Dollar Day Prep Sparks Bargains Across St Johns
Our merchants and people ready for Dollar Day. Stores boast wide savings from shoes to groceries with firms like American Shoe Shop, Bonham & Currier, Currin's Drugs, St Johns Hardware, Mack's Grocery, Piggly-Wiggly, and many others offering special displays and portraits. October inducements from E A LaBonte. Electrical heaters from Terminal Electric Co. Special Men’s Furnishings from Roger.
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St. Johns
American Shoe Shop
Bonham & ‘Currier
Couch & Currier
Currin’s
Home Mercantile Co
W. Jower
Louise Hat Shop
Ormandy Brothers
Mack's Grocery Rabin’s Men's
Simmons Dry Goods Co
St. Johns Hardware Co
St. Johns Pharmacy
Tower
E. A. LaBonte
Terminal Electrical Co
Roger
Beyerle & Armstrong
Central Cash
Ideal Cash
Irvin's Grocery
Mack's Grocers
Meeting of Business Men Chooses Street Widening Plan
A noon Thursday gathering of the East Side Business Men's group highlighted support for a street widening program as a perpetual citywide investment. Commissioner Barbur and A G Johnson urged the project. C B Russell recapped the previous evening’s meeting and enthusiasm for widening. R Hudson endorsed the Community Chest. Willamina PTA to hear architect plans October 19 at Williams School. County Commissioners move toward naming a bridge engineer and advancing project details. Prof Dr Van Tine welcomed to Williams School.
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A. L. Barbur
A.G
Johnson
C. B. Russell
East Side
Commerceial Club
R. Hudson
Willama P TA
Williams School
Jones
A. W. Davis
Dr. van Tine
Wedding of Popular Couple Roberts and Johnston
A happy social wedding of Mr. G. A. Roberts and Miss Nettie Johnston took place Wednesday morning. A fuller report will follow next week. Deborah Livingston W. C. U. meets Monday afternoon at Mrs. Scott’s home, 410 North Edison.
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Deborah Livingston
Bachelors Meet Mt Scott Sunday
Football fans can see the 1928 Bachelor team in action at Multnomah Stadium next Sunday at 2:30 PM opening the season at Mt Scott. Coach Sax leads a 28 man squad with new stars Lynn Jones George Mim maugh Jones and O Donnel Hal Liebe Bill Martin Peebles Noble Stephens and others. Round trip excur sion tickets to Astoria for the big game Sunday October 21 are on sale at Currin's for Drugs Idle Hour Pool Room and the P E P office.
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Multnomah Stadium
Mt. Scott
Sax
Lynn Jones
George Mimmaugh
Oregon Lettermen
Jones
O'Donnel
Idaho University
Hal Liebe
A. C
Bill Martin
Peebles
Columbia
Noble Stephens
V. Jesaup
Medley
L. Cochran
Bender
Rakes
Warnicke
Astoria
Currin’s
Idle Hour Pool Room
Pe.p Office
Completes Large Store Building at Jersey and Catlin
Prominent corner block 48 by 40 feet in concrete stands at Jersey and Catlin streets, designed for a combined grocery and market with two entrances. Owner G. B. Darowish also operates multiple other business corners in St. Johns, including the Teddy R corner on Lombard and Alta and a two story building at Lombard and Buchanan with Ideal Grocery on the lower floor. Darowish asserts the new block signals growth for St. Johns.
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Jersey and
Catlin Streets
G. B. Darowish
Jersey Street
Darowish
St. Johns
Lombard and
Alta Streets
Teddy R
Buchanan Streets
Ideal
Darewish
Daddies Party at James John School October 15
The P T A invites all James John school parents to an eight o'clock event in the auditorium on Monday October 15. A short play Heart Trouble by students, a chorus of about one hundred voices, and a daddy quartet will be featured. A prize for the room with most parents attends, violin solos by a special dad, and a talk by a father round out the program.
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James John
James John School
Lind
Ho}brook
Portland Bond Drive Promotes Major Street Widenings
Voters face a November 6 ballot on a Portland bond issue to widen arterial streets. A cross city committee trimmed the program to 8,162,460 while costs beyond bonds are borne by affected properties. Key projects include West Burnside Union to Division and East Morrison Grand to East Twelfth with bond portions outlined.
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Portland
East Side
West Side
West Burnside
Union Avenue
Division
Jefferson and
Chapman Streets
East Morrison Street
Grand Avenue
Twelfth Street
Foster Road
Sandy
Broadway Union Avenue
Pastor Honored at Pioneer M E Church
The Rev and Mrs J W Warrell were welcomed to another year of service at Pioneer M E church with a basket bouquet presented by Dr F N Sandifur. E C Thurston and Warren Thompson offered congratulatory remarks as the Gleaners class organized the event.
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J. W. Warrell
M. E. Church
F. N Sandifur
E. C. Thurston
Warren Thompson
Gleaners
Pioneer Church
Mayor Baker Urges Civic Unity for Portland Growth
Portland’s growth since World War I is cited by Mayor George L. Baker as proof of a new citywide unity. He rejects bickering, urges cooperation with sister cities, and notes gains in school attendance and utility services as evidence of Portland’s ongoing upgrade.
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Baker
Portland
Greater
George L. Baker
Nesta
Efort
Bull Run
Northwestern Electric Company
Portland Electric Power Com
Public Welfare Bureau Faces Budget Cuts in St Johns
The Public Welfare Bureau, a beneficiary of the Community Chest, may be discontinued due to meager response. In St Johns, representative Mrs Leckley reports $6845.88 disbursed since January to aid emergency relief and family rehabilitation. The bureau aims to prevent hunger, stabilize families, and restore responsible self-help.
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Public Welfare Bureau
St. Johns
Community Chest
Leckley
Raes
Community Rally at Woolen Mills Draws Big Crowd
The Community Club meeting at the Portland Woolen Mills recreation hall on Tuesday night grew into one of the area’s largest rallies with city officials. Mayor Baker spoke on Portland’s future growth as Commissioner Mann described Bear C Dam work and the Columbian slough project.
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Portland Woolen Mills
Baker
Portland
Mann
Bear C. Dam
Colmhabts Slough
Barbur
A. G. Johnson
A. M. Lepper
J. B. Fletcher
J. M. Shaw
Cwm B. Russell
Joe Roberts
An Fream
James John School
St. Johns
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BE. A. LaBontein
Jerry
Boston
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Bagaar
Sitton School
Sitton
Parent-Teacher’ Association
Mesdames A. Cowles
A. ‘Gray
Mayer Baker
Firemen
Roosevelt
E. F Lawrence
E. 21St Street
North
Atend
University
University Park Baptist Church
Fiske
RABIN
Cape
Bey’ Bey
Star Brand
Peer Ighes
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