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Mean Grueling mg‘ the details of' ocoming acquaint- tmg a motorcycle, -StUdent leaves the urge graduates to the ' tn . the course was WhicIfIYHulate actual con-, the motorcyclists must| has fleld . . . after thel 1‘ ter b§€n introduced to! the rinn on the first' his coul‘se, he graduates M o a three-mile C{their Earth whichl mdS hard to neg0—, With a slippery Thi * aim" On A Dull Day I l c.Vcle-wl'leel; con— 9 the stream over an incongruous then up and down .the manner of a gone amok: it Solid sheet of ice! rough a long, long’ and tangled lands on the brink, t<>Ward the bridge back to the starting, a1 : teal the men n ith the problems of Bassett leads a long ave become I are enrolled in: 0f ‘follow-the-lead—I IBureau of Labor Statistics. of all the traps and including a {Font-{Side the flank OSe_'who return to Point under their Considered to have °t0rcycle riders.” e exciting and haz- :. ta k .......... _. plflafisettUncle Sam has given it Market .‘QAA‘A‘A an I Ito?1 M an last fOI'rner Sheltonian. BABY SON a, borre the I) F \ rs. Clarence Kadaun arents of a 1.1.1 at the Shelton Hos— lday, l l l l l Q V-‘ ‘N\ 903:.“ -r— as. 92;: tw$£ Vtg ‘ %0 “V % Jordan Clapper Appointed New City Auditor Must Shelton residents will meet him when they next pay their water rent, but we’d like to introduce, nevertheless, the city’s new auditor, Jordan Clap— per, appointed to preside behind the. counter at the city hall to handle money collections and other details of municipal af- fairs. Mr. Clapper took over his post officially this week, Suc- ceeding Gordon Hendry, now with the state patrol. He came to Shelton some three years ago from Creston, Iowa, where he gained considerable experience in bookkeepping and account- ing with the Standard Oil Com~ puny and a. large iron works. “is home is on the Olympic Highway three miles south of Shelton. You'll be meeting him short- ly,, if you haven’t already, and we'll venture to predict you’ll like him. era ion s 00! *# p t S C“ 1 ‘Cost Of lemg’ ChecksBenefit I Rayonier Workers Employees of Rayonier Incor- porated at Shelton not covered by collective bargaining agreements will receive “cost of living” ad- justmént checks monthly in addi- ltion to their regular monthly compensation, George J. Crop- per, resident manager announced today. The first check will be is- sued about February 20th and will be in. addition to the com- pensation for January services. The percentage of adjustment is baSed on the simple average of index figures of Pacific Coast liv- ing costs by the United States The measuring stick for the first three months of 1942 will be the increase for the index figure for I the period between September 15, 1941 and January 15, 1942. Sub— sequently, the amount will be de- termined quarterly by fluctuation in living costs. The “cost of liv- ing” adjustment policy is expect— led to prevail in all divisions of Rayonier Incorporated through the war's duration, Mr. Cropper stated. Word has now been received that the adjustment percentage figure for the first quarter of 1942 is 5 per cent and the esti- mated additional income for the employees affected at Shelton will approximate $1300 monthly. 713 Registered In Mason County For Draft Board Mason County added 713 men to Uncle Sam’s selective service registration ranks Monday, Mrs- Martha Haines, clerk. for the Mason County Draft Board, an- nounced yesterday. Of that total, 689 were 1'83' istercd in Mason County for. Mason County, 25 others Were registered here for outside draft boards, and 24 were 1'6!" istered in other localities for Mason County. Under this lat- ter heading there may be a feW further additions to the total. The draft registration SPOt set up in Shelton Precinct N0- 2 at the court house turned in the largest number of regis' trans with ’76, Mrs. Haines re- ported. Serial numbers will be as" signed the new registrants, who were in ‘two age groups 0f 20 to 21 years and 35 to 45 years! on March 9 by the draft board. When the national lottery to determine order of call for ac- tual Army service will be held has not been announced. __—— VOL. LVI—NO. 8 MAKING SWELL BIINARECIIRD Responding with splendid pa- triotic swiftness, 72 per cent of the employees at Rayonier‘s Shelton plant had authorized pay- roll deductions for the purchase (of defense bonds in a drive which opened at the big mill here only Ilast Monday, Dick ,chairman of the mill's ibond sales committee, yesterday afternoon. i Representatives of the commit- ;tee working in each department of the plant asked workers to 1’authorize deductions from their Ipaychccks for the purchase of ‘de- fense bonds, which will be han- dlcd through the Shelton Rayon- ier Federal Credit Union, the pay- defense reported union shares from which the de- lfense bonds would then be pur— ‘built up in each employc's ac— count. 