ercy NI lo
6017 S.E. 86th Ave
Port land, Ore
lring before the Mason
Jssion Monday on the
of a portion of the Grape-
District with the Allyn
was postponed until
June 1 after several ques-
which will take some
answers to.
of residents in Section
is now in the Grapeview
have petitioned
allowed to join with the
Department. Allyn Fire
commmsioners have
Old-Time SheIton Home
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..... Thursday, December 5, 1963 Published in "Christmastown, U.S.A.", Shelton, Washingto, 20 Pages 3 Sections
• " City
Cancels Sewer Project For
Which It Was To Get Federai Funds
to take them in, but,
Fire Department corn-
have asked for a corn-
allowing only part of the
was brought to the
for a hearing.
RESIDETS who have
or change are closer to
Fire Department and
could receive better
and reduced fire insurance
they were served by the
)artment.
on the questions which
: answered before a final
is made is if the rest-
the petitioning area, if
allowed change fire
would not be sub-
taxation because
be obligated to pay
of the cost of a new
being purchased by the
Fire Departxaent whne
still a part of it and
be required to support
Fire Department to
want to be joined. An
General's opinion will be
resolve the question.
the picture
from residents of the
n Lake area,
now in the Allyn Fire
for better fire ser-
residents of that area
the hearing Monday and
eoncezn about the dis-
the fire station and
: of action on the part of
Department to any of
)eople from the Mason
Lake area have set
-ting for 1 p.m. Sunday
School to dis-
problem.
thne between now
time set for the con-
of the hearing, meetings
to take a look at the
protection problems
It is hoped that Ed
Executive Secretary of
Fire Commission,
will be able to
the interested groups
recently had surgery
b6 unable to work for
Over
Deal
filed in Mason Coun-
Court this week by
Inc. against Mr. and
St,end, Mr. and
Sturtevant, Mr. and
Harrylock and the
County Savings add
over purchase
Uilding occupied by Jim
local automible deal-
action, Pauley claims
0ruary 1961 he had an
the property from
Sr. and Albert
for $30,000 and that
by them to see Stroud,
the real estate agent,
:he deal.
HE went to sec Stroud,
ires, he was told the
already been sold
while actually, the
not made until March
also claims that St,end
the asking price
lng as $45,000 to Thur-
Savings and Loan
borrow the entire
pay the Heurbys for
that he was later or-
building at a higher
$30,000 for which
L option by Stroud and
and that hc had re-
PUrchase.
1963, Pauley s claim
building was sold to
for a sum in ae-!
),000 and that the buyer
of Pauley's interest
before the par-
asks that either Im be
purchase the building
as he had an option
that he be awarded
a judgment against
Sturtevant. He also
.. the sale to Harrylock
iCle.
Savings and
as a party to the
because they. hold a
on Tthe building, Pauley's
Thieves
Yen Warning
caught stealing cleon-
Christmas trees on
will be taken to
Station and 'charged"
Paul Hitton warned
Hinton said, 20 light
been stolen from de-
on trees in the area
Santa House.
the city is bothered
of disappearing Christ-
decorations after they
the small trees in front
END IN SIGHT--As you read these words wreck-
ing crews are razing one of Shelton's oldest re-
maining ploneer-day residences, the old W. H.
Kneeland home on Goldsborough Creek at First
Time tears away the fabric of [ tarT, more or less. time has taken
all things. I its toll on one of Shelton's ear-
After three quarters of acen- liest, and in its day finest, rest-
and Kneeland street. The ancient residence, own-
ed by the Angle family for the past 35 years or
so, is close to 75 years old.
Fishing Court
Has 1st Sesslon
With a sharp rap of a gavel
made from two pieces of metal
on a cloth-covered kitchen table,
the first Session of the Skokomish
Indian Tribal Fishing Court con-
vened Monday afternoon in the
Lower Skokomish Community
Hall.
Presiding wa Judge Ann Pay-
el, appointed by the Tribal Coun-
cil and approved by the Bureau
of Indian Affairs in tliis first
court of its kind in the state.
