Charity Musicals Draw Large Crowds in Kennewick and Pasco
Kiwanis sponsored charity shows in Kennewick and Pasco raise about 320 for relief funds. Over 150 performers contributed from school bands, choirs, and local orchestras under Rex Fisk and Pasco director Trowbridge, with a grand finale of Silent Night.
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Kennewick
Pasco
Kiwanis
P. F. Parks
Kennewick-Pasco
Rex Fisk
Haydn
Whittles
Kennewick Dramatic League
Miss Rushton
Walter Stauffacher
Kennewick Kiwanis Quartet
Pas-Ken Philharmonic
Trowbridge
Washington
Dream Boat operetta staged by grade pupils
The operetta Dream Boat was presented by grade school pupils on Wednesday afternoon. Solo parts were sung by Joyce Elliott Nellie Estep Rollin Smith Dorothea Jennings John Allen Martha Lincoln Bernice Moore and Dwight Crafford. Students from third to eighth grade portrayed dreamland voyage figures and encounters with pirates Indians sailors and dream makers across two acts. Eighth grade girls and high school girls choirs provided carols between acts.
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Joyce Elliott
Nellie Estep
Rollin Smith
Dorothea Jennings
John Allen
Martha Lincoln
Bernice Moore
Dwight Crafford
Dreamland
Senator Jones Letter Supports Kennewick Federal Building Funds
A Senator Jones note on his appropriation bill for a Kennewick federal building calls the news cheering as postal receipts in Kennewick rise despite reports from other towns to the contrary.
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Jones
Kennewick
Local Money Placed Into Light Bonds
City issues bonds for street lighting with half the cost borne by abutting property owners. Remaining balance funded by city surplus to save interest, except $500 locally. General obligation bonds also purchased locally, with a $4250 issue. Local businessmen praise the city credit and district outlook.
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Kennewick
Wheat Growers to Hold Meeting at Lind Auditorium
The Annual Farm Economic Conference in Lind on January 11 features Orris Dorman of the North Pacific Grain Growers Inc to speak on marketing and disposal of farm produce. Adams county officials note wheat surveys and urge local growers to attend for firsthand information on the growing regional organization and its methods.
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Lind
Orris Dorman
North Pacific Grain Growers Incorporated
North Pacific Grain Growers
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Pacific Northwest
Adams County
E. C. Durdle
North Pacific Grain Growers, Inc
Mrs S M Carson Visits Seattle Family Over Christmas
Mrs S M Carson of Seattle arrived Wednesday evening to spend the Christmas holidays with her daughter Mrs M M Moulton and family on Kennewick Ave.
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S. M. Carson
Seattle
M. M. Moulton
Kennewick Ave
Thousands Snow Blind in Desert Sheep Stare
In Kennewick a strange case of snow blindness affects thousands of sheep in the Horse Heaven hills wintered by Coffin Brothers. Sheep lose sight as wool freezes over their eyes, forcing professional shearers to clip wool so animals can find food or starve.
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Kennewick
Horse Heaven Hills
Coffin Brothers
Santa Claus attends Kiwanis luncheon with toy gifts
Santa Claus was the honor guest at the Kiwanis luncheon Tuesday noon. He distributed toys to members including dolls for girls and tractors for boys, toys left at the door for later distribution. Rev. L. J. Aldrich also spoke on the spirit of Christmas.
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Santa Claus
Kiwanis
Rev
L. J. Aldrich
Light Pole Gifted to Front of Methodist Church
Under C A Carpenter leadership church members have raised funds to buy and install a spare light pole in front of the church. The globe will be larger than existing ones and the project costs about $200 with most of the amount secured. Donations include labor and business men are thanked for critical cooperation enabling the extra lighting.
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C. A. Carpenter
Methodist Church
Courtesy Service by City Employee Praised in Kennewick
A. A. Anderson of Church's Grape Juice credits Kennewick city staff for courteous service. After train No 1 stopped for him en route from Seattle a night patrolman Bert Moores gave him a ride home in the city car. Anderson notes he only drinks his own grape juice and needed no further refreshments.
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A. A. Anderson
Church
Kennewick
St. Paul
N. P
Mr. Anderson
Seattle
Bert Moores
Anderson
Mr. Moores
Federal building proposal sparks Kennewick action
A Kennewick drive led by the Kiwanis club Chamber of Commerce and city leaders prompts a Senate bill by Wesly L. Jones for 125000 to fund a federal building in Kennewick. Pasco’s new federal building costs about half that. With Highlands development and agricultural recovery, Kennewick Post Office expects substantial gains as mail volume nears Pasco’s.
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Kennewick
Highlands
Poultrymen Plan Poultry School In Prosser
A Prosser poultrymen committee works with the county agent on a two day poultry school planned for Monday and Tuesday January 11 and 12. They circulated suggested topics for priority and may invite Professor Carver to attend.
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Prosser
Buchanan
Carver
United States
Fire destroys UP stage on Spokane run near Lind
A Union Pacific passenger stage caught fire at 2 am Monday near Lind and was totally destroyed. No injuries reported. The driver is unsure of the cause and says he was not intoxicated or impaired at the time.
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Union Pacific
Spokane
Lind
Hort School Plans Set Across Several Communities
Winter horticultural schools are planned for Kennewick Prosser White Bluffs Hanford and Benton City during January 5 to 9. Extension horticulturist J T Bregger and staff from Prosser along with experts from Wenatchee and others will discuss pest control irrigation findings and fruit and truck crop marketing.
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Kennewick
Prosser
White Bluffs
Hanford
Benton City
J. T. Bregger
Irrigation
Singleton
Claypool
Larson
Anthony Spuler
Wenatchee
eBnton City
Anderson Ruth wedding in Pasco among close family
Miss Mildred Anderson, daughter of H N Anderson of Kennewick, wed Ralph Windsor in Pasco on a Saturday afternoon December 19. Rev W A Sprague officiated at the Congregational church as the couple’s immediate relatives attended. The bride, a Kennewick native and 29 graduate, will reside with her new husband at 1116 Irving Street, Pasco, after the new year. Ralph Ruth, Swift & Company local manager, is a North Platte, Nebraska native and Kansas University graduate.
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Mildred Anderson
H. N. Anderson
Ralph Windsor
Pasco
W. A. Sprague
Congregational Church
Kennewick
Ruth
North Platte
Neb
Swift & Company
University of Kansas
Scott City
Kansas
Irving Street
Weather Bureau official urged to sue dog owner
Cecil Cagle of the Pasco U S Weather Bureau was advised by the attorney general to sue the county official who owned the dog that bit him. The doctor’s fees were to be paid first, then legal action. Cagle said his physician threatened suit for the bill and the county official refused to cover the expense.
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Cecil Cagle
Pasco
Rebekahs Hold Christmas Party At Lodge Rooms
The Rebekahs held their Christmas party Tuesday evening at the lodge rooms. Festive trees coloring and lights set the scene as candles and refreshments complemented games and dancing throughout the event.
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Rebekahs
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Poultrymen Want Chicken School
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