White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-05-14

A full account of the graduation ex-
ercises at The high school Thursday
evening will be published next week.
The next regular meeting OF the La
dies Aid will be at the home Of Mrs.
M. E. Houk Thursday. May goth.
Mrs. J. A. Johnson, Sec'y
P. ]. Fitzgibbons arrived in White
Bluffs from Seattle Monday evening
for few days visit at his ranch north
of town. Mrs. Fitzgibbons and child
rem are still in Seattle but are expect
ed over later to spend the summer
On the ranch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jessie Shoots drove
Thursday evening from Yakima to
attend the graduating exercises of the
class of '26. Mrs. Smoots marie
Houk) was member of this class
until her marriage in February.
They returned to Yakima early Fri
day morning, accompanied by Elmer
Houk who will visit them there tor
a week or ten days.
The Mothers Day tea and apron
sale given by the Ladies Aid last
Friday evening at Liberty hall was
well patronized. The lunch served
netted the ladies $2s, and $32 worth
of aprons were sold. Those in atten-
dance enjoyed the good program that
was provided and enjoyed the lin
ormal hours of conversation and
visiting that followed it.
Attorney I. c. Lloyd and Charles
M. Sanford were visitors in Ephrata
the latter part of last week, driving
up Saturday afternoon. They were
joined at the Figure Two ranch, near
Priest Rapids, by E. A. Plurnmer of
Tacoma, vice-president of the WASH
ington Irrigation and Development
company, who accompanied them to
the Grant county seat.
Mrs. J. B. Lee entertained last Sat-
urday afternoon in honor of the birth
day of her daughter, Edna. A pleas
ant afternoon was enjoyed with games
and afterwards a nice luncheon of
cake and lemonade was served. Those
present were Hazel and Flora Mont
gomery, Ruth Edwards, Celia Stan
lake, Lenore McMurry, Frances Blair,
Violet Swanson, Jane Remlinger, Vir-
ginia Kincaid, Elaine and Garnet
Coleman and Miss Hazel Smith.
In renewing his subscription to the
Spokesman this week, M. M. Sullivan
sends the following message from
Pacific Beach to his White Bluffs
friends: when it gets too sultry al
White Bluffs, just press the button
on the Ford and hit it for Pacific
Beach via Renton, Tacoma, Olympia,
Aberdeen and Hoquiam and assure
you you will always find it cool and
enchanting. 1t is about 280 miles by
way Of Ellensburg. June, July and
August is our beach season.
Liberty hail was nicely' decorated
on Tuesday evening, to provide
setting for the farewell program
given in honor of those White Bluffs
teachers who have decided not to re-
turn next year but to teach elsewhere,
MIR. and Mrs. 7. A. Burkman Of the
high school,. Miss Hazel Smith, Miss
Alice Friedrich and Miss Cora Crit
fin. The hall WAS comfortably filled
by eight o'clock and the program be-
gan promptly and was carried through
without hitch. All, of the numbers
were provided by pupils of the White
Bluffs grade and high schools except
humorous reading by Mrs. R.. ].
Roberts and vaudeville act by three
youngsters who stepped out from the
pages of the past-say 1900 and
were evidently from one of the little
red school houses of that period, so
referred to and admired
by Governor Hartley. This act was
unusually good and made big hit
with the crowd, who insisted upon an
encore and would have liked dozen.
At the conclusion of the program,
DR.. w. c. Hills, in a neat little talk,
the appreciation of the
community and extended it's good
wishes to the guests of honor, to
whom he presented gifts in token of
this feeling Mr.. and Mrs. Burkman
received a beautiful electric waffle
iron and the others handsome pic
ture each