New Year Grange Dinner Draws One Hundred Fifty
Monmouth Grange held its New Year's Day family dinner bringing about 150 members and friends. O W Kellogg organized a large roaster of wild ducks for the feast as Mra G S Crofoot arranged an afternoon program with vocal soloist Ronald Beattie piano duets by the Mixes Faulkner and youth recitations. P C Powell chaired a discussion on child upbringing and national finances. Regular January Grange meeting follows with a short program and a county wide union officer installation planned for January 16 at Odd Fellows Hall Monmouth. Mr Palmiter state master and Mrs Hertha Beck to attend. Six officer sets will be installed in an open ceremony.
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Monmouth
O. W. Kellogg
Mra. G. St Crofoot
Volow
Ronald Beattie
Faulkner
P. C. Powell
Brush College
Ita
Palmiter
Hertha Beck
Odd Fellows
Dorcas Society to Hold Election Meeting Next Tuesday
The Dorcas Society meets with Mrs. E. C. Cole on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o clock for the tentative election of officers. A large turnout is desired.
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Dorcas Society
E. C. Cole
Post Office Sales Reach Eight Thousand In 1924
An unofficial report states Monmouth post office 1924 sales surpassed eight thousand dollars, qualifying the office as a second class facility. The excess is claimed to be around two hundred dollars higher than Independence office earnings in the same period.
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Monmouth
Independence Office
Sophie Braslau Young Contralto Inspires Versatile Range
American contralto Sophie Braslau appears Tuesday January 13, delivering a program sung in English French German Italian Spanish Russian and Hebrew. Her voice spans alto to coloratura with diction praised and a repertoire that includes classical contralto and mezzo soprano literature.
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Sophie Hraslau
Monmouth High School Alumni Form Association and Gym Drive
Alumni of Monmouth High School met New Year’s Eve to organize an association electing Clares Powell president James Partridge vice president Grace Calbreath secretary and Mary Cole treasurer They plan a June graduation banquet a December get together and annual dues of fifty cents with a ten cent delinquency fee The group backs a new gymnasium and aims to pass the funding bill soon Guests included Miss Clarke and Miss Somers of the faculty Sophie Braslau concert at the Normal on January 13 with tickets at Morlan’s priced 1.00.
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Monmouth High School
Clares Powell
James Partridge
Grace Calbreath
Mary Cole
Misses Clarke
Somers
Rural school praised at Tempe by visiting professor
Professor Mabel Carney lauded Tempe Arizona rural school as premier in the nation and noted a teacher there earns 2100 yearly. She urged rural life reforms, income tax, and stronger county education leadership. At the same time Oregon Normal School gains praise and several faculty changes occur.
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Mabel Carney
Chapel
Tempe
Arizona
Miss Carney
Columbia University
Illinoia Normal School
Freshman Dawes Dies of Pneumonia at Monmouth
Robert Campbell Dawes seventeen year old son of Otis D. and wife died January 5 in Independence hospital after a grip turned to pneumonia. He attended Monmouth High School as a freshman and funeral services were held January 6 at the Christian church with Rev. Victor P. Morris officiating and burial in Monmouth cemetery. He was born August 8, 1907 in Vincennes Indiana and moved to Oregon six years ago with his parents who lived near G W Baun's northwest road out of Monmouth. He is survived by his parents a sister Margaret and a brother Walter.
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Robert Campbell Dawes
Otis D. Dawes
Independence Hospital
Monmouth High School
Christian Church
Victor P. Morris
A. L. Keeney
Independence
Monmouth
Vincennes
Indiana
Oregon
Mistletoe
G. W. Baun
Margaret
Walter
New City Officers Duly Installed
At the Tuesday council meeting the two year officer shift was approved. Mayor Ebbert opened the session and sworn in successor H. W. Morlan, who then swore in C. C. Powell and F. H. O'Rourke as new councilmen. Committees were named and appraisers appointed. Delinquent Main street Bancroft bond payments were ordered to the city attorney for collection and Clay street openings referred to the attorney. Marshals ordered to purchase wood pipe for emergency water needs.
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Ebbert
H. W. Morlan
Morlan
C. C. Powell
F. H. O'Rourke
F. E. Murdock
F. E. Chambers
R. Bowersox
C. E. Stewart
Murdock
Powell
Graham
O’rourke
O'Rourke
Water Board
Main Street
Bancroft
Clay Street
E. W. Staats
J. N. Fuller
James Gentle
Annual Meeting of the Monmouth Improvement Association
The Monmouth Improvement Association held its annual meeting on Monday. O. A. Wolverton was reelected president with Mrs. G. W. Chesebro as vice president and Ira C. Powell as secretary treasurer. Mrs. Peterson and Miss Maggie Butler were named as directors and a ten percent dividend was declared.
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The
Monmouth Improvement Association
O. A. Wolverton
G. W. Chesebro
Ira C. Powell
Peterson
Maggie Butler
Monmouth Leads Christmas Seals Drive to $13.40
The county reports $1.27 additional sales pushing Christmas seals total to $13.40 for the season. Monmouth was first town at headquarters with all work completed, earning the county six weeks of public health nurse service next year.
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Monmouth
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Florence Kahn
Congressman Kahn
California
Washington
Sophie Braglau
Contralto
Alumi Farm Organization
By Satterfield
Wepey
Agitor
West Virginia
S. C. Evenden
M. S. Pittman
Columbia
Oregon Normal School
North Carolina
Virginia
South Carolina
Richard Bartholomews
Landers
Corvallis
Cummnings
Portland
Oakland
Bernardine Robertson
Lewiston, Idaho Normal School
University of Washington
Margaret Mylne
McMinnville
Mrs. Bartholomew
University of Oregon
Eve Schultz
Miss Goldstaub
Department of Physical Education
Richard E. Enright
New York
Robert Dawes
Sophie Braslau
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