Night Before Christmas Cantata Shown By Lexington Grade Students
The Lexington ECHOs a Cantata The Night Before Christmas was presented last evening by grade students in the Lexington Auditorium under the direction of Mrs Turner Mrs White and Miss Vale to a large audience. Visitors included Mrs Tom Beymer from Hinton Creek and Grandma Booker who will stay for the holidays. Students home for Christmas include Miss Gladys Benge Opal and Wilma Leach Maxine Gentry Elmo McMilen Buster Gentry James Leach and others visiting from Corvallis and Arlington at Pilo Rock for the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Beymer
Hinton Creek
Lexington
Grandma Booker
Gladys Benge
Whitman
Opal
Wilma Leach
Maxine Gentry
Corvallis
Absentminded Man Mixes Names at Transatlantic Tea
Story recalls a passenger who forgets names and faces on a transatlantic voyage. He admits many are written nowhere and relates a baffling exchange about a man who thought the speaker was his wife’s former husband after a cordial letter.
Franness Seen as Resemblance to Father Sparks Comment
A government member, noted for his likeness to a famous father, reportedly viewed a constituent woman who is over eighty and a half. She told him she is proud yet quips that he may be too stupid to be his father, reflecting a sharp insult captured in a local remark.
Local Notes Include Domicile Change and College Visitors
Blaine Blackwell and wife moved beside the Congregational parsonage while college students circle the town. Names such as Helen Balsiger Nolan Carlton Swanson Robert Harbison and Gladys Lundell appear among visitors and residents. Dr W W Kettle offers eyes care at Bullard's Pharmacy and several locals headed to Heppner for an encampment meeting. David and Dan Head left Thursday for Cathlamet to spend Christmas with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Balsiger
Nolan
Page
Carlton Swanson
Robert Harbison
Gladys Lundell
Low Round Trip Fares for New Years
Union Pacific offers low round trip fares between Idaho Oregon and Washington with sale dates December 3 to January 6 and 31. Return limit January 4, 1926. Contact local agent Wm McMurray General Passenger Agent for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
Wm. McMurray
Bank of Lone stockholders meet to elect directors
Notice outlines a stockholders meeting of the Bank of Lone in Lone Oregon on January 14, 1926 from 2 to 4 PM to elect directors and conduct lawful business. C. R. Goosel, cashier. Also mentions a dog license requirement for 1926 and a theatre listing in Jone Dee with the Ten Commandments Show. Rentals offered: four room apartment over printing office at $10 monthly, with utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of
Lone, Lone Oregon
Fraternal Meet at Ione Unites Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
At the O D F Hall in Ione a large gathering of Odd Fellows and Rebecca lodges from Morrow County enjoyed a reunion with about one hundred attendees. A mixed program of music songs and readings followed by a short address by Brother Head of Cathlamet 287. A cafeteria lunch was served by Bunch Grass Rebecca Lodge and helpers from lone Lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ione
Odd Fellows and Rebeccas
Head
Cathlamet No
Washington
E. Notson
Heppner
Rebecca Lodge
Lone Lodge
Odd Fellows Orchester
Rebecca Chorus
Lines Troedaon
Verda Rit Jie
0. W. Swanson
Della Cornon
Lee Howell
The Wise Doctor and the Dumb Question
A humorous exchange where a Mrs asks a doctor why some are born without speech. The doctor replies that some lack the faculty of speech. The wife boasts about her education as she probes the joke about Thomas and repeated attempts to say “Cause they to.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Danny
Oceansion
Thomas
Baltimore News
Stockholders Notice for Legion Theatre Lone Oregon
The Legion Theatre A stockholders notice lists pictures contracted for and calls a stockholders meeting in January 1926 at 2 PM to elect directors and discuss business. Items shown include The Ten Commandments and The Border Legion among other films. also notes Christmas Seal Sale by Public Health Association and local mentions of residents and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Legion Theatre
Lone National Farm
Lone
Oregon
Public Health Association
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elmo McMilen
Lezington
Buster Gentry
James Leach
Arlington
Cal
Laura Scott
Daisy Warner
Pilo Rock
Franness
Blaine Blackwell
W. W. Kettle
Bullard’s Pharmacy
George Ritchie
Edison Morgan
Earl A. Brown
C.F
David
Dan Head
Cathlamet
C.P. Abert Adkins
S.W
G.W. Ritchie
JW U
E. Morgan H.P Ralph Benge
Scribe
Trusties
ERS
C. R. Goosel
T the Legion Theatre
Jone Dee
Ham Bullard's Pharmacy
Lars
ODD Fellows & Rebeccas
Morrow County
Sileuce Greeings
New
Legion Hall Theatre
Ments
Mertor
C. B. Ruley, Sec. & Treas
Border Legion Xwo
Bullard’s
Fred Raymond
Prescott Wash
Art Erwins
Wester State
Zena Westfall
Westfallia
Frank Engelman
American Legion Lone
Merry Christmas
Bristow & Johnsons
Zone Independent
Yours
Bert Mason
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