hy Earns $5 Cash ,
h Closer Score ‘
_during the first
third annual Mer-i
football sweep—l
0111” reason for
enDriSkel Murphy, on ,
.UE, copped the $5
"1 the first week‘s
ough the 16 winnersi
, only tied seven oth- ‘
£13? records. How-
pre-
SO.
01"
, urPhy’s score
closer than the oth-‘
8-. bulls-eye on the
lngton game.
wasthis week's prizc
nine prognostica—
elg‘ht who tied for
Others in addition
Were of the fair
. Ore, were only ai
“15 right choices.
In Front
.girls are off to
In that ten-week,
_0 in sweepstakes“
, mg to the best;
.1 the ten-Week con-'
rfi Second best andl
best.
er ballots were
w(felt by Mrs. Myrt-
. ATin Eacrett, Mrs.
i and Mrs. Gladys
'three lonesome
this queenly group
Jerry Kalinoski
l
ballots were turn-
Crabiii, F. A. Ea-
Sowers, Arnold
Armstrong, George
all Levett, Lobert
. Dan Wilson, Mrs.
‘. ‘ff Cannon, Mrs.
‘1- Bob Tabke, Dew-
(“on Russell, Mrs.
Rudy
n this first week of‘
“a1 contest was
my week in either
ecedirig years the
been staged by
in collabora-
Joul'nal, assuring
than ever before‘
quest for cash and
Y tOday's issue of:
011 are all invited
fl? at guessing the
,‘118' football games
f‘ t- Costs absolutely
3;, .9 little time and
1, 1t'\and you might
3 , “3 so.
AIly More ,
t be remembered
‘- be eligible for
‘E‘t’eepstakes prizes
, , turn in ballots
en Weeks of the
, he who failed to
..ndlast week must
one all the remain-
‘ . 1‘ to have a shot
' 98 awards.
v check up on your
ctions, here are
games:
C. 7.
izo. Maine 13.
“an 6, Tulsa 0. I
13.\North Caro-
gton 6.
Oklahoma A
. p.m. reports
’g clrnton Okerstrom.
0 OD that nearly
“111 like to have.
' usually means
year for alfalfa
“ch the first sea-
gets around this
and red clover
spring the first
5’ percentage of
ethe second and
nearly straight-
B“other feature
e- tjgood about this
‘ "he the clover
y tW0 or three
is well estab-
iS located in
Pearly opposite I
18h school.
PATIENT
. 0f Matlock wasl
, an Hospital Sat— 1
‘, attention.
SHELTON, WASHINGTON,
en Tie For Top As?
stakes Starl'
Teachers Given
$75 Bonus; Board
Foresees Trend
Carrying out a policy for
which it had provided last
spring in setting up the 1941-
42 budget, the Shelton school
board last week approved a.
$75—a-year bonus to each of the
54 teachers in the Shelton sys-
tem, Board Chairman A. S.
Viger announced.
The total bonus to be paid
the teachers under this action
will amount to $4050, which
had been provided for in the
1941-42 budget.
The school directors foresaw
the possibility last spring, when
setting up the. budch for this
year, of a rise in the cost of
living, so provided for it if it
should become necessary.
The necessity has arrived, the
hoard agreed, in completing the.
action last week, Chairman
MOODY. D. O.
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POACHING TSSEE ’
MUST BE FACED,
SPORTSEEN SEE
Hood Canal Ass’n Discusses Prob-
lem, Decides Public Must As—
sist Game Protectors More
Much as they distaste the idea,
Hood Canal Sportsmen Ass‘n
members were of the opinion at
their September meeting last
Thursday at Hoodsport that all
good sportsmen must turn
“squealer” in order to stop the
poaching which is dogging Wash-
ington's game life.
