Ask Auto Owners To Tear Off Road Signs
The Automobile Club of Western Washington urges Lynden residents and nearby landowners to remove roadside advertising signs cluttering highways. Laws passed in 1919 prohibit advertising on highway signals and warnings, encouraging abutting property owners to deny sign requests and keep main roads clear for safer, nicer driving.
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The
Automobile Club of
Washington
Lynden
Whatcom
Northwest
Automobile Club
Seek Queen Here for Big Tulip Festival
Bellingham invites northwest Washington to the Tulip Festival on May 2 and 3 with parades pageants and a Court of Tulip Town. A queen chosen by popular vote will lead events from Lynden to Whatcom and Skagit counties with a grand ball and inaugural festivities. Nomination coupons offer 1000 votes and instructions.
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Bellingham
Washington
Whatcom
San Juan
Skagit
Tulip Town
Armory
Lynden
Tulip Festival Committee
Backbone Triumphs Delta Road Improvement Bid Call
Commissioners call for bids to gravel 8.5 miles of North Delta Road after farmers pressed for access all winter. Bids open April 20. Route starts southwest corner of section 14, township 40 north, range 2 east, runs north three miles then west four miles then south 1.4 miles to the west quarter corner of section 7.
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North Delta
Township 40
Must Report Goods Taken to Canada
Inspector Paul Dolstad of Lynden reports that all merchandise valued over five dollars exported to Canada from the district must be reported to the American Customs. The Lynden office notes penalties for noncompliance and cites statistical purposes for the reports. The office is on Cemetery Road across Fishtrap Creek, west of the County Fair Grounds.
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Canada
Paul
Dolstad
Lynden
Lynden Custom's
Cemetery Road
Fishtrap Creek
Lynden Wrestler Loses In Fast Bout At Hawley's Hall
Lynden light weight Art Boehringer 135 pounds loses a rapid match to Louie Hiscomb of North Dakota at Hawley's Hall. First fall 19 minutes to Hiscomb, second fall 7 minutes Boehringer, third 13 minutes Hiscomb. Boehringer had a prior win over Hiscomb about a month earlier.
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Art Boehringer
Lynden
Hawley’s Hall
Louie Hiscomb
North Dakota
Boehringer
Hiscomb
Nelson
Lynden Urged to Aid Starving China Relief Drive
County Relief Committee chair W. B. Vander Griend asks Lynden residents to donate via the First National Bank to aid 45 million Chinese affected by five northern provinces drought famine. He warns of potential societal and regional collapse without American relief.
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Lynden
China
County Relief Committee
W. B. Vander Griend
First National Bank
Vander Griend
America
Chili
Shensi
Shansi
Henan
Shantung
Lynden property transfers noted at county seat
Courthouse in Bellingham records multiple Lynden property deeds and executors deeds this week. Transactions include Rebecca J. Wilmore to Frank Le Cocq parcels in Lynden, Arthur Meenk to John Van Mersbergen, and O H Olson to Charles W Wright among others.
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Lynden
Bellingham
Rebecca J. Wilmore
Frank le Cocq
Virgil Perringer
A. A. Bauman
John A. Rinehart
Ec. G. Carlson
McCarty
Judson
Arthur Meenk
Anna
John van Mersbergen
O. H. Olson
Erma
Charles W. Wright
Ellen S
Jacob W. Beringer
Phoebe
G. W. Robertson
Arthur Buizer
Lysse Buizer
George Boeringa
Hawley
Susan
Barbereaux Voice System Recital At High School
Glenn Estill presented a Barbereaux voice production recital Monday at the high school to a large audience. Miss Lane, forming a Lynden vocal class, assisted. Miss Morrison delivered readings and Mr. Smith spoke on the Barbereaux system.
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Glenn-Estill
Miss Lane
Lynden
Madame Glenn-Estill
Miss Morrison
Mr. Smith
Lynden Falls to Ferndale in opener ahead of Blaine clash
Lynden baseball team lost 11 to 1 to Ferndale Tuesday in the first game for Lynden this season. Lynden begins limited practice but fields its first high school team in eight years. They will meet Blaine Friday afternoon on Blaine grounds as county divisions form two groups for championship play. Lynden lineup includes Haveman, Lacy, Gorseman, Meurer, Whited, Axling, Johnson, Weeda with Daniels and Bajema as subs.
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Lynden
Fernale
Lynden Boys
Blaine
Meridian
Ferndale
Harmony
Nooksack
Sumas
Mt. Baker
Albert Haveman
Clarence Lacy
Leonard Gorseman
Edward Gorseman
Elbert Meurer
Harold Whited
Clifton Axling
Teddy Johnson
Bert Weeda
Walter Daniels
Sheldon Bajema
Miss Van Vorst on Vacation With Lynden Relative
Miss Mary Van Vorst visiting Bremerton for vacation stays with her mother Mrs Ed Van Vorst of Lynden during the holiday period.
