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ELFARE Sllii
037 Spent By Department
8' October, $12,200 \l'ent
'V' '0? Senior (lit-37mm,
Report Reveals
$18,037.89 expenditures
"3 eparliment went to old ag’“.
"99, Administrator Glen
announced today ill l'e-;
,, IS monthly report. I
‘ citizen grants totalledl
Out of the October budfi
, report revealed. Senior'
grants are computed, he
3 on a need basis and
V. tlnue to be computed ac- i
“to the rules and regula-
rled by the State Depart—.
,f Social Security with the
of State until such
' n and if the state su-
0015 iv '1 OUrt makes a decision
at .' that status on cases
cc 3' re it. A
“fair hearings were held
" County last Thursday,
auspices of the Mason
'Old Age Pension Union,
“8 the first step in court
‘2‘ if“? to change the present
01‘ determining old age
1fOctober expenditures of
3, -_‘1!‘e department here in-
_‘. $1.236 for aid to depend-
ren; $242 for assistance
at $196.33 for child wel-
»' 351.77 for old age medi-
.tancc; $464.52 'for other
fissistance than to aged,
V ‘1"01‘ relief to unemploy-
'. 1.10 for boarding home
188.16 for 'public health,
535.72 for administration.
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two-thirds of Oct-.
[ by the Mason County wel— 1
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‘ Shelton Soldier
Travels 37,000
Miles With Army
\Vord has been received by Mr.
and Mrs. Cab Ruins of Shelton
, that their son, Donald, is now
Staff Sergeant, after com-
pleting a four months-7 electri-
; cal course at Fort Monroe, Va.,
He is a searchlight technician
is now stationed at Fort
Bliss, Texas.
Since enlisting ill July, 1940,
Don has traveled over 37,000
miles. He writes enthusiastic
reports of Amly Life, and thor-
oughly agrees with the Army
posters, “Travel, Adventure,
Career and Pay.”
After the first of the year Don
will go back to Fort Monroe to
the, officch training school.
ELDERS, LEADERS
MUST ENCOURAGE
YOUTH IN SCOUTS
Executives 0f Scout Movement
Explain To Kiwanlans Duty
0f Sponsors
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Doane Brodie, chairman of the
Mason County district, and Gene
Browning, Commissioner of the
Tumwater Council, introduced to
the Kiwanis Club Tuesday two
Boy Scout executive officeres who
gave instructive talks on the grow-
th and purposes of the Boy Scout
movement and its part in com-
munity life.
.' trative costs showed a
. "' September due to $550
f' for necessary new equip-
.. eTwise would have been
g, "‘ approximate five per-
: j40th.] expenditures which
Wn in past monthly re-
Mministrator Ratcliff ex-
l'mer Post ;
anders Out
Leglon Fete
. 9 past commanders an»
ll call at Fred B. Wi-
«Hcan Legion post's an-f
‘ Commanders night Tues-
.1‘2. and heard Past Com—
Ed Faubert review the
the post up to the time
ication of Memorial Hall
thr‘ough the reading of
00° post meetings.
a ,. ‘ mmanders who were on
I. the annual occasion in-
': Sykes, 1922; Maurice
' 1923; Earl Johnson,
Faubert, 1926; M. A.
927; Gene Martin. 1929;
, .. 1930; Al Klasell,
v 1d Lakeburg, 1934; W.
' 1935: Dr. M. C. Mel-
3; 'Cliff Wivell, 1938;
h. 1939; and John Elia-
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the program the Le-
JOined the Legion Aux-
,8. who celebrated past
night at the same
' {:00ial columns), for re-
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isaturday', 1 p. m.
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WWho died at the home
Roy, here Monday
held from Witsiers
5' :. ome Saturday afternoon
.‘ oek. .
9“ had lived in Mason
" 35 years.
