Gresham outlook., December 16, 1927, HOLIDAY NUMBER, Page 7, Image 7

HOLIDAY OUTLOOK,
GRESHAM OITl.nOK. GRESHAM. OKEGUN
History of Temperance Union
Reveals Much Progress Made
By MRS. H A T T IE M W O L FE .
Looking backw ard th ro u g h the
y ea rs of activities of the Oregon
W om an's C h ristian
T em perance
Union, back to the year 1883 w hen
F ra n c is B. W illard and A nna A.
Gordon m ade th e ir m em orable visit
to th e Pacific coast, to th e days
w hen they organized th e sta te W. C.
T. U. in th e old T aylor S tre e t Meth-
o d lst ch u rch in P ortland, one finds
th a t the G resham women w ere
ea rly in th e field.
Cooper. The d irecto rs have re-
cen tly been organized w ith Mrs.
H attie M. W olfe as ch airm an , and
Mrs. Geo. F. Honey as secreta ry ,
They expect to m ake a study of de-
p artm en t w ork, hoping to extend
th e ir w ork, as w ell as to p rese n t
program s to re g u la r m eetings. I t
is expected th a t th is plan will en-
a bie th e g en e ral officers to give
m ore tim e to building up the or-
ganization.
Im m ediate activ ities
are, scientific tem p eran ce in stru c ­
tion in the d ep artm en t, w hich is
largely essay w ritin g and p o ster
m aking. The d irecto r, Mrs. Jones,
is now in te restin g G resham and
nearby schools in th is work.
Mrs. W. F. H oney has ju st m an
1 aged a gift day for th e C h ild ren 's
F arm Home, w hich resu lted in a
show er of b eautiful and ap p ro p ri­
a te gifts for th e benefit of ttye
Home and its inm ates. Miss Maude
A ldrich add ressed a g ath erin g of
th e city federation of w om en's
clubs in P o rtlan d S aturday.
Mrs. May E m ery is giving a tte n ­
tion to the ev an g elistic d ep artm en t,
which, to accord w ith th e sta n d ard
set by the state, m ust have 20 m in ­
u t e s fui devotions at every reg u la r
m eeting.
FRIDAY, DECEM BER
p restig e to th e ch u rch es." “It has i uncial lin k betw een th e w orlds,
caused loss of p atro n a g e on steam i national, sta te , county and local
sh ip s.” "B ootlegging h as devel- ; W omans
C h ristian
T em perance
oped.” “F arm values have de- j Unions, sends th e sta te p ap er to
creased .” "C rim inal co u rts have each active m em ber, and leaves 25c
become clogged" and so on and on. in the local trea su ry . Of course
A carefu l study w ill show th a t th is sum m ust be added to in o rd er
th ese conditions a re eith er en tire- th a t a union m ay do effective w ork.
ly false o r th a t th ey re s u lt from | th e re fo re th ey ask th e "m en folks"
som e condition en tirely a p a rt from | to be at least as liberal as C aptain
th e 18th A m endm ent.
! Stayton ask s his constituency to be.
To refu te th ese statem en ts, an i Neal Dow, w hen he w as w orking
i in ten se study of a favorable p ress ! for the Maine prohibition law. said
j is n ecessary. To th is end Mrs. Geo. ' "We m u st sow Maine knee deep
Honey is conducting a series of w ith lite ra tu re ." C aptain Stayton
Quizzes a t re g u la r m eetings intend- sa ys th e A.A.P.A.’s m u st w rite m il-
ed to give th e women co rrec t in lions of le tte rs d u rin g th e next
form ation. A few y ears ago Capt. four years. T he W. C. T. U. may
S. S tay to n sen t o ut a call to his w ell ta k e lessons from them and
co n stitu e n ts for an n u a l dues of $1 w rite le tte rs—but, th ey m ust have
each, absolving them from fu rth e r th e postage.
responsibility.
M em bership in th e W. C. T. U., I W rite a le tte r; w rite a letter.
eith er active o r h o n o rary also re- j P ut a postage stam p a t work.
