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IT WAS A MAD, MAD sailboat race held on Tiger Lake Sunday, October 3,
according to the account in the Old Belfair Highway column. Busy at the
event were the above North Mason School students. Back row, left to right,
Mike Amacher, a sponsor; Shirley Taylor, Queen for the day; and Kevin
Turner, the other sponsor. Kneeling in front are the winners of the racing
event, with the trophy they will have to share because they tied for first.
place, Vanessa Hoppe and Rick Anderson.
Kathy Washburn practiced the
old saying of "try, try again" by
taking a spill when water was
spilled on the floor at
Grandmother Bland's, and then
taking another spill the next day
while riding her bicycle on a steep
hill near home. As these things go,
the next happening for Kathy was
a cast on the arm for a green stick
fracture.
A bouquet of roses, a special
dinner, and a happy birthday wish
were carried by Mrs. Bettie
Dimmen and her niece, Mrs.
Caroline McAmis in a surprise
visit to Mrs. Caroline Ghidossi for
her 85th birthday. Joining in the
surprise visit to Nevada City was
6-weeks old Bradley McAmis.
Seeing the baby for the first time
was the gift Mrs. Ghidossi
enjoyed.
The visitors drove along with
beautiful weather for what was
planned as a one week stay but
extended into several more for a
visit with all of the Dimmen
relatives and friends in Fresno.
Mrs. McAmis also saw her twin
sister in Long Beach.
In a trip to the Los Angeles
County Fair, Bradley's Uncle Sam
won him a huge Snoopy dog. The
dog, plus the many souvenirs and
ceramics purchased along the
way, made it necessary to put a
carrier on top of the car when
they ran out of room. This was a
great trip for doing just what was
fun. The trip home was made by
way of Nevada.
A hint to those using the
obstinate green tomatoes that
refused to ripen: slice or chop the
tomatoes for desired use, scald
with boiling water, drain off the
liquid. Do this three times to
remove the bitter tang.
A green tomato vegetable
stew dish can be made by cooking
one sliced onion in 3 tbsp. of
margarine for three minutes; do
not brown. Add 4 large greeen
tomatoes sliced, 4 green peppers
sliced or diced. Cover, cook
slowly stirring until the peppers
are tender (about 20 minutes).
Salt and pepper to taste.
Sunday's wish is for a Happy
Anniversary, Lester and Wilma
Just.
Dinner at the home of mother
and dad, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wilbur,
was the birthday celebration for
Mrs. Mary Paschke. Have a happy
birthday, Mary. This isn't late, it's
just an early wish for the next
time around.
The two days of beautiful
scenery, viewing historical sight
markers, and the 9,000 to 12,000
ft. mountain passes were
appreciated by Mr. and Mrs. R. H.
Dewey while driving by way of
Salt Lake City to Aurora,
Colorado.
Eight days were spent meeting
the three grandchildren, with the
youngest born last July to Mr.
and Mrs. John Dewey. John is
working for Western Electric as a
computer specialist.
Tours were made through the
capital city, museums, and the
home of the "Unsinkable Molly
Brown" now being restored.
While viewing coins at the federal
mint, they purchased a Ben
Franklin silver half dollar as a
souvenir.
The return home to Mission
Lake took four days of travel by
way of Montana, Wyoming, and
Yellowstone Park. Their arrival
was in time to welcome their son
Tom home from Korea. After a
visit, Tom will report for duty at
Fort Knox.
A fun event was held Sunday,
October 3. That was the first
annual (and hopefully not the
last) Tiger Lake Releasing of the
Kevin Turner-Mike Amacher Tiger
Lake Sailboat Race. Queen
Shirley Taylor, with her court of
Kathy Baldy and Princess Elaine
Robinson, presided over the
racing event and the presentation
of a perpetual trophy to the
winners. As there was a tie for first
place, and only one trophy, the
winners, Vanessa Hoppe and Rick
Anderson, will share the joint
award ona monthly basis.
