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Shelton Mason County Journal
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July 6, 1967     Shelton Mason County Journal
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Percy M. 60!7 Pio Bookbinding S. E. 86th CO. ' '2, Cause of the blaze which spread to the Benner home is believed to have been an auto fire in the garage which burned to the ground around the wreck of the vehicle. Stubborn Fire Destroys Home on Mill Creek Road 'd time in one morning firemen cooled down a fire which destroyed the home of Leonard Benner on Mill Creek Road Wednesday. ,rs from Fire District 4 and a State Department of Natural Resources crew worked together on the stubborn blaze. Road officially County rgcon- 81st Year-- No. 27 Published in "Christmastown, U.S.A.", Shelton, Washington 1 Pages• • 2 Sections Thursday, July 6, 1967 Entered as second class matter at the post office at Shelton, Washington 98584 under act of March 8, 1879. Published at 227 West Cote. 10 Cents Per Copy Submitted To Commission By Engin ers eer $348,000 County Roadlmprovem00,t Plan cordingly substitutions and changes may be made prior to the final adoption." Bridger said the near phenom- enal activity in land subdivision and development in Mason Coun- ty has created heavy pressure for maintenance and improve. ment of the road system. "These growth trends cannot be predicted in detail and make most difficult the assignment of priorities among the many known needed projects," he said. "Spe- cific trends must be studied in an effort to program the most urgently needed." "Considering the urgent de- mands of traffic being made on entire County road system," Bridger continued, "it is par- ticularly recommended that any pressures exerted by individuals Cops Find Baby In Car At 2 A.M. • Shelton police responding to an anonymous call found a baby in diapers alone in a car in downtown Shelton at 2:30 a.m. The father came up as Officer G. A. Jay was removing the baby and said he had gone into a cafe to get some milk for the child's empty bottle. or groups for projects of strictly local iml)ortance---and particu- larly any expansion of the Coun- ty road system--be viewed with the utmost caution." The engineer pointed out that roads in plats and serving plats, even where constructed by the developer, place an ever increas- ing maintenance responsibility on the County. For the first three to five years after initial devel- opment, he said, this will equal or exceed the added tax increase from such development. Patrol reported. Items of the program for each district will be listed in detail next week. and -'Arthur, • A Mason County road improve- ng Vik. ment program for 1968 compris- Mrs. ing projects estimated to cost $384,000 was submitted to the county commission Monday by of the County Engineer J, C. Bridger. Which The total breaks down by road to re- districts as follows: No. 1, $94,000; Ham- No. 2, $200,000; No. 3, $90,000. with These sums represent the full road. amount the county may expect from anticipated revenues for road work, Bridger said. the At the same time the county engineer recommended purchase en- of new equipment estimated to access cost $97,000. This probably ex- Iled in ceeds the total which may be agree, available during the year, he said, and perhaps only $75 to the ter- $80,000 should be "programmed". ttnfeasi. "It is recognized that needs be throughout the County are great- er than the resources available for improvement p r o j e c t s," in. Bridger said in a letter which that accompanied the program. "Ac- Work School Gets had left and de- re- U. S. Money • The Federal Office of Educa- .aCcess tion this week approved a grant con- of $4,540 for the North Mason School District toward construc- tion of its new high school, Sena- tors Henry M. Jackson and War- said ren Magnuson reported from settled Washington, D. C. The funds are available under Public Law 815 which provides old assistance to schools in federally irrpacted areas. sh Rapids Seattle Trio in Were rap. r )ut When the raft spilled them into the turbulent rapids, the men climbed out on the north side. The woman disappeared, then was seen clambering up the south bank. Miss Christy spent hours zig- zagging in search of a road which she missed, then bedded ,down in moss and ferns for the night. Next day she made her way to the Canal through heavy brush. Luckily, she was wearing shoes. the The men walked out barefoot. at It took them four hours to reach e the George Mueller place two miles down the river. PHYLLIS SMITH, the University of Washington student who is directing the city summer Recreation program at Kneeland Park is shown here at the edge of the wading • A stubborn house fire which caused three alarms to Fire Dis- trict No. 4 between 1:30 and 7:30 a.m. Wednesday complete- ly destroyed the honve, garage, automobile, and most of the other possessions of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Benner on the Mill Creek Rod. What hurt the Bonner's most about the disaster was the fact that also up in smoke went plans for a big party Saturday for their son, Army Private Jerry Benner, due home on leave from Fort Sill, Oklalmma. ]V[rs. Benner said they had just painted the interior, installed new drapes, bought a new color TV, put a turkey in the freezer, and filled the larder for Jerry's homecoming. According to firemen, the blaze started in the garage where the family car caught fire, possibly from a short circuit in the ig- nition. Benner, who .was sleeping on a couch in ttm'front room, was awakened at 1:30 a.m. by a flash of flame, evidently from the car's exploding gas tank. The fire spread to the house very quickly. Firemen from District 4 headed by Chief Pat Dugger thought they had the fire out and went home after the 1:30 a.m. alarm. But