Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-06-03

l}rcylck and children
The Memorial exercises at Che
Bculah Park were very interest
ing. The Rev, Erickson Of FuI
lard was the speaker, and the
duet by Messrs Trelstad and Nan
throp and the quartet by Mcssrs
ISkaar, Tweed, Nanthrop and
Scarve were gems in the line OF
lsinging. The address by Rev
Erickson was scholarly and his
speech gave little evidence OF his
short residence in this country,
A large crowd was in attendance,
Mrs. W. W. Prigg entertained
at Sunday dinner both her big
boys and their families, Lowell
Pfigg Of Seattle and Sidney
Prigg Of Vashon, also Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Bridgman Of Vashon.
Capt. Christianson Of the Vir-
ginia " brought some eighty
excursionists from Seattle on bis
boat Sunday.
DR.. Stocklcy made the prcscn-
tation Of the diplomas to the
graduating class Of the Nashon
high school. 1t was done with
his usual grace and facctious
manner. Well it is pretty hard
to fazc the doctor no matter what
he is up against 1t would stump
some folks to 90 up against so
many fair young ladies as that
class contained.
Miss Fla ma Rindal had house
full of friends for week end
guests who came to see her grad
uate from the Vashon high school
last Saturday evening.
Misses Lydia Engh, Mablc Her
scngen, Mr.. Frank Reynolds all
Of Brcmerton, Vernon Hcdstrom
Of Seattle and Miss Berg Of Bal
lard are also making Mrs. e. O.
Rindal quite a visit.
Bert Saterbo has gone to work
again as one of the forest rang
ers, and is located at Denny
creek at the pass through which
the tourists cross the mountains.
Mr.. and Mrs. Axel Nordquist,
Mrs. Hcdberg and Mr.. Erickson
all Of the city and old time
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Wyck
land were entertained as week
end guests.
DR.. Maybelle NJ. Park and her
brother Frank c. Park celebrated
the Changing Of the crane" in
their friendly fireplace" at
Brook Farm over the week end.
Friends from Seattle, Seaburst,
Cove, Colvos and Portage assist
ed making it aohappy occasion.
Many of those present had made
a brick for the fire place and
merry jests passed as they locat-
ed their handiwork and heard
the history of an old iron tea
kettle that steamed on the crane.
lobe Bison and Anton Hanson
were over to the city exchanging
some of their cash for tax re-
ceipts. They didn't wear very
pleasant faces either, but say
when the women folks get in the
saddle a little farther us old
bachelors will have some reason
to complain. We are thinking
we had better have lots of tatfy
at hand.
Mrs. Frank Sigrist took the
Junior league of the ME. church
on a hike to the country Memoir
ial day. Their arms full of flow
ers and lunch baskets full also,
they -trudged along the dusty
road, reaching the cemetery they
decorated the fallen heroes graves
They returned to the old Cove
school house to eat their lunch,
and trudged home a weary, tired
lot.
The birthday evening at the
hall was a pleasant one, but
owing to so many other attrac-
lions, the number was small. Mrs.
Otto Finders visiting her mother
Mrs. H. O. Thomson favored the
gathering with some fine dramat-
ic selections.
The Memorial sing at our hall
last Monday evening was a very
happy gathering. The hall was
beautifully decorated with green
boughs and flowers. Mesdames
Hotchllins and Fjeldal and Miss
Hello have shown much taste and
originality in their work. The
singing of the patriotic and many
of the old, most forgotten songs