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By RONA HARPER
After one complete quarter of
only being able to eat in the
cafeteria the administration has
relented and we are now able to
eat in the halls of the building on
a trial basis. As long as there is no
huge mess we will probably be
allowed to eat in the building
during the current and coming
inclement weather.
Don't miss the Senior Play. It
is "Flowers for Algernon" by
David Rogers based upon the
novel by Daniel Keyes. It will be
presented on November 19 and
20 in the High School Gym at
8:00 p.m. The price is $1.50 for
adults, 75c for students, and 50c
for children.
Women's Physical Fitness
began and will continue on
Monday and Wednesday nights
from 6-9 in the gym. It is under
the direction of Mr. Hawkins with
assistance from Roy Kelley and
Ken VanBuskirk. Women of all
ages are welcomed. This is a good
way to get in shape for next
summer.
Last Friday was the last
football pep assembly for the
year. The Sophomores won the
spirit keg but the high point of
the assembly was when Don
Havens, A1 Baselt, Earl Sande, and
Bob Johnson were called from the
bleachers to be blindfolded and
kissed. They then had to guess
who had kissed them. They were
all kissed by their own mothers
but none of them guessed
correctly. It was very entertaining
for the spectators but the boys'
faces turned various shades of red
when they found out.
~l'he Girl's Club-is selling
candles. These make good
Christmas presents for someone
special so everyone buy one so
that the Girl's Club can raise
money and so you will have one
less present to worry about
buying when Christmas gets
closer.
The Girl's Club is also
collecting Betty Crocker coupons
for Holly Ridge so that they can
get a bus. Anyone who has
coupons they would like to
donate can take them to the
school office or leave them at the
Clothesline in Belfair. They are
also collecting clothing and other
items for the girls at Maple Lane
so they will have something for
Christmas.
Anyone having any useful
items is asked to bring them to
the school in the near future so
that they can be_ sent to Maple
Lane.
November 18 was the date of
the individual events tournament
held at North Kitsap. This was for
the students interested in
Forensics and included Oral
Interpretation, Extemporanious,
Impromptu, and Oratory
speeches. Several students from
North Mason participated in the
events.
The second year French class
went to the Brasserie Pittsbourg
in Seattle on November 16. This
is a French restaurant on Pioneer
Square and is the oldest
continuing restaurant in Seattle.
It has a chef trained in France.
Everyone' who went really
enjoyed themselves.
At the last Student Council"
meeting they discussed building a
student lounge separate from the
high school building. This will be
looked into by Bruce Landram.
Also they gave the J.V.
cheerleaders $40 to help them
pay for their winter uniforms.
The Honor Society is planning
a work day on the third of
December. Anyone having a job
that could be done by an Honor
Society member in one day is
asked to contact Sheri Ward or
Kathie Johnson if they want
someone to come do it. The
minimum wage is $1.25 an hour.
The Honor Society is trying to
make all the money they will
need in this one try so that they
can concentrate on selling tickets
and other worthy activities.
The GAA participated in a
Volleyball sports day at Forks last
Saturday. Representatives from
North Mason left at 5:30 a.m. so
they would get there on time.
On November 24 there will be
a National School Assembly. Bob
Handloser will present his
program "Cycle Expeditions."
Mr. Handloser isan Industrial
Arts teacher and a Wrestling
coach. When not teaching he
travels all over the world and has
some very interesting experiences.
It should prove to be a very good
program.
According to guest speaker
Terry Drew, who addressed last
Thursday night's meeting of
North Mason PTA, this school
district has the best maintained
fleet of school buses he has ever
seen.
And inspecting school buses
in Kitsap, Clallam, Jefferson and
North Mason Counties is part of
his job with the Washington State
Patrol. He even went so far as to
say that the North Mason buses
are the best in the four counties
and gave full credit to the high
skill of the crew who check,
repair and maintain the buses.
(Editor's note: Take a bow,
• Ormand Ormiston.)
He said some of the buses in
this district are old and would
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newspaper in some
confusion at the October meeting
of the North Mason School
Board, which' was corrected at
this month's meeting by two
letters.
Originally there had been
quite a bit of discussion in
October about the quality of the
hot lunches served in local
schools. It was mistakenly
mentioned at the meeting that an
article in the high school paper
quoted many students,
complaining of the food.
A letter from John Criss, who
had written the article, was read
at this month's Board meeting
explaining that it was not the
food that was being criticized by
the students, but the fact that
there was a split lunch hour this
year. In former• years all students
had eaten at the same time.
Another letter, reprinted
below, was read by two interested
parents who had paid a surprise
visit to the school at lunchtime to
find oat for themselves what kind
of lunches were being served. Did
they enjoy their meal? Read the
letter and see.
Dear Members of the Board:
1 would like to make a public
statement concerning the quality
of the District's hot lunch
program. Mrs. Wendtland, a new
member of the Board, and myself
had lunch there today and found
the quality, quantity and
preparation of the meal to be
excellent. I would say it equals, if
not surpasses, anything available in
the area. Costwise, it is truly one
of the really rare bargains. This
visit was not planned or
announced so i'm sure it reflects
the true picture of the daily
lunch. While eating we visited
with one of the staff who
concurred with my opinion.
