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Jury Hearing Jack Treptow Second Degree
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GANT tells Laura of his love for
this Scene from "Look Homeward,
Which will be presented by the
I'Iigh School Drama Department
Friday and Saturday night. Eugene is por-
trayed by Chris Lonn and Laura by Rita
Nutt.
Homeward, Angel"
Saturday Nights
ltigh's Drama Depart-
the final stage of
"Look Homeward,
rehearsal was
this last week, so
"over rehearsal"
degeneration of the
Performance. By
, the cast will be per-
t their very best for
programs. Some
taken place during
Perfect such speci-
timing the scenes
sound track and
dramatic techni-
the audience's
with the play.
"Look Homeward,
entirely by spot-
Merridee Anderson,
works with a
switches, manag-
a dozen separate
By working
or in a pat-
stage can be
or faded as a whole
a single area.
will be con-
Tarrach.
Sound effects are
the pro-
engineers Chris
Engen work in
room situated in
eed auditorium :
"hole in the
a complicated
tape re-
full length
mass of tape
of a mile).
range from
wild, romping
the soft back-
for the more
Intermission
entire presenta-
actual era the
The reminiscent
War I, such as
Rose' and 'Harri-
gan' to the well known 'K-k-katy
add the perfectionist's touch to
the authentic air of the produc-
Make-up for the production will
be under the supervision of Holly
Scott and Jan Dion. Using their
combined artistic talents, they
hope to create effective physical
characteristoics ofr each mem-
ber of the cast. Bushy moustach-
es and long sideburns are neces-
sary to add the mood of the 1916
era.
tion.
As has been pointed out before,
the play "Look Homeward, An-
gel", by Ketti Flings, is based
on the lengthy book of the same
name by Thomas Wolfe. Wolfe
failed to live up to his one over-
whelming ambition: to write a
play that would be a success on
Broadway. It had to wait for
Miss Frings to dramatize it, in
the way seen today.
The story is really his auto-
biography, with members of his
family and close friends portray-
ed under thinly disguised differ-
ent names. Eugene Gant, the
main character in the story, is
really Thomas Wolfe, and fam-
ily events as observed by Wolfe's
shrewd eye are related as Eu-
gene's viewpoint. When the bogk
was first published the Wolfe fam-
ily's reaction was extreme. His
immediate family was shocked
to learn of his actual feelings
toward them.
Adding to the real;sm of the
play is that Miss Rita Louder-
milk, Shelton High School Chem-
istry, Algebra, and Photography
teacher, actually knew part of
the Wolfe family. Will Pentland
(N. B. Westhall in real life) Eu-
gene's uncle, moved to Chehalis,
Wash. after World War I. There
he was known by Miss Louder-
milk (who never knew her own
grandparents) as "Grandpa West-
hall". Westhall's grandson, John
Assault Trial Evidence In Court This Week
• Parts and pieces of the story
of what happened last Aug 4
in the Tahuya area when Jess
Cafes, owner of the Tahuya
Grocery, ended up with a bullet
would in his head after an al-
tercation with two young men
were being put together in a
Mason County Superior Court
jury trial this week.
One of the two young men,
Jack Treptow, Bremerton, was
charged with second degree as-
sault as a result of the incident
and is on trial on the charge.
Judge John Denoo, Colfax, is
presiding at the trial. The pro-
secution is being handlett by
Frank Owens, Olympia attorney
who serves as deputy prosecutor
to Prosecuting Attorney John C.
Ragan. Treptow is represented
by Frank Shires, Port Orchard
attorney.
In his opening statement,
Owens said the state would show
that Treptow and another youth,
Larry Steffler, stopped at the
store and gasoline station Cates
operates, and put $3 worth of
gasoline in their car and drove
away without paying for it.
Cafes took off after the youths
and as their car was in the vi-
cinity of the Post Office and
Fire Hall, which are near the
store, the vehicle went off the
road.
Cafes came over to where the
car stopped, carrying a gun, and
told the youths to stay where
they were. They did not, but,
came up the bank to where
Cafes was and a fight ensued in
which Cafes was beaten and suf-
fered a gun shot wound. During
the proceedings, a fire truck was
brought across to the scene and
the fire hose was used on the
two boys.
Talbut, is now living in Idaho. The first witness on the stand
More realism? Thomas Wolfe, as. was a defense witness, Dr. Jose
a,child, had been unknowing tu-
bercular; but his lungs had heal-
ed over, leaving scar tissue, seal-
ing off the disease. In 1938 he
was touring the Pacific North-
west when he caught a severe
cold in Seattle, Wash. The lung
congestion caused the scar tissue
to break open, releasing the
disease, which spread through-
out his body and to the brain.
Critically ill, he was transport-
ed back East where he died at
John Hopkin's Hospital of Tuber-
culosts of the brain.
To achieve a weathered and
antiquated look on the newly built
antiquatee look on the newly built
stage set, Mr. William Stein-
bacher and members of his art
classes "texturized" the house.
