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Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016- She/ton-Mason County Journal - Page A-29
MARY'S MEMOIRS
It's quite a busy week for Mary the car a while. Then knitted on my
and company and they spend most sweater and then ate a big supper -
of the week in the Olympic Peninsula dumplings, potatoes, meat - dessert
on an elk-hunting mission. With her and coffee. Sat around and talked
grandma, mother and some others, about the new boundary line of the
Mary treks from Holly, through Lake National Park and Sultzbach told us
Crescent, Forks, Ruby Beach and the about why it shouldn't be. Quite an
Hoh, noting the fall colors and lack interesting conversation, He knew
of elk. Mary's morn finds a combo Joe Buldoc years ago when he sold
hatchet-hammer on the beach though, barber supplies. To bed early and
and there is a run-in with a bear and a tried to go to sleep, which wasn't very
stinky civet cat. Enjoy! hard as I was tired.
Thursday, October 27, 1938
A fair day. In the morning I cleaned
up the house and went up to Gladys
Harris's and she fixed my hair. About
2:30 1 went to the beach and got my
coat and met Mrs. Foster up by the old
store and we drove to Holly. We met
several trucks and cars on that nar-
row road and I was glad toget over
there. The view of the mountains was
grand. We found grandma already
but she insisted we eat so we obliged
and enjoyed it very much. We walked
over the new road and it cer-
tainly will help Holly a lot.
We drove to Bremerton and
picked up Mama at Gladys
Ames', then she decided to
go to the show so we saw
Will Rogers in "The Country
Chairman," a very good pic-
ture and we all enjoyed it.
Home and packed my stuff
and went to bed early. We By SEYTA
spe t a pleasant evening. SELTER
Hope it's a good day tomor-
row. It certainly was a lovely
day out today.
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING
& BUDGET HEARING
Friday, October 28, 1938
This morning we got up at seven
and had fried venison for breakfast
and oh it was good! We left for Aunt
Polly's about 8:05 and then left her
place. It looks nice out, but quite
damp. Grandma took someplants
and apples to Aunt Polly so we took
off quite a load there. The ride down
the canal was lovely. The maples are
turning a brilliant yellow and the vine
maples are red so it's a grand sight.
Along Lake Crescent was fine. The
water was so blue. We ate lunch at
Forks. We were going to look up one of
the Fletchers, but they weren't home
so we went on to Ruby Beach and
found everyone all right. Reversing
the way in the cabin and went down to
the ocean where I took some pictures.
One of the men here was out hunting
but saw nothing. We went down on the
beach and walked around and watched
the waves. Grandma was busy looking
for rocks but there were no rocks, only
big ones. The tide was too high. Home
again and combed my hair and wrote
a while. The first of the elk hunters
came by with their elk and are they
happy? You never saw such hilarity on
Coca Cola!
Saturday, October 29, 1938
A wet, rainy day. We ate a big
breakfast and went out elk hunting
about ten o'clock. Elizabeth and Da-
vid and I separated from John and
Alvin and went up the trail. Never in
my life have I seen such underbrush!
We crawled on our hands and knees
over and under logs and once we ran
in a circle and came back on the same
old trail. We started towards the
west and came out to the road where
someone was honking their horn.
We thought it was someone from our
place but found it was some strang-
ers. However, they took us up to the
house and we were glad for we were
all soaked to the skin. Home again
and changed the wet clothes and ran
Sunday, October 30, 1938
Rained very hard all night-and in
the morning we decided it was too
wet to go hunting. Another party has
got two elks so John and Alvin went
out to help carry them in and I don't
envy them one bit as it is a hard days
work, carrying that meat out on their
backs. This morning we had a won-
derful breakfast and then hiked on
the beach for a while. I found nothing,
but Elizabeth found a knot that looks
like a shell so I brought that home.
Yesterday Elizabeth brought
up a big elk horn from the
brush and I carried a part of
the way out and David the
rest of the way out. It weighs
more than the gun we car-
ried. Now the sun is trying
to come out and if it clears
up we plan on going hunting
again. Mama, Grandma and
Aunt Polly are looking at the
rock collection of Myrtle's.
She had some very fine spec-
imens of shell and see life
that she has mounted. John set a trap
for a civet cat and now Elizabeth has
to drown it as he went out after elk
meat. Quite a nasty job as the whole
place is reeking already. We went out
for a ride after lunch, or I should say
dinner, for it was such a big meal. We
rode up towards the ranger station
along the Hoh River and picked some
of the reddest maple leaves I ever
saw. We filled the back of the car with
them. We saw moss hanging from
the trees two feet long and the most
enormous spruce in the country. The
road was through a virgin forest and
wonderful to behold. Also saw when
the Holdunch family crossed the Hoh
in a canoe, their only way to get to
the outside world. This is the land of
pioneers and needs to be for the coun-
try is so wild. The dinner tonight was
wonderful, roast chicken, dressing,
mashed potatoes, salad, beans, gravy,
coffee and jello. How we all ate - es- :
pecially the elk packers who came in
from packing out two elk from way up
the river. They had to cross the river
in a canoe and I guess it must have
been a large canoe to carry two elk.
Three of the men interested in the oil
leases up here are going to Seattle
tonight and I don't envy them a bit.
It's a long, hard trip and miserable
driving in the rain.
Monday, October 31, 1938
Well I went out elk hunting and
got oh! so wet. We started out at nine
and went in the woods up by Nolan
Creek. My feet were dry until we had
to wade the creek. We met five other
men who left us about a mile up the
creek.• Later in the day they got a nice
elk. We hiked until we ran across the
warm bed of an elk and followed that
trail until the rain had spoiled it. Then
we ate lunch and started for home. We
saw two deer down in the river bottom
when we ate lunch. On our way out to
the car we
see MEMOIRS, pg. A-31
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MASON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL
DISTRICT #2 is holding a special meeting
on Tuesday, November 8, at 7:00 pm
in the conference room at the Harrison
Belfair Clinic, located a 21 Romance
Hill Rd, in Belfair, Washington. The
District's 2017 proposed budget will be
discussed and acted upon. The public is
encouraged to attend.
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