Pomona Grange Reports Busy Benton County Activities
Benton county Pomona Grange met at Buena Vista with Overseer Clodfelter presiding. Officers absent included Master McLean and several sisters. Reports from Buena Vista Whitstraw Rattlesnake Kiona Benton Yale Finley Locust Grove and others highlighted regular meetings new members and fundraisers while a gas station project in Kennewick promised service this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Durdle
Clodfelter
Benton County
Pomona Grange
Buena Vista
J. A. McLean
Sister Swayze
Graces
Jennie Campbell
Elizabeth Puderbaugh
Ruth Swayze
Alta Puderbaugh
King County Pomona
J. R. Ayers
I. N. Hartman
Preston Roger
Brother Swayze
Kennewick
Hanford
White Bluffs
Elmer Dilling
Preston Royer
Whitstraw
Ollie Hall
Rattlesnake
N.P.D
Grange
Horse Heaven
McBee
I. M. Hartman
Kiona-Benton
The
Hartman
Yakima
A. F. Stoops
Yale
Locust Grove
Ralph Safford
Finley
Kennewick Opens Local Cannery For Home Canners
Kennewick’s Eichner building on Auburn street started a small cannery with a capacity of 1000 cans daily. It serves local housewives by canning asparagus from 150 to 500 cans per day on a Monday Wednesday and Friday schedule. The cannery furnishes cans cooks and seals for a nominal charge and some plans include labeling for retail through regular channels. Local gardeners and district housewives show interest as season crops come in. Warren Diant and Willard Campbell lead the effort with garden associations across the area.
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Kennewick
Eichner
Auburn Street
Warren Diant
Willard Campbell
Kennewick Faces Wapato in Key Sunday Clash
Kennewick hosts Wapato in a pivotal Sunday game, both clubs tied at four wins. A victory would crown Kennewick the undisputed first half leader. a loss ties them with the reservation team. Penny Ferrell predicts a win if runs come, following a soggy showing last Sunday against Yakima Eagles.
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Wapato
Penny Ferrell
Yakima Eagles
Pasco Junior Legion team edges rivals 4-3 on late hit
Bill Hembree pitched for Pasco Wednesday afternoon and earned a win as Lester Brown of Kennewick drove in the decisive run in a 4-3 victory. Roy Maddox of Kennewick also contributed before suffering an injured leg that will sideline him for some time.
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Bill Hembree
Pasco
Lester Brown
Kennewick
Roy Maddox
Maddox
Local Women Attend Moose Convention
Members from the Kennewick chapter 598 of Women of the Moose attended the eighth annual Oregon Washington district association convention at the Moose temple in Walla Walla. The chapter won first place for best 100 percent attendance and officers for the coming year were elected and installed. The 1934 convention will be held in Pasco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesdames Reda Perry
Mas Spurgeon
Anna Higley
Mildred Liston
Marie Fairfield
Elizabeth Ilston
Madie Kenney
Ida Cox
Mary Jane Scott
Louise Martin
Viola Campbell
Emily Watts
Malissa Maupin
Mary Cox
Kennewick
Women of the Moose
Oregon-Washington District Association
Moose
Gertrude McCargar
Yakima
Hattie Dean
Ellensburg
Marguerite Miller
Marian Quackenbush
Winnie Gleim
Mollie Kiehn
Walla Walla
Pasco
Gun Club Plans Summer Activities in Kennewick
A special meeting of the Kennewick Red and Gun club will be held at 8 o'clock in city hall Monday evening. Don Wisger announced plans for a predatory bird and animal hunt against the Pasco club, plus discussion of small fish traps at the Yakima River mouth and a program to rescue and replant them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennewick Red and Gun Club
Don Wisger
Pasco Club
Yakima River
Tax receipts exceed mark as discounts near deadline
County Treasurer Harry Forsyth reports over ten thousand dollars in tax receipts at the counter, pushing yearly collections beyond a quarter of a million. The Union Pacific paid thirty two thousand dollars in full, while Northern Pacific paid eight thousand eight hundred as the first half of personal taxes. Real estate assessments total about eighty thousand, with June first due for the second half. Irrigation and Columbia districts show stronger collections, signaling revived activity and brighter prospects. County Game Warden N C Palmer, in town, witnessed illegal salmon arrests at Richland dam.
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Harry Forsyth
Union Pacific
N. P
E. J. Brand
Kennewick Irrigation District
Highlands
Maupin
Columbia District
N. C. Palmer
Richland Dam
Kennewick
Sheep Exodus to Summer Range From Kennewick District
Seventeen Coffin Sheep Co cars were shipped Wednesday on the Northern Pacific to Wilbur and Almira for summer range. Charles Ballard led the shipment. Fifteen more cars are slated for May 24 from Victor Crows, with several cars from Badger to follow.
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Kennewick
Coffin Sheep Company
Northern Pacific
Wilbur
Almira
Charles Ballard
Victor Crows
Badger
Grass in the Streets yarn from Kennewick grower Odin Staley
Odin Staley a cherry grower and former Fourth Ward creator appears in a humorous aside about Alfred Amon pushing a lawn mower. Staley removes his cob pipe and jokes about cutting grass in the streets as predicted by a fictional ex president, fitting a local column tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odin Staley
Kennewick
Fourth Ward
Alfred Amon
Odin
Fae Seeee
Water Users Protest Water Shut-offs at District Office
About twenty Columbia canal farmers gathered at the district office to protest water shut-offs already ordered. Notices had warned of no pay no water and nearly a hundred weir boxes were locked. The meeting sought methods to restore flow while several ranchers planned to quit paying. The board pledged strict enforcement under tightened laws and planned to reroute water to growers.
