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to a political
went attraction this
homecoming of Con-
;rles 1%. Savage and
,nelton appearance of
sl . Mitchell, both of
,]/eature speakers at a
'J/2 by Shelton Pension
1 IMonday evening in
il °ws Hall. A crowd
:0ple, a major part of
ors. of the
sponsoring
"=e(l_and listened to the
, ot talks.
for legislative posts
i[^ cOntests were intro-
::0- two Candidates for a
':¢1 me Mason County
Were also presented
:^ that;',, the last Con-
' : iH';;e, a good job il'x ]egis-
:' o do with interna-
:' and relations, look-
" 2SalUting peace, Con-
aVage, however, had
for the domestic
ed. He declared
l Why congressmen
ae demands of the
I ,t.he membership of
' lawyers, most of
tlng special and
'rests.
0nal Divisions
i divided into reac-
I beral forces, with
holding exclusive
connection. The
g* mraan blamed the
aLien of Manufac-
Chamber of Com-
t ited States as arch
d the enemy of all
1 [n the country.
:::i :eyxpressedK home againhiS delightwith
:Qag time associates
People to o to the'
:i! :,uer; declaring that i
[!;i ers Who vote insure i
-uer of liberal law-
a stated that re-
,e clamoring
and reduc-
the army
in fact every
in a vital
and con-
for the proper
outlined the
major political
the Repub-
organized as a
a major-
banners, but
stepped in
of special
COmmercial inter-
companies and
control was
who then
along
Roosevelt. He
Democrats
those of the
Liberal
that most
and that
are liberal,
buinessmen as
as most eastern
who was ap-
created
00NGAREES
Sizes 30 to 42
AMBRAY SHIRTS
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N'S DEPARTMENT
ttll
now in
word, but
I
thinking. He
Savage for
What Mr. Savage
lishments
if it had
public power
the atom
impossible
g of the war
of how of-
to transform
n the Pacific
of goods
Both Senator
Savage
to a open
Vital questions
of the audience
President of the
ovd
Everett
clmir-
the following
and county
Page four)
McGee
Visit
;ee was a visi-
father, C. S.
:P old friends
he was
ng to school
)artment in
ently been as-
with head-
was a
are pleased
and more
in the tur-
rote capital
are pro-
Terms
Monday
er and Albert
of 60
pleaded
of hleer
costs of the
were caught
rccently
possession.
llew and
ion precinet
after Sep-
Will be opened
:, the dates in
required:
for a:
and
THINGS
AS THEY
SEEM
Or, reduced to words, "what
many are thinking about,
and what some study and
thought bring out."
I'm tired but happy, now that day
is done;
I did my best.
Through commonplace things and
vexing problems, too,
I stood the test.
I did not with knowledge hurl a
living thing,
Or stoop to lie;
My impulse to add to scandal
made me blush ....
I passed it by.
rm weary but happy, now that
day is done;
I lived it well.
I'm glad that I spoke a cheering
word, the wrong
I did not tell.
I'm glad I did a kindly deed to him
Who did :ne wrong;
I wish I might live each day like
this,
And be as strong.
--Contributed.
$
ITH all of the suspicion be-
tween peoples of the world
today, the selfishness of national
interest, the jockeying for power
and control, the viciousness of in-
dividual jealousies and the poli-
tical animosities, the above seems
to be a Golden Rule that could
guide all of us to a happier re-
lationship with our fellow man. A
little more honesty, understand-
ing and compassion and human
affection for the problems, the
ills, misfortunes and rights of
others, would make this a better
world. With all of the bounties
provided by the greatness and na-
tural resources of the United
States, the lessons of Europe and
Asia should teach us the fallacy
of bringing unnecessary troubtes
on our own heads.
