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15 15, 1.965 Percy M Pio 6017 S.E. 86th Ave Portland, Ore Published in "Christmastown, U.S.A.", Shelton, Washington Entered as secon(l ('lass matter nt |he l)i)st office at abel]on. Washington. 9868.1 under Act of March 8, 1879. Pub liMlcd weekly at 227 WtxM Cots. 20 Pages -- 3 Sections 10 Cents per Copy : :ili;i/i North Mason approved bond of a and a for the put- bus. issue was a total of 710, Voter tin'hour election. special levy for new school bus to 186. .~ceived a favor- per cent and Sanders said for the spec- about two Ig in the gen- high school said. The apply for and federal available for School building icinity 'of the and junior grades 9-12. school and s Will be used K The Chalet scarded as a target (late for atruction of ng is Sept. Taylor :/. iy-7;-,:',¸ :• FIRST BIKE WINNER -- Billy Barron was the first participant in the Journal's annual subscrip- tion campaign to earn a bicycle, achieving that happy feat last Friday. In the process, Billy also earned the special weekly $10 cash prize for the most new subscriptions turned in during last week. He had 14. The inset shows JoAnne Wil- bur, who won the first week's $10 prize. T, oo late for her picture this week, Nancy Barnett was the second bicycle winner of this year's i The population of the city of Shelton passed the 6,000 mark the first time in its history, re- sult:; of a census conducted by the city revealed. The unofficial cmmt in the city censos was 6,184, an increase of 334 persons over the population estimate approvd by the state last year. The census was ordered by the City Commission in order Lo get an accurate count of the city's population for computing state tax revenues which the city re- ceives. The results of the census will givc the city an additional $5,523.36 this year from various state m(mey allocated to the cities on a population basis. The results of the census show that the population of the city I has grown by 533 since the last ufficial census in 1960 when the native s®u population was 5,651. spent all The 6,184 population is an off]c- his ad- ial count which will not be off]c- his corn- ial until checked by state census ~e way or officials and approved. rsday in The census started April 1 and was completed late last week. recovered The count was taken by four in a high- enumerators, headed by Ralph about two Her]on as supervisor, assisted by three others. campaign. At presstime yesterday, the'b0ys and girls working in the campaign had turned in 232 new subscriptions and 577 renewals, The cam. paign closes April 24. See page 17 for a list Of the boys and girls working in the CamPaign and if you wish to help one of them by giving them your subscription you can do so either •through the youngster in person or through the•Journal office, O Population estimates nlade all- nually over the past five years lmve indicated the nmnber of peo- ple in Shelhm is growing, with tile estimate 5,750 in 1962, and up to 5,850 in 1964. Jaycee Talent h Tonight S OW rliere will be 23 acts in the Jaycee Talent Show to be present- ed in the Blue Ox Theatre, sb~rt- ing at 8 p.m. tonight. The acts will be in three divi- sions, elementary, junior high and ,~enior ihigh. Ttmy range from ballet to folk singing to the stand- ards, such as piano. Winners will be selected to each of the three divisions and one overall winner will be selected. The four winning acts will ap- pear in the Premier Night spon- sored by the Jaycees for the For- est Festival. Admission is 75 cents for adults and 40 cents for students, Vince Bostwick, chairman of the project, said about 35 acts tried out for the talent shoW, but, the number was cut to 23 because of time limitations. Sheriff D. S. (Sam)Clark re- minded county cattle owners this week that the herd law which re- quires livstock to be confined to the owner's property is iu effect in all except a small area in tile Tahuya vicinity. Clark said his office l{as re- ceived numcrous complaints from persons that their neighbor's cat- tle were running" loose and damag- tog property. r Clark said if cattle Owners did not kC.ep their cattle home, it uoufd,~ be necessary for the She,'- iff'S office to impmmd the cattle which would remllt in consider- able expense to the owner as well as the possibility of charges be- ing brought for violati0n of the range for a number of years. Gill]land, Seattle. The Shelton School Board Tues- ~a.y. night approved offering con- tracts to all present nmmbeta ot the facnlty who have not indicat- ed they are leaving, approved 16 new teachers and the transfer ot four of the p~sent faculty mem- bers to different assignments for the coming school year. The