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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-03-25
Owen Lyle is New
Furniture Manager

Owen Little, with many years
of experience in the furniture bus
mess, has taken charge of the fur
niture department Of the Wash
ington Hardware and Furniture
company.
He came here from Portland
where he was assistant manager
of the Jennings Furniture COM
pany for the past year. Previous
to that he served hitch in the in
fantry.
Before he war he had been with
Barker Bros. Furniture company
in Los Angeles for IL years.
Already under way in the en-
larged furniture floor is construc-
ton work on a number of sample
rooms. When these are completed
it will enable the firm to display
furniture in actual room arrange
ments.
The upper floor, now used for
storage, will be made available
for supplemental warehouse dis
play.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-03-25
Vesper Hour Services
Will Be Held in Open
Air Theatre on Easter

Through the cooperation of the
theatre management, the Tri-City
Herald and the Inter-city minis
terial association, vesper hour
Easter service will be held in the
Park-In Y Theatre on the River
Road at 400 o'clock on Easter
Sunday afternoon.
This service is planned with the
purpose of furnishing Easter wor.
ship and inspiration for many ED.
erly and shut-in folk who are un-
able to attend church services, the
River Road residents, and all other
folk who desire to attend a one
hour service at the vesper hour.
There will be room for some zoe
cars.
The addition facilities of the
theatre will be used, and the at.
tendants are to remain in thei,
cars during the service with the
hearing aids placed therein. Rev
Rodney Glasscock Of Pasco has
been selected by the ministers to
bring the Easter message. "A choir
from one of the cities of the area
will bring the Easter music. Sew.
eral ministers will take part.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-03-25
Highlands Club
Bids Business
Men 10 Free eed

Directors Of the kenneW1ck
Chamber of Commerce have pro-
nosed a program to strengthen the
ties between town and countryside
Don Solberg, president of the or
eanizatpn, told members Thurs
day. -
His report on the objective
brought an immediate invitation
from Gene Spauldng that all men,
hers of the chamber attend as
o1,ests the annual oyster feed OF
the Highland Improvement club
on Friday, April 2, at 7:30 o'clock:
The oysters, Spaulding assured
his ouestioners, will be tastily fried
by himself and Glenn FELTON,.
Referring to information given
by L. M. Cronin, Solberg des-
cribed the success achieved by
chambers of Commerce in Othello,
Worden and other cities in that
area in attracting farmer men,
hers. Several of the chambers
have as many farmer members as
townsmen, he said. --s--s. :.
Solberg added that the current
nroeram of the chamber calls for
later Joint meetings with oranges
and other farm groups OF the area.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-03-25

the Resurrection. The Choir will
present the Anthem, Dawn of
Easter Day" at both services
The public is invited 10 any or
all services.
Bible school will be at 1000
am. Due to increased Bible
school attendance the church has
erected two tents which Il Is us
ing for Bible school classrooms.
The tents were donated to the
church by Art Carpenter.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-03-25

. :.
Lincoln, Nebraska, and plan to ar
rive there in SO hours time. They
are going to stay approximately
three weeks. & a
Mr.. and Mrs. A. n. Shelter were
guests at the W.. j. Heck home.
They are from Pasco. =
John Carpenter was with his
parents Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Car
penter over the week end He is
stationed at Tacoma. +.
MIR. and Mrs. Manter Hauge
were guests at the Virgil VALE
home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Doescher
have moved into the new trailer
camp at North Richland.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-03-25
Mrs. Kissick Purchases
Interest in Bushes

a one-half interest In the
Washburn Variety Store was pur-
chased by Mrs. George Kissick
OF BIB Avenue e as Of January 1,
1t was announced this week.
Mrs. Eunice e. Washburn will
retain q half interest in the store.
but will not be active in manage.
ment OF the business.
The Washburn Variety Store.
which has operated In Kennewick
since 1887, will continue under
the same name.
The stock Of models and model
parts and accessories, owned by
Il. o. Washburn, has been sold
to Ralph's Radio and Hobby Shop.
Washburn plans, he said, to en-
ter the field Of Aeronautical En-
cheering.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-03-25
Hawn's Court
: BY Lila Hauge
Lila Hauqe. Reporter

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Drontle and
SON Chester, of Yakima, were
Sunday guests at the w. J. Keck
home.
Worth Miller spent Sunday eve
ming at the Vern Brumfield home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Townsend
spent Sunday at the Karl Hall
home. So =.
Mrs. Paul Polling called on
Mrs. w. o. Hawn Monday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Heck cele-
brated their wedding anniversary
st. Patrick's Day.
MIR. and Mrs. Heartburg have
purchased a new Normel trailer
and are at present living in Hawns
court.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Kreifil
and Mr.. and Mrs. David Cantley
and their children left Sunday for
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-03-25
Christian Church
Plans Services

