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HmUne- Peace Corps Weather Observer Reports 1968 Rainfall Was 70037 Inches Tests Sef • Mason County residents intg astht:gh lr::atte ,i;Pelalg:aWa off nCty vhCph. . 1 By CARMEN Y&TES Waen allIvIce2ufYe arrives home However,thelr companiOnafter lunchall them°rning'clouds mostly con w rdheads for hee Cou e;Urcnn?aalcleed was glod,dtihe t%atdrtho e: useeStedin indevelopingpUtting nationsthelr skillSarotn HARSTINE -- To start off from Gern'any on 45 day leave began to break up and let old Margaret and Raymond Mc- Hawaii to meet husband, Bill for Bob Ristine who was at the bridge utes. the world are invited to take U last year's roundup we have the prior to being sent to Vietnam. Sol shine on the rest of their Cullgch return home from their his R and R vacation during sight and he took a speed boat For the third time this year Peace Corps Placement Test ! help of Harstine's very own wea- Dave WaRe felt Uncle Sam's ride. annual fishing trip to Canada, and his tour of duty in Vietnam. in search of the missing craft a record has been set, topping 1:30 p.m. Jan. 18 at the P therman, Tom Tierney. This gentle nudge, via the mail this Phil Rogers suffered several learn they have become the great- Work on the bridge is pro- and located her near the Ray- a previous one already set twice office buildings in Bremerl faithful keeper of the weather re- past week. broken ribs and other injuries in grandparents of twin boys. The gressing quite well. Only eight mend McCulloch home nearly a on two previous occasions. The and Olympia. cords has once again passed The Department of Natural a fall when he was working on parents are Gina and Erik White more holes remained to be bored mile north of the ferrylanding, latest figure being 261 assorted The Peace Corl uses the along the results of his data Resources has been using a hal- the roof of the room beside their of San Jose, Calif. at the bottom of the channel be- A barge followed to tow the pew. autos in one day. Two major ment Test to ae(ec, ma ,,uw to share with you, the readers, icopter to spray the alder crop mobile home. Dr. and Mrs, A. B. Carson tween the Island and mainland, erless vessel back. It also con- factors accounted for that whop- applicant can best be utill$ total rain - 70.37 in. (14.9 in. on State Land west of Spencer's Ferry makes its first trip to arrive for two month vacation on Dr. Raymond Waid hospitalized tinued to tow the ferry back and ping total. First it was the last overseas. The test measures gl above 1967 total) Cove prior to re-seeding it. drydock in Tacoma this year. their own Island, McMicken. after suffering a stroke, forth the rest of the day. Early day of hunting season and so- oral aptitude and the ability First freeze - Dec. 5 A group of five took a two week The school float from the Is- Their son, Warren and his fam- SEPT. -- An era ended this the next morning the engines ccnd it coincided with the day learn a language, not edua Coldest days - Dec. 28 and 29 - trip the first tmrt of the month land wins first place in its di. ily from Ill. and the Carson's month as Harstine's three stu- were switched, prior to the ferry going into dry- lion or achievement. The test 12 degrees (For 1967 - 26 de- grees In March) Warmest day - July 31 - 94 de- grees (Comparison Aug. 16 - 95 degrees) Ralntest day - Feb. 18 - 2.67 in. Also it might be worth noting, that fl-om Aug. 13 to Dec. 31, a period of 141 days, some mea- surable rain fell tm 103 of those days during that time. And there you have a rundown of what's which took them as far South as Old Mexico. The group included Irvie and H;lma Wingert, the Ar- chic Dooiittlcs and Mrs. Kay Holt. John and Beulah tIitchcock ar- rived home after spending four months in the sunny south. APRIL ....... A surprise house- warming honors Ruth ana Lloyd Goodwin. About 20 friends and neighbors dropped by to welcome the couple back to the Island. via!on and just missed being sweepstakes winner by a hair. The theme of the Parade Past, Present and Future was repre- sented by a replica of the first ferry a side-wheeler, the Island Belle, a replica of the present Harstine II .and a scale model of the coming bridge. Real water separated the 'Island' at one end and the 'mainland' at the other end of the float. daughter, Gall and her three children were also summer vis- itors. But the Carson's grandson, Brad, was the one the whole fam- ily was anxious to see as he had been in Australia attending school there for six months while staying with the Carson's oldest daughter, who makes her home there. Construction of swimming pool at the Hole-in-the-Wall to get dents regis:ered at Peioneer School. For at least 73 years (nearly