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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1920
Page
2
The program pledges its strongest possible efforts to support farmers and lenders alike, matching needs with resources. It emphasizes collaboration, practical funding, and balanced assistance to sustain agricultural ventures.
R O Bristow visited Portland on Saturday and several locals spent time there. The Advance Club officers were elected at the last meeting and a box social netted 40 dollars for the Jubilee Fund. The group plans a February 3 program and a song sing event.
Lawrence Baker is on sick list. Mrs. Cyrene Palmer stayed at the Johnsons. Ernest Everest and a Vancouver visitor arrived in their Buick to see the Everest family. A lively social at A. A. Post Dryer followed by lunch. PTA held a meeting with music and a talk on Alaska. An old fashioned spelling bee and social are planned. Several residents and clubs are mentioned along with travel and local gatherings.
Cicero A Marr born August 7 1853 in Macksburg Ontario Canada moved with family to Onawa Iowa then Redfield Kansas later to Lucerne Kansas where he married Rebecca Pickett February 4 1886 four children were born three died in infancy He moved to Oregon twenty eight years ago settling in Newberg He died January 13 after bronchial and bladder troubles He was a member of Friends Church later attended Nazarene church He sang his favorite hymns at his funeral conducted by Rev Fred Carter He is survived by his widow daughter Mamie J Willis two brothers W F Marr Elmer A Marr four sisters Emma Leek Josephine Fields Mary Hanson and Flora E Jeffries The family thanks friends for help in his last days.
R R Robizon was re-elected president with E S Greer as vice president and Sally B Beck as secretary. Henry Holzmeyer becomes treasurer and W S Allan serves as director at large. Mrs May C Bliss of Los Angeles is named a national worker in the Woman's Home Missionary Board. The pulpit at the M B church was filled Sunday. Plans are under way to form a Woman's Home Missionary Society at Dundee church with a framing meeting next Friday at three at the parsonage.
Elisabeth Fraser, a traveler and writer, discusses dining in Vienna where meals cost about 15 a day and unappetizing hashed turnips. She recalls monotonous salmon in Canada and a hotel breakfast incident where a whole fish and mustard were offered, prompting a witty exchange with the host.
A gas container 70 feet in diameter and 75 feet high, weighing 200 tons, was moved three miles on Portland cement and loaded on rollers. It traversed four city blocks and was lowered 28 feet to a dock, placed on barges, towed three miles to a shipyard, raised 26 feet, hauled 2000 feet over new ground, crossed a railroad, and placed on a new foundation. The entire operation took 71 days.
A man sentenced to Sing Sing in May 1917 remains in prison past his term by over seven months and refuses to go home. Working with a construction gang for the new prison, he does as much work as four men. Prison pay is 1 1 2 cents per day. He is relieved that authorities will not cut his pay to force parole, which he has refused to seek.
A brief notice invites individuals to submit job work at the Graphic office. The item emphasizes timely handling and local service for printed work.
The War Work Council of the YWCA reports 850000 women and girls in Japan's industry during World War I, including 30000 under fifteen. In Tokyo 100000 women work in 62 industries, facing long hours, poor dormitory housing, and TB risk. efforts like YWCA dormitories and factory outreach aim to improve conditions and train women for business. Mrs Suzuki leads a major effort, employing 1000 women and founding a training school to boost female participation amid concerns over rising materialism.
Japanese embassy representatives in Washington argue that lasting ties between nations hinge on friendly relations among women. They promote the Y W C A as a key medium to foster recreation, study, and cooperation, noting Japanese women’s growing roles in industry and business. The World Service program aims to aid six regions including the United States, India, China, Japan, and Mexico with a four million dollar mission.
Young women students from forty four states and nine countries including China, France and Canada study at the National Training School of the YWCA in New York. They prepare to take positions in YWCA work in this country or abroad as the association expands its programs.
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