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LI ........ Thursday, January 2, MENT CCIAL REGULAR $4 49 • a , • • .... $2.29 • s..$2.25 9 &amp; $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 il PERCY ' PlO 6017  Z BGT}'." AVE PORT L.ANE OREGdN ][\\;t 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, $600. As Monday was the day set for opening bids on furnishing gaso- line for the county for 1947 an( the Richfield Oil Corporation was the low bidder, their bid was ac- cepted. By J011N RANQ'] Daniels, re- gift certificate. , ..... , .... ....  ,, - , , , , ' Mr, and Mrs, D elbert Dan,els, - 'AP -- I "./f"=J " ' "" "' * "" ' p onl;enoer,ou !d pAMII- " |Psi Illll ? I  | ' t 1 I'' QH|(PIeP|NbA} C&RItYIbIG+Im+CI4AIKI ,,st 11: pl " - w" ' Delmar BoP- entSRonald0f theWilliath,rd m, alaCe C+i.x.p --o" ,ARL eUNTII{/.]tVi' '  q] / ,----'-=P'=" '  ''++ ?_._ ., 37, took first FOR ZOr EY . she en- twelve-dunce winner. Baby  Y. EARLY t.eaeo /_IpI ;|El I. v .m ,, "'_,./'/V - # 'IC''}, the Shelton Danicls made his appearazwe at LABOR ANI)PEOPLE'-- "P'l['/=ll  |''" %N,l**£' ' -¢ird:t' ll/! dbC .l 10:56 am, Tuesday, January Y, bz,;._fIRING"O -1+3€]71  Fl-l I(([f,:[ D.T,.J v,++'l New Years also ,t'th'c Sheltoz hospital. Dr. " .,,.^.aP. . WAiTIbIC "' €'.i ' 'vJrr'l.[ It',/,",,iJ,%, "/€ 'b-i LeCompto B. B..Forrnan presldcd a:t the d- ++ ,.+ • L" _ +. +."' 'FP00I mo H+00.,mG .+Am _ X the official livery. Little Ronald is the on2y . i.,++ +..HIS FAT4ER$ 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./ ........  + ++ ..... .-+ ............................ Ital' ' :+ -:+ ,+ ...... ' ,'+' , "+.+ • ' at 6 a., ....... . ...... = + : 'r +, L + +,+ J • 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