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Shelton, Washington
January 2, 1947     Shelton Mason County Journal
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Januar 2, 1947. LOGGER See Us First For Logging Supplie00 O Wire Rope Saws Axes Blocks Chokers - Hooks and Other Supplies Necessat For Safe, Efficient Loggis Operations. Olympia Feed Company O'Neill Bldg.- ShelteR SATURDAY Music by McKEE'S FIVE KEYS OF OLYbIPIA DELIGHT PARK DANCE PAVILION  LAKE ISABELLA JANUARY 4 Admission $1 per Person (Tax Included) FREE ADMISSION FOR LADIES UNTIL 9:30 P.M. • 's Taxi-Grocery (formerly Heinie's Taxi-Grocery) FIRST AND PINE Open Even'rags -- Sundays Offering DELIVERY SERVICE fox : GROCERIES--MEATS--VEGETABLES ICE CREAM--CANDY--SOFT DRINKS -- Plus --  : , HUNTING AND FISHING EQUIPMENT RICHFIELD OIL PRODUCTS m AUTO SUPPLIES • e staff joins in 'ou well in '47. MATERIALS ah, Manager e Open for Business In Our Location on Mountain View Shelton Lumber Company Due to present conaltions our services Will be limited" for some time, but as soon as possible we will handle a complete line of building materials. PHONE" 657 : ...... F. O. BOX 598 r ,. v ,.m-,v-v v v ,v v v v v ., ,w ,qw,v-,qpr pte of the.:00: ton, Wask office of City Attorney t  nearly 28 years of eont mg you for your giving  rved you. grow from a town of 1, )ximately 5,000 people cnts and nmch progress. [tic problems. Ordinances increased fit ;e drafted 321. ty limits several times •nd lire protection exten beginning of City bus se ny other improvements SHELTON-MASON COUNTY JOURNAL HEWS REVIEW GIVES HIGH['i-G-HTS 000F'-1"946 (Continued from page 1) ticians played quite a bit of it too. For instance, the county treas- urer's office was booted back and forth between Mr. Dion and J. E. Martin, originally elected to the post in 1942 but never held by him when he vohmtarily declined to ac- cep the position after being elected. The sheriff's office saw three i different men at the. helm during the year. First Gene Martin re- signed in April after holding the office since 1938 and once prior to that.. Then Bill Compton, chief deputy who succeeded him, in turn resigned on Dec. 1 and Dan Orcutt, : defeated candidate for the office, in November, was named to corn-: plete the final month of the term when Sheriff-Elect Jack Cole was unable to take over before Jan. 1. Still in the political-football vein, both the Republican and Demo- cratic central committee chairman-: ships changed horses in midstream. First the Republicans placed John Hopper on the job, then finished up the year with Dick Springgate as chairman. The Democrats handed Everett Fourre. their top county post but later switched it over to Charles Savage after his election defeat. Some long-held reins were dropped during 1946 too. First Harold Lakeburg, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce for ten years, relinquished his duties early in the year and was succeeded by Ed Faubert. Late in the year two more "veterans" in their particular /posts stepped out of harness, Jack Catto declining to return for his 15th year as secretary of Mr. Mor- iah Masonic Lodge, and Charles R. Lewis notifying the city of his re- tirement on Jan. 1 as city attorn- ey after 27 years in that capacity. While not in the same long-term category, Police Chief Paul Hugh- ey's resignation effective Jan. 1 was another headline of tlm year, along with the naming of E. W. "Pat" White as his successor. Despite ham-stringing govern- ment restrictions and material shortages, construction in this community kept a large payroll feeding into local business through- out the year. The Simpson fibre- board plant is on the verge of starting operations, Rayonier has conducted a large construction program throughout the year, the new Simpson Industries ware- house is virtually completed, the new medical offices and clinic