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EVENTS ,‘ W. PICARD "fir-mu um. I‘m . The Nether- '.hk‘,}"r}. Adolf Hitler - t~“lumph” ill Plan- a mighty drive at France—aimed di- .: nation’s capital, teihnique included Well-equipped ‘md by the now- 1!? feared dive of the driVe struck French line which 200 miles of French “ at me and Aisne riv- 1‘ t1'OODS, under the ._ in Maxime Wey- by bolstered while *IUSy with their at- ") 5 1:13}! and French bum?" the Flanders lrk and the Eng- line of battle had was done with and not British It . came word that ,rance would be brunt of the Ger- ‘j‘r EIlglish in escap- ~ in Flanders, fol- ] Capitulation, had eave behind huge em. Until these “to the British army ~j help their allies Paris ~‘ “the German bomb- ' t01‘k on the battle- " feted much fur- ' Cops. For the long attack on Paris en’s} air raid was my itself but at .1. military objec- rts- Even French N that it did not look 3:1,“ fin open city” homlsecl to repay ' ' Pomb, their at- Rg'his‘ihrected at stra- “fibout 1,000 per- . east that many ‘hmense property' hme French re- 88 of a Munich military bases flin. H :r (a -< to D. O- 8. ,. i rc’ drive to build , went forward .hmental agency 3 mmost to be help- fmania-shall, army Rh. congress that a “Jay’s "tragic 3 ed it is the 3 large measure, that “rate results." ..,..,,1d that procure- . We was the most in): The testimony ff Oprlations sub- mqi ‘3 public it was ., « eVed the army’s 1:6 strength of in! unable to han- ., rmning from the I Situation." iuggestions that a“1mg camps be r:;my personnel 6r, 3 plan, now Used, whereby the trained for ‘3’ and then be I 0 their regular I: huge reserve i 911 would even- .4 ., eSilional sources , that if Germany 31‘. such mili- °9me compul- ‘alning system “,1 Widely dis- fidem’s recent control of Organized 9’ n “Iced, :23.“ such a plan V. d prove less .0 0" S: C: D: '5 9) anent troops. Conn.) claims 500:000 youths age each year . WEWId provide , "my during w‘ Under such {would receive . xBull'soldiers. “the rest of the . {to be I. paid for m“We!!! for con- If. the new pre- lfiwgmng to cost five billions 903t of main- thceil increases I; annual hill 9 something 13,301? providing . a“ Sum is one gaming of the Dflude all in- " year. At Duon is $1.000. l ‘3” FRIDAY 'hospltal. born to praise of the dinner, prepared by elm of Shel- HOOD 6017 PORT I VOL. LIV——NO. 47 APPROVE NEW WAGE BARGAIN! Payroll In Pacific Coast Plants To Be Increased $1,500,000 Annually Under New I Contract Terms r Portland, June 8 — Acceptance of a new contract extended a $1,500,000 wage increase to 15,000 American Federation of Labor paper mill employes in Oregon, Washington and California today. The agreement, approved, 6,000 to 3,500, in a coastwide referen- .dum, granted a 2% cents an hour pay boost, bringing the minimum scale for men to 65 cents an hour and the minimum for' women to 52l/2 cents an hour, The contract, retroactive to June 1, also authorized a'week’s annual vacation with pay for regular employes of at least two year’s service. Mlmbers 01 the International Pul ,' Sulphite and Paper Mill Worker’s union and the Interna- tional Papermakers' union in the three Pacific coast states were af- fected. A joint-statement by Maxwell Loomis, Port Townsend, Wash, representative of the Pacific Coast Pulp and Paper Employes association, and Alexander R. Heron of San Francisco, spokes- man for the Pacific Coast Asso— ciation of Pulp and Paper Manu- facturers, said there would be “ensuing adjustments." The agreement was signed by Ernest B. Lambton, Albany, NY., first vice-president of the Paper- makers’ organization, and John Sherman of Tacoma, vice-presi- dent of the Pulp and Sulphite group. Cities primarily affected by the contracts are Oregon City, Camas, Pomona, Los Angeles; Vancouver, Wash, Stockton, Vernon, Calif, Ore_, Antioch, Port Angeles, Port- land, South Gate, Calif., Sumner, Wash, Stockton, Cernon, Califl, Salem, Bellingham, Longview, An- acortes, Hoquiam, Shelton, Port Townsend, Everett, Tacoma and St. Helena. The contract called for special adjustments on Maintenance jobs resulting in a. general rate of $1 an hour for‘ class A journeymen; A guaranatee of a minimum' of four hours for any employe re- porting and starting work; Improvements in seniority pro- visions, including advance con— sultation with the union commit- tee on questions of layoff, promo— tion and rehiring; Enlarged rights for the unions as representatives