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Percy M Pio
6017 S.E. 86th Ave
Portland, Ore
:D YEAR--NO. 4
lntered as second cla3 matter at the Post office at Shelton Wash ngt n.
under Act of March 1879. Pub ]shea weekly at 107 So,lt'h 4th Street.
NATIONAL EDITORIAt
8 Cents per Copy
January 22, 1959
Published in "'Christmastown, U.S.A."
18 Pages ..... 3 Sections
* , * *
wo State Senators Offer
ForLegMation
Important To County Get Backing
State Senators Gordon Sandison, Clallam county, and
Bailey of Pacific county, have agreed to back a bill
pending at Olympia which would increase the valuation
classified Iallds from one to three dollars.
The two senators also told County Commissioner Roy
that they might support a move .to restore' state
board lands to counties if this change would not ad-
effect revenue needed for education.
)unty May
All Siqns
I •
om Prison
Courtty Board of
is now considering
all of their traffi signs
prison at Walla
cerns. of from private
E.COMMISSION received a
' MOnday from ' the prison
SOme of the prices for
made at the institution and
feels that there is a
.that the county could
amount of
olJz dealt with the pris-
Frank Port,.
to make a study
prices for various
order to see if it.
for the county
the prison.
commission also gave their
lay for the salaries to be
and Mrs. Andy Harris)
now jsiler and matron lri
f the new kitchen in the
The salary for the
400 a month plus board
Problem of missing cpunty
same up at the board's
and it was de,
check on courk-
pumps was necear.
are to be' kept
will ,begin
y on the
installed in the Har-
Spring. While it in drydock
of Seattle people who
in building homes
inlet area ap-
commission con-
re-routing of the coun-
to provide better
fa'ontage.
BUSY IN OLYMPIA--Representative Roy Rit-
her is shown here at his seat on the floor of the
House at the state capitol. Ritner was appointed
, vice chairman of the insurance committee as well
as a member on the committee on fisheries,
liquor control, social security and public assist-
ance and the ways and means subcommittee on
revenue and taxation. The House has been busy
getting many routine matters settled before
County officials have been
working for some time to have
state forest board lands returned
to the county and also to have
the county lands under classifica-
tion raised in valuation in order to
secure badly needed revenue for
the operation of local government.
THE TWO bills have the back-
ing of the Washington State As-
sociation of County Commissioners
since state forest board lands are
located all over the state.
County CmmiMi0ner Roy Mit-
chell and :County Superintendent
of Schools Bill Ooodpaer met
Tuesday in Olympia with the State
Superintendent of Educatidn Lloyd
Andrews. The schools received a
share of the timber sales of the
state forest board lands and this is
of greatconcern to Andrews.
The county officials tried to
show him+ that the return of the
state forest board ,lands to local
jurisdiction would not hurt the
schools but would help them.
THE PROPOSED bill provides
that if 25 petitloners could show
the State Tax Commission that
the state lands could be put to
more effective economic use under
county management the land
would revert to the county. At
the present time the lands are
Under the mlpervision of the State
Department of Natural Resources
headed by Land Commissioner
Bert C01e.
The land clasific:ation bill which
proposes an increase in valuation
of classified lands would also help
raise, needed ravenue.
THERE ARE about 30,000 acres
of state £ol'es board lad in Maso
cottaty an ttivaue hg been es-
retained at about $1,00;000. If
the county coukL get the land back
they would sell it in parcels to
private bidders which would pro-
vide an lmmed(ate sourc of funds
besides getting it back on the gen-
eral tax rolls. Most of the state
land here is site 5, 6 and 7, which
is suitable for the growing of
Christmas trees.
County officials feel that the
state has not done a proper job
of administration on this land
since they are more concerned
with state lands on which saw log
timber is grown.
t
r v Building Code
READING COMICS IN SPANISH IS FUN TOO
Terry Buckley and Cliff Anderson are shown
here reading a Mexican newspaper and comic
book. These boys are among the 67 students at
$ ,
tackling the aJor problems facing state govern-
ment. PaulConner who sits next to Ritner in
the House and who is also a Representative from
the 24th legislative district was appointed vice
chairman of the public utilities committee and a
member of the committees on highways, fisher-
ies, education and constitution, elections and ap-
portionment. (Journal photo, Ziegler print.)
00oposed For Shelton
meeting will be
8 p.m. in the
explain the
a city ouilding code in
to improve the appearance of the
city in general.
SAWYER' FEELS that Shelton
has reached the point k growth
Southslde school who are receiving instruct)on
in Spanish. ClasSes are being taughtonc¢ a week
to boys and girls from the fourth to seventh
grades. (Journal photo, Zieglcr print.)
LA MAESTRA DICE LOS NINO$ APRENDEN
LA LENGUA DE ESPANOL A ESTA ESCUELA
E
IBERS, carpentem
unions will be
meeting as well
business con-
favor
of a build-
to Dave Sawyer, bus-
of the carpenters
local 1800 the Boone
I Sperry and
which deraandB that a building
code be put into effect in order to
avoid g alum problem at a later
date.
Union officials also feel that a
city building code would protect
home buyers against faulty work
and would increase real estate val-
ues in the city.
