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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1918
Page
5
In these piping war times when foods are curtailed by the food administrator the housewife or meal preparer is at a loss what to cook. Visit the store to see the largest and best varied stock in town and be convinced we can help you.
The Echo reports a series of brief hometown updates. Mr. and Mrs. Clif Reardon visited relatives in Chelan, W F Ramsey spent ten days with his son in Spokane, and Ed Ferguson urged Wenatchee residents to carry life insurance during wartime. Local personnel moves include J L Close’s transfer to Whitefish division, and Steve Bailey arriving from Cashmere. Multiple residents travel, attend councils, or engage in community work with the County Council of Defense and Merchants conventions.
At Camp Lewis Captain T G Cook introduces a hand to hand training game called going over the top. Fifty to a hundred men defend a trench while another group attacks from ten yards. Kicking and punching are barred. a man knocked down is out. The winner is the side with the most men standing after ten minutes. Some expect the game to be adopted nationwide.
Word reached here that Mr. Chas Freytag and Mrs. Marie Schesener were married in Tacoma last week. They plan to reside on the Freytag place in the Chumstick valley where Freytag has lived for 26 years.
Community notes from Peshastin list local visits to Leavenworth and Cashmere, postponed Red Cross Basket Social due to main speaker absence, junior Red Cross planning, and several residents traveling for business and personal matters. Obituary notice of William Conrad provides death details and funeral plans.
Mr E A James, who went to Clear Lake Washington about ten days ago to seek a new home, reports he is well pleased with the locality and will likely move his family there next month.
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