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Percy I, iO
6017 S.E, 86;h Ave
" W-..2
Dn Program Must ,,,,ve run.c s Support
county's youngsters are to enjoy the beneiits
program this sumnmr -- free swimming
baseball, playfield activities, etc.--such as
COnducted here for the past 25 years, the public
to the rescue with cold cash.
ic contribution campaign is being instigated by
on Committee this week to see that the
program is continued this year.
Mr. and Mrs. Public, IS SOUGHT by the
Committee, which estimates $1,500 will be
maintain the program somewhere near the level
activities.
; in whatever sums you as individuals
for one of the most worthwhile children's
i thin COmmunity has ever carried on should be
3N FUND, City Hall, Shelton.
Will be acknowledged in the columns of The Jour-
m the same manner as the annual 40 & 8 -
contributions.
aistance in keeping the program alive this year
became necessary when two fuhd sources failed to mater.
ialize.
The first of these was a marked decline in available
municipal funds, from which the major portion of the recre-
ation program financing has come heretofore. In previous
years the city budgeted $3,400 for the program. This year
less than $1,000.
The second fund source was the Red Cross roll call,
which intended to give. $1,000 toward financing the swim
classes but the roll call fell far short of its goal and will
ant be able to carry out its intentions.
Various sources--Kiwanis Club pancake breakfast, Re:.
tary Club, Mt. View PTA, the reduced city funds, and others
--will provide approximately $1,500 this year, or about half
the minimum needs to conduct the program on a near-level
e¢ith previous years.
That is why public contributions are,now sought to see
Chat this community's youngsters arc kept occupied at
e¢orthwhile activities this summer during their vacation
hours.
17
23, 1959
Entered as second ele3 matter at the post p(fice at Shelton.Wulflngton,
under Act of March G, 1879, Publlsned weexly at 107 South 4th Sreet.
Published in "Ckristmastown, U.S.A."
Matter
board of corn-
the possibil-
Pinball machines
r kinds of amuse-
a means of get-
MOnday after-
Lissioner's regxt-
held in the
decided to
on this matter
cuting attor-
before go-
ordinance.
approved the
In help
in the pres-
rder ease now
te courthouse.
pay Hussies
the de-
agreed to pay
to assist the
the cast,, is be-
gave their O.K.
of the state
to build a:
alo :
creek bH.dge.
held on May
disposal of eer-
)lus property.
ER C, W. Streck.
ellairman
board.
hears com-
ayers who feel
b
Attend
from MarSO)
a receI
'topic hotel
:ral Sum-
Gray of Shel-
of Tahuya
Union. The
program for
Was the sub-
o£ discussion
PROGRESS GRANGE HAS 50TH BIRTHDAYGene Taylor, a
charter member of the Progress Grange and at one time a Mas-
ter, is shown with the present Master John Bariekman. The
Grange recently celebrated their 50th anniversary at a big party
held at the Grange. A. Lars Nelson, state Grange Master, waa
the main speaker. A crowd of about 150 attended the celebration.
New Alder&ook Inn To Be One (9[
Top Vacation Spots In The World
Plans for a $3 million expansion
and new construction program
which wra,ld mHke Alderbrook
Inn, for 45 years one of the Pa-
cific Northwest's most outstand-
ing resorts, rival the luxury ac-
commodations which draw tour-i
ists to the Hawaiian Island were
made public late last week by Was
Johnson, Hood Canal realtor.
The new Alderbrook plans pre-
pared by Percy George Bell,
Architect A.I.A., of Tacoma, em-
0ody the latest ideas and princi-
ples in modern design, furnishings
and facilities, and will result in
an approximate $3 Million devel-
opment.
Financing is being negotiated
now and construction ts planned
to be completed by the opening of
Century 21 Exposition in May,
1961.
Initially the hotel is to have 70
units, ballroom and convention
hall. The ground floor is to de-
voted entirely to lobby, dining,
cocktail lounge, game and admin-
istrative areas; the motel to have
50 units.
A heated, covered, Olympic size
RED HAT DAY HERE
THREE
STYLES of
red hats for
Forest Festival
wear this year
are modeled by
Forest Festival
Queen Andrea
Kneeland,
wearing an
Alpine head-
piece; the
Festival Paul
Bunyan, Steve
Rockefeller
(right) with a
top hat; and
Lynn Barnett
(left) in a
derby.
community has been proclaimed as May
ore, who signified his own support of the
the Mason County Forest Festival
popular crusher type fedoras this week
All Mason county residents are
in red hats May 1 and wear them until the
FuUval MaY 2,
swimming pool will be part of the
deluxe accommodations. The mo-
ti, interior and exterior, is baslcai'
ly marine, With emlmums given to
boating facilities, featuring extens-
ive moorage in the protected
natural cove at AIderbrook, for
year 'round boating pleasure.
Alderbrook has the location by
being at the hub of 15 surround-:
ing cities, including the Olympic
National Playground, all within
a 55 mile radius. The cltiesi
are Dverett, Seatle, Rentmn, Au.
born, Tacoma, lzyallup, Cen-
tralia, Chehalis, Aberdeen, Ho-
qulam, Olympia, Shelton, Bremer-
ton, Port Townsend, and Port
Angeles, and many small towns.
It ts but a short trip by auto or
boat . . . two houra or less from
the farthest point by auto, and a
nest beautiful protected one-day
boat trip, or less, from any lmint
on Puget Sound's 2000 miles of
vaterfront.
The residential development was
)tatted last fall by aa.les of several
of the 21 very desirable deluxe
waterfront cottages, the balance
to be sold to form a cooperative
which provides the owners with an
"All Play and Rest . No Work"
plan of ownership. Many acres
of adjoining parklike grounds are
to be included in the residential
program, and will have the bene-
fits and privileges of the existing
and proposed beach factlitica and
improvements.
