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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1916
Page
5
Local notices mix small town life with ads for durable Acme Quality paint promising a long-lasting finish. Community updates cover visits, school events, church activities, and local business moves amid a flood of names, places, and dates.
Last Thursday evening the W C T U rally featured Miss Edith Minchin county president who spoke on the need to destroy liquor and the church connection of the movement. Music by Miss Leota Howard and others complemented the program. Other notes include plans for a Corvallis trip, a future camp cookery class, and local school updates.
Last Friday seniors dressed as countries and United States classes for a theme day. Domestic department served dinner to the school board and wives. The baseball team beat McMinnville High 14 to 4 and remains undefeated. Beulah Thorpe of Portland, a 14 graduate, visited. Several seniors were listed when Mr. Krough announced an upcoming change.
The Glee Club performed at Springbrook last Friday night and cleared about $20. A Chemawa baseball game scheduled for Saturday was rained out. Indians are set to play on the local diamond May 20. President Pennington traveled to Portland for Religious Education Association sessions. Delbert Replogle and Lloyd Edwards will represent P. C. in a debate at Albany College Saturday night defending the negative of the Swiss system military training motion.
Mrs. Elinor Meacham Redington, domestic science expert, presents a May 16 at 2 PM session in Duncan's Hall. She will demonstrate Sunshine, angel food, pound, and white cakes plus fancy pastries using a Hughes Electric Range. Open to all Newberg area ladies. hosted by Yamhill Electric Co. Paid adv.
Five Yamhill county farmers join County Agent M. S. Shrock in soil correction trials. C. M. Fruit runs a one acre lime test on Dayton-McMinnville road ground. Hurner Johnson MacGill and Lewis test fertilizers and lime on tenth acre plots with donations from Union Meat Co and time from De Haven & Son.
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