Such, at least, was the tone of‘
the conversation which held sway
after the general business details
of Thursday's session were clear-
ed away. '
“We need an open season on
poachers, as well as on preda-
tory animals," one member com-
mented.‘ *"*" ‘ "
Another. asserted that all viola-
tions which come to the attention
of sportsmen or any member of;
the public should be reported im—l
mediately to the game protector
and that the game protectors
should receive every bit of co-
operation possible from the pub-
lic and sportsmen in curbing
poaching.
Must Do Something
“We must face this issue square-
ly, we must even turn ‘squealer'
much as we hate to do so, but
something has to be done to curb
poaching,” one veteran sportsman
exclaimed.
Results of the Association’s
predatory animal hunt were an-
nounced by Chairman Allie Robin-
son, who said 230 predators were
turned in by the participants in
the contest, with many others not
turned in known to have been kill-
ed. .
Martin Lund of Capitol Hill won
the 32 calibre carbine rifle put up
by the L. M. for first prize with
a total of 42,750 points. Buck
Armstrong, another Capitol Hill
entrant, took the fishing reel sec-
ond prize offered by Shelton Hard-
ware with a point total of 6,250,
Lawrence Munson of Shelton earn-
ed the third prize fishing line of—
fered by Smith's Cigar Store and
G. C. Gray of Hoodsport, the
fourth prize waterproof match
container put up by the Stop Inn.
Finch Creek Backed
The junior prize, a rowboat seat
put up by the Cub Cigar Store,
was won by ,Clarence Robinson,
the only entrant.
The Hood Canal Sportsmen
pledged themselves to continue
efforts to have Finch Creek set
aside for fishing by kids under
16 years only.
Secretary 0. K. Linscott re-
viewed action taken by the last
quarterly session of the Washing-
ton State Sports Council, which
he attended, and the association's
next meeting on October 30 was
designated as “hunters’ banquet",
night.
Vice-President M. C. Stark pre-
sided in the absence of President
George Adams. 0
Local cor. At
Yakima Session
E. H. Faubert, Harold Lake-
burg, Reginald Sykes and G. C-
Angle represented Mason County
at the Republican convention and
rally of state representatives at
Yakima Monday, to meet the Na-
tional Chairman, Congressman
Joe Martin, in his round of the
country to acquaint the pool)18
with the critical situation of the
nation and its wasteful handling
of its problems. He reports that
while the people are anxious to
play their part in support of the
nation they are getting alarmed
over the apparent abuses and ris-
ing taxes as well as artificxal
shortages in domestic life. The
weather was fine on the Eastsldey
and the trip over Natches Pass
very beautiful at this season. The
state-wide group was quite en‘
thusiastic.
NATIONAL Nrwsraprn
©©if©l§3l§£ll ii-lB
counrnsr or 'nrrtahcinrr'i-nurnicn.
NATIONAL NEW’SPAPER WEEK
The week of October 1-8 has been
th‘e
Tesday, September 30, 1941.
Shelton Independent
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
VVEDNESDAY—New federal tax
schedule goes into effect.
WEDNESDAY—U. S. Navy re-
cruiting officer at city hall, 9
a.m. to 4 pm.
W’EDNESDAY—A c t i V e c l u b
Weekly dinner meeting, 6:30 p.
m., Moose Hall. , l
WEDNESDAY—O d d F e 1 lo w s
lodge weekly meeting, 8 p.m.,
set aside for national observance to fo-
cus the attention of the American people
to what is about the last bulwark of the
freedoms guaranteed by the Constitu-
tion, that of a free press.
It is quite true that the right of free
speech is still preserved, under certain
limits, and the radio which is the other
great medium for reaching the people, is
to some extent free, but under the hand
of the radio commission. .
But the newspapers, 5 o m e 2,500
' English language dailies, a n (1 10,000
weeklies and semi-weeklies, guided by as
many independent minds, are in the main
free of dictation as to what to print and
what not to print in their news.
The German reads nothing
Hitler orders, in Russia what Stalin di-
rects, and Italy bows to Mussolini, while
all the subjugated countries’ papers print
only what the dictators command on
but what
pain of execution. To listen to foreign
broadcast is death.
