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October 9, 1975     Shelton Mason County Journal
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By Guest Editor: Louise Spooner IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIilIIII the good fortune to spend a day with Lou Donnell as paper, one visit we made was to interview Bill Morgan ! Fire Department. This was interesting enough in itself, recollections of Allyn besides. my residence, has been a neighboring community to We used to make occasional trips there, generally remember centered around the church or the school. In others in Allyn for those. More interesting were and community fair at Allyn, with picnic, races, work and a program that included a Maypole dance. again living in Grapeview, my sister and I along with the other ninth and tenth graders We generally walked the three and a half miles passing beautiful scenery on our way. it's of interest to our area to hear of Wes Stock, for the Oakland Athletics. I wonder how many people is a traditional sport in Ailyn. In the 1930's games for vacation fun, sometimes with players who were on during the school year. Incidentally, several of these Stock family, baseball being a family heritage for one. start in the thirties. Back in the twenties, baseball was Allyn. On weekends through a long season there were either grouped for the occasion - school against against a visiting team from another community. the Sherwood Creek bridge was located farther near the mouth of the creek, with no houses around, a provided a suitable ballfield, and here the games were made excellent bleachers. The road did cross the and once in awhile a car came by, paused until a good and then proceeded while the players waited. I think back on those days without remembering one lar players whose home runs we cheered with great By LENNIA CATES --CR 5-2245 get through in Week. I said, dog stories for a happens? Jeanne excitedly last asking if they'd t dogs the week know. Well, her place tired she had him When she number on the and the there was no of the same. ,~r call to the a return call Me Lean, who party AM for They were Ridge and -=w where the d up the dog its owner. group had killed meeting was last week and given the explore the was from Midwest, the Coast. Well, off (if you after waiting in the AM we for supplies. while taking tic knocking on Headed in to check door to find Pacing back They the other was banging on the back door. Have always found it hard to be in two places at one time and this was no exception. To make a long story short, we opened the pumps, they got their gas and I got a lot of thank yous and a dollar tip. Then, when putting stuff away in the store, a couple came to the door and again I opened up for them. This ended in a very nice visit with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Jenner. He noticed some editorial clippings from the Shelton-Mason County Journal I had tacked up on the cash register and, come to find out, he is employed by none other than the Shelton-Mason County Journal's advertising department. Don't forget, deer hunting season opens Saturday. If a hunter, be careful. If one of the hunted - ditto. Another reminder. Sunday School classes every Sunday now at St. Nicholas Church, 11 : 15 a.m. Reminds me of :the woman whose friend had peaches and pears growing in her yard. One day her little girl came in the house and her mother asked what she was eating. She answered, "Well, I was eating preachers but now I'm eating prayers." Garden club to meet Evergreen Garden Club will meet Oct. 9 at the home of Mrs. William Meyer. Mrs. J'ack Achttien will be co-hostess. ISPLAY of macrame materials in her new ts from Cathy, located across from Belfair Smith, Belfair's newest businesswoman- Belfair Fire District orders new emergency ambulance A new emergency ambulance for the Belfair Fire District was ordered by the district commissioners Oct. 2 at a special meeting held to award a contract following an earlier bid-opening date. Awarded the contract was Sheller-Globe Corporation, Superior Division, for a Superior 61-M steel-bodied modular-type ambulance on a Ford chassis, for a cost of $19,735 plus tax. Delivery is expected in about 60 days. A fund drive has been conducted in the Belfair-Tahuya areas since early summer by the volunteers of the Belfair Fire Department and approximately $1 2,000 has been collected towards purchase of the new vehicle. The present ambulance is considered too small, with no storage space for much of the equipmenL needed to offer the best emergency medical service and barely enough room for more than one patient at a time. Money donated or