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Percy EPio
6017 S.E. 86h Ave
" po:tland, Ore
$100lt "
YEAR--NO. 6
February 5, 1959
Entered al second cla'J matter at the post office at Shelton, Waehington,
trader Act ot march g, 1879. Publishes weekly at 107 South 4th Street
Published in "Cttmstmastown, U.S.A."
8 Cents per Copy
lS Pages--3 Sections
Mason County People Vote For
31Mill Levy To Build High School
Belfair, Allyn and Victor residents voted in a 31 mill
levy by better than 3 to 1 Tuesday to raise $50,000 for the
building of a full four-year high school at Belfair.
Proposition No. 1 was voted in 447 to 119, and Proposi-
tion No. 2, 452 to 123. Proposition No. 1 is a five-mill levy
which will raise about $8,000 for maintenance and operation,
and Proposition No. 2 is a 26-mill levy to raise $42,000 for
the building of from four to six additional classrooms.
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0, .cue.....-o.....,,co oov--d ,,o C..ntv Rejects
otured here are enjoying some refresh- whole town that night in effort to raise the funds
their march last Thursday night to necessary for the research work planned by the
"qlSVlbl q$1
0, o,_.,. Teamster Pay.
are from left to right, Mrs. Morris Klnnan, National Foundation for polio, birth defects and
Les Young, Mrs. Donald Anderson and Mrs.
* , * * arthritis, (Journal poto, 2iegler print) _
March Colhdions Harry Mort/y Increase Again
I"0 " ^^^ our/ea here c:00is d°:
KUn :PYUU Tuesday second plea of the Teamsters for
a raise in pay for county road de-
partment workers who are mere-
of Mason county received from the areas outside bers of that union,
polio, birth defects of the city. HarlT Mortly burned to death in Teamster members recently
Last Thursday night THOSE WHO joined in the his tiny cabin on the Dayton-air- voted to try again for a pay raise
toward the na- March were Mrs. Bey Holland, port cutoff road early Saturday for 1959 after having been turned
ROBERT K. Johnsen, superin-
tendent of the North Mason Coun-
ty Consolidated School District,
said that architects will be called
in immediately to get things
started and that tenth grade in-
struction will begin this fall and
the first high school graduating
class will be in 1962.
There has been considerable ac-
tivity in north Mason county in
the last few weeks for the estab-
lishment of a four-year high school
and a citizens committee was
formed headed by Mark MacDon-
ald who carried on a house to]
house campaign as Well as hold-
ing public meetings explaining
the need for a high school at BeN
fair. In the past, north Mason
county students have had to travel
5outhFork
Plan Review
MOVING TO OLYMPIA.--The reassignment of Harry DeShields,
Mason county State Patrolman, was reported by Sgt. Stacy Mat-
Due ay"- Tacoma .o. o, ,ho Thurston-Mason county detachment, as one of '
mutual agreement of OeShields and Don Staoy, and by their re-
quest, rDS'hlelds and his family will make the move to Olympia
Th stau]a of Tacoma Cit y in the near future. He has been in Mason county for the past
! ' -. einht years Stacy, who will replace DeShlelda, is not unknown
Light's proposed Cusnman o. = - " •
• roect on the Skokomish River to the county. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Stacy, Shelton,
• " J " • . ........ Y- and married to the former Forest Festival Princess, Sally Cowan.
will be revl(weo Dy OITIcIaIS OI I:ne
city s public util'ty b • .
THE GIANT hydroelectric de- I IR 1 --
velopment first considered by Ta- I tlr lFlflp EIIIFIpJll I
coma several yearn ago has been m,dFJ mlum.j= Bmmm, m -=u,,Jb m mm
' .... ..e, =,, ,-,, mm-, w,,--,- ,-,l, w-wwlp" aW IP"
delayed largely because o£ tn
city's' involvement, , ix* the. Cowlitz ml ql- -- m
dams. However, 'Pacoma City r4AIMIIJWlO MJJlfMll& 1
Light has invested a@proximately IrBJP_ -m_• • B_ • ••
$450,000 on various preliminary 11@' /B • 1111• f W 1
studies. " " 'n a irl
E K Murray a member of the Shelton residents will beg p y g $2.50 a month for
five' man bi,rd, suggested that sewer service starting March 1. City Engineer Karl Sells
the entire Skokomish development and Commissioner W. F. McCann are now making a survey
be reviewed and that a determina-
tion be made exactly where power of the sewers in town in the worst condition so that work
from this source would fit into the can begin immediately when the new revenue starts com-
ing in.
Mayor Earl Moore wants the sewer system on a self-
sustaining basis and insisted Tuesday that the new ordin-
ance for the rate increase includes a provision that only
money which comes from sewer revenue be used for the
operation and maintenance of that department.
of $65 million which
of money needed
win the battle against
afflictions.
ZDNTA Club sponsored
Which began at 7 p.m.
until 9. After the drive
many of the marchers
e War Memorial build-
enjoyed well
of coffee and
that the total col-
county will jump to
the returns are
cans
Forward
12Meetl
the 1959 Lincoln Day
along rapidly,
son County lepub-
e (hY1dah
&lO that lis sub-
a'aa hard at work to
Lincoln Day din-
ever held in the
executive board of
in the Shelton hotel
Monday where
coming event were
OOP head pointed
outstanding ex-
speaker of
Cheers.
born in India, edu-
and has traveled
Asia and
present time he is
engineer with the
of the Boeing
Pany in Seattle.
he was loaned
lpany to the
build the
plant. He per-
oseph Stalin
Mahatma
Minister Nehru
active in the
of the late
here
well
the Republi-
COunty.
all of you who
opportunity to
an outstanding
educator and hu-
YOu to mark your
r 12 at 6:30
the teutured
Armory ,Day dinner
from
Des
Velma I.¢-
B T. Win-
Bob Keen-
morning and with him went one
of this community's best-known
personalities.
