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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-09-16

} Emerald A. Silliman, Kenne.
wick business man, is the sub.
feet of this SKETCH
Mr.. Silliman, who represents
himself to be "the worlds worst
golf player" was born in Min
neapolis, MINI. He came to Pros
ser in 1905 and engaged in
wheat farming for ID years be.
fore moving to Kennewick in
1880 to accept a job with the
firm which he and his son Clint
now own.
He farmed in the Rattlespake
mountains district north OF Pros
Ser.
Mr.. Silliman married Miss Eel.
ma Case of Prosser in 1914 and
now they have four sons, two
- married. Kenneth, who gradual.
ed from high school here last
year, will attend Eastern College
of Washington in Ellensburg this
fall. Glenn is in the navy.
Mr.. Silliman started working
I'm the Farmers Exchange 19
wears ago. In 1884 he bought the
interest of c. c. Williams and
the interest of Alfred Anon -,
1o13. Just recently he enlarged
,he store part of the business
I'D has made other improve
i1crts.
lie attended business college
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-09-16
kenn''ewick
Estimates
Also Up

A tentative budget of 1927, 900
for the city of Kennewick, was
approved Tuesday night by the
city council. This budget marks
an increase over last years fig.
ure. - j.. -.
Largest amount of this budget,
which still has to, be ratified,
was for the street department.
The, amount requested was
$4,000. The ,city's expanding po-
lice department submitted a
figure OF $62,52O for the second
high. 90,
The budget. submitted by the
recreatio4 hents calls for
q total 30, which in
Guides t q ftime services of
a direct Ehe city,s recrea-
ton program: The park depart.
ment hal ntatively asked for
sig, 400. ~ ssr. He
Police, $62, $50; health, $1,000;
fire, S34, 300; street, $4,000; air.
port, $4,000; recreation, $11, 800;
park, $19,402; administrative,
$11, 1923; clerks office, $6,775;
treasurer's office, $3.50.
City attorney, $4,26O; police
Judge, $2,05O; city building,
$500; civil service, $40; plan.
ming commission, 81, 300; miscel.
laneoua 800; streets and al.
leys, s e0;t parking meters,
$8,40O; SEWER department, $685.
200.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-09-16
Pick Lions ! !.
To Conquer
Burlington

The KenneWick Lions tapered
off their training program last
night and today were scheduled
for skull drill in preparation for
the 1949 curtain raiser of the
football season.
They will host the Burlington
team Friday night at 8 pm. in
the first Of their nine scheduled
games. KenneWick is the first
Of the TffsC City teams to open at
home this year. Richland plays
at ienatchee tomorrow night
and Walla Walla comes tosPs ,co
Saturday night at B pm.
Last year the Lions bowed to
the Burlington eleven, but the
result is expected to be slightly
different this year with the pre-.
game odds favoring the Kenne.
wick team at 5 to 9.
It will be model.T meeting
model.T, both teams using the
T.formation. However, the Lions
under the tutelage Of Coach
George Karamatic use a modi-
fled version of the system with
the ball usually going to one of
the backs in. the cross-arm OF
the T. e x. S
Lion players have suffered a
minimum Of injuries and Kara:
matte said he would probably
vary the players on the offense
and defense. The defense line
will average about 200 pounds
while the offensive line will top
the scale in the ITS pound brack.
Fans will see several possible
all.Valley players tomorrow
night. Leading candidate is Bob
Pogo. Hips" Olsen. at halfback,
who is being touted for all.state
honors. The triple threat star
will rip off plenty of yardage if
he can get away is the feeling
of qualified observers. Jack Eads
at fullback, letterman halfback
Gene Reavis and Ralph Hull at
quarterback will complete the
starting backfield.
Other players that fans should
keep their eyes on are George
Black and Bob Pollock, right end
and left tackle respectively. Don
Beste is expected to stand out in
the guard position.
Karamatic has cut the team
and is now carrying 80 on the
varsity squad.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-09-16
Fire Cuts
kennewick
Drive In :.

