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Simpson
planting
Simpson Timber Company
has a total of 32 people planting
trees on its harvested and
understocked lands with two
I O-man crews working within the
Shelton Working Circle. One crew
is located in the Canyon River
area in Grays Harbor County and
the other is planting near Summit
Lake in Thurston County. A
12-man contract planting crew is
reforesting company-owned land
near Dryad in Lewis County.
Direct seeding by Helicopter
on 1,392 acres was completed in
December using 932 pounds of
Douglas fir seed. The direct
seeding was done mostly on
Simpson land in Mason County
and some in Grays Harbor
County.
More than 800,000 Douglas
fir seedlings will be planted by
Simpson this season. These
seedlings will be composed of
some raised for two years in a
nursery bed and other two-year
seedlings which have spent an
extra year in a transplant bed.
One hundred fifty thousand are
"containerized' seedlings which
have been grown in plastic tubes
then removed for planting
purposes.
All the seed used in the
nursery stock and seeding comes
from certified seed gathered from
the Shelton Working Circle. The
seasonal reforestation program
should be completed by the
middle of March, weather
permitting, with close to 3,000
acres restocked.
The Shelton Sustained Yield
Unit will have reforested nearly
70,000 acres since its inception in
1947. "Each year we have
improved our reforesting
procedures," said Bill Kamin,
reforestation forester, "and the
seeding and planting reaffirms our
policy of renewing the resources
for our timber products."
Man proposes
Man proposes, but God disposes.
Thomas A Kempis
THE WORLD'S
MOST
LAURIE VANDER WEGEN, a Rotary exchange student in
Japan, is shown here in her Japanese kimono.
C • • • •
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The Crisis Clinic of Thurston
and Mason counties is feeling the
effects of unemployment and
inflation both directly and
indirectly. The indirect effect is
felt in the number of people
calling the Crisis Clinic with
problems related to money or
employment. For some people
economic problems seem to be
foremost in their lives, while
others have personal problems
which are compounded by
inflation and joblessness.
During the month of
February the Crisis Clinic will
conduct a membership drive.
Through this drive the clinic
economy
volunteer or write Crisis Clinic,
P.O. Box 2463, Olympia,
Washington 98507.
Annual membership dues are
$10 for individuals and $20 for
families. The Crisis Clinic is a
non-profit, charitable corporation
(IRS Section 501 C 3)making
donations and memberships
tax-deductible.
The Crisis Clinic is Thurston
and Mason counties' 24-hour
crisis and information/referral
h otline. The service is largely
volunteer, with two paid staff
people to direct and coordinate
the operation. There is no charge
to the public for using the Crisis
hopes to involve community Clinic, and many times people
r~'~eople, particularly, Mason w.lao call are helped to locate
County people in the aetivities of needed services they were
the Crisis Clinic. As Mason
County people have needs and
priorities that are often unheard
by service groups based in
Thurston County, the Crisis Clinic
asks anyone who is interested to
consider joining and providing
input from Mason County.
To join, call 426-6277 and
give your name and address to a
MORE POWER TO WEIGHT8A WS
OTHER S.WS ,. THE WOR'O
FOR SALES & SERVICE:
Saeger Motor Shop
on Hillcrest
previously unaware of, such as
emergency food, transportation,
child care and job counseling. In
the face of the economic
"crunch," the Crisis Clinic is
working with other groups to
organize a People Index of
persons who are unemployed, but
possess skills which could be
shared, taught or marketed.
The Crisis Clinic is having its
own economic crisis which gives
the staff and volunteers a feeling
of comraderie with the many
others who are having a rough
time. A large portion of the
clinic's funding, community drug
abuse prevention money, was cut
in half for 1975. Increased
numbers of calls (from 400 per
month in 1973 to 750 per month
currently) require added staff to
train and supervise volunteers.
Not only has the dinic been
unable to hire staff, but in
October 1974 the assistant
director was laid off.