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A bill collector is a persisent cuss
as any person who has ever
had occasion to traffic with them
can testify. They hang on as a
leech and like the Royal Cana-
dian Mounties, always get their
man. I must confess that I am
forced to subit to the persistence
of one of the, Shelton's demon
account ferret, who has worked
evcry dodge on me, to get him-
self in the paper, even to the ex-
telt of insisting on paying for
my morningco£fee, dy 'on end,
throwing perfumed-laden compli-
ments at the newspaper and other
violet tinted blandishments. As
far as Harry L. Alexander is con-
ccrned, my information is sketchy
and time is lacking to check the
F.B.I. files and fingerprint rec-
ords. As a collector, he is reputed
without peer as many here and
other parts can testify. He is an
aviation enthusiast, but his friend-
ly overtures will never get me into
a plane with him, even though he
has overwhelmed ,ne in this in-
stance. One thing I can with all
truth and candor say in his be-
half, and that is that he is a mas-
ter at the art .of prize fight an-
nouncing, for on many occasions
in Bremerton I have heard his
silve cornet voice shout from the
center of the arena: "And in this
corner, we have - - - " From all
reports, "Mrs. Alexander is a
charming and gracious matron.
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I have no envy for the position
of Congressman Charles R. Sav-
age, home for the hustings, seek-
ing to mend his fences for the
Fall election and to erase the un-
certainty that may exist in con-
nection with his political future.
I yearn not for the prominence
that connects his post, the influ-
ence, the notoriety or the pre-
ferred emihence of his lofty post
in WaShington. I can think of
more pleasant occupations than
tl:t which !nust be entailed in
putting a head on the block of
favorable or unfavorable public
opinion every two years; to have
every public and private act sub-
Ject the scrutiny and critical • in-
spection of friend aod enemy alike.
All of those things seem not worth
the candle to me, but if by being
a congssman would get me a
nice shiriy, new and modern capar-
isoned Buick automobile, like the
Congressman r e t u r n e d from
Washington in last week, I guess
I would do most anything, fox" I
would sure admire to replace my
moth eaten pontiac, that has
breasted the floods of Winter and
the heat of Summer for the past
seven years.
e
A young man in the uniform of
an American army lieutenant
in command of a detachment of
troops was supervising traffic,
carc of passengers and generally
keeping order in the central rail-
way station at Seoul, Korca, fol-
lowing occupation of that Japan-
ese dominated country by the U. S.
military. It was an interesting,
tlough sometimes difficult task,
involving people whosc language
and reactions were undeciplerable.
This 3pun.l;, ,o: man, an officer and:
soldier after brief preparation,
was far from the protection of his
home and parents in Shelton, but
he was doing a task in a manner
that would befit a lcader with far
greater cxpcrience. Tile officer
was approached by a Russian cap-
tain: head of a 'Soviet squad of
i<ravelling sotdlcrs and demanded
that the Anacrican troops handle
baggnge of the Russians. Tim
young Yank politeIy but firmly
retorted Uat his men carried their
own luggage, but were not serv-
ants for others and that the an-
swer was a definite "NO." The
Russian captain did an about face
and in a huff, growled: "I don't
like your attitude." That night
the two officers, American Licu-
tenant and Russian Captain met
(Continued on paso six)
VOL. LX--NO. 34.
6 * ,
Stepping-Stone
Angling Method
Pays Dividends
Deputy Nheriff Russ Gunter
langhed itud laughed at the
"impossible" auimation in a
movie cartoon some time bax;k
whi(.h depicted a fisherman
catching a whale by the step-
ping stone method of having one
fish swallow another in succes-
sion, but now Russ is convinced
lhe cartoonist wasn't so far
fetched after all.
The d(q)uty sheriff, fishing in
the Satsop River last Snnday,
bagged a 22-inch cutthr)at
trout, which in itself is worth
a little chest-pounding, but up-
on cleaning his catch Russ found
inside its- belly two other fish,
one about three inches long
which in turn had been swal-
lowed by one about twice that
size, and the latter had a hook
and sinker in its mouth.
4-H Prepares
For Big Fair
Preparations which began weeks
ago in the form of planting crops
and gardens and making articles
of clothing, etc., are rapidly gath-
ering momentum as time runs out
on the annual Mason County 4-H
Fair scheduled for September 6
and 7 in Lincoln gymnasium in
Shelton.
This year's fair will have three
exhibit divisions for in addition to
the 4-H exhibits, floral and grange
exhibits will be featured in the
expanded 1946 version of this an-
nual Mason County event.