Johnson, developer of Alder-
brook, states that he would like
to have it clearly understood that
cottages will be available'as in the
past for rental, made possible by
the fact that purchasers of the
cottages are priviI'eged, through
their cooperative management at
Alderbrook, to rent their cottages.
Alderb|xml¢ is, not to be discontin.
ned as a l'osort, but to continnc
and be very substantially ex-
(Continued on page Two)
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Cancer Drive
Here Now In
Full Swing
SHAY SHINED UP FOR .MOVE
LAST LICKS of preparation on the Shay-type locomotive the
Simpson Logging Company is donating to the City of Shelton as
a historical monument are being made this week before the tick-
lish engineering task of moving the 90-ton mass of steel to its
concrete slab resting place in Brewer Park l= undertaken May 1.
Here Purl Jemison, supervisor of the moving project, Is shown
wiping off the spotlight in the Simpson shops, where the Ioco.
motive has been slicked up by Simpson crews for its final
assignment.
]Bight cancer with a °'°"°"Two Day Merchant Event Ke.yed
and a check is the me.rage be- "
lng carried to Shelton and Mason
county homesbymanyvohmteers To Historical Monument Project
this week. The goal of the cru-
! sade, Which is being carried on in
communities all over the nation,
is to reduce the number of lives May I and 2 are siuJping up Moving the locomotive from the
lost needlessly each year by can- as festive days in Shclton. Simpson yards on the waterfront
They will be two days of cele-: to the park will take place Friday,
cer.
THE AMERICAN Cancer So-
1959 prog@'am to attain
this goal combine$ education, re-
search and servtce. In the edu-
cation category is included the
distribution of cancer information
to each home contacted by the
vohmteers. When detected early l
enough, cancer can be arrested
and cured, and it is the goal of
the society to enable people to
recognize the danger sig|mls in
time to save their lives.
Cancer research is going ou in
laboratories all over the world"
and the check contributed to your
local drive provide the financial
backing that enables this research
to continue toward the ultimate
cancey cure.
"WITHIN THE next few weeks
a cancer crusade volunteer in
your neighborhood will call on you
with the appeal to "fight cancer
with a check-up and a check.
Sailors Await
Larceny Charge
Roger Channing', 21, and Har-
old Huber, also 21, are being held
in the Mason county jail for grand
larceny involving the theft of sev-
eral gnne Sunday night from the
home of Jack Young at Lake
Isabella.
Channing and Huber we re
picked up by police in Vancouver
Sunday night after their car was
spotted in the area of the Young
home earlier in the evening here.
i Both men are members of the
United States Coast Guard.
The pair were brought back
here the same evening after the
stolen guna were found in thor
ear by Vancouver authorities.
Volunteer, Mailman
Needed at Harstine
Harstine Island residents will be.
without mail service starting May
4 if a vohmteer Is not found who
will handle the mail delivery job
when the ferry is in drydock for
overhauling.
Unless a volunteer is found to
do this j-b people living on the
island will have to get their mail
through general delivery whicl
means they will have to come into
Shelton for mail service.
State Treasurer's Job Requires
Extensive Know/edge of Finance
The SLate Treasurer handles ov- roads and achools according Lo
bra.ti(m of "Shay Day," the pro- May I, and occupy most of a full
ject which will establish a con> day's time to accomplish. The
nunity historical momm(ni to the move will be made np Raih'oad
logging industry in Mason C,un(.y, Avenue to Third street, over Third
when the Shay locomotive given to Franklin street: and onto the
the it.y by the Simpson l,oggir|g concrete foundation.
Colnpany is set on a con(q'clc s];tb Foul' sections of rails will be
in Brewer Park. u,ed for the track on which the
Sh'y will be moved, the sections
Mac rut"es-'va' 0,,,o.
nlachinery and the locomotive
pulled by a truck.
Purl J emison, Simpson raih'oad
At Southside
During ihe move, wherever the
I]o;()motive happens to he at 12:30
SlatedS dun ay jhetd.P't'n' a b,'ief ceremony will be
. Sh¢lton merchanls ace joining
. .L
The ninth anruml May Festival t tn the festive (;t'caMon hy offer
'inff "Shny Day Specials" for that
at. Soutttsh.lc scb()ol will be held \\;vckezid,' L),)il t,'ri(.ittv a.nd Sattzr-
this Snndy, wea.t.h(n' p(u'mitting. (lay Next we,k'a J(alnal will tell
In tile event of rain the program "
will be postponed until May 3. all the details.
Starting time for the pr()gram is
,,,,,oc, Former Queens
A SNEAK preview of the pro-
gram of the Maypole festival re-
vealed the clever interln'etaiiou of
.oc,o ,, To Be Honored
Southside teachers, and honoring
the King and Queen of May, Chris
Stevens and Joan Quimby.
The program will be followed In carrying out the anniversary
by a. potluck dinner. Those )t- theme of the 1959 Mason County
tending are asked to bring enough l,'orest beutival, all the past
wieners and table servic.e for their queens will be honored by the For-
fa.mfly, and either eulcales, pots- est Fesl,iwtl Association this year.
to Salad, potato chips, olives or Invitations to attend the festi-
pickles, val as honored guests are being
CHAIRMAN OF the festival is sent the former queens, but Fes-
Mrs. Melvin Swayze and Mrs. tiwd officials have one problem
Richard LaFond, co-chairman, on th(ir hands-.they don't know
The Grange committee iuclndes the present addresses of Mary
Mrs. Phyllis Collins, Mrs. Tmn Carnes, 1949 queen, or Janet Ros-J
Ogden; costunies, Mrs. Glenn quist 1952 queep. I
Harrtman; May Pole grounds and Anyone knowing the where-
parking, George Snyder and Boy about's of either Mary o1" Janet I
Scout Trcu)p 16; props, Mrs. Frank is asked to contact the Journal I
Wolf; May Pole riblals, Mrs. s),lhe invitations can be dispal.ch- I
John Ilolh)rf, Mrs. Harriman, ed to them immediately.
