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James Family Reunion At Grand Mound Aug. I
GH.AND MOUNI). Thurston Co. of tile James Family Assoch,.t.ion.
--- Descnndants of Samuel and An- Six generations of the family have
na Marie James, Cornish emi- Jived hm e.
granls, who er'ossed the plains by San1||el James was a farmer and
ox-drawn wagons in 1.850 to set-scholar in Southern Cornwall be-
lle this prairie land. will meet fore coming to the tJnited Slalcs
here Aug. 1, for the annual picnic with his fnnlily in 1842.
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17 JEWEL
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"WOODSMAN"
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ore intact,
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4_,95 WnH T DE-IN
llIIIL I I011{I I iOV(RNUlUl
PLANT TOURS
Regular week.day public tours of Simpson
Wood manufacturing plants on the Shelton
waterfront are continuing to Labor Day week-
end. They begin each day at 1:00 p.m. at the
Sawmills Gate (just south of Goldsborough
Creek) and last about 90 minutes.
An experienced guide leads visitors to
Pushbutton Sawmill Trlree, Dry Planing Mill,
Insulating Board Plant and Shelton Veneer
Plant. These plants make Shelton the most
modern wood processing uenter in the North-
west.
We invite community neighbors to take
advantage of these informative tours. Out of
town visitors also will find them interesting.
RELY ON
OUR 75th YEAR
IN SHELTON
SIMPSON TIMBER OOMPANY
Shclton - McCleary - Olympia
Founded in Shelton in 1890
Douglas Fi]' and Western Hemlock
Lamber, Acoustical, Insulating and
tlardboard pr,,dl:cls. Plywood and
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Duur~.
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William D. Muller
Dies in His Home
William D Muller, 2328 Adams
Adams St., dw(l last 'Phursday in
Ms hom~. Born in Din'sago, Colo-
rado. May 3. 1901. lie has lived in
Mason County for the past 10
yea rs.
He served in the navy during
World War I.
He is surviw,~d by his wife. Eva
I. Muller of Shelton: one son. Al-
phonse MEllller of Bremerton; one
daughter, Mrs. Albert Bell of ~dhel-
ton: and four grandchildren and
two great-grandehihh'en.
Funeral service:~ were held last
Monday, 10 a.m.. in the Batstone
Funeral ttome with Reverend
Charles x.Vigton officiating.
' Four Local Youths
[Summer Fire Fighters
Font yc)uths from Mason Colin-
t
ty h'|,ve bt!cll selected so far this r~i'~
year as forest file fighters for the
Department of Natural Hesom'ces.
Land Commissioner Bert. L. Cole
annotmced Lodav. All assigned to
the Shelton office of the Depart-
ment. They are Stuart Looney,
Tim Lovgren. Daniel Barr(ml and
Dale Downing'. ~}f
Tile Departnlent, which t)ro-
vides fire p|'otection on 12!~ :nil- '11iii;
lion acres of land in W~shington .~T~,~
state, hires 460 young" firefighters II
each sulnnter. I I
Tile youths live in district fire
crew headquarters and are on a
24-hour fire alert. During periods
of low fire incidence, they arc kept
busy on road and building con-
stl'ucti()n lnaintenflncc projects.
There are many applicants fm ...... ~Z\ :" ,
9, l |rlg orl
I[SE
........ :
each opening on the sumnter fire EXPANDED BUSINESS--Merv's Tirecap at First
Recent Resident crews, and the young nlen are and Cota streets will hod open house today, to-
selected on tile basis of inLet'views morrow and Saturday in its enlarged premises
Di At Ho and recommendations. Preferencewith refreshments, door prizes and a mystery draw-
es me is given to those who have indi- ing for the Bud Franklin Kidney Fund, Along with
cated an interest in maKulg [or-its expansion to include a new tire-capping room
Clyde C. Martin, Star Rt. 1, estry their career. .......... ;, * * , , ,
died last Thursday in his home Most of the crewmen are high O '
The chKrity that hastens to pro- L s CORNER I
where he had lived for the past school upperclassmen, while many claim its good deeds ceases to be Several big stories arem'nnnin~'
three months, of the track-drivers and foreman ...... , .. . up ~or next week m~t areno'(~'ea"-;? I' uy I
cnarlty ana IS only pl'l(le ancl us-
Hc had served in the army dur- positions are filled by college stu- , for pubhcatton as yet . . • will let J
ing World War II. dents on summer vacation. . tentation. --William Hutton you know next week on one of[
He had no known suzviving rel-"The services of these young ................. these . . . This week MERV'SI
atives. . men are invaluable to our Depart- TIRE AND CARCARE CENTER'
His burial was held at the Shel- ment," Cole said. "And they seemThe easiest thing of all is to de- is holding a gigantic grand opening
ton Veteran Cemetery,.ll a.m., last to enjoy getting out of t.he class- " ' '
crave one s self; tor what a man told Merv is even giving• away free
Tuesday with graveside service.q room attd into this type of outdoor wishes he generally believes to be
only. work during the smnmer." true. Demosthenes
OLDEST PASSENGER---P. H. Reister (front) a
spirited 90, was the oldest passenger among 256
people who took part in the Shelton Flight, Inc.,
Buddy Franklin benefit public airlift Saturday
and Sunday at the airport. The flying club charg-
ed two cents per pound per passenger for flights
,of about 15 minutes duration and contributed the
kidney foundation. The club netted $526.50 through
the airlift and in turn donated a check for that
amount to the Buddy Franklin Kidney Fund this
week, said Shelton Flight President Herb Vonhof,
wh,o is shown behind Reister in this Journal photo.
