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Percy M. Pie Bookbinding Co 6017 S. E. 86th Portland, Ore. 97216 \\; Shelton School Levy For Building Program Gets Approval Of Voters I) Voters in three Mason County voters next year for the con- year by a vote of 427 to 209, a School Districts approved special struction of four additional class- levies in voting here Tuesday. rooms at Mt. View school and &apos;The biggest issue, that of the development of athletic facilities Shelton School District for a one- on the property to be purchased year excess levy of about 19 mills with money from the levy ap- to raise $330,000 for the construc- proved Tuesday. tion of ten new elementary class- proved Tuesday. rooms to replace the present old The third step will be a pro- Bordeaux building and to pur- posal for a bond issue for the chase a site for proposed new construction of a new middle middle school, was approved school on the site for which the by a 67.18 per cent majority. The vote was 1203 in favor to 624 against. This is the first step in a three-year program of build- ing for the district. Plans cat! for another special levy to be submitted to the voters approved funds for the purchase Tuesday. Voters in the North Mason School District approved a special levy of about 10.8 mills to raise $71.000 for the mainte- nance and operation of the dis- triet during the current school percentage of 67.13. Hood Canal District voters ap- proved two special levies, one of about four mills to raise $21, 325 for maintenance and opera- tion during the current year and a second of about two mills to raise $11,000 to purchase a new school bus. The maintenance and opera- tion levy was approved by 67.47 per cent. with a vote of 222 to 107 wtfile the bus levy was ap- proved by a vote of 234 to 92. a majority of 71.77 per cent. Voters in the Island Lake. Spring Lake and Airport areas and Northcliff and Mt. View outside the city limits approved the formation of a fire district 104 to 54. Three members of the com- mission for the new fire district were elected also, Thomas Sav- age, 99 votes, William Dickie, 95 votes and Gerald Pyle. 93 votes. They will come up for election in the Nov. 7 general election again for terms of two, four and six years. The newly elected commission- ers of Fire District 11 will hold their first official meeting next Thursday evening, Sept. 28, at 7:30 p.m., at the home of Jerry Pyle, 1113 Northcliff Road. All residents of the fire district are urged to attend. 81st Year No. 38 Thursday, September 21. 1967 Published in "Christmas(own, U.S.A.", Shelton, Washington atered as second clas matter at the post office at Shelton. Washington 98524 under act of March 8. 1879 Publiahed at 227 West Coin. 22 Pages 2 Sections 10 Cents Per Copy ty Prepares Preli, WORKMEN for D-A Enter- prises, contractors for tile new building being erected at Sanderson Pield for Cer- tified Manufacturing Co., put the inside wall paneling on (above) as the building nears completion. The build- ing (left) will provide 14,400 square feet for the metal fabrication firm, which is presently ocrupying the large hangar at the airport. "nary Budget Commis- the task of from the vltri, )US l)alance expense budget for Was released anticipated and re- from var- of $594.112.62. Travis, Moore, Watson, Nelson Win the amoun! requested for exlra hell), $15.000. compared to $6.500. The prosecuting attorney's bud- gel request of $28.328 is Ul) from Ihc $24,870 al)propriated for the (fffice lasl year. The increase rel)resente(I requests for more fun(ls in several classificalions. The budget request from the Sul)erinlenden! ()f Schools aT $15 485. is $240 higher than his( year. The budget request for the Mason County Superior Court. at $26,125 is up from the $18.926 appropriated last year. The bulk of the increase sala- ries for judges, court reporters, and funds for a court apIxfinled attorneys. The request from the Juvenile Probation Office at $25,245 is about $9,000 higher than the $16, 425 alk)cated for the current year. Almost all of the increase is in requests for increased salaries and for funds to pay a courl commissioner. The budget request for the op- eration of the jail at $20,729 is up from the $18,213 aPi)roprmted last year. Other requests include agricul- turist $13.638; clerk. $17.808: garbage disposal, $14.910: jus- tice courl, $12.209. e Preliminary ',t:P'm'C°meSwith OCl.afrOre..City,, Gets Protest On Dance Noise I. The depart- "°Pria n last  The Shelton City Commission. by the Multi-Service Center in at its meeting Tuesday, received a letter from Mrs. A 1t, Good- win, objecting Io the dance held requests are new deputies Vehicle, ac- Ilk of the in- budget in- the asses- 'fOrtotheanCOm.ap. Guil#y Plea Given To Lincoln gymnasium hlst Fri- day evening. Mrs Goodwin. who lives in Increases for department b " Ulk of addi- of $67.