The court was established as a
joint venture between the two
groups asa means of enforcing
tribal fishing regulations on the
Skokomish River where it runs
through the reservation.
.Two persons came before the
court Monday, both charged with
fishing without a permit from
the Tribal Council.
THE I4IRST, ' Ronald Pete,son,
admitted he was guilty of fish-
in , bt was unaware of t)le need
lewas fined $25,by Judge Pav-
el,&nd zhen he radmited he did
not have the money, he was given
two'hours to raise it or spend
five days in the county jail.
The second person to appear
was Jean Smith, also charged with
fishing without a tribal permit.
When called before the ¢ourt. she
stated that she had an attonley
coming and Would not say any-
thing or pay anything until he
arrived.
rhile the judge and the ac-
Cused were di.eussing whether or
no£ the accused would post $25
baillandt} have the case continued
u,it! he next week. the attorney,
Fredrick Frohmader, Tacoma, ar-
rived:
He asked for and was gTanted
a eontinuaBcc of the case until
Dee. 16.
IERS. BENNETT Cooper, tribal
council chairman, who was on
hand to witness the proceedings,
said that the court was estab-
lished to enforce tribal-regula-
tions on commercial fishing by
Indians on the river in tlie Reser-
vation.
The regulatiom have been in
effect since 1947, she said. but,
up until the court was formed'
thcre was no way of enforcing
them.
The regulations, she said. are
designed to aid in conserving sal-
mon.
THE :REGULATIONS include a
period of 24 hours each weekend
uring which no fishing is al-
lowed and also regulates the area
in the river which can be fished
and the size of nets which can
be used.
Every tribal member fishing in
the river must have a permitTrom
the tribal council, and. violators
lose the fishing rights Mrs C00p "r
er said. ,. ,:' ";/
The court was established .as
a joint venure between the tribe
and the Bureau of Indian Affairs
with the bureau, paying the judge
and two associate judge% George
and Edward Miller.
The tribe employs patrolmen
to check on those fishing.
The tribal council this year also
set new regulations.
Other tribes are watching the
success of the venure by the Sko-
komish Tribe with the idea of
establishing their own fishing
courts to deal with their own
tribal members on their rivers.
Interested observers at the first
session of the court Monday were
representatives of the Bureau of
Indian Affairs .offices in Portland
and Everett.
dential structures.
The old W. H. Kneeland home
now owned by Herb and Eber An
gle of the Shelton Realty Comp
any, is giving way to the razin;
tools of John Dinning, who hold
the contract to wreck the statel.
old home standing on the ban
of Goldsbmx)ugh creek at Firs
and Kneeland Streets.
It is difficult to pinpoint the ex-
act year it was built but thos(
in best position to know figur(
-the residence is close to 75 yea.r;
old. After all these decades it ha
become unfit for further occu
pancy, and because it stands o
a valuable site it is coming dew.
so the space can be put to bet
ter use.
It is known that W. H. Knee
land came toMason County in
1889 and became one of this com-
munity's most influential and en
terprising public men. He was a
native of Maine, born in 1849, wh(
engaged in the oil business ir
P.ennsyNania from 1869 anti
coming west.
IIERE HE ENGAGED in the
lumber industry and operated th(
first steam sawmill in Masol
County, Which was located or,
Goldsborough Creek. Later he
conducted the only hotel in Shel.
ton. became treasurer and goner
al manager of the Shelton South.
western Railway, treasurer.of the
Western Washington Logging Co..
president and the active and con-
trolling spirit of the Skookum
OYSter. Company, owned and per:t
sonally supervised a 480-acr
ranch about two miles from Shel:'/
ton- whioh had 8,000 acres of
stock range in connection will
it, and was at the same time an
active participant in and gener-
ous contributor both in money
and energies to every community
enterpmse of his day.
In the:home which is the sub-
ject of this article his family of
five daughters was rained.
The Angles have owned the
residence for some 35 years, dur-
ing most of which it continued to
give shelter to many people as a
rooming and boarding establish-
Inent.
