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OUR
armed forces
,3 PERKINS GOES
TRAINING BASE
SEPerkins of Shelton,
.‘ hursday for San Diego
' 2 Will enter training ill
"IBNy~
_: TRANSFERRED
“SPORT SCHOOL
E ’,, ‘3 Nebcl, son of Mrs.
f Brown, left on Friday
Antonio for two months
the Transport school.
-1d. Everett. His wife
, Monday to join him.
NDEESON
hD 'ro SERGEANT
3-8 been received that
derson, son of Mr. and
, Anderson, who is
at San Luis Obispo, has
V t“Ned from the rank of
that of Staff Sergeant.
3%EECKER BOYS
i, -S. NAVY
' felter of Hoodsport be-
hlrd son of Mrs. Hazel
the United
H W when he left last
83-11 Diego. Jim Bleecker
“$311 Diego but expects
' F. stationed on a ship,
:Neman 3rd class. Burke
1:; stationed at Camp
, iOI‘folk, Virginia. Their
i irslate Burke Bleecker
19 ‘5 man to enlist in the
17 from the 13th naval
Nam enter
EMT BACK
N DUTIES
, u Utt, Signalman
., med to his duties in
“fecerve Monday, after
d furlough at home.
. AEDWARDS JOINs
, T, GUARD
unlcation from the Un-
‘ Coast Guard. Recruit-
last week announced
ent of Robert E. Ed-
‘, tar Route, Union, in
Guard Reserve as a
'3 class. He was em-
an electrician before
Coast Guard.
UNI) PROMOTED
ANT AT CHICO
Land of Shelton was
$8131 soldiers receiving
z , at the new air force
8’ sChool at Chico, Calif.
,. a corporal, he has
‘ ted to the rank of ser-
1{listed in the Army on
l
e
CHANGES bu
EN NEEDED
aceé’JSary that address
fervice men he brought
°{nent so that mailing
I, 0 them will not be
U4
——about——
IN UNIFORM
Mail or phone
Mason County Boys in the
has been stationed at
35.0
'DDY,
17 S.
D. O.
E. 86TH
PoRTLAND.'OREGoN
BOYS
news about
to the Journal v
VOL. LVI—NO. 34
ENGLISHMAN INVITES
SOLDIERS FROM HERE
I Thomas W. HayWOOd, a former
,Mason County resident who nowl
lives in England, would like to
have any local boys who happen
to find themselves in England
during the course of their serv-
ices with Uncle Sam during the
irest of the war pay him a visit.
He writes The Journal as fol—
lows:
“As there are so many Ameri-
.can troops coming over here now,
I feel bound to write and say that
I would take great pleasure in
.showing my hospitality to any
Shelton or Mason County resident
who is drafted to England and is
able to get leave in London.
“I live about eight miles from
the center of London and feel surel
ltliat it would be more like home
than Y.M.C.A. hostels for a leave.
“So if any of you boys see it,
write and let me know the dates
you‘re calling.”
Yours truly,
Thos. W. Haywood,
62 Mighell Av.
Ilford
¥m°umai at the earliest"
Essex, England.
HENRY HOLLATZ HOME
FOR SHORT LEAVE
Henry Hollatz of the Navy Sig-
nal Corps was home Monday for
a 24 hour leave, visiting his wife
in Shelton.
BILL ANTHONY IN
ENGINEERING CORPS
Bill Anthony, 21 recent selectee,
has been placed in the Engineer-
,hird' ing Corps at Fort Leonard Wood,
Mo., his mother Mrs. Velma West
reported to The Journal this week.
Young Anthony left here July 29.
DR. LINKLETTER’S OFFICE
T0 REMAIN OPEN FOR WHILE
In order that payments on ac-
counts may be made, Dr. A. C.
Linkletter’s office will remain op-
en for several months with Mrs.
John Kneeland in charge. Office
hours will be from 10 a. m. to 4.
p. in Dr. Linkletter left Saturday
for Medford, Oregon, where» he
has been commissioned a captain
in the medical corps.
FOUR SHELTONITES JOIN
UP WITH NAVY
Four more Shelton youths have
answered the call to colors and
joined the United States Navy it
was revealed this week. Hugh
Gruver and Elmer Meek left
Tuesday for San Diego where they
have joined the Navy Air Corps
Mechanics. Leonard Perkins and
Kelley Mutt also left the «same.
