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VOL. XXXI
The Sidewalk
REPORTER
By the '
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SOUAWK CLUB
The Squawk club had only at
small attendance this week due
perhaps to the holiday and the
new meeting quarters and otheri
contingencies. However what the
group lacked in numbers was
made up in enthusiasm and the
president had to threaten to clean
the room before even a semblance
of order was established. What
got the members warmed {up was!
the introduction of a resolution
that wandered through some 20‘
odd whereases before coming to
the point. Briefly the resolution‘
condemned whoever is responsible
in our county law enforcement‘
setup for removing the four-way
[nickel grabbers from circulation!
“ ot,” we quote the resolution”
at we find any fault with re-1
oving the pesky machines, but‘
why did they have to leave those
(here an adjective had been cen-t
sored by the resolutions commitJ
tee) noisy jive dispensers that
harrass your eardrums every time}
you try to enjoy a quiet meal inl
a restaurant?” ' .
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coahncrron . 1
Will the member of the Squawk‘
Club who so vociferously declaim
ed about the band uniforms at‘
last week’s meeting please stand
up before the bar of justice for‘
sentence? We have been informed
by authorities that the fund for‘
the uniforms has been raised, that‘
the fund is sufficient. that it has‘
been placed in safe keeping. Fur- ;
ther, that the only uniform “18-;
terial available at the present
time is of definitely inferior qual-‘
ity and that the school has chosen
to wait until the best is obtain-‘
able, which is no less than our.
excellent band deserves. Thirty‘
days in the clink for you, sir, and
when you get out you are dis-\
qualified for further membership
in the club. , (
new Business 1
Number one on the list is the
announcement of the opening om
November 23 of Shirley’s, strictly
modern.women’s apparrel shop in.‘
the pretty newbuilding on; Ken-1
newick avenue. mammal
Plumbing annogfiees the open-1
ing of its new b ding next doom
finch next week’s paper for 'fur
er information on Kennewick’s
newest business center. ‘ And P.
D. Magnuson is launching a used
car market on North Benton. And
so it goes.
OLD BUSINESS
Neuman’s Market has had a
brotherly exchange of manage
ment. John Neuman, recently re
turned from war work in Florida,
ment of the popular market. Ed
has taken over active manage
has purchased a promising store
in West Seattle where he will
take over. the first 'of the year.
And it seems there is'a lot of
new business for old businesses.
All we have talked to report
that business has been except
nionally good the past month and
merchandise is becoming gradu
ally available.
"A”. CRAP. V
Something went wrong with our
gomostication last week. The
ayor got a little busier than
usual last Saturday and failed to
show up for the unveiling of his
snake. Several pessimism said
they knew it all the time, Hi -
zoner was talking through his
hat and couldn’t produce. But
we’re still betting on the Mayor
and we are sure that his version
of the Horse Heaven rattlesnake
will make its appearance in the
KCR window not later than Sat
urday morning.
"on? OF THE WEEK .
‘l2 local boy wandered. mto a
y establishment the other day
and hung around as the proprietor
wars; making out his excise tax re
po .
“Well, whaddaya want?” .
“Nothing” replied the boy In
nocently.
it ‘fD9idya bring anything to carry
In.”
“Nope, didn’t think you had any
left.”
Parking Meters Show
Increasing Patronage
City police report use of the
city’s new parking meters is in
creasing. Income has been using
each week. Police report that a
large number of people have stat
ed that they were pleased with the
operation of the meters and find
that the improved control of park
ing space has added to the con-
Venience of driving cars in the
downtown area.
Many more cars are being park
ed in vacant lots adjacent to alleys
and on side streets. It is believed
that many of these cars have pre
viously been parked for long
hours in the busy blocks of the
busmess area.
WSCS TO MEET
WSCS will meet Wednesday.
Nov. 21 at the church with Qircle
No. 4 entertaining. There mll be
a get-together luncheon at one ‘o’-
clock at which time the executlve
board will meet. The business
meeting and program will follow.
@ll2 Kmnrmirk Gl‘nurirr- Emmet
Victory Bond Goal
Hal! Reached; Ne!
$62.!“ a! Show ‘
Kennewick’s job in the Victory
Bond drive is half completed.
