The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-02-26

Potato growers of the lower val
ley will hold conference at the
chamber rooms next Friday. Mr..
Drobish, of the department of agri-
culture, will be present to discuss
the potato outlook.
Mesdames Arthur and Herman
Campbell entertained at the Arth-
ur Campbell home with five tables
of pinochle Saturday evening. The
high score was held by Mr.. and
Mrs. Willard Campbell. Refresh
ments were served by the hostesses
after the game.
Word has been received this
week that Miss Marjorie Herring
ton, a freshman at Whitman col
lege, was initiated as an Alpha
Chi Omega Tuesday, February "a.
Miss Lexington is daughter of
Mrs. Audrey Herington and former
Kennewick high school student.
The Horticultural club met Mon
day at one o'clock luncheon at
Plowman's with Madame Macma-
hon hostess. The table was charm
ingly appointed and covers were
laid for Is. Madame G. w. King
was a guest, a former member of
the club, who is spending the win
ter with her son, C. E. King and
family.
Three divisions of the general
aid of the Methodist church met at
the church parlors Wednesday aft
ernoon and held election of Off
GERS. Mrs. T. w. Payne was elect
led president; Mrs. E. A. Miller.
first vice president; Mrs. A. ".
McReynolds, second vice president;
Mrs. George Stradford, secretary
and Mrs. G. w. Sherk, treasurer.
Some of the members of st.
Joseph's Altar society gathered at
the parish house Saturday evening
to wish Mrs. Mary Kachelmeir
farewell, who left this week for
Nez Perez. Mrs. Kachelmeier came
here last year as housekeeper for
Father Dennis Cronin. She has
made many friends in the church
and been an active member In the
Altar society
Kenneth Serier of Kennewick
has been appointed by the Whit
man Press club as assistant di-
rector of the clubs annual North
west High School newspaper con-
test, conducted among the high
schools of the four northwest
states Mr. Serier, senior in the
department of Economics and
Physics, IS a member of the Press
club.
The Kennewick basketball team
is giving a banquet to the Topper
ish and Kennewick girls this eve
ming at Plowman's. The banquet
will be served after the game,
which will decide the championship
of the Yakima valley, as the Top
penish team holds the champion
ship of the upper valley and Ken
newick for the lower. valley. Cow
ers were laid for 80.
The Fourth division of the Meth
odist ladies' aid met Wednesday
afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Vane Wilder with Mrs. Joseph
Osborne as assistant hostess. The
election of officers was held
Mrs. Harry Chambers was elected
president; Mrs. Harry Shoemaker,
vice president; Mrs. M. Hillie, sec
rotary; Mrs. A. j. Thompson, treas
urer. This division will give play
'Mousetrap" on March 4, at the
church parlors.
About a 100 members of the |
Methodist church gathered at the
church parlors Wednesday at six
o'clock '4pctluck dinner" Rev. and
Mrs. A. A. Calender of Yakima,
district superintendent and former
pastor, gave an interesting talk
about the work of the church. The
occasion was the celebration of
The 25th anniversary of the dedi-
cation of the Methodist church
mere. The evening was spent in a
social way and talking over the
.hanges in the quarter of a CEN
;ury. K