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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-06-17
Building Starred
On irsi Avenue

Charles and Wallace Batemar
this week began construction o.
Ia new 271s by 100 concrete build.
ing on their property at the corn
er of Cascade street and Firs'
avenue.
Bateman's application for per-
mission to use the structure as 8
beer tavern was presented Tues
day night to the Kennewick city
council. Councilmen indicated
that the application would be
given city approval if found sat
isfactory by the state liquor
board.
An area between the building
and Cascade street will be re-
served for parking.
Work is going forward also to
raze the Kennewick Hotel, scene
of one Of Kennewick's most dis
astrous fire losses. No informa-
ton is available as to whether
or not the hotel is to be rebuilt.
The new building on First ave-
nue. will be constructed by Rec
Nc Reynolds, well known Kenne-
wick contractor.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-06-17
Avenue { Merchants Plan to Move
Back to Own Buildings in z Weeks

Richard Rector, member Of the
Kennewick city council and flood
control official, said part OF the
avenue c grade had washed out
along the bend leading to the
Pasco bridge and that this and
other parts Of the avenue would
have to be repaired before IL
can be used. Street and road
work probably will be done by
the city, the county, and the state
road department, he said.
Until Avenue C is ready for
use again, an traffic to and from
Pasco win be routed over the
new approach to the Columbia
river bridge ON Avenue B.
The Lightly constructed L
shaped building at Benton and
Front street temporarily housing
the Avenue c merchants, came
through the downpour OF rain
and blasts of wind Tuesday nirht
with mo damage" reported by
the merchants. The rain luckily
came from an almost straight
south direction and did not blow
in through the open fronts on
Benton and Front Streets.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-06-17
Action 10 Assure
Sewer Expansion

A proposal that system OF
revocable permits be set up by
Benton county officials to assure
that residents of home develop
ments adjoining the city will la
ter connect to city sewer lines
today drew the response from
Mayor ]. c. Pratt that the mu-
|nicipal government has no juris-
diction outside the corporate linz
its Of the city.
Granting that the growth OF
bordering residential areas at
fects both the present and future
development Of the city, the
Mayor declared that "the city Is
most certainly not going to run
a fifty inch sewer line, which is
required for adequate service,
into any non-city area until its
residents have acted to request
annexation to the city proper"
The proposal that action be
taken now by county officials to
anticipate the future require
Continued on Page %
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-06-17
Bans Lifted on
Pr. 81. Water

Restrictions on the use of PPS,
L water for domestic and irriga-
ton purposes Were lifted this
week by health and water comp
any officials.
Wilson Bow, chief sanitary en-
gineer for the state department
of health, authorized delivery OF
cards to water consumers read
ing: "The State Health Depart
ment has permitted the Pacific
Power and Light company to
state that the water in this dwell
ling is safe for drinking purposes.
Signed Oades Sloan Manager"
Sleep-short householders, who
have been irrigating their lawns
and shrubs between the hours of
10 pm. and z am. were also in
formed that they would be per-
mitted to sprinkle without re-
striction as to- hours.
DR.. Charles Tudor, health dis
trict director, cautioned, however,
that the removal of restrictions
en- the boiling Of water used for
drinking purposes applies only
to the well water supplied by the
PP&L, and that water supplied
by the Kennewick Irrigation Dis
trict has not yet been declared
safe for drinking without boiling.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-06-17

Registration Of an estimated
1000 flood-stricken families was
reported today by Mrs. Katherine
Saxsmith, regional director of the
American Red Cross, who is in
the S and ] Motor company build
ing at the corner Of Kennewick
avenue and Benton street.
Disaster relief activities for
Benton, Franklin, Walla Walla &.
Yakima counties will be admins
the Kennewick office, Mrs. Sax
smith.
She will be assisted by joseph
Mastroianni, Mrs. Ann CraRin.
and seven family case workers Of
the national Red Cross disaster
staff. The regional office admins
tration staff will supplemet the
work Of the local Red Cross chap
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-06-17
Survey Begins on
386 New Homes
South Of School

