The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-06-16
rommittee Plans to Conduct
Celebration as Big Commun-
ity Benefit
EXPENSE MONEY Is RAISED
All Amusement Concessions are to
Pay Tribute to Fund for the
City Park

"Celebrate the Fourth. Build the
Park" This is the slogan which the
celebration committee has adopted
and plans for not only fitting OBJ
seryance of the Nations birthday but
big community park benefit are go
inc forward with a'bang.
Committeeman Guy j. Hayden, B..
r. Reser and R. E. Reed prepared the
usual, 1--WE, the undersigned" with a
abuge hunch" that they would be un-
able to properly finance a celebration.
II was Joe Martin who conceived the
mark benefit idea. And the idea took
not only with members of the COM
mittee but with the business men gen.
erally. As result 5000 has been col
lected. Every expense of the celebra-
tion is to be paid from this fund, and
every concession is to pay tribute to
the Park fund. 49,.
Owners of the Open Air dancing pa
vilion have agreed to turn one-third
of the days earnings into the fund;
fifty per cent of the Kennewick's
baseball teams share of the gate re-
ceipts will be Park money; all refresh
ment stands and amusement conces-
sions are to be operated by the Boy
Scouts and the full net earnings Civ
en- to the Park. At the request of the
committee the Business Girls club
Is endeavoring to interest church or
ganizations in serving meals for the
berefit of the Park. H.-.
The American Legion has been re-
quested to operate a Badger Can
yon" the evening of the Fourth, the
earnings of which are to be Park mon
T. ~. ~ "
To date no definite arrangements
have been made with the Kennewick
band for furnishing music. The COM
nittee is to meet with the band boys
Monday evening at which time it is
hoped that satisfactory arrangements
can be made. The band has request
ed SITS for its services that day. The
committee figures this figure too
high. -.
1t is the hope of the committee to
provide ample and satisfactory amuse-
ments for the celebration crowds and
az the same time to hold expenses at
q minimum. To accomplish this they
are requesting subcommittee to
utilize local talent as much as possible
and to secure donated rather than
hired labor. =
One of the features of the day will
Se the parade in which the American
Legion posts of Pasco, White Bluffs,
!Aeennewlck and possibly Prosser will
nke part. The convention of the Ben
ol,Franklin Legion district is to be
ae!d IN this city on the Fourth and
aelegations from all posts in the two
counties will be in attendance.
Inc following subcommittee have
Oeen named: Parade. w. Vickers,
n marshall; Porter Thresher, chairman {:
" y. 7. Georgeson, Ed Angel, E. W..
ecrenoath: r. O. Macmahon, S. H.
SSudler. X. c. Clifford. Mrs. E.. M. Sly,
srs. II. r. Vibber, Mrs. E. C. Tweet:
speakng-A. R. Gardner, F. r. JEFF
nirey, n. H. Davis; Meals-Business
Urls; Rest Rooms-Woman's Club:
SSaseoall-Joe Martin. Guey Williams; !;
sSroqnds--A. v. McReynolds; Re-
imressnrments-A. me- ]. Copeland, C. F..
mmlnkenwerder; Races-Joe Martin,
nnOrdon y Moores, Chas. Robertson, R..
=. sawyer, c. d. Mitchell: Bucking
1ontest-A. E. Wilmert, Harry Ow-
Gus; Badger Canyon-American Leg
W; Wa; Decorations-B. L. Cole, Roy
rm.n!kenwerder. Harold Lorenz: Ad-
yfer!islng-A. F. Brown, R. E. Reed;
mvl.atlons-S. III. Whitehorn; Con-
fpesslon Locations-W. H. Gascoigne;
faraphernalia-E. II. Sherk.