Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-06-15
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Sunday at p. ID.
Mrs. Homer Lilly is visiting re-
latives at Wrenn.
Fred Adams and mother leave
tomorrow for their home in Rose
burg.
Dennis Stovall and wife of Grants
Pass are visiting the formers parents
near Philomath.
Miss Mary Elgin is visiting
friends in Lebanon week or two.
She left yesterday.
George Won der HELEN returned
Wednesday from a brief visit to
friends at the coast.
Miss Garland Hill of Indepen-
dence has been the guest this week
of old friends in this city.
George Cathey left Tuesday for
Portsmouth, to work during the
SUM mer in Flaming mill.
Calvin Ingle is to 60 to Carlton
Immediately, where he has accept
ed position in the Morrison phar-
macy.
Claude Cate of Hillsboro and his
mother came up to witness the
graduation of Grover Cate, We'd
nesday. .E IFS
Claude Clark, of the Portland Y.
M. G. A., has been visiting Corval-
lis friends this week. Mr.. Clark is
a former popular student.
Miss Carrie Byerlee of Hood
River has been the guest for several
days of Corvallis friends. She is
to spend some time at the Whitby
home.
The Sechler residence, recently
purchased by Mrs. Reuben Kiger,
has been repaired, a new porch
added, and the premises otherwise
greatly improved.
Mrs. Knapp of Oregon City was
a visitor in Corvallis this week,
having come to witness the gradua-
tion from OAC of her only child,
John Knapp, a popular student.
Presbyterian church, M. S. Bush,
pastor. Bible school, ~ a. M;
worship, IL a. NJ; subject, "Sav-
ing the Family" G. E. meeting, Z
p. M; evening service at 8; sub
iect, "Jesus."
Subjects at the Christian church
next Sunday: Morning, "Paying
ard Giving" evening, 1.-TWO Build
ers." Every member is urged to
he present at the morning service.
Matters of interest to all will be
presented.
A number of men are engaged in
repairing the Kiger house opposite
the public school building. The
dwelling is to be newly papeled and
painted, front porch added, and
other repairs made that will make
the property very attractive.
Miss Margare. Mccormick, one of
the graduates, left yesterday for her
home in Lebanon. Her sister, Miss
Mary Mccormick, won out in her
district in the Oregonian contest
last week, and will 60 to Yellow
stone Park in July.
Owing to the continued rainy
weather, which renders a grove one
of the most disagreeable places i'm
aginable, the Iowa picnic has been
postponed until after the Fourth of
July. The exact date is not yet
decided upon and if the rain con-
tinues it may be necessary to turn
the picnic into river boating
party,
Before the close of college there
was organized at OAC an agricul-
tural club, composed of students
especially interested in the various
branches of agriculture. Officers
for the year were elected as follows:
President, P. H. Spillman; 1st vice,
R. w. Allen; End vice, S. l.. BSn-
nett; sec'y. c.. c. Vincent; treas,
G. G. Brownell.
The Pittsburg Dispatch of June
5th contained the following society
item, which will be read with inter
est by the many Corvallis friends
of Mrs. Presley: "Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. L4tts of Baum street cele-
hra,ed their crystal wedding last
Saturday evening with card party.
The house was handsomely decor
ated with spring flowers, including
syringaes, peonies, honeysuckles
and azaleas. Five tables were
used for euchre. Among the guests
was Mrs. J. A. Presley of CorvaI-
lis, Oregon, the mother of Mrs.
Let's. Mr.. and Mrs. Let's were the
recipients of many beautiful gifts" !"