Local Notes From Rex and Surrounding Areas
Miss Edith Minchin of Springbrook visits Wiley household. G V McClure helps at Newberg juice plant. Mrs Henry Strate visits Brickley family in Portland. A L MecCaffue from Portland attends Mrs N L Willey funeral. Red Cross meetings postponed to next week. Jack Sawyer travels Rex to Portland daily in a new Chevrolet. David Hobson of Springbrook helps with road construction after school. Mrs Harriet Walker visiting Portland and Newberg households. Willard Wiley returns from Camp Lewis after mother’s death. Bert McMillan returns from Wichita injured in an old accident. Rex folks attend first Rex hill surfacing batch. weather hoped to permit progress. The community extends sympathy to N L Wiley and children on their loss.
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Rex
Rex Hill
Ridge and Portland Visitors Fill Weekend in Newberg
R C Rich and family of Newberg spent the weekend as Ridge visitors. Albert Kenmitz and daughter Myrtle visited Portland for the weekend. Roy Vanderpool of Tillamook visited the A F Hertig family. M B Sleeper of Mountain Top called on Ridge friends Wednesday. Amy Harger of Newberg visited Mr and Mrs Wm Carter last week. W T Evans and daughter Susie returned from three months visiting relatives in Nebraska and Missouri. Mrs W C Bryant and children spent Easter with her mother Mrs A Davis of Mountain Top. Mrs Pettyjohn of Canada visits her son R G Cook and plans to spend summer with sisters in Newberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Vanderpool
Tillamook
A. F. Hertig
M. B. Sleeper
Mountain Top
Amy Harger
Newberg
Wm. Carter
W. T. Evans
Susie
Nebraska
Missouri
W. C. Bryant
A. Davis
Pettyjohn
Canada
R. G. Cook
George Rogers
California
Pinney
B. Brown
Local Notes and Movements in the Community
S M Calkins spent last week end with family. Miss Ethel Bush was sick last week and missed days at N H S. Mrs M W Patton came from Forest Grove to live on the farm. Chester Noble, Portland shipyards staff, spent Sunday at home. Red Cross meets weekly and stays busy. A C Seeley will sell farm equipment this week and move to Newberg. Ladies Aid meets next Wednesday. H Amoth visiting. N P Nelson to own a Ford. Henry Amoth brought his new...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Bush
M. W. Patton
Forest Grove
Chester Noble
Portland
A. C. Seeley
Newberg
Meeting House Construction Recounted In Personal Note
A fragment recalls attending the building of the meeting house and the sense of privilege in being present for the event.
Local Notes From Newberg Community
Fred Hobson left for Canada Monday. Mrs. Arthur Baird departed for West Timber Tuesday. Wallace Jones went to Washington for work. Many attended the Christian church annual meeting in Newberg Tuesday. Archie Flemming has shaken hands with friends and worked in Brighton for months. Noah Jones, injured by timber in a St Johns shipyard, is home briefly. T E Hobson funeral held Saturday April 6 at the family home with many friends present.
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Arthur Baird
West Timber
Wallace Jones
Washington
Christian Church of
Newberg
Archie Flemming
Brighton
Noah Jones
St. Johns
T. E. Hobson
Ray and Barber family notes from weekend
Dell Barber traveled to Portland for a business trip on Saturday. Earl Barber led a Ford in the Liberty Loan parade in Newberg the same day. Will Ray of St. Paul visited brother Walter and family over Saturday and Sunday. Ray neighbors appeared at the parade Saturday. Frank Russell and daughter Ardis visited Walter Ray in West Chehalem Sunday. Chancey Gell and Arleta Gell drove to Battle Ground Washington Sunday to visit relatives with Anna Ringnes Grant Freuler and Lloyd Henry.
