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14, 1959
Entered tuq second clay'3 matter at the Post ,fffiee at Rbeltnn Washington,
under Act of March 6. 1879. Publishes weekly at 107 South 4th Street.
Published in "Uh, ristmastown, U.S.A."
STUDENTS TO BE HONORED AT CHAHBER FETE TONIGHT
,RD SOCK SCOTT BRIGGS JON GOSSER HELEN MYERS
8CHUR
ILLOUR
Honor
At
Dinner
stl]dents rep..
seilools in the
sty area will
to be
M a y
room of the
Olylnpia.
Whose stu-
Olym pia,
ius, Shel-
7elm, and
honor
t includes
bed-
principals
Olym-
of Elks
Who is in
research
Commiss-
grounds in
!e principal
[ E R Harry
neral chair-
and
and
eonlph,t ed
GARY STRANKMAN SHARON SUND
Top scholars of the senior cl3ss at Irene S. Reed high school
will be publicly honored tonight by the Shelton Chamber of Com-
merce in the inauguration of what is irtended to be an annual
feature of the Chamber's civic program hereafter.
The scene will be Alderbrook Inn on Hood Canal at the re-
sumption of what was formerly an annual Chamber event and is
intended to be a continuing feature, an inter-community dinner
shared with civic organizations at Belfair, Union and Hoodsport as
a tourist-season opening celebration.
Dining is due to start at 7:00 p.m. with two relresentatives
of the State Departrrlent of Commerce and Economic Develop-
ment, director DeWayne Kreager and tourist bureau chief George
Prescott, as speakers.
A capacity crowd of 120 persons is expected.
5tan Boreson Due Here Saturday
Morning at National Guard Armory
Five days a week, the after-
school set joins Stan Boreson an,:ll
an(I the show's latest addition, lie- t
zo the Clown, on "KING's Club-
hollse" for a sesskm of nlllSJC, cal-
Wins Award
Boreson's show will be presented
in person, free h) all Forest Fes-
tival button wearers, in the Ma-
ll o'clock this Saturday morning, at (
A VETERAN of Seattle televi- school Shelton, Washington, and
sion, Start ha been entcrtainmg
all ages for almost ten years,
starting in October of 1949. Hc
'VIS a SUCCESS frord the start, aud
still has the highest ratings for a
kids' program in his market.
A local boy from Everett, Sta.n
was found by KING-TV program
director Lee Schulman while Stm
was attending the University of
Washington. Stan, who graduated
from the University as an ac-
counting major in 1950, was invit-
ed to participate with Art Bar-
duhn in a local show, "Campus
,Capers," featuring university stu-
dents.
After the progTam, Schnlman
invited both Start and Barduhn to
stay with the show. The stay last-
ed five years for Stan, until he
went on to his own program,
"KING's Clubhouse."
BORESON, with his accordion
and "songs his Uncle Torvald
taught him," has always been pop-
ular with Northwest audiences. He
began doing the Norwegian dialect
songs on a dare, translating an
American song into Scandinavian
accents. They proved so successful
that he has made numerous re-
cordings of these songs.
WEATHER
tligh Low Precip.
May 6 .. 71 deg. 33 deg. ....
May 7 .. 79 deg. 36 deg .............
May 8 .. 59 deg. 45 deg. ,II in.
May 9 .. 60 deg. 45 deg, ,20 in.
May 10 .. 59 deg. 40 deg ..............
May 11 .. 70 deg, 3T deg .............
May 12 .. 81 deg. 37 dcg ............
--Rayonier Incorporated.
a member of the h)eal school chap-
tin' ,)f the National Ilonor So(iely,
ihas won an honorary college schol-
arship in a national scholarship
competition Ileld by the National
Association of Secondary. School
iPrinci,)als, Vashinglon, D.C., it
iwas announced by George llermcs
prin'cipal. This scholarship w as
;won ill a competition of 45,548
high-ranking students .... all sen-
ior roelnbcrs of the National Hon-
or Society ....... in over 8,000 schools
lhroughout the nation.
THE tHOLAR, SIIIP winner is
the son of Mr. arid Mrs. Louis H.
Beck. 805 Grant Avenue, Shelton,
Washlngton. He plans to enter the
University of Washington, Seat:tie,
Washington, and will major in
mathematics with a career objec-
tive of being a bdsiness consultant.
At high school, Richard was
president of the National Honor
Society, chairman of the Assem-
blies Comnlittee, and a member of
the Thespian Society, band, tennis
team, and yearbook staff.
Fire Ghief Warns
Against Tampering
Fire Chief T. D. Deer warned
this week that persons found to
be tampering with fire hydrants
will be prosecuted to the full ex-
tent of the law.
Chief Deer said that a hydrant
at University and Pioneer was
opened Monday night about ]1
oeloek causing the fh)oding of the
streets in that area.
Andrea
of Sheltou
)oW in Se-
Tllursday
/(t's Corn-
lilts hecn
U('llt . [or
ssn., allll
edu-
Wtth the
n Ihe pro-
Will be
,'erlrg.er,-
P Levill,
Ueen An-
lhtr as
at
Repair
and llO-
all for
ltat
80.
