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’ILUse Classified (Ne' ds to buy, sell, . {732.74 Business Done at Shel- ,,' ton Postoffice During 1939; Topped Best Previous Year by $1,839 Pbfifital receipts set a. new all- "ne crccord for the Shelton post- Office: during 1939, Miss Jessie nlg 11. postmaster, announced ‘ after completing her fourth :er checkup. Receipts during the four quar- fisttotalled $27,732.74, She said, r by $1,839.03 the previous m Shelton’s postal business "I 1937 when receipts amount- to $25,893.71. 1,938 receipts totalled $25,573.85 hgle 1936 receipts were $23,043.38 dlcating a growth of over $4,700 the past four years. 1A quarterly comparison of re- g?“ at the Shelton postoffice First Quarter - 1939 .................. .. $7,041.58 1938 6,613.05 1937 .................. .. 6,216.07 Second Quarter 195339 .................. .. $6,175.63 19 5,159.20 1937 __________________ _. 5,867.67 1938 5,376.00 1937 __________________ ._ 6.217.89 Fourth Quarter 1939 .................. .. $8,540.51 1938 .................. .. 8,195.79 1937 .................. .. 7,878.75 $1,148 MAIL RECORDS AT SHELTON P. 0. Not . . . two In Size of receipts, but in offic other ways the Shelton post- 9 lays claim to two new rec- in Christmas mailing this 38011, Miss Jessie Knight, post- ai‘ter. said today. fa. my two Christmas packages “9‘1 to arrive at their intended testlnations, she said, due to faul- addresses, unknown where- ts of the addressee, or other In abou casllses. Usually a considerable number articles and letters accumulate “ring the Christmas rush but this 31' only two packages, one a e 3'11 package brightly wrapped in at” Christmas paper which evi- ymnuy fell out of a broken box has no identification marks of kind upon it, the other a box with garage parts in it from Chicago which has or Third Quarter 1939 __________________ .. $5,995.02 d lai- e 911% Maress on it. 2116 other package which was claimed and a 0': addressed was ‘ M i s s .- hfactorily identified, t. ht reported. he other record is in the fact ‘not a single claim for broken , damaged articles has been fil- at. the Shelton postoffice up t1USU afternoon, Miss Knight .t sually ml are made during " 1'llsh, she said, 1' rather numerous the Christ— .iiyyonier Begins ‘ 0beration Of New Fernandina Mill 08a“ Francisco ~ Rayonier In- 39am today is making for— 8Jlnouncement to stockhold- l—he commencement of oper- at its Fernandina, Florida . OI; The announcement is print- ‘uced tiau l bleached sulphite pulp pro- Il the new plant, from which Shipments of pulp to cus- have just been made. The esqf‘i‘lg of the mill and its suc— hite Production of bleached sul- ry~ 131311) have more than ordi- me .slgnificance. For the first 1p in! the history of the wood pip industry bleached sulphite ing 11 commercial quantities is 6' Made from southern pine. ' process used. was developed allonier in its research labor- 68. Th e company ex ended §’°Ximately $8,000,000 Iin- es- “will: the new mill, including 1tion of the plant site and m lands in the area. ant elf full operation, the new W1ll have capacity of approx— 1y, £164,000 tons of pulp annu- pacit Creasmg Rayonier’s total y to more than 300,000 year. The company’s oth- . of which there are four. 33mm located 11 the State of gratington. They currently are g‘e v 8‘ at capacity to fill the {er i°1ume of orders which Ray- eerfi ,Peceiving from rayon pro- eign audits United States and i n r1 5, n fagturerse and from paper . cw - 3 yo . _ plant 111 Florida gives 15,33“ Its first operation on the V cipalseaboal‘d. where all of its 5 no customer: are located. 11 mpany pioneered in the Cg-lre of rayon pulp on the the mist and has since he— of largest Producer of this On t'(lmlp in the world. In ad- ,“ bel the advantages deriving Inning" close to markets, the Osw‘“ enJQY lower raw ma- .“ resultlnt from the dif- duetli‘ofld of timber used in its V, ' l ‘M‘_ “O Pl'l‘AL PATIENT rs. Waeeol‘ge Woodworth of Pot- , Fro admitted to Shelton hos- may for trettment. l e e the past three years follows: February 1939 Rain Sub-Norm At All County Stations PER CAPITA HERE al Kid 1940 got around just in time to allow 1939 to go into the records at the Rayonier weather station as the second driest in Shelton’s weather history, which dates back only as far as 1932, commented Bob Pollock, weather staff member at Rayonier, this morning after compiling the year’s rainfall totals. The past year put 56.54 inches of moisture on the books with December adding 17.07 inches to that total, January 10.09 inches for a combined total of practically half the year’s precipitation, Pol— lock reported. Those were the on- ly two months of the year in which the rain total moved into the two-figure classification, all other months being @elow tcn inches. December, too, contributed the coldest temperature reading of MONTHLY RECORD OF Month 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 January ........ .. 10.05 12.49 15.18 20.34 14.35 3.96 6.38 10.09 ...... .. 13.90 6.89 2.70 5.21 9.60 11.35 5.03 8.57 March 12.02 8.59 6.83 9.56 5.12 4.48 8.10 4.21 April .... . . . 5.65 0.46 1.54 2.23 1.19 11.96 5.21 0.69 May 1.37 3.57 3.68 0.77 4.03 1.91 1.23 3.34 June . . . . . . . . .. 0.21 1.78 0.31 1.07 3.42 5.97 0.02 1.50 July ...... .. 2.38 1.22 1.55 0.90 0.81 0.02 0.25 0.95 August .......... .. 1.40 0.40 0.94 0.61. 0.81 2.05 0.45 0.98 September .... .. 0.54 6.31 2.74 3.58 2.19 1.38 1.22 0.32 October ........ .. 4.53 7.65 9.32 2.64 0.96 5.57 6.24 3.64 November .... .. 15.68 5.24 13.99 4.43 1.03 18.00 5.74 5.19 December .... .. 12.64. 31.56 13.79 8.09 13.13 15.17 8.79 17.07 I TOTALS .... .. 80.37 86.16 72.05 59.41 57.04 82.10 48.66 56.54 the year, when the mercury drop- ped to 25 degrees on the 23rd to tie with four other dates. Other 25-degrees readings were taken last February 20, and three dates in March, the 9th, 28th, and 29th, Pollock reported. Only six days of lacked rain and only one day was classed as clear, two as partly cloudy. The rainless stretch was from the 2lst' through the 26th, Pollock said. Maximum tempera- ture reading of the month was 67 degrees on the 4th, incidentally one of the warmest December readings on the records here, Pol- lock said. 1939 barely cased in below 1936 as the second driest on local rec- ords for 1936 saw only 57.04 inches of rain. The record dry year of course was 1938 with but 48.66 inches. RAINFALL AT SHELTON _.._.. ._-___.._- 97.27 INCHES 0F RAIN' AT LAKE CUSHMAN Lake Cushman, January 2 -— Somewhat below the normal for this area, 1939 brought 97.27 inches of rainfall and 15.5 inches of snow to the Lake Cushman re- gion, according to Weather data reported today by E. A. Iverson, weather observer at the City of Tacoma power plant in the Olym— pic foothills. The past month ending Sunday night produced over one-third of the entire year’s total with 35.29 inches falling in the 31 days. An- other 22.33 inches was recorded in January, so the first and last months of the year produced con- siderably over half the entire year’s precipitation,-Ivef;;oli pbint- ed out. IN 1939; SUB-NORMAL The heaviest 24-hour fall of the entire year occurred on the very first day of the year, just a year ago yesterday to be exact, when 5.68 inches fell. The monthly rain Lake Cushman was: record for in February, and an even one inch in March. GRAPEVIEW’S 1939 RAIN TOTAL TEN INCHES BELOW ANNUAL NORMAL Grapeview, January 2—Just ten inches below normal. the annual rainfall at Grapeview for 1939 to- talled 44.56 inches. according to Weatherman Walter Eckert to- day. Normal yearly precipitation for the grape grOWing area is 54.39 inches, baSed on records kept since 1898, Mr. Ackert point- ed out, so in spite or light falls for the past two years the aver- gae hasn't changed appreciably. The 1938 fall was 36.44 inches at Grapeview, which is regularly the driest portion of Mason coun- ty by some ten to flfteen inches each year in spite of being only 20 miles from Shelton. December, just past, was the heaviest moisture contributor dur- ing the year at Grapeview, just as it was at Shelton and Lakel Cushman, with 14.39 inches on the records, of which 2.10 inches fell on the 15th for the greatest 24- hour fall of the month. Rain was recorded on 23 .days with “young cloudburst and gale at I ert commented. Grapeview’s monthly moisture chart for 1939: January 8.81lJuly .......... .. 1.13 February I. 6.93lAugust ...... .. 0.87 March ...... .. 3.45lSeptember .. 0.40 April .. . 0.51[October .... .. 3.87 May 2.25|November .. 3.91 June ........ .. 1.04lDecember ..14.39 BUILDING Lass THAN HALF OF 1938 TOTAL DURING PAST YEARI Major building Projects were conspicuous by their absence in Shelton during 1939 to account for the fact that although more building permits Were issued by the city last year than in 1938 the total valuation of the new con- struction was conSIderably less than half of 1938’s total. Thirty-six permits Were issued during the past 12 l'Ilontns with a total valuation of $57,265, a check with MiSs Inez Shorter, dep- uty city clerk, revealed, compared with .32 permits with a, valuation of $141,855 during 1938, when such major constructlcn projects as the postoffice, the new junior high school addition. the social se- curity building and the forestry building were erected. 