The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-13
Wesley Door Is
Top Bike Winner
i'm CIR Campaign
Jimmy Oliver is high in
other district; four 9TH
ers win bikes; all are
winners

winners
While scores OF excited boys and
girls Of Kennewick and surrounding
territory ,impatiently awaited an
nouncement OF the final results, the
subscription and prize campaign OF
The Courier-Reporter came to an
official close Saturday night, when
the judges declared the campaign
over and removed the sealed ballot
box from the window to start the
final count.
With the highest number OF votes
Of all candidates in the campaign,
Wesley Door OF East Kennewick won
first choice OF the prize bicycles.
Winner OF the Kennewick District
Capital Prize bicycle was Jimmy
Oliver.
Don Larkin Of Horse Heaven,
Doug Jones Of the Highlands, Rich
ard Foraker Of Kennewick Valley
ana Arlene Aman OF Kennewick
were winners of the four other prize
bicycles. x
In addition to his bicycle, Wesley
Door also won the two extra SO
cash prizes
Each OF the other candidates in
the campaign has been paid a cash
commission Of 20 percent lone
fifth) of all money he or she turned
i'm for subscriptions during the en-
tire campaign.
The Kennewick and Out-of-Ken-
newick candidates were divided into
two separate districts, with Dis
trict Capital Prize bicycle set aside
for the high candidate in each dis
trict, regardless Of their stand
ing with candidates In the other dis
tricts. Ets
Sealed Ballot Box
The sealed ballot box was placed
in the Courier-Reporter office win
dow Thursday and was handy for
the candidates at any time up to
the closing minute of the campaign.
1t remained there until 8 o'clock
Saturday night, when the campaign
was declared officially closed by the
Judges and members of the advisory
boaro broke the seals and made the
final count.
Elsewhere in today's paper is a
complete list of each candidates
votes and the final standing of each
of the winners.
The judges commenced their work
shortly after pm: and finished
only after several hours OF siren
uous labor. 1t was almost midnight
before the count was finished. They
found hundreds OF new and renewal
subscriptions in the envelopes.
Every receipt. check, money order,
bill and coin was carefully checked
and the results tabulated infinitely.
1t was truly a wonderful race, the
individual number OF. votes running
up to the hundreds OF thousands.
The grand total number of votes for
all candidates ran well over five
million. The utmost accuracy was
observed by the judges in tallying
each candidates votes. Had the
judges selected not been acquainted
with the handling of figures the job
might have taken a much longer
time.
To those very competent judges
who worked SO faithfully and care
fully Saturday night, the manage
ment wishes to express its sincere
thanks. The management is indeed
grateful to them for their work.
The publisher wishes to take this
means OF expressing his sincere
thanks to every candidate in the list
for his or her part in making the
big campaign the rousing success It
was.
Candidates Pleased
It was smiling, hard-fought and
interesting campaign and we are
proud of the fine list OF ambitious
boys and girls who worked SO in
for their rewards. They
are to be congratulated upon their
work.
More than anything else, the man
agement OF the campaign appreci-
ates the expressions OF the various
about the fairness OF the
entire campaign.