The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-09-06
ODELL

causing an injury tndt mas given MIN
so much trouble that he decided an op-
Grafton was advisable.
Rialto and Virgil Myers are in the
U. S. navy and are now at Mare Island
navy yard.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Wieden received
cablegram dated August q, stating
that their son, Don, who is with the
US. Engineering Corps, had landed
safely in France.
J.H. Eggert has returned home from
Bend. Ore, and is now employed by c.
F. Alloway at Netherby.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred J. Howard leased
their bungalow home to Misses Swan
son, Ferdine, Thickens and Johnson,
teachers in the schools of Odell. Mr..
and Mrs. Howard will remain in Odell
until they have harvested the apples
on their fine orchard tract and they
will then spend part of the winter in
Portland and perhaps the remaining
winter months with relatives in Port
land.
j. f. Ferguson has purchased from
10. M. Dewitt 400 feet of trackage.
Mr.. Ferguson is making preparations
for building warehouse.
Material is being placed for the new
Page warehouse.
Ray Sturgess, of Portland, spent the
week end with his wife who is visiting
at the home of her sister, Mrs. Harry
Kemp.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Ehrck arrived
in Odell Monday after an l8-day motor
trip from their home in Iowa. Mr..
and Mrs. Ehrck have property here
and they expect to remain indefinitely.
The regular Red Cross meetings will
be held this week at the usual meeting
place. First Aid class Monday after
noon, sewing Friday from 10 a. m. to
p. M, except stop for lunch. Any.
one who will knit for Red Cross please
telephone Mrs. Allison Fletcher, Odell
1854.
Baldwin & Thompson threshed grain
for several Odell residents within the
past week. Chas. Davis had about 200
bushels of fine wheat, Australian Club
and Blue Stem, and about 300 bushels
of high grade white oats. Steig Han
sen, j. H. Jeppsen and G. F. Alloway
had grain threshed.
Ray Gibson, of 18th Co., was home
for short furlough Sunday. He re-
ports plenty of good food and the best
of treatment for the boys of 18th Co.
One hundred and fifty persons were
served refreshments at the reception
given for the teachers of Odell school
last Friday evening in the high school
auditorium. Appropriate addresses and
responses by Supt. Gibson Principal
Vose, Chairman of Board Fuller, Chair
man Dist. 5, J. P. Naumes and Miss
Hukari, acting principal of grammar
school, as well as musical selections
were received with hearty applause.
While cleaning up and packing dishes
used for serving refreshments at the
reception, Mrs. j. p. Naumes lost a
one carat diamond from ring she was
wearing. So far search has proved un-
successful.
Mrs. J. E. Ferguson is visiting at
the home of her son, A. H. Ferguson,
of Wenatchee, Wash.
J. W. Mcdonald has gone to Bend,
where he will direct the loading of logs
for one of the big mills.
Cars were taken over the Mount
Hood R. r. Monday for the shipping
of sheep which were sent to points up
the line for summer pasture and are
now ready for market.
Clayton Fletcher has a new Maxwell.
Next Monday night the Parent
Teacher Association will meet in the
high school auditorium. Mrs. w. F.
Rand, president of the Parent Teacher
Association of Hood River, will be
present to explain the registration
cards for women. Miss Martha Bechen
will explain Hoover food pledges,
which she will have with her. Special
music is promised. Everyone is ur.
gently requested to attend. Ladies
please bring PENCIL and paper for
notes.
Rev. E. c. NEWMAN, pastor of Pine
Grove and Odell Methodist churches, is
attending the annual conference at
North Yakima, Wash. The close of
the conference year finds the financial
condition of the Methodist church at
Odell exceedingly satisfactory. All
claims have been met and there is q
balance in the treasury. In all other
respects this chucrh is in most satis-
factory condition.
An interestig meeting of the Council
of National Defense was held at the
grange hall Saturday afternoon, Sep
timber /. Mrs. Castner was called to
Portland Friday evening, so she could
not be with us but sent papers that
were used in explaining the work. The
registration cards, the Hoover food
pledge and the Red Cross were infor-
mally discussed. 1t was especially
gratifying to the committee to hear by
phone from so many who could not
meet with us Saturday afternoon and
for the benefit of those interested there
will be meetings planned in the future
and bring the information most needed
home to us.
The registration cards may be gotten
from Mrs. Clark at the postoffice or
from any member of the committee.
Mrs. Rand, who is chairman of the
Coucil of Defense in Hood River, has
extended an invitation to the commit
tee and anyone else interested at Odell
to go in to Hood River and meet with
them at the high school at o'clock
this evening. Miss Martha Bechen ex-
poets to be there and explain the food
preparedness campaign and the work
of national conservation. This will be
very interesting and instructive
meeting and we hope good number
from our community may be able to go
in for the evening. (By Committee.)
Mrs. W. D. Allen and Mrs. Oscar
Cameron entertained the Ladies Aid
society Wednesday afternoon.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Fer
guson, of Wenatchee, WASH, Sunday,
September 2, daughter.
Allison Fletcher, superintendent of
the Methodist Sunday school, announces
that rally day will be held Sunday,