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Percy M Pie
6017 S.E. 86th Ave
Portland, Ore
89, is tile
.~r Women wile
tile Mason
this year.
With Mrs
other women
being born It,.
or more year,'s
now.
~rs. Annie
Helen Me-
Mrs. Mar-
Emma Me-
Price Elli-
hands slowly, hut masterfully,
transf,)rm whisps of sweet grass,
bear gras.~ and ca.ttail into a hand-
some, multi-colored basket.
"vVhen she was only nine yea.~s
old, Mrs. Louise Pulsifer learned
the basket-making craft by w'at.ch-
ing an old woman in the trilm.
Now at 89, although feebled by
the passage of time, she contin-
ues to ply her trade day hy day.
Born on the Skokomish Reserva-
tion, she has continued to live
there all her life. She has had no
formal education, but can carry
on an interesting, intelligent con-
versation, especially in the areas
of tribal history, her family and
her craft.
THI~OUGll THE years many
people have found their way to
the little cottage by the banks of
the Skokomish. Many have become
friends of this old woman Charm-
on the Sko-
an ancient
sits in her
eyes dimmed
her gnarled
ed by her wisdom, her simple phil-
osophy, and her arli:~try, they ;'e-
turn again and ag'tir,. A Seatt*e
lawyer has a large picture (;f her
in his'h,ame, and his children call
her "grandma." Each summer this
family stops by while on wmation
to buy a few more Laskets, and
to take Mrs. Pulsifer t9 the ocean
where they help hcr gather sweet
grass.
"One time a man from the Uni-
versity of Chicago can.e for a
week. For two hours in the morn-
ing and for two honrs in the after-
noon I spoke in the dialect of my
people, and he recorded it on a
tape recorder. He paid me $2.50
an hour, which helped me buy
things for my house."
"Anothm" man from a Seattle
museum comes to see me often. He
has bought many of my baskets
(Conlinucd oa page 5b)
G'-'Surrounded by tie fruits of reservation, was determined by Mrs. Pulsifer to be
ulsifer, 89-year-old member over 100 years old. The doll and rattle were made
Tribe, has hand-woven at the special request of ong-t me friends of the
me. All items shown arc old woman. Crude nstruments used in the Graft~
' exc61~t the' lar~j~'laa~l~et '~,hich Were fa'shlont~d,,fP0rh 'the leVI-b'ohe oT':a ~i~/%'
ket, which was found by and bits of wood and razor blade are in the fore-
.. abandoned house on the ground.
BUTTON--Forest
pinned a Forest Festi-
during the visit
the Governor Monday.
the royal court and
nade the trip to Olympia
"Flamingo,,. After the
group attended the
Olympia Kiwanis luncheon at noon. On the return
trip, the princesses surprised Queen Liz with a
birthday cake in honor of her 18th birthday which
was that day. In the picture, left to right are
Princesses Jacqueline Landis and Susan Wilson~
Queen LIz, Paul Bunyan ken Orr, and Princesses
Sandi Bedell and Ginna Correa.
at the
is the
Ma~on
ban-
in ";he
)Urpose
.=n, Will
Festi.
Green
The
Shel.
The
PUblic.
~t the
Seat.
the
aUrnal.
SELLING BUTTONS--"Abduhl Mohammed of Bagdad" and his
burro were out on the streets in downtown Shelton last Saturday
selling Forest Festival buttons. Button sales are going well,
the Rotary Club, which is in charge of sales, reported. They hope
to have the Festival court on the streets this Saturday to assist
in the button sales. Bob Miller~ alias~ Abduhb is chairman of he
button =ale= for the lub.
t
arat
Entries for the Paul Bunyml
Junior parade close May 21, the
Jayettcs, sponsors of the parade,
said this wcek.
Grand Marshall of the parade
for youngsters will be Teeney the
Clown.
Special prizes of watches will
be awarded for the best pioneer
woman and best logger entr~ies.
The Nimrod Club has do~'~atea
two trophies which will go to
the best hunter and ,est lisher-
loan,
In addition, cash prizes will be
awarded in other categories in the
parade.