MAYOR EARL Moore and Com-
mbsioner W. F. McCann have
adopted a wait and ace attitude
and the on this subject and both city of-
of - .mpany aro lflcials want to see what the rec-
8a, °,uil din[[ L cod. e. t ommendations ,on a building code
,o nat Martlen I will be when the comprehensive
z tile City Plan- I alan is completed. The city has
Fire Chief T. D. ] ired the services of Harian Nel-
of the [ son and auoelate of Portland to
PUrDos .. __ __' Were favorable to the idea. make a comprehensive plan for
are Ch°;tte °at' °r qiUny'tCv'::eitlYDmlam"g the city. The work on the plan
18 now in progress. The county
in Ith and safety fea, bas also employed the firm to do
the same job for them.
construction as well The city wants to study the pro-
existing homes and
Students at the Southside school,
from the 4th to 7th grades, are
now receiving experimental in-
struct.ion in Spanish under the'di-
rection of their teacher, Helen
Greenwalt.
THE SPANISH course consists
of 45 minutes of class once a week
for 36 weeks. Emphasis is placed i
on vocabulary and pronounciation.
Mrs. Greenwalt has felt for
sometime that children can learn
a foreign language caster at an
early age since they are more re-
ceptive to new ideas. She feels
that the third and fourth grades
are two of the most important
years of a stndent's learning be-
cause it is at this time that he Is
experiencing his greatest mental
growth.
The course ia taught from a
Spanish primary book written es-
pecially for children by two teach-
(Coat/nued on page G) ers in the Seattle public sehoot
BLADEs OF YESTERY
ape EAR
member - Shown
lad their s of the Agate Grange in 1912
Ploture taken after serving a
banquet at the Grange hall. Those in the
l'll I°...'ht,.a. re Chester Rosenberg,
'" "-* uanllub Glifford Ilankl and
Milton lanburn. From left to right in the back
are Bert Hurst, George Wiss, Roy Daniels, Bill
Sayers, Frank Wiss, Lantz Wlss, Alfred Linton
and Arthur Anderson. This photo was made
available to the Journal by I, aat Wi
system and Professor Carlos Prado
of the University of Washington
Spanish department.
THE TEXT entitled "Rosita y
Panchito" tells of the life of a
Mexican boy and girl and is color-
fully illustrated with pictures
showing life in Mexico. Mexican
comic books and newspapers are
also available to the students as
well as a record player similar to
the kind the army used to teach
soldiers foreign languages.
As each chapter in the book is
completed, a book made by the
students similar to "Rosita y Pan-
chito" is passed around to the
class.
Mrs. Greenwalt feels that there
are several advantages in starting
children learning a new language
at an early age. She said, "It
makes the children realize that the
Shel}on Boy
Admits Theft
The Sh,qton I'olice D(,partment,
has a signed confession from a 15-
year-ohl Shelton boy who has ad-
mitted breaking into tim ,hmior
High School and the Evergreen
scil()¢)l two weeks ago Sai.tzrday.
Police say that the boy gave no
apparent z'ea.on for breaking into
tim schools, taking about $10 in
eha,)g( and c;msing damage (,sti-
maLed at $60.
This is the second time film boy
has been revolved in this type of
at'tivily nnd a charge of burghtry
has heon filed against him Jn juvc-
)li h" (;()lll't.
P, csides SllllI,NlliIlg' s('v(,ral ([}oI'S
alul wind()ws and taking nmncy he
;rise (.'.hllnged his El'a('l8 in a
t,mcll(,l", gl';Ide b()ok. Tim police
traced tim valldalih)n to ilhll from
a r'c, ord of the sttldents ill tile
igrade book.
[ he boy coukl (4ther be sent to a
[ refol'lT1 school or placed (in proba-
]tion. At the present time he is in
I the cuatoay o hm paraata.
people of the world are all the
same regardless of what language
they speak. Most people who are
educated in Europe can speak sev-
eral languages. However, Ameri-
cans seldom try to learn the lang-
uage of another country. I thmR
America's prestige abroad would
be greatly improved if more Amer-
iqans tried to speak the language
of the country in which t.he were
visiting."
The parents of the students have
shown an interest in the course
which is taught as an additional
subject from the rest of the rcg-
tllar courses.
SOUTH$1OE IS one of the few
schools in the state with this type
of a program although foreign
languages have been taught to
grade students on an experimental
basis in several sections of the
nation in recent years.
The teacher feels the Spanisi
course is both cultural broadening,,
and fun h)r the children.
The head on this story written
in Spanish means Tle. teacher
says the c.hiidren i'l'e learlling tile
•others March
Next Thursday
"Th,' Mothers March on l',)lio"
will take place on the evening el"
January 29 when women fl'oli1 ;Ill
liver Mlt.son county will go htillS('-
io-ilOll:4t; to e(illc(:t ftlnds fllr till}
drive.
The Sl)Ollsorshi p r)f the solieita.-
tions is llnder i.he dil'ectt()n of the
Zonta ('hlh ;illd tiny 'onlen in the
eolllily who woliht like to help
r)lll. Ill'(, ;i'died to (ontact liliit tll'-
.;ailiz;lli)n, Alma {.'Itl.{o is t)r,si-
(h'ni of the g)',lql.
