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Shelton Mason County Journal
Shelton, Washington
April 9, 1964     Shelton Mason County Journal
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Percy Pio 6017 8.E. 86th Ave Portland, Ore Liz SOmers Explains It ..... LIZ SOMERS Festival Qneen earth itself, tlle Inost Useful sor- aid of the for- made little pro- )n. FOrests help because the back soil away to and cause the The carpet ruth the trees, and melting Provide health- out dust. And L'OVide employ- products, and Wild animal life for man. ago when statehood, a aeemingly in- of timber.• But, tingly appar- were being more rapidly ng replenished. and careless the principal hlng, 20 years has in- of the of our forest has served r of the indi- in prevent- Wealth. time and I of float- ~r expecta- ]unyan Pa- tile thrill, grade, I top- as Grapeview's W has made spirR and Otlr outlying With Shel- Our Forest Fes- is to me of all, it is a and the warm :.on by many comnmn- COmmon inter- reflection, on and event- Value of our previously 'or thanksgiv- YOu, not on- gift, forests, TO ME ROYAL RAIMENT---Queen Liz Somers, shown here in the robe and crown symbolizing ~ler reign over the 1964 Mason County Forest Festival, is one of Shelton high school's most active students. Among her activities are listed Song Queen, Home- coming Queen, Junior Prom Queen, Yell Leader, Girl of the Year (in 9th grade), Pep Club, GAA, Scarlet S Club, Office Worker, Thespians, Latin Club, girls tennis team, Girls State delegate, projectionist, sophomore play, junior play, board of control, Girls Club executive board, and with all that still gets such high grades that she qualifies for the Honor Society. Outside school she is president of her church youth group and has been so active in Rainbow Girls that she was elected Worthy Advisor (highest chap- ter office) and then awarded the Grand Cross (highest honor). She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Seiners of Grape- view, is 5-feet 7-inches tall, blue-eyed, blonde and a shapely 125 pounds. (Queen's portrait by Dean). ation and . , "~ .~' .'~ .," : , " A ' *¢" ~ + ~ , " ' ' orcst prod- ealrl;llil)]ll~3st)ZCw ~:lc~Slp:~t) hl;;t~tc(~[ l~nnan(lcS~o31ir~l.doun (ach wzth a time for letted a total ,)f 498 Journal sub- [ This Saturday tim bonus of $10 ,dic~ting of Iscriptions ill the rh'sL 13 days of]will again be f{aid tc thc boy or ~iint'task of the 1964 drive. Renewals acconnt ] girl selling the:~nost new subscrip- 'ay we :ha.ve for'~86 of the total while 112 arc[lions between April 4-11. Forest Fes-new JournM subscribers. [ The boys and girls between the treasure our The bonus award of $10 for the } ages of 9 a'nd 15 who are regis- Shelton t~"ue largest number of new subscrip-]tered, or who want: to register, ill istmastown,tions was garnered by Suzanne [the subscription drive may will Washington Whitner last Saturday" Close be-[new bikes or cash . . . plus a hihd Suzannc wine Uehssa Bet re ) ~' .... * '+ ' '. " ~'g "" [ (Co(llintlcd on t aKe 2) Nell Lewis, long-time ember, remembers some as she looks at the Reed, who was board chairman when +she became a member'. Other photos are those ,of Mark Reed, Mr. and Mrs. A. He Anderson and 6ol Simpson. made by Mayor Mark E. Reed. Speaker for the occasion was Hi- ram C. Gill, Mayor of Seattle., The library originally occupied a rooln izl the north west corner of the b||ilding, while thc town hall occupied tile rest. The library took over tlle entire building in 1920 when the town hall was moved to what is now the Memiirial Building, All addition was later built on the East side of the building with $4,000 provided by Mrs. Reed. Mrs. Reed was chairman of the library board until the time when she moved away from Shelton. Mrs. Nell Lewi,q, who served on the library board for 25 years af- ter appoint|nent ill 1919, recalls some of the incidents over tile years. SIIE RECAI,I,S the board IIst;d I.o meet in the small room which is now the office of librarian Shir- ley Beelik. The room, at that time, she said, was a thrift shop tiff' the Red Cross which had used the room for sewing at)d rollhlg ball- dages during World \Var I and had kept it for the thrift shop after the war. Mrs. Lcwis recalls lneeting in tile room surrounded by used ch/Lhing which the thrift shop had on sale. Another iamidcnt which . he re- 78th YEAR--NO. 15 E,,t+,.,,a as s,+,'ond cl:u,s matter at the post ore(:,+ at Shell,re. WaMfington, 10 Cents per Copy un(h'r Acl. of March g, 1879. Published weekly at 227 West Cots+ Thursday, April 9, 1964 Published in "Uhri, stmasioum,, U.S.A.", Shelton, Washington 20 Pages- 3 Sections Production at Simpson Tinlher Company's new Shelton Veneer Plant was stepped up again this week as 25 morc men reported for work. Sonic of the new men hay( formed the dayshift crew on the eight-foot side of the plant, which began production April 6. The oth- ers are working graveyard shift on two of the foul: veneer dryers• At