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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-08-29
Varied Program to
Spark States Day

Prosser will become city of
hosts on Labor Day, when its res
idents celebrate their 18th States
Day, with the population of the
entire state and surrounding area
invited to attend the co1orful
event. s-e-
Bring your own lunch" is the
word from States Day officials,
who have arranged for the Prosser
City Park to be turned over to
picnickes, while citizens of the
town prepare to turn their lawns
into lunch grounds for the day,
with visitors welcome.
Morning events will include the
selection and coronation of the
States Day Queen, who will ap-
pear in Kennewick on the first
day Of the Grape Festival as Pros
ser's candidate for the title Of
Queen of the Realm Of Concordia
for the three day fall celebration.
Also in the morning, the airport
will be the scene Of spectacular
air show, featuring so Black Wild
ow fighters, scheduled to roar over
the town at II am. Youngsters
sports and a horseshoe pitching
contest will complete the morning
events.
The afternoon will be highlight-
ed by a baseball game between
the Prosser team and the only all
Indian American Legion baseball
team in the United States! q vau-
deville show, presenting local and
imported entertainers; and q wei
coming address to the new Roza
settlers by George O. Beardsley.
Fireworks, choral singing and
instrumental music and 2 dances
one old time and one modern
will round out the evening.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-08-29
Family Arrives Here
Via Plane For Wedding

E. F. Coulter, pilot from New
port, Oregon, flew a twin-motor
five-passenger Cessna from New
port to Kennewick in one hour
and As minutes to a landing at the
Twin City airport. Coulter and
his family flew here to attend the
wedding of his sister, Mrs. Frances
Wiseman.
The Newport Air Service air
port is owned and operated by the
Rev. E. E. Coulter and his son, e.
F. Coulter.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-08-29
Warming =
Go Easy on Sugar

Harvest started today on the
earliest crop Of Concord grapes
in this area. There are five acres
of the luscious fruit on the Earl
Myer place near the Finley store.
This crop is grown on ideally To-
Gated light soil which aids early
ripening. The crop has been
forced to hit the early fresh mar
ket. .
A warning should 60 into eyery
basket for Az .,.s oenefit Of the
housewife to be careful not to use
too much sugar-those grapes are
plenty sweet.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-08-29
New Twin City
Laundry Opens
Here Tuesday

Kennewick's new laundry, long
considered a necessity, will begin
operation next Tuesday. In a
brand new building especially
built for the purpose by Arthur
Campbell at Avenue B and Beech
street, the laundry will be operat-
ed by Floyd and Lester Hodgson.
To be known as the Twin City
Steam Laundry, it is strictly
modern plant offering a complete
laundry service. The Hodgson
brothers have had years of ex-
perience in the business and had
made thorough survey of pos
sibilities here before proceeding
with plans. a.. .z..r... .. ;,
81 have a sure faith in Kenne-
wick and its future" Floyd Hodg-
son said several months ago when
he first launched his plans for the
new enterprise. 81 plan to build
a strictly modern plant and I am
sure that Kennewick people will
Fundamentally support the new
venture"
To prove that the laundry has
everything, following is partial
inventory of the machinery now
installed: Wash wheels, extract
machines (wringers, to YOU'D, big
flat work irons, dry tumblers,
stocking dryers, curtain dry house,
shirt press units, pants press units,
dress and uniform presser, mark
ing machines, water heaters,
starching machines, sewing ma
chimes for mending, water pumps,
etc. The plant is powered with a
coal stocked 85-horsepower boiler.
Platt Ballaine has installed wa
ter softening equipment that in
sures better quality of launder-
ing. He is also digging a well in
which process he has encountered
rock, gravel, quick sand and both
blue and grey clay.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-08-29
Baptist Missionarys
To Show Color Slides

Showing colored slides of the
missionary work to which they
have been called in China, Rev.
and Mrs. Norman w. Allensworth
will speak and sing Tuesday night,
September 3, at the First Baptist
Church.
These two young people are
graduates of the Bible Institute
of Los Angeles and accepted can
didates Of the South China Boat
Mission. They expect to sail this
fall to take up their work among
the teeming thousands Of neglect
ed Chinese who live in crowded
lighthouses and tiny sanpans along
the rivers Of China.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-08-29
Grape esiival
Workers Start
inal Drive

