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SHELTON-MASON COUNTY JOURNAL, INC., Publishers
Founded 1886 by Grant C. Angle
Mailing Add,egg: Box 446, Shelton Phone 426-4412
Published at Shelton. Mason County. Washington, every Thursday.
Entered as Second-Class Matter at the Poster,ice, Shelton, Washington
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RURAL CORRESPONDENCE AND NOTICES -- Monday 10 a.m.
DISPLAY ADVERTISING --- Tuesday noon
SOCIETY NEWS --- Tuesday noon
PICTURES AND NEWS -- Tuesday 5 p.m.
WANT ADS -- Wednesday 10 a.m.
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER -- William M. Dickie
PLANT SUPERINTENDENT -- Jim Shrum
OFFICE MANAGER -- Lodema Johnson
NEWS EDITOR -- Alan Ford
SOCIETY EDITOR --- Marl Waters
OFFICE ASSISTANT -- Mary Kent
ADVERTISING MANAGER -- Barbara Nelson
PRINTERS -- Russ Stuck. Dave Thacher, Ass Pearson, Jerry Stiller
Charles Schwarz.
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Shelton's serious hospital situation has finally jelled
behind months of unobtrusive, behind-the-scenes hard work,
to the point where the only feasible solution has become
crystal-clear.
The various avenues of providing a new community
hospital, which the state health department says must be
done on penalty of enforced closure of the present hospital,
have been explored one-by-one, painstakingly and thorough-
ly, by a committee which has worked without fanfare and
publicity to the point where the public was beginning to won-
der if anything was being done at all.
Much has been done, be assured, the fruits
of which are coming to light.
The stagfering cost of such a project has always been
a slow-bell on the committee's progress, and acquiring that
kind of money at the most reasonable and feasible method
has been a puzzling conundrum. In :he end, the most feasi-
ble means has turned out to be not the most reasonable,
in dollars-and-cents.
Most of the those concerned with the situation hoped
to stay clear of the hospital district-taxation solution.with
its attendant bond issue. This writer, too, is one who abhors
bond issues because of the high cost additive of the interest
over extended periods. This o ten almost doubles the ori-
ginal sum of the bond issue. " "
However, the studies made by fund-raising
experts indicated a strong unlikeliness of ever rais-
ir g the $3/4 million involved in the ,hospital pro-
jcct by means of public contributions and pledges.
That leaves the hospital district-bond issue route as the
only logical solution. Costly as this method is, we feel the
committee and the hospital board has come to the only con-
clusion possible.
That leaves it squarely up to the public. If the people
want the kind of hospital facilities that ,beet state health
department standards they now have the opportunity to
provide them--with evcryorm sharing in the cost.
That is one favorable aspect of this solution--instead
of a comparative few shouldering the cost burden through
voluntary contributions (studies prove that about 25% of
the people actually contribute), the cost is borne by all who
pay property taxes.
Any person operating a motor scooter or motor-pro-
pelled bicycle on the public roads must have a.valid driver'q
'license.
The operator must comply witk the motor
vchiclc laws.
Classed in the same category as motor-cyclc , motor
bikes and scooters are permitted on the public roaels only
when licensed and are equipped with standard saff ty de..
vices, such as lights, horns and brakes.
These small two-wheel-machines can be extremely dang-
erous. They are small and sometimes hard to see. Many are
unable to keep up with fast moving traffic. In spills or
listens, the driver has no protection.
Motor bikes and scooters must not be con-
sidered az toys for young children.
While it might take $75,000 to acquire the "most ex-
pensive car in the world," a discourteous driver easily can:
beat that figure by turning a cheap car into a murder
weapon.
For instance, suppose a discourteous or careless driver
caused a smashup that ldlled someone else -- a 20-year-old
mall.
If the dead one were to earn an average of $6,000 a year
until he was 65 years of age; his "lost" earnings would be
almost a half million dollars.
However, thcse arc mere dollars. Can any
price be stated to translate the true "'cost" to a
pcrson who b ricd following a needless traffic
accident ?
Through July 19, 1964, a total of 337 persons were
killed on Waslflngton's roads and highways. Many were
children who otherwise could have expected to live reward-
ing, productive and purposeful lives.
Few persons can lay down $75,000 to buy "the most
exl)ensive ear in the world." No one can afford to snuff out
the life of another person.
To stay out of traffic troubles, be courteous, obey all
traffic laws aud highway signs and signals, ahd keep a
"safety zone" ahead--in feet, five times the speed.
SHELTONmMASON COUNTY JOURNAL--Published in "Christmastow , S helt n, Washington
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SQUEEZE PLAY--These are three of the five
c~rs invo,ved in a fender-crunching chain reaction
accident in the Evergreen Square parking lot last
Thursday. It started when a car being driven by
Carleton I. Sears, Olympia, hit the 1963 Chrysler,
on the right, owned by R. A. Weldwood, Shelton,
shoving it into the 1964 Falcon owned by Mrs.
