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Instead of the regular editorial this week I am printing a
fantasy written by a teen-ager which originally appeared in
the "Tiger Tattler," a high school newspaper. A reader of the
Herald called it to my attention, believing it to be worth a
reprint in this paper. I agree. If just one local teen-ager reads
it and "gets the message," it will have served its purpose. "IN
LOVE WITH LIFE - or HOW IT WOULD BE IF I WERE
KILLED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT."
Agony claws my mind. I am a statistic.
When I first got here I felt very much alone. I was
overwhelmed with grief and I expected to find sympathy.
I found no sympathy. I saw only thousands of others
whose bodies were as badly mangled as mine. I was given a
number and placed in a category. The category was called
"Traffic Fatalities."
The day I died was an ordinary school day. How I wish I
had taken the bus! I remember how I wheedled the car out of
Morn. "Special favor," I pleaded. "All the kids drive."
When the 2:50 bell rang I threw my books in the locker. I
was free until 8:40 tomorrow morning! I ran to the parking
lot, excited at the thought of driving a car and being my own
boss. Free!
It doesn't matter how the accident happened. I was
goofing off, going too fast. Taking crazy chances. But I was
enjoying my freedom and having fun. The last thing I
remember was passing an old lady who seemed to be going
awfully slow. I heard a deafening crash and felt a terrific jolt.
Glass and steel flew everywhere. My whole body seemed to
be turning inside out. I heard myself scream.
Suddenly I awakened. It was very quiet. A police officer
was standing over me. Then I saw a doctor. My body was
mangled. I was saturated with blood. Pieces of jagged glass
were sticking out all over. Strange that I couldn't feel
anything.
Hey, don't pull that sheet over my head. I can't be dead.
I'm only 17. I've got a date tonight. I'm supposed to grow up
and have a wonderful life. I haven't lived yet. 1 can't be dead.
Later I was placed in a drawer. My folks had to identify
me. Why did they have to see me like this? Why did I have to
look at Mom's eyes when she faced the most terrible ordeal
of her life? Dad suddenly looked like an old man. He told the
man in charge, "Yes, he is our son."
The funeral was a wierd experience. I saw all my relatives
and friends walk toward the casket. They passed by, one by
one, and looked at me with the saddest eyes I've ever seen.
Some of my buddies were crying. A few of the girls touched
my hand as they walked away.
Please - somebody - wake me up! Get me out of here. I
can't bear to see my morn and dad so broken up. My
grandparents are so wracked with grief they can barely walk.
My brother and sister are like zombies. They move like
robots. In a daze. Everybody. No one can believe this. And I
can't believe it either.
Please don't bury me! I'm not dead! I have a lot of living
to do! I want to laugh and run again. I want to sing and
dance. Please don't put me in the ground.
I promise, if you give me just one more chance, God, 1"11
be the most careful driver in the whole world. All I want is
one more chance. PLEASE GOD. I'm only 17.
New officers installed
Installation of officers for the
Belfair Kiwanis was scheduled to
take place at Myrhe's in Port
Orchard September 22 in a joint
meeting with the Port Orchard
club.
Officers for the coming year,
who will assume duties October 1,
are: President, Ralph Lackey; 1st
V. Pres., Sven Gunnarson; 2nd V.
Pres., Kenneth Anderson;
Secretary, William Butler;
Treasurer, Harry "Pete" Peterson.
Board members are Frank
Springer, Harry Lohman, Francis
Cornell, Rev. Wendell Harder,
Lowell Gunselman and Guy
Brislawn.
Serving as president this past
year has been the Rev. Wendell
Harder.
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A section of the Shelton-Mason County Journal serving as the
voice of Belfair, Allyn, Grapeview, Tahuya, Mason Lake,
South Shore and North Shore.
Post Office Box 587, Belfair, Washington 98528
Telephone CR 5-6680
LOU DONNELL ............................. Editor
BARBARA NELSON .......... Advertising Representative
Published by Shelton Publishing, Inc., Post Office Box 430,
Shelton, Washington 98584; telephone 426-4412.
Subscription: $5.00 per year in Mason County; $6.00 per
year elsewhere.