Because Of increased attend.
ance at all church services the
Christian Church, Third and
Washington in Kennewick, is
planning to have two worship
services Easter Sunday. The first
will be at 300 am. and is plan
ned as family service for church
members in order to leave the
1880 open to more visitors and
friends Of the church.
Communion will be served al
both services which will be iden-
tical except for the soloist. AT
900 Patricia Wood will sing, 81
Was Tree" At IL Mr.. De We're
Erb, soloist with the Meistersing-
ers will sing "The Holy City"
Mr.. Hawkins Sermon Is "Why
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-03-25

Methodist church in Pasco, ano
one in the First Lutheran church
in Kennewick.
Each service will open at IL
noon and continue through seven
% minute periods until 3 pm
Twenty-one ministers of the area
will take part in these three ser.
vices, seven in each.
Each of the seven periods viii,
include worship, appropriate spec.
lals solos, hymn and a brief de.
votional talk on one of the Seven
Last Words" of Christ.
Ministers taking part include:
Richland-Rev. Kenneth Ball, Rev.
Zimmerman, Rev. George Nafus,
Rev. Sidney Cooley, Rev. w. E.
Hamlin, Rev. Philip Waldorf and
Rev. Roy L. Smith; Pasco-Rev.
Rodney Glasscock, Rev. p. M.
Henderson, Rev. Herman Schultz,
Rev. Mrs. Cutler, Rev. Nelson At
kinson, Rev. Pierce Roberts, Rev.
Charles Aatten; Kennewick-Rev,
Judson Cornwall, Rev. J. B. Coan,
Rev. Nelson Atkinson, Rev. jaime.
N. Tinsley, Rev. Eugene Hawkins
Rev. G. D. Hooker, Rev. J. p
Luvaas. #E
The tri-city people are urgec
to attend one Of these services /,
possible, and will be permitted e
enter and leave as desired. Briei
organ interludes will separate the
seven periods. .- -. ...
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-03-25
Youths Remove
Car Ornaments

II the suspicious of the victims
are correct, two young ladies of
the city were recipients this week
of two make-shift charm bracelets
that assuredly failed to charm
Howard Beste and Wilmot Grav-
enslund from whom they were
stolen Monday night. &C.
The vandalism, it is believed, is
the first evidence in the Kenne.
wick area of a FORMULATING
craze that reached sufficient pro.
portions in the East to be made 6
subject of a picture report in the
weekly magazine Life" several
months ago. -
Late model Bucks bearing the
chrome circle and bullet radiator
emblem are the special prey o,
adolescent faddists, who neatly
saw of the rings for presentation
o the current objects of their at.
.ections.
The Gravenslund car was park.
ed in front Of the Washington
Hardware and Furniture Com.
pany, and the Beste car in from,
OF the Methodist church, when
the youthful vandals mutilated
them.
According to Beste, the thefts
make necessary replacement OF
the entire chrome strip, running
from the radiator of the car back
to the windshield at a cost of SIS,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-03-25

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Easter Sunday services, 9:45 a. m,
The Sunday school will present
an Easter program, consisting OF
recttattonS and songs.
l0:45, the pastor viii Speak on
the subject: "Why Believe In
The Resurrection." The choir un-
der the direction of Mrs. Bob
Mills will sing, Christ, The Lord
Is Risen Today,.,.s Easter Glory"
and MAN of Sorrow.
1880 p. m. The young people, un-
der the direction of,eMrs. Dewy
White will present and Easter
pageant. g..,a..
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-03-25