Page 4 - Huckleberry Herald section of Shelton-Mason County Journal - October 14, 1971
B~/ F~,ob Ma~
After trailing practically the
entire game, the Sequim Wolves
took advantage of two costly
North Mason errors to post an
18-16 win last Friday night on the
North Mason field.
Leading 16-6 halfway through
the fourth quarter, the Bulldogs
had a handoff in their own
backfield stolen by Bob Sparks,
who proceeded to take it 35 yards
into the endzone to make the
score 16-12. After the following
kickoff, the Bulldogs fumbled in
their first series of downs to give
the Wolves the ball on North
Mason's 35 yard line.
Sequim scored again with
only 1:30 left in the game, not
enough time for the Bulldogs to
score again.
A fumble early in the first
quarter caused Sequim's opening
touchdown, a 1 yard dive by
wingback Dickinson. The extra
point was blocked to make the
score 6-0 in favor of the Wolves.
But the Bulldogs came right
back as Jeff Werdall fell on a
Sequlm fumble on his own two
yard line. Quarterback Bruce
Landram tied the score at 6-6,
and then ran the extra point try
over the goal line himself to put
the Bulldogs in a lead they
wouldn't give up until the last
minute of the game.
Landram also scored North
Mason's other tOuchdown, on a 7
yard end sweep in the third
quarter. He passed to Rick
Krueger for the two-point
conversion.
Earl Sande was the leading
rusher for the Bulldogs as he
gained 25 yards, followed by Don
Havens who collected 15. The
Bulldogs completed three passes
for 28 yards, to make their total
offense of 88 yards, compared to
136 for the Wolves.
Next week the Bulldogs travel
to Forks, to play the Spartans
who were demolished by the
Bainbridge Spartans 35-12. The
game will be played on Thursday
night because of no school on
Friday for North Mason students.
League Results
Sequim 18, North Mason 16
Bainbridge 35, Forks 12
Vashon 13, Lakeside 13
Port Townsend 29, Chimacum 0
VANDALISM
Vandalism at a logging show
on Razor Road was reported to
the local Sheriff's office Oct. 8. A
log skidder was reported run
aground with a blade broken and
damage to the machinery. A fire
extinguisher and wrenches were
missing from the site.
EMERGENCY TRAINING
Eleven members of Belfair's
search and rescue group, the Pack
Rats, attended a one-day class at
Gray Field, Fort Lewis, to learn
helicopter emergency evacuation
procedure. The class, held on a
recent Saturday, was sponsored
by Civil Defense.
CITY: where works of man
are clustered close around, and
works of God are hardly to be
found. William Cowper
he got wet in a sinking situation.
The rescue team and referees,
Dave and Jeff Dimmen, were kept
busy with the strong prevailing
wind on the lake. Steve Davies of
the Tiger Lake Yacht Club set a
record in having his boat sink
twice during the race, but with
the help of the rescue boat, was
able to finish the race in third
place. Adding a tropical island
aspect to the race was the entry
by Mike Campbell of a canoe
converted to an outrigger,
complete with a sail.
The boats in the winner's
circle were the "Luv Bug" with
captain Vanessa Hoppe and first
mate, Sheila Cory for the North
Shore Yacht Racing Association.
The other winner was captain
Rick Anderson and first mate,
David Turner in the
"Electrophus" for the Lakeland
Village Racers.
"Miss Zappa" representing the
South Shore Sinking Society with
captain Paul Wing and first mate
Mike Amacher, became a casualty
early in the race when the anxious
crew damaged the sail and had to
use a bed sheet as a Substitute.
Other entries were "Nuptial
Nardsac," Mark Harder, Captain
and Mike Van Buskirk, first mate,
Belfair Yacht Club; "Mach 5" of
the Tiger Lake Racing Club with
the crew of Kevin Turner and
Scott Butler; "Slide Arrow", a
North Shore Yacht Racing
Association entry with captain
Diane Shirk and first mate Mike
Shirk.
