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PeZoy M Pie 6017 S.E. 86th Ave Portland, Ore @ 79TU YEAR NO. 33 Published in "C, hrestmastown, U.S.A.", Shelton, Washington 18 Pages--3 Sections Thursday, August 19, 1965 Entered as second class matter at the p ost office at Shelton, Washington, 98584 under Act of March 8, 1879. Pub ltshed weekly at 227 West Cota. 10 Cents Per Copy BLUE OX THEATER BUILDING 40-Year-Old Showhouse Scene of Many Motion Pictures Two young Aberdeen men were killed when the sports car in which ttmy were riding left the highway just west of Twanoh State Park about 2 a.m. Sunday. Dead are Albert D. Close, 21,~ and Kurt A. Olson, 17, both of Aberdeen. A third youth in the car, Jim Breuer, 16, Portland, is recovering from injuries received in the crash. The Washington State Patrol said the 1965 Jaguar roadster driv- en by Close was westbound on Highway 106 when coming into a left hand curve, it skidded and went off the right side of the road- way and struck a power pole broadside. CLOSE AND OLSON were pin- ned in the wreckage. Breuer was thrown from the car. Olson was killed instantly and Close died a few hours later on- route by ambl,lance from Shelton General Ho'~pital to a Tacoma hospital. Breuer was treated at Shelton General a.nd ,was later transferred to a Portland hospital. He received a broken collar bone and other in- juries. new Graham Theatre opened in Sheltac. In rendering his decision The three youths were report- Shelton and a blaze of color Thursday eve- Judge Charles T. Wright remark- edly returning home from a two- era have been ning with a capacity house of 750 ed at the time it was too bad that week vacation at a summer home ;lng of the town and county people and a the previous owners of the movie owned by Close's parents, Mr. and ~tre build- sprinkling of Olympia and Seattle house had lost so much in trying Mrs. John Close, Aberdeen, when new home friends and half as many for a to operate it in the face of chang- the accident happened. Olson was the son of Mr. and of Mason later show, indicating the public ins social desires. "This is the end interest in the handsome new of a profitable era, for movies are Mrs. Erwin Olson, Aberdeen, and building, playhouse." going the way of the livery sta- Breuer is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Theatre and Mark E. Reed and Alden C. ble." The Judge said. IDec. 1957, Frank Brener, Portland. ;m Theatre, Bayle~y, speakers at the opening Journal). Close would have been a senior at the University of Oregon where ay, 1925, a extravaganza, commended Graham Christiansen sold the theatre for he was majori'ng in philosophy , local land- for having provided the new rec- the second time in August, 1960 wii.h plans to study law later. ~lton and Ma- reational and educational facility, to Fred Thibodeau and the final Olson phmned to enter the Uni- years 1924- The opening night showing was page in the history of the Blue versity of "vVashington and had referred to as the farce "Charley's Aunt," with Ox building in operation as a me- been accepted in the honors pro- construction Syd Chaplin. Movies during the vie house began, gram. similar to first week included "Dorothy Ver- Plans calling for the demolition Ftmeral services for Olson wer( is go- non of Hadden Hall," starring of the 40-year-old show house was held in Longview and the Close time--- Mary Pickford, "A Society Scan- made known in mid-June, shortly rites were held in Aberdeen. dal," with Gloria Swanson and after Thibodeau sold to a group "The Guilty One," featuring Ag- repre~nting the National Bank of the Graham ~s,AMres, ' i~- MaSon County. ' .... few months 't~'~tle' grand opening night' priC- The loss of Shelton's sole then- were . Mill, es were 75 cents for logc seats tre, leaves only the Skyline Driver Mill No. 1, and 50 cents for the main floor In, located five miles south of winter, seating, regular admission prices Shelton at Taylor Towne, as the Pactf. after that were 35 cents for ad- only theatre in the immediate area d its branch ults and 10 cents for those under and closes the final chapter in a Elms to 12 years old. long and colorful history of one can't be The years following were the of Shelton's oldest structures. date, "good o1' days" of Shelton "flicks" of Taro- when Walt Graham, without hay- Registration For Cushman ing to wor,w about the comport- 1925. The tion of television, brought in 1924 and cough people to mm on a seven- 1926. night-a-week schedule. Ne Students new bus:- But it ~ppeared in the 1950's W been com- that the bread and butter years a January is" f°r the theatre industry