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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-06-02
To Start 0ilinq
Streets Today

City Superintendent r. c. Rec
tor said last night about street
oiling operations would be started
in Kennewick today.
Oiling projects have been set up
for 10th street. South Beech,
East Bruneau, and North Gum.
All sections Of streets which were
torn up by sewer and water exc
cavations win be resurfaced, Rec
tor said. The work is expected
to last about two weeks. Then
additional oiling projects. may
be done later.
The work is being done by city
and county crews under the sup
ervision of Lou Keene, county
road supervisor. Oil Is applied
to coat Of gravel. The oil soaks
into and is mixed with the gravel
and a hard surface is formed
after il stands.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-06-02

Speaking at chamber OF COM
merce meeting here last Thurs
day noon, Thomas Doyle Of the
highway department disclosed
that the department had received
a protest against running the new
Plymouth road across the golf
course.
Asked if the protest had come
from the board of directors, E.
L. Bingaman, president Of the
board, said It had and he added
that they would maintain the
protest against the proposed route.
Doyle said plans had been
drawn for the road to come off
the Horse Heaven down across
Kennewick Valley, bisecting the
course just east Of the clubhouse
and connecting with the bridge
which would be located at Clover
Island. If the road is changes,
the bridge will be placed four
and half miles west, Doyle sai...
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-06-02
George to Rebuild
Hatchery Building

Gus George, owner OF the Fair
way Hatchery building on Kent
street which was destroyed in a
fire Wednesday of last week,
will rebuild the structure, he said
yesterday.
The new building will be ITO tt.
long and "a feet wide, which
were the dimensions of the old
building. It will be frame struc-
ture.
The approximately 1000 chick
ems lost in the fire, will be re-
place, said George, some of them
by purchase and others by divid-
ing some of the flock from his
sons part of the Matching across
the street.
Fire chief Herb Malchow, after
a thorough investigation, said the
fire probably was caused BY
spontaneous combustion from q
fresh supply of straw on the con-
crete floor sprinkled with lime.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-06-02
Neumdns Winging
Wow to Miami

'There'll be no ad this week"
That is the way John Neuman,
proprietor of Neuman's Grocery
on Kennewick Avenue, broached
the subject of his flight from Ken
newick to Miami this week.
John and Bob the Neuman
brothers, are supposed to be on
their way today winging towards
the bright and shining beaches OF
Florida in Bob's own Cessna lao
airplane and with Bob at tie con-
trolls.
John made the trip numerous
times during the last war. 1t was
a part of his war job. They will
visit their brother, 1t. Colonel
Bernard Neuman, at Montgomery,
Ala, on the way, and are schedul-
ed to return here about a week
hence.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-06-02
Soffball Field
Ready Monday

City softball field, now under
construction north of Fairview
homes and south of the new state
patrol building, will be ready for
opening of league play Monday
night, city superintendent r. G.
Rector said last night.
Gravel on the diamond has been
removed, clay is being applied,
lights are being installed, and
new grandstands are being err
ected. The seating capacity will be
about $50 and more seating win
be added later, said Rector.
John B. Vibber, member Of the
city council, who is also chairman
of the recreation committee, has
been pushing this feature Of rec
reation. It is expected that some
formal opening program will be
held. Mayor Keolker will be asked
to toss out the first ball. Over
hand pitching is barred in soft
ball.
The schedule will open with
Columbia Photo playing Modern
Homes and Basin Surplus play.
ing Kennewick Auto Supply.
Games viii start at ISIS with the
second game scheduled for 8:15.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-06-02
HODer, Founded In 1905
To Vanish: Sign Deeds

The little village of Hover,
founded in 1905, is about to be
wiped off the face Of the world.
Except for the fact that all
will be done orderly and ac-
cording to prearranged plan, it
will be as sleek and as clean an
operation as If a giant tornado
had passed over and a raging sea
had rolled in. =
= The coming Of McNary Dasn
is the reason. With the an
nouncement that contracts for q
big new Cofferdam operation
will be let soon, things have
been moving swiftly down in
that section Of Benton county.
The SIP. & S. railroad is to be
relocated. Once the Army en-.
gineers had q new route laid out
for the rails, but the company
refused to accept. Consequently
a new route is being laid out.
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No More Muil at
The Old Address