It will do it, it's no shirk.
q u ires $1 dues, but, in addition to j When you can do n o thing b etter,
this, each person m u st sign a to ta l
W rite a letter.
ab stin an ce pledge, and prom ise “To
Put a clipping in your letter.
do all in my pow er to enforce th e
P ictu re, poster, item, w h at not.
18th A m endm ent to th e co n stitu ­
It will tell unto th e g etter
tion of th e U nited S tates of A m er­
'T ill is found a m ethod b etter,
ica." T his dollar provides the fln-
“ P rohibition is th e best one."
R ecords a re not available for
m uch of th e early history, but a t
le ast one Union w as organized here
th a t did not survive long. The
p rese n t Union was organized by
Mrs. L ucia Additon, for m any y ears
a resid en t of Oregon, and also for
m any y ea rs a n ational W. C. T. U.
o rg an izer and lecturer. T his m ust
h ave been about 1895.
As an incident of th e se early
days, the follow ing story has been
to ld : At th a t tim e it w as difficult
for th e W. C. T. U. to get recogni­
tio n from the press, in any locali­
ty, th e re fo re th e unions w ere urged
to put up bulletin boards w henever
it w as possible to find a place for
them . A ccordingly, th e Gresham,
A h isto ry or brief sk etch of the when a la rg e enough num ber w a r­
w om en had one placed acro ss the
fra te rn a l and benefit org an izatio n s ran ted it. E lection of officers has
s tre e t from a saloon. One m orning
Liquor Facts Studied
of G resham indicate p ro g ress and been deferred on account of th e ban
th is board w as found nailed to the
O thers a re finding facts and fa l­
saloon. T he saloon keeper sen t lacies about th e prohibition q u es­ m utual h elpfulness. T he pioneer on public g ath erin g s. At present
w ord to th e presid en t to rem ove it. tion. As to bootlegging and poison lodge of G resham is th e Indepen­ A. W. M etzger is th e w orshipful
A fter consu ltatio n she, w ith an o th ­ liquor, they find th ese a re not new dent O rder of Odd F ellow s w hich m aster and W. L. G orsage th e sec­
e r m em ber w ent to the place, and things. In 1915, San F ran cisco re c ­ w as organized November 18, 1993. retary . T he atten d an ce h as been
w hile one w om an stood on a beer ords show ed 2000 places w here Only th re e c h a rte r m em bers of u n u su ally good during tho past
keg, the other balanced her, and the liquor w as sold illegally, and in th is a re now living, George K en­ y ear, w ith g ratify in g in te re st in
ney, W. H. Johnson and W illiam every th in g p ertain in g to th e w el­
board w as tak en down.
1925 one th o u san d places.
Gedemke. T he lodge m eets every fa re of th e order.
In th e first w ritten record found
From th e files of a New l o r k pa- T h u rsd ay evening. T h ere a re now
The Royal A rch Masons, w ith a
in 1914, we find the officers to be per of 1869, is found a re p o rt of an
p resident, Mrs. H. L. W ostell; c o r­ investigation of liquors w hich says 130 m em bers. At a re c e n t m eet m em bership of 40, m eets th e second
responding se cretary , Mrs. A rza th a t of 32 sam ples of b ran d y and ing officers w ere elected for th e Monday evening of each m onth. It
Alex. wa8 organized in O ctober, 1921, and
S m ith; and tre a su re r, Mrs. W. F. bourbon, th re e w ere styled "good”, ensuing y ear as follow s:
H
uber,
noble
g
ran
d
;
R.
T.
S tef- ch a rtered in Ju n e of th e follow ing
Honey.
T he m em bership n um ­ five, “f a ir ”, seventeen, "in ferio r",
bered 48.
C entral and A lbina and seven, “b ad ”. O pposite one of fanson, vice g ran d ; Roy H. Gibbs. y ear A t p r e 8 e n t w . J. Todd holds
Union w ere th e only unions am ong th e “bad” w as w ritte n “F lav o r like se c re ta ry ; C. H. H oecker, trea s- ,j,p office of high p riest, and Jam es
th e 20 in M ultnom ah county w ith a vinegar and lam p oil.” O thers u rer. T he appointive officers will R iU ngton is secretary . As soon as
the q u ara n tin e Is lifted to perm it
g re a te r
num ber
of
m em bers. w ere m arked, “Vile stu ff', “Vile be nam ed later.
