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June 26, 1975     Shelton Mason County Journal
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e e e I Have you ever dreamed of sailing around the world? Mark Weston has. And he's building a boat in Shelton to do it. Weston, 24, and a 1968 graduate of Shelton High School, is a member of an Olympia Vocational Technical Institute boatbuilding class taught by longtime Shelton teacher Veto Morgus. Weston is building l-.it 4e-foot fiberglass beauty literally out of the same mold as a sailboat Morgns owns. The young man received a degree in political science three years ago from Western Washington State College and then attended the University of Washington for five quarters to get a degree in industrial arts. The knowledge represented by that industrial arts degree plus experience picked up in two years of working in Seattle boatyards make Weston sort of a star pupil. He's been working since September (when the OVTI class started) on his boat at the Morgus MARK WES'I=ON climbs topside on tl~e boat he is buildingl e O e How young is the Mason County population, measured in terms of its contact with the major events of the last few c~ecades? How many of the local residents were around in 1929, for example, when the great depression took place and the stock market crashed? How many were on hand in 1936 when King Edward gave up Down with Christmas Or consider Christmas - could Satan in his most malignant mood have devised a worse combination of graft plus buncombe than the system whereby several hundred million people get a billion or so of gifts for which they have no use, and some thousands of shop-clerks die of exhaustion while selling them, and every other child in the western world is made ill from overeating - all in the name of the lowly Jesus? Upton Sinclair the British throne to marry Wallis Simpson, or in 1941 when Pearl Harbor was attacked? According to an age breakdown, compiled by the Census Bureau, no more than 23 percent of the local population was alive in 1918, when World War I came to a close. In 1933, when prohibition ended, nearly 14 years after it went into effect, only 41 percent of Mason County's current population was around to witness the event. The advent of the atomic age, in the early 1940"s, following the first nuclear chain reaction, can be remembered by only 51 percent locally, the figures show. All of which points to the fact that the population of the area is relatively young. The age level in Mason County, taken as a whole, is found to be well below what it was a generation ago. Local residents are slightly older, however, than their compatriots in most parts of the United States. The median age of the local population is given as 31.1 years, which means that there are as many below that age as there are above it. In the United States the median age is 28.1 and, in the State of Washington, 27.5. Despite the fact that there has been a pronounced drop in the birth rate, nationally, in the last few years, there is still a preponderance of young people because of the big birth rates that followed World War II. Currently, the largest five-year segment of the population consists of those between ages 10 and 15. They total more than 20,800,000. Next in order is the 5- to lO-year group, 19,890,000. Just how large a concentration of young people is represented in this 5 to 15 age span is indicated by the fact that it contains twice as many persons as are in the over-65 ranks. place on Hammersley Inlet. He figures it will take him another year to finish it. "I have to work at the same time," he explained. "It's the finances that hold you up." It ain't a nickel-and-dime operation. Weston estimates that he'll spend 25,000 to 30,000 dollars just for materials. But when he gets the boat done, it will be worth 60 G's. When the boat is completed, it will weigh ten tons (4½ tons of that will be ballast) and will have most of the comforts of home except space. Weston's fiberglass hull was the eighth to come out of the mold Morgus has in his shop that is the size of a barn. The ninth hull is now being "layed up" by another OVTI class member. To get his mold, Morgus had to first build a wooden ship that he could use as a model or "plug" to shape the fiberglass mold. It was seven years of working part-time, weekends and summers from the time he started looking for plans for a boat until the mold was f'mished. Morgus said it would take one person a year of working full-time to build a boat out of his mold. He said it took four people 12 days to lay up a hull. Since September, his students have gone through three quarters of class (Boatbuilding I, II and III) and he has covered all phases of building a sailboat, said Morgus. "OVTI told me students could start anytime this summer," he added. "They come to class out here at their own convenience." For Weston, the sailboat will be a large part of his life. A sail around the world would take him six or seven years. "You almost have to make a life out of it," he said. "When you do something like this (build a 40-footer), you're adopting a lifestyle." Liquor license is turned down The State Liquor Control Board announced this week that it disapproved an application for a Class A license to sell beer for on-premises consumption at "Mac's Comer," l l9 West Cota Street, Shelton. The license would have changed the present liquor license from a tavern, where minors are prohibited, to a restaurant, where minors are allowed. In a letter to Lee Fred Kiefer, l l9 West Cota Street, Shelton, applicant for the change in liquor license, the following reason was given: Investigation discloses that it is not advisable to approve this application, it appearing that the business operation is predominately that of punchboards, pull tabs, pool tables and other game devices and is properly licensed as a tavern at this time. MARK WESTON and Vern Morgus work on the boat Weston is buildiJ Morgus' Hammersley Inlet shop. Three plead guilty in court appearances Three persons pleaded guilty asked that a charge of second degree assault, which had been filed in the case, be dropped. Armijo was charged with breaking into the home of Linda Birch last July 27 while she was in the home. Judge Baker ordered a pre-sentence report in the ease. Armijo was represented by Whitcomb. 'IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlUlIIIII High Low Precip. June 19 66 47 -- June 20 68 51 -- June 21 60 50 -- June 22 60 49 -- June 23 60 40 .11 June 24 68 51 .1 June 25 60 50 .12 Cool weatherwith a lew showers is predicted for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. High temperatures will be in the 60s with lows ranging from 45 to 55 degrees. to criminal charges when they appeared in Mason County Superior Court before Judge Frank Baker Friday morning. Donald Benson Jr., Shelton, pleaded guilty to a charge of delivery of a controlled substance. He had earlier pleaded not guilty to the charge, which accused him of delivering dl amphetamine to a drug agent January 3. A pre-sentence report was ordered by Judge Baker. Benson was represented by Shelton attorney Gerald Whitcomb. Pleading guilty to a charge of grand larceny in the theft of pickup tires from Simpson Timber Company was Wayne D. Stenberg, Shelton. A pre-sentence report was also requested in his case. Stenberg was represented by Shelton attorney James Sawyer. 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