Our new
automatic mechanic
Bill Brown is a real professional. He has more than 25 years of
experience with automobile mechanics and for 20 years he's specialized in
automatic transmissions. We're proud to have him join our staff. If you're
having transmission problems, Bill can help. Call today for an appointment.
On John's Prairie Road
Page 16 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, January 30, 1975
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Laurie VanderWeg~en is a
Rotary exchange student from
Shelton now living in
Shimonoseki, Japan. She is now
living with her second
host-family, the Hatajimas. Mr.
Hatajima is a dentist, and Mrs.
Hatajima is a licensed flower
arrangement teacher. Their
daughter, Yumi, is 17, and
attends Baiko High School with
Laurie. They have two sons,
Atsushi, 13, and Nobuyasu, 7.
She recently described the
Christmas and New Year's
holidays in a letter to her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. S.W. VanderWegen.
Dear Morn and Dad:
Hi! Hope you had a Merry
Christmas and Happy New Year.
Everyone received the Christmas
cards and letters you sent. Mr.
and Mrs. Hatajima didn't
understand hardly any of the
letter except the Japanese at the
end. They did also understand the
"Dear Mr. & Mrs. Hatajima" part,
after I explained what "&"
meant. I explained the whole
thing to Yumi who then
explained it to Mama and Papa.
The return address on the
envelope nearly caused a riot.
Papa looked at it to see who it
was from, read your name o.k.,
but pointed to the rest of it and
said, "What's this?" I explained in
Japanese that's where I live in the
U.S. He looked at me sort of
funny but I didn't think too
much of it, mainly because nearly
everyone looks at me sort of
funny when I say something in
Japanese (they just don't expect
it). I found out later what his
funny look was for, he didn't
know that "Roy" was also the
name of a street. After I figured
out what was going on (which
happened when Yumi started
asking me strange questions) I
finally got it all straightened out.
They don't think I live with Roy
anymore. But do you think you
could put St. after Roy from now
on? It would sure save a lot of
confusion. I don't want to go
through that again.
The school Christmas program
was really neat. School didn't
start until 4 p.m. that day because
of the program. I didn't have any
idea what it would be like except
I knew all the seniors sang the
Halleluja Chourus at the end. It
W~eally something, though, 1 .
think it was one of the most
impressive things I've seen. At the
end the chapel was completely
dark, all the seniors (about 200)
filed up to the front, each with a
lighted candle, and sang. It was
beautiful. 1 don't know if I've
ever mentioned it before, Baiko
H.S. is a "special H.S." for people
who want to major in music or
English. Anyway, they really
specialize in the two, and you can
really tell at programs like that.
After the program Papa
picked up Yumi and me, and we
met Mama and Atchan and
Nobuchan and we all went out to
dinner. They played Christmas
music all through dinner and I
sang to it, even though Nobuchan
kept telling me I was singing all
the wrong words (I was singing in
English). They have the same
Christmas carols here except
they're all in Japanese, or have no
words at -all. Christmas isn't the
big day here, New Year's Day is.
The stores didn't even close and
by afternoon I'd even forgotten
what the date was. I had another
Kimono lesson in the kimono
store at Yamanolta at 1 p.m. It's
not so hard as I had imagined it to
be, mainly because I've been given
a form to fold the obi around. I
can just fold it all up and then put
it on instead of trying to tie and
fold it while it is on my back, that
would be almost if not totally
impossible.
The Sunday before Christmas
I had quite a surprise. I locked
myself in my room all morning so
I could wrap Christmas presents
without Nobuchan. I was thinking
I didn't have anywhere to put
them 'cuz there wasn't a
Christmas tree. I went downstairs
and Mama and Nobuchan and
Yumi were decorating one! True
it's plastic and only a couple of
feet high but it's still a tree.
Nobuchan even put snow (cotton)
on it. I don't think I've ever seen
a more laden Christmas tree in my
life. Its branches are really
drooping. Poor thing. It's on top
of the TV now.