‘ day for the regular Navy.
Incidentally young Gruver lost
his wallet Elsi: before leaving and
would appr ciate having the find-
er bring it in to The Journal of-
fice, where it will be forwarded
Testing
.J
t'On Needs
; “re Customers
7 11,: t0 get their cars
" tatESting station quick-
N, s are urged to bring
' theoon as possible so as
{ha rush. Station opera-
mot invariably the ma-
Or tgusts wait until the
33¢ i- hree days, creating
at the station.
,I, .are
U1
U1
. also reminded
f Who do not get their
h before September 4,
, eirl‘est slips made out
‘ '* cars. The state is
he anXious to see» that
“l tested this year be-
in, '3 necessity .of keep-
, 11,5005. shape as a con-
' aSure
, "TROLMAN
‘RIVES TODAY
I i .
. 'aéttl‘thur B. Veleke as
ct patrol officer for
. i was announced this
N can Veleke replaces
Ahgwho is now stationed
{hiss- Veleke was for-
U1
WA
:3 \
°3 8. series of joint
the directors and
0f Shelton Rayon-
?“ Employees Fed-
,lonnlon was held at the
, b 01! August 15th.
« 0f the meeting was
Um Problems confront-
“. Oils during the pres-
i., nditions.
'. Eusiness session Lieu-
' Scott of McChord
ed a film “Army Ca-
lb. * ,
II
N?“
4‘3 with flight train-
T83“! a short talk on
I :kio hop.
1 ‘ ‘onmm the Rayonier
lb, , 10 Were Mr. and Mrs.
{All '1 Mr. and Mrs.
" peg", and Julius» West-
' lIllpson Employees
5, were Mr. and Mrs.
Mr. and Mrs.
: am. Mr. and Mrs.
. 313 Mr. and Mrs. R.
Taur- and Mrs. George
LEW Mrs. Elroy Nel-
, . 1‘3- Loui Larson and
:n'oTOm Rowe.
3., McChord Field
t and Mrs. H. E.
1" Sergeant Frank
1‘3- Begley and Cor-
at Prosser. J
on to him.
Districts Vote
No In Election
With a disappointing number of
voters actually taking part in thel
election the two propositions un-
der the school district reorganiza-
tion bill were voted down last
Saturday.
The vote on proposition No. 1
calling for the consolidation of
the Belfair Tahuya, Dewatto and
Port Orchard districts into one
district was 46 to 32 against the
proposition.
The vote on proposition No.. 2
calling for the Dewatto and Ta-
huya districts to share the bond-
ed indebetedness of the other two
districts was 48 against and,30
for.
SHELTON SCHOOLS
OPEN ON SEPT. 8
Shelton schools- will open at
their usual time, the first day af-
ter Labor day, Superintendent
Loop's office reported yesterday.
This will set the opening 0
school back to September 8.
County schools will also Open
September 8, according to Supt.
Martin’s office.
Legionnaires To .
‘ Seattle For Meet
Seattle becomes the mecca for
local Legionnaires this week end
with the state conventions of both
the Legion and Legion auxiliary
now under way in that city.
With regular delegates and la]-
ternates to the convention 31‘
ready in attendance, it is eXPeCt‘
ed that many other members 0
the Legion and auxiliary will moll-
age to attend part of the sesswn
which ends Saturday.
Local delegates are Earl J01’m‘
son, Sherman Soule and Mel DOb’
son; alternates are Edi Faubel‘tv
Al Huerby, Harold Lakeburg';an
Gene Martin.
EDGAR WRIGHT AT
TOWN MEETING
Edgar J. Wright, who represent-
ed the Grange, gave a gOOd 50'
count of himself in the “TOWn
Meeting of the Air,” at SPORane
Thursday night, taking the nega'
tive on the question “Is the? F3}:
mer demanding excessive Prices'
Other speakers Were Hugh 136'
Lacey, Commonwealther, of Seat-
tle, Adolph Germer, Portland. C-
though in this instance the side 0
f for .Des M
the farmers now caught betweerg
high wages, costs and hampere
production seemed a strong “9'
You break a link
in the bonds of
bondage, every
time you buy a
U.S. WAR SAV-
INGS BOND!
SHELTON, WASHINGTON, Friday, August 21, 1942.
