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Unda eremon mll Mark Harstmne Brm e enmng ,,
'"e Good Old Days . Dedication A÷ 2 p.m.,
t'or Islanders Then Traffic Sfarfs
sent t) u k a message he'll let
is now just three
"n all the VIP's
Bridge Open-
share of the
a lot of the pro-
Some .just plain
gather on
the formal
tine Island
bring an end
more ferry
Pass. No
catch a ferry,
You neIn't h've
p
. YOU are number
an Islander
of this, espe-
with ice
among the oth-
at the clock
the company
rry (they can
time now),
for
off each
by three
on alternate
joining the
Work weeks,
like most
family will
nights for
bound
at their
of the
€, 'ow do ya
runs the
Year their
won't be
gone
(when
dock semi-
Yard comes
a Super-mar.
anything
you know how long this will take
when hc finds out what's the
matter.
No more friendly ferry crew
to check with as to who is going
to town, who wouldn't mind pick-
ing up a prescriplion, or pcq'hal)s
s;nlc milk or a loaf of bread,
or (lid a gas truck come across
yet Ibis morning, or do you know
if John Doe is off the Island or
if he's come back.
And, alas, for Chet Strccken-
bach there won't b(, a ferry crew
to fish sit for him while he's
away on a trip.
N,, ol,e will have to t)e tbe
49th car on the 6 p.m. ferry
Sunday evening.
Four or five wives will be re-
lieved of having to cook lunch
at 11 a.m.
Gone, too, will probably be the
tranquil, deserted roads that Is-
hinders knew after the ferry's en-
gines were silenced for the night.
But the one thing that is going
to be missed by most everyone,
r) matter which side of the is-
sue the individual was on, is the
friendly chatting and visiting in
the terry lines while we were
either waiting to get off or on
at the other side, waiting to get
back home again.
Seeing neighbors and catching
up on the latest news or per-
haps meeting some of the new
folk or just passing local color
on to the tourists has been a
favorite past ttme of everyone
for many a long year.
And driving across that new
bridge is going to leave a vague,
emt)ty feeling in most of us for
quite some time. For this writer
it's eeainly going to be the end
of a dandy source cf items for
this column. We can see the
writing on the wall where one
party line is concerned. You
other seven certainly have all
my sympathy !
Just think how great (from my
point of view) if it had been
a toll bridge. This column could
have been filled if I were one
of the toll-takers. Ah, but such
is the stuff dreams are made of.
,i)
your
you get
to dis-
high and
awaiting
and find a
lest in view)
• the Grand
already
i ; i
L
who resigned recently as a
School Board, was honored at a
the administrative staIf of the school
Was presented with a plaque in apprecta-
of service on the school hoard. The
an of Frank Heuston, a school
had the courage to stand against the
in his search to provide good educe-
of the Shelton Schools Shelton Ad-
1969."
Thursday, June 19, 1969
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reet
• Slaeiton City Engineer Howard
Gt.dat Imid this week the street
program which the city proposed
to l)roperty owners several weeks
ago and on which it has been
receiving petitions for the past
several weeks totals 77 blocks or
about 4 *& miles.
The work will be (kme under
an LID and will be paid for by
O
vmng
the property owners.
The streets to be improved will
get a 24 ft. strip of two-inch
asphalt.
Godat said the city should be
able to mail out preliminary as-
sessments and set hearing dates
about July I and that that final
approval of th LID could be
completed by mid-July and bids
Action Today
On Impasse
A five-man committee to study
and make recommendations on
the impasse between the Shelton
School Board and Shetton Educa-
titzn Association over negotiations
for administrator's salaries will
meet with the parties involved
here today.
The committee is chairmaned
by Dr. Robert Woodruff, superin-
tendent of schools at Aberdeen.
Other members are Omer Parker,
a Hoquiam attorney anti school
board member; Walter Hutchin-
son, a Clover Park School Board
member; Gary Gerhard, a teach-
er from Bothell and Bruce Hard-
ing, a teacher from Bellevue.
The committee will meet at
the Timbers Restaurant at noon
with the SEA representatives and
with Sup. Louis Grinnell at 2:30
p.m. They will meet with other
members of the" Shelton adminis-
trative staff at 3:30 p.m. and will
have dinner with the school board
at the Capital Restaurant. Dr.
Woodruff said the final meeting
will be with all parties concern-
ed about 7:30 p.m.
Norm Westling, from the State
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion's office will be with the com-
mittee as a consultant, Woodruff
said.
