Gresham outlook., December 16, 1927, HOLIDAY NUMBER, Page 17, Image 17

GRESHAM
OUTLOOK, GRESHAM, OREGON
HOLIDAY O IT L O O K ,
house on M ain s tre e t u n til th e
house and p rem ises can h ard ly be
recognized. W ith th e addition of
p ain t on the house and th e devel­
opm ent of a law n to ta k e place
la ter, th e place w ill be a cre d it to
T he G resham band is an organi- I place last Ju ly In a big to u rn am en t th e neighborhood.
zation of w hich G resham citizens ; held a t C rystal L ake p ark , M ilwau-
O scar T horen h as m ade a n u m ­
may Justifiably be proud. I t w as | kle. In w hich a num ber of am a-
ber
of im provem ents on both his
first organized by Dr. H. C. John- te u r bands took place. A cash
residence and w oodw orking shop
son d u rin g th e early p a rt of 1924 prize of 150 and an ebony baton
on Cleveland avenue. T h ree bed­
w ith tw o men, Floyd Mack, whose w ere p resen ted to th e band and Its
m em ory is tre a su re d by th e band ‘ conductor as a re su lt of th is con- room s, a bath and b rea k fa st nook
w ere added to th e house, and an
boys, and Clifford Gibbs. Claude I test.
W elch th en joined, th e n in success- ; The local band is w orking h ard e x tra floor laid, w ith o th e r im
sion Melvin P eterso n , A llen Lind to secu re th e sta te co n test fo r next provem ents m ade in the c a rp e n te r
shop. T he E astm an L um ber com ­
and Jo h n Ott.
! sum m er and p lan s w ill begin soon
A fter four m o n th s’ w ork th e tow ard th a t end. Blue L ake p ark pany has erected a sm all b u ilding
w hich serves as sto rag e and add!
boys disbanded, but in F eb ru ary has been chosen as th e m eeting
tio n al office room. T he G resham
of th e follow ing y ea r th e sam e six ' place for th e big co n test if it can
began re h e a rsa ls and since th a t be secured for G resham . A silv er Box facto ry in November increased
it floor cap acity to seven tim es its
tim e th e band has been an u n q u ali­ loving cup goes each y ear to th e
fied success. T h ere a re a t p resent w inner, the band w inning it for fo rm er size and o th erw ise im
proved th e p lant.
over 40 m em bers and a t different th ree consecutive y ea rs being en ­
T he G resham g ran g e hall u n d e r­
tim es d uring the p a st four years titled to keep it. If th e sta te to u r­
w ent a n um ber of im p o rta n t re ­
about 60 m en have practiced under nam ent can n o t be secured by th e
p airs d u rin g th e y ear, including an
th e direction of the leader, Dr. H. band at th is place, it is possible
addition of 13 x 80 feet on th e south
C. Johnson.
New m em bers are th a t th e elim ination te st m ay be
and an en try 8 x 12 feet in size.
added each year to th e ra n k s of the brought here. T h a t in itself w ill
Lee D iraick's service sta tio n has
band boys, th e re being 12 entirely bring a num ber of good bands to
also had extensive im provem ents
new re c ru its th is fall. In a few th is locality for a try o u t for a
w hich
give con sid erab le m ore
w eeks eight or ten w ill be added place in th e sta te contest. E ach
room. A bell tow er w hich provides
who hav.e had some experience, and sectional co n test w ill have su b ­
for an ad ditional S unday school
p robably as m any as 18 w ill be sta n tia l prize aw ard s as an in d u ce­
classroom has been co n stru cted a t
listed in addition to th e re g u la r m ent to en ter. T he v ario u s m usic
th e F re e M ethodist ch u rch . Mr.
band for th e sum m er engagem ents. houses of P o rtlan d a re back of th is
and Mrs. H. C. L arse n have en ­
T he ban d ’s services have been co n test each year.
larg ed th e ir au to cam p by building
m uch in dem and d u rin g th e past
S everal of th e boys w ho have
ad d itio n al cabins d u rin g th e su m ­
th re e years. E ach y ear during th a t studied u nd er Dr. Jo h n so n d u rin g
m er.
tim e they have played a t th e coun­ th e p ast few y ea rs have w on places
T h ree residences are u n d er co n ­
ty fa ir in a very acceptable m an­ of responsib ility in th e m usical
stru ctio n in G resham , one by D. L.
ner. T he open air concerta, of the w orld.
