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All Roads Lead To Kennewick And The Big Fair And Rodegl
WEEKEND
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By I W. HANSON
Editor. The Courier-Reporter
Contrary to published reports,
there is no question about the
flooding of Sacajawea park. It
will be flooded. That is, all the
ground in the park which is
lower than.the water mark will
be. But plans announced by Col.
Whipple here last Tuesday call
for a much more expansive park
and recreation area and facili
ties in the vicinity of Burbank.
These plans include provisions
for swimming pools (not only
one), fishing lake. sailing. fit
ting in with the best that the
federal government has yet con
ceived along that line.
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One of the old timers in the
labor movement is Edwards of
the painters union, with an office
in the union labor hall in Pasco.
He is one of the local labor
leaders who came up from the
ranks. He remembers when
painters, and all other labor for
that matter, took what they
handed out, paid what was ask
ed for what they bought, and
had nothing whatever to say
about their own job except to re
port for work, toil long hours,
and get little pay. The present
scale is $2.15 per'hour. V
UO O .
WCTU reports are that the
number of women in the United
States who get drunk has risen to
an all-time high. Developments
such as this are what brought on
prohibition once before now
so far in the past that many of
the new crop of drinkers know
nothing about it.
The way to head off prohibi
tion is to be temperate and wark
for temperance the year around.
The liquor manufacturers realm:
that drunkenness is bad for their
business. Some barkeepers and
tavern keepers fail to realize that
it may put them out of busi
ness again.
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l’redictioas are. that the Bo
' deo and l’air crowd this year
will he the largest in Kenne
wick mm. All indications :
scorn to point, in that direction.
Kennewick's Grape Festival
had great possibilities. but the
rodeo units a majority of local
people better. That's why the 1
are). lostival was kicked out. 1
"-;-,...000
Advertising 'the Benton Conn-J!
ty Fair and Rodeo in Prosser one;
night last .Xeek, Bob Hasfiy's‘
may. ‘ bail ' SIP? ,‘0 .3-
mmm hafi' stalled'fo'r
an hour-and ‘finallya bass drum
arrived. Later-.‘on th‘esna‘re drum
' (Continued on Page 2) l
Ono o! the outstanding lectures oi the new PUD building at Prosser is the neon sign pictured
above. The letters oi the sign are in recessed white neon while the streak of lightning
shooting through them is yellow. Underneath the slanting iront window is a flower boar
which is currently in iull bloom. (Courier photo and engraving.)
Await like Liana Tags
Kennewick Police Chief J. A.
Jessup Thursday advised young
sters that the required license
tag: for bicycles had not yet ar
rived and that it likely would be
from three weeks to 30 days be
fore they are available. When the
supply arrives, announcement
will be made in the Courier.
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FRIDAY. August 19
8 A. M.—4-H Baking Contests (throughout the day) at
the high school home economics kitchens.
9A. M.—4-H Home Economics Demonstration contests
(throughout the day) at the high school.
9 A. M.—Begin judging of junior and open class entries
in Competitive classes of livestock, home eco
nomics, and agriculture. at the fairgrounds.
10 A. M.—1:30 P. M.—4-H Meal preparation contest at the
high school.
1 P. M.—4-H Judging contests in home economics at the
' high school.
2 -P. M.—4:00 P. M.—Judging of competition for the 4-H
Illustrated Talk topics. This is being held in
a high school room.
3P. M.—6:30—4-H Meal Preparation Contest. High school
Home Economics Kitchens.
SATURDAY, August 20
Completion of Livestock and Home Economics Competi
tion Judging
-10 A. M.—4-H Agricultural Demonstration Contest held in
. room 110 in the high school.
2 P. M.—FFA and 4-H Agricultural and Livestock Judging
Contests held at the Fairgrounds.
SUNDAY. August 21
Exhibits open for public inspection.