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re-instated hot lunch p~og~am has i4ea beca~as~ o[ ir, e~ease(! Costs;in
not been supported as well as had
been hoped for according to
Superintendent Norm Sanders at
last week's School Board meeting.
Hot lunches were not served last
year in the schools because of
failure of a school levy but,
although they were not budgeted
in this year's successful levy vote,
it was decided to give them a
60-day trial period to see if the
program could be self-sustaining.
At the time of the School
Board meeting, school had been
open only four days and the
number of participating students
had varied from 197 to 240; a
high of 248 was reached a few
days later. This compares to an
average of 271 daily hot lunches
served when the program was in
effect two years ago.
School attendance is up just a
bit from last year, it was reported
by Sanders. School opened with
907 students as compared to 905
last year. There were 892 students
when school closed in June.
Consideration of moving
kindergarten classes from the
Belfair Elementary School
building, where conditions are
reportedly over-crowded, to the
old Allyn school building, was
Two local youths pleaded
guilty to charges stemming from
the robbery discovered Jan. 4 of
mail containing checks from
boxes in the Belfair Post Office
and received six month suspended
sentences in Magistrate Robert E.
Cooper's federal court in Tacoma.
The youths, Michael Lee
Valley of Allyn and Richard Lee
Squire of Belfair, were arrested in
June by a U. S. Postal Inspector
and a member of the Secret
Service. They were released the
following day on a personal
recognizance bond.
Theft of four specific checks
were named in the charges, which
had been reported taken from
Post Office boxes which had been
broken open in the Belfair Post
Office. The amounts of the U. S.
Treasury checks were $48,
$119.53, $64 and $126.70. The
checks were subsequently forged
and an attempt was made to cash
them.
The boys were tried
separately before the magistrate;
one on Sept. 2, the other on Sept.
9. Both received one year's
probation in addition to the
building heat and maintenance
and bussing, was heard in the
ensuing discussion and the Board
voted to table the discussion until
its special Sept. 23 meeting where
the preliminary budget for the
next year will be adopted. That
meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m.
in the High School library.
In other business:
-Nancy Miller, head of the
NM Citizens for Schools group,
said she had been unable to find
the personnel to provide a regular
volunteer teacher aide program in
the district, but that non-regular
help could be offered. Following
the report, the board hired an
aide to work in grades 1-3 for
three yours a day.
-Sanders reported that the
wage freeze would have the same
impact on North Mason teachers
as elsewhere, with educational
increments permitted, but no
other raises to be allowed. Those
educational increments would be
at last year's rate, rather than the
newly-adopted 1971-72 rate, he
observed.
-Sanders' attendance at the
Washington Association of School
Administrators' meeting in
Yakima Oct. 25-26 was approved.
suspended sentence and they were
ordered to make full restitution,
each paying half of the total
amount stolen.
According to a clerk of the
court, Squire pleaded guilty to
knowingly, without authority,
taking material from the U. S.
mail and opening it. Valley
pleaded guilty to knowingly,
without authority, willfully
obstructing and retarding passage
of mail by endorsing the
above-mentioned checks, which
were listed in the charge.
Sleepy driver has
one-car accident
Falling asleep at the wrong
time and wrong place was the
cause of a 2 a.m. accident just
300 feet north of Belfair on the
Old Belfair Highway Sept. 16.
karayne Ellis, 35, driver of the
'65 Rambler which left the
roadway while headed north, was
uninjured but her car damage was
estimated at $300.
a~Oxessed to'loath pa~p¢'t~ laxxt i_t
was decided more people in
Huckleberry Herald territory
would know the writer so we will
run it in the Herald.
Editor, Huckleberry Herald:
Just when I decided that I
would not renew my subscription,
along comes the recent two
papers with my favorite
Huckleberry Herald tucked inside
full of news of old friends that I
do remember. You see, that's one
of the reasons I wasn't going to
take the paper; so many new
people living in the community
now that I felt I'd seldom hear
about the old residents except for
an occasional obituary.
I was born and grew up in
Belfair and have been gone more
years than I'd care to mention.
I'm the former Kate Foster,
daughter of the late Lucy M.
Foster of Belfair. There was a
lump in my throat as I read they
had demolished the old Chalet
School and saw myself in the
picture of the stage with four
other• girls. Such memories it
brought back!
