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DEFENSE
BONDS
STAMPS
l ) “
r, s first practice air raid
:0 smoothly and develop—
slmday afternoon that
commendation right down
from local civilian dc-
1lals and so encouraged
6 Advisory Council that
' Ctice air raid was ten-
hscheduled when th e
DRIFei”
eHing to hash over de-
,. Council told coun—
’ x that an Army cap-
‘V' flesent stationed in Shel-
i 1‘0 has seen practice air
in numerous other
onccs of the various
and he was particular-
.m‘ the practice was car-
Tempo Next Time
ulatcd incidents. each
I'Opping of imaginary
re carried out within
, . d a half, the incidents
Ced
Do
. h
a
I6'OZo
“D considerably when
perhaps coming as
.‘I
ether as each four or
lites.
,'0v big Army bombers
.kel‘head in a cloudless,
,ha‘lm Sky during the hour
a f the alarm was on,
x‘ealistic touch to the
,; danger.
. t1me required to dis-
Ii‘ esSz'try services to the
‘ 8celles" after informa-
. MM" telephoned to the
ter by air raid war-
,‘ t0111‘ minutes in the
‘ 0“! incidents, ranging
,, than two minutes on
. nts. ‘
* “ration Appreciated
' cooperation accorded
dmister relief units by
‘ Was highly lauded by
-’ gouneil members Mon-
aé ‘tion squads, for in-
l. “t to clear all persons
.. . Koydee
, and the Shelton Ho-
: ,wertheoretical bombs had
°_ met with good-na-
p1lance to their orders.
A? i" picked from occu-
!- v ,ébombed" homes or from
rand
. lb.
L-lbs.
cans :,
l
pkg.
cans
ul
omsplinted, and carried
b erg'ency hospital head-
1 My ambulance without al
l .firotest. In all, 47 “vicv-
'aev Inbs" were cared for
era]
‘ t“
éeEfflcient Action
atiquarters and in the
hey and swiftness
_teristics of the gen-
~elchahce As the inform-
mcident reached the i
1'. where Mrs. Dor-l
’. cardinal took calls,
fem” squad chiefs took
“1‘ information they
disaster relief
“3’ less "bugs" than an-.
its weekly meeting,
.afl Robert Trenckniann1
complimented highly '
With the. seriousness:
ten minutes apart,
of the ‘fiombings” will
Practice air raid comes
and Wilcox ,
-terials because of
counters by meticmg shortage of gauze due
medical squads were:
‘ Miller said
. ' owe
m1“ Flv'tal'mlt mm
«a manure; nit/I or
Here is a likeness of the Home
Preparedness Certificate which
is being issued by Air Raid
Wardens to householders in
Shelton and Mason County who
; meet the requirements for
l home preparedness against air
raids. Households which satisfy
the Air Raid W'ardens in their
districts that sufficient equip—
ment has been gathered to cope
with an incendiary bomb are
[ entitled to display the Home
Preparedness Certificate, which
is 61/, x 81/2 inches in size in
red, white and blue colors.
fREDifRO-SS NEEDS
5 MATERIALS FOR
BANDllGE won
i
, The Production Department of
‘the Mason County Red Cross has
just completed making ten ~doz-
en rolled bandages and 18 dozen
Icravat triangle bandages which
have been placed in the emergency
, hospital in Shelton for use in case
of disaster.
However, production of these
bandages and compresses for em-
‘ergency use has been delayed at
, the present for want of more old
5 sheets and table linen. It is neces-
‘sary to use these substitute ma-
the drastic
to the
needs of the armed forces, Mrs.
(Nina. Miller, production chairman.
points out, so donations of old
sheets and discarded white linens
is urgently sought.
These emergency dressings are
lmadc according to specifications,
iproperly sterilized, and carefully
stored throughout the
Hundreds should be made, Mrs.
in pointing out the
urgent necessity for donations of
this material.
