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Harstine Island girl is winner in Be Kind to Animals local essay contest By CARMEN YATES island during the subscription childhood days. They did try sure enought it was, indeed, the Margaret managed to catch up Jack and Beth arrived back as they were, and when he got islanders returned from Toward the end of the school year the MCCFA (Mason County Citizens For Animals) sponsored an essay contest for "Be Kind to Animals Week," for grades one through four at all Mason County grade schools. First-place winners were awarded blue ribbons and a box of candy as well as a one-year honorary membership in MCCFA's Humane Society Junior Organization. Natausha Gunnerud, who makes her home with her grandparents, Dean and Elanore Pranger here on the island, was a first-place winner for Pioneer School. Natausha was a third-grader at the time she wrote her winning letter and will be a fourth.grader at Pioneer next year. Natausha's winning letter was entitled, "Why I Love My Pet," and is as follows: "My dog's name is Tulla and I love my pet although she jumps on people, sheds hair all over the house, eats too much food, licks my face, barks at everybody, chases imaginary dogs, and won't mind us. But I love her anyway. Natausha Gunnerud." The MCCFA's essay contest proved to be double fun. First it was a lot of fun for all the youngsters who entered, and second it was delightful for all the judges who got to read all the many, many entries! A number of them were printed in tile June monthly newsletter. More will be printed in future issues. The holiday dance sponsored by the Harstine Grange last Saturday evening turned out to be a successful event. A somewhat smaller crowd made for a bit more room on the dance floor, which made it great for the dancers. The three.piece band was "imported" from Roy, a small town east of Olympia. And, from the favorable comments by the dancers, the music was well received. This next item isn't exactly an " u p-to.the-minute" happening. Earlier this apflng when Lisa and I were touring the campaign, we talked to Evelyn Holt, who mentioned an upcoming family reunion of all four of their children, an event that hadn't taken place for more than 17 years. Tucking the item in the back of my memory and then, you guessed it, I forgot it. Seeing Karen (Holt) Potwin at the dance tickled my bad memory and I asked her about it. Well, would you believe it was back around Mother's Day? But better late than never. Mark and Evelyn's oldest son Dave makes his home with his family back on the East Coast in Richmond, Virginia. He had to be on the West Coast for about two weeks on business, so managed to spend a few days with his folks on two different occasions. During one of those times the rest of the family came to the island for a big reunion. The Halts' next oldest is a daughter, Jan Stevens. She and her husband Steve have two children and live in Puyallup, having moved back to this area from Kansas just two or three years ago. Next in line is daughter Karen Potwin and her husband Dan (also property owners on the island) and their three children, a teenage daughter, Kathy, and twin rod-headed sons of Tacoma. The youngest of the four is a son, Larry, and his wife Kiane and two small children from Raymond. Since Dave was last home his folks had built a lovely new home down near the water, below the cabin they used for so many years when they were coming out to the island for weekends and vacations. No doubt if the walls of that cabin could talk they could recall many a happy memory and they are no doubt continuing since Karen and Dan and their family now use the cabin when they come out to the island. However, the family had a real challenge on their hands during Dave's visit, trying their very best to fill his insatiable appetite for seafood, the kind of seafood he remembers from his Local Republicans attend convention Eight delegates and two alternates represented Mason County at the 1978 Republican State Convention in Vancouver July 1. Accompanying County Chairman Bernie Carlson were delegates Helen Barkman, Ruby Hopper, Nicholas Bell, Frank Travis, Charles Swenson, Cal Hopper and Evelyn Rushton, and alternates Richard Jenner and Ray Prouty, Cal Hopper served on the platform committee, Helen Barkman on the rules committee, Ruby Hopper on the credentials committee, Richard Jenner served as sergeant.at.arms, and Andy Swenson, 15-year-old son of Charles and Joan Swenson, sewed as page. Keynote speaker was Senator Malcom Wallop from Wyoming. The morning session included his speech and introductions and speeches by Republican elected Church sets sp00lal spiker Reverend Willie Vaughn will be at the Shelton Church of God for special services at 7 p.m., Thursday, Friday and Saturday. He is state director of ethnic affairs and is a member of the. State Evangelism Board of the Church of God. The services are open to the public, says Reverend O,W. Eason, pastor of the church. officials and candidates. Debate in the afternoon session hammered out a platform reflecting the philosophy of the Republican Party including these basic concepts: reduction in taxation with the endorsement of Initiative Measure 62 as the f'trst step; balanced budget with stable currency; balance of trade; fiscal decentralization urging a rebirth of the 10th Amendment; reduction of unemployment by expanded private sector providing real jobs; to reduce dependence on energy imports and development of alternate energy sources; voluntary busing as opposed to forced busing; support of law-abiding citizens' constitutional guarantee of the right to keep and bear arms; opposition to any extension of time to ratify the Federal Equal Rights Amendment; strong national defense; full state funding of basic education; and determination to prevent political gerrymandering and manipulation of the redistricting process. Delegates are convinced that this platform is compatible with the mood of the people of Mason County and will serve 'the candidates of the county, and 24th District candidate Andy Nesbit, toward an election victory in November. Delegates will present their report to the Mason County Central Committee at the County Courthouse July 11 at 7 p.m. All Republicans are welcome to attend. ¢g   j Register I-  The deadltne is August 19. • • • • | Register at the city hall . : • • • • I or the county courthouse. ,1 B i i Commlttee to elect Annette McGee 0000ooo,, R.S. P;.,tse4,tretotr," .. Rt. 3, . ******************************** ** Page 20 - Shelton-Mason County Journal -Thursday, July 6, their darndest, but none would go so far as to say that they succeeded. Helen Lammer's birthday last week might be called "well celebrated." First of