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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-07-14
Here's Story Of How Kewoydin
Park Was Named; Meaning Told

sion and board. The late H. r.
Vibber was chairman of the first
committee appointed which be-
gan work Immediately and much
credit is due him for his un-
firing supervision of the project.
Several years of work in over
coming difficulties were put in
by Mr.. Vibber and many other
interested citizens before the
stretch of sand was Transformed
by grass and young trees.
The first park board was COM
posed of ]. w. Vickers, r. H.
Nicoson, Mrs. E. G. TWeet, Mrs.
v. w. Bird and Miss Marie Spei-
gelberg, each representing some
local organization.
From time to time groups have
presented gifts to add to the
beauty or convenience of the
park Outstanding is the gate.
way before mentioned.
The many organizations and
individual citizens who have
sponsored Keewaydin Park feel
they have been well repaid in
the pleasure the community has
taken in having this very useful
play space.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-07-14
'AnnUo: Baptist
Church Picnic
Set For July 1o

Tuesday, July 10, has been set
as the date for the annual church
picnic of the First Baptist church,
and committees have been ap-
pointed to care for the various
functions to provide a good time
for all ages.
The children who were enroll
ed in the daily vacation Bible
school are also invited as part
of the program of the school.
Games and contests will be sup
ervised, the picnic opening at S
o'clock in the local city park.
The dinner, which will be of
potluck style, will be served at
$50 pm. All families or indivi-
duals are requested to bring
their own table service and dish
es. Ice cream and drink will be
provided and served to all.
At the morning service, Sun
day, July II, the pastor will
have as his sermon theme, "The
Word We Preach" and in the
evening the screen will be used
to study an important incident of
the Book of Daniels prophecy
The Mineral, Metal, and Mud
Man" with a large number of
colored pictures used. These
services are held at HOO am.
and 500 pm, respectively. The
Church School at 9:45 am, well
comes all newcomers and strang-
ers in the area. A steady growth
in numbers has been noted for
some time, according to the
records.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-07-14
George Anne In
Lead In Library
Reader Contest

Little Miss George Anne Jones,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
J. Jones of Kennewick, is leading
the list of summer readers in the
Mid Columbia Library's reading
program.
Ten books are necessary to oh.
tain a reading certificate but
George Anne zoomed past that
mark and has now read and re-
ported on 20, books. She will be
q third grade student this fall.
Robert Sloan, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. A. Sloan of Kennewick.
has completed II books in the
project. Miss Joyce Paddock. chill
dren's librarian, has arranged a
display for the reading records
In the library. All the children
participating have their names
posted in the center of the dis
play and upon completion of five
reports a cowboy inscribed with
their names is added to the bull
letin board. On completing ten
books their cowboy gets a fine
.broncho to ride.
Children may still start the
summer reading project by stop
ing at the library or at the book
mobile and checking out their
books.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-07-14
500 Is Voted
For Hospital

Kennewick Highlands club
voted 500 Monday night for the
Kennewick district hospita
working fund. The motion car
ried unanimously. Frank Lamp.
son, speaking after the motion
was made, called the hospital
drive zone of the most worthy
projects"
The board was authorized by
vote to sign a contract with
Ray Harris of Pasco for use of
the clubhouse for dances for four
months. Dance nights will be
Friday and Saturdays.
1t was announce at the meet
ing that the women's club would
hold a picnic at the Kennewick
city park Sunday afternoon. Men
accepted a request to furnish ice
cream for the picnic. About so
members attended. Carl Mayer,
president, presided.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-07-14
CROP Agoin To Ask
For Wheat And Cash

planned for November 1 to Is
but preliminary work will begin
somewhat earlier in the wheat
counties.
Distribution is made through
established church relief cham
nels of the individual donors
choice" Turner says. "The ma
terial collected or purchased with
cash donations are all distributed
TO overseas orphanages, institu-
tons and the aged and i'll, re.
fugees and the hungry irrespec-
tive of race or creed in Europe
and Asia" supervisors will be
active in the net few weeks
organizing local and county
committees.
''The CROP movement is ma.
tionwide," Turner points out.
Last year it sent abroad 1892
carloads of food. The contribu-
tons are collected by the three
church agencies which sponsor
and carry on the work"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-07-14
Not To Flood Ave. c,
Says Col. WhippIe

