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Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1949-12-31

All units of the United Prot.
estant church in Richland will
join in the observance Of the
World Week in Prayer, Jan. 1-8.
For the early evening hours
Of Dec. 81, each church will
hold family fellowship meet
ing. At II p. m. a watch night
communion service will be held
at the Central United Protest.
ant church, with all the United
Protestant ministers participat.
ing. All members Of the five
congregations are invited to- at
tend. XIX ......-
The first day of the new year
will be used as a vigil Of pray
er, with individuals, organiza.
lions, and families assigned de-
finite prayer periods for the en-
tire twenty-four hours.
During the World Week of
Prayer, there will be cottage
type prayer services at 7:3O p.
m. daily. On Jan. 2, the Rev.
Morris will lead the meeting
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1949-12-31
outIives II Cars

SPEARVILLE, Kan; - (UP) -
Clarence Hoffman has retired as
a rural mail carrier. In 36 years
he used II cars on sos, 800 miles
of country route driving.
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1949-12-31
Horse Heaven
Man Searches

HORSE HEAVEN, Dec. 30
Frank Green, who was in the
Walla Walla aera last week as
sisting in the search for a lost
hunter, came home during the
week end.
Mrs. Hans Smith of Prosser was
an overnight visitor recently at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Guy Travis and family. g.
Tom Speck who is spending the
winter at Kent helping his father
in construction work. was bust.
ness, visitor here and was a guest
of the Louis Tyacke family.
According to reports a part of
of stolen goods from the Henry
Clotius home have beer recovered
and the thieves apprehended.
Just before the holidays the home
was entered and a collection of
guns, jewelry and fur coat tax.
en-. The robbery was done by
three Benton City youths, it is
said.
The Community club is holding
a New Years Eve dance this Sat-
urday evening and a large crowd
is expected. There was a business
meeting of the Community club
Friday afternoon. -.-,.. +
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1949-12-31
Meeting Dotes Changed
For Burbank GRANGE

BURBANK, Dec. 80 - Lloyd
Brown has been in the hospital
in Pasco for several days. He
had an operation. H..
James Morgan is home for
a few days. He will 60 back
to Seattle some time this week
tor further treatments on his
leg. II. r.. 49,
Leona Washburn is home for
the holidays, Leona is going to
business college at Tacoma.
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Elshire
and children and Jack spent
Christmas here with their folks.
Robert Erdman is spending the
holidays with his parents. He is
going to school at Pullman.
MEETING NIGHTS CHANGED .
Harold Bayer, the patron of
Juvenile Grange, is going to
change the meetings from the
first and second Fridays to the
first and fourth Mondays so it
will not interfere with school
activities.
Mr.. AID Mrs. George FRY Of
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BY zELMA STAHLHUr

SUNNYSIDE, Dec. 2-Celebrat.
ing their 18th wedding anniver-
sary Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Kin.
ney will hold open house on New
Years Day. Twenty couples have
been invited.
Drifting back home this week
to begin the new year are Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Erickson who
spent the holidays in Everett;
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mathew
will return from Bremerton; Mr..
and Mrs. Richard Jacobson are
returning from Prescott; the
George Hubert family are home
from Omak; the Lawrence Per.
kins family have returned from
Cheney; the Ed Galeys from
Kennewick, and MIR. and Mrs.
jerry Post and Mr.. and Mrs.
Claud Walters have returned
from visiting relatives in and
near Yakima.
oREGoNIANS VISIT
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Johnson
and family of Princeville, Ore,
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1949-12-31
WoIIuIon
Holidays
On Coast