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f; A 1‘ Speaker Bantz
Mayor Charles E. Cole
‘39 State Engineer Bur-
, a next Thursday evening
enlatter speaks to the
ahiber of Commerce at
[a 'y ‘ ‘érg‘anization's November
IY __.. t2 . 0
{fl i. , 1s a former Shelton
ml . o‘er. appointed to that
g Mayor Cole.
“:j :Y SITTING UP
' , . Vey, Shelton Hospital
fl 1 {hpl‘esidenh has 'im-
' 9 point where he was
‘ ,r , ‘ up yesterday, hospital
“A 1:; , giareported today. His
l|6’: ’ i greatly improved.
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soon—the Senior
-' ‘ play.
J g, aloheard of a poor fam-
u,
,3 i. ,"put on the dog" to
if i 11‘ daughter’s suitor.
:‘i time the tables are
Young man is prej-
’ ’ . 5t the rich, so the
. 98 to be poor in or-
‘ ‘3 their daughter. After
are dismissed and
"i hidden away in the
family’s other daugh-
, ,-,§nexpectcdly with her
ul‘opean prince. She
the family return
11 living in order to
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UTS’ IT’LL BE .
1N TERTAINMENT HIGHLIGHT
Max Jensen, chief executive of
Tumwater Council, pointed out
that the movement is purely vol-
untary as far as the boys are
concerned, and they need
encouragement and active sup-
port of elders as well as the club
sponsors to the leaders who are
giving freely of their time to
Scout training and better citizen-l
idollar pieces, Mr. Stentz has in
ship. Shelton Scouts are giving
.a good account of themselves, but
there is room for .more éboys to
join and even more troops to
share in the benefits.
Rex Muger, who covers the
NorthWest for the travelling staff,
added more background and de-
tail to the Scout moVement which
has touched nine million boys
in its 31 years over 77 nations
with the same creed and ideals,
although in dictator countries it
is now in eclipse while the boys
are regimented into the job of
killing each other.
America, he pointed out, is the
last outpost of democracy and op-
portunity, and training for worthy
citizenship, and the responsibil-
ity rests on the citizens and the
civic clubs to hold the faith and
carry on the training of future
citizens, as measured in charac-
ter rather than material gains,
and in anrenduring peace. If the
country of today is beset with
problems which menace its fu-
ture, there is the greater obliga-
tion on its citizens to train youth
to meet the problems of its time
with strength and knowledge, for
democracy cannot be forced, but
must be a voluntary act of cit-
izenship, appealing to better hu-
man nature. He urged support
for the Boy Scouts as the best
agency for sound physical and
mental training.
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Forrest’s 63311”
New Floral And
Gift Shop Here
With the location completely
renovated and \redecorated, For-
rest’s Floral and Gift Shop will
open its new retail establishment
at 311 Railroad Avenue this Sat-
urday, according to Mrs. Irene
Forrest.
Mrs. Forrest also announced
that Elizabeth Simpson, who has
operated the Gift Nook at 1607
Westlake Avenue in Seattle for
several years will come to Shel-
ton as a partner in the new store.
A varied line of gift items Will
be included in the stock in addi-
tion to flowers and plants:.
Open House will be celebrated
at the new floral shop this Satur-
day and Sunday Mrs. Forrest
stated, from 11 a. m. to 5 p. m. A
beautiful flower will be give}1 to
every lady visiting the store.‘
impress the prince.
The family, anxious to please
both daughters, play the game of
being rich and poor at the same
time. A flighty maiden aunt 15
pressed into service as housekecp‘
er, and the pompous local mm-
ister is disguised as a butler.
How the family succeeds. in
this ruse and how both glrlfi
succeed in getting their “men.
will be revealed November 17.3.nd
18 at the Junior High Audltor-
iumwthe annual Senior 1118‘“
play.
the director.
Miss Ellen Opal Cay is emb
Collecting old coins is
particularly rare hobby
Sheltonialfis, probably, but it is
doubtful if anyone around here
has been at it longer than Char-
les W. Stentz, Shelton Hotel desk
clerk.
