' Iii ..
l ENLISI’ NEW/Mir
u'MTEiI STATES AnMY
,, . ‘I \ .
I for the . ' 0“ Reed Mill If Pro-
.quipmen , ‘4, “fits Remain Un-
\d‘rnrg a ' 39d, Hatcher
lll‘ (‘Xlsti Says
. m f " ‘r—
5&1 gire _, l ceS effective October
St'itcc‘) poll the Douglas fir
,;_,,. prop try by Federal Price
immous will; Leon Henderson
find equ not affect the Reed
Manager Sid Hatcher
'3'. as the mill has
v. 8 on a schedule be-
' ’ 3 so far anyway.
atlhe McCleary Tim-
],K' . 11fled to comment to-
. ful‘ther study on what
i‘ y the ceiling would
a
£913 however, pointed
‘5 fixing of a price
.the lumber
,, :ndustry in a position
wurther rise in operat-
.°“ld force the mills to
industry
Plain Status Ouo
d is also placed on
,-
and costs of other
eSsary to the opera-
FR he mills would have;
, ‘39 than to close down
F0 should change the
PR] Production costs, he
aPrices established by
0l‘der for 1,000 board
null. ' are:
and better flooring,
$60 compared with
. Of $75 and more;
A. " better drop siding,
fwd With recent prices
‘ 0; Grade B and bet-
,”(134). $45 compared
nDrlces of $52 to 555.
said in announcing
,at the schedule of
Dr
' mto account the long
, in shipments to
. ITliddle western mar-
[ICE
AELTONQ
i.
idian. 17"
Milwa 1'5 In Transit
said sales above the
918 would not be af-
Bchedule if the lum-
iWS: 'ca Placed on shipboard
at 5 P49 ' 1' 0!“ truck before the
,' *3" month even though
Sunday IS not actually in
'resident; th'3,purchaser until,
91‘
hment of Ceiling
glas fir came ex-
. after Henderson.
he Drice stabilization
.dEfense commission
public criticism of
as being too high.
‘ has criticized t h e
firous occasions. On
1mg prices were es-
Douglas fir plywood
8. and a short
were imposed on
! lllmber.
;"
r
Iper
To Come
\—
a small portion of
Pipe for the city
Improvement pro-
‘9 Tuesday when
t of six and eight-
,18-foot lengths was
ere from Tacoma,
1mloadcd after a
-ama via the Pana-
his portion of the
peel of pipe for the
A.“ llitansit but just
hoarmve city officials
‘ v do they know just
swalley Construction
Mod the ‘contract
8.
Di
pex Will begin laying
p
j 2“ MURPHYS
9., Cyril Murphy of
It011’s second sawmill. l POTRI‘Y
‘cluded within the restrictions.
flees on Douglas fir'
MOODY, p,
6017 S. E.
PORTLAND,
\
lConcensus Is That Business Will
Not Be Hurt; Most Operated
Within Bounds Of New
I Regulations
Fears that the new federal cred-
it restrictions which went into
be unfounded as far as Shelton
merchants are concerned, a sym-
posium of opinion taken this week
by The Journal reveals.
Almost without exception, Shel-
ton businessmen believe the new
credit regulations will be benefi—
cial both to business and to the
consumer, although some admit
that perhaps there will be a tem-
retardation of business
volume while prospective buyers
build up the cash
necessary to make dOWn pay-
ments of certain sizes on certain
merchandise.
However, the concensus was
strong that the new regulations
will create a better type of busi-
ness as well as acting as a pro—
tection to the consumer insofar
as those businesses which extent
credit and handle merchandise in-
. Remembers Last Boom
Mrs. Lillian Robbins, proprietor
of the Robbins Electric company,
for instance, recalled how people
took advantage of easy credit of-
fers during the good times just
prior to 1929 and extended their
income over too broad a base, then
lost many of the things they were
buying on long terms when the
depression came and their in-
comes suffered sharp reductions.
Hal Ol'stead, credit manager for
the Lumbermen’s Mercantile Co.,
figures the new regulation will
benefit his firm. “We have been
operating on an 18-month maxi-
mum installment plan anyway.”
he pointed out, “and I believe this
restriction will bring customers to
us who formerly bought at other
places which granted longer in-
stallment periods than we have."
