White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-05
HANFORD HAPPENINGS
(By Mrs. M. R. Slavens)


| fire broke out in the Weber ware
house. There were three carloads of
apples ready to be loaded and there
were two refrigerator cars on the track.
The warehouse and one car were COM
pletely destroyed and one car damaged
The warehouse owned by VIM. S. Web
Der and worth about $4,000 was par
| TALLY covered by insurance. The APP
Piles were owned by the American
Fruit Growers. This is the second
warehouse to burn this year, and the
third in two years. The cause Of the
fire can not be determined.
William Syfford came home from
Yakima Saturday. He was accompan-
led by Miss Violet Fife and Mr.. and
Mrs. Claude Morache.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Dayton, Ralph and
Ina Bernice spent Monday In Yakima,
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Morache, who
spent the weekend here, returning
with them.
The high school students gathered
at the Boettcher home last Friday and
gave a farewell party in honor of G.
E. Hatch, who has been substituting
for Supt. Boettcher during the latters
absence. Games were played and re-
freshments were served by the Girls
Club, who sponsored the affair.
The pupils of the intermediate
grades and their teacher, Mr.. Mans
| field, gave masquerade party at the
grade school on Friday evening. A
short program was given and games
and stunts took up most of the even
ing. The parents and friends of the
pupils were invited and the visitors
outnumbered the pupils. There were
so many clever costumes that it was
hard for the judges to decide which
were the best Marie Wooten receiv-
ed the prize for the best costume for
girls and Merrill Murray the prize for
the boys. Pumpkin pie, cider and
lollypops were served.
The pupils in Mr.. Murray's room
gave Halloween party in the gym
on Friday evening. They played games
and later refreshments of doughnuts
pie and cider were served.
Mr. and Mrs. Bell and daughter
Inez were in Yakima Saturday G.
E. Hatch went with them as far as
Yakima and from there went to Sc
attle
The pupils in Miss Becks room gave
a Halloween program last Friday af-
ternoon. There were nineteen visit
ors present. Taffy apples cookies
and candy were served.
George McConnachie and his son
Edgar drove to Seattle last Thursday
and returned the first of this week.
Mrs. w L. Enyeart, who has been i'll
| for two weeks, is still on the sick list.
| Robert Fife made business trip to
Yakima Tuesday. He had as passen-
gers, Miss Harriet Joyce, and Billy
Cox.
A basketball game at Mesa Wednes-
day evening between Hanford and
Mesa, resulted in score of SO for
Hanford and IA for Mesa in the girls
game and 20 for Hanford and for
Mesa in the boys game.
In the account of birthday party
last week at the home of Mrs. E. w.
Heard, the list of guests was uninten-
ionally omitted. 1t included Mr.. and
Mrs. Fay Davis and family Mr.. and
Mrs. S. F.. Murray and sons, Mrs Rog-
ers, Mr.. and Mrs ID G. Mock and fam
lily, Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Meyer and son.,
Ed Peterson, D. C.. Buckholdt and
daughter Annette, Mr.. and Mrs. B.
| Salvini and sons, all of Hanford, and
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Harris, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack Harris and son, and Mr..
and Mrs. Guy Harris and family, all
of Yakima.