SHELTON STATE GUARD__R_I_E§_E_R\_I_E__EORMED
MOWWMINIC 0N
BE OBJECTIVE
OF NEXT DRIVE
Third of the intensified sal-
vage drives to be conducted thru-
Out the nation is now being
launched in the Mason County
district where' every resident is
being asked to collect every
pound of scrap metal possible and
hold it for collection by the local
Salvage Committee.
September 5 has been designat-
ed as Junk Rally day, when the
residents of the county are asked
to have all their scrap metal col-
lected. Trucks will be sent out on
routes throughout the county and
will pick up the scrap.
Every piece of old metal with
the exception of tin cans, is want-
ed. Farmers, loggers, contractors
and others are asked by Mr. Ma-
goon and his committee to make
a thorough tour of their barns
and premises during the next two
Weeks and to gather up all the
old metal and wire that they can
find. The- implement houses will
be authorized to make nominal
payments for every pound of scrap
metal delivered to them, similiar
to the program offered by the
service stations on scrap rubber
and by the meat shops in' scrap
fats.
“Few people realize the vital
importance of this salvage and
conservation program,” Mr. Ma-
goon says. “Many of the leaders
in the war industries believe that
the success or the failure of the
United Nations in this conflict de-
pends upon the amount of sal-
vage of scrap metals, rubber and
other raw products of which there
are serious shortages.”
Assemble Junk Now
The next two weeks thruout
the Mason County district has
been designated as a ’junk assem-
bling period.’ Charmain Magoon
has called upon every resident of
the city to co-operate to the full-
est extent in getting the largest
possible amount of scrap, .metal
ready for delivery during the
weeks of the intensified drive
which will open here around the
end of August.
Big Eagle Picnic
Set For Sunday
At Minerva Park
Last minute preparations were
being made today as local Eagles
looked forward to the big district
picnic which the Shelton aerie is
staging Sunday afternoon at Min-
erva park.
Races for old and young will
have war savings stamps for
rizes, some prominent speakers
from the larger aeries in the dis-
trict—~including Bremerton, Ta-
coma, Olympia, Port Orchard,
Chehalis, Centralia, Shelton, etc.
——-and District Director Jimmy
i
McArthur of Tenino will be mas-
ter of ceremonies.
Barbecued salmon and baked
clams will feature a menu which
promises to provide all the cats
anyone will want, with ice cream
topping it all off.
It is planned, too, to have the
Shelton school boy patrol as
guests ‘of the Shelton aerie as
the aerie was unable to hold its
usual picnic for the patrol before
school was out this year. All pa-
trol members are urged to con-
tact the aerie for transportation.
Aerie President Collins urges
all members of the Shelton aerie
to set aside August 23 for the
picnic and to bring their friends.
Families should bring lunches
suitable to the occasion but sand-
WlCheS and salad will be, avail-
able to those who do not. Coffee
and cream (but not sugar) will be
serVed by the aerie along With
the salmon and clams.
Stamp No. 7 Void
After Saturday ‘
I Fooduration stamp No. 7, can?-
mg a bonus” of two pounds of
sugar, expires next Saturday and
unless used by that date beCOmes
void, Arthur J. Krauss, acting
WEDNESDAY T0
AID MERCHANTS
Last minute additions to the
GPA program scheduled for
next Wednesday at the Hotel
Shelton, will bring a. colorful
touch to the proceedings. Ac-
cording to an announcement
from the GPA an army band
will parade before the lunch-
eon, and two soldier heroes,
from Dutch Harbor as well as
the wife of one of the famous
Flying Tigers of China will be
present to speak.
Questions about price ceilings
which Shelton and Mason County
retail merchants would like to
have answered will get that op-
portunity next Wednesday noon
when an "O.P.A. Clinic" is held
at the Shelton Hotel.
The purpose of tne‘clinic is to
help businessmen understand the
CPA regulations and the neces-
sity for them and the general
organization and operations of the
state, district and local GPA of-
fices.
The progra will open with a
luncheon at w ich an OPA official
from Seattle will talk on “The
Fight Against Inflation” and a
motion picture entitled “The Re-
tailer Fights Inflation” will be
shown.
There will follow four. discus-
sions on the merchandise topics
of food, clothing; furniture and
house furnishings, and garages
and filling stations with questions
and answers as the basis 'of these
clinics. Merchants are invited to
bring their questions in written
form. All retailers, wholesalers,
jobbers, and ‘manufacturers are
invited to these meetings wethcr
they are under any of the four
fields mentioned or not.
