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to words, "what
thinking about,
tom• study and
OUt."
S disastrous as would
of the Boeing Air-
State of Wash =
apparent admission
the defense of the
Alaska.
if not more
national reaction
reports that the
is vulnerable
Members of
National Guard
ate concerned with
review it calm-
best judgment
This nation's de-
principally on
United States
With little or no
Pearl Harbor.
foremost
The
the State of
its innumer-
and military in-
to the mill-
in the expected
either directly
from Asia
er over the North
is the most
invasion.
in the defense sys-
Continental Air
gen-
and net-
and warn-
the United
along our oc-
purpose of de-
if possible,
before it
Sixty per cent
Air Defense
dbility has been
Guard. i
Washir this:
largely with j
:tonal Guard,
the initial phase
through air in-
units and
control and
The federal
fulfilled its obli-
$13 for every
money that has
and main-
Na-
largely up to
P ERCY Y P ]0
6917 $ t: 86TF. AVE
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vet. LXIIINO. 40. Entered as second class matter at the post office SHELTON, -------...--v..WAl-ll(:Wn, --- jThursaa',
October
6,
1949.
at Shelton, Wash., under Act of March 3, 1879.
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NATIONAL NEWSPAPER WEEK GIVES JOURNAL
EXCUSE TO BECOME FRONT PAGE NEWS COPY
Survey
Of Skokomish
Erosion Made
A survey of erosion and flood
control problems along the Sko-
Jomish river was made last Fri-
day by a member of the U. S. Ar-
my Engineers, Seattle office, Ac-
companying him were county
commissioners and about 25 resi-
dents in the district.
TURBULENT TONS of water
streaming down the valley each
year into Hood Canal wash out
etch farm soil, eat into the banks
and devour pasture and crop
'lands along the river's rims.
Objective of the survey Friday
was to determine whether or not
there was justification for the
federal government to supply
flood control funds under the pro-
visions of existing emergency leg-
islation.
DAMAGE TO structm.es along
the river's edges was surveyed,
but the farmers emphasized the
more complete and irreparable
damage done through erosion of
the good earth.
Arthur'L. Ward, county engin-
eer, recalled that about eight
years ago the federal government
had conducted an extensive sur-
vey of the valley but that applica-
tion for funds with which to
launch conservation projects had
been turned down. In recent
months Congressman Russell
Mack revived the move which led
to the survey Friday.
SURVEYED WAS the area
along the river from the bridge
on Olympic Highway upstream
three miles.
"We hope to have a flood- con-
trol plan worked out by next
summer," said Engineer Ward,
"but we don't know about the
money."
oow..o00,.IAdditi0 no, oo. To City
State of Wash-
ilitary depart- RE ll • as l
w recog0000ed all-Hall I.€ Plann00n
plant--to say I v .www.l
;toWs other in-
niggardly and An addition to Shelton City Hall
in the interest is scheduled for the coming year
. The national to enlarge the fire and poltce de-
, zfter cm.efUl [ partments and to provide more of-
f • the problem nee space..
of Washing-
execu
branches of
to indtty
in the' de-
appropri-
Guard.
oney and effort
by major oil
quest for black
without
hunt is still
and Un-
to cx-
of oil in Kit-
hn. The two
their lease;
share 50/50 in
Whatever oil or
is a common
The geo-
done separate-
and the
The pro-
as Union Oil
Oil Company:
though Union
Five)
N MAKe
NORSBYp
EIIInor
Journal office
may cx-
each
now
Paramotmt
of (]us Graf
and The
tickets that
week to se-
will
Monday or
for your
& Tuesday:
GATSBY"
HE YUKON"
Monday a prelivninary survey of
the extension plans was given city
officials by Wohleb and Wohleb,
architectural firm in Olympia.
Bids for construction are sched-
uled to be opened November 1.
A total of $20,341.25 was pro-
vided in the budget for 1949 for
the addition, and this amount was
carried into the 1950 budget where
$25,000 is provided for its con-
struction.
The addition will provide for
increased space in the firemen's
quarters, and the police depart-
mcnt will have a strcct-lcvcl en-
trance.