Shirley Cowan, Union, which in turn hit the 1954
Shelton-Mason County Journal
227 West Cota Street
Shelton, Washington
Dear Bill:
Even though I am not prone as
an advocate of "Letters to the Ed-
itor", I feel that the event ~dis-
cussed below should not go un-
challenged.
KING-TV local news of August
11, 1964, incinded an interview
with P. B. Murphy, as Secretary
of the local Chamber of Commerce,
on the up-coming opening of our
Corrections Center. When asked
what were some of the problems
encountered in securing the selec-
tion of Shelton for the location ot
the Correctional Center, Mr. Mur-
phy stated, in effect, that the only
problem was the concern of the
residents over the possibility oI
having colored people come to
town. Not only was this mention-
ed as the only problem encounter-
ed, but Mr. Mt, rphy saw fit to
elaborate on this questionable.
statement.
Though I was not living in Shel-
ton at that time, I strongly ques-
tion the validity of this state-
ment. At a time when racial ten-
sion is~ so high all over the country,
this statement was entirely uncall-
ed for and one that could hold
Shelton and Mason County up to
I I
Buick owned by William S. Taylor, Belrair, on
the right, The Taylor vehicle was then ~ushed into
a 1957 Plymouth owned by Mrs. Russell Stevens,
Shelton. All of the cars except the Sears car were
parked ~nd unoccupied at the time of the acci-
dent. Sears told police the accelerator on his auto
stuck as he began backing out in the parking lot.
m)t see eye-to-eye with him, but
thqy did not ilesitate to believe.
But the Lord Je=us Christ had
performed many miracles right
before their eyes. The healing of
sick bodies, raising from the dead,
delivering them in time of peril,
and feeding the multitude from
two barley loaves and five fishes.
i They saw the things he (lid but
their eyes were blinded by Satan.
They repaid him with mockery, ri-
: dicule and unbelief. "
He told them that Salvation of
the Soul was everlasting, that it
lTleant fo! ever and foreve.r. The
finding of outer space is the great
event of the day for this Earth
that Christ said shall pass away.
First John 2: 15----Love not the
world, neither the things that are
in the world. If any man love the
world the love of the Father is
not in him.
16--For all that is in the world,
the lust of the flesh, and the lnst
of the eyes, and the pride (,f life,
is not of the Father, but is of the
world.
].7--and the world pa.~seth away
and the lust thereof, but he that
doeth the will of God abideth
forever.
Evclline Farreil
scorn and ridicule by anyone who
may have heard Mr. Murphy's dis-
sertation on the subject. When
Murphy had the opportunity to,
using a cliche, to "put in a plug"
for the area, he instead, made this
ill-advised statement.
• 1V~urphy spoke as secretary ot
the local Chamber of Commerce,
but it is certainly hotbed that his:
comments were not made with the ;
knowledge or approval of the gee- :
eruing body of the Chamber ot
Commerce. It is also hoped that he
will not go uncensored for his ill-
chosen words.
Murphy's statement not only
east a cloud over the entire area, :: !
,which was not warranted, but was
/
gV Ted K fiag
Only a handful of years ago,
some fishermen figured the time
had come to give the small out-
goard motor a permanent funer-
al, points out Willard Crandall,
Boats Editor of Sports Afield M:].-
gazine. The new, larger motors
were improved, they said, to the
point where they would troll as
well as the small ones. The extra
power was needed to fit tha new
larger, safer boats. More water
traffic and wakes, more travel
farther afield in more doubtful
weather demanded tile use of these
boats. And trailer travel had done
away with motor lifting, anyhow.
BUT SMALL MOTORS still
eost less to buy and to operate.
The fisherman alone (or with one
pal) needs no big boat, so far as
load is concerned. In the widening
search for the elusive~ fish, anglers
ere taking to a greater number of
smaller as well as larger waters.
Not only do previously neglected
ponds and creeks hold fish; they
don't, hold hordes t)f swimmers,
oversize cabin cruisers with big
wa.kes or skin divers wiLh their
watchout-for-me flags. As one
tingler put it: "I stil! find fighting
fish in backwoods' ponds. But even
if I shouldn't, I can't think of a
certainly a great disservice to the
men and women who spent so:
much time and money to make the
Correctional Center in Shclton a
reality. Ironically, it was, I under-
stand, the Chamber of Commerce,
which spearheaded the drive to se-
cure the Correctional Center for
the area.
I am not so naive to think that
hmnan nature being what is is.
that some of the residents may not
have entertained such a doubt
concmming the Correctional Center,
but it is felt to be in extremely
poor taste to publicly suggcst that
this was the only concprn of the
residents. Tile community of Shel-
ton and thc people of the area are
such that I anl proud to be a rcs-
ident of the area and will take
issue with anyone who attempts
to use an interview on radio and
TV to break down the .reputation
which this area is certainly entitled
to, that of being modern, progres-
: sire, and forward thinking.
As a resident of the area, I cer-
t'ainly hope that in tile future
th,~t Murphy will use a little more
disc'.re)ion in making statements
to £.hc news media when speaking
as S',ecretary of the Shelton-Mason
Courr£y Chamber of Commerce
concerning matters of such pt~blic
conceYn,.
Sincerely,
John C. Ragan
I,VItO I)O ~rE BEIJEVI,]?
Much h:,~u been said about the
astronaut, John Glen, the first
American se, nt into outer space.
and ]'eturne(~ to earth safe and
sound.
Itc was ap~htudcd, welcomed,
and honored ~herever he went,
which I think is fine.
But; the Lord ,~e.sus Christ told
the people what he could and
would do for the|.~l, He said "I
am tile Savior of t/r¢~ World". He
told Iheal he ~ould' e~ie for their
sins, and be rai,md fro.m tile dead
the third day.
But mostly they refused to believe
him. They called hinl an i~npostcr
and hung him on a crue~ cross.
They spit upon him and many
other hurtful things they did.
But when tile astronaut, a nxere
man, told of the things he saw in
outer space the people believed,
BANK DIRECTORS--Directors of the Natlonal
Bank of Mason County is in the process of
formation are, left to right, R. J. Cottrell, presi-
The National Bank of Mason
County, w~ieh is being organized
here, is presently carrying out the
numerous'details necessary to in-
sure smooth and accurate func-
tioning once its doors have been
opened for business, the organiz-
ers said this week.
Arangements are underway for
a building to house the new bank.
All necessary approval has been
received from tile Comptroller of
Currency in Washington, D.C.
R. J. Cottrell assumed duties as
manager of the new bank last
better place not to find them!"
Outboard-motor manui~ctul,eva
are recognixing this definite N'end
toward increased use of stnall,
calm watm~. This yaar, particular-
ly, there a~'c new, thoroughly mod-
ernized small outboard-motor mo-
dels --- such as the first single to
have remote cont,~ol as well as
gearshift. This lets the driver's
weight move toward the bow to
hold it down, as is oite~ necessary
in slow hoat~.
TtIE ~MALL- MOTOR angler
should be cMefly concerned that
the speed is neither toe) little nor
too much for his boat. When more
speed is wanted, larger motors
move in. Today's small motors of-
fer non,altering trolling at slow
speeds; easy handling afloat and
ashore; starters that pull ()vet
with slight effort; a minimum ot
possible tmder~rater ciamage.
dent and manager; Carol Jon
Bob Kimbel; Bob Slettadahl;
vin McGuire, Laurence Bedell an=
(Rellrinted from the July odi-
(ion of thc. Jig-A-Jig, state puil-
lieation of the 40 & 8 Yoiture
du Waslfington).
If there is a more vigorous voy-
a.geur than Voiture 135's John
Luhm produce !him.
Aside from earn|ng his daily
three squares as a welder and
steelworker at Rayonier Inc, of
a, ted's Olympic Rcsea|'eh division
in Shelton, Voyageur Luhm has
two very tin]e-consuming off-hours
responsibilities Grand Correspen-
dant for Voiture du Washington
alld nlanagol" of Voitr~re 135's 40
& 8 Club.
As if that isn't enough, John
also is a Cheminot and nm'ses
training chairnmn for Voiturc 135,
is pHmently charged with the re-
sponsibility for arranging for the
sale of a building the voiture
owns. is sevviee ()ffieer for Fred
B. Wivell Anleriean Legion Post,
aud nevel' nlisses a post or voitllre
meeting. He, also films time t()
visit oLher voitures and posts 5]t
nlllnerous (,eeosions alld is a nlenl-
be,' of lbe E!ks (Olympia Lodge).
In conneeti(ln with Ills dl|l:ie~ a.n
40 & 8 Clnb malinger Voyageur
week to handle the arrangements
for opening for business.
Cottrcll, who came here from
Alaska, has had experience work-
ing in a new bank similar to the
one being established here.
COTTRELL SAID "as yet, our
date of opening has not been es-
tablished. The Comptroller of Cur-
reney as well as our o'wn hoard
of directors, does not want us to
,)pen for business until we are ab-
soh|tely sure that all of the liter-
ally hundreds of details have been
worked out.
"Until just
ors have
organizations
don,~ an eXC(
particularly
the work a~
individual
ated. This
tO serve,
the people in
met, indicates
fly and I are
happy with ~
community."
:Clubs, whi(,h Ill; serves as a dis-
: t riet dirc(,tor.
