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Friday, December 26, 1952
In The Heart of the Columbia Basin Ten Cents
I ,, i
Bureau Housing
Rents in Basin
Vol 6--No. 52
m
Jolly old St. Nicholas Hood
his ground %Vednesday after-
noon in the face of o,¢er-
:whelmir~g odds, in the form of
some '200 children, all eager to
l:iell the old gent what
they
]:~ranted when he visited that
eveni~l:g.
• T~andirtg out gifts and candy
, ¢o the kiddies as fast as possi-
'ble in the cold raw air, was
Santa himself assisted by John
and Barto Para.
Everything ,from color books
to toy trains came from the
huge pack sack. There were so
many toys that old Santa con-
veyed them ¢o the community
tree via pick-up ruek. Apparent-
ly, according to observers, who
Were "in the know" this was
because his reindeer were rest-
ing up for Wednesday night.
ff~he eham'ber of commerce
sponsored the giving of the
gifts at the tree and assistance
was given by the Jr. Chamber
Of commerce, gifts and candy
arrangements were made by the
Ladies Aid, Pollyannas :and the
American Legion Auxiliary.
The Camp Fire girls had the
task of packaging all of the
candy which was given away.
Recovering From Fall
Four Local Airmen In
C-124 Plane Crash
Four Othello Air Force base
men were aboard the giant C1~4
Globemaster airplane which
crashed at the Larson AFTI last
Saturday mornin with 1,16 a-
board.
The huge plane was loaded
with hitch-hiking servicemen,
'bound for a Christmas at home
with their families.
On a routine training flight to
Kelly field Texas, the plane
crashed just otf the end o~ the
runway at the base, killing 86
Airmen. This mishap was the
record number ever killed in
single crash since the history of
aviation.
The four men's names, who
lost their lives in the accident
have not yet been released, a-
waiting the notification of their
next of kin.
BRIDGE CLUB
PARTY
The Thursday a f t e r n o o n
bridge club entertained their
husbanas Saturdav ewnin~
with a potluck turkey dinner at
the home of Mrs. ¢1:tor Mc-
Leod. Mrs. MeLeo2 and Mrs.
Glenn Warner ~vere hostesses.
Bridge and pinochle were
played. Mr. Hal .Lyons woe hi¢,h
for the men in brkIge and Mr,
Charles Davidson in pinochle.
Mrs. Charles Davidson was
To be Raised Actions Cause
Ray Clark, 'an electrictian
employed by the Picatti electric
of Yakima is recovering in the
Moses Lake Hospital from a
broken ,back which he received
last week.
by climtbing spikes and safety
belt working on a splice in a
pair of wires. Intent on trim-
vning insulation trom the wir- Those attending were Mr. and
the heavy leather climbing belt . Mrs. Clarence Godon, Mr. and
in one quick easy motion, drop-
ping him to the ground.
if-Its condition is reported as
satisfactory according to word
Ireceived from the Moses Lake
hospital where he is interned.
News from Here & There
Mrs. John 'Hertenstein en-
tered the hospital in Moses
Lake last week for treatment.
The Roy Staffords returned
Saturday after two weeks in
Portland and on the coast.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul ,Brown and
MLr. and Mrs. Homer Reno were
Bureau of ~Reclamation em-
ployees in the Colum'bia River Arrest 0f Man
District, who are living in gov-
ernment housin~g, received no-
tices today that e[fective Janu-
ary
18 their ren~will be raised.
This Comes as a result of Con-
gressional action and instruc-
tions issued to all government
agencies by the Bureau of the
Budget.
Counting dormitory rooms.
trailers, transa-houses, quarters
at the loner Air Base in Ephrata
quonset huts and ditchrider
houses, there are approximately
1500 housing units from Coulee
Dam to Pasco and Burbank.
A board composed of members
of the Columbia River District
staff was appointed some t'.trne
ago ,by the district manager to
make a study of.the government-
owned housing, based upon com-
parable private facilities. The
findings of this board went to
the Regional office in Boise and
were accepted .without change:
Floodlights Installed
Atop School Building
A bettery of flood-lights have
been installed on the Othello
school building as a' means of
protection foi~ the grounds and
the school buses.
