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SEEM 0r, reduced to words, “what many are thinking about, and what some stud thought bring out.” y and .9 , HE Office of Price Administra- tion which has had . much I ouiith the lives and liberties :3? 5 P e of the United States in the l ;_95 ffw years, now comes up u orta he causes for the butter v.4 ys tghe. and in a petulent tone, do at if .they had anything ,ent With it, there would be mug of butter, but the farmers b: prevented from making Brggney. as the situation tierfa't, insire a1: scarce because 81‘; IS being used to produce ‘ her 11% cream, ice cream and mite products which allow triatr measure of profit to but- A armeIIJI‘Odl'icers than it does when : akes Ed into the product that ore Your toast and hotcakes ion palatable. The butter situ— ppels a fair example of what ,ver HS when rigid regulations . and commerce in products of de- t 3. There is always a way to itround the rule, and as long ake IS the nature of men to It ofas.much.profit as possible ns _his busmess, such condi— ,r egrill exist. The planners of V .inci pnomies, Well meaning in D 6, and hopeful of creating -' me Rigid 0f order out of present ?rice' 9 $5118 an order ' 1 coverin eves» 85,18}: a commodity and theigi price_ , “Oust they have only opened at We if dilemma. It used to be . whip _ad sufficient butter and 8 . now pmg and ice cream. That reversed w'th th I d i e farmer butterfat producer proving mself smart em; regulatoilé. than the govern- :ny reason there should r ortage of 1946 calendars notifiiual soprce is depleted, . ng o it and t rtrylng. All that you have t: d?) p the one that you F for be a, s f1 you ink o ., edO' dig u iii 1901 for they are exact] I :rSame. And at the end of this a you can store the calendar 3; in moth balls and drag it 74 011;) use again in 1957, 1963 ‘1 . 8:) and 1991. Father Time , » a way of repeating himself 1‘ our convenience , and for "With and. thrift a .cnnge'at’the'Whoug‘ht ay expenditure as doing eir With the annual calendar , patience can be rewarded —-" S cfzri as the writer of this > umn is concerned the US$321 shortage is at an end and member soon be a full fledged , ’ box of the Shelton commun— ‘ d an“??? lot, garden, chickens yliot B gt goes with such. The ’venth- .pring home on South Will become Jessup prop- . y on A g familgrlloclikznd the purChas- .1 __d —— he Spring family the for so many years during most of the life their‘ un ~ atgsgels. It is pleasant to anti- 6 we Ilidend to hotel living and ‘t moe y trips to Bremerton qu_ .re than that the property uriSition will give the new mhall family a chance to be- uncta permanent part of a com- lly that in a short month of ioCiation gives increasing evi- I’cetof Justification for a deci— to come here. The Springs ,3.- c to develop property the . near Arcadia and the deb: ure of their so I‘S .gular ) .4 5 ‘ V us for Ea 3 I fiiicxhcigldwork brought thiir ies 64.11% home.ispose of the Seventh $4.7 5- ‘ : 'l' S tlme serves cries lids of t .-.has to of w to dim the mem- ar‘s orror in ptl‘fggnt (flay veterans}: . ego World . find little left to Signlg’ I e ple eir experiences. other than v deshiasant things of good com- nts ti; and .the humorous inci- , .ps an? live when the hard— Y has bthe griiesomeness of _er ma been forgotten. What- “ ‘ vipemy e the future of the ex- mar' an, he Will always have ies of. service, his travels An companions and the little; gs that contributed to the life a man who has completed the preme experience. Almost daily ngs or people, bring to mind ‘ periences that happened at some -_ taut station or far off theatre operations. It, shall continue gughout the years with reun- .et_and get togethers or chance , things With some person served _or stranger who knew places leél‘lCldentS. One such was re- to me a short time ago. a o , ASK FORCE 58, its muscles bulging from the ’ { increased , Wgrantzlf the super battleships V shi New Jersey and includ- t bps of the fast carrier and .I ‘ iser attleship divisions with tied and destroyer Screen, had V e i I from .Funifuti in the El- ; g tShawls, intent on disposses- the 13! Jap from his habitation , nifestarshall Islands. The huge I ght Wation of America's sea we mats spread over an ocean city ta exceeded the cye's ca.- .