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+ Percy M Pio
6017 S.E. 86th Ave
portlana, Ore
Ent+.red as second clea matter at the post office at 8heltonLWuhlngton, 10 Cents per Copy
unaer Act of Marrh &. 1879. Publishes weekly at 107 South 4th 8tree(.
9, 1959
Published in -Christmastow% U.S.A."
18 Pages -- 3 Sections
0 K's
+ Kitchen
tetMonday
n County Board
-lrti°.ners passed an
:Y budget of $1,204
L t° pay for equipment
glu.. the new jail
ibi:il kitchen has
:" j ct of some con-
:d the past and it
:l'_ tea that t h e r e
T a0me opposition to
budget.
!:.e was littl
emer e oppo-
:. elll gency budget at
!i.llt R T, Shelton hotel
::A alt +=' to know how the
Id a f *rd to serve meals
:i; tx 20.7 cents. He
he et this figure in-
'':' 0ay and did not take
: o any other costs.
+f
'aul Hinton said
r 1 e city was con-
dtchen setup at
; thl I s a good idea.
-" .t t lot of the food
.'i r to feed prison-
i Pol +' es was thrown
: ice chief said, "You
'i ov gy who is in jail!
;ir a plate of cold,
e and expect him to
ty per cent of the
'prisoners in the
tl rown away." The
,i bu
g p
i:i07 TTER admitted
;R fei't eluded only food
Ill;t that it was'a big
|rJ taxpayers
"
JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTION CONTEST BICYCLE WINNERS
Tommy Adams Tommy Lows Norman Hulsingh Linda Kadoun
Island Lake Shelton Cranberry Road Dayton Road
Steven Sheller
Shelton
SUBSCRIBERS WHO HAVE SEEN any of the 10 happy young-
sters pictured above, all of whom earned shiny new bicycles, will
know how sincerely they mean 'thank you" to all those who paid
for a new or renewal subscription during the Shelton-Mason
County Journal campaign. Most of the boys and girls, who earned
commissions, stopped long enough, early this weak, in spending
the money earned to ask u= to express their appreciation to their
since the
ad also require the
ern ,rk t pristm three on other lab,,,, t mrs jobs Rocky Hembrofl
r aid that" most #
Service Award
Bail +
!: men, Dale Roessel
m e 14-year-old
l"minal assault. "
Sawn county
il; a • incident took
: Y night in the De-
00A00722f00r Sheriff
t c C' =toessel had
t4 barg e after be-
"+''+ ut that Byerly
: In the affair.
,(r me girl into
tuthey had been
[ " COunty superior
hh-On
are
on
o p the look-
?eraley,
Rj lrL,?ves tha
near Mlll
Rosemary Wetter
Arcadia Road
Commerce's Distinguished Service
Award.
THE AWARD is given annually
to the young man, who, in the
opinion of the judges, is serving
the community most. He must be
between the ages of 21 through
35.
The judges were No/an Mason,
Floyd Godwin and Wendell Young.
The four nominees for the award
were Hembroff, Joe Borek, Bob
Kimbel and Marden Stroud.
Bernie Dorey, master of cer
monies at the Jaycee DSA ban-
quet Tuesday cited Hembroff for
;the following activities he has been
;in during the past year:
PRESIDENT OF the Shelton
Kiwanis Club, served on the steer-
ing committee of the Mason Coun-
ty Forest Festival Assn., assist-
ant troop leader, Boy Scouts of
America; vice president of Shelton
Bayshore Golf Club; director on
the board of the Mason County
Tuberculosis Assn.; chairman of
the local Civil Servibe Commiss-
ion, member of Shelton Chamber
of Commerce, member of Odd Fel-
lows, Elks, American Legion and
the Shelton Jaycece__
OsOsTo Hear Planners
Plans Harlan Nelson & Associ-
ates are cooking up for Shelton
and Mason County will be the
princ!pal topic of interest for Shel-
ton Chamber of Commerce mem-
bers at their April meeting to-
night.
Ted Morse Eddie Aldrich Virginia Crumb Maxlne Tozler
Union Shelton Hoodsport Skokomish
friends and subscribers. The Journal urges all motorists in the
area to please exercise a little more than usual care because 10
new bicycle owners with heads in the clouds-and who can blame
them ?--ars abroad. A complete listing of all candidates with their
final standings will be found on another page of this week's
Journal, The contest, which started March 14, attracted boy and
girl contestants from all over Mason county,
BEAMING WITH PRIDE--Mrs. Rocky Hembroff beamed with
pride at her husband, and understandably so. Rocky had just
been named winner of the Shelton Junior Chamber of Commerce's
Distinguished Service Award.
Chief Accountant New Bill
Eliminates Check On State Money
Ralph Bowen, chief accountant
of the State Auditor's office, told
a Monday noon audience of the
Political Forum Club that the re-
!cently passed HB 373 will place
the control of state funds direct-
ly under the governor's office and
take away some of the main du-
ties Of the state auditor.
BOWEN, WHO was very much
against the passage of this biil,
said that this was not in tar best
Cross Drive Short of Goal
receive $1,000 of the money if the quota is met.
Recent flood= in the east have caused a need
for more money for the national organization,
Volunteer workers are contacting individuals in
the county for donations and everyone is urged
to give so that the summer swim program can
be continued. Sixty per cent of the funds eel.
letted here stay in Ms=on county.
