The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-07-04
EVERYTHING
is READY FOR
CELEBRATION
ROdeO PreIiminaries Wednes.
day Afternoon; Happy Can
yOn on Streets in Evening;
Full Day on Fourth


Fourth Of July committee Is now
looking for. All details for the big
two day celebration are now nicely
In hand and the show promises to
be the biggest and best celebration
Kennewick has staged for years and
years.
The celebration will start with
the rodeo preliminarieS Wednesday
afternoon at two o'clock at the
specially constructed park adjacent
to the school playfield. Grandstands
and bleachers have been set up on
the grounds, which have been lev
eled and watered. At this per-
Torrance, the kids will get break
for Mr.. Richmond, who is conduct
ing the show, is inviting all young
tiers under II to be his guests, free.
Wednesday evening the celebra-
ton will be brough to town. Happy
Canyon will be in full swing in the
streets which will be roped Off
against car traffic for the evening.
The open air dance will be run all
evening and fun and pleasure win
reign supreme.
SJarLS NJ DayuBnts
The next morning the celebration
will open at daylight when anyone
who might have them, will be per-
mitted to fire off round Of bombs.
At nine o'clock the parade viii
form at the NJ. r. church corner.
Headed by the White Bluffs band,
the procession will go down Kenne-
wick avenue to the bank corner,
swing up the new pavement on First
avenue and head for the park
where the flag raising ceremonies
will take place by the Boy Scouts.
The parade promises TO be lot
better than was anticipated, too.
Quite lot Of Interest is being TAX
en- in the preparation Of floats and
quite likely 1t will be worth little
extra effort to get in town early to
see. The decorated bicycles will fol-
low the rodeo aggregation and the
decorated cars and floats will follow
the bikes. Anyone who wants to
get In the parade may join In the
procession preferably with a dec
oratded car.
Platform Program
<AAtCA OhAC dWcsk0o AAatfC BtCu ulhQE
for the decorated bicycles Hon. A.
@. Anon, mayor Of Kennewick, viii
deliver the address of welcome,
stressing our friendship and good
will to the new Corners IN our COM
munity. He will be followed by
Hon. e. A. Davis, who will deliver
the patriotic address of the day.
g. L. Powell will act as master Of
ceremonies and win preside, Both
morning and evening, at the micro
phone which is being installed for
the occasion.
Music by the popular White Bluffs
band win have q part In the morn
ing platform program, Immediately
following which will come the wa
ter sports. Prizes have been ar
ranged and everybody will have q
chance to participate in the races.
Bicycle Race
Following the water contests win
be the two-nile bicycle race. It win
start at the bridge at the school
house, follow the newly oiled roads
to the c.. G. Williams residence In
the Garden Tracts and return, the
bridge being the finish line. Good
prizes have been put up for this
race and it is open TO all.
Then will come the foot races
and novelty numbers, with suitable
prizes for all. At noon will be the
picnic lunch, with the band fur
nishing a pleasant accompaniment.
RodeO Big Feature
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the finals In the rodeo will be run
off for the Inland Empire cham
pionship. A $50 belt viii be award
ed the winner In the rodeo. At.
the close Of the show in the arena
the crowd will be thrilled with a
mali hour Of aerial acrobatics by
Miss Gladys Vickers, who has been
secured as special, attraction.
Along about this time the grange
kitty ball tournament will be start
ed for the championship of the
county. Those who do not care for
pan games VIII have a chance to
watch the married women fling
rolling pins and such at a dunrny
husband. 1t can't dodge, however.
Evening Program
In the evening there will be
program Of entertainment from the
platform in the park until dark
wnen activities win be transferred
70 Happy Canyon down on the
pavements In town. Here the Old
5eano games and other so-called
games OF skill will be operated bv
members OF the different organiza-
LIONS and the dance viii again be
feature Of the evening. AN con-
cessions are being operated as a
nenefit for the Boy Scout Jamie
zee and none is private enter
everything 1t ready. Hope that
II will be hot tonorrnu