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October 2, 1975     Shelton Mason County Journal
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Grossenbacher Bros. Inc, 614 N. W. 6th Ave, Portlamd, Ore. 97209 @ @ How large a part does government play in the financial affairs of Mason County residents7 How much of their personal income comes from governmental agencies - federal, state and local - via salaries and wages, social security, unemployment insurance, pensions, welfare payments and the like7 According to the latest statistics, a larger portion of personal income comes from such sources than ever before. To a large extent it is attributed to the recession, which has led to a great outpouring of public funds in an effort to turn the economy around and assist those who are most seriously affected by it. In Mason County, it is estimated, based upon an updating of the latest statewide figures, about 36 cents out of each dollar of personal income comes from government sources. In the past year it amounted to approximately $34,200,000 after taxes. Of the 36 cents, it is calculated, some 22 cents is from the federal government and 14 cents from the state and local governments. The range, in other parts of the country, is from a low of 22 cents, in Connecticut, to a high of 62 cents in the District of Columbia, where there is a high concentration of federal employees. Nationally, the average is 29 cents. The findings are based upon reports from the Department of Commerce, the Tax Foundation and others. During the past year, the figures show, some $345 billion was disbursed to individuals in the United States by the various levels of government. Nearly half of it was for pensions, social security, food stamps, health insurance benefits and such, technically called "transfer payments," for which no services were being rendered. In general, these transfer payments produced about $1 out of every $7 of personal income. Thursday, October 2, 1975 Eighty-ninth Year - Number 40 5 Sections - 44 Pages 15 Cents Per Copy mm fi af from birth, Itly received will BIC BUI AND HIS WIFE, HAIN, are pictured on the lawn of their Shelton home with their young son, Bou, and his baby brother, Yon. @ By JAN DANFORD The enchantment of a strange land, the learning of new customs and the comparative security' offered by dedicated local sponsors has lessened to a great extent the trauma endured by transplanted Vietnamese. For some the adjustment is a difficult one. For others, such as the Bui family, Shelton is a veritable paradise and its people are angels. To Thi Bui, a lovely young woman deaf and dumb from birth, a miracle has happened. A few months after her arrival in the United States in early September, she received a hearing aid and for the first time experienced the joys of sound. She now works with a therapist that she may learn to speak. Her overwhelming delight in newfound hearing is shared by her family, a close-knit group crowded into a too-small house to avoid separation. "We don't care what sort of place we live in," says Minh Bui, the only English speaking member of the family, "as long as we can be together." Bic Bui and his wife, Hain, with their little boy named Bou and their baby called Von, are, officially, the host and hostess of the Shelton home where Thi and Mi!~h, Bic Bui's sisters, have also come to stay. The elder Mr. and Mrs. Bui have joined the Sheiton household and also in residence are cousins, Snow and Twan. Twan can neither hear nor speak. Minh Bui, beautiful and tiny, declares she's considered to be a big girl in her native land. She stands five feet and four inches tall while the average height of her countrywomen is less than five feet. She weighs a slender 95 pounds and finds a size 5 too large for her. "We must make our clothing," she laughs, "unless we wish to wear children's garments!" When the Vietnamese family entered the United States approximately five months ago they were quartered in Camp Pendleton for 90 days. "We lived in tents," Minh relates, "with 16 people in each tent. "I lost four pounds," she adds, "but others gained weight. Fish was the mainstay of our diet at home, and in Camp Pendleton, of course, we ate mostly American food although they tried very hard to feed us in such a manner that we would be happy. "Now," she continues, "we all enjoy American foods, but they are much more fattening than those to which we are accustomed. We cook many ditterent foods now, but we like most of all fresh vegetables." Mirth Bui was employed in Vietnam as a secretary for Shell Oil Company. She learned English in high school and she is at ease in the use and the understanding of our language. "When I have difficulties," she laughs, "I talk with my hands." MINH BUI poses with her parents. From Camp Pendleton the Bui family was sent to Olympia. There they were split into two groups, one of which remained in Olympia while the other came to Shelton. In August the deep loneliness of strangers in a foreign land brought them all together beneath a happy Sheiton roof as local sponsors and Olympia sponsors work together to guide and assist the newcomers to our community. Minh Bui, whose charm and beauty and poise far overbalance her unfamiliarity with American ways, hopes to find employment as a secretary or as a receptionist. Non-Indian commercial fishermen who have moved into the Hood Canal area have curtailed the amount