Premiums will be awarded in all
three groups and the contest win-
hers announced during the Sat-
urday evening program, which
will also include demonstrations
by the contest winners, skits, :mu-
sic and other entertainment fea-
tures. The fair is open to the pub-
nc.
Furthcr details of the two-day
fair program will be announced
in the next two weeks.
VOLUNTEER WANTED TO
HANDLE COUNTY BOOTII
Executives of the Western
Washington Fair to be held at
Puyallup and opening September
14 fox" its first post-war showing
o'id , ;'ffit to Shelton t.lis week
to express tJieir disappointment
over Mason county's decision to
forego sponsorship of a booth at
this year's fair.
The Shelton Chamber of Com-
merce, annually promoter of the
county fair booth, decided to drop
the activity this year when Lee
Huston, Veteran booth arranger
who compiled wlmt is probably
the outstanding record in the state
for the county booth competition,
found he would not be able to de-
vote the time necessary to it this
year.
The Puyallup Fair executives,
conferring with the county agent's
office, asked that a call be put
out for any group or individual to
vohmtcer to pinch hit for this
year's /air and keep Mason coun-
ty's exhibit in the competition in
which it has made such a splen-
did record.
Draft Board Open 5
Days Next 2 Weeks
The Mason County Draft Board
office in'Memorial Hall will be
open only Monday, Wednesday and
Friday next week and Wednesday
and Friday of the following week
t due !o staff v'acations.
County Board
Backs Request
For State Park
Board of Country Commlssiou-
er Monday endorsed a proposal
of the lIood Canal Sportsmen's
Association to Director of Parks
Otto Case urging creation of a
state park on the wcst side of
Hood Canal. The present state
park has become too crowded
and it is thought that another
park could bc designated ou the
wet side of the canal, and it
would divide the attendance and
still be a eonvenlenee to tour-
ists.
Cannnissloners also l)assed tm
emergency resolution for $2,000
for maintenance And operation
of the attditor's office.
Gall Carper,
Mike Smith
Tot Winners
Gall Carper and Mike Smith
won the "Tiny Tot" popularity
contest held last week in con-
Junction with the "Pep Parade"
local talent show, sponsored by
the American Legion Post No. 31.
Gaff was sponsored by the Lum-
bcrmen's Mercantile and Mike by
McConkcy's Drug store. Marcia
Redman, Forrest's Flower and
Gift Shop candidate, caTne in sec-
ond and Jeanine Root, Shelton Ho-
tel Coffee Shop, third in the girls
contest, while among the boys
Ralph LeDrew, sponsored by Shel-
ton Hardware, was second and AI-
'bert Perry Rose, iPrepp's Drug
Store, was third.
First prize was a silver bup and
ribbon, second prize a ribbon and
third prize was honorable mention.
Varn Eaton, who was in charge
of the contest and the show for
the American Legion, stated he
was very well pleased with the
attendance at the show and the
Shelton merchants cooperated very
wel.1 The post took. ill $1,000
which should net them a nice sum,
after all expenses are deducted,
for the Veteran's cemetery fund,
which the post is sponsoring.
Mr. Eaton also stated that mo-
thers who want the large photo-
SHELTON, WASHINGTON. Thursday, August 22, 1946,
Public Hearing On
Airport Decision
Slated Sept. 3
The Board of County Commis-
sioners have (,lled it public
meeting at the court house in
Sheltpn for Tuesday evening,
September 3, at 7:30 o'clock, to
gain approval of the public or
objection to the connty taking
over the U.S. Naval Auxiliary
air station.
Details of the leso will be
null0 known at the hearing and
a large attendance of interest-
ed taxpayers and citizens is
urged to be on hand, for a'qui-
sition of lease to the properly
is an hnportant sp tltat con-
cerns every resident of Mason
county. The hearing was an-
nounced by Harry Deyette, clerk
of the conmlission.
