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cup in Th3 be “fussed” by a
ibifi h,mear¥‘iVal of their in-
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SChool senior band
honors upon them-
by 'earning the
. i ' b POSSible to attain
8‘ “8' west Regional high
‘ 1c meet '
In Tacoma.
'f‘s the Shelton band
wen bands from the
', he (Esst States to la
7 meetuperlor'” rating by
ad .llldges. but it also
i- dltional honor with
being acclaimed
aamong the “Super-
ccOwing to persons
i the meet.
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band found itself
hen its instru-
S in a separate
arrlve as early as
(when the bus
. Eh able to locate the
.' hand
Ron 8 were playing). but},
allgrimson held his
calmly warmed
. Bite the fact that
Utes bevond
for Shelton’s ap-
alto
e n band was the only
n tomeet'which had a
go in and arrange
6 band, according
“pt. H. E. Loop.
8 Rated Honor
rat. which earned the
films Included phelan.
g Kirgcouver, erdeen.
land, Chel.\lis and
0fththe ..Su
ma. e Shel 'n band to
A. “1:103:11! higfioschool mu-
tgdaylcago, but Supt.
perior" rat-
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Nfop Sive t.ip could
r- (the -. local musi-
ndiv dUal competition,
,1' Biehl was given
the solo competi-
tel‘noon.
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Ezerwiin testing ev—
y Patient entering
.Mr s‘pl'ead throughout
to ' Vernon Davidson,
‘ aetiNational conven-
"j' at 801131 Tuberculoms
‘-~ up an Antonio, Tex-
’ on her return here
ever attend the
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DEW sald they wouldl
On 1‘fiiported a high-
.easant trip. She
. as he always had.
Flzesd When the bands
the I
he." doubted whe-
rating, one below;
am Attracts .
UaLAttention.
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“Say, that‘s a swell idea. Why
didn't they think of it before!”
That comment seems to sum up
ions of people who plan to attend
‘ dinner program at Alderbrook Inn
1 this Thursday evening when they
Iheard that dinner is to be served
3 as the diners arrived, starting
, from 5:30 o‘clock on.
Heretofore the diners have been
lified hour, forcing many to eat
Emuch later than they ordinarily
" were accustomed to, but not this
i year. People in the habit of eating
I at 5:30 or 6 o’clock can do so,
jThcn they can wander about the
1 spacious and beautiful Alderbrook
Igrounds to while away the time,
1before the opening of the enter-E
i tainment program at about 7:30.
iThe comments of everybody are
highly favorable to the new sys-
I tern.
I And that program looks better
I every hearing, too. Chairman Wal-
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ISHELTON ACTIVE
w..- l CLUB EARNS TWO
I DISTRICT HONORS
Paul Marshall Elected District
Governor, Local Club Wins
Visitation Trophy
No other club among the 12
.- now comprising District One came
1out of the annual spring conven-
ition of the: district at Olympia
I last Saturday with as many hon-
;ors as the Shelton Active club,
ireturning delegates report.
, For one thing, the Shelton Act—
Iivians succeeded in having their
brother member,
elected unanimously as District
One governor, succeeding Art
Fairchild of Willapa Harbor. His
one—year term begins following
the Active International conven-
tion at Portland in July.
For a second thing, the Shelton
,club was declared winner oi' the
'annual District One inter-club
visitation contest with a total of
14,033 man-miles rolled up in 18
inter-club visits, most of them
,made since the first of the year.
Shelton dethroned the Willapa
Harbor club,‘ last year’s winner,
which placed second this year
I with 10,967 man-miles. Last year
Willapa Harbor won with 13,-
938 miles while the Shelton club
was sixth with 4,065 miles.
, John Replinger of Shelton acted
; as District Inter-Club Visitation
Chairman this year. He announc-
ed the following standings at the
close of the visitation contest:
Club Visits Mileage
I Shelton .................. ..18 14,033
Willapa Harbor ....18 10,967
Olympia .................. _.10 8,471
Montesano ...... __ 7 8,390
Port Angeles . 5 7,071
Bremerton ...... .. . 6 6,177
Aberdeen .... .. ..10 4,192
Hoquiam .......... _. 6 2,939
Kelso ...................... .. 1 1,233
Woodland . 1 712
Rainier .................. ,. 0 000
*Port Townsend .... .. 0 000
“Chartered too late to have a
chance.
