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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. , __
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The Public is invited Wed., April 21
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