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Ed,toMals.
Back to the caves
Savages have simple solutions to problems that beset
their tribe. They throw spears at anything strange that
moves and offer living sacrifices to placate evil spirits.
Are today's Americans reverting to the actions of their
primitive forebearers when they should be using their
brains to untangle the complex issues now facing them?
A mounting number of incidents throughout the coun-
try in the past few years indicates that the savage reaction
is on the upswing. Three examples of this caveman ap-
proach to solving problems one right here in Shelton --
show that at the same time we are about to land men on the
moon some of our citizens are still mentally digging for
roots with a sharp stick.
The Wyoming Senate recently amended a proposed
constitutional amendment giving 19-year-olds the right to
vote m if w they don't have long hair. The amendment,
which didn't sy anything about the length of women's
hair, provided that haircuts of youths 19 and 20 must con-
form to military standards.
"When you accept the responsibility of a citizen, you
should look like a citizen," said Senator J. W. Myers, a back-
er of the amendment.
One of the good senator's ancestors undoubtedly
solved a similar problem of youthful independence by
crushing the skulls of young men who wouldn't paint
themselves blue and join their elders in a dance around a
stone idol.
A prize-winning painting by a California high school
boy was removed from an exhibition when the artist dis-
closed the palm-tree-like object in his work of art was
sketched from a marijuana plant.
The object in the painting didn't look like a marijuana
plant and the judges had ruled it a winner, but the minute
the boy mentioned the taboo word the natives reached for
their stone knives and cut it down.
A Shelton man, who is intrigued by this national mad-
ness, recently discovered by experimentation that a witch
doctor could still find patients in our town.
Irvin McArthur delivered a short talk before his fellow
Toastmasters two weeks ago. It was a routine speech cov-
ering, among other weighty matters, the national debt.
When he had finished, McArthur, who was wearing a
turtleneck shirt, took a medallion necklace and a beret out
of his pocket, put one around his neck and the other on his
head.
"Now, then," he asked his fellow Toastmasters, "am
I the same fellow who just made the speech?"
They apparently agreed he was, because they awarded
him first place for the effectiveness of his presentation,
which was titled "National Schizophrenia."
The Toastmasters meet at the ungodly hour of 7 a.m.
When the meeting adjourned, McArthur, who is in charge
of the local office of the State Department of Public Assist-
ance, walked to the postoffice to pick up the morning mail,
en to his office. He still wore the medallion and beret.
i!ii .... Later that morning 6ailed:the Bremerto:::tdd]c ,i
slstance office on department business and learned that his
early morning stroll had been noticed by at least one of the
natives.
The man on the other end of the line informed him
.that a Shelton citizen had called state headquarters in
Olympia with a complaint that McArthur was traipsing
around town wearing outlandish garb and was therefore
incompetent to perform his duties.
McArthur wasn't relieved of his post, probably because
his detractor used a telephone rather than a rattle adorned
with dodo feathers and filled with sacred beans.
Let's talk books:
Grow old along with me
By LOYD A. COOK
A face in the mirror:
Why do I expect to see
a young mug looking back at me?
• Russell 8pelts.
Of the current books on aging
and retirement, I like best George
W. Ware "The New Guide to
Happy Retirement" (Crown, 1.968)
Topics ae well selected, good
use is made of study findings,
and thinking seems heady, as
they say in football.
About one in every ten Ameri-
cans is over 65 and the ratio is
increasing. Before today is over,
4,000 persons will have a 65th
birthday, and in a year 1.4 mil-
lion will rea this age. 0f our
19 million 65 or over, 11 million
is not where to retire, whether
to work parttime, how to get
medfcal care, leisure pursuits,
Social Security, community ser-
vice, or a host of other matters
discussed in the book. It is the
question, simply, shall I retire at
all, and if so when? That this is
far from being a free chaice for
everyone is well known. For ex-
ample, bad health may force re-
tirement, or a man may have
reached the age limit permitted
by his Job.
I want now to venture some
views about the aged in our soc-
iety, views with which anyone
is welcome to disagree.
1. Not mamy years ago, when
parents grew old they lived with
their children, or they had the
children live with them. This is
are women so that the female still pretty much true today. The
does do better than the male. Af- less fortunate then as now were
ter age 74, there are 160 women on welfare, As we move into
for each 100 men, Of every 100 the future, it is likely that faro-
persons 65 or more, 6 percent lly ties will continue to weaken
are 85 or over, which comes to
one million. Only 4 percent live
in institutions, and 70 percent in
family settings. The 26 percent
who live alone are mainly wo-
men.
