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‘ln Subscription Campaign;
Event Starting Saturday
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«details.
In the large campaign advertise
not is also a nomination or entry
man. If you are interested in the
will! see that your nomination
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hollowed to work until that time,
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”lure Information about this big
lily-winning event. The Courier
me will be open each evening
Itll 8:00 o'clock. Parents are urged
b cane to the office with their
Children so they will understand
the may easy winning features of
this compelgn. Telephone 111.
SALUTATORIAN
ma DEAN WYSONG
Elect Directors
At ‘ m 8 of the Kennewick
Mt Association Monday
*IR.‘ Brick Oliver and Gus Neu
‘n We elected directors, follow
“ “1° terms of Jack Turner and
M Copeland A. C. Amon was re
“lf-ted president of the association
b “Other term. Plans for the
WW celebration were given
Wderation.
Loses Foot
In “Writing to board a moving
hush: train out of the Kennewick
M Tuesday evening, Wm Mason,
”- ' Went. who gave his home
" ”Mug. lost the end of his
”0‘ when he stumbled and fell. He
‘8 “keen to the hospital at Pasco
’0? treatment.
VISIT RICHLAND
1”W“!!! or twenty Kennewick
“11933 men will visit Richland's
“Ellery tomorrow (Friday) after
noon The group will represent the
an“?! of commerce. The caravan
'll] leave the Bricks Super Service
mm early tomorrow afternoon.
Thief Gets 30 Days
Stanley Mitchell, 31, a transient,
is in the city Jail, where he will re
main for the next thirty days. He
was captured after poking a pair 0!
shoes under his coat at the J. c.
Penney store. Manager Copeland
chased the man for a block, caught
the culprit, who then broke away
again. The boys at the Chevrolet
garage took after the man, caught
and held him until the police .of
ficers came to take him in charge.
The shoes were the man’s right
size, too.
Spring Recital
Given by Local
Piano Students
Two of the local piano instruct
ors presented pupils in Spring re
citals recently
Mrs. Grace Strickler presented her
fifteen students in a recital at her
home Sunday afternoon when fifty
persons attended Both the begin
ners and advanced pupils taking
part include the following: Jean
nie Klum, Warde Felton, Roberta
Donahue, Dorothy Ann Reed, Wil
ma Gravenslund. Phyllis Oliver,
Norma Lee Klum, Jean Strickler,
Mary Margaret Brown, Jeanne
Long, Mary Turner, Dean Yedica,
Mildred Spreen, Margaret Smith
and Jane Nagley.
Miss Glee Miller also presented
her pupils in a recital at her home
Moy 7. Instrumental pieces of one
movement including a March and
five types of dances made up the
program. Costumes were worn de
noting the country from which each
type originated.
The program is as follows: the
march “America First,” by Walter,
Ronnie Johns; “Comtry Dance,” by
Willis, Betty Anderson: waltz, “Ba
varian,” “Purple Pansy Waltz," by
J. S. Pearls, Joan Skinner; gavotte,
French Mountainier, “The Mill," by
Lemoine, Clarabel Johns; “Taran
tella,” Italian, “The Chase" by Her—
bert Ward, Patsy Sondenberg; waltz,
Australian, “Water Nymphs" by B.
Anthony, Bonnie Mcßeynolds and
mazurka, “Faries Carnival,” by B.
Anthony, Barbara Gene Anderson.
Fire Dept. Called
Twice in Week
Charles Blackman did not have
roast beef for dinner Tuesday night,
inspiteoithefactthatitwaswell
done. As a matter of fact it was
too well done, and the fire depart
ment was called out to stop the
smudge. In the deal the kitchen
walls got somewhat scorched and
the roasting pan was mined.
Tuesday evening the department
was called out to what looked like
a swell fire with billowing black
smoke rolling up from the area
near the oil company yards. It
proved to be a pile of creasote
treated power polesnear the Stand
ard Oil Company plant. The fire
was under control as soon as the
creosote burned off.
Check Artist Gets
Six Months Sentence
Roy Devereaux, arrested a couple
of weeks ago for passing a no good
check on a. local establishment, was
sentenced to 'six months in the
county jail in Judge Driscoll’s court
at Prosser today. Deveream: will
serve thirty days and be permitted
parole for the remainder of his
term.
