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HINGS TItEY EM evidenceof Shelton&apos;s°f a growinginterest 00wo00O- High School Spring Style Show Model • • Surveys Building Activity 00rom00,=,o Valedictorian announcel the : G. Reed, presi-Is Announced Logging board of i two companys, different products, Johnson Top Scholar, Past been able to Herzog Salutatorian In Honor Listing The two top-r'anking scholars in the 1949 graduating clas: of Irene S. Reed High School were announced this week hy Principal George Hermes. Frances Johnson was named valedictorian, and Bob Herzog, sah|tatorian, FRANCES JOIINS()N is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arvid A. Johnson of Skokomish Valley. The fourth in a family o seven children, she it; also the fourth valedictorian in her family. The others, all from Irene S. Reed High School, are EvanGeline '43, Wesley '44. and Edith '46. In high school Frances majored in science and English and excels l in all her subjects. For relaxa- tion from school work she en- joys crocheting and other kinds of hand work sports (prefgrably basketbalD and music. Her ac- livities in school have been con- cerned with girls' athletics. She has been business manager for the yearbook. I[ER TWINKLING eyes betray (Continued on l)ag(! 5) Reed is Elected Rayonier Leader Wzlliam G. Reed, president of Simpson Logging Company, was elected a director of Rayonier In- corporated at the annual meeting of stockholders, it was announced by Edward Bartsch, Rayonier s president. In his comments to the stock- holders, Mr. Bartsch stated that the company's directorate is great- ly strengthened by the election of Mr. Reed because of his years of experience in the Northwest log- ging and lumber business. The Simpson Logging Company was founded in 1895 by Mr. Reed's grandfather and has been ol)er- ated under the direction of mem- bers of the Reed family since that time. Mr, Reed also is a director of !Peci£ic Car and Foundry Company and the Seattle-First National Bank, and has interests in a num- ber of other business activities in the Northwest. JOSEPH E. BLUM TO GIVE CANCEl{ TALKS TUESDAY To throw greater force behind the cancer-fund drive in Mason county this April, Joseph E. Bhun, executive director of Washington division of American Carmer So- ciety, will be in Shelton next Tuesday to speak before a half dozen different groups, Mrs. E. H. Faubert, local chairman, report- ed today. Discussing the educational as- pects of cancer, Blum will speak at the junior high school in the morning, and at noon he will ap- pear' before a joint session of Ki- wanians and Zontiana at Memor- ial Hall. The cancer group director is ,;cheduled to meet with members of the Mason county unit of thc Anterican Cancer Society at 2:30 p.m. at the P.U.D. building. The public is invited to attend. In the evening Blum is slated to give a summary of the can- cer movement before members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce at the Colonial House. This session will begin at 7 p.m. Residents To Initiate Flag Pole Base Work Flag pole bases along Railroad avenue, overlooked while the street was being rejuvenated, may be put in wherever individuals want them in front of their prop- erty, H. Enzo Loop, comntissioncr of streets, has announced. "Those desiring the bases should contact the city clerk soon, and the crews will drill the required boles," commissioner Loop sat(1. "Tile individuals will have to pay only the cost of the hole's casing and the cap that goes over it." others welfare by of materials and manifestations, has provided mutual helpfulness. nd grandson of loggers and has wide exper- t and in tively associated corporate enter- to the Rayon- Will be of assist- providing 2 tO an ve management. O be. a few vacancies Unportant Shelton positions in the With the departure Yars for Goldendale, Where he will as- Connection with a 'as COnducted by recently. Mr. BS- ; chairman of the Was SeCl'e- 1 Chamber of' take up what he may Fred B. Wivell Legion as vice- besides being Ushment in his responsibility, community and his many Wish him good atinued health in The Chamber p shall assumed by re- but selections Byars other en made yet. O :ineipal tenets of is the that it I peo- nearby conl- respect Shelton to realize of such an ambi- SUccessive week:-;, MeConkey of the the pleasure of of Kiwanians and Elma, the alottg and bring. Programs of en- speech making. community