3-DAY WAIT LAWNO DETERENT During the past year the largest valuation estimated upon a build-l ing permit issued by the city was! $8000 on the second Lawton, Apartment building, closely fol-l lowed by the $7000 valuation plac-l ed on the not yet completed Roy J. Kimbel warehouse and office building. . Several homes with valuations from $2500 and upward to $4000 December j January ....22.33iJuly .......... .. 0.86 February .. 8.10|August ...... .. 1.28 4 March ...... .. 5.93lSeptember .. 0.61 N ' ........ .. 1. .... .. .87 §§$1_ aggllggt‘gggger 3521' Plans for the purchase of prop- June ...... .. 1.631December :3529 l “W to be used as the Site for al The snowfall distribution wasl all in the first three months withl 6.8 inches in January, 7.7 inches tollc Church. lyears to come. However, he urged lcontributions throughout the year a half-block in area, extending from 8:40 am. on the 15th”, Mr. Eck-l ' Investigations, HEAVY FIRE LOSS DURING_P_AST YEAR Loss Per Resident Estimated At $5.09, Annual Report Re- veals; 14 Losses Fires which consumed buildings“ homes and furnishings within the: City of Shelton during 1939 cost each resident of this municipality’ the sum of $5.09, Fire Chief Dean Carmen reported today after com- ‘ puting the city’s fire losses for, the year. t Figuring on a basis of 3,500 people, the per capita loss for 1939 was the aforementioned $5.09. This is the highest per capita figure in recent years, the fire chief noted. for the 1938 less amounted to $3.92, the 1937 loss was only 61 cents, and the 1936 loss was $1.01, his records showed. The city fire department an- swered 32 alarms last year, of which four were outside the city limits. Damages to property with-, in the city amounted to $17,245.52 (estimated) of which $8,457.19 was on buildings and $8,788.33 on con—, tents destroyed. Outside the city! limits damages were estimated at! $10,300 of which $6,400 was on buildings and $3,900 on contents, ’50.. V. \‘ Consolidated with The SHELTON, WASHIN Shelton Independent GTON, Tuesday, January 2, 1940. NEWS REVIEW SHOWS 1939’s OUTSTANDING EVENTS LACK ’COLOR.’ willing to give for a good cause as long as they had money in their pockets. They contributed so generously to the swim fund, the Red Cross. roll call and the Tuberculosis Christmas seal sale that new record totals were set. A new cause, the I ieedy children’s shoe fund, was created this year and big-hearted contributors piled up tirely by voluntary givmg, truly a remarkable feat. Scout fund goal was qmckly Leach- ed this year and carried no further. Early November‘s earthquake was and still is one of the major topics of conversation and there- fore must rank as one of 1939’s outstanding events. So, too. (and it isn‘t settled yet) was the postoffice Scanning the headlines from January through December, the 104 issues of the Journal which roll- ed off the presses during 1939 reveal a rather quiet, largely uneventful year just passed. Trying to pick the top ten or dozen events of , the year is a compartively easy task this time for the simple reason that there are so few really big events from which to choose, compared to some recent past years, at any rate. One striking thing about 1939’s news was the large amount of space devoted to recording the travels of Shelton and Mason County residents. Probably seldom in the past have so many people of this community gone on such teresting trips, induced chiefly by the two world Fairs this country had to offer in San FranCIsco and New York. The trips to the fair in California were, of course, in the great majority and of the shorter durations, but folks who took in the New York exposition generally managed to see most of the nation on the way. Among the 10,000 milers were Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Millo, the W. M. Elliott family, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Elliott, Ed Taylor, Homer Taylor, Miss Helena Hendrickson, Miss Jessie Knight, Dr. H. L. Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Weinel and others, to the annual report stated. Of the 32 alarms answered by the city department, 18 were with- out loss and one was a false a1— arm. Four were brush and grass fires and one an automobile con— flagration. Most severe of the losses by fire during 1939 was destruction of! the Earl Knecland residence at1 Third and Pine occupied by Dr. and Mrs. Russell Pickens occuring June 24 with estimated loss on the building $3,000 and on the con-z tents $7,000. ' Catholic chin. To Purchase Sit-e l parochial school, were disclosed‘ this week by Rev. Mark Weich- mann. pastor of St. Edward's Cath- No definite plans for the actual: construction of the school have been