VERY FEW KNE him by that
name, though it is his right one,
for he was always "Shorty Mur-
phy" to his many friends who
thmght some kind of permanent
memorial to his memory should
be established. They contributed
their nickles, dimes and quarters
tn a fund ($27.69) at the Pastime
and Miller's which has heen turned
over in the Orthopedic Hospital
through the Green Commonwealth
Orthopedic Guild of Shelton.
Sherry was asleep when his cab-
ins caught fire from the wood
sieve which heated it and served
as a cookstove. With him died
his faithful dog.
Harry Mortly was born Febru-
ary 2, 1900, in New Jersey, served
in World War I in the U.S. Navy
and was a shipmate aboard the
U.S.S. Arkansas with Lyle "Shof
ty" O'I)cll of Agate. He was a
member of the American Legion
aud V.F.W., who conducted grave-
side services Tuesday morning.
ltE WAS AN EXPERT call, en-
ter and gardener and engaged in
various work of that nature dur-
ing his many years residence in:
this community, which dates back
to shortly after World War I.
He leaves no known survivors.
Mary Ann Besch, Mrs. Gwen
Craig, Mrs. Berwyn Thomas, Mrs.
W. Henderson, Mrs. F. H. Rettig,
Mrs. Morris Kinnan, Mrs. Buck
Armstrong, Mrs. Adolph Kopper-
man, Mrs. Gertrude Pringle, Mrs.
Rocky Hembroff, Mrs. R. G. Rick-
ey, Mrs. P. VanderWal, Mrs. Glad-
ys Hughes, Mrs. Mildred North-
ness, Wilma Downing, Muriel
Wilson, Mrs. Rose Sjoholm, Mrs.
A. Roy Dunn, Mrs. Mabel L. Hall,
Ella Barr,
Gladys Vv'hite, Mrs. Phylins Tem-
brcull, Ruth Tylczack, Mrs. Kay
Sutherland, Mrs. Rubye Friskcn,
Mrs. Mildred Homes, Mrs. Bey
Townsend, ellis Jo Wentz, Mrs,
Susie E. Pauley, Clara Huntley,
Mable Goodwin, Jewel Dillenburg,
Billie Dillenhurg, Mrs. Margaret
Myers, Mrs. Dorothy Todd, Mar-
garet Fhzckinger, Boots Price,
Mrs. Mary Helen Anderson,
Frances Sergeant, Susy McKay,
Virginia Goldberg, Ann Rickert,
Nits Meicle, Betty Ktefer, Flora-
belle Rice, Anna Belle Armstrong,
Jean Parker, Margie Valley, Pat
Crow, Dorothy Manke,
Edna Loughman, Elearnor Snel-
Toye, ' May31 ,Daniels, Aloha
runpols, "Martlyn Frcy, Dora
rown, Penny Surratt, Marguerite
Cook, Marilyn Johnson, Arlene
Saupe, Kay Gott, Frances Young,
Beverly Anderson, Lorene L. Win-
grove, Jane Mackey.
Mrs. R. Sparks, Mrs. F. Mor-i
anville' Mrs Hart°ugh' Warnafa New
Beth Johnson, Eugene Martin,
Lucy Edmiston, Phyllis Ziegler,
Mrs. F. H. Rettig, Mrs. Richard
WingroVe, Mrs. Larry Workman,
Mrs. Don Summers, Mrs. Howard
Crate, Mrs. Dale Nye, Mrs. Clar-
ence Kadoun, Mrs. Jerry Wetters,
Mrs. George Herzog, Mr. and Mrs.
Ister Spilseth, and Mrs. A. W.
Kraus (Hoodsport).
Driver Hits
Train And
Hitches Ride/
Donald Denman, 27, Tacoma,
as.charged with negligent drlv-
g by the Washington State Pa-
trol after his car caahed into a
train at the crossing near Ka-
mflche Monday morning.
According to Officer Stan Sush-
ak, Denman heard the train whist-
le and looked one way but not the
other, striking the train as it
crossed the track. Both the train
and Denman were moving at about
20 miles per hour.
The car wa completely de-
stroyed and Denman boarded the
train which was heded for Shel-
ton, . He got a bus here and went
to Bremerton Wher he wa picked
up by, the police there,
maJa did not have an operat-
.or'$ llcen or license plates ad
m on parole from the Washington
State prison. He suffered a bloody
nose as a result of the accident.
Board Member
Harvey H. Warnaca has been
appointed to the board of directors
of School District 309 replacing
Oliver Ashford who recently re-
signed after 10 years of service.
Ashford has been chairman of
the board for the last six years
and has been extremely active in
school affairs during his tenure in
office. His knowledge of struc-
tural engineering was vahmble to
the board during the expansion
building program a few years ago.
The apponitment of Warnaca
was made by County School Su-
perintendent Bill Goodpaster.
Warnaca is in charge of the in-
sulating board division of the
Simpson Logging Company.
I Simpson. Truck Drivers
To Resem Awards
Twenty-two Simpson Logging
Company truck drivers Will re-
ceive National Safety Council
awards for safe driving during
1958 at a dinner given by the
company Friday night.
Guest speaker, at the dinner,
which will be held at the Colonial
House, will be Ralph Peoples,
state tmpervtor of safety.
The drivers work at Camps
Grisdale and Govey and at Shelton
waterfront plants.
A GOOD CAUSEMrs Bett Kief
• McNeil and M " Y "
CO'chairm,. _ .rs. Audrey Pre .
• e ,h:.':Y_" uf the Mothers March CoPr p-
"h;;'e;:re_=¢ounting up the rest,
=.u nrousnogt th oognty
last Thursday night. So far the total receipts
come to $870.81 and it is, expected that the total
will run over $900 when all the returns come irt
from the outlying areas. (Journal photo, 'legler
a).
down a few weeks ago.
! COMMISSIONER ROY Mitchell
told the union representatives,
"You people keep thinking that
!we are like a private company
who can pass on wage increases to
the consumer. We can't do that.
We have only so much money to
spend and there isn't any way we
can falseanymore."
Mitchell quoted a magazine ar-
ticle written by the Attorney Gen-
eral on the subject of government-
al bodies dealing with unions. As-
cording to the article Mitchell
read to the union members, a gov-
emunental body did not have to
deal with a union unless they
wanted to and that employees
could not strike against a govern-
mental body. Mitchell said that
Mason county has had contracts
with the union in the past al-
though they were under no obli-
gation to deal with them.