Mr. Stentz has devoted the past
fifty years to this hobby, not in
l a serious or active vein, but quiet-
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value but rather interesting nev-
ertheless. His collection now num-
bers something in excess of 160
'old coins which aren’t found ill
general circulation nowadays.
The oldest coin in his collection
is an 1801 one-cent piece, one
lot the large size pennies which
were coined by the U. S. govern-
ment from 1793 to 1857. He un-
covered this ancient coin while
home in Mansfield, Ohio, about
1884, Mr. Stentz recalls. Today
that penny is worth approximate-
ly 75 cents.
'Gets An Inspiration
However, it wasn’t until 1892,
just fifty years ago, that the
Shelton man really began to take
up his hobby seriously. He re-
ceived his inspiration while he
was cashier for a Mansfield, Ohio,
department store, one day when
an old lady bought a coal oil
lanlp, on special at
sent up four old half dollar pieces
to pay for it. They were of the
vintages of 1810, 1812, 1819 and
1825 and right then and there Mr.
Stentz decided to start collecting
old coins.
With those four half dollar
pieces as a start, he has con-
1 centrated on fifty-cent pieces ever
since. He has one for every year
from 1892 on, plus 24 others of
earlier years. Although he has
one of 1838 vintage it is from the
wrong mint, else it would be worth
between $300 and $600.
Half Dollar Worth $10
He has in addition, two com-
memorative half—dollars, one of
the 1893 Columbian Exposition
and one of the 1915 Panama 8
Pacific Exposition, this latter be-
ing worth $10 now.
Outside of his fancy for half-
his collection eight large pennies,
the newest being of 1853; 24 small
one-cent" pieces, some of compar-
atively recent date but worth
more than face value because of
the small number struck; 3 two~
cent pieces; 17 silver three-cent
pieces, the newest being 1853;
3 nickel three-cent pieces; 7 five-
cent pieces, none later than 1883;
4 silver half-dimes, none newer
than 1842; 14 dimes of 1859 and
earlier; an 1875 twenty-cent piece;
4 quarter-dollars not younger than
1861; and two trade dollars of
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Hold New Manager
Sale This Week
Celebrating the installation of
a new management, the local
20th Century Food Store on Hill-
crest will have a New Manage-
ment Sale beginning Friday.
Herschel W. Bates, recently ap-
pomted to take over the store
following the resignation of Bill
Bourland, former manager, an-
nounced that many changes had
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Shelton Man Spent 50 v
Years Collecting Coins
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ly and gradually building up a;
collection which, as he describes.
’hoeing 'a strawberry patch at his'
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holding
Tom’s father, holding the
reel he is holding, fourth
Penn 49 reel he is holding
records kept at the three main
boat landings on Lake Cushman
reveal that 6,224 fishermen took
a total of 42,034 fish, or an av-
erage of 6.7 fish per angler, from
the lake during the 1941 fresh-
water fishing season which closed
October 31, George Hixon, chain
man of the Hood Canal Sports-
mens Ass’n freshwater fishing
committee, reported today.
The great majority of the catch
records were kept at Robinson’s
Resort, of course, and there is
where the best catches were re-
ported, too, for the average catch
reported at Robinson's was an eV-
en seven per angler, while at
Bear Gulch the average was five
and the city float 4.7, Hixon’s
records indicate.
May \Veek Popular
The week of May 25 to 31 seem-
ed to be the most popular dur-
ing the season, for during that
period 434 anglers were recorded
at the three landings, taking a
total of 3,665 fish for an average
of 8.44 per fisherman. The week
of June 29 to July 5 ran a close
second with 423 anglers going out,
but they weren’t as successful as
the peak Week anglers for their
average was only 6.34 fish.
Best weekly average :rom the
standpoint of per-angler results
came the week prior to the closing
of the Season, October 19 to 25.
when the few fishermen who did
go out brought in an average of
12.5 fish each. However, only
been put into effect in order to
make shopping easier for the
store’s customers.
