The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-12-21
.L.iiile-Siories
.Qtille Week

Now being treated in an Eng
lish hospital for shrapnel WOUNDS
received November " Whlie IN
combat in Germany, is Pfc. Rob-
bort FLETCHER. according to word
received today by his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. c. F. Fletcher, formerly
of Richland.
Sic Henry Belair, aboard ship
somewhere in the Pacific, sends
the Reed family Seasons Greet
ings by V-Mail. n
Mrs. Anna Anon recently re-
ceived a letter from her son Loren
stating that he had seen Reta
Toe in Honolulu. Reta is an air
craft mechanic working in Pearl
Harbor. g. s
Willis Taylor, medical cadet,
| University of Oregon medical
school at Portland is expected
home Saturday to spend Christ.
mas with home folks.
Geo. o. Beardsley, county chair
man for the National 1nfantile
PARALYSIS campaign, announces the
appointment of Lawrence Scott
as chairman for the city OF Ken.
newick. The campaign Will start
on the 18th day of January and
ali monies raised will be used di-
rectly for combating infantile
PARALYSIS. Benton county at the
present time has one victim OF
This dreaded disease, for which
there is no known cause or cure,
and il is hoped that the people OF
Kennewick will generously sup
port this campaign. e
AIS Fred Markham will arrive
this evening from Hemet, Calf,
10 s,send Christmas with his par
MIR. and Mrs. Fred Mark
Gd65 Sr. in the Garden, Tracts.
tpl. Lawrence P. Hawkins, bro
{her of Miss Margaret Hawkins,
Kennewick, is due to arrive in the
United States soon on furlough
from the Mediterranean theater of
operations where he served %
months with the Army Ordnance
Corps.
Mrs Rob Simmelink entertained
the Kilkare bridge club with a
forma. dinner of Christmas party
Monday evening. Covers were
laid for IL with Mr.. and Mrs. c.
CLARK Hill of Richland as guests.
bridge honors for the evening
went to the host and hostess.
Miss Tommy Simmelink ar
rived from Washington State Col
u1egl Thursday to spend the holt
lldavs at home. Miss Frances Lei
er of Vancouver accompanied
lher to spend a few days at the
lSimmelink home. ..:,....... ... "
Hal and Lewis Keene, jr., are
Expected home this weekend from
the University of Seattle to spend
the holiday vacation at the home
of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
u. M. Keene.
Miss Mary Ellen Hogarth and
Jake Wolfe were married Monday,
Dec. 18th by Rev. M. E. Pratt.
The will make their home in Ken
newick.
The Kennewick Needle club had
its annual Christmas party and
Exchange of gifts last Friday at
the home of Mrs. T. w. Payne on
Kennewick Avenue.
..sARaY E. Porter, AAMH, son fof
60 1arie Bradley left Monday
J 4ameda, Calf, after spend
6k 15-day leave with his mother
here in KenneWick.
Mrs. Merwin Michner and baby
daughter returned to their home in
Camas Monday after spending
three weeks in Kennewick with
her grandmother Mrs. VIM. Mum
cey and her husbands parents
Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Michner.
Tommy Simmelink, Winifred
Hawn, Margie Odds, Margaret
Smith and Frances Perry, WSC
students are home for the Christ
mas vacation.
Pvt Kenneth Staley is return
ing to Camp Ham, Calf, Friday
evening after spending a 15-day
furlough with his parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Odin Staley.
Mike Watkins, USN, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Watkins, West
Highlands, is home on furlough
for the holidays.
Mrs. Elsie Walters is spending
christmas in Spokane. She is GO
ing up Friday and returning on
Wednesday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hembree is leav-
ing Friday for Portland to spend
week with her daughter Mrs.
vi. "A. Metz and family. She ex-
poets to be in Portland a week:
T.Sgt. and Mrs. I. w. Graves
and baby from Biggs Field, Ell
aso, Texas, are spending holt
Day furlough here in Kennamiclc