For a male born in 1968, life
expectancy is 66.9 years; for a
female, 73.7. A man of 50 today
has three chances in four to
reach age 65, after which chan-
so that rrtore aged will have to
go it pretty mdch alone.
2. Elderly persons are not un-
like good crystal, easily shatter-
ed on impact. Thus the prin-
ciple of minimum interference
with them is basic. That is, the
older an individual is the less
his or her life should be disturb-
ed, unless health is involved.
3. Our concern should be, not
ces are more than even that he only to see that tired old bodies
will live to be 75. live in as much comfort as pea-
Let us return to "happy re- sible, but to make sure that the
tirement." Ware notes that the human ,spirit does n:;t die. By
big issue facing many persons this is meant the will to do and
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.... Capitol dome:
Legislature boosts cost of driving, owning auto
By ROBERT C. CUMMINGS
, l)espite what you may have
read or heard, some important
legislation was enacted during
the 60 days of the regular legis-
lative session.
The measure having the most
financial impact on the general
public was one increasing both
the basic fee for motor vehicle
registration, and the cost of dri-
ver's licens(,s.
The basic fee for motor vehicle
licenses was increased $1.40,
from $8.60 to $10. The driver's
license fee went up $1, from $4
to $5.
When the present system of
motor vehicle licensing was first
established in this state in 1931,,
the basic fee was $3 ....... ,, ,
Aslate as 'i49,: ' driver's
license fee was still $1,
The extra money gained from
the new increases will be well-
spent, however. It all goes to
the State Patrol, and will make
it possible to put 70 additional
troopers on the highways.
FAR REACMNG
One of the most far-reaching
pieces of legis!ation enacted by
the regular session was encom-
passed in two bVls which ended
the 50-year-old "civil war" be-
tween private and public power.
venture, to take part in family
and community life.
4. I see little to commend the
practice of shuttling the aged
into vast retirement compound.
such as found in Arizona and
elsewhere. I doubt that, on the
average, the old are better off
with their own kind. The "activ-
ities" of such places are n.') sub-
stitute for the push and haul
of everyday life.
5. Books like Ware's have a
place in the picture, .a part
to play, but the great need is for
more research on aging, what it
is and what it means. Geronto-
logy, the science of aging, is no
more than forty years old and is
due for a great upsurge of pub-
lit; and professional interest.
As I grow old, I like to think
about the centenarians (and those
not so old) among us, over 16,-
000 in the nation as a whole.
Not long ago there was a news
photo of a Larry Lewis who, at
the age 101, runs the 100 yards
in 17.8 seconds. Another centen-
arian writes a news column. A
third is a judge and presides in
court, and two others still man-
age lheir own big businesses.
While tha. Census does not tell
how many of the 16,000 are full of
sass and vinegar, but n 9 means
all of them are doddery and
unable to recall what year it is.
To conclude, I am reminded
of a spry old friend who, at 91,
claims that aging is largely a
matter of luck, good luck in her
case. She likes to point to Methu-
selah, the Old Testament pat-
riarch, who is said (Gen. 5:27)
to have lived 969 years. "Gives
us youngsters a mark to shoot
at," she may say with a wry
grin. She is a happy person, ful-
ly competent, and much concern-
ed about day to day affairs. Her
own long and useful life is, it
seems to me, a fine "mark" to
shoot at, and I do indeed here
and now wish her many more
years.
Page 4 - Shelton.Mason County Journal - Thursday, March 20, 1969
One measure grants the "right
to vote" on a public utility dis-
trict's authority to go into the
power business in any district
which has been established at
least 10 years and hasn't made
any specific moves to go into
the power business during thi:
time.
It also provides s:)mething
long-desired by public power, the
right of PUD's to join together
or with other branches of govern-
ment, or private utility to gener-
ate and distribute electrical en-
ergy "within and without" their
boundaries.
The other measure declares
duplication of electric services to
be "against the puic inter-
est," and provides for establish-
ment of boundaries in areas
The Flapdoodler:
White sox easier
to000000:mix and match
By STEVE ERICKSON
White sex, I learned recently, are OUT. So are people
who wear them.
Me, for example.
I started wearing white sox in college, after numerous
people mentioned that while my multi-colored argyle job-
bies were admittedly SHARP, they weren't really IN.
What is in, I asked ?
White sex, they said.
So began my White-Sex Period.
