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Hoodsport
ROY JOHNSON, center, was recently honored with a dinner after his
retirement from Simpson Timber Company. With him here are Paul
Armstrong, left, and George Frisk, right, who both were Johnson's
supervisors during his employment.
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Roy Johnson, who retired held at Taylor Towne April 25.
from Simpson Timber Company Johnson started working for
as a bulldozer operator last Simpson 21 years ago at the
November, was honored by fellow South Olympic Tree Farm as a
employees at a retirement dinner caterpillar equipment operator.
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He and his wife, Mildred, live at
Hidden Haven Mobile Home Park.
They plan to spend their free time
hunting, fishing and enjoying the
out-of-doors in their new motor
home.
Union
By KAREN M. JAMES
A general carpentry class is
being taught by Jim Watts of
ltoodsport at Hood Canal School
Wednesday nights at 7 p.m. The
class is sponsored by Olympic
College. Participants will learn to
use tools and work on individual
projects. Anyone interested in
taking part in the class should
come to the meeting May 14.
Voting on the Hood Canal
School levy is Tuesday. The polls
are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at
the firehall.
The Union Ladies Civic Club
meets today at 11:30 a.m. at the
Union rttehall. Potluck luncheon
will be served at noon. Officers
for 1975-76 were elected at the
club's March meeting. They are
Vera Zacny, president; Eleanor
Buechel, vice-president; Margaret
Stillwell, secretary; and Vera
Galyean, treasurer.
David Ray Orthopedic met
April 16 at the home of Clara
Bittle. Officers for 1975-76 were
elected. The new officers are
Sandy Carney, president; Sally
Graham, vice-president; Stevie
Krause, secretary; and Anna
G hramm, treasurer. Orthopedic
members and their guests will
wind up their year's activities
with a dinner at Casa de Canal
May 21.
Eleanor Buechel has returned
from a week in Spokane. Eleanor
was in charge of her grandchildren
while her daughter, Margaret
Hawk, completed part of her
nurse's training at a hospital in
Colfax.
Rick and Susan Buechel took
in the Apple Blossom Festival in
Wenatchee this last weekend.
They reported good weather and
a beautiful parade.
Union residents in the Mason
General Hospital include Vera
Bishop and Mr. and Mrs. L. W.
Bonner. Mrs. Dorsey Goff has
recently returned home from the
hospital. Mrs. Sue Lewis, mother
of Dorothy Metzler, is in Fir Lane
Nursing Home.
By DOLORES DRAKE
The week of May 12-16 is
Headstart Week. The Skokomish
Valley Headstart sessions are held
at the Skokomish Trial Center
Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays. Everyone is welcome to
come and visit. Those interested
in registering their 3½ to
five-year-old children for the
1976-76 Headstart program
should phone Charlotte Tobin at
877-5268.
May 5 the Headstart children
visited Mrs. Jean Moore's second
grade class at Hood Canal School,
treating them to cookies they had
made in their classroom. The two
groups then joined in for an hour
of kite flying fun on the track
field.
Roaring 20's Dance
The Tiny Tim Orthopedic
Guild is sponsoring a Roaring 20's
Dance to be held at the
community hall in Hoodsport
May 17 from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. A
lot of fun is planned including a
Charleston contest, auction, door
prizes, and a midnight dinner
featuring chicken with salads and
rolls. Music will be by Kenny
Knight and the Good Guys.
Everyone is welcome to come as
you are or in costumes of the
twenties. For advance tickets
contact Sandi Thurman at
877-5706 or Tammy Pierce at
877-5788. All proceeds will go to
Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
in Tacoma.
Pilot Program
The Olympic College is
interested in expanding its
program to satisfy the needs and
interests of more people in the
Kitsap Peninsula. Last Thursday
the mobile unit from Olympic
College made a visit to Hoodsport
to acquaint local residents with
the classes or activities that could
be offered locally if there is
enough interest. The mobile unit
will be in Hoodsport again today
at the community hall from about
10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Anyone
interested in taking craft classes,
viewing films, taking credited
classes or a number of other
actiVities should stop in and let
them know what their interests
Watch
10:00 a.m. & 10:00 p.m.
Sunday
may be.
Baby Shower
Mrs. Kirk Petersen was
showered with baby gifts at a
party given for her May 4 at the
community hall. Hostesses for the
shower were Marty Lanning,
Helen Spaulding and Pauline
Ferrier. Attending were many
local friends along with relatives
from Tacoma and Seattle and
Sherry's college friends from
Bremerton. Sherry is expecting
their first child in early June.
