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Percy M Pio
6017 S.E. 86th
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5 18, 1964
Entered as second cle-ss matter at the pdht office at Shclton, Washington,
under Act 5f March 8, 1879. Published weekly at 227 West Cota.
Published in "Ckristmastown, U.S.A.", Shelton. Washington
10 Cents per Copy
18 Pages 3 Sections
RS--Roxanna the elephant
d the llama ready to
Brothers Circus ,opens here
today. These followers of the sawdust trail are all
star performers in their own right.
Shelton Rotary Club is sponsor-
ing the Graham Brothers Circus
which opens hel~e today. Proceeds
will be used to help bolster the
local Summer Recreation Pro-
gram.
Rotary extends thanks to John
Kneeland for providing tl~e large
lot for a small fee.
Simpson Timber Company's new
dry lumber planing mill at Shel-~
ton has begum operation, marking"
attainment of a completely into-
grated dry lumber manufacturing:
iacility.
The new mill, which embraces
27,000 sq. ft., adjoins the 800-foot
long dry lumber storage shed. The
toting at their tips.
keg, manager, fir and hemlock
sawmills division. Each shift will
employ 11 men once the shake-
down is completed and all equip-
ment operating.
"Now we can keep our dry lum-
ber dry from the time it enters
the kilns until it is loaded on rail
cars," said Ahlskog. "We have to
oman handle it, le~u, which means less
damage, cleaner lumber and a
,~urfaced lumber sorter jusl behind
the planer. Both }.hose pieces of
equipment are expecI.ed to be in
~eration soon.
,~tWhen the new planer is operat-
lng two sitifts, Planer Two will
also run two shifts daily. Work
also is progressing on moving
Planer One, used to size timbers,
mill is being operated one shift, adjacent to Planer Two. It will
with a second shift to be added be operated by the Planer Two
June 22. according to H. A. Ahls- cxew.
much more efficient operation."
Previously, lumber taken from the
kilns had to be carried a quart:of
of a mile away to the old planers,
then returned to the dry storag~b
shed.
The show will be here for one THE DRY PLANER features
4-H ex- day only -- to~ayl There will be
,n Coun- two performanee.~, one beginning Mrs. Gait (Joyce) Dillon, 25, the latest equipment and will be
Shelton, was reported in fair con- able to process nearly all Simp-
lg delivered at 2 p.m', the other at 8 p.m. dition at St. Peter Hospital, Olym- son's dry lumber. Kilns five and
es to start Price of admission for kids is 75 pin, where she was taken after an six started tap recently, bringing
each after- cent, adults $1.50. There are no automobile accident early Satur- to 100 lnillion bd. ft. Simpson's
1 the build- reserved Seats. Seating will be on annual drying capacity at Shelton.
w LS part ot a first-come, ]~irst-served basis, day.
a] Izctt at Since the early part cf the week Mrs. Dillon was driving a car In addition to the planer itself,
'a Boars the circus has "been "setting up" which left the Shelton-Olympia supporting equipment includes art
Freeway early Saturday morning, automatic green lumber sorter,
ay evening, on the vacant Kneehmd lot across smashing into a light standard, which sorts lumber by lengths be-
~simers the street from KMAS.
in Shcl- The Washington State Patrol fore it is dried, and an autmnatic
AS SOON as the kids in the said Mrs. Dillon apparently fell
neighborhood saw the big red asleep while driving. She was alone
Manager, gave trucks with fancy gold lettera on in the car.
organizations their sides roll in, excitement be- SHE SUFFERED a broken arm,
ommittco was gan filling the air. nmltiple cuts, a fractured ankle,
decisions on As soon as they were parked, collapsed lung and seven fractured
!d concessions
l;~tg show. This the tlrmks began "giving up their ribs, according to the State Patrol.
