The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1922-08-17
FINLEY NEWS


A unanimous vote was given Rev.
Burris to continue his work at Finley.
Roy Jones is working for Mr.. Jones
at Hover.
Mrs. Masters, who has been attend
ing the Ellensburg normal, is at home
again.
Marion Masters left for Sisters, Or.
last Saturday, where he intends work
ing until the schools open this fall.
Cantaloupe shipping is in full blast
both here and at Hover. From one
to two cars are going out every day.
Miss Alice Sheppard of Pasco is
visiting Ruth Hall and other friends
at Finley this week.
Rev. Gallaher and family from Rich
land were entertained at the parsonage
Wednesday.
The w. o. w. will hold their social
meeting in picnic Sunday at the
home Of M. w. Zindel.
Mrs. Geo. Finley, who has spent the
past month in Seattle visiting, return
ed last week greatly improved in her
health.
Potatoes are on the move from Fin
ley this week, Gerards, Schaffner,
Waldorf, Purdy, and Hooper being
among those digging this week.
DR.. Richards and wife, of Almira,
Wash, visited their daughter, Mrs.
C. Hall last week and on returning
home were accompanied by Mrs. Hall
and son for a visit.
Mice H1c I,vc Dn:b. 81 nf.--
ellison Of Cheney, arrived at the Reik
home last week and will remain un-
til the school year begins. Miss Gil
son is Cheney teacher.
Rev. Hawk was here and held the
quarterly conference last Monday eve.
ming. Quite number were out and
a good deal Of business attended to-
results Of which will be seen later
| Ellen Gerber, Clara Schaffner and
Beulah Zindel, who have been camp.
ng at the ii. C. Graft ranch at Hover
and picking peaches, have returned
home and report q fine time.
T. B. Day Of Retsil, Wash, visited
his daughter, Mrs. NJ. w. Zindel last
week and returned home Tuesday
J It has been two years since Mr.. Day
| was at Finley and he was plased with
the improvement in that time.
The Ladies' Aid will have Their
regular business and social meeting
at the home Of Mrs. Masters, Thurs.
day, August 18th. Mrs. Howard
Hooker, Cannon, Johnson and Jones
are the h0stesses.
| The Finley Grange has accepted the
challenge Of the Valley Grange for q
game of "horse shoes" at the Farm
Bureau picnic at Richland Saturday
and have selected as their team p
Deakins, o. Jones and w. Purdy.
Miss Alice Lewtas and sister from
San Francisco, visited their old time
friends at Finley last week. They
were on three months vacation and
were returning home by the way Of
Spokane, then thru Canada and home
by the coast.
G. C. Hitchcock and family are leav-
ing this week for Sisters, Ore, where
Mr.. Hitchcock has taken a logging
contract. They contemplate years
stay and we hope by the end Of that
time they will be as glad to return to
Finley as we will be to see them re-
turn.
Mrs. NJ, w. Zindel returned Thurs
day from q weeks visit at Asotin,
Wash, theri former home and at her
brothers, w. R. Day, Of Asotin. She
made the trip by auto with C. C. Day
and reports fine trip and that things
in general look as well and far better
than in some Of the sections which
they passed thru.
At the board meeting Of District
ID last week the contracts for the
school buses were awarded to Rev.
Burris and Mrs. Tewalt on their old
routes and to C. p. Richards on the
route formerly driven by E. Green
The bonds were sold last Saturday to
the state. There were four bids but
the directors considered the one put
| in by the state as the best.