When dikes are constructed
through Kennewick for McNary
dam, Kennewick business pro-
perty along the Columbia river
will be protected, y :. Whipple of
the the United States Engineers
told the COURIER-REPORTER
in a telephone conversation from
Walla Walla yesterday.
Col. Whipple was asked about
a rumor here that Avenue c.
would be flooded and that. bust
ness property from the Pasco
bridge west would +: inundated
for some distance.
When Col. Whipple was told
about the concern Of local Ave-
nue. &C. business men, he assured
the COURIER REPORTER that
their fears were unfounded.
But Whipple said he was not
yet certain about whether the
grade leading from the Richland
"Y" to the Yakima river bridge
could be protected. He said his
office had been studying this
matter and expected to have a
release bearing on the question
in a short time.
At meeting of the Avenue c
Merchants association Monday,
members of the association dis
cussod what might be done in
case the street is flooded.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-07-14
There Will Be
ACity Election
On Woter Deal

Mayor Urban Keolker of Ken.
newick pointed out Wednesday
that although Kennewick irriga.
ton district attorneys have de.
cided that no election will be
necessary in the district on the
sale of the domestic water sy-
stem to the city, there will be q
city election on the purchase
question and issuance of bonds.
Keolker and members of the
city council urged today that all
qualified residents of the city
register at once at the city hall
so that they may be eligible to
take part in the election. No
certain date has yet been set
for the election but city officials
are Fastening the preparation of
legal papers which will allow
them to set a date as soon as
possible.
I'VE want full expression Of
the people of Kennewick on this
water system purchase" said
Mayor Keolker today. although
we of the city government are
fully convinced that consolida.
ton of the two existing systems
under city ownership and opera.
ton is the only way of solving
our water problemr the final de-
cision should be made by the
people themselves"
City officials said il was neces.
sary to register at once because
the books will be open only q
short unexpectedly no more
than about two weeks.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-07-14
PUD Foreman Is
Killed By Jolt
Of Electricity

Alex G. Gordon, 63.year-old
senior foreman for the Benton
county Public Utility district in
Kennewick, was instantly killed
at 3:15 Mon4ay afternoon when
a wire II was handling came In
contact with q live 7,2O0.volt
power line.
second linema1, Ronald
Howard Hummel, Navy Homes,
Pasco, was knocke1 unconscious
by the Jolt, but recovered and
applied artificial respiration to
Gordon.
Owen Hurd, manager Of the
PUD, told The HERALD Tues.
day morning that the accident
was not a result, OF negligence.
He said Gordon, a veteran
lineman, and Hummel were pull
in a wire ove4 cross arm on
the Modern Homes No. s project.
Two groundmen were Keeling up
the. wire when it became hung
up.
Hummel and Gordon grabbed
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and L. M. Keene, who helped
blast the slabs with the Indian
markings from the huge rocks,
say there still are many draw
ings on rocks there.
"The Park" has meant a great
deal to this community in the
way of group enjoyment. Old
timers recall when the nearest
park was Anon Park in Rich.
land. Interest in developing a
local recreation area was arous-
ed by the efforts of the Business
Girls club, with the community
need eventually expressed in
meetings of representatives from
all the local organizations. The
result, as records show, was a
deed, dated March %, 1922, for
6.12 acres made to the city. by
John ]. Rudkin and Oscar F.
Fechter on behalf of the North
ern Pacific Irrigation company.
The only restriction the company
placed on the gift was that it was
not to be used as an athletic park
but to be developed along lines
of a public playground for chill
dren and a rest resort for adults.
The city council passed an or.
dinance creating a park commits
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-07-14
Building Permits In
June Total $162, $50

