St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-07-19
Local News.


Verne Mcconnell spent Saturday
at Newberg and Sunday at Chatau-
qua.
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. c. Rogers have
gone to the coast for the season,
! leaving last week.
Little Edith Cochran gave party
to a number of her little friends on
Tuesday afternoon.
Anna Brice and Maurine Thur
5 mond received prizes in the sweet
5 pea contest at Portland.
) Mrs. Dot Brown and Miss Eva
Norman of Portland were guests of
Mrs. w. l.. Thorndyke on Sunday.
Marriage license was issued for
James II. Tippie Of St. Johns and
Katherine Il. Wilburn, last week.
w. II. Hamilton and wife are on
a two weeks visit at Long Beach
with their son, who is located there
There was a very enjoyable mus
ical held at the home of Mrs. M. Il.
Boyle, St. Johns heights, Saturday
evening.
Jennie and Palmer McVicker were
visiting in st Johns the first of the
week from their new home near
The Dalles.
Rev. G.. w. Nelson, wife and
son attended the International
Christian Endeavor Convention at
Seattle several days last week.
The soldiers encampment at Fort
Stevens and Seaside broke up Mon
day and the local militia returned
with the boys all tired but happy.
| Mrs. Viola Holland started Satur.
day for Salem, also visiting Oregon
City and the Gladstone Park cha
tauqua. She intends to be absent
ten days.
The Rodney avenue Christian
church has elected Mrs. Clara G..
Essen assistant pastor for its con-
gregation, to begin her services the
first of August.
G.. Ward and wife visited Good
Samaritan hospital on Sunday.
Mrs. Wards brothcrinlaw, Ernest
Niles, was recently operated OH for
for appendicitis.
Miss Eflie Highsmth aud Miss
Edith Hoste,tler OF Portland, East
Side. spent a pleasant evening with |
their friends, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. II. |
Crook Wednesday OF last week.
II. G.. Sibray OF University park
will leave about the seventh OF
August for his old home In Indiana,
and will also visit points IN New
York, Pennsylvania aud other east
ern states.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. X. Organ have
rented their cottage to Mr.. aud Mrs,
Pollock and gone TO Long Beach
where they expect to enjoy the salt
air by the sad sea waves" for two
or three months.
Algernon Stone aud wife spent a
day last week at Vancouver. Mr..
Stone was contemplating the trade
of his property here for some at
that point, but has concluded to
remain in St. Johns.
Miss Leila Taylor, who formerly
lived in ST. Johns but Is now res
ident OF Portland, was in the city
Monday. She is taking her summer
vacation, the greater part OF which
she expects to spend in Salem.
The Swift company have bought
another 80 acres Of land adjoining
their tract which gives them an out
let to the Columbia boulevard. The
price paid was $500 per acre or
sI2o, 900, regular Hood River prices.
A. Il. McFatridge, an old-time
friend OF Chief OF Police Bredeson,
now in government service at the
agency OF the umatilla reservation,
was in ST. Johns Saturday. He
had an appointment with Secretary
Garfield in the city, and being so
near could not pass his old friend
up without look in on him.
Mrs. o. c. Cooper and sister.
Gertrude Grant, OF Hamilton, Mon
tana, old time Oregonians. arrived
Monday OF last week and after
visiting a few days with their
friends, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. +. Hen
dricks, rented the Rogers residence
for the summer,
Mrs. A. w. Markle has been
having a lovely time with an ul-
cerated tooth for the past ten days
or two weeks. but il became so in-
teresting the little lady "puckered
up" courage and had the root OF
the evil extracted, and it wasn't
money-exeept for the tooth car
penter.
Beginning on the evening of July
2Sth a series of union meetings will
be held by the different churches.
The services will be held as follows:
July 28th, at the Methodist church;
Aug. 4th at the United Evangelical
church; Aug. IL, at the Congrega-
tional church; Aug. 18th at the
Baptist church. All the congrega-
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