level and pro- Who compare ;nemberships of r the United Their princi- are the same, Page Six) 7: Red Cross apaigns con- 6:30 p.m.l Club, 6:30 Crabill. pring Fash- high aud- Shelton P.m., Loop: 9: Army Day, Lewis. Sunday, services. pages. V.F.W., • -ren hs 8 I., 'd s Safe. Shel- P.m., senior 12: A n n u a 1 • , JUnior high 7 P.m., Col- noon, Mem- Why LOOk Like the DEUCE When You Can Look, Like A QUEEN? When Summer Fun Comes It's a Good Time to Start Taking Your OWn Moving Pictures +We Have a Fine Selection of Motion Picture Equipment 14 North nd Strcct i/i STUDIO Phone 152 Street Lamps Projects Set in H00dsp0rt To raise money Lo purchase and in:t.all ten lummaire lights along the highway ilrom one end of loodsport lo the uther, several active organizations, paced I)y the !:toodsport Commercial Club, are sl)ousormg fltnd-drive projects. "/'A'O F.VIqN'TS for April are a bnsket :;octal scheduled for the evening of .April  and a. (lance on April 23. The dynes is being planned by the Hoodsport Fire D,partment to build the "lights foc Hood:t)o:'t" finances. Sponsored by the ttoodcport Commercial Club, the basket so- cial will be held tomorrow eve- ning in the Hoodsport school. Dess Iiaine, chairma.n of the fin- ance committe, e. urged everyone in the Hoodsport area to help make the event a c'ompicte sue- (?esf. Prizes for first a.qd second best baskets will be awarded during the evening. They will be auction- ed. pr0gres'.i,/ely at about 11 p.m. George Jackson, ch:b pre:ident, stated. JIYD(IN(;  ON TIlE baskets, not the contestants, will he bc- it'e the auctioning. Judges are I3illie Gilbert, Harry Yenter and I:Lichal.d St)a].ks. TWO nlovles will be screened at the beginning of the evening's ac- tivities, followed hy bingo games. The public is invited to attend the affair as a hill evening of fun is scheduled, Jackson said. Yonng persons will have the privilege of auctioning their ba- (Continued on page 6) Forest Festival Princesses, Queen Are Ambassadors MISS SHIRLEY DITTMAN, above, dressed in pleasing soft- shaded clothes especially designed for afternoon wear, surveys Spring building activity in downtown Shelton while two work- men admire. Miss Dittman, a model in the Pictorial Pre-View style show, wears one of this year's new Spring outfits. The style presentation, will be at 8 p.m. Friday at the junior high auditorium. (Photo by Dean Palmer). Committee Heads Winding Up Plans For Fashion Show The finishing touches are being put on the 1acoln P,,T...F...hi0n. Show, which will be all see for the pleasure of spectators at 8 p.m., April 8 in the junior high auditorium. There are several reserve seat tickets still available, and these can be received by contacting" Mrs. R. L. Mitchell or Mrs. Steve lhtpert, General admission tickets will bc on sale at the door. COMMENTATOR for the show this year will be 'Mrs. Pauline Harris. Photographic wm'k was handled by Dean Palmer. Those getting a practical slant on modeling as a profession in- clude Gaff Ahlskog, Mrs. W. J. Alexander, Mrs. Harvey Boysen, Sharlyn Brown, Eleanor Carlson, Jer]'y Carlson, Mary Carnes, Mrs. Milton Clothier, Karen Condon, Beverly. Dickinson, Chloe Dickin- son, Shirley Dittman, Mildred Dugger, Georgicnne l)urkee, Mrs. Donald Frazer, ),It's. Mark Fred- son, Joan Frisk. OTltER MODELS ARE Mrs. E. N. Giles, Jackie Halbert, Mrs. ] Ky2e Hutchings, Delores Grosh-] ong, Myranell Jackson, Patty Jos- [ fin, Mrs. Olivet" Kelly, Marn Ann l Keenan, Coco Lovell, Mrs. R. E. I Marshall, Mrs. L. L. Mclnelly, Mrs. M. C. Morgan, Ella Mac (Continued on page 5) PHONE SERVICE ON 'EMERGENCY' BASIS 7 HOURS Seven hot,,'.rs of "emergency. service only" for telephone users last Friday resulted from a walk- out of a telephone c.rews in the Olympia and Shelton offices who attended meetings regarding union organization matters. The walkout involved 27 em- ployees in the Shelton, office, and snpervisory crews handled t h e switct)board for emergency calls, said J. M Thomas, manager of thc Olympia-Shelton area of the tclephonc c.ompany. Employees left their work at noon last Friday, but the evening crew reported for work at 7 Active Club Changes Site .... 