made, Rev. Weichmann said, and probably won’t be for some members of the parish to set aside to go into a fund for eventual construction of a building and es- tablishment of a school. Property which the church is considering purchasing belongs to Earl Kneeland and is situated di— rectly across the street from St. EdWard’s church. The site is a. Cedar to Pine streets on Third. Drunks Take Up Police Arrests Being a Shelton policeman is predominantly a matter of deal- ing with drunks and making in- vestigations of suspicious per- sons, if a report of arrests made during the year computed today by Police Chief Ray Starwich is any indication. One hundred and three arrests were made during the year by city police officers with 52 of those being for drunkeness and thirty others for investigation. Four others were for drunken driving, using drugs, and fighting, five were for petty larceny, two for reckless driving and one each for failure to stop for an officer and miscellaneous. ~ These figures do not include traf- ! I l l were, or are being, built in Shel- fic warnings nor grand larceny ton under permits taken out last! year, among the more pretentious of these being those of Alex John- son, Mrs. Don McKay, and Earl Moore. Of the 36 permits issued last year, 18 were for construction of new homes, 15 for renovation and repair of existing‘homes and build- ings. and three for new buildings. I TO CUPID; 233 GET LICENSESI Unstinted by the thrce-day no— tice requirement Washington im- posed on marriage~b0und couples in the middle of 1939, the past year came within three licenses of reaching a new record in Ma- son County for the issuance of “cupid” certificates. A check of the County auditor‘s records today revealed that 233 marriage licenses were issued in 1939 through the MfiSon County office, a substantial Increase over the 176 issued in 1938 and just three shy of cracking the record total of 235 issued In 1937. This marked only the third time in Mason County history when over 200 marriagfi certificates were issued in any smgle year, the first time being in 1936 when an even 200 were taken. out. The three-day “notice of inten- tion to marry" law which became effective June 8, 1939 did not slow up Cupid’s gait in the slightest, if comparisons with previous years is any indicator. During the period from June 8 to the end of the year just past 136 licenses were issued here while over the same period in 1938 only 114 certificates were issued and in the same period in 1937 (the record year) only 128 were is- sued despite the fact that no three- day wait was required then be- tween applying for the license and its actual issuance. May was the popular month for marriage in 1939 as far as lo- cal license business was concern- [ed for 28 licenses were issued that month against 26 for June, by tradition the “marrying month.” The monthly marriage license record for 1939: January ...... .. 13 July ............ .. 19 February 18August ........ .. 24 March ........ .. 12!September 22 April 15l0ctober ...... .. 18 May .......... .. 281November 18 J line. 26[December .... .. 20 cases, the latter being turned over to the county for prosecution in. superior court. Typographical Union Official Visits Here Fred Barker of Spokane, rep- resenting the president of tich International Typographical Un- ion, consulted with members of the Shelton Typographical Un- ion Saturday and was guest of the local Saturday evening at a din- ner at the Hotel Shelton where several .matters of importance to the local union were ironed out. lCOMMUN'ITYI, |CALENDAR_I' TONIGHT—American L e g i o n post and auxiliary, 8 p. m., Memorial Hall_ TONIGHT—City league basket- , ball, 9 p. m., Lincoln gym, two games. WEDNESDAY—End of Christ— mas vacation, schools reopen for 1940 classes in Shelton. WEDNESDAY—Active Club in- stallation and ladies night pro- gram, 6:30 dinner, Hotel Shel- ton. WEDNESDAY—City league bas- ketball, 9 p. m., Lincoln gym, two games. THURSDAY—City council meets, p. m., city hall, THURSDAY—Commercial league bowling, 8 p. m., bowling alleys. 