The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-01-15

/ Mrs. E. A. Silliman acted a
installing officer at Touchet Wed
nesday evening when the Wall
Walla County grange officers wer
installed. Those attending from
here were Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Ayers
| Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Sherry, Mari,
Gerards, Mrs. Henry Piert. Mrs.
| c. Swayze, Mrs. Lottie Lampson
Mrs. Clara Root, Mr.. and Mrs. D
L. Henson and Carl Williams.
There will he a public installation
of the Rainbow for Girls officers a.
the Masonic hall next Monday
night. Miss Irma Pratt will be the
installing officer assisted by the ne.
cessary number of special officers
During the evening Tommy Simme.
link, grand representative for the
state of Oregon will be introduced
The members of Alma Circle will
serve the refreshments for the
evening.
MIR. and Mrs. H. E. Huntington &C.
companied Mr.. and Mrs. Vic Rogers
to Cowiche last Saturday. Mr.. Rog-
ers went there to attend a F.. F.. A
meeting, but the Huntingtons took
the opportunity to visit their daugh-
ter and her husband, Mr.. and Mrs
Harry Blake, who have purchased
the store from v. NJ Ward, who used
to be manager of the local j. G.
Penney store.
j. H. Siegfried was business
visitor in Portland last Tuesday.
The East Kennewick Woman's
Club met with Mrs. Frank Wright
last Tuesday, with Mrs. B. Kempe
as assistant hostess. After the
luncheon and business meeting, the
following officers were elected: pres
ident, Mrs. Edward Dammeier; vice
president, Mrs. Ora Iuddington;
secretary, Mrs. Frank Wright.
Over one hundred women met
in the Red Gross room last Friday
afternoon to be formed into r. G.
home nursing classes under the
direction of Mrs. Harrison of Pasco.
The following classes were organic
ed: Tuesday night, z to 9 at R. G.
rooms for the business girls; Tues
day to 3 and to for Highland
ladies at the Highland club house;
Wednesday. to II and l to 3, r. c.
rooms; Thursday, to II and l 80 to
$3.50, r. C. rooms; Friday, to II,
r. g. rooms.
The District Missionary confer
ence Of the M. E.. Church will he
held Monday, January 18th in the
local church. DR.. Poole, executive
officer and returned missionary will
speak both in the afternoon and
evening. The church women will
serve dinner in the evening and
all church members and constitu-
ents are expected to he there. Del
egates from all the churches in
the Walla Walla district will Sc
present.
Howard Walstead, who accompan-
led Frieda Pasche to Portland,
spent the week there visiting his
brother and family. Waltead re-
turned to Kennewick Tuesday and
left again for Portland Wednesday,
where he will assist Mrs. Seeley in
packing and moving to Walla Walla.
Walstead will drive the car to Walla
Walla for Mrs. Seeley. Mrs. Seeley
accompanied by her little grand
daughter and Frieda Pasche, will 20
to ALA Walla by train, where they
expect to spend the winter. |
An interesting note from Don
Higley says that his anti-tank bat
talon has been reorgan1zed. 1T is
now the 803d Tank Destroyer Bat
TALON" he says. 1.-THE main differ |
ence is in the armament. Instead |
Of 37mm guns we are to have 75mm
mounted on new type equipment.
As yet we don't know much about
It. Also instead of waiting Tor tanks,
Is an anti-tank battalion does, we
90 and get them before they get to
our lines. We are still on six-hour
alert. That is, six-hour passes are
he longest we can get"