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You think you've got troubles? Consider the plight of
Charlie Savage. He's got a problem that sounds like the plot
of a short story in Cosmopolitan magazine.
A curvaceous Republican has come to Washington from
the land of the Dixicrats to try to take away Charlie's seat in
the state legislature. You've guessed it Gini is back.
Gini Clocksin is the Port Townsend florist who, as a
neophyte politician in 1966, beat Charlie by seven votes for
one of the two 24th district seats in the House of
Representatives. It took two recounts to determine the
winner.
Charlie didn't work too hard during that contest. He not
only didn't think he had to, he really didn't know how to,
combat his pulchritudinous adversary. He was on the ugly
end of a beauty-and-the-beast contest.
Charlie hasn't got a bad build - for a logger - but it is
nothing that will turn-on a mill hand. We doubt that one
timber worker in ten would turn his head watch Charlie
walk down the street.
Gini, on the other hand, is a work-stopper of the first
magnitude. When she appeared at the mill gate in stretch
pants and a sweater, Charlie could have promised three-hour
coffee breaks and a 10-hour work week and gone unheeded.
So, for two years, Charlie sat in the back of the crew bus
while Gini decorated the back row of the House chambers.
When it came time for re-election, however, Gini had to
withdraw from the contest because her husband was
transferred to Louisiana. Charlie won the election in a walk,
spent two years in Olympia's marble zoo, and has announc-
ed he will file for re-election.
He was contemplating a nice, quiet campaign against the
usual competition - a couple non-descript Democrats and a
John Birch Republican or two - when his gorgeous nemesis
reappeared out of the bayou country.
There is now a creditable race in the 24th district.
We suggested, during the 1966 Savage-Clocksin campaign,
that Charlie resist the urge to turn it into a beauty contest by
shaving his legs. We repeat that suggestion.
We see tlothing wrong, however, with a discreet touch of
after-shave lotion and a bit of eye makeup.
"°°"i;;~g
"1 can remember when a working woman with fifteen daughters
was treated with some respect in Seattle."
Mason County Engineer Cash Bridger doesn't mince
words when it comes to delineating his phobias.
When Seattle P-I reporter Jack Jarvis asked for reader
comment on a beard he is growing, Cash responded with the
comment that few older men and no young men can wear a
beard roperl . . ,
i ltketli Dash rigt ,,"r a ] [191oyer i
would not hire one: if I were a girl I would not marry one; if
1 were a wife I would not tolerate one; if I were in business I
would avoid dealing with one; if I were you I would shave!"
That's laying it on the line, Cash.
The question now is: what can you do to stop the
proliferation of jowl hair that is walking the streets of our
country?
As a minor employer, you can't turn down enough hairy
applicants to make much of a dent in the supply; since you're
not a girl, you can't refuse to marry one; as a non-wife you
have no chance to be intolerant; you're not in business, so
you can't snub non-shavers, and you're not Jack Jarvis, so
you can't serape off the offending bristles.
What is needed is legislation with a good stiff penalty to
discourage beard-growing. We don't' need Attorney General
John Mitchell's help on this one, Cash. As an engineer, you
should be able to come up with something suitable.
By ROBERT C. CUMMINGS
Twenty-nine cities and towns
now preparing their current
expense budgets for next year
could have their revenue
projections upset or at least
slightl'y~ bent by the counties in
which they fire located.
These cities and towns
currently are levying the local
sales tax authorized by the 1970
Legislature, but each is located in
a county which isn't levying the
tax.
Cities and towns in such cases
get 98 per cent of the local sales
tax revenue collected within their
corporate limits, with the other 2
per cent going to the state to
How about boiling in hot asphalt?
~~~~~~l~~L
On two occasions now, we have left a million dollars
worth of equipment on the moon, not for scientific purposes
but simply as jettisoned weight left behind to increase the
margin of safety on the return lift-off. Two million dollars is
less than a drop in the bucket-it is hardly a damp spot on
the account book-in our total space effort, and no one
begrudges any additional protection to the astronauts who
make these voyages into the void.
But the process is a telling symbol of the waste that
enjoys acceptance in most technological contexts as opposed
to the paucity of support available in other circumstances. To
grasp the point, one only has to think what two million
dollars would mean to a symphony orchestra, a
predominantly black school, a ballet troupe, an Indian
reservation, a college scholarship fund, or an imaginative
museum.
Typically, we devote only the most uncertain resources
to t.hese latter categ.ories of our culture, but we willingly, even
proudly, leave Hasselblad cameras and expensive television
gear to the solar winds and lifeless silence of the lunar
landscape.
E. J. Shoben, Jr.
Executive Vice President
Evergreen State College
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Founded 1886 by Grant C. Angle
Mailing Address: Box 430, Shelton, Wash. 98584 Phone 426-4412
Published at Shelton, Mason County, Washington, every Thursday.
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EDITOR AND PUBLISHER ...................... Henry G. Gay
Page 4 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, July 23, 1970
By LLOYD A. COOK
I can well recall, 23 years ago,
when Spock's "Common Sense
Book of Baby and Child Care"
made its way into my
community. To say that it caused
a stir is much too soft a judgment.