Commissioner Streckenbach also
told the men that the cotmty was
not in a potation to grant a raise
m view of the reduced 1959 county
budget.
BOTH COMMISSIONERS Mat:
chell and Streckenba, ch felt that
the unhm men failed to realize
that a county government can only
spend what it has and cannot
grant employees an increase in
salary unless the money is awdl-
able.
Vern Martin, business agent for
the teamsters, said that the union
did realize that there is a differ-
ence between a governmental
body and a private business and
that although they are more lim-
ited by law in many regards the
union feels that wages paid to
fContinucd on page 3)
Auto Owners Must Get
'§9 Licenses by Feb, 15
The Mason County Auditor's of-
fice has sold 4800 auto licenses,
1600 truck licenses and 500 trailer
licenses for 1959 as of February 1.
Last year the total at this time
was 3100 autos, 980 trucks and
250 trailer licenses. The time lim-
it for '59 licenses ha been ex-
tended to February 15 but the
auditor's office advises those with-
out new plates that Friday the
13th is the last day they can get
them because the 15th falls on a
Sunday.
25 miles to South Kitsa.p or about
20 miles to Shelton in order to
complete their high school educa-
tion. This has meant that many
of the boys and girls have had to
catch busses as early as 6:15 a.m.
in order to get to school on time.
RESIDENTS OF the area can-
sidered a bond issue at first but
gave up the idea because of the
interest charges and decided to
hold an election to see if the pan-
pie of the area really wanted a
high school. The levy will run in
1960 for one year.
According to Superintendent
Johnsen, the landslide vich)ry for
the new high schtml was clue to a
united community effort and was
the largest school election ever
held at Belfair.
At the present time work has
begun to introduce new subje('ts
to the school curricula in order to
meet state requirements for a high
school diploma. Advaneed emzrses
in math,: history and English are
now trader consideration and it is
expected that sctenee courses will
be offered in 1960. The state law
rcq es one year of labo)'at()ry
science for high school graduation.
The enrollment of the Junior
High School now is about 150 and
it is expected to hit 200 next year
and ultimatctly around 350 when
the full four-year program is in
effect.
TWO PUBLIC meetings, one
held on ,lanuary 14 and the other
on January 29 drew large crowds
and undoubtedly had a favorable
effect on the passage of the 31-
mill levy.
Senate bills 200 and 149 will be
discussed at a senate hearing this
Monday at 2 p.m.
These two bills deal with the re-
turn of at.ate forest board lands
to the counties and the increase of
valuation of clarified lands. Ma-
son comity officials are extremely
interested in the bills bocause if
they are passed it would mean
sttbstantial new aourcen of revenue
for the operation of local govern-
ment.
Boy Scouts To
Hold Honor
Court Feb. I1
"This one ia senna' be differcnt,"
is the claim of the Scoutmasters
and Boy Scout eommissioner staff
in planning the coming Court of
Honor. The court will be held at
7:30 p.m., Wednesday, in Bor-
deaux school.
THE EVENT will include din-
plays iUustrating scouting skills,
though Bob Stine's Troop 12 has
a problem, how to pitch a tent on
a cement floor. George Snyder,
with Troop 16, has the display
Slate Senale Io Hear problem of types qf fires used in
cooking. Troop 10, under the
Impodant Looal Bills g,,idanee of Ernie Anderson, is
going to make tent pegs and camp
equipment right before the eyes o
,f
parents and scouting friends.
"We want the scouting ranks
and merit badge awards to be pr
sentcd in an atmosphere of out-
door scouting" said Archic Under-
wood, veteran scouter of many
years. "We are planning for boy
participation an much as possible
in this court."
THE DISTRICT Court of Hon-
or will include all troops in Ma-
son County and start the drive
"llpward in Scouting Rank." Lnt
February 22 Ohosen ye.r b,)y p.rticlpalion in scouting
dropped iz the county.
As 'Head Sunday' .......................................................
j Fin" BHsiness anti Professional
Women's Club will sl)ns0r a drive
to collect funds for' the Nalional
Heart Foundation in Ma:4on eonn-
ty on Sunday, FcbI.ilary 22.
This rnollcy will be 11:4ctl for
trmtment and ne(lieal rcseareh
fro" heart disease aud will be con-
dncted nationally on that date.
'1'hree persons in Mason county
have received help from the Na-
tional Foundation for heart oper-
ations.
Don Brown Appoinled
'59 Fair Manager
Don Brown, a Cf)nlseltH' Ht the
Shelh)n Junior Higi School, has
been cbosell aS the nlHlH4ger of the
1959 Mason County Fair by the
Mason County Fail" Board.
The j )b of the n|anager is to
coordinate the various aetivitks
of the fair. Brown said that he
had m:)t vet had the opportunity to
meet with the board and tlmt
plans for this year's fair arc ill
undecided. He said that he ex-
pects to meet with .the board |n
Le near Iutuve.
growing systent of Tacoma City
Light. Murray pointed out that
the Cowlitz development in Lewis
county, when completed, would
provide 460,000 kilowatts of ener-
gy. In addition, Tacoma, which
also serves a dozen neighboring
communities, as well as Mason
County P.U.D. No. 1, is destined
to receive 50,000 kilowatts from
Priest Rapids Dam on the Colum-
bia River.
These sources () power, O
course, are in ad(iition to Tacoma's
present generatiml from its two
Cushman plants near Hoodsport,
and its two power phtnts on the
Nisqua.lly Rivcr near Eatonville.
Despite these sere'cos, Tacoma
City Light still buys approximate-
ly 60'/; of its power from the
Bonneville Power Administration
at, a, c()sL of approximately three
million dollars per year.
MURRAY SAID that the rela-
tionship of Cushman No. 3 is vit-
ally important to the board it it is
to be able to nmke a proper de-
termination on the future course
of City Light's construction.
