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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1911
Page
5
McMinnville resident Cecil J. Hoskins spent Sunday on the farm. Various residents visit from Portland and nearby towns, including the Blairs, Weeks, and Dudley. A wedding, a funeral, hospital visits, and farewells for Doris Gregory and L. W. Gatchell mark community life with arrivals from Seattle and Salem.
Newberg residents report visits from relatives and friends from Salem Carmel Walla Walla and Grants Pass. postal inspector Clement approves an extra clerk for the Newberg post office and local men discuss bridge progress. rainfall and snow threaten flooding while residents adapt to rising Willamette water. The community attends a Friends church recital and prepares for area university students leaving for Missoula.
The American Woman's League states meetings move to the 2nd and 4th Mondays at 7 30 p m from the prior Thursday schedule. Members should leave payments with the secretary early to ensure proper credit on time. Mrs Fent Thornton Secy 103 N Edwards St
Reverend Guy Phelps leads revival at the Methodist Episcopal church with the Oregon Conference. Services start next Sabbath and continue nightly all week. All are invited to attend with friends to hear the message of salvation.
In Newberg the Comer family mourns M J Comer and his sister Mrs Louie Pressnall lost to pneumonia after their father Silas Comer fell ill and was cared for by M J Comer. The two deaths occur within days leaving widows and three children each. Services held at home with the Presbyterian sermon topics announced for Sunday.
Miss Jessie Gardner's class entertained at the Spaulding home on Monday evening in honor of Beatrice Nordyke who left for Iowa with her parents. The gathering featured a token of remembrance and a shared meal with daintily set tables before they parted with warm wishes for their classmate departing to another state. Attendees included Irene Hodgin Pauline Robertson Lois Wilson Illa Spaulding Esther Terrell and Margaret Hodson.
The Oregon Baptist State Convention Evangelism committee plans conferences at twelve points in the state and will be in Newberg January 24 and 25. Day services feature addresses on evangelistic themes, with Dr. Hinson of Portland's White Temple preaching in the evening. All are welcome. F. C. Stannard, Pastor.
Revival meetings continue at the Free Methodist Church inviting all to attend. The congregation extends an open invitation to participate in the ongoing services and gatherings at the church.
Grandma Wilson visits Portland with her son while David Smith visits the Chalmers home. A wedding near Dundee unites Wren Reynolds and Lena Stoll with a lavish celebration and guests from Portland and Dundee. Pacific College hosts Prohibition talks and plans a liquor study course as part of a regional and national contest circuit. The tour includes stops at McMinnville Dallas and other colleges with about twenty five coastal colleges involved.
Notes from Pacific College report a victory over the Newberg amateurs by 28 to 12 last Friday evening. It also notes a 20 to 17 win over the high school at their gym Monday afternoon in one of the season’s fastest practice games. Lineups include Lewis Parker Pearson Benson Armstrong for the college and Miller Larkin Henry Hollingsworth Fendall for the high school. Rev Reuter led chapel last Thursday morning with a stated subject.
Newberg High School easily defeated Corvallis High 27 to 15 on Saturday night. Corvallis played shorthanded after two or three players were unavailable, while Newberg students filled the stands with lively support under Prof. Fulker son.
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