Postmaster Walter Woehler, who
has been having a trying time get
ting mail patrons to conform to
new arrangements the past several
months, issued elast call" this
week for persons whose mail adj
dresses have been changed to tie
in with new deliveries.
Woehler said new schedules
would 60 into effect Monday with
out fail and that persons who have
not changed their mail boxes in
the areas affected simply will not
have mail service on the routes.
In some cases boxes will have
to be taken off the routes and plac-
ed in front Of the homes. This is
true in Garden Tracts, and on
parts Of routes one and two. Mail
patrons affected will be notified
Saturday by their carriers and on
Monday boxes still out of place
will not be served because the car
riers will not cover those sections
of the old routes, Woehler said.
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Plymouth Road May Be
Routed 5 Miles West

Bingaman. said this would ruin
the course" He declared mat
with this the only course in the
Tri-City area and with 400 MEM
bers of the club opposing the
proposed course Of the road, 81
think it should be changed, es-
pecially when there is q salts
factory route"
Doyle said that when the pro-
test was received, the department
considered a new route four and
half miles west, which would be
about five miles west Of the
business center of Kennewick.
If the course across the golf
course is changed, tive shall
have to take the route four and
half miles west" said Doyle.
. Some Kennewick business men
said they opposed changing the
course to the western location but
Bingaman said hi didn't see
where changing would make any
difference to Kennewick.
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City, Other
Projects in
Total Seen
BY RoLFE TuvE

An independent survey
made this week by the Cour-
ier-Reporter shows that Ken
newick is setting the stage for
a spending spree that will ap-
proximate 2 million dollars
during the year.
Biggest part of this will be
in the form of money to be
spent through the regular tax
channels. The rest will be in
the form of contributions th
campaigns designed to raise
money for such public pro-
jects as a swimming pool and
a district hospital.
Heaviest expenditures 70 be
made by the city council will be
for street improvements, water
system purchases, and water and
sewer system expansions and i'm
provements.
This survey was not made To
draw a conclusion as to the wis
dom of the expenditures but to ac-
quaint readers of the Courier-Re-
porter with the figures, with what
is planned, and what the expendi-
lures will mean in the form Of
what Mr.. and Mrs. Kennewick
Taxpayer win be called upon to
pay. a. ...ss 80
In addition to the items listed in
the table to the left of this col
umn, Kennewick people will be
asked to chip in substantially to
many other funds. Campaigns for
some of these have been held and
the money has been turned in
to such worthy causes as the Red
Cross, March of Dimes. A tubercu-
losis fund drive is coming up, not
to mention regular contributions
to ActurcleS and lodges.
n this picture Of the funds to b.
drawn from the people of the com
munity are the heretofore sorne-
what submerged questions: How
deep is the public pocket. How
Continued on Page Sd
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Rev. John B. Coan 70
Go 10 New Passionate

Coming as q surprise to many
Of his Pensioners and to his wide
circle Of friends in the area, Rev.
John B. Coan for the past six
years the pastor Of the Kennewick
church, Sunday morning
announced the termination OF his
pastorate here effective with the
closing day of the Pacific North
west annual conference of the
denomination in Tacoma June IL.
Rev. Coan said he was not
ready to state where he would
go to continue his work in the
ministerial field.
In his announcement to the
congregation Sunday, Coan stated
that when. he came to Kennewick
in the early days of the Hanford
war boom, it was with the per-
sonal plan and purpose of remain
ing for six year pastorate, and
that q year ago he had notified
officials of the Denomination that
he would be ready to terminate
here when q suitable opening in
another northwest field came.
He said that those stipulations
had been met, though he was
not at liberty to discuss them at
this time.
A. Ala c1oc;n0 ~ fhe conference
dinner meeting of the church
here on Thursday evening, DR..
Joseph H. Beall, superintendent OF
the district, commenting upon the
work of Rev. Coan and the var
ious departments of promotion,
in the church stated, 'These re-
ports of accomplishment are out
Continued on Page 81
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New Major Construction
Job 10 Be Started Soon

