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Percy M Pio
6017 S.E. 86th Ave
Portland, Ore
January 1, 1959 Entered as S eeo.nd clas matter at the, post office at Shelton, Washington, 8 Cents per Copy
under Act oz March . 1879. PublishcQ weekly at 107 South th Street.
YEAR--NO. 1 Published in "Chrstmastown, U.S.A." 16 Pages- 2 Sections
Fair Year L o cally
Dim Predictions
year of 1958 opened in Ms- I
county rather gloomily with
note of warning from many
leaders who saw the
of the Rayonier mill as a
blow to the local economy.
THE rather dim gen-
view of conditions, the Ex-
Foresters went ahead
incorporated their organize-
for the purpose of helping
retarded children. Con-
the general economic sit-
this move by a handful of
to undertake such an am-
showed that the
was far from ready to
back even with business pre-
fer the future anything
of Shelton's landmarks, the
Lincoln school, was ordered to
down for safety reasons
brought a note of sadness
many of the old time rest-
who learned their a, b, c's
school built in 1908.
LAST week in Januaz T of
saw the highly controversial
of water pollution explode
the open with claims and
claims from both industry
the Washington State Depart-
of Fisheries that the other
would ruin the state if their
were continued. Industry
,that if the proposed regals-
of the state concerning sun I
Waste liquor were adopted ill
mean the end of the pulp
in the state of Washing-
The fisheries department had
the opposite view of the
and said it was all in-:
fault
saw political action in
begin to develop for city
LOCAl, economy got a
in the arm when the Simpson
company reopened the
Plyweod plant. This re-
added $40,000 a month to
payrolls.
candidates for city offices
the primary election.
Were Earl Moore, Herb Rot-
Simpson. Bernie Bailey,
McCann and John Bennett.
of a field examination in
8kokomish valley were filed
flood control division of the l
Department of Conservation,
family of four met
when their car plunged 100
an embankment into
i Cushman.
NEXT WEEK)
Begins
With New
Size Cards
Shelton Public Library is
for ways to maintain its
cervices on a reduced budget
1959. A simple change in
routine will save
time and help to do this. The
cards will be cut down
size, and given to the
to be carried with them at
to borrow books you will
the library desk, show
borrower's Card (if you want
you will also have
open and ready to be
and the books will be
out to you. You Wit/ re-
card, et all times. It
never be necessary in fu-
to ask for books without
'our card, hecause you
to carry ,it in your
t along 'with y0r driver's li-
and credit cards. "
L' your co-operation this 'rou-
can be made smooth-
should, result in lmpxwed
Watts Installed
Lodge
. TOM WATTS
New Masonic Master
impressive public core-
in the Masonic Temple
night seated Tom
1959 Worahlpful Master
• Morlah Masonic Lodge.
officers include Archie Ad-
Warden; Arnold Che-
Junior Warden; Dick Hol-
Deacon; Glen Hufnail,
Iwrence Fisher,
Loui Larson, Ju-
Glenn Sowers, Mar-
Chaplain; Clar-
Tyler; Warren Tob-
ad Walter Mrble,
Templeton Gets
5 Years To Life
For Assault
George Templeton was sentenced
from five years to life imprison-
ment in the Monroe State Reform-
atory Tuesday. noon by Judge
Raymond Clifford in the Mason
county courthouse.
TEMPLETON PLEAD guilty
to the charge of criminally as-
saulting a Mason county woman
here on September 26. Templeton
has been held in the Mason county
jail since October 17 under
$100,000 bail.
Prosecuting Attorney Byron Mc-
Clanahan told the Judge that Tem-
pleton was a menace to society
and had a long record of action
which showed that he could not
conform to the rules which society
imposes. He told the judge that
society had a right to be protected
from someone like him.
McCLANAHAN TOLD this re-
porter, "I didn't ask for a psychi-
atric examination for him because
I feel that stuff has been over
done. Besides we already had a
full medical report on him from
California
Templeton admitted earlier to
several criminal assaults on wom-
en in the northwest but the pros-
ecuting attroney said that since
he wanted to plead guilty on the
one here, McClanahan felt that it
was best to accept this offer since
he will be in prison and not a
danger to society.
AWl Head Speaker
At OC Installation
Meeting Next Week
Dave Gordon, president of the
Association of Washington Indus-
tries, will be featured speaker
when the Shelton Chamber of
Commmme opens its 1959 activities
January 8 with its monthly meet-
and installatipn of new offl-
The program will feature a N-
islet(re motif and honor Mason
County's elected legislator, Roy
Ritner, who takes his seat in the
state legislature when it convenes
the following week in Olympia for
its biennial session.
