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mm the Jan. 9, 1920, is-
sue of the
Old 1919 passed away
last Wednesday night to the
tune of sweet music. Three
hundred couples danced at
his funeral at the Peninsular
Railway Club’s 12th annual
ball, and eagerly welcomed
in the new born babe, 1920. .,
The hall was decorated with a
canopy of garlands hung from'
a large bell at the center. Gay
masquerade hats worn by the
dancers lent color to the scene.
At midnight, the program was
suspended while supper was
served at the Hotel Shelton.
After supper, the dancing con-
tinued until the cock crew at
early dawn.
Joseph Valley of Matlock
was in town Monday, collecting
subscriptions of local business-
men toward the extension of
the Matlock and Districts Tele-
phone line into Shelton. The
contract has been let for get-
ting out the poles and they are
nearly all out and strung along
the highway from Matlock to
Dayton. From there, the pres-
ent line of the Goldsborou‘gh
Telephone Co. will be used to
town temporarily, until such
time as the permanent high-
way is opened up.
The American Legion is to
cooperate with the local Loyal
Legion of Loggers and Lum-
bermen in an effort to con-
nect ex-servicemen in down-
Sound cities with jobs in the
camps and Woods. Providing a
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Replacement Levy:
GOVERNMENT
REQUERED PROGRAMS NOT FULLi’
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AFEER SCHOQE PROGRAMS
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sufficient number of positions
are open, the post expects to be
able to get in touch with unem-
ployed ex-servicemen through
the state’s Veterans’ Welfare
Commission.
The first basketball game
of the season will be played '
Friday evening between the
' Shelton Athletic Club and the
Olympia American Legion, at
Earlwin hall. The local boys I
have been busy for Several
weeks and expect to show the
visitors a good fast time. The
main game will be preceded
by a girls’ game between two
picked local teams. After the
games, a public dance will be
given for the visiting team.
Information has reached
local authorities of the arrest
at Belfair on Tuesday of J. W.
Beard, a farmer of theClifton
Valley, by special deputies
West and Smith. A search of
his place disclosed 13 barrels
of “mash” and several bottles of
finished product. It is reported
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'that Beard had declared he
would not be taken and had
started to put up a, fight, when
one of the deputies anticipated
the movement and Beafd’s jaw
was broken by a blow from a
heavy gun. Beard was taken to
Seattle, and on hearing before
a federal commissioner was
placed under $1,000 bond.
The state Highway Commis-
sion has announced approval
of a resolution to improve the
portion of the Olympic High-
way in Mason County from
I. the Thurston County line to
Shelton, a distance of 12 miles,
and designating said improve?
ment as Permanent Highway
No. 1—B.
Dr. N. E. Roberts, contrary
.to true medical ethics, has
been busy attending himself
professionally this week. He
is now regretting that in early
youth he dodged the mumps.
‘ The loggers are drifting
back to town and are seeming
anxious to get back to work.
The camps are expected to re-
open next Monday. Not a few
of the boys seem to be as flat
broke as ever they were.
From the Stadium corre--
spondent came news that. “a
fish boat called at the Stadium
float and all Stadiumites got
. a supply of smelt -— carrying
them home by the dishpan full;
Captain Brink and Bob John-
son are building a new float-
ing Walk from the shore to the
Grading
Olympic
HighWay.
' Photo
courtesy
of Mason
County
Historical
Museum
float at the post office. We can
new go out to the float Without
fear of taking a bath in the;
salt chuck. A crowd of revel-
ers leaving in a launch from a
dance at Agate on the night of.
Jan. 3 got stuck on a sand bar
and had_to wait till the tide
came in before they couldgo
on.”
I Jan Parker is a researcher
for the Mason County His-
torical Museum. She can be
reached at parkerj@hctc.com.
Membership in the Mason
County Historical Society is
$25 per year. For, a‘ limited ‘
, time, new members will receive
a free copy of the book “Shelton,
the First Century Plus Ten.”
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