VEDA FORAKER PLEDGES
SPURS HONORARY SOCIETY
Veda, Foraker of Kennewick has
been pledged to the Washington
State college chapter of Spurs, na
tional Imderclaas women's service
honorary.
Miss Foraker is a freshman en
rolled in home economics.
The pledges were announced at
the annual May Day ceremonies
staged during the Mother's
Week-end at Washington State
attended the week-end festivities.
CLEAN -UP WEEK
Under the direction of Fire Chief
Carol Pratt, the city will undergo
the annual spring clean-up next
week. This action is taken at this
time, Chief Pratt says, in prepara
tion for the inspection trip of the
state fire underwriters’ board.
This inspection has to be made be
fore the reduction in fire insurance
rates is granted and the elimina
tion of fire hazards will have a.
considerable bearing upon the re
port. . -
KENN EWICK; WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1938.
Forty-Six Youngsters Graduate This Week
The 1938 graduating class from!
the Kennewlck high school numbers 3
26 are boys. Members of the class,’
as shown in the above picture are
Genevieve Baker, Ruth Beightol,
Don Bishop, Mildred Bergen. Mark
Brown, Peggy Burton, Duane Camp
bell, Fay Davis, Gerald Britten,
Donald Doyle, Dorothea Doyle. ;
Pomona is Still Considering
Abolishing Egg Grading Law
During the afternoon session on
May 14 at Horse Heaven grunge Ed
itor R. E. Gay of Prosser addressed
Pomona on the subject of “Relation
ship Between Town and Country.”
The chaplain reported flowers
sent to Sister Case and Brothers
Chas Anderson and Harry Dillon
andaoardsenttothefamilyo!
Sister Case.
The rug contest will be held on
the afternoon of June 4 in the new
building at the Grange Supply in
Kennewick. Mrs. Alice Cousins 0!
Yakima. will conduct a baking dem
onstration at the same time. Grang-
Finley-Hover to
Play Benton
City" Sunday
Hover-Finley ball team lost at
Connell Sunday by a score of 6 to
3. Connell had the highly touted
Sorenson on the mound, but he was
touched for nine solid hits by the 10-
cal Panthers.
Inability to hit in the pinches was
the downfall ’0! Hover-Finley. Con
nell garnered runs in the 4th, 6th
and 7th innings, while the locals
had their big inning in the eighth.
Borenson struck out 9 and Hern
bree 7. The score was:
‘ Connell, 6 runs, 7 hits, 1 error.
H-F,3runs,9hits,3errors.
Batteries: Screnson and Wallace:
Hembre'e and Warren. Umpires,
Harper and Wes Brown.
Next Sunday Hover-Finley will
entertain the strong Benton City
nine on the Hover diamond. The
Eagles draw a bye this week.
Meeting Called for
Wheat Growers
The County Committee of the
Agricultural Conservation Associa
tion has called a meeting of each
and every wheat grower, or other
person interested in any of the
wheat crops grown in the county
this year, fora Benton City at the
Community hall at 1:30 p.m. this
coming Monday, May 23. ‘
There is a very serious situation
in this county regarding allotments
for our wheat land and the purpose
of this meeting is to work out with
the most interested persons ways
and means of securing the lax-gen
possible benefits of this program,
both for this year and next, and
also to bring the latest informatics:
on crop insurance.
Three earloads of wheat farmers
attended the meeting in Spokane
Monday 0! this week with Geo. I.
Farrell. Chief of the Western Divis
ion, and these men, meeting as a
group after. the Spokane meeting.
thought it was very important to
have the meeting next Monday.
McDowell to Leave
E.A.McDowell.whohasbeena
music instructor in the local high
school during the past year, recent
ly resigned to further .his work in
music next fall elsewhere. Not only
the school but the community will
regret the loans of this capable in
structor and the cooperation he has
shown in community activities.
However Superintendent Black
has announced that Mr. McDoWell’s
vacancy will be filled by Charles
Ashbury of Tacoma. Mr. Black
states that he, too, is a very capable
musical instructor, having done his
cadet teaching directing a band at
Garfield high in Seattle. He special
izesintheteachingofstring instru
ments and also teaches vocal being
a very good baritone himhelf.
