The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-04-29
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E. H. Mann has commenced building
an addition to his house.
Kemp Dawson returned from a trip
to Idaho on Thursday of last week.
Regular meeting of the Improve
ment club will be Friday evening, May
7th.
Mrs. Peterson and little son, of Sc
attic, are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Albright.
DR.. and Mrs. Wright arrived re-
Gently and are at their home on the
Highlands.
Mrs. w. L. Craver returned on Sat-
urday from a fortnight's visit with
friends in Spokane.
A. F. and Mrs. Shirley returned to
Spokane on Sunday after brief visit
at the Craver home.
A. st. Laurant is working on the
club house grounds this week-flum-
ing, fencing, irrigating and setting
trees.
Mrs. L. w. Hembree was i'll the first
Of the week at her home on the C. F.
Lott place, but is much better at this
writing.
Alfonso Darling is absent on
business trip to Spokane and vicinity.
A. E. Gray picked ripe Strawberries
on the 22nd.
Osborne Russell and j. M. Keene
have written that they are coming
down from Yakima to be present at
the Big Celebration on Tuesday.
Mrs. Agnes Hanratty has been
elected to the position of principal Of
the high school at Helenville, Mont.
The family will move to that place
some time during the summer.
A crowd of the younger set Of
Highlands girls are going to the Car
stems ranch at Pasco on Saturday to
help Miss Frances Richter celebrate
her birthday. Mrs. George Chaplin will
chaperone the girls.
Mrs. A. C. Barroe and little daugh-
ter Marguerite, of Cincinnati, Ohio,
are expected this week and will make
an extended visit at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. J. M. Nye. Mrs. Barroe is
Mrs. Nye's daughter. , M
- Mr.. and Mrs. Sullivan, of Manila,
p. l., were guests of Dr.. Mary Hud-
son Wednesday and Thursday: They
were on their return trip from Chica-
go, where they had been visiting for
several months. Mr.. Sullivan is in
the government service at Manila.
Luke Powell was on the Highlands
the latter part of last week visiting
many ranches, where he was called by
the owners who had horticultural
troubles. No strawberry weevil was
found on the Highlands, but Mr..
Powell said it was working in other
localities.
DR.. Hudson and Mrs. Keene enter
tanned the Shakespeare department of
the X. w. C. at dinner at the Hudson
ranch on Wednesday. Covers were
laid for eighteen. A color scheme Of
yellow and white was carried out in
the decorations and menu. The place
cards with Shakespearian quotations
were a feature which caused much
discussion and no little puzzling to
place them. This was the last meet
ing of the department for the year.
The meeting of the Highlands Wo-
mans club on Friday was well at
tended and as it was the regular an
nual meeting, officers for the ensuing
year were elected. Mrs. H. M. Bart
lett was reelected president by ac-
clamation; Mrs. A. E. Gray was elect
ed vice president; Mrs. E. o. Keene,
secretary and Mrs. r. v. Bunts treas
urer, without opposition. It was
moved and carried that the president
appoint a house committee to look
after the piano, dishes, chairs, etc.
Also that set of rules be drawn up
relative to the use and care Of club
property. Mrs. w. T. Mann, Mrs. E.
R. McCory and Mrs. Kemp Dawson
were hostesses and had the room beau
tifullv decorated with flowers and