Building permits in Kenne-
wick during June totalled $162,.
$50, according to a monthly re-
port by Fred Clark, city building
inspector.
Largest permit went for a new
Catholic church, to be erected
just north of the Arbor Homes
addition. That was for S62 900.
Next largest was for new serv-
ice station at the corner of First
Avenue and Washington street.
Permits issued during the first
week of July totalled S24,70O.
Clark reported that he had
drawn a plan for the removal
of a parking meter at the corner
of Washington and Kennewick
Avenue which will cut away 20
feet of the drive way so trucks
will not obscure the vision for
motorists turning into Washing
ton off Kennewick Avenue. He
said the owner of the corner had
approved the plan. Other corn
ers are being studied with a view
to improving the vision for mo-
florists, said Clark. He said he
had found the owners Every CO.
operative" in the planning.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-07-14
Anon Reports Benton County Foir
And Rodeo Plans; Mop Ad Drive

A. c. Anon, president of Ben
ton County Fair association, re.
ported on plans for the annual
county fair and rodeo to be held
in Kennewick August 10, 20 and
81.
Anon said plans were working
out nicely and SAID he believed
this would be one of the very
best county fairs in the state
this year.
Reviewing activities of his
group and of the sheriff's posse
and auxiliary, he listed the fol-
lowing achievements:
The P. u. D. has completed
stringing an electric lire to the
grounds to make electrical cur
rent available to the grounds
and all buildings.
An electric pump has been
started and grounds are being
wetted down daily to develop a
grass covering before the fair
opens.
Shoots and corrals have been
completed, and part Of a grand
stand has been erected. These
are being put up by the posse
which is sponsoring the days
of '49" rodeo in connection with
the fair.
One small building to be used
as an office and for rest rooms
has been erected. One commerc.
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-07-14
Elisabeth Story
Wins Scholarship

Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Story of the
Highlands have just learned that
their daughter. Miss Elizabeth
Story, a student at Columbia
University, has won scholar
ship for a years study in the
University of London.
Miss Story was graduated from
Kennewick high in '39 and in
"a from Whitman college with
Suma Cum Laude honors. She
attended Columbia university for
a year then taught in the junior
college and has just finished her
third year at Columbia. Miss
Story has a Masters degree in
Greek and won the English
scholarship on work she is doing
for a Ph.D. degree. In England
her study will be on Compare
tive Literature" She plans to
leave for London in August.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-07-14
WEEKEND
VIEWPOINTS
BY ] w. HANSON
Editor. The Courier. Reporter

\ The inside of that meeting of
The kennewick- Pasco delegation
with Governor Langlie and state
road officials in Olympia last
week is that the governor, after
nearing the story of the local
people. turned to his road board
members and said: Lets make
the kennewick- Pasco bridge the
number one priority project"
Herb Owens and other mem.
oeEs Of the delegation come
oock with even more than they
counted on. Had they gotten
the word that the governor
was fovorablY impressed and
would do what he could. il
would have beeen satisfactory.
One Of the points which. how.
ever, the governor insisted on.
was that the three communities
De united as to location. The
Facts are these: It had been
found by road enthusiasts that.
only a very small fraction of
local people opposed the route
and fewer still were the mum.
Der inclined to make a fuss
about 1t. The delegation was in
position. therefore, to report to
the governor that no real OBJ
lection would be raised
Hard working Herb Owens laid
the foundation for the meeting
with his friend Langlie in adj.
vance 49,. Now the big need is
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-07-14
Memorials For The
Meyers Dedicufed

In memoriam for A. H. Meyer
and Ward Meyer, two receptacles
of gold were dedicated by the
Rev. A. C. Westminster at the Sum
day morning service of the
Methodist church. The Meyer
family formerly lived in the
Highlands and were members of
the church. The golden receipt.
acles were given by Mrs. Meyer
who now lives In Seattle, and by
Mr.. Meyers sisters.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-07-14
Telephone Rofe
SchedUIeOKd
BY Commission

