Local notices and personal items from Independence area
Local items report plasterers at a William Beckley residence and professional ads for Kalep Greenhouse. Community notes mention Mrs. G T Boothby and daughter, Blanche Stitt visiting in Independence, Pearl Kohnke improving after illness, and poultry ads from Moore’s Poultry Yard. Also memorial and school grade references and a Humbug lake fishing outing with a small catch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalep
Bell Monmouth
L. D. Brown
Dallas
Oregon
G. T. Boothby
McCreedy
Independence
Blanche Stitt
J. W. Richardson, Jr
Pearl
Samuel Kohnke
Lora Craven
Loraine Johnson
Miss Craven
B. F. Baker
Guy Scheible
Lester Lindsay
Humbug Lake
Spelling Contest Results for Two or More Room Schools
Spelling results dated April 24 1911 list top placers by grade for Buell Airlie Falls City Bethel Dallas Monmouth and others with percentages. Certificates of honor earned by multiple schools for 95 percent or more. large certificates awarded for year long spelling excellence to Dallas Monmouth Airlie Bethel and Falls City across several grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buell
Airlie
Falls City
Bethel
Black Rock
Dallas
Monmouth
State Department
Zena
Emma Wood
Salem
Route 1
Alfreada Gardner
Susie Ramsey
Rinehart Dornhecker
Lillie Harris
Lolo Ramsey
Edna Comstock
Lester Martin
Eva Dornhecker
Vera Wagner
Lucile Hamilton
Oscar Peterson
Eliza Houser
Ethel van Northwick
Max Alford
Cecil Grant
Ballston
Rose Mayfield
van Sears
Salt Creek
Mabel Aebi
Clares Powell
Ruth Murdock
Oak Wood
Summer W. Ostrom
Tennie Chaney
Gertrude Heffley
Ida Strong
Janie Richards
Nellie Mulkey
Ernest Rutledge
Robert Wyatt
Harold Jenkins
Morris Wells
McCoy
Perrydale
Herman Jennings
Bernice Boyer
Cochran
Gladys Thompson
Independence
Eighth Grade Exam Results Show 26 Percent Pass Rate
The State department reports 182 applicants with 66 passing the May eighth grade exam in the county a 26 26 percent success rate. Many who failed in one or two subjects may retake those areas in the June 8 and 9 tests. Superintendent H C Seymour urges all test takers to attempt the June exam and compares county results favorably with state reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buena Vista
Bay Grounds
Buell
Blanche Barber
Pearl Harold
Upper Salt Creek
Henry Kettleson
North
Dallas
Ova Armstrong
Suver
Chester A. Crouche
Falls City
Harvey Deal
Mildred Chapin
Lester Bowman
George Otte
Russel Vashaw
Edyth Johnson
Helen Treat
Chas. Fergurson
Pioneer
Elizabeth Happe
Fredie Domaschopsky
Johnie Keller
Mountain View
Glen Southwick
Howard Norwood
Salem
Rogue River
Lewis L. Riggs
Grande Ronde
H. C. Seymour
Blacksmithing Shop Promises All-Size Service for Horses
If axles are cracked or bent and springs need renewing we are ready to do the work. No job is too big or small for our shop. Soow Your Horse Too in a way that will make him feel better and go better. Send him to us next time.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Han Oes
William Beckley
Rickreall
Bridth
Fred Stienett
Elkins
Florence Walker
Laura LaLiberte
Jasper Riggle
Rollo McKinney
Elmer Addison
Mary Howard
Orin Cadman
Beryl Orr
Sylvseter Riggle
Antioch
Daisy Johnson
G. A. Muscott
Muscott’s
V. O. Boots
J. O. Matthis
Laura Price, M. D
Br F. Baker
J. S. Smith
Monmouth, Oregon
Oregon Power Company
J. L. Wire
Thomas Boulden
Kemps On Sale
Monmouth Bakery
White Brothers
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