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Plane Crash Takes
Life Of Gay Taylor
Garold L. (Gay) Taylor, 52,
owner of Taylor TV Sales and
Service here, was killed when his
light plane crashed after it was
unable to land on an unlighted
field before daylight Sunday
morning.
Taylor's plane crashed near
Issaquah after attempts to guide
him to the Skyport Air Field near
there had failed.
King County Sheriff's officers
had placed flares and parked their
vehicles with the lights shining
onto the fog covered field in an
effort to direct Taylor to the air
strip.
Bill Hamilton, Washington State
Aeronautics Commission
Operations Officer attempted to
locate Taylor's plane to guide him
into the air strip, but, was unable
to find him in the fog.
Mr. Taylor was born Feb. 26,
1917 in Palisade, Colo.
He had been a resident of
Shelton and Mason County for the
past 25 years and was owner and
manager of Taylor TV Sales and
Service at the time of his death.
He had been active in a number
of organizations and was Past
Commander and Past Adjutant of
the local American Legion Post;
and a member of Kiwanis, VFW,
Moose Lodge, Civil Air Patrol,
National Riflemen's Association,
Sheraton Fly-In Club, Shelton
Flight Inc. and the 40and 8.
He was married in 1942 to Fairy
M. Williams.
Survivors include three sons,
Dale, Tumwater; Daron, Tacoma,
and Darvin, Cheney; two
daughters, Mrs. Darlene Stuck,
Seattle, and Dania Taylor,
Cheney; his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Taylor, Weiser, Idaho; one
brother, Kenneth, Renton, and six
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at
11 a.m. Thursday at Batstone
Funeral Home with Rev. Mason
Younglund officiating.
Burial will be in Shelton
Memorial Park.
Gay Taylor
School Board Asked
About Drug Problem
WHAT DO YOU DO for a friend on a cold morning? You put him inside your coat and give him a hug. That's what Roger
Miller of Shelton was doing when the Journal photographer spotted him on Seventh Street Tuesday morning.
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Thursday, October 16, 1969 Published in "Chrlstmastown, U.S.A.". Shelton. Washington. Entered as second class 10 Cents Per Copy
matter at the post office at Shelton, Washington 98584, under act of March 8, 1879,
83rd Year -- No. 42 Published weekly at 227 West Cota. $5.00 per year in Mason County, $6.00 elsewliare. 22 Pages -- 2 Sections
:on City Commission I
aok the first step
its i'olice Court a
County District
gave a first Kill
Falli ng Tree
set up a Municiple
the Mason County
our District, Glenn
tlee Court Judge and
Over the municiple
handle cases which
the city Police
over by Rolla
Court would be
Under the proposal.
!nlission will consider
for final adoption
aange would go
mk Travis stated that
Justice Court
in the county, the
asked to join, but,
against it.
lraission has given
thought to the
city court during
and, had
Petition to become
Court.
of city cases will
handled through
The prosecuting
handles other
Prosecutions.
Blared that the
not sought Judge
nor had it
attempt to find a
for him. The mayor
believes
contientiou in
Police Court Judge
he had served in
Terry Elson
Torrance" (Terry) Elson, 19,
Shelton, was killed in an unusual
accident in the Olympic National
Forest Monday.
He was a passenger in a U.S.
Forest Service crew bus when a
large tree fell on the bus as it was
going down the road to the area
where the crew was to have
worked that day.
Jay Webster, Olympia, one of
the other passengers in the
vehicle, is recuperating in Mason
General Hospital from injuries he
received. The other two
passengers, Vernon Dunsworth,
the driver, and Richard Smith,
Terry Elson
both of Shelton, suffered only
mmor injuries.
Lea Flower, District Ranger for
the Forest Service here, said the
four were on their way to a work
area about 10 miles above Camp
Grisdale from the Forest Service
Satsop Work Camp were they
lived.
They had noticed no unusual
wind as they were on the road,
Flower said, but, apparently a
gust of wind blew the tree over as
they passed.
The vehicle was almost out of
the timber to a logged over area
when the accident happened,
Flower said.
The youth was born April '1 I,
1950 in Shelton and has lived
here all of his life. He graduated
from Shelton High School in
! 969.
Survivors include his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Elson,
Shelton, one brother, Ron, in the
Army in Germany; one sister,
Jeannie, Shelton, and his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Hall, Matlock.
Funeral services will be held at
1 p.m. Friday in Batstone Funeral
Home with Rev. Carl Carlsen
officiating. Burial will be in
Shelton Memorial Park.
