\‘\
., n iyage Increase Means
3;” To Shel-
a or P
Totals ayroli
.
p \-
r-%]1m§ Shelton Rayon-
‘ “006 increased ap-
i000 annually by
.p millhpur wage raise
tots Industry work-
, Co as the result of
l “sterence in Port—
-' Shl'son, office man-l
MatPIton plant, said,
~wolng roughly what
.1, IAldeean to the
It is ratified by
“31 Brotherhood of
and Paper Mill
' n.
,, I.B.P.s.P.M.W., be- ‘
b.
it otlgday on whether
. Beer {‘1' of the opera-‘
gems, sealed ballots
1, t0 Portland for
.fsUlts of the vote
. ‘we' 8 known before
' arekend- However,.
. e ekpected to ac-
thh includes a
use
. iris t0 be retroactive
‘ w wq‘fcepted by th e
cents” I'alse the basic
cents an hour for men
V .an hour for wo-;
1. add to be 25 cents
Wage scale in
the country’s
9% resident super-
met‘ H. Crait, per-
Ra y .Supervisor, of
atwymler plant, and
demagner and Frank
epomg Local 161,
rt13nd conference
Flying
4311 Texas:
or Mr. and Mrs.
shelton and a
,St-vReed high
ten Washing—
at
, eX213, last Sat-
t class of “civil-
t0 graduate
Point of the
33°“ thus become a
‘ ’000 flyers a year
from the Army'
98 Centers. They
~ “18 late in March -
, JAE-tad ten weeks'
i ‘- ~ i urin which:
me 65 hoursg of fly-
hOrS .
Ind epower train-
. me
em
i
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won their
places
p°wer trainers at
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l
agilg‘a period of‘
' aiming which they
in“ .er fast single-
auyltXMOtored equip—
Mi
y are
the. Air Corps
l’l’l‘li.ggvanced training
“its f0 active duty
' 0f the Army
Week training
ts receive $75
‘ Iron to uniforms
dood. quarters,
‘te ental care. As
nant on active
. ., rmy Air Corps
(ter re .
ceives 205
liarters. $
lse,
‘2
mm. the Seattle
mpla. yacht clubs
as“ Bay off the
on theOakland Sat—
gixm Second night
ystery cruise”
‘1? and took up
Day holiday.
the Saturday
mi«aged for the
I} by George
‘mbel. Shelton-
the Olympia
mbel showed
his Alaska
of
“a .Yacht Club,
Petehis two skat-
1' and Karol.
CIT-ere enjoyed.
“Ase” started
m‘mg overnight
1‘lday, ten of
Shelton Sat-
‘Wtion unknown
“ leaders.
, cm'Ylpleted their
fidefllng work in
W 01‘ the M. H.
Vivi” Store, Pro~
‘p'afidl'lam report—
‘emhng next on
n“Inkling work
'the supervision of
“Ore
,V not
a
will be open
yet certain,
.,
Plywood Ass’n
Head To Speak
At C. of C. Here
Facts, figures and general infor-
,mation on the plywood industry
will be the theme around which
the June meeting of the Shelton:
Chamber of Commerce next week
will be fashioned, President Ed
Faubert announced yesterday after
receiving a letter of acceptance-
from W. E. Difford of Tacoma,,
president of the Douglas Fir Ply-
wood Ass’n, to speak at the Meet—
ing.
Mr. Difford’s appearance in
Shelton was brought about
through an invitation extended
him by Carl J. Macke, president
of the Olympic Plywood Company,
whose local plant is now nearing
completion and is expected to be
in operation sometime next month.
With the Olympic Plywood plant
due to begin operation soon, the
discussion of the plywood indus-
try is particularly appropriate
at this time so most of the
meeting will be devoted to that
subject, President Faubert said.
The Julie session is scheduled
for the 12th with the usual 6:30
dinner preceding the business
program .
