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'ROUND THE
Walter O. Eckert
Thursday, Jan. 21
Lotary Club luncheon, noon,
Tree Cafe.
rs Club, 6:45 a.m.,
Restaurant.
Tops, 7 p.m., court
annex
Commission meeting, 8
court house.
Canal Woman's Club,
a.m., Potlatch clubhouse.
Nimrod Club, 8 p.m.,
Dies At 93 Years
[ason County Democrat
8 p.m., PUD auditorium.
[ulti-service Center board
7:30 p.m., at the center.
Town Rounders,
hall.
'elcome Chapter past
noon sack luncheon,
Jan. 22
of Commerce board
ring, 7:30 a.m., Timbers
Rebekah Lodge, 8 p.m.,
Hall.
County Senior Citizens
potluck dinner,
e Center.
license examiner, 10
5 p.m., court house
Jan. 23
arne Night, 8 p.m., Eagles
rt hall.
lilver Stars Trail ride, noon,
Benson ranch, Mason Lake.
Sashayers, 8:30 p.m.,
Jan. 24
3n churches invite you
the church of your
Jan. 25
No. 3 commission
1 p.m., PUD conference
commission meeting,
court house.
ihelton Bridge Club, 7:15
~, PUD auditorium.
;oodwill truck in town.
7 for pickups.
t's About Time Tops, 7:30
County Health Office.
~ay, Jan. 26
'Jwanis Club luncheon, noon,
ers Restaurant.
Commission meeting, 8
city hall.
Lodge, 8 p.m., airport
of Honor, 8 p.m.,
Hall.
8 p.m., airport hall.
County Credit Women,
a.m., Timbers Restaurant.
Jan. 27
aent.
license examiner, 10
5 p.m., court house
Town Tops, 7 p.m.,
Center.
[ason County Hospital
Jct Commission, 10 a.m.,
house.
Walter Eckert
Ninety-three-year-01d Walter
O. Eckert, a resident of
Grapeview since 1890, died
Saturday in the Fir Lane Terrace
Convalescent Center.
From 1911 to 1947, Mr.
Eckert was postmaster in
Grapeview, where he was also a
volunteer weather observer for 64
years. He was a member and a
past president of the Shelton
Kiwanis club, holding a perfect
attendance record of 45 years.
For more than 40 years he
served as a board member of the
Peninsula Light Co. of Gig Harbor
which served the north-east
portion of Mason County for
many years. He was past president
of the Western Washington
Horticultural Association and a
member of the Shelton-Mason
County Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Eckert was very active in
the field of music, being one of
the founders and a former board
member of the Mason County
Community Concert Association.
Years ago he directed choirs in
the Vaughn Community Church
and in the Shelton Methodist
Church. He later sang in the choir
of St. David's Episcopal Church.
He was born Sept. 4, 1877 in
Auburn, N.Y. and is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Augusta Eckert 6f
Shelton; a daughter, Mrs. Anne
Eacrett of Grapeview; two
grandsons, Robert Eacrett of Oak
Harbor, Wa. and Kenneth Eacrett
of Corona, Cal.; seven
great-grandchildren; and a sister,
Mrs. Ruth Howard, Tacoma.
The Ray. Horace Mounts
officiated at a service held at 2
p.m. Wednesday in the Batstone
Funeral Home. Burial was in
Shelton Memorial Park.
In lieu of flowers the family
desires donations to the Kiwanis
Boys and Girls Committee or to
the Sarah Eckert Orthopedic
Guild of Grapeview.
Jan. 28
Club luncheon, noon,
Cafe.
Club, 6:45 a.m.,
Restaurant.
Tops, 7 p.m., court
annex.
den Age Club, 6 p.m.,
Hall.
Scholarship
J. Ervin, daughter of
Edna Ervin, Shelton, has
awarded a $300 Ernest O.
and scholarship at
State University for
1970-71 school year. Miss
a freshman at WSU, resides
Hall.
Senior Citizens
Set Meeting
The Mason County Senior
Council will have as their guest a
group of Senior Citizens from
Tenino when they meet at noon
for their regular fourth Friday
Potluck lunch Jan. 22. aL the
Multi-Service Center in Shelton.
Classes have just started at
Shelton Evening School and there
is still time to sign up by those
interested in attending. For
information on what classes are
available or financial helpcall
Multi-Service Center 426-2568 or
426-2571.
We have many
tools now on
hand for your
rental convenience.
Tools such as a . . .
3" Belt Sander -- Vibrator Sander -- Kerosene
Heater with Blower -- 6" Skill Saw -- 10"
Skill Saw -- Hand Saws -- Saber Saw --
Cement Tools -- Gas Cement Finisher -- V4"
Drill -- 1/2,, Drill,
CALL US TODAY!
