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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- 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. 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 []