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'V’OLXXIX
(Toad News from
Home is Soldier’s
GreateSt Need
Amy chaplain writes
of experiences in train
ing for the service
Good news from home is the
30““ need of men in the armed
services: according to a letter
“man this week to his parents,
I, and Mrs. Bruce Lampson, of
the. Highlands by Mert Lampson,
who has just been commissioned
,5 a lieutenant chaplain. He ex
pects to shortly be sent overseas
- u .
'l;ngst iii-om his letter home
followt In this short time I have
seen and experienced what it
man: for the men in the service
to receive letters from home.
When mail is delayed or isn’t
sent. the boys get qgite restlessi
mm who have een marrie
mg time. The psychology of
the situation is quite different
m anything else I know. Per-
W these are some of the new
agents:
1. This is a desperate, danger
ous, grilling, nerve and body
mucking business. Anything
which rests mind and spirit from
the ordeal is welcomed. There is
nothing, aside from worship, to
help this more than good news
nun home.
2. The job and surroundings are
a predominately masculine that
the men get lonely and distraught
for lack of feminine companion
ship. This has its wholesome as
pect, and its unwholesome one, of
cause. Letters of the right sort
meiotinthis, serving as a
fairly good substitute for social
contacts no longer pmible.
3. So many of the enlisted men
and officers feel that nothing short
at a war- could, or would, have
persuaded them to leave home and
family and friends as they have
time. They feel let down I know
whenthe folks they think about so
mtantLv are forgetful or care
]. m relhembering them. And,
,m there is some genuinely
pamiraible grounds for
m feeling of resentment,
‘mthmghthosememotifonally I:md
" ma e re use to ar
bor such mntment. Neverthe
hs. even the best are called upon
h'exert all their powers to keep
.I an even keel.
There is another side to the
flame, and that is the failure on
he part of men and officers to
mimiate the lot of those
' in civilian life. We
must not allow ourselves to be
une spoiled because of the spe
cial privileges we have. We must
not see our contribution out of
”active. There are other
sacrifices (and we have to use
fitwordin war time) just as
ll“Dortant and'just as essential in
"I? making of a better world,
aide from anything which can be
done or accomplished by the
med forces. In some ways, it
'3 harder on the folks remaining
:hmthan it is for those actual—
cipating in the conflict.
mush of this.
Follows some details concerning
the MP life of those taking the
Spatial training courses.
More. leaving Cambridge we
3w?dve our assignments from
epartment. No one can
3 a thing about where he may
of 311$: 23:31:18 ahgreat dea;
, 5 ing, oping an
Nation concerning orders not
M received. Some will be al
m to get home on their way—
cannot.
Will have pictures completed a
We later and will send one to
M With a short line for the Ken
“ With paper.
I'm being sent to Camp Bowie,
'l'exas, May be on my way over
”S in Six months or even sooner.
About these matters there is no
"dam prediction. As nearly as
I an discover from here, my out
fit_Will be a mobile one and is
hanging for active duty on a
fishing front. It ,1 go with it, my
it"anon may be only a few hun-
Myards behind the actual fight
mgline. I will be in a first aid
“#lOll, collection hospital, evacu
ahon DOint or base hospital. The
"19!! for whom I will be directly
x‘Q‘fiponsible will be medically
“Timed, intelligent and socially
m‘mdfil. This part of my work
"111 be a genuine pleasure.
[4-,EuEth, P.O.W. in
PlullDpines, Heard From
“13- H. S. Hughes received a
“Id-this week from her son Lt.
Hal 7150!: Hughes who is a prisoner
9‘ War in the Philippines. He
' W9ll and uninjured, he re-
Nrts and is confined in Military
Camp No. 1.
@WW
St/Sgt. Jim Reed
Back at Salt Lake
St./Sgt. Jim Reed, who has been
home for the past three weeks,
returned to Salt Lake Monday
noon, from which point he will be
given his future assignment. He
has lately returned from fourteen
months of overseas duty as a ball
turrett gunner on a Flying Fort
ress. He was on .six missions out
of England, later being transferred
to the African front with the in
vasion last November. He flew on
50 missions altogether.