This airplane, Vonhof's four-seat Beech Bonanza,
was one of six planes the flying club used for this
frmn about 1,700 feet in the air,
contributed $526,50 t o wa.r d the
fired by taking club sponsored air-
plane rides Satt~!~ay a!ld S~ay.
Tha:..:flying chib 6ffered:~'fllg~:'~. Of
about 15 minutes duration ~a;t'='a
rate of two cents per pound pe~
passenger four hours each on Sat-
urday and Sunday "with every
penny going to tile kidney founda-
tion," said chlb president Herb
Vanhof.
SMALLEST PASSENGER dur-
in gthe 2-day airlift was a 12-pound
baby who got ~t gralld flight tout'
for 24 cents. Oldest, but certainly
one of the more spirited riders was
P. H. Reister, 90, who of his first
flight quipped with obvious enjoy-
ment, "The only trouble was that
the ride wasn't long enough," and
then added, "but you boys may see
me back here again."
Six planes weft; provided by the
ch|b for the event.
Shelton Flight, a non-profit cor-
• )oration of 30 members, is an out-
growth of the Shelton squadron of
the Civil Air Patrol and has con-
tinued many of the activities of the
CAP since the latter was deacti-
vated in 1963. The private organi-
zation exists to promote flying and
flying safety• The club partici-
pates in local and state civil de-
fense operations as well as tO car-
ry out air search, rescue and emer-
gency missions.
In recent months the club has
aided in the air search for Olym-
pia oysterman Robert Towner, who
was drowned near Harstine Island
last May; in tim search for the
PUD boom truck which was stolen
a few weeks ago and several oth-
er aviation missions, such as
checking out forest fire reports.
ghelton Flight also assists the
Port Commission, which owns the
airport, in all types of airport mat-
te,'s relating to aviation.
THE FLYING CLUB was reor-
ganized in 1964 after the deactiva-
tion of the CAP squadron in De-
cember of 1963. There had been a
Shelton Flight, Inc., were drawn
up in 1964 and the new 28-member
club hehl its first corporation elea,
tinaa in March. The first slate df
officers included president, Herb
Vonhof; vice president, Glen Sow-
ers; secretary, Jack Howard, and
treasurer, Bill Roberts.
The club membership had ex-
panded to its limit of 30 by the
time elections for 1965 rolled
around last December. Vonhof was
returned as president, Tom Town-
send took over as x ice presidimt,
Bob Myers was elected sec|'etary
and the new treasurer was Earl
Moore.
"We had limited ourselves to 30
members because of our limited
facilities," Vonhof said. He ex-
plained that the club itself owns
only one airplane, a four-seat Ces-
na 172, attd that membership has
to be kept down to decrease the
number of flight schedule conflicts
among the members. Besides the
club plane, nine members have
their own aircraft.
ABOUT TWO-THIRDS of the
members of Shelton Flight are ac-
tively flying either their own or
the club plane, Vonhof said. AI-
lessons as an organization, two of
its members, Jim Donahoe and
Jack Howard, have commercial li-
censes and instructor ratings. Don-
shoe and Howard are presently
working with four student pilots in
the club.
and a new front-end alignment, proprietor Merv
Settle now offers ear lubrication and mechanical re-
pair services. He has changed the title of his I
firm from Merv's Tirecap to Merv's Tire and Car-
care Center. (See page 10 for further details).
a set of new premium tires. He is
going to hold a mystery drawing
for Bud l~ranklin, the details of
which you'll have to stop in and
find out . . . This Saturday, Shel-
ton is going to get what even
cities like Seattle don't get any-
more. That's an old fashioned
"Under the Big Top" Circus with
the arrival and show Saturday of
the CARSON AND BARNES CIR-
CUS. The smell of grease paint
and sawdust all bring back mem-: i ::~ :::
cries to those of us who can re- ,'. i : i :: , s'"
member the old fashioned way of : //
I having' a circus . . . SHAKE ;~ ::: :::?: :.
BREAK that's the name of that. " '