Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-04-24

ELLISPORT
Mrs. G. j. Pyle) .
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On Friday morning Homer
Brown of Seattle motored over to
Ellisport with Mr.. and Mrs. Kel.
logg, who are making an extensive
tour of the West from their home
in Syracuse, N. Y. They were
also accompanied by Mrs. Mollie
Wallace of Seattle, and were all
entertained over the week end by
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Cliff, Mr..
and Mrs. Bailey and Mr.. and Mrs.
W. C. Cliff, who did what they
could to offset the unpleasant
weather, by offering the cheer and
hospitality of their homes.
Mrs Kellogg was glad also to
have the opportunity of visiting
the Orthopedic meeting at Mrs.
Stanley's home, while the rest Of
the party were taken on board the
Roosevelt boat of historic
fame.
Mr., Kellogg is a retired business
man whose alert eye seemed to
take in every thing of interest,
was greatly interested in the nat
ural growth of shrubs, flowers and
trees about the homes and through
| the forests wherever he went,
and we regretted that the wealth
er prevented going about the is.
land more,
Their trip from San Diego up
through California, stopping at
all the larger cities, gave them a
good idea of the cities enroute, and
we were anxious to show them
the wonderful beauty of our island
but capricious April behaved her
worst. Not mountain showed
its face, and the flowers and
shrubs, of which we are so proud,
dripped With rain and dropped
in soddcn abjectness. Never-the-
less the visitors seemed to
thoroughly enjoy the visit and the
memory Of it will, we hope, be as
pleasant to them as it is to those
who met them here.
On Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. War
ner of West Seattle tried the new
ferry route, and brought with
them a picnic party, with a load
of good eats, but could find no
dry place to spread their lunch,
until they found w. G. Cliff who
invited them into his kitchen
where they were soon made com
Portable, and it was not long be-
fore the delicious odor of coffee
called everyone to dinner. Mr..
and Mrs. Cliff were invited to
join the party, and afterwards, be-
cause it was still too wet for wood
sy walks, or even the beach, the
Cliffs found they were entertain.
ing angels unawares in the form
of musicians who spent a delight
full hour at the piano and sang the
old fashioned hymn book through
for their pleasure.
Prospect Hill is glad to welcome
Mrs. Evans home again, after a
winter spent in Seattle.
She has been quite i'll in a hos
pital for some time, but already is
benefiting from the tonic air Of
Vashon.
She was accompanied home by
a friend who remained a few
days with her but returned to the
city on Monday.
Sunday several of her friends
from Seattle came over to call on
her.
The new fish trap which is being
built on Prospect Point keeps the
nearby residents guessing as to
whether they are going to like it
or not.
Miss Lois Caughy, librarian, i'll
Franklin High School, Seattle,
spent the week end with Mr.. and
Mrs. Baily.
Mrs. Frank Heath and her sis
ter, Mrs. Messer, were at their cot.
tage a few days last week. Miss
Geneveive Heath came over Satur-
day and returned to Seattle with
them Sunday evening. She men
toned how much they enjoyed the
News-Record, especially the Ellis
port news.
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