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July 8, 1965     Shelton Mason County Journal
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Percy M Fio 6017 8.E. 86th Ave ortland Ore 27 8, 1965 Published in "Christmasiown, U.S.A.", Shelton, Washington Entered ns second clas.~ mailer at the p os| office a~i Shelton. Washington, 98584 under Act of March 8, 1879. Pub fished weekly at 2'27 West Cots. i( At Mason-Bemon his Mason County Fire District new surroundings with the a third fire station in the ¢- *, :;, • : ...... ! district. The 500-gallon capacity truck will be used at the new Station No. 3 located on the Mason Lake Road junction near the north end of Benson Lake. #= NTON that there )nstruction was completed hall to be built in the area. The 32-by-42-foot = Mason Lake Road junction bined drive of Mrs, McCt'ady, Con> missioner Delbcrt G, Stormo whom she succeeded in January and tl~e two other fire connnissioners of COncern- District No. 5, chairnmn William Morgan mid Harvey Griffy bolh section of o1' Allyn, that the need and hope at least for a fire station and fire prol.ec- cenLra! Lion ill the lakes area hccaroe a Lofight Ieality. ih'ior to the advent of Station No. 3, fire Lruclts had to travel t0 Lo 15 miles from Allyn. the nearest fire station. The other fire station in the district is locaL- ed at Victor. SOn Lake ABOUT SIX or eight vohmtecrs end from tl~e Bcnson-Mason Lakes dis- l.rict are presenLly brink i.rained for fire ftghting and first aid by the vohmteer firemen at the Allyn station, Mrs. McCrady said. Mrs. M,.C'rady, a qualific(~ first aid iP.- strutter ilerself, is also assistinff Operated with the first aid training. Now we are looking for yonw~- S on ]~ell- onc, probc~bly a retn'ed coui)lc, Io live il~ the spacious new fire hall to :iu'ig'er fh'c calls, and take care t_ o(~pnral lllaintenollce worl{ such a;~ c~trc of the hall and the. fire ea- gilic, the colnlnissioTler said. Frcc rent, electric heating and lights will be m'ovided for tlle futme inhab- iial{ts of tile fire hall, Mrs. Mc- Crady explained. APl)hcants arc to the copl- wril~, to Mason County Fire Dis- SPAGE IS YOURS .his space is offered to any orgarltza,- of projects. Please call the Nalional 426-8226 to make reserwttion'~ for Y? near the north end of Benson Lake includes liv- ing quarters and a "bay" or garage for the sta- tion's fire truck. The new station will be operated year-round on volunteer firemen basis. t)'ict No. 5, Station No 3. in (:are of Mrs. W. H. McCrady, Commis. : . ', • • ~ , 360, B'enson Lake SlOilel P O ~OX Drive, Grapeview. Wash. Toe fire hall itself is a 32-by-42- foot structm,o complele with living quarters and a "bay" or garage shelter for the 500-gallon capacity fire Wa,~on and cqnloolent, l.lving qlmrl,c '.~ incHde faeililies for tWO bedroc, ms a loft. living roonl, kit- chen glnd b'tth. A siren ]nounted on a pole out- side tile fire station will warn people of a fire in tile district. So probably what it is," Mrs, McCra- dy cautioned residents of that lo- cah!. To Vepnl'l fires or otllCr emer- gencies where a first aid vehicle is necessary those with Shelton phones are asked to call 426- 3795. When reporLing the fire, callers should give their full name, the side of the lake on which th~ fire is located and toe lot and division nnmber of the properly if that information iS available, Mrs. McGrady stated. l,'lagmen should also be staked out on the road near the site of the fire, she said. Money for the project came from an allotment from the Dis- trier No. 5 budget. .................................. Gty Dump Hours 6 a.m. To 6 p.m. Closing hours at the city dmnP will be strictly cniorccd during Ihc fire season, it was annotUlC,('d at. the city COlllllll~Slon lnecting Tuesday. Hours will be from 6 a.m. to 6 l).m. and the gale will be closed (lurillg other than these }lourS. A fire which I)roke out at tile dulup Tuesday was extinguislled anti some bull dozing may be don~ to reduce fire hazards, 14 Pages---2 Sections 10 Cents Per Copy The Shelton City Corpnfission has decided to hold over t,fltil next year an improvement project on K Street which would have put imrd stwfaeing, curb and gutter on ;~ scven-bhmk stretch of the street from Highway 101 to the city tim- its. The city had planned to do the work this year under its arterial street program and advertised for bids last month. The only bid received was 11 per cent above the city engineer's