Southside
Party At
By MRS. RAY KRATCHA
SOUTHSIDE - Bachelors 4-H
club had its Christmas party Dec.
13 at the Southside Grange Hall.
The boys attending were Eric
Johnson, Marty Gates, Rick
Nault, Mike Wheeler, Rodney
Johnson, Arne Swenson, Roger
Murray, Chris Buckanan, Mark
Wheeler, Todd Anderson, Junior
leaders Chris Rickard and Teresa
Murray and leader Ann Wheeler.
Members played games and
brought canned goods for the
Exceptional Foresters.
The boys exchanged gifts and
had treats.
The Bachelors went Christmas
caroling Dec. 16 at the hospital
and nursing home.
The next meeting is Jan. 10
reported Todd Anderson.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kratcha
last Thursday evening visited Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Kratcha.
Friendship club met
Wednesday Dec. 15 for their
Christmas party at the home of
Elsie Buining.
They exchanged secret pal
gifts.
There were ten members and
one guest present.
Mr. and Mrs. John Cookson
and Jackie and Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Swindall last Saturday evening
visited Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kratcha.
Southside Homemakers met
at Evelyn Kreifels Dec. 21 for
their Christmas party.
Those attending were Jane
Hendrick, Monna He/n/s, Shirley
Stiles, Ruth Chambers, Pat
Freeman, Joan Herrick and
Evelyn Kreifels.
Members exchanged gifts.
Evelyn Kreifels served deserts.
The Southside Homemakers
Monna Heinis and Ruth Chambers
met at Shirley Stites Dec. 17 and
made popcorn balls for the small
children of the Rogers school.
Sn ow Cove rs
The Christmas
By DORA HEARING
MATLOCK - It snowed here
all day Christmas and left a few
inches of wet snow on the
ground.
I want to wish my readers and
friends a Happy New Year and
tla~k ~all' who gave me iterns
,, during the year. • •
Matlock Ladles Club will meet
Jan. 5 as the club postponed its
meeting this week.
Mr. and Mrs. William Barnes
~MSr. spent from Thursday to
onday, the Christmas Holidays
with their aunt Mrs. Louise Green
in Portland, Ore.
Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Hearing
were Christmas dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Bradberry
Christmas Eve guests at the
Lud Rossmaier home were Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Sharp and
family, James Rossmaier and girls
Brenda and Lisa of Olympia and
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Goodburn and
family of Shelton and Mrs. Larry
Cham berlin of Port Orchard.
Christmas day dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Lud Rossmaier
were Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Rossmaier and family of Olympia,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Rossmaier and
sons of Tumwater, James
Rossmaier of Olympia and Mrs.
Larry Chamberlin and family of
Port Orchard.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Bradberry
spent Christmas Eve with the
Merland Goodburn family near
Shelton. Harold Hopkins was also
a guest.
Mr. and Mrs. Wells Mayers and
sons spent Christmas at Auburn
with friends. Mrs. Mayer remained
a few days with her mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kelly
and family of Seattle spent the
Christmas Holidays here at their
farm and with Mrs. Alta Kelly.
Carl Portman spent the
Christmas Holidays in Tacoma
with Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Portman.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Cash spent
the Christmas holidays with their
families, Earl Cash and girls in
Everett and the David Chamblin
family of Alderwood Manor.
Mrs. Jean Diggie and family of
McCteary spent theChristmas
holidays with her folks the
Edward Valleys.
Susan, Stanley and Carl
Goodburn of Shelton were
Sunday overnight guests of their
grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Lud
Rossmaier.
Mr. and Mrs. David Knipshield
of Shelton and Mr. and Mrs. I. C.
Ford were Christmas Eve guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Brehmeyer Jr.
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Christmas Eve guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Weston and family
were Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Baxter and family.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Mattson and Dale
Christmas day were Mr. and Mrs.
L. H. Asche and Winston, Mrs.
Dennis Loertscher and children,
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Mattson and
Kathy, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Asche
and family and Mrs. Gus Ellison.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mattson
and Dale and Mary Albaugh were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Tony Ellison.
Mr. and Mrs. Toni Weston and
family were Sunday evening
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Larry
Triplett and family of Puyallup.
Last Thursday Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Weston and family were
dinner guests of Mr. T. A. Weston
of Seattle.
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Asche and
Winston were Christmas Eve
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Asche
and family.
