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Newspaper
Centralia News Examiner
Location
Centralia, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1908
Page
13
Centralia public schools report strong attendance with many pupils free from absence or tardiness during the year ending June 12 1908. The roll honors list includes numerous students from View School West and Washington School across rooms and assemblies, with teachers named for each group.
Centralia Lodge No 7 Independent Order of Odd Fellows lays the corner stone of a new lodge building on Main Street. Grand Master Graham and officers will oversee ceremonies as local and visiting members attend. The block, one of Lewis County’s largest, will house offices and furnishings valued over $20,000.
Joseph Bernier pleaded guilty before Federal Judge Hanford in the United States Court of Beattle to sending obscure letters through the innile Loa school teacher in this county. He was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary on McNeill Island. Bernier was read in Lewis county and had caused trouble for officers most of the time. Mrs Guerrier, Miss Guerrier, Mrs Hickey, Mrs Brown and Miss Ruth Frances traveled to Chehalis by automobile Monday evening for a dance there.
The central district rally of the Lowla County Sunday School Association was held in the chapel of the Westminster Presbyterian church at Chehalis on Wednesday this week. Delegates attended from county Sunday schools as officers and speakers outlined the graded system and literature value, with Rev. W. J. Dickson presiding and Prof. R. B. Kellogg leading a round table on the Sunday school teacher.
A disastrous blaze struck Tenino around 11 80 Tuesday, burning ten buildings in the business district and causing an estimated 619,000 to 20,000 in damage before citizens using buckets and a scant water supply checked the flames. The Eagle saloon and several frame structures were destroyed. insurance coverage was light and most rebuilt with Tenino stone, while the A O U W hall faced heavy damage.
The city council met Tuesday with nearly full attendance. Street upgrades proceed as grading advances and crossings are deferred pending street crew availability while a new inspector for grading is confirmed. Insurance and public works costs are reviewed as water and street projects seek funding and permits.
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