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........ Thursday, January 2,
MENT
CCIAL
REGULAR
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• a , • •
.... $2.29
• s..$2.25
9 & $2.95
.... $2.5O
0 to $5.75
NOW
[ALS
REGULAR
'HINGS
AS THEY
SEEM
reduced to words, "what
my are thinking about,
d What some study and
|ought bring out."
RING the past 15 years when
,Yovernment by .ernSiheannd "
ttion, not to ment!o
rupted series of planned em-
e{es Which was part and par-
ff the New Deal, Americans
become inured to things of
!hal life that .should have
more seriously considered.
e is nothing so perishable as
mmodity known as news and
kg so stale as what was
d Yesterday. Our modern
alitieians, knowing that, and
effort to detract attention
their own shortcomings,
create emergencies, until
[U.b!fc. was glutted and intoxi-
w]ta the continued series of
tion that was manufactured
ke their minds and their con-
from the things
in our lives. All of
period of Americana is
epoch in our his-
during which the
of our form of gee-
ave been subjugated to
of the politi-
created smokescreens
rational thinking and
@
years is a
of time and it be-
when realized
period, when given
to a community
le, by a public ser-
cause for reflec-
much commendation
oe°A. 'can direct toward
Lewis, who on Janu-
Sere'red sucl% a of
............... $3.85 r.l':rcase on behalaZc¢rthe
... on county and Shel-
............... $8.50 A n.r. Lewis separated himself
'_.hl8 lositionffinr as city attor-
"0-sSh|ton because of an ever
$9.50 & $9.95 "--lj.Olg bui'den of private oc-
............... $3.95 :den.ud more of his talented
$'51]|d: iL and:t a new venture that
i e''i ' "raentsteaves his association
• • : off Clal llfe of the commun-
ith:regret, but gaining con-
en.t from a review of the
vhsnments, betterments and
eieTMENT in the community
!¢gg that time and during which
-- SerVedh, as legal advisor for
uni governments. It is a
d
)FF "--,, should consider itself
iauUn:.ecord to review and the
nat, in having been bless-
iFi'h Such unselfishness and
n m duty, in its behalf.
O
$16 51 ,.00.wis was born
........... • of sturdy
serving as a rail-
and an early day
lat Oil City,
lure of the
the. famil
went to
i
to a coun-
,at Mt. Carlton at the
Spokane and after
grade studies at-
school ,t Spokane,
lea he graduated with
a scholarship to Whit-
m He distinguished
besides win-
laurels at Whit-
reknown as a foot-
on the same team
' "Nig"
to his prow-
eld athlete. His end
i the 'Missionaries"
high acclaim from
6.95 :i of the day and
of a splen-
has served him
energy required
Graduating
in 1911, he was
superintendent of
Wash. "Charley"
ation as he
without
Hats chool. He read
. " home to qualify
of state bar re,
;2.98 He was mar-
of Judge
,: in 1914,
being creditdd
the first juvenile
Pacific Coast ad
": bench for over 20
Frater's son and
Judge John
his father
long tenure in
lpers a .
iKeat uS3aCiated with the
Regular $5.95 ley r,, ,on s y s t c m,
!:!Iervic:m.gned= -,ur to enlist for at-
* + ,o. t.o
Bhelt er that service came
iey. by ,v as appointed city at-
!WSon:n: th Mayor F. C.
;:'++lrued t- po t that he has
,i Year tlp until the first of
" led" admtion to his mun-
t U,. employment he gave
! =" utl¢ Sere '
:i hi offl., ice and advantage
• i; electe,= capability by be-
'itn - as county attorney;
'in'co/rtr°s.1927. Shelton was
/c::"v'uatea---aedo towu of the
age Two)
askets
tch
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VOL. LXI-=-NO. 2.
SHELTON, WASHINGTON. Thursday, January 9, 1947.