Ole Olsen, proprietor of the 01-
sen Furniture Company, believes
the federal regulations will find
a welcome reception from most
businessmen. "They may cause
business to _.slow down a bit forI
a short time but in the long run,
the benefits will outweigh any,
such small detraction,” he com-
mented. He admitted his store did.
a tremendous business the week,
before the regulations went into'
effect as people bought heavily,
to “beat the rap."
Car Dealers Problem Differs
Even the automobile business,
which on the surface looked to be
the hardest hit by the credit re-
striction, isn't worrying so much
about that problem as that of ob-
taining enough cars to supply the
demand next year.
proprietor of the Mell Chevrolet
Company, .for instance. said his
firm had been operating on a
basis within the scope of the new
regulation anyway. “We have
generally tried to get a third-
down and keep installments with-
in 18 months, some exceptions be-
ing made in new car sales,” he
said, "so that phase isn’t bother-
ing us particularly. However, the
government restriction which will
give us only 46% of this year’s car
volume for next year is the tough
nut for our business.”
.Mrs. B. W. Soper of the Shel-
ton Electric Company, and Mrs.
E. W. Lawton of .the Lawton
Lumber company 'both said they
had noticed no effect on business
whatever as far as their firms
are concerned, while Al Munror
proprietor of Munro's Men’s Store.
believes his firm will benefit, if
anything. by the new rules.
Poor Man Injured
Walter Nash of Nash Brothers.
however, feels the credit restric-
tions hit the poor man hard as
e
Parents today of
'3 hm?! at Shelton hos-
0S
city street cleaner,
cars 1 :11 for Shelton’s
‘, . man.
fish ffillow who, t h e
10“ 'Qa _cigarette while
it. We I‘Iend on a street
f
, QIk
6d fifty feet to
his burnt match
Catcher and then
later sat in his
hits with his wife
King-Rd nonchalantly
. "A on the street.
'4
g of street-defiler
iyuse for is the one
tears newspapers
and tosses them
While talking.
39 ’Em Wet
bus of paper are
get up when the
{Vlast commented,
yre wet it’s just
“Veep them."
t8 who drop their
33 just anywhere
be are no friends
“There usually
allpings from the
1‘ downtown after
hours,” he com-
t
a broom with six-
CLEANER DISCOVERS
T INCONSISTENT FELLOW
they deprive him of the chance
to improve his comforts and home
(Continued on Page Three)
inch-long, stiff bristles about eV-'
ery three weeks, he said yester-
day. or something like 15 a year
in the course of keeping Shelton
streets (the paved ones) free of
unsightly debris.
Alleys Dirtiest Spots
The city’s alleys are the worst
places, he says, as merchants
place their refuse out the back-
door for the garbage collector to
pick up and the wind blows Pa‘
pers and straw and packing ma‘
terial all over town sometimes be-
fore the garbage collector gets
around on his regular calls.
Some home owners don’t con~
Merchants Approve New
‘ Credit Rules; Business
and'Buyer_Will Benefit
force the first of this month would.
hamper business have proved to’
reserve DOW r
E. J. Mell,.~
yo.
86TH
OREGON
, 9 Silver Salmon
i N OW Entered On
; Qualifying Board
' Four new fiin were placed on
the second annual Shelton sil-
ver salmon derby qualifying
hoard yesterday, making a to—
tal of nine now on the board.
Sixty will qualify for the finals.
All four were entered at the
Hillcrest Hardware, two com-
ing from the bay here and two
from Hood Canal. A lG—pound,
8—0unce silver taken in the bay
here by George Forbes is the
largest on the board to date.
Mrs. Audrey Preppernau, the
Kent fishing enthusiast, enter—
ed her second fish yesterday and
her husband. M. S. Preppcrnau,
placed his first on. Both were
caught at Seebeck and are big
enough to assure them of quali-
fying places in the finals.
Woody Johnson was
fourth to post a fish yester-
day, getting his off Arcadia.
The board now looks like this:
the
lbs. ozs.
