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mthK CLUB ‘
'Sports fans again took over
the meeting of the club this week,
armed with ball bats and threat
ening to throw some so-called
“soft” balls if they didn’t get at
' mfion. Giving full credit to the
Active club for providing a fine
playing field and operating a well
scheduled 1e a gue, spokesmen
pointed out that one or two im
provements are still in order.
“For instance,” said one, “when
I got my family home from the
game the other night I had to
spend an hour picking splinters
out of the kids. And the splint
'ers weren’t in their stomachs,
either. To which another add
ed: something oughta be done
about those, splintery bleachers
or else the. club better slow up
the play’so people can sit quietly
Wof getting excited and
bouncing around.”
m 1!
Last week’s tirade in the
Squawk club got some quick and
fl definite results from the High
lands Improvement club. This fine
, organization took a positive stand
arm the matter of rubbish dump
ing, No one feels more keenly
on the matter than the farmers
who are subjected to the foul
new We would go one
further and suggest that when
and if “dampers” are caught that
the Improvement Club be named
uaspedalcourttotrythe case.
we would predict that justice
would be meted out as speedily
as was the case when the vigil
mmof earlier days caught a
mom
Bminess building fronts has
become a topic of general dis
. mission up and down the street
with the several new buildings
sporting the _ latest in modern
design Practically every busin
es house has at least reached
the stage of considering the idea
men preparing plans. Decora
and several already have drafts
tive glass is still the first choice”
’ln a Wide range of colors and
styles this material lends itself
“3‘30 the job.
om -
“Who's gambling?” One locali
merchant asks this pointed ques-;
tion. “The man who enlarges‘
his store, improves his front and:
prepares to meet any and all com-i
ers may be gambling on the fut
ure. But,” he continued, “I be-‘
heve the man who tries to con
tinue pouring a large volume
through cramped and dingy
Quarters is the one who is tak
ing the big gamble.”
CONTINUED
“There are better newspaper:
men in the United States than
your boss,” he charged (to which
we could only meekly agree).
‘There are better business men
than me in .my line. There is
capital thirstmg for investment.
When the two get together we’re
out on a limb unless we have
imitated to meet the situation—
‘gmd that time is now.” It is
In spite. of these dire warnings:
xour belief that Kennewick will
Keep pace. Local business men
{lre looking to the future. But
Vt would. help a lot to know just
yhen Pillsbury will start build
afitznd when the first dirt will
iect. rned on the Highlands pro-
STORY OF THE WEEK
. Wes BTOWII. who is not dis
l2:83;?“ either for his. size or
bind the! may: um??? be
w m a o.
The catcher was as tgiig agid
tomm as he looked. The batter
Was even bigger. The count was
09!! ball and one strike The
Pusher Zipped in a fast ball.
flede'll'iwzcfiltated and then falt-
“TWp what? demanded the cat
cher. Jerking off his mask.
“Two what?” thundered the
batter, brandishing the bat.
Brown cringed, hesitated and
finally shattered: “I don’t know.
It was too close to tell.”
Drivelt's License
Expires July 31
Dnveys License renewals may
be. Obtamed at S. & J. Motor Co.
D 339!” Room in Kennewick, be-
Elnnmg Monday, June 16, hours
“98.111. to sp. m.
Ranked, Tankell
A to!) score in competitive
“"31 examinations recently won
for Billy Pratt advancement .to
the rank of machinists mate, thlrd
6a.”. an assignment as plane cap
'B3:; and a ducking in Honolulu
The advancement and aSSIgn
“Mt came through official navy
W 915. but the ducking was
“may a congratulatory gesture
from his mates.
’He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
- C. Pratt of Kennewick.
DIRECTOR
Johnny Scott. late of the Uni
versity of Texas at Austin. will
enter upon his duties as recrea
tional director for the city of
Kennewick Monday. He plans
to expand the present program
to include residents of the near
by rural localities.