Official Pam fgr 369%!!an
Eldon Durkee. Bergman Giles.
Pearl Glispey. Mary Green. George
Rowland, Coral Jones, Harvey
Keene, Lewis Keene. Frank Mason,
Velma McCamish, Lee Meta, Jane
Nagley. Pat O’Neil, Elben Perkins.
Florence Peterson, Erwin Quast,
Howard Reymore. Russell Reymore.
Evelyn Sandberg. 'l‘rula Selph.
ers are requested to bring rugs from
which one will be chosen to enter
the State contest in Spokane. The
public is invited to this display.
The report of the resolution that
an action providing absolute own
ership and democratic control of
the dairy industry is far preferable
to the possibility of government su
pervisibn and regimentation ln an
effort to remedy the economic ills
of agriculture was favorable and so
adopted.
The “Anti-Pest" resolution was
laid on the table.
The resolution concerning the ad
visability of doing away with the
present method of egg grading,
which was continued from last
meeting for further study, was
again left over till the next meet
ing. A 0
Sister Maude Hartman gave a!
comprehensive and complete resume ‘
of current legislation. ‘
Sister Lillian Swayae, who ham
chargeoftheworkoftheyoung
people of the grange, asks for and‘
willweleomeideasforthework. {
The FriendLv Relations Commit
tee reported that their efforts to‘
have the Kennewick Cannery reop
ened have been without success. The
White Bluffs community reports
splendid cooperation between the
business men and the farmers.
Subordinate grange reports as
follows:
Buena Vista has 100 members with
sevenmoretotakethefh'stand
second degrees at the next meet
ing. ,They report an open meeting
with invited guests who are pro
spective members. ,
mom-Benton is planning com
munity work the granges may do.
They held a Mother’s Day program
and have planned a Home Econom
im program.
Horse Heaven reports good at
tendance. _The Juvenile grange has
been reorganized. The ladies sew-‘-
ed dinner to the Prosser Commer
cial club on their Good Will tour
and made 50.00 to pay on the hall.
Hanford has elected their alter
nate to the state grunge and have
one application for membership.
White Bluffs has reinstated one
member and two have moved away.
The lecturer put on a play which
cleared $24.00: ' - {
Locust Grove held only me meet- :
insastheotherwaspostponedbe
causeofworkbeingdoneonthe
hall. Themembersmflnanctng
Miss Georgia Green of ‘Venatchee points with interest to these strange‘
Indian rock wings, estimated by archaeologists to be from 1.000 to 5,”
years old, which were found along the Columbia River. Others from 5,0!”
to 104110 years old bear a strangely close resemblance to wing: in the tomb
of King Pharaoh, ancient Egyptian. This picture released through cooperation
of Washington S tote Progress Commission and Washington Newsfaper Pub
lishers’ Association of which this newspaper is a sustaining ales-ber
PREHISTORIC INDIAN SIGNS
Wayne Smaliey. Betty Shauxhnes
sy, Lorraine Smith. Claim Lewis.
Robert Sonderman. Verne Super.
Elgin Spreen. Keineth Staley. Ter
rance Taylor. Minnie mm
Prank Visger. Henry Wheelhouae:
Robert Wheelhouse, Bertha. Witt.
Alma Dean Wysong.
theetpenseofworkonthehallby
each glvlngamllpercentase or
rebates from the Grange Supply.
Thlshrlngssevemlhundreddoum
intothetreasm-yeachyeu.
Kennewickmghlandsrecelvedtz
one contestwhlchwasaddedto
the building fund. They sold ple
andleecreamattheP.-T.A.carnl
vallnxennewlckglventohelpnue
moneytobulldafence alongthe
mmmtchneuthe
schoolhouse. Theyhovepurchased
newssshebtorthehomeeeonomles
andtheexewuveeommluees.hove
sent “.oowtheßedessßaellef
tundhnverelnstataedoneandhave
twonewmembers.
(Continued on Page Eight)
First Air Mail
from Kennewick
Port Goes Today
Twentyycarstoadayamerthe
firstairmailfiightinthiscountry.
Kennewick’s first air mail left the
local municipal airport. This aft
ernoon. in celebration of the Nation
aerMaflWwLPostmasterEH.
