The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1922-12-08
a PESHASTIN LETTER.


ladies and gentlemen, we have with
US today, Old Man Winter, who has
been expected for several weeks but
only arrived Dec. |, but will remain
indefinitely. He doesn't worry in the
least whether he has worn his well
come out or not, but doesn't bulge
until he is good and ready; sometimes
we suspect him of an ironical sense
of humor, for he often packs his grip
and has apparently departed only to
reappear in a couple of days to spend
a week or two in final debauch of
wind, snow and zero-ness. most
shocking and disgusting procedure to
our already strained hospitality. But
as the poet says. Our relatives are
thrust upon us'-and that's that!
Another thing can't understand is
why everyone should take it in their
heads to party, club and lunch last
week and leave me to tear my hair
this week in vain search for news.
do know that Mr.. and Mrs Lutile-
beim and son Fritz are visiting in O.
dessa for several weeks And Mr.
and Mrs. Alec Pulse are home again
after visiting all last week in Omak
Meanwhile I'm just terribly excited
over the fact that Peshastin is going
to have its first real Community
Christmas Tree! Amt we got fun!
II - oo;yo. 70 Lo i, +l,o e,,oo1 ,,l;
forum Saturday, December %. The
Commercial Club is promoting the al
fair, but the NJ. r. and Friends
Churches and the school ale all CO.
operating beautifully. 1t is so nee
when everyone works together, now
isn't it? We can really accomplish
things. The committees that have
been appointed to oversee all ar
rangements are: General Program
Committee, Chairman, Rev. Emery;
Mrs. Norton, Jack Rogers, Mrs. Dick
son; Decoration committee, Miss
Chamberlain, Mrs. Springer, Mrs.
Enos and Miss Esther Harmon; Can
dy committee, Mrs. Jack Rogers, Miss
Ruth Harmon, Mrs. Homer Gilbert
and Miss Steake; Free committee,
Dan Nicholson, Henry Sauer, A. G..
Gilbert, Mr.. Richmonds, D. j. Ed
wards and Johnny Bergren. There
will be a nice program including
community singing, solos, drills, rec
tations and speaker.
Mr.. Wingate is back from his Sc
attic trip, but them they always come
back to Neutrality-suspicious. does.
| guess folks were glad to see him,
oh, ] don't know, maybe that wasn't
the. reason, but anyway a bunch Of
his friends surprised him and the
Margeson's Monday evening by ar
irving at the house unheralded and
insisted on staying and playing cards.
What's more they did stay and played
"Pedro," and Rad dandy good time
After while they got hungry (the
men did, they always do) and so they
ate sandwiches, cake and coffee, Ct
guess the women ate a little, but of
course very little). The party was
composed of Mr.. and Mrs. Enos, Mr..
and Mrs. Burkhardt, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Craig, Mr.. and Mrs. Erie
Wingate, and Mr.. and Mrs. Fuller.
I'll say in passing that our op-
crates, Mrs. Harry Moore and Rob
ert Wright are both doing just fine.
Mrs. Osborne is still in a very weak
condition, but hope is held for her re-
covery.
| almost had something to tell you
this week, but I can't, for it didn't so
through, the deal | mean, that O.
Kelly was about to make with Hen
ry Sauer to purchase his ranch, Hen
rvs ] mean. But it may work out
yet, so | won't tell you about it now.
and you won't be able to guess until
, tell you next week, (if it does).
Oh, the funniest thing! Last Sat
urday, Billy Stage took a load of an
apples to Leavenworth to sell, you
know, just drop apples, and the joke
of it is, he sold them! Billy can't
see thing funny about it, but it real
~ is! You ask Billy about it the next
time you see him, but don't dare 70
tell him | told you!
1t Just seems like everybody is GO
ing away and that my turn to "hit
the traiP' will never come. You see
Mrs. Harvey Otis and little daughter
left last Friday for her home in Cali
fornia, and Mrs. Maude Starks left
Sunday for Seattle where she is GO
ing to take pipe organ lessons, and
Bob Cox and his mother left Monday
for Seattle. But that's all right
every dog has his day!
Here's some more before [ forget
it. Miss Lanphere and Mrs. Fryber-
ger spent Sunday in Wenatchee Ard
Monday evening Mr. Gwynn and Mr..
Warman, both Of Wenatchee, took
dinner at the Fryberger home. That's
all I have to write now, except that
the barrel of canned fruit was shi1-
ped to the Deaconess hospital Tue T.
day. From now on this week will be