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Miller, left, Mrs. John 1 Mrs. David Garrett, will nations to the chambers of By JIM PHILIP Herald Staff Writer A Kennewick man who start ed purchasing quarter horses as a hobby nine years ago for $65 a pair bought his latest for 125,000. Jim Hively, Kennewick busi nessman traveled 6,000 miles across the country in November looking for his 23rd and most famous quarter horse. He found it in a horse named Milk River, a 6-year-old stallion already rated one of the top 30 quarter horses in the world. Hively had expected to pay more than $25,000. “I wanted one of the best, and I think I have found it,” he said. His first goal is to qualify Milk River as the second su preme champion in the world, f’w ■ ’ F"' ■> L ■ £ F;W • ' "J .. ...i commerce offices announcing appli cations are available for girls who 1 wish to compete for queen and prin cesses of the 1963 Benton-Franklin Fair and Rodeo. j w ■■ n hopes of making the stallion the sec ond supreme champion in the world. With the horse was trainer Wayne Beus. ★ pU ............. —w««• Mr. and Mrs. Surplus were I- married Sept. 19, 1942, in Twin • Falls, Idaho, and have lived in -- the Tri-Cities since July 1947. • He is an electric’0’'—, Mrs. Surplus is employed by \ the City of Richland. 1 I 7. ■ - ./ 7 & 3$ 7ffi\ B-F e J <- :$'< >7: 7i - ■- v. ■; j ? 4 I J On The VISITOR — Benton-Franklin County Fair Queen Judi Hamilton and her court were on hand yes terday to welcome a "very distinguished" visitor to fair celebrations. The visitor was the famous 7 ■■ ; 1 ? « * * * a ’ M'j I .■ i. «l - c; C 1 }>/ TV personality, Huckleberry Hound. He seemed pleased to meet the entire Royal Court, who are: (left to right) Robyn Talbott, Eileen Benitz, Queen Judi Rae Hamilton, and Janelie Boice. J 1 ■ over the annual Benton-Franklin County Fair and Rodeo at Kennewick Aug. 28-30 will be Judi Hamilton (third from left), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray F. Hamilton, Kennewick. The princesses are (left to right): Janell Boice, Kennewick; Robyn Talbott, Richland, and Eileen Benitz, Prosser. The queen will be a sophomore at Columbia Basin Junior College this fall. The court was introduced Tues day to the Prosser Chamber of Commerce. '.-.■A-/?-s®W’ ■? - ■ 4.771--7 7 1 7373i.lt 7 711 B A/.. QUEEN AND COURT—Reigning as queen . 1 xWMttT WWI i K i - -I I V 3- ' . feuCKAKOO BUCKLES — Sterling silver trophy buckles to be awarded winning cowboys in the 1959 Benton-Franklin County Ro- jaeo are displayed by Fair and Rodeo Queen Judi Hamilton of ^Kennewick. Trophies and their donors are: All around cowboy, STri-City Herald; saddle bronc, Basin Surplus; calf roping, Spauld ing-Matheson; bareback, Arrow Grill; steer wrestling, Mark Heating, and bull riding, Campbell’s Paint store.P" — — 7373i.lt t i and a Kahlotus High School sophomore. Besides reigning at the fair and rodeo, they will ride in all parades within a 200-mile radius of the Tri-Cities this year, and will attend service club luncheons. And Rodeo Royalty Chosen . a Kennewick High School senior and daughter of Courtney Baze, Benton City and Mrs. Warren Dun ning, Kennewick; Miss Munsey is a Kennewick Jun ior and daughter of Mrs. Leon Hall; and Miss Robbins is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Robbins Benton-Franklin Couraty Fair ' Royalty of the 1962 Benton-Franklin County Fair and Rodeo Aug. 24-26 were announced today by their Benton County Mounted Posse sponsors fol lowing selection by a panel of judges from a list of 17 candidates. The chosen ones, from left, arc Princess Vicky Baze, 17, Kennewick; Princess La- Nay Munsey, 17, Kennewick; Queen Sharon Hart ley, 18, Kennewick, and Princess Penney Robbins, 17, Kahlotus. Miss Hartley, a princess of the 1961 court, Columbia Basin College freshman and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Hartley, will be crowned in ceremonies in early May. Miss Baze is ■■■■ To The FairAnd It’s I y ' I 11 0*1 I Mj ,n II stj II J id I There is nothing in the world quite as satisfying and companionable as a county Fair. For at the Fair you see friends and neighbors you haven't seen in months . . might even be that you hadn't seen them since - : 'i'v-'v'/ - ' , OuTGQOi'^Rodeo Quee" Past president of the Bit and Spur 4-H Club, LaNay is keen on hunting, fishing and camping and plans to take animal husbandry at college. I Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Hartley of Kennewick. Active in 4-H Clubs for eight i years, she will reign over cere-1 monies at the three-day Fair , ! which begins Aug. 24 at the fair-’ 1 grounds in Kennewick. Pictures of her three prin-1 cesses will appear in subsequent un5 New Garb C h'nCl lcccn^y the Kennewick ranch of Bernard Was Princess Vicky Baze, Kennewick, loh^ iTg 'T? Presses Penney Robbins, Kah- » U and LaNay Munsey, Kennewick. Queen of this year's Benton- Franklin County Fair and Rodeo will be Sharon Hartley, 19-year- old president of Franklin County Junior Posse. Sharon, a princess al last year’s fair and a Columbia Basin Col lege medicine major who hopes to I be a doctor, is the .h tn/oys LaNay Munsey, 17-year-old sen- ( wick, Aug. 24-26. ior at Kennewick High School, is one of three princesses who will be in attendance at this year’s Benton-Franklin County Fair and Bodco at the Fair grounds. Kenne- Piclurcs of the Fair Queen, Sharon Hartley, and the other princess have appeared previous ly in. The Herald. Other pictures _will be featured in subsequent is- > sues. . —- 1 *—new colors. Princesses in the Benton- Franklin County Fair and Rodeo court have aban doned last year’s blue outfit ior a subtle shade of orange. The queen stays in white. Straightening the tie of Queen Sharon Hartley, Kennewick, at a y VICK Y BLAZE At Being A Princess Rodeo Feed Readied PENNY Vicky Baze Old Hand fair grounds, Kennewick, Aug. 24- 26. Queen of the Fair, Sharon Hart ley. whose picture appeared yes terday, will have two other prin cesses in attendance. Their pic tures will appear in subsequent is sues of The Herald. 11 id 1 )l J4 A ■n St rJ Vickey Baze is used to being a princess. The 18-year-old member of the Richland Ramblers was a princess at the Prosser Stampede. This year she will be doing a similar job—at the Benton-Frank lin County Fair and Rodeo al the 4 ... s.fJl Members of the Benton County Mounted Posse tested out their grills and cooking equipment at the Kennewick rodeo grounds Friday in preparation for the big annual Cowboy Breakfast to be served from 6-11 am. next Sunday — the final day of the Ben ton-Franklin County Fair and Rodeo, brom leit were Mrs. Leon Hall and Mrs. Eddie Wilkerson, whose organization ■will also sell refreshments I throughout the three-day celebration. Penny Robbins Leads Busy Life Third, and final, of Benton- color picture of the fair and rodeo ; Franklin County Fa r and RodeoI queen and princess is on page Queen Sharon Hartley’s three 1 17). * princesses to appear in The Herald is 17-year-old Penny Robbins of Kahlotus. A keen swimmer, clarinet play er, singer, and amateur actress,, Penny is secretary of Kahlotus Community Club and Methodise Youth Fellowship, and co-captain and drill leader of the Pep Club. The Fair, which will last for . three days, starts at the fair | grounds, Kennewick, Aug. 24. (A final / ! from left—Fred Schroeder, Wayne Smith, John Gravenslund, Phil Berman, Dana Zimmerman, Joe Ely, Cal Leibcl, Courtney Baze and Ed Wilkerson. 1 n| st ’’ H d- I )l ■11 d event Aug. 24-26. In front were Princesses Penny Robbins and La- Nay Munsey, Queen Sharon and Princess Vickcy Baze. Standing, • 1 ■■< Poss® And Royalty Prepare For Benton Coynty Rodeo Success of the Benton-Franklin County Rodeo each year is due in a great part to the year-round efforts of members of the sponsor ing Benton County Mounted Posse. Leaders of the group were shown with the Fair and Rodeo Queen Sharon Hartley and her court at a session at the grounds in preparation for the big arena &■ Xi .y-i’"-': cd for iz? • i Wlst contest is scheau* the hotollCL and V'ist. A',ca was ’ Baze'^'jag n1Ie; '«fleo S0K it z and r Western Garb In Style, Fair Near q 1! K 1G <11 ) a I Ready For Fsir Vera Wilkerson, at the window, and Betty Kelly made it easy yesterday for Kennewick City Man ager Mar Winegar to purchase the first ticket to the Benton County Fair and Rodeo Aug. 23-26. The tickets are being sold from the red barn at Ken newick Avenue and Benton Street. but Dave Garrett. left, old hands at riding horses. BIHifi The chaps are new Eddie Wilkerson are They’re members of the Sheriff’s Posse of Benton County and they’ll help out at the Rodeo this week end.■ 7 r > Ki 1 . at 1 ^■1 '* i ! ' Some of the wildest and most ram bunctious bucking horses and Brah ma bulls in the world will come rip ping and tearing out of these Benton- Franklin County Rodeo bucking chutes in Kennewick Friday and Sat urday nights and Sunday afternoon. Shown atop the chutes are some of cow riding a while, today at Vi I t i' *1 il 1 a spill Sat J . <«. v, r - < J E 1___ Posse Members Prepare For I^odeo the Benton County Mounted Posse officers who make the arena show possible. From left: Joe Ely, Fred Schroeder, Phil Berman, Posse Capt. Cal Leibel, John Gravenslund, Bernie Chapman, Wayne Smith and Dana Zimmerman. . ?/ I LSi'1 ■ ■ ( frWS t ' ISO Jini Harvey took n -n *’c ™Sr ®Yents and did B cntered C°unty Fair- ( 7 ’ < .. Rodeoing Is A Vocation ossman I on a ••# ■ 1 V 7 ? •*. ! . ' John Gravenslund, 1 r- «-• *fr> l-i i ■ I r* zl Hj ■ 'll ■_ ;• ... the steer ducks under the rider’s horse. Kennewick busi nessman, hauled down a steer during ihe bulldogging event at a recent Ben ton-Franklin Rodeo. Gravenslund pre fers bruising, bone - jarring rodeo J J d I I Pl 51 rt ■ 1 Gravenslund is a member of the Rodeo Cowboys of America organ ization. He purchased his horse eight years ago and trained it himself. i w w W *1 ! “:.v • good.” have a Gravenslund. co-owner-manager i • of Washington Hardware and Fur- - w 1 ■ HIS BEST TIME WAS 4.7 SEC- ends at Portland International Ro-: deo. He posted a 5.3-second-mark at last year’s Walla Walla rodeo. ' Last month he tied for first in I the Ellensburg rodeo—the best he • has finished in any major rodeb. ! He has won first-day money in ' other rodeos and has been in the | bulldogging finals four times '•! ) the Pendleton Roundup. THE SHIFT FROM BUSINESS- I man to a rodeo hand is termed a , \ 1 vacation by Gravenslund w h o ’ •" takes his family to all the rodeos, j “My wife puts up with it,” he said in referring to his bruising I hobby. “She is very understand- • ing, although she’s rather nervous! sometimes.” Gravenslund tried bull and sad-1 , dle-bronc riding but kept getting I thrown. ! “My equilibrium wasn’t t o o ’ he said. "But I seem toI knack for bulldogging."; Fifteen cowboys had bad spills in first-day bulldogging last week at Pendleton, he said. "Once you leave your saddle, ! you can’t hesitate. You’ve got to •' . or you can reaJly ge(, hurt." Gravenslund said. a 8g \ 1V For^Jri-City Busin By DALE BLAIR Herald Staff Writer At a Moses Lake rodeo in 1948 ( a Kennewick man bulldoggcd a steer in 20 seconds and lost most j of his clothes doing it. The steer’s horn hooked under! his blue jeans, went through his . belt and came out through his ! admlts that bulldogg.ng can result < shirt near his shoulder. ,n scr,ous ,njuries Particularly if I ^4 ■ JOHN GRAVENSLUND WALK- ed from the arena clutching at a , I half-torn shirt and nearly gone ; jeans. He missed being gored, but | had a long bruise to show for his ' I first attempt at bulldogging ■ the professional rodeo circuit. events to golf or bridge. Each summer he changes from his suit to blue jeans and a cowboy shirt andenters (he bulldogging event in most of the North west’s rodeos. ax • <3x X w HE COMPETED AT PENDLE- ton this year but missed the finals when his horse broke the barrier ■ before the steer was released. It, | cost him a 10-second penalty. Hi’s worst injury was in 1958 ; | when he broke his ankle at Pend-; | leton. niture store, has received uncount-’ R- cd bruises, scratches, sore mus-. I cles and a broken ankle since ■' ! then while bulldogging in rodeos - | in the Northwest. 1 This summer, as in the past, | ; . . . . . .. J. ft a| : I . .... -* W '■ ' '•S’®? 1 Ills SUHHllCl, db III Uie Pdol, | j he periodically changed from his | j suit to blue jeans and a cowboy i shirt—traded the safety of manag- ’ ing his store for the danger of! leaping onto the back of a fast- w running steer, and hauling down the sharp-horned animal to the dirt-and-sawdust turf of the rodeo arena. tL--... - HE CONSIDERS BULL RIDING the most dangerous event, but ' keep going I I ■ -.J I I I I by is painting. Lower left, she appears with her court, Princesses Janet Heiser, Vicki Smith and Lee Ann Hamilton. t I icl^3 B M 3 >■ & 3 W-. 14 Gods Seek Title s ©f Queers ir7TT!7*i baskelbaft’,’ bcatln^ 11 >w : «n» I Queen LaNay Munsey and her court and whisker- adorned Kennewick Junior Chamber of Commerce members took time out briefly Friday from their activity of preparing for the 1963 Benton-Franklin ; County Fair and Rodeo Aug. 23-25. From left, on I horseback, were Queen LeNay, Princesses Janet Heiser, Vicki Smith and LeAnn Hamilton. The men -" c. Estfc ) £.^■1 v !• e h d J m :a It- st on ist )rt no t. .......... Appointments ' and ap pearances, ; keeping her wardrobe in order and : her horse, Brandy, groomed, keep Miss La Nay Munsey, Benton Franklin County Fair and Rodeo queen, busy these days. She has little time to relax- wth her • favorite hobbi0. Always ■ interested in morses, she has been riding for sev eral yearS. Lawn work, ; usually'a family project, finds Queen La Nay equally at home with the lawnmower and her p horse. Along with the lawn, she enjoys caring for the family ducks with the assistance of her sis ter, Diane. Another hob- I rw O’V’ Fourteen Tri-City area girls are competing for Queen of the Benton - Franklin County Fair and Rodeo. Mrs. David Garrett, chairman of the queen’s committee, said today that all but two of the girls are from Kennewick and Pasco. One is from Benton City and one is from Mesa. Only the names of the girls chosen queen and princesses will be announced. The girls will be judged on i their riding ability, personality and appearance. The judging committee is made up of the queen’s com mittee, two members of the fair board, two members of the Ken newick Chamber of Commerce, .and the Benton County Mount ed Posse queen committee. t@d@© Jloydty T@]k@s ©yft behind the foliage were Jim O’Conner, Virgil Mc Arthur, Bud Phillips and Jaycee President Don Sharp. During the three-day event, Jaycees will stage a traveling show, beard-growing fete, win dow-painting contest, operate a dunking tank, spon sor a free street dance for kiddies and adults and a beef barbecue. independent OPERATEDHOME & I ■tow J V> ‘J £ !7 il jj?4* ' -.^^giww^' ■ 1 I I ■ -J . ; v: / ;W> L Ci 1^ R’ Its HOME OWNED SrvOW? SECOND PAGE ONE i - 4J MP! : /■■ . ■ / / '7-v " '■' .>:a one time .president of the I tivities continued dur n th b°rn Kennewick Fair’ These ies’ r 7 a offset by thewas on the grounds every I “I took over in about 1948 and we moved the Fair to the present site.” pj,vuv**v -------- Alfred Amon, one time .president of th* 'TSir, it merged with th® nilt tivities ci "In about 1946 they were revived,” said Amon. “People had big do downtown with stars up from Hollywood to entertain them. Among the stars was Spike Jones. At the same time interest in rodeo events was growing. And in 1949, the Benton County rodeo was started by “a few old cowboys who used to be in rodeos but got too old to participate and decided to put on a show themselves,” said Zimmerman. Mounted Posse Formed The result: the incorporation of the BCMP with about SO members. Among them was Pat Owens, 1935 Northwest bronc- riding champion. The festivities were known then as the Benton County Fair 'and Rodeo. Two years later Franklin County was persuaded to join, and the name was changed to its present title. Debts totaling $11,000 were incurred by members in the early days as they sought to find capital to run the show and buy the ground and facilities, now worth $150,000. At first the rodeo ran at a loss and Posse membership and initiation fees. For four years car races were run Sunday during the summer. “It put the horses out of business but made us some money,” said Zimmerman. In 1958 (here was enough cash in the coffers and a sufficiently large membership to warrant a return to horses. Today, with receipts of about $14,000 compared to $8,000 in the early days, the rodeo is self-supporting. “And if the wind doesn’t blow and we have no rain we might even clear a couple of thousand,” Zimmerman said. Only once did the weather interfere. That was in 1956 when rain washed out the festivities. It was a bitter blow. Preparation Takes Time For more than 1,000 hours of work — 10 men engaged six months a year using all their spare time — is spent on or ganizing the festivities. They start three months after the pre vious year’s events have finished. Among the chores to be settled: O Contracting out for stock — bronc horses, steers and roping calves. One man, Joe Kelsey, who recently acquired 70 head of special long-horn Mexican cattle, has furnished the stock for the past 11 years. 0 Engaging the contestants — many of them top names in the rodeo circuit “and much better than those of a decade ago,” said Zimmerman. 0 Arranging program sales — a weak point in previous years but growing every year “as more and more people get personally interested in performances." But although the rodeo itself has grown gradually in size, the. quality of its features increased tremendously. And so has the fair. The original purse for instance was $2,500. This year, with entry fees and purse combined it will total about $8,000. Events have speeded up—“making our show one of the fastest in the country,” said Zimmerman. Tri-Citians Are Responding The result: “People in the Tri-Cities are getting more and more rodeo-minded. Interest has grown enormously, he added. And those who turn out this year can expect the biggest and best fair and rodeo ever. A host of festivities has been planned for the three-day event, which starts Aug. 23. was held yearly near uk Then’ newly " born Kennewick Fair. These fes- "ntinued during the twenties but gradually died out. Revival Featured Rodeo During the thirties the festivities were revived, this time with the accent on the rodeo events. ‘‘We used to have a rodeo every Fourth of July on the site of the present high school,” said Amon. The land was acquired from the county. Later the site was moved to the present Fruitland Park, and this land was eventually deeded to the city. During World War II, the festivities closed down. Sunday, March 24, 1963 I > / '6 EJ»I J 0 d J ! I & M .-)< h- .. ! ; ■■ I WESTERN STYLES will be modeled by MUSS' Sharon Hartley, 1962 Benton-Franklin County Fair and Rodeo queen; Toni Garrett, left, and Scotty Miller at a Western Wear Style Show April 2 at 8 p.m. at the Black Angus. The show, open to the public, is sponsored by the Benton County Mount ed Posse Auxiliary. Western clothes and accessories for the family will be modeled. s.I 8SR fed ‘J 4e ■! overnor Wil plus entry fees, including two ferris wheels, merry-go-round, other rides and nov- secretary of the Rodeo Cowboy Associaiion-sanc- I r t 1 i' a £ , ie[ 31 >> i I I By Herald cowboys, c y S' F F will see wild-horse racing, women’s bam-' - icing, and a variety of track events. ■ c will coincide with those of other world-champion arena perform- IVlClucaii, .x.gj.n Falls, B.C., 1962 world’s and Winston Bruce, Calgary, 1961 saddlc- f d n a C‘ n to fly to Kennewick Sat- “ .m. . His daughters, Sue, 18, v S i n-l I !i' ' ’s al a- is' i Three inches of fuzz won a $5 gift certificate last night for Earl Spurlock, 1430 Stevens Drive, Rich land, who was named the Man With. The Longest , Beard at the Fair Rodeo’s beard-judging Kennewick. Queen LaNay Munsey come to her decision. Spurlock said stays. “I’ve acquired a name—The L. intend to keep it.” Said Mrs. stand it, so can X.” beard in March. Another piepirc on page- J contest in tiled a ruler to UJ his beard Beard—and 1 “If he can loyalty in both the kiddies parade and the Saturday grand proces- • cut to the fairgrounds. Gramling said children under 12 will be admitted to the rodeo free on Friday night, if accompanied by an older person. Rodeo tickets may be purchased at the "barn” on Kennewick Avenue, or at the grandstand gates. The prices are $2.50, reserve seats, $2 general admission. b s c ii ■j aH TI il I d 5 the Jaycees awarded beard-growing prizes to Earl Spurlock, long, esl beard; Carl Mansfield, most original; Lonnie O’Neal, best looking, and George Westfall, best effort. As a side-attraction to the fair and rodeo, Meeker’s Shows, from e]ty booths have set up at the grounds and will be in full opera- , non oy lomgni. Admission io me lairgrounas is au cents per Avenue to Keewaydin Park at 10 a.m. Friday. person. Fair and Rodeo Queen LaNay Munsey and Princesses Vicki • Police Chief 0. C. (Dutch) Lincoln advised Pasco residents Smith, Janet Heiser and Lee Ann Hamilton will ride with visiting , that Kennewick's new Gum Street underpass route offers a short- sion. The governor will ride in the oldest of more than 50 antique cars which will congregate in Kennewick Saturday from four states. The; Jaycee-sponsored street dance will be tonight at Albany Avenue - Washington Street parking lot. At last night’s dance, tioned arena show, said a $4,100 basic purse, has boosted prize money to almost $10,000. The cash, plus a $400 saddle for the all-around cowboy, and fancy belt buckles for event-winners, will draw an unprededented number of internationally-known contestants, Swaim said. There’ll be dust and excitement in the air after the grand entry of the rodeo at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, as leather-slapping cowboys come banging out of the chutes aboard the Brahma bulls and bucking horses of Joe and Sonny Kelsey, of Okanogan. . The rodeo stock is already in the corrals' and ready for action. Vern Gramling, rodeo committee chairman, .said clowns Bob and Gene Clark, LaMonte, Calif., will fight ihr bulls and pro vide entertainment between events. In adchlipn to calf roping, bulldogging, bull riding, saddle and bare-bW T>Jng, spectators Activity is not confined to the fair and rodeo grounds. The colorful kiddies’ parade will wend its way ______ 1 V WVVWBBW B»M • V UVV MJ# MV VMM UlIV* n 4H MV MB the Washington Street-Second Avenue intersection down Kennewick tion by tonight. Admission to the fairgrounds is 50 cents per Boots To Be Filled Some Tri-City girl between 17-20 years old will be chosen soon to fill 1963 Benton-Franklin Coun ty Fair and Rodeo Queen LaNay Munsey’s boots for 1964. Applications of candidates for a spot on the court this year will be taken until Feb. 20 at any local chamber of commerce office. Applicant must have her own horse and know how to handle it. Last year’s Princesses Lee Ann Hamilton and Janet Heiser, Kennewick, and Vicki Smith, Richland, will also step aside. ead Fair Parade Junior and open-class livestock judging and exhibiting started this morning and will continue through Friday in the packed livestock barns. A climax to the stock events is the junior fat- stock auction at 10 a.m. Saturday. CHARLES LAMB Staff Writer i IforW-champion cowooys, Gov. Albert Rosellini and throngs F . tors thrill-seekers will pour into the Tn-Cities between and Saturday for the 15th annual - and biggest-ever Bcn- ranklin CountyFair and Rodeo. I ;ov Albert D. Rosellini will miss the opening rodeo per Lice Friday night, but is scheduled i- morning to lead the grand parade at 2 p. Je will stay for the rodeo that night, ,ynn, 16, will accompany him. The governor’s appearance v Jrilies, including at least two phey are Kenny McLean, Okanogan j lle-bronc champ, k king. 'Bob Swaim. di '.si el d ' gP ' :lp s\s4 Three inches of fuzz won a - - — ’114 0 1U1 --------------- land, who was named the Man Beard at the Fair Rodeo’s L_ decision. Spurlock ‘‘I’ve acquired a nu».^*--lock; , on 3 4 .: !Uo:, £’ ssioi! T k Woi occ Guc ■.•a • the Hist; turn f-’Rl T. |Uni> fern ;i re< Red »ush insiL Narr .Chin In 1 jp Sfe J - • - r - - ■ 'J- ;.v' Rib-^;?; a x < :• 1 VICKI SMITH Rodeo Princess Is Veteran Rider 0 the may take a ' ’' basketball, beat’m^ 1 JANET HEISER Princess To Miss ■■ ■ ■4 B Vi 1\ ' --R > ... :MT’ fcJ ; .: /A ■A Me^■w ' <1 . «s res*BBS1 » Old Besides riding, she likes to bowl, water ski and swim. Before grad uating from Columbia High in June, Vicki belonged to the school’s Pep Club and was on the drill team. VICKI IS THE DAUGHTER OF Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Smith, 423 Sierra St., Richland, and has one brother, 22, and another, 5. Looking beyond her debut on Fair and Rodeo Queen LaNay Mun- sey’s court, Vicki’s plans aren't too complete. She intends going at least one year to Columbia Ba sin College. After that, she course in nursing. Meanwhile, there is one thing for certain—Vicky will go right on smiling. There is one thing that Prin cess Vicki Smith of the Benton- Franklin County Fair and rodeo possesses that goes well with her costumes. It is a smile which reflects a sunny disposition. She attributes this at least in part to having spent her entire 17 years in the Tri-Cities. VICKI WILL RIDE HER REG- istered half - Arabian, half-Quar- terhorse mare she has owned for three years in the grand entry of the Aug. 23-25 bi-county rodeo. “I call her ‘Melbs’—that’s Mel ba for short,” she explained with a twinkle in her eyes. Together, Vicki and Melbs have taken part in several Richland Riding Club playday events. ■ h Rodeo Competition At 17, brown-eyed blonde Janet already has her career picked out. She is working during the sum mer as receptionist in Dr. Ivor Evans’ veterinarian hospital, but hopes someday to become a beau tician. But first things first—Janet still has her senior year ahead- of her at Kennewick High School. She belongs to the Sage ‘N Sun Riders and, besides horseback riding, en joys water skiing, swimming and dancing. w 1 M: IB o- dr Mo ft ; The women’s b a r r e l-racing event at the Aug. 23-25 Benton- ' Franklin County Rodeo has tem porarily lost Janet Heiser of Ken newick as a contestant, but the three-day fair and Western cele bration has gained her as a prin cess. A better-than-average contender in barrel-racing and pole-bending contests in which she has com peted al junior rodeos, Miss Heiser will have to watch event from the sidelines in this year's big bi-county arena show. It is a small sacrifice she made for the honor that Janet, her two fellow princesses and queen are wearing so proudly. RUSTY, MISS HEISER’S REG- istered Quarterhorse, will also I miss the competition. But he will. I carry his owner in the Aug. 24 i parade. ife «I W ■■ ■- >■ < ’ MT' c I' i ;< Ah MsS : * fF" 1 ia .J t . 36 / 27- ' FOg^ r^ I c-Zi'^-c^^--^. 11 I li' 4>,ct\ a oct io ____ [<3|| PRAY BeFt ?! ini r. ■ M - one k) have T Juni ern hres Med iush insu Xan Chin In I «i ■ •! LEE ANN HAMILTON < Horses, Teaching Interest Princess Club, Future Teachers of America and Jobs Daughters. An older sister, Judi, is a for mer princess and queen of the fair and rodeo. She is a Benton-Franklin County Fair and Rodeo princess now, but 17-year-old Miss Lee Ann Hamil ton hopes someday to be a junior high-school teacher. The tall, slim brunette graduated from Kennewick High School this year and has enrolled at Colum bia Basin College for the first year of training for her life’s vocation. She intends taking the last three years of study toward her educa- ■on degree at Central Washington Vllege of Education. But Lee Ann, who is the daughter f Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hamilton, W2 W. 10th Ave., Kennewick, has lher interests in life besides aca demic study. Topmost of these is horseback riding on “Sugar,” Lee Ann’s spirited thoroughbred An glo-Arab mare. Lee Ann will be riding Sugar when she and the other fair and rodeo royalty make their grand | entry at the rodeogrounds in Ken- •newick on Aug. 23 and appear in the big annual parade the follow ing day. Miss Hamilton also likes to swim, and while in high school was active in the Commercial 1 g GARRETT-ZUNKER - Mr. and Mrs. Dave Garrett, Ken newick, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Debbi, and Larry Zunker, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Zunk er, also Kennewick. Miss Gar rett and her fiance are Ken newick High Schoo! graduates. ?oill8 the Same *or the 1964 ( ^ee Ann court. We t:,,Q had to be ■ ☆ JUDGES, OF o iuiicne( , wno chose our daughter, the dignitaries, was the men and women govern™- —i v —— ’ ‘ were present. everyone goes to this ” And, when queen and her court ap- ' T ' i everyone will ap- —J, not only for girls, who deserve it, but for the Benton - Franklin County Mounted Posse and its ■ without 6ius would not have the inspiration, support and training they need. MRS. LEON HALL Kennewick Queen’s Mother Expresses Thanks DEAR EDITOR: The opening of the Benton- Franklin Fair and Rodeo this week brings a flood of memor- -aiuivugll 11 ldK.eS ies to my husband and I of the ing and patience, inspiration, kindness and help < . the Benton Mounted Posse and how much it ha; its auxiliary extended to o u r daughter, LaNay Munsey, when she was queen of the fair and rodeo in 1963 and princess in 1962. money, for something like this to happen to a child. It is not true. Any child has the chance -although it takes much train- , grace and sportsmanship. I cannot express ' ..as meant for v for LaNay to have this honor. PERHAPS MY HEART W* fullest when LaNay made t h c nicest little talk about me the •fr -fr day she introduced me at the IT WAS THE JUDGES, OF Queen’s luncheon — where al’ course, who chose our daughter, the dignitaries, including t h e. but it was the men and women governor and his two daughters of the posse and the auxiliary were present. who made it possible—through I hope their training, guidance and !i- year’s fair and rodeo, nancial assistance — for LaNay the queen ar to make appearances through- pear, I hope c— out the state and elsewhere, rep- plaud extra loud resenting our beloved Tri-Cities, the girls, wU uese Je are sure the members ot also for the Benton - Franklin the posse and the auxiliary are County Mounted Posse ..a thing this year auxiliary members - HaE"’ lhe.10ue'y W’10m lhe 8'r's wou’d Hamilton, and her ihn • always had thought nn. - ‘SMDQore” nr | • JrB. r wb < < - Louise i On SaleJ#3 ! Reserved tickets for the ro deo and Roller Derby at the Benton Franklin County Fair and Rodeo will be on sale at 9 a.m. Friday at the ticket booth in downtown Kennewick. Tockets I ttNWN - franklin counts // V I !/ an uiiuciccucu \/u\'•*<■ in basketball, beating LLLL^ . -A in the itnal. T J Members of the Benton Coun ty Mounted Posse Auxiliary will operate the ticket booth. Season tickets to the fair will also be on sale. The rodeo will be Aug. 28 and 29 at 8 p.m. and Aug. 30 at 2 p.m. The Roller Derby will be I Aug. 27 at 8 p.m., and Aug. 28, at 2 p.m. Reserved seats for the rodeo are $2.50 and $3.50. General ad mission for adults is $2 and for children under 12, $1. Children under 12 will be ad mitted free to the Friday - night rodeo when accompanied by an adult with a general - admis sion ticket Reserved seats for the Roller I Derby are $2 and $2.50. Gen eral admission is $1.50.for adults and 75 cents for children under 112. | Being fitted for a hat was Lee Ann ’ Hamilton, 1964 queen of the Benton- Franklin County Fair and Rodeo. She is the 18-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hamilton, 902 VV. 10th Ave., Kennewick, and a coed at Co lumbia Basin College. Princesses, from left, were 7' ” ham, 17, daughter of ... i Rindt, 2500 E. Lewis St., Louise Schulke, 17, daughtei of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schulke, 2913 W. Hood Ave., Kennewick, and Marcel la Chapman, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Chapman, 215 E. 36th Ave., Kennewick. The girls uuugc. * _____ , were selected from 14 candidates. Marilynn Cunning- The coronation ball will be April 18, er of Mrs. Ruth soiiMintc William .Kelly, publicity chair- Pasco; man avpiminbed*.' Saturday Schedule0 5:30 P.M. 8 P.M. before & 2 P.M. . A P.M. FRANKLIN FAIR —,j rodeo. Mr. r. - Kerr Grand Parade Swim Party Black Angus Pool Queen's Buffet Luncheon •Black Angus Motel BENTON FRANKLIN'COUNTY RODEO Visit the BENTON ~ " "__j or after the 1964 m Fair’ snd Rodeo Court LEE ANU HAMILTON Kr. and v Shter of * Rey Hamilton ‘•ick, Washington . S1KCISS LOUISE SCHULKB *»i «AShter °fSean.Is,- Louis Bo’nulIK ^0ES ’ :0 Lf. Sheriff posse—L& , Lt. Activities------" 0 put < until We wish to thanks for in our 16 th rodeo for success. Benton and. Franklm of fourty years ago were farming area. Y?s a rodeo every ^th in Kennewick._ However^ the war years'this 'iis continued* After v<’as decided to have a type of entertainment countns a rural y evert of dur irS ’eV wpr wiihi»»- U1 eil U ei-.bciAAxu-- -Urt known as the Grape rg til 1948. Benton toU£\ieS Were &re-ntT^P-'°^° 0 hold a fair. csi°n \Pi to=se was given per® contin“ 9'n a rodeo whion - the present.J6® express our your participation -4 annual fair and P y0U help to make it a success. We hone you eriov srfsn.ana wiii LtuS s *■ ■ ( T by Woi pec- Gue ’.he sisti turn FR1 T.