Gray Heading
Annual Red
Cross Drive
Jack H. Gray, V.F.W. Post ad-
jutant-quartermaster has been
appointed 1947 Fund Campaign
Chairman for the Mason County
Chapter of the American Red
Cross, Chapter Chairman Horace
H. Crary mm0unced this week.
As the 1947 Red Cross Fund
Campaign Chairman, Mr. Gray
will direct and coordinate the
work of volunteer solicitors of the
chapter ,when the organization
goes to the public throughout the
county in March to seek financial
support for its various programs,
including Services to Armed
Forces at home and overseas, ser-
vices to veterans, and community
programs.
While blood donor service for
the armed forces and the prisoner
of war program have been discon-
tinued, there has been a heavy
increase in Service to Veterans,
said Mr. Crary, in pointing out
continuing and changing needs
for Red Cross Services. Chairman
I Crary added that in this first
i post-war year the Red Cross has
continued to furnish recreational
facilities and, welfare service for
occupation troops overseas. Red
Cross also is the link between ser-
vicemen in the states and their
homes. Home Service is the end
of this link in the chapters, help-
ing both servicemen and their
families.
Home Service also plays an
important part in the ever-ex-
panding program of Service to
Veterans. More than one million
veterans and their families were
contacted by Home Service work-
ers during the fiscal year 1945-46.
"Since the war Red Cross has
increased the tempo of activity
in its health'and educational ser-
vices, vital to the well-being of
all Americans," Chapter Chair-
man Crary said. ,'Disaster Ser-
vice, a fundamental obligation of
every Red Cross Chapter, has
been called upon to serve in every
known kind of natural disaster
in 1946/
Chairman Crary pointed out
that many .Red Cross responsibil-
ities in this post-war era are
greater 'than in any other peace-
time years,since the Red Cross
H,e added that Red
dfilqri;ifrpffi l:h pu],
separate Canpaiga lOtr
affiliated with fund raising ef-
forts of. other .organizations.
SEWERS, KNI'RS CAN
GET RED'CROSS SUPPLIES
Tile Production Room will again
be open in the Red Cross Head-
quarters at 6th and Railroad on
Wednesday afternoons from 1:30
to 5:00. Anyone wishing to take
out sewings,or come to the rooms
to sew on that day will be welcome
as there are a number of bath-
robes and, men's pajamas to be
which are especially needed
for the men in the hospitals.
Over I00 pounds of O,D. yarn
is on hand which is to be made
into sweaters for the children of
war stricken areas. These sweat-
ers are Brooks type in sizes rang-
ing from to 12 years.
VISITING IN NORFOLK
Mr. and Mrs. Lantz Wiss of
Shelten send word to friends back
home here that they are being
shown a igrand time by their son
and daughter-in-law, Lteut.-Comdr,
and Mrs. Don Wiss, whom they are
visiting at Norfolk, Virginia, where
their son is stationed with the U. S.
Navy Air Corps. Mr. and Mrs.
Wiss expect to visit Washington,
D. C., and New York City before
returning to Shelton.
n i| [ illl[
WORD TO WISE!
GET 1947 PLATE
BY TOMORROW ""
Better get your 1947 license
plates on your car before Fri-
day, January 10, or the "gob-
lins" will get you. So warns
Officer H, V. Leonard of the
Washington State Patrol.
Peraons without the valid li-
censes after that date are sub-
ject to arrest.
Officer Leonard also stated
that Uoense plates in the win.
dows of cara will not be per-
mitted and anyone driving with
them there instead of in the reg-
ular plate brackets on the car
will be made to affix them in the
proper place before proceeding
DERBY OVER; BORDEN,
, DANIELS WINNERS
• acrossthe January 4, at the Shelton hos-
' of time to pital. The five-pound, eight-ounce
of win, place boy Will join a brother, Richard,
en Mer- and € sister, Coralie. As second
Derby" were place winner in the contest, James
Baby Boy An- will be the recipient of a $7,50
'MARCH OF DIMES'
HOOP PROGRAM
SLATED JAN. 21
Shelton basketball players will
join the activities which pour
funds into Mason County's 1947
'March of Dimes' campaign by
staging a doubleheader in the
new Shelton gym January 21 at
which the net receipts go into
the Dimes fund.
In the feature game of the
twin bill the Morgan Lumber
team of the Shelton and Olym-
pia city leagues will take on the
powerful Valley Cleaners of
Etma, one of the strongest clubs
in Southwest Washington.
