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(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,
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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
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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
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,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 . .