GETTING READY FOR SURGERY -- June
Weckhorst, surgical assistant, is pictured on the
left preparing for an operation as Connie
Duckham, surgical nurse, is shown helping surg-
ery supervisor Harriet Campeau on with her
own at the General hoe-
l Sharp Cuts Due Here For Those 7n.
Publie Assistance Starting July
10 Cents per Copy
24 Pages--3 Sections
Shelton Boy
Doing "Well
The recent cut of about $19 million in the State De-
partment of Public Assistance budget for the next two years
will mean decreases in the funds allowed to Mason county
recipients starting July 1.
Such items as laundry, sewer and garbage fees, tele-
phones, housekeeping services, transportation, special diets
and major home repairs will be eliminated as basic needs
for those on public assistance.
LEANNE WHITNEY
NICK ZOPOLIS
After Accident
J
i Fifteen - year - old Michael
Scrafford, who was hit by a
car and carried 181 feet last
Saturday night on the Day-
ton,Matlock rod about 'a
quarter of a mile outside the
city limits, is recovering from
indies in the Shelton Gen-
eral hospital and is believed
to be in fairly good condition
deapiee the near tragic ex-
perience.
The boy was riding his bi-
cycle when struck by a car
driven by David J. Hardie of
Rt. 3, Box 233, Shelton about
7:45 p.m. while coming back
to town.
HARDIE WAS cited for reck-
;ess driving by the Washington
State Patrol and was released on
!$250 bail. He was charged with
i driving 65 miles an hour in a 25
MPH zone.
] The boy was hit from behind
and after being carried 181 feet
fell underneath the car which had
to be jacked up in order to get
him out.
MICHAEL'S MOTHER, Mrs.
Robert Scrafford of 903 May
street in Shelton said, "Our doc-
tor told us it was a miracle that
Michael escaped the accident with
various cuts and lacerations. The
doctor thought that the speed of
the car was so great as to carry
the boy on the hood of the car in-
stead of hitting him and then run-
ning over him.
Mrs. Scrafford added, "God was
with him that night".
The boy is still in thc hospital
and probably will be there for an-
other week while undergoing
treatment and various examina-
tions.
Summer Swim
Red'Cross Drive
Brings $575
To Swim Fund
The Mason County Chapter of
the American Rod Cross is ap-
proaching the end of its annual
fund raising drive under the direc-
tion of Hal Powers and George
Moore. Co-Chairmen Moore and
Powers wish to make it known
that the summer swim program
will get a percentage of the total
funds collected. At the present
i time the Red Cross has $575.50
earmarked for this purpose. The
Red Cross representatives said
that there had been aome misun-
derstanding concerning the man-
ner in which the surnme," swim
program would be benefited from
the organization's drive for funds.
Red Cross officials want the pub-
lic to know that it was theh. plan
to give a certain percentage of the
rnoney collected in the drive to the
sumer program. They added that
when the drive first started it was
impossible to set any specific
amount since they had no way of
knowing how much would be col-
lected.
Moore and Powers expressed
their thanks to everyone who as-
sisted in the drive with special
thanks to Nancy Whittenburg who
was the residential drive chairman
and Jack Gray who was the busi-
ness area chairman.
Queen Visits
Governor
Mason County Fore,t Festival
Queen Andrea Kneeland, her court,
and Paul Bunyan received a royal
welcome from Gov. Albert D. H.os-
ellini Monday in Olympia.
THE OCCASION was the anun-
al visitation to Washlngton's cap-
BESIDE THE.cuts on basic re-
quirements the new law passed in
the last. session of the legislature
will require a three-year waiting
period to establish residency be-
fore a person can be eligible for
)ublic assistance. Under the old
law there was no residency qusl-
iflcation.
Mason coontv public welfare sd-
ministrator Irvine MacArthur
maid, "Friends, relatives and the
community will have to help meet
some of these needs €)r else many
persons who have been getting
these allowances in the past will
be in serious trouble.
The last session of the state
legislature cut the public assist-
ance budget from a recommended
$256,206,674 to $237,963,643. The
new law specifically stated the
areas of public assistance to be
cut in order to stay within the
lower figure. State officials think
that the ndw law will save Wash-
ington taxpayers about $11,000,-
000 in the two-year period.
ANOTHER FEATURE of the
new law requires tht)se on assist-
ance to pay thc first $50 for any
medical bills.
"These are the most severe
measures taken by the state in
the public assistance field in the
last 13 years, MacArthur added.:
The local administrator fav-
;ored the passage of the recovery
clause in preference to the cuts
made in services of the depart-
ment. The recovery law would
allow the state to receive the
¢operty of the person who had
been granted public assistance
benefits while he or she was alive.
Those who favored the recovery
clause felt that it would save
the state anywhere from ten to
sixty million dollars a year in wel-
fare payments. The bill, however,
was defeated in the last legisla.-
tive session.
Another provision of the new
bill would place the responsibility
to check on those who fail to make
chUd support payments on the
office of the State Attorney C,n-
eral instead of the county prose-
cuting attorney a.s has been the
law in the past. The State Attor-
ney Generals office will hire sev-
eral deputies whose job it will be
to force those who are responsible
for the childs support to make the
necesmlry payments.
they cannot, pay a bill of $2900 to
that firm for work done by that
(:ompany on one of the cily's trac-
tars because the law requires the
city to call for bids On jobs run-
ning over $2:)00.
