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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1921
Page
7
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Cherry picking has started at Tom Herd’s orchard with Switzer leaving Wednesday for the eastern Oregon fields. Cal Hutchins highlighted Hillsboro Fourth of July parade as notable, while families including the DeKohls and Roy McDougall visited Pacific City from the Mountain. Hillsboro drew a large crowd Monday with varied amusements and a popular new auditorium where all ages danced together.
The Ridge group traveled to Hillsboro to celebrate while the local correspondent was busy and did not write. Portland residents J. C. Stevens and Mr. and Mrs. Allerton were guests at area homes. Carters and King family visits are noted along with Charles Sallee’s new house and Clara Louise Hertig’s Portland visit.
Mrs. M S Spencer visits Rev and Mrs Greer for three weeks while Frank Keyes and family celebrate the Fourth in Salem. Portland visitors Winterburn camp at Otterbrook with Dundee roots. A large Dundee community group travels to Pacific City for the holiday. Congratulations extend to Harold Parrett. Several families visit Dearborns and Greenwells. Spokane guests Hodgins and Michaels summer with the Greers at Otterbrook. Morecrofts travel from McMinnville to the coast for next week.
Our postman, Mr. Hanville, is delivering the mail in a new Ford car. Miss Lucile Muller of Boise Idaho is visiting her sister Mrs. H. E. Powell. Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Monteith from Corvallis spent the Fourth with Mrs. Monteiths parents the Powells. A lawn party was held at Miss Thelma Parrishs for the Christian Endeavor. Forty eight ate dinner and supper at a large Hillsboro picnic. Mrs. Wesley Boyes birthday party with the Miller orchestra of Portland.
Miss Mildred Smith from Portland visited McMinnville friends over the Fourth. J. D. Crater and son are building a bungalow on their farm north of the residence. Arthur Day is spending time in Newberg with German Methodist contacts.
DeVere Fendall dined with the H. C. Baker family. Orchardists expect a good apple crop. Yerger and Dolph families visited relatives. Mildred Burnham of Newberg stayed at the A. H. yd home. Fendalls return from California. Virgil Fendal seeks treatment in Forest Grove. C E services Sunday at 7 pm led by Fred Patton. Kenneth Hawke and Ruth Patton visited from Forest Grove. E G Fendall and Lois headed to Seattle to visit an aging mother. West Chehalem folks attend services. Pattomn and Baker families join church events and Cedar Canyon trip.
Miss Mary State returns from Portland where employed. Ermine Calwell visits grandmother in Vancouver Washington. L Whitaker and wife tour Portland to see Mr and Mrs Werelien. Rex residents enjoy Fourth in berry fields. W C T U meeting at Newberg attended by N L Wiley and Mrs Coldwell and daughter Ermine.
Neighbors note the Packards leaving for Chehalem Mountain to join the Gatch place timber work. The Calwell family plans to move to their new home this week. Guston Keeney Wright households travel toward Pacific City and Willamina with Esther Guston heading to Willamina for the Fourth weekend.
Local notes list Russel Jones J A Jones Sewell Newhouse Fred Burgoyne Anton Kutechanek Clifford Wallin Jay Fullerton C Booth and family visiting in Portland McMinnville and Newberg. Fourth of July events included berry harvests cannery work celebrations at Newberg with ice cream and a big community firework free event plus a mountain outing and a large youth gathering at Frank Carlisle home.
The Sunnycrest celebration near Hillsboro drew about a hundred residents and guests. Attendees from Montavilla and Tualatin joined local families for food races and a tug of war on the C. A. Crater farm west of town.
In the 1920 Jersey cattle medal list the American Jersey Cattle Club notes 71 cows with over 700 pounds butterfat. Oregon leads with five of the top ten records averaging 896.38 pounds fat. Breeders Dickson & Son of Shedd top with seven medals, Hewett of Independence four, Cary of Carlton three, and Pickard with Farnham of Marion two. Sires include Valen tines Ashburn Baronet and St Mawes lines. Oregon accounts for 31 percent of awards with 18 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze, highlighting state dominance in Jersey records.
A traveler recalls a delightful weekend at Larch Mountain. They left Saturday evening, reached Multnomah Falls by midnight, and began a climb at five thirty the next morning, spending four hours hiking with brief rests.
Potatoes are washed and boiled with water just covering them in a pan. Salt and pepper, plus generous butter, flavor the potatoes. Layer well-seasoned frying chicken on top, bake about 40 minutes, then add butter and pour a cup of rich cream over the dish and serve hot.
A humorous exchange notes insomnia attributed to heredity with a quip about a father who was a night editor on a Greenland newspaper. The brief item appears in a graphic classified context from the Boston Transcript.
A list of marriage licenses includes Lillian Gillespie of Willamina and Byron Keith of Talent Oregon. Rosina Miller of McMinnville and Daniel Gordon of Olympia Washington. Susie Lynch of Sheridan and LeRoy Flynn of Sheridan. Mildred Jones of McMinnville and Robert Wyatt of Amity. Myrtle Miller of McMinnville and Peter Hanns of Eugene. Virginia Small of McMinnville and Lynn Burch of McMinnville. Myrtle Campbell of Newberg and William Little of McMinnville. A humorous note follows about a price on a head comparing it to the price of a wife.
Clarence Butt and D. J. Matthews appointed executors of Margaret I Kirkley deceased by Yamhill County Oregon. Creditors must file claims with vouchers verified to the executors at Clarence Butt’s Newberg office within six months from June 23 1921. First publication June 23 1921. last publication July 21 1921.
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