But time tears at the fabric of
all things, and so this old link
with Shelton's pioneer days bows,
as nmst everything, to the pass-
ing years.
i
Meet ng Will Discuss
S.€ounty Library Plan
larger organization would be neg-
ated by this toss of contact.
"For the Period of the demon-
stration the Shelton city library
will be the center of the five-
county, regional library. The build-
ing iself and the book collection
can be changed in any way that
suits the purpose of the demon-
straP, on. If Shelton decided they
do not want to contract for ser-
vice with the regional library we
could end up with a plant and
book collection greatly altered
from what we now possess.
"Although Shelton ]nay partici-
pate in the denlonstration, with
no legal obligation to become a
uart of the regional library it
{rill be. difficult to withdraw h'om
this arrangement when our lib-
rary building and books are an
intregal part of the regional sys-
tem. If Shelton does withdraw
after the demonstration, the five-
county regmnal library will be Icft
without any central library facil-
ities:
"IF, AT THE END of the dem-
onstration period, the Sheltou City
Council decides to contract for lib-
rary servzce with the regional lib-
rary, the taxpayers of Shelton will
pay what they are currently pay-
ing for !ibrary service plus the
amount required to maintain the
library building. The cost of lib-
rary service to the people of Shel-
ton will be determined at the
state level.
"Such a condition, where the
control of the library, both fin-
ancial and administrative, will
pass from the hands of the people
of Shelton, seemed highly undesir-
able to a majority of the library
bo=rd. Because of this it seemed
unwise to participate in the reg-
ional demonstration, which is de-
signed as the first step toward
i forcing a contract with the five-
I
county regional library upon this
ColBmunity. '
A public meeting and a public and Pacific Counties and would that any gains that might be
hearing have been set to discuss be condtted for two years with achieved by the efficiency of a
financial assistance and guidance
from state and federal librmT
people.
At .the end of the two-year per-
iod, the voters in the ral areas
of the five counties would vote
on whether or not to fo'rm a five-
county regional library. Cities in
the five counties with libraries
of their own would then have the
opportunty to join with the group
on a contract basis.
• If the regional libralw was
formed, it would then be taken
over by the counties and cities
participating, operated under the
direction of a regional library
board with finances provided by
the areas taking part. State and
federal assistance would halt at
the end of the demonstration per-
iod.
Library groups which have in-
dicated to the state library they
intend to participate are the
South Puget Sound 'Regional Lib-
rary, which includes rural Mason
and Th'urston Counties and the
city of Olympia; Grays Harbor
County Library, Elms. Contrails
and Lewis County. Other libraries
in the five counties are still in
the decision making stage and
are expected to join.
The decision by the Shelton Li-
brary Board was on a. 3-2 vote.
Board nl clnbers who opposed
Sllelton joining explain tlle rea:
son for their opinion in a state-
ment tllis week in which they
said:
"The members .of the Shelton
Library Board who voted -.gainst
Shelton's participating in tile five-
county regional library did so for
the following reasons:
"WE FEEL THAT a city lib-
rary administered by a board of
local people is better able to serve
the comnmnity than a lai'ger lib-
rary which has little contact with
the people who arc in fact paying
for Lho library service, We feel
the pros and cons of Shelton par-
ticipating in the five-county reg-
ional library demonstration which
is to start next year.
The four city school PTAs are
jointly sponsoring a public meet-
ing to discuss the question at 8
p.m. today in the Episcopal chu,ch
Parish Hall ....
On hand to explain the pro-
posal will be Dorothy CUttler,
from the state library officc, and
Jane Bowdee Smith, who is with
the Attolmey General's office.
After explaining the proposal,
they will answer questions from
the audience.
The Shelton City Commission
announced that- it will hold a pub-
lie heaa'ing on the question at its
meeting at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
THE COMMISSION was in-
formed by Mrs. Otto Goldschmid
that a group of local residents
have been circulating petitions
which ask the eomnlission to re-
verse the decision of the library
board not to participate in the
two-year demonstration.
The petitions were not ready to
be presented to the commission
at its nieeting this week, Mrs.
Goldschmid said, but WOUld be
prcsentcd next weck.