physical disability or removal
from the state. =
Present and proposed sslsc.
i've Service and Universal Mil.
itary Training Legislation OK.
empts men in National Guard
Units. Captain Wayne Thorne.
Commanding Officer of Ksnns.
wcik's Battery D. announced
today.
Building permits for 20 new
homes, to be built In the Garbe,
Addition at an estimated cost OF
$40, 500 each, were issued Mon.
day to K. A. Nc MILAN, accord.
ing to city building inspecto,
Herb Malchow.
Colly Reed, representing Ran.
kin Aviation Industries, viii be
in Kennewick for the Sunday Air
Show at 2:30 p. m, at the Twin City
Airport. He win fly Seabee and
give land and water flight dem
onstrations.
Bob Spurgson. Of Ksnnswiek
high school viii take part En-.
day In the Fourth Congrsssion.
al District 0fatoTieal Champ.
ionship In Yakima. Yakima
Toasfmastsrs are sponsors Of
th project which ID given IN.
nuallY under the auspices Of
the state department Of con.
servaiion and development.
Winner Of the contest viii com.
pete In the State Finals some.
time In the latter part Of April
First prize In the finals win b
q Chevrolet convertible.
Team captain Jim Pratt, Herb
Hansen and Bob Kirby. Kenne-
wick fire fighting team, lost Sun
day to the Yakima team at the
Central Washington Firemens As
ISOLATION meeting at Selah. Back.
ed by q record Of two previous
wins, the Kennewick team viii
60 into the next meet at Ellens-.
burg In June with the intention
Of securing the Firemen's Trophy
permanently, says Fire Chic,
MalchoW.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-03-25
Churches In Kennewick, Richland
And Pasco Plan Good Friday Service!

In keeping with ancient prac-
tees the ministers of the tri-city
area, through the Inter-city Min
listers association, have completed
preparation Of three traditional
three-hour Good Friday services,
one in the Central United church
in Richland, one in the First
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-03-25
BULLETINS

- - UUO -
The City Council. Tuesday
night approved purchase Of 4
traffic signal light for the in.
feFssetion of Kennswick Ave.
nue. and Benton Street. Of the
type that Is suspended above
the intersection center. The new
signal may be in operation
within 80 days. councilman
Lawrence Scott predicted.
A "Stag" dinner with enter
tainment will comprise the next
meeting of the Tri-City officers
Reserve Corps. Dinner will be
served from 2 to 8 pm, and the
entertainment will begin at 8.
A IS minute period will be de-
voted to the latest chemical war
fare training. Reservations may
be called during working hours
to Richland 231.
On the eve Of the April Can.
Ger campaign. George Brown
and Jim Gabriel eo.chaifman
Of tho Benton County commit.
tee. pointed out that the pre-.
sent research program gives
great promise Of finally con.
qusEins the dread dsssass.
A public hearing on the John
Day Dam, originally scheduled
for April 6 at the Arlington
(Ore0 High School Auditorium,
has been postponed to May Is,
Colonel O. E. Walsh, district en-
gineer for the Corps Of Engineers
announces.
Reviewing the hectic war
period. and the expansion that
followed close on the heels Of
war. Mayor J. c. Pratt assert
ed AZ the Tuesday evening
council meeting that city gov.
eminent 50 far has kept pace
with civic demands. He ehal.
lenged councilmen 70 think.
however. whether this record
can be maintained without the
most imaginative. courageous
and immediate action by city
officials. .... a....
The city council Tuesday nigh,
approved the plat Of the Ander-
son Addition to Kennewick, the
1856 unit home development pro.
grammed for the area south o.
the schools. Assurances were al
so given by the council that the
city will cooperate to provide
water, sewer connections an6
streets for the new area. II moth.
ing further occurs to delay plan.
ming, said "A. r. Thompson, con.
struction superintendent for Net.
til Observation-Disclosures, Inc.
building can start by May 1, and
the first homes can be ready fol
occupancy by late summer.
For want Of q nail. the shoe
was lost and for want Of
cabinet and speaker at he
the proper 'innlrds". q radio
Park View Recreation Hall
fails 70 receive radio programs.
says recreational director John
J. Scott. Should anyone chance
TO have on hand q radio that
could be installed In the cabi.
net. Scott asked that he be call.
cd 1t 362l. Tesnagers. he said.
would greatly appreciate such
q gift.
The policy Of the Washington
National Guard Headquarters is
that, during the ensuing IL
months, and until termination OF
the very, very serious world SIT
uation announced by the Secre-
tary Of State, all tenders of resig.
nation by WING Officers will b<
disapproved, unless the reason Is
so valid that special consideration
is justified. The same policy will
also apply to the discharge Of en-.
listed men for reasons other than
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-03-25
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED

William F. Moore announces
the marriage OF his daughter,
Lorraine, to Mr.. Daniel Gulliford
on March Is, 1913.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-03-25
FOOD SALE

FOOD SALE
The Ladies OF the Christian
Church are sponsoring a pre-
Easter cooked food and apron
sale March ~ at 1000 q. m,
featuring plain and fancy aprons,
and cakes that will please every
one, pie, salad and etc.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-03-25

LIBRARY BUILD
The Library Guild will meet
March 20, one thirty o'clock, with
Mrs. M. c.. Clark, West Highlands.
Evening star., 1948-05-26