New Recreation
Direclor Arrives
Soft—spoken, personable Johnny
Scott, who comes to Kennewick
from the University of Texas at
Austin, will assume his duties as
recreational director for the City
of Kennewick Monday, Bill Reid,
secretary-treasurer of the Recrea
tion (Immon egnwnced way.-
A first step will be to extend
the present program of recreation
into the rural areas surrounding
Kennewick, he said. Programs will
be develOped and presented in the
various localities at stated times
during the weeks ahead.
Among the features that will be
worked out by Scott, with the as
sistance of George “Automatic”
Karamatic and Casey Jones of the
Kennewick schools, will be a boys'
softball league, a new teen-agers
club and acgroad program of re
creational a 'vitias for both youth
and adults, supervised by volun
teer leaders.
Scott entered the service in 1942
and served in the South Pacific
theatre of war. He was discharg
ed with the rank of infantry cap
tain. Since his return to civilian
life, he has been attending Texas
University. Mrs. Scott joined him
in the city this week.
He will work closely with E. C.
Smith, Park View Horn ‘5 director,
in establishing the area-wide re
creational program, Reid said
Other members of the Recreation
Commission are Al Cheney, presi
dent, Marjorie Wilson, Larry Ol
iver, Vane Wilder, Ellis Dorothy
and Frank Maupin.
Club Moves To
Warn Bumpers
.At itNegular meeting last Fri
day evening, the Highlands Im
provement Club in response to
the Sidewalk Reporter’s “squawk”
took decisive action to abote the
nuisance of dumping along the
highways around Kennewick.
- It was brought out during the
discussion of this wanton practice
that the Kennewick Irrigation
District has a standing reward _of
$50.00 for the arrest and convnc
tion of anyone found littering the
land owned by the district with
garbage and trash. To this amount
the Club has added SIO.OO, and
three individual members, Frank
Lampson, Forrest Gragg and Bruce
Larflpson pledged another $5.00
eac .
Since most of the violations are
committed on lands within the dis
trict itself, claims for the reward
protuld not be difficult to substan
1a e.
Kennewick Highlands farmers,
like all farmers around Kennewick
are proud of their farms’ appear
ance, and that of the whole dis
trict. They take this method—in
creasin'g the existing reward-740
warn the trash dampers against.
further violations.
PARADE 01“ 831038
A “Parade of Brides” to be pre
sented by the Women’s Guild of
the Richland Lutheran church,
Wednesday, June 18 at 7 p.m. in
the church. This parade will fea
ture dresses from the years of
1873 to 1947. One" of interest to
Kennewick people will be the
dress belonging to the mother of
Mrs. F. Mills, Mrs. O. Brue and
Mrs. L. Tweedt. We will also
feature two Norwegian costumes,
one belonging to Miss Inga Otheim‘
and the other Mrs. F. Mills. A
reception will be held in the
church parlors after the parade“
at which time the wedding cake}
will be cut. A silver offering will;
be taken. {
EARLY APRICOT
A firm and rosy Tilton apricot
appeared in Kennewick today, an
estimated two months in advance
of its normal ripening. The
precocious fruit was exhibited by
Tony Schmidt of the Highlands.
KENNEWICK. WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1947
Chamber Deters
Action on Time
Change Proposal
5 Members of the Kennewick‘
‘Chamber of Commerce declined at
their last regular meeting to take
action at this time on a proposal
from the Pasco Chamber of Com
merce that a united stand be
reached in the twin cities on the
adoption of daylight saving time.
In moving the action, E. S.
Black noted that no one Kenne
wick group could justly speak for
’ residents .of the entire city and the
surrounding rural area, and sug
gested that the Pasco chamber be
notified of the Kennewick cham
ber’s readiness to reopen consider
ation of the proposal next year, it
some poll can be taken of the sen
‘timent throughout the locality.
Diamond Slol‘! To
Open Here Friday
The Diamond variety store
managers have no tears of un
lucky dates for Friday the 13th
has been set for the opening of
the big new store in Kennewick.
R. F. Jeide is manager of the
local store. Previously he has
been superintendent of all of the
Diamond stores.