I I II
John F. Stotsbury,
Prominent County
Farmer, Succumbs
Funeral rites for John F. Stets-
bury, 76, were held Tuesday after-
noon, August 20 at 1 o'clock from
WiLuiers Funeral Home with thc
Reverend J. O. Bovee conducting
th services. Burial was in the
Lakeview Cemetery, Seattle. His
death occurred Saturday l'morning.
graphs of their children entered He was born May 6, 1870, in Woo-
in the contest may obtain them i ster Ohio, and had been a rest-
at the cashier's office at the Lum- I dent of Mason County for the past
bermen's Mercantile and the small, 35 years.
photos are at the Eaton Body and I
Fender Works, Thir__dd alld____Grove.
Ox-Team Ia)gger of i
Simpson Company
Dies In Olympia
With the death of Clarence M.
Brainard, 88, last Saturday at his
home in Spurgeon Creek district,
one of the oldest employees of the
Simpson Logging Company pass-
cd out of existence.
Mr. Brainard was with the co,-
pany in the ox-team days and his
picture appears in the Green Com-
monwealth with the group in
Camp 5, taken in 1898.
Mr. and Mrs. Brainard came to
Thurston county 56 years ago and
after living i the DesChutes Riv-
er district and at South Union,
they .moved t0:fipurgeon ,Creek
where they made their home for
the past 42 years. Mrs. Brainard
died in February of this year.
Funeral rites were held Tuesday
in Olympia with the Reverend
Claude H. Lormier presiding and
burial was in the Masonic cem-
etery there.
Hc is survived by one son, Ar-
thur of Olympia; six daughters,
Mrs. Pearl Chase, Shelton; Mrs.
Alice Lockwood, Tacoma; Mrs.
Clarabell Kelsey, Tenino; Mrs.
Avis Thomas, Mrs. Caroll Drewry
and Mrs. Elva Kelly all living in
the vicinity of Olympia. There are
24 grandchildren and 15 great-
grandchildren. Surviving also arc
two sisters, Mrs. Ed Drewry ad
Mrs. Ira Littlejohn, botl of Oly.TP
pin.
Sheltonians End
15,000 Mile Tour
Passing through approximately
20 states in the course of their
15,0@0 miles of travel, Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Townsend and their two
youngest sons, Joe and Tom, re-
turned to their home on South
Seventh street last Friday after
a two-month motoring trip which
carried them to the deep south on
the Atlantic Coast.
Relatives on both sides of the
family were visited in various
places from Tennessec to North
Carolina and Georgia on the ex-
tensive trip on which they en-
countered considerable uncomfort-
ably hot weather, a fact which
prompetcd them to return hereby
nmch the same route as they had
traveled in going east rather than
coming back by way of the south-
ern route.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Alice Stotsbury, Shelton; one
brother, Charles of Pittsburgh,
Pa.; two sisters, Mrs. Ida Marks,
Wooster, Ohio, and Mrs. Anna
Brumter of San Diego; and one
niece, Mrs. Julia Cox of Seattle.
They made their home on Ar-
cadia Road and he devoted most
of his time to raising strawberries.
He is a member of the Spanish-
American war veterans chapter of
Olympia and is well known in this
vicini{y.
Mr. Stotsbury enlisted in the
army April 26, 1898, at Wooster
and was discharged November 21,
1898.
Use Of Drugs For
Disease Cures
Kiwanians
Dr. tL Sprenger, professor of
Chemistry at the College of Pu-
get Sound and associated with ex-
tensive research work in penicil-
lin and sulfa drugs, addressed the
Shelton Kiwanis Club at their reg-
ular weekly luncheon mceting
Tuesday noon at Memorial Hall,
Dr. Sprenger was secured for the
speaking engagement by Rev.
Hardwick Harshman of the Meth-
odist Church, who served as chair-
man of the day and introduced
the speaker.
Dr. Sprenger told of the suc-
cess that had resulted from de-
velopment of the drugs, used to
combat infection and disease
caused by bactcria and of contin-
ued efforts that are being .,made
to progress present successes.
He said that use of the drugs
in small doses such as lozenges,
trokeys and tablets, was being dis-
c0uraged by the medical profes-
sion because such small applica-
tions served to strengthen and for-
tify bacteria immunity to thc
drug, which then could not be ef-
ficiently attacked by action of the
medicine. The medical practice is
to kill the bacteria by use of large
doses.