Many new regulations affecting
local merchants have gone into
effect since the general merchan—
dise price regulations were set
last March, and many merchants
have received new items of mer-
chandise which they did not car- .
ry at that time, so this clinic
next Wednesday will give mer-
chants in this area the opportun-
ity to familiarize themselves with
the requirements of the regula-
tions and enable those affected to
obtain an understanding of their
responsibilities as well as to have
their specific problems answered
by experts.
Smokers, Warned
By Fire Warden
On Carelessness
Warning that stiff fines face
motorists tossing lighted cigar-
ettes out of their cars. George
Frisk, fire warden. stated that
such carelessness by motorists is
the chief cause of most forest or
brush fires. i
Local forest fire crews held on
the alert during the recent hot
weather had a busy week end put-
ting out a number of small blazes.
A number of violations of fire reg-
ulations were also discovered and
fines meted out.
A bonfire set Without a permit
at the Nailey ranch on the Sko-
komish river, caused a brush fire
which called the crew out Sunday.
Nalley posted $10 bail.
Joseph Bisesi of Harstine Is-
land was apprehended Friday for
setting a fire Without a permit
and was fined $5 and costs by
Justice M. C. Zintheo.
0n the 14th a logging train
switching at McCleary started a
number of small grass fires due
to sparks from a faulty spark
arrester on the engine.
Another fire near the Fred Bell
place Sunday called the depart-
ment out. It Was found to have
been started by children who
wanted to see the fire truck go
b .
yNone of the fires reported over
the week end caused any damage,
but all precautions are being car-
ried out by the department to.
safeguard this, area. ‘
state food rationing representa-
tive for Washington, reminded
housewwes yesterday. Stamp N0-
6 also expires Saturday.
Persons whOSe food ration books
d are held up because of excess
sugar supplies on hand will be
protected by being given credit
for stamp No. 7 against excess
supplies._
.Stamp No. win be good for
five pounds and will cover the ten
week period between August 23
and October 31, Krauss announc-
ed. The larger allotment is grant-
ed to permit grocers to sell in
greater quantities and not be-
cause there will b
Krauss added- e more sugar,
M
LEAVES FOR ARMY
Alice McM‘11
1.0., and Hugh Brown, Montana 1 an, recently ac-
Farm Union. As usual these de' flied 1&1 the Women's Auxiliary
hates seem to end in a draW. 31‘ r y “W. left this morning
oines, Iowa, after re-
ceiving a telegram Tuesday or-
STATE FOREST FIRE
CREW DOUSES BRUSH FIRE
Illustrating the danger of
throwing cigarettes out of cars
during this dry weather, a, brush
fire caused by a careless smoker,
burned about one-quarter of an
acre near the Mill Creek bridge
last Saturday..
Prompt action by the fire-fight-
ing crew from the state forestry
station here_prevented the blaze
from becoming dangerous. Ac-
cording to Dispatcher Harry Clark
ron1y 30 minutes elapsed from the
time the crew left the forestry
fire station until they returned.
FROM CALIFORNIA ~
Horace W. Skelsey returned
Wednesday from Long Beach, Ca1-
ifornia, where he accompanied
Mrs. Ted Skelsey and children on
their return, home after spending
the summer on the .Canal. Mr.
Skelsey reports an enjoyable
trip in spite of hot weather, and
crowded travelling conditions.
I
Dimout Comes
To Shelton As
‘ Sign Of War
__________——-
Shelton got its first taste of
what war might bring to this
community, as the dimout, or-
dered by Lt. Gen. DeWitt for
the entire Pacific coast, went
into effect at midnight Wed-
Iiesday.
In compliance with the reg—
ulations the city’s electric and
neon advertising signs went
black ‘for the duration. Also
blacked out were all outdoor
lights with the exception of the
street lights.
Mayor William Stevenson ail-
nounced that the large street
lights along Railroad avenue
~would probably be painted on
top to keep the lights from
shining upward. Other street
lights already have reflectors
over the top.
Since Mason county is not
visible from the ocean, the re-
strictions on auto headlights
will not be enforced here, but
motorists headed for the coast
after dark are warned they will
have .to dim their lights.