The parade will start from the
empty lot next to Dr. George Ra-
diel~'s optometrists office on'Rail-
road Avenue. In order to be in-
chided in the judging, entries
must be at the location d:[ the
start of the Farads before, 9:45
a.m.
All children will recoive ice
cream at the end of the parade.
W
Plans for the Paul Bunyan Pa-
rade
for the Forest Festlvaal May
23 are almost complete, ~[trade
Clmirman A. Roy Dune said, this
week,
Dunn said most of the entries
are already in with a few ..more
expected. There are stilt a:~ few
l spots available in the parade)line-
up, he said. Any organization
which wishes to enter can sttR get
in I)y contacting Dune before Sat-
urday morning.
Among the entries, Dunn said, is
the Capital Lakefair Float which
has won major prizes in other pa-
rades recently along with a nt~m-
bet" of other outstanding entries.
The parade will start at 10:30
a,ln.
(Entl.y ror,n on Dago 5a)
Premier Night
Program/$ Set
78th YEAR--NO. 20 E,,t,,-,,d as second class matter at the post office nt sncn,,n, Washington. l0 Cents per Copy
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Thursday, May 14, i964 Published in "Christmastown, U.S.A.", Shelton, Washington 20 Pages -- 3 Sections
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Voters in the Kamilehe School
District and the Allyn Fire Dist-
rict approved bond issues and spe-
cial levies Tuesday while voters in
the North Mason and Pioneer
School Districts rejected theirs.
Kamilche School District voters
by a vote of 61 yea and two no
approved a $1,500 special levy for
@
the 60 percent needed for approv-
al, The five absentee ballots still
to be cotmted, even if they were
all in favor, could not change the
result, County Auditor C. Nolan
Mason said.
Votel\s in the North Mason
School District. rejected both a
$160,000 bond issue for a new ele-
mentary school building and a
$26,000 special levy h)r mainten-
ance and operation for tile com-
ing school year.
The total vote on the bond issue
wag 281 in favor and 302 against..
The vote on the special levy was
277 in favor and 304 against. A
total of 584 voters turned out Ior
the election.
Recommendations which would
redu('.e expenditures or increase
receipts to the extent of $9,200
were presented tt) the Shelton
School Board Tuesday night by
Supt. R. W. Oltman.
The board toak the recommenda-
~.ions under '.tdvis~ment.
Oltman's recom:nendations in-
cluded that the vocal music va-
cancy in the elementary scnoels
not be filled, that the charges for
act lunches be increased by 5 cents
a hmch, that the towel fee for
physical education students be in-
Talent for the Forest Festival
Premier Night Show on May 22
has been lined l,p, Larry Ha~lsen,
• Jaycee chairman for the program
sa/d this week. The Premiei' Night
is sponsored by the aaycees.
The show will be at 8 p.m. in
the Jmfior High Auditorium.
Masters of ceremonies for the
program will be Roe ~hlf and ~qm
Hartley.
tbelp°o'~'~.:mearg;l;C?~et~e:~^~'"'~*~'--"-~'-''----.. PLAN~,.,..- - ,.:Rl'P--Kather2ne Flower (left)anti Jill tour of the Continent as H gh School Student
'a"~i*I~Illg'gToup fled Wor~:~ lV[asOn . y' o! ' mp ate t e globe in 'search of the" 15 Ambassadors.
High School, the Foster Orr Quar-I European cities they will visit during a 42-day ' ~ ~ ,
tet from Shelton Hi.~'h School an { " * * * *
accordlonist,., an 0~.rza']fist:, dancel, s,] Two very. fortunate. .young ladies ery,. 17, daughter )f Mr a ad Mrs. (ontaetin. g Miss Julie. Wahlgren ot
a ballad singer and novelty and Ifr°m Shelton High School have J. E. Jeffery of .t03 S. llth St., Stadimn Hieh School Tacoma
western music presentations.' Pos-" been selected as High School Shelton. who will cl{[tpcrone the group on
ters from the poster contest in Student Ambassadors, and will (le- The" High School Student Am- the trip, Miss'B~tldwin found out
Masen
part on a 42-day trek through
County
Schools
will
be Europe June 16. "They are Kath-
shown.
