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VVOL- XXXII
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W' and Sidewalk Sldebinders
“W met in an extraordin-
U! (2) session this week. This
0” 3 an independent organiza
ti!!- mfly refusing to join the
donated association on the
was that the Downtown De
” existed long before the ad
mg'of the Squawk Club and the
Walk Sidebinders organized
‘m a, compact little group when
M 8 were nothing more than
”mm planks. However, the
when took a unified stand in
m that our streets and walks
m a dhg‘raceful sight and should
be made more presentable.
“Weren’t so bad when we usta
‘u Mp 3 bythe handful and
m may come plain without
“ fancy wrappin’.” observed one
Em more talkative members.
“All .53 candy wrappin’ and cig
m packages is what does it.”
W, the group took a mod
era and progressive stand in pro
m that means be provided. for
my morning flushing of streets
.with water and lots of pressure.
{BAVOI _
While we agree that the idea'
Expressed above is. an excellent
me we ar forced to admit that it
is not original. Several chapters of
the Squawk club have discussed
the same idea. In that most cities
clean streets employ this
$1» are willing to be.con
used thatit must be the-best;
method. How often it should be:
”or by whom or at what time
d m are someof the questions
jut have to be answered. u ‘
near or SAME
'_'n|estreetsareonly partotthe
Mam. It remains for the in
dividual merchants to see that
their respective sections of walk
are properly cleaned of! into the
gotten for pickup. The same
method proves effective. If the
individuals don’t want to get down
in time to do the job before open
ingtimc maybe it might prove a
profitable undertaking for some
.oae to do it as a business venture.
go’s _
We are overdue in passing out
orchids 1) several who deserve
same. Perhaps outstanding on
tho’listis Miss Helen Poling, who
has dale much for the community
hotbinthefleldofmusic and in
w recreation. PigennewAigk
other of the rare blossoms should
go to Miss Verdella Mueller, who
putinalotoftime and cflortin
the Camp Fire Girls’ program
while in Kennewick on a visit.
muons
This little yarn has to do with a
fellow who peddlee gas and oil all
duandthenturnstothe ‘oat
burners" for hobby and relaxation
in the evenings and week ends.
The story comes to us that he was
wing to display his ability as a
Vesta-ner and at the same time
"show off” his saddle horse to a
limp of friends. After taking a
few of the fellows out to his place
he proudly saddled his horse and
was to ride him through the barn.
The horse being a pet and plenty
{apex-ed, refused to go through
barn. After dismounting and
coaxing and begging, our star of
this story had to finally unsaddle
lid lead the horse through the
burn and then saddle up again and
put the horse thru his paces. This
i"hitting the horse before the man
“Glenn Felton .of ctglel Stanfi-
Company Wlll, 8 e
Courier-Reporter office he will re-‘
ceivetwu guest tickets tosee howl
Gene Autry does it (the Western
W) in “Oh Susanna,” showing
May and Saturday at the Ben
illi theatre.
from! 0? THE was:
Wes Brown remarks that the
neat shortage is getting critical
When peonle paid in large num
bu's just for the privilege of look
“! at some pork chops on the hoof.
Hollywood Miles ‘
{Ming 'l'o Roxy
There’s an old saying that “Wop
dm Surprises come in smell
"chases" and it holds true with
“‘9 Presentation of Henry Kram
-3’B Hollywood Midgets on the
We of the Roxy theatre for one
an 0111?. Thursday, June 6th.
The Kramer world-famous Hol-
W Midgets bring to the peo
ple Of Kennewick the greatest nov
4‘! revue in America today and
We the Midget stars of “The
is"? “in? °"" “T 3." “ffiyg’gé
man 0 er 0
Mb too numergus to mention. It's‘
& rousing musical comedy in min-‘
Mun with ample singing. danc
-138. comedy and music presented
”I the world’s tiniest people.
The Roxy theatre will have eon-:
tn1110p: shows throughout the day
“mine at 2 Thursday, June oth
“111 the Hollywood Midget! ap
me in person. The first rug
“Wing of “31th mum
'9l be the screen feature showinl
With the Midget troupe.
