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Shelton Mason County Journal
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March 5, 1970     Shelton Mason County Journal
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Entered as second class 20Pages -- 2 Sections matter at the post office at Sl~elton, Washington 98584, under act of March 8, 1879. 84th Year -- No. 10 Publisl~ed weekly at 227 West Cota. $5.00 per year in Mason County, $6.00 elsewhere. Ten Cents Per Copy A Mason County Superior Court jury last week found George Sanders not guilty of second degree burglary and grand larceny. The charges had been brought in connection with a burglary of Beckwith's Jewelry Store in January in which rings and watches were taken. Sanders was one of three men arrested in a car which officers saw leaving the area after the burglary alarm had gone off when the window was broken. The other two, both of whom testified at the trial, have both pleaded guilty to the charges. Frank Hutson, 21, Shelton, was given a deferred sentence after pleading guilty to the charge. David Peck, Shelton, is still being held in Mason County jail awaiting a pre-sentence report before being sentenced on the charge• Police officers testified in the trial they had stopped the vehicle in which the three young men were riding after it had been observed leaving the area of Beckwith's on Franklin St. After the vehicle was stopped, almost all of the stolen items were recovered from the vehicle. They said Sanders was the driver of the vehicle when it was stopped, officers said. Hutson testified the burglary was a spur of the moment thing planned as the three youths were heading for home after taking limbers Slated Pl' ~yoff Second in the Olympia League, Shelton's earned the right to face the independent, a.playoff game, the winner of which will the following weekend. or the Shelton-Kennedy game will be eight Yallup High School Gym, this Friday, March 13 and 14, the regionals will be held at Pacific in Tacoma. team could make history, since no Iquad has ever made it to the state tourney. If to the regionals, the Climbers must face and Central Kitsap, the second, third, and teams in the state. Sanders' girl friend, Eve Church, and another girl home. Hutson said Sanders knew about the plan before the vehicle was stopped a short distance from Beckwith's and he and Peck got out broke the window and took the jewelry. Peck, who testified for defense, told the jury he did not believe that Sanders knew about the burglary he and Hutson planned. He stated Sanders was asked to stop the vehicle and let the other two out so they could relieve themselves. Peck said he and Hutson had been drinking beer the day of the incident and were intoxicated at the time. He said after Sanders stopped the vehicle, he and Hutson got out, broke the window in the jewelry store with a tire iron which was taken from the car, and returned to the vehicle and told Sanders to take off. Sanders had not been involved in any conversation about the burglary which took place in the vehicle, Peck testified. He stated he owned the car which Sanders was driving and that it was being used instead of Sanders' car since Sanders' car was not working too well. He stated the group had been at Hutson's residence and they had left to take Miss Church and the other girl home. After dropping them off, they were heading for home down Fifth St. and the vehicle was parked somewhere between Fifth and Seventh on Franklin during the burglarY. Sanders remained in the vehicle. Sanders told the jury when the group left the Hutson residence, he and the two girls were in the front seat and Hutson and Peck in the back. After dropping the girls off, he said, the other two got into the front seat with him and they started down Fifth St. when one of the others asked him to turn off Fifth and then to stop the vehicle. He thought they had gone to relieve themselves since they had been drinking beer during the day. Sanders stated he did not drink'. He stated the other two appeared to be in a hurry when they got back into the vehicle and told him to take off, but, that he thought perhaps someone had seen them and would report them to the police. The first he knew a burglary had been committed, Sanders said, was when Peck and Hutson started talking about throwing the stuff out of the car after they discovered a police car behind them. He stated he did not see Peck take the tire iron from the car when he left and did not see any of the jewelry when they returned. Sanders told the jury he had had some difficulties with the law as a juvenile and had served a short sentence in Mason County Jail over an incident involving the car wash on Mt. View. Miss Church and Patti Wright both testified they had ridden from the Hutson residence to Miss Church's residence in the car and had heard no discussion of a burglary. Sanders was represented by Fred Gentry, Olympia attorney, and the state's case was presented by Prosecuting Attorney John C. Ragan. Hoodsport Youth Dies In Traffic Accident John Cole Sutton, 17, P. O. Box 171, Hoodsport, was killed Saturday morning when the car he was driving failed to make a curve and struck a bridge north of Hoodsport. The Washington State Patrol said Sutton was northbound on Highway 101 about 5:30 a.m. when his vehicle failed to negotiate a curve to the left and struck the Holiday Beach Bridge. The car was a total loss and there was extensive damage to the bridge, the Patrol said. Graveside services were held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Shelton Memorial Park with Rev. Wesley Gain officiating. Batstone Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. He was born Dec. 30, 1952 at Sedro Woolley and lived at Rockport before moving to Hoodsport with his parents. He was a student at Shelton High School before his death. Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Don C. Sutton, Hoodsport, one sister, Patti, Hoodsport and numerous aunts and uncles, including Mrs. Arthur lndahl, Hoodsport, and Thomas Cole, Olympia. The State Board of Education, at its meeting in Seattle today, will give preliminary consideration to the Shelton School District's application for state matching funds for the new school for the handicapped which is planned on the Mt. View Elementary School site. According to the State Superintendent's Office, the application which the state board will consider is submitted at this time for recognition of the eligibility of the project for State assistance, approval of the preliminary plan and authorization for the preparation of final plans and specifications and a provisional reservation of State funds for State participation Local in the cost of architectural and engineering services. Upon receipt of final plans and specifications the project will be re-evaluated on the basis of the then pertinent data, and, with the final cost estimates determined, will be submitted for final State Board action as to a preliminary or provisional allotment of State funds or for disapproval of the project for State participation. The State Superintendenrs Office recommended to the State Board the Shelton District be authorized to go ahead with final plans and specifications and that a preliminary State fund reservation be made of $4,238.89 for architectural and engineering services be made. Plans for a 25-acre recreation complex on Shelton Port District property on John's Prairie were announced this week by the recently-incorporated Mason County Recreation Association. The complex would be on land leased from the Port District and would include five Little League baseball fields, five Little League football fields, five fast pitch ball fields, three Babe Ruth league baseball fields, three slow pitch softball fields, a general purpose building, park and picnic facilities and other recreational facilities as the need required• The sponsoring group plans to raise the necessary money for the proposed project through the donations. The association was formed after a number of meetings since last fall of people concerned with the need in Mason County for a consolidated plan for such activities as baseball, football, softball, and other activities for people of all ages with special emphasis on youth to help curb the increase in juvenile crime and delinquency, according to a statementfrom the association this week. Officers of the association are Don Johnson, president; Bill No Jury s On There have been no cases before the Mason County Superior Court jury term this week. The three cases which had been scheduled for this week were settled before they went to trial. They included the case of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Mclnelly against Mr. and Mr. Vernon Olson and Olson Roofing Co. and Tyee Construction Co. against Richert and Sons. One criminal case, that of Donald Loomer, charged with grand larceny, was taken off the calendar after Loomer was committed to the Department of Institutions on a parole r~¢ec~tion, Scheduled for Monday is the case of Inez Dammann against Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kingsbury and Kathrine Simmons. Scheduled to start Wednesday is the case of Sue Blankinship against Charles Hoit. Also scheduled for next week is the case of Gerald Johnson on a charge of grand larceny. Brickert, vice-president, and Guy Beckwith, secretary-treasurer. Plans for the recreation complex were drawn by Harold Dalke of Dalke and Andring, Shelton architects. Tl'te association said "the burden of financing should be on rug ers every citizen of Mason County who is concerned with our youth, and the need for such facilities in Mason County". Donations can be sent to Mason County Recreation Association, P. O. Box 24, Shelton, Wash., 08584. mml rograms A letter to various clubs and organizations in Mason County asking them if they wanted to present an educational program outlining the potential and real dangers in the use of narcotics and dangerous drugs for their members has been sent out by the Mason County Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Educational Committee. The letters were signed by Roger Anderson, chairman of the committee. The committee was formed several weeks ago with representatives of several clubs and organizations as members as well as some individuals representing no group. The committee has spent considerable time and effort gathering material on narcotics and dangerous drugs. There is a list of several qualified speakers, educational films and a catalog of printed pamphlets to assist groups looking Gas Sui six persons from Washington and Oregon have filed suit in Federal Court to halt the shipment of nerve gas from Okinawa for storage at the Umatilla Army Ordnance Depot, Hermiston, Ore. Three of those filing the suit are from each state• The Army announced plans late last year for the shipment of the nerve gas from Okinawa to the Oregon facility. The gas would come by ship from Okinawa to the Naval Ammunition Depot at Bangor and would be transported from Bangor to Hermiston by rail. The only rail line from Bangor is the tracks which run through Mason County• for programs. The letter stated the committee is contacting every organization in the community, urging them to conduct at least one program on dangerous drugs. The commitee feels that by educating and informing the public on the dangers of drug abuse and the growing problems of drugs in the community, the citizens will have done their part in controlling this difficulty. Anyone having questions regarding a program for their group can contact 426-2458 or 426-2872 for further information. Other members of the committee are Audrey Prepperneau, secretary : J erry Swartos, Bill Duemling, Jerry Salisbury, Marge Short, Don Brown, Leona Elmlund, Ruth Chambers, Lloyd McHargue, Mrs. Don Smith, Police Sgt. Richard Nelson and Gary Wood. al npmen The complaint which was filed this week charges the storage of nerve gas and its shipment unconstitutionally deprives residents of the two states of their rights to property, life and liberty• Named as defendants were Defence Secretary Melvin Laird, Army Secretary Stanley Resor and Col. Charles Norris, commander of the Army Ordnance Depot at Hermiston. The Washington complainants are Pat Cochrane, Richard P. Nelson and U. L. Upson, all of Richland. Those from Oregon are Mrs. Marie Bosworth, Jackson; Stanley Tucker, Milton-Freewater, and Evelyn Murray, Portland. BOB CORCoRAN, at the left, host of a Channel 13 talk show, is joined by Tom Rogstad, KTVW's Program Director, in displayinga portion of a petition, measuring over a half-mile in length. The petition carries over 63,000 signatures ofWashington state residents asking President Nixon to stop the shipment of lethal nerve gas through the state. The nerve gas is scheduled to be shipped from Okinawa to Bangor, Washington by sea, then loaded on railway cars and transported through Western Washington to Hermiston, Oregon. The petition, weighing over 50 pounds was flown to the nation's capital. Senator Warren G. Magnuson arranged for the petition's delivery to the White House.