The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-05-16
.RICHL AND DEPT.

Mrs. H. F. Yedica is confined to he
bed by illness.
DR.. M. p. Davidson, of Hanford
was Richland business visitor OF
Tuesday.
A. S. Murray spent a couple Of day:
in Portland on business the latter part
of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Serr and the
twins spent few days in Yakima thu
last of the week visiting relatives.
Frank Carlson has his fine new Re
public truck ready for hauling the kids
to school next fall and in the mean.
time is treating all his friends to rides
around the country. ~
Andrew Larson, who owns an i'm.
proved ten-acre tract in section thirty.
five, came over from Seattle to look
after his property interests and while
here leased his tract to Joe Troy.
The teachers all left for their homes
last Friday and Saturday. Miss OAR
by to Ethiopia, Miss Mearns to Seattle,
Miss Evans for Camia, Idaho, Prof,
Jones for Spokane. Prof. Mountain
and Miss Gray will remain at home on
their ranches this summer.
C. S. Gibbs will leave the latter part
of the week for Seattle, where he
will spend the summer at work. His
family will join him later, all coming
back about the first of September so
that Mr.. Gibbs may take up his old
position as janitor in the high school
building.
Mrs. F. j. O'Brien received word by
wire Monday that her. brother Paul,
who lives in st. Paul, is very danger
ously ill. The young man has been
ill for a number of years so that the
news was not unexpected by his sis
ter, who visited him last winter when
in the east; .@ ~ 3.
Word has been received by friends
in Richland from Jack Martin that
he has returned from another cruise
to France and has now attained the
rating of petty officer. Clarence Yed-
lea also has been advanced to rating
of first-class fireman. You can't keep
the Richland boys down.
Richland will have the honor of
placing another star in her service flag
this week as Harlan Muncey, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Muncey, left on
Monday for Seattle, where he expects
to enlist in the Navy. He has just
reached the age of 81 and would have
to register and like the patriotic fell
low he is would prefer to answer his
country's call without being compelled
to.
Everyone in Richland was sorry to
hear of the serious illness Of Sydney
Relton. One of the last contingent to
go from Richland to Camp Lewis, his
letters informed home folks that he
had passed all examinations with fly
ing colors, only to be taken down with
He is confined to the base
hospital near the camp and his mother
and Miss Lulu Dobson left immediate
ly on receipt of the wire, so as to be
near him. At last reports he is hold
ing his own for which everyone is
more than thankful, as Sgd is on of
the best known and best liked boys in
this part of the valley.
A crowd of Richland young people
had most thrilling experience Sat-
urday ewing when they tried to cross
from Richland to Pasco in a small
launch to attend the dance at Browns
summer garden. When about in mid
stream the engine baked and drifted
for long time, clear down under the
bridge and needless to say the girls
in the party had all kinds of cold chills
running down their backs. The en-
CINE finally started and the young peo-
pie arrived in time for a few dances,
but hereafter they are going to take
some safer means of locomotion when
they start out on a pleasure trip.
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