The south door in the front of
the store has been eliminated, and
a. continuous sweep of window
dlsplay space affords much more
room for vegetable, fruit and
other merchandise displays.
The floor has been repainted
and arrangements of the shelves
and counters has been shifted, all
With the customers’ benefit in
mind.
In celebration. of the event cake
and coffee will be served all day
Saturday to all who visit the
store, and a number of prizes will
be presented to customers. The
cake will be baked by Daviscourt’s
Bakery for the event.
_A large advertisement on page
five of tonight’s Journal gives
further details of the sale as well
as the many savings to be en-
IJoyed there. The. store has been
re-named Bate’s 20th Century
Store.
Brother of Shelton
Woman Killed by Car
Mrs.‘ A. Almaden of Shelton,
was grieved Sunday by the death
f her brother, Manuel F. Reyes
in a traffic
Reyes, 51, was struck by
a Car as he crossed a downtown
intersection in Seattle Sunday
morning.
Funeral services will be held
Monday at a. m. from St. Ed-
wards Church in Shelton with
burial at Ft. Townsend-
Dr. Allan Bell Earns
Captaincy With Army
Dr- Allan Bell, son of Mr. and
Mrs' A- L. Bell of Shelton, was
{Elevated to the rank of captain
1“ the Medical Corps of the U.
8‘ Army at Fort Lewis on Nov-
er 1. Dr. Bell is‘ a graduate
~0f Irene S. Reed high school.
20 catch records figured in com-
piling this mark. Best of the
peak weeks period from the
standpoint of results was the
June 1 to 7 stretch in which 259
fisherme naveraged , 10.4 fish
apiece. The period from May 11
to June 21 was the peak of the
season, average catches being no
lower than eight and up to the
10.4 high point during that time,
Hixon's records reveal.
Hot Spell Damaging
The drop in fishing results
which occurred in mid-July Hixon
blames on that extended heat
wave during which three temper-
atures of over 100 degrees were
recorded.
“This sent the lake fish deeper
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TONIGHT—City council semi -
monthly meeting, 8 p.m., city
hall.
TONIGHT.Commercial league
bowling, 8 p.m., bowlin alleys.
FRIDAY—City league iowling,
7 and 9 p.m., bowling alleys.
FRIDAY—Moose Lodge weekly
meeting, 8 p.m., Moose Hall.
SATURDAY-Superior court, 10
a.m., courthouse.
SATURDAY—Deadline for' de-
positing entry ballots in seventh
week of Merchants-Journal foot-
ball sweepstakes, 10 a.m., bal-
lot boxes at Ralph’s Grocery
(Hillcrest), Wilson’s Cafe, Mun-
ro’s, L. M., Journal.
SATURDAY—V. F. W. post 12th
annual Armistice Ball, 9:30 p.
m., Schneiders Prairie.
SUNDAY—~Ninth day of upland
bird hunting season, shooting
sunrise to 4 pm.
SUNDAY~—Shelton Hospital
‘open house’ for new unit, 2 to
4 pm.
MONDAY~Tenth day
land bird hunting season,
ing sunrise to 4 pm.
of up-
shoot-
MONDAY~County commissiom
ers weekly meeting, 10 a.m.,
courthouse.
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derby finals, held last Sunday. From left to right:
his 11-1b., 15-02. catch which earned him the cr
prize; Russell
other hand; and on the extreme ri
A derby at ten years old, who ca
1 . ground in front of him, with a 12-lb., 1-oz. catch.
AN GLERS AVERAGE 6.7 TROUT
APIECE FROM LAKE CUSHMAN;
JULY HOT WEATHER DAMAGING
linch rainbows planted last Feb-
endent.
y", November 6, 1941
PRIZE WINNERS IN 1941 SI
12-lb., 6-oz.
