Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-05-22
BURTON

Children In the neigh5orlood en-
joyed birthday party ut Mrs. Bar
gers apartments Thursday given for
Josephine and Marion Barger. SIX and
nine years old, whose birthdays occur
within few days Of each other.
Mrs. Searles Of Centralia has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. J. NJ. Staples,
the past week.
Mrs. James Mcintyre has been quite
III the past twoo weeks, but we are
glad to note is considerably improy-
ed at this writing.
The Ladies' Guild are planning a
cake sale at Mrs. Reeves home Satur-
day, May 3ist.
Mrs. Frank Robertson has been en-
joying visit from friend, Mrs, w. M.
Nuns, Of zillah, Washington, the past
week.
Notice was given Mrs. B. p. Nelson
that some of her Puyallup friends
would arrive Saturday to have dinner
and spend the day with her. Every
one who has been entertained at the
Nelson home know the welcome that
awaits them. so the eleven friends who
came over on the morning boat had
no fears that there might be one too
many in the crowd, or that they
! would nos be welcome, and such a
lovely time they had Mrs. Kenneth
Van House and little Johnnie helped
| the mother entertain.
| Mr.. and Mrs. G. Williams were
called to Ilwaco last week to attend
the funeral oof DR.. Geo. Fill. friend
OF long standing, who in the prime Of
life was suddenly stricken. DR.. Hill
was prominent man and well loved by
| all who knew him, as was attested by
the large gathering and beautiful
floral tributes the day he was laid to
rest.
Mrs. M. A. Butler attended the North
West Baptist State Convention which
met at Olympia May 10 to is. She,
with delegates from different parts of
the state, visited the Capital building
and were graciously received by Gov
ernor Hartley who had them shown
through different parts of the building
that would interest the ladies.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. NJ Coolidge and
son, Richard, Of Gooding, Idaho, and
daughter, Mrs. Watts, of Tacoma, were
Monday afternoon visitors of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. M. Staples. The Coolidge
family are OLD time friends of Staples
having attended the same church and
social gatherings.
4 They left Gooding Friday morning
reaching Tacoma Saturday night, q
distance of nearly seven hundred miles
Mr.. and Mrs. Coolidge are on their
way to California and will return soon.
They are quite taken up with our Is
land and may locate in the near
future.
Mrs. Ruth D. Young returned
Thursday from Dallas, Oregon, where
she visited a grand daughter for near
~ three months.
Mrs. Nelson's home in Burton is
rented to Mr.. and Mrs. Potter and
family Of Tacoma for some time. They
moved over Saturday.
Mrs. Swan Swanson has been over
from the city, the guest of Mrs.
Charlie Swanson for a while.
Mrs. P. M. Armbruster left Tuesday
morning for Hot Lake, Oregon, to take
treatments with view of improving
her health.
| Mr.. Armbruster was in no physical
condition to take her, so the son,
Theodore, came up from Centralia to
make the trip with her.
She will be gone three weeks or a
month. We all hope she will return
much improved.
Mr.. Zealand from Ontario, Canada,
is living in the Stone home in East
Burton. The family, consisting of
himself only, has been added to by the
arrival of Mr.. Howard C. Stone from
White Court, Alberta, who has leased
his property up north. and expects to
spend year in the old home town.
Mr.. Stone is recovering from severe
illness with pneumonia and is glad to
get away from the snow and cold into
the summer weather of Vashon Island
(Which we hope will arrive by the time
this comes out in printD
Mr.. and Mrs. M. F. Shaw are UP
from California at their Shawnee
home for the summer. Mr.. Shaw
suffered a nervous breakdown and it
is hoped the quiet Of their camp home
and the salt air will soon restore
health.