The request for the appoint-
ment of an impasse committee
was made by Paul Gillie, chair-
man of the SEA negotiations
team to Supt. of Public Instruc-
tion Iuis Bruno.
Gillie told Bruno the question
ts whether the school board is
required by law to negotiate with
the SEA on salaries for prin-
cipals and other administrators.
The board and the SEA com-
mittee had taken opposing sides
on the question in their public ne-
gotiations sessions last mortth,
each backed by an opinion from
its attorney that It was right.
The school board received a
letter before the start of negotia-
tions signed by the members of
the administrative staff of the
district asking that they not be
represented by the SEA.
The question was the subject
of several sharp discussions dur-
ing the negotiations sessions.
The district has issued con-
tracts to all administrators who
are returning to the district for
next year.
Fire Chief
A÷ Meefing
• Fire Chief Allan Nevltt and
Volunteer Fireman Robert Mea-
chain left Wednesday for the an-
nual WashlnLton State Firemen's
Conference at Moses Lake.
The four-day school will have
classes on fire investigation, fire
tactics and defensive d'iving this
year in addition to the regular
meetings and competitive drills
between different fire dpart.
merits.
Three Jailed
For Burglary
In County
• Three young men, one from
Grapeview and two from Kitsap
County, have been arrested on
charges of second degree burg-
lary tiffs wek.
Arrested by Mason County of.
ricers were Tom M. Graham, 18,
BOx 438, Silverdale "and David
L. George, '22, P. O. Box 123,
Grapeview.
The third youth is Vernon Gra-
ham, 1106 N. Montgomery, Brem-
erton, who is being held in Kit-
sap County jail. Mason and Kit-
sap County officials cooperated
in the investigation.
They are charged with taking
a garden tractor, mini bikes, an
electric broom, a beater, wall
clock, rugs and other items from
the John Hemphill residence
March 31.
Charges against the three were
filed in Mason County Superior
Court by Prosecuting Attorney
John C. Rasan.
for construction opened early in
August.
Streets on which peitions have
been received are listed below.
Godat stated that if there is any
streets which should have been
on the list and is not, the prop-
erty owners should contact city
hall.
Madison St. from F to J and
BtoE.
Adams St. from E to I.
Monroe St. from C to D.
Dry Weafher
Closes Woods
• As temperatures soared to
highs of 94 Monday and Tuesday
of this week. Mason County resi-
dents began thinking about air
conditioners and ways to stay
cool.
Those charged with keeping
fires under control increased their
vigilance as hot weather brought
extremely dry conditions.
Simpson Timber Co. announced
Monday evening that Its logging
operations at Camp Grisdale and
Camp Govey were being closed
for the remainder of the week
because of the dry conditions.
The five-day forecast from the
weather bureau offered above
normal temperatures and below
normal rainfall.
Boys Find
Skull
On Beach
I Two boys walking along the
beach on Stretch Island Wednes-
day afternoon came up with an
unusual discovery--a human skull
imbedded In some tree roots
along the bank.
The boys, Laurie Lutz, 7,
Grapeview, and Gary Smith, 15,
from Oregon were walking along
the beach on the Smith lot when
they spotted the skuU.
They dug It out of the bank and
brouglvt it home. Larry Lutz, old-
er brother of Laurie, said the
skull appeared quite old and
weathered.
The Mason County Sheriff's of-
rice was notified of the discovery.
School Board
I The Shelton School Board will
hold a special meeting at 8 p.m.
June 24 in the library of Ever-
green School. Purpose of the
meeting will be to open blds on
painting of the High School gym-
naslum nd other business.
• t
I St. from Monroe to Madison
and Highway to Washington.
G St. from Madison t) High-
way and Jefferson to King.
F St. from Adams to Highway.
D St. from Monroe to Adams.
C St. from VanBuren to High-
way.
Jefferson from J to K and F
to G.
Washington from F to J.
Laurel from E to I.
12th St. from Birch to Pine.
Alder St. from 12th to 13th.
H from Madison to Monroe
and Highway to Washington.
Pine St. from 12th to 13th.
Turner St. from 14th to lh.
May St. from 15th to 16th.
16th St. from Turner to Har-
vard.
Grant from 4th to 7th.
Kineo from 5th to 6th.
5th from Kineo to Harvard.,
7th from Wyandotte to Euclid.
Wyandotte from 2nd o 7th.
University Ave. from Pioneer
Way to Division St.
Arcadia Ave. from Lake Blvd.
to Highway.
Satsop Ave. from Union to
Boundary.
Boundary St. from University
Ave. to Satsop Ave.