Sunny Trips South
Faith Evans made a weekend
trip with a friend to Reno and
Lake Tahoe. It had been 20 years
since Faith had been to Lake
Tahoe, so there was a vast change,
making it impossible for her to
relocate former homes where she
had visited.
Louis and Athmore
Richardson made a three-week
trip to Oregon and California,
visiting in Portland, Medford,
Glendale, Fullerton, Palm Springs,
Indio and Huntington Beach.
While in Palm Springs, Louis
attended the Colgate Dinah Shore
Winners Circle golf tournament.
He also got in quite a lot of golf
while in the sunny South.
Golf Club News
Lake Cushman Ladies Golf
Club business meeting was called
to order last Monday by Bee
Hewin in the absence of Mary
Thompsen. Fifteen members were
present. The coming date to look
forward to is May 18 at 2:30 p.m.
for the tee-off with both men's
and women's clubs sponsoring a
two-ball foursome with potluck
dinner to follow.
Fisheries Director Visits
Donald Moos, director of the
Washington State Department of
Fisheries, visited both the George
Adams and Hoodsport Hatcheries
May 1. He was accompanied by
Frank Haw, who is in charge of
sports fisheries for the state.
Later in the day, Moos treated
both hatchery managers, Rudy
Schwab in Hoodsport and Harry
DeVoe, Skokomish Valley, and
their wives to dinner at the
Alderbrook Inn.
Lower Skokomish News
The Healthmobile will be at
the Tribal Center May 28.
Bill Smith, Gary Peterson and
Guy Miller, Tribal Council
members, will be gone to
Washington, D.C. this week on
tribal business.
Nile Thompson has been
employed as linguist for the
Skokomish Tribe. With the help
of Louisa Pulsifer, Nile is
compiling a dictionary of the
Skokomish langauge. He is also
teaching the Skokomish language
in a class offered through
Olympic College. The class meets
Thursday evenings at the
Skokomish Learning Center.
Joanna Elizondo, Skokomish
Learning Center director, helped
Mrs. Moore's second grade class
and Mrs. Peterson's first grade
class study Mexico. Both classes
learned to make Ojos de Dios,
yarn crosses, and block prints of
Mexican motifs. Both classes also
learned several Spanish words and
their meanings. The
second-graders learned to sing "La
Cucaracha" and baked Mexican
wedding cakes. The first-graders
learned to sing "Happy Birthday"
in Spanish and to dance the
Mexican hat dance. Next week
Joanna will be going to Mrs.
Esarey's kindergarten class to help
them learn about Mexico.
Horse Show
Ten-year-old Carrie Thurman
was the only participant under 35
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years of age in the professional
class, three-year-old two-gait, at
the Thurston County Sheriffs'
Posse Horse Show held May 4 at
Trails End. Carrie placed second
on her Tennessee Walker horse
named Midnight Maiden.
Carrie plans to ride in the Gig
Harbor show May 17 and enter
the state show in Yakima the end
of May.
Spring Rains
Warmer days along with the
spring rains have been ideal for
the pale brown morel mushrooms
which have been peeking out
from under the fir needles and
leaves around abandoned
orchards. Last Saturday, the Jim
Thurman family, along with a
friend, Dewey Dunlap of
Olympia, gathered a number of
morel mushrooms after already
getting wet picking oysters that
morning.
Home from Hospital
Jesse Sharpes is recuperating
at home after a week's stay in a
Seattle hospital following knee
surgery. Jesse would like to thank
everyone for their remembrances
and the much-appreciated visits.
Wedding in Quincy
Roland and Maybelle Willson
attended the
their granddaU$
Lambier. Mr. and
aunt and uncle of
traveled to
wedding.
Friends
de Canal
birthday dinner
Lanning.
Meaning of life
What is the
life, or for that
of any creature?
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be religious. Y~
make any
question? I
regards his own
his fellow creatureS!
is not merely
fit for life.
Time schedule
Six hours in sleep,
grave study six,
Four spend
rest on nature
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H & H SHOES in Olympiat
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Thursday, May 29
At the fairgrounds
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At the high school
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Friday, May 30
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Dance "The Stars"
At the fairgrounds
Music Man
At the high school
Saturday, May 31
Parade 10 a.m.
Bunyan Parade
In downtown Shelton
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