WALLULA, Dec. 80 - Mrs.
Lilas Halsey left Saturday night
to spend Christmas with her son
and daughter in Seattle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Mobley
of Walla Walla were here at the
Paul Macarthur home Christmas
The Christmas program held
at the Wallula Community
church Sunday morning was well
attended.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Cover
of heney were Saturday visitors
at the Barney Cow home.
Geo. Adams, who has been
visiting his daughter, Mrs. Geo.
Baholus, returned to his home
at Nyssa, Ore
VISIT WITH YOUNG
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Stobb of
Snohomish were here for the
holidays at the w. B. Young
home.
Floyd Wright Jr., who is sta.
toned at San Francisco, is home
on leave.
Mrs. Mary Webb and children,
Janice and Layton of Ordnance,
were Sunday visitors at the Vir.
gil Layton home.
Kenneth Bellies is home from
WSC for the holidays.
Holiday visitors at the Leo
Maugan home were Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Maugan, who are at.
tending school at Corvallis, Ore.
Mary Francis Maugain, who is
nurse in the infirmery of the
college there. Margaret Mangan,
who has just passed her federal
examination as nurse in Seattle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Mangan &C
complained them all to Walla
Walla where they ate Christmas
dinner at the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. John Mangan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rollin McSher.
ry and granddaughter Patty Moss
of Touchet were dinner guests at
the Gillie Moss home.
Mr.. and Mrs. C.. S. Lansing
returned from California where
they looked for a new location.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Edwards of
Rice, Wash. were in Wallula on
Sunday.
VISIT MOTHER
Mrs. Bob Ostrander and dau-
ghter Mrs. Don Moss and child
rem visited Mrs. Ostranders mo-
ther Mrs. Williams in Kennewick
Christmas day.
Guests Sunday at the Earl
Leitzman home were Mr.. and
Mrs. Cleon Campbell and daugh.
tiers Of Burbank, Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond Keith and children of
Touchet and Geo. Warner of
Three Mile.
Petra Athos, who Is working
in Spokane is home for Christ
mas. Mrs. Athos Fanny and Petra
drove to Waitsburg to spend Sun
day at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jack Cyr.
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Open House ToFefe
Pair S Anniversary

are house guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fern Grain this week. Mrs. Grain
and Mrs. Johnson visited in
Portland from Monday till Wed.
nesday.
Miss Nita Church will return
to Tacoma, Sunday to resume
her studies at the College of
Puget Sound. She has been
spending the holidays with her
mother, Mrs Elva Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gail Howard
have issued invitations for an
"open house" on New Years
Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Ziemantz
motored to Spokane Thursday.
Returning home the last of the
week are Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Hickenbottom and baby, who
have been spending the foli.
days in Edmond with her moth
er, Mrs. Hansen.
cALIFoRN1ANS VISIT
House guests at the Ted Van.
der Nicer home this week are Mr..
and Mrs. Jack Hill of MERGED,
Calf, Mr.. and Mrs. Delmar Hill
and daughter, Dianne, of Virden,
Manitoba: Norman Dorpat of
Spokane will also be a guest
over the weekend.
Mrs. Ross P. Haney and son
Ted motored to Spokane Thurs
day.
Wyatt Soldering and Don Bond
will be overnight guests of Lee
Long in Kennewick Saturday
night for a watch party.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Pierce
madeline Carly1e) and two
children arrived Monday from
Anchorage, Alaska, to spend the
holidays with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Otis Carlyle, and broth.
ers, Jack and Gene Carlyle.
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1949-12-31
Finley Area Families
Have Many Visitors.

FINLEY, Dec. 80 - Mrs. Nor.
man Hansen and sons, Denny
and Kenny, who spent the past
week visiting with her mother,
Mrs. Irene Hughes, returned to
their home in Southwick, Idaho,
Monday.
George Derting, who is at
tending school in Spangle, came
home Wednesday to spend the
Christmas holidays with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Derting.
Mrs. Grant Plant is patient
at Our Lady of Lourdes hospital
in Pasco.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Brown,
who spent a week visiting re.
latives in Seattle, returned home
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frances Bennett
and daughter are here to spend
the holidays with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bennett, and
her parents, the Rev. and Mrs
Pierce Roberts. 1. ss1 i. 4, ]. Il,
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Day of
Kennewick were Sunday din.
ner guests of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. David Morton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Brock
were dinner guests of their son.
in-law and daugher, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Smith of Kennewick.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Hum
mel sold their place. here to Mr.
and Mrs. Elgin McClain.
Holiday guests of Mr.. and Mrs
M. G. Ball were their n-in-lav
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Beryl Ash and children of Sc
attic and Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth
Atkinson Of Portland. /.
Christmas dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. B. L. Slocumb were
their son and daughter in law
Mr.. and Mrs. Byard. Slocumb of
Prosser, and Mr.. and Mrs. w. ].
Sturm of Kennewick. ~', .,-~
Mrs. Irene Hughes and sons,
Gordon and Bobby, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jack Young and children Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Ely and children,
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Hansen
and children. and Mr.. and Mrs,
Walter Hughes and children
were Christmas dinner guests Of
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sunny'side
Woman .
Is Injured
By ELMA. STAHLHUT

