The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-11-22
Every Organization In Com
munity To Be Asked to
Help in Undertaking
POWER COMPANY TO
FURNISH BIG TREE
Early Evening of Sunday
December % Is Set AS
Time for Program

Every church, every fraternal, So
c;aI civic, commercial and farm or
oanization in Kennewick is to be ask
~ to cooperate in exemplyfying the
.n;rit of Christmas and making the
.ommunity = Christmas tree success.
At a preliminary meeting Tuesday
svening at which ten organizations
we're represented, it was voted to en-
large the general committee and ask
.verv organization in the community
;rcluding the churches and the oranges
- name committeeman and take an
.ctiye part in planning the program.
a meeting of this enlarged committee
MI. be held in the American Legion
rooms at eight o'clock next Tuesday
evening.
Organization was started Tuesday
evening by the election of Mrs. r. Q.
Macmahon chairman and Mrs. c. S.
Knowles, secretary. Five o'clock Sum
day evening, December % was set
- the tentative time for the program
and the intersection of Yakima and
Second streets was selected as the To-
cation for the tree.
Sunday afternoon was decided upon
only after considerable discussion. 1t
vas thought that the Sunday date
would conflict less with other public
holiday functions or family gather
inps than would either Christmas eve
or Christmas Day. The hour is early
enough so as not to conflict with
church services and late enough so
that lighting the. tree can be made a
mart of the ceremonies. AS outlined
the program will be confined
almost exclusively to the singing OF
Christmas carols with possibly brief
talk on the spirit of Christmas.
The committee thought best not to
attempt to distribute candy or other
gifts to the children at the tree but
to put forth an effort to bring Santa
Claus into the home of every kiddie
in the community. Instead OF coming
to the tree to receive gifts the child
rem will be asked to drop into a box
the names of any of their little ac-
quaintances whose stockings they be-
lieve will not be well filled Christ
mas morning. To see to it that these
stockings are well filled will be the
duty Of a Christmas Cheer committee.
A. R. Gardner was named chairman
Of this committee and asked to select
other members of the committee
Plans for raising funds for this work
were not discussed but Mr.. Gardner
volunteered to raise sufficient money
IS soon as the needs were deter
mined. The Christmas Cheer fund
has already been started with check
for ten dollars from Robert W. Ely
Post, American Legion.
Mary Harvey, supervisor OF music
inthe schools, was named chairman
Of the program committee. Mrs. A.
v. Peterson and Mrs. G. H. Shana-
felt are the other members of the COM
mittee. R. j. Macmahon and ]. Kiincaid
were named grounds committee to
properly arrange the street intersec-
tion for holding the ceremonies.
The tree is to be furnished, erected
and Illuminated by te Pacific Power
I Light company, an offer to that
effect having been made some time
ago by Local Manager Robert Bragg
Invitations are to be extended to
the people of Richland, Finley and
Hover to attend the program. In Rich
land the invitation will be extended
through the Parent Teachers assocl-
aion and in Finley and Hover through
the churches.