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REPORTER
By the
WWICK COURIER
cm APOLOGIES
Sign: profound apologies to Mr.
d Mrs. Bernard Slocum and
33m of Finley and to the Fair
way Hatchery. In their ad last
week was an account of the. suc
cess the Slocums had enjoyed
with Fairway chicks. it read:. “In
another week they Will be filled
to capacity with 2,000 baby chix.”
The figure should have been 7,000.
Our only alibi is that 2,000 seem
ed like an awful stack of 'chicks
and we are breathless at . the
"'loth of three and a half tunes
; many- -
_ It
3 gm Ferguson says he was here
‘befgre the sagebrush was planted.
That was back in the days when
‘ was only one Walla. We’d
‘~ to sit in some time .when
old-timers have a conven
tion. They’ve seen a lot happen
since Paul Bunyan dug out the
channel up to the present day
when army engineers. are having
min a job plugging 1t up again.
Ferguson is in a new location
this year on Railroad avenue west
of the Big Y.
- .
speaking of Paul Bunyan We
noticed a fine mural on the sub
ject in one of the Richland grade
schools recently. The kids had
really caught the spirit of the old
and new West. ». .
Talking with old and new tim
ers in Kennewick is _a pleasant
and instructive pastime with us.
With few exceptions the general
trend is constructive ideas for the
expansion of a strategically locat
ed city. Naturally, some of the
ideas are a hit corny and occas
ionally there is a sigh for what
has been. But people generally are
accepting the idea that neither
Xennewichnor any other place in
the world will ever go back to
the doubtful past but must look
forward to a future of rapid
growth with all its attendant
problems. ,
. , ‘ _. I_ I
We haveihad many interesting
whom muting frfim oufiodi
,, .on anuhaaf mg. o , 3w
ever, qualify for the pfiz‘go‘ifer
ed. We‘ve been called ‘everything'
from “Rip—Shorter” down to . . .
3M we’d better not go into
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STORY OF.THE WEEK
Two Bristol fish women had
donned their gaudy fiiiery to join
the Easter parade. Reaching the
yard of the ancient stone church
the crowd paused to listen to the
chance. rinsers ply their special
art on the bells in the musty loft.
Saldthe first woman:
“Ain’t them chimes beautiful?”
§aidfihe second: “Eh?”
tifui’iald' ain’t them chimes beau
“ What d’ye say?”
“Effigy: “Ain’t them chimes be
thé‘llncgnazghgaern: ’word you say for
Merchants Urged to
Attend Trade Meetmg
All merchants in the vicinity of
Kennewick will have an oppor
tunity to have their questions on
the new clothing, textile and
house furnishings regulation ans
wered by an OPA price specialist,
at a trade meeting to be held in
Pasco on Thursday, April 5.
This trade meeting is for mer-V
chants affected by the new regu
lation, MPR 580, which relates to
Putin: of ALL types of apparel
and household furnishings - a
c.Olllplete list of the items covered
by the regulation may be obtained
~~ the price panel of your
can. OPA board.
. e urge merchants to attend
this meeting, as it is planned that
a complete explanation of this
new regulation will be made at
that time, and all questions will
be answered. '
Alice M. Ash of the Kennewick
War Price and Rationing Board
attended a meeting of price clerks
in the Spokane district office Fri
day. March 23, at which time de
tailed instructions on MPR 580
Were given.
Holy Week Services
Close Friday Night
The union Holy Week services
Sponsored by the ministers and
chlll'ches of the valley in the com
munities of Richland, Pasco and
Kennewick. will close with the
qud Friday service. In Kenne-
WICk the _series has been held
In the Nazarene church on First
Avenue. The final speaker here
will be the Rev. Charles Hatton
0f Pasco. _
.cher Kennewick ministers par
ticlpating in the series have peen
ReV- Leo W. Dyson of the EDISCO
paI church; Rev. P. J. Luvaas of
the English Lutheran, Rev. E. E.
Coulter of the First Christian,
Rev. J. A. Briece of the First NaZ
arena, Rev. R. B. Holden of the
Baptist, Rev. Clark Smith of Fin
-19,! and Rev. J. B. Coan of the
First Methodist.
Fund Zoom: to
ISSIII In Red
.Cross Campaign
Starting a week late in the na
tional Red Cross War Fund drive,
Kennewick brought its campaign
to a successful conclusion this
week. Thursday morning tabula
tions showed a total of $8,967.43.
