White Chautauqua Week to Feature Music and Lectures
The White Chautauqua is set for five days in a large tent on public grounds starting Thursday. Tickets go on sale Saturday with adult passes at 2.50 for all afternoon and evening shows and a 1 child rate. highlights include Wiepaki’s concert, Olive Me soprano, Apollo Duo, and a Comedy It Pays to Advertise. Lectures by Wells and James A. Burns are planned along with a Norfolk-style illustrated program. committees and local sales points are listed with several sponsors and merchants participating.
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Giauque
Ih «& Com
Coopera
Wiepakie
Chicago
Meyer Witepnist
Mqua
Olive Me
Pittsbuug Lym
Miss Me
Apollo
Ret Reynolds Company
New York Players
H Wells
London
Malaya
James A. Burns
Oneida
Civic club appoints ticket selling committee names
In Polk County coverage from the Independence Enterprise and Woman's Civic Club reports a committee formed to sell tickets. Members listed include Mrs. George Carbray, Mrs. 0. Sloper, Mrs. James Robbie and Mrs. Walter Plant.
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Tosh Grocery
Polk County Post
Independence Enterprise
Woman's Civic Club
Han
George Carbray
Sloper
James Robbie
Walter Plant
Oregon Normal May Day Festivities Honor Poet Markham
The Normal campus hosted Edwin Markham with a lecture and reading in the chapel. May Day events featured queen Ruth Stover, colorful costumes, a Maypole dance, and class drills with a seniors’ trophy win. Notables attended including Governor Olcott and Edgar B. Piper, with upcoming events and commencement plans announced for June 1921.
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Normal
Edwin Markham
Oregon
Markham
Normal Chapel
Monmouth
The
Normal School
Ruth Stover
Aky
Fativities
Oregon Agricultural College
University of Oregon
Mra. Olcott
Cornelia Marvin
Oswald West
J. L. Patterson
Lytle
Mra. Clifford
Virginia Hales
Marie Schuoette
Normal Boys
Pacific University
Normalites
Forest Grove
Edgar B. Piper
Oregonian
Piper
Todd
Records
Corvallis
Miss Holliday
Beattie
Portland
State Teachers’ Association
Israel Zangwill
Mary Ann
Variow Sparte
S Swicheon
Weil
Graduation set for Airlie High School class
Miss Winnogene Peterson daughter of Mr and Mrs P T Peterson Parker and Frank Tu bandt of Airlie head Airlie High School graduation exercises will be held the following evening after the end of the year work on June rd commencement by Prof Harry Seymour of Corvallis former Polk County schools supervisor The address will be
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Winnogene Peterson
P. T. Peterson
Parker
Frank Tubandt
Airlie
Airlie High School
Harry Seymour
Corvallis
Polk County
Mail delivery to start here in Independence
Postal inspector E C Clement visited Independence with Portland base to study a two carrier mail route. A city map shows streets and buildings, with numbering and signs to be installed. Delivery requires 85 percent resident interest and receptacles, with July 1 target.
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E. C. Clement
Portland
Wood
Clement
Dallas
Salem Masons Host Banquet with Portland Team Present
A Salem lodge banquet and reception featured the Portland police team presenting the third degree to about a hundred Portland Masons. Attendees from Independence and Monmouth included B R Wolfe M L Baldwin B E Smith A G Williams H W Dickinson and others, with Monmouth represented by Morlan Chambers J B V Butler Jr Miller Swenson Mulkey and Prime.
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Independence and
Monmouth Masons
Salem
Salem Lodge
Portland
B. E. Smith
A. G. Williams
H. W. Dickinson
Dean Schumaker
C. W. Irvine
I. D. Mix
J. G. MclIntosh
F. W. Leonard
R. W. Baker
Arthur L. Keeney
Monmouth
Messrs. Morlan
Chambers
J. B. V. Butler, Jr
Miller, Swenson
Mulkey
Prime
Bundle Day for Near East Fixed for May 25
Next Wednesday May 25 has been set as Bundle day in the Near East relief drive. People are urged to leave clothes shoes and other useful items at the Independence public library to speed shipment to Portland.
