The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-03-29
BENTON CITY

drawing to close everyone's attention
is again turning to the great national
sport, base ball. The big league clubs
are already in the southern training
camps peparing for the coming bat
ties. What is Benton City prepared
to do in the line Of baseball team
No one will deny the fact that Ben
ton City's good teams of the past
years have added to the reputation
Of the town and community. Perhaps
it is not possible to calculate in dol
lars and cents the exact value of a
good ball team to Benton City. The
value is there and is represented on
the credit side Of the ledger in the
form of good will, and the towns pop
ularity. Let's all pull together and
pull for bigger, better and finer
base ball year.
Irl Roper and Creighton Hayes Of
the Benton high school drove to Pros
ser Saturday.
Cliff Simpson is i'll at the home of
his sister, Mrs. L. A. Larson.
! Mrs. A E. Whan and Mrs. NJ. J.
Carter drove to Prosser Saturday
Mrs. w. Spears and children left
last week for their former home in
Vancouver, B. C. Mr.. Spears will
follow as soon as edisposes of his
business here.
| J. A. Symptom and son Herman Of
North Carolina have come to Benton
City to live. They are guests Of Mr..
ard Mrs. L. A. Larson.
Frank Mcdonald and family have
moved into the Benton Land Co. cot
tage vacated by the Creton Hartman
family.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Creton Hartman are
moving from Benton City to The
Dalles, Oregon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Hartman
and children left Saturday for the
Coast to make their home. They have
taken place near Des Moines on the
Tacoma-Seattle highway. Good wish
of their friends go with them.
Clon Van de Vanter and family
have moved to Mrs. F. D. Silliman's
ranch on the Highlands.
4 A E Whan was q business visitor
in Prosser Saturday.
i Edward Field is visiting at the home
of Mr.. and Ms. C. T. Peterson.
1 H. A. Mclean and wife, accompan-
led by Mrs. Nc. Beams mother, Mrs
Blen Fitzgerald and sister, Josephine
of st. John, Wash, were callers al
the NJ A. Mclean home Sunday af-
ternoon.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Cotton enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. M. A. Mclean
and Miss Marjorie Mclean and Mr.
and Mrs. M. J.. Carter and Jane De
Witt for supper Sunday night.
Mrs. w. w. Simonston and two sons
accompanied by Mrs. r. F. Scott
and Mrs. w. S. Beers drove to Pros
ser Saturday.
A. E. Whan drove Mrs. Jensen and
Verna to Prosser to consult q physi-
clan about Verna's eyes which are
badly infected
! Flora Brooks, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. E. Brooks, has been seriously
i'll for two weeks, but is much i'm
proved now and will attend school
next week.
Miss Elizabeth Drenkhahn, who is
attending school in Prosser, spent the
weke end with her parents, on the
Highlands.
Mrs. E. T. Philpott, of Bremerton
is visiting Mrs. H. Drenkhahn for a
few days. She is returning home
from spending the winter in her old
home in Madison, Wis.
Argus Hughes returned home Mon
day from the hospital in Pasco.
The Misses Elinor and Hazel Pet
erson left for Zillah Monday for q
few days.
Mrs. L. L. Todd returned from Los
Angeles Sunday.
The Kiona- Benton Improvement
club was entertained by Mrs. John
Jungstrum at the high school Thurs
day. The club voted to retain the
county club leader. After the business
meeting Mrs. Henry Ketchum read
read an interesting paper on Promi-
nent Women in Politics, followed by
a highly interesting paper on Wo-
men in Business by Mrs. M. A. Nc
Bean. After the meeting Mrs. Jung
strum, assisted by her daughter and
Mrs. w. w. Simonton, served delicious
refreshments.
/ AS fitting close for the basket ball
season several social affairs have been
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