The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-01-04
IJTTLE STORIES OF THE WEEK

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Mortensen
! visited in North Yakima this week.
Mrs. Chas. Haas left today for Ro-
chelle, Illinois, where she will visit at
the home of her son.
Mrs. j. F. Dietrich entertained a
few friends last Thursday with one
o'clock luncheon at her home on Sixth
street. The Christmas colors were
used in the service as we'll as the dec
orations.
The annual meeting of the Rifle
club will be held in the Commercial
club rooms next Wednesday night at
7:3O d. m. Annual election of officers
will be held. Every member is urged
to come out and take little interest
in the affair.
Rev. K. S. Tontz and Mrs. Tontz
entertained the young men OF his SUM-
day school class one evening last
week at dinner. After the dinner Mr..
Tontz and the boys INDUCED in talk
fest, music and games. Rev. and Mrs.
Tontz have so thoroly acquired the
art of entertaining the young people
that it is considered treat much to
be desired to spend an evening at
their home. ->r.. .
One of the happiest gatherings on
New Years Day was that at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. R. H. Briggs on the
Highlands. Those present were Rev.
and Mrs. C. E. Miller and family, Mr..
and Mrs. H. w. Brown and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Y. Hawley and daugh-
ter, and Messrs. Stanley Randolph
and Frank Davis. After the sumptu-
GUS dinner served by the hostess, the
guests spent the afternoon in games
and music.
Mrs. j. F. Perry entertained at her
home in the Garden Tracts at recep-
ton Wednesday afternoon for her
daughter, Mrs. C. F. Schenk and Miss
Kathryn Rowland, of Michigan. Mrs.
Perry, Mrs. Schenk and Miss Rowland
were in the receiving line while Mrs.
H. A. Bier, Mrs. j. P. Miller, Mrs. +.
L. Watson and Mrs. H. E.. Huntington
presided in the dining room. Mrs.
Schenk leaves this week to make her
home in Spokane and Miss Rowland,
who has been visiting at the Perry
home, will return East.
Hereafter the first Sunday evening
of each month will be devoted to
English services at the local Bethle-
hem Lutheran church. During these
services for the ensuing year, the To-
cal pastor, Rev. A. F. Woker, will de-
liver sermon-lectures on the Reforma-
ton, setting forth its various causes
and effects. These lectures will be
part of general program of prepare
ton for the coming quadricentennial
celebration Of the Reformation, Oct.
81, 1917. The subject for Sunday eve
ha: Luther, the chosen in
strument of God for the work of the
Reformation" Text: Acts z, 20-23.
Services to begin at 1880.
One of the many pleasant social
affairs of the holiday season was the
auction luncheon given Friday after
noon by Mrs. j. ]. Rudkin at her
home on the Highlands, honoring her
daughter, Mrs. w. H. Gascoigne, of
Spokane. A real holiday setting was
furnished by the bright Christmas
colors used in the decorations. Card
honors were awarded to Mrs. Harold
G. Fyfe. Saturday afternoon Mrs.
Gascoigne was again the honor guest
at an informal bridge luncheon given
at Hotel Kennewick by Mrs. w. A.
Story. The parlors were daintily
decorated in pink and white and the
same color note was carried out in
the luncheon service. Card honors
were awarded to Mrs. Gascoigne and
Mrs. E. w. Trenbath. Tuesday af-
ternoon Mrs. Gascoigne and Mrs. G.
F. Schenk were honor guests at the
E. M. Sly home when Mrs. Sly and
Mrs. F. M. Crosby entertained at
bridge. Guest prizes were awarded
to Mrs. Gascoigne and Mrs. Schenk
and card honors to Mrs. II. P. Gran
mer.