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Newspaper
Colville Examiner
Location
Colville, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1920
Page
3
The Colville Examiner is issued every Saturday morning with second class mailing since Oct 31 1907. Subscription is 1.50 per year in advance six months 90c three months 50c. Advertising rate card available on request. J C Harrigan editor and proprietor Miss Mary Lucas associate editor.
Colville notes report Mr. and Mrs. Burdine Carroll returned to Colville from Seattle after several weeks at his parents home. Embroidery and Amethyst clubs hosted a Tuesday evening at the Seal home with five hundred at eight tables and prizes to Mrs Hugh Waddell Mrs O F Vinson H R Williams and C F Corbett.
Christian Science services held Sundays at 11 and Wednesdays at 8. Catholic Masses at 8 and 10 on first and third Sundays and at 10 on second and fourth Sundays officiated by Rev. E Bell S J. Sunday school at 10. Evangelistic services at Orin each Wednesday. Prayer meeting Thursday. Women sew for the poor each Wednesday afternoon at the church.
Regular services Sunday led by Rev. C. H. Alborn. Junior B Y P U at 3. Senior B Y P U at 6 30. Prayer meeting next Wednesday evening.
Robert H. Allen, minister conducts morning worship at 11 with the sermon The Child and the Church. Evening worship follows at 8 with another message.
T H Meredith will lead a Bible school at 10 with a study of the twenty third Psalm. An 11 o clock service features a song and communion followed by a sermon on Character study of Esther with present day applications. Evening 8 o clock service covers How the Holy Spirit Operates in Conversion. Mid week study Wednesday 8 on a study of the covenants with choir practice Friday at 8. Plans for patriotic service July 4 are moving ahead. Full attendance requested for morning worship. all welcome.
The column notes Rev J M Huggins service at 11 with open invitation, Leonard Hunt returns from Seattle, Raymond Gilbert of Butte wed to Gertrude Price and travels via Seattle Portland to the rose festival and Shrine, with trips to British Columbia and Pend Oreille lakes. Also reports Free Methodist camp meeting speaker Rev T H Marsh and Mrs Fisher providing music. Local graduates Agnes Bresnahan and Georgia Jesseph from Lewis and Clark high school. paving plans stalled due to cement shortage. Lehigh Cement plant at Metaline Falls not producing. Spokane International Cement quarries limited by development. Montana supplies used at higher cost. Colville cement needs 10 to 15 cars.
Miss Ruby Schwerdfield was named first and unanimous choice for the 10member dramatic class from the 35 graduates at Cheney normal. A Sacred Heart academy concert at Colville theater Monday drew a large audience and praise. Mrs. A H Emery and her children spent time at the lakes and plan a Chicago trip for the summer.
A rustic verse notes Joe boasting about crops and pigs and plans to shop for candy at Baker Studio opposite Hotel Colville Colvile. He hints at money saved and staying in town to explore bargains and the local shop.
In 1885 the U S government offered 1000 for the best design for the cent. James Barton Longacre invited Sioux chiefs to his Philadelphia home where his daughter Sarah aged 10 wore a war bonnet during a sketch. Her likeness won the prize and appeared on the cent circulated for nearly a century.
Coast protection is debated in England as the sea erodes cliffs but builds long beaches that shield land. Efforts aim to limit removal of beach material for construction to curb erosion. Ordnance survey shows England lost 6 640 acres to sea erosion and gained 48 000 acres from land reclamation aided by river deposits.
The Philadelphia Press notes Cleveland and Cincinnati boast pork and beer icons while census data reveal modest pork and beer growth but an 82 percent surge in government jobs. The piece mentions Harry T. Morey once labeled a robust actor before his Vitagraph career.
An article explains the earths shadow visible near sunrise or sunset as a red band rising opposite the sun with a slate gray umbra, forming an arch that shifts toward the zenith as the sun sinks. The piece also notes subscription expiration notices and the Examiner's printing and office supply services for business forms and seals.
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