Mrs. Jack Palmer; deeorations, i Eleven of the 1 former queens
Mrs. Russell Schr(x, der, Mrs. La-live ,ithin easy distance of Shel-
Fond, Mrs. Tony Kriefels; food, ton and all a)'e e×pecled to be
Mrs. Collins, Mrs. Keith Byrd; here to attend lhe annual Queen's
l)rogr;tm chai|'l/l;tn, Paul C, illie, ba.nquei tlm evening of May 21.
Mrs. tloward Yule, Mrs. Helen Ella Mac Noble, 1951 queen
Greenwalt, Mrs. James Waldrip who is now Mrs. Jim Karten, is
and Mrs. Alma Hurst; guest book, in Ca.lifornia, where hcr husband
LivoWire 4-H Ch|b; (:lean-up, Mrs, is stationed at Vamlenberg Air
Swayze, Mrs. I.aF(md; programs, Base. Whether she will be able
Mrs. Harry Bay. 1(i come home for the festival this
year is not yet known.
Other queens were Lois Giblet
1945 (now Mrs. Les LaBissoniere),
Maril.vn Waklee 1946 {now Mrs,
Rusty Viger), Bernadine Winieeki
) 1947 (n,)w Mrs. Tony Nelson),
Sheri Davidson 1948 (now Mrs.
Don Fraser of Olympia/, Foryl
Sharer 1950 (now Mrs. Dick Wa-
kojanee), Sharlyn Brown 1953
(now Mrs. Buddy F*ranklln), Jane
"Greaves 1954 (now Mrs. Larry
Updyke ), Karen Snelgrovc 1955
(unm:trried), Ariel 13unb:-r 3956
(now Mr.. Ginger l)eer of Seat-
tie), I,ynn Faulk 1957 (now Mrs.
Gone Winters of SeatJle), and
Ja.net llinton 1958 (unmarrie.d).
Rayonier Profits For
'59 on Upswing
For the first quarter of 1959,
Ray¢)llit'r hlcorporated e ;I r n C d
$3,(III,3S:; ()r 55 cents per Mlarc,
(m sah's ()f $32,169,815, it was an-
Dollll('efl by Rnss('l] ]c. ](]rickson,
Jresident, aL the annual share-
loldvl's Inq!l ing.
This (:,)mpal'(!d with $.177,918, or
f) (:('I;IS t)('F shal'e, O|1 .ah's Of
$..).o 8,.,)I for the first 1958
quarter, and $1,$72,410, equal t()
3.1 cents, on sah's of $29,752,566
fl)r lh(! last qmirter of l! 58.
WANT TO BUY
KING C|IRIS STIVI";N, soa of
Mr. an,I M,.,..,.,, ,.,,.,,,,,i,,,, a.(I Lar;eu ....- ._C=.@a,{3
(,lle)n Joall (|liml)y, (lltUghltq" AROUND MATLOCK
of Mr ald Mrs. G('orge Quire )y, Must have good water system.
will reign over the May k'etivzd Will Pay Cash.
• t Southside school this u]tday. Write BOX J, THE JOURNAl.
tJota'aal phota, rler 9at.}
law.
Martin agreed with Ralph Bow-
en who spoke he)'e recently that
lhe new law which eliminates the
pre-audit: functions of the Audi-
toffs office is not one which is in
the best interest of the people of
lhe state since iL places that re-
sponsibility for the authorizaiton
of state paymenLs Lo the budget
director who is an appointee of
the governor. Martin thinks tlmt
:it would be better to have an
elected official like the state au-
ditor handle thts job than some-
one who was appoht.ed to this
posi | ioIl.
Till!; STATE treasuz'er's job
k(,eps hint in New York on nlany
occasions because the big st.ek
brokers a there and they are
!he only ones who are big enough
10 bu
• y up the various bond is-
sues which thc state has sold
alnce the end of world war two,
The treamu'er invests state money
m various types of securities and
tries to make the state money
ea as much an possible when-
er one billion dollars of sttLe rav-
ens(" each year according Lo Tom
fbartin, who has laeld this post
r two ternlS.
MARTIN SPOKE Mon(lay noon
at the Political Fo)ann Club meet-
ing held in the Shclton Hotel.
l.[e was also solnewhat critical
of the new law which limits the
tenure of office for that post to
two t('rlus aild told the audienc.e
that il tal<es nearly thaL much
time to learu the duties of ttie
posil iou.
Martin said thaL Ihe State
Treasul"er's job is Lo act an a
custodian of all state funds rath-
el" I}lan 8s a colleclor of money.
Stale ftlllds also inalude securi-
ties and at the present timc the
slate has about $450,000,000 tied
up in this field of finance.
The State Treasurer has control
of the'faderal forest money and
added that Mason county has re-
ceived $1,236,000 from this source
of revenue since 1906. The money
from these federal timberlands is
dLvLded avealy b0twcea th aomat,
Murder Jury b Decide
fcta of Irene Creech
By ED DOHERTY
A jury of six men and six women walked from the
Mason County Superior Court Wednesday morning at 11 :L16
a.m. to decide the fate of Irene Crecch who is charged with
the first degree murder of her sister last May 21 at Minerva
Park on Hood Canal.
The trial has been in progress night and day since Mon-
day with the prosecution claiming that she is mentally
responsible and that she is guilty of the slaying of her
sister. The defense has stressed the weakness of the state's
case on grounds of insufficient evidence and also claimed
that the defendant is insane and not mentally rsponsiblc.