00Egg:Hunt Exceedingly warm and sunny weather Sunday found the Active Club's Easter bunny representa- tive scouting the ground at Fifth and Raih'oad streets. Because the area was found to be rough for even wide-eyed youngsters, the site for the aunual Active chtb's Easter egg hunt has been changed to Bordeaux school. "The object of the egg hunt," the Easter bunny agent said, "is to hide the shelled eggs in tall grasses, Mong walks and in other places where their colored cam- ouflage makes them hard 'to see." SOME EGGS, to 1)e maked, will be worth cash to those finding them. Up to $50 will be awarded the sharper-eyed children bring- ing in the special eggs. To give all child|'en equal ()t}poy - tunity Lo find many eggs and to discover the prize ones there will be four separale age groups: years 1 to 3, 4 and 5, 6 to 8, and 9 to 11. Adults will not be per- mitred to particilate in the hunt. Activhms will serve as Easter bunnies, aiding' the boys and girls. The hunt will start at I :30 o'clock on Easter Sunday after- noon. INSTALLATION c e r e monies h)r the Active Club will be held Hawk Service Is Saturday Pfc. CLINTON . ItAWK (Died on Ohlnawa, July 16, 19,t5) Funeral services for Pfc. Clin- ton Hawk, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hawk of Shelton, will be held from Witsiers Funeral Home at 1 p.m. Saturday. Dying July 16, 1945 on Okinawa, the body is scheduled to arrive in Shelton Fri- day. k't'c. Ilawk was born November 28, 1907 on the Skokomish Indian Reservation, where he started selmol, finishing at Chemawa, Ore. He was employed in logging ol)eraLions and later worked in Puget Sound Navy Yard until he enlisted in the Army on October 13, 1942. Assigned to the engineer corps, he saw action in the Aleutian is- lands, Pearl Harbor, Philippines, at tim Esquire Club on Saturday Marshall islands and Okinawa. On night. To be installed at the an- the Kawageleln campaign he was nual affair are John Stevenson, a demolition and bazooka man, on i)resident; Dick Gardner, vice Leyte he operated a pile driver, president; John Dtiley, secretary; and on Okinawa he operated a Joe Hanson, treasta'er, anti three lheavy equipnlent crane. trustees. Pfc. Clinton Hawk is survived f ......................................... [ by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John r ,r]" ] [  Hawk; three brothers, Leonard, lWO-lnlr(ls quo£a Theodore and Hagen, all of Shel- Met By Red Cross Because only a'bout $2,000, or two-thirds of the quota has been raised for tim Red Cross fund campaign in .Mason county, the program is being contiuucrl until April 15, co-chairInan Vern Miller has announced. ton; two sisters, Mrs. Hazel Via-[ set', Shelton, and Mrs. lone Knox, [ Tacoma, [ .Pallbearers will be members of ! Sheltoll Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion Post 31. ' ................................................... i Building Permit Issued L. I. D. Funds On City Road Are Studied Commissioners Advised Repeal Amendment On LI.D. Six City commi.;sioners T u e s d a y were advised by City Attorney (;lenn E. C(}rrea to repeal all amendment to the original I,.I,D. 6, which relates to the financing of the Raih'oad avenue improve- ment project. ACTING UPON the confirma- tion of the Attorney General's of- rice and the State Division of Mu- nicipal Corporatiom, the city at- torney advised that the city could not legally assum( 12 per cent of the total cost of the Railroad ave- iHle ilnroveluent, t)-'c;itlse there was no budget item in the clty'a current e×p0nse hind f,)r this pur- pose at th(' time the amendment was passed in I)ecentber of 1[)48, as requited by stah statute. "Furthermorc," :he city attof ney pointed (,lit, "this expenditure by the city it, assist in the financ- ing of Lhis improvement does not come ulldor the 1)rovision ()f an 'emergency' as to curc presently the defect in setting up this mean' of finaneino." TO LEAVE the an(mdment stand, Corren ('ontimed, would bc to jeopardize the sttbsequent bond :a/e and validity of the whole lo- c,.l improvement district; it. would be leaving Lhe door wide open for a. deficit in which to pay off the outst:tnding warrants or bonds, which are. to be subsequently issued in lieu thereof. Unless the ;nnendment is re- pealed, no me[hod would be avail- able to as3ess the members of the district for the 12 per cent to the total cost of improvement, as pro- po'd t( I)e assumed by the city, after the asscssncnt roll is con- firmed. Acting on tik above advice of the city attorney and state author, ities, the city commission has or- dered the city attorney to draft an ordinance repealing he atend- ment that anth01'izes the city's ex- penditure of 12 per cent of the total cost of the