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Portland, Ore "TAPPED TOURISTS" MR. AND MRS. HARVEY BRADY Vince Bostwick (center), Jaycee Project Chairman, Host for Californians 22, Shelton, Sunday out of a boat shore. )son Recrea- on a pic- Sheriff's of- in a boat with !r and a friend from or George, 21, at- the victim, who but was un- Coiled the Shel- which Call to the Sher- summoned in the search. Christensen recovered the a,m. and noon. had stopped at Was born March the son of Mr. Sr., St. lived here were held at 2 at Batstone Fu- C a- Shel- his parents, Pauley, Shel- Gloria Jean IQ I' ! in the Shelton ra: have stood ran 'kably well. ;t she I)ainted ago, on a vis- r j. H. Gray now a profes- s Los Angeles nUrals occas- sen the pres- ce was built Was commis- raural in the Ster Howard my Mithcum, Columbia, S. C.; two brothers, George and Ralph Jr., Shelton, and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Hamilton, Con- tralia. =r clerk Walt staffers still Stoffice, recall a dozen eggs as he came After a, short search Monday morning Mason County Sheriff Sam Clark, with his car's siren screaming and red light flashing, stopped an unsuspecting California couple about five miles south of Shelton on Highway 101. The couple, Mr. and Mrs. Har- vey Brady of Yuba City, Calif., didn't look suspicious. B r a d y hadn't been speeding. In fact the Bradys hadn't broken the law at all. CLARK WAS merely assisting the Shelton Junior Chamber of Commerce with its "Tap-A-Tour- ist" program. Sam and his side kick Vince Bostwick, Jaycee chair- man of the project, who had also been riding in the Sheriff's 0~tr, soon cleared up the Bradys' bo- A 70-year lifetime spe~,: entirely wilderment by explaining that Mr. in Mason County reached its end and M'rs. Brady had been selected Tucsdey with the death of Herbert {in the aforementioned manner) as G. Nelson, prominent oysterman, the Jaycees' "tapped tourists" for Grange member and political fig- 1965. ure. So, instead of being issued a ci- tation, the Bradys' were given a : Mr. Nelson died at Shelton Gen- two-day red carpet tour of Sheiton eral Hospital, where he had been lasting through Tuesday noon. confined since July 17. He had The itinerary for the Bradys been under medical care and un- dergone several operations in the after their apprehcnsiou about 11 a.m. Monday included Monday's past year for cancer, lunch at Nita's, dinner at the Shel- Last rites will be held frorn the ton Hotel, breakfast at Ritner's Bafstone Funeral Home Friday at Broiler, a visit with Kiwanis Club 2:00 o'clock with interment fol- members Tuesday noon plus tom's lowing in the Veterans division of of Simpson Timber Co:npany's wa- Shelton Memorial Park. terfront operations, the Washing- Mr. Nelson was born in Mason ton Corrections Center and the .~ty J, uly 19, 1895 and had made Shelton Mobile Itomes:factory. ' ..... £his,.conmaunity his lifetime resl- .THE FETED C Q U P L E and dence. For the past 45 years he Bostwi~ktl*the h(st we~'e provided had been an oyster grower in the with a courtesy car for the two Little Skookum Bay area and was days by Bfld Paulcy Motors. For a member of the Olympia Oyster their car, Mr. and Mrs. Brady re- Growers Association, which he eeived free gas, lubrication and served as president for :at least free car wash at John's Richfield two terms. Service and for themselves, Brady HE WAS a veteran of Worldgot a free gift at Bcttman's and War I and a member of the Voter- Mrs. Brady was given a free gift ans of Foreign Wars. He was a at the Little and Big Shoppe. member of Progress Grange and Lodging for the couple Monday took an active part in the activities night was provided at the City of all of the organizations to which Center Motel. he belonged, as well as in poll- Brady manager of Brady Bur- tics. Hc was particularly interested glar Alarm in Yuba City. and his and active in the original forms- wife were returning home to Col- lion and later actixities,,~ of Mason ifornia after spending several days Utfllt Dmtnct No County Public "' y "c ' . in Bremerton and "Seattle when ,=. j, the wele ta ed 3. He served as Master of Pomona y ," , PP- for the event. Grange several times and at least The Jaycees "Tap-A-Tourist" once was Master of Pomona program ~s an annual project de- si ned 1o plomoie Grange. g , : " ;. tourism in Shel- Surviving are his wife Ruth, one ton and the city itself. son, Bruce, both of Shelton; one -------~-------------- daughter, Mrs. William Metgar ot Fire Guts Robert Arcadia, Calif.; one brother, Hum- phrey, of ShelLon; one sister, Mrs. John Adams of Olympia; ,and Smith Hem eight grandchildren, e The home of the Robert Smith family, 818 Fairmont, was gutted by fire which was discovered about 5:30 a.m.. Sunday. The family was absent when the fire started. The blaze gutted the interior of the h o u s e, but did not break through the outside walls or roof, mixing in Classes for nmst Mason County the Shelton Fire Department said. Oils in what School students will start Sept. 8 Damage from the blaze was es, with a full day of school, timated at $5,000 for the building on a vacation Mary M. Knight is starting ear- and $1,000 to the contents by the and son last lier, .with the opening of school fire department. Pleased with there set for Aug. 30. The loss was covered by insur- has with- In the Shelton School District, once. all students except those in the time he has first grade and kindergarten will 'thw~ ~t since 'go a full day the first day.' Busses ELECTED -ql impressed will run on the same routes a~ld David McMillin, Shelton, of the he will like- schedule as they did at the close Olympia Oyster Co., was elected Its son, who of school last year and the hot to the board of directors of the go in hign lanch program will start the first Pacific Coast Oyster Growers As- sociation at the groups annual at the Uni- day. Teachers new to the Shelton meeting last week. in Marion, School District will meet Sept. 2 received for an orientation session. They nneapolis will meet first at the Grant C. muin,_ Angle building and will later to their separate buildings for 5° many including ditional sessions. • Hastings, All teachers will meet Sept. 7 Kans.; as for an orientation day and to pre- ment ag- pare for the opening of school the following day. The Mason County Kidney Faun- incidentally, Both of these meetings will in- dation has started a drive for the scrap chide teachers who will be at the membership to keep the organi- .~ray in- new Garret Heyns High School at zation active. • -- in ing pro- the Washington Corrections Con- The foundation has now peon " ter. corporated. It was formed during the fund raising for kidney ma- ' chine treatments for Buddy Frank- lin which came to a successful RUMMAGE SALE conclusion several weeks ago when y the goal of $10,000 was reaclled. V.F.W. Auxiliary Memberships in the organiza" tion can be obtained by sending 27 9 it.In, tO 5 p.m. in $1 along with the application blank at the end of this article to the Mason County Hldney FaUn" Memorial Hall dation, Box 612, Shelt:on, Wash. THE FUNDS from memberships will allow the organization to keeP active and pay its expenses with- ,L BA out using any of the money raised to pay for the treatments for ~'"UUU Franklin. • ...... old A membership entiHes t,~ h " er to vote at the general meetings F.D.I.C. concerning election of officers ann the allocation of funds. The Foundation expressed ~P" Line The Shelton City Commission said Tuesday it would have a de- cision next week on whether or not it would accept the offer of Bonneville Power Administration for an easement for a proposed new power line through its water- shed property. The city and Bonheville have been working on a proposed con- tract for the past several week., and have come to agreement or. all except the price to be paid for the easement. Bonneville has offered $10,600 for the easement which would cor- m" some 26.6 acres. Mayor Frank Trawls stated at the meeting that he thought this figure was too low. The mayor said that until it c~)uld be explained to his satisfac- lion why the amonnt offered the city was less than that. offered to other