412 of 570 Already Many committee workers have not reported in with their results yet, Kieburtz pointed out, because of the short time the drive has been in progress, so hopes of reaching 100 per cent participa- {tion among the 570 plant work- lers is high. At the time Kieburtz reported, 412 plant employes had authorized the payroll deductions. The Rayonier management, co— operating to the fullest extent in the drive, has erected a 6x8 foot sign in the mill yard, with night floodlights illuminating it, on which the progress of the drive is being recorded. Chairman C. C. Cole of the county defense savings commit- tee reported yesterday that mer- chants will be asked by the com— Imittee to keep a. supply of de: Ifense stamps on hand and to sug- gest that customers take part of their change from purchases in stamps instead of cash. Pledge Campaign Coming The committee is also working out details for conducting a pledge campaign, possibly to be handled through Republican and l iDemocratic precinct committee- men, by which every person in Mason County will be asked to sign a card pledging himself to the purchase of a given amount of bonds or stamps each payday. “This pledge campaign,” Chair-I man Cole explained, “is for the purpose of giving the government as definite an idea as possible of how much money it can figure on from defense bonds sales per month, thus permitting the gov— Iernment to work out a base for .a taxation program to raise the funds needed for carrying on the war. A strong response from the public on defense bonds will go a long way toward defeating a lot of the crack-pot taxation plans you’re hearing so much about now.” Miss—Illngelsen To Handle Sugar Ration Supplies. l Material involved in the com- ing sugar rationing program will be distributed in Mason County by County Clerk Miss Clare En- gelsen, according to word receiv- ed by the county commissioners this week. A letter from Lew Selvidge, executive secretary of the Asso- ciation of County Commissioners informed the county board that Gov. Langlie had designated coun- ty clerks throughout the State of Washington as consignees for su- gar rationing materials and would handle distribution of that mater- ial at such time as the actual ra- tioning program goes into effect. The county board was inform- ed by the state treasurer that Mason County’s share of Decem- ber gas tax receipts is $9,698.59. Monday Holiday I In Local Stores schools, however, will find “busi- ness as usual" Monday for the Order an extra day's supply of lschools here, and in most other nourishment when you do your week end shopping this week, Mrs. Sheltonian. Local retail stores, excepting only those which stay open on holidays anyway, will take an ex- tra day off this week end, observ- ing Washington’s birthday as a holiday Monday, although the ac- tual holiday falls on Sunday. Decision to close retail stores here on Monday was reached last Week by the Retail Stores Trades Committee. Such public offices as the courthouse, city hall, welfare office, bank, postoffice, etc., of course, will likewise take the day off. but the holiday will have no affect on the operation of Shel- ton’s industrial plants. Students attending Shelton zoommunities as well, are not clos— mg Monday inasmuch as the ac- tual holiday occurs on Sunday. City Supt. H. E. Loop explained , today. . i DAUGTHEB BORN Mr. and Mrs. Harry Markland of Potlatch Route are the parents Of a baby girl born at Shelton Hospital last Friday. Kiebur‘tz, ' -roll deductions going into credit' i chased as sufficient amounts were i Mooch Fro ’ Consolidated with The Shelton Independent SHELTON, WASHINGTON, Friday February 20, 1942 REAR M0RKERMSeaauus Smarties-'1 illl'llll’lllllli m N.P. Crew 1 If it takes wits to live without eworking, a couple of crippled sea- gulls around these parts must be smarties. l For at least a dozen years now ,these two particular gulls, both {minus one of their legs, have {been mooching daily meals off ithe Northern Pacific train crews eating lunch in the caboose of .the daily train which chugs into lthe Shelton depot. 