CROSS FUNDS--Phil
urning the money col-
Red Cross Treasurer
extreme left. Standing
right are Mrs. Dave
and Miss Emily
ss drive in Mason county
half of its quota of
program ia slated tO
interest of the people of Wash-
ington because it would eliminate
the check and balance syate-m
which is fundamental to the rep-
resentative form of government.
In the past, the state auditor's
office has run a pre-audit on all
vouchers for payment by the state.
Under the new bill the auditor's
office will only make post auditS.
According to Bowen, the auditor's
office will become more of a fig-
urehead organization while the
real control of the state funds
will be in the hands of the budget
committee of the governor.
THOSE WHO favored the new
law in the last legislature said
that it was an economy move
which would eliminate the duplica-
tion of work tn the two offices.
However, Bowen feels that it is a
good idea to have a double check
on the expenditure of state money
rather than having it under the
control of one organization.
Bower gave a history of the
auditor's office since territorial
t days and said that the state con-
stitution provided for sn elected
stale audih)r who has the re-
sponsibility of keeping (:hock on
state money. He told the lunch-
son group of a r'ee, ent voucher
made by speaker of the house
O'Brien for expenses on a trip he
recently n|acle to Brussels. The
state auditor's office withheld pay-
ment on the VOtlchcr but hc said
thtt tinder the now system it prob-
ably would hay,, gone thr<mgh.
OaK, After
Hifling Power Pole
Edwin Beck, 21, of Shelton was
releas(,d from the Sheltou General
hliial 'ruc:+day where he hHa
bet, It confined SJtl('e last Saturday
flight ;it td)(nll 2:30 p.lll, when his
ear collided with a power pole ou
lX{uunta in View.
According to his physiciml, Dr.
B. B. Forman, he sustained only
minor cuts about the head as a
result of the accident which to-
Queen Andrea
To Be Honored
.Friday Night
: ddrea Knceland will receive
her secon'4 t'oyai title ,thin a
mtth Friday n|ght When I 'ta
c¢aWned' Miss Keep Washington
Green.
NAMED QUEEN of the Mason
County Forest Festival a month
ago, the tall blond will be crowned
by Will Roger. Jr., at the annual
Keep Washington Green banquet
in Tacoma.
Rogers will be the principal
speaker at the banquet and Gee.
Albert D: Rose/lint also will be
in attendance.
Also attending the banquet from
Shelton will be Dave James. who
will be mster of ceremonies, his
wifc; the Festival princesses, Lyd-
ia Filyaw, Sharon Sund. Judy
Frisken and Karen Westlund; Mrs.
Rndy Oltman, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Kneeland, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Le-
vin, Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Werberg-
er and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hartley.
THE KWG banquet each year
.signals the beginning of an all-out
campaign in Washington against
man made, forest fires and the
Forest Festival does the same
thing for Mason county, home of
the keep green movement in the
United States.
Herb Cromer
Now Retired
Herb Cromer, a city fireman
since 1938, retired from his job
due to disability effective April I.
HE JOINED the department a
a volunteer in 1938 while working
in Shelton at a dry cleaning es-
tablishment. Cromer was made
a full time fireman in 1950.
The veteran fircfighter recently
mlffered an injury while on duty
requiring an opeztion and was
forced to z'etire on doctor's orders.
lqo had lived in the firehouse most
of the time since 1938 and did
many jobs around city hall al-
though his Job did not specifically
require him to do.
Since he is retiring on disability
he will receive six months full pay
and the|| go on pent-;loll.
THE CITY on)ployces plan to
heron, him for his years of devoted
service ;it a party i)t city hall on
Friday afteruoon, April 17.
Cromer also has a home ill Se-
attle and has commuted for years
brtwcen Shelton and Seattle.
Pensioners Allowed
Extra $1,25 a Month
Mayor itarl Moore alnlount:c(l
Ttlesday at tile city commission's
Weekly meeting that persons who
til'e on oht age assisLancc cite rc-
t'oivo fin extra $t.25 a nlonih fronl
I.he l)Ppal'! IlPII[ O[" Public Assis-
l;tn(,(, to cover the resent i1Kl'easc
ill city SOV,'CI' rates.
The mayor said tltat persons on
old age assislance should contact
il'ml office in the county court-
house annex. He said that the city
realizes thaL an increase of a $1.25
could mean quite a bit to some of
the older people and the city did
not want to create a haz'dahip for
Local Group
Concerned Over
Gate Closure
A group of seventeen property
owners appeared before the city
commission Tuesday on the matter
!of access to their homes located
in the Second and Pine area.
THESE property owners were
concerned over the closure of a
:gate on private property by the
present land owners which in the
past ires been left open for their
use. The present property owners
of the land on which the gate is
Ioeaed do not want it to be used
as a public access.
The city commission decided to
have city engineer Karl Sells look
into the problem to see what could
be done about it.
Commissioner' W. F. McCann re-
ported to the commission on the
Beverley Heights water situation.
McCann said that leaky water
mains there are causing the loss
of about half of the water pumped
through the lines. He reported that
in the last two months 57,730
cubic feet of water has been pump-
ed into the lines for the use of 36
customel. This is about twice as
much water as would be required
for normal use.
THE CITY commission agreed
to pay $500 down on the purchass
of a gravel spreader from the
county and to pay another $1,000
to complete the purchase in 1960,
Cancer Drive
Starts Monday
A concentrated drive to raise
funds for the 1959 Cancer CtaJsade
will be conducted Monday and
Tuesday, April 13 and 14. The
wflunteer that calls at your door
will not only be {collecting your
contribution but will be distribut-
ing informational material stress-
ing regular health checkups as the
best protection against needless
death from the disease.
