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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-05
MARSHALL COLLEGE
TO PLAY CATAWBA
IN TANCERINE BOWL

ORLANDO, Fla, Dec. 4-WD-
The Marshall college Green Wave
Of Huntington, W. Va, today ac-
cepted an invitation to meet
Catawba College in the Tanger-
inc bowl here New Years night.
Coached by Sam Henderson,
Marshall this season has defeat
ed nine opponents, including
Murray Teachers College and
Cincinnati university, while drop
ping two muddy games to Cant
sius and Xavier Universities.
The Green Wave is sparked by
halfback Jim Wetzel, the ma
tons fourth ranking top scorer
with 80 points to his credit this
year.
The Catawba-Marshall bowl
game is sponsored by the Or
lsndo Elks club for the benefit
of crippled children.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-05
Negro Title Tilt Set For
Legion Field
December IL

The Williston Tigers, by virtue
of their A to 0 victory .ver Ad-
kins Negro high school of Kin
ston here last Tuesday night, won
the Eastern conference cham
pionship.
|, The state championship game
will be played at the American
Legion Stadium, Friday night,
December IL, at 8 o'clock, coach
Frank Robinson said last night.
The Tigers, undefeated in con-
ference play, will battle Dunbar
Negro high school of Lexington
Tor the state championship. The
Dunbar school eleven defeated
Greensboro, 81 to IL, to win the
Western conference pennant.
Robinson said last night that he
was informed of the selection OF
Wilmington for the State cham
pionship game by w. H. Daven-
port, executive secretary of the
North Carolina Negro high school
athletic association. The state
title tilt was played in the west
ern conference last. Gastonia
wining the game, Robinson said.
The Williston coach said his
squad has been taking it easy
since the game Tuesday. eve will
get down to serious drills tomor.
row and will continue workouts
until Thursday of next week. u
he said.
Robinson pointed out that a
large section of the stadium will
be reserved for white football
fans.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-05
YANKS ANNOUNCE
NEW FARM PLAN

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 4-WD-
George Weiss, General Manager
of the New York Yankees, in
a far-reaching plan to develop
young ballplayers announced to-
day the appointment of four
specialists who will work with
young players throughout the
Yankee farm system.
Vernon Lefty) Gomez, form.
Ter Yankee pitching star, was
placed in charge of Yankee try
out camps which will be conduct
ed throughout the east.
Gomez, who was manager last
season of the Binghamton, N. Y.
club has not been replaced.
Burt Niehoff, former major
league infielder and minor league
manager, was given a similar
job in the south.
Burleigh Grimes was placed ir
Ia job where he will coach young
pitchers in the lower class
leagues, working with them and
attempting to iron out faults in
their delivery and stance while
they are still in the formative
stage. Grimes, a former big
league pitching star himself, will
work mainly in the midwest.
Former Yankee outfielder
George Selkirk, who was manager
at Newark last season will work
in the same territory as Grimes
instructing young players on such
baseball fundamentals as sliding
pivoting, batting stance and the
like.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-05
Two Duke Soccermen
Invited To Compete
For olympic Squad

DURHAM, Decv. 4-(P)-Two
members of Duke University's
soccer team, Bill Kalkbrenner of
Philadelphia and Walter Jakob
of Roselle, N. j., have received in
vitations to compete for places on
the 1948 United States Olympic
squad, coach Gerry Gerard of the
blue Devils announced today.
The two will 60 to Annapolis,
Md. where trials will be held Sat-
urday to determine players from
| the southern district who will be
included on the olympic squad.
Both Kalkbrenner, a center
halfback, and Jakob, right full
back, played outstanding ball this
wear.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-05
RUSSIANS JOIN
ATHLETIC GROUP

LONDON, Dec. 4. -P)- Rus
sia has become a member of the
International Amateur Athletic
Federation and thus has taken a
major step toward participating
in the l948 Olympic games.
Lord Burghley, president of the
I. A. A. F. and a ranking Olympic
official, made known Russia's
joining the International group
today when he cabled the Soviet
All Union Committee of Ply
sical Culture and sport that II
extend to you hearty welcome
to our activities x x x"
The I. A. A. F. controls track
and field throughout the world
and is in charge of the AZ events
in that sport on the Olympic pro-
gram. Unless a nation is a men,
Der of the 1. A. A. F. it can not
compete in track at the Olympics.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-05
Heath Sold Outright
To Boston Brave Club

