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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.
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At Mason-Bemon
his Mason County Fire District
new surroundings with the
a third fire station in the
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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.
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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
+
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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.