Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-08-24

week for visit.
j. b. Hillje and Mr.. Bean of
Stekehin, this state, spent day
last week at the Sigrist place,
Hillside Springs,
Jennie johnson and Mabel Hol-
land went TO Seattle Tuesday to
make arrangements to enter high
school in that city,
Jake Simmons and Mr.. Fox are
proud grandfathers these days as
son was born recently to Mr..
and Mrs. Ollie Seland.
William Temple spent last week
as the guest of his school friend,
Wilfred Reeves. He is a recent
graduate of Broadway high.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reeves were pleas
antly surprised Saturday when
friends from Spokane came for a
few days. They were Mrs. John
son and two children and Mrs.
Wright.
The West Siders wish to thank
Capt. Christensen for his kindness
and generosity in giving his an
nual excursion to Point Defiance.
About 200 people from Cove, Col
vos and Lisabeula went on the
trip.
Miss Grace Frisell, neice of
Mrs. Reeves, who has made her
home with the Reeves family for
the past eight years, is spending
the summer at Cove, going back
aud forth to Seattle every day to
her work.
Norman Whitfield of Portland.
nephew Of Mr.. and Mrs: Marsh
spent last week her. Ills sister
Evelyn, has been visiting al the
Marsh home all summer and will
return to Portland in time to emit
er school.
Mrs. Holland was very much
surprised to meet her brother-in.
law, Nels Holland, on the Virgin,
la V. the other day. He has just
returned from the old country anC
had not visited the island fol
some time.
Carl Siegrist and Alfred Eoer
have ceased their globe trottins
and drove home from California
They report the weather very hot
in southern California and say
they wouldn't trade Colvos 70
any place down there.
Cephus Ramquist, who is EN-
ployed by the Western Electri
Co. at New York, writes his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. 0. E. Ramquist
that he likes that city, the peopl
and his work, but there is a certain
spot on Vashon island and Puge
Sound where he would rather be
Howard Shipley is taking
weeks vacation. He went to Ia
coma Tuesday morninp and vii
visit friends and relatives at Sc
attic. Lyman Graves and Clar
ence Snyder of Richmond High
lands are in charge of the farm
during his absence.
Community gatherings hav
been rather rare lately, but tn
West Siders will be given an op
portunity to get to gether in a
old fashioned, all day baske
picnic way. The incentive is to b
seen in the many posters am
hand bills with which the Bo
Scouts have plastered the SUI
rounding country. The Gov
Scouts extend a cordial inyitatio
to all families in the communit
10 attend the Boy Scout day mex
Tuesday, August %, in fact t
assemble at about 10 o o'clock in th
!, morning, bring basket luncl
i curiosity and spend the day
\ Beuhlah Park. A splendid pr
H gram has been planned by I'll
boys, speakers from Tacoma, S
H attic and the island have been il
i vited and athletic sports planne
II The leaders of the Cove Scouts al
h Capt. McClinton, scout master
h Lloyd Marsh, senior patrol Leaf
H er and Albert Hotchkins, patrO
Il leader. 1t is no more than rigI
II that the boys should be supportc
II lin their fine work by the commm
II Iity turning out en- masse and il
| cidentally taking Advantage Of th
II opportunity for a community fan
|IIily reunion. If you have no chi
Il dren, come with the big brothe
! spirit; if you have children VIII
| are Scouts, come and see whG
H your boys are doing come wit