Thursday, July 24, 2014 - Mason County Journal - Page A-23
Robert Arlene Jacobson
Robert and Arlene Jacobson of Shel- live in Brier and have two children.
ton will celebrate their 50th anniver- Bob and Arlene have lived in the Ma-
sary. son County area for 19 years. They've
The couple married July 25, 1964, in also lived in Montesano and Olympia.
Tacoma. Bob is a retired engineer for the
They met in Westport, where Bob Washington state Department of
was a deckhand on a charter boat and Transportation. Arlene is a retired ed-
Arlene was a waitress for the summer, ucator.
They have a son, Keith Jacobson, The couple attends Mount Olive Lu-
and a daughter-in-law, Jasmine, who theran Church in Shelton.
Gaffe Hurst
Gayle Hurst will mark her
90th birthday with family and
friends.
She was born July 25, 1924. Her
family would like to wish her a happy
birthday.
Paid for by Friends of Tammey Newton (D),
PO Box 865, Allyn, WA 98524
Mason County Commissioner Dist. 3
Independent
Paid
for by Citizens to Elect Terri Jeffreys (I)
for Mason County Commissioner,
PO Box 382, Shelton, WA 98584
Paid for by the Committee to Elect
Senator Tim Sheldon, 35th District (D),
RO. Box G, Hoodsport WA 98548
Photo courtesy of Mason County Retirees' Association
At the Mason County School Retirees' Association's June meeting, James
Byrd, shown with his wife, April, and two children, received a $3,000
scholarship to attend Olympic College Shelton.
Retirees' association hands out grants
STAFF REPORT Yolanda Ruffu, Hawkins Middle School;
news@masoncoun com Melanie Eacrett, Mary M. Knight Ele-
mentary; Caroline Davenport, Pioneer
Members of the Mason County Middle School; April Caron, Shelton
School Retirees' Association recently High School; and Mary Chubuk, Kathy
awarded classroom grants to 14 teach- Burleson, Andrea Malpica, Rosemarie
ers in Mason County. Spaulding and Kim Tiller from South-
The $100 grants were used to pay side School.
for a variety of projects, ranging from Four of the recipients attended the
a set of audiobooks to a caterpillar life- association's June meeting -- Yolan-
cycle study kit. da Ruffu, Caroline Davenport, April
The teachers and their schools areCaron and Patrice Marie.
Cantal Berg and Carla Fontenot, Bel- At the meeting, James Byrd was
fair Elementary; Patrice Maire, Ev- awarded a $3,000 scholarship to Olym-
ergreen Elementary; Sherri Gill and pic College Shelton for the 2014-15
Hannah Nelson, Grapeview School; school year.
Paid
for by the Committee to Elect Irene Bowling
P.O. Box 3192, Belfair WA 98528
253-358-6841