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LXIIINO. 4 8c PER COPY; $3.50 PER YEAR HINGS &apos;00Shelt0n Port Coasting On Hills Youngsters Play LClaud Havens During Weather That Closed Schools Resigns As EEM Hearing Set For March 29 The U.S. Army Engineers will hold a public hearing at Shelton on March 29 on a pro- jcct to improve Hammersley Inlet, which provides Shelton with a waterway, it was an- nounced in Washington, D. C., by Congressman Russell V. Mack. Congres:mlan Mack secured funds last year from the 80th Congress for the Hammcrsley In- let survey and hearings. IF TIlE FACT,'4 gathered by the army engineers at this hear- ing justify it, the engineers "will l'ecommend a harbor improvement for Hammersley Inlet, and it will be up to Congressman Mack to obtain authorization of such a project from Congress and later funds for undertaking any project that may be authorized. Representative Mack last year in arguing for an appropriation for the Shelton prbject investiga- tion pointed out that industrial activities at Shelton have expand- ed enormously in the past five years and that Shelton now needs arid should have better port facil- ities. Colonel L. H. Hewitt, district engineer with headquarters in Seattle, will be in charge of the hearings. Representative Mac¢ sam that while he probably would be unable to "come west for the hearings he would file a statement at the hearings urging the need for the Shelton improvement. Congressman Mack said. if Shelton makes a good case for improvement of their harbor and gets the U. S. Army Engineers' approval for a project that he be- lieved be could get congressional approval for the project. Many steps must be taken be- tween initiation and the compte- (Contimmd on Page 7) 00m-i-n g Events... Thursday, January 27: Forest Festival Association meeting, 8 p.m., courthouse. Zests club, noon, Shelton Hotel. P.-T.A. panel dis- cussion on school legislation, 8 p.m., Lincoln school. Friday, January 28: Basketba.ll, ltllta Vs. Shelt0n, 7 p.m.,'-,helton gym, weather permitting. Sunday, January 80: Check The Journal's church page. Monday, January 31: March of Dimes drive ends• V.F.W. meets, 8 p.m., Memorial Hall• P.U.D. Com- missioners, 8 p.m., P.U.D. build- ing. County Commissioners, 10 a. in., eourthonse. Tuesday, February 1: Basket- hall, Aberdeen vs. Shclton, 7 p.m., Shelton gym. American Legion, 8 p.m., Memorial Hall. Kiwanis, noon hmcheon, Memorial Hall. City Commissioners, 2 p.m., City Hall• Wednesday, Fcbrtmry 2: Active Club, 8 p.m., Bichsel building. to words, "what my are thinf<ing about, what Some stucly an0 bring out." the fact this is a the weather the same as it was ar, d has been for the part of the last five )ld Man Winter unloaded bunkers in true Arctic the week-end and as Shelton and environs of glistening white surface areas are slippery sheath of firmly imbedded for the cx- and augmented chill is that this unusual winter giving us expert- the early stages any great disaster. ;G otheltD, compensations by this touch of natural beauty, and of our own countryside antle of snow. A trip by bus over the high- Hood Canal and into a scenic gran- SUch spectacular bri!li- to vie With Sun Valley, acid or even far off Swit- Giant evergreen forests Christmas tree load of snowflakes overlook waterways seemingly in close relief by soon shadows of a wintry easy enough to imagine weather we are now ng is to be a .regular ars of the future, Hood be equally as famous resort as it is a sum- spot. all elton thstreets are icy so to stifle owners have experience to safely problems. Very have been reported. even the sidewalks are for foot passengers. and property cleaned sidewalks front of their estab- This can be aceom- by spending a few salt or heavy dairy at any feed store on the icy sur- [uickl' diS.ipta. Snow, leaving safe to pedestri- ths is of t;oursc of fun and Buihting a One of Junior's gay- more often than his dad and Coasting and him natur- ch he finds a great enjoyment. With- detract from this of outdoor play point out that dangers. sled to an auto- madness and an Sliding over which moving Get- days is a de- but his on Page 4) Opening February 'leitz Company's cent store at wilt be opened ma- the middle of ' anger Eu ene L. ins announced, g store equipped may carry unit of the )any will fea- in stocks in Tacoma r said. persons, has speedily is building for the grand ture, erected year, will 82 feet. long. and, Ore. OUT OF SCHOOL and into the flaky snow, Shelton's young persons caught up their sleds and raced to the nearest hills last Friday morn- ing for the first good sledding of the year. Shown above are a few of the many Mason coun- ty children who frolicked on the slopes at Moore Addition hill. Turner avenue, Summit Drive and other iced lanes. Coasting Friday morning at Moore Addi- tion hill were Jimmle and Mervin Hooker, Joan, Jean and Marilyn COh, John Budd, George Van Cleave, Peter