Beautifully designed clock
electric or hand-wound,
as you prefer
Built with heirloom craftsmanship and an
excellent standard Of perfection to give you
beauty Of appearance and sterling perform
once. Verify this by seeing our much
varied collection Of fine clocks :. ranging
from S38 40 to Sll7
LEGACY" by Seth Thomas, hond-wound
clock of finely finished straight ond crotch
mahogany. 8doy Quarter Hour Westmin-
ster Chime -----S117
General Electric, Westminster Chime cleo
trio clock, oonteI styIe--------S57.6O
W&I--Flne Jewery, Aisle I. First Floor
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-10

as-yet-unexplained reason.
AND speaking of crooks, you
can write off DOT, the muir
derous disc jockey, with a
quick RIP. Just as Kerry
Drake and Julep Frost were
about to pinch him while he
was making a coast-to-coast
broadcast, he killed himself.
eve guarantee we'll start
listening to some of our local
disc jockeys if they agree to do
the same)
Another hood is still alive
and kicking old ladies and
kids, that is.
He's Shoulders, the guy who
cut off the top of a park monu-
ment to get a fortune in jewels
hidden there.
Dick Tracy, however, is on
his trail, checking up on brush
statesmen. Shoulders has been
posing as a salesman for a
brush company to his. wife and
step-child. He married the
dame a year ago" in order to
use her home as hide-out.
A MORE gallant lad is
Charles c. Charles of Terry
and the Pirates. Spray O'Hara
and her cotea.ie have failed to
break the Dragon Lady's claim
that Sprays father was gun
runner.
Chazz is following a new
tack now. He's on the make
for the Dragon Lady, in the
hopes of getting more in
formation :. that way.
In the 25th century, Buck
Rogers and his pals are still
fighting a half dozen wars at
once. First thing you know,
Henry Luce is going to hire
them for Life magazine, if they
keep up the bad work.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-10
Atom outlook

The atom will be harnessed by
industry in 1913, Chancellor Rob-
ert H. Hutchins of the University
of Chicago predicted this week.
He said the. most immediate and
practical use of the. radioactive
materials will be in understanding
and controlling industrial proc
esses.
Hutchins suggested that they
could be used to study fusing
methods to improve steel alloys.
What Hutchins failed to add was
that Big Business, not industry in
general, will share the knowledge
OF top scientists at the $4,000, 0oG
research program at the univer-
sity. Participation in the uniyer.
sity's program costs $4,000 an
nually.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-10
Ask school reforms

Sixty thousand Chicago parents,
surveyed by parent-teacher asso-
Citations, want drastic reforms in
the city's public schools, it was
learned this week.
The survey, made by the Chi
cago region of the Illinois Con-
gress of Parents and Teachers,
showed parents want these things:
salary increases for teachers,
smaller classes, greatly expanded
building program, and use of all
school buildings for supervised
recreational facilities.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-10
Housing sites

Action on an ordinance author
izing the city to buy land for four
housing developments was post :
poned this week by the City
Council until public hearings can
be held.
Boundaries of the sites are:
Area Roosevelt rd., Racine
and Blue Island avs, B. & o.
right-of-way, and Ashland av.
Area Wallace and 43rd sts.,
Lowe av. and And st.
Area -3-27th, State and Both
sts., and Rock Island Ry. right
of-way.
Area 4-35th ST., Cottage Grove
av., 37th ST., and South Park Way.
Milton c. Mumford, city hous-
ing co-ordinator, said that if the
City Council committee on hous-
ing would act without delay, the
land would be cleared by Spring
when construction could begin ou
1000 dwelling units.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-10
This weeks comics
McHaystack makes hay
in Dogpatch b|ackout
!. OGPATCH

N OGPATCH remains in
l. complete darkness, and
according to Al Capp, who
chronicles the life and times
of LII Abner and his family
in the Daily News, it's expect
ed to stay that way for some
time.
For the Yokunns. that may
be a curse - but not Romeo
McHaystack. Romeo is such a
persuasive lover that the
Civic Improvement League of
his h ONE town, Pineapple
Junction, tattooed a warning
to girls on his forehead, which
obviously proved something of
a handicap to him.
But Romeo has decided that
in complete darkness, he would
stand a new chance to make
good" so he's on his way to
Dogpatch.
So
BUT the Yokums aresnot the
only folks who are in the dark
these days. We're in the dark
too. As usual, politics is at the
bottom of it.
What's pulling us is, why
have most of the cartoonists
become such frantic anti-peace
crusaders?
Steve Canyon, for example,
is becoming obvious in his Far
Eastern intrigue, in which
agenets of "a foreign power
are the culprits. He's getting
complicated, too.
Steve and his girl friend, DR..
Deem Wilderness, have just
talked with the head of "the
natives" near an American oil
concession, and he's promised
to cooperate with them fully.
But Steve is convinced that the
guys a wrong 'un, for some
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-10
10 tests unfair