Fire early Monday morning
Quilted Stones Drive Inn at $40
Columbia avenue, Kennewick.
Fire Chief Herb Malchow said
the blaze was started by a short
in electrical wires at the meter
box. The blaze started at 1:40
a. m, the chief added.
He estimated the damage at
$500. All the fixtures were
either destroyed or completely
ruined by the fire. he said. Most
of the stock of fish that was on
hand was saved, and rushed to
cold storage. However, most of
the balance of the stock was de.
stroyed. .
The fire also got into gas lines
that were in the building and
created an additional hazard to
the fire fighters.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-09-16
Smith Troy
Reverses
His0pinion

> Kennewick area hospital and
fire districts and the Mid Column
bia library, which serves rural
residents of Benton and Franklin
counties, had a new lease on
life this week.
Attorney General Smith Troy
has reversed an original opinion
that virtually would have pre-
vented the districts and the Ii.
brary from operating.
The new opinion, written Sep
TENDER 8 for Benton county Pro-
secutor Malloy Sensney, holds
that:
where a portion of a fire
protection district or an inter-
county rural library district is
annexed to city the tax levy
upon the annexed territory
should include levies for the
payment of pre-eXisting debt
service charges of the district
but should not include any levy
for current operations of the
district, and there is no viola.
ton of the constitution in tax.
ing the property in the annexed
territory at a different rate than
is levied on other property of
the district or of the CITY,"
This was interpreted to mean
that areas recently annexed to
Kennewick, but which were ru-
raj when the districts and the
library were voted, could only be
taxed to pay debts incurred by
those districts while the annex
ed areas still were rural.
And since Troy held the an
nexed areas could be taxed at
different rates than those for the
rural territories the three mills
available in ,Kennewick prob
ably would take care of this.
Troy's original opinion was
that the annexed areas still
must pay taxes to the district
and the library for operating ex-
penses.
Inc original opinion also nelu
that taxes must be uniform
throughout the areas served by
the districts and the library. This
meant that, since only three
mills would be available for the
hospital, fire district and library
in Kennewick. their requests
must be cut.
However, the new opinion was
that the levies for the annexed
areas need not be the same as
for the areas still remaining
outside the city.
Sensney said the opinion was
based on a state supreme court
decision, P.U.D. No. 1 VS.. Supe-
rior Court. He said the high
court held that where services
are different in different areas
the levy need not be the same, or
uniform. -: j.. t..~s..-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-09-16

who will lead in seminar dis,
cussion panels for all host pas.
tors and guest leaders.
The mission opens on Thurs
day morning with a session at
$50 a. m. in the First Methodist
church, Kennewick, where all
seminars will be conducted.
There will be morning, after
noon and evening sessions in
preparation for the visitation on
Sunday afternoon.
Local arrangements for the
mission are in charge of Rev.
Eugene Muench, general. chair.
man. Ministers of the cooperat.
ing churches met earlier In the
day in a special session to hear
reports and details of the plans
that have been made for this
about effort of obtaining vital
facts and figures regarding the
religious affiliation and back
ground of persons and families
in the entire area.
This is the first time q mission
of this type and extent has been
undertaken any place in Amefl-
ca. It is therefore more than any
usual or casual effort. Z.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-09-16
!a8
S. Churches Unitinq I !.
For RELIGIOUS Survey

- At a meeting Of the Mid.
Columbia Council of Churches
held at the First Christian
church, Kennewick, Tuesday
night, it was revealed that IS
churches have Joined their fore.
es together for a great bi.county
wide effort to conduct a reli.
gious survey on Sunday after.
noon, September Is.
The census is one phase of
the Fellowship Evangelism mis-.
sion conducted by the Mid.
Columbia Council of Churches,
with the cooperation of the
Washington Idaho State Coun.
Gil of Churches and the Federal
Council of Churches of Christ in
America, during the week OF
September % to %.
According to Miss Gertrude
APPEL, executive secretary of the
State Council of Churches, who
addressed the gathering, the
mission will bring to the Tri City
area 40 guest pastors and OBJ.
servers from all over the state
and from Oregon and California.
The director of the mission is the
Rev. DR.. Harry Kalas of Chicago
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-09-16
Bids For kennewick Hig h
School To Be Called Soon
Pick COMMITTEES
To Discuss
Phone Strike

