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THE STILLMAN AWARD is a great honor for a dog, but this one appears
to prefer David Goodrich's hug of gratitude.
dogs win Stillman awards
DANFORD
:illman awards were presented on
morning to the two dogs credited
the life of two-year-old David
when the child was lost last
in a wooded Belfair area.
at, a blond husky-St. Bernard
,ed, and Captain, a dark Belgian
shared the spotlight on the stage of
auditorium as Glenn Guyton of
Citizens For Animals
the ceremony.
MeCaslin of Bremerton accepted a
in behalf of her dog, and Joyce
of Belfair took charge of the identical
received by her pet. David gave
a large rawhide "bone" provided
helicopters were involved in the search. Local
officials participating in the rescue and present
at the award ceremonies included Sheriff Dan
McNair, and Jack Hauge and Dimitri Todd
from his office.
Attending from Seattle was Grant Smith,
state coordinator of Explorer Search and
Rescue. From Fort Lewis came We2 Claude
Whittle, team commander of Search and
Rescue.
The Stillman award is a memorial to Dr.
William O. Stillman, founder of the
lO0-year-old National Federation of Humane
Organizations. According to MCCFA president
Louise Guyton, until Monday no Stilhnan
award had been received in the state for six
years.
"The dogs were eligible," she explains,
"because they protected a person other than
their owners."
David, son of Mary Goodrich of
Bremerton, often visits his aunt to play with
her dog, Captain, and with Bear, who belongs
to a neighbor. No matter what the fine print
says, David has his own opinion:
"They're my dogs," he declares.
the child spent 30 long and cold
in the woods after wandering
Belfair home of his aunt, Joyce
the two dogs remained with him,
Lg body heat when temperatures
freezing.
than 500 persons on foot, on
in four-wheel-drive vehicles and in
AT STILLMAN AWARD CEREMONIES are, left to right, Peggy McCaslin
with Bear, Glenn Guyton, Joyce Norman with Captain, and David Goodrich.
°0000irl i drowning vi tim
Sharon Lynn Henry, 17, 427
North Eighth Street, Shelton,
died in Mason General Hospital
in the early morning hours
Sunday after being pulled from
the water in Rae Lake several
hours earlier.
The Mason County sheriff's
office received a call about 6
p.m. Saturday of a possible
drowning in Rae Lake.
The officer who responded
to the call said the girl was out
of the water .when he arrived,
that he gave her cardiopulmon-
ary resuscitation until an
ambulance arrived and she was
taken to the hospital.
Miss Henry was admitted to
the hospital and died shortly
after 4 a.m. Sunday.
The sheriff's office said they
were told Miss Henry and Debbie
Hutton, 15, were swimming in
the lake and that Miss Hutton
had gone to shore when she saw
that Miss Henry was in trouble
in the water.
Two neighborhood youths,
officers said, assisted Miss
Hutton in getting Miss Henry out
of the water after which she was
taken to the hospital.
Miss Henry was born May 4,
1961 in Shelton and had lived
here all of her life. At the time
of her death she was a student at
Offer made
to sell land
for a park
An offer to sell property at
Fudge Point on Hartine Island
to Mason County for a county
park was presented to the
county commission at its
meeting Tuesday.
Commissioner Tom Taylor
presented a letter which was
signed by the heirs of Walter and
Isabella Scott in which they
offered to sell the property to
the county for 25 percent less
than the MAl-appraised price.
Taylor said he had discussed
the proposal with those involved
and had also discussed it with
state officials who had indicat:t
the possibility of getting federal
funds for the purchase.
The commissidn approved the
hiring of an appraiser to get the
necessary appraisal to get the
proposal started.
Two conditions were
attached to the offer, that the
land remain a public park in
perpetuity and that the name be
Scott Memorial Park with a
suitable name plaque denoting
the memorial to Walter and
Isabella Scott.
The property has about
3,600 feet of salt waterfront and
tidelands and about 55 acres of
uplands.
The letter was signed by
Phyllis Scott Anderson, Betty
Scott Matheis, Grace Scott
Hendry, Ralph Scott and Walter
Scott Jr.
Shelton High School. Funeral Home with Pastors
She was a member of the Kenneth Herring, William Self
Northside Baptist Church. and Mason Younglund
Funeral services were held at officiating.
2 p.m. Tuesday at Batstone Burial was in the Skokomish
Y Cemetery.
Survivors include her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Edward N. Henry,
Shelton; a brother, Stephen
Henry, Shelton; a sister, Chay
Ward, Shelton; grandparents Fred
and Mildred Schultz, Shelton;
grandmother, Theresa Nason,
Shelton; and numerous aunts,
uncles and cousins.
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Thursday, June 8, 1978 Ninety-second Year - Number 23 4 Sections - 42 Pages 1S Cents Per Copy
One WCC inmate still at
largeafter
One of three inmates who
escaped from the Washington
Corrections Center Friday
afternoon was still at large
Wednesday.
He was identified as Michael
Worthy, 22, who had been
committed from Lewis County
for burglary and vehicle theft.
Richard Vernon
superintendent of the corrections
center, said Worthy had been
involved in an escape from the
corrections center in 1973 and
had been convicted of escape as
the result of that and that at the
time of his escape Friday he was
facing habitual criminal charges.
Worthy was last seen in
Montesano Monday night after
he and one other of the
escapees were found in a used
car lot there.
The other two escapees were
identified as Monty Portrey, 24,
who had been committed from
Whatcom County on two counts
of second-degree burglary, and
Mark Oldrich, 17, committed
from King County on a charge
of first.degree robbery.
Oldrich was taken into
custody in the Dayton area
Friday afternoon by James
t! .trey. associate superintendent
for custody at the corrections
center, and Portrey was arrested
by Montesano police officers
Monday night.
