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I Hassle:
"0 " Boa rd To Meet Wed n esday
0pper n Vacation;
ea'l HOpper, administrator of Mason General if any were taken it could only be done at a regular meeting complaint it received from Mrs. Sollars. "An employee, first claiming to have received such calls
is',0n vacation," the hospital commission said this of the commission. The investigation is almost completed, officers said, (and later admitting having made them) was discharged by
has not been at the hospital since Aug. 3 when
Called to the hospital to investigate a disturbance
Lois Sollars, at the time an employee of the
HolSper had assaulted her.
told The Journal this week he had not resigned
not intend to resign from his position with the
president of the hospital commission, said
has been taken by the commission and that
The commission's next regular meeting will be at 7 p.m.
Aug. 20 at Mason General Hospital.
Angle said the commissioners had not had an
opportunity to meet with Hopper to discuss the incident.
Angle said the commission would be guided in any
action by the advice of its legal counsel, B. Franklin Heuston.
Other members of the commission are William Batstone
and Robert Holt.
The Shelton Police Department said Wednesday it is
continuing its investigation of the incident and the assault
with one or two statements still needed.
When all of the statements are in, the report will be
turned over to Prosecuting Attorney John C. Ragan who will
make a determination on whether or not any criminal charges
will be filed.
Hopper, in a statement on the incident this week, said
"1 went to Mason General Hospital, Sunday Aug. 3, about
7:30 p.m. in answer to a call from an employee regarding
more information concerning obscene, nuiszmce phone calls
being received by a number of employees.
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H AS THIS will be duplicated
events at the Mason County
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Fair this weekend. The 4-H horse clubs in
the county will have two barns full of horses
and will be riding Friday and Saturday in
various events. Sunday. some of them will
join the Silver Stars in'riding competition at
the riding club's arena near the fair grounds.
r To Open .00ll
y Morning
ason County Fair opens officially at 10 a.m.
began arriving Wednesday and continue up to 9
Opens at 10 a.m. each day Saturday and Stmday
6 p.m. Sunday with the release of exhibits at
)f the fair remains the same as in past years
admission lbr adults, 25c admission tbr grade
students with those under six free. •
ays promise a carnival and local concessions
aibits "of all kinds includings rocks and
hobbies, paintings, flowers, granges, home
agriculture, poultry, cows, goats,
entires.
horseshoe tournament will be played Saturday
those interested in participating should turn
tile office 0. the f)ir gl3)unds.
of other events is:
a.m. 4-H horse show Competition; 10 a.m.
and Showing; 4:30 to 7 p.m. Salmon
with prices of $2 for Adults and $1 for
12; 6 to 8 p.m. Western band - Betty Orrick
; 9 p.m. Teenage Dance with the TROCs
': 10 a.m. 4-H Horse Play Day; Noon -
1:30 to 7 p.m. The Blue Echoe's
be on hand to provide entertainment; 3
and NoMo; 4 p.m. - Pig and Chicken
)'. Hotcake, ham and egg dinner being
Kidney Foundation - $1.25 for adults and
Under 12; 7 p.m. Awards Night; 8:30 p.m.
9 a.m. to noon - Hotcake Ham and Egg
again by the Kidney Foundation; 11
ay Day, sponsored by the Silver Star Riding
participant; 1 p.m. Motorcycle Races; 4
for all ages - Penny Find for pre-school
Catching contest for mixed 'couples only;
Pin throw, women's nail pounding, boys and
COntest; 6 p.m. Fair Over.
rides will be available from the airport adjacent
all three days.
the pig scramble were donated by O.V.
Western Farmers Association store in
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her 4-H steer, a Polled Hereford named
entered in the Mason County Fair
ace is a member of the Agate Tip Tops 4-H
irst year in 4-H.
Thursday, August 14, 1969 Published in "Christmastown, U.S.A.", Shelton, Washington. Entered as second class
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THE MASON COUNTY FAIR this weekend
will have a unique cattle entry in these Irish
Dexter cattle, owned by the Cliff Dodge
family, operators of the Double L Corral at
Lake Limerick. Although long-established as
a breed in Ireland and England, the small,
dual-purpose cattle are rare in the U. S.
Dodge says there are less than 400 adults in
the U.S. and only one other cow that he
knows of in the state of Washington. The
three cows the Dodge family have were
brought with them from California. On the
left, Guy Dodge holds a Dexter-Hereford
cross calf while Tim, Mrs. Dodge and Dodge
hold their three Dexter cows.
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Contract Let
.For Bridge
The Washington State Highway
Commission said this week the
apparent low bidder on
replacement of the Weaver Creek
Bridge on Highway !01 north of
Shelton near the Skokomish River
was Quigg Brothers, McDonald
Inc., Hoquiam, with a bid of
$125,778.
