VOLUME XXXIV.
LARGEST CLASS TO
RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
MONDAY, MAY 24th
IS FIRST CLASS IN HISTORY OF
LOCAIL HIGH SCHOOL TO
; GIVE FIRST HONORS
TO BOY
Shelton high school will graduate
he largest class in its history when
the 28 members of the class of 1920
receive their diplomas at the eleventh
annual commencement exercises which
will be held at the Earlwin hail on
:Monday, May 24th, at 8 p. n.
The class is unique in many ways.
:It is the first class to give its highest
scholastic honors to a boy. Walter
Schumacher obtained the highest
.average with Edmund Skelsey second
in standing. It is also the first class
-to number among its members those
"who have obtained their schooling
,entirely under the guidance of Supt.
Loop.
The clas of 1921 have charge of
the hall and its decoration and have
been busy for the past few days with
these arrangements. The closing pro-
:gram was carefully scheduled this
:year and has been closely followed
:making the closing days much bet-
.er organized than heretofore. Each
member of the class is required to
file a written thesis on some approv-
.ed subject. They have been busr on
:them for the last few weeks along
with their other commencement du-
ties.
A number of the class members
:hve already made plans for the
coming year. Some are going to
college, some to Normal and some
into hospitals for training.
The baccalaureate sermon will be
<lelivered by Rev. Thomas at the i
Methodist church Sunday evening,
May 23rd. Everyone is cordially in-
vited to be with the class on this
.date.
The Commencement address will be
.delivered by Prof. Clark P. Bissett
)f the University Of Washington.
The class and their friends are look-
ing forward to this address as" Prof.
Bissett is considered one of the best
.1speakers in the state.
The list of graduates and the com-
nencement program follows:
Program
Earlwin Hall, Monday, May 24th.
:Invo£ation ........... C. L. Gilbert
Salutatory ......... Edmund Skelsey
Piona Solo ............ Ruby Carlson
Address ........... Clark P. Bissett
Vocal Solo ............ Jean Shorter
"Valedictory ..... Walter Schumacher
Presentation of Diplomas ...........
......... ' ......... W. A. Johnson
Class Colors--Pul:ple and White.
Class Flower-- Write Rose.
Class Motto---"Thus Endeth Our
:First Lesson."
(Continued on page 4)
b, , "
.ODD FELLOW JEWEL IS
GIVEN WILLIAM CALLOW
]FORMER MASON COUNTY CIT-
IZEN HONORED AT CHAR-
LESTON
William Callow, city 'clerk of Char-
]eston, is the proud possessor of a
•nost beautiful jewel awarded :to hint
:by the Independent Order "of Odd
Fellows on last Saturday evening.
Fully two hundred members of the
rganization were present at the Odd
Fellows' hall in Charleston on Satur-
.day night, visitors from stirrounding
organizations of the same order and
Rebekahs, the auxiliary body, being
well represented.
A splendid banquet prepared by
the ladies of the Rebekahs followed
u short business session of the or-
ganization, during which toasts and
speeches from the visiting members
were enjoyed.
While the banquet was at its
heighth, Perry M. Watson, secretary
of the Bremerton organization of
Odd Fellows, arose and in a neat pre-
sentation speech produced a beauti-
ful jewel of the order which had been
especially prepared and engraved in
honor of William Callow, who has
been a continuous and faithful work-
ing member of the Odd Fellows for
fifty consecutive years.
The presentation came as a' sur-
prise to Mr. Callow and he feels
justly proud of the beautiful emblem
which was donated by his fratrnal
:brothers as a token of love and a
tribute to the loyalty, zeal and prin-
ciples Mr. Callow has exemplified in
Odd Fellowship during the past fifty
years.
The jewel is a beautifully engraved
gold emblem, showing a semi-sphere
,of the universe and the three links
representing Odd Fellowship, while
the numerals "50" are set in an ar-
tistic background of diamonds. On
the bck of the jewel is engraved
"William Callow, Port Orchard Lodge
No. 145, I. O. O. F."Bremerton '
Searchlight.