1’ It all started away back during the first days of the depression (maybe there was a depression in lgull land, too) when Fred Com- fort, now retired, tossed a con- vple of crusts out the cupola of the caboose. ; The gulls happened to be near ‘—--since they haven’t missed a inieal, thanks to the encourage- iment Mr. Comfort gave them. They soon became his pets. They generally pick up thel train about where the Olympic Plywood plant stands now and either ride on the caboose rbofiI or fly close to it the rest of the, way into the N.P. depot, in the meantime gobbling up all the handouts the crew offers. They've learned to identify the, caboose on the regular train, forl these feathered hoboes don’t bo-i ther any other train 'on the run. They're jealous of their jurisdic-l tion, too, for they squall to the heavens if other gulls attempt to muscle in on their “racket.” This isn't their only source of, victuals, evidently, for the min-. ute the lunch hour whistle blows in the industrial district they: proptly desert the train crew and head for the waterfront to mooch; more handouts. ' ClVlLlAN REFEREE MEASURES AlRED FOR KlWANlS CLUG Kiwanians heard details of ru- dimentary civilian defense meas- ures at their weekly meeting Tuesday from City Defense Co~ iordinator Doane Brodie, who re- viewed in brief form information gleaned during some 30 hours in la defense school conducted .by Army officials in Olympia in De- cember. Coordinator Brodie pointed out the menace which confronts the Pacific coast and specifically Shelton, which is but 15 minutes away from the ocean and in di- rect line with two main military objectives should the enemy send 1bombing planes. Civilians On Own He mentioned the four branches of defense—army, navy, air and civilian—pointing out that after the first shock citizens must be able to carry on their own home defenses for the military de~ lfenses become busy with other functions. Although aiming at, naval and army bases, enemy air; men might be forced to drop their bomb loads partway, and Shelton with its incidental defenSe work uplants would be ideal secondary objectives for bombing forays. Coordinator Brodie explained the several forms of incendiary bombs so far known and meas- ures of combating that form of war danger which might strike any home. A bag of sand should be kept around every home or building as an important aid in combating incendiary bombs, he said. Three Warnings Flashed The system of warning signals for impending air attack, given through the interceptor service, were covered by the speaker, who mentioned the 15 minute advance warning to put civilian defense officials on the alert, the ten minute warning to put' civilian defense units on the alert, and the five minute signal given civil- ians to seek safe shelter. This, incidentally, he comment- ed, is not the average home or basement for most bombs easily penetrate through houses, but op- en spots or sheltered banks are the safest spots from bombs. The great danger thissummer will be from incendiary cellulose flakes designed to fire our forest, Bro- die cautioned. The mixed high school chorus under Ben Hallgrimson provided musical features. RECEIVING TREATMENT William Griggs, Rayonier em- ploye is receiving treatment at the Shelton Hospital. SHELTON SOLDIER WITNESSES urged to observe with the Cham- wnleRs NAMES, COMMITTEES FOR CHAMBER PROGRAM Committee appointments were, President Bill Witsiers’ main con-1 cern as he presided over his first regular Chamber of Commercei meeting Thursday night. Other business occupying the Chamber's attention resulted in approval of the printing of 5,000 more Mason County advertising folders like those put out two years ago and which proved ef- fective in spreading the advan- tages of Mason County around the .state and to distant places. I The Chamber also approved a recommended list of holidays which Shelton retail stores are ber's backing in 1942. These con- sist of Washington‘s Birthday (next Monday), Memorial Day,. Fourth of July, Labor Day, Arm- istice Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. New Years Day was, overlooked, probably because it' fall: in 1943. Giggles ,Somers, St. Charles Winery proprietor, spoke briefly on the feasibility of Mason Coun- ty farmers growing “Perfection” r red currents, uncommonly large and juicy and exceptionally fine for wine making. - 1 Those committee appointmentsf announced by President Witsiers were (first named being chair—_ man): Membership Bruce Wilcox, L. Wivell, Frank Wordon, Lakeburg. Retail—Mark Pickens, F. E. Beckwith, S. B. Anderson, Roy Maddux, Harold Sutherland, F. A. Travis, Al Munro. County Advisory—F. H. Diehl, I. H. Woods, 0. 