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EMOTIONS ARE HIGH during the play, "Mrs. Lincoln," which will be
presented by Shelton High School March 12 and 13. Wendy Erhart at left
plays Mrs. Lincoln along with Debby Shawver. Holly Manke, shown here,
and Linda Cochran portray Sally.
a woman dressed in
hair distraught, her face
is talking and starmg
at an empty rocking
music envelops the
seems to swallow her
dark mist: Suddenly, a
-scream, then wild cackling
laughter. A strobe light flashes.
The laughing stops. It is dark.
Somewhere in the distance
someone is playing a mouth harp
- "My Old Kentucky Home."
Then a voice breaks in; a deep
strong voice. It is Abraham
Lincoln. Civil War portraits float
across the stage as if in a dream.
This could well have been a
scene from Shelton High School's
major theatrical production of
"Mrs. Lincoln." by Thomas
UR
Gull
rug
ossesslon
Selby, Shelton, was
of two counts of
of a dangerous drug by
County Superior Court
Friday after a two-day
charges against Selby
Dec. 22, 1969 after he
ty Sheriff Brian
the lead-off witness
state, which was
by Gerry Alexander,
attorney, as a special
attorney. Prosecuting
:Byron McClanahan had
defense attorney for
of ore being elected
r.
testified that the
21, the Sheriff's
obtained a search
the home of David
getting information
informant that there
the home.
four deputies had
Miskinis home with
warrant, and, as they
the home they
persons in the alley
whom one of deputies recognized
as Selby and Miskinis.
Shoening stated he and one of
the other deputies ran toward the
pair, and, that one of them,
whom he later determined was
Selby, r~n behind a garage briefly
and they re-appeared.
The deputy stated after
deputies contacted the two young
men, they went to Miskinis'
home, and, after a search, he and
another young man who was
there, A1 Weatherbie, were taken
into custody. Shoening stated
Selby was released.
Shoening stated that he and
James Gorman, who was at the
time a deputy sheriff, searched
the area where they had seen
Selby run too, but, had found
nothing. He stated that after
returning to the court house with
Miskinis and Weatherbie, he had
later returned to the scene with
Miskinis and after about 10-15
minutes Miskinis had found a
paper s~ck containing two
packages wraA?ped in plastic which
appeared to be drugs.
Shoening stated he replaced
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to discuss the
'wners of Hood Canal
been scheduled for
13 in the Hood
Unior High School
of state and local
been invited to be
the meeting to answer
on the rights of tide
owners and the
the tidelands and the
on them.
Those who will appear on the
program include Sheriff John
Robinson, Prosecuting Attorney
Byron McClanahan and
representatives of the State
Fisheries Department, Attorney
General's office and the State
Park Department.
Those who want to mail
questions in advance or wish
additional information contact
Harry ttays Jr., Box 8, Lilliwaup.
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the sack.back under the bush
where it had been found and
returned to the court house with
Miskinis, and, later returned to
stake out the spot.
At about 6:30 a.m., he said,
Selby arrived at the scene, and,
after driving through the alley
twice, stopped near the spot
where the sack was, got out of the
car, went directly to it,grabbed it
and started back to the car. At
this point, Shoening said, he
called to Selby to stop and Selby
did so. He was taken to the COurt
house where he was arrested
Shoening said.
Shoening testified he took
samples of material found in the
package to the Northwest
Forensic Laboratory in Seattle for
testing. "
Under cross examination by
Fred Gentry, Olympia, Selby's
attorney, Shoening stated
Miskinis had made a telephone
call to Selby asking him to pick
up the stuff.
Sh°ening stated it had been
his idea to stake out the spot
where the package was, and, that
it had been Miskinis' idea to make
the telephone call to Selby. j
K.M. Sweeny, OWner-operator
of Northwest Forensic
Laboratory, testified he had
tested the material which
Shoening had brought to him and
it was his COnclusion after tests
that one sample was marijuana
and the other LSD.
Gorman, now a Shelton Police
Patrolman, but, at the time a
Deputy Sheriff, testified he had
gone with the other deputies to
the Miskinis home, and, that it
had been he who had recognized
Miskinis and Selby in the alley.
