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SWEET MILK OR
BUTTERMILK 8-OZ,
SUNNEE FROZEN
. 5 PER 15-OZ, PKG,
t
................................ 150Z.
............................. 15 OZ.
TO
Bill Introduced/n Senate
To Equalize Shipping Costs
ONGRESSMEN LISTEN Dave James, representing the Simp-
llTimber Company of Washington, is pictured above on a recent
,, ¢o the Nation's capital in an effort to solve the serious prob-
=i s confronting the Northwest Lumber industry. He is pictured
:u=sing With Congressmen Jack Westland (left) and Thor C.
"son the loss by the Northwest industry of over 505 of the
i ,astern lumber market i0 Caned an lumber interests because
meir lower operational and,transportation costs.
;iI ° berth
wogu
',ital shipplTngroduc
=legialatlon i ! .
iliiators lea by Sen
,!." Magnuson" m,d
" I, both democral
depressed United States
lumberin and inter-
would be helped
uced by. West-
tors War-
gnuson acid Henry M.
a, Wash.
,n)ia'l]' egislation (S. 2737) would
,,l" ? shipping rates for Am-
'';,' )vb" lumber with those of Can-
:!ll.l,granting a subsidy
to
the
:"('" intercoastal carriers.
industries, Magnuson ex-
. bare lost ground because
)etition. With Ca-
capturing more of
market, the inter-
shipping industl:y has lost
slnultaneously because the
Awards
e Jobs
1,050.85 contract has been
b the Washington State
iommiatoto the Berg-
and Early Con-
o. of Tacoma for the
bridges across
near Kamilche.
will. be 240 feet
Wide on the main
Olympia and SheN
ans call for 3,297 linear
restressed concrete gird-
yards of concrete,
of steel reinforc-
6,700 linear feet of con-
and various other it-
rk is Scheduled to begin in
;i;W aree weeks and will be
l.eted Within 130
s. working
MIFFLIN
CREDIT.
PREXY
competing Canadian product has
been carried in foreign ships. Ser-
iousness of the situation m shown
by the fact that Canadian lum-
ber now holds almost 60 percent
of the Eastern Market, compared
to only seven percent "only a few
years ago," Magnuson declared.
MAGNUSON SAID the subsidy
to intercoastal carriers, provided
in the Magnuson-Jackson mea-
sure, would be payable when the
Secretary of Commerce deter-
mines after hearings, that an Am-
erican industry is losing a sub-
stantial part of its business to a
foreign competitor because of the
Jones Act requirements. The
Jones Act specifies that trade be-
tween U.S. ports must be carried
on American-flag vessels. This
causes domestic lumber producers
to pay higher American rates.
Joining-Magnuson and Jackson
in sponsorship of the measure
were Senators Wayne Morse, D.,
Oregon; Maurine Neuberger, D.,
Oregon; and Frmak Church, D.,
Idaho.
Three Injured When
Oars Collide In Fog
Two Irene S. Reed high school
studerits and a 65-year-old Shel-
ton woman were injured about 8
a.m. Wednesday in an auto acci-
dent about one mite north of Ka-
milche.
Injured were Mrs. F. M. Weld-
on, 65, 1230 Olympic street, David
Wood, 16, Rt. 1. Box 206, and
Louis Jolliff, 17, also of Shelton.
Mrs. Weldon was taken to the
Shelton General hospital with pos-
sible internal injuries. The youths
were treated for facial cuts at the
?ercy Pie
6Of? S.E. 86th Ave
portland, Ore
76TH YEAR--NO. 5 Published in "Christmastown, U.S.A.,'" Shelton, Washington 16 Pages 2 Sections
Thursday, February 1, 1962 Entered as second class matter at the best office .it Shelton, Waslflngton.
under Act of March 8, 1879. Published weekly at 2'..)7 West Cots. 10 Cents per copy
Harstine Island Bridge Price
Tag Estimated At $668,000
County Engineer Frank Porter
old an audience in the PUb aud-
torium last week the tenative
:ost of a bridge with a 31 foot
pan, linking Harstine Island with
?ickering, is estimated at $668,=
)00.
