The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume], November 27, 1947, Image 1

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v'oLUME xxxm NO. 35
ANTA OLAUS HERE FBIIAY
Local Hospital
To Be Reopened
At a meeting of the Kennewick
Hospital Association in the' city
Mil chamber last Wednesday,
the Association, which is compos
ad of representatives of many
community organizations, author
ind its board of trustees to ne
gate a lease and reopen the
mital on Kennewick Avenue
which was operated for a .time in
The Sidewalk
B E P 0 B 'l' EB
by The
KENNEWICK .COURIER
sounwx 01.03
in Insulting Engineers and
Sidewalk Superintendents associ
ation, a group of ancient origin,
med themselves with maps
matched on the backs of enve
lope: and ten cent store sextants
and impressed the rest of the
(runners into complete submis
sion. Object of their complaint
was the inability of any state,
federal or county 'officials to
agree on where roads are going
tolbe built and if so when. “Ob
viously,” shouted one of the en
gineers who brandished what ap
peared to be a real blue-print,
“someinformation should be giv
enout as to definite routes of new
roads. How can we grab off the
choice spots of land it we don’t
know where they are?"
LTION
With amused apparent for im
med_highway_ conglitiiqng be:
Twas: Kennewick and Richland,
there are many factors that give
the to speculation. And in some
use: it is more than guessing:
For instance the construction of
HM dam will neessitate the
rerouting of sections of roads. It
is not ,conceivable, either that the
state will spend much money now
unarmed that may soon be under
n. ~ ‘
mm
Khalid true that stakes are
filled up for a new approach to
Mud. west of the present
aged and bridge. To construct the
Mme from these stakes, it
would appear that a road may be
hilt that will leave the highway
§t the low point just beyond what
I now called “View Point” op
mtite Richland. One bridge could
any such a road in one sweep
m the Yakima, the railroad
11d up the hill to a junction with
_Mfi' DriVe.
.1318 also” believed that a new
Mm will be routed from Ki
“ though Badger Canyon. This
“might fit into the stake line
Ill«filmed. A link could be easily
Muted across the intervening
"3R. over the NP. tracks on an
'35” to a 1'11;ch “3%?! ti:
. ‘ highway. me 00
he: tor aco leted link with
the M Banlttnproad.
"I; , 0;. ,1 . V_
a. is also’thgdbeliei thgg‘
.M be carri on op
9|!- It certain points. This view
3 fit shared by the Army En
“! in charge of the project.
On. nice feature of a highway on
W at a twenty-foot dike would
be this it would be virtually ill}-
W to clutter up the immedi-
Ib made. ~
The “Next-to~the-newest" real
”W agent cracks back 9*. the
What this week by polling?“ tzi
We. ut two typogra c
“m in his ad last week. The
. had six, not seven rooms.
. his complaint that he
MOYed by numbers of sev
house seekers polntq to
“9 'flficacy of the advertlsmg..
“‘1 if telephone girls did let
M annoyed by calls for
"W numbers. And so it goes!
WENDENTS
3‘d9walk superintendents ere
“1031118 8 field day supervismg
the construction of the new Gre
-30?! building on Kennewick Av_e~
”mg , Many other commerClal‘
bulkhngs are going up practically‘
u.“ Watched in other parts or the
”I For instance hardly anyone
amatkmg the progress of a new
A°'St°l'y storage building .on
thVGlme B. But in this case, llke
e Larson building recently con
stmctw. the job is made highly
aceii§Blble. Al Kent is promising to
gut 1n a covered bleacher section
or the benefit of the numerous
fig”: 0f the construction-watch
a .
Ithe summer. The property be
longs to Dudley K. Randal with
whom the lease will be made.
The leasing of the property,
which has been remodeled for
hospital purposes, hinges on two
factors, first the raising of several
thousand dollars for the purchase
of equipment and setting up an
operating fund, and second, the
ability of the trustees to man the
institution with a staff. They stat
ed that they anticipate no great
difficuly in raising the needed
funds, and a committee is at work
looking for a supervisor.
