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Newspaper
Weston Leader
Location
Weston, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1917
Page
4
A holiday display offers men and ladies slippers from 1.25 to 2.50 as part of seasonal merchandise. The store invites visitors to share in the Christmas spirit and notes ready to mail comfort kits for soldiers with toys and essential items.
Christmas turkeys for sale. Alfalfa hay for sale. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith visiting Weston from Walla Walla. Grady Herndon moves to Freewater for winter. E. E. Zehm travels to Spokane to attend ill mother. Clarence Avery to visit relatives in Corvallis. Weston Milling Co promotes conservative flour and barley products. Army enlistments and service notes for local residents. Social dance at Weston opera house with Joe Payant's orchestra. Travel notices to Spokane and Alberta. White owl sighting on Reed and Hawley mountains. Post office display honors Weston soldiers. Church services at United Brethren Church with sermons Jerusalem and A Night in a Menagerie. Community news on weather, farming, and local trades. Concert Band to perform at Weston opera house. Nebraska-bound, draft-related moves of Peter Sundergard. Watts expands Portland real estate holdings.
Miss Cornelia Marvin state librarian from Salem toured counties with Miss Nason and Pendleton women meeting with the local library board. Marvin aims to persuade counties to establish ranch libraries based on the Weston branch success. Weston library patronage rose with 252 volumes checked out by December 1, an uptick from the prior year.
Tonight the Weston High vs Athena High girls basketball game opens the local season at the high school gym. Coach Mie Simmons leads a ready lineup: Hazel Duncan center, Cora Beamer pivot, Dorothy Proobster and Rath Proobster forward, guards Hope Beeler and Finan Hustler. Tipoff at 4 p.m.. strong Liberal patronage expected from Weston supporters.
Weston students engage in holiday preparations with a Christ Child play and festive practice. Seventh and eighth graders craft baskets, the High School Girls' Club names Hazel Duncan captain and Cora Beamer manager for basketball, and Miss Tipton's class completes maps of the Americas and Africa.
Local proclamation by Weston mayor John M. Banister calls all citizens to join the American Red Cross during a designated December week. Oregon’s quota is 240000 members, about 30 percent of its population, with emphasis that every man and woman in Oregon should join to support the nation and the Red Cross.
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