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Percy M Pio 6017 8.E. 86 h Ave portland, Ore -- WEATHER _. High Low Precip. 2 .............. 53 28 1 .............. 52 29 --~ 22 .............. 55 28 ..... ~ m 23 .............. 55 28 .02 .............. 53 2s 02 .............. 56 25 "__ X YEAR--NO. 9 ' ---- Ch iis :!stT February 2,,1964 Pubi~'~ih~d~i;°!: wn:~lPs~!;~!~c?~hSi~;~! ~a~htfint~ion 16 /OeCsents2P~:ct~;PYs The Shelton Port Con]mission oneer signed two leases at their meeting • last Thursday night which will mean two new business operations. The two, both lumber opera- :' tions, are located on the Navy Annex industrial site on John's on the Widening and in- The commission approved the o~ storm sewers on Pion-sale of $23,000 worth of revenue : 'has started, it was an-bonds to the Fir•men's Pension at the Shelton City Corn- Fund for the purchase of the pro- meeting Tuesday night• perty of Mrs. Grace Beckwith ad- COmmission approved the jacent to city hall of a proposal on equip- No one appeared at the cere- al for the job from mission meeting Tuesday night to isdale Construction Co. support or oppose the "bond sale rVisor Pat Byrne said for the property purchase at a Grtsdale proposal was hearing. received from a re-FIRE CHIEF T. E. I)EER an- local contractors, nounced that Michael Mirka, Ta- A motion by Defense Attorney th ..... w.hieh is beingcoma, would begin work Marc]Y 1 John Ragan for a new trial in the , = joo ns some whichas a fireman, first degree murder conviction of taan that the city has T lsoa )noved Robert L. Booth, 42, Shelton, has own str ~+ ~^- - '.. he commission a. l t• - e~ ,,epartment been set in Mason County Super- id .... " a suggesting by Deer that the re tee street was closed rank of lieutenant in the fire de- ior Court Friday. W~ Closed for aboutpartment be eliminated and that The motion will be argued be- me Work was $15 a month differential in pay ~e fore Judge Warner Poyhonen of I divided between the city'sthree Grays Rarbor County ~;ho prestd- led at the trial i~ere last month S doing the work full-time firemen. • THE TREES CAME DOWN-~The four bulldozers pushing a bunch of trees ahead of them toward l as a visiting judge. he rented equipment ---~ which cleared land for the Exceptional Foresters at the pile into which they were stacked. The trees I Ragan and Robert Snyder are ~ o~.o,o~u,,~oo~o~.,,o,, ogler • the Shelton Airport over the weekend lined up here will be burned this Saturday afternoon. I[c°urt'app°intedBooth. The motion attorneySfor a new trialf°r [ 1 ,~ml 1 [] I l• I [ will be opposed by Prosecuting At- .t of the street, wid- , ' torney Byron McClanahan installing cat0h bas. C Land ~;iearecl i or I~xceplrlOnal ] m sewer lines. The l ll(ff r I Booth is still being held' ill Ma- adcOne in anticipation vv=te u t -- ,so,, County Jail awaiting the out- clng the streetin [ ~ 1 ' ~ m I " ~_. A I come of the action Friday and for- ~A~~'~ ~ll~ rll~ ~l~~,~N~m [mal sentencing to the State Pen- p Second Week --"" rBu.Bymam j= Iitentiary if it is denied" ]ei'iiiii~!lbweA°afssi~!!di*hel~XPe::':i:e|"'~mm~" Another big step was taken in to comt)letcthe~clcaring of the] .OVERALL ILANS call for[__ -- menxe , citing the Exceptional Foresters first unit are ph reed in the fu- eventually eight units of 25 to 301 F ..... R ..... Pla I~3; i);"~4:e:t ab)£n :thli '! rog,•am going forward' over the, Lure• " . ' acres to i~e planted to young trees, ~r,#ug~ ~gr.~ 1 Teekend when land for tl~e first ] ~ ~[ in the tree farm. Income from the [ e nned ;' i I y ~h niL'of thc tree farm for Christ- ~ | = ,~ ]tree farm will be used to austain [ "]~ ,r ]fit , t las Tree culture was cleared with[ ~lfll~ n. "USA IA .Lthe program. ] uea~/~ IO rut ufl '-° I l Olympia Oyster Eo. againut Ray- e " " • " I / The purpose of the Zxceptionall olunt(el labor and equtplnent VUllU )Uig IU --' [onier Inc. Friday land was cleared for the n Foresters proffram is to train [ • .. • . • ]1 • I "-'-'--# [ The oyster firm alleges damage ree nursery and shake mill sitellIe m • I • It~/mentally retarded youths of overI ImtlatlON PrllISv be - -. [to its oyster crop from waste liq- and Saturday and Sunday about:l iTi r¢ ]l lar, n nil/school age ill forestry work withI 1 ~Y:~°~i,a ~Will0am.Defense luorSto I onier'sfri)mpulpthCmi!]