The
lad
ies’
au
x
ilia
ry
of
th
e
I.
O.
public g ath erin g s, th e election of
Eleven y ears la te r th e re w ere r e ­ stuff”, “flavor like pine sh av in g s”,
O. F., th e G resham Rebekah lodge, officers w ill be held. T he Royal
po rted to th e sta te W. C. T. U. 104 or “ 40 per cent below proof”, etc.
is a th riv in g o rg an izatio n of 130 Arch, as th e o th er Masonic bodies
m em bers, and G resham ranked flrst
On November 28, 1827, according m em bers w hich m eets th e second is fra te rn a l in its scope. The
am ong 16 unions in th e county. The
to an associated p ress d isp atch , a and fo u trh Monday evenings of i G resham Masonic o rd ers, includ-
follow ing year, 1925-26 th e m em ­
dinner w as given to 297 p ersons in every m onth. At th e la st m eet- ing th e O. E. S., are p lanning the
b ersh ip had dropped to 70, and th e
th e Union clu b of New Y ork city, Ing th e follow ing officers w ere erection of a Masonic tem ple at
ra n k to fifth am ong th e 20 unions.
at w hich tim e, C aptain W illiam H. elected for the com ing year, th e such tim e in th e fu tu re as may bo
H ow ever, m em bership is based on
Stayton, ch airm an of th e A ssocia­ in stallatio n to ta k e place th e 9th possihle. F or several y ears they
dues paid to the sta te and not on
tion
A gainst
th e
P rohibition of Ja n u a ry :
T ilda D ahl, noble have owned a lot on Pow ell street,
accom plishm ents. T his w as the
A m endm ent w as a speaker. Cap­ g ran d ; Mary H uber, vice g ran d ; w est of th e R ak er & Son garage.
y ear th a t G resham achieved th e a l­
ta in S tayton said th e association H elena S trebin, se c re ta ry ; Mary
G resham C hapter O rder of E ast-
m ost im possible, and en tertain ed
w anted to ra ise th ree m illion dol­ McManus,
tre a s u re r;
C hristeua ern S tar is a w ide-aw ake o rgani-
th e sta te convention. T his w as so
la rs w hich w ould be used to send H um ason, w ard en ; Inez Lusted, | zation of over 200 m em bers.
It
w ell done th a t delegates w ent home
tw enty-seven m illion le tte rs to vo­ co n d u cto r; A rlie Gibbs, ch a p la in ; m eets on th e first and th ird Tues-
w ith m any good w ords for the
te rs w ithin th e n ex t four years, in Lucy Donley, R. S. N. G.; Minnie d a y s of each m onth in th e Masonic
G resham women and th e ir friends,
a cam paign designed to learn th e W yant, L. S. N. G.;
E tta Hoover, hall. T he O. E. S. is synonym ous
not only for service ren d ered by
a ttitu d e of people on th e question R. S. V. G.; E thel L u ndquist, L. S. w ith service and energy. T he so-
th e women, but for stre e t deco ra­
of m odification or repeal of th e V. G. ; Je n n ie S treb in , inside g u ar- d a l organization of th e o rd er Is
tions, courtesies by th e p ress, p as­
18th am endm ent.
dian; A nna B eers, outside g u ar- th e A rem e club, w hich
holds
to rs and of the h ea rty welcome
In a sta te m en t recen tly se n t to dian ; W innlfred O sburn, d istric t m onthly m eetings and plans m any
given them by city dignitaries.
m em bers of leg islatu res, the m an ­ deputy president.