> Uni) fern arec Red tush _ insu' N arr Chin In ( s I ’ Miss Lee Ann Hamilton, Kennewick, was crown ed queen of the 1964 Benton-Franklin County Fair and. Rodeo last night at coronation ceremon ies at the Kennewick Masonic Temple. Queen Lee Ann (seated) and her three princesses will reign at the hig arena and fair event Aug. 28-30 ■, T\■ I■I■ ■ ; ff L. f» - . -A;.'-7 i ' \ . -i I ■■ • Fair And Rodeo Queen Cr°wne ■ ... ... . ... - . r d — — 4 ihet season’̂ „„,i w~«»‘ «■« “"SSSw i “«<;d M both of. Kennewick* < ' Smith) - ! I o I I II wl n H B ! & ■’ i I - :lf I K ■ : ?g:S r j fe 1':1'"i I lli ai • -< I ' i ci i' 1 9y Peterson, Miss Port Angeles; Claudia Seits, Miss Rhododen dron Festival. Front row left to right: Lynda Howe, Miss Com munity College; Julie Brix, Miss Poulsbo; Melva Grand, Miss Prosser; Karen Goettling, Miss Daffodil Festival; Dawn Bern, Miss Tri-Cities; Nickki Navarre, Miss San Juan County; Carol Franulovich, Miss Scdro Woolley; Liz Somers, Miss Shelton Forest Festival: Penny Libolt, Miss Sitka, Alaska; Joyce Copp, Miss Kennewick; Molly McLennan, Miss Spokane Lilac Fes tival; Kathy Dolan, Miss Sunnyside; Lynn Nicholson, Miss Apple Blossom Festival: Carolyn Hancock, Miss Whidbcy Island; Karen Kelley, Miss Yakima, and Pricilla Cohen, Miss Kitsup. 1 0 1I Tro-Chy Beauty Queens Join In Seattle Seafair Beauty queens from Benton and Franklin counties joined other queens from throughout the Pacific Northwest in Seattle to participate in the pageantry of Seafair Week. They were: Top row, left to right, Lee Ann Hamilton, Miss Benton-Franklin County; Penni Haugen, Miss Northwest Blossomtime; Juanita Arnold, Miss Bremerton; Sandra Kern, Miss Ellensburg Rodeo; Sue Richards, Miss Everett; Ingrid Moisanen, Miss Grays Har bor; Marilyn Cox, Miss Grandview; Pixie Jahn, Miss Haines, Alaska; Susanne Hultgren, Miss Snohomish County; Kay Calkins, Miss Lynnwood: Karin Hill, Miss Olympia Lakefair; Esther Bates, Miss Pacific County Fair; Linda Douma, Miss PNE Vancouver; Christine Wrangham, Miss Pasco; Sharon E J iI I O UBIVCll \ * •S ' mvx- *■“* uiiuvivuvv-.. <■ l///, '4 in basketball, beatingjl •< WW3 F & 1 r A- i-- 8 ra- a ,■■■ 11® . ■ \ I • * \ 1 5 . -a© 4> ■ ■ Hi • ba %%1 t St ■.■/'■ 1 *... *’ M/r 11® ■ .a ■©■.■< ■ ••VA piw w y .^;W ■V" i [> **> 1. >' t f ' ,i ..mi gate «$i . iuggg. VrKt Ulil. m. * ■ i' ' • >’.■.■ '•' a ■'? • &:5.fl ; a i Ss / '1 jf in ■ ' • / i l''M. al pte" ... •>, • a 1®1"; - -Ts A S % Mt I© £< r *""'• F4 ■■■■'A' v> . Perhaps the most attractive feature of the County Fair will be the young queen, Lee Ann Hamilton and members of her court. Pictured standing, Queen Lee Ann chats with her Princesses, in an informal av^J noon, get-together. . .each in the informal, lovely fashions of summer. Seated left, Princess Marilyn Cunniiv. ham, Marcella Chapman and Princess Louise Schulke. • f. I '.lalsi litiSl lllallllj 1111111 aB1lw l-il 'i 1' I Ijr . * ii^i ■ ■ .1/1Z ■ ' /. ■ .1- • 1. i - ...^ L4 . i®‘a ■ V 1 Ill 1111 '■HHII 1!-iFfl 1 t ■Sr; , «• f '/ >■■ w 1 - ■% ■ ii ■l. ■ I ■ ® 01)s ^1" ■ 1®' 'i I © © e 1 i? @ © @ in© © ® © ® 5 @ © ”' 1 * -4 • -X< -v .■ u > 3: • ■■ g IM'< ^•?X f . y* .-.-f s d fl 1- e cl e g; >f[ nl ? ° ; r I iF w •0; < H N . U 1 Ijtl 1 ( 1 C c r B ^ByOi jp ftft'f ft- ■ftft .ftft..- ftMfirft ss I'^k£ ' ■ ■" ft M ■:> > J fem V - ' ‘ " I ■ . \ ., 5 ■ ■■ 511 a; 'UitntTc"Tcu | basketball, beating' I_______ fhe spirit of the Wild West has returned to Ken- lewick in preparation for the Benton-Franklin bounty Fair and Rodeo this week. In an enact ment of bygone years, John Gravenslund, 4, left, gets set to puce-off against Tracy Smith, 7, in a i I ?■ M >, 41 ■ III fti . ft ft- I 7How The West Was Won!7 duel for the affections of Toni Garrett, 4. Toni appears a little apprehensive over the outcome. Western dress prevails in the Tri-Cities this week in preparation for the fair which gets underway. Thursday morning at the fairgrounds. iTodwh Simmelink. Kennewick, bought tickets for ^' jc Benton-Franklin county rodeo from Mrs. Ed |B| Wilkerson, left, and Mrs. Dave Garrett at the ■ ittle Red Barn ticket booth set up in downtown Kennewick. Both rodeo and roller derby re- ’^S 3rvc(^ seats arc on sale from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. aily at the booth manned by ladies of the Ben ni County Mounted Posse auxiliary. Roller der- y is 8 p.m. Thursday and 2 p.m. Friday with >deo performances Friday and Saturday nights nd Sunday afternoon at the fairgrounds in Kcn- nvick. '■ft 'ft ft ftftftt" ' ’ • g J ■f ® pft ft' ft r: St onion T 6y Wor Occ- Gue -he ■sist; .turn FR) T Dnii fern ..hres Red . ,-ush - |nsu.’ •Van- Chin In /•i 'S* .!.R ii The Benton County Mounted Posse’s wild cow ton 'f 1 °M-n three Performances of the Ben- the nn rank.lln c®.unty Rodeo. Eight members of new.ppl ’•i’r^ludlng Phil Beman (above), Ken- Their“ le(ave the chutes 10 seconds apart, performanr gh •£°SSe ™embers will ride at each the winnpi epWl^ a S1'ver belt buckle going to Fridav an^"dea Perf°rmances are slated for day anr^aturday at. 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 Ken Stanton, 22-year-old Ida ho cowboy, heads the roster o early entries for the annua Benton - Franklin County Fair Rodeo to be held Friday through Sunday in Kennewick. Stanton, who finished 11th among the rodeo pros in money won for 1963, will pace a field of other top cowboys in pursuit ot a prize - money package ex pected to approach $15,000. rThnro WPFP 132 CntriCS 10g" Of Nation's Best euds Entry Rode ged in the 1963 rodeo with in dividual money honors going to Mac Griffith, Pilot Rock, Ore., who won both saddle - bronc rid ing and bull riding. Grif fith picked $1,113 for his two event efforts. STANTON, WHO competes in bareback - bronc riding and bull riding, banked $18,592 for the 1963 rodeo season, and has collected $12,299 so far this sea son. The wiry, 140-pound Stanton * 0 now is in his fourthOther top hands who?6350"' I dicated they win cnmb^vei’- I this year are: Uu» here I and Gene Miles, both ' V if I I Mfl I A\ An old Northeastern newspaper dated April 21, 1861, found behind a mirror in Richland, was as wide as a modern Northwestern newspaper is long. Dressed for today’s events at Benton-Frank- 'Tair^apd Rodeo to show the old and R. Chapman, eq Princess Marcella Cjiapihan. ! p gave Ken Bowman’s beard a tug to see if it was real. Bowman, 24, of 2420 S. Everett Pl., Kenne wick, is growing the beard for the Kennewick Jun ior Chamber of Commerce beard - growing con test Thursday. Monday through Friday is also . ..Western Dress Week for downtown merchants and shoppers. Other Benton - Franklin Fair week ac tivities sponsored by the Jaycces include down town window painting and, sh eet dances Wednes day and Jphursday. j lin County.Fair, ] new papeAwer I parents of jycMep I ■ s /ft - AAA I 3 ■ ■ Cowboy Wins i V i I (.1 > I >11'! I 1; ■/'■:/ 1 ▼ 1 ■■ 159 Eniw Tc *A? 50 T kv Woi pcc« Gue a J.he ’ . Hist; J urn fRI I t; ’■■pJnii prn ■iiree ?>O’ . b 1 am- to most jenton- .. r> liry M’ce j ^•CJ ppiSt( the feij 1 i - than a ? ih \around S fhe bull-rid- I -one " L ■ ■ i- '-: A £ *?<■ /* ' >< * : ■. ... _..f Z • "v’.’ s> ' ' X ■ ' "' : >• tonight, Saturday and Sunday. His best event is saddle-bronc riding, where he ranks No. 3. Whistler was the horse giving him trouble at Sa lmas, Calif. ’**" i saddle • \ * »us after _j a tier no on in -?*»n County Rodeo’s final was listed in fair conditio** *v * wick Geneve*1 ° :ms . Red iush insu’ Nair Chin In .. ‘ Iw Honorsf Three In Hospital jj| Following Rough Final-Day Action By CHARLES LAMB Herald Sporls Writer , * A Canadian cowboy took top money an~ }n balance took three of his fellow contestants hospital Sunday in the roughest, toughest, devil-may-care day’s performance of the * Franklin County Rodeo’s 16-year history. A $1,000 slice of the $14,000 prize and en cake went to Kenny McLean, Okanogan FaikQ- cowboy, adding to his previous 1964 winnings of $15,155 as the nation’s No. 8 all-around cow boy and No. 3 saddle bronc rider. ®niie. !•' *'or frosting, Kenny captured | the show’s $250 all-around cow- I* boy trophy saddle, and the prize belt buckle for highest-p o i n t | •’saddle bronc rider of the three- day show. He scored 63 points HU Saturday night and 64 points | ^Three-Ody Go-Round A record field of 159 cowboys and cowgirls will bid for an es imated $15,000 in prize money onight when the Benton-Frank lin County Rodeo opens a three- day run at the Fairgrounds m Kennewick. The entry list features seme of the top money-winners on the circuit this season, plus a host of Tri-City area competitors. The rodeo opens tonight at 8. Another show is scheduled. Saturday night at 8 with the windup Sunday at 2 p.m. B-F FAIR-RODEO officials said the increased seating at the Fairgrounds would accomo date 4,700 fans. Plenty of re served seats and general ad mission tickets are still available for all sessions, a spokesman said. Headlining the list of entrants are Dean Oliver, Boise; Mark Schricker, Sutherlin, Ore.; Bill Martinelli, Oakdale. Calif.; Bob Wegner; Auburn; Ronnie Rav- mopd, Paulina. Ore.; Kennv .^IcLean. ^kanogai} Falls, B.C/ Jackie- Wright. Dayville, Ore., and,'Mae Griffith. ]ast year’s aU-around champion here from Pendleton, Oliver won the world all- around championship last sum mer and earned S31.329. He’s schricker r s.,K!£tri=ia Elected JU55a^OWP°kehas " —1 er|y riding out 07pgner’ form‘ i S2’>0 saddle a« Wm, Gar‘«l ®“Sh St>"‘b“r ■ Sal * s\ bro a the RANKS fifth ini 1 eighth i already ■ all-around' 11 5' ■* ■■ fc b • X x* ■»A< ?*<»< bust r. • i unal R riding Roy Allen, Oregon stretched out unconsciov. gary Red Sunday atten Franklin County R^'1- was J ‘ nc waster, was fall from Cal- j final Benton- unal \wrformance. He ... xctir condition this morning at K eneral Hospital, ing i (national ington dition. A 10-second Cov- con- CASUALTIES 22, Ritter, was Cal- Another ■ “Dyn-1 krone, /j «'orld cham'p‘^/j of the few times Oregon '/on. f lif.: I .-ft vcuoOb, U Clarkston. ® •the buH-rid- riding / Roy Allen, Orcguo stretched out unco __ • £’..nrlClV « gary J rranft1*’* ~-f ■- was listed in fair wick Gene~-___ I f 20.1. Omatiiia. ft, tonio/stock11)? aL ^ock Jiorse gggiB^-. bronc buster, r»..nrrnn SaddIC f ,uscious af ci ac -«ry Red •SSTfti P='£»™Tk««»- era/ —, --------- - . tha Wranglers? p°s^^,ay race trophy, the Walla Walla I second, and Co- Stampeders, Fin-J ($250 saddle as a. l”i SdT-c ) cvnBS*!$$ / 'rhe complete entry list. / nnn «?nztZ.V, Lewiston; Vinve Sh.im- nw. Onksdalc. Calif.; Woody Bell, Fallon. Nev.; Rich Curtis, 1 uba City, Calif., l Jim Lightfoot, Lewiston; Jack Carson, ; Clarkston; Shirley Bothum, ClaikSiun, n / Clint Roberts, Lewiston; Bill Martinelli, n Oakdale; Bud Ingram, Haines, Ore., / Jerry Hixon, Oakdale. MAC GRIFFITH, Pendleton: Clyde! May, Sonora, Calif.; Jenise Gluck, Tou- d.------- chet; Linda Kelly, Walla Walla; Debra - Monroe, Okanogan; Darcy Mast, Sedro ■■■■I Wooley; Lynne Steinhoff, Dayton; Linda ■ , Farven Tonasket; Ted Milgarde, Oma- Bfe^ ha; Roger Neilson, Walla Walla; Bob B'‘-’”; , Wegner, Auburn; Bud Schubert, Uma- ^K| pine; Gene Garrett, Independence, Ore.: I Lome Wells. Medicine Hat, Alta.; Jim B|||| i| Gladstone, Gerdston, Alta ; John Grav- ^K|| i cnslund, Kennewick; Kenny May, Othcl- fi lo; Connie Schrier, Kennewick; LaNay 1 Munsey, Kennewick; Jackie Wright.i^K ■ Dayville; Sammy Flynn, Bend. |Bi B SHARON HAPTONSTALL. Richland;'■! ■ Barbie Haptonstall, Richland; Phil Bcr-l^BJ ■ man, Kennewick; Evelyn Braun, Her- l^B| ■ I miston; Burlord Kinnison, Pendleton; I^B| ■i Ron Hudson, Pendleton; Lowell Taylor, ■I Caldwell; Allan McKay, Moses Lake; Wayne Cline. Fallon; Mickey Melcndy. i^B gg-j Fallon; Cindy Cline, Fallon; Art Ful- l^B ^B kerson, Milton-Freewater; Gone Hassler, l^B Lowden; Ron Webb, Fannett, Texas; l^H Larry Manthey. Pasco; Joe Crowder, IB Whlte Swan. IB BARBARA BARNES. Touchet; L. W. IB ?“<^B DeWitt. Lebanon, Ore ; Bill McPher- ■ tM^B son. Lebanon; Bob Hendrickson, Eugene; ■ Vi. Brewer, Longview; Ronnie Raymond. !■ Paulina, Ore.; Jim Bothum. Woodburn. ■ Louis Zabala. Winnemucca. Nev.; Chuck ■ ggg^Bl Shelton, Redmond, Ore ; Dale Tranner, I Kennewick; Pam Talbott. Walla Walla; I Cindy Talbott, Walla Walla; Louis Tor- I ricellas. Eugene; lx>Nay Munsey. Walla I Walla; Dale Huddleston. Eugene; Ken I Ford. Eugene; Ted Tntares, Eugene; 1 \.y-y^B l Ellie Lewis. Penticton, B.C ; Les John- | - I son. Omak ;,-^B\ J. D. SUERMAN. Orting; Larrainc ; Sherman, Orting; Don Drake. Enum- f^B. claw. Dave Kunz. Creston. Joe Lewis- V'h,'c Swan; Gordon Sampson, While ^B Swan. Gene Miles. Eugene; Boh Nichol- ^B L'fhi.iuil. Cl.uk Maddox. 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B :'|k' Sammr-i'c-a, Ari.-; I.air-. \\ y .1 I I, I 'll. ii-.i.ur.-. J.n'is Cuoio. V. II.; V..''.‘.| ' 'ir.. IU. Walla v.alia, Santiy Cur- ■ CIO. V.li.i V. ..a, , J I,.: C.u v. i’a <; WA1NE SMITH. IJ.-i.'mm!'-- B'C'I- V. ye , l;."i I.til;, l-a.-iine;'. ick. I.'.e .M.nk- u -B •r.ts-'.-i' . \M-ym Ml IM S;.rn-.y ■B sab-, Jim M.-db-iy 'i'ulai.. Jim (.ha 1 tt-f,'*’ 1 '>..kai.'ile . Stil1. J- nr.--Hi, SI. HvlenS, Ore.. '■ S', .,. V,.-.,n. I. I-:.I-.'. GM'-;, r. M'--,1 . Tmn 1 . "B B'-rgi-t in. Wai’., Wai';:; G. L Long. , t' "■ D.t'.I lA'iv.!'.. oinuk, I .u- iiA ry O.-'.'l-.'ti, Oi:i.ik; "MJ V.iyio. Ta'', r, 'j ’■\<;v AH L..v. i i-ia'■ s;llinioiis. ('.ilmay. . Ki.-um- .Ml I.'-.'II. i .JD, , 1,’rA y-,c «1 r. ■ Dwight Ma-lrim.. \M-is,i. Idm .V..?.-< fB ]'.( ; D . -.1,. W. i-er, Mali-. -'/"/"'Z'-B M.uM-x, < ehr.mi;. .Mm; \Ma-l-.., ' r:B| i'.im-r C... la.m. . .M'.., D im: I l.m.,i::.l.'> ' 4. I'm i’.n.ti; Da-.i. ...... lliil< !ia:-o.'i. Oit’ ig. L".-o V.-’ ',;!kd| ''Llh'-an. ' - r.iry. I. l.-.-a;. l’"il- B land. 1^64 winnings of 315,155 as the ■foil from Lai- Gallons No. 8 all-around cow- . final Benton- ‘M and No. 3 saddle bronc rider, ■forniance. He or frosting. Kenny captured —-,ne- j the show’s $250 all-around cow- I boy trophy saddle, and the prize 1 belt buckle for highest-p oint _________J saddle bl'onc rider of the three- A-s.__________ show- He scored 63 points Saturday night and 64 points, Sunday in the saddle-b rone cias^ic in fie was last eai s world champion. ' .W ^^OPHY BELT buckles and' accomPaning honors in the oth-l Cr main events feI1 fo the follow- / 1 Bob Kennedy< Chowchilla, j . \ M and WaynG McMeans. /r‘ ^anysid^ tied in roping with j scconds cach required for • • 4 .X • < / ■cfivp/ngQanC/ pis~strinSinS two KENNY MCLEAN ■ Ore hir^m^J Fynn’ Bend' Top Cowband ■ „ ■ : bareback riding, with a 61- ■ P701nt. Friday night ride and a made ** local lalent include, gypomt Sunday clincher- Wai- D°Sging 6.3 seconds by r‘ Wyatl’ Bakersfield, Calif., Ca,'V- Pasco (tieinS McLean’A Unna ^Vresthne- whose 4.6-sec- and SA seconds and 9.2 by ro,M , Satui-day dogging time and Grwenslund, Kennewick;1WnearSeCOnd lw°-steer time were WaKne Smith- Kennewick 'a!f\ ^™afl£COrdS' and Jack Carson, 20-2. by D°n ^k- ^nne.^l aBurdnv Whose ss-point Sat- roP‘nS time of 15.5 seconds bd k Wnroverf ni8hhl Brahma bull ride Dr- phiI Berman’ Kennewi^ l U Hara u,nbfatab‘e- and a good 41-point bronf rtf' /I .■arena a/S£emed t0 hit them RoSer Sciirier. Kennewick M Ol,el°' SC°red 54 " A F- - ^fIES f knocked unconscious n\ ?rCy am£ Came saddle°b,rderS iand‘ng Romaa damped Ellie ^ts^J- :- UlWallaW uC: Le'and KeI'y. 1S- B'C- «’orld ehamn 1’ ■ on hfm a ,a’ Whose horse fell »» event, oner'-' ■ mP ‘n B race andU?nE '!le posse ‘n his care^- B Worl’ev Idah C° S'ovinslon’ 2i-1 Benton ■ nd h-y'ldaI]0' whose bull dump- / M’°n 1’ IZlder.^ f. |neXy Generali V? Ken' .'“^^er'5' |£- ga [2= ■ neck” •H>S S1±?McLean'^ r - ■ [good 5.2-second dr? Urned a I°’kda'c- a mediocre 15 2. d 8gIng time to fhe“-r--lof the I6o entrant^8 ? nW H Professional ful -tim- "’ 'I "'ere no''“Ml repute r ?"’bo-vs of | l""’ick- Good scores ..... , -na,ty turned a S. ‘2- 'S.'“V4h j iiSjii-S-isSgl *■ D«J'ton, M ric, ^c of n^?n vyankho perfor^ gxind^ • . w '. the annu: >fhurs^r SatutJ A® and 2 P-^ I I * \ Is \ ■ m * \ IV I 11A 5 B °1 B -> v' B Mi i I a' n- A I ’ ttt \ i n- \ li-1 ’s\ all n- AM ?S. iftll County ■■"vs c«gs“e»‘ Montana’s Shawn Davis, one oE tne *uuRcckiesS one young Eights, spurred this buckin 1 Ro je0 and 15 ,g cvent- \ East year’s Benton Mounted I osse ^.jg yea1’ cjaHy ia the favorites in the saddle-bronc c'dS".r. qqp in h’t^fional hntei' ’■hveat-old Billion native, who won lhe Nat'O” year alter graduating to the pro ranKs ------ _ A-/■■■ .•>< A Vv?. Ml 1LM ';^i \ ■■ ■ ,;;C» Berrton-Fr«nK“" of the rOuRcCkleSS ’ bvoni /and is *a ^Mounted Posse K°deo^n thetavorites in the saddlc-bronc class his SP 2’hyeat-old billion native, who won _ »;>• - ■ .II \ 5k.' ■\ :®kj a •■■<•■' • ;~ I1 '•} I 11 M: 1 ■ ,s ' !W . » Sp»«S® s® ■ - ■■' ■■ . . ■ BOO :. . vK '©7 ■' /'■ -■/ © ■-■ JaHr* 7/*?'7©:S©'77S-<'7- ■•77;-7'.-7-j ^ Mr CoB ated at & i’'n • accs slc 3K . • ■f •• ,.U i':l' ■ ’ - h otI •i •, '' • ■/■ 8 i this < I •. ?j &3 tsic; 6ci 80 0« H 11 ’■ i fl . H" S • ’ IS ; T py AV°j Occ; Pue f . rhe pistj /urn if'Rl ■! T1 ’Unit ’-rn :u'ea ^ed A’sh. - /usu' Jan- .Chin In . f-\ ■ ^WSI ■-^.^ *XvL, ■' Schtlck‘ ■ vh, ,,P »:• su cvc"‘- BW^WOSS - vi/-: TRI-CITY Hf10. 1964May lii i: M Kt JERALD, PASCO, KENNEWICK, RICHLAND, WASH! I” - . ■ - i < * au 1 ’1 ■11 t I I I le ?e; t s c c i 4 I a; [> fe- > >q i . ( J f r c r a c r Ig W.rt*zsv>< «8& n-1 Ut; ii- li- £ n- m ?s . ’ 8 K > r -i ■ P ■A lj 471Bit 'i : k s •» t '4^' •kagjP- ¥** '. • • ■ J- y I n I n I a, I iy I 3 I FT iL I I *#s >' • : ai■ ’?•!. id! n-| •ei 1 id ’e, ‘ I1 ;d; ! Is : ,f »ni '.el d r 1- a it aU uliucitov^ il basketball. beatmgl .........................\\m < <:< r; ..... ._ George Doak, Fort Worth, Texas, will be one of two nationally-known rodeo clowns appearing at the Benton-Franklin County Rodeo. Working with him will be Junior Meek of Anson, Texas. Both are members of the Rodeo Cowboys Association. This marks the first year that two well-known clowns and bullfighters have been booked into the local rodeo. There will be three rodeo per formances, today and Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. at the arena in Kennewick. -•» u.u_ ,ne „einian ] Bartender Lil owned by the VA . An unnamed colt owned by Ly- - -.....-1 was picked as grand- zene Perry was winner among j ed by Esther Perrault, 1963 colt; Other were. ! S^S&T “ * Dusty George owned bv Ly- ownnrl |j?ene Perry’ 1964 filJy; Phil’sl ~ i by' Lad.V. owned by the VA Ranch, ’ ^^^-cbampion geidina 63Jlnx Bars’ owned b.V r ~ —————__*___ ' i,le Ranch, 1962 mare; Bar- tender Lil, owned by the VA : Ranch, 1961 mare and Zacania j owned by John I. White, 1960 j 1 or older mare. In the gelding class, Mister' | . Cotton, owned by John R. Moore , . was winner in the 1962 and. younger age; Ochoco Cat, own- l ed by Mike Proctor, 1960 and ! ' 1961 geldings and Highland Las- i sic, owned by John Moorcroft, 1959 and older. 2^ croft; Skip Cash, grand-champion stallion, shown by Judy Johnson for owners Herman and Helen Snyder, and Bartender Lil, grand champion mare. Champion quarter horses and their owners displayed trophies awarded them yesterday. Left to right were Highland Lassie, grand - champion gelding, with owner John Moor- Hermiston Horse is Champion At Benton Quart@ir»Horse Show Lee Ann Hamilton, queen of the Benton-Franklin County Fair and Rodeo, presented a trophy to Holly Herron, Kahlotus Roadrunners 4-H Club. Miss Herron won the championship in the Junior English the BentonJ^anklin County 4-H Horse Show. ---------------- Id Helen Snyder of Hermiston. 1 Ranch x - *as chosen grand - champion, champion mare, sailion yesterday at the quar- te-horse show at the Benton- feklin County Fairgrounds. Highland Lassie < Moorcroft was picked as IK ti rii r h |O L t ii ■ I 5 : ‘I J B I ■ ..... I 1 ■ I i 1 ' 'W ■ Wiw | 'l*W: f ... T by i ' W xj', ? >:< .III Wife lllll S; Tri-City queens visited the Seattle Seafair this week. The girls, from left, Lee Ann Hamilton, Miss Ben ton-Franklin County; Joyce Copp, Miss Kennewick; Dawn Bern, Miss I -y ''I I kl i ’i’ H ■ WI*“ •i. fe:.. LA- n MJ"' I —• : v,-.-.... ..L..v—-j..._■■?... ,. - .--^M•<’■ ^y-gASS'- Pay Check' Is Hobby Princess Louise' Schulke, of the 1964 Benton • Franklin County Fair and Rodeo Court, reports |! that her interests are “numerous,” but that they mainly revolve around her quarterhorse, Pay Check. Louise, 17, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schulke, 2913 VV. Hood Ave., Kenne wick, and a senior at Kennewick High School. She plans to major in history when she attend '4 ■ lege. She has held all of the offices in her 4-H Clue. L©ol Qyeeos Vhot Se@ifew Tri-Cities, and Christine Wrang- ham, Miss Pasco, were taken on an airplane flight over the Queen City. iAz- I t: t I' fl \S^ Clc i o yp. \3c\e. b s c c i< Q n a c n a v w li f !c c y s E I i j { I i ..' B _ iu 11 Princess Marcella Ann Chapman, 17, the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Chapman, Kenne wick, will be riding her registered quarterhorse, Tinky Poo, at the 1964 Benton-Franklin County Fair and Rodeo Aug. 27-30. A senior at Kenne wick High School, she plans to attend Columbia Basin Collegc&aiwL major in home economics. Marcella has participated ip. all sphv-ol organiza tions and is a 4-H Club leader? ’■ * ------- ------------------- —■■■ mm ra.^1 -------- ■<-— Mr Princess lege, Eugene. Her favorite subjects are English and art. Marilynn is a 4-H’er and a member of the Frank- 1 lin County Junior Posse. At the fair , Aug. .27-30, she will be riding Dan- J ____ dy’s Dojly, a registered quarterhorse j enroll at Northwest Christian C ft 1-/^ mare.• n-| ' ut ' n-! i li’ 3 m le »” I” Princess Marilynn Cunningham, of the 1964 Benton - Franklin County Fair and Rodeo Court, is 17. The daughter of Mrs. Ruth Rindt, 2500 E. Lewis St., Pasco, she attends Pasco High School. Later, she intends to 1 ] • *y I id*-' I -I jd ■e; g :d: 1S{ >fj 'll1I : «l! 1'3 IS v w I" If ’s 15 .j] L 3 5 ■i'1 a '5# & I SS* IS r r \\>S.CuO « At/ncxM cc^^ccdio^ vt&bb 0 : B a v w li F.’ V :.. B B'S : J b s c c i‘ c y s d n a c n h vl s y y d !- e 1- • .... r ■fii L ie' :e s '• ■. 4. :■ '■'.■■ . pi 1 I 4i : I j ri ^..._ . A.'zB r« I K ■ dy’s Dojly, a registered quarterhorse | T enroll at Northwest Christian C ft I- mare. ., ■ I I’I ir" I Basin Collegffe^and • major in home economics. Marcella has participated cjn a^^ph^ol organ! za~ — ---------------------------- j£ .6-V* ------------------------------------------------------ .'TSx- bi" w.« k I 1 d n-j ' Ut : n- i . li-, ’s! aL n’l ■ mi I ?s| I J ^TnoX^Acu V-Axca-y^-c-nx Fair Princess lege, Eugene. Her favorite subjects are English and art. Marilynn is a 4-H’er and a member of the Frank lin County Junior Posse. At the fair Aug. 27-30, she will be riding Dan- ? 11 11 •e. g i di ls I >f' : il ; g ■ i- a lt ‘ v| J ■ • J- < 1 J . ? IBwsz -i k . ' ' '4 -i w i ■ ; : . <'S'. . I »* a : I !U 4 1If’ p H H'15 11 .■ ■ K '-7 I 101 Princess Marilynn Cunningham, of the 1964 Benton - Franklin County Fair and Rodeo Court, is 17. The daughter of Mrs. Ruth Rindt, 2500 E. Lewis St.,kPasco, she attends Pasco High School. Later, she intends to - 11 XT r’ ru & 1 ' ■ ? y,, ■ ■' ’ ; - ■ "':y - ■ ■" ; Trincess^ Os ^-0=0%ir ■ - >. .• BF ; ■ •' J W; -.as -XT's te®< j in )d l iII "i 'X v- Zt;F\ ■a Princess Marcella Ann Chapman, 17, the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Chapman, Kenne wick, will be riding her registered quarterhorse, Tinky Poo, at the 1964 Benton-Franklin County Fair and Rodeo Aug. 27-30. A senior at Kenne wick High School, she plans to attend Columbia & z Queen Lee Ann Hamilton, who will reign at the Benton - Franklin Coun ty Fair and Rodeo Aug. 27-30, has lived in the Tri-Cities most of her life and rose to the position of junior • ■ ?* I i ■k _ If , i I 1 8? gigl ■ .. ' 'I ■ I I , f.;j J ' ■ f‘ • ■ i !• H> QoeeuD h £®C St^de^t daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ham ilton, 902 W. 10th Ave., Kennewick. She attends Columbia Basin College, Pasco, and intends to major in rec- *—pvauwH va jumuA cation, Hey Judibies mcludej^wim-, ; l^ausr in 4-H Club work. She is 18.-x ,j,thing* bowling Lee Ann, who says her biggest en-;\. %jas one of the nV the. jS63'r' loyment is her horse, Sugar, is-tl !̂^air ahd RodebX^rL & • • MARCELLA CHAI M.'?- si F a| w w appearances. From left were: Prin cesses Marjorie Wolford and Sue Hardman, Queen Marcella and Prin cess Barbara Walker. . . I past two years for her work in her 4-I-I club. | This year’s Benton - Franklin County Fair and Rodeo will be Aug. 26-29. d e ij qi'fl ■1I I ’'Princess' Named County Fair Queen\ Marcella Chapman. 18. Ken newick. has been chosen queen I of the 1965 Benton Franklin ■ County Fair and Rodeo. I She is the daughter of Mr. and • I Mrs. Bernard Chapman, 2115 E. [j 36th Ave., Kennewick, and a I 1 freshman at Columbia Basin College. I ■ Princesses named were Susan Hardman, 18. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hardman, Rt. 1. Kennewick, a freshman at CBC; Barbara Walker, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mel Walker, Rl. 2, Prosser, a senior at Prosser High School, and Marjorie Wai ford, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Walford, Rt. 2, Pros ser, a junior at Prosser High. Selection of the court was made by a committee consisting of t w o members each of the Benton Franklin County Fair Board, Kennewick Chamber of ■ Commerce, and Benton County I Mounted Possee. Queen Marcella was a prin cess in the 1964 fair court. She ' has been a member of the Sad dle Tramps 4-H Club in Kenne- i wick for nine years. She also is i a gold-medalrwinner for the Benton-Franklin Rodeo Royalty Queen Marcella Chapman of the 1965 Benton-Franklin Country Fair and Rodeo and her court of three princesses are getting ready for a ■ busy season of parades and public - 1 ■a j CT_i over a rodeo fiis will wit- ’ ” and Sat- afternooni Owning a •ido skillftly are as lookinl pretty in • 1 - - d . — \ s? I V IT by Woi Occ« (Gue a . .‘•he •sist; turn pu ! Tl jUnii |?rn area feed •ush Insul Nani Chin In .xxxvc prmcesses will reign over festivities at the 1965 Benton-Franklin County Fair and Rodeo. They are, from left: Princess Barbara Walker, Queen Marcella and horse, Princesses Marjorie Wolford, Prosser, and Sus^n Hardman, Kenne wick. It takes more than beauty to feign western arena event such as mis ncss at Kennewick rodcogrounds Fricky urday nights and Sunday horse and being able to ride skillftly much a part of their job as 1 cowgirl togs and frilly organdy formal*11 well worth watching Friday night is entry into the rodeo arena, to be 1»C| queen and court on their own horses. Other stories, pictures on pag«- , ..ill: ti Eighteen-year-old Queen Marcella Ann f Rode© ©yeeo Gets Roses a c n i: V ■ M W iuiai oiup |l Kiwanis f Iea?ea I beating,! I I ■ I I I ';-fyp|°untcd Posse at her coronation fb s c| cl ii| Grange Hall. Members of the queen’s court looking on were Su san Hardman, Kennewick; Barbara Walker, Prosser and Marjorie Wol ford, Prosser. , . ,? • Marcella .Chapman, queen of the Benton-Franklin County Fair a n d Rodeo, received roses from Robert Brown, captain of the Benton Coun- 5 y-last’night at the Kennewick Valley 1 t A si i ia-l • Jt ■ h- ■ ia. a * 7 i B 5 ,'d r e lcj d pf e s| MlL j ‘1 ■WH ■ ragnieen-year-old Queen Marcella Ann Chapman of the I Benton-Franklin County Fair and Rodeo, Aug. 26-29, has lived in I Kennewick for most of her life. She was born in Seattle and moved to Kennewick with her i parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard 1------ i Roy Chapman, in 1950. I A member of the Saddle^ i Tramps 4-H club for four years, j | she was awarded two gold med-1 HQ ’ als for horsemanship and serv- . I ed as junior leader for one| — year. Queen Marcella was a mem-, ber of the Crestview 4-H sew ing and cooking club for s i x years. As a member, she at tended the Yakima State Fair several times for demonstra tions and judging. She also was chosen junior superintendent of the clothing division at the Ben ton-Franklin County Fair and Rodeo. I Majoring in home economics j at Columbia Basin College. I queen Marcella, attributed her 1 interest to her 4-H club leader, Mrs. Norman Starkebaum. “I feel it was because of Mrs. Starkebaum’s enthusiastic lead ership that I became interested I in home economics.” she said. • i Miss Chapman earned a 3.21 grade point average in her first j year at CBC. She took art training and her, design was used for the cover ci the winter-spring, class sched-1 ■ . at the .college. She also did j some modeling. Miss Chapman will a t te n d CBC this year on a scholarship^ awarded by the Pasco F‘ Club. As rodeo queen, Miss Chap man has traveled hundreds of miles with her brother’s horse, “Snip Kip” to spread informa tion about the fair and rodeo. She was a princess last year and said she “enjoyed ever y ; minute” of the many trips to J promote the fair and rodeo ac tivities. Miss Chapman and her court will participate in opening events at 1 p.m, today at the 4-H Horse Fair at the Benton- Franklin County fairgrounds. A I’ .1: I irhitets Oj? S©ite She was born at Sunnyside and now lives on a ranch at I Vc * ★ . J Tickets for the Benton-Frank lin County Rodeo Aug 27-29' are on sale at the “Little Red Barn” manned by the Benton County Mounted Posse in downtown Kennewick. Rodeo box - seat tickets are $3.50. Reserve - seat tickets are $2.50. General-admission tickets are $2 for adults and $1 for chil dren — 6-12. Children 12 and under will be admitted free to the Friday night performance if they are accompanied by an adult. The Barn is parked in front of Visger’s Drug Store in Kenne wick. It will be open daily from . 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Advanced season tickets to. the fair can be purchased at the Crescent Drug in Pasco and 'Kennewick; Payless D r u g in; Pasco and Kennewick; all Tri- C.y 1'iiriiij, Diuo sluxes, and at Visger’s Drug and Fisher’s Pharmacy in Kennewick: four-year-old dappled palomino in team roping contests. She also plans to enter her sorrel Arabian, Copperplate in the 4-H ■ Horse Show this weekend. After graduation from high school next fall, she plans to train to become a beautician. Marjorie will ride her quar- r----v.vilio U1 I the Benton-Franklin County Fair, and Rodeo, Aug. 26-29. She will I also ride in a grand entry |. • Sunday at the 4-H Horse Fair. ■OS- + Ar + ■ very much at home ’'..lies training ■ Other stories, pictures on pages 2. 14, 24. Seventeen-year-old Barbara Walker, princess for the Ben-' | ton-Franklin County Fair and Rodeo Aug. 26-29, will be a senior at Prosser High School this year. ’ She was born • the edge of Prosser. Princess Barbara’s parents ' are Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Walk- j er. Her father is chief of police at Prosser. 1 Miss Walker will be a cheer leader for Prosser High School ■ this year. She has twirled baton for five years. In junior-high ! school she was a song leader, High Y princess, and a home room president. “My favorite hobby is my horse, Kings Rebel,” said Bar bara. She added that the seal brown four-year-old is a regis tered quarter horse. Her other hobbies include boating, water skiing, dancing and competitive sports. In 1962, Miss Walker was ro deo princess for the Prosser Stap^pede Association. and Rodeo princess Marjorie Wolford, 17, has lived with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Joe H. Wolford, on their ranch two miles north of Prosser all her life. She has three older brothers. A rider since she was four years old, Marjorie learned ba- sic horsemanship on a dappled, horse -n a|| wic evenls of I grey Morgan and quarter horse 1~ • - named Shorty. Her first horse is still alive and was 24 this spring. She was president of the Pr< ser Weslemaires 4-H Club last year and is v~~;__ ' around horses. Beside _ her own, she trims and shoes horses. In addition to horsemanship, her hobbies include swimming, dancing, bowling, sewing and team roping. Mijs Wofford rides a quarter horse named Rocket in all’ her i i*-,. Kass ■ ''-V * i ft r i . & >» ) ■ I /' ! I C ie ?e R b > i 1 I; ln•d PRINCESS SUSAN HARDMAN .. .18 years old F@b‘§ (Rafc©a§§ i Independence. She has used him I in 4-H since he was born and I has ridden him in performance : n"! j lit; n- I* a ml ! ?sj M v ; I a-j •v ) 1-1 •e' id •e 'i Is II >£ n{ I d J r | g| i-1 a, it | b I I been a blue-ribbon winner in l halter classes and fitting and i showing. Her other interests include water skiing, teaching baton, dancing, swimming and crea tive writing. Miss Hardman said she en joys meeting people and is very interested in slate politics., 'iFI a w E Other stories on pages 18. 