a golden anniversary) the Island has had one or more schools the records show. Written records start in 1895. If there was school prior to that date there aren't any records to verify it known to the residents of the Is- land now. At one time there were three schools in session simultaneously, While picking up one of the concrete piling a cable to one of the cranes broke, tipping the crane itself over and causing some damage. The repairs to the crane and retrieving the piling, which was not damaged caused the construction company some delay. However, progress on the fill on the mainland side was running a bit ahead of schedule. The Raymond McCullchs got dock and many Islanders took cars to mainland during the ab- sence of the ferry. NOVEMBER -- The Brignvnes new mobile home arrived while the ferry was long gone keeping a drydocking app:)intment in Ta- coma. But when it returned Joe Brignone aided by Archie Doe- little and John Niemi accomplish- ed the job of moving the two sections of the mobile home to quires no preparation and Im l competitive; an applicant neither pass nor fail. Persons interested in se rvJ with the Peace Corps must out an Application, if they l'# ot already done so, and sent it to the tester before test. Application forms are avg able from post offices or fr the Peace Corps in Washing D. C. 20525. Fifteen thousand Volunteers M mey( porte lar l spite turn will ] per part freez Mr vie Creel daug: and and " gle s Elr happened weatherwise, at least on the Northeast corner of Har- stine. Thanks, Tom. Now briefly here are some of the items that made up news in this column from week to week last year: JANUARY -- Due to inclement weather, le, too much snow, the week prior to Christmas the school Christmas program was postponed until after the Holiday vacation. The Al Pridhams spent the Holi- day season with relatives in De- troit. Mary Byers underwent throat surgery In Tacoma, making hus- band, Ernie the most envied man around here. For at least two weeks Mary will be literally speechless. At the annual election of offic- ers at Social Club Chuck Brid- ges was elected President for a second term. Ella was the new secretary, and Monica Pridham the new Treasurer, with Blackie Shadbolt as vice-president. Bill Waite won his very first 'ophy in a major race. It was held indoors in Olympia. The first Grnnge meeting of the year was held at the Glenn Yates home with special guests, State Deputy Martin Auseth and hi:: wife, Gyneth. He presented Harstine with a sPecial award for their 20 per cent gain in mem- bership for 1967. The basement of the school flooded during heavy rains, mak- ing swimming lessons almost [ms- stble for the four students. With the drains already dug up and Johnnie Budd's equipment at the sight, the school board decided to go ahead and have a new septic tank and drain field in- stalled. While the School was trying to get rid of an excess of water, Jtt the opPtite was  plee a little further away fll$fifle Park, A war drilling company from Tacoma spent the last week of the month drilling a new well at the Park sight. FEBRUARY  Heavy snows the end! of last month brought out the carpentry talents of many of the residents, by necessity not choice. It seems as the now plows made their rotmds they found the weak or rotten posts under a number of mailboxes. So as the mailman, Gene Townsend pulled up where there had been a box the day before and formal Its owner Instead he'd Just say, 'Oh, you too.' Mother Nature was in a good mood and the Bert Carnpbells and their neighbors took advantage of her 'sunny' disposition to get most of the loganberry canes tied for the coming season. News was received that Elaine (Wlngert) Fredrlck became the bride of Bob Ireland In Olympia the middle of last month. The r]and welcomed Ruth and Lloyd Goodwtn back for the se- cond time as permanent residents. They first came to the Island In 1946 from Gorst. They lived in the OBrien house for about a year and then purchued the property they now have at Bal. low. The htmse was the original Hite2mock home. belonging to John's folks. They commuted each day to Part Orchard where Ruth was a teacher and their two youngsters attended school. Seventeen Islanders attended the Benefit Dance held at Aate for the John Cook family who lt everything they owned when their home burned. Five gala met at the Hall ene day to sew the new curtains for the dinlng room. They are full length and can be pulled across the window to help hold in a bit more of the warmth In cold weather. Hatine's four students and their teacher, Mrs. Cora Morton beeorae T. V. stars! Mike Glaser, Pam and Chuck Bridges and Rusty Yates were filmed and their thoughts recorded for a seg- ment of "A Leon on