With some scattered reports yet
to come in it is expected the final
total will be well over $9,000.
The quota was $7,500. The entire
county, as well as Franklin coun
ty, topped the quotas.
Following is a complete list of
the workers who covered the ter
ritory under- the leadership of
Mrs. Wayne Houston, drive chair
man. _
Mesdames Harold Fyfe,, Gene
Spaulding, Urban Keolker, How
ard Whitbeck, Frank Beste, L. E.
Johnson, Denver Hensen, Joseph
Bates, Ed Lum, Walter Woehler,
Elaine Reber, J. K. McGregor.
Thad Grosscup, John W. Gary,
E. B. Giles, Jack Crawford, Jack
Switzer, E. C. _ Tweet, Peter Han
sen, Al Brantingham, C. H. Meyer.
~ Mesdames Robert Hansen, 0. H.
Luddington, Ed Ray, John Fer
guson, Harvey Ray, Irvin Liston,
Pat Owens, Hal Brutzman, Biart,
Wilmot Gravenslund, Wallace
Bateman, Manuel Pardini, A. J.
Falk, H. J. McElderry; William
Blair, Burns Brown, Paul Capis
trant. Rex Fisk, E. S. Dorothy,
Hazel C. Manning, John Finn,
Wilma Midzor, Paul Whipp,
Knode, Dean Hess, Leland John
son, Mrs. Holstead, Miss Frances
Crowley.
Mesdames Arthur Nicooon, H.
.J. O’Hearn, George ,Purdy, Larry
Oliver; J. English, C. H. ”Sonder
man, Jay Perry, D. Jim 'Dickin
son. W. M. Reymore, Alfred
Amon.
Mesdames W. J. Shauhnessy
Paul Spreen, Paul Richmond, Al
bert Morgan, H. Moret Lee, Helen
Roth, Paul Stone, R. Magnuson,
Walter Rowles, H. H. Stairsk M. C.;
Osborne, Floyd Oswalt, Rolfe;
Tuve, J. R. Ayers, Gladys: Wilden;
Julia Hemmenway. . . 7
Miss Lena Mains, Mesdames B.
Ken-Ipc, Emil Albrecht, Sam.
Schuster, O. W. Eagles, Herbert
Misner, H. L. Miller, Carl Elli
ott, Al Zarndt, A. J. Thompson,
Russell Elliott, Ray mom
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‘Nunn, arl' Myers, taxman,
'Wayne Brown and Geo. Taylor.
Former. Residents Visit
At Moeller Home
S/Sgt. W. G. Mounsey, his mother
Mrs. Dora Mounsey and aunt,
Miss Melissa Moeller of Seattle,
visited at the Lawrence Moeller
residence Monday. Sgt. Mounsey
is returning to Fairmont, Nebr.,
where he is stationed. He will be
accompanied as 'far as Salt Lake
City, Utah by his mother, while
Miss Melissa Moeller plans to
spend several days visiting old
acquaintances at Baker, Oregon.
There are‘ all former residents of
Kennewick.
Hospital Bids Called
WOrd has been received here
that bids are to be opened on
the hospital contract April 24.
Blans were printed this week and
will be available to all contrac
tors desiring to submit bids.
The best-dressed boys in theit war-mined Greek village; they
speak for Europe’s 30.000.000 children who are in tragic need of
clothing. Give all the garments, shoes and bedding you can to
the United. National Clothing Collection.
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KENNEWICK, WASHI NGTON, THURSDAY, ' MARCH 29,1945
News from Our Men and Human
In ' llle Armed Services;
DIBB 18 BURMA CRASH
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Matthews
of the Highands received official
notice of the death of their son
Cpl. Donald Matthews on Febru
ary 10, in a plane crash over Bur
ma. Donald was a gunner on a
B-25 and had previously been re
ported missing in action. Letters
from his commanding officer are
to follow with details.
S2/c Mike Watkins, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Watkins of the High
lands is expected to arrive home
today (Wednesday) for a fifteen
day furlough. Mike has been sta
ttioned in New York for some
une.
