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60].7 8.E, 86th AVe
$ Approved By
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19
13, 1965
IA AHL
n~ember of
,s of the
Years, he
tan of the
tt he had
help from
especially
member of
nPatW, who
orked With
of the Ch tm-
.' is ill char/4e
gram for the
1945, Oltman
the Superin-
'he same ye~
was held.
raOVed out of-
,~e' became
i! Lection ~ ith
wffShington
i Was Presi-
After thai;,
trd of Trus-
of the
and Ki-
"rman of
I-Ie WaS
from 19-
of
Will be
anlliver-
MAY
1965
Charles S. Cowan a fire preven-
tion leader in the SLate of \¥ash-
ington for nearly four decades,
will be tile featm'cd speaker at the
Queen's Banquet, lVIay 20. opening
event of the 21st annual Mason
County Forest Festival
The public dinner honoring
Queen Patsy Bixenmaml and her
court will begin at 7 p.m. m the
multipurpose room of the Moun-
tain View School. according to
George Hermes, general chairman.
The Shelton-Mason County Cham-
ber of Commerce is agam sponsor
ing the event.
QUEEN PATSY will be crown-
ed by her immediate predecessor,
Liz Somers.
Cowan, who retired from the
Washington Forest Protection As-
sociation in 1958, came here ill
1927 from British Columbia. Dur-
ing his career he led in tim de-
velopment of new equipment and
methods in detecting and combat-
Ling forest fires. He has been ac-
tive in many associations and is
a past presi(ient of Keel) VCashing-
to Green.
Hermes sai(I banquet tickets,
costing $2.50 each, are on sale at
several locations in town.
CHARLES COWAN
Bacon, who last spoke ill Shcl-
ton in 1962, has 'been a:;sociated
with Shelton for over two decades,
first with the Lumbermeh's Mer-
cantile Company, then with Simp-
son. He is a former resident of
Shelton and now lives in Seattle.
Although Bacon's spee.c.h is key-
ed to the Company's 75th anni-
versary, he is expecLed to empha-
size SimpsoWs futm'e, including
possible expansion Tn Shelton.
Ulle, left, and Paul Kamin, children of
rain, Shelton, hold the trophies and
to winners in the Paul Bunyan
Festival May 22. Julie is dressed
and Paul a logger. Simpson Timber
to the best pioneer woman and best
Will ~resent trophies to the best
es will be given as prizes
will assemble on the old Lincoln
before 9:30 a•m. for the parade
Unyan Parade.
IIOME OWNED bank the
. RATIONAL BAHg
MASOH GOUHTY
~IT~ ARE BUILDING MASON COUNTY"
r YOUr added oonvenience
10:00 A.M. - 2:00 P. L
F.D.I.C.
Published in "C.hristmastown, U.S.A ". Shelton Washin=ton
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Enter,,t! as ~(!(',~,l](l ClaSS maLLet' at the Po.stofflce at Shelton, Washington, 98584
una(,r ACt of Marco 8 1879. ~'um,sne(t "a,eekly at 227 Wast Cots.
OSCAR LEVIN
BY PAULA STORMO
Oscar Levin, a Shclton resident
since 1944, worked as staff forestm
for Simpsou until two years ago.
He has been an active participant
in the Forest Festival for nearly
as hmg. For he was one of the
original group which organized the
Fe,~tiv'd in 1945. Timre were three
other cmurnittee chairman at that
time. 'They were Harry Clark, Reg-
inald Sykes and M. H. Needham.
Levin has done a great dcal of
work for i.he Festival over the
years. He originated the poster
contest, and scrvc,l as iLs commit-
Lee chairman from 1945 to 1959•
Ten years apo Lhe Western For-
~stry and Conservation Association
began sponsoring a poster contest
in 11 Western slates following
the stone pattern used here. 'Thin
also spread to the Midwest, the
East and the Southwest with the
Ke~p Green Programs.
Levin ha~ served ~IS one Of the
Logging Show judges, an.d as all
advisor to those who enter para.dc
floats, among many ()their things.
He is now a member of the Forest
Festival executive conlmittee as
he has been for the past 20 years.
He has been active with the Boy
Scouts tile 4-I-1 Camp, and tll'e
Tree-I;arm movement.
:i' :it :i:
OTtlER SIMPSON executives
from Seattle who will attend the
luncheon, nearly all former Shel-
tonites, include \,ice Plesidents R.
