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words, "what
thinking about,
some study and
: g ont."
:ery fair minded person
::i!:lZes the two sided as-
: !$very question and there
:iiainsaying Grays Har-
a right in seeking
i:!q,Ut denial of the agree-
Simpson Logging
::i.i:.tCC the federal depart-
:i:: Culture for a sustain-
,::t, It is not proper for
,n to criticize
::,; but there does
FOR
is wrong, ill
itorial comment
' : editor and pub-
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HARBOR, lJt{:0MJt, ¢00n0000am00Xirs
va'n0000La']Simpson Unit
OPPOSE "SIMPSON
Chronicle in P. U. D. 3 Letter
edition. That all S GOV'
is not united in upports t"
program is Simpson Proposal
Jackets
Black Industrial
i
6.50
'" Pants
Bib
Black Industrial
5.95
II llll,t
Jackets
Latex Dri Skin
4.95
Pants
Latex Dri Skin
4.95
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Pants
Light Weight Water
4.50
Ill!
Jackets
• I
Green Oil Skin
3.50
Opposition to the proposed co-
operative agreement between the
the proposed sustained yield unit
between the Simpson Logging
Company and the U. S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture, which is now
U.S.yets Contact-
Serwce Stopped;
Sit ate wC00, 00rntinumedr00
tlon contact service to Shelton
has been discontinued as of
September 14, E. L. Shelby of
the Olympia VA office has an-
nounced-
Those desiring assistance in
PER COPY; $2.50 PER YEAR
FlOss -S-tor m--
Does Damage
In This Area
serTel?h¢er%%d inetle%¢rturpCtio pOwi er
several areas in and around Shel-
ton as the result of a brief but
violent thunder and lightning
ii •
Jackets
Black Oil Skin
2.95
says:
deeply regretted
interests have
the manger' atti-
toward the pro-
contract between
of Agricul-
Logging Co.,
A formal
contract
at 10 a.m.
with a represen-
S. solocitor gen-
on of the
n Grays Harbor
and Hoquiam
assert that this
go to Har-
in the tract
act amount to more
a year, only
compared to
mills, yet
to continuation of
door factory at
old growth vir-
company propos-
sending part of
to the McCleary
and the rest
it is milled, then
for use in the
Shelton, present
one for use on
are to be
ants manufactur-
of fibre board,
second growth
that in the
Wasted.
Simpson program
the proposed unit
a sustained yield
end of a hun-
will be as much
is now.
company is
and the old
Harbor county
to Har-
plywood
interests have
to take
law of 1944, 'yet
possibilities for
Same thing as the
has dOh'e, and
p on a permanent
ney have all beeu
'cut and run' basis,
to the future.
the town of
s'iously damage
Grays Harbor
of a one-year i
their own mills. I
ary should be i
the hearing in I
sda ¢, and pre-l
Lent in support I
program." l
in an old
"shoemaker
last" that Dr.
Shelton den-
disregarded
little doctor at-
Friday morn-
take up routine
assorted tools of
. He arrived at the
suite in the Gooey
the door
was unusually
door, hc found
operating room,
lab, a shambles,
and fix-
dental work
that had set-
pools on the
even coming
of Gene Bur-
Shimek was
man as he ap-
"squeegee and
ing some' order
all happened
Process of finish-
% it was necessary
a radiator. In the
to close
and wonder
for some
to the den-
heat was turned
from the
to trespass on
of "Bill" Dickie's
by an expert
ghclimb-
aes and errors, as
Week's Jamboree
it seems not re-
to speak I
for the ]
people, other I
who braved I
nent weather I
,ys to go to
provide a bit
_ our ligh
The spectacle, I
colorful crowd,
girlies, bands
uniforms of
Well worth what
to make the
eople were re-
at their 1946
e, which when
)erience and
the season
record. Dyed-in-
fans need little
out for the
could get the
would but
encounter. Fri-
will
brawn "with
capitol city and
iting support-
in bringing
that would be
Demonstrating an intense In-
terest in the future of Shelton
and Mason county and desiring
to express approval of the pro-
posed sustained yield unit agree-
ment between the government and
the Simpson Logging Company,
Public Utility District No. 3 of
Mason county has written a letter
to the company to assist Mason
county interest in the hearing this
week.