TIlE CITY OFFERED the com-
paqy $2012 as a settlement. The
Olympia firm rejected this offer.
Mayor Earl Moore made a sug-
gestion that the company offer
to accept $2500 for the work. The
company representative told the
c.ommtssion that he would think
iL over and let then1 know their
ansewer soon.
The commission also passed a
resolution to put the summer wa-
ter sprinkling rate into effect
starting June 1. This lower sum-
mer rate is for non-commercial
users of water only.
MRS. RUTH WILLARI) of the
Shelton Library Board asked the
mayor to appoint someone to re-
place the late Art Walton on the
board.
A resolution was passed hy the
commission for the borrowing of
nearly $11,000 from the firemen's
i pension fund to be used for ti m
!purchase of city street equipment.
The lesolution provides that the
money will be paid back over a
three year period at 4% inter-
est.
:,,. Fund Nearing
t"
, .. , . , ,
hi . _.-, ......... I:,,jO8/Neeoea ,
I IIUnllrtl= i=lrrn I -s.el:on's sum r r¢U0n
VlylIIII&I /11111' Iprogram for its youngsters Seem-
m cd assured of Success this week
$¢tflI¢ P I I I with the addition of $575.50 from
'%/I II/ I-hr Ih ]the recent Red Cross fund drive.
IL-vIrI /VI VI "We're in.business,", chairman
I Gus Hubbart of the cty recrea-
The Shellon City Commission ties committee said as he an-
Tuesday told representatives of nounced the ('onnnittee had auth-.
" Iorized the hiring of the recreation
the Tenney Tractor and Equip-Iprogram personnel at its public
ment company of Olympia that meeting Tuesday night.
pital has modern, up to date surgical facilities
which is an important feature of the busy city
institution serving the people of Mason county
around the clock. The hospital will hold an open
house this Sunday from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.
(Jouraal photo, FAegler
I BERNIE i)OR(Y again will su-
i pervise the program and be one
of a staff of four instrlctors for
the swimming and life saving
i classe at Lake Isabella. In addi-
tion, a bus driver and four in-
structors for the peewee baseball
and girls softball program were
authorized for a total of eight
persons on the staff, some to work
part time only.
The Red Cross contributio0,
along with another $50 from the
Junior Chamber of Commerce arm
$25 from individual donors during
,the past week, now has the emer-
gency fund campaign st two-
thirds of its $1,500 goal. The to-
tal to date is $1,062.27 with $10
donations from the V.F.W. post
and Winston Scott snd a $5 con-
tribution from R. W. Kieburtz.
Scott's check takes the long-
distance honors in the fund cam-
paign so far, coming 'all the way
rom Washington, D.C., where the
resident manager of Rayonter's!
Shelton division is now on leave
to serve in a temporary federal
c;pacity.
CONTRIBUTIONS to the fund
should be sent to the Civic Recrea-
tion Program, c/o city hall.
At the public meeting held by
the civic recreation committee
Tuesday, questions were answer-
ed by the committee and numer-
ous pledges to support the emer-
genFy fund were given.
TIlE CORRECT title---Civic Fie-
creation P,'ogram ...... was clarified
for questioners and the source of
the $1100 which has been various-
[y described as the city's contri-
)ution to the program was spell-
td out. This sum is composed of
the $500 pledged by the Kiwanis
Club, $300 f,'om the city, and $300
pledged by the county.
Queen To Ride In
Armed Forces Parade
Forest Festival Queen Andrea
Kneeland Saturday will ride in the
.a, rmed Forces Day Parade at
Bremertou.
Frank Kokett's shiny 1959 con-
vertible will provide a fit mobile
:hi'one for Queen "Andrea. A('com-
panying them will be Mrs. R. W.
Oltman, the queen's chaperone.
she-ibnGenerat Plans
Open House Sunday
As a (,ilmax te Natiomd Ilos-
I)ltai Week, the Slwitou (;cheryl
H;>spilai will Imhl an opeu hou,u
thl Sunday Ma 17 from 2:30
to 4:3!) p.nl. The new doctors
bulhlhlg uext to the Iiospilal will
a,lo be open to vlltor Refre.qll-
ments will Im served by mem-
bers of the Ladles Auxiliary of
the hospital
it al city aboard Roy Kimbel's
yacht, Flamingo. Traveling with l
the royal party were several Shel-
ton Kiwanians who attended an
Olympic Kiwanis meeting at
which Queen Andrea was guest of
honor.
The Governor wished Queen An-
dregt a succ(sful reign at the For-
est Festival May 21-24 and ex-
pressed hope he couuld bc in Shel-
ls.. f¢)r it.
MacARTHUR IS in favor of
some of the provisions of the new
bill but said, "I personally would
rather have seen the passage of
the recovery clause than have
cuts imposed at this time with
our high cost of liv}ng. Many of
the basic services which were al-
lowed under the old bill such as
garbage and sewer fee sre re-
quired hy law and I feel that they
should not have heen disallowed."
15 Selected
HuYALTY AND THE GOVERNOR Mason next weekend. From left, Karen
County Forest Festival royalty poled for a pic- Lydia Filyaw, Steve Rockefeller
'lure with Governor Albert O. Roellinl in Olym- Governor Rosellini, Queen Andrea
pie Monday after Inviting him to the Festival Judy Frisken and Sharon Sund.