“I came to Kennewick because
I am sold on the community,”
he said this week. “I believe
this region is one of the best
places in the country in which
to invest.”
Diamond stores is a Washing
ton. concern, with 12 years in
busmess. There are now four
stores in the Yakima Valley.
Mr. Jeide has purchased a
home in the Records Addition.
The Jeide’s are parents of a two
year old boy.
The new building was con
structed by L. K. Larsen. COn
tractor Murray handled the con
struction. ‘
The building is strictly mod
em, 50 by 140 feet. An oil fired
steam heating system has been
installed. Fixtures were con
structed on the job.
The sales room is 50 by 100
feet. The space in the rear will
be utilized for a ladies lounge
and for a stock room.
The front is sporting a flashy
cherry red glass trim. Lighting
is furnished with a battery of
fluorescents.
“This store will be entirely
complete on opening day,” Mr.
Jeide said. “It is the first store
Diamond has opened where this
has been accomplished.” -
Jumor Legion Team
Plays Prosser Sunday ,
Kennewick’s Junior American
Legion team swings into its play
off series this week. A game was
played last night with Pasco at
the Rec field.
Sunday at 3 p.m. the squad will
tangle with the Prosser Juniors
at the Eagles field. Manager Dale
Phillips :announces that he is
counting on Brewer as his start
irig pitcher with Poole behind the
p ate.
Department of Agriculture Gives
Roundup on Weather and Crops
Following is weather and crop
information as compiled by the
Department of Agriculture:
Weather
Mostly cloudy skies with fre
quent and fairly general showers
have resulted in below normal
temperature averages for the pe
riod. Daytime temperatures, es
‘pecially, were low; with only five.
stations reaching 80 degrees. Pre
cipitation during the week was for
the most part light in intensity
but totaled substantial amounts
for the period in all sections, while
locally heavy showers and thun
derstorms occurred over the week
end and resulted in flash floodsl
near Walla Walla and Sunnyside.l
Benton County Kennewick,
mean 66.1; high 80; low 51; pre
cipitation .73. Prosser—mean. 626‘
high 80; low 47; precip., 1.47. 3
Weather Outlook 1
Eastern Washingtona Consider
lable cloudiness but With no rain‘
‘first of period. Generally clear
skies Wednesday through Satur
day. Winds generally will be mod
erate westerly first of period. but
‘locally freesh to strong immediate
‘ly east of the Cascade Ridge. Gen
tle winds will prevail the latter
part of the week.
Cr
s'? much publicity has been
given to crop damage by ram dur
ing the past three days that tele
grams just received from county
extension agents are quoted be
low:
“Lower valley, where 50 prcht
cherries already harvested, rain
damage estimated at one-half of
the remaining crap. In upper val
ley, Tieton and Nachos where the
harvest is just starting, about one
third of cherries split. Most first
cutting alfalfa hay rained on once
or twice, but mostly in shock.
M. F. Bunnell, Yakima Co.
Measuring more than on inch in diameter. these prime tancy Bing Cherries. boxed into the
“double face pack". were ready ‘tor shipment this week tron: the Big Y. From left. Deve Jellies.
county extension agent: Kinney Desgranges. Big Y manager: lda Belle Rethhun. supervisor of peck
ing: and Harold Schultz ot the. county extension office look over the exhibit. Photo by Rendnl
KennewickSecond In
Response to X-ray lmit
Kennewick earned second place
last week in number of responses
to the State Health Department’s
offer of tree X-rays, when _ a
thousand and one residents re
ported for chest X—rays. Only
Pullman reported a greater num
ber of responses in proportion
to population on the eastern
Washington tour of the mobile
unit. '
W'i‘lie all-out mass attack on
tuberculosis throughout the na
tion has driven the disease since
Vista Air Begins
Pilot Training
Jerry Barnett of the Vista Air
Service flew in from Seattle last
week carrying the Veterans Ad
ministration’s approval of the
company’s GI flying school. With
in five minutes, school was in ses
snon.