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 4-WD-The
St. Louis Browns tonight an
nounced the outright sale of out
fielder Jeff Heath to the Boston
Braves, and in keeping With the
way the Browns usually do busi-
ness there was no price acnounc-
ed.
Earlier today General Manager
Bill Dewitt of the Browns de-
MED that the club had obtained
waivers on Heath.
Heath, a veteran left-handed
hitting outfielder, connected for
q home runs last season but had
an unimpressive batting average
of .248.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-05
Five Eastern Players
On Golfers All-Star
College Football Team

NEW YORK, Dec. 4(R)-Five
Eastern players were among the
II announced today by Golfers
magazine as members of its all
star football team for 1947.
The team, selected by an ad-
visory board of newspaper sports
editors with the help of leading
coaches, follows:
Ends, Cleary, Southern Cali
fornia, and Swiacki, Columbia;
tackles, Connor, Notre Dame, and
Davis, Georgia Tect, guards, Su-
hey, Penn State, and Steffy,
Army; center, Scott, Navy; backs,
Lujack, Notre Dame; Minisi,
Pennsylvania, Chappuis, Michi-
gan and Evans, Kansas.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-05

football team, Is to 0, last night
at Robert Strange park. The vic
tory for the Fat Boys clinches
the city league pennant.
The Fat Boys scored in the
second quarter when Ken Ray
nor scored on a pass from john
ny Edens. Johnny Edens scored
the extra point on a pass from
Charlie Edens.
Bert Eaton intercepted a pass
and raced IS yards for the sec
ond marker. The third touchdown
came when Leon Thomas tossed
an aerial to Johnny Edens. Lloyd
Smith crossed pay dirt from the
three-yard line to account for
the final touchdown.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-05
Williston Tigers Win Eastern Loop Crown;
State Championship Game Scheduled Here
"BUCK-SHOT"

VALENCIA, Pa, Dec. 4. -
~ William Fun, So, was
downcast when deer season
opened and he was confined to
his home here this Western
Pennsylvania community by
illness. He perked up when
he stepped on his back porch
and sighted a buck in his back
yard. Fun dashed into the
house, grabbed his rifle and
shot the buck. Then he pack
ed up for 4 scheduled trip to
the hospital.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-05
Small Crowd Views
Reopening OF Races
At Florida Tracl

HOLLYWOOD, Fla, Dec. A.
W.H-A slim crowd of 9,0,1 turned
out for Florida's second day OF
winter racing as Gulfstream park
today resumed opera, after
settlement of a horse owners
strike.
The racing followers bet $780,.
$50 through the mutuels, we'll be.
low last seasno's $4,000 daily
average.
The two-day racing holiday
ended when the horsemen agreed
to accept compromise minimum
purse allowance of $2,400 instead
of the $4,000 they asked for.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-05
LELAND CACERS WIN
TWIN VICTORY OVER
ACME-DELCO TEAMS

The Leland high school cagers
won a double bill from Acme
|Delce at the Leland gymnasium
Thursday evening. The boys
triumphed by a 1922 count mid
the girls emerged on top ~ tc
~.
Pauline. Williams was tied by
Peggy Lewis of the Leland sex.
tette for top honors with sever
points. Whitaker and Clayton
were high scorers for the Delco
girls.
Johnny Wooten paced the Le'
land boys to victory with II
points. Hal Bordeaux netted sew
en- points for the Delco boys.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-05
AAU RULE CHANGE
LOOMS AT PARLEY

OMAHA, Dec. 4-R-Sen
..,s,ont at the National Amateur
Athletic Union Convention here
.sa;sbt was that the delegates
'oo,,id 'On'H turn down, for the second
Eu we proposal that no foreign
olt,I, oIhIetes could be designated as
a''D1 National American AAu
cislr, S,lcb a change in the rules is
oacted to be presented. Under
eApus e.H tern1s. A foreign athlete win
rs 1.n@ "a an event would not receive
l'-l[5 ln[5bampionship medal. Instead
% q championship medal woulo
tr' so to the American Competitor
siocing IT, highest in the event.
p'9 The foreign athlete would get
.on ~ award' certifying his "vic'
tory. o.noo hefore
.ba a'''1 AAU delegates ten or II
'.oors s',e ago, a convention spokes.
on ~ who asked not to be quoteo
directly said, when Paavo Nur, NJ +,
nj nj Of Finland was defe fe ating "all
m ",'r distance runners. :"
O'f He added I'VE turned it down
tben and think we'll turn il
GoUn d-[ a4a;n. After all, if some
fellow n,a@e a better mark a than
.. ~, in championship contest,
'yon ,,o1 w.u dn't want to 60
,pp ,,sou.a ca iioa yourself champ
ion, Tss 'No way most OF the
on W., fae' oq'5eve.
HlTI He irt~-~' however, that
the proposed rule change might
set s GOOD support from the wom-
sr convention delegates.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-05
QUONsET HUTs TO MAKE