While the arrangement isn't
yet definite, tentative plans
whioh are being worked out now
would pit the Mary M. Knight
Owls of the Tri-County high
school basketball against the
Shelton Highclimber B team in
the other game of the double-
header.
Complete details will be an-
nounced in next week's Journal
.S po t section.
I * II
Coast Guard
Reactivated
Reactivation of one of Shelton's
outstandin K War efforts--its U. S.
Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla
was started at a meeting of for-
mer members at the City Hall on
:Monday night. A total of twenty-
one old and several new mem-
bers became enrolled in the group
which will soon be organized under
Coast Guard auspices.
The organization, a group of
volunteer civilians, manned small
boats and served as inshore patrol
during the recently concluded war.
The efficiency of the local flotilla,
under Commander Roy Kimbel was
commanded by the parent service.
A speaker from Coast Guard
headquarters addressed the meet-
ing here on Monday and supplied
the former members with appli-
cation papers, which were readily
filled out by those attending. A
fifty-foot patrol boat is to be pro-
vided the flotilla for a weekend
cruise in the near future.
Among those who applied for
membership in, Flotilla 48 were:
Herb Angle, I-l Olstead, M. H.
Needham, 'Phil Bayley, Mllt Clo-
their, V ern Eaton, Don Sperling,
Erl., Johnson, William ,...MKen,
zie, J. +I-Iplloway, Roy ,Peacher,
Frttr/k awks, Walt Sloe, Walt
Charleston, Dick Kieburtz, William
Somers, Art Bennett, Robert Mil-
ler and Roy, Jack and Bob Kimbel.
New officers for the flotilla will
be elected at a meeting to be
called soon, Commander Kimbel
has served as head of the flotilla
for several years.
Bard Breaks Out
With Plea For
Amateur Talent
The first local talent to make its
appearance in connection with the
fortheoming Active Club Amateur
Contest is the following poetic en-
deavor submitted byLou Redman:
"We've named the place, set
the time
And even named our baby.
But now we need a few more
acts
And we really don't mean maybe.
So if you've talent
That you feel needs some
expressing
Let us know about it
Don't try to keep us essing.
And if you've any sporting blood
and enjoy good competition
Fill out the coupon on page nine
And apply for an audition."
The contest will be held Thurs-
day, January 30. and three main
prizes of $15, $i0 and $5 in gift
certificates will be awarded to th4
winning contestants.
F: gures Wrong On
Peste Xmas Trees
Figzres cited in a Seattle new.
paper and quoted in The .Journ. al
• ardmg aesrucmn
last week reg "
of unsold Christmas trees in Seat-
tle were incorrect, according to
Fred Peste, Shelton Christmas
tree dealer who was named in the
Seattle report as owner of some
of the burned trees.
Mr. Pest, said that the 1,000
figure named in the articles was
far from the actual number of
his unsold trees which were burn.
ed to conform to a Seattle city
ordinance. Actually, I had only
about 800 trees in Seattle ato-
gethcr, of which only about 150
were unsold and burned and mos
of those were trees damaged in
shipment or from handling," Mr.
Peste stated.
=n
THIS Ig AMERICA
Courthouse
Changes Go
Next Monday
Two public office-holders who
have been familiar figures in the
Mason County courthouse for a
combined total of 29 years will be
among the missing next Monday
morning when new county office
terms officially commence.
Clare" Engelsen, who has been
in the county clerk's office as a
deputy or clerk for 17 years, lack-
ing a few weeks is one.
The other is Omer Dion, who has
been in the county treasurer's of-
fice for 12 years, two of his own
terms and then was appointed to
fill out the term of J. E. Martin,
who declined to qualify, following
his election in 1942. Mr. Martin
later qualified so that an appoint-
merit could be made and the county
commissioners appointed Mr. Dion
to fill out the term, adding four
years on to Mr. Dion's tenure as
treasurer.
Miss Engelsen was deputy clerk
for Mrs. Ida Rex Loughnan, start-
ing in February 1930 for one year.