of all employes. COAST PULP MILLS PAY HIGH’EST WAGES Seattle—The Pacific Pulp and Paper Industry, a monthly, will, state in its annual review Monday that Pacific Coast pulp, paper and" paperboard mills last year con- tinued to pay the highest wages paid by the industry anywhere in the world. And, it will add, that while the number on payroll was down 3.6 per cent from 1938, the Washington payroll expanded 16 and one-half per cent. Production for the two state ag- gregated 1,384,117 tons as com- pared with 1,087,747 tons the year before; and the west coast pro- vided nearly 40 per cent of the total sulphite production of the United States and 69 per cent of the total exported. Average hourly wage earnings in the industry on this coast last year were 79.8 cents, against 79.6 in 1938, and that average weekly earnings of $30.12 were $3.63 higher than the average in 1938 and 52 cents higher than the av- erage for the peak production year in 1937. Washington's pulp and paper payroll last year was $11,919,322 and Oregon’s $3,089,061. Will Reed Coming Thursday Night William G. (Shelton‘s own Bill) Reed is to be a guest of the Shel- ton Chamber of Commerce, at dinner next Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Shelton Hotel. Among other things, Mr. Reed is president of the Lumbermen’s Mercantile C0,, a director of the Seattle-First National Bank, a di- rector of the American Insurance Agency, Secretary of; the Simp- son Logging company, and Na- tional Republican Committeen‘ian for the State of washin'gton. The dinner starts promptly at 6:30 and everyone interested in Shelton is cordially invited to at- 'tend. This is to be an informal, friendly, community meeting, as Mr. Reed is coming down to talk to his home town folks. v BIG CHAMBER DELEGATION GOES TO SKOKOMISH Led by President Dick Eddy, a large delegation of members of the Shelton Chamber of Com- merce attended the dinner and entertainment program held by Skokomish Valley Grange in the Middle Skokomish schoolhouse. All were enthusiastic in their Y. D. O. S. E. 86TH LAND, OREGON l Latest equipment. issued to U. S. Army engineers will be demon- strated to anyone wishing to drop down to Kneeland Park next Fri- day by a detail of 22 men from Company C, 10th Engineers, from Fort Worden. Young men of eligible army age are particularly invited to witness the demonstrations. No recruiting will be attempted by the Fort Worden detail. Arrangements for the demon- stration appearance were made Monday by Lieut. J. H. Collart of Company C with city officials. Lieut. Collart explained that the detail will display all engineering equipment issued to a platoon of engineers. Among the demonstrations the 22 men in the Company C detail will give will be to put up a fifty-foot stretch of barbed wire entanglement, set up and man machine guns, operate the new Garand semi-automatic Army ri- fle, which has caused consider- able comment recently in the press, show how the new Army field range operates, demonstrate the new Army air compressor, and stage a demonstration of the new infantry drill, The new field range, Lieut. Collart said, is operated by gaso- line for fuel and allows a kit- chen squad to prepare a. meal for a company in 35 minutes. It is the first change made in the ar- my’s range since 1911, he said. The 22-man detail from Com- pany C will leave Fort Worden in six of the latest vehicles is- sued to the Army and will arrive in Shelton around noon to pitch their camp. Demonstrations have been tentatively scheduled for four o’clock and 6:30 or 7 o'clock, according to Lieut. Collart. This is one of a series of such demonstrations which the Army is making throughout the nation to acquaint the people with its equipment, efficiency, operation and mobility. Company C has been scheduled to cover all points on the Olympic Peninsula, Lieut. Collart said. Street and Road Treating Work in Action Here Now dust Raylig treatments to lay 'on unpaved Shelton streets should be completed by the close of this week, Street Supt. E. E. Brewer said yesterday. In the meantime, first activity in Mason County’s annual road oiling program began yesterday when crews put to work by the Diesel Oil Sales company of Se- attle, successful bidder on the 1940 contract, began to prepare county roads which are to receive the oil surfacing for the actual oil laying, which probably will ,be started tomorrow or Thursday, County Commissioner Robert Trenckmann said, Slightly