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Newspaper
Colville Examiner
Location
Colville, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1920
Page
6
Local column notes events across the Up Columbia River Valley and Kettle Falls area. Mrs. Myrtie Fish is listed as Representative for Kettle Falls with emphasis on regional happenings.
Villa Reeves left for Salmo B C after attending school here. Mrs Fish visits Chewelah to see ill daughter. Frank Robinson buys local garage. Weigelt family travels to Spokane Cheney for graduation. Rebekah meeting in Gif ford with local attendees. Miss Ethel Kelley sets state college typing record of seventy wpm for fifteen minutes with one error. Various visits, picnics, and a hospital operation for Mrs Sage at Mt Carmel Colville. Lydia Charlton heads to Ellensburg for summer.
The Baptist church hosted commencement exercises last Friday with a decorated hall and supportive crowd. Prof Farnham delivered a forceful address while graduates Nellie Morris Marguerite Ferguson Verna Burris and Lillian Lamoreux received diplomas in a ceremony led by Superintendent J J Charlton and School Board President Archer R Squire.
The Meyers Falls column lists school reopenings and staff reelections at Marcus school, social visits from residents to Winnipeg and Spokane, fishing trips, and a broad sweep of local events. Readers learn about cemetery cleanup efforts, grange activities, church programs, and oil-seepage excitement near Chewelah.
Summit Valley residents record fishing trips and visits over the weekend. Families like Got, Goll, Brooks, Hreve, Klein and Cottman join others in Pend Oreille lakes, Kettle Falls and Spokane while noting school events and the June 4 high school closing.
Master Clark Lynn of Cloverdale ranch spent last week at Meyers Falls with his grandparents Mr and Mrs E C Hale. Mr and Mrs Herbert Krueger also mentioned in the report.
In Stevens county Washington the superior court notices the executor has qualified in the matter of the estate of Mary Mohney deceased. Creditors must present verified claims with vouchers to Bank of Colville and file proof of service with the clerk within six months after first publication dated May 29.
The state of Washington issues a summons to Minnie A Whetsel formerly Minnie A Fox to appear within sixty days after May 29 1920 and defend the action. Failure to answer will result in judgment against the defendant as prayed.
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