, $ $ * $
Festival Starts Next Thursday
provide the people of Mason coun-
ty with their livelihood and add
beauty and majesty to the area.
i A page in the history of the
county will be closed Friday after-
noon when the old shay locomo-
tive in Brewer Park will be ddi-
cared at a public ccremony.
The Queen's coronation and pa-
geant will take place Friday eve-
ning at 8 p.rn. in the Shelton high
school gym whicl has a. seating
The 15th annual Mason County
Forest Festival opens next Thurs-
day night at the Queen's banquet
amid the regal splendor of the
queen's court with princesses from
the county's grade schools at 6130
p.m. in the Mt. View school.
i THIS YEAR'S Queen Andrea, t
fourth generation descendent of a
pioneer Mason County family,
will role o v e r the four-day
festival which pays its yearly tri-
bute to the tall, gn'een forests that
MAYOR'S PROGLAMATION
For Honors At
Forest Festival
Selection of 1he 15 Mason Coun-
ty residents who will be ltonored
Citizens of tile 15th annual Ma-
son County Forest Festiwd ne, xt
week was a!mounced today by
I JoJu Devereux, chairrnal of the
] Festival Honoled Citizens com-
mittee.
l r I, A rtal pi:asure Lo pre-
sent thc rmmes of our ttonored
Fifteen," Devereux said. "These
people arc pioneers who are typ
ical of the many buihiers o1 Slel-
ton and Mason "County. They rep-
resent many areas of the coun-
ty"
The list includes:
Lantz Wiss, Shelton; Eli Willey,
Route 2, Shelton; Tom Webb. Vn-
ion.; Walter Eckert, Grapeview;
Susie Pauley, ShetLon ; Father
Mark Welchmann, Shelton; Don
Hanson, Matlock; Mrs. Lud Hel-
en McReavy Anderson, Union;
Emma McDonald, Kan,ilche Val-
ley; Ann Whiterr, Kamilche Val-
ley; India A. Sells, Little Skook-
urn; Mrs. J. F. Stotshery, Arcadia;
Charlie Cooke, Shclton; Ernest
"Boney" Loertscher, Cloquallum,
and Harry J. Clark, Spencer Lake.
Creech Retrial
Plea Denied
Judge Etenry Clay Agnew of
Seattle Monday rejee.ted a nlotion
for a retrial of Irene Creech who
was recently convicted on a first
degree mttrder charge in the Ma-
son county superior court.
JUDGE AGNEW said, "I gave
the defendant every benefit of the
doubt on legal procedures affect-
ing her during the trial. Although
the defendant is menh.tlly ill and
I believe that her crime was the
product of a sick mind, I feel that
8he did know the difference be-
tween right and wrong in the
legal sen:, if not in a moral cnse,
As I saw the case only two ver-
dicts would have been possible.
One was a verdict of guilty which
the jury rendered. The other was
not guilty by reason of insanity.
In either case the defendant will
be confined to the hospital for the
criminally insane at Medical
Lake,
HENRY OPENDACK, h,:" at-
trOrll(!y, gP, V( t,tic', th:l[ tie l)lans
to file an appe;d of lhc verdict to
the state supra,me court.
Audilors Annual lCeport
On lhtgcs 20 slid 21
Westlund,
(standing),
Kneeland,
capacity of 1250 people. This year's
rogram will be indoors instead of
outside as in forner years.
THE FOREST FestivM Associ-
sties, headed by Rudy Werberg-
el', has invited all of the. previous
queens lo be on hsnd f,u' this
year's celebl'atiorl slid it: is hoped
that as many as possitie witt be
present.
The children's pai'ade and tile
Paul Bunyan parade will be held
Saiurday nmrning with the Log-
gers sport:s show iu the afternoon.
A Forest b'esfivtd dtnc will be
lield Salurday ewming at the
tLoller Skating Rink sItlvt.illg- itt
9 p.m.
The fun.-filled fern' dav cele-
bration wili elld Stlld;l:,' 'with a
sports ear Forest Ft':-;I.ivLl race
at tilt', Shclton a rport.
WltEREAS: The sale of Popphs by the Veteran of Foreign
Wars and the American Legion ia authorized by an act of Con-
gress, and endorsed by the Pre'Mdent; and
WHEREAS: The major portion of funds so rsised will be
used in the local con)munity, the remainder being utilized to help
t.o maintrain the national hospitals and homes operated by these
fine organizations; and
WHEREAS: Bringing aid to those who have suffered from
war that this nation nlight live is a most fitting tribute to those
who died for uS; now, therefore,
I, Earl H, Moore, Mayor of the City of Shelton, do hereby
authorizc and recognize this noble cause as one most worthy of
the supp, n't of all our citizens, and do here and now proclainl
May 21st and 22nd as BUDDY POPPY and AMERICAN LEGION
POPP" DAYS in this city, and I call upon all to wear a Poppy
as evidence of our gratitude to the men of this nation who helped
America when her need was greatest.
Done at the City Hall of Shelton this 8th day of May, A.D,,
1959.