The project calls for the
construction of a 99-foot
reinforced concrete bridge over
Weaver Creek and the
construction of two lanes of
highway .3 miles, with county
road approaches.
Timber Sale
One sale in Mason County, the
Nordby Lake Sanitation Sale,
50,000 board feet appraised at
$'2,600 and located about 18
miles northwest of Shelton is
among the timber sales being
offered by the Department of
Natural Resources Sept. 29,
County Delays Road Project
The Mason County
Commission last week decided to
postpone until next year a 2.2
mile road improvement project on
the Matloek Road in the Dayton
area.
The action came after bids,
opened by the State Highway
Department on the Federal Aid
Secondary project, came in 14A
per cent above the engineer's
estimate.
The apparent low bidder,
according to the State Highway
Department, was Excavators Inc.,
Kenmore, whose bid was
$115,423.40.
The commissioners, in rejecting
the bids, said:
"It has become necessary to
defer until early 1970 the planned
construction under the Federal
Aid Secondary Program of 2¼:
miles of Mason County Road
from Dayton west to Hickson
Corner.
"Under the Federal Aid
Secondary program Federal funds
are allocated to counties on a
matching basis - 53.4 per cent
Federal funds; 46.6 per cent
county - for construction on
designated FAS routes.
"Mason County receives a
modest annual allottment,
generally sufficient to accomplish
one project of economical size
each year.
"The State Highway
Commission acts as the agent or
the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
in the official capacity of
Contracting Agency, and in the
distribution of Feder=t funds in
accordance with a rmula
established by the Legislatm,'.
"The work must be done in
strict conformity with prescribe4
Federal standards, and the
payment to the county is actually
made in the form of a refund
AFTER the work has been
completed and approved. All
direct project engineering work is
performed by County personnel,
subject to scrutiny by the
Director of Highways.
"Work on the Dayton project
was begun in late 1968, but the
initial field work was seriously
interrupted during the past
winter. Completion of field
surveys and design, acquisition of
the necessary right-of-way,
preparation of plans and
specifications, and checking and
processing to bid-opening by the
State Highway Department
delayed bid opening until early
August. Bids were opened by the
Director of Highways Aug. 6. The
lowest of the three bids tendered
was 14 per cent over the
Engineer's Estimate, which had
been prepared by the County
Engineer and checked and
approved by the Director of
Highways.
"A contract for this project
will not be awarded at this time
for the following reasons:
"(I) The State Highway
Commission may not make award
for an amount in excess of I0 per
cent over the Engineer's Estimate,
unless 'it can be shown that an
emergency exists and positive
justification can be shown for the
high bids submitted.
"(2) Any special procedures
required, even if justification
could be found, would delay
award and the actual start of the
work to such an extent that
completion of the project in 1969
would become most uncertain. (A
partially completed project held
over the winter would result only
in extreme and costly
inconvenience.)
"(3) Early spring is generally a
much more favorable season to
call for bids for work of this kind
since contractors are not at that
time committed for work, and the
entire construction season lies
ahead.
"The Board of County
Commissioners extremely regrets
that these conditions do prevail at
this time, but for these reasons
must reschedule the
Dayton-ttiekson FAS project
until early 1970."
School Names Advisory Council
The Shelton School Board,
at its meeting Tuesday night,
named members of the citizen's
advisory committee which has
been recently re-activated.
Members who had served on
the previous committee were
named to one-year terms and
those who are new on the
committee were named to
two-year terms.
The names of James Barrom,
Dr. George Radich and Dixie
Aiken were added to the list of 44
members compiled at a
preliminary meeting of the
advisory committee July 28.
The Advisory Committee
planned an organizational meeting
Wednesday night.
The board, on the
recommendation of Assistant
Superintendent Bruce Jaros,
named Clyde Ruddell as
department head of the Foreign
Languages Department.
The board, on the
recommendation of Supt. Louis
Grinnell, hired six teachers, which
completes the district staff.
New teachers names included
were: Richard Korte, Sharon
Akers, Allen Hardie, Mark
Mitrovich, Rand Peterson and
Peter Pevo.
Grinnell asked the board about
the possibility of hiring an
administrative assistant in charge
of curriculum to work out of his
office.
Board members indicated they
would like to have more
information on the need for
another member of the
administrative staff and the duties
which the new member would be
htndling before making a
decision.
Dr. Douglas K. Larson, who
was appointed to the board to fill
the unexpired term of B. Franklin
Heuston after Heuston's
resignation last spring, told the
other members of the board he
was not planning to file for
election this fall.
Filings for school board
positions open next month.
The "board approved a change
in the electrical servico at the new
Mt. View School addition to meet
requirements of the State Fire
Marshall.