The commissioners directed
Manager Claude Danielson to pre-
pare a letter of recommendation
that the hearing approve the
Simpson company program. The
letter follows:
September 9. 1946
Mr. C. H. Kreienbaum, President
Simpson Logging Company,
Shelton, Washington
Dear Mr. Kreienbaum:
We have noticed in the papers
that a public hearing is soon to
be held regarding a sustained
yield program plan, which we un-
derstand you have worked out
with the government and which,
if approved, will insure contin-
uous operation of your industry.
We are hopeful that this plan
will meet with approval, and are
sincere m our belief that it is a
commendable movement.
Our utility at the present time
serves over 2,800 homes, etc., at
least 80 per cent of which are
directly dependent upon• the tim-
ber industry for their livelihood
and the balance indirectly depend-
ent upon it.
Wishing your conpany every
success in this venture.
Very truly yours,
PUBLIC UTILITY
DISTRICT NO. 3
by Claude M. Danielson,
Manager.
Grade Musicians
Need Instruments
Anyone having musical instru-
ments • not being ucd r which
they are willing to donate to a
worthy purpose can give Shelton
youngsters a big lift in musical
progress by. turning the instru-
ments over to Floyd Withcrow,
who this year will be conducting
the first full year of band inStruc-
tion in the Shelton grade schools.
The program needs band instru-
ments badly, having only nine
available now. Any playable in-
strument will be greatly appre-
ciated, Mr. Witherow says. He
may be contacted at the-Lincoln
grade scl]ool or Principal Dick
Hudson. may be contacted eve-
nings by telephoning 537R.
The grade school band pro-
gram includes pupils in both the
Lincoln and Bordeaux schools.
Department of Agriculture forest
service and the Simpson Logging
company of Shelton for a proposed
sustained yield unit, coming from
logging interests of Grays Harbor
and Seattle and Tacoma manufac-
turing interests, highlighted open-
ing sessions of the hearing Wed-
nesday morning at the Shelton
high school gymnasium. In addi-
tion, several resolutions of approv-
al from Shelton organizations were
read into the record.
Testimony, on an informal and
unsworn basis, is being heard by
a hearing board of four, presided
over hy Jesse R. Parr, regional
attorney of the Department of Ag-
riculture. Portland, Oregon. Other
members are: C. M. Granger, as-
sistant to the chief of the Forest
Service. Washington, D C.; H. J.
Andrews, regional forester, De-
partment of Agriculture, Portland,
Oregon: and E. J. Mynatt, assoc-
iate soliciter, U. S. Department of
Agriculture, Washington. D. C.
Aims, Procedure Explained
Mr. Andrews, on behalf of the
Forest Service. opened the pro-
ceedings, following Chairman
Farr's explanation of the purposes
of the hearing and outlining hear-
ing procedure. In a written state-
ment. read to the audience, the
forestry service official detailed
the omgin of legislation that pro-
vides for the establishment of sus-
tained yield units and stated that
the Simpson company's applica-
tion was made the' first example,
in that they had the facilities for
accomplishing purposes of the law
and that their forward looking and
lo.g range,program demonstrated
their interes and .ability in carry-
ing out the program.
His statement went on to say
that the service expected to estab-
lish the unit following the hear-
ing and that steps would be taken
to execute the agreement. The
timber on government property is
to be sold to the company at an
appraised price and without com-
petition. It was clearly stated in
opening statements that any other
land within the boundaries of the
unit would not be regulated by
provmions and regulations of the
agreement between the company
and the government
. , Benefits of plr.Tld ..,
M:r. Andrews' statement went
into great detail of the effects of
the agreement, setting forth the
benefits that would come through
stabilized employmen' and indus-
try at Shelton and McCleary and
further benefits in the broadening
of the employment and taxation
base of the two communities.
C. H. Kreienbaum. president of
the Simpson Logging company,
i-end a prepared statement in
which he briefed the history of the
company's constructive efforts to
bring order out of chaos in the
early days of the logging business.