Attest: ALMA K. CATTO Signed EARL H. MOORE,
City Clerk Mayor
AND
0, K. RE-GAP
For More Economic Driving
at
O, K. RUBBER
WELDERS
MT. VIEW
[]
20
14, 1959
Entered tuq second clay'3 matter at the Post ,fffiee at Rbeltnn Washington,
under Act of March 6. 1879. Publishes weekly at 107 South 4th Street.
Published in "Uh, ristmastown, U.S.A."
STUDENTS TO BE HONORED AT CHAHBER FETE TONIGHT
,RD SOCK SCOTT BRIGGS JON GOSSER HELEN MYERS
8CHUR
ILLOUR
Honor
At
Dinner
stl]dents rep..
seilools in the
sty area will
to be
M a y
room of the
Olylnpia.
Whose stu-
Olympia,
ius, Shel-
7elm, and
honor
t includes
bed-
principals
Olym-
of Elks
Who is in
research
Commiss-
grounds in
!e principal
[ E R Harry
neral chair-
and
and
eonlph,t ed
GARY STRANKMAN SHARON SUND
Top scholars of the senior cl3ss at Irene S. Reed high school
will be publicly honored tonight by the Shelton Chamber of Com-
merce in the inauguration of what is irtended to be an annual
feature of the Chamber's civic program hereafter.
The scene will be Alderbrook Inn on Hood Canal at the re-
sumption of what was formerly an annual Chamber event and is
intended to be a continuing feature, an inter-community dinner
shared with civic organizations at Belfair, Union and Hoodsport as
a tourist-season opening celebration.
Dining is due to start at 7:00 p.m. with two relresentatives
of the State Departrrlent of Commerce and Economic Develop-
ment, director DeWayne Kreager and tourist bureau chief George
Prescott, as speakers.
A capacity crowd of 120 persons is expected.
5tan Boreson Due Here Saturday
Morning at National Guard Armory
Five days a week, the after-
school set joins Stan Boreson an,:ll
an(I the show's latest addition, lie- t
zo the Clown, on "KING's Club-
hollse" for a sesskm of nlllSJC, cal-
Wins Award
Boreson's show will be presented
in person, free h) all Forest Fes-
tival button wearers, in the Ma-
ll o'clock this Saturday morning, at (
A VETERAN of Seattle televi- school Shelton, Washington, and
sion, Start ha been entcrtainmg
all ages for almost ten years,
starting in October of 1949. Hc
'VIS a SUCCESS frord the start, aud
still has the highest ratings for a
kids' program in his market.
A local boy from Everett, Sta.n
was found by KING-TV program
director Lee Schulman while Stm
was attending the University of
Washington. Stan, who graduated
from the University as an ac-
counting major in 1950, was invit-
ed to participate with Art Bar-
duhn in a local show, "Campus
,Capers," featuring university stu-
dents.
After the progTam, Schnlman
invited both Start and Barduhn to
stay with the show. The stay last-
ed five years for Stan, until he
went on to his own program,
"KING's Clubhouse."
BORESON, with his accordion
and "songs his Uncle Torvald
taught him," has always been pop-
ular with Northwest audiences. He
began doing the Norwegian dialect
songs on a dare, translating an
American song into Scandinavian
accents. They proved so successful
that he has made numerous re-
cordings of these songs.
WEATHER
tligh Low Precip.
May 6 .. 71 deg. 33 deg. ....
May 7 .. 79 deg. 36 deg .............
May 8 .. 59 deg. 45 deg. ,II in.
May 9 .. 60 deg. 45 deg, ,20 in.
May 10 .. 59 deg. 40 deg ..............
May 11 .. 70 deg, 3T deg .............
May 12 .. 81 deg. 37 dcg ............
--Rayonier Incorporated.
a member of the h)eal school chap-
tin' ,)f the National Ilonor So(iely,
ihas won an honorary college schol-
arship in a national scholarship
competition Ileld by the National
Association of Secondary. School
iPrinci,)als, Vashinglon, D.C., it
iwas announced by George llermcs
prin'cipal. This scholarship w as
;won ill a competition of 45,548
high-ranking students .... all sen-
ior roelnbcrs of the National Hon-
or Society ....... in over 8,000 schools
lhroughout the nation.
THE tHOLAR, SIIIP winner is
the son of Mr. arid Mrs. Louis H.
Beck. 805 Grant Avenue, Shelton,
Washlngton. He plans to enter the
University of Washington, Seat:tie,
Washington, and will major in
mathematics with a career objec-
tive of being a bdsiness consultant.
At high school, Richard was
president of the National Honor
Society, chairman of the Assem-
blies Comnlittee, and a member of
the Thespian Society, band, tennis
team, and yearbook staff.
Fire Ghief Warns
Against Tampering
Fire Chief T. D. Deer warned
this week that persons found to
be tampering with fire hydrants
will be prosecuted to the full ex-
tent of the law.
Chief Deer said that a hydrant
at University and Pioneer was
opened Monday night about ]1
oeloek causing the fh)oding of the
streets in that area.
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of Sheltou
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GETTING READY FOR SURGERY -- June
Weckhorst, surgical assistant, is pictured on the
left preparing for an operation as Connie
Duckham, surgical nurse, is shown helping surg-
ery supervisor Harriet Campeau on with her
own at the General hoe-
l Sharp Cuts Due Here For Those 7n.
