Arbor Day plans and community notices this week
The Kennewick area circles observe Arbor Day on April 10 along with a flurry of social events. Visitors from Spokane and Lewiston mingle with local clubs, church groups, and a Baptist Young People’s Union gathering as residents attend meetings, weddings, parties, and a Tom Thumb wedding planned for April 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Prather
Little Rock
F. M. Crosb
Walla Walla
C. M. Boles
S Xook
Nine Years Ago Today Items of Interest from The Courier
The Reed family arrived from Tacoma and will move from the Conway building into upstairs rooms above the hardware store. R. Fullerton is sick. John Duncan covers duties in his absence. Insurance is paid on the building and contents. a new school will start construction by June for completion by September. G. E. Hanson plants trees in Kennewick Gardens. Wm. Dircksen buys two Hover Villa tracts and will live there. Noben tests macaroni wheat on arid land to improve future irrigation. Water flows through the canal and laterals. Hanson finished canal work and goes to Kiona for ditch extension. The water crew includes Quigley, Duffy, Huson, Sepple, Dean, and Stuible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Reed
Tacoma
Conway
R. Fullerton
John Duncan
M. O. Klitten
G. E. Hanson
Kennewick Gardens
Wm. Dircksen
F. C. Gibbons
Dircksen
O. O. Noben
Horse Heaven
Hanson
Kiona
J. R. Quigley
C. E. Duffy
Richard Huson
Wm. Sepple
Fay F. Dean
John Stuible
When Tariffs and Prices Might Then Be Low
A verse urging reforms to lower living costs through fair tariffs lower rents and stricter controls on banks railroads coal and middlemen. The speaker asks voters and legislators to stop waste and leakage and to serve the people rather than landholders. The poem credits Berton Braley in Detroit Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berton Braley
Detroit Times
Professor Simmers Sees Bright Future in Kennewick Education
Prof C E Simmers of Washington State College inspected Kennewick schools and spoke to the high school. He urged students to pull their weight through education and noted progress in the last 25 years with more growth ahead. He brought greetings from Pullman and advised varied paths from normal training to university study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Simmers
Department of Education
Washington State College
Pullman
Kennewick
America
Simmers
State College
Church Services and District Convention Announced
Baptist church schedule lists Bible School at 10 a m and services with sermons on Faithfulness and Its Reward Humility and The Conversion of Cornelius baptism to be observed The Congregational church holds Sunday School 10 a m preaching 11 a m Junior League Epworth League 2 30 p m and 6 30 p m Youth meeting 7 30 p m sermon Beneficial Unrest district convention starts Thursday April 10 in Presbyterian building Rev E A Orr pastor Zion Lutheran announces German service 11 a m English service first and third Sundays at 7 30 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Staser
Thos. Hobday
le Seuer
Minn
J. Hoelzle
Lewiston
Idaho
Mary Bachman
W. S. Huntington
Marcia
Sumner
Wash
Mt. Vernon
Albert Luth
Horse Heaven
Benton County National Bank
Prosser
Prosser State Bank
Bertha Leverich
Kennewick
Ethel Tomkins
Pasco
Lavender Twelve Club
Nellie Hoadley
W. M. Frans
P. C. Book
St. Paul
Book
Rudd Russell
Kathryn Jean
Joe Henry Siegfried, Jr
G. W. Shanafelt
Sunnyside
J. B. Rose
W. G. King
E. D. Collins
J.J. Rudkin
A. C. Hart
North Pacific Fruit Distributors
North Yakima
Raymond
Third St
W. J. Hoyt
Banta
The
Princess Theatre
P Playhouse
United States
Christ
Baptist
Cornelius
Congregational Church
Epworth
Leage
Presbyterian
E. A. Orr
Epworth Leaguers Gather for Dalles District Convention
About 100 delegates will descend on Kennewick for the Dalles District Epworth League convention Friday through Sunday April 11 to 13. The program includes devotional sessions papers by Verna Ingram and Grace Troffer, district leaders, addresses by Rev Rarey Rev Marvin and Rev Perry, institute hours, song services, and a Lord's Supper at 4 o'clock Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennewick
Dalles
Epworth League
Verna Ingram
Institute
B.C. Snyder
Marvin
Sunnyside
H. O. Perry
Rarey
Grace Troffer
Rev. Perry
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Irving Fisher
Fred Merrill
Spokane
Howard Amon
Seattle
Richland
Mr. Holm
Miss Alta Willsey
Baptist Young People’s Union
S. D. Lynch
H. E. Sorlein
P. E. O’connor
Minneapolis
Horse Heaven Land Holdings
Commercial Orchards Co
W. B. Wuth
S. M. Henderson
Elizabeth Cosper
Thos. McKain
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Ellensburg
Elizabeth Casper
S. Henderson
R. E. Pratt
J. L. Johnson
Harry Holloway
Chas. Conway
Cemetery Association
Rosella Hamilton
Tegland
Rosella
F. A. Kennett
State Democratic Committee
C. L. Holcomb
Valeria Kathleen
Presbyterian Church
Benton City
Kiona-Benton
Gilles
Bridge Club
Elizabeth Kempf
Wm. Helm
Edw. Sheppard
Fred Tweedt
L. W. Trimble
Miss Gairdner
H. D. Nicewanger
Chicago
A. F. Woodward
Finley
Mrs. Woodward
Kjosness Mercantile Co
W. R. Crawford
Palouse City
Watsons
Beatrice
Naomi Smith
C. D. Carey
M. E. Church
Solomon Younce
Nellie
Retreat
Arkansas
Elliott
J. W. Farthing
Mr. Farthing
Rev
Younce
Behrman
Christian Forces
Pacific Coast
Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Senate
United Congregation of the Congregational and Presbyterian Churches
G. F. Richardson
Lutheran Ministers’ Conference
Wisconsin Synod of the
Pacific Northwest
Stearns
Levenworth
Kierst
Soll
Hass
Ava Lallamond
Alice E. Luth
Washington
Methodist Church
M. BE. Church
Bean, Hardy, Myers
Kennewick Fruit & Produce CO
E. M. Sly
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