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. The dramatic poster by James Montgomery Flagg is the first
poster of the new World War. it is an appeal for a $50,000,000
rican war relief fund to feed, shelter, clothe and give medical
to American men, women and children tom )ed by the enemy.
an appeal for funds to proVIde comforts fo‘ our American Army
, and for welfare work for our troops at home and abroad,
lies on the home front. Ifresident Roosevelt asks you
we. Your dollars will serve humanity. Give through your local
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ER, LATE RUSH
I N FOR PRESENTS
Stores Experience Record
Ele Day Volumes Herc
' Last Saturday
I -.‘ ouraged~ by the appearance
’86 throngs—of holiday shop--
I.” last Saturday, local mer—
‘ '~‘ are anticipating a record-
ason , rush for presents in.
. 0 days remaining b e f o r c
mas.
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1 records and local mer—
-‘= had one of the biggest vol—
Christmas seasons in
‘hOWever the outbreak of the
d the natural public reac-
as slowed buying consider—
ring the past two weeks.
rush of buyers Saturday
uraged local merchants to
the first shock of war
passed, the public xvi". now
n to the problem of Christ—
ying in ernest.
,. Pickens of the Lumber-
' Mercantile Co., stated that
sales volume at the L. M.
3 Saturday was the largest
9 history of the concern.
merchants contacted were
‘ 11 pleased with the volume
, Bliness enjoved over the
3nd and looked forward to
a greater rush this week.
“on merchants are well
d to'handle the expected
, Most of the stores have
*3 8d plenty of additional
1 'help, and though stocks in
es are becoming depleted
.5
cellent gift merchandise on
res are remaining open un-
ht o’clock both those eve-
tO assist persons who find
iCult to get into town in
do their Christmas shop-
during regular shopping
BATSTONE SAME
ton Hospital bulletin this
" reported Jim Batstone,
"sly injured in an automobile
.911 the Bayshore road last
ay, was holding his own
. cOndition is the same.
washroom“
. °Spital.
T WAR SHOCK ’—“ Scho
I , 'y-season buying had brok-i
his- .
till have a large variety of\
olmas’ter‘
Greets Pupils
i Patriotically
Principal J. \V. “Bill” Good-
; pastor combined sentiment with
I patriotism this Christmas sea-
son in sending greetings to his
pupils at the Hoodsport grade
‘ school.
. Instead of the usual greet-
ing card with typical yuletide
illustration and verse, Principal
Goodpaster gave his pupils a
savings stamp album each with
l'a ten-cent United States sav-
ings stamp in it as a starter
toward a “book” of savings
stamps.
His hope is that each pupil
will fill out the album and
eventually convert it into a de-
fense bond.
Two Pgirs Of siléiloii
Brothers Join,Navy
Two pairs of Shelton brothers——
i Al and Jim Einarson and Ray and
Wally Sharpe—have joined Uncle
Sam‘s Navy and have been order-
ed to report to San Diego train-
ing base for preliminary training
late this month.
RIM IIEII
Simpson (lamps On Vacation Until
s January 5; Railway Shops,
1 Rayonier. Plywood Off
24 Hours
m
Christmas
for Shclton’s industrial working
men this year, ranging all the
way from the 16-day holiday to
be taken by Simpson Logging
company camp workers to the
iminimum 24—hour layoff which
iwill govern the Rayonier and
Olympic Plywood plants and the
Peninsular Railway shops.
i Simpson camp employes put
away their saws and axes and
other tools Friday afternoon and
will not go back to their labors
Iuntil the morning of January 5,
a sixteen-day vacation.
The next longest yuletide holi-
day will close’i’t’he Reed lumber
mill from 3:30. o’clock this Tucs-
day afternoon until eight o‘clock
next Monday morning.
Brief R'o'spite Here
Shortest vacations will be of
but 24—hour duration in the Ray-
onier and Olympic Plywood plants
and the Peninsular Railway shops.
The latter will be down-Christmas
Day only as repairs of running
qequipment will demand full time
’of all employes.