es- timale and was rejected by the commission A proposal that City Supervisor Pat Byrne negotiate contract for the work was drop- ped when the city attorney ruled it was illegal to do it this way. THE CiTY HAS DECIDED tn wait until next year for the proj- ect, since it appears a repeat call for bids would not be successful since all the contractors in the area are busy now. The commission, at its meeting Tuesday, accepted the resignation of Carl Cusick as police patrolman. Cusick had joined the police de- partment earlier this year. No action was taken on the ap- pointment of a police chief after the city civil service commission informed the commissioners they did not have recommendations ready after tests were given last week. The commission decided to rejec~ tim request of a Beverly Heights resident to hook onto a one-inch water line which already serves four residences. kidney fund: "We of the International Woodworkers of Amer- ica, Local 3-38,. wish to express our feelings as to the Buddy Franklin Fund. The check pictured is not so much for publicity for ourselves but .forthe publicity to show that we care. FOR KIDNEY FUND=The following statement .will go well above the amount needed for this one accompanied this check for the Buddy Franklin case, so the~'e will be mo~ey left over to start a permanentt fund for this illness. "We wish to express our deepest sympathy for anyone~with .such an illness and will help in any way that we can to get these people, back to a normal life. Robert M. Whitmarsh, Business Agent IWA Local 3-38, AFL-CIO" Most remarkable thing about tt was that the bulk of the contribu- thins were in the $5 to $25 range, bank personnel reported. The biggest single contribution. of course, was the $I,000 given by Local 38, International Woodwork- ers of America, a reproduction of week program. The two-week ex- tension last year "turned about 300 dog paddlers into real swim- mars," said instructors at the time. Lee Kicfer, with his donation or." all proceeds from Monday evening swimining at the Pool Nuotare (from 4 to 10 p.m.) to the swim + . ." , , After tile Shelton summer recre- ation swim program kicked off with .195 young Shelton and Mason County splashers last Monday, the number of participants ballooned to 550 last mid-week to exceed all known attendance records, said di- rector Randi Tuson Tuesday. Ran(li said that attendance ran over the 500 mark several days last week, hut dipped below that standard Ftdday ~pd Monday at: the Pool Nuotare with the.absence of runny 4th of July vacationel's. WITH MUCH of the initial class grouping of non-swimmers, beginners and advanced beginners taken care of, instructors are now concentrating on teaching prelim- inary strokes and correcting er- rors. We are moving the beginners up in the classes as fast as they are able, Randt said. While donations to the swim program contimm to dribble in, they still fall short of the amount needed for a two-week extension of the progranL Last year an aroused citizenry rallied to the cause with donations to inet'ease the classes from a six to an eight- fund. has home up with a total contribution, for the last two Men- [ days'of $22. Hd will cdnttnue':'hl~ i MOnda~ donatipn night.'~.r-~ub}f~:t swimlding for the: remahlder, of the recreation program.. The only other 3nly contribution was the $1;43 which three small "girls In the community, Karen and Kerry Kramer and Robin Ogden, managed to scrape together. Oth- er earlier donations since the fh'st of the year listed at city clerk Ahna Catto's office in the Shel- ton City Hail included the Jayettds $20 in March; Jaycces $247,58i Shelt6n Flight, Inc. $10, and the Shelton Rotary Club $150 in April. Contributions shouldbe directed to the clerk's office at the City Ha II. MEL I~oBSON SALMO OER.Y W,NNE.--John K, anderwa, Shelton' : 'P°und 10-ounce King Salmon which won the fortunate th^ ..." ~_,~.nerman a total of $650 in pr z¢ money through winning ciail..