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Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015 - Mason County Journal - Page A-27
MARY'S MEMOIRS
Sounds like they had a great birth-
day party for Mary's dad. The rain
and snow caused the store's roof to leak
again, so Mary had to move produce
and clean up the mess. Mary and Sam
squeezed in a Jimmy Cagney movie in
Tacoma. Enjoy/
Thursday, Feb. 11, 1937
A quiet day. Sam went to Seattle
and got home at 5 o'clock. The baker
brought the cake and we certainly
bright. A flame tint and the trees look
blue. We watched it until dark. The
ducks are sailing all over the bay to-
night. My how they can swim! I sent a
crazy valentine to John Sellwood and
so did Mrs. Roney. The funny part of
it was John was in telling me how he
sent one to Sam, John, Judkins and
Eddie Pope and didn't want me to tell
him.
Saturday, Feb. 13, 1937
like the looks of it. In the
afternoon Mrs. Roney and
I made the sandwiches for
the party. In the evening ev-
eryone met at Louie's down
by the gate. We all went up
about 8 o'clock. Gladwins,
Henry and Laurice, Rices,
Walter Eddys, Sundstroms,
Grace, Louie, Leonard, my
dad, Doug, Charlie, Sam
and I were at the party. We
played 500 and gave out
By CLYDENE
HOSTETLER
Not so busy. In the af-
ternoon Annie and I and
Pinky went up to my dad's
and slid on the hills with
skis. My, we had fun.
Pinky fell down plunk just
as we finished. How my
dad laughed! In the eve-
ning, Sam and I went to
the supervisors' club din-
ner. There were 500 people
there. The dinner was very
good. The program was
prizes. Then we had lunch. Every-
one sat around and talked until 12
o'clock. Clara Beard wanted to go to
California and Elmer didn't want
to go, so she started out alone. Lost
her purse in the ladies restroom
and called up and said she lost her
money. So we sent Elmer to meet
her. She didn't show, up so we didn't
understand what happened. Found
out today that she went back on the
ferry and found her purse so stayed
in Seattle all night. Then she decided
to come home and Elmer promised
her he'd go to California with her
next summer. So all is over for an-
other time.
Friday, Feb. 12, 1937
Another quiet day. Sam had Doug
and Bud Bickle haul gravel around
the store as it is getting so muddy.
The truck is running OK Doug has it
all done and now we can use it again.
Annie and John and Louise came out
so we went down to the beach. I sent
a letter to Kents. The sunset was won-
derful tonight. I never saw the sky so
good too, but the dance music was
terrible. Met Mrs. Brandelein and
her mother-in-law. They wanted
us to come up to her place so 11:45
we went and sat there talking un-
til 3 o'clock. Mr. Brandelein is the
postmaster at Bremerton. Told
us several things about the office.
The time went so fast I don't know
where it went. Never got home un-
til 3:30.
Sunday, Feb. 14, 1937
Never got up until 12 o'clock.
Then ate and sat around during the
day. A quiet day. Wind blew some.
Charlie cleaned some oysters for
stew. John and Annie went home
about 4 so Sam and I went for a ride
to Tacoma. We saw Jimmy Cagney
in "Great Guy." A very good show.
To bed late.
Monday, Feb. 15, 1937
A fairly busy day. Sam went to Se-
attle and came home late. I went home
and read until late. A lovely sunny
day.
Tuesday, Feb. 16, 1937
A dark rainy day. Sam went to
Tacoma and Olympia in the af-
ternoon to see George Adams but
missed him. Not so busy today. Doug
and Bud Bickle hauled gravel as
soon as Doug fixed the truck. The
front looks very good now to what
it did. Mrs. Roney's mother-in-law
went away so now she has to quit
so to take care of the children. So
now I'm alone again. My, I do have
the darndest times. I wish Ruth was
back. Chet Ruff brought a ring from
some guy but he bought a real stone
for $1.50. I told him I thought he
bought a rock.
Wednesday, Feb. 17, 1937
The roof leaked in four places
and we were forced to move flour,
crackers, etc. and swamp out water.
