Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-05-03
MONMOUTH NEWS.

Capital Journal Special Seryice)
Monmouth, April 0.-Mrs. Collins,
critic of the Oak Point rural eentor,
represented the faculty at chapel last
week; thru the medium Of reading les
sons, poems, motion songs, illustrated
and yisualized talks given by the chill
dren of the school the splendid work
being done by this rural center was
demonstrated to the Normal faculty
and students The program was enter
tanning to all and full Of inspiration
for students who are specializing in
rural school work.
Commencement plans are being rap
idly perfected, DR.. W. W. Willard,
present incumbent of the pulpit of the
First Congregational church of Port
land, has been secured to preach the
baccalaureate sermon.
Members Of the June class have near
ly all secured positions for the coming
year.
Two more of the Normal alumni, Joe
Bell IA and Tom Ostein 10, have been
accorded recognition IN edueatlonal
circles overseas, and have selected TO
attend English colleges.
Mr.. Gilbreath II, writes that no
and his entire corps of teachers have
becn reelected at Silver Lake, WASH,
for the coming year.
Patrons Of the Elkins school district
are well pleased with results cameo
from their association with the Nor
NAL since the school became one of the
rural eenters The school board mas
renewed its contract with the Normal
for two years. q,
Superintendent Goetz of the North
Bend schools, was on the campus Wea'
nesday looking for teachers for ms
territory. r.
President Aekerman and Mrs. Cur
ran were among the principal speak
ers at the Polk county Parent-Teaehei
meeting held in Independence last oat
urday. =.
| John Wcbber who received his dls
charge and returned from Camp Lewis
Hast week was in the service nine
months and since November was 10
leated at GAINESVILLE, Ohio. Here he Wa'
enoapcd in the manufacture of earbof
lar GAS masks. Much experimenting II
the making of the carbon was don'
and il was two months after his arriN
al at fine factory before carbon wa'
turned out for the army in any con
siderable quantity. Before he iel
Zanesville carbon of superior guam,
,raa beinp made and stored in 2o'
nonnd drums. enough being on han'
|. then to supply large army for a con
sidorahle time. Cocoanut shells wer'
nrrferred bur prune pits were also use'
. IN making the ealbon. John founo th
SCOT and dust of the east very disagree
able and was glad to get back to IN
deaf old willamette valley.
Douglas Parks, a graduate Of Mon
mouth high school and a Prev stu
1ant af the Normal with his wife
solled IN friends and former senool
, mates at the high school MONDAY
Donolas recently returned from Franc ic
and received his discharge at oaih
/ LAWS when asked to tell some OF n
axner;epees before the school, be de
lined saving what he remembered pes
{ ,ronld he hard for him to tel ana no
nleasant TO listen to. He saw lot .
) hard fighting in the trenches and sai
! he was trying to forget.
{ Mrs. J. NJ. Pember entertalnea ne
) sunday SCHOOL class at her home Ihur'
! day evening. .;..a
Mrs ]. L. Van Loan received
1Tondav morning from he
, sop. o Birchard. dated Sunday April Z
: from New York. stating he had Jus
/ arrived from overseas on the tFahl
+ no., nort Huntington, and would be
r ramp Merit. Birehard was a memo'
{ If the original company L, but wa
4 Transferred 10 the 15lst field artillery
Miss Rose Smith, who recently u
D derwent an operation in a Fessian
Z Ihospital is convalescans.
4 Mrs. Dorothy Beard and infai
f daughter left saturday 70 join her hu