Dick Souliez will be seated as
the Chamber's 1959 president,
along with Roy Dunn as first vice-
president, Bob Keenan as second
vice-president, Ken Fredson as
treasurer, and John Bennett, Met-
ric Grunkemeier, Mardy Stroud,
Bud Puhn and retiring president
Bill Dickie as trustees.
Fire 9epadmont To
Burn Christmas Trees
The Shelton Fire Department
will begin picking up Christmas
trees for disposal the first of next
week.
The fire department plans to
burn the trace on January 3 and 4.
In pz revious years the fire depaxt-
me/it has burned all the trees on
One day'bht will not do so this
year because there is no location
in the city large enough for this
type of disposal.
All persona who wish to have
their trees burned should leave
them an their parking strip next
Week so the department can pick
them up.
Fire Chief T. D. Deer urges
everyone to cooperate in this pro-
gram because these trees can be-
THERE GOES 1958---Professor
Albert Einstein compiled a
mathematiosl formuls which
prove that time was motion. The
Ethel Carlson
Funeral Held
Mr=. Ethel Carlson'
Death claimed Mrs. Ethel M.
Carlson, 48, 604 North Sixth, on
Wednesday of last week in Swed-
!ish Hospital, Seattle. Mrs. Carl-
son was well known Tor her activ-
ity in civic organizations. She was
member of thelai, chapter
e American Cancer Society,
American Red Cross, Tolly Simp-
son Orthopedic Guild, Boy and
Girl Scout activities. She served
as president of Lincoln PTA in
1943 and 1945, and was financial
secretary of the Methodist church.
Mrs. Carlson was very active in
the Woman's Division of the Shel-
ton-Bayshore Golf Club and won
the distinction of being the first
woman to shoot a hole-in-one on
the local course. She was born
July 11, 1910, in Emmett, Idaho.
Funml services were held at 1
p.m., Monday, in Witsiers Funeral
Home, under the direction of the
Ray. Charles T. Hatten. Inter-
ment followed in the Shelton Mem-
orial Park.
Surviving are her husband,
Lawrence; one son, Stanley, Shel-
ton; a daughter, Mrs. Geraldine
Lasher, Seattle; three sisters, Mrs.
Florence Ossinger, Seattle; MrS.
Jean Talley, ReedspoH:, Ore.;!
Miss Alice Spaulding, Seattle a
brother, HanT Spaulding, Em-i
matt, Idaho, and one grandson,
David Lauber, Seattle.
Weather !
High Low Precip.
Dec. 23 .... 42 deg. 32 deg. .23 in.
Dec. 24 .... 47 deg. 35 dog. .28 in.
Dec. 25 .... 50 deg. 40 dog. .55 in.
Dec. 26 .... 50 dog. 41 deg. 1.02 in.
Dec. 27 .... 46deg. 39deg. .42 in.
Dec. 28 .... 48 dog. 39 dog. .66 in.
come a dangerous fire hazard if Dec. 29 .... 49 dog. 41 des. 1.25 in,
they axe not destroyed. --Rayonier Incorporated.
i
Three County Visual Aid
$c/loo/ Program Doing Well
A three county program between
Kitsap, Thurston and Mason coun-
ties to provide visual aidn to edu-
cation is working out satlsfaotor-
ily, according to County Superin-
tendent of Schools Bill Goodpaster.
UNOER THIS three-county ar-
rangement, students in the noxh-
ern part of the county receive this
educational service from Kitsap
county and students in the south-
ern paVt of the county receive the
service from Thurston county.
The visual aids are in form of
slides film strips, moving pic-
tures, still pictures and packets of
instructional materials. In past
years Mason county has not been
able to offer this type of educa-
tional aid because the cost was
prohibitive. Many counties in the
state, however, have had visu
educational aids for sometime.
The three-county program pro-
vides that each county puts tip a
certain amount of money for this
purpose depending upon the nnm-
bar of students they serve. The
State Board of Education also pro-
vides the county with money to
be used for this program. The
state granted Mason county $6144
for this purpose this year. The
actual cost however for this pro-
gram in Mason emmty runs be-
tween $11,000 to $14,000 a year if
the county handled it independ-
ently.
