Twenty Years of Friends Church Meeting Concludes
The Northwest Friends church closes its twentieth annual gathering after a week of sessions. Delegates from Portland Newberg Salem Boise Valley and Tacoma attend with several officers and committees named. A key resolution supports abolishing capital punishment in Oregon and notes peaceful aims for future outreach and college support.
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The
Friends Church
Northwest
J. C. Hodson
Marguerite Elliott
Reading
Blanche Ford Pickering
Walter H. Wilson
Portland
Myra B. Smith
Mark Ellis
Phoebe Hammer
Hulda C. Rameey
Sam J. B. Taylor
Caleb Jenkins
Tacoma
Washington
John Henry Douglas
Pasadena
Cal
Mr. Jenkins
Jane B. Wotan
Louisa P. Round
Mary Jane Newlin
Evangeline Martin
Carrie Miles
Rebecca Pennington
Anna B. Miles
Chas. O. Whitely
A. M. Bray
L. A. Wells
C. H. Rinard
Levi T. Pennington
A. J. Weaver
Indianapolis
Jessie Coulson
Salem
Sanford J. Pickering
Boise Valley
F. M. George
Newberg
John F. Hanson
Charles Replogle
Oregon
Elmer Pemberton
Greenleaf Academy
Idaho
Pacific College
College Corporation
J.C. Hodson
E. H. Woodward
A. C. Stanbrough
John Pemberton
Charles O. Whitely
U. P.S.C. EB
C. E. Union
Prescott Beals
Clifton Ross
Huber Haworth
Chester A. Hadley
Ola Mills
Newlin
N. L. Wiley
Pres. Pennington
Marietta Lewis
B. S. Cook
Church Building Fund
H. Elmer Pemberton
Unusual Electrical Storm Shocks Portland Area
A dramatic electrical storm over Portland Wednesday night inspired locals to compare it with back east. Reporters overheard a passerby predicting rain from hair kink as flashes lit the Willamette River banks and thunder rumbled, though brief showers followed and the display faded as clouds cleared.
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Uncle Samuel
Portland
Willamette
Night Time Thunderstorm Delights with Lightning Show
The night featured a dramatic thunderstorm with zigzag lightning and heavy rain that lasted into the early hours. A late night bolt woke sleeping children and prompted a call to mom. In the morning a youth remarked the rain explained the wet conditions. No one disputed the claim.
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Tomama
Colcord Kienle Wedding Held at Colcord Home
Miss Eula Sylva Colcord and Clarence W. Kienle wed at the Colcord residence with near relatives present. The bride is the Colcords’ eldest daughter and the groom a member of Kienle & Sons, piano dealers. They will travel to Valparaiso Indiana then Auburn New York for study and work with Wegman Piano Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.C. Colcord
Eula Sylva Colcord
Clarence W. Kienle
G. E. Kienle
J. C. Colcord
United States National Bank
Newberg
Kienle & Sons
Valparaiso
Indiana
Auburn
New York
Wegman Piano Co
Kienle
Oregon Electric Begins Track Laying in Newberg
Oregon Electric crews moved 75 pound rails onto First Street as work started amid franchise talks with Southern Pacific. Survey crews are active along the line, with grading contracts expected within thirty days for the Newberg to Portland segment, and main line progress toward Eugene anticipated soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Pacific
Oregon Electric
Newberg
First Street
Portland
Eugene
Tei
First
Meridian Streets
Weaver delivers Berkeley ministers baccalaureate at Whittier
Rev A J Weaver former Friends church pastor at Newberg and Berkeley gave the baccalaureate address for the college class at the Friends church in Whittier California. He spoke on truth and freedom in a scholarly sermon noting Jesus Christ as supreme and praising graduates for entering true life. S B Moffitt accompanied by Portland arrival reported.
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Whittier
Cal
Friends Church
Newberg
A. J. Weaver
Berkeley
Mount Hood
Weaver
Roosevelt Fails to Defeat Root for Convention Chair
The Chicago convention fight centers on temporary chair with Root defeating McGovern 558 to 502 as Roosevelt forces walk out. Credentials committee to rule on contested delegates. Hadley of Missouri viewed as acceptable to both sides. Proceedings adjourned pending credentials report.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Root
McGovern
Wisconsin
Committee On Credentials
Taft
Oregonian
Hadley
Missouri
Boy Stanley Hurt In Wagon Accident
Stanley, riding in a wagon with his brother driving, was thrown when a led horse reared on a hill near the George Range place. A wheel crushed his leg causing a compound fracture with bones protruding. He was dressed and moved to his parents home for setting, with X rays planned after securing a machine from Spokane.
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Eli
George Range Place
Stanley
Ralph
Teleanhanel
Awnasa
Wwanu
J. E. Whitefield
Ford
Brand
Spokane
Rosalia, Wash
Journal
Bitulithic Pavement Contract Awarded in Albany
Albany June 17 The Warren Construction Company received the contract to pave First Street with bitulithic after a review by a committee and local property owners. The report says bitulithic is more widely used, stands up to wear and climate, and proves most economical by supporting heavy traffic with few repairs.
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Albany
First Street
Warren Construction Company
Northwest
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Oregon Yearly Meeting of Friends Church
Earth
Chris Smith
Claude Lewis
Florence Rees
Ross Newby
Victor Rees
Colcord
S. B. Moffitt
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