The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-01-21
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= HIGHLANDS NEWS =

HlGHLANUS NEWS
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Miss Hart returned from Richland
on Monday.
J. ]. Rudkin was business visitor
at Walla Walla last week.
Lloyd Keene is in school again after
an absence Of ten days caused by
illness.
Ed. Robertson is over from Pasco
and is at work pruning some High
land orchards.
Mrs. w. T. Mann entertained an old
school friend, Mrs. Campbell, of Spo-
kane, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. R. Lott came over
from Pasco last week and are again
at home on the ranch. a.
Ross Cole has relieved the Johnsons
as operator at Vista and with his
parents is living at the station.
The dance on Saturday night was
well attended and was so well enjoyed
that the committee are planning to
have another in fortnight.
At the meeting of the Highlands
Water Users association Saturday,
John Ross and U. T. Mann were elect
ed trustees for two-year terms and p.
j. Murphy, r. H. Nicholson and r. n.
Briggs for the one-year term.
The next meeting of the Highland
Woman's Club will be on Friday AFT
ternoon, January 20. Mesdames T.
Hanratty, w. M. Kenyon, L. Han
ratty and E. o. Keene are to be the
hostesses.
Misses Julia Sonderman and Gene
We've Craver entertained number of
young people at a dancing party at
the club house Friday evening in hon
or of Miss Dorothy Mann, who leaves
Friday of this week to take up her
work at the Ellensburg Normal.
There is a persistent demand for
another school bus on the Highlands.
The present buses with one exception
are crowded beyond capacity-'bus
No. 4 carrying thirty-eight with seat
ing accommodations for about thirty.
Some small children in order to get a
less crowded bus which goes circu-
itous route, leave. at about 700 A. M.
Superintendent Taylor announced
on Sunday that Sunday school would
be suspended for the time being on
account of lack of support. The chief
lack is in the teaching force. The
boys class have all drifted out for
lack Of regular teacher. 1t is hoped
that the Sunday school may soon be
revived with full attendance of pu-
pills and teachers as the Highlands
Sunday school is the only source Of
religious instruction available to
many children.
As Mr.. Boldt and son were driving
along the road by the Bartlett ranch
on Tuesday evening with a load Of
hay, they turned out for an icy spot,
where the road was siding and over
turned the load of hay, completely
burying Mr.. Bodlt. With the assist
ance of hastily summond help from
the Bartlett ranch the son was. en-
abled to dig his father out. Mr..
Bodlt was badly shaken up and sus-
tanned a severely bruised ankle, which
may be fractured, but is too much
swollen at present to determine. The
young man was uninjured as he
sprang clear of the load when he saw
it was going.
There will be pruning demonstra-
ton at Mrs. Bartlett's Highland ranch
on Friday Afternoon, January goth at
LOO o'clock under the direction of
Prof. Meikle. Mr.. Wylie, who is fore
man of the ranch and a classmate of
Prof. Meikle, will assist in the demon
stration. All ranchers interested are
most cordially invited to be present.
and to bring pruning tools.
Kemp Dawson, who is chairman Of
the Agricultural committee Of the I'm
provement club, arranged for this
demonstration and with the other
members of his committee, Messrs.
Nicholson and KENYON. is busy making