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Percy M. Pio Bookbinding Co.
6017 S° E. 86th
Portland, Ore. 97216
of Mason County axe trip to Honduras, and planted it in May.
Corn stalks grown by Oliver With no special fertilizing, they soon
is home neax Walker Park. dwarfed American corn planted alongside.
Seed earlier this year on a Each tall stalk yields one ear of corn.
s
Acts To Turn Dock
t •
To Port D,str,ct
I ity C°mmissi°n' The city and the port district the hands of the port district.
][tleSuay, took the have haa discussions aDout the The commission received a re-
h tLturning the city dock in the past several weeks quest from Bonneville Power Co.
i ,,e Shelton Port since the city put load limit re- for an easement across city proP-
ioh a
,,. pproved a
by City At-
h Heuston, stat-
the city to
Ver to the Port
td the mutual
commission
a petition in
the property
strictions on the dock because of
the deteriorating condition of
some of the deck planking.
The city commission stated it
did not feel that city funds
should be used to repair the dock
since the city gets little or no
use or revenue from it. The Port
District owns the boat moorages
which the dock serves.
The action started this week
will put the entire operation in
erty on Mt. View for the con-
struction of another power line
paralleling the present lines.
The commission took the re-
q u e s t under advisement and
plans to get an appraisal made
of the property over which the
easement is requested. Bonneville
offered $3,000 for the easement
The commission received a
written request from Thomas
Brokaw, Mason Lake, for a fran-
Citizens" Committee Idea Gets Good Response
• A majority of the some 60 per-
sons who turned out for the meet-
ing to discuss city problems,
sponsored by the City Planning
Commission Tuesday night, in-
dicated a willingness to serve on
a citizen's advisory committee.
In a questionnaire, which was
passed out to the audience at the
close of the meeting, most of
those who answered stated they
felt the city had problems and
that they would be willing to
serve on the proposed committee.
Clint Willour, secretary of the
Planning Commission, acted as
chairman of the meeting.
City Supervisor Pat Byrne out-
lined, with aid of slides, some of
the problems the city faces.
One of the most obvious, he
said, was the lack of storm
drainage systems for most areas
of the city, indicated by large
water puddles which appear in
streets, alleys and yards when
it rains.
The situation will get worse,
he said. as the area around the
city develops. He compared the
downtown area to the end of a
funnel, which as time goes along,
will receive more and more wa-
ter drained from the areas above
it.
As the city grows, Byrne
pointed out, the tax dollars which
the city receives will go less and
less toward capital improvements
as demands for other services,
particularily in the field of pub-
lic safety, demand more money.
How these needed capital im-
provements can be financed and
in which priority they should be
done is one of the questions
which the citizens of the city will
have to answer.
Byrne also discussed the deteri-
orated condition of the sanitary
sewer system in the downtown
area, which is allowing drainage
water to infiltrate the lines, over-
loading the sewage treatment
plant.
The question is, he said, should
the sewage treatment plant be
enlarged to accomodate this ex-
cess flow or should the sanitary.
system be replaced to correct
the problem.
Enlargement of the sewer plant
Police Car
Is Damaged
In,Cha0000
• One of the Shelton Police Cars
was in the city shop the first
part of the week getting repaired
after a chase Friday night which
saw the vehicle involved in a
minor collision with a car it was
pursuing and later end up off
the road.
The incident started when Po-
lice Patrolman Frank Lorenzen
observed a car going at what he
believed to be a high rate of
speed down Railroad Ave. and
went in pursuit.
The car he was after missed
the road and ended up on a lawn
between 10th and llth on Rail-
road. Wen Lorenzen pulled in
front of the vehicle, it backed
out and headed up 10th St., go-
ing into the ditch again at 10th
and Pine. As Lorenzen attempted
to pull the Patrol vehicle in
front of the other car, the two
collided, and the pursued ve-
hicle took off again, heading
back to Railroad Ave. and west
out of town.
As Lorenzen pursued the other
car, he lost control of the patrol
car near the Goldsborough Creek
bridge and went into the ditch.
The driver of the other vehicle
Roy D. Wood, 18, turned him-
self in at the police station.
He was fined $115 and given a
40-day suspended jail sentence
when he appeared in Police Court
Monday night on charges of driv-
ing while intoxicated, reckless
driving and destruction of city
property.
Turn Clack Back
Saturday Night
• Ical residents, along with
those in the rest of the state,
will get a chance to catch up
on the hour of sleep which they
lost last April when standard
time returns Saturday night.
time.
For most People, however, the
turn back will be made Satur-
day night before going to bed
so they Wake up Sunday morn-
ing with the time correct.