IN CONJUNCTION with the
ucational portion of the crusade
Channel 4 in Seattle is televiSing
a series of programs preparedby
the American Cancer Society en-
title "Tactic." Te first 9f. the
series Was afred ali Mh 22 arid
the remaining five at 3 p,m. on
each of the Sundays.
Mrs. George Cropper, crime
commander, reported that supplies
have been delivered to her home
for distribution and volunteers
may call at her home to receive
them. Mrs. Cropper also wishes
to express her applciation to Mrs.
George Shackelford for organiz-
ing the crusade in the Belfair
area, as well as to the numerous
oFner volunteers throughout tle
county for their efforts,
A Night Of
Frustration/
A group of buriflar, obviously
in need of practice, entered Bev-
eral business establishments in
Belfalr sometime last Sunday night
but failed to get much for theft
trouble.
THE BURGLAI broke Into the
Belfair tavern, McKnight's' TV
Smwice, The Clothesline and the
State Liquor Store but were only
able to realize about three dol-
lars tn change and a bottle of
gin for their night's work.
Sheriff's deputies found burglar
tools in the establishments left
by the group. They tried to open
the safe at the liquor store but
were unable to do so. The search
for money in the other business
concerns also was unsuccessful.
Tools for opening a afe were
found in the Belfair tavern but
tmfortunately for the burglars the
safe was out for repairs. The safe
at the tavern had been broken
into on March 28.
The burglars were not short of
equipment or" energy but seemed to
lack know how.
Weather
High Low Preoip,
April 1 .., 59 deg. 42 deg, .40 in.
April 2 .... '58 deg, 35 dog .........
April 3 61 des. 30deg. .01 in.
April 4 .... 58 deg. 41 deg .........
April 5 .... 51deg. 38deg. .23 in,
April 6 .... 56 deg. 33 deg .........
April 7 .... 65 deg. 28 deg .........
.... Rayouier Incorporated,
The annual free Preschool
clinic will be held Friday, April
10, in the Armory for the regis-
try of 1959-60 kindergarten and
first grade students in the coun-
ty's schools. The clinic will be-
gin at S:30 and continue until
11 a.m.
Free medical, dental and eye
examination= of the children
will be given by local physic-
ians and optometrists, Immu-
nization and booster shots will
be given and small pox vaccin-
ations will be available by the
Mason county health depart-
ment, without charge.
All children taking advantage
of the clinic will automatically
be registered for the fall school
term. The clinic Is annually
sponsored bF the Prsxohool Par-
cnt Teachers Association.
thln.
County Plans b Ik ve
Boat Identification Law
By ED DOHERTY
The Mason County Board of Commissioners have in-
structed County Prosecuting Attorney Byron McClanahan
to draw up an ordinance requiring the identification of
Power driven boats in Mason county,
The commissioners have been seriously concerned with
this problem for sometime and hoped that the state legisla-
ture would pass some kind of bill during the last session
dealing with this problem.
I
,., .v.,.-omm.ss-oner sit ,,
bills dealing with the boating
problem in the last sesshm but
none of them passed. The com-
mission feels that a state isWJH e r l
would be better than a county or-
dinance but that a county,+,,,-I a nsurance
ftcation program would be better
than none at all. BdP
The commission Is planning to
adopt a method of identification I retest
suggested by Sheriff Jug Potter
which would require boats to the
numbered in a manner similar to Shelton Immrance Agents Assoc-
automobiles. The proposed ord-
inance would require boats to
have painted on their side the
auto license number of the boat
owner. In the event the boat
owner did not have a car, the
county would give him a special
number. . At the present time, the
county does not plan to charge a
fee for boat identification.
COAST GUARD regulations re-
quire boats over 16 feet to be
numbed but there is no require-
ment for boats under 16 feet.
Coast Guard officials have noti-
fied the county that they do not
have the manpower to enforce
boating laws here nnd Sed
to the commission that they should
pass me type of ordinance in
order to cope with the issue.
The Bonner Act, passed in the
federal congress, requires the
states to adopt laws concendng
the regulation of beating by 191.
Sheriff Potter has told the com-
missioners that it is very difficult
to enforce boating regulations un-
der the present ordinance because
of the lack of identification of
boats, i
THE COMMISSION feels that!
the identifies(lob of boats by num-
lr will tend to curb reckless boat-
ing practices.
Dick Angle, president of the
iation+ protested the awarding of
the county's 1959 inland marine
isurance bid which was given to
Bill Pearson.
ANGLE SAID that his group
had submitted a bid which was
over 200 lower than the bid sub*
mitted by Pearson and his organl-
zation felt that the county had
been very unfair in rejecting their
offer.
Commissioner 3ohn Bariekman
told Angle that the commission
had consulted State Insurance
Commissioner Yerkes on the mat-
ter and that he recommended that
the county buy their insurance in
a package form rather than to
deal with more than one company.
Bariekman said that since Pear-
SOft' " 1
a vvrs l bid was the lowest
they gave the business, to him.
"The purpose of the insurance
commimdoner's office is not to
recommend one company over an-
other. I don't see how there could
be any doubt as to whether or not
a claim wa covered by inland
marine or general liability,' Angle
answered.
"WE ARE not insurance peo-
ple. The policy of the commiion
has been to aeck the advice of the
insurance co]nmisJoner'. officP on
these matters." Comnlissioner
Streekenbach added.