over 25 miles of coun- ty roads are to be treated under the 1940 program. Practically all unpaved streets in the city limits are included in the city’s dust-laying program. A light rain would be an aid to the raylig treating, Supt. Brewer commented. . International Law Weak In War Time, . Kiwanians Shown The Kiwanis Club heard a splen- did informative talk on “Inter- national LaW” by Robert D. Wil- liams, an Olympia Kiwanian and attorney for the Sunset Life, who dealt with the unwritten laws governing international trade, shipping and other relations, told of the inception of such rules which have grOWn up and been observed between nations for cen- turies except in time of war, A. He reviewed the present sit— For C. 0f C. uation of this country and point- ed out how it can be involved by the outcome of present war in maintaining the “Monroe Doc- trine,” which aims against any foreign power securing further foothold in the Western Hemi- sphere. However, the speaker held a hopeful view of the future although pointing out that What- ever the answer there would like- ly be changes in our domestic lives and relations and less rather than more of the liberties we now enjoy without thanking the past girllerations which made this pos- 51 e. Scribe Blushes! Baby Was Boy, T.C. Rowe III That isn’t sunburn reddening the countenance of your Journal scribe these days. The embarrass- ment is due to his error in re- porting the birth of Mr. and Mrs.‘ Charles Rowe’s baby as a girl in- stead of a boy last week. The new arrival in the Rowe family is Thomas Charles Rowe III, who was born at Shelton hospital June 4, He missed by a couple of months being Thomas Charles IV, for his great-grand- father passed away just a few weeks ago. The grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Rowe and the grange ladies, and the enter- tainment program. Mrs. Bertie McKinney of Shel- ton. l To Demonstrate New Equipment Friday I Refuse Dumping In City Streams To Be Punished Prosecution under the city’s garbage dumping ordinance is threatened by city officials for those persons caught polluting and disfiguring the two streams which flow through the city. The threat was made yester- day after Street Supt. E. E. Brewer found ashes, cans, bones, lawn cuttings and other refuse floating in the streams and piled up on its banks. “This dispicaible practice not only makes. an eye-sore of_the streams themselves, w h c h should instead be beauty spots, but it also nullifies a lot .of work done by persons through whose yards the streams flow to make this city more beautiful,” Street Supt. Brewer pointed out in asking for cooperation In stamping out the practice. NARROWS BRIDGE TOLL R AT ES SET BY STATE BOARD Commutation Rates Offered Regu- lar Travellers; Dedication Slated July 1 Rates on the Tacoma Narrows bridge, as announced this week, provide at 55c toll for car and driver, with 15c for each addi- tional passenger, and offer com- mutation rates of $25 for a round trip for every working day ofOthe month. This ticket also prOVldes 25 additional one-way trips at 40c each. Another type of commu- tation book provides twenty—five round trips for car and driver'at $12 and also provides twenty-five additional one-way trips at 480 per trip. Truck rates start at 65c for carriers under 5,000 pounds, and graduate upward to $3.50 for the maximum weight of 34,000 pounds. There will be no commutation books for trucks, but firms using the bridge regularly will be billed monthly and given graduated dis- counts if twenty trips or more a month are made. Bus rates have been advanced from the present ferry rate of 60c for bus and 81/2c per passen— ger, to $1.00 for bus and 10c per passenger, with discounts allow- ed for trucks applying to busses making regular trips, the state- ment says, Construction on the bridge is well up to schedule, and the struc- ture will be ready for opening on the date set, according to a state- ment from the Toll Bridge Au- thority. Dedication date, and opening to the public has been definitely set for July 1. I. WIS—.