13. Hutchinson, G. L. Oswald, and
Starr Reed, and C. E. Runaeres,
Jr., director of corporate planning;
Mel Munson, director of industrial
relations and Dave James, direct-
or of public affairs.
Other special guests will be C.
H. Kreienbaum, long associated
with the Company's development
in Shelton mltil his retirement m
1960 and W. G. Reed, Jr. great-
grandson of Founder Sol G. SimP-
son.
Musical e~ltert, ainment will be
provided by Bea Larson and Van
Helnmer.
Rocky Hembr?ff of Kiwanis aud
Bud Lyt n of Ro,.ary are co-chair"
manning preparauons for tlm lun-
cheon.
Lois Magelssen, daughter of iV[r.
and Mrs. H. O. Rowe, Simlton,
placed third ill the State Keep
Washington Green contest ~hich
was judged recently.
Posters suhmitted in the Ma~
son County Forest FeStival poster
contest :]re submitted ill the state
cam etition. The top. two place
win~,rs ill each division are sent
to the state contest..
see(rod in tbe senior dlvlS
l~{ason Cmmty voters Tuesday
approved a $1,100,000 bond issue
i!or the eonstruction of a new has-
contest here.
Les Shelver a trustee of keep
Washington Green was notifieo or
Miss" Magelsse,;'~' .plac:::gtui,~, ~?
state contest and, l~e
18 Pages 3 Sections
10 Cents per Copy
Second
tiffed her.
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, 010 Simpson Tinl-
l)el CompanY was founded in Ms-
'" • . ...... ars ago; and the
son COlUlty ~o ,~ ~, ,.~...¢;,,,,I ^~
Co;i~;;'anY forits contrbution to the
and conselvation at
d"vel0p):lente ' ' '
our forests, and
" S the 21st nnnual
WHEREA~ ' , ' • ' 'ul
• ay
$11( Ill I
" ' ' ' -,-"MAY 22nd and
20th tlu'0ug" ' ' .
"--EAS, the wearmg ()f a
WHP-n
RED HAT symbolizes our con-
t mt vigil for" the preserwttion of
S .I:
otn' foreStS: •
W, THEREFORE, I, FRANK
NO
. ~'VlS, Mnvor of ltm City of
" -Wasiii, gton, do he;'cby
Shei!:o! ,.uc Week of May 22nd as
Ilroc|alln ~,)* ',
.'Fo)'e:~i Festival Week.
IN wITNESS THEREOF, I
• ~ l~creunto set my hand and
'~;;%d tho sea, o.~ :~e Cit.,~ o~ Shol-
ton to be affixeu tnis 10th day of
~(,,r 1965.
/s/ FRANK A TRAVIS
Mayor
Continued on Page
ine
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FAIR ROYALTY--Kathy Mell, center, was elected are, Carolyn Brewer, left, daughter of Mr• and Mrs.
Mason County Fair Queen by the county's 4-H Ralph Brewer, Shelton, a member of the Kamilche
members last week. She is the daughter of Mr. Kids• and Bette Cowan, right, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Mell, Shelton, and is a member of and Mrs. Edward Metzlcr, Union, a member of the
the Agate Tip Top 4-H Club. She has been in 4-H 4-H Builders. The three girls will reign over the
_work f,_~l" eight years_. Membe ~_ of the royal court Mason County Fail" In .August.
Guard Unit Won't J, ~= )~= = " "
Be In Festival Corn|he
I ~l_ ~ |~__ Two eight-page sections of th.c ~largest in this newspaper's 78-year
~~][~ IFJI$ fear Journa.l's ~:pecial edition dedicated life.
~o• (Snpps(}n Tu}lb..ev Companys] Be sure you•geL as many copies
(Din linD, l\ orsar~ na,v/2,colne ()If •
The Sll~lton National Guard ill( less , -., . . . as you need
' " " '" '- 1 ' ~ p '"L' an(l a tnll*(l SQCI1OI1 T;() ' . .
Unit will n.ot pku'tmlpate, m tl c eomplcie the edition wi,1 be ,n',nt- Becanse of the early pubhcahon
Forest l,'cshval Parade tins year ed l lte ~h s ~e,,~ ÷'(,, ~,,eu,'/',~ -~ date next week, dea,dlines for
The g,lal'd ,nembe,'s wm be at- ,,;';',,4i' rand adve,:Usi,,g win be a
Lending a 41st Dlvm~en trauung est Festival edition of this news-I -la5 earher thall nsual,
maneuvers at Ft. Lewis the week- paper .... I The deadline for r~tral cm'res-