Nettleton. Baldwin. Ander.
SON Inc. Of Seattle announced
today that survey crews have
started the work Of plating
and laying out the sewers. wa
ter lines and streets that will
serve 3se homes In their So
acre Anderson Addition TO the
City Of Kennswiek.
The homes will be of the
two and three bedroom type.
and construction will begin as
soon as preliminary engineer
ing work is complete. said L.
e. Baldwin.
The 3e6 home housing de-
velopment Is an outsrowfh Of
the activities of the Mayors
committee for a thousand new
homes. active in the city dur
ing the last part Of ls47 and
early ls4e. Chairman Of the
committee was "A. c. Anon
former Ksnnswiek Mayor.
The new home development
is located just South of the
Kennewick school system.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-06-17
Kiwanis Names Jones
To Fill Vacancy

Bob Jones was named to fill
the vacancy as second vice pre-
sident by the board of directors
Of the Kennewick Kiwanis club
Monday nigth. The vacancy &C.
CURED following the resignation
of Hal Brutzman, first vice pre-
sident, when Ellis Dorothy was
elected to that position.
Gene Spaulding. was named
chairman Of the Inter Club COM
mittee, a position formerly held
by Brutzman.
NJ. p. Ross was approved for
membership. Recent new men,
bers were named to various COM
mittees.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-06-17
City Employees
Get Pay Raise

, Beginning July 1 Kennewick
City Street Department employ
ees will get a 10 cent an hour in
crease in pay. The raise was ap-
proved Tuesday evening by the
city council. .as assr
Employees receiving pay on q
monthly basis will also be given
consideration, councilmen indi-
Gated. The finance committee was
instructed to conduct a study Of
their present pay scales and pro-
spects Of increases. -
City patrolmen, fire fighters,
the city clerk, the treasurer and
other employees will be affected
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-06-17
Rights Given v 10
air Association

Subject to the approval of 9
stockholders meeting, the BOARD
of Directors of the Kennewick
Grape Festival association yes
terday approved a resolution re-
IinAuishings rights to a fair to the
recently formed Benton Fair as
ISOLATION.
The stockholders meeting will
be called soon by the secretary
and chairman. It is understood
that the festival group may con-
tinue in the capacity Of provid-
ing entertainment features in
connection with the district fair.
At yesterdays meeting the as
ISOLATION made no definite plans
but another meeting will be call
ed soon when entertainment for
the fall celebration will be dis
cussed.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-06-17
| Operation Saves Three
Year Old Fall Victim

Little Sally Ann, three year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Kess-
Ter Campbell, was brought home
Friday from the Sacred Heart
hospital in Spokane. The little
girl had been suffering from a
conclusion Of the brain caused
by striking her head when she
fell into a basement under con-
struction about two weeks ago.
She is now recovering rapidly af-
ter being operated on by a specia-
list.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-06-17
Ave. B Raised .....'
Above Water and
Opened 10 Travel

First cars rolled over the Ken
newick-Pasco bridge at $40 Sum
day afternoon after a crew of
nearly so men had worked fever
ishly for three and half days
to build causeway on Avenue
B and Gum street to the bridge.
Work started Thursday MORN
ing and the crew worked 16
hours day until the job was
completed. 1t was dramatic mo-
ment when the signal was given
Sunday afternoon to start the
traffic rolling. Hundreds of cars
We're waiting on each side of the
river. Traffic started with a state
patrol car in the lead, followed
by equipment and trucks used on
the job.
After this group had started
across the fill, passenger cars
fell into line.
The work was done under the
CONTINUED on Page 81
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authorizing the project.
While it appears evil
dent to project support
ers that it will be impos-
ible to secure appropria-
tions for the project in this ses-
sion of Congress, it is probable
that the Bureau may proceed with
some of the preliminary work.
Such action would materially
speed construction when fund
become available. Ea1 .
Harold Nelson, bureau engineer
will spend the day in Kenne
wick on June 30 when he will
confer with local project sup
iporters. He will be speaker at
the Kennewick Kiwanis club on
that day. ""
Backers of the project here are
elated with the action Of con-
gress in passing the authoriza-
ton bill through both houses
without opposition and securing
the presidents signature.
The project, supported for 80
years, urged in congress and
with the bureau, has never before
made SO much headway. 1t is ex-
pected that appropriations viii
be forthcoming early in the next
session of congress.
The new project, TO cost more
than ten million dollars, will ir-
rigate 10000 acres of excellent
land and in addition will pro-
duce $4,000 kilowatts of power.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-06-17
Ag Students See
Bigger Than Ever
Year Coming Up

