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Shelton Mason County Journal
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August 14, 1969     Shelton Mason County Journal
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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. .... •i ¸ ..... ! .... H AS THIS will be duplicated events at the Mason County t 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 / It ( I: ,¸ ; ER, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon 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 matter at the post office at Shelton, Washington 98584, under act of March 8, 1879. 83rd Year -- No. 33 Published weekly at 227 West Cot-,. $5.00 per year in Mason County, $6.00 elsewhere. 10 Cents Per Copy 30 Pages  4 Sections 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. Iuu 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. i