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Lloyd Suhr nam
to PUD commissiom
Lloyd Suhr
in
Sentencing of Morgan
Johanson, Shelton, on a burglary
Lloyd Suhr, a retired PUD 3
employee from Belfair, has been
appointed PUD 3 commissioner,
it was announced this week.
Suhr will fill the unexpired
term of Harold Parker who died
July 9. Suhr's appointment was
effective July 14.
Suhr retired from PUD 3 in
1970 after 20 years of
employment with the utility.
He came to the Belfair area
during World War II and has lived
there since that time.
He joined PUD 3 as a
groundman in 1950 and became
an apprentice lineman in 1951
and a journeyman in 1954. He
was a lineman until 1967 when he
became a serviceman, a position
he held until his retirement.
Suhr has been active in the
Blue Lodge and in the Shrine.
He and his wife, Margaret, live
in Belfair. They have three
children, a son living in Boston, a
daughter living in Kirkland and a
daughter living in Port Orchard.
Ms. Theiber is accusing of
Filings open Monday for three
city commission positions and
three Shelton School Board
positions which will be up for
election this fall.
The terms of Mayor Frank
Travis, Finance Commissioner
David Kneeland and Public Works
Commissioner Michael Byrne are
all up this year.
Filings for the city positions
are made with the city clerk at
city hall.
The school board positions
presently held by Dr. George
Radich, Dr. Mark Trucksess and
Tom Weston expire this year and
will be on the ballot this fall.
Filings for the school board
positions are made with the
county auditor's office.
Filings for all six offices dose
August 1.
Filings for other school
boards in the county, port
commissions, fire district
commissions, hospital district
commission, water district
commission and cemetery district
commission will be open in
September.
If more than two candidates
file for any of the city or Shelton
School Board positions, it will be
necessary to have a primary
election to reduce the number of
candidates for each position to
two.
local
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By DIANE HUCKS
The new Highway 101 bypass
is in its first summer season. In
past years with all freeway traffic
passing through Shelton, the
tourist trade has contributed
substantially to Shelton's
economy. In past years, also,
America's economy has been
better, allowing more people to
travel.
In a survey of 15 businesses
said, "I don't know if it's the
bypass or the price of gas or the
economy. Tourists are down a
little bit, but they're still coming
in. They've stopped here for
years." He added that his station
has one of the highest prices of
gas in Shelton - one reason for
his decreased gallonage.
The same reasons for slowed
business were given by Warren
Jagnow of the Union, and Leo
Nault, owner of the Fina station,
out of the parking lot.
Employees of both The Hut
and Kentucky Fried Chicken said
business seems about the same as
last summer.
On the subject of whether or
not traffic itself along the old
highway has decreased since last
summer, those interviewed gave
conflicting answers. On Hillcrest,
three persons thought traffic had
decreased, and three others
thought it was about the same.
bringing liquor into the along old Highway 101 to
determine effects of the bypass, both onHillcrest. Both Evers and Kimbel
charge to which he had piedcorrections center while visiting a the Journal found that about half the most substantial decrease in of truc on the road. Kimbel
guilty previously, was delayed prisoner there. The two stations which had noticed a decrease in the amount
again in Mason County Superior Also appearing for of them are drawing less
Court Friday morning, identification was Gilbert Fleury, customers compared to lastbusiness were the downtown Shell said, Traffic has decreased,
and the Arco on Hillcrest. Shell especially the trucks. It's much
Johanson appeared with his Belfair, who is charged with three summer. " " ' ' d
manager Gary Robinson said the nicer. But it hasn t slowe
attorney, David Cullen, Olympia, counts of sale or delivery of managersAm°nginterviewed,the ownerSa varietyandof station had recently changed anybody down. People still break
before Judge Hewitt Henry for cocaine, reasons was given for changes in hands, contributing that and their the speed limit out there.
sentencing. He had been in court He appeared with Sawyer, their businesses, whether for high price of gas to a decrease The one thing upon which
two weeks earlier before Judge whom he had retained as his from a high of 2,900 gallons business persons agreed was that
Frank Baker and at that time the attorney. , better or worse.
j u d ge h a d c o nt inued t he Judge Henry agreed to releaseMany of the service stations pumped per day last summer, to a the ratio of tourists to locals has
sentencing, seeking more Fleury on personal recognizance contributed slack business to their present high of 500 gallons per gone down. Out of the six persons
higher-priced gasoline. Of the day. who had made an observation on
information on a pre-sentence after Burleson told the court his eight stations, the only two whose even though they anticipated the be less tourists per local resident
report which had been prepared office had no objections. Arco owner Bob Kimbel said this, five said there now seem to
businesses have increased are
in the case. Trial for both Fleury and Ms. Binger's and Jackpot, both bypass s effect and began to build than last year.
Judge Henry continued the Theiber was ordered to be set up local trade, their gallonage is
sentencing two weeks and asked within 90 days after pleas of not cut-rate stations. One other down 35 percent from last . o
station's business has remained summers. Man IS
both the defense at, torney and guilty had been entered on their the same, Standard on Hillcrest,
prosecuting attorney s office to behalf. Three station owners thought
try to get additional information Randy L. Watters, Shelton, saidWh°seit may°Wner'be contributedKenneth Wolden,to the the amount of tramc along the II' 1111 A --
before sentencing, pleaded guilty to a charge of location - it is the first station as old highway has decreased since | [1
The court was told Johanson grand larceny. He was accused of last summer; two others said it _1 /
has a drug problem, and that he taking plywood March 26, 1974. one approaches Shelton from the seems to be the same on clrug cnclrge
w ffered a bt k injury in 1972 Judge Henry ordered, a sottthern exit of the freeway.