JAMES PAULEY ,
NEW PRESIDENT
OF ALllNlNl ASS’N
Biggest Group ctr—Old Grads Inl
Many Years Returns For
Annual Homecoming
James Pauley, class of 1934,
was elected president of the Shel-
,ton High School Alumni Associa—
tion Saturday night at the annual
alumni homecoming banquet- in
Masonic Temple.
Cliff Kelly, Class of 1940, was
chosen vice president; Miss Nita
Cleveland, Class of 1936, was elect-
‘ed secretary; and Miss Pat John-
son, class of 1939, was voted
treasurer for the coming year.
One of the largest groups of
old grads in many years, 119 ac-
cording to Retiring Alumni Presi-
dent Gib Frisken, to turn out in
many years was on hand for the
32nd annual homecoming of the
association. v
Seniors of the class of 1941
were welcomed into the graduate
group, although only about half
the class turned out for the ban-
quet.
Shirley Marsh, assistant state
attorney general, gave the main
talk of the evening during a well—
rounded after dinner program. A
large crowd danced at the Blue
Ox after the banquet at the an—
nual homecoming hop.
Ex-International
President Coming
Al Rode, Seattle lawyer and
former Active Club internation—
al president in 1929, will come here
Wednesday evening to speak to
, the Shelton Active Club, Hal Wat—
kins, member of the program com-
mittee, announced yesterday.
Activians of ten years ago are
invited to join the current Act-
ivian membership to hear Mr.
Rode this week. The meeting will
be held in the new Moose Hall
with a dinner preceding the pro-
gram.
Miss Richert Sees—Salt
Lake'City on Vacation
Miss Emma. Richert, confiden—
tial secretary for the Simpson
Logging company, returned. Sat-
urday to Shelton after enjoying a
two-week vacation trip to Salt
Lake City and visiting the beau-
tiful Mormon Temple there.
TREATED AT HOSPITAL
Max Schmidt, Jr., Camp 3. was
admitted to Shelton hospital Mon-
day for treatment.
SHELTON, WASHINGTON, Tuesday, June 3, 1941.
STALElllll‘E ill
y iOt llAllilllll‘
lS comma
iLocal 38 Answers Dykstra \Vith
l Telegram Again Rebuffing
Federal Request For
Return To Work
Settlement of the 26-day-old
! Northwest lumber industry walk-
lout remained in the status quo
, today with striking woods work-
ltheir demands that
iwith their employers be settled
1to their complete satisfaction be-
, fore returning to their jobs.
, The second federal request that
the strikers return to their posts
in the name of national unity and
defense needs was rebuffed Sat-
Iurday by Local 38, International
'VVoodworkers of America, a 0.1.
l O. affiliate, in a telegram answer—
ing Mediation Board Chairman
Clarence A. Dykstra’s request
that they return to work while
gthree points of disagreement be-
ltwecn the loggers and the op-
erators were given further study.
The Mediation Board last week
, offered a proposal which granted
la 71/2-cent an hour wage raise
but asked further negotiation on
' three other points concerning es-
t tablishment of a closed shop, elim-
.jiuation of busheling, and week’s
‘, vacation with pay.
1 Local 38’s telegram to Dyk—
astra, following the Mediation
Board chairman's summons to
O. M. Orton, I.W.A. president, to
lcxplain why Dykstra’s request to
return to work had not been sub-
mitted to the union members for
vote, pointed out that Local 38
members had turned down the
Mediation Board proposal by over
80% majority and that putting
ipressure on Orton would do no
good as he had no right to tell
the rank and file of the I.W.A.
how to vote. It continued further
by saying the merits of the pro-
,posal was the sole governing fac-
tor in the vote and that “you
should have done your stuff while
the case was in the Board’s hands
and not try to make the work-
ers do all the giving in for the
sake of patriotism."
, The strike committee of' Local
38 announced it is Willing and
ready to meet with employers to
attempt a settlement but that
they remain firm in their stand
rejecting the Mediation Board
proposal, which they contend is
no different than the operators'
own proposal.