According to Porter's estimates,
construction costs would run to
$580,000, approaches and right of
,rays, $57,000 and engineering and
;oil survey fees, $31,000. This
zould mean the county would
have to issue about $700,000 worth
of general obligation bonds to
finance the project.
SEVERAL ISLANDERS were
on hand for the meeting and the
majority favored the construction
of such a bridge. Those in favor
of the bridge feel it is desperately
needed to meet Harstine's trans-
portation reqmrements.
One islander, however, was
against the building of such a
bridge. He is Lawrence Jerrells.
Ierrells said the cost of a bridge
would be prohibitive, particularly
when interest charges are figured
in. Jerrells said the ultimate cost
of the bridge would run to $1,300,.
000 over a 20 year period.
"Some people say the island
will develop if a bridge is built
but a large part of the land on
Harstine is owned by big timber
compames who would actually be
forced to give up logging opera-
tions if taxes were increased",
Jerrells said.
Other Harstians thought dif-
ferently about the matter. Among
them was Sid Baunsgard. He said
islanders favored the bridge idea
by at least a 10 to one majority.
Baunsgard said the present fer-
ry will have to be replaced with-
in a few years and this alone will
cost about $100,000. He thought
most islanders would be willing
to pay higher taxes if a bridge
was built. Baunsgard felt the sav-
ing on ferry tickets alone would
justify a tax increase as far as
most Islanders were concerned.
ANOTItER ISLANDER who
was strongly in favor of the pro-
posed bridge was Dr. Raymond
Waid. Dr. Wald, who read from
the prepared statement, atd,
"Since the beginning of time there
have been two types of people in
the world. The progressives and
reactionaries. The progressives
have the interest of humanity at
heart while the reactionaries only
think of their selfish interests.
Lincoln Day
Dinner Feb. 13
Clinic iospital.
The auto, driven by Wood, col- Walter Williams, well known
lided with Mrs. Weldon's car in Seattle civic leader, will be the
the early-morning fog. Both re- guest speaker at a Republican
hieles were badly damaged. Lincoln Day dinner scheduled Feb.
13 at 6:30 p.m. in the armory.
WILLIAMS served as U. S. As-
was elected presi-
Employees
Union at the an-
meeting Jan. 26.
named were Archie
president; and EI-
secretmT-treasurer.
re-elected in-
cani, Nelson, J. M.
Irvin Shefler.
were won at the
Rice, A1 La- and we should like to have all 4-H
Longan, Sally leaders who have horse project
Gruver, Betty members in their club to at'tend if
Schmidt, Mary possible.
Bruce Mc- The complete five year program
Elizabeth will be presented and the meeting
Moore and is to coordinate the proposed pro-
Moore, Chas. gram, subject to approval of the
i. Mason County 4-H leaders' council.
sistant Secretary of Commerce
during the Eisenhower administra-
tion. He has been active in Wash-
ington Republican circles, par(ficu-
larly in King County, for many
years.
Tickets for the dinner will be
priced at $2.50. Les Shelver is in
charge of the ticket committee.
The dinner Will be served hy the
ladies of the Southside Grange.
Dinner publicity chairman Ralph
Horton said this year's event wilt
not be a fund raising effort and
the cost of the tickets will only
cover the actual cost of the meal.
Musical entertainment is planned
for the evening.
4-H Leaders Slate
Meeting February 7
There will be a meeting for all
Mason County 4-H leaders who
have members interested in the
4-H horse project on Wednesday,
FebrUary 7 beginning at 7:30 p.m.
in the commissioners' room of the
P.U.D. in Shelton.
This will be a special meeting
NO STEPHENStephen Rose, age 8, is shown with
anlan s is a ear oio ano is ex
" , Peaches. Peache Y
,Stephen, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Rose,
is a second grade student at the Mt. View
two brothers and one sister,
New License Tabs
Available Saturdays
Motor vehicle lie0nse tabs for
1962 can be obtained Saturdays at
the Hood Canal Realty Co. at
Hoodsport or ax Bill Pearson's in-
surance agency in Shelton.