Besides these emergency sup-
plies, the production department
has completed 75 arm bands to
be worn by first aid workers and
several first aid bells carried by
air raid wardens, plus twelve
dozen hemmed cravat triangle
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Monday evening‘
oners’ room at the
Open to the pub-
eTved to members.
and civilian defense!
filled with and relayed
. ea 11‘ field squads. Sev-
bihe fire truck siren
th fore the telephone
. :t Particular incident
the °mp1eted, that‘s how
iI’legram moved.
e '0 . 'trn‘ndent was reported
°1 center, Defense Co-
Heustboane Brodie and
pins 011 stuck variously
.3; “Etc 3. large map of
, lgoihts where "bombs"
y alcating whether the
weree’Eploded, were unex-
I I; lneendiary or gasi
“Pthe’ 3} a. glance, a pic- i
. the 8“nation was avail-g
lb 'mxfoordinators. -’
,- ITED T0 srr
' ~h DILNCIL MEETINGS
higéfense Advisory Coun-
‘ I11.,eac‘fi’l'lich are held at
i miSSl
are
res
011
I e31. l
ails: meeting drew sev—j
Ed raid wardens, who
to ‘1 Warden's meeting
the council’s gath-
0rd
. .tO gram Stevenson re-I
tilhgerpe. council that the
. rmting program
e carried out by the!
b police and county
.een delayed at the
i?“ of state officials
Pins and materials McCleary
. I t.
3'lb‘: . igWOIIday was devoted
q v . D functioned dur~
. . . V ‘53 air raid
' eveloped.
Reg? Janitor
._ l'ns To DutiesI
u} \
Wagner", Court house jan—
thisyears, returned to
Week after a
V6 of absence. His
‘by E. P. Daven-
' 0
bandages for use in first aid
classes. These were all used in
Sunday‘s practice air raid, and
all persons still having them in
their possession should return
them immediately to Red Cross
headquarters.
Another shipment of war relief
supplies was made to Ogden.
Utah, Monday by the production
department as well as twenty 01-
ive drab soldier sweaters to Fort
Lewis.
Cemetery Ass’n To
Meet Monday Night
The Shelton Cemetery ASS'H
has scheduled a meeting neXt
Monday at 7:30 o‘clock at the
Witsiers Funeral Home.
county. .
t'EOODY. D. O,
6017 S. ‘7 867i
PORTL so, onseox
Serious as such ah activity
rightfully should be, Sunday’s
practice air raid wasn’t without
its light moments, too.
There was, for instance, the
'loy Scout who served as a “bomb
casualty" and supposedly had his
left foot blown off. When Dr.
H. L. Kennedy came around to
inspect the “victim” he found no
tourniquet had been applied to
the wounded lad, so promptly (1c-
clared:
“This victim bled to death.”
To which the “victim” replied:
“Gee. I wish Benny Peckham
would die, too, so I could have
company.”
This was one of the bugs which
developed in the practice, but in
tracing responsibility for the
oversight Dr. Kennedy found the
lad had been cared for by a cou-
ple of individuals who had not
received first aid training and
shouldn’t have been in the cm-
crgency hospital.
i Man or Horse?
Another phase of the same in-
cident also enlightened the pro-
ceedings, for in reporting the
theoretical mishap to control cen-
ter the air raid warden got a bit
excited and said a “man has had
his left front foot blown off.”
3 Another air raid warden, evi-
dently looking for excitement,
telephoned control center and re-
ported, “Say, nothing’s happened
around here yet.”
Still another air raid warden
i wasn’t going to be fooled by jok-
lers, when he couldn’t locate the
;address at which his “incident”
[was to occur, so phoned control
center and reported, “There is no
such place as 304 Pine street,”
and promptly hung up. The inci-
dent, which actually should have
1 happened at 204 Pine street, nev-
er did “occur” as no further word
was heard from that warden.
wasn’t Impressed
Brasshats didn’t impress one
air raid warden, Guy Hutchinson,
and since part of his job in case
of an air raid is to keep people
3 off the streets who have no busi-
ness being out he took it to mean
what. it said, so when Chairman
Bob Trenckmann and Secretary
Charles R. Lewis of the Defense
'Advisory Council wandered past
Hutchinson’s home on a. tour of
inspection he promptly ordered
them to “get the h--l off the
.strect.” They did.
Another oddity of the practice
was the report that the alarm
and all clear signals were heard
out at Tahuya and yet sections
.of Hillcrest did not hear them de-
spite being on the alert for the,
while beyond Hillcrest as far as
iLake Isabella the signals were
i heard.