William Cornelus Stevens, 38
year old dishwasher was arrest-
ed here Tuesday by Deputy
Sheriff Mark Leighton and tak-
en to the Adams county jail in
Ritzville for investigation and
observation.
Sevents hitch-hiked from
Hoppers corners to Warden with
Bc~b Vietzke and Everett Corr.
Upon leaving Warden he de-
manded to be let from Vietzke's
vehicle. He then thumbed an-
another lift from a ear following
them.
Shortly after arriving in Oth-
ello the pair noticed Stevens
walking down the middle of the
main street trying to hitch a
ride into town.
The hitch-hikers actions ar-
roused their curiosity enough
enough that they began watch-
ing his actions. Carr passed the
,Stevens, upon seeing them, re-
versed directions and headed
out of town. Carr passed him
and drove out to the east of O~-
ello for a distance of about a
This measure has been ,taken mile and waRed to see what the
high for the ladies in bridge and following the breaking and on- big 6 foot 6 inch fellow was go-
ing to do. Again the man swung
about and started ~or town but
still thumbing out-going cars.
By the time he had reached the
Bates hotel I)eputy Leigton was
waiting for him, having been
summond ,by Vietzke while, the
game of squares with the city
Mrs. G. W. Kliphardt in pinoch- tering of several schools in "the
le. the area, Othello included, in
this part of the state.
Some weeks ago the Othello
school was entered but no
money was found to 'be take~
while in Walla Walla over $500
was stolen from one school.
Mrs. G. W. Kliphardt, Mr. and
~Irs. Frank Doerin~. Mr. ~nd
Mrs. Matt ~[enedy, Mr. and Mrs.
~Eldon 'Ennis, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Davidson, Mr. and Mrs.
BT H. Kauffman, ,Mr qnd %'
Hal Lyons, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ste-
men, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hal-
lead, Mr. and Mrs. McLeod and
Dr, and Mrs. Warner.
The lights will tburn from . limit line was taking place.
darkness to daylight every eve- The manner in which Stevens
nin to make it more difficult for kept avoiding the two caused
trespassers, thdm to call Leigton.
OOLUM! ~ } ALBERTA
guests
of
th~
Grant
Venns
Fri-
evening.
J MARKET A EA$ rO SERVlCD
,Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brown ~ ..el [ WIT. NAVU~ e~l
zpen¢ Tuesday in Spokane.
Jack 'I-Iubbard has been ill for ~) ~ ~ •
~reeral days this ,week. ~ : @A¢IFI¢ NONTHW$'$T PIPELINE ¢0~P.
].The Myron Chambers were ,,,
I
[Ness Monday evening. -*'~"
L The Jack Wilsons of Moses ~ ~,1~ , ,
~ake were ,Sunday ,guests of Mr ~ I "Wl~! F " ] 1
Mrs. Johnnny Ness. ~ ..~m~ ~ ,
| Mr. and Mrs. Bob McCourtie ~ ~ ~ )
~ere guests of the Grant Venns ~ ''~"~ t :.. ('-~
IMonday night. ~ ~ | 4 ~ " .
I. The Herman Krupas le~t Mon- ~ ~ I t -'"-' ~A.J ) r'--"
~y to spend Christmas in Spo ......
L The Paul Browns are spend- ..... I
]k'~g Christmas in Richland with ~ ~ O R ~ O O N l --. I D A H O
rlVne Paul Bonnells left today
with her parents. ,
~nleys are Mr. and Mrs. Gary " I
l~a~es .and children and Mr. T.
i~, Crayne of Klam:ath,Falls. Mr. "------'--- ...... '
~awes is Mrs. Donley s son and GAS FOR NEW INDUSTRY--Pacific Northwest Pipeline
! r. Crayne, her father. Corporation seeks a Federal Power Commission cer~ficato
to bring natural gas into the region shown on the map from
{Mr. and IVn, s. Gene CrniCh ~ reserves in iheSan Juan Basin. The initial market demand ' U
nd son of Seattle are spending is equivalent in energy to the Northwest's entire hydro-
le holidays with her parents, electro energy consumption in 1950. Ti~ pipeline would
~e John Donleys. link the r~ion with the U. S. Network of gas pipelines. ,
I)on Stromme is spending New industry would be attracted an4 the hyd~*oelec~ic
shortage eased, ~lr experts, because the two sources of
hristmas with :his parents, the energT complement eadn other. Pacific could complete the
[~rfford Strommes. From here ~ by late 1954.