01d Union School
Remodeling Begun
Remodeling of the old Union
school interior to serve as a com-
munion center has bone started
by volunteers working under direc-
tion of Ed Norling "Union school
director.
The old building, erected in the
1890'$, served as Union's fountain
of learning until the new school
was opened last year.
Hammer and crowbar experts
working with Norllng have torn
out old partitions preliminary to
building a stage and installing a
kitchen and rest rooms. The work
is being sponsored jointly by the
Union school board, the commun-
ity improvement club and tlc
wonlea's club.
Lud Andersen, well-known Union
baritone, has volunteered to render
some of the better-known classics
at the first program in the com-
munity hall.
SrrTIN,G.. 2 PORTRAITS
WHIPPING WORDD :ilrough editorial, ad-
vertising and business departments and into
indelible print in th• back shop plumb tuckers
out The Journal gang each week. Above is th•
12-member staff pictured just after a recent mid-
week deadline.
It took some encouragement to get the ever-
working printers out of the shop long enough
to have their pictures taken in a tribute to
them during National Newspaper Week October
2 to 8. They are always busy, either putting
paper together before press day or taking it
C-82 Cargo Plane
Crashes North Of
McCleary, 3 Dead
I
An air force C-82 "Flying Box- I
car" crashed into wooded hills' five
i
miles north of McCleary last
Thursday night, and three fliers
were killed,
MEN KILLED were identified
by McChord Field authorities as
Captain,, Burton A. Reeves of
Brownwood, Tex., 2nd Lt. Troy
V. Martin, Jr., of Orlando, Fla.,
and T/Sgt. Cleo Quarrels of Di-
boll, Tex.
Reported lmard flying low over
the Shelton area between 8:15 and
8:30 p.m. by several residents, the
huge plane crashed about 8:30
p.m. Thursday, ripping up large
trees and scattering wreckage ov-
er an area about 400 feet wide
and 600 feet long.
State forestry crews from the
Shelton Airport office and from
Olympia sped to the scene to con-
trol a fire started in tlm woods
item explosions.
AMONG TH(XE in Shelton who
heard the heavy plane was Mrs.
Hazel Tiffany, who called her son,
J. L. Tiffany, manager of Shelton
Air Service. Tiffany turned on the
airport's landing strip ligMs, but
the speeding plane had departed. I
The bodies of the fliers were l
removed Friday from the wreck-
age of the twin-engine plane.
I
DEWATTO TO BALD
POINT ROAD ALONG
HOOD CANAL ASKED
A proposal to open a county
road from Bald Point to Dewat-
to on the east side of Hood
Canal has been revived.
A group of. persons from the
Hood Canal district asked coun-
ty commissioners Monday to
establish the road that was first
proposed in 1928 when a petition
was filed witn county officials.
About a year and a half ago, a
general petttmn again was flied
asking for the road.
Arthur L. Ward, county en-
gineer, said that surveying work
for a oad from Bald Point to
Dewatto had ben completed 20
years ago, but construction had
never been started.
Jaycees Slate Dance
For Saturday Night i INDIAN SUMMER'S
Tie Jaycces are holding danc } WEATHER ENJOYED
for themselves and wiv s ann SE
sweethearts at Delight Park this DURING PTEMBER
Saturda night Chairman of tlm[ .... 's weal ....... o,
Y ' e LCnlul t...r iur oaar*',
informal affair is John Hoopcr._. p at of ti
toll was th e warm and
Clcu" Indian sunnner, reported the
weather observer aL Rayonicr In-
apart when the run I finished.
Above, front row left to right, are Russell
Stuck, printer; Mrs. Lodema Johnson, business
staff; Mrs. Ray Patrick, business staff; Miss
Frances Alger, society editor; Wiff Jessup, pub-
lisher, and Fred Verd, printer. In the second
row, left to right, are Delmar Cole, shop fore-
man; Bill Dickie, sports editor and advertising
manager; Jim Shrum, printer; Harry Bay, news
editor; Lew Ford, business manager, and Tom
Myers, printer. See Page 17 for additional pic-
tures and stories about The Journal's rural cor-
respondents. (Picture by Andrews.)
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.GRADUATION
PICTURE
• And Your
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PICTURE
AT THE SAME TIME. )
We Have Gap and Gown
For Your Convenience
AN AI'FOINTMEN'T TODAY AT
........ STUDIO
Ph'on¢ 152
corporated.
An early and unexpected frost
September 1Z did considerable
damage to gardens when the tem-
perature dropped to 31' degrees.
wlvo days of rain b|'ought the
month's total pc clPltatmn to 1.98
inches. ' r "
va..n]est daY ill Septonlber was
89 degrees on nc 6th. A late-
.tember heat wave SeDLember
?26tnd 27 eent t!m temperature up
to .82 degrces, breaking the rec-
'brd for tllose says. Average tem-
,perature duri1g the nlonLh was
73 degreeS.
WINS FOR YANKS
Tolnmy I!e".n.c!!, s )0me run as
s ttel tll the JaNt
fh't ba ' .... of tile ninth
gave the New York Yallkccs a 1
...... over Broom
to 0 victory• ....- ill the
first game of t!lc IB49. World Ser-
ies Wednesday n xanlice Stadium.
The shbrt scot'c:
R H,E
lSrooklya .................. 0 2 0
Ney York .:. ............... 1 5 l
....... lewcombe and Caln-
uaterws ......
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8c PER COPY; $3.50 PER YEAR
39 Blue Ribbons Brought
Home From State 4-H Fair
Canning Queen
NAMED CANNING Queen in
the 4-H division at the Puya-
lup Fair, Miss Elinore Brum-
baugh entered her canning ex-
hibits the following week in the
Yakima State Fair and gained
more high honors. At Puyallup
the Southside 4-H'er gained 15
blue ribbons, six reds and two
whites, while at the Yakima
Fair she won 12 blues and 1t
reds. Elinoe is 19 yc,rs old.
{ Picture courtesy S e a t t l c
Times.)
Recall Election In
Belfair Is Oct. 8
A recall election involving two
Belfair school board members will
bc held at Belfair this Saturday
from 12 noon until p.m. Citizcns
will have opportunity to vote 'on a
proposal to recall Rex. P. Crom;-
on, cler.k of the school board, titd
A. E. Bard, board chairman.
The recall movement began ear-
ly in the summer when the two
board members voted to dismiss
Burton Krcidler who was serving
as the Belfair school principal.
Crossen and Bard were charged
by the group that launched the
recall aetion with misfeasance and
alfeasance in office.
Mason county 4-H youngsters
who entered projects at the Yak-
ima State Fair Septei'nber 28 to
October 2 triumphantly brought
home 39 blue ribbons.
ALTIIOUGll coml)ctition" was
I(ee, the Icr;;l bny and girls e¢m-
sidered they did very well, Ell-
note Bmmba.ugh's 12 blues and
blues and 2 reds led tt tdlvld-
ual scoring. Their entries were
for canned foods. Elinorc is from
Southside, and Harriet is from
Cloquallum.
Other individuals awarde(I were
Della Adams, Dayton Aggies, 7
blues and 1 red in caroling; Jul-
iana Ruining of Southside, 7 blues
in (:anni)g; Arthur Miller of
Southsi(h,, 1 blue :t.11(t 2 reds in
bake(I foo(ls , Jimmy Millet' of
Southsidc, 3 reds in electrical t)ro -
jeers, an(I Bertht Matti}cws o1'
Cloqualhnn, 4 bhlca, 3 reds and 1
Wtfite in canning.
it()III)iI,E;,; I,IVANN of the Ivy
Climbers 4-1t club won a, blue rib-
bon for a. d)'esr; Jennie Mm.',l'.ae,
bhle in hotlle e{'OllOnlJt;, deITion-
:tration, tn(l Audrey B:tile.y, l)hte
in agricttltm'al demonstration.
The tlnee j[tdging tc;uuts that
went: to the Yaki;t}a Fair era'ned
a red ribbon and two white:. The
hollte c(:onoluics judging Leant
took t I'c([ awaI'(1. Tho lnclnbfq's
are (wen .]ohllson of Little
Egyl)t ehlb, Joan Sjohohn of Knit-
ten Kittens, an(l Dorothy itodgers
of tarnilche Tiu'cad and Needle.
Winning a white ribbon 'was the
dairy judging tcant consisting of
Roy Taylor of Ksmilche l';.ids,
l)ick F, colL aim Johnny MacI,a('
of D;-,ytt)zt Aggics. Also taking a
white )'il)b()r| WaS a ga)'den jn(Ig-
iny tca, m tnmle up of. fLog'or l:ieh-
err of Sl.;()komiM1 .JHili()l's, Coi11ic
Cowan of IAttle bSgypL, and l)ickie
l)()ak of Sliol¢omi:d Jtiniors.
"Tlllq YOIJN(I;STE|IS who en-
te)'ed are proud to have won the
awards for Ma:on county," sai(l
Andrew ['h'ui:wyR, cotmty a.gont.
A('ctmH):)nyirg the boy:; ;lnd
girl: to the state fair and helping
ttem with preparations were Mrs.
Ted Itichert, Mrs. I,awrcncc I-ai-
ley, Miss 1]'eac I)icdalue and
Krttiswyk.
Domestic Sew Machin00es00
HAVE EXTRA FEATURES
FOR
IF AS I ER, EASIER,
Rudy Werberger Named Head
Of Forest Festival In 1950
"Next year Mason county is go-
ing to have the beat Forest Fes-
t)wfl in history."
That's the statement of Presi-
dent Rudy Wet'berger, who for the
sixth year, consecutively has been
elected lea(l of the Mason County
Forest Festival Association.
AS PREMIDENT of the festival
group since the first show was
presented, Werberger has been one
of the thousands who witnessed
the annual event grow to such
proportions that it attracted visi-
tors and participants from all over
the Northwest.
Forest Festival trustees were
elected Monday night at an as-
sociation meeting, and the trus-
tees selected the officers at a ses-
sion Tuesday. Officers include
Harold Lakeburg, vice president,
and Joe Hansen, tzeasurer. The
ecretary has not been named.
JOE IIANSEN told members
Monday night that the financial
condition of the association wa
good. There is a sum of $2,838.23
credited to the group. It is the
amount left when the expenditures
were subtracted from the income
of the Festival given in May of
1949. The balance on hand o11,
January 1, 19 was $783.85.
In holding the annual meeting
in September rather than in Jan-
uary of 1950, the workhorses who
have spearheaded previous Fes-
tivals hope to get the program
underway much earlier in the
year and to era'oil more aid from
the residents in Mason county by
outlining general plans months be-
fore the event's presentation in
Festival Chief
RUD.'Y WERBRGER was
unanimously sleoted Tuesday as
president of the Mason County
F o r• st Festival Asooiation,
marking the sixth year in a row
that he has headed the gala
county-wide forest presentation.
May of 1950.
NAMED TO TIIE board of trus- Two areas Of land adjacent to
tees were R. 'W. Oltman, Hank Shelton's northern boundary were
ttadsell, Winston Scott, L. A. formally brought into the city with
Carlson and Mrs. Ethel Flatner, the passing ;o£ annexation ordin-
one year; Itarry Fortin, E. H. ances Tuesdar.afteroon.
Faubert, Roy Kimbel, Harry Car- The Capitol Hill district, an
lon and G. J. Rucker, two year-; area of about thtcc 40-acre sec-
S. W. l'ice, Rudy Werberger, Joe lions, and the Callanan addition
Hansen, Robert Trenckmann and on Mountain View were absorbcd
Oscar Levin, tln'ee years, into the Shelton community.
The exec.utive committee con- Because several Mt. View rcsi-
sbts of A1 Huerby, Roy Kimbcl, dents objected at a hearing Sep-
Hank Hadscll, Rudy Oltman and tember 27 to the inchtsion of Block
L. A. Carlson. They are scheduled ten ia the Callanan addition, the
to nicer at one o'clock next Tucs- block was excluded and the re-
day afternoon in Mentorial Hall. rosining 13 blocks were taken in,
Both on Capitol Hill and Mt.
View the problem of water sup-
Jack
" "tewart's ply, rates, and fire protection had
crept into the nnnexation mov,,-
Sporting Goods ...... . climaxed Tuemiay by the
city. council'• action.