• we Troy, as. assorted and fascinating cargoes. She was thrown from the car when
Drake, Mrs. The air was sudderfly filled with it hit the light standard. Criminal charges were filed
I Taylor, Mrs: ~' strange assortment of animal The vehicle was a total loss and against two men in Mason C0uUty
sounds. Men were everywhere unty- about $500 damage was done to Superior Court Friday on inf,,ma-
Id Jane Wind- ing ropes, rolling bacl~ canvas, lay- the light st~mdard, the State Pa- ties filed by Prosecuting Attorney
USETH listeo ing huge poles in neat piles here trol saidl The accident was in. Byron McClanahan.
~etions that and there, vestigated by State Trooper Lorcn William L • Temple, 55, Seattle,
~r, ~l~ A man, stripped to the waist, Anderson and Thurston County )A~as' charged .wlth~negitg~!~ hol~t,
piOked'tip a(:,h$avy t~ge ,and:be-. ,Sherff£'s deputies. ...... : " 'cld e in c6,ndcti0n; urith the traf-
ate~t, a gan driving stakes in the grouhd ~ -" fic death of'Steven Ross Hastings,
,, In$ian that soon, formed a large~ 0val, 5, Port Orchard, June 6.
Pulaifer Other v~,n were bust setting the
fo. ih ,'ee. long main-poles. In what Temple was the driver :of a car
and seemed like a very slmrt time the • which collided with one driven by
three poles were standing erect, the boy's father, Sanford Hast~
that with gaily-colored pennants flut- ings, about six miles north of Shel
ton on Highway 3.
By this t'ime the "Big Top" had
been laid Out on the ferncovered
lot like a huge pancake, and men
Vohmtccrc0 were busy malting any last-minute
ow flowers repairs under the wa'tchful eye of
fluting. 1.1~. °tlle e~nvas'b'b~'. ..............
Today, everything is ready. The
Fair Board "Big Top" is up, the pcrf()rmers
.and Mrs. are making last-minute checks of
Rhodes, their wardrobes, the a~ntmals are
M'acRae, a bit restless, knowing that they
John Hob will soon be in the ring doing their
and Mrs. routines, and kids from all over
s. Martin are getting ready to participate
M'rs. AI in that glorious bit of Americana -
Windsor. going to the circus,
el~ from
chance
i ng the crew can tell where it ends
[mm o,,o days work and should begin
the next.
The mixture is a product of the
International Pa p e r Company
which the StaLe Highway Depart-
ment has only recently adopted.
, "me ~nelton-Olympia freeway ia
take part. This information in- one of the early projects to make.
eludes the person's name, age, ad- use of the new method of sowing
dress, telephone number, name ot highway medimls.
family doctor, signature of parent
t~ndel~ay giving permission. Also on the
blank ia included a space to write
even~in the child's past swimming rec-
ord and classification.
Charge for the swim classes,
running Monda.y through Friday
of each week, will be 15¢ per day
: available, to cover the cost of transportation
taken in and use of the pool.
The schedule of indivdual class-
es, which will last for an hour
Randi each, during the first week is:
turn- beginner (non swimmers) and ad-
assistants vanced beginner swimmers start-
ArmstrOng ing at 9, 10, and 11 ram. and 1
Painting time ground green~ After the accident Temple was
I - " charged ~ith driving while intoxi.
t seemed so to ntotorists using cated, being drunk in public and
the newly opened section of the reckless driving. His bond was set
Shelton-Olympia freeway recently, at $1,000. He had already posted
when they saw a large lank truck $1,025 bond on the other charges.
moving slowly while a rider spray- JOIIN M. WILSON, 34, Star Rt,
ed what appeared to be green I was charged with taking inde-
paint on the dirt in the median be. cent liberties with three girls un-
twecn the high way sections, der 15 years of age.
Not paint, friends! The ]nan was Bail was set at $1,000 which was
planting grass, resembling some- posted.
what the method used by the McClauahan, acting as eotn't
Game Department to plant fish. commissioner in the absence of a
Through the hose pumped a mix. judge, ordered a psychiah~c exa-
ture of wood cellulose fiber, grass nunation for Wilson.
seed, water, green coloring. Thelat- Shclton attorney Glenn Correa
ter element is put in simply so represented both Wilson and
Temple in the proceedings Friday
morning at McClanallan's request
since there was no judge present
to appoint an attm-aey for them if
they so desired.
