The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-05-11
-IITTLE STORIES OF THE WEEK

The Library Guild will met Mon
day, May Is, with Mrs. B. |. Whit
ney in East Kennewick.
Mrs. S. E. Erickson and son
Maynard left Monday for Bickle-
ton to visit with her parents.
Miss Ellen Puderbaugh of East
Kennewick was a Sunday dinner
guest of Miss Ina Hockersmith.
The Royal Neighbor club will
meet with Mrs. AL Williams in the
Garden Tracts Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. G. H. Sherk entertained the
Horticulture club Monday at des-
sert luncheon. Mrs. Nora Thomas
was the invited guest.
Miss Isabel Witt left Saturday
for Seattle after a ten-day visit
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
II Witt in East Kennewick.
W.C.T.U. will meet with Mrs.
Payne Tuesday, May 16, at 2 o.
clock. Everyone is requested to
bring current event on temper
ance and missions. Come and bring
your friends.
Mayor and Mrs. A. C. Anon en-
tertained with seven o'clock din
ner Tuesday evening for the pleas
ure of w. F. Marsh of Portland,
who is Kennewick visitor this
week, and former Kennewick bus
mess man. Other guests were Mr..
and Mrs. Don Thompson, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. II. Yedica and Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Linn.
Forty-five hundred pounds of
asparagus was reported as sent to
the Sunnyside cannery Tuesday, a
less amount was shipped Wednes-
day on account of the cold weather
| it is stated, while more than twen-
| ty tons of asparagus has been
shipped to the Walla Walla can
merry from the Big Y. Shipments to
the canneries are expected to con-
tinue for about three weeks.
The members of the Kennewick
Needle club donated to the Kenne-
wick Library 81 to be spent for
books to be selected by the ibrar-
ian, Mrs. Cora McKain. hTe Needle
club is one of the oldest organiza-
tions in Kennewick and has q linn
tied membership. For number of
years the city park has been the
clubs pet and they have given
table and seats. bulbs and shrubs.
Herbert H. Fletcher, sales man
ager at Church's Grape Juice Co.,
has just returned from trip thru
the East. He states he noticed in
creasing activities in all lines,
While on the trip he Travelled ex-
tensively by plane and among his
travelling companions were Will
Rogers, and Mrs. Moffitt, widow
Of Admiral Moffitt, who lost his
life in the Akron disaster.
DR.. and Mrs. A. T. Lukens and
daughter, Betty of Chehalis were
guests of Mrs. Lukens' aunt and
1 cousins, Mrs. j. C. Hogan and Mr.
land Mrs. William Brace over the
weekend. They were returning
from Craigmont, Idaho, where they
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had attended the funeral Of Mrs
Lukens' brother, who was killed
in an auto accident last week al
Bakersfield, California.
The entire city of KennewicI
and surrounding county that de.
pended on electricity was without
lights Tuesday evening, when 8
broken limb from a tree .came II
contact with the wires along Col.
umbia Drive and burned out 9
transformer. Every thing was al
a standstill awaiting the return OF
lights, as many homes were with
out even the old-fashioned candles
or coal oil lamps. AS one wife ex.
4 pressed it ssthe service is always
SO dependable that we never think
to keep candles or lamps around
in the way" Prompt action on the
part Of the power employees hao
the service resumed within ar
hour.