The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-08-01
VALLEY CITY BOY
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| MARRIED IN WEST
The following is a letter just re-
ceived from P. O. King, a former
resident of Barnes County:
Eugene, Ore, July 27, 1918.
P. R. Trubshaw, Valley City, N. D.
| Dear Sir: Enclose please find
check to extend my subscription an
other year from Sept. 9, 1918. AS I
am writing you thought at the same
time also to send you the enclosed
clipping from the Morning Register of
Eugene, Oregon, thinking (if you so
find it) that it will be of interest to
some readers of your valuable paper.
"A wedding of local interest &C.
Cured Hast week in Gearhart when
Miss olivia Vain Tagg became the
bride Of William c. King, of Eugene,
| The service was read at the residence
of the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Tagg, of Gearhart, and the
witnesses were limited to only a few
of the relatives and friends of the
couple. Preceding the ceremony,
Miss June Sterling, of Astoria, sang
an old English love-song brought to
America by the brides mother, and
the Lohengrin march played by Miss
Lystra Tagg announced the approach
of the bridal party. AS the bride ap-
peared she was met by bevy of six
girls bearing garlands of pink tulle
with which an aisle was marked. The
bride was gowned in white organdie
with lace and ruffled trimmings and
her veil was caught up with a band
of pearls. The group of friends who
acted as assistants were Mrs. Tracy
Moore, Miss Myrtle Harrison, Miss
June Sterling, Miss Marjorie Milkin-
son, Miss Nell Dawson, Miss Rae
Anterior. At the conclusion of the
ceremony, reception was held, for
large circle of friends and acquaint-
ances. The bride and bridegroom are
both graduates of the Oregon Agri-
cultural college, the latter having
been prominent athlete during his
college days. He is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. P. 0. King, PTS Thirteenth
avenue west" III
"Willie" as he was called back there
was born and raised in Barnes county
and at the time we moved away he
was student in the Valley City high
school, where he also had his first
training in basketball and sure they
must have started him right then, be-
cause, before he graduated from the
Oregon Agricultural college he was
credited with being the fastest that
had ever played on the floor of the
gymnasium of that institution, he was
also captain of the basketball team
of the college. '.-.~- So. .,>
(. My youngest son, Bert King, in who
many of his school chums Of Valley
City and Barnes county might be in
terested, is now in France doing his
bit for our country: AS soon as the
United States entered the war and
called for volunteers, he enlisted in
what was then called the ambulance
company of the University Of Oregon,
composed mostly of students Of the
University, it now is the 361stl Am
bulance Co., 3l6th Sanitary Train,
American Expeditionary Forces.
/ am proud of the honor to have a
son over there and more so for the
reason that he volunteered at the first
call, not waiting to be drafted. Now
that I think of it it seems strange
that he now has the same opportunity
that I wished for myself 48 years
ago: In the year 1870 was drilling
as soldier in Norway when one day
telegram came to our camp, stating
that war had been declared between
France and Germany. wished then
that we the soldiers Of Norway could
be allowed to 60 down and fight on
the side Of France, the sympathy Of
the people Of Norway was with the
French, the same as it is today with
France and the Allies. I was not al
lowed to 60 then and they would not
let me 60 now for the simple reason
that I am now past II years old, but
all the same, if am not able to fight
for our country, haYe tried to do my
little bit and will do so hereafter as
far as I am able. Because this is a
righteous war on the side of our
country, ! am glad to say that l am
so sure that justice will win as sure
as we know that day follows night, it
cannot be otherwise. To help win
this was as soon as possible l feel
somewhat like the German that I was
reading about a short time ago, if I
remember right I think he lived some
place near here in Oregon. In one of
those war stamp drives, they came to
this German to sell him some stamps
and he asked them how much they
thought he ought to buy and they said
to him that they thought that $40
would be about right. No the German
said I not give $40 give $50. No by
god if we don't stop that dam kaiser
over there we will have nothing to
give over here, l give $50. Now that
was a good German, l think, and to
be sure to stop that damn kaiser as
1 this German called him, we should all
of us give and buy as much as we are
able, yes even until it hurts, then
we will feel so much better after this
war is won, as it most surely will be
and after that for all time to come
we will take no, or stand no nonsense
from the kaiser. - Ill.,
l., My letter is getting longer than I
intended so will close with my best
regards. 1857 r
! ..a> Most respectfully;
| P. o. KING.
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