13 Jun 1918
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Newspaper
Lynden Tribune
Location
Lynden, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1918
Page
1
The Bellingham Bay Baptist Association meets in Lynden at the Baptist Church for a three day convention with delegates from Whatcom Skagit and San Juan counties. Rev Myron Cooley of Lynden presides as moderator and the program includes sermons, Bible studies, evangelism talks and an officers election.
Arrangements for selling Lynden Chautauqua season tickets were made at a guarantors meeting with a Chautauqua company representative. The event features a prominent war topics program and local guarantors expect swift ticket disposal. Key guarantors include Mark Hammond, E. Edson, Geo. Worthen, Dr. B. V. Mounter, Wil liam Weber, Dr. F. L. Wood, RR. Welder and many others.
The W C T U held an all day institute at the M E Church on Thursday. Mrs Mary E Brown state president gave talks. Rev Myron Cooley delivered an address. Lunch was served at noon with musical items including piano solos duets and trios by Tremain Handy Pace Biehler and Ferguson.
Lynden Republicans from precincts one and two plan meetings at local venues this Thursday to choose delegates for the county convention in Bellingham on June 22. Lynden High School hosts a Friday 7 p m session for Lynden school club members with Superintendent W A Fisher presiding. Miss Ethel Everett will attend.
The Nooksack River Improvement Club will complete its organization in Bellingham Saturday at one o'clock. All farmers along the river are urged to attend a meeting at the Chamber of Commerce rooms to discuss funds for river improvement.
At the annual meeting in Bellingham stockholders endorsed the directors actions to rebuild lines damaged in the silver thaw and to improve the system. They re elected the same board and heard that near thirty five thousand dollars has been spent to rebuild and upgrade the network.
Funeral services for 18 day old Servass Gerrit Verbrugge, son of Mr and Mrs A Verbrugge, were held Thursday afternoon at First Reformed Church with Rev H K Pasma officiating.
Help wanted for the Surgice dressing department to prepare dressings for front by June 20. 13 sacks of moss must be picked over before it dries. Open to all ages and genders. Attend Red Cross rooms in the Williams building on Tuesday and Wednesday slots or Saturday afternoons. Bring friends of the opposite sex.
A poem recalls home duties vs. Red Cross work in wartime France. The speaker dreams of nurses, torn battlefields, and a dying loved one due to lacking bandages. The message warns that neglect of Red Cross service can cost lives.
The listing outlines a Thursday afternoon program of a Mission Circle convention with talks on Prayer as a Missionary Method by Mrs J E Noftsinger Mount Vernon and Bible Study led by Rev D M McPhail Beisgham. It notes open parliament and fundraising to defray expenses with addresses by Mrs Louise Campbell Kaying China and others. The afternoon session is managed by convention officers including Rev J E Noftsinger president and Rev Robert Gray acting secretary.
Report prepared for the Board of Directors and stockholders meeting dated June 10 1918 notes totals for 5138 days and 19700 02 dollars average wages and 34781469 dollars total. It acknowledges approximate estimates not covering regular expenditures and storm losses estimated at least 7000 dollars with signatures by L A Jones secretary.
Lynden prepares a modern water system with a large tank and settling basins under Water Superintendent Walter Pixley. The upgrade requires temporary shutoffs on West Front and West Grover streets this weekend before full connection and cleaning of old lines for a uniformly clear supply by July.
The Lynden Christian School closed its seven year era with a Friday program at the Fair Grounds. Mer ry games, drills, and songs followed formal entertainment. Recitations were given by Jake Dykstra August Zoet Benjamin Zylstra Gertie Bajema Margaret Ottens Winnie Bode Cornelius Van Leeuwen and principal Jerry Albers delivered a farewell address. John Slatemaker spoke for the school.
A farewell reception was held Tuesday night by the Christian Endeavor Society of the Reformed Church on Grover Street for Fred De Hoogh. He leaves today for Pullman to begin training for his army work.
A home wedding was solemnized Thursday at 8 30 in the Gerrit Top residence as Anna Top wed Isaac G Neeves with Rev H K Palma officiating. The ceremony featured maidenhair fern roses and snow bells, with Minnie E Schuyleman as bridesmaid and George Neeves as best man. A luncheon for sixty followed.
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