- Unions To Hold Meetings Twice This Week With 90. per cent of the em- ployes of McCleary mill signed up, local 38 spokesmen for the I. W. A. announced two meetings to be held this week. This evening Reed mill employ~ es will attend a meeting in the Labor Temple, while McCleary workers will hold another meet- ing tomorrow evening. Union spokesmen said the Mc- Cleary sub-local had opened nego- tiations with the mill management over wages, hours and working conditions. Meanwhile the shutdown of the McCleary mill became complete with the laying off of the con- struction crew, last employes out the job. No work or resumption of} operations was forthcoming from, company officials. Tennis Club Session Called Wednesday Eve All members of the Shelton Ten- nis Club are summoned to meet at the home of Ralph Wyatt, 1349 Railroad avenue, Wednesday 'eve- ning at 7:30 o’clock to lay plans for' summer tournaments and in- ter-club matches. COMMUNITY CALENDAR W7DNESDAY—Active club din- ner meeting, 6:30 p. m., Hotel Shelton. WEDNESDAY—Shelton Tennis Club meeting, 7:30 p. m., home .of Ralph Wyatt, 1349 Railroad Avenue. . THURSDAY—Turnout of all boys interested in Peewee baseball league, 10 a. m., Loop Field, THURSDAY—Opening of city softball league season, 6 p. m., Loop Field. THURSDAY—Chamber of Com- merce June meeting, 6:30 din- ner, Hotel Shelton; Will Reed speaker. ‘drive, I want to express the sin- SHELTON, WASHINGTON,Tuesday, June 11, 1940. RED CROSS TAG SALE SUCCESS; GOAL $le AWAY $600.37 of $800 Quota Raised Now With Some Rural Areas Yet To Be Heard From; $367.30 Saturday Still $200 short of its ultimate 35 SignAlready For Swim Class; Starts July 8th Although start of the eleventh annual Shelton swimming and life saving classes is still al- most a. month away, 35 boys goal, the Red Cross war relief fund took a big upward leap over the weekend, using a highly suc- cessful tag sale Saturday as its main springboard, to reach a $600.37, Mrs. H. G. Angle, drive chairman, and Eliot B. Spring, chapter treasurer, reported today. Saturday’s total contributions to the fund amounted to $367.30, which- included receipts from the tag sale, from a couple of rual communities, and from the collec- tion jars placed in Shelton busi- ness establishments. The great bulk of that total came from the tag sale, which went over with the proverbial bang. With a force of saleswomen who stationed themselves on practical- ly every corner in the business district, working in two~hour shifts tifying response from the public. “As chairman of this emergency cere appreciation of the Red Cross chapter for the wonderful assist- ance given us in the tag sale,” Mrs. Angle said. “However, we must not stop here for every day adds to the need for Red Cross aid in Europe," she continued. “We still are $200 short of our quota, so anyone who has not yet contributed to the war re— lief fund will be welcomed if he will do so as quickly as possible. We do no want the Mason county chapter to fall down on its pledge." ‘ aritans.” ,ture peak for 1940 on Rayonier ,Shelton, became parents of Several rural communities are still to be heard from, Mrs. An- gle pointed out, so the $600 total of today may be increased some during this week in addition to What voluntary donations may be made in the same period. Local Man Gets Safety. Mention. . In Publication Recognition is given Thomas J. Seljestad, assistant machine room supervisor for the Shelton Ray- onier plant, in a booklet entitled “The Years of Paper,” published by the Crown Zellerbach Corpora- tion, for his work last summer in saving the life of a woman injur— ed in an automobile accident. The booklet is published by the company to call attention to safe- ty practices being observed in the organization’s mills and by their: employes. The specific instance in which the Shelton man figures is listed under an article entitled “Doc- tors in Overalls Prove Good Sam- Quoting the article di- the tag sale met with a very gra- l rectly: -“Thomas J. Seljestad . is credited by physicians with saving the life of a woman injured in an automobile wreck near the Sel- jestad summer home on Hood Canal, “When Seljestad arrived at the wreck scene he found bystanders trying to stop the blood flow from a severed artery by stuffing cloth into the opening. Summoning his first aid training, Mr. Seljestad applied digital pressure to the severed area and stopped the flow of blood. He then accompanied the woman to a hospital, where she recovered.” In the same booklet, a picture of the Shelton Rayonier first aid team which tied for fifth place in the annual Northwest first aid competition at Portland, April 20,'is published with other competing teams. New Temperature Peak Hit Monday When the thermometer roared up to 88 degrees Monday after- noon it marked a. new tempera- weather~ records, Weatherman