THE NEW PROCESS is fast--
a 2-nlan crew can SOW five acres
in an 8-hour shift in a one-step
operation instead of three steps
under the former method. Thcs.
can also reach steeper banks more
easily and effectively, reports
Doug Mauldin, information offi-
cer for the Highways Department,
wire adds that grassing the medi-
ans eliminates weed problems an0
controls soil erosion.
Hc is enthusiastic about the
wood celhflose fiber mixture for
it tends to hold moisture better
and is far superior to the old meth-
od of covering the seed with hay
until it sprouts and roots.
But best of all, he points out,
it's far more economical--and
sure prettier thmt paint..
Mason County
NEWS BRIEFS
Order to
LILLIWAUP .._ Almost 100 per.
attended the open house in
the newly-relnodcled quarters of
the Lilliwaup Post Office last Sa-
turday afternoon. Welcoming the
visitors was Postmaster ~aith
Evans.
and 2 p.m.; intermediates startiltg
at noon, and intermediates ann
junior life savers starting at 3
.p.m: .......
"Come according to schedule ancl
time best suited for the child," the
tnstt~lctor said. Site emphasized
that the schedule for the first
week is subject to chmlgc after
that time "after we see how
not
things work out", but will
the 1964 change during the first week.
the bust- Bus driver Mrs. George Mag~tctt
KAMILCHE ..... Fire last weck
deal.,Dyed the home of Mr. and
M!rs. Jack Avery at Kamilcbe
Point. The fire started in the at..
4 tic. The family lost almost every-
thing in the fire. They were not
will nmke regular daily stops at
Bordeaux Gl-adc School at 20 min-
utes to the hour, Lincoht 15 min-
utes to the hour and Mr. View
eeting school 10 minutes before the hour.
Festi- Present following to program
supervisor:
~LIMMER SWIM PROGRAM
/
It was announced Wednesday
that Laurence Bedell ,owner o]
the Bcdell Drilling Co. of Shelton;
Olivet. Ashford of the Simpson
Norman Sanders, Manson, was
]tired as super|n~endanc of the
North Mason School District, the
school board announced this week.
He will succeed Robert K. John-
sen, who is leaving to become
superintendent of the White River
School District at Buckley.
Sanders has been supcrintendant
at Manson for the past four
years. Manson is located on Lake
Chelan about six miles above Che-
lansanders has been superintendent
educated in Eastern Washington
and received his,superintcndenL's
crcdent2Rls from Washington State
University~
Timber Company; and Robert
Slettedahl, general manager of the
Lumbermen's Mercantile Co. ot
Shelton have been appointed as
Directors of the National Bank ot
Mason County (organizing).
It was also announced that SUCCESSFUL GOEDUCKERS---These four young- in nine years. Showing three goeducks and assort-
Frank Watson, formerly manager stets, three of whom are from Shelton, displayed ed clams are (from left to right) Dave Nutt,
and Director of the Northshore the fruits of some fast digging efforts at the Eagle 10; Melvin Morgan Jr., six; George Nash, nine;
Bank at Bothell, Washington has Creek public beach about three miles north of and Debbic Morgan, seven. George is the Morgans'
been appointed Manager of the Lilliwaup ,an Hood Canal Thursday when low tide cousin from Seattle.
~aLional Bank of Mason Comfly dipped to a predicted minus 3.9 feet, the lowest
As manager, Watson will also bc : ,~ :;
a Director mid it is also antici- i,y l~enny llinion
pated that he will bc elected as
President. It was a shell fisherman's de-
All of the amtounccd appoint- light on many miles of Mason
ments are, under Federal regu- ~ County and I'~uget Sound's salt
lations, subject ~o the aPi)roval ot I.~ water frontage last Thursday af-
the office of the Conlptrollcr el lernoon as tidies dipped to ,~ can
Currency in Washington, D. C. Ap- cul lied mimls 3 9 feet the lowest
plications for approval have been The 3.8 ]nile section of the abel- The new limited access road is .... ' "
(h op innine, ,years, and one not
submitted to that office and are ton-Olympia Freeway from I