Hansen said the group hopeserine Flower, 16, daughter of Mr.
to have a magician for the show and Mrs. Leonard Flowet" of 607
also. S. 14th St., Shelton, and Jill Jeff-
Admission to tl~e big event will
be $1, or by presentation of a For-
Cat Festival button, now on sale
Window Display
Fire Detection
Into Air
Deadline Tomorrow The she,ton and Hoo sport dis
Deadline for window assign- tricts of the U.S. Forest Service
ments in the Zonta-sponsored For- will each have one less lookout
tower manned this summer in a
est Festival Window Decorating program to replace manned look-
Contest is Lay i5.
Call Mrs. lone Green at 426- outs with aerial patrol.
4183 for all window space assign- The Shelton district lookout on
ments. I:tequests will be filled on a Gus Peak in the Canyon 'River
first-come first-served basis, area will not be manned this sum-
Displays must include tbe "Keep met, ten Flower, district ranger
Washi,=gton Green, slogan. Plac- here said.
ards bearing this slogan are avail- The district will again man its
able at the A. Roy Duan realty lookouts on Dennis Ahl and An-
office, 126 Railroad Ave. ders0n Butte.
The Hoodsport district lookout
on ML. Jupiter will not be manned
this summer.
O~pital Airways, Olympia, has
contracted with the Forest Service
to fly the aerial patrols.
The move to aerial surveys is
being taken as an economy mea-
stirs and to get better fire deLcc-
tract ,,o,
Members of the Brotherhood of The number of first reporl.s from
Pulp, Sull),hite and Paper Milllookouts on man-caused fires is
Workers x oted in the IWA Hall small, the Forest Service says.
i~erc Wednesday night on a con-They do have an advantage in
tract proposal in the face of a I~lower said the Gus Peak lool¢-
move to oust the two nnions which splitting lightenings .strikes.
had negotiated the contract with out would bc manned at times
when lightening made is advisable.
cmployerSwest Coast.in pulp mills on the A~erial patrols have taken an in-
Results of the local election were creasing part in the fire detection
picture since they were started in
not eva.liable widen The Journal 1944.
went to press.
A group calling itself the Assoc-
iation of Western Pulp and Paper
Workers was formed in California
last Weekend. The group seeks
to drive the Pulp, Sl,lphite and
Paps,' Mill Workers anti the Un-
ited Paperworkers and Papermak-
ers from some 50 West Coast
mills.
CARDS ARE being circulated
through the mills in which the
tWO unions now l'epl'eS(.'nt enl-
p]oyecs.
A rept'esentative of the union at
tim Rayonier Inc. Olympic Re-
search facility here said that it
e~ppeared that the nmjority of the
members here would sign up with
th(2 ne\v Ullioll.
Accountant Is
Named & PUD 3
PUD 3 Board of Dircc.tors an-
nounced this week that R..1. (I3ol))
has joined the ,)rganiza-
Lion tlrS'Chief Accountm~t. B:unforcl
was formerly wll.h the C, ity el
Port Angeles IAght and "Water
Del)arl.ment.
Married, and tile father of two
t.hildren, Bamford's v'ife, Bobble.
daughter 1-~a,l'b~lra, ] 1, and !;OD
Bruce, 9, phtn on jo finff him in
,¢.:hclton at the e.nd of 1.he pl'esenl
sehool session.
Bamford is filling the spot form-
erly occupied by Die.k Hcflland.
Recently Holhmd was promoted to
the position of auditor, following
the death of E. R. Krona.
FINAL MEETING
The Mason County Forest
Festival Association will hold
its final meeting before this
year's Festival at 8 p.m. today
in the pUD Conference room,
Final plans for the Festival
will be discussed.
Named as head of the lleW nn-
ion was Williant I'errin, Oregon
City, qre. Other officers are Dick
Ev~
erett, vice president;
and Ehnet. Lines, Los Augeles,
secretary.