American H/story' for Educational Channel 62. The one-rocen school wa to be the maia topic of this lesson. UnUsually warm weather brought out the barbecue bug and he attacked the George Waite family. They held the second barbecue of the year at their Island Sbwes lot. (The first one wu held at the Glens Yates home on New Year's Day to celebrate Glenn's January I birthday. A freshly caught salmon by Marvin Bengeldorf was at the top of the menu.) MARCH -- Some kind of a re. cord MUST have been set when two htmuningbird arrived in this area late last month. They could not understand why the feeder., Glaser family gets together to celebrate Hugh's 77th birthday. Ted Nesses application for a beer license at the Marina was accepted after a long wait. The Charles Allisuns spent about two weeks visiting and sightsee- ing in California before Liz ac- companied by a friend boarded the SS Statendam, and sailed to England, From there they headed for Irelan:l where Liz planned to spend the majority of her vacation time. After d)ing some visiting of old school chums that he hadn't seen in over 35 years Char'lie headed back home. The Women's Club journeyed to Ocean Shores for their annual Spring Outing. Eight members and one guest enjoyed lunch and a sunny day of siteseeing thanks to the Lsland's own, hen Jotm- son. The gala surprised Ella Mc- Auliffe with a cake for her birth- day. A going away dance for Dave Waite was sponsored by his folks, George and Maxine Waite. A huge crowd enjoyed an evening of dancing to their favorite i)and the Walt Allen foursome from Lit! le Skookum. Harstine students enjoy a field day in Tacoma. The trip includ- ed a train ride from Olympia to Tacoma. hmch at an Olympia school and wore special guests at the Tacoma T. V. studio. A snack at MacDonald's and they headed back for the ferryland- ing via their bus and driver, Alice Budd. Island's school teacher, Mrs. Morton injured in a car accident on her way to school. MAY - Construction on Bridge gets underway. Extremely low tides this month prove helpful. Ten members of the McCleary's Trailriders joined the Bridges family for a trail ride around the Island. A cblfltery rain was JUNE Islanders saddened by the death of Captain Gortz in a Seattle Marine Hospital. Dorothy Barnett and her sister, Marguerite Gross and their two friends took a two week vacation to the Hawaiian Islands. The Nesses bid adieu to their daughter, Patty and her girl friend as they head to Europe for a three month sightseeing tour of the Continent. Glenn and Carmen Yates spend a week at Whltworth College in Spokane attending the Grange Convention. A lingering illness during the past several years takes son of Ilander. David Rice, son of Mabel and Nets Baunsgard died at the Harrison Memorial Hosplt. al in Bremerton, Also Jim McAuliffe recieved word that his Mother had passed away in California. Jim and Ella flew down for the funeral ser- vices. Irvie Wlngert suffered severe injuries when he fell from a load of hay. He suffered a brok- en collar bone and a number of broken ribs. Islanders feel loss of still an- other Islander as a heart attack claims Hugo Glaser as its vic- tim in a Tacoma Hospital. Father's Day sets record for number of vehicles hauled across the ferry in one day. A total of 228 crossed on that day! JULY -- No sitter; bassy joins JULY % No sitter; bossy joins family picnic, too. When Ted and Glenda Bridges started to decline an invitation from his brother, Chuck to join a gather- ing of the whole family for a 4th of July picnic, because there wasn't anyone to milk the family cow, Freckles, Chuck said bring her too. So that's just what they did l She didn't even hardly drop below her normal:tluota.of *tllk underway soon. The overall de- mansions of the pool will be about 16 by 40 feet. It will be for the use of the owners and their guests or guests of the Crafts, by invitation. Chet Streckenbach took his an- nual vacation back to Green Bay, Wis. where he was raised and where many members of his family still make their home. H;ghlight of this year's trip was 634 mile trip along the edge of Lake Michigan and across the world famous Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge, nearly five miles long. The record for cars crossing the ferry on one day has been broken again. This time it was on Thursday the first day of the dour-day 4th of July weekend. A whopping 249 autos crossed that day, with 62 of them lined up for the 10:30 a.m. run. AUGUST -- A threat of a beach fire on the north end of the Island was reported to the Natural Resources by a Grape- view resident. Fortunately, the wind was blowing sparks toward the water and not the timber and brush, or this story might have ended differently. Carl