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an and Snohomish
enforcement officers
Unable to come up with
n as to the
OUts of Maurine Hulse, a
Lt-Old Alderwood Manor
Whose car was found
Stripped off Highway
the County
this week.
office here issued
b
crowd gathered in
~n Shelton Saturday
lander sunny skies to
Forest Festival Paul
Bunyan trophy, for
in the parade, went
Bear Festival.
Trophy, for the float
depicts the theme,
School.
Parade results were:
Vision: Sweepstakes,
clair; Section A, first,
second, Aberdeen;
Gig Harbor.
N on-Commercial
Southside;
Pioneer; second,
r; and third, Hood
B, first, Beta Sigma
Lions Club; and
Phi. Section C,
Sweepstakes,
!,.Drum Major, North
Olson; Majorette,
Zelen. Section A,
second, Kent
North Kitsap.
Chimacum High;
~rth Mason; third,
C, first, Marcus
High; second,
High; third,
High. Section
and Bugle;
Air Force. Section
Highlanders;
Pipe; third,
Teams Division:
South Kitsap High;
A first, East
second, Central
How can a guy watch a parade with a cup in his face?
a statement this week offering
immunity from prosecution for
theft to anyone having knowledge
of the car being stripped.
The statement said:
"The Mason County Sheriff's
Department requests that the
person or persons having direct
knowledge of the theft of any
items or the partial stripping of
the vehicle contact them
Kitsap High; third, Kent Ridge
High. Section B, first, Bremerton
J r. (Silver); second, Cedar Heights
Jr.; third, Shelton Middle School.
Section C, first, 13th Naval
District. Section D, first, Kiwanis
Swingettes; second, Hood Canal
Trojanettes; third, Mary M.
Knight Owlettes.
Mounted Unit (ttorse-Adult):
First, Thurston County Possettes;
second, Thurston County Posse;
third, Silver Star Saddle Club.
Mounted Unit (Horse-Youth):
First, Kitsap Little Britches.
Mounted Unit (Wheels): First,
Koutney Logging; second,
Yesteryear Car Club; third, Mason
County Fire Prevention District 3.
(Please turn to page fifteen.)
immediately. The sheriff's
department has offered immunity
from prosecution to those persons
involved in the stripping of the
vehicle. They request that these
people come forward with any
information they might have and
to return the items which were
removed from the vehicle. No
legal action will be taken against
them as it is felt they may have
information which could lead to
the whereabouts of Maurine
Janice Hulse."
The car, a 1970 Chevrolet
hardtop, two-door, black with
vinyl top, was found just off
Highway 108 about five miles
from the junction of Highways
101 and 108 south of Shelton.
The front seat and two wheels
were missing from the vehicle
when it was located May 28.
An intensive foot search was
conducted of the area last week
covering a mile around where the
car was found. The search turned
up nothing.
Officers are continuing patrol
search and had some aerial
searches also.
Ms. Hulse was last seen about
7:30 a.m. May 20 when she left
her home in Alderwood Manor on
the way to her job as a supervisor
with a telephone company.
She has not been seen or
heard from since that time and
was reported missing the next
day.
Her car was found here May
26 after the sheriiVs office
answered a report that an
abandoned, partially, stripped
vehicle was at the location.
County awards
road job contract
The Mason County
Commission, at its meeting
Monday, voted to award a
contract for construction of
improvements on a section of
Shelton Springs Road tO Active
Construction Company, Gig
Harbor, for $63,970.69.
The bid was low of five
received on the project which will
widen and improve the road from
the high school to the area around
the entrance to the Springwood
development.
Commencement exercises for
the 225 graduating seniors from
Shelton High School will be held
at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the high
school.
Principal Chet Dombroski said
if the weather permits, the
program will be held in
pJacemen
pro
More than 75 percent of the
employees of Simpson Timber
Company's former Insulating
Board Plant have found jobs with
the help of the company's
placement efforts.
Of the 196 plant employees
affected in the Shelton area, 149
have been placed (76 percent).
Fifty of those employees now are
working in other Simpson
operations.
The plant was closed last
December for related economic
and environmental reasons after
27 years of operation.
Before production ended, a
gress
placement center started by a
full-time coordinator began
operating at the plant. In April,
when use of the center had
dropped off, placement activities
were transferred to the industrial
relations department at Simpson's
main Shelton office and are
continuing there.
A welding class for 30
persons, conducted at Simpson
facilities, is part of the placement
effort. The federally-funded class
is sponsored by the State
Employment Security
Department.
Laura Stout
Voters in the Shelton School
District rejected all three special
levy propositions when they went
to the polls Tuesday.
Unofficial results from
County Auditor Ruth Boysen's
office show one of the
propositions, that for the
purchase of six new buses, got
more than 50 percent while the
other two, for staff salary
increases and for four additional
teachers, received less than 50
percent favorable vote.
A light turnout saw 1,667
voters go to the polls, just slightly
more than the 1,598 needed to
validate the election.
Mrs. Boysen said the
unofficial returns included most
of the absentees. There were still
21 absentees out Wednesday, not
enough to change the election
results.
Proposition one on the ballot,
which would have raised
$250,000 for the purchase of six
new buses, received 864 yes votes
and 756 no votes, a favorable
percentage of 53.3 percent.
Proposition two, which would
have raised $344,000 for
employee salary increases,
received 773 yes votes and 841 no
votes, a favorable percentage of
47.8 percent.
Proposition three, which
would have provided $72,000 to
hire four additional teachers,
received 768 yes votes and 861 no
votes, a percentage in favor of
47.1 percent.