The explanation of the corn-
--- - Shelton nmneer, w+ r I
ozT as far as Angle was concerned
and he suggested that the insnr-
ance men and the cornlisaioners
Dies In Seattle termeet with Yerkes to talk the mat,over.
Ira W. Llbby, a pioneer resident
of Mason county and Well known
in civic and business circles,
passed away at his home in Seat-
tie Tuesday afternoon.
He had been in poor health for
the past three years suffering
from heart trouble.
r/esnta ' oh Janttai 2, " 188'4, " at'la
moved to Olympia with his par-
ents when a small boy. He came
to Masm county in 1900 and
married Effle Wisa of Shelton in
June of 1907.
Mr. Libby was a charter mem-
ber of the Agate Grange and once
served on the Shelton city council
in the 1920's. He operated a mill
at Big Skookum for 24 yem be-
sides several other businesses nd
was also active in shipbuilding
here and in Seattle.
He is snrvivd by his wife in
Seattle; a daughter, lVtr. Eugene
Brown, Skokomlsh: a son, Law-
rence Libby, Seattle, and one
grandson, Charles Brown, of Se-
attle.
FUNERAL SERVICES wilI be
held in Witier's FUneral Home on
Friday at 1 p.m. Interment will
follow in the. Shelton Memorial
Park.
Ritnor $00lle Breilor
To ,00attk Nm
Roy RILner has sold his broiler
and lounge to Paul Odsen of
Seattle.
Odsen, a native of Seattle, ha
been in the water transportation
business in that city for several
years and before that was a first
officer in the Military Sea Trans-
portation scrvice.
He said the broiler Will con-
tinue with the same type of oper-
ation as in the past. Odsen has
hired Bob Thomason, a well known
chef in Bremerton, to handle the
kitchen.
Odsen recently purchased a
home in 8helton. He ta married
and the father Of "th/'ee boys•
Supreme Goud Says
Indian Law Legal
The state supreme court has
ruled that the 1957 law g, ivtng
the Mate Jurisdiction over Indian
lands on criminal matters Is con-
atltutional.
There has been some doubt In
the past concerning the validity
of thls law whicll has caused
problems for the Mason county
sheriff's office on the investigation
of eases at the Skokomish reser-
vation. The ruling of the state
suprenlc court has cleared up thls
question for the local authorities,
India Binner Menu
For April 18 Announced
Th0e who attend thc April 18
dinner at the Mt. View sellooI will
enjoy such exotic Indian dishes as
Clla,wal, Bhaji Dao. Mas Pax. Rot i.
Amba Chutni, Papad, Chat, Kawa,
Duha sad Dhai.
Menus will be supplied (o gtlcs(.s
at the dinner with English t ran-
lations of the Indian dishc. Mil-
kanth Chavrc is the guest speaker
and the event is being sponsored
by the Republican Central com-
mittee of Mason county. The price
The commissioners agreed to
this idea al'l said that they would
arrange a meeting with Yerkes,
The Shelton Insurance Agents
Association has sent a formal h,t-
ter of protest to the Mason County
Board of Commissioners concern-
ing the awarding of the county's
1959 inland marine insurance bid.
Followig iv a copy ef this letter.
' laxrt 12buntyCouHouse .........
She]ton, Washington
, .: s#
Re: Ins(trance Bids
Attention: J o h n Baricknlan,
Chairman
I)ear Mr. Bariekman,
On behalf of the Shelton In-
surance Agents Association. I arn
protesting the manner ,n which
the County insurance progrant was
aardet this "ear.
OUR ASCIATION submitted
three bids, as called for by your
office, for the County's insurance
program. Our bids for the blanket
liability and collision insurance
were higher than those proposed
by Bill Pearson, imwever, our pro-
posed rate on the Inland Marine
portion was much lower. Your De-
partment called for a separate pol-
icy on an Inland Marine schedule
with $100 deductible, for which
we submitted a rate of $.474 that
deeloped a prentium of $371.61.
Mr, Pearson proposed a rate of
$,74 which wonld develop a pre-
mium of $580.16, This bid was
accepted by ymn and it cost the
tax payers of Mason County an
unnecessary $208,55 for this in-
surance program.
We, ms an association and indi-
vidually, have endeavored to offer
to the County and to our customers
the best possible protection and
service at reasonable and competi-
tive rates. We proposed inmzrance
on the Inland Marine portion of
the bids that was very competitive
and would save the County over
$200---and it we. rejected.
IF TIllS unfair attitude among
the County Commissioners pre-
vails in the future it would seem
unnecessary to call for oompetitive
bids on insurance as we, individu-
ally and as a group, would not
be in a position to extend our
services or endeavor to ave 131uch
needed dol/ars for the Cotmty and
it's tax payers.
Respect fully Submitted.
SHELTON INSURANCE
AGENTS
Dick Angle, Prestdeut
.-2 .....
Fire Chlet T. D. Deer wihe
to remind thepublir that the
phmle nnrllllr HA {t-iR01 Is for
flre only. Tile number to call
for fire permits or for any other
Inlrp(me Is |IA 6-8128. Nevvral
ells for fire permlt ha,re r,,-
cently Ix'cn llladP on the fir.
line ('auMng firemen and vohm-
tcers to be alerted needlessly.
