The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-01-15
HANFORD
Mrs. McGl0thlen
Pioneer Dies January s

5dIludTy 8, were neIQ aC the FreS
byterian church, Elder J. T. Jacob
of Yakima preaching the sermon
She was born at Alexandria, Obi
on March %, 1856 and were mar
ried August %, 1877 to C. L. Nc
Glothlen. They came to ,Yakim;
county in 1880 when the countr.
was nothing but sagebrush an.
took up a homestead. Two child
rem were born to them, Jessie Nc
Glothlen Cords who was born il
1888 and died in January, 1929
and Dallas. who was born in 1885,
and gave his life in the Worlo
War in 1917. C. l. McGlothler
died Mar. 10, 1923. After the
death of her loved ones her one de.
sire seemed to be to go to them
The McGlothlen family came to
this valley in 1892 when there were
but three families living between
Priest Rapids and Kennewick. They
homesteaded between the present
towns of White Bluffs and Han
ford. The deceased was school
teacher in her younger days but
proved herself a wonderful home-
maker. Young men who worked in
Hanford for short seasons and who
boarded there testify to her moth
erly care. She was former member
of the d. A. r. and also of the o.
b. S. She failed rapidly ever since
the death of her daughter. She
contracted pneumonia and was i'll
only three days when the end came.
She is the last of her family
and the only living relative is
her grandson, Francis Cords. She
was laid to rest in the White
Bluffs cemetery beside the grave
of her husband. I
In the practlce game between
Hanford high and Benton City at
Benton City on Saturday night,
our boys lost II to IL and our
girls lost % to 20. The teams were
accompanied by their coach, Mr..
Mansfield and Miss Veatch and
Miss Whelan and some rooters.
The following attended the Po-
mona Grange at Vale Saturday:
Mr.. and Mrs. David Hartman, Mrs.
w A. Joyce, Miss Harriet Joyce,
Mrs. w. L. Enyeart, Mrs. A. G.
Evett, NJ. R. Slavens, Walter Ell
lott, E. F. Murray, Mr.. and Mrs.
William s. Weber, Mrs. L. L.
Moulster, Mrs. j. w. Fenley and 8
Mrs. G. H. Smith. There were over
400 Changers and their families
at the six o'clock dinner.
A meeting under the auspices
of the Central Washington Grow y
ers' Association will he held at t
the Grange Hall in Hanford at 2:30
the afternoon of January 10. A ]
director of the bureau will be with
us to explain the advertising work
that is being done. Also, discus
sion regarding grade and packing y
rules and pear problems. g
Mr. and Mrs. Jasper McGloth-
len, Mr.. and Mrs. Purdy McGloth-
len, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl McGloth-
len and two children and Mr.. and n
Mrs. George Taylor of Yakima.
and Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. r. Taylor Y
of Prosser, all relatives of the late
C. L. McGlothlen, attended the |
funeral of Mrs. C. L. McGlothlen
Sunday. T
Miss Mae Syfford, who had her Z.
tonsils removed while in training t
at a Seattle hospital, arrived home
New Years Day and will remain I
at home until the opening of the
next term of work which will be
March /. .
Bentsn County Pomona Grange
will meet in Hanford Saturday, |;
February IA. The Hanford Grange
will serve a six O'Clock dinner to i
the visiting Changers and their |
families.
Gard of Thanks wish to a
thank the neighbors and friends t
for their kindness and sympathy !
in the last rites of our dear aunt.
We wish to specially thank the mu- 5
sicians for the beautiful music. Mr.. 9
and Mrs. E. w. R. Taylor of Pros
ser, Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Hoover
and family of Hanford. +
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Crimson and
little Aileen returned from Yakima
Saturday. Little Aileen, who has t
been i'll since November 10, is I'M i
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