A Grand Dedication at Hanford
Residents from across the valley gathered for the unveiling of a $12,000 high school building, a source of local pride.
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Before an audience that filled the large auditorium and overflowed into the corridors, the magnificent $12,000 high school building at Hanford was dedicated Thursday night. Delegations were present from Prosser, Kiona, Kennewick, White Bluffs, Allard, and Arrowsmith. Manley B. Haynes presented the building to the school district, and Rev. E. N. Quist accepted it. State and local officials, including Judge C. H. Hanford, offered remarks before a feast served by the Ladies' Aid. The school is considered a credit to the entire valley, which likely will share its facilities until future population growth warrants schools in every district.
“The Highschool building is one of the best and most modernly equipped in the state and is a credit, not only to Hanford but to this whole valley.”
The town of Hanford, once a thriving agricultural hub boasting modern civic buildings like this school, was erased from the map in 1943 to clear the site for the Manhattan Project. This story captures the community pride in a town that would be forcibly vacated and largely demolished within three decades.
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