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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
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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
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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.