Chairman Replinger reported
that this year's contest resulted
in 82 inter-club visits and 64,185
total man miles against 47 visits
and 50,139 man miles last year.
Replinger acted as secretary for
the District convention business
session Saturday. The Shelton
club's official delegates to the
convention were: President George
Dunning, Vice-President Chuck
Rowe, and Bill Dickie.
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$2: the first invited
to cOunty Tubercu—
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gimp“. said she was
endlnuously by doc-
efi the convention
on eg‘Ven her talk at
mxplaining how the
. fins was started here
m0!“ Obtained in its
All phhS_ of operation.
3 thl’fillcians she talk-
hy the Convention, en-
her e Success of the
l.» ‘ * effo . .
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' 1“} .in their com»
aVldson said.
at“! interesting pro-
10nal convention
led to the convenw
ggthSeda Buchanan,
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,A. ,y of the State
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whi ‘3 Public About
(bench he ran last
.» berg, proprietor
store, announced
store is commen-
cq In'ténts, which are
“amt the public
3 0f the medical
carry worthwhile
pto.ms of various
times the ad-
a e the necessity
an thsician at the
mg Illness.
111, {neht in the ser-
Tfie, omgltlt’s Journal
110 her ad ap—
‘skia‘y’S paper and
"Eng Drlnted in next
firms Beginning in
read
{Silents will ap-
‘ Shelton
- Introducing New
Safeway
Store’s Head Man
——Photo by Andrews Studio
Presenting Roy Maddux, new
manager for Safeway’s 10094l
grocery emporium. Mr. Mad-
dux, who formerly operated. a
store in the Tacoma city (1155-
trict, has purchased a home .111
Shelton and moved his family
here, so it looks as if he in-V
tends to stay for awhile. Shel-
ton people who contacted ROY
during his big manager’s 8318
last week know that his Pleas'
ant personality and desire to
he of service will make him a
valuable addition to the com-
munlty.
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SHELTON, WASHINGTON, Tuesday, May 20, 1941.
LBANRfiAIderbrook Inn Program
‘ ‘Thursdaymcfiitihipg' Fancy
ll HONORS
. the general concensus of the 0pm-.
that in addition to the talk to be
by Mrs. Anna Roosevelt
Boettiger, the “second lady of the
land" since she is the President’s
daughter, the program will in-
clude vocal solos by Louis Karl
Weiicl and Miss Ida Olson, clar-'
inct selections by Arthur Biohl,
Shelton's ace. school clarinet play-
er, and a surprise number which>
Chairman Elliott is keeping un—E
der his hat until he springs it dur- ‘
ing the evening. I
The dinner will feature chickeni
as its piece de resistance and willl
be served at $1 per plate. Reser-
vations are requested by Wednes-
day night with either Chamber'
President Ed Faubert or Chamberi
Secretary Harold Lakeburg.
Miss Clara Eastwood and Miss
Eloise Flagg, proprietors of Ald-
erbrook Inn, invite all who plan
to attend the Chamber’s program
to come as early as they wish.
“You‘ll find it fun just to sit and
look at the canal or wander about
the grounds after eating," they
suggest.
OLSEN FURNITURE
STORE UNDERWAY;
Second Floor To Be Filled In And
Entire Store Completely
Redecorated
With carpenters’ hammers ring-
ing busily, extensive alterations
now under way at the Olsen Fur-
niture Co., are rapidly taking
shape, according to Ole Olsenn
proprietor.
Main part of the new construc—
tion involves the filling in of the
open space in the second floor,
in order to form a complete sec-
ond floor and increase the amount
of floor space materially.
Mr. Olsen also announced that
he contemplates a complete re-
decoration job throughout his
the
main floor. Changes involve re-
moval of partitions on the main
floor and remodeling of the busi-
ness office.
