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Voters in the Shelton School
District will have an opportunity
to hear arguments for and against
the district's special levy at the
Mason County Young Democrat
meeting at 7 p.m. May 14 at the
courthouse.
The district has put a
three-part levy, which totals
$666,000, on the ballot for June
3.
The separate parts of the levy
include $250,000 for the
purchase of six new buses;
$344,000 to provide a 10 percent
pay increase for all district
personnel and $72,000 to hire
four additional teachers.
There will be a question and
answer session after speakers on
both sides of the issue have been
heard.
All voters in the district are
welcome to attend the meeting
and hear the discussion on the
levy.
Thursday, May 8, 1975 Eighty-ninth Year, Number 19 4 Sections - 40 Pages 15 Cents Per Copy
SAMPSON
few months ago 1 was watching a late night talk
When the topic turned to tile mysteries of the
Triangle" - an area where ships and planes
.inexplicably disappeared. Being interested in
phenomena I listened carefully and began
reading about the Bermuda Triangle.
more I studied the more 1 became convinced
an area extremely similar in characteristics existed
In Mason County. If one studies the demography
Ihical characteristics of the Bermuda Triangle
;n makes the same objective study of the area
and Cota streets in downtown Shelton, the
tic and psychic similarities are nearly identical.
pay phone calls to distinguished professors
the state further confirmed my theory.
each call, even if I didn't take the full three
my coins mysteriously disappeared into the
g I was on the right track and that my
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by a Shelton
sign, power
and a bank
Street Tuesday
of the article,
t, 42, 1317
n, was
police, who
aCCident, said.
Officers said the 1968 station
wagon which Mrs. Lewis was
driving southbound on Highway 3
hit the stop sign at Highway 3 and
Pioneer Way, jumped the curb
onto a traffic island, proceeded
across the traffic island to
Harvard Street and, back to
Highway 3 where it rounded a
hypothesis, as scientists would explain, was
philosophically philosophical and "pretty darn good," 1
casually• strolled up and down Cota Street with a
Yashica 124 camera and came up with some startling
photographs. For example in photo "A" a Sheltonite,
unaware of the power of the Cota Triangle, enters the
area and, as photo "B" shows, mysteriously vanishes m
a matter of seconds. The second set of photographs
shows a car "C" of quite large size seemingly "parked"
and then, only moments later, it is gone, "D,'" its
whereabouts unknown.
1 don't want to unnecessarily alarm the citizenry of
Mason County. However, if you intend to venture into
the Cota Triangle, please notify your friends and/or
relatives.
((Footnote: While I was taking these remarkable
photographs i left my lunch in an inconspicuous brown
paper bag and placed said paper bag in an equally
inconspicuous place. When I returned the bag and its
contents were nowhere to be found.)
Photo D
power pole on the east side of
Highway 3 and entered 'the
northbound lane of travel of~the
highway heading south where it
collided with an American-made
compact station wagon driven bY
Thelma Linn, Rt. 1, Box 709,
Shelton.
Officers said the impact spun
the Linn vehicle around and that
the Lewis vehicle then went
across Highway 3, coming to rest
on the west bank along the
highway.
Officers said Mrs. Lewis was
charged with driving while
intoxicated and having no
operator's license.
Charges that civil service
regulations have not been
followed in some instances in the
Mason County Sheriff's Office
made in a letter to Prosecuting
Attorney Byron McClanahan by
Tacoma attorney Frederick O.
Frohmade r recently.
McClanahan presented the
letter to the county commission.
The prosecutor said he
planned to have a meeting with
the County Civil Service
Commission to go over the
records to determine what was
being questioned.
Undersheriff Edward Doench
said he and Sheriff Dan McNair
planned to meet with McClanahan
and see what he advised on the
alleged accusations.
"We know they are not
bonafide," the undersheriff said.
Warren Knutzen, secretary of
the Civil Service Commission, said
the commission planned to meet
with McClanahan to discuss the'
questions raised in the letter.
the legitimate purpose of the law
have received unequal treatment;
applicant and examination
favorites of Dan McNair and
Thomas E. Creekpaum are
believed to have received copies
of the examinations and their
answers beforehand in violation
A Mason County Superior
Court jury Thursday found
Thomas R. Yorke, Shelton, guilty
of possession of a controlled
substance (LSD) after hearing
evidence in the case for a day and
a half.