In 1931 she continued as clerk for
Harry Deyette for two years or
a total of eight years. Then in
1939 she was elected county clerk
and with the exceptions of 17
months when she had a .leave of
absence to join the WAC's she has
been county clerk. She was sworn
into the service August 11, 1942,
as a W.A.A.C. In October, 1942,
she was with the W.A.C. in active
service and in September, 1943,
she received her discharge.
Miss Engelsen will continue as
court commissioner, but will be
(Continued on page 2)
Costly Equipment
For Polio Help
Comes From Dimes
The March of Dimes enables
the National Foundation for In-
fantile Paralysis and its chapters
to buy the costly equipment nec-
essary to treat the polio patients,
T. E. Deer, local chairman of the
1947 campaign, said this week.
Some items cost thousands of
dollars, he said, citing cost of res-
pirators as $1300-$1600 each; hy-
dtherapy pool, $35001 h0t-p:a¢
machines $125; lnfra=re'd "I15
$30-$120, and electric cabinet
$320. Thousands of expensive
items like these are needed by
hospitals throughout the country.
The Mason county chapter has
already purchased two hot pack
machines that are avaiIable for
immediate use.
Stressing the need for all-out
support of the March of Dimes,
January 15-30, Mr. Deer said that
the cost of caring for polio vic-
tims continues for years after an
epidemic has struck.
"By giving greater suppport
than ever before to this year's
March of Dimes, we are assured
of the best of care for public pa-
tients from the crucial state of
the disease through the prolong-
ed after-care period," he conclud-
ed.
Drake Main Speaker
To Foresters Friday
George L. Drake, vice-president
and general manager of the Simp-
son Logging Company, and a lead-
ing industrial forester of the Pa-
cific Northwest, will address mem-
bers of the Puget Sound Section,
Society of American Foresters, at
their regular monthly meeting at
6:30 Friday, January 10, at the
Olympia Golf and Country Club.
Mr. Drake's subject will be the
"Genesis of the Shelton Cooperat-
ive Sustained Yield Unit," which
was recently inaugurated and es-
tablishes the pattern for the per-
petuation of Washington's princi-
pal industry and payroll-maker
through intelligent forest manage-
ment by private and public land-
owners.
- ] II
MeCLEARY DINNER
JAN. 18 TO FETE
FOREST CONTRACT
A "100-Year Timber Agree-
ment Birthday Dinner" to honor
the signing and inauguration of
the 100-year sustained yield
unit co-operative agreement be-
tween the U. S. Forest Service
and the Simpson Logging Com-
pany which went into effect
New Year's Day, insuring the
stability of the McCleary and
Shelton areas for the next cen-
tury, will be held at McCleary
Jan, 18 with AFL LOcal 2761,
Lumber & Sawmill Workers
Union, as sponsor, P. H. Motz,
chairman for the event, stated
this week,,
Ralph (WRoser and Fred L.
Mooney are co-workers on the
program committee.
The dinner Is to be aerved by
the McCleary Women's Society
in the MoCleary Community
Hall and will begin at 6:30 p.m.
Executives of the U. S. Forest
Service, Simpson Logging Com-
pany, civic leaders and newspa-
per men of surrounding com-
munities are on the guest list.
A program is scheduled to fol-
low the dinner.
Tickets for the affair, which
is public, will go on sale in Mc-
Clearp the latter part of this
week. They are $1.75 each.
J It L
Miss Malloy
(:ity Attorney
Miss Virginia Malloy, former
Shelton city police magistrate and
law associate of Charles Wright,
was this week appointed city at-
torney by the Shelton city com-
mission at their regular weekly
meeting. The appointment was
unanimously confirmed by the
commission. Miss Malloy suc-
ceeds to the post made vacan
by the resignation of Charles R.
Lewis, who had held the place for
thepast 27 years.
Miss Malloy was educated in
Spokane schools and at Gonzaga
Untversity and the University of
Washington. She was admitted to
the Washington state bar in July
of 1944 and was immediately as-
signed a post in the legal de-
partment of the United States
.rmy Engineers at San Francis-
ee::ocreFdread s incoa;inStp: t t°
sap county, eomiug after that as-
signment to Mason county where
she became associated with Mr.