.The Lrial got underway-Monday
morning and the jury was picked
before the day's session had ended.
The prosecution pointed out that
tho defendant had purchased two
.22 caliber weapons at an Olympia
sporting goods store on the day
the shooting took place. The clerk
who was on duty at the time iden-
tified Mrs. Creech as the person
who had made the purchase. He
said that he had talked wtth her
concerning the type of shells
which would be best for the type
of weapons she had bought.
EVERAL MEMBER8 of the
Mason county sheriff's office were
called in to testify for the state.
Deputy Sheriff Walt Wright said
he had received a call on the
shooting about 12:10 p.m. and im-
mediately left for Minerva Park
on Hood Canal. Wright said that
he touched nothing but found the
body of the victim lying in the tall
grass close to the beach. Sheriff
Potter, Chief Deputy Mel Robert-
son and Prosecuting Attorney By-
ron McClanahan and (2. T. Hatten,
a local attorney, arrived at the
scene a few minutes later.
Potter testified how the defen-
dant came into the sheriff's office
later in the afternoon with two
packages of .22 shells. She id
that she was afraid that the heat
might cause them to explode, The
sheriff testified that the defen-
dant appeared upset and confused
and that he offered her a glass
of water and took her into a pri-
vate room to talk with her. Pot-
ter said that County Prosecutor
Byron McClanahan came into the
room a few minutes later and
asked the defendant if she wa in
trouble. According to Potter, Mrs.
Creech wanted to know who Mc-
Clanahan was. When told that he
jwas the county prosecutor Mrs.
Crcech said, "I know my rights,
I don't have to talk with you."
A Mrs. Cuzick, who lives a few
houses down from where the
shooting took place, told the court
that she was waahing some clothes
around noontime on May 21 and
suddenly heatxl screams and slots
¢'.onsin,- from the home of Mrs.
Bloonffield. She said that She saw
two women running between the
houses and could not identify the
second woman but did identify
Mrs. Bloomfield. She said that
the voma-had tark hair but
could not remember much else
abouL her. ,Irs. Cuzick added LhaL
a fw Seconds lter le saw a
dark colored car drive away.
I)ICK REED° a son of the de-
fendant, appeared before the cmzrt
Tuesday morning and told of the
long standing bitter feeling be-
tween his mother and his aunt,
the victim. The cause of the
t)uble, according to Ms.
Creech'a son. was the .waTding'
of the boy to Mrs. BloomfLeld.h,
a court several years ago, He
said that almost evetime his
mother and aunt got together an
argument arose. Reed recalled a
time many years ago when his
mother tried to take him away
from the Bloomfield home in tle
middle of the night. He said that
the whole household was awakened
from sleep and an argumsnt fol-
lowed.
The state based its ease on cir-
cumstantial evidence coupled with
the strong motive of the loss of i
her son to her sister through court
action. I
oTHE STATE also present,d two
dctora from Western Stat£ Hos-]
pltal who testified. The first was[
Dr. M. M: Campbell, a psychiatrist I
who examined Mrs. Ci'eeeh when l
she spent 90 days this summer at
I
(Ctnthtued on pag, 5)
Soph. Artist
Scores Again In
Poster Contest
Earl Fuhner, an artistically tal-
ented sophomore at Irene S. Reed
high school who lives at Allyn,
scored another first in Forest Fes-
tival art competition this year
when his design was selected as
winner in the senior division of
the annual forest conservation
poster and slogan contest spon-
sored by the South Olympic Tree
Farm in Mason County schools.
Earlier, Earl won the Forest
Festival membership button de-
sign competition, He in a first year
student ifi the art class instructed
by Mrs. Sue Hatch Mroz.
He and Julane Summers of Shel-
ton, a senior, swept honors in
the senior division (for htffh
school students). Miss Summers'
designs were declared second,
third and fourth place, winnera
and Earl's second entry was fifth.
Miss Summers had still a fourlh
entry which was awarded honor-
able mention.
Ray Wyatt of Shelton, a sopho
more, and Don Moffatt of Lllli-
waup, a senior, were the only
other cash ,prize winners in tim
senior division, respectively re-
ceiving sixth and seventh places.
Cash prizes are awarded f,lr the
first seven places in each (liviaion.
Winners in other divisions of the
poster and slogan contest were:
JITN[OR I)IVISION (7th, 8th,
9th grades).,' -Gall b'ttller, l¢.oute t,
Box 246, ShelLon (Kamih:he Val-
ley schooll, first ; Harvey Becker,
2129 Jeffez'son, Shelton (Shelton
junior high), second; Hob Leeds,
Route 2, Box 740, Shellon t Shel-
ton junior high), {hird; Sally
(CO[lttlltL!d O11 l:);tg(! r))
Senior Party
Meeting Tonite
Plans will be formuhited for the
annual Scnior All-Night party at
a. meeting of the parents of the
graduating class tonight at t,ight
u'ch)ck in the Shelton high schr)(:d
auditorium. AiTangtqneilts will be
made to finance the party wlueh
will be held immediately f()llow-
'ih;:i.ffdii'tiSh•eXeft:iss ,lune 4,
untll-vlawn the*rrent day. ,
ALL PARENTS of seniors a
asked to attend and aid in plan-
ning an interesting pro)gram and
activities for the graduates,
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600DRIGH
AND
O.K. RE.0AP
For More Economic Driving
at
O. K, RUBBER
WELDERS
MT. VIEW
iii i i i
c I
I ''-'''F 4 .... i s
Pot Roast... ,,
MORNING GLORY
SLIOED BAOON ,
2 '1 oo
s , s LBS.
