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0 • • ld,tor,als. The Acid-.,°,... i" ,'t ' ' o,O,,esarei,,,provi.,da.s dep00ment wa. in 0 Today's teenagers may suffer from more hangups VULCAN tUNITiONS CORP. these fast-moving times than their parents did in the good but in the humor they're ahead / of the horrible jokes that made mama and papa laugh. We can remember a United States history teacherma gnarled gnome who had appointed himself the school witmwho chalked a new joke on the blackboard every day and evoked parox- ysms of laughter from his students with jewels such as: "What time is it when one Ford follows another? Tin after tin." When this certificated clown was in a racy mood, he would breathlessly Ietter a joke alluding to the outstand- ing physical properties of Mae West, which were a national institution in those days. The times being what they were, he couldn't make any really pointed reference, but the sophomores whispered for weeks afterwards. We much prefer the humor currently being written on the blackboard in Mrs. Irene Fleenor's English classroom by Shelton High School students. Under the heading "Poet's Corner" recently appeared the following: "Sophia Loren wasn't built in a day." Neither was Mac West (but the comic of our high school days was trying so hard o be naughty, he couldn't come up with a truly funny line. Some of the kids' current humor shows a disenchant- ment with this well-ordered world we built for them. For example: War is profitable; invest your son. God gave us the bomb; use it! Is there life after birth ? America--land of murder, madness, sex, and the best "Not bad, Ralph, not bad at all. And how's the Great Great Society treating you?" -- from the Sunday Oregonian d*mn ice cream in the world. Others which appeared on the blackboard this week run the gamut of current topics, from marijuana to politics A sampling: Grass won't wear off as the day wears on. Ronald Reagan for Fuehrer. Capitol dome: Paid commission proposed to study constitution Flower power has gone to pot. If communism is so great, why don't they put up a picture window instead of an inon cur- tain ? For God so loved the Red Chinese, he made a multitude of them. The awareness of their children to the irony of most of these jokes may make parents uneasy, but its hard to deny that they are better than the one about the moron who jumped off the Empire State building to prove he had guts, which was the top knee-slapper when i0'  them:;ere Letter box: Proud of our city Editor, the Journal: I am proud of our city. I have been a resident of Shelton for 24 years. What makes me proud of this community is its citizens and business men. All of my contacts with them have been pleasant. What makes this city so un- usual? One thing is the honesty of the citizens and their concern for others in time of need or sorrow. It has not been tainted by the feeling of big cities, whose residents couldn't care less for their neighbors. A city is judged by its business men. Their ability to conduct their affairs with dignity, har- mony and sound business ethics is a "must". With these guide lines to fol- low I feel it is a pleasure to recommend to the voters of Shel- ton the incumbents. I like to judge a man by the three C's Character, Capacity and Capa- bility. These men measure up to all three, K. W. Frank Shelton By ROBERT C. CUM:MINGS There weren't any big sur- prises in the Constitutional Re- vision Committee's report to the Governor. principally because the approaches to constitutional revision are limited by the pres- ent constitution. The closest thing to a new ap- proach was the recommendation that Governor Dan Evans ap- point a full-time, salaried com- mission to start work immedi- ately on a proposed new con- stitution. The committee, headed by Secretary of State Lud Kram- .... :,.or, had been leaning toward a constitutional revision commis- sion- throughout:-its sessions.:-,: The idea of a salaried com- mission, however, is new. It was felt that a commission which could devote full time to the task is needed to get the job done. The idea is to have a proposed new constitution ready for sub- mission to the next regular ses- sion of the Legislature. Inasmuch as the Constitutional Revision Committee was Gover- nor Evans' idea in the first place, it is probable that he will follow its recommendations. (He personally delegated Kramer to set up the committee. The Gov- ernor can establish the commis- sion by executive order, and fi- nance it with an allocation from his emergency fund. SUPPORT WITH AN "IF" As the committee favors con- stitutional revision as quickly as possible, it was expected also that it would endorse Attorney Attention, men: Put on your thinking caps By JANE GOODSELL Him: ",uess who I bumped into today ? Sam Murchise! You may not remember him because yott,only met him once about 20 years ago. We had him to dinner at our apartment the first winter after we were married." Her: "it was summer. We had chilled vichyssoise and cold salmon and corn on the oob for dinner." Him: "Say, hon, d'you remember that earthquake we had a few years back ? It must have been about 1959, I'd say." Her: "November 1957. Bobby had just turned two, and I thought that whatever was happening to the house was his fault." Him: "I'll never forget the day Miranda had her kittens on Sally's bed. It was a Sunday morning and... " Her: "Nope, Saturday• I'd just changed the sheets." Him: "What a case of the flu that was ! I went to bed feeling fine and woke up on Monday morning so sick I could hardly lift my,.. Her: "It was a Wednesday. I can- celled my hair appointment to stay home and take care of you." Him: "Hey, remember that New