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By JEANNINE PETERSON "-" 426-3815
with the aid of food stamps,
makes a "long hot summer."
(This is my opinion, not the
Huckleberry Heralds'.)
Calm Cove Marina had their
problems, too. Their large sign
which was solidly placed at the
south entrance to the Lake turned
up missing Labor Day weekend,
and was found across the road in
the ditch. Only a car could have
pulled it loose. Double 2 x 4's
held it in place. Perhaps a youth
that was refused beer or cigarettes
because of age?
With the accumulation of
accidents around the lake by the
youth this summer, (there were 5)
every one with children was kept
on edge. Fear of the small ones
being run over and fear that the
older ones would be involved in
an accident. So many close calls,
but nothing seriOus. Hopefully
speed and idleness will be
replaced with books! ! ! !
I received a large newsy letter
from Huckleberry Harry (Harry
Martin) of Huckleberry Hill in
Calm Cove. He built a retaining
wall and you wouldn't believe!
It's 8" thick, 30' long and four
feet high. What kind of tides do
you expect in Calm Cove7 (fondly
referred to as Boozer's Cove by
Harry). Tim Sayan, Mark Moore
and Neal Nogler helped Harry
build the beautiful wall.
Nell Nogler also has had
concrete work done this summer.
A new patio with basketball
backstop included for the boys'
practice sessions.
Beverly Martin and a college
friend, Ann Osborn, spent a fun
weekend at Huckleberry Hill
during the summer.
More guests in Calm Cove
were Katherine Blanchard, a
college friend of Jean Moore. She
and her two children spent the
last week of vacation with Jean.
She and her husband Bob live in
Portland.
Lon and Pattie Pettitt had the
southwest end of the lake to
themselves the 1st year they made
it their permanent home and then
they welcomed Lon's brother
Roger and his wife, Vi Pettitt, as
permanent residents next door to
them and this year another
brother to the other side, Bill and
Jeri Pettitt. Bill recently retired
from the Air Force. They came
Up from California in June and
are living in their camper while
their home is being built. They
have a large boxer dog named
"Sugar". Welcome, Pettitts! I
understand Lon is from a big
family. That side of the lake
could be re-named "Pettitt's
Place" or something!
Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Belbeck
were honored September 4 with a
"going away" party after selling
Jean and John Moore's son,
Mark, had an exciting vacation this
last summer. He worked at
Alderbrook most of the summer
and then he and a couple of
friends went to California by
motorcycle.
A bed roll and $100 (he came
back with $20) was all it took.
They stopped in San Francisco at
a Motel to take a bath and see the
sights then on down to the Big
Sur. A Japanese movie was being
filmed there called "Raindrops'"
and they watched the filming of
that and then home. Mark said
the people along the way in
California were much friendlier to
them than the northwest people.
Sorry to hear that!
Harry Evans is the "Good
Samariton" of the week. Many of
us have been looking for the large
tree that has been a menace to
boaters for many years on the
west side of the lake across from
little Hoquiam. Some one painted
the top orange this spring and
then it disappeared. We were
concerned that it had floated
somewhere else and would show
up some dark night when it
couldn't be seen. Many nights we
listened to a boater roaring along
in the night and we would wait
for a crash! Still don't know how
it was missed for so long.
Anyway, Harry towed it to his
place and, with help, pulled it up
to shore. The main navigation
hazard on Mason Lake is now a
thing of the past. Thanks, Harry!
The 7th of September, or the
1st day after Labor day, has to be
the nicest day of the Year. The
lake was like .glass, an occasional
call of a Sea Gull or the quack of
a hungry duck were the only
sounds. Or perhaps you heard the
laughter from the Peterson's at
Paradise as the women gathered
to celebrate the opening of
school, the end of summer, or just
a day of peace and quiet after the
noisy summer. Eight of us played
cards, snacked and giggled our
way through the afternoon. Hazel
Sayan won 1st prize for highest
score. Pattie Pettitt won the
honor of having the next party in
October with the boobi prize. I
received a thrill when I held my
first 1500 trump hand. This was
the firts game since our pinochle
club adjourned after the spring
luncheon in Bremerton year
before last.
Summer seemed short to us
who were "sun sitters", but to the
Fire Department it was a long
summer. No fires but petty
thievery posted a constant
headache. Missing gasoline (even a
piece of hose was cut from the
truck next to a coupling to siphon
gas with) and uniforms worn for
fun instead of business. Idleness,
BELFAIR SERVICES
SEPTIC TANKS -- DRAIN FIELDS
TOP SOIL -- SAND -- GRAVEL -- FILL DIRT
INSURED -- LICENSED
FRANK DeMIERO
CR 5-6155 Belfair, Wash.
their summer place on the Lake
to the Dr. Richard E. Waller
family of Gig Harbor. Guests who
enjoyed live music by Chuck St.
