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Et, tedo " .d uar,tte,,tthc, po.,ts,.nce SHELTON, WASHINGTON Thursday, August 11, 1949. 8c PER COPY; $3.50 PER YEAR J Jump In Phone Rates In City Is Requested The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company has filed a revised application with the Washington Public Service Commission for further state- wide increases in telephone rates over those requested last Fall. The new increase was brought out by company witnesses at a hearing before the commission last July 29. Steadily falling earnings and the need to compensate for higher in- stalled costs of new facilities to meet continuing customer demand for improved and expanded service were cited as the company's rea- sons for the proposed increase. Principal monthly increases as requested in both the 1948 and 1949 filings in telephone rates for Shelton are as follows: Residence One-party, local $1.00; two- party, local, 75 cents; one-party, extended, $1.25; two-party, ex- tended, $1.00; four-party, local, 50 cents; four-party extended (interim), 75 cents; suburban (10- party), 50 cents; cxtensions, 50 cents. Business One-party, local, $1.75; one- party, extended, $2.25; two-party, $1.50; suburban (10-party), 75 cents; extensions, 75 cents. No increases are proposed in basic day station toll or long dis- tance rates but slight upward re- visions have been requested on charges made for person calls, overtime periods, and night and Sunday rates. Principal monthly increases for Hoodsport are as follows: Residence One-party, $1.00; two-party, 75 cents; four-party, 50 cents; subur- ban (10-party), 50 cents; exten- sions, 50 cents. Business One-party, local $1.25; one-par- ty, extended, $1.75; two-party. $1.00; suburban (10-party), 75 cents; extensions, 75 cents. No increases are proposed in basic day station toll or long dis- tance rates but slight upward re- viiIm hav been requested on charges made for person calls, overtime periods, and night and Sunday rates. County 4-H Fair Is Being Prepared, Slated August 22-5 Preparations for the annual Mason County 4-H Fair are ra- pidly taking shape. The fair this year will be held at the new grounds in Shelton Valley, and work to complete new buildings is being rushed. TItE EVENT at which Mason county's 4-H boys and girls will display their prize projects and farm produce' will be from Aug- ust 22 to 25. Blue-ribbon winners will be eligible to enter the Puy- allup Fair September 17 to 20 and the State 4-H Fair Septcmber 28 to October 2. Andrew Kruiswyk, Jr., county extension agent, said that the 4-H clubs in the county are taking strong interest in the fair that will be held on their own prop- erty. Last year the affair was at the Shelton Airport. THERE WILL BE contests, ex- hibits and special events during the fair days. Special awards will include sweepstakes prize, state NEW INCINERATOR INSTALLED POINTING TOWARD the top of the new incinerator for the Shelton city dump is Russell Nelson who Is shown diussing installation problems with Robert Martin. Both men were in the crew that set the 34-foot-tall burner in place last Thursday and Friday. It was swung from the position shown above to the con- crete base at the lower right. Mayor Harry Cation said that the new burner would be ready for use in about two weeks. (Picture by Andrews.) Fishing Trip Rough For Shelton Pair ew--Rubbish "CHARLEs E. DEVLIN NAMED NEW Claim N SIMPSON CO. SALES MANAGER Sometimes a fishing trip can be mighty rough. Slranded in the middle of the Strait of Juan de Fuca between Port Angeles and Victoria, Can- ads, Maurice Needham and his son, Mauriee, Jr., had a rough night last week. THEY IIAD LEFT Shelton in Needham's 34-foot boat on Tues- day a week ago to do some fish- ing for large salmon off Sekiu. They rounded the point at Port Townsend on Wednesday after- noon. At supper time their motor conked out about ten miles west of Port Angeles. A steady evening's wind chan- neling in from the ocean tossed their light craft, the Sea Ben, to- ward Vancouver Island while Mr. Needham and his son struggled to repair a burned-out coil. JUST BEFORE it got dark they eard an airplane far overhead and dashed on deck to wave white distress flags. "The Navy pilot certainly had observing eyes for he saw that our boat was floating without power, ' Needham related later. "He circled several times then radioed our position to the Coast Guard station at Port An- geles." A surface