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About Tillamook headlight. (Tillamook, Or.) 1888-1934 | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1923)
« SOCIETY EVENTS MANY A beach party occurred at Ocean- aide last Tuesday evening ut which Mrs. M. Medcalf of 402 First street west, entertained a number of invited guests in honor of her sister Mrs. Morgan of Aberdeen, Wash., who is visiting her. The guests left this city at t> p. m. by automobile and upon ar riving were served with a fine dinner at the beach. The evening was agreeably spent around a cheery bon fire where marsh mallows Wert- toasted and stories re lated and a general good time was had. Those participating were: Mrs. Morgan of Aberdeen and her son Don ald and wife. Miss Vivian Anderson. Miss Ella Davidson. Irvie Keldson. Richard Donovan. Gilbert Funk, Leon- ard Kane, Mt. and Mr*. H. S. Brim hall, and grandson Buddie Moulton. Gerald and Jack Medcalf and Mrs. Alton Swett. D. O. Spitzmesser, J. W. Osborne and Mrs. M. Medcalf, the hostess. ♦ ♦ ♦ Last Tuesday the Sunshine club met at the home of Mrs. M OathouL NffiuSeen members and two guests were present. The guests were Mrs. L. A. Barrick and Mrs. A. J. MeQuen. Mesdantes M. Oathout, George Larson and Florence Keesee were the host esses. The afternoon was spent working on a quilt for the dub. A delicious lunch of cake coffee, sandwiches and pickles was served The dub will meet again July 31 on the banks of the Kilchls river where a picnic «rill be held. All dub memtiers and friends are cordially invited to attend this meeting. ♦ ♦ ♦ Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Edwards en tertained the adult classes of the M. E. Sunday school at their home Tues day evening. Exclusive of the Ed wards. there were thirty persons pres ent. A straw vot$ was taken on the books liked heat, the moat noted men and the most popular kind of pie. Of the books, it was decided that the Pil grim** • Progress and Shakes|H*are Were in the lead. Of the moot noted men of the day Edison and Henry- Ford received the honors When it came to the most popular pie. the cus- tard kind easily distanced all com- petiton. The evening was much en joyed by the invited guests. ♦ ♦ ♦ The Swastika club was entertained by Mrs. Koch at Rockaway A very FRIDAY, JULY lj, TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT 2 delightful luncheon was served ut th» Elmore hotel. The invited guOHU were Mrs. Harvey Ebinger and Mrs. Harry Tucker of Albany. The club will meet with Mrs. Holden in July. ♦ ♦ ♦ Mrs. H. A. Franklin ant* Mrs. W. B. Aiderman were the Kil Kare Klub ho“’ >sses for June, at the home of the former. Four dozen jars of fruit will be sent to the Pacific Coast Res- cue and Protective society. June rpeet ing living the time for annual elec- tion of officers the following were elected: Mrs. R. R, T. Boa's, Bonis, Pres.; A. K. (ase, vice president; Mrs. u Carl Haberlucti, secretary and treas urer. Mrs. A. A. Pennington was appoint ed press chairman. Mrs. S. W. (Y»n- over gave u moat interesting report of the state club convention at Med ford. Nine members attended this convention, Aft, ; a dainty luncheon was served the Klub adjourned to en- joy a two months vacation. METHODIST CHI RUH Sunday school 10 a. m The morn- ing sermon will be given to the recep- tion of 21 into full connection. You are invited to hear the address to the class. ered that dividing that number by two showed the true number of each sex, there being 1612 girls and the same number of boys of school age in this county. Many members of the local Ki- wanis club went up to Seaside Thurs day where a basket picnic was had with the Astoria Kiwams club. The day was pleasantly spent the local club returning in the evening. A pro gram was hed, and the occasion was much enjoyed by those who attended from this city. CHANGE OF STAGE SCHEDI LE We wish to announce change of schedule which was effective on July Hit. Leaving time from Tillamook 7:30 and 11 a. m. and 4:1)0 and H p. m. Leaving time from Portland 12:30 midnight, 7:50 a. m., 12:60 noon and 5:10 p. m. was not changed. This change was made to give direct con nection at Hebo for Pacific City and Neskowin, also ut McMinnville for Salem mid Southern Oregon points. Th<- stage will get you to almost any point in Oregon, with very little de lay. Special rates are now in effect. Portland-Tillanxwik Stage Line It HOYS DRIVE N Ml S IV ROAD Some interest is being shown here by th«- business men of the city in as sisting the local farmers to overcome the dearth of help in putting up the large crop of hay this season. Quite a number have offered their services in the hay fields if they are needed. E. J Schelling, county road :ur*rvis- or, has offered the use of some of tr.-j county trucks in transporting the tern porary farm help to and from their jobs. REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE armory buds called for What might be termed a remark able coincidence was discovered by the Headlight this week in looking ov er some county statistics. In Octo ber 20. 