3 Through November, say nothing of the several—months trip to Sweden made by Mrs. Mervin Getty, the Western. Europe by Miss Margaret Mowry, and the cruise to Bermuda by Miss Clare Engelsen. Truly it was a traveling year for Mason County‘s sons and daughters. Another noteworthy feature of the year was the steady operation of this community’s Indus- tries, a feature which the two previous years could not boast. Weather, too, came in for more than its usual attention because of its unusualness, although it was practically a repition of 1938’s record dry year The annual Boy extended and in- I mural selection. extended tour of almost $500: en- Among achievements for which Sheltonl and Ma- son County can rightfully I chests was Music Festival Week, an I'odea pro- mulgated and carried out chiefly through. the ef- forts of Phil Murphy. achievement must be listed Lee Huston’is feat .of assembling for Mason County another first prize booth at the Puyallup Fair, his second in the past four years, on an allowance of approximately $100. On the tragedy side of the picture tlhis com- munity can look back on but one major crime, the murder and suicide of two Rayonier employes, Vern Almgren and Frank Terrell, ending a. long- standing feud between the two. den death made some 15 visitations in the county during the year, but only this one instance was of inflate its collective In the same caliegory of Accidental, sud- a major criminal nature. Permanent suspension of operations of Phoenix Logging Company after 40 years of tim- ber cutting along Hood Canal and around Lake the Cushman was a definite industrial loss to the com- monwealth, and the four-day strike affecting Simp- son Logging Company woods and shop employes was another temporary but important industrial and would have been an even drier_12—month per- lhighlight of the year. ' iod until the December mid-month deluges set in. however, ‘ A‘ record Christmas tree cut was shipped from 1939 was shading Mason County acreage this year to make the larg- 1938 for dryness, and also with this lack of mois- est seasonal industry of this area even larger and ture the fall and winter months were so mild that spring flowers and berries were blooming and bear- 1 ing in considerable profusion. {ultimate success materially brightened in the Throughout 1939 one of the main news sources , of Skokomish Valley property owners to bring more remunerative than ever. Considerable progress was made and hopes for quest fed— was Public Utility District No. 3, which energizedleral flood control funds to the Skokomish River. its first lines in the spring, extended its operations I Those can be set aside as the more important throughout the year, saw its first manager myS- land most outstanding occurrences of 1939. Among teriously vanish from his job, a new manager ap- ,the feature story highlights of the year can be list- pointed, battled the city council for the right to {ed such little human-interest items as: cross Shelton with its lines, then on the point ofi discarding this apparent success I Mrs. Frank Price’s parrot, named Pat, which pIan to build ilaid an egg after 16 years to prove the name right- around the city limits, and finally to become en- lfully should have been Polly; gaged in a heated political tempest over the elec—} tion of commissioners with the final result that the The egg laying hen owned ,by Buck Armstrong 1which also crowed like a rooster; incumbent board was returned to office by an 8 to} The two little Puppies, Playing between the rail" 1 lroad tracks, which were run over by a complete 1 margin. Activities of the Hood Canal Sportsmens As- headline for sociation produced many a Journals, too. The fight against hamstring Initiative 77 and allow return of fish- traps found the local organization taking a leading part through President Harry Young. Banning of commercial fishing in the upper end of Hood Canal (all that part lying within Mason County) was the direct result of this group’s work. ed, too, in securing more fish and game bird plant- ings in Mason County than ever before. gaged very actively now in the to prevent creation of the proposed Cascade Na- tional Park and further extension of the Olympic holding the important post of chairman of the committee in charge of this fight on behalf of the Washington State Sports| Council, state-wide organization of sportsmen. The Hood Canal Sportsmens Association is working ac— tively and appears to be nearing success in ob- taining a salmon hatchery on the Skokomish Riv- There are a half dozen other things this or- ganization has accomplished during the year, but National Park, with Young er. space prevents direct mention of a those who would RObin Binns. hours ; It succeed- It is en- state-wide battle way; I car when object them. selves to be of generous natures this past year, tion? ROY ROGERS MAEES BIG HIT. ‘— HERE DESPITE LOSS OF VOICE There’s an old axiom in show business, “the show must go on” and last Friday, Shelton folks real- ly had a chance to see just how much that axiom means to a real trouper when Roy Rogers, Republic Picture’s cowboy singing star, made his personal appearance at the Paramount Theatre. Only those behind the scenes at the theatre know how ill young Rogers