City Bus Service
Expands Routes
Complete details regarding" the
departure and arrival times for the
various routes covered by the Shel-
ton City Lines bus servxcc may be
found in an announcement made
by the company on page four of
this edition of The Journal, in-
cluding details of two new services
covering the Capitol Hill and west
Railroad Avenue sections of the
community.
Operated by Jack Neuert and
Wilbur Flint, the Shelton City
Lines has tested its new services
for the past several weeks to prove
their feasibility. Residents are
urged to clip the schedule from the
paper and keep it in a convenient
place for reference whenever they
wind it necessary to utilize the
city bus service, which covers all
areas of Shelton under the ex-
panded schedule announced today
and effective September 1.
Truth Will Out! Texan
Admits He Likes State
As Thursday is the day that all
Texans are allowed to spcak the
truth, Shelton, Mason county and
the OIympic Peninsula are today
gaining some words of praise from
a pioneer resident of the Lone
Star state. William Trenckmann,
brother of Mason county's Bob
Trencknann, a resident of Austin,
capitol city of Texas, is visiting
here this week, but hardly trusts
himself to remain much longer
for fear he shall lose affcctiou for
the big state, so pleasant has he
found the weather, the cotmtry
and thc pcopleP
Elliot Spring Doing
Well After Operation
Elliot B. Spring, Shelton ac-
countant and long time resident,
is recovering at Shelton General
Hospital after a surgical operation
performed last week. His condi-
on iS entirely satisfactory and
;he is expected to be discharged
from the hospital in two more
weel.
$2000 Emergency Fund
Needed By Auditor
To cover unexpected costs of
operation and maintenance of the
county auditor's office in Mason
county, a special appropriation of
$2,000 will be necessary. A hear-
ing for protests against the al-
lowance will be held at the court-
house on September 3.
Month at National Boy.Scout Camp Told
By First.Shelton Youth To Attend It
At The Journal's request, Tom Ranch in northeastern New Mex-
Connolly, son of Mr. and Mrs. V. ice on July 10. This rauch, corn-
I I
IDress Parade
Slated Friday
prising 127,000 acres, was given
to tle Boy Scouts of America by
Waite Phillips, a wealthy oil man.
During our month's stay we
spent one week at each of four
base camps. The first week was
devoted to training in the many
Scout skills, the second and third
week to hiking, and the fourth to
horseback riding.
We hiked over flat desert land,
dried up :mcsas, beautiful gTeeu
valleys and peaks ranging up to
tcu and twelve thousand feet in
altitudc. One very interesting trip
was to a large valley where there
were quite a number of Indian
writings on thc sandstone bluffs.
There was an ancient cliff dwell-
ing in this vicinity which was also
exceptionally interesting.
We left Philmont on August 7,
regretting out' month had passed
so swiftly but still glad to be
heading for home. Returning we
travclcd through Denver, Ogden,
Cheyenne aad PendleLon.
T. Connolly of 328 Laurel Street,
has written the following brief
account of his month at the na-
tional Boy Scout camp in Ncw
Mexico, from which he returned
last week.' Tom was among the
first group of Scouts from the
Northwest to attend the national
camp, which is now in its second
year of existence and is located
near Raton, New Mexico.)
by Tom Connoily
On July 3 I met with 26 qthcr
Scouts and three leaders from
Oregon, Washington and Idaho at
Reed College in Pol%land and the
next day headed south to Los An-
geles bybus. We arrived there thc
afternoon of the 5th and spent the
day touring Los Angeles and Hol-
lywood.
We then went through El Paso,
Tcxas, where we took a side trip
into Jaurez, Mexico, and latex'
went through thc Carlsbad Cav-
erns. We arrived-at Ptxilmont Scout
Adieu to another summer play-
field programs will be said this
Friday afternoon when the sec-
ond annual "Dress Parade" will
be staged by boys and girls who
have taken part in thc program's
activities.
Originating at the city park at
1:30 o'clock, youngsters in two
age divisions will parade through
the downtown business section in
costumes which they hope will
bring them prizes offered by the
Kiwanis Club's boys and girls
committee hcaded by Fred Beck-
with.