present, 118 men are em- ployed at Shelton Veneer, with an- other 20 men to report by Mon- day, April 13, according to Dave~ Carstah's, plywood production manager, Sheiton. The plant is scheduled to be 95 percent manned by May 1. Meanwhile, outmoded veneer peeling and drying facilities at Simpson's McCleary, Olympia and Shelton plywood plants are being closed down as planned as pro- duction increases at the new plant. WITlt THE curtailment today of dayshift drying at Capital Ply- wood, Olympia, all green end op- erations there have been closed i down. However, all 27 men affect- ed are working at other Simpson jobs there or elsewhere. Simpson next will begin clos- ing down the swingshift green end at MeCleary, starting next week, Carstairs said. This will involve about 30 men, most of ~.'llonl were hired temporarily during this tran- sition period. About 30 former Me- Cleary employees are now workillg at Shelton Veneer. The dayshift at McCleary, plus shifts at Olympic Plywood, Shel- ton, are to be shut down by mr(I- May, Carstairs saM. .......... +UK-EVi-N- ..... Senatars Henry Jackson and Warren Magnuson said Wednes- day effective Friday the De- partment of Labor will remove Mason County from the list of areas of substantial unemploy- ment. ~he county now has les~s ' than six percent of unemploy. ment. The Shelton City Commission Tuesday approved plans for its dust coating program this spring. City Enginecr Pat Byrne said that anyone wanl:ing to l~ave their street dust coatcd would have to have a request and a deposit to cover the cost in to his office by the end of April. The work Will be done in May. The program this' year will use an oil dust palative which will be cheaper tha~t ill previous years. Cost to the property owner will be about 25 cent a front foot, Byrne said. Byrne also reminded property owners of the city's guaranteed rate for LID assessnlents of $4.50 a front foot in residential stredts and streets in the arterial pro, gram in a residential area and $6.50 a front foot: for commercial width streets. This includes curb and gutter and a hard-surfaced street but, does not include right- 0f-way or storni sewer lines. The commission denied a re- quest from Elsie Hanson for the renewal of a temporary permit for a trailer home on Olympic High- way North• The temporary permit had been grantcd a year ago. and, the commissio~ felt that one yenr ,was enougl~ time to make other arrangements. - Byrne also said he was notify- ing property owners on K Street that that street was on the art- erial street program for this year. c++ ,,o ,.,.h++,, ++"'+u rm rr-as'-as'ers used in the li.brary office. MRS. REEl) purchased thc. ms- ,o,,+, ,,,,,,+,,,+ t,,o,,, ,,+,,,',,, '" Installed conunenting that she couldn't seW very well and asked Mrs. Lewis Tile ShelLon Toastmasters Chfl) to make the drapes. The drapes we're made, and are still ill use. installed new officers when it. met last week. These officers will scrve In those days, Mrs. Lewis. re;for six nlonths. calls, tile library board selected Installed as president was Arn the books for the'library, and read Cheney with Bud Knutzen as cx- each new book to be sure it was ternal vies president; Gale Foul- • uitable before iL was put on the • shclx;es. , mg as educational vice president; Bob Ostcrman as secreta|'y-l|'eas- Another long-tinle library board tu'e.r and Harohl Van DeR.cit as nleulber who served lnany years scrgeant-at-arlns, i is Alden Bayley. Speake|'s aL tlle meeting wcre Chve Tlo,~ \Val Mrs. llced and Mrs. Anderson .' . '.', ' t Slansbury and continued to give financial sup-Dave Thacher. Carl l)owning wa." port to the libraryfor ntany chief evahmtor with George Nich- years. " • ols and Paul Gillie assisting him. ' A rcnlodeling job was conlpleted Troy was presenle(1 tile best speech and nlost improved specch on the bl ilding in 1962, using awards. largely funds from a h'ust fund left' to the library by Mrs. Ander- ....................................... SAVINGS BONDS Sales of U.S. Savings Bonds in Mason County were $22,177, coun- ty bond chairnlan L. A. Carlson said. Sales in the state for the month were $5,462,928, Carlson said. Treasurer John Cole Suffers Heart Attack Mason t2ounty Treasltrer Johll Cole was reported in satisfactory condition at Shelton General Hos- pital where he was taken after suffering a heart attack Monday :luornhlg at his home, @ , Robert W, • - ...................................................................................... 7 .,+ :_...- ::.,...~ "Tr'-~'~,'~WT~+-7*~+r,,: • -::'~ '7:: !? '!'i~:::: :i i¸ • : i Shelton School Distric.t voters Tuesday tinned down by a wide margin a $101,000 special levy for operation and maintenance. Unofficial returns from the county auditor's office showed 1,069 votes in opposition and 438 in favor ill the ballnting which had a surprisingly good turn out for this kind of elect~icn. There are 15 absentee ballots still to bc counted. They will be counted and the electi