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Clyde Brown Resigns
As SHS Principal
• The Shelton School Board at
its meeting Tuesday night ac-
cepted the resignation of High
>, School Principal Clyde Brown
and appointed Edward Flcen-
()r, Woodburn, Ore., as Junior
..... lligh principal to succeed Bruce
S('iwarck, wtm is retiring ;it the
end of this school year.
Brown said in his [citer of
resignation he had accepted a
position as Superintendent of
the Brewster School District.
Brown came to Shelton High
two years ago to succeed George
Hermes as principal when Her-
mes was named principal of
Garrett Heyns High School at
the Washington Corrections Cen-
tel',
Fleenor, 40, is presently prin-
cipal of the Junior High in Wood-
burn.
He holds B.S. and M.S. de-
grees from Idaho State Univer-
sit3'.
He served as tin elementary
principal a! Aberdeen, Jerome
aml l"iber, Idaho; junior high
I)rincipal at Ktmiah, Idaho. and
high sch(x)l principal at Sand-
point, Idabo, before going to the
Oregon position.
He is married and the father
(if five children, all attending
school.
'File school I)oard also re-
ceived letters of resignation
from Richard Redinger, Eugene
Wehunt, Mrs. Stella Brown, and
Dr. Thomas Rowland.
Eml)loyment for Nora New-
man after age 65 was approved.
The board voted to extend con-
tracts 1o present faculty mem-
bers.
A resolution al)olishing the
positions of director of student
affairs in the High School and
curriculum consultant and fed-
eral prograrrls Wits approved.
Bob Sund, who is director of
student affairs, and Mary An-
derson, who laolds the other po-
sition, have boon offered teach-
ing positions in the district for
next year.
The board voted to renew the
contract of Supt. l_)uis Grinnell
for lwo years at a salary of
$15,000 a year.
On the recommendation of the
superintendent, Rollo Johnson,
an electrical engineering consul-
tant, was hired to prepare plans
and specificiations for replace-
ment of the wiring at the Jun-
ior High.
Also on the recommendation
of the superintendent, the board
voted to make June 5 a school
holiday so interested teachers
could attend the International
Reading Association conference
in Seattle,
Attendance of the superintend-
ent at the State Superintendent's
Conference in Seattle May 1.5-16
was approved. Also approved
was the attendance of two spec-
ial education teachers at the Re-
gional Workshop in Health, Fit-
ness and Recreation for the
lVentally Retarded April 18-19
in Seattle.
George Hermes, principal of
Garrett Heyns High School, pre-
sented the curriculum section
of the meeting.
pearing will be William Dickie,
I Shelttm High School senior, will portray Paul Bunyan fellow SIIS students, llere he shouhlers the I)i axe whit'h is the emblem
• ,,o,' Su,t Seeks To Close
. ,otnty Forest Festival this year. lle was selected I)y his of the legendary logger he I)ortravs. Pyle.
.... These three apln, ared tit the
0 !""!' :: , hearing in suPl,ort of the for- €l_lqmll#ll Ailm, iil qlllPaa61
:ll.jT0'er; I 7"'' mation of the fire distric.t. --qjllm.m--1.... lmm..m.
