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Shelton Mason County Journal
Shelton, Washington
May 20, 1965     Shelton Mason County Journal
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I , II ..... i NOT A TRACE of its colorful ings. It's Sil¢lton's Railroad Ave- past is shown in this wide ave- n.e, down which once rolled the ,~,Ja fl~nked by m,odern build- Simpson log trains. The last train made its run on April 8, 1948. Then the track was torn out and a new sixty-foot street constructed. Logging trains now cross South First Street in a less-cormpicu,ous pl~ ' r Thomas F. Gleed, president of Simpson Timber Company from 1951 until 1962, brought to the Company tremendously valuable financiM know-how which was essential in the Company's great expansion following World War II. Vvilliam G. Reed, Mark Recd's comp',mies in the prospect of in-, vesting in land and timber with long-.1 erlll loans. The skill of these men aided the Company in acquiring EvcreU Pulp and Paper, Schaefer Broth- crs I,o.~;ging Company, M and M Woodworking Company, Northern Redwood Company and Sage Land an'.:l Timber Company. son, had erabarked upon a polic~Vehcn the Everett Pulp and Pa.- of expansion and needed to find ~ pet" mill joine:t witl~ L.ee Pttpe~ man who could rai~e the many Companv in Michigan, the Sin~p- millions needed to accomplish this son Lee Paper Cor~pany was the task. I-Ie spoke of it to Thomas result, will] Simpson Timber C(mt- Gleed, who was president of the pany owning sixty per cent of the Seattle-First National Bank, an.:] firm. Gieed oKered to take on the job Gleed is pre.,ently a member of himself, the Company's board of directors With Joseph Mucldey, his as- and is chairman of its finance sistant, Gleed interested insurance committee. Prevent° • :: . (,','.::: ,. ". ,, .,' :,, • Of First aid for fire prevention is the job of Royce Waldrep, water.. front fire prevention supervisor for Simpson Timber Company. "Everyone in Mason .County would suffer from a serious fire on the waterfront," said Waldrep. "Our job is to keep the place from burning down." Involved in tl]e work of fire prevention are a 34-man state- trained fire brigade and four men whose full-time work is the mair~.. tenance of sprinkling systems, fit',:. e:dinguishcrs, hose ~,m:t v, .,,t,., P.lai ns. "WE BANK ON tl:e Sb.e:toh Fire Department's experiermc am~ knowledge in fighting fires, and our brigade acts as an auxiliary," "Waldrcp explained. "We have to stay on top of things to prevent fires and to combat any fire un- till the fire department arrives." Two main concerns of the fire preventors are housekeeping and welding, Waldrep said. Plants must be kept clear of trash and oily materials and welding must be carefully supervised. No one can weld in any of the Simpson plants without notifying Waldrep. "We lay in hose, clear and wash down the area where the welding is to be done and stand fire watch while they weld," he explained. SIMPSON'S FIRE BRIGADE has been functioning since May 7, 1964. The men in it were given a 16-hour training course by the State Board for Vocational Educa- tion, studying basic fire fighting and prevention. Monthly meetings and drills maintain their skills. Those serving in the brigade are mostly maintenance people in the plants and cover all three shifts. In case of fire, they act as lead men, directing others in the plant in combatting the blaze. BRIGADE MEN are important Fina as spotters of fires or fire possi- provides bilities. "I've only got one pair of case eyes," Waldrep explained, "awl pumps or wiU] these 34 others we can pret- Waldrep, ty well cover the danger points." son a year Water for fire fighting comes years' h in a 30-inch pipe from Goldsbor- years wit ough Creek. A million-gallon res- i)artment ervoir near the Bordeaux SchoolAberdeen . :,(i¸ , A WATER-CURTAIN noz=le, capable of turning one hundred pounds of water pressure into a wall of water in front of a building, Waldrep, visor for terfront. SHEL'rON'S DEPARTMENT extends its Best Wishes to /, Pri o }: ,: ? (i/ : i(i Mason County in the next years. fine people of Simpson to build-,:.., ing together a bigger and better WE LOOK FORWARD EAGER" LY to a future in which we Stan Shoulder-to.Shoulder with the on a past covering 75 Years of Service to this community and the " " prod, . cts industries, ' . o our ell~re CO,'di~ryo ,- [