Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/1/00
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>>From: Burt Pierard (59)

To: Robert Shipp (64)
Re: Day's Pay & Bombers
    The article in Hanford Reach was interesting but unfortunately it
was a whole year off. The following quotes from the written
historical record show the name change from Beavers to Bombers
occurred in the Fall of 1945, not 1944, and had nothing to do with
Day's Pay. I realize this is getting dangerously close to being
banished to THE SANDBOX, but since all I will be stating are quotes
and not opinions, I hope Maren runs this. All these quotes are easily
verifiable by checking the microfilms of "The Villager" newspaper.
Unfortunately, the only films in existence for the period of March to
October 1945 are at Richland Public Library, but you locals can check
me out.

Thursday, September 13, 1945: "The Villager" carried an article on
the Football Jamboree coming up that weekend. The last paragraph (p.
10) said "Indications are that the Col-Hi teams, formerly known as
the "Beavers" may this year be known as the "Bombers" or "Atomizers"
because of the nation-wide publicity the village has received as the
home of the Atomic Bomb."

Thursday, September 20, 1945: "The Villager" carried a headline "Col-
Hi Bombers ..." in reporting the results of the Jamboree but referred
to the "... Beavers of Richland..." in the article.

Eventually all reference to the "Beavers" was dropped and on
Thursday, October 11, 1945, an ad in the Villager promoting an
upcoming game referred to "... Under the lights at the Bomber Bowl
...", the first reference to the field name.

As an added emphasis, on Thursday, May 16, 1946, The Villager carried
an article about the Col-Hi Annual which was to be called "The
Columbian" for the first time.  The article stated "The theme of the
annual is, appropriately enough, "The Atom" and throughout the pages
of the publication appear atomic symbols, flashes of atomic light,
etc."


Bomber Cheers,
-Burt Pierard (59) ~ Monroe, WA
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