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Newspaper

Colville Examiner

Location

Colville, Washington, United States of America

Date

Jun 15, 1918

Page

6

Kettle Falls Weekly Briefs Highlight Mail Contract and Local Notices

Mrs Myrtie Fish and Representative Lew Fuller secure a four year mule mail contract from Kettle Falls to Fort Spokane beginning July 1 with two International trucks. A. V. Hull plans to move to Daisy this week while Mull helps Fuller run Daisy to Fort Spokane. The Kettle Falls Cemetery Association met at Mrs Luell Morrison’s, and Dr Baldwin reports W G Hannam in Paris hospital for throat trouble. he has served as interpreter at the front for six months. Dr and Mrs Greenwald travel to Spokane. Mrs N H Carey stays with Frank Zirtamann’s home during absence in Tacoma.

Lew Fuller Kettle Falls Fort Spokane A. V. Hull Daisy Mr. Mull Mr. Fuller Kettle Falla Dalay Boyds Meyers Falls TL Welch Riverview W. W. Henderson J. W. Worley J. T. Luxmore Spokane

Daisy News and Local Social Roundup

Local corresp ndent Mina Ruth Pierce and others motored to Colville last Tuesday with Beil Eddings. Several residents travel to Deer Park and Spokane events, while Daisy hosts visitors from Moscow and Colville. Weather hints at rain as farmers finish first hay crop and Red Cross auxiliary gains momentum in Pleasant Valley.

Pleasant Valley Red Cross Folsom Rice Sam Robinson Shannon Ford Arzina Hills Greenier C. A. Small Colville

Community notices from Meyers Falls and surroundings

Mrs A L Swanson and Mrs Hartwell visited the Felder home Sunday. Miss Kelsie Curry returned after five weeks with Mr Tye. Meyers Falls Sunday school held a large Children’s Day program. Rev House of Kettle Falls will preach next Sunday night. Mr and Mrs Fr Mark and Fran cis and Mrs Spencer drove to Colville, roads rough, one puncture and a blowout. Mia, Lemuel Curry and Mrs Minnie Curry visited Spokane, returned Wednesday. Mrs S A Lynn and Mrs Bender attended a Minute Women meeting in Meyers Falls. Red Cross met Tuesday. ways and means raised 15.86. Ted Cross plans another movie last Saturday. Children swam at Swanson’s river hole. gate kept closed. Alta Gerking’s eighth birthday party held with many friends and treats.

A. L. Stringham Colville Beil Eddings J. C. Peterman Anna Stringham Thomas Bradley Deer Park Fruitland Irrigation Company Daisy Kettle Falls Waterloo Nine Stanger Creek Boys Waterloos Louise Sackett Ruth Cole Moscow Idaho Polly Parrot Ralph Stewart Harrington Washington Ray Cranston Duckworth Fernie Park Rice Mr. Cranston Henry Stewart Lawrence Martin Gerome Will Stewart A. L. Swanson Hartwell Felder Kelsie Curry Tye Meyers Falls C. BE House of Mark Little Francis Spencer Mia Lemuel Curry Minnie Curry Spokane Curry Lynn Red Cross Ways and Means Committee Ted Cross Swanson Swansons Alta Gerking Lucile Smith Burnice Pittman Margarita Burns Dorothy Briscoe Ada Paulson Eva, Schenk Carebell Randall Evan Matthews Goldie Knight Sadie Bouten Lillian Crowe Glen Higginbot

Residents share news from Rice and Colville area

Mr. and Mrs. Barber traveled from Colfax in an Overland, with Mrs. Barber and daughter visiting her parents, E W McCann, and Fred Whitford visiting at the Golm home. Mrs. Pollen and son Jackie toured from Hillside, visiting sister Mrs. Brandes, finding road conditions poor on Meyers Falls to Kettle. Siebert Meyers, home from Bremerton, was honored by a large party and farewells as he heads toward France via Bremerton. enlistment figures discussed in Spokane. Harold Clinton serves as soldier at Fort Wright.

Rice D. C. Allen William Brandes Pollen Meyers Falls-Kettle Road Siebert Meyers J. D. Meyers Siebert Bremerton Nichols Spokane Navy Chamberlain Mr. Allen Yomerry Lad Meyers S. Cranston Harry Nettleton Colville Ernest Kirchberg Orient Alice Rice

Local Colville Notes On Residents And War Efforts

Ada M. Brown and Miss Ardis Carpenter visit Colville with sisters and relatives. Families from Meyers Falls, Cloverdale, and The Elms discuss pillow making, wheat planting, and winter wheat drives. George Winfield Reynolds arrives to oversee work at The Elms, while others attend meetings and shop in Colville.