Mason Street from Ellinor to
Fairmont.
• When the ribbon is cut Sun-
day and traffic begins to flow
across the bridge to ttamtine Is-
land it will be the end of sev-
eral years of planning and fin-
ancing attempts to replace the
ferry which has served the island
for many years, with ;t bridg(,.
The dtiication ceremony is
scheduled for 2 p.m Sunday on
the mainland side of the hritk€,.
Following the ceremony a cav-
alcade of lIarstine l)ioneers rid-
ing in a horse-drawn surrey and
antique cars will lead the pro-
cession in the first crossing.
Speaker for the dedication will
be Georgx Zahn, chairman of
the Washington State Highway
Commission.
County Engineer J. C. Bridger
will give a project summary and
submit the completed bridge to
the county•
The ferry will make its last
run with the 2 p.m. run Sunday.
The Mason County Sheriff's of-
rice will be in charge of parking
and traffic control at the cere-
mony.
Bridger said there will be room
for about 40 vehicles in the bor-
row pit next to the access road
to the bridge on the mainland
side along with parking ah)ng the
access road.
The commission Monday auth-
orized Bridger to join wih the
contracor on the bridge to put
up barricades at both ends to pre-
vent cars from heing driven uo
the bridge until it is finished
ami formally opened.
The contractor had had some
difficulty, with persons driving
across the bridge after the crews
left for the day, Bridger told
the commission, but, the barriers
shouhl solve the problem.
Long-time Harstine residents
who will be taking part in the
first cawdcade across the bridge
include Hilma Wingert, Martin
Goetsch, John ttitchcock, Esther
Gc,tsch, Hulda Wilson, Mrs. {2.
Glaser, Mabel Iiarrlman, Mrs.
Ever(tt Simons, Mrs. Gunar John.
son. h'vie Wingert, Arlo Wingert,
Alvin Anderson, Hilaur Ashby,
Fit, Christcnsen and Marie Couch.
The Iiarstine Grange, Social
Cluh and Ladies Club will serve
refreshments at the community
hall after the ceremony.
The Shelton Chamber of Com-
merce is COOl)crating wlh the
county commission in sponsoring
the dedication cercm,ny.
Planning for the bridge to the
Island has been a thought for
many years and got into the plan-
ning stages in the early 1960s.
Proposals to finance Rs eo
struction with a county-wide gen,
eral obligation bond issue falll
in several attempts.
A law passed by the 1967 ses-
sion of the State Legislature
which permits the formation el
road improvement districts
opened the way to the financing
lmckage which was finally USt in
getting the money for the bridge
construction.
Voters in November, 1968, ap-
proved a $450,000 general obliga-
tion bond issue for part of the
financing of the project, whose
cost was more than $1 million.
An additional $350,000 in bonds
was sold by a road improvement
district which was formed on
Harsttne Island. An additional
$300,000 limited obligation bond
issue from Road District One pro-
vided the remainder of the mon-
ey.
Western Pacific Constructors,
Seattle, was awarded a contract
for the construction on a bid of
$1,005,471 in April of 1968 and
construction started in mid-May
of last year.
.The bridge is the largest high-
way project ever in the state ft,
nanced entirely by county ftmds
with no federal or state assist,
ante.
DR. ARNOLD ANDRES, chairman of the Jaycee Commu-
nity Attitude Survey project, explains the results of the
survey which were presented at the Shelton Chamber of
Commerce meetln$ at Latke IAmerlck last week.
I The results of the community
attitude surw)y conducted by the
Jaycees earlier this year were
presented at the June meeting of
the Shelton Chamber of Com-
merce last Tuesday.
Dr. Arnold Andres, who wu
chairman of the project for the
Jaycees, discussed the report af-
ter printed copies were handed
out to members of the audience.
The complete report Is printed
elsewhere in The Journal this
week.
Clint Willour, chairman of the
Plan of Progress (POP) Commit.
ee told about that organization's
activities and aims.
He stated that the program Is
a long-range effort and would
probably take about 15 years be-
fore it was completed. The early
stages, which have been g(dng
on during the past year, have
been devoted to studying pre
lems ha the city and gathering
information.
The group had also discussed
a building code for the city of
Shelton and was looking Into the
possibility of a Joint effort tn
this direction between the city
and county.
Chamber membe elected Dr.
Lynn White, Jerry Salisbury and
Bob Sheetz as members of the
board of trustees durll the meet-
ing.
They will' take ofl'i la ept,
ember,
Attitude Survey Report Given