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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1917
Page
5
C V Swarner visits town from Peshastin while J A Hearst welcomes a new baby boy. Several residents travel to Seattle and Brewster, and war effort notes appear from Great Northern shops. Local society, church groups, and civic notices fill the week with births, moves, and community events.
Joe Steling received a new Ford and enjoys it. Engineer Duncan Tegtmeier reportedly married in Monroe. Chas Hendricks on layoff uses time for ranch work. John McKinnon returns from St. Paul to run the throttle. Guy Montgomery replaces Lee Friend as boiler maker. A B Gavins moves to Spokane division on Oroville branch. Johnny Merritt shifts to 3 and 4. Art Babst visits Wenatchee to license his Bug and obtain a permit. Jerry Goerger and Bill Douglas await the next Ford shipment and signed up for cars.
The Junior class schedules Junior Night in the High School auditorium on Wednesday May 2 with dancing, vocal and instrumental music and comic dialect sketches. Admission is 15c and 25c. The Senior play The Altar of Riches drew a packed house and intermission featured High School orchestra music. A short morning program will replace victrola music with glee club and orchestra numbers. The oratorical contest winners Burt Williams Jacob French Jewell Williams of Peshastin and Marie Swartz of Leavenworth advance to Wenatchee on April 21.
Eagle Creek resident Otto Anderson visited the H. A. Anderson home Sunday. A local contingent attended last Friday’s Flag Raising in Leavenworth. C. A. Dolph of the Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sunday Schoolwork stayed with the H. A. Andersons Sunday evening. A school house flag raising is planned for Friday at 2 30 PM. Engineer Hensel, who supervised snow shed work for the G N last year, was in town this week and spoke about terminal construction but declined to share publishable details.
A local feature celebrates a fresh batch of mixed candies at La Point’s Whole selection described as very sweet and appealing to visitors. The item highlights the variety and quality of confections available.
Reports from Peshastin and nearby areas cover road work by a thirty man gang, a Grange hall chicken supper planned for May 1 serving cafeteria style from six, and a measles case at the Stage home. Other items note a home guard meeting, a baseball dance rescheduled, church flag raising, and community updates on residents moving, illness, and local work.
Dryden Floyd Hall returns from winter in St Louis and recovers from pneumonia. Emanuel Reiman suffers a dislocated elbow. Roy Estes relocates with 20 sheep, 20 cattle, and 20 horses to the Estes valley on the former Gans place. Highline ditch work nears completion and water will flow this week. Mrs Henry Peters recovers from a Wenatchee tumor operation. A Modern Woodmen lodge opens in Dryden with 28 members, initiated by Cashmere Lodge. Mollie McMann visits from Wenatchee with Mrs. Bland. Archie Smith sells nine lots in a new addition. Harry Baker begins building a new house.
Two geared locomotives arrived Wednesday from eastern shops for the W V and Wenatchee Valley Northern. Great Northern Lumber Co plans to haul logging on the railway line to its mill, signaling expansion. A. A. Piper reports Wenatchee freight revenue hit a record high last Friday as the city grows as a regional distribution hub for the upper Columbia region.
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