The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-12-14
ODELL

Ollie Lester, of the United States
navy, visited his parenst, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. S. Lester, recently while on fur
Tough. He transferred from the Allan
tic coast to the Pacific, and last week
when he left here to report for duty
his brother, George, accompanied him
with the intention of enlisting in the
navy when he arrived in Portland and
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester now have three
sons who are serving in the navy, one
just beginning, the others both re-
enlisted men.
MIR. and Mrs. Newton Sexton are
now residents of Hood River. town.
Miss Emily Lester is spending the win.
ter at the home of Mrs. Sexton, who is
her sister. and attending schooi-in Hood
River.
Miss Georgia Chambers, of Portland,
is the guest of Mrs. d. E. Clark. Miss
Chambers owns an orchard tract join
ing the DR.. E. T. Hull property and
she contemplates building a cottage
and residing on her property. Noel
Davis has cared for the orchard and
apples of exceeding beauty and great
size we're harvested there this season.
Lynn Davis has gone east, where he
expects to become a member of the
coast artillery of the regular army sta
toned at Fol tress Monroe, Virginia.
Mrs. c. D. Mcllroy expects to 90 to
Bend, Ore. soon for visit with her
mother and other relatives.
MIR. and Mrs. Frank Wieden and
daughter, Miss Hazel, have gone to
Portland, where they will spend the
winter.
Miss Tisdale, of Portland, has been
visiting at the home of her aunt. Mrs.
Sarah Hunter.
Born-To MIR. and Mrs. r. S. Ham
mer. Saturday, December 9, a son.
Prof. Brumbaugh, of q. A. c., will
lecture at the high school rooms Satur.
day evening. Boycraft has been an.
nounced as his subject.
Miss Godberson is in school after
having spent week ut Mosier, her
home, because of i'll health. During
her absence Mrs. W. A. Cass taught
her room.
Plans are under way for dedication
program to be in readiness for the CON-
pletion of the new union high school.
The date is not definitely known, but il
is believed that the third week in jan
uary will find the building ready for
the opening ceremonies.
Next Friday in the late afternoon
and continuing through the evening the
Ladies' Aid society will hold the annual
sale, or bazaar. Because of stopped
drain the church basement is too damp
for health or comfort, and the bazaar
will he held in the Odd Fellows hall
A jitney supper will be served.
VIM. Macbeth, of Portland, repre-
senting R. L. Sabin, trustee, has com
pleted his work in connection with the
settling of affairs of Woods grocery a,
Odell and returned Saturday to biz
home in Portland. Gordon Haskins
who has been known to residents Of
Odell as one engaged in business fol
himself or employed in one of th,
stores of the community for quite ,
number of years, secured the real es
tate and stock of groceries and viii
continue in business in the building.
The war in Europe came home Il
orchardists of Odell recently when wort
was received stating that ship ladeI
with apples had been torpedoed whil'
crossing the Atlantic bound for Eng
land. While being brought in this wa.
to realization of the existence of wa
when compared to the awful conse
quences which must be felt by thos,
actually engaged in war, this seems al
most trivial.
II To the newspaper correspondent j
given the pleasure of writing of al
that is che erful and that brings happi
ness and pleasure - the coming o
/ guests. the going on journeys, improve
ments in homes and property, th
dawning of new lives and the saddle
story of the going out of life. Toda.