The second major construction
job at McNary lock and dam on
the Columbia river-the Oregon
shore cofferdam and q portion
of the powerhouse substructure
will be advertised for bids about
June 6, according to announce
ment Friday by Col. William
Whipple, Walla Walla district
engineer, corps of engineers.
This announcement was made
as the government took steps to
procure additional rights of way
in the Finley-Hover and Columbia
river road areas where as SIX
dyke will be constructed to hold
in the waters of the river.
The work outlined in an adj
vance notice to prospective bid
ders covers the construction Of
the initial stage cofferdam on the
Oregon shore; the concrete SUBJ
structure for two main units, q
station service bay and an as
sembly bay for the powerhouse;
the main second-step cofferdam;
and a portion of the Oregon shore
abutment.
Completion of the work Is
scheduled for May l, 1851. Date
for opening the bids has not been
set as yet, but probably will be
about July 10. The contract will
be awarded as a whole to one
bidder.
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City, KID
be|ieyedon
Eve OF Deal

kennewick's city council
and Kennewick irrigation dis
trict's board of directors and
Manager E. H. Brand will sit
down at the city council table
tonight and apply what is
generally hoped will be the
finishing touches to negotia-
tons for the sale Of the KID
water system to the city.
The city already has reached
agreement with the Pacific
Power & Light Company for
sale Of that system to the city,
q . price Of $3.50, 900.
The irrigation district directors
have offered to sell the system to
the city for $4,000 and city Of
ficials are said generally to be in
favor Of the proposition.
At the meeting will be repre-
sentatives OF the bond buying COM
panies, PIP. & L. representatives,
and engineers for the city as well
as officials Of the negotiating COM
panies.
It is a deal in which all parties
must agree, this being so because
all are involved in some way
either with the sale or the propos-
al to float bonds to make it pos
sible 70 tribe city when and II the
deal is made, to make extensive
improvements and expansions to
the water systems.
AS far as the transfer OF the
KID system to the city is concern
ed, it will be largely a case OF tax
ing it out of one pocket and depos-
ting It in another. For the KID is
a separate municipality owning
the system with much of its terri
tory now within the limits Ct the
city. Only difference when the city
takes over will be that there will
be more stockholders, some OF
whom will be the old. A few be-
tContinued on Page y
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bookmobiIe Starts on
Washington s.. Friday

In some areas persons have vol
unteered to received returned
books at their homes or places OF
business and hold these books un-
til the next bookmobile stop. Such
persons and places are marked in
the schedule with an =.
Highway 40 to the ssY" will re-
ceive visits by the library on the
second and fourth Fridays Of each
months. Stops in this area have
been staggered on either side of
the road so persons desiring books
need not cross the highway to
meet the bookmobile.
Here is the schedule:
9:00-9:10-Mrs. II. p. Cramer,
1890 Columbia*.
9:15-9:35-D. L. Flint home.
9:4O-10:00-Do-nut Inn, SAP
Columbia.
1O:25-1O:45-River road trailer
camp, 1920 Columbias.
10:50-11:30 - Budget Shoppe,
9102 Columbia.
-Simons Trailer Court
Continued on Page Sd
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Grapejjuice
~ RoLFE TUvE