VOL. XXXV. No. 2|
BIG PARADE SET SATURDAY MORNING
KennewickSchoo/s
Kennewick public schools ‘3l]
hold a preregistration of pa Is
on Tuesday and Wednesday,
Aug. 23 and 24. Office hours are
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This will
enable the administration to pre
pare a better program and also
determine teacher needs. Teach
ers are generously donating their
time to assist. Classes will start
Monday, Aug. 29.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS:
The pupils at Homajea and 'at
Plymouth need not register un
til Monday, Aug. 29. .
At Kennewick, the kindergar
ten and primary grades (1, 2‘and
3) report to the principal's oft
ice in the Elementary School on
Fruitland street.
Grades 4, 5 and 6 will report
to the principal’s office at the
Tenth Avenue School. Office
hours are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Elementary supply fee is
one dollar per pupil payable at
registration. ' '
School officials urge that all
very young children be accomp
anied by parents or a responsible
person for registration details.
It is most important to know
registered name, age, date of
birth, and complete home ad
dress. ‘ :
In the primary department,
parents are encouraged to regist
er during these two days, how
ever, it is not a necessity if their
children were with us the last
week of school.
108 an HIGH SCHOOL: _ ._ f
Students entering the Junior
High School," who were, not; en
rolled at the close of schogl last
spring should register w! h the
principal in. they JuniogJ-th
building on‘ Dayton £ls. All plipils
new to the school should register
and others who may have ques
tions about their programs may
Neon Sign On New PUD Building At Prosser Attracts Much Attention
Junior Musl Now Buy
license for His Bike
From now on. Junior will havé
to have a license for his bike.
Passing Ordinance 555 which
Eh» ,Kennzmirk anurier- Quintin
get help. Office hours are 9 a.m.
.to 4 p.m.
The 'supply fee of one dollar
and the book deposit fee of three
Delay
Action on
Slalions
Interest in the proposed Kenne
wick city ordinance which would
ban self-service gas stations was
highlighted by the appearance
of two state representatives of
oppOsing factions at the council
meeting Tuesday night.
Gordon Smith, representing the
Washington Gasoline Dealer’s
Association, condemned the self~
service station as a fire hazard
and askedthat the city use its
police powers to ban it.
Asserting that the one station
now operating in Kennewick
saved local users over $48,000
last year, Lon Armstrong, speak
ing for the self-service station
operators, quoted statistics to
show that no competent author
ity had condemned the stations
on a fire hazard basis.
"After hearing both- arguments,
the council decided to take no ac
tion as the full membership of
the body was not present.
.xgunnvqxcgvxsgong _ ~ ,7
. Mr. and Mrs. Shorty Losses
and daughters of Red Deer, Car;-
ada, arrived. Monday night to
spend several days at the home
of Mr. Losses’ brother, William.
sets up certain standards of con
duct for bike riders, the Kenne
wick city council set the annual
fee at 50 cents. The first license
which will be taken out by indi
vidual riders in the next few
weeks will cost 50 cents and will
be good until Dec. 31, 1950.
The licensing. year will be from
January 1 to December 31 and
any license issued for a period
of less than six months will cost
25 cents. Transfer of ownership
will take a 25-c’ent fee. In case of
loss or theft of the plate, a dupli
cate plate will be issued for 25
cents.
Aimed at controlling the bike
trade, Section nine or the ordi
nance regulates the sale of bikes
and bike parts. A daily report
must be made by cycle shops or
those places selling parts to the
police and must contain all in
formation pertinent to the trans
action. No bike can be bought
from anyone under 18 years of
age without the permission of
the parent.
Under the new regulation.
bikes can't be operated after
dark without a headlight that
will show for 500 feet. There
must be a reflector or a tail light.
dollars is payable when pupils
enter on Monday, Aug. 29.
Students entering the Senior
High School, who were not en
rolled at the close of school last
spring should register with the
principal in the Senior High
School on South Dayton street._
Students new to the school
should register and others who
may have questions about their
programs are invited to come.
