The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-08-12

Two Boys ESCAPE
Drowning Sunday
O,,.,,onds-Mr. and Mrs. Carl
stt Mr. and Mrs. Rowland and
senv'. and Mrs. Thresher and sons
l '.;.nicked sunday on the Snake rlv-
George Rowland and Jimmie
e e. had very narrow escape
..om drowning as they attempted
llo.. r,n across the river and in do
Inc So struck an undercurrent which !,
n n,I them under. George had q
pu. under once when they landed
s $. sand barge which in all prob
-, was the means OF avertng
sDA disastrous accidental drowning.
s,.sd,ess to say the families went
So.ne very much frightened, but
also s very thankful that the boys had
escaped.
The Highlands and surrounding
community we're very much sadden-
= 10 the Sudden death Of Mrs.
Iv,e Brand Friday evening at her
-. IN Mckee. She was a former
, ,, resident, recently moving
- MCKEE where they purchased a
d,,,o xtore. The body was brought
- Rennewick Saturday and fun
sr.i services we're held Tuesday aft
srnoon at two o'clock and the body
rl.ced In Riverview Heights GEM
.terv The entire Highlands ex-
tends heartfelt sympathy to the be-
resved relatives.
nSr and Mrs. Emel Nelson OF
Butte Falls, Oregon, are spending
this week visiting friends and rela-
tiyes In Kennewick.
Mr. and Mrs. II. w. Withers and
NJ and Mrs. W. 8. Green, son Billy
and house guest Richard Soth OF
suokane. attended the Pasco East
ern Star picnic in Pasco park We'd
nesday evening.
Robert Lewis spent a few days
last week visiting at the home OF
his sister Mrs. Bob Mcintyre in
Pasco.
Junior Bergen and Harvey Paul
aun left Monday for Genesee, Idaho,
vhere they viii work during har-
vest.
+. W. Hampton will leave soon
for : visit In the eastern states
This y his first trip since 1899 and
be plans to visit In Chattanooga,
Tennessee, Hoopson, Illinois, Chi
caeo. Cincinnati and other places in
Indiana and Kentucky.
Miss Dale Lewis attended the an
nual III picnic In Prosser last Sat
urday.
Jerry Curtis arrived home satur-
day evening from Oregon, where he
had spent the past week visiting rel
ative6.
M. and Mrs. Wallace Preston
attended . surprise birthday picnic
dinner IN Pasco park Sunday hon
orins Mrs.. Ernest Sherry Of Finley
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Lampson and
family Of Toppenish spent the week
end ct the home Of his brother
Frank Lampson and family.
The Highland bridge club met
last Friday with Mrs. Wallace
Preston Is hostess, instead Of Mrs
Brand Is previously planned. Mrs
Art simsen won high score with
Mrs. Bertha Simsen next high and
Mrs. Ted Watkins won the travelling
prize. The next meeting will be
held with Mrs Ellen Lape, Aug. 26
Mr.. and Mrs. Lew Hummel and
children and their house guest Mrs
Hummel Of Toppenish, spent Sum
day at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs
and Mrs. E. g. Lape.
The Highland sewing club will
meet next Tuesday with q picnic in
the park with Mrs. G. L. Burris as
hostess.
Mrs. Wheelhouse, who has been 8
patient ct the Pasco hospital the
past couple Of weeks, returned to
ner home Saturday. much improv-
ed In health.
n. n. Hudnall and son Martin
nave returned from visiting ON the
Coast, ->
MI. and Mrs. Rolla bennett Of
CORVALLIS are visiting at the home
Of Rollas parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w
bennett, 1890 !"
~. and Mrs. Nelson Lewis and
family attended q birthday dinner
nonorins A. v. Lewis ON his birth
SAy a the A. v. Lewis home on
Sunday. 1 ~
IN ~: and Mrs. W. T. Knight, Mr.
ana Ars. Bert Perkins and Mrs. -