The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-06-23
shelton, Friday, June 2Srd, 1899.
Personals.

Miss winnie Sheane has gone to Ia
coma for short stay.
II Chambers, of Olympia, spent
,day in town this week
Mrs lane Dunbar, of Shelton has
800, Granted pension of So per month.
= Ellison left last week for East
of,he mountains, looking for a new
location.
Miss Maggie Carney, of Olympia,
,ros married to Perry Orr, at Republic
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. r. German were
over from Union Monday on shop
ping trip.
Rev. Covington and wife are attend
mo Epwortf league Convention in
Olympia.
ME-. Baker came home from the
Sbnele mill this week under the
weather.
Manager VIM. Bauer, of the L. M.
branch store at Matlock, came down
Yesterday for some special orders.
Mrs. al. ]. Munson and Mrs Nellie
Kneeland are attending the convention
of Woman's Clubs in Seattle this week.
Tx. Munson and B. B. Oiler, of
Tacoma, made visit to the Skoko-
mish River this week to try the fish
ing.
Rev. G. F. Mead, Shelton's first
Methodist minister, is announced to
preach next Sunday morning and
evening.
Tom. P Fisk came up from Seattle
Wednesday to spend a few days in
Shelton visiting the folks and trying
the trout.
Miss Addie Libby, formerly employ
ed in the L. M. store is now the head
of one of the departments in the White
House, big Spokane store.
Roy and Ross Chilson, twins, who
have just reached the voting age, are
visiting their uncle, w. D. Hudson, at
New Ka,nilche, and will spend the
simmer here.
Mrs. Pat Vance returned this week
from the Hospital at Olympia, and p
and his wife left for their ranch on the
Skokomish, illness hay1ng kept them
away from home tor two months.
Mr.. and Mrs L. L. Hunter and Rev
S. A. Abbott were attending the
annual meeting of the Baptist Society
at Centralia this week, the gentlemen
riding over on their bicycles.
Mrs. 7. M. Reed, jr. and her brot her,
Will Mckinney left last week for St.
Michaels, where they will join Mr..
Reed, at Munook gold fields. M ark
Reed was down to Seattle to see them
off.
Sol. G. Simpson left last week on his
steamer Laurada for a trip to St.
Michaels and the new Cape Nome gold
district, combining a vacation trip
with the idea of buying few dozen gold
mines, if things look favorable.
Mrs. John Kneela and is in Seattle
this week, as delegate to the State
Federation, from the Wcman's Club
OF Shelton, Mrs. Knee1and also ex-
poets to leave Monday to spend several
months visiting relatives at her old
home IN Maine.
S. P. Richardson has received the
news of the death of his father al
Macon, Georgia, at the advanced age
of 50 years. Mr.. Richardson's father
and mother celebrated their COLDER
wedding some five years ago, and the
former has been a minister for ovel
sixty years.
Parry Jones and his mother, Mrs
Margaret Jones, returned last weel
from Tacoma, where Parry has JUS
completed term in the high school
Miss Carrie Robinson, who is also /;
student at the same school, return et
Saturday evening to spend vacation
at home on the Skokomish.
The Grand Army of the Republic i.
having its annual meeting in Seatt1
this week, and the old veterans ar
taking their outing, swapping yarn
OF the battles of other days, and meet
ing old comrades. Shelton Post
represented by Frank Munson, Johl
a. Anderson, Nick Campbell, /. w
Woods, J. B. Ritner aud Sam Caldwell
Miss Clara Ansorge, Mrs. r. S. Bel
and Miss Grace Wiley returned las
Friday evening from attendance a
the ". c. 7. U. convention at Everett
Where the former was reelected a
state treasurer. Mrs Bel1 took a6
vantage Of the occasion to visit he
daughter, Mrs. Arthur Taylor, who's
home is now at Everett.
The delegates to the Masonic an
Chapter grand lodge sessions have al
returned after an enjoyable trip, Sc
attic having taken good care of then
l. M. Reed, Sr. was reelected Gran
Secretary. This is the 3Sth cousecr
tive time he has been honored, all BIZ
Iour years, in the position of secre
tary. Hugh Morrison was electe
junior grand steward.
Z. B. Hagans, who has been visitin
the Shelton's for the past month, an
looking over the country with tt
view of locatiny here lett for So
francisco Tuesday. For the pa
n1teen years he has been in the Gu
TOMS service at San Francisco, ar
ne has haa,, ~,11od horG ~ Sse -