Clair and his wife from Kingsley
included Mr. and Mrs. Denzil
Wiltse (Mrs. Belbeck's sister)
Gerald and Carolyn Belbeck (the
couple's son) Robert and Peggy
Sweet and the Rex Handys with
their daughter Shirley and
husband Dale Taylor. The
Belbecks say they are going to
miss the Lake and all the friends
they have made here. Dr. Waller, a
dentist, and his wife, Vivian, have
two daughters.
Terrance D. Hart
killed in Mexico
Terrance D. Hart, whose
father and stepmother are Mr. and
Mrs. Rodney G. Hart of Twanoh
Falls, Belfair, was killed in an
automobile accident in Ensenada,
Mexico, on September 2. He was
23 years old.
Terry attended North Mason
High School briefly in 1965 and
served two years in the U.S. Army
including a year in Vietnam.
Graveside services were held
September 8 at Paradise Memorial
Park, Long Beach, California.
Included in the survivors are
his mother Mrs. Robertie V. Hart
and sister Marsha S. Hart, both of
Long Beach, brother M. Nicole
Hart, grandmother, Mrs. Frances
Nay, and aunts and uncles Mr.
and Mrs. Roy C. Bishop and Mr.
and Mrs. Dale H. Miller all of
Twanoh Falls.
The family requests that any
donations be made to the
Children's Orthopedic Hospital in
Seattle.
By Leo & Margaret Livingston -- CR 5-642t '
O~OOOOO0 OOoO-~mD.O~O~
• Another North Shore world round of activities by visiting the
traveller, Jeanne Powell, has
returned from a three-week trip to
Europe. She visited interesting
places in France, England, Ireland
and Scotland. In Paris and Le
Havre, France, she met long-time
pen pals. She visited in Ireland with
the sister of a friend, saw Dublin
and the surrounding country in the
rain. She took a quick one-day trip
to Glascow, Scotland. In London
she indefatigably pursued available
tours.
Mrs. Powell reports she had no
trouble spending her U.S. dollars,
but the money marts of London
were in a turmoil when she was
there.
On her way home she visited in
Portland, Maine, her home state,
with family and friends. Mrs.
Powell is a nurse at Harrison
Memorial hospital in Bremerton.
Some 1971 North Mason
graduates who will be pursuing
higher learning this fall are: Ricky
Dixon, Washington State
University at Pullman, going to
Olympic in Bremerton are Cliff
Hall, Alan Sande, Joe Shearer, and
Mary Lane. To name a few.
Mrs. Grace Hunt chalked up
two silver wedding anniversaries in
her family during a busy summer
of visiting, traveling, and working
on her genealogical studies.
Her son, William H. Hunt, and
his wife, Barbara, North Shore
residents, marked their 25th
marital milestone during a big
family celebration.
She attended another silver
anniversary when a daughter, Mrs.
Troy McKelvey, and her husband,
Dr. McKelvey of Buffalo, N.Y.,
held their celebration at the
residence of another daughter, the
Keith Bogards, at Kitsap Lake.
Joining the family celebration
were two McKelvey daughters,
Tracy and Cathryn, who visited
afterwards in Belfair and around
Puget Sound, before returning to
school, high school for Cathy and
the U. of Northern Michigan for
Tracy.
Attending the ceremonies also
family of another daughter, Dr.
and Mrs. A. L. Maser, Seattle, to
help celebrate her youngest
granddaughter's 2nd birthday last
week. While in Seattle she made a
call at University hospital for a
report on the condition of Mary
Kiezling, a fellow member in the
Historical Society, etc.
John Clappe, 69,
was another one of Mrs. Hunt's five
Of NO. Shore dies daughters, Mrs. John McArthur,
Legal Publications
NOTICE OF HEARING
ON BUDGET,
PORT OF ALLYN
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN, that the Commissioners
of the Port of AIlyn have
completed and placed on file their
preliminary budget for the Port
District for the fiscal year of
1972, a copy of which may be
obtained by any taxpayer at the
following address: Belfair firehall,
Belfair, Wash.
NOTICE IS FURTHER
GIVEN, that the Port
Commission will meet at the Fire
Hall in Belfair, Mason County,
Washington on the 24th of
September at the hour of 8:00
p.m. for the purpose of fixing and
adopting the final budget of the
Port District for the ensuing year,
(fiscal 1972) and any taxpayer
may appear at said hearing and be
heard for or against any part of
said budget.
