Local Happenings in Leavenworth and Surrounding Area
Leavenworth notes include numerous social and business items. Residents: 48 Wm. Gerfin in town. Henry Johnson to Spokane. Mrs. Nicholas Kinscherf ill. Mrs. John Bjork bronchial trouble. Annie Crockett visiting from Everett. Mrs. A. F. Barker aiding sick daughter. Mrs. C. S. Williams improved after Spokane hospital operation. Events: Leavenworth Gun Club meeting for officer elections. billiard room plans in Bend Oregon. New Year celebration at Clemens home with 1916 birth. various travels to Seattle Tacoma Wenatchee and Vancouver BC. post office block reconstruction contract bid. Masonic installation. Alden Warman and Florence E. Boston marriage near Blewett with future Tacoma home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Stuart
Cashmere
Leavenworth
A. F. Barker
S. A. Murray
R. W. Bryant
Wenatchee
Deaconess Hospital
Florence MacLeod
Golden Rule Dry Goods Department
Hillyard
Hayden
Orvil Bethel
Points
Texas
Wenatchee Valley
Charley Nichols
Bend
Oregon
Charley Buttles
Jay Buttles
Charley Roach
Mabel van Brocklin
Bellingham
Frances Lindsay
Seattle
Tye
Alden Warman
Peshastin
Florence E. Boston
Blewett
Melvin Rumohr
A. H. Morton
Miss Blanch Boston
Chester Warman
South Pine
Tacoma
Wash
State News Nuggets and Early 1916 Happenings
Reports from Ellensburg warn of a rabies outbreak with dogs shot on sight. North Yakima notes higher 1915 deaths from grip and pneumonia while elderly deaths rise. Pullman college hosts a six week winter farming school for 150 farmers free of charge. Wood alcohol deaths claim two drinkers and a third dies from liquor cravings. Whitney election law aims to cut costs and curb petition frauds. Jitney buses to fade as bonding firms withdraw. Seattle records over 30 thousand grip cases with high fatalities when combined with other illnesses.
School Notes Reveal Class Organization and Activities
A shy sophomore asks to organize the class and, after a closed session, the class declares itself organized with Charles Hathaway as president. Juniors study physics with a note on a hydraulic press used to press water. Seniors begin a class play directed by Mr. Lancefield. Basketball trip to Cashmere and Freshman essay lines are noted. Mildred Warren substitutes for Miss Costello this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof., Osborn
Charles Hathaway
Cashmere
Cashmere Athletic Club
Mildred Warren
Catholic Ladies Change Name and Elect Officers
The Catholic Ladies met in the church sacristy to start the year. The society renamed from Catholic Ladies Aid to St. Joseph's Altar Society and elected Mrs. J. R. Ahearn president, Mrs. W. F. Crotty vice president, Mrs. J. F. Beattiger treasurer, and Mrs. Geo. Bunch secretary. A luncheon followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic Ladies Aid
St. Joseph’s Altar Society
J. R. Ahearn
W. F. Crotty
J. F. Beattiger
Geo. Bunch
Dinner and Dancing at Marley Home and Club
Mr and Mrs M A Marley entertained at dinner for thirty two guests at their home on Wednesday. Later the party moved to the Lamb-Davis Club where about fifteen couples joined for dancing into the early hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Will Little
Wenatchee
M. A. Marley
Lamb-Davis Club
Dr Kings New Discovery Cold Remedy Ad Claims Relief
An old advertisement touts Dr Kings New Discovery as an effective cough and cold remedy. It emphasizes ingredients like Pine Tar and balsams and claims germ-killing and throat soothing properties with over 45 years of consumer satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
New Discovery
Aberdeen to Open Mill and Camps Boosting Jobs
Aberdeen announces the start of a federal mill reopening plus several large lumber camps long idle and work on the Wishkiah water plant, creating about 600 new jobs and resuming regional activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
Federal Mill
Wishkiah
Dryden Sports Win and Local Farewells in December
Dryden boys lost to Wenatchee Methodists in a Friday basketball game. A postgame dance followed in Shermans Hall. North Dryden school resumed after an eight day vacation and dismissed early before Christmas due to Grippe. Mrs H R Fetters hosted a farewell party for Mrs Joe Fetters who moves to Methow for stock business. Joe Fetters trades property then plans move. Ice harvest begins for next summer. Polson Logging Co orders sixty steel logging trucks for delivery in sixty days from Tacoma. O W R N Co prepares Dryden plant for heavy locomotive work in Starbuck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Fetters
Methow
Mr. Fetters
Dryden
Tacoma
Polson Logging Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
F. T. Motteler
Wm. Gerfin
Wm. Bozarth
Ephrata Country
Ed Beasley
Walter Koerner
Nicholas Kinscherf
John Bjork
Eagle Creek
Annie Crockett
Everett
J. F. Pratt
Ray Runyan
the Sound
Wheeler’s Drug Store
Leavenworth Gun Club
A. E. James
Vancover
B. C
W. J. Watson
Shawnee
Oklahoma
O. C. Hogan
Olympia
E. N. Burgess
Entiat
Burgess
Nelson
F. W. Clemens
Wheeler’s
Don M. Thomas
Carrie Depew
Wm. C. Roach
F. S. Jacobsen
Charles Freitag
Pat Gallagher
Applegate
Portland
Woodcock
H. G. Applegate
Bert Brown
Raymond
A. Brown
Percy Adams
Novelty
W.C. Roach
Sound
Harry Krondak
E. Crawford
Leavenworth Hospital
N. E. Crawford
S. E. Ritchie
California
J. A. Hearst
Mutual Mercantile Co
W. A. Tegtmeier
Mr. Tegtmeier
Chelan County Bar Association
Elman
Fox, Nelson and Pearson
Theodore Paine
Cascade
W. L. Hale
Helen
Harrington
Spokane
Burke
Blomeke
Buck
Christian
Hoxsey
C. E. Hamilton
J. E. Cullen
H. K. Barnum
Hamilton
Thomas Nolan
That City
Mrs. Kuntz
Stella McClimans
Leavenworth Mercantile Co
Wm. Seidlitz
Deer Park, Wash
J. A. Warman
S. F. Banks
Golden Rule
Salt Lake
Utah
Golden Rule Stockholders
Investment Co
Joseph D. Day
Windy Point
Mr. Day
Masonic Fraternity
Elsworth Mohler
L. W.woodrow
N. A. Pearson
Thos. Pipkin
J. D. Wheeler
A. G. McKeown
Nat Patterson
L. C. Brender
Ryan Templin
Brender
Ryan
O. S. Sampson
Robert Brumblay
Wenatchee District
M. E
Brumblay
Ellensburg
Yakima
Pullman College
Whitney
Washington
Lancefield
Wenatchee Methodists
Sherman’s Hall
North Dryden
H. R. Fetters
Starbuck
Florsheim
Leav. Mercantile Co
Leavenworth State Bank
Rob’t B. Field
L. F. Bullis
Heinz
Leavenworth Market
Chas. Eckhart
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