Another Group Of ,
Mason County Men
Enters Army Life
Fourteen more Mason County
men entered the armed services
Tuesday when the latest contin-
gent of selectees left for Fort
Lewis.
triotic duty.
KIWANIS HEARS
0F PLANS FOR
Lieut. Col. Joseph H. Smith, of
the Washington State Guard stae
tioned at Camp Murray, was
Monday another group of pros_ speaker before the Kiwanis Club
pective soldiers went up to Taco- TueSdayi bringing further infor-
ms. for examination with 12 be- mation of the purpose and need
ins: accepted for military seWiFe- for forming such a civic defense
This group Will report for serVice unit for this community
August 31 and includes: ‘
Louis Kar1vveinel In advancing his subject Col.
ISmith pointed out that the Na-
Frank Colman Morris, Union _
Char-1.55 Shepard Cole tional Guard of Washington,
Lawrence Russell Castle, Rt. which was our home defense or-
John Manfredi, Jr., Union ganization, was ordered into Ser-
Reuben Leo Bindara, Rt 1 vice at the outset of trouble and
William Charles Gressel, Paci- was the first to be sent over-
fic Beach, Wash. 868.5, as it was already trained.
Robert Edward Lee, Rt. 1 This left the state and its com-
Harold Robert Bell munities without orderly defense
William Robert Latham in emergency. '
Alfred William Dines, Jr., Bel- To supply this need of mm-
fair tary protection for the rest of
William A. Hoyle. Manette the state, State Guard units are
The group _Whlch left TueSday ~being formed in all localities
for mduc'flon mCIUded- where at least forty men can be
Trev A. Madsen, Shelton signed up and these
, groups are
‘ Frank Walter. POtlatCh Rome being drilled in military action.
Alex Hilderbrand, Belfair i
Ernest A. LaClair, Potlatch Rte. State Guard Local
James'C. Handley, Shelton The National Guard was taken
in serv1ce for one year, but is
' . r ath, Union
$133139? gafifinfifn Route 2 now held for the duration to serve
' in or out of this country. The new
' . A d rson, Hoods ort
11332;]; Clsuteier’ Shelton p State Guard Reserve will be sub-
Jens H. Morrow, Olympia ject to call within the state only.
K- r, potlatch Unlike the guerilla groups which
chgfie Henry 18 would be treated as spies ’by the
Ralph R. Hill, Hoodsport enemy, the Guardsmen, if captur-
Water Supply
Nears Danger
Point, Locally
Warning that the situation in
Shelton in regai-
d to the water
supply is very serious, Water
Superintendent E. E. Brewer
announced that watering for
irrigation purposes has been cut
to one hour a day every other
day, and that even more drastic
Ray A. Austin, Seattle ed, must be treated as military
Robert Lee Simpson, Route 1 prisoners. Guerilla or civilian
groups have nlod zgght Ito their;
' arms, and won e su 'ec
PlnS arrest in wartime if foundJarmed.
The speaker urged support of
clubs and groups for the State
A C Guard in Shelton, stating that
conditions Were growing more
t critical over thet iacific ancelc1 at];
. .. - S were communities mus e organiz
awiiz‘égf‘fiaszfivezouxgg aircraft. put up a real. fight should an
ene-
waming watchers at ceremonies my overrun this territory. .
held last Monday evening in Olym- He warned that-. every citizen
pia. for their service in manning already has. a Proxy 01'! the
observation posts throughout the World’s fighting fronts and many
county. are not coming back-The least
A radio message from Brig- the civilian can (10.15 to support
Gen. William Kepner, command- those who fight their battles, and
ing‘ officer of the 4th Fighter at ‘the same time band together
Command started the program, for the fight on the home front.
after which handsome lapel Pins 1901055118“, 001- Smith urged the
in the shape of wings with the in- PUbllc'to realizethat this North-
itials A.W.S. were presented to West is already_re_608'mzed as a
the chief Observers and observers cqmbat zone. and m a, few days
with over 500 hours service to W111 experience the reality 0‘5 war
their credit. when the dim-out comes. At least
From Mason County those eli- forty men able to bear arms and
gible to receive the awards Were tram “1 military met)“ areESked
Chief Observers Gail Evansy E1- to volunteer by enlisting in the
don; Bert Davis, Lilliwaup; Nelan, 10031 State Guard unit;
Mason, Union; Martin B. Smith,
Skokomish Valley; Don Nye, Mat-
lock; Delphine Rishel, Dayton;
Mrs. George Carlson, Pickering;
Joe Tindall, Oakland Bay; M. H.
