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I Weston
a former
went to
SUramer and is now
letter to the
'some of
to my friends,
d anyone
interested in my
leaving Shelton
happy, some
frightening.
ancouver, B.C.
I expected,
streamers flying,
from ship
until then I had
adventure to
thought, but I
disappeared
a few doubts.
ailes and 19 days
First I
those 19 days.
was violently
bunk I laid, so
to describe.
and
the p. O. lines
SChedule. July 4
and had a
sightseeing,
eating the
At midnight
Pago Pago,
from two
I enjoyed
thing by ships
the evening.
beautiful and
spent taking 8
lost of the time
beautiful."
Was equally as
:h the added
exotic Indian
their colorful
the duty free
fascinating to
N.Z. is
dress, manner,
the next three
as we were
C deck with
I had
join me in my
the Tasman
pier side to
promptly left
was to board
the next two
few days rest the
an antique
1. I
on the
have ever
return home
crossing
every minute
more than
have ever
Is. on the
and it was as
Cook would
the tropical
Toured
then took a
~itol of
salt, and
to man are
to Sydney
saw the
sheep
and
truly a
and still so
ways the
30 years
of these
struck me
groceries,
are very
as is real
household
about the
require
Americans
day living.
carpets,
and
SYstems are
don't have
heaters and
are
and if
are Small and
early 1960
is
homes do
however
to use them,
a lean-to type
strange.
Spring. When
Cold in the
so high it
to the
an
is placed
pad)
$18.50
why I
long.
time and
rny funny
experiences. Aug 12 I found a
lovely large room, and to share
conveniences, with a 79 year old
British lady, for $12. per week.
Moved in bag, baggage and my 3
big crates. That afternoon after
she discovered I was a nurse, she
decided to retrieve her 89 year
old brother home from a
convalescent home. He had
broken his hip some five months
ago. On arrival I decided he
weighed about 14 stone (or 196
lbs.) and was in bad need of
hospital care, but none the less I
decided to stay. When Mrs.
Brittain discovered I had an
electric blanket she informed me
if I was going to use that thing, it
would cost me another $1. per
wk. Each morning I was to get up
at 4:30 a.m. and upon me leaving
my night light on she really
flipped, and also said in the
morning I could take my cold
bath in the dark and henceforth I
could carry my own toilet paper
to and from my room. Needless
to say I terminated my stay the
next morning without my cold
bath or my toilet paper.
So back to my sponsors
friends for again room and board.
The next happening was a
little frightening. The second day
in Sydney I filed my papers with
the Australian Nursing
Registration Board, and on my
return from Queensland I was
informed my papers were either
lost or misplaced. This put a long
delay on my getting a nursing
position. My papers have been
located and I'm now working.
More on that subject later. While
still unemployed and President
Nixon was stabilizing the U.S.
dollar, the Australian Government
froze all foreign currency. I had
exactly $8 in my purse, and my
travelers checks were worthless.
As of now the U. S. dollar is
worth 85c, so I'm trying to live
on my wages. I get approximately
$45 a week, and my rent is $12 a
week. I find its possible to live on
this amount as I live only two
blocks from the hospital, so there
is no bus fares, and my meals are
furnished by hospital. I'm
working at Calvary Terminal
Hospital. This is very sad, but I
find it's a very vital part of
nursing and I like it. The hospital
is very new and modern, and
equal to American Hospitals.
I'm sharing a large old house
with four other girls, ages 17 to
22. We each have our own
bedroom, and share bathroom,
kitchen, and lounge room. They
are very congenial, and find it a
satisfactory arrangement. It is less
expensive and lonely than if I
were living alone.
As of yet I'm not homesick
and I manage to keep busy
sightseeing, working and fixing up
my room with my own things. I
feel like it is home - cozy, cute,
and comfortable. This week I
shall join the Australian Legion
for an occasional evening out to
play cards, pot luck dinners,
whatever they have to offer. Also
this week I shall seek out some of
the Aussie oil and china painting
teachers, as I do want to try some
of their talented teachers and pick
their brains so to speak.
Must admit that this country
all in all is wonderful,
undeveloped but with its own
magical charm. The people are so
friendly and down to earth. Their
charm warm and quaint, I'm glad
that I undertook this adventure,
but I'U be looking forward to
returning to good old U.S.A., my
friends and family.
Each letter I receive from
home is a celebration, so if there
are any in Shelton that would like
to write it will be an extra bonus.
I'm anxious to see the results this
letter might bring. My address is
Laurell Weston, 72 Rocky Point
Road, Kagarah N.J.W. Australia.
Sincerely,
Laurell Weston
NO MAN has ever been born a
Negro hater, a Jew hater, or any
other kind of hater. Nature
refuses to be involved in such
suicidal practices.
Harry Bridges
HISTORY IS simply a piece
of paper covered with print; the
main thing is still to make history,
not to write it.
Otto yon Bismarck
Don't worry, we oan fix
that windshield in a
hurry with a
ons
Constitutional services for the
Northside Baptist Church will be
held at the church, 123 W. "C"
street, Sept. 25 at 1 p.m. After
this time the church will no
longer be a Mission but will be a
duly organized Baptist Church,
affiliated with the Southern
Baptist Convention.
The Northside Baptist Mission
was founded in 1963 by the
Kitsap Lake Baptist Church of
Bremerton and has operated as a
Mission of that church since. For
more than two years, services
were held in the Seventh Day
Adventist school building in
Shelton.
Meanwhile, land was
purchased and a building was
started at the present location.
The first pastor, Rev. Ernest
Ormsbee came to the church from
the Trenton Ave. church in
Bremerton. Under the care or' the
Mother Church and Rev.