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; MOOSE PICK NEW
OFFICERS TONITE
1 Officers to guide affairs of the'
Moose Lodge here for the 1942-
43 term will be elected this eve-
,Dlng at the lodge’s regular semi-
,monthly meeting in Moose Hall.
‘Nonunations were made at the
| last meeting.
I Entertainment for tonight’s
iDFOgram will consist of motion
Pictures of the Philippine Islands
supplied by Gov. George Andrews.
[P. o. RECEIPTS .
' IN $462 GAIN
Continuing the unbroken string
of upward steps, postal receipts
for the first quarter of 1942 at
the Shelton postoffice show a.
$462.64 gain over the same quar-
ter of last year. Postmaster MiSS
Jess Knight reported yesterday.
Receipts for January, February
Iand March totalled $7,638.13, she
reported, against a $7,275.49 fig-
ure for the same months of 1941.
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HAMIETON, EDDIE PICKENS
FETED BY FELLOW EMPLOYES
Farewell dinners were held for
three prominent Shelton men Who
are making changes in their po-
sitions this week and last.
Thirty-five long-time McCleary
plant employees gathered at the
Shelton Hotel Tuesday evening to
fete Hugh Hamilton, plant SUP?"
intendent, and Dick Eddy, Off“:e
manager, who have been with the
interests for many
years.
Mr- Eddy is entering business
Unit chairmen on for himself here in Shelton. haV‘
ing placed the Eddy Business
and i Service, a firm established to ban-
dle bookkeeping and accounting
problems for businesses and luck-
viduals, on a full time basis as
f April 1. The Eddy BusineSS
Service had been on part-time OP‘
eration for several weeks. ,
Mr. Hamilton has resigned his
position as superintendent of the
McCleary plant, now owned by
the Simpson Logging Company, “7 d
accept a similar position at Gard‘
ner. Oregon.
W. D. Fuller acted as toast-
master at the McCleary farewell
dinner Tuesday while Arno Glid-
den, a former McCleary superin~
tendent, George (Pete) Townsend
and Bert Hurst Were other guests
for the dinner.
Fellow employes of the Lumber-
men’s Mercantile company pre-
sented a handsome traveling bag
I0 Mark Pickens, advertising
manager, at a store dinner held
at the Colonial House last Thurs-
day night as he prepared to leave
for San Francisco where he has
accepted a position as manager
of the shoe department for But-
ler Brothers, a large and promi-
nvent wholesale merchandising
firm. Mr. and Mrs. Pickens and
family are leaVing Shelton this
Saturday for their new home.
At the same gathering, the
Store employes Served a big birth-
.ay cake in honor of Mayor Wil-
liam Stevenson, M. cashier and
credit manager.
SHELTON,
HUNT
PRIZES T0
Over one thousand prize eggs
have been provided by Shelton
merchants for this year's annual
kiddies caster egg hunt which
will be held in the city park at
one o'clock this Sunday afternoon,
as usual under the sponsorship
of the Active Club.
Among the 1000-plus prize eggs
bearing the Active Club’s name
which will be worth fifty
in defense stamps to the finders,
who should present them to Gene
Hanson, hunt chairman, at the
band stand in the park immedi-
ately upon laying hands on them.
Many of the other prize eggs
also will be redeemed in ten cent
defense stamps as over half of
the merchants who provided the
prize eggs indicated they would
award defense stamps to the
youngsters who found their eggs,
Chairman Hanson announced. In
addition to the prize eggs, sixty
pounds of candy eggs in glassine
bags will be scattered about the
park for the enjoyment of the
youngsters.
The hunt will be conducted in
three age divisions again this
year, tots of one through four
years being segregated into their,
own section of the park, another
group of five, through seven years
having a second section to them-
selves, while the oldest group of
eight through eleven years will
have still another area. to hunt
in. Hanson explained.
No boys or girls of twelve years
or more will be eligible to parti-
cipate in the hunt, he emphasiz-i
ed. Boy Scouts will assist the Ac-
tivians in conducting the hunt.
All boys and girls of Mason
County up through eleven years
old are invited to take part in the
fun. The hunt will take place rain
BE! *
AWARDED K193i
will be twenty special prize eggs,
cents .