All those wire wiv, h t() c, mtrili-
Ille lx) tile drivP ;11'( asked ll) i('ave
their ])(ircll lights on so tbc vol-
llnte(,rs will know the h()mes, il'l-
terested in helping this worthy
callse.
Funds for the. 1959 drive will bc
nsed for research for arthritis and
birth dfect as well 8xt polio.
(it y Sewer Rates Due Big Jump i;
Soon To Raise MoneYo Foroo.00.00, Repairs
The City of Shelton plans to increase sewer rates here
Teenage Thefts
Now Under
as soon as possible in order to raise the necessary revenue
to make repairs on existing lines and to pay off a 20-year i
bond the city floated in 1950 to finance the sewage dis-i
posal plant.
Mayor Earl Moore will issue a formal statement next
Investigati-n? Tuesday night at the City Hall giving the facts and figures
to support the city's stand on this matter.
The present cost is $1.25 a, [--
Tie Shelton police department month and according to sources]
is hu.4y with an investigation of a in city hall the jump in rates will [ Iill =I @ It
gl'oup of boys fr,)m 13 t() 17 years probably double altlough no spec- I ]00=th Italic
of age who have been stealing ific figure has been set to date/ qlUltll ¢llllg)
sw<,aters and other articles from MAYOR MOORE has Instructed ,, Ill i,,
stores in Sheiton and Olympia for City Attorney Hatten to draw up |A/--II IS' ......
the last several months." ,in ordinance providing for a raise II t:ll RHOWII
POLICE CHIEF Paul Hinton in rates immediately.
now i,as signed statements from The ciI;y has three sewers that il-00mman Here
15 boys here who have admitted are tn bad shape and it will cost
t<nl)wledge of the thefts, between $30,000 to $40,000 to do
The police think this is the the work necessary to put them
work of separate groups of boys back in first class condition. The
rather than sn organized gang', city gave consider, alien--for a bond
The number of garments stolen is issue to secure the money for the
large and run in value from $8.95 repairs but decided against this
to $19.95. A few topcoats also idea because of the interest
have been taken from the stores, charges involved.
According to police, the older The $1.25 fee currently being
boys get the younger ones to do paid here for sewer service only
the stealing' and later trade or provides for the liquidation of the
sell the clothes to each other, bond snd does not leave any extra
Police think this is a temporary funds for the maintenance of the
fad among high school students sewer lines. This has created a
and expect to have the problem problem since money for sewer
corrected soon. repairs must come out of genera]
"SOME OF them are really government which is already bad-
sweating it out now," said Chief ly squeezed due to the smaller city
Hinton. This activity has been budget this year. The city wants
going on here for some time but the sewer system to be economic-
hHs become particularly notice- ally independent and self-support-
able in the°last two months, tng. Most cities operate their
sewer systems independently of
The boys tell their parents that other governmental agencies.
they have borrowed the clothes
from friends when asked how they THE RECENT heavy rains have
aequiz'ed then]. Many sweaters caused some storm sewers to back
have been sold for a dollar or two up because they have been unable
for a dollar to other students, to handle the water traffic.
THE CITY commission also de-
cided Tuesday to review all cases
North Shore o, delinquent L.I.D. blinds. Ac-
cording to law an L.I.D. becomes
delinquent when two payments
Club Ask Boat arc past due at the end of the
year. Moore said, "We don't want
to hurt anybody who has had bad
luck and is up against it but there
N D i"um'er'ng Law some people who won't pay
unless they are forced to." The
law calls for a 54 interest penalty
on L.I.D. payments in arrears.
The North Shore Community The commission also paed a
Chzh notified the Mason County resolution concerning the pay
Board of Comnissioners this week scales for city employees ss well
tba.t they are in favor of an ordin- as wmatlon pay and holiday pay.
one(. which would require the The Pacific States Castiron
numbering of all power boats in Pipe Company was awarded a bid
tie counly, for about $5000 to supply pipe to
AT THE present time there is the city.
a proposed law in Olympia which THE COMMISSION alao con-
would require that operators of sidered passing a resolution pre-
heats must have driver's licenses venting the city fire department
an(i that boys and girls too young from going outside of the city
for licenses must be accompanied limits when answering fire catls.
by adults when operating power Chief Deer advised the commiss-
boats. The proposed state law loners that the city is leaving lto
also has a speed limit of 8 MPH self wide open for a damage stli'
for boats when operated by per- if they answer a sail .outside of:
sons under 18 years of age. the city should a fire break mlt
The commissioners feel that in town. The city has a legal re-
some type of boat identification is sponsibility to provide fire pro-
necessary i£ there ia to be any tection within the city limits.
actual erlforcement of the law.
The proposed state law does not
,,,r ,0o.,,,,. 50t00 BirtMay
caiion.
THE COMMISSIONERS tried
to have a boat identification ord-Ce/ebration
inance passed here some time ago
but could not get nnanimous
agreement which is necessa:ry for Due Saturday .....
a law enforcement ordinance.