°perati°nhere in ].955°f RaY-and sexcn ..... ames of the ftrst 'umt' o~ ~V~|~lP |1 ||,1|~|| |V/an emphasis on Christnms Tree l A brand ~e\v Grin --e ~ee the tree farm at the Shelton Air- J [ culture. ] . '... 1_ :. lge. D/g" |es, inch, ding, 1956 Rayonier ch)sed its 'pulp port was ch, ared. , Voters in the Hood Canal School ,,m.~ e ,.,,,,,~ ..... .......... ~,.~lteamw~put~'.~ne~n'stann Y, Will participate [ plant here in 1957. ........ I ]Dintttct" wtll ............................... vote March 10 on a ' I ~econa ~)egree ~mtiation ~'riaay• I~otn hulldozms wml(ed tht t~o winked thinwecke d wine do ' headquarters at [ The irial is well into its second. , • " • ~ $100 000 bond tssue" to finance' the ." " ," ~ n ", " night at the Shelton Valley Grange )C for Ma~on Coun-[week ~ith tl~e plaintiff still pre- days. clearing ..the 3ack pine from. coustrucuon" *' o~" a "ne~ nlutu-'*" ur- naI:ed by. John Kneeland Castle/H,~ll, , be:~innin~'~ ~ at 8 v."m., it was the land• Adchtmnal work partmsl ' . .. . P, ] and Coleman Lo~ain~ Comnanvl ............. ~ ,.., ,~,.,,.,,^0 D ~ ...... Civil Defense office Isenting its case The" trial is ex- __~ IPOSC gymnasium at tne Jura•r| and Kimbel L o-'~in~ Com,,an~, "I .................... ~ ................ ~'"' nent of the Court ]pected to'last about lla,'ee weeks. " Hi~-h u~:".,~l ' ~, ,, v* .,. ,Master of Mason County Pomona .. . -- , i ~" ......... [ OPERATOI~S who donated their/Grange ~ / IT IS BEING h(-mrd by a nine- V~~ ~ ~~'~ / The 20-year bonds would take[ time to operate the equipment/ All Grano'es of the count,, Say- : aas been dcsi,~nat r man three-woman ju'{'y with X. The relocatioi~ of ]Judge Gem:go H. Boldt presiding. ][ [flg$|il,) J~lltl~l[~ ] not mor.:, than a two-mill le, vy a/ were Norm Casth; Lylc Coleman J a~e said ~re welcome *(;r'brin~ ~gencies; especially / David McMillin, ShelL•n, man-- -- - _ -- / ~i~" to retire, Supt. John Pill/ Adc Kopperman, hi (],•ecnwalt,] ca~ndi~latcs for initiation.~ Grange , ~s or, e of the put:- lager of the Olympia Oyster Co,, ~ ~]l...~.~m.. ~[~m~.~ ] ' ,.: ........ ......... / Everett Morken, Ray Bridenbach ~ members arc invited to attend and J'ne ~cnotn ~mn,(( gm ~zaouu and Bob Kmabel Ill OU[tllCll-V I-IUIJ~ |. ..... . ." ;. t; "'.. | " • | see the new Mason County Degree xercise It will con | took the stand 'Monday {:o explain ~ ~ | m ~e~erai. ~ot'est /non(~y n'om t.ne | Don Sperling, Richfield Oil Dis- | Team exemplify the fii'st two De- lated missile attack |how oysters are born: r'~ised and All 18-year-oldyouth is heing[ c°~uY=t,,n~s ye, a r ~ortneproposea/ tributor, donated the diesel fuel/grees of the G~range. hours dllration fit./har~es'ted. ' " " " ~alnage assessm'ent | His brother Gene an iustruc- held in Mason County jail for in-|~.; ..... ,~?,~-'~'.,~-,, ,~.~,, s,,~ y~,,,::~l~or t.ne eclu.~pment usea m theI The new Degree team is made r r Ileal the ~;tl:y OI lee•In& rol the clealln PO ect ow. A recovery pet'- ltor in marine' bioiog'y in the Se- vestigation of burglary and three | _ .. • " " | • " g P J " • / up of members from Shelton Val- • • .' . • nev¢ DUll•lag ~ressed tim'•, will / attle school system, testified on juveniles havc been maphcated m | .._. ' • • .. t ..... | ley and Southside Granges as fol- • rue prop•see gymnasmm woum " " l • ree hours repres- ] tests he had made in Hammersley several breakms. | ...... ': - . .. - | -- -- ,.._ / lows, wRh Donalo W• C a~k as _ . ~ / ename tne sen•el to or]ng ItS Dny- I :~ ~ t~ m mo [ r,..,,,.;,, [ Inlet while eraployed by the Un{-myron M• Ttmmpson J~, ,was/sical ~dtwaqo ........ " ....~..."d'.^ I~ ]~t~|l ]~llllFImt~ t .~,.v ..... ; this count~ will ~-~l~ersity of Washington Department altestcd 1)y Shelton l')'olice who/ . . ,' ,.•,, ~,,,~,? ..... v ~".~"~|?~lff~llllig;;V~fflg~llll~ | Ma,ster Joe Simpson Overseer .... . ....... , ..... ~ ..... • .... I3at~ Strops•n, Leeturm, Lois say he has tdmAted bteakmg.~}itb rt tion for'a ~u~itol hi-" s ........... .... '" ~ ' • ' "" "" Ig operatiffd8' cor~: t6f Ocea~iogrgph~¢ ' fi'bha 1955 'to. * ' " ..... e r~qmreq,~ "LaKe l~,el for aecrmaics'= ' - .... -- ¢~.~,,~lt .... , ' ) d l" l', ,1 j ..t _it ]$ Bouaht By |Simps°n' Chaplin Bill LundqlllSt, elter damage' | 1958. ' ...... one h(me an stea mg tq mr, " scho " ' " ent, and disaster/ Among those who testified last .... "el now has a condKtmml ac- e ," 'd m • .15ason County c~h,n [ week :wan Dr. Vance Tartar zon- of a second home from which beer[ ~uaie facili~~t~ u~ ~=.=~ m~tue- ~ / [tent Steward, VVinnifred Carr; As- haters, as ~el~'as fogy professor at the: University ....~°"'~ ~.....~t-.uo .~.,.." ....... . ~.f .............. ..~..~ ..~.~,/qoarv~..~.. . es ~ot pnymcal., eott- --~" •_ ,# ,8'- , ," --[sistant Steward, Walter Sire', Defense Board of "Washington, wlm related th•e taken and entering a bakery truck [ ~ ~'~ BUll D~Z~. w-,,1,' "~'o~ '- [_t,~D$~'~n [_~'~ U~'.|Gate~.eep?''' RalphSimpson; Flo- Paxtici ate ' the reaults of studies he made in T-Iam ............... ~tI'Ct.L ~41ttl L~tl~.lI[~ elnde facili 'e -- ' ' -' ' ' "" ' P In ""~ mersley Inlet• during' low, tidcs in bread and other baked goods. / musi~ ¢lc~n~rtSnf(;~t a.~.afete~:ia, tl~e ................................ e.., Olson;Ceres,. Ella Chappetl; .Sec- from the State Ci 1945 while employed by the State .......... ~_ : .....~ .;. ........se ..........~ ...... ~ ~,~,~..c~: ~ ....... e .... - rotary, tna. Kmaoeu ann tne Plan- one ot tne mree 3uvennes, ~ar-| tacmues for ,nressing rooms, and •ruble outlook to Mason County's ist "Virginia Clark ' ~ ,.m ~:_ . '." tgepartment of Fisheries ry ~eighton, 17, is being laeld in/storage tor ~dramatics and provi- economic future was noted this ~k notluck hmch 'it was announ ~d~':a~tioc m each Als0 testifying last week were Mason County jail fro" parole vie-/sions for possible future use of week when Capital Centcr Inc., ted ~,ill i~e served fol{owin~ the BOlsLcv n~°~r~t~e Charles Woelke and Ronald West.- lation. He was recently paroled| educational TV. a business and land development deg:rec work ~' -, -~*x~.~,.~.v.,l, ]e 0 ~een assi-- - -- Y, b Lh State Department of from Greenhill Academy, author-[ The cost of the new building firm, completed details for the 7: " st, co ~ Fisheries employecs, The cases of the other two juv-|$100,000 to come from thc pro-pany building in downtown Shel- SWALLOWS ARRIVE mtason County. Woelke said "that samples Lak- ities said. | is estimated to be $195,000, with purchase of the J. C. Penney Corn ............................. - .......... ' .......... llyn, State Civil en from Olympia Oyster Company eniles have been turned over to/posed bond issue and the remain- ton." AT SPENCER LA'ZE and between 15 beds in 19,56 showed an extremely from State ant{hig'h mor~alit'y ,'ate. ,I}wenile. Probation Officer Mar-, der from money now in the build- Dick Yeager, president of Cap- , " a~ , vln Clarmtensen. J]ng fund or anticipated, iDd Center Inc., said the pro'chase ~[l~A LA! TRA LA! II pay a short price was in excess of $134,000., Spring has sprunff in Mason Y during the O' The building was built in 1958 County!' is Welcome to attend Timber :rs last Satur- at the Com. honoring m Olympia, riVers, mech- Sll- !ng track of a [?111. alber of con- achieved• Wash- as the guest Ring, in for pointed STUDENT SPEAKERS~A student speaker's bureau of six members has been formed at Shelton High School to explain the American Field Services 'program for bringing