George Forbes ................ .16 8
Mrs. Audrey Preppernau 12 3
Carl Blomgrcn ................ .12 3
M. S. Preppernau . ..._ll 8
Woody Johnson ....10 12
R. C. Vincent .... .. .. 9 7
Ernie Cole ....... .. .. 8 5
G. F. Mahaffey .............. .. 4 0
IEAEIEES—EIIELY
UNDERPAII), CLUB
SPEAKER CLAIMS
Activians Learn Details 01’ Pub-
lic School System From
County Supt. Martin
SHELTON, WASHINGTON, Thursday, September 18, 1941
EUIIGET’MUST
EE SQUEEZEI)
County lgcome Estimated at $89,-
229 Against Costs of $105,111
For 1942; Road Budget
Set at $133,324
Total estimated income for
liiminary budget estimates
‘conducting governmental func—
tions in Mason County, the pre-
‘liminary budget adopted by the
board of county commissioners
this week reveals.
Hearing on adoption of the fin-
lal budget is scheduled for two
‘o'clock October 6 in the commis-
' sioners’ room at the county court-
is invited to appear and speak for
l or against any part of the budget.
The estimated income for next
year is $89,229.67 while estimated
budget needs total $105,111.52,
according to the preliminary bud-
get which will be acted upon Oc-
tober 6. ,
Taxes on a 1942 assessed valu-
ation of $5.814,330 will bring in
$50,584.67 at a levy of 8.70 mills,
while all other scurces of income
are estimated to raise $38,645. Re-
ceipts from state liquor profits
it is estimated will run $10,000,
the largest single source of in-
come other than direct taxation.
The county road fund, consid-
ered separately from the general
county budget, shows $133,324.86
budgeted for 1942 with $116,924
‘as estimated income from gas tax
lreceipts, $5,825.89 from forest re-
serve fund, the balance from three
mill levies in the three road dis-
tricts.
Dipldmdmdy
011 S c h o la rship
For Shelton Boy
His sights set on entering the
United States diplomatic service,
Taking advantage of the ap-
propriateness of the season, Act-
ivians last night heard County
School Supt. J. E. Martin ex-
plain 'some of the details of op—
erating the county school system!
here and discovered, after he had
cited figures, that the teaching
profession is one of the most un-
derpaid in proportion to its im-
portance to the nation.
Supt. Martin pointed out that
the 44 rural and 50 city teachers
drawing salaries in Mason County
during the 1940—41 term were paid
a total of $132,848, including prin—
cipals’ salaries, for an average
wage of only $1,413 a year. Leav-
ing out principal Salaries, the
average teacher receives only $1,-
275 a year in Mason County, while
the average principal’s salary is
$2,150.
In Supt. Martin's opinion that
is too great a breach to be a fair
scale of pay, he told the Activ-
ians.
Minimum Low Start
He said that a big step toward
raising the standards of teacher
salaries had been made a couple
of years ago when the minimum
salary law was passed, requiring
schools topay no less than $1200
a year unless that sum was more
than 70% of the district‘s total
revenue, the only excuse for pay-
ing less than $1200, he said.
Supt. Martin outlined in general
the financial structure of the
school system, where the funds
come from and where they go. He
pointed out that the state is pled-
ged to pay 25 cents per pupil per
day attendance, although actually
the state had done so only three
times since the law was passed;
that the county is pledged to pay
5 cents per pupil per day attend-
ance, although when a county can-
not raise sufficient funds with
the 11/4 mills allowed for this
Purpose on its valuation the state
Hal's the balance to make up the
five cents from an equalization
fund; that each school district
Days 15 cents per pupil per day
attendance by direct taxation up—
On property within the district.
Fund Sources Outlined
The state money ,used for
School purposes, Supt. Martin
POmted out, comes largely from
sale, lease and rental of state
lands, from business, occupational
and sales taxes, while the equal-
ization fund is derived chiefly from
the automobile excise tax. He
said, that despite the reduction
1" the Proportion of the sales tax
devoted to school funds when the
Phree Per cent tax became effect-
‘We early this year, nevertheless
the total revenue from this tax
diverted to school purposes is
homing up well with previous fig-
ures in the few months trial so
far.
tribute to the beauty of the city
streets, either, when they leave
their hedge clippings or lawn
mowings in a heap in the hope
that Mast will take them awaY-
He won’t. That isn’t'part of his
duties as that could get out Of
bounds easily.