He stated he along with Shoening
had pursued the two, and, that he
had observed Selby run behind a
building adjoining the alley
briefly and then re-appear.
t;orman stated that after the
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Cullinan. The play will be
performed March 12 and 13 for
the public in the Reed
Auditorium.
Set in 1875 at a sanitarium in
Illinois, "Mrs. Lincoln" reveals
the disturbed life of Mary Lincoln
after the president's assassination.
The play was shown on Broadway
in 1969.
Something new in high school
dramatics is the unusual use of
music, lighting, and special
effects. An eight minute motion
picture sequence will be shown
before the play begins. It was
made by the students on a Dejur
animation process camera by
taking 10,800 separate pictures of
various Civil War scenes. The
movie will flash across the stage
on six net screens, thus giving a
dreamlike echoed effect. Over a
mile of tape has been used for the
sound track.
Members of the cast include
Wendy Erhart and Debby
Shawver as Mrs. Lincoln; Linda
Cochran and Holly Manke as
Sally; Jenny Jensen and Nancy
Maranvilte as Lizzie Keckley;
Vicki Buckley and Nancy Ewart
as Emilie Todd Helm; Mike
Connolly as Robert Lincoln; Joe
McClanahan and Len Morris as
Billy Herndon; Dan Nye and Jim
Erwin as Dr. Patterson and Guy
Hodge as a veteran.
The technical crew includes
Melissa Bergeson, properties
chairman; Tom Evander and
Merrilee Stewart, properties
helpers; Randy Wiltman, lighting
director; Scott Miltenberger,
sound-special effects director;
drama department, special effects;
William Steinbacher, art director;
Larry Nelson, stage director; Dave
Anderson and Sandy Baskin,
student directors; Lorra'ine
Johnson, assistant director and
Dean Tarrach, director.
Report Set
On Survey
At Pioneer
The Pioneer School Board will
hold its regular March meeting at
7 p.m. March 9 at the school.
At 8 p.m. the group from the
State Superintendent's office,
made an
which recently • 's
evaluation of the district
program will be on hand to
present their report.
The meeting at which the
report will be presented is open to
the public.
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Dr. Robert W. Wells. 41. 153 is continuing, the State Patrol Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 1 I. F and . daughter Sheila, all of the family
Ballantre Dr., Shelton. died said AM, American Legion Post 212,home at Lake Limerick; his
Tuesday night when the pick-up Wells was pronounced deadat Sumas: Washington Dental mother, Mrs. Grace Wells,
he was driving left theLake the scene and the bodywastakenAssociation. Thurston-Mason Shelton, and one brother, Ellis
Limerick Road about .2 miles to Batstone Funeral Home. County Dental Association; Wells, Yakima.
from its intersection with Dr. Wells was born July 22. American Dental Association; Funeral services will be held
Highway 3 and struck a tree 1929 in Shelton. He was a Elks Lodge 194. Bellingham; the at 11 a.m. Saturday at Batstone
shortly before 7 p.m. graduate of the University of Presbyterian Church at EversonFuneral Home with Rev. Neal
The Washington State Patrol. Washington Dental School and and was Fire Captain of Station 4 Higbee officiating.
which inveshgated the accident, practiced dentistry in Eversonof Fire District 5 in the LakeThe family suggests in lieu of
s~.?:t Wells was driving his 1960 from his graduation from dental Limerick area. flowers donations be sent to Hyde
pick-up westbound on the Lake school in 1960 to 1967 when he He was a veteran of U.S. Navy and Mackey Dental Student
Limerick Road when he ran off moved his dental practice to Service intheKoreanconflict. Memorial Loan Fund at the
the roadway to the right and Shelton. Survivors include his wife,University of Washington or the
struck a tree. He was a member of the UW Patricia, three sons, Robert J., Lake Limerick Country Club
Investigation of the accident local chapter Qf Xi Psi Fraternity, Michael L. and Lewis A; one Building Fund.
Thursday, March 4, 1971 Published in Shelton, Wash. Entered as second class matter at the post officeat Shelton, 20 Pages -- 2 Sections
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The Mason County Sheriff's
Office was continuing its efforts
to locate the body of Rev.
William B. Carnes, 56, 1117
Turner, Shetton, who is believed
, to have been drowned in Lake
Isabella, Monday afternoon in a
boating accident.