a foreign student to Shelton High School for the 1964-65 year. The young speakers are available to address any club or or- ganization in the community desiring to learn The naulcs of two applicants as "families" for a foreign student here have been submitted L• the American Field Services nutional officc in New York, it was rc- vealed aL a meeting of the group heading the local AFS Chapter last wcek. She|Log High School studcnts have raised more than $200 to- ward the project alrcady and have othcr money-making ideas in the works, it was reported. A sttldent speaker bureau, con- sisting of nix studenfs, has been formed and is contacting local ser- vice clubs and organizations to ask if "they would like to have the ~rogtaza e~plalaed to ~c.m. TilE STUDENT speakers are Jim L)ocrty, John Hcmbroff, Sue Gilliland, Molly Taylor, Carol Har- din awT ,loan Quimby. The sLudenL speakers have pre- pared brief talks on the projccL and a,'e awtilable to speak to auy service club or organization which would like lo have them. They were ready t,) begin speaking as- siguments Tuesday. Plalls to sell "sh'tres of stock" in thc foreign student to raise money for the project are in the making. The "shares" will be of- fcred to high school students and to thc general public. Individuals who wish to assist the project with a donation may ~end ~ontributions to th~ t,t'oaa- failed group half a hover steep eavv loads. d tl~eir gum- safe years Wil- by theCascade-Olympic:Construc- ~Vhah~ver other evidence Is tion Company of Shclton, of whichavatlalde, the proof i)ositlve Yeager is also president. It has popped up ~Vedne~da.y morning 11,000 sqnarc feet of floor spacewhen the first blue swallow was • on main and nlezzaninc floors. The sighted at: Spencer Lake. structure ha¢I been owned I)y theMrs. If. I. (, ay, recuperating Quinn-Smith Company of Seattle. from a recent hospital sesshm, YEAGER SAIl) Capital Ccn- saw l]le little feathered harblng- .............. , :: ter Inc. made the purchase as an er of spring from her h~! in the investment in a community whose front room overh)oking the lake ~, economic outlook is highly favor-and hnmediately phoned the able due to the nearlng'comple- good news to thc Jourlm, l. Lion of 1he Washington Correc- This is one of 1he earliest ap- Lions Center, Simpson Timber Co. pearanees of the swallows Mrs. expansion, and olher coming en- Clay can r,uncmber as thcy us- : terprises such RS the proposed new redly show up a.ronnd St. Pat- ,: '~ Shelton bank (of which he is one tick's l)ay in mhl-M~reh. ' :: of the organizers), new industrial Om'e al~ont five or six yea.r~ developments on the port commis- ago tlmy came in February, shc sion's industrial park site on Johns rcealls. IVhen ihe swallows a.r- Prairie, etc. rh'e sl)rlng is here, sure ItS Capital Center is pre.sently alsoshootinff. involved in const~ction of a new ...... ------r nine-story officc building in Olyn pia: oagor said. l,'rank Ba- Go.nty Approves ker, an Olympia. attom~ev, is sec- reta,'y of t~hc co,~oratio,{:Nodh Shore :Road Fire.Damaged Plywood Resolution , Plant Ba0k A! Work The Mason Count3 Conm, isslon ]when they met Monday approved a resolu(ion and ag'r~emcnt for Simpson Timher Company s' lhc federal aid road project on Capilal Plywood Pl'nl O1 "m "ia • ' .. 3 P . the North Shore Road was hack in fllll production Ioday The road had been design'~t.ed followinI~ a fi,'e there Feb. 19. a Federal Road Secondary pro- It. took firemen from fhc C)lvm-ject for which the county r'cceivcs pin. Tu,nw':tter and Imeey fire"dc- i'edcral financial assistance. partments severul hours t~ put out the st.ubbo,'n blaze mad(.r thc S.S. Hughes presidcnf, of the: floor. Nine fi,'emen rec(ived minor Maggie Lake Improvenaent Cluh, injm'ies, appeared to ask about the request • the connnission made to the ch,b more about the AFS program. The student speak- Damage to the plant and equip-lasL