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10' L. XXIV Big Cash Offer Made byC-R to Organizations .Vtigpportunity is Presented by this Newspaper to Its Readers; t No Strings Attached us... With this issue of the Kennewick Courier-Reporter is fimouncement of more than ordinary interest on a double W elsewhere in this edition that will attract the interest of {We portion of the residents. of Kennewick as well as the ,m territory, and particularly the organizations of the "city- - In this unique message the Kennewick Courier-Reporter Q’W a bonapfide offer of SIOO.OO in silver to any church, , . society, women’s club, fraternal order, auxiliary, ‘ '._ ; d club, school, school society, grange, charitable in -37.; w ..’n or any club, society or organization of any nature ~ ‘ does the largest volume of business with the merchants W}. are carrying individual advertisements on the two cam -9“" ,7..- pages in each issue of the Kennewick Courier-Reporter “fthe next ninety days. I There are no strings attached to this offer made by the ‘ .chu'sier-Reporter. It is a straight forward business propo @oll. The Courier-Reporter wishes to create a greater in w in its advertising as well as make the advertising more '. Ale to the Kennewick stores, and at the same time 1"" "fig survey of the retail volume in Kennewick. The Ken " w . Courier-Reporter believes that much can be- accom :l " by the plan and is willing to pay the organizations mely to cooperate in the plan. ‘ g SIOO.OO. m CASH "z; - This SIOO.OO will be paid to the organizations as follows: 1' First Award ~.............................-.............575.00 ' . Second Award ...........-....-«.....................-...515.00 ‘ Third Award ..~...5m0p ~ _ In addition to the above there illl'be awards for each candidate in remains active during the en ,‘l'hl is the opening day or the 2'“ and it will last Just nine-“ _tyhys, ending'at 7 pm. Pebiuary‘ ; n W' V . ‘ .7. .mlanisatiom, societies, clubs and Milan]: may enter this compet " m by filingtheir names with the rm_ Comiereneporter cam _;;mn manager.‘ After making their k-gmmam that is necessary is to lflu‘sach member-. 01 your organiza (k and loyalmpporters to patron ‘hthe business firms participating Mde'mand a sales slip. or receipt jgyelenting the amount of the pur- Q These sales slips and receipted ‘lmthly bills are to be delivered to “(cities of the Kennewick Courier gunner daily or weekly in a seal ,li envelope bearing the correct fun of the organization where M will be exchanged for vote cer iiilcates in the proper amount. Inch votes may be voted for pub liiation at the time of receipt or re fined and voted at will. V . mm of the various contest .lnts'will be published at regular in- Janis in order that all may keep med asyto who is leading the , * race. The important thing to remember DAR; Celebrates - 'Sesqui - Centenial ‘~ of Constitution m The. Kennewick chapter .mutt “I 8 with Mrs. J. n- Madra 'g um dinner. after which the but; F “meeting was conducted by the " Mrs. P. 0. Stone. . . , Tho National Defense program FT-Rliedby Mrs. J.A.Hatch.'l‘hirty ' We: was devoted to the study of "a“! leading lip .to the forming ' Ind We of the Constitution on September 17, 1737. The period 30m September 17, 1938 to Apt-ii, ”twosome time beingset aside in celebrate the Sesqui-Centeniai ,“ this event. . Hts. Siegfried was in charge of “'9 program and‘ her topic was M Josepha Hale” who was edi ‘ol' Of Godey’s Ladies Magazine, and “lo succeeded after many years of . amnous effort in getting the third Thursday in November set aside as annual Thanksgiving day by presi dentm Proclamation each year. Mrs. ‘ Whoa also read an article en-( titled, “Genealogy as a Hobby." \ Word was received from Wash-i IMan that the board had passed °“ the genologicai records sent in‘ for Mrs. Carrie Taylor, Mrs. Mabel MMilton and Mrs. Louise Felton Were a"CW—med and they were wel gmed as new members of the chap- : The next meeting will be with “’3- J- 0. Swanson in Pasco. j @ll2 ‘ Kennrmitk # Gnurfiéi‘f‘ipwpnrtvr is that this is to be a short and snappy competition and time means