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May 26, 1949     Shelton Mason County Journal
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r When On The Canal Visit The HOTEL COFFEE SHOP SERVICE SHORT ORDERS - LUNCHES Board and Room by Day" or Week OPENING MAY 28 Open Daily EXcept Tuesdays 1 From Noon to 10:00 P.M. Featuring Delectable Crab Louis One Mile East of Twanoh State Park LILLIWAUP THEATRE&apos;CAFE New. Different Enjoy a Movie While Having Your Dinner FILMs AT 10 P.M. FRIDAY, MAY 27, tI&TURDAy, MAY 28 - 10P. M. SUNDAY, MAY 29 8:,30 p.M. MEMORIAL DAY RAMOtlN T Shelton, Wash. :IF THE FINEST ENTERTAINMENT--DIRECT 8EATTLE,S LEADING THEATRES. ay - Saturday, May 26- 28 IS A WONDERFUL MOTION PICTURE! Wednesday, May 29 - June 1 nee from 2P.M. Memorial Day) TWO FEATURES £MPIRE... AND A A COLUMBIA PICTURI Thursday, June 2 ] OF LAREDO SHELTON-MASON COUNTY JOURNAL ,H i i i,, iii i i In Hood Canal Communitiesl Cushman Sewing Club Meets With Mrs. Mark Ryan By Frances Radtke Ten women were present at the home of Mrs. Mark Ryan on Wed- nesday of last week when the bi- weekly Cushman sewing group met. Mrs. Rayan served a dessert hmcheon of gingerbread with whipped cream. The next nxeeting will be held at the home of Mrs. W. G. Peterson, June 8. Mr. and Mrs. Del Laramie mo- tored to Ellensburg on Friday, re- turning Monday of last week. Del helped his son-in-law, Dr. Nor- man Dorn, build five rose trellis- e: for his rose aarden, and got acquainted with his small grand- son, Cody. The Laramies visited his sis- ter, Mrs. L. M. Townsend, and met Mr. Laramie's 73-year-old stepmother whom he hasn't seen fox" the last 16 years. She was on her way to Alaska to visit rela- tives before returning to her home in Yonkers, New York. 'l: :1: * D. C. Yeager of Bremerton caught a 1V lb. cutthroat Sunday in the North Fork near Staircase. Mr. and Mrs. Don Brown enter- tained a party of seven relatives over the week end. They swam and roasted weiners. Mr. and Mrs. Verne Hill enter- rained Mr. and Mrs. Ben Banner for Sunday dinner and fishing. Mrs. Ivy Watson, Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Jensen and Kathy traveled to Cushman from Tacoma to spend last week end and to attend the' school play, "Echoes of Playland" in which Denny Sandvig partici- pated. Week end guests of Mrs. Ed- ward Radtke were her sister and MINERVA PARK PERSONS ATTEND INDIAN CLAM BAKE AT MUD BAY ' By Mrs. S. E. <Iriggs Fred Hanson, Mabel Johns and two sons, Ronnfe and Gussie, at- tended the barbecue and clambake given by the Skokomish Indians at Mild Bay Saturday. Mrs. Henry Tuttle, S!'., left for Los Angeles, Calif., Sunday where she expects to make her home. W. L. Lficas, who has been vis- iting his wife and three children here while on txis vacation, left Saturday fox' San Francisco where he will board a transport for Guam. He is employed in the gov- ernment machine 'shops. Mr. and Wh's. Summers of Ta- coma, spent the week end at their summer beach cabin here. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Johns drove Suquammish Sunday to attend the ball game between Skokomish and Suquammish. A birthday dinner was given Sunday at the home of "Grand- ma" Wilson, who celebrated her 77th birthday. Those attending were Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wilson and family of Shelton, MPs. May Nuenecker of Shelton, and aQfam - Mr. and Mrs. Lee Clausen of Longview are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Johns and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Johns attended the festival in Port Townsend. Mr. and Mrs. Acker and family of Aberdeen spent the week end at their beach cottage here. Mr. and Mrs. Carie Fields at- tended a birthday 'party at the Ray Haley home in Shelton. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cuzick spent the week end east of the moun- tains. Mr. and Mrs. Allan Ward had as their guests over the week end their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Everson of Brem- erton. Mrs. Carie Field attended the Sunday school services at Hoods- port with her three children Sun- day morning. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Griggs spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Griggs, Sr., in Brem- erton. Mrs. Flemming of Hoquiam spent the week end at her cot- ily friend, Mrs. James of. Kelso. tags here. INDIAN THEME MARKS SILVER TEA BY HOOD CANAL WOMEN By Frances R. Hill Guests who attended the open house and silver tea given by the Hood Canal Woman's Club in the Hoodsport school auditorium last Thursday enjoyed an afternoon de- voted to an Indian theme. Arranged by Mrs. Helen Ander- sen, Fine Arts chairman, the dec- orations, program and exhibits carried out the theme, and guests husband, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Har- from the Skokomish reservation ]'ell of Seattle, who arrived Fri- displayed their artistry. . day to see the school play. Ac- Small evergreens made a forest companied by Mr. and Mrs. Robert scene of the stage for the varied Bearden, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice program which included talks and Kaare, Bobby and Gary Bearden, they visited Mrs. Radtke to view pictures of the 1949 Forest Fes- tival in Shelton, as taken by Mrs. Radtke. Fishing remains good at Cush- man Resort. Dusty Rhodes has placed boats at Staircase for the convenience of those who care to stop at Staircase camp and fish in Lake Cushman. Television has arrived at Cush- man. W. G. Peterson is trying out a set.. He observed Monday evening while the set was being installed (,hat Seattle call letters and pattern came over the air be- fore the antennae was hooked up. Hobdsport Playground Work Is Progressing Work on the comnmnity play- field is progressing with a nice turnout Saturday to work and en- joy lunch at the picnic table. Add- ed to the growing amount of play equipment is another picnic table, and five new swings. Forms have been laid for the building of a bar- becue pit. Since tim work was not quite finished, another day will be selected later for commun- ity effort to wind tip the project. During the oast year the P.-T.A. has installed upon the Hoodsport school ground three additional swings. Mrs. Alice McClanahan an- nounces the coming of a large carnival to Hoodsport school this fall around Hallowe'en time. It will be put on by the Hood Canal V. Avey and Mrs. Helen Ander- sen. On the wall was a Waldo Chase picture of the "Potlatch or Big House," a replica of the one which was situated at Potlatch. Graceful Mrs. Simmons in her Montana Indian costume was the center of attention after the pro- gram. Greeting the guests were Mrs. !Mabel Avey, tea chairman, and Mrs. Andersen, who wore a bead- ed Indian head band, Indian bracelets and necklace. Assisting hostesses were Mrs. Ernest Worl musical numbers by Miss Anne Munroe, Mrs. C. E. Hill, Mrs. Grace Peterson Gouley, Mr. and Mrs. Walt Simmons, Tom Pulsifer, A1 F. Oppelt, Alex Gouley and Mrs. Mildred Monroe. Mrs. Munroe, music teacher from Union, accompanied all mu- sical numbers. She is the daugh- ter of Prof. McGhee, whose pupils she is teaching during his ab- sence. A feature of the afternoon was a round table led by Mrs. Ander- sen, which brought out interest- ing reminiscence of early days for Indians and pioneer residents. Par- ticipating were Grant Angle, Tom Webb, Mrs. John Hawk (Emily), Ted Pulsifer and State Represen- tative George Adams. gep Adams had just yeturned fl'om a three-day N01:thwet [ribal conference, of which he spoke. Among the arts and crafts ex- hibits was a collectiOn displayed by H. N. Ross of Totem Curios near Union, including some Chim- aye blankets, Navaho rugs and some hard cedar root baskets. Some were made locally. Louisa Pulsifer's basket-weav- ing genius is well known, and some of her work was on display. A story is told of someone from the U. of Washington trying to identify designs on some baskets and bringing them to Mr. Ross, who called in Louisa Pulsifer. To her own astonishment, two of the baskets from the university col- lection were her own work, wov- Nasturtiums Grow On School Ground Banks Along Canal By Frances Radtke Nasturtiums are ah'eady sprout- ing on the Hoodsport schoolhouse bank. They were planted by Mrs. Cecil Qilbert and her committee from the Hoodsport Commercial Club. Before long they will be one of the scenic spots of Hoods- port. It sh'ould be mentioned that RUs- sell O'Berg's name was left out of the Cub Scout program last week, Russell performed very nicely at the piano, playing "Now the Day is Over." VISITING their daughter, Mrs. Mardy Gable, the Reverend and Mrs. George Gable came for the week end in Hoodsport to assist with the school show, Playland Echoes. Also on hand were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gable, all of Se- attle. Robert is Mrs. Gable's bro- ther. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Harring- ton and daughter Diana, with Er- nest Cojan and Marcia Cox of Seattle, were all Sunday guests of Mrs. Dens Cox. Dess Haines and Mrs. Haines traveled to Belfair Saturday night for the installation of the Rain- bow girls. Dess took flashlight pictures of Murleen Ahl, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Ahi, who was installed as worthy ad- visor of the Port Orchard Assem- by which met at Belfair. On Sunday the Steve Ahls and daughter with a friend Janice of Tacoma, traveled to Hoodsport for Sunday dinner with Oscar Ahl, Mr. and Mrs. Dess Haines. Another guest of Oscar Ahl on Sunday was Mr. Armstrong of Bremerton, former Hoodsport resi- 'dent more than 25 years ago. He used to work on a pile driver hew with his friend Jack Hogan. Arm- strong said that some of the best days of his life were those spent on Hood Canal. Mrs. Rosie Smith left Sunday i for the hospital in Seattle where she was to undergo an operation on Monday morning for a chronic ailment. CIIARIAE BROWNER, who was taken to the hospital a week ago Tuesday, is recuperating also from an operation. P.-T.A. of which she is the new )resident. FRED'S Motor Service BELFAIR Complete Automoth,e Repair 24-Hour Wrecker Service PHONE 5-4651  5-3682 en when she was a young girl. Also attracting attention in Mrs. Dolph Edmiston's interesting collection, was a'peace pipe, repu- diated to have been the one that Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce smoked with General Howard of the U. S. Army. Among the exhibitors was the George Adams family, Walt Sim- mons, Tom Pulsifer, Mrs. Mabel ill and Mrs. Douglas Grout. Pouring at the attl'active tea table were the retiring president and the newly-installed president, Mrs. Virginia C. DeBard and Mrs. Kenneth Bitney; Mrs. Georgie Miller and Mrs. Frank Robinson. I Mrs. Miller is a daughter of Rep, I Adams and is the retiring presi- Mr. and lVh. Glenn C. Hill of dent of Lower Skokomish P.-T.A. Seattle. were Saturday visitors of Mrs. Josie Peterson arran'ed [ Mr. and Mrs. William Gilbert. the flowers for the tea, two f'ig- They brought with them from m'ines with purple and white flow- I town Dean Gilbert, who stayed for era and slaells.-The candles were 'the week end, returning on Men- chartreuse, lavender and fur- day. qloise Others on the tea corn-] Mr. and Mrs. Jim' Johnston and rnittee were Mrs. N. J. Sceva, Mrs. famdy, in company with Lee John- Lee Erhart and Mrs Harold Mille ston, traveled to Port Townsend Contributions made at the af:lSaturday for the Rhododendron xo ] e feshval fair are to be used to p' not J , " • lub' n It lenta MI tnd Mls I ought,H'[ of New the c  corer un' y (' 'I-] ,'"  . ' .... . ..... , . health, pi o'ctj which has. been en- YORK, (lat.gnter ann ,.son-in-law. el tered in a national "Community Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Hflhgoss, have Building" contest sponsored by] arrived in Hoodsport w!th thei: the General .Federation of We-idaug hter for an indehmte stay. men's Clubs. [They may make their permanent ............................................. I home in this locality. MR. McCLANAHAN , .......................................................... nnRtn T pRv I Young Actress Debut "'Mel'nbe"rs'o= the"3u'=nio,=.'Vo=m=en, s Makes Hit In Play Club honored Mrs. Alice McClam-IAt Hoodsport School han at her home Wednesday night Kathy Sweeney, youngest ac- with 1 stork shower in apprecm-ltress in Mason county, made her .uon, or net coming granomotller-[ debut last Friday in the Hoods, nooo. An unusual, to]une-ten!ng[por t school play, Playland Echoes. act was put on oy mrs. ety Her h'other Mark, who sang a Goodpaster, who acted as Prm- clever song with gestnres, climax- cess