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Percy Pio
6017 S.E. 86th Ave
portland, Ore
Working
new
1963 * Average anmlal earnings of
reported
Progress re-
Cooperative
Land and
ses of Strop-
Work-
es it to the
was the
Unit,
provisions
Sustained
con-
States
Tim-
pertain-
for
approved by
on
zd Put into
and Trees"
and ex-
Shelter
on
employ.
of 1963:
ployment in
up 126
16
16, 1964
honrly paid employees were $5,320,
up $317 from the previous year.
Average hourly wage (straight
time, excluding all "fringes") was
$3.07 in logging, $2.46 in nlanu-
iacturing.
* Compensable hours for per-
diem employees rose from 3,500:
415 in 1962 to 3,886,172 in 1963,
with average hours worked per
man for the year up 81.
* Simpson paid property taxes
of $220,807 in Mason County and i
$74,087 in Grays Harbor County.
* Simpson last year paid $1,181,-
990 for goods and services to its
33 largest suppliers in the area.
In addition, thousands of dollars
were spent on other purchases and
Simpson's expansion program
brought in a large construction
payroll.
* SIMPSON PURCHASES of
federal timber in the Shelton Unit
yielded additional revenues to Ma-
son and Grays Harbor Counties.
Twenty-five percent of Olympic
National Forest receipts are dis-
tributed among adjoining counties.
The Forest Service estimates the
Shelton Unit accounted for half
the $92,794 paid to Grays Harbor
County in 1963 and two-thirds of
the $94,891 paid to Mason County.
In logging, Simpson purchased
two portable steel spars for yard-
ing logs. The full annual allow-
able cut of timber of 135 nlillion
bd. ft. was harvested from Unit
lands, plus another 48 million bd.
ft. not chargablc to the Unit.
Road construction in old growth
areas totaled 27 miles, bringing to
644 the total road mileage in old
growth areas.
In forestry, Simpson began a
Continuous Forest Inventory pro-
gram which will improve manage-
ment of Company lands in the
Unit by providing more accurate,
up-to-datb information. A seed or-
chard started near Matlock is ex-
pected to improve future tree
crops in the Unit. The Company's
thinning of second growth lands
continued to have an important
economic impact on the area, with
15 million bd. ft. thinned from
2,981 acres. This provided a $1:
000,000 payroll in the area.
Ill manufacturing, every Simp-
son plant registered more produc-
tion than in 1962, reflecting im-
proved markets. Shelton Sawmills
continued to meet changing mar-
ket conditions by changing their
pl:actices. Dry lumber production
soared 26 million bd. ft. over 1962
to 71 million bd. ft. in 1963. The
mills also increased utilization of
(Continfic'd on page 5)
Simpson Timber Company's
Shelton Veneer Plant reached
nearly full strength this week as
another 35 men reported for duty.
They began operating tnc eight-
foot side on swingshift and also
brought the four veneer dry. crs to
fully manned status on all" three
shifts. There are now 155 produc-
tion workers employed at the
huge plant, which will peel and
dry veneer for Simpson plywood
plants at McCleary, Olympia and
Sheltcn.
Another 10 men will soon be
employed in the warehouse portion
of the plant, according to Dave
Carstairs, plywood production
manager, Shelton.
Meanwhile, swingshift green
end operations at MeCleary and
at Olympic Plywood, Shelton, were
shut down last week as produc-
lion increased at the new ,plant.
The shutdowns involved 30 tem-
porary employees at McCleary and
15 at Olympic.
Curtailments of dayshift peeling
and drying at McCleary and
Olympic will take place as soon
as production at Shelton Veneer
increases enough to supply those
)lants with veneer, Carstairs said.
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Published in "Christmastown, U.S.A.", Shelton, Washington
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I
Bank Here
s Approval
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DesEg W"
NNERS GET AWARDS---Forest Festival Pres-
ld~nt Clive Troy, left, presents prize awards to
t]]~ winners of the button design contest at the
g~lamber of Commerce meeting last Thursday
The Shelion i*ha,~:lber of Com-
[lneree last Thursday heard a talk
Ion a unique operation which kept
l a pfflp plant in operation after
]a damaging explosion, from Ed-
[.ward F. (Ned) Button, with Ray-
enter in Hoquiam.
~Thc Shelton City Commission
~tlcsday took preliminary steps
.dward the establishment of a city
park board.
The action came at the sugges-
ti0n of Jaycee President Arnold
night. Award winners were Claudia Corson, third
place, and Dennis Speas and Doris Menigishi,
joint first place winners.
The ehomber also honored the
winners of tile Forest Festival But-
ton Design contest. Festival Pres-
ident Clive Troy presented bags
of silvei" dollars" to Doris Menigi-
shi and Dennis Speas, joint first
place winners and Claudia Corson
third place winner.
Thc monthly membership meet.
ing was held at the Timbers Rest-
tlll]'ant.
The May meeting, it: was an-
~lollnced,
"wonhi be the ;tllIlll/ll
5uar& Indte
Pub&
Training Session
The Snelton National Guard nn-
it is inviting the public to watch
a part of a wee.kend training ses-
sion it is holding Saturday and
Sunday.
The public is invited 'to' view the
training session Sunday from 10
a Ill tO :loon or fron'l 1 tO 3
p.m.
Part of the purpose of the ses-
sion is a driver training session to
The green light flashed in front
of organizers of Shelton's proposed
new bank yesterday with receipt
of telegraphic preliminary author-
ity to proceed with organization of
tile National Bank of Mason
County.
The message came from the
Comptroller of Currea~cy in Wash-
ington, D.C. which said a letter
covering conlplete details is fol-
lowiilg.
This is the word directors