The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-05-04
LITTLE STORIES OF THE WEEK

Mrs. r. p. Carr, who spent the win
ter with relatives in Pennington, re-
turned to her home in this city this
week.
G. E. Hanson, claim agent for the
N. p, has been off the job for few
days and devoting all his time to a
carbuncle on his neck.
The Kennewick Woman's club will
entertain with dancing and cards in
the Knights of Pythias hall Friday
evening of this week.
E. F. Reese has purchased the w. M.
Scott place of II acres in section IL
Mr.. Reese expects to build on the place
and make it his permanent home.
E. w. McCann, of Pullman, has been
visiting Kennewick friends for sew
eral days and looking over the valley
with view of making his home here.
DIR. and Mrs. L. G. Spaulding were
called to Walla Walla the last of the
week because of the death of DR..
Spaulding's father. Funeral services
were held Sunday.
M. o. Kitten, of Longbeach, CAL,
arrived the first of the week to look
after his extensive property inter
ests here and to visit at the home OF
his son, Karl Kitten.
Rev. C. E. Miller, Mrs. Arthur Jacot,
Mrs. Herbert Brown and Miss Ruth
Swayze, of the Methodist church, at
tended the district Sunday school con-
vention in Pasco yesterday.
Chas. H. Collins leaves tonight for
Portland to take up his duties as ira
Yelling salesman for a large commits
sion house. He will probably spend
most of the summer in California.
Mrs. w. A. Morain was called to
Seattle the last of the week on ac-
count of the death of her father, John
Bowman. whose death occurred last
Friday after an illness Of several
months. -
The Arts and Crafts department OF
the Woman's club held a m123456
the Woman's club met last Monday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. w. j.
Hoyt. An excellent program was Civ
en- and refreshments served by the
hostess. air eaui
j. H. Siegfried, who long ago learn
ed nearly all there is to know about
electricity, is now taking a course in
gasoline economy and its relation to
his new little Six" Buick which he
purchased last week from the Kenne-
wick Auto company. ye =
Mrs. I. S. Gleason entertained !
number of friends at her home on til
Highlands Wednesday at a farewell
reception in honor Of her cousin, Mrs
w. G. Sweet, who leaves this week
for Wilcox, Arizona, where the fam
lily will make their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Thompson, O
Spokane, have occupied the Lockerby
residence on Second street. Mf
Thompson is a member of the firm q
Withers & Whitman, fruit commission
merchants of Spokane, and will By.
here during the fruit season. -
Sales Manager L. ]. Blot and Ira
yelling Salesman p. ]. Lindenbaum, @
the Kennewick-R ichland Marketing
Union, arrived in Kennewick from
Spokane several days ago and are nov
busy working out the details for dis
tributing this years crop of straw
berries.
Miss Katie Robinson and Mr.. Jess
Long, both of this city, were quietl,
married Saturday afternoon at tn
home of Rev. w. P. Osgood on Colum
bia Avenue. Only the necessary wit
nesses were present. Mr.. and Mrs
Long are making their home in tn
King block. -
| Mrs. B. E. Reser and Mrs. Gordol
Moores were hostesses at pleasan
bridge party at the Reser home, il
Olmsted addition, Wednesday after
noon. The large living room wa
beautifully decorated whit colo
scheme of white and yellow. Tel
tables of auction bridge were playe
with card honors going to Mrs. L. +
] johnson and Mrs. L. G. Spaulding.