Mayor Frank Travis Jr. said
that in the light of the interest
among residents of the city, he
thought it well for. the conunis-
sion to hold a pubhc meeting at
the next commzssmn meeting to
allow residents to mr their views.
,The counnission was informed
hy the city library board two
weeks ago that the lihrary board
had voted for Shelton not to par-
ticipate in the t,ve-county dem-
onstration, and, that unless in-
structed otherwise by the city
commission, the board WOuld send
a letter to tile State Library in-
forming them of the deeisio'n.
THE FIVE-COUNTY demon-
strartiOn would inchlde Mason,
Thtrston, GraYs Harbor, Uwis
The Shelton City ommission fn-
.rmed the Housing and Home Fi-
ance Agency Regional office in
3attle this week it wants to ter-
dnate the sewer improvement
reject under which the city was
) receive $24.000 in federal funds
ruder the Accelerated Public
7orks Program.
In a letter to L. R. Durkee at
he HHFA office, the commission
• id that reducing the scope of
e project to bring K within the
THE CITY last week was
granted a 30-day exhension of
time for starting the project by
the HHFA in order to take a look
at the project and see what could
be done to bring it within the
amount of money available.
After taking a look at what
could be accomplished with the
money available, the city decided
it would be better off to do the
work on a pay-as-you go basis
over the next few years.
mount of money available The city said reduction of the
,rough the federal grant and scope of the project to bring it
;ty participation would not be within the project estimated re-
tactical for the city. duced its usefullness in the light
The necessity of reducing the of the funds required, this ef-
izc of the project was made nee- feeling the long-term plans for
,ssary when bids received on the sewer system improvement.
.york several weeks ago were The city had planned to bor-
bout $20,000 higher than the en- row $24,000 for its share of the
.ineer's estimate and the amount funds from the Firemen's Pension
,f money available. Fund and to add $11.000 allocated
00anta Makes First Appearance
In 5he/ton Last Friday Night
SANTA'S FIRST VISIT--This tiny miss was one of the many
children who gathered at the old Journal building on Fourth
Street Friday night when Santa made his first visit to Shelton.
The little lady looks as if she isn't too happy about the bewhisker-
ed face.
Santa made his first appeawill be in his new quarters in file
ance in Shelton last Friday night,
arriving aboard a fire truck from
thc Shelton Fire Department.
After a brief stop at the Christ-
mas Tree in the Post Office lawn
to turn on the lights, the old
gent in the red suit proceeded to
the old Journal quarters in the
Angle building where he listened
to the Christmas wishes of sev-
eral hundred youngsters and pas-
sed out candy canes.
Santa will not be around this
weekend, but. will return Dec. 13
for more visits with the young-
sters. He will be on hand from
7-8 p.m. Dec. 13 and frmn 2-4
p.m. Dec. 14. The following week-
end hc will return again, and
old Journal building fzm 7-8
p.m. Dec. 20 and from 2-4 p.m.
Dec. 21.
Stores in the city will begin their
evening hours, remaining open.un-
til 8:30 p.m., Monday night and
will be open each evening except
Saturdays.
The city is taking on its holiday
garb with more and more Christ-
mas decorations appearing all the
time.
The small Christmas Trees plac-
ed by the Rotary Club were put
in place last weekend.
The areas on Railroad Avenue
near the Santa House and in
front of the Post Office have
been decorated,
Associate Superintendent At
Corrections Center Named
Floyd E. Powcll, Walla Walls,
has been appointed associate sup-
er[ntendent of custody at the
Washington Corrections Ccnter un-
der c(mstrnction near Shell.on,
Superintencent Ernest C. Tim-
pani announced today.
%Ve are fortunate to ira.re a
man with Mr. Powell's back-
ground and experience for this ira-
portant position." Timpani said.
He noted that Powell has had
more than 24 years of varied ex-
perience in the adult correctional
field.
Powel], 51 has been supervisor
of classification mid parole at the
Washington State Penitentiary at
3ralla "Valla for the last two
years. Prior i.o that he was war-
den of the Montana State Prison
at Deer Lodge for more than 3 1/3
years and worked for more than
18 years in responsible positions
in the Wisconsin prison system.