earned through several money-making projects has been held in a trust fund in the Mason County treasurer's office, set aside for purchase of a new ambulance. The commissioners of the fire district have voted to pay the balance not collected in the drive and it is expected that the district will pay about half of the total cost by the time the ambulance is outfitted with new equipment. Purchase of a modular-type ambulance will allow the district to replace only the Ford chassis when it wears out instead of having to buy a completely new ambulance. The ambulance contains many compartments, both inside and outside, for storage of special equipment such as oxygen cylinders, drugs, backboards, extrication tools, etc. The Belfair Fire Department has eight EMTs (emergency medical technicians) and 11 volunteers with advanced first aid training who serve as attendants on aid calls. Four persons are enrolled in EMT classes at present. By CASEY CAUGHIE Offense seemed to be troubled for North Mason as Charles Wright of Tacoma carried out an 8-6 victory over the Bulldogs last Friday night. "Charles Wright played a good game," said North Mason Coach Phil Pugh, "They were very effective running the outside." The Tacoma Terriers put together 248 yards and seven first downs, out-distancing NM's 159 yards and five first downs. The first score was made by NM in the second quarter when quarterback Dave Hope connected a nine-yard pass to Craig Bishop. Early in the second half Charles Wright came back to make the deciding points. Rick Johnson rambled through four yards for the TD. On the conversion Tony Haertal picked off Judd Gray's pass for two points. Bob Miller led the Bulldogs in rushing, pulling out 57 yards in nine carries. CW had Rick Johnson running for 79 yards and Mark McCain taking 50 yards. It was once more their inconsistency that Coach Pugh commented on, "We have to work on our offense. It's just too INCONSISTENT." Charles Wright remains the only unbeaten team in the Nisqually League, slating 5-0. North Mason will be back home tonight, trying to better their 4-1 record, against Vashon. Football Stats. Score by Quarters North Mason 0 6 0 Ch. Wright 0' 0 8 0-6 0-8 Scoring NM, Craig Bishop, 9-yd. pass from cD~e HR°cI~k" Johnson, 4-yd. run .~To;~. Haertal, pass from Judd Team Stats. NM CW First downs 5 7 Yds. passing 132 195 Passes att-comp-int 10-3-1 13-4-1 Passing yds. 27 53 Net yds. 159 248 Fumbles-fumbles lost 2-11-1 Yds. penalized 70 45 Individual Stats. NM Rushing TCB NYG Avg B°ubceM~le~eiros 49 5729 6"17.2 jCirma i ~E nBoSchh~P 54 1422 2.85.5 Passing PA PC PI Yds Dave Hope 10 3 1 27 Receiving Rec Yds Avg Bishop 1 9 9.0 Miller 1 14 14.0 Tim Zech 1 4 4.0 Individual Stats. CW Rushing TCB NYG Avg Rick Johnson 21 79 3.7 Mark McCain 12 50 4.1 Passing Fred Smart PA PC PI Yds 13 4 1 53 Rec Yds Avg 1 5 5.0 1 10 10.0 2 26 ]3.0 Receiving Bret Lane Mike Haertal Bruce Haertal VOLLEYBALL The girls travelled to Yelm Sept. 30 and swept up victory. The first two sets fell to NM as they demolished the Tornado spikers. This win set the stage for their next home match. Charles Wright was hosted on the Bulldogs' floor Oct. 2 and fell to North Mason's reign. The first set NM took swiftly with a 15-5 margin. Charles Wright came back to make up the deficit, taking the second set by storm, returning the 15-5 favor. The third and final set proved to be a tight game with North Mason pulling out a two-point win, 15-13. With a remaining six games to their season the girls will carry on with a 3-1 record compiled thus far. New shop opens in Belfair A new shop has opened for business in Belfair, Arts and Crafts from Cathy, located across from the outdoor covered play area of Belfair Elementary School. Cathy Smith, owner, offers art and craft enthusiasts an opportunity to purchase their supplies locally. Among items for sale at the new shop are supplies needed for macrame, candle-making, decoupage, oil painting and cake decorating. Do-it-yourself kits, whether for model cars or paint by number, will appeal to youngsters as well as adults. "An assortment of beads, sequins, dried flowers, paints, glue and brushes are available to hobbyists. Cathy and her husband, Hal, live on Hummingbird Lane on South Shore with their five children, Mile, 18, David, 17, James, 15, Denise, 13, and Dawn, 6. Until she decided to go into business for herself, Cathy was employed at Imperial Manufacturing north of Belfair. Her husband is a lab technician at a clinic in Bremerton and also works as a bartender at the Poplars in Silverdale. A dog, about 30 chickens, a rabbit and some fish complete the family members, if you don't count the three wild cats fed