property owners in the area, he would be opposed to approv- ing the easement. DURING TIlE next week the city will seek a clarification of an appraisal of the property by Tom Morris, Gig Hmbor, which had been made for the city. Morris set the vaJue of the property at $14,- 500 although it was not clear from the letter of explanation accom- panying the appraisal whether this was an appraisal of the property on a selling price basis or for the value of the proposed easement. Police Chief Richard Camper re- ported that the cracks in the walls and floor of the Police Department quarters in the basement had been sealed and that it appeared that this would stop the leaks. A bid of $594 from Bennett Painting Co. wan accepted to paint the house at 902 East Pine owned by the city water department. Arrival Of Foreign Student h De/ayed The arlival of Nadia Btblawl, Suez, Egypt, who will be Shelton High School's foreign exchange student during the coming year, has been delayed, local American Field Service Chapter officials have been informed. ST~e was originally ",cheduled to arrive at Seattle-Tacoma Airport Sunday, but, late last week, locm AFS officials were notified by the National AFS Office that the arri- val would be delayed about 10 ...... p'ress tim Weunesaay, no //fficial ~w~:~ts to the exact of her arrival had been received. The Shelton School Board has scheduled a special meeting at 2 p.m. today to make a few last minute decisions before school starts. On the agenda for the meeting are the opening of bids on the re- pair of the roofs of the Grant C. Angle and High Sclaool gymnas- ium buildings and a decision on fuel oil bids for the school build- ings for the coming year. Five" final staff positions to be filled Will be recommended by Supt. Robert Quigglc. They include Stella Brown for half-time home economics in the Junior High School. Eitlmr Gory Nunnelee or a des- ignores staff member a.s assis- tant football coach for the high school. BERNARD DORCY as assistant football coach for the junior high school. Robert Thomas Daly as school )sychologist and Dr. Thomas Row- land for 18 days of seFvice in the school psychology program. The services of Dr. [Rowland will be necessary since Daly needs to have one year of experience under the direction of an accredited psycholo- gist although he has all of the necessary educational require- ments. After the one year, he can become an accredited psychologist. One first grade teacher. 79TH YEAR NO. 34 Published in "Ohristmastown, U.S.A.", Shelton, Washington 18 Pages -- 3 Sections Thursday, August 26, 1965 Entered as Second class matter at the post office at ,qhelton. Washtngtnn. 98584 under Act of March 8. 1879. Publlshad weekly at 227 West Cota. 10 Cents Per Copy O ROSETTE WINNERS ---Winning championship Ronald Rickards, dog obedience; front row, Chuck rosettes in the VarleUs agricultural division in 4-H Brown, junior beef exhibitor; Cliff Taylor, junior competition atthe fair were, back row, left to right, beef fitting and showing; Cliff Rickards, electricity; Barbara Br0wn, senlor beef :fitting and showing; Randy Howard, livestock; Beverly Brown, garden; unior beef exhib tot; Gary Jayne Hunter, junior horse. Not pictured are Shir- Patsy Miltenberger, Mi!tenberger, '$enlor beef exhibitor; Art Tozler, 'ley Sykora, rabbits, Dan Ragan, poultry, and Ter- senior horse exhibitor; Carolyn Brewer, senior ry Kimbel, the third member of a three-way tie dairy fittlng ahd:ishowing and exhibitor; BillHunt- with Chuck Brown and Patsy Miltenberger in er~ junior dslry fitting and showing and exhi!bitor; junior beef exhibiting. HOME EC WiNNERS--Getting championship ros- ettes for their 4-H entries at the fair were left to rightl Beverly Brown, baking; Cheryl Chambers, Mary M.' Knight S oo/ Wm M .day Start o Mary M. Knight School will be: gin Monday, getting a head start on other schools in the county which do not start until the fol- lowing week. There will be a full day of school Monday, with students to take lunches. The hot lunch program will start the following day. The cost of lunches has