We Are Proud To Announce
the addition of Fireplace
Glass Doors and Screens.=
Open 8 - 5:30 Monday thru Saturday
Mike Byrne, Owner
1332 Olympic Hwy. S.
426-4522
Church To Show Another
Moody Science Film
By DORA HEARING
MATLOCK - Matlock
Community Church will have a
Moody Science Film to show to
the public this Sunday night at 7
p.m. Name of film is "Facts of
Faith".
Mrs. Gretchen Matuska and
Stanley Schafer of Satsop were
visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Helin Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Lud Rossmaier
were Sunday dinner guests at the
Gene Rossmaier home at Olympia
to celebrate their son Gene's
birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Cash and
Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Hearing
enjoyed Saturday evening dinner
in Shelton at Ming Tree cafe.
Mr. and Mrs. Lud Rossmaier
were Friday evening dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Wells Mayer.
Later in the evening Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Valley and Leroy Valley
were drop in guests.
The Pinochle club will meet
this Saturday night with Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Townsend host and
hostess.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Walker and
sons David and Ricky weze
Sunday dinner guests of their
folks Mr. and Mrs. Earl Walker.
Skokomish
By MARY VALLEY
SKOKOMISH - The snow
was so inviting Tuesday that the
Savage, Conner
On Committees
State Rap. Paul H. Conner,
D-Sequim has been named
chairman of the sub committee
on Toll Facilities, Water and Air
Transportation of the House
Transportation Committee. This
committee will handle legislation
dealing with the ferry system,
feeder bridges and toll bridges,
airplanes.
Conner is also a member of
the sub-committee on Fisheries of
the Committee on Natural
Resources and Ecology. Conner
has also been appointed
Democratic vice chairman of the
House Committee on Social and
Health Services.
Rap. Charles R. Savage,
D-Shelton has been appointed to
the sub-committee on General
Government and also Education
of the House Appropriations
Committee. This committee deals
with the budgets of Higher
Education, Nuclear Energy,
Highways and Education.
Savage also has been
appointed Democratic chairman
of the House Committee on
Labor and Employment Security.
Valley Vaquero's 4-H club
decided not to let it go to waste.
Everyone was called and 18
gathered at the Jim Hunter's that
night. A bonfire was built, and
then came the snowball fights and
the rides on the sled pulled by the
tractor through the fields.
Afterwards everyone enjoyed
a buffet supper inside around the
fireplace.
Wednesday night the Roy
Yorks and the Jim Hunter
families braved the weather to
drive to the Dick Endicotts at
Cushman for a sledding party.
Everyone enjoyed sliding down
the hill on innertubes and the
fresh doughnuts and cocoa served
afterwards.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hunter
attended a dinner at the
Evergreen Inn in Olympia
Sunday.
Mrs. Leona Vaughn
entertained the Grange Ladies
Club on' Tuesday evening. After a
short business meeting a dessert
was served. The attendance prize
was won by Mary Valley.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Valley
accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Alvin
Hulbert to Olympia Sunday
where they were dinner guests of
Mrs. Ethel Ferris. Others there for
the dinner were Bill Lozier and
Mrs. Minnie Letho.
Jan. 22 is the Skokomish
Grange. The meeting will start
promptly at 8 p.m.
JANUARY
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Centralia Man
Dies Saturday
Pearl F. Gifford
Succumbs Monday
Leonard Sutherland, 86, died
Saturday in a Centralia nursing
home.
He was born in Oklahoma
July 6, 1884, and had been a
resident of Centralia since 1929,
prior to which time he had lived in
the Hanaford Valley and
McCormick.
For 25 years, until his
retirement in 1955, he owned and
operated the Sutherland Fuel Co.
in Centralia. He was a member of
the Church of the Open Bible in
Centralia; a member of the Pe Ell
Masonic Lodge; and he was a past
master of the Oakview Grange.
He is survived by his wife,
Marie, of the home; three sons,
Harold L. of Shelton, Russ E. of
Tacoma, and Jack L. of
Freemont; a brother, Guy, of
Mineral; a sister, Mrs. Katherine
Etter, Seattle; eight
grandchildren ; five
great-grandchildren; and many
nieces and nephews.
Services were held at 1 p.m.
Tuesday in the Centralia Church
of the Open Bible with the Rev.
Verl Sterns officiating. Graveside
services followed in the Mt. View
Cemetery, Centralia, under the
auspices of the Masonic Lodge.
Wool Deadline
Is Announced
Wool growers are reminded
that Feb. 1 is the deadline for
filing for incentive payment on
wool, mohair and unshorn lambs
marketed during 1970, according
to Donald W. Ragan, Chairman of
the Agricultural Conservation and
Stabilization Service.
The incentive price for shorn
wool is 72 cents per pound and
the support price for mohair is
80.2 cents per pound. A payment
for unshorn lambs will reflect the
average weight of wool per
hundred-weight of lambs at the
time of sale.
