Country Correspondence Highlights Local Visits and News
John Oltmans and wife with Carl Elsner and family spent Sunday at Bernard Oltmans home. Anna Bowman has been ill for a week. H Elenhaas broke his wrist last week. Arthur Rose and family visited friends near Ferndale on Sunday. Mrs Frank Smith and Irene stayed at the Robinson home Saturday evening. Mr and Mrs Stanley Robinson and daughter Vera visited J W Rue Sunday afternoon. Hunters active in the neighborhood this week. Bertha Boehringer returned from summer in Bellingham. Mr Smith's sale drew a crowd and the family plans to move back to Idaho this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Oltmans
Carl Elsner
Bernard Oltmans
Mrs. Frank Smith
Irene
Robinson
Stanley Robinson
Miss Vera
J. W. Rue
Community notes from Delta and Sunny Side and bear hunt plans
Mrs J R Plank and daughter Mabel visited Bellingham with Mrs Plank planning to stay a few days. A E Baldwin and others from Lynden left for a week bear hunt near Glacier with plans to return in unspecified conditions. Some students at Sunny Side school posted perfect attendance for October 2 1908 as total enrollment reached 36 with 2 tardies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Baldwin
W. F. Randall
Bert Farrington
S. S. Goodrich and Sons
Earl and Vernon
Lynden
Glacier
Randall
Fred Lash
Myron Badwin
Lonndon
Sunny Side
Gertie Bonnema
Ebon Chilton
Bendit de Boer
Maurice de Boer
Anna de Boer
Rena de Young
Jessie de Young
Ray Hawley
Louise Jackman
Oral Jackman
Eva Pearson
Oscar Pearson
Elsie Schuyleman
Lizzie Schuyleman
Thressa Stone
Lida Stone
Tena Vander Griend
Jennie Vader Griend
Herman Vander Griemr
Maurice Vander Griend
Harry Vander Mey
Johanna van Mershbergen
Minnie van Mershbergen
Robert van Mershbergen
Riverside and Lynden residents visit and travel notes
Miss Marie DeHoog shopped in Lynden Saturday afternoon. Ray Shumway and Miss Louise Meurer spent Sunday at Ferndale. Charlie True from Lynden traveled through Riverside last Monday. Miss Fae Krouse visited Strandell with Miss 1 uth Pettigrew on Sunday. Theel and Meurer women shopped in Bellingham Friday. Myrtle Davis and Fae Krouse visited Riverside school Friday afternoon. Mrs. Grasseman and Mrs. Shot of Everson visited Meurer and Michel Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Polinder and daughter Gertrude were in Bellingham Friday. Miss Wary Donajkowski and Mr. E. Raymond of Bellingham enjoyed a day at Meurer's Sunday. Mr. Raymond hunted that day. Albert Reich from Nebraska plans to return home after two months visit. he was pleased with the country and Mrs. E. Theel will accompany him to visit relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wary Donajkowski
Mr. E. Raymond
Bellingham
Mr. Raymond
Albert Reich
Nebraska
Mr. Reich
Mrs. E. Theel
Lynden School Notes Show New Seats and Activities
The fourth grade room gains remaining seats while eighth grade desks arrive from Chicago. Promoted by athletic interest, H S football and basketball dominate the season. Student officers elected in 5th and 6th grades include Carl Fisher and Gale Edson. A school library concert by Mrs Bellis and Miss Golde Funk benefits the library at Jamieson Opera House Oct 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S
Carl Fisher
Harry Colley
Gale Edson
Sec
Treas
Herbert Fritz
A. N. French
Bellis
Bellingham
Golde Funk
Jamieson Opera House
Wiser A. W. Frost visit Birch Bay Friday
Wiser A. W. Frost heads to Birch Bay Friday. The Wiser school runs four basketball teams and two literary societies that day. A gang works daily on the hall ahead of Pomeoie Grange event. J L Dixon’s horse bolted at an auto last week, sending the buggy over an embankment. Mr and Mrs Dixon were seriously hurt though bruised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Frost
Birch Bay
The
Wiser School
Pomeoie Grange
J. L. Dixon
Local notices echo fall activity in Custer area
Community groans with threshing upgrades from Milsap and Otley and new shingle mill by Polson and Chamberlain. Fred Behme moves to a ranch near Custer. Auction planned near Lynden on Oct 7 1908 features sixes aged horses cows hogs hay and farm equipment with eight percent credit after ten dollars. Harvey Butler's R. W. Green assist as auction signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Rogers
Avado
Bank's Corners
Custer
Fred Behme
Fred
J. B. Nace
Splent
J. F. Waugh
Booth’s Corners
Methodist Church
Ed Brown
Plank Road
Floyd Amedon
Wm. Amedon
H. A. Shell
Lynden
George Bostwick
R. W. Green
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Price
Price J
W. J. Baker
Greenwood
Anna Bowman
H. Elenhaas
Arthur Rose
Ferndale
Bertha Boehringer
Delta and
Riverside
Marie DeHoog
Ray Shumway
Louise Meurer
Charlie True
Fae Krouse
Strandell
Uth Pettigrew
Mrs. Theel
Mrs. Meurer
Myrtle Davis
Polinder
Gertrude
Lynden School Notes
Chicago
Wallace
Ambrose
Sears
Kriefer, Crabtree
Mrs. McLean
Boys United
Clarence Barnhart
Carl Cline
Walter Muenscher
Ray Jacobs
Prin. A. N. French
Wiser
Custer News
Mundahl and Bather
Burgpurst
Misses Mable
Mills Brown
Harvey Butler
Prop
Tromp’s Book Store
Jacob Smith
Sunset Block
Solon
Richard Boynton, M.D
Homeopath
Bellingham, Wash
Ofice
H. J. Birney
Red
DR. S. 8. Howe
Washington
O. H. Whaley
Lynden, Wash
City Drug Store
E. Edson
J. P. Schmitt
D. Mulder
Hadley
al Simpiers’ Hospital
A. Simpier
Nooksack Valley Lands
Front Street
R. R. Station
Swim & Aldrich
Wash
West Holly ST. Bellingham, Wash
First National Bank
Noxe
Bellingham Callon
Macklin
Bay Street
G. C. Garman
Nick Dufner
Lynden, Washington
W. H. Mock & Sons
Whatcom County
Northwest
Maple Bock
Elk Street
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