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January 5, 1967     Shelton Mason County Journal
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Percy M. Pio Bookbinding 6o17 s. E. Port, land, Ore. 97216 Co. THE FIRST BABY BORN in Mason County in 1967 was little Donna Jean Baze, here with her mother, Mrs. Derald Baze. Donna arrived at 2:21 p.m. New Year&apos;s Day to win the assortment of gifts which local merchants present to the first axrival. Mr. and Mrs. Baze and their four other children, two boys and two girls, live at Rt. 1, Box 567. Ragan Resigns As City Attorney ' The Shelton City Commission -'0epted the resignati()n of John < Ragan as city attorney when met Tuesday. Ragan will take ice as County Prosecuting At- :DiCey Monday. The commission received a re- lst from Jack Rodman to hook the city sewer line for two aes outside the city limits. commission agreed, provid- ehe piy's the lot assessment of $125 a lot: and makes the "K'up accorain to the recom !dation of t g ci'ty engineer: _ he commission granted ap- Dval for the installation of 15- minute parking meters in front of the new National Bank of Mason County building on Third Street from Cota to the alley. THEY AUTHORIZED POLICE Chief Frank Rains to call for bids for a new Police Patrol car to replace a 1963 vehicle now in use by the department. The commission set the price of copics of the city code at $15 for the original and $5 a year for the annual supplements. p ubli -'ySpl'' Camis stoner Elroy Nelson was sked to check with Fire Chief AI Nevitt on a request from the Volunteer Fire Named To Staff Of Rayonier Lab Here iI:)r. Edwin L. Lovell, Man- r of the Rayonier Incorpor- :l Olympic Research Division e announced the recent ad- en of three scientists to the Dr fessional staff. Itephen G. Martin, who has  assigned to the Biological estigations Section, received f of Science degree ]Vlhster . the School of Fisheries at of Washington in iJiversity 3. During subsequent grad- tlae WOrk in the Department of :" .'ngineering, he participat- m the research leading to the ¢ession of algae in Green e. His hobbies include hunt- ill fishing bowling, and col- le :'ng exotic bottle openers. His e_, Sheila is writing a thesis le ,ing to a Master's degree in RICHARD ENGEN :elegy at the University. The !rtlns are residing in Hoods !t. Klaus D. Wills recently re- his doctoral degree in Chemistry from the Un- of Southern California. Of Tacoma, he attended school in Munich, Germany his father was stationed in the armed services. A- returning to the , United .'s, he received his Bachelor degree in Chemistry the University of Puget He has been assigned to Silvichemtcals Section at the laboratory. His favor- hobbies are bridge and coin Dr. Wills and his wife, are living in Shelton, in Mt. View area. J. Engen recently his experimental leading to the Ph.D in and has now sub- his dissertation to his at Cornell University N. Y. for final approval. completing his undergrad. at the University of he worked at the Ros- Park Memorial Institute in city. His present asign- is in the Physical Chem- Group. A native of Men- he spent his boyhood and school days in Ras Tanura, Arabia, where his father in the emOloy of the Arabian. Oil Company. He likes camp, hunt and fish. His wife, , is an accomplished pl- The young couple, with d-._ghter and three sons, at Walker Park on Ham- Inlet. i i : STEPHEN MARTIN DR, KLAUS WILLS i Department to use one of the Public Works Department trucks to pick up discarded Christmas Trees in the city Sunday. Nelson stated he didn't like the idea of anyone except a city employee driving the city trucks. City Supervisor Pat Byrne told the commission that a new pump on the city water system was being installed. The flow meter, he said, which was to have been purchased out of the budget for this year could not be obtained in time and vould have to be delayed until 1968. Archie Lyons Home Damaged By Fire Here New Year's Eve • The Shelton Fire Department extinguished a fire in the Archie Lyon home, 224 C. St., New Years Eve. The fire did about $500 damage to the home and $50 to the contents according to Fire Department estimates. Lyon suffered burns on his hands in the incident. THE FIRE Department said Lyon was filling a gas lantern by candle light during a power outage when the fire started. Vince Bostwick, a member of the Volunteer Fire Department to control the blaze until fire trucks arrived. Bostwick was on duty with the Sheriff's office when the fire broke out. Christmas Fund Has '32 Balance • Total expenses of $960.54 held the 1966 Christmas basket proj- ect jointly sponsored by 40 and 8 Voiture 135 of Mason County and the Journal within the bud- get of $1,000 set for it, a final accounting released by General Chairman Jay Umphenour dis- closed this week. Total cash contributions re- mained at the $993.10 figure re- ported last week, leaving a fa- vorable balance of $32.47, which will be added to an existing sur- plus fund kept on hand for years when the project operates at a deficit, as it sometimes does. Expense items listed by Chair- man Umphenour for the 1966 project were : Stewart's Food- liner $223.89 for food, Ralph's Serve-U 223.79 for food, Sunbeam Bread $30 for bread purchased through Bill I.ving of Shelton), Econo Food Mart $209.31 for food, 20th Century 190.97 for food Kitsap-Mason Dairy $62.52 for butter, Cots Grill $20.06 f or Christmas dinners served to sev- en bachelor pensioners. TMS IS THE 18th annual 40 and 8 Journal Christmas pro- ject, it having been founded in 1949. During those 18 years, a total of 1,284 famih'es have rd- eeived Christmas cheer' from the food and toys delh,ered in the yule baskets, and a [otal of $15,417.49 has been contributed by generous donors. This year baskets were de- livered to 83 unfortunate Mason Cocmty families, in which there were 112 adults and 256 children. Project peaks were $1,160.