It was read like scripture, quoted
to stop or start argument in
homes and classrooms. Unlike
many child care manuals then and
later, it was simple and it was
clear, and at times it was very
funny.
It seems to me now, as I think
back, that the hand of John
Dewey had fallen upon us, that
his words of wisdom-via Dr.
Spock-pointed the way. And
behind this great man was the
philosopher Jean Jacques
Rousseau. The key to it all, some
of us thought, was in "Emile," a
book that appeared to say:
"Watch the child, see what he is
like. Get out of his way and let
him grow."
The first Spock, after various
revisions, was revised again in
1968 under title of "Baby and
Child Care ;" paperback by Pocket
Books, hardcover by Meredith
Press. Of the studies I have seen,
those comparing issues, the most
oetailed is by Katharine Davis
Fishman in the NY Times Book
Review for February 16, 1969.
The big thing about the first
Spock, an emphasis slimmed
down year by year, was the stress
in season and out on
"permissiveness" in child rearing;
"child-eenteredness" as school
people then called it. I recall one
P.E.A. speaker, a wellknown
educator, who ended an address
cover collection costs.
But if the counties in which
they are located should decide to
start levying the tax, 15 per cent
of that now going to the cities
automatically would go to the
counties.
Working In The Dark
Cities and towns must adopt
their budgets for next year by this
coming October. As they operate
on a calendar year, these budgets
become effective next January 1.
But the counties could adopt
local sales tax ordinances after
city budgets are adopted, and still
qualify for their share of the tax
by January I when the new
budgets take effect.
;g
with the words: "Abandon any
idea of educating for adult life.
Let youngsters live for
today-follow their own interests,
express their own purposes.
Today is just as important in their
life as any day can ever be."
The new 1968 Spock is, as
Mrs. Fishman notes, far less
permissive; in fact I am inclined
to say that he has made almost a
complete about face. Adults
should meet the young headon in
talking over questions in an open,
honest way. As persons and in
groups, the young should be
"civil" to their elders, and, to
parents, teachers and others they
should be "cordial." They should
keep clean, well bathed, and wear
clothes that are attractive in their
group. As to hairdo (and other
styles), that can be left to choice,
assuming it is not "provocative"
to parents and others. The young
should have "chores" in the
home, feel "obligations" to help
out. Up to the age of 16 or 17,
they should not have dates or go
steady with anyone.
So much firmness may be a
bit upsetting to oldtime readers of
Dr. Spock. Why such a change in
basic views? Mrs. Fishman
remarks that the doctor is getting
older and, like most of us, "grows
crustier with age." Further, his
new outlook is perhaps "a
reflection of the times." As we
look about us, the behavior of
the young in homes, on streets, in
schools, is it not time for one and
all to cry uncle, to say that yes,
indeed, the young do need some
rules? The present inability of
universities, as self-governing
bodies, to defend themselves
City governments can be
depended upon to contact county
governments before projecting
anticipated revenue for next year,
but they still are working in the
dark to some extent.
A county government mightn't
have any plans to enact the tax at
this time, but could change its
mind later. Counties also must
adopt next year's budgets in
October, but if they elect to enact
the sales tax later they can always
include the added revenue in a
supplemental budget.
Scattered Statewide
There are some counties where
the tax isn't being collected where
none of the cities and towns are
against disruption is a case in
point.
Dr. Spock's opposition to the
draft, and to the war in Vietnam,
are well known. It is, of course,
the privilege of anyone to applaud
or to condemn these views if the
person so desires. For myself, I do
not see how the author's stand
has any bearing on the worth and
quality of his child care book.
The volume has been translated
into 29 languages and sold some
21 million copies.
I had meant to end this
column with a study, made under
my auspices, of changes in child
rearing practices in the U.S. as
seen in the writing of experts,
1730 to 1960. There is space for
only a few general conclusions.
First, expert advice on child
care and education has changed
many times in the past, at times
swung in circles, and is likely to
keep on doing so. Old ideas are
replaced by new ones, more and
more people consult experts, the
human Condition is forever
different than it was.
Second, the young are not
little imps or devils, born to be
bad (or good), nor are they small
adults. They are, in a word, not
unlike seedlings, destined to live
and grow, and change and mature,
if the milieu permits.
Third, the best expert advice
today is often put in terms of
variables. Children are different,
homes are different, so are
schools, etc. The task of bringing
up the young is an adaptive,
creative process, as individualized
as it can be made under
conditions of mass living.
collecting it, either. But cities
collecting the tax in counties
which aren't levying it are
scattered statewide.
The heaviest populated county
which isn't levying the tax is
Snohomish County, but eight of
its cities and towns are levying it,
though Everett, its largest city,
isn't.
Wrong Target
State Director of Revenue
George Kinnear says people who
heap abuse on their county
assessors because their
reappraisals have boosted
property values are shooting at
the wrong target.
The assessor doesn't levy
taxes and neither he nor his
reappraisals have any connection
with the cost of government.
