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Local notices and social items from St. Johns paper highlight community life
A collage of brief items notes visits and greetings among residents like Miss Lillian Thornton and J C Brooks. It covers church announcements at Christian Science services, entertainment events at the Y building, summer picnics at Columbia Park, Fourth of July greetings, and multiple visits by out-of-town friends. It also lists local obits notices sales ads and upcoming club programs along with light gossip on fashion and local business promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Thornton
Salem
J. C. Brooks
Pendleton
Harry Groeshens
Astoria
W.I. Ford
Ford
St. Johns
Baptist Church
Dayton
Anthony Funber
Gladys Faber
Ira Brown
Mary Burley
Ocean Park
Wash
Faber
Herbert Paber
Mary McKay
Nova’ ‘Scotia
Canada
Michael Ball
North Ivanhoe
McKay
Oregon
Portland
Sgas
James Crozier
J. J.corcoran
Honolulu
Crozier
U.S. Navy Yard
Chicago
Leonard Streets
Bluebird Club
Reading
Dorothy Walker
Alma Markwart
Beth Bosman
Rainbow Club
Helen Borden
Virginia Eras
Georgia Schmeer
James John High School
H. K. 8 Club