Plans for pet parades, floats,
Kangaroo Court, and the voices of
stock and dance ticket statesmen
filled the Kennewick air this week
as home stretch loomed ahead of
the busy workers, who could count
only the imminent days of Sep
TENDER as grace period for COM
pletion of Grape Festival projects.
Clyde Anderson, festival presi-
dent, announced the arrival and
delivery of the first of three new
1916 Fords that will be featured
as a part of the three nights of
dancing to one of the nations top
bands during the festive event.
Hal higgins, chairman of stock
sales, revealed that receipts were
mounting toward 1000 with many
other subscribers still in sight, and
Marjorie Wilson described the sale
of dance tickets as "going briskly."
By mid-week, tickets had been
placed with most of the Kenne-
wick business firms, so that they
could be readily purchased by
festival boosters, who have been
asking for them in increasing
numbers for the past several
weeks. In addition, Mrs. Wilson
promised that her sales organiza-
ton is ready to charge out more
ticket books to any persons or
firms who have not yet been sup
Piled. Arrangements for travelling
caravans of sales girls to hawk
the tickets throughout the state
were nearing completion. I'D
Meanwhile the costume COM
mittee, Vernon Beall, Urban Keol-
ker and Al Cheney, were putting
the last touches on their program
to attire residents of the city in
colorful Grape Festival dress.
Purple shirts for the men, purple
blouses for the ladies, and wide
brimmed, fat-crowned hats of the
Western variety will be the order
of the day; cor else" the determ-
ined committee members announc-
ed. r.. 49,.
And the amiable threat back
of the "or else" took shape also
this week in the form of organiz-
ing Vigalantes under the leader
ship of Glen FELTON,, who will hale
into Kangaroo Court, presided over
by Kit Clifford, all uncostumed
citizens, both male and female, Of
the city.
Penalty for non conformists,
Judge Clifford said, will be to hang
leather on the rear end of a
pitching bronco Of a Ford, the Off
Continued on Page 60
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-08-29

Stimulus for the present and
future of Americas air-minded
youngsters will be furnished by
the Richland Junior Chamber Of
Commerce Model Plane air show,
planned as a part Of the Richland
Day festivities on Labor Day.
Several Kennewick lads who
have learned their model aircraft
design and construction with the
aid of Jiffy JEFF Atwood, local
model airplane enthusiast, VIII
have entries in the event, which
will be staged at 2:30 pm. at the
Richland football field.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-08-29
PLAY CHOSEN

PLAY CHOSEN
First dramatic vehicle for the
Mask & Dagger clubs presenta-
ton has been selected, Mrs. Ethel
Christie announced today.
"Kiss and TELL" q three-act
comedy by +. Hugh Herbert, win
be presented about the latter part
of October. The production win
get under way Thursday night
with try-outs at the Park View
Recreation hall, to which all in
terested persons axo invited.
The little theatre group plans to
present four shows in Kennewick
this season, Mrs. Christie said.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-08-29
FISH STORY

v;sh stories are even better than
sn.ke tales, with or without a but
tn witness this: Earl Ludwig re-
t,rned few days ago from a trek
; int; the wilds of the Salmon river
t country in central Idaho. He re.
orted that he got so tired OF
milling out fish that he finally
lied the barb off his hook so that
= could shake off anything under
five pounds without wasting the
effort of pulling them in.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-08-29
REUNION

CLASS 1t6VN4ON
A reunion of the Richland High
School graduation class OF 1887
was held Tuesday, August y at
the Mob Hill home Of Mrs. Lois
Holden.
Those present were Margaret
Heglund, Boston, Mass, Alice De
yer, Colville, Martha Wethereu,
Mabton, Lillian Miller, Prosser,
and Kay Fishback, of Richland.
They spent the afternoon rem
iniscing and catching up on the
news of other classmates. The
last reunion was held five years
ago in Rich1and. ..-....
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-08-29
ERROR

