Grape Growers Fault Prices. Benton County Fair Plans Progress
Interviews with Concord area grape growers show dissatisfaction with current payments of about 40 dollars per ton. Church Grape Juice officials note payments may not be final and depend on market conditions. The Benton County fair board moves toward a 55 acre permanent fairgrounds with new facilities east of Washington Street and Tenth Avenue East, using land from Twin City airport and chamber of commerce parcels.
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Concord
Church Grape Juice Company
Benton County Fair Board
Benton County
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Layrite Concrete Products Company
Washington Street
Tenth Avenue
Amon
Fair Board
Richard Rector
What's in a Name The Courier-Reporter Column Preview
A reader note outlines plans for a weekly hodgepodge column with possible titles The Waste Basket or Dust Under the Rug. The writer discusses Christmas themes and aims to gently lampoon community life while hinting at future criticisms and lighthearted items.
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Courier-Reporter
Santa
J. C. Pratt
Urban Keelker
R. C. Rector
George Karamatic
Postal Surge Delays Mark Kennewick Office Christmas Rush
Kennewick postal staff face flu and winter colds as Christmas mail floods in, pushing receipts to 64 472 by Tuesday, up from 40 826 last year. Postmaster Walter Weehler urges prompt pickup of arriving packages to aid processing amid plans for a new three theatre block by S J Gregory and a Grigg Bros building addition on Kennewick Avenue.
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Kennewick
Walter Woehler
Ean
Ler
Benton Street
First Avenue West
S. J. Gregory
Midstate Amusement Company
Benton
First Avenue
Albert Kent
Courier-Reporter
Kent
Chicago
Gregory
Tri-City
Telephone Company
New
Grigg Bros
Raymond
Grigg Electrical
Kennewick Avenue
Inland Airways Vista Field Phone Line Approved
City council on Tuesday approved private telephone service to Inland Airways Vista Field offices. The Inter state Telephone Company will run the private line, with the city to cover the first half mile costing about 148 dollars. Afterward charges depend on footage. The move aims to relieve delays from 13 subscribers tying up the existing line, causing calls to the field to take up to 30 minutes.
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Inland Airways
Vista Field
Richard Rector Thettre
Interstate Telephone Company
Rector
Osme
First Pouring of Concrete for McNary Dam Set for Today
Waterway officials announced first concrete pour for McNary dam would take place today near Plymouth Washington on the river's Washington side. A reception for Amon and others followed the dedication ceremonies with attendance planned by city and association leaders in Uma tilla and McNary dam offices.
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McNary Dam
A.C. Amon
Washington
Inland Empire Waterways Association
William Whipple, Jr
Walla Walla
Amon
Herbert G. West
The
Waterways Association
Paul Follet
Umatilla
Oregon
Plymouth
West
William J. Ellison, Jr
New Vista Homes Vista No. 3 planned in Kennewick area
Modern Homes Inc. to build 145 low cost homes and apartments on a 3.2 acre tract south and west of prior projects in Kennewick. Homes priced around 7500 with apartment rents 65 to 75 monthly. Construction to begin January with occupancy aimed for April or May. The site to be added to Kennewick city limits.
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Kennewick
Modern Homes, Inc
Harold G. Fyfe
Fyfe & Spaulding
Modern Homes
Vista Homes
An Early Spring Forecaster Predicts Wet Season
W. J. Thurston of the Garden Tracts predicts an early spring based on frost patterns and cold spells before Christmas. He advises planting now while readying to cover vegetables in April. Thurston, a longtime Kennebwick observer, notes late frosts signal spring ahead.
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W. J. Thurston
The
Garden Tracts
W. J
Kennewick
WSC Survey Ready Soon After January 1
Washington State College will complete an area wide economic and cultural survey for city administrators and planners by early next year. Dr. T H Kennedy, under whose supervision the study was made, reports that skilled college analysts with outside consultants have distilled findings from a thorough house to house poll in Kennewick and Pasco.
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Washington State College
Richard Rector
T. H. Kennedy
Kennewick and
Pasco
Thompson Awarded 1100 Damages In Property Suit
A. J. Thompson receives 1100 from Herb Owens and others for damages to personal property and the building at 13 Front St when Owens moved out on April 13. Superior court judge Jay Whitfield awarded the damages in Pasco after Owens had sued to retain a firm name.
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A. J. Thompson
Herb Owens
Thompson
Front St
Owens
Pasco
Superior Court
Jay Whitfield
We Pioneer Iron Works
Whitfield
Business Men Push Idea of Forming New Separate City
Several Richland area business men discussed forming a separate city to include business and residential zones of the area. No decision was made yet and a council meeting is set for January 4 to discuss incorporation, street improvements, water supply, and sewage disposal. Island View residents near the east edge consider joining a larger water district that would include the Y area, Kennewick, and nearby territory. Dr. T. H. Kennedy of Washington State College will soon issue a report on water and sewer concerns for all sections, welcomed by interested locals.
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Richland “Y
Senate
Kennewick
Island View
T. H. Kennedy
Washington State College
Seven new teachers named for local school
Superintendent E S Black announced seven new elementary teachers to begin January 3 when the two week holiday shutdown ends. Enrollment holds at about 3200 as new classrooms in south area buildings fill. First grade Edith Gow ing of Walla Walla joins, second grade Margaret Bell of Kennewick, and Frances Wagner of Kennewick also named.
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E. S. Black
Black
Edith Gowing
Walla Walla
Western Washington College of Education
Bellingham
Margaret Bell
Kennewick
Sterling College
Sterling
Kans
Frances Wagner
Mankato State Teachers College
Mankato
Minn
City
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Northwest
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Wick
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Seeeens Weeenessee
Enone
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