Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-25
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Chemeketa Chapter Daughters of the
American Revolution will hold its reg
ular monthly meeting Saturday after
noon, May 26, at the home of Mrs. S.
G. Dyer, 974 Center street. The meet
ing will be held at clock and all
eligible to membership are invited to at
tend.
Everybody will try and see ]. War
rem Kerrigan at once at the Oregon
tomorrow. So better arrange to go
early.
This afternoon was patriotic day in
all of the public schools Visits were
made to the schools by members of the
G. A. R., Spanish War veterans and
Sons of Veterans. These addresses are
delivered at the public schools each
year before Decoration day.
Not moving picture hut J. Warren
Kerrigan himself at the Oregon tomor
row, matinee and evening.
Tonight five of the senior class of the
Salem high school will be handed their
diplomas at La Grande when the grad
yates of that school are given their
sheepskins and told to go out into the
world and that the future is before
them.
salem's first opportunity of seeing
a motion picture star in person Will be
at the Oregon tomorrow.
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The annual graduating exercises of
the Salem hospital will be held next
Monday evening at the First Presby.
terian church and the public is invited
to attend. The four trained nurses to
be graduated are Miss Ruby Miller,
Miss Sara Stewart, Miss Helen Post
and Miss Letha Hall.
Memorial services will be held next
Sunday at the First Christian church
to which all patriotic organizations
have been invited The Rev. f. L.
Porter, pastor of the church, is com
mander of the local organization of the
Sons of Veterans and the invitation to
all patriotic bodies in the city was ex-
tended by him.
The 12-year- old son of w. r. Wilson,
or North Commercial street, was run
over by an automobile yesterday after
noon about 'clock with the result
that his collar bone was broken and sew
eral ribs injured. DR.. Miles, city physl-
cian was called and gave medical atten-
ton Today the young Wilson is resting
as easily as circumstances permit.
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The funeral services of Mrs. j. w.
Meredith will be held Saturday after
noon at $50 clock from the home, 24o
South Church street, and will be con
Quoted by the Rev. R. N. Avison with
burial in the Odd Fellows cemetery
The body will lie in state at the home
Saturday morning. The casket will be
closed during the services.
The good housekeeper may have the
satisfaction that for a time at least,
there will be no advance in foods made
from wheat crop and other cereals. Lat
est government report indicates big
wheat crop and with this prospect, the
price of flour is likely to decline-that
is if the price of wheat will just slide
down few figures lower.
BEGINNING a week from next Sunday,
evangelistic services will be held in Sa-
lem by boy preacher IL years old. He
comes from England originally but IS
now an American. Announcement IS
made that the services will continue
from June to the 18th. He VIII
preach in the First Congregational
church.
At the union meeting called at the
Unitarian church for next Sunday after
noon, 0. B. Gingrieh,- secretary of the
Y. NJ. G. A., will present the army side !,9
of the work. The Rev. Robert $. Gill
and Captain G. A. Huston, of SedgwicK
Post, c. A. r., will also speak. Ihe
meeting has been called to consider
what the churches should do in this
present national crisis Governor Witty
eombe will preside, and pastors OF all
churches in Salem have been invited to
participate.
The plans and specifications for the
bridge across the Willamette have been
drawn by the state highway commission
and the legal form of the contract SUB
mitted to Attorney General George M.