Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-05-26

terra at the state fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank NJ. Brown re-
turned Monday evening from a motor
trip to Orenco, where they had been
entertained since Saturday as guests Of
the r. p. Goodins. Mr. Goodin is a
brother Of R. B. Goodin, of Salem.
The Oregon State Grand Chapter of
the p. h. o. Sisterhood opened yester
day in Forest Grove and will continue
today and tomorrow Mrs. Ella S. Her
man, past state president, and Mrs,
Adda R. Holbrook first state yice.pres-
ident, members of Chapter c, Port
land, are attending the convention in
an official capacity. A number of the
members will be in Forest Grove for
part or all of the meetings. Mrs. Carrie
r. Beaumont, of Portland, is official
pianist, appearing as soloist and accom-
pans5.
Mrs. Robert Eakin left today for
Portland to be gone several days.
Miss Hazel Stephenson and Miss Fern
StOebel, Of Sterling, Illinois, who have
been visiting friends and relatives here
left Monday night for San Francisco,
where they will do the exposition be-
fore returning to their homes.
Rev. and Mrs. George Schunke are
among Salem people attending the ex'
position, going down the first of the
week.
Alvin Micldejohn, a graduate Of Wal. |.
la Walla college, who is to leave tomor-
row for Lodi, Cal, to take post.grad
uate work at Pacific Union college, and /,
who has been head instructor in local
private school conducted by the Ad.
yentists, was honor guest at a surprise
entertainment given at the Bath home, .
on Center, last night. Mr.. Mckeliohn .
has made many friends since coming
here, both among members of the con. /
and outside Of church circles. .
Guests last night were: Mr.. and Mrs. |
A. Gruber, Mr.. and Mrs A. Harrington, /
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Peterson, Mr.. and |
Mrs. Charles Koelsche, Mrs. +. Elsner,
Mrs Il. o. Parks, Mrs. Mary Mitchell, |
Mrs Belle Schriber, Misses Miskel
Bath, Edna Gruber AdeIine and Erna
Elsner, Flossic Follen, Vera Thurston,
Ethel Kelley, Fannie Shaffer, Alberta
Harrington, Maude Stiffler and Cam.
eron, and Messrs. Chester Homer,
Murtin Rice, Rudolph FolIen, Waldo. |
mar Elsner Ezra oyer and George Muir. /
dock.
The W, R. q. and G. A. II. presented
Mrs. Ida Babcock, the first department
president Of Oregon, u beautiful gold
badge at recent meeting in Moose
hall, the formal presentation being
made by Mrs. Hattie II. Cameron, past
department treasurer of Oregon, with
the following words: "Mrs. Babcock,
we are going to carry your memory
back to January 2S, 1885, to little
convention held in Portland. Thirty
years aud four months ago you we're
given the care and responsibility of
little patriotic organization, called the
Woman = Relief Corps, provisional de.
partment of Oregon, auxiliary to the
Grand Army Of the Republic. Little
was known OF the grand work a few
loyal women were struggling to bring
to the front Not stone has been left
untulncd in the work of its upbuldng;
n society which looks to and cares Tor
the dear old cOmradC and his dependent
ones; a society that teaches patriotism
and love of country; a society of which
only women are members In the Unit.
ed States there are l44,l74 members.
When you took up the work in Orepon
there were only ~ members and three
corps. Today extending over the beau.
tltul state of Oregon, there ar 2207
members and i3 corps. Sedgwici has
lll Of those members in good standing.
| IL has tho honor Of one department see.
rotary, two department trcasurers and
/ three department presidents, of which
/ you were the first. We are proud 10
know Sedgwick Woman s Relief Corps
4 No. has the first department presi.
dent and we bring to you n little mo.
mentum of gold nodded into a level of
winch every true w. h. G.. woman is
proud to wear You should have had
inns long ago. but being an oversight
only calls to mind the older we grow
the closer we are cemcntcd together
TO you, Mrs. Bahcork, our sister ana
! eo'workcG Sedgwicl Post No. 10 an,
, Sedgwick Relief Corps No. l. take
pleasure IN presenting to you this littl,
token Of their love aud esteem. -
. Owing to various o.her attraction
( last night, only II small audience
|. greeted Mrs Ro2ela Bates. wife of tb
Q late lecturer Ralph O. Bates, at tn
:. Unitarian church, who delivered III
;. same lecture that Mr. Bates had rive
Y during his lifc.timc Those prescn
n were for the greater part members o
n lhe local patriotic organizations, Mr.,
o Bates appearing under the auspices q
|. the w. Il, G, Mrs La Moine II. Clar
preceded the lecture with whistln
solos, accompanied by Miss Edith Ben,
(, net at the piano. and vocal solos wcl
1 gwen by Miss lne1 Dcuison, accon
, panied by Mrs, Walter Denton. Nh
:, lecture held the attention Of the nu,
I, renee throughout interest never aba
,f lhg Tor an instant. Incidents long TO
IT, gottw were recalled, and part
~ Americas history brought again
i mind to many who had helped to NAL
Nv It, At the conclusion OF the lecture d
w interesting little incident occurre
!, when Mrs Bates stepped to the tro
NV Of the platform, asking Judge Wcbst,
~ and her uncle, q. NJ Whine
OF oakland, CaL, who as member
ID a Oalitwnia supply company and ira
IN ehng IN the interest of which he ha
- pens to he in Salon, TO rise, Mrs. Bat
nj then explaining that Mr.. Whitney wi
W. W. Us now nearly 60, was the "Ndn