lolupop, ed the performance by wheeling In sepulchral tones she reviewed his little baby sister Kathie out on Mrs. McClanahan's past, present and future, at last announcing i that something had been left for this new "grandmother-to-be" (mi her front porch. The something l was discovered to be a laxge bas- ket of baby presents left by the stork. Sixteen people were present at the event. Mrs. McClanahan leaves: for Seattle this week so as to be i on hand when the blessed event; occurs. LILLIWAUP COMMUNITY CLUB SETS FINAL MEETING JUNE 3 By Mrs. Frances R. Hill Everyone is invited to attend the potluck supper and card party in the community hall Friday, June 3. The LilKwaup Commun- U[l l M ,Tl EATRll ,, ity Club will wind up its club A H year. A brief business, session will be held and the rest of the evening given over to social ev- ents. Mrs. Lee Erhart has been ap- pointed chairman of the party grid she will appoint others to assist her with supper and pinochle game arrangements: There will be prizes for high scores. Under the leadership of the president, Bob Moffett, the Lilli- waup club has had an active year and has started real improve- ments in the building and its equipment. Seen at the Lilliwaup Theater- Cafe's preview Friday evening were Mr. and Mrs. Lew Evans and their week end guests, Mrs: Frances Grimm and son Karl, al- so Virgil Crosby, of Seattle; Shar-' on and Sandra Evans, Mr. and HOODSPORT THEATRE FRIDAY, MAY 27 "Alaska Patrol" SUNDAY, MAY 29 Red Skelton "Whistling In The South" Mrs. C. E. Hill and their daugh- ter-in-law, Mrs. Bob Hill; Mr. and Mrs. Andy Hanson and Vernon Hanson; Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hen- derson, John Acre and other Lil- liwaup residents and drop-in din- ers. Following the early evening en- tertainment at t h e Lilliwaup Cafe, Mr. and Mrs. C. [,]. Hill were hosts to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Ev' ans and their guests. Memorial week end visitors at the Lew Evans home will be Mrs. B. A. Ross, Mrs. Evans' mother, who will be accompanied by Miss Dod0thy Goldsmith of Seattle. Guests at their home last Sunday included Mr. and Mrs. Alex Mac- Gregor and daughter Sandra and Mx'. and Mrs. Steven, Cranotich of Seattle. Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Sceva went into Tacoma Monday to spend two or three days with Nick's mother. Capt. Chester Carroll, U.S.N., and Mrs. Carroll, who have been vacationing at the home of Capt. Carroll's father, John E. Carroll, spent last Thursday evening in Seattle visiting the families of other relatives. On Monday eve- ninK this wcck enjoying a beach fire and dessert supper at "Car- rollyn" were Mr. and Mrs. Victor Robinson and Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hill. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Robinson and three daughters of Tacoma were overnight guests at the Frank Robinson home Saturday. Tlaey had Sunday dinner at the home of Mr. Robinson's brother- in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hill, following which they had dessert en route home with Mr. and Mrs. Victor Robinson.. Mrs. Robert Hill, who has been visiting the Robinsons in Tacoma and her husband's parents in LiIli- waup, was here for the week end. ,e left Monday for Seattle where he was to take a plane on Wed- nesday fox' Anchorage to join her husband. They will stay at least three months in Alaska, tim stage in a doll buggy. APPLAUSE greeted the en- trance as baby Katbie, interested in all those people out there, smil- ed and dimpled charmingly, faced the audience all the time and en- joyed the x:ide thoroughly. Those taking flash pictures were Dess Haines, Frances Radtke and Delbert Taft. Gary Bearden and Patty Simmons sang their much- talked-about-quarrel song. Photo- flash caught him in the act of kissing and making up. The Reverend George Gable, fa- ther of primary teacher' Mrs. Mardy Gable, rendered a comical number with a bandage wrapped around his head. He imitated a 7 or 8 year old, "I've got the mumps." IINUSUAI,LY WEIA, done was the flag drill led by Donna Brown who guided the children of lower four grades into intricate patterns.: "Toyland Fchoes," as composed by Frances