• For awhile there it was white sex with jeans, white
sex with Bermudas, white sex with suits. White sex with
everything.
One day I showed up someplace wearing white sex
with a swimming suit.
Cool it, I was told. That's going too far.
I cooled it.
After college (and the white sex vogue) passed I con-
tinued wearing white sex with everything but swimming
suits. I stood by oblivious while the trend changed from
white to black, to blue, to brown sex. Anything but white.
And nobody said a word. I was the last to know.
When the news finally did come it was with the sub-
tlety of a sledge hammer. And it arrived in triplicate.
. First, wife said "Steve, if you're going to wear white
sex again tonight why don't we just stay home."
Strange, I thought. She used to like them.
Next day at work my cohort howled "Ye cats, man,
you're wearing white sex!"
I'd already noticed so I offered no comment.
"In case word hasn't reached you," he said, "white sex
went out with money belts and the Great Auk."
"The Great Auk is gone?" I said in what seemed at
the time a sparkling bit of repartee.
The crusher came when The Oregonian, my own em-
ployer, attacked from the rear. In a "humor" column by
a would-be-wit, the Big O said people who wear white sex
are the same ones who drive Edsels, carry lunch to work in
a brown bag, enjoy Doris Day movies, and wear polka-dot
bow ties.
I'm pretty sensitive and I got the point right away.
Out went all my white sex, just as my argyle jobbies had
gone years earlier.
My unmentionables drawer filled up with pastel sex,
black and brown ones and even a pair of red ones I was
afraid to wear.
But a problem developed. One sock from each pair al-
ways seemed to be missing when I wanted to wear that
particular pair. In the olden days this never happened.
I mean, one white sock looks pretty much like any
other white sock.
So I thought about it for awhile, and in the end I went
to the garbage can and rescued all my white sex, one step
ahead of the garbage man, (who, incidently, wears white
sex).
Who needs sex appeal anyway?
where city-owned utilities have
been competing with private pow-
er, and with PUD's.
Passage of these two bills at-
tracted little attention - nothing
like that precipitated by the
many bitterly-fought battles be-
tween private and public power
in the last 50 years.- but it will
go down in history as landmark
legislation.
APPALOOSAS ESCAPE DOGS
A bill authorizing pari-muluel
betting at races between appa-
loosa horses galloped through
both houses of the Legislature,
unscathed by any attempts to
"saddle it with a dog bill."
Usually when any bill relating
to pari-mutuel betting starts mov-
ing, sot1@bqy "scall ' tlVt¢'with
an amendment legalizing dog
racing.
Sponsors of this measure, bow-
ever, persuaded the dograce
fanciers that appaloosa racing
would be staged only at county.
fairs, which needed the bill.
A dog-racing amendment might
kill the bill and do unjust dam-
age to the non-profit fairs. A
vote for such an amendment, in-
cidentally, might also have hurt
a legislator's chances for reelec-
tion, if it killed the bill.
POLITIC8
Defeat of former Gov. Albert
D. Rosellini in his race for King
County executive was a sharp
setback in his attempt to stage
a political comeback, and it put
Sen. Martin J. Durkan well out
in front for the Democratic nom-
ination for Governor in 1972.
It also put the victor, King
County Commissioner John Spell-
man, in the forefront as a pos-
sible Republican gubernatorial
candidate.
How Spellman's political for-
tunes shape up in this latter
field, however, depends upon
how he handles his new job dur-
ing the next three years.
It could become a springboard
to the governorship, but it also
could prove to be a dead end
street.
MANY IMPLICATIONS
The King County e!ection re-
sults will have their effects upon
the Legislature.
Some legislation was held up
while legislators waited for the
election to see which way the
wind would blow.
One example is the increase in
the real estate sales tax from
1 to 2 cents, with the extra cent
to go to county current expense
funds.
This permissive legislation was
written by Spellman, who has
been chairman of the legislative
steering committee of the Assoc-
iation of County Commissioners.
On the other hand, Rosellini
campaigned on a platform op-
posed to any new or increased
taxes.
NOT ENOUGH HELP
Spellman's election also could
muster some strength for the
"non-tolerance" gambling bill
introduced in the Legislature at
request of Arty, Gen. Slade Gor-
ton.
Spellman campaigned on a
platform opposed to all profes-
sional gambling.