However, they still have. hopes of
passing one here in tile near fu- A jam packed house ts expectcd
tu]'e, at the Agate Grange this Satur-
The plan suggested by the coun- day night when they will celebrate
ty would require that all power their golden 50th anniversary. , ..... ,
boats be numbered in the same A. Lars Nelson, State Grange NOW IS THE TIME TO
manner as autos are now licensed, master, will be the honored speak-
er of the evening for the event a NEW
unMln
USED
59 Fair
F orful Grange programs ever to be
presented in Mason county, sNOW TIRES
According to Master Clive Troy
People Picked there will be dancing and refresh.
ments as well as a historical pro. By B. F. Goodrich
gram depicting the outstanding at
events of the Grange in the last
The Mason County Board of 50 years. 0 K RUBBER
Commissioners gave their approv- This is an ()pen meeting and the S I
al Monday for a committee to general public is invited. Many WELDERS
head the Mason County Fair leading personalities from all
Board for 1959. walks of life in the county have MT. VIEW
been asked to the celebration.
THOSE APPOINTED w e r e
George Wagener, Chamber of .......
Commele; C. W. Streckenbach
County Commissioners; Mrs. Ben
Drske. ,oberi. Whit,nsrsh and i,,,ON00 ,.,NO BA(0N 45&
o,,,eV=V. LICED
ers Counctll Mrs. Carl Emsley,
Mrs. Marttn Ausetb and Clive
Troy, Pomona Grange; Mrs. Clif-
ford Combs, Mrs. Llld Rossmaier
and Mrs. Blain Bunce, Home Ec-
onomies Chlbs. SMOKED
Plans arc now mldcrway i;or the BOSTON BUTTS lb. 55 =
establishment of a cidl service
commission which was made nec- • I •
essary here after the passage of LEAN MEATY
Initiative 23 which placed sher-
iff'STHEdep,,tie,COMMiSSioNunde,, ciVilalsoServiCe.agreed SPARE RIBS lb. 49:
to write a letter H. DeWayne Krie- • • • •
ger informing him thal Harlan iAIJiA(Ii'IOLLS 39
Nelson and Associales are work-
ing (ill a. comprehensive' p]an for
Ma,,)n couuty and are empowered • :
to represent the county in deal- • • •
ings with the stale. FRESH LEAN
PORK SAUSAGE lb 39 =
gert of the county highway de-
partment was also approved by • • • •
the commissioners at the request FRESH SLICED
)f eomt,y engineer, Frank Porter.
SIDE PORK Ib 59'
X.Ray Unit to Be in o. -O,N " " " " " •
Skokomish Monday PORK CHOPS Ib 59 =
As a public service the Wash- I'
ingion State I)epsrtment of Health • • • •
will stati()n a niobile X-ray nliit
at the ltwer Sk(llo)nlish S(.hcll)] EXTRA SMALL HOOD CANAL
' " "" u, 79,
(]' I Y'' ()]" ''' ']' (] (' " V *' ]' ] (" ] ] <' ()f '] h Fresh "ys-ers
iie;i "hv residents. Tbl, unit will hr,
nlaking a spot i'hl,(!k (ll' the Hood • t
(?anal area, It. was l:eported, Illid [
tilni, silniltlr tests arc beirig made
Lhroughcnit thc stnlc.
o, WESTERN MEAT CO
being made through the Lower
Skokonlish school children arid i
re:idents of the area by the Mason
County Department of Health and 411 R A I L R OA 0 • H A 6.6243
tha local TB Aoction.
Capitol Hill in particular and
Mason county in general lost one
of ts most
loved and col-.
orful residents
with the death
Monday of
Preston E.
(Pres) Arm-
strong, 65, tnl
the Clini
Hospital.
HE HAD
dyed all but
dight years of
rr *,'i,,i,v,,V his life in this
community, working as a Simlmon
Logging Company boomman for
,2 years until his retirement last'
summer.
He was well known in numer-
ous ways throughout the commun-
ity, not only as the patriarch o£
the boommcn of the local water-
front but as a sportsman and
story-teller and as the father of
two of the finest athletes ever tel
wear Shelton high school uniforms,
Buck and Stan, who earned wide
renown in football as a highly
successful passing combination in
the late 1930s ana as heavy-llitting
outfielders in baseball.
Besides these two sons, he is
survived by his wife, Ida, a third
son, Paul, all living in Shelton;
two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Getty
of Pacific City, Wash., and Mrs,
John Wahl of F4aumclaw; an4
eight grandchildren.
LAST RITES for Mr. Arm-
sting will be held Friday at 11:0Q
a.m. from Witsiers with the Rev.
E. C. Knautz, Baptist pastor, in
chai'e. Interment will be in
Shelton Memorial Park.
Pall bearers will be leer Bans-
ford, LoUis Pratt, Donn Nelson,
Richard Glase, Charles Daugher
ty, and Herb Bowman. Honorary
pall bearers are Pat Burk(,. Perry
ll.ker. Fled Elson, John Gibbs,
Paul Fredson0 Joe Hill, Babe. Mun-.
lob, and Clyde Saeger.
Mr. Armstrong was born July
2, 1893. in Idi, Calif., moved witi
his family to Hoquiam when six
years old and to Shelton two years
later.
HUNTING, FISHING, trapping
and other activities of the woodi
and waters of Mason county
formed his favorite recreatiomi
and he was revered by the young-
terw of hls Cupit Hill nellghboI%
hood, where he spent most of. his
residence in Shelton, for his pen-
chant for story-telling.