Recurring to Mexico it is noted
that Carranza is finally on ,the rtln
and the new rvvolutionary element
is in the saddle with, Villa still above
and lo6kbi o =- ,"
SHELTON, MASON COUNTY, WASHINGTON,, FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1920
NATIVE SON OF THURSTON
COUNTY CALLED BY DEATH
William J. Littlejohn passed away
at the home of "his sister, Mrs. Fred
Goldsby, a Michigan Hill, near Cen-
tralia, Monday forenoon. Mr. Little-
John was born at Grand Mound, in
this county, December 28, 1869, and
has made his home in Thurston
County pracAcally all his life. He is
survived by his father, four brothers,
Frank, Robert vnd Fred, living in
Olympia, and Charley, in Alaska, and
by one sistec, Mrs. Fred Goldsby, liv-
ing at Michigan Htll.--Olympian.
NORTHEAST COMMUNITY
HOLDS FAIR AT ALLIT;
LARGE ATrEND00CE
FOUR DISTRICT SCHOOLS VIE IN
SHOWING ACCOMPLISH.
MENTS
Northeastern Community Center
held its annual fair in the new school
house at Allyn Monday, the attend-
ance being the largest in that district
since America entered the war. A1-
lyn, Detroit, Bclfair and Victor com-
pose the northeastern center and
there was a good attendance from
each of these, the children in their
prettiest clothes and brightest smiles
being one hundred per cent present,
and all. loaded up with school yells
that attested not only their patrio-
tism and local pride but their posses-
sion of excellent lungs.
Exhibits of the work of the pupils
were displayed in the basement and
from the number of blue cards at-
tached to individual efforts the mem-
bers of the awarding committee ap-
parently saw a great deal of merit
entitled to recognition.'
The art work in the primary de-
partment of the Allyn school, which
is" under the direction of Miss Hazel
Tweedie, attracted much attention
from the visitors and elicited many
compliments for the teacher and her
youthful ,.charges. Miss Tweedie has
been very successful in her school
work in Allyn and the parents are
very anxious that she be induced to
renew her contract for next season.
The exhibits from the ninth and
tenth grades of the Detroit school
were excellent and would compare
favorably with the work of the same
grades in the larger districts.
Prominently displayed in the fron
of the Belfair booth was the slogan I
"Belfair Stands for Best," and less I
prominent but fully as striking were']
the words "Belfair 100 per cent I
Yank!" Bennett W. Howard, teacher I
of the Belfair school and leader of l
the community center, gave evidence
af his intention to make good on
this latter 'claim when he made the
feature of his program a flag drill,
putting his charges through" a series
of calisthenics to show that the BeN
fair school, at least, is trying to
Overcome the physical deficiency so
prominently displayed in preparing
our young men for their part in the
World War.
The feature of the Detroit program
was the "Spring Song" in the oper-
etta "Bobble Shafto," showing great
care, intelligent instruction and a
world of patience on the part of the
teachers, Mrs. Vissel and Miss Nel-
son.
The greater part of the pupils at
the Victor school are girls and in
their display in the exhibits fancy
work predominated. In the program
presented by this school, which is in
charge'of Miss Emma Larsen, a
clever dialogue was featured.
The judges who awarde,:i the prizes
were Mr. Baker of Allyn, Mr. Lar-qen
and Mr. Irving of Bdlfair and Mr.
Britton of Detroit.
Mrs. Lee Baker, assisted by her
daughter, Miss Virginia Lee, had
charge of the ice cream booth during
the exercises, with Miss Tweedie as
cashier and the latter reported that
the receipts ran over $40.00.
The new school building is not yet
entirely completed but has served all
school purposes during the past term.
It is a fine building and a. decided
credit to :the district.
BROKEN SPRING LANDS
LOADED CAR IN DITCH
A touring car driven by Rufus
Dunbar ran off the end of the bridge
at the City Springs last Thursday
night mid dropped into the stream
below the dam Without injuring any
of the seven passengers who were
with him. He says a broken front
I spring cramped the wheels so that
he was unable to make the turn.
Aside from a broken top and wind-
shield the car was not badly dam-
aged.
CATERPILLARS COMING
For several years this section has
been comparatively free from the
caterpillar pest, while the codling
moth and scales have been more ac-
tive than usual. Reports from other
places indicate the return of the
caterpillar this season in increasing
numbers, and it is quite likely they
are coming to visit the orchards here.
