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For Hars tine
GO THROUGHmSteve Stephen, Harstine
is shown here loading a package into his car
of the island residents who have come to
with the rest of the country. Island-
rthday greetings to Steve in their boxes this
Stephen has been delivering mall to the
years. He is a navy veteran who served
when it was sunk in the Coral sea during
War. (Journal photo, Ziegler print.)
Plans Member Drive
*.N WAR'VETGeorge E. Halsell, who will
16th of this month, has been a member of
1694 for the past 30 years. He was dis.
army on January 9, 1899, at Manila, P.I. The
Plans a drive for new members whloh will be
near future. Mr. Halse!l, who resides at 1511
south, is now recovering from an accident
ago. He still keeps up on world affairs
i(Journal photo, Ziegler print.)
" Job Offered
Still have time , •
applied to Eaoreli Reouperahng
adjacent to
get petitions
Work into the
Friday ave-
this service,
the county
have a pe-
property
to
cost is
and six dol-
The pay-
be per-
to the
Fair
Busy
Board
for the
to be held
val-
4-H food
economics
wanted to
,,June may
divisions of
not be a
organi-
L;
anti
seer(:tary.
Its Charles
act ss ad-
fai r-
of
-H leaders
ae garden
and the
of the
ee.OllOln-
a,l(J crafts
and cash
Winners
the three
from
extension
any b()al'Cl
Tllis ticket
of the
with
can be
agent's of-
enlphasize
tl]c bull
ag contest
and calf
Only open
they train
Ken Eacrett pulled through the
aftermath of his escape from
drowning in California last week
in good shape and is now recuper-
ating at the home of his parents
at 521 Cascade street.
The 21-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. F. A. Eacrett was brought
home from San Mated after his
release from a hospital there late
last week.
He had been rescued from death
in the ocean near San Mated by
a former Shelton high school
classmate, Neff Seljestad, after
heavy seas swept him S-ore some
rocks on which the two boys and
another Shelton youth, Bud Huss,
had been climbing July 27.
He suffered severe bruises and
exposure during a 45-minute or-
deal with the waves but threat-
ened pneumonia in the aftermath
did not become serious, enabling
him to return to Shelton late in
the week.
IsWsA, Election
An election of officer8 of local
38, IWA, will be held here this
week. Among the offices to be
filled by the vote will be those oz
president, vice-president, secre-
tary, warden, trustee and conduc-
tor.
Percy M Pio
6017 S.E. 86h Ave
Portland, Ore
r
73RD YEAR--NO. 32 :,t,-¢,d s s,:emad cla'rl matter at the peat offic.e at Shelton. Wuhiugtoa. 10 Cents per Copy
• )uder Act of March 1879. Publishe( weekly at 107 FZouth 4tb Street
Thursday, August 6, 1959 Published in "Chrtmastown, U.S.A." 16 Pages--2 Sections
County Rejects Big PIo¢ Over
Public Access (entre vets y
The Mason county board of commissioners turned dowrt
a request of the Ayock Land Company for the acceptance
of a 40-acre plat of land, with 5000 feet of waterfront, lo-
cated about four miles north of Lilliwaup.
Frederick Hokanson, who with Glenn Correa, is a lega,l I
representative of the company, sharply protested the decis.
ion of the commission and maintained the county did not
have legal grounds for their stand.
COMMISSIONER ROY Mitch-
ell quoted a legal opinion of for-
mer state attorney general Don
Esstvold who stated in 1954 that
counties and cities had the right
to decide on such matters and re-
Ject plats if they failed to meet
certain requirements.
Hokanson took issue with Mitch-
ell on the interpretation of the
former attorney general's opinion
and said that the cases he stated
in his legal opinion involved public
safety.
Glenn Correa made a few state-
ments to the commission remind-
ing them that Thurston county
had recently accepted a similar
type of a plat without demanding
that a public access be provided.
He also told th.e commission that
there has been a considerable sum
of money invested by the company
in thls plat and mince they feel
that a private plat has more at-
traction to buyers than one with
public access the commission
should realize that they have a
right to expect something from
their investment.
"iF ALL people were allowed
to build without providing public
access, eventually the public would
be cut-off from having any op-
portunity to enjoy the benefits of
the waters in the county," said
Commissioner C. W. Strdckenbach.
It soon became apparent that
both tmrties had ahnost directly'
i opp¢)sing views on the qnestion of
mlblie access and that their
chances of getting together were
dim.
Commissioner Roy Mitchell
mad(', a motion that the Ayock
plat bc rejected until it has met
the platting ordinance of 1950.
Commissioners Streekenbach and
Bariekman agreed to Mitchelrs
motion.
MITCHELL, ADDED, however,
"This does not mean that I would
not be willing to go out there and
try to work something out."
County Heads
Hear Blue Cross
Medical Offer
The Mason county board of
commissioners, who have been
considering dropping Mason Coun-
ty Medical Service Bureau for
county employees, heard a propos-
al from Blue Cross representa-
tives Monday morning in the
courthouse.
JIM MORRIS, a Taconta Blue
Cross man, told the commission
that county employees could get
70 days of hospitalization at $16
a day plus surgical benefits ff 65
percent of them would agTee to go
for a group plan. The cost for thin
service under a group plan would
he $3.99 a month for males, $5.0 ,
for females, $10.23 for an em-
ployee with one dependent, and
$12.22 a month for an employee
with two or more dependents. The
commission decided to give the
county employees a chance to
hear the people from Bhze Cross
and make up their own minds on
Mason County Medical or Blue
Cross.
! The commission O.K.'ed a coun-
ty road project for $20,000 which
:will provide funds for blacktop-
ping roads at Harstine Island,
Stretch Island, Bastone Cutoff
and several, streets in the Mt.
View area.
Hold Her Steady Now
STEADY MENRolla Halbert (left), Shelton police judge and
justice of the peace, and Eldred Bee, manager of Tradewell's
Shelton supermarket, served on the chef's staff at Sunday's annual
Kiwanis hoecake breakfast which fed nearly 1400 eater= and
raised funds for the swimming GlaH, (Photo by Dean.)
