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:URTAINS Kitchen and Bathroo lors Blue and Green Regular 3.10 :)W S1"50 pr. SOAP -- Apple Blossom  Rose :i rs in Box -- Regular 95¢ 000w49' DIES COMPACTS egular $2.95 and $3.50 UR , Price ]9.9s ,' Price [29.oo ' ONE-THIRI) , Price , Price Price tETABLES i $29.50 ,i '19.9s S M "what mistake r, P!::[::CY ' ' ! ' (i217 ff I ;- :"! t'd! ? ,: " Its'mprovemen- $001t " IOn Bayshore Road Slated i vet. LXI--NO. 29 or reputa- Shelton Girl Receives Tylczak in a statement, e impreS-about High Office With Rainbow with Mr. Tylc- Pat Rhodes, Past Worthy Ad- of Shelton's visor of Shelton Assembly No. 19, Young naval Order of Rainbow, has been elected his service at to the high office of Grand Re- air station ligion of the states of Washington, has been Idaho, and territory of Alaska, in account of a Grand Assembly convention held served to in Tacoma last month. Pat is one ming of the few girls from the Shelton • of the corn- Assembly to be appointed to a t that he was regional office. on a drunleen Pat entered Rainbow in 1941' .tely with- and prior to her holding the of- error is rice of Worthy Advisor in the staff. Shelton Assembly she held the fol- I being fair, lowing stations: Choir, Outer Ad- to be visor, Confidential Advisor, Serv- commun- ice, Choir Director, Religion and deeds and Nature. She also held the Line of other offices of Faith, Hope, Charity, and Worthy Associate Advisor and In finally Worthy Advisor. ,ped by The Miss Rhodes is the daughter of Will eom- Mr. and Mrs. Claude Rhodes. She. erroneous re- is now in nurses training' at the Mr. Virginia Mason Hospital in Seat- as if tie. een published. A reception was held at the reg- ular meeting of Rainbow Tues- . day, July 15, honoring Miss Watson, for- Rhodes. The initiatory degree of the or- der was conferre'd on Gaff Ahls- along with keg, whQ is the granddaughter of in Washing- a charter member of the local as- sembly. Following the initiation secre- the assembly, the past mother and arena, father advisors and advisory board erent burgee respectively gave impressive ad- ac- dendas in honor of Miss Rhodes. Wat- Winnifred Collier, Mary Eliason ected presi- and Marjorie .Ann Valley were of presented with white Bibles and by Mrs. L. D. Hack presented Mar- as- jorie Ann Valley with a Grand Peculiar left Cross of Color pin. ' Prominent in Many Rainbow girls traveled from Port Orchard, Centralia, from pub- Olympia, Poulsbo and Warren As- to news- sembly in Tacoma for the meet- and was ing. Among the distinguished the fight- guests were Juanita Miller, Past again be- Grand Worthy Advisor; Carol Mil- Russell ler, Grand Hope; Elaine Hedge, pronounce. Grand Representative to Oregon; definitely and Louise Roller, Grand Repre- wing and sentative to Colorado. Worthy e policies of Advisors Shirley Hansen of Port and Governor Orchard and Ardith Leison of the Truman Poulsbo were in attendance. Nu- because given the by Hen- to drum to make a or the pres- more con- left wing approved by Watson in philosophy Savage is force in pleasure in greeting to journalistic News, of Which has and dis- offices ashington, attract. replete of the merous mother advisors and Past Worthy Advisors were also pres- ent. Refreshments were served in the banquet room, which was cleverly decorated with dolls, placecards and bouquets of. flow- : eJc :;The Jble aa 'o:with,i a lace cloth and centered vith a bouquet of purple delphiniums and pink roses, flanked on either side by white tapers. Mary Eliason and Florence Fentiman served the punch. Joyce Durkee entertained the group with a piano solo and Ern- estene Crane sang two numbers. The girls also gave the skit they presented at Grand Assembly. Those taking part in it were Joyce Storey, LaJoyce Hunter., Bobby Jean Gardner and Norma Lu Day. idson. |l TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR BLAMES DRIVER WRONGLY Due to al error in proof-read- ing last week, a" story on the front page of the last issue of The Journal incorrectly stated that Louis F. Tylczak had been fined $250 for drunken drh, ing. The story should have read, "Luis F. Tylczak, Shelton, was fined $10 for slmeding July 5. Mr. Tylczak was not involved in ally drunken driving charge. The editorial staff of The Jour- nal wishes to offer public apol- egies for the error, and regrets that it has caused Mr. Tylczak inconvenience. is to publi- Manu and at the edicates his ; the City ! ,/k NNOUNCING THE NEW' Oil Furnace / )% Saving Guaranteed' On Fuel -t0 Revolutionary New Burner Head '485.00 a layra4nt 36 Months to Pay F.H.A. Terms  now for c nd lmmed lt. omulete a - h^ llation All work done by rt _ ad fullyguaranteed by PAT RItODES Receives