money—real money—stoithe winner, so it is vital twall who wish to com pete to get in touch with the cam paign manager of this newspaper at once and then get busy. Opportun-s ity'is a grand old fellow and some times knocks more times than once. However,.right now ihe is pounding with sledge hammer blows upon the doors of every organisation the Ken newick and wading-Jammy in cludes. Get your organisation to gether at once and-take the first step of advising this newspaper that younw am the money. Merchants and business firms who are cooperating with the Kenne wick Courier-Reporter in the plan and who are eligible to issue 'Sil ver Sales Slips” good for votes when turned‘ into the Courier-Reporter office are as follows: .. . . However, right now he is pounding you want the money. 'Nenman’s Store Kennewick Market . . McDonald’s Bed & White Store J. C. Penney Co. 4 C. n. Yedlcaiuotor Co. ,- W. 8. Bullet Grocery Larry’s Barber & Beauty Shop lady Lure ‘ ' . Buck’s Service Station . ' Washington Hardware & Furni ' tore Co. , ' Kennewick Valley Telephone Co. Dnroscher's Bargain Store E. C. smith Motor Co. SWIWQG ,' Raymond’s" "' ‘As this is hot a closedc'ontest as far as the'merchants participating is concerned it is probable that more firmswmbeaddedto'thii!‘ list ‘ next Thursday, so be sure to read the next issue of the Courier- Reporter for a complete list of'mer chants and firms, who will co-o'p erate through the entire campaizn. Miss Copeland Wins Debate Trophy Miss Pearl Mary Copeland, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Copeland of this city, and her de bate partner, Miss Patricia Salts, recently were awarded a trophy cup for the winners in the intermtn-al debate tournament for women at the state college at Pullman. These two young ladies won over the 12 womens' teams competing at the college. They also plan to take part in a tournament in Walla Wal la within a short time Miss Copeland has just completed a series of short radio talks over the Pullman station on the book re view of “Miss Bishop.” by Bess Streeter Aldrich. Miss Copeland is a. junior and a major in the English department. ' KENNEWT—flw W M W quuy Richland to Have Entertainment for Kennewick People Indoor Carnival and J it ney Dance Set for November 30 Service clubs in Kennewick have‘ been given a. special invitation to attend an indoor carnival and jit-‘ ney dance at Vale Grange at Rich, land on the 30th of this month} members of the chamber of, com-1‘ met-co and-their wives and the Ki-‘ unis club and their ladies are the special guests of this occasion. whichisinthenatureofaget-ac— quainted gathering. Admission fees will entitle end trants to bogus money with which to play the many amusement dea viceswhichwinbeonhandforthe accasion. Transportation will be available forthosewhocaretouseltgwith cars leaving Buck’s Service ata tlon about 7:30 that evenlng. City Library Presented With 16 New Books This week being National Book Week the city librarians have (sub. initte‘d' a‘list of very good books which were ‘given to the library by the Library Guild recently. All but one of the following listed are fic tional reading. The non-fiction book. “My America,” 'by Louis Adamic is one of the latest and be“ .selli‘ng'bookmaccording to librarian Mrs. Cora McKain. All of these books can be found'on the pay shelf of the city library. _The other new books are: ~. » “Cards on the Table” by Agatha. Christit: “Where' Three ' Roads Meet” E. M. Dell; “Trouble Valley," Ward West; “Hawk of the Wild erness," Wm. 1.. Chester; “Raw hide Johnny," Dane Coolidge; “Bucky Follows A Cold Trail." by Wm. M. Raine: .."Sm-zlcal Cage." by Margaret Sansster; “A Root-Over Their Heads." E. ‘Hueston; ,“The Clue of the Eyelash,” Carolyn Wella’; “As 1m as .I lee." We Influx: “Elghacres.” Jane Abbott: .“Bar berry Gate." Jane Abbott; .“The Heart Has Winßß." Faith Baldwin; “The Sound 0! Running Feet: Josephine Lawrence; and “The Ex- Detecttve,” Philip Oppenhiem. - New P. E.