The case went to the jury
about noon and the verdict came
in about 5 p.m.
Yorke was accused of having
the LSD in his possession in the
early morning hours of February
9 when he was stopped by
intended to search Yorke for
weapons, but that before he
started the search, Yorke had
reached into the pocket in his
jacket and had thrown something
across the street.
Deputy Sheriff B. Dean Byrd for
A number of the things which not having current license tabs on
are , ntioned, Knutzen said, are kisv tde.
thihgs which the Civil Service ......
Byrd had testified that he
Commission has nothing to do
Guilty plea made
in lewdness case
with.
In the lengthy letter,
Frohmader makes numerous legal
quotations. He did not state in
the letter whom he represented in
raising the questions.
The letter said in part:
"However, in Mason County,
apparently there is, and has been,
a systematic endeavor on the part
of the Civil Service Commission,
Sheriff Dan McNair and Chief
Criminal Deputy Thomas E.
Creekpaum to subvert the civil
service laws and other laws of the
State of Washington, and a
continuous and illegal violation of
the civil rights of applicants for
Sheriff's positions and applicants
for promotional examination.
There has been unequal
protection of the laws under the
Constitution of the State of
Washington, the Constitution of
the United States and R.C.W.
41.14.010 through R.C.W.
41.14.900, in that persons
similarly situated with respect to
Marvin C. Torbert, Shelton,
pleaded guilty to one charge of
lewdness when he appeared in
Mason County Superior Court
before Judge Gerry Alexander last
week.
Torbert was scheduled to go
on trial before a jury on the
charge, but entered his plea
before the trial was scheduled to
start.
He had originally been
charged with two counts of the
same offense involving 15- and
16-year-old girls.
Judge Alexander ordered a
pre-sentence report on Torbert
before he is sentenced.
of R.C.W. 41.14.180: "No
commissioner or any other person
shall.., furnish any person any
special or secret infommtion for
the purpose of improving or
injuring the prospects or chances
for any person so examined ..."
It can be proven that Chief
Ul
Byrd testified that a reserve
deputy who was riding with him
at the time had gone across the
street and found the small glass
container which contained what
proved to be LSD.
Byrd had testified that the
officers had observed where the
object Yorke had thrown had
landed.
The reserve deputy had also
testified to seeing the object
thrown and to going across the
street and getting it after seeing it
land.
Also testifying for the
prosecution was Shelton Police
Patrolman Craig Hansen, who
testified he had gone to the scene
of the stop, which was in the city,
to back up the county units. He
said when he arrived he saw the
reserve deputy coming back
across the street and that he had
assisted in checking the area after
being told Yorke had thrown
something and that it had been
recovered.
Yorke denied throwing the
small bottle or having had it in his
possession. His testimony was
supported by a passenger in the
car at the time, Steven McCarty.
In his f'mal arguments to the
jury, Shelton attorney Gerald
Whitcomb, who represented
Yorke, stated he did not believe
the officers could have followed
the object if it had been thrown,
since it was a dark, rainy night.
The officers had testified,
Whitcomb said, that the object
they said Yorke had thrown had
gone about 80 feet from the car.
Whitcomb also stated that
Yorke had another bottle in his
pocket which contained a small
Criminal Deputy T. E. Creekpaum
has consistently had prior
possession of said examinations
and answers; and it is believed
that such examinations and
answers have been wrongfully
conveyed to applicants of his
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amount of mariiuana and that he
had been charged in district court
for that.
If he was going to throw one,
why not the other, Whitcomb
asked.
Members of the jury were Asa
Malette, Esther Jarvis, Lodema
Johnson, Robert Nichols,
Winifred Lowery, Heather Marsh,
NinaKorzemowski,' Carol Dale,
Robert Michaels, Elmer Herrell,
Charlotte Matson and Donna
Lasley.
Theft from
food bank
reported
Twelve cases of vegetables,
two cases of fruit and a box of
miscellaneous groceries was taken
from the Mason County Food
Bank at the First Christian
Church Sunday night.
