Full array set for 43rd Perkins social

This year’s ice cream social will mix in old and new attractions Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m.

at the historic Perkins House in Colfax.

This will be the 43rd edition of the event which is the annual major fundraising event for the Whitman County Historical Society.

Ken Vogel, former long-time Pullman clothier and former society president, has been heading arrangements for the event.

Vogel reported Tuesday one new feature planned will be the addition of canopies in the Perkins yard to shade the audience.

He was making arrangements this week because of the prediction for three-digit temperatures.

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