Powell attended the University
of VViseonsin. He is the father
ofa son and daughter.
He will work out of the De-
partment of Institutions' central
office in Olympia until permanent
quarters are available at the new
center, which is scheduled to open
ia late 1964.
FLOYD E, POWELL
in the current budget to make
up its share. This Would have
about depleted the money avail-
able for loan from the firemen's
pension fund.
The city also said that local
contractors did not show much
enthusiasm for the work, with
only one submitting a bid,
Also. depleting the Firemen's
Pension Fund would make the
city short of money available to
finance street pavng LIDs which
it is trying to encourage.
Christmas Fund
Up To $0077
The final conclusion was that
the penalty the city would endure
in future financing of street and
sewer improvements by the de-
pletion k)f the Firemen's-, pension
funds would not be in proportion
to the benefit it would receive
from doing as much of the pro-
ject as could be financed.
Forest Festival
Meeting Tonight
The Mason County Forest Fes-
tival Association will' hold its
regular monthly meeting at 8 p.m.
today in the PUD 3 Conference
Room.
Plans for the 1964 Forest Feu-
tivat will be discussed.
A $25 contribution from Car-
penters Local 1800 gave the prin-
cipal impetus tO the 40 & 8-Journ-
al Christmas fund during the past
week as the total rose to $177.
The week's gain was $60, made
in the following manner:- Is K/lied In
Helen and Lud Andersen ..$5.00
.... A_to Crash
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L.
Hoffman .................................. 5.00 I
Eagles Auxiliary 2079 ........ 5.00 t
Fred Diehl .............. . ................ 5.00 1
Shelton Trailblazers ]
Motorcycle Club .................... 5.00 1
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Castle .... 10.00 /
Previously listed" ....... 117.00 I
GRAND TOTAL .... $177.00
Contributions should be sent to
the Journal for acknowledgement
in these columns, unless anonymi-
ty is desired.
Details of carrying out the
Christmas project will be complet-
ed at tonight's promenade of 40
& 8 Voiture 135 scheduled at 8
p.m. in the Vets Club following
7 p.m. dinner at Nita's Coffee
Shop. Chef de Gate Roy Clinton
will delegate responsibilities to
voiture voyageurs, most of whom
are old hands at this activity,
many of them. having served ever
since the project was first insti-
gated as a joint venture of the
voiture and the Journal shortly
after World War II.
Hundreds of Mason County fam-
ilies have been provided more joy-
ful Christmases ,through the boxes
et*' has pr0dffced .in.: the'-.mePe
than 15 years it has been conduct-
ed. On tie average, approximately
75 families in tinfortunate circmn-
stances are helped each Christ-
mas by the project.
Be/[a# Woman
Dorothy F. Olsen. 38, opeeator
of the Belfair Art Barn, was killed
in an automobile accident in Kit-
sap County Sunday.
The accident oceured when the
ear she was driving hit a patch
of ice, skidded and overturned
near the Kitsap County Airport
about 7:20 a.m. Sunday.
Miss Olsen operated the Art
Barn at which displayed her own
art work and that of others. She
lived above the Art Barn on the
South Shore of Hood Canal.
She was born in Bellingham
Nov. 9, 1.925 and had lived in
Bremerton most of her life.
She graduated from West High
School in Bremerton in 1,943 and
from Washington State University
with a major in art and a minor
in physical education.
SHE TAUGHT physical educa-
tion in several schools in Kitsap
County and last year had taught
in California.
Funeral services will be heId at
1:30 p.m, today in Miller-Reynolds .
lirter,%t-Home,, Brev>evton , with • *
;burial in Forest' Lai Cemetery,
Bremerton.
Survivors include her mother,
Mrs. Florence Olsen, and one .
. brother, Eugene Olsen, both o£ '
Bremerton.
The Christmas Message
This is The Time To Prepare
For Christmas Spiritually
By Caxl J. Carlson
Pastor, Faith Lutheran Church
The Advent Season is now here.