AWARDED PURPLE HEART
Bob Bishop, paratrooper, wound
ed over Belgium, has been award
ed the Purple Heart. Bob is as
signed to the Vancouver govern
ment hospital but at present is
spending a few days with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. B. V. Bishop
of the Highlands. He and his
mother also visited his brother
'Archie Bishop, who lives in the
northhern part of the state. Bob
expects to return to the hospital
this week for another operation
on his foot.
Edward Cotman and daughter
Lucinda visited a few days this
week at the home of A. T. Belair.
He is in the maritime service with
his present home in Salem, Ore
gon. He has been in and out of
the Pacific war zone several times
and is taking a short vacation. He
was employed at Belair's bakery
until he went into the Merchant
Marine two years ago. His broth
er, Sgt. Hanford Cotman, was re
cently reported wounded in action
on the German front. He is now
in a hospital in England. -
Charley Smith, son of Mrs. Ai
dia Smith, 320 North Benton, is
reported wounded in action in
Germany.
Technical Sergeant Merlin Giles
has received notice from his su
perior officer of the extension of
his furlough for fiteen days.- He
greports back to Fort Lewis on
"April sth; Merlin is home on fur
laugh, from the active front in
Germany. He spent a few days
with his sister in Seattle and is
now at the home of his parents
on the West Highlands.
Mrs. Martha Jensen, RN, who
enlisted in the My Nurse Corps
early last fall, is ,still awaiting
her orders, She expects definite
assignment in the near future.
3 Word has been received that
Homer Davis, formerly of East
Kennewick. is confined to a hos
pital in France, suffering an at
tack of jaundice. Homer has been
overseas about seven months and
wears three battle stars. His wife
is with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Davis
near Vancouver, at the present.
Lewis E. Larsen jr., CMI/c, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larsen at
Fifth Ave and Beach St., arrived
home Wednesday from the South
Pacific area where he has been
stationed for two years. He will
report to Melville, 3.1. April 24
for reassignment.
8/891. Clarence W. Clayton
Former Benton City boy, now
an amorer with the Air Corps in
Italy, supervising .maintenance
and repair of b the guns of five
bombers. -
P-47 Pilot Awarded
DFC After 70 Missions
7 First Lieutenant; Morris W.
IMagnuson of Fosston, Minn., has
‘been awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross. The son of Mr. and
Mrs. 1?. D. Magnusoh, now living
‘in Kennewick. he is ‘ll P 47 Thun
derbolt pilot. a;
Lt. Magnuson has flown more
.than 70 combat missions against
'the enemy in France, Belgium
and Germany since arriving in
the European theatre of operation
in April 1944. He wears the Pres
idential unit citatiqn ribbon.
Pvt. 'gJohnny Rutherford of the
signal Icorps, is home on a two
weeks furlough. Private Ruther
ford hds made his home in Pasco
before Foing into the service.
First Lieutenant John F. Dia
mond, 21, son of 'Mr. John I.
Diamo of Hanford, a veteran
P-38 ‘ghtning fighter pilot of
the 152 Air Fogce, has completed
over comba ~mI_Q_SI 'ons agamst'
the enemy. “ ' ‘
Lt. Diamond’s principal duty
has been escort work for heavy
bombers striking at vital targets
in. Southern Europe. However,
he has flown many dive-bombing
and str ffing missions against the
Nazi communication and trans
portation facilities.
He wears the air medal with
two oak leaf clusters for merit
orious achievement in aerial
flight. ,
mamm‘ pnouorsn
Womanl Marine Amy “A” Cole,
daughter :of Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Paulson, of Route 2, was pro
moted ntly to the rank of
staff ser eant. ‘
A marine since March, 1943,
Staff Sergeant Cole is on duty
as a bookkkeeper at the Marine
Air Station, Cherry Point, N.C.
A graduate of Kennewick high
school, Staff Sergeant Cole was
a beauty operator at Seattle, prior
to her enlistment. Her brother,
Harvey, is serving with the U.
S. army.
Chilling Drive
Opens April I;
Need Urgent
April 1 marks the opening of
the national clothing drive. Lo
cally sponsored by the Kiwanis
club, Kennewick will carry its
share of the responsibility for col
lecting 150,000,000 pounds of good
usable clothing, shoes and bed
ding, to be shipped to the needy
in the war ravaged countries.