Fright spang on page three of
this issue you'll find q nice big
ID from the new laundry and from
Platt Ballaine who has furnished
water softening equipment and
dug a well. ITO assume that this
service will have continuous =.
Naturally we assume it will have
continuous operation. Mr.. Bal
hin's copy read: '"To assure /.
ETC." Sorry.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-08-29
NYHolE KEN

The picture abilene Town"
showing Sunday and Monday at
ne Benton will have plenty OF
horses. With this thought in mnd
y recall Doc Boyd's story Of why
ne became dentist and think it's
: inlu. We suggest you ask doc
70 repeat it to you. You'll find it
: horse Of another color" Two
uc1e0 are yours, Doc. Come to
M Courier-Reporter Office for
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-08-29
nEcfED TO OFFICE

Daphne Taylor was elected to
@anoership on the executive
ooafu Of the Camp Fire at a recent
invention held in Spokane. Miss
vsvlor was graduated from the
Asnnewick High School last
.ms. During her senior year,
= was given the honor Of ssYell
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-08-29

FOLK DANCE .-a #
The Kennewick Folk Dancing
Club will put on a dancing ex-
hibit on Estates Day" at Prosser.
Those participating are Harold
Davis, Ruby johnson, Darwood
Freiss, Winifred Denny, Joy Sim
mons, Yves Door, Darlene Freiss
and Dale johnson.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-08-29
Wash Behind Ears
Is Plea For Festival

Lets wash behind ears" might well be the slogan
campaign adopted this week by the Kennewick Chamber
of Commerce The plan presented to the Chamber by
special committee with view getting the city pretied
for the avalanche of visitors expected for the Grape Festival
Cards will be distributed by Boy Scouts every home
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-08-29
ANOTHER

Just by way of proving that the
KCR is not infallible, and the
above mentioned error was not the
int we have made, two sharp
eyed readers pointed out to us that
We had spelled Spanish with two
rs IN the same issue in which we
took q crack at theater manager
Anderson for putting two RS in
dar. Ho. hum!
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-08-29
LAUNDRY

Kennewick's newest industry
swings into high gear next week
With the opening Of the Twin City
Steam Laundry. Congratulations
from the whole town to Floyd and
Lester Hodgson and best wishes
tor q successful operation.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-08-29
BUILDING PERMIT

A building permit was issued
this week to Frank r. Vitek for
the construction of a home in the
Palmer Addition at an estimated
cost of $500, Building Inspector
Herb Malchow reports.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-08-29

Just when we thought all was
peace and brotherly love between
Kennewick and Pasco with plans
developing for joint activities such
as hospital and concert series,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-08-29
BOUQUET

This weeks bouquet goes to
Jimmy who at the time of writing
had sold at least six books OF
tckets for the Grape Festival.
Keen it UP, Jimmy, don't let sue
cess 20 to your head.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-08-29

Southeastern Washington Fair Wala Wslla.
Grape charming
Surrounding
who Betty Eloi:e
Possibility still
because of her Freshman class Washington
comedy the
Waa back their the
init. e
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-06-13
Army Adapts New
Recruiting Slogan

make it Million" the Army's
new Recruiting Drive Slogan is
a familiar phrase in every state
of the Union these days. Here in
Rockville, Sgt. Ed. Brown, of the
local Recruiting Office in making
known to the public the vital and
important meaning back of the
slogan, says "The Regular Army
is composed of three-quarters of a
million volunteers. The American
people, through an act of Congress
have declared that by June both,
this year, for the safe guarding
of our country, the Army's total
strength should be one million
strong"
In keeping with the new MAKE
it Million" Slogan, look for the
NEW and different window dis
play coming soon at the U. s.
Health Service Building next to
the Milo Theatre.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-06-13
Walton League To
Restore Duck Ponds

The Rockville Chapter of the
Izaak Walton League has launched
an extensive program for the res
toration of the duck ponds in the
vicinity of Senaca so as to provide
suitable feeding and resting areas
for waterfowl. Plans are being
completed for planting 1000 eel
cry blumbs in the Potomac be-
tween Edwards Ferry and Violets
Lock. Permission to reclaim the
duck ponds was obtained from Mr..
George Allen, owner of the prop
erty.
With total membership of the
Rockville group now at a new
peak of 200, the Chapter is active
ly at work with the National
Park Service on a project to de-
velop and maintain flow of wa
ter in the old c. & o. Canal from
Edwards Ferry to Senaca, which
will be conducive to good fish
ing in that area.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-06-13