C(, dillings and preliminary
tests on Cushman No. 3 have been
undertaken in past years. Nearly
$36,000 has been spent for fish
studies.
Origiually, plann for the diinl on
the South Fork called fox" a con-
crete arch structure 300 feet high
and 500 feet across, containing :i
ot a mLllion cubic yards of con-
crete. A portion of the project
would include an earth-fill dam.
The project would f()rm a reser-
v,)ir 7/ miles hmg which would
be linked to the prcsent Lake
Cushman by means of a. h)ng tun-
nel. The Sooth Fork development
would require about three ycara
of construction and approximately
600 persons would be employed at
peak development. The city holds
a preliminary permit from the
Federal Power Commission for
construction of the projcct.
MOST OBSERVERS concede
that the Cushman No. 3 project
has been delayed hn'gely because
of Tacoma's difficulties in connec-
tion with the larger Cowlitz River
dewdopment which has heen
fought by leaders of tile Washing-
ton Statc Sportsmen's Council for
more than ten years.
Logger Suffers Leg
Injury In Mmhap
Joseph Bona, 52, Chehalis, suf-
fered a broken leg Monday after-
noon when one of a pile of logs he
was moving with a cat bounced
around and struck him on the leg.
The accident happencd about
six miles northeast of Tahuya. He
was taken to the Harrison hos-
pitl in Brenterton by the Belfair
ambulance.
SCHOOLS CHECKED
The Shelton Fire Department is
now ntaI¢ing a. complete check of
all the school. in the city. Chief
T. I). Deer and State Deputy Fire
Marshal Walter Ricknmn are mak-
ing the inspecti,m. A complete re-
port of th( findings will be sent
t() the school districts.
TO FACE TRIAL---Mrs. Ircne Creech is shown here on the left
with her attorney Henry Opendack of Seattle. A written plea of
not guilty by reason of mental irresponsibility was made last
Friday in the Mason County Superior court. Opendack made a
special request for a speedy trial date and it appears that it will
be held here sometime in March. Mrs. Creech was arrested last
May on suspicion of fatally shooting her sister, Klnora Bloom-
field, at Hood Ganal, (Jou;'na 9hoto) Z4egle¢ prtnt.)
THE CITY engineer and com-
nfisni()ner McCann are now mak-
ing up a new budget for 1959
which will inchlde funds neces.try
to make tht..e repairs.
The city commissioners heard a
request from Vern Painter of the
State Dcpiirtment of Labor and
Indnstri(:s for the establishment of
a. Thurston-Mason county safety
council. Painier told the commis-
sion of the success of safety coun-
cils in Pierce and King counties
Dairy Farmers
Plan Meetings
A so,its of dairy lleelings will
Ibc heht at the City' Hall, Elms,
:trting l,'ebrta.ry 5 ;rod continu-
ing etch 'l"hurs(tay uight tlnLil the
final meeting March 5. Extension
pccia]ists froul Washington State
College will discuss tim most up-
to-date dairy information, The
meetings begin at 8:00 o'clock p.m.
AL the meeting Febmlary 5, the
latest on dairy aninml nutrition
will be brought Lo farmers in this
area. The other meetings will
dwell On ciatry farming buil@tngs
and equipment, dairy economics,
forage and feed production and
market and outlook.
Mason county dairy farmers will
find it profitable to set aside the
evemngs to attend lhese meetings.
Remcmber, each Thursday night
starting with February 5 and run-
nmg through March 5, City Hall,
Elms. Each mccting starts at 8:00
.m.
WEATIIER
High Low Preoip.
Jan. 28 .. 53deg. 33 deg. .08 in.
Jan. 29 .. 48 deg. 32 dcg .........
Jan. 30 .. 42des. 34deg. .28in,
,Inn. 31 .. 45deg. 3;$deg .........
Feb. 1 .... 49deg. 29 deg.
Feb. 2 .... 40 deg. 29 deg..0'2"'in:
Feb. 3 .... 52 dog. 37 deg. .02in.
Rayonier Incorporated. ,,
and he hopes that both tl' city
and county here would gel be-
hind the program. A safety coun-
cil is composed of people from
all walks of life including govern-
ment, indostry, schools and others
who plan a unitt effort to intro-
duce safety practices in all areas
of community life. ' A sleeting
date has not yet beeu .'t but it is
expected that it will be held in
the near future.
The city decided to accept the
contract bid of the (;risdale Con-
strucion company for tile install-
sties .of a 24finch pipe (m Mt.
View. Mayor Moore said tile.
Grisdale offer was accepted be-
cause the bid of the Kimbel Con-
struction company ha,s a. provlsioll
which provided for an extra cost
of 25 et;nts a foot if hard pan we
cnc0nr]teroti ill l)le exc:lv:lti(,'L
FIRE CHIEF 'I'. D. Deer to)d
the con|nlilliolleY that }u. had
talked with R. B. Dickey over the
complaints the city had received
in connection with a storage yard
he has at First and Railroad.
Dickey had been requested to ap-
pear before the commission on
this matter today but told the Fire
Chief that hc was unable to make
:the'dOte: " Th "City"('bn)fiitlm:i or-
dered the clerk to write him a let-
ter instructing him to either build
a fcnce aronnd the el'ca or renqove
the equipment that he has stored
there.
,ETI R E S
GOODRIOH
AND
O, K. RE.O AP
Por More Economic Driving
at
O, K, RUBBER
WELDERS
MT. VIEW
i .i =
i i i lull
ARMOUR'S CRESCENT BRAND
Sliced Bacon 3iq °°
i i Nil I I,,I
TOM TURKEYS ,,,o 35=
23-LB ............. LB.
NECK BONES ::::, ................... ,,.15 ¢
CAHNED PICNICS .-,,.°'"*°°',^¢. =I "e9
HEN TURKEYS ,,o 39=
, ' 12-LB ........... LB.
VEAL ROAST ......... ,..69 =
SPARE RIBS ::=, .............. ,,45¢
i i i
CARSTEN'S PURE PORK
Sausage Rolls 3iq°°
WESTERN MEAT CO.
411 RAILROAD • HA 6-62=:13
. III IIII J.. IIIIIIIIII I • Ir I ............