0. Cole. City Affairs— Phil Bayley, F. A. Travis, H. G. Angle. Advertising and Publicity Al Huerby, A. L. Ferwerda, Charles Somers, J. E. Angle, G. M. An- drews. Airport—R. T. Trenckmann, MW H. Needham, Roy McConkey. County Affairs—Rudy Werber- ger, Lee Huston, Clint Okerstrom. Industrial— C. H. Kreienbaum,| C. J. Macke, Roy J. Kimbel. Taxation and Legislation —— George Cropper, C. E. Runacres, Charles R. Lewis. . , Program and Entertainment—., W. M. Elliott, E. H. Faubert, R. F. Eddy. M. C. Zinthl-o. Pioneers Picnic—Grant C. An- gle, Joe Forrest, Simon Skagen, Lyle Wilson. Game and Wild Life —- A. W. Robinson, Bud Daviscourt, Vern Eaton. Priorities—F. A. Travis, H. G. Angle, Roy J. Kimbel. id Finance —— . Carlson, Cliff l BURNING or LINER NORMANDIE‘ Private James ' drafted into the Army from Ray- onier’s chemist staff here last September, writes an exception- ally interesting letter to The Journal from his post at Fort Slocum, N.Y. I Quoting from the letter, which was dated February 12: “I had the unique experience the other evening of witnessing the late stages of the fire on the Normandie, and despite the press of the crowds, the guards seemed quite oblivious of anoth- er soldier and I, who managed to get a. view from the front of the dock, but of course, you have a better account of this than I could describe. “I suppose it is a. privilege to be stationed within 25 miles of New York City, but just for your information, I would much rather stroll up the Dosewalips river valley, than the canyons of Lower Broadway, and the towers of Mount Lincoln Ridge impress me far more than the peaks of Ra- . dio City. I N.Y. Hospitality Landed “It must be admitted that the hospitality which the New York- ers extend to servicemen is by far the best that I have seen any- lwhere, and the benefits afforded ‘by the USO. are without ques- tion very valuable as far as mor- ale is concerned. “To relate a few of the things B. Edgbert, ‘ provided by the U.S.O., a service men has access to tickets to any radio broadcast in the city, con- certs, tickets to any stage or screen Show, tours of the entire city, including the Statue of Lib- erty and the Empire State build- ing. It has been my pleasure to attend the MetropolitanOpera, ice hockey at Madison Square Gar- den and the very spectacular mus- ical “It Happens on Ice" in Rock- efeller Center, also broadcasts in- cluding Fred Waring’s “Pleasure Time,” “Your Hit Parade,” “Truth I or Consequences,” “The World ist Yours," and Metropolitan, Operal auditions. Soldier Gets A Break “I have been told, and believe it, that a. service man can see more in New York in a short time than New Yorkers can af- ford in a year. ' Times Building, but then, they have never seen Lake Constance. Long Island, and it looks very: g the subway “It is unquestionably a city of superlatives, and I have never seen such mob reaction as the night of December 7th in Times Square, as the fateful words were flashing across the lights on the Puget Sound sure has it all over God to see dozens of posters in “Washington State Apples.” Very truly yours, Pvt. James B. Edgbert Fort Slocum, N.Y. lof 100,000 board feet a day in ‘two shifts, employing around 125 PIYIIAOII NOW 2 Olympic Plywood, Shelton new— est industry, is going strong in both production and expansion, with all its products being ship- ped as fast as turned out to some point in Missouri where a great new encampment is being built, according to President C. J.v Macke. The particular product on which this plant is now turning all its forces is that of waterproofi concrete form board which is comparativoly new to meet a spe—' cial demand, being seven-ply and 1‘4 inches thick, as thick as an ordinary fir board and severall times as strong, Mr. Macke stat— ed. The plant is nearing productionl workmen and is now 100 per cent on government orders. . (larload A Day Shipped After several months of test- ing work on the ordinary forms of plywood, 3 and 5 ply for gen- eral sale, the company found lit- tle profit in this business after getting its plant and crew brok- en in, but the press of govern- ment work came in to force the change into waterproof material, which is going East at the rate of a carload a day of plywood which is both waterproof in com- position and then treated to a. coat of oil for the special use of building concrete forms. The oil coat makes it possible to use the plywood numerous times with- out damage. Since the plant got its first machines installed and operating the original mill has been enclos- ed with double floor space for handling material in process, a large warehouse 40x120 has been added for shipping by rail and truck, and the Northern Pacific is now putting in a second spur track. A small tie mill has been installed to cut the cores into railroad ties and work up the sur- plus wood more valuable than re- fuse for the boilers. Power Plant Found Ample The company was fortunate in finding the power plant ample for its need of electricity and steam heating, and some of the timbers of the old shingle plant were utilized but much of the old lumber is left for anyone who will salvage it. The product now being made is a very. «high grade of plywood, dressed and finished to high de- gree, and of better class than re- quired for ordinary interior fin- 'ishing of homes, but capable of treatment to meet any taste. At present and while the government demand holds the plant will not be making any product for local consumption. The supply of “peel~ er” logs comes from the Simpson Logging Company and is assured for years ahead. Oystermen File 3 Suits Against : Rayonier Inc. Three suits in equity filed in the United States district court at Tacoma last Friday ask for specific performance by Rayonier Incorporated of an agreement made by Rainier Pulp and Pa.