Lynden Honors Nation's Heroes
Lynden and the surrounding district honored veterans with services Sunday at the Methodist church and Monday at Jamieson’s Halls. Rev. Paul Ashby led addresses and music as the town observed Memorial Day with a parade down Front Street to the cemetery and a G A R and W A C remembrance program.
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Lynden
Methodist Church
Jamieson’s
Paul Ashby
P. A. Wright
America
Ashby
Walter LeCompte
Ashby Jolly
Shoemaker
Price
Pym
Wampler
Worthen
Rusco
Dickerson
Baker
True
Bays
Rinehart
Spalding
Wilmore
Front Street
Motor vehicle temporary plates rule before June 10
Secretary of state orders that motor vehicle operators obtain two temporary number plates at county auditor offices prior to the June 10 auto code change. Everson residents report adjusting to a new whistle at the condensery by Mr Osinger, sounding deeper and more audible amid factory noise.
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Secretary of State
Everson
Ossinger
Everson Valley
Pugilist Visits Nelson’s Soft Dream Bed
A boxing traveler visiting England is shown the room claiming Nelson slept there. He leans on the bed and quips that the great Nelson would pick a soft bed, a line reflecting boxing lore and celebrity hospitality in a country estate setting.
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England
Nelson
Words of the Wise Series Snippet
A compact collection of aphorisms and reflections from Voltaire Bacon Latin Proverb Young and Emerson on war slavery reputation truth and industry presented as a brief, timeless meditation in a newspaper style.
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Voltaire
Lynden Twenty Two Years Back
From the Pioneer Press 1893 notes a smaller issue due to a broken press cold weather and sick workers. It mentions readers not frozen to death a forecast of a brighter issue next week and a plan to cross Behring Sea by bicycle with Ed Edson W H Dobbs and Dr Wilbur.
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Pioneer Press
George
Clara Winup
Ed Edson
W. H. Dobbs
Dr. Wilbur
Behring Sea
Lynden Twelve Years Back
An 1903 state clipping reports Herman Pen injured on the George Worthen place west of Lynden when an axe struck his face severing an artery. The Fourth of July committee lists members A H Frasier E Edson H S Slade J O Bussard R E Hawley. A L Swim plans an office building on Front Street near Handy Sisters store. Harvey Slade starts a new house. Mail carrier McSorley injured in a Monday runaway near Whatcom.
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George Worthen
Herman Pen
A. H. Frasier
E. Edson
H. S. Slade
J. O. Bussard
R. E. Hawley
A. L. Swim
Front Street
Handy Sisters
Harvey Slade
McSorley
Whatcom
Community Visitors and Local Guests in Bellingham
Weekend social notes list Mr. and Mrs Hungerford and Wade Rodgers visiting Bellingham. Numerous Palmer family members host and visit across Custer Lynden and Weiser Lake. Road work and local trips to Birch Bay are mentioned along with hospital visits and church or town social rounds.
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Hungerford
Bellingham
Wade Rodgers
Archie Palmer
David Husband
George Rathbone
Clyde Rathbone
Custer
S. L. Palmer
J. B. Nace
H. Laubie
Weiser Lake
N. A. Palmer
A. C. Palmer
Heines
Seattle
D. J. de Hoogh
Lynden
Green
de Young
John Bovenham
F. A. Pugh
John Troost
Neil Moore
Birch Bay
L. E. Livingston
J. H. Swope
C. B. Love
St. Luke's Hospital
Jennie Troost
Clearbrook
P. A. Clarke
Percy
North Prairie
Vergie Clarke
Ella Palmer
Mrs. Clarke
Myrtle
Lila Love
Ralph Roo
Charlie Roo
John Troost’s
Sarah Campbell
May Larsen
Clifford Love
Ruth Palmer
Mary Swope
Maude Palmer
Lynden High School graduates sixteen in Jamieson's Hall
Reverend A D Leonard of Seattle addressed the Lynden High School class of sixteen during the graduation exercises in Jamieson’s Hall. Diplomas were presented by H E Stuart as students including Ruby H McDaniel and John C Breckenridge received diplomas. The program featured invocations, salutatorian speech by Jennie HaveMAIN, valedictory by Elsie Worthen on American Neutrality, and musical numbers by Kenneth Beun Charlotte Heun and a quartet.
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A. D. Leonard
Seattle
Lynden High School
Jamieson’s Hall
Dr. Leonard
H. E. Stuart
Ruby H. McDan
Mrs Max Blonden Visits Her Mother Mrs Plummer
Mrs Max Blonden of Sumas visited her mother Mrs Plummer on Monday.
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Max Blonden
Sumas
Plummer
Miss Flemming and Miss Gilliland Leave for Summer East
Miss Flemming and Miss Gilliland departed Monday to spend the summer in the East, as their activities for the season take shape.
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Miss Flemming
Miss Gilliland
Splendid Roads Attract Crowds To County Fair
Whatcom County roads have improved this year aiding access to the Lynden Fair Grounds for October 5 to 9. Previous year’s rough routes including Front Street Grover Street and the cemetery road hindered attendance. Completion of Guide Meridian paving and better links from Bellingham to Larrl may boost gate receipts alongside better exhibits and new cattle sheds.
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Whatcom County
Lynden
Fair Grounds
Front
Grover Street
Bellingham
Laur@l
Local News Briefs From Sedro Woolley Area
A. A. Sauman and Warren Hawley spent Thursday in Sedro Woolley on business. Mrs. R. Michels bought a new Maxwell. The W C C T U will not meet next week. The county convention of the W C C T U will be held June 10 and 11 in Bellingham. Mrs. J. W. Tremain of Bellingham was visiting friends here earlier in the week.