Bernhard Winiecki reported vto-l day. Eighty-degree-plus temperatures marked the weekend, sending swimmers and picnickers out by the droves. Sunday saw an 83- degree figured registered on the Rayonier thermometer, while pri- vate readings of 90 degrees and then some were reported in sev- eral instances yesterday. FRANCIS CARR, 88, ILL Francis Carr, 88, 'long time Ma- son county resident, is reported seriously ill at his home at Kam- ilche. He is the father of Harold and Roy Carr, well known Mason county men. POLICEMAN IN HOSPITAL Andy Hanson, Shelton police of- ficer, was admitted to Shelton hospital Sunday for treatment. SON BORN THURSDAY Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Manke of a baby son born Thursday at Shel- ton hospital. and girls have already enrolled for instruction in the aquatic course, Enrollment Chairman Vern Miller said this afternoon. Registration opened yester- day at the men’sdepartment in the L. M. store. The 11th annual aquatic pro- gram, conducted here jointly by the Red Cross and the Active Qlub, opens July 8 at Maple Beach on Lake Isabella with Mrs. Merna Rowe Haskins as supervisor. Voluntary donations which are asked by the sponsoring or— ganizations to defray the inci- dental costs of the classes will be welcomed at any time now, too, Chairman J. L. Replinger announced today. HlLLCREST WATER TROUBLES GIVEN AlD BY RAYONlER Loan of Pump and Motor as Tem- porary Alleviation For Low Pressure Offered Respite from the water short- age which has afflicted Hillcrest residents the past several sum- mers during the heavy sprinkling periods may be enjoyed this sum- mer following an offer made to the city water department by Rayonier officials at last Thurs- day’s semi-monthly council ses- $1011. The Rayonier offer was loan of a pump and motor to the city wa- ter department to provide tempor- ary booster service for the Hill- cres residential area. Following this offer, the coun- cil water committee and City En- gineer BurWell Bantz recommend- ed such a temporary installation at a cost not to exceed $550, the council approving the action and instructing Water Supt. E. E. Brewer to proceed with the in- stallation immediately. Another action of the water committee which was approved by the council was rescinding of its recommendation at the previous council session to purchase 750 feet of transite water pipe and rec- ommended instead the purchase of the same amount of cement lin- ed castiron water pipe. Councilman M. H. Needham re- ported that the foundation for the new 200,000 gallon water storage tank to serve the Angleside dis- rict has been poured. Attorney Charles R. Lewis was instructed to write to the owners of the former Pat Howard resi- dence on Angleside which burned a year ago or more in regard to tearing down the remaining shell of the structure, which now con- stitutes a menace and an eye-sore. GeOrge Smith In DeMolay Position George smith, prep athlete, was elected master Councilor of the Mark E. Reed chapter of the Order of DeMolay last night to serve a. four-month term ending January 1, 1941. It is the first election held under the new four-month- term policy of the local chapter. Jim Forrest was elected senior councilor and Clint Williams jun- ior councilor. The master council- or appoints all other officers ex— cept secretary and treasurer, who serve for a year and have until next January to hold office. Plans for the chapter’s annual picnic were discussed but no date determined last night. Master Councilor Don Woods reported. Citizenship Class To Be Available To All Persons Who Register Anyone interested in taking in- struction for naturalization hear- ings is invited to contact Mrs. Ida Twice a Week TUESDAY and THURSDAY OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER Sixth Annual Playfield Program Opening Here Shelton’s sixth annual summer playfield program for 'children gets under way this week with Homer Taylor, high school vice- principal and athletic director, as supervisor. First activity to be undertaken will be formation of the peewee baseball league which in past playfield programs has been one of the principal activities for the smaller boys. All lads interested in playing peewee baseball are asked by Director Taylor to re- port at Loop Field Thursday morn- ing at ten o’clock. 