Waiting for word that the train
ing had been given its final ap
proval was Bill Heine of Kenne
wick, who took to the air with his
instructor, Lee Brand. as soon as
Barnett announced that operations
could begin. Second flyer to go
aloft was Gene Butler of Pasco,
who also had been awaiting the
final approval. 1
The flying school began its op-‘
erations, Barnett said,‘ with a total‘
enrollment of 27 students.
___—_— ‘
"LINK" MG ;
Richland squadron has purch‘asJ
ed and received a Link Trainer‘
and will soon have it in operation}
C.A.P. members from nearby cities
aswellasinßichland,willbeal-‘
lowed to “take time” in the Link.i
“Cherry damage variable by
trees 15 to 70 percent, average 35
to ‘4O. Salvage likely on much
damaged fruit where only crescent
Split arloiund hster'iiiéumlaw hetlhed.
Bing va ety ea oases, en
Royal Anne, ‘Lamberts least.”—
I-larold Simonds, Chelan Co. ~
l “Rains generally helpful to the
wheat and pea crops. _Damage to
wheat confined to small area of
hail.. Most severe damage in the
county was to irrigated pastures,
probably 300 to 400 acres covered
with silt to a depth of 2 inches to
2 feet. Summer-fallow fields in
one community severely washed.
One crop of 30 to 40 acres sugar
beets damaged (tops riddled by
haiD.”—H. C. Burgess, Walla Wal
lsa county.
ummary
I Wet, cloudy weather brought
relief to drying pastures, hope of
‘better yields on over two million
acres of field crops, including
sother grains, potatoes, vegetables,
‘canebemes and hay. On the
other hand, rain damaged a high
percentage of the commercial
sweet cherry crop in the Wenat-‘
chee and Yakima districts. It
softened mat ure strawberries‘
ready for harvest and caused flash}
floods and erosion of crop land in
several localities. Considerable
quantities of hay cut just prior
to the storm were damaged in
quality. Hail struck in a narrow
strip in southeastern Washington
with considerable crop loss on a
few farms.
Benton
Wheat is looking much better
than a week ago. However, rains
came too late to help wheat on
many lower levels where some
fields will not be cut. Bing cher
ries only about a third of a nor
mal crop. Packing of Binge is
about over. _
THEY‘RE REALLY CHERRIES!
1940 back from its position of
number one killer to seventh
place. But TB still leads as the
most communicable of major dis
eases.
X-ray findings are confidential.
and reports to individuals are
made in about three weeks from
the time of the X-ray. If in
dications of tuberculosis are. dis
covered, a consultation between
patient and family doctor follows,
and treatment starts at once to
arrest it and render it non-com
municable.
The physician may prescribe
restricted activity, home care,
sanitation treatment or other
measures. But the important
thing is that a patient, who may
have had TB for as long as a
year or two years, can arrest
the course of the infection and
cease to communicate tuberculo
sis to others.
The mobile X-ray equipment
of the State Health Department
ranks as one of the most effec
tive fighting units ever develop
ed in the war against TB. By
detecting carriers of the malady,
it saves thousands of individual
lives and prevents the spread of
infection to additional thous
an s. ~
The mobile unit was brought
to Kennewick at the request of
Dr. Charles Tudor, health officer
for the Benton-Franklin District
Health Office, and operated un
der the co-sponsorship of the
health district and the Tuber
culosis League. _
When working at top speed,‘
technicians can turn out x-rays
at the rate of five a minute, orl
three hundred an hour. Seldom‘
is the pace attained, however,l
since the actual number of euro;
posures per minute is controlled|
by the rapidity with which vol-1
unteer workers can record andl
process individuals for X-raying.
Kennewick’s staff of volunteer
workers. headed by Blanch Pratt
and Flora Dickinson, president
and executive secretary of the
Benton County Tuberculosis Lea
gue, included Esther Beinharth
Marjorie Mitchell. Grace Ed
wards, Florence Owens, and
Florence Smith. I
mm m
Mrs. Vernon Bird was hostess
at a social tea Tuesday afternoon
for a group of teachers before they
dispersed for their vacations. Sev
eral were planning to attend sum
mer school; Mrs. Rose Watkins
will go to bheney, Mrs. Vera
Campbell and Mrs. Stella Rose
Palmer to Ellehsburg and Mrs.
