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By LOU DONNELL
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have predicted the glorious hot weather we had last week;
I returned to work from a two-week vacation. I didn't go
special so have no exciting trip on which to report. I just
slept in, read a few books and visited a few friends in
as well; Carol worked so hard last week on advertising
room for a lengthy column.
" Doin's
By DOROTHY TOBEY and ANN WESTBERG
Volunteer firemen
ed the use of the
Country Club for
lenie held at the
beach on July 19th
and their families.
the usual good food,
indUlged in a game of
volleyball and ping
Fireraan,s Auxiliary held
last Wednesday evening
are making plans for
Labor Day dance
will sponsor again this
the past month at
home are their
angest grandchildren,
and Michelle, of
recent houseguests of the
Were Richard and
and son Mark. Linda
of Mrs. Thomas and
their way home to
after touring
way home to Illinois
Mrs. Hunter, who
their son, Gary
department
to a small brush fire
morning on the
on Treasure
may have started
cigarette.
nd Mrs. Clarence
~ q~." m E ~Vee, r, eE ad;?e~t:
Clarence and Eke
teammates from high
Grange members:
Will be held on
9, beginning at 3
served at 4
Edwin Grigg home on
The committee
members as to what
is a change from
planned.
Carl Maxwell of
friends of the
s, dropped in Sunday
taking a boat ride
our local waters.
19 Otto Field was
birthday party by
The day started
and reminiscing
they lived in Sitka,
of the guests had
finale of the
Vas a smorgasbord
birthday cake was
With a bulldozer
Greg Smith and
Spokane, Jim
and Mrs. Ray
Son Bill of Renton,
Larson and
and Amy of
and Mrs. Jim Tobey
Mr. and Mrs. Joel
Mr. and Mrs. Ron
Kara and
and locals Don
aWver and Jim and
gift Of the week is
Who has lived in this
area since 1920. Last Friday
evening her daughters and their
husbands, Rae and Roy Fredricks
and Kay and George Abbott,
surprised her with a party for
relatives and close friends.
Weekend visitors at the AI
Okoneks were Mr. and Mrs.
Bernard Welch and daughter
Kathleen, and their daughter
Marian Wick, all of Seattle. They
enjoyed hearing about Hilda's trip
to Michigan to visit all their
relatives.
Ann Westberg and her guets,
Fran Lowrie, Von Wilcken and
Richard Esckilsen, along with five
of Ann's friends from Bremerton,
had a very successful fishing trip
last weekend at Westport. They
returned with 10 salmon ranging
in weight from three to 12
pounds dressed weight. It was the
Arizonians' first trip out into the
vast oceans and they really
enjoyed the smooth ride out on
the ocean as well as the fishing.
Fran says she'll be here again next
year to go out fishing.
Mrs. Tom Lenhardt and son
Andrew have arrived from
Evanston, Illinois, to visit with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Stevens. Mrs. Lenhardt is the
former Lynne Stevens and will be
remembered by many in our
community.
Virginia George entertained
for a family gathering at her home
on Treasure Island on Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. Townsend of Treasure
Island also had a good fishing trip
at Westport judging from the two
beauties I saw in the cooler at the
Grapeview Grocery last Sunday.
Fran Lowrie of Mesa,
Arizona, celebrated her birthday
in Grapeview this year by going to
a picnic at Scenic Beach State
Park at Seabeck with friends of
Bremerton.
New method of
check protection
used in Belfair
A new method of protection
against bad checks has been
inaugurated in the Belfair area by
the Clothesline. Designed to
protect both the customer who
may have lost his checkbook and
the merchant, Identiseal requires
a person cashing a check to place
his thumb print on the back of
each check. If the check is good it
passes through the bank and is
returned to the customer in the
usual manner. If it is a bad check,
it helps to identify the person
who cashed it in a fraudulent
manner.
Mary Wright, owner of the
Clothesline, said she has been told
that the number of bad checks
has been cut in half by stores
using the system. She, and other
Belfair merchants, have had
trouble in the past with some
persons passing bad checks.
?Tal$ lar ttgs~sar t aCsal~)ndar f°l~l i~h97d6' bfya~rirtg
of the Library. Virginia Salstrom (left) and
two of the many shoppers who took time
Y to admire the black and white artwork on
now on sale in many local businesses.
ay to
Mrs. Edith Suhr, mother of
Lloyd Suhr of Belfair, will
celebrate her 100th birthday on
Aug. 1 with a party to be held
from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Conifer
Building (formerly the Winthrop
Hotel) on Commerce Street in
Tacoma. Mrs. Suhr, who lives
with a widowed daughter, is the
oldest resident of the many
Conifer apartment buildings and
the party is being arranged by the
Conifer Company.
