White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-01-04
Around And About White Bluffs

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on Barrett's Island for short time.
Pat Clarke was New Years Eve
guest at the home OF Mrs 3. F. Foster.
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Arno Krug and Francis shanahan
were Yakima visitors New Years day.
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Mr.. and Mrs. r. D. Barge. Floyd and
Evelyn were dinner guests New Years
day Of Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Barge,
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Jesse Brown spent his New Year
holiday In Yakima, going over satur-
day and returning to White Bluffs
Monday evening.
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Mrs. Torvald Danielson returned to
her home In Seattle by Tuesdays train.
She had been visiting with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. M. Wheeler, and Mrs.
| George Shaw.
Miss Bertha Wills left this, Thurs
| day, morning for Martinez California,
| where she will resume her teaching po-
sition Her brother, Gerry Wills, took
her as far as Ellensburg.
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Dinner guests of Mrs. Miles Choate
Friday we're Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Keller.
On New Years day Mrs. Choate enter
tanned Mr. and Mrs. Ora Luddington
and Mrs. Mary Bond at dinner.
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Mrs. l.. N. Kern, mother of Virgil
| Kern, visited with him and his family
! from Saturday until today, Thursday,
when she returned to her home in
| Tacoma.
A large crowd attended the party
held at the Grange hall last Saturday
| night Dancing was enjoyed to the
music of Kalkwarfs' orchestra and re-
freshments were served.
George McCotter returned to his
home in White Bluffs Sunday after
three weeks spent in the Pasco hos
| pital. Mrs. McCotter, Harry McCotter
| and c. l. Wright made the trip to get
| him.
| The Mount Gable chapter of the
Order of Eastern Star will hold their
annual installation of officers Monday
! evening, January g. All Masons, Stars
and their husbands and wives are in
vited to attend.
An eight pound daughter was born
4 in Seattle late Sunday afternoon to
1 Mr.. and Mrs. G. M. Nelson. She has
been named Byrne Selby. Mr. Nelson,
who returned to White Bluffs Monday
| evening, says that both Mrs. Nelson
and the little girl .are doing splendidly.
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Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Scovel and
family, who have resided here for the
past three years, left Friday morning
for Seattle, where they will make their
future home. The Reierson tract, where
the Scovels lived, will be cared for
by Byron Grewell, who moved his
family there Friday.
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Ruby and Marguerite Penn returned
| on Saturdays train from six weeks
visit with relatives in Chippewa Falls,
Wisconsin. They were greatly surprised
at White Bluffs spring like weather,
as the morning they left st. Paul the
\ thermometer stood at 26 degrees below
zero.
i All of the White Bluffs teachers were
on hand to start their classes after the
Christmas holidays Tuesday morning.
Miss Nellie Williams and Norman Jan
| ney arrived at the Belden home Sun
| day, and the other teachers, who live
on the coast, came in Monday. They
had no difficulty getting through the
flooded areas but were stuck in the
mud between Yakima and White Bluffs.
They were extricated without too much
difficulty, however.
Bob Clark returned to Yakima Tues
day with the Charles Rousseau family.
He had come over Saturday with Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Gilhuly, whose guest he
| was. He reports that the damage done
his fathers property near Yakima is
slight. All of their household furnish
ings and cattle were removed to safe
/ territory before the floods became too
threatening, and aside from some water
in the house and the fact that their
car was overturned in the garage, they
Jared much better than many of their
'neighbors.
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7 A special meeting of John Lindblad
Post No. II of the American Legion will
be held Tuesday evening, January 9, at
eight o'clock, in honor of Charter
Members Night. All veterans should be
sure to attend this meeting.
7 j. E. EQUITY, Adjutant.
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CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our kind friends
and neighbors who assisted us in the
recent bereavement of our wife and
mother and also for the floral Offer
ingS
X Walter Jones
Everett Jones
Eden Jones