‘ re da ti. encompass. Destroyers ., ir ur 1ling in a zig zag pattern es stn .etjwatcr detection tie: u raining to get a sign of my tiubmarines. A i r pl a n e s I e i eth Task Force carriers n e air looking for the L9 0 “ my, seeking out Ja snoo 3.1m prepared to theet wri— y aerial assault against , (Continued 0 n Page two) of going into. a 1 y l Local Agents For PC. Volume ESets Record During 1945 l l l l l Despite the closing of the sub- PQStOffice branch at the Naval ' All? Station here, resulting in a de- clme in sales totals for each month I I 0f the final quarter of 1945, the Shelton postoifice still hung up; { . n A. all-time record for the year .1115t past with its $52,614.07 gross V Soles total, Postmaster Warren L‘Ll'lcoln announced yesterday after completing his annual report. This tops the record set in 1944, When gross sales ran slightly over $51,000, the first time the Shel- ton postoffice had topped $50,000, and bringing it an advance in rat— lng to a first class postoffice as of July 1, 1945. Postoffices doing a 1 volume exoeeding $40,000 annually in gross sales receive the first Class rating. Shelton topped that total in 1943, with $41,205.30, but . the margin was so slight the ad- lvancement was delayed to see if ,‘ the Volume held up. In 1942 the volume was $34,911.67. Items included in the gross sales figure include stamp sales, stamped envelopes, box rents, sec- ond class mailing permits, cor- recting mail lists, but does not in- Clude ohter services performed by the Postoffice such as money order fees. postal savings accounts, or bond and revenue stamp sales of any kind, Postmaster Lincoln ex- a l plained, Quarterly volumes which made UP the 1945 record included $12,668.07 for the first quarter, $11,679.10 the second quarter, $12,029.33 the third quarter, and $6237.57 the final quarter, with December being the largest single month. of course, at $7,779.80. This was less than December of 1944. however, awhich showed an $8,195.08 total. November and OctOber were also lower than those months in 1944, but the in— lcreases built up during the first three quarters was sufficient to total up to a new record. Western Supply Two Noted Lines Western Supply Company has been named wholesale and rctaill distributors in this area for Ale- mite and Steu’artwlNarner pro-l ducts,'Manager Earl Moore an- nounced for the company this week. AS 10cal agents, Western Sup- Ply is ready to provide large amounts of Alemite motor oil,, grease. grease fittings for cars, tTUCkS and tractors, and lubrica— tlon units plus Stewart-Warner taCometers, oil gages, temperature gages. amineters and speedomet-j 61‘ cables and housings to whole? 15319 uSers such as logging com- Panles and independent operat— OTS, trucking firms, service sta— tions and other heavy users of suCh supplies. The same products also Will be available through. Western Supply in retail trade, Manager Moore said. Credit Unions 0f Rayonier, Simpson Meeting Tuesday Annual declarations of divi- dends. election of 1946 officers, and hearing of financial reports: 0f the past year’s business will feature the yearly meetings of Fhe tWO big employee credit un- 10713 Serl/‘ing workers of the SimP' 50!} Logging Company and Ray- onielf Incorporated next Tuesday evening. Whlle both meetings will be held 111,0dd Fellows building at Blght Oclock, the Shelton Ray- 01119? .Federal Credit Union and 1116 Simpson .Federal Credit Un- }0n will hold their business meet— mgS 111 Separate rooms, joining after the fiscal details are cleaned up for a joint open meeting. ' All members of both credit un- IOHS are urged strongly to attend these a.nnual meetings. J. G.l Moore is president and Harry Carlo“, Secretary-treasurer of the Rayomer Credit Union, Harvey gobertson, president, and L. O. tlfllesliad. secretary-treasurer of e Smlllson Credit Union. Grisdfimv On Navy Project Bid l The navy department has ac- cepted the $29,775 bid of the George M. Grisdale Construction ({0- 0f Shelton for clearing, grub- bmg and fencing the naval supply department annex at Shelton. The G'1”lsdale firm submitted the lOWESt,0f four bids in September, according to Capt. E. B. Keating, public works ffic Sound naval lpastor of the Puget ‘Might As Well Be Spring,’ Hum Kump’s Tulips t 19th ‘a bunch of the 400 6“ ll)” IOtto Rump, Shelton bar- (‘e’g :da'lted in his garden on figs“ (1‘3 .Strcet on Hillcrest D ‘5 befled the cold weather ecem 31' offered and have al- ready Pushed their tiny green noses abovt) ground. They are receiving company from several of his gladiolas, too. _0tt0 reports, so evidently tho, Idea that it might as well be sprng isn't confined just to song writers_ I ———-\___ ——-—-——————- 1 l Tuesday Eve Here are five BIG reasons for joining the March of Dimes, Januar The Big Five—Gerald Drigel, Fred Pomnitz, James McCormick, Thomas Kenny and Richard - I Jersey epidemic of last summer. This hydrotherapy tank, important in the modern treatment of Kresge—were stricken with infantile paralysis in the New SHELTON, WASHINGTON, Thursday, January 10, 1946. HEY, ,SKlN-NAY! County