DATED at Belfair,
Washington this 10th day of
September, 1971.
Board of Commissioners
Port of Allyn
By Ellen Palmer, Clerk
9/16-23-2t
DELIVERY
John Clappe, 69, of North
Shore died September 4 at the
Bremerton Convalescent Center.
In respect for his wishes, no
services were held.
He was born December 25,
1901 in French Lick, Ind.
Mr. Clappe served six years in
the U. S. Navy and worked for 37
years at PSNS. He retired in 1959
as an associate supervisor
inspector.
Survivors include his wife,
Margaret of the family home; a
son, John of the family home; a
daughter, Suzan of San Diego;
four sisters, Harriett Parks of
Bellflower, Calif., Barbara
Blaiotta of San Francisco,
Virginia Lewis of Texas and
Norma Cobert of Hubbard, Ore.;
and a brother, Harold of
Nehalem, Ore.
NOTICE OF SPECIAL
BOARD MEETING
All citizens of North Mason
School District No. 403, Mason
County, Washington are hereby
notified that a Special Board
Meeting of the Board of Directors
of North Mason School District
No. 403 will be held on Thursday,
September 23, 1971 at 7:30 p.m.
in the High School Library.
Purpose of the Special
Meeting is for revision and
adoption of the School District
Final Budget for the 1971-72
school year and. this Special
Meeting will constitute a legal
Final Budget Public Hearing as
COUNTY PARK BOARD
The Mason County Park and
Recreation Board met Tuesday
evening in the Commissioner's
office in Shelton September 7th.
The meeting will continue
Monday the 13th to work on the
budget for the year.
R HY.
provided by law. Other budgetary
and financial matters of the
district may be considered at this
Special Meeting.
This Special Meeting is open
to the public and all school
district patrons and interested
citizens are invited and
encouraged to attend.
Kenneth B. Leatherman
Chairman
Board of Directors
UNOFFICIAL RALLY North Mason School
District No. 403
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received Sunday in the Sheriff's
office in Belfair. Complaintants / Seattle Times I
stated that the cars were using | Phone I
excessive speed and that a course | CR 5-2402 .
had been marked out along the |_ Ervin Furchert
roadways. - ..........................
Los Gatos, Calif. Only one
daughter, Mary Parker, San Jose,
Calif., didn't get up for the family
reunions.
Mrs. Hunt is the matriarch of a
family that includes some 22
grandchildren. She capped off the
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Groceries, Beverages, Marine Supplies,
Ski Ropes, Fishing Supplies, Housewares.
HOURS:
Fri. 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. Sat. 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Sun. 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Mason Lake 426-3732
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By LOU DONNELL
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Two weeks ago I was sipping champagne in the company of the
Governor. Last week I spent an afternoon in the company of royalty.
Sounds impressive, doesn't it?
As most readers of the Herald have known, Emily Meyer of South
Shore hasbeen Washington State USO-GSO Queen for the past year.
Due to changes in the budget of usa, her reign was extended a few
months so she is still carrying on the Queen's duties. One of those is
visiting servicemen in hospitals.
Last Thursday afternoon she was scheduled to visit Madigan
Hospital near Fort Lewis and she invited me to be her official
chaperone. Never having been a beauty queen myself, I thought it
might be interesting to go along and see what happens on a "royal"
visit.
Although we are distantly related, I did not know Emily and
enjoyed getting acquainted on our ride to the hospital. (Her
great-grandmother, Mrs. Dan Conan, is my father's sister and you're
welcome to try to figure out what that makes Emily and me.)
We found the right building with the aid of a map she'd been sent,
plus some added assistance from two good-looking guards at the gate,
and went inside to meet the hospital's entertainment director, Gini
Thibodeaux, who accompanied us to Wards 11 and 7.
Ward 11 was for persons recovering from major surgery and each of
the two wings was divided into four sections of eight beds. As we
entered, Gini led the way and announced that Queen Emily,
Washington's usa Queen, had come to visit and we walked through the
ward to the end, being announced at each section. Then Emily began
her visits and we worked our way back through the ward.
I was very impressed with her friendly manner and her poise. She
greeted every man individually, talking to each for several minutes,
except for three or four who were asleep or two who were being visited
by their doctor.
She didn't wait for the men to think of something to say, she didn't
giggle and just stand there, she didn't ask what was wrong with them
nor if they'd been wounded in Vietnam; she kept to safe topics like
asking where they came from or commenting on their choice of reading
material to get a conversation started and even the most dejected,
disinterested ones were smiling or laughing before she went on to the
next bed.
Both Emily and I were surprised to learn that only one-eighth to
one-fourth of the patients at Madigan are men wounded in Vietnam.