Needham, Shelton; T. V. Dunning,
Arcadia; Mrs. Sue Weaver, Clo-
quallum; Mrs. Florence, Taylor,
Kamilche; and Mrs. Robert
Trenckmann, Satsop.
The 500-hour service eligibles
included A. Beuchel, Matlock;
Maldor Lundquist, Pickering; E.
W. Snedeker, Lilliwaup; Mrs. Es-
ther Cunningham and Mr. and
Mrs. R. W. Strike, Cloquallum and
Robert Trenckmann, Satsop.
- measures may be taken if home
City Election Is o'wners on to cooperate.
Coming Up Soon. The situation. arising from
" the collapse of pipe leading from
Shelton voters will have to
elect four new councilmen and al
city treasurer this fall, it was an-
nounced today.
The city primary election falls
on the same day as the county
general election and the city gen-
eral will fall on the first Tues-
day after the first Monday in De-
cember. Filings for city office will
not open until early in September.
Officers that must seek reelec-
tion arerCouncilmen Grunert, fill-
ing out Paul Marshall’s term, J.
L. Catto, Wm. McKenzie and
John B. Sullivan, councilman at
irrge, and City Treasurer Ed Fau-
er ,
the city springs to the tank,
has depleted the water supply
to a. dangerously low point ev-
en with the well pump workln
24 hours a day.
Mr. Brewer pointed out that
an. adequate supply of water
must be on hand in case of fire
and that the need for water for
fire protection and home use
must come before, irrigation
needs.
Government restrictions on
the sale of new pipe, coupled
with the impossibility of getting
any from neighboring commun-
ities, has hampered the city in
easing the situation.
all» \
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
In The Washington State Guard
Authority for the formation of a State
Guard Reserve unit in Shelton has
been received from the State Adju-
tant Generals office. This unit will
have full military rights and duties
under the laws of the State. If you are
17 or over enlist at once. It is a pa-
RECRUITING OFFICE AT
M. H. NEEDHAM MEN’S WEAR STORE
RECLASSING (IF
SELECTEES N 0 w
SHELTON GUARD UNDER WAY HERE
In anticipation of increasing de-
mands for soldiers, all selective
service registrants are being re-
classified, it was disclosed yester:
day by selective service officials.
The new classifications are
known as categories and are re-
presented by numbers which are
placed after the previous classifi-
cations, denoting the order in
which the men will be called.
Considered Single
A spokesman for the local board
explained that single men without
dependents who are not engaged
in war industry are now in Class
l-A-l, while single men with de-
pendents are in Class 1-A-2.
He added that men- married
subsequent to December 7 and
men who were married prior to
that date when their induction
appeared imminent are treated as
iingle men and go into Class l-A-
He 'said all other married men
not in war industries go into
Class III-A, under which there
. are the following categories:
III-A-3—Married men without
children. ‘
III—A-4—Married men with chil-
dren.
From 3-A to LA
Men with dependent wives or
children who are not maintaining'
home relationships had been class-
ed III-A-Z, it was explained, but
they are now going into I-A-2
and will be subject to call as soon Qlerk's
as their boards have exhausted cmCtS
their supply of I-A-1s.
ENLISTNEN'IS
ARE OPEN FOR
, VOLUNTEERS
Plans for the mustering and or-
ganization of a State Guard Re-
serve unit in Shelton are rapidly
rounding into shape, following the
announcement Tuesday by Mayor
William Stevenson, that such a
unit had been authorized by the
state adjutant-general’s office.
Frank Worden, local Shell dis-
tributor, has accepted a commis-
sion as captain of the new or-
ganization and will begin forming
a staff and laying plans for ac-
!tual training as soon as a suffi-
cient number of men have en-
listed.
Enlistments are open to men
from 17 upward. Enlistment
blanks may be had at the M. H.
Needham Men‘s Wear Store, and
Maurice Needham, owner of the
store will personally aid appli-
cants in filling out their papers.
Announcement of the formatidn
of the local reserve unit was
made at the regular Kiwanis
luncheon by Mayor Stevenson who
then turned the discussion over to
Lt. Col. Joseph H. Smith of the
Washington State Guard.
