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August 27, 1970     Shelton Mason County Journal
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Im Mrs. ttelen Stodden was named as Shelton City Clerk-Treasurer Tuesday night by the City Commission. She will succeed Mrs. Alma Catto. clerk-treasurer for the past 27 years, who died Monday. The commission also voted to close city hall from 1-3 p.m. Monday during the memorial service for Mrs. Catto in the Masonic Temple. Mrs. Stodden was employed in the Mason County Auditor's Office for five years before joining the city hall staff a short time ago in preparation for taking over the clerk-treasurer's duties when Mrs Catto retired. Mrs Stodden lived in the Matlock area before joining the auditor's office and was clerk and a member of the Mary M. Knight School Board for nine years. She has lived in Mason County 22 years. She and her husband Andrew. make their home at Lake Isabella. Mrs. Stodden is the mother of eight chiklren. Two daughters are sophomores at Shelton High school. The other children are grown. Helen Stodden Mrs. Alma Katherine Catto, 66, clerk-treasurer of the City of Shelton for the past 27 years, died at Mason General Hospital Monday. Mrs. Carte had planned to retire this year. She was in the hospital for surgery at the time of her death. She was active in civic affairs here, serving as a member of the board of directors of the Mason County Tuberculosis Association and the Mason-Thurston County Health Board. She was a Past Worthy Matron of Welcome Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, Conductress in the Laurel Chapter of Amaranth and a member of the Shelton Zonta Club. Survivors include four sisters, Mrs. Ruby King, Olympia: Mrs. ttelen Radcliffe. Puyallup: Mrs. Chlona Thatcher. Port Angeles, and Miss Ruth Shaw, Las Cruces, N. M. and one brother Robert Barnard. Memphis, Tenn. A nlemorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Masonic Temple to be conducted by Welcome Chapter, dES. She was born Sept. 14, 1903 in Hopeville, Iowa. She was employed by the State in Olympia before coming to Shelton in 1940. Alma Catto 27,1970 35 County Fair the 1970 event With a record ring the three Which totaled days came to of exhibits, entertainment Participate in the Were much in the exhibitors Went home with rosettes for their young 4-H Women In the 4-H Friday and Y. topped all of tome the top Stickley Unior trophy. ampionship telloy York, Jodie it ting and )all, junior ie Stickley, ,n : Kay 'tactical horse: and Debbie itting and , senior and Debbie lot western ell~Pi°nship 4-H was of Center. as made by on County George center. erring as the center heron the lived here ed School in from at 223 With low hose who g, Services. a activities Yor all age of Youth a er YOuth ENJOYING A SMOKE are Wes Johnson and his friend Daisy, who was a big attraction at the fair. Daisy has just swallowed her cigarette. Published in "Christmastown, U.S.A.", Shelton, Washington. Entered as second class matter at the post office at Shenon, Washington 98584, tinder act of March 8, 1879. Published weekly at 227 West Cota. $5.00 per year in Mason County, $6.00 elsewhere. 2 Sections--20 Pages Ten Cents Per Copy rosettes went to Lois Pearsall, food preservation; Marilee Matson, baking; Donna Schmeige, clothing; Teresa Murray, J. C. Penney award: Chris Rickards, senior dress revue; Debbie Lisoskie, junior dress revue: AI Seivert, poultry: Kenneth Drake, forestry: Mary Carson, crafts: Jeff Nelson, woodworking: Becky Chapman and Teresa Murray, photography: Oliver Chapman, electricity; Jeff Nelson, small engines; Mike Matson, poultry and Marlene Schmidt, dog obedience. It was announced that Terrie Lick was the winner of the Evergreen Wrangler's mare in the mare and foal project for the coming year. She will keep the mare a year and will keep the colt which she produces. Runner-up for the mare was Karla Kimball. In the contests held during the fair, Clyde Landsaw Sr. retained his championship in the horseshoe tournament. The playoffs in the tournament were held during all three days of the fair. Taking home pigs from the pig scrambles were Debby Fagen, Kerrie Osterman, Gene Hugenin and the mother-son team of Greg and Ann Pavel. Chicken scramble winners were Jeff Anderson, Kim Goldsby, Karen Goldsby. John Phife, Earl Moran