1 Team captains will be chosen and teams organized to start the league play. The winning lteam in the league each year is given a trip to Seattle to a Coast League ball game. 1 Legion Turnout Monday Opening turnout for the Ameri- ,can Legion junior baseball team, ’chief activity for the older boys in the summer playfield program, ,lwill be held next Monday after- noon at four o‘clock, Coach Tay- lor announced yesterday. A com- plete lineup of high school letter- men with the exception of a catch- or will be available for the junior legion squad this year, including Earl Lumsden, Jim McComb, War- ren Woods, and Gene Anderson in the infield positions from first to third in that order, Ted Van- Overbeke, Ken Latham and Ken Fredson for the outfield, and Ralph LeDrew, Bob Cole and El- mer Carlson for pitching. Coach Taylor may do some shifting of his talent to meet necessities, depending on what other material turns up. Several likely prospects from this year’s junior high school team may break into the junior legion lineup some- where. All boys who intend to turnout for the junior legion team are urged to be at the opening session because their registration papers must be filled out and sent to Seattle before June 20th. other Activities, Too Other phases of the playfield program will provide tennis in- struction for all boys and girls interested in learning fundamen- tals and rudiments of the game, instructors to be available from nine to noon each day from Mon- day through Friday at the Loop Field courts, Director Taylor an- nounced yesterday. Volleyball, ping pong, horseshoe pitching, softball, and overnight hikes, are other activities to be included under this sixth annual playfield program. Volleyball nets, ping pong tables, and horse- shoe pits will be made available at Kneeland Park, as well as ad- ditional tennis courts. Three women assigned by WP. A. recreational headquarters will assist Director Taylor in conduct- ing the playfield program, Miss Joyce West, Mrs. Joyce Remme and Mrs. Marie Brown taking charge of the Kneeland Park ac- tivities and the tennis instruction. Sheltonians Go To Big Methodist Meet In Tacoma The Annual Pacific Northwest. Conference of the Methodist Church will be in session this week in Tacoma. beginning Wed- nesday and continuing until Sun— day at 5 P.M. The Conference in- cludes all of the Methodist Churches in the State of Wash- ington and in the Northern half of Idaho. Bishop W. H, Martin of Omaha, formerly of the South, will preside, and will preach at the seat; of the Conference, Sun- day next at 11 am. The sessions of the Conference will be preceded by the annual Executive Meeting of the Wom- ans’ Foreign Missionary Society for the entire Pacific Northwest. Mrs. Robert Brumblay, who is an executive officer, left early this morning for an all-day meeting 4 today of the organization. This meeting of the women will be held in Mason Church, Tacoma, while the sessions of the Confer- ence will be held in First Church. Mrs. Walter Elliott was chosen as the lay-representative of the Shelton Church, and will attend the sessions throughout. On invitation of the pastor and official board, Dr, Robert Brum- blay, of this place, will occupy the pulpit at. Mason Church, Sunday morning. Dr. Brumblay was pas- tor of this influential congrega- tion a. number of years ago. There will beno preaching service at the church here next Sunday morning, Kirkland, VV.P.A. adult education but in two weeks the usual service supervisor for Mason County, about the possibilities of forming a second citizenship schooling class. She may be reached by tel- ephoning 366. . One such class with 17 students in it is now well along in its work. This proposed second class, if started within a short time, can complete its work in time for its students to take their final citizen— ship papers at the next naturaliza- tion hearing in Mason county su- perior court, probably this fall. INJURED BY HORSE E. C. Sytsma ot' Shelton was admitted to Shelton hospital Sat- urday for treatment of face and head cuts and bruises suffered when he was stepped on by a horse. The injuries were reported not. dangerous. will be held. ,$500 To Complete Cribbing On Road Funds amounting to $500 were added to the original $1000 al- lotted for improvement work on a section of the Hammersley In- let road in a resolution adopted yesterday by the board of county commissioners. The extra funds were added to allow for additional cribbing work found necessary on the project. The board received notification from the state treasurer that Ms.