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July 27, 1967     Shelton Mason County Journal
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daughter of Mr. and Mrs. one of the seven little have as an entry at the a.long with their moth- in the pig scramble ear. Pigs for the scram- ble, an annual event at the Fair, will again be donated by Vincent Bostwick of West- ern Farmers Association Store this year. Premium books for the 4-H and open divi- sions of the fair are available. The dates of the fair are August 18-20. For Brush Picking. Tree Harvestmg lug. # ,Ugust 1 forest ca- all per- bark, orna. to have Bert laermit is or re- for- and Will be A person must have the per- mit, bill of lading or invoice showing the permit number on his person at all times. A permit is required if the person harvests more than five Christmas trees; more than five ornanmntal trees or shrubs; more than five pounds of evergreen brush; mort, than five split ce- dar products; or more than five pounds of cascara bark. Persons violating tile permit law are subject to a fine not to exceed $250 or 90 days in jail, or both penalties. Prison Site Selection Committee To Visit The legislative committee The site here, the Department of which will select the site for said, has 180 acres available the new State Women's Prison and is located north of the Wash- will visit the propesed site for ington Corrections Center. at the new institution here Aug. 1, The prol)osal for the new insti- of the Department of Institutions tution has been in the making in the said Wednesday. for several years and funds are Sheriff,s provided in a bond issue aP- proved by the voters at the 1966 is general election. PUD Moves A site within 10 miles of the these Corrections Center has been sug- be gusted as a good idea since .,,v- Take ,,o,o could be some joint use land. of staff and facilities. required Other proposed sites which the Over Lines committee will visit are the form- Stoner er maximum security building at Eastern State Hospital, Fir- land Sanitorium, a site at Zenith, one on the east side of Lake Washington, one in Pierce Coun- t), and one at Elma. The committee was set up by tbe legislatm.e at its last session to determine the location of the new institution. • Mason County Public Utitity District No. 3 has filed an ac- tion in the Mason County Su- perior Court to acquire by emi- nent domain the Peninsula Light Company's electrical system lo- cated in Mason County. This ac- quisition will involve approxi- i mately 600 accounts and which will enlarge Mason County PUD No. 3 to its authorized boundar- at ies. Gerald Samples, Manager of the PUD No. 3, stated that "This the acquisition was necessary to 19. round out a more balanced dis- take tribution system in Mason Coun- the ty, particularly because of the levy demand by certain developments and individuals that have made for requests for service in the Allyn- Grapeview area. The formal con- demnation Court proceedings to acquire the Mason County owner- ship of Peninsula Light Company was deemed necessary by the PUD Commissioners because of the failure of both utilities to agree on a satisfactory negotiated price based on contrasting en- gineering studies recently con- bid ducted by the two utilities." on Samples further stated that the bus outlook for the Allyn-Grapeview area is very bright and that requests for better and more extensive electrical service is al- ready present. ptlr- athle. on of meet. Filings For Cify To Open • Filings for the office of ma- yor and two city commissioners in the city of Shelton open' July 31 and closes Aug. 4. If there are more than two candidates for any one of the three offices, a primary election will be held Sept. 19 with the general election in November. Also on the general election school boards and other districts in the county. Filing dates for these offices, for which there is no primary, will be Sept. 8-22, according to County Auditor Ruth Boysen. City government candidates will file with the City Clerk'S office in city hall. Per'cy 1I. Pio Bookbinding Co, 60t'7 S. E. 86th nd I #e. 97216 emnse Opens Case In Third .Day Of Howard, Porco Robbery Trial • Hints of tolerance l)olicy on gambling in Sbelton and a con- auction between Prosecutor Jolm C. Ragan and George Schnabel came in the opening statement of Defense Attorney Clay Nixon, Seattle, as the defense began presenting its case in the trial of Robert M. Howard and James Porco in Mason County Superior Court. Ragan completed the presen- tation of the state's case 'rues- (lay afternoon and the defense t)egan. Nixon's plans did not materal- ize Wednesday morning when Ragan, who was SUl)l)ose(l to have been the first witness, ob- jected to the court and asked that Nixon show proof of what his testimony would be and that it would be material to the case. Judge John A. Dunce of Whit- man County, presiding at the trial as a visiting judge, ruled that Nixon's proof on Ragan's testimony was not sufficient. Former Prosecutor Byron Mc- Clanaban was called as a wit- ness and testified that he di(I tried to get him to roll dice, but, he