Tops All Victory Loan Quotas 1 Final figures released from state . headquarters this week reveal thel astounding fact that Mason Conn-l , ty succeeded in topping its E bond ‘_ quota iii the Victory Loan drive which closed Dec. 31, County Chairman Laurie Carlson dis- closed yesterday. Trailing fai‘ under the $175,000 E bond Quota set for this county in the December 27 report, the final figures released this week show $185,162 behind Mason County's name in that bracket when the wire was reached. Chair- man Carlson said the last-minute spurt which carried the county over was an allocation of Army, . Navy and Navy Yard E bond sales to Mason County residents whichi hadn't shown up in previous re- ports because the sales had been made in other places. However, the credit rightfully belongs to this county in such cases, he said, so the final figure showed an un- expectedly large leap up. Other departments of the Vic- )! 14-31. poliomyelitis, is used to give under-water exercise to affected muscles—taking one boy at'a time! Just for fun, the boys pretend it‘s the ole swimmin’ hole. Your contribution to the March of Dimes helps put boys like these back in the swim. JOIN THE MARCH 0F DIMES—NOWL Newv Klwanls Use of Firearms Heads Seated ‘ At City Garbage .. Dump Prohibited Any use whatever of all fire— arms in the vicinity of the city garbage dump has been prohi- bited by the city police depart- ment, Police Chief Paul Hughey announced after posting the area early this week. " The. action was taken be- cause so many bottles were be— ing used as targets and being broken on the road that city garbage collectors were ser- iously hindered in their work, Chief Hughey explained. “We wouldn’t mind if the shooting was confined to rats and rodents which infest the dump, but there has been so much other promiscuous shoot- ing that we have had to invoke the law under Remington’s Re- vised Statutes 2559 to curb it,” he added. “And we intend to en- force it strictly.” New officers of the Shelton Ki- wanis Club headed by President Clarence Griinert were given a rousing sendoff for the coming year of activity and the retiring officers a splendid expression of appreciation and thanks for fine accomplishment, at a dinner meet: ing Tuesday night at »Masonic Temple, attended by’ nearly 150 members, ladies and guests. John Langenbach of Raymond, fourth division lieutenant gover- nor, served as installing officer, pointing out the responsibilities for each officer and asking a closer obServance of American and Kiwanis principles that the nation might go through the troubled days of the immediate future with the same success that had marked our recent war victory. His anec- dotes provided an amusing relief from the seriousness of his short address and the audience was held in high good humor by his clever story telling. Immediate past president Don Clark presided over the meeting and as master of ceremonies in— troduced numbers of an excellently selected entertainment program. Rev. H. W. Harshman, pastor of the Shelton Methodist church, de- lighted the diners with two beau- tifully executed violin solos while . r .i . John Steinborg was tumultiiously ,thactl 30mg}: WIth t2“) 33.633515: applauded for his vocal selections. l Sue y e coun y a 1 (Continued on page three) lflce' thJutnei 157a: 1rgu'znnerupd vgith 20t§f - e 0a 0 issue uring e Breakwater Now Being Constructed year, May was third at 17, Aug- Construction of a breakwater list and October had 16 each, Jan- uary and March 15 each. The low point was hit in April when only six were issued. to protect the recently completed Over the same period, 90 suits waterfront fill and the new Simp- for divorce were filed with the son waste products plant from waters of Goldsborough creek during flood stages is now being done by a force of men of the county clerk, of which 55 were filed during the second half of General Construction Company, under the direction of C. Tom the year, a check of Miss Clare Moyer, superintendent. Engelsen’s court records reveal. The contract calling for dredg» ing and driving of piles for a protective wall is now being car- ried out. Harold Schaffer is resi- dent engineer representing the Simpson Logging Company. The work will take several weeks to complete. December Ousts June As Cupid’s Month In 1945 Wedding bells were no respec- tors of tradition in Mason County during 1945, for instead of June being the “marrying month" as tradition has it, December took i IN SHELTON HOSPITAL Seattle is in the Shelton General Hospital following a major opera— tion last Friday. MRS. SPRING ILL Mrs. Elliot B. Spring is confined to her home on South Seventh street with