Kiwanians will judge the young-
sters as thcy march up First
street from the city park, turn
up Raih'oad Avenue to Fifth, over
to Cots and back to the city park
via Cota and First street, Judg-
ing the entries m one division in-
cluding kiddies of the first thru
third grade age bracket and a .sec-
ond group from the fourth thru
the sixth grade bracket.
Prizes will be awarded for the
first, second and third prettiest
costumes; the first, second and
third funniest costumes; the first,
second and third most original;
and the first, second and third
ugliest garbs.
New Stationery
Store Officially
Opening Saturday
Another new business firm
makes its bow in Shelton with the
official opening this Saturday of
the Mason County Stationers at
118 North Second Street in the
new building constructed for Bert
Shick, local realtor, by the George
M. Grisdale Construction Company.
Managed by Joseph Finn, who
has had many years experience in
the stationery business, the Mason
County Stationers will handle
many nationally known lines of
stationery and office supply arti-
cles, including Royal typewriters,
Volland and Hallmark greeting
cards, and other well known
names in office and school sup-
plies.
Door prizes for men, women and
students who visit the Mason
County Stationers and register on
teh guest book during Saturday's
formal opening will be awarded,
Mr. Finn said. Presence at the
time of the awardnaaktnW is not
necessary, hc pointed out.
Further details of the new firm's
opening may be found by perusing
the minouncement on pays four
of this edition.
Legionnaires Off
For State Confab
The color of an annual Ameri-
can Lcgion convention, heighten-
ed this year by the return and
participation of World War II vet-
erans, will :Tnake this week's con-
clave at Bellingham one of tlm
most impressive in the history or
the vcterans organization in the
state. The sessions will be started
with the convention's opening on
Thursday.
Attending from Shelton will be
fivc delegates including: Maurice
Ncedham, named district vice
commander recently; Oscar Levin,
pot commander for next year; G.
L. Taylor, new post adjutant; Wal-
ter Nash and W. L. Jessup. The
alternates include: E. H. Faubert,
Mel Dobson, A. H. Fagergren, Dr.
M. Melcum and Howard Meyer. A1
Huerby is expected to accompany
the delegation.
Comforts of past conventions
with quarters in first class hotels
will be missing this year because
of the crowds expected to attend.
The Shelton delegation' is to be
quartered in az abandoned fire
hall, with cots instead of luxur-
ious inner spring hotel beds pro-
vided for the veterans rest.
Delinquent Tax
Land On Block
Treasurer Omer Dion announces
the sale of delinquent tax prop-
crty for Saturday, August 24, at
10 o'clock in the mornlng. The
list of property to be sold was
publishcd in The Journal from
June 6 to July 11 and anyone in-
terestcd can check between those
dates. The property listed is for
unpaid 1940 taxes.
Stevensons Purchase
Hotel In Tacoma
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Stev-
cnsou have announced the pur-
chase of the Van Noyes Hotel in
Tacoma and plan to rcnovate it
when supplies arc available. At
present they are operating the
hotel themsclvcs, but later on
they plan to hire an opcrator.
100 Pair Nylons
Unclaimed At L.M.
This should go to Ripley, but
it seems there are in the neigh-
borhood of 100 ladies in Mason
County who don't nesd nylon
stockings. Such is ths conclus-
ion General Manager Henry
Bacon of the Lumbermcn's
Mercantile is rapidly coming to
for its a fact, he says, that the
L. M. has been holding for some
time now about 100 pairs of
nylons for ladies who signed up
for them last spring.
The ladies may have their
nylons simply by asking for
-them at the L.M. women's de-
partment on the first floor, Mr.
Bacon reminds hcm.
6C PER COPY; $2,50 PER YEAR
Want Your Street
Oiled? Act Fast,
Brewer Warns
So far insufficient applications
to make a general street oil-
ing project feasible hx Sltelton
have been recelvel by treet
Supt. E. E. Brewer, he announc-
ed this week whil urging prop-
erty owners who wish to have
the streets adjoining their prop-
erty oil-treatl to get busy l)-
mediataly on the matter.