1 would hope that Mrs.
DeVault, the cook, and her staff
would be commended. The area
was orderly, neat in appearance,
the atmosphere pleasant and very
well managed.
Mrs. Kathleen Landram
probably have been out of service
in another district by now but were
still in good condition because of
the care they had received.
He told of finding one school
bus in another district with a
steering wheel attached with
baling wire and of another district
whose four buses failed to pass
inspection and had to be
condemned on the spot, resulting
in calls to parents to come pick
up their children.
Some problems of school
busing of students were
mentioned, such as discipline (he
blamed parents for bad behavior
of bus riders), the necessity of
making sure the bus driver
receives the note asking that a
student be let off the bus
anywhere other than his own
home (sometimes parents write a
note but the child leaves it in his
locker or somewhere else in the
school so the driver, legally,
cannot comply with the parent's
request,) and the near accidents
caused by drivers failing to heed
the warning blinking lights on
school buses and not stopping
when they should.
He said bus stops also cause
some dissatisfaction from some
parents but that it was not
possible to stop at every residence
so some pupils have to walk
further than others to meet the
bus.
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Page 8 - Huckleberry Herald section of Shelton-Mason County Journal - November 18, 1971
By
Rob May
The Bulldogs completed their
1971 grid campaign last Friday
night on a losing note, as the
Ocosta Wildcats took a close 9-8
victory from North Mason.
Leading 8-7 until the last two
minutes of the game, the Bulldogs
had a punt blocked, and the loose
ball was recovered in the end zone
by an Ocosta man for the safety,
and the winning two points.
Ocosta opened the scoring in
the second quarter, as Larry
Sperline, the Wildcats outstanding
halfback who gained 128 yards in
19 carries with the ball, slanted
off right tackle for 49 yards and a
touchdown. The extra point kick
was good to make the score 7-0 in
favor of the Westport team.
But the Bulldogs came right
back on the next series of downs,
as they drove 58 yards in 8 plays,
led by an 18 yard run by Bruce
Landram to put the ball into
scoring position. Landram then
ran the final 3 yards for the
Touchdown, his 9th of the year.
Landram also ran the extra point
try to put the Bulldogs ahead 8-7.
Earlier in the first quarter, the
Bulldogs scored twice, but both
times the plays were called back
on account of costly penalties.
The loss put the Bulldogs with
a 4-5 record for the season, 4-3 in
league competition. Coach Ron
Angus commented after the game
that this was his best team ever at
North Mason. Leaving seniors
who saw their final game were
Bruce Landram, Bob Johnson,
Earl Sande, Don Havens, AI
Baselt, Mike Dillenburg, Jeff
Werdall, Howard Snow, Rich
Daly, Rick Krueger, David Guy
and Roy Kelley.
Summarizing the season, the
Bulldogs were beaten soundly
only twice, to the top two teams
in the league, Port Townsend
34-14, and Bainbridge 25-6. Other
than that, they were in every
game until the final buzzer. They
lost 6-0 against Laughbon in their
opening game in which the
Laughbon defense scored the only
touchdown of the game. The
team came right back two weeks
later to take a 20-12 victory over
arch-rival Vashon, as Landram
scored twice on runs of 12 and 2
yards. And Don Havens scored
once from I 1 yards out.
Then came the Sequim game.
North Mason was leading 16-6
with only 5 minutes remaining to
go.
The next week the Bulldogs
traveled to Forks, and came home
with a tough 8-6 victory.
Landram scored North Mason's
only touchdown on a 45 yard end
run.
Homecoming activities
sparked the Bulldogs to their
third league victory over the
Chimacum Cowboys, by a 14-8
score. Landram scored from 2
yards out, and Dave Guy assured
the Bulldogs victory in the final
quarter as he completed a 17 yard
pass from Landram for the
touchdown.
In the final league game of the
year, the Bulldogs defense held
Lakeside scoreless throughout the
game, and scored once themselves
on a 10 yard run by Landram to
gain the victory.
All in all, the season was very
successful, as it was the first time
ever that the Bulldogs finished in
the top division of the league. The
team for next year loses a lot of
experience and size, but you can
bet that they'll be out there giving
110%.
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Section of theShelton-
Mason County Journal
Thursday, Nov. 18, 1971
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By LOU DONNELL
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Monday's mail brought two letters "following up
previous Huck Friend columns."
First was the following from Jan Danford in answer to
last week's column.., wish I could just jot off poetry like
that...
No praise from professor
Or critic or teacher,
No praise from a priest
Or a pastor or preacher,
No praise from a Pagan
Or eager Eternalist*
Can equal a word from
A kind fellow-journalist.
*A new religion founded on the spur of the moment to
complete my rhyme. Aren't we poets DEVILS?!!!! There's
more than one trick to the trade.
If only the giver
Had given more fishes
The recipient could have
Proclaimed them delishes.