Smith Urges Support
Lt. Col. Smith urged whole-
hearted cooperation of all civic
and service organizations in the
formation of the guard unit here.
He pointed out that most of the
men eligible for the state guard
{are not in the regular army only
because they have been deferred
because of family or job. Every
man thus deferred has a proxy
on the actual battlefront doing
his job for him and he owes his
proxy the duty of guarding his
home and family.
Actual formation of the local
unit will be along regular army
lines, though all enlistments will
be voluntary, with no pay, and
equipment must be furnished by
each man. The state guard is cre-
ated for the sole purpose of local
defense and cannot be used out-
side of its own locality. Drills
will be held for two hours once
a week, though the actual day of
meeting has not yet been decided.
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WW ,
Day To Register v
For Voting Right
Saturday noon is the last hour
for those who have neglected to
register for the primary election
of September 8th, at the City
office or in their own pre-
if in the country. Those
who have permanently registered
Registrants doing essentialiwork and have "0'5 Chang8d their ad-
in war industries are in Class B,
single men being II-B and mar-
ried men III-B.
NEW MANAGER AT
dress, are qualified for this year’s
elections but those who have mov-
ed should make the necessary
changes. .
Since last election three new
precincts have been added, Clifton
LOCAL SAY is split in two precincts under the
'Change of managers at the 10-
cal Safeway market was disclosed
this week with the announcement
that Roy Ritner, formerly man-
ager‘ of the Centralia SafeWay
store had come to Shelton to run
thelocal organization.
vRoy Maddux, who has been
manager here for several months,
and opened the big new DeLuxe
market for Safeway, has been ad-
vanced to the managership of one
of Tacoma’s biggest stores situ-
ated at South Park. a
Mr. Ritner is well known to
many local people having served
as a. relief manager here several
years ago when Manager John
Dotsdn was ill.
County Settles
Suit With State
Settlement of the suit brought
against Mason county by the state
for care of insane: persons was
announced this week by Prosecu-
tor Frank Heuston.
The suit affected Sums owed by
the county for care of insaneper-
sons in state institutions prior to
1938.
Approval-of the War Damage
Corporation Policy covering the
Memorial building
and Welfare building was given
by the county commissioners Mon-
court house,
day. ' ‘
0N FURLOUGH
Sgt.-Tech. D. G. Kidwell ar-
rived Thursday to spend his 15-
day furlough with his parents
Mr. and Mrs. Cab Rains.
He made the trip by motor-
taking four days on the
cycle,
way from Fort Bliss, Texas.
He received his rating several
months ago as a Searchlight
technician.
UNDERGOES SURGERY
Junior Henry Brown of Simp-
son (Camp Three was admitted to
the. Shelton hospital on Tuesday
for surgery.
name of Belfair 1 and 2, with
separate register and polling
places, which voters should look
In Shelton, precinct 1 has been
split and all that part south of
Goldsborough Creek is now pre-
cinct 8, that part of Precinct 2
east of Third street is added to
No. 1, and No. 2 now includes two
blocks width from Fifth to Sev-
enth, north of the railroad.
Those who were in the old dis-
tricts were automatically changed
to the new precincts and notices
were mailed to each voter by the
city clerk last year, but new vot-
ers should check up on their pre-
cincts at the office by Saturday,
and later learn their new polling
places when the new list is 'of-
T ficially published.
Nephew Of Local
Man Hero of AVG
Group In China
That at least one Mason County
resident had more than a passing
interest in the doings of the far-
famed Flying Tigers of the Amer-
ican Volunteer Group in China.
was revealed last week when E.
G.‘ Wolf of Skokomish Valley
dropped into The Journal- office
with a full page from the roto-
gravure section of the Milwaukee
Journal dedicated to the doings
of Mr. Wolf’s nephew, Fritz E.
Wolf of Shawano, Wise.
Young Wolf was the first of the
A.V.G.’s to bag a Jap plane in
, Burma. Wolf got six of them,
flew home before the A.V.G. was
disbanded to become a part of
the American air force in China,
and expects to re-enter the mili-
tary service after a;rest.
A graduate of Carroll college
in Waukesha, Wisc., where he
was a football star, Wolf enter-
ed naval aviation and was an en-
sign in flying service. He resigned
more than a year ago to join
Brig. Gen. Claire Chennault’s
fighting group.
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