The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-12-06
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| m mtsS mof ofkdfct 0pufu spent IHouhS-
giving week in Portland visiting
friends. She also visited her sister,
Mrs. 5. j. Lafferty. and family, who
are settled in Portland for the winter.
M. d. Odeil, clerk of School District
No. 5, reports 1873 children of school
age In the census for the ensuing year.
This is the highest number on record
for this district and only seven more
would place this in the districts known
as second class.
Wednesday evening of last week
Mrs. Lancaster, of Astoria, visited
Hazel Rebekah lodge in her official
capacity as president of the Rebeckah
Assembly of Oregon.
Mrs. w. P. Kemp and her small
niece, Eloise Gillette, expect to 60 to
Rupert. Idaho, this week for visit
with relatives. Mr.. Kemp will go to
The Dalles soon and expects to go to
Idaho later.
Notices have been posted calling a
special school meeting Of the voters Of
School District No. 5 at the school
house on December 3, at O'Clock, for
the purpose of voting on proposition
to purchase the A. b. Shelley property.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. P. Emery recently
celebrated their 50th wedding ami
versary. Their daughter, Mrs. F. P.
White, of Spokane, her husband and
son were with them. Their son, II. d.
Emery, with his wife, has been en-
gagged in charge of packing house at
lWaitsburg, WASH, and they could not
be present, but sent beautiful and ap-
propriate gifts, as did other relatives
and friends.
Mrs. Dane Kemp spent several days
the past week in Portland, where she
had very obstinate wisdom tooth ex-
tracted.
Mrs. G. w. Lafferty and son, Ever
ett, are now keeping house in the old
home from which Mrs. Lafferty has
been absent for the past eight months.
During this time Mrs. Lafferty visited
relatives in Missouri. Kansas, Illinois,
Oklahoma, Colorado. Utah and Idaho.
Friends In Odell will be anxious con-
cerning further news of Master Raleigh
Wilson, son of J. w. Wilson, of Kel-
logg, Idaho, who is i'll at their home
in that city. The little boyssis suffer-
ing from an attack of diphtheria. Lit
tie Pearl is sick, too, as a result of
antitoxin which has been administered
to prevent bad case of the same dis
ease from which her brother suffers.
G. G. Foster passed away at his
home in Portland Thursday. He and
his wife spent several years here at
the home of their daughter, Mrs.
Chas. Davis, but for the past four
years they have resided in Portland.
which had been their home previous to
the time they spent in Odell.
The regular meeting Of the Red Cross
will be held tomorrow afternoon at
1.30. A good attendance is desired in
order that work in hand may be fin
ished as rapidly as possible.
Il Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Hale expect
to spend the winter in Ostrander, Wn.
Il Kemp lodge will observe the ami
versary of the order Saturday evening,
Dec. Is. Refreshments.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. 7. Young are home
from an extended stay in Idaho.
Odell PIT. A. promises live, inter-
esting program at the meeting on the
evening of December 10. Prof. j. O..
Mclaughlin, of Hood River, will be
the principal speaker. Mrs. Henney
will sing and those high school stu
dents who sang at the institute in
Hood River will sing at this meeting.
Prof. Mclaughlin will bring a reader
from Hood River. In connection with
the meeting the ladies of Odell Guild
will serve lunch.
Gladwyn Davis and Anna Hale were
married Sunday at the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. |. R.
Hale. About 80 invited guests were
present for the ceremony and wedding
dinner. The young people are now at
home in the Mcdonald property.
Noel Davis, of Odell. and Ann ABB
sher of Hood River, were married last
week and are at home in Portland.
Because of the passing away of Mr..
Rodamer's mother at his home Mon
day, no meeting of the Ladies' Aid
Society will be held this week. Mr..
and Mrs. Rodamar, Sr., have been
here visiting at the home of their son.
Henry Rodamar, and the mother be-
came i'll and death resulted. Friends
sincerely sympathize with Mr.. and
Mrs. Rodamar and other bereaved rel
atives.
Now the shadow of war hangs heav-
lily upon us, as home boys have gone
and will continue to leave for various
lines of service. Those who have gone
from Odell, and the day, are as fol-
lows: Sunday: Leroy Krohn, Ever
ett Vose, Edward Jeppeson, Walter
Plog. Monday: Schetky brothers.
Wednesday: Chas. W. Gum, Horace
Gilkerson and Nathan Gilkerson. All
who went Sunday and Wednesday ex-
cept Chas. Gum enlist for aeroplane
construction and repair. Mr.. Gum has
chosen quartermater's corps and will
try for that. In case he is accepted his
sister, Miss Eva Gum, expects to enter
training in hospital intensive course