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 vember 17, George Gammie; November 19, 21, 23, Loren B. Hastings; November 24, William E. Russell, Arthur W. Cox.

Author:Thompson Coit Elliott, of Walla Walla, Washington, a director of the Oregon Historical Society, and distinguished for his historical scholarship, has been honored with a Fellowship in the Royal Historical Society, London.

Three veterans of the Bannock Indian War, 1878, Kirk Price, 87, Delavan Smith, 78, both of Albany, and Frank Wheeler, 79, Gold Beach, met at Albany in September to exchange reminiscences. They are three of the four surviving members of Captain N. B. Humphrey's company E, first regiment, second brigade, Oregon state militia. Mr. Smith, a son of Delazon Smith, and Mr. Wheeler are both natives of Linn County and Mr. Price has lived in the county for 85 years. The fourth surviving member of the company is Joseph Rumbaugh, Portland.

The Woman's Missionary Society and the May Leland Association of the Central Presbyterian Church, Portland, held a service commemorating the Whitman centennial, November 29, 1936. An interesting part of the program was the showing of a motion picture, "The Road to Oregon," which was released by the board of national missions of the Presbyterian Church. The film shows scenes connected with the journey of the missionaries and the establishment of the missions at Waiilatpu and Lapwai.

Eola schoolhouse, believed to be the oldest public school building in Oregon still in use for school purposes, is soon to be replaced with a new building. Records show the present building was erected in 1858 on land deeded by James and Nancy Clark. The first teacher was James L. Gwin, who taught from 1858 to 1861. The pupils paid seven dollars a year for a three months session. The town at that time was called Cincinnati and had a population of two hundred. A picture of the building appears in the Oregon Journal, September 27, 1936.

A marble tablet in memory of Winslow Bartlett Ayer was placed at the central library, Portland, in September, 1936, in recognition of his long service as trustee of the Library Association of Portland. The tablet was designed by Wade H. Pipes.

ADAMS, MR, AND MRS. P. L., Saint Helens, September 27, 1936, 55th. BALFOUR, MR. AND MRS. T. N., Prineville, October 18, 1936, 60th. MARTS, MR. AND MRS. JAMES A., Molalla, August 30, 1936, 60th. ROFF, MR. AND MRS. S. M., Portland, September 25, 1936, 64th. Root, MR. AND MRS. CHARLES, Portland, September 7, 1936, 63rd. THRASHER, MR. AND MRS. CALVIN W., Corvallis, October 25, 1936, 60th.

CAPLES, HARRIET GILSON, Portland, November 4, 1936, 90th, pioneer of 1841. FAILING, OLIVIA HENDERSON, Portland, September 11, 1936, goth, born on the Oregon trail in the present state of Nevada.