That is--the time set aside in the
church year for the celebration of
the coming of Christ. climaxed by
the Festival of Christmas. Ad-
vent is a time of preparation for
a truly Christ-centered Christ-
mas.
Why should we get r:dyfl Be-
cause an important event or ob-
servmme deserves the most care-
ful preparation. Tle success of
any observance will usually de-
pend much on the:thoroulhns
of the preparation. According to
the Scriptures, God himself dem-
onstrates this truth to us. God
did not send his Son into the world
until the world had been prepared
for His coming. Mankind needed
o be in a state of readiness for
the coming of a Redeemer. When
conditions were rigllt for the Ad-
vent of the Redeemer, and the
spread of the Good News. the
Saviour came. "In the fulness of
time, God sent forth His Son,
born of a woman". (Gal,4:4}.
If God prepared carefully for
the coming of Christ, we ought
we have Joseph, and Mary, and
the Child. We have the home: a
poor and humble home, with hum-
ble circumstances, and in this
home was bon Jesus Christ, the
SOn of God. The holy family is
very close to all our families, is it
not? And yet the true spirit of
Christmas will be absent in our
homes unless we prepare defin-
itely.to make the Word and mes-
sage 10f Christ central in our
home's observance of Christmau.
We should also get ready for
Christmas in our Churches. meet-
ing there from Sunday to Sunday
to hear the Word of God and
worship our Lord in prayer,
praise, and thanksgiving. The
homes of our land need the
Church; the churches of our land
need the homes. %Ve should get
ready for Christmas in our com-
munities, as we emphasize the
spirit of faith, unselfishness and
good will that should prevail
Most of all, in our hearts, for
"though Christ a thousand time
in Bethlehem be born if He's not
born in thee Thy soul is still for-
lorn".
HO%V TO GET ready for Christ-
to make careful and prayerful mas? The main preparation is
plans to commemorate this tre- spiritual. VVe need the discipline
mendous event. We should not of individual and family prayer
permit any distractions to keep [and reading of the Scriptures, the
our minds front the central fact: linspirati°n of services in our
"God has come to men in the churches, and all that will renew
Person of Jesus ChYist. Christmas our Christian faith, hope, and love.
is Christ." Ylan so that our
Christmas observance will be wor- ' We can't always help that it's
thy of our Lord and of our dis- a busy season, but we 'can see to
eipleship, and not sidetracked into it that no matter how busy we
are. ae have- that heart whicl
something secuIar and unworthy.
WHEN SHOULD we get
ready? There could perhaps be
a lot of discussion on this point.
Many object to the way in which
the stores get ready for the sell-
ing of Christmas nlerchandise
very early in the fall. On the
other hand. there are those who
let everything slide mltil the last
minute. When this happens, the
Christmas spirit is lost in the
rush and hasLe of performing
duties that should have been done
long before.
A good suggestion is to keep
the church year season of Ad-
vent as a pcviod of getting ready
for Christmas. Advent began this
year on Sunday, Dec. 1. Our con-
cern during every day of this Holy
Season should be to keep our
hearts and minds centered on the
truth of Immanuel: "God with
US".
%VHERE SItOULD we get ready
for Christmas? Surely, in our
homes. Isn't Christmas above all
ho £cLival o£ tho homo? Herb
is waiting upon God. and that has
the "peace of Christ that passes
understanding". Witht God's help.
we can make Christmas a shining
experience when our faith is set
glowing with new vitality as once
again we enter into a deep and
rich experience in companionship
with Jesus Christ. John Vesley
tells of Lhc Chaplain to the Prince
of Denmark who was asked whe-
ther, in all the. rush and hustle
of his activities, he ever found
time for peaceful comnunion with
God. Tle chaplain replied: "You
ask if I ever find time in 01e
midst of my busy life for the
peace of God. I can assure you,
sir, I am never without it".
If somehow we can find that
secret of being with God even i
the midst of our busy and active
lives, we will have found the sec-
ret of keeping our Christmas
Christian. Vee will have found a
communion with Christ which
sanctifies and gives meaning to
cverythhg wc do