The ambitious project will en-
able Mr. Olsen to present two
complete floors of modern furni—
ture to give his customers great-
er choice, and will give him floor
space to display an even more
complete stock of furniture than
he now has.
Mr. Olsen announced that he'
also planned enlargement of the
electrical department with a
greater variety of electrical ap-
pliances, and will also install a
bedding department in connection
with his bedroom furniture sec-
tion.
About two weeks will be nec-:
cssary to complete all the Chan-f
ges planned, Mr. Olsen said.
SURGERY PERFORMED
Lloyd Fisher of Lilliwaup was
admitted to Shelton hospital last
Sunday for. surgical treatment.
THIS HARSTINE CALF SHOULD
GROW 331/3 PER CENT FASTER
By Della Goetsch
Harstine Island, May 19. —— Just
about a year ago, on May 28 to
be exact, the Journal carried a
story under the striking head-
line, “Harstine Heifer Height Of
Something Or Udderl”, in which
your correspondent endeavored to
give well merited publicity to
Baby Jeanne, a member of the
Harriman dairy herd, who was
at that time just one year old
and had six perfectly developed
teats instead of the usual four.
Great heights of bovine fame
were prophesied for Baby Jeanne
by those of us who had faith, but
very few possessed such faith. The
vast majority got out the old
wet blanket, soused it in the
coldest water obtainable at the
time, and threw it over any small
spark of enthusiasm which a‘be-
liever tried to kindle regarding
the heifer’s promising future. All
such pessimists gave their em-
phatic opinions that, in the event
the young “critter” should grow
to full maturity and should be—
come a mother, only four of the
lacteal glands would be found
to be in working order, the other
two having degenerated into the
purely ornamental state.
Wet Blankets “All Wet”
These evil prophets often hit
upon the truth, but in the case
of Baby Jeanne they are a com—
plete washout; for last week the
Harrimans, Mr., ‘Mrs. and Nellie,
went on a spring round-up and
corralled the two year old animal
together with her day-old calf.
The heifer had been roving wild
for a year or more, picking her
llvmg from the luscious wild
Pasture of the island, and the
Slght of people threw her .into a
state of terror (though the Har-
riman family are really not very
bad to look at) and much diffi-
culty was met with on the trip
from where Baby Jeanne was
found. to the barn at the ferry
landing. Obstinate refusals to be
caught resulted in a change of
tactics. The skipper picked up
the tiny calf (masculine gender)
and carried it, with the young
leost of constructing a sewer to
street after a request made
bovine mother following as close-
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STREETWORK I
REQUESTS RY .'
I U NE T I R ST
Macadam surfacing Will Be Done
By City For $64 A Block
If Property Owners
File Requests
Shelton citizens desiring to have
dust-laying work done on the
streets on which they live were
reminded today by Mayor William
Stevenson that applications for
that work must be filed at the
city hall by June 1.
The offer made by the city
this year is one of the most rea-
sonable property owners could
wish for, the mayor pointed out. ‘
A hard surface, macadam, like
that now on such streets as
Franklin, Seventh, Cascade be-
tween the highway and the Bor-
deaux, Bellview, and some other
city thoroughfares will be laid
by the city street department if
property owners will raise the
sum of $64 per block, or $8 per
60 foot lot. The city will pay
the balance of the cost from the
AY
War, and
lives in that service and
street funds, Mayor Stevenson
pointed out. ,
No unit smaller than a full memorial flower, and
block will be undertaken. Sev-
eral blocks have already been
filed by property owners.
City officials must know by
that June 1 date so that they can
tell how much money will be
left in the street fund to spend
on surfacing the approach thor-
oughfares to the city such as
Pioneer Way, Capitol Hill road,
west Railroad Avenue, etc., May-
or Stevenson explained.
May 23 and 24,
COUNCIL SESSION BRIEF,
MATTERS MOSTLY ROUTINE
Business acted upon by the
city council at its semi-monthly
meeting Thursday was chiefly
routine in nature and the city
dads adjourned by 9:30 o'clock.
At the water committee’s rec-,
ommendation, the council author-
ized immediate repairs to the
Angleside water tank to put it
in proper condition, the cost to
be about $500.