building occupied by Dr. A. C. Linkletter and Dr. B. B. Forman was recently completed, Dr. B. N. Cellist's new clinic is nearing, com- pletion, the Shick-Andrews-O1- stead building is occupied now, and many other construction projects were finished or well along during the year, not to forget a goodly number of homes despite the crip- pling restrictions. A new census ordered by the county commissioners revealed a population of 13,585 which entitled Mason County to a fifth "class county rating, giving county of- ficials higher salaries and bringing this county larger slices of state and federal funds. The year's tOP hero honors nust go to a dog, to a 108-pound Belgian police dog named "Hap," who saved seven human lives by his barking and other actions as the Blue Ox dance pavilion burned down early on the morning of April 21. Among the strangest stories of the year must be indluded the sleeping wildcat killed by Harold Hall, Becvile trapper, and the fear- some initiation nine-year-old Leone Savage was given to fishing when the first catch of her life turned out to be a four-foot octopus. Other top yarns of 1946 would i have to include the return of the" AUTOMOTIVE MACHINE SHOP SERVICE Cylinder boring, piston grinding, valve refacing. Generator, starter serv- ice. Western Supply Co. 218 N. 1st Phone 126 airport to county operation and I salutatorian of class of 1'946 at Oct. 31---Soldier killed ill jcep responsibility by the Navy, the] Indian 'war' which tied up traffic I and kept police, sheriff and state I patrol officers busy for three hours Nov. 7--Republican gains re- in the main business blocks of fleeted in national, state and local Shclton late in May, announce- ment of plans to remove the steel tracks from Raih'oad Avenue and construct a Mark E. Reed Memor- ial by the Simpson Logging com- pany, inauguration of Shelton- Port Angeles bus service by the Bremerton-Tacoma Stages, the Mason County Laundry strike, and the perfection of Golden Beam City Hall erected, mileSl te walks laid, we have el CHEVROLET and sewer systems, pu] : ounds, improvements to  TRUCK OVER 350,000 ,inCng of mail" delivery a OWNERS |NSURANCE .WE CARRY A BIG STOCK BUYERS OF CHEVROLET PARTS FOR TRUCKS ON HAND TRUCKS HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY IN OUR SERVICE DEPARTMENT WEARE ANXIOUS TO HELP YOU. KEEP YOUR TRUCK RUNNING AND ON THE JOB ring Your Chevrolet Truck Here for Repairs and Parts TRUCKERS ATTENTION! TRUCK MUD FLAPS Pass State Truck Requirements Mell Chevrolet First and Grove Phone 777 high school; R. W. Oltman, Shel- ton school superintendent, elect- ed president of Southwest Wash- ington Superintendents Assn. ; George Hermes, principal at Shel- ton senior high school, elected president Southwest Washington Principals Assn. April 18--.Sheriff Gene Martin resigns, Deputy Bill Compton named his successor; Marilyn Waklee named Forest Festival queen; Navy offers to return Shel- ton airport to city or county or both; Johli Hopper elected chair- Cleaner by Robert H. Price aftcr Jman Republican Central Commit- 12 years of research. [ tee, Vic Zabroski president Dora- Headlines which made front I ocrats Club; Lincoln P.-T.A.,L.M. page news in The Journal during]fashion show draws capacity house 1946 are copied from editions date- / to junior high auditorium. lined: April 25--Dog saves seven lives Jan. 3---Death takes pioneers and Rayonier official in passing of E. J. Dalby, John Manfredi, F. R. Pearson; fire zoning ordi- nance approved by city commis- sioners; new wage agreement ap- proved by industry-wide vote of pulp and paper workers. Jan. 10---S. B. Anderson install- ed as Chamber of Commerce pres- ident; city commissioners prohibit use of firearms at city garbage dump; Clarence Grunert seated as Kiwanis Club president; Mason County records show above-quota returns in all Victory Loan drives. Jan. 