If you have room in the
Herald I'd like for you to mention
that my husband, Remer Barnes,
has retired from the Air Force
and at present we are living in
Florida. My dreams of true
retirement center around living in
the beautiful Pacific Northwest.
Nowhere is there beauty to
compare.
I am enjoying working in the
local hospital part-time as a
Registered Nurse.
We took a memorable trip this
summer with the first stop in
Denton, Texas to see our first
grandchild, Dawn Angela. Our
daughter, Pam. and her husband
left shortly after for Alaska where
Jim has accepted the position of
Junior High Coach at Eilson Air
Force Base.
After visiting many friends
and relatives in Texas, we drove
to Provo, Utah and spent a
fun-filled week with our oldest
daughter, Kathy. The main
highlight was attendih5 Kathy's
graduation from Brigham Young
University. She received her
Bachelor's degree in business and
is now teaching high school in
Dugway, Utah.
We have four youngsters in
school here with another little
fellow who keeps wishing he were
old enough. True retirement ts a
long way off.
Enclosed is a check for $6 for
this coming year's subscription.
Will be looking forward to the
paper each week.
Mrs. Remer Barnes
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One member of the audience
stated that there should be some
law to stop an outlandish building
or someone from building a spite
building in front of another's
property. Commissioner
Goodpaster was very firm in his
denial of this request. The same
type of building does not appeal
to everyone and he felt it would
be infringing on an individual's
rights to tell him what style house
he should build.
Is there anything in the
ordinance to protect a person's
view? Is there anything to prevent
people in secluded spots at
surrounding lakes from installing
glaring mercury lights which
reflect brightly across the lake on
other people's property who
prefer darkness so they can
observe the stars? The answer was
"no" to both.
Some time was devoted to
discussing what should or
shouldn't be allowed as a "home
business" in a strictly residential
at z0nmg
area.
One rule which will go into
effect when the zoning ordinance
is adopted seemed to bother one
member of the audience. This is
the law which states that if you
already own a lot before the
ordinance goes into effect, that
you can build on it even if it does
not meet the new minimum lot
size requirements. But if you own
two such lots adjoining each
other, that you must put them
together to form one lot big
enough to pass minimum lot
requirements; you cannot build
on both.nor can you divide the
combined property and sell one
half as a separate lot.
One owner of waterfront
property thought there should be
a separate zone for waterfront.
"Only a millionaire can afford a
1000 sq. ft. waterfront lot," she
declared. Connolly told her that
tidelands would be included in
the footage. One member of the
audience said most waterfront
had already been divided and sold
meeting
anyway, so the grandfather clause
would cover them and they could
be under the minimum lot size
required in the future.
Another meeting is scheduled
for next Monday night at Hood
Canal Junior High School to hear
suggestions from that end of the
Canal.
Editor's note: I would say
almost everyone at last Monday's
meeting had "done their
homework" and came prepared
with questions and suggestions
which they had formed ahead of
time while reading the ordinance.
REWARD OFFERED
A $25 reward is being offered
for information about the theft of
a Stevens-Springfield double
barrelled shotgun from a Jeep
parked in front of Belfair Tavern
around 10 p.m. September 16.
Michael Dursteler filed the
complaint in the Sheriff's Belfair
office and offered the reward for
information leading to the return
of the gun.
The MBC Club met Friday the
lOth with a big turnout for fall.
Elections of officers for the
coming year dominated the two
hour session. The new President,
Sven Gunnarson (or should we
say Sven Gunnarson Roosevelt,
since he is a third termer); Vice
President, Mr. Fricki; Secretary,
Linda Malinowski; treasurer, Pat
Lewis and three new trustees,
Willard Lloyd, Don Welch and
Pete Peterson. Congratulations!
Remember the Salmon Bake
last month? .Well, Dolores Zingier
wants to thank the hard-working
committee heads and every one
who helped with the dinner and
dance. Incidentally, 17 of those
delicious fish were donated by
Mr. and Mrs. Hendricks and Mr.
and Mrs. Forbes. That's a lot of
fish! The club bought 250 !bs.
and most of that sold during the
afternoon and the rest by the
pound later.