boar,-I approved a contract to Supt. Robert Quiggle for a thr¢e-year contract at a salary of $13,500 a year. Also approved were new con- tracts for four principals, Frank Willard, Reed Building; Bruce Schwarck, Junior High; Jack Swanson, Bordeaux, and Torger Lee, Evergreen. Three other principals, George Hermes, Garrett Heyns High School; Don Brown, Mt. View and Clyde Brown, Shelton High School; had been given contracts previous- ly, THE FOUR transfers approved were Janice Brandstrom, to high school g~fldance; Betty Eager, ele- mentary library; Susan Mroz, sen- ior high biology and Catherine Johnson, high school library• New teachers who will be of- fered contracts are Lnddy Mart- insert, William Villines, Gerald Kmltson, Sophia Hunt, Patricia Sparks, Martin Musser, Jack Vv~right, Gary Carlberg, Gerald I Plowman and Jerry Mills. By a 3-2 vote, the school board voted to approve the use of bus- ses to transport the graduated sen- iors to the Tyee for the annual all-night senior party sponsored by the parents of the graduates. Voting in favor of the use of the busses were B. Franklin Houston, Virginia Martig and Douglas Lar- son. Opposed were Betty McClana- halt and Les Spilseth. The board officially set. the name of the high school as Shelton High School with the two build- ings to be known as h'ene S. Reed building and Grant C. Angle build- in~-- REQUEST for the official naming and designation of the two buildings came from the as- sociated student body, who in a letter to the board, said that since the move of most of the high school activities to the Angle buil- ding, considerable eonfusio:~ had resulted as to the exact name of the school. The board voted to allow Evelyn Maranville a one-year leave to further her education. herd law. @I, IA n J,, Ui, k . Tho herd :aw went iuto e.cct .e.on.ruruj .,a.waj in the Matlock area earlier this' Rhllll . ,.I- -rr -a""rovea year after the area llad been open ~=~][ State Scn. Gordon Sand]son was successful in having included in the omnibus highway appropria- ELECTED tion bill whicll passed the Senate Susan Gill]land, Seattie, was Tuesday an expenditure of $30,000 recently elected junior Panhellen- for a feasibility and cost-of-con- struction study on a limited ac- cess highway between Shelton and Purdy in Kitsap County. Senator Petridge of Kitsap co- sponsored the measure with Sen. ,Sand]son, which is now in the House for consideration. fro Taylor Tlm economy of the Shclton tion of 197,000,000 board feet was 10,093,268 bd. ft. from thick young Plant improvements were made certtfi- Working Circle was boosted by athe greate.~c" s .... m the. 17-year.nistmv. '., fm'ests, providing an $800,000 pay- in all product lines -- lumber, ply- ] Sclmndt not a Past record payroll and near-record era- of the Shelton Uni , - roll to 20 gyppo logging contrac- ~ood, doors andinsulating board. tors. Markets were better in the first' plo.~nent by the Simpson Timber ed. The figure inchldes volume Company during 1964, company chargeable to the Sl~eltOn Cooper. ' Yield Unit plus officials said this week. at]re Sustained . Company representatwes out- other logging. lined the 1964 activities of the "For our manufacturing plants, - of adjUStnlent and company before a group of Mason 1964 vas a year "~t .... , hmlU Mne new oy- and Grays Harbor county news- progress,' said Sc dev- men at ~ dinner in the Merck He- veneer pl.mt and lulnber re-manu. a leader " ' • • ^t Shelton both tel in Aberdeen Monday night, factming plant ~ -"64 These staltu s "Local communities fared very sta,'ted up in z~ %. "t "' '•" P well in 1964. and the outlook is were costly and dif~l, cul , but good promising again this year," said progress was made., b Max Scinnidt, Jr. of Shelton, Other data repot]Ca Y Schmidt Simpson timberlands manager, included: " ' . Schmidt said "People, Land and Steadiness of enlpmYment was ,~,o4~a • ze factthat avoa e Trees,' the 1964 progress report ,',a,e ...... m tl ... " g. - --, ..... d for ~unpson em of the Shelton Cooperative Sus- nours, x~o,'Jtt:. 1- 1964 was' 2 " tained Yield Unit, will be distrib- ployees durzl ~... r.- ' .031 uted this week to community lead- 0nly 49 less !nan o~., 40-hour ers, Simpson employees and no- weeks. • wa Average hourJY ... Lges were tional forestry leaders, r. o.~,,ing ana ~z.~ in man $3.2o in 1 ~ , , - Pay raises, more employees and ufacturing and the avmage annual steadier employment we're cited wage for per die'~ign~ployees rose by Schmidt as the reasons for e5 344 to $5664. Y ra,ted em- S'impson's total payroll in the ~'~,~,~:,~ receivcd 7b.,c an hem, three counties jnmping from $13,- June 1 and are ache(i: an ldennca 1 use Jun 687,590 in 1963 to $16,138,398 last uled for ¢ ' . e 1, 196 ," l "Our emphlyment r o s e fromProperky'5" '-. ,me d ..x le, d .taxes" ,nai, d by L254 to 2,474, which is surpassed .. -_.. ~ntountea to 280,203 ~UnpSOJ~ an to only by 1959's record of 2,556," Mason county d $80,382 • • to Schmidt said. Grays i-Iarbor. 