City Attorney Charles. R. Lew-
is reported on the new‘w‘a‘tér sys-
ten and read the‘ contsact be-
tween the city a‘nd the Valley
Construction Company, successful
bidder on the installation work
connected with the improvements
and extensions to the water sys-
tem planned under the $50,000
revenue bond issue approved by
city voters last December. The
council authorized Mayor Steven-
son and City Clerk Glenn W.
Landers to sign the contract with
the Valley Construction Company
in behalf of the city.
The sewer committee was giv-
en the matter of investigating the
1918.”
"Pro'P‘ Loop’s 32 consecutive
years at the head of the Shel-
ton school system‘ was the sub-
ject of an interesting article pub-
Washington Education Journal.
The article was written by Ar-
thur L. Marsh. editor of the mag-
azine and was accompanied by in-
dividual pictures of Mr. Loop and
the late Irene S. Reed, who match-
ed Mr. Loop’s service year-for-
year as a member of the Shelton
school board until her death a
year ago, and a larger picture of
Irene S. Reed High School.
Because of its close connec-
tion with the Shelton school sys-
tem and the historical data giv-
en in it, the article is reproduced
here:
Like Goldsmith’s vicar father,
at least one school man in Wash-
ington has been supremely con-
tent to live long and serve well
in one spot—-in a community that
well might be styled this state‘s
“loveliest village.” Since August,
1909, H. Enzo Loop has been
superintendent of schools in
the town of Shelton. And in this
thirty-second consecutive year in
one position and 38 years
of school service, he seems to this
interviewer like the ancient lead-
er of the Exodus—“his eye was
not dim, nor his natural force
abated.” Retirement for teach-
ers has long been one of his spe‘
cial interests, but evidently not
for himself.
Mr. Loop, after graduating from
the State Normal at Belling-
ham (then Whatcom), beganhis
school service as a teacher in
East Sound, where he taught three
years. Then three more years at
Puyallup where he served as prin-
cipal of Maplewood Grade, School
one year and ‘principal of the
high school and football coach
'two years.
When he assumed the Shelton
superintendency, it was not, of
course, the sizable system of
1500 pupils and 53 teachers which
it has become as the lumber
village has grown into a fac-
tory town. Then about 350 pu-
pils and a three-year unaccred-
ited high school with four teach-
and into Olympia View additionJ
and how to finance such an im-
provement after a petition on the
matter was read by Clerk Lan-
ders.
Engineer Burwell Bantz was
authoriZed to establish the
grade on the west end of Birch
by
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1y as her sense of danger would
allow, until the Harriman arms
gave out and he was obliged to
place the wabbly son of Taurus
on its tiny feet and alternately
shove and haul it the rest of the
mile and a half trip home.
100% Useful .
After the two had been com-
fortably in-stalled. in the Harri-
man stable, Mrs. Harriman took
over, seated her graceful self gin-
gerly upon the old milk stool
and proceeded to extract the pre-
cious lacteal fluid from one pair
after another of the six fonts,
Baby Jeanne Standing surprising-
ly quietly during the process with
a manger full of alfalfa before her
and her proud nose buried in a
box of rich dairy feed. It would
be difficult to say what this young
mother was thinking about, but
it would not be surprising to
know that she was composing a.
letter to be sent to the Stork
which might read: “Bring on
your sextuplets, we are ready for ers. It was accredited his first
’em.” year. One building, the present
The latest addition to the Har- Lin001n grade school, housed the
riman herd, Baby Jeanne’s baby,
has not yet been given a name,
unless the family decides to be-
stow upon the willful little fawn-
colored fellow one or more of
the artistically interesting titles
with which the skipper addressed
him while struggling to induce the
uncomprehending young beautie to
go home. Several of these names
were extremely appropriate, but
failed to impress the calf, which
Mr. Harriman found to be fully
as difficult to control as the old
and obstreperous ferry with
which he struggles daily. But
whether the young animal ever
acquires a permanent title or ‘not
makes little difference. The im-
portant thing is that, with six
instead of four fawcets to draw
from, this little fellow will never
get any wrinkles from worrying
about where his next meal is com-
ing from, and if mathematics can
be depended upon, he stands a
good chance of growing thirty-
and a third percent faster than
other calves do.
system. He built the Bordeaux
elementary school. Then, in 1923,
the Irene S. Reed high school,
donated by Mr. Mark E. Reed,
long-time lumber “king” and out-
standing legislator of this region,
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COMMUNITY
TONIGHT—Kiwanis club ladies’
night inter-club program, 6:30
dinner, Shelton Hotel.
