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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~
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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°
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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
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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
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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
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