1
l
\—
LUMBER INDUSTRY, LABOR
MUST RETURN TO WORK
C. H. Kreienbaum, who recent-
ly visited Washington on call
before the Mediation Board, gave
the Kiwanis Club details of past
[efforts to reach agreements with
lthe unions of the 01.0., which
began almost a year ago, and a
brief review of discussion up to
the call by the national board. As
an outcome of the hearing the
Board made recommendation that
work be resumed by the lumber
industry on a certain wage in—
crease with other questions to be
heard by a commission, and this
the employer group agreed to but
the union group held for all its
demands, the most important be?-
ing “closed shop,” and were call-
ed back for hearing today, the
outcome not yet being known.
Mr. Kreienbaum stated that
the Board. composed equally of
employer and union leaders, un~
der Dr. Dykstra, appeared fair
in their hearing but equally tough
in their grilling of both sides and
insistent on work without further
delay on all defense needs, or
which lumber was deemed most
important. It was Mr. Kreien-
baum’s impressing that something
drastic will happen under the
fast-moving of events and that
1 both capital and industry must be
willing to go “all out."
FRANK REED CARRIES PLAN FOR
WOODEN SHIPS TO WASHINGTON
Washington, May 31.—The cry-
ing need for ships, coupled With
the disclosures in the special re—
port to President Roosevelt on
the steel industry, are contribut—
ing to a new viewpoint as to the
possibilities of the reappearance
on the seven seas of wooden ships.
Members of the Washington
delegation. working with Frank
Reed of Shelton, have presented
to the maritime commission a
program for building wooden
ships, which, it is claimed, W111
provide relief from growing fears
in the shipping world over nec-
essary tonnage to make the
American war program success-
ful. An inVention, which it IS
said adds tremendous strength
to the woods that would be used
in such ships, has been made
available to the maritime com-
mission by West Coast interests.
Senator Mon Wallgren believes
that the maritime commisswm
which at first was entirely un-
sympathetic to the proposal of
Reed and his associates, will short-
ly announce approval of a pro-
gram for the establishment of a
wooden shipyard on Puget Sound.
The special steel report. Pref
pared by experts at the Presi—
dent’s request, forecast a def1c1t
of nearly a million and a half
tons in steel unless one of two
things is donew—either a decrease
in consumption for nondefense
needs or construction of new
facilities. The President in his
discussion of the report at the
press conference indicated that
the deficit would be increased if
new plants are built. it being es-
timated that it would take four
million tons of steel for plant
purposes to add an annual pro-
duction of ten million tons.
Construction of wooden ships,
particularly if the claims of the
lumber men that the timbers can
be treated to extend lives of the
ships to as long as steel ones, may
prove to be the weight to tip the
balance on the seas to the demo—
cracies.
Another factor that should aid
the advocates of establishing such
a plant on the Puget Sound is the
successes of steel ship building
concerns there. This was evi-
denced this past week when prac-
tically one-fourth of the awards
of 123 new 10,000-ton cargo ves-
sels Were made to the Seattle
Tacoma Shipbuilding Company.
The Tacoma plant will build thirty
of these vessels. The commission
gave the award to the Seattle-
Tacoma company in spite of ex—
«pressions of some of its members
that Puget Sound has been get-
ting too much in shipbuilding at-
tests to the standing of the Wash-
ington state concern.
lers continuing to stand firm in:
differences i‘
l
the month was an 87-degree read-
S‘ummer’s Ahead
For Students As
Vacation Starts
School is virtually a memory
and nothing more for 1940-41
now.
Although summer vacation
doesn’t officially begin until
Thursday morning for Shelton
students, there’s nothing much
left of classroom work for them
now, excepting only those who
have work to make up for some
reason.
After dismissal today all Shel-
ton students had to do to offi-
cially complete the year was re-
port tomorrow afternoon at two
o’clock for their report cards ,
and they were free to follow
their fancies. Junior high stud- i
ents today enjoyed their annual ,
picnic.
WETTEST MAY ON
WEATHER BOOKS
RECORDED H E R E‘
Weatherman Jumps From Dry To
Damp Mood And Huffs And
Puffs At It
Fickle fellow, this old weather-'
man! Can’t seem to make upi
his mind whether he wants to be
wet or dry!
