The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-12-18
Pomona Asks
1OO% Parity on
ALL Farm Crops
Highlands asks AAA
administration be To-
Called
Alice B. Ayers, reporter

Benton county POMONA nelQ Its
hs meeting of 1871 at Vale, De-
aulber 18th with 101 present in the
asemoon and about 400 for dinner
and the evening meeting, part of
which was open to the public.
The following are the newly
elected Pomona officers: Master, An
ton Norling; lecturer, Mrs. Irene
Hughes; secretary, Mrs. Maude
hartman; overseer, Ernest Sherry;
steward, j. r. Ayers; assistant stew
ard, Harry Sandburg; chaplain, Mrs.
Ethel Clark; treasurer, Elmer Dill
ing; gatekeeper, Oscar Anderson:
Ceres, Mrs. Mildred Heberlein:
Flora, Mrs. Pauline Copeland; Po-
mona, Mrs. Bertha Story; Lady As
Sstant steward, Mrs Esther Norling:
executive committeeman, Harry
Eemming; home economics chair
nan, Mrs. Nellie Sherry.
Mrs. zelma Silli1nan's installing
team, composed of Miss Leona Sim
nelink, flower girl, Miss Marie Ger
! ards, regalia bearer, Miss Ruth Sim
J melink, emblem bearer, Mrs. Lottie
Iampson, marshal and Mrs. j. r.
Ayers, chaplain, installed all but
Pomona, who was very i'll and in the
hospital. Mrs. Silliman was also
u so II. w. Ehlert and son Morton
d Yakima county acted as INSTALL
ing officers in her place. Most of
the subordinate officers were also
installed.
Committees appointed for the
year: legislative, Guy Story, l.. L.
Whitwer and Harry Fleming; agri-
culture, Harold Copeland, Fred Hem
sen and G. "A. Webb; resolutions, j.
R. Ayers, 4. M. Hartman and Den
MS Henson; Women.s, Mrs. Carol
Benjamin, Mrs. Verna Jacobsen and
Mrs. H. G. Pierce; power, Preston
Royer, Gilbert Clodfelter and Clay
Puderbaugh. The marketing and
game committees will remain as be-
fore. s
A resolution presented at a prev
0us meeting and referred to the
grcultural committee for study was
Nported and acted ON as follows:
Seven western states have petitioned
the Secretary of Agriculture to in
crease the parity loans on wheat to
Iloo9o, on what he has to sell and
aso to make allotments apply to
NantitieS instead of acreage. /
The committee approved the 1000
parity on wheat and 10000 on all
Eups but disapproved changing con-
rol from acreage to bushels. Report
Itained by the Pomona.
a resolution from Thurston coun-
Y: The Washington State Efficiency
league has organized for the pur-
pose OF sponsoring an initiative max
g elective the heads of the de-
nrmentS of Labor and Industries,
nclal security and agriculture of
ne state. A greater service would
Y accorded the public if the heads
these departments were elective
NO higher degree of efficiency and
9onomy achived. Also favors an
inmate reorganization of the entire
ace system. Approved and sus-
aimed. 20 -
a substitute resolution concerning
4 grading Of wheat was approved
= follows: That the State Grange
slatiye committee be requested
y investigate and recommend legis-
Auon which would place grading
NFlce OF the state in such man
tnat all growers of a district may
sal themselves Of the service at a
aasonable cost.
resolution from Kennewick
sssnlands. 1t was to request the
1retary of Agriculture to, at once,
vert all funds for the administra-
"a OF the "AALA" program pertain
10 Kennewick Highlands Dis
ss In Benton County, Washing
VI 70 the National Defense fund
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