Those driving without new
license tabs are subject to arrest
by law enforcement authorities as
of today. County Auditor C. Nolan
Mason said Tuesday about two-
thirds of the county's motorists
have secured new hcense tabs,
License tabs can be obtained at
the auditor's office in the court-
house Monday through Friday dur-
ing the daytime hours.
NEW NIGHT GLASS
PROGRAM, SLATED due
rhc second sernester of a d!
education night classes is sche-
uled to start soon so anyone in-
ta, • . , .
e.eesl,ed in mproving his or her
uucation contact
p . . is invited to
GrmciPal Frank Willard at the
rant C. Angle school for infor-
mation.
Willard, who is again in charge
of the night class programming,
.says classes in mrtually any sub-
.]oct for which a minimum of 10
Persons enrolls and a qualified
lnstrnctoi = will be
" • ' can be secured '
arranged.
• o example, classes in natural-
tzation for non-citizens, in cor-
).eetional reading (not speed read-
mg but fox. persons having diffi-
l!ty With ordinary reading), tbe
oSaop method of sewing, and
b triers, along with the old stand-
kYS .of typing, shorthand, book-
eepmg, driving, craftwork, etc,,
Will be arranged for groups of 10
or more adult students, Willaru
Pointed out.
If the yachting people want a tion to the numbm of people it
high bridge span they should take would serve.
up a collection among themselves Commissioner Martin Auseth,
to finance the difference m cost. in whose road district the pro-
It would be easier for them to posed bridge would be built, said,
donate money for this purpose "I think there is some confusion
than it is for most islanders to over the taxation issue here. If
pay the ferry fare. The present we issue bonds they will be re-
ferry service between the island tired from state gas tax funds.
and the mainland has resulted Ln We could retire the bridge bonds
much hardship and suffering for at about double the amount we
the Harstians." are now losing on the operation
Dr. Waid added that people of the ferry."
should try to settle their differ- ENGINEER PORTER said the
ence in a Christian, humane man- operating loss of the Harstine
her by seeking peaceful solutions Ferry amounted to $24,378.27 in
to their problems. The doctor feels 1961, and Porter thinks the loss
the yachtsmen are more concern- will increase in future years to
ed with their boating pleasures about $34,000.
than with the pains of suffering Commissioner Harry Elmhmd
humanity, said the commission is still study-
Hugo Glaser, Mrs. Robt. Barnett ing the bridge idea and have not
and Alvin Pridham also voiced as yet come to any definate con-
favor for the construction of a clusion as to its feasibility.
bridge. They think the bridge "We still do not know the corn-
would s tim ul a t e development position of the soil at the bottom
which in turn would produce the of Pickering Pass. Our cost esti-
necessary revenues to retire the mates are speculative until we
bonds. Jack Saeger of Shelton know this. This meeting might
thinks the outlay of funds to build be a little premature since
such a bridge is out of proper- we do not have all the necessary
facts to base a final decision,"
Recreation
The cost of the bridge would in-
crease substantially ira soil sur-
vey reveals hard pan at the bot-
I'i gnianne" tom since it is very costly to sink
Area surface, concrete pilings into this type of
If present cost estimates are
accurate it would require an ex-
By Union Club penditure of abou $50,000 a year
to retii'e the bonds. The cotinty
currently receives about $2000 a
boad of county commm year in taxes from Harstine Is-
stoners Monday authorized the.us- land for the road department.
cation of McReavey's third ad- , Chamber of Comnmrce vicc-
dition at Union to expedite plans lresident John Bennett suggested
of the Hood Canal Improvement the county might get some fed-
Club to establish a recreation area oral help under the area develop-
at the site. ment program of the federal gee-
Harry Coles, a member of the ernmenL
elub, acted as spokesman for the ue,n Cortes asked if the court-
group at Monday's meeting, ty could secure federal match-
County Engineer Frank Porter ing funds for the bridge. Auseth
recommended the commission ap- told Correa there was little chance
prove the request after making an of this because Ma:on County al-'
investigation of the site. Porter ready has several roads which
felt the proposed recreation area qualify for federal matching funds
at Union would be in the public and the state is not inclined to
interest, qualify any more projects.
