Thanksgiving notes and university events at Monmouth
Faculty and students return from Thanksgiving break as Dean Todd and Assistant Dean Levis host a dinner with a Red Cross themed table. Senator Huston will speak on December 13 at Chapel on recruitment problems. The French Club and Faculty Club hold early December meetings with talks on the Bolshevik movement and current events.
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Dean Todd
Levis
Monmouth
B. Huston
Multnomah County
Huston
Training School Facts and Fancies
The article notes the return after vacation with teachers busy catching up on assignments. It highlights that all but four advanced pupils completed eighty problems in the miscellaneous list and remarks on grammar grade arithmetic for the fathers.
Sudden Death of Mrs M Sacre of Monmouth
Mrs M Sacre a longtime Monmouth resident died Monday at Willamette hospital Salem. Born Nancy Jamison July 28 1866 in Calloway county Missouri she married Martin Sacre in 1887 and moved to Oregon nineteen years ago. Survived by husband three sons Albert H Sacre Edgar J Sacre and Guy E Sacre and three grandchildren.
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Calloway County
Martin Sacre
Oregon
Monmouth
Albert H. Sacre
Edgar J. Sacre
France
Guy E. Sacre
Artillery School
Camp ‘Taylor
Family of Sacre and Jamison kinship spans three states
Wing Inez and Olga Sacre along with two brothers and sister Geo Jamison of Portland, Oregon and Ewing B. Jamison of Hollywood California, and Mrs Lucy E Renoe of Fulton Missouri form a broad kin group.
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Wing
Inez
Olga Sacre
Geo, Jamison
Portland
Ewing B. Jamison
Hollywood
Cal
Lucy E. Renoe
Fulton, Mo
First Aid to the Wounded Soldiers
A correspondent recalls ten days of near continuous shell fire near the front. At advanced dressing stations he helped wounded soldiers with food and care, noting many went without meals for days and praising their bravery. He describes destruction and fear but remains determined to return.
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Army
France
Thanksgiving Service Praises Valor and Victory
A Union Thanksgiving service drew notable interest with Rev. Peter Conklin delivering a patriotic sermon. He cited the war effort, the soldiers’ valor, national morale, prohibition’s success, and the nation’s wealth and generosity in a shared cause. J B W Butler presided. Revs Pace and Morris assisted.
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M. J. Butler
Misoigs
Peter Conklin
Marshal Foch
J.B. W. Butler
Pace and
Morris
Community Christmas Tree Meeting Called for City Representatives
In line with last year’s tradition a meeting is planned to discuss a Community Christmas Tree. Each organization should send two representatives. The gathering will be at Morlan's Book Store on Tuesday December 10 at 8:00 p.m. Represented groups include churches schools clubs lodges and service groups such as the Red Cross Odd Fellows Rebekahs Woodmen Circle OWA and Wolverton Mayor.
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Morlan’s
Baptist
Evan
Red Cross
The
Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Woodmen and the
Circle
Owa
Wolverton
Council Adopts City Budget and Narrowly Approves Crossing Plan
A small turnout at the Monday council meeting saw the budget adopted, totaling 10 mills on assessed city value. Bills were approved, and 6.G. Griffa proposed supplying six sacks of cement and gravel for a cross walk over the J. & M. right of way at Jackson Street on Broad Street. after discussion, the council allowed $5.
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G. Griffa
Jackson “Street
Broad Street
Morlan Reports Third Washington Visit Amid Demobilization
Howard Morlan states he recently visited Washington for the third time where demobilization work has begun. He notes discharge papers are being issued to the men and expects to return home by Christmas.
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Howard Morlan
Washington
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Senator Huston
Gilbert MacGregor
Dallas
Taylor
Bramberg
Radabaugh
Schuette
Anderson
Holmes
Chase
Smith
Parrott
Gentle
Ackerman
Many &Ng I¢s
Fea
Grchdie
United War Work Campaign
Magda Huber
Genevieve Ekins
Rosa Chamberlain
Donald Sheen
Nada Johnson
Illa Huber
Verna Strain
Turkey
E. W. Staats
H. Portwood Land
Polk County
M. Sacre
Kirkpatrick
Meeks Hood
Che
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