The trustees reported to the
Association- that they had held
several meetings recently in which
the members of the medical staff
have taken part and are assured
of fulles‘ cooperation from the
doctors. . ~
For some time the trustees of
the Hospital Association have
been agreed upon a plan to build
and operate ‘an adequate hospital
in Kennewick through the or
ganization of .a state authorized
county hospital district. Thru the‘
action of the local group the
legislature clarified the law mak-‘
ing a hospital district in this coun
ty possible, but the required elec
tion cannot be held until the gen
eral election in i 948.
Such a hospital district is or
ganized and its operation carried
on very ' much iike the organiza
tion and operation of the Port
(Continued on Page 6)
Urge Farmers To
Vote In County
Farm Election
A last minute call to all farm-l
ers of Benton _ county , tgfiygtg in
farm program elections was iS-'
sued today by A. J. Thompson,
chairman of the county agricul
tural conservation committee.
.Mr. Thompson urged farmers
to make certain that their votes
will be counted in the election of
community committeemen. and
delegates to the county conven
tion where the county agricultural
conservation committee will be
"elected.
3 He said that too often farmers
;~let other jobs and interests keep
tthem from voting in these elec
itions. But this year, with so many
{vital decisions and perplexing
problems regarding current pro
‘duction and conservation, he
stressed that farmers cannot at
foid to forego the opportunity to‘
vo e.
The Agricultural Adjustment
ACt provides that the administra
tion of the farm program on the
county and community level shall
be in the hands of local farmer
elected committeemen.
According to Secretary of Ag
ricultural, Clinton P. Anderson
this approach, right down to the
. (Continued on Page 0)
Water Districts"
To Elect Dec. 9
Elections for both W Kenna:
wick Irrigation District and the
Columbia Irrigation mm will
be held on December 9.
John Smith of the River Road,
the present incumbent, is the only
candidate tor death In to @-
lumbia Irrigation District. The
other directors are Harry Hamp
ton, who has two years more to
serve, and A, J ; Thompson, whose
term continues for another year.
Polls will remain Open- from 1
o’clock in the afternoon until 8
‘o’clock that evening. . Polling
,places will be the Lawrence Mock
ler residence, for precinct one;
the City Hall, for precinct two;
the Finley Grange Hall, for pre
cin'ct three; and the Hover Store
for precinct four.
In the Kennewick Irrigation Dis
trict, F. A. Gragg, present incum-l
bent, is standing for re-election.
He is opposed By Henry Mohr 011
the Highlands. ‘
N. L. Foraker will serve for
another year, and Frank Lamp
' son’s term has two years to run.
Polling place for the Kennewick
Irrigation District election will be
the Highlands club house, where
polls will be open from 1 o’clock
in the afternoon until 8 o’clock in
the evening. '
. All landholders in the Districts
lare qualified voters, as are per—
[sons with evidence of land pur
.chase.
KENNEWICK, WASHINGTON
Kennewick ' Faces
Housing Problem
By HAL CLARK
The people of Kennewick cele
brated V-J Day and the ending of
war as joyously as any others in
the nation, and looked for an» early
return to‘ the pre-war pattern
of living. , _ _ _
‘But here, perhaps less than
any place else in the United
States, there has been no return
to pre-war conditions. Possible
exceptions -would be the other
goinmunities neighboring the vast
plants controlled by the Atomic
Energy Commission, because from
the atomic development work at
Hanford has come the stimulus
that is taxing the .facilities of
Kennewick to and beyond their
limits. _ ' __
Adding further gravity to the;
problems of the worker-swollen
town, are reports brought by'
transient workers that more cara
vans of job-seekers are. rolling
this way from middle western
states drawn by the lure of
employment at Hanford.‘
SCHOOLS
‘ Among the first community
ism-vices to buckle under the
iweight of new population was
‘School District 17, the consoli
hdated school system_ serving the
}city and it§ surrounding rural
.. .
Welcome, Neighbors . . .
. . _
‘ A ”flood _of publicity emanating recently from the "'l'ri-City
Area hasaroused_alargeamouatotcommentintennewich.