craft was sent out from Port Angeles to rescue the Shelton fishermen, but it ,failed to find them. Waves were continuously rock- ing the light Sea Ben as it floated in the dark strait. Mr. Needham got seasick. "That was the first time in my life that I ever got seasick,,' he stated frankly, "and it was pretty rough." Combatting the plagues of sea- sickness in a manner known best by those experiencing it and hold- ing a large flashlight for signal- (Continued on page 3) OUR GRANDPARENTS WORE 'EM GRANDMOM AND GRANDDAD used to have'much fun swimming in the sort of bathing suits modeled above, but they didn't get their tans. Left to right are Barbara Bates, Gordon Anderson and Mary Ann Keenan who will show bathing suits to resident= of Shelton and Mason county who attend the hospital- benefit Silver Tea this afternoon. The colorful affair will be from two to five o'¢1o¢k at the hospital grounds. If it rains, the tea and fashion show will be at the Colonial House. The Gay Nineties Fashion Parade starts at 2:30 O'clock. Zenta Club sponsors prom- ise an Interesting program for all who attend. (Photo by Andrews.) Unit Can Burn All Things Dumped In Shelton's new incinerator at the city dump will burn anything. Mayor Harry Carlon said that garbage trucks in about two weeks will start unloading their collections of waste directly into the burner's maw for sanitary and speedy disposal. I RESIDUE FRO1V[ tin cans and jars will be .removed periodically from doors at the bottom of the huge silo-shaped garbage furnace, and all other material will be burned in flames hot enough even to consume the smoke. Installation of the burner in- sures the city a more sanitary garbage dump, the mayor pointed out. It will cut down smoke and odors. Even the fat rats at the city dump will grow skinny or tarve as the new burner will eat up their sources of food--fresh garbage. The tall cylinder is 12 feet in diameter and has sides of ,-inch steel plating. It rests on three concrete blocks. Through the base ire three ttinnels to supply oxy- gen from the air for the fire. RUBBISH WILL be chuted into the burner from the top of a bank against which the structure stands. All that the garbage-truck driv- ers need do is to back up the trucks to the chute and dump the contents into a conveyor. The in- cinerator takes over from there. Over the top of the btu'ner is a Jeavy screen which is to stop any sparks that might fly. The new burner will reduce thc fire Charles E. Devlin, of Tacoma, I 42, will become general sales man- ager of the Simpson Logging Com- pany on Sept. 1, President W. G. Reed announced last week end. ' Devlin, succeeding R. E. "Bob '' Seeley as manager of Simpson's nationwide sales organization, has won wide recognition as managin K director of the Douglas Fir PAy wood Association tn the past two:', years. Devlin joined this associa- tion of Oregon and Washington )lywood manufacturers as public- ity director in 1938 and has been active in the industry's rapid ad- vancement ever since. ! Devlin will make his headquar-P ters in Simpson's sales office in the White Building in Seattle. For the present, he and Mrs. Dev- fin and daughter, Penelope, 2',. years old, will continue to reside at Steilacoom Lake, near Tacoma. Devlin is a native of Green Bay, Wisconsin. He saw much of the United States as a youth follow- ing the moves made by his father, who was with the Milwaukee Rail- road for many years. Devlin worked in the Milwaukee ticket i office in Everett during the time] he was acquiring a colleg educa-' tion. He was graduated in busi -' ness administration" from Beloit, l CHARLES E. DEVLIN Wis., College and earned a mas- ter's degree in business at Har- vard. Big Jackass Tilt Features Senior Chamber, Jaycees Surfacing Projects Start In Shelton The resurfacing of the city's tennis court at Kneeland Park is being done today, and early next week Raih'oad Avenue will be sur- faced with a new seal coat, an- nounced H. Enzo Loop, commis- sioner of pulglic works. Commissioner Loop also said A great battle involving jack- asses, Jaycees and Chamber of Commerce men will be centered at the Loop Field arena at eight o'clock Wednesday evening. contest awards, reporters, prize, and a rosette for the winner of the secretary's boot contest. There are 11 classes in the exhi- bits division and six classes in the contests division. NASH SPARKLES AS NEW CHEF DE GARE OF VOYAGEURS Walter Nash and his staff of blue hatted Voyoguers