The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-03-08
From the Correspondents
Items of Interest Concerning Our Neghbors Hereabouts
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The Finley Annual Conference for
the selection of school directors for
the ensuing year was held at the Fin
ley school house Saturday afternoon.
Among the organizations represented
were the Woodmen, the Masons, the
Odd Fellows, the Grange, the Central
Valley club, the Live Wires, the Sum
day School, the Church, the Parent
Teachers association and the I. w. w.
The meeting was not only of high ed
ucational value but it afforded an
abundance of joy to the whole COM
munity. The editor greatly regrets
that he missed the opening ceremonies
but will try to explain just how it hap
pened. Should anyone be misquoted,
please don't blame us, for we are do
ing our best to get it right.
F. E. Masters started it by writing
the names of three candidates on the
board. j. R. Ayers made few addi-
tions and somebody objected and said
they should be nominated from the
floor. Things went smoothly till it
appeared that both Skinner and Hitch
cock had been nominated for all three
directorships, and for principal and
janitor as well. Here ]. r. Ayers
jumped to his feet and said "Grrrr-x
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the words out of his mouth when H.
E. Cooper sprang up and declared,
"Pst etaoin shrdlu MOSVADLI$$+w
Jack Ryersor stuck in his head and
yelled "JQKGBv WD PYF MCCCM-
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to which Bill Tewalt replied "GFRFK
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This got on Pyles' nerves and he de-
manded "sid oofit Tiff foso94mcS$$?"
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shot back Mitchell. cid ovogo 9sknvr
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put in Cochran and Woodward sug-
gested "nioate uldrhs pywfmc jqkgb-
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GFRA gfra ?" asked Cooper and then
Struthers, Cresswell, Parkinson and
about a dozen more all sprang to the
floor and began talking so loud and
waving their arms around so furiously
that we won't attempt to report just
what they did say. When it was all
over and the voting was all done, it
was found that Hitchcock, Huss and
Parkinson were elected to the three,
two and one year terms respectively
and no one appeared the worse for it
except Skinner who came out of the
meeting with a skinned nose. He
was one of the candidates, however,
so that was to be expected. It is
pretty generally conceded that the
oratorical honors Of the day were
equally divided between Cooper, Ayers
Mitchell and Woodward.
The t. c. d. who attended the school
election declares that we are unsus-
pectingly harboring a capitalist in
our midst. "Who can it be?" we
asked. ~ don't know which of two
persons it was" he explained, "but
one of them had been eating onions"
From the catalog found in the Fin
ley school building one would be JUS
titled in concluding that the directors
had added to the curriculum course
in Sears Roebuck.
Bob Perkins is back looking fine. In
fact he is so fat that he has let con-
tracts for the immediate rebuilding
and charging of his house. -
We hold up our hands and swear
never again to poke fun at the W. k.
ground hog-at any rate, not while
Weenies are Is cents a pound.
Better plan your spring picnic for
Saturday, March 31st, for she will
surely go out like lamb this year.
Last week an acquaintance called
to see Glen Hitchcock. After talking
outside a few minutes Glen asked him
in the house. They sat down and as
Glen threw off his hat, the caller be-
gan to grin, then to smoker and fin
ally haw haw-ed, much to the amaze
ment of his host who began to suspect
his visitor was a little off, until by
chance he caught a glimpse of himself
in a mirror. There he had been sit
ting as solemn as an owl with his
forelock tied up with a blue ribbon.
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