Council Meets Sets Plans and Appointments
All council members attend the regular cy council meeting except one. They discuss accepting Mrs. Cramer’s plot on Willamette boulevard for a Home Building Company project of twelve to fifteen cottages. Fire department staffing changes are approved and rules drafted for paid firefighters. Roadway routes near the Western Cooperage tract are reviewed. Ordinances to vacate portions of Pierce Edison Osborn and Buchanan streets are authorized for right of way. Bur street improvements are noted and weed fire prevention measures considered. Bert Olin is placed on regular street brigade salary at 65 dollars per month.
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Cy Council
Kr. Humason
Cramer
Willamette Boulevard
Humagon
Home Building Company of
Port
Lee Cormany
Munson
Munson and Garlick
Attorney Parker
Port of Port Commission
St. Johns Ca
Pierce, Edison, Osborn
Buchanan
Aiteiour
Cousome Deli
Burr Street
Smith Avenue
North Central Avenue
Cit
Phersty Es Sieests
Np Nance
Putine
Bert Olin
Tl Street Brigade
Sweet Pea Show Plans For Garden And Exhibition
Arrangements for the Sweet Pea Show and School Garden and Industrial Exhibition to be held in the rink Friday and Saturday of next week are being perfected. Prizes range from silver cups to cash across multiple classes for vases, stems, and artistic arrangements. The event also features a School Garden Contest with prizes for best vegetable displays and entries by students using school gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priese Ol
Mra
Butta
Faber
Cael
Nec
Chesse BV
Death of Mrs Haynes at North Street home
Mrs Haynes died late Friday afternoon at her North Street home while seated, two small children nearby. Her husband, employed at the gas plant on the west river, returned home moments after the tragedy, and investigators began to determine the cause of death.
Fragmentary obituary mentions survivors and funeral details
A fragmentary obituary notes the deceased is survived by a mother and husband and four daughters. The funeral was held at two o'clock at St Johns under king pares with a Christian church officiant in Columbia, with rites observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Johns
Luna
Christian Church
Ln Columbia Comete
Buy at Home Club Sparks Civic Pride in Ohio City
A Civic Beauty League in a Cleveland area suburb organized by leading women to urge merchants to back home purchasing. Merchants initially balked but a committee persuaded them to support a Buy at Home campaign with a contest to promote local shopping, yielding broad participation and a grand pamphlet prize stressing patriotism and community uplift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
League
Business Men's Association
Needeas
Spemmapes
John
Iby
Electrical Parade at Rose Festival Highlight in Portland
A Portland Ad Club event plans the Electric Parade on July 4 with twenty floats including Gucewater Mermaids and Red Men bands. The article urges home merchants to support local shopping, describes community ties, and notes campaign tactics to boost local economy and wages through resident patronage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Edon Bortland
St. Johna
Bratton to Erect dwelling on Tyler Street
C Bratton receives permit number 33 8 for building a dwelling on Tyler Street between Smith Avenue and Haddon Street with a cost of 100 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Bratton
Tyler Street
Smith Avenue
Haddon Street
Double Surprise at Mrs Pappisten's Jolliest Party
A Friday afternoon gathering on June a surprise party for Anna Hathaway at 625 Knott Street brings together Women of Woodcraft Neighbors of Oregon Grape Circle 541 St Johns and Laurelwood Rebekah Lodge 160. After music refreshments and a daring reveal Effa Drains draws a box hiding a cut glass vase valued by Hathaway, a fitting coincidence as friends secretly found her long-sought gift. Attendees include Valkyria Larsen Mesdames Brice Incent Effa Beam Emma Beam Robison Gaines Whitmore Churchill Weimer Benham Muhm McKinney Simmons Glover Strickland Poppieton Sternweis Hathaway.