Shelton lndependen
WASHINGTON
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a. P... . L .._
500 Gunnysacks
Asked To Shield
i Casualty Station
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500 gunnysacks to sandbag
the emergency casualty station
against bomb explosions are
sought by the medical unit of
the Red Cross and Civilian Dc—
l'cnse disaster relief committee.
Anyone who can donate the
desired gunnysaeks is asked to
leave them at the Shelton Meat
and Ice.
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Midfidslii
BURNS NOW! All.
Officially, the fire season op—
which it is necessary to Secure
'fire permits before any burning
can be done outside the boundar—
, ies of incorporated towns, reminds
District Fire Warden George
lFrisk, who urges all individuals
iand groups who have necessary
burning to do it immediately.
4 Furthermore, sometime in the
[fore part of May, the Interceptor
Command warns it will prohibit
issuance of any fire permits what-
ever, Warden Frisk pointed out.
The reason for this order arises
from the necessity of keeping
smoke from being a protection to
possible enemy invasions or bomb-
ings, he explained.
Burnings which must be done
should be done in such small
quantities that they can be black-
ed out inside of ten minutes if
51y attended and that they be done
or shine, Chairman Hanson 'prom-' in the daylight
hOUFS'J'US't as mUCh
ised.
Any ‘Congnunity
May Have Fire
Demonstration
Any community in Mason
County desiring a similar demon-
stration of fire fighting equip-
ment and technique such as that
staged at Union last Sunday may
have it by contacting District
Fire Warden George Frisk.
A three-hour demonstration was
put on by Frisk, Assistant War-
den Charles Ogg. Elma CCC
Camp Foreman Frank Davis, and
Don Fraser and Harry Curl of
the Port Orchard district fire
staff in which equipment for a
ten-man crew was used.
Out of the large crowd which
witnessed the demonstration such
a ten-man crew was drafted and
put through the actual motions of
controlling and extinguishing a
grass fire. (For further details
read Union news on another page
of this edition).
The equipment brought out by
Warden Frisk and his crew con-
sisted of a 350 tank truck
with a two-cycle portable pumper,
and a fourvcycle portable pumper
also, plus other equipment appur-
tent to- the complete unit.
Building Permit
Drought Broken
Three building permits the
first issued since Jordan Clapper
beCame city auditor—were taken
out last week and this to break a
long drought in that department.
Walter Cg Knight placed an
$800 valuation on, the new ma-
terials he expects to need for two
new residences he intends to erect
on the site of his present home
at 825 First street. Mr. Knight
will use the material of the old
building, which he intends to tear
down, and will do the work him-
self, so actual valuation will be
much more than the $800 indicat-
ed on the building permit.
A. F. Hemenway took out a
permit to construct a new house,
garage and woodshed valued at
$2,000 in Olympic View Addition,
and Mrs. Mary Packard placed a
$350 valuation on remodeling
work she plans for her home at
122 Harvard street.
Defense Session
Belfair Wednesday
Belfair, March ill—Civilian de-
fense problems will be thorough-
ly covered. at a mass meeting to
which realdents of Tahuya, De-
watto and upper Hood Canal dis-
tricts are invited at the new Bel-
fair school April 8 at eight o’clock.
Arrangements to bring the spe-
cial civilian defense speaking
corps from Shelton were complet-
ed Monday by F. R. Williams, re-
cently appointed senior air raid
as possible.
Warden Frisk pointed out that
all burnings must be done in ac-
cordance with the. blackout regu-
lations set forth by the county
commissioners, which make it a
crime punishable by fine or jail
sentence or both for failure to
comply with the blackout rules as
set forth by the U. S. Army.
Until such time as all deputy
district fire wardens are named
(most of them have been already)
anyone noticing fire in the woods
or brush should call the fire of-
fice in Shelton, which will be open
24 hours a day from now on. The
phone number is 149.
Amaranth Places
warden in this community. Ef-
forts are also being made mee-
cure a film on bomb control me-
thods.
Chorus Concert
Tickets on Sale
Tickets were placed on sale this
week for the third annual spring
concert to be given by the Shel-
ton Women’s Chorus April 12 in
the junior high school auditor—
ium.
Laurel Court of the Order of
Amaranth is handling the ticket
sales this year with admission set
at 50 cents for adults and 25
cents for students. Men in uni-
form will be admitted without
charge.