He was a member of Olympia
Local 131, Boommen and Raft(.r
Percy M Pio
6017 S.E. 86th Ave
Portland, Ore
:D YEAR--NO. 4
lntered as second cla3 matter at the Post office at Shelton Wash ngt n.
under Act of March 1879. Pub ]shea weekly at 107 So,lt'h 4th Street.
NATIONAL EDITORIAt
8 Cents per Copy
January 22, 1959
Published in "'Christmastown, U.S.A."
18 Pages ..... 3 Sections
* , * *
wo State Senators Offer
ForLegMation
Im,portant To County Get Backing
State Senators Gordon Sandison, Clallam county, and
Bailey of Pacific county, have agreed to back a bill
pending at Olympia which would increase the valuation
classified Iallds from one to three dollars.
The two senators also told County Commissioner Roy
that they might support a move .to restore' state
board lands to counties if this change would not ad-
effect revenue needed for education.
)unty May
All Siqns
I •
om Prison
Courtty Board of
is now considering
all of their traffi signs
prison at Walla
cerns. of from private
E.COMMISSION received a
' MOnday from ' the prison
SOme of the prices for
made at the institution and
feels that there is a
.that the county could
amount of
olJz dealt with the pris-
Frank Port,.
to make a study
prices for various
order to see if it.
for the county
the prison.
commission also gave their
lay for the salaries to be
and Mrs. Andy Harris)
now jsiler and matron lri
f the new kitchen in the
The salary for the
400 a month plus board
Problem of missing cpunty
same up at the board's
and it was de,
check on courk-
pumps was necear.
are to be' kept
will ,begin
y on the
installed in the Har-
Spring. While it in drydock
of Seattle people who
in building homes
inlet area ap-
commission con-
re-routing of the coun-
to provide better
fa'ontage.
BUSY IN OLYMPIA--Representative Roy Rit-
net is shown here at his seat on the floor of the
House at the state capitol. Ritner was appointed
, vice chairman of the insurance committee as well
as a member on the committee on fisheries,
liquor control, social security and public assist-
ance and the ways and means subcommittee on
revenue and taxation. The House has been busy
getting many routine matters settled before
County officials have been
working for some time to have
state forest board lands returned
to the county and also to have
the county lands under classifica-
tion raised in valuation in order to
secure badly needed revenue for
the operation of local government.
THE TWO bills have the back-
ing of the Washington State As-
sociation of County Commissioners
since state forest board lands are
located all over the state.
County CmmiMi0ner Roy Mit-
chell and :County Superintendent
of Schools Bill Ooodpaer met
Tuesday in Olympia with the State
Superintendent of Educatidn Lloyd
Andrews. The schools received a
share of the timber sales of the
state forest board lands and this is
of greatconcern to Andrews.
The county officials tried to
show him+ that the return of the
state forest board ,lands to local
jurisdiction would not hurt the
schools but would help them.
THE PROPOSED bill provides
that if 25 petitloners could show
the State Tax Commissiz)n that
the state lands could be put to
more effective economic use under
county management the land
would revert to the county. At
the present time the lands are
Under the mlpervision of the State
Department of Natural Resources
headed by Land Commissioner
Bert C01e.
The land clasific:ation bill which
proposes an increase in valuation
of classified lands would also help
raise, needed ravenue.
THERE ARE about 30,000 acres
of state £ol'es board lad in Maso
county an ttivaue hg been es-
retained at about $1,00;000. If
the county coukL get the land back
they would sell it in parcels to
private bidders which would pro-
vide an lmmed(ate sourc of funds
besides getting it back on the gen-
eral tax rolls. Most of the state
land here is site 5, 6 and 7, which
is suitable for the growing of
Christmas trees.
County officials feel that the
state has not done a proper job
of administration on this land
since they are more concerned
with state lands on which saw log
timber is grown.
t
r v Building Code
READING COMICS IN SPANISH IS FUN TOO
Terry Buckley and Cliff Anderson are shown
here reading a Mexican newspaper and comic
book. These. boys are among the 67 students at
$ ,
tackling the aJor problems facing state govern-
ment. PaulConner who sits next to Ritner in
the House and who is also a Representative from
the 24th legislative district was appointed vice
chairman of the public utilities committee and a
member of the committees on highways, fisher-
ies, education and oonstitution, elections and ap-
portionment. (Journal photo, Ziegler print.)
00oposed For Shelton
meeting will be
8 p.m. in the
explain the
a city ouilding code in
to improve the appearance of the
city in general.
SAWYER' FEELS that Shelton
has reached the point k growth
Southslde school who are receiving instruct)on
in Spanish. ClasSes are being taughtonc¢ a week
to boys and girls from the fourth to seventh
grades. (Journal photo, Zieglcr print.)
LA MAESTRA DICE LOS NINO$ APRENDE#
LA LENGUA DE ESPANOL A ESTA ESCUELA
E
IBERS, carpentem
unions will be
meeting as well
business con-
favor
of a build-
to Dave Sawyer, bus-
of the carpenters
local 1800 the Boone
I Sperry and
which deraandB that a building
code be put into effect in order to
avoid g alum problem at a later
date.
Union officials also feel that a
city building code would protect
home buyers against faulty work
and would increase real estate val-
ues in the city.
