The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-05-10
ODELL

Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Shep-
pard. Tuesday. May /, a son.
Mrs. M. A. Cellar spent last week
visiting relatives in Portland.
Geo. Ledford has returned to Odell
after having spent several months at
Whitman college, at Walla Walla. Mr..
Ledford was a member of the Glee
Club of Whitman and it is hoped when
he has entirely recovered from the
after effects of an attack of measles,
his voice may be head in song at Sum
day school and church services. His
violin, too, will be heard with pleasure.
A pageant will be given on the cam
pus at the grammar school in Odell
next Friday afternoon, beginning at 2
o'clock. All are invited to attend and
we feel perfectly safe in saying that
those who do attend will find pleasure
in witnessing this result of training on
the part of grade teachers of the school
and Miss Bartmess as musical director.
Sergeant Owen Mulkey, of Company
X, stationed at White Salmon, was a
guest at the home of Rev. Troy Shell
ley within the past week. Sergeant
Mulkey and Miss Nell Shelley were
students at O. A. c. and became ac
quainted at that time.
o. M. Dewitt lost one of the large
horses of his team Saturday. A team
of such horses as those owned by Mr..
Dewitt represent a cash value of sew
eral hundred dollars and the loss is in
proportion.
Civil engineers were engaged Mon
day laying out lines for improvement
of grounds of Union High School Dis
trict No. 2 The work of grading and
all work included will be let by con-
tract and those interested may meet
the board of directors at the high
school next Monday and submit bids.
The next regular meeting of the
Parent-Teacher Association of Odell
will be held in the high school auditor.
ium next Monday evening. This is the
date for the election of officers.
A special election will be held Mon
day, June 4, at the regular polling
place in Odell precinct for the approx
al or rejection of measures to be SUBJ
mitted to voters. Eight measures will
appear on the ballot. Election begin
ming at s o'clock in the morning and
continuing until s o'clock in the even
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Bennett have
moved away from the Matney house
and Mr.. and Mrs. j. N. Tomkins now
occupy that property.
Leo Hammer returned home early in
the week after having spent several
weeks at various points in the William.
ette valley.
Friends in Odell extend sympathy to
the family of W. M. Barnett, of Wasco,
who passed away Friday in Good Sam.
aritan hospital, Portland, after having
submitted to an operation the day pre-.
vious. Many residents of Odell have
known Mr.. Barnett during the years
that he has owned orchard property in
Odell, and it is with difficulty they re.
alize this genial active, energetic bust.
ness mans life work is ended.
Programs are out for the eighth an.
nual convention of the Hood River
County Sunday School Association at
the United church of the Upper Val.
ley, Parkdale, May II to Is. Begin.
ming Friday evening and closing Sun
day evening, all sessions except tina,
of Sunday evening will be held al
Parkdale. The Sunday evening ses.
sion will be held at Riverside Congre.
gational church in Hood River. A fine
program has been arranged.
The missionary program contributed
Sunday by members of the class OF
boys of which John Duckwall is teach
er was avery successful demonstration
of what boys and capable leader may
accomplish.
Each day the fact that the United
States is at war is brought more clear.
ly home to US. The appointment OF
registering officers for the universal
military draft, the appointment of cen.
sus marshals and the news of the go:
ing away to various divisions of army
service of boys whom we know person.
ally, all tend to make us always
thoughtful and remind US that we are
returning to the experience of those
before us in other days when war was
requiring sacrifices which were great,
yet given willingly.