Oregon Normal School President censured by state board
The Oregon Board of Higher Education censured Monmouth Normal School President J L Landers in an all day meeting in Salem. The board accepted most of a committee report on incompetence and mismanagement, but rejected the resignation plan for September 8 1932, instead striking that portion. The seven page report cited errors in judgment and misleading certifications regarding student coursework. committee chair Mrs Walter M Pierce and members Albert Burch and C L Starr supported the findings and resignation. The motion to delete the resignation acceptance passed after extant rebuttals from Landers.
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Salem
State Board of Higher Education
J. §. Landers
Oregon Normal School At
Monmouth
Monmouth Normal
Landers
Julius L. Meier
Sanders
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Lander
Normal School
Walter M. Pierce
la Grande
Albert Burch
Medford
C. L. Starr
Portland
F. E. Callister
Albany
Callister
Pleasant Surprise Visits M. L. Watts Farm Couple
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Smith on the M. L. Watts farm north of town hosted a neighbor gathering last Thursday evening. Guests included Zerba and family, Edna Zerba, Floyd Pinkerton and family, Garth Joyce Valerie Cannon Granville Potter Lois Smith Chester Lyman, Wm. Elder Lawrence Pinkerton and Jewel Pinkerton. Four tables of Pinochle preceded a pot luck lunch.
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Jess Smith
M. L. Watts
Zerba
Edna Zerba
Floyd Pinkerton
Garth Pinkerton
Joyce Pinkerton
Roy Cannon
Valerie Cannon
Granville Cannon
Potter
Lois Smith
Chester Lyman
Thimble Club to Meet and Quilt Draw Limited Tickets
The Thimble Club will meet Tuesday afternoon October 13 at Mrs. Lewis Keen home. The sun bonnet quilt will be drawn at Evergreen Hall Friday night October 23 at 8 o'clock at Good Time Dancing Club. A member notes only a few more tickets remain at the Red and White store.
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Thimble Club
Lewis Keen
Evergreen Hall
Reeve Betts Wins Harvard Medical Scholarship
Harvard Medical School awarded 32 scholarships this week. among the recipients is Reeve H. Betts of Athena, Ohio, whose good fortune brings congratulations to the Betts family from friends.
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Reeve
A. P. Dispatch
Mass
Betts
Harvard University
Harvard Medical School
Reeve H. Betts
Athena
Eastern Star Chapter Social Evening Recap
The Eastern Star Chapter met Wednesday evening with Mrs. Fred Kershaw Mrs. M M Johns and Mrs M L Watts in charge of the social hour Light refreshments were served at the close of the evening.
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Eastern Star
Fred Kershaw
M. M. Johns
M. L. Watts
Pendleton Buckaroos Top Athena 19 to 0 in Bruising Clash
Pendleton Buckaroos defeated Athena 19 to 0 on the local field after a hard fought game. Athena fought hard despite being outmatched as Pendleton scored three touchdowns and a failed extra point, then added a late safety before the final whistle.
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Pendleton Buckaroos
Athene Lads
Bucks
Pendleton
Athena
Oval
Ape
Moore
Aaron Douglas
Tefferson
Helix
Myrick
First Wheels Turn At Big Ariel Plant
Waters of the Lewis River power the Northwestern Electric Company's Ariel plant as the first turbine starts. The 60 000 horsepower unit began testing after construction began November 1 1929 by Phoenix Utility, dam Lake Merwin named for L T Merwin.
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Lewis River
Northwestern Electric Company
Ariel
Woodland
Phoenix Utility Company
Northwestern Electric
Merwin
L. T. Merwin
Roseberry House Guests Include Hollywood Visitors
Guests at Roseberry Home were Mrs. Andrew McDonald and daughter Pauline of Hollywood California. Mr. McDonald the motion picture employee could not travel as planned. Mr. McDonald Jr picked up his mother and sister to continue to Seattle on their way home.
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Roseberry Home
Harve Roseberry
Andrew McDonald
Pauline
Hollywood
California
McDonald
Metro-Goldwyn Motion Pictures
McDonald, Jr
Seattle
Dairymen Attend Hermiston Stock Show
Several dairymen from the Athena area travel to Hermiston this weekend to exhibit stock at the Hermiston Stock Show. Prizes from last year highlighted high grade Seattle stock showcasing local dairy talent.
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Hermiston
Athena
Seattle
Dudley in Hospital in Walla Walla After Second Operation
E. A. Dudley remains in a Walla Walla hospital following a second operation for glandular trouble performed last Friday. His wife Mrs. Dudley is at his side in the same city hospital.
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E. A. Dudley
Walla Walla
Dudley
Walla Wome
Hall condemns recruiting policy threaten ing Oregon football
University of Oregon President Arnold Bennett Hall told Oregon state board of education that continuing current football recruiting limits will exhaust winning teams within four years. He noted recruiting is limited nationwide but California and Stanford will still lure top players, and he urged reconsideration without blaming the board.