here were Set eNte~ml~)ct We k Irene S Reed numbered. The Graham Theatre e Methodist has seen three different propriet- With P and the starting nasium and ors since 1954. In September of S of schools just around the corner, ~¢ere among that year Graham sold out to J. C. Shelton Junior and Senior High the busl- Christianseh, who changed the es- ,ovey, J. C. tablishment's name to the Melody School officials have scheduled asker. Con- Theatre. Then in 1955 Christ:arisen new student registration and gen- '24 on the sold to the Sheltac Amusement oral fee payment dates for two old Pen- Co., headed by Tacoman George days next week. Ackerman. The theatre name was Registration of all high school eatre saw ehax, ged once again by the corpor- !tuden.ts new to School District ~Uv win. De at Shelton High Tues- ~misc. The at:on--to the Blue Ox. lay ann weonesday between the llle show- Two years later, in 1957, a su- most.pro- per:or court order turned the Blue tours of 1 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 zm. each day, announced Stud- rant of Ox back to Christiansen from mt Counselor Chet Dombroski (Walt) VlondaY. He said that regular stu- :re for tent fees should also be paid (May, luring those hours. JUNIOR HIGH COmpletion Registration of all Junior High age students who are new to Dis- trict 309 is slated at the Shelton: Junior High School Tuesday and , was hailed Wednesday during the hours from theatres in 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. both days, stated Principal C. Bruce lit:on of the Once again 'T a p-a-T o u r i s t' Schwarck this week. He explained said of the comes to Shelton. Monday the that students wishing to pay fees Shelton Jaycees plan to honor an and obtain lockers may do so on out-of-state couple with two days these same days. of various activities in the Shelton- Schwarck said there will also Mason County area. be an orientation day Wednesday, Project chairman Vince Best- starting at 2 p.m. for all junior wick stated that the honored cou- high students ;low to District 309 plea activities starts when sheriff and those from Grapeview, Har- ': Sam Clark pulls them over and st:no Island, Kamilche, Pioneer Others asks them if they can stay in this and Southside. These students will area for a few days. meet in the Junior High School depends on During their stay in Shelton, auditorium for a briefing on pro- the couple will tour the Correc- cedures in the school followed by 3e lions Center, the Simpson Timber a tour of the facilities at :the Co. waterfront and many other Junior High and Grant C. Angle industries, buildings. They wil eat dinner at the Shel- School is scheduled to start Sep- ia elec- ton Hotel and stay overnight at tember 8. the City Center Motel: While the GRADE SCHOOL'S honored couple tour the area in a Evergreen Grade School wil~ be car supplied by Bud Pauley Motors open Monday, Tuesday and Wed- their car will be lubed, washed and nesday for 1:egistration of all new ~ filed with gas at John Lo'ng's children in grades kindergarten Richfield at First & Railroaa. through six who will be attena- ing Bordeaux, Mt. View or Ever- e ter exhibits and , ttend the COUNTY FAIR AUGUST 20 - 22 Shelton Airport green Schools this year. It is not necessary to register children who attended Shelton schools, kindergarten or the pre- school clinic last year. This reg- istrati6n is only for children in kindergarten and grade one who missed the clinic, or children in kindergarten through six who have moved into town during the sum- mer. i ire Nadia Biblawi, 16, Suez, Egypt, will arrive Sunday to begin her one-year stay in Shelton. She will live in the Clay: Aho home and will attend Sbelton High Srhool as a senior. .. Miss .Biblawi will arrive at Seat- co-Tacoma Airport where she will be met by her American "family" and a delegation from the Ameri- can Field ~ervices, which sponsors her stay here. PLANS ARE for the welcoming delegation to gather at the Thrift- way parking lot at 12:30 p.m. and plan to be at Sea-Tac about 2 p.m. Anyone interested in going and needing to make arrangements for transportation can telephone Mrs. Abe at 426-3225 or Patsy Wolfe at 426-8604. i The lOCal AFS Chapter met Monday night in the Otto Gold- schmid home to make final plans for the arrival of Miss Biblawi and to discuss fund raising activi- ties for the coming year. GETS DEGREE Among those getting degrees at FAIR PLANS~These leaders in 4-H home econom- ics have plans for a challenging judging contest for the Mason County Fair Friday. Foods, cloth- ing, home improvement and child care will be the projects for competition. Mrs. Eugene