These beautiful big horse chest-
nut trees are nice to look at. MilSt
admits, but during this particular
part of the year they just add
another detail to a street sweep“
er’s work when the husks from
the nuts drop off and are squaSh'
ed into the pavement by 03"
wheels or heavy boots.
other details of the Active Club
sessmn last night were routine in
nature other than the appoint-
ment. by President Chuck Rowe
of Bill Dickie as general chair-
manbf the 1941 Merchants’ Ex-
POSltlon. Sponsored jointly by the
Active and Kiwanis clubs for the
Past tliree years.
HOSPITAL PATIENT
Lester Joslin Jr em
, ., ploye Of
the _Olsen Furniture Store. was
admitted to Shelton hospital 3735‘
terday for medical attention.
Don Moore, graduate of Irene S.
Reed high school with the class
of 1935, leaves Shelton this Fri-
day evening to take post grad-
uate work at the Fletcher School
of Law and Diplomacy at Med-
ford, Mass, on a onc~year scholar~
ship which his studies and grades
at Linfield College made him
l DOWN $15,009!
. 1942 falls $15,881.85 short of pre-l
for]
house. at which time the‘publicl
eligible to receive.
He will be one of a group of
50 post graduate students study-l
ing at the Fletcher School of
Law and Diplomacy, which is
conducted jointly by Tufts Uni-
versity and Harvard University on
the campus of the former at Med-
ford, Mass. Professors of the
two sponsoring universities teach
the advanced subjects Moore and
his fellow post graduate students
will be studying. '
At the end of the scholarship
the Shelton young man will pos-
sess his Master of Arts degree.
He earned his Bachelor of Arts
degree at Linfield. Upon com-
pletion of his scholarship stu-
dies, Moore will be eligible to ac-
cept civil service positions from
which his experience to enter the
diplomatic service can be gained.
P.U.D. 3 Mafia—gar
Seeks G.H. Post
E. W. Johnson, manager of Pub-
lic Utility District No. 3 of Ma-
son County for the past two years,
has placed his name as a candi-
date for manager of Grays Har-
bor Public Utility District and is.
one of a field of six seeking the
appointment to succeed Robert W.
Beck. Whose reSignation becomes
effective October 1,
The Grays H_a‘rbor P.U.D. com-
missioners indicated at a meeting
Tuesday night that the new man-
ager probably would be chosen
next Monday night.
-——“__,
MILKMEN MEET MONDAY
An important meeting of all
Mason County milk distributors
has been called for next Monday
evening at eight o’clock in the Ma-
son County Creamery building,
Everett Fourre, acting chairman
of the distributors organization
announced today.
Mg
MAKINGS 0F DETECTIVE YARN
IN EVIDENCE FOUND AT CAMP
Some dime-novel detective au- of tar being used sometimes
thorperhaps could weave a thrill-
ing plot around the evidence
Sheriff Gene Martin and Deputy
Sheriff Fred Hickson b r o u g h I:
back with them Tuesday after-
noon after investigating a tip giv-'
en them by an Olympia grouse
hunter.
They found the remains of a
Campsite at the mouth of E l s o n
Creek where it empties into Ham-
mersley Inlet, with evidence that
one member of a party of three
using the site had been wounded.
sheriff Martin and Deputy Hick-
’ son found a quantity of rags with
b 0d stains and tar upon them
and a small tin can with tar in
it, The rags which evidently had
been used as bandages were not
of regular bandage material.
Deputy Hickson said he had heard
I ___...___
i Tuesday Brings
Start Of Third
. Football Event
Don’t miss
Journal, chums.
That’s the issue which starts
off ten weeks «of fun and cash
prize winning in the third an-
nual Merchants-Journal football
sweepstakes.
You’ll want to get in it with
the first Issue and stay through
to‘the tenth and last week. $100
in cash prizes will be given
away soot free, $5 to each
weekly winner and three big
swoopstakes prizes of $25, $15
and $10 cash to the top three
prognosticators over the ten-
week contest.
