Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1933-03-02
Agricultural Com.
Provides Program

Ill oPitc VI iIlCleINeNJ WSatQer hpOu.
a hundred turned out for the Com
:. mercial Club meeting at the high
b chool Tuesday evening.
After the regular business meeting
when minutes Of the last meeting and
committee reports were given. Miss
Jean Stone, who represented the club
at the annual Consolidated South Dis
trict banquet was introduced.
The meeting was then turned over
to Ira Q. Thompson, chairman of the
agricultural committee.
The first number on the program
was a group of songs by the girls
chorus of the. high school, under the
direction Of Miss Mildred Bell. They
were accompanied by Lois Clark. The
girls sing well; they have sweet young
voices which respond to the excellent
training given by Miss Bell.
Horace P. Chapman, candidate for
Port Commissioner, was introduced
and showed interesting and enlighten-
ing pictures of the Pacific Steamship
properties now offered for sale to the
port commission. Mr.. Chapman, who
has been an occasional Island visitor
since 1884, expressed his pleasure in
another visit here and said that he
had planned on spending the last
twenty years Of his life on the Island.
The aufience were then entertained
by group of songs rendered by a
mixed trio consisting of Miss Bell,
Mrs. Bennett and Mr.. Geo. Schmidt,
accompanied by. Mrs. Digby Williams.
Mr.. Thompson then told of the pub
lie dumping grounds donated by Royce
Wise, Just east of Center. Signs have
been posted to direct users to the can
yon which will accommodate all rub
bish and garbage to be dumped for
years to come. Plans are under way
for the construction Of road from
the south as the place can now be
reached only from the north.
A short discussion Of the proposed
Island fair brought only a lukewarm
response, but enough interest has been
evidenced elsewhere to make the COM
mittee feel justified in going ahead
with their plans.
Plans are also being made for a
Vashon-Maury booth at the Western
Washington Fair at Puyallup next
fall. This will be splendid method
of advertising the Island.
An outline of the work of beautify-
ing the Island highways was given by
Royce Wise, which was in substance
the information published in last
weeks News-Record. It was stated
that on last Sunday men of Vashon
Heights turned out and began the
work of identifying their portion of
the highways which will include the
section from the dock of Scales cor
ner. On Sunday native pine trees
were planted from the dock to the
top Of the Heights hill every sixty
feet
Mr.. w. L. Campbell of Snohomish
was then introduced, AS president of
the Angora Rabbit Wool Marketing
Assn, Mr.. Campbell spoke in an en-
thusiastic manner of the future of the
industry. Among other significant
6IdISlucllUo LldQC Woo tiidt pAeAA1o WClS
being made to build mill here in the
Northwest, to provide a local market
for rabbit wool, the production Of
which has created new industry now
past the fad stage.
Mr.. Chas. Bower. of Seattle, spoke
on the subject Of highway beautifica-
ton. He told of a number Of Colo
RADIO highway projects-of how prob
lens had been met and solved. He
expressed himself of the opinion that
If the Island people really set them
selves to the task, and realized that 1t
was not job for today, but involved
much future care and work, our high
ways could indeed be made things Of
beauty and JOY foreyer-provided the
future care was not neglected.
The program closed with another
group Of songs by the girls chorus,
after which the meeting adjourned to
the domestic science rooms where all
were served coffee and cake and en-
joyed neighborly visit. Mrs. F. j..
Shattuck served as chairman Of the
refreshment committee.