and the father-son team of Mike and Don Pavet. Other contest winners included Cinda Laney, rolling pin toss: Mrs. Julie Bourne, husband calling : Paul Mc Morris, pie eating : Mrs. Roberta Ragan, nail Out Robert Reed, 50, Bremerton, former owner of Lake Cushman Resort here, was released fronl ttarrison Memorial Hospital this week for treatment in a nursing home. lie suffered chest and head injuries in a two-car collision in Bremerton Aug. 9 in which his wife, Lois was killed. Charges Of Forgery Filed Charges of first degree forgery were filed in Mason Cotmty Superior Court last week by Prosecuting Attorney John C. Ragan. Charged were Frank Rhodes and Gerald Tucker. Rhodes is charged with signing a check with the name of Paul Berringer. The check was for $20. Tucker is charged with signing a $30 check with the name George E. Sanders. Both checks were cashed by a 17-year-old girl who was arrested last week. The girl, who was from out-of-town, was referred to juvenile authorities in her home state and was picked up here by her parents. Neither of the men against whom charges have been filed have been arrested. pounding and Jim Connolly and Barb Barn ford, egg catch. Special fair awards included crafts, Zola Wilson~ painting Ahna Ileald and Easther Johnson:dairy trophy Lisa Brewer: beef trophy, Roberl and Ralph Brewer: champion ttolstein, Pam and Jayne tluntcr: champion goat, Gilbert Winkler: champion rabbit, Jenny Matthews: ceramics, Janie Cookson; best vegetable, Keith Anderson ; champion gardener, Winifred Parret: floral. Agnes Kangas and tlelen Yoshihara: open sewing class, Karl Eaton and Manila Galloway. U and 1 Sugar awards went to Mrs. James Yoshihara, Gyneth Auseth, Dorothy Durand and JoAnn tterrick. Ball Glass winners were Dorothy Durand, Arlene Strope, Andria Vanderwal, Willa Ann Smith and Sharon Medcalf. Kerr Glass award winners were Jerry Matthews, JoAnn Herrick, Willa Ann Smith and Mary Ann Gunselman. Grange booth platings were Skokomish, first; Twanoh, second: Progress, third: Agate fourth, and Matlock, fifth. Fair Manager Mrs. Annette McGee expressed appreciation to all those who helped make the fair a success. There are a number of unclaimed items which were lost at the fairgrounds which can be claimed by identifying them. Those who have items which may have been lost at the fair grounds should call 426-1133. Fire Fighting Bob Coon, .assistant administrator of the Department of Natural Resources District here and an A3T pump truck and crew front the Shelton district are assisting with fire fighting efforts in the Ellensburg area, the district office here said this week. Joni Beal County Jail Population Down To One, For One Day The Mason County jail population was down to one this week, the lowest it had been in many months. A check of the meal records shows the jail had two inmates at one time in April, 1969 and was down to three in July, 1969. Earlier this year and parts of last year, the jail has had from 12 to 18 inmates at a time. The jail population went down to one with the release of Casey Dean and Mark Ewing, who had been serving county jail sentences imposed in connection with deferred sentences given them on drug charges. It went back up to two Tuesday when Hubert Chambers, charged with two counts of second degree assault, was returned from Western State Hospital. The Mason County Contmittee on School District Organization discussed the proposal from the Shelton School District for non-high district participation in financing the proposed new high school when they met on Tuesday night. The committee voted to hold off any action establishing percentages and amounts of money each non-high district will be asked to contribute until new assessed valuations for the wmons school districts are available after Labor Day. County School Supt. J. W. Goodpaster told the committee he had been informed by the assessor's office that the new valuations would be available shortly after Labor Day. After the county committee establishes amounts for the non-high districts, public hearings are held and they are then referred to the state for approval. A representative of the State Department of Public Instruction, who attended the meeting, told the committee that non-high districts which would be bonded to 10 per cent of their assessed valuation in order to raise the