Look for 50%
Increase in
Grade Schools
Facilities ready for
increased school
population
A cursory survey of the school
population in this area indicates
about a fifty percent increase in
the grade schools, Supt. E. S.
Black estimates. This will require
facilities for upwards of two hun
dred additional pupils in the low
er grades.
However, preparations are be
ing made to handle this number
with a provision or two—the big
gest problem being that of ob
taining enough teachers to handle
the additional enrollment. In the
meantime, Black reports that he
has a full staff now engaged. That
is, a full staff based upon last
year’s enrollment. Some thirty
one teachers are now hired. There
have been one or two resignations
in the past week or two Black
reports, as the teachers have come
here to investigate the housing
situation. '
In order to keep the teachers
3-now on the rolls, Mr. Black is
making an especially urgent ap
peal to the patrons of the district
‘to really put themselves out so
‘that the teachers may find a place
Ito stay. He points out that the
jteachers must be housed and fed
‘and that they are not duPonters
be any means, as the school bud
gets are still where they were be
fore the extra flurry arrived.
Anyone who can make room for
a teacher or two is urged to call
‘Secretary Margaret Reymore' at
Ethe school just as soon as possible.
3The teachers would like to be
lboarded, too, if possible, but. if
ionly a room is available, please
fgive the teachers first chance at
it.
School will open, as per sched
ule on Monday, August 30, as has
been the custom. Mr. Black is
asking that patrons be patientdor
a day or two with the bus sched
ues, as there is but little informa
tion upon which to guage the re
quirements. As last year, the
seven busses will be operated, the
four larger ones making two trips
morning and evening. Should
this be not enough assurances
have been received from the du-
Ponts that suitable arrangements
will be made to handle the in
creased loads. , ‘
The athletic program will be re.-
sumed this year as usual, with
Roger Jones in charge of the foot
ball squad assisted by Ray Nor
mile. In basketball, the positions
will be reversed, with Normile
in charge and Jones assisting.
Prospects this year are for small
er teams, not only here but thru
out the conference as the older
boys have all left for war activi
ties. .
J. CTIEIJard to Head
Third Bond Drive
J. C. Howard of Benton City
was announced yesterday as Ben
ton county chairman of the newly
organized State War Finance
Committee, United States Treas
ury. This committee has taken
over the duties of both the War
Savings Staff and the Victory
Fund Committee. The announce
ment was made by Reno Odlin,
who was recently appointed as
Washington State War Finance
Chairman, and four-starred gen
eral in this state for the Third
War Loan campaign. -
“We are grateful to Mr. How
ard for accepting the heavy re
sponsibility of county chairman
of the War Finance Committee,”
said Mr. Odlin. “No more tre
mendous challenge has faced
Americans than raising IS-billion
dollars 'to back the attack’, in
the three weeks of the Third War
Loan, opening September 9th.
“We are confident that Mr.
Howard will have the people of
his county united as a team be
hind him for the arduous days
\ahead,” he added earnestly.
KENNEWICK, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1943
‘ Borrowed Time Square l
Paterson Area
Scheduled as
Navy Range
Government to Use
260,000 Acres for
Training Program
A plan for naval leasing of ap
proximately 260,000 acres in
southern Benton and eastern
Klickitat. counties for“ use as 'an
aerial gunnery range was an
nounced today by Capt. C. A. F.
Sprague, commandant of the naval
air center in Seattle.
The announcement from com
mandant’s headquarters said,
without elaboration: “Leasing of
the land provides for the con
tinuance of the naval air station
at Pasco ‘as a training base for
fleet aircraft instead of for pri
mary training. Acquisition of this
land will assure continuous train
ing of aerial gunners in both the
east and west portions of the state
to meet the navy’s accelerated
program.”
Capt. Sprague reported approv
al of the large lease by the senate
and house naval affairs commit
tees and the secretary of the navy.
Richard Putnam, civilian repre
sentative of the bureau of yards
and docks in Washington, D. C.,
has established headquarters at
Pasco to complete negotiations
with owners and lessees.