NTIRES
GOODRIGH
AND
O, K. RE-GAP
For More Economic Driving
at
O, K, RUBBER
WELDERS
MT: VIEW
...... "" illil [ [
+ Percy M Pio
6017 S.E. 86th Ave
portlana, Ore
Ent+.red as second clea matter at the post office at 8heltonLWuhlngton, 10 Cents per Copy
unaer Act of Marrh &. 1879. Publishes weekly at 107 South 4th 8tree(.
9, 1959
Published in -Christmastow% U.S.A."
18 Pages -- 3 Sections
0 K's
+ Kitchen
tetMonday
n County Board
-lrti°.ners passed an
:Y budget of $1,204
L t° pay for equipment
glu.. the new jail
ibi:il kitchen has
:" j ct of some con-
:d the past and it
:l'_ tea that t h e r e
T a0me opposition to
budget.
!:.e was littl
emer e oppo-
:. elll gency budget at
!i.llt R T, Shelton hotel
::A alt +=' to know how the
Ida f *rd to serve meals
:i; tx 20.7 cents. He
he et this figure in-
'':' 0ay and did not take
: o any other costs.
+f
'aul Hinton said
r 1 e city was con-
dtchen setup at
; thl I s a good idea.
-" .t t lot of the food
.'i r to feed prison-
i Pol +' es was thrown
: ice chief said, "You
'i ov gy who is in jail!
;ir a plate of cold,
e and expect him to
ty per cent of the
'prisoners in the
tl rown away." The
,i bu
g p
i:i07 TTER admitted
;R fei't eluded only food
Ill;t that it was'a big
|rJ taxpayers
"
JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTION CONTEST BICYCLE WINNERS
Tommy Adams Tommy Lows Norman Hulsingh Linda Kadoun
Island Lake Shelton Cranberry Road Dayton Road
Steven Sheller
Shelton
SUBSCRIBERS WHO HAVE SEEN any of the 10 happy young-
sters pictured above, all of whom earned shiny new bicycles, will
know how sincerely they mean 'thank you" to all those who paid
for a new or renewal subscription during the Shelton-Mason
County Journal campaign. Most of the boys and girls, who earned
commissions, stopped long enough, early this weak, in spending
the money earned to ask u= to express their appreciation to their
since the
ad also require the
ern ,rk t pristm three on other lab,,,, t mrs jobs Rocky Hembrofl
r aid that" most #
Service Award
Bail +
!: men, Dale Roessel
m e 14-year-old
l"minal assault. "
Sawn county
il; a • incident took
: Y night in the De-
00A00722f00r Sheriff
t c C' =toessel had
t4 barg e after be-
"+''+ ut that Byerly
: In the affair.
,(r me girl into
tuthey had been
[ " COunty superior
hh-On
are
on
o p the look-
?eraley,
Rj lrL,?ves tha
near Mlll
Rosemary Wetter
Arcadia Road
Commerce's Distinguished Service
Award.
THE AWARD is given annually
to the young man, who, in the
opinion of the judges, is serving
the community most. He must be
between the ages of 21 through
35.
The judges were No/an Mason,
Floyd Godwin and Wendell Young.
The four nominees for the award
were Hembroff, Joe Borek, Bob
Kimbel and Marden Stroud.
Bernie Dorey, master of cer
monies at the Jaycee DSA ban-
quet Tuesday cited Hembroff for
;the following activities he has been
;in during the past year:
PRESIDENT OF the Shelton
Kiwanis Club, served on the steer-
ing committee of the Mason Coun-
ty Forest Festival Assn., assist-
ant troop leader, Boy Scouts of
America; vice president of Shelton
Bayshore Golf Club; director on
the board of the Mason County
Tuberculosis Assn.; chairman of
the local Civil Servibe Commiss-
ion, member of Shelton Chamber
of Commerce, member of Odd Fel-
lows, Elks, American Legion and
the Shelton Jaycece__
OsOsTo Hear Planners
Plans Harlan Nelson & Associ-
ates are cooking up for Shelton
and Mason County will be the
princ!pal topic of interest for Shel-
ton Chamber of Commerce mem-
bers at their April meeting to-
night.
Ted Morse Eddie Aldrich Virginia Crumb Maxlne Tozler
Union Shelton Hoodsport Skokomish
friends and subscribers. The Journal urges all motorists in the
area to please exercise a little more than usual care because 10
new bicycle owners with heads in the clouds-and who can blame
them ?--ars abroad. A complete listing of all candidates with their
final standings will be found on another page of this week's
Journal, The contest, which started March 14, attracted boy and
girl contestants from all over Mason county,
BEAMING WITH PRIDE--Mrs. Rocky Hembroff beamed with
pride at her husband, and understandably so. Rocky had just
been named winner of the Shelton Junior Chamber of Commerce's
Distinguished Service Award.
Chief Accountant New Bill
Eliminates Check On State Money
Ralph Bowen, chief accountant
of the State Auditor's office, told
a Monday noon audience of the
Political Forum Club that the re-
!cently passed HB 373 will place
the control of state funds direct-
ly under the governor's office and
take away some of the main du-
ties Of the state auditor.
BOWEN, WHO was very much
against the passage of this biil,
said that this was not in tar best
Cross Drive Short of Goal
receive $1,000 of the money if the quota is met.
Recent flood= in the east have caused a need
for more money for the national organization,
Volunteer workers are contacting individuals in
the county for donations and everyone is urged
to give so that the summer swim program can
be continued. Sixty per cent of the funds eel.
letted here stay in Ms=on county.
