The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-07-06
LITTLE STORIES Of THE WEEK

Miss Beatrice Sherk left today 70
Portland where she will visit friend:
E. w. Trenbath and H. R. Vibbe
made business trip to Horse Heave
today.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. Hutchinson an,
Miss Eva Carmen leave tomorrow fo
Walla Walla to visit friends.
Mrs. Ernest White is visiting at tn
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Thos. Haley, of the Garden Tracts.
R. H. Zercher spent the Fourth will
Mrs. Zercher and son who are spend
ing the summer with relatives in Spo
kane. q. &.
The young people of the Intermed
late Epworth League are enjoying 8
taffy pull this evening on the Metho-
dist church lawn.
w. R. Weisel will attend the real
estate convention to be held in Port
land July 1919 under the auspices of
the Portland Realty Board.
The Baptist Sunday school picnic at
the, home of w. B. Elliott on the 18th
was decided success in every way.
There was good, big crowd, good
picnic grounds, lots of fun and eats.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. L. Hanson moved
the first of the week to their home on
Kennewick avenue which has been oc-
cupied for the last three years by Mr..
and Mrs. R. E. Pratt, who have taken
the G. p. Hanson home for the sum-
mer.
Geo. A. Russell this week sold the
F. j. Arnold Buick Six to E. S. Ev-
ans, superintendent of the Bartlett
Highland ranch. Mr.. Arnold has re-
placed the Buick with 1917 model
Haynes which he purchased last week
from Mr.. Russell.
A safe and sane, but none the less
enjoyable Fourth was observed by the
members of the Methodist Sunday
school on the F. A. Dunlap lawn in
the Garden Tracts. The affair was in
fact miniature celebration and thoro-
~ enjoyed by the participants.
Finley & Son, the pioneer fat hog
buyers of the valley, last week pur-
chased 100 head of stock hogs of At
Italia farmers. Mr.. Finley is one of
ne men in the valley who has unshak-
en- faith in the hog business in spite
of the ups and downs of the market.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. N. Mueller, Mr..
and Mrs. Alfred Anon, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ray Dawson, Mr.. and Mrs. j. 1. Hill
and children, Mrs. j. C. Dennis and
Mrs. Dawson from Green Acres, gath
cred at the p. G. Book home the 4th
and held an old-fashioned family pic
mic on the lawn.
Mrs. M. R. McCleverty, retiring
president, was the honor guest at a
picnic luncheon given by the Bridge
club on the c. F. Schenk lawn this
afternoon. Mrs. McCleverty and
daughter, Miss Josephine, leave in
August to make their home in Seattle.
They have not sold their orchard home
on the Highlands but will place an
experienced man in charge of it.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Holloway were
surprised in their home
Monday evening by a number of their
friends who spent the evening at auc-
ion bridge. The little affair was in
he nature of farewell to Mr.. and
Mrs. Holloway, who may leave soon
o make their home in Tacoma. Mr..
Holloway, who has been employed at
he Standard Oil Company's local sta
ion, left Tuesday in answer to an or
Ter that he report for duty at the COM
,any's general Offices in Tacoma.
The directors of the First National
'ank are doing Horse Heaven this
week in President Johnson's automo-
'ile. Today's travels took them over
he Little Missouri country and to-
morrow they will visit the Anon,
triple Springs and Wellington dis
riots. The purpose of the trip is to-
ret an idea of the wheat prospects
to financing harvesting
'perations. In the party were Presi-
lent H., f. Johnson Vico proe;donf n
4. Fine, of Walla Walla, and direc-