Bird to Bellingham.
FLASH !
PRISON ERS ESCAPE!
Three prisoners. ’ bound from
Seattle to the State Penitentiary
at Walla Walla. overpowered
their guard at Sunnyside about
8 o'clock Wednesday night and
escaped in a 1947 grey Dodge se
dan. They were reported to be
armed and dangerous.
They are John Prenr. age 41.
weight 180. five feet tall. with
grey eyes: Jack Nelson. age 25.
weight 155. five feet three inches
tall and red haired: and Barry
Beany. age 10. weight 110. with
brown hair and blue eyes
When last seen at Sunnyside
they were headed in the direc
tion of Kennewick.
Deputy Sheritt Dennis i-luntley.
State Patrolman William Lever
and State Patrol Clerk James]
Guss at once established a road
block just west of the Richland
Y. where all traffic was being
stopped tor questioning. Volun
teer officers Bob Kirby and L.
W. Elder from the Kennewick
poet ot the VFW were manning
a rzad block on the Plymouth
roa
City Firefighters
Win Trophy Again
Three Kennewick fire fighters
raced through a flawless drill at
Grandview Sunday to establish
by a fifth of a second their sec
ond first place bid for perman
ent possession of the Central
Washington Firemen’s Associa
tion trophy. One more win will
earn them final rights to the
trophy.
Most nearly equaling the two
minute, twenty-nine second time
of Fire Chief Herb Maichow,
Bud Richter and Don Shining
were firemen from the Yakima
department. Lower Natches qua
lified for third place with a time
of two minutes, thirty-three sec
onds, and Grandview won fourth
with an official timing of slight
3ly over three minutes. ‘
Racing from a parked fire truck
to a hydrant 60 feet away, fine
men attached two fifty-foot leng
ths of hm united than min
into one, added another fifty
foot length. knocked down a tar
get, repeated the maneuver, and
finally added fifty feet of inch
and a half hose to knod down
their third target of the drill.
Kennewick firemen established:
their first claim' to the tmphy‘
with a win in the competitive
fire drills held in the city dur
ing March. They will make their
third attempt to cinch the hophy
in approximately three months.
Soap Lake to Stage
Hofmeister Rodeo
The Soap Lake Chamber of
Commerce announced that they
are having Bob Hotmeister of
Kennewick put on his rodeo for
their city on July 4, 5’ and Bth.
The rodeo will be staged on the
ground just south of the Washing
ton Chief wholesale plant and
Charles Malia is general chair
man and Chet Campbell is assist
ahfir i all and they mtlsl. h.“
c ge o arrangemen
There will be bare hack riding.
saddle bronc riding, eel! roping,
bulldogglng. wild cow milking.
trick roping, etc. Prizes amount
ing to SIOSO plus airy fees will:
be awarded. A ‘ _ _
A rodeo queen contest is being
held andtherewinbeebtzper
adehefone theßodeoendedenee
will be held in the evenings, also
fireworks each night.
Double Bing Bile at Helhodisl Church 7
Uniles Edith Anne and Paul O'Hearn
The flower and candle decked
altar of the Kennewick First Meth
odist church was the scene of an
early morning wedding ceremony
Saturday. June 7th when Paul F.
O’hearn and Miss Edith Anne took
nuptial vows. Huge baskets of
pink gladiolas and white hydran
geas and candleabra made the
altar background.
The bride, who has been a di
rector of music in the Kennewick
High School the past year. and is
well known in the community. is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ole
Anne of Underwood, Minn. She
was attended by her sister Ruth.
The bride wore pastel green,
street length suit with white acq
ccssories and a corsage of pink:
NW2 flabfids"mmwa?‘
grey an w an e
gift at the bride, and pink car
nations. The vows were taken
to the sort strains of organ mus
‘ic with Mrs. Eulalie Ferguson at
the console.