CROSS FUNDS--Phil
urning the money col-
Red Cross Treasurer
extreme left. Standing
right are Mrs. Dave
and Miss Emily
ss drive in Mason county
half of its quota of
program ia slated tO
interest of the people of Wash-
ington because it would eliminate
the check and balance syate-m
which is fundamental to the rep-
resentative form of government.
In the past, the state auditor's
office has run a pre-audit on all
vouchers for payment by the state.
Under the new bill the auditor's
office will only make post auditS.
According to Bowen, the auditor's
office will become more of a fig-
urehead organization while the
real control of the state funds
will be in the hands of the budget
committee of the governor.
THOSE WHO favored the new
law in the last legislature said
that it was an economy move
which would eliminate the duplica-
tion of work tn the two offices.
However, Bowen feels that it is a
good idea to have a double check
on the expenditure of state money
rather than having it under the
control of one organization.
Bower gave a history of the
auditor's office since territorial
t days and said that the state con-
stitution provided for sn elected
stale audih)r who has the re-
sponsibility of keeping (:hock on
state money. He told the lunch-
son group of a r'ee, ent voucher
made by speaker of the house
O'Brien for expenses on a trip he
recently n|acle to Brussels. The
state auditor's office withheld pay-
ment on the VOtlchcr but hc said
thtt tinder the now system it prob-
ably would hay,, gone thr<mgh.
OaK, After
Hifling Power Pole
Edwin Beck, 21, of Shelton was
releas(,d from the Sheltou General
hliial 'ruc:+day where he hHa
bet, It confined SJtl('e last Saturday
flight ;it td)(nll 2:30 p.lll, when his
ear collided with a power pole ou
lX{uunta in View.
According to his physiciml, Dr.
B. B. Forman, he sustained only
minor cuts about the head as a
result of the accident which to-
Queen Andrea
To Be Honored
.Friday Night
: ddrea Knceland will receive
her secon'4 t'oyai title ,thin a
mtth Friday n|ght When I 'ta
c¢aWned' Miss Keep Washington
Green.
NAMED QUEEN of the Mason
County Forest Festival a month
ago, the tall blond will be crowned
by Will Roger. Jr., at the annual
Keep Washington Green banquet
in Tacoma.
Rogers will be the principal
speaker at the banquet and Gee.
Albert D: Rose/lint also will be
in attendance.
Also attending the banquet from
Shelton will be Dave James. who
will be mster of ceremonies, his
wifc; the Festival princesses, Lyd-
ia Filyaw, Sharon Sund. Judy
Frisken and Karen Westlund; Mrs.
Rndy Oltman, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Kneeland, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Le-
vin, Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Werberg-
er and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hartley.
THE KWG banquet each year
.signals the beginning of an all-out
campaign in Washington against
man made, forest fires and the
Forest Festival does the same
thing for Mason county, home of
the keep green movement in the
United States.
Herb Cromer
Now Retired
Herb Cromer, a city fireman
since 1938, retired from his job
due to disability effective April I.
HE JOINED the department a
a volunteer in 1938 while working
in Shelton at a dry cleaning es-
tablishment. Cromer was made
a full time fireman in 1950.
The veteran fircfighter recently
mlffered an injury while on duty
requiring an opeztion and was
forced to z'etire on doctor's orders.
lqo had lived in the firehouse most
of the time since 1938 and did
many jobs around city hall al-
though his Job did not specifically
require him to do.
Since he is retiring on disability
he will receive six months full pay
and the|| go on pent-;loll.
THE CITY on)ployces plan to
heron, him for his years of devoted
service ;it a party i)t city hall on
Friday afteruoon, April 17.
Cromer also has a home ill Se-
attle and has commuted for years
brtwcen Shelton and Seattle.
Pensioners Allowed
Extra $1,25 a Month
Mayor itarl Moore alnlount:c(l
Ttlesday at tile city commission's
Weekly meeting that persons who
til'e on oht age assisLancc cite rc-
t'oivo fin extra $t.25 a nlonih fronl
I.he l)Ppal'! IlPII[ O[" Public Assis-
l;tn(,(, to cover the resent i1Kl'easc
ill city SOV,'CI' rates.
The mayor said tltat persons on
old age assislance should contact
il'ml office in the county court-
house annex. He said that the city
realizes thaL an increase of a $1.25
could mean quite a bit to some of
the older people and the city did
not want to create a haz'dahip for
Local Group
Concerned Over
Gate Closure
A group of seventeen property
owners appeared before the city
commission Tuesday on the matter
!of access to their homes located
in the Second and Pine area.
THESE property owners were
concerned over the closure of a
:gate on private property by the
present land owners which in the
past ires been left open for their
use. The present property owners
of the land on which the gate is
Ioeaed do not want it to be used
as a public access.
The city commission decided to
have city engineer Karl Sells look
into the problem to see what could
be done about it.
Commissioner' W. F. McCann re-
ported to the commission on the
Beverley Heights water situation.
McCann said that leaky water
mains there are causing the loss
of about half of the water pumped
through the lines. He reported that
in the last two months 57,730
cubic feet of water has been pump-
ed into the lines for the use of 36
customel. This is about twice as
much water as would be required
for normal use.
THE CITY commission agreed
to pay $500 down on the purchass
of a gravel spreader from the
county and to pay another $1,000
to complete the purchase in 1960,
Cancer Drive
Starts Monday
A concentrated drive to raise
funds for the 1959 Cancer CtaJsade
will be conducted Monday and
Tuesday, April 13 and 14. The
wflunteer that calls at your door
will not only be {collecting your
contribution but will be distribut-
ing informational material stress-
ing regular health checkups as the
best protection against needless
death from the disease.