Appraisal of the many proper
ties involved is under way. The
tract is designated as the Paterson
ridge acquisition.
WEATHER REPORT
Date 1942 1943
Thursday,, Aug; 12....90-55 91-56
Friday, Aug. 13..........92-48 100-51
Saturday, Aug. 14......96-54 93-60
Sunday, Aug. 15 ......100-53 92-49
Monday, Aug. 16......106-57 99-60
Tuesday, Aug. 17 ....104-62 95-62
Wednesday, Aug.18..104-62 90-54
OUR BOYS IN THE SERVICE
808 STULTZ
Bob is in the navy, his ship is now
“somewhere in the Pacific” look
ing for Tojo’s yellowbellies.
OOQQO'DOOOOQOOOOO
BATION CALENDAR
Processed Foods (blue stamps)
RSTAuguultoSeptemberfl
Meets and Pm (ted stamps)
TUVerliduntilAug.3l
-. Sum
Stamp No. 14 '(5 lbs.) Aug. 16 20
Oct. 31
Stamp No. 15 and 1815 lbs. each
for canning) valid until Oct. 31
‘ Shoes
Stamp Ne. 10 (1 pair) June 13
' to October 31
No. A 'I (4 gels.):July 22 to
- September 21
091-001-0000....00
Sewer Engineer
Says 0K to
New Addition
Facilities adequate to
handle all increases
now in sight .
‘ There need be no hitch in Ken
fnewick’s expansion program be
cause -of a lack of sewer facil
ities, according to“ a preliminary
report made Tuesday night to the
city council by the engineers re--
cently employed by the city to
investigate the situation. While
the report was not complete, ow
ing .to lack of data, the engineer
in charge stated that he was sure
that the present facilities were
adequate to handle everything
now in prospect.
The engineer was informed of
the three hundred or so new resi
dences now in prospect by private
builders, as well as the two hun
dred unit just authorized by the
public housing authority. He was
especially consulted regarding the
proposed addition east of townj
where some sixy odd residencesl
are to be built in a new addition
on Nob Hill. This unit was con
sidered quite feasible with the
present facilities extended to that
section. I
Before another council meeting
each member will be provided
a complete map showing the pos
sibilities of each branch line, so
that further extensions can be
estimated. -
In the meantime the-promoters
of the addition are assembling
materials and plan to rush com
pletion as rapidly as possible on
the job, confident that the area
will be included within the city
limits when the proposition is put
before the voters at a special
election to be called as soon as
practicable.
Five More Benton
Men Enter Services
Following men accepted at in
duction station in Spokane Aug
ust 16th, from Benton county:
Army—Arthur N. Talbot, Prosser;
NavyeEdward O. J aeger, Allard;
Norman D. Metz, Prosser. Men
transferred to this board for in
duction and accepted by Army:
Paul R. Good, William M. Han,
Jr., and Robert V. Nelson. _
ZOO-Unit Housing
Project Authorized
For Kennewick
Government to build
emergency housing for
project workers
A two-hundred unit public
housing project has been author
ized for Kennewick, according to
word received by the local housing
committee on Saturday of» last
week. The committee had made
application for a five hundred
unit several months ago. The
actual authorization has not yet
been received from Washington,
but the state authorities have
written that the project has been
officially approved.
Under the setup, the govern
ment can condemn suitable lo
cations by lease for the duration.
The government will construct the
units—which will probably be
four family houses, such as have
already been built at Pasco. The
government also provides all fa
cilities, even to furnishing some
of the houses. ‘
The buildings are of temporary
construction and will be removed
after the emergency requirements
have been met. They will be lo
cated upon sites selected by
the local committee under approv
al from the state authorities. It
will require about fifteen or eigh
teen acres, according to the ar
rangement of the Pasco unit to
construct the fifty four-family"
dwellings. Preferably. the build-l
ingswfllbeononeh'achbut
not necessarily. Several sites m 1
under consideration.
The local committee was ap
pointed by Mayor A. G. Amon
and consists of Les Babcoek,
chairman, P. G. Richmond. H. E.