TONIGHT—American L e gi o n
post and auxiliary meetings, 8
p. m., Memorial Hall.
WEDNESDAY—Active Club din-
ner meeting, 6:30 p. m., Shel-
ton Hotel.
THURSDAY—Chamber of Com-
merce annual dinner meeting
and program at Alderbrook Inn,
dinner served as you arrive
from 5:30 on, program starts
at. 7:30.
in
Shelton Independent
lished in the May issue of the'
POPPY DAY PROCLAMATION
May
claimed as Poppy Day in
Shelton, in a proclamation
issued today by Mayor Wil-
liam Stevenson. The Mayor
called upon all citizens to
observe the day by wear-
ing the memorial poppy of
The American Legion Aux-
iliary or the Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Friday and Saturday,‘
23 and 24, were pro—
The proclamation
stated :
“Whereas, the wearing of the memorial
poppy is a fitting and effective way of keeping
bright the memory of those young men who gave
their lives in America’s service
in the World
“Whereas, men of Shelton served gallantly in
that war, some being called upon to sacrifice their
“Whereas, the present national emergency
requires the same type of unselfish patriotism
displayed by the men and symbolized by their
“Whereas, the women of the American Le-
gion Auxiliary and Veterans of the V.F.W. post
will distribute veteran-made memorial poppies
throughout the city on Friday and Saturday,
“Now, therefore, I, William Stevenson, Mayor
of the City of Shelton, do
May 23 and May 24, to be Poppy Days in the City
of Shelton, and urge all citizens to observe the
days by wearing the memorial poppy of the Am-
erican Legion and American Legion Auxiliary
the Veterans of Foreign Wars in honor of the
men who died for America in the war of 1917 and
proclaim the days of
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‘PROF’ .LOOP’S 32 YEARS WITH
SHELTON SCHOOL SYSTEM IS
SUBJECT OF MAGAZINE STORY
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‘PROF.’ LOOP
Rates A Bouquet
HeadquHEters
Established By
2 Poppy Forces
Headquarters for ,the poppy
sales to be conducted here Fri-
day and Saturday by the Ameri-
CALENDAR.
can Legion Auxiliary and the V.
F. W. post have been selected and
will be established as follows:
V. F. W. Headquarters at office
of W. A. Magoon, 325 Railroad
Avenue with Chairman Fred Hick-
son in charge;
Legion Auxiliary headquarters
at Shelton Sporting Goods store,
Second and Railroad, with Mrs.
Harold Munson in charge.
The squads of Poppy salesmen
PRESENTATION
Beautification
Project Enters
S t at e Contest
Shelton’s Railroad Avenue
beautification project has. been
entered in a contest sponsored
by the State Federation of Gar-
den Clubs to find the finest civ-
ic improvement made during the
past year in a Washington town.
That contest is to be decided
today or tomorrow during the
State Federation’s annual con-
vention in Walla Walla. The
entry of the Shelton project was
submitted by the Shelton Gar-
den Club, a member of the State
Federation, in the form of a.
scrapbook or history of the
start and progress of the pro-
ject.
Mrs. Frank Bishop authored
a cleverly written, somewhat.
humorous account of the history
and progress of the project
while Mrs. Walter Kullrich ll-
lustrated the account with
stick-figure drawings, also of
a humorous trend.
MRS. WITSIERS NEW
LEGION AUXILIARY
DISTRICT PREX Y
Shelton Woman Elected To High-
est Post In 4th District; Big
Delegation From Here
Mrs .Martha Witsiers, past
president of the Fred B. Wivell
American Legion post auxiliary
unit, was elected Fourth District
American Legion Auxiliary presi-
dent last Thursday at the annual
district convention at Orting.