APPOINTMENT of a four-man
committee to join in a round
table discussion with labor and
management regarding the Ken
newick telephone strike was
made Thursday noon by the
Kennewick Chamber of Com.
merce.
The committee was appointed
on the suggestion of Gene
Spaulding, president of the
chamber, after two representa-
tives of the striking union spoke
to the Chamber.
The representatives were John
Doran and ]. Rowe.
Doran told the chamber that
the basis of the dispute with the
Interstate Telephone Co. was
wages. He sale a union negotl-
ating committee has been meet
ing with management since last
May. An agreement reached by
the two and later ratified by the
union was rejected by manage
ment.
Rowe said the starting scale for
a new man in the company is
9219c an hour.
81 have been with the company
four years." he said. II earn a
S1.3O an hour as a combination
man. I have a wife and daughter
to support. That's hard to do here
on that salary"
The committee appointed by
the chamber will consist of c. A.
Nybourd, Hugh Horton, Glen
Sherman, and Frank Maupin.
The group will contact both sides
of the dispute and see if some
local. solution can be worked out.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-09-16
Building
Plans To
Go Ahead

Bids for construction OF new
S1,SO0,0O0 high school for Ken.
newick will be asked In ap.
proximately three weeks, E. S.
Black, superintendent of schools,
announced Thursday.
Black said the school districts
architect, Earl w. Morrison Of
Seattle, has informed him all de.
tails are nearly ready.
One third of the money for
the new S00- student high school
is on hand now, Black said. This
money represents 1858, 900 from
the Atomic Energy Commission,
$4,000 from the state and
$500, 900 from the school district.
Additional funds will be derived
from Acc, who have accepted
the entire problem and will in
clude specific funds for this
purpose in their 1851 budget
which will be up for approval
in July of next year.
BOND ISSUE PLANNED
A statewide bond issue which
will produce S52S,O00 will COM
plete the total amount of funds
needed. -
The new school, to be built
south of the present high school,
will relieve the congestion now
rampant throughout the. entire
Kennewick school system, the
superintendent. said.
Citing the figure of 5000 as the
present school population, Black
added that of this number 40
are i'm the senior high school and
lbs i'm the senior class. However,
he pointed out that today there
are $50 in the first grade of the
elementary schools.
s'This very definitely points
out that more school space Is
needed If we are to see TO it
that each child is given the
consideration that is needed to
give him a well rounded edu.
cation" the superintendent con.
cluded. @-.--.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-09-16

Kennewick's city council Tues
day night approved the issuance
of $15O,OOO worth of General OBJ
legation bonds as part of the
million dollar purchase of the
Kennewick Irrigation District
and Pacific Power & Light water
systems by the city.
The $S50,O0O balance to com.
plete the purchase will be avail.
able by the time the purchase is
completed, Urban Keolker, may
or of the city said Wednesday.
The balance is being financed
through a syndicate of bond
houses.
Dick Rector, city superinten.
dent, added that the purchase
would be as of Oct. 1. However,
the actuto exchange may not
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-09-16
Dokotons Pick
q. A. Otteson

Approximately 200 former re.
bidents Of the state of North
Dakota held their yearly picnic
In the KenneWick city park on
Sunday. Following the picnic,
o. A. Otteson was elected presi.
dent of the organization. =
Otteson said the next years
picnic will be held in Richland
on the first Sunday after Labor
Day.
! Other officers elected yester.
day were Art Peterson, Rich.
land, secretary; M. Shirado,
Richland, director; Milo Candee,
Pasco, director; Mrs. Jack Han.
sen, Kennewick, director; and
IA. u. Sand, Kennewick, director
and treasurer.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-09-16
kennewick CounciImen
OK: Wafer Bond Issue

take place for another six weeks,
the city official said. :,
Bids for the improvement and
additions to the systems will be
offered as soon as the final plans
are approved. The city officials
said they believed that work
would start this year.
The Benton county auditor has
certified to the total number OF
voters in the last general elec'
ton as, 2119. This. certificatlon
virtually assures the legality OF
the purchase which had been IN
doubt because of the low total
Of votes cast in the speciaf elec'
ton pertaining to the purchase:
His action means that a total OF
1860 ballots was required and
1886 were cast.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-09-16
Boy, Mother
Hurt Crash

