The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-01-15
LITTLE STORIES OF THE WEEK

Mrs. c. c. Day was a Walla Walls
visitor last week.
Mrs. Edward Montgomery has beer
on the sick list this week. -
: Mrs. /. N. Miller was hostess to the
Methodist ladies aid this week..
r. H. Holcombe is driving a new
Overland Four, purchased of Reser &
Sly. a.. ~.
The Horticulture club will meet
with Mrs. E. r. Carnahan on Monday
Jan. Goth. ..se...@ -.. -..
o. H. Olson, editor of the Pasco
Herald accompanied by his family
spent Sunday at the c. F. Winken.
werder home. 81.
Ralph Lincoln left Monday night
for Seattle where he will enter a
hospital to undergo treatment for an
injured knee.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Perry entertain.
ed at very prettily appointed din.
ner Wednesday evening. Covers
were laid for nine. -".s. s,.-. E..-.z,--
Harold Fyfe is moving from his
ranch on the E. Highlands to the
Rudkin house in the Olmsted addi-
ton, which he recently purchased.
Mrs. E. M. Sly and Mrs. C. Staser
were hostesses to the Bridge club
Wednesday. Card honors were won
by Mrs. E. w. Tranbath.
Mrs. w. S. Green was the honor
guest at kitchen shower given Fri
day evening at the home of Mrs.
John A. Shaw, by the young people
of the Baptist church. The evening
was spent in very pleasant manner
and Mrs. Green was the recipient of
many useful gifts.
The basement of the Baptist church
is now about completed and the ladies
have planned for kitchen shower to
be given there on Thursday after
noon, Jan. %. All persons interest
ed are urged to come and bring some
thing servicable for the furnishing of
the kitchen.
Guy Story left last week on an ex-
tended business trip thru the south
ern and middle western states. He
goes in the interests Of the apple bust
ness and will be gone about month.
During his absence Mrs. Story and
little son will make their home with
Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Perry.
j. Kelly DePriest, secretary-treas-
urer of the recently organized Securi-
ty Abstract & Title company was in
Kennewick the first of the week. While
here the Courier-Reporter arranged
with Mr.. DePriest for a weekly con-
densed report of real estate transfers
for this end of the county.
Anne Sawtell and Sherman c. Saw
telle have disposed of their interest in
the Highlands Fruit company and Mr..
Sawtelle has resigned his position as
observation-disclosures of the company.
Mr.. Sawtelle has not decided whether
or not to remain in Kennewick, but
feels sure that he will stay somewhere
in the Yakima valley.
C. E. Hunt who returned recently
from visit to his old home in Nebras-
ka says he feels like youngster and
he doesn't look very old, nevertheless
he is great grand dad. While at
his old home he had the rare opportu-
nifty in sitting for group picture of
five generations of the Hunt family.
Mr.. Hunts father, who is the great,
great grandfather of the youngest
member of the group is hale and
hearty at eighty-nine.
After an absence of nearly six
years, ]. C. Perry is back at his old
job in the mechanical department of
the Courier-Reporter. For the past
two years Mr.. Perry has been farm
ing the old home place near Rockford.
The place was recently sold and Mr..
Perry decided to get. back into the
printing game. The employment of
Mr.. Perry who will be working mate
with E. B. Sisson gives the Courier
Reporter two as good all-round print
shop men as can be found anywhere.
An exhibit of interest to many
ranchers in this section is now being
held in the building next to Semon &
Kasper's store, where the Valveless
Engine Corporation has one of its
motors on display. 1t is of a new type
of internal combustion engine, is with
out valves and, it. is claimed, the
most simple engine ever offered. L.
F. Ferguson and S. w. Northcut, who
are in charge of the display, will be
glad to explain the machine to those
Interested.
The Needlework club held a very
interesting meeting at the. home of