- Director to Be Here Monday } Due to the resignation of Miss Le ’onora Kath, because of ill health, 'a new teacher will take over the ‘duties of Miss Koth next Monday :morning. Miss Verna Gilbert has ‘ accepted the position and will teach physical education and mathmatics \ in the junior and senior high school. ‘Miss Gilbert received her masters { degree from the University of Ore } son and for the past eight years she has been the physical education di -Irector in the teachers college at' ‘Marquette, Michigan. Superintend ient Black .:~;tates that she has re ‘signed her position there with the idesire of returning to the western 1 states. . Mrs. Floyd Higley returned Sun day from a week-end trip spent in Seattle, where she visited With her son Lowell, who is attending the U. and Ike White Bluffs Spokesman The Envybf Them All WANT HOLIDAY Whilethemwmnotbede uveledanyeullernextweekm mule platen-smite to spend the touchy at other than mama-mung“: “on law. Thac lone we are Oil!!! the: col-ree pondehtsmdadverflmsgetm ‘eopylntoflneotfleeuhyeufler munmmmm so to pre- Wedneedu evening. Lions Lose in Annual Armistice “ Day Pasco GalIIE" Aroeringcrowdofapprodmotely 700 people witnessed the annual Armistice Day feotbell chic be tween Pasco and the locel eleven. Before the gamethe colotsofhothw teams were rocheted into the sky directly above the field. The no-‘ tional colors followed, suspended by apmchute. Tunntlonnlnnthemi waspleyed by thebondshomboth‘ schoolsarsthefingfiouterlgeutlytnJ the wind. making a very. inspiring‘ spectacle. - p The Kennewick Lions menu half withamkmdmlngthe‘ boll carrler on his own m-ynrm line. Pascomadethreeunsucceu-1 ful attempts for a first down; but" were forcedtokick. - The Lions then begin a. march straighttoPamo’egoolnnePasoo's pouch, seeing the danger. signaled for his first teem—who, by the way. completed the remainder of the game. . . 1 When the play was resumed, one oftheuon'sendsdroppednpus over the goal line. In the second qmrter Pasco mpleted a pose in Kennewick’s end acne, then com-1 pleted the try-for-polnt, making the: score 7-0 1 Onceduringtheremainderofthe‘ first half Kennewick was in m 4 ingdistnnce.butfafledtomnkethe In the third quarter. Paco aft ern 40-yard drive went over-the line standing up, but felled to mnhe theextrapoint In~theloterpnrtof the fourth quarter, Keller of the Lions broke intotheopembutwu outrun and brought down on the 30-ynrdnnenflernrnnotssynnds. TheLlons compietednfew poses, butwereunebletoecore.-Thegnme endedwiththehnllinl’osco'spo “on. ‘ . ' Next Saturday'the Lions will tanglewiththeCleElumminerson thelocalfleldinthelnstgameof theseason. Potato Judging Team In Pullman Contest The Kennewick ERA. Judging team composed of Albert Pardinl, Neil Simmelink and Marion Kerr, with Earl Johns and Dwayne Lape as alternates, attended the district potato judging contest held at Pull man last Saturday. This was one of the twenty-eight teams from high schools in Washington and Idaho attending. The Kennewick team made a to tal of 14459 points which was a good score for the team and indi vidually as well. Neil Simmellnk was high point man on the team with a total of 499.2 points. Marion Kerr and Albert Pardini followed closely with 475.3 and 471.4 points, respectively. Street Project; for Kennewnck ‘lB Gwen Okeh $9313 WPA Fund to Fix Sidewalks and Alleys This Winter A city-wide general clean-up and rehabilitation WPA project has been approved by President Roosevelt andnowgoeotothestoteadmlnls tutor, according to a. telegram re ceived by this paper thla .mornlns Sidewalk leveling. clearim and leveling parking strips, and the installation of wooden curbs in some few sections, improvement of alleys and other minor repairs are included in the project. for which the government has allotted the sum of $9318 in labor. The work will be started Just as soon as the state administrator gives the word. Thejobisexpectedtohstthm outthewlnterulong‘asthewea- therpermlts. ‘ Girls Will Represent ' School at Conference _ The Kennewick senior 1118 b zirle' league will be represented by five girls at the southeastern Washing ton regional conference which is be ing held in Waitsburg next Satur day. These girls attending are: Jeanette Petitjenn, Irene Lum. Lu cille st. Laurent, Lorene