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Columbia Canal
Wray Brings in First Ripe Strawberries in Kennewick
Horace Wray of the Kennewick Nursery displays the first ripe and green berries of the Wray red variety from Kennewick patches. The new strawberry is touted for hardiness and early market appearance, with the season delayed by a backward year.
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Wray
Kennewick
Horace Wray
Pothooks Senior Edna Erle Ferrell Tops Shorthand Test
Edna Erle Ferrell, a Pothooks High School senior, scored 99 percent on a Gregg shorthand test given by Miss Savage. The exam required dictation at 140 words a minute for five minutes with unfamiliar content.
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Edna Erle Ferrell
Miss Savage
Kennewick Council Downs Daylight Plan
Kennewick officials, while noting state daylight saving requests, tabled any clock change and kept curfew at nine. The council debated local hours but postponed action, to possibly revisit if nearby towns adopt clock changes. The meeting also discussed securing a regular movie venue as a future project. Prosser, White Bluffs, Ray Kennewick golf guests will join a three way tournament next Sunday at nine am PST.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennewick
Martin
Amon
Chamber of Commerce
Pasco
Spokane
Walla Walla
Yakima
Prosser
Ray Kennewick
White Bluffs
Spray Schedule Discussed By Yakima Valley Experts
About 75 members of the Big Y met in the local office Monday evening to hear A L Deavers of Yakima Valley Spray discuss the spray schedule. He said the regular schedule continues until July when oil and nicotine sprays will be used. A new schedule is required to remove lead from apples before shipment to meet the tariff under the pure food and drug law. About ten attendees came from the upper valley.
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Big Y
A. L. Deavers
Yakima Valley Spray Company
Department of Pure Food and Drug Law
Upper Valley
Washington State college pledges Motor Board member
Bernadine Durdle of Kennewick was pledged to the Washington State college chapter of Motor Board, a national upperclass women's honorary. She is a junior in secretarial science and must meet campus activity, leadership, and a 83.5 percent or better average. The pledges were announced at May Day ceremonies during Mother's Weekend with about 250 mothers in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernadine Durdle
Kennewick
Washington State College
Motor Board
Miss Durdle
Department of
Buy Kennewi
Strawberries Begin to Roll in Kennewick Area
Horace Wray of the Kennewick Nursery brought in the first ripe strawberry of the season while A Schaffner of Finley earned credit for the first commercial lot. C E Hillier of Garden Tracts shipped the second lot, with seven crates sent to Spokane and the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Wray
Kennewick
A. Schaffner
Finley
Clark
C. E. Hillier
Spokane
California
Women's Club mobilizes grass canning for Washington Children's Home
Rev R D Brittain visits Yakima area asparagus growers and talks with the Washington Childrens Home Society in the southeast district. Mrs B I Whitney leads volunteers to prepare and can grass, with pledges to cover present needs. Volunteers, especially men, urged to report. groups plan Friday evening and Saturday sessions at the cannery and City Drag Line.
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R. D. Brittain
Washington Childrens’ Home Society
Yakima
B. I. Whitney
Women’s Club
City
Inland Empire Motor Freight
Seattle
Huge 200 Piece Band to Head Benton Franklin Fair
Promoters plan a 200 piece band as a key attraction for this fall’s Benton Franklin Fair. Frank Beste and R L Parks are organizing all musical groups in the bridge area to join the event. Rehearsals will begin soon with amateur musicians welcome.
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Benton-Franklin
County Auditor Keene Presents Brief Statute Overview
County Auditor Keene issues a concise resume of statutes impacting local residents. The briefing highlights key provisions affecting daily life, including property, taxes, and public records, with emphasis on practical implications for residents and local government.
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Keene
New Laws Spread Across Wide Field in County Budget Worries
County budget makers fear new initiative measures and statutes affect aging pension costs. Initiatives expand voter registration, repeal liquor controls, redefine state game management, and cap tax levies. The measures set state control over hunting licenses, game rules, and property tax limits, shaping fiscal planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Game Commission
County Game Commissions
Stock judging contest urged at Benton-Franklin fair
Leslie Lewis and Kennewick graduates urged the Benton-Franklin fair board to sponsor a stock judging contest at the fall fair. The Future Farmers of America plan to use stock on exhibit and seek transportation funds. Eight to fifteen teams are expected with five to six classes of judging. The local team won high at Yakima last year. Mrs. Lauritz Smith will supervise the floral department and Mrs. Frank Green sewing and fancy work. The next meeting is Monday evening, May 29.
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The
Fair Association
Leslie ‘Lewis
Kennewick
Benton-Franklin
Yakima
Lauritz Smith
Frank Green
Ingrams
Pasco
E. C. Durdle
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Pomona
King County
Gas Committee
Cannery
Buy Kennewick
Kennew
Mortar Board
Toh
Childrens
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