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well-attended meeting at Hood
Canal Jr. High at which
waterfront owners learned that it
was alright to take their barbecue
rack down to the tidelands and
roast oysters in the shell there but
not okay to take the oysters in
the shell up to the patio to roast
them. They also learned that
when company was invited for an
oyster feed that each guest had to
gather their own oysters for the
feed to be legal for if the
homeowner or his wife took more
than his own quota off the beach
he would be breaking the law.
It was in March that citizens
from the large unprotected area
between the Allyn Fire district
and the Shelton Fire district first
approached commissioners of Fire
Protection District 5 to find out if
they could join the district and,
after much discussion, were told
they would be accepted if they
got the required number of
signatures. Petitions were
circulated by residents in
the unprotected area and by
October the area was formally
annexed to Fire District 5.
For a third year in a row the
dilapidated North Shore pier was
a concern of local citizens and by
March the Allyn Port Commission
was making plans for its repair,
later changed to only partial
renovation, then, after a petition
by citizens to repair the entire
dock, plans were changed again to
repair all of it, to be done by the
end of the year. The end of the
year is fast approaching and 1
have a hunch that pier is going to
make it four years in a row,
hopefully one of the first events
to be recalled from 1972 files.
Port Commissioner Ed Berberet
resigned in March and Roy
Mitchell was later named to
replace him.
Laughter by those who
attended the faculty play
"Harvey" at North Mason High
School got April off to a happy
start and a free concert given by
the Army Band gave pleasure to
those who turned out to hear it.
The local school levies passed and
Grapeview School district joined
the other non-high districts in the
County by agreeing to participate
in building a new high school for
Shelton.
Work by a survey crew on
North Shore Road was stopped
when a property owner refused
them permission to go on his land
and the delay was followed by an
announcement by County
Commissioners that an alternate
route for the new road to the
Tahuya River bridge, back along
the hill, was preferable, anyway,
to the higher cost of widening the
present North Shore Road.
Evidently too many people
were putting in bulkheads or
docks without the proper
permission from the Army Corps
of Engineers because in May they
made the announcement that
persons doing work without
permits would face prosecution
and would probably be ordered to
undo the project. Two mailboxes
in the Grapeview area were
discovered to be part of a welfare
fraud going on in this part of the
State but everyone was glad to
know that suspicions of mail
carrier Talley Jones and
Postmaster Julie Stock had
prevented any checks from being
put in the boxes.
Two local Postmasters retired
in May, Arvith Christiansen from
the Belfair Post Office and
Frances Huson from Tahuya. It
wasn't until December that the
new Postmasters got the official
word; Pat Henningsen for Belfair
and Phyllis Fixemer for Tahuya.
In May the Grapeview School
float again brought home the
sweepstakes award from Shelton's
Forest Festival. Janet Fisk's
articles in the Herald in which she
complained of the inability of
persons attending County
Planning Commission meetings to
hear or understand what was
going on were evidently read by
Commission members because
things had improved considerably
by the next month's meeting.
In May the community was
outraged by the work of vandals
who bent the newly erected
flagpole in Belfair Cemetery and a
group of citizens joined forces to
straighten it out before Memorial
Day services were held in the
cemetery.
June saw 57 seniors being
graduated by North Mason High
School, lots of school picnics by
the younger classes and
groundbreaking for the new
Belfair Firehall. The month ended
with the commotion caused by
the brief announcement that the
Independent Publishing Co. was
ceasing publication of the
Huckleberry Herald. Citizen's
meetings with Ace Comstock,
former owner, and Henry Gay,
present owner, resulted, as you
know, in a new lease on life for
the paper, as a supplement to the
Mason County Journal.
July was spent in making the
changeover and a vacation for the
editor so three issues of the paper
were skipped and news coverage is
brief. Demolition of the old
Chalet was undoubtedly the
biggest news of the month and
three local Scouts left by plane
for Japan to attend the Scout's
International Jamboree.
In August the office at
Beard's Cove was razed by fire.
Another new business, SS&T was
opened in Belfair and the County
announced it had purchased the
old Belfair Firehall.
diane Robinson's "Beautify
Belfair" idea was first heard that
month, at the annual Chamber of
Commerce picnic. Another
mysterious fire struck the Beard's
Cove development, this time
burning down the bathing house.
Arson was suspected. Plans for
formation of a PeeWee
organization in North Mason
began in earnest and it was
announced that basketball would
be the first sport in which the
new group would participate.