,..,, o.oo,o 3 qoo
PORK SAUSAGE. , ..... , , ,.;
CARSTEN'S I-LB, CELLO , 4 qoo
SEASONING BAGON , , ,.,
PURE PORK 4 qoo
SAUSA6E ROLLS , | | | LBS
,., .o,, 8 qoo
NEGK BONES . s , = LB$,
TENDER YOUNG
Rib Steaks.. ,, 69 c
i i ii t i i ii i ii
WESTERN MEAT CO.
411 RAILROAD , HA 6-6243
I I II I II Illl [I I .L II I . IIII_.
Percy I, iO
6017 S.E, 86;h Ave
" W-..2
Dn Program Must ,,,,ve run.c s Support
county's youngsters are to enjoy the beneiits
program this sumnmr -- free swimming
baseball, playfield activities, etc.--such as
COnducted here for the past 25 years, the public
to the rescue with cold cash.
ic contribution campaign is being instigated by
on Committee this week to see that the
program is continued this year.
Mr. and Mrs. Public, IS SOUGHT by the
Committee, which estimates $1,500 will be
maintain the program somewhere near the level
activities.
; in whatever sums you as individuals
for one of the most worthwhile children's
i thin COmmunity has ever carried on should be
3N FUND, City Hall, Shelton.
Will be acknowledged in the columns of The Jour-
m the same manner as the annual 40 & 8 -
contributions.
aistance in keeping the program alive this year
became necessary when two fuhd sources failed to mater.
ialize.
The first of these was a marked decline in available
municipal funds, from which the major portion of the recre-
ation program financing has come heretofore. In previous
years the city budgeted $3,400 for the program. This year
less than $1,000.
The second fund source was the Red Cross roll call,
which intended to give. $1,000 toward financing the swim
classes but the roll call fell far short of its goal and will
ant be able to carry out its intentions.
Various sources--Kiwanis Club pancake breakfast, Re:.
tary Club, Mt. View PTA, the reduced city funds, and others
--will provide approximately $1,500 this year, or about half
the minimum needs to conduct the program on a near-level
e¢ith previous years.
That is why public contributions are,now sought to see
Chat this community's youngsters arc kept occupied at
e¢orthwhile activities this summer during their vacation
hours.
17
23, 1959
Entered as second ele3 matter at the post p(fice at Shelton.Wulflngton,
under Act of March G, 1879, Publlsned weexly at 107 South 4th Sreet.
Published in "Ckristmastown, U.S.A."
Matter
board of corn-
the possibil-
Pinball machines
r kinds of amuse-
a means of get-
MOnday after-
Lissioner's regxt-
held in the
decided to
on this matter
cuting attor-
before go-
ordinance.
approved the
In help
in the pres-
rder ease now
te courthouse.
pay Hussies
the de-
agreed to pay
to assist the
the cast,, is be-
gave their O.K.
of the state
to build a:
alo :
creek bH.dge.
held on May
disposal of eer-
)lus property.
ER C, W. Streck.
ellairman
board.
hears com-
ayers who feel
b
Attend
from MarSO)
a receI
'topic hotel
:ral Sum-
Gray of Shel-
of Tahuya
Union. The
program for
Was the sub-
o£ discussion
PROGRESS GRANGE HAS 50TH BIRTHDAYGene Taylor, a
charter member of the Progress Grange and at one time a Mas-
ter, is shown with the present Master John Bariekman. The
Grange recently celebrated their 50th anniversary at a big party
held at the Grange. A. Lars Nelson, state Grange Master, waa
the main speaker. A crowd of about 150 attended the celebration.
New Alder&ook Inn To Be One (9[
Top Vacation Spots In The World
Plans for a $3 million expansion
and new construction program
which wra,ld mHke Alderbrook
Inn, for 45 years one of the Pa-
cific Northwest's most outstand-
ing resorts, rival the luxury ac-
commodations which draw tour-i
ists to the Hawaiian Island were
made public late last week by Was
Johnson, Hood Canal realtor.
The new Alderbrook plans pre-
pared by Percy George Bell,
Architect A.I.A., of Tacoma, em-
0ody the latest ideas and princi-
ples in modern design, furnishings
and facilities, and will result in
an approximate $3 Million devel-
opment.
Financing is being negotiated
now and construction ts planned
to be completed by the opening of
Century 21 Exposition in May,
1961.
Initially the hotel is to have 70
units, ballroom and convention
hall. The ground floor is to de-
voted entirely to lobby, dining,
cocktail lounge, game and admin-
istrative areas; the motel to have
50 units.
A heated, covered, Olympic size
RED HAT DAY HERE
THREE
STYLES of
red hats for
Forest Festival
wear this year
are modeled by
Forest Festival
Queen Andrea
Kneeland,
wearing an
Alpine head-
piece; the
Festival Paul
Bunyan, Steve
Rockefeller
(right) with a
top hat; and
Lynn Barnett
(left) in a
derby.
community has been proclaimed as May
ore, who signified his own support of the
the Mason County Forest Festival
popular crusher type fedoras this week
All Mason county residents are
in red hats May 1 and wear them until the
FuUval MaY 2,
swimming pool will be part of the
deluxe accommodations. The mo-
ti, interior and exterior, is baslcai'
ly marine, With emlmums given to
boating facilities, featuring extens-
ive moorage in the protected
natural cove at AIderbrook, for
year 'round boating pleasure.
Alderbrook has the location by
being at the hub of 15 surround-:
ing cities, including the Olympic
National Playground, all within
a 55 mile radius. The cltiesi
are Dverett, Seatle, Rentmn, Au.
born, Tacoma, lzyallup, Cen-
tralia, Chehalis, Aberdeen, Ho-
qulam, Olympia, Shelton, Bremer-
ton, Port Townsend, and Port
Angeles, and many small towns.
