The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-01-15
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dict peoples tastes IN 1000, Ia
shions or females. It is even more
difficult to predict what members
of the Middle Columbia Groaners
Amalgamated association will dig
up to complain about. We thought
they had run the complete gamut
from the post office doors to- the
city water supply and. back to
stray dogs-not to mention ped
estrians and auto traffic. But this
week they came up with one that
is so ridiculous we even hate to
mention it. We were all set to hear
a violent diatribe on the matter
of removing trees on KenneWick
Avenue and instead they wasted
practically whole evening doing
nothing but complaining about
typographical errors in the KCR!
Imagine! We almost wish we had
stayed home. =
TYKEs L g..
Hal Clark once wrote humorous
essay in the KCR about some little
gremlins which he dubbed "Type
Tykes." These little characters are
supposed to do about the same
thing to printed page that their
more famous cousins, the Grem-
Inns, did to war planes. But we can
say one thing for these so-called
Type TykeS-they were very gem
erous last week and they played
no favorites. They piled their ac-
tivities in ads, news and classified.
They affected copy writer's, print
erS and proof-readers. The boss is
fumigating this week in desper-
ate effort to chase the, little imps
into hiding. But we bet they will
be back! rg4 #a,- a
NEW BUSINESS
We just threw that paragraph
head in for "Auld Lang Syne".
Remember when we used to report
the new businesses of the area in
this column? Then it got to be such
big job that it was moved to more
respectable columns of the KCR.
But the score isn't any better there.
For every one reported there are
still two more that pop up and get
underway before the reporting
staff knows anything about it.
Talk about chain reaction those
atom bomb builders can't hardly
keep up with Kennewick's growth
and we might add, vice versa.
OLD BUSINESS f
An old business that is under
going a lot of renovating these
days is Visger Drug. New sign,
new cosmetic bar, new lines OF
merchandise. Well tell you more
about it later. But we can't resist
the temptation to steal one little
note in the Visger history. At one
time Frank, Senior managed a
chain drug store in Anchorage,
Alaska. The company insisted on
him running one-cent sales. Frank
refused. Alaskans don't even
know what penny is.
PENNY-WoRTH H.
That reminds us of our youth |
back on the Saskatchewan s(of
course we can spell it-and we
know the first verse of O Canada,
tool prairies. Canada at that time
produced a rsonstrosity which was
supposed to represent a present
DAY penny's worth of copper. It,
was as big as our present day
quarter and would purchase al
most as MUCH: In fact the only !
place we could find 10 spend
penny was iii little bake shop
which was operated by a kindly
OLD gentleman whom we remem-
oered as appearing to be q ben.
evolent character who looked like
A!exander Woolcott. There we
eouio exchange our raonstrous PEN
ny 1or a gummy gumdrop. We
cont nave the faintest idea Of
wat he did with those pennies.
Ihey weren't considered legal ten
Ger IN the boom day of the Cana
dian prairies.
STORY OF THE WEEK
Last weeks story about the atom
nomo gives rise to sequel:
Did you know that this atomic
development is not entirely new?"
NO. Tell me when it started"
wen, the first Adam-splitting
resuIted IN Eve. And look what a
mess that got us into"