That’s what a check up showed
this week following the big bond
show and auction at the Benton
Theater Monday night. Kenne
wick’s quota in this drive has been
set at $190,000 in all classifications
and about half that amount have
been sold. The auction sale at the
show netted about $02,000.
Chief interest in the can‘ipaign
is now centered around the elec
tion of a school king and queen
to be crowned at the Junior Bond
Show at the Roxy Theater on No
vember 30. ,
Every bond purchased during
the drive will entitle the purchas
ertoc'astacertainnumberof
votes for his favorite contestant.
No tabulation has yet been made
NOMINEES
To help bond purcheeere de
cideiorwhomtheywiehtoced
their hellotr the nemes of the
undidetee ere listed here:
Seventh Grade: Dick Boldt
end Betty Worthy.
Eighth Grede: Roger Pelton
end Donn-lee Henley.
Ninth Grade: cm Perks end
Donne Brewer.
Sophomores: Herold Perkins
end Jenn Smith.
Juniors: Jamel Polk end Lor
ne Beemee.
Seniors: Jim Stitter end Her
riet Pehrenweld.
of the running so far. Ballots have
been prepared and are on hand at
the bank where they will be is
sued with the bonds as they are
purchased.
Each class in the Junior and
Senior High schools has nominated
a candidate for each office and
students are working hard for the
favorites. _ _ _ _ _-.
It is planned to have tabulations!
prepared by next week on the‘
race, leaving one final week to
allow the candidates an opportuni-‘
ty to speed the race.
While not as many tickets for‘
the ‘Bond Show on Monday night:
were sold as had been anticipated‘
the committee was able to put-0
chase an exceptional list of mer-(
chandise for the auction as well as.
awarding 31 fifty dollar bonds as
special prizes. Top piece of mer—
chandise was a Frigidaire pur
chased through Washington Hard
ware, which brought the purchase
of $15,000 in bonds.
Many bond winners have not
yet applied at the bank for their,
bonds and it is possible some do
not know as yet that they .have
won. The full list of winners were: {
John Ayde, E. L. Bingaman, Dr.
Thomas J.. Boyd, Hal Brutzman,‘
Duane Campbell, Mrs. Jennie E.
Campbell, Mrs. Arthur Carpenter,‘
Mrs. Maxine Craver, Mrs. Stella
M. Dunning, K. c. Gifford, Albert?
Kent, Mrs. Jessie Kent, Roy Gross,
Mrs. Clara Lashock, Herbert Mal-i
chow Mrs. Amon Mueller, David
c. M'un, 'Mrs. c. Neuman, o. c.
Myers, Larry Oliver, Joe B. Paris,
Dave Parker, 0. S. Quillen two
bonds) Mrs. Paul Richmond, Mrs.
Carolyn Skirving, Don Skirving.‘
Vincent Small, Mrs. Ralph Soper,
James Sturm and Miss Shirley
‘Taylor.
. D. M. Deeter, committee chair
‘man, expressed his. appreciation
:for the fine cooperation he had re
ceived in putting on the show from
the. many individuals who gave
assastance, with special mention to
Albert Kent and' the theater cor
}poration, and to Auctioneer Kit
{Gifford
Another major firm to announce
its purchase'of bonds to be cred
ited to Benton county in the Vic
tory Loan drive is the Chicago,
Milwaukee 8; St. Paul railway.
The road will invest $22,500,000
in the drive and has allocated $451,-
000 for Benton county.
Recreation Topic
0! Heeling Em .
Last Tuesday evening a meet
ing was called of all the commu
nity leaders that have been ac
tively involved in community re
creational work. There were 32
present, reperesenting the Granges
P.—T. A., 4-H, Girl and Boy Scouts,
Campfire Girls, U. S. O. and sev
eral church groups.
The communities represented
were Hover, Finley, Kennewick
and the Highlands, Richland and
Benton City.
The Rev. Lincoln Wirt, Director
of the courses on recreational
work at Washington State College,
was the main speaker of the eve
ning. He is also minister of the
Congregational Church at Pull
man.
The group decided to meet once
a month during the winter, and
each month the committee will
work out the leadership for the
month. For December, Mrs. Dean
Hartman, and her group from Ben
ton City, will be in charge. The
date of the December meeting will
be set later in the month, and will
be held at Benton City. .