He told how the great fire of 1902
had hastened development of fire
protection aud of the continued in-
terest the company had shown in
the industry, employees and weD-
Slmlton and Seattle fare of the community. He went
on to relate that employment that
P.O. Carriers Trade had been lost here would be corn-
In a Stwrraight transfer of posi- pensated by jobs that will be made
tions, La rice D. (Bud) Quinn, available in the new waste pro-
for the past ten years clerk-car- ducts manufacturing processes
rier in the Shelton post office, [ that have recently been perfected
has gone to Seattle and Waldin by his company.
D. Listen of Seattle has replaced [ George Martinson, Bremerton.
him here, Postmaster Warren asked the hearing whether or not
Lincoln announced yesterday. The a sustained yield unit might be
established witlout participation
transfer became effective Septem- of private lands and was answered
bar 16.
Mr. Listen has purchased a in the affirmative.
homo on the Arcadia road. He is Opposition Speaks
also a veteran with the post office tester T. Parker, representing
service. Grays Harbor ndustries, a group
which includes among its rhcmbers
o the official governments of the
2 P.U.D. Bond Issues cities of Aberdeen, Hoqutam and
Called for Refinance Cosmopolis, Chambers 0 Com-
merce and uon organizations,
Holders of P,U.D. No. 1 rays- protested.the agreement as to its
nue bonds of call April 10, 1946, boundaries and asked that all of
and September 1, 1946, are advis- the land included in the Simpson
ed by County Treasurer Omer L. plan west of the East Satsop be
Diou to present them for payment removed from the Shelton working
as those issues have been refin- circle and be made available for a
anced and interest ceased on dates Grays Harbor program. Parker
of call. (Continued on page five)
LEGION, AUXILIARY OFFICERS
SEATED HERE TUESDAY NIGHT
Amid the impressive solemnity
of the American Legion ritualistic
services and with a large num-
ber of members and guests pres-
ent, Fred B. Wivell Post No. 31,
American Legion, cud its Ladies
Auxiliary Unit installed their new
officers Tuesday night at Mem-
orial Hall.
District Commander Herb Ward
of the Fourth Washington dis-
trict of the Legion conducted the
installation services for the post
officers while Mrs. Rae Melcum
of Shelton, Fourth District Auxi-
liary vice president, conducted
the installation ceremonies for her
group. She was assisted by Mamie
Earl, Lucille Nash, Marie Ger-
hardt, Mrs. Jorgenson of Tacoma,
Eula Martin, Beryle Faubert,
Lucy Necdlmm and Florentine
Connally.
Post officers installed were Os-
car Levin, commander; David
Knecland, first vice conunander;
Verna Eaton, second vice com-
mander; G. L. Taylor, adjutant;
Harold Lakeburg, finance officer;
Arthur Higgins, chaplain; Milton
Clothier, historian; Jack Eaton,
sergeant at arms; Louis Redman,
senior color bearer; and John
Armstrong, junior color bearer.
Auxiliary o f f i c e r s installed
were: Ivy Eaton, president; Hazel
Sullivan, first vice president;
1%Tarjorie Valley, second vihe pres-
ident; Mary Dobson. secretary;
Agnes Alexander, treasurer; Susie
Dobson. chaplain; Mamie Earl,
Histbrian; Rae Melcum, sergeant
at arms; and Mrs. Vera Troy,
junior past president.
Mrs. Troy was presented with
a past president's pin, while Mrs.
Mclcum was also honored with the.
presentation of a gift and Mrs.
Eaton was presented a beautiful
floral offering by the post.
Among visitors who accompan-
ied Districb Commander Ward
here for the installation were Jer-
ry Waiters, Jr., commander of Ta-
coma Post No. 38;. Dr. Hedburg,
G. L. Jorgcnson, Phil Zogg, Chris
Ncilson, George Allen, and Harry
Bird. all of Tacoma, and Bill Long
of Clover Creek.
Connnander Levin announced a'
partial selection of his committee
chairmen and promised that the
American Legion in Shelton dur-
ing the coining year would serve
the community more intensely
than it has ever done in the past.
Mrs. Eaton in her message to her
group following the installation
promised all of her best efforts
would be for the orgarization
during this year,
Milk Ordinance.
Enforlcement Put
Off Until April 1
Enforcement of regulations set
up in Mason County milk ordi-
nance has been put off until April
1, 1947. by action taken this week
by the county commissioners, who
listened to a sizeable delegation
• of county milk producers Tuesday
when public hearing was held on
[ whether a continuance of the per-
iod of non-enforcement should be
granted.
