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June 5, 1969     Shelton Mason County Journal
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...... ..... ,, ,. :,.., .,P4 "" W. Q Thursday, June 5, 1969 Iatered u second cls matter at the post office at Shelton. Wnzhlngton 83rd Year  No. 23 under act of March $. 1879. Published &t  Wut C'ota. t'UDltshed in "Christmaatown, U.8.A.", Shelton, Washinft, Harstine Bridge Opening Planned Fifteen pioneer residents of Harstine Island will have the place of honor in a cavalcade which will lead the first traffic over the new Harstine bridge im- mediately after dedication cere- monies Sunday, June 22. A horse-drawn surrey will head the parade, followed by two or three ancient automobiles in which the old-timers will ride. They'll proceed from the main- land approach of the bridge to the island and thence to the Com- munity Hall where refreshments will be served. Plans for the bridge opening ceremony were announced this week by Chairman Martin Au- seth of the Mason (3ounty Com- mission. The event will begin at 2 p.m. with introduction by Auseth of honored guests. County Engineer J. C Bridger will give project summary and submit the completed bridge to the county. Cairman George D. Zahn of the Washington State Highway Commission will give an address. Opening of the bridge to traffic will then be formalized with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The cavalcade of Harstine pio- neers will then start the par- ade to the island. This part of the ceremony was arranged by C. W. Streckenback, former county commissioner. Others in the group will be Hilton Wingert, Martin Goetsch, John Hitchcock, Esther Goetsch, Graduation sungadyidemntrangthebestwaytkesp nM-nuntywhenthetmperaturener s At Shelton 90 degrees as it has durlng the la.t few days. --Forest Servtce photo Hi Tonight " Take Bulk Of School Budget ton High School graduating class will receive their diplomas in ceremonies tonight. The graduation exercises will which is earmarked for professional rat)re than and technical salaries, which in- mary bud- eludes non-crtiflcated employees School in supervisory positions. Secretar- earmarked ial, craft and other salaries ac- bene- count for $280,281.53 or 11.9 per- the budget cent of the budget. Included in the cost of employ- which ees is an items for $44,750,83 for employee benefits which includes certi- the district's contribution to Soc- or ial Security and to employee in- get. surance. or.9 per cent The total of these items is Presented At Junior ASsembly Last Week School May awards of Winners in- cy Maranville, Honorable Men- tion; Peggy Smith, American Legion Award, and Janice Cleve- land, American Legion Auxiliary Award. Straight "A" Award : Leslie VanderWegen, Susan Hamilton, Mike Connolly, Debbie Hoosier, Susan Edson, Alexis Kuhr and Billie Winne. Chess Award: Dan Deffln- baugh. Girls' Athletic Association: Lin- da Hildebrandt, 9th Grade Repre- sentative; Jenny Hildebrandt, most extra points earned; Cindy Pierce, president; Cheryl Tabor, secretary; Sharon Austin, vice- presidert, Jenny Haiducek, 8th Grade Representative. Associated Student Body Offle - ers for Next Year: Ace LeGault, president; Kathy Wittenberg, se- cretary-treasurer, and Dan Mor- gan, vice president. Girls' Athletic Association let- ters: Kim Aitken, Susan Ham- llton, Jenny Hildebrandt, Roxle Wilson, Kay Linn, Karen Lema. gie, Janlce Cleveland, Betsy Poe, Chris RickarIs, Cherle Fuller, Ar- dis Schrniege, Linda Hildebrandt, Cheryl Tabor, Cindy Pierce Val- erie Strickland, Kim Kadoun, Teresa Murray, Sharon Austin, Chris Frank, Laura Hamilton, Laura Lund, Delores Welch, Con- hie Bennett, Debbie Oool, Julle Olli, Toni Auseth, Jenny Haldu- cek, Kay Hellman, Martha Smith, Margaret Woodward, Sharon Smith, Shirley Cool, Suzl Gruver, Roberta Aitken, Anne Kamin and Janette Mech. a Yar- Stew- $2,042,051.16 or 86.7 per cent of the total general fund budget of the district. These percentages are all the same as last year except that for certificated personnel, which increased from 70.5 percent of the budget to 72 per cent. The only item in the budget which saw a reduction in amount or per centage was the money budgeted for contractural ser- vices, which is 2.2 per cent of the budget for the coming year compared to 3.7 per cent this year. In dollars this amounts to $51,816.75 for the coming year c-.mpared to $77,928.11 for this year. Included in this category are all services and materials for which the district signs contracts, particularly for maintenance and upkeep on its buildings. Other expenditure categories, for which the same percentage of the budget is allocated for the coming year are supplies and materials, $157,805.57 or 6.7 per- cent; books, $49,461.46 or 2.1 per cent; travel and communication, $2,355.31 and capital outlay, $51,- 