Publie Assistance Starting July
10 Cents per Copy
24 Pages--3 Sections
Shelton Boy
Doing "Well
The recent cut of about $19 million in the State De-
partment of Public Assistance budget for the next two years
will mean decreases in the funds allowed to Mason county
recipients starting July 1.
Such items as laundry, sewer and garbage fees, tele-
phones, housekeeping services, transportation, special diets
and major home repairs will be eliminated as basic needs
for those on public assistance.
LEANNE WHITNEY
NICK ZOPOLIS
After Accident
J
i Fifteen - year - old Michael
Scrafford, who was hit by a
car and carried 181 feet last
Saturday night on the Day-
ton,Matlock rod about 'a
quarter of a mile outside the
city limits, is recovering from
indies in the Shelton Gen-
eral hospital and is believed
to be in fairly good condition
deapiee the near tragic ex-
perience.
The boy was riding his bi-
cycle when struck by a car
driven by David J. Hardie of
Rt. 3, Box 233, Shelton about
7:45 p.m. while coming back
to town.
HARDIE WAS cited for reck-
;ess driving by the Washington
State Patrol and was released on
!$250 bail. He was charged with
i driving 65 miles an hour in a 25
MPH zone.
] The boy was hit from behind
and after being carried 181 feet
fell underneath the car which had
to be jacked up in order to get
him out.
MICHAEL'S MOTHER, Mrs.
Robert Scrafford of 903 May
street in Shelton said, "Our doc-
tor told us it was a miracle that
Michael escaped the accident with
various cuts and lacerations. The
doctor thought that the speed of
the car was so great as to carry
the boy on the hood of the car in-
stead of hitting him and then run-
ning over him.
Mrs. Scrafford added, "God was
with him that night".
The boy is still in thc hospital
and probably will be there for an-
other week while undergoing
treatment and various examina-
tions.
Summer Swim
Red'Cross Drive
Brings $575
To Swim Fund
The Mason County Chapter of
the American Rod Cross is ap-
proaching the end of its annual
fund raising drive under the direc-
tion of Hal Powers and George
Moore. Co-Chairmen Moore and
Powers wish to make it known
that the summer swim program
will get a percentage of the total
funds collected. At the present
i time the Red Cross has $575.50
earmarked for this purpose. The
Red Cross representatives said
that there had been aome misun-
derstanding concerning the man-
ner in which the surnme," swim
program would be benefited from
the organization's drive for funds.
Red Cross officials want the pub-
lic to know that it was theh. plan
to give a certain percentage of the
rnoney collected in the drive to the
sumer program. They added that
when the drive first started it was
impossible to set any specific
amount since they had no way of
knowing how much would be col-
lected.
Moore and Powers expressed
their thanks to everyone who as-
sisted in the drive with special
thanks to Nancy Whittenburg who
was the residential drive chairman
and Jack Gray who was the busi-
ness area chairman.
Queen Visits
Governor
Mason County Fore,t Festival
Queen Andrea Kneeland, her court,
and Paul Bunyan received a royal
welcome from Gov. Albert D. H.os-
ellini Monday in Olympia.
THE OCCASION was the anun-
al visitation to Washlngton's cap-
BESIDE THE.cuts on basic re-
quirements the new law passed in
the last. session of the legislature
will require a three-year waiting
period to establish residency be-
fore a person can be eligible for
)ublic assistance. Under the old
law there was no residency qusl-
iflcation.
Mason coontv public welfare sd-
ministrator Irvine MacArthur
maid, "Friends, relatives and the
community will have to help meet
some of these needs €)r else many
persons who have been getting
these allowances in the past will
be in serious trouble.
The last session of the state
legislature cut the public assist-
ance budget from a recommended
$256,206,674 to $237,963,643. The
new law specifically stated the
areas of public assistance to be
cut in order to stay within the
lower figure. State officials think
that the ndw law will save Wash-
ington taxpayers about $11,000,-
000 in the two-year period.
ANOTHER FEATURE of the
new law requires tht)se on assist-
ance to pay thc first $50 for any
medical bills.
"These are the most severe
measures taken by the state in
the public assistance field in the
last 13 years, MacArthur added.:
The local administrator fav-
;ored the passage of the recovery
clause in preference to the cuts
made in services of the depart-
ment. The recovery law would
allow the state to receive the
¢operty of the person who had
been granted public assistance
benefits while he or she was alive.
Those who favored the recovery
clause felt that it would save
the state anywhere from ten to
sixty million dollars a year in wel-
fare payments. The bill, however,
was defeated in the last legisla.-
tive session.
Another provision of the new
bill would place the responsibility
to check on those who fail to make
chUd support payments on the
office of the State Attorney C,n-
eral instead of the county prose-
cuting attorney a.s has been the
law in the past. The State Attor-
ney Generals office will hire sev-
eral deputies whose job it will be
to force those who are responsible
for the childs support to make the
necesmlry payments.
they cannot, pay a bill of $2900 to
that firm for work done by that
(:ompany on one of the cily's trac-
tars because the law requires the
city to call for bids On jobs run-
ning over $2:)00.
