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00Bodies Of Two Shelton Girls Found
In Armstrong Lake Wednesday
• Two Shelton sisters, six and
13 years old, were possible drown-
ing victims Tuesday afternoon,
the Mason County Sheriff's of-
flee reported.
The bodies of the two girls,
Susette, 6, and 'Yvette Scrog-
ham, were recovered from. Arm-
strong Lake, sh(nlly after mid-
night Wednesday by (livers from
the Sheriff's Office.
The Sheriff's office said the
investigation of the deaths, called
possible drowning, is continuing.
The girls were the daughters
of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Scrogham,
Rt. 2, Box 93.
The lake from which the bodies
W(,l'C recovered is about seven
miles northwest of Shelton.
The discovery of the girls cli-
maxed a search of several hours
by more than 50 persons includ-
ing deputy sheriffs, members of
the sheriff's reserves and resi-
dents of the area.
Ranger, a search dog, was
also brought in to assist with
the search of the woods in the
area with his handler, Cecil Me-
Lain and a Civil Defense Mobile
unit.
The search began shortly after
9 p,m. after the Sheriff's office
received a call from the mother
of the girls that they were miss-
ing.
The Sheriff's Office said the
girls left home about noon on
horse back. They stopped at a
neighbors where the older girl
changed into a bathing suit and
then visited another neighbor
where they stated they were go-
ing swimrng.
'They rode their horses to the
lake and were last seen about
4 p.m. The horses were found
at the lake.
The body of the younger girl
was recovered at 1:20 a,m. Wed-
nesday by Deputy Sheriffs Bill
Pregnall and Mike Snyder, who
were diving in the lake. The
second body was recovered at
2 p.rrt.
The bodies were taken to Bat-
stone Funeral Home.
The Sheriff's Office said that
an autospy will he ordered and
that the investigation will con-
tinue.
Appreciation was expressed by
the Sheriff's office to all those
Who assisted in the search.
In addition to their parents,
the girls are survived by a sis-
ter, Carol, and a brother, Kelly.
% / / : ! i::i>ii<
Washington Green girl in Mason the area. Miss Stentz is one of this year's Forest Fes-
The Mason County Forest Fes- tival princesses and a graduate of Shelton High School
each year provides funds for the Keep this spring. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
e fire prevention among campers in Stentz, Shelton.
, ,< •
< Nashmg Green Girl Starts Campaign
ton
I am accompanied by Smokey early July was a result of the I hope to be getting around
Bear, who is my brother, Jack, June deficit in rainfall. This con- to seeing all of you campers this
£ the If in a Smokey suit rrmde avail- dition will not be relieved until summer, young and old alike.
lia.eep Wash- able through Ken McDonald, di- extensive rains occur. And most of all I hope you
' ,-. "sorx Coun.
to teach Users rector of Keep Washington .Green, Last weekend two small fires and your children will use in-
i the ira and Francis Wright, district ad- were reported in Mason Court- creased care with all fire, so
t lMlh. t0" Portance... ministrator of the Department of ty, one in the Dayton area and we can have a green and beauti-
eVerybod:y, Natural Resources. one south of Lake Isabella. ful Mason County.
v 0f Preventi
"g The presence of Smokey on
.ree meet these visits makes a strong
im-
: wiessage are pression on the youthful camPers, h,$
:i:ther their par- who areurged to follow Smokey's Yout utters Burns
i Children at ABC's :
/:i, th__:M' the Children cold.A--Always hold matches till in Acc,dent At Home
< B--Be sure to drown all fires.
!j C--Crush all smokes, dead. • Dana Schnitzer, 8, Shelton, burning solvent or' gasoline.
If we can impress upon these was reported in satisfactory con- He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
youngsters the importance of the dition in Mary Bridges Hospital Harold Schnitzer, Capitol Hill.
Lo
:ll a. cal 3-38 Keep Green movement, we are in Tacoma Wednesday after be- The accident occured when a
; €he Simp. lng serverly burned in an ac-
,". :Ae at providing the foundation for a brother, Delbert, 9, ignited a
Mason
strong Keep Green program in eident at his home Monday eve- match near an aluminum camp-
l't atered b the future, ning. ing can containing the fluid.
ku/', 4-FI- Y But adults, too, must remain Quick action by a neighbor, The can caught fire and the
iX "rvlg. eader's aware of fire danger these dry David Delph, was credited with older boy kicked or threw the
m Start at months. The rapid buildup of saving the child's life after his can out of the garage just as
fire danger which occurred in clothing caught fire from spilled Dana was coming up to the door
from the outside.
Delph noticed the youth with
his clothing on fire, grabbed him
and wrapped him in a blanket
to put out the flames.
Another neighbor, Stan Arm-
strong provided transportation to
Shelton General Hospital where
the youth was given emergency
treatment and transferred to
lVrry Bridges.
i:
Fair Buttons
Are On Sale
• Booster buttons for the Ma-
:ii I iiii: son County Fair are now on sale,
according to Mrs. William Mc-
' Gee, manager of the fair thi
year.