- son county’s share of the April gas tax distribution amounts to $8,756.20, which goes into the county road fund. VOTERS PASS GYM LEVY BY BIG MAJORITY Of 672 Votes Cast, Favor Special S-Mill Levy; Dis- trict Seeking Site; Finish By Fall In a closing-hour spurt of bal- lot—casting, Shelton voters put the special eight-mill new gym— nasium levy “over the top” by a comfojtable margin Thursday, 625 in favor, 47 against. The total vote count of 672 gave the levy a comfortable mar- gin over the required number of ballots needed to make the spec- ial election legal under Washing- ton laws, which require 40% 01" the vote cast in the last guber- natorial election to make special school elections legal. The 13 to 1 margin of favor- able votes cast easily fulfilled the 60% favorable requirement also mandatory under state law for special school taxation. Would Complete By Fall Just how quickly actual con- struction of the new gymnasium can be started depends upon how quickly such details as prepara- tion of plans and specifications can be drawn up, a site determin- ed, and the $20,000 in state funds promised to match the funds rais- ed by the special levy can be secured, City School Supt. H. E. Loop pointed out yesterday. “We will make every effort to com- plete the new gym by fall,” Supt. Loop said. John Woleb, Olympia architect, has the new gym plans practical- ly completed already inasmuch as all that was necessary was re- drawing of the original plans for the new gym prepared a, year- and-a-half ago when voters ap- proved a special ten-mill levy. At that time federal funds promised to assist with the gym construc- tion fell through and forced de- lay for securing the new gym. The site the school district would like to obtain for the new structure is the vacant block, practically the only one left in the downtoWn residential or busi- ness sections, which is bounded by Eighth and Ninth streets and Pine and Cedar streets. The block has been commonly referred to,_aa the Tremper block. It is situated approximately half way between the junior and senior high school buildings and so would be an ideal location for the new gym in- asmuch as the principal purpose behind adding a new gym to the Shelton school system is to pro- vide facilities for a. physical edu- cation program adequate to the needs of the community’s school children, Supt. Loop said. Whether the location is purchased or some other site ultimately selected de- pends on the price asked for the “Tremper block," Supt. Loop in- dicated. S-Club Worked Hard Much of the credit for the suc- cess of the special election should go to the S-Club, high school athletic letterman’s organization, for its work in stirring up inter- est favorable to the proposal and for offering transportation, to voters from their homes to the polls and back again, Supt, Loop said. ‘ “And you good people who voted ‘ certainly deserve a rising vote of thanks. It was mighty fine of you to come back after the dis-V ‘ appointment of our election 18 . months :ago and again approve a: special levy. Many. many thanks to you all,” the city lperintendent said. ‘ O SKOKOMISH VOTERS ‘ APPROVE 10-MlLL LEVY Middle Skokomish school dis- ' trict residents went; solidly behind a. ten-mill special levy asked by the school board to provide funds necessary to keep the school in operation during the 1940-41 term by approving the levy by a 52 to favoring vote June 1, County School Supt. J. E. Martin announc- ed today. " Pioneer Meeting Draws Sheltonites The Pioneer Association of Washington held its largest ' as- sembly in years in Seattle last week, with around 1100 of the state’s elderly citizens, dating back fifty years or more, seated at dinner in the big Civic Audi- torium. Several hours were de- voted to mixing in the crowd and hunting up friends of former years, brought together from all over the state fonthe occasion. Those from Mason county in— cluded Mr. and Mrs. G. C, Angle and Robert Angle. Former resi- dents met were Mrs. Nina Dun- bar Barber, Mr. and Mrsl Chas. Leake, Kenneth and Jessie Stew- art, the latter being children of the M. D. Stewart family gone nearly fifty years. OLD-TIME BUTCHER PAYS VISIT HERE Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Blunt, who lived in Shelton from 1906 to 1909. were spending a day or two look- ing up old friends around Shel- ton, on vacation from their busi- ness in Butte, Montana. Mr. Blunt was a butcher in the old days and still sticks to the job.