% con- tributed in 1950 and 92 families aided in the initiatory year of 1949, and also a Reserve Deputy Sher- iff, was the first to the scene and used a garden hose to try Simpson Operations Back At Work • Logging operations of the Simpson Timber Company are scheduled to resume Monday morning, weather permitting, af- ter the annual year-end shut- down. The Company's Shelton s a w- mills resumed operations Tues- day, and work began about noon Tuesday at the Insulating Board Plant. Shelton Veneer Plant and Olympic Plywood Plant h a v e been operating since their holi- day shutdowns ended on Dec. 27. Timber Permits Needed Now • All logging operations now being conducted must have a 1967 Timber Cutting Permit, ac- cording to Francis Wight, Dis- trict Administrator for the De- partmen t of Natural Resources. Applications for a cutting per- mit are available at the local Department of Natural Re- sources office at the airport. Loggers and-or landowners must make application for a permit before logging begins. Natural Resources personnel will be glad to help applicants with land descriptions or explanation of the requirements of the For- est Practices Act. In 1966, 295 permits were granted, covering more than 10,0D0 acres of logging. All oP- erations were inspected by de- partment personnel to insure compliance with the Forest Prac- tices Act, and provide statistical information about the logging industry in Mason County. School Board • The Shelton Schoal Board will hold its regular January meet- ing at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the li- brary of Evergreen School. Snow Slows Traffic, Closes Schools The first snowfall of the season was falling Wed- nesday morning, bringing with it the usual problems. Traffic crept at a slow pace, and, at times the hill to Mt. View was blocked by cars which had skidded in the snow. Shelton Schools dismissed early, with the elementary schools dismissed at 1 p.m. and the High School and Junior High at 1:30. Rural schools had been advised by County Supt. J. W. Goodpaster to dismiss early and most were to do so. State and county snow equipment was out clear the roads. However, at about noon Wednesday all were reported passable but hazardous and drivers were urged to stay off them unless it was necessary to be out. The snow was falling pretty generally all over the county, according to the' County Engineer's office, and hills were very bad. __ -,, ,_. 81st Year  No 1 Published in "Christmastown, U,S.A.", Shelton, Washington 10 Cents Per Copy Thursday, Janllary 5, 1967 Entered  second clau matter at the point office at Shelton, Washington qdl4 under act of March 8, 1879. Published at 7 West Cots. 14 Pages -- 2 Sectiolm Certified Move Here Tops Local News Stories Of 1966 • The move of Certified Man- ufacturing CO. to Shelton from Seattle topped the news in Ma- son County in 1966. The firm announced in March that it would Iike to move to a site at the airport here if suf- ficient space were available. Through the spring and sum- mer, the company and the Shel- ton Port Corayaission worked on plans to get sufficient: space for the firm, and, came up wdth the sulution. The firm started to move into the large hanger into the area which had been occupied by Shelton Mobile Homes, which closed up its operation. By the end of the year. the majority of the firm's operatio'n was at its new location and phms were continuing for the Port District to construct an addition to the large hanger to provide the necessary space for Certi- fied's metal fabrication opera- tion. POLITICS WAS ALSO prom- inent in the news in 1966 which saw voters prepare to start 1967 with several new faces in the Mason County Court House. Two of the impending changes came in the Primary Election when Wally Anderson defeated incumbent Sheriff Sam Clark for the Democratic nomination for that office and Mrs. [zxiga Kimbel defeated Mrs. L a u r a Wagener, incumbent county clerk, for that office for the Republican nomination for that office. Neither Anderson nor Mrs. Kimbel had opposition in the General Election. The General Election saw Shel- ton Attorney John Ragan, a Re- publican, defeat incumbent Dem- ocrat Byron McChmahan for the office of Prosecuting Attor- ney. Harold W. Parker of Bel- fair defeated Tom Webb, Union, a long-time PUD3 commission mvmber, in Webb's bid for re- election to the Commission. State Rep. Charles Savage of Shelton lost for the first time in a 24th Legislative District con- test, when, after two recounts, the local Democrat was defeated by Mrs Virginia Clocksin of Port Ludlow, a Republican, by six votes. When the votes were tallied in the general election, Savage led by 14 votes, but, the contest fell into the automatic recount provision of the State election law. A recount of the votes switched the lead to Mrs. Clocksin by 11 votes. The Democrats asked for a recount of the