816.75 or 2.2 percent. All of these show slightly high- Arrests Clear Up Burglaries Shelton Police and the Mason County Sheriff's office said this week the arrest of three juve- niles had cleared up seven burg- laries, four in the city and three in the county, this week. The three boys, all 16 years of age, have been referred to the Juvenile Probation Officer. Officers said one of the youths had admitted to being involved in all of the burglaries and that the other two had admitted to being involved in part of the oth- ers. The burglaries in the city in- cluded two of the residence of Dr. Wayne Carte, one Jan. 13 and one May 23 and two at the Lloyd Laughnan residence, one May 13 and one May 20. The burglaries In the county were at the Southslde School in January and at the Harold Hanson and Richard Yunker homes recently. The two law enforcement of- rices cooperated in clearing up the burglaries. er dollar amounts for the com- ing year. In addition to the general fund budget, the district has a build- ing fund budget of $200,000 of which $110,003 will come from a special levy which was voted las¢ November for the construction of a four-room addition to Mt. View Elementary School. This construction and the work vhich is being done on the devel- opment of athletic ,facilities ac- counts for the building fund bud- get expenditures. The money, other than that which will come from the levy, is funds the district has on hand from past years in the building fund. The district also has a bond interest and redemption fund budget of $90,000 for the coming year. start at 7:30 p.m. in the High School gymnasium. The parents section on the North side o the gymnasium will be open to those who have re- served seat tickets until 7:15 p.m. when it will be opened to the public. There will be some seats around the edge of the main floor of the gym for those who have dificulty climbing stairs to the main seating sections. Student speakers will be Bud Tuson, Chris Lnn, Eliott Carl- sen and Scott Puhn. Awards will be announced by High School Principal Chet Dom- broski. The class will be present- ed by Supt. Louis Grinnell and diplomas will be presented by Dr. Herbert Hergert, chairman of the school hoard. The invocation and benediction will be by Rev. Horace Mounts. NO ONE WAS INJURED, but, it brought out the State Patrol, fire department, Pa- cific Northwest Bell Telephone, t wrecker, the vehicle was Fredrick L. Bostwick, 24. County Sheriff's Depaxtment to direct t2f- fic after this Western Faxmers Association fuel truck tipped over on Highway 101 near Sanderson Field last Thursday. Driver of the Shelton Police Department amd Mason Bostwlck told officers he wa southbound Dan Mike Clark AWard: Nan- Tim. llqanu- June 10 Cents per Copy 24 Pages -- 3 Sectlom a'. Mon- High. escort plant. are ar W- €, School Board kl Lk'linlUnl Jl The Shelton School Board will r¢ke tour. hold its regular June meeting at " Of Safe. 8 p.m. Tuesday in Evergreen School Library. Hulda Wilson, Mrs. C. Glaser, Mabel Harriman, Mrs. Everett Simons, Mrs. Gunar Johnson, Ir- vine Wingert, Arlo Wingert, Alvin Anderson, Ilildta- Ashby, Flo Christen.sen. and Marie Couch. The surrey and team will be provided by the Silver Star Rid- ers Club. Yesteryear Auto Chlb will furnish the classic cars. The IIarstine Social Club, Har- stine I,adies Club anti the Itar- stine Island Grange will provide the refreshments and make ar- rangemenCs for the Community Hall activities. Shelton Chami,r of Commerce is ecoperating with the Mason County Cmmission in sponsoring the affair. Ci÷y S÷ree÷ Program Enlarging II The city street program now has petitions for 18 blocks of street improvement, City I-,hgi- neer Howard Godat told the city commission at its meeting 'rues- day. He ';aid there were still several more petitions out which should be back in before the June 10 deadline. Stree superintendent Bob Tern- pie reported that the conversion of the Capitol Hill water tank to automatic oix, ration had been completed. Fire Chief Allan Nevitt rer,rt- ed that the repair work on the old fire truck had been complet- ed and it was back in service. HELEN HALL, 72, known as the Queen of the Roml, vis- ited Shelton again this week on her walks tround the coun- try protesting low welfare payments. Mrs. Hall stated she had been in all 48 states in the continental U. S. and most of Canada and is now on her way to Alaska. Mrs, tIall be- gan her wking protest In 1959. ()ver the years, she has maxie friends with law enforcement officers throughout the country and has a collection of I)atges and patches which she I,lmm to put in a museum. Former Shelton Man School Office Plane Crash Victim p.m. in Batstone Funeral Home with Rev. Carl Carisen officiat- ing. Burial will follow in the Shelton Memorial Park. Memorial Day Service Sunny skies and breezes