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Percy Pio
6017 S.E. 86th Ave
Portland, Ore
SCENE -- Grapeview's new fire Fire Chief Les Rice and his 23-man vohmtecr crew
P
I The Mason county Commission-
~ers a.re busy finding places from
i which they can pare some $70,000
from the preliminary budget re-
quests of various departments to
bring expenditu,res,, within esti-
mated revenue for the 196(i budget
yea r.
The 1966 preliminary budget,
which was completed last week,
:~hows estimated revenue of $398,-
074.85 and expenditure requests of
$468,952.99. Revenue this year is
up not quite $10,000 from the
$388,606.43 approved in the final
budget for 1965,
A hearing on the preliminary
budget is scheduled for 2 p.m. Oct.
t in the commission room in the
court house.
Fire truck will be on public display will host visitors and oiler refreshmcnt.~. The larg(~st budget request, and
fete starting at 8:00 o'clock. .Mso the largest increase in ex -
* * * * * pond(trees is request;ed by Sheriff
new fire station and Kitsap-Mason County Fire Fight- The new firc station is 40 x 66Sam Clark for the operation of
) on public parade I ors Association at 8 p.m. and feet of concrete block construction his department.
ay) at an open which is open to the public with a and represents a major break- His request, totaling $95,598.52,
L house in the new special invitation extended to all through in fire hall design from is snme $24,000 larger than the
Mason County fire fighters and the standpoint of space utilization. 1965 Sheriff's Department budget,
supervisor of fire ltheir wives. I The 2400 square feet was con-includes salary increases for all
for the State After the meeting visitors are structed by contract for $17,000 for employees along with money for
lionel Education, ] invited to inspect the new station everything but the painting, wl]ich two additional deputy sheriffs. -
Wed speaker at aand new fire truck. Refreshments i was done by wflunteer labor, or TIIE ,~ECOND largest depart-
meeting of the will be served, less than $7 per square foot. ment budget and request for more
Provision has been made for the money comes from Assessor WiN
@ later addition of facilities for two lis Bmnett who asks $64,690 for
"sleepers". The Grapeview fire de- llle operation of his department,
partment is presently manned by some $19,000 more than last year.
23 vohmteers headed by Fire Chief
@ @ Los Rice, who has held that re- Included in the request is me-
.-gna|,on ~,~ for one additional field dep-
sponsibility ever since the district's ut.v and salary increases for other
origination in 1947. It was for- employees.
mally organized as a fire district
Morris, a Shel- soy s Tavern at Lacey. Earl Pur- in liM7. Elections are unticipated to cost
Iman since 1957,due, a step-son of Morris, was the county more money in the
becoming in- with him at the time of the inci- The new fire truck gives the coming year, with a budget re-
dent at a taverndent and was taken to Shelton Grapeview district a No. 8 rating quest of $22,680, up some $14,000
of Sept. 6. General Hospital for treatment of and a reduction of fire insurance from this year.
was accepted injuries after they returned to rates within its boundaries. Other departmental requests in-
at its Shelton. -- .................... clude Extension Service, $14,471,
Camper said Morris was on va- Plans Start For ,,p about $4,500; Court House *n-
Second degree as- cation at the time of the incident nex, $3,280, up $335; Auditor, $43,-
at a person and was to have returned to work MUI| Ed ti 834 np $8085, Civ,1 Se~,ce $555
in Thurs- the next day. Shelton Police learn- u~a 0~
• unchanged; Court Clerk, $14,578,
rsday He was ed of the incident when ThurstonThe Shelton School District is up $2,055; County Commissioners,
Police Sta- County authorities sent an inquiry
man, Thurston lmre asking informationabout again planning adult edae;,.iion pcsa.l,$24'300'$7,027,uP $6,425;down $473.Garbage Dis-
Mason Court-Morris. program, but, needs some idea GF, NERAL ADMINISTRATION,
Clark and Shel- Camper contacted Morris when from those interested in faking$21,730, up $775; Jail, $11,606, up
the COU]'Ses aS to "~vllHt eo]]rses
Richard Camper. he (Morris) returned to 8helton they would like to see offered.$81; Just.ice Court, $13,986, up
at Mason following the incident and put him . $1,346; Juvenile Probation office,
then transferredon suspension. Thursday, when the Tentative plans are to offer l vp- $18,336, np $5,122; Planning Com-
where he post- charges against Morris were filed, ing, bookkeeping, shm'ihaud andmission, ,$326, unchanged; Prose-
Camper asked for slid received the driver education and other cour,~es cut(rig Attorney, $-~2,850, up $5,-
Connty resignation which was .accepted by for whie, h there is a ((emend.955; Supt. of Schools, $14,855,
charged with the commission Tuesday. ] An'~one interested in Ihe pro- up $3,259; S u p e r i o r Court,
y, Olym- Redmond said "Chkff Camper gramican gel. fro'thor informal(on $19,516, up $2,000; Treasurer, $30,-
and aiming a gunknew about the ineident':,.from the by calling 426-3502 or 4',.)6-2151.