We can only imagine a newspaper l
which feeds the people only propaganda
without word of truth of what is going
on around them or in other countries of
the world, in contrast to Americanpress
which tells the true world story every
day, as far as foreign censors permit.
It is easy to see
what the control of
the press means in any country and take
warning in America
to resist any move,
however subtle, to take away the freedom
of the press, which stands for the right of
freedom for all the people.
NEW TAXES WILL MISS FEW;
SEVERAL LEVIES BEGIN OCT. ]
AS ‘LUXURY’ SCHEDULE OPENS
Nearly every man and woman
in Mason County will be among
the millions 0f Americans to con-
tribute to the $3,553,400.00 “de~
fense kitty” through new ,and
higher taxation as a result of the
Signing of the Revenue Act of
1941 by President Roosevelt last
week.
The tax bill is the largest in
the history of the United States.
Directly or. indirectly, the mea-
sure will affect virtuélly every
Citizen. It is estimated 2,250.-
000 people who "never. paid an in—
come tax before will hand over a
check next March to Uncle Sam’s
tax collector. Other millions will
Pay more for “luxuries,” hidden
taxeS. And nearly 10,000,000 for-
mer tax payers will find their
1941 income tax double or triple
what their 1940 tax was.
Income Base Lowered
. All single persons with a gross
income of $750 or more and all
married persons with a gross in-
com}? of $1,500 or more will have
to file income tax returns for the
first time under the new act. The
4 .P91' cent rate was continued
wlthout change, and the $400 cred—
It for dependents is continued.
People with insufficient income
'10 Pay income taxes will be af-
IeCted. in other ways. There is
Imposed a manufacturers’ excise
tax 9? 10 per cent on such com-
mOdltles as sporting goods lug—
g?ge, electrical appliances, gas or
011 heaters and appliances for
cooking, photographic apparatus,
electric signs, business and store
machines, rubber goods (except
tires and tubes). commercial
washing machines, optical equip-
ment (not including eye glass-
es). Even light globes will carry
a per cent excise tax.
Going into effect immediately
on October 1 will be the retailers’
tax of 10 per cent on toiletries,
jewelry, (real and imitation and
including Silverware. watches and
clocks) furs and- fur articles. A
manufacturers tax on a large
number of other items such as
listed above, will affect retail
prices as new merchandise is re-
ceived after October 1.
1
I.0.0.F. Hall.
THURSDAY—Commercial league
bowling, pm. bowling alleys. I
THURSDAY—City council semi-
monthly session, '8 p.m., city
hall.
NEw REEULATETNS
0N FOOD STAMPS
EFFECTlVE OCT. 1
New regulations governing- food
stamp sales under the Surplus
Marketing Administration go into
effect tomorrow throughout the
State of Washington in which to-
tal income in the household and
the number of persons in the
household will determine mini-
mum and maximum amounts of
food stamps allowed families.
I
50 Riiiigs ()n
In general, according to these
new requirements, the greater the
income in the household partici-
pating in the stamp plan, and the
larger the family, the higher the
minimum purchase requirements
of orange stamps will be; the less—
er‘ the income, and the smaller the
family, the lower the minimum
purchase requirements will be.
Thus the new schedule of orange
stamp minimum purchase re-
quirements is more equitably ad—
justed to the normal food—buying
capacity of each family and more
nearly represents the former
cash food buying ability of stamp
users.
Up,‘,to. this time throughout the
state. those buying surplus com-
,‘modlty; food stamps have bought
varying amounts according to the
regulations in the county where
they lived. The minimum and
maximum purchase requirements
have been based on either a flat
amount per person, per month, or
on the type of assistance received
by the stamp purchaser.
Election Returns
From Junior High
Continuing to poll the largest
vote total, Gordon Hopland was
elected president of the Shelton
junior high student body at the
revote Friday in which he defeat—
ed two feminine rivals.