which stiffened flags into a beauiful backdrop greeted annual Memor- ial Day observances last Friday around the flagpole in the veter- ans division of Shelton Memorial Park. With a large crowd witness- ing and listening, this commu- nity's several veterans organi- zations were represented at a pro- gram arranged by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1694 and em- ceed by its commander, S. Ogg. 24th District Representative Paul Conner delivered a widely-prais. ed patriotic address and a Fort Lewis firing squad triggered the traditional rifle shot salute to the departed veterans honored by the ceremonies. Wreaths were placed at the base of the flagpole in memory of their deceased members by Ben Gray for the Gold Star Moth- era, Gertrude Westcott for the Navy Mothers Club, Ester Whir- more for Madrona Barracks WWI Veterans auxiliary, Com- mander Max Latzel for Madrona Barracks WW1 Veterans, Chef de Gate Ed Rkflards for 40 and 8 Vo/ture 135, Beth Johnson for 8 and 40 Salon 508, Comander Jim Grimes for Fred B. Wivell Amer- ican Leion Post 31, President Jennie Hoff for American Legion AuxlUary Unit 31, Vice Comman- tier George Witcraft for VFW Post 1694, President Beulah Her. rison for VFW Post 1694 Auxil- iary. Invocation and benediction prayers were led by VFW Chap- lain Flor Minoza. Color guards and rifle bearers represented the VFW, Legion, and WW1 vetermm units in a colorful display of flags at the ceremony site. New Location For Tavern II Work IS underway to remodel the building formerly housing Western Contract Interiors on Cota St. for the re-opening of Mac's Corner Tavern. The tavern was one of two busi- nesses housed in the building at Second and Cots which burned last month. It is hoped to have the tavern re-opened by July 1. Here 'til 1971 I There will be no change in the status of his office here un- til his term expires, County School Superintendent J W. Good. paster said this week. The State Board of Education announced last week that Mas(m County would be part of a five- county district which would also include Thurston, Lewis, Grays Harbor and Pacific counties. This action was in line with action by the State Legislature which mandated consolidation of counties into intermediate dis. triers. Goodpaster said that his office Would continue to function here under the new system until Jan. I, 1971 when his current term expires. Fie stated he had planned 1o retire at the end of his present term in the office he has held for some 20 years. on the highway when another vehicle pulled out in front of him. He hit the brakes and went off the road and the vehicle turned over, catching the rear wheels in a tele- phone cable. The Shelton Fire Depaxtment stood by to hose down the fuel oil which leaked from the tank while the police and sheriff's officers directed traffic axound the accident scene. Raymond Edwin Temple, 30, a former Shclton man, was one of three killed wlmn two light planes collided near the Snoho- mish Atrport near Snohomish Monday evening. He was listed on the flight log as a passenger and student in a plane being flown by Carill Willard, 58, Marysville. Willard owned and operated a flying ser- vice from Paine Field. Pilot of the other plane was Leo Close, 36, Snohomish. A nine-year-old girl, who was the only witness to the crash, told officials the two planes col- lided in the air and fell in flames. They were close to the ground at , the time, officials were told. Tbe crash cccured about 7:30 p.m. Monday about 200 yards south of the airport. Officials said one plane was making touch and go landings and the other was approaching for a landing. Mr. Temple was a resident of Seattle and was employed as an engineer for Boeing. .His parents, two brothers and one sister are all Shelton resi- dents. Mr. Temple graduated from Shelton High School and the Uni- versity of Washington. He served In the United States Army, He was born on Oct. 9, 1938 in Shel- ton. He Lis survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd E. Temple, Sbelton; two brothers, Roland and Norman (Bud) Temple, both of Shelton: one sister, Mrs. Shir- ley Frost, Shelton and his grand- mother, Mrs. Anna Huss, Sholto, Services  be Friday at 1 Youth Held In Probe Of Car Theft [ A Shelton youth Is being held in Mason tunty jail after being arrested in a car which had been reported stolen over the weekend. ITeld is Stephen James, 19, Rt. 1, Box 325A, Shelton. James was arrested by Shelton Police after they stopped the ve- hicle in which he was riding. The vehicle had been reported stolen a short time earlier by David Armstrong, Shelton. The arrest was made in downtown Shelton. Officers are also Investigating a report of a stolen ear from David Frank, Shelton. Frank told officers the 1954 sedan walt tak- en sometime between 8 p.m. Sun- day and 7 a.m. Monday.