been increased to 25¢ for students and 30¢ for teachers. The Mary M. Knight buses will run an hour earlier on the opening day of school. The faculty will include Gone Brown, superintendent; Stephen Brown, shop, math and history; Curtis Sell, science and coach; Mrs, Adeline Norris, English and com- mercial; Miss Kay Wooten, Eng- lish and Spanish; Dick Endicott, library and music; Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, grades 7 and 8 and home economics; Mrs. Roger Thorn, grades 5 and 6; Mrs. Hilda Cllft, grades 3 and 4 and Mrs. Octavia Killough, grades 1 and 2. Thorn and Miss Wooten are new to the district this year. Bus drivers are Frank Hollatz, Nellie Chappel, Lewis White and Ed Hollatz, Walter Shaw is cus- todian; Nellie Chappel, cafeteria cook and Mrs. Delores Skinner, school nurse. The positions for the Mary M. Knight School Board will be up preciation to The Journal and oLh- for election this fall, those of er news media, "the Seattle-First Ralph Cook, Robert Trimhle and National Bank, individuals clubs Clarence Palmer. !and organizations which donated Filings open Sept. 3 and the elec- imoney and time to the fund rats- tion will be Nov. 2. ing for Franklin. "Wonlorrow or next year seine- one else in the conununity ,nay Kiwanis To Sponsor need money and support from !l~oe organization officers said,.. Violinisl Sepl. 28 do this, the organization must re- main active,,, . Violiuist Dave Rubinoff will pre- T!}ree recent contributions nave sent several performances in Ma- ~weJ~le~ the Buddy Franklin Kidney ,on County Sept. 28 under the o's ~to. $11,285.49. The Trailblaz- sponsorship of the Shelton Kiwanis ':" Iv~.otoreycle ClUb added ,$307 Club. fro~l ~!.ts "se,mnbles" compeutmn He will present the program at '. ,~unqay. The Rainbow" G:rl,: tile Kiwanis hmcheort at noon and $100 ancl the flood Canal in tlle afternoon will present four $15. free assemblies at schools in the Application For Membership county. MASON COUNTY KIDNEY An evening program in the High FOU N OATION, I NC. School Gym is planned. Admission Name .... . ....................... will be $2 for adults and $1 for sbu- dents for the evening performance. Address . . ...... John Pill is general chair/nan of the project with Eldon Kafmey as co-cha man. f¢>od preservation; Sally Wolf, clothing, and Patty Jo Moll, dress revue; * $ * $ WIN TRIP--Winner of the trip to Ocean Shores was Mrs. Robert Pendergraft Of Shelton. The trip, which includes an airplane trip to the resort and back and a dinner while there, was given as a gate prize. Here, Mrs. Pendergraft, left, and her husband, center, are presented with a letter certifying their award by Martin Au- seth, fair board president. Hospital, Churches Eel Bequests In Will Of Mrs, 6ovey Shelton General Hospital and two Shelton Churcl~es will receive a financial boost under terms of the will of the late Mrs. Grace Govey which was filed for probate recently in King County Superior Court. Mrs. Govey left $25,000 to 8hel- ton General Hospital. St. David's ~-*piscopal Church is to receive $7,- 000 and the Methodist Church, $2¢ 500. Mrs. Govey is the widow of the late A. B. Govey, a long-time~' Simpson Timber Company official. Camp Govey is named for him. Mrs. Govey died June 19, leav- ing an estate valued at $360,000. She had moved to Mercer Island from Shelton 11 years ago. SAVINGS BOND SALEK Sales of U.S. Savings ~onds in Mason County during July were $6,108 according to L. A, Carlson, county bond sales chairman. Sale~,- in the state totaled $5,13],482 during the month. TO ATTEND Rocky Hembroff, Bud Knutzen and John Pill, representing the ShoRan Kiwanis Club, will attend the convention of the Pacific Northwest District of Kiwanis In- ternational at Richland Aug. 29- 31. The convention sessions will be held in the Desert Inn in Richlax~l with Zan B. Freeman, Seattle, pre- siding. Robert F. Weber, Detroit, Mich., will represent Kiwemis In- ternationM at the convention. He is a trustee of Kiwanis Interna- tional. More than 11,000 persons passed through tlae gates to the Mason County Fair during its