APt'aring in opposition was
S John MacRae. who stated lie I A suit filed in Mason County Schafcr, Margaret Schafer Mar-
the district included too large the County Commission to v - s'J. .n . - - ,
an area and asked whore the care one street and a I)ortion i)f .',, a,,, ,,,arm c
stlva o firemen would be from. He aL'( anotber at Union which provides ' ", '
s ) S(haf(r all owne
staled he had some 200 acres ot access to Hood Canal. bordering the two
'11|| BU / , forest hmd in the proposed dis- The l)ropcrly ownt*rSs had llt'-s waterrUn from tile Hi
trio! and stated be already paid titioned the commi:sion h .'t
J : nyan :t-O.l 5 ....... 'atr2bSheYnjn/aashmWo----------'---t -nWgt4 °n ....... 10 Cnte-s Per Co--py ona Statethe IWOl)erlyf°rest patrOland wasaSSessmentnot anx- nut,Summerand tea vacateportionSprague,)f OlympicAVe- ImvcThealreadySuit contenbee
lelM. , .. .. ,> ( - a th p 'o e at S el , Wad " g n 80 •
ar q hut sda , A )t d 1 ,, 1 16 24 Pa es 3 ectmnz
II Y 1o,,- e • " Y l ' ' under act ot March 8. 1879. Published at 32"/ West Cots. g __ ious to be taxed for the fir(, Avenue. The rommission turned maritally under a law
{ram,... u0 Pc-. , r Paul ....... .... ...... district, down the requcs! after receiving was in force fror 89
1 klas0tZlyed in the Dickic stated that the dislrict vig()rous i)rotosls from Union which provided that any
• '- by .' ounty For- had been made tile size it was residents al)oul oh)sing off tiny street which was not
Glo..- to Keel) Elk S..|ut P| H N F to provide an assessed wduation liul)lic arcess 1o the Canal. within five years v,as a
-- 8helto rt Tozier, 18,
t0" .High School. l an as o en ! ce
ollal,alut e 1 onl sufficient to supper, the district. Filing (h,' suit were Neta ically vacated.
llItt 'h;atoflL be hehl
+atthe','h: aul Bun-•The State Game Commission came upwith a four-point plan rejectcd by the Game Depart-the elk off the Richer! l)roperty i l (Bony) toertscher Taken
Paradeead, of the and ,the Shelton Nimrod Club a! to reduce clk damage on the Ted men!. Game Depar(men! pomv umil they mow' back up into the
." a;,, t°rl tin ,.mr()ugn a meeting in Olympia Monday Richert farnl in the Skokomish has l)ecn to provide mah)rial for higher elevations this spring. •
,.!,Itle a hu,,°UUr(h'Y. Valley. elk and deer fences if the prop- An attcmI,, will bc made l)y By Death At McCleary Hospital
• An era in Mason county log- hapl>en if they became excited meml)ered for his colorful stories
ging history came (o an end with and broke loose, he replied, and original Ixoetry in both Ma-
the death of Ernest A. (Bony) "Don'! worry. If the bulls get son anti Grays Harbor counties.
Loertscher, 77, last Sunday in away we'll round them up and His funeral service will be
the McCleary hospital following run them into Mac's Corner and held at 2 p.m. today in the Elma
a short illness, hold a Ilarl)ecue!" Funeral Home with burial in
rnv was an authority on old- About a year ago the Loert- Elma.
. L.,.,:_,, .._.) ...-s '--own f()r sch(,rs sold lhew ranch and He L survved by his wife,
time loK).;mg a,u wa. r. • . ., • .. . ,.
;_., ,t, fit .no ,, hand to moved into 14.1rD.a where Bony lnelma, ot tma; a daughter,
b-,, .... . ,.:o ..... , ":". ", ..... contented himself and entertain- Mrs Ruth Blandon of Grants
give a nelgnoor a llClplng Hallo. • .... '
"- • nized raan benefit ed ()tilers with his museum of Pass, Ore.; three sons, Bet-
lie orga , " y . .
• -n,es to heh) pay a hospital horse logging rehcs, nard and Ernest Jr., both of
..... " " o to •
.... .a ,, , ....... , .... ) family A man wath few if any, ene- Elma, and Hartiey, f Shel n,
O,ll or ,,,,- .-.--,2-...,/n "oloi"t" mies and two counties full of 9 grandchildren and 7 great-
orn June Z:J, 1/$/5J 15 ....
Arsenal Gets Belfatr - . . ...... , tr,enos !sony will long be re-grandchildren
9es Y -".'., °° ,.o00oo ,,, woe.
• on the family ranch out of Elma :}i
h'--ill_ he was a year old and grew up .....
For Anrml 28 ,o the Bush Creek area. :":: ....
I Youth 30 Oavs In Jail = ,, 14 he began his logging :ii!,L
eM PI.. ..... career the old fashioned way ..... ,::!::ii) '!:::
.Dzin,a students of. Shel!,:n " with oxen. At 17 he decided to : ?!