22. I Susan Hardman, a princess( for the Benton-Franklin County - H j s ■Fair and Rodeo. Aug. 26 - 29.' classes for two years. He i was born in Butte, Mont., and 'has lived in Kennewick almost i all of her 18 years. > She is the daughter of Mrs. C. W. Hardman. A g r a d u a t e of Kennewick [.High School in 1964, Miss Hard- I man was active in the school, Iconcert and marching band. She was a majorette as well as a member of the Future II Teachers of America. | AWARDED A SCHOLARSHIP 'by the FTA, Miss Hardman at-, I tended Columbia Basin College: | last year and majored in e 1 e- ’.mentary education. . Miss Hardman has been a 14-H member for four years and I | attended the state fair once as a country horse-judging - team member. 1 ,J^JUnior leader in the Bit j N Spur 4-H for two years cJHE horse that pRIN i and a' “It’s a holdup!” Little Chad Smith . and his big brother, Scott, staged a holdup for rodeo tickets at the Benton County Mounted Posse Little Red Barn ticket booth in • doj^town Kennewick. Mrs. John •-—■I —••• ""baskWl. teWll .7 -kt "ISi Fonts, left, and Mrs. David Gar rett prepared to hand rodeo tickets to the ‘‘bandits.” Reserved tickets for the three rodeo performances arc available daily at the Red Barn ticket booth. , ■ ^mission JW / sion ChildrfgS^ ' "av 1., - : \a' I u and Glen Sherman representative. C FAIR & RODEO PRINCESSES SEARCH FOR LONGEST BEARD—Only well-covered chins line-up for the big beard-measuring ruler kc'-i byffeee Benton-Franklin County Fair and ; - growing are, from 1- ite i * this year’s / ■ ft WWl ^««>Z ———JZZ3Z PRAyMt: R O P •.. ’ ' ft' 8Hj 'Alft '? ft 11 ipSSb .. pftwBIw® 1 «9^Amc<4Mmox4M-x« Z.v-<;^ftfyft; |®ft/ftftftft.-ftft ? ? 'HH ■ WW ft ..//!> ■'•111.'. 11- < •.• Hff*' ....... ' bara Walker, 18, and Marjorie Wolford, 17, and man, Kennewick. The princesses are judges ■. . •<: S^Sz'-t < ................... •’ ft. 'ft'ft I •■ . •'’-ll ; ..ft’ftft '■'11 ft.' ■-.' & IJ. 4 Rodeo Princesses, from left, Prosserites Bar bara Walker, 18, and Marjorie Wolford, 17, and Susan Hardman, daughter of Mrs. C. W. Hard man. Kennewick. Thp nrinrpssps arp iudees in ?A ?> ■; beard - sro».ng eon.eal hparded giants are, uoid ’ repica-xAUCiuxvy. nftftl Ay«s K»’XkdSle? ^Cl,vely of Tiorhara and iviaij __ ftftft! ft ft r« ft I IS ■ ftft ftftft ft'ftftftft ft?; ft:,;;;-: ;ftft-ft-'ft- .ft . iSviy-i ysy-,r. y WHftftftftftfty-fe ■ 'I Jwl •ft® lift fti ; ft? ' ’■'vW?/'s -ft "ii '.ftft -'.ft-ft. ft" > _• ?,•§<*.>.x1*^5^;ls 1ft 11 the Melvin Walkers and the Joe Wolfords, Pros- ser are seniors at Prosser High School. Susan is a sophomore at Columbia Basin College. /^WCt\ v>■ ■ v?s5'y ft/- / r "ftj I / « I . ft.. ?. BbIBS® ft <■ ft Ak B '■'''"'Z ft'ftft • 'ft'-11-' I ftftA:/ J/E ftft ft yA. « ®sa »aM^s i ' ft - m ft; ilj ftftft Oil! •I; ■ lift';® iL. I ! Mrs. S. W. jwick, Mrs. Oscar R. id Allen E. married in Ark. Their x 37, Yak- dll be in the Mrs. Stan- .horne Road, Golden Hilf Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. ormer Kenne- zill welcome es to an open I xt Sunday in nts 50th wed- /? ■ FFFWI //- / J ‘7? a.jJuL L-i CLdjyl 2 /cUj>^/--a^SL , xF Z : . . -> an.’ Miss Bent* Testate buMiss ‘eCde dalcella r®ingh: ■Mari side, kistf Grai J ford; the:. Pats Yaki FAIR & RODEO PRINCESSES LONGEST BEARD—Only well-c peed line-up for the big beard-n •used by three Benton-Franklin C F■ ■> / A lU cu-i.-> J J? oyyjA ’ 1 !■ A liii-iLdy OLt- cu, >L- nxJdXlJr?t i. /■ i- /&).. t-iLl/cA.. a 8 Lives Left For Feline , u,.. ^ DECATUR, III. (AP)-Herbiej aitT ' I the 5-year-old Siamese cat own-I bjA I pd hv Mr nnrl n r» z, ’ 1 Is ■ • z tC£ ed by Mr. and Mrs. G. iTcohnj is walking again after a brush' with an-auto. Phillip Medel, whose car hit the cat, went from house to' house until he found the owners. I Dr. J. D. Kerr of an animal hospital said Herbie was suffer ing from shock and was para lyzed in the hips and legs. In order to get the cat to walk again, he said, a rope was put around his middle to hold him up. He could use only his front legs at first. As he walk ed on his front legs, he grag'l ----- - ually touched his hind feet to I’m^and the floor until he started using is th them. r. e Dr. Kerr said it was like 8]^^ child learning to walk. / J/y't C^- f q straight 1. 'S. a w li c y S d; nl a C' n o W S --L. > k ! L! Bl- d i I d i °-Jt n-! ' * al n’l •si .Lv ii; :ci> on — 4? Miss Port Angeles, Ginger Kceting; Miss Snohomish County, Carol Peabody; Miss Olympia Lakefair, Linda Kohout; Miss Zillah, Loretta Van Corbach; Miss Kennewick, Marcia Ander son; Miss Anchorage, Diane Jackson; Miss Carnation, Anita Krygcr; Miss San Juan County, Ruthie Lawson; Miss Everett, Elaine Koop; Miss Richland, Deborah Lyons: Miss Rhododen dron Festival, Patricia Willestoft; Miss Apple Blossom Festi val, Barbara Erickon; Miss Sacramento Camellia Festival, Elaine Drake; Miss Pacific County Fair, Carolyn Tobiason; Miss Grays Harbor, Nikki Medcalf; Miss Bremerton, Kerry ‘ Briggs; Miss Spokane Lilac Festival, Kathy Swanson, and Miss Kitsap Pageant, Terri Ann Lewis, Miss Poulsbo, .Kathi Clem- mens. _ r . ----------- —' | for an undefeated A . knskptbatt,. beating. 5fi J :d •e 5 Coty Itoydfry At Serfrnr Miss Tri-Cities, Miss Kennewick, Miss Richland, and Miss Benton-Franklin Counties were among royalty from several states attending the Seattle Seafair. Sealed from left were: Miss Alderwood Manor, Margaret ?/Iack; Miss Ellensburg Rodeo, Kathie Fitterer; Miss Benton-Franklin County, Mar cella Chapman; Miss Ketchikan, Kathy McAllister: P/liss Bell ingham Blossomtime, Rhoda Lawson; Miss Sedro Woolley, .Margo Mahaffie; Miss Issaquah, Pamela Sutter; Miss Sunny side, Linda Bauerlc; Miss Tri-Cities, Caralce Davidson: Miss Grandview, Nancy Small; Miss PNE Vancouver, Fyfe Ruther ford; Miss Sitka. Joni Peterson; Miss Shelton Forest Festival, Patsy Bixenmann; Miss Daffodil Festival, Kay Bryson: Miss Yakima, Pamela Shea; Miss Whidbey NAS, Christine Carter, and Miss Prosser, Judy Ammerman. Standing from left were: II i 1 • a T by Wo: pcc-. Gue a '•he hist; turn *RI j t; ■Uni i brn tirea Bed Jush |nsu.’ Nan- Chin In y^y were Leon’s ,o saddle, (Slim) Mevcrden, prcsi- Giving Brown i Ted Leon, left, J a mock ride ___ , owner of Cafe who is donating the and F. P. xt jl V/ V V1U dent of the fair association. dud Drown, ixennewick, captain of the Benton County Mounted Posse, took a ride on the §350 hand-made saddle that will go to the all-around cowboy champion during the Ben- ten-Franklin rodeo this weekend. | six I lights. © Added grounds space — to ™ make room for the new youth I building the north section of the S fence was extended 20 feet. O New access road — a re cently constructed road con nects the fairgrounds with Gum Street. O Water mains — 2,000 feet of six-inch water pipe was in stalled around the posse area. ouncas proved Other stories and picture on pages 11, 13. Over $72,000 in new facilities and capital improvements will - be unveiled at the fair grounds x when the Benton-Franklin Coun it ty Fair and Rodeo opens Thurs day. A listing of improvements at the fair and rodeo grounds in clude: © Youth building—the new all metal youth building with 4.800 square feet of display |||| space will house all 4-H and FFA exhibits. O Food - concessions build ing — a 40-by-120 open front structure designed to shelter' food preparation and conces sion booths. © Quarter Horse track — ex isting oval race track at the ? ground was lengthened to 440- | yards. The cost was $12,000. Q Horse barns — Three barns to house GO horses. Barn con struction costs totaled $10,000. < © Blacktopping — 22,000 feet of blacktop was laid last week. 0 Extra lights — the newly O paved area is illuminated with six new 250 watt mercury vapor HINGTON Clowns To [■ id a| bull c b s c C d 1 n a c n ie ?e' n-; Ut| n- i li-'l ’S al. n-! m ?sl |F 11 !l I e n * 1 ials have c o Kamm and. Sonny Rosenberg, to match during the r ” ’ ’* this weekend. the $500. »■ the benton-r raimuii wuuy — ’ The winning team will dR-k* home .iHlRoab challenged two Oregon cowboys, Les - > a bulldogging Benton-Franklin County rodeo • ’ i ________ Two of the nation’s leading rodeo clowns — Junior Meeks, left, a n d George Doak, right — will entertain spectators and assist grounded bull riders during the Benton - Franklin J7 j r i k I I1 straight for an undefeated I di" ‘-4 in basketball, beating II lll ? T U \ ta\a\. — ............... rTi*-^3g2 Appear At Coyoty Rodeo County Fair and Rodeo. Rodeo per formances will be at 8 p.m. Aug. 27, 28 and 2:30 p.m. Aug. 29. Both Meeks and Doak are from Ft. Worth, Tex'. Bulldogger John Gravenslund grabbed the UL«*. by the horns” while his partner, Larry Danials, both Kennewick, timed the performance a n d ‘ ueit- Saop, prize money for their challenge ' match during the rodeo. Gravenslund and Dan- Si d: Isjl11? 11 •T. gl l-l a i it l - v Ve £0 ft̂ FWICKi a K t & UNDER THE 1 II: AND rodeo a 1 Eight Horse Biggest Show Ha sill ft fcS'"^ Quarter grounds, Thursday i turity on Sunday. Tournament of Thrill5 Indianapolis 500 Winner, Jim Clark's Lotus Ford on THURSDAY, Aug. 26-8 p-"1' *.'• •■-•■ '■■• '•■■•• '•'. tI I I- .. _illf Races Every Afternoon racing at Tumble Weed track at the Fair. Il Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Derby and h- I II Thousands of Exhibits p.m. r 3'ft '^rsp Tickets Gt ■£’?*■■■ AX*'/’.’;' ■ ■ Iitft;; ,'■ --::. '.-■ - > ■' \ ~ THURSDAY - TOT N' TEEN DAY AT THE CARNIVAL - 8 RIDE TICKETS ONLY $1 00 - SCHOOL 4 DAY FAIR II Giant Carnival & Midway j A Season Ticket is Your ^est Buy q cen^ I SEASON TICKET: Adults, 1.00 — Children 6-12 5 HRILLS | Mustang Auto Daredevi s j Display I racing k-w^rf. m "Oi.. WWW ■' ■"' ■ - ft - <-L ' • . ’ ■ z" * ■ _ ' I ONE NIGHT ON^ ' i? NO R^S,ERVED SEATS — TICKETS AT T1^5 Adults $1.50; Children 6-12 50 «en ,.., Tri-City SUN iftl ***K*raJ •'•<•. ■< ft/• /'• fft ift'YYU;.' Y.. JmB'i f <■. s Bpft Y/Y;‘ ■•;'■ ' '• I - i \i i”'v i I I fl t rf t fl Susan Hardman, Queen Marcella sun on a \\ u li f r di n a c n Other stories, pictures on pages 13, 14, 36. By MALCOLM MacNEY Herald Staff Writer The 1965 edition of the Ben ton-Franklin Fair and Rodeo opened shop today, with f a t c yl s b s c c ij •6;I ' ”! leg-squeezing levi pants and plaid shirts were the uniform of the day, from the well filled 1 J f!i- ij-’ si j1! i ‘S; stock having its day in the in preparation for its day the dale block tomorrow. Broad - brimmed straw hats. vjj d'T 1- e | d e g ,fl |el id. ' r r SI 01 .i- 11 a j 1 $ «.E I I Chapman, and princesses Marjorie Wolford and Barbara W a 1 k c r. Raising the flag were Explorer Sea Scouts Eugene Boland. and Grew Dixon, of ship 172. coffee-and-snack bar to the dus ty and straw-littered stock barns. The fair officially opened at 9 a.m., but many exhibitors were on the fairgrounds in Ken newick long before that. tmjsfHSus j r — Fd/r Doors Swing Open! THE FAIRGROUNDS WERE a mixture of many noises to day; parents shouting encour agement or instructions to their offspring exhibitors, exhibitors yelling commands at sometimes stubborn animals, boys and girls shouting to each other, and over everything the moo ing and bawling of the cattle. Shouts of surprise were heard from one barn where a boy was sprinkling the floor to keep down the dust, and as a boy will do with a hose in his hand turned it on some of his com panions. . .and all the while keeping time to rock ’n roll music blaring from a portable radio. All of the action during the, morning was concentrated in the middle section of the f a i r- grounds. On one side, the v a r- ious wheels and thrill machines of the carnival stood still and silent, and on the other the arena stood empty and barred, with only a couple of groups of horse owners standing around bragging about their racers. THE QUARTERHORSE OWN- ers started pitting their horses against each other at 1 p.m. to-1 day. Second arena show will be' this evening, when an auto tournament of thrills has been booked for the Fair for the first | time. Starting time will be i 8 p.m. Tomorrow’s highlights will include the kiddies parade at 10' a.m., the market stock sale, horse racing ■ and .the first per formance of the. rodeo at‘8 p.m. straight ’’for |l • I "■ I Fair activities officially began this morning with the raising of the flag. Standing at attention were, fro m I left, Fair Board President F. P. (Slim) Meverden, long-time fair | supporter Alfred Amon, Princess V ■ T by Wo.’ occ-; put a i the sist, •urr rRl T: Jnii rn fea fed 2Sh >su? an- hin In e. the She piece a n d she <• | I L ; yeai’s, also n e e d 1 s in bH F- th* eoS ■ H showed other entries, white satin ^i’ocade formal, red velveteen made °\1sister> Barbara, 9, and a green- y How-white cotton dress. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. R. ^napman, 215 E. 36th Ave., Kenne- Vlc.7 who last year was a princess and this year is Queen of the FaiijM CANDLES LIGHTED — Hostesses Marcella Chapman, left, and Bar bara Brown lighted long pink tapers lor the shower honoring one of a se- 1 °d.Tfi"City college-age marri- ' and whlte colors were •E:d 111 tbe honor of Jeannie ways a r aPman 5 £ Sr*' enter th! 01 Ffte n phaPman, norp'-- hnows She will ,vyrv^_ Pair’sSe Sled sur*- i&et straw 4 ’ Keenan at the Robert C. Brown home 3014 S. Cascade, Kennewick Rodeo o’ BentonFranklin Fair and Rodeo Queen, will attend Columbia at !hp ^?IIege- Barbara is enrolled at the University of Washington t/^b?ow?Mai'Cella -e last n vP;,.„e y e d ,,‘s of th ?e„Se bem o With ■ On I k 1 i 1I ! u 311 basketball. I i I || I I r -ssia _x ■E V; i. i D c p iK ‘H VH AS OV JI I' tII n-i ut| n-1 n-i l’S al n- m: es! ie; ce 1”: 1”! 1 "-! re ?d •e, ig; ;d; i "I irn g|: J V 11 !■ Nicki Deal posed her 4-month - old colt Scooter Jo after the colt h a d won a blue ribbon in the senior division of fitting and showing yes terday at the 4-H Horse Fair in Kennewick. The fair is part of the >5 +3I* I '1 l|0 IBenton-Franklin Fair and Rodeo, but had to be moved ahead of the main event a few years ago when entries outgrew the amount of space available during the regular fair. straight fQ1 -a in l ! wick arena, began piling was KENNY CLEGG ■ Top Local Performer I ■ T in- pVo? ■)cc Gue She •>isl furr. | |FR1 I j T , I'Jnii prn 'pres •lied .dish - |nsu ;\an Lilin In was ■ He j of ’> I I -- i wick. Jones also won the bareback title in the four-clay rodeo. At left was Fair - Rodeo Queen Marcella Chapman. Clegg Top Wrestler Canadian Takes All-Around Title By CHARLIE LAMB Two Kennewick cowboys made steer-wrestling history in yesterday’s final go - around of the 19oo Benton-Franklin County Rodeo, in which Malcom Jones, broad-shouldered Canadian bareback rider took top money and a $400 trophy - saddle for all- around waddie. Kenny Clegg, Kennewick, compiled times of 5.2 seconds and 8.1 to w i n the steer-wrestling honors and belt buckle for the two-day show. John Gravenslund, also of Ken newick, was second in ‘dogging, with a composite of 14.3 sec onds for two steers. But Gravenslund established a local arena record yesterday | by bouncing his steer in an as tounding 4.5 seconds. Clegg and Gravenslund shared t h e team-steer wrestling honors as well. Malcom Jones, Lethbridge, B.C., tried out a new $400 saddle he won yesterday after being named a 1 1- around champion at the 27th Benton- Franklin County Rodeo in Kenne- x x x. . x IjfeUXJllAY RESULTS Call K&vlnc--* Wayne Cline, Fallon, Nev., 12.7 seconds; G. L. Longood. Walla Walla, 12.8; Bud Urbach, Pasco, 19.7; John McFarland, Redmond, Ore., 26.8; Gordon Moxley, Walla Walla, 15.8; Roger Neilsen, Walla Walla, 17.2; Don Bernard, Moses Lake, 24.3; Jerry- An derson, Ellensburg, 14.0; Tory Reiter, Moses Lake, 22.2; Ken McLean Okanogan Falls B.C., 22.6; Stub John son, St. Helens, Orc., 26.4; Tom Bergevin, Walla Walla, 15.2: Les Kamm, Pilot Rock, Orc., 24.7; Dr. Phil Berman, Ken- neick, 17.5; Wayne McMeans, Sunnyside, 22.5. Bareback Riding — Lawrence Sim mons, Calgary, 62: Vern Mast, Sedro Wooley, 52; Ted Vayro, Taber, Alta., 57; Gaylord Moran, Tacoma, 47; Malcom Jones, Lethbridge, B.C , 55. Steer Wrestling — John Gravenslund, Kennewick, 4.5 seconds; Larry Man- they, Pasco, 6.5; Bob Prusack, Kenne wick, 11.4; Anson Thurman, Fallon, Nev., 7.8; McLean, 12.5; Del Pack, Marys ville, Cal., 8.6; Sonny Rosenberg, Pendle ton, 7; Buz Peth, Mt. Vernon, 11.6; Harry Charters, Melba, Idaho, 6.6; Junior Meeks, Ft. Worth, 31.5. Saddle Brone Riding — Bob Godfreid-- son, Kamloops, B.C., 62 points; Clint Roberts, Keromeos, B.C., 58; McLean, 56; Ron Raymond, Prineville, Ore;, 66; Bob Robinson, Fresno, 49; Ron God- freidson, Kamloops, 64; Charles Mont gomery, Kamloops; Glen Evans, Tucson, 46; Wayne Void, DeWinton, Alta., 54; Ellie Lewis, Lockford, Cal., 57; Lawrence Lamb, Turner Valley, Alta., 34. Bull Riding — Junior Meeks, 58; John Sumerlinc, Eugene. 40: Jim Madland, Tulare, Calif., 62; Larry Condon, Omak, 41: Bob Wegner, Auburn, 66. Team Roping — Chuck Barker and Stub Johnson, St. Helens, 28.4; G. L. Longood and Tom Bergevin, Walla Walla. 17.4; Jim Weaver, Richland, Leland Gibbs, Pendleton, 15; Alan Epps, Al buquerque, and Jerry Anderson, Ellens burg, 14.9; Dick and Jim WiUiams, Ken newick, 18.9; Anson Thurman, and Woody Bell, Fallon, Nev., 30.2. Girls’ Barrel Race — Darcy Mast, 18 seconds; Cindy Talbot, 18.8; Rana Patterson, 18.9; Jan Thackery, 18.8; Bar bara Curcio. 19.7; Chris Bachison. 20.3; Katherine Anderson, 18.5; and Gcncal Posey. 20.3. Half-mile Stock Horse Race — Kent Oswalt, Benton City; John Beckner, Fin ley; Evelyn Broun, Pendleton. 1 Relay Race - Benton City I > JONES. LETHBRIDGE. Alta, i and a newcomer lo the Kenne-j j up1, I points in severaf events Friday land Saturday, then cinched the bareback - riding championship yesterday with a 55-point ride. He took home more than $1,000 of the $10,000 in purse and entry I fee money of the show. I Bob Wegner, Auburn, w a s I the only event-winner of the bi-1 county rodeo who is also in con-• tention for international Rodeo; Cowboy Association honors this I year. Wegner rode tough old Bull No. “Ought” for a spec tacular 66 - point ride to top ; the event. Wegner's local achievement added to $9,963 he has previous ly made in bull riding this year, to put him in third place in^the world. Larry Mahan, Brooks,- Ore., and Ken Stanton, Weiser, Idaho — neither of whom ap-1 peared locally — are Wegner’s 'only peers. | BOB GODFREIDSON, Kam loops, B.C., added 62 points to earlier saddle-bronc riding to tals yesterday, to win the belt buckle for that event. Ironical ly, Bob’s brother, Ron, scored 64 yesterday in the same event, i Top bareback ride yesterday was by Ron Raymond, Prine- iville, Ore., who scored 66 atop “White Hope,” one of stock contractor Joe Kelsey’s raunch iest bucking horses. Champion calf roper i Woody Bell, Fallon, Nev beat out Terry Reiter, Moses I Dr- Phil Berman, Kenne-i Sedro Wooley, won the women’s .Oarrcl raemg trophy and purse. t ■ H • L fl I t F©r FinishO I vetzm eight • /.x i during County ie ee j” 1” I ( n- ut n- li- ?s al fi rn es C@wb©y Coming “out of orbit” after making the best saddle bronc ride at the Sunday performance of the 1965 Benton-Franklin County Rodeo was ■ • V < Quarter farjingforthe finish I;1, race group of five horses in one of the day’s tighter races. 1j America 1 straight for lT/ *d in b Horses with jockeys down the straight-oi- , i_ Kr.tl.weed 'xxav-w -- grounds yesterday m .../ sS s xt^ twists £ -i £ ' • [ ,----- £ ~ <•<, *T » ' j- >■<'•? -r- , ■>• - — ■>■ - r.-ruriit n-HiiiMW -> -■ > «£ *vw—.... *«sss ?»».■ tiZtfsxs&tassa- tMfuJjgrvSs&ffl a w| id n-l -el id ?e, ig| ■dj ' ls| ’f nr le| ■dl gri 1-1 a I it C four horse the 1965 Fair u— Salurday ar ■ Si--’ . S3.’ 'W. Horses Sprm ' ’i line in the Sunday at Tumbleweed -i:k in Kennewick was a tight Coming Down Horses wilh --------------- ,r ’ * ,,;Pk Rodeo- Track «t.Kc,’.,111C the first of made U rcf! L an undefeated | basketball, beating | vn. the. toa\. ve^g x ■f winds up the session. Highlighting i ' & • , a;dd ff Pants, Bilisulu Ear. Time—19.07 for 350 yards. Fifth Race—Miss Possum Bar, Ste*s?I Barred, Thundering Star. Time—19.20 for 350 yards. > s T by Wo: □co aUC a he list urr R] T Ini; rn res ed sh su an tin In j/. Lf ■ £ / ' •> . f ‘•‘1; •r 7t I & r" '7 a Seven horses bolted from the n c w starting gate at Tumbleweed Track in Kennewick during the four - day quarterhorse racing program. To day’s program, starting at 1 p.m., ★ ★ ★ $ e 7 Bruce. Time—17.22 _ „ FRIDAY Rr>acc7c\iss Ear ExIt- Cutter S^r,.?_eJed* Grade Deck By Deck, Ton^rT TPat’ r?ona Go T?h^1910 f°r 35? yardIexas Dand^an. Mas, DireJ^a^r Ec> pichlrilo yards. Bar> T|me-21.36 for 400 Fourth Race-City Rcb, Shurway> Baj. ------- The Tri-City Futurity and Tri- City Derby, each worth $1,500, will headline today’s final ac tivity in the quarterhorse races at Tumbleweed Track and the Benton-Franklin County Fair and Rodeo. Races begin at 1 p.m. Horses owned and trained by Tri-Citians are entered in each of the featured races in the windup of the four-day pro gram. Pop Deck, owned by Kenne wick’s Bob Brown and trained by W. H. Lackey, is entered in the Futurity, along with Duckie Deckle, Moon Deck Jr., Miss Charge Bar, Frank Riley, Tiny Effort, Olive Bars Hank and Cindy Possum. oiar Keed The Derby will inciude Pafs ^plosive owned by Pat Owens ' - Kennewick, and Quadrant, own- Jck, Miss Kosmu; and To^, V-ArRa^chkp’ °Wned by the by Don Alspaueh*’ and tra‘ned the^four Xi Wv°n(one 01 .Program, coverin, J16-75 secondsl g ° yards in I winner decIared the today’s action will be the Tri-City Futurity and Tri - City Derby, with eight - team fields in each race gun ning for top money of $1,500. ik 7k 7k tV Futurity, Derby To Headline Quarterhorse Finale Today bumping Susie Trump, Go Tom Go was relegated to second in final results. Two Tri-City horses finished second on Friday’s five - race card. V-A Ranch’s Cutter Breeze was second in the first race and G o n a Go By Deck, I owned by Ward Larsen, was sec ond in the second race. The results: _. t n SATURDAY fieH AteaC^a2dy\Bar Fly’ Butter- Time-ig.^Tora^ylr^ D1FeCt Star* MoSX, SuTfiir C a n d y 300 yarS. B red* Tim*-16.75 for Go/XRBaoCe?rSuUcSee T&7,Go%Tom yards. niuce. Time—17.22 for 300 ^Fourth Race-Pokov’c Cloud> Gay R 400 yards. „ First R„vc_ Breeze, RUSy I $ !•! ★ r: ' F I o R:; J; Illi he has X- on hand a sev- it’s j i i the in it in Bewick were shown streaking over the finish line in a tight race. i1 /I ie| :ei I” Xs' w!‘ &, * B can Quarter Horse Association. are taken simul- meously by two cameras (in ase one camera fails to work), he time for each horse, the ite, race number and name oi e track appears on each pic- re which also shows each horse it crossed the finish line. jlover takes his pictures •ough a 140,000th of an inch —=-====="----------- [ !- races rhanforquar^^horse^nts^^ teostat 'fcXary^ . T011------------------------- n- j ut • n-i 1 li- ’s' al! n- m ?S: . A BECAUSE GLOVER IS TAK- ing pictures of every race’s fin- year-old, own Ish all records set on the track Yakima, and will be recognized by the Amer- Foe, trainer, in his two-yeai The pictures ★ I ! C lin id r! R RIB the Fu- i Ju'y- i 'e from SR a total Ses. ny out- t least uarter •.as Omiels, ^5 Bob yens ■n jr ter &t JI 1 X- i >nts Begins 'of the hottest entries in tomor- i quarterhorse races will be Isle- & big winner at Portland and jma tracks this year. The three- | * * \ 5 . iclude VRlniels, I^^Rjtter- ; Rob ;X1 xB’"' I \b ET^3u om@ir©w ;teBces Fe I p hundred of the fastest' frorses in the Northwest ® the run for over §10,- ■ I prize money as quarter ing begins at the Ben- C0Un(y pgjj. ^omor_ Fumble Weed track. |wi)l be eight races to- Vllh post time schedul- Races will be run F,noon through Sunday. k JhaVaila?le at the finish ! > rodeo fare si. i'races, which I the ; ■Nation, r K c-n luarieXocx® I ■11? IBS • js Five horses in one of Thursday’s races at Tumble Weed Track in Ken- slot, (about the thickness of a piece of paper) and his shut terless cameras “see” only IV2 inches of the track at the fin ish line. THE CAMERAS ARE THE I same type used on all major I trace tracks in the nation. In stead of a shutter opening and closing to expose the film, a continuous roll of film is drawn across the paper-thin clot. As the horse crosses the finish line, his picture is taken, IM inch at a time, in one smooth swish. The film continues in motion until all horses in the race have finished. Glover then turns off tne lights in his tiny booth, opens the camera, tears off the ex posed film and develops it, all within 17 seconds. HE USES A SPECIAL SOLU- tion of chemicals—the was developed by Photo Chait Inc., and is a closely guarded secret-and special film for the super-fast developing and pi mi ff the race is close enough that judges want to see picture, Glover prints one less than a minute, puts a tube and slides it down cable to them. „ After the race he prints negatives and forwards them *) the association. : lover rents part of Ins eq up tlient from Photo Chait Inc.. .for whom he works occaSS1°X jv. Other items he has ma^ himself. --<■/ ■ Orc., looked out a sm all ’ horses charged down th , ■ . started when t he. , ; Ihc horses near the*n- j switch to Start his cameras grandstand, rranx inorton, YaKima. f approv- ( horse, which won the Por’l Brt:; and Yakima Futurity n- ■—-~ 5.e P?!on Placed first in the Port Derby this year. His trai. Leon DeFoe, said the horse _ ' won $20,000 in his sh racing career. A WINNER in July races \ the Tumble Weed Track, “TbrA Berta,” will be another top co.j tender in fair and rodeo racek^^ His trainer W. H. “Sonny’^gS , Lackey said another of his en^'—' - , ' • ‘ : . -s' X.... • TX.’ -- ' i ■’». ' ■ ■' ■ Don Glover, Eugene record the finish. His cameras are run by elec- speeds^ (hfi [ih? ^sl fr X motors like ones He^P th a^ra found in nearly every kitchen. £or llloroughbred races Glover said heusesjtanbe, cause meyrsUr> have a rl |th eF “Y have fi'l- y W fa ow barns at the e tifends ~ and teaL„ ming in’’ £aifi man. S manager, B. lS tlle horses ■B?me-Dack,” ai iv j .1- •el id •e gi 1 'dl 1 nl e! d 1 :r ! g l- a it By TERENCE DAY Herald Staff Writer Shutterbugs who think they’re pretty good with a box and film should try taking pictures of a horse at full gallop—inches at a time and printing a pic ture in less than a minute. That’s what Don Glover, Eu gene, Ore., has done several days a week since retiring as F'. Other stories, pictures on pages J,. 8, 24, 25. W : . . a theater owner-manager en years ago. He says easy—if you know how. But it takes special equip ment. and Glover has it at the Benton-Franklin County Fair Photo Finish Developed In Seco •-J'""" ? \ ' • • \ ’’ faster for INSURE his ELECTRIC '-anal O two-year-old hopefull son Quarterhorse F|3LA3fl *- - Waitsburg, recently D fastest of 150 entries in qiQyq O ima Futurity. The Wilsc Q has six horses here q races. Another Wilson “Duckie - Deckle,” has placed less than third racing career. A top contender in day Derby races will be *' * Go, a three-year-old ownteQipOj^ Frank Thorton, Yakima. r are American Quarter- iton i Ik Yakima, and shown with Leon De- i * ir in his two-year career. * * A ‘•U >• > u om@rrow rcwces lorses in the Northwest i'» «‘V iuu XVI viw yxu, I ncuiouuig, 1.CLCH11J VJUOXlllCU fee money as quarter- fastest of 150 entries in the Yak- L'tmnrr -1 4U- F>__ I g--- -- T~i. i. ml „r, 1j has six horses here for the races. Another Wilson horse, , “Duckie - Deckle,” has never dth post time schedul-1 placed less than third in his racing career. A top contender in the Sun day Derby races will be Isle- / i hundred of the fastest two-year-old hopefull of the Wil- tries, Ton-to-Berg, lorses in the Northwest son Quarterhorse Ranch of Bthe run for over $10.- Waitsburg, recently qualified I rise money as quarter- fastest of 150 entries in the Yak- wng begins at the Ben-|ima Futurity. The Wilson ranch i Bin County Fair tomor- ’ Jumble Weed track. ’ [will be eight races to- and Yakima Futurity races, placed first in the Portland Derby this year. His trainer, Leon DeFoe, said the horse al ready won $20,000 in his short racing career. A WINNER in July races st the Tumble Weed Track, “Tom- Berta,” will be another top con tender in fair and rodeo races. His trainer W. H. “Sonny” Lackey said another of his en- Islip inS- / If that i p’ct I ‘less ! t -abl Al neg; •)tl [ men i > for' • I jiy- him; _ won the Fu-1 turity class race here in July, i Lackey, who came here from Jerome, Ore., brought a total I of four horses to the races. In addition to the many out-1 of-town horses entered, at least ’ two dozen Tri - City quarter; horses will race. Local owners^ who will be represented include- John Beckner, Lary Daniels, > Ward Larsen, Darrel Butter- i field, B. R. Chapman, Bob, Brown, Ralph Scott, Pat Owens [ and the V. A. Ranch owned by' L. W. Vail and Lee Alexander. The V. A. Ranch is expected to enter a dozen horses. Deb Copenhaver, former world’s champion bronc rider who has given up rodeo circuit and now lives in Benton City, will enter “Quadrant,” an out standing quarterhorse. Haines & Gassaway of Spo; kane have entered a stable of 10 horses. Jack Haines is a — former Tri-City masonry con-1 tractor. i ABOUT 12 TO 15 jockeys from , western states will be here fori the meeting. 1 Photo-finish timing equipment has been installed at the track 1 and will be used by judges ft as an aid in pacing horses. Dale Tucker, Pendleton, di- ft rector in the American Quarter-1 horse association for the state I of Oregon, will be race secre- I jtary. .... I Other racing officials include: ■ Bob Stevens, presiding steward; I Wayne Rogers, Wes Brown, I placing judges; Bill Kelly, Larry Kissick and John Gravenslund, patrol judges; Ray Hamilton, clerk of scales and custodian of jockeys; Dr. Dee Meeks, track veterinarian; Bob Stevens, paddock judge; Cliff Weaver, I starter; Tom Surplus and Bob Brown, timers; Don Glover, photo electric timing; Larry Daniels, announcer. ! A Tri-City futurity and derby will be run Sunday afternoon. Eight horses will compete in each 350-yard race, first of their kind at Tumble Weed. 1 if the hottest entries in tomor- : quarterhorse races will be Isle- i big winner at Portland and |na tracks this year. The three- | * ★ nts Begms lu&iteFhoirse fS ALREADY have fill- new barns at the F fairgrounds - and fstill coming in,” said Potions manager, B. ■nan. Leet nOn hand ■ 221’ ^ome-Decka p.m. Races will be run [ternoon through Sunday. | available at the finish.uC ■ the rodeo grandstand. I Go. a three-year-old owned by JeSl. aces, which ■the American Quarter- Baton : Frank Thorton, Yakima. The are approv-1 horse, which won the Portland association, are put on by Bion County Mounted year-old, owned by Frank Thorton, xcmuHci, etna snown wnn JUeon De- i Foe, trainer, has won over $20,000 1 Fair and RedeOoand Franklin 1966 Bentonof theThe being Moy sited P© ■% rW foul-20 Benton County Mounted Posse directors for 19G6 are: Back row, from left, Bernard R. Chapman, lieutenant of administration: Bill W. Harrison, lieutenant, activities; John E. Fonts, lieutenant, sheriff’s division; David Garrett, youth activi ties officer, and Wayne Smith, rodeo lieutenant. ARLETA CRONENWETT .. .from Benton City yueen Picked Front row: Edwin E. Wilkerson, queen’s com mittee officer; Robert C. Brown, posse captain; Dr. Dee G. Meek, horse - racing committee of ficer, and. A. J. (Pete) Peterson, public - relations officer. Rodeo T by Wo- pee Gut ii •- 1 the sist. j.urr ;hu I T |Uni; ern pres ' ' ? -~T7 K ■ • T An’18 / year • old Benton City girl has been chosen queen of the Benton-Franklin County Fair and Rodeo for 1966. Arleta Louise Cronenwett, daughter of Sam Cronenwett, was judged highest on personal ity, poise, horsemanship, public speaking and appearance in con tests over the weekend. She is a graduate of Sunny side High School, and is em ployed part - time as a play ground supervisor in the Kiona- Benton School District. Princesses selected are Nickil Deal, 16, Rt. 1, Kennewick; ■ Katherine Gunther, 17, Connell, and Cheryl Phelps, 16, Benton City. Nicki, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. .George Deal, is a junior at Kennewick High School; Katherine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Gunther, is a senior at Connell High School, and Cheryl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bud Phelps, is a junior at Kiona-Benton High School. k.fhe fair and rodeo will be Aug. 25-28. . 1 ..... i a r| t loydfy I w:; r * v !> 01 rj * al v ill u f| r| d| n a C1 n| di c'O — 7 > I in ’■ nd " >30 IV- i es i in Ion hc- a ry 13 c y s| wick pioneer Jay Cronenwelt Katherine pioneer C chaperone lel ce i”i \ & HIH 30 r0 n-| lit ■n- i li-l ,’s •al | n'i •nil esl ■ : s z- 4 w w* b s c J a;| W, id n-H re; I 2d I ?e_ ‘g; ?d. isi of ml le•di ‘gi 3-! 1 a i 41 >i *\FJ 'eqLbJ 01 s /-$ Royalty at the Benton-Franklin County Fair and Rodeo this year are these four girls. From left are Clicryl ./Phelps,. 