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Newspaper
Colville Examiner
Location
Colville, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1920
Page
6
Mrs. Myrtie Fish serves as Representative for Kettle Falls as the Upper Columbia River Valley features a week of notable events. The garden spot of the great northwest showcases community news and regional updates.
Kettle Falls reports show Henry Lilienthal visiting, families traveling to Kellogg Idaho, and local moves. The Odd Fellows hosted a Colville lodge visit with eight candidates as mining firm Silver Mountain expands near Daisy, shippping ore years after a prior era.
Smotherman was elected school director last Saturday without opposition and the district plans to purchase the present site for a permanent school house. The wood contract went to J C Lynn. Various local residents were noted in visits, family gatherings, and community updates including school records and local mill activity.
T D Hammer of Rice injured on the Nettleton hill along the Columbia River road last week is reported to be recovering at Mt. Carmel hospital Colville with a broken jaw and other injuries. Dr A E Baldwin of Kettle Falls, a passenger in the car, provides a full account of the icy road crash near the foot of the Nettleton grade where a chain was stretched between the vehicle and annan other vehicle.
Mrs. Hattie Holford remains ill with bronchial pneumonia but shows improvement. Mrs. Grace Taylor and her children returned to Deer Park with her father this week. J. M. Kenady was a business caller in Colville. Frank and Will Kenady departed for St. John. W Hofstetter drove to Colville for a visit.
Meyers Falls Congregational Ladies Aid met at Mrs. Myron Spencer’s home for a social and business gathering. A committee was formed to assist the church board with repairs and an Easter sale was canceled due to the flu. Attendees heard Rev. Prichard discuss a memorial fund for aging ministers and pledge $90 from a Saturday town canvass.
Updates from Church and Garrison Flats report several residents improving after illness. Harry Ogle shows signs of recovery from pneumonia while Mrs. Lula DeLair regains strength after the flu. Miss Marie DeGreif resigns from Dolomite mine and returns home.
The March 6 gathering at the Pomona Grange hall in Pleasant Valley Stevens County united Pomona and Quillisascut granges. A large hall, meals, songs, talks by state officers, and 24 Pomona degree candidates marked a notable event with about 125 in attendance and a lasting impression of hospitality.
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