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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1913
Page
4
The Finley news notes visitors from Touchet and Cheney, a successful league ice cream social raising nearly thirty dollars for the piano fund, and a busy church and school calendar. Residents attend harvest work, choir changes occur, and teachers begin the new term under Prof. Chester Day and Miss Cochran.
The Locust Grove Blossom Quartet rehearses for outdoor performances in Badger park while townsfolk include L. J. Gleason in Kenwick and many residents like Miss Elsie Humphrey and Ruth Bass visiting friends. Local travel shifts and pastoral scenes mark a quiet Sunday with birthdays and picnics.
Local residents and visitors are listed with brief movements and events. P Hartman and Prof Audrian are noted in Walla Walla and Benton Kiona respectively. Other entries include visits to Kennewick Prosser and North Yakima, a birthday supper, and a peach shipment from Kiona.
The two small children of R. S Alpine are ill with typhoid fever. Earnest Lightle has left for Walla Walla to work in the harvest. L. Hartman has departed to Wallla to secure harvest labor opportunities.
Grace Edwards left for Spokane to resume trimming work at a wholesale millinery house. Mrs. Dick Taylor of Pasco visited Hover Sunday. Alice Morris returned to North Yamhill Oregon after a summer with her aunt Mrs. B. B. Stewart. An ice cream social raised seven dollars fifty cents for Sunday School. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Lawlor began an extended Canada visit. Mrs. Toby Long visits Kennewick this week. Mrs. Harry Graff returned to Lind after a week with Hover relatives.
The Highlands report notes reduced visiting as Elbertas dominate plans. A. Shirley visits over Sunday and removes three crates of fruit. Local social life includes a dancing party at Mrs. W. L. Craver’s house and a grape culture talk by Prof. Thornber. A birth is announced in Cordova Alaska.
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