High Rainbow Honor Water Tank Ready Soon The new steel water tank back of the Senior High School will be ready for use in about two weeks, City Engineer C. J. Phillips told the City Commission meeting Tuesday. The new tank, of welded steel, will have a capacity of 50.000 gal- lons, equal to 'the two old wooden tanks which are being replaced. It was decided to build the pres- ent tank from steel when extens- ive research revealed that the aw erage life of wooden tanks was about five years, Phillips said. The water department also has decided to install six-inch mains in the new Bayview tracts area. The new mains will be laid along Mason, Center and Dearborn streets. No further action was taken at the Commission meeting on the proposed addition of the Capitol Hill district to the city of Shelton. Action is expected on this proposal next week. Future Plans Call for More Bayview Homes Plans for building 28 more homes on the Homes, Inc. Bayview tracts Simpson Logging Co. pro- ject were revealed last week by Cecil Kavanaugh, president of the home-building company. "The additional homes will i)e started as soon as the original 32 dwellings are sod," Kavanaugh said, "and we will cmtinue to build more homes as long a.s the demand is here." The Tacoma, lumber dealer added that about 14 of the Bay- view homes are already sold, and that many more prospects are waiting for arrangements to be made to finance the purchases under GI loan regulations. Neff Zintheo has been appointed agent for the Pacific First Fed- eral bank to handle payments and loan arrangements for local Simp- son employees. Kavanaugh will also arrange to be in Shelton ev- ery Thursday afternoon from 2:30 until late evening, in order to take earnest money and handle initial details of sales. The new homes are reserved to GI's employed by Simpson who will have a 60 day period in which to arrange the purchases of one of the new homes, which will then be offered for sale to other Simp- son employees. "I have talked to some Simpson emlfloyees who have been driving as much a 100 miles every day in order to reach their work at Simp- son," Kavanaugh said. "The Bay- view project was begun in order to provide homes for these men in Shelton." Special interest has been shown in the low down payments required for these homes of only 5 per cent, with the added feature of fifteen years to complete payments. These low payments, coupled with the low purchase prices placed on the new homes have in- tensified the demand for the houses, Kavanaugh said. The low cost of the houses in the project was made possible by the use of mass-production meth- ods, using concrete forms over and over, and by using lumber which has been cut to size at the mill and can be fitted into place at once. The volume purchase of mater- ials, and the use of large, special- ized crews also helps cut prices. The large number of units allows a lower margin of profit on each house, Kavanaugh added. Mason County Land Owners in Court Action The owners of 23 plots of land in Mason County were notified this week that court action will be taken and judgment sought against them for taxes, penalties and assessments against their property. The owners must appear in court within sixty days from today, or face a judgment by default, and possible salc of the land. WESTLUNDS ARE PARENTS A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. "Lee Weutlund at thc Shelton General Hospital on July 9. Fuel Company l!bile Stove  and Diesel Oils ' :lit t Telephone 249 L us PUT YOU ON OUR , DELIVERY LIST SHELTON, WASHINGTON. Collier Clinic Open House On Saturday Saturday is the date set for the official opening of the new Clinic Hospital at Fifth and Birch Streets. Although the Clinic has been tr use since last week, all beds but two now being occupied, the open house which begins at 10 a.m. Saturday and lasts until 4 p.m. will inaugurate the Clinic's offic- ial operation. The beautiful new brick and glass building houses offices of specialists in diagnosis, internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, eye, ear, nose and throat and itentistry. It is eq.uipped with a diet kitch- en, nursery and beds for fifteen patients to supplement the opera- tion of the completely equipped and modern surgery and fracture department. New X-Ray equipment was in- stalled this week. There is a com- pletely equipped department for physiotherapy, which includes heat and light treatments and hydro- therapy to be used in the treat- ment of cases of arthritis, conval- escent fracture cases and mus- cular diseases. A short formal dedication cere- mony will begin at 3 o'clock Sat- urday afternoon, Dr. Collier said. Chamber Appoints New