officially took over the reigns of office to direct affairs of Mason County Forty and Eight affairs last Thursday evening. The new offi- cials were installed at the Voi- ture's regular monthly meeting at the Forty and Eight club rooms by Grand Cheminot Harold Lake- burg. Nash succeeds to the post of Chef de Gare held during the past year by Al Huerby, botl the old and new Chefs sparkling the meeting with their remarks. Announce Transfer Of Ford Company The Ford Motor Company in an official announcement in this week's Journal gives public notice of the transfer of the Shelton agency from A1 Hum'by to "Bud" Fitch. The new owner expects to have danger at the city dump. The equipment was purchased from the Builders Distributing Company of Seattle, which is in- stalling it. Payment to the com- pany of the contract price of $4,- 635.50 will come after the incin- erator has been found satisfac- tory, Mayor Carlon said. The agreement to try out the inciner- ator was signed June 21. that streets in about 50 blocks will be oiled in a project to start next Wednesday. Cost of oiling thestreets has been payed for by the residents. The Asphalt Paving Company of Tacoma is resurfacing the ten- nis court and Raih'oad Avenue, and the Grisdale Construction Company of Shelton will do the oiling. r The hearing I riday wa called by the Washington Pubhc Ser- vice Commission to heat' protests that were raised when owners of the Crystal Springs Water com- pany asked that rates for users be raised from two dollars to five dollars a month. BUCK ARMSTRONG, who with his brother Stanley, owns the wa- ter company that supplies Capitol . JAYCEES H A V E announced their jackass-riding gladiators for the affair, while Ed Faubert and S. B. Anderson are still organiz- ing the Senior Chamber team. The donkey baseball game will be preceded by a broom stick polo game. Jaycee players will enter the .arena in new uniforms, featuring long underwear and war paint, while the Senior Chamber men have not revealed a description of their uniforms. Stan Parker and Keith Imus, chairmen for the sports affair, insist that the event will be stag- ed "whether it rains or shines, moonshine, that is." IN CHARGE OF concessions will be Jesse Wolfe, Walt Charl- son, Rex Howry, Dean Balkema, -Ed Lovell and Don McDonald. Ticket committeemen are Harvey Deweyert, John Hoopcr, Joe Ba- tie and Chuck Murray. Captain for the Jaycee jackass experts will be John Stevenson, while John Dailey will be pitch- ing. Others players will be. Roy Poacher, Bob Weaver, Harry Bay, Harry Fortin, Ray Buchmann, Dick Nelson, Dick Jacobsen, Gay Taylor, Clarence Perkins, Norm Coselman and Leon Scott. Capitol Hill Water Issue Still Bubbling After Meet Water supply problems on Capitol Hill have been drained through a public hearing at City Hall Friday, and no relief from financial burdens has yet evolved from the discussions. €" Hill residents said that his corn- Fluoride Demonstration Unit Here Paints Teeth of 500 Local Children $ $ $ $ $ $ By Frances R. IUll studying the problem for over two Shelton and Mason county on years. Wednesday of last week wclcom-I IN Tile SPRING of 1947 dcle- ' gates to the council heard their ed the fluoride demonstration t dental unit furnished by the U. S. ' Public Health Service and work° CLOWNS AND ROR()T ing under the supervision of the I&]h|T][. &f']. rlP]l]l.][¢ cooleration with the as'[n'to [TO LO, NGVIEW FETE State Dental Association The J Simnson Loin¢, Com,an .... ' istin • ¢ ,,  v  unit, cons . .g of a dcntmt, two I famed robot "tree planter" and 30 dental nygmmsts ann a clerk, will I clowns will take part in the Long be at the Bordeaux school until I • " 2 to iv ,view Silver Jubilee parade this September . g e sodium fluor- I Saturday ide treatments o over 500 school Winners of top prizes in prev- "" : ' . ' ." "': . ' . "' •i" ' • ' : icommt.m[ties will be led to carry!tembcr 3 and in Seattle at the on general dental health progranm state 40 ct 8 convcntion on SeD, of their own. tember 8, , I Much of the rctll for the cont, J Clarence Beauchamp, manager munity cooperation which prom-of the volunteer clown organiza- $ ' € $ district health officer and a local dentist talk on dental care for county children and were told that the educational phase of den- tal care was neglected, profes- sional care inadequate and that there was great need for a den- tal hygienist in the schools. , It was suggested that such a school hygienist could