The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-07-31
sgd WHITEHORN ..5,
CLUB SECRETARY
Former Secretary is Engaged to
Handle Work of the New
Organization

The governing board of the. Ken
newick Commercial club met Wednes
day afternoon and engaged Sydney
H. Whitehorn as secretary. Before
enlisting in the Canadian army Mr.
Whitehorn was secretary of the ole
club and is thoroly familiar with the
work.
Mr.. Whitehorn has given out the
following statement of the work OF
the club:
From the ruins of Kennewick's old
Commercial club has risen this new
organization, working ON different
lines with an entirely new constitu-
tion, an unlimited amount of "get-up-
and-go" that promises fair for a larg-
er membership than ever before
known in the history Of Kennewick.
The business in hand includes the
purchasing of a public airplane land
ing field and hangar for the use of
transient birdmen, which means that
while Kennewick is in the direct line
Of air travel from the Coast to the
interior, it will not be passed over, for
the installation of a big white "T"
in the vicinity will result in the call
ing of all passing air travellers. This
alone will put Kennewick up with the
bigger towns for the government
plans for permanent air travel will
necessitate these airship garages on
all lines of travel.
The building of a hospital that will
be credit to the community and that
will fill a long-felt want, has so far
been discussed that the first donation
of $4,000 has already been promised
and he club members have every rea-.
son to believe that the raising of the
necessary sum will be far easier than
anticipated, and committee will be
appointed this week.
Plans for ascity park are already
in the hands Of committee and a
plan to raise the necessary funds for
this worthy enterprise will be sub
mitted by the secretary in next weeks
issue.
The officers elected are as follows:
M. w. Mattecheck, president; A. F.
Brown, vice president; S. H. White
horn, secretary; C. E. Edwards, treas
urer. The directors are: M. M. Moul-
ton, j. j. Rudkin, C. E. Edwards, L.
F. Semon, E. M. Sly.
Following is the membership to
date, and if your name is missing, just
call in on "Syd" who will make out
your application that will entitle you
to get in among the live ones, and
help to boost the town that you are
so proud of. If the club in it's actions
has not pleased you in the past, do
not hold it against this new organ
ization, get on the membership roster
and see that the matters it has left
undone in the past is not repeated in
the future. Mere dollars and cents
will not make the Commercial club a
success-it needs the man behind the
dues.
There is no initiation fee, and you
are not bothered with a collector COM
ing around each month for your dues.
A simple application form has been
adopted on which you sign an order
on your banker, instructing him to
honor the secretary's receipt as a per-
sonal check for $500 each month.
The following is the membership
list to date: A. F. Brown, w. H.
Bryant, B. L. Cole, E. v. Coull, S. ].
Coull, w. R. Crawford, A. j. Cope
land, H. H. Davis, F. S. Domes, C. E.
Edwards, A. R. Gardner, X. c. Gift
ford, j. B. Gilmore, C. Haas, G. Hay
don, L. E. Johnson, F. H. Krug, M. O.
Kitten, L. M. Lampson, E. Mouda, R.
@. Macmahon, w. II. Mather, M. w.
Mattecheck, E. H. Mann, II. w. Mel
son, H. L. Pittinger, B. E. Reser, R.
E. Reed, ]. ]. Rudkin, c. w. Sawtelle,
S. A. Sawtelle, F. A. Swingle, L. F.
Semon, E. H. Sherk, G. w. Sherk, E.
M. Sly, C. II. Swigart, j. Thompson,
E. w. Trenbath, A. G. Tullar, e. G.
Tweet, G. E. Tweedt, u. D. Wilson,
C. F. Winkenwerder, j. w. Vickers.