Starting off the year be pro-
duced a January pretty much on
the rainy side, then he kicked
through with four months in a
row of exceptional parchedness,
now comes another wettish one. i
In fact this past May turned
out to be the dampest so far re-
corded on the Rayonier weather
station instruments in the ten-
year history of weather recording
here. The 4.29 inch rain total of
the May which wound up Satur-
day night is the wettest May on
record here, breaking the 4.03
inch record set in 1936, according
to Weather Observer Bernhard
Winiecki. Rain fell on sixteen‘
different days of the month with
1.18 on the 16th the heaviest in
any 24-hour period.
The fickle old gentleman blew
hot and cold during the. month,
and we do mean blew. " He made
May a pretty windy period, with
his most strenuous efforts pro-
duced on Mother’s Day Sunday,
May 11, when he knocked over
trees, blew down signs, upset
boats, interrupted light and phone
service, and what not.
The temperature maximum of
ing on the 23rd, the minimum a
32-degree reading on the 8th.
Out at Grapeview, Weather Ob—
server Walter Eckert recorded
4.06 inches of rain, an 84-degree
maximum on the 2rd, a 41-degree
minimum on the 8th, 9th and 18th,
found rain on 14 days, and winds
which did damage to the tender
grape shoots and blowing vines
to the ground almost daily.
“Prospects for a good crop if
rain stops. Critical time‘ this
week," he commented in addition.
$4,000 Alteration ’ I
Project Begun At
iTex aco Service
Workmen started yesterday on
a $4000 improvement and modern-
ization project at Cliff Wivell’s
Texaco Service Station at First
and Franklin streets which will
completely reconstruct the gas-
oline service space with a view to
making it more convenient for
patrons of the station.
The gasoline service quarters
are to be moved more toward
First street and made more ac-
cessible from First street, Prop-
rietor Cliff Wivell said.
The work is being done by A.
G. Homan of Olympia and will
require about two weeks to com-
plete. No interruption of service
to the station’s regular customers
is contemplated.
When completed the project will
make the Wivell station a com-
pletely modern service station. The
building permit for the improve-
ment proiect was taken out by!
Mr. Wivell last Week.
Also last week Wayne Burnett
obtained a building permit to con-
struct a new home valued at $2,-
500 at Holman and Dearborn
streets and H. E. Davis obtained
a permit to do $100 improvements
on his home at Olympic Highway
and Ellinor street.
Inspirational Cup
Winners Selected
Three inspirational award win-
ners were announced at the junior
and senior high schools yesterday.
At the junior high Jerry Cole,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Alva Cole,
was selected as the Boys' Club in-
spirational cup winner and Nona
Harris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Andy Harris, as the Girls Athletic,
Ass’n inspirational award winner.
At the senior high ' Dorothea
Rucker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Gib Rucker, won the G.A.A. in-
spirational award. No such award
for boys is offered at the senior
high.
The awards were all made on
the basis of scholarship, athletics
and student leadership character~
istics of the winners.
GEORGE ADANS
NEW PRESIDENT
Hoodsport, secretary; and Leo
‘ Johnson, Hoodsport, re-elected
treasurer for the third straight
term.
late Harry A. Young, first presi—
OF SPORTSHEN
Biggest Crowd In 2 Years Out-
For Election; Heckman
Pictures, Trout
Feed Enjoyed
George N. Adams, former 24th
District Representative, became
the third president of the Hood
Canal Sportmans Association at
its annual election meeting at
Hoodsport last Thursday night.
Adams succeeds Acting Presi-
dent I-Iarold Ellis, who completed
the unexpired term of Charles
Simmons. Other officers of the
association for the 1941-42 term
are M. C. Stark of Waterwheel,
vice president; 0. K. Linscott
Adams, Linscott and Johnson
were named as delegates to the
Washington State Sports Council.