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Knott Street
Effa Drains
Oregon Grape Circle
Mrs. Beam
Hathaway
Portland
Miss Valkyria Larsen
Meadames Brice
Incent
Effa Beam
Emma Beam
Robison
Gaines
Whitmore
Churchill
Weimer
Ben‘ham
Muhm
McKinney
Simmons
Glover
Strickland
Poppieton
Sternweis
West Side Notes From the Linnton Leader
Albert Draper and family move into a Whitwood boat house while Draper works at a St. Johns woolen mill. Hillside boulevard work drives 400 laborers, with grading begun and a cooler autumn aiding crews. Ferry service urged for longer evening hours, extending past 7:30 p.m. to 9 or 9:30. Charley Tooley returns to work after rheumatism absence. C B Glover visits from Grants Pass, reports Rogue River mining, plans to retire on Street. Auto for hire by day or hour offered around Rose City area. M Waldref contact in St Johns.
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Albert Draper
St. Johns
Rakes
Whitwood
Draper
Wayne Mills Ie
Willalatin
Whitwood Court
Germantown
Cros
Portland
Charley Tooley
C. B. Glover
Thomas Glover
Oregon
Grants Pass
Glover
Vanvallag
Hia Pearance
Alumni Hold James John High School Reunion Night
James John High School alumni hosted a Saturday June 27 reception in the school. Guests of honor included the faculty and the June 14 class, with a vaudeville program, a charade themed to St Johns, and a lavender and cream luncheon. Notable attendees included Principal Fry, Miss Clinton, and numerous Jensen, Hollenbeck, Dickie, and Brice family members, reflecting strong alumni ties and loyalty to the school.
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James John High School
St. Johns
Hazel Johnson
Flavius Wi Ee John
Cecil Mayone
Association
Pry
James John
Jo Ar
Fry
Mr. White
Miss Randall
Clinton
Mra. White
Catherine Gensmman
Mage
Je Dickie
Hazel Hall
Hazel i Petarson
Vida Evans
Louise Sterling
Viola Weatherer
Beulah Beam
Sadie Cramer
Lulu Day
Florence Wass
Vina Swan
Messrs
Frank Bugbee
Wilbur Bellinger
Clarence Krueger
Eugene Hiatt
Everett Smith
Lulu (Hollenbeck) Brooks
Emory Gillmore
Arthur Clark
Florence Jensen
Roth Crouch
Anna Brice
Howard Brice
Ermon
Wheelock Churchill
Portland considers large dock and warehouse project
Port land circles report foreign architects review plans for a sizable dock and warehouse. European capitalists negotiate with a competent authority about construction on Swan Island or the mainland west of it. A team has been selected and plans have been drawn as Portland hosts visiting architects to assess the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Swan Island
Corona Club Holds 1014 Graduation Ball at Central School
The Corona Club graduating class of 1014 staged a grand march at Central School with music by the Corona Orchestra and performances by the Glee Club and Boys Chorus. Diplomas were presented by C. H. Boyd. decorations featured old rose and old gold felt banners. A farewell party followed at 1019 South Gresham Street, honoring 96 of 119 graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corona Club
Mary Jones
John—Corona Orchestra
Corona Rose—Girla’ Glee Club
Merle Harrington
Chesapeake Hay
Corona Orentra
Margaret Nelson
Frances Miller
Corona Orchestra
Reba Catto
Dorot ‘i
Allo the
Gerona Club
Eemsenberg
Oo Far Sanceaims
Agnes
Nic Opal Weimer
Migs Fitterer
Mias Miller
Room 15
Mira Fitterer
Miss Miller
South Gresham Street
Foreign investment backs eight story dockside plant plan
Two million to three million dollars, mainly from foreign circles, are said to back a dockside project to build an eight story complex for multiple manufactur ing plants. The plan foresees large scale production of goods on site for rapid shipment to Europe and the Orient. Seattle shipping firm Frank Waterhouse Co. is reportedly involved, with Mr Waterhouse returning from London after extensive talks abroad.
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Europe
Orient
Frank Waterhouse , Co
Seattle
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Sweet Pea
Haynes
Beauty League
David Powell
West Side
Linnton
M. Waldref
Reasonable Wales
Rogers
N. Jersey
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