The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-05-05
WEEKEND VIEWPOINTS
BY J. w. H.


By LW.H
1t is difficult the temptation to paraphrase tn
writings Of the Apostle Paul in reporting
$3.50 kennewick Chamber of Commerce letter writing
test The contest contestants the privilege of developing
the theory that Kennewick become the shopping
Of the TCy if does things left fo
the point what those certain things
so paraphrasing Paul. might say "Although speak will
the tongues Of and of angels and have courtesy
am nothing Courtesy apparently uppermost in til.
minds OF the contestants and 81 cent Of those writing
stressed the need Of courtesy scheme of making
city shopping center. This course means that large
percentage Of the people Of this who trade
that courtesy is very important quality in human rela-
Paul did not the word courtesy He spoke of
charity hope faith but he stressed the Importance of people
dealing kindly with another Courtesy begets smiles
smiles the real show windows of the Some people
do not smile easily although they feel kindly towards
their fellow any. Most people smile whenever
they feel that is good for them to do Now here the
proof that it is good to smile Nneone the letter
writer's means that great many of the general Of
people feel the same way about it,
Eghtseven per cent of the letter writer's the
Of Commerce contest emphasized the need public lounge
for ladies' Eghtyfour cent want traffic lights SO
per cent better store fronts So per cleaner
suggestions made by the letter writers prove that the
chants of Kennewick dealing with progressive and
tcular set of people here the Ty people
through the letters of these people who entered the contest
have their desires The patrons the architects
OF the progress Of community The business people are the
ones on whom execution of the blueprnts falls
Manager Ross Frank of the Chamber of Commerce an
nouncng radio station KWIE panel discussion on whether
we want Columbia Valley authority to handle the develop
OF people learning about the eva question More dis
csson OF the important question certainly should be heard
by everybody in the northwest and in the whole United
States But discussion should be attempt to set
forth the best arguments both sides of the question So
tar we have had too much misleading propaganda
few important facts. ~
One Of the battling facts that greet people who come to
this area for the first time that they to travel
almost to Yakima IS miles out Of their way to pei 10
Vancouver Wash, Portland. A. fight for north bank
highway leading directly from Kennewck west along the
Columbia river to Vancouver has been going on for years
week meeting held at White Salmon attended
oy great many people from many communities, which
means that Kennewck is only of many communities
Interested in seeing that this road Improvement made
Here in Kennewck and Pasco inclined to think Of
prosperity terms Of what goes Hanord Works and in
Hlchland The word is out that there will construction
work again, and that always many work
at good wages And that buying power And that
should mean that Kennewck and Pasco should do their
best for Rchland and Hanord Works Let the
find fault Let help Richand and Hanford along all we
can Let the politicians hold all the hearings stage
the investigations they WISH and if they anything out
OF ORDER let it be fixed But let the TCity area
act as neghbors And just to give you Of little
thousand dollar pump Rchland affects you taxpayer
bear in mind that forty billion dollars the annual
national budget for present defense and ERP expend
lures and for past The been wasted
Richand any has been wasted is fly spec compared
the moon.
Day by day in many the anyways of the are
coming to recognize the of Pasco Kennewick and
Rchland important point the travel that carries
human beings and packages above the ground
Inland Anyways recent progressive developments are mar
velous After ALL have threecy community here of
some 6o thousand people, which makes important point
for any kind of transportation system any significance
the northwest. II