Sh,- ,mm ....... • " itign .'cn,,o, ,,'ill l,rcsent a el.- see the world an! left the ranch. :::
' ,-',torl (2;,- STAT# DITP X,iI,(;,i_ o),-,ob I)lav of their many talents An He drifted through eastern Wash- i:
I[ " read; ,ty mm;-. . ---,,-j---..j. e, ..... , ...... - lb. John W Williams, 22. St. RI. wearing a sleeveless d(,nirn 'ac- cve'nin, of on(, act. )lays is
r_ y 0rd'i'J g TUeSday ]lon Sill Will oe tile sl)eaKer at t3ox 130, Belfair, was sentenced ket wilh a number of metal )tt'c- schedlYed for April 28, /t 8 p.m. ington Idabo and Oregon wher, e . :i]iiiiil}:
he broke horses, wrangled ii ::.i: ........
Itrt,t "anee w, ." an the Shelton Chamber of to 30 days in the Mason County orations and a hu'ge metal swas- in the Reed Building Auditor- horses for sheep shearers and !i .... ......
,, of th uacn Will nmmo,¢ o A r'l momho)hit Jail on :l (harge of having con- !ka (in 't ('h dn around his ne(.k ium The tickets are 50 cents for
m vut.,L e t.,ri .... C ......... ".. ..p.l ............ ' ..... ,) • , , ." .. t ....... rode the grub line. During this :.:;:: i: 7
I{ 'qR*''q --.as..,by ._'u fire Ortrue bthe uleetillg, at 11elllle's [srollel" |)(,'wedCe'ded' inWeap°nSMa, ons wnCncountvnOjusllceal)=. )lpeflt t er" tic. told atthethoC°urtBremertonhe was.,Nit.a ..... ! udent STht (s'mddi $1 for theadUlts lays time he learned he had a natur- . : ::v>
ou ..... ' • . • ., .t ectcd P - al talent for crying an auction
Ilnea.hl¢'llrlhtg h''lh'-) a rrowin,OCon,_r to ' be!rein" n-'" pAll.t°lllght, with. Dlllllerthe programWlll bestart_at. eaC°Urt" He' MondaYhadbef°re..beonJUdgearrestedGlennin Cor-tte ValnotH(,Shpvardh)aded.Stated,. and' that' that!he p lhe'"sl°l xaStwo" ," occasions.aS" thevs " ,orldhaV e nin the.. hast on .such•' hisand lifeC°nsideredwork, pursuing it as )'ii:i
t4, waet • lag at 8 p Ill . . . The w ...... remmre of a new Logging won out, however, ) iilii
n_. ranee WRh ' ' " Belfair area at 5.50 a.m. the large swztclabladcs d(i not be- comedy written by Dean Tar-
'"ah same day b Deputx Sheifff long t() turn The smdl ones he
, 'the - had ;_,' . ." ' .'. ." . '" . ' . ." t .', rach, "the school's" drama in- and Bony returned to the Ma- .....
E" Pc- $7,000 f",ten(led ,u, ml -- m m William Strano. . . sat(i,, were worn as dec,a'ations sWuctor, will be on the program, son-Grays Harbor area to mar,'y
.liiii00i000000ii00(0000i ;:: t:u ecs !i00ii0000ii iii i ii!ii,(!lSiiii ( }iiilt !i[!)i! {iiii !izi(i ( t ( !i ili!!tiil j ii(i..e i Goose Thelma for "Bony" Hem°re was Prairie Brown on than tagged one where 50 and with of years, his they settle the return name lived on :i I
17 s) sus ended hman(z n lh( (a)n ls
'm, v res, • Theodore Williams(n, 2618 s .p ..... t ....... t." and Doug Wright trips home during the time he
. • ,, , H e
.Ya,_ 're Military Road Tacoma was ar- Strand toll1 me court he had cocked. A moldrnmn i nl;n an )he was seeing the world . As h
,l Utl re arrested WHlmms alter he came Judge Correa ordered tll ot , ou
{PJk l hl. sted by Mason County Sher- ' ' • • • • i " a,.enda It is called "Curse v walked up the road after a hard
.t['a, " t of upon a car parked in the lane lhe weapons, which had been ' " " winter his "hip bones sticking
Atom Schafer H-yle, Glee-
son and Marie Schafer and Reid
Schafer, all owners of property
bordering the two streets which
run from the Highway to the
The suit contends the streets
havc already been vacated auto-
which
was in force from 1889 to 1909
which provided that any platted
opened
within five years was automat-
0 c
!Ira 0 t elt
'J=.%aJ3 z,
cv -'u8810
fire uek,
, !U f O Will
ora the
u, $5,500
uget and the iff's deputies on a charge Jack Dalton". The cast is Karen
de. resolution second degree burglary Men- of traffic with the motor run- l)resented as evidence, confiscat- Bodle, Karen Smith, Jerry Rob- out like knots on a tree and his
ning and the driver asleep, ed and asked the sheriff's office
day.
