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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&apos;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