SUNNYSIDE, Dec. 30 - Mrs
Winnifred Jackson was treated
for confusion and laceration OF
her left eye at the Valley Me.
mortal hospital here Christmas
eve when she was injured in a
car collision. Her daughter, Bon.
ME 10, who was with her, was
treated for confusion and abra.
sion to her left forearm. Both
were released from the hospital
the same day.
Miss Lois Jensen was treated
for an injury to her right knee
when she fell at her home
Christmas eve. .
SUFFERS INJURIES
Miss Cleora Clark and Bill
benson were treated in the Sun
nyside hospital for minor inju.
ries received in a car accident on
the road between Wapato and
Toppenish late Wednesday
night. Miss Clark received cuts
on her right hand and Commissions
on her left. forehead. benson re-
ceived cuts on the back of his
head and right index finger.
Both were treated and released.
Robin Greenhalgh, 6-year.old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. John Green
ha1gh, was treated for a lacera.
ton over his left knee when he
fell on a nail Christmas day.
Miss Hilda Stelter of Outlook
suffered fractured right foot
and ankle when her car brakes
failed to hold and her car ran
into a deep irrigation ditch on
the highway and Schutt road
Christmas eve. Her mother, Mrs.
w. M. Stelter was with her.
MANY BABIES BORN
Births recorded at the Valley
Memorial hospital in Sunnyside
the past week are: Mr.. and Mrs.
Barrett Croxon of Mabton, girl,
W.T.. 4 pounds, 1914 ounces, Dec.
%; to Mr.. and Mrs. Frank H.
Farr, boy, z pounds, 1917 ounces,
Dec. 3d.. Mr.. and Mrs. M. Clark,
girl, z pounds, 8 ounces, Dec. "a;
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bieber, girl,
z pounds, 8 ounces, Dec. IS; Mr..
and Mrs. Owen Francis De Baer,
boy, 8 pounds, Dec. 26; Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Samuel Jr.l Keck,
Mabton, girl, z pounds, 10 ounc.
es, Dec. 26; Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin
England, girl, z pounds, S ounc.
es, Dec. %; Mr.. and Mrs. Willard
Ingraham, Prosser, girl, 5 pounds,
IL ounces, Dec. %.
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Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Neil in Ken.
newick.
RELATIVES VISIT
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Myers
and daughter, Marilyn, of Van
couver are holiday visitors at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Piert.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Shaw are
moving to their new home near
Finley which they recently pur-
chased from Mr.. and Mrs. Mes
sengale.
Corporal Jack Hughes arrived
here from the Aleutian Islands
Saturday to spend Christmas
with his parents, Mr.. andsMrs. R.
Hughes. He is leaving for Nc
Cord field Jan. 3.
Christmas guests of Rev. and
Mrs. Pierce Roberts were their
son and daughter in law, Mr..
and Mrs. Lewis Roberts and
children of Umatilla and their
son-in-laW and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. Frances Bennett and
daughter of Bellingham.
Claud and Bently Warden OF
Touchet were Christmas visitors
at the home of their brother in.
law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs.
Grant Plant.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Hughes In
tertained friends at a buffet sup.
per Monday evening.
The Finley Brotherhood will
meet Sunday evening, 7:3O at
the church. Officers will be elec-
ted and refreshments served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Kerr were
Christmas dinner guests of their
son -in-law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. Roy Nelson.
Dinner guests on Christmas
day of Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Adams
were Mrs. Mary Bowers and his
brother, Herbert Adams.
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1949-12-31
Tuner Tuned Up

