The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-01-09
PINE GROVE
Jaui RIy


Sohoul began yesterday three
teachers will have charge the remain
der OF the year.
Little Ma geret Ninche!l. WAC has
been sick since Xmas, WAS taker to
the hospital last Sunday.
| Chris Dethmsn accompanied his sor
Frank, to Portland yesterday.
We learn that the Drook home il
quarantined for ditheris, Clarence be
ing sick with that ma!ady.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Lage, on Monday, Jan. 6, boy.
Mrs. Lage aad baby are in the hos,
pital at The Dalles. Ali doing Il .cely.
Dick Lester, who is employed al
Mosier, Gems to still havs occasion
to visit Pine Grove, or rather one Of
her fair oLes.
Quarterly meeting services will be
beld at the church today conference
IN the afternoon and preaching ser
vices by Rev, Skipworth in the even.
ing.
College students have again re.
turned to various places to proceed
with their studies. Marion and Editr
Sproat, Bliss and Willie Clark, and
Rufus Ordway, to Corvallis; Nj abe
Robinson to Monmouth, aud Florence
Avery to Forest Grove.
At the conclusion OF he preaching
services last Sunday the following
Sunday school officers we're elected
Geo. Littletield, supt Mrs. Kenne.
dy, asst supt Ada Mark, Sec'y.
Mrs. i.ittlehCld, treas; Viola Miller,
orga ist; Eta Clark. asst. organist
This is an excellent corps of officers
and we insure successful Sunday
school this yea. The teachers will be
chosen next Sunday. Assist the off
GERS and teachers by your presence
and being there on time. A large col
ored chart, illustrating the lessons,
has been purchased for the primary
class.
Hood Riverites print their straw
berry picking aud apple packing
yarns, but here's an Iowa corn husk-
ing one. Miss Mabel Swavajo, of
Wichita, Ia, is the champion corn
husker of Iowa. This fall her brother,
who bad out large crop of corn, was
short OF help to gather 1t. He banter
ingly said to his sister: 81 will fur
nish you team and give you three
cents a bushel for the corn that you
shack and put In the crib. " The
plucky giIl accepted the offer and in
nine days she husked $50 bushels.
This was an average of 80 . 8 bushels
n dny She would have made the hun
dred bushels of it had not been for
the fact that the corn field was situat-
I'D mile aud quarter from her
home.
lad you stepped into the church
last Thursday afternoon, you would
have seen several lsdies arrayed In
crlico dresses and busting caps, play
ing game of sweep and dust. 1t
proved to be an interesting and
profitable game--at least all seemed
satisfied when twas over. At its con-
cluslon the president cf the Ladies
Aid called all to order and after song,
scripture reading and prayer, the fol
lowing officers we're elected for the
ensuing year: Mrs. Red6eld, pres.
Mrs. j. o Mark, vice pres, Mrs.
Hunt, Sec'y.; Mrs B. Lage, treas.
In summing up the years account the
ladies feel quite elated over the re-
suits Fl aucially as we'll as socially
They have made aud put over two
hundred dollars in books, church fur
nishlngs, parsunsge furniture, etc.,
this year and fe gra, etul to all who
have assisted them in any way. Their
nest meeting " III be held at the par
souagA on Thursday afternoon, Jan
l6. Everyone invited and all are rs.
qdested to bring work OF their own