ballots in Ma- son County, and, narrowed Mrs. Clocksin's margin to six, be- fore conceding the election. Crime made headlines during the year also, when, in March Kim Lane, 18, was convicted of robbery and assault by a SUl)(- rior Court Jury and sentenced Gary HarEm TrMfiC Victim • A 1 c Gary Earl Harkins, 23, a former Shelton resident, was killed in a train-auto collision at Kingsley Field, Klamath Fails Ore., Dec. 8, just eight days be- fore he was to have been dis- charged from. the service. Funeral ervices were held at the Pullman Baptist Church with Rev. David A. Leach offic- iating: Burial was in Hartley Private Cemetery, Pullman, with members of the Air Force acting as pall bearers. Services were directed by Kimball Funeral Home, Pullman. HE WAS BORN Feb. 8, 1943, in Seattle. He attended Shelton Junior High and Shelton High School before his enlistment in the Air Force Dec. 27, 1962. He served at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, about two years before being transferred to Kingsley Field. He was a jet mechanic. Airman Harkins would have been discharged from the Air Force Dec. 16.' Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Yvonne Piephoff, Shelton, his father, Claude Htu-kins, Seat- tle, and two brothers, Terry [e and Larry Edward Harkins, both of Shelton. GARY HARKINS Youth Jailed For Theft Of Jacket • Thomas A. Johnson, Route 3, Box 565, Shelton, was sentenced to 15 days in jail on a petit larc- eny charge when he appeared in Shelton Police Court Tuesday night. tie was found guilty of taking a jacket from Miller's Depart- ment Store here. Tacoma, which the highly-rated Bells won 71-61. (See story and another picture on Pae Six.) HIGHCLIMBERS Chief Clayton (left) and Chris Close had this Bellarmine cager well covered during Friday night's contest in to confinement in prison. Two others, charged with the same crime, had charges against them dropped when they were called to testify at Lane's trial. In October, three men, Robert M. Howard, Andre Blakely and David Barnson, were charged with :bbery in the lheft of about $2,800 from Robert E. Richard- son. The charges against Idow- ard were subsequently dropped after a Justice Court hearing and he filed a darrmge claim against the city for $200,000. The war in Viet Nam came a lithe closer to home when PFC Richard Roundtree was killed in action in the war. These are the stories which made headlines during the year: Jan. 13--- County Commsion- ers discuss proposal for Harstine Iand Bridge to go on ballot. Slide takes out section of the Dayton Road. Jan. 20-. The legal papers in the purchase of the site of the new Mason General Hospital by Shelton General from Mr. and Mh-s. John Connolly and Mr. and Mrs. James Connolly was sign- ed. The jury list for the annual Superior Court jury term is drawn. Jan. 27 -- The trials of Kim Lane, James 1V[cAllister and Dan- iel Corm on charges of robbery and second degree assault are set for the start of the jury ' term. The design for the 1906 Forest Festival button, submit- ted by Raenae Lanning, is select- ed. Feb. 3-- The Lane, Corm and McAllister trials are continued after a court bearing. Court house quiet after exchange of words between Prosecutor Byron Mc- Clanahan, Judge Charles Wright and Clerk Laura Wagener Feb. 10-- Dr. Douglas Larson resigns from the Shelton School Board to be succeeded to Dr. Herbert Hergert. Federal Funds for the new Mason General Idos- pital are approved. The Lane, Conn and McAllister trials are set for March 8,9,10 and 11. Feb. 17 -- Brenda Lee Fowler, 3', is found safe in a lmllding at the old Rayonier Inc. pulp mill after a five-hour search. Feb. 24-- A proposal which would bring the federal inter- state highway system to near Shelton is revealed. Mariano de Miguel of San Carlos of Bara- loche, Argentine, arrives here as the Rotary Club's flrs foreign student. March 3-- Candidates far Ma- son County Forest Festival Queen are selected. Added Jur- ors are selected for the Lane, Corm and McAllister trials. March 10 -- Penny Smith se- lected as Forest Festival Qtan. Kim Lane trial starts in Super- ior Court. Lodga Kimbel mmotu ces she will seek the oour!t clerk's office. March 17-- Louis Grinnell nam- ed Shelton School SuperiltendenL iii:: Ktm Lane found guilty .of rob- : bery and assault, McAllister and ........ Conn given intmunity for testify- ing at trial. March 24- Certified IVInufac- turing Co. of Seattle indicates an interest in locating its opera- tion at the Shelton Airport if ar- rangements can be made. Klm Lane sentenced to a maximm of 30 years in prison on robbery assauh conviction. March 31-- The Shelton High School top ten are named. April 7 The sale of the Shel- ton-Mason County Journal to tlenry Gay, Dave Averill and Bruce Wilson announced. City gets request for ll0-acre annexa* tion northeast of Mt. View. ' April. 14- Eddie Rogers, serv- ing with the Marines in Vlet Nam, is wounded in action. The first of the employees Of Certi- fied Manufacturing Co. lgln work at the Shelton Airport. April 21-- Six ears of a son Timber Co. log train derail, Irate citizens object to vlty tell, phone tax increase, April 28-- Sheltom Part Dl trict told it can mta ings for Oerflfled Co. at airport. Junior Festival princesses seleutod. May 5-- Petitions ask relil of city telephone tax hike. son Caunty Fair royalty l PUD announces rate cut, (Please Turn To JPuq 4)