The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-09-11
OAK GROVE
Mrs. W. 4, Dyer has returned from
Sit of two weeks In Portland

Mrs. w. 4, Dyer has returned from
visit of two weeks in Portland.
/ MIR. and Mrs. Sam Winstead, OF
QueensVille, Ohio. are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. j. G. Bowman. There's friend.
ship between the latter and Mrs. w.
that dates back to their girlhood days
in the Buckeye state.
Fred McCrea, whose business has
been taking him across the continent
and to western points for several
months. more or less. is back on the
picturesque McCrea ranch.
s DR.. and Mrs. Peck, of Illinois. who
are visiting their daughter. of the East
Side. spent Sunday with MIR. and Mrs.
Z. Il. Stanton. freshening a friendship
of more than rs years standing.
Mrs. Charles Albright and daughter,
Alene. got home on Sunday. after an
| absence of month. passed at Newport
and in visiting Portland relatives
Miss Gertrude Irwin went to Coryal-
lis Monday for a short visit with her
sister. Mary Louise.
|. Louis Bronaugh, of the Upper Valley
and Portland, visited his sister Mrs.
Joe 4. Hall, during part of the past
| week.
Mrs. r. B. Lindsay is spending a
few days with her daughter, Mrs.
Charles Reed. after a more extended
visit with another daughter, Mrs. l..
II. Arneson, Of The Dalles. While
there she was the recipient of new
grandmaternal honors by reason of the
birth of a little daughter, lnga Grace,
to Mrs. Arneson.
Thursday afternoon the Ladies' Aid
society will have a l5-cent social, which
means pleasant intermingling with ice
cream and cake on the side, at the
home of Mrs. John English.
The Parent Teacher club, which was
organized last spring, will hold meet
ing in the school assembly hall next
Eriady, Sept. ~. at 3 p. m. The OBJ
ject of the clubs formation is to pro-
mote the educational interests and fa-
cilities of the district by the coopera-
tion of patrons and teachers in the re-
view OF ways, means and methods and
the discussion of new questions and
ideas as they arise. At the coming
meeting the program will include a
paper by Miss Northey, of Hood River,
on Cooperation of School and County
Library" and one by Miss Stanton on
Rural School Problems" The gen.
eral public ought to feel lively inter-
est in this work, and all such are in
vited to come. whether members of the
club or not.
The fact that there ia now tele-
phone in the school building reminds us
that the teachers are at times ham
pered and annoyed by being rung up
during the busy school hours. Persons
should time their phoning either before
or after teaching hours, or at the noon
recess. Moreover. consider that the
school fund doesn't provide for the
time required from teachers in hopping
out to answer each tinga-ling,
The neighbors and many friends of
G. Crawford Lennon are highly |
pleased over his appointment as chief |
fruit inspector of this district. by the
Apple Growers Association. 1t is a
position of vital and growing interest
the valley. Mr.. Lennon, |
who has been happily selected from a
large available list. is square, ener-
yetie, capable young man, well quail
led. with practical mind that will /
keep in touch with the latest and best 4
n fruit production and packing. He
will devote himself to the important
ask that has been assigned to him,