The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-05-30
Mrs. Chester Durdle is expecting

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her mother, Mrs. G. E. Fox, to ar
rive from Walla Walla Sunday. She
plans to make Mrs. Durdle a short
visitb efore going on to California
to attend the fair. ! ~
The Ladies of Confraternity OF
Christian Doctrine of st. Joseph's
parish will hold a benefit card par
ty at the G. G. Robertson home
three and one half miles up the
River Road on Tuesday evening,
June II.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Sands plan
to leave the last of the week for
Chico and Stockton, California
they will visit relatives and among
them will be an aunt of Mr.. Sands
he hasn't seen since he was q small
boy back in 1888.
Mrs. Edward Shepard Of Toppen-
ish and her daughter, Mrs. Rollin
Stoud of Seattle formerly, Miss Ar
dice Mae Shepard will spend Me-
mortal Day here. They will be the
house guests Of Mrs. Cora McKain
and Mrs. z. Durbin.
v. M. Ward, manager of the local
j. G. Penney store, plans to spend
Thursday and Friday in Walla Wal
Ia attending a company convention
of managers from Gle Elum to En-
terprise. This is the buying con-
vention for the fall merchandise.
Prosperity has at last turned the
well known corner it has been hid
ing around, apparently. Ever since
the depression started "the bank
with the big chime clock" has had
the clock but no chimes. Last week
citizens were startled to hear the
old familiar gongs, calling attention
to the fact that the clock has had
its face washed and was again run
ming somewhere near on time.
Mrs. Herman Schmidt, Mrs. j. Z.
Bockius and Mrs William Shrickler
entertained with series of bridge
luncheons this week. White and
red peonies were used for the dec
orations. Five tables Of bridge were
in play each day, with Monday hon
orS going to Mrs. r. E. Reed and
Mrs. Gene Spaulding. Tuesdays
honors went to Mrs. G. B. Shoemak-
er and Mrs. G. n. Shanafelt.
Mrs. J. r. Ayers left Monday for
Ringold, where she will spend the
week with Mrs. II. q. Nagel. Mr..
Ayers left the same day to visit
his bands Of sheep in Montana.
Mrs. Ayers and Mrs. Nagel will join
Mr.. Ayers here Saturday and they
will attend Pomona grange at Rat
tlesnake that afternoon and eve
ming and then go on to Everett to
attend state grange meeting. Mr..
and Mrs. Ayers are delegates from
the Finley grange.
Miss Eva1yn Yedica entertained
with an announcement party on
Thursday evening at her apartment.
The pink and white color scheme
was carried out in the refreshments
as well as table and room decora-
tions. The announcement of Miss
Yedica's engagement to Urban
Rocker was made in form of q
chain letter and at the end of the
streamers a little card telling of
the event. Miss Yedica is the
daughter Of H. F. Yedica at Rich
land and Mr.. Koelker is the son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. N. Koelker of Spo-
kane, former Kennewick residents.
Eight new books are on the pay
shelf at the library, Mrs. Cora Nc
Kahn states. One of these, Years
Are So Long," by Josephine Law
renee, was donated by Miss Florence
Ring. The other new books are:
"The Folks" Suclrow; '"The White
Reef" Martha Ostenso; 'Resurrec-
ton River" by Mowery; House Di-
vided," Pearl Buck; within This
Present." N. A. Barnes; Miss
Bishop" Bess Streeter Aldrich;
Thunder Mountain" Zane Gray.
Mrs. McKain says there are still
many careless borrowers in the To-
cal library, but many Of them have
shown promptness in returning
books, so she is asking once again
for books to be returned promptly
to the library.