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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-08-21

"a vse to, ker sem lie mislil Ia dobrega p~rijatelja,
kl me DO osusil in kratkocasil. Nekoliko drv IN
suhih ogorkov je bio Sc V kolibi in nitro je zago-
rel priJazni ogenjcek. Kadilo Sc je pac, ali menil
sem, ola takoj poneha, ko Sc koliba razgreje. No,
motll sem Sc! Zmerom silnejsi jug je udrihal raw
no proti vhodu kolibe in tlacil dim nazaj. Prelozil
sem ~ognjisce, ali pomagalo nj mic. Preprital sem
sc, kolibi nj mociI p~rebivati z ognjem, in stopil
sem nekoliko pod veliko, gosto nojo, XII je rastla
tik kolibe, iscoc 81 prostorcka, kier hi zakuril. Ne
mogoee; kapalo je skozi ~vejevje kakor $ strehe.
la sem incl sekiro s seboj, odbil hi bill par desk
cd kolhbe, ola jih vprem proti deblu in postavim
ma kole. Tudi tega pomocka nj bilo in vrnil sem
Sc v kolibo.
Se je bilo nekolikO dneva, Sc sem Sc nadeial.
Ola pride pes "a menoj in da z mrakom vred po-
neha DEE, ali varal sem Sc docela. Mo- sc lie "a
grmla, jug je bueal, veje so Skripale in koliba Sc
Je stresala. Zopet sem zakuril, da hi incl vsai to-
irko s%vetlObe, da hi mogel pouziti, kar sem S seboj
prlnesel, pa tudi to sem storil lie stole, ker me je
dim preganJal IL kota V kot. Da nj bilo take teme,
ola roke pred ocmi nj bilo videti, vrnil bi Sc bill v
dollno k ljudem, ali Sc misliti nj bilo. da bi pri
belem dnevu %poldrugo uro dolgo pot v TAXI noel
premagal in ne Easel.
Dalje prihodnjic.) .
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-08-21

veruJte prisegam, pogledom, poljubom, sorodnosti
duS in kadar Yam bo pisala: ''Zbogom! Pozabi
me - prekolncte upanje in zapodite made V
Poglete narod, XII jeGi pod pritiskom sile.
5 %svoJhni pleci sc upira prot jaImu, XII ga tezi.
les mu v%rezuje krvave proge v kozo, jarma lie ne
more porusiti.
Poglejte miljone bednega l~judstva! Tisocle-
tia trpe, upajo ii n ii in ljudie umirajo lakote, DO
gTbaJo "a tuberkulozo in zahajaio sami v smrt.
Stoinsto prorokov je hodilo DO svetu. Pred
tisoc in tisoc lei je Konfuste prizigal luc modro-
sti ma daljnem vzhodu; divine napke je siril Bud
dha pc bajni dczeli Evfrata in Tigrisa za clo-
vestvo in bozansko prepricanje svoje duse je ne
sci kristus sam svoi kriz ma Colgate Ha 49,.
kje so ~plodovi? Ali ne trgajo civilizirani narodi
Europe koscek IN koSGkom IL zlate dezele sre-
dine? Ali ne rabijo ~ubogega kulija kakor tovorno
zivino? Ali ne razsaja kuga pc dezeli Lotto
sd? In indijski fanatiki mrcvarijo svoje telo. tr-
pincijo svoje ude V nevcrjetni neumnosti. Ali
ne jennie srecni, witt kristjan svoiemu nesre6.
MENU kristjanskmu bratu zadnjega bornega ko.
sGka kruha izpred ust9 Ali ne zapeljuje S svoiim
zatOm %njegOvih sester in hcera?
Oh, upati, upati! KakSna b~laznost! IgraSke
tame usedo smo, Xxi sc nam roga, kadarsanjamo
sreGo in smatramo z~ivljenje resno.
In ii 81 bill tax otrOk Upal 81, tidal 81 MIRA
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-08-21