Children of lower income
groups are penalized by present
intelligence tests, w. Allison
Davis, noted Negro associate pro-
fessor of education at the Univer-
sity of Chicago, declared before
the American Association for the
Advancement of Science here last
week. z. - &
In the study, prepared jointly
with Prof. Robert j. Havighurst,
also of the university, Da Wis
charged that present tests are lin
tied to academic problems, handi-
Gaping children of lower eco
nomic groups who have not had
equal educational opportunity
with children Of higher income
groups.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-10
Crusade ends

A colorful crusader against what
he liked to call vice and hoodluaa-
ism" in Chicago for 40 years, The
Rev. Philip Yarrow, rs, this week
yielded his .26-year-old post as
superintendent of the Illinois
Association.
Bedridden for the past few
years, Yarrow has consistently de-
nounced vice" and the city ad-
ministration in the name of his
organization.
He yielded only after stroke
robbed him of his power OF speech.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-10
Didn't read Trib

Old Man Weather had his way
in Chicago last week despite Col.
Robert R. McCormick's recent edi-
torial comment that our cline is
the fairest of the fair.
No sooner had the Colonel elo-
quently expressed himself in the
Trib to the effect that that nasty
N. Y. blizzard couldn't happen
here, than costly, crippling storm
blew into town with the New
Year.
The swirling snowfall, preceded
by wind, sleet, and rain, darkened
many Illinois communities as the
poles snapped and went down
Illinois Bell Telephone Co. esti-
mated damage to its lines and
equipment at 81, 100000.
Two Chicago radio stations,
WIND and WAIT, went off the
air.
: Reports of damage poured in at
a rate of SO calls an hour to the
Fire Alarm Office.
The u. S. Weather Bureau re-
ported approximately five inches
of snowfall.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-10
LOCAL ROUNDUP
Ryan bars public in hot
session Of rent board

~ HICAGO's Rent Advisory
" Board, headed by Governor
Green's buddy-boy;, real estate
broker, John Joseph Ryan, decid-
erly roes not win friends and in
fluence people.
= AT its last meeting on Tuesday
open only to the press-at 226
w. Jackson blvd, the board sue
cceded in accomplishing the fol-
lowing:
cit placed needless money
worries at Gov. Green's door.
cit antagonized the press.
. 1t insulted one of its own
members, CIO regional dirertor
Michael Mann.
Newspaper reporters, admitted
to the meeting only after eau
tious secretary had scrutinized
their press cards, sat open
mouthed as the board conducted
its business in its inimitable and
undemOcratlc fashion.
Only direct action taken by the
board was passage of a motion in
troduced by Leo Hogan, of Hogan
& Farwen real estate brokers, to
send Ryan to Gov. Green for funds
with which to make an ''impar-
tial' survey of Chicago's rent sit
uation.
In no other city, according to a
spokesman of the Office Of Rent
Control, has a rent advisory board
required financing for surveys.
Michael Mann attempted once
more to get the boards consent
to open its meetings to the pub
lie. Every public committee"
Mann said, Should at least give
an opportunity to the public to
be heard"
Mann read a communication he
had received. from National Hous-
ing Expeditor Tighe E. Woods, in
which Woods stated he was deep
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-10
Last drink

One drink too many resulted in
the death his week of Daniel
Toloczko, II, of 2706 w. 18th st.
Toloczko shared pint Of whis-
key with two young friends, Will
liam Franklin Jr., 10, of 1928 w
21st ST., and Raymond Dzwonko-
ski, 20, of 2157 w. 21st stand
when Dzwonkoski had had too
much he shot his friend.
In his cell at County Jail,
Dzwonkoski said he remembered
"the gun going off but nothing
afterward."
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-10
Itchy?

Coroner A. L. Brodie this week
was attempting to d e t e m n e
whether bullet-punctured skull
found in Thatcher Woods is that
of the missing Edward Qtchy)
Rosenberg, 40, gambler and for
mer political power.
Missing since he disappeared
from his room at the Morrison
Hotel on July 2, Rosenberg is the
younger brother of the late Moe
and Mike Rosenberg, who ruled
the oath ward.