Mrs. Suhr was born August 1,
1875, in Winnebago, Minnesota.
She had been married to Tom
Suhr for 63 years when he died at
the age of 90 in 1957. She has
nine children, all living, 17
grandchildren, 39
great-grandchildren and six
great-great-grandchildren.
About eight years ago she
broke her hip in a fall and has
been confined to a wheelchair
since then. Her mind remains as
alert as ever and she continues to
enjoy her hobbies of knitting and
crocheting.
Mrs. Suhr is well known
locally from her many visits with
her son's family and she is a
charter member of Belfair
Chapter 241, O.E.S.~ Her many
friends in the North Mason area
are invited to join her and her
family for her big day.
MRS. EDITH SUHR, mother of Lloyd Suhr of Belfair, will
be guest of honor at a party tomorrow to celebrate her 100th
birthday. Friends from this area are invited to attend the
affair which will be held in Tacoma.
Accidents reported
Numerous accidents occurred
in the North Mason area during
the past week.
On July 24 at 9:35 p.m. a
two-car accident occurred at the
intersection of Highway 302 and
the Victor Cutoff Road. Driver of
a '65 Ford Galaxy 2-door, Daniel
E. McGuire, 47, of Belfair, was
taken to South Kitsap Clinic by
Allyn ambulance with a lacerated
scalp. His wife, Virginia, was
transported to the clinic by a
private party for treatment of a
bruised leg. Damage to their
vehicle was estimated at $600.
According to the WSP report, the
McGuire car was westbound on
302 and attempted to turn right
onto the Victor cutoff when it
collided with a '64 Plymouth
2-door driven by Thomas C.
Bixenmann, 19, of Belfair, which
was headed south on the cutoff
road. Damage to the Plymouth
was estimated at $650.
At 6:25 p.m. July 26 a '72
Ford 2-door was totalled in a
one-car accident half a mile south
of Belfair on Highway 3. Driver of
the vehicle, Joseph E. Pratte, 21,
of Belfair, received lacerations
and abrasions. A Passenger,
Jimmy Mullins, 21, of the U.S.S.
Constellation, suffered
lacerations. Both were taken to
Naval Hospital by Belfair
ambulance. According to the WSP
report, the vehicle was
northbound on Highway 3 when
it ran off the right side of the
roadway, struck a dirt bank and
small tree, then rolled over on its
top, coming to rest in the
northbound lane.
At 9:45 p.m. July 26 George
D. Dennis, 54, of Bremerton was
injured in a two-car accident o~t,
the Haven Lake Road. He was
taken to Harrison Memorial
Hospital by Belfair ambulance
suffering from a lacerated elbow
and chest pains. Rick A. Jackson,
24, of Suquamish, driver of the
second car, received broken teeth.
Damage to Dennis' '75 Honda
2-door was estimated at $3,500
and to Jackson's '63 Chev 2-door
at $1,200. WSP reports Dennis
was westbound and Jackson
eastbound on Haven Lake Road
when the vehicles struck head-on.
Dennis R. Sharer, 22, of Allyn
received a broken right leg,
possible internal injuries and
multiple abrasions and contusions
when his motorcycle struck a deer
on the Grapeview Road about
two miles south of Grapeview at 8
p.m. July 26. He was taken to
Harrison Memorial Hospital by
Allyn ambulance. WSP reports he
was travelling south on the
Grapeview Road when he struck a
deer and was thrown to the
pavement. Damage to the '61
Harley Davidson bike was
estimated at $300.
On 4:20 p.m. July 24 Lila B.
Young, 64, of Mason Lake,
received bumps on the head and a
knee abrasion when her '67 Ford
Mustang 2-door, headed east on
Highway 302 about five miles east
of Allyn, left the roadway to the
right and came to rest at the
bottom of a 15-foot
embankment. She was treated at
the Allyn firehall. Damage to the
car was estimated at $800.
Lost dog found
One vacationing couple from
Madison, Wisconsin, almost left
the North Mason area with the
wife in tears last Thursday when
one of their two small dogs from
Tibet had gotten lost in the Bald
Point area. But she was all smiles
as they drove out of Belfair
headed for Hoodsport to pick up
their pet which had been rescued
from a beach north of Bald Point
by a boater who had taken it to
his home in Hoodsport and then
notified the sheriff's office that
he had the dog.
The couple had come into the
Herald office to place an ad late
in the afternoon but because they
were on a camping trip and would
not be home in Wisconsin for a
couple of weeks, it was a
complicated procedure trying to
figure out how the dog could be
returned to them, if found.
