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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1921
Page
7
The Graphic urges readers to volunteer as a live correspondent in their district or contact the paper by phone or letter if their district lacks representation. The notice emphasizes community involvement and direct reporting through local submissions.
A large crew is paving the new road connecting the Yamhill road to the No 10 crossing and progress is noted in the valley. Harold Baker spent last weekend at home in West Chehalem and returned to Mill Plain Washington for high school. The WCTU will hold an institute at West Chehalem church next Friday inviting Newberg Chehalem Center chapters.
Nellie and Jack Kinney were home Sunday. Miss Ruby Brisbane visited Mrs Grover. Various locals attended gatherings and visits including the Boyd, Wenger, Hertig, Lyons, Carter, and Sleeper households with several Portland trips and a new renter at Holtgrieve. Mrs Brisbane ill reports linger.
Local briefs report Mr Cornwall leaving for parts unknown and Hazel West contracting measles after last Friday. Rex school hosts a Friday picnic with all invited. Stella Hubbard visits Lisle and family. regional farming notes include ripening strawberries and ripe fruit. Several visits, moves, and repairs are noted among Rex and Chehalem Mountain residents, plus upcoming Pleasant View school picnic with races and ball game.
Springbrook reports on Local events from a week of travel visits and gatherings. Mentions of Newhouse family, the Strawberry Growers' Union, road work on the mountain road, a new schoolmaster, church efforts, picnics, and social visits across Salem, Portland, Oregon City, and Vancouver with several community personalities and actions detailed. The season opening for strawberries, projected peak shipments, and local civic activities are described.
Mrs Eves and Mrs Hasket searched Parret Mountain for their Airdale Skiff and returned tired but happy. Llewellyn Sanderman and companions visited from Minnville College enjoying a Columbia Highway drive. A farewell reception for Mr and Mrs Lisle Hubbard at the church followed prayer meeting with ice cream. Mr Hubbard plans to move to Marion Oregon in June.
Mrs. C. L. Johnson rests at home this week while Miss Marguerite Johnson nurses Mrs. Harley Dixon of Newberg with erysipelas. Denis Griggs and Gilbert Grimes visit relatives in Newberg and Meadow Lake areas. Edna Ralston, a Newberg high student, is sidelined by bronchitis. Ellis Pickett returns home from California to cheers from friends. West Chehatem W C T U hosts a Friday gathering with famed picnics and programs. The school closes next Thursday with an elaborate final program. Parent-Teachers meet produced a good program and adjourned until fall. Officers elected for next year: G. J. Morgan president, Mrs. Ford vice president, Mary Johnson secretary, Mrs. Meyer treasurer.
On Friday the last day of school featured a program followed by a picnic dinner and ice cream. Audry Parry and Clarence WIlliamson graduated from the eighth grade as the class celebrated. Best wishes go to teacher Mr. Terry who will teach at Springbrook next term.
Sunday visitors gathered at the Chas Crater home and neighbors joined Mrs Parks for a belated birthday party. May 28 entertainment at the Hubbard home will raise funds for 13 year old Ingred Oksanen in Salem Tuberculosis Hospital.
Dundee reports Greer on the road to recovery and family visits from California. C. D. Grant, traveling auditor for the 5 P, visited the local office. Mr. Workman traveled from Portland to inspect his farm from Leon Cyr. Paving work progresses toward Dundee as youth head to the river.
A condensedReflection traces Columbus journeys from Spain to new world sighting land and return on Fridays. It notes his first sight of the American mainland and his eventual landing back in Spain, highlighting multiple Friday milestones across his voyages.
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