The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-11-22
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business.
Ernest Baker left Monday for Sc
attic. He expects to be gone all win
ter.
Joseph Koelsch went to Spokane
the first of the week on business and
to visit his daughters.
Mrs. C. E. Foss will leave this week
for Pendleton to spend a month with
her sister and other relatives.
Elaine Compton, the little daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Compton, has
been very i'll for the past week.
The LADIES' Aid of the Evangelical
church will hold its next meeting at
the home of Mrs. Alfred Hammer.
The Loranson stract north of town
near tie Granlunds is being put in
shape to plant to crop this coming
spring.
The Girls club will meet hereafter
every other Tuesday instead of once a
week. On Tuesday evening the club
was entertained by the Misses Lily
and Stella Mclaughlin.
Twenty-four interested members at
tended the meeting of the Parent
Teachers association on Monday eve
ming. A spirited and enjoyable de-
bate was one feature of the entertain
ment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Breithaupt and
children, of Weiser, Idaho, are guests
at the home of their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. M. Breitkaupt. They are en-
route to Tcppcnish to make their fu-
ture home.
Mr.. aud Mrs. o. Olson are moving
into tbs house formerly occupied by
Rev. C. A. Smith. The Grundell fam
lily will move into the house vacated
by the Olsons, having purchased the
property.
H. P. Miller, one of the progressive
orchardists of the district, has done
so well on his fruit this year that he
is having considerable Improvement
work done on his little house and will
have quite a sizeable residence when
it is completed.
The pupils of the fifth, sixth and
seventh grades of the school are pre-
pairing an entertainment to be given
at the school Tuesday evening. Several
of Longfellow's poems will be- acted
out in appropriate costume and will
undoubtedly prove interesting to all.
No admission will be charged.
j. M. Serr, manager of the Richland
exchange Of The Kennewick Valley
Telephone Co., met with serious ac-
cident Saturday near Kennewick when
an old telephone pole from which he
was removing the wire, toppled back
to the ground, bringing Mr.. Serr with
| it. His wrist was dislocated and his
back so seriously wrenched that he
was not allowed to come home until
Monday. However, he is doing nicely
at this writing and is able to get about
a little with the aid Of crutches.
Politically Richland is dead one.
There is municipal election billed
for December 9Th and you can't run
fast enough to catch a candidate for
the Office of mayor or one of the four
council vacancies. 1t seems to be the
general opinion that the present board
of city fathers have got the job OF
running the city's affairs down so pat
that it would be shame to put any
one in their places and it looks as tho
the present city officials would be re-
tanned by a unanimous vote unless
they absolutely refuse to hold over.
| The Red Cross Circle met Friday
afternoon at the H. F. Yedica home
and the members worked on comfort
kits for the Richland boys in the SER
vice. 1t was decided by the ladies
that hereafter tea would be served al
each meeting of the Circle and the
money derived from the refreshments
would be turned into the treasury to
} purchase materials to carry on the
: work. The meetings will be held al
the homes of the members in town
: but one of the ladies from the coun.
try would assist at each meeting. The
next meeting will be at the home Of
Mrs. F. G.. Bier, Mrs. T. j. Chalcraf,
assisting.
Miss Darby, teacher of the fourth
grade, had thrilling experience Mon.
! day when returning on the HanforG
} Flyer after spending the weekend
with her parents at Ethiopia. Mis-.
Darby and three other passenger:
embarked on the little boat which pu-
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