McCann Wants
Closer Check
On Equipment
Commissioner W. F. Mc-
Cann urged that all city
equipment be placed under
the responsibility of the city
engineer's office in order to
make sure that the city re-
ceives its money's worth for
repairs when necessary.
McCann suggested this at
the regular Tuesday meeting
of the city commission held
in the city hall. He also would
like to see a full accounting
of the money received from
police court fines. "The more
I look into the police court
situation the less I like it,"
he said.
AI,TIIOUGI! no formal action
was taken concerning either mat-
ter, it was brought up by McCann
in vtaw of the fact that the pre-
liminary budgets for 1960 will
soon he due and since the new 40
hour week law is still in effect for
city employees the commission
may be faced with extra financial
problems to keep within the law.
The commission gave their O.K.
to a request from the U. S. Forest
service to install a radio antenna
on top of the city water tank on
Angleside.
MAYOR EAJtL Moore ordered
the police department to.;maka a
check on corners in the city where
a traffic hazard exists because of
tall brush which causes an ob-
struction to drivers.
The commission heard the read-
ing of ordinance 663 which pro-
vides for $1925 for wages for a
new full time fireman for the rest
of 1959 in order to keep the de-
partment within the 40 hour work
week law.
It was also decided to put in a
new sidewalk at 1111 Cota since
the old wooden sidewalk formerly
on that street has been torn down.
The commissioners feel that this
street, now without any sidewalk,
is g danger to pedestrians.
THE FOLLOWING b u i l d i n g
permits were issued by the city:
Frank Travis, $1500, 502 Laurel,
Dick Boiling, 303 Kineo, $500,
Bernard Dorcey, 118 South 7th,
$800, and Ken Rose, 205 East 14
street, $1500.
Fair Booths Still
Available for Olubs
There are still a few concessions
booths available for the 1959 Ma-
son county fair. Civic organiza-
tions interested in obtaining a
booth can get further information
by calling Don Brown, fair man-
ager, at HA 6-3653.
The fair hoard has signed an
agreement which will provide
three kiddie rides and one for the
older children at this year's fair.
Last year, 5500 persons attend-
ed the event and this year a even
larger crowd is expected.
Fire Destroys Agate
Home Tuesday
Fire completely destroyed the
home of Larry Marler, near the
Pioneer school at Agate Tuesday
afternoon around 3:45 p.m. while
the family was away camping in
tile mountains.
Fire fighters from-the Depart-
mcnt of Natural Resources bat-
tled the blaze for three hours in
order to keep it from spreading.
The ernst and ammmt of dan]age
are still undctermine(i. Marler is
married and has three children.
Dryer Than Usual
Weather reports show that this
July was 2.8 degt-cv.u warmer th'ul
usual witl the mcrcnry averaging
80 degrees.
Six any:::, when the t.enperatnrc
scared above 90 degrees, helped
to make this a hoLter than average
month. Tile lowest lemperature
for July was 43 degrees on July
29. It was also dryer this year
than usual.
00feat00er
High Low Precip.
July 29 .. 82 dog. 43 dog .........
July 30 .. 92 deg. 46 deg .........
July 31., 97 deg. 52 deg .........
Aug. 1 .. 75deg. 52deg .........
Aug. 2 .. 72deg. 49deg .........
Aug. 3 .. 73deg. 47deg .........
Aug. 4 .. 73deg. 48deg .........
--Rayonier Incorporated.
CECIL CROW
Hits the First Plteh
Cecil Crow Wins
'Who's Who'
$10 Award
Cec Crow hit safely the first
time he came to bat in the Jour-
nal's "Who's Who in Mason Coun-
ty" contest this week, but it was
.just a $10 bunt single.
He missed a $150 home run
when he let a couple of clues go
by without swinging, but we'll
have to say this in his defense --
they were border-line pitches.
CEC, AN EDGERMAN in Strop-
son's Mill One and a mighty cap-
able "watch-charm" guard for tile
Highclimber football team a few
years back, entered the Who's
Who contest for the first time
this week, although he admits he
and his wife, the former Pat Hart,
have been giving the contest a
few dry runs earlier.
The clues Cec missed were the
same ones nine-out-of-ten of the
record-smastfing number of con-
testants this week also missed.
Practically all of the contestants
correctly identified Buford Rose,
veteran Shelton car salesman, as
t,e w<ek's mystery pers(mage but
his car license number (XAF 455)
which was used twice in the Eells
& Valh;y ad to look like appliance
model numbers and the sneakiest
one of all, "average weight 178
pounds" in the ham description in
the 20th Century Thriftway ad.
BY MISSING those clues Crow
allows the jackpot to accumulate
for another week -- the fifth con-
secutive time it hasn't been won--
and so for next week's instalhnent
of the fascinating contest there
will be $185 in the jackpot plus
the weekly $10 prize for correctly
identifying the mystery charac-
ter.., a nice little vacation nest-
egg for some lucky person with a
perfect list of clues.
Go to it neighbors! But here's a
word of apology . . . one. of the
clues applying to Buford Rose
was mistakenly not removed from
this week's list -- "specialty is
barbecue" in the Prepp's Rexall
Store. space in the Who's Who
sponsors group ad on page 10
so don't llt it as it will not count
in this week's €ontest,
Queen Andrea Rides
In Seafair Parade
Public attention to tile Keep
Washington Green program i re-
ceiving a big boost in Seattle's
Seafair this week from Andrea
Kneeland, queen of the 1959 Mason
County Forest Festival, in her new
role as Miss Keep Washington
Green.
THE SHELTON girl, crowned
Miss Keep Washington Green by
Will Rogcrs, Jr., at. tile Governor's
I)inner in 'tacoma last Aprii, rode
t.he Keep Washington Gz-een float
which won the Jndges' Award in
tile Seafair Parade at Seattle last
Saturday.