IN CONJUNCTION with the
ucational portion of the crusade
Channel 4 in Seattle is televiSing
a series of programs preparedby
the American Cancer Society en-
title "Tactic." Te first 9f. the
series Was afred ali Mh 22 arid
the remaining five at 3 p,m. on
each of the Sundays.
Mrs. George Cropper, crime
commander, reported that supplies
have been delivered to her home
for distribution and volunteers
may call at her home to receive
them. Mrs. Cropper also wishes
to express her applciation to Mrs.
George Shackelford for organiz-
ing the crusade in the Belfair
area, as well as to the numerous
oFner volunteers throughout tle
county for their efforts,
A Night Of
Frustration/
A group of buriflar, obviously
in need of practice, entered Bev-
eral business establishments in
Belfalr sometime last Sunday night
but failed to get much for theft
trouble.
THE BURGLAI broke Into the
Belfair tavern, McKnight's' TV
Smwice, The Clothesline and the
State Liquor Store but were only
able to realize about three dol-
lars tn change and a bottle of
gin for their night's work.
Sheriff's deputies found burglar
tools in the establishments left
by the group. They tried to open
the safe at the liquor store but
were unable to do so. The search
for money in the other business
concerns also was unsuccessful.
Tools for opening a afe were
found in the Belfair tavern but
tmfortunately for the burglars the
safe was out for repairs. The safe
at the tavern had been broken
into on March 28.
The burglars were not short of
equipment or" energy but seemed to
lack know how.
Weather
High Low Preoip,
April 1 .., 59 deg. 42 deg, .40 in.
April 2 .... '58 deg, 35 dog .........
April 3 61 des. 30deg. .01 in.
April 4 .... 58 deg. 41 deg .........
April 5 .... 51deg. 38deg. .23 in,
April 6 .... 56 deg. 33 deg .........
April 7 .... 65 deg. 28 deg .........
.... Rayouier Incorporated,
The annual free Preschool
clinic will be held Friday, April
10, in the Armory for the regis-
try of 1959-60 kindergarten and
first grade students in the coun-
ty's schools. The clinic will be-
gin at S:30 and continue until
11 a.m.
Free medical, dental and eye
examination= of the children
will be given by local physic-
ians and optometrists, Immu-
nization and booster shots will
be given and small pox vaccin-
ations will be available by the
Mason county health depart-
ment, without charge.
All children taking advantage
of the clinic will automatically
be registered for the fall school
term. The clinic Is annually
sponsored bF the Prsxohool Par-
cnt Teachers Association.
thln.
County Plans b Ik ve
Boat Identification Law
By ED DOHERTY
The Mason County Board of Commissioners have in-
structed County Prosecuting Attorney Byron McClanahan
to draw up an ordinance requiring the identification of
Power driven boats in Mason county,
The commissioners have been seriously concerned with
this problem for sometime and hoped that the state legisla-
ture would pass some kind of bill during the last session
dealing with this problem.
I
,., .v.,.-omm.ss-oner sit ,,
bills dealing with the boating
problem in the last sesshm but
none of them passed. The com-
mission feels that a state isWJH e r l
would be better than a county or-
dinance but that a county,+,,,-I a nsurance
ftcation program would be better
than none at all. BdP
The commission Is planning to
adopt a method of identification I retest
suggested by Sheriff Jug Potter
which would require boats to the
numbered in a manner similar to Shelton Immrance Agents Assoc-
automobiles. The proposed ord-
inance would require boats to
have painted on their side the
auto license number of the boat
owner. In the event the boat
owner did not have a car, the
county would give him a special
number. . At the present time, the
county does not plan to charge a
fee for boat identification.
COAST GUARD regulations re-
quire boats over 16 feet to be
numbed but there is no require-
ment for boats under 16 feet.
Coast Guard officials have noti-
fied the county that they do not
have the manpower to enforce
boating laws here nnd Sed
to the commission that they should
pass me type of ordinance in
order to cope with the issue.
The Bonner Act, passed in the
federal congress, requires the
states to adopt laws concendng
the regulation of beating by 191.
Sheriff Potter has told the com-
missioners that it is very difficult
to enforce boating regulations un-
der the present ordinance because
of the lack of identification of
boats, i
THE COMMISSION feels that!
the identifies(lob of boats by num-
lr will tend to curb reckless boat-
ing practices.
Dick Angle, president of the
iation+ protested the awarding of
the county's 1959 inland marine
isurance bid which was given to
Bill Pearson.
ANGLE SAID that his group
had submitted a bid which was
over 200 lower than the bid sub*
mitted by Pearson and his organl-
zation felt that the county had
been very unfair in rejecting their
offer.
Commissioner 3ohn Bariekman
told Angle that the commission
had consulted State Insurance
Commissioner Yerkes on the mat-
ter and that he recommended that
the county buy their insurance in
a package form rather than to
deal with more than one company.
Bariekman said that since Pear-
SOft' " 1
a vvrs l bid was the lowest
they gave the business, to him.
"The purpose of the insurance
commimdoner's office is not to
recommend one company over an-
other. I don't see how there could
be any doubt as to whether or not
a claim wa covered by inland
marine or general liability,' Angle
answered.
"WE ARE not insurance peo-
ple. The policy of the commiion
has been to aeck the advice of the
insurance co]nmisJoner'. officP on
these matters." Comnlissioner
Streekenbach added.