Those who have fruit trees might
well watch out for the pests and
hunt for the egff rings around the
small limbs. '
PROCLAIMS HOLIDAY I ATHLETIC CLUB PLAN DANCE
I AND CRAZY BASEBAL'L GAME
TO BUILD CITY PARK; ,o be a "scream"
[in baseball will be pulled off by the
|Shelton Athletic Club on Saturday,
May 29th at 5 p. m. The two teams
will be composed of carefully picked
BUSINESS TO players of very mediocre baseball
ability. In fact all local players of
the semi-pro class will be barred.
Then the club is going to wind up
the day with another "scream" of a
WILL DISMISS SCHOOLS PROCLAMATION
RECENTLY APPOINTED PARK Whereas the Kneeland In-
COMMISSION LAYS PLANS vestment Company has given
Kneeland Park to the Town of
FOR BIG AFTERNOON OF Shelton upon condition subse-.
WORK AND PLAY quent that said Park be used
for public park purposes.
Shelton will enjoy a half holiday And whereas said park re-
and build its park next Wednesday quires improving and care in
afternoon, May 26th from 1 to 5 order to prepare and beautify
o'clock, according to the proclama- the same for public park pur-
tiou issued yesterday by Major
poses,
Mathewson. Every business house I Now therefore, I, F. C. Math-
will close its doors between those" ewson, Mayor of the Town of
hours and every citizen is expected
to spend the time cleaning up and] Shelton, Washington, by virtue
beautifying Kneeland Park of which of the official position in me
the city has so recently come into[ vested, do hereby declare Wed-
possession. I nesday afternoon, May 26, 1920,
It is the purpose of the mayor to- from the hours of one to five,
make this day the occasion of a gen- [ a public holiday, and do hereby
eral get-together for the city and the i call upon the people of the.
county as well. He says that there I Town of Shelton to cease from
is work for every man, woman and 'their usual and customary oc-
child on that day and every one cupations and devote said hol-
should do his part to make Kneeland iday to improving and beauti-
Park a place in which the entire lying said Kneeland Park.
county can take pride. Let all labor be suspended,
Pramptly at 1 o'clock the business let the schools be dismissed,
houses will close their doors and the let the business houses close
schools will be dismissed for the to the end that this municipal
afternoon. All are asked to furnish enterprise may be successfully
tools if possible but come anyway. I 'carried on.
Those who have investigated the Done this 20th day of May,
Park carefully say that with corn-I 1920,'
paatively little effort it can be made I F.C. MATHEWSON,
into an excellent camping gound. I Mayor of the Town of Shelton.
And it is the purpose of tlte corn-I
mittee to make it accessible at once] , , "
to tourists for this purpose. Plenty I
of prett girls will be on hand to If
pass out lemonade for thirsty work-/H. E. Drew secretary, W. A. John-
ers. I son, J. Lee Pauley and E. H. Fan-
At its last meeting the city council bert. A. E. Hillier was appointed as
appointed a park commission to con- an ex-ofllcio member of the commis-
sist of H. Parry Jones, chairman; sion. •
THE TIME TO BUILD. ::
, "Shelttml'eeds"badseore,or more of new
homes and the conditions are fast becoming right to
build them. The readjustments of earlier in the
year have placed most of Shelton renters in homes
of their own by the buyi0g process, leaving but few
places open to rental, and none very desirable. Yet
a new family comes in every day or so seeking tem-
porary homes and many of them are forced to go
elsewhere, while not a few who are working in the
logging camps would bring their families here from
the cities if homes could be found for them. While
most of these would be transient, some of them
would become permanent residents, attracted by
our good school facilities, modern town conveniences
and cheap living. New homes would give Shelton's
population a needed boost,and more business.
Lumber is now coming downward to a price to
justify building, either for a. home or for rentals.
A fair rental can now be secured which would make
home building a good investment. Other materials
are also to be had at fairly reasonable prices, not
out of proportion to the wage increases earned by
laborirlg men. Carpenters, too, are available at fair
wages compared with those prevailing in cities.
Property in Shelton has gone upward but little
as yet, and vacant lots can be had at low prices still.
They are not likely to be any lower, but prospects
for the future will cause values to increase mater-
ially before the year is over, and to do,,lble within
three years; thus offering a profitable investment
on both land and buildings.