Oliver, H. A. Linn and R. E. Reed.
The Navy Mothers club will
meet next Wednesday night. Aug
ust 25th in the Legion hall in
Pasco.
OUR BOYS IN THE SERVICE
PFC. GEORGE ALBEE
A former Richland boy, now sta
tioned at Camp Houge, Texas.
Wanted
Boceuso so mony oi tho pros
ont ond iorsnor rosidonts of tho
Richlond. Whito Bluffs end
Hentord districts still look to
this paper tor nows of their
frionds and former neighbors.
we would ospocielly liko to hove
roprosontstivos in ouch of those
soctions to writo itoxns for pub
licotion. Thoro oro olso somo
othor communitios in this oroo
which should ho roprosontod in
the pope: ooch wook with neigh
hothood hows. Anyono willing
to assume this ploosont test is
invitod to got in touch with
this office.
Soil Conservation
Office Here to Be
Eliminated
Reduced acreage giv
en as cause for closing
local office organization
As a result of purchase of land
for military use the Soil Conserva
tion Service has eliminated the
work group office and reduced it
to a work unit office, effective
Aug. 18, according to H..N. Hamp
ton, chairman of the local board
of supervisors.
The East Benton Soil Conserva
tion District will be attached to
the Yakima work group office. un
der the direction of McKinley
Jackson, district conservationist.
Jackson assisted in the early or
ganization of the local district over
a year ago and is familiar with
conditions in this area.
Otto F. Schnellhardt. tam
planner. assisting the East Benton
district since his transfer mom
White Blutts last April. will con
tinue as resident technician. Clyde
C. Bowlsby, soil surveyor. will no
main in Kennewick until comple-
tion of the survey. W tech
nical assistance will be obtained
humtheYakimaofliceaaneeded.
Cooperationwiththelaataentnn
distgjiet'wfllbeeonflnuedandthe
office space maintained in the
Penney building. .
Jay W. 'l'haanum. district eon
aervationist. and Mary Spain;
clerk-atmompha,auociatedwith
theioeelotfieetheputyeanwill
hheupsimilarpoalflmwithdn
'aoil mummieeu Wen
atehee.
} Othertechnidmtomlywith
the Kennewiceroupheveheen
‘asxisnedtodmihrpodtionsw
:dstinzotheraoflmfiondb
trick in the State of Washington:
F‘nnkxnucandhu'icten‘ln
eer.toSedeooney;A.S.Gx-u.
mantendneer.'to Ymn.
RHumphrey.disuictt-an¢eex
miner, to Colin; Everett C.
Comethauistmtnngemmlner,
toWhiteSalmon. Humphnywm‘
workonother adamant-tron
the Kennewick otflceandmln
hinhismeeidenceheneunfllabwt
Januaryl. ‘
Board Bans Swimming
In River and Ditch
I It’s a good thing summer I:
iabout ova-. 10- kidsandmwnupo
‘wholiketoswimmflndingthelr
‘tmorite spots along the river and
ditch bank posted with warning
notices. This week the Benton-
Franklin Health department put
up placards along the ditch and
the Columbia river from the
mwthottheYakimotothemoutlh
of the Snake. ‘.
Repeatedtaushowthntthe
Columbia isoontuninabd, the
healthotflcerepomandisun-
safetoswimin. Consequentb
thepostingotthem. The
ditchkespedauyumtqahm
bacterialcountshowingupin
mplaukenh'omthatooum.
thedeparunenu report. So—
evenitthaeisnohickorynnb,
don‘tgonearthewater.
Lightning Sets Fires
In Two Places Sunday
Western Horse Heaven—Light
ningsettwo firesneartheClod
felter place Sunday afternoon. The
flash set a fence row ablaze and
it burned a field of sagebrush
and some summer fallow. The
owner of the sagebrush was grate
fulashehadplannedtoburnott
the brush this tall. Neighbors
soon rushed to the scene and no
damage was done.
Mrs. Kay Duill is in Seattle vis
iting her daughta'.
ing your milk problem with Mr.