Year's eve party at the Hanson's when we played that silly game with the oranges?" Her: "It was spring. I was wear- ing my navy and white polka dot dress and patent leather sandals." Him: "I had a dream about Uncle George last night. Do you realize it'll be eight years this autumn since he and Aunt Sophie paid us that surprise visit?" Her: "it was July. I was in the middle of putting up peaches;" Him: "On this college health form, they want to know when Davy had chicken pox. How can they expect anyone to remember a thing like that ?" Her: "Why, it's simple, dear. It would have been 1955 because Miss Thompsonshe was his second grade teachersent him the sweetest get- well card, and it was February because I remember that he opened his Valen- tines in bed. And let's see now, I had to call Elise to tell her that I couldn't make it to bridge club be- cause Davy was sick so it must have been the second Thursday of the month." Him: "Honey, what year were you born? I have to fill in your birth date on this insurance thing they sent me." Her: "Oh dear, you know how awful I am about dates! I just can't seem to remember that sort of thing butuhwell, let's see now..." Page 4 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, October 26, 1967 General John J. O'Connell's plan to call a constitutional convention with an initiative. It was en- dorsed because this is the most expedient means of getting con- stitutional reform--IF it can be done. This is a pretty big "IF," how- ever, as many attorneys disagree with O'Connell on this point and are convinced it can't be done within the framework of the pres- ent constitution. The committee has recommended that the le- gality of this move be tested as soon as possible. As Kramer is the one official who, can get it into court at an early date, it is a safe bet that it will be taken to court next January, when the initiative is presented for a ballot title. All Kramer has to do is refuse to accept it, and it will be in the hands of the court. This would bring a test before the signature campaign could be launched. As time is the essence, an early court hearing, and an early decision, could be ex- pected. O'Connell is now perfecting an organization of young people for the signature campaign. The sig- nature campaign would end in July, just about the time cam- paigns for state offices get under- way. Conceivably, much of this organization, by then well-trained and with contacts throughout the state, would be available for O'Connell's campaign for the Democratic nomination for Gov- ernor. If the initiative idea is thrown out by the courts before the sig- nature campaign can be launched, however, it will be hard to hold the organization to- gether until July. Incidentally, while O'Connell is a Democrat, Kramer, apparently the only state official who could get the initiative issue into court as early as next January, is a Republican• GATEWAY IS KEY It was expected, also, that the committee would recommend a "gateway" amendment to the constitution. A "g a t e w a y" amendment would permit amend- men of an entire article of the constitution in a single resolution. If it were possible to amend an entire article like. say, the article on taxation, much constitutional reform could be accomplished without a constitutional conven- tion. A proposed constitutional amendment which paved the way for an income tax and also put a ceiling on the sales tax, ex- empted food and drugs and low- ered the assessment base for tax- ing property, all in a single pack- age, might have a better chance of winning approval than an in- come tax amendment alone. The latter, when submitted alone, has been rejected by the voters on four sepaarate occas- ions, each time by a substantial margin. ROUGH ROAD AHEAD The gateway amendment, as well as constitutional convention calls, have been tried without success in both 1965 and 1967 sessions of the Legislature. There is nothing to indicate that they will fare any better in 1969, un- less the full-time salaried com- mission recommended by the Kramer committee comes up with something palateable to the law-makers. It is felt in some quarters that if a new constitution is proposed m advance, the legislature might be more willing to call a con- vention. In that way they wouldn't be "buying a pig in a poke." In the past, many law- makers have been wary because they haven't had any way of knowing what mght come up in a constitutional convention. They still won't know, but a "model" constitution prepared by a com- mission will give them some idea of what to expect. It is unlikely, however, that any proposed new constitution can avoid shooting down num- erous "sacred cows," so there still will be plenty of organized opposition to constitut;nal re- form. In a way, constitutional reform and tax reform are synonomous. Nearly all avenues of taxation now available within the frame- work of the present constitution are now being used. Virtually all tax reform programs are built around some sort of an income tax. Any income tax in excess of a 2 per cent flat rate requires constitutional revision of some sort. If tax reform could be worked out through the constitutional amendment route, it is possible that the pressure for constitution- al reform would ease consider- ably. That is why so much em- phasis is being put on the so- called "gateway" amendment. Letter box: Digest article scored Editor, The Journal: The Reader's Digest published an article by Mr. Charles Steven- son in its October issue entitled "How Secure Is Your Social Se- curity?" The article contains a number of errors and half-truths clearly intended to mislead the reader. The following are some factual rebuttals to the