Mattua was injured in an accident at his Mother, Aina Anderson's he when he and his brother-in-law and Buddy Budd were unloading some wood logs. He recteved a broken leg, and was hospitalized in Brem- erton. More than 60 ribbons awarded to Islanders entering this year's Mason County Fair. For a good many of them it was a first time experience. Dale Peugh con- structed a replica of a dam for the Pomona Booth. whose theme was 'United We Have Power'. A recirculating pump added to the efftiveness of the display along with llve trmt, to help tl boo due to lack of transportation. The Ballow school building, which was also used for a post office for a short time has now been added to a res:dence for John and Beulah Hitchcock and re- located. The closing of the doors for this year, at least, is just an agree- ment between the two school dis- tricts. However, with. the com- ing of the bridge consolidation seems inevitable. But school of- ficiais are withholding final de- cision. It may also be dependent upon what the bridge will bring in the near future. If enough younger families move to the Island the situation may have to be re-evaluated. At this point the future still holds all the answers. For the first time in more than 25 years the enitre Glaser family got together for a reunion. Hav- ing all six of the Olaser brothers and sisters and their spouses, along with a number of the older of their children at the annual Labor Day dance made it really seem like old home week. Besides the Glasers there were a number of other members of some of the older families that attended the dance, making it an especially nice one this year. The music of the Walt Alien band that every- one has become so popular here made the evening perfect. Three or four people have re- ported seeing what is believed to be otter on the Island in the past few weeks. Also while on the subject of something a little out of the or- dinary, three or four sea tur- fie, six or eight inches in dia- meter have been captured here. Engine failure early one after- noon made the Harstine H a mis- sing item for a short I]eriod of time. Luckily a Graystone con- crete truck was aboard at the time of the mishap. They alle SEE AND SAVE FOR YOURSELF... 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OCTOBER -- Grangers calen- dar full this month with degrees, Friendship meeting and Boos- ter night besides our own re- gular meeting. Something new concerning oys- ter seed occured this year. Pre- viously the Island's oyster grow- ers have had to truck the seed from the Olympia docks where it was unloaded off of Japanese ships. However, this year a tug brought the strings of seed to Pickering Passage. Bud Blaser .and Lawrence Gosser put their trucks on the ferry which tied Pt. Wilsnn. Three Christmas packages were sent on their way to our service- men, Dan McAuliffe in Vietnam; Dave Waite in Oklahoma and Frank Simons in Mississippi. The Women's Club sponsored this pro- ject. Grange accepts eight new mem- bers. They included Fred and Hazel Weichseldorfer; Reid and Edna Mitchell; Hilder and Bill Ashby; Jim Olds Jr,; and Bud- dy Budd. Electkm of officers held and Phil Chapman was elected the new Master for 1969. A1 Pridham became seriously ill on Christmas Day and was hospitalized at Madigan for a few days. He returned home a day or two before New Years. currently serving in Asia, p.ria andl Latin American and the Pa i Islands, !, fiatla :i} Ross: Christine Besch ii ::!14  Through Basic Sf WAG. Pot. Christine L. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willl G. Beach, Shelton, compl , eight weeks of basic training , the Women's Army Corps Cen Ft. McClellan, Ala,. Dec. 6.  By 4 She received instruction   N, Army history and traditions, ministrative procedures, mllit extra day 1 justice firtst aid and field i high ing. vised Opportunity ,, Learning SECOND QUARTER Beginning Week of January 13th OLYMPIA ADULT EVENING SCHOOL REGISTER NOWI. Even;ng School Office at Olympia High School 1302 North Street Telephone 943-3910 Office Hours -- Noon to 9:00 p.m. Daily COLLEGE EXTENSION Course Cat. No. Nights Audio-Visual Workshop ................... Ed. 441 ................ Th., Sat. Conservation Workshop ................... Science Ed. 440. .... Wed. Elementary Music Workshop ............ Mus. 440 .............. Thurs. *English Composition ....................... Eng. 102 ............... Mon. Group Dynamics & the Ind ............... Ed. 488 ................ Tu.-Wed. Group Processes & Leadership ........ Ed. 487 ................ Tu.-Wed. Group Sensitivity ........................... Psych. 499 ............ Tu.-Wed. Inquiry Training Workshop .............. Ed. 441X ............... Mon.