'l'his publicity has appeared in news stories under Pasco date
linesandlnedltorlalcommentindailypapersotthelorthwest.
Thepuhltcltyandcommenthasbeentotheetfoctthatxenne
_wichand'flascopeoplefeelthatpresenthousingmortageainade-
gusts school;tacilities and boom populationconditionsare
distastefulandunwantedl'heturtherimtgessinisgiventhat
‘andbelievethatAtomicCommissionshouldstepinandsalveall
of the problems. - ' ' *
Wecanenlyspeahtorxennewichand-morerdflcally‘ter
ourselvesandformwehavetalhedto. ehavefound
that the publicity is to he erronsous. . a '
Certainlythecondifionsauhatuanypeopleare-livingln
snh-standardandeqnalldconditionnnothycboicebntotneceaslty.
Recognising this condition the Kennewick Courier-Reporter call
edfortheimmediateconstrnctionotenethousandhomeshere
-—-permanent homes. not stop-gap New
A Mayor's Housing committee was" established. ' This committee
hasmadeglantstridestowardtheiconstructionotthesehomes.
Wehelievethatevenwhentbesehomesarehuiltandfilledwith
tine residents there will he demand for more.
Foreseeing other. problems confronting us with the rapidly in
creasing population. the Mayor “mound! called for addi
ional police personnel. relaxed on temporary housing.
and tall community cooperation in meeting civic problems.
The publicity has further included Kennewick in the "vice
control program." We would he the last to insist that Kennewick
islilywhitehutthecityhasnevergalnedany fameasan"open
town" pandering to various forms of gambling and prostitution.
Kennewick officials will welcome any assistance, from 'any
source in solving the present multitude of problems. Already help
has been sought and gained from the Atomic Commission to
alleviate impossible conditions in the local schools. Further help
will he sought when there is a sound basis for negotiation.
But no responsible officials of any public body in Kennewick
take the position that this is the baby of the Atomic Commission
and that the answer is to "dump it into their laps."
A suggestion has been made that advice he sought from cities
A that have gone through a similar situation." Where in God's name
anywhere on this green earth can you find cities that have had
more experience than Kennewick and Pasco gained during those
trying days when the l-lantord Proiect 'was horn? There are men
on both councils. former councilmen. ration board officials and
business men who coped with the situation before. They can. and
1 are doing it again.
Far from deploring the present population influx. Kennewick
welcomes the newcomers in the knowledge that they are fine
people and are here to work and build a hotter community.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1947
area, stretching southward to
Plymouth and the Columbia river.
Opening school this fall with?
funds allocated on. the basis ofl
last year’s enrollment of 1,537 pu
pils, Superintendent of Schools E.
S. Black found entering students
of Me Nary Dam and Hanford
employed parents loading class
rooms, teaching staff and pperat
mg funds beyond capacity. The
present pupil total has passed
the 2,300 mark, with further
growth anticipated. '
An agreement, signed by the
U. S. Army Engineers and school
officials, provided financial as
sistance for the schooling of{
children from Plymouth, whose
parents work on Mc Nagy Dam‘
construction. But AEC irectedl‘
operations at ' Hanford, being
without precendent, posed a muchl
more difficult problem. ;
Negotiations with ABC repre
sentatives, however, have now
made available $250,000 for
school use, covering current pu
jpil cost, added classroom space
[and the hiring of twenty more
teachers. Five new school buses
will also be purchased.
All sixth 'grade teachers and
pupils were transferred recently
(Continued on Page. 7)
FHA Officials .