If people think their property
taxes are too high, Kinnear said,
they should go to the people who
adopt the budgets, their county
commissioners and their school
directors, among others.
Some of the most irate
complaints about property
valuations to reach Kinnear's
office have come from districts in
which the property owners just
recently voted substantial excess
levies for local school support.
Doing Their Job
The assessors are required by
law to reappraise all property
within their counties every four
year. This they coundn't do -
because of insufficient funds -
until the Legislature appropriated
the money.
The purpose of the reappraisals
is to bring property values for
taxing purposes into closer
conformity with current market
values.
In one county where some
property hadn't been reappraised
for 13 years, property values had
been increasing at an annual rate
of 8 per cent for the past 10
vears.
The reappraisals also are
intended to bring uniformity into
property taxation, and to end
discriminati°n'
A person whose property
hadn't been appraised for 13
years had been enjoying a
priviledged advantage over some
other property owner who had
recently purchased his property,
which was appraised at the
purchase price, Kinnear said.
He added that reappraisals had
found wide variances, with some
property having been assessed at as
low as 1 to 5 per cent of its fair
value while other property was
assessed at as high as 50 or 60 per
cent - more than is permitted by
the constitution.
Editor, The Journal:
It's great to be back after our
trenty-two months' "tour" to
Bogalusa, Louisianan. My
husband, Duane, who was
transferred there to behis
company's timber operations
manager, and I concluded we
simply had to get the children
"home" in the interest of their
education, personal safety and
overall development!
Jini Linn, my "number two",
12-year-old daughter and I got
home last month. We are living
with my grandmother, Mrs. Mabel
Ammeter, at 641 Calhoun Street,
Port Townsend - actually in the
same precinct Duane and I vote in
so we don't even have to change
our voter registration for this
fall's elections.
Our experiences in Louisiana
have been fabulous. Comparing
Louisiana politics and
government, as well as people,
and those in Washington State,
has been fascinating. The people,
as I suspect throughout the
nation, are warm and friendly.
They have about the same
concerns for their children, their
families and for America as we
do. We made many Louisana
friends.
The system of government -
and of politics - in the deep
South is something else. I saw
what happens where there is only
one effective
none of the
and balances
truly competitive I
offer.
Since the
have no effective
the entrenched
Democratic
another
no way to
and in
made a speech
November at
Club. I
up a little. The a
describes what ro
- and what they
here at home
1 can't
letter how
home - the
the green
coolness of
blue of our
skies - where
and yours,
appreciat'
opportunities
growing up
with a
what we have
dedication to
we protect
i m p rove
community
1 am Ioo
meeting with
again soon.
Editor, The Journal:
What a sick economy, what a
sick economic philosophy is being
followed by big shot Republican
Administration leaders in
Washington, D.C.
Millions of people need
homes. Thousands of builders are
anxious to build them but are
forced into unemployment
instead. The Simpson timber
Company, for whom I work, is
anxious to supply lumber and
other products for building homes
but people can't buy homes when
they have to pay $29,680.00
interest on a $25,000.00 home
mortgage.
My Independence Day present
was a notice from the Company
that I and my fellow loggers will
now have to begin an indefinite
period of unemployment because
of market conditions. Already our
economy is sick from
NIXONIT1S:
I. The highest interest rates in
a hundred years. 2. Scarce money
policy. 3. Run-away inflation. 4.
Rapid escalating unemployment.
All this would indicate that the
top brass in the Republican Party
has not learned a damn thing in
all these years since the Hoover
depression. Maybe they just don't
want the Republicans to stay in
office too long, people might
catch on.
Trouble is we all have to
suffer while
Administration
the coffee and
the
When a
loggers,
thousand
are
more
unem
income tax
too and rn
somebody else
What a w~
into
economic
fast, it is
think about.
We
all this nice
if we are
up in the
winter,
wind and
When we are
we can ,herd
mountain
thinking a
working wea
we will be
Nixon
Administ
WashingtOn,
But we
about
not yet ul
Heck!
accompll
is not
Charles
Io •
Editor, The Journal:
answer
One very important aspect of
a
the emergency services program calls
provided by the Volunteers of the s evere
Fire Protection District 5, is the eq
small bvt very active and efficient t y p e
group of Lady Volunteers. These
ladies are trained as Firefighters I
and as First Aiders. They attend these
training and drill right along with only are
the men. bit as
Associated with the tradition
Department at this time are eight Service,
ladies. These ladies are added
particularly important in the day what is
time when a large part of the men
are gone.
The ladies of Allyn and Victor Fire
are frequently called upon to
Editor, The Journal: which
I read where the State Park most
Commission is thinking about countrY"
buying the Nalley property on The
Hood Canal for a park. with the
All this land is protected by a the
dyke and the inside of this dyke is
lower than the high tides. Outside federal
of these dykes there are salt water It
marshes and mud flats which run feet
over halfway across the canal,the parg. : ~
The state owns this land. It .
could be dredled and a fill made
"Hey, Mac, you've got a leak