week to poll the~d" inembers ers are, left to right, Sue Gilliland, Jim Doerty, ment were ,'elatively n~inor andon their feelings on banning too- Molly Taylor, Sue Ogdenp publicity chairman, tenq)ora.,,y repairs, primarily to tor boats o]~ the lake. John Hembroff and Carol Hardin. The sixth student burned underpinning, were made The engineer was granted per- speaker, Joan Quimby, was absent when the pic- ovcr the weekcnd. ture was takcn, mission to purchasc a car for the .............................................. |,'AS inspector through su,'plus Some Students To p,,,pe,.ty when ono bceomcs avail- urcr of the' local AleS chapLcr, able. Mrs. i,n Giilil, nd, S. 10th, Be Given TB Tesls o,,,an N. Cos, ln,an Shelton. to the commission iu a letter that. ~VIT]l Tile NAMES of pros- Shelton school studenis iu the n°Liccs had becn posted for a hear- pective families submitted and first, sixth and ]2ih grades will ing on a replat of a part of Par- fund raising projects underway, begin getti,tg tuhercuh)sis skin adise Shores Estates on Mason' the prospect of a forcign studcnL tests, it, was revealed this week. Lake. in Shelton High Scimol for the The testing prog'ram will run ............................................. 1964-65 school ycar now awaits through Ma,'ch. Thc tests will be STOLEN VEltlCLE tlm decisi(m from the AFS officegiven by pe,'sonncl from the Public ltECOVElCED in New York as to if there is a ~ealth Department. A pick-up, reported stolen from student available who nautches one The ntaterial for the tests is the I~VA parking teL in Shelton of the families \vlm have becn furnished by the Mason County by Arnold Livings'ton, Saturday submitted. Tuberculosis and Health Associa- night was recovered at Hood Can- Any chlb or organization which tion as part of it.s p,'og,'ana, al Junior High School Monday might like to have the student Thc association also conducts Livingston told Police the 1947 spcakcrs address their group caneducational work thrm,ghout theDodge pick-up was takcn from contact Rocky Hembroff, presi- year supported by the funds it the parl¢ing lot where he ha(I left dent of the local AFS Chapter for collect.~ in its Christmas Seal fund it sometime between 5 p.m. Sat- d~t~s. ............... drive, , urday and 2 a.m. Btmday, ii Prairie whtch the Port District operates. L. R. Smith, Longview, has tak- en a 15-vear lease on 20 acres of land on ~'hich he plans to operate a hardwood mill. Allard Johnson. Hoodspo,'t, has taken a 10-year lease on an ad- joining 20 acres for his Versipan- el fence and panel making oper- ation. SMITH BUII.T a hardwood mill on the same site about four years ago, and, after about a yea,: sold out to another firm wi~en natur- al gas, which he had attticipated for the operation, did geL arrive in Shelton. The firm to which he so.ld i.he hardwood mill removed the nm- chinery and let the site revert back to the Port Commission. Now, with the arrival of natur, al gas here, Smith is again lea~- ing the site to go ahead with the plans he had four years ago. F..,quil)ment has been installed in the mill building and operation is expecled to start soon. Johllson is moving his oper'tlion to the port site with more room from its present h)cation aL Hoodsport. Versipancl makes cedar and hardwood p&neling, fcnciug and other wood produclls. The two firms hope to hegeL it f,-o,n Cl2c2!::io2s. The Mason County Sheriff's Of- A, fk...., flee is continuing Its investigation ~ )~]lkllIll~ ~i~IICllIq~l of an alleged assault on James Doran, Shelton service station op- im•l I = • erator. Doran came to the Shelton Po- I'ui ed Aoaunst lice Station Monday night and ' stated that as he was about to =u ram, leave the White Spot Tavern aI ~A '~ ~|rfll~~" short time earlier a man who]|V| ~eV|||~|l|qJ||~ identified himself as Don Sum-I mers haa hit him, knocking himn Mrs. Thehna Marie Viramontes, down. Doran said while he wast42, Allyn, was