Marilyn Waklee was elected
vice-president, Virginia Gray sec-
retary, and Verna Cobb treasur-
er, in last week’s first ballot, while I
the team of Marilyn Andersonl
and Eleanor Ann Booth was chos-
en yell leaders at Friday’s revote.
Results of today's Girls Ath-
letic Association election at the
junior high placed Dorothy Gru-
ver as president, Patricia Rhodes
as vice-president, Edith Wright
as secretary-treasurer, and Glor-
ia Swanson as sergeant-at-arms.
Replinger Getg i
Active Club Job
Appointment of John Replinger,
program chairman for the Shel-
ton Active Club, to that same
post for Active International has
been announced by International
President Art Fairchild of Ray-
mond.
Replinger will head a commit-
tee composed of one Activian from
each district in the International
with duties to consist of outlining
programs for member clubs to
use as guides in their own act-l
ivities.
Four Shelton Activians attend-
ed the semi-annual District One
officers training school at Cen-
tralia Sunday which was con-
ducted by District Governor Paul
Marshall of Shelton. President
Chuck Rowe, Vice-President Fran-
cis Eacrett and Charles Savage
attended the school with Savage
giving a talk on Robert rules of
order and parliamentary proced-
Phone Bills On List
The “so called nuisance taxes"
will be effectiVe October 1. Six
per cent on local telephone bills,
10 per cent on long distance calls
costing more than 24 cents and
10 per cent on telegraph, radio
and cable messages.
Amusements and good times
will also be affected by the new
tax bill as a five per cent tax will
affect night club bills; an increase
(Continued on Page Two)
A. B. Govey Admitted
To Shelton Hospital
Arthur B. Govey, Veteran offi-
cer of the Simpson Logging Com-
pany and president of the Shel-
ton General Hospital Association
was admitted to the hospital Mon- ‘
day evening for observation and
treatment.
ure which was well received by
the Activian officers in attends
ancei
Rayonier Preside—1T1:
Lad, 10, Trolls From Plane,
Gets Fish On
DerbyfiBoard
Qualifying Board
New Occupied As Biggest
Weekend 0f Salmon
Derby Is Exper-
ienced
Another couple of days like the
‘past weekend and the “bumping”
starts.
That’ll be when the remaining
ten rungs on the second annual
silver salmon derby qualifying
board are filled. This past week-
end saw 27 fish weighed in, fill-
ing 50 rungs on the qualifying
board, by far the best weekend
of the derby so far. Only 60
places are available on the board,
so after the next ten fish are
weighed in the low—rung holders
are going to find themselves dis-
possessed.
While it wasn’t the biggest —-—
in fact it was the smallest ~— fish
turned in during last weekend’s
tremendous play, the salmon en-
tered by Sonny Boy Collier, ten—
year-old son of Dr. and Mrs. B.
N. Collier, draws the spotlight
in today’s accounting of the derby
activities.
Sonny caught his entry while‘
trolling from his Dad’s hydro-
planc on Hammersly Inlet Sun-
day. It weighed 81,4; pounds and‘
was the larger of two fish Sonny
caught from his unusual trolling
vehicle. The other weighed over
seven pounds. He was using a
red feather.
Despite the huge turnover of
silvers of the weekend, George
Forbes clung to his position atop
the board and still holds the in-
side track to the $5 cash prize
the derby sponsoring committee
has put up for the largest quali-
fying fish. However, the derby
has 26 more days to go before the
qualifying period is over so
Forbes hasn’t started spending his
prize money yet.
A checkup by Derby Chairman
Claire Tozier and Committeeman
Gordon Russell yesterday showed
that 114 anglers have paid their
$1 entry fees, indicating last year‘s
total entry list should be far
eclipsed this year.
Here’s the way the derby board
reads this afternoon.
SCHOOL AUTHD
‘Write Today To
Those Away’ Is
Slogan of Week
“'V
Backed by the slogan Seme-
body’s Looking for YOUR LET-
TER’S,” the fourth annual na-
tional letter-writing week spon-
sored by the Post Office De.—
partment will be conducted dur—
1 ing the week October 5—11,
Postmaster Miss Jessie Knight
announced yesterday.
