The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-07-27

word this week that her son Pfc.
Lee Rogers Cole, a paratrooper
with the 101st Airborne Division,
has been decorated with the Dis
tinguished Service Cross. The
DISC is one of Americas highest
military decorations. He was
wounded in the shoulder during
the first days of invasion. Cole
is now in a hospital in England.
Mrs. Emma Hanson spent the
week on the coast where in Ia
coma she visited her daughter,
then enroute home she visited her
son in Portland.
Frank Brown went to Sacra-
mento, Calf, the early part of
this week to visit his brother, who
is expected to 60 overseas soon.
He returned the latter part of the
week. -. - -.
Employees of the Neuman store
had a picnic at Sacajawea park
Sunday. There were about SO
present and all had an excellent
time. " %
The Benton County Chapter of
the American Red Cross board of
| directors will meet August LIST
at the Lewis grade school, room
103 at 7:45 in Richland. All
members are urged to attend.
S. H. Whitehorn, who operates
a nursery and seed company at
Fresno, was business visitor in
Kennewick the last of the week.
secretary of the Kennewick cham
Der of commerce. He found very
few acquaintance remaining, as
Mr.. Whitehorn at one time was
he has been gone from here about
twelve years. ..s&.....
DR.. and Mrs. Benjamin received
the announcement of the birth of
a daughter to Mr.. and Mrs. Dean
Kentey Of Eugene, Oregon on
July Goth.
To attend the 58th annual meet
ing of the Washington. Newspaper
Publishers Association, the local
publisher and wife went to Seattle
last Thursday night, attending the
sessions Friday and Saturday. Mrs.
Reed stayed over in the coast
city for a couple of days to visit
with her sister, Mrs. G. H. Shana-
felt, a former pioneer resident of
Kennewick. Mrs. Reed planned to
60 to Portland this week to spend
a few days with her daughter be-
fore returning home. IL.
Mrs. O. Max Sloan and Miss
Jeanne Boutelle spent the day in
Walla Walla July 25th.
Mr.. and Mrs. William b. Wash
burn of Pasco are the parents
of son born July "a. Mrs,
Washburn is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Odes Sloan of Kenne-
wick.
| Cpl. and Mrs. Loren Aman and
family left Sunday, July %, fol-
Corvallis, Ore, were Aman is sta
toned. They will make their
home there until Aman leaves for
overseas duty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Rector
have as their guests, Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl M. Woodruff. Mr.. and
Mrs. Woodruff expect to be here
until some time in September
Mrs. Woodruff is Rector's mother
Thomas Meikle of Nampa, Ida.
visited his sister, Mrs. II. E. Oliver
the early part of this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Rector
were pleasantly surprised when a
friend from their former home
Mrs. Larry Adamson of Cham
paign, Illinois, stopped in Kenne-
wick. Mrs. Adamson was enroute
to visit her husband who is in
the Navy.
/ St.-Sgt. Norman Guyer is in
Kennewick spending furlough
with his wife and her family. Guy
er is stationed at March Field in
California, where he is an instruc-
tor in radio for the air corps. He
has seen many months of service
in India. He and Jim Reed en-
listed together and were supposed
to 60 through the war as buddies,
but Jim wet to Iceland, Scotland,
England and Africa as turret
gunner, while Guyer was sent to
Florida, then was flown to South
America, to Africa and then to
India, where he served as radio
i generator and gunner on f1vinq