Gunter, holding the 13-lb., 81/2-oz.
which really brought home the bacon in this year’s derby,
horsepower Evinrude motor on the stand beside Gunter;
Huff of Lilliwaup, holding the 13-lb., 2—oz. silver Which
complete salmon stripping outfit with.a Penn 49 reel w
Bednarski, sophomore high school student who won the
LVER SALMON DERBY
If you’d get the right tips on how to catch big salmon, go to someone in
this
They are the prize winners of the 1941 Shelton silver salmon
Tom Nelson, sixth prize winner,
eel he is holding; Art Nelson,
silver which earned him the fishing
pole and
MERCHANTS
ADVISED T0
SECURE CERTIFICATES
0F PRIORITY 0N SALES
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
THIRD TRAFFlC
LFATAllTY llllS
.I Charles Mason, Resident 01‘ lell— 1
ty 34 Years, Killed Ill Fog
When Crossing High-
way; Woman Hurt
Mason Coun?y's third traffic fa—
morning took the life of Charles
Mason, 76, of Route 1, at Shelton
l Hospital where he had been taken
after being struck down by a
car driven by Joseph L. Grim, 27;
of Olympia, an employe at the
Olympic Plywood plant here.
Grim told State
Cliff Aden that Mason walked
across the Olympic Highway four
miles south of Shelton in front
of his car in the fog about one
o‘clook this morning as Grim was
returning home after getting off
work on the plywood plant‘s late
shift. Mason, too, evidently was
on his way to his home near Lake
Isabella, Aden said.
Grim told Aden he attempted
to cut to the right when he first
sighted Mason crossing the high-
way, then to the left when he
giant
winning for him the 3.3
next comes Mrs. Louise
Won her second prize, the
hich she is holding; Sam
steel trolling outfit with
which was third prize with the 12—lb., 12-oz. catch in his
ght is Sonny Boy Collier, youngest entry
ptured fifth prize, the handsome tackle box on the
in the
(Photos by Andrews)
than usual and the average fish-
erman would; not use enough lead
to get to them," Hixon comment-
ed. “In some of the shallow lakes
this heat was fatal, causing a
serious loss. It is not. good for
one to see 17 inch rainbows die
for lack of air in the water and
not be able to do anything about
it. The new plantings in shallow
water will have to be Changed,
maybe to bass or eastern brook
trout.” '
Rainbows planted in Jefferson
Lake have done fine, the fresh-
water fish chairman commented;
and recommended that the lake
be closed for about two years to
give the 1940 planting time to
reach spawning age.
New Rainbows Grow Fast
“The new rainbows being plant-
ed in Mason County are sure some
fish,” he complimented, “The fast-
est growers I have ever seen. Five—
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ruary were 8 to 9 inches, by
July. We know this to be a fact
for oldtimers say there never were
any fish at all in that lake be-
fore."
Hixon had opinions about the
Hamma Hamma river, too, which
he incorporated into his report
with the comment, “I agree with
the complaint of some that fish-
ing in the Hamma Hamma is not
what it should be. This stream
is very fast and cold and does
not have very many resting pools
or side feeder streams where the
fish may rest and grow. I be-
lieve that the Hamma Hamma
should be given a short season,
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
say June, July and August, to
give the fish two more'months to
put on size in the early summer.”
Hixon‘s report also noted the
fact that 1,258,224 fish were
planted in Mason County waters
from January 1 to September 15,
about half being rainbows, some
of legal size, and more are still
to come this year.
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LOGGER CUTS HEAD
William Taylor, Camp 3 logger,
was treated at Shelton Hospital
Wednesday for head cuts suffer-
ed in a woods accident.
MONDAY_Annual Mason Coun-
ty W.E.A. unit banquet, 6:30
p.m., senior high school social
room.
MONDAY—W o m e n s league
bowling, 8:15 p.m., bowling al-
leys.
MONDAY—Eagles lodge week-
ly meeting, 8 .p.m., Moose
Hall.