President Adams‘ first act after
taking over the chair was to ap-
piont a committee to investigate
ways and means of providing a
memorial marker in honor of the
dent of the Hood Canal Sports-
mens Ass’n.
A highly interesting entertain-
ment program brought out the
largest crowd the sportsmen have
had in nearly two years. Excel-
lent motion pictures shown by W.
S. Heckman of his trip around
the U. S. last year were highly en—
joyed, Hans Schmidt played sev-
eral piano numbers, and the trout
feed prepared by Fred Ulrich was
even better than his past perform-
ances.
Fish for the feed were caught
by Allie Robinson, Leo Johnson,
P. J. Allard, A. S. Read, L. L.
Dickinson, and O. K. Linscott,
while Mrs. Reed , Mrs. Linscott
and Hans Schmidt assisted Ulrich
in preparing them for the big ga-
thering. A total of over 90 trout
were caught and prepared.
Rand Honored At
"Enjoyable F e 't e
At Alderbrook
Members of the Senior High
School Band, with their director
Ben T. Hallgrimson, were guests
at a delightful dinner party at Al-
derbrook Inn last evening. Follow-
ing dinner a beach party, boating,
marshmallow roast and games
were enjoyed. Everyone was high
in their praise of the hospitality
extended by Miss Flagg and Miss
Eastwood, proprietors of the Inn.
Mrs. Loui Larson and her various
committees wish to thank the
business men, friends and parents
who contributed so ’generously to
make the party a huge success.
Very enjoyable were the after
dinner speeches by R. F. Eddy, Mr.
Hallgrimson and Mr. Loop. Mr.
Eddy presented an enlarged pic-
ture of the band to the school as
a gift from the parents. Other
honor guests were Mrs. Hallgrim-
son, Mrs. Eddy and Mrs. Loop.
Special thanks is extended Dean
Palmer for his fine work of print-
ing on the pictures. The tables
were cleverly decorated with rose
bud centerpieces and Indian tom
tom favors.
Parents attending the dinner
were Mr. and Mrs. W. Anderson,
Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Pearson, Mes—
dames M. C. Stark, E. Johnson,
W. Stevenson and L. Larson.
Others who drove out later were
Mesdames Glenn Landers, Glenn
Smith, Roy Rector and Guy Alli—
son and Mr. and Mrs. Don Palmer
and Dean. Various committees
were as follows:
Soliciting committee: Mrs. Roy
Rector, Mrs. R. Binns, Mrs. M.
Clothier, Mrs. C. Wilcox, Mrs. K.
Calkins, Mrs. B. Rose, Mrs. M.
Pickens, Mrs. L. Larson.
Table committee, Mrs. Glenn
Landers, Mrs. Roy Rector. Enter-
tainment committee, Mrs. W.
Stevenson, Mrs. H. Jordan. Gift
committee, Mrs. Don Palmer.
This party was given in appre-
ciation to the band for the high
honors they brought back to
Shelton in recent ’music meets.
Court Of Honor
Slated Thursday
One of the smallest groups of
Boy Scouts seeking advancements
in a long time will appear before
the Mason County court of honor
this Thursday evening at the
courthouse to claim seven ad-
vancements approved by the board
of review held last Thursday eve-
ning.
a
The awards will be to Douglas,
of ,
Larson and Gordon Smith
Troop 25, both seeking first class
rank; Bob Cole, Troop 12, seek-r
ing the emergency merit badge;
Ben Soper, Troop 12, and John
Eliason, Troop 25, both seeking
their bird study merit badges; and
Earl Sheldon, Troop 25 scoutmas-
ter, seeking carpentry and han-
dicraft merit badges, Board of
Review Chairman Frank Houston
reported.
The court of honor Thursday
begins at eight o’clock with Dis-
and tomorrow.
Baccalaureate
Puts Stress On Religion
I
Rev. Muhly Delivers Inspiring Ad— l
dress To Seniors, Pointing
Out Even Humblest Have
Vital Part To Play
Seniors of the Class of 1941
of Irene S. Reed high school were
given an inspiring message oni
good citizenship and their parts
in national unity by Rev. R. C.