Because of the thousands of
young men now serving in the
armed forces, national letter-
writing week this year takes on
a new importance. Miss
Knight pointed out that it would
at least bespeak appreciation
if during national letter-writing
week there could be widely de-
veloped the habit of frequent
correspondence with these well-
deserving youths.
The exchange of cheerful let-
, ters btheen friends, acquaint-
‘ ances, Separated members of the
family, will contribute in no
small way to spreading happi-
ness and building up a better
spirit among all the people. ‘
BELFAIR SEEKINII '
SPECIAL LEVY T (l :
BUILD NEW SCHOOL
District Must Raise $3900 To
Get $40,000 Federal Sum
and $6,000 from State
In an effort to relieve the acute
shortage of school room space
which the tremendous increase in
the community’s population the
past year has caused, Belfair res!
idents will vote October 16 on
special millage for the purpose of
rounding out a fund to which the
federal government will contri—
bute about four-fifths the total.
The federal government, under
provisions of the bill creating a
fund to assist school districts
crowded badly by the influx of de-
fense industry workers, has ap—
propriated approximately $40,000
to the Belfair district and the
state has added another $6,000,
both with the proviso that the dis-
trict itself raise $3900 to round
out a $50,000 fund to construct‘
a new four-room grade school
. Lbsu 025:. b '.ldin .
George Forbes .............. ..16 8" “II, g h b .1 d. 1
Bob Bednarski "15 2 he present SC 001 m mg
Sam Bednarski J4 9 would continue to be usedalong
Russell Gunter 14 With the proposed new building,
Marian Hmman """"""" "14 5 but the
present structure was de-
Floreme Howard """""" "14 5 isigned to
accomodate only about
Louise ’Huff ‘13 15 half the 250 students who are now
T_ v. Dunning """ " ’13 15 enrolled at Belfair.
Andy Aushouse _____13 14 , Although the directors did not
E. C_ Williams .13 12 state the exact millage necessary
Art Walton _______ _13 3 to raise the $3900 fund in the of—
way“e Stone _13 6 ficial notice of the coming special
Len Walton ______ __ _]3 21/2 election October 16 which is pub-
Louie Wilson .12 12 lished in this issue of The Jour-
Keith Hurst _________ __ ‘12 8 nal, it will take approximately 15
Audrey Preppemau 12 3 mills on the present valuation of
Carl Rains 3 the district to raise that sum.
Lucille Christensen 2 In addition, the district is ask-‘
Carl Blomgren .. 2 ing another five mill levy to pro-
Ole Olsen .............. .. 0 vide money for maintenance pur—
Clarence Weston . 15 poses, which have increased along,
Gordon Russell ...... .. g with the enrollment. ;
M. S. Preppernau -————-—-———
Omer Dion .......... .. 8
Herb Bowman ...... .. '7
Mrs. Helen Mitchell ...... ..11 3
irgil Morgan ............. ..11
L... . . Appearances In
R. H. Sac er . . . . . . . . .. 1
name, Moi,“ mm ,4 Local Show Rooms
W'oody Johnson ......... ..10 12
Harry McConkey .. .....10 12 Despite curtailment of automo—,
Ben wood _______________ "10 11 bile production because of nation-
Andy Krise ,_1o 10 al defense requirements, showings
C. E. Tozier . . . . . . . . ..10 10 of the new models for 1942, have
R. c, welmn . __,__10 3 kept local auto dealers busy the
Warren Abel ..10 7 past week.
Keith Hurst . . . . . . . . ..10 Cars which have already had‘
Lloyd Fosdick . ....-10 6 a preview before the public in-
Don Woods ................... ..10 5 clude the new Nash at Pigmon
Wilfred Christensen ....10 4 Motors, the Pontiac at the Shel-
Han‘k Durand .............. ..10 0 ton Motor Company and the new
Ernie Cole . . . . . . . . . . . . ..10 0 Chrysler and Plymouth at S. L.