three days last weekend to set a new attend- ance record. Attendance last year was about 9,000. ! Many came to view one or more of the special activities through- out the three days and to look over the exhibits which filled the fair buildings. Twa noh Grange placed first in the Grange booth competition, al- ways nn intmeating part of the fair exifibits. In the home economies club booth competition, the Tahuya Homemakers' Club won the boR- ers. A nmnber of 4-H members re- ceived championship rozettes at the awards program Saturday night for talcing top places in the various classes of entries. IN THE HOME cconomlcs divi- sion, four young ladies re.ceivad rosettes, Beverly Brown, baking; Cheryl Chambers, food preserva- tion; Sally Wolf, clothing, and Patti Jo Moll, dress revne. In the agricultural division ros- ettes went to Ronald Rtckards, dog obedience; Shirley Sykora, rabbits; Dan Ragan, poultry; Bev- erly Brown, garden; junior horse, Jayne Hunter; senior horse, Art Tozier; junior dairy fitting and showing and exhibiting, Bill Hun- ter; senior dairy fitting and show- ing and exhibiting, Carolyn Brew- or; livestock, Randy Howard; sen- ior beef exhibitor, Harry Milten- bergm; junior beef exhibitor, Pat- sy Miltenberger; junior beef fit- ting and showing, Clifford Taylcr; senior beef fitting and showing, Barbara Brown, and electrical, Cliff Rickaz ds. Cliff Rickards was presented with a check for his work in the electrical project which won him first place by Larry Burfiend on behalf of the PUD Employees As- sociation. Second place went to Robert Jackson. John Caulfield of the Piper Bro- thers Breeders, presented halters to Phil Hardie as the outstanding beef exhibitor and Bob B~ewer as the outstanding dairy exhibitor. Bc~th were entered In the apes class division with their mfimals. In the bnrse show gymkhana Saturday afternoon, Ray Sharp compiled the largest nu=~er of 0oints in the senior division to take that trophy while Darrell Williams topped the junior division entrants to win the trophy. Sharp, 76, was also presented with the trophy as the oldest rid- er, wtlile the trophy for the young- est rider went to Grog Hunter, 6. Youngesters Saturday afternoon displayed their running and grab- bing ability in the pig scramble. Both youngsters and adults got a chance to participate in the chick- en scramble. The pigs for the scramble were donated by Western Farmers As- sociation store here.-There were five Di~s in the scramble. SUNDAY AI~PER,NOON Mrs. Kay Gott, Shelton, displayed her talents with a hammer to win the ladies nail driving contest over a field of 14 entrants. Janice Brown walked away with the top prize in the rooster el'ow- ing contest when her bird, Specs Jr,, gave out with eight crows in =even minutes to defeat the entry of her sister, Beverly, whicl~ placed second. David Valley won the watch giv- en as the junior gate prize. Mrs. Robert PendergraSt, Shel- ton, was awarded the trip for two to Ocean Shores for dinner and an airplane ride both ways given as the adult gate prize. Fair Manager Clive Troy said that a number of items, including a pair of glasses and a camera found during the fair are at the office at the Fairgrounds if their owners wa~lt to claim them. Mrs. Anna York's wedgewo~l cross stitch quilt won her the $10 prize given by an anonymous do- nor for the best handiwork. Open Class Home Economics at the Mason County Fair sponsored seew'al special awards which were won by exhibitors. Mrs. David O. Good, Olympia, took high honors with a Champion- ship cup for a knitted sweater. Her entry is eligible to go on for a dis- trier judging for a national hand knitting contest. Other winners in this special contest included in the knitted afghan class: First place went to Rose Keir, Shelton; second place Helen Bloomfield, Shelton; mad third place Mary Potter, Shel- ton. Knitted 3-piece baby set saw placings of first to Dorothy Trim- ble, Route 1, Ehna; and second place to Glenda Sue Leeds, Shel- ton. The total entries in this clas- sification was 36. 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