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VOL. LXIII--NO. 32. 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-
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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
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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