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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgenwebarchives.org ************************************************************************ THE EATONVILLE DISPATCH A Weekly Paper For Tacoma Eastern People Third Year, No. 8, October 12, 1917 Eatonville, Pierce County, Washington Pg. 1, col. 1 LOCAL AND PERSONAL The Ladies Sewing Circle of Silver Lake will give a dance Saturday, Nov. 3rd at Tanwax hall to raise money for the Red Cross Society. Admission will be $1.00. All invited. Dance-Grand Old Time Ball, Oct. 20, at Fix hall, Kapowsin, given by Mr. Tahoma Homestead, No. 5804. Brotherhood of American Yeoman. Everyone invited, admission $1. Adv. No. 8-1t. Masquerade Dance, Royal Neighbors Oct. 27. Lyon's orchestra. Supper 35 cts. plate. All welcome. Adv. No. 7-3t Luther Wright is employed as meat cutter at the Model Market. A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Severson of Tidewater, Wednesday morning. James Carlson and C. A. Nettleton attended Masonic Lodge at Kapowsin Wednesday evening. Fred Fredericksen, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Frederickson of Clear Lake, is one of the selective draft men. Fred has been on a ranch near Grandview, Wash. for several months. He was one of the Yakima county quota. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our friends for the kindness shown us during the loss of our beloved husband, father, and brother. Also for the many beautiful floral offerings. Mrs. Leslie Tice, Sallie Tice, Carl, Claude and John Tice. The Ladies Aid of Eatonville will serve lunch in the Gym Friday and Saturday, at the Fair. Bring your family to the Fair at Eatonville, Sunday October 14th. CLEAR LAKE NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Frederickson and Mrs. Larry Smith were among the guests at Fredericksen's on Sunday. Mr. Clyde Stidham made a business trip to Eatonville, Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. H. Nachtengale motored to Eatonville, Sunday evening. Mrs. Nachtengale says her daughter, Mrs. Lester McGregor who underwent an operation for appendicitis is recovering splendidly. The preaching services held at the school house Sunday was well attended. Services will be held again at the regular time, 1:30 P. M. on October 21st. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Fredericksen attended the Puyallup Valley Fair, Thursday of last week. Mrs. Mary Jacobson attended Teachers Institute and fair at Puyallup Friday of last week. Miss Minnie Conrad is spending a few days at Mrs. H. Holz this week. Continued to col. 2 Mr. G. V. Golden returned home from Tacoma, Monday. Mr. Joe Lang called at Golden's Sunday. Mr. J. Olden is sawing wood at Fredericksen's this week. Mr. Clyde Stidham and Mrs. Stidham attended the Fair at Puyallup, Sunday. Pg. 1, col. 2 NEWS FROM MINERAL Ed Edmonson purchased a new 1917 model Ford last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Wood entertained Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Adamy and sons, Mrs. G. A. Sallstrom and G. Tarr, Sunday at luncheon. Mrs. A. Mauson of Adna is the guest of her sister Mrs. J. D. Adamy. Mrs. C. Bemis left Wednesday for Tacoma to visit her daughters who are attending school at that place. Mr. W. Armour made a business trip to Tacoma, Wednesday. Mr. Harris of Camp Lewis and Miss Audrey Crain of Elma spent Sunday with the latter's sister, Mrs. Matthews. Mrs. Geo. Pankey was in Tacoma Monday having some dental work done. Dr. and Mrs. Ross spent the weekend in Seattle. Mrs. Mattie Osborn returned to her home in Morton, Monday. Mrs. W. Dean and daughter were in Tacoma Tuesday having dental work done. Ed Little of Tacoma arrived in Mineral Tuesday. Mrs. Crowell of Tacoma was a week end guest of her sister, Mrs. Wheeler. The Home Talent play given by the M. S. C. in Morton, Friday evening was well attended. The club was highly entertained at the home of Mrs. A. B. Haried after the play. Mr. Roy Archer of Tacoma is visiting her mother, Mrs. Naslund. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Sallstrom and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Wood and son and Mrs. J. L. Wood motored to Tacoma, Thursday. The Mineral high school girls will play basket ball with the Morton high school girls at Morton, Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Duncanson have as their guest the former's sister of North Yakima. R. C. Wheeler made a business trip to Tacoma Sunday, returning home Monday. M. S. C. met with Mrs. G. Pankey Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. W. Dean, Miss Hilda Odean, Mr. W. Shields attended the dance at Eatonville, Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Johnson went to Tacoma Sunday. The former will consult a physician. Mr. and Mrs. L. I. Walrath and Mrs. Mattie Osborn returned home from Tacoma Sunday. Mr. Writtenhouse of Iowa was the week end guest of Mr. and Mrs. L. I. Walrath. Mr. and Mrs. E. K. LaChapelle motored to Morton Sunday to visit the latter's parents. Pg. 1, col. 3 NEWS FROM ELBE Mrs. Dan Auvil and children are visiting friends in Tacoma this week. The depot agent and family received a telegram announcing the death of his father in Nebraska last Friday morning and they left for the East the same evening, to be gone a month. Mrs. Dennis is visiting friends in town this week. Mrs. Alice Borden of National spent last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Borden of Pleasant Valley. Roy Montague is spending this week at home but plans on returning to his work Sunday in the Edgewick Shingle Mill. Henry Horn returned to Elbe the first of the week after having been absent several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Levant Hill of Park Junction did shopping in Elbe Saturday evening. A large crowd of Elbeites attended the Puyallup Fair last Friday. Mrs. Fred Romanesko of Pleasant Valley was a caller in Elbe Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Clara Kolb and Miss Marie Lutkins were visitors in Tacoma for several days last week. Mr. Dawson who has purchased the cottage formerly owned by Andy Vitcovich has been remodeling the house and building a new wood shed which adds to its appearance considerable. Baby Lewis Whitney has the whooping cough. Grace McQueen has been very sick for several days. Mrs. Joan Horn and mother, Mrs. Moriarity are visiting in Tacoma this week. Mrs. Frank Kennedy has returned to her home in Elbe after having cooked at McDade Shingle Camp for several weeks. Joyce Kellar has been on the sick list the past week. Mrs. Maze and son Herbert, also Mrs. Whitney and children called on Mrs. Harry Holt Sunday afternoon. The entertainment given by the Rebekah's Saturday evening Sept. 29, was a decided success. A large crowd enjoyed the "chicken supper" and program given by the Alder & Elbe Rebekahs. Visitors were present from Eatonville, Mineral, Pleasant Valley, Alder, National and Ashford. One of the particular attractions was the mock initiation of two brother Odd Fellows into the Rebekah Degree. The Ladies Literary Club was entertained by Mrs. P. C. Lambert, Wednesday P. M. NEWS FROM SILVER LAKE Miss Bessie and Clara Jensen spent Sunday with Fern Fenton. Mr. Arthur Berg of Alaska spent the week end with his father. Mr. Jimmy Mattix of Seattle, spent the week end with his mother Mrs. George Kregor. Mrs. John Jensen killed a large bear Monday. The bear weighed 300 pounds. John and Lawrence Ellis attended the dance at Eatonville Saturday evening. Mrs. Axel Berg spent Sunday with relatives at Swan Lake. Mr. Ellis Hillberg is busy digging his potatoes. Some of his potatoes are so large that he needs the team to pull them out, he says. Mr. and Mrs. Frank McTee have returned to their home from the mountain, bringing a deer and a bear with them. Continued to col. 4 Nearly everybody here attended the Puyallup Valley Fair, Friday. There was no school so all the children could go. Llewellyn Williams of Camp Lewis spent the week end with his sister Mrs. Barney Reeve. Roy Beckwith is hunting in this vicinity this week. Alfred Nelson and Frank Ellis were two happy fellows, Sunday. They bagged the limit of china pheasants. Pg. 1, col. 4 T & E ATTRACTIONS MANY The 3rd annual fair of the Tacoma Eastern Fair Association at Eatonville, started off with enthusiasm this morning or to be more exact, Thursday morning, when the exhibits began coming in. Exhibits take in a wider scope of territory than previous fairs. The Clear Lake and Swan lake Schools have excellent displays. Alder and Kapowsin are well represented. The noticeable thing of this year's fair is the quality and class of exhibits, showing much greater care in selections, especially in the fruits, grains and vegetables. Prof. Lyons says that each year makes exhibitors more capable in their selections and in preparing them for exhibition. Almost every kind of fruit, vegetable and meat is displayed, preserved in jars by the local housewives. John