Wright. Miss Malloy will have
temporary offices in the city hall
until she can secure permanent
quarters.
Examinations For
Police Chief Soon
To Be Given Here
The Shelton Civil Service Com-
mission will soon call for exam-
inations to select a successor to
Police Chief Paul Hugh,y, whose
resignation was to have been ef-
fective on January 1, but has
been delayed from leaving his
post, because of the lack of a
qualified successor.
The commission had made a
temporatry appointment of E. W.
"Pat" Vv:hite, a state game de-
partment protector, to the post,
but civil service rules require a
competitive examination. Three
candidates are believed anxious to
take the test, including Charles
Phillips, assistant police chief of
Kent, Sam Corliss of Bremerton
and White.
The examination, which qll
establish an eligibility list, is ex-
pected to be called this month.
AWAITS DISCHARGE
Sgt. Robert M. Lundquist re-
turned January 3 after spending a
year in Korea. He expects to re-
ceive his honorable discharge from
the service on January 14.
'MEANEST MAN' TAKES DRAG SAW,
DEPRIVING AGEDFAMILY OF FUEL
At least one person in Mason
county did not heed the spirit of
"goodwill to all" prevailing at
Christmastime md consequently
one Mason county family suffer-
ed.
Because one day during the hol-
idays some person robbed an eld-
erly county pensioner of his only
means of obtaining fuel by steal-
ing his drag saw that he had left
in the woods a short distance
from his home, the pensioner is
asking just who this. "meanest
man" can be.
The old pensioner had been go-
ing into the woods off the A11yn
road to get enough firewood to
warm his home. After cutting a'
rick of Wood, he put the saw
down and left for home, expecting
to return early the next morning
to pick up his wood and saw.
The following day he was con-
fined to his .bed With an illness
wlfich prevented him from going
back into the woods for his prop-
erty for nearly two weeks.
Upon arriving at the clearing
where he had been cutting he
was dismayed to find that his one
and only saw had disappeared.
The rick of wood. had not been
touched.
Unable to discover any clue to
the disappearance of his saw, he,
inquired at The Journal office
about "the meanest man in the
world." No one at the office could
help him. Can you ?
New Hospital
Rate Raises
Begun Jan, 1
Rate increases on room rents
and treatment services were put
into effect by the Shelton Gen-
eral hospital as the new year
opensd in order to meet advanc-
ing operational costs, Mrs. Isobel
Thompson, supervisor, announced
yesterday,
Costs of food. supplies' gener-
ally, and salaries have inereased
in the past few months to the
point where the hospital was
operating at a financial loss, so
the rate increases were deemed
urgent by the hospital board of
directors.
The increases here follow many
months behind similar raises in
rates placed in effect by hospitals
in other Northwest communities,
Mrs. Thompson pointed out, and
still keep the Sheltoh hospital's
rate schedule lower than others
of similar plants in the region and
well under the schedules of Ta-
coma and Seattle hospitals.
"In order to keep pace with
moderll surgical developments our
income nm:-t provide sufficient
unds to enable us to purchase
new equipment as it becolnes
available so we can keep our ser-
vice to the public at the highest
possible standard," Mrs. Thomp-
son pointed out.
NEW CAST-REMOVING
SAW GIVEN HOSPITAL
Personnel at Shelton General
Hospital are highly pleased with
a n electrical-mechanical s a w
which removes casts with amaz-
ing speed, efficiency and safety,
Mrs. lsobel Thompson, hospital
supervisoi', announced yesterday.
The equipment was purchased
for the hospital through the Simp-
son Logging Company canteen
fund. Despite its efficiency in cut-
ting through casts, the new saw
will not cut skin, Mrs. Thompson
said.
Fire Threat Nipped
In Nick of Time at
Furniture Store
Another bad furniture store fire
was averted by quick work on the
I parL of bystanders and the fire
leparlment Sunday evening .abol
]5 o'clock when some people sums.
iing in front of the Lumbermen'a
Mercantile saw flames reflected in
the furniture store window. They
immediately culled the fire depart-
ment. Investigation showed that
the oil burner in the furnace had
become clogged and became filled
with oil which caught on fire.