Repairs, too, will be the prin-
cipal idea in mind during Ray-
onier‘s shutdown. The pulp mill’s
actual operation will cease for 48
hours at least commencing at
four o’clock Wednesday afternoon,
but repair crews will be busy
throughout the period. However,
arrangements are being made so
that all plant employes will have
24 hours off during the Christmas
lull. Rayonier office staff mem-
bers will have Christmas Day
proper free.
The plywood plant will cease
operations after its first shift
Wednesday and will resume again
Friday morning, so actually three
shifts will be missed.
4 Days At McCleary
The McCleary Timber plant ex—
, pects to give its employes a four-
day holiday lasting from the end
of the regular shifts Wednesday
until Monday morning, providing
no emergency orders come in
which would require the plant to
work Friday.
Retail stores, as usual, will ob—
serve Christmas Day only, leav-
ing only such businesses as res-
taurants, service stations, and
drug stores open on the holiday
itself.
Employes in public offices like
the courthouse. city hall, post-
office, bank. library, welfare de-
partment, etc., will have the one
day off, returning to their reg-
ular chores Friday morning.
Arcadia Farmer
Passes Sunday
Samuel Derbyshire, 73, and Ar-
cadia district farmer for the past
15 years, died at his home Sun-
day morning after an illness of
about a year’s duration.
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday at two o’clock from Wit-
siers Funeral Home with inter—
lment in Shelton Memorial Park.
Mr. Derbyshire was born at
Philadelphia on April 29, 1868. He
is survived by his widow, Mary,
and a son William, also living at
the Arcadia home.
By direction of the Washington
State Defense Council and con-
firmed by the second Interceptor
Command, the following regula-
tions will be observed during 311‘
raids and blackouts. Order plac-
ing either plan A or plan Bdn
effect will be relayed to; pollce
agencies through the communica-
tions system of the Washington
State Patrol.
PLAN A—AID RAID
During an air raid all vehicles
shall stop clear of the travelled
portion of the street or highway
and shall remain stopped until the
“all clear" signal is given. This
rule shall apply in all cases ex-
cept essential emergency vehicles
such as: military equipment. P0-
lice and fire equipment, or am—
bulance.
PLAN B—GENER-AL
BLACKOUT
; If the blackout extends over
1a period of several hours only
emergency traffic essential to Na-
[tional Defense will be allowed to
move on the streets and high-
ways such as: defense materials,
lsupplies, foodstuffs, mail, inter-
city busses, and defense workers.
These vehicles sh’all be equipped
5 and Mrs. Martin Lund of with the recommended lights for
h became parents Sunday bla
‘1 aby daughter born at Shel-
ckouts.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS—
BLACKOUT HEADLIGHT
some REGULATIONSMDURING
AIR RAIDS, BLACKO-UTS GIVEN
Emergency traffic shall be kept
to a minimum.
Vehicles shall keep well spaced
on the streets and highways.
Vehicles shall be operated at a
speed that is reasonable and prop-
er and consistent with the condi-
tions that exist at the point of
operation.
REGULATIONS:
1. Headlights, tail lights, and
stop lights shall be covered by a
dark oil cloth or rubber mask or
hood securely attached. A hori-
zontal slit 1/2 inch by 3 inches in
lower portion of headlight lenses
covered inside with blue cello-
phane will b used.
2. During lackouts clearance
lights will not be used.
3. Light regulations effective
only during blackouts or air raids
and under all other conditions the
legal lights required by law shall
be used. Under no circumstances
under n'ormal driving conditions.
4. Police and fire equipment
and ambulances may use legal
lights during a blackout for
EMERGENCY RUNS ONLY. Un-
der all other conditions they will
proceed with minimum amount of
light.
5.
Emergency vehicles will not
use sirens in any manner to con-1
flict with air raid warning signals.
vacations will vary,
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VEGISTER FOR CIVILIAN
SHELTON, WASHINGTON, Tuesday, December 23, 1941
ARISE, AMERICANS
“PATRIOTIC MEN: The thing toward which the
Navy has been preparing has happened. Possess-ions of
YOUR COUNTRY have be
attack; the lives and proper
jeopardized. The TWO 00
on subjected to unprovoked
ty of our citizens have been
EAN NAVY. toward which
we have been building, MUST be realized in a matter of
MONTHS instead of the contemplated two years.