17 Salaries, wages of city officials and employees raised by passage of new ordinance; An- drew Carlson, Shelton pioneer, passes. Jan. 24--New counzy census ap- proved by county commissioners in desire to raise county to fifth class rating; city commissioners debate parking meters; electric- ians union holds state convention here. Jan. 31C. H. Kreienbaum, president of Simpson Logging Company, elected to West Coast Lumbermen's Assn. presidency; oystermen protest Navy ship moorage plans in lower Puget Sound; Shelton Hospital again on approved list of American Col- lege of Surgeons. Feb. 7  Plans to eliminate tracks from Railroad Avenue and create :Mark E. Reed Memorial announced by City Planning Com- mission at public mass meeting; snow halts logging operations; city finances announced as best in Shelton's history, state auditors report; Christmas seal sale con- ducted by Tuberculosis League sets new record; Horace Crary el- ected Red Cross Chapter clmir- mall. Feb. 14---Three killed, four hos- pitalized in two highway traffic accidents; amazing new cleaning solvent, Golden Beam, discovered by Robert H. Price of Shelton af- ter 12 years research. Feb. 21---Northwest's worst earth- quake in history centered near Lilliwaup in Olympic mountains, does extensive damage in many Western. Washington areas but spares Shelton; county census .crews given an added week to complete nose-counting task. Feb. 2g--Carl Jack Young burn- ed to death as fire dstroys his Mud Bay home; Virginia Malloy appointed city police court judge. March 7Robbers get $2,000 in cash and bonds at Stop Inn; John Sullivan, Mrs. Laura Iurphy win Shelton school board posts; coun- ty census unofficially announced as 13,585, Shelton's as 3,987 as special census.m completed; Bert Hurst, native son, passes. March 14--Charles Leaks, coun- ty pioneer, passes; noted civil en- gineer, Leslie Howard Chapman, dies on Harstine Island. March 21---Swimming pool ap- proved as war memorial by Cham- ber committee; Harold Lakeburg resigns after ten years as secre- tary of Chamber, Ed Faubert suc- ceeding to the post; Lyle (Sho- ty) O'Dell elected V.F.W. post commander. March 28---Mason County's sec- ond annual Forest Festival dates set for May 17-18; Harstine Is- land's dream of years realized with installation of first telephone; Art Walton elected chairman of Shelton school board; Doug Shel- ton, pioneer of city, drowns in small creek running through his yard. April 4Forest Festival com- mittees announced by Chairman Rudy Werberger. April [lEdith Johnson named valedictorian, Winnifred Collier, Rely upon the FARMERS INSURANCE .GROt fo oupeHor protection plus l=rompt daim =ee .ou mttomobilo and truck insurance. es elected me City Attor r and approved the prop )u to approve, for whiCl n" progress but have mS le. I ask your cooperat i e solving of these diffi ¢1 net elected president of Shelton Chamber of Commerce. Dec. 26Joint labor-manage- ment committee recommenLs 15c KIMBEL LOGGING COMPANY racticc of law in the City m my interest in city r future under different c( Jn serve' you. you and the City of Shell c future, ] an] : aithfully, Friendly, efficient claim service low Cosf Continuing In form National Sfandard Form STANDARD FOKM Fire Imuran Pollcy fo dwoll- tng:e,-.hounhold furniture mad pemonal effects. For complete irdormation on the. F. I].UR, " A GROL. olicles.