She will be installed during the
annual department, convention at
'Yakima in August and will then
announce her appointments to the
various district committees.
As usual, Fred B. Wivell post
and auxiliary proved to be one of
the most lively units in the
Fourth District by sending up a
large delegation to the district
convention, consisting of Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Witsiers, Mr. and
Mrs. John Eliason, Sheriff and
Mrs. E. F. Martin, Mr. and Mrs.
M. A. Clothier, Mr. and Mrs. Mel
Dobson, Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Wivell,
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Soule, Dr.
and Mrs. M. C. Melcum, Homer
McComb, Al Huerby, Ed Faubert,
Harold Lakeburg, Earl Johnson
and Walt Nash.
This evening reports of the
district convention will be given
at the semi—monthly meetings of
the post and auxiliary in Memor-
ial Hall. They open at eight
o’clock.
LARGEST SHOW NOW
PLAYING IN SHELTON
Commander John Eliason of
Fred B. Wivell American Legion
post declared yesterday that the
United American Shows which set
up its tents and concessions on
the Mt. View prairie yesterday is
the largest show that has yet
come to Shelton.\
It is being spdnsored by
American Legion post, which will
benefit by a. percentage of the
gate receipts.
The trapeze artists with the
show are outstanding, Command-
er Eliason said, and on the whole
the show appears to be the
finest Shelton has yet seen.
will sally forth from those two
central points armed with big
batches of the bright red poppies
which they will endeavor to sell
to everyone on the streets of Shel-
ton during those two days.
Results of the Legion Aux-
iliary poppy poster contest were
announced today by Mrs. E. F.
Martin, auxiliary poppy sales
chairman. Corrin Lundberg won
first prize and Thelma Turner
second at the senior high, Eileen
Tough first prize and Cora Cole
second prize at the junior high,
Barbara Butler first prize at Lin.
coln grade school.
The posters will be used in the
window- advertising for the poppy
sale with a special display to be
made of the five winning posters
named above, Mrs. Martin said.
Sportsmen Trout
Feed On May 29th
Hood' Canal Sportsmen Ass’n
members can expect one of the
most interesting programs in
many months for their May meet-
ing a week from this Thursday,
Acting President Harold Ellis an-
nounced today.
Besides election of officers, the
program will feature motion films
shown by W. S. Heckman of his
trip around the U. S. last year,
and a trout feed to be prepared
by Fred Ulrich, the old maestro
of the kitchen.
So save the date of May 29,
at Hoodsport school, sportsmen.
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS WILL
Some interesting notations have
come in about the Open House
which will be held at the library
Wednesday evening, May 28th,
from 7:30 p. m. to 10. Several
of the exhibits are assured and
many out-of—town friends have
stated that they will be present.
Miss Mildred Stumer and Miss
Ruth Dunbar of Olympia are
coming. Miss Stumer. will dis-
play some of her work as a
sculptor. Judge Beals will bring
over some of his famous Bibles.
Mrs. Beals will accompany him.
From Olympia too, will come
Judge and Mrs. Bruce Blake. Mrs.
Blake was formerly state librar-
lian. Miss Lillian Collins, librar-
ATTEND LIBRARY OPEN HOUSE
ian of the Olympia Public Library
and her staff are interested. This
is a check up on the first of the
out-of-town friends from whom
those in charge of the evening
have heard.
Preparations for the display of
some of the outstanding pictures
of the Shelton Camera Club are
under way. Later the musical
numbers and the names of those
who will deliver short speeches
will be given. Watch the follow-
ing issues of the paper for the
completed program. Enough da-
ta has already been given to
show that Wednesday evening,
May 28th, at the library is a. must
date on Shelton and Mason Coun-
ty’s calendar.
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OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
CEREMONY
BETWEEN 2 AND 3 FRIDAY
IN FRONT OF POSTOFFIOE
Railroad Avenue Beautification
Project To Be Turned Over
To City; Stores To
Close For Hour
One of the finest civic improve-
ments in Shelton’s history comes
. to its official conclusion next Fri—
day afternoon when the Garden
Club officially presents to‘ the.