Percy EPio
6017 S.E. 86h Ave
" po:tland, Ore
$100lt "
YEAR--NO. 6
February 5, 1959
Entered al second cla'J matter at the post office at Shelton, Waehington,
trader Act ot march g, 1879. Publishes weekly at 107 South 4th Street
Published in "Cttmstmastown, U.S.A."
8 Cents per Copy
lS Pages--3 Sections
Mason County People Vote For
31Mill Levy To Build High School
Belfair, Allyn and Victor residents voted in a 31 mill
levy by better than 3 to 1 Tuesday to raise $50,000 for the
building of a full four-year high school at Belfair.
Proposition No. 1 was voted in 447 to 119, and Proposi-
tion No. 2, 452 to 123. Proposition No. 1 is a five-mill levy
which will raise about $8,000 for maintenance and operation,
and Proposition No. 2 is a 26-mill levy to raise $42,000 for
the building of from four to six additional classrooms.
I o
0, .cue.....-o.....,,co oov--d ,,o C..ntv Rejects
otured here are enjoying some refresh- whole town that night in effort to raise the funds
their march last Thursday night to necessary for the research work planned by the
"qlSVlbl q$1
0, o,_.,. Teamster Pay.
are from left to right, Mrs. Morris Klnnan, National Foundation for polio, birth defects and
Les Young, Mrs. Donald Anderson and Mrs.
* , * * arthritis, (Journal poto, 2iegler print) _
March Colhdions Harry Mort/y Increase Again
I"0 " ^^^ our/ea here c:00is d°:
KUn :PYUU Tuesday second plea of the Teamsters for
a raise in pay for county road de-
partment workers who are mere-
of Mason county received from the areas outside bers of that union,
polio, birth defects of the city. HarlT Mortly burned to death in Teamster members recently
Last Thursday night THOSE WHO joined in the his tiny cabin on the Dayton-air- voted to try again for a pay raise
toward the na- March were Mrs. Bey Holland, port cutoff road early Saturday for 1959 after having been turned
ROBERT K. Johnsen, superin-
tendent of the North Mason Coun-
ty Consolidated School District,
said that architects will be called
in immediately to get things
started and that tenth grade in-
struction will begin this fall and
the first high school graduating
class will be in 1962.
There has been considerable ac-
tivity in north Mason county in
the last few weeks for the estab-
lishment of a four-year high school
and a citizens committee was
formed headed by Mark MacDon-
ald who carried on a house to]
house campaign as Well as hold-
ing public meetings explaining
the need for a high school at BeN
fair. In the past, north Mason
county students have had to travel
5outhFork
Plan Review
MOVING TO OLYMPIA.--The reassignment of Harry DeShields,
Mason county State Patrolman, was reported by Sgt. Stacy Mat-
Due ay"- Tacoma .o. o, ,ho Thurston-Mason county detachment, as one of '
mutual agreement of OeShields and Don Staoy, and by their re-
quest, rDS'hlelds and his family will make the move to Olympia
Th stau]a of Tacoma Cit y in the near future. He has been in Mason county for the past
! ' -. einht years Stacy, who will replace DeShlelda, is not unknown
Light's proposed Cusnman o. = - " •
• roect on the Skokomish River to the county. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Stacy, Shelton,
• " J " • . ........ Y- and married to the former Forest Festival Princess, Sally Cowan.
will be revl(weo Dy OITIcIaIS OI I:ne
city s public util'ty b • .
THE GIANT hydroelectric de- I IR 1 --
velopment first considered by Ta- I tlr lFlflp EIIIFIpJll I
coma several yearn ago has been m,dFJ mlum.j= Bmmm, m -=u,,Jb m mm
' .... ..e, =,, ,-,, mm-, w,,--,- ,-,l, w-wwlp" aW IP"
delayed largely because o£ tn
city's' involvement, , ix* the. Cowlitz ml ql- -- m
dams. However, 'Pacoma City r4AIMIIJWlO MJJlfMll& 1
Light has invested a@proximately IrBJP_ -m_• • B_ • ••
$450,000 on various preliminary 11@' /B • 1111• f W 1
studies. " " 'n a irl
E K Murray a member of the Shelton residents will beg p y g $2.50 a month for
five' man bi,rd, suggested that sewer service starting March 1. City Engineer Karl Sells
the entire Skokomish development and Commissioner W. F. McCann are now making a survey
be reviewed and that a determina-
tion be made exactly where power of the sewers in town in the worst condition so that work
from this source would fit into the can begin immediately when the new revenue starts com-
ing in.
Mayor Earl Moore wants the sewer system on a self-
sustaining basis and insisted Tuesday that the new ordin-
ance for the rate increase includes a provision that only
money which comes from sewer revenue be used for the
operation and maintenance of that department.
of $65 million which
of money needed
win the battle against
afflictions.
ZDNTA Club sponsored
Which began at 7 p.m.
until 9. After the drive
many of the marchers
e War Memorial build-
enjoyed well
of coffee and
that the total col-
county will jump to
the returns are
cans
Forward
12Meetl
the 1959 Lincoln Day
along rapidly,
son County lepub-
e (hY1dah
&lO that lis sub-
a'aa hard at work to
Lincoln Day din-
ever held in the
executive board of
in the Shelton hotel
Monday where
coming event were
OOP head pointed
outstanding ex-
speaker of
Cheers.
born in India, edu-
and has traveled
Asia and
present time he is
engineer with the
of the Boeing
Pany in Seattle.
he was loaned
lpany to the
build the
plant. He per-
oseph Stalin
Mahatma
Minister Nehru
active in the
of the late
here
well
the Republi-
COunty.
all of you who
opportunity to
an outstanding
educator and hu-
YOu to mark your
r 12 at 6:30
the teutured
Armory ,Day dinner
from
Des
Velma I.¢-
B T. Win-
Bob Keen-
morning and with him went one
of this community's best-known
personalities.