Sunday Socials and Community Gatherings Across Greenwood

Mr and Mrs F Zurbruge and guests spent the day with Edward Zurbruge while neighbors and friends visited during a sunny weekend. A large turnout at Greenwood schoolhouse forecasts a bigger Children’s Day program next Sunday led by Mrs J W Lynn and young helpers. Local visits include J W Reynolds and Joe Turner to Colville, and Mrs Frank Gordon hosting a Kensington for her daughter Roy Earnest who weds in Oregon. Haying season begins as Cedarhurst folks start northward for Northslope work. Bert Cur returns from Walla Walla condemnations of grange treatment, while state grange positions stay neutral on politics. Co F Wheeler travels to Meyers Falls and Winslow mill on business. Daisy visit with J H Abbott, and Clarence Bell heads to Meyers Falls for station work.

J. W. Lynn J. W. Reynolds Joe Turner Colville Frank Gordon Kensington Roy Earnest Oregon Mesdames L. L. Harlow Ellen Krueger Glenford Walston J. C. Lynn Winslow Cedarhurst Northslope Bert Cur Walla Walla State Grange Grange

Arden News Briefs From Arden and Surroundings

Miss Elsie Elwood named representative. Guy H Hall of Arden joins the marines and may be called mid month. W D Elwood and daughter Elsie visited the Albert Keough home in White Lake. Arden pupil Harry Jones passed the eighth grade exam with good grades. Mrs W F Baxter ill this week. W D Flwood and Violet Baxter family trip to Lead Point in a Ford with no car trouble. Arden mill to close briefly. workers reassigned to Lead Point. June Keyes, infant daughter of Jack and Mrs Keyes, very ill under Dr Henderson. Red Cross ice cream social and auction at Arden schoolhouse slated for tonight, June 15.

Guy H. Hall of Arden W. D. Elwood Elsie Albert Keough White Lake Harry Jones Arden School W. F. Baxter W. D. Flwood Tiger Ford A. I. Baxter Violet Arden Mill Lead Point June Keyes Jack Keyes Dr. Henderson Red Cross Arden Schoolhouse

Marriage Unites Vancouver Couple in Colville

Miss Laura Verrill and Charles Fram of Vancouver Wash were married June 2 in Colville with several locals attending. Fram works in the shipyards and is described as a young man of sterling quality. Verrill has been a Colville resident for years and a skilled seamstress.

Darin Spokane A. A. Hall Canada Colville Mr. Hall Laura Verrill Charles Fram Vancouver Wash Mr. Fram Verrill

War Savings Campaign Opens In Stevens County

Hugh Waddell chairs Stevens County War Savings drive urging every adult to pledge and buy War Savings Stamps totaling 558300 dollars. Meetings set for June 28 across subdistricts with local and county committees, Minute Women and county Women’s War Work leading literacy and literature efforts at Colville headquarters in the First National bank building.

Hugh Waddell Colville Stevens County O. W. Noble R. A. Thayer W. W. Campbell Frances Robinson First National Bank Minute Women L. C. Jesseph National War Savings Committee National War Savings Europe

Campaign to Return Excess Flour for Overseas Shipment

The food administration under Charles Hebberd orders the return of all flour above 49 pounds per household and 30 day supply per dealer. Blanks go to flour dealers and county admins. returns are tracked to Portland grain corporation for dispatch of ships abroad. Prosecution possible for noncompliance as wheat and flour for allies rely on U.S. saved supplies.

The Food Administration Charles Hebberd Washington Hig France

Honeymoon Ends Abruptly As Groom Is Arrested

In Colville Miss Lina Jackson, married last week in Spokane to James E. Mc Cord, faces a grim future after the groom was arrested on a theft charge. He was convicted in a Spokane justice court and sentenced to 60 days in jail for stealing the Haynes car used to bring the bride home. The owner, Frank Airey of Spokane, reported the theft after Mc Cord failed to return the car and left for Seattle. Mc Cord admitted taking the car but claimed no intent to steal, saying he only failed to notify the owner of the car’s location.

Colville Lina Jackson Spokane James E. McCord Haynes McCord Frank Airey Airey Seattle

Pocket loose leaf billing system adopted in Colville

The pocket loose leaf billing and statement system is the latest in use in Colville. Bills statements and memoranda can be carried in an indexed pocket book saving time worry and calculation. It is also used for a petty ledger or by cash businesses with occasional credit carried for a few days. The Examiner furnishes these books and fillers and samples can be sent by mail.

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