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Ronald Wood
Water Group
Loan
A $34,000 loan from the
Farmers Home Administration to
Sunset Beach Water Association,
was approved this week, Rep.
Julia Butler Hansen and Sens.
Warren Magnuson and Henry M.
Jackson announced.
The funds will be used for
improvement of water service to
54 rural and commercial water
users in the Union area.
The project will provide a new
water source and replace existing
distribution lines which are
deteriorating and undersized and
provide improved fire protection,
the official announcement said.
The construction is expected
to provide 640 man days of
employment, the announcement
said. The loan will be repaid over
a 40-year period with an interest
rate of five per cent.
Jaycees To Hear
The Shelton Jaycees have set
a dinner meeting to which all
candidates for county elective
offices have been invited. The
mect~:~' will s~art wllh a 7 p.ln.
dinr~ al ' rule's I:.~, ilcr. tci be
followed by comments from the
candidates present at 8 p.m.
: ' ~, county ol~ice
candidates have been invited to
attend the dinner to discuss their
• qualifications for the office they
iF
Ronald Wood, 25, a tormer
Shelton resident, was seriously
injured when he was thrown from
a run-away train at Mare Island
Naval Base, Vallejo~ Calif. Aug.
14.
Relatives said he was taken to
a naval hospital for treatment for
his injuries.
Wood was a brakeman on a
box car which broke loose from a
train at the Naval Shipyard. The
car was loaded with high
explosive projectiles.
Relatives said Wood told them
he rode the train for about 3½
miles while trying to stop it
before falling off when the car
failed to round a curve in the
tracks.
Wood is a graduate of Shetton
High School and is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Wood, Shelton.
Will ers
Wins Medal
In Vietnam
Army Sfc. Will L. Rodgers,
28, son of Mr. and Mrs. Whitley
L. Rodgers, Shelton, recently
received the Bronze Star Medal
near Long Binh, Vietnam.
He was presented the Bronze
Star Medal for distinguishing
himself through meritorious
service in connection with
military operations against hostile
forces in Vietnam. The medal,
adopted in 1944, recognizes
outstanding achievement.
He received the award while
assigned as a personnel sergeant in
the 29th General Support Group's
Headquarters Company near Long
Binh.
The sergeant, whose wife,
Doris, lives at Olympia, entered
the Arm~ in 1962 '
Bachelors Degree
For Mary Miles
Mary Miles, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Erickson, Shelton,
was awarded a bachelors degree in
education from Seattle
University. She and her husband,
James, live in Seattle.
By CARMEN YATES
HARSTINE-Late last Sunday
evening Dorothy Barnett and her
daughter, Nancy were playing a
quiet game of Scrabble at their
home on the southwest end of the
Island. Along about 9 p.m. they
thought then heard the sounds of
voices 'of someone in trouble.
Then for a brief time they didn't
hear anything. But after Nancy
was settled outside in her sleeping
bag on the front side of the house
she again heard the calls.
Nancy summoned a next door
neighbor, Roland Shew, to help
her get her brother's boat into the
water. The night was dark with
clouds covering the sky and a
brisk wind blowing up its heels on
the water.
They headed across the
choppy water toward the source
of the cries at Coons Cove on
Squaxin Island. Before long,they
found a brother and sister
standing at the foot of a bank
waist deep in water with an
incoming tide that still had about
an hour to rise. The two teenagers
had set off earlier in the
afternoon to walk around the
Island. They had become stranded
about a mile from where their
parent's boat was anchored at the
State Park. Neighboring boats had
been trying to help the worried
parents locate the youngsters
and a State Trooper from
Cooper's Point also was looking.
Nancy and Roland helped the
wet frightened brother and sister
into the boat and gave them
blankets and warm sweaters they
had thought to take along and
took them back to their anxious
parents. The family had been on a
weekend outing from Tacoma.
Just as Nancy and Roland
returned home her morn was
putting the last word of the
Scrabble game on the board. That
word? Heroic, what else.
lncidently, just prior to this
event Nancy Barnett had just
received her Senior Life Saving
card.