"ooaPPr°ved, Williamson was arrested when
tVl:..2 for a a he was released from Pierce
the'" .o. the County jail where he had been
ffl l)lanning held on another charge.
€ c. n°. one He, along with two other
)-. " aTdSsion
3un{',_ change, young Pierce County men. wcrc
charged with a burglary of a
lvrStructed cabin at Potlatch last fall.
or*eL t° Pre" The other two have both been
- ne ira
enth t "
' • for
Williams was the driver of the to check on the ownership of
car, Strand said, and a search .the two switchblades if Williams
of him and the vehicle had turn- did not own them.
ed up an automatic pistol, two The judge also told Wlliams
large and five small switchblade he was going to enter his plea
knives and a home made mace as not guilty to the concealed
(a large lead fishing weight at- weapons charge and would find
tached to the end of a chain), hinl guilty and set. the appeal
Williams appeared in court bond at $1,000.
arrested and pleaded guilty in
Court here and received deferred
sentences.
ertson, Chris Fe]lstrom, Terry
Roller, Mark Weston, Alberta
Gress, and Student Director Pat
McNeil.
Then with a leap we bound
off into the world of drama, with
a play called "The Turning
Tide". The cast for this produc-
tion is Carolyn Batstone, Betsy
Willard. Cliff Anderson, Terry
Roller. Student Director is Dar-
lene Edmiston. and Co-Student
Director is Debbie Maranvi])e.
ribs poking through so you
could count them a quarter of
a mile away", his brother Fred
said to their Dad, "Here comes
old Bones". The name stuck
with him the rest of his life,
After other men his age re-
tired, Bony did some horse log-
ging, thinning timber for Simp-
son Timber Co. At one time he
broke ;, team of six oxen for
the Forest Festiwd parade.
When people risked what WO(|
E. A. (BONY) LOERT$CHER
The phm is. he said, to build
a main s!ation in lhe vicinity of
the airl)ort and Island Lake with
sul)slalions at Dayton and Bay-
shore Idler.
The firemen would I)c volun-
leers.
The assessors office stated lhal
MacRae would be taxed for the
fire district only olt his house
and surrounding prol)erty , and,
!hal his forest land wouh| re-
main under State fire patrol as-
sessment.
Pyle slated lhat ;i warning do-
vire would be installed in the
homes of volunteer firemen
a central alarm system by wh(>-
ever receives the eall.
He said that Certified Manu-
facturing Co., which will be in
the district, has agreed to fur-
nish four men to man the equip-
ment during working hours,
which would be a big assist dur-
ing lhe time when volunteers are
no! generally available. '
The intention, Pyle said, is to
raise the area from a class 10
fire insurance rating which it
has now to a class eight, which
would reduce fire insurance pre-
miums by as much as 50 per
which wouhl he at.rivaled from ('on! in cases.
• May 2:; was set for a stx, cial
election Io determine the forma-
tion of It fire district h) include
!he airlx)r!, Island Lake, Day-
ton, Bayshorc and John's Prai-
rie areas and parts of Mt. View
and Northcliff outside the city
limits.
The election was se! l)y the
Mason County Commission Men-
(lay after a hearing on the pe-
titions for the formation of the
proposed fire district.
The proposed fire districl
w)uld lie known as Mason
Counly Central Fire District 10.
Also on the l)alh)t will !to a
slate of candidales for coronals-
stoners ,if the dis!rio| if it is
forme(l. The three candidates up-
Vote On New Fire District
Is Scheduled For May 23