The existing rates for local
service in Kennewick were Off
cially. made a part of the Inter.
state Telephone company's tar.
iff by approval of the Wash.
ington public service commits.
sion effective May 81, said w.
S. Taylor, district manager, to-
day. ),
"The Interstate Telephone
company's standard rates will
now apply to supplemental and
miscellaneous equipment and
equipment and services. Some of
these rates are the same. Some
have been changed. in the chang
es there appear to be more SUBJ
stantial reduction than. there are
increases in the charges for it..
ems actually in service. For in
stance, the old rate for an ex-
tension bell was Is cents per
month while the new rate is 35
cents per month. The excess ra-
dius or mileage charges were
Is cents per half mile while the
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-07-14

Washington residents will be
given an opportunity again this
autumn to aid distressed areas
overseas through cooperation in
the United Church overseas re-
lief program.
Last year 80 Eastern Washing
ton and Northern Idaho counties
contributed 1864 bushels of
wheat and $17695 in cash to
the CROP effort, reports r. M.
Turner, assistant director of the
WSC Extension Service, who has
just been named the 1949 area
chairman.
Turner reports that the pro-
gram this year is being broaden
ed to include dairy products,
poultry products and possibly
fruit. These commodities must
be sent abroad i'm a dried form,
he says, SO arrangements will be
made for assignments through
marketing agencies or by cash
donations. The 1919 drive is
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-07-14

It is true the fires on the lower
slopes of the wheat area have
removed many spots of fire haz.
ards. But there are still large un-
burned areas around the wheat
lands, O. H. Tonnemaker, as
sistant county agent, warned
this week.
A plowed fire guard or stop
around buildings and machine
sheds is simple task and may
mean a great saving and at
least a chance to check any fires
with back fires and volunteer
help. The county now has need
for more communities to or.
ganize fire districts for rural
areas as the Benton City rural
area, the agent said.
All travellers through dry farm
areas should be extra precau-
tious of cigarette stubs, matches
and old bottles. No car or truck
should go through stubble or
a cheat area without a depend
able and tight muffler on the
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-07-14
Advice-Look AT
Check YoUCush
But Clerk Didn't

It's a good idea to look at
a check before you cash it. That's
what a clerk in a local store
now says.
A written police report at the
station here showed that a clerk
took a check. 1t was signed all
right, written for the right am.
CUNT, and all that, but ii failed
to contain the name of any bank
or even the city in which the
bank was located. 1t appeared
to be merely an oversight, and
police are trying to find the
check writer so the check can be
put through proper channels.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-07-14
By FLORENCE OLIVER

s. Since the name Keewaydin for
the Kennewick park has been
taken from the shelf and busted
off, the question is frequently
asked, what does it mean?"
Investigation reveals TIL a t
Longfellow in his poem, "Hia-
watha," twice mentions KeeWay-
din, "The Northwest Wind" 9th
ers have used the translation
Land of Warm Winters" also
"Winter Paradise" AS our west
wind is warm, the translations
all have an idea in common.
The name, by all accounts, was
chosen at the time the pillars
at the entrance to the park were
officially presented by the XII
wants club in September, 1889.
The selection of an Indian name
was in keeping with the use of
Indian inscriptions on the stone
slabs embedded in the gateway.
These stones were brought from
an island in the Columbia river
near Patterson, the members of
the club making numerous trips
by auto and by boat in order to
preserve them. A. w. Walker
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-07-14
Anon Concerned Over Lack
OF Cooperation In Hospital
Fund Drive; Asks For Action

Alfred Anon, chairman of
the Hospital Funds Drive
committee, yesterday ex-
pressed grave concern over
lack of cooperation being
received to conduct the
drive.
"As far as expressions of
cooperation are concerned
we are receiving 100 percent
support" Anon said, "but
we are not getting all of the
actual help we need to put
this drive over and do the
work that must be DONE"
He pointed out that the
drive is being conducted by
the people of Kennewick, and
added, I'VE have not hired pro.
fessionals to do the work. We set
out to do the job ourselves and
save the money professional help
would cost.
IF we cannot achieve that CO.
operation, this drive will cost
three times as much as original
~ estimated. Otherwise, the
drive will have to be put off un-
til we can afford professional
direction in raising the necessary
funds" Anon said.
Page Carter, fund drive direc-
tor, pointed out that no profess
sional money raisers have been
hired, and that the only paid
personnel to date are full time
office workers. He said that sew
eral women are needed imme-
diately as volunteer office work
ers for filing and general office
work in the fund drive office in
room 10 of the Bateman building.
Anon and Carter said people
working on various committees
must give their time and effort
Fundamentally in order that the
drive may be successful. "This
drive will be successful only if
every committee members gets
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-07-14
VOTERS 0KEH KID SALE
indicated
By Cards

