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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1921
Page
7
A miscellaneous column features comic verse about modest dress and underclothes urging girls to cover up, followed by a playful dialect piece about winter gloom and damp weather expressed as a yowling howl and a doleful whoop. Hartford Michigan Daily Springs is cited as the source.
The Presbyterian Church outlines Sabbath school at 9 45. Morning services at 11 00. C E at 6 39. Annual Roll call service at 7 30 p m with members responding to their names by Bible verse.
Cora bursts indoors shouting to her mother about a dill pickle walking in the yard. The tale reflects a child’s vivid imagination and a humorous misunderstanding of a garden slug.
In Waterloo at the I L C A informal hour a man advocating for immediate execution of profiteers is described as a fearful figure whose dramatic gesturing is blamed on a childhood scare. An observer notes the man’s mother was scared by a windmill, explaining his intense reactions.
Friday afternoon drew a large attendance with talk of cakes and the use of war flour substitutes not stopping skilled bakers. On Thursday evening the ladies plan to entertain their husbands at the schoolhouse auditorium inviting gentlemen to enjoy the aroma.
The West Chehalem congregation received a large Bible presented by Amelia Calkins mother of 3 M Calkins. L Bailey from Portland visited his sister H C Baker over the weekend. A surprise party honored Mr and Mrs William Carter. Hugh Bartholomew, brother of the late Mrs Frank Nelson, was buried in West Chehalem cemetery. The Christian Endeavor Society plans a party in the church basement on Friday March 4. Ewing Young School hosts a candy box social Friday evening to raise funds for baseball equipment and playground improvements.
The paper omits regular items for Prune Week notes and a Portland trip account. A Parent-Teacher meeting is set for Tuesday March 1 at 3 30 p m. Friends extend sympathy to Mrs Frank Keyes on the death of her brother William Richards in a Portland hospital.
A grandmama shares a reflective knitting tale as children gather by the hearth. The poem contrasts youthful brightness with aging grace, using a stocking as a metaphor for life and faith. The finished stocking lies in grandma's lap as children bid good night with tears.
Oliver F Kilham director announces fifty one students in agriculture work this semester. results list top finishers from classwork and project contests with about twenty nine competitors. new students join classwork and project competitors as the program continues into the current semester. local reading highlights a story by Alexander Hull in The Country Gentleman February 19.
The Springbrook Parent-Teacher Association re organized creating a community social club linked to the former group and meeting at different homes rather than the schoolhouse. Mrs. W. Dunton hosted the latest gathering.
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