Raih'oad avenue ROYAL DIGNITY, BEAUTY and charm combine in the five improveinent project. high school girls above who represent traditiona and purposes of Unemployment Mason County's 1949 Forest Festival to the State of Washingtoln  First ambassador duties of the girls is slated for March when they will be dinner guests of Governor Arthur B. Langlie. Siege Halted Left to right are Princesses Betty Newman and Ella Mac Noble, Queen Mary Carnes, and Princesses Chloe Dickinson and Lois Ayers. (Photo by Andrews). Vith better weather employ- *l. * * * rnent here appears to be recov- Pioneer Li[e PlansFestivars ParadeworKeu Out o,00ng somewhat from an unern- ployment: siege during winter cotmty since the depression of l.he last decade," reported "Mrs. Temptation By Chief Faubert MeI00ride, adntini00trator of the (?onnty Welfare 1)epartment. I00u'--gs COuple ,,,0 ,.,,. ,,,,.,,. Bunyan parade to be held during months the number of persons the Forest Festival celebration looking for jobs :in Mason county Temptation tugs the emotions of were outlined to the associa.tton was extrentely higlL Mrs. Mc- a Shclton couple to try the pioneer executive committee last Monday Bride expressed. "There still are life--in the land "down under." by Ed H. 'aubert, chairman of many persons out of work. Any Mr. and Mrs. Larry Latham, of the parade committee, persons having jobs are urged to 1028 Cots street, after a hurried EXPECTIN( IX)N(; lines of noLify the Welfare Department trip to Vancouver, B. C., last week children taking part in a pet pay- immediately." to visit a war-time buddy of Mr. adc to precede the main event, Mrs. McBride pointed out that Latham's, are seriously cona|dering the starting hours lmve been set, unentployed adults with families the invitation urgently extended with the youngsters spaced a to support are hit especially har(l to them by W. J. Crosby, ,tl, of half hour before the Paul Bunyan since assistance checks sometimes Port Darwin, Australia, to move to Parade. Junior participants will don't even (:over the cost of food. the "bottom of the world" and help start at 10:30 a.rn., Saturday, SEVEN i'ERSONS workiug in him create a Shangri La commun- May 14, and the htrger parade the Welfare I)epartn'mnt have been , ity in the territory outlying Port will begin at 11 a.nt. f:tced wilh a Lremendous amount Darwin. ' "The half-hour lapse between of administrative work during the Mr. Crosby and Mr. Latham met the tWo parades," ICd l'attbert mentployment siege. Of the fotlr at the Japanese naval base of said, "would give the youngsters Iiehl workers, one is engaged in i Kuri, Japan, where both were as- time to worm their ways into good chihl welfare service for the signed on military duty during the spots to see the main event." whole county, two handle details war, the former as a major with I'RIZE,. WILl, BE awarded for (Continued On Page Bit) an Australian Army Signal unit, seven divisions and to six bands. the Shelton man as a private in In each division there will be first, ,,ANEY INJURED IN the u. S. Any Signal Corps. The second and 'third awards, with Americans and the Australiens first-prize bhw ribbons getting WOODS ACCIDENT mixed amicably, made friendships trophies, Faubert reporte(I. Emmett Laney was injured easily, and despite their wide dif- The seven parade tliVifions are in the woods Tuesday aftcI,- ferenccs in rank, Crosby and La - (1) lodges and htbor union;, (21 noon and brought to Shelton than struck up a close acquaint- granges and 4-/-[ (dubs, (3 set'v- (3eneral ltosDital The extent of ance. ice, commercial and conutmnity his injuries was undetermined" When the Australian telephoned chtb, (4} logging, (5) nm.nufac- Wednesday morning. Ifis home is the Sheltonian Tuesday last week, (Continued Oa Page Five) on Mountain View AddiLion. the Shelton couple hurriedly paekedanovernlghtbagandhur- .,! [ CUSTOM KILLING ] ried to Vancouver to see him, F|VE TAKE POLICE spendtng all day Wednesday with CHIEF QUIZZES laim and seeing him off for Aus- Announcement of the name of tralit Thursday. the police chief for Shclton AND WR00PING I (c°,t___a__°Z.