The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-03-04
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Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Dunning announce
the arrival of a baby girl.
Chas. Monaghan is out again after
the flu but his wife and baby are still
i'll.
The F. j. O'Brien family are the
latest victims of the flu but are now
nicely on the road to recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Knute Larson are
rejoicing on account Of the arrival
of a baby daughter to their home.
The Methodist church and the Ev-
angelistic church expect to begin re-
vival services within the next week.
M, X. Page returned to his ranch
home in Richland Saturday after
spending the winter months in
Cheney.
Mrs. Frank Kepl and children Of
Havre, Mont. are guests at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B.
Clements.
j. L. Kelly who has been working
in the mines at Carbonate is home to
spend the summer on his ranch north
Of town.
Mrs. C. s. Teachout has been sub
shutting in the Second grade during
the time that Mrs. Erickson has been
confined to her home by the flu.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Muncey are the
proud parents of a daughter who is
in reality leap year baby, arriving
at a quarter of twelve on Sunday
night, February 10Th.
j. A. Thompson has been appointed
deputy assessor for the Richland dis
trict and will begin to take the per-
sonal property tax assessments
within the coming week.
E. w. McEwan of Ephrata, has
leased the B.. w. butcher 1923 acre
ranch in the vicinity of Grosscup and
will move here at once with His fam
lily which numbers eight children, six
Of whom are of school age.
Mrs. R. B. Stevens and children
from Zillah, arrived Sunday and are
at the home of her mother, Mrs. ]. M.
Breithaupt until they can get posses
sion Of their recently purchased home
from Postmaster Relton.
Two of the largest real estate deals
made in this district in years have
been closed within the past three
weeks. Simon Poot of Seattle has
sold his ranch, the old McAlpine
place to parties from Seattle while
w. S. Burlingame has sold his POT
acre dairy and alfalfa farm to F. s.
Dorotherty Of Vancouver who has ar
rived to make his home on his newly
acquired tract.
|, Word has been received by friends
in Richland Of the serious accident
which befell a former popular res
ident of our community, Mrs. B. T,
Simmons, who now makes Grandview
her home was run down in the main
street of the town by car, the driver
of which was intoxicated and the in
juries which she sustained were sc
serious that she remained uncon.
scious for four days. Mrs. Simmons
was well known in, Richland while
she lived here as she was woman
Of considerable ability and always re.
presented the Fruitvale district or
any board where a woman was q
member.
Glen C. Lawrence for the past
eight years rural mail carrier on the
route out of Richland has filed his
resignation with the postoffice de.
partment to take effect April 30th
1920. Mr.. Lawrence has been mail
carrier ever since the Richland route
was put into effect and has seen the
district grow as probably no other
man has had a chance to observe it
The amount of mail carried has in
creased beyond anyone's expectation
at the present time over 10000 pieces
of mail being handled every month.
Mr.. Lawrence has been an efficient
and painstaking public official and
many people are expressing regret
that he is about to give up the work.
However, he feels that the care of
his highly improved ranch overlook
ing the Columbia demands all of his
attention and that is his real reason
for resigning as well as the fact that
his wife's health is not as good as
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