'The oiling contractor will be
available in the next two weeks,
Supt. Brewer said, so property
owners must act lm,nedlately If
they wish their streets oiled this
year. All frontage, lnehding
vacant lots, must be paid up in
advance before oiling can be
contracted. Estimates on costs
may be obtained by calling the
city hall.
I I
Park Meter
Bids Called
A call for bids for the purchase
of 300 or more parking meters for
installation at the edge of Shel-
ton's downtown business streets
was issued as a result of the reg-
ular city commission meeting this
week. Installation of the metcrs
is in response to a need for relief
from parking and traffic conges-
tion in the downtown parking
areas.
Bids will be opened by the com-
mission at a later date and the
machines purchased. No plan for
installation of the machines has
been worked out yet, but Shelton
following on the experience of
other Northwest communities will
create a new means of revenue and
also provide better facilities for
parking.
Sewer Extension
Asked To Serve
Proposed Homes
Representation on behalf of the
Better Home Builders, sponsors of
a new veterans' housing project on
Blocks 20 and 21, Angleside addi-
tion, seeking extension of sewer
mains, so that the 15 new homes
Registration
Opens School
Action Here
With school opening September
3 in both Shelton and the rural
county schools, pro-opening pre-
parations swing into high gear
here next week with registration
of new pupils featuring the activ-
ity.
Children who are entering the
Shelton elcmentary schools for the
first ti,me should be registered in
the Lincoln school basement from
10 a.m. to 4:40 p.m. next Wednes-
day, August 28, according to Prin-
cipal Dick Hudson.
Kindergarten children may en-
ter if they will be five yeaxs old
by November 1, while children for
grade school must be six by Dec-
ember 1, he pointed out. Childrm
who were registered at the pre-
school clinic in May do not need
to register again, he added.
"It is necessary to know the
number of hew children entering
school in order, to plan classes,"
Mr. Hudson explained. "Parents,
if you know of a new family in
town, please urge them to regis-
ter next Wednesday."
Junior high students who are en-
tering Shelton school district 309
and junior high school for the
first time will have an opportun-
ity to register at the junior higl
Thursday and Friday evenings,
August 29 and 30, from 7 to 9
p.m., according to Principal Bruce
Schwarck,
Students of tile Hoodsport, Mid-
dle Skokomish, Lincoln and Bor-
deaux schools who nove into the
Junior high this fall have already
been registered, however, so will
not have to do so again unless
they have moved into those dis-
tricts during the summer.
New senior high school students
or those wishing to change their
curriculum or who did not make
out class schedules last spring will
have the opporttmity to register
or arrange their schedules also on
Thureday and Friday of ncx
week between 7 and 9 p.m. in th
senior high school, Principal
George Hermes announced.
Efforts will be made to cordin-
ate rural and city school calendars
this year, according to County
School Supt. J. W. Goodpaster.
The calendar will be publislmd
later when it is completed.
planned for the project-may be]
served with modern sanitary in-| Hoag
Mrs;: Follows
commLmonerS "x" u e s a a y, L'lne ]
homes will be built on land pro-|
vided by the 00im00on Husband In Death
Company for the firm of McKen-" Althea Hoag, 86, of Route 1,
zie and Kieburtz, the canpany by died Sunday, August 18, following
so doing giving impetus to the de- a short illness.
velopment of new housing facil- Funeral services were held Wed-
flies here. Sid Hatcher made the nesday, August 21 at 2 o'clock
• request for service to the city from Witsiers Funeral Home and
commission at its regular Tuesday
afternoon meeting.
The city engineer will make a
survey and recommendation _to
the board soon.
Arrival of a $4,560 piece of
equipment a modern garbage
packer--is expected within the
next week, providing facilities for
modern and efficient service by
the city garbage eollcction ser-
vice. The equipment, installed on
a new International truck, pro-
vides a method for modern pack-
ing and collection of refuse and
garbage. The purchase was anade
several months ago.
Belfair Logger
Critically Hurt
Crushed in a load of falling logs
which rolled from a flat-bed log-
ging truck on a Hood CaJml high-
way last Friday, Melvin N. Howe,
43, of Belfair, was in critical con-
dition in a Bremerton hospital this
weck'as the result of internal in-
juries suffered in the accident.
