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Jury Hearing Jack Treptow Second Degree .... • : !:) jl ¸' // /•i 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 (Please turn to Page Nine) 83 Year -- No. 11 Published in "Chriatmastown, U.S.A.", Shelton, Washington 30 Pages 4 Sections Thursday, March 13, 1969 nlntered as second clMa matter at the poet office at Shelton, Wahington 98584 under act of March 8. 1879. Published at 27 West Cots. 10 Cents per Copy i 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 $2,700 AFS chapter will sponsor here way Engineer, told The Journal days once it is started, for the demolition of the old Bor- for the 1969-70 school year will live with the Kneeland family. nning Commission Hears Views On Hospital Property Zoning corn- to about on apro- the property Shelton Gen- the Health Cen- to post- 19 a decision request. been made by Con- of 80 one- on the pro- would be 62 years old WOuld qualiy government's Program. proposal has of the area a C1 an R1 zone. is necessary in the two- and existed uses on the zoning laws 1962. They remain since there when iinto effect. Tacoma project and and an of one of be two-story would have a the arch- said. to the pln, 55 off,street parking spaces. The proposed site is an excel- lent one since it is walking dis- tance of almost all facilities which the occupants would need, the developers stated. Peter Overton, a resident of the area, stated he believed a project of this kind was an ex- cellent one, but, objected to hav- ing a C1 zone in the middle of an R1 area. He asked if this was the only site for a project of this kind. A representative of the devel- opers stated another site had been considered, and, that the FHA officials had been consulted and had agreed this site was the best. Travis Lawrence, another re- sident of the area, stated that traffic was already a problem, and, that re-zoning this property to (21 would be only a start un- til other property in the same area asks for zoning changes. Ron Ring, another resident of the area, stated he had talked with FHA officials in Seattle, and questioned whether or not they would approve the project in the face of opposition from residents of the neighborhood. He stated that he believed the way the town was growing should be the area in which '. this project should go. This, he said, would be in the Mt. View area. Jim Hillier, another resident of (Please to Two) /: THIS I$ 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- ==