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Council Ads On
Accidents. Nob
Hill Vole Plan
Discussion of accident liability,
voting arrangements for the new
Nob Hill addition to the city, dam-.
age claims arising from the sewer
construction, garbage collection
and routine matters kept the city
council‘in session until a late hour
Tuesday night.
Declaring that a “workable plan
for safeguarding the city must be
established" Mayor . C. Pratt re
commended that the .street com
mittee should workout an ordin
ance to solve the safety question.”
“It’s better to hire some labor
than to hire attorneys for law
suits,” the mayor commented.
Because of the building boom
Kennewick‘ streets are frequently‘
torn up for sewer cannections and
it was brought out that proper-i
safety precautions have not been
taken. If the mayor’s proposal is
carried out igflsytystemf otrhstalgligh
mg respons 1 or ep cmg‘
and maintaining at. safety warn-1
ings will be established. It is ex
pected that the ordinance will be
prepared for first reading at the
next regular meeting._
Claims for damages to crops in.
the area along Avenue B were
settled by the council.'l‘heseclaims
were considered to be the liability
ofthecityinthatthecitywasto
provide tight-of-way for the sewer
construction. The 20-foot right
of-Way provided aproved to be in
adequate to ban e_ the big ditch
\job and considerable crop damage
insulted.
‘ The city however, refused to
accept responsibility for any per
‘sonal injury claims resulting from
Ithe ‘construction job, maintaining
\that was the, liability of the con
itractOr and his insuring company;
i For the purpose of the coming
election Nob Hill will remain in its
present status as part of Kenne
wick Valley precinct. Voters in
that area may register at the city
hall. An ordinance was given first
reading which will ‘add the new
addition to the. city to the First
Ward. Following this year’s elec
tion machinery will be provided
to ct?“ care of that voting pre
cin . .
No action was taken on a report
by Don Solberg, Chamber of Com
mac thlztions Committee.
' .on . .t.,,-mip's “study
of the garbage collection system.
The council plans to take early
‘action on the proposal. a
Mr“ Solberg reported that his
;comxmttee_had found support for
‘a compulsory collection. system
without recommendation {as to
whether it should be municipally
operated ‘or contracted. “People
in -Kamewick want the town
cleaned up,” he reported. “We be
lieve .they - will support any plan
that will accomplish that purpose.”
‘ C, A. Carpenter appeared before
the council to ask permission for
the installation of a culvert for the
drainage ditch along the west city
limits to allow for the extension
of Avenue I to his property westi
of the city. The installgtion will‘
be done by the county. i
County Leads In
Cancer Drive
Benton county, first in the state}
in War Bond drives, again led the:
field of Washington counties in the‘
recent Cancer Fund drive. ‘
Mrs. R. E. Mosiman, State Com-‘
mander of the Field Army of the
American Cancer Society, inform
ed County Chairman John Bloom
of Richland that Benton county
was so far ahead of its quote that
no other county could possibly
‘come near.
Nearly $4,000 was raised in the
county. Kennewick contributed
$374 after a late start in the drive.
The Richland Junior Chamber of
Commerce went. all out in the
drive to collect, $3500. ‘
Kennewick contributions ranged
from individual donations as high
as 850 down to dimes and pennies.
Several organizations made con
tributions. The High school
brought in $48.10, while the Ele
mentary school neared that figure
with $45.30. _
Shrine Club Points To Successful
Crippled Children's Hospital Benefil
To help build the fund for the
operation of the Shrine Crippled
Children’s Hospital in Spokane,
Kennewick and Pasco Shriners
are busy‘ these days promoting a
bigdancetobeheldatthevso
hall in Pasco June .1. .
Ticket sellers are meeting fa
vorable response to their age]
in the communities. The oe‘
will feature the distribution of
prizes which include a new auto-1
mobile, refrigerator and washing
machine and 21 other prizes rang
-ling from a vacuum cleaner to ny
lon hose.
