Community Notes From Portland Weekend Visits
D P Shaw and family spent Saturday and Sunday in Portland. Will Yergen and family were guests Saturday evening and Sunday with the B F Yergen family. N P Nelson and wife and daughter Louise visited Amos Nelson Sunday afternoon. Omar Fendall and family spent Saturday evening and Sunday with E G Fendall. Miss Lela Yergen hosted birthday guests last Thursday. Church quarterly business meeting is Thursday evening with all members urged to attend. Ladies Aid met at Mrs Swan Benson’s home and organized a Red Cross Auxiliary. Beulah Versteeg will stay with her father this week then go to Portland Saturday for schooling. Gladys Hesgard’s friends gave a surprise party last Friday. Gladys left for Portland Monday to attend school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Yergen
B. F. Yergen
N. P. Nelson
Louise
Amos Nelson
Lela Yergen
Ladies Aid
Swan Benson
Red Cross
Beulah Versteeg
Portland
Gladys Hesgard
Gladys
James Olmstead
Des Moines
Iowa
Local notes show visits, illness and community events
Mrs L W Newhouse suffers grippe while E Yarns travels to Amity for a weekend visit. Delegates to the county W C T U convention at Newberg include Mrs Marie Tangen and Miss Edna Everest. Several residents attend birthdays, church activities, and wood cutting for the church furnace. a runaway injures several youths. Marvin Garland survives a serious wagon accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L.W. Newhouse
E. Yarns
Amity
Tommy Yarns
Marie Tangen
Everest
Edna Everest
Newberg
Howard Walton
Tillamook
Chehalem Center
James T. Everest
Miss Goldie Everest
W. R. Everest
Goldie
Chesney Moore
E. Yarn
Methodist Sunday School
Joseph Hall
Dow
Enterprise
Marvin Garland
Dundee notes and visits highlight regional life
Miss Bernice Keyes visits Ballston while Asa Ryan born August 29. Mrs R W Swink trips to Portland on Tuesday. Barney Groth leaves for officers training in San Francisco. Lena Dillinger returns from six weeks at Bacona Tuesday. Dundee M E church holds quarterly conference Saturday. Dwight Alderman reports his company reaches New York. E C Henry, shipyard worker in Portland, spends weekend in Dundee. Miss Cornelia J Spencer spends..
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Keyes
Ballston
Asan
Asa Ryan
R. W. Swink
Portland
Dwight Alderman
New York
E. C. Henry
Dundee
Cornelia J. Spencer
Community Notes From Rex and Neighbors
Week of activity in Rex and nearby communities with many residents listed. Jack Sawyer works on the Dr Dixon ranch, J Ditto and bride enjoy a Portland visit on their small Rex ranch, and Mrs Lena Day visits with Mrs H H Peters family. Several residents travel to Portland for work or visits, while local clubs host meetings and events including Ladies Aid, Christian Endeavor outreach, and the Advance Club parcel post sale with refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Sawyer
Dr. Dixon Ranch
J. Ditto
Bride
Portland
Rex
Lena Day
H. H. Peters
Ladies Aid
J. P. Semmer
Chehalem
Newberg
Wiley’s Grave
Real estate transfers in Newberg area historic list
A series of property deeds transfer ownership in Newberg and surroundings. Adam Bauer and wife transfer 25 acres to T D Snodgrass and wife. Emma Brown to Frank Hamilton. Isabell Finigan to Joseph Finigan. Benjamin and Mary Higgins to Lulu Hollingsworth. Elmer Jones to Anna C Huddle. Samuel Linton to Zella Linton. Minnie Metcalf to R H Metcalf. R H Metcalf to WC Metcalf. Henry Strate to CH Cruickshank and Leota A Cruickshank. J F Taylor to John Hutzen. DH Turner to Walter B Baker. unknown sheriff to J L Hoskins. Samuel Warrin to C L Fowler. Amounts range from $1 to $10,000 with multiple parcels in Edwards and Hobson's additions and Deskins, Newberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Bauer
T D Snodgrass
Emma Brown
Frank Hamilton
Deskins
Newberg
Isabell Finigan
Joseph H Finigan
Edwards
Benjamin F
Mary Higgins
Lulu Hollingsworth
Hobson's
EL Jones
Anna C Huddle
Luke McKern
Samuel Linton
Zella Linton
Minnie A Metcalf
R H Metcalf
Wm Logan
WC Metcalf
Logan
Henry Strate
Wit
Leota A Cruickshank
J F Taylor
John Hutzen
DH Turner
Walter B Baker
Skipper Overcomes Fear as Locomotives Ring Across Atlantic
A Philadelphia crew recalls hauling sixty boxed locomotives to the front across wartime U boat waters. The bells rang nonstop from foggy Delaware to the Atlantic crest, keeping crew awake and driving the skipper to claim fear is cured despite hostile seas and destroyers unsure of the cargo. A Danish proverb about good corn closes the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Philadelphia
Delaware
Bay
Capes
Sir Henry Irving
Perdition
Philadelphia Ledger
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. W. Hollingsworth Company
Undertakers
Hodson & Elliott
Flint Street
Clarence
Bate Gesuminar
Orego
C. R. Chapin
H. C. Dixon
van Valin
Dental Parlors
U. S. Nations Bank
DR. A. M. Davis
Ferguson
First National Bank
Littlefield & Romig
Physicians and Surgeons
Thos. W. Hester
Dixon Building
Office White 22
Res. White L
Oregon
John 8. Rankin
U. S. National Bank
Blue
Brown
Sarah E. Smith
E. E. Daniels
E. B. L. Terrell
East Third
Corner of
Center
D. P. Shaw
Omar Fendall
Baby
E. G. Fendall
Rev
George H. Greer
George
Johnnie Trunk
Harry Armstrong
Dr. Hester
John Trunk
George Trunk
Frank Keyes
Columbia Highway
Percy Barbour
Ambulance Corps
Mr. Bennett
Uncle Sam
Frank T. Keyes
Barbour
Saunder
Wrens
Bennett Sr
Mr. Bennett Jr
Barney Groth
San Francisco
Lena Dillinger
Bacona
Dundee M. E
L. Underwood
Oregon City
F. Eves
A. J. Heskett
Francis Jenkins
Mrs. Roberts
Mr. Roberts
Clarence Patnoe
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Banking System
Merchants’ Paper
Indiana
C. K. Spaulding Logging CO
Lone Fir Dairy
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
C. H. Schunter
Rexall
Lynn B. Ferguson
First Street
Zerosene
Ae Om Company
California
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