GREENVILLE, sc. (UP)-Re-
corder James M. Richardson lev
led a S30-or-30- days fine on a
piano tuner who said he drank
shellac thinner to tune up his
nerves."
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1949-12-31
All u. P. Churches
Plan Observance
ucinq the New Yea,

at North Richland. Jan. 3, the
Rev. Sabin will lead at the Cen.
trail United Protestant church.
Jan. 4, the Rev. Muench at the
West Side church. Jan. 5, the
Rev. Smith at the North West
church. And Jan. 6, the Rev.
Bell and Rev. Hamlin at the
South Side church. The meetings
are open to all members and
friends. >..-.-
On Jan. s, there will be an
unannounced pulpit exchange a.
mong all the United Protestant
ministers. All will use the same
sermon: Goods Trumpet Call to
America" based on II Chronicles
ia IF my people, which are
called by my name, shall hum
BILE themselves and pray, and
seek my face, and turn from
their wicked ways; then will l
hear from heaven, and will for:
give their sin, and will heal
their land"
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1949-12-31

Wa1lula spent Christmas at Mrs.
Fry's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Hood. "
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Watts,
Mr.. Albertson, Mr.. and Mrs. Nell
Hendrickson and family were
dinner guests at the Emmit
Watts home in Pasco.
Mrs. Rubin Brost came home
Monday from the hospital. They
have a son born Dec. 49,.
Mrs. Soggins of Pomeroy spent
couple of weeks visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Bennit Richmond,
returning home Monday.
VISITS DAUGHTER
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Jensen of Craig
mont, ID, spent a few days with
their daughter, Mrs. Joe Blanc.
They were all Christmas guests
at the Blancs, ST., of Walla Wal.
la.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Cyr spent
Christmas with their son and
family at Waitsburg. ~.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Andrews
aid boys spent Christmas at
Meridian, Idaho. o.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Hovrigan are
spending the holidays in Seat.
tie with their daughter and fam
lily. -.
Beverly Elshire of Ephrata Is
spending Christmas week with
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs
Romm and Mrs. Laura Elshire.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Warfield
and daughter of Walla Walla
and Mr.. and Mrs. Bennit Rich
mond and daughter were din
ner guests at the Ralph Rich.
mond home Christmas.
Louis and Clarence Post of
Payette, Idaho, spent several
days with their neice, Mrs. Har-
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Investigate this today
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1949-12-31

old Bayer. -. - =
Shirley Romm is spending q
few days with her sister, Mrs.
Lyle Pierce of Pasco. ss.,
Mr.. and Mrs. Washburn and
family spent Christmas with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
Terral on the Highlands. Dickie
and Ray stayed for a few days
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Blanc left
Thursday to spend New Years al
Craigmont, Idaho, with Mrs.
Blanc's parents.
Ruth Lerral is spending this
week with her cousin, Carol
WaShburn.
The two small Zahn children
have the cflickenpox.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Lerral
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Lerral and
children spent Thursday at the
Washburn home.
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1949-12-31
RUPTURED?

Why do people expect to buy a stock
truss to accurately fit and hold their her
MA when every case Is so different? Jus,
ted-so should people have a proper sup.
port designed and personally fitted.
Each SYKES ORTHOTONIC BRACE Is
personally designed to fit around the waist
above the hips so 1t can and should be
worn day and night. NO straps or clumsy
buckles or belts are necessary-yet the
Sykes Brace Is guaranteed In writing to
hold your hernia.
Investigate this today
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1949-12-31
Cupid Wrecks Budgets