On the perch, for example, a
weathered wood-grain effect wa
created, complete with "knot-
hctes". Other small touches were
added, making the house on stage
lcok like the rambling "old barn"
it is supposed to represent.
The old-fashioned furniture on
the set was, for the most part,
lent to the Shelton drama depart-
ment by the B and J Mart of
Shelton. The furniture is for sale,
and will be back at the store
after the play is completed.
Thv cast would like to thank
Mrs. Diane Franchini for her
many patient hours spent super-
vising the play. Adding her fem-
inine touches and dramatic ex-
perience to "Look Homeward,
Angel", her new talents were
added to the proven talents of
Dean Tarrach, director of the
challenging play.
"Look Homeward, Angel", the
first performance of this difficult
play by any high school in two
years, a truly magnificent work
of art and literature.
Arroyo, Bremerton neurosurgem,
who testified he treated Cafes
for a gunshot wound, tie stated
the bullet had entered the back of
the victim's head and was lodg-
ed just under the skull.
Cates recovered completely, the
doctor said, and was discharged
from the hospital Aug. 9.
John Klinkham, Seattle, testi-
fied he had been at the Tahuya
store filling some air matresses
when two boys in a car drove up
and put $3 worth of gasoline in
the vehicle, and then left, tllrow-
ing gravel as they d:d so.
He stated that a short time
later, he saw the same vehicle
heading back toward the store,
go out of control and over a
bank
He stated he ran to the bank
and called to the occupants of
the car t9 see if they were all
right. One answered "yes", and
the other "I'm OK", Klinkham
said.
He stated he heard a voice
by his shoulder say "hold it
right there" and he turned to see
the owner of the store stand-
ing with a gun in his hand
pointing it toward the two
young men.
Klinhkam stated he had gone
back across the road to the store
and continued his job of filling
the air matresees, but, at the
same time keeping an eye on
what was going on across the
road.
He stated avray car stopped
and then left and a short time
later a fire truck was brought
across to the place where the
store owner and the two young
men were standing.
He stated he saw the store own-
er and one of the young men
struggling in the road, and then
disappear back behind the fire
truck. He stated he heard a
shot, and, then saw the store own-
er, lying on the ground.
Klinkham stated he saw two
persons assist the store owner
over to the fire station.
He stated under cross examin-
ation that he had heard the dri-
ver of the vehicle tell the man
with the gun "you don't have
guts enough to use that gun on
me" during a discussion the
three were having about the
young men having stolen gaso-
line.
Also testifying as a state wit-
ness was Mrs. Ruth Southwick,
Seattle who stated she and her
sister, Mrs. Margaret Living-
ston who lived in the area and
her daughter, Susan , had gone
to the Post Office to mail some
things and that when they arriv-
ed the fire truck was in the road
and there were t:our men near it.
She stated one of the men, an
older man, was holding a gun
and talking to two younger men.
She stated she saw the man
with the gun slap one of the
younger men.
She stated that at one time
water from the fire hose was
sprayed on the two younger men.
Mrs. Southwick said she had
gone in and out of the Post Of-
fice, and, at one time saw the
older of the three men she had
seen arguing lying on the ground
and the taller of the two younger
men standing over him with the
gun in his hand. She heard the
shot fire, she said, and at the
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CHRIS CLOSE, Shelton High School senior, has been se-
lected to portray Paul Bunyan in the Mason Cmmty For-
est Festival. tie will accompany the queen and her court
on some of their visitations and will ride atop a lord of
large logs in the Festival Parade portraying the legendary
logger.
School Board, City
Agree On Water Line
• The Shelton School Board dcaux building.
took another step toward develop- The firm's bid was the lowest
merit of new athletic facilities of five received on the project.
Other bidders were Murphy
on the district's Spring Road site Lumher and Salvage Sales, Ta-
when they approved an agree-
ment with the city for water and coma, $4,988; Iverson Construe-
sewer service to the site Tues- tion Co., Seattle, $5,300; R. W.
Ryan, Tacoma, $4,680 and Me-
(lay night. Farland Wrecking Co., Seattle,
The School Board voted to ap- $7,420.
prove a contract with the city Supt. Louis Grinnell and High
under which the school district School Principal Chef Dombroski
will pay the entire cost of put- reported they had attended an-
ting the 12 inch water and sewer other meeting of a group inter.
lines from North 13th St. to tim ested in the formation of a new
site. athletic league.