an attack of influenza. PROCLAMATION _ WHEREAS the disease of infantile paralysis rages in many cities of our nation every year, leaving in its wake hundreds, even thousands, of stricken men, wom- en and children, many of them crippled for life, and WHEREAS the National Foundation for Infan- tile'Paralysis, by assuring care and treatment for all Victims of poliomyelitis and by carrying on its great program of research for the prevention and possible cure of this virulent disease, has earned the over- whelming gratitude of the American people, and WHEREAS the March of Dimes, conducted an- nually by the National Foundation will be held Jan- uary 14 to 31. , THEREFORE be it resolved that all citizens are urged to cooperate with the March of Dimes in Mason County, to deposit their gifts in collection boxes set up by the Committee, or to send them to: March of Dimes, Shelton, Washington. . F. A. TRAVIS, Mayor of Shelton. NG MONDA l 0 Annual Drive tory Loan drive were known to be well over the quotas set for Ma- son County, total individual sales reaching $218,169 against a $200,- 000 quota, while the grand total was nearly 200 per cent over the quota, $635,169 against the set figure of $330,000. In making the announcement of final Victory Loan totals State Chairman Reno Odlin paid high tribute to the accomplishment of Mason County and extended warm congratulations to Chairman Carl- son and his fellow workers. This Friday evening, the War Finance chairmen from all coun- ties with other War Finance lead- ers will be guests at a dinner in honor of Chairman Odlin in Seat- _..___« Mason Materials 01.1 ParalySIS Official Name or Ald TO Start Concrete Plant Chairman T. E. Deer of the Ma- son County ‘March of Dimes‘ Changes in name and manage- ment which tactically have been in effect for several weeks were commutes '50 raise funds for the announced officially this week, re- fight alga”!St infantile ParalySiS naming the concrete building has set January 14 as the open— ing of the appeal for funds in this community, carrying thru January 31. Assisting Chairman Deer in con- ducting the campaign in Shelton and Mason County will be Flem- ing Byars, director of the drive inside Shelton; the Active Club, which will have charge of placing the coin boxes throughout the county; Mrs. W. F. McCann, chairman of the women’s commit- ‘ tee; J. W. Goodpaster, director of the appeal in rural schools; R. L. Hudson, director of the appeal in Shelton schools; and Hal Ol- stead, to whom all mailed contri- butions should be addressed, at 123 Railroad Ave., Shelton. “Everyone has come to know that the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis is a necessary and invaluable force in our na-. tional life,” Chairman Deer com- mented. “We know how effective it has been in epidemics of polio, providing medical care and treat- ment for poliomyelitius patients, regardless of age, race, creed or color. ; “We realize that much of the i knowledge of the, disease and its ‘trcatment results from scientific research made possible by the INational Foundation. I am sure ,that everyone will contribute "more generously this year than ever before.” As in former years, Chairman Deer said, one-half of all the mon- ey collected in the county will remain here to finance the hos- pitalization, care and treatment of local sufferers. The other half goes to headquarters of the Na- tional Foundation and is used for continuing research, education and emergency aid in epidemics thru- out the nation. l Mrs. Maxine Roberts Monson of Junior High Parents Night Is Wednesday Parents night will be held at Shelton Junior High School nextI at Bruce its fishing. and hunting Wednesday evening, Jan. 16, eight o‘clock, Principal Schwarck announces. . Entertainment, refreshments, short business meeting, portunity for parents to their neighbors and their chil- dren's teachers are offered as in— ducements for attendance, Mr. Scliwarck points out. !. Proof Errors? Blame Them 0n Little Miss Gems If- you spot a typographical error here and there in today’s Journal please bear with our proofreader, Mrs. Betty Dudley, this once. Mrs. Dudley has been a bit heavy—eyed this week because she lost a lot of sleep attend- ing her sister, Mrs. George B. Gems, while five—pound, nine— ouiice Gerrie Gcms was making her entry into this world at Shelton Hospital early Monday morning. Little Miss Gems and A i i ‘ lendidly _..