The formation of the new group
was triggered during negotiations
at which the contract on which
dm local group here voted last
night was Worked out. Sonte of
the elected caucus officers wcre
ousted from the bargaining ses-
sions by an international vice pres-
ident, followed by a walk-out of
cther.~.
bassadors a.re a facit of the Peo-.
pie to Pcople organization origi-
nated at a White House eonfer-
enc-~ called by President Dwight
15. Eiscnhower in 1.956 for the pur-
pose of deveh)I)ing international
understanding. Today it is recog-
nized tllroughout the world as on(~
of the outstanding agencies pro-
moting better international rela-
tions. Last smmner the Pcople to
People Council of SpoI:ane for the
first time selected a delegation el
High School Ambassadors to senn
abroad on a good-will mission aim-
ed at establishing permanent
friends and increasing iutcrna-
tionai understmding. Adult lead-
ers and 1;}8 students traveled in
Europe, meeting with students,
civic leaders, school officials and
living in the homes of Europea,:
families. This year the Tacoma
i Chapter of People 1.o People was
=asked to co-sponsor this progi'am
with the Spokane Chapter.
MISS .MARGARET BALDWIN,
advisor at Shclton High "School
found out about the trip, Upon
She]ton Student
To A ttend Science
Study ,ession
VJre,inia Alln Freenl',ln, a junior
a.t ShclLo]] High
School, has been
selected to study this summer at
the University of Puget Sound,
Tacoma, under a National Science
Foundation p r o g r a m, Dr. R.
Franklin Thompson, university
president, annollnccd this week.
She is one of 35 high achieve-
menL boys and girls between their
jtlllior alld sellior years selected
fin" the program from a five-coun-
ty area.
The plogl'aal is finane.ed by the
foIIIldatiou slid eonLributions froln
industry.
A~iss Freen:all is the daug]lter
of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Freelnan,
G rapeview.
Mason County
'
LWS BRIEI~ S
BELFA1R -- Formatim~ of ':~
comnm,aity library in llle Norl.b
Mason area will he discussed tit a
meeting at North Mason Hi.gh
Sch.ool library May 21. SI)eaker for
the meeling will bc Alfred Kraig,
Thurston-Mason County rcgionat
librarian.
BELFAIR---Georg'e Phuner anti
Alan Cady receivcd the rank ot
Life Scout at a }Boy Scollt Court
of l-loner aL the Belfair Fire Halt
recently.
M AT LOC K---Sta te Rep. Paul
Conner will be the speaker for
the Mary M. Knight commeneeo
mcnL x¢l'ci c at 8 p.m, 27,
that it would be possible to screen
two local girls as prospects to
accompany Miss Wahlgren. So
with Miss Baldwin eoordinating
the efforts locally, tim wheels be-
gan to turn.
First of all, the two girls had
to meet rather stringent qualifi-
cations:
1. They should be Juniors in
High Scho0i with a good grade
point average {Seniors would be
considcred, however).
2. They should be inLcrcsLed in
international affairs.
3. Thcy should be studying a
foreign language.
4. They should be willing to con-
tinue in People to People work
after the trip is completed.
5. They must be willing to ad-
here to rules and regUlations as
administered by adult leaders, ana
reflect at all times the proper rep-
resentation of the United States.
6. They nmst complete an appli-
cation 'form including four recom-
mendations and submit this to the
adult leader by a certain deadline
A $100 dcposit must accompany
the application.
Last but not least, tl~e parents
must give their consent and be
willing to foot the bill for the
(ContlllUed on l)Rgc 5a)
The Shelton City Commission
Tuesday established a city park
! bqard and named five members to
'it.
The conullission approved a res-
olution setting up the board..