Several farmers, among
'hem octogenarian Calvin Broadly,
pointed out that with the recent
increase IN taxable basis, under
.ne reassessment, farmers could
III aiIoro any increase in the tar
rate others speaking against the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-06-13
Survey Starts
Second Week
With Parade

The Gaithersburg free Chest x
ray Survey, which is a cooperative
project of the Health Department
of Montgomery County and the
TB Association, started off Mon
day evening with leaflets dropped
from plane piloted by Art Hyde
OF Congressional Airport and a
parade led by the Girl and Boy
Scouts and the Gaithersburg High
School band. Miss Marion Taylor,
leader, marched with the Girl
Scouts and Miss Elmyra Parrish,
director of the band, led the band
in the parade. Sterling Bowman,
general chairman of the Steering
Committee, lead members of his
Committee. The Gaithersburg
Fire Department has done more
than its share in contributing to
the success of the Survey. Over
$50 people from this area were
X-rayed on the first day, and it is
the aim of the Committee to have
every member of the community
X-rayed by closing time tomorrow.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-06-13
Jack Salamanca In
Olney Theatre Cast

Biography" starring Mimi Nor
ton, will be the first presentation
Of the olney Summer Theatre
when it opens Tuesday even
ing, June 18th. Miss Norton,
a favorite of Washingtonians, has
been in New York for. several
years where she appeared in
without Love" and "The Vortex"
In the supporting cast is Jack
Salamanca of Washington Grove
and Washington, who before his
entrance in the Army, was MEM
Der of the Roadside Theatre and
the Catholic University players.
Also in the cast are Ross Martin
Of the WTOP daytime serial Jan
ice Grey" Arthur Field, Grace
Conrad, William Leggatte, AL Gey-
err and Norma MacHardy. An
thony Randall is the director.
The Oriole Bus Co. will provide
bus transportation from Georgia
and Alaska Avenues at 8 p. NJ.
each evening, with the return
trip Immediately after the show.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-06-13
Independents
File For Fall
Election

-Four Independent candidates
have filed for county Offices to be
filed at the November election.
They filed on Saturday by petit
ton and their names will not ap-
pear on the primary ballots. They
are Charles M. Orme, Gathers
burg, for sheriff; James Ernest
Hawkins, Etchison, for county
treasurer; Brawner 2. Harding,
Gaithersburg for county commits
sioner from the second district,
and Thomas M. Garrett, Hunting
Hill, for commissioner from the
third district.
Petitions signed by the required
number of persons Monday were
approved by the supervisors of
elections subject to checking to de-
termine whether at least 500 of
the TAO signers are registered
voters of the county, as required
by law.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-06-13
Portable Office
Gets Results

The portable employment Of
flee" of the Chesapeake and Po-
tomac Telephone Company which
has been in front of the Court
House in Rockville for four days
this week, has been very busy.
During the first two days seven
high school graduates of 1916 ap-
piled for jobs, and were accepted,
subject to physical examinations
at the Washington office. These
girls and all the others who have
applied will be paid while they
train. Most of them have expressed
desire to work in the local ex-
changes, and two have been en-
gagged for Rockville. Mrs. Hazel
McCrfnk and Mr.. William M.
Fithian are in charge of recruit
ing"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-06-13

George Fry of Laytonsville will
be one of Maryland's official del
egates to the sixteenth National
All Club Camp in Washington,
June II to 10 it was announced
today by Mylo Downey, State
Boys All Agent, and Miss Doro-
thy Emerson, Girls All Club
Agent. Two boys and two girls
will represent the State.
George who is 81, was national
achievement winner in All last
fall, with an outstanding record
of returns for. dairy swine,
poultry and other farm products.
He has been a demonstration of
quick milking at several meetings,
including the Montgomery Coun-
ty Farm and Home Labor Saving
Show. Already member of the
Maryland Stocknien's Association
and the American Jersey Cattle
Club, he was president of his local
4-H club four years, and national
student president of the FLA. He
is now vice president of the state
An club council.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-06-13
Tax Rate Is Protested
By County Farmers

