Organizations Aid Lynden's Library In Fund Drive
Lynden public library gains momentum as five local lodges and groups pledge subscriptions to boost the library’s funds and expansion plans. Women’s Relief Corps and Pythian Sisters each give five dollars, Knights of Pythias donate twenty five with plans for a benefit event. Directors aim to raise five hundred dollars. current income was about one hundred with forty dollars left for new books.
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Lynden
Study Women’s Relief Corps
Pythian Sisters
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Local Social Roundup From Lynden and Nearby
Social notes include visits by Mr. and Mrs. W B Manson and several Lynden residents at the N Henderson home. A miscellaneous shower honors Mrs Tate McPhail and Mrs George Oldfield. Talks by Esther Nelson and Vivian Croxford on Des Moines mission work are featured at the Swedish Baptist church. John L Hoksbergen is ill with tonsillitis.
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Edd Bathouse
Irvin Bostwick
Irvin Kuchenreuther
Lynden
Esther Nelson
Vivian Croxford
Bellingham
Des Moines
Iowa
Swedish Baptist Church
State Normal School
Viv Neely
Fn Croxford
Custer
Lynden Auto Counts Soar in City Assessment
Lynden assessor A. H. Frasier reports nearly double the number of automobiles and auto trucks in the city compared with last year. He notes a large rise in Lynden's assessed valuation due to auto additions and a ten percent personal property increase, with only one vacant house found during rounds.
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Lynden
A. H. Frasier
Frasier
Many Firms to Go on Summer Schedule in Lynden
Several Lynden business firms announce a five o clock summer closing starting April one. Firms include R L Averill jeweler North Washington Implement Co Paul Henderson jeweler Bauman Realty Co George Taylor real estate Frank Knapp furniture Lynden Pioneer Realty Co Knapp and Zylstra Wiese Photographic Studio R B Le Cocq attorney and The Lynden Tribune with some opening earlier hours for customer convenience.
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Lynden
R. L. Averill
North Washington Implement Co
Paul Henderson
Bauman Realty Company
George Taylor
Frank Knapp
Lynden Pioneer Realty Company
Knapp and Zylstra
Wiese Photographic Studio
R. B. le Cocq
The
Lynden Tribune
Auxiliary of American Legion forming in Lynden
Lynden organizes an auxiliary for the American Legion post. Membership is limited to mothers wives daughters and sisters of Legion members or of servicemen who served between April 6 1917 and November 11 1918 and died on duty or after honorable discharge. Eligible ladies should sign at Geyer's Variety Store. A charter is granted once fifteen signers petition.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary
Lynden Post
American Legion
Legion
United States
Geyer’s Variety Store
Whatcom County Fair Dates Announced for 1920
The Whatcom County Fair will run September 28 through October 2 with plans for strong exhibits and cash prizes. President Henry Shagren says the event should be one of the county’s best yet as granges boost participation and a county pie social at Ten Mile Grange Hall on April 3 raises funds for prizes. A secretary to manage fair affairs may be named soon.
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Whatcom County
Henry Shagren
Shagren
Ten Mile Grange Hall
Mike Vander Griend
WISER LAKE Club Meets and Local News Summary
The Wiser Lake Re use of Service Club meets at Mrs. Wm Richardson’s home with hostesses Mrs Richardson Mrs Burgess and Mrs Ab bot. Mrs Phineas Bellingar returns home after illness in Burlington. Local residents visit relatives and attend events including teachers party at Meridian High School and various visits between Wiser Lake Bellingham and Saskatchewan.
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Wm. Richardson
Richardson
I. M. Burgess
Abbot
Phineas Bellingar
Burlington
James Miller
Albert Ingdahl
Beatrice Dahlquist
Wiser Lake
Davis
Arthur Dahlquist
Saskatchewan
Canada
Irene McSorley
Lynden
Stanley
Allen
Hutchinson
Meridian High School
Dairymen to Meet Saturday in Bellingham Hall
Dairymen from Whatcom County will convene Saturday afternoon at one o clock at the W O W Hall in Bellingham to discuss problems facing the dairy industry. All dairymen are urged to attend.
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W. O. W. Hall
Bellingham
Whatcom County Dairymen’s Association
Bennefield Buys Twenty Acre Uhl Farm Tract
Benefield purchases twenty acres of partially improved land owned by James F. Uhl on the Blaine Sumas road midway between Lynden and Blaine. He plans to move there soon.
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A. Benefield
James F. Uhl
Blaine-Sumas Road
Lynden and
Blaine
Lynden Seessplendid Aurora Borealis Display
Lynden residents witnessed a splendid aurora borealis display over Sunday and Monday nights with vivid colors lighting the sky. The northern lights drew onlookers from the Lynden area as the phenomenon stretched across late hours.
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Lynden
Dinner for returned soldiers by W R C at Corps hall
The W R C will host a dinner at the Corps hall on March 31 inviting all returned soldiers and sailors to attend. The Knights of Pythias conferred the second degree on Fred Colley and Phil Jobe, and Mrs Earnest Dean was initiated by the Pythian Sisters. Coffee and cake followed the ceremonies.
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Messrs
Fred Colley
Phil Jobe
Order of Knights of Pythias
Pythian Sisters
Earnest Dean
Bartlett Purchases Wood Property This Week
E. L. Bartlett bought lot 21 in block 21 of the Hawley and Lawrence addition from J. W. Wood. The deal was arranged by the George Taylor real estate agency. Rev J E Arr's sermons at the Baptist Church Sunday morning titled God's People A Blessing and evening Jonah's Whale Ride to Nineveh.