from time to time. The Smiths moved to Belfair about two years ago from Illinois after Hal's retirement from the U.S. Navy. Cathy was from the Pacific Northwest originally and they moved to Belfair "temporarily" to be near a sister, Pat Staley, while they decided where to live. Cathy said the children liked North Mason schools and didn't want to move again so they decided Belfair will be their home. As it turned out, long-time friends from the service, Blair and Linnie Griffin, also settled in Belfair and operate the Belfair Trading Post. They first became friends when they were stationed in Hawaii and Cathy and Linnie met at a May Day program at school. Three of the Smith children were in the same grades as the Griffin children so the two mothers kept running into each other and struck up a conversation. Their husbands continued to be stationed at the same places at the same time so their friendship continued and was resumed when they both moved to Belfair. BREAK-INS REPORTED The Panther Lake summer home of Leo Ella of Bremerton was reported broken into Sept. 21 with missing items listed as a butcher knife, a knife in a leather case, a tapedeck, speakers, blankets and a car battery. Crazy Eric's in Belfair was reported broken into on Sept. 20 but nothing appeared to be missing. The Grapeview home of Lawrence Bonzer of Renton was reported broken into on Sept. 19 but it was unknown what items, if any, were taken. Two compliants of break-ins of cabins on Benson Lake were reported to the local sheriff's office last week but it was unknown what items were taken. Broken into were cabins belonging to Donald Skaar and Melvin Patterson, both of Tacoma. A NEW EMERGENCY AMBULANCE such as the one pictured above will be answering aid calls in the Belfair area in about 60 days. The modular-type vehicle was ordered last week at a cost of $19,735 plus tax by the commissioners of Belfair Fire District. About $12,000 of the cost was raised in a summer-long drive sponsored by the volunteer fire department of Belfair. teif Erickson Day to be observed In connection with the 150th anniversary of Norwegian immigration to America, the Bremerton Sons of Norway will have its annual Leif Erikson Day celebration on Oct. 9 at 8 p.m. at Norway Hall in Bremerton, according to general chairman Niels G. Nielsen. A long-time seafarer in the American Merchant Marine, Captain Gunnar Olsborg, will be the featured speaker, according to A1 Bromlie, program chairman. Olsborg was born and raised in Seattle of Norwegian parentage and has served in all capacities of the deck department in the American Merchant Marine for a period of 20 years through World War II. Since WW I1 and still presently engaged, he is a pilot of ocear~-going vessels on Puget So~,,d. Oisb~,g i~ ~ member of many Scandinavian groups and has spoken across the nation on the "discovery" of America by Leif Erikson. He is on the Norwegian-American Anniversary Commission and flotilla coordinator for the King Olav V visit to Blake Island on Oct. 19, where the king will participate in a true Indian salmon bake. Musical entertainment will be provided by Bellevue physician Dr. Arvid Ronning and his family. The Royal Consul of Norway, Thomas A. Stang, will represent the King of Norway that evening, and Chief White Eagle of the Pawnee Indian tribe of Oklahoma will represent the native Americans who really discovered America and greeted Leif Erikson when he landed on the coast of North America around 1000 A.D. BILL MORGAN of Allyn, one of the originators of the Allyn Fire Department, is retiring from his position as a commissioner of Mason County Fire District 5 after serving on the board since 1956. He is pictured above in the first fire truck purchased by the Allyn Fire Department, a 1926 LaFrance, still owned by the district and entered once a year in the Forest Festival Parade. Twenty-two years of active participation in fire department affairs will end for Bill Morgan, commissioner of Mason County Fire District 5, when his present term of office expires at the end of this year. He has not fried for re-election to the board of commissioners, a post he has held almost since the district was formed. His interest in fire protection in Allyn preceded formation of the fire district when he and other citizens from Allyn "and Victor decided in 1953 to form a volunteer fire department. For two years the group worked hard to earn money for firefighting equipment by holding Saturday night dances at Victor Hall and summer carnivals in a field near the end of Sherwood Creek Road. Well-attended by local citizens, the carnivals featured a motorcycle race down a steep hill, By SUSAN CARLSON