16, Benton City, princess; Arleta Cronenwett, 18. Benton City, queen, and 1 py o For " r Brown; and" princesses Guenther and - C jre Fletcher, and for the queen ai— ^laclitional flag-raising ceremony this morning official opening of this year s cu- , ^‘’-Franklin County Fair and Rodeo. Present at I ‘*le ceremony were, from left, F. P- (SB™) Mever(len> fair |)Oa’d prcsi lain ar Mtf* - spectacular performance by- jockey Clarence Courtright. AI native of Oklahoma who now! works for J. B; McMeans in Sunnyside, Courtright booted home three winners and ran second on three other occasions during the eight-race program. Cassius Deck, with Bobby Smith in the saddle, collected top money of $3,500 in the Fu turity by covering the 300-yard course in 16:37 seconds, edg ing Changing Times, owned by Kennewick’s Art Sime. Chang ing Times, with Courtright up, was clocked in 16:48. Cassius Deck, owned by Ray Turner of Lewiston and Tom k a r o finished j Byers of Pomeroy, paid $7.30 Raoij Iwau m me foui and $4.40. Changing Times was! edging Bartontoleo in $6.50 to place. The two - horse quinella was worth $22.30 for each of 53 winning tickets. Catch’s Bloom, a pre-race fav orite in the docker’s selections, I: ran sixth in a fast field. Big Punch, a favorite with Valley racing fans, whipped two’ triple-A quarter horses in the1 eighth race, worth $300. Big Punch, carrying a double-A rat- ing, scampered home by mere inches ahead of Leocitan, own ed by Johnny Mercer of Othello. I It was almost a blanket six- horse field with less than one-i half second separating the field j at the finish line. One of the triple-A horses en-l tered in yesterday’s Yakima' ; Meadows Invitational — Sandy' ; Basin — was scratched. T h e | other triple - A entry, besides Leocitan, was Little Bitts Bull, who ran fourth. Big Punch was . clocked in. 21:15 seconds for 400. I yards while Leocitan came Land fare Wellyu ners, 400 yards, purse SI00) Pokey Rutnie ($5.40, S3) Explosive Man ($2.60; OU, S5.90) .. M, ; Snur Way 21:70 Jule Bar Bee 22:14 Gringo Boss 12:80 Go Tom Go Madison Molly 21:91 Blazer Bar Handle — $2,096. Paid — $1,754.90. EIGHTH RACE It a Ki m a Meadows Invitational, ' yards, purse $300) ' Big Punch ($4.40, $2.70) Leocitan ($2.60) Lillie Bits Bull 21:22 Dukr Pit's Bambie 21:34 Zantanon Request Barretle 2U57 ~ - 52,331.20.Total Handle ~ - - - —$14,973.60. purse 19:19’(SSJoT qU^ $15.60) 19:33 I 19:741 1 i W 19:88 purse j 17:13 _J, $11) 17:17 17:20 Blackette Deck 17:69 17:43 Tripp's Peppy 17:97 17:68 Nevada Bam 19:02 mutual meeting is planned ... August in connection with the annual Benton - Franklin Coun- ty Fair and Rodeo. Besides the big victoi les by Cassius Deck and Big Punch in the featured races, one of the ■ ■ yesterday was j make home in 21:20 Jorse was no- 41. bZ. Punch Times weren’t the City horses to * lWs final session. «h, Ruthie was declared the The V-A Ranch’s J i k a r o finished second £ -. Hasty Road in the fourth ; | photo-finish. Both were c£h in 17:15 behind Hasty W 116:95. H Another local winner Sime’s Lillol Request r J | third. favorite with | -J winner in rhe'thi foul~20 yards o 16:83 Also . Victorious Cassius Deck posed with his owners yesterday at Tumble- 1 weed Track after romping to victory in the $7,000 Tri-City Spring Futur ity. Pictured were, from left, co-own- er Ray Turner of Lewiston, jockey $17,796. Total Paid ■ Winning u mnnella nurse <,r ssni official Cassius Deck stormed to vic- Kennewick. ‘Spring1Futurity and Big Punch. Jing was ushered^ :^yeSerhWa£ folks home, but it didn Leocitan in the Yakima Mead -sssracx s—• * * * Sunday's Results O-year-old mSiS’*!? Purst! . £hO ‘b""’ QU. 313.00) >”:2»5| ibZ/v Turtle ^wfgaoncr Tee En Tee Bar 19:78 Top Shadow Handle—$1,258. Paid-Si .061.70. SECOND RACE • (3-year-old maidens, 350 yards, i $10<» I Deductabuil ($4.20, S3) __ Coal Of Arms (~.~; . Prince Good 19:34 Star Bar ' Buiferfield Ate 19:53 Busier I Miss Bar Vegas 19:59 Sixty Three . Chili Bar Foil 19:64 Bars Handle—$1,786. Paid—$1,496.50. THIRD RACE I (2-year-old maidens, 300 yards, 1 51M)1 Lillol Request ($4.80, $3.30) i Ce De Vinolight ($4.50; QU, Duslinett 17:20 Blackett Janes Alert Pel Charge I Handle—$1,926. Paid—$1,619.70 FOURTH RACE I (2-year-old maidens, 300 yards, $100) ! Hasty Road (527.60, $15.40) I Miss Jagkaro ($6.50; QU, $79.40) 17:15 ’ 17:15 Rainbow's 17:16 Rick purse j 16:95 18:04 1 17:22 Skeeter Dandy 16:99 I 17:33 FIFTH RACE (3-year-old and up, 300 yards, purse S10 Bartontoleo | Kim Deck Plus Twenty I Don's Bar Belle Handle—$2,076. Paid—$1,757.30. Grade B non-winners, | yards, purse SI 00) Tonto's Sally ($4.70, $3.50) Open Pit ($4.90, QU, $9.20) 17:14 Honcybar Jal 17:56 Twenty Witts 17:57 17:34 Dusly Bear Also 17:51 SIXTH RACE Futurity, *“) Cassius Deck ($7.30, $4.40) -j ” „ i Moon Catcher 16:56 Miss Music Miss Custard “ Exceptabulf Dafrh'c Rfrv Deck a quinella ai - son, Kennewick, , son was the L..L • Saturday’s eighth V’"* - - * i Dillard and. Pete Cassius Dec^kC^ps ■ Hav meeting alp1 - ThtheUnspSnga,quarter Jorse ^.wedthera^au^^^^gb^ Tri-City Spring Futurit , u ,„„piintr is planned in a spectacular performance bvih^.. . ’'.almost $4,000 with _. many for didn’t slow i...folks home, -- the action at the windows. The handle of past two Fll-’o Reed Ladies Jule Bar Country Boy Cue ___ Handle - $1,950. Paid — $1,632.50. SIXTH RACE (Tri-City Spring Futurity, 2-year-olds, 300 yards, purse $7,000) Cassius Deck ($7.30, $4.40) 16:37 Changing Times (S6.50; QU, $22.30) 16:48 16:59 Bar 16:61 Lunar Catch's Bloom 16:71 Handle - $3,926. Paid - $3,315.50. SEVENTH RACE (3-year-olds and up, Grade B non-win- 21:39 21:39 22:65 22:89 '^o7?5W^dr^day, April 20, 1966~P^7 Kennewick,~RUhl ■ i r| ti li I Riehl u r(I i ! u <21 r0 c y s F- b s c J din| a cn di .d i ir >gl V J t _ J I ..-I ut ■n- ■ li-l ■Ji ,n-l •ml es| Mir, !©©fe© fewfr Bmy . Benton - Franklin Fair and Rodeo royalty are spending most of their time these days attending parade and luncheon gatherings throughout the area. Queen Arleta Cronenwett and her two princesses were aboard the fair float at the Water Fol lies parade in Columbia Park. The court attended two func tions July 20. At noon its mem bers entertained the Hanford Ki- wanians at the Desert Inn in Richland, and that evening at tended the Water Follies talent show. Sunday, the girls again were parading. . -this time at Elgin, 1 Ope. i The girls will continue making i I public appearances on behalf of ■ 1 the Aug. 20-28 Fair and Rodeo. | a v. li •I ili ‘ ’ vl 1 ’*rl m J (fl ■■ ■ 1 ■?£* ' -/'vl r— fr > I in1 nd Vp30 IV-I I- lies I in on ‘C- a ry | I | I ^7 18 11"' ; I I 01 ' id Rodeo RoyiMy n 1 16 Kennewick; and ^’’’‘’^^^Croneiiwett, ?on City. Seated was of the fair 18 Benton Cdy. T1?®1 weekend in ■ „J rodeo during the last w gea£air llie queen will app*artlle Milton-Freewater Pea ’andlhe princess^tn th Days> Joseph, Ote. f\st7a vaRalph Smith) (Photo by •’« S Benton-Franklin Fair An Royalty at this year’s Benton-Franklin Fair and Rodeo showed that they are just as much at home in formals as in 10-gallon hats and spurs About the only time during their reign when the >£>• 1 ggHH * r Horse the / rented the f Hen ton I I ; T by Wo Occ Gut a ' " fhe pist iurr. J FR) I j T |Uni. fern •area ped ;ush insu Xan Chin In ffij «.. ;•< ;. ,. -3 I S:’A« 3A E Aa ings, stallions and the grand champion. Trophies are donated by co sponsoring Benton County Mounted Posse and American Quarterhorse Association, in ad dition to Tri-City quarter horse fanciers VA Ranch. Ival Suther land, Jim Hively, Hale Quigley, Robert Brown, Larry Kissick, Chuck Meiers, Arthur Nicoson, Mel Snyder and Bernard Chap man. Judge will be Austin Beebe, an American Quarterhorse As sociation-approved official from ma Association, pre- was sponsored by Association and the B PH -...i U, ■■■■■■ :.'?y 11 r W H 1 - __ C:•As?-' K'-*W ’RsHWisi £ Sb ' v s -ams i f z “ A A Quarterhorse Show Set For Saturday Some 200 entries will be fea tured at the fifth annual Benton- Franklin County Quarterhorse Show Saturday at Kennewick Fairgrounds. The Class A show, sanctioned ! by the American Quarterhorse Association, will -feature some ! of the Northwest’s top horses. i Halter classes will open the - Tr ... - _ . , c .'show at 8:30 a.m. and run „He^rlckson; , throughout the day. Working ! events constitute the finale on I the program, starting at 7:30 p.m. 1 A saddle will be awarded the ! all-around working-horse cham- I pion. Trophies will be present- ouwauuu-appvvcu viuuat uvni i ed for each working event, re- Utah. Ring Stewart is John I serve - champion mares, geld-1 Fouls. i&li < ■ - - v>.v * /'M- Bob Brown, left, captain of the Ben ton County Mounted Posse, extended a “ribbon” of tumbleweeds for the dedication ceremonies at Tumble weed Race Track in Kennewick. , Trials for the Spring' Futurity will be held Sunday afternoon. On hand SSSBKK JU# ||«K»S ii ' rlw »'■ ' _. < t -V Wil MajSI E|n| xur uie dedication were, from ]Pfi Kennewick Mayor Pro - Tem Al’ foinich about to apply the torch fn the ribbon - cuttin6’-” Richland Mayor Pro Tem Morgan and Pasco Mayor Ed Cartel iSW?—■ 'x* ' , > I - . /1 i fc •P Al Quarter Horse the Nor7hC aYard. The show 1 a si ■ for the dedication — 1 L v|aMk ’ 4,z z ' • __ 'J ■ '••J m «| '-.^1 \ ? V\ A- *;v.'Mu - ' ■ - a.’-, airZ K - Ma A:' .11 y§§§£ ■ -AA - 3» . . JWf.'M- .. Saber Cat Named To eV “A“°“" “"“'1 yoslor. C-hampion Stallion at (he Re < naJned Gran d ; it. i> ■ j 1 Ife ■ > WgBa aftwi g-. .....til AAyilz^wh To Open t f r Franklin a it b s c c y s bi di n a c n ~, Ben- the Benton- ti ! I I | 4C *7 18 ^3 01 3$ U1 30 and Rodeo .Thursday. les in on ;c- a ry 43 — iri Lu ♦ ?30 iv- a >y. id n- re ?d re | ig; ?d| ls; of’ ml id idj jr >g ot V’l Two Tl- •ut ■ m-1 n-; i’s •al m- •m es | le ce a w w li 0 r| :l Queen Arleta Cronenwctt, 1% cny, will ■ ! County Fal1- which opens at Sa^n- - Mrs. Chapman Honored V I Uoul-20 ___ and 1949, the first two years of the awards. Sne.r5’ thTthiPa -J yards Club last night. F. P. Meverden looked I L a m p s o n, 1957 woman of Mrs. Chapman also handles | achievement, was mistress of Bloodmobile receptionist and paperwork for her husband’s ceremonies. Marie Abken, 1965 business woman of achievement, and F. program, P. Meverden, 1964 man of the i 'I by Wo OCC Gm a ■ ’he kst , fel I T |Uni. prn Lres hed >ush insu Xan Chin In SOUTH DAKOTA Currently manager of Walla Walla Savings and Loan here, Magnuson came to Kennewick in 1945, from South Dakota, where he graduated from Au- gustana College. He and his wife, Leila, have one daughter, Linda, 11. Magnuson served in the Air Force during World War II and is now a member of the Air Force reserve. Mrs. Chapman, active in youth work, was nominated by the Locust Grove Home Circle, ter member of the Kennewick I She has been a 4-H leader for Hospital Auxiliary, starting the j 10 years, with both a girls’ pinkie program for pediatric pa- 4 James Mary Louise Chapman named Kennewick's man year and woman of achieve ment for 1966, during a banquet ■ last night at the Tri-City Coun- , try Club. Magnuson, 316 W. 27th Ave., served as i..... J : dent of the Kennewick Port Commission for 14 years, and has served on the Planning Commission, Housing Authority, and the Army Advisory Board. He has been president of the Realty Board. Appraisers Asso ciation and Kennewick Cham ber of Commerce. He helped es tablish the Multiple Listing Service, acted as treasurer to . the United Crusade, and served 'on the board of the Water Fol- j lies. tients; serving on the Hospital'necticut. Disaster Committee; Red Cross v:’- ........................ .. two-gallon-plus donor; president general contracting of the Clever Clover and presi- and stock breeding d- 1 ■■ - ton County Homemakers, both yard. awards. Bonnie Brooks, BPW extension clubs, Eastern Star The Harmonaires from Park president, and Lawrence Scott, member, including grand rep- Junior High provided entertain-1 Man of the Year Club presi- resenlative of the State of Con- ment for the evening. T * a ‘ «ave brief talks. Mary Louise Chapman, left, received the Busi- ness and Professional Women’s Woman of Achievement award from Marie Abken, 1965 win ner, during ceremonies at the Tri-City Country I on. The dinner and program was co-sponsored by the Kennewick Business and Professional Wom en’s Club and the Past Men of the Year Club, with the BPW acting as hostesses. This is the first time the two groups have| had a joint program since 1948 Jim Magnuson cooking and sewing group and a horsemanship 4-H Club. She also served as counselor at the Hidden Valley Camp on the Tu- cannon River. In the Camp Fire Girls or ganization, she has been a lead er, day camp director, board member and sponsor. She re ceived the second highest na- vxv ... ____ . tional award for Camp Fire member and presi- leadership and has written “A Camp Fire Dream,” a book on Camp Fire’s seven crafts. Also in youth work, she direct ed the children’s choir at Vista Baptist Church and taught va cation Bible school. JUNIOR RODEO Mrs. Chapman, 215 E. 36th Ave., is also co-secretary of the Kennewick Junior Rodeo, and | chaperoned rodeo court royalty, i Her oldest daughter, Marcella, was selected princess then queen of the Benton County Fair and Rodeo, and her three other youngsters also compete in 4-H fairs and junior rodeo. When her husband, Bernard, began the Benton-Franklin Quarter Horse Show five years ago, she became secretary. The show is now ranked “A” nation ally. She has served as presi dent of the Benton County Mounted Posse Auxiliary and has spent four years on the Ways and Means Committee. Other accomplishments in clude past president and char-| James E. Magnuson, right, claimed the Cham ber of Commerce Kennewick’s Man of the Year plaque from F. P. (Slim) Meverden at a ban quet last night. By ROBERTA BLACK Herald Staff Writer E. Magnuson and were of the dent and secretary of the Ben- as well as her father’s lumber year, presented the plaques and extension clubs, Eastern Star of -Che 1967 Benton Redeo : rr-- ■v '.FTl i 4 > Debbi Garrett, 17,Thiel, 17, and contest was spon- ( I •:; hl BJ > n- ut n- li- i’s ah fi rn es 0 ie:| ee I ii" j I td b s c IJ c!>rf I ii fib. at '• c&| n;. i i I in ’ nd 77 CO ' I’IV- Mies L II C- a ry 43 f -7 - ■UM J&i 7 kasi the Coronation Ball in April ’ released. | Nicki, ; stands 5 feet 8 inches, was giv-1 en her first horse on her ninth birthday. She liked horses but not until she received one did she realize she only liked them I from afar. Her mother said they had to force her to ride the “gentle mare.” However, it wasn’t long | before they couldn’t get her off of it. She has since trained two horses. Nicki has v/on several trophies; and ribbons in horse shows,1 trail rides and junior rodeos. Be-j sides horses, her hobbies include i sewing, dancing, watersports j and sculpturing. As a member of the Bit ’n Spur 4-H Club for four years, : she has served as president and j : junior leader. She is the eighth ; girl from the club to have made the Benton-Franklin County Fair and Rodeo court and is the! fourth queen. I 9 ii The Being queen of the Benton-Franklin County Fair and Nicki Deal, Kennewick High School senior, second include princesses, from I / , 4C *7 18 >3 I! a? 01 1x1 ■ ^5’ Hi mi id n-i re* ?d ,-e •g idi Is nr le A Kennewick High School se- Nicki plans to attend Colum- nior, who was “deathly afraid”; bia Basin College in the 1— of her first horse, has been se-1 major in liberal arts. lected queen of the 1967 Benton-! Saundra, red-haired and blue- it five years ago. Franklin County Fair and Ro- eyed, has been a member of the A member of Jhc bit__ P_ Red Top Riders 4-H Horse Club of' for five years, being an officer > and Mrs. George J. Deal, each year. She attends Connell ”igh.The princess, since moving to < Mesa five years ago, has won 40 fair ribbons and 50 gymkhana ' * i show ribbons. She 10 trophies, a buckle all round cowgirl” the Richland Junior a v, 71 1“ T' O 8 I ’*■ i t Wfw 7 ’ • wick all her life. She has ridden fall and horses since she was “v e r y small” but got “serious” about 17» daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I Rodeo. Bavid Garrett, 904 S. Alder St.,1 Kennewick, and Frances Ann ette Thiel, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Raymond Thiel, kt. 1, Kennewick. The queen and her court will High make their first appearance at - the Coronation Ball in April. U. -----lime and location has not been English riding lessons, jnrr qhp. 1"------- ,Tn,ph pation in Western competition. She lias won many honors in ju- nior rodeos, playdays and other functions.Frances, born in Pasco, -nas lived on a farm east of Kenne-1 deo. Nicki Lynn Deal, daughter Mr. Cll|U -- . . Finley Road, was judged top in High, a contest based on horse- manship. She will be 18 Thurs day . Princesses named in the court | and horse are Saundra Cox, 16, daughter I also has 10 of Mr. and Mrs. Harold S. Cox, i and an Mesa; Deborah Ruth Garrett, | award from ,I Other hobbies include skiing, I i-l tennis and piano. Last year she was the Othello Junior Rodeo| P Debbi, a senior at Kennewick | Hi&h, belongs to the Bit n Spur . I 4-H Club, and has been riding ■ I for about seven years. She tooK I i—declar-1| iiuu»b ------------- » | ! ins she learned much from it- 1 1 ■■ interests also include bas- competition. 4-H Club, she will graduate The queen contest w<» from Kennewick High in June, sored by the Benton C o u n t y ■ Her greatest interest is art. hop- Mounted Posse with Larry Ris ing to work as an artist or be- sick, queen selection committee i come a commercial florist. | chairman. Cox, 16, Mesa; Frances both Kennewick. and franklin Pair ana a IIt'... IJ ' Vr.i'j TBl04 ''ill County left, Saundra ipife ~ WjgBBil xi 8WS8’/:k• g Selected as queen Rodeo was T~ from left. Her court] O ■ £ 3 * i wc<- % •..w Fair •in ,-an. I •< ■ • - <£m ? , i.. I1 ■i ■ £31 •! NICKI DEAL . . .varied interests 2' E Il 'R w I : ■ > It Z < il < I i: \ by Wo Oct Gu p ‘-he pist tar fr. T .Uni em hre; Red X Ji I F M 'RB *****:Sf^*■ ’ ■1 jfeF SSS.7-, c ? gS iW i sW, p,z. z ■! ■ ' M .-• -I I . X-.. ! f -------—------- County Foisr Quo^n Finds Fun In Role Nicki Lynn Deal, 18, queen of the 1967 Benton-Franklin County Fair and Rodeo is a girl who can scuba dive, does sculpturing and likes to barrel-race. t The queen is a 5’ 9” blonde with brown cy s. She’s the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George J. >1, Kennewick, and has twin brothers, Jim ' and John. • A 1967 graduate of Kennewick High School, |- she plans to. attend Central Washington State | College in Ellensburg this fall. Her interests lie in the humanities area. She has been in 4-H work for eight years and is now a member of the Bit ’n Spur Club of Kennewick. Nicki received her first riding horse on her 9th birthday and has owned one ever since. Her present horse, “Sweet Boy,” is a 7-year-old quarterhorse gelding. Her other interests include tennis and sew ing. “Being on the Benton-Franklin Fair and Ro deo court for the past two years has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life,” says Nicki. “It is the one experience that has, so far, had the most influence over me. I’ve learned to enjoy people,” comments the queen. Dates of this year’s Benton-Franklin Fair and R°deo arc Aug. 24-27. Rodeo shows are slat- ■ cd Frirlay and SaturdaY under the lights and Sa^T°PP' Thc 4'H horse show concludes 1 d _y ?!the Wrfrounds. St I ..=■ F , Rodeo Royalty Set For Coronation kerson, Benton-Franklin Mounted and Steamfitters Hall. Queen Ni in, presented roses to Nicki Deal, were from left behind her were 4., iponf| Frances Thiel, both Kennewick ....................... t •* - .i Edwin Wilkerson, - ------Posse captain, presented roses to Nicki Deal, Kennewick, 1967 Benton-Franklin County Fair and Rodeo queen, in preparation for a coronation ball 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday at Pasco’s Plumbers I < •i »■ 1 ; ‘ h -‘I ' IMA k a I ivV.i, 1! i c0 and Mrs. li f ig , ~ v• I rtJ I i I I nnu 0 c Q a Q. CT CD 0 al v V liltwra 9 n Q bi s Cj cl d n! a cj nl 3' 0 a © aara 9 < □ B in nd 7- ’ )30 x ‘ iv- : [• ies in on c y s I 4C *7 18 i°l 11 ? ■ n .m'is % ]73 o > Z o m < > ‘n"ii ■ut I *n-l ii-; rsi ■alj in-! »m! esi %- M CD 301 co 2” | a] ! id : n- i re 2d I re I Tl ->dJ ls °f >m le id | ‘r 1 ^0 3 3 &o\~ 3 5 Q- ------- ’ CD _. 5 §• ! 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Frances and all members of the royal court will be at th Eenton-Franklin County Fair adn Rodeo Aug. 24-27 and at the 4-H horse' show tomorrow and Sunday ■ -«E - a -• 2 3 £ £■ ^3 la3 < O p cn PJ < g. glrrSS B- 0 T PJ 5' S 2-!^ 3 o in i—.u-J. u-.3 o w 3 ° O . c-r- 5' ° rz, p- - < g. .o 2 3- 31°^ Cff. S - ° c & i i— C/J — -o -C5 p^o 5' f’ Q. d g s | a ? C ra” CD 5 » s a? ' CD CD hj 3 ° n Red-haired Bento n-Frank- lin County Fair princess Fran- . cess Annette Thiel is an ama teur artist and will study art at Central Washington State col lege this fall. She graduated from Kennewick High School this June. , _. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs Hobart Raymond and they ive on a farm east of Kennewick. Frances has beeni a member of the Bit ‘N Spur 4.H club fol three years and has ridden horses most of her life. > . Her horse is “Our. Colt, {, r cn CX ■ ? = s - § 2 lllth “ g. S S’ s ' = L. o’ i.B’ § X dj oj r- — royal court of the fair and fho . „ TheX also will be at che 1(?£se fair Saturday and ___- ------ rodeo perfor- 7W u^der the lights and Aug 27 m^the.afternoon at the arena ./ & r t, i li fl horse, I 3 k II i I j iI i i teur I i t|.c *7 18 Debbie and the royal court will be taking part in all the ac- A 7 t 1 b s c cl (P dj n a c n © *- o cd Q> d. & EZS^22’ 7? © *jb ■I c y s lei ce 2”1 i”i c s o 4 J 11- >Ut *n* li- i’s •al in- HTl es igs in on JC- a ry 43 If? - ' ib’ Mt DEBBIE GARRETT . . .real tradition Tradition Followed By Fair’s Princess Debbie Garrett, 17, is one of I horse, “Frisky.” She also likes 10 girls from the same 4-H ClubI sports and enjoys playing the that have been a 'member of the guitar and piano. royal court of the Benton-Frank lin Fair and Rodeo. Her club is the Bit ’N’ Spur ; tivities of the fair and rodeo Aug. 24-27. They also will be at the 4-H horse fair Saturday and Sunday. Three rodeo perfor mances are scheduled — Aug. 25 26 under the lights and Aug. 27 in the. afternoon at the arena in Kennewick. 30 f6 a? 01 >5 t ^W1 >>13 - .ja 4-H'ers of Kennewick. Debbie is the daughteb of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Garrett, 904 S. Alder St., Kennewick. She is a 1967 grad- j uate of Kennewick High School. I Her main interest, says Deb bie, is her registered quarter- Art I s . I wjg ; i | I this June. . Her parents k ' > ■ ■ 2=5 “3-s c Sg.E'g 'cdcpg’^gj-J^d) C trojj O 33 "i id i n- re i ?d _. jJ- 7^5 a'g'? 11 e -a " «.£ g I J■g I « g I w u £ w I T? ’ o 5 e > c*o : a g S * S 1/3 e JdU’g-,§ cd ro H PRINCESS FRANCES ANNETTE THIEL . .member of fair court Swdy Pkmngdl Princess _ ■ (year old sorrel quarter Fran-1 gelding. “I like showing She gra1 O u S in 1 nd . 7- )30 V - 1V- fJO >> ■'rtlg ■ -o § nun By Fair Bedded ""‘’S’il tin Counly|teaThiel is an ama- icess nrf Jill study art at rei.racing Kt^-Washinggn fcTenn^A? School are Mr. and Mrs __ -x5 -J o cd cd o •f^SS tn q). .. g qj 5 -2 I e o isjgg o W e ap \ y OtV1 .nowlug horses, bar-; and especially just, x?~d”«y5?n s'hsiji jiF ’js^edis 'O o cd w •g g’--g ■§ Ji1 5-2 9 M rt§S: L •5 £ o u £ k) tn Qj C cd ■£? g & p &>£ : Princess Debbie Garrett, Queen Nicki Deal. Princessesthe Benton-Franklin Fair and Saundra Cox and Frances Thiel.24-27. Left to right al 8 V Fair officials say spectators can expect the best-looking fair grounds in history. Since last year the main entrance roads to the grounds have been oiled, pedestrian walkways have been black-topped, lighting in the two main display buildings has been doubled, all buildings have been repainted and 500 trees have been planted. At the and lambs ; T by f0' pec Put ■he sist u rr HR] 1 T Uni. ?rn :ire£ Red ■•ush •»nsu ■Van thin In art exhibit, a tractor driving a square-dancing exhi-- on horseback, a calf ‘ ....J a dairy milking; These royal ladies will reign over Rodeo at the fairgrounds in Kennewick Aug. | hours will be observed for the buildings Friday and Saturday. | FAIRGROUNDS INCREASED Size of the fairgrounds has been increased this year to pro vide an additional 120 by 180 foot outdoor display area, to show machinery, farm equipment and trailers. Judging of swine, sheep, poul try, rabbits, livestock and dairy animals by 4-H and Future I Farmorc r>C A —— ------ — —• • IJU* J , takes place Thursday. ; Judging of all horticulture ex- i hibits and booths begins Thurs-1 day at 8:30 a.m. The 4-H and FFA fitting and showing con-1 test begins at 2 p.m. A sell-out crowd is ..ie Posse’s Seaon tickets to the fair are $1.25 for adults and 50 cents for children. Daily tickets are 50 cents and 25 cents. “Tournament of Thrills” re served tickets are $4 and S3. General admission is S2 for adults and 50 cents for children. Rodeo reserved tickets are S3 for grandstand and $4 for boxes. General admission is $2 for adults and $1 for children. Fun galore will be the order', of the day when the Benton- j Franklin County Fair and Ro-. ideo opens full tilt Thursday i through Sunday. The 1967 version officially i opens at 9 a.m. Thursday with the traditional flag-raising cere mony at the Kennewick Fair Grounds. Top crowd-pleasing attractions are expected to be the auto I daredevil “Tournament of ■ . the fair are ship go-round Sunday at 2 p.m.i stock sections of the lair sold to the highest biddenI The kiddies parade will s ai I 'it. 10 am. Friday with P 1 I awarded for best costumes, dec-1 Bed wheels, pets, horses and marching units. Children w rt 'assemble at the Fruitland Ele ! mentary School Parking lot. I Because of Kennewick’s mall 'construction, the grand parade ( i will make First Avenue in Ken- I newick their main line of march. I | The parade will start at 2 p.m. I Saturday. NEW EVENTS New events this year include J an r1 contest, bition ........ - Benton County | scramble and ____ __ v. X UOOC b T -------- ' of Thrills” auto show. i An added attraction this is the Aerial Hustreis, a hus-!band-and-wife acrobatic L I who sway on poles about 1 feet above the ground. I will perform twice daily. I More than 250 head of live- I stock, largest in history, will be sold at an auction at the annual 14-H and Future Farmers of 1 America market stock sale at ' the fair Friday at 1:30 p.m. sale, top-quality 4-H FFA steers, hogs, and entered in the market and dairy judging -.2 place Saturday morning. Special entertainment at the fair grounds will include authen- ic Indian dances by the Boy Scouts Order of the Arrow, square dancing exhibitions and a battle of the bands. Some 140 cowboys will be out after $8,400 in purse and entry fee money at the Rodeo-Cow boys Association approved ro deo. Performances are sched uled for Friday and Saturday p.m. with the champion expected “Tournament I contest. ’ Livestock u year; contests take i— i team, 130 They try, rabbits, livestock and dairy MUKVMWii luumaineni oil Farmers of America members I Thrills” at 8 p.m. Thursday and1 takes nlarp Thnre^., I Other fair, rodeo stories, I pictures on pages 15-20, 28. I the three performances of the .. Wv.ruut | rodeo—Friday and Saturday . at • Thursday for th« 18 p.m. and Sunday at 1:30 p.m. (Mounted SOMETHING FOR ALL There should be something for (everyone, F. P. (Slim) Mever- den, fair-board president, said (today. | Scheduled are such events as | a square-dancing exhibition on (horseback; a weed-identification ’contest; a scramble of youths (trying to catch calves which I they can keep, and youths dem onstrating their tractor skills. Put all this together and you ; have a small portion of the 1967 \ version of the fair and rodeo. I Meverden will be joined for ___ Jhe flag-raising Thursday by ■Bt^i ’aTzdNicki Deal, Kennewick, ana ’princess-^^Hes Debbi Garrett, Frances Thiel, and Saundra Cox. The fair has been character-, ized by steady growth since its I start as the Benton County Fair I^■11 years ago. Il all started 401 years ago as a grape carnival I in downtown Kennewick. 1 H This year the fair expects ■ ■ 1,000 head of livestock, 9,000 fair B ■ exhibits and 75,000 people. To 'I B handle the event, the fair board I has an operating budget of near- 'H I ly $50,000. IB I Exhibit buildings open B 'Thursday at 11 a.m and remain open until 11 p.m. The same H r0 r _____ I ■ I ! I I t; ij I 0 r ? ■ a u vn > S' R P 1 e f r d n c| n t \ ? 1 1 c r f W; tJ 0V,1 RUNS SHOW But, as arena runs the entire show. During the rodeo, you’ll see Fred on his horse, checking every part of the arena and grounds, solv ing problems as they come up and seeing to it the show runs : smoothly “My job is to put on a show to j that moves along and doesn’t ; Schroeder. Even though the show lasts only 2-3 hours, he says it seems like about 10 hours by the time he can climb out. of the saddle and start to relax. He prefers western dress — and you’ll seldom see him in anything else. He wears a hard hat all day on his construction job, but when he gets back to his pickup to go home, on goes the western hat. Only western boots hold true comfort for him. He pays $40 a pair for his dress boots but $52 a pair for his work boots that he wears every day. “For Christmas and birth days, they don’t give me any thing except western gear any more,” says Fred. “They know I won’t wear anything else.” Schroeder also does his part to assure that there will be al- :n- j •ut *n-1 li-’ !'s| •alj tn-' •m: es is cel 1”| Fred Schroeder, is arena di- ■ r Rodeo born on a I 3V? n-|i re; 3d re ig ?dj 1SJ oi. m[ lell idl >r! ’g I ■I It I. i I 3I 23 01 5 Greeley. Colo., and then mov toShhe?a labor foreman on heavy construction. Why did he leave ranching? “Yo“ JUS can’t raise a family on $250 a month which was the going rate in those days.” says Schroeder. AMATEUR He started his rodeoing on an amateur basis in Nebraska tak ing part in bareback and bull riding and working for r o d e o producers. Since then he has preferred working behind the scenes. . „ put on a show rather than being y part of it. How many rodeos has he seen? “I’ve seen a lot of them, I’ll tell you,” was his comment. Then, after some thought, agreed that perhaps 200 might be a solid figure. He and his wife, Marge, spend many of their summer week ends attending rodeos. “I buy a ticket to get in but don’t sit in the seats,” says Fred. “I head down for the c h u t e s. That’s where I’ve learned everything 1 know about rodeo,” he ex plains. “I watch, ask questions, talk to all the riders and try to help out wherever they need an extra hand,” said Schroeder. “I love rodeoing and I under stand it,” he explains. “Rodeo keeP changing so you have m keep up by attending a lot of different shows.” he said. ways a supply of rodeo hands coming up. He helps out each year with the junior rodeos in the area, serving as flagman, judge or wherever his talents are needed most. He also has worked for three years on the local FFA rodeo serving as judge and chute boss. His son. Chris, who is 20, fol in his dad’s boot-steps and •“ I 87116 L ROPE SNAPS He bears the marks on his shoulder of a rope that slipped off a post while he was snub bing down a bucking bull. The rope snapped off with such force it went clear through the flesh in his shoulder down to the bone. He finished the show before fel low cowboys convinced him he should have it looked at. During World War II, Fred rode an amphibious “duck” in stead of a horse and took part in i seven invasions including Africa, i Italy, Sicily and Europe. His present “ranch” is six acres near Kennewick where he runs some 15-20 calves and some horses. At the rodeo Friday, Satur-.l day, and Sunday, Schroeder will be on his horse, continually checking all parts of the arena to see the show is proceeding according to plan. Mar A cowboy’s cowboy describes 2815 S. Tacoma St., Kennewick, who rector for the Benton-Franklin County Friday, Saturday and Sunday. He was k: ranch in Colorado and has been around cow hands and horses ever since. j in 1 md V"’ 930 av- ics in on 2C- a ry 43 At the local rodeo, he has idfmun ------ - done everything from park cars 200 such shows in his life- to help saddle bucking bulls. He time and is a man who prefers j joined the Benton C o u n t y -:n- -1J Mounted Posse, the rodeo spon sor, in 1952 and became its cap tain in 1957. As rodeo lieutenant for six years, he’s been the person re-1 sponsible for arranging for | _ _ bucking stock, calves, clowns, i ed I everything needed to put on the The bossThe boss of this year's Ben-i ton-Franklin Rodeo has seen j over 200 such shows in his life- lv time and is a man who prefers I joined only western gear as gifts on birthdays and Christmas. He’s Fred Schroeder, 2315 S. Tacoma St., Kennewick, arena director for the third time of the local rodeo Aug. 25-27. He was born on a ranch near • ; .jws in his dad’s boot-steps and I , - • has taken part in junior rodeos S He'also has been grounds lieu-1 j" steer r0Pin§’ co.w rid‘n8' bullf tenant in charge of all proper-1 d°SSin8- steer underrating and □ if 4i j™ i similar events. Fred s daughter,Ues needed for the rodeo. . Mrs Doug Campbel|, ig £ istered nurse at the clinic in director, he I Othello. A few bruises is about all the wear and tear Fred has suffer ed for being around wild horses and enraged bulls for over 20 years. ■ V t. I a. ■ LU / 1 .. a F■^i or •31 j Fw FfeSi w & r;/ ’J '»■' '■Vo Occ put <1 ' The hist fun f’R) I I 1' .