The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-01-16
CLUB Gets 80
new MEMBERS
Contest More than Doubles Nor
NAL Membership-New
Plans for 1914
(Written for The Courier.)

taken new lease on life and is
going to do things in 1914 is not
doubtful in the minds of any who
attended the annual meeting of that
Organization Tuesday evening, when
the membership contest, led by H.
w. Desgranges and L. E. Johnson
as captains of their respective sides,
was brought to a whirlwind finish,
with ninety new members added to
the club roll, and the membership
Of the club more than doubled. The
Johnson forces won by the large
score of 81 to %, and as conse-
quence they, togsther with the ninety
new members will enjoy the hospi-
tality of the Desgranges defeated
regulars Friday evening at ban
quet. w. R. Crawford and Joseph
Hess were largely responsible for the
johnson victory, each securing
about twenty members, for which
service the club extended to them
special vote Of thanks, and in atten-
tion to that, Captain Johnson has
said, that one shall sit upon his
right hand and the other upon the
left"
Following is a list of the new
members:
Captained by Desgranges-Wm.
Dircksen, J. M. Hawkins, C. E.
Copeland, Chas. H. Collins, w. l..
Craver, w. F. Sonderman, J. B.
Buntin, F. H. Krug, James K.
Hawkins, c. L. Holcomb, w. D.
Cody, R. HI. Holcomb, J. E. Nc
Kenney, J. M. Gavin, Arthur l..
Bliss, Lane K. Larsen, Lewis Bliss,
L. E. Bliss, E. E. Romig, w. A.
Baker, Frank Kraber, E. M. Gluck
and Ed. Robertson.
Captained by Johnson-A. w.
Graham, T. J. Mayfeld, M. J. Leak,
W. w. Bird, r. A. Atkins, F. P.
Mcguire, w. S. Haxton, R. A.
Oliver, H. M. Thamke, Henry Otte,
J. B. Hayden, w. E. Campbell, w.
E. Thayer, G.. B. Brown, L. A.
Weissenberg. Gustav Person. Geo.
Egbert. F. A. Dunlap, J. F. Perry
Ed. Garseau, G. D. Rarey, C. A.
Crawford, B. F. Duffy. H. P. Gran
mer, B. J. Pinckney, D. L. Taylor,
H. o. Perry, O. F. Cosper, N. M.
Lane, Chas. Haas, J. T. Reams, J.
O. Short, Skillman Van Cott, A. V.
McReynolds, VIM. Krautwurm,
Geo. Schumann, Guy Hayden. Ing
wall Smith, w. K. Clark, 7. G.
Brown, Geo. Kraber, E. H. Sherk.
G.. E. Fairchild, F. R. Jeffrey, DR..
Brogunier, T. J. Kemp, CT Breith-
aupt, c.. E. Humes, J. A. Penn, l.
IF. Hoff, L. M. Keene, w. A.
Gleichman, John Storland, H. H.
Bowers, Chas. Lum, Jr., W. A.
Kenyon. M. N. Hudnall, H. J.
Zeihel, Kemp Dawson, Averill
Beavers, R. A. Stone, Fred J. Ka-
dow, U. R. Urch, w. Mann, Lee
M. Lampson, E. A. Mann and E.
Putscher.
H. W. Desgranges formally be-
came chief executive of the Com
mercial Club Tuesday night. In his
J inaugural address he thanked the
club for the honor bestowed upon
him, spoke of the opportunity of the
Commercial Club to become a great
power for good in the community
and assured those present that so
far as lay within his power, that
opportunity would not be neglected;
, and last, but not least, he COM
mended the spirit of goodfellowship
and cooperation manifested by the
men of Kennewick toward those
things which tend to build up the
community.
That the club expects to broaden
out in activities was shown by the
formation of several new committees
among which were Good Roads and
Harbor committees. The present