This measure, however, has
never moved out of the House
Committee on Business and Pro-
fessions. Even if it got out of
there in the special session, it
still would have trouble in Rules
Committee,
Note to dog
Editor, The Journal:
To the owners of the two dogs
dropped off in the Hoodsport
area in the past few weeks:
You should be ashamed of
of yourselves. It is bad enough
to take animals when you are
not prepared to take proper care
of them, but to drop these same
animals off for other people to
care for is disgusting.
Any veterinarian can dispose
of these unwanted pets for a
small sum. If you, the owner
don't then someone else must.
In this case, one of these dogs
was taken in by neighbors. Our
children adopted the other, mak-
ing a total of six dogs in the
two homes.
After awhile the neighbor no-
ticed the dog biting her fur out
and had her checked by the vet.
This dog was infected with mange
and had to be put to sleep. The
disease can be picked up by
other animals and humans and
since the animal was
the home the other two
children will have to be
and the home
There is a total of
on this street alone
ler children that may be
not to mention the fact
may have been all over
before coming here.
I hope you can see
mage you have caused
negligence and that
ren are treated better
pets. You may say you
not afford to have the i
for but this is no
These same
been unemployed
winter, also, but
was right by their
the animal. They
added expense of
their other animals
having to dispose
Mrs.
Where is Quilcene?
Editor, The Journal:
Enclosed is a letter sent to
Governor Evans concerning the
omission of Quilcene from the
index of the state map. Also en-
closed is a copy of the map
showing the omission.
As long as we include impor-
tant places on the map like Pysht
and Sappho, I believe Quilcene
should also be included.
While this is not the gravest
error ever made by the present
administration, we do feel it is
one that can be corrected.
Charles Savage
State Representative
The Honorable Daniel J. Evans
Governor, State of Washington
Olympia, Washington 98501
Dear Governor Evans:
On behalf of the people of
Quilcene, Washington and my-
self, I would like to call your
attention to an error in a state
publication which has been re-
peated 409,000 times and is apt
to continue its repetition unless
corrected.
Quilcene a lovely community
located on Highway 101 in Jef-
ferson County
friendly people
izens of the state
is on the
ways' Map in
is not listed in the
and Quincy is listed,
listed twice, but
sign or trace of
I realize this is
mistake the
state of Washing ton
but it is of concern
dents of Quilcene
to all of us in
who may be left
state matters as
We hope the
cene from the index
repeated in the next l
state map, and we
sion has not been
into other areas,
we hope that the
ment is not going to
cene altogether.
Please do what
getting Quilcene in
Charles
State
The .City of
Editor, The Journal:
My family has lived in Shelton
for the past three yeal and dur-
ing this short time I believe that
we have come in contact with
more people than I did in ten
years in Tacoma.
We have enjoyed meeting every-
one whether it was on business
or socially. We have come to
know the working man as well
as those that do not work. We
have been in many of the homes.
We have worshipped, worked or
played with them.
Shelton to me is a beautiful
town and should be a place
where there is complete har-
mony. Most of the discord is due
to lack of understanding of our
neighbors' problems because eit-
her we think we have too many
of our own or else we plain
don't care.
During the coming m()nth I
challenge each of you to look
around and pick a person you
have not had any, or much con-
tact with and try to understand
their problems. I might say that
this should only be done with
love in your heart and an open
mind.
There are so many different
needs in the community that can
be met and fulfilled if people
are willing to cooperate. Below
I will try and list a few in the
order I think they rank:
1. People need a person that
can be a true friend - encourage-
ment when they need it and
truthfulness about their problem
whether it hurts or not. Every
great man has had a person
he got encouragement from. Most
of the low-income don't have any
encouragement to improve them-
selves, therefore, unless we can
encourage them and make them
feel that they are just as neces-
sary to this community as the
man that has $10,000 in the bank,
we are wasting the money on
them. My Bible tells me that
all men have talent, so let's try
to uncover some new. Some of
Love
this .can be done
therapy, so if you
in this line make
2. Teenagers
Some of the
could really help,
learn a lot. Maybe
produce a leading
we took the time to
resources.
3. A trading
Some people
that people here
need. What
of shop where
done? There is an
that I know that
er. She cannot
cannot get
she would be
iror or
She is not
outright cash.
4. Maybe this
cond - knowing
class in civil
qualified leaders.
votes should
Many times I
my vote counts,
it should be
my life. Some
commissioners
should get a claSS
going.
There are
that could be
is a job for
portation for
mer program
care centers
ADC mothers
and be
Now a word to
benefit from
we should be
dealings, clean
We will
we don't agree
keep an open
understand
tifui in all
hospital.
Wou'd it not
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