Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1950-02-04
Sunnyside Schools
Are Also Closed


to a busy and useful life. "And",
she said, ut seems like I've al
ways associated with younger
people. There didn't seem to be
anyone my age in Sunnyside
then who did the things I liked
to do SO belonged to the things
my daughter did" She is active
in all circles of the Methodist
church and rarely ever misses
church on Sunday.
Grandma Langford has a keen
mind and loves to play bridge.
She still belongs to the Pioneer
bridge. club which was organ
lied by her daughter and Mrs.
H. Lloyd Miller thirty years ago.
1T meets this Thursday" she
said, "and we have our drawing.
This afternoon I'm going to a
Stanley luncheon, and tomorrow
is our Circle meeting"
give learned to play Canasta
this winter, too," she smiled,
then added with a direct look,
II don't believe it will ever take
the place of bridge, do you?"
Mrs. Langford has a brother
in Kansas who is SO. He wants
to live to be 100. "But I've set
my goal at co. she said, I'm
never sick, my eyes bother me
a little, but I'm really hale and
hearty. I had to miss a party
last week, and church on Sum
day because of the bad wea-
ther, but that wasn't my fault"
She is justly proud of all of
her grandchildren. One of her
grandsons has just been made
assistant manager OF the Old
National Bank in Sunnyside, and
another is in charge Of the in
vestment department Of a San
Diego bank. A. grand daughter
is professor Of Bacteriology at
Washington State college. Jane
has nine great-grandchildren.
Yes, the Psalm Of Life, as
written by Henry w. Longfellow
could apply to Grandma Lang
ford. :, 80 l..~
"But to act, that each tomorrow
Find us farther than to-day
Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn tn labor and tn Wait0
SUNNYSIDE, Feb. 4 - Rather
than jeapordize the health of
5000 school children, Sunnyside
schools closed this week until
the weather breaks" School
buses went out as usual this
morning in case some children
had not received word of the
closing and had started to school.
Some Of the class rooms could
not be kept warm and children
had doubled in other rooms until
today. Thermometers went to 18
below zero here last night.
Schools will probably be closed
the remainder Of the week. The
official opening date will be an
nounced later Superintendent
Albert Ayars stated.
LOST WITH PLANE
Eldon Dolansky, son Of Mrs,
Belle Dolansky of Sunnyside,
and the late Fred Dolansky, was
one of the passengers on the C.
81 transport plane missing in
the Yukon territory since Jan. 26.
Dolansky is ~ years old and is
married. He was returning from
Adak where he had completed a
years work as a civilian radio
technician attached to the army.
He graduated from SunnySide
high school in 1874 and attend.
ed the University Of Washington
prior to working at Beings In
Seattle. He enlisted In the army
as a radio technician and served
the balance Of the war aboard
a torpedo boat in the South Pa
cific. He was going directly to
Washington, Dc, from this trip
to continue his radio work. He
has one sister, Lucille, who serv.
ed as a WAC during the war. She
now lives in California.
BIG GAME DINNER
Sponsored by the Lower VAL
ley sportsman's club the annual
big game dinner was held last
night in the Outlook Grange hall.
Warren Hall of Sunnyside was
general chairman of the affair.
Dinner was served between the
hours of $50 and $3.50 to more
than 200 sportsmen. Unlimited
portions of elk steaks were serv-
ed. The dinner was free to MEM
bers of the organization, and a
charge of $1.50 was made to out.
siders who attended. Motion pic.
lures of deer and elk in the State
of Washington, and pheasant
propagation and hunting were
shown after the dinner. |