,n'an ml'--ure@ - i-- c hise for the operation of a tele- The official hour for the chazzge
vision cable in the city. The corn- is 2 a.m. Sunday, when all
mission agreed to hold the re- clocks should be turned one hour
q u es t over for another week. back to get back on standard
From Fire Escape
lhlstrom, Shelton reported improving and able to
L'ei:tred in a fall talk to his wife Tuesday.
il at the Chi- Dahlstrom is an employee of
Certified Manufacturing Co. and
!L akiraa Saturday has been a member of the Jay-
g a State Jay- cees about six months.
:!- aeeting along Thirteen couples from the Shel-
ii" es from the Shel- ton Jaycees attended the con-
vention, which saw Bob ester-
man elected as a member of the
model legislator for the model
Legislature which will be held
in Olympia Nov. 11.
The Shelton Jaycees were pre-
sented with the Founder's Day
Plaque for their efforts in es-
tablishing a Jaycee Chapter, the
Happydale Jaycees, at the Wash-
ington Corrections Center.
fihlstrom
escape
hotel room
About half
Went out, he
would probably be the least ex-
pensive, he said, but it would
not correct the other conditions
which the condition of the system
is causing, including high main-
tenance costs and the problem
of rats getting into the lines
among others.
The water department is the
healthiest in the city, Byrne
said, and its system is in the
best repair, largely because of a
citizen's committee effort some
years ago which had led to the
decision that the old wooden
waterline should be replaced.
This replacement, Byrne said,
will be completed in a couple
years.
A recent question which has
developed in the thinking of city
officials is whether or not the
city should be looking for alter-
nate sources of water.
This question came up, he said,
in the report of the Surveying
and Rating Bureau on the fire
control potential of the city.
One of the recommendations,
he said, was that an alternate
source of water be established,
since all of the supply presently
comes from one source through
one line.
The question of what would
happen if this line was damaged
was brought out, Byrne said.
Street lighting was another
point brought up by Byrne.
The question here, he said, is
whether it might not be better
to find some other means of fi-
nancing capital improvements in
street lighting and using the
money which is presently being
used both to pay for electricity
and upkeep and to finance capi-
tal improvements for the cost of
electricity and upkeep only and
finance the capital improvements
in some other way.
During a question and answer
period following the presentation,
it was brought out that if a citi-
zen's committee was formed, it
would be necessary to have tech-
nical advice on many of the prob-
lems.
It was also suggested that the
presentation which had been
made at the meeting should be
made to other groups.
Willour stated that any group
which would like to hear the
presentation should contact either
he or Byrne and that a presenta-
tion could be arranged.
The commission rejected the
request of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Stidd to park a mobile home
next to their house on Cota St.
The commission said that investi-
gation showed the lot was too
small to accomodate the trailer
and still be somewhere within
the density provisions of the city
zoning law.
Also, the commission said, the
location is just across the bridge
from a mobile home park which
is being installed.
Police Chief Frank Rains told
the commission that Patrolman
Bremerton Friday and that the
Alvin Johnson was graduating
from basic law enforcement
school at Olympic College in
Bremerton Friday and that the
police chief and the mayor plan-
ned to attend the graduation.
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Burglary Is
Inves÷iga÷ed
• The 1V£ason County Sheriff's
office is continuing its investiga-
tion of a break-in at the Hoods-
nilm mwP?rttD"rug Store last Wednesday
n g hich drugs were taken.
The OWner of the store told
officers that about $1,500 worth
of drugs were taken.
The break-in was reported to
the Sheriff's office at 8:30 a.m.
last ThUrsday.
to 1Wemorial
and is in
although was
Suspended Sentence Given
Marcus On Marijuana Charge
• Curtis (Buzz) Marcus 22, con-
victed of possession of marijua-
na by a Mason County Superior
Court jury last March, was
given a suspended sentence of
a maximum of 20 years in a
state penal institution and $10,000
fine by Judge Charles Wright
Friday morning.
Judge Wright ordered Marcus
to pay $1,500 to Mason County
at $50 a month in addition to
paying the cost of his prosecu-
tion.
Part of the conditions of the
suspension of his sentence, Judge
Wright told the youth, would be
obey the laws of the State of
Washington, refrain from the use
of drugs and liquor and to stay
out of Mason County except for
brief visits.
The sentence was passed after
the court heard Marcus' court
appointed attorney Gerry Alex-
ander, Olympia, ask that Marcus
be given a deferred sentence.
Marcus has been in Mason
County jail for five months, Alex-
curler said, awaiting sentencing.
lz/ * has the ,promise of a job in
Seattle and will be able to live
with his cousin, Gary Nunnlee,
a former Shelton school teacher,
now with the Highline School Dis-
trict.