Things have been a little
hectic around here lately. I've
been gone for four days and
somewhere in there I lost two
'cuz I could have sworn today was
Sunday and I find out it's
Tuesday. Oh well.
The Christmas stuff you sent
got here in plenty of time and
everything you sent turned out to
be just right, I had no problems
with it. You sent exactly the right
amount of stuff, and surprisingly
enough everything turned out to
be just the right size, at least at
the Hatajimas. Nobuchan and
Atsushi didn't take off their
football shirts for days. Nobu
spent all Christmas morning with
socks and T shirts rolled up and
taped to his shoulders for pads
and his football shirt on over that
and a bowl on his head for a
helmet. His shirt is now so
stretched out of shape from the
pads I think he has permanent
camel humps on his shoulders. As
for me, thanks for the tapes and
everything,. 1 had ;,a bit of a
problem getting stuff out of the
sock 'cuz Nobu was sitting on my
lap and had both his hands in
there first. I finally gave up, and
after taking out the earrings and
other goodies, just gave that and
the Santa to him.
New Year's Day was really
different. I had my hair done up
in the morning, put on my
kimono and went with my family
to the Akama Shrine to pray. I
was quite embarrassed. I didn't
realize that all the phone calls
Almost immediately
after they are hatched,
Mound-Building birds
can leave their nest
.. spread their wings...
and flyl Incrediblel
our monthly specials
start next
week!
Read all about in The Journal.
here lately had been people
calling to find out what time "I
was going. There were a whole
group of reporters there, about
150 other people with cameras
(just waiting around) and the
other 1,500 to 2,000 people who
were there at the same time stared
like you wouldn't believe. We
were all a little glad to leave, it
took me nearly half an hour to
get down the stairs because of all
the people who kept stopping us.
It was pretty bad. But interesting
and very beautiful to see all the
people in their best kimonos.
The next day we flew to
Osaka, and went on to Nara and
Kyoto sightseeing. As the capital
of Japan was once in Nara, there
are many old shrines and temples
in the area, including a gigantic
statue of Buddha, which stands
over 53 feet tall. There are also a
number of five-and seven-storied
pagodas which are magnificent.
The day after we were in Nara we
spent in Kyoto and then went
back to Osaka and flew home. I
was home exactly long enough to
have a half of bowl of ramen, take
a shower and change my clothes
before I left to meet Yumi to stay
at a friend's house on an island
right outside of Shimonoseki for
the night. We left there the next
day and went to Uymi's cousin's
house at Haketa by train. Papa,
Mama, Nobu and Atchan were
already there. We spent the night
at the cousin's house then went to
a temple. We had planned to go
home that night but there were so
many people trying to get back to
Honshu that we had to turn
around and go back. The traffic
was like Seattle at rush hour but
on a two-lane road and it
continued for some 50 miles or
so. We spent the night with some
of Hatajima's friends in Haketa,
and went home the next day.
About food, it is very
common here to find shrimp
in
cooked in its shell or fish and
poultry and shrimp served with
the heads still on. Fish is almost
always served with both head and
tail, and never deboned. Even
when fish is in soup the heads are
still on. For smaller fish they are
eaten heads, tails, bones and all. 1
don't have much problem with
the chopsticks any more. Many
times they are much easier to eat
with than a knife and fork. I am
really the only one in the family
who knows how to use a knife
and fork, so I have been given the
job of cutting up Nobu's food
too. I'm slowly forgetting how to
use a knife and fork, though. At
the last Rotary meeting I caught
myself trying to figure out how to
use them to eat shrimp. This
vacation I did a couple of more
interesting things, foodwise. I had
the first hamburger, the first
strawberries and the first cheese
since I left the U.S. Strawberries
are really expensive here - for one
of those little baskets
about $2.
Well, l must go. Say
everyone for me.
Love,
Laurie
P.S. Just found out I
Japanese classical dancin
today. Will have a lesson
afternoon this week.