in terestin g events, including high-
P re sen t Officers Named
ager of the p olitical o p eratio n s of
T he A. F. & A. M„ No. 152, Blue class dances and card p arties, also
At th e close of the year 1926-27, th is sam e association, com m only lodge of th e Masonic o rder, w as an an n u al bazaar. T he lodge w ss
th e m em bership had increased called th e A. A. P. A., the follow ing organized and ch a rtered in Ju n e of organized in 1915. T he w orthy
slig htly, p rese n t indications are for (m is) sta te m en ts w ere m ade as to 1913. It has now approxim ately m atro n is E dith T eg art, and the
a m uch g re a te r one the p resen t th e re su lts of th e 18th A m endm ent: 145 m em bers. T he G resham m em ­ se creta ry C lara l’ulfer. T he latter
year. The p rese n t officers are “ It has caused th e su b stitu tio n of b ersh ip w as fo rm erly a p a rt of has served for nine y ea rs as se cre­
p resid en t, Mrs. Mabel Clow; vice th e prohibition Bible for th e holy F airview Lodge No. 92, but w ith ­ tary . T he first w orthy p atro n of
p resident, Mrs. W. F. H oney; c o r­ Bible.” “I t h as caused loss of drew to form a local o rganization th e lodge w as O. J. Brow n, and the
responding
se cretary ,
A nnabell
K irkw ood;
recording
secretary ,
M ildred F an ch e r and tre a su re r,
Mrs. Em m a W alrad. F ifteen de­
p artm en ts have been adopted w ith
d irec to rs as follow s: A m ericani­
zation, Mrs. E lla L arso n ; flower
m ission, Mrs. I. S. K orsund; evan­
g elistic, Mrs. May E m ery; C h ris­
tia n citizenship, Mrs. L. P. M ann­
in g ; m usic, Mrs. C. N. T ab e r; S un­
day school. Mrs. N ora R u sh er; pub­
licity, Mrs. C. S hultz; social m o ral­
ity, Mrs. H attie Wolfe, child w el­
L u m b e r is th e ideal b u ild in g m a te ria l be­
fare, Mrs. Ada N ickerson; official
cau se it is a v a ila b le in a ll g rad e s, easy to
p ap ers, Mrs. G. Honey, tem perance
h a n d le , and a d a p ta b le to econom ical c o n ­
and m issions, Mrs. H. V. WiRhelm;
stru
c tio n .
scientific tem perance in stru ctio n ,
Mrs. F lorence Jo n e s; Loyal T em ­
If You a re B uilding a H om e we c a n supply
p era n ce Legion, Mrs. L ulu H o rn ­
you w ith w ell-seaso n ed lu m b er. F re e from
in g : fairs and exhibits, Mrs. C. J.
k n o ts a n d cu t in le n g th s fo r s ta n d a rd building.
L u n d q u ist; narcotics, Mrs. W. J.
Fraternal and Benefit Orders
Exist for Mutual Helpfulness
You w ill sav e d o lla rs by co m in g here.
Todd’s
Barber
Shop
If Y o i i a re B uild in g a B a rn , you w a n t big,
s tro n g a n d flaw less b eam s th a t will c a rry th e
h e a v ie st load. O ur lu m b er is selected an d se a ­
soned in th e g re a t fo re s ts of O regon. T h e re
is n o n e b e tte r.
If You a re R e p a irin g o r Im p ro v in g hom e
place s tru c tu re s you need lu m b e r and all kind
of b u ild in g su p p lies.
Let Un Help You Plan and Estimate
Lowest Huildiny Prices
Eastman Lumber Co.
N ear Mt. H ood D epot, G resh am
He wish to thank our
friends and patrons
for their past fav­
ors and wish
them
A Merry Christman
and
A Happy New Year
16,
1927
first w orthy m atron, Mrs. A nna hall w hich, during th e past year expiration of th e tim e for applica-
Brown, his wife. It will be of in ­ has been en tirely rem odeled a n d , tion io r adjusted com pensation.
te re st to note th a t of the 40 c h a r­
painted. F our c h a rte r m em bers of ! T he A m erican Legion auxiliary
te r m em bers of the lodge, 30 are
the gran g e a re now living, Mr. and m eets on th e fourth T uesday eve­
m em bers at th e p rese n t time.