Tie is consistently named on wn'-
ious conlmitc(es requiring action,
~like nomina[mg, selling building%
!ere,, and t:hrouKhouL his men]bet-
lamp in both organizations has
filled many offices. He served two
;(!onse('lltive l;ernls as Voittn'e 135
i C',hef de G,'.|re, was Comman(ler of
l]le Leg
on, and h(ht various les-
Sel' ()ft'ice,~; ill both hodies.
Thel'e's still m(u'e. No(. connect=
ed with his vet,~rans organizations
iu any way is~his seat on Ibe
Sll(qt,,n Geller't] i]o.~pil.al board of
dJ I'(K,'toi's, \vii Jell ]!leer s !'egu]a r] y
and of late has added special sea-
SiOltS while it pol~ders ways au(I
means of financinK a hi'arid llov~'
eomnmnity hospital. Jolm is a
n[(?l'l~lh(!r ,}f ihe I)()aP(i's fin~lueing
eonnTdll, ee, wtlieh has Ihe l)lOllll-
menlal tas'k ,:,f fi!.,,'m'Jug out h,)w
lo r-use about one million dollars
to build lhe hospital.
SO WIIAT I)()ES :t v~lal voyag-
eur like this do in his spare time ?
Believe it o)' n,)l•, he's buildin?: a
lle~~r home, l)l(,s~ly by ]lil~lSClf. The
picture above stu)ws }lirll ,qawiug
it board with lovely Island Lake,
four miles nut' of Shelton, in the
background Wl~ile h0 worl~ed o1~
clid they not? They only had tol,uhm aJso i~ a member of the
tak~ hl~ word for it, they could ,Wa~ton State l%d~ration o~
the new house, which he hopes to
complete ~ate this year. This 'is
no summer shack. It is the Luhms
perma~ient residence, with three
oedrooms, a full basement, modern
in every way .....a $30,000 job
0r more. It is the second home
John has built with his own labor.
Besides handling saw, hammer
alld serew(u'lver with dexterity,
,/otn~ also does such more intri-
cate and specialized tasks as the
plun~bing and electrical wiring.
Somewherc along the line Voy-
:)geur Luhm finds time to provide
fatherly guidance to his daughter,
Cathy, a straight A student just
out of jtmior high, and his son,
Mike, who distinguished himself
by winning his letter in track
Lllough only a 7th grader at Silel-
t~,n junior i]igh this past spring.
Some of Lira credit has to go to
Fl'~tll (John's nliSSLIS), Wile holds
a lfighly l'esponsible position ~{t
l{ayonier and digs in witi~ some
of the carpentry work on this
house-building project,
Is there a more virile voyageul
than VoiLure 135's John Luhm?
We've got to ace him to believe
tl~cre could b~ one.
The Mason County Labor Coun-of American ei
cil this week issued a statement
-~oicing strong support for civil
rights.
The statement said:
No more important piece of le-
gislation l~as passed Congress in
this generation than the Civil
Rights Act of 1964. For' its pas-
sage, the members deserve the ap-
plause of a grateful nation. Con-
gress has met its responsibility to
the Constitution and to thc ideals
of human righta.
Congress has joined with the
judiciary and the executive ~n tfieir
determination to remove the
blight of segregation from the
land.
We should not be hilled by these
achievements. The decisions of the
courts, ihe orders of the President,
the laws enacted by Congress will
m)t by themselvcs achieve the
goals of full equality for every
American in American life.
TtlE FII{ST REQUII{I,]i~ENT is
a vigorous national Administra-
tion, led by a President who un-
derstands the national need to se-
cure civil rights and wile appre-
ciates the urgency of the problem,
m Administration which will
promptly and effectively exercise
the legal powers already invested
in it.
The national Administration
must also be sensitive in seeking
an expansion of legal authority to
~reas not alrcady covered, and in
~alling for improvement of laws,
~,lready on the books, when a need
becomes evident. And finally, an
A~lministration inspired by a Pre-
:-.'ident commilted to the cause, Of
equal rights, must provide dyn-
'relic leadership .to the people and
to Congress in the achievement of
human rights.
We urge specifically:
*Vigorous enforcement and con-
stant review of legislation seeking
to assure voting right, and its ex-
tension to state and local elections.
*Prompt implelnentation of our
national policy to desegregate pub-
:ic schools and public facilities
whereever segregated education
and segregated public facilities
exist.
*Strong federal action against
discrimination in employnlcnt, in
all forms of public aeconnnoda-
lions thronghout the United Statea
and in all public programs, includ-
ing housing programs, which in-
voke the use of public funds or
credits through grants, loans,
guarantees or inmu'ance.
*Expanded and more explicit
powers for the Attorney General
to move to protect the civil rights
ill whicli ihO;
of led,
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estly that
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(nit such asstl
not exercise
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