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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1919
Page
2
Mrs. H. Badley hosted the North Main Improvement Club on Wednesday April 30 with readings by Mrs. Nye and Mrs. Moffitt. A question box was provided by Mrs. M Budd and after the business meeting guests enjoyed sandwiches pickles pineapple and cake. The next gathering is set for May 14 with Mrs. Merle Budd.
The Dundee area reports Mother's Day plans at the church with a program and songs by Mrs Amoth. A Red Cross meeting plans a Memorial Park work day May 10. Local folks travel, visits to Portland and Salem noted. A tractor accident near Forest Grove kills Rene Cropp. family left behind. Sixteen year old Hans Groth mourned.
Miss Agnes Berg visits relatives at Barlow last weekend. Mrs. Jack Larsen and Mrs. Walter Ray meet Tuesday. W M Ray of St Paul visits Walter Ray’s home last Saturday. John Neal buys four Ford cars. John Erwert owns one purchased recently. Basket social program starts 8:30 p m at Raybell school house on Saturday night May 10. Mr. and Mrs. B Belieu Sr with daughter return to Bandon after visiting Bert Belieu Jr. In Portland trip, Walter Ray and family visit C F Ray who is in poor health.
Lee Van Osdol advances a large prune project while prune buyers swarm the Ridge offering high prices. Visitors include Miss Gladys Hertig in Portland with relatives and friends, Miss Susie Evans from Newberg visiting her sister, and Volney Millspaugh of Washington DC with M P Vanderpool and wife visiting the A F Hertig home.
J. W. Brewer, federal and O A O farm help expert, states every man seeking work will have it by June 1. He warns a larger pool of workers will be needed as road programs absorb the current surplus. Brewer notes wage competition may pull men from farms to construction for eight hour shifts.
The piece cites Benjamin Franklin and Tolstoy to argue that famine and disease trigger unrest, while hygiene and nourishment sustain morale. It notes soldiers endure mud when fed, and the Russian peasant links health to harsh living conditions, suggesting cleanliness alone cannot replace food.
A French repatriate from Arras arrived at Amiens Red Cross headquarters with a bundle of shirts she claimed to have received from the Red Cross a year earlier for buttonhole work. Captain Floyd Van Buren led the inspection. she said she guarded the bundle during the Somme evacuation and would accept no reward, though offered five francs. She plans to return to Arras with her child as her former home lies in ruins and a second child had died. The Red Cross will look after her welfare.
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