The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-02-10
LITTLE STORIES OF THE WEEK
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Mrs. f. l.. Hoppel visited with heI
sister, Mrs. j. kalkwarf and other
relatives and friends in Ritzville las I
week.
Peter J. Eschbaugh of Eschbaugh
4 Bruce was down from North Yak.
ina Friday to superintend some OF
the business for the company.
f. F. johnson. who has been book
keeper for the ST. Paul & Tacoma
Lumber Co, has resigned his position
and left last week for Portland.
The debate which was to have
taken place in the Congregational
Club last Sunday morning has been
postponed for a couple of weeks.
o. A. Drake. on attorney OF Blue
Earth, Minnesota, Rev. Fraser's home
town. arrived in kennewick Monday
night for short visit with Frasers'.
Mrs. Bert morris OF the Garden
Tracts, was hostess at an informal
afternoon at which her mother. Mrs.
Gilcrest. of Spokane was the guest of
honor.
The regular meeting Of the Kenne-
wick Cemetery Association will be
held On Tuesday next at the home of
Mrs. J. b. Rose at 2:3O All members
are urged to be present
Jim Hawkins is starting a men.
agelie. His first prize is an eagle
that was caught in the Horse Heaven
hills this week in a coyote trap. It's
a big bird but II trifle threadbare.
Dave Jewell Ia having a bad run.
The first OF the week he had several
fingers crushed between boulders on
the Tug Agnes, and Wednesday he
tumbled overheard The water at
that particular point seemed bit
chilly.
10y Stacer left Tuesday for Oregon
where he will resume his work as
locating engineer for the Hill Lines
In that state. He has been enjoying
a twO-mOnths lay Off, most OF this
time was spent at the home of his
parents. Judge and Mrs. Staser,
Miss Anna Beste, sister of F. F.
Beste, with a friend, Miss Catherall,
OF Wallace. Idaho, spent the week
with the Beste family here. Miss
''atherall is the superintendent of the
hospital at Wallace. They both left
the latter part of the week for Spo.
kane.
Another club. dating its exist ence
from Monday evening is now added
to the rapidly growing list of organi-
of which the city OF Kenne-
wick is justly proud. Over thirty of
the young ladies found that they
were OF the unanimous opinion that
their more elderly sisters of the sex
had no monopoly on clubs and that
there was no justifiable reason why
the girls OF Kennewick should not
baud themselves together for their
mutual benefit and take their place
as an organization in the social life
OF the city. At the request of the
girls, Mrs. A. B Ely undertook to or
gaEize the Club and look after it's
welfare whenever she was in the
city, and meeting was held Monday
evening In the parlOrs of the Hotel
KoOntz for the purpose of elecuing
officers and organizing. The primary
object of the club are needlewOrk, i'm
prOvement literary work, and enter
tainment and the first letters of these
are combined to form it's name,
''Nile." After a short address by MRS.
Ely. the following officers were elect.
ed: Miss Cora Sercombe, President;
Miss Nina Hoadley, Vice President;
Miss Ella Fleenor. Secretary. and
Mrs. A. II. Wheaton, Treasurer. Miss
Ellen Richardson and Miss Mabel
Howe will serve as protems. Green
and white were selected as the colOrs
and the rose for the flower of the
club. It's motto is 1.-THE future Ia big
with possibilities but now ia the time
to act.' 1t was decided to take up
the study OF Gilbert Parker's master
piece, 1.-The Right Of Way" at the
next meeting Of the club. The am.
billion OF the young people has no
limit and anti.slang and better spell
ling are two of the educational prob
lens of the age which they have be.
gun to cope with as their initial at.
tempts at self Improvement.