We again emphasize the definite need of not only
MEN to man these ships,
Navy
but TRAINED MEN. The
must. send TRAINED MEN aboard ships of the
U. S. FLEET. Training takes six weeks or longer, de-
pending on a man’s capabilities and the job he has to do.
NOW .' I is the time
for YOUR part in the
STATES.
for you to become qualified
defense ‘ of OUR UNITED
Apply to the nearest NAVY RECRUITING STA.-
TI ON for complete. details.
There is a Navy Recruiting
Station located in the OLD CAPITOL BUILDING In
OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON.
NOTICE: Due to changes in the physical require—
ments, many men previously rejected may now be ac-
I”
cept co.
‘ Cordially yours,
I
C. D. Nivison,
Torpedoman first class,
U. S. Navy Recruiter.
SHELTON ADOPTS UNIFORM
AIR RAID WARNING SIGNAL,
SO FORGET THAT OLD ONE
Put on your thinking caps, Mr.
Chairmen of the civilian de—
and Mrs. Sheltonian, and prepare fense committees have been ask—
to forget the first air raid warn-
ing signal announced for Shelton
and learn the new one.
Under orders from the State De-
fense Council, a uniform air raid
warning signal system has been
devised for the entire state which
will be blown on the city fire siren
and the powerhouse steam whistle
as follows to warn residents of
Shelton of impending air raids:\
For a two-minute period in-
termittent blasts of the siren
will be blown to give a fluctuat-
ing effect, each complete cycle
of each fuctuation lasting about
eight seconds, while on the
powerhouse steam whistle five
second blasts separated by three
second silences will be blown for
the two minute period. The all
clear signal will be a continu-
ous blast of both siren and
steam whistle for two minutes.
The new state-wide uniform air
raid warning signal system elimi-
nates any alert signal, so‘when
the warning is heard now it means
immediate shelter should be tak-
en, City Defense Coordinator
Doane Brodie said this morning.
“We are sorry to have to make
this switch in signals as it may
cause some confusion, but it is
obvious that a uniform signal for
the entire state or even country is
highly desirable, so we are adopt—
ing the uniform signal here," Co-
ordinator Brodie said.
The familiar noon blast of the
fire siren will be restored begin-
ning this Tuesday because it has
been found that unless the siren
is used regularly it does not func-
tion properly. That is why short
toots of the siren have been heard
from time to time the past cou-
ple of weeks. simply to keep the
Signal in working order, Brodie
explained today. The noon blast
is a Single blast of about 15 sec-
onds in duration, so should not be
confusing with the air raid warn-
ing in any manner. Likewise, the
powerhouse whistle will continue
to sound off at 7:30 a m-. 1230
p. m. and 4530 p. m. each work-
mg day to Signal change, of shifts
and lunch hours in the industrial
district, these signals likewise be-
ing single blasts of a few seconds
duration and in no way confusing
with the air raid warning signal.
The fire siren. too, will continue
to announce all fires via its famil-
iar series of five long blasts.
DEFENSE DOPE
Three more community civilian
defense registrars have been nam-
ed by Glenn Ratcliff, county
chairman of information and reg-
istration for the State Defense
Council. They are:
Tahuya—Mrs. Frances Huson
Camp 3—Mrs. Norman Hul-
bert
Harstine Mrs. Jessie Sim-
mons
Agate—Mrs. Thomas Vander-
wal (last week’s article was
in error in listing Mrs. Peter
Vanderwal as Agate reistrar).
Oakland Bay residents are to
come to Shelton to register, it
was decided at the meeting held
there Saturday night, Ratcliff an-
nounced.