Architect Harold Dalke told
the board the plans for the
building had been submitted to
the fire marshall's office last
spring, but, the report which
required a heavier service to the
new addition, was just received.
Dalke told the board the
electrical contractor, Thackeray
Electric, Shelton, had agreed to
do the necessary additional work
for about $500.
Bids on milk, fuel oil' and
bakery products were opened and
contracts to the low bidders on all
three were approved.
The dairy products bid wa&
awarded to Kitsap-Mason
Dairymen's Association, the only
bidder.
The bakery products bid was
awarded to Oro-Wheat Bakers, the
low of three bidders. Other
bidders were Continental Baking
Co. and Langendorf bakeries.
Olympia Oil and Wood, the'low
bidder on fuel oil, was awarded
the contract for both types of
fuel oil.
me and I was assaulted by her when I attempted to remove
her hospital keys from the desk.
"This employee's husband was called and asked to bring
the police when he arrived and was asked if he had brought
the police, he said 'no, but I brought this' and wildly waved a
revolver in the air causing considerable tear for the safety of
several persons present .... until police arrived and took
charge."
In another incident involving the hospital, police were
called Saturday to investigate the theft of papers from a store
room.
Police were called by Batstone, who had been informed
of the missing papers by Mrs. Jean Lee, who is acting as
administrator during Hopper's absence.
Mrs. Lee had been informed of the missing papers by
Mrs. Inez Jacobsen, an employee of the hospital.
Police were told that among the papers taken were
purchase orders, stock cards, card index files, supply
inventories and other papers.
Some of the papers were blank and others contained
hospital records, oMcers said.,
Police received the report at 3:55 p.m. Saturday.
Investigation of the reported theft is continuing, officers
said Wednesday.
City Plans Two
Street Proiects
Plans for two major street
improvement projects in the city
of Shelton through the use of
state .Urban Arterial Funds were
announced Tuesday.
City .Engineer Howard Godat
presented agreements for the two
projects for signature by the
mayor.
The projects include surfacing
and sidewalks, curbs and gutters
on three blocks of Railroad Ave.
from Eighth to i 1 th Sts. The new
street will be four lanes and will
extend from where the present
four-lane street ends to the end of
where the necessary width for a
four-lane street is available.
The second project is the
construction of San Joaquin for a
new access to Capitol Hill.
Under the Urban Arterial
program, the state funds provide
for 90 per cent of the cost of the
projects with the city paying the
remaining 10 per cent.
This will be the first Urban
Arterial project in the city of
Shelton Godat said.
Engineering work will start
soon, Godat said with
construction probable in the
spring of 1970.
The city. reminded property
owners on the streets which are
included in the L1D which the
city is forming that the public
hearing on the LID is scheduled
for 7:30 p.m. Monday in city hail.
Godat said the project will be
advertised for bids as soon as the
engineering and legal work on the
LID can be completed.
The engineer announced that
Dennis Colvin had been hired as
engineering aid to succeed Jean
Meyers, who resigned recently to
join the county engineer's staff.
The commission approved the
award of the city's liability
insurance policy for the coming
year to Clint Willour Insurance
agency. Willour was the only
bidder in a bid opening on the
insurance last week.
The commission accepted
proposed changes in the
comprehensive planning work
from Consulting Services Inc. The
changes were necessary to include
housing studies now required by
the federal government in the
study.
The cost of the work, through
the adjustments made, will remain
the same.
Urpo Lappalainen, the Finnish
student being sponsored here for
the coming school year by the
American Field Services chapter,
was a visitor at the meeting.
He is living with the
Commissioner David Kneeland
and his family.
Charges Filed
On Checks
Criminal charges wore filed
against three persons this week by
Prosecuting Attorney John C.
Ragan, all involving checks.
Fred Wood was charged with
grand larceny in connection with
a check for $118 written to Joe
Bourgault June 22.
Robert Hogan was charged
with grand larceny in connection
with a check written to Ihe
tioodsport Lumber Co. for
$247.78 May I0.
David Polchikoff was charged
with grand larceny in connection
with a check written to the
Driftwood Shop for $67.70 June
16.
None of the three had been
arrested.
URPO LAPPALAINEN, Finnish foreign exchange student
sponsored here by the American Field Services chapter, looks
as Bridget Kneeland points something out to him in the
information on the U.S. which he is reading. The youth
arrived Saturday afternoon at Seattle-Tacoma airport. He will
make his home with the David Kneeland family during his
stay here for the coming school year. He left Helsinki,
Finland, Aug. 1, going by boat to Stockholm, Sweden, by
plane to New York and from New York To Minneapolis,
Minn., by bus and from Minneapolis by plane.
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