necessary funds would be eligible for state matching money of somewhere around 25 per cent of the amount they would be asked to contribute. tie stated he would recommend that the Grapeview District contribute on the basis of 60 per cent of its assessed valuation since it had contributed on the basis of 40 per cent to a North Mason tligh School building project a few years ago. Some of the students from the Grapeview district attend Shelton ltigh Schooland some attend North Mason. un The Mason County Commission Monday approved a request from Ronald Wilder Construction to detour traffic over two sections or county road during construction of the traffic lane up the Mt. View Hill. The detour which is laid out is mostly in the city, but, does cover two small sections of county road, County Engineer J. C. Bridger told the commission. The commission, on Bridger's recommendation, voted to r¢iect a request from Timberlakes for signs at the Agate Road and Pickering Road intersections with Highway 3 and at the Agate Grocery corner. The commission stated it was against county policy to indicate developments with county directional signs, since with the number of developments in the county, there would be just too many signs. The commission agreed to another Timberlake request, for a lie also recomnlended that the ttood Canal District contribution be based on 75 per cent of its assessed valuation since it keeps its students in the ninth grade, so would be sending only proves ion 35-mile-an-hour speed limit on all roads in the plat. The commission set minimum bid prices on four vehicles and another piece of equipment which has been declared surplus and is now stored at the county shop. The price of $825 each was set on two 1967 Plymouth sedans formerly used by the Sheriff's Office. A price of $1,400 was set The Shelton School Board, after opening bids on the new handicapped school it plans to construct on the M't. View Elementary School site, voted Tuesday night to take the bids under advisement for further study. The bids came in higher than were anticipated, a district spokesman said. Apparent low bidders were Japanese irl rrlves i!iil¸) ¸¸i¸i • : ..... HIROKO. YAKOYAMA, a 16-year-old Japanese girl, visits with Patti Starkey. She will be spending the next year with the Starkey family under the AFS student exchange program. 75 per cent of its students to the Shelton facility to high school. The committee will have another meeting after the new assessed valuations are received. oa Use pass on the 1966 lnteruational Travelet formerly used by the Assessor's office and $1,900 on the 1960 International pick-up formerly used by the assessor's office. A minimum price of $450 was set on a graphotype and addressograph with the two to be sold as a unit. George Ulleberg, Tacoma, on the general contract with a bid of $161,975; Thackary Electric, Shelton, on the electrical contract with a bid of $20,440 and Robert Wise Plumbing and Heating, Tacoma, on the mechanical contract with a bid of $51,925. There were nine bidders on the general contract, six on the electrical contract and eight on the mechanical contract. el Hiroko Yakoyama, 16, a Japanese girl from the Tokyo area, is getting settled with the Cliff Starkey family in Shelton and preparing to enter high school here. She is the American Field Service student here this year. She arrived Aug. 14 after spending four days in San Francisco with other AFS students in an orientation session. They also visited downtown San Francisco, the Golden Gate and Fisherman's Wharf. The group includes students from the Philippines, Micronesia, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Since her arrival in Shelton, she has visited Westport and Olympia with the Starkey family and attended her first American teenage dance. Other visits are planned to Mt. Rainier, the Seattle Center and other points of interest before school starts. She also expects a visit this week from an American woman, a Mrs. Anderson, who helped her with her English in preparation for her AFS examinations. Mrs. Anderson's mother lives at Lake Nahwatzel and Mrs. Anderson will be visiting her, Was. Starkey said. Water Shut-Off The City Water Department said this week water will be shut off for about four hours Monday on Capital Hill. The shut-off will" start at 9 a.m. i- 1 !i: 4"