Muhly in his baccalaureate ad-
dress at the junior high school;
auditorium Sunday evening. '
The auditorium was nearly full
for the occasion as the pastor of
Mt. Olive Lutheran church pro—l
sided over the program.
“How priceless the privilege ofi
liberty of speech, freedom of the
press, freedom of religion, in Am—
erica today—today when many
civilized nations are seeing that
liberty fading away,” Rev. Muhly
pointed out. I
“There is a danger that you and l
I take these liberties for granted.
We are prone to forget what the
average individual can do in
America.
Heroes‘And ‘Zeroes’
“We are a HERO—ZERO peo-
ple. We idolize the man who
makes headlines, we sometimes
forget or undbrestimate the worth
of the little fellow who counts as
zero but who, as a good citizen,
is a vital part of America today
“You are standing on the thres-
hold of life, about to take your
place in the life and society of
America,” Rev. Muhly continued.
“It is vitally important that the
principles of honesty and char-
acter motivate you. Industry and
ambition are important, but above
all, don‘t forget the most impor-
tant part of good citizenship
religion. It is the keystone of
the arch of all American history.
“Go to church. Contentment
has been called the greatest treas-
ure of life, but contentment can
come only after the heart is right
with God. America’s real heroes
and statesmen, builders and
founders, have been the men who
so often trusted God, then work-
ed.
Duty To Serve In War
“In event of war' it is our duty
to obey the government and to
take up arms, yet ours is a two-
fold duty. As the governed we
owe our government obedience
with good conscience. But in our
form of government, a democracy,
a rule of, by and for the people,
we are also the governors, and
as such it is our duty to make
our wishes known to those whom
we have placed into positions of
government.
“Today America stands under
beclouded world sky. The storml
clouds seem to grow darker by
the day. America may stand un-
der similar storm-angry clouds
several times more in your life~
time.
“Let America today, in 1941,
take its national sins to a just
God and beg divine forgiveness.
Future Foundations
“Let America build its tomor-
rows on virtue, love and the Holy
Scriptures of God!
“Let America ever be peopled
by the stalwart sons and daugh—
ters of God!
“Then, and then only, can Amer-
ica attain to its place in the sun
when storms again are past. Then,
and then only, can America come
into its greatest destiny."
City School Supt. H. E. Loop
bade farewell to the seniors in
a touching talk, the Women’s
Chorus sang three numbers un-
der the direction of Ben Hall-
grimson, the String Ensemble
played numbers from Mozart, Miss
Norma Johnson played piano sel-
ections by Chopin, and Mr. Hall-
grinison led the assembly in com-
munity singing of the national
anthem as the closing number.
Pioneer Daughters To
Hold Picnic June 12
Mason County Chapter No. 14,
Daughters of Pioneers of Washing-
ton, will hold its annual picnic
June 12 at Bayshore, it Was an-
nounced today by chapter otfi-
cers. .
.Tuberculosis X-ray" as his topic.
’ to bring
All members are urged to at-
tend.
to
BUY, SELL,
EXCHANGE
Use the
CLASSIFIEDS
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
Sermon ,
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
TONIGHT—American L e g i o 11
post and auxiliary meetings, 8
p. m., Memorial Hall.
WEDNESDAY-—L a s t d a y o f
school, summer vacation starts.
WEDNESDAYw-Active Club din-
ner meeting, 6:30 p. m., New
Moose Hall.
THURSDAYfirCity council meet-
ing, 8 p. m., city hall.
THURSDAY—Boy Scout Court
of Honor, 8 p. m., courthouse.
MASON COUNTY TO
PLAY TOP ROLE AT
STATE TB. CONFAB
Dr. Collier, Mrs. Davidson, Local
Exhibit All To Be Featured
At Wenatchee Program
Trail blazing in the field of
tuberculosis control done by the
Mason County Tuberculosis Lea-
gue and the Shelton General Hos-
pital will be featured subject mat—
ter discussed at the Washington
Tuberculosis Association's annual
convention in Wenatchee this
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
On the Thursday afternoon pro-
gram, which will deal with “Some
New Frontiers in Tuberculosis
Programs”, Dr. B. N. Collier, at-
tending physician at Shelton Hos-
pital, will speak on the adminis-
trative end of case findings, the
cost of the program, and reactions
of the patients.