The school district will get part The proposal now is for Shelton
of its money back through h(x,k- to join with a gToup which would
up charges from others who con- be the northern division of the
nect to the line later, up to 20 Southwest Washington District.
per cent of the cost of the job. The board approved the super-
The school district wouhl need intendent and the principal to
eight-inch lines to serve its pro- continue with the discussions and
posed facilities to the site, but, meetings on the proposal.
the city asked that a larger line Contract riders for three teach-
be installed to take care of po- ers at Garrett Heyns High School,
tential future hook-ups in the reducing their contracts to allow
area. them to attend summer school,
The district also • authorized the were approved.
superintendent to proceed with The closing dates of the con-
negotiations for clearing about tracts were changed from June
10 acres of the property, tf the 30 to June 13.
work can be accomplished for The resignations of Mrs. Mary
less than $2,500, the maximum Hanlon and Geraldine Ellis were
which can be done without bids. accepted. Mrs. Hanlon's resign-
Harold Dalke, of the arehitec- ation is effective April 18.
tural firm of Dalke and Andring, The board approved the re-
is working on plans for the pro- quest of Mrs. Opal Shtmek, Mr.
posed facility. View elementary teacher, to
The school district is working teach beyond retirement age of
with a citizen's group in an el- 65. The approval is on a year
to year basis on the approval
fort to get as much of the pro-
posed athletic facilities developed of the superintendent and the
as possible for the some $60,000 school board.
the district has available for the A sabbatical leave was approv-
work. ed for Mary Dickinson for the
1969-70 school year.
Under the agreement between
the city and the school district,
Hill To Get ,0 city will engineer and call HOSf Family
00'llcrest fOrinstallation.bids on the sewer and wate,
The school district is working
Resurfadng Treatment athletic°pingWith a citizen'SasfacilitesmUCh Ofasgr°uPthepossibleinproposeddevel'with Applicant
the $60,000 the school district has Selected
available for the project. '
• The Hillerest Hill on Highway the contractor would start work
101 in Shelton will be resurfaeed, on the job as soon as possible, The funds the city has come
it was announced this week. probably this week. from the sale of the Lincoln pro- • The David Kneeland filmily,
Street Supt. Robert Temple re- Kerslake said the break-up of perty and from an old swimming 1'?. r) , I,'tirJ']oni. has boon sub-
ported to the City Commission the surfacing, which was put poo' fund which voters in the dis- miffed to Natkmal efloan
at its meeting Tuesday that the down last fall, was caused by a trict approved for use for new Fied Service headquarters in
state had informed him the re- combination of the hard winter athletic facilites a few years New York as the Shelton AFS
and the heavy traffic on the hill. ago. Chapter's host family applicant.
surfacing work would be done. He said the work would pro- The board accepted the bid of The foreign studen the local
Ralph Kerslake, District High- bably take about two or three Earl Mong, Spokane, for $2,700 AFS chapter will sponsor here
way Engineer, told The Journal days once it is started, for the demolition of the old Bor- for the 1969-70 school year will
live with the Kneeland family.
nning Commission Hears Views On Hospital Property Zoning
corn-
to about
on apro-
the property
Shelton Gen-
the Health Cen-
to post-
19 a decision
request.
been made
by Con-
of 80 one-
on the pro-
would be
62 years old
WOuld qualiy
government's
Program.
proposal has
of the area
a C1
an R1 zone.
is necessary
in the two-
and
existed
uses on the
zoning laws
1962. They
remain since
there when
iinto effect.
Tacoma
project and
and an
of one of
be two-story
would have a
the arch-
said.
to
the pln, 55 off,street parking
spaces.
The proposed site is an excel-
lent one since it is walking dis-
tance of almost all facilities
which the occupants would need,
the developers stated.
Peter Overton, a resident of
the area, stated he believed a
project of this kind was an ex-
cellent one, but, objected to hav-
ing a C1 zone in the middle of
an R1 area. He asked if this
was the only site for a project
of this kind.
A representative of the devel-
opers stated another site had
been considered, and, that the
FHA officials had been consulted
and had agreed this site was
the best.
Travis Lawrence, another re-
sident of the area, stated that
traffic was already a problem,
and, that re-zoning this property
to (21 would be only a start un-
til other property in the same
area asks for zoning changes.
Ron Ring, another resident of
the area, stated he had talked
with FHA officials in Seattle, and
questioned whether or not they
would approve the project in the
face of opposition from residents
of the neighborhood.
He stated that he believed the
way the town was growing
should be the area in which '.
this project should go. This, he
said, would be in the Mt. View
area.
Jim Hillier, another resident of
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THIS I$ AN ARCHITECT'S DRAWING of one of the utits of the housing project the Conifer Co. of Tacoma has proposed to build on the site
of the old General axed a part of Clinic tpltal
The selection of the Irmeeland
family as the local chapter's host
family applicant was announced
by Dr. Douglas K. /.,arson, chair-
man of the host family selection
committee for the local AFS
chapter.
The family will be notified
sometime during the summer of
which student has been selected
for helton.
Students and families are mat-
ched by the National AFS Head-
quarters,
The Swallows
Back In County
Spring has arrived.
The first call about swallo
having arrived back in the area
was received Tuesday from Semi
Tobler, Yland Lake, who rel
ed the birds had been
around his place this week.
SHS 0/ass Of 00949
Plans Reunion
[ A plarming meeting for a
reunion of the Shelton High
School graduating class of 1949
is scheduled for 8 p.m. Tuesday
in the PUD conference rom.
All members of the class in-
terested in the reumon are wel-
come to attend.
Further information can be ob-
tained by calling 426-6574 or 426-
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