do poly- clinical work, teach dental health to children, teachers and paents and relieve dentists who are too busy for educational work. Inspired by the first conmmn- ity demonstration of sodium flu- oride last November on Puyallup school children, the council call- ed a meeting in Shelton last April to plan a county-wide dental health program, which would in- clude the hiring' of a dental hy- gienist to work m the school system. ASISTED BY the dental hy- giene scction of the State Depart- ment of I.tcalth and by the com- munity planning being done in Puyalhp as a follow-up of their dcmon:t|'a tiort treatments for school children, the Dental Health Council has formulated a basic (Coutiaued On Pae 1,'urn') pany has been operating for a loss for years and that the only thing they can do is to stop supplying water. "Due to the fact that we'll op- erate at a loss, even ff granted a rates increase, we'll have to stop our water service. Adequate supplies of good water is essen- tial to community health, and as soon as the people on Capitol Hill can make arrangements to get it from other sources, we are going to send out 30-day notices that the water will be discontinued," Armstrong said. Armstrong pointed out that the state cannot force his company to operate if it continues to show a loss. IN EXPLAINING the decision made by himself and his brother, Armstrong said, "To giv9 good service and not take a loss, the company would have to charge each of its original 69 customers a flat rate of $8.19, as computed by .state engineers. "However, when the rate in- crease notice was issued about a month aga, 17 users dug their own wells, leaving only 52 resi- dents being served by the eom- pany, and if the new rate goes into effect others have declared they would dig their own wells. ' "The company had estimated that a flat rate bf $5 would be adequate, but if users dig their own weIls morc money would have to be charged the remaining ones to covet- fixed operating costs," Armstrong elaborated. "If the state wcre to force us to continue operating, we would be allowed to file water rates that would show a profit'to the company." ARMSTRONG SAID that the company had been offered to the people several times and that hearings have been held. "Resi- ({oatiaucd uU page ) an open house and public inspec- tion of his building and facilities as soon as a painting and redecor- ating contract is completed. Sohm alterations to the building and. its automobile services are .to be  ises to have tangible results in tion, said the Longview parade t a dental health program for our will feature the first appearance made. A used car lot has been leased. Mason county schools goes to the of the 12-piece Simpson clown directly across the street from District Health and Welfare Coun- band under the direction 'of Lynn the agency .building on Raih'oad cil, sponsored by the Mason Sherwood, Shelton public schools that wiR .be..p./'epred County District Federation of i music leader. for the ued car sales, Women's Clubs, which has been "i;V7 '- -V:--,-:YY; 7.  : -- Arcadia Volunteer Fire Unit Formed, Carl Emsley Chief The Arcadia Loop volunteer fire department was organized Aug- ust 8 in a step taken by the rural residents to insure adequate fire protection for their homes. Much interest in the new unit wa, s shown by the 22 persons at- tending the first meeting. CARL EMLEY was named fire chief and Howard Yule was elected president of the new de- partment. Both affirmed that ac- tion to secure fire-protection equipment would be pushed. The group will meet the second and fourth Mondays of each month at Southside grange, : A constitution and a set of by- laws'wpre:adopfed at the organ- izational' S¢ssiom Means of acquir- ing fire equipment, location of a fire hall, and setting up of an alarm network will be discussed at another meet slated fdr August 22. The g'oup will check fires on the Arcadia, Cole, Lynch and Mill Creek roads and all smaller roads that connect. The Walker Park area will also be protected. OTIIER OFI"ICERS e I e c t e d Monday include Harold Castle, vice president; Art Mell, treas- urer and Keith Hut'st, secretary. I Personnel in the new fire unit will include Don Clark, Merrill Pierce, Gene Hohnan and Keith Evans, assistant cliefs; Eli Wol- den, Bob Stoy and Ray Runacres, battalion chiefs; Arnold Saeger captain, and Arthur Volden, cap- tain of the first aid team. HOLE-IN-ONE GOLF Restraining Orders On Mt. View