DR, RAYMOND WAID of Hars- THE QUESTION of a bridge
tine Island, who strongly favors to Harstine is still very much up
the building of a bridge to the is- in the air. It appears that the
land, suggested in a letter to the U.S. Army Engineers will demand
commission, yachtsmen take up a a 31 foot span for the bridge as
collection among themselves to the result of the strong protests
help finance the bridge. Dr. Waid of the yachtsmen. The commis-
felt it would be easy for the boat- stoners have said they would not
ers to raise $50,000 to help defray issue any bonds without the ap-
the cost of building a 31 foot span. proval of the public.
Representatives of various Puget
Sound yacht clubs protested the PUD Installs
construction of a bridge between
Pickering and Harstine recently
before the Army Engineers in
Seattle. The yachtsmen think the Insulated Lines
span should be at least 31 feet
high. The county had hoped to get
permmsion from the Army to build
such a bridge with a span of from PLrD No. 3 crews are now relo-
15 to 25 feet. cating a mile and a half of power-
In his letter to the commission, lines in the Kamilche area to con-
Dr. Waid said he had thought of form to state engineering plans
writing letters to various news- for the Shelton-Olympia freeway.
papers about the matter but feels THE WIRES will be covered
newspapers are too spineless and with a special insulation material
gutless to print his writings, to reduce power outages and oth-
The commissioners passed a res- er maintenance problems, accord-
olution authorizing the transfer ing to Commissioner Ed Taylor.
of $4,066.67 from the general fund PUD No. 3 is one of the first pew-
into the civil defense fund. er utilities to use this type of wir-
The commission approved three ing in the state.
road projects submitted by engin- Taylor said the insulated wires
eer Frank Porter. The projects in- can be knocked down by falling
elude work on the Mason Lake trees and other debris without
road, $25,000; the Shelton valley eliminating power service. The in-
road, $5,000 and the Highland sulated wires also greatly reduce
road, $4,000. Porter, who is lear- the chances of death or injury
ing his present position as of in the event someone accidently
Feb. 1, said these projects .will comes in contact with them.
keep county road crews busy while "This new installation will ira-
the new engineer is busy getting prove power service for the entire
acquainted With local road prob- South end of the county. Although
eros. The commission has inter- it is much more expensive to use
Hewed several prospective candi- insulated lines, we feel it will re-
lates for Porter's lob but had not sult in a saving to us in the long
s yet made a final selection, run because of lower maintenance
Porter informed the commission costs and it will also improve the
that all road department bills for quality of our service", said Tay-
[961 have been paid. He suggested lor.
the county sell some of its surplus The PUD plans to use as much
equipment at future state auctions insulated wire in the future as
in Olympia. Porter feels the county funds will allow. Taylor said in-
may receive higher bids on its Sulated wires are particularly de-
equipment if this practice is fol- sireable in the more remote areas
lowed. The county plans to sell Which are usually the last to be i
three trucks and possibly a rock Placed back in service after snows
crusher, and wind torms.
R. W King, newly appointed Jo Simpson Impro
De Watto Port Commissioner. paid e ves
a visit to the commission. King
talked over the du,,es of his new St dily In S tile
position with +<he commissioners, ea ea
Leonard Olson, operator of the Continued imurovemnt in the
Allyn tavern, asked the commis- Condition of Joe V. Simpson,
sion for a dance permit to allow former Shclton city finance corn-
dancing at his tavern. The corn- missioner who was critically in-
mission told Olson it had no objec- 3tu'ed by a propeller blade in
tions to issuing a pe)'mit. County Alaska in December, is reported
approval of the request is subject by his mother, Mrs. Florence
to confirmation by the state board Lawton.
of liquor control. Simpson is off the critical list
A county building permit was and able to have visitors at the
issued to James E. Rossmaier, Rt. University of Washington hospital,
3, Box 488 AA, $7,000. Where he is being treated by
specialists for the head injurie
--=,.i°';"n To Initiate received when ,,o walked into a
Whirling airplane propeller while
Workin for a marine supply firm
New Members Tuesday g '
at Port Fairfiehl, Alaska.