None of the youths involved
in the incident last winger were
really harmed by what had hap-
pened, Alexander said.
Alexander also pointed out that
Probation Officer John Young,
in an exhaustive pre-sentence re-
port, had recommended a de-
ferred sentence for Marcus.
Prosecuting attorney John C.
Ragan told the court his only
recommendation was that Mar-
cus be sentenced to a penal in-
stitution according to statue. If
a deferred sentence were to be
given, Ragan siad, he thought
that as a condition for this, Mar-
cus should serve at least a year
in the county jail.
Judge Wright commented that
when Marcus first appeared be-
fore him for sentencing, shortly
after his conviction, he had felt
there was no alternative except
to sentence him to a penal in-
stitution.
After reading the pre-sentence
report, and being informed of
larcus' excellent conduct during
the time he has spent in jail, the
judge said, he had concluded
that a suspended sentence might
be beneficial.
Another factor, the judge said,
was two letters the court re-
ceived from Marcus' mother, in
which she stated that she did not
believe there was anything wrong
in the use of marijuana.
Marcus had originally ap-
peared for sentencing before
Judge Wright shortly after his
conviction, at which time the
Judge had sentenced him to a
penal institution. Before the for-
mal order of sentence was signed
the judge granted a request from
Alexander for a pre-sentence in-
vestigation after one was ordered
for John Lucas, another youth
involved in the same incidents,
after his plea of guilty to the
charge of possession of marijua-
na.
The presentence report was re-
ceived recently.
UGN Nears One- Third Of God
• Approximately one third of
the 1967 UGN fund goal has been
reached either by cash contribu-
tions or pledges, fund drive chair-
man Bill Dickie reported just be-
fore presstime yesterday.
Although an exact dollar total
was not available, estimates
pl ace the contributions and
pledges at close to $fi,000, the
15 per cent higher than our in- ie's Broiler, with more up-to-the-
itial effort a year ago." moment details of the status of
The second noteworthy contri- the drive forthcoming.
button came from the State Pa- Individuals who haven't been
trol Academy. A check for $122, contacted by a UGN solicitor
about twice last year's contribu- may send their checks directly
tlon. was accompanied by the to the UGN by mailing it c/o
following letter from Lt. Riley ...................
J. Bryant, Training Officer:
"Enclosed is our check to the
drive chairman said. This year's United Good Neighbors Fund
goal is $17,900. for $122 which represents contri-
Two efforts drew special corn- buttons from:the personnel at the
mendation from the chairman at
this early point in the UGN
drive. Certified Manufacturing
Company, participating for the
first time since moving to this
community has a total contri-
bution from its 175 individual em-
ployees and the company itself
of about $1,000 with some solici-
tation not yet complete. The em-
ployee proportion was about 75
per cent of the total.
"We are extremely gratified
by this excellent effort at Certi-
fied," drive chairman Dickie
commented. "it brightens tre-
mendously our prospects of reach-
ing our goal this year, which is
Washington State *Patrol Acade-
my.
"It is indeed a pleasure to be
able to participate in the United
Good Neighbors Program here in
Mason County. The Washington
State Patrol has always felt that
this is a very beneficial pro-
gram and we have always en-
couraged participation by our
personnel throughout the state.
"We find a deep satisfaction
in being able to help in this
worthy program and wish you
an abundance of success in this
effort."
A progress breakfast wag
scheduled this morning at Hein-
Rotary Club To
Honor Student
• The Shelton Rotary Club is
starting a program under which
it will honor a "Student of the
lnth" at Shelton High School.
Information about the first stu-
dent to be so honored appears
on page eight of The Journal
this week.
With this program, the Rotary
Club will honor students for
achievement, citizenship and acti-
vities.
The honored student will be a
guest of the club at its meeting
the week he or she is selected
and will be presented with an
award honoring his selection.
SHELT
THIS BUSY GROUP was a part of the some 35 persons
who took part in a Civil Defense exercise last Thursday
during which a simulated nuclear attack brought fallout
to the area. At this table set up in the basement of the
court house, those who would be in charge of services in
an emergency solved problems which were presented to
them by another group which prepared the mock inci-
dents. The exercise was under the direction of Howard
Duff and Howard Walker of the University of Washing-
ton. This was the third such exercise, called an Emer-
gency Simulations Training Exercise, held in the state.
State officials who attended the exercise as observers
were State Civil Defense Director H. E Link, District
One Administrator; Tom Whalen, Olympia; Region Eight
Director George Hoppe; Floyd Ettridge, district five ad-
ministrator, Chehalis, and Ray -vans, Island County
Civil Defense Director, The participants were represen-
tatives of county and city government and others who
have been designated to handle some phases of the opero
tlons in an emergenc F.