A complete program will be an-
nounced ,next week, but it will
include seven numbers by the
chorus, four solo instrumental
performances by' Bernadine Wini-
ecki, pianist, Earvin Loop, bari-
tone horn, George Franz, cornet,
and Gail Robinson, flute, as well
as the featured soloist and as-
sisting artist, Louis Karl Weinel.
Mr. Weinel has studied voice
under Senor Otto Morando, fam-
ous Viennese and Italian voice tu-
tor who is considered one. of the
world's best, and has been coach-
ed by Maestro Carlo Peroni,
musical conductor for the San
Carlo Opera Company. Mr. Wein-
e1 has done considerable operatic
and oratorio work in Hollywood
and Los Angeles. ‘
The Women’s Chorus and the
young instrumental artists are all
under the direction of Ben Hall-
grimson, school music teacher.
Pledge Campaign
Due Early in May
Groundwork for a house-to-
house canvass of Mason County
homes in which pledges to pur-
chase defense savings bonds and
stamps will be sought was laid
Friday when Karl Richards, act-
ing administrator of the State De-
fense Savings. Committee, and
Capt. Brockett of the same com-
mittee, conferred with County‘
Defense Savings Chairman C. C.
Cole and his key sub-chairmen.
The pledge campaign is to be
held early in May with Mrs. M.
L. Watson in charge in this coun-
ty. Pledge books, window stick-
ers, handb00ks and other litera-
ture _with which canvassers will
be Supplied is expected to arrive
here in the next few days
RESTRICTED SOON
ens in Washington April 15, after‘
necessary, that they be constant-1
t
, Friday, April 3, 1942.
.AT. 1
An information and
program on the timber fire situ-
iation was conducted by George
3 Drake, Simpson
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Club Tuesday, with the assistance
Frisk, district fire warden, and
W. E. Parker, retired Simpson
cmployc, as experts on timber
protection. In opening the subject
Mr.
portance of preserving timber for
future support of the community,
and particularly of guarding the
young growth from fire danger
during the coming season, which
promises more than the
hazards.
He urged the necessity for
greater caution on the part of
all who enter the woods or pass
along the highways, and for the
cooperation of farmers and oth—
ers within reach in joining the
lfll‘e fighting forces to check
woods fires and prevent their
spread to endanger their own as
Well as public and'private timber.
Emphasis was given to the ex-
tra-ordinary dangers of the sea-
gson, beginning with the early
spring, rapid spreading fern and
brush fires and through the sum-
mer which already promises to
be drier than usual, and with lit-
tic of last year‘s logging slwh
burned because of the wet period
last fall when this work should
have been done. all adding to
the hazards which call for re-
‘doubled effort, not to speak of
the dangers from sabotage and
enemy action.
Mr. Drake pointed out that ex-
tensive fires mean a heavy pail
of smoke over the Northwest and
far out to sea as affording an
excellent cover for enemy inva-
,of our owu defense forces, and
warned of the danger to our own
homes, towns and industries
should such conditions get out of
hand and our people become care-
less.
Mr. Criswell, new supervisor in
charge of the forestry station at
Hoodsport, who comes here after
years of experience with timber
(Continued on Page Three)
Canal Sportsmen
‘Vindicated’ For
Resolutions Vote
Hood Canal Sportsmen Ass'n
members felt they had reason to
Puff out their chests a trifle
Thursday night after President
George Adams reported that the
State Sports Council
exactly the same as the H.C.S.A.
had on resolutions presented it
at its quarterly meeting in Bell-
ingham the week prior.
Adams and Lester Dickinson of
Hoodsport represented the HQ
S.A. at the sports council session.
All resolutions presented to the
state council are first submitted
to member clubs, of which the
H.C.S.A. is one for their recom-
mendations and reactions to the
resolutions.
Three reels of excellent colored
motion pictures of scenes, wild
life and flora in Olympic Na-
tional Park Were shown to the
membership through the courtesy
of the National Park Service. At
the close of the meeting another
tasty oysterxstew was served.
The April 30 meeting of the
H.C.S.A. will feature nomination
of officers for the 1942-43 term,
President Adams announced.
i SHELT
on noun"
illl’l‘liNES FiRE
nuns an
answer
Logging Com-'
ipany superintendent, at Kiwanisl
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of Harold CrlSWell, new head for-'
est ranger at Hoodsport, George‘
Drake pointed out the im-1
usual 1
sion as well as hindering action!
had voted l
WARN!