2 2 TO'rAL COMPANY log produc- '''nl son paid , ,50 000 to its 5 Si P "' rs in ,L' .. " , 6 .................. 7 ~t suPPue Lne [.hi (,O COlin- al b,,si oss f° , 'ti C°l't'actors impson pu , cs of Federal • -- ; ;n the Shelton Un" - : .. • tinlDei ? " ,'~ ¢8 .... =t. ylelfte(l an estIma t 67 ;' 'u,°0 to Mason an(l ¢ . u LO GravS ~ , 25cfi funds" V(hi " ' ..... U- ~ c~l arc dis- CotmtY .. , . ., ,o . . . . . tyear hmWe'st of 10 30^ ; .' ~ 1 t0 H1"r la "" u,O00 bd. ft. ironl CoI~lP~ .'~ lies. ~Ia0SITs ARE BUILDING MASON COUNTY" SilnpSOn" "*-';taddedt--'412 fleA,ca to the SheltOn. u!~ :.. ~l'lnging its total mitmen~ to zrq 6"" oe Your added10:00convenienceA.M. 2:00 P.M. Simpson continued to operate ' coal - .... ' ' , 'tZ acres. ' the m'-r#estm COlrllllel el ll ' = nrogram * _ 'acific Northwest. ernber F.D.I.C. "n the " ", ~ throning [la 1964, me company harvested Refm'estation of Simpson and half of the year than in the see. Federal land in the Unit included end, and as a remflt some plants 2,444 acres, were. forced to curtail productior Harvesting of minor fm~est prod- late m 1964. ucts and cones .brought $245,000 Simpson's marketing effort was Lo families in the area. (Continued on page 3) _____. layree$ 5pon$ ,r (',ontest To Name No. H(,spita/ A cent ,' to select a name for Mason County Hospital District Mason County's proposed new hos- formed by voters in the general )ital was announced this x~eek tin- election last November. der the sponsorship of the Shelton First prize nt thc contest will Jaycees. The winning name will be selec- ted by a judging committee and will bc announced May 6. Voters in the county will vote May 11 on ~'t $1,100,000 bond issue for the construction of the pro- posed new hospital on a site in the Mt. View area. CONSTRUCTION of the pro- posed hospital would be by the be merchandise donated by various merchants in the county. Entries should be mailed to: HOSPITAL NAME CONTEST P.O. Box 365, Shelton, "Wash. Contestants may enter as many names in the contest as they wish. Names do not necessarily have to be submitted on the entry form but, for the convenicncc of con- testants, the following form may be used. Contestant's Name .................................................. Date ........................ Address ................................................................................ Age ................ Hospital Names .......................................................................................... CONTEST RULES 1. Deadline for entries is April 30, and. no entry with a post- mark later than that date will be considered in judging. 2. There is no age limitation, but, contestants nmst be residents of Mason Cmmty. 3. In event of it tic, the entrybearing the earliest postnrark will be judged the winner. 4. Contestants may enter as many names as they wish, and, names need not necessarily be on a printed entry form. 5. The winner of the contest will be announced at noon May 5. JIM BARROM By Pards Stormo Jim Barrom, a. land surveyor, has 1)een a resident of Shelion since September, 1945. He is em- ployed by Simpson in the logging- engineering department. About three years ago Barrom began working on the Forest Fes- tival Awards Committee. This committee takes care of the pa- rade ~rophies and plaqnes. The float that places first in the judg- ing receives a trophy and the run- ners,up receive plaques. The floats that participate in the parade but do not enter the contest receive plaque also, showing their partici- pation. The schools and bands are also awarded them. Barrom is a menrber of the Toastmasters Chlb, and the Camp- ins committee for the Boy Scouts in the Mason County District. :1= * ~t: The Mason County Forest Fest- ival is included in a brochure of activities iu Washington and Ore- gon printed and distrihutcd by the Union Oil Co. at its service stations. Leaflets promoting the Fly-In by area flying enthusiasts have be used with three points theme; Three points attractive arrange- meat; two points interesting var- iety; two points originality. A trophy will go to the Sweep- stakes winner. First, second and !