Port of Shelton Committee A new Port of Shelton commit- tee was formed by the Chamber of Commerce at its regular meet- ing last Thursday. The members of the committee named are Roy Kimbel, M.' H. Needham, Herbert G. Angle, and Hal Olstead. The Chamber also appointed Vern Miller as new chairman of the War Memorial committee, and added the name of Rudy Oltman to th group. Other business at the meeting was the announcement of plans to meet with the various Grange organizations in Mason County be- ginning next fall, which was re- vealed by President Roy Ritner. A report by Walt Eckert of the meeting of the Olympia Chamber revealed that there will be no fur- ther action taken on the proposed straightening of the Shelt?n-Olymv, pia' highway til the next "sessiOn  of the State Legislature. There were no funds appropriated for the work by the last Legislature. Future plans of the chamber are to have a banquet for the Shel- ton Junior Legion baseball team, which,has been making an excel- lent showing for thc town, accord- ing to a report by A1 Huerby. The chamber also has written to the Railway Express agency head- quarters in Seattle asking them to provide better service for the Shelten area. A showing of colored movies of the 1946 and 1947 Shelton Forest Festival concluded the meeting. Unique Adoption In Mason County Court Saturday I An adoption case which turned out to be a real "family affair" was brought to light in th Ma- son County courthouse Saturday. Tim unique adoption proceeding was concluded in Mason County Superior Court when Charles F. Chester became the legal son of Charles T. Wright of Shelton. The unusual aspect of the sit- uation was that tlm boy's new father acted as attorney in the hearing, and that the presiding judge was his new grandfather, Judge D. F, Wright. This is the first time in Mason County's history, and possibly in the nation's history when such a proceeding was confined so ex- clusively to one family, Mrs. Helen Wright, the boy's mother, re- ported. h00cal Kiwanian Returns From Eastern Meet Fred Beckwith, Shelton jeweler and president of the city's KI- wanis.Club, was the speaker at the regular weekly club luncheon at Memorial Hall, giving a full re- port of deliberations of the recent international convention of the sewice group at Chicago. Mr: and :Mrs. Beckwith were on the special train that carried Northwest delegates to the big conclave, returning to Shelton by way of Kansas City and Los An- geles. While in Chicago the Shelton visitors inspected Kiwanis Inter- national offices and many other points of interest in the Windy City. President Beclvith was an official delegate of he Shclton club. SON IS BON "At the Shelton General Hospital, July 13. a baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wisemaa. HEY! HAY HERE FOR THE CUTTING Anyone interested in free hay may contact Leonard Tiffany about cutting the grass on the Airport, lie reportcd yesterday. "There is lots of good hay for the taking," he added. Thursday, July 17, 1947. 6c PER COPY; $2.50 PER YEA] O PLEASE FOLK@ BE EXTRA CAREFUL THIS YEAR ! . Hold your malch fill it's €old--lMn p;nch ;t to I1rlclh o suIN g. Crush out your €|sarette €|sar, p|po ashes. Use an ash tray| . Drown your campfire then 'tilt and &own asaln. 4, Ask about Iho law--and a perm|f.--boforo burn|ns |ra,, brush, enco rows, or frash. • .fr- Only you can PREVEHT FOREST FIRES ! VIRGINIA WEAVER POTTERIES PUT SHELTON ON ARTISTIC MAP A business which is rapidly put- ting Shelton on the artistic "map" of the country, is the handcraft glazed pottery factory operated by" Virginia and Everett Weaver near Agate. The small handcraft factory is located in the basement of the Weaver's home on Hammersley's Inlet, and was built since the young couple bought the house after the war. Although the factory is small, the work being turned out is of such original design and high quality that pottery factories all down the Pacific coast have taken favorable notice of the "Virginia Weaver" products. The outstanding designs origin- ated by Mrs. Weaver which have a tti(:tcd such fvorable comment 4h'i[/¢est are the  delicate raised reIe 'of various western cedar trees which are formed on the pottery. In explaining the process used for making the pottery, Everett Weaver pointed out that they use their own molds for casting the pieces. The molds, made from plaster of Paris, carry impres- sions of the cedar boughs which come out on the finished pieces scarcely indistinguishable f r o m real twigs of the tree. Simple Process The process itself is fairly sim- ple to an outsider. The molds are filled with a liquid clay "slip" which is allowed to dry in the mold, then taken from the