The club is sporting 100 new
chairs to make the members
comfortable. They sure are easier
on hose than the benches! A new
furnace is also ready to "be
installed, and up to 40 solid core
doors ordered to make tables out
of. We are going to be
comfortable this winter... Lots
of fun things are being planned
for the next year, including
dances, card games, game nights
and potlucks. Sounds like a lot of
good times in store for everyone
in the coming twelve months.
To start the year off,
September 25th is the Birthday
dance of the month. If you had a
birthday this month, come along
and celebrate. It is free, just bring
your own food and refreshments.
Birthday cake and coffee is
furnished and everyone is urged
to attend these monthly dances.
October is a full month.
October 8th is the monthly
meeting of the MBC club. Oct.
23rd is Pinochle night with prizes
and a potluck dinner to start off
the evening. October 30th is the
big one. Get out your costumes or
think of a crazy new one.
Birthdays for Oct. will be
celebrated at this time too. A
spaghetti dinner at midnight will
cap the evening. Prizes for best
costumes will be awarded too.
Don't miss it.
Don't forget dues are due. It
is only $10 a year for anyone
owning property on Mason or
Benson Lakes. Where else can you
get so much for your money?
Tragedy stalked Harry Evan's
family last month. His older sister
had major surgery in Texas, and
developed serious complications.
His 38-year-old sister in Virginia
had a brain hemmorage and
passed away. Harry's mother then
had a coronary brought on by the
worry. Harry and Fern flew to
Washington and then on to
Virginia to the funeral of his
sister. His mother is doing better
now and his oldest sister is
recovering from her surgery.
When they returned home Fern
had a birthday so, to unwind and
celebrate, they flew to Las Vegas
for a few hours of relaxation.
Their daughter Katherine
works at SeaTac Airport and
when they returned from Las
Vegas, she took Fern up in the
tower at SeaTac and they
watched the planes take off and
land. Katherine is learning to fly
too and will get her license before
long.
Sadness on the lake. Frank
Johnson of Seattle and Mason
Lake passed away the week of the
15th. He has had property on the
lake for many years. He has a son
and daughter-in-law, Dick and
Judy, who are permanent
residents on Mason Lake and a
son Bill and family who live at
Lakeland Village at Allyn. Mr.
Johnson was always so helpful in
teaching local people how to
water ski. Always ready and
willing if anyone needed help.
Our deepest sympathy to his wife
and family.
Lady, Donna and Jack
Harris's big black poodle, was hit
by a car recently. She will be
alright but this is the second
poodle they have had. The first
one was killed by a car a couple
of years ago.
We have always had a lot of
tame ducks at Mason Lake; many
of us feed them in the winter and
they are very tame. Three years
ago during the long snow and icy
weather we begged for food for-
them from everywhere. I received
a very sorrowful letter from a
Seattle resident about the ducks.
"Let them die", he said "that's
what caused Green Lake to
become polluted". Well, 1 hope
this year is not a winter of ice and
snow for long periods of time
because we really have the
ducks at our end this year.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Thompson, former residents of
Allyn, were entertained by Mrs.
Thelma Estler of Benson Lake last
week.
Dan Sayan celebrated his 18th
birthday with a full course turkey
dinner at Tom Brokaws' last
week. Nine friends and Tom
pooled their talents and cooked
the dinner. Even pumpkin pie
(which Dan made the crust for)
topped off the meal. A budding
bunch of cooks we have around
here! Congratulations, Dan.
College is beginning this week
and several young people from
our Lakes will be attending
college for the first time and some
for their 2nd and 3rd year.
Maxine Gunnarson is rattling
around the house since both of
their girls are attending
Washington State College at
Pullman this year. Dolores Cox is
another lonesome housewife since
Debbie is joining Don at Central
Washington College at Ellensburg.
Craig Tipple is also attending
Central Washington. Mark Moore
is attending the U in Seattle (he
should be the envy of all the boys,
he's to work in the kitchen at the
Girls Dorm) and Dan Sayan starts
the new Evergreen College in
Olympia. Good luck, everyone!
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Oelima Albert
Mrs. Delima Rose Albert, 63,
of Newkirk Road north of Belfair,
died September 15 in Fitchburg,
Mass. where she had been visiting
relatives.
