Springtime notes and community events in East End
Miss Ruth Proebster visits family in Walla Walla. Ray Gordon reports first mail route by car this year. Elected prune growers board resumes leadership as over 300 sign up. Skyline road progress in the forests of the reserve aims for fall completion. Mrs. Lloyd M. Piper dies in Walla Walla hospital from pneumonia. Auto accident shatters Proctor and damages split repairs. R. L. Herndon relocates to Appleton station. Nadine Pittman recuperates after ankle fracture and scalp laceration. Saxton family suffers paralytic stroke and injuries to twin daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Proctor
Main Street
Milton Drug Company
State Line Hall
Blue Mountain
R. L. Herndon
L. Keen
Crockett Station
Appleton Station
Paris Metscher
Roy
Wayne
Athena
Earl Martin
Martin
Fruitvale
Nadine Pittman
Tell It To the Marines at Standard Theatre Thursday
Metro-Goldwyn's big epic Tell It To the Marines stars Lon Chaney with Eleanor Boardman William Haines and Carmel Myers. It will show at the Standard Theatre next Thursday March 24 changing from Wednesday due to high demand. Also on the program Saturday night Ben Alexander with Henry B Walthall Irene Rich and Rockcliff Fellows and Sunday Norma Shearer in Upstage. John Stanton has returned from Ontario Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metro-Goldwyn
Lon Chaney
Eleanor Boardman
William Haines
Carmel Myers
Standard Theatre
Standard
Ben Alexander
Boy of
Henry B. Walthall
Irene Rich
Rockcliff Fellows
Heppner News Roundup March 13 1896 Sheep Market and Local Notes
In Heppner the sheep market holds about 150000 animals with offers at past-year prices of 1.00 for yearlings and 1.50 for two-year-olds, though sellers are reluctant. A farm accident near Helix claimed the life of James Semple who died after an attempted operation. Farmers resume plowing after a late freeze, and Prof. M G Royal will preach at the M E church. Charles Norris leases the Till Taylor property and will move in. Primaries in Athena precinct produced light turnout. delegates and alternates chosen for the county convention in Pendleton. Belfry work at the Baptist church nears completion as a bell is hoisted in place. A boy injured in a horse accident near Sam Purdy’s place and Turner Callender’s bicycle sail invention are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heppner
James Semple
Chris Simpson
Helix
McKay Creek
M. G. Royal
Weston Normal School
M. E
Charles Norris
W. H. H. Scott
C. S Stanton
J. W. Stamper
J. N. B. Gerking
South Athena
G. H.whiteman
J. W. Keen
Charles Walter
M. J. McDaniel
Angus Gillis
John Echart
Baptist Church
Louie la Brashe
Sam Purdy
Turner Callender
Sectional Declamatory Contests Held Across Districts
Sectional declamatory contests are under way at Adams with competitors from Helix Weston Adams Athena and district 69. Winners advance to the county contest in Pendleton around early April as grades and high school divisions perform before judges from Pendleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
Helix
Weston
Athena
District
Pendleton
Howard Drew
Gladys Anderson
John Miller
Carl Chambers
William Ransom
Herman DeHart
Phyllis Schatz
Unbearable Adams
Tillman Stone
Harold McIntyre
Johnnie
Leo Geissel
Tom Campbell
District 69
Geneva Lucas
Arthur Crowley
Garcia
Billy Ashworth
Merle Boylan
Helen Kupers
Maxine Allen
Glen Wolfer
Lionel Davidson
Piano Duet and Oratory Contest Entries
Participants include Roderick Larabie performing Value of an Ideal and Adams on Athena Oratory with Piano Duet. Raymond Anderson presented President Harding's Arlington Cemetery address. John Kirk performed Trousaint L Ouverture with Glee Club Helix as judges decide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roderick Larabie
Adams
Raymond Anderson
President Harding
Arlington Cemetery
Weston
John Kirk
Trousaint L’ouverture
Athena
Principal Swan Resigns After Lime Bucket Incident
After a year long feud with pupils at Eugene High School culminated in a lime bucket spill on Principal Swan during assembly, he has submitted his resignation to the Eugene board of education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swan
Eugene High School
Eugene Board of Education
Beckner Boy Undergoes Tonsil Removal Operation
Dale Beckner, young son of Mr and Mrs Fred Beckner, recently underwent surgery to remove his tonsils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale
Fred Beckner
Healthy boy urged to join sports for wellbeing
An advertisement from Pendleton Oregon promotes examination and adjustment services to keep a child healthy, highlighting the spine and nervous system must function normally. It invites parents to bring an ailing child to Stangier Building and to call 706 for an appointment.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Studebaker
Foster - Richey, Inc
Oregon
East End
The
Weston Leader
Ruth Proebster
Berney School
Walla Walla
Jennie Proebster
Ray Gordon
Freewater Times
Lloyd M. Piper
Walla Walla Hospital
Lloyd Piper
Milton Eagle
R. Saxton
Bellingham
Martha
Mary
Norma Shearer
Metro
Portland
John Stanton
Ontario
Helen Oswald
Fern Carsten
Jack Weber
Solo, Helix
Bob Kenyon
Aaron Douglas
Old Glory
Harold Pierce
Respect
Leslie Gould
Nadine Elder
Billy Coe
Mother
Wilhelmina Meiners
Patsy
Genevieve du Bois
Thrush
Ams
Zada Snider
Bashful
Reuben
Zane Kembler
Fauntleroy
Lavell Gemmel
Stell
Audrey Jones
Norman Kupers
George
Willie
Robert Lee
Liz Town
Adelene Kennedy
Organ Builder
Margaret Lee
Whistling Regiment
Emma Karstens
Connor
Margaret Calder
Lord Dundreary
Hazel Parris
Helen Hansell
Athena Hotel
J. E. Froome
Yan Ee Tem
Lee Vee Va
Glee Club
W. Boyd Whyte
Stangier Building
F. Sharp
W. G. Cowan
D. J. McFaul
M. D
Inland Empire Bank
B. B Richards
Blaesing Granite Company
I, J. Blaesing
F. Bowman
Odd Fellows Bld
Bell & Dickenson
Athena Garage
Continental Oil Company
Bryce Baker
Kilgore Cafe
Gerald Kilgore
A. W. Logsdon
Main
the Lumber
Turn-A-Lum Lumber Co
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