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July 13, 1967     Shelton Mason County Journal
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Percy M. Pio Bookbinding Co. 6017 S. E. 86th Portland, Ore. 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&apos;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 (Please turn to Page TWO) 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.