There is ample idle money drawing but a low
rate of interest, or none at all, in the community,
for the Shelton Bank has around $285,000 in individ-
ual savings accounts alone. While we would not
encourage anyone to get into debt for needless ex-
penditures, it is always wise to make such a move
toward acquiring a home. Home-owning is among
the first principles of our for mof government, the
bulwark of our nation. The man who owns a home
and raises his family therein is a far better citizen
to both the community and the nation, because he
takes a deeper interest in his surroundings as well
as political affairs in general, shares the responsibil-
ities of his neighbors and develops a high brand of
of Americanism. We need more real Americans.
To the man who thinks he will wait awhile till
things drop more, we can only suggest thathis earn-
ings will take a corresponding drop and will go no
further in the end, so it will really be no harder to
build today than it was ten years ago under a lower
scale of prices, and wages. Now that lumber is
again plentiful here and good weather at hand the
time to build is ripe.
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dance at the Erlwin hall. The pur-
pose of the celebration is to raise
l enough money to settle up the Ath-
letic Club's obligations for the past
season. You can't afford to miss
either attraction.
i"
MAKE PLANS TO HAVE
ROUSING THREE-DAY
FOURTH CELEBRATION
CHIEF AIM OF COMMITTEE IB
TO BRING ALL OLD RESI-
DENTS BACK ONCE
MORE
Shelton will observe this Fourth
with a rousing old-fashioned three-
day celebration. This was the con-
clusion reached at a joint meeting
of the Minute Women and the High
School Alumni held at the high school
on Monday evening and has received
the hearty, endorsement of the cit-
izens in general.
It was the pinion of the gathering
that the entertaimnent should include
the observance of Saturday, Sunday ....
and Monday, July 3rd, 4th and 5th.
Saturday ahd Monday are suggested
as the real celebration days with Sun-
ay as the general get-together day
for picnics and homecomings. One of
the prin.cipal aims of the committee
in charge will be to bring as many
as possible of the old residents and
former Sheltonites back once more.
W. A. Johnson has been elected
chairman of the Fourth of July com-
mittee and he is at present working
u: plans to start the "ball rolling."
gives assurance that none of th
old-time sports will be omitted if it
is at all possible to include them.
What he asks is the support and co-
operation of every citizen to make
this Fourth celebration a complete.
SUCCESS.
SCHOOL TO TURN
INTO SANITARIUM
CUSHMAN INDIAN INSTITUTION
WILL BE USED FOR AIILING
SERVICE MEN
Washington, May 18.When the
Cushman Indian school at Tacoma is
closed June 30, the buildings under
present arrangements, will pass to
the sanitarium for the care of ser-
vice men afflicted with tuberculosis of
whom it is estimated there are 700
in the state of Washington.
Various American Legion posts in
the state have been urging this
course upon the government for
some time. Representative Albert
Johnson today receive notification
from the public health servide that
after full investigation it is disposed
to carry out the project and that
the secretary of the treasury, having
charge of the public health service,:
has asked the secretary of the inter-
ior to prepare a lease by which the
interior department will lease the
property to the public health service.
LOCAL BALL BOYS
GIVE TACOMA CLUB
HARD WALLOPING •
VICTORY PLACES LOCAL TEAM
IN SHAPE FOR COMING GAME
WITH ELMA SUNDAY '
The Shelton baseball club staged
a comeback last Sunday when they
gave the Manitou Tigers of Tcoma
a good walloping and came out on '
the long end of an 11 to 5 score in
the second game of the season. The
local boys displayed an entirely dif-
ferent class of game from that of
the week before and so marked was
their improvement that Manager
Fredson has predicted great things
for them when they play the Elma
nine here this Sunday.
Except for a couple of changes
the local lineup was the same but the
playing was much better throughout.
Neither team scored until the sixth
inning when the visitors brought two
runs and the local boys came back
with a single. From then on the
game went to the local club. Follow-
e is the box score and summary of
game.
SHELTON AB R H PO A E
Fredson, P., lf... 4 1 1 0 0 0
Hawk, rf ....... 5 0 2 0 0 1
Fredson, F., 2b.. 5 0 0 1 2 0
Carlson, ]b ..... 4 2 2 9 1 0
Slade, ss ........ 4 2 2 3 6 1
Miller, cf ....... 5 1 2 5 0 0
Booth, 3b ....... 4 1 1 0 2 1
Brown, c ........ 4 2 2 9 1 0
O'Neill, If ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sutherland, p ... 2 2 1 0 2 1
section this season is very good, as
fal t as noted. Cherries and plums
are well set, and almost passed the
stage of danger from frost or cold
rains. The farmer will heed his turn
at the wheel of fortune.
