The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1922-08-17
BENTON CITY
CLUB CONTEST HELD

Benton City Selects Girls to Compete
in County Contest
The district meeting of the girls
club was held Wednesday in the do
nestle science room at the high school.
The winners in the contest will go to
Kennewick in September to compete
with the county clubs to see who from
this county will go to Yakima.
The girls receiving the first prize
for canning were Elizabeth Drenk-
hahn and Ethel Kelso; bread making,
Flora Brooks; senior sewing, Gather
inc Brand, state champion breadmak-
or. and Frances Hodge in junior sew
ing.
A sale of cooked goods was held
and the club realized a nice sum for
their treasury.
a large crowd of mothers and in
terested friends attended the meeting.
w. MI Silliman was business Wis
itor in Kennewick last Wednesday.
L. L. Todd and Chas. Hatfield were
visitors in Kennewick last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. K. L. johnson drove
to Grandview Sunday. :.
Hay baling in this vicinity has be-
gun, the Morgan Bros. starting their
hay press this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. j. Brand and son
LYLE and Mrs. Percy Stocks m0tored
to Seattle Sunday to spend the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Mclean were
week end guests at the M. A. Mclean
home last week.
Mrs. r. H. Lyon Of Prosser visited
her daughter, Mrs. I. M. Bennett last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. C. McCreadie and
Mrs. S. A. Campbell were guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. S. j. Harrison.
The Tuesday card club held picnic
on the lawn at DIR. Hedger's Sunday
afternoon. Several guests from Pros
ser were invited to attend.
Miss Mabel Greene, county club
leader, attended the district girls
club meeting in Benton City last We'd
nesday. .
Mr.. and Mrs. u. D. Crawford have
moved from their apartment in thte
Depot Hotel to their new house IL
Benton City.
Mrs. Lottie Wooden and Miss Ella
Wooden of Sunnyside were guests Of
Mrs. S. J.. Harrison several days last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Cotton of Pros
ser, called on Mr.. and Mrs. n. ].
Carter at Windernreer orchard last
Saturday.
The peach growers are expecting to
pick Elbertas next week. A c0nsid-
cradle uneasiness is felt in regard to
the car shortage as the peach crop is
perishable and must be moved at once.
DR.. Delta E. Rowland of Sunny
side, accompanied by John Lichty and
his mother, Mrs. Sara Lichty of Ev-
erett spent Saturday night with the
tHarrisons and Todds.
The cantaloupe growers shipped
the first car of cantaloupe Monday
| to Blalock Produce Co., Walla Walla
There were several individual ship
ments last week. +
Rev. Hughes, who is visiting his
son George Hughes, will preach at The
4 church next Thursday evening and
will also occupy the pulpit at the XII
ona-Benton community church nex1
4 Sunday morning and evening.
4 The different county seat commit
tees of the community club are meet
ing every week at present and report
encouraging news from all localitie.
in regard to moving the county seal
from Prosser to Benton City.
i The friends of Mrs. w. NJ. SillimaI
will be pleased to know that she il
recovering after her serious lines!
i the past few days. Mr. George Palm
er, Mrs. Silliman's son, came homa
I Sunday for a short visit.
& Miss Marjorie Mclean, daughter O.
! Mr.. and Mrs. M. A. Mclean, returned