- per company in 1931 in connec-l tion with the settlement of cer- tain litigation then pending against Rainier Pulp and Paper company in the federal court. The complaints ask that the company be enjoined from allow- ing any waste red or sulphite li- quor to enter into the waters of Oakland Bay. One suit was brought by Phoebe E. Young, Humphrey Nelson, Herbert G. Nelson and Art Nelson. Another was brought by Arthur Nelson and his wife, and the third by Herbert G. Nel- son and his wife. The oyster beds referred to in the complaints are located on Lit- tle Skookum inlet. The oyster growers claim that the waste li- quor which is discharged into res- ervoirs located inland northwest of the City of Shelton has escap- ed by seepage and overflow into Oakland Bay, damaging their oy- sters in Little Skookum inlet. M & S Offering Parking ,Space OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER CHARLES NI. WIVEIJ. AN HIS I GRANDDAIIGIITER PERISH IN BEINQ MADE ISABELLA VALLEY RANCH FIRE CHARLES M. W'IVELL DAVlSCOlIRT ilAS ALL MODERN . A N D' REPAINTED BAKERY. Completion of installation of the latest type of modern bakery equipment, and redecoration of the. firm’s quarters was announc- ed this week by Daviscourt Bak- ery of this city. Installation of the new machin- ery assures Shelton of having one] of the most modern bakery plants in the entire northwest. A new method of handling the making of bread is made possi- ble through the use of machinery, home Cautiomn which eliminates the handling of the dough by human hands from the time it is scientifically mixed until it is put inthe baking‘pans. First step in this‘procedure is in the operation of a new dough mixer equipped with an automa~ tic electric 'water tempering tank, which automatically heats the water to the correct temper- ature for bread mixing and also automatically measures off the. proper amount of water ,to be used. Exactness Assured The mixer also, has an automa- tic electric flour scaler and Sifter; pita] lWivell got out of a sick bed (be which measures off the exact amount of flour to be used in each batch and Sifts it. After the dough has been mix- ed it is put into a huge machine, which takes up most of the floor space in the. bakery, where it first goes through a divider which scales the dough into pieces thel exact weight for the size loaf to be baked. The pieces of dough then go through a rounder which rounds'the dough into balls and then through a machine which makes the balls into long pieces for panning. The pieces are then carried to the top of the machine where they run slowly through an overhead proof box in which the dough is raiSed. Belt Carries Dough Through all these processes the dough so that it is never touched until ready for the bake oven. Installation of a new automa- tic bread slicing and wrapping machine makes for the more effi- cient wrapping of the. bread as the machine has an electric eye which controls this operation. In addition to all the new.equip- ment, a new maple floor has been laid in the bakery department, and the entire establishment has been repainted inside. Installation of fluorescent lighting through- out has not been completed. Daviscourt Bakery wishes to thank all the people of Shelton and the store owners whose con- tinued patronage of their pro- ducts has made possible this mod- ernization program. The is invited to step into the estab- lishment and watch the opera- tion of the plant at any time. A. C. rBayley No. 1 Taxpayer Again Early returhs on 1942 tax pay- ments, which began last Monday, is carried on wide belts: l I l l l I l V 2red Sunday morning sh One of the saddest tragedies of this community's history occur- tly af- ter midnight in the comp ete de- ‘struction by fire of the Charles H. Wivell residence in Isabella Valley, resulting in the deaths of Mr. Wivell, 84—year-old pioneer settler and dairyman, and his 12- year-old granddaughter, Nadine Evans, who perished in the flam- ing ranch residence: Myrvan Wivell, his son, and Mrs. Myrvan Wivell, who live in an adjoining house on the same premises, suffered serious burns in attempts to rescue the trap— ’ ped pair. Mrs. Charles Wivell and H. M. Smith, one of the men em- .ployed on the Wivell dairy farm, both escaped uninjured from the burning home. The elder Mrs. Wivell is believ- ed to have been first to discover the fire, although she at first be- lieved the smoke she smelled to : be her husband lighting the