Evers, right, is chairman of the committee. She is assisted by Mrs. John MacRae, center, and Karen Wolf, left. F.D.I.C. The Masoh County Commission Mon2ay took the first steps to~, ward getting the porch of the~ Memorial Building repaired a£ter its unsafe condii:ion had been brought tO their attention earlier in the week. The commission received a let- ter from the Memorial Building Committee stating that the com- mittee had passed a resolution ask- ing that county commission have the porch repaired in the manner they deem necessary. County Engineer J. C. Bridger told the commission he had in- spected the condition of the porch and that the entire concrete slab floor of the porch as well as the ornamental brick and masonry work should be removed and re- placed. The wheelchair ramp, which was ocnstructed several months ago, would not have to be taken out, he stated. Bridger said the porch floor had cracked loose from where it was attached to the foundation of the building. The cracking had prob- ably been going~n for some time, Stray Dogs Causing Problem, Sherif! Says His office has been g tting num- erous calls about dogs running loose and bothering people in the county, Sheriff Sam Clark said this week. There have been one or two instances in which some- one has been bitten by one of sales were $32,896.18 in retail sales where it will and $5,017.52 in class H sales, someone else." This advance registration is very important in order to prepare ~oom asignments before the first ay of school and to be certain] there is a place for your chqd. I SWIM CLASSES EN D---Some 220 youngsters re- Office hours will be 9 to 12 noon] cewed, ach!evement certificates during the final day and 1 to 4 p.m. " kin I or. swimming classes at the Poe Nuotare in the Watch for first grade ana "1 CI~uY s .~ummer Recreation Program Friday. The dergarten room assigmnents in the lY.o:~gs~Is.,had been going to classes for the seven Sept. 2 issue Ths Journal. I tns Instruction unclet ths dleeetlen be a problem to Miss Wolf will be a senior in home economics at Washington State University this fall. She is volunteering a month for work experience with the extension service. Other committee members in- clude Mrs. Frank Wolf and Mrs. Joe Bourgault, Extension Service Photo. Bridger said, and the earthquake last spring probably hastened the HE SAID it would cost an esti- mated $5~000 to do the repair job. The commission instructed Brid- ger to have the' masonry railing on the building braced up in the interest of public safety until the permanent repair work can be un- dertaken. 'rite comnaission also instructed the clerk to prepare an emergency resolution to provide funds for this repair project and for any other budget entergencie~'~ contemplated by county officials. The county commission contact- ed city officials to ask the city to participate in the repair work. The city commission Tuesday in- .~,truei:etl City Engineer Pat l~yrne to check with Bridger on the "con- templated repairs and to report back to the city contmission at its meeting next ~,eek. TIlE COUNTY commission Monday received its first request from a school district for a share of the Forest Funds from the feGeral government for timber sales in the National Forest in Mason County. The request was from Southside School District asking that they be considered for $25,000 to be used in the construction of a multi- purpose building at their school. The commission voted to award a contract for the purchase of a used portable aggregate dryer, feeder bin and self*propelled as- phalt mixer spreader to Cox Ma- chinery Co., Seattle, for $22,060. The Cox bid was the onlY one re- ceived on the piece of equipment at a bid opening Monday. The commission also voted to award a contract to Ben's Truck Parts, Tacoma, for pile driver leads at a cost of $1,458.80. The Tacoma firm's bid was the only one received also. 11 Rand/ Tuson, program director, assisted by Lee [| Kiefer, owner of the pool, and three other Instruc. tors. Here, Kiefer gives a final lesson to two of the young charges he had in the class he instruct- ed at 9 a.m, . , , ... lin len O n ay The Mason County Fair will be elite:ally opened at 10 a.m. Friday, but, activii:y at the Fair Grounds at the She:,ton Airport, has been in swing since Wednesday when ex- hibits began arriving. The exhibit.