Opening Friday 100 A00lts Attend
Shelton's first store dealing ex-
elusively in spot, trig goods and School Sign Up
athletic supplies opens this Fri- )
(lay at 119 North First street, p riod Co ti d
across the higitway from the e n nue
bowling alleys, bearing the name It's back to school for a, bout
oi' one of this community's best 100 adults in the community!
known sports figures, Jack Stew- Registration for adult night
art. classes at Irene S. Reed High
Name(t the Jack Stewart Sport- School climbed to 100 Monday
ing Goods Store, it will feature evening, and the registration will
complete lines, of fishing tackle, be continued until October 12, ac-
hunting equipment, and athletic cording to Grant Packard; direr-
supplies and will endeavor to cat'- for.
ry out a policy of provi(ling set'- Classes meet from 7 to 9"
vice unmatcltcd in this colnnum= ()'clock Monday or Wednesday
ity, the new proprietor promises, nights. They include woodworking,
Mr. Stewart has been a well-
sewing, textile design,, houselmld
known #ports figure "in Shelton art, typing, shorthand and natur-
since his lflgh scltool days, when alization on Mondays, and soft
he played tennis and baseball or metals) upholstery and bookkeep-
the Higlclimbers. Since then he ing.
has become i)rontinent as a bowl= l
er, golfer, and baseball umpire,
as well as baseball player, and for EMERGENCY LIGHT
tim paqt 3t years has managed
the sporting goods department at SERVICE IN LOCAL
(Contlnucd on Page 6) HOSPITAL SOUGHT
Emergency eleotrieal service
District Scouters ,.r shon G..era, .osp.a,
keynoted discumllon at the Sep-
Boost Troop Plans ,.mb.r meeting of the hospital
board,
Reorganization and expansion of Hospital authorities showed
Boy Scout troops in the Mason concern over the lapses of pow-
count:y district to include more er service that occur occasion-
boys is continuing, A district ally duriqg storms in winter
.,;coul.ers meeting was held in the months.
Meihodist Church Monday night M • m b ers of the executive
with about 15 leaders present, board, Harry Carlon, Harold
Archie Underwood, scout corn- Lakeburg and Lyle O'Dell, are
missioner, anti Everett Groves, lo- heading a committee to seek
cal scout executive, insist that means to provide eleetriolty for
many more boys (:an bc cared for the hospital durln0 p o s s I b 1 c
in existing troops, and that if the
need increases more troops can be emergencies. A report Is emhed-
ui•d to be given the hospital
formed, board at the October meeting.
Helping Lo organize the fall .............................................
scollthlg prog'ram in Mason coun- un _ . I I I
ty, Ralp]t Childs, Tumwater Coun- PARENTS OF SON
cil executive from Olympia, has Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Clary, Rt.
appealed to several sponsoring l
groups in Shelton. Tuesday eve-
ning he met with members of
Fred B. Wivcli Post 3Z, American
Legion, to help them reorganize
their unit, troop 25.
TOM MYERS SEATED
ODD FELLOWS HEAD
IN DISTRICT FOUR
Thomas C. Myers of Beverly
lleights, Shelton, was installed as
I)residenL of District 4, Independ-
B
ETTER SEWING c.t Order of Odd Fellows, at th•
66th semi-annual mc0ting in BU-
coda Saturday.
Buttonhole Worker Other officers seated in cere-
monies conducted by Past Presl-
....... ,t.--ijJ: dent ¼rnie Britt of Olympia, in-
" O clnde lvoy Tibbs of Centralia, vice
president; I)r. Fredrick L Peck O1'
Olympia, ecrctary, and Charlic L.
Collius of Shclton. treasurer•
II • .95 The :eion wss opened at8p.
II
' './;t ::: n. SaLurday in kOOktlllWJlUCk
'::!!: !:;:: .......
PLACE ORDERS NOW FOR CHRIsTMA DELIVERY •
Front the Several Models a)ld [:inihcs Available
EELLS&VALLEY P' '' '' "'
A ILIANCE CENIER
' 123 South 2rid ,'it, Htlone 334
L,." '
l.,(,dge with Mr. Morris giving the
ti mcmy mokes of )ewi.g mschimu welcome addre,ss, attd William tla-
lley, O[3qupLa, thc response. The i
next senzi-amnlal 'tneeLiug wa
scheduled in April iu thc local
I.O.O.F. lla!l.
• Attending fronl ShetLon were
Dclmar Cole, Mill Scliunmcher)
J. M. Dobson, T. J. Watt, Jordan
Clapper, Jatnes Frazier, Newcll
Ellison, Lioncl Leman, 'Gregory
Mabat'fey and C. I. Clll.
Two Areas Taken
Into Tuesday
1, Box 182B, are the parents of
a son born October 3 at the Clinic
Hospital.
FRESH GROUND
Governmental
Units Act On
1950 Budgets
Budget problems for 1950 high-
lighted city, county and P.U.D.
3 sessions during this week.
County commissioners held an
initial budget hearing Monday and
are continuing t h e meetings
through this week, while the City
of Shelton and P.U.D. 3 approved
their budgets by Tuesday.
ABOUT TEN interested persons
attended the city's budget hear-
ing Monday. Keynoting the dis-
eussion were Charle.s P uncres
and Winston Scott who expresed
belief that the tax rate could be
lowered without putting the city's
finances in the red.
The city's share of the taxes
collated amounts to 15 mills.
Commissioners said that because
Shelton has had increases in size
and augmented demands on the
existing facilities tim redtmtip in
the levy was not 'feasib{e'." ..........
REVLED MONDAY night at
the hearing and approved Tues-
2ay at the regular council meet-
ing, the city's budget f[r 1950
was established for $425,497.28.
Assessed valuation for the city is
set at $5,364,288.
The estimated budget for P.U.
D. 3 was approved Monday for
$525,698. Bond service obligations
and operating expenses are bal-
anced by the P.13.D.'s electrical
revenues and sinking funds. There
are no tax levies for the utility
for 1950.
Total valuation for P.U.D. 3
comes to $1,299,849.87 compared
to the valuation set for I)ecem-
ber of 1943, $458,000, During the
past six years the dollar growth
of the utility has amounted to
$771,849.87, the number of users
jumped from 2,550 to 4,700, and
tim kilowatt hours sold increased
from 6,042,942 to 17,859,497.
CLAUDE I)ANIEL$ON, ma.na-
ger of P.U.D. 3, said that one of
the biggest steps taken by the
utility in six years has been .the
permanent connection made with
the Bonneville Power Administra-
tion July 7 of this year. Three
new transformers at First and
Kneland streets have capacity
for 37,500 horsepower.
Mason cotlnty's 1950 budget
hearings, are continuing through
the week in order that the county
commissioners may trim their
current epense estimate of $164,-
750.29 down to $123,427.44, which
is the amount expected to be gain-
ed from revenues.
Assessed Valuation
Summary Reported
In preparin operntt" bndets
for the next year, public officials
Within the county depend upon
the valuation figures €o°din from
Lh,e office of Assessor • Vincent
Paul..
The total county vahmtion am-
ounts L:$11,251,988. Other valu-
ations were for P.U.D. 3, $10,300,-
006; Shelton Port District, $6,o
660,803; library, $5,886,725; City
of Shelton, $5,364,288.
Of the 19 school districts in Ma-
son county, the valuation of the
area covered by District 309 is the
higltest with $6,415,050,
A daughter was born Septem-
ber" 30 at Shelton General Itospi=
tal to Mr. and Mrs. Donn Nelsor
Airport Apt. Box 374.
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SAFE EDGED
GLASS'
E00ERS
THis Thursday - Friday
and Saturday Only
- at -
PREPI00S
STORE
2nd & Railroad
SAUSAGE ib 29=
PORK ....... •
FRESH SLICED
PORK LIVER .......... lb. 29¢
FRESH DRESSED
IS[EgiN STE00S ..lb. 49¢
:R0$bS00S" " :lb. S9 €
PRICES EEFECTIVE FR!. & SAT., OCT. 8TH & 9TH
• THE WESTERN MEAT CO. ts Indopendentl owned
and operated and is in no way ass0ctatcd wtth any
slaughter :house.
WE FEATUR7 STATE AND GOVERNMENT
INSPECTED.MEAT
WESTERN M
41,'1 RattP(d; ..........