HUNTSVILLE, Utah What
may be the first monastery ever
constructed of Quonset huts is
to be built here for the Catholic
order of Cistercians, or Trappist
Fathers.
Four Quonset huts will COM
prise the monastery, built in q
170-foot square, with a bell
tower and cross rising II feet.
This will be the fifth monas-
terry Of the order in the United
States. The others are in Ken
lucky, Iowa, Georgia and Rhode
Island.
Annealing glass involves cool
ing il very slowly.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-05
SERVICE TILT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Dec. I,
-fR- The Quantico, Va, Ma.
rines' football squad, undefeated
in service. competition, arrived
here today for a post-season game
with Jacksonville Naval Air
Station in the Gator Bowl Sat
urday afternoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-05

Belgium has about 1000 miles
of navigable inland waterways.
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-07-17
Hail Storm Hits "
Benion City Area;
Crop Loss Heavy

| Grapes and apricots suffered
severe damage in a driving hail
storm that swept from south to
north through part of Horse Hea-
ven and crossing the valley at a
point just east of Kiona, Monday
afternoon. II ..
F. M. Ludlow, manager of the
Church Grape Juice company, and
Harold Schultz, assistant county
agent, toured the area Tuesday
morning.
Grape loss will, reach about SO
per cent Ludlow said. "The
windstorm Of last week did little
damage. There will be some sun
burn as a result of exposure caus-
ed by the wind twisting vines"
The storm hit suddenly and on
Fly lasted Is minutes. Stones were
jagged and about half an inch In
diameter. The damaged area COW
cred strip approximately mile
in width.
Apricots, already severely dam
aged by the wind storm, were
bruised and broken open by the
driving stones. Corn was riddled
and was reduced to about half q
crop, Schultz said.
"A rain of near cloudburst pro-
portions followed the hail. Ground
was completely covered by water.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-07-17
Business Men TO
Discuss; Credit

Business and professional men
of the tri-city area are invited to
attend meeting on Tuesday, July
%, at the Pasco city hall where
credit problems will be discussed.
It is expected that a Benton
Franklin credit association will
be formed to benefit merchants of
the area.
The meeting is sponsored by the
Credit Bureau of Benton ana
Franklin counties, of which F. w.
Anderson is manager. The meet
ing has been endorsed by J. j.
Perier, president, Richland Mer-
chants Association, Ross Frank
and Hill Williams, secretaries of
the Kennewick and Pasco Cham
bers of Commerce.
The session will start at 7:30 D.
m. Business men, credit manag-
ers and bookkeepers are urged to
attend.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-07-17
Nurses Association
Holds Annual Picnic

The annual picnic Of the District
Nurses Association will be held
on Wednesday, August 2, in Rich
land park, with all registered
nurses in the bi-county area invit-
ed to attend.
Hours for the affair, from 4 to
8 p.m., have been 50 arranged that
it should be possible for most
nurses in the region to be present.
Members of the association are
asked to contact either Mrs. Eisert
at the Kadlec Hospital in Richland
or Sister Aloysia at Our Lady Of
Lourdes hospital, Pasco, regarding
food for the picnic. Non-mem-
bers have been asked to make q
contribution of Is cents to cover
the expense of purchasing some Of
the supplies. Those without OF
with extra transportation have
been asked to register with Mrs
Iris McGraw at the Health De.
partment in PaSco.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-07-17
Malchow Reports
$4,000 Storm Loss

Last Thursday evenings high
winds left in their wake an esti-
mated financial loss of $1,000 in
damage to business and residen-
tial buildings in the city, accord
ing to a survey made by Building
Inspector Herb Malchow. Most
of the loss was accredited to fall
ing trees.
Among those buildings hardest
hit was home at 519 Avenue A,
with damage approximating ST.
600, garage at 523 Ave. A, and
another garage located on Ave G.
Damage was also sustained by
the home of Mrs. A. ". Mickey
nolds, at 61O Kennewick Ave-, by
the residence of F. A. Visger, at
622 Kennewick Ave-, and by the
homes of Larry Oliver at 40 First
Ave, and Elmer Kennison, also on
First Ave.
Further property loss was listed
at IA and 10 Second Ave East, at
the home of Emerson Ely at %
Second Ave and at % Second Ave
East.
Other minor damage was re-
ported throughout the city.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-07-17
TEMPERANCE GROUP OF
TWO COUNTIES MEET