~=end'°.ng Westport Salmon Derby. While the Derby offi- fish ~.. ,_~ea MOnday, V'anderWal hooked and boated his trophy i_n_,~,un~aY morning. The Westport King measured 41 inches In ~gtn and a solid 28 inches in girth. John was assured of the ~tPr'ze for" the largest fish of'the day Sunday when he left m~,'t ~0 return to Shelton but hadto wait until all fish were weighed in , ' , Monday afternoon before he could claim tho $500 for tr 3J2.. s: fish of the O0rby VanderWa, was fishing ,ton, a his fath ker boat near No. Buoy with his brother Clifford, when the'fi;~ngiJandrews' St. and Sdg,r White, all. of 6holtgn, Returns to an Old Job Two unique features marlted th? aa]mml installation of officers for Fred B. Wivcll American I~.gion Post No. 31 Tuesday night, in Memorial Hall. Mel Dobson sat down In a seat. be hasn't occupied for some 20 years When he was installed as post commander. Dobson held that office during the tailend of World War IL Most of the interim he has served the post as its adJ~t- rant, along With a term as 4th Dis- trict Cmr~mander. For another, Post 31 seated the first woman officer in its bistory when Mrs. Ruth Moore accepted the duties of post adjutant. The post has had a. small'number of women members in the past but Mrs. Moore is the first to hold mW office. Other officers seated Tuesday included Joe Rank as first Vice. commander, Ernie Campbell, sec- ond vice-commander; Vin Conner ly, finance officer; Horace Crary, chaplain; Milt Clothier, historiali; Jay Umphenour, sergeant-at-arms; John Luhm, service officer; Har- old Lakeburg, senior color bearer, and Bob Riffey juntor color bear- er. DEL WESTON is the retiring commander, after two consecutive term.~. The new post officers actu- ally assume their new duties ira- mediately after the department convention in Wenatchcc in mid- August. approximately $300. The Dirt Dab- bers Garden Club bake sale anoth- er $75. No report has been receiv- ed yet on lmw the Nimrod Club's benefit dance Saturday evcnh~g made out. More are coming'! ANOTHER DANCE is sched- uled, by the Shelton Alumni Asso- ciation, for July 17 at the Moose hall with a drawing for a beef as an added attraction. More about this next edition. One-of the really unique bene- coming Saturday and Sunday, be- tween 1 and 5 p.m. in the after- noon, airplane rides will be offer- ed by the club for two cents per pound per passenger with every The fire danger heightened in Mason County this week as the sunny, dry weather continued. Fire control personnel from the Department of Natural Resources extinguished s e v e r a I grass and brush fires during the week. go far, the Department said, only one small area in the Govey vicinity has been closed because of fire danger. ten Flower, district ranger fo~ the U. S. Forest Semdce, said that no closures have been made y~t In the Shelton RanKer District. Simpson Timber Company log- ging crews are off this wcck for the annual vacation shut down. They are scheduled to retur~ to work Monday. FLOWER SAID THAT while the temperatures have been high, the hnmidity has remained up at the same thor. He said there lmve been no serious fires in the Na- tional Forests, although there were some camp fires left after the Fourth of July holidays. The Department of Natural Re- sources reported five fires all brought under control before they could become serious. On July 3, a small fire caused by a camper was brought under control at Pleasant Harbor by the Brinnon Fire Department and the Harems Hamma Crew of the De- partment. On July 4, the department crew from Shelton extinguished a fire near Potlatch State Park c~used by someone throwing fire crack- ers. A private citizen burning stumps in the Matlock area July 6 had the fire get away from him. The de- partment crew from Shelton ex. tinguished the blaze. The depaVcment crew from Shale ton and the Shelton Fire Depart- ment extinguished a fire at the fits has been sehcduled by Shelton city garbage dump July 6, which Flight Inc., a flying club. Tbis started when a fire at the dump jumped a fire trail. ONE OF THE depmq:mcnt's fire wardens July 6 extinguished a fire at the old Mason County Fair Grounds. Cause of the fire is urn- cent taken in turned over to the ~ietermined kidney fund. Not even expdnses for June rainfall, or the lack of it, gas will be taken out, reports club while it did not set a record was president Herb Vonhof. one Of the lowest in several years. I A total of .72 inch of precipitation Seven airplanes will be available I was recorded, about an inch below to take pa.