The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-04-17

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Arbor Day .......... Kenneth Glars
May Day ........... Lillian manson
Memorial Day ..... Freda Boatman
Fourth of July 1880. Owen Cunning
Labor Day Jack Smith
Halloween =. Margaret Clark
Thanksgiving Day.. Lena Behrens
4 Pilgrims Day ..........A Alma Snow
/ Christmas Day ........ Edith Foster
Each pupil spoke few lines in re-
gard to the day he represented, then
all sang stanza suited to that holi-
day.
j. P. Lasher of Cheney drove down
Monday and is a guest at the. home
of j. M. Breithaupt.
| A. S. Murray, accompanied by
Chester Wheelhouse, drove to Portland
Monday and they will bring back a
new bort car with them.
Frank Jameson will leave the latter
part of the week for Nez Perez, Idaho,
where he will have charge Of the fam
ily's large wheat ranch during the
season.
The latest Ford owners in Richland
are Carl Willis and J. D. Mccarthy.
They purchased cars from the govern
ment at Vancouver which were brot
/ to Richland by F. A. Howes.
| A.. L. Nelson, who has always had
charge of the affairs Of Fred Eur
cher, was summoned to his bedside
| in Walla Walla Saturday when it was
found that there was no hope for his
| recovery.
4 M. C.. and L. r. Moore of Walla
Walla, who own large wheat farm
in that section were in Richland We'd
nesday, looking up some land they
have acquired in section %, without a
water right.
] C. d. Mitchell, field engineer with
the Columbia Irrigation District, has
decided to give up his engineering
work until fall and is now at home on
his fine 2O-acre farm and feels that
!, he is doing all the work he can in this
shack to the soil" stunt.
Mrs. G. L. Lawrence is holding a
general family reunion at her beauti-
full ranch home on the Columbia. Her
father, VIM. Fanson, her sister, Mrs.
| Martha Shafer and another sister,
Mrs. M. C. Cady and family are all
here on visit. They are enroute
to their home in Mason, Michigan af-
ter spending the winter in California.
A large crowd, in fact over 80 per-
sons, attended the reception given by
the Country club ct the Friermood
home Saturday evening. The affair
was in honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Glen
McGhan and family who will leave
shortly for tour Of California and
also in honor of Ben McGhan, who re-
Gently returned from France. Re-
lfreshments were served at the close
of social evening, everyone wishing
the McGhan family every success and
happiness in their new home.
The Epworth League convention for
the Walla Wnlla district will be held
in Richland some time during the first
part of July. They are planning to
camp in the city park and great
many delegates will be in attendance
and varied program is to be ar
ranged. This will be quite an event
for community the size of Richland
as large crowd always attends these
Epworth League conventions and for
such small place it will be quite a
advertisement for the community.
Fred Zurcher, one of Richards pi-
oneer citizens, and one of the wealth.
lest men in this district, died at the
hospital in Walla Walla where he had
i been for some days, suffering from a
carbuncle on his neck. Mr.. Zurcher
who owned considerable property, in
the Fruitvale district, disposed of all
his holdings here 20 + S Hubbard last
year and since that time has been
travelling round the Northwest on a
pleasure jaunt. He returned to Rich
land month ago but on account of
his affliction was compelled to leave
Immediately for the hospital in Walla
Walla. He leaves several relatives,
but since making his home here he has
always lived alone. Many friends re-
greet to hear of his sudden and un-
expected death.