Oregon Normal Items of Interest
Busy days at Oregon Normal with exams vacation plans and term schedules ahead before December 17. The January 8 1921 term opening looks promising per registrar reports. Faculty club met for methods studies. Warde slated to lecture December 16 on Fifty Years of Make Believe. Delphians elected winter officers. A Cumberland Romance shown December 10. Christmas dance December 11. Vespertine Society Christmas program December 16 7 80. Allen Clark of Albany visited Monmouth.
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Vespertine Literary Society
Literary Society
Frederick Warde to Appear Here in Feature
Frederick Warde the veteran actor will give a feature presentation titled Itiy Years of Make Believe It reveals the real American stage drama from the past fifty years and promises a vivid personal account. Warde, once a leading figure on stage, briefly retired but returns to entertain an appreciative public.
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Frederick Warde
Warde
Bimo Leads In Los Angeles Obarammergny Mission Play
A historical note praises Bimo for a leading role in the Los Angeles production of Obarammergny and notes Hena will lead next season. Warie’s contemporaries are praised as top actors, and his lecture is described as a romance of priceless memories delivered with skill.
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Bimo
Los Angeles
Obarammergny
Hena
Mr. Warie
Rev Peter Conklin Injured In Fall While Visiting Patient
Reverend Peter Conklin of the Evan gelical church is laid up with broken ribs after a fall while visiting J J Chute ten miles south of Monmouth. Conklin and A G Hefley crossed a railroad right of way and slipped on a trestle ladder, tumbling eight to nine feet onto a timber, injuring ribs and a leg. He was resting easier in a later report.
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Peter Conklin
Evangelical Church
J. J. Chute
Mr. Conklin
Chute
Monmouth
A.g.hefley
Valley & Silets
Independence Civic Club hears study on Japan
Visitors from Independence met with Mrs J. W. Pember for a 25 person gathering. Readings and solos entertained by several members, with a review of the manners and customs of the Japanese people as this year's study topic. Tea and wafers were served after the study hour.
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Civic and Study Club of Independence
J. W. Pember
Fanny Steinberg
Velma Johnson
Irvine
Butler
Pember
Japan
Ackerman
Plark
Helen Corneting
Maurice Buller
J. H. Atkerman
Miss Todd
Miss Levis
Ida Mae Smith
Barnett Family Moves Into Peters House Near Church
Lee Barnett and family have relocated to the Peters house south of the Evangelical church and the children will enroll in the local school.
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Lee Barnett
Peter's House
Evangelical Church
Polk County Farm Bureau plans year end meetings
The Polk County Farm Bureau outlines a series of public meetings to review 1921 work in crops rodents fruit livestock and horticulture. Sessions at the Farm Bureau office Dallas and a Monmouth Grange Hall gathering will coordinate county programs and promote cooperative effort.
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Polk County Farm Bureau
Monmouth
Farm Bureau
Dallas
Grange Hall
P. C. Powell
Tonto County
Tilamack County
Autorin
Otter Oregon
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
R. C. Paulus
Salem
Oregon Growers’ Co-operative Association
State Horticultural Society
Eugene
Sherman County Farm Bureau
National Forest Service
Modoc
Slakiyou
California
Kivnath County Wood Growers Association
W. G. Durdin
Modoc National Forest
Oregon
Southern Pacific Company
Fred C. Walters
Elmia Lumber Company
Georgy Quayle
Oregon Chamber of Commerce
Quayle
Public Service Commission
Consolidated Lumber Tarif
Miss Parrott Tours Plymouths Historic Pilgrim Sites
A reader recounts a Plymouth visit highlighting Plymouth Rock Burial Hill Pilgrim Hall and the National Monument to the Forefathers. The trip also visits Salem Concord Lexington Walden Pond and landmarks linked to Hawthorne Longfellow Emerson and Thoreau.
Polk County Adopts County Circulating Library Plan
A county court decision establishes a Dallas based county circulating library with branches across Polk County. Miss Marvin state librarian led a citizen delegation from Dallas Independence and Monmouth, securing 2600 dollars from the county plus state funds for books. Monmouth benefits through local agency and dentistry services soon available as Ben F. Butler relocates practice from Salem to Monmouth.
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Polk County
Dallas
Miss Marvin
Independence
Monmouth
Pace
House by the Side of the Road dedicates week of services in Monmouth
The Baptist church in Monmouth presents a full week of dedicatory services beginning Sunday at 11 with Rev. Myron K. Haynes delivering the sermon and 3 PM dedicatory exercises led by Pastor Peter Conklin. Throughout the week, pastors from nearby cities join with regional figures for lectures, music, and Bible school sessions.
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Baptist Church
Myron K. Haynes
D. D
Peter Conklin
Evangelical Church
Oregon Baptist Convention
W. T. Milliken
H. E. Rosselle
Pastor Christian Church
Oregon State Normal
J. H. Ackerman
Thos
H. Gentle
J. W.B. Butler
W. A. Waldo
Corvallis
C. L. Trawin
McMinnville
Salem
Pace
Monmouth
Sam Walter Foss
J. 5. Reid
Portland
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John Fox Jr
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Albany
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