AIR RAID SIGNALS
NG ALARM: by siren-~fluctuating
blast for two minutes. By powerhouse
steam whistle»—--five-second blasts sep-
arated by three-second silences over
two minute period.
ALL CLEAR: Continuous two min 11 t e
blast on both siren and steam whistle.
Phone 545 for civilian defense information
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
Wagner Poultry
Doubles Effort
For Production
Hens among the 90 chickens
in the flock owned by Pat \Vag-
not, two miles south of Shelton
on the Olymp
definite victory ideas.
They’ve been laying double-
yoked eggs regularly for some
time now, but one New Hamp-
shire Red hen came up with
the prize “victory effort” so far
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other day.
Mrs. Wagner expected at
[least a triple yoked specimen
when she found a giant egg
measuring nine inches by sev-
en inehes in circumference but
1 upon braeaking it found a sec-'
, and perfect egg, shell and all,
inside the big one.
i The outside egg had a single,
* ordinary sized yoke but an ex-
tra large amount of white,
l while the smaller egg, about the
size of a large bantam egg, had
i a. slightly larger yoke than the
5 big egg but much less white. i
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DANlElSON
1 TAKEN FRIDAY BY ;
LENGTHY iLLNEss,
i Yielding to a long illness, Mrs.’
iFanna Danielson, 44, died atthe.
,‘Sheiton hospital Friday. Funeral
iservices were conducted Monday]
’ afternoon from.th‘e Masonic Tem-i
pie under the auspices of the)
iEastern Star with Rev. Robert;
Maulden, Methodist pastor, in:
charge. “
Mrs. Danielson had been an
.active member of the O.E.S. and'
also of the Rebekah lodge here. '
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She is survived by her hus-i
'band, Claude, former manager of“
the West Coast Power company'
here but new manager of the
Grand Coulee municipal power
system; two daughters, Mrs.
,Pearl Simpson and Mrs. Eva Fae;
Samples, both of Shelton; twol
sisters, Mrs. Nora. Richey and’
Mrs. Esther Rich, both of Bar-
ing, Oregon; two brothers, Frank!
iYerkes of Kalispel, Mont, and‘
Will Yerkes of Twisp, Wash.
Mrs. Danielson had been a res»
'ldent of Shelton since 1935 ex-_
cept for a few weeks in Grand
Coulee before returning here,
[when her illness became severe;
She was born at Detroit, Mich.,f
September 8, 1897.
[Penney Renews
Lease; Remodel ,
, .
I Plan Announced;
Re-affirming their faith in the
I future of Shelton and in the pres-
,ent location of their store, the!
iJ. C. Penney Co. announced thisI
week the renewing of their lease
on the building at the corner of
Second and Cota owned by Mrsl
Lillian Robbins of Robbins Elec-
tric.
S. B. Anderson, manager of the
store, also announced extensive
renovation plans to bring aboutI
more efficiency through proper
arrangement. The building will be
completely painted inside and out.
and a new hardwood floor Will be‘
'laid down.
Structural changes will be
made throughout the interior of
the store, which will not only ex-l
pand some of the departments,
‘butlwiil make shopping more con-
venient for the customers.
It is expected that the renova-
tion will be completed sometime
egrly in May, Mr. Anderson stat-
e .
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ON WOMAN’S SON-IN-LAW,
INTERNED BY JAPS IN KOBE
Great anxiety over the safety
of her son—in-law was relieved for
iMrs. Virginia Wilson, 410 Fair-
mont street, last week when she
learned that Dominic Encerti, 32,
[husband of Mrs. Wilson's daugh-
ter, Jean, is a civilian interne at
Kobe, Japan.
A radio message picked up by
the UnitedPress listening post
at San Francisco brought the
first word of the whereabouts of
Encerti since the fall of Glfam,
where he was employed in a civ—
ilian position.
The message, as quoted in the
Vallejo (Calif) Times-Herald,
that city being Mr. Encerti’s home
and the present residence, too, of
Mrs. Encerti, said:
“I wish to convey this message
to my Wife and son, Larry, living
at 112 Bella Vista Way, Vallejo.
Calif.