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Salem
Arnold Bennett Hall
University of Oregon
State Board of Education
Oregon
Hall
United States
California
Stanford
University of Southern California
Harvard
Dismissal in Wallace Mullan rum conspiracy cases
United States Attorney Hoyt EB. Ray announced that all charges in the Wallace Mullan rum conspiracy cases were dismissed and bonds exonerated after the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court ruling. The action ends a case that previously sent several mayors sheriffs and officials to prison over fees taken from bootlegging operations.
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Boise
Idaho
Hoyt EB. Ray
United States
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
District Court
Mullan
Wallace
R. E. Weiniger
Shoshone County
W C T U County Convention at Baptist Church
The W C T U county convention will meet at the Baptist church at 10 o clock Thursday October 15. Delegates from Milton Helix Pendleton Hermiston and Reith are expected for forenoon and afternoon sessions. A program is planned and the public is invited with A F May of Pendleton presiding.
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Baptist Church
Milton
Helix
Pendleton
Hermiston
Reith
Ae A. F. May
Wendel Shigley Takes Job at Mountain View Sanitarium
Wendel Shigley left Athens Wednesday for Lakeview Washington where he has secured employment in the Mountain View Sanitarium. The exact duties are not disclosed. Carl Calvert, a former Athens high school graduate, has worked at the sanitarium since leaving Athens.
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Lakeview
Wendel Shigley
Athena
Washington
Mountain View Sanitarium
Wendel
Carl Calvert
Athena High School
Sanitarium
Athens
Blast Shatters Windows Near Weston Quarry Site
A blast at the rock quarry along New road south of Weston sent rock shards across a farm area, shattering windows about the H. 8. Street farmhouse a short distance away. No injuries reported.
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Weston
H. 8. Street
Feeding Methods Tested On 0.5 C Pullet Flock
Oregon State College poultry researchers compare feeding methods from hatching to production using 1000 white leghorn pullets. Half raised on laying rations, half on chick feeds, later split into four pens per group to test hand fed grain, hopper mash, cube or pellet feed, and all mash regimes. A. G. Lunn notes field tests support laying rations to cut labor and costs.
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Oregon State College
Poultry Department
Oregon
A. G. Lunn
Ticks Infect Grouse Tularemia Danger
Dr. R. R. Parker of the U S Public Health Service in Montana plans a three week inspection tour through Utah Idaho and Oregon. He will study spotted fever vaccine use and collect data on tick borne diseases including tularemia spread by a newly discovered woodtick that infects grouse.
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R. R. Parker
U. S. Public Health Service Laboratory
Montana
Utah
Idaho
Oregon
Parker
Pay or Quit Order Filed by Berney School Directors
Directors of Berney school district No 1 levy tuition for 15 students attending Sharpstein school. Parents must pay 35 dollars per year by October 15 or children will be barred from school. Funds for state and county apportionment will be claimed.
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Berney
Walla Walla
Berney School
Sharpstein School
Pendleton Chamber Seeks Pendleton John Day Route Priority
The Pendleton Chamber of Commerce sent a letter to Roy A. Klein, secretary of the highway commission, urging completion of the Pendleton John Day Highway to take precedence over a proposed Portland to the sea short route and to include the Pendleton John Day Highway in the federal sid or seven percent system.
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Pendleton-John Day
Pendleton
Dorbin Foster Leaves W. S. Ferguson Farm for Ill Father
Dorbin Foster employed at the W. S. Ferguson farm was called to Hillyard Washington last week by his father’s serious illness. On reaching home he found his father in a critical condition.
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Dorbin Foster
W. S. Ferguson
Hillyard
Wash
Mosquito Problem in Oregon Is Real
Dr. Frederick E. Stricker notes the mosquito problem nationwide is growing and urges organized community action. Mosquitoes breed where water stands and invade homes through tiny openings, with several species in Oregon causing discomfort behind screens. A simple, centralized organization with adequate labor is needed to carry out effective control.
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Frederick E. Stricker
Oregon
Law Is Circumvented by Oleomargarine Interests
Olympia reports that oleomargarine producers and distributors seek to evade Washington's 15 cent per pound butter substitute tax by parcel post deliveries from across state lines. Dairy farmers criticize the tactic as a challenge to the tax and to dairy industry protections as ads target Washington women with orders routed through grocers to dodge the levy.
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Olympia
Washington
Nucva
Oregon
Best Wheat Crop Report From Weston Region
J N York on 300 acres leased from J F Killgore north of town produced what is believed to be the best Weston wheat crop. Written proofs read by the editor show 500 acres averaging 62 bushels per acre of No 1 Federation. Other season crops yield 60 bushels per acre or more on smaller acreage.
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Weston
J. N. York
J. F. Killgore
Town
No. 1 Federation
York
Golf Course Still Popular in Athena District
The Athena golf course remains popular with local residents and outlying districts seeking exercise. Proprietor Mr Pinkerton has arranged a Thanksgiving contest offering a turkey to anyone who completes a round in a foursome.