MONDAY—Kiwanis club week-
ly meeting, noon luncheon, Shel-
ton Hotel.
MONDAY—DeMolay district ga-
thering, 7 p.m., Masonic Tem-
ple, public dance 9:30 p.m.,
Lincoln gym. .
TUESDAY~Armistice Day.
TUESDAY—Prep football, 2 p.
m., Loop Field, Shelton vs. Bell-
armine. .
TUESDAY—American L e g i o n
Auxiliary annual baked ham
dinner, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Mem—
orial Hall. '.
TUESDAY—American L e g i o u
post dancing party, 9 p.m.,
Memorial Hall.
TUESDAY—Eleventh and final
day of 1941 upland bird hunt—
ing season, shooting sunrise to
4 pm.
HOSPITAL OPEN l
HOUSE’ SUNDAY T0 l
SNOW NEw UNIT
Public Invited To Inspect Recent-
ly Completed Quarters From
2 To 4 O’clock
‘Open house’ will be held at
Shelton‘ Hospital between the
hours of two and four o’clock
next Sunday afternoon to intro-
duce to the public the newly com-
pleted unit on the ground floor
of the last addition to the main
building.
Nurses will conduct those in-
terested in making trips of in-
spection through the new unit,
Miss Zella Deeny, hospital su-
perintendent, announced today.
SIX NEW NURSES
0N HOSPITAL STAFF
Among six new additions to the
staff of nurses at Shelton General
Hospital are four graduates of
Irene S. Reed high school, Miss
Zella Deeny, hospital superintend-
ent, announced today.
Miss Ardis Dahlman, graduate
of Tacoma General Hospital; Miss,
Margaret Clark, graduate of A1132]
cortes General Hospital; and MISS.
Loretta Loitz, graduate of St.|
Peters Hospital of Olympia, are
all recent graduates of Irene S.
Reed high school, and asked for
their first positions as graduate
nurses in their home town.
In addition, Miss Betty Wells,
graduate of Virginia Mason Hos-
pital in Seattle, is now a per-
manent member of the Shelton
Hospital staff. She came here
only temporarily to attend her
mother, Mrs. Clyde Wells, during
her recovery from an automobile
accident, but liked it so well ask-
ed for and was given a perman-
ent place on the staff. She had
been taking a supervisory train-
ing course at Harborview HosPi-
tal in Seattle.
Other new members of the
staff include Miss Edwina Hen-
ry, from Anacortes General_I-Ios-
pital, and Miss Dorothea Dickei-
ser, of St. Peters. Miss Dick-
eiser is here temporarily while
present members of the hospital
staff recover from illnesses.
The new additions to the staff
come as replacements for Miss
Antonette Baima, who has en-
rolled in the supervisory training
course at Harborview, Miss Mar-
lgaret Culwell, who has taken a
position in Columbia Hospital in
Seattle, and Miss Ann Harmon,
who has gone into Uncle Sam's
service as a nurse at Letterman
Hospital in the’Presidio at San
Francisco, a navy hospital.
At the'present time, too, the
Shelton staff has been 'handicap-
ped by illnesses which have kept
Mrs. Rosie Post and Miss Helen
McGee from active duty.
Mothers’ Club Wants
To Uniform Troop 25
Aiming to equip every member
of the troop with uniforms, the
Mothers’ Club of Troop 25 is
staging a drive to secure whole or
parts of uniforms from anyone
having them and willing to part
with them.
Anyone wishing to give or sell
whole or .parts of regulation Boy
Scout uniforms are asked to con-
tact Mrs. H. G. Angle or Scout-
master Earl Sheldon.
YOUTH IN HOSPITAL
Harold Kidd, 11-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Rex Kidd of Mat-
lock Route, was admitted to Shel-
dent that way. Grim’s car wound
I Armistice Day gridiron battle next
saw he could not avoid the acci-
up in the ditch on the left side of
the road but the right front fell-
der struck the pedestrian. Mason
died less than two hours after be-i
ing admitted to the hospital.