Since Maa cotmty works Jolnt-
ly with Kitsap and Thurston cStm-
ties the cost has been greatly re-
duced and this makes it possible
to be offered here.
COUNTY SCHOOL Superin-
tendent Bill Goodpaster thinks
highly of the program. Goodpas-
ter said, "I think the program is
giving a service which will im-
prove the educational possibilities
of the pupil. I feel it enriches the
educational experiences of the
child."
The cost of the program is 40
cents pcr pupil per year based on
an average daily attendance. Most
of the cost is for matez%ls. Good-
paster said that over $5000 of the
$6144 is spent on materials and
the rest goes for traveling and
personnel.
School districts 404, 403, 54 and
20 are served by Chct Ullin of
Kitsap county anti districts 401,
402, 302, 311 and 42 are setwed by
Louise Galkowski from Thurston
county.
THE ACCEPTANCE of this ser-
vice is vohmtary for each school
district. All districts in the coun-
ty, except 309, now are receiving
this service. According to Good-
paster, district 309 has a program
of its own and did not wish to par-
ticipat in the state program.
Goodpastcr hopes that in tlle fu-
ture the cotmty will bc able to
operate this service independently
when sufficient funds are available
mm a W.
formula is long and complex but
this picture illustrates what he
meant. If you don't llke math-
ematics you can look at this
picture to understand his theor-
ies, In the final analysis it
means what the old axiom says,
"time and tide wait for no man."
Presents Galore [or First "59 Baby
Local merchants are awaiting first portrait, Dean's Studio; baby
the arrival of the first baby born blanket, Sprouse-Reitz.
in 1959 so that they can shower Boy?? or girl? ? if the past is
the child with gifts, as they have any indication of the future it will
be'a girl. The on15 boys to issue
:in the past eight years of the New l( n
Year baby contest, tim new year were
Clyde
Land-
In the treasury of gifts for theisaw III, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
1959 baby are a st,erling silver cupjLandsaw, Jr., Jan 3, 1952, and
from Beckwith's Jewelry; $10 in| Darrell Kimmerly, son of Mr. and
merchandise, Prepp's R e x a 11 Mrs. Ray Kimmerly, Jan. 1, 1955.
Drugs; a case of 24 assorted Last year little Cheri Lee Moore
canned baby foods, Needham,l was the first baby born Jan. 3, to
Food Center; a box of personalized" Mz'. and Mrs, LeRo.y Moore; Mi.ss
s *o*;] ..... " €or mother and dad '1 J.l was llm Marle Fuoernaugn,
;The'Jo:;;'nal" a potted plant, Cook';'t'dat':lghrteri t I:n ndthMeZ;)57:ge
Plant Farm; two quarts of milk I u| ~p g ,, • ;.. . .Y
dilxr f,. tiff days Kit,an-Mason was nerry lynn wi|liams, uangn-
5ounty"Sai''ym'e;'s' Asst;ciation; a 'tar °f Mr. and Mrs. Ben Williams,
case of 48 cans of baby food, M Jam 3..
and S Food Store; a $10 certificate On Jan. 2, 1954, Pamela Diane
f o r merchandise, Lumbermcn's Tabor was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Mercantile. William Tabor to become the baby
A ....... e of the year. In 1953, Jan. 1 to be
house (lress for )lion], MOrt , I , " -- .
' -, f -ettificate lsen's lexact was orn ancy Ann Schuf-
urn?:reYba{: :u-er EeHs ani fenhauer to Mr. and Mrs. Verne
..... ' . Y J P .' -' a JSchuffenhauer, and Jan. 6 1951,
vallev Appliance enter; ano ' ..... "-
• .. • , w toe ilrst appearance ot ram
$10 gift certificate for the proud j _ _ .; . , ' :
-. " = ) e-- '-'-" ,,l_le s are L,yn eeson, first winner oz
¢,'ents anti a (l(Z n uauy uU, ' [t1n '"¢o,,t V,o*, hhv onnfsmf
fr0rn Taylor Electr c. ,p,: dghter ef 'Mr. and Mrs. David
A baby scale from McConkey Bees0n.
Drug Center; a crib blanket from
J. C. Penney Co.; $5 in merchan-
dise, Coast to Coast Store; baby's
Christmas Volume at
Postoflioe Reflects
Higher Mailing Rates
Higher postal rates were re-
flected in the gross volume of
stamp sales recorded at the Shel-
ton postoffice during the Christ-
mas mailing rush, considered to
run from December 8 through 24.