The county 'board granted the
continuance when the producers
presented convincing arguments
of their inability to get as yet
proper equipment to make the im-
provements called for under the
ordinance.
The board denied a petition
made by Jessie B. Pritchard ask-
ing for vacation of a portion of
an avenue in Lilliwaup Falls ad-
dition when Frank Robinson of
Liiliwaup pointed out to the board
that the avenue was not a dedicat-
ed thoroughfare and therefore the
board had no right to act on the
request.
October 14 at 2 p.m. was set
for public hearing on the petition
of H. E. Lockwood et al for loca-
tion of a 2¼-mile long, 60-foot
wide road across the south fork
of the Skokomish below Cushman
Dam.
Springgate
Heads G.O.P.
With the unaAmous selection
of Richard Springgate as county
chairman, the Mason County Re-
publicm Central Committee clear-
ed decks last week for the fall
election campaign. The selection
of Springgate, an employee of the
laboratory at Rayonier Incorpor-
ated, and naval officer during the
last war, was praised as demon-
strating that Mason county. Re-
publicans were determined to
make an active fight leading up l
to the November votiu ..... rr '
Themeet:iffg h'eld la:" eet 't '
the court house was attended
largely by prechct committeemen'
and women and an air of enthu-
siasm accompanied their deliver-
ations. Mrs. Winston Scott, the
committee's vice chairman, pre-
sided until the selection of a new
the subject of a public hearing
in Shelton, was given by a record
breaking attendance of. Chamber
of Commerce members at their
last week's monthiy meeting.
Attended by over 50 members
of the organization, the meeting
followed a dinner session at the
Hotel Shelton Coffee Shop and
was entertained following the
transaction of official business by
a showing of colored motion pic-
ture films of the recent Forest
Festival celebration. The pictures
were taken by a firm of commer-
cial photographers, through the
cooperation of Charles Somers of
the St. CharIes winery for the
Standard Oil Company and also
by George Andrews of Shelton.
The Chamber was asked to in-
vestigate a report that the board
of county commissioners were
considering a deal for the logging
of a stand of fir tree within the
confines of Walker Park, express-
ing some opposition to such a
program. Oscar Levin, chairman
of the reforestation cdmmittee,
was given the task of investigat-
ing the report.
Routine business and committee
reports occupied the members in
routine affairs, the endorsement
"of the the sustained yield pro-
posal being the principal order of
business. The endorsement adopt-
ed by the membership is as fol-
lows:
Endorsement by the Shelton
Chamber of Commerce of the
Cooperative Sustained Yield
Agreement between Simpson
Logging Company and U. S.
Forest Service.
We estimate that 90 per cent of
the employable citizens of Shel-
ton and this neighborhod are reg-
oulariy assciated in business with
the 120 members of the Shclton
Chamber of Commerce. Therefore,
we fed that this endorsement is
in the public interest,
On September 12, 1946, after
careful study over a period of six
months, 80 per cent of the mem-
bership of the Shelton Chamber
of Commerce voted unanimously
in favor of the proposed Coopera-
tive Sustained Yield Agreement
between the United States Forest
Service and Simpson Logging
Ek,mpaiy..The reats--hicl.tm.
derly our vote are as follows:
We, who have been neighbors
of Simpson Logging ,Company for
over 50 years, know from intimate
experience that this company is
a fine American enterprise oper-
ating in the public interest. For
county, party leader. Mrs. Scott over half a century we have en-
joyed a personal friendship with
is head of the Women's Republl- fthe thousands of local men and
can Club.
Among the candidates for elec- women who have been in business
tion in November introduced to together in thiS' enterprise for
the meeting were: E. H. Faubert, their mutual profit and for the
state representative; S. E. Smith, ,profit of this community as a
treasurer; Dan Orcutt, sheriff; whole.
John Eliason, county commission- We know that in this enterprise
er; B. Franklin Heuston, prose-
cuting attorney; and Harry Dey-
ette, clerk.
Riley Zumwalt, statistician of
the state Republican committee,
and representing "Bud" Dawley,
state chairman, addressed the
meeting, declaring that chances
for victory for the ticket in Nov-
ember were bright, and that the
result of hard work by precinct
workers would secure backing of
the independent vote.
