Colville Women Lead Wartime Surgical Dressings Drive
In Colville in 1918 women from business and high schools organized dressings classes under Mrs. C. R. Howard. They produced about 11 580 items for European hospitals, with 187 attendance days and long hours by leaders like Mrs. Minnie Gibson and Mrs. Vesta Harrigan. The effort included influenza masks, pneumonia jackets, and steady records of work and attendance.
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Colville
Bank F
Europe
C. R. Howard
Spokane
Evelyn Andrews
K. Bostedo
Anna Bair
Bertha Strong
Alice Zimmer
Anna Keller
Anna Clark
Vesta Harrigan
Gertrude Jackson
G. W. Peddycord
Kildon & Campbell
Leader Department Store
Howard
Minnie Gibson
Colville and
Hattie M. Jesseph
Lucile Howard
Nora LaPlant
Ella Golder
Camilla Benson
Jessie Ingle
Alice M. Zimmer
Sarah M. Keller
Rose Bradbury
Linda Milberg
Eva L. Stannus
Bertha Gates
Lillian Knauss
Grace Graham
Nellie C. Lansburn
Helen M. Carey
Nellie Barbara Smith
Louise Parson
Cora Hunter
Hazel Johnson
Mollie Graham
Cora E. Johnson
L. P. Stewart
Leota Stewart
Maud Willett
Roxie Willett
Nellie Joes
Dorothy Dexter
Grace Dean
Frances Nicholls
Nora Rhoden
Lenora Snowden
Edna Johnson
Frances FE. West
Bess B. Williams
Bess Diffenbacher
Mildred Campbell
Frances Briscoe
Ruth Mantz
Euna Williams
Sarah McCauley
Flora D. Jesseph
Alvira Storm
Edith Cattle
Laura Clark
Connie Casey
Anna FE. Offutt
Irma Wingham
Margaret Waddell
Daisy Ostrum
Ruth MecKeérn
Anna Cattle
Twila Craft
Nellie Artman
Mary Frances Allen
Mavis Bancroft
Marjorie McCauley
Lydia Grewse
Marie DeGreif
Harriet Stenger
George Thomas
June Peddycord
Nora Sturman
Dena Sturman-Miller
Beatrice LaPlant
Lillie Rice
Trembley Wins $10,000 Verdict in Walla Walla Court
Edward Trembley, a Colville man, received a $10,000 judgment for back injuries after a work incident at a threshing machine. J W and Vere Harvey were defendants. the verdict cites a heavy machine part falling during repair. Trembley, son of Mrs. Thomas Kirk, spent time at the Pacific garage in Colville and uses crutches.
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Edward Trembley
Walla Walla
Colville
J. W
Vere Harvey
Edward
Thomas Kirk
Pacific Garage
Plummer & Lavin
Spokane
Smith & Sharpstein of
Colville Banks Elect Officers and Debits Rise
The Bank of Colville and First National plus Colville Loan and Trust report stable or rising deposits for 1918 despite war spending. Officers and directors for all three institutions are listed, with bonds and War Savings stamps totaling about 439,300 invested through local banks. Water plans and council guidance are debated amid city discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of Colville
George W. Peddycord
W. L. Sax
C. L. Baker
W. L. Biggar
H. T. Wentz
O. M. Green
Spokane
Peddycord
Bank of Chewelah
Irving D. Sill
First National Bank of
Colville
Hugh Waddell
A. L. Rogers
W. C. Wilwock
W. B. Waddell
M. W. Crombie
Colville Loan &Trust Company
George W. Seal
S. N. Dearinger
I. J. Lasswell
Geo. W. Seal
S.L. Dearinger
C.H. Carroll
Dale Jones
J. J. Lasswell
Red Cross
Bank of
First National
Colville Loan and Trust Company
First National Bank
Plan to Install Water Meters in Colville Angers Residents
A proposal to require water meters for Colville consumers aims to curb excessive summer use and ensure adequate pressure in winter. Supporters cite fairness and fire protection while opponents fear higher costs and reduced perceived spring water quality. Some suggest penalizing ordinance violators by meter installation, amid debates on city image and lawn watering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colville
If U S Newspapers Fell Under Government Control
A sharp satire imagines a government takeover of newspapers leading to higher subscription prices and wage cuts for editors. It predicts punishments for late ads and calls for a council of defense to enforce compliance, ending with a tongue in cheek endorsement of the idea.
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U. S
Council of Defense
Leavenworth
Hotel Gazette
H. M. Kinsley
Holland House
New York
Mr. Kinsley
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