“I am interned at Kobe. My
health is good. Japanese govern-
ment is treating us very well and
this is the truth. Please do not
worry. Have good beds and the
food is excellent. Please do not
worry about the outcome of my
well-being. But above all I am
anxious to be back with you and
son. You may write or communi-
cate with congressman and sena-
tor and tell them to try to ex-
pedite the transfer of nationals
because all of us would like to be
back in the U. S. with out fam—
ilies. Many thanks to all.”
Mr. Encerti had been employed
by the Navy Department on Guam
since August, 1939, as a power
plant operator after having serv-
ed his apprenticeship at the Mare
Island Navy Yard. at Vallejo. He
had visited Mrs. Wilson on num-
erous occasions when she lived at
Kamilche, although not. since Mrs.
Wilson moved to Shelton last De-
cember.
Tokyo radio said that Encerti
is a. “civilian internee” and not
a prisoner of war.
ic highway, have
sure and financial gain.
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BOYS, GIRLS
With a list of prizes attractive
to all 'boys and girls—young and
old——The Journal today announces
another of its regular subscrip-
ition campaigns. This will be the
, j usual four—week drive and will
when She la‘d 3' 2 for 1 egg “‘9' =start Saturday of this
week, April
'4, and end Saturday, May 2.
In previous years The Journal
'has conducted these circulation—
building campaigns and several
'local boys and girls have found
them a source of education, plea-
The object of this campaign is
:to collect on old subscriptions,
land to add new readers to the
tpresent large lists of The Jour-
enal.
Candidates who will take part
in the campaign will be boys and
girls (young and old) who re-
side in the territory served by
The Journal.
No Losers in Campaign.
' There will be no losers, as the
number of candidates is limited
and each active candidate is
guaranteed one of the major
prizes of 5 latest model bicycles
or a liberal cash commission.
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This campaign will not start
until Saturday, April 4, and
no candidates will be allowed
to start Working: until that
time. However, any boy or girl
interested in being one of the
winners in the campaign
should call at The Journal of-
fice as soon as possible. ,
Under the campaign rules
each entry may get one sub-
scription before Saturday, but
that is all. Any candidate who
gets promises, or does any ad—
vanco work on the campaign
before Saturday (except get-
ting thc one subscription al-
lowed by the rules) will be
barred from the campaign.
This rule is made in fairness
to all candidates and it will
be strictly enforced.
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On another page of today's pa-
per is a large advertisement tell-
ing all about this campaign. It
ShOWS what the prizes are; how
the prizes will be awarded, num-
ber of votes given for each sub-
scription and other details. The
large ad also tells where the
prizes are on display; they must
be seen to be fully appreciated.
Enter Now!
Enter your name immediately
by filling in the nomination cou-
pon and bringing or mailing it to
The Journal office. If you are
one of the first sixteen to be-
come active and work through-
out the short campaign, you are
sure of one of the prizes or com-
missions.
Do this now—you know there
will be only as many candidates
allowed to enter this campaign
as there are prizes and commis-
sions. Act at once, for we do not
want you to blame us if you put
off sending in your nomination
until after the candidates have all
entered.
In the large campaign adver-
tisement is also a nomination or
entry coupon. If you are 'inter-,
ested in being in the campaign
see that your nominatio coupon
reaches The Journal 0 rice in
Shelton immediately. The cam-
paign will not start until Satur-
day and no one will be allowed
to begin active work until that
time. but you should call for full
details and a. complete, free,
working outfit at once.
Office Open Evenings
To make it easier for you to
secure information about this big
prize-winning event The\Journa1
office will be open each evening
until o’clock. Parents are urg-
ed to come to the office with
their children so they will under-
stand the many easy winning and
educational features of this cam-
paign.
State Purchaser To
Be Chamber Speaker
Harold VenEaton,
state
chasing agent. is scheduled to ap-
pur-
Ipear at the Shelton Chamber of
Commerce’s April meeting next
Thursday, President W. A. Wit-
siers announced yesterday.
Dog Bic-enses Here;
Pets Must Have ’Em
Licensing of Shelton dogs will
soon get under way for 150 small
metal licenses were received Wed-
nesday and are now available to
anyonedesiring to secure them. A
city ordinance requires all dogs
to be licensed and subjects those
without licenses to being im-
pounded.