The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-11-04


he was assigned to the produc-
ton planning department. In l945,
he rejoined Commercial Credit
Corporation as manager Of the
Walla Walla office, and came to
Kennewick in June Of 1916 to
! establish the Propane Gas and
Appliance company at the corner
Of Columbia Avenue and Fruit
land street, in which he is a part.
ner with his twin brother, Marvin
Kahl favors city ownership OF
the water system; full support Of
the city superintendent, proper
city coming and planning and the
establishment of a building code;
and general program of continu-
ing civic improvement.
So
COUNCILMAN SECOND WARD
THE Second Ward Is bounded
by the railroad tracks on the
North. and by Benton street on
the East - Ed
HERBERT B. OWENS, of 4l8
First Avenue, candidate for coun-
Gilman from the Second Ward,
WAS born August "a, 1913 in Gran
gerville, Idaho. He is married and
has two daughters, aged Is, and 4.
Kennewick has been his home
town since he was one year of
age, and he feels that he is thor
oughly familiar with its past and
present problems. He promises to
work for the orderly development
of this fast growing area, and to
try to interest more industrial de-
velopment.
ROBERT E. JONES Of q Mon
roe street, candidate for council
man from the Second Ward, was
born December 20, 1912 In Espy-
vile, Pennsylvania. He Is married
and has one daughter, age 2. He
holds ABB, MS, and Phd. degrees
and was formerly an assistant
professor at the University of
Maryland. During the war. he
served for three years on. the Ma
val Air ground school advisory
board at one air station, and was
head Of the Recognition Depart
ment at another air station. In
the closing weeks of the war, he
was assigned to aid in setting up
a subsection of ComAirPac in
Recognition to serve Halsey's
Third Fleet at Eniwetok in the
Marshall Islands. He holds the
rank of Senior Lieutenant in the
U. S. Naval Reserve, and at the
present time is head Of the Church
Grape Juice company research
department. He is director of
the Kennewick Chamber of Com
merce, and serves as program
chairman and second vice presi-
dent of the Kiwanis club. He is
co-chairman of the agricultural
committee of the Kennewick
chamber Of commerce. Jones Is q
member Of the Kennewick Epis-
copal church, and Is the author
Of scientific and general articles
that have been published in maya.
zines Of national distribution. He
is q member Of the Kennewicls
Inquiry club. Biographical sket-
ches Of him have been published
In American Men Of Science,"
who's Who in American Educa-
ton" and "Who knows = And
What" the latter Of which has
not yet been published.
Jones states his purpose and
platform as follows: 81 am 3oa
a vigorous and sincere city gov
eminent. One that Is above the
interest Of any single individual
or group Of individuals. am In.
terested In the development Of a
sewerage disposal system and dis
posal plant capable Of meeting
the needs Of Kennewick. I also
feel that the city badly needs a
unified water system with a pro-
per filtration plant. Further, I
feel there is great need for better
street lighting and that attempts
should be made to interest indust-
ries in choosing the city as q site
for future developments. In gene
raj, I feel that the city must meet
and solve its growth problems as
rapidly as possible, if it is to take
full advantage of the great poten-