Church Surprise for Goweberry Superintendent Visit
Members of the Wally Church in Goweberry surprised Superintendent Mr. and Mrs. Ovxar Peterson after Sunday school on January 4. Thirty-five members attended the gathering at the Peterson home with dinner and social time. Families from the area joined in the event and shared sandwiches chicken pie salads ice cream and coffee. Additional notes mention Mrs. Fred Ritchie returning from Portland for medical care and Janet Carlson visiting from USC.
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Wally
Goweberry
Ovxar Peterson
Peterson
Fiv
Mra
Henry Biker
Leonard Carlson
Algott Lundell
Carl Bergstrom
Edgar Ball
Walter Dobyn
Wilma
Fred Ritchie
Portland
Ritchie
Arlington
Janet Carlson
USC
Emil Carlson
M. Frederickson
Jean
Ralph Harris
STUDENT ACTIVITIES NOTE AND GAME RESULT
A brief student body meeting was held January 6 with no business after a secretary report. The junior class met January 7 to plan caddy sales at basketball games. Examinations start next week with exemption rules based on average grades attendance and departmental marks. The High School Girls beat Town Girls 32 to 10 in a fast game refereed by coach Emons. Harold Kincaid of Oregon Institute of Technology spent Christmas with parents at the ranch southwest of Tone.
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McCabe
Mics Emons
Harold Kincaid
The
Oregon Institute of Technology
Mrs
Oliver Kincaid
Tone
High School Alumni of 1916 and 1917 The Class Roll
The graduating class of 1916 numbered five with one girl and four boys. L A Doak was principal. Many graduates pursued further study or career paths including Mearl Blake at the University of Oregon and Portland’s Pacific Seam Ship Company. Jesse Dobyns attended the University of Oregon and served in the 8 A T C before marrying Alta Mason of Freewater. David Rietmann farmed after graduation and lived near lane with his mother. George Zink became a Portland city mail carrier. In 1917 Doak again led the school as one boy and three girls completed coursework. Frank Stoops farmed in Richland, Catherine Jones taught and later worked for the Oregonian in Portland and KGW. Etta Barlow married Lee Howl and resided in Ione with him at the Tum A Lum Lumber Company. Continued in Pg. 4.
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L. A. Doak
Goldier Cops
Foromer Frank
Kennewick
Washington
Mearl Blake
University of Oregon
Jone
Pacific Seam Ship Company
Portland
Mary Geas
Jesse Dobyns
U. of O
Alta Mason
Freewate
Olmpia
Dobyns
David Rietmann
Margaret Rietmann
Lane
George Zink
Portlad
A. L. Doak
Frank Stoops
Richland
Catherine Jones
Oregon State College
Chalis
Idaho
Daily
Oregonian
Pubiiation
KGW
Etta Barlow
Lee Ho 2d
Ione
Howel
New Year Brightened by Sun and Rain
The new year begins with welcome sunshine after fog and gloom and a beneficial rain. School opened with teachers back at desks after vacations spent at home. Mr. and Mrs Bert Mason and son Junior visited in Pomeroy Washington while Mrs Mason's mother Adelia Godfrey joined them in Walla Walla with daughter Mrs Charles Delzell. Linea Troedsen of Echo high school faculty spent holidays with family.
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Bert Mason and Son
L.E. Dick
Pomeroy
Wash
Joint Installation of Odd Fellows and Rebekah Officers
Odd Fellows hall hosted a joint installation ceremony on Saturday evening January 3 with officers named across both lodges. Installing officers included Grand Master Ted Troge and Lucile, as listed among a long roster of titles such as N.G. Amy Spery W. McDonald and Etta Bristow, among others. The report notes continuation on the following page.
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Odd Fellow
Rebekah
Odd Fellows Hall
Satuday
Rebekah R. Lundell
N.G
Amy Spery
W. McDonald
N. G. Ely
Bee Oy
L. Clark V.C. M. Forbes L Howell R
S. Lena Lundk
John Long
F. S
Ed Bristow
Treas
Etta Bristow
C Battersby Ward
Ada
City Hall Briefs From Tuesday Council Swearing In
New city officers took oaths at the regular council meeting held Tuesday night. Officials include Mayor John Long and recorder W W Hind with treasurer Grace Linn and holdover councilmen J H Bryson E R Wundell Lee Howell T C Troy and T E Peterson. Principal George F E Tucker attends the Oregon State Teachers Convention in Portland. Odd Fellows and Rebekah Lodges plan a joint installation Saturday evening at Odd Fellow Hall. American Legion sponsors a Hard Times dance on New Year’s Eve in Ione. Mrs Gus Jones of Heppner visits Ione, guest of Mrs George E Tucker.
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Pers Nnl
John Long
W. W. Hind
Tresurer
Grace Linn
Paul Balsiger
J. H. Bryson
E. R. Wundell
Lee Howell
T. C. Troy
T. E. Peterson
George FE. Tucker
Portland
Odd Fellow
Rebekah
American Legion
Ione
Gus Jones
Heppner
George E. Tucker
1931 Telephone Almanac Ready for Distribution
The Mell System Telephone Almanac for 1931 is prepared for distribution, featuring facts about the telephone and other items. The annual booklet is circulated nationwide and read by hundreds of thousands. free copies are available at the telephone office.
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Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
Local Lexington Notes And Games From The Holiday Week
Miss Amabel Estrodman and Miss Elsie Tucker left for Monmouth U to study at the normal school with Tucker earning a teaching post at Pleasant Point. The Lexington girls edged Arlington 14 12 in basketball as LaVerne White suffered eye cuts from broken glasses. Lexington boys defeated Arlington 34 14 led by Wayne Burchell after substitutions by 1930 graduates. Mr. and Mrs. Hackett returned from Palaceland after a two week vacation. A Breshears car skid near Heppner, damaging a wheel but injuring no one. Sperry family had Christmas Day dinner with Walter Cochran in Arlington.
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Elsie Tucker
Monmouth
Ure
Miss Tucker
Pleasant Point
Wee
Burchell
E. J. Hackett
Purland
Heppner
Charles Breshears
E. G. Sperry
Walter Cochran
Arlington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Church
Vol
Ione H. 5
Linea Troedsen
Echo
Dr. Tiess
Bert Mason
Oregon
Parsnips
Windsor Ranch
Heppner Cleaners
I. R. Robison
Chine Work
Deere Line
Bristow & Johnson
City Hall
Bell System
Lexington News
Amabel Estrodtman
Morrow Co. Creamery. Co
W.C. Cox
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