Rauscher. and Anna Marie Mueller, and they will be accompanied by Mice Kath erine Brown, their advisor. The contewnce theme is “Football." The local group will he introduced by Lorene Rancher and Jeanette Pet itjean will speak on f‘The Touch down." and Irene Lum on “The Scrimmage." The conference will consist of specialsesslonssndcntertflnment. Post Office Employees, Hold Convention Here mdxthdish-lctofpostofflce employees Including clty curlers. m'nlmrrla-gclerhanglnnxmnda are holding n conventlm 83mm, November-mum: Kennewick} Enema-ch. ‘ Ammunquetwlllbeaerved at 6:30, which will be followed by separate bushes meeting: ofthe Immunizations. Therewlllbe speechestromtheheadoteachor ganlzation. wlth Art Lance of WallaWallaasthemalnspeoker. 'l'hose'inchargeexgectlsotobe present.‘lhecommltteeonamnge— mentsjsheadedbyJ.M.Gest.as- slstedbyHermanCampbell. The Weather The past week was noticeably colder than the commanding week a year ago, according to the records submitted by Al Morgan, the dis» trict's official recorder. The fig uresforbothweebareasfollows: 1937 Nov. 10—54-42 Nov. 11—50-44 Nov 12—55-41 Nov. 13—60-47 Nov. 14—60-44 Nov. 15—54-44 Nov. 16—48-40 ‘ 1938 - 42-30 42-26 41-31 50-31 54-43 - 52-50 02-47 . Voters Want to See Candidates—Manual: “mumuthebestny to campaign (or public otiioe." M. mumnmnnidwdlyinoomment inguponhheiectimurepruento utive for the 18th district. “After several campaigns.” he aid. “1 find matvomuketouanduikwim themdidntcdrhiptimelmetmore peoplethmemhetmmduud tortwushawn in the tin-. 1 tabu lations. minis’ob.lmtami uate in having the help it my friends who introduced me to their acqusinhumkverumm ruidenuwa'epdmcuhrlyiihuflin mm for “1:79:11th daysinmybehalf.auin¢onvwen. both in thisand Wannabe andinthelowerdbtrictuweii." Absentee Ballots Keep Moulton, Coe at Top of the List Only 180 Between Top and Low Man in Final Tabulation While the election of Momma! andCoemunnouncedmthilpew perinstweek.numuuisteporttot chensesinthe official standing! hevebeencominsineflweeh'rhe tabulatinz of the three hundred absentee bellow from the tour countiesdidmakeeamechlncetn thewunnuuputm'.uommm the lead of the four candidates by emerginotzcvotes. uncoeot 'Bingentakeeaecondphoeetterm thevoteshenbeeiicounteddnd the third and fourth places are tied. Christensenotsuvenlonmdn.w. Net! at Paco each receiving 5243 votes. newtestorthesetmrmenfor the two representaflu office: is al most one for Ripley. for there ute butlsovotes betweenthetaur.wlth but 28 between the first end lec ondplnces. Thenctthettwoean mam oonldtte become“ tab uhflngmorethanmtythmnd vowelsanother mm.mmot mmantbemmunoum ammmmnnuu- mummmmwoem; mum-ficmmmmsw. Inthecansreasiunnlmtheub mteehallotspeumtted Millet-Jo creepuponmnunfllheleodsby 702. manuommtm:mn. 38.554md1fl11er.37.852 This“- sum the election of mu, unless Wmtmndmmeotncm mmdmeminthecmm fieswheretheotflcalcheckhunot beenmde. Progressive Dinner Enjoyed by B.P.W. Club A mu dimmenjoy edbytheßusineuundeteadon— :l Women's Club Monday evening. Eachmembertookputmbeinzun esssunthosteaslnthexmdmer out com-seeserveddunnztheeve nine. 'l'henrstomrsemeerved et the home of Goldie Anderson. thesecondet’thehomeoffielene Mthethh'datmhmnn's and the last oouueat Margaret Haw kins. Some flashlight pictures were taken at the group.“ the Llnn home where the mum dlsh‘wu served, thedecontlombelnccer rledoutlnthe“schoold:ys”ldee. A business meeting followed the dessertcmxteeatthefilwklnshome afterwhlchtworeelsotmovleewere enjoyed. was mnnle Reese and mneMMet-werethemovle .‘l‘heelzhtnewmemhuswhoheve beenhkenlntothecluhthlsyeu m:¥argaretneymom,xatheflne mmmmu Deem lyn noun. Margery Kramer. Lll - Local Legion Post Has Highest Membership www.mmu clonposthu'thehonororhavtnz won-the manh‘enhip contutbe tweathemmdthehnknncmm- typostatPaseo. 