROLET ro ad ster, disc clutch. 1927 license $250
1922 FORD c o u p e ...................
................... $125
1928 < HEYROLET coupe, dandy new finish on body.
$275
19S1 NASH sedan...................
GRAND CONCERT and
COMMUNITY DANCE
IN
All Bids m ust be signed w ith nam e and ad d ress.
All bids m u st be in by th e p rescrib ed time.
All Bids will be opened nt the p rescrib ed tim e and not before.
Successful b idder m ust be p rese n t w hen bids a re opened.
Come In mid look th e m achine over on o u r Hour before bidding.
HESSEL IMPLEMENT CO.
G RESHA M ,O REG ON
I. ATI 1926 FORD ro ad ste r, balloon tires, ear In fin- condition.
We have a new wood saw outfit com plete w ith 2 saw s
ru n by an 8 h. p.. model 80, 2 cylinder Cushm an s ta
tio n a ry m otor. T his outfit is m ounted o n a Veil«
chassis. A sacrifice price o f .........................
V ■’ A 'f
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1926 (IIE V R O L E T touring, series V, late model. ..
$100
WALTER W. METZGER
l ’h o n e l**01
(TV A ll IIS T I I E IIIIT T E II L IM B )
Greshatn, Friday, March 25
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|92n FORD coupe . . . : ................. ............ , .............................
G resh am
Phone t i l l
C oncert in H igh S ch ool A uditorium
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H E SSE L IM PLEM ENT COMPANY
G resham . Oregon
•P le a se accept my sealed bid of
for one new
Black Hawk M anure S preader, and if I am found to he th e h ig h
est bidder, I ag ree to m eet your re g u la r term s in paym ent, aud It
is understood th a t I am to receive a No. 26 M achine as described
In the circ u lar.
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Signed....................................................................
D an ce in the M asonic H all
(ADDRESS)
ADMISSION
CO N CERT 50< and 25<
(NAME)
DANCE $1.00 Couple
D ate.
'(' RURAL R< >LTE NO.)
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