Funeral services were held last
Saturday at Our Lady Star of the
Sea Catholic Church in Bremerton
following a rosary Friday evening
at Miller-Woodlawn Funeral
Home.
She was born Jan. 18, 1908,
in Abaujagne, N.B., Canada.
Mrs. Albert grew up and
c~ath ia~ ~ay ot tlnis ~mut': "t3xe
family lived in Keene, 1,1.1-I., until
1958, when they came to
Tacoma. They moved to Belfair in
1960, which had been their home
since. Mrs. Albert was a cook at
the Belfair Cafe and Belfair
Thriftway Store.
Mrs. Albert was an active
member of Our Lady Star of the
Sea Catholic Church.
Survivors include three
daughters, Mrs. Leo (Rachel)
Novelli of Overton, Ney., Mrs.
Edward (Jeannette) Smith of
Seabeck and Mrs. Allan (Rita)
Kadra of Belfair; three brothers,
Emile Leger of Simi, Calif., and
Alphee and Joseph Leger, both of
Fitchburg; four sisters, Mrs.
Napoleon (Alma) Brodeurand and
Mrs. Carl (Albertine) McKenney,
both of Fitchburg, Mrs. Henry
(Eva) Boucher of Townsend,
Mass., and Mrs. Edgar (Evelyn)
LeBlanc of Leominster, Mass.;
and seven grandchildren.
Interment was at Woodlawn
Memorial Park.
By LENNIA CATES --CR 5-2245
Opening of grouse season
found quite a few plowing
through the heavy underbrush
with fair results. One fellow said
he saw the largest bear he'd ever
seen up at Buck Lake, so he
didn't spend much time in that
popular area.
The Ellisons, Bill and Doris,
and Ray Hite hit the Hoodsport
area last week with Bill and Doris
picking up one 30 pounder and
two 24 pounders. Ray lost a good
sized one (sound familiar?)
That same day with the fog
thick as pea soup, we fished the
area from Sandy's Resort all the
way to James Point, and yours
truly finally limited on small
silvers - at an unbelievable depth.
One was caught using 4 ounce
lead, one with 6 ounces and the
other with a "pink lady"!!
Past experience has dictated
using light lead for silvers when
using plug herring and Cohos have
always been good along with your
U-2 flatfish, so this business of
fishing deep and catching silvers
have us scratching our heads this
year.
At James Point six huge Kings
were swimming in pairs just below
the surface and we circled the
area trying everything but the
tackle box itself to get them to
hit, but "no luck!"
Incidentally, it's the same old
s t o ry - the smallest silver I
caught had gill net marks on it!
Bob Sills has fried for the
position of Director of District
No. l, and should do an excellent
job if representing our area.
Bob has had considerable
experience in school affairs and
was most recently Campus Service
Director at Seattle Community
We want to thank Ted Blair
for his many years of dedication
to the job, and to express our
thanks to Bob for his interest in
filling Ted's shoes.
I see where fifty years ago the
town Marshall of Zillah,
Washington had asked the
Secretary of State whether
women could wear men's
trousers. He complained that girls
donned men's clothes to work on
ranches during the fruit season and
failed to change back to girl's
clothing.
Hillyer felt it made it hard to
tell the ,girls [ram the boys,
doubling his duties as a marshall.
It's fifty years later and???
College.
CAR RECOVERED
A 1965 Mercury station
wagon reported stolen to the
Belfair Sheriff's office last June
was recovered last week by
deputies from a secluded spot off
the ML~on Creek Road where it
evidently had been abandoned in
June. It was first discovered by
the owner of the property who
had come to the area to check his
land. The car belongs to Jim
Collier of Belfair.
CAKE DECORATING
The Office of Extended
Education for Peninsula Public
Schools announces a special class
in Cake Decoration to be held at
the Peninsula Lutheran Church.
This class will meet Tuesday
mornings from l0 to 12:30
beginning October 5 for six
weeks. Child care will be available
at a nominal fee for those who
need it at St. Johns Episcopal
Church.
OUTBOARD STOLEN
An 80 h.p. Mercury outboard
motor, white in color, was
reported stolen [rom a home near
Treasure Island on Sept. 13
according to a report from the
Sheriff's Belfair office.
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