MAYOR EARL Moore and Com-
mbsioner W. F. McCann have
adopted a wait and ace attitude
and the on this subject and both city of-
of - .mpany aro lflcials want to see what the rec-
8a, °,uil din[[ L c0d. e. t ommendations ,on a building code
,o nat Marries I will be when the comprehensive
z tile City Plan- | alan is completed. The city has
Fire Chief T. D. i ired the services of Harian Nel-
of the [ son and auoelate of Portland to
PUrDos ,, __ __' Were favorable to the idea. make a comprehensive plan for
are Ch°;tte °at' °r qiUny'tCv'::eitlYDmlam"g the city. The work on the plan
18 now in progress. The county
in Ith and safety fea, bas also employed the firm to do
the same job for them.
construction as well The city wants to study the pro-
existing homes and
Students at the Southside school,
from the 4th to 7th grades, are
now receiving experimental in-
struct.ion in Spanish under the'di-
rection of their teacher, Helen
Greenwalt.
THE SPANISH course consists
of 45 minutes of class once a week
for 36 weeks. Emphasis is placed i
on vocabulary and pronounciation.
Mrs. Greenwalt has felt for
sometime that children can learn
a foreign language caster at an
early age since they are more re-
ceptive to new ideas. She feels
that the third and fourth grades
are two of the most important
years of a stndent's learning be-
cause it is at this time that he Is
experiencing his greatest mental
growth.
The course ia taught from a
Spanish primary book written es-
pecially for children by two teach-
(Coat/Sued on page G) ers in the Seattle public sehoot
BLADEs OF YESTERY
ape EAR
member - Shown
lad their s of the Agate Grange in 1912
Ploture taken after serving a
banquet at the Grange hall. Those in the
l'll I°...'ht,.a. re Chester Rosenberg,
'" "-* uanllub Glifford Bankaand
Milton Sanburn. From left to right in the back
are Bert Hurst, George Wiss, Roy Daniels, Bill
Sayers, Frank Wiss, Lantz Wlss, Alfred Linton
and Arthur Anderson. This photo was made
available to the Journal by I, aat Wi
system and Professor Carlos Prado
of the University of Washington
Spanish department.
THE TEXT entitled "Rosita y
Panchito" tells of the life of a
Mexican boy and girl and is color-
fully illustrated with pictures
showing life in Mexico. Mexican
comic books and newspapers are
also available to the students as
well as a record player similar to
the kind the army used to teach
soldiers foreign languages.
As each chapter in the book is
completed, a book made by the
students similar to "Rosita y Pan-
chito" is passed around to the
class.
Mrs. Greenwalt feels that there
are several advantages in starting
children learning a new language
at an early age. She said, "it
makes the children realize that the
Shel}on Boy
Adm,ts Theft
The Sh,qton I'olice D(,partment,
has a signed confession from a 15-
year-ohl Shelton boy who has ad-
mitted breaking into tim ,hmior
High School and the Evergreen
scil()¢)l two weeks ago Sattzrday.
Police say thot the boy gave no
apparent rea.on for breaking into
tim schools, taking about $10 in
eha,)g( and c;msin damage (,sti-
maLed at $60.
This is the second time tllm boy
has been revolved in this type of
at'tivily nnd a charge of burghtry
has heon filed against him in juvc-
)li h" (;()IIl't.
P, csides SllllI,NlliIlg' s('v(,ral ([}oI'S
alul wind()ws and taking nmncy he
;rise (.'.hllnged his El'a('l8 in a
t,mcll(,l", gl';Ide b()ok. Tim police
traced tim valldalih)n to ilhll from
a r'c.ord of the sttldents ill tile
igrade book.
[ he boy coukl (4ther be sent to a
[reforlT1 school or placed (in proba-
]tion. At the present time he is in
I the cuatoay o hm paraata.
people of the world are all the
same regardless of what language
they speak. Most people who are
educated in Europe can speak sev-
eral languages. However, Ameri-
cans seldom try to learn the lang-
uage of another country. I thmR
America's prestige abroad would
be greatly improved if more Amer-
iqans tried to speak the language
of the country in which t.he were
visiting."
The parents of the students have
shown an interest in the course
which is taught as an additional
subject from the rest of the rcg-
tllar courses.
SOUTH$1OE IS one of the few
schools in the state with this type
of a program although foreign
languages have been taught to
grade students on an experimental
basis in several sections of the
nation in recent years.
The teacher feels the Spanisi
course is both cultural broadening,,
and fun h)r the children.
The head on this story written
in Spanish means Tle. teacher
says the c.hiidren i'l'e learlling tile
•others March
Next Thursday
"Th,' Mothers March on l',)lio"
will take place on the evening el"
January 29 when women fl'oli1 ;Ill
liver Mlt.son county will go ]IOllSP-
io-ilOll:4t; to e(Iillc(:t ftlnds fllr till}
drive.
The Sl)Ollsorshi p r)f the solieita.-
tions is llnder i.he dil'ectt()n of the
Zonta ('hlh ;illd tiny 'onlen in the
eolllily who woliht like to help
r)lll. Ill'(, ;i'died to (ontact liliit tll'-
.;ailiz;lli)n, Alma {.'Itl.{o is t)r,si-
(h'ni of the gt',lql.