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Athena
Pinkerton
Pinkertons and Daughter Plan Lewiston Weekend Visit
Mr and Mrs L B Pinkerton and daughter Jewell, along with Mrs Floyd Pinkerton and daughters, left Friday for Lewiston to visit over the weekend.
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L. B. Pinkerton
Jewell
Floyd Pinkerton
Lewiston
Pioneer Days Recalled by Mrs Hulda McKinney
Mrs. Hulda McKinney, aged 90, received guests at her daughter's home in a surprise party reflecting on her life since leaving Mitchell North Carolina fifty years earlier. She shared details of the pioneer journey by emigrant train to Salt Lake City and onward via coastwise steamer and river boat to Walla Walla, noting hardships and early family life before settling at what became College Place.
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Hulda McKinney
Salt Lake
San Francisco
Astoria
Wallula
Walla Walla
Blalock
McKinney
Umatilla Forests Photographed by U S Service Crew
Lafe Weinstedt, official U S Forest Service photographer from Portland, and John Blum of Northwest Air Service Seattle, wait in Walla Walla for clearer weather to complete aerial photos of the Umatilla National Forest. Planes scout fires and map the forest, updating maps of inaccessible areas for better care.
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Lafe Weinstedt
Bellingham
U. S. National Forest Service
Portland
John Blum
Northwest Air Service
Seattle
Walla Walla
Umatilla National Forest
Air Service
Sheriff To Sell Land In Historic Malheur County Auction
The Malheur county sheriff will auction 250 parcels of county owned land on October 31 in Yale. Land ranges from small ranch plots to larger tracts with some improved homes and farm buildings. Most parcels lie near Vale in the Warm Springs irrigation district with prices from 10 to 250 dollars and some offerings at 1256 dollars per acre.
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Malheur County
Yale
C. W. Glenn
Warmsprings
Vale
Phillips Returns From Portland Trip With Mother
Darvin Phillips came home from Portland on Monday taking his mother to spend the winter in California with her daughter Mrs. Dennis and family. Mrs. Phillips has been in poor health for a year but endured the trip well. After visiting John Phillips in Portland they then left for the south.
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Portland
Darvin Phillips
California
Dudleys Visit Athena Golfing and Social Round
Mr and Mrs Charles Dudley formerly of Athena now reside in Goldendale spent Sunday afternoon in Athena. Charles and friends played a round of golf on the local course while Mrs Dudley visited several matrons of the city including Mrs Boyd Mrs Watts Mrs Richards and Mr Eng erbox Tutted.
Farm co ops strong as bankers back Hoover plan
Atlantic City officials report farm co operatives are financially healthier than many banks and have provided over 100 million dollars in support to 112 associations. The American Bankers Association approved Hoover's 600 million dollar pool to mobilize frozen credit. Harry Haas was elected ABA president and Los Angeles chosen for 1982 convention.
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Atlantic City
James C. Stone
F Farm Board
American Bankers’ Association
Hoover
United States
Federal Reserve Banks
Association
Harry J. Haas
Philadelphia First National Bank
Los Angeles
Study Club a New England Literary Walk
The Study Club continued explorations in literary New England with a Friday talk by Mrs. E. C. Rogers on Concord including Thoreau’s house Walden Pond and Emerson and Hawthorne homes. Roll call quoted these authors as Mrs. Read hosted in lavender daisies and marigolds.
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Study Club
New England
E. C. Rogers
Concord
Thoreau
Walden Pond
Emerson
Hawthorne
Boyd
Whittier
W. O. Read
M. M. Johns
F. B. Radike
Portsmouth
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Isle of Shoals
Celia Baxter
New Haven
City of
Elma
Stella Keen
Christian Missionary Meeting Discusses Rio Grande Peoples
The Christian Missionary Society met at Mrs. S. C. Charlton's home with fourteen ladies present. Mrs. Wm. Mc Pherson led the program on the Rio Grande and Colorado river peoples, with sketches read and reviewed by several members. Devotionals were led by Mrs. vt McKay and refreshments served by Mrs. Charlton and Mrs. G. R. Gerking.
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Christian Missionary
Christian Church Missionary Society
S. C. Charlton
Wm. McPherson
Rio Grande
Colorado Rivers
L. M. Keen
Lloyd Michener
M. Eager
Mildred Stanton
J. W. Pinkerton
D. A. Pinkerton
Pickett Hurt In Week’s Football Game Injury Details Released
Pickett sustained a severely bruised back ligaments torn in the shoulder and a bad head bump after the game. Dr. W. G. Cowan of Walla Walla examined him and described significant misery from the collision.
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Pickett
Solista Pickett
W. G. Cowan
Walla Walla
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Pendleton Bucks
Waitsburg
Heppner
Big Ariel
State Board
Umatilla Forests
American Association
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