LARGE DELEGATION WILL
ATTEND STATE CONCLAVE
Headed by new county chairman
Richard Springgate, Mason Coun-
ty Republican delegates to the
state convention at Seattle Sat-
urday were prepared to partici-
pate in the conclave. A group of
Shelton and Mason countywomen,
,members of the G.O.P. activities,
will attend the Saturday conven-
tion and will also be in attend-
ance at the meeting of the Fed-
eration of Womens Clubs on Fri-
day.
Grant C. Augle, pioneer resi-
dent and long time Republican
worker, will leave Friday to at-
tend sessions of the Platform and
Resolutions committee. Mrs. Win-
ston Scott, vice chairman of the
Mason County Womens Republi-
can Club, and Mrs. Marion Smith,
secretary of the same organiza-
tion, in addition to Mrs. T. B.
Smith of Hoodsport, Mrs. Frau-
cis Eacrett, Mrs. William Mc-
Kenzie and Mrs. Warren Earl, be-
sides attending the Republican
conclave, will attend the Federa-
tion meeting on Friday.
Mrs. Earl will be a member of
the credentials committee of the
Republican convention while T. W.
Webb will be a member of the
rules and mxler committee.
Additional delegates to the G.
O.P. conclave will be E. H. Fau-
bert, state committeeman, W. L.
Jessup, Jim Hillicr. S. B. Ander-
son, Hal Olstead and M. C. Zin-
thee.
Meeting Tonight Aims
To Form Labor Council
Organiza.tiou of a central labor
trades council iu this community
will be tim aim of a meeting to
be held in Odd Fellows t]all this
evening at 8:30 o'clock under the
sponsorship of the State Federa-
tion of Labor.
All members of organized labor
(A.F.L.) are asked to attend.
DAUGHTER ARRIVES
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Stanley
are £he parents of a baby girl
born at tim Shelton hospital on
September 12,
those citizens have invested their
lives, savings, talents and ideas.
We know that each has a per-
sonal economic self-interest in
continuously growing trees and
transforming them into forest pro-
ducts efficiently. We know the
same is true of every other citi-
zen in this area.
We are convinced that the con-
summation of this agreement be-
tween Simpson Logging Company
and the United States Forest Scr-
(Con%inued on page eight)
Crowded Schools
FOrce Shelton Men
To Travel Afar
Unable to find suitable places
I to eontiruc their education in
near-at-home schools, at least two
of Shelton's returned servicemen
have wandered to distant fields
in search of higher learning.
, John Henry Eliason, eX-Navy,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Ella-
son of525 North First Street, left
last week by plane for Fairbanks,
'Alaska, where his application for
enrollment was accepted by the
University of Alaska. He plans to
study chemistry as a major. He
was.graduated from Irene S. Reed
high school in 1942.
Richard Dunbar, ex-Army, son
of Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Dunbar, 528
Fairmont Street, left last week
for Pittsburgl to enter Carnegie
Tech and sthdy printing md iitl-
ographing. A graduate of Irene
S. Reed high school in 1940, he
has studied for two semesters
eact at the University of Wash-
ington and Leland Stanford Uni-
versity.
Both Eliason and Dunbar are
continuing their studies under the
G.I. bill of rights provisions.
Many other Shelton and Mason
county young men, fresh out of
the armed forces, are going to
college under the G.I. bill pro-
visions but insofar as The Jour-
nal has been informed so far
Eliason and Dunbar are traveling
farthest for their educations.
Class 0f 1945 Meets
Tonight at High School
All members of the class of 1945
of h'ene S. Reed high school are
urged to attend a special meeting
at the high school tonight (Thurs-
day) at seven o clock.
Mrs. Roy Carr at Home
With Critical Illness
Mrs. Roy Carr, wife of the
county commissioner, is seriously
ill t her hgme at Kamilche,
applying for benefits adminis-
tered by tim VA may obtain
help by contacting the VA of-
flee in the Thurston county
court house in Olympia.
Tiffs rvlce should not be
confused with the State Veter-
ans contact service which con-
tlnucs to be available in the
city It,ll each Monday and Fri-
day from 10 a.m. to 4p.m. with
Gerald Magalre as counselor.
Man Crushed
By Bulldozer
Injuries suffered that morning
when a bulldozer im was helping
lead on a truck upset and crush-
ed him claimed the life Monday
evening of Louis Joseph Kapalo,
33, of Allyn, in Shelton hospital.
The accident occurred at Allyn
Monday morning when a plank on
the improvised ramp on which a
crew of men were trying to load
the bulldozer onto a truck col-
lapsed and overturned the nachine
upon Kapalo.
The injured man was pinned for
about an hour under the heavy
vehicle before rescuers could lift
the bulldozer sufficiently to free
him. Although critically injured,
Kapalo never lost consciousness
throughout the period of rescue
or transport to the hospital, ac-
cording to witnesses.
Funeral services will be con-
ducted this afternoon at 2:30
o'clock from Witsiers Chapel by
Ray. H. W. Harshman, Method-
ist pasto followed by interment
in Odd Fellows division of Shel-
ton M:emorial Park.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Mary Kapalo, and two young sons,
James and Daniels, living at AI-
lyn; the mother, Mrs.'Mary Kapa-
lo of Marion, Ohio; one brother,
Paul, also of Marion; one half-
brother, James Borris, of Napo-
leon, Ohio; and one half-sister,
Mrs. Agnes Varson, of McRob-
arts, Kentucky.
Burgoyne Photo
Fair Prize Winner
Signal honors were accorded
Genc Burgoyne, Shelton plato-
grapher, when his photograph en-
try entitled "The Piddler" was
chosen as one of three in the por-
trait division of the Puyallup Fair
photography exhibit to earn a
)rize rating.
The other two prize winners
were from Philadelphia and Berk-
eley, Calif., in the portrait divi-
sion. Over 400 prints were entered
in the competition, which was
divided into four divisions, others
beside portrait being still life, hu-
man interest, and scenery.
City Seeking Man
To Care For Park
Full time employment for a man
wishing outdoor work keeping the
city's phblic grounds landscaped
and in good condition is available
for some interested and qualified
persons, City Clerk Mrs. Alma
Catto announced yesterday.
Frank Trainer, caretaker of city
grounds for the past several years,
has resigned so the task of keep-
ing Knecland Park. the library
lawn, and the Railroad Avenue
beautification strip manicured is
open for someone. Applications
should be made at the city hall.
Sportsmen to Resume
Meetings Next Week
After a' three-month summer
vacation, the Hood Canal Sports-
mens Association will resume its
monthly meetings next Thursday
evening in the Hoodsport school,
President Wally Oliver reminded
members this week.
Considered accumulated business
will be attended to and t highly
interesting motion picture, "Ap-
pointment In Tokyo," has been se-
storm Sunday morning during
which more than a half inch of
rain and flail fell in torrential
quantities in a 20-minute period.
Over 500 telephones were put
out of service, according to J.
R. Gibbons, manager of the Shel-
ton-Olympia district of the Bell
Telephone System, and some have
not yet been restored to operation
in the Bayshore area as this is
being written.
Bayshore apparently suffered
the brunt of the storm violence
with several t;eported lightning
strikes in that area. Other light-
ning strikes also were reported
on Hlllcrest.
Warren Lincoln, owner of the
Bayshore Resort, relates that a
tennant of one of his cabins re-
ported mattress and bedcovers in
his cabin were singed and burned
apparently because lightning had
struck the ground wire of his
radio which was attached to the
bedspring. The tennant was not
in the cabin at the time but
found the premises full of smoke
upon returning shortly after the
storm subsided.
A radio ground wire attached
to the plumbing system also was
the cause apparently for sparks
flying from the kitchen range in
the Martin Stevens home near
Bayshore, while in the same
neighborhood Mrs. Claude Jack-
son said she saw a ball of fire
roll across her kitchen floor and
all fuse plugs were blown out in
the house when lightning evident-
ly struck the electrical wiring or
radio ground.
Bark and limbs were peeled
from several large trees as fur-
ther evidence of lightning strikes
at Bayshore.
PubIic Utility District No. 3
linemen and maintenance crews
were kept busy restoring power
service when power lines and
transformers were knocked out
by lightning in several Shelton
and adjoining districts. Rayonier's
weather recording station regis-
tered 0.63 inches of precipitation
for the 24-hour period covering
Sunday with over half an inch of
that total estimated as occur-
ing during the 20-minute duration
of the storm.
Couldn't Get There SO
Meeting Went To Him
:Members of the Hotel Shelton
Coffee Club took oeoasion to
lighten the load of one of their
invalid members when they vis-
ited with Bob Allan at lts lmme,
130 Pine Street, Monday morn-
ing. Mr. Allan, an enthusiastic
member of the club, has been un-
able to attend daily meetings be-
cause of his illness, so the club
came to him.
The members, led by President
Agatha Darrow, who visited with
Brother Allan included I. H.
Woods, Claude Danielson, Harold.
Lakeburg, Dick Eddy, Hal el-
stead, Al Huerby, Laurie Carl-
son and Ed Faubert.
Democrats Slate
Meeting Monday
All Mason County Democratic
precinct committeemen, candi-
dates for public office, and inter-
ested party workers have been
called by County Democratic
Chairman Everett Fourre to at-
tend a meeting to be held :Mon-
day, September 23, in the county
courthouse at 7:15 p.m.
Plans for the coming election
campaign will be coordinated at
I the session, Chairman Fourre m-
t nounced.
2 Hospitalized Men
From Here Released
Madigan General Hospita| has
announced the separation from
Army service of Pfc. Benjamin
B. Peckham and T/5 Robert G.
Graffe, both of Shelton, after
both had reached their maximum
hospitalization periods recently.
RAMINS HAVE GIRL
Mr. and Mrs. Rebel% Ramin are
cured through the U. S. Navy for this week receiving con'atula,
entertaniment. Refreslments also tions on the birth of a baby
will be served. The meeting starts ,daughter at the Shelton hospital
at eight o'clock, on September 17.
LYDAS BAG RAREST BIG GAME,
3 BIGHORN SHEEP, ON B.C. TRIP
Three of the rarest and most trophies.
difficult to bog big game specl- Lyda also shot a coyote and let
a huge timber wolf get away be,
mens in the hunters book fell to cause he didn't want to frighten
the prowess of Mr. and Mrs. Art a band of Bighorns he was stalk-
Lyda of Bayshore and Dr. and ing at the time. The party oh-
Mrs. L. E. Johnston of Centralia tained many excellent colored still
during a 15-day hunting, trip into films of their trip, which covered
middle'-British Columbia which between 500 and 60{) miles on
ended Sunday. horseback in a 16-horse train. In
The party bagged three Bighorn all the party included eigit per-
sheep in rugged country bordering sons counting two guides, a cook,
the famed Chilcotin area, the larg- and a cook's helper besides the
est weighing 250 pounds and being
American couples.
eiglt years old. Last year Lyda, Among the outstanding pictures
a logging and sawmill operator, taken on the trip we several
bagged what his guide described shots of a huge bull moose feed-
as a record ram for the past 15 ing in a lake taken from fish.pole
years, iu that country, horn marks length away. :Much excellent {ish-
showing it to be 18 years old. ing was also enjoyed, and a large
The average Bighorn seldom goes number of game animals were seen
over seven to nine years, Lyda's in the rugged country. Snow fell
guide said. during the early part of the trip
One of the three rams bagged in the higher elevations axd some
by the party this year was not rain was encountered, Lyda said,
l good enough for mounting so it but in general the weather was
was used for camp meat, but the excellent and the trip thoroughlY
other two were brought back or enjoyed.
ISHELTON BOY
DES IN NAVY
PLANE CRASH
Jack Beckwith, 19, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred E. Beckwith, of
Second and Cedar streets, was
l¢illed Monday in a Naval airplane
crash near Norfolk, Va. accord-
ing to information telegraphed his
parents by the Navy Department.
No details of the tragedy were
given other than the statement
that Jack and the pilot of a Navy
torpedo bomber plane both lost
their lives on a routine test flight
from the Oceans Naval Auxiliary
Air Base, which is situated near
Norfolk.
Memorial services for both vic-
tims were to be held at the Oceans
base •today, then their bodies were
to be shipped to their respective
homes under Naval escort for
funeral services. At presstimc
Mr. and Mrs. Beckwith had not
been informed when Jack's body
would arrive here so were unable
to set a time for the service.