It ts but a short trip by auto or
boat . . . two houra or less from
the farthest point by auto, and a
nest beautiful protected one-day
boat trip, or less, from any lmint
on Puget Sound's 2000 miles of
vaterfront.
The residential development was
)tatted last fall by aa.les of several
of the 21 very desirable deluxe
waterfront cottages, the balance
to be sold to form a cooperative
which provides the owners with an
"All Play and Rest . No Work"
plan of ownership. Many acres
of adjoining parklike grounds are
to be included in the residential
program, and will have the bene-
fits and privileges of the existing
and proposed beach factlitica and
improvements.
Johnson, developer of Alder-
brook, states that he would like
to have it clearly understood that
cottages will be available'as in the
past for rental, made possible by
the fact that purchasers of the
cottages are priviI'eged, through
their cooperative management at
Alderbrook, to rent their cottages.
Alderb|xml¢ is, not to be discontin.
ned as a l'osort, but to continnc
and be very substantially ex-
(Continued on page Two)
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Cancer Drive
Here Now In
Full Swing
SHAY SHINED UP FOR .MOVE
LAST LICKS of preparation on the Shay-type locomotive the
Simpson Logging Company is donating to the City of Shelton as
a historical monument are being made this week before the tick-
lish engineering task of moving the 90-ton mass of steel to its
concrete slab resting place in Brewer Park l= undertaken May 1.
Here Purl Jemison, supervisor of the moving project, Is shown
wiping off the spotlight in the Simpson shops, where the Ioco.
motive has been slicked up by Simpson crews for its final
assignment.
]Bight cancer with a °'°"°"Two Day Merchant Event Ke.yed
and a check is the me.rage be- "
lng carried to Shelton and Mason
county homesbymanyvohmteers To Historical Monument Project
this week. The goal of the cru-
! sade, Which is being carried on in
communities all over the nation,
is to reduce the number of lives May I and 2 are siuJping up Moving the locomotive from the
lost needlessly each year by can- as festive days in Shclton. Simpson yards on the waterfront
They will be two days of cele-: to the park will take place Friday,
cer.
THE AMERICAN Cancer So-
1959 prog@'am to attain
this goal combine$ education, re-
search and servtce. In the edu-
cation category is included the
distribution of cancer information
to each home contacted by the
vohmteers. When detected early l
enough, cancer can be arrested
and cured, and it is the goal of
the society to enable people to
recognize the danger sig|mls in
time to save their lives.
Cancer research is going ou in
laboratories all over the world"
and the check contributed to your
local drive provide the financial
backing that enables this research
to continue toward the ultimate
cancey cure.
"WITHIN THE next few weeks
a cancer crusade volunteer in
your neighborhood will call on you
with the appeal to "fight cancer
with a check-up and a check.
Sailors Await
Larceny Charge
Roger Channing', 21, and Har-
old Huber, also 21, are being held
in the Mason county jail for grand
larceny involving the theft of sev-
eral gnne Sunday night from the
home of Jack Young at Lake
Isabella.
Channing and Huber we re
picked up by police in Vancouver
Sunday night after their car was
spotted in the area of the Young
home earlier in the evening here.
i Both men are members of the
United States Coast Guard.
The pair were brought back
here the same evening after the
stolen guna were found in thor
ear by Vancouver authorities.
Volunteer, Mailman
Needed at Harstine
Harstine Island residents will be.
without mail service starting May
4 if a vohmteer Is not found who
will handle the mail delivery job
when the ferry is in drydock for
overhauling.
Unless a volunteer is found to
do this j-b people living on the
island will have to get their mail
through general delivery whicl
means they will have to come into
Shelton for mail service.
State Treasurer's Job Requires
Extensive Know/edge of Finance
The SLate Treasurer handles ov- roads and achools according Lo
bra.ti(m of "Shay Day," the pro- May I, and occupy most of a full
ject which will establish a con> day's time to accomplish. The
nunity historical momm(ni to the move will be made np Raih'oad
logging industry in Mason C,un(.y, Avenue to Third street, over Third
when the Shay locomotive given to Franklin street: and onto the
the it.y by the Simpson l,oggir|g concrete foundation.
Colnpany is set on a con(q'clc s];tb Foul' sections of rails will be
in Brewer Park. u,ed for the track on which the
Sh'y will be moved, the sections
Mac rut"es-'va' 0,,,o.
nlachinery and the locomotive
pulled by a truck.
Purl J emison, Simpson raih'oad
At Southside
During ihe move, wherever the
I]o;()motive happens to he at 12:30
SlatedS dun ay jhetd.P't'n' a b,'ief ceremony will be
. Sh¢lton merchanls ace joining
. .L
The ninth anruml May Festival t tn the festive (;t'caMon hy offer
'inff "Shny Day Specials" for that
at. Soutttsh.lc scb()ol will be held \\;vckezid,' L),)il t,'ri(.ittv a.nd Sattzr-
this Snndy, wea.t.h(n' p(u'mitting. (lay Next we,k'a J(alnal will tell
In tile event of rain the program "
will be postponed until May 3. all the details.
Starting time for the pr()gram is
,,,,,oc, Former Queens
A SNEAK preview of the pro-
gram of the Maypole festival re-
vealed the clever interln'etaiiou of
.oc,o ,, To Be Honored
Southside teachers, and honoring
the King and Queen of May, Chris
Stevens and Joan Quimby.