Consul! on New
Housing [or City
Members of the Mayors Com
mittee for a Thousand New
Homes spent Tuwday in close
consultation with representatives
of a major contracting firm and
five high-ranking officials of the
FHA. ‘
-Declining to release results of
the day-long negotiations as yet,
A. C. Amon, housing chairman.
nevertheless described the deve
lopment as one of the most pro
mising steps taken thus far in
the campaign to provide more
housing in the population-swollen
town: _ i
A full report of the outcome
will be made public. he promised:
within the immediate future. _ i
Representing the Sopkane office.
of the FHA were Charles Reese.
assistant to the State Director,
who is in charge of the Inland
Empire area; H. E. Bolin, chief
evaluator and J. M. Helseth. chief -
Hinder-writer. G. M. Conger.
economist, and R. W. Christen
’sen, land planning 0! consultant,
both of the Seattle FHA office,
participated in the planning:
A start toward the city's goal
of a thousand. homes has alreadyi
been assured. Amon said. Mod
ern Homes. Inc, of Seattle will
begin construction of 106 new
homes soon after the first of the
The out-of-town delegation
were entertained by the Kenne
wick Housing committee at an
evening dinner at the Angus
Grill. departing soon afterward
on the streamlines for Spokane.
Meeting with the group in. a
special luncheon comm were
Dick-Rector, Hagar J. c. Pratt.
A; C. Amon. Bruce 1m
I
Jerry Balialne. :. Aral-egg. A. C.
Amon and Hal Clark.
The people who mall and ae
ceive mail can do much to assist
the staff of the Kennewick post
office during the annual Christ
mas rush, Postmaster Roger Re
cord said today.
Prompt pick-ug of packages and
COD parcels, w en notified, will
do much to relieve congestion in
the out-dated post office quarters,
he noted. , _ __
“It will be hard to keep the
mail cleaned out during the hon-1
daysandlmaskingthepubllc
to help us through the season‘
by making sure that package: are
oorrestly addressed, and that they
are mailed as soon,as possible to
avoid increasing the minute flood
of mail.” Records said.
He requested the indulgence
of post office patrons, who will
probably have to stand in lines
for service during the trying
gperiod, pointing out that courtesy
and patience will greatly ease
\the work of clerical employees.
Street Decorations To
Herald Holiday Season
“Santa Claus is coming to‘
town . . ."
Kennewick kids we singing
that favorite old song with the
announcement that Kennewick
menchants have arranged with the
KenneWick
Film To Be
Televised
Kennewick will he featured
on a television broadcast in a
short time. when color films
taken here during the Grape
Festival will be broadcast by
a New York station. ' '
The pictures were taken by
Charles Parriman. ace MGM
newsreel cameraman and will
show scenes in and around the
festival. the Queen and her
court. the visiting Eskimos.
Festival officials. and principal
ly. parachute packing and
jumping.
'l'he reel features Mrs. “Tom.
mie" Thompson in the opera
tion of the Vista Parachute
service in the series. "Unuaual
Occupations of Women." The
Wii“ WW1!!- count-ta
ial shots of Jimmie Darin-“l:-
tloated to the ground on lat
val in a WWW.
Parriman spent the full three 1
days at the Festival and took e '
multitude of chain of every ‘
conceivable phase oi the show. 1
Mrs. Perriman end their dough- .
tor accompanied him. .
Purim has taken pictures .
on a number of previous occe- '
sione oi Tommie Inn's ¢
"hat wings“ jumps ooh
sidered one of the notion'o ‘
leading common. in the on i
of shooting action pictures 111
the air. '
The film will he released in
about 30 days. Benton Theatre
Manager Cl Andoreon will ‘
bring the here It the
earliest poetihle date.
I
Pact-Finders To
9 A public hearing on the Meet
of highways. roads lid m
within the area oi m end
Franklin countia will he m
ed in Pasco on Decunher 4 mm
‘State White‘s Hiaway ct-
Findinx Committee.
i , The hearing is scheduled h
,conm at 10 ”'th has in
mM pu m .
vited to nit-id the hearing, which
{:ormnity tor lotgalp g: op-
Wl’l DN
'etreet need! and problem. to the
.commitm' :
frhe net-Finding .» Committee
.has hunched an intensive stote
.wide study of hlchway matters.
Twenty-three public hearings
'have been scheduled, and in -
'32” the mug” mana
a com we
study and is planning e dam
survey. A recommended long
range prop-am for Washington
highways. mods and streets will
be developed by the committee
and presented to the '1949 led:-
lattice.