' The supply fee of one dollar
and book depos‘t of three dollars
is payable Wm; pupils enter on
Monday, Aug. .9-
308 SCHEDULES SAME 7
Bus schedules will be the same
as prevailed at the close of school
in May' 1949. Parents are advis
‘ed to note the sign on the bus
isaying “SChool' District No. 17.”
‘This is not the bus number. The
number or the bus is on the en
trance side of the bus to the left
of the door. If the child board
ing the bus will note this num
ber, he will have no difficulty
in finding the right bus for re
turning home. ‘
Parents who bring primary
children to school on- the first
day are asked to call for them al
so, as it would be impossible for
the teachers to know on which
bus they should return home. If
the child catches the bus at home
and gets his number the teacher
can then“ know which bus to«
Iplace the youngster on returning.
ome. .
The Kindergarten schedule
will remain the same as last'
year -:. country children attend
ing the morning session will re-f‘qi
turn ,home at noon. The town-1'
kindergarten children will at
tend during the afternoon ses
sion. No children of kindergarten
age not on bus routes are to
attend in the morning.
Owen W. Kurd. manager o! the Benton county PUD is pointing out a large color photo of
Grand Coulee to Gus Norwood. leit. executive secretary of the Southwest Washington PUD
association. and Willard Campbell. Benton county PUD commissioner. The mural hangs in
thd iront room of the new oiiice building which the run just entered.
. _ (Courier photo and engraving.)
Want CVA Bills Passed
At a recent meeting of the Southwest Washington Public
Utility Diétrict association. these men were responsible for the
passage of a resolution laVoring the Columbia Valley Author
ity now pending in two bill: before Congress From left to
right are Gus pate", Lem: county PUD commissioner and
president of the association: Gus Norwood. executive secre
tory of the association: Henry Holmes. Lewis county PHD
commissioner and I. Chauncey Price. Skamania county PUD
commissioner. (Courier photo and engraving.)
KENNEWICK. WASHINGTON. FRIDAY. AUGUST 19. 1949
'- They’ll Provide Music A! Fun Canyon
‘.uric. sweet and strictly in the groove. will he furnished by lack Pierard'e new Valley Acorns
.t Fun Canyon during the Benton County Fair and Rodeo. Here the Acorns are seen as they
appeared with some other talented Richland periorrnerr on the Ella club broadcast nightly
rexcept Sunday at 7:39 (5.1.) ,irorn the‘Corral roorn ot the Deeert Inn. _ln the picture are Wt
fialtentan. program director. (coatedfi (standing. left to right) Wayne. nigh. BPOE lodge en
tertainment chairman: Doris Brown. Acorn vocalist: Jack Sutherland. Acorn member: Glenn
Admire. part exalted ruler. BPOE: Walter Mott. KPKW manager: Prank liaggard. Acorn guitar
ist: Jack Pierard. Acorn director: and at the piano. Cyril Wood.
' (Johnson photo. Courier engraving.)
HOBBY A BUSINESS
Roy H. Baker of Kennewick has
turned a hobby of long standing
into a profitable business.
He brings pumice stone from
Crater Lake in the Cascades and
Cacti from Arizona and manu
facturers an outstanding noVelty.
The novelties are on display
and sale at the Diamond Store
in Kennewick.
Rodeo
Program
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SATURDAY. SUNDAY
STARTING AT 2 P. M.
1. Opening event. Bareback
'iding exhibition.
2. Saddlehorse race. One
;uarter mile.
3. Calf roping. (First ' sec
:ion)
4. Bronc riding. (First sec
tion)
5. Trick riding exhibition.
Francis Stiller, Walla Walla
and “Button" Woods, Red
mond, Ore.
6. Calf roping. (Second sec
tion)
7. Bronc riding. (Second sec
tion) .
' 8. Posse relay.
9. Bulldogging. ‘
10. Wild cow milking.
11. Brahma bull riding.
LlDSewer
DistrichK’cl
Formation of a Local Improve
ment District 'for Vista Homes
No. 1 was assured Tuesday night
as the Kennewick city council
passed Ordinance 554.