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Independence Public Library
Portland
City High Students Attend Edwin Markham Lecture
City High students enjoyed Edwin Markham’s lecture at Monmouth Normal Tuesday evening. Classes posed for pictures Wednesday afternoon with two exposures per class. Edythe Qualley visited last Friday. she stays in Salem and weekended with Jewel Steel. Falls City meets Independence next Wednesday at the high school ground. next Friday the local team will travel to Elkins. Melvin Ray, high school team manager, is on crutches from an injury sustained last Friday against Independence. Mic Wilbur Underhill has a discolored eye from a ball hit in the Dallas game. Dallas won 11 to 15 in that incident, with the hoodoo noted for Friday the 18th.
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Edwin Markham
Monmouth Normal
Edythe Qualley
Salem
Jewel Steel
Falls City High School
Independence
Elkins
Melvin Ray
Independence Ground
Dallas
Mic Wilbur Underhill
Rogers Family Weekend Visit to Fugene with Alpha Delta Phi
Mr and Mrs Hugh Rogers and daughter from Oak Point spent the weekend at Fugene with Mr Rogers sister Miss Leota Rogers and were guests of the Alpha Delta Phi.
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Hugh Rogers
Oak Point
Roger
Leota Rogers
Alpha Delta Phi
Polk County Highway Plan Settled With State Panel
The Polk county court and the state highway commission reached a road funding agreement. Officials Booth Yeon and Devers met in Dallas. a written pact awaits Portland signatures. Designates Luckinmute bridge to Monmouth as a market road with 43000 dollars to be advanced by the county. additional financing from the commission as needed. The county will pay 25000 dollars annually to the highway commission until repaid. Bids for road work from Monmouth south to Luckinmute open May 28. The plan may provoke a legal challenge over independence in the road controversy.
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Polk County Court
State Highway Commission
Polk County
Booth and
Yeon
Devers
Dallas
Portland
Luckinmute Bridge
Monmouth
The
Highway Commission
Market Road Fund
Lauchinmute Bridge
Benton County
Rickreall
Salem
Luckinmute
Local boys set fishing record on See Kay trip
Delmar Bullis Gerald Hewett and Franklin Parker rode the Valley and Siletz train to See Kay with blankets provisions a frying pan and tackle. They landed 75 fish the longest about 14 inches and plan to fry them over a camp fire eating from tin plates in the woods.
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Delmar Bullis
Gerald Hewett
Franklin Parker
Valley & Siletz
Greenwood School Sewing Club Posts 100 Percent Finish
The Greenwood school sewing club finished its project with 100 percent, one of eight clubs in the state to reach this mark. Leader H. Seymour of Corvallis announced the statewide rating. Club leader Mrs J W Walker and teacher Mrs Anna Huntley guided the group.
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Greenwood School
H. ©. Seymour
Corvallis
J. W. Walker
Anna Huntley
Mrs Frank E Dickson Receives Treatment at Salem Hospital
Mrs. Frank E. Dickson is receiving medical treatment in Salem Hospital. The brief item notes her hospitalization and ongoing care in the facility.
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Frank E. Dickson
Salem Hospital
Farmers Union Picnic Set at Elkins on May 25
The Polk County Farmers' Union plans a large picnic at the Elkins school house on Wednesday May 25 with a noon basket dinner. A. R. Shumway state president of the Farmers' Union will give a speech from Milton Ore. Other events include two ball games and various amusements. The Elkins local aims to make this a major annual event.
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Polk County Farmers’ Union
Elkins
A. R. Shumway
Milton
Ore
Farmers’ Union
100 Foot Flag Pole for High School Grounds
Community effort will raise a 100 foot flag pole at the school grounds. The tree stem was provided by Dewey Hill and cut by the gravel group including Art Clester and Dick Jewell. Grover Mattison hauled it, D E Fletcher supplied gasoline, and J D Hibbs Co will donate the rope. The gravel crew will finish by fall opening.