-.aeo BILL PEARSON District Agent OSCAR MELL Local Agent FARMERS AUTOMOBILE ,nee,. INSURANCE Sx=hane, Tr.ck lns.rance Exchange • Fire Insurance Exchange as Blue Ox dance pavilion burns; death claims J. H. Nance Hood Canal pioneer; Max Schmidt cho- sen for Paul Bunyan role in For- est Festival. May 2--Spencer 'Penny' Read, 23, killed in logging accident near Lake Cushman; Jolm E. Butler, 23, of Shelton, killed in logging acci- dent near Electron, Pierce coun- ty; Ted Cole, native son of Shel- ton, burned to death in Bremerton cabin fire. May 16Pulp industry wages raised 4 to 6% iu new agreement; new city bus service started; Will Lunt, Hoodsport merchant and county resident 37 years, buried with Masonic rites; James Smith, Shelton boy ill U. S. Marines, kill- ed in car accident at Camp Pen- dleton, Calif.; Ed OIund, county dairyman for 40 years, passes. May 23--Second annual Forest Festival draws estimated I0,000 persons to Shelton; 93 seniors graduated from Irene S. Reed high school in class of 1946; high school diploma earned by Miss Nellie Nelson 30 years after leav- ing high school. May 30--Indian 'uprising' quell- ed after three-hour battle with city police; Winston Scott named assistant resident manager of Rayonier's Shelton plant; Clint Williams elected Shelton Alumni Ass'n. president; loggers agree on 5-cent wage increase, $1.10 base in lumber industry; Everett :Four- re elected chairman of Democra- tic Central Committee. June 6--Axel Anderson, early day county resident, returns to his native Sweden. June 1B---Five persons saved from drowning in Hood Canal. June 20Rayonier awards ser- vice pins to 202 veteran employ- ees; DeMolay bestows national honors on Alfred Lauber and L. D. Hack; Chamber of Commerce asked to support Goldsborough Bridge widening on First Street. June 27--Year's second major earthquake does little damage in Shelton area; Rudy Werberger re- elected chairman of Forest Fes- tival Ass'n.; lY[rs, lYfaude LeMas- ter, Mason county resident 58 years, passes.  'iJuly' 4 --. Registrtion books close with 6,75 record number of voters eligible to cast ballots; Ronald W. Sharer, 18, of AllSm, drowns off Whidby Island; Jack Bishop elected president of Active Club. July ll--Primary election shows Democratic landslide days gone with virtually even totals east for both parties; 93 Simpson Logging company employees earn Red Cross first aid certificates. July 18--. Death takes Frank Chase, county resident 26 years. July 25--Mrs. W. A. Hitchcock, Harstine Island pioneer, dies. August 1---175 pioneers gather for annual Mason County Pioneers picnic; Seattle man, Leslie L. Pool, 50, drowns near Tahuya. August 8--Curt Battles, 18-year Rayonier employee, killed in va- cation trip fall from Victoria, B. C., hotel window. August 15--Death claims Ma- son county's oldest resident, Mrs. Mary Buding, 95, of A1]yn. August 22John F. Stotsbury, 76, prominent long-time Mason county farmer, passes. August 29- Harold Ahlskog, Bruce Elmore appointed to Shcl- ton school board; Frank Chester, 'early-day county resident, suc- cumbs suddenly; runover by trac- tor he was operating, Daniel R. Wood, Jr., killed Sept, 5--County to go ahead with contract for operating air- port; 'city school enrollment rec- ord set with 1,700 •students regis- tered opening day of term. Sept. 12--Through service from Shelton to Port Angeles inaugur- ated by Bremerton-Tacoma Stages after being awarded franchise by the State Transportation Depart- ment. i Sept. 19--Jack Beckwith, 19, Shelton athlete and high school leader, killed in Navy aviation ac- cident near Norfolk, Vs.; flash storm does heavy damage im this area; Louis J. Kapalo, 33, of A1- lyn, killed under bulldozer falling from truck bed; public hearing held on proposed Simpson Log- ging CompanY-.S. government spstained yield forest unit with oposition expressed by Grays Harbor, Tacoma ad Seattle ele- ments; Dick Springgate elected chairman of Republican Central Committee. Sept. 26- Entry from H. M. W'ivell Dairies, Inc., named queen of state's jersey cows at Puyallup Fair; $2,000 loss in fire at Eaton Body & Fender Works. Oct. 3--Robert H. Allan, 57, Shelton contractor, taken by death. Pet. 10Alden Bayley home north of Union completely de- stroyed by fire; F. J. McMartin named game protector in Mason county, replacing resigned Joe Simpkins; Mrs. Joe Valley, county