So get ready to pick the win-
ners of each week’s outstanding
football games, starting next
Tuesday.
BACKFIELD FLASH
BRINGS HOPES T0
HlCLlMBER SQUAD
'Jack Page’s Practice Performan-
ces Encourage Hakola; Aber-
deen Game At Hoquiam
next Tuesday’s
Out of the obscurity of inex-
perience has popped blond Jack
Page to jack up Highclimber
hopes for Saturday night’s prep
football game against Aberdeen.
Page has scintilated brightly in
this week‘s workouts on Loop
Field and his agility at dodging
would-be tacklers stamps him as
the best ball-carrying threat the
Highclimbers have among their
definitely scanty backfield mater-
ial this season.
The blond junior, you'd think
to watch him in action, just hates
to be tackled and Coach Walt
Hakola is doing nothing to give
him any different ideas.
Earns Starting Call
Page will start at right half-
back Saturday night, opposite big
Jim Howarth, the triple-threat
transfer from Hoquiam, Hakola
said after last night’s workout.
Bob Puhn and Louie Woolsey, the ,
two ettermen backs, will openl
res tively at fullback and quar-
ter, although Puhn will do the
signal calling. Howarth, too, may
call the plays at times.
Other starters the Highclimber
mentor mentioned last night in-
cluded Ted VanOverbeke and Earl
Lumsden, lettermen ends; Donn
Nelson, letterman, and Chuck
Dougherty at tackles; Carrol Hill,
the Chehalis transfer, is to start
at left guard with the opposite
guard post a toss up among Mack
Wilson, Drew Cole or Lowell Jar-
vis; and Jim Tobey is slated for
the call at center.
Soph Guard Commended
Hakola praised the play of Colo
in this week‘s workouts. He is
a watch-charm type of lineman
but tough and fast.
The Highclimber squad gained
two players but lost two others
during the week. Sam Wilson
and Dick Look, a pair of rangy‘
reserve ends with last year’s club,
reported this week and should be
of considerable help to the squad.
Both will see action in the Aber-
deen game. Wilson is being
worked at center as well as end.
Two Forced Out
The deficit side wiped Roy
Robertson, 3 husky tackle grad-
uate from the junior high, off the
squad with a broken arm, suffer-
ed in a physical education class,
and Chet Barger, the half-back
transfer from Elma, was declared
ineligible until his parents move
here, which they expect to do
soon. possibly within a week.
Aberdeen high school officials
notified Shelton yesterday that
Saturday night’s game will» be
played at the Olympic Stadium
in Hoquiam (where last week’s
jamboree was held) instead of
Stewart ,Field in Aberdeen ’be-
cause repairs on the Aberdeen
field are now being made which
make -it impossible to play there.
The kickoff for Saturday night’s
prep battle is scheduled for eight
o’clock.
DAUGHTER BORN TODAY
A baby girl was born at Shel-
ton hospital today to Mr. and Mrs.
Virgil McLinn of Shelton.
’I’ALUE DROPS
, 0N UTILITIES
ASSESSMENTS
Loss of West Coast Power Prop-
erty Accounts for $15,739 He-
duction Despite Gain of
$17,269 by Others
Valuations on inter-county util-
ities property lying within Ma-
son County suffered a reduction
of $15,739 for 1942 taxation pur-
poses, the state tax commission
has informed Assessor Warren
Lincoln of Mason County.
This loss is due entirely to the
removal of the West Coast Pow-
er company holdings from the tax
rolls following its purchase by
Public Utility District No. 3 of
Mason County. The West Coast
Power company property here had
been assessed for the past two
years at $32,652.
9 Firms Valued Higher
Part of this loss to the 1942
tax rolls is softened by increased
assessed valuations totalling $17,-
269 on nine of the 13 inter-county
utilities having property in Ma-
son County. The other four had
small reductions in their valua—
tions but the total loss was only
$356.
Part of the increased assessed
value on utilities for 1942 taxa-
tion purposes is due to an increase
of one point in the ratio of assess-
ed to actual value which the state
tax commission granted Mason
County for 1942. This increase was
from 43 to 44. Only four other
counties were permitted to in-
crease their ratios, all increases
being the same one-point margin
allowed this county.