Totals ....... 37 11 13 27 14 4
TACOMA-- AB R H PO A E
Clowers, 3b ..... 4 1 1 1 2 0
Million, c ....... 4 0 0 5 0 0
Kidder, ss ...... 4 0 1 2 2 1
Hunter, 2b ...... 3 0 1 1 1 0
Riddle, cf .... '... 4 0 1 1 0 1
Capps, if ....... 4 0 1 2 0 0
Portman, lb .... 4 2 0 9 1 0
Bell, rf ..... 4 1 0 2 0 0
Manley, p ..... 3 1 0 1 1 1
Jenison, p "1" 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals ....... 35 5 5 24 8 3
Score by innings:
Shelton ...... 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 5 0--11
Tacoma ...... 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0-- 5
Summary: Stolen "basesMiller,
Brown, Sutherland, Portman. Two-
:base hitsFredson, Slade, Brown,
Mawk 2. Three-base hits--Slade.
Home run--Carlson. Double play
Slade to Carlon, Carlon to Slade.
Struck out--By Sutherland 7; by"
Manley 3, by Jenison 2. Hit by pitch-
ed ball--Carlson by Manley, Riddle
by Sutherland. Bases on balls---Off
Sutherland 1, off Manley 1, off Jen-
ison 1. Time of game--2:10. Urn-
piresKneeland and Nester.
British Columbia evidently prefers
the old custom and after July 15th
the rule of the mad on Vancouver
Island and as far East as Sumas will
be "keep to the left when meeting,"
and auto tourists from this side of
the line should bear the new rule in
mind.
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GOOD BOOSTER CLUB "
' IS BRINGING RESULTS,
WHEN A COMMUNITY UNITES,
IT GETS WHAT IT IS
AFTER
The people of Allyn decided some
.................... time ago that there were certain
The promise for fit in this things they wanted for the general
EX-SERVICE MEN TO
HELP VETERANS HONOR
DEPARTED COMRADES
SCHOOL CItlLDREN WILL JOIN
IN PARADE FROM SCHOOL
GROUNDS TO LYRIC
THEATRE
On this Memorial and Decoration
Day the thinning ranks of, the
veterans, as they do honor to heir
departed comrades, will be filled by
young ex-service men and American
Legion members.
School children and ex-se'ice men
will participate in the" parade oh
Monday, May 31st to the Lyric
Theatre where the Decoration ° Day
services will take place at 1:30 and
will be followed by the decoration
of graves. The parade will form at
the school grounds at. 1 p. m.
The committee is at work on the
program for the afternoon and very
impressive services are being arrang-
ed. The Memorial, services will be
held on Sunday, May 30th at the
Metthodist Episcopal Church at 11
a.m. The sermon will be br Rev,
W. H. Thomas. The public is' invited
to attend each of the 'exercises.
benefit of the community and they
determined to have them. Knowing
that a community divided and pulling
at cross purposes would never get
anywhere so that you would notice
it they deternined to form a boost-
ors! club and get together and discuss
things in which every one was inter-
ested. The effort was a success and
one of the results, to be seen now is
the fine new two room school house.
There was some opposition to this
l when it was first broached, those
:opposed ,arguing in favor of piecing
the old school as a matter of econ-
omy. Discussion, however, brought
out the fact that even from an eco-
nomical standpoint the tax payers
would save themselves money in the
long run by erecting an entirely new
structure and the new building was
decided upon by practically a unan-
mous vote.
The boosters are now after a new
wharf and the pf'eliminaries have
been tarried to a point where its
accomplishment is practically assur-
ed. To gain their object they as-
sumed metropolitan airs and organiz-
ed a port district, the final area of
which will include all of those who
will profit and be convenienced by
its construction.
Some minor detail yet remain to
be completed, but the chief point has
been settled'they know where the
money is coming from to purchase
the bonds as soon as they are ready
to be offered for sale.
All that the people of Allyn need
ed, apparently, was some ' medium
for bringing them together to discuss
,public, affairs and the Booster. Club
seenm to have furaish this mediun