Figures released by Postmaster
J. H. Gray after Christmas last
week show total stamp sales of
$8,600,07 and meter sales of
$3,663.89 this year compared to
$6,350.55 ned $3,718.85 a year ago.
Cancellations for the period were
232,156. No figures were avail-
able on 1957 Christmas cancella-
tions.
By actual volume, the Shelton
postoffice sold 94,240 three-cent
stamps and 117,425 four-cent
stamps in this year's Christmas
period, the postmaster's repm
said.
Trio Arrested for Elk
Hunting Violation
Three men were arrested Mon-
day night for being in possession
of fresh elk meat by the Mason
county sheriff's office.
The men are Eugene P. Watson,
42, of Allyn and Benjamin E. Wat-
son, 19, also of AUyn. The third
man was David S. Coies, 38, of
Shelton.
Elk season ended last month and
it is illegal to hunt for elk at this
time. The men are being held on
$250 bail in the Mason county Jail.
The maximum penalty for this vio-
lation is a $1000 fine.
Historical Club
Plans For 1959
The Mason County Hiorical
Society will hold its first meeting
of the new year this Monday night
'in the board room of the PUD
building at 7:30 p.m. !
The society is still looking for
more historieal information and
material and requests that any-
one in the county who has such
information or material should
send a letter to the miety de-
scribing it. At the present time
the club has no room to store this
material and does not want it sent
to them.
The Historical Society plans to
interview pioneer residents of the
area from time to time in order
to get more background of early
Mason county.
Charter membership will be
open until the first meeting of
1959 for one dollar a year or $10
for a lifetime membership.
Another project of the soc, iety
i i to obtain historical markers for
vazlous buildfftgs and sites of his-
torical value.
Oel. $10,000 Request
The Mason County Board of
Commissioners gave their O.K.
Monday to a request by County
Engineer Frank Porter for a
$10,000 supplemental budget.
This money is needed because
of the various services the coun-
ty has performed for school dis-
triers, the city and other govern-
mental agencies. These agencies
pay the county for these servtces
,and the money is placed in a new
budget which the county can use.
FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE Lum,bermen's Mercantile manager
T. C. Rowe is shown presenting a 20-year service award to Mrs.
Mabel Burk, buyer for the dry goods department of the L-M.
Awaiting their turn for similar awards are Judson Pierce, sales-
man in the L-M decorating centeG and Mrs. Agatha Norby, buyer
for the ready to wear department. Pierce received his pin for ten
years =¢rvie and Mrs. Norby for 15 years. (Journal photo, Ziegler
r=t.),
County Leaders See 1959 Slightly
Better T00an "S& No Major Changes
By ED DOHERTY
DriveGoesW
Ova Goal Set
Late additions placed the 1958
Christmas fund jointly sponsored
by the 40 & 8 and the Journal
high among the most generously
treated from all aspects in the
ten annual projects carried out to
bring yule happiness to unfortun-
ate Mason County families.
CONTRIBUTION TO the fund
which finances the project reached
a final total of $927.01 with sev-
exai donations trickling in after
last week's report.
And late additions swelled the
number of Christmas baskets dis-
tributed by this year's project to
83 instead of the 70 reported last
week, Chairman Oscar Levin's fi-
nal check shows.
The baskets, going to 83 differ-
ent homes, gave Christmas pleas-
ure to 144 adults and 327 children
with the food and toys they con-
tained. In addition, nine batchelor
men were fed Christmas meals at
the Cota Grill through the cour-
tesy of Edna Johnson and the
Christmas fund.
THE GENEROUS response from
public contributions will leave a
balance in the neighborhood of $75
for this year's fund as Chairman
Levin's as yet not quite complete
expense account shows total costs
of the 83 baskets to' be $845.16.
Another small bill or two haven't
sllown up yet, so the final total is
expected to be slightly over $850.
Costs l.o date are: Needham
Food Center [groceries and ham}
$302.96; M & S Food Store gro-
certes) $129.76; 20th Century
Thriftway (groceries) $77.64;
Tradewell Store {candy and nuts)
$45.31; Kitsap-Mason Dairy (but-
ter) $56.84; Westevn Meat Com-
pany (ham) $185.83; Ar-own Bak-
ery tbread) $25.10; Cots Grill
(meals t $16.06; miscellaneous
$5.66---total $845.16.
40 & 8 MEMItERS who assem-
bled, packed and helped leliver
the baskets included Levin. Mel
Dobson, Gib Racker, Harold Lake-
burg, Claude Jackson, Gene Mar-
tin, John Eliason and Cliff Wiv-
ell, assisted by a committee of 8 &
40 members headed by Martba
Witsiers.
PUD 3 workers headed the bas-
ket delivery crew, while most of
the toys which went into the bas-
kets were supplied from the Jun-
ior Chamber of Commerce annual
toy drive. At least one toy for
each child was included in the
baskets in homes where there
were children.
Nolan Mason
Sells Business
The Shelton Bell Title Company,
local agent for Puget Sound Title
Inmrance Company of Seattle, has
sold its title business, after twelve
years of operation, according to
C. Nolan Mason, owner and man-
ager.
Mason said that the business
was purchased by Dudley D. Dohm
of Olympia, who has had many
years experience in title work and
who owns and operates the Thurs-
ton County Title Company.
The new firm, Shelton Title
Company, will begin business on
January 1, as a Puget Sound Title
Insurance Agent, at the same lo-
cation, 119 South Fourth Street
in Shelton.
Nola Mason, who has been a
resident of Mason county since
1921, organized the Shelton Bell
Title Company with the assistance
of the late Charles R..Lewis, who
was president of the company
until his death hlst July.
Mason will assume his new du-
ties as auditor of Mason county
on January 12 and wishes to ex-
press his gratitude to all those
who have given him the opportun-
ity to smwe them over the years.
Mason county is looking forward to the year 1959 with
an attitude of cautious optimism. Interviews with leaders
in government, business, banking and industry reveal that
the county is in every bit as good a position to face 1959
as it was 1958 and maybe a little bit better.
The question of economic expansion depends on two
[big factors; the market for timber products and the possi-
bility of the development of the recreational potential which
Susie Pauley
To Be Honored
"Susie Pauley
An outstanding 37-year career
of public service will be honored
on January 8 in the Mason county
courthouse when a. Mason county
day will be held for County Aud-
itor Susie Paulcy.
THE PROGRAM will begin at
2 p.m. and end at 4:30 when
friends of the retiring county aud-
itor will meet to pay her tribute.
The affair is open to the general
public and it is expected that
many people from business, law
and government both from Mason
county and surrounding areas will
be on hand.
Susie Pauley began her career
with the eounty back in 1905 when
she worked in the cmmty treas-
urer's office for Eli D. Robinson.
She served in the county clerk's
office for five years tinder Ida
Rex Loughnan before being chief
clerk in the auditor's office for
16 years during the tenure of Hart
ry Deyette. She has held the of-
fice of county auditor for the past
12 years but decided not to run
this year because of failing health.
Her last official act will be on
January 12 when she will swear
in the newly elected, county offic-
ers including her successor C. No-
lan Mason.
County employees plan to pre-
sent her with a going-away gift
at this party.
WHEN ASKED wimt her plane
for the future were, she said• "A
vacation. I hope to spend my time
in pnrsuit of many hobbks and
perhaps travel."
Rayonier Appoints
New Alaskan Head
The board of dlrectm's of Alaska
Pine & Cellulose Limited has
electtl William E. Breitenbach as
president and chief executive offic-
er effective January 1, 1959.
Breitenbach succeeds Walter C.
Koerner who becomes chairman of
the board Clyde B. Morgan re-
tires from the position of board
chairman but continues as a. mem-
ber of the board of directors.
Brcitenbach, who had a long
period of service with Rayonier
Incorporated, came to Alaska Pine
as executive vice president follow-
ing its acquisition by Rayon(or In
December, 1954.
Coue Children Help
Push TB Drii'e With Donations
Once again the school children
of Mason cotinty have given their
support to one Of the most im-
portant community efforts of the
year, the annual campaign for
funds with whicl the Mason Coun-
ty AnLi-Tuberculosis unit carrics
on its fight against t.ubereulosis,
MANY OF the students organ-
ized their own campaigns and live-
ly competition for the prizes of-
fered stimulated interest and
robbed totals.
Irene S. Reed high school leads
the field as usual with a whopping
$303.06, and /Vla, ry M, Knight leads
the county schools with $.19.78.
'A compleLe breakdown of the
list of s(';hools and their contribu-
32.72; Sout hside, $10.77; Belfair
junior high, $7.77; Pioneer, $4.20;
Kamilche, $8; Lower Skokomlsh,
$4.95; Middle Skokomish, $4.82;
Grapcvicw, $4,80; Union, $4.15;
Allyn, $3.57; Harstine, $1.67 and
Tahuya, $1.26.