About 40 guests were at the
Turner home for the race and a
potluck lunch featuring pizzas,
hot dogs, and live music.
Driver's sympathy is given to
those eating the dust as the road
is being improved with deeper and
wider ditches. It is almost a
possibility that the road crew will
soon strike oil or an old Indian
burial ground. The use of the
shoulder of the road for
emergencies may be a thing of the
past as there isn't much left. Well,
if you have a balky car or a tired
horse, you can just push either
one into those deep, deep ditches
and no one will ever know about
it.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our
heartfelt gratitude for the
sympathy, kindness and
assistance,also the beautiful
floral offerings given us during
the loss of our loved one.
The Family of Della Albert
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when a canning kettle of boiling
water spilled on her. Mike
Morgan is on crutches because of
a severe cut on his foot. Jimmy
Hill broke his arm and Steve
Speer broke two fingers the same
day. The busiest gal in town,
Pattie Pettitt, has been really
slowed down by trouble with her
back.
Ed Okonek is on his way to
Pullman to be the guest of his son
Les for Dad's weekend at
Washington State University.
Mr. Don Query has returned
from a hunting trip to Cody, Wy.
and brought back an antelope.
Russ Wells will be home from
his annual hunting trip when you
read this and I will have the
results of his trip in the next
issue. Fred Lutz drove the school
bus whild Russ was gone.
Speaking of wild game, we
had some delicious bear chops for
dinner the other night but my
timing was bad for just as I served
dinner, "Gentle Ben" was on T.V.
Nancy and A1 Meyer and
children have returned from a fall
vacation in New York, back to
their little farm - chickens,
anyone?...
The Sarah Eckert Guild will
hold its regular meeting 11 a.m.
October 21 at the Grapeview
Firehall. Members should bring a
sandwich. This is a work party
and final plans will be made for
the Country Store which will be
held November 6. This event is
always looked forward to for the
delicious baked goods, plants,
snack bar and gift items.
November 2 is the date to
remember to vote for the school
board vacancy, Port commissioner
and fire commissioners.
Shelton High School's Drama
Department will present "The
Little Princess" and "Jack and the
Bean Stalk" at the Reed
Auditorium of Shelton High
School October 14 at 7:30 p.m.
The admission will be 25 cents.
Nancy Ewart and Kim Nicklaus
are in the cast of "The Little
The Grapeview School
Mother's Club held its first
meeting of the school year
October 6 in the school
lunchroom with its new president,
Sue Fulmer, presiding.
There was a record number of
sixteen members present.
Plans were made for the
Community Halloween Party
which will be held Saturday
evening, October 30th, at seven
o'clock. All pre-school children
are invited to dress up in a
costume and try for a prize. There
will be a parade to show the
outfits and a prize will be given
the winner of each room as well
as the pre-schoolers. Games and
refreshments will add to the fun.
lone Wood and Brenda
Surprenant are co-chairmen and
will need a lot of help for this
one. If you would like to help
please call Mrs. Wood at 426-2363
to offer help or cookies.
The monthly birthday party
was held in the three rooms of the
Grapeview School last week and
the birthday children were;
Kathleen Russell and Sheila
G azlay in Mrs. Olson's room,
Sheri Pearson in Mrs. Watson's
room and Mr. Zehe's big room
birthday children were Vincent
Pettitt, Jim Marks, Chris Read,
and Brian Hardie.
Mr. Zehe announced there are
63 children in the school now. We
also had the word of a new
addition which will be started
right away and will be built
adjoining the play she& A school
office and storage room is
planned and a multi-purpose
room will be for record storage,
health services, school library and
a place for the school board to
meet. Plans call for the new
addition to be completed in
December.
Melba Hanson is back at her
job as the school cook and Louise
Okonek is assistant for the year.
We extend our sincere
sympathy to Fred Van Horn and
family, his mother passed away in
California last Sunday. Services Princess".
were held in Washington on There will be no school
Wednesday. October 15. This is for the
With the start of school came teachers' professional statewide
a rash of injuries and illnesses, conference. October 25 will also
Margaret Kochansky suffered be a school holiday to celebrate
second degree burns on her legs Veteran's Day.
