Normal School Notes and Society Updates Across Campus
Traver speaks in Baker City and President Ressler attends Salem institute. Loretta Smith returns to Monmouth for Thanksgiving. Mrs. Ira C. Powell remembered as loyal alumna. Vespertine and Intercollegiate Debating Society reports, initiations, officers, and programs outlined. Football loss to Albany High. student ball attendance noted along with local thanksgivings and bakery progress.
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Traver
Baker City
Ressler
Salem
Ira C. Powell
Albany High School
Albany
Happenings In Our Sister City Independence News
Verd Hill reports on a flurry of visits and movements among residents and visitors. Portland and Salem trips are noted for many locals including Mrs. W. R. Allin Mrs. J. Hubbard Grover Mattison Chas Gardner and C H Underwood. The column mentions school progress for Nellie Shipley and preparations for a Christmas tree at Sunny Slope School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verd Hill
Portland
Louisiann
Whhie
Salem
J.M. Staats
Airlie
Grover Mattison
Astoria
W. R. Allin
H. Huston
The
Pacific Telephone Co
City
Bertha Bohannon
Albany
A. M. Holt
J. E. Hubbard
J.D. Evans
H. H. Wagoner
C. H. Underwood
Klamath Falls
H. C. Chamberlain
J. Z. Kilpack
Childrens Aid Society
Chas. Gardner
Dr. Allin
Herman Wunder
James Goodman
Oak Hill Ranch
Falls City
Wunder
Geo. Heck
Independence
Eddie Wunder
Egleston
Elkins
Bosley
R. M. Boskey
William Herren
Grover Pitzer
John Walker
Verna Marks
Halsey
Monmouth Heights News Briefs
A. J. Shipley visited the county seat on Sunday. A. L. Fisback returned from Dayton on Thursday. Miss Fay Shipley studies near Corvallis this winter. Charlie McDonald, formerly local, is now in Toledo. Locals attended the funeral of Mrs. Ira Powell. Homer Foster of Perrydale also noted in brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Foster
Ida Duignan
James Burns
Bridgeport
Allen Johnson
Herald City
Dan. M. Calbreath
Edward Rogers
Monmouth
A. J. Shipley
A. L. Fisback
Dayton
Fay Shipley
Corvallis
Charlie McDonald
Toledo
the Heights
Ira Powell
Perrydale
Pioneer merchant recalls early Monmouth apple trade
T O Waller, aged 86, recalls pioneer business days in Monmouth. He and J B V Butler Sr once independently set out to buy ten bushels of apples, meeting first, then dividing the ten bushels so each kept five. The tale highlights rivalry and cooperation in early commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. O. Waller
Herald
Mr. Waller
Monmouth
Himself
J. B. V. Butler, Sr
Post Office Safe Looted by Experts but Stamps Left Behind
Postmaster Wolverton found the safe shattered and money missing but stamps untouched after a Wednesday break in. Authorities believe experts used nitro glycerin to blast the weak old style safe while disguising the scene with empty mail sacks. no trace of the robbers has been found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolverton
Amatuer
Portland
Pleasant visit by 82 year old Mr. B. Foster at Herald
Mr. B. Foster, a friendly visitor, spent time at the Herald office on Monday. He is among Polk County’s many aged residents and, though past 82, appears much younger, as the county boasts a notable population of people aged 80 to 96.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Foster
Herald Office
Foster
Polk County
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Weston
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Normal Society Notes
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Darrel Stump
John Bogynska
Albert Sacre
Tay Seer
Ereen Hedrick
David Henry
Erwin Montague
Delphians
Sadie Boughy
Lillian Gardner
Hattie Cooper
Anna Addison
May Whitney
Song
Shirley Dorsey
Esther Larson
Susie Hoffman
Adele LaLonde
Ruth Fugate
Vespertine Society
Song—Society
Washington Irving
Irvings
Huber
Mrs. Stroud
Miss White
Miss Baker
Spencer
America
Powell
Olsen
Hixon
Shepherd
Treedson
Rasmussen
P. M. Stroud
Iney Baker
Mary White
Louise Huber
Leila Spencer
Sargeant At
Clara Hartzog
Bessie Western
Effie Shore
Miss Shearer
Joe Radek
Roy Smith
V. C. Boots
Ray Chute
Pete Cornwell
John Donkey
G. A. Cobb
G. L. Hawkins
Dallas
Pres
P. L. Campbell
Eugene
P. C. Taylor
C Street
First State Bank
E. J. Hosler
Olympia
Wash
S. A. Mulkey
Sheridan
Monmouth Heights
Post Office Safe
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