The program will be followed In carrying out the anniversary
by a. potluck dinner. Those )t- theme of the 1959 Mason County
tending are asked to bring enough l,'orest beutival, all the past
wieners and table servic.e for their queens will be honored by the For-
fa.mfly, and either eulcales, pots- est Fesl,iwtl Association this year.
to Salad, potato chips, olives or Invitations to attend the festi-
pickles, val as honored guests are being
CHAIRMAN OF the festival is sent the former queens, but Fes-
Mrs. Melvin Swayze and Mrs. tiwd officials have one problem
Richard LaFond, co-chairman, on th(ir hands-.they don't know
The Grange committee iuclndes the present addresses of Mary
Mrs. Phyllis Collins, Mrs. Tmn Carnes, 1949 queen, or Janet Ros-J
Ogden; costunies, Mrs. Glenn quist 1952 queep. I
Harrtman; May Pole grounds and Anyone knowing the where-
parking, George Snyder and Boy about's of either Mary o1" Janet I
Scout Trcu)p 16; props, Mrs. Frank is asked to contact the Journal I
Wolf; May Pole riblals, Mrs. s),lhe invitations can be dispal.ch- I
John Ilolh)rf, Mrs. Harriman, ed to them immediately.
Mrs. Jack Palmer; deeorations, i Eleven of the 1 former queens
Mrs. Russell Schr(x, der, Mrs. La-live ,ithin easy distance of Shel-
Fond, Mrs. Tony Kriefels; food, ton and all a)'e e×pecled to be
Mrs. Collins, Mrs. Keith Byrd; here to attend lhe annual Queen's
l)rogr;tm chai|'l/l;tn, Paul C, illie, ba.nquei tlm evening of May 21.
Mrs. tloward Yule, Mrs. Helen Ella Mac Noble, 1951 queen
Greenwalt, Mrs. James Waldrip who is now Mrs. Jim Karten, is
and Mrs. Alma Hurst; guest book, in Ca.lifornia, where hcr husband
LivoWire 4-H Ch|b; (:lean-up, Mrs, is stationed at Vamlenberg Air
Swayze, Mrs. I.aF(md; programs, Base. Whether she will be able
Mrs. Harry Bay. 1(i come home for the festival this
year is not yet known.
Other queens were Lois Giblet
1945 (now Mrs. Les LaBissoniere),
Maril.vn Waklee 1946 {now Mrs,
Rusty Viger), Bernadine Winieeki
) 1947 (n,)w Mrs. Tony Nelson),
Sheri Davidson 1948 (now Mrs.
Don Fraser of Olympia/, Foryl
Sharer 1950 (now Mrs. Dick Wa-
kojanee), Sharlyn Brown 1953
(now Mrs. Buddy F*ranklln), Jane
"Greaves 1954 (now Mrs. Larry
Updyke ), Karen Snelgrovc 1955
(unm:trried), Ariel 13unb:-r 3956
(now Mr.. Ginger l)eer of Seat-
tie), I,ynn Faulk 1957 (now Mrs.
Gone Winters of SeatJle), and
Ja.net llinton 1958 (unmarrie.d).
Rayonier Profits For
'59 on Upswing
For the first quarter of 1959,
Ray¢)llit'r hlcorporated e ;I r n C d
$3,(III,3S:; ()r 55 cents per Mlarc,
(m sah's ()f $32,169,815, it was an-
Dollll('efl by Rnss('l] ]c. ](]rickson,
Jresident, aL the annual share-
loldvl's Inq!l ing.
This (:,)mpal'(!d with $.177,918, or
f) (:('I;IS t)('F shal'e, O|1 .ah's Of
$..).o 8,.,)I for the first 1958
quarter, and $1,$72,410, equal t()
3.1 cents, on sah's of $29,752,566
fl)r lh(! last qmirter of l! 58.
WANT TO BUY
KING C|IRIS STIVI";N, soa of
Mr. an,I M,.,..,.,, ,.,,.,,,,,i,,,, a.(I Lar;eu ....- ._C=.@a,{3
(,lle)n Joall (|liml)y, (lltUghltq" AROUND MATLOCK
of Mr ald Mrs. G('orge Quire )y, Must have good water system.
will reign over the May k'etivzd Will Pay Cash.
• t Southside school this u]tday. Write BOX J, THE JOURNAl.
tJota'aal phota, rler 9at.}
law.
Martin agreed with Ralph Bow-
en who spoke he)'e recently that
lhe new law which eliminates the
pre-audit: functions of the Audi-
toffs office is not one which is in
the best interest of the people of
lhe state since iL places that re-
sponsibility for the authorizaiton
of state paymenLs Lo the budget
director who is an appointee of
the governor. Martin thinks tlmt
:it would be better to have an
elected official like the state au-
ditor handle thts job than some-
one who was appoht.ed to this
posi |ioIl.
Till!; STATE treasuz'er's job
k(,eps hint in New York on nlany
occasions because the big st.ek
brokers a there and they are
!he only ones who are big enough
10 bu
• y up the various bond is-
sues which thc state has sold
alnce the end of world war two,
The treamu'er invests state money
m various types of securities and
tries to make the state money
ea as much an possible when-
er one billion dollars of sttLe rav-
ens(" each year according Lo Tom
fbartin, who has laeld this post
r two ternlS.
MARTIN SPOKE Mon(lay noon
at the Political Fo)ann Club meet-
ing held in the Shclton Hotel.
l.[e was also solnewhat critical
of the new law which limits the
tenure of office for that post to
two t('rlus aild told the audienc.e
that il tal<es nearly thaL much
time to learu the duties of ttie
posil iou.
Martin said thaL Ihe State
Treasul"er's job is Lo act an a
custodian of all state funds rath-
el" I}lan 8s a colleclor of money.
Stale ftlllds also inalude securi-
ties and at the present timc the
slate has about $450,000,000 tied
up in this field of finance.
The State Treasurer has control
of the'faderal forest money and
added that Mason county has re-
ceived $1,236,000 from this source
of revenue since 1906. The money
from these federal timberlands is
dLvLded avealy b0twcea th aomat,
Murder Jury b Decide
fcta of Irene Creech
By ED DOHERTY
A jury of six men and six women walked from the
Mason County Superior Court Wednesday morning at 11 :L16
a.m. to decide the fate of Irene Crecch who is charged with
the first degree murder of her sister last May 21 at Minerva
Park on Hood Canal.