Tonight meetings at Lilliwaup
and Lower Skokomish will wipe
up the final community sessions
called to organize civilian defense
in Mason County. Attendance has
been excellent at every one of
the 18 meetings held so far in I'll-
ral areas of the county, indicating
great interest among‘ the people
in doing everything possible to set
up civilian defense units.
\
ed by City Defense Coordinator
Deane Brodie and County Defense
Coordinator Frank Heuston to
‘pick their own key men.
In some instances these selec-
tees have not been registered on
regular civilian defense registra—
tion cards, so the chairmen have
been instructed to see that their
appointees become registered so
that the housing and equipment
information which each can sup-
ply can be obtained.
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The state patrol has been plac-
ed on a seven-day-week basis
prime the start of the war, so State
‘Patrolman Cliff Aden does not
have his Wednesday off any
longer, and probably also will not
be able to take the two-week va—
cation for 1941 which he had
coming and had planned to take
this month. '
Mrs. Walter Allen’s
Nephew Killed In
Pacific War Action
Although he was not a home—
town boy, many Sheltonians join
Mrs. .Walter Allen of Skookum
Bay in tribute to the bravery of
Orville Mouse], her nephew, who
made the supreme sacrifice for
his country when he died in action
in the Pacific war.
Details of how, where and when
he gave up his life for his coun—
try are a military secret.
Mouse] had made a wide
acquaintance in Shelton during
several visits to the Allen home
in the past few years and he en-
listed in the U. S. Navy in Octo—
ber of 1940 at the Shelton recruit—
ing office. His home was a crest-
v1ew, Colorado.
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
TONIGHT (Monday)—City lea-
gue basketball, 7:30 p.m., Lin-
coln gym.
TONIGHT (Monday)—Eagles
aerie weekly meeting, 8 pm.
Moose Hall. -
TONIGHT (Monday)~Shelton
Retail stores remain open un-
til 8 p.m., for Christmas shop-
pers.
TUESDAY—Kiwanis club week-
ly luncheon meeting, noon, Shel-
ton Hotel.
TUESDAY—Prep basketball, 7
p.m., new Shelton gym, Shel-
ton vs. Lincoln of Tacoma, first
and second team games.
TUESDAY—Mason County Plan-
ning Council monthly meeting,
p.m., county agent’s office,
basement of postoffice build-
ing.
TUESDAY—Last night of eve- ‘
hing shopping in Shelton gift
stores, 8 pm. closing.
WEDNESDAY—Kiddies’ Christ-
mas party sponsored by Local
161, I.B.P.S.P.M.W., Paramount'
Theatre, two shows at 1 p.m.
and 3:15 pm. All Mason Coun—
ty youngsters invited. No ad-
mission charged.
WEDNESDAY—Journal publica-
tion date, advanced because of
Christmas.
WEDNESDAY—Twas the night
before Christmas, and all thru~—.
THURSDAY—Christmas Day.
[Army Thanks
Way It Tre
High compliment for the cit-
iizens of Shelton in their treat-
‘-mcnt of Army soldiers was ex-,
ipressed in a letter received by
iMayor William Stevenson from
lLieut. Col. George R. Bloomquist,
commanding officer of the 163rd
Infantry (Rifle), at Fort Lewis.
v The letter, dated December 16
lfrom the office of the regimental
commander at Fort Lewis, was
A read to the city council at its reg-
vular meeting Thursday night. It;
i said:
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‘ Fort Lewis, Wash,
3 Dec. 16, 1941.
:The Mayor, City of Shelton, l
Shelton, W‘ashington,
Dear Sir:
The officers and men of this
Command desire to express their
appreciation to the citizens ofI
Shelton for the splendid treatment
and cooperation given them on
their recent bivouac in the Shel-
ton area. It is especially desir-
. able to commend those who make
'np the Civil Defense Units, and
the manner in which the County
and City Coordinators have de—
velopcd their organization, to in-
clude Red Cross, Fraternal Or-
ganizations, School District, Cityi
and County Police, and individuall
citizens, is very gratifying.
“It is this Spirit of cooperation
that has made this country what
it is today, and the City of Shel-
ton can be proud of its part in
National Defense.