It was agreed that it would be
better to hold the meetings in the
different communities, as Hover,
Benton City, Prosser, etc.
The meeting came to a success
ful conclusion with Rev. Wirt
leading the group in activities and
games.
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KENNEWICK, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1945
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Lions Lose Thrill
Packed Game as
Thousands Cheer
One more “Big Game" is in the
history books as the Kennewlck
Lions suffered a close defeat at
the hands of the undefeated Pasco
Bulldogs. It was a nip and tuck
battle and either team could have
won with a little luck,
Kennewick fans generally ex
pressed disappointment at the loss
but gave the boys credit for play
ing a fast. offensive game that
kept a record crowd tense through
the whole affair.
Nine members of the squad will
seethefinishoftheirhighschool
football when the team meets
Richland at the Lions Den Friday
night. Eight of these players are
pictumed on this page.
Following the game Monday
there was much discussion of the
possibility of~playing a third game
on Thanksgiving Day. However.
it appears that this will not mater
ialize. '
It will he remembered for many
ayearthatthiswasthemostex
citing exchange between the two
old rivals for a long time. The
firstgameendedinazs-zstieand
in this game Pasco barely came
through with a six point advantage
in a free scoring game.
For further details of the match
turn to the Lions Roar. school col
umns. on an inside page, for a high
school writer's version of the
game.
Christmas Seals
In Nails Nov. 19
Over 15,000 letters containing
1945 Christmas seals will go into
the mail Monday. November 19.
Prompt attention to these letters
will be greatly appreciated by
those in charge. The Boy Scouts
under the leadership of Lynn
Wilder, will distribute the seals
locally. -
Mrs. Ayers announced her local
chairmen as follows: Mrs. Carol
Pratt, Kennewick and Miss Sally
Campbell. Prosser. Bond Chair
men. Seal sale chairmen are Mrs.
O. Shattuck, Richland; Mrs. W. A.
DeGood, Benton City; Miss Gene
vieve Drew, Prosser; Mrs; Hardy
Scott, Whitstran; In. Belg
Men. Horse W; ' Mrs.
Moore. Walnut- ' mu. Julia
Crosby, Rattlesnake; hrs. w. G.
Murray. Paterson. and Mrs. J. R.
Ayers has Kennewick and the rest
of the county.
Hoping to hold the line in the
battle against tuberculosis which
was so successfully waged during
the war years, the Benton County
Tuberculosis League has again
laid plans for what they hope will
be the best fund raising drive in
the history of the civilization.
The thirty-ninth Christmas seal
campaign will open throughout
the nation on Monday November
19. The Christmas Seal repre
sents the only means.“ support
for the local leagues who carry on
the health education and case
finding programs in cooperation
with official .health and weltare
agencies r'aimed at controlling a
disease which today takes 51.000
lives each year.
“Now that peace has been won
by our fighting forces. we must
make victory over tuberculosis.
man’s oldest enany. our next or
der of business.” declared Mrs. J.
R. Ayers, County Seal Sale chair-n
man.
Ed lei-lan Buys
Seaflle Business
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National Youth Leader
To Speak Here Nov. 18
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the ten o’clock service at St. Paul’s
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Kennewick Couple
Receives Invitation
An invitation to attend the com
missioning oi the new Princeton
has been neceived by Mr. and Mrs.
L. M. Keene. This is a carrier
built at Philadelphia navy yard
and is named in honor of the
carrier Princeton that was sunk
near the Philippines last year. It
will be commissioned Sunday, No
vember 18.
Lewis M. Keene. Jr.. ART l/c,
aon of Mr. and Mrs. Keene is
among the cnew of radio techni-
Churches Join In
Thanksgiving
Day Services Here
Under the sponsorship of the
Inter-City Ministers association.
three community civic Thanksgiv
ing services are planned for 10
o'clock Thanksgiving morning in
the communities of Pasco, Rich
land and Kennewick.
In Kennewick the service will
be held in the First Christian
church and Chaplain Everett Fa
gan of the Pasco Naval Air Station
will give the address.
The service, in which several
local ministers will take part. will
be within one hour and will in
clude other appropriate features
such as the reading of the Presi
dent‘s Thanksgiving proclamation
by the Mayor or his representa
tive. special music and other teat
ures, it was stated.
