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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1921
Page
5
A roundup of residents visiting relatives and relocating shows James Martin visiting Salem while Mary Livermore of Eugene stayed with her brother Frank Zumwalt in Newberg. Several others travel to Portland Albany Vancouver and Monmouth as students and merchants move or plan winter stays.
George T. Oris sustained multiple head injuries when the barn roof he was working under at the John E. place collapsed Monday morning. He was reportedly trapped briefly before being freed and transported for treatment.
Miss Ethel Johnson a longtime teller at the First National Bank has resigned and will accompany Rev and Mrs Phillips to Eugene where she will pursue further schooling.
Gordon Manion who had an appendicitis operation at Newberg Hospital last week is reported to be out of danger and improving after a period of critical condition.
Mrs Pearl Ware purchased the Lynde property on North Street with closing last Friday through the agency of Tom Tyndall. She will occupy the residence. Rupert A Wanless left Newberg for Oregon Agricultural College to pursue an engineering course after a summer with city paving engineer T A Garrow.
George Nichols and Ernest Duncan plan a bear hunt leaving Saturday from near Mt Hood. They intend to run the bear to death and return with enough meat to supply the town.
J. W. Arnett and family head to their former home in Alberta Canada for a business trip likely spanning six weeks. Mr and Mrs M S Childs move into their home to oversee affairs during the absence. Orville Smith J R Smith J M McCane P E Overse and Bally Willis travel to Pendleton for the Round Up and may drive to The Dalles or Arlington before returning early next week.
A. J. Davis sold a four acre tract southwest of Newberg to Frank Freeley with Jones & Scott handling the sale. A. S. G. Miller departed last Saturday for New York on a buying trip with G. O. Miller. J. H. Gibson and family from McMinnville visited relatives in Newberg last Sunday.
Mrs. John Hutzon begins installation of a heating plant at her residence located at the corner of College and Sheridan streets. The project aims to improve home comfort and efficiency.
Notice announces a coming postmaster exam to be held on October 14. The line listing is brief and mentions the date for interested applicants.
J. O. Graves begins a bungalow on a six acre tract a mile east of Newberg along the Portland highway. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Barnes and two brothers were luncheon guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bentley of Dundee last Sunday.
Grace Reynolds of Seattle visits with Mr and Mrs Morris on Seventh Street for ten days. Newberg couple Tebbe return to Kansas City after a three month visit. John Love and son Arthur travel to Salem Roseburg and other Oregon points. Chas Trimble of 515 North School Street ill with appendicitis. Earl Pinney and infant son to Woodburn where Mrs Pinney stays with her parents. Pacific College Women’s Auxiliary meets at 2 30 p m at Mrs M P Elliott’s with committee reports and officer elections.
Miss Ruth Griffith of Cresbard South Dakota arrived last Saturday morning and will attend Pacific College this winter. She is a sister of Mrs Chas Doolittle.
Local notes cover W. T. Purcell family return to Weston Oregon, Ed Wests’ daughter relations, Newberg boosters, Am erican Legion Carnival boxing match featuring Frankie Crites vs Dude Mulkey in McMinnville. Missouri Portland family reunions and movements include N F Byers and wife to Portland for a twelve year reunion with four sisters, Phillips family moving to Eugene for Bible University studies, and hospital update on George Kelly with Claud Ferguson visit.
Mrs. Grace E Lawlor and children visited Portland on Monday. Mrs G W Wella visited Hillsboro for an extended stay with her parents. Donald Craw and Merritt Timberlake planned to move to Corvallis and enroll at Oregon Agricultural College. Mrs A L Vroman of Medford visits, sister in law to Mrs M S Childs. J W Estes sold his West Third Street residence to Roy Shirea and will move to Santa Cruz California.
Miss Anne Johansen of Los Angeles arrived in Newberg last Saturday evening for a visit with L. Oldenberg and family on First Street.
F E Wanless sold his Fourth and River residence and moved to Third and Lincoln. Mrs F T Claydon of McMinnville, visiting daughter Mrs L A Cooper, returned home. Mamie Cranse moved from Fifth and Meridian to the college dormitory to cook for the school year. N P Nelson returned from a week in Canton Conodon Oregon. Catherine Bartlett, formerly of Newberg now in St Johns, visited her son Walter this week.
Miss Cornelia Titus left this morning for Albany where she expects to teach next year about six miles from the city. The school opens Monday with both high and grammar divisions in session. A basement room at the grammar school eases crowding alongside similar plans from last year. Mrs. A J Jackson and Mrs Wilford Flood of Spokane and Mr and Mrs J O Orchard of Portland visit the N F Byers home this week. Jackson and Orchard are sisters of Mrs Byers and Flood is a niece.
The Newberg Land Co asks residents to submit articles for an exhibit to be displayed in windows with owners credited. Floyd Parker will join his brother Russell Parker in the farm equipment business as Russell leaves six months after health issues. Curt will move into Floyd’s town house. Mrs. Emma Durstine hosts about 25 Women’s Relief Corps members for an afternoon of fancy work and quilt blocks with ice cream and cake. F. L. Harford seeks local farmers to club for picric acid from Oregon Agricultural College extension for shipment purposes.
S. P. Harris and wife trade their sixty acre Newberg farm for Irvin Selby and wife’s eighty acre Kuna ranch with Boise irrigation ditch access. Selby family will move soon while Harris plans to load out. The deal was arranged by W. B. White & Co.
The Yamhill County WCTU convention meets in Amity on September 27 with Mrs. Linnie Carl as speaker. Mrs. Carl, a social educator of national experience, will headline the program.
Walter Barnes and Gerald Barnes from the University of Oregon visited their brother Homer Barnes in Dundee from Friday to Monday. C S Pil, a former Pacific College pitcher, returns from Astoria and will enroll again. Mr and Mrs M B Wilson of Helena Montana visited Newberg, took the Swenderman auto left after Mr Snenderman’s death in Portland, and Mr Wilson is Helena Hardware Co president.
Paris Daily Mail report from Limoges states four men were arrested for counterfeiting small brown one franc notes. They printed £7000 in notes, buried them for a fortnight to dirty them, and passed bundles of 50 at local banks as real currency amid a silver coin shortage.
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