" Gefie Evers, owner of theweekends. ........
numberand since thatof timedoctorshas beenbut tOthea thePre'sentenCerequest ofrep°rthis attorney,°n WatterSjoeat downtown Texaco station, where Four _grocery stores were .. Casimo Lupo, 34, Bremerton,
problem with the injury persists. Snyder, Shelton. business has slowed "a little bit,' surveyed, each of them showing is being held in Mason County jail
different results. Brad Owen who @n a charge of possession of
Perry Hovey, Hoodsport, was owns both Brad's Quick Stops on controlled substances.
given a three-year deferred
sentence on a charge of sale of
amphetamines to a drug agent. He
had pleaded guilty to the charge
previously.
Hovey was ordered to spend
either 10 weekends or 20 days on
work release in the Mason County
jail as a condition of his
probation. He was also ordered to
pay $150 into the current
expense fund of Mason County.
Hovey was represented by
Shelton attorney Gerald
Whitcomb, who told the court
Hovey had no previous felony
convictions and was employed as
a logger by former sheriff John
Robinson.
Whitcomb also stated Hovey
gave the amphetamines to the
drug agent and did not take any
money for them.
Deputy Prosecutor Gary
Burleson told the court his office
was not objecting to the deferred
sentence but did think Hovey
should get more jail time than the
20 days which were
recommended in the pre-sentence
report.
Denise Theiber, Renton,
appeared for identification on a
charge of trafficking with a
prisoner at the Washington
Corrections Center.
Shelton attorney James
Sawyer was appointed to
represent her. She was continued
on personal recognizance.
Two substitutes made up the
Mason County Bicentennial
Committee's program at the
Sheiton High School auditorium
Monday evening.
The Sunbonnet Sues, a senior
citizen musical group, had been
scheduled but were unable to
appear because of illness.
The Senior Citizens Dixieland
Jazz Band stepped in to provide
musical entertainment. Members
of the group are Bob Thomas,
Howard Tull, Fritz Dalby, Earl
Jagnow and George Kalat.
A film on the Bicentennial,
different from the one which
originally had been scheduled,
was shown.
Committee Chairman Jerry
Smith reported that a $3,500
grant from the federal
government to the Mason County
Bicentennial program had been
approved.
The community has to match
the fund grant. The funds will be
used for the Bicentennial Park
which is being planned at the
Mason County fairgrounds.
Smith also announced the
start of a project to paint the
fireplugs in downtown Shelton
red, white and blue for the
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He also announced that the
Bicentennial flags which the
committee is selling as a
fund-raising project have arrived
and can be obtained at the Senior
Center.
George Province, Mason
County Historical Society
representative on the committee,
said the society is planning a
historical display at the Mason
County Fair this year. He said
anyone with historical items
which they would like to display
can contact him.
To me
No facts to me are sacred; none
are profane.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Hilicrest and Mt. View, said even
though he hasn't made a
statistical check, he had not
detected a difference in sales.
An employee of Shoprite
Food Center, Becky Jackson, said
she had noticed a decrease since
last summer in the automatic
customer count of the cash
registers, although she had no way
of knowing the exact figures. She
also had noticed a decrease in the
amount of out-of-town checks.
Ray Rice, owner of the
Thriftway store on Hillcrest, said
his business had actually picked
up compared to last summer
because they had built up their
local trade. He said, "We've lost a
little through the traffic situation,
but it's been taken care of by
gains we've made in locals and
summer residents who live
nearby." He also said because the
road is less congested now, it is
easier for customers to get in and
He was arrested on the Sand
Hill Road in the North Mason
area by two deputies about 1:15
a.m. Sunday after an investigation
of an accident in which the
vehicle he was driving was
involved in a collision with a
parked car.
He is being held in jail in lieu
of bail.
Perform a
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Give Heart Fund t
American Heart Assoc,ationJ.
We're proud to present our super softball team that captured first place in
Mason County Girls' Little League Division One. We'd also like to
congratulate the entire squad for their good sportsmanship and hard work
that led to an undefeated season.
Brad Owen
Hillcrest
Mt. View
Page 2 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, July 24, 1975
Charles Neth, Shelton, retired
this spring after 29 years of
Charles Neth
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ires
service with the Department of
Natural Resources.
Neth and his wife, Agnes, plan
to continue to make their home
in Shelton where they have lived
since 1960.
Neth says he plans to do some
fishing and last week was on his
way to Eastern Washington to
help a friend there in the wheat
harvest.
Neth joined what was then
the Department of Forestry as a
forest practices forester after
graduation from the University of
Washington in 1939. The
Department of Forestry was
merged into the Department of
Natural Resources in 1957.
After military service in World
War II he was assigned a district in
Southwest Washington!
managed the
and South Olympic
He came to
after being named
for the district which
Mason County and
that capacity until his
The district he;
relocated to
reorganization of the
1972 and Neth
that headquarters
time of his retirement.
Neth and his
daughter, Katherine,
and a son, Dan, of
Neth was
supervisor by Fred Hart,
been assistant
district under Neth sinQe
Mason General Hospital
A daughter to Ken and Sue
Carey, 325 East I Street, July 18.
A daughter to William and
Nancy Ammirata, 3280 Pine
Road No. 24, Bremerton, July 19.
A son to Melvin and Karla
Is Hill House
Really Haunted?
Mooers, 201 Moore Lane,
Shelton, July 20. (watch for details)
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