Lincoln and Chief Clerk Floyd Hut
chins accompanied Pilots Ed and
GladysCmokslocaltlymtookoi’t
withacargoofmailtromxcnne
wicktoWalla Walla.
Along with the mall pouches went
a crate of the famous Kennewick
strawberfles.sentbyalrexpressby
the Kennewick chamber of com
mewetothewewnmontheng.
ulnr man plane out of Wells. Wane.
Shemllberequestedtoservethem
topusengersonthenlghtnmout
ofthattown.
Posunaster Lincoln reports an un
usual spirit of coopa-atlon by mail
patrons in the Kennewlck postal
district. In fact he thinks his per
centage of response from patrons
of the office will rank high among
the offices in the state.
“It is a matter of but a very
short time.” Mr. Lincoln stated “un
til all first-class mail will be car
ried by alr, in my opinion. That ls.
of course. along the established
routes. The air mail service has
niade such rapid strides In the past
few years. now that people general
ly have become better acquainted
with the speedy service. that fur
ther extensions are in prospect thru
out the country. In fact it wouldn't
surprise me." he haid. “to find out
that this celebration was but a
forerunner of the announcement or
the above service."
Commencement Exercises
For 1938 K. H. S. Class to
Be Along Different Lines
New Books
un.conllcnln.cltyubndu\.
hummcedthelddmou ofvol
umeonemdtwoottheM‘Told
by the Phaeas”tothedty library.
mathemattmnuernteu
told by those who remember the
anys of mm and any ute
undermine-cunni-
mmwummm.
Delegates Are
Selected to
Club Convention
The Kennewick Women's club
held their mule!- meeting at the
Methodietchm'chmdny.onderthe
orderotbudhesgtheoflicen tor
the enminc term we: president,
Mrs. J. c. Putt; first vicepnsident.
Mrsbanseecleuecondvioepmi.
dent. Mrs. c. r. ‘Winkenwerder: m
mm.uu.hulstonez
mammal-autumn
Reed: W.ma.w.wlthen;
auditor, Na. K. 8. Taylor.
'lhedeleateseleetedtothemte
couventionwhichwillheheldJune
lStoißinelusiveueMu.o.F.
Mummmm..r.c.m
witthHushOohellndundm.
Herbatlflmuunltememm
conventionwmbeheldinwuln
Walla. with the Whitman college
andeempuuheedquem
Mmmuhthelmthenni
warmth-stunner: club
Wonthemncslopeflrhe
Columbia. Maternal Association.
Thisclubwasmnbedonseptem
ber3,l93Bwlth m-Nuumwmu
manasseuetary,nramlnspald
ing as pmsldent. Mrs. my Walker
as vice president. Mrs. Mary Gray,
recordmgseu'etarywtthurauyra
Ella and Mrs. Sarah Smith being
theothecharbermunbers.
medecendentsofthetoundmof
thisomnlmttonwmbehonoredu
une day will be set aside tor this
affair.
Attheloulmeeflngflldny.m.
Ralphaeedandurs.nuphuat
mewsweremchmeotthepm-
mmmdtookthemembenonan
mteresflngtwrormmhex
hunts and written articlesot In
terest Teammedbythere
treshmentoummmee
Park to Receive
Donation by Club
Therewereovu'soolocelmulic
lovers who attended the ennuel
spflngconcertottheflchubertclub
whichwasheldinthehichechool
auditorium'rueedeyeveninc.ua
remlt of the silver offering the
clubwillbeebletodcnetemu
aputbenetit.
Following the concert members
of the clubs enjoyed an informal
reception in the Arrow Grill. Bever
al impromptu speeches were given
withCorstenGxeene.pxesidin¢.E.
AMcDowellspokeothismaetin
not being able to contlnue his work
asdirectorottheclubnexttell
endexpmeedhisepprecletlonof
thecoopernuonshownduinsthe
year‘swork. Anotherimpmmpm
partotthepmgramwasthexi
wanisquu'tet
TheSchubertmembersnreplen
ningtoindnlzeinn wattle teed.
whichwillheglvennut'nieedey
eveninzbytheloeincside: This
willwlnduptheyeer’e activities
ottheclub.
Sec. of State Visits
Hrs. Belle Reeves. m at
Mo! Dummy:
MmDr.nutchinmometchoe.