verujte! Lac so, njih lepa barva in mila disava
vas vara.
To solnce ma nebu ? o latimi zarki vas
obseva, z blaghn zarom vas ogrejeY - Ne veruj-
tie! Laz je, laz, laz!
SlavckOva pesem9 Ljulska umetnost? Ucc-
nJaska znanst? - Mic, mic, mic! Ne v~erujte! La
ri, same lazi!
Use je laz!
SamO t~rpljenje je resniGno. In vsaka beda
sveta je %resnicna. Ali Sc nj srce povspelo V naivi-
sic ~visave, mad zvezde, v eter vesoljnosti? Ali sc
nj bio potopilo v najgloblje globocine oceanaH-
In kaj je nasloH. =.
Bedo, bedo, bedo!
Laz!
Kjerkoli so ljudje upali in zidali svoja po-
slopja ma temelju made, povsod Jill jye z~ivljenje
izdalo.
Sam je upal. Sedai pa ne wee! Led je pre-
gladek, steklo prekrhko. Norci maj upajo. Nesre-
cen je, pc noce biti norec vrhutega.
kje Sc izpolnujejo nade7 Kje pc vsem svetu?
katera borba prinasa plodov? v kateri sad Sc ne
zariva cry?
vi upateG Hahahaha! !. -. Zaljubite sc v Olgo,
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-08-21

Ali pripadata Alzacija in Lorena pc pravici
Nemeiji ali Franciji!
To je vprasanje, XII JIG V sedanji vojni zopet
ozivelo z vso silo in kriei Pc reSitvi. Lahko Sc pra-
vi, da je Alzacija z Lorenzo lie krpa zemlje; am
pax S tenn vendar nj mic opravljeno, ker Je nevta-
jiva resnica, da spada alzasko.lorensk vprasa-
ME med tista, XII so pred sedanjo vojno neprene-
homa strasila v Evropi in ugrozavala mir.
Definitivno bi Sc moglo TO vpraSanie reSiti
paG lie ma ia naem, da bi Alzaeani in Lorenci do
bill pravico, da v popolni svobodi odloGijo, kan
hoeejo pripadati. Zdi Sc pa, da ri tako glasova-
ME precej gotovo izpadlo V prilog Franciji in
da nj med ondotnim ljndstvom skorai nobenih
sympathy Ia NemGijo.
&c je tako, pa Sc Alzacija in Lorena vendar
zopet po sill prikleneta k NemSiji, tedaj je ma
ravna posledica, da tam Zopet ne DO nhru. Te-
daj tudi ne DO govOra o razOr0zenju v EvrOpi In
nevarnost move vojne DO vendar visela v zraku.
Noben tujec ne more zanesjivo soditi o de-
zeli in njenih razmerah, Ge je ne pozna nataneno
IL lastne izkuSnje. Treba je v TAKEN slucaju paG
poslusati tiste, XII Jim je polozaj znan. cato ma
vajamo porocilo IL peresa a~lzaskega easnikarja,
XII mora poznati razmere. Ne ~jemljemo ~njegovih
besed "a sveto pismo, temve6 vidimO v NTH lie
pripomoSek "a boljSe razumevanje situacije.
POrOSevalec pse:
"Tn Elsass sind unsere Leute in Feindes-
land, - v Alzaciji so nasi liudie v sovrazniko-
vi dezeli. TIE besede je izgovoril leta 1913 Won
Jagow, prejsnji nemski drzavni tainik "a zuna-
ME zadeve, IN sicer trimstirideset let potem, ko
je postala Alzacija in Lorena last nemskega cesar
silva. TIA izjava pa dobro ~onna6uje polozaj v teh
dveh ~prejSnjih francoskih dezelah.
Danes, leta 1917. Sc nj zaceliena rama, XII je
bila vsekana 1870. AlzaGani 81 Sc MISC opomogli
Cd udarca, vsled katerega Sc je izpremenila NTH
narodnost proti njih lastni wolff. Pogodba V
Frankfurtu je zapeGatila njih usodo. IL svobodne-
ga naroda pod francoskim pokroviteljstvom so
Sc izpremenili v narod ~suzniev pod pruskimi moi
stri. Prusjastvo pa sc ne more definirati! Ire
ba ga ie Avcti, preskusiti in eutiti. Kdorkoli Sc
III videl u~niformirane in a-"2antne Irvine, XII Sc
usaja mad civiiistOm brez obrambe, nina nobenc-
ga pojma ter ga ne more imeti, kaj pravzaprav
pomeni prusjastvo.
Narod Alzacije in Lorena nj " zadnth Al le-
till zamuda nobene prilike, da zagotovi svo1o vda-
most do Franciie ter da izraza zaniGevanja do
svojih zatiralcev. Pri vsaki %volitvi, krajevni ali
splosni 90 bill i~zvoljeni kandidati, XII so protn-
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-08-21
AlZacija in Loren

