MARY'S MEMOIRS
Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014 - Mason County Journal - Page A-31
Not much happening this week
78 years ago in Belfair. Mary's
brother Henry shot an elk. The
salmon and smelt are running,
and the weather is getting cooler
and muggy. Of course, they got a
movie in there. Enjoy/
Thursday, Oct. 22, 1936
A fine sunny day and busy on
account of the P.W.A. checks that
came in. Received a nice letter
from Kents. Sam took Mr. Ryan
to Seattle and got his land con-
tract all fixed up and took them
on to Soap Lake. Doug went to
Seattle and came back with a new
safe and big load of groceries and
feed.
Friday, Oct. 23, 1936
A fairly busy day. Sam went
to Seattle and didn't get home
until late. When he came back, +
found he had taken Mr. Ryan to
Soap Lake. He enjoyed the trip
and feels much
better. Henry
came in with
his elk and
oh so excited.
Doug took the
head to Seattle
to get it mount-
ed. The Jordan
boy got an
By CLYDENE elk-too. They
HOSTETLER have so much
meat they re-
ally don't know
what to do with it all. Louie and
Henry are canning theirs. Some
is frozen and some hanging irt the
icebox.
Saturday, Oct. 24, 1936 •
Drove over to Gig Harbor with
Mr. Edwards and Rudy, and got
their salmon. My, they were nice
fish. Mrs. Johnson gave me a cut
of that old Madrona tree or a ta-
bletop as Sam would take no pay
for the use of the truck: So now
in the afternoon, went to town and ate
noodles and saw 'Private Humber with
Robert Taylor and Loretta Young. Very
good,
Ill have a very rustic set for my
breakfast room. We went to the
dance Saturday night and had the
best time. Afterward, we went to
Gordon's chivalry and home late.
Quite a few went who never knew
Gordon and were very drunk.
He had to take them home. My,
he was sore, and I gues they
scratched his furniture plenty.
Sunday, Oct. 25, 1936 °
Cleaned up the attic good and
did a lot of odd jobs. Charlje and
Elmer pulled the smelt net here
on the point, so I helped them.
Got two big trout and only a few
smelt. In the affeernoon, went to
town and ate noodles and saw
"Private NumbeF' with Robert
Taylor and Loretta Young. Very
good. Home early. Charlie baked
salmon for the feI15ws u t the
store. They said it was very good.
Monday, Oct. 2{, i936"
Quite a good day. Claire
washed clothes. Palt a lot of stuff
away on the shelves. Sam went to
Seattle and came at 8 with a full
load. To the beacl ehrly.*D'oug to
Seattle again.
Tuesday, Oct. 27, 1936" "
Sam wnt to Tacoma after d
goods, drugs and ed. I-Ipe just
at dinnertime. Ate elk meat and
was it tough! Mr. Foster very
low. They sent for Mrs. Foster to
come in. Mae I-Iousen brought in
my three skirts she fixed Monday
night, so I pressed and sewed
snaps on them. Clara ironed and
it looks very good. Charlie is go-
ing to put up a real line before
next week, because we expect
rain any day. Weather very mug-
gy. My Christmas cactus is full
of buds and looks very lovely. It
is going to bloom early this year.
Sam sold our radio up at the
stere, so now we have no music
for a while.
Wednesday, Oct. 28, 1936
A quiet day. Emmet went to
Seattle. We priced all the stock on
hardware side, and it looks very
good over there. Sam to Seattle
tonight. He and Mr. Rhodes were
going to Portland tomorrow. Very
cold outside.
My mother always had a
Christmas cactus, and it was al-
ways a big deal when it had lots of
blooms. Sometimes it would skip
a year and not bloom at all. It
always had a special place by the
window and got special care from
my mother. It was just part of the
family. Thank you for reading this
week's diary.
• Clydene Hostetler is a longtime
Belfair resident, local historian,
media archivist and doctentary
filmmaker of"Hidden ii, lain
Sight." She has been researching
Mary Theler's life for the past
11 years. She can be emailed at
clydeneh@wavecable.com.
JOURNAL TIME CAPSULE
New Tenino Newspaper
For years Tenino has had an
excellent country newspaper in the
news of that place. This paper, while
supported by the business men, is a
credit to the town and a better paper
than its patronage deserves. A short
time ago the good people of Tenino felt
that the town was ready for a second
paper. They brought in a fellow who
was going to set the world on fire.
As it happened he did not even get
the match our of his fingers without
burning himself badly and scorching
his friends. This man, after taking
many subscriptions in advance, got
out one issue of his world beater in
Centralia, sent it to Tenino to be
mailed and skipped the country. -
Elma Chronicle.
50 YEARS AGO • Oct. 15. 1964
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Roy Rogers Will Make Personal
Appearance at Paramount Nov.1
Bringing to Shelton one of the
finest entertainment features ever
offered at a local theatre, Gus Graf,
manager of the Paramount Theatre
announCed today that Roy Rogers,
famous singing cowboy star, and
his company, will make a personal
appearance at the Paramount on
Wednesday, November 1.
According to Mr. Grafthis is the first
time that a top-ranking movie star
has ever appeared in Shelton, and
marks the first personal appearance
made by Rogers in a town of less than
a 10,000 population.
Southside Grange Burns
Mortgage
The Southside Grange burned the
mortgage on its Grange Hall at its
meeting Oct. 2.
Special guests for the ceremonies
were past masters of the Southside
Grange Special invitations had been
sent to all charter members. Mrs.
Winifred Carr gave a talk on the
history of the Grange, which is 18
years old.
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Officials Worry About AIDS
Affecting Teens
Recently a 16-year-old in a
neighboring county was found to
thojournal
be HIV-positive, a sign the person
had contracted the AIDS virus. The
teen told county health officials of 17
sexual partners.
Even closer to home, Mason County
resident Dennis Turner is already
living with acquired immune
deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Another
young man in the county is also
living with the disease. One Shelton
couple's son died from AIDS-related
illness.
There are probably seven to nine
other individuals in Mason County
living with the disease, but are
keeping their illness confidential,
estimates Mason County's AIDS
education specialist, Tammy Hupp.
CHRISTIIAS TOYS
... me ,u J.away
Guns .......................................... $18 to K.99
IDoiI ................................. 98€ to $13.66
Meelumleal Toys .......... to $1.00
Pht Dihe4 ........................ $19 to $k88
Train A,.ereorie ............... to
Corue4ion Toys .................. t,J, io 110.88
Doll B d Strolk ....... to S,9
a
Western Auto Supply
3$ so, FRST A S4
This advertisement appeared in the
October 29, 1920 edition of the
Mason County Journal.