He is survived by his wife, Mar- I
tha; three sons, Charles of Shel-‘
ton, Raymond of Centralia, and
Albert of Los Angeles; one broth-
er, Richard ofr Detroit, Michigan;
and six grandchildren. He was»
born in England, July 6, 1865.
He had lived in Mason County
for 34 years.
No funeral arrangements have.
en announced. ‘
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MRS. CLARENCE SAEGER
INJURED IN ACCIDENT
Mrs. Clarence Saeger of Shel-
ton suffered a severe scalp wound
early this morning when a car
driven by Mrs. Ari V. Dundas of:
Potlatch Route, in which she was
riding, failed to negotiate the
curve at the top of the Kamilchel
Hill in the heavy fog and rico-
cheted from the bank on the right
hand side to the left bank.
Mrs. Saeger’s head struck the'
windshield, State Patrolman Cliffl
Aden reported. The injured wo-
man was rushed to Shelton Hos-
pital by City School Supt. H. E.
Loop, a passing motorist.
Mrs. Saeger was returning from
Olympia with Mrs. Dundas, Mrs.
Lorna White and Mrs. Ed Buch-
MCRNlNC HERE
tality in eleven days early this.
Patrolman -
O. 1’. M. Representative Cautions
Against Depicting Stocks
Without Provisions~
For Replacement
Retail merchants were advised
last night by .A. E. Pierce, field
service representative of the
, priorities division of the Office of
Production Management in Seat-
, tle, to secure priorities certificates
iwherever possible with all future
sales of merchandise, else they
,will sooner or later deplete their
stocks and have no way 01‘ re«
placing them.
The O.P.M. representative ad—
dressed a group of Shelton ill-
;dustrial, business and civic lead-
ers who were guests of the Active
,lClub last night.
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It wasn’t a pretty picture he
, painted for the small businessman.
Under questioning by_his audi—
'ence, Mr. Pierce admitted that
the system of priorities is choking
athe small merchant and small
lmanufacturer not engaged in de-
:’ tense work, either directly or in-
idirectly, in fact that is the
very purpose of priorities ~—- to
direct materials into defense use
channels first and away from
igeneral civilian use.
Sell With Care
, The speaker indicated that mer-
lcllants who concentrated their
efforts on obtaining priorities cer-
tificates with their merchandise
Isales would be able to continue
to replenish their stocks, but sales
of merchandise to customers un-
able to furnish priorities certifi-
cates would result in the end in
completely diminishing store
stocks and leave the merchant
with no way of replenishing them,
particularly in the types of mer-
chandise requiring materials used
Aheavily in defense manufacturing.
Businesses and industries en-
joying priority ratings, Mr. Pierce
said in answer to questions from.
‘the audience, have no trouble at
present securing materials need-
ed for maintenance and continued
operation of their plants but that
a different certificate requiring
considerably more red tape and
governmental investigation, with
approval necessary from Wash-
ington, D. C.. is necessary to se-
cure materials desired for prop-
erty extensions such as expan-
sions, new buildings, etc.
Automatic 011 Application
The maintenance priorities cer-
tificate is largely automatic and
given upon application to indus~
tries with priority ratings, he
said, but the property extension
certificates are something else
again. »
The lumber industr , fOr in-
stance, Mr. Pierce 8 id, has a.
priority rating sufficient to ob-
tain materials for continued op-
eration and maintenance of plants.
Utilities, transportation firms, and
others of like nature fall into the
same general group, he added.
The extent to which these in-
dustries may secure the materials
they desire, however, is entirely
anan of Shelton shortly after mid-
night when the accident occurred.
Two other accidents, both of
minor nature, were reported to
the sheriff’s office yesterday. Ken-
neth Dillengberg, 22, of Hoods-
port, reported $125 damage was
done to a car owned by his broth~_
er, John, driven by Kenneth, when
he skidded and ran into a ditch
on the Olympic highway n e a rl
Hoodsport Monday as Dillengberg
swung out to pass another car.
