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A FOUR-AND-A-QUARTER-pound turnip, 20 inches in
circumference, was grown by Mrs. Charlotte Chambers in her
first attempt at vegetable gardening.
of a turnip weighing in at four
and one quarter pounds with a
circumference of 20 inches!
Although Charlotte Chambers
has grown house plants and
although she has assisted in the
weeding of a small vegetable
patch or two in the past, she has
never, before this spring, actually
put in a garden and tended it
herself.
She came• here two years ago
from Bronxville, N.Y. When she
mentioned that she intended to
grow vegetables, people were
inclined to take one look at her
gravelly yellow dirt and advise her
not to waste the seed.
Nevertheless, Mrs. Chambers
had the 50 foot square plot
plowed last fall. Early this spring
the soil was harrowed. Following
this she and her daughter-in-law
spread over the area six yards of
mushroom compost which was
later roto-vated into the ground.
For the first time, Charlotte
Chambers planted seeds, set out
seedlings, thinned and
transplanted and watered. She
divided and re-set clumps of
daisies and chrysanthemums. "I
did it all wrong," she says, "but
they grew and flourished
anyway."
Green and healthy and
beautifully tended, her corn and
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beans, peas, squash tnd
pumpkins, broccoli, spinach,
carrots, onions, gourds, tomatoes,
and many other growing things,
including huge turnips, testify to
the fact that she is, indeed a
gardener.
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Swimming
The Shelton City Summer
Recreation swim program is off to
a good start with 517 youngsters
registered the first week, Arnold
Fox, chairman of the city's Park
and Recreation Board told the
city commission at its meeting
Tuesday.
The registrants, Fox said,
represent 262 families.
He also commented that
about 70 youngsters were
participating in the tennis
program this year, about double
the number who participated last
year.
For recommended the
appointment of Bill Hicks and Dr.
F. W. tlerrick to the Park Board
to succeed Tom Meyers, who
resigned recently, and Dr. J.
Kelvin Hamilton, whose term
expires and who did not want to
be re-appointed.
Mayor Frank Travis, on Fox's
suggestion, made the two
appointments.
Fox said he had been
contacted by a representative of
the Multi-Service Center for
permission to hold a dance at the
tennis courts at Kneeland Park as
a kick-off for the effort to
establish a teen-age coffee house
in Shelton.
Police Chief Frank Rains said
he was somewhat opposed to an
outdoor dance, and, would rather
see such an activity inside.
Travis asked Fox to check
further with the sponsors of the
proposed dance and report back
to the commission next week.
Rains and City Engineer
Howard Godat reported on their
investigation to suggestions
received in a letter from 12
property owners in the vicinity of
N. 13th, B and Birch Sts. for
better graffic control.
They stated that the
suggestions for a painted cross
walk on Jefferson across B St.
would not be a good idea since
there is poor sight distance at that
intersection for both motorists
Although the woods are dry,
logging operations continue in
both U.S. Forest Service and
Department of Natural Resources
lands in Mason County.
Len Flower, Ranger for the
Shelton Ranger District of the
U.S. Forest Service, said the
Shelton district had not shut
down logging although other
districts on the Olympic
Peninsula, the Quilicene, Quinault
and Hoodsport, had.
The Shelton District operates
with only one logging operation,
the Simpson Timber Co.
Flower said the company is
very fire conscious and has taken
extra precautions during the dry
weather. Loggers have been
working on "hoot owl" for the
past four weeks at Camp Govey.
The Simpson Camp Grisdale
and Canyon River operations have
been closed down since about tile
first of the month because of the
slow market conditions in the
lumber industry.
Flower said his crews here are
extremely short, with 26 men
gone to assist in fighting fires East
of the mountains in the Omak
area.
Five Simpson Timber Co.
fallers are also working in the fire
areas East of the mountains.
He said there have been five
fires, two caused by lightning and
three man-caused, one from berry
pickers and two from campers.
"We are at a point today,"
Flowers said, "where there is
greater fire danger than Labor
Day, 1967 when the National
Forest was closed to the public."
Denny Noonan, administrator
of the Department of Natural
Resources district office here, said
there had been three fires during
the past week.
A fire Sunday near Shafer
State Park burned over about
three fourths of an acre and a fire
Tuesday in the same area just
across the line into Grays Harbor
County burned between three and
four acres.