Lower Than Past Two Years
The total valuations set by the
state tax commission on utilities
in this county for 1942 is $225,-
226 against a valuation for 1941
of $240,965 and for 1940 of $238,-
196. The valuations are as follows:
Peninsula Light 00., $2,418
(up $449).
Puget Sound P&L,
(up $1,892).
Shelton Auto Trans, $2,575 (up
$1,277).
Hood Canal $674
(down $122).
Pacific Hiway Trans, . $216
(down $17).
Tacoma-Port Angeles Auto Fr.,
$894 (up $197).
Pacific Tel. & Tel., $47,756( up
$4,611).
Wn. Phone & Utilities, $637 (up-
$19).
Payne Property-
Brmgs $21,300
At Estate Sale
One of the largest private landv
sales in years in Mason County,
closing the estate of the late E.’
D. Payne, Christmas tree ship-
per, was concluded on the Court-
.house steps Wednesday when
Mrs. Valeve Webber, executor of
the estate of her father, called
off holdings of 13,880 acres of
lands, and received a starting bid
of $21,000 from Charles Wright,
which sum was, successfully bid
up by Alvin Hofert, of the Hofert
Company, until the land was
awarded to his company for $21,-
300.
The lands comprise the hold-
ings gathered in recent years
for Christmas tree cutting. all
logged-of larger timber but bear-
ing a promising growth of young
trees for annual cutting. The
Hofert Company has been oper-
ating in Mason County for the
past ten years and is accumulat-
ing lands for its future opera-
tions, in addition to what can be
purchased of private owners each
year. The holdings will repre-
sent a large item for taxes each
year to the purchaser.
DOUBLE DeMOLAY
SERVICE MONDAY
Combining two events in a pub-
lic program, the Mark E. Reed
chapter of the Order of DeMolay
will hold its annual majority ser-
vice for members reaching their
let birthdays during the past
year and at the same time elect
new officers next Monday evening
1
$24,501
Auto, Fr.,
Therkelson’s Auto Fr., $167
(down $114).
West Coast Transport, $135
(new).
Puget Sound Fr. Lines, $10,406
(up $6,324).
R. F. Wallin, $220 (down $103).
Northern Pacific, $134,627 (up
$2,365).
l
to
stop bleeding.
Tracks in the earth around the
campsite indicated two men and
either a boy or a woman wearing
flat-heeled shoes had stayed there.
No evidence of a camp fire was
discovered by the two law offic-
ials and some paper plates and
other debris from meals which
the Olympia grouse hunter said
he found Sunday when he stumb-
led upon the camp Were gone
Tuesday when Sheriff Martin and
Deputy Hickson . investigated, in-
dicating the parties had returned
between those two times.
So now the Mason County law
officers are wondering' if the
spot was a hideout for some hold-
up man wounded, while escaping‘
from the scene of one of his
crimes,
at the Masonic Temple.
The Majority Service will be
conducted in honor of Chet Val-
ley, Bruce Cole, William Boyd and
Bob Hutchinson. Thepublic is cor-
dially invited to attend.
M & S Feed Store
Has. Anniversary
Celebrating its seventh anniver-
sary birthday, the M & S Food
Store will hold its annual anni-
versary sale this weekend.
Many specials have been ob-
tained for the occasion, and a
special $15 grocery order is to be
presented at the end of the sale.
Further details may be found in
the large M & S advertisement in
today’s Journal,
l
UNITED
STATES
' ’ sxvmos
.im‘sixu'uu-i Null-IIin rum.
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPEF
“COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
TONIGHT—City council
ing, 8 p. m., city hall.
TONIGHT—Opening matches of
commercial bowling league, 8
p. m., bowling alleys.
FRIDAY—«VFW. post and aux-
iliary meetings, 8 p. m., Mem-
orial Hall.
FRIDAY—Moose Lodge weekly
meeting, 8 p. m.,‘Moose Hall.
FRIDAY—Opening matches of
city bowling league, 7 and 9 p.
m., bowling alleys.
SATURDAY—Superior court, 10
meet-
a. m., courthouse.