Curriculum Committee Reports Findings
The Curriculum Committee of
the Shelton Citizen's Advisory
Committee is making a study of
the courses offered by the
Shelton schools; with specific
attention being paid to the
curriculum needs for a new
four-year high school. The
Committee has found that present
facilities are being used as fully as
possible; but, crowded classrooms
and inadequate equipment is
making both teaching and
learning difficult.
The Committee found:
Given Two
Charges
also ordered to pay $835
restitution within the next three
years, was ordered to pay the cost
of his prosecution and to seek
psychiatric help. He was also
committed to the Mason County
Jail for one month.
The youth had pleaded guilty to
the charge earlier and a
pre-sentence investigation had
been ordered.
He appeared with his attorney,
John Bishop, Bremerton.
Doald W. Duggins, 21, was
committed to the Department of
Institutions on a charge of second
degree burglary after a deferral of
sentence, given him in the case
earlier, had been revoked,
Charge Filed
Charges of uttering a forged
instrument have been filed against
Ronald Staley, 32, in Mason
County Superior Court by
Prosecuting Attorney John C.
Ragan.
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The incident involves a check
cashed at the Deer Creek Grocery
Oct. 3.
Ienced
Superior Court
before Judge
22, was given a
on a charge of
He was
g
Graffe a former
has been reported
am.
of Mr. and Mrs.
formerly of
is a 1964
High School.
Said the family was
7 that the young
missing Oct.
ily was notified
he was still on the
id that efforts were
him.
said Lt. Graffe had
his second tour
t Nam at the time he
raissing.
I. The primary use of the
library is as a study hall, not for
use as a research center.
2. Lunch is served in shifts and
still there are not enough scats.
3. Many classrooms are
overcrowded and poorly
ventilated.
4. Several classrooms have
inadequate lighting.
5. Some classrooms have poor
seating and furnishings.
6. The shop and industrial arts
department is inadequate.
7. The counseling facilities al
crowded and limited (there is no
female counselor for some girl
students in the junior high).
8. Space for testing is limited.
Testing in high school is done in
Angle Building cafeteria.
9. The health facilitie s , both
physical and mental, need
improvement.
The Curriculum Committee
will use the following basic
principles in its studies and
recommendations:
1. The intellectual development
of the students is the primary
responsibility of our school
program.
2. The school program should
provide opportunities for each
individual to develop his full
capabilities.
3. The needs of the individual
must be respected to achieve an
effective curriculum.
4. The educational program
should provide experiences which
gives the students opportuniti
to achieve success within their
own abilities,
5. The educational program
should nurture curiosity and
attitudes of persistence,
open-mindedness and intellectual
honesty.
6. Each student should have
the opportunity to develop:
a. The basic skills of reading,
spelling, speaking, listening,
writing, and mathematics.
b. Creative thinking.
c. An appreciation of the
value of good physical and
mental health.
d. Technical skill.
e. Reasoning ability.
f. An understanding of
moral, spiritual, and aesthetic
values, and the ability to relate
them to his own life.
g. Respect for the rights and
dignity of every person.
h. Constructive attitudes and
techniques for continuous
learning in preparation for
adult citizenship.
i. An understanding of the
peoples and nations of the
world.
j. An understanding and
respect for the principles of
self-government and the
American way of life.
The Curriculum Committee is
trying to answer these questions:
1. Can an effective method of
coordinating the subject matter
presented to each of the grades of
the different schools of this area
be devised, so that each student
has an equal chance to achieve in
high school?
2. Since the horizons are
changing, should we have an
exploratory curriculum and
encourage boys to take short
courses in home economics, and
encourage girls to take short
courses in crafts and shop?
3. How can we prevent tracking
or labeling a student from an
early grade? Many successful
business, political and military
leaders were told at an early grade
that they did not have the ability
to learn, yet with maturity and
motivation became honors
graduates.
4. How can we provide a
broader curriculum?
5. How can we anticipate the
need for future flexibility?
6. How can, we expand the
vocational program? Since Ohly
40% of the graduates go to
college, we must provide
vocational training for the 60%
who do not go to college.
7. How do we get the most
curriculum from the available
dollars?
In order to adapt to the needs
of a changing society, updating of
the curriculum is necessary. All
present members of the
Curriculum Committee agree that
the best way to update the
curriculum offered to the
students of this area is to
construct a new four-year high
school now.
How extensive the drug problem
is in Shelton Junior and Senior
High Schools and what can be done
about it was the question posed to
the Shelton School Board by a
group of about 15 persons at the
board meeting Tuesday night.