Jimmy, 1s.months.old son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Dean Thompson of
Umatilla, was admitted to Our
Lady of Lourdes hospital Sunday
night with a broken leg.
His mother was treated for a
cut on the face. Details were
lacking but it was reported the
injuries occurred when the fam
lily car left the road near Ke.lne-
wick. -s.-.-.,..
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-09-16
INTRODUCING 49, ...,s-
KenneWicks Business
And:ProfessionoI People
TO THE COMMUNITY

in Seattle in 1907 and 1908. His
hobby is collecting bronze horses
and now has a collection Of 60
of the metal figures. Speaking of
going to college, Mr.. Silliman
says: my main school was the
school of hard knocks"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-09-16
WEEKEND
VIEWPOINTS
BY ] w. HANSON !.
Editor. The Courier. Reporter


blaae it in big headlines that a
housing shortage threatens,
most of its readers In the, Fri.
City area probably would rub
their eyes and read 1t again, ex.
pecting to catch themselves in
error But although we do not
use the big headlines, it is a
statement that can be made in
oil sincerity.
Il II doubtful that even q
depression could change the
1dpid trend towdTds a state
Of home scarcity. The TYi.citY
area con be compared with
Florida during the real o..
tote boom there. When the
erdsh Of 1926 come. real e..
tote developers awole one
morning to find they had q
lot Of construction on hand
with no occupants and NO pros.
poets. 4 few years lateT
there was q housing shortage
IN FIoStdo.
Real estate developers In Ken.
newick who have continued
their building operations, have
been building for the future.
Even II there is no expansion Of
Hanford Works and Of the area
Of irrigated land, present hous.
Ing will eventually fail to meet
the demands. With" expansion
Of the farmable area certain and
some Indications of industrial
expansion in the three cities, 1t
u a foregone conclusion that
present housing will prove in.
adequate within another two
years and maybe in less time.
- :.r
For many years, editors have
been emphasizing the drudgery
Of their work. They probably are
faced with more headlines than
any class Of workers in the world.
Details pile on their desks by
the hundreds and thousands.
Every day bring a new stack.
Believing that readers might
appreciate a glimpse Of what
goes over the desk, here Is a
closeup on a portion Of a week:
Dear JWH: Sorry ! couldn't
phone you due to the strike but
] found I had picked up my
glasses when I moved and I
found them, at home. I'm sorry
for any trouble. Thanks for
looking.-Agnes." 49,, I
Daddy: Chucky, Joe and I
are in town. Don't 60 home with.
out us.-EMTY."
"Note: Girl who. lives In the
Highlands wants aSjob working
after school"
"Here Is a legal from Moulton.
Powell & Cess. See that 1t Is run
three timestSept. 16, q, 60"
II would like an ad. I'm go.
ing down to the station to see
bout some express and will
Btop on the way back. What time
Mill you be in?" =
Daddy: I am In town at Eva's.
|house.3D Don't forget to- pick me
'up.-EMTY." p. S.: Don't forget
my school books"
"Please get in touch with Mrs.
Ii at other office"
"This legal runs in place Of;
the one Mr.. H. =. sent In by
mail"
/. Scrubbed on the back Of an
WAS in to see about
that matter I talked with you
about. Phone me as soon as you
come in" r.. - 7
Picking up the telephone
without thinking, Number
please" number Is given). us
This an emergency call?" An.
'Swering, II really don't know; |
was asked to call this number"
We are not handling any except
emergency calls"
Evening star., 1949-07-13

The finest imported and
domestic delicactes for
that party, special din
ner or any other testiOe
occasion and re-
markably reasonable in
price.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-23
Surprise Birthday
Party Honoring
Miss Trehern

Miss Gloria Trehern was hon
ored at a surprise party Sunday
at the home of her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Trehern. the event
being in celebration of her birth
day.
The handsome cake with gilt
tering candles which occupied the
center of the table was cut by
the honoree and served with
punch. Mrs. Trehern being as
sisted by her mother, Mrs. Anne
Morlet, and Misses Molly Stig-
let's and Priscilla Schank in serv-
ing it with punch.
The party then went to the Tip
Top inn for dancing. Others were
Misses Janet Walker, joyce
Krebs, Marion Freeman. Betty
10 Sheeler, Charline Beasley. Ann
Canty, Evelyn Wagner, and AL
fred Moore, Joe Mansfield, Fred
die O'Brien, funny Blackwell,
Benton Trehern, Bernard Fred
rich, Beto Massengale and Loran
Bosarge.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-23
Rev. Honnon Guest
AT League Meeting
OF Catholic School