,?. Groups and organizations are
::i being offered an opportunity to
• < sell the buttons before fair time
for 10 per cent of the amount of
.... the sales.
Any group interested in selling
'! )'" ..... the buttons can contact Mxs. Mc-
":...:"<.:" :,,:. ,,',.- .... :,.'i, Gee at 426-2120.
Concessions and commercial
and a new dog the sewage treatment plant. Phipps took booth space are being reserved,
Mrs. McGee said. There are only
is prepaxlng to over the duties as humane officer July 1, a few spaces left at the pres-
Here, left to right, and the new pound went into operation, eat time and anyone interested
Raans, Humane Of- When this picture was taken, there were in displaying a' booth or having
a concession should contact her
Sad Mayor .Frank five dogs in the pound, including the black as soon as possible, Mrs. Me-
L!lq'-- rew Pound next to miniature poodle Phlpps is holding. Gee said.
00ives Youth One Last Chance
an
to
until an opening occurs in an
Indian school.
Taylor submitted a letter from
Eugene V. Zinck, social worker
at the Hoquiam office of the
Indian Bureau, who said Calvin
could not be accepted now but
that he might be enrolled in
the second semester next year,
provided he makes a good ad-
justment while in state custody.
Taylor told the court that Cal-
vin is an intelligent boy, gifted
more than most of his age, that
he has comnfltted no crimes of
In'anaturity involving property,
including a couple of boats and
a car.
"I really feel that C has
been a terrible nutsan to law
enforcement officers of Mason
County," Taylor said, "but ff he
is put on the right path he can
be a credit to himself and his
people." .
"It's up to us to try to sal-
vage this boy and try .to turn
him from his previous record of
bad judgement," Taylor contin-
ued. "If we all take the extra
mile foe him, the potential re-
wards will be well worth the
effort."
Prosecutor John C. Ragan said
he had no objection to the pro-
gram outlined by Taylor.
Judge Wright also agreed .'-'ind
then turning to the youth, said:
"Calvin, I think you know we
are giving you a break, but if
you try to run away we won't
appreciate that at all. Do you
think you can retraln your ira-
pulse to run?"
"Yes," Calvin replied.
"Good," said Judge Wright.
The judge continued his ad-
monition:
"You're too good a boy for us
to let. you keep on getting into
trouble, to "become a habitual
criminal for the rest of your
life. That's what w rl..'t
e ......... want."
Th Judge then looked toward
the youth's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Butt Wilbur, between whom he
was sitting.
"You've got a good mother
and a good stepfather," Judge
Wright said. ',it you get situated
so you can hold a job and earn
a good living like be does, you'll
be doing something worthwhile.
I hope you make Burt your ex-
ample."
Thursday, July 13, 1967 Published in "Christmastown, U.S.A.", Shelton, Washington 22 Pages 2 Sections
81st Year -- No. 28 Entered m second chus matter at the post office a.t Shelton. Wa.ahington 98584 •
under act of March 8. 1879. Published at 227 West Cots. 10 Cents Per Copy
Canal Waters Get Top Rating
• All of the waters of Hood
Canal are classified as "AA Ex-
traordinary" in a regulation re-
lating to water quality stand-
ards for interstate and coastal
waters of the State of Washing-
ton which was adopted by the
State Water Pollution Control
Commission on June 29.
This regulation was promul-
gated to comply with Section 10
of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act as amended.
One other body of water in
Mason County rated AA classifi-
cation. That is the North Bay
of Case Inlet in the vicinity of
Allyn.
All other inland waters of Pu-
get Sound in the county west of
a line running from the northern
to the southern tip of Hartstene
Island are classified as "A Ex-
cellent," with the single excep-
tion of the inner Shelton harbor
on Oakland Bay.
These Class A waters include
Pickering Passage, Squaxin Pas-
sage, Hammersly Inlet, Skookum,
Totten Inlet, and upper Oakland
Bay.
Maintenance of high quality
standards in these waters repre-
sents a victory, for Hood Canal
residenL and many other Ma-
son County citizens including
spokesmen for fishermen, the
shellfish industry, recreation
groups, and state and county
agencies including the Thurston-
Mason County Health Depart-
meat who presented their views
at the commission's hearings,
They succeeded in getting the
standards raised after they had
been lowered in the first draft
of the proposed regulation.
All Mason County waters ex-
cept the inner Shelton Harbor
now conform to the shellfish san-
itation standards of the U. S.
Public Health Service, a com-
rrlission spokesman told The
Journal.
The general characteristic of
Class AA water as defined in
the regulation is that it "marked-
ly and uniformly exceeds" the
requirements of all appropriate
uses.
Characieristic uses whose list-
ing is descriptive only and not
limiting are :
Water supply (domestic, indus-
trial, agricultural}
Wildlife habitat
General recreation and aesthe-
tic enjoyment (picnicking, hik-
ing, fishing, swimming, skiing
and boating)
General marine recreation and
navigation
Fish and shellfish rein'eduction,
rearing and hacest.