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, - (UP)
- Marriage is raising havoc
with college budgets, according
|. to W.. K. Jordan, president of
Radcliffe College. He reported
that 40 per cent Of all girl stu
dents who withdrew before
graduation do so to get married.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-09-11
To Prevent Unwise Paroles

The District Parole Boards urgent re-
quest for the full-time services of a psy-
chiatrist is warranted as a protection to
the public. Too many mentally incompe-
tent prisoners have been turned loose by
parole authorities all over the country in
past years, due to lack of personnel quail
fed to detect sex and other alterations
Vicious crimes have resulted and parole
thereby has been subjected to bitter
criticism
In its annual report the District board
points out that its present hapl1azard
system does not provide the degree of
protection to which the public is entitled
Obvious mental disorders are, of course
noted and requests then are made for
psychiatric examination by Gallinger
Hospital experts. But months may elapse
before the examination takes place, be-
cause of the great burden of work on the
hospital. Many types of mental illness
are not readily detected by non-psychi-
artists. Hence, potentially dangerous
criminals may be released on parole.
It is unfair to blame parole officials in
such cases if they are deprived of the
staff necessary to check properly on the
mental fitness of applicants for parole.
The board has good reason to insist that
routine psychiatric examinations be given
all prospective PAROLES, as public safety
precaution. This reform might save lot
OF sorrow and suffering, if not lives, of
victims of PAROLES with twisted minds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-09-11
Letters to The Star

in the military suggesting that we scrap our
Army and Air Force and, as Mr.. Rogers i'm
plies. turn over on a 100 percent basis the
defense of the Nation to some aircraft car
riers.
The carrier. which Mr.. Rogers in his wis
dom says is only temporary sort of ship"
unquestionably was tremendous factor in
winning the Pacific war; Has Mr. Rogers
read the official reports OF the exploits of
the lonely Enterprise? Has he read what
the Japanese admirals had to say about the
battle Of Midway? Those gentlemen, and it
goes without saying that they should be
real authorities on the subject, reported that
not single high level bomber made so
much as one hit on any Japanese ship dur
ing the entire battle.
The carrier may be temporary sort OF
ship" but of the $4,000 Japanese planes de-
stroyed during the war. some $4,000 were
destroyed by carrier-based aircraft.
JAMES E. HARPER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-09-11
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
According to radio broadcasts, Britain's
1949 dollar crisis has shocked the American
people. Therefore. maybe some of your
readers would be interested in hearing the
British case as it appears to an ordinary
Briton.
Early in this century Britain was pre-
eminent in world leadership. She was the
largest creditor country of the time. Her {
sterling was the international trading cur
rency, freely convertible into gold or the
money or goods of any other country.
Worldwide, that currency unit for decades
had enjoyed Al credit grading.
In 40 years the cream Of what was has
vanished Britain's Al credit standing In
the international money market is no more.
Today Britain is the greatest debtor country
ever, despite generous gifts from the United
States Government, and she has lost the
best part of what three centuries Of British
national endeavour built up.
On dollar trading account the pre-1940
deficit was about SIS head of Britain's
population Post-World War II, when she
comes onto the verge of more normal COM
petitive trading this deficit approaches $50
head-and more recently, when American
buyers cease buying, possibly because they
have sufficient stocks or think prices too
high, the deficit runs at the rate of nearer
$50 U. S. head.
All those things do not just happen to a
country.
Is the United States responsible in any
degree for what has occurred in the field
of economics since World War I or since
World War II? If So is it because of some
thing done or Of something not done that
should have been done?
For the best part Of this century United
States business policy has been to build up
industrial productive capacity with view
to making the United States more or less
self-sufficient and to that end to export the
utmost whilst importing the least possible,
taking the difference in gold which then
was reasoned to be the only sound currency
as it had withstood the test of time through
which many civilizations and religions had
passed.
The two world wars assisted the United
States to realize this aim at the same time
putting the brake on opportunities for Euro
pean countries. Now for some years the
United States has been near enough self
sufficient. Her industrial productive capa-
city probably is greater than the rest Of the
world combined, and she has garnered in