Mr. and Mrs. Beckwlth were on
a vacation motor trip at the time
of the tragedy and did not learn
of it until late Tuesday afternoon
when a message from their young-
est son, Guy, intercepted them at
the Canadian border as they were
about to enter British Columbia at
Osoyoos.
1 Jack was graduated from Irene
I S. Reed high school with the class
of 1945 after a brilliant record in
'athletic, scholastic and extra-cur-
ricular activities. He was presi-
dent of the honor society, president
of his junior class, vice-president
of the student body and a member
!of the yearbook staff, was rated
at the top of personal rting
sheets filled out by teachers of his
classes, and in sports earned three
letters in football and two each in
basketball and baseba21.
He enlisted in the Navy August
21, 1945, re-enlistin'g in the Navy
regulars for two years last De-
cember, and had been at his
Oeeana assignment since March.
following completion of a Navy
radio operators school at :Memphis,
Tenn. He held the rate of Sea-
man, first class.
While in higl school he was also
a member of the city's volunteer
fire department and was injured
helping fight the fire which de-
stroyed the junior high school in
1943.
He was born in Tacoma on June
25, 1927, and is survived by his
pareuts and one brotler, Guy.
Important Scout
Events Coming Up
Several important events which
will be the main springboards to
putting into action the 1946-47
winter activity program for both
the Tumwater Council and :Mason
District Boy Scouts are tentatively
scheduled and should be kept in
ind by Scouts and Scout Lead
rs in this Yea, Seout Exeeutiv
Max Jensen announced on a vislt
to Shelton this week.
First of these is the Mason Dis-
trict dinner meeting billed for Oc-
tober 10, the place as yet not
definitely decided. Next comes the
Tumwater Cmmcil executive board
meeting at Centralia October 20,
followed by the Senior Crew Lead-
ers conference late in October, the
exact date yet to be determined,
The Senior Crew Leaders include
Sea, Explorer and. Air Scout un-
itS.
The annual Green Bar confer-
cnce is scheduled during Thanks-
giving vacation this year, again
the exact date and where it will
bc held not yet certain.
B!ll W.erberger Tells
Kwanlans of Alaska
William Werberger, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Rudy Werberger and
recently a licutenant commander
in. the naval service, was guest
speaker Tuesday at the weekly
luncheon meeting of the Shelton
Kiwanis Club. Young Werberger,
now associated with his father
in the wine business, held a sea
command in the Alaskan sector,
during part of,the last war. His
subject was "Hunting and Fisll-
ing and Life of the Natives in
Northern Alaska," which was well
received by the Kiwanians.
SHELTON KI%VANIANS
AT OLYMPIA ANNIVERSARY
Shelt0n Kiwanis Club was repre-
sented by Walter Eckert, Mr. and
Mrs. Don Clark. Mr. and Mrs, Ed
Elliott, Mr. and :Mrs. Itmil Lau-
ber, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Graham,'
Mr. md Mrs, Bill McKenzie, Ir, •
and Mrs, Harold Ahlskog, Nit. and
Mrs. Bill Seiners, and Mr. and
Mrs. Cliff Wivell at the 25th an-
niversary proTam of the Olympia
Kiwanis Club Monday evening.
Ridley Buys .t. View
Mobilgas Statmn
HaroldRidley, owner and oper-
ator of the Ridley Body and Fend-
er Works a mile south of Shelton
on the Olympia highway, has ur-
chased the Mr. View Mobilgas er-
'vice Station just north of Shelton
from Mrs. Etta Caulkins Ander-
son.
Mr. Ridley wtR continue tO
operate his body and fender busi-
ness at the Rogers Brothers Gar-
age while his wife, EstlmL oper-
ates the store and gas station,
Mrs. Ridley plans to carry a com-
plete line in groceries and meats,
insofar as available at the present
time.
City Commissioners
In Light Session
%Vith-Mayor Frank Travis oc-
cupied with more interesting per-
sonal affairs, attending ceremon-
ies in connection with Maors Day
at the Puyallup Fair Cuesday's
meeting of the City Conunissi0n
handled little more thm routine
matters.
the ne
awarded
Fender
at tho session.