Helen Morrow, who is in
charge Of the Food Bank,
discovered the items missing when
she went to check to see what
food was available for
distribution.
A door to the church was
found open by Shelton police
officers at 11 : 15 p.m. Sunday 'and
officers called Reverend Kurt
Hardenbrook, pastor of the
church, to check the building.
The missing food was not
discovered until Mrs. Morrow
came down to the Food Bank the
next day.
Police said there was no sign
of forced entry into the building.
at officials on
are upset
that includes
the
in this
aft/approve of
ietnamese
aited States?"
that half
Were divided
en definitely
and
mixed
against the
felt that
States is
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Country does
they would
were
SPouses of
~rnployees of
polled
red by
American soldiers.
lsabelle McDonald, retired
cook, 3 21 N. Fifth - Yes,
because the poor little things have
to be taken care of and I bet half
of them have American dads. But
do we have room for the adults?
SANDY STONE
"1 have mixed emotions."
America's a large country. We can
make room for them. We've all
got to love each other.
Corrine Shriner, housewife,
1514 Union - Yes. I believe that
we have a little bit of
responsibility - especially with
the children. The Americans
fathered many of the children
over there. With 15 years, we
can't really turn our heads from
the people.
Grace Campbell, housewife,
Rt. 2, Box 191 - Yes. I guess
you'd have to approve if they
have no other place to go. But 1
think we've got enough here who
need help- financial and
housing.
Betty Craddick, registered
nurse, Arcadia Rd. - It depends
on what kind of refugees you're
bringing in. If they're offspring of
American G.I.s, then yes. Or if
they'reemployees of the
American government and would
have been executed, then I
approve of it. Otherwise - no. I
don't think anyone would take
care of us that way.
Dick Baxter, consulting
~.forester, 1117 May - If we're still
on a quota-type basis on
immigration, then they should fall
under the same category as any
Other immigrants. 1 feel we have a
moral obligation, but 50,000 lives
plus billions of dollars is a lot that
we have already expended.
Mrs. Ted Davis, retired
secretary, Star Rt. 1, Box 263,
Union - No. I think we ought'to
frst take care of our own. Look
at how many people are on
unemployment, food stamps. I
think we're being stupid. I'm all
heart when it comes to helping
people, but this I can't see.
MRS. TED DAVIS
"Take care of our own."
Clovis Rodgers, dry planer,
Rt. 2, Box 157 - No, I don't. The
schools are full now and many
people are laid off en3ployment.
Pauline Barmm, bank teller,
P.O. Box 66 - ! have mixed
feelings. I'm all for taking care of
the orphans. It's not their fault.
But are we going to be able to
take on more people when so
many people in the United States
are out of work? I hate to ever
ignore people in need, but...
Jerry Samples, PUD manager,
223 W. G - Yes and no - as long
as it doesn't affect the people in
this country who are out of work
today. We've got a lot of people
in our own country to take care
of. My son spent three different
tours of Vietnam, and ! have
reservations in regards to us
getting involved in the first place.
George Booth, school teacher,
Rt. 3, Box 658 - I don't have any
feelings one way or the other. I'm
indifferent to it. This is a free
/
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BETTY CRADDICK
"Depends on what
kind of refugees."
country. There's no reason why
we should impose rules on one
group of people and not another.
What are we doing here? We're
immigrants, too. The Indians are
the natives.
Clara Roy, housewife, Rt. 10
- Yes, I guess it's all right. I
wouldn't mind having one of the
children. If they (the adults) are
married and their better halves are
over here, 1 think they should
come. Generally, I think they
should try and work it out over
there.
Margaret E ngebretson,
hospital kitchen worker, 927
Franklin - No, 1 don't -- because
l think we've got enough right
here to feed and we're short of
work as it is.
Sandy Stone, ward clerk, 426
Fir - Yes, I do. I can'see bringing
them out of South Vietnam, but
l'rn just wondering if the United
States is the best place for them. I
guess I'm just like everyone else -
I have mixed emotions.
Russ Jacobsen, research
assistant, P.O. Box 251 - I think
so - up to a degree anyway. I
think that's more or less the
philosophy of the United States -
to help out those in need, with
controls, of course.
DICK BAXTER
"A moral obligation,
but..."