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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1915
Page
1
The fifteenth annual YMCA convention for Oregon and Idaho starts Friday evening in Newberg with J Campbell White as keynote speaker. The schedule includes plenary and Bible study sessions, a banquet, and platform meetings featuring leaders from Reed College Seattle YMCA and Pacific Coast student secretaries.
The Presbyterian church concert Tuesday offers varied numbers led by Master Gordon Soule. Mrs Babcock sings with Dudley Bucks Sunset and I Hear You Calling Me Dreams. Mrs Morris performs a skit A Symphony in B Plot with violinists Frank Sharp and others. Jessie Britt plays piano. 8 15 pm start with limited seating. Tickets 25 cents adults 16 cents children under twelve at Kienle's.
The Willamette remains at a shallow level with less than three feet above the zero mark, causing steamers to strike shoals. The captain predicts a wet spring and better river conditions by March through May, aided by Cascades snowfall melt and ongoing rains.
Marshal Lambert of St Paul and Miss Anna Kirk fired at a burglar who blew open a store safe Monday night. The thief fled and escaped. a week earlier a similar burglary suspect was shot and killed by officers.
J Campbell White of New York, international religious worker and platform speaker, will address Friends church Friday night opening the Y M C A Convention. He left the foreign mission field to urge support for overseas work and has since served as a leading figure in the Lay Missionary Movement.
W. M. Black, tester for the Coos Bay Cow Testing Association, reports the standings of two dairy herds on Willand Inlet. The Walker herd of 15 cows averaged 280 pounds of butter fat over the past year, with the best record reaching 416 pounds in the Holtsein portion of the herd.
The college plans a WoodMar benefit concert featuring a male quartet humorous numbers cello duets solos readings and talks. Tickets cost ten cents from students. The event promises entertainment and novelty.
Newberg and Mac teams set for the season’s big game. A special round trip train fare of 80 cents will run to McMinnville. Sign up at Dodge's Confectionery to support Newberg and "Beat Mac."
Last Thursday evening a large social was held at the Baptist church in honor of Rev A T Norwood and his family. The program featured an orchestra with Frank Haskins Percy Sharp John Hanson and Zelma Jones at the piano, plus a talk by Nc Christenson and a recitation by Miss Yager. Light refreshments were served in the basement to members and friends.
The Newberg Rod and Gun Club announces a Friday tournament on March 19 at 2 p.m. A silver loving cup donated by E I Du Pont Powder Co is up for contest in honor of Fred Gilbert the legendary shotgunist who has held high averages for six years and twenty years shooting.
Sherwood lodge LL D Ancient Free and Accepted Masons was instituted last Saturday evening March 6 by Grand Master William C. Bristol of Portland. Charter membership stands at fourteen with R W Rasmussen as worshipful master B F Bushoug senior warden and John A Chapman junior warden. Territory mostly comes from Newberg lodge amid a banquet hosted by Sherwood Masons wives and daughters.
The series invites all born in a given state to share in the service with A F Ritchey’s solos drawing attention. Illinois hosts tonight and Indiana Friday with Nebraska Kansas Iowa and Missouri already featured. Your state will appear in an evening listing. Geo C Ritchey, Pastor.
A birthday surprise party was held for Ray Ego at his parents home on Chenalem Mountain last Thursday evening. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. A Kutchanek and many others from Portland and local families, with music, games, and a dainty lunch before departures.
An Oregon Idaho contest involving University of Oregon Vedia Pacific College Monmouth Normal School Willamette and Pacific College will be held Friday night in McMinnville. Walter H. Wilson of Pacific College will deliver a peace themed oration titled A Plea for Interstate Federation.
Calvin S. White of the state board of health predicts a coyote extinction due to a rabies epidemic. He says infected animals die, livestock and people are at risk, and coyotes will bite each other spreading the disease. Eight people were bitten in the past year, a marked change from prior attacks on humans.
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