On Monday evening the Benton
Franklin County Temperance As
ISOLATION met at the Methodist
church in Kennewick to further
the plans and program of this new
inter community organization
The association is composed OF
representatives from many or
CARNATIONS of the valley, includ-
ing churches and others.
The program of the new set-ur
is coordinated with that of the
Washington Temperance Associa.
ton whose new, executive secre.
tary, L. p. Putnam, was present
and addressed the group on the
plans of that state wide organiza.
ton. He was presented by the
Rev. c. E. Dockstader, field sec.
rotary.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-07-17
Mayor to Conduct
Club Ceremonies

Mayor j. c. Pratt win be on
hand to conduct the ceremonies
when newly-elected officers OF
Kennewick's Teen-Age Club are
installed shortly after the July %
balloting.
E. c. Smith, housing project ex-
ecutive, and Larry Oliver, city
council representative on the rec
reation commission, will be on the
Recreation Center platform with
the mayor that evening, along
with George Karamatic, local
high school coach.
John Scott, city recreational di-
rector, announced today that cleo
ton of officers to the fast growing
youth organization will be held
Wednesday, July %, with local
teensters voting for president, vice
president, and secretary-treasurer.
Nominations to club offices were
made July 8, with the following
results: For president, Bin Taylor,
Lou Keene, Nathan Stairs and
Bonnie Pratt. For vice president,
Don Beste, George Soper, and Jim
my Bergsing. For secretary-treas-
urer, Nevolin Carlton, Hattie Da-
Wis, Don Gum, Betty Johnson and
Darlene Freiss.
Following the elections at the
meeting next week, dance will
be held, Teen-Age Club feature
which Scott states will became a
regular part of the organizations
program.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-07-17
Pioneer Kennewick Business Man
Dies Suddenly While at Work

ployed there until his death on the
platform directing the truck at the
terminal.
Mr.. OIbrich loved his work and
while making his daily rounds de-
livering freight he had a joking
word for all his. associates and
tried to do his best to help them
when needed.
He leaves to. mourn: his wife,
Amelia; three daughters, Mrs. Ev-
elyn Willsey of Yakima; Mrs. Lee
ona Hall, GrandvieW; Mrs. Eileen
Farquhar, Aberdeen and one son,
Clarence of KenneWick; five
grandchildren, Ramon, Richard,
and Margaret Hall, Bobby, Dick
Faruuhar and Jimmie Willsey; 4
sisters, Mrs. Anna Kruse and Mrs.
Antonio Krug, Hood River; Mrs.
Francis Abbott, Oakland; Mrs.
Laura Holt, Portland; and one
brother, Julius Olbrich of Camas.
Funeral services were held Mon
day, July IA from st. Joseph's
church at $50 am, with Rev. FIR.
E.. G. McGrath officiating.
Pail bearers were: Steve Zahn,
William O'Neil, Carl Mayer, John
Bleichner, Urban Keolker and
Omar Lincoln. Interment was
made in the Riverview Heights
cemetery.
Attending the funeral from out
of town were: Mr.. Olbrich's cous-
ings. Mr.. and Mrs. F. Miller and
son Norman of Rockford; his sons
in-law, B. A. Hall, Grandview and
Robert Farquhar, Aberdeen, and
friends of the family, Mr.. and Mrs
A. st. Laurent of Bremerton.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-07-17
Storm Hits Hard
AT PUD System

Damage to power lines was gen.
eral throughout this end of Benton
county during last Thursdays
storm, according to r. A. Cruzen,
PUD district manager.
Cruzen maintained that every
one of the major power lines was
struck by falling trees. at is re-
markable," he said, "that with hot
Inns down all over the area, no
one was injured" The storm
struck near S PM, at the close Of
the normal working day, but PUD
crews worked on through the
night and on into Friday restoring
service in this region. -s.... y
Transmission of power from
PUBS PP&L source was also in
terrupted when lines between
here and Benton City were tenn
porarily knocked. Power failure
in Kennewick was intermittent
throughout the storm. BY Friday
morning, electricity was again
flowing over all major lines.
Speaking for district employees
this morning, Cruzen said, 1--WE,
the men and women who operate
your Public Utility district, APP
preciate the manner in which the
people of the community have so
good naturally cooperated with
us during and following the
breezy afternoon of Thursday last.
This was, without doubt, the
most serious storm and caused
greater damage than any storm
since your Public Utility district
took over the job Of furnishing
you with light and power.
deep down in our hearts we
thank you for your cooperation
and real patience in waiting for
our crews to repair and again
place in operation your electric
service system"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-07-17
Thrifty
Bond Sales Hiqh

