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6017 S.E. 86th Ave
Portland, Ore
!s er ,eserve
" Mere.bets Vote
ToDIsband
LE TESTING UNIT Kenneth Edwards, speech and hear-
therapist for the Shelton school system, operates the controls
mobile hearing testing unit which the school put in opera-
recently. The unit was made from a converted commercial
and is taken from school to school where needed throughout
county.
The Ma.4on County Sheriff's re-
serve members voted at a meet-
ing Monday night to disband their
organization formed under Sheriff
W. A. Potter.
ome members of the unit will
go into a new unit being formed
by Sheriff D. S. (Sam) Clark.
In a statement this week Stuart
B. Nutt, captain of the dissolved
unit said:
"At a Special meeting, we of
the Mason County Sheriff's Re-
serve have voted to disband. We
were formed under Sheriff W. A.
Potter and have operated in a
democratic manner under by-laws
which have allowed us the right
to govern ourselves. Since this is
contrary to the policy of the new
sheriff, we find it impossible to
exist as a unit.
"Our car a 1957 Ford Sedan
which the Reserve Unit purchased
with its own funds, at a cost of
$676 we are donating to the Ma-
son County Sheriff's Dept.
,'All other property owned by
the Reserve Unit will be donated
to the City of Shelton for the Re-
serve Unit that is to be formed
bY the City Police Dept.
!'The men voted to retain their
badges as souvenir's and donate
the deposit paid on them to the
Rogers School Recreation Fund.
"In the past five and a halt
,,ears, we of the Sheriff's Reserve
have donated many thousands of
hours of free police protection to
the citizens of Mason County.
Each man had to purchase and
maintain his own uniform and
equipment and provide his own in-
surance.
"We sincerely regret that in the
future we can no longer provide
free police protection for schools
and charitable groups as we have
done in thq past, but we are con-
fident that Sheriff D. S. Clark,
with a new reserve unit, will in
tired be able to provide this sel-,'-
ice."
.ring testing in the Shelton
system has taken to the
a mobile hearing test-
which went into opera-
week.
unit was made from a used
rcial van and is used by
Edwards, speech and
therapist, as his follow-up
on the hearing screening
by school nurses to
StUdents who do not pass
ening test are referred to
for further tests to de-
if there is a hearing pro-
to what extent. After
there is a loss, Ed-
reports his findings to the
of the child, with a rec-
for possible treat-
a doctor•
testing unit con-
an insulated room about
six feet in which the test-
is installed.
UNIT VISITS all of the
in the Shelton school sys,
other schools in the eoun
insulated room was built by
Goodwin, school carpenter,
plans obtained from Boeing.
on Timber Company provid-
of the material free ot
said he had found it
to conduct the hearing
tests in rooms in the various
school buildings because none
were set up to keep the amount
of noise down.
The mobile unit allows the tests
to be conducted in-a sound con-
trolled room.
Edwards said he believes this
is the only unit of its kindin the
Northwest. In hiaking the plans,
he contacted other school systems,
but, found none. The Closest one
he was able to find was in Calif-
ornia. , •
Some of the larger school sys-
tems have stationary testing
booths, he said, but none are mo-
bile units.
About 200 students in the
schools in the county do not pass
the screening, hearing test each
year, Edwards said. He is busy
now following up on these stu-
dents.
With the equipment he has, he
is able to give. five'types of tests
depending on what the
warrants.
When the follow-up on the hear-
ing screening tests are completed,
Edwards said, the unit will be on
call to test any student who it
appears may have a hearing pro-
blem.
The testing program, Edwards
saidi is designed to catch .hearing
difficulties in the: students before.
they become serious.
worth Man Dies
Sggs Lake Wed.
SOUthworth ferry cap-
falling through the
Jig'g s Lake along North
,ad near he Hood Canal
despite efforts of three
to save him, the Ma-
Sheriff's office re-
57, was dead
arrived at a hom
ae had been taken.
and three young men
19, Port Orchard;
h
Sunday
annual All-City Choir Con-
by the Shelton Mu-
held at 3:30 p.m.
ay in the junior high
auditorium.
is by ticket donation
adults and 25 cents
sehoolers. The money
the student music
scholarship.
r one or two Students
the Music Club for
Week training program.
Students.are selected by a
, mgn school instruc-
Ltives from the
Doug Granun, 23, Southworth, and
Ronald Johnson, 20, Southworth,
were on their way to Tahuya to
pick bmmh when the pick-up they
were driving overheated.
They stopped at the lake to get
some water to cool the motor
down, but, found the lake frozen.
One of the boys went out on the
ice and broke a hole to get the
water.
TtlE OTHER THREE star bed
out onto the lake and were about
three-fourths of the way across
the small lake when the ice broke.
One of the boys had already re-
turned to shore. The other tw0
avoided falling through the ice by
lying down on it, but, Woolfolk
went through. The boy on shore
tossed a pole to the other two,
and, with this they managed to
get the older man out of the water
and to shore.
The boys took tumm trying to
revive him as they took him to
the closest house they cculd find
along North Shore Road.
HE WAS PRONOUNCED dead
on arrival by officials when they
arrived at the scene.
Two of the boys were treated
for shock at the Belfair doctor's
office.
choirs, time Am-
and the high school
Participate individual.
the mass choir, which
mg three numbers.
wishing to take part
oir should attend
0 P.m. Sunday in
rag.
musicians Will
'rio, Mrs Dean be the
• • Palmer,
Oliver Ashford, CelnloO '
rs. Harvey Hillman, pia .
Ynn SbcIvood will direct
Lass choir With Mrs. Hillman
The body of Woolfolk was taken man of arrangements for the Mer-
to Batstone Funeral Home. lin shoWS.
She/ton Woman Presented
Lions Sponsor
MagMan ln
Appearance Here
What wouldyoudo, doyousup-PUDI Lets
pose, in a hypnotie trance? Contract For
You'll get the chance to find
out, if you're really curious about
it, next Tuesday and rednesday
liars Leave
=pson Track
Cars from a Simpson Tim-
,any train left the track
West of Shelton lasf
dumping time logs they
I'o DO inJurie,,4 arid
were damaged, none
Unable to get to
the next day while
rails and 100 ties dam-
aCCident were being
nights.
Merlin the Magician Will be ill
Shelton for tV0 performances
sponsored by the Shelton Lions
Club for the benefit of its eye
fund on those dates.
Merlin will appear in the junior
high auditorium for demonstra-
itons of his mystic powers begin-
ning at 8 p.m. Tickets are avail-
able from any Lion or at the
door.
AMONG THE THINGS Merlin
will do is call a number of vol-
unteers from the audience who,
while under hypnosis, will shiver
with cold, see a motion picture and
other uncmmY demonstrations
which Merlin achieves through the
power of suggestion.
Another of his demonstrations
is to make a volunteer stiff as a
board, stretch him between two
chairs and then Merlin stands on
his stomach. Afterward the vol-
unteer remembers the demonstra-
tion as a dream.
Merlin also will "fasten', a vol-
unteer's foot to the floor and he
will be unable to move until Mer-
lin breaks the spell.
HE IS ONE of the few magic-
ians who has mastered ma hvn-
nosis, considered the most diffi-
cult of magcmns accora,,h
h it h ---r ..... "
ments Throug e ,Will .nnao
to loei a young lady in a borbut
in a matter of seconds, when the
box is unlocked, Merlin Will jump
out of it instead of the young
lady.
Another feature of the sho is
Erna, the princess of magic, who
has mastered the Hindu basket
mystery.
From their eye-care fund the
Lions purchase glasses for needy
children whose families are un-
able to do so when their vision
reqmres" correction. Tho uo"' av-
erages two pairs of glasses a
month unaer tins Project, Presi-
dent Al Coleman points out.
Duane Scott is general chair-
Carnegie Hero Award Medal
A Shelton woman, Mrs Dale zeszdent e axmds for
(Joy) Grytness, 33 522 S. Eighth I leroism from the Carnegie Hero,
St., is one of five W-.hington Fund Commission at its 59th an-
nual meeting in Pittsburgh, Pa.,
Tuesda.y.
Mrs. Grytuesg Will receive a
$500 cash award and bronze
medaI.
She iS credited with saving the
life of Will H. Simpson after his
truck left the road and phmged
into a swamp area last May 1.
The incident occured on High'way
9 North of Shelton.
Mrs. Grytness stopped at the
scene of the accident and, after
trying to get someone to go to the
assistance of Simpson who was
trapped in the cab of the sinking
truck, went in herself. Slle swam
the 35 feet to the sinking vehicle,
got the door open and then as-
sisted him to shore.
After the accident Mrs. Gryt-
hess said "I don't classify myself
as a good swimmer, but, the man
looked like he needed help and no
JOY GRYTNESS one else seemed interested in do-
Gets Heroism Award ing it,"
77TH __ -- _ .-----:W-=-... :I0 Cents per Copy
YEAR NO 4 Pubhshed m "Chmstmatown, U S A " Shelton, VCashmgton
Thursday, January 24. 1963 Entered as second oass matter at the post office at Shelton. Washington,
under Act of March 8. 1879. Published weekly at 227 West Cots. 16 Pages 2 Sections
County Commission Sets March '12 As
The Harstine Brid'ge Bond Vote Date
THIS IS AN ARCHITECT'S CONCEPTION of what the proposed
Harstine Island bridge would look like when completed. This view
is looking to the southwest with the mainland ferry landing in the
New Building
Cascade Olympic Construction
Co., Shelton, was awarded the con-
tract for the construction of a new
office building and a manager's
residence for Public Utility Dist-
rict No. 1 at Potlatch. The con-
tract was awarded by the PUb
Commission this week.
Cascade Olympic's bid of $70,-
035 was low of the five opened
by the commissioners Monday
night. Other bidders were Frei-
gang Construction Co., Tacoma;
Langeland Construction Co.. Shel-
ton; McKasson Bros. Tacoma, and
O. M. Hcndrickson and Co.. So-
quire.
Construction is expected to
start by February 11 and be com-
pleted in 150 days.
The new buildings will be built
on the same property as the pres-
ent PUb 1 office. The old build-
ing will be torn down.
The office building will be con-
crete block construction and will
have a drive-in window for the
Convenience of its customers.
lower right-hand corner, The drawing was made by Harold Sar-
gent, consulting engineer foe" the bridge project.
One Con test De velop s
For City School-Board
One contest developed for"the Also filing during" the past week
was Dr. Douglas Larson for re-
eIection to a four-year term from
District 2.
Filing previously, in addition to
Hueston, were incumbents Mrs.
Virginia Martig and Mrs. Betty
McClanahan.
Filings close at 5 p.m. Friday
for the school board posts. Fil-
ings are with the clerks of the
school boards.
Candidates cab fle Saturday if
the board clerk is available to ac-
cept the filing.
The elections will be held in Ml
districts March 12.
Oredit Union sets
gnnual Meeting
Mason County Federal Credit
Union will hold its annual meeting
at 8 p.m. Friday in the Junior
High School Auditorium. The re-
port of growth and the election
of officers for 1963 will be the
main items of business.
Door prizes totaling $300 will be
given out, first prize to be $100.
The Credit Union has had an
excellent year showing growth of
more than $200,000, bringing total
assets to more than $963,000.
A dividend of 4 per cent was
paid on all savings plus an inter-
est refund of five percent to bor-
rowers.
All members and any interested
Shelton School Board election
March 12 in filings the past week.
Valentine Sieni<o, 1024 Thomas
St, Shelton. filed for the district
3 seat now held by B. Franklin
, Heuston. Heuston has filed for re-
election. The contest is for a two-
year term on the board.
David McMillin filed for the
board post now held by Dr. Q.
Thomas Ryan. Dr. Ryan has
moved from the district and is
not eligible to represent that dis-
triet.
Yan00als R00.m0ving
Slreel Barr,oades
The Shelton Police Department
is keeping an eye out for whoev-
er has been removing the barri-
cades and flares from the slide
area on Angle Way and dumping
them down the bank.
Police Chief Paul Hinton said
the barricades right at the slide
area had been taken down almost
every night since they were put
up. The ones at the ends of the
road. blocking it off have not been
taken down, but, have been moved
a few times.
It takes three men each morn-
ing to get the barricades back up
on the bank and in place, Hinton
said.
•"Anyonc caught taking these
barricades down will be prosecu- persons are cordially invited to at-
ted," he added. 'tend the meeting.
NEARING COMPLETION -- Simpson Timber
Company's new dry lumber stoi'age shed on the
waterfront neared completion last week as the
huge overhead bridge crane was hoisted into
place. In this view the first section of the crane,
weighing 30 tons, was lifted by two rane= and
City Asks Bids
On Angle Way
Slide Repairs ....
The Shelton City Commissmn
Tuesday set 11 a.m. Feb. 7 as the
date for opening bids on the re-
pair of Angle Way where a slide
took part of the street out.
The commission last week auth-
orized Engineer Pat Byrne to pro-
ceed with permanent repairs ot
the damaged section of the street.
The old material under the street
will be removed and compacted
gravel used to build it back up
and put a shoulder on the street
tO prevent further slide trouble.
The commission voted to install
parallel parking in front of
Ralph's Serv-U store on Highway
101. The action was taken at the
request of the State Highway De-
partment, which wants the angle
parking now in use eliminated,
contending it causes a traffic haz-
zard.
A request from the First Church
of Christ. Scientist. to build a
Sunday School building on their
lot at Third and Alder was re-
ferred to the planning commission.
ISR CISS OF 1948
TO PLAN REUNION
All members of the Iene S.
Reed high school class of 1948
are invited to atend a class re-
union planning meeting at 7:30
p.m. tonight at the home of Mrs.
Bill Johnson (nee Mrilyn Dirt-
man), 421 Cascade street.
Any member who cannog attend
but would like to help is asked to
call 426-4809.
Mason County voters will deeiG,
March 12 whether or not there will
be a bridge to Harstine Island,
replacing the present county-op-
erated ferry,
The County Commission Mon-
day set that day as the date for
a specia' election on a $720,000
bond ic::m to finance construction
: ::: p:'oposed bridge. The elec-
tion will be held in conjunction
with regular school district elec-
tions scheduled for the same day.
If e bond issue is approved by
the voters, plans are for construc-
tion of the bridge to start this
summer.
In order to pass. 40 percent of
the voters who voted in the last
general election must turn out
and 60 percent of those voting
must be in favor.
PLANS FOR the proposed
bridge are being drawn by Harold
Sargent, Olympia consulting en-
gineer.
The county commission at its
meeting Jan. 14, voted to hire a
Seattle firm as bond attorneys for
the election and bond issue if
passed.
The firm. Roberts. Shefelman,
Lawrence Gay and Moak. rcom-
mended to the commission a 20-
year general obligation bond is-
sue. The commission followed i.he
recommendation in the proposed
bond issue being submitted to the
voters•
The voting will be at the same
polling places as the school board
elections. All school districts in
the cbunty liave at least one seat
on the board up for election this
year and consequently must have
an election.
COUNTY AUDITOR C. Notan
County Asked
,To Relocate
,leeds Loop Road
The Mason County Commission
received a petition from a grout
of residents on Leeds Loop Roa(
to abondon the present road an¢
build a new road further up from
the beach.
A group of residents, who at-
tended the commission meeting,
said that almost all persons liv-
ing along the road were in favor
of the relocation. The present road
is in bad shape, and would be ex-
pensive to fix, they said.
They were told by County En-
gineer J. C. Bridger that surveys
of the present roui.e and of the
proposed relocated route were be-
inl made and it would be difficult
to say what could be done until
these are completed.
AT THE REQUEST of the res-
idents of the area present, the
comnfission voted o establish a
25 mile an hour speed limit on
the road.
The commission received a copy
of a letter from Nat Waidip,
representing the oyster growers,
to Dr. Garret% Heynes. director ol
the State Dcpartmcnt of Institu-
tions, recomnlendipg the use of
aim Imhoff tank and drain field
for sewage disposal at the new
Correction Center rather than us-
ing Goldsborough Creek for waste
disposal as a precaution against
contanmination of water.
ALSO RECEIVED by the eoln-
rnissiou was a letter from Dr.
Heynes to the State Vqater Con-
servation office saying that a sub-
Slll'face drainagc systeln was
planned, and, that the creek would I
not be used.. I
The commission set Feb. 4 at l
the date for opening bids for]
three cars for th'e County Engin- I
coring Department.
Mason is contacting school dist-
rict clerks to make arrangements
for the joint election.
The proposed bridge would re-
place the county ferry now oper-
ated between the island and the
mainland. The ferry is going in
the red about $20.000 a year and
,still 'have to be replaced in the
next year or tvo if the bond is-
sue for the bridge is not approv-
ed. T1]e estimated cost of replace-
ment for the ferry is about $200,-
000, and. with a new ferry, the
annual loss on operation would go
still higher because of increased
crew size to meet Coast Guard
requirements.
Simpson Credit
Union Plans
Annual Meeting
Shareholders in the Simpson
Employees Federal Credit Union
will elect officers and hear pro-
gress reports from committees at
their annual meeting Friday night
in the PUb 3 auditorium.
There are 187 new members this
year, reports manager Ken Fred-
son, in a total of 2856 on record
at the end of December.
They will hear good news, be
added, for the credit union in-
creased its total assets by more
than $300,000 during 1962 to a to-
tal of $2,556,185. Of this amount,
shares epresent $2,368,000, an in-
crease of $281,000. Loans outstian-
ding at the year end totalled $2,-
044,000, an increase of $147,00{k
During the year 3193 loans were
initiated totalling $1,452,276, the
manager reported. The credit un-
ion paid dividends during the year
of $97.458, which included a 4%
percent dividend at mid-year plus
an extra %, percent at the end
of the year, along with $21,000
in interest rebate.
Fredson also announced that AI
Munro has been appointed as-
sistant manager, replacing Hart
Dittman, who has taken an inSUr-
ance selling position in Olympia.
Fruil Tree00 Pruning
Dem0udrafi0n Plann0d
Here is a chance for yoU to' b-
come an expert fruit tree pruner.
Turn out to a fruit tree prom-
ing demonstration Jan. 29 at t:l}c
Hal McCla'y residence on Arcadia
Point,: Mason County. At 1:30 p.m.
John Dodge, Extension Horticul-
ture Specialist. Washington State
university, will show how to dress
up apple, pear, cherry and prune
trees.
Dodge said that it is impossible
to learn to prune by just looking
on. "Practice makes perfect", be
said. He suggests that all pruning
pupils wear old clothes and be pre-
pared to lop uunecessary branches.
The field workshop is open to
anyone interested in better care
of fruit, trees.
Jan. 16
set onto the rails which run the length of the Jan, 17
building. Ken Good. chief plant engineer, esti- Jan 18
mated the crane will be in operation by mid- Jan. 19
February. The 100-foot by 400-foot shed itself /Jan. 20
is completed except for interior painting and I Jan. 21
installation of fire sprinklcr, Jan. 22
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