•lUni prn feres ked jush Insu Nan Chin In fe? V. . • • * 4”' .' p.RI.Fj "■# i r- S’ W; F 'I ml ; A > - - V ■'-'UF^ ' ... RW|» F; W v-- \ p F Z Leoferrs Ob Th® Foss® racing event. The fair and rodeo will be Friday through Sunday at the Benton County fairgrounds in Kennewick. There will be 8 p.m. performances of the rodeo Friday and Saturday with the finals on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. A i I V ! ■■=' 1 iI I I ~ .. ’■ ' ' ■ : J/' gS#ateS tionally-known saddle shop that is making the chaps; Ed Wilkerson, captain of the Benton County Mounted Posse and chap-maker Lee Noel. Three rodeo performances are s 1 a t c d Aug. 25-27, two under the lights and the finals Sunday afternoon. III! .. PW : ce; A | ies I in . on !C- a ry 43 f sWi i X*?' j *-w XJ( I daught< « her I J°hnsoi *4. A ' I 21 c'O r' i i a'i 1 rn;| ?d re; >g| id; is of in1u il'; I ig| -1-1 a I it I --i- I fl at’ •n-1 U‘l 'f •al' n-’ m es IIIE D I in nd u',3° I IV- ■ ew 1 S®WMbia W r~ pi- a p r~~! - ® ■■F i RODEO QUEEN AND CC\ i D. «:p, Prosser, has been l%0 Benton-Franklin F air a. J . ter of Mr. and Mrs. Max o! her court are, bottom from m, 17, daughter of Mr. chamber offices in^J6 from c°nnell, Kennewick pT " City' ser, Richland S ^SC0’ Pr°3’ land. nd and West Rich. consul oU queen°and fh°Urt wiH ton Counl/ToXp^A6"- ~XA,£ Committee,0 compo"^* ,‘nn County Mounted kSse and fe kcnneWiek Chamber of CoJ nmate^T WLLL be“^ at P+'vate judging by a panel of « JUdguS- on a basis personality, public speaking abil- ity, horsemanship, general ap- pearance and the cooperation of parents. “We realize that the court can not include a girl from each lo cality every year,” Mrs. Wilkins said, ‘‘but we feel the law of averages in fair competition will give us girls from varied parts of Llie counties and not the same areas every year. We want our court to be truly representative of our entire area.” ANY ORGANIZATION so da- siring may sponsor an applica tion, the extent of that sponsor ship to be an agreement between the girl and the organization. In such cases the signatures of both the parents or guardian of the girl and the sponsoring organiza tion will be required on the ap plication. Any former princess is eligible to contest again, Mrs. Wilkins said, but only for the position of queen. Uniforms for the court are provided by the auxiliary^ except for boots and belts. Applications and rules and regulations for the queen and her court are available at chamber offices and must be sent to the committee by March 1.c'0URr _ Eileen Beni(Zj anied queen of the a?d Slle is enitz. Princesses ' Ieft> Dale Leslie and Mrs. L. W. 1 UP w raw Applications taken by city merce offices in Franklin counties ft the Benton-Franklin and Rodeo, Mrs. < kins, chairman of the queen committee, am Any single girl betwi Johnson, Richland; Connie Sue Morbeck, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morbeck, Kenn ewick, and Mary Helen Abel, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Janies H. Abel, Connell. The corona tion ball will be May 27. The Fair and Rodeo is Aug. 26-28. R are now being chamber of com- Benton and or royalty for \ County Fair John A. Wil- ’.’.3 official announced. J.jeen 17 and ra ■ L ■' ■ ? EWICK, RICHLAND, WASHINGTON i 1 £' HA 5 Fi k '= ! 4 ? i i 0 ic q [ ‘l ) I V;- ritete B h / te AV • \ f £I WK W ■ I ! . ■ > -te Princess of Benton-Franklin County Janice Needham of Kennewick. Wta S^ddfe Benton-Franklin Fair and ’ i........... : ' I 3I win reign uwa ? County affair, which will feature some I top cowboys in the country. ' x 3 ft 4 A K ? fl Saundra Cox, 1968 Benton-r ranxiiii i —J i Rodeo queen, proved she knew the rodeo busi ness as she won top cowgirl honors at last week- ~ 1_. ”te"t Richland. Saundra pecial prize saddle, ’ ’ . Forsaking i'te.r. ' ■ ■ SSwS iy. % tete;: AA ; WMl 4> j/tt te te_ - 'te > ! V i < vi:y yv . I - W® Vite te ia-tel I K 1 ’ ■yy ' iii . ..... ;, 1968 , proved she knew JLVUU .. cowgirl honors at last week end’s Junior Rodeo in West Richland. Saundra ' was presented a special prize saddle, in addition , to winning two silver buckles. Forsaking the • rodeo circuit for the role of rodeo queen, Saundra ' will reign over the Aug. 23-25 Benton-Franklin te" * --’-2-1- foafnrp some of the top cowboys in the country. ' : wr terser Windows Corry Rodeo Them® Althia Hardwick, a junior at Kennewick High School, put the finishing touches on a western painting on a downtown Kennewick store window. Kennewick Jaycees arc sponsoring the window-painting contest to help provide a rodeo atmosphere in Kennewick. The four- c.y fair and rodeo opens Thursday at the fairground in Kennewick. Tickets arc available the “little red barn” at Kennewick Avenue and Benton Street in Kennewick. The fair features a rodeo, quarter horse racing, farm and homcmak- ing exhibits and a talent contest. Fair stories on page 11. 1 ■ T-' ft s te < s ' ;• i' vm, te teS lln ; . i > o ' f p. telJ M ■flSS ■ I w . : v. V... X •/ • ' ' $ :y gte te tete \ 1 \ - tetev k- te.te ■ M J ’ a ; e 3 ' -' te vte7V. '■ > te \ -? te' fter .w«e ■ V A J A V -4-a-Vai a a- 3 ffBr ■ ' 'T-; ; > < j tete'te ■■ ' e . : te: A3 AA4 AA a a 'W >Barte i^AAr7j< ; 1 I d Mvs n 11’A ut A V A tv A ?s A •al A v \ nvl es' id' . ■•e > >d I * '. V fl fl ft ■ fl ft V k u W, of Mesa is queen iV:. 1M heMon-Franklin County * Weo. Queen Saundra 1V \' ? ^une ^Y0Yn £°nne^ High cV'ans 10 attend Yakima IK7f She was a sAool’s pcp elub’ 1| ,x Ha? \"5 \W- V\ ?0 dtan‘ t° U'V of lft414 tii'nA,■ o>« liU“ V, lea^.’ja'^ tuc - itoVSAv°-tipa^c and ^asKetbaU ^'been l\C waTa ebibl. HeL she was o v name is sports, all kinds oi Sa first loVt?’ 0£ Mr. aIV the daugklnr or Cox. h/lesa mlc,n County riding sirree ,nrterborsc s Horsewoman‘Warned Fair- Rodeo Queen. -s%?3«- **"*V M”; S '* T w'S'“ws\ I 1 ►I i i 5 ! I Going over plans for the Benton-Franklin Rodeo are these members of the Benton County Mount ed Posse. Left to right, Ed Wilkerson, Posse captain; Fred Schroeder, in charge of the rodeo, b ; -H. and Bernie Chapman, member of both the Posse Board and the Fair Board. There will be three performances of the RCA-approved rodeo with over 200 cowboys expected. by rv( pct I 1 u r rhe hisil pur) KR 1 Uni ertf ■ire [Rec usl; nsb i Kan ( L'hir In I ' I I J ' 0 . * 9'1 i II i .<< uc cl 18 i9 *3 L> 01 & U fb ie! co; )”■ 1” x^rl Mi ■/•" i • ”5 >%• Zs- • £ £ n-i ut' ■n-i li-l l’s.i fi rn esi j I 1“ v’l II-11 re I ?d re' >gi ?d: is af m | lei •d!| ?ri gl. a i It’ T\ # 1 t m ■ .eq' oi ^$ve° I Fit For A Quee Saundra Cox, newly chosen bicounty fair and rodeo queen went through a “fitting and showing” for Herald Photographer Ralph Smith as Ken Silliman, official rodeo outfitter, , * ) ind ----30 ■ v- dies in )n c- a V 13 i ... Mw.;. . g/i . fmoii WTYm’wne^E life ‘ v-; ’'imM 1 I fodeo Queen Aids Banker and was purchsed by the Benton County Mounted Posse, sponsors of the Aug. 23-25 rodeo. It is on dis play at the Highlands branch of the Seattle First National Bank, where Rogers is manager. Later this week, the saddle will be moved to the Ken newick National Bank. measured her for new rodeo togs. She is a Connell High School senior. Princesses are Kennewick High School seniors Janice Needham and Cindy Richardson. r * County Fair and L n ■?Q Saundra Cox gave banker Wayne Rogers a P’’ as Rogers tried out f which will be awarded L/P Ground cowboy at this L n.rf'?0, saddle, made by I Pendleton, is worth $380 - 9i-& p e 1 I Kelly will reign crowned April 9 atwas a 1 ■ HlL r 1 I -9------ j queen Debbie this year’s fairgrounds 1 6 in ■ >y n< ■)C> il • he BiisH<:nr HSR ■ 1 ■ l'n; l'ln| »re ■^ec ■ usi < ■ nsv H\'an ■ -hi i I In . 1 Miss KeilyrPa^, special banquet. ________ .u.m—--------- Benton-Franklin Fair and Rodeo Kelly will reign over tklo jeax » laugrounus festivities, succeeding ConnclFs Saundra Cox. •w I J appear p.m v V 1 c y s F F ie| ce > • < il a c n > * in nd 30 v- <77.\^ Mi ut •n-J Il l’s’ ■ai|j n| mj es I es in ?n c- a ■ ry | > 13h _ li* I 4C I a? i ? i’ *| 18 d9 1 >7. S';’' banners ; ’ • day fair, a -J crowned JV; ; id1 nJ| re J 3d re ‘g;. ?d Js tf! mil le. ‘ ■dl .g *1 selected by the Tri- operates the rodeo. --3 on panes 17.24 \ ■ ■ € ■ ■ b! | s' c; during the day. Members of the 4-H and FFA also will judge poultry and rabbits. Friday morning a kiddies parade will wind through Kennewick beginning at 10 a.m. A dance festival will highlight the day’s events at 8:30 p.m. Friday. Attention focuses Saturday morning on FFA and 4-H teams judging of dairy cattle and livestock At 5 p.m. Saturday, senior dairy men will match skills in a milking contest, and at 8:30 p.m. there will be a square dancing exhibition. Sunday afternoon the presentation of livestock and herdsmanship banners will close out the fair. Livestock judges are: Beef—Pat Lawler, Har rah, and Wellard Catlin, Yakima; dairy—Stan Mai den, Walla Walla; horses—Don Witke, Selah; Dolly Hughes, Pullman, and Ray McLellan, Nine Miles Falls; poultry—M. C. Hougan, Yakima; rab- 7 ■.' : . . . ■ ■ gV 77 j/. f ' i >^7 0T oq) n I The four girls were •n, which • and stories 7|Bi| ‘ 11 ^ .S: * swine, beef and sheep will 3 annual market - largest in the fair’s Conrad of 4‘Wild, Wild grand parade at about 65 units and 7 R1 <>7/$ :: '■■■ ■'% Mb m County Fair and ,m- Thursday at the I 35 : u I ! ‘ r° * i it I i.eO rj „__ _ x»enLun-rranklin Fair and Rodeo are,irom left, Princess Joyce Moore, Connell; Queen Debbie Kelly, Pasco; Princess Barbara Sharp, Eltopia; and Princess Marga- 4-Day F Will O| The annual Benton-Franklii go officially opens at 9 ! Wounds in Kennewick. i b77,1 ribbons’ oanners and trophies Wash! nWadad da™g the four - C, ‘ for time Hay kklg wiU be i bc sold atTr heat Of SWine’ beef i sale ^iFnday durinB the i history, ’ dicing it the larPAc<- Wesi”7?,ioa star Robert ? a'm- Saturd=>mafsha11 of tbe 40 entries. Wday- H will have p J and 10?? Tur Bonnie Guitar will day811(1 Saturdlv 7hYrSday; 31 7 and 10 Mj^er teatS and,at 3 P-m. Sunday. &ati0n WoveM111 be tbe r - mance of the Tumbleweed Rodeo Friday with all children under 12 admitted free to the general admission sections when accompanied by an adult. Reserved and general admission tickets to the rodeo and auto thrill show are available at the Little Red Barn at First Avenue and Auburn Street in Kennewick. Reserved tickets are $4, $3.50 and $3. General admission is $2.50 for adults and $1.50 for children. General admission tickets are available at Har ris-Morgan and BB&M in Richland; Fisher’s Phar macy and Lyle’s Drug, Kennewick; Shields and Haas Western Wear, Pasco. Wednesday all entries will be readied for the fair’s opening while judges grade the home economics and floriculture exhibits. During the fair’s first day Thursday, dairy i. cattle, market stock and horticulture will be judged. * —, S "“'SDTba'ne; sheep—Lloyd 4-H and FFA members also will compete in fitting bi‘MTauren“. ,wSay Meenach, Valleyfori Cowboy and showing of stock at 9 a.m. and junior dairymen Ochs, ,La^rosj nfficers include R. M. Simmelink, will engage in a milking contest at 5 p.m. Fair ?Torrv n^valt first vice-president; Kent A tractor operators’ competition opens Friday’s president; Hairy Oswalt, first V j c^wolinV activities. Judges will grade breeding livestock, open opening perfor- class dairy cattle, alfalfa hay, poultry and rabbits ■B .. . ret Surplus, Richland. gi City Racing and Rodeo Associatio: (Section of fair and rodeo pictures l'_Richland, , . . .a ■ ' ' ' I t.-M: J ■■■■■ ’ V 7 .. _...M Royalty at this year’s Benton-Franklin I from left, Princess Joyce Moore, Connell; Pasco; Princess Barbara Sham iru-- -• IO, xvavxvoo, O»TJU1V----. Fair board officers include R. M. Simmelink, Herron, second vice-president, and Ruth Simmelink, secretary. ■ < ' > ’ ... -"-Vl:, '7;gbW' Tuesday, August 19, 1969 / $ • '1 assets A 4 Z;- f. < grandstand new only will be the best u r win area, L’c bci pu 'Id TRI-CITY HERALD, PASCO, KENNEWICK, RICHLAND, WASHINGTON 1 chi Fr, Rc F [Siu % •v ©raw O' ■til ' fir K>f i ill ■ ! I i (■ ■ ;H-he ■ Ut ■ R I 1■ -n, l-i’n Lre. I-‘PC lush psu Nan Jhir ' In s 11 ■ XWilX ifez-4< ■ i( : • .7-1 ■' wwwm&f i and rodeo grounds. start of continually outsiandin attractions at our rodeo-racfl headquarters,” Fenton said, j “We feel we are really addin something to the Tri-Cities, v/il expansion of our facilities..: hope the people in this art in the local | provements. The TCRRA ce local #crea$g --rtI to lilt g|rw**% . ■ • . ,. k.i *■''./\ Z' will not be time, I UVfJC mv pwpiv *11 "— fl e 1969 rodeo | are really pleased with the id - -— |7J yz » ViUVil Ma A l»v — --------- of Rodeo tainly is proud to contribute J share to L as the opportunities.” “XMB ■ ■MrT. A' *'v' *!ifl ■ .' IB . J.:l: " Wwfi> wL .*w«.... z. , ' .■<. //fff’ . . .. ■ .«•- . - - ; I© ■-IXIII.-I / ./ . a® . ■ ',U^7 iJx It!I W T :50 LT“, stalled for the installation of - —J new stock • ' ■ --■■ fl are some ; oltilf Xv^! I i New Grandstand Largest and easily the most eye-catching structure on the fair-rodeo grounds is the new 1,300 seat covered rodeo arena grandstand. Part of an extensive rodeo and Tumble weed track renovation, the grandstand is the first phase of a proposed $500,000 expansion program at the local rodeo-race track. The improvements are being 1 financed by the new Tri-City Racing and Rodeo Association • (TCRRA), which has assumed rodeo operation from the Ben- ton County Mounted Sheriff’s Posse. The TCRRA, formed earlier this year, has raised $50,000 through sale of $10 shares of stock. Each stockholder has al so loaned the TCRRA an extra $100 and received a certificate on indebtedness, to be paid off from future rodeo-racing pro- f fits, b IHto f; ' ' ■'-z- . /■ .. '<■<, . ;4fj? e of the.; ' X ■ > 4’Osi? ■? ... z .■M. . > I Laminated beams for th are part of the TCRRA’s first i phase $100,000 expansion at the | grounds. Included r _ 1..m« i new arena lights and chutes. Grahame Fenton, TCRRA coordinator, says the r. c w chutes will speed up the rodeo program considerably. “In the past we had only eight chutes. Now we have 10. I think we’ll have a much faster , rodeo, with lots of action all the | time.” new grandstand at the dition to our present quarter horse racing dates.” HARNESS RACING Night-time harness racing al so may be held at the track, if the necessary improvements are made and the state com mission gives approval. Fenton indicated the TCRRA i would like to include some sort of horse racing on its fair-time program, along with the stan dard rodeo card RESTRICTED All financial assets and obligations of the Posse were . taken over by the TCRRA, so a modern racing and rodeo pro- g gram could be developed. The g Posse, as a non-profit organiza- >; tion, could sell no stock and was & restricted in financing needed capital improvements. gMMa The new grandstand, a con- Crete and lamented beam building, replaces a wooden -• ’ • j® V-..,. 4 | ’ 1II «®;|r I . ..< - ■ ■ ■ ■ ic roof were being in. years, plus clubhouse facilities and new bams. The additional grandstand area will be constructed at the open end of the arena. The clubhouse will be built on the fairgrounds side. “We also are hoping to ex pand the track to a five-eighths mile length,” Fenton said. “We have already made application to the state racing commission for thoroughbred racing, in ad- < - .c I X >> L Ifen ./ .II?f n I ffr-rrt Benton-Franklin fair ; j Underneath the new grand stand, pari-mutuel betting dows, concessions —, restrooms and a TCRRA office are being constructed. These additions finished by rodeo however. Fenton predicts th 20-year history events. We like to think of it and lamented beam j - s a wooden stand, destroyed by an April, 9 1968. fire. The fire was the ma- > jor impetus for improving the 1 rodeo-racing area and led to formation of the TCRRA. Most noticeable feature of the fe grandstand is its 40-foot back _ wall, which can been seen from a half-mile away. TCRRA officials plan to place a large sign across the length of the wall, advertising local rodeo-racing dates. AU grandstand seats are reserved, with, box seats in the front of the stand, getting a i prime view of rodeo events. No t obstructing beams mar spec tators’ view. The front-row boxes 12 feet off the ____ _ vi me reserved seats ’ sloping up from th^t level. 5,000 SEATS With present bleacher seating, approximately 5,000 fans can comfortably watch rodeo ac- ♦inn Queen Barbara Sharp and Joyce Moore. ■ s- The foursome will reign over the Tri-Cities’ fair and rodeo horse racing season” and is planning new construction at Tumbleweed Track to be par tially completed by the August Debbie Kelly. Pasco has been chosen queen of the 1969 Benton- Franklin County Fair and Rodeo. Princesses are Margaret ■Surplus, Richland; Barbara I Sharp, Eliopia, and Joyce * ■3 1 it*1 Moore, Connell. They were chosen by a five-man judging team of the Tri-City Racing and Rodeo Association. ■ Rodeo is Debbie Kelly, second from right. Pasco Giri Named BkewGy Fair Queen festivities Aug. 17-24 and also | the group has just completed will appear at community' “its most, successful quarter- hnrca roninrr coocnn” anrl ic celebrations throughout the Northwest beginning with Spokane’s Lilac Festival. Association spokesmen report I rodeo. < £ ■ i Richland i a t I ‘ u ■ . - h H P?: ' ■:?; 5 Richland, 19. Miss Shadel was a princess last year. I1 I . «F Joanne Shadel of Richland, 18, center, is the Ben ton-Franklin Fair and Rodeo queen for 1972. Princesses this year include Tressa Goulding of ! V h 1 ; ■ -’i ■ - A tough decision for a Richland girl has been reward ed with the title of Benton- Franklin Fair and Tumbleweed Rodeo Queen. Joanne Shadel, 18, daughter Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho, in 1970 and is a sophomore at Columbia Basin College in a general academic program. She plans to major in journalism. She was queen of the Fair and Rodeo in Blackfoot, Idaho, in 1971. Miss Goulding rides a 5-year- old Appaloosa, ‘‘Desert Night.” school in 1971. She is active in the Horse Heaven Stampeders 4-H Club and a family riding club. Her hobbies include sewing, swim ming, cooking and reading. She rides a 7-year-old Quarter Hg a-! a I n! * I ‘ M % ;3 > in > tnd 330 av- les in on 2C- a ry .43 i Honored Friday night was the 1970 Benton- : Franklin County Fair and Tumbleweed Rodeo Court. The girls are, from left Teri Richardson, . 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Richardson, Kennewick; Denise Razor, 17, daughter of Mr. i f : i and Mrs. II. L. Razor, Kennewick, both princesses, and Queen Margaret Surplus, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Surplus, Richland. They were identified incorrectly in Sunday’s Herald. _ F J •ut‘ ;n-! ?■! IS •all in- es , w/ the 21st annual Tumbleweed Rodeo ftftftft S J 1 ' ■ / ' 2 In the girls barrel racing, Jam Kremling of Enumclaw and Katherine Anderson of Ellensburg tied for first with times of 17.9 seconds. Walla Walla won the posse relay race. Benton County was second, Finley third. Benton County came back to win the cowhide race, followed in order by Finley and Walla Walla. Winner of the calf scramble was Bob Massingale, 17, Ken newick. More than 1,600 persons at- 1 tended the first-night com- i petition. It continued last night ■i ■ ? II - I ■ 11 sJI i jI I Coming out of the chute aboard High Pockets Friday night was J. C. Bonine of Hysham, Mont. Bonin# topped the saddle bronc riding with 75 points in the first go-round of ft ft ft ft ft Veteran Oliver Sets\ ^Pace In Calf Roping ”” DAr du wnneuaivf ■ saddle-bronc riding; Mike Har rington, steer wrestling, and Bill Kornell, bull riding. Seeley, of Roosevelt, Wash., scored 73 points in the bareback. Dennis Pleasant of Prosser and Royce Smith, Iona, Idaho, tied for second with 67. Kornell, of Salmon, Idaho, nipped national all-around leader, Larry Mahan, in the bull riding. Kornell scored 70 points to Mahan’s 69. Mahan, from Salem, Ore., also tied for third behind Bo nine, Hysham, Mont., in the saddle broncs. Harrington, from Moses Lake, I wrestled his steer in 5 7 co at the Benton-Franklin Fairgrounds in Kennewick. (Ralph Worsham i Photo) By RALPH WORSHAM i Herald Staff Writer ! Dean Oliver of Boise won his specialty, calf roping, in the opening night of the I Tumbleweed Rodeo at the Ben ton-Franklin F airgrounds i Friday. Oliver, 40, presently is the nation’s leading money-winner in calf roping, with $24,393 col lected so far. His No. 1 time Friday was 12.6 seconds, four tenths faster than Daryl Hob- dey, Boise, and Ernest Forsberg, Chatsworth, Calif., recorded for second place. Oliver has won seven national i$t 24. Fairgrounds in Kennewick. Mahan, ’ WASHINGTON biggest lead was i n- SI 3 2 1 ce j” I” - S- < 1 a i' ’Ji/ id i n‘i re! id •e igl .’d, ,ni dd ir g Bl'-WSO’-' ? * < Sgt® Idaho, each with 69. Stanton is the d e I Tumbleweed all-around cham pion. The session the steer wrestling was followed by Buzz Peth of Bow, Wash., with a clocking of 5.4 seconds and Stan Morrison of Grande, Ore., with 5.5. In girls barrel racing, Kay Walker of Moses Lake was timed in 18.1, followed closely I by Janet Stover of Yakima, i 18.3, and Bonnie Hughes, Pull man, 18.5. The special events was highlighted by the sheriff-posse- relay competition, won by Walla Walla. Benton-Franklin was se cond and Finley third. who also won the national all-around title last year, scored 69 points on the ride, one point behind Bill Kor- ncll of Salmon, Idaho. (Ralph Wor sham photo) The nation’s all-around cowboy leader, Larry Mahan of Salem, took second place in the opening bull riding event at Friday’s first go- round of the $4,500 Tumbleweed Rodeo at Benton-Franklin Bp- Lj Go-Round Today BjndermaF Meeds Action At Rodeo it Undent of Belfiy.(here with a spectacular 4.8-[Roddy Ross of Fort McLoud top of the second clocking. Alta., wi(h 53 and c”' SmsK standings The final session is slated for Longfellow of West Richland to headline the ( ■ _ ' „ . • • - - a ■d go-round of the $4,5001 (he cowboys scoring the best i ® . »» J-- Ikrt Dnn_ I t r ii. _ /•!.. > > , | rfanklin Fairgrounds before competing for the $4,500 in prize tnding-rocm-only crowd of funds. • thanW i In the bareback riding com- hernia the third leading petition, Tuffy Morrison of primer on the national Ellensburg and Malcolm Jones t. timed in the fastest;of Lethbridge, Alta., each [/of tie 21st annual rodeo i scored 66 points, followed by -IB ■ r - c, 3 ■■■ La a ii^ xmai oLuuiuu io oiaivu 1UL i today, starting at 2 p.m., with with 57. * v 1 PETE LOGAN ?» i I’Jn g,?rj. rire he< lusl I nsi pai phi;' Ir i Top Announcer Set For Rodeo Pete Logan, top U.S. rodeo r scheduled Friday and Saturday announcer, has been booked to at 8 p.m. with the finals on announce the Tumbleweed! Sunday at 2 p.m. rodeo at the Benton-Franklin---------------— fair. Logan has announced every big time rodeo in the country during his 21-year career. He launched the first live telecast of a rodeo in San Antonio in 1956, was a fixture of Madison ! Square Garden rodeos for a decade and has announced all but two of the U.S. National finals. Logan, who lives at Eagle Point, Ore., has acted in “Run Appaloosa,” “The Misfits,” and in Walt Disney’s “Hang Your Hat on the Wind,” now being shown across the country. He also has guest-starred with Fess Parker and Jimmy Dean in television’s ‘‘Daniel Boone.” Logan operates Fleetwood Farms in Oregon’s Rogue River Valley where he trains race horses. Rodeo I h .. -la j-h< risks 1 in F'h I h f i J; performances are 4 r t Discussion was lively at l! f © 1 I r 0 r the i p.m. today. Weather permitting, the posse , a v w li d n a c> n I m md 930 av- 5. ies in on ec- a iry .43; I c y s r •<5 .01 • U • 30 ■fb .^1 ^0 b s c c vM 3 r I3llb o aw ; J .«.! O’ ’ Meverden said one reason the | posse’s proposal didn't appeal 1 a _ j 1. _ r • 1 i /• , 10 w. see the it go two ways. It has been this way for 20 years.” The posse, as an enticement, proposed to pay all costs of the fair and rodeo queen court. However, the fair board made a counterproposal to pay $500 for the expenses of the queen Serier, park board member, Ed Wilkerson, and Fred Schroeder, Posse members. Seated, fac ing the camera, was Mel Mclnturf, fair-board member. 9M I • 4C ■ *7 18 . board will meet at their rodeo site. Otherwise it will be held at the Kennewick PUD. If proposals made by the fair board are approved by the posse season ticket prices for the fair grounds will be $2. Daily tickets are $1. The season ticket price in cludes the 4-H Horse Fair this ■ a meeting of the Ben ton-Franklin Fair Board meeting last night, as members of the Benton County Mounted Posse proposed a new system for spectators getting into the rodeo. Standing from left were Ken Ml® • i v| U ® n F] $ weekend, and the fair, Aug. 22- 25. Tickets for the rodeo and automobile thrill show have to be purchased separately. Meverden said the fair board will hold a special meeting Sat urday at the fairgrounds to dis cuss the bond issue for a pro posed indoor arena. No time has been set. By DON LIVINGSTONE Herald Staff Writer . - , ihcfaet Benton-Franklin Fair board i to the fair had paid members last night turned down I the board aiready had a proposal of the Benton Conn-1 $4,000 for advertising the rodeo j ty Mounted Posse to admit spec- as well as the laii. . tators to the rodeo without a board,” Meverden fair ticket. said ujs mOre interested in ! The posse sponsors the rodeo I keeping the fair and lodeo a ■ and automobile thrill show. package plan rather than letting People desiring to rodeo must buy a ticket to get on the fairgrounds, plus a rodeo ! ticket. F. P. (Slim) Meverden, .fair board president, said ac- , cording to state law, no portion of fair gate receipts can be al located to the rodeo. -- v ' The posse request is the result | and her court. of recommendations from at The posse also propos ,three-member committee ap- • lowing the fair board o u pointed by the Tri-City Chamber rodeo grounds without u . of Commerce. The fair board’s counter-p I - On the committee were Ray al was to pay $1,000 foi air ac Elmgren, a member of the ex-• tivities to be held on the ionco: ecutive committee of the Cham-1 grounds. ber of Commerce; Ken Serier, The Benton County Posse leas- fair board member, and Ed Wil- cs its grounds from the han kerson, posse board. : Association. Proposals of ic The posse gets all profits de- lair board will be made at a ' rived from tickets to their. meeting of the posse board, events and concessions on rodeo grounds. I Girton, secretary-treasurer of the association. “Gypsy” and Stephens will bo working partners. The Ger man Shepherd will have such duties as tracking from crime scenes and searching for lost children. In crowd control, their psychological ad vantage is great, Stephens said. Edwin Wilkerson, Tri-City Racing and Rodeo Association president, center, presented a $500 check yesterday to John Stephens, chief criminal deputy of the Benton County Sheriff’s office, for the pur chase and training of a police dog. Looking on and holding “Gypsy,” the two-year-old dog, was Frank ■ s A 4C *7 18 19 :3 10 ’o t I f li F ( I* |ji a v> I in I id -30 ' k d n a c n c y s R P A I Il- Ut j n-1 li- ’s al n- m ?s I V- I h in c- a y 3 ■ I I I b s c c i( 1i ii |o If. ie| ?e; i” j a A >yil, ,d!‘. a-1 j •el ;d •e ■3 I’d ’ll' el d! T l • g l- a it c* ? ‘ 0 1 >. off r J1IW HOLLOWAY Visits Pasco Family possibly a heritage of the American people. “It’s the one sport where all the contestants have io pay an entrance fee and aren’t assured of any winnings, except by their ability, along with luck, to best their fellow competitor.” Holloway predicts the Tri-City Racing and Rodeo Association will put together one of the! finest facilities to be found1 anywhere. Definitely, he says, | the Tri-Cities are big enough; to support an outstanding rodeo. “I have never been associated i with a group of men such as this organization that are more dedicated to the cause of mak ing the Tumbleweed Rodeo a No. 1 event,” he said. i 1 a 1 Francisco where Holloway is a board member. San Bernardino rodeo officials figured they would lose their manager of 13 years when Holloway retired a s ad ministrative assistant to the sheriff. As it turned out it meant Holloway could spend full time on the job. Telling of his experience with the T u m b I e w e e d Rodeo Holloway put I Holloway said “they worked me to death but I liked it.” Holloway recommends any town where an organization is putting on a rodeo should con sider what good the sport is going to do the town and the area. “Is it going to benefit the merchants and furnish good clean entertainment for the people living there?” Also he advises that aside from the standard events of a rodeo it is necessary to have some well selected specialty acts, such as dog acts, good clown acts and entertainment that will appeal to each seg ment of the family. PURCHASES “I tried to make all my pur chases from merchants within the community who help sup port the rodeo,” reported Holloway. Raised on a ranch where he had to handle livestock, Holloway sees the rodeo as the last of the frontier sports, ffumbleweed Rodeo Program! labored By 'Retired' Man JOHN LYMAN flerald Staff Writer ; The postman who goes for Lxvalk on his day off has; i Eg on Jim Holloway of San j Bernardino. Callf-. J While visiting in Pasco the I | rf wo months Holloway put | 4‘^r the official I llnblevveed Rodeo souvenir San Bernardino early this i Vear showman . f Ether for pay a 152-page of ficial program for the Sheriff’s F godeo. Plus managing the en- 1 lire show. j Holloway, retired last fall af- i ter 30 years from the San Ber- ! nardino County sheriff’s f department. spent July and August visiting his daughter : and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. | Grahame Fenton, 3013 W. Wil- I - cox. Road, Pasco. I Mr. and Mrs. Holloway and i daughter Carol went to a Rodeo | Cowboys Association convention | in Denver a number of years i ago. They met a cowboy con- I testant then riding for Jim I Shoulders, Henrietta, Okla., f former world champion cowboy. • The cowboy, Grahame Fenton, ; came into this country on a [ sportsmen’s visa from Orange, 1 New South Wales. Australia. WEDDING Fenton and Holloway’s ! daughter were wed. and the I • Fentons recently moved to I Pasco to live. • Before returning home early | next month Mr. and Mrs. j Moway plan to take in the | Walla Walla rodeo. Earlier they took in the revived rodeo al Vancouver, B.C., and the Omak Stampede. This faU they’ll again attend RCA convention in San 1 ■ >%''■■■ r.x. C©©kSf Sews 41 s - ■■ ■■ I Jeanine Charvet II Named Queen 1 B *4 . ' '■■■1 H-h( ■>is ■ ■'.ur j ■' R I -|lTn |3rh ■□re , hec ' [ usf . I USU Nai: Ihh In by' W( be .3; • .« Vi a large collection of ribbons and trophies and last year won the cqui'aaon championship at the ■air. Her horse is an Arabian with the registered name Mohini Cameo, called “Cameo’’ for short. Denise graduated from Ken newick High School and will attend Columbia Basin College this fall. Mix Re-elected WALLA WALLA, Wash. (AP) — The board of directors of by the Washington State University. .., .... i Association has re-’:PRINCESS DENISE RAZOR Down the Track on Cameo ■ Jeanine new Miss Mrs. r '/Ji, ■ i /■ 1 ; ; J ' ’ I « flfii 1 • L 7 '■ <• i if| III I; - .-yy ■ .;> • W'l I of Honor at school. was first run- ‘Unnerup was lhird was Barbara When Denise Razor isn’t rid ing a horse, you might find her in the kitchen or behind the sewing machine. But Denise. 18. a princess for this year's Benton-Franklin Fair and Tumbleweed Rodeo, admits her first love is horses. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert L. Razor. Ken newick. I An enthusiastic horsewoman ; for six years, Denise was a - member of the Hiland Sage and Sun 4-H Chib and was a junior leader for two years. She has Miss past year, elk 4 night. Jack 4 cerenion senior division, among year-old 4-H members. Runnersup were Craig Borey, Kennewick, and Ami Huntz inger, Mesa. Joan Middleton, Pasco, and Pam Hoglan, Ken newick, lied for fourth place. In the junior division of 4-H m embers. 10-14-year-olds, Kathie Lee, Pasco, won first place with her horse. Run nersup all of Kennewick, were Linda Miller, Pam DeNeal, Barbara Chapman and Michelle Hambleton. In junior fitting and showing Saturday, Terri Massey of the Lower Valley Riders 4-H Club, Prosser, won champion honors with her horse, and Linda Miller, Highland Sage and Sun, I Kennewick, was reserve cham-1 pion. In senior fitting and showing, the champion horse was shown by Mary Hedman, Red Top Riders 4-H Club, Pasco, with reserve champion shown I„ Sandra Brandon, R i c h 1 a n d . Alumni 3__ ‘ Franklin County Horsemanship elected C. L. Hix of Pullman,? Club- (to his 51st term as treasure™ In the 4-H dog show, only I of the association. ap- the ,by the" Ameriwn |l 14 18 I ~iVCucio Association. Judging began yesterday af- i ternoon and will conclude today 1; with youngsters and adults able I to surround the judges to see I how they work. Judges are • Cyril Lowit, Troutdale, Ore., • and Lawrence S t i n g 1 e y , I Spokane. Unusual breeds in show I include a fluffy angora, a black- j and-tan rabbit, plus several ' "Siamese satins” and Cham- ! pagne d’Argents. The rabbit exhibit and halter ; classes will open at 10 a.m. { today, with the entrance of the jj Benton-Franklin Fair and J Rodeo queen and princesses,: plus the parade of champions, j at noon. Western equitation and : u . English Pleasure competition ,j cnam-1 win begin at 12:15 p.m. w - 2> GRANDVIEW - Charvet is the j Grandview. Jeanine. 