Frank nd Ronnle Workman, some of whom are pletur above. "By laying on bur stomachs we can go faster," Ronnle said, "but the snow gets In our eyes and the dogs bark at our trousers. We have too much fun to think about getting cold." (Photo by Andrews) School Days Uncertain. In Ice, Snow Although proving to the delight of many youngsters of school age, the closing of several schools in the county due to bad roads, dan- gerous weather conditions, and drops in attendance have been of deep concern to education officials. Snow early Friday morning re- suited in the closing of city schools, and the youngsters took advantage of the day's vacation to indulge in all sorts of win t e r sports. Monday morning Irene S. Reed high school opened, but be- cause only 800 students were able to attend, classes were dismissed at noon, Rudy Oltman, superin- tendent of city schools, said. "WEATHER conditions permit- tieR, city schools are to hold classes Thursday and Friday," Olt- man said. In the county are 14 rural schools which have been operating dining the cold period on sched- ules dictated by the "whims of na- ture." William Goodpaster, county superintendent, announced. "School officials should use ev- ery caution possible in maintaining class sessions and the use of Several Hurt In Snow Play Snow brings many delights to youngsters who can imagine many forms of wintry sports m which to participate, but dangers do exist. Six young persons were in- volved in two separate sleigh-rid- ing mishaps over the week end, and two are still hospitalized. Carrying five youngsters, a sled pulled by a car on the Shel- ton Valley road was struck by another car about noon Sunday. Injured were Peggy Slater, slight concussion and shock; Jim Van- dermay, broken collar bone; Bob Hiester, broken ribs, and Hewitt Slater, head lacerations. Ann Sla- ter received no injuries. Peggy was hospitalized. In another accident on the Summit Drive hill, Curtis Schrei- bcr. son of Mr. and Mrs. Verle Schreiber. sustained ('.best injur- ies when the sled on which he was coasting skidded into a passing ear. This occurred at 4:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon. According to Verle Schreiber, about 30 to 40 young t)ersons were coasting on the Summit Drive slope Saturday. SON BORN Winter Grips • n Oty ln Lo g Cold Period So you think the weather here has been cold? You're right! Winter has sat down on the Northwest and has refused to move for over a month. Tempera- ture had dropped to the coldest point in 17 years, according to Rayonier Incorporated records, and has nearly equalled the cold- est days in a period of 83 years, according to Grant C. Angle, coun- ty historian. MERCURY IN the thermometer at Rayonier skidded to five de- grees above zero on January 24, two degrees lower than the pre- vie.. record of seven degrees on January 18 and 23 of 1943. Unless it rains or snows heavily before the end of the month, this January may also be the driest month on record. So far only .95 inches of rain and snow has fallen on Shelton. "Five inches of snow January 21 was very dry, as it melted down to only .34 inches precipitation." Bob Weaver, wea- ther observer at Rayonier, said. HAVING KEPT close check on the weather whims in the county Police Chief In an unexpected move, Chief of Police Claud Havens submitted a letter of resignation to city commissioners at regular session Tuesday night. It was accepted. The letter written by Chief Hav- ens indicated that he had made a former promise to accept a posi- tion elsewhere. The resignation becomes effective February 2. COMMISSIONERS have not yet appointed an acting chief to take Haven's place, but Mayor Harry Carlon announced "We will en- deavor to pick a temporary chief from members of the city force, who will be given first considera- tion' in trying for the permanent job. The acting chief will be an- nounced next Tuesday." Police Chief }:averts said, "Dur- ing the past two years I have (Continued On Page SIx) DIMES DRIVE TO CONTINUE 5 MOREIDAoyS With only e days le ] in the March of Dimes drive, Thee-I dore E. Deer, chairman of Mason County Infantile Paralysis com- mittee, has reported that polio con- tributions are lagging. "We hope that in the remaining days of the fund-raising campaign all persons in the county wiU do- nate whatever they can afford to the March of Dimes movement," Deer said. Fifty per cent of the mon.ey giv- en to the cause to fight polto re- mains in Mason county for local use, and the rest is sent to nataon- al headquarters where it is pooled in a general fund used for medical research, education, and to aid epidemic areas in the country, the county chairman pointed out. During the closing days of the drive, a more intensive campaign is I being stepped up in the vrtous communities by individual organ- izations. The March of Dimes drive, be-J ginning January 14, will come to a close January 31. This is