~hird place ribhons will be for classifications in Industry, Senior Chlbs, Junior Clubs, Grange, Sen- ior Hobby, Junior Hobby, Art, School, Sunday School, Church, and Special. KEEP GREEN MNQUET IN TACOMA TOMORROW All members of the Forest Fes- tival royal court plus a number uf other Freest Festival officers and workers will attend the 25th anniversary "Keep Washington Green" Association banquet in Ta- coma's Winthrop Hotel this Fri- day evening. President Clive Troy of the Fes- tival Association, Rudy Oltman, lifetime trustee of the KWG As- sociation, Les Shelver, 1964-65 KWG trustee, Jim Hartley and Bill Dick]e, Forest Festiwd pnb- licity committeemen, Miss Ahna Burke, chaperone for the royal court, and several parents of royal court members will be among the Mason Cmmty delegation, along with ]heir wives. The banquet progrant will be emceed hy Dave Jgmes, Simpson Timber Company public relations director. Keynote speaker will be James D. Bronson, Boise-Cascade Corporation execul, ive from Yak]- ms, who will relate the growth and success of the forest and range fire prevention movement throughout the U.S. following its start here in 1940. Bronson is im- mediate past president of the Am- erican Forest Products Industries, Inc., the leading national organ- ization in the Keep Green and trec farm field. PAT BIXENMA:NN, 1965 ForasL Festival queen from North Mason, high school, will have a featured spot on the banquet pro- gram and will be crowned Miss Keep Washington Green by Rohert L. DeLong, Keep Green Ass'n. been made and are being dis]rib- president. uted to intet'est~.l g,~olzp~, " A KeEp Washington GreeIl ,1)!a- , t que'~licated to' all Wh,shing'tm~= W INI~OW DECORA~[IONS'" ' [ians for their quarter-century of Zonta Chlb is accepting requests [cooperation "in preventing man. for the Mason County Forest Fes- macle for(st and range fires will tival Window Decorating Contest. First come, first Re]wed, is the policy. Applications should come to Jane Windsor, 426-4732, or writ- ten to Room 6, Govey Building, by May 10. Windows will be judged Thurs- day morning, May 20. The thente may feature Simpson 75 Years. There also must be recognition of Keep Washington Green, A i0 point scoring system will be presented Mrs. Ralph J. Rich- ardson, representing the State Feder.~tion of Garden Clubs. The plaque will be displayed in cities over the state throughout the for- est fire season which closes of- fie]ally on Oct. 15. At a business meeting preced- ing the banquet, election of offi- cers and trustees will be held with results announced during the eve- ning. PARADE ENTRY FORM 1965 JUNIOR PAUL BUNYAN PARADE MASON COUNTY FOREST FESTIVAL SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1965 ~ 9:30 A.M. Please check which classification you are entering: Animals ( ) Bikes ( ) Trikes ( ) Costumes & Clowns ( ) Floats ( ) Groups ( ) Impersonations ( ) Pioneer Woman ( ) I~sherman ( ) Logger ( ) Hunter ( ) Keep Washington Green ( ) Your Name ............................................................................................ Your Address ........................................................................................ Parents Signature ............................................................ Please fill in this form as soon as you know you will be entering this parade, and mail it to P. O. Box 365, Sllelton, Wash. It should be received by May 18, 1965. The parade will form at the old Lincoln School Playground at 5th and Cots at 9:30 a,m. and to be judged all entries should be there at this tim(. First, second and third place prizes will be awarded in all cate- gories. Special prizes will be given to the first place winners of the pioneer woman and logger entries. Ice cream will be given to each child in the parade. Special Good Friday and Easter ~unrise church services are plan- ned by the Mason County Minis- terial Association and some indiv- idual churches. Most churches 'will hold special programs or services for E,~ster. The Good Friday service ~qll be in the First Baptist Church from noon to 2 P.m. Theme of the ser- vice will be "Crucial Words From Calwn'y". While business places will not close for Good Friday services, tlmse wishing to attend will bc al- lowed to do so as they have bern in the past. PARTICIPATING in the Good Friday services Will be Hevs. Ma- son Younghmd, Alfred Sandoval, Lewis "Wysong, Horace Mounts, Charles Wigt(m, Earl Bradley, Al Motes and Eugene Knautz. The joint Easter Sunrise Service will be held at 6 a.m, Easter morn- ing at the First Baptist Church. Speaker for the program will be Hugh Salisbury, professor at Se- attle Pacific College. Music will be provided by a Teen Choir under the direction of Steve Archer with Dr. Herbert Hergert as accompanist. Mt. Olive Ltltheran Church will hold an outdoor Easter Sunrise service on the site of its new clnlrch building at Pioneer Way and Wyandotte St. at 6 a.m. Sun- day morning. Students in schools ill the coun- ty will have a long weekend Eas- ter