One of the largest groups of ........................
new men,i>e,.s in the recent histo,'y Mayor Proclaims
of Fred B. Wivell American Legion
Post is Scheduled to be initiated Sheilon Jaycee Week
at public ceremonies next Tuesday
evening. Mayor Earl Moore Tuesday
zu h
Post tCtonlmander Glenn Correa "g t proclaimed the week of Feb.
invites lc public to witness the 4 to 10 as Jaycee Week in Shel-
initiation of 37 new post members ton.
by a 4th District initiation team, "I feel the Jaycees are one of
The cereraonies will be held in our most outstanding civic or-
Memorial Hall starting at 8:00 gmtizations in Shelton", said
p,m. Moore.
MOTHERS MARCH YIELDS $8g7.40--Mason
County Mothers marched Tuesday night collect-
ing funds for the National Foundation's battle
against birth defects, arthritis and polio. Terri
Spllseth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Los Spilseth,
Rt. 1, Box 330, is shown above with Mason
County National Foundation Drive Director
Jerry Samples. Terri was born with birth de-
fects and later contracted polio at the age of
three years. Terri's mother said the National
Foundation has been extremely helpful in assist-
ing tbe. Spilseth family meet the many medical
bills caused by her infirmities. Samples urged
the public to give its all out support to the
National Foundation's drive for funds. The
Zonta Club conducted Tuesday night's march.
Mrs. Merle McNeil was drive director. The
Zonta Club wishes to express its thanks to the
many mothers who marched in the cold fog in
an effort; to help in this worthy cause. Samples
said the total collections should exceed $900 by
the time the final count is made. Last year the
march total came to $786.13.
lic will take advantage of the of-
fer to improve outward appear-
ances of the city for the host of
tourists expected to attend the
Seattle World's Fair.
RESIDENTS are asked to pile
the debris in front of their homes
so crews can get to it without
undue difficulty. City crews will
also be busy in the next few weeks
cutting brush and removing debris
from land adjacent, to roads lead-
ing into town. The street depart-
merit is now utilizing the smwiees
of eight men on public assistance
in conjunction with the Federal
Work Relief program.
City Officials Urge Beautification
Effort For Century 21 Fair
The City Commission approved a motion by Mayor Earl Moore Tueday night to
spruce up Shelton for Century 21.
City crews will be available during the months of February, March and April to haul
yard refuse to the city dump without charge to residents. Those wanting this service can
call city hall and their names will be placed on the cleanup list.
Moore said several other cities are now in the process of civic beautification for
Century 21 andhe feels Shclton should follow Suit .....
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The commission gave a tenative ) 011
Jaycees Slate
Award Banquet
DICK LEWIS
Jaycee Week, proclaimed re-
cently by Mayor Earl Moore, will
be observed Feb. 4-10 by the Shel-
ton Jaycees. Highlight of the week
will be the group's annual Bosses
Night and Distinguished Service
Award Banquet, schedtfled for
next Tuesday night.
PRINCIPAL speaker at the
banquet, to be held at the Jaycee
Clubhouse at the airport, will be
Dick Lewis, president of the
Olympic Area Chamber of Com-
merce. "That Wholesome Positive
Attitude" will be tim subject of
Lewis's talk.
"Bosses night gives us an op-
portunity to tell our bosses md
community leaders about Jaycees
and our activities", said Jim
Hartley, president. "Through the
DSA wc honor a young ntan of
Jaycee age, 21-35 (but not nec-
essarily a ,laycee), for his con-
tribution to the community."
Three civic leaders not eligible for
the award will nmke tlhe selection
from among candidates nominat-
eel by several local organizations.
The Shelton Jaycees, who cur-
rently ha.ve 35 members, were in-
corporated in Dec, 1947. Through
the years they have worked to
develop leadership in young men
throtigh community development.
Nationally, the Jaycees are cel-
cbi'atbg their 42rid anniversary.
They Count a quaiter of a million
members in some 4,000 chapters
in the United States.
Joe Borek will be toastmaster
for the banquet, Doug Richards
is banquet chairman, Vern Dron-
en is DSA chairman and the Jay-
ettes will prepare and serve the
dinner.
approval to a request made: by
Glenn Watson for the acceptance
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