All those wire wiv, h t() c, mtrili-
Ille lx) tile dl'iv( ;11'(' asked ll) i('ave
their ]l(ircll lights on so tbc vol-
llnte(,rs will know the h()mes, il'l-
terested in helping this worthy
cause.
Funds for the. 1959 drive will bc
nsed for research for arthritis and
birth dfect as well 8xt polio.
(it y Sewer Rates Due Big Jump i;
Soon To Raise MoneYo Foroo.00.00, Repairs
The City of Shelton plans to increase sewer rates here
Teenage Thefts
Now Under
as soon as possible in order to raise the necessary revenue
to make repairs on existing lines and to pay off a 20-year i
bond the city floated in 1950 to finance the sewage dis-i
posal plant.
Mayor Earl Moore will issue a formal statement next
Investigati-n? Tuesday night at the City Hall giving the facts and figures
to support the city's stand on this matter.
The present cost is $1.25 a, [--
Tie Shelton police department month and according to sources]
is hu.4y with an investigation of a in city hall the jump in rates will [ Iql =I @ It
gl'oup of boys fr,)m 13 t() 17 years probably double altlough no spec- I Italic
of age who have been stealing ific figure has been set to date/ qlUltll €1111)
sw<,aters and other articles from MAYOR MOORE has Instructed =i= II Ii
stores in Shelton and Olympia for City Attorney Hatten to draw up I|| ...... '
the last several months." ,in ordinance providing for a raise ii t:ll I00HOWIl
POLICE CHIEF Paul Hinton in rates immediRtely.
now i,as signed statements from The city has three sewers that il-00mman Here
15 boys here who have admitted are tn bad shape and it will cost
tcnl)wledge of the thefts, between $30,000 to $40,000 to do
The police think this is the the work necessary to put them
work of separate groups of boys back in first class condition. The
rather than sn organized gang', city gave.consider, sties--for a bond
The number of garments stolen is issue to secnre the money for the
large and run in value from $8.95 repairs but decided against this
to $19.95. A few topcoats also idea because of the interest
have been taken from the stores, charges Involved.
According to police, the older The $1.25 fee currently being
boys get the younger ones to do paid here for sewer service only
the stealing' and later trade or provides for the liquidation of the
sell the clothes to each other, bond snd does not leave any extra
Police think this is a temporary funds for the maintenance of the
fad among high school students sewer lines. This has created a
and expect to have the problem problem since money for sewer
corrected soon. repairs must come out of genera]
"SOME OF them are really government which is already bad-
sweating it out now," said Chief ly squeezed due to the smaller city
Hinton. This activity has been budget this year. The city wants
going on here for some time but the sewer system to be economic-
hHs become particularly notice- ally independent and self-support-
able in the°last two months, tng. Most cities operate their
sewer systems independently of
The boys tell their parents that other governmental agencies.
they have borrowed the clothes
from friends when asked how they THE RECENT heavy rains have
aequiz'ed then]. Many sweaters caused some storm sewers to back
have been sold for a dollar or two up because they have been unable
for a dollar to other students, to handle the water traffic.
THE CITY commission also de-
cided Tuesday to review all cases
North Shore o, delinquent L.I.D. blinds. Ac-
cording to law an L.I.D. becomes
delinquent when two payments
Club Ask Boat arc past due at the end of the
year. Moore said, "We don't want
to hurt anybody who has had bad
luck and is up against it but there
N D i"um'er'ng Law some people who won't pay
unless they are forced to." The
law calls for a 54 interest penalty
on L.I.D. payments in arrears.
The North Shore Community The commission also paed a
Chzh notified the Mason County resolution concerning the pay
Board of Comnissioners this week scales for city employees ss well
tha.t they are in favor of an ordin- as wmatlon pay and holiday pay.
ane(. which would require the The Pacific States Castiron
numbering of all power boats in Pipe Company was awarded a bid
tie counly, for about $5000 to supply pipe to
AT THE present time there is the city.
a proposed law in Olympia which THE COMMISSION alao cnn-
would require that operators of sidered passing a resolution pre-
heats must have driver's licenses venting the city fire department
an(i that boys and girls too young from going outside of the city
for licenses must be accompanied limits when answering fire catls.
by adults when operating power Chief Deer advised the commiss-
boats. The proposed state law loners that the city is leaving lto
also has a speed limit of 8 MPH self wide open for a damage stli'
for boats when operated by per- if they answer a sail .outside of:
sons under 18 years of age. the city should a fire break mlt
The commissioners feel that in town. The city has a legal re-
some type of boat identification is sponsibility to provide fire pro-
necessary i£ there ia to be any tection within the city limits.
actual erlforcement of the law.
The proposed state law does not
,,,, ,0o.,,,,. 50t00 BirtMay
caiion.
THE COMMISSIONERS tried
to have a boat identification ord-Ce/ebration
inance passed here some time ago
but could not get nnanimous
agreement which is necessa:ry for Due Saturday .....
a law enforcement ordinance.