Some of th e se positions
M cKillican n ear his p lan t, th e
p ast tw o sum m ers have been m uch have been w ith o th e r bands, som e
G resham P roduce com pany, at
ap preciated, as w ell as v arious pro­ in o rc h e stra l w ork and som e in
C leveland avenue and
Pow ell
g ram s p articip a ted in from tim e to church solo ist w’ork.
s tr e e t; a second, th e new hom e of
tim e. T he boys have been heard
An election of officers w ill he
Jam es Je n n in g s to rise a t F irs t
over th e rad io b ro ad castin g station held by th e band ab o u t th e first of
stre e t and Ava avenue, and a co t­
K W JJ, and In num erous engage­ the year. T he p rese n t officers are,
tage to be erected by G eorge P le a s­
m ents th e ir w ork h as been favor­ Melvin P eterso n , p resid e n t; Otto
an t n ea r F o u rth and Kelly. T here
ab ly com m ented upon. N ifty u n i­ M agnuson, vice p resid e n t; Dr. H
a re ru m o rs of in ten siv e building
form s add to the gen eral ap p e ar­ C. Johnson, m an ag er and co n d u ct­
o p eratio n s to be sta rte d w ith th e
ance of th e band.
o r;
G eorge D uncan, se c re ta ry ;
advent of 1928, but as yet noth in g
T he G resham band won first H a rry Bjur, tre a su re r.
definite can be announced.
T he above buildings a re those
w hich have gone up or a re under
w ay in th e G resham city lim its
w ith in the p ast 12 m onths. It is
im possible to m ention all th e re s i­
dences and places of b u sin ess w hich
C ontinued from page 1
to occupy th e ir new residence on have been erected in th is p a r t of
W allula avenue ab o u t th e first of th e co unty d u rin g th e y ear, how ­
Long. T he T riple “A” station, be­
Ja n u ary . T h is is an en tirely m od­ ever, a few w hich com e read ily to
gun th e early p a rt of M arch, is
ern house In th e $5000 class of m ind w ill be re fe rre d to a t th is
31 x 34 feet in size. Mr. S hultz has
homes, a New E ngland type of a r ­ tim e.
sp ared no expense to m ake th is an
Nearby Buildings Erected
chitecture.
It is located in th e
u p -to-date filling statio n In every
T he m ost o u tstan d in g business
m ost sightly resid en ce d istric t of
p artic u la r. T he Mt. Hood station,
house to be b u ilt n ea r G resham is
G resham .
w hich covers an a re a of 6,000
The m odern hom e of E lvis th e building of G eorge P age & Co.
sq u a re feet, w as ready for occu­
S
tockton
in E astm an addition is a t th e 12-Mile co rn er. T his sto re
pancy about th e first of June. It,
building, 35 x 62 feet in size, is of
too, h as a thoroughly m odern now p rac tica lly com pleted. T his
hollow tile and b rick co n stru ctio n
is
a
6-room
m
odern
fram
e
dw
elling,
equipm ent.
It is of S panish type, stucco finish
A w oodw orking p la n t and c a r­ w ith full basem ent and fireplace.
w ith brick p ila ste rs. “T he U nique”,
T
he
house
is
34
x
38
feet
in
size.
p en ter shop w as erected In April
a lunch room o p erated by Mr, and
Melvin B rugger began ex cav a­
by J. G reen a t th e c o rn e r of Kelly
Mrs. Sydney Wood, w as opened for
av en u e and E ast Pow ell stree t. The tions in F eb ru ary for his new five-
service a sh o rt tim e ago a t th e
room
bungalow
located
In
P
ioneer
p la n t covers an a re a 28 x 60 feet.
12-Mile co rn er.
Mr. Wood p u r­
Mr. G reen has Installed suitable A cres on W est Pow ell .street. T he
chased a sm all building from Geo.
house
w
as
com
pleted
in
May
and
m a ch in e ry for his w ork w hich in­
P age and la te r added room and
clu des p rac tica lly an y th in g in the is one of th e m ost a ttra c tiv e of th e
equipm ent. T he opening of the
group of new resid en ces b u ilt In
w oodw orking line.
place occurred on October 12. The
G resham d u rin g th e y ear 1927.