The trial has been in progress night and day since Mon-
day with the prosecution claiming that she is mentally
responsible and that she is guilty of the slaying of her
sister. The defense has stressed the weakness of the state's
case on grounds of insufficient evidence and also claimed
that the defendant is insane and not mentally rsponsiblc.
.The Lrial got underway-Monday
morning and the jury was picked
before the day's session had ended.
The prosecution pointed out that
tho defendant had purchased two
.22 caliber weapons at an Olympia
sporting goods store on the day
the shooting took place. The clerk
who was on duty at the time iden-
tified Mrs. Creech as the person
who had made the purchase. He
said that he had talked wtth her
concerning the type of shells
which would be best for the type
of weapons she had bought.
EVERAL MEMBER8 of the
Mason county sheriff's office were
called in to testify for the state.
Deputy Sheriff Walt Wright said
he had received a call on the
shooting about 12:10 p.m. and im-
mediately left for Minerva Park
on Hood Canal. Wright said that
he touched nothing but found the
body of the victim lying in the tall
grass close to the beach. Sheriff
Potter, Chief Deputy Mel Robert-
son and Prosecuting Attorney By-
ron McClanahan and (2. T. Hatten,
a local attorney, arrived at the
scene a few minutes later.
Potter testified how the defen-
dant came into the sheriff's office
later in the afternoon with two
packages of .22 shells. She id
that she was afraid that the heat
might cause them to explode, The
sheriff testified that the defen-
dant appeared upset and confused
and that he offered her a glass
of water and took her into a pri-
vate room to talk with her. Pot-
ter said that County Prosecutor
Byron McClanahan came into the
room a few minutes later and
asked the defendant if she wa in
trouble. According to Potter, Mrs.
Creech wanted to know who Mc-
Clanahan was. When told that he
jwas the county prosecutor Mrs.
Crcech said, "I know my rights,
I don't have to talk with you."
A Mrs. Cuzick, who lives a few
houses down from where the
shooting took place, told the court
that she was waahing some clothes
around noontime on May 21 and
suddenly heatxl screams and slots
¢'.onsin,- from the home of Mrs.
Bloonffield. She said that She saw
two women running between the
houses and could not identify the
second woman but did identify
Mrs. Bloomfield. She said that
the voma-had tark hair but
could not remember much else
abouL her. ,Irs. Cuzick added LhaL
a fw Seconds lter le saw a
dark colored car drive away.
I)ICK REED° a son of the de-
fendant, appeared before the cmzrt
Tuesday morning and told of the
long standing bitter feeling be-
tween his mother and his aunt,
the victim. The cause of the
t)uble, according to Ms.
Creech'a son. was the .waTding'
of the boy to Mrs. BloomfLeld.h,
a court several years ago, He
said that almost evetime his
mother and aunt got together an
argument arose. Reed recalled a
time many years ago when his
mother tried to take him away
from the Bloomfield home in tle
middle of the night. He said that
the whole household was awakened
from sleep and an argumsnt fol-
lowed.
The state based its ease on cir-
cumstantial evidence coupled with
the strong motive of the loss of i
her son to her sister through court
action. I
oTHE STATE also present,d two
d ctora from Western Stat£ Hos-]
pltal who testified. The first was[
Dr. M. M: Campbell, a psychiatrist I
who examined Mrs. Ci'eeeh when l
she spent 90 days this summer at
I
(Ctnthtued on pag, 5)
Soph. Artist
Scores Again In
Poster Contest
Earl Fuhner, an artistically tal-
ented sophomore at Irene S. Reed
high school who lives at Allyn,
scored another first in Forest Fes-
tival art competition this year
when his design was selected as
winner in the senior division of
the annual forest conservation
poster and slogan contest spon-
sored by the South Olympic Tree
Farm in Mason County schools.
Earlier, Earl won the Forest
Festival membership button de-
sign competition, He in a first year
student ifi the art class instructed
by Mrs. Sue Hatch Mroz.
He and Julane Summers of Shel-
ton, a senior, swept honors in
the senior division (for htffh
school students). Miss Summers'
designs were declared second,
third and fourth place, winnera
and Earl's second entry was fifth.
Miss Summers had still a fourlh
entry which was awarded honor-
able mention.
Ray Wyatt of Shelton, a sopho
more, and Don Moffatt of Lllli-
waup, a senior, were the only
other cash ,prize winners in tim
senior division, respectively re-
ceiving sixth and seventh places.
Cash prizes are awarded f,lr the
first seven places in each (liviaion.
Winners in other divisions of the
poster and slogan contest were:
JITN[OR I)IVISION (7th, 8th,
9th grades).,' -Gall b'ttller, l¢.oute t,
Box 246, ShelLon (Kamih:he Val-
ley schooll, first ; Harvey Becker,
2129 Jeffez'son, Shelton (Shelton
junior high), second; Hob Leeds,
Route 2, Box 740, Shellon t Shel-
ton junior high), {hird; Sally
(CO[lttlltL!d O11 l:);tg(! r))
Senior Party
Meeting Tonite
Plans will be formuhited for the
annual Scnior All-Night party at
a. meeting of the parents of the
graduating class tonight at t,ight
u'ch)ck in the Shelton high schr)(:d
auditorium. AiTangtqneilts will be
made to finance the party wlueh
will be held immediately f()llow-
'ih;:i.ffdii'tiSh•eXeft:iss ,lune 4,
untll-vlawn the*rrent day. ,
ALL PARENTS of seniors a
asked to attend and aid in plan-
ning an interesting pro)gram and
activities for the graduates,
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