1922. the school census of this county war taken, and when com pleted it showed that there were 3024 school children between the ages of 4 and 21 years. It was also discov- John Hunzicker. Eugene architect, arrived in the city Wednesday after- mam with the plans for the proposed state armory to be built here. The plans have been left at the office of J. E. Shearer and the bids will lie re ceived at the First National Bank. Opening date of the bids is July 80. tdenborn Harry H. Guild with th,, and the latter an adver are over to take in the department of the a few days, with head News was in the city ■ this city. night in the interests »{J Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Anderson were Mrs. S. K. Hoffman down from Nehalem Wednesday <m business connected with the Herman transacted business in j Thursday. Tohl estate. KIWAN1S ('Ll B AT SEASIDE Plain and fashionable dressmak ing. Prices reasonable. Mr*. I’axon. care of Art Wallace. Mutual Phone LIM AI. INTEREST SHOWN —Adv. 39-2tp. IN HARVESTING HAY CROI Some person or persons presumed to be boys, placed a row of finishing nails across the road near Camp Four one day this week and autos driven by County Commissioner Alley and Stanley Coates each picked up nails and received punctured tires. The men got their machines to a garage and put on new tires, but it took some time to limp in. The perpetrators of the outrage should be made an ex ample of when caught. Such fun is too costly to the other fellow. LOüiSiANÂ TREE 2,500 YEARS OLD book binder tising man, Breaks Preced'"'/ in beaches for Admitting Welsh Girl quarters in Brake Is Placed by 5 f Scientists as Fifth Oldest Living Thing. New Orleans.—Th< fifth oldest known living thing on earth, and the third oldest tn North America. Is a giuut cypress tree In what 1« known as the Edenborn Brake, iu Winn pariah, this state, according to Carleton F. Poole. <>f the Louisiana state conser vation department The uge of the tree has been placed at 2.500 pears by Prof. Herman Schrenk, of St. lx>uls, and other sclen lists who have examined It Accord Ing to records, it is exceeded In lon gevity only by the Santa Maria del Tule cypress, near Oaxaca, Mexico, 5,000 to B.000 years old. the Dragon tree at Orotava, Island of Tenerlffe, 4,000 years old, the Sequoia trees, Calif or nla. 4.000 years old, and the I tu olia b tree. Senegal. 4,000 years old The Edentiprn cypress wua budding Into life when Jerusalem was taken by Nebuchadnezsar. It was a lusty Phyllis Curtis, a pretty, modest and young sprout when the battles of Murnthon and Thermopylae were gentle little Welsh girl, who has just fought, when Assyria was at the ui»ex been admitted to the United States af of the world dominion and when Rome ter the Immigration-board at Ellis Is was a village of mud roads and hovels land broke u precedent Brought be The tree was fit* li years old wben fore the board. Miss Curtis admitted Christ was bora in Bethlehem, a vet- that she came to the United States eran when the Roman legions were solely to be near her sweetheart who withdrawn from Rrltuiu to leave the lived in Nanticoke, Pa. She also ad savage trllies <»f those Islands to fight mitted that she was too young to get out their differences, and was more married Just now and that she was to than years old when Columbus live with her beau's folks. When girls sailed into the Atlantic to begin his come to the United States and are too young to marry they are nenalty neid voyage of discovery. us “likely to become public charges." Peculiarly Situatvd. excluded and sent back tc their The tree was one of a numt>er of Its mother*. However. Miss Curtis proved kind In u tract of pine timber pur ao sweet that '.be Inspector* just chased by William Edenborn some couldn't help but admit her. ye. r ago, and when logglug began be refused to permit It and three others almost as large to be felled, although Oldest Bell on Record the giant contains approximately 23. Used in Italian Church IMS’ fret of lumber It Is peculiarly situated for one of Its species, for The oldest known bell «till In use Is while the cypress usually grows I d tn the parish church of St. Mary- nw unit* the* Edenborn B|«c|meu stands Loreto. at Vlllalago. tn the Abruzzi Ir a hollow between hills. mountain*. an<! bear* the Inscription One of the three cypresses left “Ave Maria" followed by "Anno Dou>- standing with It was felled by a storm Inl 000" Considering that t>ell* were some months ago Mr. Edenborn has Invented, according to church authori offered the aged giant and Its two ties. by Pope Rablnlan. who died I d compnnlotiH to the conservation de 000. no older tw»ll is recorded partment to do with as It sees fit. So long hh none la Injured The depart meut plans construction of a highway to them re that the *|w>t may he visited more easily by tourists and home folk Frank Taylor of Albany and Edw. O’Neill of Portland, the former a PERSONAL MENTION mt kP«! WHAT EVERY WU LOOKS FOR HIS SAVINGS FAIR AND REGULAR R TURN FROM HIS INVESTME! £ 3 ■ The Coast Power Company Now Offers to the Peo ple of Tillamook any I thi I peo| Io el b un 7 S CULMATIVI but PR] M3» ÌRED STOQ pe< & « ion. An investment based upon 13 years of sd and substantial growth. Ask at our office for full details of your portunity with the I COAST POWER CO ss I th iti Tillamook, Oregon wry V I “ h*i i 4