Fairly busy today and an awful big
mail. Certainly missed Mrs. Roney.
Wonder how long she will be gone.
Home early and will read for a
while. Uncle Louie was in today on
his way home from Seattle. Rudy
and Sundstroms were in also. Rudy
looks fine.
Boy have we had some serious
rain fall this past week/I have a
basement that leaks in one corner
and I know all about cleaning up
water. At least I have a shop vacuum
that sucks up water and a dehydra-
tor. I bet Mary would have loved
to have those items. Thank you for
Photo courtesy of Wikipedia Commons
This movie poster is from the James
Cagney movie the Thelers saw this
week in 1937.
reading this week's diary.
• Clydene Hostetler is a longtime
Belfair resident, local historian,
media archivist and documentary
filmmaker of"Hidden in Plain Sight."
She has been researching Mary
Theler's life for the past 12 years.
She can be emailed at clydeneh@
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Finances of Mason Are in
Good Shape
Report of State Examiner Shows This
County Makes Good Showing
A 360-Mile Highway Opening New
Fields to Settlers and Tourists
Hoquiam, February 16.- A 350 mile
drive through beautiful scenery, lakes,
sea and mountains, traversing valleys
of fertile land, an automobile road
clear around the mysterious Olympic
mountains, the only unexplored section
of the United States-such is, in brief,
the story of the Olympic Highway that
will interest the Seattle motorist, when
completed. Of this great highway, 295
miles are constructed, and only fifty
five miles of the road remain to be
built, the section on the west side of
the peninsula, between Lake Quiniault,
in Northern Chehalis county, and
The Forks, in Southwestern Clallam
county, all but seven miles of it across
the Qniniault Indian reservation
and Western Jefferson county. As an
attraction to the automobile tourist, the
value of this great highway is hard to
estimate.
75 YEARS AGO • Feb. 1, 1940
Matlock ¢ildman" Comes Out
From Behind Beard
Tarzan hasn't come to Mason
County, for Marshall Sohi lays no
claim to the ape-like instincts of the
famous comic strip character.
The gangling, six-foot-five-inch
21-year-old youth, son of the radio
entertainer of the same name may
have communed pretty closely with
nature in his tiny shack home in the
woods near Matlock the past few
weeks but that's as far as his Tarzan
actions went.
He hadn't introduced his face to
a razor in those several weeks,
so his hairy appearance no doubt
contributed largely to the "Wildman"
stories which circulated about town
yesterday after Sheriff Gene Martin
and Deputy Fred Hickson picked Sohl
up for investigation.
They found him living in a tiny shack
he had made himself from cedar
shakes. The shack, in fact, was so
small that Sheriff Martin was curious
just how Sohl managed to get inside
to sleep. "Oh I just leave my legs
sticking outside," he confided. :
Honda Accident Kills Local Man
David/klan Stroud, 41, Rt. 2, Box 52,
Shelton, was killed when the Honda
he was riding left the road and
struck a tree early Sunday morning.
The accident occurred about 3 a.m.
Sunday on the Arcadia Road about
four miles east of Shelton, the
Washington State Patrol reported.
The patrol said he was making a
turn to the left when the vehicle
left the roadway and struck a tree.
He was taken to Shelton General
Hospital by Hughes Ambulance
where he was pronounced dead on
arrival.
Mr. Stroud had lived in this area 17
years and was engaged in ranching.
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Cushman Buried in Snow
Snow piled up so deep at Lake
Cushman last week that law
enforcement and emergency
personnel were brought in to help
trapped residents.
Volunteers and lawmen used a
snowmobile, a snowcat with treads
and four-wheel-drive vehicles to
reach every home in the area to check
on people, and in some cases even
deliver food and medicine.
The Mason County Sheriffs Office
kept officers and equipment in the
Lake Cushman area Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday of last week to
assist those trapped by snow that had
reached depths of three feet or more,
Sheriff Bob Halter said.
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February 19, 1959 edition of the
Mason County Journal