The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-11-23

| Dutch" Staley said: "Didja hear
what one republican said to an
other this week? It's long time
between postoffice buildings,
| huh?'"
| Cy Miller, manager of the Roxy
! theater, was a business visitor in
Olympia the first of the week.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Al Mccoy were
business visitors in Walla Walla
Tuesday night. .
Highland Woman's club will
meet Dec. l, at 2 pm. A Christ
mas program will be given by the
social committee. Hostess will be
Mrs. j. Watkins, Mrs. G. FELTON,,
Mrs. D. Cookie, Mrs. j. Crawford,
Mrs. j. Smith, Mrs. B. Lampson,
Mrs. G. Leber, Mrs. A. H. Jones
and Mrs. William bennett.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mueller
returned to Kennewick Sunday
from Bell, California. They will
make their home on Howard street
where they bought a new home.
| Pfc Jesse Talbee who has been
in New Guinea for the past year
has returned to the States. He
spent the past four months in a
hospital there with malaria. He
is to enter a hospital here in the
States. &C.,.
Word has been received from
Leroy Desgranges that he was
promoted to corporal last month.
Leroy is on MP duty with the
j 297th General Hospital in Eng
land.
MIR. and Mrs. j. A. House and
infant son, who have been living
in Portland, arrived last week
end to make their home with Mrs.
Houses parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r.
F.. Reed. a 4 =
Elizabeth Lynn was elected
president and Billy Gravenslund
treasurer of the Donnel House
where both OF. the girls are living
while they attend the university
this winter. Carol Vincent, form
er Kennewick girl, is guest at the
Donnel house also. ...- ~.
| Ralph Miller, USN, recently
completed the course for cooks
and bakers at the Navy Service
school in Treasure Island, after
spending a short leave in Kenne-
wick with his wife and parents,
, he returned to his company at
Shoemaker, Calf, Tuesday.
Pvt. Russell Desgranges writes
his folks that he has been in the
hospital in New Guinea the past
two months and has received no
mail since he has been there. His
hospital address is Goth Station
1 Hospital, Unit l, Detachment of
Patients. APO 713 co PM, San
Francisco, Calf.
Michael Edward Wanrow was
born October IL, 1914 in Kenne-
\ wick, and passed away November
IL, 1914 in the Pasco hospital.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur WanroW, two
sisters and one brother. Burial
was made Tuesday, Nov. 14th with
Rev. Coan in charge.
Word was received here We'd
nesday morning of the death Of
Mrs. Emil Albrecht, ST., at Pasa-
dena, Calf. Mrs. Albrecht had
resided in East Kennewick for IS
years, moving to California with
Mr.. Albrecht in 1897. Funeral
! services will be held from the
Bethlehem Lutheran Church at
Kennewick Sunday afternoon at
200 o'clock.
Miss Edith Weidle, 1912 gradu-
ate of the Richland high school,
has been elected representative at
large of the Student Government
association at Central Washington
College of Education, Ellensburg.
Miss Weidle has been active in
student affairs, belonging to sew
eral social organizations on the
campus. She is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Weidle of
Richland.
| The Walther, League of the
Bethlehem Lutheran Church was
host to the Walther League societ-
les of Central Washington at their
Fall rally. The Ladies Aid served
the banquet in the high school
cafeteria. There were $50 young
people and others in attendance.
Mr.. Moeller, parochial school
teacher of the Lutheran school
here, was master of ceremonies.
TBenton County chapter, camp
and hospital Red Cross committee
reports a gift of SIS from st. Paul's
Guild of the Episcopal church,
used toward purchase of Grapes
for the recreation room at McCaw
general hospital and another gift
of SIS from the Altar Society of
ST. Joseph's Catholic church to
be used for the purchase of phono-
graph records for McCaw.
One of the most difficult articles
to obtain during the war time is a
key. At last we have in Kenne-
wick a place to have keys made.
So the collection which accumu-
lates at the printing office during
the year will probably now in
crease as people won't be quite
so apt to call here for them after
they have been lost. The Key
shop is operated by H. B. Wood
at the Columbia Electric shop.
w. G. Muldrow, former resident
of Kennewick, where he was man.
ager of the Columbia Irrigation
District, but now connected with
the US army engineers, was in
Kennewick yesterday. He is MAX
ing investigations concerning the
development of the Columbia
river. He stopped off in Kenne--
wick on his way back to head
quarters in Portland from a trip
to Ephrata and Quincy on the
Columbia Basin project. He also
attended the sessions in Yakima
| of the Washington Reclamation