Yours very truly,
GEORGE R. BLOOMQUIST,
Lt. Col., 163rd Inf. (Rifle),,
Commanding. 4
Another letter was received!
from the State Treasury Depart-1
ment informing city officials what
Securities the law provides for
municipal investments such as the
Shelton Library endowment, and
a third letter from the Depart-
ment of Health asking the city
to stand the expense of trans-
portation for its health officer to
a state convention was referred
to Mayor Stevenson.
"‘ Ordinance 341, providing for,
regulations to govern the actions
of city residents and motorists
during blackout hours was intro-
duCed and given first reading
while Ordinance 340-. providing
an emergency expenditure for de-
linquent taxes, was passed.
IKids: Christmas
Party Wednesday
At Paramount
Eyes and thoughts of Mason
County youngsters are turned
this week toward two big events
—-thc coming of Christmas Thurs—
day and the annual Christmas
party which Local 161, the pulp
mill employes union, puts on
for them Wednesday afternoon at
the Paramount Theatre.
The party is obstensibly a thea-
tre party, but in addition to the
several motion picture items
which Manager Gus Graf has ar-
ranged for them, all youngsters
who attend the party will have
given to them candy, popcorn, etc.
The picture program itself will
consist of a Popeye cartoon, a
sports reel, a colored classic, a‘
feature first-run comedy, “Dou-
blc Trouble,” starring Harry Lang—
don.
In order to be sure all kids have
ample opportunity to enjoy the
party, two shows will be staged
one at one o’clock, the second
at 3:15 o’clock.
Local 161 Elects
Thomas Kneeland
Tom Kneeland, painter, was
elected president of Local 161, In-
ternational Brotherhood of Pulp,
Sulphite and Paper Mill Work-
ers. at the annual election held
last Thursday. ‘
His fellow officers are James
Moore, retiring president, as
vice-president; Oscar Wilkie, re-
elected secretary — treasurer;
George Whittingham, re-elected
financial secretary; John Cole, re-
elected corresponding secretary;
Frank Devlin, re-elected inside
guard; Henry Boysen, re-elected
outside guard; Earl Johnson, re-
elected, Art Jackson and Ted
Fuller, trustees; and Andy Har-
ris, hospital committee represent-
ative.
The new officers begin their
terms January 1 and will be in-
stalled at the regular Local 161
meeting on January 8.
Ed Byrne Home For
Christmas Holiday
Edgar Byrne returned to his
Shelton home Saturday to spend
the Christmas holidays before re-
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UNITED STATES ARMY
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
Shelton For
ated Soldiers
Shelton Sailor
Barely Misses
Sinking of Ship ‘
Elwood Steen, graduate of
Irene S. Reed high school in |
1940, must have been born un-
der a lucky star.
Five days after he was trans-
ferred off the 13.8.8. Arizona.
the big, old battleship was I
sunk in the opening rounds of
the battle of Pearl Harbor.
Steen, a first class seaman,
had served a full year in the
U. S. Navy aboard the Arizona,
all the while at Pearl Harbor,
but on December 2 he was noti-
fied that he had been chosen
for a four-month course in the
Navy’s photographic school at
Pensacola, Florida, so boarded
a. ship and was disembarking
at San Francisco when things
began to pop at Pearl Harbor.
The Shelton boy is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. 0. M. Steen,
who reside on East Ellinor St,
in Shelton.
HIGHCLIMBERS WIN
AGAIN; TALL Airs
DUE HERE runny
Lanky Lincoln Team Starts Com-
plete Lineup 0f 6-Foot Plus
Prep Players
Another plague of stiff necks
threatens Shelton Highclimber
basketeersrthis Tuesday night for
they’ll have to do a lot of cervical
craning to keep their eyes on the
Lincoln Abes of Tacoma, Whom
they play in the new Shelton gym.
The Abes have a team that can
match Bremerton’s for loftiness,.
but the Tacomans are 'not as rug—
ged. In Vince Hanson the visit-
ing Abes have another 6-foot, 8-
inch giant at center, but he isn’t
the ball player byrsome little bit
that Bremerton’s 6-foot, 8-inch
Roger Wiley is.