~; began arriving at 1 p.m. Wednesday with open class and 4-H home economics, fore:~try, crafts, woodworlQng and electric- ity exhibits scheduled to arrive that day until 9 p.m. Entries began arriving again at 8 a.m. today and will be all on the grounds aL 1 p.m. The entries which will arrive to- day include open and 4-H agricul- ture, livestock and hobby classes. Floral entries came in from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. today. i THE GATES TO THE FAIR :open officially at I0 a.m. Friday with I:i~e 4-H livestock judging and 4-H horse show scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday. Foods, c~othing, garden, home improvement and child care proj- ect Judging for 4-H members starts at 9:30 a.m. Friday and continnes throughout the day. The Friday evening program in- cludes a salmon barbecue from 5-7 p.m., the 4-H dog obedience contest at 7 p.m. and a teenage dance sponsored by the Catholic Youth Organization from 9 p.m. to midnight. Saturday a~ternoon's program includes the horse show gymkhana, a pig scramble and a chicken scramble starting at 1 p.m. A beef barbecue is scheduled for 4-6 p.m. The Saturday evenii~g program wilI include a grandstand show, the 4-H dress revue and the awards program starting at 7:30 p.m. and a square dance from 9 p.m. to midnight. Sunday afternoon activities in- clude a motorcycle scramble sched- uled for 1 p.m. and a rooster crow- ins and null driving contest sched- uled for 1:30 p.m. Admission to the fair will be by button, with adult buttons 50¢ and children's buttons 25¢. The but- tons will be sold at the gate at the fair grounds. Three new buildings have been erected at the fair grounds since the event last. year, an auditor:ran a forestry building and a horse barn. Th~ first etectica~ of ~ehobl hd~trd: menibers :ih~"MRsbn ct/t~lit~".un~f a state law Which transferred these elections front spring to fall will be held this year. Filings will ()pen Sept. 3 and close Sept. 17 at the county audi- tor's office. The auditor, as direct- or of elections for the county will handle these elections instead of thent being handled by the school district in the past. TItle: SCIIOOL directors will bc voted on at. an election Nov. 2. There will be two positions on the Shelton School Board up for etection this year, those of B. Franklin Heuston and ]~{rs. Betty McClanahan. City Studies ~o v/lie ,o.o~o~.,~..o.~ _ Rile F r Mar~ Wleohmonn, O S,, Easen--emt .,,, .be honored at a reception in honor of his 90th birthday at the St. Edward s Catholic Parish Hall from 2-4 p.m. The Shelton City Commission Sunday, He was born in Old- Tuesday agreed to hold over un- enburg, Germany, in 1875 and til next week action on an ease- ment for Bonneville Power Ad- spent his childhood in Minne- ministration across the city water- sots. He entered the semin- shed, when several questions con- cry in 1892 to study for the cerning t~m proposed easement priesthood and was ordained June 24, 1901. He was pastor were raised, at Visitation and Holy Re- Mayor Frank Travis said he was opposed to the easement as sary Parishes in Tacoma be- fore coming to Shelton in 1935 to become pastor of St, Edward's. A High Mass will be sung at 10 a.m. with Ft. Mark celebrating. The Knights of Columbus will act as honor guards. Clergy and lay friends have been invited to the afternoon reception. ISimpson Appoints Logging Planning Aide Appointment of E. Richard Bax- ter, 24, as logging planning assist- ant for Simpson Timber Co. in Slmlton has been announced by George Adams, logging planning supervisor. ]3axter replaces Nell Bell who was tra.nsferred to Arcata, Calif. A native of Washington, Baxter attended Olympic Jfinior College in Brcmerton an(1 comes to Simp- ,~on from the U.S. Forest Service at Hoodsport. Baxter and his wife, Janna, have two daughters. presented, largely because he thought the compensation from Bonneville, $10,600, was too low. He said the city had contacted an appraiser to look over the pro- petty and give the city a report which should be available before next Tuesday's meeting. TIIE RIGHT-OF-WAY easement is being sought by Bonneville for a contemplated additional line from its substation here. A representative of Bonneville who was present at the meeting said he did not believe that Bon- neville officials would go along with a provision by the city that no work would be done in" January, February, March or April on the construction becanse of the chance of damage to the city's wa.ter supply during these rainy months. The city received letters from the State Health Department and the State Pollutkm Control Com- mission stating that a p~x)posed sewer system for Oak Park Ad- dition being developed by John Kneeland had been approved. USE TIHS STAMP FOR. DEPOSIT ONLY PAY TO THE ORDER OF Nat'l. Bank of Mason County AND KEEP MASON COUNTY GREEN iii 'NATiOHAL BANK t i i ii ii OF MASON COUNTY Member F.D.I,C.