SATURDAY—Deadline for filing
applications for purchase of
tax—title property at 13th land
auction sale, noon, auditor's of-
fice.
SATURDAY~Prep football,
Shelton vs. Aberdeen, Olympic
Stadium. (Hoquiam), kickoff 8
p.m.
SUNDAYhSecond open day on
grouse hunting, shooting allow-
ed from sunrise to 4 p.m.
MONDAY~County commission-
ers Weekly meeting, 10 a.m.,
courthouse.
MONDAY—Eagles aerie weekly
meeting,-8 p.m., Moose Hall.
MONDAY~—Women’s b owlin g
league matches, 8:15 p.m.,
bowling alleys.
TUESDAY—Kiwanis club week-
ly luncheon meeting, noon, Shel-
~ton Hotel.
WRIGHT QUALIFIES
AS CIVIL SERVICE
BOARD_E_)_(AMINER
Sept. 23 Set As Date For Holding
City Police Patrolman’s
Examination
Unopposed, Attorney Charles T.
Wright Tuesday night qualified
for the position of examining of-
ficer and clerk of the city civil
service board by making a pass-
ing grade in the civil service ex-
amination conducted by the board
in the city hall.
The board at the same time an-
nounced that it had set the date
for holding the civil service ex-
amination. to establish an eligible
list from which the present va-
cancy in the city police force. can
be filled as September 23 at seven
o’clock in the city hall.
Applications for taking the ex-
amination will be accepted by the
board up to five o’clock of the
same day, or two hours prior to
conducting the examination.
So far eight applications have
been filed with the board for the
examination. These include Wil-
liam F. Compton, Martin Thomas
Kneeland, Clarence Rhines, Ralph
B. Pigg, Harry R. DeShields, Fred
Hickson, Lawrence Cardinal, Wil-
liam E. Noblett, and Gerald E.
Byrne.
9th Grade Study
‘ Shelton History
One hundred and sixty ninth
grade students at Shelton junior
high school this term will make
use of the brief historical pamph-
lets about Shelton printed through
the joint auspices of the Shelton
Chamber of Commerce and' Ray-
onier Incorporated in their his-
tory Class studies, Miss Maude
Shorter, principal, said yesterday.
The Shelton historical pamph-
lets will be used as part of the
7C0UNT‘Y BOOTH
TAKES SECOND
AT PUYA L LUP
Only Two Points Separate Blue
Ribbon Exhibit From Ours;
Huston “Honored” Again
By Annanias Club
Two more triumphs were cred-
ited to the extensive record of
Lee Huston at the 42nd annual
Western Washington Fair this
week when his Mason County
booth was awarded the red rib-
bon of second prize and Huston
was “honored” by his “re-election"
as president of the Booth Arrang-
ers Annanias Club for the ump-
teenth consecutive time.
The Mason County booth, han-
dled for the 23rd consecutive year
by the Arcadia veteran, was rated
a scant two points behind the
blue ribbon booth from What-
com county. Several hundred
.Shelton and Mason County resi-
Idents attended the fair Tuesday,
which was Southwest Washington
day, and saw the Huston-prepared .
booth. They 'praised its beauty
highly. Huston has never placed
lower than fourth place in his
23 years at the Fair.
Eleven bus loads of Shelton
school students were taken to the
Fair Tuesday, supplemented by
scores of others in private cars,
l
accompanied by parents a n d
friends.
That second achievement of
Huston‘s was also an old story.
In the 15 years the Annanias
Club has existed at the Fair they
I can’t remember when Huston was
not president. The president is
chosen by the simple process of
selecting the best liar among the
booth exhibitors.
Huston won it hands down
again this year with his story of
growing a fur-lined watermelon
“for wiping off your chin when
you’re through" and topping that
off with a new vegetable he la-
beled a beanut because it “grows
peas on the vines and peanuts on
the roots," Lying Lee expostulat-
ed. No one could match that dou-
ble barreled entry, so the Mason
County fibber gets another term
as club president.
‘ The fair closes next Sunday.
Daytbn Pioneer
I Dies Yesterday;
requirement of the new state law.
in which the history of the State
of Washington is .a required sub-
ject in the curriculum of Wash-
iligton schools.