September seemed to be the
month of harvest for many news
photos were run showing off
oversize crops. The Bookmobile
started a night run to Belfair and
a community meeting was held to
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voice of Belfair, Allyn, Grapeview, Tahuya, Mason Lake,
South Shore and North Shore.
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Telephone CR 5-6680
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discuss the proposed County
Zoning Ordinance.
By October the Belfair Fire
Department had moved into its
new quarters on the Old Belfair
Highway and the substation of
the Sheriff's Department had
moved to the old Firehall.
Candidates who had opposition in
the upcoming elections were busy
cam paigning.
By the time the November 4
election was over the Tahuya Port
Commission had been re-activated
and some new faces appeared on
local district Boards throughout
the area. November 12 was the
grand opening of the
just-completed Youth Center in
Belfair and Christmas tree-laden
trucks passing through town
heralded the advent of Christmas
a few weeks away. It was learned
in November that a shopping
center is planned for the Y south
of Belfair when announcement of
an offer for a site for a library
building was made.
Notice of the plight of the
needy as the first full year of the
high unemployment in the area
came to an end resulted in efforts
to establish a community clothing
center and students and several
groups in the area cancelled the
usual exchange of gifts in favor of
buying an item of food to help
the hungry. The new school bus
arrived and was driven eight
whole days before getting its first
dent in an accident caused by
black ice at the high school.
(Sorry, Vi, I hope this is the last
time I mention THAT.)
Dedication of the new Youth
Center was held in Belfair
Community Baptist Church and
as the year drew to a close
everyone was busy attending the
many Christmas parties and
wrapping the gifts they'd bought
at the many local Bazaars held by
so many non-profit groups.
Which winds up my review of
another year... 1 didn't mention
the names of those who died
during the year, some young and
some old, but all will be missed as
a new year begins.
WATCH STOLEN
A silver Timex girl's
wristwatch, flat and square, with
a stretch band was stolen from
backstage during the recent
Senior play. A purse which was
also taken from the prop room
that night was later found floating
in the water off a North Shore
pier. Anyone knowing anything
about the watch or the thefts is
asked to contact the Belfair
Sheriff's office.
APPETITE: something you
always bring to another's table.
Jewish Proverb
Editor's note: The following
letter from the Ethiopian student
who has been featured in several
Herald articles and who, again,
spent Christmas with our family,
came in too late for last week's
issue but in time for his wish for a
Happy New Year to Huckleberry
Herald readers.
Editor, Huckleberry Herald:
Last year this time I knew
very little about the colorful
Christmas that excited me.
Although we celebrate Christmas
back in Ethiopia, there is very
little in common in the manner
the same day is observed. In
Ethiopia the Christmas day begins
with a church ceremony, followed
by a get-together of family
members and friends at a lunch
usually held at the Elderly's
house, where special food known
as "Dora Wat" (Chicken sauce),
and drinks "Tela" or "Tej" are
served. For people living out of
the cities, no signs as "Drive
Carefully" are required! For the
horses and mules will remain
sober anyway, no gifts are
exchanged, no card or Christmas
tree.
Having observed Christmas in
this manner for all of my life, last
Christmas, 'unique' as it is, was
more than an excitement for me.
I received five Christmas cards
from people that knew me earlier
in the week, one of which carried
a special note - an invitation to
spend Christmas eve, and
NM Library open
3 days a week
Beginning January 5 the
North Mason Library will be open
on Thursdays in addition to the
previous Friday and Saturday
schedule. Increased usage of the
local library, which is located in
the rear of Belfair TV, called for
an increase in the 1972 budget to
allow for the extra day.
Hours will be Thursdays and
Fridays from noon to 6 p.m. and
Saturdays from 10 to 1.
Local librarian, Mrs. Elizabeth
Gatlin, will be on duty all three
days. The North Mason Library is
a branch of the Timberland
Regional Library District.
NAMES OMITTED
Names of three participants of
the Standard First Aid Course
recently completed at the Earl
Lincoln home on North Shore
were left out of the story
announcing names of those who
had earned their cards. All under
14, Anne Blakefield, Jeff Hannan
and Jodi Stevenson completed the
course and received Junior cards.
Christmas day with the Isakson
family. I was more than happy,
and I went.
