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Sec. Supplement of SHELTON-MASON COIYNTY JOURNAL
Ihlblic relations .... with em-
ployees, the public the govern-
ment, tile community and the news
media --- occupies the specialized
time and attention of four Simp-
son people.
Holding forth in Seattle are
Dave James, director of public af-
fairs, assisted by Blanche Hat-
good. In Shetton is Jim Hartley,
public relations assistant, aided
by Barbara Brand.
The department turns out pub-
lications to keep employees and
the public informed, lends a hand
in projects for community better-
ment, works on governmant rela-
tions and supplies information for
local newspapers.
JAMES, who has been with
Simpson since 1947 and moved to
Seattle in 1959, represents the
Company in government relations,
t~erves on a host of industry or-
ganizations, speaks before various
clubs and associations, work on
community projects and contrib.
utes to Company publications.
Hartley, joining Simpson in 1957,
edits Company publications, helps
newsmen in search of information,
and arranges tours of Simpson
woods and mill operations.
AMONG THE PUBLICATIONS
the Company puts out is The
Simpson Diamond, which serves
the entire Company and is sent
each month to every employee and
customer as well as community
and political leaders. Hartley
travels to all Simpson locations in
search of stories about the people
and plans of the Company.
Simpson Timberlines is a week-
ly bulletin for salaried employees,
designed as an aid to the latter in
DAVE JAMES
The Voice Of Simpson
JIM HARTLEY, more often
viewed from the operating :end
of a camera in the course•of his
duties as public relations assist-
ant, prepares some copy for an
edition of The Simpson Dia-
mond.
keeping employees in their depart-
ments informed to insure that em-
ployees know Company news be-
fore the public does.
An annual report of Simpson
activities is furnished to every
employee plus various business
and political leaders.
PRESS RELEASES are sent to
the news media telling of Simp-
son developments, and reporters
are given information to help
them in writing spot news stories.
Fro13(1 font to six major tours of
Company operations are generally
planned by the department. Help
in the planning and execution of
community events, such as the For-
est Festival is provided by public
relations staff members as well as
other Simpson people.
Working closely with the pub-
lic affairs department in the Shel-
ton Working Circle is M a x
Schmidt, Jr., who is spokesman
for Simpson here in addition to his
job as timberlands
'DIAMOND' SUCCESSOR TO 'LOOKOUT' AND
'REDWOOD CONE' AS COMPANY MAGAZINE
In February, 1961, the first is-
sue of The Simpson Diamond roll-
eel off the presses, replacing both
the Simpson Lool~put and the Red-
wood Cone and symbolizing the
new centralized path of the Simp-
~on Timber Company.
The Lookout began in 1947 tell-
ing about the people and activities
of the Company when it was a
rather small and compact organi-
zation with production plants only
in Shhelton and McCleary.
The Company grew, and Look-
out pages began to tell of plants
and people from Everett to Eure-
ka. Then the Redwood Cone came
into being to serve California op-
erations.
Then, on November 17, 1960, the
consolidation of all company oper-
ations under The Simpson Timber
Company took effect, and the Dia-
mond was bern to serve the entire
Company.
The magazine's name came from
the red diamond symbol adopted
in 1956 after acquiring the M and
M Wood Working Company.
The Diamond is mailed monthly
to employees to convey informa-
tion about the plans, policies and:
people of Simpson, gathered and
edited by Jim Hartley, public re-
lations assistant.
For Twt
A logging camp named for them
and a place in the hearts and his-
tory of Mason County honor the
Grisdale brothers, George and Bill.
Together they devoted nearly nine-
ty years to logging for Simpson.
George, a colorful member of
the early days of the Company,
came here from Canada at the
age of 17. His first work for his
Uncle Sol Simpson's outfit was as
donkey engineer on one of the first
upright spool machines in the
state.
He became Camp Five foreman,
and from 1906 until his death in
1929, ~,as general superintendent
of all logging operations. He was
with Simpson nearly forty years.
HIS BROTHER, J. W. (Bill)
Grisdale, came from the Montreal
area in April, 1898.
"I was just going to stay four
years and earn enough money to
go home and buy a ranch," Gris-
dale said. Then he met a school-
teacher, Esther Callow, got mar-
ried in 1902 and racked up a rec-
ord of forty-nine years and nine
months with Simpson before re-
tiring in 1947.
"I never drew a paycheck from
anyone but Simpson," Grisdale
said.
At 91 years of age, Grisdale is
active and alert, with a handsome
face of good character, good
strong hands and a vital interest
in people and things. Living alone
in his house at Arcadia Point, Bill
grows vegetables, fruit and flow-
ers. His gardens get bigger every
year. He gives away most of what
he grows, even cooking up some
jam for his friends and neighbors,
His flowers thrive, too, and he
currently has fifty hanging bas-
kets assembled and planted.
BILL GRISDALE'S LIFE spans
the development of Mason County
logging from its pioneer begin-
nings to its modern refinements.
His first job was on a skid road,
which occupied him for a week or
so until a chance came to fire a
lokie. He put in fourteen hours for
$1.92 a day. "I had to get up at
four o'clock to havc the lokie fired
up and ready to work at six
o'clock." Grisdalc explained.
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BILL GRISDALE, grand old
man of Simpson loggers, raises
flower•, fruit and vegetables at
his Arcadia Point home follow-
ing a career of nearly fifty years
in the woods for Simpson.
froze. The early ones could get tmattresses
their clothes htmg around it so~did much to
they would dry, and the others llad ] a happier on
to fish." I teams vanish
Later on, Grisdale saw the ar-ling way to
rival of steam heat, drying rooms, I chinery.
In 1899, Grisdale became for,
man at Camp One, and in 1929,
when Simpson opened Camp Three,
the greaest camp of them all, Bill
Grisdale was put in charge and
during the next 20 years his crew
logged more than a billion feet of
Douglas fir.
GRISDALE HAD as friends
many of the grand old names of
Mason County logging, and likes
to tell of them and their work.
Of Jim Frisken he said: "The best
friend I ever had."
There were still horse teams
logging when Grisdale came into
the woods, and conditions in the
camps were rough.
"The bunkhouses were sixty feel
long," Grisdale recalls, "with about
thirty men. There was a big stove
in the center. Ten or twelve men
could sit around it and the rest
to All Our Good
on this Memorable
CONGRATULATIONS
Simpson Timber Company
On 75 Years In Mason County
from the Membership. of
V.F.WI Post 1693 and LADIES AUXILIARY
Meetings 1st & 3rd Fridays in Memorial Hall, 8 p.m.
'Commander Moritz 8chmid r Pres., Mrs. John J~nsson
Forest Festival Ham Dinner
Served after Paul Bunyan Parade, 12 to 2 p.m.
In Memorial Hall
Ham, potato salad, baked beans ,home-made
rolls, homemade pies, coffee or milk
Adults $1.25 Children under 12 years 75¢
Auspices VFW Post 1693 and Ladle• Auxiliary
Insurance
from
• Real Estate •
401 Railroad Ave., Shelton
LONG IN EXPERIENCE
BROAD I N.~,~S~=~V I GIE
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A salute to our industrial neighbor of 38 years and to
basic to theeconomy of our state and nation.
their progress in the utilization of trees for products
IATURAI. RESOURCE5 CHEMISTR