Chairman James Leavy has an
nounced that the main depot will
be the hutment behind 'the admin
istration building at the housing
‘project. In addition to this cloth
?ing will be accepted at any of the
‘churches. ;
1 The need for clothing is tre-.
Imendous. One shirt to a family
‘of seven in Belgium. Children
in France kept home from school
because there are no clothes for
them to wear. Crude shoes de
forming feet in Holland. Fabulous
sums being offered' for clothing
of deceased in eastern Europe. In
Poland four: families living in a
single room \sharing their shreds
of clothing. !
The need ' urgent. Kennewick
people are p paring to do their
part to help eviate this distress.
Local Gro ps to
Hear Nati nal Program
_}____
Members pf the Kennewick
Chamber of Commerce and Ki
wanis club are invited to attend
the broadcast of the Spotight
Band program Tuesday night,
April 3, at 6:15. This is a nation
wide broadcast and will origin
ate in the auditorium at the naval
base. ‘;
Wives of members of the two
groups are also invited.
Engineers To Be
Here to Answer
mam (Inesfions
To answer everybody’s ques
tions, engineers will spend two
days in this area next week in
connection wit h construction
plans for the Umatilla dam.
Mark Nelson, the engineer who
explained the project at the hear
ing last week, will be at Hotel
Pasco Wednesday and Thursday,
April 4 and 5. With him will be
Engineer Dave Meldrum who will
be prepared to go out into the
field to locate dyke routes.
These engineers state that they
are glad to have the opportunity
to answer the many questions that
have arisen. They urge everyone
with a problem to contact them
on those days.
Since the hearing held last week
many residents near the river
sought additional information as
to the height of the levees, the
location of them and the matter
of seepage water. It is to supply
this specific information that the
engineers will be here. A
Special Council
Sea-lon Ads
011 Building
With a series _.of problems to
solve held over from last week's
regular meeting, the City council
went into matters exhaustively
at a special meeting Tuesday
night. '
Discussing the question in all
its phases they finally requested
Councilmen Holden and Cox to
procure builder’s plans and spec
ifications for an addition to the
city building that would at least
partially solve the building prob
lem. It is proposed to add to the
building sufficient space to pro
vide a court room, county office
space and additional jail space for
the sheriffs arrests. The county
will pay acceptable rent for the
use__of thisspace._ _ __ __
,-City engineer G. D. Hall was
present to discuss with the coun
cil proposed sewer additions. It
isngxssary to mud 700 feet
ofsewertoco>_ the prggt
sewer on Dazton‘street with e
hospital site. No further action
has been reported on the trunk
sewer to be laid on Avenue B.
Hall pointed out the difficulty‘
and relative high costs of sewer
construction to serve Layton’s ad
dition. He suggested an air lift
lto il'aise sewage to the needed
eve .
Councilmen Richmond, Holden;
Neel and Scot were appointed to
work out an operational plan for
the proposed city air port.
The parking meters are report
ed to,be on their way and a plan
of installation was adopted.
Music is Feature
Of USO Program
The Easter Night program on
April 1 at 9 pm, at the USOclub
will feature special music by the
Congregational church and Meth
odist church choirs and a talk by
Chaplain Ben.A. Maginniss, of the
Naval Air station, Pasco.
The women of the Connell com
munity are bringing fifty home
made pies for the Easter supper.
Mrs. F. L. Heitzman of Connell
,6 chairman for the supper.
The buffet supper Sunday eve
ning, March 25 was sponsored by
the Riverview Home Economic
club with Mrs. Dan Hurley, presi
dent and Mrs. Merrith Ayars,past
president, pouring. Serving on the
committee were Mrs. DeWitt
Chaney,, chairman; Mrs. J. C.
Cornell, Mrs. Wallace Preston, sr.
Mrs. Edwin West, Mrs. Herert In
gram,~ Mrs. Robert Linzar and
Mrs. B. L. Rousfer. Table decora
tions were Easter bunnies and
spring flowers. The buffet supper
consisted of sandwiches, cake,
cookies and coffee. '
The musical program was ar
ranged by Mrs. Catherine Maupin
of Kennewick. The Schubert club
of Kennewick. under the direction
of Edwin Numan, sang, accompan
ied by Mrs. Neuman.
_War Correspondent to Speak on
Menu: in Pacific War Zone
William Winter, internationally
knoWn correspondent and com
‘mentator, will he the sth speaker
of the Kennewick -Pasco lecture
secier in the Kennewick high
school Friday, April 6.
