E-mail from Cheryl

Facts from the past gleaned from the Moses Lake Herald, Columbia Basin Herald and The Neppel Record by Cheryl (Driggs) Elkins:

From the Moses Lake Herald on Aug. 14, 1941:

County defense league named

Chairman Richard B. Ott of the 12th district organization of the Washington State Defense Council has named county committee chairmen for Grant, Adams, Douglas and Lincoln counties.

Members of the district board are: John White, Ephrata, Grant County; R.E. Edwards, Ritzville, Adams County; W.P. Grey, Wilbur, Lincoln County.

Grant and Adams county briefs

Wilson Creek

Over 140 pounds of aluminum contributed by this place for the National Defense Aluminum Drive.

Ephrata

On Aug. 10 the Ephrata Bowling Alley opened for business in the basement of the Ephrata Furniture Store.

Othello

The state liquor store in the Tipton Grocery has been taken out of town as the store was taken over by Opp’s Grocery.

Lind

The Lind Business Women have been sponsoring dances for the past three weeks with very marked success.

Ritzville

A new business building was recently completed, the David Hoefel’s building. It is modern, has two office spaces and has a small basement. The Clyde M. Lindberg Company of Spokane has the contract.

Grand Coulee

Work was speeded up this week during the cool weather of the pouring of concrete for the arches of the spillway bridge. This work will be completed by Aug. 20.

Residents of the dam area are looking forward with much interest to the visit of Secretary of the Interior Ickes, scheduled for Aug. 19. They expect to hear from the secretary some definite information as to the building of the east powerhouse and the promotion of the irrigation program, and also his view of the mining development in the area.

The Grand Coulee area leads the country in contributions for the aluminum drive. Nearly 1,000 pounds were shipped from there.

Mae-Hiawatha news

-Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Goodwin and son Donald were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Briacks and Fred Pavestedt of Thorpe. Mrs. Weston Wyman accompanied them as far as Ellensburg where she visited her sister, Mrs. Belth.

-Elbert Miller is making a tour of Yellowstone Park and will also visit his friends at Great Falls, Montana and relatives at Ontario, Oregon.

-Mrs. George Adriance of Wheeler has been employed as teacher of the Hiawatha School and will live in the house on the Brown Ranch.

-Mrs. Matt DeShaw and Bertha Eccles were guests of Mrs. Geo. Foster Sunday.