the only period in the year that money! is collected from the public for I use ha an aggreMive war to stop infantile paralysis. I TIll I SCOUTERS TO MEET MONDAY NIGHT AT METHODIST CHURCH A Mason District eout meet- ing for cub and scout leaders and district committeemen, will be, held at 7 p.m. January 31 at the Methodist church. According to Bill llawklns, district chairman, all den moth- era are asked to attend the pot- buses." Goodpaster stressed. "Be- cause roads are slippery, motorists are asked to be careful when driv- I tContinued On Page Six) A son was born January 2d to Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Hathaway, 1325 Ridge Road, at the Shelton General Hospital. Plans For 1949 Forest Festival Affair To Take Shape in Courthouse Tonight SOME OF THE OFFICERS and trustees who planned the • 1948 Forest F;=stival and hope to have another great series of events during festival days of '49 are shown above, sitting: AI Huerby, Rudy Werberger, Charles R. lewls, Rudy Oltman; stand- ing, Roy Rltner, Ed Faubert and Walt Nash. (Photo by Andrews) COSTSLESS Than You Think To 'GET INTO THE MOVIES' Few things p'roduce greater joy and pleasure, nothing make= a finer family record than "HOME MOVIES OUTFITS You Can Buy New, High Quality PROdECTOR'CAMERA, AND SCREEN FOR AS LITTLE AS $143.00 For full lines of home moUon picture equip- ment, and complete information, ask ,ANDREWS STUDIO COMIC-BOOK UNIT APPROVED BY CITY City eemmlssioners Tnesday night approvel five persons as members of the comic-book committee. The Immes were sub- mitred in a letter from Mrs. Charles Savage; representing the Mason County Cmnmunity Council. On the committee tluM will look into comic hook problems are Mrs: Ruth Wlllard, Feder- ation of Women's Clubs; Mrs. Ann Eacrctt, P.-T.A.; Rever- e n d Theodore C h a p m a n, churches; the Clllef of Polh;€, and Mrs. Savage. l)uring the session of city council bids were opeml for overhead garage doors for the tnunh,ipal garage. 124 North 2nd Street Phone 152 FESTIVAL GROUP MEETS AT 8 P.M. What's shaping for the 1949 Mason County Forest Festival will be learned at the annual associa- tion meeting in the Courthouse courtroom Thursday night a  8 o'clock. Notice of the meeting was given this week by Charles R. Lewis, secretary, who said election of of- ricers and trustees will be an im- l)rtant business item. THURSDAY'S M E ET I N G is open to every person who jonied the Mason County Forest Festival Association last May by purchas- ing a membership button. The buttons also admitted members to last year's festival pageant and logger's sports show• Rudy Werberger, president of the association' since its founding four years ago, yesterday issued a resume of the ;festival's progress from 1945 to 1948. "Today Mason county is recog- nized not only in our state but throughout the country as the home of an butstanding pageant and forest products celebration," Werberger said• "We can take pride in the fact that this has been built by local volunteers. "THE FOREST Festival has al- ways been a volunteer effort and its future depends on maintaining local support in all communities of our county. "The purpose of our festival is to call attention to our forests and the need for vigilance during fire season." -Shelton Chamber of Commerce served as the original sponsoring group behind the forest festival at its beginning in 1945. Werberger recalled numerous individuals who played key roles in starting the yearly program and singled out i00.rr.00 Clark 7 one who ,lid much that has giv n permanence to the festival. Is)is Gibler was elected Kreienbaum Recovers o- f queen of the 1945 festival. THE MASON County Forest From Recent Illness V'estiwd Association was incorpor- C. H. Kreienbaum. president ated in 1946 and committees were the Simpson Logging Company, is broadened to gain support from reported much improved from a all sections of the county. The recent illuess. Kreienbaum un- "queen" in 1946 was M a rilyn derwent a physical checkup in a Wakeley. Parades and the paR- Seattle hospital last wcck and is [ cant were growing in slze and in- llOW at, home, J tCoatlaued On Page Four) in previous years have dropped to one degree above zero, but that is the lowest.it has ever hit." J. E. Angle observed that in the past few days temperatures on the hills and in certain areas of the county had been reported at one and two degres below zero. "Variations are great around Shel- ton; the city is somewhat protected from the direct onslaughts of cold air waves." Both Grant Angle and his son agreed that this winter has had for 63 years, Angle, founder of luck mq)per, enjoy the enter- The Journal. said. "Temperatures ' tainmeat, and take part in the buslnem metings. There will be three seah)n-- rubbers, aeouters and dlktrict committeemen. T h e Klwaals club Is sponsoring the evening session. I KIWANIANS HEAR TALK BY JORDAN Randy Jordan, Washington