Erik, the youngest son picked
up a package from the big pile
under the glittering white tree,
pulled a slip from it that read -
"From Nan and Bert to Seyoum,"
and handed it over to me. I didn't
know what to do with it. While I
was trying to pass it over to Kent,
who sat next to me on the floor,
Bert suggested that I open the
package myself, I did. It was a
Kodak Instamatic camera with a
film and flash in it. Still I was
wondering what to do next, when
Nan noticed from my expression
and explained to me that it was a
gift to me, and all about
Christmas as it is observed here in
America. Everything that can be
said from the origin of the
Christmas tree, through the card
exchange and the reasons behind
gifts. By the end of the Christmas
day I had so many gifts gram Nan
and Bert's family and friends that
I couldn't even distinguish who
gave me what. I didn't feet the
slightest homesickness that
Christmas brings to many people
away from home.
Thanks to the lsakson family,
their relatives and friends. Thanks
to my Huckleberry friends and
thanks to all American people,
the nation that is kind and
wonderful. And "Merry Christmas
and Happy New Year to you all."
Your Huckleberry Friend
Seyoum Kassa
Opportunity offered
citizens to help select
items on school levy
North Mason Citizen's
Committee for Education will
hold a levy-study meeting January
6 at 7:30 p.m. in the High School
library.
Set for four days before the
North Mason School Board holds
its meeting to set the amount for
the upcoming levy ballot, the
group will be furnished a
proposed itemized full budget by
the School Superintendent for the
group's consideration.
Ballots will be furnished those
who attend the meeting and the
results will be tallied to determine
what recommendations the group
will make to the School Board the
following Monday.
A special invitation is
extended to anyone, whether
they have children in school or
not, to come to the meeting to
express an opinion about what
items should be included in the
levy request.
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FOURTH AND FIFTH graders at Belfair Elementary brought food to school
last week instead of the traditional presents to exchange with each other.
They also brought $14 in money to buy more perishable items and all was
packed into boxes to be given to needy families. Seen packing some of the
boxes are one student from each room, left to right, Dana Petrick, Lisa
Marsh, Steve Merrill, Paul Andrews, Kelly Staley and Sonya Stienke.
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The sea is rising at the rate of
one-twelfth of an inch a year,
according to expert tide-watchers
in Seattle. This confirms our
belief that the tides are getting
higher in Hood Canal.
The higher tides are more
noticeable around the first of the
year when we have a combination
of high tides and low barometric
pressure.
In the past few years many
waterfront homes on the North
Shore have been lapped by the big
tides that surged over the
bulkheads. If the water is rising at
the rate of one inch every twelve
years, and you are building a
house along the shoreline, plan
ahead. If you want to know the
point of the highest recorded
recent tide, check with the
Livingstons. We know.
Carl and Betty Mattus have
flown off to visit daughter and
son-in-law Nancy and Jerry Rettig
in Springfield, Illinois, for the
holidays. They will be returning
after New Years.
About the same time, Nancy's
cousin, Sally Scott, will be
arriving in Springfield for a
month's field work for college.
She will be observing classes in
Speach and Hearing Therapy with
Nancy who teaches there.
The end of the year finds
everybody too busy to be making
news. We do wish you a happy
and long New Year, 366 days.
Michael ;hirk
ned
to train in New Mexico
Airman Michael A. Shirk, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Allan E. Shirk of
Belfair, Wash., has received his
first U. S. Air Force duty
assignment after completing basic
training at the Air Training
Command's Lackland AFB, Tex.
The airman has been assigned
to a unit of the Air Force Systems
Command at Kirtland AFB, N.M.,
for training and duty as a law
enforcement specialist. Airman
Shirk is a 1971 graduate of North
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Mason High School and attended
Olympic Junior College,
Bremerton.
Michael Shirk
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SUNDAY, JANUARY 2nd.
9:45 a.m. Sunday school. There is a class for everyone.
ll:00a.m. Morning Worship Service. Observance of the
Lord's Supper.
6:00 p.m. Youth Fellowship Meeting. Young people will
meet at the church to proceed to their month
Fellowship Activity Night. All young people in
grades 7 through high school are welcome.
Resolve to make the year of 1972 a better year. Worship
together regularly as a family, starting with this week.
YOUTH CENTER
The Youth Center will be open New Years Eve from 7:00
p.m. until 1:00 a.m.
P.O. Box 407, Belfair Washington
Wendell L. Harder, Pastor
Parsonage Phone Church Phone
CRestview 5-2162 CRestview 5-626;
By LOUISE EWART
426-4925
"It's the day after Christmas
and all through the house paper,
toys, and bits of ribbon litter the
house. The stockings sag by a
roaring fire of boxes and bows,
and plastic toys smashed by little
toes.
