The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-03-28
FRANKTON.


in the political field. Sam Heppner
has his hat in the ring for assessor.
Tom Calkins and wife were Sunday
visitors on the East Side, combining
business with pleasure in the trip.
Virgil Austen returned on Saturday
to Camp Lewis, having secured short
furlough to attend his brothers fu-
neral.
The big caterpiller steam shovel is
on the job at the top of Ruthton hill
moving tons Of rock and dirt daily.
Mrs. NJ. H. lsenberg and little Jean
came home Sunday from a Portland
hospital, where Mrs. lsenberg has been
for the past month.
Mrs. l.. A. Kerr is slowly improving.
She is able to SIT up some, but it will
be some time before she will be able
to use her limb again
The Four Leaf Glover Club will meet
this afternoon with Mrs. Nj. j. Foley,
on May street.
The Highway work on Ruthton hill
must be very attractive, as hundreds
were out last Sunday to see what was
being done.
The Frankton school was closed last
Friday during the funeral and burial of
Homer Austen. This was done out of
respect for the deceased and the be
reaved family, Mr.. Austen, Sr., having
always taken very active part in the
conduct of the school,
The W. S. S. drive in Frankton the
past week did not go over the top with
that 100 per cent, as we tried to make
1t, but taking all things into considera-
tlon we think we did our bit and will
be ready and willing to get in the har.
ness again if it is demanded, and from
the present outlook the demand will
come.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Carpenter, an old
couple who have lived the past wear in
the VIM. Price house. left last Satur-
day for some point in Idaho.
Marion Phillips, who has been in
Seattle for some time, with the inten.
tion of enlisting in the navy, left there
the last of the week on board a gov.
ernment cable ship bound for Homo
| lulu.
1t has been suggested that the en-
| tertainment committee arranging for
the program for the next Parent.
Teacher meeting, at which time the
service flag will be dedicated, arrange
for basket supper, the baskets to be
furnished by the ladies', with lunch for
two. The baskets to be bought by the
men, each box to contain the lady s
name and the purchaser to be her din
ner partner. The proceeds would helr
pay the expenses of the. entertainment
Supt. Gibson will be one of the
speakers the evening of the service
flag dedication.
The service flag has been ordered
from Portland and will be here in time
that the names of all the boys who
have left their homes in Frankton al
their country's call can be put on after
it is received. Below is list of the
boys names as far as known to us.
If any have been omitted their friends
are asked to notify the flag committee
at once: Virgil Austen, Donald Nick.
elsen. Carl Copper, Ivan Scheer, Arch
Eastman, Clayton Heppner, John Led
ford, Bert Ledford, Ray Nicholson,
Merrill Miller, Art Kerr, Ed Kreg,
Earl Eby, Raymon Glass, Fred Rob.
erts, Avis Stockton and Lodi Stockton.
We had hoped to be able to present
more of the program for the coming
entertainment, as the next issue of the
paper will be but one day before the
date, but sometimes committee work
is like tar or molasses, runs rather
slow We know, for we are one Of
them.