The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1919-06-05
MRS. SCHETkY TELLS
OF MEMS WELCOME

The interesting letter below. written
by Mrs. q. L. Schetky. formerly Miss
Etheljane Mcdonald. tells If the warm
welcome New York city extends 10 Te-
turning service men. OF especial ln-
terest is Mrs. Sehetky's recital Of the
part Oregon i doing 10 welcome back
TO America her soldiers and sailors.
Am sending these lines to tell what
is going on over on TINS side of the
continent. especially of the Oregon
Club, which | feel sure the home folks
will be interested to know about.
After the home letters and the home
newspapers are read don't know OF
anything TO give one. far from home,
more real pleasure than talking with
someone from God cOuntry-home.
Here in the heart of the big city Of
New York is the place to find that real
pleasure After spending part OF this
afternoon in our Oregon Club decidef
to tell YOU about it. Hood River has
had some share in il. as | understand
the funds for its maintenance are from
state appropriation.
Down on West 25th street is a Car
Camp Community Service House called
the "Hall of States. Each OF 81 Il
believe) states is represented with a
separate room and hostess but long
ago Oregon outgrew one small room
and moved to larger quarters at AT
| Seventh Ave.
Miss Gilbert. from Newberg, Ore.
| has been in charge every time | We
| been in the club. She prepared for
| Salvation Army overseas service, but
armlstice found her here ready to sail,
| so she gave her time to the returning
| soldiers, and since December has met
every returning transport and with
others carrying OH the good work of
| the Oregon club.
! A large room has been turned into
comfortable and cozy club rooms for
the returning heros from Oregon. A
piano, telephone, writing tables, read
ing tables, smokes, candy and every
| body's home paper welcome the hun
dreds of guests who have taken advan-
tage of the Club.
One corner especially appealing to
the fellows, duplication of mother S
pantry" for added comfort and pleas
ure has this card on the wall 81 the
cook 5 away, make your own coffee and
sandwiches, and If the maids away
wash your dishes. Oregon ladies' are
hostesses often. Mrs. Arens, Upper
Valley, was hostess recently.
The registration book includes all
Oregon people now residing IN the city,
and every soldier sailor and marine
registers his name, home address and
present address. so he can be easily
located Yesterday M. L Donnell, Of
The Dalles, registered. In the past
few days these Hood River men had
registered Raymon Glass, ,lohn Fen.
wick, u. s. S. Pueblo; Roy Gill u. s.
S. Rochester, and MIR. Jones, for
mer Barrett fellow, brother of Mrs
Greison, Better Fruit Greson, was in
the club room and very excited to find
some from there.
The walls are decorated with tamil-
lar scenes of the Columbia River High
way and large plaeards from several
well known cities with their slogans
with welcomes to their boys, e. g.,
From The Dalles. Welcome to our re-
turning soldiers and sailors from the
Cherry City" Pendleton is there with
her "Let 'er Buck welcome. Why
not Hood River? think our CONNER.
ia club would send a greeting from
the Land of the Apple to welcome
these Hood River heroes who come il
so often.
You might be interested to know how
popular the SkoOkum apple advertise
ment is here. Invariably when | an
introduced by my friends and they say
from Hood River, Oregon, the usua
ready reply is, "Oh, yes, the apple
country. saw that advertisement il
the city" always look in the sub
way cars for it and am seldom dsap.
pointed. travel with the thousands OF
others and am vfctim of subway.
tits. Though once IN my travels
met one easterner who wasn't geo
graphical After an introduction was
greeted by this remark, "Oh yes, Ore
gon is very near Florlda?'
New York city grows more fascinat'
ing to me each time | am here.
guess its bignesS always appeals tC
Westerners. and one can always fine
friends from home here.
Up at Columbia University are foui
members of the Oregon Normal Schoo
faculty who were my instructors whet
attended 0. N. S. had dinner the
other day with Miss Alberta Greene
and Miss Laura kennon. Mr.. Pitmar
is there and f. S. Evenden who be
| tlnu h,, ,f h.,
ers College faculty this Summer.
New York has been wonderful host
to all the returning soldiers, but the
past few weeks especially to our sail
ors. The ovation given the fleet il
December, when was here to Join my
husband when he returned after si>
months in European waters, was very
mild compared to the reception giyeI
them upon their arrival from Guanta
namo Bay, Cuba, April Ia. Practically
our entire fleet anchored that day OF
the Hudson river A beautiful sigh
and thousands of people visiting tn,
ships daily. At night each ship had (
drill with search lights which was The
most spectacular sight I've ever wit
messed. War Camp Service clubs ha(
planned some form of entertainment
for each of the 10000 Gobs when the,
were off duty. The Knights of Colum
bus entertained every morning with ;
special performance Of the combined
circuses Of Barnum & Bailey and Ring
ling Bros. then playing in Madison
Square Garden. heard some hun
dreds of the officers also availed them
selves of the opportunity Of seeing al
old time circus. So did |.
Fifth Avenue must not be forgotten
Daily it was scene for some parade
Victory Bond campaign or other activ
ity. The avenue was gorgeously AM
beautifully decorated for the fleet.
The absence of the tiotlla of de
stroyers and fleet of batteships wa
soon to be forgotten by busy New
York for Nav thaU uparo tal1pn ,p