Cars driven by Henry G. Robert-
son, and Lyle Murphy, both of
Shelton, were involved in a minor‘
accident at Fifth and Cota streets
Tuesday evening just at dusk.
BREMERTON MAN FINED
$90 ON TRAFFIC CHARGE
Frank Ivans, chief petty officer
in the U. S. Navy, stationed at
Bremerton, was fined $90 and
court costs amounting to over
$9 yesterday by Justice M. CgZin-
theo on'a charge of appearing ill.
a public place in a drunken con-
dition.
Ivans was arrested at Belfair
Saturday night by State Patrol-
man Bob Grimstead of Kitsap
County. Prosecutor Frank Heus-
ton prosecuted the case.
Highclimbers Near
Top Strength For
Bellarmine Clash
Barring last minute mishaps,
the Shelton Highclimbers should
be at peak strength for their
Tuesday against Bellarmine high
of Tacoma, Coach Walt Hakola
reported last night.
Halfback Jim Howarth, out
since the last Elma game, is again
ready to go and Mack Wilson,
guard, has also recovered from
a shoulder injury which benched
him for last week’s Montesano
game. .
In addition, Warren Woods,
two-letterman halfback, reported
this week and is being worked
in the backfield as a possible
troubleshooter to spark Shelton’s
passing attack, which has been
spotty and generally uncertain all
year.
The tackle shortage is the only
thing worrying the Highclimber
coach very much at the moment.
His starters are capable endugh
but his reserves are thin.
The Highclimbers will concen-
trate on pass defense in their
practices between now and game
time as the Lions are almost as
pass-crazy as the Montesano
club which tried 34 aerial heaves
and completed 18 of them against‘
Shelton last Saturday.
dependent upon the available sup-
ply and the order‘ in which the
available materials is released de-
pends upon the priority ratings
of the firms; for example, if a
dozen applicants holding priority
ratings sought a certain article
of which there were but six
available the order of priority
rating would determine which
six of the dozen applicants ob~
tained the six articles available,
Mr. Pierce said.
Spread Small Now
At the present time, he point-
ed out, the spread between A-1
and A-10 priority ratings is not
very great, but it will grow wider
as available materials decrease
and-then the lower rating hold-
ers will have greater difficulty
obtaining what they Want. ‘
While admitting the ‘ prospect
was hardly one 'on which the
average merchantand manufac-
turer could look with any op-
timism, Mr. Pierce suggested that
the situation could work in the
other direction as the rate of sup-
plying defense needs quickened
and thus released more material
for civilian use instead of less.
Roll Call Kickoff
Luncheon Slated
Wednesday Noon
Final details of the 1941 Red
Cross roll call drive will be re—
vealed next Wednesday noon at
an “all-out membership" luncheon
for all roll call workers which
will be held in the Shelton Hotel
with Roll Call Chairman S. B.
Anderson in charge. ‘
The meeting will
signal the be-
ginning of the
annual roll call
drive. Chair-
man Anderson
has completed
all committee
_.__._ appointments, he
announced to-
day, and report-
ed an exceptionally whole-hearted
response from all those asked to
assist with the 1941 roll call.
"There seems undoubtedly to be
more interest in Red Cross work
this year than ever before,” he
commented.
The roll call chairman went on
to explain that Washington ranks
near the top in per capita enroll-
ment and that Mason County rates
14th among Washington counties
in per capita support of the roll
call for last year. One out of
every nine persons in this county
enrolled in 1940.
Headquarters for the 1941 roll
ton Hospital today for medical
care.
If you Wish to Sell you'll Have
to Tell—Journal Want-Ads.
call drive will be opened in the
Graham Theatre building with
Mrs. William Stevenson in charge,
Chairman Anderson announced.