Miami-Hammon
mmdmnvmnolcomb.vio-
iteduttheO.L.Bolcombhomeßot-
my. Mrs. Momma
formalbanquetmdmoneotthe
“anathema-manning»
theßusineasondProtelsiomlWo
mensclubconventioninPuco.on
Simdnymc.hnolcmnbmom
paniedthantowulawula,omiloe
Dammd Cle Elum. Mum
wasmakinsatmirorinspectionot
public institutions. Mn. Holcomb
maimedhomethefirstoitheweek.
Track Meet
Five local high school boyshsve
been chosen to enter the ma
tract meet which will beheld tn
Yoklmsthlsflammy. Ittheywln
atthlsmeettheywfllbeentltledto
entathesutemeet. These boys
are Burke Hauschfld. pole mat;
Lester Llebel. mlle: Mark Bmwn.
lOOsnanylnlthehzmnnelm.
highandlowhumdles.
i Commencement exercises this
year will be entirely different from
those of previous years in that the
entireprogrsmistobeheldbythe
seniors.
The graduation exercises will he
held Thursday evening. May 26 in
the high school suditorium st 8 o'-
clock! The theme of the program
is “Know Your State." There will
be four speskers who will speak on
different subjects of the stste. Aims.
Desn Wysong will spesk on "Edu
cstion in the Btste of Washington:”
Florence Peterson on “Recreation
Pscilities in the State of Washing
ton;" Frsnk Meson. "Available Po
wer in the Btste.” snd Wsyne Smel
ley. “Industries of the Btste” The
remsinder of the main will he
musics! numbers given by different
members of the senior clsss
’fheclsssof‘sahsstwogirlslesd
ing them in seholsstic work w-
Moe Peterson is the vsledictor
isn end Aims. Deon Wysong the ss
mtstorisn. Other members of the
clsss receivinc sn svenge of 00 per
cent or more during the four yesrs
of high school work: 'l‘ruls Belch.
ust-y Green. Peggy Burton snd
Wsyne Bmslley.
The noes-ions! snd W
will be furnished by the high school
bend under the direction of n. A.
IleDoweii. Eldon Durhee will sing
VALEDICTORIAN
MBENCE PETERSON
'lntheau'denof'rommm.”m
munbepnudedbyhtoh
Nell. president. of the class. Then
wlnbetmervedaecttonfor par
entsofthechnmembeu.
Pbflowmcthepreaenuflonoldl
plomuanmtmmalnoepuonvm
beheldinthe school motel-Into
whichthepubncmmvltodtou
tend.
steal-menu services will he held
at 8 o’clock Sunday evening at the
u. E. church. The Rev. Frederick A.
Schilling will deliver the man
and the assisting ministers will he
Rev. Charles Croft and Rev. B. B.
Hélden.
The Junior high school mano
tlon excl-clues will be held Wednes
dayoftemoon.May2smthehl¢h
school audltorlum at 8 o'clock. u
was announced by prlnclpal J. J.
Blotter.
U. Debaters Give
LaborSolufion?
’A narntive debate on the na
tional labor sittmtion was given ht
thereculormeeting oi the Kenne
wickchomberoi’oommeroelunchem
this noon. Three young men, in
charge of Dr. Bird. of the tummy
of the University of Wuhinctul.
were the speakers and presented
Mandflnmrelotivetnthedt
ution. Two of the debaters than
mmmumtortb
niobium. '
The first make:- odd that the
enactmentotodequeteoodneeomh
ity louvre-the beet Mien—
tum-wane the second another
notedthotoompuhoryommuon.
with thewfloflngotefikam
the proper method or preventing
theeoonomteloueowhtchlohordb
puteo 131 th came. The de
heterowereetudentstromtheum-
vu-dtyendnr. 31rd etutedthotthe
mpmmerely forthepurpooed
stirringup thmhtuponthum
Importantquestlon.
The group appeared before the
studentbodyotthehWhechoolm
the mowing, where they held the
youngsters for mom then two hours.
Townsenders Picnic
Number: or the Townsend club
willuttendthechristinnchumhm
abodynextsundaymominz.when
Rev. Pine will deliver a special aer
monmliibleandsocislse-
cut-ity.” Pbllawinsthemeetinstho
clubmemhenwillcotothepuk
torupicnicdinner.
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