The people of the Community
are invited and urged to attend
this service of national thanks
giving, the first since victory and
peace. It is planned to make it
an annual major feature each year
in these communities. -
The First Lutheran Church will
hold Thanksgiving Services on
Thursday at 10:30 am.
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Residents Thrill
To Visit of Famed
Gen. Wainwright
General Jonathan M. Wain
wright visited Kennewick today.
Many spokesmen expressed the
opinion that this was perhaps the
greatest honor that Kennewick
people have ever experienced.
Many were amazed that the
General appeared to be in such
excellent health after his long im
prisonment in Japan and the ex
tended tour he has made here
since his return.
After a public tour of Kenne
wick and Pasco the General and
his party were guests of honor at
a luncheon at the Pasco NAS. A
limited number of guests from the
two cities and officers at the base
enjoyed the luncheon as guests of
Comander H. C. Ferguson. .
Traveling through the streets in
an open car, flanked by Mayor
J. C. Pratt and L. Stringham of
Pasco, the General greeted the en.
thusiastic crowds that lined the
sidewalks.
The General later stated that he
was especially impressed by the
fine turnout of school children in
Kennewick who were grouped on
First Avenue.
Touring with the General were
Mrs. Wainwright. and Commander
and Mrs. Jonathan M. Wainwright
J r.. of the U. S. Maratime Service.
Followingrt‘he luncheon the par
ty flew to e Dalles where they
are to be greeted by people of that
metropolis. They will stay in The
Dalles tonight.
Talking conversationally at the
luncheon the General expressed a
keen interest in this area and of
fered generous opinions of various
questions he was asked by the
guests.
.He expressed a wish that the
Victory Loan should go over the
top and drive committee chairmen
of the two cities were guests of
the luncheon and had a place in
the parade.
D. M. Deeter initiated a request
for autographs which the General
and others graciously furnished.
Officers of the Army and Navy
in attendance produced their le
gendary “short snorters" which
were duly autographed.
Van Syckle, Early
Resident Dies '
Hugh Renstord Van Sycle was
born in Portland, Oregon, January
27. 1860. He was 85 years of age at
the time of his passing at Rich
land November 10, 1945.
‘ When a baby of four weeks he
was brought to the old Fort Walla
Walla, where his father had been
sent by the Oregon Steamship Co.
to act as agent.
In the early days of the Gold
Rush to Alaska, Mr. Van Syckle
was employed by the Pacific Coast
Steamship company. Later he
worked for the Puget Sound Navi
gation Company in Seattle.
He came to Richland in 1916 and
operated a farm until moving to
Presser where he lived for nine
years, returning to Richland in
August. 1944.
He was a former member of the
Elks lodge No. 92, Tacoma, and
also a member of the Vale Grange
of Richland, transferring to the
Buena Vista Grange at Proseer.
- He leaves his widow, Mrs. Ethel
Van Syckle of Richland, and a
daughter, Mrs. George E. Pilcher
of Seattle. Another daughter. Mrs.
Cecil B. Combs, died in 1935 at
Richland. There are three grand
children: Hugh Wallace Pilcher
and Miss Juanita Pilcher of Seat
tle, Clyde Word Combs 0! Pas
co and one great grandchild, Gary
Pilcher. Mrs. Clare Noble, e niece,
lives at Naches, and a nephew,
John Milton Van Syckle, in Ya-
Burial will be in the Van Syckle
tamily lot in Walla Walla, where
members of the family have been
buried since 1875.
opportunity of meeting and inter
m Eminent people who
will 91!! rtant roles in shap
ing the future of the Orient, and
oi talking with “the little man of
the street” to learn his problems.
hopes and tears for the post-war
world.
Hr. Winter is aa well known
throughout the Pacific and Asia
as he is among his American radio
listener-s because of his daily
broadcasts by shortwave which
were heard across the Pacific dur
ing the past four years.
Chinese government officials in
i(thmking feted Mr. Winter while
he was there recently as “the Arn
‘erican whose voice is known and
loved by millions of Chinese" and
while in India he delivered a num
ber of bmadcasta about the San
Francisco Confluence over the All
India radio network.
William Winter speaks to his
lecture audiences with the same
easy. iamiliar style he uses over
the air—that ot a person talking
with rather than addressing an
audience.
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