In company with many other
comnnlnity queens, Miss Kneeland
m rmnaining in Seattle throughout
this week to participate in dally
events lied in with the celebra-
tion. Queen Andrea, 18, is tile
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Kn(,eland t)f Sllelt,)n.
Postmen Bitlen
In (lily by Dogs
DOgS Who moll, st Shelton post-
nu'n may als() shut. o!'f mail deliv-
el'),' |() their owners, ]ot.lnaster
.lohn Gray warned this week after
:! :l'i('s (,f in('ideuts in the past
t.ml days in whivh mail ('ari'i,.!r;- 1
have been bitt(,n by canine pets,
POSTMASTER GRAY pointed
out thai p, mtaI regulations clearly
istatc that mail delivery can be
de:',ied ]lonst'ho]ds where dogs
lnelacc the carrlel'S.
"SIX lnail c;irl'ilq's bllV(' h,'ell
bitten in the p,st ten days on their
city r, mtes in Shelton," the pst-
master explained, "an(l in four of
tile eases the dog" owners w(ue
uncoopcrative about doing nny-
thing about it. For tlle protec-
tion of the carriers we will have
to refuse delivery in such cases."
Some of the canine - inflicted
wounds required hospital atten-
tlon, Gray reported.
County Road
Building Hits
Financial Snag
Future road building in
Mason county may be slowed
down as the result of a lack
of federal matching funds
which in the past have cov.
ered about half of the cost
of many county road projects.
Jess Champers of the state
highway department told the
county commission that at
the present time no one seems
to know when these funds
will be available, again since
the 1958 appropriation by the
federal congress has been
used up.
ALTHOUGH THE U.S. Bureau
of Public Roads is $500,000,000 in
the red at the present time, it is
expected that federal matching
funds will be available sometime
within the next year.
In the past, the Bureau of Pub-
lic Roads has paid 53.6% of the
cost of road construction which
meets certain federal requirements
and the county has paid the rest
from the state gas tax refund.
One of the projects which may
be affected by this situation is the
new road on the north shore near
the Belfair State Park. The cost
of this ,project is estimated at
$75,000 and the county figured
that federal mate.hing funds wouhl
be available for the job. Now that
the federal money is not forth-
coming, the commission has de-
cided to give the proposed new
construction more thought before
going ahead with it.
L e w Florence Cap tures
80 Mile Seafair Race
* :z, * Affable, llluscnlal" LeW Florence
()l' Olympia, aided by mechanit!al
Vl00ns Big Rate '"'"';"' .,,h,c,, beset' two ears he
was trailing, won the 1959 Sea-
fair Sports Car Trol)hY Race ancl
the handsnme cup d¢)nted by the
Shelton Chamber of Conamer'ee at
; :: Shelton airport trsck Sunday
: in his red-and-white Sebring Fez:-
LEW FLORENCE
RECENTLY THE Mason county
superior eonrt ruled thst the cmm-
ty did have the right to acquire
Canal Property
Owners Plan
Tax Appeal
Protesting Hood Canal taxpay-
ers plan to appeal to the State
Tax Commission if th(,y do not
gain satisfaction from the Mason
county board of equalization, ac-
cording t¢) Robert Schultz, chair-
lnan of t.bt grt)ui).
THE NORTH Mason county
lroperty owners base their pro-
t(,st (,n the following contentions:
ti:'It all of thc l)roIx,rty in Mason
(:, ',nty ]nts n()t l')een )'(,assessed
;: : tlmrefor(, it is imt)ossible to
arrive at e(luitahle assessments
unl:il this has be(n done, that 1960
ass(,.'ment vahlatious ill Mason
eolnltv ar(" it<it Conlp,lt'al)]o with
w:t,,/tr, mt pr()pertics in otller
iparts (if the state, that the vahm=
ties was nlado on a "h)()k see"
ra ri.
Plorenee toured the 25 laps of
the 3.2 mile airport track in 49
minutes flat to win by less than
t,,n seconds over persistent George
Keck of Seattle, also driving a
Ferrari.
IN FACT Ferraris took the first
four places as well as sixlh in the
teu cars which finished the fel-
l.life race of the day, for over
150(} ee modified ears, when (](r,'.i<
GIyer of Sacramento came in for
third place, Dz', Frank Becket of
Mercer Island (a school classmate
of Shelton's Dr. Hal Nmeng) was
fourth and Jack Nethercutt of
l-)s Angeles was sixth.
A Porsche driven by George
Grienswiteh which copped fifth
place was the only interloper mar-
ring the Ferrari sweep.
Florence actually led for only
the last three laps of the 80-mile
race, trailing Don Jensen's Pon-
tiac Special in the early going,
Tom CarstenW Lister Corvette un-
til it blew a water hose on the
8th lap, and Pete Ively's Mark
15 Lotus until it lost power from
a loose distributor cap on the 22nd
lap.
JENSEN WAS the leader for
the first four laps thanks to a
favorable position in the starting
grid, then Caretens took over until
his mishap let Iwely into the fore-
front, where he ran for the next
13 laps before suffering bis diffi-
culties.
The six-race progrsm w a s
spiced by numerons spin-outs, a
lost wheel, a tire which lost its
tread, and several roll-overs, but
no one was injured. A crowd es-
timated at upwards of 10,000 spec-
tators viewed the competition
under partly cloudy skies and a
stiff breeze.
Pete I)vely, .one of the feature
race favorites, did not eome out
of the (lay without honors, for hc
won the opening race of the pro-
gram, for under 1500 ec modified
cars, in hi. Mark XV Lotus in
39:27 for, the 20 laps.