Mayor ]frank Travis Jr. t]leU
appointed Arnold Fox to a five-
year term on the board, J. Keh, on
Hamilton, four years, Mrs. Martha
Witsiers, three years, Dr. George
: f~adich, two years and Mrs. Mabel
Goodwin, one year
City Supervisor Pat Byrne l)re-
sented lhe c()nlnlission willl 1111 cs-
tinlated cost of the planned ilu-
provenlent of I< Street under the
arterial street program. The eom-
lnissiou also received a, petition
lrolll residents of thc street ask-
ing for an LID lo conlplctc the
Mreet to 44 feet wide .with hard
surfacing and c~u'b and gt]tter.
BYieNE ESTIMATES the cos{
of the project at $69,700 of which
$14,400 would be borne by the
property owners, $36,866,66 f~)nt
arterial street money and $18,o
433.34 from other city street funds.
The commission took the pro-
posal under adviscment to study
it and to determine if the city
has ftmds available fin' its share.
Street Superintendent Bob Tem-
ple reported tltat 42 loads of trash
were hauled from 97 places dur-
ing the city's clean-up week last
w¢¢1i,
creased by $1 and that a lowel
fee be cimrged for intcrnlnrial
sports, that the corrective speech
vacancy not be filled, that. when
a bus is nscd for transportatitm to
athletic events or other extra cur-
ricular activities that a charge of
5 cents a mile plus the cost of
extra pay for the driver be ma~e
and that all field trips in which
bus travel is required be cancelled.
Oltman summed up the school's.
financial problems in answering
objections to the suggestion that
a vocal music teacher for the ele-
mentary schools not be t~ired with
the comment that he did not con-
sider music a frill, that lie apprec-
iated music, but, that he also ap-
preciated a balanced budget.
TIlE It, OAIH) voted to raise the
starting salary on the salary sched-
ule from $4,500 to $4,800 and to
make an adjustmm:t the second
year Lo bring this increase into
the rest of the schedule. The
schedule will now have a salary
of $4,800 for both a first and sec-
ond year teacher and $4,900 for
a third-year teacher. The sched-
ule was previously $4,500 for a
first-year teacher, $4,700 for a
second year teacher and $i,900 for
a third year teacher.
The salary increase will affect
only one teacher, a new teacher
who was hired by the board Tues-
day night.
The action was taken largely
to improve the board's position in
attracting new teachers to fill va..
tansies. The board, on Oltman's
reconmtendation, signed contracts
for seven new teachers Tuesday
night. This leaves tour vacancies
still to be filled, Oltm'.m said,
Andy Tuson, chairman of the
salary committee of the Shelton
Education Associa.tion, objected to
the starting salary increase ac-
tion, stating that he believed sen'm-
thing should be done to raise all
salaries ratl:er than to rais,e the
lower end of the schedule.
Instead of taking this qction,
which would benefit only a very
few teachers in the 3ystenL Tuson
said, the board should be consid-
cring placing the special levy be-
fore the voters again to gel ad-
equate funds to operate tim dist-
rict.
TWO SCIIOOL board mentbers,
Dr. Douglas Larson and Mrs. Vir-
ginia Martig, said they believed
that the special levy should be
snbmittt~d again. Board mmflber
B. Franklin Heuston stated that
he did not think anything a.long
tills line shouhl be done tmtil the
board has time to discuss the prob-
lem with Robert Quiggle, who will
succeed Oltman as Superintend-
ent July 1.
The school board received rec-
ommendations fronl the citizen's
advisory committee on the lihrary.
They concluded that the library
should not bc used as a study troll,
that additional funds: should bc
spent over the next few years to
bring the nunlber of volumes "up
Io 6,000, tee. nlminu.un standard
suggb~sted by the state and tha.I.
exLcllded hollrs for the library
shouhl be considered.
The board rejected all bids on
tWO school bUSSCS opened at the
:last. meeting, The rejection catne
because of a lack oil f/rods for the
ptu'c]:ase of the bus~es. The bus
bids had been sought before the
defeat of the special lcvy, which
would have provided mousy for
the purchase.
COI{I{E(H3ON
The starting salary adopted by
lhe Pioneer School District re-
cently in its revision of the salary
schedule is $5,025, not $5,525 as
uppearcd .;n The Journal last week,