I{O'Kear'nchirn of :1" and Mrs.
erbery earn 0 Kennewlck,
is well known in the community,
having been employed at the post
once since his discharge from the
service.
$3.00 Per Year—loc Per Copy
Malchow Starts
Drive to Control
Burning of Trash
mStrict trako'reitroltfifn trash burninc
open con ers throuflrout
the business district was m
today by Fire Chief Herb ow
who Tuesday was authorized by
the City Council to cite offenders
into municipal court.
Careless trash burning practices
in the down-town area create a
tire hazard to all business property
that must be eliminated. Malchow
said. Infringement of ordinances
governing open fire. will result in
lines in the future. he continued.
To quality with legal require
ments. incinerators must be cov
ered. lttheyareotwiremesh.
the interstices must be not more
than two inches square. Malchow
‘adviaed that all precautions pos
[sible be taken ‘to avoid trying
Reward offered
For Meier Thief
.A rewand of $25 is offered by
the city for information leading
to the meet and conviction of
the culprint who stole one of
the parking meters Imm its poet
aometime Saturday or Sunday
mt. The meter was located on
Cascade street next to Vibhere
Drug store.
Apparently the thief broke a
casting at the baae of the meter
inonlatotmeittmmitapoat.
Bill Fox-alter, who has charge
101 the meteu. reports that a con-
Mdenble amount of vandalism
has been penetrated on the met
era. Chewing gum and metal ob
‘jecte have been {crud into the
“Pemafiotstlgwmupdd
any om: n warding
theumpedngwith meters.
Postal Receipts
Top 1946 Figures
‘ Zooming postal receipts in the
Kennewick post office during
May entirely offset a lagging
fiend launched at the beginning
‘of the year. and pushed figures
“or 104'! volume $88.50 ahead of
themeperiodinlm.Post- ’
master Roger Records said today.
Receigtrs were $533.46 under
total- the previous mar at
the end of March, he said. and
the trend continued through
Aptilisineneasing the total lag to
Patricia Moulton Earns
Degrge at Whitman
% Miss Patricia Moulton was list
ed among the 101 students of
Whitman college who received
bachelor of arts degree at the
88th annual commencement ex
ercises geld“: the Walla Walla
college un .
Miss Moulton earned her de
gree in political science. John
Dewar ct Pmuer received a de
greeinmuaic.______ -_
Conueosman Hal Holmes and
Paul Garrett, vice pnecident of
General Motors, were awarded
honorary degrees of doctor of
law at the commencement. Both
are graduates of the college.
DAIRY MEETING
’11:: Central Washington Milk
Producers, Inc., will hold the an
nual election meeting June 17 at
the Chamber of Commerce audi
torium, Yakima. The meeting is
scheduled to start at 10 o'clock.
These will be out of town speakers
with mi; of interest to all dairy
men. meeting is not just for
the members of the mutilation
buttornlldairymenwhomin
“nested in the dairy industry and
the prices. Let's all turn out and
find out what ideas our dalrymen
neighbor has to expreu.
Following the double ring rite
which we: read by the minkter.
Rev. John B. Conn, the party of
mama... m...“ :Wag:
w an recep
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. J.
an "Mean?” Wm.) tel
' or 3
Coast points and Balubrldge 1:-
Among the out of town meets.
mgr-ea“ ‘3.“ “a m
an eon: ermn,
Berry end Wilfred from Minneso
ta, Mr. and Mrs. Neel O'Hara ot
Walla Walla.
J 2: Aw; “am“m" M...-
m c e
church the past year end will con
fine “52‘ pm:l to: 31's. '
year. their
home in Park View.
On Satan-day t the study
a of Rev.
R. B. ’Holden occurred the mar
rlece of H. _B. O'Helr and Bert.
Lee Nelson, both of Kamewtck.
They were attended by clone
friends and relatives. The newly
mn mm“ m ......
m an
home in Kamewlcgo e their