White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-16

NIL anu MtSs ~. ID cuSIISl Tc'
turned Wednesday on the stage
from Portland, where they had
been called last Sunday by the
death of a brother of Mr.. English.
Mrs. George S. Harrington and
son, George, Jr., returned FRI
day night from Bremerton, where
they have been the guests Of
relatives for the last two months.
| l.. E. Pht lps, who has had charge
of the O'Larey orchsr for the
past three years, left Wednesday
morning for the Coast, where he
intends to make his home, at least
for the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Wing
were passengers in on Friday
evenings train and were treated
to an old fashioned charivari by
their friends ON Saturday even
ing.
rue to tie inclement weather.
the st. Valentine dance and oyster
supper that was to have been given
in Liberty hall Wednesday night
has been postponed until Washing
tons Birthday. Thursday, February
22nd. COMMITTEE.
The oyster supper that was to
have been served by the Grange at
the postponed ST. Valentines dance
/ will b. g ven in Liberty hall Satur-
day evening, February 18th, and
all the Z resh oysters not used will
be sold to the public.
l.. w. Beldin and Mrs. Bert
Shanahan were first prize Win
ners at the Five Hundred Club
last Friday night, receiving res
pectiyely beautiful deck Of
cards and a silver gravy ladle.
Mrs. O. b. Gwin and +. /. Bad
ger won the consolation prizes.
S. F. Branch has received word
from officials of the Milwaukee
railroad that the com pany intends
to paint the depot and other rail-
road property at White Bluffs this
spring. The'company has also had
the ground plowe1 in its two parks
near the depot and officials say it
is their intention to set them out
to trees and lawn grass and to 9TH
erwise improve them this spring so
thet they will be credit to both
the railroad and the town.
The cold weather for the past
week has prevented the carpenters
from finishing the tower for the
town water tank. The tank has
been placed on the tower and is
row being boxed in. When this is
d ne and the tower is painted, it
wi make very attractive affair.
And while the service from the sys-
tenn has been fine since the, new
we'll was dug, it will be still better
when the new tank becomes part
# the system.
MRS. MAIIALAH BROOKS
The following obituary reprinted
from the Harrington (Was1.) Cit.
izen, records the final chapter in
the interest ng and rather remark.
able life Of Mrs. Mahalah Brccks,
mother OF L. T. Brooks of the In
Betwe n neighborhood, who re.
Gently pfssed away at Harring ton
Mrs. Mahalah Brooks age 80, died
In Harrington Thursday evening of
last week and was buried in the Har.
rington cemetery Saturday afternoon,
the service being held at the Presby-
torian church, Rev. Guy Denney, pas
tor of the Free Methodist mission,
officiating.
Deceased was born In Green county,
Tennessee, Dec. IA, 1889 and all Of her
life had been spent on the frontiers of
civilization in America. In 1856 the
family moved into the state of Mis-.
souri,. In 1862 she married John
Starns but he lost his life by falling
tree few months after the wedding.
One child, a son, was born to them ;
w. +. Starns of Exeter, California
During the Civil War both of Mrs
Brooks parents died and she had one
brother-in-law killed in the Confeder-
ate army. Her sympathies were with
the side of the South as long as she
lived. For several years she was a
widow but went west to California
with her son in an immigrant train
and settled near Stockton. In 1870
she married Micager Brooks, widow,
er with 10 children and they lived in
Tulare county in the old Yokohol val
ley. Here six children were born and
raised. In 1895 Mr.. and Mrs Broc
and family came to Washington and
settled in the Egypt country north
OF Davenport where they lived three
years and then came to Harrington.
Mr.. Brooks died in April 1907 and
was buried in the Harrington Genet.
cry. Since that time Mrs Brooks had
made her nome with her daugher Mrs.
John Tierney in Harrington.
Mrs. Brooks had an active mind and
kept well informed on all the main
events of the world She showed an
active interest in all her children and
step children and kept in close touch
with them by correspondence. She
Joined the Methodist church at IL
ye1rs Of age and remained a Methodist
until her death. She was constant
reader CT the Bible and her mind was
stored with choice passages of script