-Wed. *Mathematics, College (int. Algebr ... Math 101. .............. Tu.-Th. Modern Trends in Elem. P.E ........... P.E. 470 ............... Moa. Perception & Human Behavior .......... Psych. 499 ............ Thurs. *Psychology, General ....................... Psych. 101 ............. Mon.-Wed. *Sociology, College (Man & His Social Env.) ............. Soc. Sci. 111 ........... Tues. TABA Approach to Social Studies .... Ed. 441 ................. Thurs. Teacher-Counseling ....................... Ed. 459 ................ Thurs. *Centralia College, all others CWSC HOBBY-I NTEREST Course Nights Art I ..................................... Wed. Art II .................................... Thurs. Body Conditioning for Women ...... Thurs, Driver Training (D) .................. T-W Driver Training (E) ................... M-Th. Golf 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 ......... Daily Orchestra, String ...................... Wed. Self-Defense/Men-Women .......... M-W Weightlessness .......................... Tues. ADULT EDUCATI O N (Academic) Adult Basic Education ............... M-W Adult Basic Ed. (Migrant Prog. ). .... Daily Adult Secondary" Ed. (E) ....... . ...... M-W Adult Secondary Ed. (F) .............. M-W Adult Secondary Ed. (G) ............. M-W Adult Secondary Ed. (H) ............. M-W Algebra ................................. Wad. Americanization ...................... M-W. Creative Writing ..................... Men. English as Second Lang ............. Ttu-W Film Education ....................... Tues. French, Intermediate ................ Wed. Geology II .............................. Men. History, U.S ............ - ............... Thurs. Human Rights Disc. Seminar ....... Thurs. Practlcal Speech, Advanced ....... Thurs Psycho-Cybernetics ................... Tues. Socio-Economics (Sociology) ....... Men. Spanish Ia .............................. Tues. Spanish Ha ............................. Wed. VOCATI ONAL COURSES Agriculture Landscape Horticulture .............. Thurs. Landscape Workshop Res .......... Wed. Welding, Farm Shop (C) ............ Tues. Welding, Farm Shop (D) ............ Men. Welding, Industrial .................. Wed. Distributive Education Cashier O Checker Training ........ Tues. Organizin K Mngmt. Time Effic .... T-W-Th. Personnel Int'vu, 8 Analysis ......... T-W-Th. Psycholog'v" for Layman (Bus. - Mgt) Men. Reading improvement .............. T-Th. Special Training for Support of Disadvantaged Persons ............ Men. Supervlso W Practices, Adv .......... Wed. Most Classes Meet Weekly for 11 or 12 .Weeks Consult Brochures for Fees and Additional Information Dr. Leslie H. Armstrong, Director -- Mrs. June McNamara, Secretary-Registrar Course Nights Health Occupations Dental X-Ray Training ................. Wed. Office Occupations Accounting Ia ............................ Men. Accounting Ha ........................... Tues. Accounting, Municipal Records II ,.. Tues. Bookkeeping I ............................ Wed. Bookkeeping Ia ........................... Thins. Card Punch ................................ M-W Duplicating Machines-Offset Press .., Morn Magtape-Power Typing (B) ............. Men. Magtape-Power Typing (C) ............. Thars. Office Practices Review ................ Wed. Power Typing/Composer Concepts ... Wed. Shorthand I ................................ M-W Shorthand Ia ................ = ............ M-W Shorthand II ............................... T-Th. Shorthand III .............................. T-Th. Typing I ................................... T-Th. Typing If and Ill .......................... M-W Typing, Refresher ....................... Wed. Home Economics Clothing Construction, Ado ........... Tues. Clothing Construction" Beg. (D) ....... Men. Clothing Construction, Beg. (E}. ...... Wed. Interior Decoration ............. , ........ Thurs. Retirement, Preparation for due. ). Tues. Tailoring .................................. Thurs. Upholstery (C) ............................ Tues. Upholstery (D) ............................ Thta. Trade, Industrial & Technical Architectural Drafting ................. Thurs. Auto Mechanics, Apprentice ......... Wed. Carpentry Apprentice ................. Tues. COBOL Programming ................... Tues. Custodian Training ..................... T-Th. Data Processing Survey ................ Morn Electronics, Basic ....................... Thu. Engineering Fundamentals ............ Sat. First Aid, Industrial ..................... Dally Motor Control, Fundamentals of ..... Tues, Photography .............................. Wed, Programming, Computer ............... Wed. Small Engine Repair .................... Men. Small Engine Repair, Advanced ...... Wed. Teacher-Training VIII ................. Thurs.