T he G resham Camp, Modem Mrs. George S leret and Mr. and ning of each m onth In conjunction
W oodmen of A m erica w as o rg an ­ Mrs. Jo h n R oberts. O. I. Neal is w ith th e Legion m eeting, and on
ized n early 20 y ears ago and has a the p resen t w orthy m aster, and th e second T uesday of each m onth
m em bership of 81, widely scattered , Mrs. T heodore B rugger th e secre- the m em bers m eet at th e various
how ever, th ro u g h various locali- tary.
homes for sewing. The auxiliary
ties. T he o rganization mewts on
T he A merican Legion was o rg an - m em bers are continually putting
th e th ird F riday evening of each j (ged In G resham on A rm istice Day, forth a g reat deal of effort to help
m onth in th e I. O. O. F. h all. T his 1919, and has since continued w ith th e disabled veterans and th eir
is a fra te rn a l and benefit o rd er, and ' unbated zeal and in terest.
Ted fam ilies, both locally and in gen­
considerable in te re st is m aintained Johnson, who recen tly retu rn ed eral. T he v eteran s' hospital also
in th e m eetings held in G resham . ; from a nation-w ide gath erin g of receives much atten tio n from the
W. J. Todd is consul of th e order j th e Legion at P aris, F rance, Is th e auxiliary. At th e election held
and C. J. L undquist clerk.
present com m ander, and E. J. in November th e follow ing officers
T he au x iliary of th e Modern j B rugger the ad ju tan t. T h ere is a w ere elected for th e com ing year:
Woodmen, th e Royal N eighbors of m em bership of 73. all stirrin g Mrs. P earl Gray, president; Mrs.
A m erica, has a m em bership of 26. young men who have served th e ir Hazel H am lin, first vice president;
It w as organized in A pril, 1916, and j co u n try eith er in one capacity or Mrs. E dna B rugger, second vice
m eets on th e second T h u rsd ay of an o th er in relatio n to the W orld p resid e n t; Mrs. Georgia R oberts,
each m onth a t the various homes w ar. T he a d ju tan t of th e sta te de- se creta ry ; Mrs. W alter Olmschied,
of th e m em bers. Mrs. E tta Hoover j p artm en t rep o rts th a t G resham tre a s u re r: Mrs, Mabel G llberson,
occupies th e office of oracle, and post has now a higher paid-up Hoss. h isto rian . T here are 68
Mrs. C. J. L u n d q u ist th a t of sec­ m em bership th an in any previous serg ean t at a rm s; Mrs. Marian
year. T he local com m ander sta te s Hoss, h isto rian. T h ere are 68 m em ­
retary .
Clover
Circle,
N eighbors of th a t Ja n u a ry 1, 1928, w ill be the bers enrolled in th e auxiliary.
W oodcraft, w hich has a m em ber­
ship of 40, w as form ed iu G resham
about 25 y ears ago. At a recen t
election Mrs. C. E. Van Slyke w as
given the office of g u ard ian n eigh­
bor and Mrs. R ichard Beadle, sec­
reta ry . The m em bers m eet on th e
fo u rth Tuesduy of every m onth at
the home of Mrs. J. H. Metzger.
C h arter m em bers of th e o rd er In­
clude Mrs. L. P. M anning, Mrs.
C arrie Powell, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Metzger, Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Jack,
Mrs. A nna Cleveland and Mrs. Iona
McColl.
T he o rganization was
form ed as the au v iliary of a W. O.
W. cam p w hich la te r tra n sfe rre d to
M ultnomah Camp No. 77 in P o rt­
land.
T he G resham grange, w hich is
composed largely of those In ter­
ested in a g ric u ltu ra l activities,
has a m em bership of 82. The
g ran g e is identified with not only
th e a g ric u ltu ra l in te rests of the
com m unity, but w ith every In d u s­
try th a t tends to th e b etterm en t of
th e tow n and su rro u n d in g te r r i­
tory. it m eets on th e second S a t­
u rd ay of each m onth In th e gran g e
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