However, they still have. hopes of
passing one here in tile near fu- A jam packed house ts expectcd
tu]'e, at the Agate Grange this Satur-
The plan suggested by the coun- day night when they will celebrate
ty would require that all power their golden 50th anniversary. , ..... ,
boats be numbered in the same A. Lars Nelson, State Grange NOW IS THE TIME TO
manner as sutos are now licensed, master, will be the honored speak-
er of the evening for the event a NEW
unMln
USED
59 Fair
F orful Grange programs ever to be
presented in Mason county. SN T|RES
According to Master Clive Troy
People Picked there will be dancing and refresh.
ments as well as a historical pro. By B. F. Goodrich
gram depicting the outstanding at
events of the Grange in the last
The Mason County Board of 50 years. 0 K RUBBER
Commissioners gave their approv- This is an ()pen meeting and the S I
al Monday for a committee to general public is invited. Many WELDERS
head the Mason County Fair leading personalities from all
Board for 1959. walks of life in the county have MT. VIEW
been asked to the celebration.
THOSE APPOINTED w e r e
George Wagener, Chamber of .......
Commele; C. W. Streckenbach
County Commissioners; Mrs. Ben
Drske. ,oberi. Whit,nsrsh and i,,,ON00 ,.,NO BACON
o,,,eV=V. LICED
ers Counctll Mrs. Carl Emsley,
Mrs. Marttn Ausetb and Clive
Troy, Pomona Grange; Mrs. Clif-
ford Combs, Mrs. Llld Rossmaier
and Mrs. Blain Bunce, Home Ec-
onomies Chlbs. SMOKED
Plans arc now mldcrway i;or the BOSTON BUTTS lb. 55 =
establishment of a cidl service
commission which was made nec- • I •
essary here after the passage of LEAN MEATY
Initiative 23 which placed sher-
iff'STHEdeputie,COMMiSSioNunder ctVilalsoServiCe.agreed SPARE RIBS lb. 49:
to write a letter H. DeWayne Krie- • • • •
ger informing him thal Harlan iAUiA(Ii"ROLLS 39
Nelson and Associales are work-
ing (ill a, comprehensive' plan for
Ma,,)n couuty and are empowered • :
to represent the county in deal- • • •
ings with the stale. FRESH LEAN
PORK SAUSAGE lb 39 =
gert of the county highway de-
partment was also approved by • • • •
the commissioners at the request FRESH SLICED
)f eomt,y engineer, Frank Porter.
SIDE PORK Ib 59'
X.Ray Unit to Be in o. -O,N " " " " " •
Skokomish Monday PORK CHOPS Ib 59 =
As a public service the Wash- I'
ingion State I)epsrtment of Health • • • •
will stati(,n a niobile X-ray nliit
at the ltwer Sk(llo)nlish S(.hcll)] EXTRA SMALL HOOD CANAL
' " -, 79,
(]' I Y'' ()]" ''' ']' (] (' " V *' ]' ] (" ] ] < <' ()f '] ' Fresh "ys-ers
iie;i "hv residents. Tbl, unit will hr,
nlaking a spot i'hl,(!k (ll' the Hood • t
(?anal area, It. was l:eported, Illid [
tilni, silniltlr tests arc beirig made
Lhroughcnit thc stnlc.
o, WESTERN MEAT CO
being made through the Lower
Skokonlish school children arid i
re:idents of the area by the Mason
County Department of Health and 411 R A I L R OA O • H A 6.6243
tha local TB Aoction.
Capitol Hill in particular and
Mason county in general lost one
of ts most
loved and col-.
orful residents
with the death
Monday of
Preston E.
(Pres) Arm-
strong, 65, tnl
the Clini
Hospital.
HE HAD
dyed all but
dight years of
rr ,'i,,i,v,,V his life in this
community, working as a Simlmon
Logging Company boomman for
,2 years until his retirement last'
summer.
He was well known in numer-
ous ways throughout the commun-
ity, not only as the patriarch o£
the boommcn of the local water-
front but as a sportsman and
story-teller and as the father of
two of the finest athletes ever tel
wear Shelton high school uniforms,
Buck and Stan, who earned wide
renown in football as a highly
successful passing combination in
the late 1930s ana as heavy-llitting
outfielders in baseball.
Besides these two sons, he is
survived by his wife, Ida, a third
son, Paul, all living in Shelton;
two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Getty
of Pacific City, Wash., and Mrs,
John Wahl of F4aumclaw; an4
eight grandchildren.
LAST RITES for Mr. Arm-
sting will be held Friday at 11:0Q
a.m. from Witsiers with the Rev.
E. C. Knautz, Baptist pastor, in
charge. Interment will be in
Shelton Memorial Park.
Pall bearers will be leer Bans-
ford, LoUis Pratt, Donn Nelson,
Richard Glase, Charles Daugher
ty, and Herb Bowman. Honorary
pall bearers are Pat Burk(,. Perry
ll.ker. Fled Elson, John Gibbs,
Paul Fredson0 Joe Hill, Babe. Mun-.
lob, and Clyde Saeger.
Mr. Armstrong was born July
2, 1893. in Idi, Calif., moved witi
his family to Hoquiam when six
years old and to Shelton two years
later.
HUNTING, FISHING, trapping
and other activities of the woodi
and waters of Mason county
formed his favorite recreatiomi
and he was revered by the young-
terw of hls Cupit Hill nellghboI%
hood, where he spent most of. his
residence in Shelton, for his pen-
chant for story-telling.
He was a member of Olympia
Local 131, Boommen and Raft(.r