The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-01-01

Sacramento, because 1t ism
crowded, and the snow doesn'
get so deep as some places"
What l think of Kennewick;
wrote another nine year old girl
when l was in the first grade
was awful sick and a Doctor sale
1 would have to 60 to dry, ho
climate like Arizona. But l GO
| well and didn't have to 60. So
think Kennewick is a healthy
olace to live and you can raise
! lots of fruit and vegetables here
and that's another reason why
: like Kennewick. My Daddy came
| to Kennewick in 1908 so it mus
! be a good place to live or hi
+, wouldn't have stayed here for IS
| years." ---s.~s
Concluding her letter, an eight
year old young lady post-scripteo
"Thank you for letting me ans.
Wer the question" g..
In brief, the young contestants
rounded up more good reasons
for liking to live in Kennewick
ran tie average citizen will think
Of in any given time.
And in brief, in the opinion OF
the judges, they failed to stress
enoual the greatest asset of the
community: Boys and Girls, who
write letters like these in answer
20 contest questions like this one
Following are the winning COM
positions:
sIRST PRIZE
By Frances Evelyn Dunlap
Dear Mr.. Clifford:
I've written composition for
school. But I'm sure 1t wasn't as
lard to write as this is going to be,
but its a subject I love to write
about, but doubt if / can find
enough words, ito tell what
think about Kennewick.
I am fourteen and in the sew
enth grade. SO guess I'll start with
he scaocls. We have some of the
incest schools in the state. 2
grade, and Junior and Senior
High school, with the Washington
Street school in use for the over
flow, the schools are crowded on
account of so many new familyS
coming to Kennewick, have nice
teact ers and % buses of the
most modern type, nice band.
I've enjoyed going to the foot
ball. and basket ball games.
We have some of the most mod
- u beautiful homes, and
modern stores, and business
o.ses. the. town looks beautiful
in the summer and fall. with
many beautiful flowers and
shr1bbery, and vegetable gardens.
v-t csn raise most anything in
this climate. And fruit, which
starts with Strawberrys, Cherlys,
Teaches, Plumbs, Prunes, Pears,
nd reveral kinds of Apples, of
which many carloads are sent all
over the nation every year. As
,ragps and many other crops too.
Also many carloads of canned
goods are sent. We have two large
.arneries, and one custom can
nery. which gives several humid
red people employment each year
Our grapes and grape juice are
known all over the world
Churches Grape Juice plant puts
out undreds and hundreds OF
bottles of grape juice every year
from its many vineyards. The
Vineyards are beautiful sight to
&c, when they are all green and
.-eavily laden with big luscious
grapes that is famed for its nat
f1oVyovs Sn1, r3OASvo,f
&c s:av ao=.cd sugar in making
h Cra,>e Juice, and in the fall
we ave the big annual Grape
Festival, which is heard about all
i. TIE United States, on ac-
- nice entertainment
we have. Last year with Spike
] Jones band, and Jack Teagarden:
orchestra; and this year with
Truth or Consequences, and Bud.
c;y Rich and his orchestra, anC
c q Gems for the Festival, the
"a Iful floats in the long parade
.>e any Of the Larger
a. Sc ~, and take notice.
80 always entertainment
tie year around. Two nice thea.
eSs. with first run pictures, The
one of the most modern
] theaters in the West, and the
Roxy. -E
! TIE softball and hardball game:
! tuD..c -t'i
st little donation from you, il
you wanted to give. Games start.
e-rly summer and every
ar ost for two or three
! months. Under big flood lights
with a loud speaker to keep you
formed about the scores. Games
Ut On by the Active Club, with
uiou anu other clubs
c v. :. he teams ~
n winter the foot ball, and
ssetbail games, besides dancing
tie Highland Club, Playland
.yho has had many famous orcnes-
tras from Hollywood, play at the
aance. ~ x. -,
III tie Recreation Hall in the
.;o,,s ns Project for teen ayers, al
O boxing classes and bouts put
ON in the Recreation Hall, besides
,,,her kinds of amusements, such
as ping pong and other kinds OF
Games for the teen age groups.