was during his appearances on the local stage. So ill that he spent most of the time between shows in his hotel room, resting up for the next performance. Roy Rogers didn‘t get a chance to- sing for the local fans who jammed the Paramount Theatre at each of his four stage appear- ances. He had to do something a lot harder. He had to go out there on the stage and hold up the show without his main asset, his grand singing voice, and Roy made a personal friend out of every man, woman and child who witnessed his performance, with the grand job he did. Rogers Loses Voice According to his manager Ben Roscoe, Rogers left Hollywood with a touch of the same flu which stopped production of his latest picture “Dark Command” when it sent the leading lady Claire Trevor, to the hospital, The train trip north aggrevated his bad cold which settled in his throat. When he arrived in Seattle, Thursday he had lost his voice entirely, and spent most of the night with doc- tors trying to get him in shape for his appearance here. Local fans were naturally dis- appointed that they could not hear Rogers sing, but from his first drawled “Shucks” the audience was captured by his very real boy- ish charm and personality. Several local youngsters stepped into the breach to help Roy put on his act and captivated the audi- ence with their ability. kids’ matinee in the aftdrnoon, Donna Lee Fisch, Nettie Ritter, Shirley Dittman and Bobby Wenz combined to present the vocal en- tertainment. Little Miss Donna Lee Fisch returned as the guest of Rogers for the first evening performance, while Bobby Wenz sang at the second evening show. Star Praises Youngsters Rogers was generous in his praise of the ability of his youth- ful pinch-hitters, especially for Bobby Wenz whose voice he term- ed “veryfine.” He urged all the youngsters to keep up their ef- forts in the way of musical ability, Continued on Page Two string of loaded logging flatcars 1939's the experience unscathed; and came through 10—year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Binns, sleep-walking out a second story window to fall into shrubbery and escape unhurt; The car driven by Theo C. Smith which ran lamuck and disabled the Harstine ferry for two Three sets of bovine twins, a rarity in the cat- tle world, born on Shelton Valley farms within a few days of each other: A bee stung Wild Life Author E. S. Avey eye, causing him to wreck car on Olympic high- on A kitten born at Union with four front paws each having seven toes; Father and son, Walter and Wendell Spinharney, one as scoutmaster, the other as Boy Scout, take scout advancements together; Pin-like missile ejected through bean-shooter by small boys almost causes Guy Baker to wreck strikes him in neck. Andthat’s about the sum and substance of the news highlights of 1939. Further details may Sheltonians and Mason Countyites showed them. found in the following month-by-month recapitula- be (Continued on page Two) On Guard! 1940 Perils Standing 0f Bachelormen Run for cover, you bachelors. It’s leap year! Twenty-nine days hath Feb— ruary in 1940 which gives the maidens free rein to blurt out those. marriage proposals they’ve been saving since 1936. Leap year is so-called because it “leaps forward” a day as compared with an ordinary year. It so happens that the leap years coincide with the years divisble by four without remainder. DOUBLE HOLIDAYS SCARCE IN 1940; THURSDAY POPULAR DAY Those wholook forward to long holiday weekends, can’t work up a great deal of enthusiasm for 1940, for the hey day for double holidays seems to be on the de- cline after a generous helping in 1939. If nothing else can be said for 1939, it did bring smiles to many office workers. Five times dur- ing the year holidays fell on Sat- urday or Monday to add one day to the weekend. Except for bank employes, such things are far and few between next year, however. Following the New Year’s double holiday, the next official vacation falls on Lincoln’s birthday. Cer- tain types of business will observe this holiday which falls on Mon: day. Washington’s birthday, Feb- ruary 22, comes on Thursday next year. Chances for rain on new spring bonnets are increased this year as Easter Sunday skips to an early date with observance scheduled for March 24. Memorial day for 1940 will come At themn Thursday, May 30, while the Fourth of July celebration also comes on a Thursday next year. Labor day on Monday, Septem- ber 2, provides its annual long weekend vacation period. Colum- bus day follows along on Satur- day, October 12. Armistice day will be celebrated on Monday, No- vember 11. Last reports placed Thanksgiv- ing day on Thursday, November 