The second was a thank you note from Janet Williams
with a picture enclosed of the 1971 version of the wedding
party.., taken at their 25th anniversary celebration. Left to
right are me (maid of honor) Janet and Kenny Williams (the
bride and groom) and Vernie Williams, (best man.) 1 won't
run a copy of the original of picture 25 years ago; it will show
our ages.
CEDAR TREES WERE being logged on State property on the Tahuya
Peninsula last week by Mission Creek Youth Camp boys under the direction
of Dept. of Natural Resource forestry foremen Roy Wise and Dick Gruber.
After a stop at a local mill where they will be cut into thick planks, the logs
are destined to be used for bridges in extending a three-mile multi-purpose
trail originating at Camp Spillman. The trail, to be used by hikers, horses and
motorcycles, is expected to be about 70 miles long throughout the North,
Mason and Kitsap County area when completed.
The comHunication gap
between volunteer firemen in Fire
District 5 who ,nswer aid calls
received over thei~ home plectron
receivers, with or without the Aid
car, and deputies of the Mason
County Sheriff's office who also
answer the aid calls and have
expected the first duty of aid car
personnel to be to get the victim
away from the scene of the
accident and on his way to a
hospital as quickly as possible,
was narrowed considerably last
School Board faces religious question
the material is part of an
approved course in history,
literature or social studies. It also
authorizes the use, with Board
approval, of school-owned
facilities by any religious group if
the use does not interfere with
regular school activities and if a
reasonable rental fee is paid.
Whether Miss Johnson's
request fits the requirements of
the policy will be decided next
month after hearing from the
teacher, herself. It was reported at
last week's meeting that about 50
students have been engaged in
prayer sessions led by Miss
Johnson, which have been held in
private homes in the evening until
now.
In other Board business the
committee studying the
possibility of eliminating age
requirements for enrollment in
kindergarten or first grade
reported with the
recommendation that the age
rules not be changed.
Recommendations were
received by the Board from Fred
Geiger, president of the North
Mason Education Association
including hiring of an additional
principal for grades 1 through 8
for next year, a daily study period
for all teachers, hiring of a district
resource supervisor and one
release-time afternoon a month
for curriculum review by the
entire faculty. It was not decided
to go along with the
once-a-month afternoon dismissal
for students but the Board did
approve one afternoon
release-time in December for
curriculum study.
North Mason School Board's
three new members didn't have to
wait long to find out what it will
be like to be faced with tough
problems that are bound to find
disfavor with some of the local
residents, no matter what decision
they make. The decision they
have to make, which they tabled
till next month's meeting when
they can hear from Miss Jan
Johnson, girl's P.E. teacher, is
whether or not to give permission
to Miss Johnson to hold
15-minute prayer meetings at
school before classes start for the
day.
A religious policy was
adopted by the Board, prohibiting
distribution of Gideon Bibles or
other religious materials by
anyone other than the principal
or a teacher, and by them only if
new Ait
week when a large crowd turned
out at the Allyn Firehall to hear
Dr. Rodney Brown explain the
new policy being adopted by the
Fire district.
Dr: Brown, Chief anesthetist
at St. Peters Hospital in Olympia,
was instructor of the Emergency
Medical Technician course in the
State capitol held recently in
which two members of Fire
District 5's aid car crew were
enrolled and graduated. He noted
that for many years it had been
recognized that the military has a
much better record than the
non-military in saving life and
reducing injury in answering
emergency calls. The well-trained
personnel used in answering
military emergencies seemed to
make the difference and the
federal government was forcing
States to pass laws requiring
better trained operators manning
aid cars.
By 1975, he said, all aid cars
in Washington would be required
to be run by persons trained as
EMT's (emergency medical
technicians.) Courses which meet
two nights a week, three hours a
night, for 12 weeks are being
offered throughout the State to
give this additional training to
persons actively answering aid
calls,
Instead of stressing the need
to hurry, hurry, first aiders are
being trained to take blood
pressure of victims before they
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are transferred into the aid car,
which will provide the physician
who will receive the patient in the
emergency room of the hospital
some base from which to diagnose
and prescribe treatment. Time
will be taken to splint fractures
before moving the patient to
prevent further injury.
"With skilled emergency
medical care, these volunteers, in
most cases can stabilize the
patient's condition so that he will
get no worse on the trip to the
hospital and will be alive when he
gets there. What good are all the
fancy equipment and the trained
doctors available in the best
hospital if the patient is dead on
arrival?" He said that often there
are things that an EMT can do at
the scene of the accident which
will save the victim's life;
sometimes waiting to have the
patient treated in the hospital is
just too late; by then his heart has
stopped, his blood pressure has
sunk too low, or a lack of oxygen
has been fatal.
"It is so logical to insist upon
ambulance and aid car attendants
having this extra training to save
lives and prevent further injury
and so illogical to just operate the
vehicles for the purpose of quick
transportation when movement of
the patient, without adequate
care, in some cases just adds to
the danger," said Dr. Brown.
Chief of Fire District 5,
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