SON BORN YESTERDAY
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wood of
Shelton became parents yesterday
of a baby son born at Shelton
hospital.
Rites Saturday
Mrs. Harriet Isabel Morgan,
who has made Mason County her
home for all her adult life, passed
away at the Shelton hospital on
September 17th, after a long per-
iod of illness. Funeral services
will be held at the Witsier Fun-
eral Home Saturday at 2 p. m.,
conducted by Rev. R. W. Maulden,
and interment in the Shelton
Memorial Cemetery.
Deceased is survived by her
husband, John «Morgan, a daugh-
ter Ethel Carter, of Shelton, sons
Ray Bailey of Shelton, and Laur-
ence Bailey, of Hoquiam, and sev-
en grandchildren; with her broth-
er, John Johnston, and sister, ‘Mrs.
Emma 'Pilleshek, of Shelton.
Mrs. Morgan was born at
Woodstock, New Brunswick, Aug-
ust 11, 1874, and came to Mason
County with her parents, broth-
ers and sisters in 1889. After a,“
short stay in Shelton the family
settled on a farm at Dayton. In
1894 she was married to Ernest
Bailey, a neighbor, who died in
1906. She has spent all her life-
time on the old farm, before her
marriage to John Morgan, a pio-
neer logger, in 1913, and since
with occasional stays at Hoquiam
where her husband was a fore-
man for the Poison camps, and
last year retired to the farm. She
was a member of the Methodist
Church and highly esteemed by
her neighbors and all who knew
her.
HIGH SCHOOL GAINS 29 NEW .
STUDENTS FROM TRANSFERS
Indicating the trend toward
Shelton is greater than any move-
ment away from it, Irene S. Reed
high school gained 29 new stu-
dents through transfer from
other places while losing only 13
by transfers to other places, as
the new term got under way, a
list released yesterday by Miss
Dora Fredson, principal, reveals.
The “immigration”- reached to
such distant spots as South Dako-
ta, Kansas and Colorado, while on
the other hand the “emigration”
was confined to within the State
of Washington entirely with one
single exception which went to
California. The conclusion would
be that people stay in Washing-
ton, once they get into it; and
come from distant places to get
to it.
So, without further ado, meet
the newcomers to Irene S. Reed
high school:
‘ Sophomores—Larry Byrd, from
Chemawa, Oregon; Byrla Crass,
from Montesano; Barbara Durand,
from Rapid City, S. D.; Stanley
Hall, from Montesano; Ardis Hig-
gins, from Eugene, Ore.; Thelma
Magnett, from Blaine, Kansas;
Morigean Simmons, from Moclips,
Wash; Kenneth Whitaker, from
Raymond; Bob Williams, from
Olympia.
Juniors—Chet Barger, from El-
ma; Pete Bloomfield, from Olym-
pia; Corrine Corey, from Mary
M. Knight; Loren Crass, from
Montesano; Elmer Gerguson, from
Longmont, Colo.; Betty Jo Gard-
ner, from Forest Grove, Ore.;
Alan Hall, from Montesano; Wes-
ley Maulden, from Spokane; Bet-
ty Lou Osborn, from Hoquiam;
Gloria Salinas, from Gig Harbor;
Mona Stevens, from Vancouver,
Wash; Charles Thorne, from
Puyallup; Louise Underhill, from
Spearfish, S. D.; June, Cecil and
Melvin Zimmer, from Lincoln,
Neb., via Olympia.
Seniors— Janice Bizer, from
Bel lingham; Carrol Hill, from
Chehalis; Lucile Noble, from
Olympia; Verna Peckham, from
Mary M. Knight.
Those who left Shelton for
other schools include:
Marian Anderson and Helen
Jean Glenn, to St. Mary’s Acad-
emy at Winlock; Robert S. Cole,
to Stadium in Tacoma; Elva. Dan-
iels, to Chico, Calif; Robert North-
rup, to Vaughn; Orvil Orcutt.
Shirley Orcutt, Lola Rhines and
Charlotte Avery, to Brem‘erton;
Lyle Reed and Jack Wenz, to Port
Orchard, Louise Fish, to Everett,
and Denny Rathbun, to M as on
City.