Dissolved Annexation Or New i City Moves Free To Stir Again With legal barriers dis. solved, movement to annex portions of Mountain View to Shelton or to form a new city can start stirring again. TEMPOIARY restraining or- ders issued city and county com- missioners to prevent them frolY1 acting on petitions relative to the Mt. View situation have been dissolved by default. Both orders, effective until August 5, expired and no one appeared at the Su- perior *Court Friday to attempt nmking them permanent. Superior Court Judge Charles T. Wright said that the attorneys representing each side had agreed to let the alternate writs of pro- hibition expire and that "there was no need for court action." LYLE O'DELL, chairman of tim board of county commissioners, said that a hearing is scheduled at the courthouse at 8' p.m. Aug- ust 15 to consider a petition ask- ing for the formation of a new fourth-class city of "Independ- ence" in the Mt. View area. City commissioners Tuesday took in the petitions of Harold Lakeburg and Clint Houpt ask- ing for the annexation of about 18 blocks of Mt. View territory. REPRESENTING those wishing the formation of the new muni- cipality is Ralph G. Swanson, Olympia attorney, and represent- ing the annexation backers is Joe Graham, Shelton attorney. 26 Days Left For School Vacation, SchedulelRevealed Hey kids, school days are ahnost here. There are only 28 more days of vacationing left this Summer, for schools open September 6. TEACHERS WILL hold their first meeting at eight o'clock the morning of. September 6. Ele- mentary teachers will gather at Lincoln school, and other teachers will meet in the buildings in which they are employed. The first day of school will be a light one. Buses will make their regular runs, and classes open at 10:30 o'clock in tbe morning. Dis- missal on the first day is at noon. A general faculty meeting will be at three in the afternoon at the senior high school. RUOY W. OLTMAN, superin- tendent of city schools, announces that registration for new studeat, transferees and children with spec- ial problems will be at the junior and senior high schools from seven to nine o'clock the mornings of August 31 and September 1 and 2, For elementary students the office at the Lincoln school will be open on the same dates from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Other definite announcements on the opening of school this "Fall will be coming later. Last Rites For Sgt. A. C. Wiley To Be Saturday Graveside serviccs /'or Sergeant Arehie Cleo Wiley will be con- ducted by Legionnaires and V.F.W. members at 1:30 o'clock Satur- day afternoon at Shelton Morner- TOURNAMENT SET lal Park. AT BAYSHORE LINKS SERGEANT WILEY was killed in action in Holland September Active Ch|b members are work- 24 of 1944 while serving as a pars- ing up a hole-in'one golf tourna- trooper. Prior to its being sent ment to be held at the Bayshore here, the body was in a r. S. rail- links August 25 through 28. Pur- itary cemetery in Holland. it is] pose of the four-day event is to scheduled to arrive Friday at Wit, try to raise money for 4.he Scltool ', siers Funeral Home. Boy Patrol and for Boy Scouts. I Joining the Army on August 18, An annual affair sponsorcd by 19,13, the young man was trained the Activians here, the tourncy ! to take part in the European Thea- offers good prizes for dead-eye ter of Opcrations. He attended golfers. The club is putting up a Shclton schools and graduated $50 savings bond for the first from Irene S. Reed High School hole-in-one, and other prizes will in 1936. be given those having the clos- I' SURVIVORS include his daugh- est "near misses."; • I ter, Andrea, 6, of Seattle and her There will be a daily prize of mother; his mother and stepfather, 40 per cent of the day's receipts Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Sylvester of that will go to the golfer landing:Bayshore; two sisters, Beverly his ball nearest the hole, and:Sylvester of Bayshore, and Mrs other prizes will be 25, l0 and 5 Charles Johns of San Diego, Calif.; per cent of the receipts. John :three brothers, LeRoy Sylvester of Stevenson, club president, said Bayshore, Ken Wiley of Shelton, that all prizes, excepting the and George Wiley of Lost Lake. bond, would be merchandise cer- I Pallbearers will be local veterans tificates, of military service. ROASTING HENS GROUND BEEF PORK SAUSAGE POT ROASTS WESTERN MEAT CO. 411 Railroad PHONE 21 CUSTOM CUTTING AND CURING