The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-03-02
Little STORIES OF THE WEEK

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i The Kennewick Needle Club
will meet with Mrs. I. Serier on
Friday, March 8.
The P.-T.A. will hold sweet
sale at the Shurfine store next
| Saturday, March 4th.
! Kennewick Valley Grange will
have a general cleanup day Sum
day, starting at 9. Pot-luck din
ner will be served at noon. Let
( us see you there.
| Pvt. Russell Desgranges, who has
been in Australia since November,
writes that he has just received
his first Courier, dated Dec. 2, and
although two months old he surely
did enjoy it and hoped more would
soon follow.
| A family gathering was enjoyed
at the w. S. Washburn home last
Sunday when the children of Mrs.
Hannah Oliver met to honor her
on her birthday. Ice cream and
a lovely birthday cake were serv-
ed during the afternoon.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Oliver of
Livingston, Montana, came Satur-
day night to visit relatives and
help his mother, Mrs. Hannah
Oliver, to celebrate her birthday
which was February 9th. They
left for their home Tuesday.
Alma Circle met Monday af-
ternoon with Mrs. Elsie Walters
with 1870 luncheon. After the
regular business meeting three
tables of bridge were in play.
High score was held by Mrs. Cora
Reed, who was guest of the club.
Miss Charlotte Champagne left
Saturday for Yakima to visit her
cousin, Leon Champagne, who has
finished his boot training at Far
ragut and is home for a few days
leave from the Coast where he is
at present stationed. She re-
turned Tuesday evening.
Pfc. Leroy Desgranges has been
in the military police for over a
year and has been awarded the
good conduct and service ribbon
for his first years service. Leroy
is now on duty at the 297th Cen
eral Hospital guard house, APO
1879, Los Angeles, Calf.
| Members and friends of the Ma
zarene young peoples society met
Monday, February 18th at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Leopard
on the river road for a short
business meeting which was fol-
lowed by leap year party. Forty
seven young people were there
and all reported having a grand
i time.
The World Day of Prayer meet
ing, sponsored by the churches
Council of Women last Friday and
held in the Kennewick Methodist
church was attended by over $50
people. Chaplain Proppe of the
Pasco naval air station was the
speaker for the afternoon. About
$50 was taken in the collection
and will be divided among several
different missions.
The Kennewick unit of the
American Legion Auxiliary will
join the Pasco group for dinner
at the Methodist church in Pasco
to honor the annual visit of the
department president, Josephine
Hall and district president Gladys
Schmidt. Reservations are being
made and cars will be available
for transportation to the TOO
o'clock dinner, Monday, March'6.
At the regular meeting of Al
thea Rebekah Lodge Monday the
Rebekah degree under direction
of Thelma Higley was conferred
on Idabelle Rathbun. Guests were
present from Pasco, Colorado and
Oregon. Plans were made to con-
fer the degree on Alice Boyer and
Virginia Tredway on March Is.
The degree team will practice on
Sunday, March / at o'clock. De-
licious refreshments were served
to so guests.
| Word was received this week by
relatives of the bride of the we'd
ding of End Lieut.. Margaret Mary
Lincoln of the u. S. Army Nurses
Corps at Hammer Field, Calf, and
1st Lieut.. Robert j. Golfer, Jr.,
a provost marshal at Camp Pine
dale, Calf. Mrs. Golfer is a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Lincoln of Toppenish and a niece
of Miss Margaret Hawkins and
granddaughter of Postmaster
Lincoln of Kennewick. She re-
ceived her nurses training at the
st. Elizabeth's hospital in Yakima
and is now stationed at the Ham
mer Field Base hospital. The
young couple will have an apart
ment at Fresno, Calf.
Dr Tudor RenfOn. franklin