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A. A. Sauman
Warren Hawley
Sedro Woolley
Bellingham
J. W. Tremain
The
Mrs. F. M. Smith Dies at 66 in Lynden Home
Mrs. F M Smith aged 66 died Tuesday morning at her Grover street residence. Funeral services planned for Thursday afternoon. Mrs M Waples of Bellingham paid a visit to Lynden on Monday.
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F. M. Smith
Grover Street
Mrs Drake Visits Daughter Mrs Charles True This Week
Mrs Drake is visiting her daughter Mrs Charles True this week. The short trip brings a family line together and is noted in local society circles.
Aimed Quotations From Poets And Thinkers
A compact collection of ethical and religious maxims. It presents brief quotes on living well, time, friendship with God, trust, and mortality from Watkins Herrick Mason Hill Dana Shakespeare. Each line offers a succinct moral without narrative or context.
Fern dale social rounds mark week of visits
Fern dale notes a Busy week with entertaining at Mr and Mrs W E Earnhardt and others. Guests include Capt Humphrey Mr Mrs John Slater Dr and Mrs Hood Dr and Mrs Hamshaw and many more. Several births and travels are recorded along with a district I O O F meeting and a bond vote approving a high school addition for the new district 302.
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East Mt. View
North Star
Evergreen
Alder Grove
Ferndale
Supt
Louis J. Bowler
R. L. Showalter
Mamie Newell
C. F. Frye
Julia
Fourth of July Move to Whatcom County Fair Grounds
Lynden organizers relocate the Fourth of July celebration to the Whatcom County Fair Grounds to fund an educational building. Admission is 25 cents for adults with free entry for children under twelve, covering races and events. The street parade starts at ten and the grounds stay busy until six with racing, baseball and contests.
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Lynden
Whatcom County Fair
The
Fair Association
Front Street
E. Edson
Frank Knapp
George Frick
Faith Irene Van Patten dies. funeral in local church
Friends gather at the Methodist Church for the funeral of Faith Irene Van Patten 15 years 2 months daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H G Van Patten. Rev Paul Ashby and Rev Percy H Davies lead a crowded service with pallbearers singers and floral tributes. Remaining family includes Lovina Whitney Lois Leonard Robert Harold and Howard.
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Methodist
Irene van Patten
H. G. van Patten
Paul Ashby
Percy H. Davies
Hilda Elder
Almeda Bowman
Gretchen McDaniel
Hazel Hoverson
Ruth Maneval
Faith
Ne‘le Oakes
Pearl Tucker
Ruby McDaniel
Celia Hathaway
Flovilla Hathaway
Helen Davis
Jesus
Colfax
Wis
Lovina
Whitney
Lois
Leonard
Robert
Harold
Howard
Notable Visitors From Seattle and Bellingham
Mrs. F. Vanderford and her son Claude of Seattle visited the Tre main home Sunday. J. F. Woody and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Woody of Bellingham were also guests.
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F. Vanderford
Claude
Seattle
J. F. Woody
Bert Woody
Belingham
Tremain
Class of 1915 Graduates and Local Church Notices
The class of 1915 enjoyed a weiner roast at the High School building on Wednesday evening. The W C T U held its annual officer election at Mrs. George A Monroe’s home on Wednesday. The Whatcom County Holiness Association met here on Tuesday June 1. Rev J P Erickson and family attend the Swedish Baptists annual conference at Preston Washington.
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Ing
L. J. Bowler
W. L. Selby
Stanley Freeman
Ruth Duxberry
Edna Cook
Myrtle Todd
Blanche Gawley
Hazel Breakey
Angie Balmer
Evergreen
Jennie Deichman
Ethel Cummins
East Mt. View
Robert Houser
Alice Moses
Alder Grove
Victor Aitken
Hildur Westland
North Star
Beulah Hadfield
Jewell Cummings
George A. Monroe
Whatcom County Holiness Association
J. P. Erickson
The
Swedish Baptists
Preston
Wash
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County News
Bacon
Emerson
Lynden Street
R. Michels
Maxwell
Ww. Cc. T. U
San Francisco
Watkins
Herrick
Wiliam Mason
R Hill
Dana
W. E. Earnhardt
Progressve
Humphrey
John Slater
Percy Hood
Paul Hood
C. S. Hood
C. W. Hamshaw
E. N. Juvet
H. J. Birney
Well
Minor McLain
J. Carpenter
Orpha Beightel
Helen Fell
Elvira Timmerman
Day Slater
Stella Thompson
Blazier
Bud Hughes
Retah Schell
Addie Cray
T. M. Smith
J. Parker
Henry Campbell
Wm. Fell
F. W. Gorsuch
Edna Coo
Orpha Beizhbiel
Ethel Shacklee
San Francisco Exposition
Hattie Monroe
Mattie James
Vivian DeCamp
James Deeds
Sumner
Harry Jackson
Anacortes
Minor McLain, Jr
Agnes
Dorothy
Evelyn
Jack
Hillyard
George Brazee
Vancouver
B. C
Thomas Oxford
P. K. Hong
O. Dahlen
California
Charles Pinley
Pauline Hood
Portland
Dr. Wadsworth
J. W. Davis
Anna Hansen
J. P. Hansen
Howard Thompson
van Patten
Edna Daniels
Pearl Baxter
Mildred Tremain
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