A man of value
Try not to become a
success but rather try to
man of value.
Albert
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4 x 8 sheets
prefinished,
compare
at 5.99.
Home Building Supplies
Shelton's Fireplace Shop
607 $. 1st
Mon. - Sat. 8- 6
Call No. 492
Charter No. 12292 National Bank Region No. 13
REPORT OF CONDITION, CONSOLIDATING
DOMESTIC SUBSIDIARIES, OF THE
of Tacoma in the State of Washington, at the close of business on
December 31, 1974 Pttblishe . in Response to call made by Comptroller of the
Currency, underTJtie 12, Lfhited States Code, Section 161.
ASSETS
Cash and due from banks ................................................................ 64,275,50235
U.S. Treasury securities ........................................................................ 16,172,937.20
Obligations of Federal Financing Bank ........................................... 283,635.00
Obligations of other U.S. Government agencies and
corporations ...................................... . ............................................ 6,205,685.15
Obligations of States and political suboivisions ............................ 35,882,707.16
Other securities ....................................................................................... 457,350.00
Loans ................................................................................................ ........... 220,092,228.24
Bank premises, furniture and fixtures, and other assets
representing bank premises ......... , ............................................ 7,720,304.49
Real estate owned other than bank premises ............................. 165,193.30
Customer's liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding .... 4,025,516.00
Other assets (including $%,084.65 direct lease financing) ................ 3,320,288.17
TOTAL ASSETS .......................................................................................... ' 358, 7.
LIABILITIES
Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships, and
corporations .................................................................................. 107,296,581.96
Time and savings deposits of individuals, partnerships,
De and corporations ............................................................................ 167,366,271.13
posits of United States Government ........................................... 4,191,876.49
Deposits of States and political subdivisions ................................... 15,243,628.41
Deposits of commercial banks ............................................................... 2,968,756.14
Certified and officers' checks, etc ................................................... 4,696",876.05
TOTAL DEPOSITS .......................................................... $301,763,990.18
(a) Total demand deposits ............................ $125,242,815.46
(b) Total time and savings depositsunde-r$176'521'174"72
Federal funds purchased and securities sold
agreements to repurchase ......................................................... 17,250,000.00
Acceptances executed by or for account of this bank
and outstanding ............................................................................. 4,025,516.00
Other liabilities .................................................................................... 8,489,858.41
TOTAL LIABILITIES ................................................................... - 33-L$ 6il.59
RESERVES ON LOANS AND SECURITIES
Reserve for bad debt losses on loans (set up
pursuant to IRS rulings) ............................................................. 3,651,686.83
Reserves on securities 330,000.00
TOTAL RESERVES ON LOAN-SII-AN[ SEC-URi-f-I-E-S-" II I III II:IIIII
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
capital notes and debentures ................................................................ 5,000,000.00
8V4% Due 6-1-92 $5,000,000
Equity capital-total ................................................................................. 18,090,295.64 '
Common Stock-total par value ........................................................... 7,216,920.00 :
No. Shares authorized 125,000
No. shares outstanding 721,692
Surplus ..................................................................................................... 7,194,156.50
Undivided profits ................................................................................. 3,679,219.14
TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS ................................................................... 23 2-95:64
TOTAL LIABILITIES, RESERVES, AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS .__
MEMORANDA
Average of total deposits for the 15 calendar days ending
with call date .................................................................................. 291,689,522.00
Average of total loans for the 15 calendar days ending
with call date .................................................................................. 218,652,045.
Standby letters of credit .......................................................................... 487,800.0u
I, H. L. STEPHENS, Vice Pres. & Cashier of the above-named bank dO
hereby declare that this report of condition is true and correct to the best of
my knowledge and belief.
H. L. STEPHENS
We, the undersigned directors attest the correctness of this report o!
condition and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our
knowledge and belief is true and correct.
L. R. GHILARDUCCI,
R. B. ODLIN
W. W. PHILIP
Directors