The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1918-10-12
NEWS IN COLv|LLE

VcWO IN UUlvIlII
Miss Susan Lommel, from Occur
d'Alene, Idaho, arrived this week to
accept position in the First Nation
al bank. Her mother, Mrs. N. Lom-
mel, is going to make her home in
Colville with her daughter.
Tuesday evening Mr.. and Mrs. J. H.
Craft entertained at dinner in honor
of Mr.. and Mrs. English. Mr.. and
Mrs. T. c. Bell and daughter Miss
Alice were also guests. Mr.. anu Mrs.
English were guests at the Craft
home for luncheon before leaving on
the afternoon train for Seattle.
The following boys left this week
to enter the S. A. T. c. in Whitman,
Pullman and Seattle schools: Donald
Hopkins Reed of Deer Park entered
the Students Army Training Corps in
Whitman. Those who went to Pull
man to register were Leo Lewis Per-
ny of Chewelah, Ralph Drismore Gil
bert of Colville, Ross Martin Durland
of Colville, Cameron Sherwood of Col
vile, Herbert Oscar Bergdahl of Mey-
ers Falls, Gustav Albert Weigelt of
Kettle Falls, Wayne R. Nilsson, of Ket-
tie Falls. David Elliott Mcmillan of
Grin, George Albert Seal of Colville,
Fredric Theodore Emery of Colville,
and Raymond Earl Byler of Colville,
entered the S. A. T. C. at theUniver-
sity of Washington in Seattle.
The people who are harvesting the
products of their war gardens are not
at all sorry for the hours they spent
on them. One war gardener, Mrs.
w. C. Vilwock, is quite enthusiastic
over her harvest. From five cent
package of Hubbard squash, one of
pumpkin and one of summer squash,
Mrs. Vilwock harvested 20 big Hub
bard squash, Ia pie pumpkins and %
summer squash. From three fourths
of sack of potatoes which they
planted, 20 sacks of fine large pota-
toes were grown in their war garden.
Mrs. Vilwock said that she had can
ned about $50 quarts of vegetables
from their garden plot Of half an
acre. None of the produce went to
waste. That is the best part of it
all.
Miss Lila Kulzer of Valley, former
teacher in the Colville grade school,
was q guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. Lon
johnson during the stock show last
week. On Friday evening she was q
dinner guest 1t the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Grover Graham.
r. R. Coleman of Inchelium was a
ColvilIe visitor during the stock show.
Colville friends Of Mr.. and Mrs. Hay.
ward o. Bair were glad to welcome the
Bair family Thursday, when they ar
rived from Spokane to spend a few
days here. They were accompanied by
Mrs. L. E. Jesseph who has been visit
ing in Spokane. The Bair and Jesseph
families were guests at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Lon johnson for dinner
Friday evening. Mr.. and Mrs. Bair
returned to Spokane Monday.
Funeral services were held October
8, for John F. Furst, who passed away
October l. at the age Of "a. The fun
eral was held in the McCord undertake
ing parlors and Mrs. w. T. Stenger
and Mrs. D. Knauss sang. Rev. Leon
ard Carver officiated. Interment was
1T Highland. Mr.. Furst was born in
Hanover, Germany, and had been in
the United States since 1881. He had
lived for three years on his farm
about II miles east of Colville.
Minnie Millett. daughter Of Mrs.
Charles Weller, died in Seattle October
4, and was brought to Colville for
burial. The services were held Tues
day, at the McCord undertaking par
lors. Rev. J. S. Bell officiating. Merlin
Starr, Quinn McCord, Ralph Willett
and Wallace Setter were the pallbear-
err. Interment was ut Highland. Sur
wing her are her mother and three
sisters, Hazel, Winifred and Irene.
Mrs. Weller owns q home in Colville
and formerly lived here. 1t is her
present intention to again make her
home in Colville.