Jimmy Inckhart’s 10-piece or
chastra will provide music and
will feature a vocalist.
The Spokane unit Shriners’ hos
pital for Crippled Childral was
opened Nov. 24. 1924. The total
number of children admitted from
the state of Washington since the
beginning 848. ‘
KENNEWICK, WASHINGTON THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1946
CUTIES
First prize _in- the Foxal Studio
baby contest was won by 111-mos.-
old Nancy Lee Siebem, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Siebem, of
138 Park View Homes. The draw
in“?e was held at the Benton the
a .
Second prize went to Robert Ti
tus, age two son of Mrs. Pearl Ti
tus 0 Route 2, Kennewick.
Muriel Ann Schrier, age 16
months,.dahghter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Schrier of Route 2, Ken
newick, won third prize.
Kennemck Delegate .
Attends Convention
The Washington State Conven
tion of the Business and Profes
sional Woman’s Clubs, was held in
Wenatchee May 17-18-19. Mrs.
Rol‘e Tuve, was the local club’s
delegate.
The most important thing eon
fronting the convention was the
“Maximum Hour, Miniflium Wage
Bill.” After much discussion, the
convention voted to oppose the bill
on the grounds that the maximum
hour clause fihibited any over
time work. would cause loss
of position to may women, as it
is necessary for them to work a
few hours overtime a month. Also
that the minimum wage should be
for everyone and not just for'wo
men. This was following the past
aims of the Washington Business
Women's aim for “Equal pay for
equal work." - ,
1 The highlight of the convention
was the installation of the new
omcers in an inipressive ceremony
held in the beautiful Ohme Gar
dens, above Wenatchee.
Total admission from the state
figmwmza mama:
a tons. as m -
ton county 25; Franklin 25; Walla
Walla county 18; Kennewick 23;
ӣl4 P 19'1 ask th type of
any peep e e i
cases which are treated in the
Shriners’ hOSpital and what are
;the qu_alifications for admittame.
lAfny mpgiieg‘chéld under a years;
0 age, on regard ' race,‘
loreed or color may he admitted;
‘The hospital treats only the crip
pled childgen—ttillxis includes 8:113:
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berculosis “gt bones, Parthes dis
ease and spastic paralysis.- In ad
dition to those things, a child who
develops mastoid, appendtcith or
”mmflfi’ New We.“
is on any
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Grape _ l'esliva]
‘OS mryal
[ln Initial Heel -
.“This is just what Kenne
wzck needs. When we read
about the idea of a Kennemck
Grape Festival we were real
ly enthused.” .
.With these words, Mrs. Ray
Marsh, representing Four-H clubs,
expressed the keynote of Friday
night’s organizational meeting for
the planned celebration. .
A permanent organization swill
be set up at another meeting
scheduled for the Roxy theater on
the night of May 29. A letter has
been sent to organizations urging
full participation. Any organiza
tion in this area whether or not
they receive an invitation is urged
to_send a-dele_g_at-e.‘ _-- ..
Delegates called fordefinite ac
tion to get the program under
way to assure a good show this
fall. R. C. Rector and Clyde An
derson were named temporary of
ficers. A committee composed of
Ken Serier, chairman, and Al
Brantingham, Mrs. Don Skirvlng,
‘L. 2. Scott and Miss Lena Mains
was appointed to draw up a pro
posed constitution and lay-laws «for
the permanent organization. They
were instructed to have the pro
posal prepared for presentation
to the May 29 meeting. ‘
Delegates favored the organ-‘
ization of a permanent festival
association. Details of the show‘
were not discussed. This was com}
sidered to be the job of the perm
manent organization as well as‘
the setting of a- date. .
Every delegate was given an?
opportunity to spat and all as
sured the group at his organ
ization would give whole-hearted
support to the proposal.