21. Christmas will arrive on a Wednesday. Only two ‘bad luck’ days are calendared in 1940 for Friday, the 13th arrives only in September and December. If the sun continues to run on schedule, spring is due to arrive at 10:24 a. in. March 20. Sum- mer is due at 5:37 a. m. June 21; autumn at 8:46 p. in. September 22, and winter at 3:55 p. in, De- cember 21. Bachelors, of course, are fair game during leap year. Leap year children will have an opportunity to officially celebrate a February 29th. Twice a Week TUESDAY and THURSDAY (EECIAL COUNTY PAPER l l ,M'l. VIEW BOY STRUCK BY CAR llll‘llll HURT Boy Runs Into Side Of Car While Crossing Highway Near Home 011 North Highway Funeral services for Donald Keir, 10, fatally injured when struck by an automobile last Sun- day afternoon, will be held Wed- nesday afternoon at 1 p_ m. from Witsier’s Funeral Home. Inter- ‘ment will be in Olympia beside his brother Archie, a victim of a traf- fic accident two years ago. Rev. Bressler will officiate. Young Keir died at the Shel— ton hospital at 9 o’clock Sunday evening, just four and a half hours after a machine driven by Mrs. Malcolm Goddard of Olympia, struck the boy. The accident oc- curred on the Olympic highway just north of the city limits near the Mt. View Skating Rink. According to the report made by Mrs. Goddard, the boy ran into the side of her machine after start- ing across the road behind a ma- chine which was directly ahead of her own. I R, I. Studebaker, prosecuting lattorney, announced that an in- quest will be held sometime to- morrow afternoon. A brother of the victim, Archie Keir, was killed September 25, 1937, when a motorcycle on which he was riding with Francis Eells was wrecked at the hairpin curve near Schneider's prairie. Young Eells was also killed. Donald Keir Was born May 13, 1929 in Shelton. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hen- ry Keir of Mt. View, a brother Robert, a sister, Mrs. Viola Fry- denberg of Shelton, an aunt Mrs. Max Latzel of Union and a. grand- mother Mrs. Marion Keir of Vic- toria, B. C, Other holiday week end car ac- cidents were minor. A parked car of Mrs. Emma Howell of Elma. was struck at Tenth and Railroad streets Saturday by a car driven by Ken Wolden of Shelton, who reported to the sheriff's office that he was forced over by a third ma- chine. Considerable damagc to both machines was inflicted. E. P. Fourre of Skokomish Val- ley was treated at Shelton hospi- tal Sunday for minor injuries suf— fered when a milk truck he was driving belonging to the 4-E Dairy was wrecked in Purdy Canyon. Mr. Fourre said he dozed at the wheel. 1st Ready-Built Home Put Up On Angleside Tract The new, ready-made home pur- chased of the Reed Company in Seattle and brought here and in— stalled on the Graf property on Angleside was open for inspection for several days, although need- ed for occupancy by Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Rex. It came in twa sections and was hauled to its foundations by trucks without much effort, and set up in two days ready for occupancy. Those who inspected the n ew home were much impressed with its compactness and many con- veniences, with every bit of space utilized and many built-in fea- tures. Perhaps a dozen visitors were interested in getting one of these houses but, unfortunately, the company has closed its shop in Seattle because of labor trou— bles, and no more are likely to be built, at least under present conditions. lPublic Votes To Keep School At Union Operating By Mrs. Carl Morris Union, Dec. 31. — A special meeting of the school board was. i held at the school house last Friday evening, when about 35 interested citizens assembled to discuss the school situation pro and con, Charles Wright, acting chairman for the meeting. I The school board explained their [plan of sending the pupils by bus lto Shelton the remainder of the term was an economy measure to have money for improvements to the schoolhouse next year, but expressed their willingness to change their plans to suit those most interested and a vote was taken which resulted in almost an unanimous vote to hire a new teacher to 'fill out the rest of the term made vacant by the resignation of Miss Jean Main, and keep the pupils in their school at Union. After the vote, Chas. Wright announced to those pres- ent that there Would be a new teacher for the opening of the school (today) Tuesday. LEAVES FOR FERNANDINA Mrs. Maurice Kinsey and three children left today from Tacoma for Fernandina where she will join her husband, who has been in Florida for the past six or seven weeks. ‘He has been transferred to '“ "' ‘ldina by the Rayonier. I . .