pioneer, dies at Ellensburg." Oct. 17--Jack Clark, 21, recent- ly discharged Army Air Corps- man, killed in kuto accident near Twanol State Park; burglars ac- tive in Shelton, breaking into three stores within week; 83-year- old Mrs. F. A Herzog of Redmond drowns in Lake Isabella. Oct. 24--30% valuation added to city's tax-assessable property in annexation of Simpson indus- trial plant, Bayview tracts; Ma- son County Forest Festival Asso- ciatio receives incorporation pa- pers. , wreck near Union; baseball grand- stand out for present when C. P.A. rejects building application. voting in general election as Nor- raan defeats Savage for Congres- sional seat, Hufford leads 24th district legislative field, S. E. Smith defeats Omer L. Dion for county treasurer; Shelton mer- chants hire night patrolman in effort to stem burglaries. Nov. ' 14---Sheriff Bill Compton tenders resignation to become ef- fective Dec. 1; 200 football fans attend banquet honoring High- climber team; special 20-mill school levy approved in general election voting; death takes two prominent Sheltonians, Horace Dunbar and Clyde Wilcox; Ki- wanis club picks Fred B, ec.kwith president. Nov. 2tSnow closes schools, disrupts power, telephone and transportation services; strike closes Mason County Laundry. Nov. 28--Bud Forbes, Reed Mill No. 2 foreman, killed in Tacoma traffic accident; three others bad- ly hurt; fire heavily damages el- sen Furniture Co. storeroom; city lets contract for 300 parking met- ers to be installed early in 1947; Navy enlists 31 in reserves dur- ing week in Shelton; Daniel Or- cutt named sheriff to fill out re- maining month in term. Dec. 5--Charles R. Savage nam- ed chairman of Democratic Cen- tral Committee. Dec. 12--Fall from spar tree kills Fred Miller, 51, father of 14 children, at Camp 3; Philip Ahern, 21, z'eturned serviceman,' killed in auto accident near Mud Bay. December 19--Simpson Logging Company-U. S. govezment sus- tained yield forest unit contract ,executed, assuring Mason county of its future for 100 years; city commissioners name E. W. 'Pat' White, state game department of- ricer, as city police chief to suc- ceed Paul Hughey, resigned; City Attorney Charles R. Lewis, re- signs as city attorney; Roy kit- AUTOMOTIVE PAINTING GLASS INSTALLED RIDLEY'S Body and Fender Works PICKUP and DELIVERY SERVICE WORK GUARANTEED 1 Mile South On Olympic Highway ROGERS BROS. GARAGE Phone 218R-2X per hour wage raise in big fir lumber ifldustry; Christlmm buy- tng sets business volume record in Shelton; Bert Rau re-elected chairman of county AAA pro- gram. , Large Supply Materials Available In. January for Spencer Foundations and Supports PHONE 799-J For Appointment or Call at 1416 Summit Drive NEED A PLUMB ER Phone 48 J. L. CATTO HARDWARE Modern Equipment 0peratod By Experienced Men FOR • LAND CLEARING • BULLDOZING @ DITCHING • BASEMENT EXCAVAT- ING • BULKHEADING • PILEDRIVERS For Land or Water • DUMP TRUCKS For Hire • PILING AND LOGS For Sale. PHONE 645-W To Our Customers and Friends-- As of January 1, 1947, the Taylor Jersey Farm Thereafter Will Be Known As and Named SUPREME DAIRY Delivering the same high quality dairy products and service which characterized our operation of the pas'{" 15 months. We plan to keep abreast of modern develop- ments to bring you even more fo,' your money, both in sezwice and quality. We Join In Wishing You a HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR FLOYD - FRANCES -CHARLES DAVIS, 2" Owners The Opening of Our New Office To Serve You For TITLE INSURANCE  POLICIES ABSTRACTS OF TITLE SHELTON-BELL ABSTRACT & TITLE CO., INC. 119 South Fourth (Bell Building) - Shclton, Washington CHARLES R. LEWIS President C. NOLAN MASON Sec. - Treas. Agents for PUGET SOUND TITLE INSURANCE OF SEATI'LE CO. Guaranty Iiund With State [reasurer In Excess of $200,000 ii  ii 1 [ i I L iii J lJl . ]JiJi IL /