The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-11-19
CORRESPONDENCE
FROM
NEARBY TOWNS And COMMUNITIES
By the Tribune's Special Correspondents
LAUREL AND WISER
LAKE

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been i'll with tonsilitis for the pa st
week and her sister, Miss Oracle
Wolfe has been teaching in her
place.
Miss Mabel Cameron spent the
week end with her friend, Miss Lii
zzie Pollard on the Kelly road.
Kenneth Greer of Anacortes was
a week end visitor at the Davis
home.
Mrs. Sarah Raymond of Belling-
ham was a guest of DR.. and Mrs.
Hurd for few days.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Richie,
at Anacortes. son. Mrs. Richie
is well known here as Miss Anna
Cameron.
Mrs. Fred Gilman and little dau-
ghter Dorothy were guests at the
Galbraith home in Lynden last week
Mr. and Mrs. CHS n will soon
leave for California to spend the WIN
ter. Their neighbors met at their
home Monday evening for farewell
party. The evening was pleasantly
spent with games and other anus
ments.
Miss Iva Welch was pleasantly
surprised last Friday evening when
about thirty of the young people of
the neighbOrhood met at her home
near Alki. Dancing was the diver
sion of the evning.
Chris Hoyt arrived here Monday
from Portland to visit his mother,
Mrs. Jennie HOyt, who is i'll at the
home of her nephew Robert Brund
The Alki w. C. r. U. met We'd
nesday with Mrs. Blakeslee. After
the business meeting the hostess ser
we'd light refreshments to the ladies
present, The next meeting will be
held with Mrs. Mary Slack.
The High School basketball team
played the first game of the season
with the North Bellingham team at
Laurel Wednesday afternoon An
enthusiastic crowd witnessed the
game. The score was 81 to in fa-
vor of Laurel.
The first and second girls teams
played also. the score being In favor
of the second team.
The Farmers Institute held at
Laurel last week was a great sue
cess. Three hundred and ten names
were registered.
Mrs. A. A. Stockton has been cho-
sen to serve on the petit jury for
December.
J. c. Cummings was a Belling-
ham visitor Saturday.
Mrs. George Beard spent the first
of the week in Bellingham.
Miss Vera Leach ives the pianist
at the dancing party at Mt. View
Friday night and at Ferndale Satur-
day night.
Miss Jennie Green of Anacortes
is visiting her sister-in-law, Mrs.
Willard Twiss this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ecker and little son
have come from Alberta to spend
the winter here.
d. w. Coleman has been serious
ly ill this week.
Mr. and Mrs. George Edwin Brand
are rejoicing over the arrival of n
son November 6.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Russell WISH
ted their son at Cherry Point Farm
last week.
Miss Lenora Chaplin left Thursday
for Orcas Island for visit at the
Moran home before beginning her
study of music in San Francisco
December first.
The daughters of Dorcas will
meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs.
w. Minturn.
The B. C. S. Club met with Mrs.
|. M. Burgess, Thursday and had an
enjoyable time. Those present were
Msedames Holcomb,; Gilmore, Min
turn, Field, Anderson, Smith, Beard
Russell, Dolph, Borden. S. r. Bur-
CESS, w. E. Dorr, Engdahl, Rosen-
nall, Reed, Druley, Wesley Dorr,
ROOF, Coxson and Rev Tracey.
Mrs. Sarah A. Vandemark was
born September 80, 1882 at Toledo
Ohio and died October 30, 1914.
She was married to A. G. Vande-
| mark in 1851 and moved to Saginaw
Mich, where they lived until twelve
years ago when they moved to
Ferndale. Mr.. Vandemark, died clever
years ago at the age of 81 years.
Mrs. Vandemark came to this neigh
her home with her daughter. She
was converted and united with the
Methodist Church sixty two years
| ago. One year ago last August she
received an invitation to golden
anniversary of the Epworth Church
at Saginaw, Of which she was a
charter member. She leaves to
mourn her death, two daughters
Mrs. Monroe of Saginaw and Mrs.
Lyons, and two sons Frank Vande-
mark of Ferndale and Jesse of Gus