New Residences Built
speedbow l, located betw een G resh ­
A h alf dozen or m ore first-class
F ra n k Jones erected a four-room am and th e 12-Mile co rn er, w as
houses have been erected in G resh­ m odern co ttag e on D ivision stre e t
co n stru cted and opened th e early
am d u rin g th e p ast year,—those la st June. D. R. M acaw erected a
p a rt of th e sum m er. T he speed-
p u t up by Dr. J. G. S tu re , A. Mc­ neat little hom e la st sp rin g in th e
bowl has been th e scene of a n u m ­
M anus, H. J, P u lfe r, Dr. H. H. E astm an addition. T he house is
b er of autom obile rac es d u rin g the
H ughes, E lvis S tockton, Melvin located in one of th e m ost p ic tu r­
season. T he g ran d sta n d , w hich Is
B rugger, S. C. Jo n es and Fred esque spots in G resham , a grove
304 feet in length, has a seatin g c a ­
Shelly.
Dr. S tu re ’s
residence, form ing a n a tu ra l w in d -b reak for p acity for 2500.
w hich is located on Ava avenue, the house. F red Shelly b u ilt
Two new schoolhouses have been
w as begun in S eptem ber, 1926, but 20 x 28 fram e residence on South
erected d u rin g th e y ear In th is
w as not ready for occupancy until R oberts avenue early la st sum m er
vicinity. The la rg e r of th ese is the
in May of th is year. It is an 8- A. H. Lewis has now com pleted his
Lynch, located a t th e in tersectio n
room m odern fram e building, w est­ three-room house in th e C lanahan
of B ark er road and th e Section
e rn bungalow style.
addition. Mr. and Mrs. M. P onylite Line. T he building, w hich re p re
T he residence of Mr. and Mrs. moved to G resham d u rin g th e y ear
sen ts a cost of $30,000, w as built
A. McManus is one of th e a ttractiv e and have b u ilt a fram e co ttag e in
by Steel & Davis of P o rtlan d . The
hom es to be erected in 1927. It E astm an addition n ear th e C. H.
C edar schoolhouse Is well u n d er
h as six room s and is m ost favor­ Lane residence. A sm all dw elling
w ay now and w ill p robably be
ab ly located on a tw o -acre tra c t in has been erected by Gus H ansen in
ready for occupancy some tim e In
C ascade A cres on D ivision street. W hitehead addition. J. R. H o rr Ja n u a ry . A $10,000 bond issue Is
T hey expect to occupy th e ir new has, d uring th e year, p ut up a sm all
ta k in g ca re of th e schoolhouse
hom e d u rin g th e holidays.
residence n ea r his hom e on E ast there. Two classro o m s and a play
A fter selling his m odern re si­ Pow ell street. T he house Is occu
shed, w ith a good sized basem ent,
dence on Ava avenue to C. I. pied by Mr. and Mrs. F. E. B atch ­
a re considered ad eq u ate to take
R aker, who in tu rn disposed of it elor.
c a re of th e C edar en ro llm en t. The
to W ard Inglis, H. J. P u lfe r left
Improvements Made
new addition to th e H illsview
G resham In th e early p a rt of 1926,
Clyde M cM urry now has a mod schoolhouse w as begun In Ju n e of
o nly to re tu rn a year la te r and ern cottage rec o n stru cted from the
th is y ear and com pleted in A ugust.
e re c t a new home alm ost directly sm all fram e house w hich w as fo r­
About $3500 w as expended in th e
opposite the In g lis home.
The m erly on th e re a r of his lo t on
rem odeling of th e old building and
ty p e of house w hich Mr. P ulfer Main stree t. T he house w as moved
th e in stallatio n of th e new furnace.
ere c ts speaks w ell for G resham . to th e fro n t of th e lot, sev eral
A d airy b arn w hich has been a t­
T he new hom e is th o ro u g h ly m od­ room s added and m odern conven­
tra c tin g m uch com m ent d u rin g the
ern in every respect.
iences Installed. O scar W alin has p ast few m onths is th a t of Byron
Dr. and M rs H. H. H ughes expect rem odeled th e fo rm er Ed Sm ith De Young, w hich w as erected on
his farm w est of G resham a t a cost
around $12,000.
T his b arn has
every m odern convenience for th e
sa n ita ry p u rsu it of th e d airying
I specialize in th e in sta lla ­
Industry.
tion of fine plum bing fixtures.
I w ill do your com plete
A 7-room residence Is being
plum bing job and w ill g u a r­
erected by R. A. S ta rh a rd on a
antee fixtures and labor.
o n e-acre tra c t p u rch ased from W.