Rev. Carnes was the chaplain
at the Washington Corrections
Center and had moved to Shelton
shortly after the center opened.
Sheriff's office divers had
gone into the lake Monday
afternoon and Tuesday in the
search effort.
Wednesday, a private boat was
being used with an underwater
television camera belonging to the
S~ate Fisheries Department in the
search efforts.
The search efforts were
started Monday afternoon after
the Sheriff's Office received a call
about 3:10 p.m. from two Elma
men, Ron Ford and Oscar
Fowley.
They told officers they were
fishing in the 'lake and had
observed a man putting a boat in
the water at the public access area
and working on the motor. They
said the latter heard a motor roar
and observed the same boat up on
the opposite shore in a wooded
area with the motor running wide
open and no trace of tile man.
After receiving the call, the
Sheriff's Office began a search of
the shore area on foot and had
divers out to look in the lake.
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A 19-year-old youth has been
charged with disorderly conduct
and disturbing the peace and
three juveniles, ages 16, 15, and
13 have been referred to juvenile
authorities as the result of a hoax
in the Shelton area Monday night.
The charges against Dale
Richard Schuman, Rt. 3, B.ox
148, and the referral of the
juveniles came Tuesday as Shelton
Police wrapped up an
investigation which had started
Monday night when two reports
were received at the Police
Station that someone had been
observed being beaten tip and
drug into a car. A second report
said someone had been shot and
dragged into a car.
'\ dcscripllon or ~he ~:at al~d a
license number was furnished in
the reports and officers, after
tracing down the vehicle, found
the youths who admitted the
hoax to officers.
Police said the youths told
them they had been discussing
public apathy, and, had decided
to play a hoax.
They would drop one of the
boys .fff in the area of 13th St.
The divers returned to the
lake Tuesday, but, were unable to
find anything. Boat patrols of the
shore line were also conducted in
the search efforts.
and Northcliff, and, when a car
came by, they would drive to
where he was to jtlmp out and
and appear to be beating him and
dragging him into the c~r. In ~ne
case they pretended to shoot the
"'victim ".
The incident was repeated five
times, two of which brought
reports to the Police.
Officers said one of the boys
commented after their discovery
they had found the public and the
police a lot more alert than they
thought.
By JAN DANFORD
Little Miss Rachael, nine
months old, flatly refused to
consider the celebration of her
first Christmas without her
daddy, who was in Romania
with the Merchant Marines.
She and her mother, Mrs.
Patrice Gates, counted the
months and ignored the calendar
as they waited in their Elwood
Manor Apartments home.
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HER FIRST CHRISTMAS was celebrated in February after
her daddy returned from a voyage to Romania.
December 25 came and went with
no pattering of reindeer hoof
across the reluctant rooftop.
And so it was that the family
of Radio Officer Joseph Gates
observed Christmas on February
13. When the rest of the world
was surrounded by Valentine's
Day decor, they sat down to a
festive dinner in a setting bright
with tinsel and candles and holly:
Joseph and Patrice together
watched the wide-eyed wonder of
their small daughter with her first
Christmas tree, and together they
saw her take, on that very
evening, her first steps.
And to add to this perfection,
there came a knock at their door;
singing Christmas carols on the
doorstep were friends and
neighbors, a group from the
Seventh Day Adventist Church.
Last August Joseph Gates
brought his family from San
Francisco to Shelton that they
might be near his parents during
the long periods of his absence.
The saving of Christmas for a
suitable day is a way of life for
Patrice and Joseph. Their first
Christmas fell in June, catching
up with them in the West Indies
when Patrice joined her husband
in Barbados.
The following year Mrs.
Gates, very pregnant, was
struggling with Christmas
preparations on January 20 in San
Francisco with nary a Christmas
tree to be found.
A large hotel near her
apartment house had discarded, in
sections, a beautifully flocked
blue spruce, very large and very
dry. With the assistance of a
friend, Patrice salvaged the top
portion of the moulting evergreen
and, leaving a tell-tale trail of
needles, drug the prize down the
street and up the long flights of
stairs.
Having no tree stand, she
suspended her decorated
Christmas tree from the ceiling
utilizing a length of gauze and a
handful of nails and causing her
landlady no endof consternation.
"Christmas," says Patrice, "is
when we are together."