The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-08-06
Little
Stories
of the
Week

II
ice on the N. p. is announced, eff
fective August 10. Trains 1913 and
334, now running thru to Seattle
will be run as far as Yakima only
and to Pasco, eastbound. This
change will affect local mail serv-
ice materially, for substantial
amount of the mail now being sent
out of Seattle comes on the morn
ing train. Under the change this
mail will be delayed until the eve
ming train. The service between
Pasco and Yakima will be by mo-
tor car instead of the steam trains
as now being handled.
Mrs. Dorothy Perry of Mel
rose, Idaho, spent Friday and Sat-
urday with her brother, Herbert
Misner of the post office force,
and also visited friends here. Mrs.
Perry is former resident of Ken
newick and was returning from
Bellingham, where she attended
summer school. She visited Mrs.
William Washburn at Monroe and
brought Mrs. r. A. Oliver home.
She had spent two weeks visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. William
Washburn and family at Monroe
and relatives and friends in Seat
tie.
A mothers and daughters "get- !
together" banquet was given at
the Methodist church Friday eve
ming under the auspicies Of the
Missionary society. A musical pro-
gram followed the banquet given
under the direction of Mrs. E. A.
Miller, president of the society and
included piano duet by Miss
Alice Altrogge and Miss Phyliss
Chambers and two pleasing solos
by Miss Dora Williams. A toast
to the daughters was given by
Mrs. j. Fletcher Long and respond
ed to by Miss Coral Campbell.
John .Storland, and old-time
resident of the valley, is in town
this week visiting old friends. He
has lived in California for some
time past in a community, he says
that does not invite additional set
tiers. Mr.. Storland has been TAX
ing the Courier Reporter ever
since he left this district and came
in with a nice new five-dollar bill
to renew for another year.
"Here's one of the new, small bills.
They made 'em smaller to be in
keeping with their shrunken pur-
chasing power"
Mrs. T. w. Payne was hostess
at miscellaneous surprise show
er honoring Miss Marie Day, who
is to be one of the early fall
brides. The guests were former
members Of Mrs. Payne's Sunday
school class and gathered at the
home Of Miss Ethel McReynolds
and came over to Mrs. Paynes. A
mock wedding was one of the
amusing stunts Of the evening.
Mrs. L. H. Raymond assisted Mrs.
Payne in serving the delicious
lunch at the close fthe evening.
Miss Pauline Moore was seized
with cramps while swimming near
the Pasco beach Thursday eve
ming and had gone down twice be-
fore eHnry Cotman of Kennewick
and Robert Tingley, Is, Pasco jun
Tor life saver, succeeded in saving
her. Miss Moore was soon revived
and didn't suffer any i'll effects
from her adventure, thru the
prompt action of Cotman and
Tingley.
Mrs. F. E. Sands received tel
egram from Greenfield, Missouri
Saturday morning that her broth
er-in-law had passed away. She
left that afternoon to be with her
sister. She viii also visit in Mis-
souri, and at Kansas City before
returning home.
The fourth division of the M. E.
Ladies' Aid will meet at the park
August IL at 4:30 o'clock. There
will be election of officers, choos-
ing Of hestesses and the member
ship contest will be closed. Each
member is asked to be present.
The meeting will be followed by
a family reunion picnic.
Miss Marjorie Harrington Of
Walla Walla is visiting friends in
Kennewick this week, while on her
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