The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-12-13

The school board, at special meet
ing, decided to give the children and
teachers vacation Of three days at
Christmas time, that is, Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday Of Christmas
week. This will give some of the
teachers a chance to go home for a
short visit.
C. r. c.. Wilson, of Garfield, who
owns a forty-acre tract near the Hop
yard, at present under lease to o. Y.
Anderson, has been in town for the
past week looking after his property
interests. He is having fifteen acres
of the place put into alfalfa this spring
and plans one of the finest farms in
this section.
Mrs. j. C. Gunner and daughter
Hester returned to Richland Tuesday
from Seattle, where she had been
called by the death Of her brother, j.
Davis. Mrs. Quiner was accompan-
led home by her mother, Mrs. M. M.
Bryant, Of Oakland, California, who
will remain here for a short time, at
ter which Mrs. Quiner and Hester will
leave for California to spend the win
ter.
Several of the men of the Methodist
church took it upon themselves to con-
duct an oyster supper in the church
basement Monday evening. They claim
they concocted all the eats themselves
but a little bird told US that Mrs. J..
M. Serr, one of the best cooks in this
section, had considerable to do with
the finished product. Otherwise we
don't think the returns from the soup
would have been so great.
The Richland boys made the Han
ford basketball team eat the dust Fri
day evening. The local boys had the
game in their hands from start to
finish and put up one Of the fastest
games ever witnessed in the history
of the local school. Wayne and Hill
bert Mowery are as classy pair of
players as could be found in many a
days travel and they are ably sup
ported by Simmons and Sawyer.
William Young has donated a fine
young pig to the Richland Red Cross
Circle and tickets are being sold for
SOC each to see who is lucky enough
to get it. The sale will take place
Saturday and everyone should take a
chance to help along the good work.
Several other items of live stock will
be sold at the same time, including a
chicken or two and "other articles too
numerous to mention" as they say in
the auction sale bills.
The third number Of the Midland
Lyceum course, Badly Strang & Co.,
Scotch entertainers, will appear in
Richland next Thursday evening, the
Goth. Mr.. Strang has considerable
reputation as an entertainer of the
Harry Lauder type and according to
the advance notices, his supporting
company is strong one. Bagpipe
selections, harp solos and other in
strumental numbers will be inter-
mingled on the program with Scotch
songs and dialogues. It promises to
be an extra interesting number that
no one will want to miss.
Misses Hazel Jameson and Itha
CARAT had nice little party planned
for Monday evening, in honor Of our
sailor boys, Harry Maupin and Bill
Eggers. It was to be home affair,
but several Of the mothers, who are
members Of the Rebekah lodge, per-
suaded the girls that it would be much
nicer to have the affair in the lodge
room with the result that a most en-
joyable dance and card party mater
ialized out Of the small beginning. A
delicious lunch was served by the girls
and the sailor boys will have some
thing to remember during their long
trips on the ocean this winter.