14 Have Pedant
Aflendanue- Score
Twenty-four pupils of the Ken
newick elementary school had per
fect attendance records for the
w of 1945-46; their names fol-
Roy Mitchell, Carol Schriér,
Gail Mueller, Neoma Jones, Gor
don LaCour, Errol! Elliott, De
lores McNight, Ann Scott, Ken
neth Caspary, Elvin Elliott, Pa-
Leroy Lewis, Jerry Schuster,
Bruce Maynard, Gulah Nelson,
David Hackbrith, Roy Mclntyre,
Joe Wagner, Phillip Nelson, Phyl
lis Ann Nelson, Carol Ann But
wafi Jerry Bleichner, Richard
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Farm Labor Supply And
Job Demands About Equal
The supply and demand forl
farm labor the past few weeks
has been about even officials of
the Farm Labor office report.
Strawberry picking is pretty well
under way and ‘Mexican labor is
takingeareofthatcroptoalarge
extent. There is still quite a lot
of asparagus to be harvested butl
changeable weather conditions
have slowed it down. This year's
crop does not appear to be up
to last year’s output.
Officials estimate they will be
able to place 20 or 30 apple thin
ners in about a week. Growers
will‘ want to get their apples
thinned before picking begins as
labor is expected to be rather dif
ficult to obtain for that type work
during the cherry seasbn.
Memories
Themmthoostertripdeeigned‘
to promote interest in the North
Bank highway brought nostalgic}
memorieeto st leesttwoKenne
wick old-timers. In the spring‘
of 1924 two earloads of residente
ofthisareemedethe-longtripto
Portland iorthesameneeson.
Fred English and Kit Giilord
‘aretheonlytwomembemofthnt
‘perty whoarestillaliveandnr.
‘Englishsteterthethehopetolive
long enough toseethe completion
otthisneededroed.
The Kennewick delegation in
cluded; besides Gilond, Dr. Lundy
chiropractor. and Dave Rom
president of the commercial club.
Rogers, a former governor of the
stateofNewJersey,eemetothis
region to promote the establish
!ment of the silk-mill industry.
While in Kennewick he was I
successful presidentotthecluh.i
Anothernemewellknowntoem
old-timersofthisrezionmsmi
fSwitzler. operator of the Plymouth
m. ‘
With Mr. English from White
Bluils were Sam Allard. than
county commissioner, and Fred
Gilhuly,egoregeoperqtor. Eng
lishoperatedadrugstoretherent
that time. .
Thegrouptreveledintwoeers.
‘a Dodge and a Chevrolet. They
letttromKennewickcmssingthe
river at Plymouth. From there
they took.the Orqnn route to
kaingthetripinone
day. Two~deys were spent in
Portland in meetings with the
8100925110! oonsiderabluldo
ere ecu port
fortheprojectwesengendergd.
‘ Wammuponthe
rehirntl'ip :certroubleeoue
[ed numerous delays.
OUTSTANDING STUDENTS
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’ Columbia at High Level;
Causeway is Threatened
Possibility that the Columbia river my much the high
slll3l gnuxicn it has climbed since 1928 is predicted for
yThin condition is giving concern on city officials who
fear the high water may “@3911 the am: hi Glow
Bureau Head
Compliments II:
On Mingus
In a letter to Senator Hugh
Mitchegmin response to receipt of
an air- pped crate of Kennewick
asparagus, Michael Straus, Com
missioner of the Bureau of Recla
mation, was strong in his praise
of the product.
The shipment was specially
packed by the Kennewick Big Y
plant and sent to President Tram
man and other government ome-p
ials 'via Northern Airlines in a
a?“ experimental night. Th:
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the can arrived in excellent con-n
I Following is Mr. Straus’ letter:
‘ “The people of Kennewick
couldn’t havechooenalnonewill
in: and appreciative victim upon
hountym'l'he
. asparagus was re
ceivedyestadaxinexcellmt con
dition and I want to thank you
and the Kennewick Chamber of
‘Commerceforaflordingthesu-un
family the opportunity of partak
ing of such delicioumess.
