Let's Look Back

In the year 1943 a group of men sitting around a table in Washington D.C. seriously watched as one of their number pointed to a tiny spot on a large scale map of the Pacific Northwest. RICHLAND! Here, they decided, was the place! Thus was sown the seed from which sprouted a great plant and a thriving community. Within a few months the pastoral quiet of this agricultural region was no more. Giant bulldozers leveled great tracts of ground, massive trucks roared day and night along erstwhile country lanes, new roads appeared and factories exploded into being from the desert sands. The fantastic barracks town of Hanford materialized to house thousands of constructions workers. The nucleus of a vast, secret plant, born of wartime necessity, had been created.

Calendar of Events MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1948 5:00-6:00 PM - KANGROO COURT ....... Village Square Judge: C.F. "Chuck" Barnes 8:00-9:30 PM - KANGROO COURT ....... Village Square Judge: L.S. "Les" Randall All Violations of the Proclamation requiring the wearing of Western Garb on the streets of Richland shall be subject to "arrest" by Posse members and will appear before this court of "JUSTICE" TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1948 5:00-6:00 PM - KANGROO COURT ....... Village Square Judge: J.E. "Emmett" Maider 8:00-9:30 PM - KANGROO COURT ....... Village Square Judge: W.F. "Bill" Ward Continued on Page 5