HS MARGARET Smith, cot(n-
Ly nurse, and Mrs. Ivan Myers,
chairman of the health and educa-
tion in the schools for the Anti-TB
Association, who had charge of
the school campaign, wish to thank
every student who contributed and
tleir teachers who coo.peratcd with
them in tlis effort.
Mt,s Smith and Mrs. Myers
added that it is heartening to know
lions according to size is as fol. thai these young people grasp tle
lows: CiLy schools: irene S. seriousness of such a conmlurfity
Reed high "school, $303.06; Junior problem as disease control and
high school, $152.54; Bordeaux]wl|lingly assumQ ttw.ir responsi-
school, $17.52: Mr, View 10.07;lbilithls as junior citizens. As in
Evergren, $6.30. the sah of Christnms seals 96 per
County schools; Eelfalr, $t6.99; [cent of the money conLributd is
Mary M. Ylght, 49.99; Hoodeport, I uecd locally.
exists in the county.
IN A TELEPHONE call from
Seattle Tuesday morning, C. H.
Bacon, executive vice-president of
the Simpson Timber company,
said, "The lumber industry de-
pends a great deal on the avail-
ability of money for new construc-
tion."
The availability of money for
new construction in turn depends
upon the fiscal policies of the fed-
eral governmemt in regard to in-
terest rates on building loans. The
lower the rate of Interest causes
an increase in nsw construction
and the higher rates have the op-
posite effects.
HARVEY WARNACA, insulat-
ing board plant, head, thinks that
Simpson lll maintain its present
roduction in 1959 in this field. Al
eger, lumber sales head, also
feels that Sire pson will sell all the
lumber it can produce in 1959.
Harold Johns, product manager of
lumber, plywood and doors, shares
the views of Warnaca and Dreger,
The Simpson company is now
operating at 100% capacity m
Shelton and unless there is a big
upward demand for himber in the
near future there is no reason tO
hope that Simpson will add to its
present local payrolls. At the
present time there is no sign of
this happening.
The insulating board plant has
several irons on the fire in regar(
to new product but they are still
too far away in the future to have
an immediate effect even if they
would prove highly successful.
One of the reaaons in the past that
Simpson has been in a position to
operate without layoffs is due to
their prx)dnct development work
which has resulted in the public
acceptance of several Simpson
products, particularly Forestone.
- I)ICK DULIERE, newly elect-
ed head of the Chamber of Com-
merce, thinks that 1959 will be a
good year and has in mind a pro-
gram of regional advertising in the
Puget Sound area to attract re-
tired and semi-retired people to
this area becmme of the wonderful
recreational facilities available.
Soul(ere feels that the county i.
missing a good bet not Lrying to
exploit this feature of our econ-
omy. However an advertising pro-
gram would coat money and would
have - to be €;e[reftzlly pTanned out
in order to be mmcesaful. The
Chamber plans a meeting early
in Janua.T to diK'./lSS the var-
ious problems of the area. Soul(ere
believes that the Chanber should
make sure it knows what it wants
and where it is going before start-
ing out on any program. He said,
"We don't want to be like the IY
who jumped on his horse and went
in all directions at once."
THE AMRER head zd that
his confidence tn 1959 was based
on the fact that retail sales have
been climbing in recent months
and that the general attitude of
the people reflected confidence
which he fee.is is an important
economic factor in itself.
"We must remember what we
already have and keep it. At the
,mme time we must try to attract
small new industries which we cam
handle. It would be better for ev-
eryone including the existing in,
dustries if our economy was more
diversified." continued Soul(ere.
WIN,TON 8CX)TT, general resi-
dent manager of Rayonier, enid,
"At the present time we are not
planning any changes in our oper-
aions here."
Scott said that the pulp market
had improved a little bit but not
enough to have any marked effect
upon operation he. A new pulp
mill is being built in Sitka," Alaska,
which also will make the market
even more, competitive, The com-
pany will rout(hue its research
operations here which employs 150
people. The Rayon(at executive
told this writer that he wished
he could be more optimistic but
at the present time that is the
way She situation stands.
()}lET WILLIAMS, assistant
manager of the Shelton branch of
the Seattle-First National Bank
feels optimistic about 1959
Williams noted that home con-
struction has been going up a lit-
tle and there has been an increase
of electric power in the area as
well as considerable waterfront
realty development The banker is
confident that 1959 should be a
good year here. "I think I am
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