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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
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Published in "Christmastown, U.S.A." Shelton, Washington
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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.
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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.