17 Miss Grandview duri.nS the Yakima V a 17 Junior Fair last night. Grindview 1 chccrleade1' she will be f comine -school year. Kathy s I, hfe ii’X^ ",vetl a,i of her ^ndview t c "T’ has fj.,e^.,a!’d'''ew area. Shell1* crowning ]JS|. master of Rabbit and 4-H horse showing j five animals were shown this resumes today at the Benton-I year sjnce few 4H me . Franklin County Fair and| , . . Ders Rodeo, with the “Parade of Champions” scheduled at noon. Kicking off the 10-day fair Friday evening was 4-H horse judging. Lance Davis, Ken- Jte* I j AsidXS’^^-G^dview.l Crowned is a mem " 0 T^"6’ shc and‘he band ai Ji°"Or Society 1 Marie Miller High School, where! Cai'°l Pirie, was r— at ceremonies cy at.1 [JcruP- Second ... Carnl .. . a senior in the Bpmton. today at the Benton-1 year since few 4 H members had chosen dog-raising projects, officials said. Some 34 persons entered proximately 300 rabbits in Tri-Cities’ first rabbit show newick, took top prize^ in^the 1 Rabbit Breeders Association.'"*’ Judging began yesterday af- • ; with youngsters and aduRs abfe jn snrrnnnrl i- ill how they work. Judges ■ ■ : . ■ . / • - B Making the Turn Aboard Hires Lady .. the •ft al1 71 ?SJ $ * ■d i- e tumbleweed Time year’s tumbleweed 'eteran h0] Went. selected for Alpha at scholastic honorary, and main- J a 3.75 grade point average. y1 d Je j •s! n j Aft! ,rfl re-l nal; •51 fift I i Sal i :3. a isd aU is. sal She has been an avid hor- a national) seback rider for 14 years and • has numerous ribbons and ; trophies won in riding com petition. Margaret belonged to the Saddle Tramps 4-H Club for 9 years and was a junior leader for two years. She rides an American Quar ter Horse whose registered name is Hires Lady, but is • nicknamed ‘‘shorts.” j The 4-H dog show starts at I 5:30 today at the fail-grounds | in Kennewick. Hie 4-H horse judging contest I will start at 7:30 p.m. today. I There are 350 horses entered by 287 4-H members. The rabbit show exhibit will be 10 a.m.-lO p.m. Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. More than 400 rabbits are en- I /.v * ■ F 9U) ; [ ft il ay. i h’e I see ‘fi. ; Fe/resf of Them All Ionian and^hinor Lfh-19;year’old soP^more <- —- ’ « hington State University tains 1 majoring in education. She was ino> eitiAiTK. r an Arabian and American Quarter Horse named Bandit. When Teri isn’t aboard i 'y 3C fl „ __________ _ ________________________________ ' ' Teri Richardson, a princess at this year’s Benton-Franklin Fair and Tumbleweed Rodeo, first sat on a horse at the age of 2 and has been riding ever since. Teri, 17, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Richardson, Kennewick, and a senior this fall at Kennewick High School. t‘ I a h< “ .in; FR 5 lTn ern are Ret usl ns i Xar -'hii In I She was breaking Shetland ’ She is a member of the Mor- ponies at age 9, owned her first' mon Church, Two Rivers Riding horse at age JO and now rides club and belongcd tQ 4.H W i her family lived in Oregon. She a i has a collection of ribbons and horse she enjoys swimming, I lroPh’es, won *n riding waler skiing and roller skating comPclltlon- and has been active in the ! Teri plans to attend business I Kennewick High Girls Athletic . college after graduating from I Association. j high school. K and her court PRINCESS TEDDY ANDERSON PASCO PRINCESS MARLENE ROSS KENNEWICK PRINCESS SONDRA WADE PROSSER icesses by k. dobbins PRINCESS JOAN AUSTIN KENNEWICK Portraits of Prin 79BENTONd BENTON-FRANKLIN COUNTY FAIR PREMIUM LIST 10 ;d still life Black and White Pastels Sculpture 74 Ribbon50. 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He missioner from recently begun selling tracts to S «i ill! llivated in 1904 were the garden > tract, where Imnaha Avenue is ----- now, and the east section of orchards, but most of them lost another career. Kennewick, he says*. ! their land After the Navy, 'jay hired on as a horticultural inspector and ‘i nc trees were puiiuu uui m —, ‘The earlv 1930’s and grapes, j in Washington slating you couId " - ••-> i /-mi™ fwn terms. a louii : asparagus ‘.the crop that was i— Store at intersting and for which Ken newick had quite a reputation was strawberries, The| ries in the Northwest.” The largest strawberry patch in the area was 40 acres, owned i by Frank Emigh. “It J from the | Spring 4 being culj^e load neighbors. We had c wear and something to There was only one S -'I in their shack so Jay’.*:)2-5O people T"*__________.-..-.<4 Viif cicior. t . ■ and Pearl, took it and- J WOm ,: j ’ & Prosser once a us how he was g ... ' . 'tums.” Housing was the most severe trouble spot for local officials, Perry recalls. People all over Kennewick rented spare rooms iin an attempt to relieve the | “Of course they f ■ building in Pik,...- but thousands of people — I in before there I housing.” «... I During be-1 missioner J the I and stock start | Museum, 1 \iect in 1938. “I was the one u.J thing l‘P s10..1.,, of finding an exhibit, Perry amassed a . here’in 1910- ~ .... K in 19'4. the land companies had ) new settlers. A 14-y ear-old boy then, Jay arrived on Aug. 4 to join his father and mother who had come here a short time before. James Franklin Perry. Jay’s fa her. started a fruit farm on what is now Imnaha Avenue, a crops and t was -Cre. /• - St.,. . Kennewick. The town had a population of about 250. now.” i Big Tent Burns FAR1DABAD, India iAP) ~ The big tent built for the n^uon- al convention of the ruling... He gross party caught fire taviw museum of the heated arguments insme, ■ a member a/.^ed. By DAN TAYLOR Herald Staff Writer There were a few roads, g f~w houses, some u-r- virtually nothing else. That jS Kennewick 65 years ago. When Jay Perry came here was quite an event in t when the first freight ’-’rigation Co J™ ^’berries was shipped.” *’ ‘ J,™ ’.J was usually sent to ~ I the Davenport Hotel in Spokane ..., around May 1. ....... „. < bocal farmers also raised al- X v: • and potatoes, , . asParagus and peppermint . started later. “When . Highland: ' “jsinal ‘■n ' " i . a' ' When Jay Perry arrived in JL9J4, Washington Street was a dirt x 1- _ I, ,, i r. A rkYTrin In addition to his farming and (with the idea of making money” ( He is putting together another ,u, I.-’ v..J offered unsanitary and.’collection to be given to the For 16 years inadequate food,” he explains. Pacific Northwest Indian Center 1 ’’ ’ Gonzaga University in Spokane as soon as the new structure is completed. “Arrowheads are not being found around here now. They’ve been covered up by the dams on the Columbia.” Indian ar tifacts were most often found <;on the river banks. Perry ex- were poor, but we weC vu.“",,d uu “ —....... —x------ ---- poorer than most !s “le lhen became a fruit farmer in 0-2iltors On 1920. It was the they put in the Is pumping plant, the -“6‘nai one out of the canal, the land was made into or- , shards.” Annies, pecr‘u— an? Prunes, plums ra’sed with success. Around 1908 and 1909 all the an(i from the Kennewick ^Shlands to where the Colum- Center is now was “one '8 orchard” Perry recalls. 0V/over, fruit prices eventually popped and the orchards fail ed. mn^f —r— -o— a n d i planted. For about ! crops were | Perrv savs i stayed hiSh enough to give ineiyecuoMu........ „. . '■ \r- farmers a fairly good living. | year terms alternated. The law For a time Perry worked as I re(Iuired that an agent for an Indiana firm, be out Gi vx..^ was 40 acres' mvnod buying peppermint oil from before the could lun again. ’ 1 local farmers. Distilled from! ” J an ’nterrr the plants and barrelled, pep-1 permint oil was a lucrative cash I crop, yielding as much as 100 pounds an acre and selling for $5 to $7 a pound in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s. “I think it probably put , farmers here on ' f“''4 a n d ; any other crop,” wereh Emily, and his his lather slept outXre‘ "hc summer. L;01ce land. “That fall my fathXre tracts better house,” Jay re'''lnS water lived in th(„ye.;;- frea pUr. t ; more I her feet than ' he says. Yeti this success, like the orchard boom, fell apart in time. In 1955, the ground became (infected with peppermint wilt. I The disease destroyed the crops ( - and today there is no pepper- ’ ■' ? immediate deadly root fungus,^ — it can never be I the first year _ —recalls.' “People came in hereI more developed areas and they: expected more. We didn’t havej any zoning laws or food super-j vision. ;“A lot of people came here - /„ ’-■■■■ ■■ z / ■ : . ouc* . but the road had no name x at a lot of trouble except the’" h”'urrw.' sent a fuMme health officer who was a real good man.” The man was Dr. Charles Tudor, who is now a health officer for a steel company in California.“We got to be pretty good' - friends. He used to come to ‘plalns- week and tell’ “The thing that made Ken- getting along Bewick an interesting place to '•live in those (early) days was everybody had the idea this was ’going to be a great city. The j reasons were kind of hazy | sometimes but that spirit made it a fine place to live. „. „ 1 o j ’ ^There's always ’ been the b ”S=£a IW 1 After living here these many his time as com-’yeare and seeing all the taKs Perry helped open i)ia( didn't work out. I stilt thou the Sacajawea someday there will be a >ty. built as a WPA pro- urban community win re «< au , now.”2 who started — I had the job ’ he says. large ar- .J his found, from. ununity w high unemployment rate as I Ji; pi Kl pe I us Ins Kai -hi REP. CATHERINE MAY livelihood by producing jobs, services and products for the I state.” : sinessmen. I Gov. Dan Evans, in a brief opening address, also stressed a “three-pronged effort” by the federal and state governments I and private businessmen. “You represent the most im portant and effective el ement—those who make their, ri7oRep. Moy Encourages force, he explained. Evans said he is convinced the state is strong and should use its assets; a well-educated population, effective work force and abundance of n a t u r a 1 resources. He stressed development of electrical energy. “The advent of the power-plant siting com mittee and action in the Tri Cities is appropriate to develop the type of nuclear power plant system acceptable to the people who live here and will come on the line to serve the needs of the state,” he said. Richland Mayor Ken Robertson told the group, “We hear we are going to have a ; power shortage, yet decisions are not being made. “It is essential for us to get started on those two reactors,” he said, referring to an endor sement of two nuclear plants at Hanford made yesterday by Sen. Henry M. Jackson. Rep. May and Donald J. Williams, AEC manager, spoke at a no-host luncheon following the panel discussion. Individual conferences with the federal representatives were held in the afternoon. Cooperative Effort By KRISTI PHILIP Herald Staff Writer Partnership between govern ment agencies and private bus iness was stressed this morning at a business develop ment conference in Richland sponsored by Rep. Catherine May and the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce. “The harsh experience of the i last decade has shown us that government fails when it at tempts to solve social and economic problems by itself. Billions of dollars have been i spent on countless programs but I the problems remain, as vexing I as ever,” Mrs. May said. I A root cause of the problem, she said, i s “governments neglect to develop a viable, working partnership with the [ private sector. Evans explained the state’s I Representatives of eight high unemployment rate as • federal agencies explained heir ..faI1.out” from the excessive programs to about 70 local bu-!growth (he s(ate has had jn the last 10 years. The unemployment rate is 50 per cent higher than in 1965, but a higher percentage of the population is at work now than in 1965, he said. I The state’s population did not ; grow in proportion to the work tri-cit 18, I962 M. ? c'O —awi*' Elmdale, | s *3 ^3 01 35 U1 30 children Wad , arrowheads following bi? * , ’ A it was the fir.-i ?n grave he’d seen the wind ----- . - a.irintf the I ■ ■ - " ' tjje si eieton's He sold ■ land .. . lots dunno ., , | V i nell ’ceil e”:l 4.C *7 I 18 m- )Ut m- »-i IS ral I m- •.es’i Resident U 01. VAUUU cuiu --------- , , , received four years of for- , j ■ - -J earning i ■ I...... i , Larsen blacksmithed for eight (. s ■C . 5 1I ’ 'IB HIS BOYHOOD 1 around St. Cloud and Elmdale, |:. i.................>---------- ma! schooling and began earning • ■ . ind 930 av- I i. 1 ics I in on •jc- a ry 43 h acre with combines a'l in- re cd re, ng: ed ds of on ■le . id I er ! ig a-11 a ut —? With Favor , Road with his daughter, Mrs. Herb j Zunkcr, her husband and five boys. He has three sons—including ' Ward and Lester of Kennewick, ■ two daughters, nine granchildrcn and 12 great-grandchildren. The five Zunkcr hoys are a j “built-T. a:a.iik nt c‘* '... . < tr i . | their grandfather tells. Their » favorite is about how a Chinese i cook that Larson once 1 a railroad construction camp fig- ■ tired out how to keep butter from melting. lie rolled the butter into a ball ’ and floated it in cold water, Li.r- I sen said the ball-shaped burn-.’ '■ ' also lasted longer because it v ; 3 1 harder to slice. .H “ LOUIS LARSEN . By CHARLES LAMB ’ HE SPENT Herald Staff Writer A’dot of wind has blown in Ken- Minn. ncvT.k since JVC?, when Louis ...J. trade 1 Larten blew into town. his keep in Bi Larsen, wro was born in at 14. Before working 1 ’ ’ • Denmark Dec. 13, 1872, never | westward with railroad con - complained. “J( ii wasn't for wind, ; tion in 1900, he also drove oxen 101 I‘d .have never reached Ameri-several years in Northern ca,’; he said. • sota lumber camps. T&E SHIP IN WHICH LARSEN j — |v and his father migrated from Den-.years around Fairfield, “^n., mafk in 1874 was an English i where he married and started nis , ‘•Uii-powcred” vessel that em-; family. lie operated blacksmith . ployed both sail and steam. He shops in Kennewick for several saktthe ship ran out of coal in years—first for Loren Smith and the Jvorth Atlantic and—had it not later as a partner of Ole Cai Isen. be > The family raised wheat in tne Horse Heavens for many years, Oh his 90th birthday last Thurs-I often harvesting as little as eight . A ' ’ —--I got to “shooting the bushels an ktu for wind—would still drifting among the icebergs. C* ’■ day; Larsen £ breeze” about a ’. . • en- 190^ when he was living v.i .i his ‘ old-timer was •- family near the present Finley ■ . - Yields that lagqon. He said he looked out next of r.JO-bu-hc.-yf - rea with moaning and saw a human skele- some of the L.imc•> “'hie PIONEER returned >; jKenr.eW1ek iu » chased s.vexd ;«.x-s be'®®n .’ Northern Pacific 'racks and1 Me nut C cast of Woshmgton bt'C■ -id fr.e lots “2Jtek were folded under its head Hanford “biwn, ao< ‘ > A’ ’ I gone to sleep and, to^etire at^. I .............. ...... ... , |5 . windy night in , that were pulled by 17 horses. 1 nc vious last summer v.hen he heard nodjtishcl-pcr-acre yields tnat m uyuiull onviv OV4H'- vk »-««■---• - I ton furled v.s; on the ground in his Gaines wheat. Lack yard. L&sen and his foul’d r~V . .J ,, ' v.ii.d-boi ini, but lnd§r " • uncover. He said teBs v _ ' as 3f it had r.“ ucvgr awakened. I 1 airtight stave J ■ $ ■ t s t * ■ >’V ■ /■>.? u pi ;u ,!b By CHARLES LAMB Herald Staff Writer Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Tyrrell have seen some hard times, pecu liar winters and two big land swindles during the 52 years they’ve spent in the Horse Hea vens. Yet somehow, the hardy pio neer couple have endured it all to become the only ones left of the many who homesteaded in the Horse Heavens a half-century ago. “There was a family on every 160- acre tract when we came,” said Mrs. Tyrrell. “Some of them ‘proved up’ their land. Others just lost it, but the old-timers—all but us—are all gone now,” she said. Two dates the Tyrrell’s can’t forget are Nov. 7, 1898, when they were married in Moscow, . Idaho, and Oct. 13, 1906, when they arrived in Kennewick with their team and a wagon, two children and milk. cow. Mrs. Tyr rell recalls camping near the old Kennewick School (now the bus barn) on Washington St., before continuing next day to their . -X homestead 20 miles southwest of | town. • They have lived 52 of their 60 years of marriage on the same 160 acres and 50 of those years in the modest home the elderly couple still occupy—where three more children were born and four of their off-spring grew to adulthood. The old house has all the modern conveniences, though. Even a short wave radio, with which the Tyrrell’s, there son, B. W. Tyrrell, who lives nearby and five other neighbor families keep in contact. Once they had telephone connec tion with Kiona via barbed wire fence, but it wasn’t very success ful. Tyrrell said in April 1906 when he came to see about his home stead, the whole valley was smokey. He was told the smoke came from the great San Fran cisco fire and earthquake that had just occurred. Some of the 52 winters the Tyr rells have spent in the Horse Hea vens have left memories, especial ly the first one when they burn ed sagebrush in an , to keep from freezing. “The stove | was red hot and six feet away you could see frost on the nail heads,” recalls Tyrrell. The. couple and son, B. W., also tell of a sleet storm and freeze that fastened all their sheep to the ground, and another season when the Columbia River ice was solid enough to drive sheep across. ‘'When we went to town, those days us kids walked behind the wagon to keep warm,” said B. W. The Tyrrells made a living dry farming and grazing livestock and didn't “fall” for an irrigation scheme that took the Horse Hea vens by storm around 1916 or ’17. The idea, they were told, was to bring water in ‘from the Klickitat River. “We petitioned out, and were glad later that we had,” Tyrrell said, “After some of our neighbors had their land sold for irrigation assessments, and then saw the same. land resold as dryland again.” To Tyrrell’s knowledge the irrigation company never did get around to dig any canals or deliver j a drop of water. “Speaking of promotions,” Mrs. Tyrrell said. “Would you anniversary Friday, came to the Horse Heavens from Moscow, Idaho, Oct. 13, 1906 and homesteaded 160 acres. Shown in insets ' are Tyrrell, 81, and his wife, 77. The couple have four children, 13 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Id Ad' I SEEN LOTS OF LIVING—The pioneer home of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Tyrrell, located in the Horse Heavens 20 miles south west of Kennewick, hasn’t changed much since Tyrrell built it 80 years ago. The couple, who celebrated their 60th wedding Hard Times, Land Swindles Recalled believe that section across the I road wrs once laid out for a I city?” She said the promoters showed pictures of Kennewick’s strawberry patches and orchards to people back east and sold lots | by the dozen. “There’s still a j question as to who owns some of that section,” she said. The Tyrrells were there when thousands ..of wild horses roamed the Horse Heavens. They sent their children to Prosperity School (District 33) near their h o m e- stead. The district later merged with Plymouth School District and 1 ultimately both districts 'were’ “gobbled up” by Kennewick School! District. Besides B. W., there are Eve-' rett H. Tyrrell, Pendleton, Mrs. i Bernice Washburn, Burbank, and1 Mrs. Edith Johnson, Tacoma. The I couple also have 13 grandchildren i and 15 great grandchildren. Although retired from farming.1 the Tyrrells wouldn’t dream of I leaving their old homestead. Mrs. * Tyrrell said one reason is that i most of their neighbors arc rela- i | lives of one kind or another. I ---------------------------------------- | V, te *9 spoiled any- U rrnnA D.,< ’T ■"■ j dL ro : young man .re- jf Former newspaper man Ralph Reed has recorded many of the early happenings of Kennewick and the Tri-City area during the pioneer days of the region. He worked and operated weeklies in Kennewick from the early 1900s until he retired in 1947. He lives with his wife in Kennewick a v, v li 01 hl d n a c- n t r I *3 c y s jO fo F-1. ,7 b s c c i( In a day or < ed, nice appearing oi V. i . L A Pioneer Refle Printer By RALPH REED Tri - City Pioneer Back-way back—in about }O1C ' ’ .. ..................... AkVXlllC Courier - Reporter was op erated by A. R. Gardner. E. fl m • i ■! ¥ $ : ’ II ■ I KI :om-1 but, OP" Big watermelons were grown in the Tri-Cities even 35 years ago. At left was Mrs. A. Purschitz sharing a slice with her daughter, Roselle. Find UP in Spokane one dav ),« ™ a ^ller nan^orah 1,0a senator from h Statesman. t^h° Borah about White an S ah decided WhiteXX ho papeerVanted lOrunhisI^ SAME DEAL Much the same deal was o fered: Just lean on the po- ,lca angle and do anything else he wanted to, as t h a Paper didn't HAVE to make expenses — just keep Borah m office. White had himself a ball. Lots of fun and good pay. Well, now, back in Wash ington Borah started to do a little bragging about HIS po litical editor. Another sen ator by name of Spreckles, who owned a couple of pap ers in California heard about White and decided to take him on. Which he did, under much the same conditions, but at a fatter salary. Along about this time, a few old-timers might remem ber, there arose a national crisis between this country and Japan and it looked real serious. It was all supposed; to be very much under cover I but word got out. A conference was arrang ed with the top brass in Ja pan and all our gold braid at a hotel in San Francisco. Only one representative of each news agency was per-- mitted to attend. White was! selected to report for one or | the other of the big news agencies. White said he went into the conference room, where there was a great, long, wide table down the center, with virtually all the gold braid in the world lined up on b o t h sides. All wore full dress uniforms, swords, etc. and everybody was sitting stilt as a ramrod staring across the table at his opposite; number - nobody saying a • Wdwi O'-O ? ■ L^:- b s c c 4 • > : IKj e0' " J ;,.t ■ i kOL fthCity Pioneer ^job: son?” So start- d ^wly experience with ^H*hat?”,. ,. ■ ff ]] jj job was pulling Jim HHl matsd. The man was a Merged Thomas who; had a whean'arm down back of ■f Hover I® ihe place is still I'hebi fried by the Thomases. 9 COLD NIGHT j A code of other kids went akng ir a farm wagon down ‘the dus? road and up into the 'hiEs. sit in the barn with one i blanket ad on the hay which •kept rvrJing all night keeping me arae thinking rats were scampezg all about. Like to froze tifeath. Not much sleep. Next Doming, out into the fidds-nst reaches of wheat with th mustard sticking up. M it ap — glance back and there we always four more you tad missed. By the time I had based up half a dozen fees I ¥as completely lost. Not a sound in the air, not a thing ming or even in sight. JiBt evfflasting reaches of wnear. forever and ever. Couldn’t locate the house, barn : i in md 930 av- I 5- | ics in on ec- a iry .43 •M-C *7 18 of bricks made in Kennewick’s own brickyard.) Also the old Washington Street school house was made of Kennewick-made brick. All the buildings in the next block have been replaced since 1905 from Benton to Auburn. LANDMARKS One of the outstanding land marks in the early days in western towns were the livery stables. The most prominent one in Kennewick was the Valley Barn & Dray Line, which oc cupied the space on Kennewick Avenue from where Ward’s store is to the corner lot, where Johnson & Fullerton had a gro cery store on the present site of Ken’s. There were two other livery stables—both good sized ones. One was located where the Washington Hardware parking lot extends to Front street and was known as The Shamrock. The other one was across Wash ington on the site of the pres ent Boise lumberyard. This one was operated by G. F. Rich ardson and his son-in-law', Jesse Rose. “G. F.” later was mayor and cut quite a figure with his 1 funny little goatee. are the following which are re-' called: This is how the Ed Layton, the Lees, Mel i Richards, Bill Price, Bill Smal-1 ley, Walt and Charley Rand,. Mike and Mary Sentie, the Lar- I kins, Cu~'T1------ , s Straub, Owenses, the Edwards, _ Ed Golland, Pete Storland, Wil-1 - lie and Alfred Amon. Carl and Guey Williams, Fred Peed, Bill Butler, the Clodfelt- ers, C. H. Cox, Harry Sags void, Hans Smith, Sam Root, Charley Bentley, the Quillans, John Wroe, Tyrells, Luke Walsh, the Dagues, Lewis Trimble, W. 0. Meals and of course many oth ers whose names I fail to re call just now. was I Xi g st ’ bb H Iff » _ '|fc ■ ph '. '~w ' ; - CW# /•’ hAl.PH HEED Lf e I HI I W. (■- H Tl j After Getting Lost In Wh p RALPH REE® Former newspaper man Ralph Reed has recorded many of the early happenings of Kennewick and the Tri-City area during the pioneer days of the region. He worked and operated weeklies in Kennewick from the early 1900s until he retired in 1947. He lives with his wife in Kenenwick. a w V li I o 4 On Uy Income Foe Kennewick By RALPH REED Tri-City Pioneer Kennewick, as a town, in 1905 ”.’23 contained almost entirely in the area between the North ern Pacific Railway tracks and the ditch. Perhaps the most striking change in the appearance of the town was caused by the trees —rather the lack of trees. Im- 7 agine, if you can, the whole area I with but three trees in it. These . , /ere scraggly old Lombardy • • ’ tf -1 L- gether on the S.E.* corner of First and Washington. Not an- . other tree in sight! Where there 7 I are thousands now—not a one then! FEW BUILDINGS Many of the town’s buildings were not yet built in 1905. The Beach Block, the Reed build ing across First, and the Amer ican Security Bank building, Washington Hardware building, Penny building, the Commercial Hotel—all were yet to come. As were' also many of the smaller business houses. The Kennewick Hotel had not been built then, nor the Hoyer block, nor the Brown building now housing the carpet shop (which, by the way was built n Saloons, of course, were com- j mon. Pasco had dozens, but, there were only eight in Ken newick, their $l,000-a-year li-. cense being virtually the town’s' only cash income for several’ years, as this end of the coun-[ ty had been separated from; Yakima County and the taxes! had not yet begun to arrive. Almost all the city’s income! was spent on the police force in the early days. The “force”' consisted of a day “marshal” and a night man. In 1905 the “marshal” was a fl big, broad-shouldered man by J the name of Ed Ellis. He had’, the bushiest, droopin’est han-11 dlebar mustache, and he wore j a typical western hat pulled J down over his eyes, which were I really piercing and kept darting, here and there as he strolled, down the street with his hands behind his back. He wore two ofi the biggest guns sticking out on ’ either hip and was a formidable [ sight. His mere appearance did ■ the business, for there never 1 seemed to be any trouble during I the period “Old Ed” was pa- ’ trolling the streets. He was a typical “Marshal Dillon,” but with mustaches. Sc,-. ington Street. Standing in front of the building, from left, were: W. R. King, Gavin Hamilton, a Mr. Barton, C. E. King, and E. L. Ely. 1 P°Plars- They stood, huddled to- «« ikn Q 17. . romer of — region. This band posed in lull re galia about 1908. n i O'O or even a road. Got real panicky—lost in a sea of wheat! Finally saw a cloud of dust and hightailed toward it. Chased a watertank wagon at top speed over those unending hummocks and finally caught up and beg ged a ride into town. Boy, was I ever glad to see the river! My other shirt and socks are still in the Thomases’ barn, so far as I know, for I never saw hide nor hair of ‘em again. NAMES'RECALLED But later, when I was print ing the paper, many of the | names of those brave people became familiar. Some I be came acquainted with, but most were names, among them corner of Washing ton Street and Kennewick Avenue looked about 1905. The W. G. King | and Son store faced East on Wash- Charley Nicoson, Sweeney, b, Owenses, the Edwards _ OOoon = License Fees Were -- k ?Vas Proud of Were famous in the TRI-CITY Sunday, May 30, 1965 Back row. Business Manager Fred VanWyck, Mi Enalishman & RALPH REED a ' L. L ’ gee’ ; : U— J'pretty good, sure enough. K ) “Sleep as late as you 1 I 0 at n< Ti I in jin h lo Former newspaper man Ralph Reed has recorded many of the early happenings of Kennewick and the Tri-City area during the pioneer days of the region. He worked and operated weeklies in Kennewick from the early 1900s until he retired in 1947. He lives with his wife in Kcncnwick. I h Di bpi L th •1 Hl si V t:y th wi 3 wer< cWhatdoIthW, huh?” ;•/>, Pv; W, v;hf ■ tups. SCAm-. v, «■’W A recent picture showing a guy having a nice, gooey pie shoved into his face, reminded me of my one and only pie throwing experience. After I had been relieved of my job holding a slip scraper on the grade for the new S., P. & S. railroad, I was loafing around waiting for something to turn up. A genial, pleasant faced guy spotted me and start- 7“How about a job at $30 Wnmth, board and room?” Well, but gee, that sounded J'pretty good, sure enough. I 1I I F ■® 11 local bakery—which his wife operated. He wore over one of his eyes, but no one ever knew why. He had the softest, prettiest hands of any man I ever saw and often said that a man didn’t need to work if he had brains. Dixie never worked, so far as I know, which seemed to prove his point. He was the local distribution agent for the Spo kane Spokesman and played rummy all day in a local pool room. Flunky Decks Then Takes OffWith Pie. so on Tor 80 men! /1 The cook didn’t tell me that iso-an-so.” Td smother if I stayed abed one I ‘ minute after he’d put the bacon ' says I. on the top of the stove right alongside the bunks’ The cook shack kittle board buildir f- The Tod one f - - k W to Steep L worn the bacon for each 20 r.:3. been tending 80! that 40 men was about Bas a cook could EX!?e thati so we wcre boih I I’ve often wondered what real L y— *> rj y ien swarmed down to find heir noon meal burned i n seen Jr mekeeper Who last , . as late as you like in ‘t the morning—but when you get y\up you gotta get with it. As ■yvJ soon as the work is done, vou V can have the rest of the time off.” . What a slicker that guy was! CREW FLUNKY The job was flunkying for a / C-— w . v UUJ1U- / j c - —“**“•,v'1 u J. Jim QOCS It ing the grade. Setting the three C?Uple 0 pai,ls of water, which wanting to quit anyway.’’ of the camp (which was local- ,the cook had made for me and ed just east of the present S, P & S tracks, about on E a s t Fourth Avenue.) ARROGANT WHELP Phis Englishman, an arrogant little whelp, took a hot bath . a. evei'y morning, and he's come creir of 75 or 80 bohunks build-/.,cook shack for al X—cj —mmw. —me Uli CC 1 r ~ ---- long tables in the dining tent, ^°?rse..h^ dr laA? out oF the I Tt was a liule before noon I washing all the dishes, filling h, 1 had so ch and everything for the noon the salt shakers and sugari°ube{Ibns‘ meal was cooking away on the; bowls, the syrup pitchers, kel- I moaned about It to the stove and ^le oven w^b al chup bottles, and so forth and cook who said: (‘You don’t have ^re# ^ook ^ad a batch; -- -- —! to pump water for the little 0 bread doug11 risinS- Grabbedi ___ ’ a rake and started lo clean up “So what do I do about it9” ie ^oor' ^len be stirred up (I that pan of bread with the dirty % f rake. What a mess! , He threw his dirty clothes in a suitcase, told me to get my stuff together and we started to town, leaving the stove full of baking, frying, bubbling food. I TWO SUCKERS LOrJk^eTWay f0 lown J1c told me hat I was a sucker. Camps I like that usually had one flunky for each 20 men, and here I’d ’ He also said --1 as much care for in a Byun T? Again! F HO WICHITA, Kan AP eS. exhibition meet for n 41 and field perfo^Aot compete agatnst a Ru;iPseV tional team next LelikS ‘ warm-up in more thaZtri' only' acafiu 1 ™ guilty or he wouldn’t be ^3 court. -gii- Anyone who knew the ju§ could accurately foretell size of the fine, for w!