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AFTER 17 MONTHS of horseback traveling across 14 states, Bob Seney
passed through Shelton last Thursday on his way to his Joyce, Washington
home.
On Thursday, more than 17
months later, local residents
en t husiastically recognized the
homeward bound horseman,
although he was leading the grey
and riding a different horse.
"1 had to leave "Fella" in
Dodge City, Kansas," he
explained. "He went lame, and 1
couldn't wait for him to recover.
It was in November, and snows
were threatening."
Seney's journey took him
across Washington, Idaho, and
Montana to North Dakota, from
which state he rode into Canada.
He next went south across both
North and South Dakota and on
through Nebraska, Kansas,
Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico,
Arizona, California, Nevada,
Oregon, and back through
Washington.
"Each horse went through
about 14 sets of shoes, Seney
stated. "A set won't last more
than 30 days on the road, but I
stayed over in several places for
two' or three weeks at a time."
He shoes his own horses,
cooks his own food, and chooses
his camp sites with an eye for
pasture and water, allowing his
geldings to graze at night.
'il eat an occasional meal in a
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nnexa ion
The original Fire District Five
was in the Allyn and Victor areas
and had expanded to include the
Mason and Benson Lake areas and
last year the area including Lake
Limerick was annexed to the area
by petition of the voters there•
Commissioners of District
Five said this week they plan to
An anonymous bomb scare
telephone call emptied North
Mason High School shortly after
noon Monday, according to
Deputy Marvin Snyder.
The call was received at the
Belfair Sheriff's Substation. The
caller said a bomb had been
planted in the school and was
going to explode.
School authorities were
notified and the school evacuated.
The Belfair and Allyn Fire
Departments were called and
authorities and teachers made a
search of the school and
gymnasium but found nothing.
Snyder asked that anyone
having information which might
be of use in tracing the caller
contact the Sheriff's Office at
Belfair or Shelton.
The Sheriff's Office is
continuing its investigation of the
incident, Snyder said.
ask for a one-year special levy to
raise $160,000 to purchase trucks
and additional equipment for the
entire district.
Voters in the newly-annexed
area will vote on the proposed
special levy along with voters in
the old district.
Commissioners said they
chose the one-year special levy
method of raising money rather
than a bond issue to eliminate the
need for paying interest. All of
the money collected can go
toward improving fire protection
in the entire district.
The commissioners said they
anticipated a fire truck at
Timberlakes will be turned over
to the district. At the present
time, it is not equipped with
hoses and other necessary
equipment. Part of the funds
raised by the special levy would
be used to PUt this truck into use.
Money from the proposed
special levy will be collected with
1973 taxes, and by that time, the
newly-annexed area will be paying
taxes into the district. The Lake
Limerick area, which was annexed
earlier, will pay taxes to the
district in 1972.
The county commission, on
the recommendation of the
commissioners from Fire District
Five, agreed the resolution for the
annexation would include a
provision that the newly annexed
area would pay its proportionate
share of the present bonded
indebtedness of the district.
restaurant, ne aamlttea, "'and 1
call home often".
In 1966 his wife accompanied
him on a ride along the Pacific
Crest Trail from the Mexican
border to the Columbia River, but
she now prefers to keep the home
fires burning.
From 1929 until 1942 Seney
served in the Cavalry, and his trip
was planned to include visits to
men with whom he had soldiered.
"! was graduated in 1939
from the Cavalry School in Fort
Riley, Kansas," Bob Seney
reminisced; "I had spent four
years there and it was a real
'sentimental journey' for me to
ride into those old corrals and to
see once again those old stables
and stone buildings."
Many of the structures in Fort
Riley, now a museum, were built
in 1873. They cannot, by law, be
altered or destroyed•
Throughout the midwest
Seney enjoyed meetings with
old-time farmers, horsemen in
their day, who once tilled their
fields with teams. Along the
Mexican border he met ranchers
including a 91-year-old man, still
riding, who once broke horses for
J ohn Slaughter, mayor of
Tombstone. In Tombstone he
became friends with Nino
Cochise, grandson of the famous
Apache, Chief Cochise.
"I've met hundreds of
people," he declared, "and
they've been one hundred per
cent friendly - interested,
curious, helpful, and very, very
nice."
For many years Bob Seney,
now 60, taught riding, and he was
a trainer of hunters and jumpers.
"I wonder how many Shelton
people know," he mused, "that in
1912 a group of Shelton loggers
began the longest trail ride in
history visiting every state in the
Union and exhibiting their horses
m the San~Francisco World Fair."
Seney, exposed to all kinds of
weather, hasn't had a day of
sickness• In the mountains of
California near Arrowhead and
Big Bear Lakes and through the
area south of them he took his
worst beating from the elements,
encountering three snow storms.
After leaving Big Bear in May his
rain-suit was required only once
until he reached Washington.
'Tll be glad to get home," he
smiled, "but in a few months I'll
get restless and start planning
another trip."
