The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-08-23
LITTLE STORIES OF THE WEEK

j w. H. Gascoign was in town
the first of the week.
A. Lenhard has been under the
weather the last few days.
Mrs. Norman Hooper and son
Milton, were visiting in Spokane
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hughes spent
Sunday at the L. C. Gordon hons
in the Garden tracts.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. j. Campbell
were in Spokane a couple of days
the last of the week.
Charles Parks, of the CIR. Of
flee returned Sunday from a va
cation trip on the coast.
Herbert Lenz and George Al
brecht left Saturday in their car
for vacation at Seaside, Oregon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Wenslaff at
tended a mirthday dinner for their
nephew, Arthur Sinner, Monday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Barnes and
daughter, Betty, returned Monday
from a vacation trip through Ore
gon and California.
Miss Mercedes Sprague UNDER
i went an appendicitis operation last
week and is getting along alright.
She is in the Pasco hospital.
Mr.. Hooper has gone to Seattle
and will accompany friends on a
short trip in Vancouver B. C. be-
fore returning to Los Angeles.
Mrs. Fred Higley returned from
Omaha, Nebr., where she was cal
led by the illness of her mother,
who passed away soon after she
got home.
Rev. C. M. Kauth and family
arrived home today from a two
months visit with his parents at
Calumet, Mich.
i Glenn Higley and family are
home from their vacation spent
with relatives at Wenatchee and
/ Winthrop.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Sickle of
Yakima, spent Sunday with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Sickle
in the Garden Tracts.
Floyd Higley and family return
ed the last of the week from Sc
attic where they had been on their
vacation.
Hattie and Marjorie Minert
gave their mother surprise party
today, this being her birthday. Din
ner was served at noon and the
afternoon spent socially.
/ Mrs. IN. j. Hunter, who has been
a guest of her sister, Mrs. ]. w.
Vickers the past six weeks, left
yesterday for Salem. Mrs. Hunter
/ is head matron of the Salem In
dian school and has been here
during her vacation.
Harrison Fisher, of Westport,
Oregon has been visiting his unc-
lie. SOrlin Fisher. He and Herman
Fisher and Orlin wet up to Bowl,
Idaho to see Irwin Fisher
and family. Mrs. Fisher has been
in poor health for some time.
Mrs. C. D. Frat and children
who have been spending the sum-
mer at Everett came home Satur-
day morning. Mrs. M. Ballinger,
of Everett came with her and has
been house guest at the Frat
home this week.
Herman Fisher left yesterday
on a two months trip east. He will
visit relatives and friends in Lake
City, Minnesota, the old family
home, Minneapolis stopping at
| various places enroute.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. T. Staley and
sons went to Spokane today to
visit friends until the first of the
week. Mrs. R. H.. Holconnb went
with them and will return tomor-
row. The Staleys will come home
by Walla Walla and visit his
brother.
The K. Lane johnson Fruit Co.
have been sending peaches to
Portland 10y auto express and the
venture has proven very success
sful so far. The trucks are loaded
at night, arrive in Portland in
the evening and make the "trip in
/ time for the early morning mark
cts. Each truck holds 500 packed
boxes and the demand has been
good.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emory Ford, of
Longview came over Sunday to
see his mother, Mrs. Mary Ford,
who suffered stroke Of paralysis
last week. They took her to the
hospital in Vancouver Monday:
Mrs. Ford recently came f-oml
Everett to make her home, with
her sister, Mrs. Ben Bergen.