%L.T.hL e) be made in a few days. Five DamageSuit Paper h t • • Orin S. Duncan, Paul Hinton, Roy Served On Shelton Mosoiy and William Webb. Civil service examinations for of Sheltnn was sergeants will be held at the city 421 Railroad Phone 21 / The City erved papers tlur|ng the corn- hall beglnniug at 7 p.m. April 11. misshmer se.sion Tuesday re- ................................................................................................................................................... gardlng a civil suit In which the American Tugboat Company seeks $29,000 from Shelton aml Standard Oil ComlmnY of Calf forn]a for dltmages hi tile tug You Irene that sank tit city dock ou last Decemher i, Seeking $14,257 from helton Are Cordially Invited ... " 1 o'clock in the evening. Satm'day Rm'a communities I,ve done Bonneville Power Unit and $15,040 from Standard Oil, tnorning the full crews canto back very well in mceLing their (lUO- A permit was issued by the oily the coml)hdnt w:ts filed a week to their jobs. . " task" Miller said. ;'Whe:'e the I't'idny naorning to Bonneville ago Satnrday In tim 1;. . Ills- ........................................... drive secms to have fallen down Power Administration to buihi trict Court, "Western District of Movies To Its in ShelLon." transformers on a ploL of ground Wushlngon, Northern I)ivlsion. Come Pe, so,,s wishim: to d,mate to at Fi,',t and Knccla,,d ,.;treets. The impending acthm wa Red Ct'oss I'llay leave ill(: ,. con- The s.('Lion followed a. meeting of brought to the ath.ntion of tile Here On Sunday i,il,,,tions with" co-chai, ntan Vern r the City Planning commission city h,st week through an As- Even though hopes are fading I Miller or Walt Elliott. Thursday. sociated Press disl)atcli. ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,, Local Veterans Of Forei.gn Wars Observe 50th Anniversary Week This {vcek Shelton Veterans of exception of VV. T. Jackson, who partmenL site of a Warner Brothers roD- thin i)ichJre on logging, a small section of llillercst and perhaps special parts or the city will be filmed in color on ,hmday, the Reverend William |!. Albaeh of Mount (Mire Lutheran church brought otit. Because the Norlhwest Dis- lrlct of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod is celebrating its 50th Anniversary, ar 'camera- man Is eoming (o helton to Hmml most of undty laking colored Illovles of lhe Lutheran church, grounds, school and per- haps other views of Shelton, Reverend Albach stated. Sbeduhl to arrive Sunday morning, the eameraman will take movies of the Mount ()live sunday school, eonfirma, tion set v Jcci,,i and secnes allowing rhXch offieial, and membcr of tb ¢onjrl[tloa. ..... Foreign Wars Post 694 joins all thc national posts in celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the organization. The wcck of April 3 to 9 has a local iguificancc ill Lh;tt lhc Silt, licit post is nlarhing its 20th birthday. FOUNDED 1N J929 witll 53 charter member, the locM post has had continuous growth under it 18 lifferent commanders, A. J. Chitty being the first leader. Two of the commanders, H. K. Blake and John Olsen, were vet- erans of campaigns in the Span- ish-Amcrican war. Other com- lllandcl'S wcrc overt(qt:i VC(CI'III,' , u .tho w.t v,QrlzL war, witlx the served in Lhc South Pacific in the l:tst, war. Anlong the forl)ler sel'viCel)len on t.he. p(-mt' aclive lUClllbcrship liis are vclcrans of lrtilital'y dlty ill NJt;;ll';lgtlLt alttl tilt; Y;tngtze river. tVI'I'll TIlE ]'()N'I" prinlary purpose being to aid tli;;ttble(l .er- icemen, to 1)rovidc for orphaned children, to organize proper mili- tary funeralS, and to serve as a liaison group between the veter- ans and communities, the Shelton post has many activities to its credit. I'ot (.,f/icer: here ;pearhcadd a moe:a.ent tu.ut Ue Wr t:- to. assent to military funeral for all armed personnel, enli.,;tcd men and officers. In Shclton nfilitai'y funerals a giv- en jointly for servicemen by the Fred B. Wlell American Legion post and by tile Vctcralm of For- cign liVars, The shorl., but inlpres- ffivc, cercnlony htunched by the servicenlen's groups here i:i now being" < comsidered for use Ira a model graveside service by the national organization. THE SHELTON VFW post of- fered blood lists tn 1947 to the Shelton General Hospital 'and to Collier's. Clinic, with the preface reading, "l)ona,ted . . . for the ttntiaU:cd 'y pag IS) to intq)ecL Sheltofs rilosL coinprehensive dis- play in years of new modern and custom- built upholster,:d furniture, designed to com- bine gracious living with the peak in utility and conlfort. The Olympic offers complctc coordinated planning of draperies, fh)or coverings and lamps. GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY