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September 6, 1962     Shelton Mason County Journal
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Percy M Pio 6017 S.E. 86th Ave Portland, Ore T L • 36 .r 6, 1962 Published in "Christmastown, U.S.A." Shelton, Washington Entered as second (:lass matter at the post office at Shelton. Washington, raider hot o£ :March 8, 1879. Published weekly at 227 West Cola. 'RSGreeting Shelton students when they returned after summer vacation were nine new teachers. row Marilyn Johnston Mrs. Catherine Foseide, Jd in mith, 19, 701 is in Mason of $2,500 bail degree burg- caught in the early Saturday Mason County ing by saw building. eers, a deputy patrolman assistant mana- called and with a key. rnaia, checking Smith hid- County Budget Pro//ms The Mason County Commission zeceived preliminary budgets from the various departments when it met Monday. From these, the preliminary budget will be worked up. The county's budget hearing will be Oct. 4. The commission set up an $18,- 000 Harstine Island Bridge ac- count in the treasurer's office. The money comes from an* $18,000 loan from the Housing and Home Fin- mice Agency for tests and pre- liminary plans for the bridge. A hearing on Shorecrest Ter- race Second Addition was set for he had en- 20 Pages  3 Sections 10 Cents per Copy Marilyn Schmidt and Hazel Riffey; back row, William Stein- bacher, Don Erickson, Frank Starz, Donald Josephson and James Doherty. Norih Mason School Board Reverses Rule . County Pupils On Married Students The school board of North Ma- son School District voted last week to reverse a policy set prev- iously against admitting married students to the high school. The action came when a newly- wed Belfair girl, Mrs. D. E Pet- ersen, asked for hearing on the board policy. She entered North Mason High to begin her senior year. The board action came at a short special meeting last week• The board's action also elimin- ated a possible court test of an attorney general's ruling that school boards do not have the au- Hmrity to refuse to admit stud- ents just because they are mar- Hed. Back To School] After Vacation It was back to school for stu- dents in Mason County Tuesday as vacation came to an end after the Labor Day Holiday with its }intoner-like weather. Tentative enrollment at Shelton schools shows 660 in the Junior High school, a few less than the 874 last year. Estimated enroll- ment in Iz'ene S. Reed high school is 675, about 90 more titan last year. Supt. R. W. Oltman said this get s0me beer. 11 a.m. Sept. 17. change in the senior high enroll- . I lr;nt was from the entrance of the .__,..____..__.____ + + +o +ore + i junior high last year. PI VUIU JC(UHU ,,J00H I00,HCQ III1 Estimated elementary sil0o) zl- . . rollment at 11.40 is: clown :.,,Outi 40 from last year when 1180 Were Justice @.rt Work Party boys serving sentences on Work Party clear brush Cemetery Sunday after- Weekends Work don't COllie boys who that een arrested Work party noon. The new sign at the cemetery entrance was' installed by the boys under the supervision of Reserve Deputy Sheriff D. G. Lane. enrolled in the filet six grades, Kindergarten enrollment is esti- mated at 216, up from the 185 enrolled last year. There are nine new teachers in the Shelton system and two who are returning after absences. CLASSES OPENED at Shelton schools with a full day of class the first day. Rural districts in the county with elementary schools also op- t ned their doors Tuesday morning, most with short first-day sessions. Schools in the Mary M. Knight district at Mat:lock opened Tues- (iay. In the North Mason District e!asses opened Wednesday follow- ing a teacher's institute meeting Tucsday. Shellon Radio Station To Go On Air Nexl Week One Contest In Each Party, Two Bond Issues Face Voters In Primary Tues. Three Charged With Forestry e Violation 'Tin not alone, people along ez'e have been using the logs for .rood for years," Irvin McArthur, dministrator of the Mason Coun- :y Department of Public Assist- race office told the Journal this ,,eek following charges filed last reek again=t him for violation of .he Forestry Code. McArthur was charged on a varrant signed by Judge Charles I'. Wright in Superior Court Fri- xay with appropriating branded ogs of the Simpson Timber Co. md other logging firms for his )wn use. ELWOOD AND PHIl,LIP Stout, awmill operators in the Agate rea, were charged with a similar ,..ffense in a ,eparate action brought by Prosecuting Attorney Byron McClanahan. McArthur lms been suspended from his job as welfare adminis- i rator and posted $5,000 property bond. The Stouts are expected to post bond. McClanahan said that logs val- ued at $1,385.55 were found in the posse:sion of the Stouts and McArthur. Some still carries brands while others showed evi- dence that the brands had been removed. : He said McArthur had 71 logs, mostly cedar, valued at $457.28. The logs had been taken to the Stout sawmill to be sawed up into lumber. The logs were from rafts of timber stored in Hammersly Inlet which had broken free. "THERE SHOULD be some law or regulation on how long the logs can lay around before they are considered abandoned," Mc- Arthur said. The logs laid on the beach for about six weeks after the raft broke up before he touched them, McArthur said. Some of these logs have been laying on the beach for years, he said, The practice of picking up the logs which float up on the beach has been a common one for many .g/ea,rs, McArthur said, and no one 1. ever sa(l anything about it beinr7 against the law. "If I had known it was a felony" to pick up the logs, I would have (Cuntinued on page 2) WILLIAM POTTER .: ED FAUBERT * * * D. S. (San]) CI, AI{K Mason County voters will be going t, tim polls Tuesday to mink their ballots for their choi- ces in tm primary contests. More than 9,000 voters have egistered for the primary. The voting places for three p;e- cincts in the county have been (-banged this year, C. Nolan Ma- ,'on, cotmty auditor, said. Voters in the Capitol Hill pre- cinct will cast their ballots at the City Center Motel, those in the Isabella precinct at the Dave Dick residence and those in the Kamil- the No. 2 precinct at the Little Skookum Community Hall. All otimr polling places remain the same as in the 1960 election. A complete list of polling places ap- pears in the legal notice of elec- tion elsewhere in this issue of The Journal. The pc'ls are open from 8 a.m. tc 8 p.m. On the county level, one con- test in eazh party will be on the ballot. A Republican candidate for County Clerk will be selected from the slate of Edward Faubert ann Mrs. Laura M. Wagoner. The win- ler will oppose Democrat Gwen Sutherhmd in the general elec- tion to succecd retiring Ha'ry Deyette. ON TIlE DEMOCRAT slde,a printary contest for sheriff will decide the question for the gen- eral election also. Seeking tle Democra nomination arc Incum- bent William A. Potter and fqr- mer deputy D. S. (Sam) Clark. The winner will have no RepuBli- can opposition in the general eltc- t ion. * In the 24th Legislative District, the field of four candidates in each party will be reduced to three in the primary. Democrats seeking their party's nomination are incumbents Roy R. Ritner, James Mcfadden and Paul Conner and Charles Savage. Republican candidates are A. S, (Steve) Viger, Bert Robbins, Clay- ton Fox and Arthur Munson. TWO /rEPUBLICANS are on balh)t as their party's candidate to oppose incumbent Julia Butler Hansen for her ThUd Congres- .,uonal District seat in the general election. The Republicans are Ed- win J. Alexander and Los J. Pet- crson. '.['here are two candidates in (:aeh party for the U.S. Senate seat up for election this year. In- MRS. LAURA VAGENER E/ectionBoards Have Changes The 68 election boards in Mason County precincts will all be re- organized this year because of a switch in majority party designa- tion from the Republican to the Democrat. State law says the election hoard will be composed of an in- spector and one judge from the majority party and one judge lrom the minority. In the /958 and 1960 elections. been busy the p.st weeks lining up persons to serve on the elcc- lion boards. The county has 43 precincts, but, 68 e.lectmn boards because 25 of the precincts have two boards, an election board and a counting boarc/. Alines( all ot tile voting boards l,aw been filled, Mason said, and all will be re.ady for e.lectiou. Mason County was listed as a Re- publican majority county because former president Dwight D. Eis- enhower carried the county in the 1956 cleetion. In the 1960 election. President John F. Kennedy carried the coun- ty by 480 votes to put it back into the Democrat majority col- umn. This switch meant that for the election Tuesday all boards had to be changecl, with inspector and one judge being Democrats instead of Republicans and the Republi- cans retaining one judge. Auditor C. Nolan Mason has Grange In 'Charge Of Fair Exhibits Twanoh Grange, as first place winners :it the Mason County Fatr. ]s in charge of collecting items to b( displayea at the Puyallup Fair this month. Anyone wishing to enter canned or fresh veKetables, fruits, gTain, mrnt etc. can do so hy leaving articles at. Eells and Valley or Singer's SelTiee Station in Shel- Ion; Allyn Shell Station, Allyn; or at lilt'. Bclfair Fire hall by Sep- t ember 12. eunlbent Democrat Warren G. Ivlagnuson is opposed by John Hll- go Frye for that party's nomina- tion. Republican candidates are [¢l('hard G. Christensen and Ben Larsen Two special elections are com. InK up in the primary. FIRE DISTRICT NO. 2 in thtt Belfair arcs is,seeking a special levy of 10 mills t.o raise $25,000 to purchase a new fire trtmk and equipment to be stationed on the Sonl, h Sllore and construct a. metil fire station building, near Bear Creek. Voters in the three Belfair pre- (Cmtinued on page 2) Forest Service Fire Retardant Whitmarsh BusinessAgent I'o00" Local 38 P/ant In Operation A t Airport 0 per cent conduct tas been not- s startea Radio station KMAS makes its official debut as part of the Mason! County scene next Monday, pro- riding FCC approval of its license arrives by Saturday. The new Shelton station will broadcast at 1280 kilocycles on a sun-up to sun-down schedule; Its 1000-watt power will give it a lange of slightly less than 20 miles. The station has been testing its ew equipment t]is week follow- ing erection of its broadcasting tower on the Mr. View prairie just outside t]e city limits and a short distance off Olympic highway. Its studio is located near the towel, in a small building lcas- ed from James Bleecker. Tom Townsend of Shelton, Bruce Jorgensen of Olympia, and 13ob Sheets, recently of Raymond, are owners and will comprise the (,perating personnel of the new station. Sheets will act as man- ager, having had 7% years ex-I perience in that capacity at sta- tion KAPA in Raymond. Daily boadcasting schedules will start at 6:30 a.m. and contin- ue until sunset. KMAS has no network affiliatl(m at this time but has subscribed to the Assoc- iated Press radio news and weath- el' service and will offer programs basically of music. Oily Commission Has Short, Quiet Session The Shelton City Conmlission bad a ,hol't an(t nell-naves pro- dl.lC]l'lg meeting Tuesday afternoon. The nlinuteg were read and ap- proved and department heads called on for reports ...... tilere were Fiche. Mayor l.,'vanl¢ Tray,s polled the commission, with only one snb- jel',t brol l,,il t up, ConunJssioner Elroy Nelson said he had had a compl:unt lllat trucks crossing , repaired allot on Highway 10I were disturb{zig a resident in the area. and timt hc (Nelson) would investigate. The city's preliminary budget will come for approval at the next meeting, too, by not Ollg those and and Clearing and Uuion City the cooperation of :t number Of county agencies, including Judge William DeMciro of the Belfair Justice Court, the County Com- mission, Sheriff William Potter's Office, the Superior Court and the Prosecuting Attorney's office. These on the work party arc given a choice when sentenced in Belfair Justice Court  either a fine and jail sentence or time on the work party. Pioneer Cemetery. A CREW of boys w.orked all day Saturday and part of Svnday at the cemetery cleat;ing out brush, setting up tombstones which had been knocked down. clearing paths and putting up railings. Other jobs have included work for' the fire district, School dis- triets, and other public groups and cleaning and waxing county ve  Males. Larger projects have been ac Ages rm)ge front 16 to 22 for of- conlRlished since July when fences of which petty thefts, dis- county vehicle was provided for orderly conauet, minors drinking transportation and county tools and traffic violations arc the most made avails, blc for the work. eommor. Tile work is supervised by a TIle boys are $liycn \\;york pa.rty Deputy Sheriff front tile Sheriff's rentences of from two to 30 days, Reserve. depending oil tile ei'iousncss of The program ot)era.tes throtigl the offer{so. '.rilEY IIEI'ORT for \\;vorl¢ at 9 a,m. Saturday and aL 1 p.m, Sllll- day and lint in an eighi.-hour day each (lay. Tlley v,'erl,: ,55 nfinutes out of each hour wilh a £jve min- vie re, t. Smoking, talkiug or horseplay is. not allowed during the. work periods. Parents si/'n a waiver l'ele, asing the governnlentul bodies of all tesponsibility for injury while on ihc work party. Tile waiver was 1,capered by Superior Com'L Judge Charles T. Wrigltt for the jusliee ('Oll]q, ' Tilt; 'W( l'k p,[1,1\\;r l'p' +/ • .... ,, , .+.,...1 was d.arted m 1957 by Joe Peters, wlt() had been apPointed justice of the Fence. The Program followea a large nunlber Of complaints about various minor offenses during the (Cu£Liuuud u.u pue 2) WERE YOU, MR' RITNER? yourself B23 times on ,roll in the 1961 Sessions, ...... all the pacific. ' l How can you represent all'- are a,bsent so many times? Informatio __ 1961 House Journal.) the Mason County Labor Council, ........ Washington, Bob Kangas, Secretary) ROBERT WHITMAR SH New Business Agent Robert Whitmarsh, Camp Go- vey busleler, defeated incumbent Charles R. Savage in a ballot-bat- tle for the post of business agent of Local 38, International Wood- workers of America, union offic- ials announced last week. fo Savage'r a Democratic candidate • 24th district legislator, was t'idding for re-election to a second term as business agent. He had held the office the past two years. On the same ballot, Dave Price was re-elected to his position as trustee for a, three year temn. They will begin their new terms it; office during a Local 38 reg- nlar meeting Sept. 28. Installation was completed last week of the new fire retardant mixing plant installed by the For- est Servie at the Shelton Air- port. The plant will mix borate, ben- tonite, algae-jel and other ma- terials with water to be hauled by airplane to fight fires. Work was started in the in- stallation about July 15, said Hen- ry Hansmeier, who is in cllarge el fire -control for the Shclton office of !;te Forest Service. The job is completed except for a few finishing touches such as paint- ing the wood in the platform around the tanks and enclosing the lower part of the platform. The plant is tie omy one of its kind in this part of the state, Hansmeler said. It will be used to setwe the Olympic National Forest, Baker National Forest, the West side of Snoqualmie Na- tiomtl Forest and the North part of the Gifford Pinclmt National Forest, he said. It can bc made available to oth- er agencies if it is needed. The plant consists of a 250-gal- lon electrically-operated nfixing tank and two 5,000 g'allon storage tanks for the material afte it is mixed. Loading pipcs arc included which will allow uwo planes to be loaded at the same time. The mixture can be kept in thc storage tanl¢§ for some time, Hansmeier said, and, although some of the chemicals may settle cut of the water, the pmnp front them is arrang'ed so it will stlr the material so iL is mixed when it comes out. Borate in 50-pomld sacks is stored at the airport, ready to be mixed if tt is needed. There are about 30 tons on harnd. Hansmeier said, which is enough to mix 30,- 000 gallons of water. Harold Drake, an employee of the Shelton office of the Forest Service has been llalned mix- master to operate the plant when it iv needed. When not operating 1he plant, he works at other For- eat Service duties, The plant hcrc is one of several in the Northwest whmh the For- est Service has, and the closest one to here is at Wenatchee. A POI{.TABLE PLANT was used here last year in fighting a fire in the Olympic National Forest The wiring and ditcll digging were contracted and tlze tanks and e.quipmen bought on bids, Hans- meier said, with most of the rest of the work done by Forest Ser- vice employees. The Forest Service had good cooperat.ien from the Public Util- ity Dist.rict and Port Commission in getting the installation m, le said. VVater is fnrnished t.o the plant from a 4-incit line from the waLcr systen at the airport. The sys- rein has 3. well which has never been pumped dry, Hansmeier said, which should give the plant an ample supply of water when it il needed. When the plant is in use, a wooden platform on which bags el borate are unloaded by a lift truck is located near the tank where it is handy for dumpiug 0urinK the mixing operation. The use of fire retardanta is not new, Ha.nsmeicr said, but, in recent years they have been found increasingly useful Lo slow a fire down so fire fighting crews cruz get in and bring it under control. They are not intended to sine. ther a fire entirely, Hansmeler :ai(1, but. to bring it partially un- der control so the fire fighters can get to it. Planes with special tanks are under contract to the Forest Ser- vice for hauling the matoFlal and clumping iL on fires. The most common planes are /he PBY, which hauls 1,000 gel- lens at a time, and the B25s and B26s which haul 900 gallons. The planes are equipped with two and sometimes four tanks which can be emptied all at once c.r separately. Occasionally, smaller planes or helicopters are used to work on mal]er fix,,s, Hanmneier said. The new plant gives fire fight. (TS an inlportant tool to use in their job of keeping the area g teen. .:.if:: ..r:;,::: NEW PLANT READY--This is the new fire rctardant mixing, plant in,tailed by the Foreet Servie at th Shelton Airport, In- stallation was completed last week so the plant is operable, al. though a few flnlehlng touhee remain.