VERY FEW KNE him by that
name, though it is his right one,
for he was always "Shorty Mur-
phy" to his many friends who
thmght some kind of permanent
memorial to his memory should
be established. They contributed
their nickles, dimes and quarters
tn a fund ($27.69) at the Pastime
and Miller's which has heen turned
over in the Orthopedic Hospital
through the Green Commonwealth
Orthopedic Guild of Shelton.
Sherry was asleep when his cab-
ins caught fire from the wood
sieve which heated it and served
as a cookstove. With him died
his faithful dog.
Harry Mortly was born Febru-
ary 2, 1900, in New Jersey, served
in World War I in the U.S. Navy
and was a shipmate aboard the
U.S.S. Arkansas with Lyle "Shof
ty" O'I)cll of Agate. He was a
member of the American Legion
aud V.F.W., who conducted grave-
side services Tuesday morning.
ltE WAS AN EXPERT call, en-
ter and gardener and engaged in
various work of that nature dur-
ing his many years residence in:
this community, which dates back
to shortly after World War I.
He leaves no known survivors.
Mary Ann Besch, Mrs. Gwen
Craig, Mrs. Berwyn Thomas, Mrs.
W. Henderson, Mrs. F. H. Rettig,
Mrs. Morris Kinnan, Mrs. Buck
Armstrong, Mrs. Adolph Kopper-
man, Mrs. Gertrude Pringle, Mrs.
Rocky Hembroff, Mrs. R. G. Rick-
ey, Mrs. P. VanderWal, Mrs. Glad-
ys Hughes, Mrs. Mildred North-
ness, Wilma Downing, Muriel
Wilson, Mrs. Rose Sjoholm, Mrs.
A. Roy Dunn, Mrs. Mabel L. Hall,
Ella Barr,
Gladys Vv'hite, Mrs. Phylins Tem-
brcull, Ruth Tylczack, Mrs. Kay
Sutherland, Mrs. Rubye Friskcn,
Mrs. Mildred Homes, Mrs. Bey
Townsend, ellis Jo Wentz, Mrs,
Susie E. Pauley, Clara Huntley,
Mable Goodwin, Jewel Dillenburg,
Billie Dillenhurg, Mrs. Margaret
Myers, Mrs. Dorothy Todd, Mar-
garet Fhzckinger, Boots Price,
Mrs. Mary Helen Anderson,
Frances Sergeant, Susy McKay,
Virginia Goldberg, Ann Rickert,
Nits Meicle, Betty Ktefer, Flora-
belle Rice, Anna Belle Armstrong,
Jean Parker, Margie Valley, Pat
Crow, Dorothy Manke,
Edna Loughman, Elearnor Snel-
Toye, ' May31 ,Daniels, Aloha
runpols, "Martlyn Frcy, Dora
rown, Penny Surratt, Marguerite
Cook, Marilyn Johnson, Arlene
Saupe, Kay Gott, Frances Young,
Beverly Anderson, Lorene L. Win-
grove, Jane Mackey.
Mrs. R. Sparks, Mrs. F. Mor-i
anville' Mrs Hart°ugh' Warnafa New
Beth Johnson, Eugene Martin,
Lucy Edmiston, Phyllis Ziegler,
Mrs. F. H. Rettig, Mrs. Richard
WingroVe, Mrs. Larry Workman,
Mrs. Don Summers, Mrs. Howard
Crate, Mrs. Dale Nye, Mrs. Clar-
ence Kadoun, Mrs. Jerry Wetters,
Mrs. George Herzog, Mr. and Mrs.
Ister Spilseth, and Mrs. A. W.
Kraus (Hoodsport).
Driver Hits
Train And
Hitches Ride/
Donald Denman, 27, Tacoma,
as.charged with negligent drlv-
g by the Washington State Pa-
trol after his car caahed into a
train at the crossing near Ka-
mflche Monday morning.
According to Officer Stan Sush-
ak, Denman heard the train whist-
le and looked one way but not the
other, striking the train as it
crossed the track. Both the train
and Denman were moving at about
20 miles per hour.
The car wa completely de-
stroyed and Denman boarded the
train which was heded for Shel-
ton, . He got a bus here and went
to Bremerton Wher he wa picked
up by, the police there,
maJa did not have an operat-
.or'$ llcen or license plates ad
m on parole from the Washington
State prison. He suffered a bloody
nose as a result of the accident.
Board Member
Harvey H. Warnaca has been
appointed to the board of directors
of School District 309 replacing
Oliver Ashford who recently re-
signed after 10 years of service.
Ashford has been chairman of
the board for the last six years
and has been extremely active in
school affairs during his tenure in
office. His knowledge of struc-
tural engineering was vahmble to
the board during the expansion
building program a few years ago.
The apponitment of Warnaca
was made by County School Su-
perintendent Bill Goodpaster.
Warnaca is in charge of the in-
sulating board division of the
Simpson Logging Company.
I Simpson. Truck Drivers
To Resem Awards
Twenty-two Simpson Logging
Company truck drivers Will re-
ceive National Safety Council
awards for safe driving during
1958 at a dinner given by the
company Friday night.
Guest speaker, at the dinner,
which will be held at the Colonial
House, will be Ralph Peoples,
state tmpervtor of safety.
The drivers work at Camps
Grisdale and Govey and at Shelton
waterfront plants.
A GOOD CAUSEMrs Bett Kief
• McNeil and M " Y "
CO'chairm,. _ .rs. Audrey Pre .
• e ,h:.':Y_" uf the Mothers March CoPr p-
"h;;'e;:re_=¢ounting up the rest,
=.u nrousnogt th oognty
last Thursday night. So far the total receipts
come to $870.81 and it is, expected that the total
will run over $900 when all the returns come irt
from the outlying areas. (Journal photo, 'legler
a).
down a few weeks ago.
! COMMISSIONER ROY Mitchell
told the union representatives,
"You people keep thinking that
!we are like a private company
who can pass on wage increases to
the consumer. We can't do that.
We have only so much money to
spend and there isn't any way we
can falseanymore."
