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MARY'S MEMOIRS
Mary does not write much Monday, July 13, 1936
in this week's diary: It was Not very busy but we
probably a very busy week cleaned up the hardware
in the new store due to the side and it looks very good.
Fourth of July business and Jack took Roesells boys to
having nice weather. Nice town and went to Seattle for
weather in the Pacific North- a big load. Was home at 3.
west still brings people out.
Enjoy! Tuesday, July 14, 1936
A fairly good day. Saw
Thursday, July 9, 1936 Gilmore the lion in a cage
Cleaned up warehouse today. He was on his way
good and put up bulk goods, home after being in the pa-
A nice day but rain is in the rade in Seattle today.
air.
Friday, July 10,
1936
Quite busy. Was
up to my Dad's and
ordered chicken for
Sunday. Ate some
cherries off the two
big trees by the
house.
Saturday, July
11, 1936
Quite busy but
it was cold and windy. Ruby,
Earl and John came out. We
went to Tahuya to the dance
and had a good time. To bed
at 3:50.
Sunday, July 12, 1936
Ate breakfast at 1:15 and
how we enjoyed it. Charlie
had hot cakes. We went to
the ball game and came
home early to swim. It was
windy but warm. Had Dad,
Grace and Louie to dinner.
Had chicken and dumplings,
string beans, gravy, pota-
toes, salad, coffee and cake.
Everyone ate plenty. To
bed early. Sam and Charlie
Thurnquist went to Seattle
to see the Shrine Conven-
tion.
By CLYDENE
HOSTETLER
Wednesday, July
15, 1936
A busy day.
Emmet's day off
so Sam was home
then back to Se-
attle tonight.
My interest was
drawn when Mary
writes of seeing
Gilmore the lion
passing through
town in his cage.
So I did a little research and
found that in the 1930s there
was a gasoline company
called Gilmore and the lion
was its mascot. In the early
1940s, it was bought out and
it became Mobil Oil Co. and
remains to this day. Thank
you for reading this week's
diary.
Clydene Hostetler is a
10ngtime Belfair resident,
local historian, media
archivist and documentary
filmmaker of"Hidden in
Plain Sight." She has
been researching Mary
Theler's life for the past 11
years. She can be emailed
at clydeneh@wavecable.
com.
Photo courtesy of Google's public domain
Mary Theler writes about seeing the Gilmore gasoline company's mascot -- a lion -- in Seattle.
Gilmore was bought out by Mobil Oil Co. in the 1930s.
Ruby, Earl and John came out, We went to Tahuya to the
dance and had a good Ume, To bed at 3:58.
)
States next week on a three day visit
Oregon robbers make W.P.A project workers toPuget Sound.
Ambassador Sergio Gutierrez and
confession here join strikers
Two of Three Men Who Held Up Only Garden Project Remains his party of three will visit Simpson
woods and plants in the Shelton
O. W.R. & N. Train Captured Near Active And It Is Picketed; Orders Working Circle during their stay.
La Grande Given To Return Wednesday To July 12-16.
Pendleton, Or.- Albert Meadors Work The group includes the
and Clarence Stoner, two of the With the exception of the garden ambassador's wife and brother-in-
three train robbers that who held project at the former county law, Javier Irrarazaval, and his wife.
up O. W. R. & N. train No. 5 near farm, all Mason County WPA Irrarazaval is a Chilean agronomist
Meacham the morning of July workers were on strike today and who is visiting Washington, D.C.
2, were arrested Saturday night yesterday, joining in a state-wide
about 9 o'clock by Deputy Sheriffprotest against increased hours Job numbers set
Batchelor, of Le Grande. without raise in pay in a national
The leader of the gang, who was reorganization of WPA which a record
shot and killed by Deputy Sheriff became effective this week. Employment in Mason County
George McDuffy at the time of However, orders to return to work topped 14,000 jobs in May, an all-
the holdup is Charles Manning, a Wednesday morning have been time record, and unemployment hit
professional gambler and not Hugh issued by the Workers Alliance, its lowest mark in this decade.
Whitney, the notorious outlaw, organization of WPA workers, The Washington State
All three of the robbers were from which called the strike. Employment Security Department
Cokeville, Wyo. Manning has a reported that the jobless rate
wife and four children in Cokeville. was 5.9 percent, the lowest figure
He was a close personal friend of Anlbassador from chile for May since May 1979's 4.7
both Hugh and Charles Whitney, to visit here percent. The rate represented an
while Stoner is a cousin of the Simpson Timber Co. will host theimprovement over both April's 6.5
Whitney boys. Chilean ambassador to the Unitedand the 7.0 percent of May 1988.
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