DEAN GEDDES of Seattle, Pa-
cit'ic Coast Sports Car Club of
America point h,ader, did not add
anything to his point total Sun-
property in the area by a writ of 'bast s without consideration of any (Contmu(.d (m t'agc 6)
use and necessity. However, the rnathenmtical formula and that
present shortage of funds may lhe 196(, a.sse'asments show no ;>,p.-m_son Lee
force the county to alter their
plans (in the north shore project, prop(n'ty breakdown, that land )
owner had no way of knowing
There has been opposition to the that only the land was reassessed
buildingof the roadbysome north and that buihiings ,,re to be re-rp"a-er r, cs"'an'-
shore residents,
Both Commissioners Mitchell ss( ,st(:t Z (X t V(' Z" r well as that
there are incitui{.ies iu the 1960
and Streckenbach expressed an valuations.
unwillingness to go ahead on the a-erger Slated
assumption that the money will EDSON CASE, a Puyallup law-
be ax, ailable soon and thst the ye), has he(,n r,,pr,.sentin.' owners
'.Ollltty utd be repstd If they of nz'ly 6"00 parcels of land m
pick up the tab themselves, the area, consisting of Hood C, anal Plans i'nr merging two of the
"I can't see it right now," said waterfronl, propm'ty, in negotia- natioll' pioneer paper manufac-
ConunL,sioner Roy Mitchell, in lions with the b, ard. 1,ring firms Simpson Paper
whose district the new road is be- The board has recommended Company, of Everett, Washington,
ing built, vahlation ('.hanges for about 12 and Lee Pal)or ComlmnY (if Vicks-
"If, if, we don't know if we will pieces of canal property and have burg, Michigan, were announced
get the money," said Commission-Inow completed their equalization today by Thos. F. Gleed, president
er C. W. Streckenbach, "I don't work. Commissioner C. W. Streck- of Simpson Timber Company, and
think we should use county money cnbaeh, chairmau of the board, Maxwell D. Bardeen, president o£
for something with so many ifs said he has ue c()mment 'bout the Lee I'aper Company.
in it." appeal move (:if the group. SIMPSON Paper Company is a
, wholly-owned subsidiary of Strop-
Hugh Gruver Gets Promotion .m com,.ov w,,.,,
crates t:imber lands and forest
, prodncts manufacturing plants in
Polioe Roped Bad
Oheoks Being Passed
The She|ton Police department
wishes to warn local merchants
that several bad cheeks have been
reported to their office and that
this is the time of the year when
bad check passing reaches its
highest point.
THE POLICE suggest that
merchants secure proper identifi-
cation when cashing checks and
try to get the license number of
the car driven by the person cash-
ing the check. This is the best
way the police have to trace bum
check passers.
Police say that some local mer-
chants do not take the proper pre-
cautions when cashing checks.
Washington, Oregon, and Califor-
Promotion of ttngh F. Gruver, nia.
37, to the position of buyer in Bardeen said Lee sharehnlders
Simpson Logging Company's pur- will vote later this month on the
chasing department at Shelton proposed merger, establishing a
was announced this week by F. C. new Washington corporation to be
Rockefeller,' comptroller, called Simpson Lee Paper Com-
Girl VER ILL the vacancy m panv.
the purchasing department c)'eat-
I)irectors of the new company
ed by the retirement of Percy wilt include W. G. Reed, Seattle,
Funk and subsequent promotion:chairman of Silnp)n Timber
of Jim Hillier to purchasing agent. Company; T. F. Gleed, Seattle,
Gruver will join Ray Smith as a l presiden t of Simpson Timber
Simpson buyer. Company; C. H. Bacon, Jr., Scat-
Gruver went to work for Strop- tle, executive vice president of
son at the main office in April, Simpson Timber Company; C. H.
1946, and moved to the hsulatingl Kreienbaum, Seattle, vice chair-
Board Plant two yea.ra later. He man, Simpson Timber Company;
has been there ever since except Maxwell D. Bardeen, Kalanmzoo,
for 18 n](mths in the Navy during president of the Lee Paper Corn-
the Korean Conflict. pany, and Norman Bardeen, Kala-
He has t)een personnel super- mazeD, vice president and sales
visor at IBP since 1953. manager of Lee Paper Company;
Gruver was graduated from Merrill W. Taylor, Kalamazoo,
h'ene S. Reed high school and has . ctm.irman of The First NationaJ
lived in Shelton since 1938. Bank and Trust Conlpany of Kal-
• Enjoys Breakfast
amazeD, and John C. Howard,
Kalamazoo attorney.
MAXWELL BARDEEN will be
president of Simpson Lee Paper
Company, Vice presidents will in-
elude Don li'. McCall of Everett,
Norman Bardeen, and Albert A.
Ciwiatian of Vicksburg. Christian
also wil! serve as secretary, and
Kenneth A. Warren; Kahu'nazoo)
now Lee Paper Company t reamu'-
or, will become Simpson Lee
tl'easLll'er.
Selection of executive head-
quarters for the new company will
be made ]at:or.
Stnll)son P/tper (2ompany phmt
at Everett was folnl(hM in 1,N91
and operated as Everetl. Pulp and
Pap(,)' Company until it was a(.'-
quired by SilllpSOII iH 19h]. 2"11,'
luodcl'nized Evere(t 111il] elnphys
more thau 1,000 people ill pull) '
pa.per ;tlld £ollvCl'Ling ope)'alious,
A Iwarmil m)nvcrting plant wa;
established in Los Angeh's Several
nlon[ hs ago.
Lee Paper Colnpany Was f()lllld-
ed at Vicksburg, Michigan, 17)
]ulles from l(alallazo() in 190.i.
.:,, .:i; :/;:i :;:2:
EARLY BIRD--Ned Wlvell, member of the pioneer Mason County
family, was the first of nearly 1400 persons served during the
annual Kiwanis Club hotcake breakfast last Sunday staged to
raise funds for the community's free swimming and life saving
classes. Final figures haven't been computed yet hut the 1959
breakfast is certain to be a record-breaker all the way around,
reports general chairman Bill Seiners. A large portion of the
breakfasters were sports car race participants and spectators, who
came from all points of the Facific Coast. Most distant of sorne
30 visiting Kiwanians who registered at the breakfast was Lute
Kol|t= of 8ants Ann, Calif, (Jotlrnal photo, print by egler.)