mold, smoothed, sanded and fired in the kiln. The various colors are applied by means of a glaze which is also fired in the special brick furnaces making a beautiful finished pot. tery piece. The essential process is simple, it is the details of fine workman- ship which makes Virginia Weaver pottery outstanding. The clay used, for example, is a specially processed pottery clay gathered from Florida, California and Kentucky and mixed in the proper proportions, then ground to face-powder fineness. It is shipped to the Weavers from California. The molds, too, are an essential requirement for fine work. The Weavers make their own inolds because there ia no one in this state who can do the work for them. In California, where most of the small handcraft pottery factories are located, there are many mold makers who will take the original clay sculptured piece and return a complicated mold in a few days. Some molds have as many as fif- teen pieces, but are used to make onepottery object. Virginia Does Sctflpturing Tim sculpturing for the original pieces is done by Virginia, and it is her work which gives the local pottery its beauty and charm. She is planning to add new pieces to tie Weavetr line which will five them a complete group of vases, small occasional dishes and trays, etc. Virginia Weaver learned the pottery making art from the noted Frenchwoman, Su.anne Kochlin, in Los Angeles, and became so interested in the work that she gave up her thriving fashion de- signing shop to start her own pot- tery plant. Her fashion designing has given Virginia's pottery glazing a dis- tinctive quality of originality in the use of colors. The glazes, in either lead or tin bases of many brilliant colors are applied by brush or by dipping. Assisting Virginia and Everett in their thriving young business are Marion Hamilton, Arlene Leeds, Mrs. Hultgren and Mrs. Packwood on a fullttme basis. Sev- eral others help on a part time or piecework scale. As time goes by, Virginia Wea- ver potteries will become known throughout the country for their unique designs and originality. They are sold today in most of the western states and in New York. In the future there will be no lift, it for the enterprising Weaves. BOYS OVER 15 INVITED TO SEA SCOUT MEET The initial organization meet- ing for a new Sea Scout Troop will be held at 7 p.m. next 'Mon- day in the main courtroom at the courthouse, Roy Peacher a- nounced yesterday. The Shelton Coast Guard Aux- iliary is sponsoring the new sea scout organization, and will pro- vide the ue of Roy Kimbel's boat for a temporary ship. Pitons are nnderway for the purchase of a war surplus cruis- e,r for the permanent asc of the Sltelton Sea Scout troop. All boys over 15 are invited to at- tend the Morally evening meet- trig ad get acquainted with the Sea Scout program. ii i 4 Fire Alarms Answered By Shelton Agencies The Shelton Fire Department answered two alarms last week, with no damage resuIing from either fire. One, a grass fire at 1211 Rail- road Ave,, occurred at 4 p.m. July 10. The cause of the fire was not determined. The second fire alarm came in about 4:15 Tuesday, and was a rubbish fire at the back end of the lot at 506 Park St. The cause of this fire also could not be determ- ined. The Forestry Service fire de- partment also answered two alarms, one being the Eldon Store fire Sunday morning, and the sec- ond a permit fire in the ttood canal area in which snags were being burned. District Warden Herb Grell investigated but no action was taken on the burning snags. Tle. story of the Eldon fire, writ- ten by a Journal staff correspond- ent, is to be found in another part of today's paper. Hoodsport Men Stop Eldon Fire (By Frances Radtke) Firefighters at Hoodsport were awakened at 3 a.m. Sunday morn- ing by the fire. siren. A blaze broke out on the roof of a build. ing near the Pierc9 store at Eldon wlfich housed his lighting plant. Hoodsport flrefightcrs, called by Mr Pierce were on the Scene with- in minutes. The blaze started on the roof of the building which Mr. Pierce saw upon awakening from a sound sleep. Cost of damage was undeterm- ined but thc building was a com- plete loss as well as all the val- uable machinery, stored groceries, building materials and lighting plant. It was thought the fire may have been caused by defective wir- ing. Two fire trucks arrived "shortly from the Hoodsport Forestry to assist when the Hoodsport fire truck had to be refilled with wa- ter. Mcn on the Forestry trucks were Joe Smith, Bill McCombs, Roy Thompson and a forestry vis- itor. Because of the splendid co- operation between Hoodsport fire- en and the Forestry firefighters a woodshed was saved full of wood which