The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-19
Buckley WPA
Work ENDING
Cusiodiol School
Project Completed

IoJeSt SOiiiPieteO
BUCkIEY-An that remains TO
complete the Colony house and the
covered walks under construction
at the Western State custodial
school located here. 10 a coat OF
paint. according 10 Hugh Knee
land. foreman. There are about
125 men now working on this prot
ect and WPA officials are map
ping out road project In conjunc-
tion with the county 10 take up
part Of the WPA laboring now at
the school. The men will be trans
ferred back to the school when dry
weather permits the opening of a
landscaping project.
A 2Oo-foot section of wall Is to
be built in front of the Colony
house on the Collins road and
forms have been placed for the
concrete footings. A crew 10
s0et'ak AZ TIC kIhut dIO1lQ the
new gymnasium while another
group is clearing land in the rear
Of the dairy unit.
The survey crew has been work
ing on the pipe line from South
Prairie creek for the past two
months and have about completed
their job. Handspring Of reser-
voir hill 10 underway and will soon
present = psrk-like appearances.
To Present Play
In presenting What n Life" q
roiltcking. mad-cap play Of the
problems and joys N q typical
high school. Buckley hsh school
10 producing . Broadway hit" for
its ail-school play On Friday eve
ming at 8 o'clock. Joe Martin a.
Henry Aldrich and Dorothy Hiber
n Barbara Pearson have the lead
ing roles In the production which
10 being directed by Phil Haeger,
high school instructor.
Joint Installation
Carbon Glacier Post. No. 1414,
Veterans Of Foreign Wars and the
auxiliary held q joint installation
Wednesday night at ths Eagles
hall with William Jones. third
district commander. and Ethel
Cecil. Ladies Auxiliary department
president, ~ installing officers.
Among the seventy-fivs members
and visitors present to witness the
ceremony were Gus Partridge, new
of the U. s. Navy Post
n Tacoma, and Guy Melton,
county commissioner.
Buckley aerie of Eagles met
Tuesday for their regular weekly
ession to initiate n class of can
|idates. The meeting was followed
" a clam feed.
Woman's Musical and Literary
Tub met the first of this week for
brief business meeting and q
'rogram of musical numbers sup
lied by Mrs. r. II. Northcutt and
drs. James Coughlin Of Enum-
law, and comparative book re-
lew by Mrs. A. L. Watts who
ketched briefly the plots of the
wo widely different novels, The
liant Joshua" by Maurice whipple
nd Not for the Meek" by Eliza
eth Dcwing kaup.
Officers Honored
Mrs. Nettie Murray. president of
he Ladies' Aid of the Community
hurch for the past ten years. and
frs. J. A. Macdonald, treasurer
Or the past twelve years and still
citing, were honored Wednesday
I a meeting of the aid when they
'ere each presented with a corsage
nd q gift by Mrs. Eugene Merri-
IAN and Mrs. c. H. Stewart. on
ehah of the aid. Following the
ransaction Of routine business
nembers and guests of the aid
ere served n lunch by hostesses
irs. w. Z. Daniel and Mrs. r. B.
anderson.
Tuesday Bridge club was enter
aimed this week by Mrs. r. A.
ross. A dessert luncheon pre-
edsd three tables of cards at
'hich high scores were held by
Ira. Willard Macdonald and Mrs.
Ohm Loughran. Mrs. T. T. Riggs
for the only absent
,ember
Mrs. ALVIN Weston was hostess
tuesday evening to the W. W. w.
ub. Pinochle and a late lunch
ere the order Of the evening.
As. Hayden Morgan. recent
-ds. viii be complimentsd with
shower given Friday evening by
.rs. Frank Morgan and Mrs.
slph Cournty. Som. fiftesn
lends were invited to participate
an informal evening and late
nch.
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