,,['aaa0, I
AND
O. K, RE-OAP
For More Economlo Driving
O.K. RUBBER
WELDERS
For Hars tine
GO THROUGHmSteve Stephen, Harstine
is shown here loading a package into his car
of the island residents who have come to
with the rest of the country. Island-
rthday greetings to Steve in their boxes this
Stephen has been delivering mall to the
years. He is a navy veteran who served
when it was sunk in the Coral sea during
War. (Journal photo, Ziegler print.)
Plans Member Drive
*.N WAR'VETGeorge E. Halsell, who will
16th of this month, has been a member of
1694 for the past 30 years. He was dis.
army on January 9, 1899, at Manila, P.I. The
Plans a drive for new members whloh will be
near future. Mr. Halse!l, who resides at 1511
south, is now recovering from an accident
ago. He still keeps up on world affairs
i(Journal photo, Ziegler print.)
" Job Offered
Still have time , •
applied to Eaoreli Reouperahng
adjacent to
get petitions
Work into the
Friday ave-
this service,
the county
have a pe-
property
to
cost is
and six dol-
The pay-
be per-
to the
Fair
Busy
Board
for the
to be held
val-
4-H food
economics
wanted to
,,June may
divisions of
not be a
organi-
L;
anti
seer(:tary.
Its Charles
act ss ad-
fai r-
of
-H leaders
ae garden
and the
of the
ee.OllOln-
a,l(J crafts
and cash
Winners
the three
from
extension
any b()al'Cl
Tllis ticket
of the
with
can be
agent's of-
enlphasize
tl]c bull
ag contest
and calf
Only open
they train
Ken Eacrett pulled through the
aftermath of his escape from
drowning in California last week
in good shape and is now recuper-
ating at the home of his parents
at 521 Cascade street.
The 21-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. F. A. Eacrett was brought
home from San Mated after his
release from a hospital there late
last week.
He had been rescued from death
in the ocean near San Mated by
a former Shelton high school
classmate, Neff Seljestad, after
heavy seas swept him S-ore some
rocks on which the two boys and
another Shelton youth, Bud Huss,
had been climbing July 27.
He suffered severe bruises and
exposure during a 45-minute or-
deal with the waves but threat-
ened pneumonia in the aftermath
did not become serious, enabling
him to return to Shelton late in
the week.
IsWsA, Election
An election of officer8 of local
38, IWA, will be held here this
week. Among the offices to be
filled by the vote will be those oz
president, vice-president, secre-
tary, warden, trustee and conduc-
tor.
Percy M Pio
6017 S.E. 86h Ave
Portland, Ore
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73RD YEAR--NO. 32 :,t,-¢,d s s,:emad cla'rl matter at the peat offic.e at Shelton. Wuhiugtoa. 10 Cents per Copy
• )uder Act of March 1879. Publishe( weekly at 107 FZouth 4tb Street
Thursday, August 6, 1959 Published in "Chrtmastown, U.S.A." 16 Pages--2 Sections
County Rejects Big PIo¢ Over
Public Access (entre vets y
The Mason county board of commissioners turned dowrt
a request of the Ayock Land Company for the acceptance
of a 40-acre plat of land, with 5000 feet of waterfront, lo-
cated about four miles north of Lilliwaup.
Frederick Hokanson, who with Glenn Correa, is a lega,l I
representative of the company, sharply protested the decis.
ion of the commission and maintained the county did not
have legal grounds for their stand.
COMMISSIONER ROY Mitch-
ell quoted a legal opinion of for-
mer state attorney general Don
Esstvold who stated in 1954 that
counties and cities had the right
to decide on such matters and re-
Ject plats if they failed to meet
certain requirements.
Hokanson took issue with Mitch-
ell on the interpretation of the
former attorney general's opinion
and said that the cases he stated
in his legal opinion involved public
safety.
Glenn Correa made a few state-
ments to the commission remind-
ing them that Thurston county
had recently accepted a similar
type of a plat without demanding
that a public access be provided.
He also told th.e commission that
there has been a considerable sum
of money invested by the company
in thls plat and mince they feel
that a private plat has more at-
traction to buyers than one with
public access the commission
should realize that they have a
right to expect something from
their investment.
"iF ALL people were allowed
to build without providing public
access, eventually the public would
be cut-off from having any op-
portunity to enjoy the benefits of
the waters in the county," said
Commissioner C. W. Strdckenbach.
It soon became apparent that
both tmrties had ahnost directly'
i opp¢)sing views on the qnestion of
mlblie access and that their
chances of getting together were
dim.
Commissioner Roy Mitchell
mad(', a motion that the Ayock
plat bc rejected until it has met
the platting ordinance of 1950.
Commissioners Streekenbach and
Bariekman agreed to Mitchelrs
motion.
MITCHELL, ADDED, however,
"This does not mean that I would
not be willing to go out there and
try to work something out."
County Heads
Hear Blue Cross
Medical Offer
The Mason county board of
commissioners, who have been
considering dropping Mason Coun-
ty Medical Service Bureau for
county employees, heard a propos-
al from Blue Cross representa-
tives Monday morning in the
courthouse.
JIM MORRIS, a Taconta Blue
Cross man, told the commission
that county employees could get
70 days of hospitalization at $16
a day plus surgical benefits ff 65
percent of them would agTee to go
for a group plan. The cost for thin
service under a group plan would
he $3.99 a month for males, $5.0 ,
for females, $10.23 for an em-
ployee with one dependent, and
$12.22 a month for an employee
with two or more dependents. The
commission decided to give the
county employees a chance to
hear the people from Bhze Cross
and make up their own minds on
Mason County Medical or Blue
Cross.
! The commission O.K.'ed a coun-
ty road project for $20,000 which
:will provide funds for blacktop-
ping roads at Harstine Island,
Stretch Island, Bastone Cutoff
and several, streets in the Mt.
View area.
Hold Her Steady Now
STEADY MENRolla Halbert (left), Shelton police judge and
justice of the peace, and Eldred Bee, manager of Tradewell's
Shelton supermarket, served on the chef's staff at Sunday's annual
Kiwanis hoecake breakfast which fed nearly 1400 eater= and
raised funds for the swimming GlaH, (Photo by Dean.)