Christmas Eve dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kratcha were
Mr. and Mrs. John Kratcha Jr. of
Silverdale, Mr. and Mrs. John
Cookson and Jackie, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Kratcha, John Kratcha and
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Kratcha,
Michael and Shelley.
Jackie Cookson daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Cookson
celebrated her fifth birthday
Sunday evening. Her grandpa and
grandma Kratcha were dinner
guests to help her celebrate and
Jackie's fathers birthday that was
on Monday was also celebrated.
Christmas day visitors of Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Kratcha were Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Kratcha, John
Kratcha, Mr. and Mrs. John
Cookson and Jackie, Mr. and Mrs.
Danny Jordan and Ranee and Mr.
and Mrs. Dick Darling of Rialto,
Calif.
Holidays
and baby were weekend guests at
the I. C. Ford home.
Don Hansen is in the Mason
General Hospital, but is getting
along nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Walker
and girls of Tacbma spent
Christmas With the EarlWalkers
and Mr. and Mrs. Dan Walker and
David came and spent the
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. William
Chrisman and family of Tacoma
spent Christmas at the Dick
Tupper home.
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Tupper of
Lake Nahwatzel were Sunday
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Dick Tupper.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Johnston
and family of Satsop spent
Sunday at the Herbert Brehmeyer
Sr. home.
Mr. and Mrs. David Smith and
family of Humptulips spent
Christmas weekend with their
folks the Archie Kelleys.
David Davis of Wishkaw was a
Christmas day caller at the Archie
Kelley home.
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HOODSPORT - Dreams of a
White Christmas became a reality
for children living along Hood
Canal. Snowflakes started drifting
down before 9:30 p.m. on
Christmas Eve and continued
Christmas Day until the trees
glistened and three to five inches
of snow blanketed the ground.
Children, dogs, and those
young in heart headed for the
slopes Christmas morning to try
out their new sleds, saucers and
snow machines. Of course there
were some residents not prepared
for the snow, but they quickly
inflated their car innertubes for
some fun-filled sledding.
Many local people, recalling
the joys of childhood and
spreading happiness for the
holidays shared their Christmas
dinners with relatives and friends.
Thirty-five members of the
Johnston family of Hoodsport
gathered at the Potlatch
clubhouse for their annual
Christmas Day dinner. The
fireplace was built up with wood,
Slate Event
Gordon Parker of Shelton
announced today that all
meetings at the local Kingdom
Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses will
be cancelled for the weekend.
This will permit the congregation
to attend the circuit assembly in
Bremerton at the Coontz Junior
High School.
Opening sessions will convene
at 6:45 p.m. Friday with singing
and experiences, and at 7 p.m. the
district supervisor, Malcome Van
Ike, will deliver the welcome
address which sets the theme for
the convention. He will speak on
the subject, "Keep On Doing It
More Fully." The program will
run to about 9 p.m. with a variety
of short talks and demonstrations.
Parker pointed out that
operating such a convention,
including the finding of rooming
accommodations, providing meals
and all the other services, takes
about 300 voluntary workers.
Some 20 departments have been
organized to handle all this
activity, and they will be under
the direction of Edwin
Thogerson, the circuit supervisor.
The highlight of the assembly
will be the main address Sunday
entitled, "Can You Live Forever?
- Will You?" Malcome Van Ike, a
special representative from the
Watchtower Society in New York,
will deliver the Bible-based
discourse at 3 p.m. Visitors are
welcome, and attendance is
expected to reach 1,500 or more,
Parker stated.
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giving a homey touch to the gaily
decorated hall. ttam, turkey and
all the trimmings were served
family style. There was the
exchange of gifts, games to play
and music for listening as
everyone relaxed for an afternoon
of friendship and reminiscing
good times.
Mr. and Mrs. Every Winters
enjoyed dinner with their children
and grand children Christmas day.
Present at the Winter's home for
the joyful family reunion were all
the grandchildren and their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Johnson
of Lacey, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Brown
of Tacoma, Mr. and Mrs. (;ene
Winters and Mr. and Mrs. Emery
Winters Jr. of Port Angeles and
Mr. and Mrs. Mick Simmons of
Hoodsport.
Friends and relatives gathered
at the Kenneth Connally home
for dinner Christmas Eve. Present
were Molly's mother, Mrs. Elsie
Seymore, Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Seymore and family of Shelton,
Ron Seymore and Mr. and Mrs.
Weatherly of Olympia, Marvin
Weatherly of Tacoma, Jan and
Lanelle Short of Hoodsport and
Tony Forcher.
