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Newspaper
Monmouth Herald
Location
Monmouth, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1916
Page
6
Delphian Girls perform reading of Star Spangled Banner and The Man Without a Country. Mrs L L Patterson leads To Thee O Country and Keep the Home Fires Burning. C A Macey conducts flag drill with Bugle Call Living Flag and Fire and Drum on Oregon Normal campus.
Airlie High School defeated Monmouth High 14 to 10 on Tuesday afternoon. News of our Neighborhood High school closes Friday evening. Exercises in Artisan Hall included an address by Supt. Wells of Salem. Miss Edna Conn hosted a shower from Miss Jeffries Tuesday. Prof. Horner spoke on Egypt. large crowd attended with Prof. Bexell of C A C also speaking. C V Johnson Co placed a carload of gravel before the store improving the road near a practical agriculture school chart.
A farewell reception was held in the church basement last Saturday for Rev and Mrs Ritchey of the Christian church. The event included a program with piano solos readings and vocal performances followed by refreshments. Several local residents and visitors joined in the celebration.
Miss Norma Holman taught a month of school at Sunny Slope last Friday. An infant daughter weighing 8 pounds 12 ounces was born to Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Craven at Salem hospital and named June Elise. The mother and child are doing well. R. M. Bosley, Albert Sacre of Monmouth attended events. Monmouth high school baseball lost 14 to 10 at Airlie. L. V. Macken plans a Paramount film series for June. Eight students will graduate Independence high school June 5 at the opera house with Levi Pennington delivering the address. Graduates are Hyman Bear, Freda Campbell, Eloise Davis, Grace Girard, Eva LaLiberte, Lola Morgan, Vera McKinney, and Marietta Bush.
editor notes Decoration day gravesites overgrown with grass and briars. K P lodge runs cemetery but lack of upkeep blamed. civic club urged to fund yearly grounds maintenance through donations. also mentions local events and sales ads from Independence Oregon era.
Newt Foster lost a valuable horse on a recent business trip. Dave Dove and Tom Tuck visited Independence last Saturday. Cloud South of Independence traveled to the D G Dove place on business last Friday. Tom Marks of Bowersville visited the John Walker home last Sunday. Chas Osborne was seen on Independence streets Saturday. Mrs Ora Marks of Bowersville spent Sunday with her parents, Mr and Mrs Allen Towns.
C J Nicholson of Independence sells his 12 acre tract west of the city for 8000 dollars and takes in part a 160 acre stock ranch in Crook county valued at 5500 dollars. He plans to move to his new holdings and stock the place with Herefords.
Legal voters are notified the Polk County Oregon School District No 14 will hold the annual meeting at the High School on June 19 1916 at eight o clock PM. One Director to serve three years and a Clerk to serve one year will be elected and other business will be transacted. Dated May 1916. District Clerk Mina Comenius. Chairman C Power.
In Odd Fellows Hall the Christian Science Society holds services at 11.00 a.m. with a lesson sermon on God the Only Cause and Creator. Sunday School meets at 10.00 a.m. A Wednesday evening meeting is scheduled for 8.00 p.m.
G A Pounamn is pastor. Sunday School at 10 00 a m Preaching Service at 11 00 a m C U BE Meeting at 7 00 p m Preaching Service at 8 00 p m Prayer Meeting Wednesday at 8 09 p m All times given in local church timetable for weekly services.
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