Vernon said the three had
apparently taken a pair of wire
cutters out of a shop at the
corrections center, cut through
the first fence and then tunneled
under a second fence.
He said there had been
several false alarms at the fence
Friday morning and that about
the time of the escape, which
took place between 1:30 and 2
p.m., there was an alarm from
another part of the fence which
the roving patrol went to
investigate.
While the patrol was in the
other area, Vernon said, the
three escapees apparently dug
under the second fence. Vernon
said it is possible the three had
assistance from someone who set
off the alarm in the other area.
After the escape, corrections
center officers and Mason
County sheriff's deputies began a
search for the three missing
inmates.
The search was concentrated
in the Dayton area.
Vernon said Oldrich was
taken into custody by Harvey,
who had the day off and was
coming in after hearing about
the escape.
He said Harvey spotted
Oldrich in a field near the
Dayton corners and that after
pe Friday
being ordered to halt, Oldrich
tried to dive into the bushes but
surrendered after a warning shot
was fired over his head.
Oldrich was returned to
custody at the corrections
center.
The search continued,
concentrated in the Dayton area,
thrOUghout Friday night and the
weekend.
Vernon said Portrey and
Worthy were believed to have
been seen in the rural area
beyond Dayton Sunday morning
by a resident of the area.
In an incident Friday night,
ill
Municipal court
has night sessions
The Shelton Municipal Court
has been holding one night
session a month, on the fourth
Thursday of each month, since
the first of this year.
The night court session was
established to allow those
charged with misdemeanor and
traffic offenses to appear in
court without taking time out
from their jobs.
The night court was
established as a convenience to
defendants.
Anyone who has been issued
a citation and wants to appear in
night court can contact the
municipal court clerk, 426-9772,
weekdays between 8 a.m° and 5
p.m. to make arrangements.
Regular municipal court
sessions are held at 3 p.m. each
Thursday. The first and third
Thursdays are reserved for
arraignments.
Bail may be forfeited or fines
paid at the police station day or
night.
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Body of man identified
A body found floating in
Totten Inlet May 30 has been
identified as that of John C.
Johnston, 33, 4250 Breckenridge
West, Tacoma, Mason County
sheriff's officers said this week.
Mason and Thurston County
authorities were attempting to
establish the identity of the
body last week after it was
spotted floating in Totten Inlet
and brought to shore.
Officers said Johnston had
been reported missing from
Steamboat Island since May 4.
He was a salesman for Ben
Marche.
Cause of the death is still
under investigation, officers said.
one of the corrections center
patrols in the wooded area
behind the corrections center
spotted a man carrying what
appeared to be a rifle come out
of the woods. The person, when
challenged, did not stop, Vernon
said, and appeared to point the
gun at the of'ricer. The officer,
Vernon said, fired a warning shot
into the air and the man
disappeared into the woods.
Portrey and Worthy were
next seen about midnight
Monday night when they were
seen in a used car lot in
Montesano by Montesano police
officers.
Portrey was taken into
custody, Vernon said, and is
being held in Grays Harbor
County facing possible criminal
charges in connection with file
break-in at the office of the used
car lot.
Worthy fled the used car lot
and was not caught by the
Montesano authorities, Vernon
said. He is believed to have
several sets of keys to cars in the
used car lot, Vernon said. The
keys were taken from the office
at the car lot when it was
broken into.
Vernon said bloodhounds
were brought in Friday night to
assist in the search but because
of the hot temperatures they
were unable to pick up any
scent.
This was the first escape
from the corrections center in
3½ years, Vernon said.
Mason County sheriff's
officers said there were from
four to eight deputies involved in
the search through Salurday
night.
Four deputies who were on
duty Friday afternoon whell the
escape was discovered joined the
search immediately with an
additional four from the night
shift joining in when they came
on duty.
Washington State Patrol
officers also assisted in the
search, Vernon said.
House move,s from downtown
Saturday was moving day for
the large two-story white house
which for more than 50 years
has stood at 219 North Fifth
Street°
Attended by PUD and
telephone trucks, police and
moving crew, it made its
ponderous way along Seventh
Street, up Alder, across C Street
to North 13th and along the
Northcliff Road to its new
location across from the entrance
to Terrace Heights.
Streetlights, electric and
telephone wires, and television
cables were disconnected and
lowered before its majestic
progress.
Four days of preparation by
Seattle's Krohn Moving Company
crew preceded the actual move.
Concrete foundations and
porches Were broken up,
plumbing and other connections
removed, fireplace footings freed,
and the home was jacked up for
the wooden and steel timbers
and girders and dollies to be put
in place.
The time also included
inspections and procuring of the
necessary permits by the house's
new OWners, Dr. and Mrs.
Douglas McDugle, who purchased
it from Mr. and Mrs. William
Crutcher. The former homesite
on Fifth Street is part of a
two-block area being vacated for
the construction of a new
Safeway store.
The house was built about
1927 by C.F. Wilson, a Shelton
plumber. The Wilsons first rented
rooms in the stx-bedroom home
to workers starting the Rainier
Pulp Mill, which later became
known as the Rayonier mill.
The roomy home then
afforded separate bedrooms for
the Wilsons' four children, and a
spare room left over. One son,
Dan, recalls dancing on the oak
floors in wool socks -- recreation
and floor polishing combined.
The heavy structural timbers,
oak flooring and brick fireplace
of the pre-depression period have
stood the house in good stead,
and now, located above the
Town Creek Ravine, the house
will have a new start.
A new foundation and porch
floors, a new roof, replumbing
and some electrical work are
planned by the McDugles, who
will also do some remodelling.
They plan to resell the house
when the restoration is
completed.
THIS HOUSE WAS on its way from Fifth Street to Northcliff last
Saturday.