- ,, Charge Of Assault fieht saull 111 an an]ended information filed by Prosecuting Attorney John C. Ragan. Judge Hewitt Henry, on a re- quest from Allen's court-appoint- ed attorney Gerry Alexander, Olyml)la, ordered a presentenc:e investigation before sentence Is t)assed. the vicinity of the building, ob- jected to the noise from the dance. The commission asked Police Chief Frank Rains to check into the complaint and also to send a copy of Mxs. Goodwin's letter to the Shelton School District. request last of $38,795. comes addi e- Piece, an equip- request from this year of the commis- 2f $ is Priation this lrease is in • Leonard Alien. 28, Shelton, accused of shooting DaITetl Mik- klethun. 24, Shelton. last Aug. 9. pleaded guilt5' to a charge of second degree assatflt in Mason County Superior Court Friday. The charge was reduced from the first to second degree as- Rains said his office had re- ceived a complaint from Mrs. Goodwm and one other call a- bout the noise from the dance. School Supt. Louis Grinnell said the Multi-Service group had had two (lances in the building. His office, he said, had received no complaints about the dances. Grinneil said a number of com- munity groups are allowed to use the gymnasium for their activi- ties. The commission asked Rains • A former Shelton mayor and the present incumbent will face each other in the Nov. 7 general election, as the result of the primary vote Tuesday, which saw two of four candidates eli- minated. Mayor Frank Travis, who out- polled all the others by a wide Dickie To Head UGN Fund Effort • With its second annual fund raising campaign less than two weeks off, Mason County United G(x)d Neighbor President Sel VanderWegen this week announc- ed the appointment of Bill Diek- ie as general chairman of the fund drive for 1967. Dkkic was co:chairman of/the activity last year with H. O, (Bud) Puhn, who this year heads the special gifts section of the fund campaign. Dickie will have two special assistants heading the county and city areas of campaign whose identities will be announced next week. At that limc. too, the several communi- ty fund raising chairmen will bc announced. The 1967 UGN will have a new participating organization added to the six from last year which return as repeat participants. The Children's Home Society, a state- wide organization devoted to helping unwed mothers, children and adoptive Imrents, has al)plic for and been accepted into mem- bership in the Mason County UGN this year. The repeaters are the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Exceptional Foresters, M a s o n County Kidney Foundation, Red Cross and Salvation Army. The 1967 Mason County UGN fund will be slightly over $18,000. Appointment of Mrs. Ada Olt- man as UGN activities coordina- tor was announced this week by UGN Treasurer Rocky Hembroff. Her activities will be mainly in the field of assisting the treasur- er. Other UGN officers are Dick Holland, vice president, and Katherine Van Ars(iale, secre- tary. Ferry Drydocking Delayed To Ocf. 9 • The departure of the Harstine Island Ferry for drydocking in Tacoma has been delayed from Monday to Oct. 9, the county engineer's office said Wednesday morning. to check into the complaints Tacoma Boat Building Co., and to ask those responsible for which does the work on the ferry, the dance to try .to keep the has exi)erienced difficulty with noise dow-n when another dance a vessel now in the dry dock Grape Harves÷ Due By End Of Monfh is held. and has advised the engineer's City Supervisor Pat Byrne told office it will not be able to take to the hot weather the past sum- mer. Minkler said the fruit looked good this year, with a high sugar content. Most of the vineyards in the area sell tbeir grapes on a you- pick basis. • Grape harvest in Mason County is expected to start about Sept. 28, about two weeks earlier than normal, Vic IVinkler, who has a vineyard on Pickering Passage, said this week, The early harvest is