Students Shine at State Grange Visit and Normal Week
President Ackerman spent Thursday at the State Grange in Salem. Elkins rural center pupils entertained the Grange audience last Wednesday night. School officials and superintendents from Eugene Corvallis Hood River and Marion County interviewed students for positions. Summer school rates were not reinstated by railroads due to wartime policy. The Oregon Normal Summer School opens June 24 with both special and regular courses. Educational film on electric light globe manufacturing and safety first devices entertained chapel crowds. Commencement plans and campus practices fill Monmouth ahead of graduation. Art talks and exhibits impressed Independence Parent Teachers Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkins Rural Center
State Grange
Gladys Carson
Supt. Rutherford
Eugene
J. C. McLaughlin
Corvallia
Liberty
Marion County
Hug
McMinnville
Miss Curry
Arnold
Rutherford
McLaughlin
Hood River
Corvallis
John M. Scott
S. I
Oregon Normal
Four and Twenty Graduates in Hood River High School
A list names the seniors scheduled to receive diplomas at the Hood River High School graduation exercises. The event includes a baccalaureate sermon June 9 at 8 PM by Rev. E. B. Pace and final exams on Tuesday and Wednesday, with Class Day Thursday and a school picnic in the afternoon. Alumni and seniors enlistments into the service are noted, along with local staff movements and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis M. Arant
Zola Marie Babcock
Vida J. Beougher
Hjalmar T. ‘Gentle
Ermine K. Gentle
Wilda E. Fuller
L. Manzanita Harvey
Josephine M. Heffley
Gail A. Hillisbrand
Wynnie Lake
Helen Moore
Lola Fern Morgan
David
Rev
E. B. Pace
Christian ‘ Church
Rare total eclipse to grace June eight sky view
The United States will witness a near total eclipse Saturday June 8 the eclipse visible across Oregon with the path of totality a hundred miles from Monmouth Oregon the event reaches its greatest darkness around four in the afternoon beginning between two and three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Oregon
Puget Sound
Florida
Monmouth
Birchard VanLoan Describes Life in Central France
Birchard VanLoan writes from a village in central France about listening to Dr. Doney’s talk at Willamette University. He recounts writing by a tile roof light in a barn, observing rye fields, ripe vegetables, budding vines, and a climate that recalls Oregon as he reflects on duty and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birchard VanLoan
France
Dr. Doney
Willamette University
Oreron
Red Cross notes omissions and appeals in Salem
The article lists missing name J. B. V. Butler as chairman of finance in last week’s Red Cross officer publication. Cantonments seek dish towels and dishrags, shipping bags for land plaster, urgent demand for nurses and trainees. Interested parties may apply to Mrs. Lawrence T. Harris, Willamette Chapter, A. R. C., Salem. Miss Mills will speak on War Savings Stamps and Conservation next Tuesday. Business meeting assigns committees for the year including Buying Committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. V. Butler
Lawrence T. Harris
Willamette
Salem
Oregon
Miss Mills
H.C. Ostien
C. Lorence
Lor
Seed Wheat for Acre Cost Attracts Two Bankrupts
Seed wheat priced at 400 dollars per acre astonishes farmers as A H Craven pays 25 dollars for a one sixteenth acre plot of New Burbank wheat. The crop grows five feet tall with kernels yielding high counts. Originator claims world class yield and uniformity from a single kernel. Glen Whiteaker joins Navy service after declining 200 dollar monthly shipyard offer. Grange to meet Saturday to discuss state matters with roll call and a question box. J F Currie leaves Independence Monitor for health improvement in California. Paul Blackstone and E W Riddell attend Falls City school commencement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.H. Craven
Burbank
Red Cross Chapter Appoints Committees and Leaders
The article lists committee formations for the Red Cross chapter with roles in Cutting Packing Knitting Membership Rooms Home Service and Publicity. Miss Gladys Parker heads the delivering finished goods committee and asks members going to Salem to assist. Junior Red Cross members will attend meetings and remove bustings from finished work to save time for experienced workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Butler
Edwards
Os. ‘Tlen
C. Lorence
Loretta Smith
Jacob Smith
Thomas Gentle
Alva Craven
Booth
Gladys Parker
Salem
Miss Parker
Red Cross
Women's Committee of Defense schedules multiple meetings
Series of meetings for the Woman's Committee of the Council of Defense is planned across towns June 10 to June 15 with Miss Edna L. Mills and Dr. C. Staats among presenters. War service affects Monmouth with several youths enlisting and entering naval and land radio training. Kenneth Williams enlists from Portland.
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War Service
Monmouth
Clarence Walker
Portland
Ellis Fisher
Bremerton Navy Yard
Navy
Carl Bowman
Tillamook
Howard Morlan
David Oleman
Dallas
P. D. Quisenberry
Medical Department
Army
Kenneth Williams
Airlie
Roses brighten Herald office with Willamette Valley blooms
The Herald office is illuminated by lavish bouquets of roses brought in by Mrs. W. Neal. The roses show a range of colors and sizes from buds to large blossoms, rivaling displays from Oregon and the Willamette Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Neal
Oregon
Willamette Valley
John Vernon and Family Visit Monmouth From La Creole
John Vernon and his family from La Creole were visitors in Monmouth on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Vernon
Monmouth
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. H. Ackerman
Ackerman
Miss Greene
Independence Parent Teachers’ Association
Independence
Supt. McLaughlin
Uncle Sam
Oleman
Fisher
Wilmer Powell
Dwight Quisenberry
F. R. Bowersox
Samuel Conkey
John Webster
Horace Webster
Conkey
Websters
Thavin
Exposition Band
Dallas Chautauqua
Birchard
Red
Glen Whiteaker
J. F. Currie
Monitor and Post
Highland of
California
Messrs
Mesdames
Paul Blackstone
E. W. Riddell
Falls City
Retta Smith
Cletus Butler
Bowie
Perkins
Wolverton
Mrs. Mack
Committee On Publicity
Mrs
G. Richards
Woman's Committee
The
Council of Defense
Suver
Buena Visita
Eola
West Salem
Buell
Ballston
Rickreall
Perrydale
Edna L. Mills
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