An equally happy ending to a
lost boat and motor story took
place last Monday afternoon at
Island Shores. A week ago
Monday the Elwood Bragets
noticed a boat in front of their
seek. Assault Is Island Shores home. After awhile
it became apparent the craft with
• Investigated, ,
- S+ it ,; 'Police CBers Schedule
investigating possible assault in Meeting Sept. 1 2
connection with an incident over
the weekend in which Mrs. Janice Christmastown CBers will
Lopeman told officers she was have a meeting at 7:30 p.m. Sept.
beaten up. 12 to discuss revision of the club's
Officers said the incident bylaws.
occured on Cota St. and that Mrs.
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Lopeman was contacted at Mac's
Corner Tavern. She was taken to
Mason General Hospital for
treatment. Officers said she
suffered a possible concussion,
cuts and bruises and a possible
broken nose.
Police are seeking her
husband, William, for questioning
in the incident.
Members attended coffee
breaks in Astoria, Ore. Aug. 1 and
2 and Aug. 8 and 9 in St. Helen's
Ore.
Attending the Astoria event
were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Yeck and
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Keith and
sons Clay and Junior. Attending
the St. Helen's event were the
same persons along with Mr. and
Mrs. George Churas.
.escue
its large 60 horse motor had no
occupants. At this point they put
their own boat in the water and
went out and towed it in and tied
it to their buoy. This
accomplished they notified the
sheriff giving a description of the
boat and motor. The only clue
was the name, Mike Gregory on a
fishing tackle box.
For a whole week the boat
went unclaimed until last Monday
when two young boys came along
in a boat and appeared to be
studying it. They came ashore and
told Kay Braget that the boat
belonged to their father, Wayne
Haagensen from Dickensen Point,
a little ways beyond Johnson
Point. They left to get Haagensen.
A short time later the owner,
happy and obviously overcome
with relief on locating the missing
craft and motor arrived to prove
his ownership and claim the boat
and motor. He told Kay he had
just purchased the boat and
hadn't even had a chance to get a
number on it or take out
insurance.
The Open House for Mary and
Ernie Byers at Point Wilson last
Sunday was a real success and
enjoyed by all present. The 'all'
totaled close to or just over 100
people. It was a great day for two
very nice folks.
The host and hostess for the
occasion was Mary and Ernie's
neice and nephew, Alma and
Ernie Chaffee. Ernie's brother,
Dick and family from California
were up for the special occasion.
Some of the Byers friends they
hadn't seen for 30 or 40 years
made the trip to the Island to
extend best wishes to the couple.
A table was overflowing with
cards and gifts. As the Byers
home filled to capacity the guests
overflowed next door into the
Chaffee home.
The Grange held its August
meeting at the Hall last
Wednesday evening. Over pot luck
supper the other members
enjoyed hearing a few of
Chapman's daughter, Becky's
experiences on her seven week
trip to Europe. Becky was as
delighted to be back home as
Mom and Dad were to have her
back.
Just after she returned home
the Chapman family traveled to
Renton to help Phil's sister Mary
and her husband, Nobel Odell
celebrate their 25th wedding
anniversary. Dorothy poured and
Becky cut cake for the occasion.
The three tiered cake had as the
top tier the original top tier from
their wedding cake. A tablecloth
handmade by Mary and Phil's
mother covered the table. More
than 60 people helped the couple
celebrate the occasion.
After the Grange meeting a
private party was held in the Hall.
Pauline and Ike Carlson put on
the party for their many friends
and relatives here in this area. The
party was a good way to get their
many friends together, especially
this year when their time on the
Island has been quite limited.
Only a week and a half this year
IsJan
compared to the three weeks they
usually spend at their Island
Shores vacation spot.
There were between 20 and
30 people on hand for the spur of
the moment get-together. Music
for dancing was provided by an
organ belonging to Ike's brother,
George and his wife, Clara.
Everett Simons had his accordian:
Adella Dwyer played the piano;
Sindius Johnson had his banjo
and friends of the George Carlson,
the lrwins came and he played the
fiddle. Everyone present enjoyed
the evening very much. A big
thank you to the Carlsons for
providing the occasion for the
event.
This past Monday evening the
Grange Bowling League held its
first meeting of the season at the
Shelton Valley Grange Hall.