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l-x_e's xaot tile o%6est ~e~idertt o~
the ge~fakr area but Oscar
Michelson is the oldest resident
who was born and raised in this
area and he has seen a lot of
changes since his birth June 28,
1903 on the family homestead in
the present-day Camp Oak Patch
site.
In 1880 his grar~dfather had
come to this area, then known as
Clifton, and was convinced this
was where his family's future lay;
so in 1890 his wife, their married
sons and their wives came to
Hood Canal to join him.
Michelson relates that he was told
it was a rainy day when the
newcomers arrived and that his
mother's first look at her new
home caused her to burst into
tears. She had come from a
well-to-do Norwegian home and
the small log cabin with muddy
dirt floor on property her
husband had bought near the
present-day cemetery on Sandhill
Road was a big dissappointment
after the long trip.
But her pioneer spirit--
prevailed and Michelson's parents
sold that property, homesteaded
160 acres on a 40-acre marsh in
Camp Oak Patch area and became
farmers. She delivered her
children without aid from a
doctor and even learned to serve
as a midwife for other women in
the isolated area.
Michelson recalls early day
mail delivery as either coming by
horse and buggy over an old road
from Port Orchard or by launch
from Union City, where it was
delivered from Seattle. He said
the few residents of waterfront
lots had their own docks because
they depended on the water for
their transportation. His earliest
memories are of logging camps
down South Shore, but no good
roadway. By 1915 or 1916 the
Old Belfair Highway was
completed and bus service
operating between Bremerton and
the Sunset Beach area on South
Shore and a few miles down
North Shore was inaugurated.
By the time Oscar and his
twin sister, Lilly, were ready to
attend the one-room school house
near the Union River on North
Shore, the family was living on
the Old Belfair Highway so there
was less than a mile for the couple
to walk. He, and none of his
classmates, finished high school.
He said there was only one
teacher, Paul Hitchcock, to teach
all twelve grades and that the
upper classes got so bored waiting
for some attention by the
overloaded teacher that gradually,
one by one, the students lost
interest in high school. There
were seven students in high school
when he and Lilly reached that
level, besides the Michelson twins
there were Mary Larson (who
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VILLAGE BATH...
OSCAR MICHELSON, shown above with his wife, Alice, has
seen a lot of changes in Belfair since he was born here in
1903. As far as is known, he is the oldest Belfair resident who
was born in this area.
became Mrs. Sam Theler), a
colored girl, Pearl Harding, Louise
Larson, and Frank and Martha
Blair.
Most of Michelson's working
years were spent as a
self-employed logger in the
Belfair-Shelton-Olympia area. In
1949 he moved to Whidbey Island
and logged there and around
Sequim for fifteen years before
moving back to Belfair where he
had retained their property.
He and his wife, the former
Alice'*Ro~ssel who had moved to
Belfair with her family from
Enumclaw in 1922, have two
children. Their daughter Betty
(Mrs. Les Krueger) lives on South
Shore; their son, Gene, on
Whidbey Island. There are six
grandchildren.
Michelson. keeps busy with
odd jobs. He worked three days a
week this past summer at a
resthome in Bremerton owned by
his son-in-law. He also does
maintenance work for Port
District property on North Shore.
"I think things are better
today than in the "old days," he
said, seated in his modern home
on the Old Belfair Highway,
"because in those days you were
stuck here and couldn't get out."
Then he thought a little and
added "But we did have lots of
fun in those days and more
freedom."
He had remembered how
much fun it had been, as a boy, to
take some salt along and go
fishing with a friend, then build a
fire on the edge of the river to
cook the day's catch, delicious
with a little salt added. In those
days, too, anyone could shoot a
deer anytime without a license.
Yes, times have changed some
since Oscar Michelson was a boy
in Belfair.
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October 14, 1971 - Huckleberry Herald section of Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 5