BY NoLfE

ASTRONOMY
feel as if have been float
ing around in space somewhere
the past few days in dailing with
the astronomical figures as re-
lated in the need for Kennewlck
expenditures as stated in another
column. However, with a little
ANALYSIS. the figures are not lar
out of reach and the needs OF the
citv can be attained with a little
clear thinking and understanding.
This is certainly the time to keep
all of feet firmly planted on
solid ground.
GROWTH
If you consider that the city
of Kennewick has grown in the
past few years to four times
it's size as counted in the 1910
census, it would be reasonable
to assume that it is now in the
position to spend at Leaf three
times as much. And what Of the
future? Does anyone believe that
this community has reached a
leveling-off point Shouldn't we
build now for the future?
IN ADDITION
Practically everyone will think
Of many items that are not In
Guided in the six and half
million dollar estimate. For In
stance, what about the $25, 900
needed in the next few years
for an over-all-1and-use planning
lob? What about fencing the
ditch? What about aid to settlers
on new land when the Highlands
project is completed? And we still
have no underpass to avoid the
tricky srilroad crossing! How
many more?
FURTHERMORE
Neither do the figures include
some $4,000 that is raised here
each year for the Red Cross,
Community Chest, March OF
Dimesfi tuberculosis, cancer and
other fund drives. Neither does
It count the contributions for the
support of churches, several Of
which are constructing new build
ings.
POCKET ]
1t is not our intention to throw
these figures out in order to
scare people nor to encourage
them to zip up their pockets.
Rather it is done to encourage
some careful thinking and to
show that some wild haired people
who think all the city council
needs to do it to "vote" approp-
riations are long Way off base.
But the fact remains that all OF
Continued on Page 81
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Two Circuses to
Show Here: Seal
Bros. Iune 18th

Kennewick, for many years, has
been what circus men call a good
circus town." .... e. ,..
That the circus men have not
changed their minds, was indicat-
ed this week when it was learned
that there would be two circuses
showing in kennewick in June.
Last week Clyde Beatty's famed
circus announced date in Ken
newick for June 80 with the dis
trict hospital fund sharing in the
receipts. This week Seal Bros. an
nounced they were coming to Ken
newick June Is for a two-perform-
ance engagement. The Beatty show
will set up its big top south of the
nigh school Seal Bros. viii set
theirs up at the Fort District. -
Among the headline feature with
the Seal Bros. Circus will be Will
hemina, ponderous performing
pachyderm, beautiful and highly
educated horses, trained and pre-
sented by Bud Anderson, the aer-
ial ballets will be thrilling to see,
the internationally known Dekohl
trio will present their original
routines of juggling, the famous
.uller family in acrobatic and in
tumbling feats, the Bantis, pre-
senting beautiful Dorothy Ander-
son and many more features in
Guiding trained dogs and monkeys.
On the midway will be the side
show with many unique and edu-
cational features, along with the
popcorn, cotton candy, soft drinks
and everything it takes to make
circus complete.
Two performances will be given
in Kennewick, June Is, at z and
8 pm. Doors opening one hour
earlier.
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Representatives of the govern
ment have been canvassing the
Hover community, getting titles
to land Strengthened out, and
some home owners already have
signed their deeds over to Uncle
Sam. They will be ready to move
October l, according to stipula-
tons. -.
william Mills, one Of the pi-
oneers of the community, said
he had signed his deed. They
have been very considerate in
all respects" Mills said. He add
ed that most persons seemed to
be satisfied with what the gov
eminent offered to pay them for
their property. They give the'
owners the right to buy back the
buildings on their lands. Some
are taking advantage Of this OPP
portunity, said Mills.
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Benton Reaches
TWo-Thirds Quotu

As of May 81, Franklin county
was credited with having reached
just past the, halfway mark in
making its quota in the current
Savings Bond campaign. At that
time it was credited with purchas-
es Of $43, 1869 worth of Series E
bonds as against quota Of $780,
900. With another six weeks to 60,
workers hoped that the purchase
Of bonds will speed up to assure
the full quota.
At the end Of the same period
Benton county was credited with
a little more than two thirds Of
the quota with a purchased total
of $431, 1905 as against the quota
of $625, 900.
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Aid
ForHospifaI
Urged Here