+. Protests at cuts in the proposed
budget, and protests at the pro
posed spending, about balanced
each other at the public hearing
on the tentative budget for the
county held in Rockville Tuesday
evening by the board of County
Commissioners. The circuit court
room where the hearing was held,
was filled by taxpayers, some
present to protest the increase of
20 cents in the tax rate, some to
commend it and to intimate APP
proval of an even larger increase
of county schools and health pro-
grams are brought to standards
comparable with the District of
Columbia.
The total amount for expendi-
ture for the year July /, 1916 to
July 1, 1947 as allowed by the
tentative budget is 81, 468,481.4O.
The total amount asked by the
heads of the various departments
was $11,991, S26.63, a difference of
$523,345.23. The budget also car
ried recommendation for a tax
increase of 25 cents on 500 of as
sessed value. The 1864 to be
raised in this manner, according
to County Supervisor Day, will be
used mostly for county schools.
This increase will also be partly
offset by a proposed decrease of
three cents in the suburban dis
trict tax.
1t was almost the old picture of
up county versus down county"
with metropolitan residents much
in the majority in numbers and
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-06-13
Historical Society
Meets Wednesday

Mrs. Lilly C. Stone, President
of the Montgomery County His
torical Society, mas announced that
the next meeting of the Society
will be held in the County Build
ing in Bethesda on Wednesday
evening, June 10, at eight o'clock.
The program will include an adj
dress on War Records of World
War II by Mr.. Harold Manakee,
Commissioner of Maryland War
Records; showing of technicolor
movies of Montgomery County by
Mrs. Maud Proctor Calls; and a
vocal duet by the Misses Margaret
Ann and Miriam Bopp. The meet
ing is open to the public.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-06-13
Commissioner
Grant Permit
For Dump

Blake Merson on Tuesday was
granted a permit to continue for
another year the much cussed and
discussed dump" near Rockville.
Smoke from the dump is very
Objectionable at times; the odors
are overpowering, and to those
who live on the Beantown Road,
the flies, as "big as bees" and
rats of unbelievable size, make the
vicinity most unpleasant, testi-
mony at the public hearing re-
vealed. The hearing was highlight-
ed by several verbal clashes be-
tween Mr.. Merson and nearby
residents.
The town council had sent let
ter protesting the permit for a
longer period than the compile
ton of an incinerator at Linden.
However, after finding that they
would have no garbage service af-
ter June 18th, unless Merson was
given permit for a year, Mayor
Kelly and F. Barnard Welsh, at
torney for the town council, asked
the commissioners to grant the
permit for another year. The may
or, who has but recently taken
office, said the council would do
it's best to provide solution to
the matter before the permit
comes up"for renewai-next year.
This was in answer to protest
from Lofstrand whose plant is on
the road.
1t was also shown at the hear
ing that not only is the garbage
and refuse from Rockville burned
at the dump, but refuse from a
number of outlying communities
is brought there for disposal. In
deed, only 500 of Rockville
houses are served by Merson's
trucks. The mayor did not know
how the rest of the townspeople
disposed of their refuse. About
400 homes are served, he said.
When asked how many homes
other than Rockville are served by
his trucks, and the refuse burned
in Rockville, Mr.. Merson said,
"around 1000, I think" It seems
that in addition to that hauled by
his trucks, other refuse from Ken
sington and Chevy Chase is hauled
there, rather against the wishes
of the owner of the dump, who
said that every time he tries to
"cut them off" he gets orders to let
them continue. From whom the
orders" came was not quite
clear.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-06-13
Absentees May
Still Affiliate

Ward w. Caddington, Chief
Clerk, Supervisors Of Elections,
for Montgomery County, an
nounces, that under a recent
ruling Of the War Ballot Com
mission, any person who regis
tered under the provisions Of
the absentee voting law and
who failed 10 affiliate with
political party, shall be entitled
10 affiliate with a political party
upon making application TO the
registration official Of the
County, providing said applica-
ton is made on or before the
goth day of June, 1916. This
Of course applies only TO tbose
who registered under the abb
sentee voting law.