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October 16, 1969     Shelton Mason County Journal
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Harstine Grange Smorgasbord Saturday Is A Success By CARMENYATES IIARSI'INE (;rangers here and around the rest of tile ('ounly had a vt'ry busy weekend this past Saturday and Sunday. And tile scene of all this activity was J larsline Island. Saturday afterno, m some of tile gals gathered to decorate the llall in beautiful fall finery and to start pel)aration of all the goodies thal were n tile menu for the evening's Smorv;tsbord. By 4 p.m., some mighty delectable artlHas were heglnlling to permeate the air both inside and out. A sooper sllt)opttl could have detected baked harn, baked bean and Swedish meal balls and gravy from the nlinglcd slltclls seeping oul fr(ml under tile thresholds as they neared the area, l:or the mosl part everything ill the kilchen ran very smoolhly under the very guidirlg hand of t-dna Mitchell, who tlad each detail so very well organized. The memlers of the Grange owe her a big bouquet, indeed, for all the blood aml sweal of her efforts. Anti I:dna, in turn, wishes through this column, to extend her Inosl grealful thank yous and bouqtlets of roses to those who gaw her so much help; right from the ft:llows who manned the hot soapy walcr and dish lowels and the k lichen crew of gills who kept tile food catly 1'Ol Ihe customers and especially lo lhosc five or six teenage gais wht s;ivc,,t lilt' adults thousantls ()f sleps as [hey cleared and kept lhe tahle resel. A special thanks goes to eacJ/ and ew,ryone who so very gellel()tlsly d,mated their lillle, food, el fort and cash conlributins. All in '411 everything helpt'd to make l!|e event a huge success, The troffcc dcpartn'lent was about lhe (,lily dcpaltment which gave the kitchen crews any problems. The L:()t'IL(c pots kept perking away but just couldn't seem to make auy headway wltalsocver, t'tll, this ill Its own way, was a ,,ood 'pr()[[Clll'. F'or the IIIIIDCI(ILIS coffee lCqtlt!stS was a ina rv.tlous hart) nleter of the fellowship and all around feclillg of friemlliness felt at the I]all Saturday evening, I"of inslead of eating and leaving as sonml:inms does happerL people lUSl lnoved out of the diniiW rt)Olll [o make roolll for (ll]lers 1() eat and togelhez with a c.otfee cup uloved Out illtO the main hall Io sit and with netl/,hbors and friends ' ill sgme t?.gses even to nlake new A ve,v Walln checllul cozy feeling of fricmtlmess prey,l/led ;ill tim)ugh the whole ewming. Wc can't Ilelp bul feel the Islanders, all least, do to a certain extent, miss tile socialrless of the ohl ferrylanding gatherings, ()he paltictllar t'otlple wholn tilt', older rcsideuts ertainly enjoyed seeing and visiting with was Mr. and Mrs. Horace Carey of Shellon. For a good many years his was a familiar face each day, as he made his way around the Island six days a week covering the mail route. For a good many residents in those days he was the only contact with the outside world between their infrequent trips to town to shop. Time does slip by and it has been 19 years since he left the Island to take over Star Route 1, After ten years delivering mail on the latter route hc retired from the Postal I)ep:mment once and for all. Another family, who were once residents, who their many Island friends enjoyed seeing were the Fesslers, now of Pickering. Their son, Ion, who hadn't seen a good many of his Island friends in a number of years accompanied his folks to the dinner. Someone else it was very nice Io sce be able to be at the I{all Saturday was Ray Ward who came with his sister, Dorothy Barnett. Atlcr many months of serious illness it was a great sight to see him up and about and able to enjoy an lshmd function again. And it was, indeed, pleasant to set,' Boh Garrison and meet his wife. This very nice gentlenlen spent a good number of days, too nllnlerous to count, trying to locate piopcrly on the Island which met his requirements and even more important which was for sale. Aml during this time a number of people made his acquaintance and a new marvelous friend. After trying i)vcr and over to no avail he finally located a piece of property on (kmper Point out of Olympia ald moved his family from their home in ('alifornia. All we can say is Ilarstinc's loss is Olympia's gain. Another ;, number of people became acquainted with on Salurday evening was I)an and Vera Miller of San Ansehno, ('alif. This couple has a trailer parked up ll Ilood ('anal and is currently exploring this area from Iha! landing spot. 