The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-07-11

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home Of his aunt, Mrs. C. H. Lille, in
Pasco.
j. M. Serr returned to Yakima Sum
day after a few days visit with his
family.
Elmer Hinkle, Oscar and Martin
Anderson and D. w. Harding expect
to leave this week to work in the har-
vest fields.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carol Harding are re-
joicing over the birth of little son
who arrived Friday to gladden. their
home. Mrs. Harding was Miss Elsie
Ross prior to her marriage.
Mr.. and Mrs. F.. G. Bier, accompan-
led by Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Rosaaen
drove to Toppenish Sunday to visit
friends. They report the roads in
good condition and that they had a
most enjoyable time.
Mrs. E. P. Chellis left Monday for
the East where she will spend the
next two months visiting her child
hood home and relatives in many of
the eastern states. During her alb
sence her three daughters will man.
age the Richland Hotel.
Henry Schireman has closed his bar
Der shop except in the evenings and
on Saturday and is spending his time
working for the irrigation company.
He will keep open all day Saturday
for the accommodation of his trade.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Wheeler and son
Reuben returned to their home in Rich
land Tuesday after spending few
weeks with their children and other
relatives in Pendleton. Ray and Vel
ma will not come home for some time.
Mr.. and Mrs E. S. Hubbard, accom-
panied by their two children, left Fri
day for the mountains in the Okanog-
an country where their sheep are pas
tured. They will visit in Portland be-
fore returning to their home in Rich
land.
Mrs. Albert Bailey, Of Spokane, is
a guest at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Carl Willis. Prior to her marriage
she was Miss Olga Burmaster and
made her home in Richland for sew
eral years and has a host of riends
here who are welcoming her back.
;; Nels Olson, who has made his home
in Richland for the past six years,
died Saturday at the home of his step
daughter, Mrs. C. Havstad, after an
illness covering a period of several
months. Funeral services were held
from the home Sunday afternoon, Rev.
H. A. Stone, of the Methodist church
officiating. The widow has the SYM
pathy of the entire community.
The Fourth of July picnic given by
the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs was
one of the most enjoyable affairs of
it's kind ever held in the local park.
While the crowd was not as large as
last year, still everyone came for a
quiet good time and they certainly
had it. The Kaiser certainly got his
meetings from every speaker on the
program, while the music by the Rich
land orchestra and the band from the
orphans home at Des Moines, WASH,
proved a decided help in making the
day one to be remembered.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. C. Anderson ar
rived home Saturday after spending a
week on the Coast. They went out to
Camp Lewis and saw the soldiers en-
gage in regulation Pendleton Round
Up and they state it was one OF the
finest pieces of work of this kind they
had ever seen. The blooded army
horses were used in the riding stunts,
while sure enough steers were on hand
to be roped and bull logged by Uncle
Sans sturdy soldier boys. 1t was an
enjoyable and instructive trip accord
ing to the returned travellers.
Harry Maupin, who is stationed on
the Marblehead, writes home to his
mother that they are now on the At
lantic coast near Key West, Florida,
doing convoy duty in the zones in
tested by the German submarines.
He states that 81 of these pests have
been sunk within short time by these
big U. S. boats. He says that his
boat is rated among the best in the
navy, having travelled thousands of
miles since the war began and having
a rating of E (excellent) in all its de-
partments., He is well and happy and
/ likes his work better every day.
Sydney Relton, who has been con-