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Dewey Hill
Art Clester
Dick Jewell
William Hill
M. H. Pengra
Grover Mattison
D. E. Fletcher
J. D. Hibbs & Co
Changes Begin On East Side Main Street
Frank Smith & Sons have leased the Kirkland building now housing Rol Walker and W. R. Maillie for a cigar and pool business. Walker may relocate after selling the building to the Smiths. Maillie plans to move his barber shop one door south to the Barnett building. A confectionery, cigar and card business by J. B. Violette is set to open likely July 1 after H. Hirschberg sold the building.
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Frank Smith & Sons
Kirkland
Rol Walker
W. R. Maillie
Walker
Smiths
Maillie
Barnett
H. Hirschberg
J. B. Violette
Perrydale Opens with Win Over Independence Colts
Perrydale defeated Independence Colts by nine to four in the local ground opening game. Stoltenberg pitched well and Butler starred behind the plate while the visiting team showed stronger batting. Corvallis house team to play next Sunday, with Falls City and Turner upcoming in April and June respectively.
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Independence “Colts
Perrydale
Stoltenberg
Butler
Dr. Barrick Waseon
Frank Fisher
George Fetzer
Houck
Jack Tate
Anderson
Black and
Todd
Bayard T. Merrill
Corvallis House
Independence Ground
Falls City
Turner
F B Leslie Injured After Fall At Pincus Hop Yard
F B Leslie, a carpenter living between Buena Vista and Albany, sustained serious injuries last Saturday at the Pincus hop yard when he fell several feet while tearing down scaffolding. He struck the back of his head, lost consciousness, and remains in critical condition.
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F. B. Leslie
Buena Vista
Albany
Pincus Hop
Rickreall Masons to Attend Lyon Lodge Meeting Saturday Night
A delegation from Rickreall lodge will attend Lyon Lodge in this city Saturday night for third degree work. A banquet will be served afterward. Local Masons have accepted an invitation to travel to Dallas next Friday evening.
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Rickreall Lodge
Lyon Lodge
Dallas
Oregon National Guard K Company Camp Orders
Almost all K company Oregon National Guard members must attend field training camp from June 15 to 29. Officers may be excused only for disability or urgent family death or illness. Enlisted men may be excused for disability or extreme personal loss. Excuses require written application by June 1 and board review. If absent without approval, a provost guard will escort to camp for disciplinary action.
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Company K
Oregon National Guard
White
Company K Officers and Men to School Next Week
For the annual encampment, officers and a squad from company K will report at Camp Clackamas next Monday at 9 o clock and stay until Thursday. Attendees include Capt. Emerson E Groves, 1st Lt Ira Mix, Sgts Stewart and Powell, Cpls Compton and Henkla, and Privates W Bullis, Davis and Edwards.
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Company K
Camp Clackamas
Emerson E. Groves
Ira Mix
Stewart and
Powell
Compton
Henkla
W. Bullis
Davis
Edwards
Marl Woods ES Injured by Highway Barrier
Marl Woods son of Mr. and Mrs. J A Compton was injured when a wire cable stretched across a highway near Leona Oregon caused his crash while en route to Eugene. He suffered a broken nose and dislocated kneecap and was treated at Eugene hospital before returning home to Silverton.
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Leona
Eugene
Marl Woods
J. A. Compton
J. G. Standard
Silverton
Marl
Ore
Young R. E. Hereford’s Baby Dies in City
Mr and Mrs R E Hereford mourn the loss of their ten month old son Edward Matthias who died Tuesday after a brief illness Funeral services were held and he was buried at Woodburn The couple recently moved from Woodburn seeking support from friends during their sorrow
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R. E. Hereford
Edward Matthias
Woodburn
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