Gini said the planeloads of wounded from the war zone had greatly
decreased in the past few months and there were less than half as many
coming in now as there were when she started work a year and a half
ago.
But in Ward 7, we were told, three-fourths of the men were young
men wounded in Vietnam. Gini said this ward had the most fun as each
of the fellows attempted to keep everyone's spirits up. It was a little
different from what I remember of hospital wards.
In one wing a sheet was hanging across the center aisle in the center
of the room and a movie was being projected on it. The men in the four
rows of beds behind the sheet could watch it too, only everything was
backwards from what the ones in front saw. Some were watching the
movie and others weren't but they all gladly took their attention away
for the few minutes Emily talked to each.
One of the first patients I noticed when we entered this ward was a
redhead in a wheelchair with his artificial leg upright on his lap. The
next time I saw him was when I glanced away from where Emily and an
amputee were having their picture taken by the Army photographer
and I saw one foot sticking up in the air from behind a bed and
suddenly realized someone in a wheelchair was lying on his back on the
floor. Just then a corpsman righted the chair and I could tell that there
had been no accident, the corpsman had been playing a joke on the
red-haired patient. Later I saw the same patient wrap his cane around
the ankle of a nurse as she stood nearby checking on a man lying on his
stomach on a circular bed. I doubt if anyone could get too bored in
that ward with that redhead around.
As Emily chatted and joked with the men, Gini told me how the
men in these two wards appreciated visitors since they were usually
confined for a long period of time. She also commented on how poised
and friendly Emily's manner was in getting the fellows to visit a bit.
Just an example I overheard as Emily approached a patient with a
tube from a bottle of clear liquid strapped to his wrist:
"What's this? Some kind of outside plumbing?" she asked.
"Plumbing!" he replied indignantly. "That's my lunch!" And
another conversation was begun.
Mason County Journal
Thursday, September 16, 1971
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September 27 has been set as
the deadline for letters pro or con
on a 300 foot dock on South
Shore which was started last year
extending into Hood Canal from
the Gene Ward property. Because
no permit had been obtained,
work was stopped and the long
process of getting approval from
the fourteen State and federal
agencies before final approval
from the Army Corps of Enginers
was begun.
Because nine letters of
objection from neighboring
property owners were received by
the Corps, Lt. Col. H. W. Munson
came out from Seattle on August
27 to personally inspect the
double rows of pilings which had
been installed last year and to
hold an informal hearing among
neighbors. It will be his decision
whether permission is granted or
denied.
A spokesman for the group of
persons objecting to the long
dock said she felt if it had been a
floating dock it would not have
been so objectionable, but that
the tall pilings extending out from
the shore spoils the view when the
tide is out. There are no other
docks in the immediate area, the
other property owners using
buoys for their boats.
"We don't feel we have too
much chance of stopping tla~s
dock," said the spokesman of the
objectors, "but we hope to create
enough interest to stop others
from doing the same. The entire
view of our shoreline could be
ruined by pilings and docks." She
admitted that it was a nuisance to
be ferried out to the boats
fastened to buoys, but said that,
until now, everyone in the area
had been willing to forsake the
convenience of stepping from a
dock into their boats to maintain
the natural beauty of the shore. It
was reported that one close
neighbor was in favor of the
project.
If the permit is granted by
Col. Munson, the district
engineer, the case will be closed
and work may proceed as far as
the Corps is concerned. If the
permit is denied, the case will
automatically be reviewed by the
next higher authority, the division
engineer in Portland. If he, too,
denies the permit it will be
reviewed in Washington, D.C.
before the case is closed.
First PTA meeting
set for September 16
Representation of the
students on P.T.A. Board and
closer work on community
problems associated but not
necessarily centered on the schools
were mentioned.
An invitation was extended,
not only to parents, but to the
community for the September
16th meeting to be held in the
Belfair school multipurpose room
at 8 p.m. Mrs. Baldy reminds
everyone of coffee time at 7:30
before the meeting.
Nine new teachers to the
North Mason district along with
last year's teaching staff will be
introduced at the first P.T.A.
meeting of the 1971-1972 school
year, to be held Sept. 16.
Mrs. A1 Baldy, P.T.A.
President, will introduce her
committee chairmen and outline
programs for the coming
meetings.
"We are presenting something
new this year," stated Mrs. Baldy,
"I hope the community will be as
eager for its success as I am."
BEO
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EMILY MEYER of South Shore, who has served as Washington's USO-GSO
Queen the past year, is seen autographing a cast for a wounded serviceman at
Madigan Hospital during a tour last Thursday. (See Huckleberry Friend
column.)
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