East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-12-29
NASONS INSTALL
AT HERNISTON
JOINT CEREMONY HELD IN MA
SONIC HALL is LARGELY
ATTENDED; FINE PRO-
GRAM GIVEN,
Street in Front of school House Is
Being Improved; Many Students
Hpending Holiday Vacations at
Their Homes.
East oregonian Special. }

east Oregonian Specially
HERMISTON, Dec. 2s.-The Ma
sonic organizations Of this city. COM
prising the Hermiston Lodge, No 13s,
of Masons, and queen Esther Chapter
No. 1Ol, order of Eastern star, held
joint installation of officers last
night in the Masonic Hall The in
stallation was open to all Masons and !
their families.
The Masons installed the following |
officers: c. II, Skinner, worshlpful
) master; NJ. d. Scroggs, senior warden,
| E 7. Eriksen, iniOr warden; II. C.
! Walber, secretary; F. b. Swayze.
/ treasurer; Mark Barthel, senior Dea-
con; Thos Worster, Junior deacon; II.
/ NJ. SommereT, tyler. w. H. skinner
acted as installation officer, and :.
II II. Oldaker as marshal
Eastern star officers installed were
: Mrs. Frances Phelps worthy matron,
y W. H Skinner worthy patron; Mrs.
< Stella HIT assistant patron; Mrs
4 Della Bushnell. secretary; Mrs Az
= gusta Cressy, treasurer; Mrs. Edith
Z Barthel, conductor; Edith Prann, as
sistant conductor. Mrs. Catherine
Garner, retiring worthy matrOn, was
the installation officer, and 5. r..
oldaker, retiring worthy patron, was
u marshal
9 The following delightful program
was given during the evening A piano
o solo by r. c. Walber; vocal solo by
n Gladys Smith; a six minute talk on
Masonry by II. D Newell; vocal due.
by Mrs. +. T. Eriksen and Miss Gladys
Smith, and several short talks by
members and visitors, A most tastilS
"a arranged and delciou banquet closed
I'M the evenings festivities.
,S Workmen are busily engaged this
n week in finishing up the improvement
III work being done on Rdgeway in
front of the public school building.
The street along here has been very
II much in need of improvement for
lu some time, being almost impossible
~ on account OF the deep sand. The
Iu street has been filled in at the corner
70 Of Second and Ridgeway, 1t has been
iii well gradeu and TINS week gravel Is
being nauIeu to put on the finishing
iii touches.
Hi 1ne Following college students from
iii the pTpJect are here to spend tneiI
"a vacations at the homes OF their par
IN ents. Miss Norma Erlksen, Miss Ever.
~ ete Kingsley, Miss Edlie johnson
IN MIR, Clarence Johnson, MIR. Henry
Gum Jr., ana MIR. Gordon Shotweli
ii all from the oregon Agricultural Col
I'LL lege, Grant Skinner, from the NOrtl
Hi Pacific Dental college of Portland
w Arnold Shotwel from McMinnyille
IIl Dale Hinkle from Reed College
lIlI Three of Hermiston's school teach
iii ers are spending their vacations ou
Hi of the city. They are, Miss Flo!
iii Hummel of Nebraska, who is vlsitinl
oo sister in Salem; Miss Marthi
nm Klindt, of Montezuma, Iowa, is spend
~ ing the holidays with a sister in Wall'
Nh Walla, and Miss Kate Barton, Of Hills
III boro, teacher OF English and Histor
Xiii in the high school, is dividing up he
II time with friends and relatives il
"a Portland and Hillsboro.
40 Mr.. Harold X. Dean, of the Una
tilla Experiment Farm, returned thi
= morning from Seattle wheer he sper.
. the holidays with his parents.
Miss Katherine Skinner, secretar
to DR.. Rose OF the North Pacific Den
tai college, Miss Helen Skinner, ste
nographer for the Portland Rube
Co., Mr.. Rae Skinner Of the Aut
Parts Co, of Portland, and Mr.. Gran
skinner, student at the North Pacifl
Dental College, spent Christmas wit
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. w, H
Skinner of this city.
Mr., and Mrs, A. s. Anderson spen
Christmas in Pendleton as the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. G. Hanen.
Mrs. ]. L. Hall of Pendleton, Is
guest at the home Of her sister, Mr.
Il II. D. Newell.
Miss Virginia Todd and Miss Mar
81 garet Putnam of Pendleton, spen
B Christmas with Miss Todds parents
Mr.. and Mrs r. c. Todd.
Mrs ]. H. Young and little daugh
ters, Inez, Louise and Nell, are spend
a ing the holidays in Pendeton as tn
guests of Mrs. Young's mther, nj
z L. NJ. johnson.
q Mrs. ]. T. Hinkle and daughter
Frances, went to Pendleton yester
a day for few days visit at the hom
3 of Dr. and Mrs. H. s. Garfield.
4 Miss Bessie Mcpherson has return
II ed from Pendleton where she sper
II Christmas with her parents, Mr.. an
III Mrs. ]. l.. Mcpherson.
~ Mrs. ]. D. Watson Is a Pendleto
Ii visitor today
IL DR.. and Mrs c. 0. Wainscott haV
Id returned from a weeks visit in Por
IA land.