The Rapid Rise of the Kennewick Valley Club
Valley farmers organize, design, and break ground on a new clubhouse in less than two weeks, planning to complete the project with donated labor.
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When it comes to starting something on short notice and keeping that something going with never a falter nor stop, those farmers down the valley are hard to catch. A week ago last Monday the first call for a meeting was issued for the purpose of laying plans for the organization of a club and the erection of a club house. Today the organization stands perfected, plans for the club house have been adopted, work on the foundation started this morning and by March 4 the “Kennewick Valley Club” expects to dedicate its permanent home. The site selected for the club house is a two-acre triangular tract at the S. W. corner of section 7. The tract was donated by the N. P. I. company. The club house is to be of the bungalow type, 30x60. It will be equipped with a stage and suitable dressing rooms for the accommodation of theatrical performances. The work is all to be done by donated labor.
“When it comes to starting something on short notice and keeping that something going with never a falter nor stop, those farmers down the valley are hard to catch.”
The 'Kennewick Valley Club' represents the era of Grange halls and rural community centers that acted as social hubs for the farming industry. While many such buildings have vanished or been converted into private homes, the spirit of hyper-local organization persists in Kennewick’s contemporary grassroots civic groups.
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