formally charged down, Summers kicke~ him in the with first degree a.ssatllt in Ma- mouth, and when he got up, hit son County Superior Court last him again. , Thursday ~mrni}tg. ~a~mmers was picked up b~v Bail was set at $2,000 by Judge Shelton Police and questiondd Raymond Clifford. John Ragan, about the incident, He was re- Shelton attorney, is reprcsenting leased. Mrs. Viramontes. The incident apparently stems She was arrested Tuesday morn- from a difference of opinion be- ing, charged with shooting Leon- tween Doran and Summers some ard Olson, 59, Allyn, three times years back. with a .25 caliber automatic pistol. Since the incident occured out.- Olson was not serionsly injui'ed. side the city limits, it was turned Mrs. Viramontes posted bail and over to the Sheriff's office which was released from Mason County is continuing the investigation, jail last. week. Non ias,=n i .... ' ........ ) ~AT NORTH M'ASON--Adriana Jess¢l Reyna, left, arrived about two weeks ago from her home in Mexico City to spend a year in the Belfair area attending North Mason School. On the right is Sallie Travls, a senior at North Mason, with whose family Adriana is living now. Miss Travis acts as interpreter for the Mexioan girl, whose English is limited. Miss Travis spent two months last summer in the home of Adriana'e parents, in Mexico CRy'and attended school there, $ $ .'i; ¢ While other, schools in the area have worked through intevnation- al organizations which place for- eign students in schools in the U.S., North Mason School at gel- fair has initiated its exam "stud- cnt exchange" with Mexico City. Adriana Jessel Re.yna, 14, a scv- enth grade student arrivcd about two wee~s ago to begin a one- year stay in the Belfair area. She is busy getting settled into lhe scllool routine and learning English, which she says is giving her a liLlle troul>le. . She is presently living with tltc William H. Tra~vis family, bul, will spend some~ time with several Belfair area familie,~ during he,' stay he,'•, The Travis' daughter, Sallie, a senior at North Mason I-Iigh, spent two months last sum- nler in the homo, of Adriana's par- eats in Mexico City and attended school there. ' Adriana's English was limited, so, questions to her had to go through 1Vtiss Travis who acLed as interpreter. ADRIANA SAIl) that what ira- pressed he," most abo~L this area in her short time here was the npelmess of the honses. Houses in her 'homeland are all wa,llcd in to keep out robbcrs. She said the students at, sel~ool here are nice, and, that English was giving her a little trouble. The beginning of the contacts whicl~ brought Adriana to the Belfair area started more" than a ycar ago. Robert K. Johnsen ntct a Port Orchard couple with whom Adriana's older sistc',: was visiting. At the time, he was planning the trip which a group of North Ma- son Teachers took t:o Mexico City last spring. He was put in con- tact with Adriaua's fathc,' by the Port Orchard man and through correspondence, Adriana's father met the gT()llp Of teachers \vhon they arrivcd in Mexico Ciiv and assisted the,li (hiring their: stay thcre. . During t ~c teacher's slay in Mexic,) City it was suggested' that Adriana c(~nte Io the 13elfair arca to attend "school for a yeal', The arrangements have beell ill tile nlakblg since tbcn for ll(~l" arrival ahollt two weeks ago. Ill the inellllt tin•, tv¢o ()thor visits in this sort of "People-to- People" program have oecurcd, Miss Trovts' visit to Adriana?s fa- mily lasi. smmner and the visit of a .Mexico City School l('ache,', F]ore,]cia JllflI'('z Lomeli, here du,'- ing November alld Dec(~nlb(,,. The Mason County PUD No. 3 offices in Shelton and Belfair will be closed on Thursday, February 27th from 12:00 noon until 3:00 p.m. to pay tribute to our late auditor Mr. E. R. Krona who passed away Sunday afternoon February, 23rd. IlJlll I ....... ... ............ &.; ..........