Boys enrolled in Vocational Ag-
riculture and members of the Fu-
ture Farmers of America have
greater plans than ever toward
the production of livestock and
poultry to be exhibited later in
the various fairs and shows next
fall and also the Junior fat
stock shows and sales next
spring.
This spring at the Junior Live
stock show, held in early May in
Spokane, four boys exhibited
Hereford steers which were sold
on auction on the last day. These
boys were Truman Elliott, Vern-
on Granting, Wayne Smith and
Oscar Leeholm. Truman's steer
was purchased by Oscar Heller
of Seattle, Vernon's steer was
bought by Wades Auto Wrecking
Service Of Spokane. Local buyers
included Jones Market and Cold
Storage Lockers. who purchased
the steer raised by Wayne Smith,
and Michener's Store and Cold
Storage Lockers who purchased
the steer raised by Oscar Lee
holm.
There will not only be an in
creased number of boys feeding
out steers for next springs shows,
but also several members will be
feeding hogs and a few will be
feeding lambs for the shows.
According to Victor Rogers,
Agricultural Instructor, larger
number still are producing breed
ing stock including dairy, swine
end poultry. There will be many
entries from these divisions of
livestock and poultry in the fairs
next fall.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-06-17

clable rise, said Richard
Rector, Kennewick flood
control office official, are
considered remote. Actu-
ally, he added, river fore
casters are now predicting con-
tinued slow fall of the water
stage.
The Avenue c roadway is en-
tirely free of water, blu tho de.
cisions have been reached as tc
a possible date for reopening the
thoroughfare to traffic.
It is considered a virtual Ger.
tainty, Rector said, that the en-.
tire Avenue c business distric,
will be thrown open to business
again on a prearranged date
Members of the Avenue c mer.
chants association have discus.
sions of possible reopening dates
underway, and their findings will
be reported to city officials as
soon as they are reached.
Mayor j. C.. Pratt and city
councilmen indicated at their
Tuesday evening council meeting
that they would approve any
date selected by the merchants Of
the area.
Work and cleanup permits are
still required to enter the To-
calities affected by the flood. Al
though owners are permitted ac-
cess to their premises during the
day, provided they do not have
to pass through water to reach
them. The entire area is cleared
Continued on Page 81
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-06-17
Undergoes 3rd Polio
Operation in 8 Years

Miss Valerie Mac Farland, Apt
SO, Parkview Homes, returned
home from Seattle, Saturday,
May %, after spending 8 weeks
in the Children's Ortoptdic hos
pital, where she received her
third operation in three years
Miss Mac Farland contracted
Polio 3 years ago and it affected
both of her legs. The first was
performed 3 years ago and the
second one year ago.
Valerie and her parents are
leaving for Seattle Thursday for
another medical check up.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-06-17
River Readings
Show Sunday as
High Water Day

The following readings taken at
Kennewick by Paul Richmond,
Kennewick Port District commits
sioner and city councilman, show
the high point Of the second flood
stage to have been reached on
Saturday.
On Saturday, the readings show
lowering trend that accelerate
as later recordings are added.
FLOOD STAGE READINGS NJ
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-06-17
Forecast Steady
Drop In Flood

The retreat Of Columbia river flood waters APP
peared late yesterday to have turned into rout and
owners Of business and residential premises were
hard at work on the rehabilitation of their proper
ties
Chances Of the river again showing any appre-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-06-17
Bureau Prepares
or Project Start

Bureau of Reclamation people in the Boise Of
flee are studying possibilities of proceeding with pre-
llminary work towards construction of the Kenne-
wick Highlands project, following the announcement
Monday that President Truman had signed the bill
Evening star., 1948-11-09
Speedy Seton Hall Relay Team
Likely Starter in Stars Meet

Seton Halls mile relay team, the
fastest quartet in intercollegiate re-
lay races last season, is likely start
er in the second annual Evening
Star games at the National Guard
Armory on January Is.
Although The Star games will be
held the same night as the Metro
politan AAU championships at Mad
ison Square Garden, Coach John A.
Gibson of the Seton Hall team al
ready has inquired as to the type
competition his relay team would
meet here.
The outstanding quartet of Reg
inald Marshall, Frank Fox, Phil
Palese and George Stafurik piled
up an amazing list of victories all
last season with marks which were
seldom even approached by the
opposition. Stafurik will be replaced
as he graduated.
Record Set by Seton Hall.
In the Milrose games. Seton Hall
beat Ohio State and Fordham in
1921. Again at the New York Ath-
letic Club championships the quar-
tet finished in front, defeating
Villanova and Georgetown in
3:21.2, the fastest mile relay time
of the season and a mark which
Seton Hall again made in the WeSi
Point meet when New York Unii
versity, Manhattan College and
Villanova finished behind the fly
ing quartet in that order. In the
Metropolitan AAU championships
Evening star., 1948-11-09
1oporcer Is Appointed
.Chisox Field Director
BY the Associated Press