The first Camp Fire meeting in the Belfair area for the girls and the leaders is a songfest at Lea Harmon's home on Oct. 14 at 7 p.m. There will also be leadership training at Mrs. Harmon's on Oct. 21 and 22 from 7 to 10 p.m. New leaders are: Blue Birds, Dana Petrick and Susan Schauer; Adventure. Patty Kemp. Glenda Corbett and Gloria Lincoln; Discovery. Lea Harmon and Gloria Lincoln; Horizon. Myrna Jones. catching a greased pig, a baseball game, pie-eating contest and imported music. It was at the July 8, 1953, meeting of the Allyn Community Club that the decision was made to form a volunteer fire department. Morgan not only helped raise money for the group, he became one of the first volunteer firemen and served as chief for a short period in 1955. By the time voters approved formation of fire district 5, which - included Allyn and Victor, the group had purchased its first fire engine, a 1926 LaFrance, still owned by the district and entered each year in the Forest Festival Parade. Morgan remembers the LaFrance cost $500 and for an extra dollar they also received a ladder truck with 1200 feet of ladders on it. The group also had purchased a tanker to carry additional water to a fire scene and an ambulance. A fix-it shop owned by Ross Denton, located on the site of the present Allyn firehall, was converted for use as a fireball. In 1955 voters were asked to approve formation of fire district 5 and the measure passed, 80 persons voting yes and four voting no. Roland Shepherd of Allyn and Clay Jones and Otto Bemp of Victor were appointed the first commissioners until an election could be held the following year. Minutes of the early meeting of the board show that Bill Morgan was elected chairman of the board by the three newly-elected commissioners in December, ! 956, a position he has held ever since. Mel Noggle was mentioned as another of the newly-elected commissioners and Frank Kowalczyk was named as secretary to the board. The name of the third commissioner is not given but it may have been Kowalczyk since his name is mentioned as a commissioner in 1958 minutes. When interviewed last week, Morgan told of an early-day fire fought by the volunteers at a home in Allyn where firemen saved a baby from a burning house. They were unable to save the house, though, because six inches of ice covered the bay and they had to go out to the end of the long dock to get water. Fire district 5 has grown considerably during Morgan's tenure on the board, now being the largest in the county, extending from the Shelton city limits to Pierce County. This year Harstine Island was annexed to the district and a second firehall was built at Mason Lake, making a total of nine stations. Two aid cars operate in the district. A 24-hour dispatch service is housed in the five-year-old Allyn firehall. Morgan gives most of the credit for the growth and operation of the district to Chief Richard Knight who became chief shortly after the district was formed. Morgan came to Allyn in 1921, arriving with $2 in his pocket, to live with an uncle who was logging in the area. He was recuperating from a near-fatal illness and for a couple of months he took life easy and spent time sitting on the dock fishing or doing some hunting. He eventually joined his uncle as a logger and worked in the woods in various parts of western Washington. In 1923 he married an Allyn girl, Ruby Reed. About 25 years ago he took a job as rigger at the Bangor annex ammunition depot and worked there for I l years, then worked another I l years as custodian for the North Mason School District before retiring at age 75 two years ago. The Morgans have three children, Mrs. Leonard (Frances) Peterson and Mrs. Kenneth (Gloria) Crawford, both of Allyn, and Mrs. Earl (Shirley) Anderson of Mossyrock; ten grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. WOODSMAN INJURED Two persons who heard calls for help coming from within a wooded area near Tahuya on Sept. 24 investigated. All they could f'md was a truck parked in the woods with a chain saw on the ground next to it. They could find nobody and called the sheriff's office to report the incident. The dispatcher called Harrison Memorial Hospital to find out if anyone had been treated in the emergency room who might have been the person in trouble. The answer was affirmative. Jeff Bishop of Belfair had severed the two middle finger~ of his left hand on the chain saw and had run through the woods towards North Shore Road calling for help. When he reached the highway a passerby stopped and picked him up and drove him to his grandmother's home on North Shore and she had transported him to the hospital for treatment.