stirali proti aneksiji Alzacije in Lurena "brez do.
~vOljenja vladanih samih."
Psihologi sc bodo cutili, zakaj nj mogel ca.
dovrSiti della miru v nash srcih ali zakaj Sc nj
poleglo ogorSenje v AZ letih nasega suzenJstva.
Mi pa vprasujemo, ee je bila nasa krivIca, da
je napovedal Napoleon Ill. bedas,o vojno Prusi-
ji7 Zakaj bi bill mi Azaeani zrtve kriminalne ne
marnosti, XII je dovedla nepripravljeni cesarski
francoski rezhn do napada ma vojasko organiza-
clio Prusijef Edinole AlzaGani smo placali ceno
pruske image Zakai?
V teku stiriindvaisetih ur smO bill prisilje-
nj odpovedati Sc svoiim hawaiian, tradicijam in
pozabiti svoj materinski jerk. Proti nasi wolff pa
so mas pitali s kulturo. Vsakdo, XII Sc je upiral
poveljem namestnika, kreature kajzera, kajti
MENU edinemn je bill odgovoren "a svoja deJa-
MIA, je bill wren v jeGo. Kljub temu pa smo bill
lojalen narod. Mas protest sc je omejeval ma III
de ~volitev. NikakrSnih cestnih demonstrated nj
bilo, kajti bill smo ljudje, XII Sc zavedajo svojih
pravic.
Predvsem pa smo Sc Gudili, zakaj nismo de-
lezni enakih pravic kakOr druge nemske dezele,
Bavarska, Saska ali Virtemberska Nismo raul
nell, Zakaj nam mora vladati Prus, kateremu nj
so bile znane nase potrebe.
Imeli sno pravico priGakovati, da Sc nam do
voli krajevna samovlada. Vprasanje je bio lie,
kdaj sc to zgodi. Nekateri mani bojeGi izned mas
so vprasevali, zakaj Sc postopa z mani drugate,
kakor z oStalimi. Nato pa so odgovarjali naSi
diktatorji: "V AlzaGani niste i7razita nemSka
dezela. Osvojle so vas tiste drzave, IL katerih ie
sestavljeno sedaj nemSko c~esarstvo in vi pripa-
date vsem in nikomur. VSled tega ste separatna
institucija ter naravni podlozniki nasega moi
>tra, p~ruskega kralja."
Tako so govorili vsi naSi cesarski nnmestni-
XII: Bismarck Bohlen, Manteuffel, prime Hohenlo.
he in drugi. Mi pa smo pozrli to novo poni5anje.
Kljub vsem tenn tezavam pa smp nadaljcvali
: DrOteSti mi yolityah in Sicer El'uh yoliL, An 81 IN,
zaprekam. NaSim kandidatom Sc lie odrekla pra
vica govoriti ma javnih shodih. Nadalje pa nj 5i-
70 -iFakrsnih casopisov, Xxi hi bill podpirali te
candidate. Nj Sc jim dovolilo plakatiranje linen
ma javnih p%oslopjih, docim so Sc dajala kandida-
tom k~ajzerja vse mogoce ugodnosti. NaSa lastna
zavest pa nam je ukazovala tin; red in poSiljali
smo y DRAWN zbor moze svojega lastncga poll
ticnega in narodnega prepriGania.
Pri otvoritveni sell zakonodoje je eden teh
MOI vstal ter izjavil v imenu svojih tovarisev:
Prebivalstvo Alzacije in Lorene, katero "a
stopamo tukaj, nam je poverilo posebno in vazno
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-08-21
Gozd vedno govori
po zimi
in kadar zeneli!
80 = :
GE~f.- ,
sssrs
mTKySTT~@