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E. L. Bartlett
J. W. Wood
Hawley and Lawrence Addition
George Taylor Real Estate Agency
J. E. Kanarr
The
Baptist Church
Jonah
Nineveh
Mission Church Hosts MacDonald Couple as Pulpit Fill-ins
Mr and Mrs Archie MacDonald of Bellingham filled the pulpit of the Mission Church on Sunday, serving in the church’s weekly service and contributing as guest preachers.
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Archie MacDonald
Bellingham
Mission Church
Big Boy Scout Troop Mobilizes in Lynden
Twenty three boys enrolled Friday night at the Methodist Church as Lynden starts a Boy Scout troop. About forty five are expected for the Lynden High School meeting tonight to appoint patrol leaders and form a permanent organization. Reverend W O Benadom leads the effort with plans for strenuous hikes and outings.
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Methodist Church
Lyndon
Lynden High School
W. O. Benadom
Lynden Scouts
City council approves Lynden water system repairs and upgrades
Lynden officials approve a 4000 dollar plan to rebuild the big water tower and buy new pumps. John Zevenbergen wins the tower repair contract and A E Moon of Bellingham submits a bid. Work begins soon with temporary water shutoffs for safety as two centrifugal pumps are ordered to increase capacity.
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Lynden
John Zevenbergen
A. E. Moon
Bellingham
Central Station
Woodland News Roundup of Local Travel and Events
Carl Hanson and Godfrey Schneider drove to Birch Bay Sunday. Raymond Norenberg returned home from St. Josephs hospital after ptomaine poisoning. Gladys Dahlen Faye Schneider Fred Chichester and Emmet Schneider drove to Everett Sunday. Partch orders baby chicks and builds a 16 by 100 shed. H G Roddel and wife to Ferndale. Custer beats Woodland in close baseball game at Woodland grounds. P R Jeffcott couple to Bellingham. Esther Nelson home from Normal for weekend. Hasse Jordal and Nellie Jeffcott at home weekend. A school box social planned for Friday March 26 with program. ladies bring boxes men wallets. Blanche Jordal and Nellie Jeffcott host marshmallow and wienie roast at Bertrand Creek. fifteen guests attended.
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Carl Hanson
Godfrey Schneider
Birch Bay
Raymond Norenberg
St. Joseph's Hospital
Gladys Dahlen
Faye Schneider
Fred Chichester
Emmet Schneider
Everett
Mr. Partch
H. G. Roddel
Ferndale
Custer
Woodland Nine
Woodland Grounds
P. R. Jeffcott
Bellingham
Esther Nelson
Hasse Jordal
Blanche Jordal
Nellie Jeffcott
Bertrand Creek
Legion Meeting Canceled Next Wednesday Night
The American Legion will not meet next Wednesday night. The next meeting will be held Wednesday, Apr.
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American Legion
Ill and recovering local figures in early reports
Peter Kragt, long ill, shows improvement while Frank Miller grapples with a stroke of paralysis. both updates appear in the week’s health notes.
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Frank Miller
Lynden Schools Gain State Aid as Legislature Adjourns
The Lynden school district will receive 320 dollars per child from the state instead of 10, adding about 3500 dollars to local school funds and easing deficits. The legislature also approved a soldiers bonus, with monthly payments for veterans, and enacted a common school emergency relief measure boosting the fund for census school children. The session ratified woman suffrage, passed a tax limit bill, and drafted an administrative code pending governor action.
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Lynden
Washington
Mill Accident Injures Leo Brooks
Leo Brooks was slightly injured Monday morning at the Imperial Fir Lumber Company mill when a pry bar struck him on the head. The incident occurred during routine operations at the facility.
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Leo Brooks
Imperial Fir Lumber Company
Tacoma student Adrian Breen returns home with appendicitis
Adrian Breen, a student at the Tacoma Conservatory of Music, arrived home Saturday due to appendicitis. He is reported resting after the illness and will likely undergo medical care in the near term.
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Adrian Breen
Tacoma Conservatory of Music
Social and pie social at North Prairie School
A program and pie social will be hosted at North Prairie School on Friday evening, April 2. All are invited.
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North Prairie School
Tractor Pictures At Liberty Theater Show Farm Action
The community saw a Moline tractor in action at the Liberty Theater on Saturday afternoon with two thousand feet of realistic farmwork films. Also notes on local residents include Little Clara Rutgers recovering from appendicitis last Thursday and Dick Bajema improving after an earlier operation.
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Liberty Theater
Clara Rutgers
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Knights of
Pythias
Relief Corps
Study Club
Bekahs
Glendale
W. B. Manson
Eva Pearson
South Pass
Willard Weidkamp
N. Henderson
P. M. Henderson
Barnah
J. Jess
Anna Winroth
Nesman
Martin
Fred Markworth
I. Holtrop
Jacob Lovely
F. Weidkamp
West Delta
Dorothy Brown
August Nyman
G. L. Abbott
O. E. Reed
Reed
C. J. Larson
Larson
Johanna Henderson
W. B. Shair
Manford Henderson
C. M. Henderson
Jessie McLeod
Blanche Swanson
M. Burke
Ernest Palmer
John L. Hoksbergen
County Library
American Library Association
Auxiliary OF American Legion
Auxiliary
Grange
Compton
Pendleton
Oregon
Mr. White
George Rosenhall
Anna
Mr. Rosenhall
William Wetzel
Strocky
A. Bennefield
Ki. L. Bartlett
Sare Eoe
Peter Kragt
ACT OF Legislature
Lynden Schools
Lyn
Den
North Prairie
Dick Bajema
Rosmond Conley
Orel Hobert
Maple Falls
G. Handy
T. J. Neilson
Kensington Club
George Hall
Elmer Lund
Fifth Street
James Roosma
Dick Rutgers
J. O. Anderson of
Sumas
Wallace Ackley
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