This was the first time the
special levy has been before the
voters in the district this year.
of Forest Festival
pictures in this issue
Thursday, June S, 1975 Eighty-ninth Year, Number 23 S Sections- 46 Pages 1 5 Cents Per Copy
A $20,330,000 claim for
damages was received by the
Mason County Commission this
week and referred to the
prosecuting attorney and
insurance agent.
Also named in the claim were
Sheriff Dan McNair, Chief
Criminal Deputy Tom Creekpaum
and members of the county civil
service commission.
The damage claim was filed
by Tacoma attorney Fredrick O.
Frohmader on behalf of Robert
N. Johnson and was filed as class
action c!aim on behalf of
Johnson, the respective and
affected citiz=ns as a class of
Mason County and affected
Mason County real property
owners, residents of other
counties.
in addition, a second part of
the claim seeks $2,000,000
damages from McNair and
Creekpaum.
Members of the civil service
commission are Lawrence Gosser,
M. H. Lambert and Robert
Watson and Warren Knutzen,
secretary of the civil service
commission.
McNair said Johnson was
employed by the sheriff's
department on an extra-help basis
previously and that he took the
civil service examination for
appointment as a deputy sheriff,
passing the written portion and
failing the oral portion.
Johnson lists his address in
the claim as Allyn.
in the claim, Johnson says he
was illegally and wrongfully failed
in the oral ix)rtion of the civil
service examination in violation
of his civil rights, denial of due
Highclimber Stadium with
attendance open to anyone
wanting to come.
If the weather is bad, he said,
the ceremonies will be moved into
the gymnasium. If that is
necessary, admission will be by
Lori McCracken
process, equal protection of the
law and non-discrimination
between persons and classes of
persons.
The suit seeks $300,000
damages for Johnson personally
and $30,000 for Fred Pharris, a
deputy sheriff, for failing to hear
,and act on a claim that his
seniority was changed illegally.
The $20,000,000 asked in the
damage suit is asked for the other
persons in the class action claim.
The separate section of the
claim against McNair and
Creekpaum states they have
conspired with each other to
create selective law enlbrcement
in certain areas in the county and
granting immunity from criminal
conduct and that they have
obstructed the investigation and
prosecution of burglary rings and
burglars and that there is an
obstruction of the enforcement of
the controlled substances act and
narcotics act.
The section of the claim
against all of the defendants
charges they have violated the
provisions of the civil service act
by having Creekpaum as an oral
interviewer in the examinations
and having the tests prepared by
Thelma Bumpious, a secretary in
Creekpaum's office. The claim
also charges that prior possession
of civil service examinations have
been granted to some applicants
and not to others and that the
scores of examinations, test
results, lists of successful
applicants have been tampered
with and destroyed and others
wrongfully created.
The claim also charges that
favorites of the sheriff are
appointed without proper civil
service positions being created
and that more positions were
appointed than the county was
eligible for under civil service law.
When the county commission
rejects the claim, it must then be
filed in court as a court action
before anything further is done.
ool
ire
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on
es are approve
Redistricting of the Shelton
School Board director districts
was approved by the Mason
County Conunittee on School
Organization last week.
The county committee
approved a proposal which had
been submitted to the Shelton
School Board for comment
previously.
The redistricting was to bring
the Kamilche area into a director
district and to even out
population between the five
districts.
The county committee
approval came after a public
hearing which was attended by
Shelton school officials. There
were no comments.
pass only, with each graduate
getting four passes.
Student speakers will be Lori
McCracken, Connie Tuson and
Perry Huston, selected by the
students, and Laura Stout,
selected by the faculty.
The redistricting was drawn
up by Arnold Miller of
Intermediate School District 113
and is along voting precinct
boundaries.
District One includes Sheiton
precincts 10 and 16 along with
Northside, Capitol Hill and
Airport precincts. The district is
presently represented by Dr. Mark
Trucksess.
District Two includes Shelton
precincts 2, 3, 6, 11 and 14 and is
presently represented by Dr.
George Radich.
District Three includes
Shelton precincts 5, 8 and 12
along with Cloquallum, Mt. View,
Westside and Dayton precincts.
There is presently no director
Music will be provided by the
high school band and choir.
Awards will be presented by
Dombroski and the class will be
introduced by Superintendent
Louis Grinnell. Dr. George
Radich, chairman of the school
will present the diplomas.
living in that district.
District Four includes Shelton
precincts 4, 7 and 13 along with
Isabella and Kamilche 1 precincts.
The district is presently
represented by Judith Barr and
Arne Johnsen.
District Five includes Shelton
precincts 9, 15 and 1 along with
Mill Creek, Arcadia and Kamilche
2 precincts and is represented by
Tom Weston.
Miller told the group at the
meeting that, according to a state
attorney general's opinion,
Johnsen and Mrs. Barr would
continue to serve out their
present terms, which expire in
1977 and at that time, only one
director would be elected from
that district.
Until that time, District
Three, which presently does not
have a director from that district,
would continue to be
unrepresented.
Board members must live in
their districts, but they are
elected at large with all voters in
the entire school district voting
on all directors.
Agreement
is reached
Perry Huston
Connie Tuson
Simpson Timber Company
this week reached tentative
agreement on a new two-year
contract with two woodworking
unions, it was announced by John
B. Stentz, director of industrial
relations, Seattle.
The new agreement is subject
to ratification by local union
members and details will not be
announced until then, Stentz said.
The agreement covers 3,174
Simpson employees in Shelton,
McCleary and Vancouver,
Washington; Albany, Oregon, and
Klamath, Korbel, Arcata and
Fairhaven, California.
The two unions are the
International Woodworkers of
America and the Lumber,
Production and Industrial
Workers.
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