Neka posebnost nase domovine mineva, po-
sebnost nash gozdov. Ne recem, da gozdove prf
mas unieujejo, ne; boil skrbe sedaj zanje nego ne
kdaj. Skrbe tudi, da Sc popravi, kar je unicila
neskrbnost prebivalcev in nemarnost oblastev.
Posebno lepo napreduje pOgozdovanje kraskih
tai in bi lahko Sc boil, ko bi Sc p~otrosilo toliko "a
potrebne reel kakor Sc "a nepotrebne.
PosebnOst, o kateri hocem govoriti, Sc tite
minolih easov, ko goDd pi mas Sc nj incl dolo6e-
nih postav, ko je bill Sc bolj skupen gospodarju in
stevilu upravieenih uzitkarjev. Ravno o posled-
njih, XII jim je doba domalega minila, hoJem zabe-
leziti, kar sem sam dozivel in kar sem rad poslu-
sal in 81 %zapomnil, ko sem prisel Z mimi v dotikO.
Sc pred petdesetimi lett so sc pri mas naha-
jala pragozdna tia. Jelenov, mogocnih kakor ma
lokje " Evropi, je bilo kar trumoma po gozdih.
Zimska doba je zgnala IL Nth krdela volkov, in
zgodilo sc je ve6krat, da je medved preplasl otro-
Ike, XII so si jagged nabirat. Pa Sc bolj nego ii
mogocnjaki gozdnih tai Ostanejo zanimivi "a naso
domovino posebne vrste %gozdarji, kakOr ~polharji,
gobarji in kunarji. Nikar pa ne mislite, da so sc
vrste teh gozdarjev druga cd druge lOcile. Pravi
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-08-21
Savicev pesimizem.
Etbin kristan.

Me ne more, ne more! Ona mu vstaic v spO-
minu tako krasna, tako mila in blaga, da bi Sc
zjokal vprico meme slike in jo &c prosil odpusca-
MIA. Zakaf Ker je ne more preklinjatis Ker je
sam tako nesrecen in ker ne more umeti, da je
bio to mogoce.
Zdramil Sc je. Hotel je pregnant spomine. A
spomini so mu ~skakljali pred ocmi in MISC Sc dali
pepoditi. POkazovale so Sc mu solncne slike in
sli6ice, eloboki vzdihi IL najtajnejsih kotiGkov
~njegove duse pa so vprasevali: Kje je sedaj ve
tOf
All, ne prepevajte vec slavospevov ~zivljenju,
ne hvalite wee sre6e. Use je slepilo, vse Sc roga
Gloveku in nfegovemu zaupanju. Savic ne zaupa
nieemur ve6. Kje JIG Sc grad, XII bi incl dosti
mocan temeli, &c Sc je mogla porusiti zgradba
~njegove sreGe? Mice ne bi bill smell vrjeti, da
kdaj izgine ia ljubezen. 2 njunimi bitji je bila
~spojena, v njju srcih je imela korenine. Use je
priealo memo pristnost, memo ~trajnost, memo ne
premenljivost. In vendar je izginila, popolnoma
izginila. Ne samo opesala, potemnila; nj je wee,
enostavno' nj je wee.
Ne verujte ve6 nikomur in nicemur.
One roze tam so krasnef Lepo duhtef - Ne
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-08-21