The explanation of the corn-
--- - Shelton nmneer, w+ r I
ozT as far as Angle was concerned
and he suggested that the insnr-
ance men and the cornlisaioners
Dies In Seattle termeet with Yerkes to talk the mat,over.
Ira W. Llbby, a pioneer resident
of Mason county and Well known
in civic and business circles,
passed away at his home in Seat-
tie Tuesday afternoon.
He had been in poor health for
the past three years suffering
from heart trouble.
r/esnta ' oh Janttai 2, " 188'4, " at'la
moved to Olympia with his par-
ents when a small boy. He came
to Masm county in 1900 and
married Effle Wisa of Shelton in
June of 1907.
Mr. Libby was a charter mem-
ber of the Agate Grange and once
served on the Shelton city council
in the 1920's. He operated a mill
at Big Skookum for 24 yem be-
sides several other businesses nd
was also active in shipbuilding
here and in Seattle.
He is snrvivd by his wife in
Seattle; a daughter, lVtr. Eugene
Brown, Skokomlsh: a son, Law-
rence Libby, Seattle, and one
grandson, Charles Brown, of Se-
attle.
FUNERAL SERVICES wilI be
held in Witier's FUneral Home on
Friday at 1 p.m. Interment will
follow in the. Shelton Memorial
Park.
Ritnor $00lle Breilor
To ,00attk Nm
Roy RILner has sold his broiler
and lounge to Paul Odsen of
Seattle.
Odsen, a native of Seattle, ha
been in the water transportation
business in that city for several
years and before that was a first
officer in the Military Sea Trans-
portation scrvice.
He said the broiler Will con-
tinue with the same type of oper-
ation as in the past. Odsen has
hired Bob Thomason, a well known
chef in Bremerton, to handle the
kitchen.
Odsen recently purchased a
home in 8helton. He ta married
and the father Of "th/'ee boys•
Supreme Goud Says
Indian Law Legal
The state supreme court has
ruled that the 1957 law g, ivtng
the Mate Jurisdiction over Indian
lands on criminal matters Is con-
atltutional.
There has been some doubt In
the past concerning the validity
of thls law whicll has caused
problems for the Mason county
sheriff's office on the investigation
of eases at the Skokomish reser-
vation. The ruling of the state
suprenlc court has cleared up thls
question for the local authorities,
India Binner Menu
For April 18 Announced
Th0e who attend thc April 18
dinner at the Mt. View sellooI will
enjoy such exotic Indian dishes as
Clla,wal, Bhaji Dao. Mas Pax. Rot i.
Amba Chutni, Papad, Chat, Kawa,
Duha sad Dhai.
Menus will be supplied (o gtlcs(.s
at the dinner with English t ran-
lations of the Indian dishc. Mil-
kanth Chavrc is the guest speaker
and the event is being sponsored
by the Republican Central com-
mittee of Mason county. The price
The commissioners agreed to
this idea al'l said that they would
arrange a meeting with Yerkes,
The Shelton Insurance Agents
Association has sent a formal h,t-
ter of protest to the Mason County
Board of Commissioners concern-
ing the awarding of the county's
1959 inland marine insurance bid.
Followig iv a copy ef this letter.
' laxrt 12buntyCouHouse .........
She]ton, Washington
, .: s#
Re: Ins(trance Bids
Attention: J o h n Baricknlan,
Chairman
I)ear Mr. Bariekman,
On behalf of the Shelton In-
surance Agents Association. I arn
protesting the manner ,n which
the County insurance progrant was
aardet this "ear.
OUR ASCIATION submitted
three bids, as called for by your
office, for the County's insurance
program. Our bids for the blanket
liability and collision insurance
were higher than those proposed
by Bill Pearson, imwever, our pro-
posed rate on the Inland Marine
portion was much lower. Your De-
partment called for a separate pol-
icy on an Inland Marine schedule
with $100 deductible, for which
we submitted a rate of $.474 that
deeloped a prentium of $371.61.
Mr, Pearson proposed a rate of
$,74 which wonld develop a pre-
mium of $580.16, This bid was
accepted by ymn and it cost the
tax payers of Mason County an
unnecessary $208,55 for this in-
surance program.
We, ms an association and indi-
vidually, have endeavored to offer
to the County and to our customers
the best possible protection and
service at reasonable and competi-
tive rates. We proposed inmzrance
on the Inland Marine portion of
the bids that was very competitive
and would save the County over
$200---and it we. rejected.
IF TIllS unfair attitude among
the County Commissioners pre-
vails in the future it would seem
unnecessary to call for oompetitive
bids on insurance as we, individu-
ally and as a group, would not
be in a position to extend our
services or endeavor to ave 131uch
needed dol/ars for the Cotmty and
it's tax payers.
Respect fully Submitted.
SHELTON INSURANCE
AGENTS
Dick Angle, Prestdeut
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Fire Chlet T. D. Deer wihe
to remind thepublir that the
phmle nnrllllr HA {t-iR01 Is for
flre only. Tile number to call
for fire permits or for any other
Inlrp(me Is |IA 6-8128. Nevvral
ells for fire permlt ha,re r,,-
cently Ix'cn llladP on the fir.
line ('auMng firemen and vohm-
tcers to be alerted needlessly.
NTIRES
GOODRIGH
AND
O, K. RE-GAP
For More Economic Driving
at
O, K, RUBBER
WELDERS
MT: VIEW
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