State City's Recreation Move Was Deeply Discussed At Meeti0000Le2t Week Problems confronting the community-sponsored recrea- tion took the spotlight last Thursday night when interested persons and members of the Shelton-Mason County Com- munity Council met at the Welfare Building for a two-hour session. Touched off by the editorial, Community Council Meets Tonight to Consider Issues, which appeared in The Journal January 20, various ideals were expressed by speakers who showed deep interest in youngsters and recreation. First speaker was the Reverend€e- William H. Albach who, while reading the editorial to those gathered at the meeting, pleaded that the place for recreation was basically in the home. He urged that civic-minded persons "give more attention to the causes of youth troubles than to the ef- fects." REVEREND AI, BACtl said, "But we do need a more intelligent use of the ones already in "exist- ence. By going to too many meet- ings during the week. a few par- ents tend to leave their young- sters at home alone," in the care of youthful baby sitters, or free to roam the streets." "The community council should be a coordinating organization, not a mere recreational body," Reverend Albach stressed. "It should be a guiding group which aims at moral and character de- velopment and for this,purpose it could be one of the most import- ant in the city." "When father, mother, son and daughter are happily engaged in work and play about the home, under no circumstances should they be encouraged to split, each going to separate group meet- ings." CONCLUDING HIS talk Rev- erend Albeeh noted that Shelton has 12 churches, all having good youth programs but in many cas- es too few interested leaders, par- ents. Next speaker was Fred Beck- with who claimed that The Jour- nal editorial was "wholly nega- tive." He explained that "children must be taught to play, that play with other children helps expand the character: By staying at home too much, the child will be retard- ed in developmsrtt." Beckwtth sad he didn't feel that the major;y of children tak- ing part in the recreation pro- gram were from neglected homes. The points elucidated by Rever- end Albach aide' worthy of consid- (Cntisued on page 8) and served as chairman. Recreation Issues Met By Jaycees, Although no definite steps were taken, Shelton Junior Chamber of Commerce members spent about an hottr and a half giving ,serious study to recreation, youth and so- cial problems at their meeting Tuesday night at the Colonial House. REFLECTING THE spirit of thought being given this week to recreation problems facing the citizenry, the Jaycees recounted brief histories of the Shelton-Ma- son County Community Council, and expressed ideals that had pushed the unit into existence. Referring Juvenile and teen-age problems to the parents,, Berwyn Thomas described an ordinance In Baker, Ore., which holds parents responsible for misdemeanors of minors. "When we were children, we had more fun accidentally than the youngsters now have on pur- pose, and we spent little money," John Stevenson said. "But grave problems such as drinking by teen-agers latmched the preent program. We strive to supply an outlet for the energy of young- sters, and we can see much good resulting from the program di- rected by E. Lucky Luck." LATER IN THE evening Stev- enson stated, "If we had been able to handle the finances required for the program, we never would have asked for hetp. The Jaycees put everything they had into the sponsorship of the program." Both Bob Weaver and Berwyn (Contlnue on page 7) Cold Weather Takes Toll Am Lilliwa pResid nts on u € By M, E, Hill his cest. In a few minutes he A heart attsck; probably caus- fell to the floor, unconscious. ed by over-ex&t'tlbn in sloveillng Neighbors were called, alo a phy- snow, resultS! in the sudden death of Warren Hays Stewart at his Lllliwaup home Saturday afternoon. It W about 4 o'clock when Mr. Stewart stopped shov- elling on the Ong downhill path in front of hS,,house and came Indoors, complaining of a pain in Reed 00iii One Open This Week Patrolman for Mason county, was key speaker at the Kiwanis lunch one of the longest periods of con- meeting Tuesday. He explained stant cold weather experienced the relationship between the num-t here. The cold spell really set in her of automobile accidents and in- I December 22 of 1948 and except surance costs. for a, few days hasn't warmed up In line with his talk a short yet. film, Why Insurance Rates Are change the Mill Two night shift ALTHOUGH COLD the snow Higher, was shown Kiwanians. starting time from 5 p.m. to 8 (Cuntlnued on page 7) Herb Angle arranged the program p.m. The crew formerly worKea nntil 1:30 a.m. but the new emerg- Charles Walton was inducted in- to the Kiwanis club during the meeting. LIQUOR STORE OPEN IN OLD LOCATION Completely remodelle'd and equipped with new furnishings, Shelton s liquor store at 307 South First street was opened for busi. hess at noon Monday after aclo. sure of three weeks following a disastrous fire the night of Jan- uary 2, Cliff Collins, manager, has reported. sieiau and the Hoodsport resuci- tater was sent for, but it was too late, LOVE OF ilOOD Canal brought the Stewarts to Lilllwaup to make their home after Mr. Stewart's retirement from active business life. He was the owner of the Stewart Electric Company in Se- attle, where a son now carries on in the business. The Stewarts for- merly owned the Lilliwaup Falls property, which they later sold to E. O. Beardsley. After Shutdown Fu.era, services were held Wed- nesday at one o'clock at Witsier's Re-opening of Reed Mill One  Funeral Home in Shelton with by the simpson hogging Company cremation at Mt. View Memorial this week added a cheerfttl tone to Park in Tacoma, the quiet lumber picture of the _ " " " ture of eW past several wee.ks. • -. I da'rea;g'Plfesponsi eectO Mill One, which empmys a men ............ ne nectaene, u'rlaay in wmen .... ton was closed November 24 by the Drew s of LP n .... u .... ""'' combination oz rnn iProwDlmc Since water was rffnning from the and the waterf ....... faucet, Crews thought it safe to throttles stopping xor many weegs, light a fire in the kitchan stove REED MILL TWO has operated of one of the Robinson cottages, steadily, with men from Mill One recently vacated by the Tom Rose sharing assignments on its crew. family. Don H. Clark, Shelton-McCleary HE WAS SITTING on a stool division manager, announced the close to the stove, when water acute Northwest power shortage frozen in a coil caused the side has required management t:'o of the stove to blow out, send- ing hot ashes, metal rust particles, ency shift continues until 5 a.m. "Industries t h r o u g h o u t the Northwest have been ordered to help relieve peak load emergencies and our night men at Mill Two are working through the night be- cause of this," Clark said. Sl M P$ON'8 "winter logging" at Dayton and on the old Union City road resumed this week after a shutdown due to last week's road thaws. Log hauling is subject to daily changes in the weather. McCleary door plant, closed for boiler repairs since January 10, is scheduled to reope next week. etc., in his face. His son, Ivan Crews, and a neighbor, Andy Hart. sen, who were in the kitchen with Crews, had their backs to the stove and escaped injury. Crews was taken to the hOSpi- tal in Shelton, where, it is said, some 50 bits of foreign matter were taken from one eye alone. Mrs. Crews reported Sunday that he was making satisfactory pro. gress. Because of weather conditions and frozen pipes in the commun- ity hall, the pinochle party plan. ned by the Lilliwaup Community Club for Friday evening, January 2I, had to be called off. The club (Continued on page 15) Hospitalized Vets Receive Many Gifts From Local Legion That the American Legion does everything possible to help those comrades confined to veterans' hospitals was proved conclusively by Shelton's Fred B. Wivell Post 31 w h i c h gathered together $171.90 in gifts for distribution to disabled veterans. REALIZING the importance of Christmas cheer to patients at American Lake and Madigan Gen- eral hospitals, local legionnaires and Legion Auxiliary members do- nated funds and gifts for the Christmas parcels. And the ladies, under the leadership of Mrs. Eula Martin, carefully wrapped all gifts. Separate contributions and gifts of value came from Dr. and Mrs. M. C. Melcum, Mrs. M. L. Watson, :Mrs. C. C. Cole, Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Sykes, Gordon Squires, Gladys White, the Kiwanians and Verne Miller. Those serwng on the commit- tee of Mrs. MaPtin were Mrs. Aug- usta Twohy, Mrs. GIadys Adair, Kay and Barbara Daniels. Rex Umphenour delivered the parcels to distributing officer Chris Neff- son in Tacoma. IN A LETTER to Post 31, Glenn L. White. VA recreation director at American Lake, said, "Through the cooperation of 38 volunteer groups, of which your organization is one, over 850 hos- pitalized veterans received gifts purchased especially for them, "In carrying this project to a successful conclusion, your will- ingness to Join with us in doing the greatly increased amount of work involved is indicative of your truly unselfish devotion to a wor- thy cause," White wrote, PACKING HOUSE MARKET'"°0000 411 21 RAILROAD Arm or Blade Chucks Pot Roast ............................ L,.43 € Lean Cuts Good Beef Short Ribs .......................... 00B.33' Local - Fresh - Frying Size Rabbits .................................. 00B.65 € Fanoy Milk Veal Veal Steaks ...................... LB.59 € . FRIDAY - SATURDAY All Beef Ground Beef .................. 00,.39 Cold Weather Favorite Swiss Steak .................... 00,.57 € By the Piece- Medium Heavy Bacon ........................................ 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