I just settled down for a long
winters nap, when off in the
distance I heard a jolly voice say
"Just 364 days and I'll see you
next year."
This is a reprint from my
1966 column by request (mine).
Our Grapeview grade school
children contributed to
establishing a holiday atmosphere
last Tuesday evening with the
presentation of their annual
Christmas " program for the
enjoyment of their parents and
friends.
The children, under the
capable direction of Mrs. Olson,
Mrs. Watson . and Mr. Zehe,
enacted several plays and in songs
portrayed the well-loved and
time-honored story of the
Nativity. At intervals throughout
the program the audience joined
together in singing the traditional
carols. As the last song was being
sung a jolly HO HO HO rang out
from the rear of the room and
who should come marching in but
Santa Claus himself. The
delighted children were soon
called to come up to him by grade
and one by one received a gift and
a candy cane from this fine
fellow.
When all had received their
presents: coffee, punch and
Christmas cookies were served
from a festively decorated
lunchroom in the school
basement. Mrs. Ted Hoffman was
chairman and would like to thank
all who made the party such a
Success.
I have attended every
Christmas party at the school for
the last eight years and last night
there were many there who had
gone to the parties each year for
many years before I came. I asked
Louise Okonek how many times
she had attended and she laughed
and said "a few". Mrs. Ann
Westberg was busy greeting old
friends and she told me Marcella
was going to college and working
at the Bremerton Sun part time.
Mr. and Mrs. Orin Buckingham,
Bud Welch and many other
"regulars" were present.
Congratulations to Mr. and
Mrs. George Lewis who celebrated
their thirty-ninth wedding
anniversary on Christmas Eve.
The. Christmas party was also
a coming out party for Phyllis
Lutz for she had been confined to
her home for the last month
because of illness. Larry arrived
home a short time ago, out of the
service, and very proud of the
German girl he plans to wed. The
family drove to Sea-Tac to meet
Miss Claudia Scheining when she
arrived last week. Miss Sheining is
from Tubinger, Germany and will
be in Grapeview until January
sixth. Larry and Claudia plan to
announce their engagement over
the holidays.
Doug and family planned to
drive up from Oregon so they all
could enjoy Christmas together
but Mellissa became ill and plans
had to be changed.
We do have a lot of pets but
when the pets start having pets l
think it is time to stop. Nancy has
a new monkey, a marmosett and
it is so tiny. In Nancy's monkey
book it said a pet would keep it
happy. So now we have a baby
rabbit for "Boogy". 1 will take
this opportunity to reassure my
neighbors 1 have not added a dog
and two cats to my zoo but am
just baby-sitting them while my
son Dan and family go to Idaho
for Christmas.
The Fair Harbor Grange will
have its regular meeting at 7:30
p.m. Thursday January 6th
preceded bY a potluck dinner at
6:00 p.m. This meeting will be
held at the Grapeview Firehall.
1972 officers will be installed.
Because of the installation the
program planned for the evening
will be postponed until the
February meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. Merfield of
Orchard beach had several
anthropologists from the
University of Washington as their
guests for a day and they were
able to find the site of a spot
where the Indians had dried their
fish but a new road had been cut
through and the site was filled
with huge boulders that made
digging impossible. But they all
had an interesting day.
Jerry Gazaly's mother flew up
from La Jolla, Calif. to spend
Christmas with the family and
Jerry, Jr. came up, from
Southern California where he is
attending college.
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dies before operation
Master Patrick C. Hart, 2½
year old son of Marsha Hart, did
not undergo open heart surgery as
was scheduled on December 14 as
he died December 8 at Children's
Memorial Hospital in Long Beach,
Calif.
Survivors include his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Rodney G. Hart, grandmother,
Robertie V. Hart,
great-grandmothers, Frances F.
Nay and Carle Day and an uncle,
Nichole Hart.
WINDOWS BROKEN
Windows of the George Vance
summer home on North Shore
were broken by vandals last week
according to a complaint received
in the Belfair Sheriff's office. The
Vance family is from Seattle.
Robert $. McLean
assigned to Colorado
Airman Robert S. McLean,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Neal H.
McLean of AUyn, Wash., has
completed his U.S. Air Force
basic training at the Air Training
Command's Lackland AFB, Tex.
He has been assigned to Lowry
AFB, Colo., for training in the
munitions and weapons
maintenance field. Airman
McLean is a 1972 graduate of
North Mason High School.
CALF LOST
A calf was reported lost in the
Belfair tide flat area Dec. 26
according to a complaint received
by the local Sheriff's office.
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