Monmouth Urges Red Cross Drive Leaders Appointed
Monmouth backs Red Cross subscription week with a Friday drive starting after a Wednesday meeting in the Norm theater. Mayor Ostien presided as three captains A Parker Ira Powell and G T Boothby were named to organize Monmouth with J B W Butler as secretary and a county division set between Independence and Dallas.
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Monmouth
Red Cross
H. C. Ostien
Independence
Dallas
A. Parker
Ira Powell
G. T. Boothby
J.B. W. Butler
Cooper Hollow
Helmick Bridge
Airlie
Powell
Jacob Smith Elected Director at School Board Race
Considerable interest marked the annual election at the school house last Monday evening. Between thirty and forty residents attended. W A Wood, retiring director, declined further service, and Jacob Smith was nominated and won unanimously as his successor.
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W. A. Wood
Jacob Smith
Monmouth Red Cross Drive Rally Sparks Local Support
Laborers offered help to contractor Hobson while Black Rock leads Polk county Red Cross fundraising efforts. A large turnout at the assembly sets a $1000 goal with initial donations from Mayor Ostien committees and locals, planning $11,000 countywide. Monmouth selects new clerk treasurer and school faculty changes noted along with hop growers’ waning interest and organized county precinct captains.
Enrollment tops five hundred as summer session closes
The first week of summer school ends with an enrollment of 560, about 200 below last year’s figure, with total enrollment expected near 650. Plans may close school July 9 and 10 for National Education Association meetings in Portland. The Board of Regents met at the Normal, praising progress and hearing year-ahead recommendations. local social notes include trips to Portland, reunions with 1912 and 1918 graduates, and appointments of Independence training school teachers plus a Monmouth student band visit.
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National Educational Association
Portland
Board of Regents
Independence
Katherine Arbuthnot
Monmouth
Grace Williams
Kate Knox
McMinnville
Emily DeVoure
Medford
A. Dunkleberger
Dallas
Red Cross Appeal Urges Monmouth Support and Patriotism
Monmouth residents are urged to donate to the American Red Cross during the June 18 to 29 drive. The letter frames the appeal as an honor-based obligation with no direct financial return, calling for a total national goal of 100 million dollars and a per-person contribution in each community.
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Monmouth
Red Cross
Hoigh
Red Cross Fund
The
United States
American Red Cross Society
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Carl Ackerman
Saturday Evening Post
Lieutenant Bernhardt
Hobson
Black Rock
Polk County
General Assembly
Orris
Mina Cornelius
Mayor Ostien
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J. H. Ackerman
J. B. V. Butler
M.qs. Pittman
Miss Taylor
Smith
R. L. Tavenner
Miss Doughty
John Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Oregon Hop Growers Association
H. K. Sickafoose
O. A. Wolverton
Dr. Matthis
Howard Morlan
E. B. Hamilton
W. H. Mack
Dick Alderson
Helen Anderson
Clear Lake
Iowa
Mrs. Horner
Carlton
Mildred Force
Byron
Marie White
Belle Beckley
Velma Smith
Ruby Anne Lorence
Doris Riddell
Dwight Quisenberry
Mable Johnson
Marie Smith
Emmaline Parker
Neta Waller
George Sullivan
Mr. Matthews
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