Many New Teachers on Staff This Year
Labor Day opens the school year with Tuesday classes as the district faces a teacher shortage. A Monday afternoon teachers meeting precedes enrollment, while Superintendent Hoffman asks parental cooperation to finalize registrations. The high school and grades introduce many new educators. Miss Shier returns to supervise music and drawing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Hoffman
Miss Shier
Miss Shire
Robert Tallman
Freda Thomson
Washington
E. C. Tripp
Miss Mitchell
Water rights offered for fall alfalfa expansion
Ranchers planning extra alfalfa acreage this fall can secure additional water by calling the irrigation office and arranging delivery. Superintendent Sonderman notes the season is ending and, with normal weather, will assist reseeders by providing extra water from now on once arrangements are made. Baseline users add Kennewick Waldale Grocery to the list after replacing horses and wagons with a two ton Mack truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonder- Man
Kennewick Whaldale Grocery Company
Fourteen Youths 21 Registered in Benton County
Fourteen youths aged 21 since June 5th registered in Benton County last Saturday and will likely be called to service next month. Names include Claude Lyle Furgeson Prosser William F. Clark Hanford Howard Edward Mosely Mottinger Raymond F. Gardner Richland Henry Jackson Feely Kennewick Francis Paul Fox Prosser Roy Walter Powell Hover George Elder Schroeder Somers Montana George Maack Grandview Gerald T. Roberts Prosser William B. Underhill Prosser Henry Anderson Prosser Elwin Lyman Carpenter Benton City Cleo Holmes Prosser.
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Benton County
Claude Lyle Furgeson
Prosser
William F. Clark
Hanford
Howard Edward Mosely
Mottinger
Raymond F. Gardner
Richland
Henry Jackson Feely
Kennewick
Francis Paul Fox
Roy Walter Powell
Hover
George Elder Schroeder
Somers
Montana
George Maack
Grandview
Gerald T. Roberts
William B. Underhill
Henry Anderson
Elwin Lyman Carpenter
Benton City
Cleo Holmes
Washington Tire and Rubber Co Announces Spokane Plant
A new Washington Tire and Rubber Company plans to break ground in Spokane after September and begin production of 200 tires and 200 tubes daily. Local distributors include Columbia Garage in Spokane with Mahan Bros. Garage at Prosser handling agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Tire & Rubber Co
Spokane
A. G. Hanauer
Kennewick
Washington Tire & Rubber Company
Inland Empire
Columbia Garage
Prosser Mahan Bros
Prosser
Pasco
Deputy State Secretary Checks Up On Auto Laws
Deputy Secretary of State F. B. Williams in the motor vehicle division tours the state with family, visiting old neighbors in Montana. He enforces auto law compliance, targets illegal headlights, fines violators in Yakima, and urges owners to provide correct engine numbers when licensing to aid car identification and recoveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Williams
R. L. Banta
Montana
Mr. Williams
Yakima
Mint
Williams
Victory Flour Rules Allow 80 Percent Wheat Mix for Bread
The food administration announces amendments effective September 1 permitting 80 percent wheat flour in bread and pastries, replacing the 50-50 rule. Rye mixtures must include 40 percent rye, and mixed flours labeled by ingredient ratios will be sold as Victory Mixed Flours. Millers may supply up to sixty days, and retailers less restrictive quantities are eased. The policy urges home conservation of wheat flour and emphasizes mixed bread to support allied needs.
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Food Administration
The
United States
France
England
Italy
Germany
Scrap iron drive urged as patriotic duty
Farmers and others are urged to gather scrap cast iron and bring it to local junk dealers. E B Swart of the American Iron and Steel Institute warns of a serious northwest shortage as Seattle uses 150000 tons daily. Government price is 34 dollars per ton delivered to foundries. dealers may add a reasonable profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Swart
American Iron and Steel Institute
Swart
Campbell W. Bushnell
Walla Walla
Northwest
Seattle
Mr. Swart
New Draft Registration Preparations Across County
Deputy county auditor Kathryn Severyns prepared for the 18 to 34 age draft, with registration to occur at county voting precincts and city wards once the president signs the bill. Registrars include Rev Bushnell in Ward 1, E W Trenbath in Ward 2, and Mrs M E Soth in Ward 3, using similar questionnaire forms as last year. The manpower bill removes the work or fight clause and envisages a 2.3 million strong army, with 2 million overseas by next June in addition to current forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Severyns
Kennewick
Althe
Bushnell
E. W. Trenbath
M. E. Soth
Senate
War Department
Kennewick Pupils Win Big at Prosser County Meet
Kennewick pupils won eight firsts and six seconds in fourteen events at Prosser county club championships and will send three members to the state fair at Yakima. Prosser boys claimed six firsts with two on the state team. White Bluffs and rural districts also competed. The Benton county team will include Ralph Sandy and William Starkey of Prosser, Ella Williams and Winnifred Huntington and Ruth Dickison of Kennewick, plus Bee keeping demonstrators Everett Terril and Loraine Engels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prosser
Kennewick
Yakima
Pig Club
Ralph Sandy
John Keene
Stuart Mercer
Everett Crouse
Gordon Taylor
Richard Lawrence
Edwin Davis
Avis Philson
Corn
William Starkey
Joe Dickinson
Garden
Joe. Dickinson
Chas. Pearl
Corn—William Starky
Joe Flowers
Adell Lum
Luke Powell
Mr. Roumaley
Grandview
Married Couple Welcomes Life Together in Pasco
Mrs Minnie T Bone and Mr Walter Jacreux were wed in Pasco on Monday afternoon. Mrs Bone, former principal of the Washington school, just returned from a vacation in Iowa. Mr Jacreux owns a fruit ranch near Grandview where the couple will reside, as Kennewick friends extend best wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie T. Bone
Walter Jacruex
Pasco
City Registration Behind Schedule For Primaries
Kennewick voters face potential disenfranchisement as registration lags. City books open tonight and tomorrow night at the city clerk’s office to accommodate late registrants, while country precincts require no re registration for those who voted in 1916. City residents who did not vote last city election or moved wards must re register by tomorrow night to vote in the primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennewick
ORGANIZE FISHING CLUB
The Columbia Fishing club formed at the Commercial club room Monday night with R. L. Banta elected president and Guy Story secretary treasurer. F B Davis Joseph Oldrich and James Johnston named trustees. H W Nelson and A V McReynolds to locate seining grounds and obtain permits. Membership capped at 50. 48 signed. They bought a 400 foot seine and a new boat. salmon run expected in a week or ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Fishing Club
Commercial Club
R. L. Banta
Guy Story
F. B. Davis
Joseph Oldrich
James Johnston
H. W. Nelson
A. V. McReynolds
Lower Valley
Seventeen Called for September Draft Induction
Seventeen men ordered by the local draft board to report at Prosser at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday September 4 for instruction. They will depart to Camp Lewis at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. The Kennewick contingent includes Ray Copeland Otto Erickson Howard Doer Samuel Foraker Harold Weisel Julius Olbrich and an alternate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prosser
Board of Instruction
Camp Lewis
Kennewick
Ray Copeland
Otto Erickson
Howard Door
Samuel Foraker
Harold Weisel
Julius Olbrich
Profitabled Pears Ship From Kennewick By Cash Buyer
A straight car of Buerre d Anjou pears was shipped this week by the Lynch Penston Co. Growers received 2.10 dollars per packed box, about 1.70 dollars net. Manager El bert Mouda says this is the first solid car of this variety shipped from Kennewick by a cash buyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynch Penston .Co
Acco
Elbert Mouda
Kennewick
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NEW Tire Company
T. B. Williams
Alps
Adamello
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