McCann Wants
Closer Check
On Equipment
Commissioner W. F. Mc-
Cann urged that all city
equipment be placed under
the responsibility of the city
engineer's office in order to
make sure that the city re-
ceives its money's worth for
repairs when necessary.
McCann suggested this at
the regular Tuesday meeting
of the city commission held
in the city hall. He also would
like to see a full accounting
of the money received from
police court fines. "The more
I look into the police court
situation the less I like it,"
he said.
AI,TIIOUGI! no formal action
was taken concerning either mat-
ter, it was brought up by McCann
in vtaw of the fact that the pre-
liminary budgets for 1960 will
soon he due and since the new 40
hour week law is still in effect for
city employees the commission
may be faced with extra financial
problems to keep within the law.
The commission gave their O.K.
to a request from the U. S. Forest
service to install a radio antenna
on top of the city water tank on
Angleside.
MAYOR EAJtL Moore ordered
the police department to.;maka a
check on corners in the city where
a traffic hazard exists because of
tall brush which causes an ob-
struction to drivers.
The commission heard the read-
ing of ordinance 663 which pro-
vides for $1925 for wages for a
new full time fireman for the rest
of 1959 in order to keep the de-
partment within the 40 hour work
week law.
It was also decided to put in a
new sidewalk at 1111 Cota since
the old wooden sidewalk formerly
on that street has been torn down.
The commissioners feel that this
street, now without any sidewalk,
is g danger to pedestrians.
THE FOLLOWING b u i l d i n g
permits were issued by the city:
Frank Travis, $1500, 502 Laurel,
Dick Boiling, 303 Kineo, $500,
Bernard Dorcey, 118 South 7th,
$800, and Ken Rose, 205 East 14
street, $1500.
Fair Booths Still
Available for Olubs
There are still a few concessions
booths available for the 1959 Ma-
son county fair. Civic organiza-
tions interested in obtaining a
booth can get further information
by calling Don Brown, fair man-
ager, at HA 6-3653.
The fair hoard has signed an
agreement which will provide
three kiddie rides and one for the
older children at this year's fair.
Last year, 5500 persons attend-
ed the event and this year a even
larger crowd is expected.
Fire Destroys Agate
Home Tuesday
Fire completely destroyed the
home of Larry Marler, near the
Pioneer school at Agate Tuesday
afternoon around 3:45 p.m. while
the family was away camping in
tile mountains.
Fire fighters from-the Depart-
mcnt of Natural Resources bat-
tled the blaze for three hours in
order to keep it from spreading.
The ernst and ammmt of dan]age
are still undctermine(i. Marler is
married and has three children.
Dryer Than Usual
Weather reports show that this
July was 2.8 degt-cv.u warmer th'ul
usual witl the mcrcnry averaging
80 degrees.
Six any:::, when the t.enperatnrc
scared above 90 degrees, helped
to make this a hoLter than average
month. Tile lowest lemperature
for July was 43 degrees on July
29. It was also dryer this year
than usual.
00feat00er
High Low Precip.
July 29 .. 82 dog. 43 dog .........
July 30 .. 92 deg. 46 deg .........
July 31., 97 deg. 52 deg .........
Aug. 1 .. 75deg. 52deg .........
Aug. 2 .. 72deg. 49deg .........
Aug. 3 .. 73deg. 47deg .........
Aug. 4 .. 73deg. 48deg .........
--Rayonier Incorporated.
CECIL CROW
Hits the First Plteh
Cecil Crow Wins
'Who's Who'
$10 Award
Cec Crow hit safely the first
time he came to bat in the Jour-
nal's "Who's Who in Mason Coun-
ty" contest this week, but it was
.just a $10 bunt single.
He missed a $150 home run
when he let a couple of clues go
by without swinging, but we'll
have to say this in his defense --
they were border-line pitches.
CEC, AN EDGERMAN in Strop-
son's Mill One and a mighty cap-
able "watch-charm" guard for tile
Highclimber football team a few
years back, entered the Who's
Who contest for the first time
this week, although he admits he
and his wife, the former Pat Hart,
have been giving the contest a
few dry runs earlier.
The clues Cec missed were the
same ones nine-out-of-ten of the
record-smastfing number of con-
testants this week also missed.
Practically all of the contestants
correctly identified Buford Rose,
veteran Shelton car salesman, as
t,e w<ek's mystery pers(mage but
his car license number (XAF 455)
which was used twice in the Eells
& Valh;y ad to look like appliance
model numbers and the sneakiest
one of all, "average weight 178
pounds" in the ham description in
the 20th Century Thriftway ad.
BY MISSING those clues Crow
allows the jackpot to accumulate
for another week -- the fifth con-
secutive time it hasn't been won--
and so for next week's instalhnent
of the fascinating contest there
will be $185 in the jackpot plus
the weekly $10 prize for correctly
identifying the mystery charac-
ter.., a nice little vacation nest-
egg for some lucky person with a
perfect list of clues.
Go to it neighbors! But here's a
word of apology . . . one. of the
clues applying to Buford Rose
was mistakenly not removed from
this week's list -- "specialty is
barbecue" in the Prepp's Rexall
Store. space in the Who's Who
sponsors group ad on page 10
so don't llt it as it will not count
in this week's €ontest,
Queen Andrea Rides
In Seafair Parade
Public attention to tile Keep
Washington Green program i re-
ceiving a big boost in Seattle's
Seafair this week from Andrea
Kneeland, queen of the 1959 Mason
County Forest Festival, in her new
role as Miss Keep Washington
Green.
THE SHELTON girl, crowned
Miss Keep Washington Green by
Will Rogcrs, Jr., at. tile Governor's
I)inner in 'tacoma last Aprii, rode
t.he Keep Washington Gz-een float
which won the Jndges' Award in
tile Seafair Parade at Seattle last
Saturday.