Mark Ferrier . 14 Pearson. ‘
33th *wman ---- ’75 The new Chevrolet made its
N311“. lance“ first appearance last Friday at
Nlnme {grand 2 the Mell Chevrolet Co. with the
A°?annit‘t’rgan 1 announcement appearing in to-
” 13M h man 14 night’s paper, while the new Ford
G- F' 9' affey is expected at Al Huerby Motors
Sonny Boy Collier 3 this Friday.
Bob Ervin, local Buick dealer,
BOY BORN YESTERDAY
Mr. and Mrs. “Bud Wollett of
Tacoma became parents of a baby
son born at Shelton Hospital Mon-
day.
has a new car, but lack of show-
room space has handicapped its
showing. Those interested may
see the car at the Simpson Log-
ging Co. garage.
13 GRANTED CITIZENSHIP
INCLUDING SHELTON NATIVE
“It’s Great To Be An Ameri-
can” means more to thirteen Shel-
ton and Mason County residents
today than just a patriotic ex-
pression.
Nowit’s a fact for them, where-
as up to last Saturday morning
Visits Shelton Plant it was just a fancy. They are the
thirteen who received
persons
President E. M. Mills of Ray, their final American citizenship
onier Incorporated paid a visit tol papers Saturday after undergomg
the Shelton division plant and‘ naturalization hearings conducted
the Seattle headquarters of the
firm he heads last week, officials
of the Shelton plant announce.
The visit was on routine mat-
ters concerning, Rayonier affairs.
Mr. Mills did not stop at Hoquiam
or Port Angeles divisions of the
company before returning to his
offices in San Francisco.
TREATED AT HOSPITAL
Max- Winkler, Simpson Logging
company employe, was admitted
to Shelton Hospital yesterday for
treatment.
before Superior Court Judge D. F.
Wright by E. C. Morse, examining
officer for the U. S. Immigration
Bureau office in Seattle.
Unique among the thirteen fi-
nal papers granted Saturday was
the case of Mrs. Nettie Sarah
Hodge, who had the unusual ex-
perience of becoming an Ameri-
can citizen in the town where she
was born. Mrs. Hodge is a na-
tive daughter of Shelton, having
been born down Oakland Bay
over 70 years ago, yet she had
to undergo naturalization because
she lost her American citizenship
when she and her husband moved
to Canada many years ago and
became Canadian citizens.
The other twelve new citizens
naturalized in Saturday’s semi-
annual hearings were' Teresa
Whittingham, Esmaralda Jordan,
Delmar B. Cole, Tom Seljestad,
Vera Devlin and John W. Ben-
nett, all of Shelton, and Ivy Eaton,
Skokomish Valley, all British sub-
jects; Elsie Susanne Schlosser,
Shelton, German citizen; Gudrun
Elizabeth Skagen and Evelyn
Carlson, both Shelton, and Jo-
hanna Caroline Anker, Allyn, all
Norwegian itizens; and John
Haggstrom, Shelton. Swedish sub-
jec .
In addition, Marguerite Mary
Collins, Mary Bednarski, Stella
May Morken and Pearl Schmidt
were all repatriated. They were
all American-born citizens who
lost their citizenship through mar-
riage.
RITIES ASK
RECONSIDERATION 0F GRID
SUSPENSION 0F SHELTON
lState Ass’n Assembly Would Dole
‘ Out Stiff Penalty For Vio-
lation of Early Foot-
ball Practice Rule
Reconsideration of the facts
concerning Shelton high school‘s
violation of a Washington State
High School Athletic Ass’n ruling
;prohibiting opening of football
practice before September 1 and
which resulted last Saturday in
a recommendation by the 20—man
irepresentative assembly of the
State Ass’n that Shelton and
(Bremerton high schools be sus-
pended for the balance of the foot—
‘ ball season is being asked by both
Ithe schools involved, Athletic Di-
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frector Homer Taylor of Shelton
said today.