The committee's study in cov
ering all highway, road and street
systems, and will include many
related subjects, such as mfletyi
parking, traffic engineering and.
financing. 1
Senator J. H. Robertson. of Cm
,ston, Wash., is chairman of the
committee, which is composed of
six state senators and six state
representatives. Other members of
the committee are Rep. Robert M.
» French, Okanogan, vice chair
‘ man; Rep. Julia Butler Hansen,
‘Cathlamet, secretary: Sen. Don T.
IMiller, East Wenatchee; Sen. L.
V. Morgan, Yakima; Sen. Virgil
e R. Lee, Chehalis; Sen. Lester T.
. Parker, Aberdeen; Sen. John N.
. Todd, Mercer Island; Rep. W. J.
I Beierlein, Auburn; Rep. Hamid
' B. Kellogg, Montesano; Rep. W.
,- Y. Dent, Snake River; and Rep.
{W. C. Raug'ust, Odessa.
$3.00 Per Year—loc Per Copy
jolly old chqracter for a penonal
appearance on Kennewick M
on Friday night and Saturday of
ternoon. 7
He will have candy for the
eager youngsters and will tour
the business areas of the city
from Cascade street along Kenne
wick avenue and on Avenue C.
it he likes Kennewick as well as
most outsiders do. he will prob
ably stick around for further ap
pearances before Christmas.
Arrangements have also been
completed for street decorations
to put Kennewick into, the holi
day spirit. Decorations will be
put up Friday by the city street
department and the Washington
Flag and Decorating company.
Illuminated evergreen stream
ers will crisis-cross intersections
and lamp posts will be resplen
dent with fresh Christmas trees.
Avenue C will be dressed up
with elaborate decorations on util
ity poles. Due to the power and
telephone lines along that street.
it is found impossible to use ov,-
erhead banners acp‘ the "Aim
nue. ‘ ‘ ; - 49.." ...
“But we'll Mp. '. 1 that in
2:2" tmé‘mt fi’ama' “‘
m m .n V A” . m. "
chants stated. ‘ "'A/J
Streamers will also be weed
at the foot of Benton and ash
ington streets with appropriate
Christmas greetings.
A his community tree is ex
pected and will be placed in the
trian‘le in front of the Bus De
pot as Benton street.
Kennewick stores will stay op
en until 0 o'clock on Friday nights
asacesimotactiontakenata
meeting of the Merchants Sec
tion '0! the Chamber of Com
mxee Ilcnday night.
special advertising committee
was mm at that room;
to work out a maelst- and -
fled mm for Male; m
newick’s shopping halides. It Is
expectd that in addition to the
page of specials advertised each
week in the Courier-miter
that similar “WM
M h the W .
finned on the committee m
I. H. Behnnan. Ralph Jeida and
Austin Shumonds. .
Plymoulh Starts
Hére On Dec. 13'!
Dally workers commuting cerv
ice between Kennewick-Penn end
the site of McNery dam conetruc
tion will begin Deember 1.
The Seawin Transportation
Company, owned lag Mark See
men of Peeco en Min Julie
Winklemen 01 Portland, will nun
two tripe e day.
The bus ”service will operate
[indel- e lee-e team .1. M. Doyle
‘ot .Wd his daughter.
mm W of Kennewick,
who use franchise holders.
The location of McNery Hem
work is a mile and a ball up river
tram the Plymouth town site.
Active Club to
lanolin-one”
GWiikatActive club' Tues.
um I:l7st
miflsewithliln Wolhsrsschsir
man to Wists plans for the
selection 0! Kennewick's Msn
of the Year for 10"). Club m
busexpnssoddisssflstsctionwith
themethodussdinsslocih‘the
winner last you and the com-'
mittee was asked to consider
oflzumethodsot nominstion and
\selection.
Lumee Scott won the title
fox-Im.
Another committee with Jack
Oliver end Don Skis-vine es oo
cheirmen were Instructed to
meet with city and police officials
ho en attmt to help solvz‘ po
em; 19th especially m
letion to traffic congestion.
Oliver had reported that he
had discueoed the matter with
Chief of Police Kershaw and was
untamed that e shortage 0! pa
um node further use of men
[for traffic control impossible.
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