‘ The deeply tanned correspond
ent whose short wave radio com
mentaries to the Pacific these last
three years have made him one
of the “th known voices in
America,” had several weeks in
Australia, where he was given al
most royal welcome.
Then after visiting many of
those pin-point islands rescued
from anonymity by the joint ef
forts of MacArthur, Nimitz, Hal
sey & Co., he went to Leyte where
he spent seven weeks dodging
jap bombs and wallowing in hot
tropical mud. (
Work Starts on Bus
Depot Construction
Preparatory work for the con
struction of the new bus depot
at the intersection of Benton St.
and the highway got under way
this week. The building is to be
of concrete block, 36346 feet with
an estimated cost of SIB,OOO.
The depot will provide waiting
room, lunch counter, ticket, office
and loading facilities.
E. A. Erikson has the contract.
{Schubert Club in
|Easler Program
The Methodist church will be
the setting for the concert of
sacred music to be presented Eas
ter evening at 8:15 by the Schu
bert club. As usual, the proceeds
of the silver offering are to be
given to the Orthopetdic hospital
in Seattle. The entire community
is invited to hear the carefully
selected favoriates of the sea
son, as well as to enjoy the guest
artist, Cleve Henriques. violinist.
The program will include
“America the Beautiful”. “The
Lord’s Prayer," Malotte; “And
the Glory of the Lord, .Handel;
geautiful _ Savior, _Cl_irist_ianson;
Cavatina by Raff and Rondino on
a theme by Beethoven, Kreisler,
Cleve Hem-iques, violinist; Hos
podi Pomilui, Lvovsky: Hallelu
jah chorus, Beethoven; The Holy
City, Adams, Cleve Henriques;
How Lovely is Thy Dwelling
Place, Brahms; Hallelujah Chorus
Haysieb aenedictus. 69W!!!-
Edwin Neuman is the director
of the chorus, and Mrs Neuman
the accompanist. The program
will also be presented Satur
day night at the McCaw hospital
in .Walla Walla.
Personnel includes Evelyn Fer
guson. Catherine Maupin, Gladys
Wilder. Molly Jo Finnigan, Max
ine Lewis. Jean Gilbert, Cather
ine WOehler, Maxine Peter. Na
omi Mills, Evalyn Keolker, Jessie
Lou Miller. Naomi Hagstrom.
Hazel Fyfe, Peggie Elefson, Helen
Bowlsby. Carolyn Knuth. Charles
Peter. Vane Wilder. Urban Keel
ker, Victor Rogers. Funk Maupin,
Dave Moeller, Rudy Betcha, Al
Zarndt. Francis Zamdt, and Clyde
Bowlsby.
Funeral Services Today
For Earl Ray Larkin
Funeral services were held to
day for Earl Ray Larkin, from
the Mueller chapel. He died sud
denly Tucsday. The service was
in charge of Rev. Leo Dyson with
graveside services by the Masonic
lodge. He was ‘a member of the
Greenwood lodge in Seattle.
Earl Larkin was born at Gar
field, November 1893. He lived
in Kennewick a number of years,
leaving here 30 years ago. He
returned last October and has
been operating a service station
at the Richland Y.
He served in the Marines in
the last war. He won considerable
fame as a baseball pitcher, play
ing with a San Francisco ‘semi
pro club..
Surviving are his mother, Mrs.
J. C. Dennis, Kennewick; two
brothers: Roy and F. W. Larkin,
Kennewick. and three sisters.
Mrs. Opal Farnum of Palouse.
Mrs. Gladys Thompson of Rich
land and Mrs. Ray Bauer of Rich
mond. Calif.
Methodist Parsonage
Club Meets Monday
1' Yakima Valley Parsonage club,
‘composed of the ministers of
iMethodist, churches from Ellens
‘burg to Walla Walla and their
families will gather at Finley for
their April dinner meeting with
Rev. and Mrs. Clark M. Smith as
hosts. This club has been orna
ized for many years but only oc
casionally does it meet this far
from the center of the valley.
SIGNAL OPERATING
The traffic signal light at Wash-‘
ington street and the highway is
now in operation. Motorists are
reminded that this is a three-way
signal facilitating tartfic on and‘
off the highway in both directions.)
1 “The entire Philippine cam
paign would have been impossible
without the almost unbelieveable
cooperation of the ordinary citi
zen who literally sacrificed every-‘
thing for the liberation of his
country,” Winter said.
