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July 31, 1975     Shelton Mason County Journal
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~W~~ By LOU DONNELL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~U~~~~~~~~ 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.