Because the breed of dog was so
unusual and only "small, white
long-haired dog" could describe
it, ad manager Carol Wentlandt
asked if they had a picture which
could be run in the ad to help
identify it. Whereupon the man
went over to the shopping center
and drove their car over to the
Herald office so Carol could take
a picture of the second dog which
looked much like the missing
animal. The whole transaction
took close to an hour.
However, the staff at the
Herald had suggested they report
the missing animal to the sheriff's
office since many persons finding
animals call there to make
reports. It was hot and past
quitting time when Carol locked
the office and drove across the
street for gas. As her car was
being filled she noticed the
Wtsconsonites' car drive up to the
Herald office and the wife run up
to the door with a big smile on
her face. So she crossed the
highway and learned that the dog
was safe in Hoodsport. She
returned their money, cancelled
the ad and gave them directions
to Hoodsport.
"After all that time and
trouble we didn't make a cent,"
reported Carol, "but I was as
happy as she was that they had
found it." Onie Sande, dispatcher
at the sheriff's office, said she,
too, was almost in tears at seeing
how happy the woman became
when Onie went through the
day's reports from the Shelton
office and found one which
described the lost dog even to the
Madison license number on the
collar.
There were probably more
tears in Hoodsport at the reunion
with the finders of the dog
sharing in the happiness. And
chances are the little dog was
pretty happy, too, to rejoin his
family.
BUOY LOST
A silver keg buoy was
reported lost from South Shore
July 21.
DOG MISSING
A poodle-beagle mix dog was
reported missing from a Belfair
residence July 24. The report
stated that neighbors heard a dog
squeal when a car was turning
around in the area.
B
PARTICIPANTS of Saturday's walkathon are seen as they
travelled down the Old Belfair Highway, bringing in $162.82
with each mile covered to go towards purchase of a new
emergency ambulance for the Belfair Fire Department. The
youngest entrant was 5-year-old Dawn Smith; oldest,
volunteer fireman Johnny Pope, a few years over 21.
SOMETHING COOL and refreshing hit the spot at the first
check point, Bear Creek Mini Mart, after walking the first
three miles of the 13-mile walkathon course last Saturday.
Sponsored by the Belfair Fire Department, assisted by Belfair
Pack Rats, the event drew 33 entrants to raise money for a
new emergency ambulance for Belfair, with 30 completing
the course.
at Mason
Commissioners of Mason
County Fire District 5 at their
meeting last week awarded a
contract to D. A. Construction
Company of Union to build a
two-bay fire station on the west
side of Mason Lake for a cost of
$10,494 plus tax. Land for the
building, donated by Mading
Enterprises, already has been
cleared for the project.
In November, 1 971, the
voters of the fire district approved
a $160,000 special levy, to be
collected on 1973 property tax
statements. The Mason Lake
firehall, which will lower
insurance rates and provide
quicker response to fire calls on
the west side of the lake, is the
last of the projects promised from
the levy funds.
A tax rollback in 1973 and
failure of a number of taxpayers
to pay their taxes brought in less
than the $160,000 and delayed
collection. Mading Enterprises
was willing to donate the land but
under existing laws they could
not donate an acre without
platting all of the property they
owned adjacent to it which would
have cost money they did not
wish to spend at that time. In
January, 1974, a new short plat
ordinance went into effect which
allowed them to donate property
to a governmental agency without
going to the expense of platting
the whole piece. By the middle of
! 974 the title had been deeded to
the fire district but building costs
had risen considerably and some
new owners
North Shore Nursery and Gift
Shop has been purchased by Ray
and Jan Peterson, formerly of
Seattle, who have moved their
family to a mobile home placed
behind the nursery. Until their
move to Belfair, Peterson was
employed by the brokerage firm
of Foster and Marshall as an
administrator.
Gardening and landscaping
have long been hobbies and when
he decided he would like to go
into business for himself about
three years ago and began looking
for a business to buy, a nursery
was tops on the list. He said the
family had been to Hood Canal
several times and liked the area
and when a friend on North Shore
called last fall to tell him that
North Shore Nursery was on the
market he came out two or three
times to look it over and decided
it was just what he had been
looking for.
No big changes in operation
are planned by the Petersons. Mrs.
Peterson will do the bookkeeping,
Peterson will handle landscaping
jobs and both will be assisted in
running the nursery and shop by
Margaret Barnhart, who worked
for the former owners.
The Petersons have three
children, Bert, 14, Margot, 9, and
Meredith, 6, who will attend
North Mason schools in
September.
Wilma and Howard
Renninger, previous owners, have
moved their mobile home to a
new location on Little Mission
Creek Road. Mrs. Renniger
reports she is keeping busy
landscaping their new yard and
getting resettled.
RAY PETERSON is the new owner of North Shore Nursery
and Gift Shop on the North Shore of Hood Canal.