also of Olympia beginning and cooperated:d00 per- Fran 783, up $4,098; Civil Defense, $11,-
Willard is dircch)r of the 000, up $200.:
outside Ca-cent in the investigation'", program The County Highway Depart-
ment budget, which ia separate
~. from the current exPenSe, budgel¢
, ':::,-,~ • , is balanced at $713,550.
The Road Department budget.
includes $206,900 for maintainance,
$1.41,250 for construction and
$320,000 to the equipment rental
and revolving fund. ,
Receipts in the Road Depart-
ment include $323,550 from gas
tax money, $200,000 from road
district property tax, $50,000 from
Federal Forest Fulids and $12,000
from receipts from the Harstine
Ferry, $80,000 from reimburseable
wm'k and $15,000 from lmscellan-
eous receipts.
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At least one school board con-
test developed for the Nov. 2 elec-
tion in filings this week at the
County Auditor's office,
B. Franklin Houston filed for re-
election to the Shelton School
Board. Valentine Sienko, Shelton,
had filed for the position last
week when filings opened.
Also filing for a seat on the
Shelton board ~his week was Rich-
ard Brewer, division comptroller
for Simpson Timber Company, who
filed for the position now held by
Max Schmidt Jr., left, stalling officer as Schmidt took over the top Mrs. Betty McClanahan.
of Commerce president's gay- Chamber office. Bud Lyon, whom Schmidt suc- IN FH,INGS in other districts
in the county, Herbert Baze has
installation ceremonies in the ceeded, was unable to be present because of ill- flied for the "district 3 position on
"hursday night. Cole was in- ness
* * * * * the Hood Canal board and Ted
Tim- The state hasnow passed the Murphy. The presentation was Bailey for the district 1 position
was in- three million mark, he said, and, made by Oscar Levin, a past pros- on the same board.
the Shelton as such is now more attractive to (dent of the Chamber. Filing for re-election to the
at a dinner businesses because it provides a Bud Lyon, president during the Grapeview School Board was Jul-
Hotel last regional market as well as facili- past year, was unable to be pros- (us O. Stock.
ties for shipping, ent because of illness which has In a filing" last week, 8. N.
led by Del In the quest for new industry,kept him in the hospital for the Bamlsgard filed for a position on
off(- the Chamber should not overlook past several weeks, the Harstine Island Board.
vice-pros(- industry now in existence. The ex- -
treasurer; isling industries should be helped
and Dr. first.
Hembroff, A chmnber cmmot by itself ai-
D. "Bud" tract new industry, Prescott said,
btu, it can help make a city which
~rogram was has warmth and personality which
of the will be attractive to an industry
Commerce. seeking a new location.
can A highlight of the program was
'elop a city's the presentation of a plaque and
its own a life membership in the Chamber
to retiring secretary-manager Phil
Arrm Goes To P,axliament"
[e Vcd by MRS. HERBERT PIAIMB
SEPTEMBER 29, 1965 -- 1:30 P,M,
e of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Ashford
~l~- ~NALKER PARK ADDITION
~naored by Episcopal Church Women
DONATION $1.00
BANK
~qe~ber F,D.I.C.
