White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-05-30

eighth grade examinations over
again, please notify me immedi-
ateIy, that arrangements may be
made.
JOHN M'FEE. Clerk.
William Schlicker has rented for a
year the Thumm cottage on the west
side of the Columbia and recently
moved in. o. 3. Gwin, who has
been occupying the cottage, moved
into the building vacated by the
Schlickers under the trees near the
ferry landing.
Rev. L. c. Krug left on Tuesday
mornings train for Ellensburg and will
go on from there to Tacoma, where he
will occupy the pulpit next Sunday in
the Evangelical Lutheran church. He
is not expected home until the fore
part of next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Keith Keller drove
over from Sunnyside Thursday to
visit friends in and around White
Bluffs for day. Before her mar
riage Mrs. Keller YVES Miss Esther
Malmborg and taught for year in
the White Bluffs grade school.
"A work crew spent several days
here last week renewing the platform
at the depot and putting new founda-
tons under the depot and the agents
house and section house. Railroad Of
ficials who have been considering
painting the edepot have decided to
postpone the work for awhile.
A picnic dinner was enjoyed under
the trees near the ferry landing on
Sunday, May 10, by the following IA
miles: ]. L. Holecek, Joe Mykol, v.
c. Wilson, Fred W. Lewis, r. H. Van
Akin, F. M. Hill and Miss Edyth Lew
is. Clyde Wilson's 18th birthday was
the occasion for the picnic.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
that the offices of the County Auditor
Treasurer, Assessor, Engineer and
School Superintendent will close at
twelve o'clock noon on Saturdays
during the months of June, July,
August and September.
E. O. KEANE
Auditor in and for Benton County,
Washington.
Fred Rea of Grossman Bros. & Rea
Inc, was over from Seattle several
days the latter part of last week and
the first part of this, looking over the
fruit crop in this valley and the pros
poets for business for the season Mr..
Rea says he found considerable fruit
in the orchards he visited and that the
growers will have more than they
figured they would. He left Cor home
Tuesday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Harrington
and children expect to leave Monday
in their car for Burke, Idaho, where
they have friends, and will probably
go from there to Occur d'Alene, where
George will try to find work. Their
orchard property here has been leased
for five years and if they find congo
NAL employment elsewhere they may
not be back in White Bluffs until the
end of that time.
The heavy wind storm that came up
last Saturday afternoon finally dispers-
cd fair sized crowd that turned out
at thd auction sale of old furniture,
etc, brought up here from the second
hand store at Kennewick. The stuff
was brought up in trucks from Kenne-
wick and they were compelled to re-
load and haul back to Kennewick ali
the things that did not sell, which hap
pened to be about three-fourths of it.
Mrs. Fred Luhnann, Mrs. NJ. S.
Meeks, E. r. Griner and Miss Gerald
inc Shanahan made up party that
drove over to Yakima Thursday. Mrs
Luhmann went to visit her daughter
Kathryn, who drove over from the
University to spend the week. end ir
Yakima; Mrs. Meeks to visit he,
father who is in feeble health; Gerald.
inc will be with her sisters, Monica
and Lorraine at St. Joseph's Academy
and E. r. Griner to look after bust
ness matters. The party exp.cts t.
return to White Bluffs Sunday.
The Misses Ethel Smith anC
Frances Blair were guests of honor
at ightful party given by
Mrs R. R. Woods en- last Saturday
afternoon, the occasion being the
birthday of both girls. Miss Irene
Norman presided at the piano ane
Mrs. George Salogines sang, which
furnished entertainment for thu
girls. who tripped away the happy
hours with much mirth and gayety
Mrs. Woods was assisted by Mrs
F l. Badger in serving a stump
tuous lunch, consisting of chicken
sandwiches, cherry sherbet, ict
cream and cake. A beautiful birth
day cake, generous enough in size
for double birthday party, ant
holding the requisite number o:
candles, was sent as a gift by Mrs
G. B. Luhmann. The, girls re
ceived also many other beautiful
presents. Those present were
Rena Belle Angle, Bernice Griner
Virginia Kincaid. Katherine Kirby
Alice Bonn, Violet Swanson, Flor;
Montgomery. Hazel Montgomery
Alta Wright, Frances Blair anc
Ethel Smith.
A serum for scarlet fever which
would protect children from thi:
dread disease, may be produced with
in the near future according to med
ical advices recently received at tn,