Chief Deer stated that a few min-
utes more and there would have
been a bad fire.
After the oil had been shut off,
it took about half an hour before
the stove and pipes had cooled
down.
A chimney fire at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Wilson Thurs-
day evening caused no damage.
Airbase Buildings
Going to Grays
Harbor Jr. College
Surplus buildings at the Shel-
ton naval air station have been
allocated to Grays Harbor College
to be used for class rooms and a
library with the approval of a
federal w o r k s administration
grant.
Of the 7,000 square feet of
building space requested of the
F'vVA by the college, that much,
if not more, has been granted, ac-
cording to Dr. George Allen ed-
gers, dean of the college. The
surplus facilities will be moved
to Aberdeen from the naval air
station in the late spring. Bids
for dismantling, removing and re-
erecting the structures will be
called by the F'vVA
The buildings will include space
for at least three class rooms, of-
fices, a library that will accomo-
date 150 persons and a lecture
room that will sea( at least 100.
$2675 Emergency
Fund Approved
An emergency resohltion, for
$2675 was approved by the coun-
ty commissioners Monday. The
fund. or a, much of it a: will be
requird, is for the following
it.eros: jail salaries. $150: juven-
ile delinqtency, $q25; census, $25;
airport, $325; general election.
$350; sheriff employees, $800; and
treasurer, $600.
As Monday was the day set for
opening bids on furnishing gaso-
line for the county for 1947 an(
the Richfield Oil Corporation was
the low bidder, their bid was ac-
cepted.
By J011N RANQ']
Daniels, re- gift certificate. , ..... , .... .... ,, - , , , ,
' Mr, and Mrs, D elbert Dan,els, - 'AP -- I "./f"=J " ' "" "' * ""
' p onl;enoer,ou !d pAMII- " |Psi Illll ? I | ' t 1 I'' QH|(PIeP|NbA} C&RItYIbIG+Im+CI4AIKI ,,st 11: pl " - w" '
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37, took first FOR ZOr EY .
she en- twelve-dunce winner. Baby Y. EARLY t.eaeo /_IpI ;|El I. v .m ,, "'_,./'/V - # 'IC''},
the Shelton Danicls made his appearazwe at LABOR ANI)PEOPLE'-- "P'l['/=ll |''" %N,l**£' ' -¢ird:t' ll/! dbC .l
10:56 am, Tuesday, January Y, bz,;._fIRING"O -1+3€]71 Fl-l I(([f,:[ D.T,.J v,++'l
New Years also ,t'th'c Sheltoz hospital. Dr. " .,,.^.aP. . WAiTIbIC "' €'.i ' 'vJrr'l.[ It',/,",,iJ,%, "/€ 'b-i
LeCompto B. B..Forrnan presldcd a:t the d- ++ ,.+ • L" _ +. +."' 'FP00I mo H+00.,mG .+Am _ X
the official livery. Little Ronald is the on2y . i.,++ +..HIS FAT4ER$ CIO$$.:V , i, I //<..,X '} BUImNGs N LE GINOE, OR,_, € /
Danicls ,s an employec o,_ +,e • +vJA+Op_ .,*-. +'i | ill! /m/:+f" J, OOT SAW MiLL$tKt W/,.¥Ch'.6"37'E'.VR.
first baby Rayoaier pulp plant. A $5 L.M: "'=-'#+++ _ • +mUCATmIamURAC, " l lMr |+wU,"/, ommomomesTs... +uBa++co,, "
in 1947. ' ift certificate will be awarded LO "'" :" "; ,. " SEH00L/HE'r00K " . .€, i [l t-' ,,'Wr /.X . ,.¢.,.o./rn¢X/.,',,.x./
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6c PER COPY; $2.50 PER YEAR
I I I I
MERCHANT PATROL
DISCOVERS FIRE,
SAVES BIG LOSS
One instance of the value of
the recently instituted merch.
ant patrol sved the J. C. Pen-
ney store from what probably
would have been a major fire
late Sunday evening when Mer-
chant Patrolman Don Walker,
nking one of his periodic
checks of the business area, not-
ed excessive smoke seeping
through an alley door in the
Penney' building.