E. Beegle several m onths ago. The
I in sta ll A rco or A rcola or
hot w ate r system s, also w ater
house is of E nglish type of a rc h i­
and gas. L et ns give you an
te ctu re, and m odern in design. T he
estim ate on th a t large plum b­
> ex terio r finish w ill be of shakes.
ing job for your home, fac­
I John V icklund of Pow ell Valley
to ry o r store.
has erected d u rin g th e year a fine
Everhart into mafic water
m odern home w hich is o u tstan d in g
heaters— hot water at any
am ong o th er d esirab le residences
time.
of the com m unity.
T he Z enger b ro th ers, E rn e st,
Adolph and A lbert, have each put
up new m odern residences n ear the
home of th e ir fa th e r on B ark er and
Pow ell Valley roads. W. R. Jo h n ­
Phone 89 x
son began early In S eptem ber the
co n stru ctio n of a 7-room house a
q u a rte r of a m ile east of the 12-
Mile co rn er. The building Is 28 x 36
feet In size. Mr. and Mrs. Alex.
Gresham
Oregon
Thom pson » re now occupying th e ir
new house rec en tly erected on the
Gresham Band Scores High;
Much Credit Due the Leader
J
FRIDAY, DECEM BER
16, 1927
K ane road ab o u t one and a half Lake, w hich he ren ts.
m iles e a st of G resham .
A sh o rt tim e ago D. C. Ely of
F. G. A nicker erected an 8-room Oregon City had his residence
house in October on th e em inence p ro p erty oil Second stre e t moved
south of G resham know n as Anick- from Its location east of W alrad 's
e r's butte. It is b u ilt on th e b u n g a­ sto re to Hood avenue betw een
low sty le, w ith full co n crete b ase­ F o u rth and F ifth stree t. T he house
m ent, fireplace and furnace. Miss was moved very successfu lly and
M aud* A ldrich had erected on a num ber of re p a irs m ade which
G resham heights a sm all fram e now m akes it a d esirab le residence.
dw elling in Septem ber. T he house
FAIRVIEW
w as p u t up by a local builder, Otto
M agnuson
Mr. and Mrs. R alph
D avidson a re having a sm all fram e j Jacob S ch arb ro u g h of F airview
house b u ilt on th e ir ran c h p ro p erty was g ran ted a divorce T uesday
two m iles east of G resham on th e from his wife, Mabel S charbrougn.
by Ju d g e K a m ie r in th e M ultno­
K ane road.
m ah c irc u it co u rt th ro u g h W, J.
Mr. an d Mrs. R obert Mickey, who
i Cooper, local atto rn ey . In A ugust
moved to th is locality som e m onths
of la st year Mrs. S ch arb ro u g h tiled
ago, a re occupying a n ea t g arag e
su it for a divorce on th e grounds
on th e G resham -F airview road
of alleged cru elty , but la te r Mr.
n o rth of G resham , u n til such tim e
a c n arb ro u g h filed a cro ss com ­
as they can build a m odern re s i­
p la in t on th e sam e ground. W ith
dence. In May Mr. and Mrs. F ra n k
Mayes erected a sm all house on a the divorce Mr. S ch arbrough was
given ’ lie custody of th ree m inor
tw o -acre tra c t pu rch ased from Ed
Sim onsen on th e Pow ell Valley children.
road. E. W. A ylsw orth has built
Mrs. C raw ford—"W e’re g etting
two sm all houses n ear his r e s i­
up a club to study au to suggestion.
dence p ro p erty on th e Base L ine
You m ust join."
road w hich have been occupied by
Mrs. C rabshaw —“Auto sugges­
te n an ts. He recen tly Installed an
tion? If it's a new schem e to get
electric w ate r system on th e p rem ­
your husband to buy a car, you
ises w hich supplies w ater to sev­
can count m e in.”—Judge.
eral fam ilies In th e vicinity. H er­
b e rt B arn es had com pleted la st
D on't forget the ad v e rtise rs when
sp rin g a sum m er co ttag e a t Blue you need an y th in g In th e ir line.
We have modern equipment
and can guarantee the best of
workmanship.
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F or men and women
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PETER LENARD, Prop.
Shop Phone M il
Res. Phone 86«!
I wish you all a
VERY MERRY XMAS
and a Happy Prosperous
NEW YEAR
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New Homes and Business Blocks
Evidence of Building Activity
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