The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-12-13

Mrs. Victor Beed is very i'll with
| an attack of the flu. -
Mrs. H. j. Capell left this after
noon for a visit in Spokane.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Shoemaker
left this week for a trip to Cali
fornia. s.r
Congregational Ladies Aid will
meet Thursday, December 20, with
Mrs. Harley E. Peter on the High
lands for Christmas party.
Lon Winters left Thursday night
for Fort Dodge, Iowa, where he
will spend the Christmas vacation
with his parents.
Mrs. Wesley Monroe entertain
ed with a shower for Mrs. George
Schuster Tuesday evening at the
Monroe home in the Garden Tracts.
DR.. H. j. Capell and ]. X. Book
Illus, president and vice president
elect of the local Kiwanis club,
went to Wenatchee yesterday to at
tend an officers training school.
Mrs. Elmer Oloson on the River
Road was hostess to the Kilkare
club today at one o'clock lunch
con. Bridge was played follow
ing the luncheon.
Mrs. Curran Chellis was hostess
to the Thursday Bridge club today
| for a one o'clock luncheon. Honors
went to Mrs. Don Thompson and
Mrs. A. H. Wegner. Mrs. Jennie
Chellis received guest prize.
After an unusually dormant fall,
activity in the local potato market
became manifest today when it
was learned that one of the larg-
est spud deals in the lower Yakima
Valley was consumated.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Grierson of
Richland were Kennewick visitors
Wednesday,. Mr.. Grierson is known
as the grape king of the district,
and ships his famous grapes to diff
ferent parts of the world.
The general ladies' aid of the M.
E. church met Wednesday after
loon at the home of Mrs. o. w. En-
gels in East Kennewick. Mrs. AL
bert Morgan and Mrs. B. J. Camp
bell were assistant hostesses.
The Eastern Star will have a
Christmas tree with an exchange
of small gifts at their next regular
meeting, according to an announce
ment made last week. Mrs. Wink
enwerder is in charge of the pro-
gram.
State Game Protector Penning-
ton of Walla Walla and Game Pro-
tector Trailing of Pomeroy were
Kennewick visitors Saturday and
while here were guests of Game
Protector Harry Watson and B. B.
Plowman.
Directors of the local Sports
mans club met Tuesday evening
and made plans for a banquet to
be held in the near future. The
meeting was called to consult To-
cal sportsmen about the opening
and closing date of the game sea-
son.
Mrs. E. C. Smith and Mrs. Thad
Grosscup of Richland entertained
Thursday afternoon with q one o.
clock luncheon at the Smith home
in honor of Mrs. Wynn Gascoigne
of Seattle, who is a guest of her
mother, Mrs. j. j. Rudkin. Mrs.
Gascoigne is a former Kennewick
resident.
Basketball season opens with a
bang this week. Tomorrow night
the high school team will take on
| q double-header with Milton and
Saturday night both the boys and
the girls team will tangle with
Hanford. Both games will be play
ed on the local floor.
The Bible class of the Christian
church met Wednesday evening
with Mrs. j. E. Mulkey on Third
Avenue. Eighteen members were
present. C. H. Meyers was elected
president; Mrs. M. S. Kinkaid, vice
president and Mrs. H. ii. DeHaven,
secretary and treasurer.
Mrs. w. ]. Barnes left Wednes-
day evening for Washington, D. C..
to be with her daughter Margaret,
who is employed in the civil serv-
ice department and who underwent
major operation last month. Mrs.
Barnes will remain with her daugh-
| ter for a month or more.
Mrs. Mary Fitzpatrick of Glas-
gov, Montana is expected to arrive
onight from Pateros where she has
spent the Thanksgiving holidays
with a daughter. Mrs. Fitzpatrick
will spend the Christmas holidays
with her daughter, Mrs. Harry
Cross and family in the Garden
Tracts.
Forty American Legion members
and Auxiliary members attended
the no-hostess dinner given We'd
nesday evening at the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. William Drennen in Pas
co. A Santa visited the group and
presented each of them gifts, the
gifts will later be turned over TO