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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1921
Page
1
The Newberg Graphic reports Pacific College completed a drive that raised 150000, plus existing assets, totaling about 200000 endowment once debts are paid. The win boosts campus growth, standardization, and city cooperation, with ongoing gifts welcomed and jubilation urged.
The council met in regular session and granted a $20 raise to the city treasurer. The mayor was told to press Spaulding Logging Co. to speed up Blain street tracks for paving. P. E. Overend contract postponed two weeks pending fire rating review. River street paving dropped for now with adjournment set for August 15.
The Board of Managers and faculty express appreciation to the many subscribers who made the $150,000 endowment fund raise possible. It notes a full list will appear in next week's Graphic and credits E. H. Woodward as President of the Board.
The statement from Newberg Oregon on August 3 1921 certifies pledges cash and securities totaling over 150000 for the Pacific College Standardization Campaign. Signatories include Ss L Parrett president United States National Bank W H Woodworth president First National Bank and W E Crozer treasurer Pacific College. The notice warns against individuals claiming church solicitation wearing uniforms or asking for funds for church work citing an inscribed cap.
List of birth notices from July 1921 across Dundee Fernwood St Paul Oregon Lad Hill and Newberg. Families named Abernathy McHale Scherf Dreher Hughes Edwards George report a newborn son or daughter with dates in late July 1921.
Sarah Louise Kay of Amity and Robert David Brown of Amity obtain a marriage license in Amity. The couple plans to wed soon per the filing reports.
Resolutions favoring the erection of a monument in memory of Samuel L Simpson, famed Oregon poet, were passed Saturday at a Laurelhurst park gathering of 300 ex residents of Salem. Steps will be taken soon to erect the monument. Officers elected for the coming year included Mrs. T. T. Geer president J. K. Gill vice president Paul Stoat treasurer A N Moores secretary. A basket dinner was served.
Busy people win more business as the article notes. Growth comes from handling responsibilities and improving ordinary powers to high efficiency. The sayings emphasize timely action and developing daily capabilities for future trouble avoidance.
An Evanston to Oregon era letter describes the Springbrook Hill Road Association surplus of about 1100 dollars after road work. The group plans to extend the road toward Joe Ego and Courtney with local subscriptions and a 900 dollar community raise, aiming for 2000 dollars total for further county road work and a scenic ridge drive toward Chehalem mountain.
Editor Ham Kautzman of the Tualatin Valley News has been laid up with la grippe but the paper still appears on time. Women over at Willamina killed a rattlesnake with a broom in a grain field, the snake 42 inches long and eight to nine years old. Yambil paving plans with the state highway department will start as soon as material is hauled. Sheridan Brown Shipley juice plant reorganizes and plans improvements. Woodburn Independent notes paving progress from West Woodburn to Scollard and on to the Pacific highway with two weeks to complete the Pudding River bridge stretch.
Mayor Baker criticizes a carnival firm seeking to perform under the American Legion in Portland. He cites a contract that left the legion with little gain while the company profited, recalling a Newberg incident. He hopes McMinnville legionnaires secure fair terms this fall.
A Newberg poem answers a clipping about the new Berrians club. It praises blackberries whose green and red stages prove youth, while noting Corvallis and Newberg scholars. The verse ends with E. B.’s signature.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Monson and Per Nelson express sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for aid and cheerful help after bereavement and for the beautiful flowers.
An article notes butter equals four pounds of beef or four dozen eggs in food value and costs less energy to prepare. It argues butter buys ready to eat nutrition for 10 cents. A separate item reports a burglary at Neal McCoy's barn stealing two Maxwell wheels. a jack left under the car is also mentioned.
Chi Sung Pil a Pacific College pitcher and future team captain wrote an article on Korea and Japan published in the Sunday Astorian. He discusses Korea’s history under Japanese rule, the 1910 annexation, Japan’s Pan Asiatic aims, and Koreans’ struggle for national identity and education.
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