Mitchell quoted a magazine ar-
ticle written by the Attorney Gen-
eral on the subject of government-
al bodies dealing with unions. As-
cording to the article Mitchell
read to the union members, a gov-
emunental body did not have to
deal with a union unless they
wanted to and that employees
could not strike against a govern-
mental body. Mitchell said that
Mason county has had contracts
with the union in the past al-
though they were under no obli-
gation to deal with them.
Commissioner Streckenbach also
told the men that the cotmty was
not in a potation to grant a raise
m view of the reduced 1959 county
budget.
BOTH COMMISSIONERS Mat:
chell and Streckenba, ch felt that
the unhm men failed to realize
that a county government can only
spend what it has and cannot
grant employees an increase in
salary unless the money is awdl-
able.
Vern Martin, business agent for
the teamsters, said that the union
did realize that there is a differ-
ence between a governmental
body and a private business and
that although they are more lim-
ited by law in many regards the
union feels that wages paid to
fContinucd on page 3)
Auto Owners Must Get
'§9 Licenses by Feb, 15
The Mason County Auditor's of-
fice has sold 4800 auto licenses,
1600 truck licenses and 500 trailer
licenses for 1959 as of February 1.
Last year the total at this time
was 3100 autos, 980 trucks and
250 trailer licenses. The time lim-
it for '59 licenses ha been ex-
tended to February 15 but the
auditor's office advises those with-
out new plates that Friday the
13th is the last day they can get
them because the 15th falls on a
Sunday.
25 miles to South Kitsa.p or about
20 miles to Shelton in order to
complete their high school educa-
tion. This has meant that many
of the boys and girls have had to
catch busses as early as 6:15 a.m.
in order to get to school on time.
RESIDENTS OF the area can-
sidered a bond issue at first but
gave up the idea because of the
interest charges and decided to
hold an election to see if the pan-
pie of the area really wanted a
high school. The levy will run in
1960 for one year.
According to Superintendent
Johnsen, the landslide vich)ry for
the new high schtml was clue to a
united community effort and was
the largest school election ever
held at Belfair.
At the present time work has
begun to introduce new subje('ts
to the school curricula in order to
meet state requirements for a high
school diploma. Advaneed emzrses
in math,: history and English are
now trader consideration and it is
expected that sctenee courses will
be offered in 1960. The state law
rcq es one year of labo)'at()ry
science for high school graduation.
The enrollment of the Junior
High School now is about 150 and
it is expected to hit 200 next year
and ultimatctly around 350 when
the full four-year program is in
effect.
TWO PUBLIC meetings, one
held on ,lanuary 14 and the other
on January 29 drew large crowds
and undoubtedly had a favorable
effect on the passage of the 31-
mill levy.
Senate bills 200 and 149 will be
discussed at a senate hearing this
Monday at 2 p.m.
These two bills deal with the re-
turn of at.ate forest board lands
to the counties and the increase of
valuation of clarified lands. Ma-
son comity officials are extremely
interested in the bills bocause if
they are passed it would mean
sttbstantial new aourcen of revenue
for the operation of local govern-
ment.
Boy Scouts To
Hold Honor
Court Feb. I1
"This one ia senna' be differcnt,"
is the claim of the Scoutmasters
and Boy Scout eommissioner staff
in planning the coming Court of
Honor. The court will be held at
7:30 p.m., Wednesday, in Bor-
deaux school.
THE EVENT will include din-
plays iUustrating scouting skills,
though Bob Stine's Troop 12 has
a problem, how to pitch a tent on
a cement floor. George Snyder,
with Troop 16, has the display
Slate Senale Io Hear problem of types qf fires used in
cooking. Troop 10, under the
Impodant Looal Bills g,,idanee of Ernie Anderson, is
going to make tent pegs and camp
equipment right before the eyes o
,f
parents and scouting friends.
"We want the scouting ranks
and merit badge awards to be pr
sentcd in an atmosphere of out-
door scouting" said Archic Under-
wood, veteran scouter of many
years. "We are planning for boy
participation an much as possible
in this court."
THE DISTRICT Court of Hon-
or will include all troops in Ma-
son County and start the drive
"llpward in Scouting Rank." Lnt
February 22 Ohosen ye.r b,)y p.rticlpalion in scouting
dropped iz the county.
As 'Head Sunday' .......................................................
j Fin" BHsiness anti Professional
Women's Club will sl)ns0r a drive
to collect funds for' the Nalional
Heart Foundation in Ma:4on eonn-
ty on Sunday, FcbI.ilary 22.
This rnollcy will be 11:4ctl for
trmtment and ne(lieal rcseareh
fro" heart disease aud will be con-
dncted nationally on that date.
'1'hree persons in Mason county
have received help from the Na-
tional Foundation for heart oper-
ations.
Don Brown Appoinled
'59 Fair Manager
Don Brown, a Cf)nlseltH' Ht the
Shelh)n Junior Higi School, has
been cbosell aS the nlHlH4ger of the
1959 Mason County Fair by the
Mason County Fail" Board.
The j )b of the n|anager is to
coordinate the various aetivitks
of the fair. Brown said that he
had m:)t vet had the opportunity to
meet with the board and tlmt
plans for this year's fair arc ill
undecided. He said that he ex-
pects to meet with .the board |n
Le near Iutuve.
growing systent of Tacoma City
Light. Murray pointed out that
the Cowlitz development in Lewis
county, when completed, would
provide 460,000 kilowatts of ener-
gy. In addition, Tacoma, which
also serves a dozen neighboring
communities, as well as Mason
County P.U.D. No. 1, is destined
to receive 50,000 kilowatts from
Priest Rapids Dam on the Colum-
bia River.
These sources () power, O
course, are in ad(iition to Tacoma's
present generatiml from its two
Cushman plants near Hoodsport,
and its two power phtnts on the
Nisqua.lly Rivcr near Eatonville.
Despite these sere'cos, Tacoma
City Light still buys approximate-
ly 60'/; of its power from the
Bonneville Power Administration
at, a, c()sL of approximately three
million dollars per year.
MURRAY SAID that the rela-
tionship of Cushman No. 3 is vit-
ally important to the board it it is
to be able to nmke a proper de-
termination on the future course
of City Light's construction.
