The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-03-26
LITTLE STORIES OF THE WEEK
Farmers in Horse Heaven have

Farmers in Horse Heaven have
finished re-seeding their wheat that
was frozen out last fall and are now
busy with new acreage. Conditions
so far have been very favorable for
the work
There are still quite number of
cases of grippe in town. In the Ohm
sted addition the A. F. Brown child
rem are still out of school and the
H. G. Fyfe and w. H. Gascoigne fam
lilies are convalescing.
Miss Mona Young was hostess for
dinner at the home of Mrs. Ed Ran
kin Tuesday evening, entertaining
Mrs. Laura Fields, state president of
Rebekahs and her husband of Hatton
and Mrs. Lulu johnson of Finley.
Scout Masters Haas and White are
making arrangements to take all of
their scouts to Pendleton Saturday,
April 4, to attend the Blue Mountain
Council Scout tournament to be held
there. There will be about four good
carloads.
The Current Events department of
the Woman's club met Monday after
noon with Mrs. j. w. Vickers. The
study topic for the afternoon was
Modern Poets and Poetry" Tea was
served by the hostess at the close
of the meeting.
| Patrons of the Kennewick schools
are invited to come to the Washing
ton school building on Friday, March
~ at lis o'clock. There will be
short program by pupils and a lee
ture by Miss Sutherland of the state
college who will also show pictures.
Everybody is invited.
Mrs. A. H. F. Watkins was hostess
for the Horticulture club Monday af-
ternoon. There was a good attend
ance and the afternoon was spent in
the study of Burbank's book on Plant
Life. Refreshments were served by
the hostess, the tables being prettily
decorated with spring flowers.
About 1s Boy Scouts from the two
local troops were the guests of the
Odd Fellows lodge Monday night.
Games were played and stunts per-
formed by the boys. The scouts in
duced the lodge members present, to
play couple of strenuous" games
with them. Refreshments were served.
| A very pleasing program was pre-
scented Tuesday evening at the Bap-
fist church by the Linfield College
Glee Club, who are making a tour
during the spring vacation. They pre-
scented varied program of classical
and popular music, closing with a
short operetta. One of the members
of the glee club was Russell Elliott
who graduates this year.
Mrs. E. C. Tweedt and Mrs. T. c.
Brown entertained the local chapter
PEG. at one o'clock luncheon Tues
day at the home Of Mrs. Tweet The
study topic for the afternoon was the
Philippine Islands with Mrs. F. j.
Arnold in charge of the program.
Mrs. Jahnke, Mrs. F. L. Perry and
Mrs. Harold Simonds of Pasco and
Mrs. NJ. A. Mclean of Benton City
were present.
Mrs. Harley H. Peter spent the
week end at Zillah. She went over to
see her mother Mrs. Griffith who is
leaving soon for California to spend
the summer. Mrs. Griffith will make
the trip by automobile with her son
Gerald and family, who are moving
to San Francisco to make their home.
They will stop over in Tacoma for
few days. visit with friends.
Paul Seward writes his mother
Mrs. Jay Seward of this city that
he expects to leave San Diego next
week on trip around the world. One
hundred forty-one battleships will
leave San Diego for this cruise which
will extend over at least year. Paul
has just completed an eight-months
course in the naval music school and
had planned to come home for few
days visit at the completion of his
course.
The Modern Literature department
met Monday afternoon with Mrs. M.
M. Moulton. Books reviewed were
"a Passage to India by NJ. Forster,
reviewed by Mrs. Gordon Moores;
"Balisand" by Joseph Hergesheimer,
reviewed by Mrs. H. H. Flesher. The
next meeting of the department will
be held on April 6, at the home of
Mrs. Moores with Mrs. L. M. Keene
hostess. Books to be reviewed at this
meeting are 'The Little French Girl
by Anne Douglas Sedgwick and "Sard
Harker" BY John Masefield.