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Page A—10 Shelton-Mason County Journal Thursday, April 14, Above, the Daughters of the Pioneers Forest Festival Window. Below, moving Tollie the Shay to Brewer Park. Photos courtesy of Mason County Historical Musuem From March to Mayl959 in the Journal he feature story March T5 included a photo of a car that had been blown apart on a county road when dynamite in the trunk ex- ploded. The driver, who was killed, had been transporting the dynamite to his home to use for blasting stumps. The city of Shelton immediately began to draw up an ordinance that would ban the purchase, transport and storing of explo- sives within city limits the driver had been parked at a lo- cal grocery store only 30 min- utes earlier. The March issue included the headline that a recently passed state law was negatively affecting the city’s finances. The new law provided that before a fire- man went on pension as the result of injuries received on duty, the city was required to pay all medical expenses, plus full pay,.for six months. Shel- ton Fire Chief Herb Cromer was hospitalized for injuries received while on duty; there- fore, the'city would have to pay his full monthly salary of $440 for six months, plus medical expenses. City Com- missioner W. F. McCann said the city was operating on a reduced'budget and had no money set aside for this pur- pose. “If we had two or three of these cases it could put us out of business.” The commission ordered that a letter of protest be written to the governor and local representatives concern- ing the new law. The Journal raised its rates for the first time since 1948. The price per copy rose from 8 cents to 10 cents, and a one- year- subscription increased by $1, to $4.50. Children ages 1 to 11 were invited to attend the Easter JAN PARKER HISTORY AT A GLANCE egg hunt at the Bordeaux School playground at 1:30 , pm. on Easter Sunday, March 29. Children were directed to one of four age-appropriate sites. Of the 1,800 hard-cooked eggs that Shelton Active Club members bid on the grounds, 360 were dyed — children who found a dyed egg would receive a prize of 10 cents. As an added treat, Kitsap Dairy passed out free ice cream bars to the children and their parents.‘ May 1 and 2 were designat- ed “Shay Days,” in celebration of the Shay locomotive ‘fTollie” put on display as a his- torical monument in Shelton’s Brewer Park. On Friday, May 1, heavy equipment and four sections of rail were used to move “Tollie’ a gift to the city from the Simpson Logging Co. -— from the Simpson rail-_ road yard to the park at Third and Franklin. Shelton‘mer- chants offered Shay Day Spe- cials for the Friday and Sat- urday. A dedication ceremony was planned for May as a , special feature of the 15th For- est Festival celebration. (Tollie was moved to its present loca- tion on Railroad Avenue in May 1985.) ' On Ferest Festival week- end, Harstine Island School the smallest school in the state won first prize in the ‘ parade’s school float division, with all seven students rid- ing in a replica of the first Hfistine Island ferry, built in 1920. The Daughters of the Pioneers won grand prize for best decorated window with its display in the large window of Jim Pauley’s Ford Garage at Railroad and Fifth. The display was arranged with a log cabin backdrop, complete with fireplace, and featured items such as a butter churn, tobacco cutter, coffee mill and a wall telephone. For a few , hours May the window of the Budget Shop on Railroad Avenue featured Louisa Pul- sifer of the Skokomish Tribe demonstrating traditional Skokomish basket weaving. In “one of the most exciting races ' ever seen at the airport,” Pete , Lovely of Seattle “staved off a spirited challenge from Lew Florence of Olympia” to win the first Forest Festival sports car trophyrace in the finale of a five-event program at Shel- ton Airport. With the donation of $575 from the Shelton chapter of the Red Cross, the Shelton recreation program swim- ming fund reached its goal and would be able to offer sum- mer swimming and life-saving classes at Lake Isabella. Ber- nie Dorcy would again super- vise the program and be one of a staff of four instructors. In May, The Bootery was of- fering shoes for the entire fam- ily starting at $3.98. At J. C. Penney’s, ladies’ cotton dress- es were $6.95, men’s Wash-n- Wear shirts were $1.98, and children’s two-piece shorts sets were $1. Safeway was selling a dozen large eggs for 39 cents, a carton of fresh cigarettes for $2.49, a gallon of ice cream for $1.17, and smoked ham at 39 cents a pound. Pauley Mo- tors was advertising a 1954 Dodge four-door with radio ' and heater for $645, and a 1951 Buick with four new tires and Dynaflow for $645. A Blue Ox Theater ad for “The Fiend That Walked the West,” star- ring Hugh O’Brien and Robert Evans, said “Don’t be ashamed to scream — everyone in the theater will be screaming right along with you.” , ' I Jan Parker is a re- searcher for the Mason County Historical Museum. She can be reached at parkerj@hctc. com. Membership in the Ma- son County Historical Society is $25 per year. For a limited time, new members will receive a free copy of the book “Shel- ton, the First Century Plus Ten.”