'l‘helihnbetsmp drivetookplecebetweenOctober 153ndNovember 15. The Paco postquotamuwlthenewmem bershlpofmmdthexennewlck quotawaswwithanew member ship of 101. These quotes are bas edonanavemgeorthepastfour years’ membership. The total mem bershipatthepresenttimelsthe highestithasbeenforthepastls yeamthehighestbemgflatone time. Asamltoftheirgoodwrkthe Kennewickboyswmbeuutedwith a turkey feedfrom the Paco boys some time in the near future. Thelocalboysenjoyednstu banquetArmistlcenlshtstwhlch ametheremeSmembu-Ipm ent. m.leawsotPorunndun guestotllrs.J.H.Blezffled. Chamber Pledged to Support of Local Cannery New President Says Club Has Heavy Job in View Next Year.. -, ‘ A. c. Anon. the newly elected president or the Kennewick chamber «www.mmmnoedltheek that the Won had (our principal objectivea for them year. and plotted his entire aup purttoeach of them. Inhilop inion. the most important thin. for whichthechuiberoouldworkqu fortheeatablishmmtotemm. heeteted. Beuldthateverainoe the local cannery was started‘ hadbeenanenthuflastlc up”; ottheldeaendthatheludw amtdealottimethepaatyear inattanpunztohnve the project function In his activities he said that he had found thet the farmers in the district were anxious to hove e plant operate here for the nine reasons that the cluhmen should mpport the move. He said thlt he hpdtound many of them will!!!» oonhimte in various my: town! getting a plant running. A a; nery Which would hzndie the moductswoutddomoreJnhilap union. to cement the friendly nil tions between the tumor and the city man than eny other activity.. The other two main objectives (a the club were the completion of the Northt Bank Highway and the ee tabliehment oi' the Pillsbury mill here. He also stated that the com pletion of the Umatilla Dun would also prove of ‘gneat advantnge to the district. He complimented the a” upon its annual rodeo celebretion and said that from an advertising standpoint. the entertainment was an outstanding one ' On awount of the holiday 3113 upon the regular meeting date. well as because the Arrow Grill will still be cloned for alterations, there will be no meeting a the chi!» her next week. . Kennewick-Pasco ' Hi-Y Clubs Hold Joint Initiation Twenty-five new members were initiated into the Hi-Y club run the twin cities. thirteen being from Peace and twelve from Kennewick. Both chapters enlamd the quote somewhat of the number of ban in order to allow for more boys who really up hold the ideals of Hi-Y. The initiation ceremony was held in the Kennewick high school Im day evening. Coach Morgen. at Peace, who is the health” for the neco chapter. nom oied the boys. The Dads present In cluded A. C. Amen. an adviser, Roy Larkin. W. E. Johns and A. 'l'. Be lair. Dean Tramel. brother of one of the new members and Rev. Chas. Croft were also present. After the initiation the group en- Joyed a banquet dinnerHin the meter-la. Dean Yedica. presiam of thelocalHi-Yactedasmasterof ceremonies with Lester Liebel ee aistinz. For entertainment each new member of both chapters we impromptu musical numbers. read ings. etc. Bob sun. president of the Peace chapter and Coach Mor gen each gave short . mu. Each dad present made a few remarks andthemainasidreesottheeveninc was given by Rev. Croft. The tables were arranged to form a “Y." The banquet was prepared hytheindieedrthecaieteriannd served by cereal high school under the direction of Mill mm The new members initiated ipto me io'cel chapter were: Chm Tramel. Don Larkin. Junior Beldr. Herold Foraker. Willis Taylor. Tru men Selph; Gel-don Kine. Mon!“ Pyte. ”Jim masher. Wayne Ger ber, m Yoshino and Leland sht itjean. Junior High Girls to Organize Leagm The girls of the Junior high.“ planning to form n Junior high clrlsleegue. Arecentvlsltton girl's league conference at Pro-er was the Inspiration for Its toms tion. At Pro-er fifteen girls at tended meetings which told of the splendid functions or other leaguu in the valley and plans were made forthelnitiationotsucheleuuein the local school. At a tenet-o 1 meeting of all Jun iorhighgirlsthisweekitwude- cmd to adopt a type of govern ment in which there would be we usuel officers and an executive committee composed of two repre sentatives from each clue. no nominetions for officers end @- neoemtives will be made in the nut future and the league will now. into oction. The 81118 hope to have a successful year and to Im plish my worthwhile lehool find oommunitymiech. . _fi No. 33