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Dell Barber
Portland
Earl Barber
Newberg
Will Ray
Ot St. Paul
Walter
Raydell
Frank Russell
Ardis
West Chehalem
Walter Ray
Chancey Gell
Arleta Gell
Battle Ground
Washington
Anna Ringnes
Messrs
Grant Freuler
Lloyd Henry
Prophecy and the second coming of Christ urged at Newberg churches
Newberg church services promote prophecy about end times and the second coming. Methodist Episcopal and Nazare ne churches list Sunday programs including sermons titled Why Any Man Is Lost and The Privileges and Blessings of Sonship with evening evangelistic services. Two conversions reported at Nazarenes. other gatherings include prayer meetings and youth programs. The Graphic and Weekly Oregonian subscription notice included.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Salem Journal Pushes Pacific Highway Starts at Salem
The Aurora Observer accuses the Salem Journal of bias in urging immediate paving of the Pacific Highway beginning at Salem. It argues the road is a state truck route, not a local street, and calls for even treatment of all regions without Salem favoritism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem Journal
Salem
Journal
Salem Hog
Aurora Observer
Cold New England Tales At Paris Dinner
Edith Wharton recounts a New England winter anecdote at a Paris dinner amid coal shortages. An aged Croydon Corners resident recalls 1867 cold so severe that boiling water froze instantly, and pranks with frozen shrieks and growls chilled visitors before they could hear them.
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Edith Wharton
France
Paris
New England
New
Folding Wing Seaplanes Store In Narrow Spaces
British authorities develop folding wings to save storage space for airplanes. Seaplanes use hinged wings attached to the forward fuselage that swing back beside the plane, allowing compact storage within a 10 by 30 foot area instead of 40 by 30 feet.
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Scientific American
Flatbush Car Trouble Causes Four-User Delay
Mrs Flatbush asks why her husband is two hours late. He explains the delay was due to cranking the car and four other men taking turns, a joke about the repeated effort.
Ingenious fellow masters electric train for son
A man reveals he found a way to operate the electric train he bought for his son at Christmas, highlighting his inventive approach. The exchange notes his cleverness and problem solving during the holiday season.
Peculiarity of Sense in Matrimony
He declares his future wife must have a sense of humor and she replies with a sharp retort about a queer sense. The exchange reveals wry banter on marriage expectations in a clipped dialogue.
Illusion Plays on Home Folks With 60 Degree Thermometer
A speaker mentions testing a theory on family and reveals a fixed thermometer set to never register below 60 degrees. The line hints at a practical joke or demonstration aimed at impressing observers at home.
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Treasury
First National Bank
Oregon
Industrial Club
Hillie
Myrtle Haveman
Willie Haveman
Louis Ramey
Anderson
Mr. Tatman
Ford
Verna Bales
Patterson, Cal
Bonnie Bales
Bales
Miss Hubbard
Springbrook
Rainbow Regiment
Howard Brunson
Mountain Top Literary Society
Edna Davis
Mamie Proctor
Mountain Top Young People’s Alliance
Samson
N. P. Nelson
F. C. Stannard
West Chehalem Church
Pacific College
Forest Allen
Dazey Tree Co
Kent
Ohio
United States
Billy” Sullivan
Chicago White Sox
Happy
D. P
Delaware
Union
Wilmington
DuPont
Delaware River
New Jersey
Christiana Creek
Brandywine Creek
Brandywine
Philadelphia
Sweden
Wilmington Friends School
Friends
Edith Minchin
Wiley Home
G. V. McClure
Henry Strate
Brickley
A. L. MecCaffue
N. L. Willey
Red Cross
Jack Sawyer
The
City
David Hobson
Woodworth
Harriet Walker
Ted
A. L. Jenkins
Pettingills
Willard Wiley
Camp Lewis
Ross
Bert McMillan
Wichita, Kan
N. L. Wiley
R. C. Rich and Family
Ridge
Albert Kenmitz
Myrtle
S. M. Calkins
Red Cross Society
Ladies’ Aid Society of the Church
H. Amoth
Louis
Weary Amoth
N. P
Henry Amoth
Meetinghouse
Fred Hobson
Newberg Churches
Methodist
Fred E. Carter
Adelphian Society
Nazarene
O. F. Goettel
Graphic
Oregonian
Grunt
Mr. Beetle
Spaulding
Logging Company
E. A. Ellis
RED
Live Stock Commission
Milt
Portland Road
Clarence Butt
Gates
Evi
R. Chapin
Saevenes
H. C. Dixon
H. M. Massey
Ralph W. van Valin
U. 5
National Bank
DR. A. M. Davis
Ferguson
Littlefield & Romig
Physicians and Surgeons
Firat Nat’l Bank
Thos. W. Hester
Dixon Building
White
E. E. Daniels
Undertakers
Hodson & Elliott
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