vacation, with no classes Fri- day or M:onday. Rolary Gheck Aids Swimming Program The SlleIlon Rotary Club Tues- day presented the city with a clleck for $150 for rise in the city's summer recreation program. The presentation was made by Rotary president Bob Holt. Mayor Frank Travis Jr. expres- sed the appreciation of the city for the donation. SLx new -tthletic coaching as- signments were approved by the Shelton school board Tues(iay night, including two varsity head mentor posts in the sen]o,,, high school for replacements for Bob 3mid, re::igned football and track coach. Sund's responsibilities as High- climber varsity football coaell were assiga~ed to Jerry Mills, who is coming here after an m~%. *L~;~ .,!.t ;;~.~;15~,)lt ;.Lt 'i?o,t.'~sKet, and Sund's track position was meted to JerPy Plowlnan, fresh fronl a fine track career at the Univer- sity of Washington. The other four assignm~ents wcre in assistv nt roles: Jerry Knutson, assistsnt fool- ball aad basketball coach at the .~enior high school; Luddy Martinson, assistant jing- ler high football and basketball coach; Jack Wrigizt, assistant senior high football and basketball coach; Gary Carlberg, assistant junior high eoacit. MII,LS IIAS been at TonaskeL t}nce years, during which he built. up to his 1964 undefeated sc~,~(m. He comes here fl'oln ToIlasket along with Clyde Brown, new k;hel- 'l!on high school principal \vim recommended him highly for tta: football post. Mills earned his B,A. in math- em'~dcs Itlld physical seiencc at Wasi]ington State University in 1962. after which }re did graduate wo:'k and additional summer weiR. toward iris Masters degree, tie earned Phi Beta Kappa honor'~ iu the process. Football will be his only coach- ins assignment here. He will teach physics and physical science. Mills is a graduatc of Rochester high school in Lewis county, is 25, six foot-two and 190 pounds, and single. Plowman graduated from the University of Washington in 1964 and is doing post graduale worl~ tovea, rd his masters degrce in physical education there now. Ite has minors in biology and health and will teach physical education in the junior high here. While working on his masters at the U.W. he is a paid assistant coach on the Itusky track team this year. He holds the U.W. school record in the 75 and 220 yard dashes and was a member of the 440 yard rela.y team which holds the school record. He WaS Pacific Coast conferep.ce 100-yard dash champion in 1963 and the sixth qualifier ii~ the Olympic Games trials in 1964. tte was Se::tttle high ~qi0ol 100 and 220 yard chaml)ion and aL,';o all-city drum major and all-state band and orchestra ixl~I~qbel'. He is 22, 6-feet even, 1(i5 p01inds, Track i,will be his only coaetli~kg assign- neat here. KNUTSON IS returning to the Shelton faculty afler a year's ab- sence during which he has taught at Pioneer grade school. He was head baseball coach at Shelton iunior high for s e~,eral years tip 'to 1964 and head basRetball coach for the 1964 scason, 3s well as assisting with the football pro, grant on a vohulteer basis. He re- places Harold "~Vilson, Who re- signed as assisl;ant football and basketball coach after 14 years, and will be assistant to Mills in football and to Jim Doherty in ba,-ketha,ll. The promotion of Walt Clayton, head Daskethall and a s.~istant fuotball coach, to studenl counsel- or, and l'he nlove of Jack Mall]n- gel', assistant football and track coach, to the faculty of the Cor- rections Center has compc~lled a realigmnent of the jun.ior high coaching staff. Bill Bricket~,t will retain his fool.ball and track head coaching assigaaments and add basketball as well. Martinson and Carlberg will be his assistants. Martinson comes here from Milaca high school in Minnesota where im has taught for 10 years and had a. wn-iety of coaching and cotmseling responsi- bilities. CARLBEI{G is a Western YVash- ington State College gl-'~duate who is nmving up from eleme;~ta.ry ranks in Bellinghan~ to the junior high level. He is a. physical edu- cation major and will assume the responsibilities heht hy Mallingcr. Wright comes to Shelton from \¥inlocl(, where he has been head football coach. He was an appli- cant for the post Mills was assign- ell and will replace Larry Weir on the football staff, ~notller ass]slant, to replace Bruce Kreger, will be added to the football staff at the May school board meeting. , __ GOOD COLOR TV depends on service & quality 12 years experience In Color TV TAYLOR RADIO 4th & Cota 426-6602 ill The Public is invited Wed., April 21 to St. David's Episcolml Church almual "After Easter Tea" Parish Hall, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m., entextainment BAHK of GOUHTY Member F.D.I.C.