Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-13
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shipped from Yakima, leaving about
1858 cars yet in storage.
King countys quota for the next
summers citizens military training
camps is 155 young men.
wenatchee's eighth annual Apple
Blossom fete was held last week. Or
chards OF the district were in full
bloom.
The new Kennewick city hall has
been remodeled and renovated, and
the city officers will move in this
week.
Mrs. Louise Brown. "a, was killed
in Aberdeen when she leaped out o.
an automobile TO avoid crash thai
never happened
Total shipments from the Yakima
valley during the past season reached
29,69i cars. of which 1868 were ap-
pies and 1926 potatoes.
Ralph Wise, Prosser, was elected
president of Group of the Washing
ton State Bankers association, meet
ing at Yakima last week.
Organization of Thurston County
Taxpayers League was effected at a
meeting IN Olympia last week of about
So taxpayers of the county.
A special election has been called
May 81 by the Montesano city council
to vote on bonding the city for the
proposed $4,000 trunk sewer line
Citizens Of stevenson, county seat
cf skamania county. have organized a
chamber of commerce with R. H. Hen
dry president and r. H. Webster sec
rotary.
Supervisor of Banking Johnson an
nounces that 10 banks which have
been closed in the state win pay divi-
dens this year. Seven will pay no dlvi-
dends
Therman H. Cook, 70. son of Mr.,
and Mrs, r. L. Cook, OF Centralia, was
instantly killed last week when he
fell from his bicycle and suffered n
broken neck.
Cowlitz county commissioners re-
Gently named John Wyman OF Wood
land a diking commissioner for dis
trict No. IL, succeeding Charles o.
Telbert. resigned.
The Columbia river Presbyterial
convened at Woodland last week in
its 18th annual meeting. Field secre-
taries from New York and Kentucky
were in attendance.
The chehalis SCHOOL beard adopted
the plans for the new junior high
school building to be built at Cascade
school site. Bids probably will be
called for opening June 10.
Walter d. Davis of Aberdeen was
elected president of the washington
Association OF Surety Finance Com
pany Managers, which held its annual
meeting last week in Yakima.
o. NJ. Blse. wenatchee. has been
appointed water master for Chelan
county by Hydraulic Supervisor R. X.
Tiffany. and Lloyd F. Fairbrook, Yak
ina, was named for Yakima county.
An infant Weighing IS ounces, born
a few days ago in hospital in Yak
ina, lived for 80 hours in an incubator
and appeared normal II was not only
small but too frail to get a grip ON life.
wordburn school district, near Ca.
mas. voted favorably. Ct to 10, on a.
proposal to bond the distrie, for $1,000
70 build a two-room sohoolhousa to
replace the present one-room building
skagit county grade schools will
hold their flr;h annual track meet at
Che sedro woolley athletic park or
Saturday May IA. under the auspices
L the skagit county grade school ath.
ietic association.
Winlock's May day feto attracted
the largest crowd ever seen in the
city hundreds from the rural districts
attending ais well as from neighboring
cities. More than 80 floats were in
the street parade, headed by the local
band.
A resolution to create a local inn
movement district for the purpose o.
installing a modern lighting system 3D.
the business district Of Vancouver WIS
approved by the city council last
week. and The date Of haaring was set
for June G.
The womans club OF Toledo plans
to erect a amail clubhouse on property
chat it owns. this summer It s. ex-
pectsd that the building will be large
enough 20 accommodate an social
functions Of the community for a num-
Der Of years.
A stock selling campaign ta finance
q s2soo0o hotel for Vancouver was
iaun he'd at an enthusiastic meeting
lt fho community building. attended