The group, who stated they had
been contacted by someone who
told them a presentation on the
dntg problem would be made at
the board meeting, stated reports
they had from their children were
that drugs were availabl,: on the
school grounds and that students
had been in school while under the
influence of some type of drugs.
Supt. Louis Grinnell told the
group that the administration and
teachers were aware that there
could be a drug problem and were
as watchful as possible.
The difficulty, Grinneli said, lies
in getting procution of offenders
if they are caught.
High School Principal Chet
Dombroski told l he group one of
the things which is done is to keep
non students off the school
grounds.
Ron Ring, chairman of the
citizen's advisory committee,
invited the group to meet with him
in the Evergreen Auditorium to
discuss what could be done and if
the advisory committee could
assist in the problem.
Before the group left, a meeting
with school and other officials was
discussed.
The meeting was set for 8 p.m.
Tuesday in the Evergreen School.
Representatives of the Police
Department, Sheriff's Office,
Shelton Education Association,
Prosecuting Attorney and courts
will be asked to attend along with
any interested citizens and
members of the school board and
administration.
A letter from the structural
engineer who had checked the
Junior High building was read in
which he stated that apparently his
report had been mis-understood.
He stated that as long as the
balcony was not used, the area
underneath it was completely safe.
The board instructed Grinnell to
proceed to get quotes on repair of
the balcony so it would be useable.
He stated he had an estimate of
about $1,000 from an architect for
the work.
Another report, on the Lincoln
Gymnasium, indicated that while
SOME OF THE STUDENTS in the accelerated reading class at
Mt. View Elementary SchOol use the special materials which
are available to them in the class. These include tapes, special
programed reading material, condensed literature selection,
filmstrips, film and speed pacers. The students from the
second to the sixth grades are selected from the various classes
some of the siding on the buiding
was deteriorating, the building
itself was struturally sound.
Bids were opened on band
instruments and were referred to
the administration for study and
recommendation.
The board voted to institute a
boy's varsity swimming program
and to continue investigation
toward starting a girls program.
Doug Hanna, a new teacher in
the district tiffs year, will be the
coatch for the swimming team.
Workouts will be held at the
Pool Noutare.
Don Wilson was named to the
Citizen's Advisory Committee to
replace Ruth Tuson, who resigned.
Arne Johnsen was added as a
member of the committee.
A request for a leave of absence
from Gladys LaMent was approved
by the board.
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100 Students Participate
In Vietnam Moratorium
About 100 students in Shelton
Junior and Senior High Schools
were believed to be skipping school
Wednesday in the national Viol
Nam War Moratorium day.
Supt. Louis Grlnnell said that
about 20 students in the Junior
High and 80 in the Senior High
were believed to be out of school
to join in the protest.
The absences will be treated as
any regular school "skip" and the
penalty against the student will
depend on the number of skips he
has had previously.
Grinnell said that as far as had
been determined no faculty
rnemben were taking part in the
Moratorium.
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AFS Seeks Applicants
For Study Abroad
The local American Field
Service Americans Abroad
committee is now accepting
applications from Shelton ttigh
School juniors and seniors who
would be interested in spending a
year in a foreign country, living in
a new family environment,
learning a new way of life and
perhaps a new language.
Last years finalist, Dan Nye,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Nye, was
placed in a Norwegian home for
the 1969-70 school year. Many of
Dan's exciting experiences have
been related to people of the
community through his letters to
The Journal.
There are three different
programs offered: The summer
program from June through early
September, with the stay abroad
lasting from 8 to 10 weeks,
depending on the host country;
the School program Southern
Hemisphere for which the student
leaves in January, February or
March and returns about one year
later; the School Program
Northern Hemisphere for which
the student goes abroad during
the summer and returns
approximately one year later.
Applicants may apply for a
specific program or for all three,
Seniors, however, cannot apply
for the summer program.
The family experience is the
core of the program. Becoming a
part of a family involves sharing
its day to day existence; its
relationships, its spirit, its
emotions, its chores, its active
moments and quiet times, Host
families accept A.F.S. students
into their homes voluntarily; they
are not paid.
if any prospective applicants
and their parents would like
further information contact
Americans Abroad chairman Mrs.
Cliff Stark€y, 426-2129, evenings.
and each works at his own level in the program. There am60
students presently in the program. The program will be
expanded when the new addition tothe school =is completed
and additional materials are available. Lessening the cl toad
by taking these students out of the class room gives teachers
an opportunity to work more closely with the other students.