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Mary van Vorst
Bremerton
Ed van Vorst
Lynden
Le Cocq and Van Rossum Visit Rhoda in Seattle
Mr Ralph B Le Cocq Mrs D Van Rossum and Mrs Le Cocq visited Rhoda in Seattle where she broke her arm and is slow to improve this week reporters note.
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Ralph B. le Cocq
D. van Rossum
Rhoda
Seattle
Lynden Public Library Adds Dozens of New Books
The Lynden Public Library announced a large new-book display stocked last week. Titles include Thankful Inheritance by J C Lincoln and Tess of the Storm Country by Grace White, among others from authors such as Kathleen Norris, Basil King, J C Curwood, and Booth Tarkington.
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Lynden Public Library
J. C. Lincoln
Heart of
Rachel
Kathleen Norris
J. C. Curwood
Basil King
Baree
Son of Kazan
Sundown Slim
H. H. Knibbs
Mr. Pratt
William J. Locke
Locke
Emmy Lou
Road To Grace
George Madden Martin
Jean Webster
Grace White
Peter Flint
Harold Whitehead
Lydia of
Honore Willsie
Ada Anderson
Nooksack River closed to fishing April 15 to June 15 yearly
Whatcom County Game Commission plans a seasonal ban on all game fish in the Nooksack River from April 15 through June 15 each year to allow small fish to mature. The measure, discussed with the Sportsmen’s Association, also adjusts upland bird seasons and bag limits and sets overall fishing rules for the county.
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Nooksack
Whatcom County
The
Game Commission
Sportsmen's Association
Funeral services set for Mrs Augusta Sass
Funeral services will be held Friday at 1 30 PM at Knapps Parlors for Mrs Augusta L Sass who died Sunday at her home at age 69 years 7 months and 5 days. She leaves two daughters Mrs Rose Serrurier Lynden and Mrs Sarah Kavanaugh Pontiex Saskatchewan who will attend.
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Knapp’s
Augusta L. Sass
Sass
Finger Injury for Carrence Larson Last Week
Carrence Larson suffered a severe finger cut last week when he accidentally sliced it with a knife. The injury nearly required amputation and prompted medical treatment.
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Carrence Larson
Lynden to Support a Baseball Team This Year
Lynden boosters stage a large meeting at City Hall to organize a local baseball team. A permanent group is formed with T. R. Burns as president and committees set to finance uniforms schedule and Twilight League entry.
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Lynden
T. R. Burns
W. S. Baldwin
G. W. Robertson
P. M. Serrurier
Lynden Men May Still Keep Their Government Insurance
Lynden residents with government insurance may reinstate or convert their policies. The Treasury Department notes ex service members have until July 1 1921 to apply for reinstatement, requiring Form 742 medical evidence and two premiums, grace month and current month.
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Lynden
American Legion
Treasury Department
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Lynden Cow Sets Seven Day Milk Record
Holstein cow Konice Cornucopia Dione owned by A Benson Lynden Washington recorded 632.5 pounds of milk and 35 pounds of butter in seven days at six years nine months old per the Holstein-Friesian Association bulletin via Malcolm H Gardner Delavan Wisconsin.
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Lynden
Malcolm H. Gardner
Delavan
Wis
Advanced Registry
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
A. Benson
Washington
Ministers Call Decision at Second Christian Reformed
The congregation will meet Monday night to decide on sending a call to one of three candidates Rev. Van Dellen of Denver Rev. Heerens of Iowa and Candidate Quirinus Breen of Lynden for ministerial duties.
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Christian Reformed Church
van Dellen
Denver
Heerens
Iowa
Quirinus Breen
Lynden
Rev De Leeuw Declines Lynden Church Call
Rev De Leeuw of Sioux Center Iowa has declined the call extended by the First Christian Reformed Church of Lynden. He did not accept the Lynden summons and remains with his current position.
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de Leeuw
Lynden
Sioux Center
Iowa
First Christian Reformed Church
Miss Kathryn Lindhout Returns to Sumas for Hospital Course
Miss Kathryn Lindhout resumes studies at the hospital in Sumas after several weeks with her mother Mrs. Sarah Lindhout to regain strength following her operation.
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Kathryn Lindhout
Sumas
Miss Lindhout
Sarah Lindhout
Aart Huisman Plans Return to Lynden from Holland
Aart Huisman now in Nieuw Beirland Holland plans to return to Lynden soon. Miss Minnie Troost spent last week with Mrs H K Pasma.
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Aart Huisman
Nieuw Beirland
Holland
Lynden
Minnie Troost
H. K. Pasma
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Automobile Association
Lyndon
Lyndon Bull
Centralia
Clarence Rector
Guernsey
Andi Griend Brothers
Ernest Meenk
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Greenwood
DELTA
Lynden Customs Office
Louis His
Comb
Leslie
Lyle Nugent
Orient
Will
Bar River
Augusta Sass
Lynden Cow
John van Wyhe
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