about 4 a.m. the Benner's neighbor, Bob Taffera was aroused when the fire flared up again. He tried unsuccessfully to check it with a hose, then sent in a second alarm,. District 4's crew cooled it down again and departed. Then at 7:30 a.m. when Mrs. Benner and her son, Bob, re- turned to attempt to save some of their things, the fire broke out again and this time gutted the house, the garage was al- ready burned to the ground. The district firemen were as- sisted on the third alarm by a truck and 500-gallon tanker dis- patched from the Shelton station pool with Tac and Ralph Burns, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Burns. Miss Smith is supervising the activities at the park this summer. of the State Department of Natur- al Resources. Benner injured his back when he fell off a porch while carrying out furniture during the first alarm Mrs. Benner said. Cars, Beer, Cops For 12 • Twelve minors and juveniles face an assortment of criminal charges resulting from six inci- dents involving cars and alcohol which were rel)orted over the Fourth of July weekend by the Shelton Police Department and the Mason County Sheriff, Several more amxsts which might have been made were foiled by a 19-year-old youth who used a phone in the Shelton po- lice station to warn a Cota Street drinking party of an impending police raid• As a result of this, Ray Lind Barrington, 19, 828 Franklin Street, Shelton, is charged with hindering police officers in per- formance of their duty and with consuming intoxicants as a nit- nor. He posted bail of $100 for a mandatory police court appear- ance. Barrington showed up volun- tarily at the police station at 2 a.m. Saturday, July 1, while Officers Ray Sherman and Jack Ebinger were questioning two girls, one 18 from Seattle, the other 17 from Poulsbe, about the Source of beer they said they had consumed earlier in the eve- ning. They had been picked up on suspicion of loitering and cur- few violation when the officers found them hiding in bushes near a First Street tavern at 1:40 a.m. The girls said they had ob- tained the beer at a house party on Cota Street hosted by an older woman and attended mostly by juveniles and minors, the officers reported. This led to a decision by the officers to notify Police Oriel Frank Rains so that he could investigate the party and make arrests. Barrington, who had arrived during the interrogation, display- ed signs of intoxication, accord- ing to the officers' report, and was informed that he was under arrest as a minor consuming in- toxicants. He then asked per- ., mission to make a phone call to , raise bail. * The officers reported that Bar- rington dialed a number and , started talking pig latin and when :! this was apparently misunder- .....  stood, shouted into the phone: "Clear the place out l Tell 'em to get out and get the stuff out of there. The Bulls are going to raid the place." Barrington admired he had called the house party to warn the people there, according to the officers' report. He was then advised that he was also charged with hindering police. The Seattle girl was released without charge to go home. The younger girl from Poulsbo was released at her parents' request to a Shelton woman. (arges against two youths fol- lowed an effort by police to break up an incipient gang fight in downtown Shelton at midnight, Thursday, June 29, After a report that two car- loads of young men were driv- ing abreast on Railroad Avenue shouting obscenities at each oth- er, Officer Ray Sherman inter- cepted several youths at 8th and Railroad who appeared about to start a fight and told them to break it up and go home. The officer followed the youths' car to a First and Cote parking lot where he saw a beer bottle fall out of the car. He ordered them to stop, but all disappeared except the driver, Daniel Phil- lip Townsend, 17, P. O. Box 81, Allyn. While Sherman was puttg Townsend under arrest, Larry Douglas 1V[cFarland, 18, of Star Route 1, Box 90, Allyn, returned and told the officer he couldn't arrest "anyone", the Officer re- ported. McFarland was charged as a minor consuming intoxicants. The charge against Townsend was a minor in possession. McFarland is under army orders for Viet Nam. Townsend is employed in Seattle. Both were released to Mrs. Audray D. Hammond, Rt. 2, BOx 857, described by police as their self-appointed guardian. Two 17-year olds were charged by Officers Sherman and Ebinger at 3:06 a.m. June 29 after they haltct the youths' car for failure to stop for a stop sign at Fourth and Railroad. Thomas George Leonard, .17, of 223 Second Street, Shelton, the driver, was charged with failure to stop for the stop sign, minor consuming intoxicants, and cur- few violation. Larry Gene Anderson, 17, of 1619 Laurel Street, Shelton, was charged with curfew violation. The officers reported there was no indication Anderson had been drinking. Both were released to their fathers. Two ttoodsport youths were charged with liquor law viola- tions after a traffic accident on Second Street at 11:23 p.m. June 30, Officers Sherman and Ebinger reported. According to the police report, Clayton Dean Baskin, 17, driving (Please turn to Page Eleven) Youth Hurt When Auto Hits Bridge • Thomas W. Marshall 18, of 519 Grant Street, Shelton, re- ceived head cuts, arm abrasions, and shock when the car he was driving struck a bridge railing on the Mason Lake Road six n'dles north of Shelton at 11:55 p.m. June 30. The victim was taken to Shel- ton General Hospital by Trooper Robert Taffeta of the State Pa- trol. According to the officer's re. port Marshall was southbound on the Mas Lake Road when his car veered off the load where it curved to the right, struck the bridge railing, and came to rest in the middle of the northbound lane. Damage to the vehicle was total, the State Patrol reported.