'lThey saw tile Smorgasbord sign posted in Safeway, located the Island on a map and joined the rest of the crowd for dinner. They even read ahout it in tile paper two weeks prior t:o the event and ahnost came on tile wrong day, but luckily they picked up a copy of last week's edition and noted the correction and came Saturday to tile (;range's complete deliglit. It was also nice to visit with the Archie l)oolitlles who recently returned from a five week trip abroad. They were accompanied by Mrs. Doolittle's mother, Mrs. ('arisen of Tacoma and a sister, Mrs. ttolt of Portland. For Mrs. Carlson it was her first time to return to her hi)me town of Sykkylven, Norway ill 66 years. The town is located on tile west coast of Norway where tile mountains have their heads in the clouds and keep their feet equally cool in the crystal cold water of the fjords. Thcy enjoyed a delightful visit with Mrs. Carlson's sister who is q2 and also two of their brothers. The trip covered three countries, Norway, Denmark and Sweden where the Doolittles said they encounlered the most marvelous friendly people they've ever met anywhere. And what impressed them was that it wasn't just some of the people, but rather all the people thcy met on the entire trip. Exceptional friendliness among themselves and to visitors is a way of life for these people. Their trip over on the Canadain Air Line took 8Ve hours leaving Vancouver and arriving in Oslo, Norway. On the return trip they stopped to refuel at Greenland and had a short timg to. look around. But they found the scenery |here quite desolate, and they remarked they surely wouldn't care t(, navc u) spend tel} lnuch time there. Going tile polar r, mte gave thenl sonle very sl)eclalclltar scenery, which included, ice caps, snow fields and loads of mountains. They said it was nice to he hack honm and although they've only been back about two weeks, the whole trip seems like a dream that happened a lot longer ago than a brief Iwo weeks. tlelcn Johnson and her sister, Elizabeth Johnson told us of their recent trip down to the Oregon Coast to visit llelen's son, Roe, at Waldport. They enjoyed spending a week with him at the Pat Boone Inn he manages there. They enjoyed a marvelous week visiting and seeing the area aroumt Waldport. Another note we learned Saturday that will be of interest to Pahner Olsen's many Island friends is that he left the Island on tile spur (,f tile moment to take a job helping a friend, Ken Harris on some painting jobs in the Seattle area. This came tip SO quickly that he didn't get to wish his many t'riends adieu, and would like to do so through this colunut. File two fellows arc looking forward to spend sonle time on the Island trying their luck during i ]11 i i i LOWREY Organs & Pianos Easy Terms Johnny's Music Box Open 'tll 11:80 p.m. Wed. & Thurs. 205 Cota 426-4302 ii II hunting season, however. It was nice to see Boh and Elaine Irelaud and their lwo youngsters and Elaine's lfl(|ln, Claire Wingert. Also we enjoyed nleeting Bob's sister, l)onna l:relick and her husband. Bob and their daughter, fronl I:verelt. ['lie two fellows were also frying to locate a couple of Ihe Island's elusive buck (leer. After tile doors were closed (as far as serving was concerned) and tile Hall was tidied up and the lingering diners had headed home a fl er a pleasant evening, tile (;rangers headed horne to catch t'orly winks and their brealh before heading back to the Ilall again Snnday. F'or with only three short day's notice Mason ('ounty Granges made plans to gather at Harstine to excmplify the first and second degree. For the tlarstine (;range was a very special occasion, indeed. Tlus past Sunday was tile first time any degree work had ever taken place with the Harstine Grange acting as the host (;range, on the Island. And the degree team which had tile honor of bringing the degree work to the Island for the first time was Shelton Valley hcaded by team captains, Dou ('lark and Eva Sire pson. And even though the notice was a quick one, It) say lhc ]east, nearly all of Mason ('ounty's nine (;ral]ges were rcprescnled and IWcllly candidales, or new Inenlbers, were Oll hand [0 take the two degrees. And nine ot [hose tW¢llly were b¢conling new