ELECTRICIANS'-Putting the wiring together on
one of the banks of lights for the North Mason
football field are Pete Merrill (North Muon
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FORCIBLE ENTRY--Shattered front room of the still badly shaken more than nine hours later.
residence occupied by the Bessle Nutter family at Mrs. Nutte.r's daughter was asleep in a back bed-
406 South Seventh stree{:aft~r a ca~" driven by Mel ;room but no one was in'the front room atthe time '
M¢Cowan struck the house' shortly afte~ midnight of the crash, '~Damage was estimated at ~2500.
Sunday morning. Mrs, Nutter stands onthe porch l ...... '~
The Shelton School Board Tues-
day night opened bids on two proj-
ects and discused two proposals
which may be put on the ballot in
the Nov. 2 election.
Three bids were received on in-
is(alia(ion of concrete steps down
I *
~the hill back of the Junior High
School to replace the old wooden
steps which were removed several
weeks ago after it was found they
were unsafe.
The bids received were from
Howard Peck, Custom Builder, Se-
attle; Roller Construction Co.,
Shelton and W. B. Davis Construc-
tion, Olympia•
Also opened were bids on repair
of the roofs of the Irene S. Reed
Building and the High School
Gymnasium.
Bids were received from Victor
Orlans, Tacoma, and Bays(de Roof-
ing, Shelton.
BOTH SETS OF BIDS were
taken under advisement and turn-
ed over to Architect William Conk-
lin, for study and recommenda-
tion. Action on the bids will be
taken at a special meeting of the
board tonight, after a hearing on
the district's final budget for 1966.
The board discussed a recom-
mendation from Supt. Robert
Quiggle that a proposal to take
some $26,000 now in a savings ac-
count earmarked as a swimming
pool fund and put it into develop-
ment of improved athletic facilities
for the high school. The money
was originally voted in 1944 for the
construction of a swimming pool,
but, was never used because the
other needed funds could not. be
raised. Voters of the district May
11 rejected a proposal which would
have put the money in the dis-
trict's general fund for use for
other school needs.
The other proposal which may
be on the Nov. 2 ballot is one con-
cerning the mill levy for sch6ol fi-
nancing necessitated by conflict-
ing laws passed by the last session
of the State Legislature.
The two laws, one which directs
county assessors to set the assess-
ed valuation on all property in the
county at 25 per cent of full value
and the other which freezes the
amount of money which can be
collected through taxes at the same
amount as this year even if assess-
ments are increased, complicate
school financing.
A SECTION OF THE LAW in-
creasing the assessment percent-
age also contains the formula on
which local school districts receive
state apportiomnent money, This
section also states that if a school
district is not assessing at 14 mills,
the maximum, it will lose an equal
amount in apportionnlent money.
i Assessments in Mason County
are presently based on 20 per cent
of the full value of the property.
If this were raised to 25 per cent,
as directed by the legislature, the
school district would collect the
same mnount of tax money it gets
for 1966, but, less than 14 mills
would be required to get this
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teacher), Chuck Amacher (school board member),
Ed Edwards (Bremerton navy yard electrician)=
and Fred Prultt (Beifslr rasldtnt),
A ear driven by Melvin',McCo-
wan, Shelton, collided with a
house and a pickup near the reviser
of 7th and Park Streets early,
Sunday morning.
McCowan told police he was go-
ing down Park Street and appar-
ently fell asleep as he approached
the intersection with Seventh, go-
ing through the stop sign, across
Seventh Street a.nd into the liv-
ing room of the home of Mrs. Bes-
sie Hurter at 406 S. 7th.
The car crashed through the
wall of the house and scattered
debris all around the living room.
Damage u,a.s estimated at about
$2,500 to the house and its con-
tents.
MRS. NUTTER'S daughter was
Action of t!m Shelton City Com-
mission Tuesday concluded 21
yea.rs as Shelton Fire Chief T. E.
Deer when ~ commission, on the
reeomnlendation of the Firemen's
Pension l~oard voted t.o put him
on permm~ent retirement.
The commission appointed Allan
F. Nevitt, 45, Elma, to be fire
chief effective Sept. 20. Nevitt was
first on the list of candidates for
the position in tests given by the
city's Civil Service Board earlier
this year.