refused. He stated that Branson and Blakely told him tile bar tender was half drunk, and, thai if hc would back them in a dice game. they could clean him out since he was an easy mark when be was in that condition. A second beer was brought to Ihe table, Richardson said, and Wt}en be tasted it, it had a me- tallic taste. After oh'inking about half of it, he said, he began to feel like he was under anesthe- tic.. He could hear and see what was going on around him, but, could not move his arms or legs. After sitting at the table for a time, he said, Branson and Blakely assisted him to the back of the bar, and, Howard took a green cloth from a drawer be- hind the bar and put it down to roll dice on. He continued, be said, to refuse to roll dice with the group. He said Branson was attempl- ing to take the naoney from his pocket when Howard came around tile bar and removed the money. He stated he renlembered he- ing ill one or two cars, but, wasn't sure who was with him. The next thing he remembered clearly was being in the old Safeway Parking lot when a gar- bage man came over and talked to him. Later, another man took him to the Police Station from where he was taken to Shelton General Hospital. Under cross cxanfinat:ion by Nixon, Richardson admitted hc had once been con\\;,icted of help- ing an ,innate escal)e from Mon- tana Staic Penitentiary and had [)een sentenced to five years ill prison for the offense. He slated be served 11 montbs Of the sentence allct Vtas on pro- hat,on for atx)ul six nlonths aftcr he was released. tte stated hc scrved in the Marines and was in t'Olllbat ill Korea. He received a nledical discharge from the Marine Corps l)ecause (if a bone disease he contracted while in thc service and has an g0 tmr cent disability. At tile lime he came here, he said, he was recovering from a serious auto accident in which he had received a l)ruised heart. A short time al'tcr the incident, he said, he resigned from his position with the Southside Sebool District and went to work as an office manager in Seattle. I'olhlwing Richardson oil the sland was Andre lllakely, who adnlilh'd I)eing a I)articipant in liw rol)bery, and. wt{o was granl- ed ilnmunily from l)roseculion at tilt' time of the trial of I)avid G. Branson. I3hlkely, who is from the Philidclphi;I. Pit., in'e,'l, toht tile court he was here on ;t training prl).raln with Siinpson Timber Co.. which had lieon arranged (Please ltlrll to iiage 2) not. offer Andre Blakely, one of the state's witnesses immunity or did not agree that anyone else could offer him immunity. Schnabel, taking the stand, tes- tiffed that be is the sole owner of all tile shares of Schnabel Enterprises Inc. and that Ragan acted only as attorney for his of all the shares of Schnabel business. He testified that he sold the Lamp Post Tavern to Howard anti that Howard makes the pay- meats to him. Howard testified that he gave an assignment of lease and a conditional sales c.ontract on the tavern to Janes Healy, Tacoma attorney who represented him in earlier court appearences in con- auction with the robbery charges. He also testified that Porco had an interest in the tavern. Members of the jury are Anna Bell, Jenny Dillon, William Greenfield, Gerald Kaare, Lois Beckman• Harry Lehman, Robert Schillinger, Mary Meyer, Erling Olsen, Kyron Wilson, William Tapscott and Otto Bollinger. Iading off the list of wit- nesses was Robert E. Richard- son, the victim of the alleged robbery. Richardson repeated basically the same story he told at the trial of David Branson and at a Justice Court hearing before Judge Glenn Correa. He told how he had came into Shelton from the cabin at Bay- shore in which he and another teacher from Southside School were living, parked Iris car across the street from the 40 and 8 and went into the club. He stated he had somewhere between five and 10 whiskey antl waters in the club, and then went to Rimers where he had one more drink. He was on his way back to his car when he heard music coming from the Lamp Post Tavern, and, went in after paying a 50-cent cover charge. He danced one dance with a woman in the tavern, he said, and after a disagreement with her escort was asked to leave by Porco, who escorted him to the door. Richardson said he objected to leaving without getting his 50 cents back, and, argued with Porco about leaving. Howard came over, he said, and pushed bim backwards out the door and he fell in the street. glst Year-- No. 30 Thursday, July 27, 1967 i Published in "Christmastown, U.S.A." Shelton, Washington Entered iLq .ueColld chl,s nlatter at tilt, post office .:it Shcltiln, IYll+ilill,lon 98,¢1S'1 under act of Mlirch 8, 1879. Published at '2--d West Cola. 20 Pages - '2 Sections 10 Cents Per Copy Youth Gives Officers Wild Chase Damages City And County Patrol Cars • John J. Pinckney, 21, Shelton, is being held in Shelton City Jail under investigation of charges of reckless driving, driv- ing while license privilege sus- pended, failure to heed red light and siren, escape from custody, two counts of auto theft, ab- duction and assault, the Shelton Police Department reported. Pinckney