Notifying Store Manager e
B. Anderson of the sltuUon,
Walker ad Anderson dlseov-
ered the store furneme
caught fire and called the fire
department, Which extinguished
the blaze quickly, holding
smoke damage to goods in the
store's re=r to a minimum.
Activities of the merehsmt
patrol will be reported weekly
to Chamber of Commerce sec-
retary, Ed Faubert, and will be
available to all Chamber mem-
bers upon request on a confi-
dential basis, It was derided
Monday at a meeting of the Ite-
t'fll Trades Committee of the
Chamber with "Walker.
Meters Being
Installed Now
Shelton people who have util-
izecb the eity's+streets for parking
purposes without a thouglt of be-
ing disciplined for extended per-
iods, had better take advantage
of the next few days of grace that
are now being offered', for after
installation of parking meters it
is going to cost them pennies or
nickels for the privilege.
Workmen, rep;esenting the man-
ufacturers, are being employed
this week in drilling holes in side-
walks, and instaUlng pipes that
will carry the parking meter heads.
The Job is expected to be com-
pleted soon, with machines being
installed on our downtown street
areas.
The machines wree recently or-
dered by the city commission as a
relief from congested traffic and
parking conditions in the down-
town area. pe¢ia! 9fficcr, Russ
Gunter, has been appointed to
make collections from the ma-
chines and to ali0 give Service to
ailing machines that raiglt go out
of order,
LONE BID SUBMTrTED ON
PARKING METER BIKE'
A lone bid of $775 for a motor-
cycle serviee crto ba purchased
by the City ,of Shelton for .the
police department, to be used in
policing the iew parking meters,
has been submitted by the Hill.
crest Garage, Floyd Perkins, The
machine, a Harley-Davidson, is
to be operated in connection with
checking, collecting and servicing
the machines now being installed
in Shelton. No award of the con.
tract was made by the clty com-
mission at their regular weekly
meeting on Tuesday.
Home Builders Bible
Class Well Attended
The Home Builders Bible Class
of the Paptist Church met in the
lower auditorium of the church
for their bi-monthly study per-
iod and fellowship hour Tuesday.
There were 46 present. Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Moultrop served the
refreshmnts. .........
EDDY AD GIVEN
PUBLICITY IN
COMPANY ORGAN
The principle "It Pay t Ad-
vezise' Was handed additional
praise tn an article in an insur-
ance company pubUetion com-
menting on an advertisement
run in The Jourtml lt ye=u
by the Eddy Business Service
after the agency's car had been
stolen and subsequently recov-
ered by the insurance company.
The alvertlsement, whlOz had
been ordered in The Journal by
Dick Eddy, explained that the
stolen cr had been found in
Oregon City, Ore., by the state
patrol and then returned by the
Jnsurance company to 1t+ rlght-
fld owner.
The notriee, width created
considerable comment in Shel-
ton at (he thne, attracted as
mu(,h attention as the theft of
the car hml done Jn the fh'st
phtce, according o tile arti(qe.
Th( magazine went on to praise
Mr. Eddy for employing this ex-
perience for publicity purpose, s.
+1 J [ J -- L
School Buys
Property For
New Building
Preliminary steps looking to the
construction of a $400,000 addition
to the Shelton school planta new
elementary school buildingby ac-
quisition of additional land to ac-
commodate the buildings were
made at a public meeting of the
Shelton school district last week.
By a vote of 11 to 1 of those
attending the meeting, the proposal
to buy half of Block 11, David
SHelton's second addition to Shel-
ton, was approved. The property
adjoins block 10, the Tremper
block, purchase of which was rec-
ommended by a previous public
meeting of the school board. The
block and a half of property to be
acquired will cost the school dis-
trier $13.000 and will provide ade-
quate location for the proposed
buildings and in addition sufficient
room for playfteld purposes.