City of Shelton the Railroad Ave-
nue beautification project during
ceremonies to be conducted be-
tween two and three o’clock.
Shelton‘s retail stores, through
the Retail Trades Committee, have
agreed to close during that hour
to allow everyone to witness the
ceremonies. City School Supt. H.
E. Loop has agreed to dismiss
school during that hour, also.
Mrs. George Cropper, president
of the Garden Club, will make
'the speech of presentation from
the steps of the new Shelton post-
office building with Mayor Wil.
liam Stevenson accepting on be-
half of the City of Shelton.
Bands Last Appearance
One of the features of the
ceremonies will be music by the
crack Shelton school senior band,
which has earned the highest pos~
sible ranking in its two appear-
ances in prep band competition
this spring. Its most recent con—
quest was at the Northwest Re-
gional meet at Tacoma last week-
end against bands from Washing-
ton, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.
The Shelton band earned the “Su-
perior” rating, highest possible,
in the Regional competition Sat-
urday.
The band’s appearance at the
presentation program Friday af-
ternoon probably will be the
last opportunity for the public
to hear it in action this school
term.
The ceremonies will be held in
front of the postoffice building
with the city police department
having the assignment of clear-
ing Mark E. Reed Way of all
traffic and parked cars during
the holir from two to three o’clock
and also of keeping cars from
parking along~ the north side 'of
Railroad avenue from First to
Fifth street during the same ‘per—
iod so that everyone attending the
presentation program may have
the opportunity of walking along
the edge of the beautification pro-
Ject and seeing it without inter-
ruption at close range.
Project To Be Complete
Planting of the shrubs and
plants in the final block of the
project, from Fourth to Fifth
streets, is about completed to-
day and will be ready in ample
time for the presentation cere-
monies. Only the grass will be
lacking from that final block.
Plans for the presentation cere-
monies were completed Friday
night when; a committee of civic
club presidents and businessmen
met with the Garden Club’s pro-
ject committee at the Shelton
Hotel. Attending that meeting
were Mrs. Cropper, Mrs. Emery-
W. Burley, Mrs. Frank Bishop,
Mrs. Ed Faubert, Mrs. James Fris-
ken, Mrs. L. D. Hack and Mrs.
George Drake of the Garden club
committee; M a y o r Stevenson,
President Homer Taylor of the
Kiwanis club, President George
Dunning of the Active Club, Bruce
Wilcox of the Retail Trades Com-
mittee, and Dick Watson and
Bill Dickie, representatives of
The Journal.
For those who have more than
the hour to spare, the high school
baseball game between Shelton
and Olympia will start at Loop
Field at three o’clock, immediate-
ly following the presentation pro-
gram.
Grapeview Home Burns,
2 Other Fires Reported
Three rural fires, one of which
completely destroyed a. farm resi-
dence at Grapeview, occurred in
Mason County last week.
The residence of M. L. Hoke
at Grapeview was completely
razed. According to information
reaching the Journal, Mrs. Hoke
went out to feed and water the
turkeys and found the kitchen in
flames upon returning to the
house. The blaze spread so rap-
idly that nothing was saved from
the house.
The other two fires occurred in
Skokomish Valley, where roof
blazes did small damages to the
homes of Fred Bell and Mrs. Ms.-
bel Weaver, but were extinguish-
ed before seriously injuring the
structures.
TOT KICKED BY HORSE
Four-year-old Norma. Zeuner,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Zeuner of Seattle, suffered severe
head injuries Saturday when she
was kicked by a. horse while vis-
iting at the W. F. Price home in
Skokomish Valley. She was ta.-
ken to Shelton hospital for treat-
ment, where attendants today re-
ported she is doing quite well.
EMERGENCY OPERATION
Mr. and Mrs. Charles'R. Lewis
were called to Seattle yesterday
when an emergency appendicitis
operation was performed at SWed-
ish hospital upon their son, Jack,
who is employed at the Boeing
Airplane Factory.- Jack was re-
sponding nicely this morning, Mr.
Lewis said after returning to She]-
ton.