Glenn Yates, newly-elected
president of the league, reported
most of the details were ironed
out at the meeting and they plan
to have their first game next
Monday night.
The Steig Gabrielsens after
getting their pickup back last
week are off on a three or four
day fishing trip to Neah Bay
which we will have a report on
next week. But this week's story
concerns said pickup. A week ago
last Friday they tried for several
hours to no avail to get it started.
After trying everything they
could think of to locate the
problem they threw up their
hands and called a tow truck. It
either wouldn't start or if it did
they couldn't keep it running.
The first of last week the
cause of their troubles came back.
The repair man inquired, would
you folks believe you had a frog
in your gas line? Well you did.
Steig immediately replied, save it.
I'm going to put it in a jar and set
it on the mantel for a
conversation piece!
Simpson Man
To Retire
AI Dreger, Seattle, assistant
sales manager-softwood lumber,
and dean of Simpson Timber
Company's forests products
salesmen, will enter early
retirement this fall.
Dreger came with Simpson
from Weyerhaeuser in 1939. He
has been responsible for the sale
of "billions of feet" of hemlock
and fir lumber from Simpson's
Shelton sawmills during his
31 -yeal career.
Thomas R. Ingham, Jr., of
Seattle is" named to succeed
Dreger as assistant sales
manager-softwood lumber.
Ingham joined Simpson in 1964
with assignnments in Seattle,
Shelton, Oregon and California.
Since 1966, he has been in
Simpson's redwood sales
department where he currently is
senior sales coordinator.
It is proof of a bad cause
when it is applauded by the mob.
Seneca
Pioneer Sets
Dean's Studio
426-3272
for an appointment
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Registration will be held at
Pioneer School Aug. 31 and Sept.
1 from 9 a.m, to 3 p.m.
All new students in the
district are asked to come to the
school and register during the two
days if possible.
Returning students are asked
to register ahead of time also in a
new proceedure being started this
year. Student fees should be paid,
lunch tickets purchased and paper
work completed ahead of time.
Fees are $3 for all students,
School will start Sept. 8 at
8:45 a.m.
Something that is new here at the cafe,
but already very popular, is our family style
dinner.
A favorite family style is chicken, and we
serve it with all, and we do mean all, the
trimmings. If you'd rather have something
else, we also feature steaks, all sorts of
seafoods and roast beef, plus many other
tasty dishes.
Remember, we're open from 1 1 a.m. to
! I six days a week and closed Mondays.
ROBIN HOOD CAIFE
Union, WaShington
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Page 2 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, August 27, 1970
n Berntsen
Department
John Berntsen received his
Captain's Badge this week
according to Chief Allan F. Nevitt
of the Shelton Fire Department.
Berntsen joined the
department July 1, 1967 and has
completed an officers training
course and fire investigation
course in addition to regular basic
fire fighting courses.
Next month he will attend his
third Oil Fire Control School
which is held each year in Yakima
to teach firemenn the proper
procedure in handling some of the
hottest fires they fact in oil and
gasoline.
The Mason County UGN
Kick-Off has been scheduled fox
Oct. 1 and hopes are that the
campaign can be completed in
about two weeks, Vince Himlie,
president of the UGN, told a
meeting of the board of directors
Friday.
Himlie said the executive
committee had been meeting with
Campaign Chairman Laurel Nelson
and that most committee workers
for the campaign drive have been
lined up.
The program at the meeting
was presented by the Mason
County Foundation, one of the
UGN participating agencies.
Charles Savage, president of
the Kidney Foundation, reviewed
the development of kidney
machines briefly.
Mrs. Joanne Davidson, a
Mason County woman who has a
home treatment kidney machine,
discribed its operation.
She stated the machine takes
the poisons out of the blood that
a normally functioning kidney
does. She stated she is attached to
the machine three times a week
for nine hours at a time.
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NEW HOURS: 8:30 tO .5:30 Monday througiq TllUr$_aYd
Ftldavs until 6 p.m.
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Home Office: Olympia ~ SfteltO0 '
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STORE OPEN: 9:30 A.M. - 8:30 P.M.
Monday thru Saturday -- Closed Sundays
Phone 426-3456 - Evergreen Square