Public schools close for summer vacation in Leavenworth
Leavenworth ends the term with high attendance and its first fully accredited high school. Twenty three eighth grade graduates expected to receive diplomas. Teachers plan summer travel and rest with several remaining in the area, others visiting relatives or managing local orchards.
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Leavenworth
Moore
Alice Briskey
Leavenworth High School
Prof. Moore
Willie Harding
Walter Rollins
Ellwood Ellinger
Homer Pike
Harry Seton
Howard Blankenship
Henry Gohlman
Dewey Swartz
Merritt Hegler
John Castlberry
Ernest Iiilton
Frank Snyder
Irma Lamb
Genevieve Lamb
Sneda Smith
Fern Lynch
Georgia Doty
Nettie Davis
Luella Peterson
Edna Roach
Mabel Rose
Nelda Bell
Lilian Worsely
Marie Swartz
Winona Miles
Barton Bolton
Paul Wallace
Gladys Ruth
Ida Mull
Alfred Hauck
Welcome Sauer
Ervin Mull
Clara Snyder
Emma Schneider
Hazel West
Scott Williams
Clara Simms
Great Northern to Run Motor Car Service Between Wenatchee and Mansfield
Great Northern Railway plans a gasoline motor car between Wenatchee and Mansfield within weeks. President Gray and company officials will meet Wenatchee Commercial Club leaders to discuss schedule. The Wenatchee club lobbied for the service, aiming to coordinate a regional timetable.
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Mansfield
Great Northern Railway
Great Northern
Gray
Wenatchee Commercial Club
A. C. Dallach
Wenatchee Club
Leavenworth
Leavenworth Lumber Co Busy With Expansion
Leavenworth Lumber Co is shipping lumber to local trade as building activity rises. Manager Mr. Coleman says the plant will soon run at full capacity with the box making machinery in place for fruit boxes. Current employment is about twenty five, with plans to reach forty workers.
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Coleman
Leavenworth Lumber Company
Leavenworth Opens Season With 7 3 Win Over Wenatchee
Leavenworth defeated Wenatchee 7 to 3 in the season opener last Sunday with Billy Smith stellar on the mound. Wunder backed the locals with strong hitting and fielding, and a return match is planned in Wenatchee next Sunday followed by another in Leavenworth.
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Leavenworth
Wenatchee
Billy Smith
Christy Mathewson
Billy Wunder
Bob Smith
Princess Contest Sparking Voter Drive in Leavenworth
The Echo launches a Princess Contest led by Miss Snowda Smith with three weeks to vote. Citizens are urged to subscribe or renew to boost favorite contestants and earn 50,000 extra votes per ten new subscribers. Contestants must be 17 and live within ten miles of Leavenworth.
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Echo
Snowda Smith
The
Leavenworth
Spokane
Former Leavenworthian Deserts Wife
Chas. Isom left Tuesday for Wenatchee but not to the stated destination, taking about $40 paid in by members of the pressing club he organized. He has not been located, and his wife remains in Cashmere with their young son trying to sustain the family business after moving from Leavenworth a year ago.
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Miss Unger
Miss Cook
East
Dryden
Prof. Moore
Mrs. Moore
Wenatchee
Miss Putnam
Mr. Moran
Chas. Isom
Cashmere
Standard Electrical Co
J. E. Grayson & Son
Sam Daly
Daly
Warren Construction to Finish Street Paving After Winter Halt
Messrs J W Schmeer and W A F Norris of Portland representing Warren Construction Company will resume the street paving project. Weather forced a winter shutdown and only minor work remains to meet specifications. Machinery and paving materials are on site. a crew will be assembled and work to start within a week.
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Messrs
J. W. Schmeer
W. A. F. Norris
Warren Construction Company
Portland
Shingle Mill Nears June 15 Opening at Lake Wenatchee
Appleton and Carter owners say the Lake Wenatchee shingle mill will operate by June 15 with machinery arriving late next week. They plan night and day shifts and expect 20 to 30 workers, using a tow launch to move logs to the mill site as cedar logging increases in the area.
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E. C. Carter
Appleton & Carter
Lake Wenatchee
Echo
Messrs
Appleton and
Carter
City considers bartenders license fee and police funding
The Leavenworth council plans an ordinance at the next meeting to license bartenders at five dollars per month with a ten dollar minimum per saloon to fund an additional police officer. A separate poolroom Sunday opening matter was resolved with the city attorney’s ordinance adopted.
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E. A. Woods
Marshall
Wood
Charles Mischke
Woods
Nelson
Hamilton
Lindsay
Bauman
State Superintendent Rules on Larson School Case
Miss Josephine Preston presided in Wenatchee over the Miss Josephine Larson versus Leavenworth School Board hearing. Larson, discharged for insubordination, appealed to Miss Guthrie, who upheld the board. The state superintendent sustained the county ruling. Larson’s attorney E. H. Fox said he would seek Superior Court review.
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Josephine Preston
Wenatchee
Josephine Larson
Leavenworth
Miss Larson
Miss Guthrie
E. H. Fox
Commercial Block to Rise on Ninth and Commercial Streets
After securing an adjoining lot 90 by 105 feet the owner plans a brick Commercial Block fronting 105 feet on Ninth and 80 on Commercial with a full basement. It will be one story above street level but structurally able to support two more floors. Four store rooms are spoken for and occupancy is aimed for September 1. The title to Lot 22, Block 3 transferred to Mr Wei gan for 1500 dollars. Further brick blocks and a $50,000 hotel are also being discussed for future development.
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Ninth
Commercial Streets
Ninth Street
Commercial Street
Weigand
Lovely Cleopatra Returns for Scenic Screen May 28
The Scenic theater presents Cleopatra starring Helen Gardner next Wednesday night May 28 at 8:00. The 6 reel feature with 42 actors, stunning costumes and dramatic scenes promises a top local motion picture. Tickets 15 cents children 25 cents adults. Catholic Ladies Aid plans a pure food sale Saturday with next meeting June 4. Get butter wrappers at Echo office.
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Cleopatra
Egypt
Mark Anthony
Roman Empire
Helen Gardner
Leavenworth
Seattle
Portland
Catholic Ladies Aid
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Council Considers Bartenders’ License
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