The question of seeking federal
aid for the construction of hos
pital in Kennewick became point
Of discussion at the Tuesday noon
session of the Kennewick Kiwanis
club.
The matter came up in q ques-
ton period following talk on hos
pital plans by Paige Carter, hos
pital director. Rev. John B. Coan,
chairman of the Kennewick Hos
pital association, related expert
ences of his group in seeking fed
eral aid when hospital plans came
to a head near the end Of the war.
100 much red tape" and "gov-
eminent strings" were reasons
given for opposing federal aid, by
spokesmen.
E. S. Black, superintendent of
Kennewick schools, championed
the idea Of asking for federal
funds. Admitting that there is
be overcome and stated that the
"red tape, Black said that could
only strings attached by govern
ment agencies were that the hos
pital must meet standards as es-
tablished by the American Medical
association. Black has also served
as a member of the hospital asso-
citation since its inception five
years ago.
Carter made a strong plea for
the need of the hospital in Kenne-
wick and pointed out that $4,000
can be raised as result OF the
establishment of the hospital dis
trict which permits taxation to
that amount without an election.
An estimated cost of $780, ZOO has
been established for the construc-
ton and equipping of 40 bed hos
pital.
He said a small hospital Of Is
beds cannot be economically OPP
Grated. Present plans of the hos
pital district call for the raising
Of $500, 900 by donations and other
fund raising methods.
"Plans are still in formative
stages" Carter said. sIt is not yet
possible to state definitely what
this club will be asked to do, but
all civic organizations will be ask
ed to participate"
A skick-off'' in the fund raising
drive will take place on June 80
when percentage Of general adj
mission ticket sales to the Clyde
Beatty circus here will be applied
to the fund.
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More Guard Units
To Come THROUGH

That National Guard unit from
Idaho which landed at the Pasco
general depot Wednesday and
were to come through Kennewick
today, is the first of three sections
of the Idaho National Guard
which are to pass through here
this and next week, according
to Major Cheek Of the organized
corps.
Mai. Cheek said q unit Of AS
is scheduled to pass through Sat-
Continued on Page 81
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'Avenue c. Is to
Be Puved by Fall

Columbia Avenue, formerly Av-
enue c, win be paved by. the state
highway department before next
fall if plans of the department ma
terialize.
That is what Thomas Doyee Of
the department told the executive
board of the Avenue c merchants
association at meeting Thursday
afternoon. Doyle met with the
group following a meeting with
the Chamber Of Commerce Thurs
day noon at the Rivera Supper
club. He gave about the same In
formation at the club where he
made a talk to the chamber on
highway and bridge Improvement.
! Besides paving the entire width
Of Columbia Avenue, storm sew
ers will be put in by the depart
ment and stopligtts will be install
ed at several street intersections
in the city. Cost Of the paving pro-
ject was estimated by Doyle az
about SIPS, 900, and Fred Bunch,
ST.. of the executive board said he
understood that the paving would
extend from the Columbia bridge
to FrMtland street.
Members Of the committee. at
tending the meeting were Bunch,
Fred Bunch, Jr., Joe Freer, Arthur
w. Capbell, Phil Grossman and
Glen Sherman. 4
Bunch said the merchant group
told Doyle that rocks flying from
traffic on the avenue had broken
out several store windows and
that Doyle promised to have some
thing done to stop that.
Evening star., 1949-02-08
|ECA Asks Elimination
Of Loyalty Provision

The Economic Cooperation Ad-
ministration today asked Congress
to eliminate the loyalty provision
that bars employment of persons
who have been members Of Or
CARNATIONS now on the Attorney
Generals subversive list.
The proposed change would not
affect present loyalty investiga-
tions by the FB1, nor would it
alter the requirement that ECA
Administrator Paul G. Hoffman
must certify in writing. to both
foreign relations committees in
Congress, that he believes his en-
ployes are, loyal to the United
States, it's Constitution and form
of Government "
Mr.. Hoffman explained to re-
porters yesterday that the addi-
tional provision barring persons
who may be or have been men,
bers "of any organization advocat-
ing contrary views" has proved
very unworkable."
He said he is sure there are now
certain people in both political
parties, in very high Office. who
could not be employed under this
rule" He refused to give any
names, however.