^. So: he was telling the defend^ a about what he thought atj’jui1 the deal, every time he cot elev. ed it was $2.50. “In this po I find—cough—(that’s $2;/an^ the defendant guilty (cougC’hasn1 S2.50) and I am constrains a c to (cough—$2.50 more) be ej»ut t as it is probably his fvn Al (cough — $2.50) offense an.' will assess a fine of (co£ —$2.50) twelve dollars half—plus court costs.” ‘HANDSOMEST’ There are lots and lots^ jh characters throughout years, of course, but I nJ__ L tell of the absolutively h< somest man I ever saw. Sh ly after the naval-air-traii station was set up in Pa a man in an officer’s unif came to the printing ol to see if we knew of a cant house he could rent it happened I did know nice home that was abou be vacated because of owner moving to Orego tipped the man off, ch down the owner who was j ious about renting, etc., 1 we finally made a deal. Foi has rec of Ken/? S, the pi ( and o '-theca lives n ififiO b..<. ’ early Kennewick. In 1905 Inez Church and Clarence King w ere pictured on the route. By RALPH REED Tri-City Pioneer This mechanism we all car ry around with us which we call memory, is a peculiar animal. When we recall a Pel“ son there is almost always one picture which appears first. Other facets appear as we continue. Following is a list of personalities which I recall from the many days I have spent in Kennewick. Dixie Taylor was a short, roly-poly guy who owned the Manager Wes Perkins, Jacc Bynes, Mickey ........ •• S ‘ g" couple of the prettiest daugh ters in the country (wouldn t you know?). Hamilton wouldn’t talk business on the street. “If you want to talk bizziness with me, come to my place of bizziness.” Charlie and Sadie Conway. Conway had a big bushy moustache, almost as luxur iant as that of Ed Ellis, of whom I have written. Con way was agent for the rail road way back when and he and Mrs. Conway had a lit tle store for the original a patch sheepherders and Indians in the area. It was located, I have been told, at the foot of the present Kennewick Avenue, or thereabouts. COMMISSIONER Jim Clements. Jim lived up on the Yakima River on the flat which is now crossed by the highway leading to the' bridge. The old ferry across the Yakima was half a mile further up the river then. Jim was county commission er for a couple of terms when the county was renting a building in Prosser. Jim want ed a new building and cam paigned all over the district for the new edifice. In his speeches he used to say, “Why that old place is completely unsanitorium.” Clinton S. Stacer. Stacer was police judge for quite a few years. He was an old man CLEAN CP W Then I hati to ctcan the v>v, .... ilin z»rxnlr Imrl _____ ___ j himself—real eggs, real milk in my hand. When the timekeep er poked his head in to dip out all that nice hot water the cook yelled: “Let him have it!” So I threw the pie! After the cook got calmed down after his burst of laughter iiThat doea If Been It TRI-CITY Sunday, May 30, 1965 RALPH REED L. hand. L I 0 < • 1 en I'r that 40 as t ^al like that, •h< iii a sucker. Camps J one flunky D; pl th Hi V. th sup' Gro- '-F7H Wil I I W I3! n 1 Ti in in to Is I often said that a man didn’t need to work if he had brains. Dixie never worked, so far as I know, which seemed to prove his point. He was the local distribution agent for the Spo kane Spokesman and played rummy all day in a local pool room. ‘rtf' soon,as the work is done, V RALPH REED S “Whatever you’ve got in your (they really used to do that- »«rl 1 ’ ’ ’ ' * ’ p “Well, heave something at him next time he sticks his nose in the door.” din\ “What do I throw, huh?” '-'-"Aw---- was just about) bunk where BARBER Then there was John Shaf fer, a barber. John had lean ed over men’s heads for so long, giving them shaves characters t years, of course, but I n tell of the absolutively he somest man I ever saw. Sh ly after the naval-air-traii station was set up in Pa a man in an officer’s unif- came to the printing oi to see if we knew of a cant house he could rent, it happened I did know < nice home that was abou be vacated because of owner moving to Oregoi tipped the man off. chi down the owner who was f ious about renting, etc., • we finally made a deal. He had arrived in a for sports car (the first one I ever seen) and I went Riverview Drive — between Kenne wick and Richland — was a favorite buggy drive for young couples in 1 A Pioneer Reflects Flunky Decks Englishman ~ ' Off happened to have a custard pie, the cook had made for me and himself—real eggs, real milk in my hand. When the timekeep er poked his head in to dip out all that nice hot water the cook yelled: “Let him have it!” So I threw the pie! After the cook got calmed down after his burst of laughter he said: ‘‘That does it. Been E’ It was a little before noon I __ „.J noon! earl y Kennewick. In 1305 Inez Church and Clarence King w ere pictured on the route. ces A Pioneer Reflects Shaving Lowered Barber ~ ’ -• - Former. newspaper man Ralph Reed has recorded many of the early happenings of Kennewick and the Tri-City area during the pioneer days of the region. He worked and operated weeklies in Kennewick from the early 1900s until he retired in 1947. He i lives with his wife in Kencnwick. to pump water for the 1 i 111 so on for 80 men. cn-an-so ” The cook didn't tell me that s<>an so. I'd smother if I stayed abed one minute after he'd put the bacon says i. on the top of the stove right alongside the bunks’. The cook shack was a mean\ Me beard buddin?,, with a C... floor which the cook kept wet down. The rooi v;; one loot above the ...„ 1 was to steep and the smoke^H k horn \he bacon was tembXet bo^H k 1 started at it at about V.W. W W 'Ea^Vj bohuuks cau use up 'aB B tot ot toed at a meat, it keptW B me hoppiv.n V\Wiu% the ecWeel cups. xoore butter, wa-1 ^B ter and ever^thiu?, eke, behove^ mo- couple of the prettiest daugh ters in the country (wouldn’t you know?). Hamilton wouldn’t talk business on the "T „ i want to talk bizziness with me, come to really) that one shoulder was CUSTARD PIE about three inches lower than Well, when he did show, I the other. Gavin Hamilton, a Scots man, who had a feed store on Washington street—and a By RALPH REED all car- which we peculiar street. “If you .. L- • fVC J. VVU1. — X —------------------ ' ?} almost always my place of bizziness. Charlie and Sadie Conway. Conway had a big bushy moustache, almost as luxur iant as that of Ed Ellis, of whom I have written. Con way was agent for the rail road way back when and he and Mrs. Conway had a lit tle store for the original sheepherders and Indians in the area. It was located, I have been told, at the foot of the present Kennewick Avenue, or thereabouts. COMMISSIONER Jim Clements. Jim lived up on the Yakima River on the flat which is now crossed by the highway leading to the' bridge. The old ferry across the Yakima was half a mile further up the river then. Jim was county commission er for a couple of terms when the county was renting a building in Prosser. Jim want ed a new building and cam paigned all over the district for the new edifice. In his speeches he used to say, “Why that old place is completely unsanitorium.” Clinton S. Stacer. Stacer was police judge for quite a few years. He was an old man V- to meet Mrs. Ripley, for man was Com. Ripley had come as medical of for the Pasco unit. Mrs. ley was a polio victim needed a cane, but she < drive a small car. They a couple of small chil< the smartest and most ac plished kids in the area. We became friends anc more I saw of them the ter I liked them. .Later ‘ Mr AEC took over at - land, “Rip” as he be< known, was put m er there, but he had to.? services. In the army urn -colonel or general or ’ I ever, he was even hands- foan m the Navy outfit ___ I 11 After serving his shu Richland, they moved Phoenix, where Rip went int a baby hospital, I understand. I and “Kit” (his wife) got al television program interview-' mg celebrities. She is Arthur 1 Godfrey’s sister and her show 1 was “Katherine Godfrey am ■ Her Friends” or some such. | rrv CLEAN LV Then I had to clean vp. wash the dishes, reh thing and gel readv for meal. Had to hand-nelt bushel of potatoes with •-> Uv knife. There were no to do it. Got so 1 could !in can - about a bushel J Vhe^B 1 hour, but for the first vAi^B 1 t!ad a 101 01 bandages on lntW I fingers. IrwI There was a big barrel hook W ■ ed up to the stove to hem ttUW f water. And. of course. 1 had u>l I keep the thing filled. There was I ■ a small hand pump just ouslide I B the door which spurted about a teacupful of water at a stroke. Took just about half an hour to TYi-City Pioneer This mechanism we : ry around with us call memory, is a animal. When we recall a per son there is L---- 1 ’ ‘ one picture which appears first. Other facets appear as we continue. Following is a list of personalities which I recall from -the many days I have spent in Kennewick. Dixie Taylor was a short, roly-poly guy who owned the local bakery—which his wife operated. He wore a patch over one of his eyes, but no one ever knew why. He had the softest, prettiest hands of any man I ever saw and A recent picture showing a guy having a nice, gooey pie shoved into his face, reminded me of my one and only pie throwing experience. After I had been relieved of my job holding a slip scraper on the grade for the new S., P. & S. railroad. I was loafing around waiting for something to turn up. A genial, pleasant faced guy spotted me and start- 7“How about a job at $30 a \Aiwith. board and room?” A^Well, but gee, that sounded ^f^jretty good, sure enough. “Sleep as late as you like in \i the morning—but when you get \\up you gotta get with it. As P «nnn ac the WOfk 13 done, VOU can have the rest of the time off.” What a slicker that guy was! CREW FLUNKY The job was Hunkying for a, ___________ _ _____ uuei>. J; uunu-1c ]e of paiIs"of which wanting to quit anyway.” ing the grade. fhe three course ou^ ofUie I‘ '— ------ Jong tables in the dmmg tent, barrel wJjjcb j had so much and everything for the washingall die dishes, filling ^0^fuung, p the salt shakers and sugar/ . Jstove and in the oven with a bowls, the syrup pitchers, ket- I moaned about It to thelgOod fire. Cook had a big batch,1 chup bottles, and so forth and /cook who said: ‘ You don t have jjreac| dough rising. Grabbed e a rake and started to clean up' z , , , . t .1O„ the floor. Then he stirred up I “So what do I do about it? (hat pan of bread wi(h (he djrty | rake. What a mess! He threw his dirty clothes in |R a suitcase, told me to get myH stuff together and we started to I | town, leaving the stove full of ■ WrEi R®, bn ire ns- ,i -hi Ir I baking, frying, bubbling food. TWO SUCKERSI On the way to town he told me that I was a sucker. Camps like that usually had one flunky for each 20 men, and here I’d been tending 80! He also said " 1) men was about as much J a cook could care for in a!, , so we were both I suckers. I I’ve often wondered what real-1 lly happened when those him-1 Igry men swarmed down to find I Itheir noon meal burned up. 11 I was told later that they took out! I after the timekeeper who last! seen taking very long strikes to-1 ward Canada. 1 U H 'W . Shoulder; Baker Shot PoQj former newspaper man Ralph Reed ?rhan.nes wc exitrivance There are lots and lots a(j there J----- L.s throughout {toe. The fill up the tank each morning —and oh, how I hated that part of the job! We had an Englishman as timekeeper. He was the big shot of the camp (which was locat ed just east of the present S, P & S tracks, about on East Fourth Avenue.) ARROGANT WHELP This Englishman, an arrogant , little whelp, took a hot bath every morning, and he's come : Iover 1° the cook shack for alcrew of 7a or 80 bohunks build-1M„n1n .r . ■ i of course he'd take out of the I barrel which I had so much and everything for the ' ” meal was cooking away on the, as I used , a can^ whenever theiHl to hear. Wifh hiM mt never had M ■ - ■’ wllat ways a liar anyway. Cascade y • - --i '■ 01 ti ft di. t r-'0 II 1A Pioneer Rejects 4 Iftcfed! h W e( J II 7; ----- ft A, ftfl «u I <:.fl ft *7 18 & m i '<* I’ " I 30 fo f. r c n a c n <..■■■ II iBl ■ftftftl i ftlftftftft lies fc h fry r and at one a townsite which he called Dell Haven. I His streets were surveyed and laid out as they now are. But the Northern Pacific Irrigation company, a subsidiary land-sell ing outfit belonging to the rail road, laid out its town west of Washington and the surveys did not jibe. Neither would concede and so future generations will i no doubt continue to make a jig- c ii I wA Was A 'No' Town & 1 d 330 "av- The streets were as they had been for ages, even with a few straggly sagebrush here and there. Along the edges were flumes for the irrigation water and a few little switches had been planted. The first attempt to fix the streets was with cinders, which were obtained at the railroad roundhouse in Pasco. Cinders, mixed with the fine, powder-like “volcanic ash” and then sprin- > a fair By RALPH REED Tri-City Pioneer The island where the marina OSWft ■i;'. l . .ft \ • > ' . h-' -ft 5 ■ L- •- mMi1 i®! - I era yiU s| 1 !-■ al vl \\lI 11 ►*3 • £.• ......... ■ with loaded guns. They plan ned to get oil and burn t h e Former newspaper man Ralph Reed has recordcd manY of the carIy happenings of Kennewick and the Tri-City area during the pioneer days of the region. He worked and operated weeklies in Kennewick from the early 1900s until he retired in 1917. He lives with his wife in Kencnwiek. 'X7^pern,arket -of,^ Grocery- Behind the --^^enhW’aaiiy j Wind—well, maybe I storms - yeah, now I i SB r- I‘ft ' V' A, I ■ The block of Kennewick Avenue from Washington to Auburn streets has changed somewhat since 1904. This picture was taken from the roof of the old Kennewick Hardware store where the Texaco station is now. The Exchange Bank was at the same spot as today’s National Bank of Commerce. The frame struc- ’lime. The first phone ft"— '^5 I# - •£ <■ ft $■i % ’'■now. ’ X Duststorms •r.|her.. , . . ..;l difficult to imagine liv- 3ritk>ut electricity, for in- . le.So many of our d a i 1 y ®t‘iies are tied up with the L)i "juice.” Telephones, ra- j elevision, cooking and . r |l <2 I K ] ]|were nv — ..!,J| droughts. cyclones, tor- bfyoes. mud nor thunder- \-Jk Also the “no” includ- ly’ephones, autombiles, elec- sewer or water, roads, nnnn nf b S C cl nd i? h? Former newspaper man Ralph Reed has recorded many of the early happenings of Kennewick and the Tri-City area during the pioneer days of the region. He worked and operated weeklies in Kennewick from the early 1900s until he retired in 1947. He lives with his wife in Kenenwick. RALPH REED ........ brush to smoke “Kid” Barker out. I at ^7 18 I II i 01 U1 • in ' md 930 -av- lies i in on > i h I l43i i: s a ! with loaded guns. They plan- I ned to get oil and burn t h e k’—:,---------------------------------------- First Avenue Street. It worked. I n appearance, Kennewick was typically Western — there were only a few buildings on the main street, these with false fronts and about half of them with balconies over the s i d e- walks—such as had sidewalks. The sidewalks were only in front of the buildings—between them only ankle - deep sand. Some were high—others laid flat on the ground. 11 i rl1 i 4J ■ ■ SSs east of Washington and at one time had laid out a townsite which he called Dell Haven. His streets were surveyed and laid out as they now are. But the Northern Pacific Irrigation company, a subsidiary land-sell ing outfit belonging to the rail road, laid out its town west of Washington and the surveys did not jibe. Neither would concede and so future generations will no doubt continue to make a jig gle in crossing Washington. I L oil was added. It became gooey in the summer and made quite a mess. On the subject of streets, peo ple have idly wondered how come the jog in the avenues crossing Washington street. C. J. Beach, who built the first concrete - block structure in town, on the corner of First and Washington, later the city then sprin- hall and still housing the police Ha - f~- station, related the story. He said he had owned all the land I a UIC jivij nua iumi « I robbery had been committed ■ at Prosser. Guns and sluff had ' been stolen and the sheriff 1 came down to investigate. He '__ . __ ____ ■-■■r'T J ture now sits across the alley and is occupied by a washeteria. Washington Street intersection is in the background. The pano ramic camera gave the avenue an optical illusion of being curv ed. The arrow in the middle of block has sentimental meaning to Ralph Reed. At that spot he first met his wife. The streets were as they had been for ages, even with a few straggly sagebrush here and there. Along the edges were flumes for the irrigation water and a few little switches had been planted. The first attempt to fix the streets was with cinders, which were obtained at the railroad roundhouse in Pasco. Cinders, mixed with the fine, powder-like “volcanic ash” and t\ kled with water made a fair road—for the times. Later road ■.H Duststorms it, . lijlPH- . . ..Ms difficult to imagine liv- williout electricity, for in- £lce So many of our d a 11 y C’ul.ities are tied up with the fjof "juice.” Telephones, ra- television, cooking and power for everything. v .lno” town. Its population Lbout 1.200 hardy, optimis- Eals trying to carve o u t Ifein this salubrious clime. Ir'no” town is meant that |lwere no blizzards, no rain, 11 j-AHcrhts. cyclones, tor- 1 TRI-CITY HERALD, PASCO, KENNJ Sunday, May Sm & 7 7 77 3 c s I •ci t::; 1 0 R it. i th ' ; ■. v ■■ so the rest of the animals took the balance. the dusty road and up into the hills. Slept in the barn with one blanket and on the hay which kept rustling a 11 t ( c r< < c f < I i 1 Former newspaper man Ralph Reed has recorded many of the early happenings of Kennewick and the Tri-City area during the pioneer days of the region. He worked and operated weeklies in Kennewick from the early 1900s until he retired in 1947. He lives with his wife in Kenenwick. i i< i 1 1 8 1 I I I X £ .4# *5 ir L ip ;11 K it ft' llg^ p X.A Ki L 41 vl - htaA in 9, 1965__ pulling Thomas I farm down t think t h o lg fanned by - kids went wagon down I IBI isi r,-' : SB ■I RALPH REED i : '■ « By RALPH REED Tri-City Pioneer By 1910, all the government land around the Tri - Cities that could be had by h o m e- steading was about gone and many a poor farmer was sweating it out in the hills, trying to last out the required residence time. The farming was done with horse-drawn plows and c o m- bines. Crops were scanty—8 to 12 bushels per acre—a n d the price for wheat was low. It required a lot of horses to operate a wheat farm and they all drank water. A water tank was a neces sity in those days and a six- horse team was on the road to the river every day. The tank team drank half the water it snaked up the hills, ■Bf■ fpH ■ X'XsKz .. ■iO w® Ewwli ^JS® wwi .w »11© Hsfi •■•Zz z 7-.: MBt. C 7 ; t / \v Early - day Kennewick residents gathered near where the North Pacific Grain Growers elevator now stands just east of the old Kennewick - 'Pasco [Ffeswer Heffedrs Wheat Farms Took Lots Of Horses n i g h t keeping me awake thinking rats were scampering all about. Like to froze to death. Not much sleep. sww1 S./7? .7-- '7. 7;'\ - -A'-MX tm- -< ' 77® NO ROADS There were no roads then. Farmers took the most direct routes they could find and when the ruts got too deep, they’d move over the width of a wagon and make some more ruts. Sometimes they’d have to put straw in the ruts where there wasn’t room to “move over.” From town one could see a spiraling cloud of dust slowly making its way to or from the river and a knowing “waterbuck” nod would be seen. Farmers had it tough until they began to get wise. They’d nlow four to six inches and then, more than likely, a wind storm would b'ow out all the dirt that was loosened, leav- inq the shining mark of the pinw shoe. Then, too, thev’d burn the stubble. Nowad^vs, of course, no one plows. The stubble is left on and the land is disced so it won’t blow. About the t’me tbev becan to “wise ud there seemed tn be moisture in the hills a"d t o farmers began to make i . Boy, did they make it! i HILLS HIGHER- I’ve often main'aired f h *H the hills were at least 10 higher in those c^rly. tl)C than they arc now, due 1 s oldlimers plowing then f ^S-ajob.sonr'SosU.r;- cd my only experience \ wheat farming. H “Sure. Doing what? Well, the job was - Jim Hill mustard. Die J was a farmer named who had a wheat back cf Hover. J place is still being the Thomases. A couple of other along in a farm v- ft Kt ____ HHHi bridge for celebration. The date this picture was taken is unknown, but the mixture of horses and cars dates it in the early 1900’s. • sit 2^£HMND. WASHINGTON Page 1!) I f tl t 322k 0 r r dLI a v v li $1.50 A QUART It was before prohibition and a high grade of whiskey could be had for $1.50 a QUART! We took a couple, two loaves of c y s d n a c n b s c c i< c e f. * i \ ' kept insisting. So I fed him: “You know the arc light out on Kennewick I J sixty (or perhaps 1 sllinV __ it only thing that x i with our guns. Two went up the river and Wheaton and I went down stream, one on each side of the river. Wheat got several ducks and I h a d a couple of good shots, but all I could get was a flutter of feathers! We came in at noon. “H o w many did you get?” “Not a darn (I suppose I said) one. Got feathers though.” “What are you shooting?” “Sixes, of course — what else?” “Let’s see.” Well, this darn Kjosness had given me bird shot! Did he ever get even! ' ■ 'r. tn'i* an),. i ®h®r§ Ar goehtend ■ L . . ■ By RALPH REED Tri-City Pioneer Before they started cluttering up the Columbia River with a lot of dams, there were many more salmon. The Yakima, for instance, was alive with ’em every fall when the “run” was on. I bread and a lot of beef steaks• —and had too much bread! Ed’s team took virtually all! day to drag that farm wagon! to the headgate over the so- called roads of that day. After a session around a cardI table until late in the night, we; took off early in the morning ing vest was filled with rows of shells. 1 knew I was in for it. I tried to tell him where to go but he insisted on my gel ling in to show him. As we ap proached the bridge he got wise, turned the rig about and we rac ed back to town. Oh, gee! A little later five of us decid ed lo go to the headgate after some ducks. Ed Keene, who afterward became county audi tor, lived up here on the High lands. He had a farm team and wagon, so Ed Mann, Art Wheat boards. He had a trained cat. Do quite a few tricks. The only trained cat I have ever seen— or even heard of. A few of us used to go up there hunting when the ducks were flying. We’d sleep in Char lie’s house and be out at dawni —usually. I couldn’t afford a gun, so when I went I had to rent a shotgun. The hardware store at that time was owned and oper ated by a young red-headed guy named Kjosness. One day, while I was making my rounds among the potential advertisers, I stop ped in the store and Kjosness just shook his head. Then he said: “W h a t’s the matter? Haven’t you been hunting late ly? You haven’t taken out a gun in a long time.” “Well, I haven’t needed one lately,” I stated. “Why? How come?” “I’ll tell you if you keep Tl’r. nrnkn kltr nrrninrl . -.-U . several years after he first came he wore a Prince Albert coat—the first I’d ever seen. It was appropriate, I suppose, for a banker in those days. BANK BUILT He and his partner, H. E. Johnson, came in 1905 to build a bank. The building was at the foot of Kennewick Ave nue, now occupied by Otheims’ Western Auto. The bank was the American Secu rity and it’s establishment was of no benefit to the Exchange bank; down on the next corner. As a matter of fact, there de veloped a political fued be tween the two which resulted in Lockerby being elected mayor. Times were getting pretty tough after a couple of cold springs when the berries and By RALPH REED Tri-City Pioneer In a series of this sort, it’s almost impossible to keep the stuff in any sort of chronolo gical order. I find. So the re flections will more or less be as I happen to recall them. One of the characters I fond- i ly recall was Sam Lockerby. ’ Lockerby was a big man. For stuff froze, so Lockerby s e t up a sort of WPA project. He was of the opinion that t h e time to make civic improve ments was when times were hard, prices were low and the people needed the jobs. SIDEWALK BUILT So he instigated 12 - foot cement sidewalks all over town. Anyone who wanted a j job could get on. He sure sav ed the “economy” and t h e town has benefited ever since. Johnson died during the ty phoid epidemic in 1909 and Lockerby carried on the bank business for several years alone. I’m particulary grate ful, for he made it possible to finance my purchase of The Courier following the death, also in the epidemic, of L. W. Soth. I 1 tance, behind the railroad bridge, can be seen trees at what is now Sacajawca State Park. The ferry later was operated in the Paterson area. V* .... * The paddle wheel from this old ferry, the Snake River, is now on display in Columbia Park near the office. This picture taken in 1920 showed it on the Burbank side of the Snake River. In the dis- Or’ • ■ yards <>ut of / - 1 WASHINGTON U.P.iS-z *7I 18 RALPH REED t e0 II yards i □ 5> II. 6 f r d n a c n b s c c 41 and the tracks were put down. At first they laid the ties on top of the ground and as fast as they were in place rails were bolted on. Then the train was moved up. The big race, I un derstand was to get across the N.P. tracks before that outfit could stop ’em. Later the U.P. was compelled to make an underground cross ing. r 1 ma 930 I5- ics in on ec- a ry 43 i - ; . 4c % ■ ed up the price ard another de lay occurred. Fed up with the monkey-busi ness, the railroad .tried another tack. One Saturday (when the county offices were closed) they assembled a couple of work trains, loaded withties and rails and a couple hurired hunkies, they started to ay a track in St. Paul, got an increase and I down Front street 'where it still tried again. Moore again whoop-I is.) Sunday, June 20, 1965 ]0., W. R. & N. railroad (nick named then the Old, Wornout, Rotten & Nasty) now the Un ion Pacific, wanted to go through Kennewick on its way to Yakima (then North Yaki ma.) They had purchased right-of- way from their bridge down be low the N.P. bridge up along the river, going under the N.P. at the bridge. That would put their tracks north of the N.P. clear through town and on up the river. ROUTE SECURED They had secured all the route up to Moore’s from both east and west. Moore proved a tough cookie to deal with, but they fin ally came to an understanding. When the time came to make the transfer Moore decided he wanted more money, inasmuch as his lot was all they had left to acquire. So the railroaders took it up with the head offices on railway bridge. Clover Island, used to extend beneath the old Kennewick-Pasco bridge which was built after this picture was taken. The dock was just a few ; downstream from the Kennewick approach. 30 h c I I II jo I L? 01 HERALD, PASCO, KENNEWICK, RICHLAND A Pioneer Reflects P'fl hoffim T Former newspaper man Ralph Reed has recorded many of the early happenings of Kennewick and the Tri-City area during the pioneer days of the region. He worked and operated weeklies in Kennewick from the early 1900s until he retired in 1947. He lives with his wife in Kenenwick. By RALPH REED Tri-City Pioneer In 1902, when Kennewick first began to show growing signs, a man by the name of E. P. (“Pea”) Green decided to start a newspaper, which he called The Kennewick Courier. The population at that time was about 400 or 500, as there was only the promise of irriga tion water for the project. He used hand-set type of course, and the paper was print ed on a Washington hand press. You can see accurate pictures of the thing in any old diction ary — old that is. (This one is now in a museum in Seattle.) SIMPLE DEVICE It was a fairly simple contri vance. It had a “bed” where the type was placed to one end of which a “fly” was attached. This fly was a simple frame with muslin stretched across it. The operator took one sheet of newspaper from the pile of blanks conveniently at hand, flipped it against pins on the fly, dropped the fly down over the type forms which were then cranked under the impression screw. A big lever, a two-handed af fair, was pulled and the im pression was put on. Then the form was rolled back out, the fly flipped up and the printed sheet taken off and another put on. In the meantime the “devil” or someone would run a big ink roller over the type forms, ready for the next sheet. WEIGHT The whole press weighed probably less than a ton. Which gets me into the following story, which for me is mostly hearsay, although events seem ed to prove them. An old bachelor named L. G. Moore, who lived with his moth er in a little house on Washing ton street north of the N.P. rail road tracks, once told me that he had freighted that old hand press overland, in a farm wag on over the dirt roads which were the only kind there was at that time, from Salem, Ore. He said it took three weeks to make the trip and he did it foi £ e25 “and didn’t break a thing, i. ’ He didn’t break the press, but I’’ did change the appearance id- , the town’s front yard. And P- °fre’S the story. i about 1906 or 1907 the The Todd, an early navigator of the Columbia River, was tied up near the tip of Clover Island be- tween 1908 and 1914 w h i 1 c the s t e a m e r Twin Cities discharged freight at the Kennewick dock (right). Note old-time steam engine Why this route should stir up so much excitement. I’ll nev er know. Anyway the whole town turned out to watch and Scott Henderson (the other edi tor — and also an attorney) hired a livery rig and raced to Ritzville where county Judge Truax lived, to try to get a stop and desist order. Anyway they didn’t succeed A.'-/’- i“ I an Former newspaper man Ralph Reed has recorded many of the early happenings of Kennewick and the Tri-City area during the pioneer days of the region. He worked and operated weeklies in Kennewick from the early 1900s until he retired in 1947. He lives with his wife in Kencnwick. 1 I ( ( j per center, section Union. Tweet.) 4 T@wn S@M houses on the east side of Wash ington south of the ditch—noth ing b u t the old brick Washing ton street school at S i x t h ave nue and the old high school on Dayton, near the ditch. The rest of the area to 10th was all this cheat field. Property Near ; $10 Ara Aere Befere WW 89 RALPU REED 1 Kahlotus or somewhere—and I didn’t own the land! When the war began to get tough and the Japanese were kicking the stuffing out of us, it became necessary for this country to pull something from the hat. So the Hanford deal was start ed. The government needed housing for the project and it bought about 20 acres of that cheat field to put up “war hous ing” — row houses — three, six and ten to the “row.” It cost the government several times the original price—and still left the bulk of the field. After the “emergency” the trailers and the row houses were eliminated and the prop erty was transferred to the city. About 1917 there were 6,000 acres of orchards in the West Kennewick Highlands. This aerial photograph shows most of them. It was taken just east of where Edison Street now is, looking east and a little n o r t h towards Pasco. The dirt street at lower right would now he Fourth Avenue. The diagonal line A Pioneer Reflects e But in the meantime another f government project resulted in the construction of a group of “low income duplexes” which have proved to be a great bene fit to a hundred or more fami lies. tax Hen. Smart, eh? DME SET The date tor the sale was set_ but n was on a Thursday-t h e W \day t had to print the paper® I ■ \bo 1 toddled across the street! ■ to see my triend Mark NlXn 1 \ would and 1 knew he! ■ \ Would be ln Prosser—the muII h^ld on the lr°ut steps ot\W i the court house. For Wo t ejml\1 \ really own that big Heidi ! 1 Mark agreed to bid for j high as $1,000 (in 10\l ior the deal. But Mark! v in Curt in Prosser! to! or BY RALPH REED Tri-City Pioneer Prior to World War II, the big field on Washington street south of the ditch was com pletely bare. From Washington west to Garfield street and from t h e ditch to the 10th avenue was a vast waving field of cheat. Cheat, that is. unless one of the sheep men from the hills had parked his herd over night, waiting to load them for the forest grazing lands in the mountains. Or perhaps some smarty would set fire to it. NO ANSWER Anyway, I lived out there for 35 years. Many and many a time 1 pondered over what in the world that field could be u s e d for — race track, fair grounds, airplane landing field, oil field or what. There seemed to be no answer. Way back, before I was mar ried, I had been talked into buy ing a 50-foot lot on Washington and Eighth - $10 a month for ____ ___ __________ 30 months. One fine day one of trict as the soil was too poor to inlo the shop and asked why 1 didn't build a home for myi beautiful bride on my lol out bv / Weisel’s. " / This characters name was/, Tom McKain and he was a re tired millwright-whatever that is. He said that if I could fin- angle some lumber he and A. V. McReynolds, his crony would put up the framework’ talk Sol had a 1-------- B N-_Hudnall, who Hudnall said that ducA lack ol security he could M u » v . thc\a^,was appraised at $10 .figured I that! Goshl ’Eighty-five acres'. Well \1 could Way taxes, I thought oA\l Klitten \\be bait block strip lacing Wash-\1 rest of’ : country running through the middle of tl picture is an irrigation canal. The intersection of Union Street and Clearwater Avenue can be seen up- ;Vx. To the right is the inter- of Kennewick Avenue with (Photo courtesy of Ed SEWER LINE However there was a sewer line as far as eighth on Wash ington and the city water lines went to 10th. I thought that per haps someone could be talked into building on the west side of the street. The area had been excluded from the irrigation dis- the town’s real characters came raise anything. / Harry Hughes, Finley, was our county commissioner so 1 I asked Harry to find out if 111 c county (which owned the land) would consent to sell half a block fronting Washington, from Sixth to Tenth. Harry reported back that the county would be glad indeed to have that worth less area put back on the tax rolls, and that they would sell h~.heart SearsXaM manager o[ D0Wer’'™uld have “ said enl're 85 lack ol security he could o n 1 v! ?C tor ' 11 WasMcKa™ had V* ld ahout twice amount ior the iramework at the lS^MrS- KiittenX'-ne nalt mock strip facing Told her my Utt\?Cvr\W ^ank.