Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-13
Vashon Island

ired years ago. In spiritual acti
vity, this paper pointed out last
week what some of the churches
were doing. All know what the
Community Home people have ac,
eomplished, and are already ain.
sicipating many pleasant evening
at the home during the coming fall
and winter months. The island
schools are hard to beat. With
two active high schools and doz.
en- grammar schools, with school
busses running all over the island
with healthy children and good
teachers the island holds a unique
position in the educational realm
of the state. We are all proud oi
our schools.
Material prosperity is every
where evident. In most eases The
old Ford has been supplanted BY
the big enclosed Willys-Knight,
Buick De Lue, Hudson Super, and
Packard noislcss. There are more
good modern enclosed cars owned
on the island than in most amy 9th
er similar rural community, per
population Of the area covered.
S25,000. will be spent before the
birds leave for the south on tIc
new shore-line Burton-Magnolin
beach highway. Many thousands
Of dollars are in the budget rol
new docks, piers, and piling, for
VaShon island i'll 1927. Commits
ioner Paul expects to complete the
Dockton highway next year, The
island bids fair to have man a..
Olympia next January to plug for.
a change in the state highway de
partment's rule. permitting tbc
use of state highway funds for.
road construction ON islands
Plans are now being perfected for
the undermining of the old BurtouI
College buildings, and converting
this wonderful ten acre tract iutoI
a live humming sanitarium and
hospital. The south end ferry will
go on a regular two h0nr trip
,chedule the first of the year. Tlc|
Burton dock will be enlarged ncx
spring and the dock at Vashon|
heights will either be enlarged. aj
a covered parking tract opened at.
the end of the dock for auto pail;
ing from the ferry.
But the best thing and the most
hopeful thing is not thing that
can either be seen, weighed, OrI
handled. We refer to the hopeful
and harmonious feeling that ex
lists on all parts of the island for
the island as whole. The old
Jealousy between Mamy and
Vashon island has been buried.
The north and south line, called
Dixie" has been forgotten aud
about the only time you hear the
word "dixie" these days is when
a kid asks Bob Middling for on
in his ice cream parlor. Burton
newly built water system is nearly
finished and the system in Va,ho
is so successful that all strife ha
ceased, and everyone is saying
good word for everyone chr
Carpenters are all as busy a
beavers and you can't find an
idle anywhere. Th berry mcn
did well Andy IIalyOrsen told It
this week that he cleared S2,00j
on berries this season ayd Andy j.
one Of the small fish so far rs her
ries are concerned. lie is a good
booster for this island. Money j.
plentiful. The local bank il trans
acting the biggest volume Of husi
ness right now in its whole his
tory. The lumber mills are eat
ting huge quantities OF lumber to
gladden. tn people of Japan aud
other foreign people. The green
house folks are elo,ng a rich har
vest of vegetables, aud getting
ready for tn big holiday trade in
plants and flowers. The poultry
men are happy. Eggs have held
up well all summer and the hens
are making money for thir owners
by just laying around The local
laundry is Increasing It's husir
each week and is now employing
at times nearly dozen workers
T.. G.. Thompson has opened 2
branch or two for his meat husi.
ness OF the mainland. Bacehu.
and Mesees are selling retail lum
Der bSther aud yon. Therkclsor
hips his coal in by the barge. an
garagemen are busy. Collection
are good. The News-R Record !.
closing by far tn best year n
its history. Maybe if this keep