Mrs. Veron Davidson, executive
secretary of the Mason County
Tuberculosis League, will speak
on the'same program on “Case
Finding in Shelton Hospital." Dr.
John Nelson of Seattle will be a
third speaker on the same pro-
gram with “New Developments in
The Mason Conuty League’s ex-
hibit which attracted so much at-
tention at the national convention
in Texas last month will also be
shown at the state convention.
Mrs. Davidson, accompanied by
Mr. Davidson, and two delegates
from Thurston county league will
leave here Wednesday to make
the convention trip while Dr. Col-
lier plans to fly over Thursday
morning, weather premitting.
Memorial services are to be held
at eleven o‘clock Friday morning
in honor of the late Mrs. Will Gris-
dale, who served the Mason County
Tuberculosis League for seven
years as its president. ‘
Eaghs—SeaFNEW
Officers, Praise
President Lamb
Retiring President Russell Lamb
was lauded for his highly success-
ful efforts during his year in office
the Shelton Eagles Aerie
back on an even financial keel at
last night's annual installation
ceremonies.
George N. Adams, who acted as
grand worthy secretary during the
installation, praised Lamb’s work
highly, pointing out that the aerie
has been raised from a deep fin-
ancial hole to within a few dol-
lars of having a balance on hand.‘
James McArthur of Tenino, dis-
trict director, and Matt Coons,
past junior president of Olympia
aerie, acted as installing officer
and conductor respectively for the
Shelton aerie‘s installation last
night as Art Griggs was seated
as the new aerie president, Cliff
Collins as vice president, Melvin
Delano as chaplain, Lamb as see—
retary, George Andrews as treas-
urer, Jess Thomas as conductor,
Wayne Stuck as inside guard,
Fred Stuck as outside guard, and
Paul Fredrickson as trustee.
Retiring President Lamb thank-
ed the aerie membership for its
fine cooperation and asked that it
continue to give as much to the
new officers in the coming year.
MISS VALENTINE
FINDS HOME fl
STATE IN ITS SPRING FINEST
Kansas in its best spring finery
was the welcome sight Miss Geor-
gia Valentine, private secretary to
D. B. Davies, general superinten—
dent of Rayonier plants, tucked
away in her memory of a three-
week motor trip to see her par-
ents which she ended with her re-
turn here last weekend.
Bountiful spring rain this
cord heat for two days at her
parents’ home at Effingham, near
Atchinson, Kansas, but the wea-
ther as a whole was quite change-
able, some snow falling during a
brief storm one day, she recount-
ed.
She made the trip eastward with
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Harris of She]-
year. ton, who stopped off at Lincoln,
has given crops 3. fine start andl Nebraska, to take delivery of a
the state is more beautiful this new car, which they drove back
year than she has ever seen it be- . home, arriving here
Miss Valentine said today! On the return west Miss Valen-
ltine brought friends from Effing—
i ham who now live in Tacoma, with
la trip through Yellowstone Park
better" general condition than it,
fore,
in recounting highlights
journey.
“The midwest shows a much
of her
did three and a. half years ago
when I last went through it,”
Miss Valentine related. “The farms
seem to be in better general con-
dition and there is a great deal of
building going on. Wichita, Kan-
sas, seems to be particularly pros-
perous with its tremendous air-
trict Scout Chairman Doane Bro-I plane industry."
die presiding.
Miss Valentine sweltered in re-
last Week.
as a highlight.
i At the Teton entrance to the
[park Miss valentine met one of
'the Elkhorn boys who formerly
lived in Shelton and is now em-
ployed by the park service.
inquired of former Sheltonians he
had known.
“Washington roads were. the
best of any in the states we trav-l
eled through,” Miss Valentine said.