all, the Saturday night pinochle bunch heard about it and started off the series of celebrations. Next, Hilda Williams and Thora Seward took her out to lunch on the birthday date. Then last Saturday Thora Seward, Dot Smith and Hilda Williams accompanied Helen over to Olympia to Thora's granddaughter's, Sally Pearson's, home for yet another celebration with more family and friends. Now, as promised a few weeks ago, maybe I can at last manage to get Jack and Beth Miner home. Needless to say, I got slightly sidetracked between then and now, so I'll have to go back and look up my notes to see where the heck I left them stranded. Oh well, when we left off, Jack had just plowed a field a month or six weeks eady so he could have a better chance in his search for arrowheads. I'm sure he didn't mind the extra time I've allotted him by this delay. Pushing on to Atlanta, Georgia they spent about a week at Stone Mountain State Park. Jack's daughter, Mary Schier, and her husband Mike live in this vicinity. It was about Easter at this time, so they enjoyed spending the holiday with family. Although they both really hated the idea of traveling through Florida during the height of the tourist season, they really felt they couldn't get that close without seeing Beth's uncle, Herve Foreman, who is 87, at North Miami Beach in Florida. With trailer parks full and their prices more than outrageous, they parked their big motorhome in the Foreman front yard. While there they helped celebrate the couple's 57th wedding anniversary. Driving on up the coast their next major stop was to visit old friends Bill and Kathy Cooner at Martinsburg, West Virginia. In Maryland they stopped to visit former Dupont friends. The couple was anxiously trying to get ready to have a hardwood floor laid. For Jack it was a chance "to take a vacation from a vacation" and use his hands and some tools. However, the distaff side of the couple had appointments for the entire weekend, leaving Beth at loose ends. So she took a bus to New York City to visit daughter Patty and grandchildren Rena and Kurt. Since it was a weekend Patty didn't have to work, so they were able to have a good visit. Beth retumed by bus. They visited a bit more. From there they went to New York City so Jack could visit Patty and the children and Beth could have a bit more time with her family. Continuing on after their visit, they stopped just on the outskirts of New York City at a trailer park. They had just parked and gotten settled down when they noticed another motorhome coming into the park. Jack watched for a moment, then exclaimed, "That's our former motorhome!" And Winnebago that the Miners had traded in on their present larger motorhome in Tacoma. Talk about a small world, or coincidence or whatever, the two couples had quite a time getting better acquainted. Leaving New York, the travelers headed north to the Canada border, crossing the northern border of New York and on across the St. Lawrence River. Near Ottawa they stayed for about three weeks at a 250-acre farm belonging to Beth's sister, Eulah Reid, and her husband Buddy. Before leaving home, Jack and Beth had received an aerial photograph of the large farm from Beulah and Buddy. The photo instructed, "Pick your own spot!" However, Mother Nature managed to get the last word in, as usual. Thanks to her, their campsite was predetermined long before their arrival by many a snowstorm. They picked the best spot they could find under the circumstances, the driveway in front of the Raids' farmhouse. Leaving the motorhome at the farm, they drove their little fliwer into Ottawa to visit a group of Beth's relatives over one weekend. After a long visit the travelers at long last pointed their home on wheels on a westward heading. Their next stop was at North Bay, Ontario, to visit Beth's sister-in-law, Marg Stieh, who was widowed some years ago. At Sault St. Marie, Beth and Jack had intended to reenter the United States and drive town to Grand Rapids, Michigan, to visit Ethel Rigney. However, shortly before this they had checked with their housesitters, the Glen Heyertzes, who had requested that if possible they return home a bit earlier than they had planned. So they "blew Ethel a kiss" as they continued on west. Their next stop was at Thunder Bay, Ontario, located at the northwestern shore of Lake Superior. Thunder Bay is "home" to Beth. It was here that she was born and raised. They visited a "ton" of cousins and relatives! At International Falls, Minnesota they once again were back in the "States." Traveling across Minnesota and North Dakota on State Highway 2, they stopped at Libby, Montana near the Idaho border to say "hi" to Jack's brother Dick and his family. Continuing on across Idaho back into Washington they made their last stop before reaching Harstine and home. They stopped at Wenatchee where Jack's mother was visiting her daughter (and Jack's sister) Margaret May. When the homeward-bound travelers began the last lap of their long, long journey, Mrs. Miner joined them to return home to Lakewood. , As they drove across Wenatchee the threesome were unaware that Margaret was in "hot pursuit." But, as Dick Martin would explain it, 'the Fickle Finger of Fate' interceded in the story. But every traffic light Jack made, Margaret missed. Like something out of a James Bond movie, the pursuit went on for five miles. When at long last iiiii i I I i i HOLLYWOOD is the glamor capitol, but if you want fine service and quality in Shelton, the place to go is Himlie Realty. You won't find us MOVING around from place to place trying to dodge dissatisfied customers. (We don't have any.) We have a service of the highest type to gwe, and at the lowest possible cost. Our only aim )s have customers 100  satisfied. Yes, you can travel the world over, but you wont find better real estate serwce than right here in SHELTON! i . I i ii I 1978 with them and into a lane alongside, Jack pulled the motorhome off the road. Beth's instant reaction Was, "I forgot my purse." Margaret shook her head, "Not your purse.., your dog, Pepper." In over nine months of travel and several thousand miles the little poodle had never even had so much as a close call, until the very last stop! on the island just nine months and one day after leaving here on August 22, 1977. In looking back on the trip, Beth said it was great, but for her part she said she never knew nine months could be so-o-o long. Once back it didn't take the couple long to come over to the Yates farm to retrieve the dog, Ping-Pong. They reported he seemed as glad to be back home out of the pickup he jumped up in his old favorite chair on the patio just as though he'd never left home. 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