After listing technical defini-
tions for total content of coli-
form organisms, dissolved oxy-
gen, temperature, ph factor, and
turbidity, the listing of quality
standards says :
"Toxic or deleterious material
concentrations shall be less than
those which may affect public
health, the natural aquatic en-
vironment, or the desireability
of the water for ay usage."
"Aesthetic Values shall not be
impaired by he presence of ma-
terials or their effects, exclud-
ing those of natural origin, which
offend the senses of sight, smell,
touch, or taste."
The general characteristic of
Class A water is that it' exceeds
or meets the requirements of all
appropriate uses.
Plans For New Patrol
A cadem y Here Told
• Negotiations between the Shel-
l.on Port District and the Wash-
ington State Patrol for the lease
of 200 acres of land at Sanderson
Field for a site for a new State
Patrol Academy are being com-
pleted, it was announced Tuesday
The site includes 800 feet front-
ing on the Dayton-Airport Road,
Bene00if To Aid
Benner Family
• A benefit to acquire house-
hold furnishings for the Leonard
Benner family, who lost all their
possessions in a fire at their
home in the Arcadia area July 5,
will be held a! the Southside
Grange Hall at 8 p.m. July 19.
Anyone who has something to
donate is welcome to attend, ac-
cording to the sponsors, Paul
Gribble and Mr. and Mrs. Darrel
Sparks.
which rurs on the west of the
airport property, according to
Maj. Cliff Aden, who is in charge
of purchasing, building and main-
lenance for the lmtrol.
Harold Dalke, Shelton archi-
tect, has been retained to design
an $800,000 building which will be
erected on the property to ac-
commodate some 75 State Pa-
trolmen when they are in train-
ing here.
The building will include class-
rooms, living quarters, kitchen
and dining room.
An estimated 20 instructors and
maintenance anti service em-
ployees will be needed to staff
the academy when it is complet-
ed.
The Imtrol is presently housed
in buildings leased from the Port
District where were a part of
the Navy Air Base at the field
during World War II.
Negotiations for the lease of
the port property were started
some time ago.
O
THESE ARE THE INSTRUCTORS for the
swimming lessons in the City Summer
Recreation Program, which will be benefit-
ed by annual Kiwanis Club Pancake break-
fast at Kneeland Park July 30. Kiwanians
will be serving pancakes from 7 ram. to 1
p.m. and all money raised by the project
will be donated to the recreation program.
The swimming instructors are, Leann Arm-
strong, front, director of the program, and
left to right, standing, Kathy Perry, Louis
Kiefer, Lee Kiefer and Coralie Anderson.
Characteristic uses besides
those listed for Class AA are
stock watering, comnrce and
navigation, log rafting.
Quality standards require that
for Calss A water toxic or de-
leterious material concentrations
"shall he below those of public
health significance, or which may
cause acute or chronic toxic con-
dition in the aquatic environment
as revealed by bioassay with
appropriate organisims, or which
may adversely affect other water
uses.
The standard for aesthetic val-
ues is the same as that for
Class A.
Inner Shelton Harbor is clas-
sified as "B Good" whose gen-
eral characteristic r exceeds or
meets the requirements of most
appropriate uses. Characteristic
uses are listed as:
General recreation and aes-
thetic enjoyment.
Fishery and wildlife habitat
Industrial and agricultural
water supply
Stock watering log rafting
Commerce and navigation
Shellfish reproduction and
rearing and crustacea (crabs,
shrimp, etc./ harvest.
The standard for toxic or de-
leterious materials is tim same
as fl)r Classes AA and A, except
that adverse affects are prohib-
Hed only for other "characteris-
tic" water uses.
The Class B standard for aes-
thetic values says that these
"shall not be reduced by dis-
solved, suspended, floating, or
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Wafer LiHering
Laws Pointed Out
• The latest phase in the cam.
paign of Hood Canal residents
to prevent water pollution was
distribution before the July 4
holiday of copies of the Mason
County ordinance prohibiting
dumping of refuse into lakes,
streams, and the inland salt
waters. The group printed these
at its own expense and delivered
them to motels, resorts, and oth-
er public places.
City Fire
Class Is
Unchanged
• The Shelton City Commission
was informed in a letter at its
meeting Tuesday that the recent
evaluation of the city Fire De-
partrnent had not resulted in
any change in fire rating classi-
fication.
Fire Chief Allan Nevitt told
the commission that the bureau's
report was valuable in pointing
out where deficiency points were
found so efforts could be made
to correct them and work toward
a higher classification.
Nevitt said that arrangements
had been made for John Bernt-
son, who joined the department
July 1 as a fireman to take a
two-week training session with
a group of new men in the Ta-
coma Fire Department.
The resignation of Ray levitt
as chief operator at the city
sewer treatment plant was re-
ceived.
City Supervisor Pat Byrne told
the commission he had received
a request from a residvnt of the
Northcliff area to have a petition
for a sewer LID prepared and
asked if the commission wanted
him to go ahead with it.
Byrne was instructed to pro-
coed with the preliminary en-
gineering necessary for the prep-
aration of the petition.