morne IN zlate gradove pc oblakih, vcrjel 81 v
sreeo' v ~zlvlJenJe, ljubil 81 ljubil Boriti 81 Sc
motel Oh, zakaj 81 vse hotel in vse ie pusto.
iaznlvo: NaJsvetljesa sreca te je prevarila, mai.
opravienJesi UP tie je tidal, roza SC lie osula in
Same trnJe Je ostalo. V tvojem srcu sedai bode
in ii trga duSo.
Nobenega upanja vec.
Vanitas vanitatum.
Z~lvlJenJe je okrutna igra i'm mi smo iura6ke.
ave leracke, upanje je pa sladkor, XII nam ga
oale 1at'Im, ola plesemo, skacemo, sc vrtimo. komu
V HaDavo, komu v kOrist 80.
Use Je prazno. Noe je, zvezde ma nebu so
iaz, kar PLAYA okrog mas, je sama noe, crna, costa
vecna noe.
Slucaja nj, tragikomedija sc ne zpreminja.
% nasi zibelki so stale arsvnice, XII so zapisale
zgodovino naSega z~ivljenja v svojo debelo pro-
hie'o khJigo IN sedaj tece to z~ivljenje samo, in
I'LL smo norci, pa menimo, Ola je sami ravnamo!
nalJubite Sc v Olgo, dajte il vse svoje srce,
VeruIte v %iJubezen, upajte in zaupajtel Sanjajate
svo1o sreco! V knjigi je zapisano drupa6e. Ne
Aega dne yam DO pisala: Zboeom! Pozabi mel
Die optmlstische Weltanschauund ist die ME-
oer'r~chtigste Notwithstanding!
Ia, ola, priJateli Schopenhauer, ri mas prav!
i"ho Jc Savlc postal pesimist.
Oalie sledi)
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-08-21

sem sci ma pctelinji low, osem virzink $ seboj. Ko
smo Sc prvi vecer najedli in tudi zadostno zalili.
sem daltrem svojim sprcmljevalcem vsakemu DO
emo virzinko, pa niti eden je nj prizgal, ampak lie
2 menoj vred posegel DO svoji lulici, 10 natlaeil,
prijel "a g~lavnjico, odkrhnil ogeljGek ma tobak in
%vzdihnil, kakor kadar Sc cloveku izpolni najboljsa
zelJa IN sc "a kratek cas- pocuti tako, da 81 ne zeli
nikake lzpremembe. ko smo sli tretji dan IL 90
ida, sem incl 5 seboi Sc pet virzink, spremijevalci
pa Sc vsak svojo, eden jo ie pa po poti zrezal, da
jo je il lule pokadil.
rez ognja pa V gozdu nj biti. Emo samo noe
sem domalega preLil brcz NIGGA V gozdu, pa ne bi
81 zelel tega nidkar wee doziveti.
Incl sem Opravek drugega dine visoko mad
doino. Odpravil sem sc dopoldne cd donra, pa
nisem mogel dobiti spremljevalca. Sci sem ma
JavorJe. kJer je Sc stala koliba, v kateri lie dalie
casa noceval zemljemerec. PuSko in PISA sem incl
S seboJ, ziveza in place dovolj in torej vsega "a
dosti. Toda, Sc predno sem dospel ma Vrh, je iel
plhati jug in kmalu pOtem je zaGelo dezevati. Psa
sem zgreSil re sredi pota, pa mislec, da lie sci "a
kako srno, sem sc nadejal, da pride h koibi "a
menoJ. Nj ga bilo, paG pa je padal dez COST in
vedno bolJ zdaten; bill sem skOro re premOGen ko
sem prilezel do kolibc. Toda malo sem Sc zmenil
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1917-12-06
IMPORTANT


The following notice to Red
Cross workers was sent to Port.
age auxiliary by Mrs. Anna NJ.
Weyerhaeuser of the Tacoma
Chapter, with the request that it
be given wide publicity
Sweaters, and still more
sweaters, are specially needed
Please emphasize this need and
urge all knitters to redouble eff
fort that the work may be re-
turned before Dec. 10. Dire need
of allwool garments at the front
demands immediate shipment.
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Glen Acres