CHICAGO, Nov. S.-George To-
porcer, 49-year-old veteran baseball
player, manager and scout, has
been appointed field director of the
Chicago White Sox.
Toporcer spent IA years with the
st. Louis Cardinals system and II
more with the Boston Red Sox net
work.
He was with the Rochester Red
Wings when they won three pen
nantS from 1928 through 1880 and
was voted the most valuable player
in tine International League in 1925
and 1880. In 1882 he succeeded
Billy Southworth as manager OF
Rochester and remained three years
before becoming presioent-mana-
Iger-player of the Rocky Mount
IN. c. club in the Piedmont League
He managed Little Rock of the
Southern Association in 1889 ano
Albany of the Eastern League in
1940-1.
In 1912 and 1943 Toporcer secuted
for the Red Sox and then was ap-
pointed farm director, a post he
held until the end of the 1948 sea-
son.
Toporcer succeeds Patsy O'Rourke
who was released in the White
Sox recent shakeup which saw Jack
Onslow replace Teddy Lyons as
manager and Frank Lane succeed
Leslie NJ. O'Connor as general man.
Lager.
Evening star., 1948-11-09

fisherman to figure the angles of
Virginia's multitudinous laws dur
ing the last few years.
In spite of the fact that the
Chesapeake Bay abounGs with rock
fish at this time, your scribe missed
the boat again Saturday. 1t was
just too rough in the bay proper,
although we tried it for a couple OF
hours. Bob Lusby took us out, and
we shot the chutes and bucked the
combers with nary touch. The
water was rolled by high winds and
full of floating grass and trash, so
it was almost impossible to keep
ones lure clean. Bob had caught
nine nice fish the day before, and
phoned us this a. m. that Sunday
was honey. He brought in 19
running up to six pounds. We're
going again this week with Bob
Nungesser, and hope to have the
dope on the lower Potomac when
we return.
When one is shorebound, as we
were most of last Saturday, a fel-
low still can have a lot of fun
visiting with boat captains tied ul
at the dock. We met a host of fine
fellows and swapped some mighty
tall yarns, interspersed with coffee
Evening star., 1948-11-09
By Angelina J. CorobeIIi

SPeCiot correspondent or Inc Sfdr
NEW YORK, Nov. 9.-The antici-
pated North-South battle for ma.
tional hunter nonors has failed to
develop as the National Horse Show
goes into the final day. There is
instead, heated nip-and-tuck con-
test between Mrs. E. Cooper Per-
sons Adventure from Llangoller
Farms, Upperville, Va, and DR.. and
Mrs. Alvin I. Kay's Portrnaker from
Bethesda, Md, while j. A. Hale's
Golden Hiel, the North's main con.
tender, is in third place.
Adventure with Is points is one
half point ahead of Portmaker. The
see-Saw battle has seen the two per.
formers change places each day. Tc
gain his margin, Adventure, ridden
by Ellie Wood Keith, was winner oi
the green or qualified hunters lin
tied to amateur riders. August A
Buschs Her Time from st. Louis
Mo-, bred and raised by Mr.. and
Mrs. George Plummer of Potomac
Md. was second. Mrs. Page Jen.
nlngS' 1cecapade from Pennington
Va. was third and Llangollen's
Safety Call was fourth.
Title Awarded Tonight.
Tonight's $4,000 hunter stake
carrying with it leg on the Alfred
B. Maclay Memorial Challenge
Trophy, and the hunter preliminary
in which Adventure and Portmakel
are entered, will decide the national
1948 champion.
Col. and Mrs. H. H. Pohl's Fitz.
rada, George Fitzpatrick Party
Miss, Morton w. Smiths FlamingC
and Request, Mr.. and Mrs. Gardner
Hallman's Gray Lark, Mr.. and Mrs
Fred j. Hughes, jr.'s, Black Caddy
and MIR. and Mrs. William H. Samp.
Evening star., 1948-11-09
Louis Shows Old Skill
In Boston Exhibition
Against Shkor
BY the A.soeietsd Pres,