TIlE CITY OFFERED the com-
paqy $2012 as a settlement. The
Olympia firm rejected this offer.
Mayor Earl Moore made a sug-
gestion that the company offer
to accept $2500 for the work. The
company representative told the
c.ommtssion that he would think
iL over and let then1 know their
ansewer soon.
The commission also passed a
resolution to put the summer wa-
ter sprinkling rate into effect
starting June 1. This lower sum-
mer rate is for non-commercial
users of water only.
MRS. RUTH WILLARI) of the
Shelton Library Board asked the
mayor to appoint someone to re-
place the late Art Walton on the
board.
A resolution was passed hy the
commission for the borrowing of
nearly $11,000 from the firemen's
i pension fund to be used for ti m
!purchase of city street equipment.
The lesolution provides that the
money will be paid back over a
three year period at 4% inter-
est.
:,,. Fund Nearing
t"
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I IIUnllrtl= i=lrrn I -s.el:on's sum r r¢U0n
VlylIIII&I /11111' Iprogram for its youngsters Seem-
m cd assured of Success this week
$¢tflI¢ P I I I with the addition of $575.50 from
'%/I II/ I-hr Ih ]the recent Red Cross fund drive.
IL-vIrI /VI VI "We're in.business,", chairman
I Gus Hubbart of the cty recrea-
The Shellon City Commission ties committee said as he an-
Tuesday told representatives of nounced the ('onnnittee had auth-.
" Iorized the hiring of the recreation
the Tenney Tractor and Equip-Iprogram personnel at its public
ment company of Olympia that meeting Tuesday night.
pital has modern, up to date surgical facilities
which is an important feature of the busy city
institution serving the people of Mason county
around the clock. The hospital will hold an open
house this Sunday from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.
(Jouraal photo, FAegler
I BERNIE i)OR(Y again will su-
i pervise the program and be one
of a staff of four instrlctors for
the swimming and life saving
i classe at Lake Isabella. In addi-
tion, a bus driver and four in-
structors for the peewee baseball
and girls softball program were
authorized for a total of eight
persons on the staff, some to work
part time only.
The Red Cross contributio0,
along with another $50 from the
Junior Chamber of Commerce arm
$25 from individual donors during
,the past week, now has the emer-
gency fund campaign st two-
thirds of its $1,500 goal. The to-
tal to date is $1,062.27 with $10
donations from the V.F.W. post
and Winston Scott snd a $5 con-
tribution from R. W. Kieburtz.
Scott's check takes the long-
distance honors in the fund cam-
paign so far, coming 'all the way
rom Washington, D.C., where the
resident manager of Rayonter's!
Shelton division is now on leave
to serve in a temporary federal
c;pacity.
CONTRIBUTIONS to the fund
should be sent to the Civic Recrea-
tion Program, c/o city hall.
At the public meeting held by
the civic recreation committee
Tuesday, questions were answer-
ed by the committee and numer-
ous pledges to support the emer-
genFy fund were given.
TIlE CORRECT title---Civic Fie-
creation P,'ogram ...... was clarified
for questioners and the source of
the $1100 which has been various-
[y described as the city's contri-
)ution to the program was spell-
td out. This sum is composed of
the $500 pledged by the Kiwanis
Club, $300 f,'om the city, and $300
pledged by the county.
Queen To Ride In
Armed Forces Parade
Forest Festival Queen Andrea
Kneeland Saturday will ride in the
.a, rmed Forces Day Parade at
Bremertou.
Frank Kokett's shiny 1959 con-
vertible will provide a fit mobile
:hi'one for Queen "Andrea. A('com-
panying them will be Mrs. R. W.
Oltman, the queen's chaperone.
she-ibnGenerat Plans
Open House Sunday
As a (,ilmax te Natiomd Ilos-
I)ltai Week, the Slwitou (;cheryl
H;>spilai will Imhl an opeu hou,u
thl Sunday Ma 17 from 2:30
to 4:3!) p.nl. The new doctors
bulhlhlg uext to the Iiospilal will
a,lo be open to vlltor Refre.qll-
ments will Im served by mem-
bers of the Ladles Auxiliary of
the hospital
it al city aboard Roy Kimbel's
yacht, Flamingo. Traveling with l
the royal party were several Shel-
ton Kiwanians who attended an
Olympic Kiwanis meeting at
which Queen Andrea was guest of
honor.
The Governor wished Queen An-
dregt a succ(sful reign at the For-
est Festival May 21-24 and ex-
pressed hope he couuld bc in Shel-
ls.. f¢)r it.
MacARTHUR IS in favor of
some of the provisions of the new
bill but said, "I personally would
rather have seen the passage of
the recovery clause than have
cuts imposed at this time with
our high cost of liv}ng. Many of
the basic services which were al-
lowed under the old bill such as
garbage and sewer fee sre re-
quired hy law and I feel that they
should not have heen disallowed."
15 Selected
HuYALTY AND THE GOVERNOR Mason next weekend. From left, Karen
County Forest Festival royalty poled for a pic- Lydia Filyaw, Steve Rockefeller
'lure with Governor Albert O. Roellinl in Olym- Governor Rosellini, Queen Andrea
pie Monday after Inviting him to the Festival Judy Frisken and Sharon Sund.