K. Lindley was a Seattle visit.
or on Monday.
Mrs. John Deppman returned
Monday evening from a visit in
Seattle.
Gilbert Olson had the task of
distributing the ballot boxes on
the Island last Friday for the
port election. He returned them
to the county seat on Monday
A miscellaneous shower was
given for Miss Ellen Stevenson
at the home of her mother, Mrs.
l.. Stevenson, tuesday evening.
Many beautiful and useful gifts
We're in evidence. and not the
least was a profusion OF flowers.
which were much appreciated.
Miss Ellen will become the bride
of Mr.. Kenneth Johnston, Il for.
mer Island boy, on this Thurs
day, Dec. 9th. Mr.. Johnston is
engineer on the steamer What
com. The young people will re-
side in Seattle. A host of friends
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Tidbits From the West Side

Mrs. Gabe Matheson has near
ly recovered from the effects of
a carbuncle on her neck.
Three more of our west side
boys have joined the navy, Frank
johnson, Clarence Hansen and
Nordguard.
Yes, E. o. Rindal of Cove has
"a new Ford. The life on the
ranch is healthful for the retired
business man, but gets on the
nerves; thus the need of means
to get out. Mrs. Rindal will ac-
company him on mis- side trips.
lie is getting practice taking miss
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1917-12-06

Hannah and Master Barney to
high school these mornings.
Last Wednesday evening at
Columbia school, the basket so.
cial and school entertainment
wasa great success. All of the
numbers showed careful training
and the songs and choruses were
fine. Miss Esther Olson, teach.
er of the Bird, 4th and 9Th grades,
is fine musician and has a good
voice. She accompanied the
children on the piano. The
school house was filed to the
walls. All had good time.
Miss Gladwin was announcer and
stage manager; Miss Peterson
was in the dressing room, and
each number went off without q
hitch. The affair Melted S57.35,
which goes toward new reference
books, We extend thanks to our
young men for their liberality in
buying the baskets, and the pub
lie for turning out so heartily.
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Vashon Heights
Continued from first page

Continued from first page
and Miss Mabel Olson of Seattle.
on thanksgiving day. rhe mar.
riage took place AT the home of
Miss Olson's aunt, Mrs. Hauf-
man, on Queen Anne Hill, Seat.
tie.
In conversation with Mr.. Bar
ham of the cannery, we learn
that the business of the cannery
has been two and one half times
mot two and one. half per cent
more than last year, and that
they could have done five times
more if they had the facilities.
We still claim it is our greatest
asset.
Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad Tjoms.
land and Denny and Naomi were
guests of Mrs. Breed Of Vashon.
at Thanksgiving dinner. MIR.
and Mrs. Delbert Banner of Sc.
attic were also guests of Mrs,
Breed,
tits pleasing to note the splen.
did business, as indicated in the
published statement, the vashon
State Bank is doing. 1t is in
dicative of the prosperity of the
Islands. We claim the bank is
our second most valuable asset.
Watch it and the cannery grow.
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Red Cross

The vashon. Center auxiliary
will meet at Odd Fellows hall.
Center, on Tuesday, Dec. 18th,
for an all day session.
The Portage auxiliary and
Mrs. W. w. Seymour of Tacoma,
will be the guests at noon
luncheon. Mrs. Seymour viii
give a talk on some phase of the
work at 100 O'Clock. Everybody
come.
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BURTON :