BOSTON, Nov. "a comparative
handful of Boston boxing fans
5,515 to be exact-today were gloat-
ing over the fact that Heavyweight
Champion Joe Louis gave them
more action for a s375 top than
he often has done for $50.
The 34-year-old Brown Bomber,
now transforming himself in con-
dition to again defend his title
against the most logical opponent
available II the public wants me
to-" put on a sparkling four round
no-decision exhibition bout against
towering Johnny Shkor of Balti-
more last night at the arena.
Louis, who has given five other
such performances elsewhere re-
Gently. thrilled the spectators with
a vicious demonstration of his old
time slambang two-fisted punching.
The champion and Shkor swung
into action wearing mouthpieces,
pillowing 14-ounce gloves, but
without headguards. Only the huge
size of the gloves enabled Shkor
to go through the IL minutes of
fist swinging.
The crowd, which contributed
gate receipts of $10,73l, out of
which Louis took down $500 as
his fee, roared a mighty ovation
when he entered and left the ring.
Louis has another exhibition date
tonight in New Haven, Conn.,,
where he will tangle with Bernie
Reynolds, with both using the same
diversified gloves. The latter should
have ample reason to be happy
about that.
Evening star., 1948-11-09
By Ben McAIwee

Although only II pins shy of lead
ing the Major District League in
pinfall,. Toms Auto Service is In
last place with II wins and 16 losses
to trail the leading Arcade Pontiac
by six games.
Second-place Hutchison Furniture
which has knocked down the most
pins, 16,745 in q games, for an av-
erage of 618. is two games behind
Jack Blanks pace-setting entry
The Pontiacs with 6l0 average pei
game have 313 less pins than the
furniture men.
However, Toms Auto has com
pany in the Chevy Chase Ice Pal
ace team OF the Minor District loop
The Chevy Chasers, despite TOP
pinfall in the Junior circuit, are
running fourth, three games be-
hind leading Petworth, which has
some $50 fewer pins.
In seeking his third successive
Major District individual cham
pionship, Julie Singer of Winchester
Packard, with an even 1913 average
is only nine pins of the pace being
set by Moe Meade of Toms Auto
Evening star., 1948-11-09

Seton Hall defeated the powerful!
Pioneer Athletic Club, the Police
Sports Association and Fordham
running the mile in 3:21.9.
The one event lost by Seton Hal
was in the IC4A championships
Seton Hall made the fastest time
in the trials. but was disqualified
in the final when the man running
the first leg accidently elbowed an
other runner at the first turn. In
the very tight turns of Madison
Squares 11-lap banked track, spills
and elbowing are common and un-
avoidable.
Stars to Be Invited.
In addition to the relay team
Frank Fox and Phil Thigpen un-
doubtedly will be invited. Thigpen
is good miller and a top man in
the 1,000-yard event, which he has
usually entered in competition with
Reggie Pearman of N. Y. U.
Fox also is a distance man.
Tickets for the track meet are or
sale at the business counter in the
lobby of The Evening Star Buildinf
or orders accompanied by check.
may be sent to The Evening Stal
Games, Room 724, The Evening Stal
| Building. The prices are boxes, S:
and 81; balcony seats, So; genera
admissions, 50. Those familiar with
the Armory setup will realize the
need for prompt action in order tt
obtain seats near the finish line.
Evening star., 1948-11-09
Royals Test Caps
| With oNPIoyers
Here tomorrow

The Rochester Royals, one Of the
new teams in the Basket Ball Asso-
citation of America, test the Wash
ngton Capltols tomorrow night at
Uline Arena. The Caps will be
after their fourth straight victory.
The Royals, who come from the
National Basket Ball League, have
been a top-f1ight cage organiza-
ton for Is years. Last year they
were second in that loop to the
Minneapolis Lakers. They bring
an 11-man squad of mostly tall
players, including such as Arnold
Risen and Mike Novak, both 6 feet
9 inches, and Andy Duncan, 6-6,
and Bob Fitzgerald and Arne john
son, both 6-5.
League statistics for early games
show that Washington's Capt. Bob
Feerick is fourth among individual
scoring leaders with 48 points. Phila-
delphia's Joe Fulks is top man with
95 points, SO better than his
nearest pursuer teammate, Ed
Sadowski.
The leaders: