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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07
BLUE IMPS WIN

DURHAM. Feb. 6.-tR-A six
point rally in the final minutes of
play enabled Dukes freshman bss-
ketball team to hang up its fou.th
win Of the year at the Duke gym
here tonight by defeating the Da-
wilson Yearlings 1888. The Blue
Imps took an early lead which they
held throughout the first half. The
gun saw them on the long eld of
a 1928. count
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07

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Division In Sight
But ar interesting note came to
this corner a day or so ago and
sets the stage, we think, for some
thing really big in 1941. For a long
time now the shadow of a division
of the Piedmont league into a
North Carolina circuit and a Vlr-
ginia loop has been seen and it
appears that this split is about due
next fall.
At present there is a Virginia
league, which does not but would
like to include Norfolk, Richmond
and Portsmouth within its ranks.
Raleigh and Greensboro have been
offered places in the Virginia
league-a Class D outfit-but it ap-
pears that the citizens of those two
cities are looking ahead to that GER
tain division of the Piedmont league
and are biding their time for a
break into that group.
Now what we are getting at is
This. Should the three Virginia
cities in the Piedmont drop oHt
next season, they will leave three
vacancies in the league which could
well be filled by Greensboro, Ra-
leigh and Wilmington.
We say that those place, can be
filled because it appears shat once
treated to Glass B ball, Wilmington
fans will support that brand better
than any other. All effort to bring
about this re-introduction of organ
lied baseball in this city by the
area should be organized now so
that it may better work to one end
when the time comes.
AS for myself, I would like to
see any brand of organized ball
here, whether it be D " B, and
only hope that some break will
come up soon to get one or the
other.
Those Too Gay COS
Night baseball in the gay COS
must to have been a rare treat.
One of the better stories about its
innovation back in those days is
told by Hans Wagner.
Wagner relates that in 1896 a
nigh. game vas arranged for Will
mington, Del Lights-little ones
were strung up yer the field
about 80 feet apart and a ball, some
larger than the regular ~horsehide,
was used.
About the fourth or fifth inning,
he said, the pitcher lit a big an
non cracker and tossed it up to me
at bat. ST swung" he said, land
knocked the cracker into a big
crowd back of first base, where it
expl ,ded. That broke up the ball
game"
Odds And Ends
The so-called fight experts are
Saying that the only thing that
will save Arturo Godoy in his fight
with Louis Friday night is his bob
bling, weaving style that starts and
begins in a crouch and makes him
a very difficult target The
Cape Fear Baseball association has
started Things OFT on the right
track for 1910 by electing Father
James A. Manley, president of the
loop 1t may res. assured
that it will have a prexy who will
take an interest in the affairs Of
the league -. Elizabethtown High
schools basketball teams are rated
at the top in this section i
What with all these rules by Judge
Lands about the major-minor
league problems, n hardly knows
whether the farms or the farmers
are the worse off Maybe base
bale needs an AAA Plans
are under way to organize a North
Carolina State Softball league this
summer Did you know that
in 1889 football drew 60, 900, 900 GUS
domains o~l 4 ocJ,o+Io11 M nm mn |
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07
ELON WINS

ELON COLLEGE, Feb. 6.-N-
Elon's ,basketeers trod along their
undefeated path here tonight to
down the University of Miami So
to 80 In a game that was Elon's all
the way,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07
SMOKE RINGS
Baseball In Bloom
By SAM Raglan

The baseball bud keeps swelling and before many more
weeks have passed will be in full flower. All of which re-
calls to mind a meeting we attended a few weeks ago along
with a few other b~asebal-minded persons who would like
to see Wilmington filling a spot in organized baseball.
For various reasons the movement instigated that
afternoon has reached an impasse and unless something
unforeseen occurs within the next few weeks, we fear that
this city by the sea will again be minus a baseball club for
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07
Wildcats Edge Out Y. N
RALLY IS STA(
IN FINAL
And Alderm
Cats Offensive Wit
Points Each =

The New Hanover High school
Wildcats added another to their
string of victories last night by
coming from behind to exc out a
1922 win over the Y. M. c. A,
varsity on the Y court.
The Wildcats had held the lead
Throughout the first half, having
4 to 1 advantage at the first qua
ter and piling up a commando
~ to 6 lead at the second m
post.
Coach Pepper sent in his secq
string at the opening of the TIL
period and the Green-clad "Y" tee
began a steady comeback that nd
ted a tie after three minutes Of tN
period. Bowen then tossed in
gratis shot to make the count. IL
IL for the High school. From tha
point, the Triangles proceeded Il
ring up a six point lead on success
sive field goals by Allen, William
and Davis and the game appears
to be in the bag as the fourt
period got under way.
Edwards rolled one W the
Immediately following Merritt's
range conversion and added al
shot to knot the count. The Y
cats then finished their scoring
the evening with Morrison's
pointer and Edwards third
goal in the quarter. The "Y'
most caught up when Won Oeser
arched one in from deep mid-flool
and Banck's double conversion
brought the score to 1922 as the
final whistle sounded.
Tho 1fro-rn.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07
LOHRMAN SIGNED

NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-R-The
New York Giants announced the
signing today of pitcher Bill Lonr'
man and catcher Ken ODea for the
1910 season.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07

"Kentish Fire" was q form ,o.
TO ne continuous cheering and,
clapping OF hands at. Protestant
meetings held in Kent. England
about 1928. 0i"'o'
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07

Those Golden Glovers fight as If
there was really gold in them thar
Filings.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-13
POKE UP
TOWN.

Just because the other fellow
doesn't think as you do" says Ed
Weber, doesn't mean he is fool
ish and Illogical"
From childhood we were taught
that the bully always gets what's
coming to him." suggests Ace Purdy,
land We hope it holds true today"
Lee Bailey says he wouldn't be
much surprised If shoes with the
toes out aren't quite popular next
winter.
Too many drivers around here"
signs Milton Libby, think that
waiting for the green light is a waste
of time"
Free speech against freedom
sounds plain silly" Chas. Powell
says.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-13

Within the last few weeks sever
al thousand young people have re-
ceived diplomas signifying that they
have graduated from high school.
They are now ready for the next
step in lie either to continue their
education or seek employment.
Whatever course they choose to
take, their diploma represents in
value only what they have put into
it. If young person has put sew
eral years honest work and sincere
effort back of it, his diploma repre-
sents definite, worthwhile acl1ive-
ment. If, however, he or she has
slipped through school, and has
done sloppy, careless job, the di-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-13
HE DESERVES THIS

We are very apt to dwell upon the
virtues of mothers the world over as
we annually typed Cur respects to
her and leave little over of the
same thoughts for father on his day
June 10Th. We hear rumors of a
plan to incorporate Mothers, Faith
er's and Children's Days into one
occasion and term it Family Day."
IF this should transpire our editor
ial might be the last we dedicate to
the head of the house on his spec
ial Sunday.
There is for some of us only dim
realization of the self denial made
by father. We speak Of mothers
love as the sweetest in the world and
would not deny it to be other than
sacred and worthy. But we need to
give much thought to a fathers de-
vOtion.
We may be a cool sort Of individ-
ual and also shy, who shuns senti-
mentality and a display of affec-
ton. Maybe he is careful type Of
chap who takes his family as set
pride and wants them to show off
to an advantage when company is
about. There is the very irrespons-
ible father who always seems to
have more interests outside his
home than in it. He may be all
businessman who works hard to
maintain a home and the family in
it. But what he may seem on the
outside, be 1t business or profession
al man, gentleman of leisure forced
or otherwise), retired and pension
ed, underneath there is always the
father and the fathers affection.
We want him to know that we ap-
preciate all that he has denied him
self for us, the many sacrifices he
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-13
SOUNDS SENSIBLE

It doesn't mean that Just because
we are urged to give less thought to
political parties and standards that
we are asked to do away with our
private political opinions We are
asked by leaders of all parties, for
the time being, to give more thot
to preserving the nation in order
that our parties might live. With
out an America we would be with
out the freedom of present voting
and party pickering, that we all
enjoy. It is suggested that we turn
our efforts to working for the COM
mon welfare of our people, which
does not follow that we are losing
our free speech in connection with
differences of political opinion. As
staunch party men as are in Ken
newick, every town has loyal sup
porters. If the national leaders OF
the Democratic and Republican Or
ganizatioas can be foresighted
enough to put aside their differ
ences when a more vital issue claims
their support, so can local leaders be
as reasonable. 1t would be splen-
did cooperative movement to join
hands, and in a fifty-fifty way,
work to protect the American peo-
pie in this emergency that threat
ems their lives and present liberty.
The formation of new cabinets and
committees of varied political
faiths, to put up a united front
against the fifth column, this is
meeting a desperate situation with
thought and without scrapping our
Individual political leanings and
opinions. ~8 5s'@&-@ ~
The most difficult thing that in
vaded nations of Europe have had
to contend with is the presence of
foreign spies and representatives
Who carry on secret sabotage in
,he minds of the people and cause
The nation to crumble from within.
Without exception the fault has |
been with the invaded nations who |
nave been too lenient with this type |
If spies. Such enemies should be |
reated as spies in peace time as well /
IS war and dealt with as spies
should be dealt with. The United
States is AS guilty as the unfortun-
Ute nations of Europe in this par
ocular. The amazing thing is that
low that the injury that these spies
an cause has become known that
his country continues to nurse In
is bosom these vipers. Are we, in
ace of Europe's example, going to
continue to ignore this peril?
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-13

The schools should pay more at
tention to teaching the student to
think and talk on his feet and make
impromptu talks or set speeches.
There are few attainments that
prove of more value, to men espec-
tally, than to be able to get to their
feet in group and to make an &C
ceptable talk, to present their thots
in clear cut interesting fashion.
The ability to talk on ones feet may
be used many times by a man after
he leaves school where his Latin
and his trigonometry will be used
but once. The old custom of caus-
ing a pupil to rise in his seat and
face the class and recite, we believe
was a most valuable training along
this line. -
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-13

Seattle's Washington Common.
wealth Federation seems to be or
the way to dissolution or to that
condition once described by a Pres
1dent as state of "innocuous des-
uetude Their paper loses the King
County printing, their president
fails Of election to the city council,
and a prominent vice president,
whose salary is part Of our tax bill,
resigns. The secretary, however, is
still on the job organizing" and
"speech-making."
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-13

Victor Heberlein was attending to
business affairs in town Monday
and stated that the Horse Heaven
hills were never looking better.
Two lots on Third street had been
purchased by F. F. Beste just west
of C. L. Holcomb's residence AND
Mr.. Beste expected to build on his
property soon.
Manager H. r. vibber Of the COL
umbia Steamboat company was In
Seattle looking after business inter-
ests of the company
Richland displayed her local mus
ical talent at an entertainment.
Among those taking part was q vio-
lin solo BY Elsie Ross and a panto-
mime solo by Hazel Teachout.
Miss Anna Olbrich and Chas. G..
Kruse were united in marriage at a
public wedding in the new Lutheran
church on Tuesday evening. They
were to make their home in the
Garden Tracts.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-13

Senator Bone has taken up the
fight against Initiative No. 139 and
mailed letter No. /" to some of the
voters of the state. Senate station
cry with government paid secretar-
les and the free postage privilege
make for an inexpensive campaign
when an organization can get a
Senator to conduct it. Just where
are we headed and how do we stop,
when We permit the use of tax
money to defeat the right of the
people to initiate legislation?
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-13
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TEN YEARS AGO-lssd
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TEN YEARS AGO-1930
Charles L Powell was running as
candidate for prosecuting attorney.
A special gas refrigerator car of
cherries was shipped to New York
from the Big Y warehouse. This
| company was getting car of cher
| ries per day out of Kennewick.
DR.. A. H. Wegner was attending
the reserve officers training camp at
Fort Lewis.
C. N. Koelker and son Clarence at
tended the graduation of Urban
Koelker at the State College OF
Pullman.
Mrs. Fred Higley and son Don re-
turned from Nebraska, where they
had spent the winter.
Fred Gest and Jimmie Green won
first in the senior and Junior divis-
ion of the rifle shoot held here.
E. r. Canadian was the honor
guest at a dinner at his home the
occasion being his nth birthday.
George D. Peters, who had been
In California during the winter was
Kennewick visitor.
J. G Skeen, Henry Hartung, G. j.
Dam and Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Wag-
ner of Richland were serving on the
jury at Prosser during the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burns Brown were
attending a telephone convention at
Hood River after which they would
take in the Rose Festival at Port
land.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-13
April 1914 Wash,

has made to educate us, the hours
he has toiled to feed us, the pleas
ures he has managed to give us.
May he not be too burdended by
worry, too harrassed by economics,
too tired to struggle. May the fu-
ture be as easy for him as he has
tried to make the past ones for us.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-13

The next time you go fishing and
lind all the good places taken by
some one who got there ahead Of
you, you will know how a farmer
feels who drives ten miles to town
to trade and finds all the good park
ing spaces taken up by town cars.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-13

The trouble with most everyone
these days is that they are so busy
making a living that they do not
have time to live. It is a nice art to
be able to balance the program of
living and making living.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-13

No alibi can ever be offered by
this administration if 1t permits
the fifth column Of foreign spies
and mpathizers to Tourist in this
country as it has in several Euro
pean countries to their detriment.
This is one precaution the govern
ment can take without any great
outlay of money.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-13

Nothing IS more disgusting than
the prattle of a politician who al
ways gauges every expressed opinion
by whether or not it will win him
votes. A few years of this COM
pletely robs q man of the ability
to do normal thinking.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-13

ploma means nothing It isn't even
worth the paper on which it is
printed. It has been received un-
der false pretense. The young man
or the young woman, who receives
diploma under these conditions, if
they have anything worthwhile in
their make up, will never be proud
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-13
TWENTY YEARS AGO-l920

The Church Manufacturing COM
pany had purchased the Olympic
Brewing and Malt company's ice
and cold storage plant in Pasco. The
total ice production between the two
plants would be IS tons daily.
L. E. johnson, president Of the
First National and Charles VIE
gand, cashier of the American Sc
curity bank left for Seattle to at
tend the annual meeting of the
state bankers association.
After an absence Of three years,
DR.. L. G. Spaulding was once again
established for practice of medicine
and had opened offices in the Ken
newick Transfer company building.
Mrs. Charles E. Lum had gone to
Tacoma to attend the grand chapter
of the Eastern stars.
Mrs A. G. Anon and children of
Days Creek, Oregon were visiting
here.
Mrs F. E. Masters and son Virgil
left for Ellensburg, where Mrs.
Masters was to attend summer
school.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-13

.,' "A sooa way to help VITA !.
to give daughter two new a as
before summer vacation" %U
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-13

Tom Dewey believes, according to
John Neuman, that life probably
does begin at 40
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-13
THIRTY YEARS AGO-lslo

The G. A. r. veterans were guests
Of honor during the Memorial Day
activities. Mrs. Charles Conway
president of the Woman,s Relic,
Corps presided at the banquet al
which time addresses were given BY
s. z. Henderson and M. NJ. Moul-
ton.
I. N. Mueller had severed his con-
nection with the KennewichUnder-
taking company and opened his own
parlors in the Fechter & Rudkin
building. His place Of business was
to be known as the Mueller Under
taking parlors and would occupy
this building only until more suit
able location could be made
H. A. Hover accompanied by Mr.
and Mrs. j. w. Wetzel of Los An
geles arrived in Kennewick. Mr.
Wetzel was the contractor for the
building of the Hover block which
was to begin Immediately.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-03-14
Every Shadivarius Not
A Fortune, Expert Warns

CHICAGO.-n your hope Of sud-
den wealth rests in q violin case
labeled Stradivari, 1716. you may as
well abandon it.
Kenneth Warren. violin appraiser
for national music instrument
firm, counsels:
1T is significant that of all the
hundreds Of so-called Cremonese vi
olins that have been brought in for
appraisal not a single genuine in
strument has ever been found.
Hundreds Of persons a year who
have violins bearing the labels of
the Cremonese makers, Stradivari,
Guarnieri and Amati, come to us to
sell them.
These instruments were not
made to deceiv< anyone. They
were originally made as models
from those of the Cremonese and
ticket put inside 70 indicate they
were copies Of the maker. In the
course Of time people think they
were the original INSTRUMENT. There
are only about 40 Stradivari instru.
ments left and we know where all
of them are. The chances of anoth-
er turning up are exceedingly SLIM"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-03-14
Scholarship Awarded
To White Bluffs Boy

WHITE BLUFFS-Walter Grish-
am was notified Monday that he
had been awarded the $4,000
scholarship given by the Union Pa
cific railroad company each year
to apply on an agricultural course
at the State College of Washington.
These awards are made in each of
the counties served by the Union
Pacific Railroad and are determin-
ed on the following basis:
400 on supervised practice or
project work;
5000 on scholastic standing;
5000 on character, interest, quail
tiles of leadership, community and
extra-curricular activities.
Walter is a junior in high school
and will continue with his FLA.
work through his senior year. He is
a son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. v. GriSh-
am of White Bluffs, who with his
Smith-Hughes teacher, D. L. Hen
ley, feel justly proud of the young
mans work.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-03-14
rents-Teachers Hear
Varied Program Wed.

The Parent-Teachers association
met Wednesday evening for reg
ular business meeting at which
time nominating committee COM
posed of Mrs. Julia Hemenway, Mrs.
H. E. Oliver and Mrs. w. S. Hanson
was elected.
The program following was COM
posed of numbers played by four of
Mrs. Blanton's violin pupils; num-
Der by a sixth grade girls quartet
and a duet by fifth graders. Leon
Millak, president of the Ash. and
Pearl Dague, Ash. secretary, ex-
planned the way the associated STU
dent body of the local school con-
Quoted their business and entertain
ment for the year. DR.. r. L. LaMott
was the speaker of the evening CIV
ing talk on juvenile laws.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-03-14
Donald Larkin Given
Eagle Scout Ranking

LOCUST GROVE-At the Court
of Honor meeting of the Boy Scouts
Tuesday evening Donald Larkin was
awarded the high honor of a Eagle
Scout Badge.
Mrs. Lyle Simmelink entertain
ed on Wednesday evening with q
card party honoring Budd Larkin,
who left Friday for work near Fair
banks, Alaska. Three tables of
pinochle were in play.
Mrs. Gilbert Edwards was q Walla
Walla visitor Friday. Mrs. w. S.
Dickinson, her mother, accompan-
led her home.
Locust Grove Home Circle will
meet Tuesday, March 10 at the home
of Mrs. r. e. Larkin with buffet
luncheon at noon. Meat. cookery
will be demonstrated by Mrs. Peggy
Richmond.
Locust Grove grange will enter
tain the Finley grange and Pomona
officers Saturday, March Is at the
local hall.
Fred Simmelink has purchased
the Wheeler section and is break
ing out the land this week.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-03-14
Melvin Clair Johnson

Funeral services will be held Sat
urday afternoon at 2:30 from the
Mueller Funeral Chapel for Melvin
johnson, who died at the home of
his parents early this morning.
Melvin Clair johnson was born
September 5, 1902 at Sandwich, Ill.
He received his early education and
was a graduate with the class of 20
in Crosby, North Dakota. He en-
listed with the u. S. Army on No
vember 8, 1920 and received the rank
as first class gunner, September S,
1923. He was a private of Battery
G 18th Field Artillery at TT. Logan,
Colorado, and was discharged in
1924, being in i'll health since that
time. He has made his home with
his parents here for the past two
and one-half years.
He is survived by his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John M. johnson and q
brother Jim, all of Kennewick.
Rev. Carl Lucky will conduct the
funeral services and interment will
be made in the Riverview Heights
cemetery.