\mgton until I could sell and utile tale of woe\lbmg, and then let the toe' 6°>ack V“ A.. V. went at It. \ k They get the hard part d n « ,A I and 1 assumed the job oAlnkh! A flooring gtadually were put into! place, a little more each night M and quite a chunk on week ends.!’ In those days Insulation was! ^B not as common as nowadays.! ^B The people didn’t use any <>r ^B tilled their walls with saw dust.\ 1 had a lot of old newspapers on! ^B hand, so I tacked up three eight- M page Couriers before putting on! and go aa ^B the siding. Made a pretty good! years) for ^B insulation — 24 sheets of news-! got busy paper all overt ! and the sheriff sold the dVaY g|g||^B M that t‘TO ward Finley and wanted a ■ road to the place. He tried sev eral grades of oil and found one that lasted fairly well, so . the first oiled blacktop in East ern Washington was built. ROAD OILED 1 However, it took many years of experimenting before t h e modern blacktop was perfect ed. The first efforts used too light a grade of oil and lack ed the proper foundation, so that the roads in summer were uorse than the sand, except for the dust. The surfaces, in < summer, would soften up. roll the fall, although the current was much faster than since the dam was put in. As a mat ter of fact, another crazy nut and I once waded across the river, (pushing a small boat) but without getting our should ers wet. ONE-RIG FERRY From the Garden Tracts to Richland there was a road of sorts—about the only place a guy could take his girl for a Sunday afternoon buggy ride. To get to Richland, there was a small ferry across the Yak ima River just big enough for one rig. There was a rope stretched from one side to the other and the passengers pull-( cd themselves across. South of town there was an- which used to be between Kennewick and Wallu la Gap. Sometimes a boat would seem to stand still as its paddles churned up white foam against the current. Pictured at the Kennewick “Boat landing” wore the W. R. Todd, the Umatilla, the Inland Empire, and the Mountain Gem. Note the sand-dune shore. b'- ■■ - 1 BW . I 0^ 1 t RALPH REED and get wavy—uncomfortable to ride upon! To get back to 1905 again, the school house was a two- story, eight - room, wooden building located where the Fruitland play field now is. All that area north of the railroad tracks, from Washington Street west to the foot of the hill was known as “The Garden Tracts.” It was cut up into 3- 5-acre tracts and was planted largely to soft fruits. The area south and east of town was known as “Section Seven” where other small farmers were attempting to carve out homes. A few oldtimcrs still recall with fond memories the stern - wheelers that plied the Columbia Riv er. Townsfolk watched the old riverboats moving up and down the river much as eyes turn sky ward to the sound of an airplane. An especially engaging sight was to watch one of the old river boats battling through one of the many rapids other road which led to the ferry across the Columbia op erated by Charlie and Willie Mills. This road led to Wallula and Walla Walla on the other side. RIVER SMALLER From the Garden tracts 4C *7 hlS. "■ /, O ' TBI-C1TV HERALD, PASCO, KENN F y’.' h- a c r t i t in to the packing shed where the packers would sort them for size and shape, throw out the leaves, stems, squashed and green berries. Then the facing berries add ed (five by five in size across the hallocks looked the best) the hallocks were filled enough to allow for the facing. The top berries were always the best of course and were set in the cups with the stems all carefully tucked down and a crate of ber- T v ir I I RALPH REED Former newspaper man Ralph Reed has recorded many of the early happenings £ of Kennewick and the Tri-City area during the pioneer days of the region. He worked and operated weeklies in Kennewick from the early 1900s until he retired in 1947. He lives with his wife in Kennewick. Among the growers with the larger fields that I remember were the Conways, Frank Emigh, Hoadleys and of course “old Dad Sercombe.” Sercombe had 17 acres of berries in the swale at the foot of what is now Beech Street and Third Avenue East. Third Davenue was then called Sercombe Street. H o w fame does fade! CHASED DAUGHTERS Sercombe had a couple of daughters and another guy and I put in more of less of our I few years later! Strawberries At $15 A Crate ' ■ t-,,v.' spare time chasing them. One spring there was nice weather and the berries were coming along fine—just about ready to start picking—when there was a frost warning—-a freeze coming! This smudging idea was just then taking hold—the idea be ing that with enough smoke the frost couldn’t get through. Ev erybody in town was asked to help save the crop, so this oth er guy and I of course volun teered to help “Dad” and the girls. The old man had gathered oil pots, coal, tar paper and what not to fire up with. We were called about midnight and down we went and tended the fires. Gosh, what a mess! We made a lot of smudge but the crop all over the valley got wiped out just the same. Herb and I did all right though, for we both married' the girls a berries. People from all over I Eastern Washington would I bring in their families and the whole mob would scamper down the rows. Growers would furnish tents, stoves and sometimes oth er stuff to get the families to I help. I The same deal applied to the / hops further up the valley and many of the local young people would take a couple of weeks ■ each fall to “go hop picking”/! as an excuse for camping out. ■ PACKING , I After the berries were JI ed, the Kennewick crop I carefully packed in pin^L I plywood hallocks, 24 I crate. The berries were Sunday, July 11, 1965 ___________________ ——---------- A Pioneer ^effects Kennewick Gained Northwest Fame With By RALPH REED Tri-City Pioneer Kennewick’s first bid for fame was with strawberries. After the land was cleared of the sagebrush and leveled enough to irrigate, the pioneers’ first thought was for a quick cash crop. The climate being what it is, their first thought appeared to be berries w h i c h could return cash money the very first year. Fortunately the first berry planter knew his berries, for he selected the Clark seedling va riety. This was (and I guess still is) the very best strawberry to eat ever invented. The only trouble was, it was too good. While its taste was superb, the delicate skin and rather skimpy production made for small profits. After years of ef fort farmers gradually changed to the tougher shippers as the everbearing. EARLY SEASON Kennewick’s early season al ways gave the local farmers the edge on the markets. The first crate of berries shipped out usually went to Spokane and a feller who built a fine big hotel there by the name of Harry Davenport usually bought the crate often, paying as high as §15. However, he knew how to advertise and Kennewick reap ed the benefit. When the crops began to come on, shipments were made all over the state and as far east as Montana. Kennewick got a fine reputation as the place where the first fine ripe, red strawberries came from. Strawberries have about gone out of fashion. There is no harder, dirtier sloop labor than that afforded by a strawber ry patch. People nowadays just | ries was a beautiful sight, plain don’t want to get down on their knees and scrabble around a berry row. Around the turn of the cen tury people weren’t quite so Nearly everyone in those days had a berry patch—even t h e “city” folks. Some of the fields were 15 and 20 acres and it re- , _ quired quite a crew to get the particular and they would pick [patch picked, packed and haul- T ” ed to the depot every day. These were Tri - City strawberry pickers who in 1909 helped II. W. Desgranges pack out 10 acres of Clark’s seedling strawberries, which were acclaimed “as the best berry grown.” a® ayor I I 4C *7 18 JO fb p» r i ® t r I c ?• '•'■ -'A' ‘ ' ' : Former newspaper man Ralph Reed has recorded many of the early happenings of Kennewick and the Tri-City area during the pioneer days of the region. He worked and operated weeklies in Kennewick from the early 1900s until he retired in 1917. He lives with his wife in Kcnenwick. newick Ave. Ed Tweet.) a w w li ( J e f; n d n a c n 1 i in md •330 iv- 0 ;r ?■ lies in on ’C- ;!a !j b s c J *3 t I ry 43 RALPH REED of his own. He had no backing | took over for_a couple of years, but did have a platform of com plaints. He made • al .. ... 1 J fi SS® ® ■ y b lF oi V "I Capt. B. B .Smith, retired house-to-1 captain of -the Pasco Naval Air) , I 1___urnr Bus-1 ted June 9, 1955. He served as inessmen in town didn’t find out about it until election day— and then there was a scurrying around to get out enough votes to defeat this beatnik- type person. The town candidate that year was C. A. Crawford, sta tion agent for the N.P. Charlie won by very few votes and served from 1927 until 1931. AMON ELECTED In January, 1931 Alfred Amon was elected. He had been a Horse Heaven wheat farmer, moved into town and started a business with his brother-in-law, Carl Williams. It Farmers Exchange. started to get the county seat Alfred served (three two-year I from Prosser. Quite a battle JSr,ms until 1937 when E. II. was staged and one of the men Behrman. waJ elected. E m i 1J in the front ranks was J. C. W 3 S 1 iCWfler ,a " d becamc I Leibee, operator of the Commer- ?:orP.cw a sbar^ on c jt y I cial Hotel. As a result, he was elected mayor and served until Sept. 1927, when II. B. Terrill, the bee man. served as “acting mayor” until the first of 1927. Up until about this time, there had been but few and minor issues brought out in the campaigns. Mostly the candi dates had to be urged to serve. There was not much excitement — sometimes there was but one candidate. A CHOPPER As a result the town almost came a cropper. Fellow named Howe or something like that put on a campaign late in 1926 .... was a meeting ?, scheduled. Of course the popu- 'i lation was but a tenth of what I’, it is today and the city bound-1 aries were much smaller. 1 DRUG STORE MEETINGS bumc uvciuj jvaxo, --------- There are no records that 1 mayor and was inaugurated in know of concerning where the —•------J ’ j first councils met. 1 presume, ’ . that a few sessions were held Each of the mayors, of course in Sheppard’s drug store. 1 —_ i - ."7?."**t.**’*■*’' : '‘f ‘ S'' ' ? ' V- :• ' •• • ' : These pictures show how little down town Kennewick changed from the early 1900’s until about 1942. The picture above shows Kennewick Avenue, looking east from Auburn Street. At right was the old First National Bank, later to become the A Pioneer Reflects Leibee Promoted Courthouse Move hi 1925 - Later Elected M had a council—at first of but five members, later increased to seven. During the 61 years many, many men have served their wards on the council. I Each councilman tried to get' extra fire hydrants, street lights, bridges, road improve-I ments, etc. for his ward. Many succeeded, but he had to con vince the rest oPem of the ne cessity. In the first years the council men received no pay. Later __J a house-to-1 captain of'.the Paseo Naval Ak fev°le\Ve\h5 f f .. . j < • . ... . regular session they attended, house canvass o£ the town and raining station was maugura- the early davs, city em- stirred up quite a mess. Bus- ted June 9, 1955. He served as . J J t. inessmen in town didn’t find mayor until June 1960, w h e r> Gienn Felton was elected > hJ councU and lhe mayor Glenn was Standard Oi w the cit distributor and got his fil of hal[when (here . presiding over the council in one term. SCOTT NAMED Lawrence Scott, who had ser ved his ward as councilman for some twenty years, was elected June 1962 and has been sitting l first councils met. I presume in the big chair since. |l. „ ‘ U','J ui 11 - By RALPH REED Ever since Kennewick was in corporated in 1904, the town has been exceptionally fortunate in its selection of city officers- both mayors and city council- ni e n who for many years served without pay. With but one single exception that I know of, not one of t h e mayors had a personal ax to grind. ‘DUTCH HANSEN’ “Dutch” Otto Hansen was se lected as Kennewick’s first mayor after its incorporation in 1904. He served for one year, until February 1905. As I didn’t become a c i t i z e n of the com munity that year, I know little about him. He was the North ern Pacific’s company’s irriga tion representative. Ed Sheppard then was elected mayor, and he served two years until February 1907. Sheppard was the town’s druggist. He built the building on the avenue now occupied by Lantpr’s. Also the Homesome home, later, further up the avenue, w here Capt. B. B. Smith now resides. L. E. Johnson was the town’s third mayor, serving four years until January, 1911. He was the big shot in the Exchange Bank, and father of Ward and Bob. A. H. (Mel) Richards w a s elected in 1911. but only served until July of that year, when he moved. He was a wheat farmer before moving to town. BANKER ELECTED H. A. Bier, the hardware man. served out the remaining term of Richards until January 1912. when Sam Lockerby, the town’s other banker, was elected. He served a year-and-a-half until May 1913. It was during Lock- erby’s term that the city ac quired the board cement side walks all over town. Ernest Kolb, an attorney, finished out the year as mayor until George F. Richardson was elected and took office in Jan uary, 1914. Richardson had a livery stable and dray line. He served two years until January 1916. L. E. Johnson then served an other year at the head of t h e council table, from 1916 to Jan uary 1917. finances. He served a term and then Charlie Crawford had an other shot at the job. until Jan uary 1939. Then Alfred Amon took over f o r another t w o terms, until 1945. PRATT ELECTED J. C. Pratt now county asses sor look office as mayor of Ken newick January 2, 1945. Urban Keolker. who had a men’s clothing store in t h e Hover block, was elected mayor and took office in January, 1949. During his second term the time for inauguration was changed from January 4111 June. So Urban served until June 11953, when Alfred Amon again --- - -------- 5 : ® <■ J '..®' ■ ...................... .-I..: National Bank o£ Commerce. The picture below is from the same.... intersection, a few feet further west. Note several false front buildings remained on the right side of Ken- (Photos courtesy of Then George W. Sherk, who had a dry goods store on t h e corner where the Swan Storm store now is, took Johnson’s chair until January 1919. George Tweedt, partner in an insurance business with Tren- bath, was elected. He served until October 1920 when he sold out and went to California to live. Sherk completed his term until January 1921. HENRY DESGRANGES Henry Desgranges, who was connected with the Fechter-Rud- kin r e a 1-estate business, pro motors of the Highlands project, Was elected and served until lp25. For many years following ‘Des” was manager of t h e local branch of the Big Y fruit warehouse. About this time, people began to feel important. A move was started Jo get the county - Page 29TRT.CITY HERALD. PASCO. KENNEWICK, RICHLANDJWISHINGTON I r RALPH REED of ice, had swollen my eye . shut! c ing, standing in the front of- and I had A Former newspaper man Ralph Reed has recorded many of the early happenings of Kennewick and the Tri-City area during the pioneer days of the region. He worked and operated weeklies in Kennewick from the early 1900s until he retired in 1947. He lives with his wife in Kenenwick. tree in my back yard in full bloom. To guard against freezing, I had collected sev eral smudge pots. Thursday evening (the paper was printed for delivery Friday mornings) I came home for dinner, thought it looked like a freeze so decided to fix up the pots in case it was cold when I came home in the middle of the night. While chopping the kindling (they were coal pots) a piece of wood flew up, hit me on the eyebrow and before I could get into the house for a piece wick Avenue. It was owned by Phil and Henry Bier. very first ordinances the first city council passed was a dog ordinance. Perhaps the early -day dogs couldn’t read, for their numbers seemed to increase with the human population. Every city council wrestled with the dog problem, all ap parently, passing the buck to the police. Which sets it up for the editor’s black eye. In 1908 a furniture and hardware store stood on what is now the northeast corner of Auburn Street and Kennewick Avenue. The store faced Kenne- After Gardner had gone and I was writing the Courier, one Clarence Duffy was city marshal. The council had had another “dog” session and had ridden Duffy pretty rough ly about the number of dogs on the streets. Duffy main tained that he was hired to look after the people and wasn’t about to start chasing dogs. It got hot and heavy. Trying to make the story in teresting, it was. probably a wee bit .stretchedor some thing: Anyway, Friday morn- SHINER DEVELOPED While I was printing the paper that night the blackest shiner developed that Kenne wick ever saw! That paper had the Duffy story in it! Do you suppose there was . ANY use in trying to tell peo ple Friday morning that I had run into a door? Not after I they read the story about i what Duffy was going to do I to me. I think Clarence really got a bigger bang out of that story than I did. fice, found Duffy pacing back and forth, glaring in, from the street. Pretty soon he came in, madder’n a hornet and did he sound off! The things he told me? The things he said he’d do to me if I ever mentioned his name in the so - an - so - blankey- blank paper! I was afraid he would! So I wrote THAT story just as accurately as I could and printed it in the next issue! FREEZE EXPECTED It was a beautiful spring ------ --—I a young apricot By RALPH REED Tri-City Pioneer They used to say you could i tell how rich (or maybe it was I poor) a man was by the num- I ber of his dogs. Kennewick, I in the early days — and for I many years after — was by I that score, rich. I The dog population w a s I about equal to the human. As I a matter of fact one of the |r A Pioneer Reflects Population Sunday, March 21, 1965 A Pioneer Reflects he could ^4 .qx .*7 18 01 t 30 fo<* cTl r0 f; 1J r t. r II c r d n a c n a \\ \\ li b s c c c y s r in and 930 av- 5. ies in on ec- a iry .43 I I 0 r o; V' the Antlers Hotel, then located where the Campbell Cannery is now. Kling was single then and slept in his office so answer night calls. The phones were of the carly- day type, of course, with the two dry-cell batteries in each phone, which was operated with a crank. At the time he sold out and went to Pasco where he started another system, he had fewer than 50 phones in operation. The entire directory was printed on a card about five by seven. There were no yellow pages. The local printing office was one of the first subscribers and was assigned the number one- one-one, which it held until the newspaper was discontinued in 1947. BROWN TAKES OVER A. F. Brown, who had come to Kennewick as an employe of a lumber yard, purchased the telephone plant, later taking in fairs were more ( standstill, it seems. But in the next couple of years things be gan to happen. New buildings were put up, new industry came in and farm ing took a spurt. The Beach Block. Reed block, American Security Bank. Comercial Hotel. Kennewick Hotel. Brown Block. Washington Street school were put up and occupied. Man by name of Cochran asked for fran chise to install electricity and a fellow by the name of R. A. Kling wanted to install a tele phone system. PLANT BUILT Both got started. Cochran built a steam-generating plant just east of the Big Red Barn on Washington Street. His serv ice at first was from six to ten at night only. Everybody wanted the lights and wires ■were nail ed up in every home and store, with drop cords for the light globes. No one could use a mo tor-even if he had had one. Corp. The Browns did most of their own construction work, set ting poles, stringing wire and wiring the ever - expanding switchboard. For many years girls in the community found jobs as oper ators at the telephone office. One, after years and years of service, refused to quit when automation came in. She was wonderful. When one needed the doctor or there was some other emergency, Emma would slay at it until she located Doc or secured the needed help. Kennewick’s first automobile was a homemade affair. Alex Bier, brother of Henry in the hardware store, got an engine mounted on wheels and fiddled around more or less, cutting no significant figure in the com munity. The first factory-built car was a Buick runabout which Doctor Crosby bought to make h i s rounds in. Those were the days when doctors really attended their patients! The car was a little white affair with no top but V'J’O J --44- ued to operate and expand for many years, finally selling to the present General Telephone | it had a lot of pop! 41II Stickum Kept Electricity Going; First Light Service Was 6-10 P.M. By RALPH REED | The big belt on the genera- Tri-City Pioneer i tor would slip occasionally and During 1905, community af-1 the lights would flicker—or may be r/.cro or less at a be die out until the operator " ’ could get some stickum on the belt again. As time went on the restric tions were lightened and the service stepped up until there was power from six in the morning until midnight. Wash ing machines began to be an item in the hardware stores. Cochran sold out to the Pa cific Power & Light, which greatly enlarged the service. Ownership lasted f o r many years, but they were finally ousted by the Public Utility Dis trict. Telephones! Imagine trying to do business nowadays without a phone! Wonder how the teen agers ever managed to live without 'em? Early in this era, and regard less of the phone already in operation by Henry Bier, a —c---- t _ young fellow named R. A. Kling | hisjjrother Archie, started stringing wires around. His “central” office was locat ed In a small building next to TR1-C1TV HERALD, PASCO. KENN I A far cry from what it looks like ( < IS Former newspaper man Ralph Reed has recorded many of the early happenings ajB ‘oosbr ‘j -jr ‘aonjR ‘uos .iaq puB J9RIW uqop UOI4UQAUO3 puauv ¥ ¥ ¥ •qj0A\ asuqd-jsjij aqj jo 2.3 X[Uf urd z IB spiq jobjjuo -qns uado qiA\ ‘-oq uoipnj]suo; —:— — « T.r C AT ‘ CCJl aqi jo auo piss Xappug •aouis ajaqj jfinq uaaq sab o . _____„ now, this is the way the bank building at Auburn Street and Ken newick Avenue looked about 1923. Then it was the First National Bank. Now it is the National Bank of Com- A Tri-City Pioneer Reflects mcrcc and is presently undergoing m orc renovation. From the left standing arc Tom Agopsowicz, 3202 W. Kennewick Ave., Ecl Tweet, cash ier at the time, and L. E. Johnson, bank president. ■ in shown on the miniature plot | stores and parking areas in dicated. All of this behind locked doors. But the engineers had to have cardboard and color-, I siq] auBqodg ui uoijEpos ed' inks and they c a m ej .Sy sjaauorpny ieuoren aqi J< across the street for them.. uoRUOAUOo’iBnuue oq| SuipuaRt In this way I became ac-t - ‘------- quainted with them and theyt let me take a look at their’ work with the strict pro-’. . vison that I wouldn’t men-’ UI ’sasBqajnd pajs XjjBjnapjBC the deal in the paper. Each of the several j ueqj jboa aqj jo japenb puo' -08S f........ . Surkno -<)U039 ^UBUJ uo asudjns jub /,..W"SB9ld b 3unjds Xuiouoaa s(uoi) spitfoos je j a a f o j d 000*09$ B uaqA\ uorjEjs aaiAjas A\au b 9ABq qiM qoiA\auuaR u a\ o j u a\ o q pappoiusy 11014045 ¥ ¥ ¥* Planners Laid Out Richland In Miniature In Early '40's By RALPH REED Tri-City Pioneer When the powers that be decided to pursue the hush, hush Manhattan project at of Kennewick and the Tri-City area during Hanford, grandiose plans pjoneer ^avs of thc rcgion. He worked had to be laid. ’ In addition to the actual and operated weeklies in Kennewick from manufacturing deal, acorn- the early 1900s until he retired in 1947. He plete city had to be planned .. . Tz to house the vast number of lves W1^ ^IS Wl c 111 Kennewick. RALPH REED i—j l. > ’ .............. •spnpojd jpq . ......................... •<*' - - - f - ’ joj puBtuap XABoq 0) asuodsa ui XpuajBddB pus jBajqj a^ijj I qdag aqj jsuibSb sapojua. -ui dn jdaq sjasn sb sjbj q§ii b ib panupuoa sassqajnd pap, •Suojjs panuyuoa SuiXnq opv •pajBOj uaaq pBq sb pajja ui ioijSBJp sb pBq jopbj jaqipfo •jnooo i4upi[. iqoiqM J Ab[\t ojpjjs apissoc |E jsuibSb souoiuoaui dn qinc j qorq/A J Xbj^ a^ujs apissoc ! l> 'IC'itrnQ.-. .---- -T , sjasn pojs jopenb jsjij oq' ‘auipop oj popadxa sba\ sauop* . -uoaui ssauisnq joj EuiAng "z •JBOX JSB{ 8)B[ SO>pj)b ' ojns aqi 2uiMO[pj ? ' Each of the several aqi ui jajpq pip puB sjsiui | uoqijg p u o tu X e r ‘sajBpol -sb aqi jo auo piss Xappug I c RALPH REED I By RALPH REED Tri-City Pioneer When the powers that be decided to pursue the hush. Planners Laid Oaf Richland In Miniature in Early '40 if shown on the miniature plot, stores and parking areas in dicated. All of this behind locked doors. But the engineers had to have cardboard and color ed inks and they came across the street for them. In this way I became ac quainted with them and they let me take a look at their work with the strict pro- vison that I wouldn’t m e n- tion the deal in the paper. Each of the several differ- e n t types of house, each building and area was shown on their little miniature city. Fascinating! AREA CLEARED When the actual construc tion work began, that t o o, plete city had to be planned to house the vast number of people to be employed. SLEEPY VILLAGE Richland, a sleepy little village of a couple of hund red people, was to be entire ly rebuilt into a city. At that time. Ed Peddicord, now postmaster in the city, w a s running The Richland Advo cate. a small weekly; John Dam was running a grocery store with his partner Nel- s o n; the Murrays had a hardware store and there were many of the farmers in the district with whom I was acquainted. The city planners sent a couple of engineers out here to lay the thing out. They had an office just across the street from the Kennewick Courier-Reporter and they I out the city in minature I on a table about 10 feet [ square. | TINY HOUSES I Tiny houses, about an inch II I and a half long, were placed I on the streets, just where I they were to be permanently | located. Finally, after a I couple of weeks, the head I men came along and failed | to approve the plan, so it I I was started all over again. I This time the regrading was! | all done and the elevations was fascinating. Most all the old area was cleared and then graded. Utilities—water, sewer and others were in stalled before any other work was begun. Then the bulldozers and shovels were started, close ly followed by the basement and cellarwork. Then t h e carpenters moved in—droves of them — and the structure was started. As fast as one outfit was out of the way the next crew moved in, so in a single block there might be a crew digging, one on the cellar, one on the walls, the r o o f I and finally the windows and doors. So that from the very start one could see, as in a slow motion picture, the complete process, all in one block, perhaps. The progress was unbeliev ably swift, with prefabricat ed plumbing and the like, but as soon as the paint was dry there was a family wait ing to move in. I’ve often wished that I had the contract to furnish the doorknobs alone for the Richland project! Wonder how many carloads they would make? Former newspaper man Ralph Reed has recorded many of the early happenings hush Manhattan project at of Kennewick and the Tri-City area during Hanford, grandiose plans pioneer days of the region. He worked had to be laid. . . _ In addition to the actual and operated weeklies in Kennewick from manufacturing deal, a c o m- (he early 1900s until he retired in 1947. He lives with his wife in Kennewick. mercc and is presently undergoing more renovation. From the left standing are Tom Agopsowicz, U W. Kennewick Ave., Ed-Tweet, cash ier at (he time, and L. E. Johnson, bank president. A fta-Grey Pioneer Rejects A far cry from what it looks like now, this is the way the b an k building at Auburn Street and Ken- newick Avenue looked about IJxo. Then it was the First National Bank. Now it is the National Bank of Com- ---- Iripcd 1918 1919 1920 1922 192 1921 1930 1932 January 1.13 .891.07 1.13 .37 1.13 .60 February -57 1.16 1. 1| 6 1.351.63 .9U46 .$0.36 .12 1.14.111.10 41 •57 .27l.u9 March' .18 146.61 .$8 .66 1.U7 -1U .87 .1U.30 1.30 .OU .3$ ±46 1.16 1.18l.il ‘ April .081.1$ 1.06 • 5U1.76 • 3U .06.6U 1.0^ .3$1.63.11 .70 .7$ 481.23 .29 .18 41May .98 .3$ • $U .$6 .96.18 1.23 .77 .05.18 0.73 .98 • 23 .1$1.08June .13 .23.21.71 .i$.66.16July .19 .07.03 .uU.3$.03 0.13 0 ’ • 4.1U .36 1.23.$6 1.38 .30August .03 u0 .68 .65 .$7 .23 45.$7 2.2345 . 60 .U342 .26 0.3U 1.10 ti .88 .08l.d61.16• 31 .77 1.301.95 1.20.60 .691.201.07 1.3U -55.773.u2 l.fb.76 2.39 2.602.7U .7U .371.95 1.061.28 .76November ri • $o1.63 2.U21.11 l.«7.23 2.10 .77.76 1.33 1.21.65 1.7$ 1.19.832.3$ .72 1.79December t 7406.88 8.989,l|.6 10. 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Local dryness was part of 3 Columbia Basin encompassing drought that brought high tem peratures, low humidity and al most no rainfall to the entire basin. The Tri-Cities area was the most parched, according to the Weather Bureau. Last year’s vtarm temper atures made 1967 the third pares to a parching 99 days in 1929, a string of 95 in 1939 and 80 in 1944. Both 1929 and 1930 were well below the rainfall av erage with 5.26 and 6.88 inches. On the wet side, 13.92 inches of rain fell in 1945 and 13.79 in 1948, the two wettest years on record. Wettest months on rec ord are January, 1953, with a soggy 3.88 inches and January and February 1958 with 2.43 i and 2.44 inches. 1952 .82 Monthly Totals Monthly Average 19U3 .25 .79 i ,77 : days 1 •23 , 4.94 gauge has and that was for years ago Bain clouds dropped less moisture on the Tri-Cities dur ing 1967 than any year in Tri Cities recorded history accord ing to U.S. Weather Bureau and local precipitation records. Only 3.33 inches fell on Ken newick and 3.26 inches on Han ford during the 12 months. Nor mal Kennewick and Hanford an nual rainfalls are 7.49 and 6.30 Inches. 1.23 dkys47 38 days .30 ,60 days .20 days .32 68 days .10 42 days .55 .62 days .39 61 days .35 d^ys .06 41 days 146 ,3U days •34 1.06 49 days .2U d&ys . 4 1 ‘1 a.o.ao K.nh been moved only a distance to make roopx~tnX above either the Kennewick or Hanford average. But records for the last five years show rainfall in the wheat area to be either below normal or normal. In 1965, only 6.97 inches fell and in 1963 only 8.04 inches were re corded. Both-1964 and 1966 were with in a few hundredths of an inch of the norm. Last year’s longest dry spell was 49 rainless days. That com- fl. 70 ^ecinimt^ in the Horse Heaven eon continuously since then. Clodfelter’s records place last year’s precipitation total at 4.31 inches. The station is located 1,500 feet above sea level on a dry land wheat farm in the Horse Heaven Hills. It has been said tliis area receives less precipi tation than the Sahara Desert, but supports crops. Average rainfall at the Clod- 1%7 Is fated 'Driest' Tor Ever hr Tri-Cities tied the winter of 1933-34 for the warmest winter record with an average temperature of 43.2. The yearly average was 56.7 with a summer average of 75.4. Weather bureau records for local conditions are augmented by a scries of statistics kept for the last 50 years on the Gilbert Clodfelter farm south of Kenne wick. The recordings were be gun in 1916 by the late H. D. voar was warmest year on record and I Clodfelter and have been kept felter station is 9.22 inches, well 1927 141 46 7.24 -n Hills south Yearly Average For Past 50 Years ^49once of no a bu>^^ ~ i 41 * Wl J

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