Howe was engaged in unloading
the logs at the side of the high-
way about a half mile west of the
Allyn cutoff when, after he had
loosened the safety chahm, the
load slipped off the trnok, catch-
ing Howe below the waist, accord-
ing to reports given the hospltaI
by the state patrol,
Broken Tie-Rod Sends
2 Riders to Hospital
when the tic-rod broken on their
car Sunday evening, the car ws
thrown into the Mill Crcck bridge
and the driver, Halley Keyes, and
owner, Everett Tillman, both of
Oly, anpia, were taken to the SheI-
ton General Hospital for treat-
ment. Keyes suffered a cut fore-
head and leg md Tillman a leg
injury. Thcy were headed for
Olympia when the accident hap-
pened.
Shelton Family Back
From Montana 3ourney
Mr. and V[rs. Frank Rodenberg
returned last week from a trip to
Kalispell, Mont., for the funeral
of Mr. Rodenberg's fathcr, who
died August 2nd. NIrs. R6deberg
was visiting there the week be-
forc and had just cturncd he:The
when the death, news came. The
event br.ought together the family
in reunion, with four children and
11 grandchildren present.
Early Residents
Here On Vacation
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Woods of
Wenatchee are spending a few
days in the Skokomish Valley with
the Hunter families. They are ac-
companied by their son Robert,
recently returned from four years
service in the European cam-
paigns. Mr. Woods was an early
resident of Mason County but has
bcen associated with his cousin,
Rufus Woods, in the Wezmtdce
World.
burial was in the Shelton Memor-
ial Park, along side her husband
who preceded her in death several
weeks ago.
Mrs. Hoag was born July 6, 1860
at Sarmia, Ontario, Canada.
She is survived by seven nieces
and nephews: Warren and Nor-
man Hoag of Lansing, Mich.,
Harry Hoag of Brontford, Cana-
da; Miss Charlotte McApline of
Toronto, Canada; Mrs. Matilda Fa-
lter of Paris, Ontario; Mrs. Sophia
Potts of Burford, Canada; and
Mrs. Warren McApline of Detroit,
Mich.
She was a member of the Seven-
Day Adventist Church',, and had
made her home at Skokomish Val-
ley for the past 16 years at the
"House Beside The Road."
Smokers Cause 3
Forest Blazes
Tlree fires caused by smokcrs
were reported by the state fores-
try department, Shelton. Last
Sunday a timber fire covered
about tWo acres west of the air-
port. The fire was in green ttn-
bet. On the same day a quarter
of an acre of grass and brush was
burned over on Buck's Prairie.
Thursday mmthcr grass aud
brush fire covering four acrca'
was reported on John's Creek ncar
Cranbery Lake md Saturday a
quarter of an acre was reported
burning on Sherwood Creek.
Dr. Collier Flies
To Brother's Rites
Dr. B. . Collier of Shelton re-
turned early this week fresh Tip-
ton. Okla., where he attended fun-
eral services for his brother, Dr.
E. K, Collier, who died there rc-
eently. William, a son of the late
Dr. Collier, returned with his un-
clc to make his home here, Dr.
B. N. Collier having been appoint-
cd his guardim. The Shelton sur-
geon made the journey both ways
by plane.
Mrs. Orville Anderson and Mir-
iam Christian of Shelton are sis-
ters of_____a$er.
Kiwanians Name
Confab Delegates
Delegates from the Shelton Ki-
wanis Club to the Vancouver, B.
C., district Kiwanis convention,
September 22, 23 'd 24 were
named at the last week's meeting
of the club and include President
Clarence Grunert, Vice Prcsldent
Icd Beckwith, with Secretary M.
C. Zintheo uamed as alternate.
Convention headquarters will b
in the Vancouver i-Ietel and the
three featured events of the con-
verities will include inspirational
services Sunday evening, b0at trip
Tuesday afternoon on the waters
of Hov}e 'Sotind md the Gover-
nor's Banquet and Ball on Tues-
day evonlg,