Lynden Women Join War Service Drive And Patriot Sermon
A Lynden outreach combines a patriotic sermon by Rev. H. K. Pasma urging active Americanism with the launch of a National League for Women's Service chapter. The group plans to collect fruits and vegetables for canning and drying for camps, enroll local women for war work, and organize a district motor corps and home economics division.
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Lynden
WAR Work League
National League For Women's Service
H. H. Jamieson
Brinks
8. H. Lewis
D. L. Beckes
Bessie Biehler
Motor Corps
Muenscher Leaves for Camp Lewis Forces
Walter Muenscher departed last week to join the forces at Camp Lewis, ordered by an eastern draft board. Mrs. Muenscher will divide her time between the Worthen and Muenscher homes during his absence.
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Walter Muenscher
Camp Lewis
Meunscher
Worthen
Muenscher
Lynden District Population Up 23 in Quarter
Lynden district population rose by 23 in the April to June period. The quarter saw 19 girls and 12 boys born, totaling 81 births, with eight deaths reported.
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Lynden
Lynden Marshals Strict Auto Law Enforcement
The marshal Jake Le Compte will enforce Lynden motor vehicle laws under the city council. Drivers receive printed rules including turning only at crossings and staying to the right, speed limits of 12 mph at crossings and heavy streets, 20 mph elsewhere, lamps lit after dark, and slowing near schools.
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Lynden
Jake le Compte Leity
Front Street
Miss Minnie Dykes Plans Move to Wenatchee After Visit
Miss Minnie Dykes, a worker at the Everett Horton home, spent the weekend with Miss Emily Boslund and will return to her Sunrise-area home before leaving for Wenatchee to reside there.
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Minnie Dykes
Everett Horton
Emily Boslund
Miss Dykes
Wenatchee
Wilsons Fourth of July Message President Wilson urges global independence
President Wilson delivers a Fourth of July message praising the spread of freedom and self government while warning of a German threat. He calls for unity with persecuted Eastern European nations seeking autonomy and invites all peoples to join in a Declaration of Independence for the world.
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Europe
Woodrow Wilson
German courses dropped at Lynden High School during Chautauqua
Lynden High School directors and superintendent announced the discontinuation of German due to declining demand. New hires include Naomi Schiedler to lead music and art and Frances Knapp to teach commercial courses. Lynden stores will close 2 to 4 p.m. daily during Chautauqua except Saturday so owners can attend.
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Lynden High School
Naomi Schiedler
Oberlin College
Ohio
Frances Knapp
Lynden's
Chautauqua
Lynden Department Store
Farmers Mercantile Company
Hammond's
Star Mercantile Company
Elder and Pace
Reverend Breen Returns From Grand Rapids Synod Visit
The Rev. E. Breen returned from a six weeks visit in Grand Rapids where he attended the church Synod.
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E. Breen
Grand Rapids
Church
Lynden Subscribes 35000 on War Savings Day
Lynden pledged about 35000 in cash and stamps on War Savings Stamp Day. The high school led with 13000 in stamps while post office and bank sales totaled 21680. Lynden’s quota was 60000 and the strong start suggests the goal may be exceeded before the sale ends.
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Lynden
How Wiser and Laurel Got Their Names Years Ago
Two letters from the Bel lingham Sentinel recount naming origins for Wiser Lake and Laurel. Mrs. M. C. Wight describes choosing Laurel in 1891 after a baby daughter, a post office named Laurel replacing Meridian, and the name remaining despite its brief postal life. W. R. Dorr relates how Wiser Lake earned its name in 1882 when Jacob Wiser filed on land and a local cabin built with shingles still stands.
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Wiser
Laurel
Bellingham Sentinel
Wiser Lake
Laurel Corner
L. M. Adams
Meridian
M. C. Wight
Lynden
Jacob Wiser
United States
Weiser
Idaho
W. R. Dorr
Holland churches cancel Fourth of July picnic
Lynden's Holland churches will not hold their annual joint picnic on the Fourth this year. The event, usually at the fair grounds, has been canceled by the participating churches.
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Holland
Lynden's
Liberty Band to Perform Benefit Concert Thursday
The Lyndon Liberty Band will present a fine program Thursday evening July 4 at Hawley's Hall with proceeds to the Red Cross. The concert begins promptly at eight o'clock. The report notes large crops in the Middle West from D J De Hoogh who returned from Iowa last week with Mrs De Hoogh.
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Lyndon Liberty Band
Hawley’s Hall
Red Cross
Middle-West
D. J. de Hoogh
Mrs. de Hoogh
Iowa
Lynden Chautauqua Opens Sunday With Week of Entertainment
Lynden’s big Chautauqua opens Sunday night in a large tent on the grade school grounds with a week of educational and patriotic programs. Season tickets at 2.50. rises to 3.00 after Saturday. Guarantors meeting tonight with Mr. T. J. O Connor addressing. Veterans admitted free. other events feature lectures, concerts, and exhibitions by Fenwick Newell Concert Company, Morrison Smith Company, Zedeler Quintet, Thaviu Exposition Band, and guest speakers including Capt. J. M. de Beaufort, Dr. D. F. Fox, and Lincoln L. Witt.
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Lyndens Big Chautauqua
Lynden State Bank
City Drug Store
Tribune
Lynden
Hammond's
Chautauqua Company
T. J. O'Connor
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. K. Pasma
Pasma
Mordecai
Haman
Israel
Esther
France
Henry Morgenthau
John F. Manning
Manning
Germany
Belgium
Pacific
Lynden Films
Liberty Band
John A. Pattee
Michigan
Fenwick Newell Concert Company
C. J. Bushnell
Kentucky Mountaineers
James A. Burns
Burns of
Morrison-Smith Company
J. M. de Beaufort
Morrison&Smith Company
Juvenile Court
Roland W. Beggett
Dayton
Zedeler
Common Sense
D. F. Fox
Chas
Crawford Gorst
Edison
Victor
Junior Chautauqua
Thavin
San Francisco Exposition
Thaviu
Edna Eugenia Lowe
Treble Clef
Ned Woodman
Lincoln L. Witt
Royal Hawaiian Quintet
H.V. Adams
Kiddies
Hawaii
Paradise
Mildred Leo Clemens
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