Completing the starting Lincoln
lineup are such additional six-
foot-plus lads as Ingwald Thomp-
son, Tom Loran, Merlin Brolin,
Gordon Brunswick or Ed Hunt-
ington. However, one of the Abes
most capable shots and ball hand-t
lers is tiny Don Taylor, just a
mite among those other giants
with his 5-foot, 6-inch reach. ‘
The Abes play basketball on
the theory that you can't miss
'em all, so they shoot at every‘
provocation, and sometimes with-
out it. You won’t see any more
casts at the twine all season than
the Tacomans will turn loose Tues-
day night.
Second teams open play at seven
o‘clock, first squads following at
approximately eight. ,
LOOP SCORES 16 WHILE
SHELTON BEATS CRUISERS
Eatonville, Dec. 20.—Substitute
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turning on January 5 to the San
Francisco College of Embalming,
where he has completed approxx-
mately one third of a nine months
course.
district, a
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.ND FENSE ‘
BEGINNING WITH THE MUSKET
RANGERS
FIRE INSURANCE-LIFE'INSURANCE—THE POLICE -W|TH
THESE WE ARE READY TO AVERT,OR IF NEED BE,WITHSTAND
EVIL DAYS, AS WE NOW PREPARE WITH
TANKS AND PLANES AND HOW/72525.
RAIN DAIIAfES
COUNTY BIRDS,
RAISES. RIVER
North Shore, Capitol Hill, Grape-
view Roads Require Repair
Under “’ater Barrage;
Skokomish High
severe damage faces roads in
some sections of Mason County
as December’s tearful progress
continues,‘ and the steady down-
pour of rain has also placed the
Skokomish River in a touchy
mood, according to reports.
The North Shore road in Com-
missioner Fred Ferris' district
seems to be the most severely hit
so far, with several sections be-
tween Tahuya and Bald Point
having slid into Hood Canal in
the past ten days, Commissioner.
Ferris reported this morning.
One county truck working on
the road was marooned at Bald
Point when caught between slides
last week, he said, and persons
living in the area have been un-
able to get out at times. A bull-
dozer has been repairing the dam-
aged sections as rapidly’as pos-
sible, he said, but the continued
rain leaves the road in treacher-
ous condition and subject to fur-
ther slides and washouts at any
moment.
Fill Likely To Go
Commissioner Vincent Paul an-
ticipates considerable damage to
the Capitol Hill road fill if the
rain continues, with some 600 to
1000 yards of the fill likely to
wash out at any time. A heavy
truck which broke through the
road’s edge at one point gave the
rain its toe—hold on the section.
Also in Commissioner Paul’s
section of oiled road
at Grapevier has broken through
and needs repair before it can be
used for travel, he said this
morning.
Commissioner Robert Trenck-
mann’s district has gotten off
easiest, evidently, so far as no
extensive repairs are yet neces-
sary, although he has had to re-
strict the use of logging trucks
on some roads and has had to
gravel the Surface of the Beeville
road to make it safe for travel“
he said today. ‘
Channel Cut Effective
The Skokomish River has be-
haved itself admirably so far con-
sidering what would have hap-
pened in past years with this
much precipitation in a similar
period, thanks to the channel cut
in the lower river last year to
aid the run off of flood waters.
This channel appears to be
its purpose very satis-
factorily, Commissioner F e r r i s
commented today.
However, the river still man-
aged to get over its banks for a
short time Friday at the Vern
Eaton residence, but dropped
again over the weekend when Sat-
urday turned up clear and sun-
ny. The overflowl did not reach
the Skokomish Valley road, how-
ever, and so far as is known only
the Eaton place was affected.
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AND THE VOLUNTEER FIRE
DEPARTMENT in THE new,
GROWING TOWN,—
PREPAREDNESS HAS BEEN
NATURAL TO AMERICANS- I
ONCE THEY KNEW
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