would in all probabil- ity have caused the burning of cabins in the cabin camp close at hand. Ike Pahncr, being among the first to respond to the fire siren's call, drove the Hoodsp0rt truck and we understand 14 Hoodsport wives were ahxiousiy awaiting their firemen husbands' return for news of the fire. Forestry fire fighters remained until about 5:30 soaking the sur- rounding grounds and searching for sparks or burning cinders. The Hoodsport Forestry truck wa driven by Roy Thompson. Scow Load Of Lumber Litters Bay Row-boating off Arcadia Point hit a record high last weekend when a Simpson Logging Com- pany scow, loaded with 351,000 feet of lumber, upset after strik- ing a "dead head" hemlock log while in tow to Tacoma. With one- and two-inch No. 3 :ommon hlmber scattered from what the tug crew described as "Hell to breakfast," Arcadia resi- dents had a field day towing free boards ashc re. Liability firms enlisted the aid of Simpson milhnen in salvaging the lumber. A crew of 16 men, headed by Phil Robillard, picked up better than 65 per cent of the floating paterial over Saturday and Sunday. Foss tug officials reported the scow struck the floating log about 1 a.m. Friday. The free end of the log drove through the bottom of the scow and pushed on through the deck. shifting all but 80,000 feet of lumber overboard. The cargo was headed for Tacoma for shipment to Boston. Most of the floating boards washed ashore on Squaxin Island and salvage crews, aided by boats and a crane, loaded scows which returned to Sielton. The disshev- eled cargo is being reassembled on Reed M:ill One dock. As a result of the costly mis- hap, boatmen are scouting the bay channels for other floating men- aces to navigation. Yarnspinning Pioneers Ready For Big Picnic Mason County pioneers are dust- ing off their favorite early-day yarns to have them ready fe.r spinning at the annual picnic and meeting of the Mason County Pie.. neers Association scheduled for JUlYo 27 in Kneehmd Park in Shel- ton All early*day residents of this and adjoining counties, with their families and former residents and friends, are invited to enjoy a day of reunion on that date. bringing a family basket and eating utensils. Coffee, sugar and cream arel being supplied f+ee by the. Shel-I ton Chamber of:'Comne*6e, " .... [ President Grant C. Angle of the Pioneers Association urges all who are eligible for membership in the association to sign up and leave their family histories for the permanent records of the associa- tion. The organization is entirely voluntary, President Angle points out, and without admission fees or annual dues of any ldnd. Mrs. Mamie Earl is secretary of the association. Hood Canal And Olympic Tourist Bureau Meets Washington h,as a $100,000,000 tourist industry, stated A. F. Raitar, advertising and public re- latinns representative of the State Division of Progress and Industry. He spoke, following a hmeheon st Dusty Rhodes Resort July 8, to members of the newly formed Hood Canal and Olympic Penin- sula Tourist Bureau "The stale profits 3% on every dollar the tourist spends°" he continued. He then spoke on ways and means The state department and the resort owners can assist tourists. A large number of Hood Canal resort owners and business people were in attendance to enjoy sev- eral other interesting speakrs. Norman Box, secretary-manager of the Bremerton Chamber of Commerce, commented on the need for better transportation by bus, rail and airplane. Other speakers from Bremerton were Steve Kerr, chairman of the publicity and tourist committee of the Chamber of Commerce, 8id Wiggins, assist. ant manager of Sears Roebuck Re- tail Trades Bureau, and Mayor L. Hum Keen. A visitor from the Washington State Fisheries was Inspector Vincent J. Santamaria. Mason County Commissioners Herb Dickinson. Roy Carr and Shorty O'Dell spoke and assured the bureau of their wlmlehearted ¢ooperatiou. Orgamzer and president of the new bureau, Leigh Hunt of the Oyster House, introduced the speakers and explaincd the pur- pose of the association is to bring more tourists to the Hood Canal area by providing better recrea- tional facilities, promoting friend- liness and better travel directions as to routes and points of interest. Kennedys Return From Long Trip Dr. and Mrs. Harold L. Kennedy are home in Shelton after six weeks of Eastern traveling, dur- ing whiclx time Dr. Kennedy at. tended sessions of the American Medical Association at Atlantic City, NeW Jersey. Pie also at- tended clinical meetings at other Easters IospJtals. The Id:ennedys, who returned llere Saturday morning, visited at Chi.. cage, Atlantic City, New York City, Boston, Detroit and St. Paul during their