~sengers on rides of 12 the 1.71 inch average for the to 15 minutes duration over Shel- month. ton and vicinity. This airlift has been sanctioned by the Federal Aviation Agency. A NON.PROFIT organization of 30 members, Shelton Flight is ac- tive in civil 'defense, search m~d rescue, and other aviation activi- ties and is affiliated with the Washington Sthte Bureau 0{ Aero- nhhties.: • ....... &Iso on. SUnda:y: the Shelton Merchants fasthall team will play an exhibition benefit game at Cal- lanan Park against an outstand- ing Seattle major league team. the Barei-Puhlch-Shanc. club. Game time is noon. Although it is necessary to go back 15 years to 1950 t.o find a June with less than the .72 inch recorded t.h{s year, two other years, 1955 and 1960,.have record- ed the" same amount. New Motorists will be using both lanes of the section of the Shelton- Olympia Freeway on wl~ich con- st'rffctidfi ig'nearing' 68'h~pl~ffon: Ralph Kerslake, district highway engineer, said this week that com- pletion of the new freeway sec- Fire wltich started in a wood lion is about complete except for shed and ~pread rapidly when an some odds and ends. of paving, oil d,'um exploded gutted a home signing and illumination. The fore- belonging to Etta Rector at 219 S. way should bc open next week, he Fourth S. early Monday morning, said. Mrs. Rector was not 'a.t home at The section of road, wl~en open- the time. ed will add about two mies to the Firemen estimated damage to four-lane highway and bring it to the point where it will take off oR the home at $4,000 and to the con- the planned bypass. tents $3,000. Firemen said the blaze started Contractor for the job is the J. in a woodshed and caused an oil J" Welcome Construction Co. Con- struction was started about a year harrel there tO explode, spreading ago and brings the four-lane road the fire rapidly to the rest of the about to Cole Road. house. Neighbmls awakened by the Motorists bavc been using the northbound lane of the new road blast of the oil drum at 4:14 a.nt. for the past several weeks wllilo summoned firemen, constnmtlon of the southbound ~W-~ lane is completed. ' The next step i~ 'the freeway SWO-....w_. ------- will be tho by ass, for whtel fun(/ have been appropriated for route Some, Improvemenl .tudies this bionnium Some , , ~ right-of-way purchase might bc 'We are very pleased with his done also ff funds are available. improvement thi~ week," said Mrs. Duane D Swearingen Wednesday SimPson +N i-mes ieP of her husband who was seriotlsly imure in a two.ca collision he., Porsonnel Man the Mill Creek bridgc on I2fghway 101 June 26. Swearing'en, of Shelton, was ~rmtsferred to Tacoma Gen. Hos- pital June 26 after, first being ad- mitted to Shelton General Hospital with a fractured jaw, seWre facial lacerations and other head inju- ries. The installation was carried out by the 4th Distict installing team headed by Disrict Commander El- mer Cousineau of Puyallup. In his acceptance comments Dobson out- lined the most ambitious activity program for the coming year Post 31 has seen soince its early years immediately after World War I. RAE MELCUM SEATED AS AUXILIARY PREXY During the joint installation "but he had some feeling in that witl~ the Legionnaires, Rae MeN cure was inducted as president of side earlier this week," l~is wife Fred B. Wivell Post Auxiliary, al- said. so for a repesL perfnmnance. She had served as president in 19t3-44, and soon after that moved up to ,ith District Auxiliary Prcst- dent, Fellow officers fnr the coming year include Florentine Connolly, first vice president; Ag~es Alex. andcr, second vice president; Ma. told Earl, secretary; Mary Dob. son, treasurer; Alice Hill, chup- hdn; Amy Frank, historian attd Dora Jackson, scrgeant-at-anus. Installing officers were Mrs. Coralee Redmond Of Rhodes Post No, 2 {Tacoma), District. 4 pre~ ident, and Mrs. Thclnta N0t;dykc of Laccy Post, District vice presi- dent C , ' Contrary to the L gionnaites, the " auxiliary officers a~auraed thci dutic hmucAiate2y. "Tuesday night he looked the best he has looked since the acci- dent," Mrs. Sweari~gen said. Swcaringen's right side has been paralyzed, apparently from l~i~ head concussion, since June 26, Appointment of Tim Smith, 26, as personnel representative at Simpson Timber Company's Insu- lating Board Plant in Shelton has been announced by W. B. Johnson, division manager. Smith, who began work July 6, replaces Larry Lunsford, who was transferred to Simpson's office at Arcata, California. A native of Auburn, Wash., Smith holds a degree in personnel ntanagement from Gonzaga Uni- versity and comes to Simpson from Safeco Insurance Co.. Seattle, where he was a claims adjuster, Smith and his wife, Carol, have a son and daughter. SAVINGS. EARN 1NTEREST COMPOUNDED QUARTERLY NATIONAL BANK OF MASON GOUNTY Member F.D,I.C.