Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-02-11
Bethel News
Capital Journal Special service.)


Bethel, Ore, Feb. l0.-The basket So
eial Saturday night was a complete sue
cess. The weather man had a Crouch
but the old school house was filled to
Overflowing. The program was as fol
lows;
Dialogue, "The Value of Education. "
Recitation .......... By Vera Roth
Dialogue, ''The Advanced Geography
Glass" ....... By School Children
Song, "Under the Anheuser Bush -,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. by John AaK
The play, Kentucky Belle"
Song, by G. Osborne Swales and Alice
Johnston.
In the play Mr.. Swales took the part
of the hero, John Cason Gordon, who
while working as a seab lineman fell
from telephone pole and was injured.
The part of the heroine, Isabelle Doug
las, was taken by Mrs. Swales. Paul
Baker with his gray hair, mustache, and
chin whiskers gave very clever i'm
personation of Colonel McMillen, who
wooed Miss Isabelle and won Aunt Ma
riah. Arthur Schulz played the part
Of DR.. Blake, the physician who at
tended the hero. Remoh Schulz had
the part of Aunt Mariah. Mrs. p. Fl.
Baker was the trained nurse on the
ease Gladys Johnston acted the part
of Marie Won Harlinger. 1t was Ma
rie who put the colonel wise to the
fact that Isabelle and Gason were ell
gagged. She offered to help the colonel
to win Aunt Mariah. Mrs. Matten and
Alta Mateen played the parts of Mrs.
Gordon and Miss Gordon, the mother
and sister of the hero. Roy Marchand,
Clifford Johnston, Cass Nichols and
Frank Kuneiter were the four linemen
who were working with the hero at the
time of his accident George Matten
as Henry was probably the best actor
in the whole cast. His impersonation
of coon was simply perfect. Lucy
Nichols as Cindy Loo, Henry's sweet
heart, also acted her part to perfection.
In fact all of the actors played their
parts well. The committee deserves
special credit for discovering so much
local talent and for assigning the parts
to those best able to handle them.
H R. Curtis auetioned the baskets
and succeeded in getting good price
for most of them. The "a baskets were
soon sold and a dozen more could have
been sold without any difficulty. Emil
Sundborg made the highest bid. He
and Carl Miller bought the double bas
ket provided by Mariory Miller and
Alta Matten. The price was $5.75. The
double basket of Avis Williams and
Ruby Gruenfelder sold for $40. John
Clark and Bob CoulsOn were the lucky
purchasers. A very attractive dou' e
basket prepared by Mrs. Swales and
Alice Johnston sold for 1925. Other
baskets sold for from 20 cents to Slips.
The object of the social was to get
funds to pay the expenses of the liter
ary society and to get some lamps for
the school house
At the literary next Friday night
there will be a debate on the question,
Resolved, That the United States
should make greater preparation for
war"
c. H. (Ted) Montgomery has returned
from an extended trip through the east.
He has changed his mind about Oregon;
thinks it is pretty good place after
all.
| we Will SOOn nave new neignDOf.
Mr.. Robertson has traded for A. W.
Schrunk's IS farm at Yeoman station, Mr.
Robertson thinks it would be good
place for a store.
Francis Schrunk says that his "dead
horse" is still on the cream route, max.
ing as good time as he ever did.
Mr.. Bowers, of Fruitland, gave a lee.
ture at the Bethel school house Monday
and Tuesday evenings. The subject OF
his talk was "Mind." He exhibited
an interesting lot of drawings. Among
them were a brain map and pictures OF
two kinds of fools.
There will be a meeting of the Big
-Four Telephone company Saturday
February II, at 2 p. m. Judge C. L
McNary will explain to US the advant
ages of having our company ineorporat
ed. 1t is hoped that every member will
be present
There will also be a meeting of the
executive committee Of this company
Saturday February IL, at s O'Clock p
m, for the purpose of increasing the
membership by adding a new line OF