C(, dillings and preliminary
tests on Cushman No. 3 have been
undertaken in past years. Nearly
$36,000 has been spent for fish
studies.
Origiually, plann for the diinl on
the South Fork called fox" a con-
crete arch structure 300 feet high
and 500 feet across, containing :i
ot a mLllion cubic yards of con-
crete. A portion of the project
would include an earth-fill dam.
The project would f()rm a reser-
v,)ir 7/ miles hmg which would
be linked to the prcsent Lake
Cushman by means of a. h)ng tun-
nel. The Sooth Fork development
would require about three ycara
of construction and approximately
600 persons would be employed at
peak development. The city holds
a preliminary permit from the
Federal Power Commission for
construction of the projcct.
MOST OBSERVERS concede
that the Cushman No. 3 project
has been delayed hn'gely because
of Tacoma's difficulties in connec-
tion with the larger Cowlitz River
dewdopment which has heen
fought by leaders of tile Washing-
ton Statc Sportsmen's Council for
more than ten years.
Logger Suffers Leg
Injury In Mmhap
Joseph Bona, 52, Chehalis, suf-
fered a broken leg Monday after-
noon when one of a pile of logs he
was moving with a cat bounced
around and struck him on the leg.
The accident happencd about
six miles northeast of Tahuya. He
was taken to the Harrison hos-
pitl in Brenterton by the Belfair
ambulance.
SCHOOLS CHECKED
The Shelton Fire Department is
now ntaI¢ing a. complete check of
all the school. in the city. Chief
T. I). Deer and State Deputy Fire
Marshal Walter Ricknmn are mak-
ing the inspecti,m. A complete re-
port of th( findings will be sent
t() the school districts.
TO FACE TRIAL---Mrs. Ircne Creech is shown here on the left
with her attorney Henry Opendack of Seattle. A written plea of
not guilty by reason of mental irresponsibility was made last
Friday in the Mason County Superior court. Opendack made a
special request for a speedy trial date and it appears that it will
be held here sometime in March. Mrs. Creech was arrested last
May on suspicion of fatally shooting her sister, Klnora Bloom-
field, at Hood Ganal, (Jou;'na 9hoto) Z4egle¢ prtnt.)
THE CITY engineer and com-
nfisni()ner McCann are now mak-
ing up a new budget for 1959
which will inchlde funds neces.try
to make tht..e repairs.
The city commissioners heard a
request from Vern Painter of the
State Dcpiirtment of Labor and
Indnstri(:s for the establishment of
a. Thurston-Mason county safety
council. Painier told the commis-
sion of the success of safety coun-
cils in Pierce and King counties
Dairy Farmers
Plan Meetings
A so,its of dairy lleelings will
Ibc heht at the City' Hall, Elms,
:trting l,'ebrta.ry 5 ;rod continu-
ing etch 'l"hurs(tay uight tlnLil the
final meeting March 5. Extension
pccia]ists froul Washington State
College will discuss tim most up-
to-date dairy information, The
meetings begin at 8:00 o'clock p.m.
AL the meeting Febmlary 5, the
latest on dairy aninml nutrition
will be brought Lo farmers in this
area. The other meetings will
dwell On ciatry farming buil@tngs
and equipment, dairy economics,
forage and feed production and
market and outlook.
Mason county dairy farmers will
find it profitable to set aside the
evemngs to attend lhese meetings.
Remcmber, each Thursday night
starting with February 5 and run-
nmg through March 5, City Hall,
Elms. Each mccting starts at 8:00
.m.
WEATIIER
High Low Preoip.
Jan. 28 .. 53deg. 33 deg. .08 in.
Jan. 29 .. 48 deg. 32 dcg .........
Jan. 30 .. 42des. 34deg. .28in,
,Inn. 31 .. 45deg. 3;$deg .........
Feb. 1 .... 49deg. 29 deg.
Feb. 2 .... 40 deg. 29 deg..0'2"'in:
Feb. 3 .... 52 dog. 37 deg. .02in.
Rayonier Incorporated. ,,
and he hopes that both tl' city
and county here would gel be-
hind the program. A safety coun-
cil is composed of people from
all walks of life including govern-
ment, indostry, schools and others
who plan a unitt effort to intro-
duce safety practices in all areas
of community life. ' A sleeting
date has not yet beeu .'t but it is
expected that it will be held in
the near future.
The city decided to accept the
contract bid of the (;risdale Con-
strucion company for tile install-
sties .of a 24finch pipe (m Mt.
View. Mayor Moore said tile.
Grisdale offer was accepted be-
cause the bid of the Kimbel Con-
struction company ha,s a. provlsioll
which provided for an extra cost
of 25 et;nts a foot if hard pan we
cnc0nr]teroti ill l)le exc:lv:lti(,'L
FIRE CHIEF 'I'. D. Deer to)d
the con|nlilliolleY that }u. had
talked with R. B. Dickey over the
complaints the city had received
in connection with a storage yard
he has at First and Railroad.
Dickey had been requested to ap-
pear before the commission on
this matter today but told the Fire
Chief that hc was unable to make
:the'dOte: " Th "City"('bn)fiitlm:i or-
dered the clerk to write him a let-
ter instructing him to either build
a fcnce aronnd the el'ca or renqove
the equipment that he has stored
there.
,ETI R E S
GOODRIOH
AND
O, K. RE.O AP
Por More Economic Driving
at
O, K, RUBBER
WELDERS
MT. VIEW
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ARMOUR'S CRESCENT BRAND
Sliced Bacon 3iq °°
i i Nil I I,,I
TOM TURKEYS ,,,o 35=
23-LB ............. LB.
NECK BONES ::::, ................... ,,.15 ¢
CAHNED PICNICS .-,,.°'"*°°',^¢. =I "e9
HEN TURKEYS ,,o 39=
, ' 12-LB ........... LB.
VEAL ROAST ......... ,..69 =
SPARE RIBS ::=, .............. ,,45¢
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CARSTEN'S PURE PORK
Sausage Rolls 3iq°°
WESTERN MEAT CO.
411 RAILROAD • HA 6-62=:13
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