In company with many other
comnnlnity queens, Miss Kneeland
m rmnaining in Seattle throughout
this week to participate in dally
events lied in with the celebra-
tion. Queen Andrea, 18, is tile
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Kn(,eland t)f Sllelt,)n.
Postmen Bitlen
In (lily by Dogs
DOgS Who moll, st Shelton post-
nu'n may als() shut. o!'f mail deliv-
el'),' |() their owners, ]ot.lnaster
.lohn Gray warned this week after
:! :l'i('s (,f in('ideuts in the past
t.ml days in whivh mail ('ari'i,.!r;- 1
have been bitt(,n by canine pets,
POSTMASTER GRAY pointed
out thai p, mtaI regulations clearly
istatc that mail delivery can be
de:',ied ]lonst'ho]ds where dogs
lnelacc the carrlel'S.
"SIX lnail c;irl'ilq's bllV(' h,'ell
bitten in the p,st ten days on their
city r, mtes in Shelton," the pst-
master explained, "an(l in four of
tile eases the dog" owners w(ue
uncoopcrative about doing nny-
thing about it. For tlle protec-
tion of the carriers we will have
to refuse delivery in such cases."
Some of the canine - inflicted
wounds required hospital atten-
tlon, Gray reported.
County Road
Building Hits
Financial Snag
Future road building in
Mason county may be slowed
down as the result of a lack
of federal matching funds
which in the past have cov.
ered about half of the cost
of many county road projects.
Jess Champers of the state
highway department told the
county commission that at
the present time no one seems
to know when these funds
will be available, again since
the 1958 appropriation by the
federal congress has been
used up.
ALTHOUGH THE U.S. Bureau
of Public Roads is $500,000,000 in
the red at the present time, it is
expected that federal matching
funds will be available sometime
within the next year.
In the past, the Bureau of Pub-
lic Roads has paid 53.6% of the
cost of road construction which
meets certain federal requirements
and the county has paid the rest
from the state gas tax refund.
One of the projects which may
be affected by this situation is the
new road on the north shore near
the Belfair State Park. The cost
of this ,project is estimated at
$75,000 and the county figured
that federal mate.hing funds wouhl
be available for the job. Now that
the federal money is not forth-
coming, the commission has de-
cided to give the proposed new
construction more thought before
going ahead with it.
L e w Florence Cap tures
80 Mile Seafair Race
* :z, * Affable, llluscnlal" LeW Florence
()l' Olympia, aided by mechanit!al
Vl00ns Big Rate '"'"';"' .,,h,c,, beset' two ears he
was trailing, won the 1959 Sea-
fair Sports Car Trol)hY Race ancl
the handsnme cup d¢)nted by the
Shelton Chamber of Conamer'ee at
; :: Shelton airport trsck Sunday
: in his red-and-white Sebring Fez:-
LEW FLORENCE
RECENTLY THE Mason county
superior eonrt ruled thst the cmm-
ty did have the right to acquire
Canal Property
Owners Plan
Tax Appeal
Protesting Hood Canal taxpay-
ers plan to appeal to the State
Tax Commission if th(,y do not
gain satisfaction from the Mason
county board of equalization, ac-
cording t¢) Robert Schultz, chair-
lnan of t.bt grt)ui).
THE NORTH Mason county
lroperty owners base their pro-
t(,st (,n the following contentions:
ti:'It all of thc l)roIx,rty in Mason
(:, ',nty ]nts n()t l')een )'(,assessed
;: : tlmrefor(, it is imt)ossible to
arrive at e(luitahle assessments
unl:il this has be(n done, that 1960
ass(,.'ment vahlatious ill Mason
eolnltv ar(" it<it Conlp,lt'al)]o with
w:t,,/tr, mt pr()pertics in otller
iparts (if the state, that the vahm=
ties was nlado on a "h)()k see"
ra ri.
Plorenee toured the 25 laps of
the 3.2 mile airport track in 49
minutes flat to win by less than
t,,n seconds over persistent George
Keck of Seattle, also driving a
Ferrari.
IN FACT Ferraris took the first
four places as well as sixlh in the
teu cars which finished the fel-
l.life race of the day, for over
150(} ee modified ears, when (](r,'.i<
GIyer of Sacramento came in for
third place, Dz', Frank Becket of
Mercer Island (a school classmate
of Shelton's Dr. Hal Nmeng) was
fourth and Jack Nethercutt of
l-)s Angeles was sixth.
A Porsche driven by George
Grienswiteh which copped fifth
place was the only interloper mar-
ring the Ferrari sweep.
Florence actually led for only
the last three laps of the 80-mile
race, trailing Don Jensen's Pon-
tiac Special in the early going,
Tom CarstenW Lister Corvette un-
til it blew a water hose on the
8th lap, and Pete Ively's Mark
15 Lotus until it lost power from
a loose distributor cap on the 22nd
lap.
JENSEN WAS the leader for
the first four laps thanks to a
favorable position in the starting
grid, then Caretens took over until
his mishap let Iwely into the fore-
front, where he ran for the next
13 laps before suffering bis diffi-
culties.
The six-race progrsm w a s
spiced by numerons spin-outs, a
lost wheel, a tire which lost its
tread, and several roll-overs, but
no one was injured. A crowd es-
timated at upwards of 10,000 spec-
tators viewed the competition
under partly cloudy skies and a
stiff breeze.
Pete I)vely, .one of the feature
race favorites, did not eome out
of the (lay without honors, for hc
won the opening race of the pro-
gram, for under 1500 ec modified
cars, in hi. Mark XV Lotus in
39:27 for, the 20 laps.