Sb&VasH8Ff8 kazsb2a sF asRsssFaastassSSN
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Marsh and
sons went to Tacoma, Thursday
to spend Thanksgiving with Mr..
and Mrs. Ray Whitfield. Mr.
Marsh returned Friday morning
and Mrs. Marsh returned Satur-
day.
Ross Sutherland, nephew of
w. G. Whitfield and Mrs. A. j.
Marsh, who visited the relatives
last week, has enlisted in the en-
gineering corps and left Friday
for Fort Lawton. He expects to
be sent east in a short time.
A number of families who had
no guests for Thanksgiving, took
their dinner baskets TO the Bap-
fist church parlors and had a
community Thanksgivingdinner,
after which the Thanksgiving
prayer and praise service was
held.
Martin S. Miller, son of Mrs.
Alice j. Miller, who has been at.
tending school at the University
of Southern California, Los An.
geles, arrived Friday afternoon
for visit with his grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. S. S. Heath and
his mother ard sister, before en-
listing in the army.
j. l.. Bixby and family had as
their guests for Thanksgiving,
Mr.. and Mrs. S. N. Bixby and
grandson Leon, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. c. Whitfield and daughter
Ethel, Mr.. and Mrs. S. Bixby
and little daughter, Miss May
Bixby and brother Lyle of Taco
ma.
Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd Case of
Glendiye, Mont, spent the week
end with w. S. Bentley and fam.
ily. MIR. Case, who is a cousin
of the late Mrs. bentley, had
been here twelve years ago and
was much surprised to see the
changes in and around burton.
They are on their way to Califor-
MIA and stopped off for only a
few days.
WHAT?
The Elopement of Ellen"
WHEN?
December Is, 1917.
WHERE?
High school auditorium, Burton.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1917-12-06
1.-THE HEIERTVILLE SHAKESPEARE
CLUB"
YIN. C. A. Hall, Friday Evening, Dec. I
THE PROGRAM

THE PROGRAM
High School Orchestra. ...............
THAT Old Sweetheart of Mine" ..
Miss Dorothy Goodchild
Musical ac., Miss Ethel Phillips
Vashon Comedians .......,......4...
Ukclelle Girls. Observation-Disclosures.
Mr.. Carver
Ac., Mr.. Carver
Vocal Solo ........... ..,..'...........
Miss Grace Galley
Piano Solo observation-disclosures.
Mr.. Carver
lntermission .-..........-.
''Heicrtvilie Shakespeare Club
CAST
Caroline Gushington, hostess. .......
Mrs. Martin Tiomsland
Maria Knowitall president Of club
Miss Anna Barton
Nan Giddy ...... Observation-Disclosures.
Miss Grace Galley
Rose Budd ........,...........
Miss Eleanor Galley
DAISY I.ightheait Observation-Disclosures.
Miss Ethcl Phillips
Merrie Weathervane ................
Miss Gertrude Rose
Nora O'Bricn. maid ....t...
Miss Kate Harmeling
High School Orchestra ,......-.....-
lee cream and cake
will hf on sale
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Mr.. and Mrs. Bixby, who spent
the week with relatives, left for
their home at Rainier, Saturday
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Butler of
Seattle spent the week end with
their uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. T. H. McNair.
Don't fail to see the 3,act com.
edy, THE Elopement of Ellen, y
at Burton high on Saturday
evening, Dec. 10.
Mrs. Goodrich went to Seattle,
Saturday to spend the week end
with her brother and his wife,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Sackett.
Ray Kingsbury came over from
Bremerton, Thursday evening
for short visit with the family
of his uncle, A. d. Kingsbury.
The Ladies Aid of the NJ. E.
church will hold their annual sale
and bazaar, Saturday afternoon,
Dec. Is. They will serve dinner
in the evening.
w. S. Bentley and family had
as guests on Thanksgiving, Mar
ion Bentley, wife and daughter
of Tacoma, Mand +. and Mrs.
Boyd Case of Glendive, Mont.
Rev. Galley, who exchanged
pulpits with Rev. Il. H. Gebert
last Sunday, had a very small
congregatiod, but his sermon was
much enjoyed by those present.
MIR. and Mrs. S. a. Bixby and
little daughter. who spent
Thanksgiving holidays with his
brother here, returned to their
home in Sedro- Woolley on Satr-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Godfrey
had as guests for their Thanks
giving, Mr.. and Mrs. Rogers of
Nagrom, Miss Rogers of Bunker,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Middling and
son Russell.
The posters are out announcing
Aunt Jerusha S Quiltin Party"
for Saturday evening, Dec. 8, at
Woodlands hall. Everybody
come and have good laugh.
There is some talk of Aunt Jer-
usha giving another 'quiltin
party" soon at vashon. so watch
for the date.