People of Benton county hung
up several records during the war
loan drives during the war. Either
first or among the leaders, local
people were quick to respond In
reaching bond sale quotas.
While the u. S. Treasury De-
partment, in releasing figures on
bond sales for June, did not break
the county figures down 70 per-
centage figures, it is obvious from
a comparison of sales that Benton
county is still very high on a per
capita basis.
In June total sales for the coun-
ty were $150,234. Other counties
show: Walla Walla, $64,829; Yak
ina, 1928, 019; Franklin $20,6l5;
Thurston $86,137; Grays Harbor
$115,154.
The big Three" counties re-
vealed: King, $2759,953; Spokane,
$805,172 and Pierce $716,500.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-07-17

Joseph Olbrich, long time resi-
dent of Kennewick, died here of
heart attack Friday, July H..
Olbrich was born in Duncan,
Nebr., March is, 1880. He spent
his boyhood on. farm and at
tended parochial. school in Dun.
can. When grown he worked at
Columbus, Nebr., until December
of 1905, when he went to visit his
grandmother at Cameron, Wise.
On Jan. IT,, 1906 at Rice Lake,
Wise, he was united in marriage
to Miss Amelia st. Louis. To this
union four children were born.
Coming to Spokane in February,
1906, they lived there four years,
then to Tacoma for one year, COM
ing to Kennewick in January OF
1911.
He worked for a while on the
boats coming into Kennewick and
later was employed at the old
Valley Barn and the Kennewtck
Transfer Co. In December, 1918
he established the City Dray Line
in the building now occupied by
the City Market and started out
with a REQ Speed Wagon. :,
Since then he and Mrs. Olbrlch
continued in the dray business
and about 1923 took the agency
for the first auto freight line COM
ing into Kennewick and continued
in both until April 10, 1914 when
they sold their dray business.
After a months rest he was en-
ployed by the Inland Motor
| Freight and in December 1916 ne
went to work at Lee & Eastes
Freight Terminal. He was EN-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-07-17
kennewick Youth
EniOy Summer Camn

The senior camp at Mountain
Air on the Naches Pass is in full
swing this week. Last week end
the Junior high group returned
and churches of the lower valley
replaced them with the senior
high members. From Kennewick
at camp this week are: Arthur
Whitson, Janet Mason, Glenna
Marie Denney, Edith Hummel, Le-
roy Splitter, Tommie Mason, Ken
meth Silliman.
Last weeks group included
Joyce Winterschied, Mildred
Campbell, Clarence Campbell
Peter Misner, Carolyn Misner
Patty Houston, Merrill Blair and
Jack Wallace.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-07-17
Kiwanis Shooting Club
Meets Through Summer

Meetings at the KiWanis club
shooting gallery at the indoor targ-
ct range in the basement of the
Penney building, will be held only
on Thursday evenings for the re-
mainder Of the summer, Walt
Woehler, chairman Of the sponsor
ing boys and girls committees Of
the Kiwanis club, announced this
week.
Boys from the junior and senior
highshools will compete in the
same shoots until the new sched-
.ule is started, Woehler said. i
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-07-17
WOF Names Lucke for
Noble Grand Post

In installation ceremonies con-
Quoted by IOOF No. 222 on July
!, Ava Lucke was named to the
order OF Noble Grand, while Geo.
taylor became Vice Grand.
Other officers assuming duties
were Fred Lande, Warden; Bruce
nna = Conductor; Jim Dickinson
MMSs;N.G.; William Slocumb, LIS.
M; Fred Brodbeck, R.S.V.G;
rnuen Lucke, L S. V. G. Inside
guardian is A. L. Erickson; out
s,oe 3 guardian, William Britton;
9. ?. supporter, John Num-; LIS.
supporter, Howard Ash. Donald
A1mmel will serve as chaplain.
nS I'm July 10 the Rebekahs and
nT;a a held their annual pic
In TI az the city park. On August
NJ MI, N the city park in Pasco, a
IN p,Teuck picnic will be held, with
sba;,u ddfellows, Rebekahs, and
ian ! families in the Yakima Val
e' invited to attend.