Several locations for the build-
ine have been considered by the
school board members but the lo-
cation now expected to be utilized
was considered favorably over the
others. The property is near the
present junior high school lpcation
and would consolidate most of
Shelton's schools in that arcs.
The half block which is to be
purchased, as a result of approval
,given at last week's meeting, in-
cludes several buildings which will
be. sold as they now stand to be
moved from the property, oz' they
will be razed and the material sold.
Necessity for additional inter-
mediate and elementary school
building facilities here has been
evident for some time, and present
crowded conditions at the Lincoln
school, has made further accom-
modations necessary.
New County Home
Demonstration
Agent Begins Work
Miss Ruth Reeder, new Home
Demonstration Agent of Mason
County, began her assignment Jsn-
uary 1, reports County Agent Andy
Kruiswyk, Jr.
Miss Reefler is well qualified for
her duties. She was brought up
ojB!.a, fa, in.enl Indiaia _and
ears/ carrying projeets in cloth; +
lng, baking and foods. She was *
also a 4-H Club leader for thre
years.
She then entered :Purdue Univer-
sity, receiving a Bcelor of Sci-
ence in Home Econ0nes. Fol)ow-
ing her graduation, she taught
Home Economies in Morgan town-
ship, Porter County, Indiana. Miss
Reeder entered the Washington
Extension Service in 1944, serving
as Home Demonstration Agent tn
Franklin and Lewis Counties.
Miss Reeder's duties in Mason
County will be working with home-
makers groups in the following
fields: Nutrition preservation,
Selection and preparation of foods;
selecting, fitting, construction, care
and repair of clothing; furnishings
--upholstery, slip covers, and re-
finishing; hom planning and home
equipment and also 4-H Club work
in Home Economics.
L.M. Coordinates
Home Appliances
Repair Service
A more convemen s'ervlce for
its customers was renewed last
week by the Lumbermen's Mer*
cantile when repair and mainte-
nance services on all types of
electrical and mechanical home
appliances was coordinated under
the direction of Tommy Thomas,
recently discharged Army techni-
cal sergeant.
Repairs and maintenance on
such home appliances as refrig-
erators, radios, sewing machines,
vacuum cleaners, washing ma-
chines, heaters, irons, and all types
of electrical appliances, as well
as cleaning and periodic checkups
on home machinery of a,II l¢inds
is offered h the improved service
which the L.M. is restoring and
expanding.
Mr. Thomas served as a tech-
nical scrgcant in the Army snd
was discharged very. recently at
Fort Lewis. His hi)me town iS
Taunton, Mass. Mr,. Thomas is
the former Vera Rowe, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Rowe of
She] ton.
MAN LOSES LEG AS FOG
MAKE HIGHWAYS HAZARDOUS
Icy pavements in this vicinity
brought extremely hazardous driv-
ing cmdltions on MS,on county
highways for the past week and
resulted in numerous accidents,
the most serious of which left
Fred Sergeant of Olympia in a
critical condition in Shelton hose
pital from injuries suffered when
his car skidded into a guard rail
near the Shelton airport early
Sunday morning.
Iss of blood and extreme
shock resulting from the loss of
one log, completely severed from
his leg, left the Olympia man, a
brother of Tom Sergeant of Shel-
ton, in a serious conditiom:One
of the guard rails completely
plerced the Sergeant vehtele, cut-
ing and bruising W. E. Campbell,
also of Olympia, as well as in-
;flletlr , the . serious injuries on
Sergeant.
The two
cording to Acting Sheriff Dan
Qrcutt, and C, ampbell started for
the airbase to obtain help when
he stopped a passing car and re-
quested first aid 'for Sergeant.
A touniquet applied to Sergeant's
severed leg hy the passing motor-
ist may have saved his life.
Another car overturned in tha
same viainity shortly afterward,
but no report has been received
by the sheriff's office and evio
dently no one was injured in the
accident. -
W. L, Laurent, Bremerton
salesman on his way to Aberdeen,
escaped without Injuries when Iris
car :overturned near the McDon-
ald Ranch on the :Kamllche cut-
off Monday morning.
Other motorists found traveliu
conditions •
&rid
and considerable
nerves escape4