Sales documents bearing the
original signature of the buyer or
purchasing agency must be
submitted at the time of filing for
the incentive payment.
The place for filing is the
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation (ASCS) Office, 221
Courthouse Annex, Olympia. For
information phone 943-7200,
Ext. 465. In Mason County
contact the ASCS Office in
Kneeland Center on Thursdays at
426-6672.
Pearl F. Gifford, 74, died
Monday in the Fir Lane Terrace
Convalescent Center. She was
born Oct. 24, 1896 in Great Falls,
Mont.
She had been a resident of
Shelton for 35 years, and was a
member of the Shelton Christian
Science Church, the auxiliary of
the Madrona Barracks VFW, and
Shelton Friendship Club. She was
a retired bookkeeper.
She is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Phyllis McGrath
of Seattle and Mrs. Les Speckler
of Juneau, Alaska ; seven
grandchildren; one
great-grandchild; and a sister, Mrs.
H. F. Schaub of Ketchikan,
Alaska.
Following cremation, a
memorial service was conducted
by Mrs. Mar)7 Ninnis at 11 a.m.
Tuesday in Batstone Funeral
Home.
In lieu of flowers donations to
the cancer fund were requested.
Alma B. Fredson
Dies In Olympia
Alma B. Fredson died in
Olympia on January 13. She was
60 years old.
She was born Feb. 19, 1910
in Olympia and had lived in
Shelton all of her life until
moving to Olympia four years
ago. She was employed as
accountant by the State of
Washington. She was a member of
St. Edward's Catholic Church.
Survivors include two
brothers, Paul Clyde of Portland
and Christopher Clyde of
California; and an aunt, Ruby
Crane, of Shelton.
Rosary was recited at 7:30
p.m. Sunday in St. Edward's
Catholic Church and Mass was
said at 10 a.m. Monday with
Father Gabriel officiating and
burial in Shelton Memorial Park.
Through Basic
Navy Airman Apprentice
Jerry D. Hinchcliff, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Dale W. Hinchcliff,
Shelton., was graduated from
recruit training at the Recruit
Training Center, San Diego.
Hinchcliff is a 1970 graduate
of Shelton High School.
• • •
All Pacific Gallery Chairs will be
discounted 10% through the end
of January.
This includes chairs in stock and
those ordered before February
1st, 1971!
N.-.. Shelton
-- 426-3264
Bud Bilderback
Dies In Home
Frank A. White Sr.
Dies In Hospital
Ivan Burl (Bud) Bilderback
died Friday in his home at the age
of 61 years. He was a four year
resident of Shelton and was a
service station operator. He was a
member of the Seventh Day
Adventist Church.
He was born April 19, 1909 in
Iowa, and is survived by his wife
Frances, Shelton; a son, Byron
Bilderback, Creston, Iowa; a
stepson, Staff Sgt. Gary Pitman,
U.S. Army, Viet Nam; a daughter,
Mrs. Ramona Turner, Shelton; a
brother, Marvin Bilderback of
Oakland, Ore.; a sister, Mrs. Lois
Gregory, Auburn, Wa.; nine
grandchildren; and numerous
nieces and nephews.
Pastor Gary Ellis officiated at
a service held at 1 1 a.m.
Wednesday in Batstone Funeral
Home. Burial was in Shelton
Memorial Park.
Mrs. L. G. Frank
Dies In California
Mrs. L. G. Frank, a frequent
Shelton visitor until recently, died
in a California nursing home on
January 17 at the age of 93 years.
She is survived by a son, K.W.
Frank of Shelton; two daughters,
Mrs. M. D. Reynolds, San
Fernando, Calif. and Mrs. Bill
Golden, Northridge, Calif.,
formerly of Shelton ; 6
grandchildren; 5 great-grand-
children; and a sister living in
Griswold, Iowa.
Funeral services were held in
Griswold on Wednesday.
Frank A. White Sr. died in
Harrison Memorial Hospital in
Bremerton on January 13.
He was born Sept. 6, 1898 in
Fillmore, Cal. and had lived in
Allyn for the past 14 years. He
was a former nursing home
operator and a member of the
Christian Church.
He is survived by two sons,
Frank A. White Jr. of Allyn and
Donald White of Covina, Cal.; a
daughter, Mrs. Clara Berndhart,
Covina; nine grandchildren; two
step-sons, Tom Neff of Lacey and
Lucian Neff, Tacoma; and a
step-daughter, Susan Besser,
Tacoma.
A service was held at 1 p.m.
Monday in the Batstone Funeral
Home with the Rev. Wendell
Harder officiating and burial in
the Shelton Memorial Park.
In lieu of flowers it was
suggested that donations be made
to the North Bay Volunteer
Ambulance Fund, P.O. Box 44,
Allyn.
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