Winter offers no prognostica
tions on the conclusion of hostil
ities in the Pacific, but he does
not think the end will come near
lysoquicklyasoptimistsliketoi
believe. The japs are tough, he‘
says, and will become tougher as;
their home islands are directly;
stormed. ;
This spring he will go to Eu
rope, Russia and China as a cor
respondent h‘gore interested in
post-war p to the countries
he visits than to the war itselt.”
Music, Special
iServiees To Be
Easier Features
Churches Jam in Dawn
Servlce; Schubert Club
In Concert
Easter Sunday will be observed
in the churches of the community
with special themes and music.
A brief sunrise service, open to
all, will start the day at the Ken
newick park. The service is
scheduled for 6:40. Rev. John B.
Coan, of the First Methodist
church, will deliver the dawn
message. Other churches will also
participate. This service has be
come popular in recent years.
The program will include con
gregational singing led by Mrs.
Robt. Mills, accordian solo, Mrs.
’lda May White, Scripture reading.
Rev. Pratt, prayer, Mary Bell
Taylor and songs by a quartette.
An Easter choral program by
the Schubert club will provide a
musical treat. at 8:15 in the Meth
odist church. The. program and
personnel of this group appears
in another column.
St. Paul’s Episcopal church will
feature three special services. A
three hour service starting at
noon on Good Friday will be held
in Pasco. At 4:30 Easter Eve there
will be a service of holy baptism.
On Easter day at 10 the church
will celebrate Holy Communion.
At the Sunday school at 2:30 mite
boxes will be presented.
With the topic, “Easter's Insist
ent Message." the First Lutheran
church will feature an ‘Easter
festival service at 11 am.
Bethlehem Lutheran church will
have a special Easter service at
10:30 and invite everyone to tune
in “The Lutheran Hour” Sunday
morning at 9:30.
Theme of the morning service
at the First Methodist church will
be “The Banished Shadow." The
service will feature special Easter
music and a baptism service for
infants and children
There will be a special service
at the Finey church followed by a
basket dinner.
The bell of the First Lutheran
church will be rung.
lflrolp Discusses
Pam-Labor
i Recommending continuance of
ithe present 'farm-labor camp and
;urging improvement with better
‘housing facilities a group met
Monday to discuss the matter. It'
was pointed out that in order to
keep, workers here when needed
better facilities are necessary.
Recommendation were forwarded
to the War Food Administration.
Present were Don Cresswell,
president of the Benton-Frank
lin county farm labor association;
Larry Newsome, secretary; C. E.
Ridley. field manager and Walter
Click, county extension service.
The association is opening an
office in the court house in Pros
ser April 1. It will be in the pres
ent ariculture department. Mrs.
Pearl Burnham will be in charge.
Mini Growers
Directors Heel
The board of directors of the
Washington State Mint Growers
met March 27th and formulated
plans for the collection of infor
mation that they hope will lead
to practices that will produce
mint oil that will meet USP tests
‘in all respects.
All growers, whether members
of the auociation or not, are asked
to cooperate in this survey. The
necessary blanks are being pre
pared and may be obtained by
tcgntacting any one of the direc
rs.
V. O. Humphrey reports that
the government chemists have
been unable to determine why the
optical rotation tests are so low.
Kennewick Kiwanis
Provides Program
The Kennewick Kiwanis club.
joint sponsor of the new club just
organized at Richland, furnished
the program at Richland on Wed
nesday. They will take a prom
inent part also at the charter,
night program on April 11, when
the district governor, Frank Tay
lor, of Kiwanis International and
other notables will be present.
The Richland club is making
plans for a dinner oceasion for
‘more than 200 Kiwanians and
‘their ladies from valley clubs will
be present.
1 Rev. Oliver M. Adams of Pasco
iwas the featured‘ speaker at the
‘meeting of Kiwanis Tuesday. His
:talk was a description of his trip
through Palestine in 1938, illus
trated with colored slides. He had
taken t he pictures himself. He
was assisted by Mrs. Adams, who
had accompanied him on the trip.
Rev. Adams gaVe a moving des
cription of the country he said
was about the size of Benton
county with a population of three
million. It has all t ypes of cli
mate from snow capped moun
tains to the Dead Sea 1300 feet
below sea level. g
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