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Shelton Mason County Journal
Shelton, Washington
May 20, 1965     Shelton Mason County Journal
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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. ::: = ! :! • )i i iili 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 :5 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