Radtke, and "The Merry go-round," composed by Penny Brown, were judged suc- cessful and the finale numbers during which the children wore I those beautiful rainbow costumes npon which mothers had worked so hard, was discovered to be well worth the effort. Jim Radtke made a hit with his musical saw, LEGION AUXILIARY MEET AT POTLATCH The Hood Canal American Le- gion Auxiliary No. 230 met at Myrtle Gray's in Potlatch for the May project meeting. Tle 20 present made "Poppy Crosses" to be sold May 27 and 28. While Ruth Mead, the honored guest, was "taken. for a ride/' the dining room was quickly decor- ated for a baby shower for he T. Ruth returned amid shouts of "surprise" and everyone sat down to a lovely dessert hmcheon. Those in charge of the party were Blanche Calahan, Betty Wil- liams, Eima White and Mayme Pozorski. ROSES 50¢ and up 200 Varieties Now On Display. 3000 Plants Available Any Time. BELFAIR GARDENS 1000 feet north Allyn canal junction. Thtrs, thru Sat., May 26-28 Yvimne De Carlo "BLACK BART" Color by Technicolor Dan Duryea, Jeffrey Lynn Percy Kilbride A Technicolor Tornado of flaming lips and Smashing Guns ! Adults 50¢ Children 15¢ ............. 0 ............ Sun. thru Tues., May 29-31 You haven't laughed until you've lived "THE LIFE OF RILEY" William Bendix as Riley Jam('s Gleason, Rosemary De C.%mp The funniest Family in Fihns. Adults 50,L, Children 15¢ ............. O .............. Wed., Thurs., June 1-2 Double Feature Robert Montgom(,ry, Susan Hayu'ard, John Payne, Aud- rey Totter. "THE SAXON CHARM," - Second Feature - Eddie Dean "HAWH OF POWDER RIVER" A Western Thriller Canal Women Pass Health Resolution Members of the Hood Canal Wo- mens Chlb passed a resolution favoring a coordination of vohm- :tary health agencies and a pooling ;of resources. The wonlen met last Thursday at Hoodsport. Delegates to the state conven- tion to be held in June in Everett are the new president, Mrs. Ken- neth Bitney, and the vice presi- dent, Mrs. Gertrude M. Hayes. Announcement was made of plans for the district convention to be held June I at Alderbrook Inn near Union and club luncheon reservations were put in charge of Mrs. Oletha Stark of Union. Since onl 9 100 can be serv_ed at Page 17 " " '" L----.--m NOW Is the Time • . . To Get Your Boat Shipshape For GOOD FISHING AHEAD Supplies and Equipment SMITH MARINE Phone Union 462 I I I SPRING'S in the air the convention luncheon, those un- able to get reservations for it will be able to secure a luncheon near- by or at the Inn, they were told. Report of progress on the den- tal-health project, being backed by the Hood Canal Woman's Club, was made by project chairman, .Mrs. C. E. Hill. She reported that ten parent groups throughout the county had been visited. A fund to underwrite the launching of the dental program, contingent upon promised support by parents, was voted by the club and put at the disposal of the pro- ject committee. A contribution for aid to the Navaho Indians was also voted by the group. Installation of officers closed the morning session and the af- ternoon was spent in being host to the public at an open house and stlver tea in the school audi- torium. Mrs. Herbert Dickinson was in charge of installation ceremonies for the following officers: Mrs. Kenneth t3itney, president; Mrs. Gertrude M. Hayes, vice president; Mrs. Ernest Worl, second vice president; Mrs. lie(ha Stark, sec- retary, and Mrs. Dave Collins, h'easurer. Each new officer and the retiring officer received a corsage. Mrs. Virginia C. DeBard is the retiring president of Nhe club. RHODES-T0--()PEN NEW GRILL MAY 28 Mr. and Mrs. Dusty B, hodes on Hood Canal one mile north of Hoodsport will open the door of their new modern seafood and barbecuq grill Saturday. The main room, finished in knot- ty pine, with floors of blue and brown mottled tile, will seat 60 people. Above the R.oman bri('k fireplace, hangs a 6 by 8 foot pic- tm'e of Hood Canal landscape, painted by local artist Mel Bear- den. The building has been erected on the spot where the main FLhodes building burned (Iown lasL winter. The 12 cabins are still available a' well as fishing ser- vice and boats. 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