George Albert Braedlein Jr.,
44, 1115 Park Ave., Bremerton,
apparently fell from his boat and
drowned, the Mason County
Sheriff's Office reported.
His body was found in Hood
Canal Friday morning after being
spotted by a clam digger who
reported it to the Sheriff's Office.
Kim Wilson, Seattle, spotted
the body on the beach and called
officers to the scene.
Sgt. Dan McNair and Deputies
C. R. Mustain and M. D. Snyder
from the Mason County Sheriff's
Office recovered the body in
about six feet of water.
Investigation indicates
Braedlein fell from his boat in the
vicinity of Belfair State Park some
time Thursday evening, officers
said.
He had been staying alone in a
cabin on the North Shore owned
by his parents. His boat with
someone in it was seen by some
people in Belfair State Park
Thursday evening.
Friday morning, the boat was
found on the beach by the park
by Park Ranger Ben Hemstreet,
who reported it to the Sheriff's
Office.
Officers were unable to trace
the owner of the boat since there
were no numbers on it. They had
no reports or: anyone missing at
the time the boat was found.
Officers concluded Braedlein
fell from the boat while he was
operating it in the canal Thursday
evening and the boat drifted
ashore.
His parents told officers they
had come to the cabin Friday,
but, finding the boat and their
son not there had concluded he
had gone fishing.
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Contests for positions on the
Allyn Port Commission, Pioneer
School Board, North Mason
School Board and Hood Canal
School Board have developed as
filings enter their final week.
Filings for school, port, fire,
cemetary, water and hospital
districts close at 4:30 p.m. Friday
at the County Auditor's Office.
Contests have developed for
both of the positions which are
open on the Allyn Port
Commission this year. Harold
Hillman, P. O. Box 3, Allyn, is
opposed in his bid for election to
a four-year unexpired term in the
position to which he was
appointed• His opponent is
Delmer Griffey, P. O. Box 72,
Allyn.
Roy Mitchell, St. Rt. 2, Box
285, Belfair, is opposed in his bid
for re-election by Leo Livingston,
St. Rt. 2, Box 310, Belfair.
On the Pioneer School Board,
Geraldine C. Brooks Rt. 2, Box
183, is opposed in her bid for
re-election by Carole Meacham,
Rt. 2, Box 188. For the other
Pioneer Board position, John
Cook, Rt. 2, Box 679, is opposed
in his bid for re-election by Reid
Mitchell, Rt. 4, Box 140.
Three candidates have filed
for one position on the North
Mason School Board. Opposing
incumbent Kenneth Leatherman,
St. Rt. 2, Box 669, Bremerton, in
his bid for re-election are
Anthony Hannan, St. Rt. 2, Box
737, Bremerton and J. E. "Gene"
Foster, P. O. Box 63, Belfair.
As of Wednesday noon, the
only candidate filing for the
Director District 4 position was
Carol Wentlandt, St. Rt. 1, Box
254, Belfair. There had been no
filing for the Director District
One position.
In the Hood Canal School
District, Wilbur J. Bolender, Rt.
5, Box 443, is opposed in his bid
for re-election by Charlotte
Celestine, St. Rt. 1, Box 210,
Hoodsport, Unopposed for
re-election were Charles Linder,
Rt. 5, Box 265, and John Hawk,
Rt. 5, Box 443.
Other filings include Alice
Pope, P. O. Box 257, Belfair;
William DeMiero, P. O. Box 175,
Belfair, and Homer Stewart, Rt.
2, Box 446, Belfair, incumbent
Belfair Cemetery District
Commissioners seeking
re-election.
Phillip Hardie, St. Rt. 1, Box
84, Grapeview, Grapeview School
Baord, incumbent.
Stuart Marks, Rt. 1, Box 99,
Grapeview, Grapeview School
Board.
Paul Sharpe, St. RL 2, Box
704, Bremerton, Belfair Fire
District, incumbent•
Carl Emsley, Rt. 3, Box 71,
Shelton, Arcadia Fire District,
incumbent.
Edward Bartolat, Rt. 1, Box
10, • Grapeview, Grapeview Fire
District, incumbent.
Beulah Muller, Rt. 1, Box
298, Elma, Mary M. Knight
School District.
Randall Morris. Rt. 1, Box
201A, Lima; Clifford Harto, Rt.
1, Box 174, Lima, and Thomas
Crawford, Rt. 1, Box 201B, Lima,
Cloquallum Fire District.
Charles Swenson, 2224
Walker Park Rd., Southside
School District incumbent.
Lawrence Hanson, Rt. 10,
Box 290, Matlock Fire District.
Bruce Whitman, Rt. 1, Box
28A, Belfair, Belfair Water
District.
W. Lee Hunter, Rt. 10, Box
265, Mary, M. Knight School
District.
Ray Schwietering, Shelton
Springs Rd., Fire District 11,
incumbent.
Henry Bruemmer Jr., St. Rt.
1, Box 460, Bremerton, Port of
DeWatto.
Edward Nolden, Rt. 5, Box
220, Skokomish Fire District.
Charles Kovacl