——~‘ a Masonic Lodge and and an op— meet children, Charles, pro— duction plant which has been known for many years as Shelton Concrete Products to its present title as Mason Materials Company under the management of How- ard Moyer. Mr. Moyer received his honor- able discharge from the . S. Navy last July after 22 in nths .service at the Shelton Naval Auxiliary Air Station, where he served as chief of transportation and held the rating_of chief ma- chinists mate. He had been in the :Navy for 15 years. ' A native of New Bedford, Mass, Mr. Moyer found Shelton so at‘ tractive that upon his discharge decided to stay and joined the, Shelton Concrete plant, purchas- ing a home at. Mason and Dear- born streets on Hillcrest for his l l l HOWARD MOYER Manages Mason Materials Co. family. Mrs. Moyer has been very active in Girl Scouts, having a Brownie troop since coming to Shelton, while Mr. Meyer was drawn to Shelton a great deal by attrac- is a member of the of the Ameri- can Legion. The Moyers have two 4, and Gail, 8. Along with the change in name and management has come reno- vation of the plant's facilities and machinery which has increased its productive capacity and enables the Mason Materials Company to provide more ' concrete building materials for local building needs than formerly. The firm also fea- tures a. well-known home insula— tion material trademarked Kim- sul and is now introducing in this community two new building lines, the A. C. Horn Company water and damp proofing pro- ducts, and the Medusa paint. and paste lines. The plant is located at Seventh and Park streets, just off the Sev- enth Street bridge crossing Golds- borough Creek. MR. AND MRS. SMITH ILL Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Smith are both confined to their home on account of illness. EABY GIRL Mr. and Mrs. Chester Singleton have a baby girl born January at the Shelton Hospital. DAUGHTER BORN A baby daughter arrived Jan— uary 6 for Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bergeson at the Shelton Hospital. tions. He JG IN THE MARC E 6c PER COPY; $2.50 PER YEAR Bottle Shortage Threatening To Close Creamery Unless milk bottles are .re- turned io the Mason County Creamery plant in sizeable q u a n t i t i e 5 immediately the plant will not be able to serve its milk customers in another 36 hours, repd'rts Manager Emil Laiihcr in sounding an emer- gency appeal for the return of bottles quickly. “It’s not a. case of milk short- age at all, it’s just Such a ser- ious shortage of bottles that We are operating at only 40 per cent capacity now,” he explain- ed. The creamery has had an order for 5,000 paper bottles placed for three months but won’t be able to get them for another month yet, Manager Lauber pointed out further, so no relief can be expected from that source, “We must have those glass bottles which have been piling up on back porches and in base- ments immediately,” he urged. Fire Losses In 1945 Far Under Mark The red demon of fire visited Shelton with less success during 1945 than he did the year before and cost each resident of the com- munity the unusually low sum of $1.27 for the twelve months, rec- ords compiled by City Fire Chief T. E. Deer reveal. A total loss by fire of $5,622.86 was entered on the records for the year, of which $4,061.36 was on buildings and $1,561.50 on con- tents of buildings damaged by the 90 fires to which the city volun-; teer fire department Chief Deer explained. ures out to a per capita fire loss of $1.27,‘he said. Of the 90 alarms answered by the fire department, not a one was a false alarm. Six were special alarms, 23 were siren alarms, 61 telephone alarms. Chimney fires .were the most prolific, 21 being entered in that category. Forty- three fires caused an estimateblyl loss to the property involved, 39 did not. Thirteen alarms outside‘ the city limits were answered by the department but loss figures given in Chief Deer’s report do not include these outside fires, he said. Also coming within the scope of the fire chief‘s report were figures on fire and building permits granted for the year, of which 306 were fire permits and 48 building permits totalling an estimated $309,600 in construction. The big- gest part of this figure was for the huge waste disposal stack erected on Hillcrest by Rayonier, Chief Deer explained. First Fatality Occurs On N. P. Bremerton Spur George Erickson, 35, brakeman, was fatally injured Monday eve- ing in what was believed a fall from a freight car near Gangor, on the Shelton-Bangor railroad. The accident, the first fatality in the nine months the Navy rail- road has been in operation, oc- curred at the Naval Ammunition depot junction. Erickson is survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters. They live on Rt. 1, Box 248, Poulsbo. A native of Norway, Erickson had served in the US. army. In recent years he has been a paint- er at the naval torpedo station at Keyport, a sawmill