Deer has been on an inactive
status since last sp~ing when he
applied for retirement because of
his health. The pension board took
the action to recomnlend perman-
ent retirement after receiving a
letter from his doctor stating he
would be unable to continue his
duties.
George Hunter has been ~cting
fire chief during the time Deer
has been inactive.
DEER IS a life-long resident of
Stmlton and joined tile Shelton
Fire Department as Chief 21
years ago, serving in that capacity
until his retirement.
He was president of tile Mason
County Polio Chapter from 1945-
1958 and also served as chairman
of the March of Dimes during
those years.
He is on the locm committee for
tile aging.
Nevitt, who operates a plumb-
ing business in Ehna, has been
a member of tile Elms Volunteer
Fire Department for the past 15
years and has served as chief the
last: 10 years.
He will begin his new duties here
Monday.
Ite is trea'.~urer of the Southwest
Washington Firemen's Association,
a member of tile executive board
of the Washington Firemcn's As-
sociation mid is a nwmber of the
International Fire Chief's Associa-
tion and the Intermounl,ain Fire
Chtef's Association.
Ncvitt will eonunute to 8helton
from Elms for a t.i~:le m~til bus-
iness and personal interests in El-
ma eanbe concluded, i. ,,,,
H~ and his wife, Lucille, have
~hree v.hildren, David; in the Navy
i}~ Japan; Richard, attending l.ln-
iversity of Puget Sound and Lin-
da Bridenbaeh, who is at the Sny-
der Ranger Station above Forks.
Richard, following his father's
footsteps, i,s a, sleeper at the Pu-
yallup Fire Department while at-
tending college.
asleep in a bedroom in tile home.
Mrs. Nutter was not at home at
the time.
After smashing into the house,
McCowan backed the car out into
Seventh Street where it collided
with a pickup driven by Stan
Rutherford, 631 Park St. whicl~
was traveling down Seventh. Af-
ter the collision with the pickup,
the McCowan vehicle stopped.
According to Shelton Police, Mc-
Cowan was held by neighbors
James Morgan and Ron Ellis who
had heard the crash and went out
to investigate.
• Two passengers in the McCo-
wan vehicle left the scene, Police
said.
Simpson To Host
Philippine Lumbermen
Simpson Timber Company, be-.
ginning tomorrow, will host seven
hnnber executives from The Phil-
ippines for a three-week visit to
the Pacific Northwest.
The men are officials of Aguin-
aldo Development Corp., one of
the largest and most diversified
forest: products firms in The Phil-
ippines. Simpson sells part of Ag-
uinaldo's production of nmhogany
in the U.S.
Making their headquarters in
Sheltou during their three-week
visit, the officials will visit Sinlp-
son plants in the Shelton Working
Circle and in Oregon and Ca.lif-
ornia. They also will visit other
fi~ms in the Northwest.
The Exceptional Foresters' third
annual auction hi~s been set for
Oct. 8, 9 and 10 for the Mason
County Fairgrounds.
The auction is the group's main
fund raising activity for the year
and provides much of the money
used in the program to train men-
tally retarded boys in Christmas
tree culture and other forestry
skills which they can use to pro-
vide employnlent for themselves.
Donations for the auction are
needed and unwanted, unused but
serviceable items including house-
hold goods, electrical appliances
that work, musical instruments of
any kind or size, heats, motors,
trailers, garage, farm, logging
equipment and machinery, produce
from ranch or garden, livestock,
fishing and bunting equipment, old
automobiles or pickups that run,
camping and hildng equipnlent,
antiques---these and any of a long
list of items will be welcome for
the auction.
Anyone who has an item to be
picked up can call the Exceptional
Foresters at 426-6889 and it will
be collected.
Commenting on the progress of
the program this year, Exception-
al Forester officials said "the pro-
grmn has gone far this year. The
boys have received tremendous
help, Ed Kroh, the new super-
visor is a. real asset to the comnm-
nity. Exceptional Foresters has
been accepted as a vocation~H
training program for placement
from the Washington State Voca-
tional Rehabilitation Division of
the Department of Education. We
nmat not fail now because of a
lack of funds."
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