He.
NEW PLYWOOD
PLANT AHEAD
OF SCHEDULE
Operations Likely To Get Under
Way Late This Month “'ith
Excellent Progress Now »
Being Made
While the new plant of the
Olympic Plywood Company has
.been lost sight of in the worry
over the logging and mill strike
lay-offs, work has been going on
steadily and the plant will be in
operation late this month. Con-
sidering that actual work could
not start this spring until some
sixty thousand yards of dirt had
been moved, the building has
been completed well ahead of the
machinery arrival, and the place-
ment is now going on.
The old single mill power plant
has been put in order for its new
purpose, its two Dutch boilers
ample to furnish all needed steam
and its generators of more than
needed capacity for the plywood
machinery, with some surplus of
current to spare to its intercon-
necting central power and Puget
Sound services, if and when need-
ed. The boilers have already been
steamed up and found in order
for work.
The log cutoff and conveyor
systems have been completed, and
in the main building the huge
125-inch peeling machine with its
conveyor rolls about installed. The
other machines in line are here
and being installed up to the long
steam dryer. The gluing and
patching machines are ready for
placing, and the only machine
not here is the huge 80-ton press
which puts on the big squeeze,
but this is due in a day or so.
In the meantime a crew of thirty
men is making all the needed in-
stallations, power, sprinkling and
steam connections, building eighty
wheel trucks to start with, and
doing the many jobs about the
new plant in readiness for opera-
tions.
Carl Macke, general manager,
and A. H. Ahlskog, foreman in
charge, are feeling good over the
progress being made, particularly
in securing the needed machinery
and getting it built ahead of the _
now urgent demand of govetn- “
ment for priorities in materials
and manufactures. This, With
the power, motors and other needs
salvaged from the shingle mill
plant, has advanced the new ply~
wood plant in Shelton at least six
months over new machinery or-
ders placed since starting. ,
With all this improvement Ma-
son County ‘has started construc-
tion of a new and badly needed
road leading to the plywood plant
on which work. has rested wait-
ing for dry weather. However,
now that the road has a good.
start it is hoped that it may be‘
completed before actual operations
call for heavier travel and better
grades to haul out product. The
plant will employ about 35 men
a shift. ‘
Ninth Draft Call
Adds Three Men
. To County Total
Three more Mason County man
have been called into active mili-
tary training under the ninth draft
call and will report to the Tacoma
induction station June 17, Mrs.
Martha Haines, clerk of the local
draft board, announced today.
Five other drafted under the
eighth call are to be inducted this
Thursday. ,
The three to be inducted June
17, providing they pass the final
physical tests, are Donald F.
Brandt, now of Seattle, Francis
M. Hall, Lilliwaup and Oscar Mik-
lethun, Shelton.
Robert R. Lund, Shelton, has
been drafted as a replacement for
Marlin P._ Harvey, rejected for
physical reasons, on the eighth
call, Mrs. Haines said today.
The five who report for induc-
tion Thursday, besides Lund, in-
clude Robert Olund, Gerald Fretz,
George Sawyer and Adolph Trou-
sil.
The Mason county draft board
at the present time is sending out
25 questionnaires a day and now
I have issued over 900 as efforts to
classify all registered men are
speeded with a view to complet-
ing the classifications before the
second draft registration which is
scheduled for July 1.
The local board received notice'
yesterday from state selective ler‘
vice headquarters at Camp Mur-
ray that local boards will be ex-
pected to conduct the second reg-
istration for men who have reach-
ed the age of 21 since the last war
istration without the assistance of
outside voluntary help.
Definite plans for conducting
the second registration have not
been outlined by the local board
as yet.
Margaret Vail Takes I,
Hospital Office Post
Miss Margaret Vail, former
Hoodspprt girl, has accepted a
position ‘as. hockkeeper and ac—
countant at Shelton Gaieral Hos-
pital, replacing Miss Blanche Mc-
Donald, who had held the post
since last August. Miss McDon-
ald had returned to her home in
Seattle.
