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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
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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
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0f the final quarter of 1945, the
Shelton postoifice still hung up;
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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_
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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~