absence. , pleasant part of the trip was c reunio, of Shelton people in Nexv York City attended by Mr. and Mrs. Joc Forrcst, the Kcnncdy and Joe Haason. Tentative plans for improvement of the Bay Shore Highway from Simlton, by widening and installs- lion of guard rails, at dangerous points is to be undertaken within the next month or six weeks, The Journal was advised by O. R. Dins- more, state highway department official. The improvements are to follow the present road location and work is expectcd to be completed by Fall. Whether or not plans for a new location of the Bayshore ,Lretch of dangerous road has been aband- oned completely is not known, but highway officials lmve been em- ployed in securing right of way deeds for property that would have been used on the new location. Mr. Dinsmore was unable to de- tail the improvements that will bc provided, but did state that pre.,- ,rot dangers will largely be elim- inated from the highway. In addition to ifnprovements of the Bayshore road by the elimina.. tion of narrow and dangerous cutes and embankments, steps are being taken to have the pres- ent highway between Shelton and Olympia improved and modernized. Trustees of Olympia Chamber of Commerce adopted a recommend- ation last week that the Olympia and Shelton Chambers jointly work for the improvement of tha highway between the two cities. The recommendation, submitted by H. F, Josefsky, chairman of the Olympia group's 'Highways Com. miLtee, followed a discussion in which Walter E. Eckert, represent- ing Shelton Chamber of Com- merce, took part. Thc two Chambers will seek legislative action to have the ad, known for its many sharp curves, straightened out. Present condi- tion of the highway discourages travel, it was brought out. FLYING DISC OVER SHELTON, REPORIN SAY It's a birdl It's a planel It's-- not Superman, but a Flying Disc! That was the electrifying re- port rumored to have circulated around the Rayonier Chemistry laboratory last Wednesday. We say rumored because no one is willing to talk about the whole thing. A Journal reporter tried to catch the man said to have avowed with stanch conviction that he HAD TOO seen a flying disc, but like the famed Egyptian Sphinx, "He ain't talking." In fact, no one is talking for publication. Anderson had seen the flying disc, and would give the Journal all the information necessary. However, Mr Anderson could no be reached. An unimpeachable source re- vealed today that Mr. Anderson had been sitting alongside the phone when the Journal reporter called, but for seasons best known to himself.he refused to talk about the Shelton Flying Disc. Following the desire of Mr. An- derson, we leave the Flying Discs to die an unlamented death. May they rest in peace• Building Permits Hit New High First Half-year Compilation of figures have re- vealed that there were $625,150 worth of new buildings started in the first half of 1947 in Shelton. There were 53 new dwellings begun, including the 32 new houses in the Homes, Ine. Bayview tracl project, according to the figures gathered from the files of the building permits issued in Shelton since January 1. Also included in the new build- ings begun were the new round- house and machine shop for Simp- son logging company, located on Front St., and three new store buildings, those of Mell Chevrolet, Olo Olsen, and John Dotson. There were a total of 87 differ- ent building permits obtained in the six.month period. This com- pares with the 132 building per- mits obtained for the whole year in 1946, with a year's estimated cost of building set at $475,905 for 2dl of last year. If construction continues at the present rate, Shelton will have tripled its new construction for 1947 over 1946. Bids Called For On P. 0 Repairs Tle Post Office Department, through the Public Buildings Ad- ministration, Federal Works Ag- ency, Seattle, Washing[oh, is call- ing for bids for interior and ex- terior painting and miscellaneous repairs of Shelton Post Office, Warren Lincoh, postmaster, an, nounccd yesterday. The local post office has three copies of specifications, general conditions and drawings, also bid forms which may be seen at the posLmasLea"s office by anyone in- terested in bidding oa the job. Bids will be opened in Seattle at 2:00 p.m. July 30, 1947. The Post Office Department called for bids for this same work and improvements ] as t April to bc opened may 14, 1947, but rejected all five of thc bids submitted at that time, Included within the scope of work is a con- crete sidewalk on Franklin Street. iiOiiN---- ....... Mr and Mrs Harold E. Sehu, bert of An(horage,'-G Alaska, form- i er residents of Shelton, are thh ": parents of a hby boy born July 10,