The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-12-04
Oyster Supper Enjoyed
With Card Party Later

per and card party sponsored Dy the
up-riyer Woman's club was held in
| the Vernita school house Thursday
levening. Seven tables of pinochle and
two tables of bridge were played. The
[ pinochle prizes were awarded to Mrs.
c. Davis and Fred Gilhuly, and those
of bridge by Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
H.5sWood, while Mrs. Jess JroWn
! carried home the door prize. This
club plans to sponsor at least two
more of these parties, one of which
will be during, the Christmas vaca-
ton. ;. s.
A Christmas cantata is being re-
hearsed by the Vernita school pu-
pills and a play by the Woman's club
to be presented at an entertainment
and community party on the eve
ming of December 18th.
The Brown-Sisk bands of sheep,
which were summered in the noun
tains at Valley, have now been ship
ped to range and pasture near Yaki-
ma, and will be brought home to
Priest Rapids about the first of the
year. .~-s.-.
Mrs. Leo Beiren, who has been in
charge of the Red Cross enroll
ment, is very proud of the fact that
the families of the up-river COM
nunity have joined SO percent.
Mrs. Harold Beldin and two chill
dren, Scott and Gaynett, returned to
Portland Saturday, having been the
guests of Mrs. Beldin's father, Ed
mond Anderson, since Thanksgiving
!, day. They were accompanied on the
! trip by Miss Josephine .Westling, op-
orator in the local telephone ex-
tchanbe, who will spend few days in
Portland On the return trip Mr..
Anderson was accompanied by w. H.
Kirby, who has spent the past month
on the coast, first visiting two sis
tiers in Seattle, Mrs. w. Clydefelter
and Mrs. H. Muzzy, for a period of
four days. His son, Burton, motored
to Seattle to take him to his home
in Kelso, remaining there for two
weeks, before leaving for his daugh-
ter's home, Mrs. Pete Strand at Cas-
cade Locks. =, I'LL. ~. ...a.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. A. Barnes re-
turned from Seattle Sunday, where
they had been to attend the sixtieth
wedding anniversary of Mr.. Barnes
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Barnes,
who were the recipients of many
beautiful gifts suitable to the oc-
casion. They also visited their son
and family at Marysville, while en-
route.
The annual American Legion Aux
iliary hope chest dance will be held
Saturday in the Community hall.
The music will be supplied by the
Star Busters of Pasco.
Miss Muriel Beldin had charge of
the public library Monday after
noon, in the absence of the librarian,
Miss Florence Montgomery, who was
a Kennewick visitor with her moth
'er. Miss Cordelia Montgomery and
her brother, Ralph.
The Misses Marian and Dorothy
Grisham returned from Yakima on
Saturday, where they had been en-
ployed in one of the fruit packing
warehouses since early fall. .
United States Guard Walter F..
McClard and Orph j.. Parker, for
merly assigned to the j.. D. Ross
substation at Vancouver, have re-
placed Guards Emil Kramer and
Olin D. Clip of the Midway substa-
ton, who have recently been trans
ferred. The new guards have moved
into the Ira Flagler home formerly
occupied by the Kramer family, who
rented the house when the Flaglers
went to the coast to spend the win
ter. Claude Jones, chief control
house operator at Midway substa-
ton, returned Tuesday from three
weeks vacation.