Kirscher, the sanitarian. or my
self.
Discourage Use of
Black Market
For Milk--Ripley
Milk ordinance is pro—
tection for community;
criticism unjust
‘ Our milk and cream situation
is serious in the Kennewick-Pasco
area. Undoubtedly. there will be
a few weeks when milk will be
fairly difficult to get in this area.
However, it the whole Yakima
Valley is considered and we are
at the eastern end or part, there is
no lack ot milk but rather an
inequality of distribution, states
an article released this week by
Health Officer Dr. R. W. Ripley.
The health department is doing
all in its power to assist the im
portation of a safe milk supply.
In the next few weeks I believe
milk in greater quantities will be
coming into this community, he
said. As it is now, groceries are
abletozetmilktrolnYakims but
at a loss to themselves which is
one of the reasons no more milk
has come in. With the new setup
I believe this financial loss will
be eliminated.
Thereasonforthischeapermilk
isthatwewillbegcttingtheex
oess milk over and above what the
duPont company will be W
'l'his milk will be Grade A pal
teurlaedmilk.
Mhasbeenmuch criticism
about the health «tenement and
mydesiretohavethemilkordln
anceenforcedinthiscommuniti-
'l'hecouncilsofbothtownshave
also received criticism and pet!-
umuunstorrepulofthe or
dlnanoe. lnsteadofcriticimnthe!
should be praised to the utmost
mmmughtedneasinlooklnl
out tor the health of the com
munity. Theeouncilshave acted
Mummy-dflcempontho
Matthestatedepartmentot
health and the navy
'l'hamilksituationhasbeenaerl-
oustemahealth standpointand
lamgladtolu'ymuch imprOVO
not has occurred. So far the
”lupm‘mdthahealthde
mttocarryoutmm
byitaalfthoughtheydo WI. Ob
tainhuthehealthiestmilkinthe
w possible time. if they
w dilatlsfled with our ef
' flu, may carry out their
mambothtowns out
amashraseating D 1“.
"unearned. Thiswould baa
“disappointmenttomeandto
\mpemantageotthepopula
-31.3”“
“‘- merefactofthenavy’s in-
Whatemilksihiationshould
Whoa people that the health
Wtisworkiagtoraome—
‘t‘fl’ngbmeficialtorthecommun-
lhavalivadinthlsoommunity
hamayearnowandlrealiaa
thatlhuehmtiehblackmarket
milk being sold in both towns.
Cuntpeophwhohavebeenbur
ingfliismllkaratrlendsofmine
mad continue!» buy it despite
mywas-ningthemthatitianotthe
5‘ thing for than to do from
aheahh standpoint. From an
arflcleprlntedintheWallaWalla
paper.onAug. 18.1948.qu
mammary“
National Cooperative Milk
Produced Federation ‘Pestiienca
anddi-aaewillhecomeepidemic
Wt the nation if milk is
toroad um the black market by
that market. unduhnt fever.
diptheria and who“! will be
apleadbymilkwhichisnotprop
u-lypmcaaaed'.” Innolmanwas
‘lpaakinginhistalkasyoumay
netemgardingashortageaetup
wiflipointrationing,however.the
a'a'me shortage is here and the
“blackmarket”ispreaentinthis
community. ltisagainstthelaw
foranybodytoaellmilkorcream
in either city other than that
whichhasbeenapprovedbytha
Baton-W Health Depart
‘lnnt. Bealiae,therefore,thatany
”you purchase in this man
}ner lsagainst the law and in
vokes you. (Of course, there are
many ways of getting around ev
erylaw and‘this one can be cir
cumvented. Please remember that
youwillbetakingachanceand
are endangering your families'
health by so doing).
I would suggest that you ask
the person who is supplying you
this milk to get the approval of
this office. Perhaps, the milk
is being handled in a sanitary
fashion and will get our approval
or at least they may be able to
make a few necessary changes and
then get the approval. The milk
ordinance and our work is entire
ly for the health of you and your
families. Do not criticize your
very far sighted councils before
coming to this office and discuss-
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