“While we have not received
' any official notification of the as-
sembly's recommendation to the
association, we will ask the asso-
ciation to consider all the facts
before acting upon the recommen-
dation.” Taylor said this morning.
First Action Reversed
The 20—man assembly reversed
a recommendation of the five-man
board of directors of the State
Association which merely sug—
gested that Shelton and Brem-
erton be plaCed upon probation
for the balance of the school
year. This would have allowed
both teams to complete their foot-
ball schedules, but the recommen-
dation of the assembly if approv-
ed ~by the State Ass’n would force
the two schools to cancel their
remaining games and forfeit any
victories they may have won up
to date. Shelton has none, but
Brcmerton has won two games.
In the. meantime, While await-
ing a decision from the State
Ass’n, next Saturday’s game be-
tween Shelton and Raymond,
scheduled at Raymond, probably
will be called off, Athletic Direc-
tor Taylor said today.
Shelton Not Represented
Taylor pointed out that Shelton
had not been invited to send a
representative to Saturday’s meet-
ing, held in Seattle, and therefore
its position in the row was not
presented to the'assembly.
Taylor said Shelton’s argument
to the. State Ass’n will be “ignor-
ance of the existence of the rule"
although he admitted that care-
lessness perhaps contributed to
the violation, but that no inten~
tional transgression against the
rule had been made by Shelton.
It is understood here that El-
ma school officials made the pro-
test against Shelton to the State
Ass’n.
Football Coach Walt Hakola is-
sued equipment to approximately
a half dozen candidates for this
year’s team on August 28 and
allowed them to exercise with
footballs for the balance of‘that
week, but no organized squad
workouts were held until the op-
ening of school.
Rule Roundly Criticized
The rule against early football
turnouts was passed last spring.
It has met with almost universal
criticism from coaches and J. D.
Meyer of Spokane, secretary of
the State Ass’n board of directors,
admitted that discussion was
“pretty warm" throughout the
meeting Saturday.
Little publicity was given the
rule after its passage last spring.
Taylor pointed out, and the State
Association’s new rule book for
the 1941-42 athletic seasons was
not published until late in the
summer and was not received by
athletic officials of schools affil-
iated with the State Ass’n until
the beginning of the current term.
Penalty Too Severe
Taylor pointed out that the pen-
alty recommended by the assem-
bly Saturday would be extremely
severe for an unintentional viola-
tion of the ruling under the con-
ditions existing in Shelton’s case
and that such a penalty would
work a severe hardship on the
players, the student body and the
schools with which Shelton has
scheduled games.
He added that considerable pub-
licity was given the first football
turnout in the columns of this
paper and that had the school wil-
fully violated the rule the early
turnouts would have been called
yin secrecy rather than with the
publicity given them.
Hope that a more just punish-
ment than outright suspension for
the rest of the season can be ar-
ranged is held due to the fact
that the delegate assembly which
recommended the suspension has
no power to invoke the penalty but
that action must be taken by the
board of,rdirectors which origin-
ally recommended the probation.
Child— Struck By
Auto Saturday
Struck by a car as he ran down
a steep driveway onto the Navy
Yard highway, John Tabor, three-
year-old sonof Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Tabor of Union, was treated at
Shelton Hospital for cuts and
bruises but an x-ray showed no
broken bones Saturday.
The tot was hit by a car driven
by John R. Wilkins, 33, of Olym-
plia near Femwood on Hood Can-
a .
Donald A. Scofield, 19, Route 2,
Shelton, and Ray Barr, ‘1, Grape-
view, were driving cars involved
in an accident at the intersection
of the old Allyn road with High-
way 14-A nine miles east of Shel-
ton Saturday. Damages were not
listed. No injuries were sustain-
ed by the passengers.
Rangers Report First
Snow in Olympics Now
First snow of the year fell in
the Olympic Mountains a week
ago Friday, forest service rang-
ers reported at 'Hoodsport last
week.
