St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1914-05-15
Local News.


DAMS That's al. "a
Miss Leodica Haaeke Of Port
land Was q guest of Miss ncssi
Selland the iast week.
Mr. 4. ]. Dccdon Of nortiAn,
b guest of her daughter. Mrs
Thornton, ON North l.conar
street
Jack McNivcn came dowl
from Ccntralia. Wash, the iirsl
Of the week 10 see one or two oI
our pretty young girls.
Mrs. ". I. Chidestcr anc
daughter Of Rose City Park. ar,
in the city visiting her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. T. w. Cofyn. al
7l6 East Buchanan street.
Mrs. u. J. Sellard and daugh-
ter. Bessie. left on Monday for
Toledo. where they will join Mr..
Sellard. They expect TO make
that place their future home.
Their many friends wish them
much prosperity and happiness
in their new home.
DO not forget that the w. c.
/. u. meeting next Monday will
be held at the Library instead Of
the city hall. The subject will
be very helpful: How may we
train ourselves to be religious
educators" the paper by Mrs.
Briggs; discussion led by Mrs.
Cook. Reporter.
IL is said that a number of
boys amuse themselves by
smashing windows in vacant
buildings in the northern part
of the city. They had better be
a little careful in the future or
may have an opportunity to
languish in the city bastile for a
few weeks.
The residence of J. w. Barker.
983 Amherst street was totally
destroyed by fire at about 9:30
Tuesday morning. The origin
of the fire is unknown. Mr..
Barker was at work at the time
and there was no one in the
house. The loss is estimated at
$1,000 with but slight insurance.
The c. p. |. class of the Bible
school of the Church of Christ
gave a fine Mothers Day pro-
gram May 10th. over 300 being
present. Baby Day is to be OBJ.
served this coming Sunday. A
cordial invitation extended to
all. especially mothers and
babies.
AT the meeting of the Loyal
Order of Moose Thursday even
ing. a military company was or
ganized as q branch Of the order.
s. l.. Dobie was made captain.
The company was organized un-
der the direction of +. p. Bod
ley of the Portland lodge. and is
composed of more than fifty
members. The new company
will participate in the Rose
Carnival in uniform next month.
The Baraca class gave a
pleasant social time last Tuesday
evening at their rooms to their
friends. Games were played
and fruits were served, and all
enjoyed the evening greatly.
There were 35 present. The
noisiest young man there was
the reporter. and the quietest
Young lady was Miss Lucille
Dickie. We invite all young
men and ladies in this city who
do not attend any other Sunday
School to come TO ours at 10 a.
m. Sunday at First Baptist
church on Chicago street. RE
porter. l.. Il. Wood.
The Portland Rose Festival
iates are June 8 TO IL. inclusive.
The only change of Importance
in the program has been the |
complete elimination of Rex |
Oregonus and the substitution |
of Queen of Rosario" who |
will be sole reigning monarch !
during Festival week. The |
election of Her Majesty and he |
maids of honor is now on and |
he polls will be open until the
night of Saturday. May is. The |
queen and her court will be !
given a grand tour of all the |
principal coast cities prior to
The opening of the Rose Festival. |
May 9th the Loyal Women of
the Christian church spent a |
very pleasant afternoon at the |
nome of Mrs. j. w. Herwick. |
702 North Seneca street. the
occasion being her birthday. |
The home was finely decorated |
with roses and a dainty lunch |
was served. after which a social
lime was had. Many beautiful
and useful presents were given.
After wishing her many returns
If the day. they departed.
Those present we're Mesdames
Parker. Seeley. Basey. Misner.
McNiven, Vanalstine, Lear. Kel-
ey. Flynn. Fairwell. Whistler.
R. ID. Powell. Olson. Carley and
Fletcher.
Reports from nearly every
section of Oregon indicate
hat the grain crop for 1914 will
De the largest in the history of /