Purpose of the district is to
provide sewers. ‘ '
When an LID is formed, a
special fund is created at the
city treasurers office to handle
all necessary payments. Moneys
in this fund are accumulated by‘
assessing all property owners in
the region to be served by the
solution.
HERE FOR RODEO
Art Dillon and family. former
residents, arrived Sunday even
ing from Fayetville, Ark, to re
new acquaintanca and attend
the fair and rodeo.
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’ Kennewick’s Business
And Professional People
' TO THE COMMUNITY
Today we Introduce:
MRS. 1.11.1.1“ umn
Of Luntor’s Men's Wear
SIDNEY .LANTOR
Mn. Lantot's Son
“Mrs. Lantor was born in New
York City but came west when
she was a child and considers
herself a native waterner. She
lived in Idaho for some years
before coming to Kennewick a
year and a half ago. She likes
Kennewick and, is active in its
progress. Mrs. Lantor belongs to
the Kennewick Business & Pro
fessional Women’s club and the
Quota club which is promoting
the construction of a swimming
pool.
When her husband. Oscar Lana
MRS. LILLIAN LANTOR
56 a Copy—s3.oo a Yeav
Biggest
And Besré.
Slaled!
The biggest and best ever"
seen in Kennewick!
Cowboys, floats, bands and
beautiful queens will parade
Saturday morning at 11 o’clock
as the festive celebration gets
under way. .
Two bands. the town band
and the Kennewick high school
band, will provide the' music
which makes the hearts of many
onlookers beat faster.
The color guard will be com
posed of VFW and American
Legion members. Also march
ing in the parade will be C
and D Batteries of the 420 AAA
Gun Battalion. These are the
Kennewick and Richland out
fits of the National Guard.
More than 50 floats have been
entered and according to C. _C.
Smith, chairman of the parade,
this is the largest group ever
to join a Kennewick parade.
use or. men
‘The parade will start at Sixth .
and Washington and go down
Washington to Kennewick Ave., '
where it will turn and go west
to Fruitland. Then it ~';will go 7
south to First and down to ‘
Auburn where it will disband.
The parade marshall, the po
lice escort. the queen and her
court, the town band and the
officials will continue to Wash
ington street where they will go
down Avenue C. They will be
accompanied by other mounted
groups. V ‘
'Explalnlng the reason why
the full parade couldn't go down
.fivenue QdSrnith said the flat:
}_ way epapment wou In
Flight? it because of the traffic
hm
my sronrrs
Following are the assembly
points announced .for the var
ious groups:
first Section—Parade marsh
al, police escort, color guard
and the National Guard at
Sixth and Washington. ,-
Second Section—Town band.
the queen and her court and the
officials on Sixth street.
Third Section Floats from
churchesggggos, clubs and 11:31;
er groups on
Avaorgggt.
Fourth Section—Youth organ
izations and the Kennewick
gigh school band on Fourth Ave.
ast o ‘
Fifth Section Visiting cities
and unclassifieds on Third Ave.
Sixth Section Commercial
grgups p_n _Sqund Aye. East.
Seventh Section—Horse groups
on First Ave. East.
At the corner of Date and
First Ave. East there will be a
hitching post for horses. There
will be a caretaker. food and
water there. °
Ammbly time is 10 a. m.,
the parade starting at 11.
tor, died.last spring, the respon
ibility of gonducting the business
fell on her shoulders. She was
fortunate in having the services
‘0! her son Sidney who quit
Ischool to come and help out in
the store. Sidney was born in
Wallace, Ida., studied two years
at the University of Washington,
and may go back there some day
to finish his studies but he ex
pects to be a fixture in the store
here. He belongs to the Active
club. is interested in skiing
which he learned in ldaho. He is
unmarried. Another son. Irving.
recently graduated from the Uni.-
versity of Idaho with a B. F.
degree in electrical engineering.
SIDNEY 'LRNTOB