, $ $ * $
Festival Starts Next Thursday
provide the people of Mason coun-
ty with their livelihood and add
beauty and majesty to the area.
i A page in the history of the
county will be closed Friday after-
noon when the old shay locomo-
tive in Brewer Park will be ddi-
cared at a public ccremony.
The Queen's coronation and pa-
geant will take place Friday eve-
ning at 8 p.rn. in the Shelton high
school gym whicl has a. seating
The 15th annual Mason County
Forest Festival opens next Thurs-
day night at the Queen's banquet
amid the regal splendor of the
queen's court with princesses from
the county's grade schools at 6130
p.m. in the Mt. View school.
i THIS YEAR'S Queen Andrea, t
fourth generation descendent of a
pioneer Mason County family,
will role o v e r the four-day
festival which pays its yearly tri-
bute to the tall, gn'een forests that
MAYOR'S PROGLAMATION
For Honors At
Forest Festival
Selection of 1he 15 Mason Coun-
ty residents who will be ltonored
Citizens of tile 15th annual Ma-
son County Forest Festiwd ne, xt
week was a!mounced today by
I JoJu Devereux, chairrnal of the
] Festival Honoled Citizens com-
mittee.
l r I, A rtal pi:asure Lo pre-
sent thc rmmes of our ttonored
Fifteen," Devereux said. "These
people arc pioneers who are typ
ical of the many buihiers o1 Slel-
ton and Mason "County. They rep-
resent many areas of the coun-
ty"
The list includes:
Lantz Wiss, Shelton; Eli Willey,
Route 2, Shelton; Tom Webb. Vn-
ion.; Walter Eckert, Grapeview;
Susie Pauley, ShetLon ; Father
Mark Welchmann, Shelton; Don
Hanson, Matlock; Mrs. Lud Hel-
en McReavy Anderson, Union;
Emma McDonald, Kan,ilche Val-
ley; Ann Whiterr, Kamilche Val-
ley; India A. Sells, Little Skook-
urn; Mrs. J. F. Stotshery, Arcadia;
Charlie Cooke, Shclton; Ernest
"Boney" Loertscher, Cloquallum,
and Harry J. Clark, Spencer Lake.
Creech Retrial
Plea Denied
Judge Etenry Clay Agnew of
Seattle Monday rejee.ted a nlotion
for a retrial of Irene Creech who
was recently convicted on a first
degree mttrder charge in the Ma-
son county superior court.
JUDGE AGNEW said, "I gave
the defendant every benefit of the
doubt on legal procedures affect-
ing her during the trial. Although
the defendant is menh.tlly ill and
I believe that her crime was the
product of a sick mind, I feel that
8he did know the difference be-
tween right and wrong in the
legal sen:, if not in a moral cnse,
As I saw the case only two ver-
dicts would have been possible.
One was a verdict of guilty which
the jury rendered. The other was
not guilty by reason of insanity.
In either case the defendant will
be confined to the hospital for the
criminally insane at Medical
Lake,
HENRY OPENDACK, h,:" at-
trOrll(!y, gP, V( t,tic', th:l[ tie l)lans
to file an appe;d of lhc verdict to
the state supra,me court.
Audilors Annual lCeport
On lhtgcs 20 slid 21
Westlund,
(standing),
Kneeland,
capacity of 1250 people. This year's
rogram will be indoors instead of
outside as in forner years.
THE FOREST FestivM Associ-
sties, headed by Rudy Werberg-
el', has invited all of the. previous
queens lo be on hsnd f,u' this
year's celebl'atiorl slid it: is hoped
that as many as possitie witt be
present.
The children's pai'ade and tile
Paul Bunyan parade will be held
Saiurday nmrning with the Log-
gers sport:s show iu the afternoon.
A Forest b'esfivtd dtnc will be
lield Salurday ewming at the
tLoller Skating Rink sItlvt.illg- itt
9 p.m.
The fun.-filled fern' dav cele-
bration wili elld Stlld;l:,' 'with a
sports ear Forest Ft':-;I.ivLl race
at tilt', Shclton a rport.
WltEREAS: The sale of Popphs by the Veteran of Foreign
Wars and the American Legion ia authorized by an act of Con-
gress, and endorsed by the Pre'Mdent; and
WHEREAS: The major portion of funds so rsised will be
used in the local con)munity, the remainder being utilized to help
t.o maintrain the national hospitals and homes operated by these
fine organizations; and
WHEREAS: Bringing aid to those who have suffered from
war that this nation nlight live is a most fitting tribute to those
who died for uS; now, therefore,
I, Earl H, Moore, Mayor of the City of Shelton, do hereby
authorizc and recognize this noble cause as one most worthy of
the supp, n't of all our citizens, and do here and now proclainl
May 21st and 22nd as BUDDY POPPY and AMERICAN LEGION
POPP" DAYS in this city, and I call upon all to wear a Poppy
as evidence of our gratitude to the men of this nation who helped
America when her need was greatest.
Done at the City Hall of Shelton this 8th day of May, A.D,,
1959.
Attest: ALMA K. CATTO Signed EARL H. MOORE,
City Clerk Mayor
AND
0, K. RE-GAP
For More Economic Driving
at
O, K. RUBBER
WELDERS
MT. VIEW
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