worker at Sis- ters, Ore, a baker at Lewiston, Ida, and a laborer employed by a contracting firm at Bangor. He had been employed by the responded, v That fig-' lP.U.o. Plans l80 Miles of New Lines Plans for the electrification of approximately 80 additional miles and service to 159 new families have been completed by Mason County P.U.D. No. 3, and repre- sentatives of the widely known .consulting engineer firm of R. \V. Beck and associates were ill Shelton this week to study the program for financial circles who propose to purchase bonds. The extension of P.U.D. lines will cost an estimated $92,200. The proposed development in- cludes Harstine Island, $30,000; Cloquallum, $22,000; Satsop, $16,- 900; John‘s Prairie, $10,400; Ma- son Lake, $11,700 and Walker Landing, $5,200. Approval of the financial pro- gram, expected by Manager Claude Danielson as a result of l the engineers’ visit. this week, will ,make possible an early start of l the. work, but a shortage of trans— formers and insulators may delay lfinal completion of the. program until Fall. New customers who are to be connected by the extension will be required to accept a minimum monthly rate of approximately $4.50 a month to insure sustained revenue for the extension, Mr. Danielson stated, with any addi- tional use of power being paid for by the customer. It was point— ed out that the average user of electrical power will exceed the minimum charge, if a few of the modern appliances are used. The minimum rate shall remain in force until such time as the reve- nue justifies a reduction. Residents of Harstine Island, seeking a means of assisting P. U.D. commissioners in getting electric energy to their area, held a mass meeting, sponsored by the Harstine Grange last Friday night.‘ Leroy Fessler was named ‘chairman and Mrs. Jessie Siin~ mons secretary of the meeting. A , committee of seven members and lincluding Eric Christianson, Mr. Sinclair, Leroy Fessler, Gordon ,Simmons, John Johnson, Oscar lJacobson and Paul Smith was Inamed, after much discussion on ,ways and means of bringing the ‘matter to the attention of the P.U.D. commissioners. The group will meet at the home of Hugo Glaser for a further discussion of their proposed activities. John Ryan, former acting pro- secuting attorhey, volunteered to assist the group in their legal problems and told of Congress- ,man Charles Savage’s interest in Harstine Island pOWer ambi- ion. 'C of C Officers, Committees Step Into Jobs Tonight New officers of the Shelton Chamber of Commerce take up their duties for 1946 and new committee appointments for the year will be announced by the new president, S. B. Anderson, at the January meeting of the body tonight to- be held in the Shelton Hotel Coffee Shop at 6:30 p. m. Tonight’s session is one or the more important of the year and President Anderson urges all members to be on hand to get the business of 1946 started on the right foot. with vigor and de-' termination. HOODSPORT COMMERCIAL CLUB SEATS OFFICERS Hoodsport, Jan. S—Ernest Worl was installed as the new president of the Hoodsport Commercial Club at its first 1946 meeting last night. Mrs. Alma Hill remained as secretary and Mrs. Gladys Lockwood was elected to succeed Will Lunt, who resigned as treas- urer. A thought-provoking talk on safety patrols and other methods of school safety for traffic prob- lems was given by Mr. Williamson of the Washington State Patrol. l l government as a brakeman since Hosts for the evening were Emery April 30, 1945. Winters and William Gilbert. V. F. W. Initiates 6 Full Ceremony He 6 New—Members At re Saturday Night Exceeding the most optimistic were initiated at Saturday‘s pro- estimates of its own officers, Ma- son County V.F.W. Post No-1694 welcomed 60 new members into. gram were among the following list: H. G. Adams, R. A. Allen, A. “5 f0” Saturday evening When'J. Andersen c. H. Bacon J. L. the first full V. .W. initiation cer- emonies to be eld here in many years were conducted by a degree team from Wild West V.F.W. Post No. 91 of Tacoma, assisted by a drum and bugle corps represent-l ing the same post. The program was held in Odd Fellows hall and the class of in- itiates was so large that there was insufficient room to march the group of recruits properly for r'~ officers had the initlr Bailey, W. G. Besch, V. C. Bevis. 1 F. G. Brazeau, E. N. Christensen. 1W. B. Cole, F. L. Chriscaden, D. (N. Daniels, J. W. Daniels, R. L. Deffinbaugh, B. F. Dickinson, C. R. Dodge, L. F. Elson, Eugene .Elson, Bertrand Ellis, R. H. Fer- rier, C. A. Ford. R. D. Gardner, L. F. Godwin, F. H. Gibler, L. F. Harper, L. H. Heitstuman, L. B. Hunter, R. F. Hall, C. R. Holman, E. S. Jacob~