Ormsbee, the new-born mission
grew.
Rev. Mr. Ormsbee served as
pastor until August, 1966 when
he resigned to go to Kansas City
to finish his theological training.
Rev. Gerald Thornhill was
called as interim pastor and served
from August to November 1966
when he accepted a call to Sweet
Home, Ore.
Rev. Tom Harmonson from
Tacoma, who at this time was
pastor of the Allyn Mission,
which also was sponsored by the
Kitsap Lake Baptist church of
Faith Lutheran
Changes Hours
New worship hours have
begun at Faith Lutheran Church.
The early service is at 8 a.m. and
the main worship at 10 a.m.
These hours will continue
throughout the year without any
summer changes. The Parish
Education hour falls in between
at 9 a.m. Adults will meet in the
dining room above the Timber's
Restaurant for Bible study and
discussion. All are welcome to
attend.
Children will begin attending
new classes Sept. 29 which is
Rally Day. The Senior Choir will
also sing its first anthem of the
fall this Sunday.
Two retreats are being
planned for early October, for
adults and high school youth at
St. Andrew's House on Hood
Canal. Both will center about the
Christian Family and its life
together in the home and society.
All are welcome to worship at
Faith and join in its study and
fellowship.
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Guaranteed Windshield
at
3rd & Grove
"Where Your Windshield
is Guaranteed Not to Leak"
AIR FORCE CAPT. RICHARD LORD, right, formerly of
Shelton, is on an exchange appointment with the Central
Flying School, Royal Air Force, Little Rissington, England.
He is teaching pilots to become flying instructors. He was
recently awarded a Meritorious Services Medal for his work as
Flight Examiner at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. Here, he
is receiving the award from Group Capt. M. Adams at Little
Rissington. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Lord, live at
Shelton.
is
urch
ion
Bremerton, served both Allyn and
Shelton missions in 1967.
Rev. Travis Lawrence was
called, April 1968 and was here
about a year, when he resigned to
accept a call to Ukiah, California.
Early in 1969 associational
missionary, Rev. Gilbert Skaar
and fa.mily moved to Shelton and
made the Northside Baptist
Church their church home. This
family has worked hard to bring
remony
the church to its present strength.
Mrs. Greta Skaar has headed
the Woman's Missionary Union
Department in the state for
several years.
In January 1970 the present
pastor, Rev. Paul Butterfield was
called. Since coming to the
church, he and his wife, Emily,
have worked to bring the church
to its present state of maturity.
nca
Mrs. Romeo Conca, 505
South 16th, Shelton, has been
appointed by Governor Dan
Evans as one of a 47 member
temporary citizen Steering
Committee of the Human Affairs
Council to be chaired by
Secretary of State A. Ludlow
Kramer.
The Steering Committee has
been established to bring to the
Council a plan for citizen
participation, Governor Evans
said. Minority groups and
organized citizen groups are
represented on the committee.
However, Governor Evans
said. "We want to hear from the
citizen who is not presently
heavily involved in organized
activities."
The Human Affairs Council is
an executive cabinet that advises
the Governor, and creates and
coordinates government policy,
within the human affairs field.
The governor is Chairman of the
Council.
The 1 9-member Council
includes the State Attorney
General, Secretary of State, State
Land Commissioner, and
Superintendent of Public
Instruction.
Also seated on the cabinet are
the heads from fourteen state
agencies: Agriculture, Commerce
and Economic Development,
Council on Higher Education,
Ecology, Employment Security,
e Quotes
Residents of Elma, McCleary,
Montesano and Shelton are quoted
in an article in the October issue of
American Forests magazine,
marking the 25th anniversary of
the 100-year timber and forest
management contract between the
United States Forest Service and
the Simpson Timber Company,
unique in the history of American
forestry.
The contract, according to the
article, has contributed
substantially to the stability of
communities in the area.
The article was written by
Chapin Collins, former publisher
of the Montesano Vidette, who
was national director of the
American Forest Products
Industries in Washington, D.C.,
when Congress enacted the law
authorizing the contract. Collins is
a member of the Grays Harbor Port
Commission.
Collins quotes Ernest Teagle of
McClearv, Elma Merchants Blake
Huttula, William Rottle and
Lowell Eaton and Lawrence
Carlson, retired banker of Shelton,
as ascribing much of the
development of their communities
to this agreement.
The article says that when the
contract became effective in
1 946, McCleary, Elma,
Montesano and Shelton had six
financial institutions with
combined deposits of
$1 4,524,973 and loans of
$1,097,859. By the end of 1970,
there were 10 such institutions in
these communities with deposits
of $63,762,000 and loans of
$30,498,000.
Group
Highways, Human Rights
Commission, Labor and
Industries, Office of Economic
Opportunity, Office of Program
Planning and Fiscal Management,
Planning and Community Affairs,
Revenue, Social and Health
Services, and the State Board for
Community College Education.
The announcement was made
in July that the Council would
serve as an umbrella organization
for many citizen advisory groups
and that the Council sought
citizen participation in its efforts.
The appointment of a temporary
citizen steering committee is a
large step toward achieving that
participation, the Governor said.
The committee is expected to
present its report to the Governor
at a Council meeting early this
fall.
The purpose of the steering
committee is twofold: to assure
citizen participation in the
planning and implementation of a
mechanism for citizen
participation, and to initiate
citizen participation in present
Human Affairs Council activities.
The steering committee will
function on a short term basis
until the permanent mechanism is
established.
EVERYBODY ACTS not
only under external compulsion
but also in accordance with inner
necessity.
Albert Einstein
1817 Olympic Hwy. No.--- Mt. View
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For Appointment Call
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