menlbcrs of lhe Ilarstine (;range. ()el. 17. Ihc third and fourth degree will take place at 8:30 p,nl. ;It Agate. Since this is also the regular inecling nighl of the Ilarstme (;range memlcrs and candid:des arc 1o nlCCl al lhc Ilall a[ ():30 p.nl. as ustla[ for a polluck supper. A hrief informal meeting will he held to discuss the Snlorgashord and any other necessary i[elllS. ErOlll here we will all go on over Io the Agate Grange for the degree work. II secnls as lhough the wonderlust bug has really been busy attacking many of the Islanders recently. Besides the oncs mentioned lhc/e have Iwen a number of other 'viclims'. Besides this there was a Social Club meetiug which we did not report on last Friday evening. These events and a report on the Island's one and only servicenlan, Dave Waite will hc forthconfing in nexl week's co[tlnlU. I'ilne and space require an abrttpt hall at lhis point. I] / Paid Political Adv, by Citizens Advisory Cornrniltee. Ron Ring, Chairman. Page 14 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, October 16, 1969 Matlock ,.Local Girl Married At Church Here MAI'I()('K A local gM was Mrs. R. E, Bradbcrry. Goodburn andfamily°fWttp°rt were Sunday evening callers at tht married last Friday evening. Miss l)anielle Painter, daughlcr of Mr. anti Mrs. Rogcr Painler, and (;erolne Fillo, son of Mr. and Mrs, Joseph I:illo of Brady, were married hy Rcv. I.cslie Drake, pastor of lhe Matlock (,hurch, :.It the (/allls borne. The reception was held al the Brady (;range I lall. lhe Pinochle ('lub met at the (;range I/all Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Janles Booth, hosl and hostess. Iligh score went Io Max ('ash and Mary Jo Valley a n d P i n o c h I e I o M e Ib a Trenckmann and Darl Goldy. Low pri/c wcnl to TaviaKilloughand Fdward Valley. The next meeting will hc Oct. 18 with Mr. and Mrs. l)avid Valley as hosl and hosless. Mrs. lint Rossmaier and Mrs. I:d Valley visited lheir Aunt, Mrs. Jane lee, of ('entralia, Thursday. l'hey all attended Sunshine Club at (;rand Mound to celebrate Mrs. l, ee's 80th birthday. Mrs. Rossmaier belonged to Sunshine Club 35 years ago. Mrs. Dorothy Peterscn of Vancouver, H. ('., is a gnest this week of Mr. and Mrs. Elvin llcaring. Mr. alld Mrs. Dick Ilopkins, and Dehbie, were Thursday evening dinner guests of Mr. and Mr. aud Mrs. Stay, of Silverdale, called Monday at the Elvin Ilearing home. l,ori Goodburn spent a couple of days at the R. E. Bradberry honlc. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Churchill of Shelton called on Mrs. Augusta l'ortman and Carl I'ortman, Sal urday. Thursday evening dinner guests at the Dick Tupper home were Alan Tupper, who has a 30 day leave, lie just returned from Thailand and Jerry Christian, of Shelton, who just returned from Viet Nam. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Walker spent the weekend with relatives in Tacoma. They took Sandy Calkins to the Airport where she left for her hon]e near San Diego. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Singleton of Livcrmore, California, and llarvey Singleton, of Seattle, were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. !. C. l:ord. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Valley were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bnd Ator, of McClcary. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Rossmaier and three sons, of Olympia, and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Goodburn and family, of Shelton, were weekend guests at the Lud Rossmaier tlome. Mr. and Mrs. Darvin Rossmaier home. o,t Mr. and Mrs. nHder;r;n Brehmeyer Sr., a -)' of attended the birthday P .;, their randson, FreaU" t ,' g ' -,r and Mrs. t',rennleyer son ul ,,,' - -. Gene Br'ehmeyer, at t:anv Grisdale Sunday. edward Mr. and MrS.  dldrs Win n of Olympia, an ' kelma ,  -. of parrr, //()use and Mrs. Pat ot th,' Montesano, were visit0r " Elvin llearing home FridaY. ,D, 41p, ,,,  ,alp dip dP I LIVE MUSIC i I T u esdF iaetN:at'Urd ay I : BuzZ'S I I TAVERN I AT MUD BAY I Featuring the I "Mud Bay I Blues"[ heron Highway J On Old S ---ia I 5 miles west of Olymv d,,m newest ultra-modern Comfort Conditioning NOWyou (an buy for HOME...MOTELS...OFFICES...APARTMENTS WITH COMPLETE CONFIDENCE I A Divismn of Northwest Foundry & Furn,lce Co Sauna Air Conditioning Baseboard Heat Central Heating Air Cleaning :! 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