morn- ing fire and so began to dress. EOccupying a. room on the first 'floor, she was able to make her way outside safely after her screams had warned the other three occupants of the house, all sleeping in second floor rooms. Mrs. Wivell's cries also awoke Mr. and Mrs. Myrvan Wivell and Oliver Constable, herdman for the Wivell Dairy jersey herd, who oc- cupied a third residence on the Wivell property, all of whom rushed to the scene to attempt to ,rescue the aged man and the. little girl. Overcome By Smoke Myrvan Wivell was almost ov- ercome by smoke as he attempt- ed to fight the fire and had to crawl on hands and knees to safe- ty, while his wife went upstairs, located the elder Mr. Wivell and little Nadine, and started to lead them to safety when she remem- bered Mr. Smith’s preSence in the g Mr. Wivell and Nadine to remain where they lwere, she hurried to Mr. Smith’s l l l I room but he had ‘already leaped from his Window to safety. Re- turning to where she had left Mr. Wivell and Nadine, she found them gone, evidently they had tried to get down the stairs but it had collapsed with them and they perished in the flames. To save herself, Mrs. Wivell was forced to crawl from the second story porch down a tree to the ground. She and her hus- band (Myrvan) both suffered bad burns and are in Shelton hos— receiving treatment. Mr. had been suffering an attack of influenza) to attempt the res- cue. Although the Shelton volunteer fire department responded, the (Continued on Page Four) Scout Fund Drive Under Way; Twice Old Budget Asked Funds to carry out Boy Scout activities in the Tumwater Coun- ‘cil are being sought this week and next by six “teams” working the town and eight teams can- vassing the pulp mill, all under the guiding hand of D. B. Davies, chairman of the annual Scout fund drive. Assignments were handed out to team members at a breakfast meeting Tuesday morning. Team captains and their lieutenants are: Team 1: J. L. Replinger and iHarold Watkins; Team 2: James Amunds and Irving Angove; Team 3: W. A. McKenzie and R. H. Allan; Team 4: S. B. Ander- son and M. A. Clothier; Team 5: public I stations advertising school of Shelton, to the contract indicate a large number of Mason County property owners intend to take advantage of the three per cent rebate offered on pay- ments made before March Operation of a parking lot in conjunction with their store has been announced by the M 82 S Food Store this week. Customers of the store will be allowed one hour free parking in the lot which is situated between the store building and the Asso- ciated Service station. Use of the lot as parking space is expectei to relieve some of the. congestion problems now prevalent on Cota street. Duff Appointed To The honor of being No. 1 tax- Alden C. Bayley of the Mason County Abstract and Title Com- pany and the Mason County Sav- ings and Loan Association. He morning for the staff to open up so he could pay up his tax state- ment for 1942. Mrs. M. A. Clothier, a former county treasurer, has/been nam- 15, Treasurer Omer L. Dion reportsl payer of 1942 once more goes to‘ was waiting at the door Monday: Mark Pickens and Bill Dickie; Team 6: E. E. Brewer and M. C. ' Kaphingst. ' Special team captains in the pulp mill are Chet Hillman, Or- ville Spinharney, Jim Roush, John Cole, Sherman Soule, Bob Little, IKen Calkins and Ken Blanchard, with Lorrel Seljestad acting as chairman of the pulp mill can- vass. , The Tumwater Council has nearly doubled its budget for the Icoming year after discoverin |that it had the smallest budge of any of the 12 councils com- prising the Northwest Region, al- though the Tumwater Council is eleventh in actual size of Scout membership in the Region. .Olympia USO Hall Gets Local Books Olympia’s new U.S.G. recrea- tional building for servicemen re- ceived a neat contribution in read- ing material from the Mason County Victory Book Campaign last Saturday. . The second shipment of books contributed by Mason County re’s- idents to the campaign consisted ,iof 55 class A fiction books, 93 lclass B fiction books, 50 unclas- Appointment of E. A. Duyff, instructor at Irene S. Reed high ed treasurer to replace Nolan Ma- son, resigned a week ago to ac- cept a position as accountant relations committee of the Wash- with the Olympic Plywood, Treas- ington Education Association has urer Dion announced this week. been announced by Dr. R. F. Mrs. Clothier began her new du- I-lawk, W.E.A. president. ties Wednesday. I l State WEA Committee‘ sified reference and non-fiction Ibooks, 96 class B non-fiction, and 113 Readers Digest and National Geographic magazines, Mrs. Lau- ra K. Plumb, chairman of the Mason County campaign, report- ed yesterday. .1. . -uaaw .. mww»mw«amzeouoh. we“... .. Maw“... ~+M~_... N...» 1... ..i,