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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1921
Page
4
Correspondents report week long stays by Lee Renne and family at Pacific City and visits from Wm Cochran of McMinnville and Mrs H C Ross in Willamina. The Abernethy grove band picnic on the Willamette drew a large crowd with music from the band and a well received lunch.
Mr and Mrs George Carter prepare for a new house. Several residents including Mrs A F Hertig and Mr and Mrs W R Carter host and visit across Fernwood West Chehalem Newberg and Sauvies Island. Neighbors share meals attend threshing visits return home with hopes for fish.
Vera Parks returns from a Portland visit with friends. Alta Kirby visits Mrs. Hubbard. Peterson reports a second clover hay crop. Hugh McCredie visits from Portland. DeVore family returns from Texas. Dillinger family visits L H Gable. Wilsey brothers head to Idaho harvest. Hubbard family travels east visiting Iowa and Kansas. Linus Christensen hosts visitors at Chehalem Center with abundant cherries.
John Graves took a business trip to Idaho. The W. C. T. U. met at Mrs Maitch Walton's home on Wednesday. Chas Chandler of Oregon City visited with George Crocker. Alta Bixler, twin daughter of Mrs. Bixler, has been quite sick. Rev Crocker and family traveled to Hillsboro on Wednesday. Threshers are busy threshing the golden grain. A. L. Tangen went to McMinnville to transact last Saturday business. Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Johnson and daughter enjoy a coast vacation. Mrs Stanhope Phillips of New York spent a few days with the Crockers. Miss Mary Sarrells of Brooklyn is visiting Rev and Mrs H Crocker, Mr and Mrs Frank Johnson and Little daughters Bessie and Carrol.
Visitors at the Johnson home include Mrs G J Morgan and children Ever ett Carrie Ora. Carlos and Edward Johnson attended a Fordson tractor demonstration at Powell Valley. Miss Elsie Tangen went to Portland and Anna Tangen returned after visiting Mrs Swan Benson. Grandma Johnson moved to Portland with the Henry Chase family to join J C Wills. Many friends mourn Mrs George Young who died here last Friday evening.
Community notices report Rev. Brock will preach on When to Laugh next Sunday morning. Residents shared visits with friends from Forest Grove Chicago Eugene Portland Sheridan Newberg and Donald. A YPS C E meeting discussed The Consciousness of our Pleasures and a theft notice requests return of stolen tools.
Clair Sovey starts work with Graham Wilhelm thresher and visits Portland relatives. Local families travel to Newberg and Oregon City for visits and health updates. A Wilsonville dance for a new club house near Lad Hill earns near fifty dollars. Market road 6 survey work nears completion after starting June 13. A birthday gathering for Will Hitchen is noted with family from Newberg.
Mrs John Reese left for Rockaway on vacation while S J Hubbard returns from Marion Oregon. McMinnville and Portland visitors are reported and cherry packing and threshing progress noted. Rollin Heater at Newport. Friends delegates return from Newport. Road paving needs discussed along with motor trips to Hood River. Champion plums being picked. Duncan brothers plan over six hundred crates. Fred Kincaid helping with National Anglers Tournament at Portland. Mrs M G Markell and son Wilford are engaged in unspecified activity.
George Smith drove the water wagon while repairs were made at the foundry. The two men carried blankets and camped on the roadside because they could not return home that day.
Max Sturgis returns to Gaston to fix the road and threshing is seen in the Shand neighborhood. Several families travel to Portland coast and Lake Grove for visits and medical procedures. A 7% pound girl is born to Mr. and Mrs. Token who once lived in Rex. The parsonage gets a white coat of paint while others attend church, harvest trips, and family outings at Rex and coastal towns.
The grocery business in Portland relocates as owners leave their long time store for a new site. Springbrook Packing Company under C. E. Newhouse prepares to pack the bumper blackberry crop, cannery to begin soon and operate through harvest. Kenneth and Mrs Tamplin return to Portland after time in Indianapolis and visit local relatives. East yields hot weather contrasted with Oregon.
Local column lists residents visiting the coast and nearby towns including Berniece Keyes Pauline Powell Chas Parrett and Opal Hess Mrs Laura Machias and others. Mentions pavement completion to West Dayton and several short outings to Pacific City Portland and McMinnville with family gatherings and club notes. E. S. Greer improves and plans Portland trip while ladies aid events and Dundee Womans Club season finale are noted.
A fragment notes Harold Elkins is ill and mentions plans for a family gathering on October twentieth, signaling concern and upcoming reunion.
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