DEAN GEDDES of Seattle, Pa-
cit'ic Coast Sports Car Club of
America point h,ader, did not add
anything to his point total Sun-
property in the area by a writ of 'bast s without consideration of any (Contmu(.d (m t'agc 6)
use and necessity. However, the rnathenmtical formula and that
present shortage of funds may lhe 196(, a.sse'asments show no ;>,p.-m_son Lee
force the county to alter their
plans (in the north shore project, prop(n'ty breakdown, that land )
owner had no way of knowing
There has been opposition to the that only the land was reassessed
buildingof the roadbysome north and that buihiings ,,re to be re-rp"a-er r, cs"'an'-
shore residents,
Both Commissioners Mitchell ss( ,st(:t Z (X t V(' Z" r well as that
there are incitui{.ies iu the 1960
and Streckenbach expressed an valuations.
unwillingness to go ahead on the a-erger Slated
assumption that the money will EDSON CASE, a Puyallup law-
be ax, ailable soon and thst the ye), has he(,n r,,pr,.sentin.' owners
'.Ollltty utd be repstd If they of nz'ly 6"00 parcels of land m
pick up the tab themselves, the area, consisting of Hood C, anal Plans i'nr merging two of the
"I can't see it right now," said waterfronl, propm'ty, in negotia- natioll' pioneer paper manufac-
ConunL,sioner Roy Mitchell, in lions with the b, ard. 1,ring firms Simpson Paper
whose district the new road is be- The board has recommended Company, of Everett, Washington,
ing built, vahlation ('.hanges for about 12 and Lee Pal)or ComlmnY (if Vicks-
"If, if, we don't know if we will pieces of canal property and have burg, Michigan, were announced
get the money," said Commission-Inow completed their equalization today by Thos. F. Gleed, president
er C. W. Streckenbach, "I don't work. Commissioner C. W. Streck- of Simpson Timber Company, and
think we should use county money cnbaeh, chairmau of the board, Maxwell D. Bardeen, president o£
for something with so many ifs said he has ue c()mment 'bout the Lee I'aper Company.
in it." appeal move (:if the group. SIMPSON Paper Company is a
, wholly-owned subsidiary of Strop-
Hugh Gruver Gets Promotion .m com,.ov w,,.,,
crates t:imber lands and forest
, prodncts manufacturing plants in
Polioe Roped Bad
Oheoks Being Passed
The She|ton Police department
wishes to warn local merchants
that several bad cheeks have been
reported to their office and that
this is the time of the year when
bad check passing reaches its
highest point.
THE POLICE suggest that
merchants secure proper identifi-
cation when cashing checks and
try to get the license number of
the car driven by the person cash-
ing the check. This is the best
way the police have to trace bum
check passers.
Police say that some local mer-
chants do not take the proper pre-
cautions when cashing checks.
Washington, Oregon, and Califor-
Promotion of ttngh F. Gruver, nia.
37, to the position of buyer in Bardeen said Lee sharehnlders
Simpson Logging Company's pur- will vote later this month on the
chasing department at Shelton proposed merger, establishing a
was announced this week by F. C. new Washington corporation to be
Rockefeller,' comptroller, called Simpson Lee Paper Com-
Girl VER ILL the vacancy m panv.
the purchasing department c)'eat-
I)irectors of the new company
ed by the retirement of Percy wilt include W. G. Reed, Seattle,
Funk and subsequent promotion:chairman of Silnp)n Timber
of Jim Hillier to purchasing agent. Company; T. F. Gleed, Seattle,
Gruver will join Ray Smith as a l presiden t of Simpson Timber
Simpson buyer. Company; C. H. Bacon, Jr., Scat-
Gruver went to work for Strop- tle, executive vice president of
son at the main office in April, Simpson Timber Company; C. H.
1946, and moved to the hsulatingl Kreienbaum, Seattle, vice chair-
Board Plant two yea.ra later. He man, Simpson Timber Company;
has been there ever since except Maxwell D. Bardeen, Kalanmzoo,
for 18 n](mths in the Navy during president of the Lee Paper Corn-
the Korean Conflict. pany, and Norman Bardeen, Kala-
He has t)een personnel super- mazeD, vice president and sales
visor at IBP since 1953. manager of Lee Paper Company;
Gruver was graduated from Merrill W. Taylor, Kalamazoo,
h'ene S. Reed high school and has . ctm.irman of The First NationaJ
lived in Shelton since 1938. Bank and Trust Conlpany of Kal-
• Enjoys Breakfast
amazeD, and John C. Howard,
Kalamazoo attorney.
MAXWELL BARDEEN will be
president of Simpson Lee Paper
Company, Vice presidents will in-
elude Don li'. McCall of Everett,
Norman Bardeen, and Albert A.
Ciwiatian of Vicksburg. Christian
also wil! serve as secretary, and
Kenneth A. Warren; Kahu'nazoo)
now Lee Paper Company t reamu'-
or, will become Simpson Lee
tl'easLll'er.
Selection of executive head-
quarters for the new company will
be made ]at:or.
Stnll)son P/tper (2ompany phmt
at Everett was folnl(hM in 1,N91
and operated as Everetl. Pulp and
Pap(,)' Company until it was a(.'-
quired by SilllpSOII iH 19h]. 2"11,'
luodcl'nized Evere(t 111il] elnphys
more thau 1,000 people ill pull) '
pa.per ;tlld £ollvCl'Ling ope)'alious,
A Iwarmil m)nvcrting plant wa;
established in Los Angeh's Several
nlon[ hs ago.
Lee Paper Colnpany Was f()lllld-
ed at Vicksburg, Michigan, 17)
]ulles from l(alallazo() in 190.i.
.:,, .:i; :/;:i :;:2:
EARLY BIRD--Ned Wlvell, member of the pioneer Mason County
family, was the first of nearly 1400 persons served during the
annual Kiwanis Club hotcake breakfast last Sunday staged to
raise funds for the community's free swimming and life saving
classes. Final figures haven't been computed yet hut the 1959
breakfast is certain to be a record-breaker all the way around,
reports general chairman Bill Seiners. A large portion of the
breakfasters were sports car race participants and spectators, who
came from all points of the Facific Coast. Most distant of sorne
30 visiting Kiwanians who registered at the breakfast was Lute
Kol|t= of 8ants Ann, Calif, (Jotlrnal photo, print by egler.)
,,['aaa0, I
AND
O. K, RE-OAP
For More Economlo Driving
O.K. RUBBER
WELDERS