attributed the commission a problem in a the feITy tmUl Oct. 9. plat on Euclid St. had come up The ferry is expected to be in again. The problem, he said, is drydock from Oct. 9-13. that the plat on the ground is The scheduled trip to the dry- Opt the same as the plat on dock is the semi-annual Coast paper or in property discriptions. Guard Inspection and repair work on the terry. omm,ss,on, More School Contests Shape developed this L broker lig tO oppose  m . a lsO ha s contests for o s i distric  t lo 1  il  I a  D TM ha  announce d that  he d  not 0V, 7 general Several candidates have filed tions on the board with Phillip Micro, Ailyn Port Commission; intend to seek re-election. , t and port for the school board in the North Hardie and IV[. Bruce Fullmer W i 1 1 1 i a m Spooner, Grapeview Dr. Herbert Hergert has filed ,unh, as filings 1Vason District. The candidates filing for position 1 and Mrs. Fire District; Charles Bridges, for re-election to the board and Virginia Hicks for position 2. Donald Pogreba filed for re- election to the board. Other filings include Reuben include Mrs. Alma Jacobsen :3fi .'nl Fri. director district 1; Laurence Dut- aufitor's of- ton Jr., director district 2; Phyl- lis leyer, director district 4, Harstine School Board; H. E. Galen Burgess has filed for the Lockwood, Hoedsport Port C)m- position now held by Lester mission; Richard Gilbert, Allyn Spilseth, Fire District. Also with.no filings is the Ma- Toni Hanna, director district3; Nutt, Southside School Board; So far, no candidate has filed son County Hospital Commission. SVendell Harder, director district Waiter H. Carpenter, Hoodsport for one of the three positions The term of Richard Angle ex- 4. Kenneth Leatherman filed for Fire District; Marjorie Hell, open on the Shelton School pires this year and the seat held re-election in district 3. Grapeview Port Commission; Board. The incumbent in the by Robert: Holt is up for election The Grapeview School Board Ruth Probert, Pioneer school position, M, rs. Virginia Martig, for a two-year unexpired term. majority, will face former mayor Earl Moore. Travis defeated Moore in 1962 in a hotly contested race. In the voting Tuesday, Travis polled 702 votes to 287 for M(x)rc. 264 for Bernie Bailey and 249 for John W. Bennett. In the contest for commission- er of public works, challenger Glenn Watson polled 728 votes to 526 for incumbent Elroy Nelson and 224 for William Peele. Watson and Nelson will face each other in the Nov. 7 general election. In the vote for finance ecru- missioner, incumbent David T. Kneeland polled 1018 votes to 479 for Arnold Fox. The two will be on the ballot Protest Wilal again in the general election. Peele Files Coffee Hour Watso.} Qualifications Planned For • William R. Peele, defeated Public Works. do hereby contest as a candidate for city col]]nlls- the legality of the qualification School r pmneo-'e stoner of l)ublic works in the of Ghm Watson to either file or election Tuesday. early Wednes- be a candidate, for the same of- clay afternoon filed a i)rotesl rice on the grounds that he is • The Shelhm Chamber of Con> with Co u n ! y Auditor Ruth already disqualified under the mcrce is holding a coffee hour Boysen. protesting that Glen Untied States Constilution. vis for employees of sch(x)l dis- Walson. who led the three-man "Glen Watson is involved in tric|s in the county from 2:30- race for the office was disquali- pmvate enterl)rise in direcl con- 5 p.m. today in the PUD Audi- fled from running for the office fictwith the said United States t,)rium because of his business interests C(mstilution which l)r(hibils 'my involvin the rib. . .i i/di\\;'iduhi or corl)ra!iQn n'om Invitations have t)eer senl to In tl3e plarest Hled (vith Mrs. cnlerillK' ulm or" voting upon al|l'g/bool disiri(t.<CNamter Man- ager R. W. Oliman said. Cham- Boysen. he sa'id "I, Willim R. any issue which inv(flves l)Ublic ber of Commerce mere[mrs are Peele, a candidate for Shel(on funds 1o further his or her own • (Washington) Commissioner of interest". . also aske(i to attend if possible to get acquaiia'ied 'ith school - --- - . . - - -_ : - staff mem/)ers. THE WORLD'S only four-legged football player was snapped by the caxneraman during Shelton's game with Elma last Fri- day night, which the Highclimbers won, 21-7. The local gridmen play their first home game against a strong Castle Rock eleven Friday at 8 p.m. on Loop Field,