A fire last week at Lake
Limerick burned over about one
fourth acre.
Noonan said the woods are
very dry, although the cool
mornings which have occured this
week have helped some, but, as
soon as the sun comes out or the
wind starts blowing the fire
danger goes up again.
He urged those using the
woods to bc careful of cigarettes
and urged those riding motor
bikes to keep them on the roads
as sparks can set off a fire easily.
Noonan said all burning
except that which can be done
without a permit under
regulations has been restricted. He
said the Department encouraged
everyone not to do any burning.
Logging operations in the
woods have not been shut down,
he said, but, his office has asked
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and pedestrians.
They stated that the cross
walk would probably give the
pedestrians a false sense of
security, and, that motorists
would be unable to see the
intersection in time.
They also commented that
the proposal to paint a double
yellow no passing line on B and
N. 13th would not not be a good
idea since it would cause
problems for residents of the area
getting into their driveways since
it would be illegal for them to
cross the double yellow lines in
the middle of the block.
They stated that the
suggestion that curve signs be
placed on the street were a good
idea and would be done when the
Street Department had an
opportunity. They. also
recommended that the suggested
stop sign on Birch at B. St. be
installed.
They stated that as far as the
suggestion that quiet signs be
installed in the vicinity of Mason
General Hospital and Firlane
Terrace Nursing ,Home, that the
signs had not been requested by
either the hospital or the nursing
home, and, that until they are, it
would not be necessary to install
them.
The city officials stated they
believed there was an adequate
number of speed signs on the
streets.
Fire Chief Allan Nevitt was
granted permission to hire Dan
Ward, a student at Tacoma
Vocational School, on a
temporary basis to replace
Michael Mirka, who is off duty
with a back ailment.
Nevitt said Ward would be
available July 31 and would be
available until September on a
temporary basis.
He stated Ward was interested
in taking the civil service test for
fireman for a permanent
appointment to the department.
all loggers to go on "hoot owl" in an effort to conserve waternumbers sprinkle on odd
operation, during the present dry period,numbered days.
Noonan stated that if the dry Bob Temple, Public Works The restrictions will remain in
weather continues for another Superintendent, said this week. effect until further notice,
week, the situation will be as bad He asked that residents with Temple said.
as it has been for several years, even number house numbers H e c o m m e n t e d t h e
The city of Shelton has sprinkle on even numbered daysrestrictions were placed in an
institm:,a sprinkling restrictions and those with odd number house effort to maintain the water levels
in the storage tanks in case of a
serious fire.
The current dry period has
also kept the Fire Department
busy, with an average of one call a
day for the past week.
Most of the fires have been
grass fires or brush fires.
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Charles Savage
Political
Filings Start
On Monday
Filings for political offices in
Mason County open July 27 and
close July 3 1, according to
County Auditor Ruth Boysen.
All of the elected offices in
the county are up this year except
two county commission seats,
those of Martin Auseth and
William O. Hunter.
The offices which will be up
for election this year are those of
auditor, treasurer, assessor,
sheriff, county clerk, prosecuting
attorney and district court judge.
The office of County
Superintendent of Schools in no
longer an elective office, with the
formation of Intermediate
District 13, of which Mason
County is a part.
School Supt. J. W.
Goodpaster will conclude his
present term.
Also up for election this year
will be the two positions for State
Representative now held by
Democrats Paul Conner, Sequim,
and Charles Savage, Shelton.
Filings for these offices are
with the SEcretary of State's
Office in Olympia.
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Charles Savage, Shelton,
Democrat announced this week
that he will be a candidate for
re-election to the office of State
Representative. He is a member of
the following Committees in the
}louse of Representatives:
Appropriations: Labor and
Employment Security: State
Government and Legislative
Procedures.
He has, in past sessions, served
as Chairman of five different
standing committees. Altogether
he has been a member of 17
dirrerent regular committees of
the ltouse.
Rep. Savage is also a member
of the Joint Committee on
Nuclear Energy. an interim
committee, which does studies
and works on problems of
Nuclear Energy and makes
recommendations to the ttouse
and Senate on necessary
legislation.
In 1966 Savage received an
Award for "Extraordinary Service
to Higher Education." He was a
member of the Advisory Council
on Public lligher Education at the
time it made the studies and
recommended a new four year
college be built near Olympia.
Early in his legislative career
Savage began working toward
changing some of the laws to
make it possible to establish a
state w~de ~ystem of community
colleges.
Savage is seeking his l lth
term as State Representative. He
is employed as a logger by
Simpson Timber Co.
Escapes
A 13-year-old Bremerton boy,
Donald Gardner, narrowly
escaped drowning at Belfair State
Park shortly before 6 p.m.
Saturday.
Virginia Clocksin
In Acc"
A Mason County Sheriff's
Department Patrol Car and a
pick-up driven by Mike Aries, St.
Rt. 1, Box 107, Tahuya, were
involved in a collision on the
Poleline Rd. near Erdman Lake
last week.
The patrol car was being
driven by Deputy Sheriff Marvin
Snyder.
The Washington State Patrol,
which investigated the accident,
said the pick-up crossed the
center line.
There was $500 damage to
the patrol car and $150 to the
pick-up.
The Mason County Sheriff's Fire Destroys
Office, which was called to
investigate the incident, said when Boot
At Tohuyo
deputies arrived, the youth had
been pulled from the water and
was being given mouth-to-mouth
resuscitation by Tom Torell and
Phil Scheer, both from Bothell
and both firemen at Kenmore.
Officers said the youth and a
companion were swimming
when they had trouble and went
down.
The youth was taken to
Harrison Memorial Hospital were
he was reported as doing well
Monday. He was transported by
Belfair ambulance
A boat owned by Clifford
Younberg, Gorst, was destroyed
when it caught on fire while in
the water on Hood Canal near
Tahuya last week.
The Mason County Sheriff's
Office whick investigated the fire,
said the 17-foot inboard-outboard
boat caught on fire while
the owner was working on the
engine.
Youngberg was burned on the
chest, fact and legs, but not
seriously, the Sheriff's Office said.
Former state representative
Virginia "Ginr'Clocksin this
week announced she will seek
reelection to the same 24th
district legislative seat she gained
four years ago. She served the
counties of Mason, Clallam and
Jefferson from 1966 through
1968.
"After serving the people of
the Olympic Peninsula in
Washington's state government,
we lived in Louisiana for more
than twenty months. 1 had a
first-hand opportunity to
compare Louisiana's and
Washington's living standards,
standards in education, public
safety, pollution control and the
uses of peoples' tax dollars by
agencies of government," Mrs.
Clocksin said.
"Louisiana is a one-party
state. I have seen what happens
when one party s politicians
become entrenched for i 2, 15, 20
or more years in public office.
They no longer remain so
interested in solving people's
problems as in serving themselves.
They lose imagination and
political courage. Government
becomes unresponsive and
corrupt. Tax dollars are wasted.
Resources are abused or misused.
School children suffer from poor
educational conditions and
standards. Garbage and wastes
litter the land and pollute the
waters and air.
"1 have returned with an even
greater awareness of the
importance of having younger,
more alert and courageous
citizens directly involved in the
affairs of their government at all
levels, i am convinced this is the
best way to end costly
governmental nonsense and to
solve today's real problems
requiring expenditures of people's
tax dollars.
"That's why the people with
whom I have talked in recent
weeks have requested that I seek
reelection this year and that's
why I have agreed to ask support
of Mason, Clallam and Jefferson
County citizens in this effort."
Mrs. Clocksin was vice
chairman of the State House of
Representatives' Committee on
Natural Resources in the 1967
legislative session. She also served
on the Legislature's committees
on Appropriations, Education and
Libraries and also as a special
member of the Washington State
Legislative Council.
In the same year, 1967, she
was selected as one of the
"Outstanding Young Women of
America - in recognition of her
outstanding ability,
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SIX PORT Orchard people passed through Shelton Monday
morning on the first leg of a bicycle trip which will take them
down the Oregon Coast to Huntington State Park. Members
of the group are Rev. and Mrs. F. J. Schoonover, their two
children, Johnnie Jane and Mark; Barbara Wood and David
Olson. They left at 6:15 Monday from Port Orchard and
were in Shelton shortly before noon. They plan to be gone
] 7 days camping and cooking along the way. Picture here,
left to right, are Mark Schoonover, David Olson, Rlw.
Schoonover, Johnnie Jane Schoonover, Mrs. Peggy
Schoonover and Barbara Wood.
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