Returns from a post card
poll of water consumers i'm
t h e Kennewick Irrigation
District indicated last night
that it was a landslide for
sale of the system to the city
of Kennewick.
With most of the post card
ballots in, those favoring
sale of the system led by a
margin of about five to one.
The vote was 173 for sale to
SO against the sale.
Attorneys for the Irrigation
District have ruled out the posi-
bility of general election in the
district on the sale question, it
was announced at a mass meet
ing of district water consumers
at the Highlands club house on
Monday night.
Members of the KID board said
that Richard Thorgrimson, at.
torney for the bond companies
who are expected to handle q
million dollar bond issue, had
concurred in the opinion which
was given to the board by M. M.
Moulton, KID attorney.
But attorneys will go ahead
with test case in the courts to
determine whether the KID board
has legal authority to sell the
system and convey it to the pur-
chaser, and there will be a city
election on the question of the
city's purchase and the issuance
of the bonds.
Meanwhile, the board is await
ing the results of a post card
poll being taken among residents
of the district to get their senti.
ment on the proposed sale. Senti.
ment at the meeting Monday
night appeared to favor the sale,
but no vote was taken.
In a discussion of the question,
with so persons present, Mayor
Urban Keolker, who was an OBJ.
server at the meeting, told the
crowd that the big reason for the
consolidation was that it would
be much cheaper for all concern
ed. He sai+i Y would be almost
prohibitive for both the district
and the city to install the equip.
ment and main line system that
would be necessary to comply
with health standards, whereas
with one big system. it would be
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-07-14
kennewick Boy
Admits Setting
3 Range Fires

A 14-year.old Kennewick boy
has confessed to deputy sheriffs
In Kennewick that he SET nine
range fires during the months of
June and July.
ALI the flies wee started in
the general vicinity of the Twin
City airport, and covered an
area Of several hundred acres,
officers reported Wednesday.
Deputy Sheriff Mel Garrett
said that bicycle found near
the scene Of where the last fire
was started, on Saturday, was
traced to the boy. He at first de-.
this blaze with another on June
Is, two more on June ~ and one
each on the 10Th and 30th.
He waited until July S to start
his larson campaign" in this
month and then '.fired" two
more on Saturday.
Spectators on their way to the
first blaze on Saturday saw a
bicycle by the side Of the road.
When they got out Of their car
to investigate a fire they saw
just starting they saw the youth
running across the field.
Previously witnesses had seen
someone near the fires when
they started, but this latter incl
dent was the positive opportuni.s
ty for Identification.
The bicycle was recovered by
the two deputies and taken to-
the police station. There 1t was
checked and a registration card
was found.
While the bike did not belong
to the boy who confessed to set
ting the fires, It led directly to
him.
Deputy Sheriff Garrett said the
boy usually took his horse when
he set out to start fires. He
would ride his horse down the
line he wanted to fire and then
throw out matches, as he rode,
into the dry, tinder-like grass.
One of the fires, the deputy
said, was started near a house
and could have been "very seri-
GUS" had it not been for the
prompt action of the Kennewick
fire department.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-07-14
cobIes Being Installed
In Ronch House Areu

Permanent telephone distribu.
ton cables are being installed
in the ranch house area of Rich.
land by the Howard P. Foley
Electric Co. Completion of the
installation is expected In ap-
proximately 60 days; however, it
is not expected that it will be
possible to install permanent
telephones in this area until late
fall or early winter.
Residents in the ranch house
area have been asked by E. r.
Barker of Tenant Relations to
cooperate with the installing
crews as much as possible.