Air Fair set
The annual Kiwanis Air Fair
at Kitsap County Airport, north
of Belfair on Highway 3, will be
held August 3. The fair will begin
at 9 a.m. with antique, home-built
and military aircraft displays,
rides in helicopters, seaplanes,
biplanes and a hot air balloon and
an Indian salmon bake available
to early arrivers.
The air show will be held at
6 : 3 0 p.m. with "The Flying
Dentist" from Bremerton, Dr. Joe
Ralkowski, and "The Flying
Professor" from Western
Washington State College, Dave
Rahm, participating.
taxes still had not come in so the
district did not have sufficient
money to build a station. Last
winter the land was cleared and
leveled, building prices have
stabilized, some back taxes have
been collected so, finally, the
station is ready to be built. It is
expected to be completed within
60 to 90 days.
By ELEANORA FEDENK
CR 5-2774
It was so nice chatting with
Don Dillenburg and bringing news
up to date since his graduation
from NM High in 1970. It has
been some years ago that Don was
a member of the judo class with
Mr. Hawkins as instructor for
evening classes. Many of us
parents stayed to watch the
sessions and this is where I met
Don.
Don and Julie Watson were
married during last Thanksgiving
vacation at the home of her
father, Dr. John Watson. His
parents are Mr. and Mrs. E. O.
Dillenburg.
The young married couple has
made their first home in
Ketchikan, Alaska, where Don is
teaching math and is head coach
for cross-country and wrestling at
Ketchikan High School. He
attended Olympic College,
Tacoma Community College and
was graduated from UPS in 1974.
Julie was graduated from NM
High in 1972 and has been
attending class at Ketchikan
Community College.
Don is continuing the pattern
set by Mr. Hawkins in working
with a class of judo students
outside of school hours. One of
his students earned the Purple
Belt and after state honors took a
third place in competition in
Virginia.
Their two-month summer
vacation has been a round of
visits, shopping and enjoying the
recent sunshine in these parts.
The Ketchikan weather is tops at
70 degrees, and not that
comfortable as far as swimming
goes in nearby Ward Lake.
Shopping there is on a basis of
walk in, buy and pay the price.
There are small sales in the three
grocery stores but not the
competitive type such as we have
here in variety and quantity. The
pipeline influx of people and
housing is expected to reach
Ketchikan in the next two years.
Our best wishes and
congratulations go with Don and
Julie with their return to Alaska
in August, and for their first
anniversary in the coming
November.
One of the two pooches that
were missing has been found and
returned to the Kiehn home. The
one still missing is named Cindy, a
black Lab with white markings on
her chest and paws. Could it be
that Cindy has become a music
lover and joined some of the rock
concert fans that were at
Suridown Lodge?
My invitation to visit the
Washington State Junior
Sportsmen's Conservation Camp
at Camp Moran on Orcas Island
was accepted with absolutely no
delay. Our daughter Jean had
attended one of the annual
sessions several years ago,
sponsored by the Kitsap Poggie
Club. She hopes to continue with
the program as a senior counselor.
Her pride and joy are the
winter correspondence with
friends made during the week of
camp, and the trophies she earned
in archery, safety use of firearms,
camping and survival training.
(Dust may be kneedeep in Jean's
room, but there is not a speck of
dust on those precious awards.)
Last Wednesday began at 4
a.m. for Jean and me to drive to
the early ferry from Anacortes to
the San Juan Islands. My first
tour through the channels via
ferry convinced me that
travelogues and photos are blah
compared to the real thing.
After greetings from the camp
directors and the 85 girls in camp,
Jean and I joined one group
scheduled to climb Mt.
Constitution while other groups
were having archery, fiycasting or
fly tying. (Me, climb a mountain?
Don't laugh, I did, but me and my
tenny runners will never be the
same.)
Our first stop was at the level
of the lookout tower that is
manned by girls during the
daylight hours. Weather-meas-
uring equipment, compass points,
and my first inkling of the
number of islands in the chain in
this spectacular view were the
high points. At the top of the
mountain, we puffed up to the
four-story tower constructed
years ago by the Civilian
Conservation Corps using ballast
rocks from the early sailing vessels
of Captain Moran. The castle-like
tower has been saved from
destruction, being declared a
historical landmark since a TV
station planned a more modern
tower to be built on the same site.
The panorama of the islands and
Mt. Baker had me more breathless
than the climb. 1 have added Mt.
Constitution to my favorites with
my friendly neighboring Gold
Mountain.
My one sad spot was that in
learning the home towns of the
girls in camp, not one was from
Mason County.
Mary Ann Gunselman called
to correct a possible
misunderstanding in last week's
column. The Gunselmans' fruit
and vegetable stand is a family
business during the summer. They
do hire student labor to help but
the business is run for profit.