of fish the Skokomish Indians have been able to catch and have had local and state law enforcement officials keeping an eye on the area. An incident last Thursday night in which an Indian reported to the Mason County Sheriff's Office that a gun had been pointed at Mm by a commercial fisherman has kept local law enforcement officials in the area mote hcav;ly than usual. The~,,~te opened ti~ area to purse sell, ors Moniay's and Thursdays and a number have been in the area to take advantage of the opening. A sbefiff's office spokesman said 36 purse seiners were observed last Thursday and 12 were observed Monday. In addition, sheriff's officers, state troopers and state fisheries officers have also been in the area more heavily than usual. The purse seiners are allowed to fish during the day the two days they are allowed in. Gill netters are allowed to fish at night. According to Gary Peterson, tribal manager of the Skokomish Tribe, the presence of non-lndian commercial fishermen in the area has really hurt the catch by local Indian fishermen. Most of them don't bother to go out any more, he commented. Peterson said it doesn't appear the state is able to control the non-lndlan fishermen, and they have been fishing illegally in some instances. There have also been some non-Indian gill netters in the area at night when gill netting is allowed, Peterson said. The local Indian fishermen use mostly gill nets but have smaller boats and nets than the non-Indians who have been coming in. Peterson said this is the first Lyle Alan Venard, 24, P.O. Box 242, Belfair, was killed shortly before 7 p.m. Sunday when the motorcycle he was riding left the roadway on the North Shore Road. The Washington State Patrol, which investigated the accident, said he was riding the motorcycle westbound on the North Shore Road when the motorcycle left the roadway and turned over, throwing the young man from the cycle. He died at the scene about 6:40 p.m., the patrol said. The accident occurred about seven miles from Belfair on the North Shore Road. He was born December 31, 1950 in Bremerton and had attended North Mason schools where he was a four-year letterman in track and a three-year letterman in football. He was the 100-yard dash Class A State Champion in 1970 time for many years the state has opened this area to purse seiners. Peterson said the Skokomish Tribe is very concerned about what is happening, not only about the low fish catch by tribal members, but also about the effect on the number of fish which will get to the hatcheries and rivers to spawn. The Skokomish Tribe, in conjunction with two other tribes to the north, had set up what they thought was an orderly fishery in the canal with similar regulations by all three tribes. The opening of the area by the state and the arrival of non-Indian commercial fishermen has upset all this planning, Peterson said. and his time of 9.9 seconds still stands as a school record. Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Belfair Baptist Church with Reverend Robert Vahey officiating and Batstone Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Burial was in the Belfair Cemetery. Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William P. Venard, Belfair; paternal grandfather, George C. Venard, Vallejo, California; two aunts, Mrs. Alice Tonge, Bremerton, and Mrs. Vonnie Labor, Rapid City, South Dakota; and two uncles, George Venard Jr., Bremerton, and Joseph LaMay, Alliance, Nebraska. Youth is arrested on burglary char, Shelton police said last week a 17-year-old visitor to Shelton from Wisconsin was arrested on burglary charges after officers answering an alarm found him in a business building in the city. Officers said they answered an alarm to Saeger Motor Shop in the early morning hours last Thursday and found the youth hiding in the building. Officers said the alarm was received at 12:31 a.m. last Thursday and that within four minutes they had surrounded the building and had the youth in custody. Other than the damage caused by the entry into the building, it is believed there was no monetary loss, officers said. The Shelton High School ~: je drama department wilt present a world .premiere of Ellen Duernling's original adaptation of the classical fairy tale, "Beauty and the Beast" October 6-8 at the high school auditorium. The play will be performed in the Shelton High School auditorium for Mt. View, Bordeaux, Evergreen, Southside, Pioneer, Hood Canal and Grapeview schools at 1 p.m. from October 6-8. The public performance will be October 7 at 7:30 p.m. Ellen, a senior, has won awards for her writing endeavors, including first place in Washington State and Pacific Northwest Music Club Music Week Essay Contest and second place in Voice of Democracy. Ellen wrote "Beauty and the Beast" as a creative writing assignment in her Junior English class. The drama department students read the play and accepted it for a fall presentation. This year's drama class has many new performers. Among them are Kathie Gates and Keli Smith, who will be sharing the lead role as Laurel, a sweet and (Please turn to page two.) KELLI SMITH portrays Laurel and Kevin Mercer the prince in this scene from The Beauty and the Beast, which will be presented by the Shelton High School Drama Department to elementary school youngsters and in a public performance at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the high school auditorium.