The Rev. j. j. Harmon, former
assistant pastor of Our Lady of
Victories church, was guest
speaker at a meeting of the Cath
Ole School league in the high
school cafeteria Wednesday.
Father Harmon, who greatly
endeared himself to the parish
and pupils during his several
years here gave a talk on mat
tiers of interest in the schools.
The session was directed by the
president, Mrs. f. w. Virgins,
and was in the nature of a carry
over from the regular monthly
meeting the previous Wednesday.
At its close, the h~ostesses for
the afternoon, Mesdames c. G..
Johnson, J. w. Martin and T. b.
Gallaspy, Jr.. were assisted by a
group of girls from the high
school in serving refreshments. A
floral arrangement, the work of
Mrs. Martin. was featured.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-23
BY Alice colmer

Football is in the air-in fact,
it fairly vibrated with cheers
from the teams supporters when
the Moss Point Tigers came on
the field for their seasons opener
with McComb Friday evening.
Leading the cheers were Doris
Pugh, Lorraine Harper, Joyce
Stevenson, Dorothy Young and
Elaine Rhodes who added color
to the occasion with their fancy
r%outines and swirling skirts faced
with blue.
In the bleaehers were two for
mer drum majors, Miss Bobbie
Nell Germany from Perkinston
and Mrs. James A. Clark, the for
mer Ruth Elder, to see Polly Faye
Franklin leading the band. The
show at the half was a clever
skit called Touchdown Parade.
The IS piece band marched onto
the field TO form a football with
the eight twirlers, Ann Bond,
Laura NJ. Mays. Joyce Armistead,
Edna Khayat. Jackie Nelson, Vir-
ginia Mitchell, Barbara Suthoff
and Johnnie Mae Golf, forming
the lacings,. With appropriate mu-
steal scores the band went through
a pantomime of a football game,
assisted by the Junior high team
in uniform.
Everyone in town, practically,
went to the game and, of course,
Erma Shields and Doris Floyd
were there. They play the games
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-23
In Hospital

In Hospital
Mrs. Annie WEIGH entered the
county hospital Saturday and re-
manned for treatment. Her con-
dition is reported satisfactory.
Miss Charlotte Gibson and Mar
guerite Welborn spent Saturday
in Mobile. Miss June Watkins
spent the weekend at her home
in Hattiesburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Sim
mons, formerly of Pascagoula,
have moved into an apartment in
the Jackson home. Mrs. Sim
mons is librarian at the high
school.
Last week marked the depar-
ture for home of Mrs. w. H.. Hon
eycutt of Charlotte, N. c. and Mr..
and Mrs. E. r. Carson of Ports
mouth, Va. who had been visiting
the Carson's son-in-l9w and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs Brown
Snipes. While here the party
made a trip to Pensacola accom-
panied by Mrs. Snipes.
Mesdames D. B. Floyd and
Ralph Davis spent Monday after
noon in Mobile.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. c. Mcdonald
and children, Mickey and Janet.
of Lawrence, are guests Of her
mother, Mrs. j. J. Tyler, being
here for her birthday last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Parks and
daughter, Susan, joined the party
for a birthday dinner.
Mrs. W. K. Lassiter left We'd
nesday for Evergreen, Ala, where
her niece is i'll.
IL. h. Arnold OF WatseKa, ILL.,
guest for the past fortnight of his
niece, Mrs. Arthur Lassiter, and
Mr.. Lassiter, will leave for home
Sunday.
House Guests
Guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
BuZard are her mother. Mrs. Otto
Seward, Mrs. Ed Henson and Mrs.
Addie McWilliams who came
from Philadelphia for q visit.
Mrs. T. L. Delasmmet, Jr., and
son, Tommy, returned Sunday
from a visit in Bay Springs where
they had been guests of Mrs. De-
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-23
Elect 2 Officers
AT First Meeting of
South School P-TA

Mrs. B. F, Avis assumed her
duties as president of South
school P-TA at "A meeting in the
school auditorium Wednesday.
First business transacted was
the election of a vice president
and secretary to fill vacancies
caused by designations since the
elections in the spring. Mrs. r. J.
Bird was elected to succeed Mrs.
M. S. Peterson to the first office
and Mrs. w. w. Miley, to take
the place of Mrs. S, f. Labouss.
Mrs. Avis announced chair
men of the following committees:
Mrs. Sam Wilkerson, finance:
Mrs. Bird, program; Mrs. f. J..
Rector, membership; Mrs. f. A.
Corley, room mothers; Miss Mar
garet Alyce Wilder, music; Mrs.
Ruth Graves, hospitality; Mrs.
Rex Pittman, registration.
Mrs. ALI Dickson. health; Mrs.
Lashmct's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Suthoff