Geisey's vegetable display is worth seeing. You can't miss it. You will see in one exhibit 6 large pumpkins raised from 1 pumpkin seed. The products of the local school manual training department are on display. You should see the boys complete electric power house, with a regular mountain as a mere trifle which the boys build inside the Gym for their power system. Prof. B. Lyon with Otto Haynes have an excellent display of animal's furs and skins, which makes quite a collection. The poultry exhibit is good. The collection of hogs is varied, showing some good stock. There is plenty of fancy work, cooking of all descriptions to please the critical housewives with many products of the kids on display. Last but not least are the side shows and concession which add to the fair and carnival spirit. The Fair is worth the time and price, and early indications point to a large attendance. L. C. TICE KILLED AT NATIONAL Leslie C. Tice was fatally injured at the Pacific National Lumber Co.'s Mill at National, Wednesday Oct. 3rd. He was "Crane" operator, and accidentally fell, crushing his skull and sustaining other serious injuries. He was rushed to the Eatonville hospital, but his injuries were such, that he passed away the following morning. The funeral was held at the Union Chapel, National, Sunday last, Rev. John Brady, officiating. The pall bearers were: Chas. Shafer, George McCray, Henry Goodwin, Russel Workman, Grover Longmire. Burial was in Bethel Cemetery, Mineral. A. W. Merrow of Eatonville was in charge of funeral arrangements. Mr. Tice was 30 years of age, born in Clinton, Indiana, came to Washington 4 years ago, and was held in high esteem by all who knew him. Besides his widow, and small daughter, Lorine, he leaves to mourn his loss, 3 brothers and 1 sister: John Tice of Oregon, Claude and Carl of Ashford, and Mrs. Alice Pickerell of Terre Haute, Indiana. Vaccination for protection against small-pox was discovered in 1796 by Edward Jenner-a young apprentice to a county doctor. Cowpox was prevalent among the cattle in the district in which he lived. A country girl whom he met declared that she was no longer subject to small-pox because she had contracted cowpox in her work about the dairy. Jenner was interested; he experimented and performed his first vaccination, which was successful. Pg. 1, col. 5 BENSTON NEWS The Benston Improvement Club held its monthly entertainment Saturday night. A large crowd was present and an enjoyable time was spent by all. Nearly every family in Benston attended the Fair at Puyallup. Mrs. A. Barbezat made a trip to Tacoma, Saturday. Francis Anderson is home from Camp Lewis for an indefinite stay. Mr. and Mrs. Rolman have rented the H. P. Sorenson place. Fred Lipke and Grandma Lipke and Mrs. Hugo Schmidt called at the Peterson home at Ohop Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Kimble and children spent the week end in Seattle. Miss Ruth Morekel spent Saturday and Sunday with her parents in Tacoma. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lipke entertained at dinner Sunday their nephew, Chester Renchler of Regents Park. Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood have as their guest Mr. Sherwood's father. Miss Annie Airth, formerly the principle of Benston school attended the Club Saturday night, as the guest of Mrs. Wilber James. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Schuh of Kapowsin attended the Club, Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Dickenson called at the home of Olof Malcom, Monday. The H. O. A. Club met with Mrs. R. W. Coombs Oct. 6th, with an unusually large attendance. The visitors were: Mrs. Byron Royce, Mrs. Claude Wiseman, Mrs. Harry Seely and Mrs. Robert Wilson of Tacoma. Mrs. Robert Wilson formerly an Alaskan missionary for 15 years, kindly offered prayer for the little ones. Next meeting will be with Mrs. P. S. Peterson Oct. 20th. Pg. 2, col. 3 The town of Eatonville needs a new national flag. The old flag is in tatters due to long exposure. It will be possible to get the new flag but some care should be taken of it after it is put up, otherwise the new flag would soon become like the old one, a faded rag. Pg. 3, col. 4 Chas. Marshall of Mineral was in Eatonville, Wednesday. He met with the Eatonville Commercial Club which took up the matter of the government purchasing horses in Portland and not having any place in Washington where horses can be inspected. Steps will be taken to make a change in this practice.