main allegations in the article: Allegation: Mr. Stevenson says the "social security insurance is in trouble" and questions the fi- nancial soundness of the system. Fact: The social security system has been examined a number of times by groups of independent, non - governmental representa- tives of business, insurance, la- bor and the public and each time has been found fiscally sound. For example, in 1957, during the Eisenhower Administration, an Advisory Council on Social Se- curity Financing was appointed. The Council consisted of a Presi- dent of a Federal Reserve Bank, two actuaries (one from a pri- vate insurance company and one from a university) and represen- tatives of business, labor and professional groups. The Council reported as follows: "The Council finds that the present method of financing the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program is sould, practical, and appropriate for this program. It is our judgment, based on the best available cost estimates, that the contribution schedule enacted into law in the last session of Congress makes adequate provision for financing the program on a sound actuarial basis•" The most recent Advisory Council on Social Security, made up of equally outstanding ex- perts also stated that the social security program was soundly financed and that its income was sufficient to meet its obligations into the long-range future. Allegation: The Social Security System has an unfunded obliga- tion of $350 billion. Fact: This claim is meaningless and irrelevant. No life insurance expert nor social security expert, nor business or labor organiza- tion, advisory council or Con- gressional committee has ever recommended such finding. The most recent Advisory Council on Social Security stated in its 1965 report: A compulsory social insurance program is correctly considered soundly financed if, on the basis of actuarial estimates, current as- sets plus future income are ex- pected to be sufficient to cover all the obligations of the pro- gram; the present system meets this test. The claim sometimes made that the system is financially unsound, with an unfunded lia- bility of some $300 billion, grows out of a false analogy with pri- vate insurance, which because of its voluntary character cannot count on income from new en- trants to meet a part of future obligations for the present covered group." Darrell Sparks Shelton 0 0 0 ] The Flapdoodler: Never trust a turtle00 when he s In his shel00 By STEVE ERICKSON just @fl  It wasn't really a big-game hunt. We were after turtles. Box turtles, outSet. v Of course, daddy was duped from the uia aadPe thought the family was going to drive to Olym.  a dime ']ul one turtle for about 30 cents, plus maybe  t birdseed or whatever you feed turtles. |th The rest of the family knew darn well We[ were oing to get a turtle for each of the threej children at a cost of 79 cents a head, Pu:::o [! cent "turtle frolic" aquarium that must i-  a nickel to manufacture, and three ,'turtle health kits" including food, shell hardener and s°me'ia] thing that looked like a salt lick.  a ud Being a good sport of sorts, and also being " tion where he couldn't say no, daddy shelled out sl grocery money, some house .payment money, ad::: some reserve poker change for the little reptiles,' body was happy. Almost everybody, d  The turtles were mauled all the way home, aui; was given a precious little name• One had red spots  side of its head: Mister Red-Ears. Another had spots: Mister Yellow-Ears. The third climbed .e ,, • " I S the aquarium like a human fly: Stmkytoes, • and for once I prevailed. ' We had been home nearly an hour when it lla Five-year-old Shayla burst into the room amidst,  tears. : e "My turtle's dead," she wailed. "Mister Yellow-Ears?" I asked. :;,/; A dirty look. Then, "No. Stickytoe" 00,o.t::tm "Oh," I said• "Let's take a look." We sticke "turtle frolic," and sure enough, there lay c,(. motionless, looking dead as pickled pigs' feet. I fs couldn't even see Stickeytoes. Just his shell. _ shell. " I gingerly picked him up and rattled te ,^ It  sound, not even a groan. I peeked into a leg 1o, r dark in there, k es th id utting Stic yt0 "Let me research this," I sa , p age ' and getting a dictionary. I found the turtle P scanned it. ,_ "Liste ...... at the fine Pr!"  _ n, = sam, Peermg witi" "'The box turtle can withdraw entirel.Y..ts 0 . its shell and close the shell by hinged jo:, , the bottom.' He's just sleeping, Shayla. ] "No," she said. "He's dead." • '-t. I 'i" "Hmmm," I mused, "I suppose you're  reP? case, listen to this. 'The flesh of certain of t " may be cooked and served for food.' " 'i: !;'1 1 ! "Waahh," she wailed, and left'the r o°:°r s t Pretty soon she was back, dry-eyed. : "Is Stickytoes really dead, daddy?" , it "Afraid so," I said. "But I'll tell yoU_:;ec, Let's give him a real fancy funeral, We o' lsY l orate a match box with crepe paper, s',' e i  pretty music, and we'll dig a nice little gr=- the garden and put flowers on it." That seemed to help. "Okay," she said. ,,poor  toes." half-hoe:  We made the funeral preparations in a. co L soremnly strode to the "turtle frolic" to get tle.. ,. s ! es had emerged, almVO th  Surprise. Stickyto *. _. at i hungry. He glared at us. He glare=   casket, cottld " "Look," I said, lifting Shayla up so,. she .... e * -bav  friend. "Stickytoes is alive. We won t n- funeral after all." | She stared. "No... funeral ?" "That's right." , beautif 1 She looked at Stiekytoes, then at thestickyOeS   box, at the daisies we had picked, then at Finally she looked back at me. ,,Let's kill:  "Daddy," she said, her voice soft. him." "An' I'll bet you were summa cum lousy in driver training."