The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-01-13
T.. 0. Anderson made a business
trip to Spokane Monday.

&. O. Anderson made a business
trip to Spokane Monday.
Attorney e. H. Marshall returned
from business trip to Proseer Tues.
day evening.
Mrs. j. F. Bonn has beeU quite Ill
at her rooms in Hotel Koontz for the
past few days but is now improving.
S. R. Harpers fine residence In
Stantons Addition, is nearing com
pletion under his personal super.
vision.
J. E. Michael of Sand Point. Idaho
arrived Sunday for visit with rela.
tives, Mr.. and Mrs. S. r. Harper. He
may locate here permanently,
Mrs. Ben Duffy very pleasantly enter.
tanned about a. dozen relatives and
friends last Friday afternoon in hon.
or OF her mother, Mrs. Lars Erickson.
Little Frank Lockerby has been
suffering from an attack of typhoid
fever for the past fey days. During
his parents absence he was cared for
at Hotel Koontz bnt is now at their
home on Second street.
d. b. Beckett, an attorney, whose
office is In the Lumbermans Building
Portland, ia trying to find a party by
the name OF Mrs. Richard s. Rice.
formerly OF Mill City, Ore. Anyone
knowing OF her whereabouts will
kindly communicate with the above.
H. c. j. Tweedt and Z. C. Edwards
plan to leave the first of the week
for Seattle. where they will take
tickets for a trip to the Hawaiian
Islands. The exceptional opportunity
at the present time for investment,
they declare is the principal object OF
their visit to the south seas.
Tuesday nights wind played
havoc with the awnings In town.
The shade over the front OF the Ken
newick Packing Co.'S store was torn
loose early In the evening, and III
falling broke chunk from the plate
glass front. The tailor shop on
Washington street suffered from a
similar accident, but the panes In the
front were smaller, 90 the damage
was not so great.
The evening service next Sunday
at the Congregational church will be
under the auspices OF the Womans'
Missionary Society and Miss Alice E.
Corner who was for some years a
teacher In china will speak about
Life in China. A first hand account
OF life In the Far East will be given.
Mrs. F. D. Pike was hostess at the
afternoon reception given to men,
bers OF Alton Circle No. 283 OF the
Women nf Woodcraft at her home
Wednesday. The afternoon was
given over to an informal program
aud cheerful small talk. Mrs. Pike
gave the ladies a feed worth remem.
bering, according to accounts, and
her fame as cook will probably do q
"a great deal toward charging the
Circle membership.
The M. E. Parsonage was the
scene OF surprise Monday evening
OF this week when about seventy
members and friends OF the church
gathered to pound the Pastor. They
brought with them flour, potatoes,
sugar, honey, apples. etc., also an
unusually fine time. The evening
was spent In playing games followed
by an imprompt program which
was followed In turn by refreshm ents
and the party dispersed leaving q
happy family behind to laugh at the
grOcerymen for some time to come.
The Annual meeting of the Con-
gregational church was held at the
church on Thursday evening. Supper
was served at six O'Clock to the
members of the church and the mem.
bers of the congregation. AT the
close of the supper the meeting was
called to order and the roll OF the
members OF the church was called,
followed by the reports from the Diff
ierent departments OF the church,
and a general discussion OF the church
work for the coming year was in
dul2ed In.
Owing to general misunderstan.
ding the annual meeting OF the Ii.
brary Association scheduled for
Wednesday afternoon was poorly at
tended. AS the chief business of the
day was to have been the election of
officers the small number present de-
cided to postpone all business until
Friday. January Goth when an adj
journed meeting will be held in the
Library at 700 in the evening. The
ladies decided to have the meeting in
the evening In order that the men of
the city might find time to attend
and helm with the election of officers
and planning the library campaign