“Prize packages such as this is
what makes worthwhile all our
efforts in irrigating the. western
lands in this marvelous country of
ours.” ‘
'l'rio No! Guilty
ls Jury Verdict .
Three defendants. two men and‘
a woman, were declared not guil
ty of kidnapping and assaut by a
jury vex-die: med late Wed
needaynlgh Sana-brown
at Presser, Judge 3. 3.3 mm
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Campfire Girls Awarded Bouts,
BankshterenolieslereSnday
An‘ impressive Campfln Girls
Councill‘h'an-heldntthoaty
pork Sunday evening win: the
council ring turned around the
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Disland. To forestall this threat the
city plans to sandbng the roadway
if it becomes necessary. Sandbags‘
willbekeptinreadineuanda
crew will be dispatched to place
them when the danger point is
reached.
The present high water stage
reached-apeakonMayl'lwhen‘
the crest at Vancouver reached
17.4feeLThismnrklsconaidered
two feet above flood stage but no
damage wasreported anywhere
along the river. It rs predicted
the June highwillreach alfieet.
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aornedarnageto theEastßiver
madwherethenewaewer-flllhad
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water table mnewflllaettler:
considerably alargeamoun
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twoteetabovethatotthealack
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Commencement
Marks Conclusion
01 School Year
In the best Commencement
Day traditions, graduates of
Kennewick Senior and Junior
High schools were honored in
special ceremonies this week.
Patricia Long. valedictorian. and
Lily Wolff, salutatorian. will Join
two other seniors in representing
the Class of '46 at the program
tonight at the school auditorium.
Her topic is “Ever Forward."
Other class speakers are Daphne
Tagior and Lou Keene. 7
Class President Charles Black
man will give the address of wel—
come and Supt. E. S. Black will
present the class. Diplomas wil
be presented by Vane R. Wilder
to 73 seniors. Principal Dan 'l'.
Coates will present special awards.
Musical numbers will be pre
sented by Lloyd Miller, Bonita
Carlton. Marion Routh, Henry
Hammack and the glee club. Miss
Helen Poling and Mrs. Virginia
Riezel will play processional and
recessional music.
More than a hundred eighth
graders won their passports to
senior high in commencement
exercises Wednesday night.
Class speakers were Carl Parks
and Barbara Babcock. Marching
music was provided by the band
under the baton of F. A. English.
Other musical numbers were pro
vided by Shirley Taylor in a piano
solo and by the girls' glee club.
C. A. Great presented awards
while Harvey Owens handed out
diplomas. E. R. Gilbert presented
the class.
Kenneth Siuiman led the salute
to the flag. .
Group Formed To
Promote Highway
'l‘he North-South Columbia 3s
sin Road Association was 03.n
--ized at Ephrata Sunday and I.
Oliver of Kennewick WA: appoint
ed to serve as a member of tho
working committee. Oliver will
designate one other member of
‘the Road Committee of the Kenne
wick Chamber of Commtarce, of
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‘ The Association committee
will nerve under the chairmanship
of Frank ’l'. Bell of Ephrata. The
wick. can: ”£l?“me
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Wsns; I. K. Reynolds, Othello;
we will serve ss permsnsnt secre
tory; w. 0. Ilsrshsll. Council;
Ilsrshsi Burns. Moses Lake; R.
8. O’Brien, Soap Lske;. Edwsrd
xshl, Lind and Chsrles Stinson.
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(1:3!!th t .mchdm
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1 Ben. mphm. hotel man, acted
as temporary chin-man. E. Mor
g. m of the Pasco Chum
0‘ Commute. served as tem-
Pbll'!’ Mary. The next meet
‘nz was ochduled to be held at
Moses Luke on June 15.
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rolled out w bring two rural grass
times under control this week, Fire
Chief Hg? Malcho: reports. One
flawed 3 In“ urmng opera.
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he «embed with matches ‘and
W at thia aaason. becauae
grass tires flare quic‘ktly 01nd could
canoe much damage :1 bmufllt
under immediate control.
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