The highway to Sequim was
very hazardous Christmas day but
the Jim O'Neils had a safe trip to
Sequim. Jim's mother, brother
and sister, along with their
families helped Jim out with their
back seat driving and kept the
e
rls
mas
O'Neils company as they crept
their way to Tim and LaVada
O'Neils for Christmas dinner•
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Johnsonand family drove to
Eugene,Ore. for the three day
holiday to spend Christmas with
Tar's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ellsworth. They found the
traveling good and the weather
beautiful with sunshine, but no
snow.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Drake and
Mrs. and Mrs. Marvin LaChance
joined the Harold Drake family
for Christmas breakfast and a
Christmas decorated Birthday
cake to wish Harold a Happy
Birthday and a Merry Christmas.
The twenty-third of
December was a big day for
Patrick O'Neil. While Dona was
busy decorating and making
preparations for Pat's birthday
party, Pat found out that you can
eat your cake and have it too if
your Momma's a good cook.
There was an explanation though
to the cake disappearing.
"Momma I was hungry and so was
Dude (the dog) so we ate my
birthday cake".
Quickly another birthday
cake was prepared before 11 of
Pat's friends and their Mommas
and daddys arrived to help Pat
celebrate his third birthday. The
group of 17 packed into the
O'Neils van and set out about
Hoodsport singing the traditional
Christmas Carols and spreading
happiness for many people. Upon
their return from caroling they
were greeted by Santa Claus and
his bag of toys. Gifts were passed
out while the children took turns
sitting on Santa's knee and
whispering to him their wishes for
Christmas.
New residents welcomed to
Hoodsport this past week are Jim
and Linda Messer and three
children. The Messers moved here
from California just in time to
enjoy the snow. Linda was able to
give her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Connie Barnett of Upper
Skokomish Valley, a helping hand
as she prepared Christmas dinner
for them at the home where she
grew up.
This weeks vacation will give
Sherry, Janice and Jimmy Messer
a chance to get acquainted before
they enter school next Monday•
The children will be in the sixth,
fourth and first grades
respectively.
The community was saddened
this week with the death of their
close friend, Miss Claire Wilson.
Miss Wilson entered Mason
General Hospital just a day before
Christmas and died Sunday
evening.
Miss Wilsonwas born in
Sonora, Calif. August 12, 1911.
She served as a nurse in the Army
before moving to Hood Canal
about 20 years ago to care for
now
ells
Mrs. Dorothy Graves and her
sister Miss Mary Schauland who
lived at the present site of Ayock
beach. Claire resided at Star Rt. 1,
Hoodsport in the Star White
Addition. Until her death, she was
employed as a registered nurse at
the Fir Lane Terrace Convalescent
Center. Claire's many friends will
remember her for her friendship
and generosity towards others.
Mrs. Betty Johnston's cousin,
1st. Lt. David Vargo of Aurora is
one of four airforce pilots who
were assigned to fly the "Bob
Hope Christmas Show" on its
annual tour of military bases
throughout the world.
David received his pilot wings
from Webb A.F.B. in Texas in
September, 1970. He is assigned
to the 63rd. Military Air Lift
Wing at Norton A.F.B. in San
Bernadino, Calif.
The tour which left Dec. 15
from Van Nuys, Calif. is
scheduled to return to L.A.
International Airport Dec. 31.
The tour will make six
scheduled stops: Hickham A.F.B.,
Hawaii; Kadena A.B., Okinawa;
Bangkok A.B., Thailand; Aviano
A.B., Italy; Torregon A.B., Spain
and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The
flight will be made in C 141
transport planes. The longest stop
will be at Bangkok where the
troupe will use small aircraft for
six journeys in to Viet Nam.
Fifteen members of the
O.N.O. Club met at the home
Mrs. Bill Goodpaster
evening. Co-hostesses for
evening were Mrs. Rudy
Mrs. Robert Bearden, and
Bessie Hale.
The lovely decorations
the opening of the gifts of
year polyanna made a fun tim
find out who each polyanna
Gifts were won by Mrs.
Simmons, Mrs. Bob Smith
Mrs. Glenn Liner.
A Christmas red jello
was served and Santa Claus
made by Betty Goodpaster
given each guest. Phone
greetings were made to
members, Mrs. Archie Calahan
Panorama City and Mrs.
Addleman in Forks. Each
was given the opportunity to
with these former club
who were unable to attend.
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