e will go to 1%hode Island to Indications ,are that all ci~i~, large and smalL along
~icers Candidate school, the route of the pipeline through Southern Idaho, Easter'~
~e Glenn Warners are Oregon and Washirtgton, Northern Oregon and Wester:
~ending Christmas with her Wa~dn~o~, would have accmm to all the tl~aat ener~w
they could use.
Irents, the Milton Camozzys in
lensburg.
With the nearness of the first
fitting that we reminisce over
the happenings of 1952. These
are a few of the highlights of
the year. 'Here's hoping that T~3
proves just as su~essful for
"u~o~ 1no
Jan. 1.1---Area under Rent Con-
trol.
Feb. 1--Kiwanis Club Receives
Charter.
Feb. 5--Contract Bids Accepted
for Block 49 Laterals.
Feb. 15--Garbage Contract OK.
Feb. 29--Othello l~sses Ge%ting
Sugar Beet Pl~r~t.
Mar. ~l---OtheUo OK's C~nad-
ion Gas Proposal
APril 18--~runswick Tavern
Fire.
April 18---Construction Starts
on Emry's Market.
April 2l--First and ,D rawb-tg
for Area Land
May 17--Skywatch Goes on ~4-
hour Basis.
M.ay 3 l--C~vernor La~glie
SpeaAs at 2rid Land Drawing
Here.
June 2~--Council Revises Zon-
ing Law, O~'s Building a-
cross ~rom USBR Office
July 3--,Soil Conserw4ion O~-
rices Open Here to Help New
Settlers.
J~aly 3---Citizens' Committee or-i
ganized to Work for New-
School.
July l 1--First of New ~ers"
Arrive to Select'Farm Units.
Aug. l---~lower Hill Addition'
Approved by ~cil.
Aug. 8---Bermell ~ddition is
Prolmsed to Cmmeil.
Aug. 15---40 ~oldiers Treated on
rPrain Here for Food Poison-
ing.
Aug. l~---4kirmen's Club Opens
a¢ ~ase.
A~g. l&-Site for New School
Chosen.
Aug. " 29--~First Water Nears
Othello as Potholes Dam
Gates ale Opened.
Sept. 5----~hool Enrollment up
by ~5% at Start of Year.
Sept. l$--New G-r~de School
Approved.
Sept. 20--Othello Amateur Ro-
deo Opens for Success~al 2-
Day Show.
Sept. 19--~enfield Hardware
Opens.
Sept. 26--Emry's IGA Market
Opens.
Sept. 26--~Tash. Good ~oads"~
Assn. OK's Cross-,St: ~e High-
way Through Othello.
inesses Open in Othello--Oth-
ello Drug, ,Lemon's Market,
Othello Auto l~arts, Othello
/Plumbing & Heating, Othello
Floor Covering.
Oct. 9---l:*residents Club Formed
O~t. 10--Crab Creek i c~ated es
~Poss~ble Game Preserve.
Oct. 17--Othello F~rnitm-e Co.
Opens.
Oct 31--Safe Ttken rf ~'~ n ~"
die's Tavern.
NOV. 7--County Goe:: o:" Ik~
2-1.
Nov. 21--Christian Chu :~ Deal-
"teated.
Dec. 12---Area "Manhunt", tart
NO Gunman Found.
~De~. 26---The news of" the ~veck
seems to 'be that ever, one ~s
in the holiday spirit, b ..... ()
'be alive and glad that Othello
is growing to be a rea~ ~:ttle
city.
What will 1@53 bring? All
anyone can do is "V,:a: and
See."
We take this opportunity
to say to each and every
single reader--
SEASON'S GREETI NGS
And
HAPPY NEW YEAR
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