turned himself in to the police after a high speed cbase which ended in Twanoh State Park after he had ran one car off the road and taken off in a Police Patrol Car. The chase started in the city when Police Patrolman Frank Lorentzen observed a car being driven erratically and went in pursuit. The car fled out the Brockdale Road with the police car in pursuit. A radio call to the Sheriff's Office brought Dep- uty Dale Young to set up a road block with his lmtrol car on the road. When he came to the road block, the driver of the car at- tempted to go around the sheriff's car. but. crashed instead. Officers found Pinekney behind the wheel of the vehicle with three .juveniles as passengers. Pinckney and one of the ju- veniles were placed in the pa- trol car and officers were get- t.ing a second juvenile when Pinckney apparently reached through anti released the catch on the protective shield in the patrol vehicle, crawled into the front seat and took off with the one juvenile as a passenger. Upon arriving in Twanoh State Park, Pinckney stopped the ve- tficle suddenly and took off run- ing. The sheriff's car which was in pursuit swung around and got in front of the patrol car which was still in motion. The police car hit the sheriff's car causing some damage to each vehicle. After searching for Pinckney in the Twanoh Park camping area, officers returned to Shel- Be Sept. 19 About that time, he said, Blakely came over to him and Vote On I=ire helped him up and attempted to get him to come over to the Shelton Hotel and the two of them struggled. Another man he District To did not know helped Blakely, Richardson said. When he recog- nized Blakely from the time he lived in the hotel, he said, he • Another attempt will be made to form a fire district in the Island Lake-Airport area with the vote on the proposal to be Sept. 19. A hearing on the proposed fire district was held at the County Commission meeting Monday, and was approved and will go on the ballot. Three commissioner candidates for the district who will also appear on the ballot are William Dickie, Thomas Savage and Ger- ald Pyle. The commission approved the plats of Shorebrook, Fawn Lake No. 4, and Lakeland Village No. 3. The commission heard com- plaints from Roy Mitchell and a Mr. Butler that the Be-Gun Tracts development was contam- inating their water supply, on which they have water rights filed. The cornn'dssion agreed to write the State Pollution Control Com- mission to have them look into the problem. The corrmlission instructed the cahirman to get two appraisals on the building and lot at the Court House Annex on Railroad Ave. and to present the findings to the baalxt. went quietly. After arriving at the hotel, he said, he called the Sheriff's of- fice to complain about the treat- ment he got in the tavern, and, was told to call the city police since the matter would be in their jurisdiction. He then called the police, and, an officer came to the hotel to talk to him and told him, he would have to go to the station to sign a complaint. They were about ready to leave when an- other officer arrived and told the first officer there was an emer- gency. The officer left, Richardson said, telling him to wait at the hotel and he would be back. Before the officer returned, Richardson said, Blakely and Branson returned to the hotel from the Lamp Post and told him the bar tender wanted to apologize. He did not know Bran- son at the time, Richardson said. He returned to the Lamp Post with the two, he said, and he and Howard exchanged apologies and he and Branson and Blakely went and sat down at a table. Howard broUght a beer for him and a dice cup to the table. atDUring tl time he was sitting the table, he said, Branson, Blakely, Howard and Porco all ton with two of the juveniles in roh,e from the Washington Cor- to one of lhcm. custody, rections Center here is being They said they h;ul ont,i)Ullt- A few hours later, t)inckney hehf till n hold order ll'OD1 lho tq'ed l)in,'ltlley 11 1 party oul- came to the police stalJon and probalitin office, side the cit$ limits, nnd. lhal turned himself in. In addition to The three .juvt,nilcs reid ,llfivt,rs he hnd hit ihc (pA'ner lit 111o car the charges stemming from the 1tle 3' wcre unwilling tiassenlz, ers s(•vcral limes wion 11o ob.lected incident Pinckney, a recent pa- in the vehicle which lmhmgod h) lettinR Pinrknoy th'ive. ,-,':-:!:i::::,:,. ,7.} ih: KAREN FULLER, 6, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fuller, Shelton, was selected this week as Swim Queen at the Summer Recreation Swimming Program at the Pool Nuotare. She is one of the four Fuller children participating in the program this year and is t)eing featured by the Shelton Kiwanis Club in the promotion of its Pan- cake Breakfast Sunday to raise money for the swimming program. The Kiwanians will be serving pancakes front 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Kneeland Park in the annum fund rMsing effort. Prices re $1.25 for adults and 75 cents for those able to pass tinder the five-foot measuring device, which the Kiwanians will have at the park.