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BI- X.TON-- SON COUNTY JOURNAL---Published in C¢Christmastown, U.S.A.", Shelton, Washington
Thursday,
SHELTON-MARON COUNTY JOURNAL, INC., Publishers
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A School Election Just Ahead
Puzzled voters will ballot on a confusing.school pro-
posal next Tuesday, along with other measures and candi-
dates for school board posts.
Puzzled they have reason to be, for the 1965 legisla-
ture possibly hit an all-time peak in confusion when it en-
acted the two laws concerning taxation limits in a frantic
effort to equalize school financing.
We have come to the conclusion that anyone
who wishes to see school standards kept on a ris-
ing plane has no choice but to vote for the 14-
mill levy continuation which school officials ask.
The proposal to release the funds locked up many
years ago fo ra swimming pool which couldn't be financed
with the meager money the fund had also deserves passage,
this time. When this was voted down at an earlier election
it was because the money was then proposed to go into
the general fund. This time it is ear-marked specifically
for improvement of physical education and athletic facili-
ties
It is generally recognized that the need for
improvement in this area in Shelton is urgent,
W,e urge voters to approve, this time.
Five excellent candidates seek the two school board
positions open this year. We are satisfied any of them
would carry out the responsibilities capably. We think
there are two whose qualifications and training make them
more valuable to the school district than the other three
however.
Frank Heuston and Dick Brewer, by virtue of their
particular talents, are those two. Heuston has proven in
the five years he has already served on the board that he
is the type of strong leader needed to give the board an
inquisitiveness and perception which removes it entirely
from the real of "rubber stamp" which so often character-
izes school boards, ttis knowledge of law has been of great
value to the board.
In the same manner Brewer's depth of knowledge in
finances can be an unusually valuable asset to a body which
is charged with operating a million public business
such as the Shelton school district represents.
The people of School District 309 are fortu-
nate to have two such excep'tionally well qualified
men willing to give their taients to public service.
Halloween Safety For
Parents should make sure their youngsters wear or
can'y something white when trick or treating on Halloween.
A white handkerchief or scarf tied around an arm will help
them be seen by motorists.
If they must wear masks /it would be best if they did
not) the eye holes should not be so small as. to limit their
vision.
Halloween activities this coming Sunday evening will
bring swarms of youthful trick-and-treaters out after dark
onto the streets where they will become one of the yearly
traffic problems.
Motorists should be especially watchful for children
darting out from behind corners and parked cars.
Parents can help insure their children's safety by mak-
ing sure they can be seen at night.
An Easily Solved
Whoever planned the new addition to the Shelton post-
office certainly didn t give public convenience the consider-
ation it was due.
Among several other poorly planned details
not quite so obvious to the public, the lack of a
package-mailing receptacle worth the name is
highly conspicuous.
Anyone who has a package more than four inches
thick cannot mail it either in the postoffiCe o1 in the mail
box in front of the building. This is highly nconvenient
particularly to merchants who are called upoh frequently
to mail packages on the weekend when the post0ffice is not
open or in the evenings after it has closed.
For example, a Shelton druggist last Saturday had
need to mail a package of medicine which was a box ap-
proximately five inches square. He couldn't aail it be-
cause the new postoffice addition doesn't have adequate
facilities for packages as did the original postoff ce, where
there was a package-drop capable of accepting l easonably
large parcels.
This is a detail which could easily be co r, ect-
ed. We hope it will be without delay. '
The 'Invisible Man'
The recent rash of accidents involving riders operating
two-wheeled vehicles prompts a word of caution from what
, " ' x }erlence"
you might term the voice of e 1 " •
Please, you folks who ride Hondas, bicyclles
and other small two-wheel transportation on tl Je
public thoroughfares, do so with the idea in yot}r
own mind that you are the "invisible man",
This is putting it a bit strongly, admittedly, btrt the
fact is you are very difficult to see.
Car drivers accustomed to keeping their eyes p, ,eled
for other cars on the streets and highways, oftem do
not see you because your smaller size has a tendenc to
blend in with the surrounding terrain.
So think of yourself as the invisible man and retort
accordingly. You'll be a lot safer. '
Solved With Sense!
This community should be relieved at the sensible so-
lution achieved ill the differences between the Shelto ¢i
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nated wZtil a turf surface. I
Anstey's presentation was sup-/
ported and supplemented by sev-
,yon~or StM[
eral others at the meeting. When
the vote to advocate release of
the locked-up swim pool funds was
taken there was no opposition.
OTHER DISCUSSION at the
program, an "open end" type dur-
ing which members wine invited
Lo bring up any shbject they wish-
:ed for airing, centered mainly
around the confusing and centre-
versial tax proposals which will
be on next Tuesday's ballot.
John W. Bennett, a past Cham-
ber president, and Robert Quiggle,
city school superintendent, attemp-
ted to clarify the two apparently
contradictory laws passed by the
1965 legislature.
Bennett described the situation
as having two facets: those who
need tax funds to maintain their
financial status quo (the schools),
and those jumping on the band
wagon to get additional tax funds
(the county).
He urged approval of the school
14-mill levy proposal, rejection of
the county's request to continue
collecting taxes at eight mills.
The first, he said, woulu maintain
school funds at their present lev-
el, the. latter would add approxi-
mately $100,000 to the taxes col-
lected by the county. He described
the county's need for that much
more money as unwarranted.
Quiggle explained that the
change in the method of appor-
tioning school equalization funds
came about because some counties
were taking unfair advantage of
it to get mote than their share
of state funds through unduly low
property assessment ratios. The
new laws now causing such con-
fusion and necessitating next Tues-
day's vote on sustaining the 14-
mill school levy were designed to
wipe out that inequality.
The subjects discussed by An-
stey, Bennett and Quiggle occupied
so much time that many other
subjects scheduled for airing had
to be' omitted.
DICK ANGLE, county hospital
commissioner, spoke briefly on the
hospital situation (essentially cow
ering the same material in the
Journal's story last week); Bill
Looney, member of the city lib-
rary board, pointed out that Shel-
ton will be needing a new library
before many more years; and Bud
Lyon, immediate past Chamber
president, talked briefly on Christ-
mas decorations.
A three-man delegation from the
Montesano Chamber of Commerce,
headed by President Jack Mempa,
presented a plaque to Shelton
Chamber President Max Schmidt
for the winning float the Chamber
and Simpson Timber Company
sponsored in Montesano's Dairy
Day parade.
Jim Morgan, manager of the
Shelton office of the Kitsap Physi-
cians Service, was introduced and
expressed the hope his organiza-
tion would~be able to merit the
good will and support of the Shel-
ton Chamber.
Vice President V/nee Himlie was
in charge of the night's program.
(Continued from Page 1)i
Harvaru a.u Ulympm ~rcc£s.
The City Civil Service Commis-
sion certified John Michael Smith
as eligible for appointment as city
police patrolman. Police Chief
Richard Camper told the commis-
sion Smith would be available Nov.
1 to go to work. He will fill the
vacancy created by the resignation
of Arthur R. (Bud) Morris several
weeks ago.
Finance Commissioner D av e
Kneeland reported on a meeting of
Finance Officers sponsored by the
Association of Washington Cities
in Spokane which he and City
Clerk-Treasurer Mrs. Alma Catto
attended.
KNEELAND SAID one of the
most interesting parts of the meet-
ing was the discussion of the plan
by the city group to circulate pe-
titions to get a referendum on the
ballot in November 1966 general
election to allocate to the cities 10
per Cent of the sales tax collected
by the state.
Kneeland said supporters of the
proposal contend it would not
mean an increase in the sales tax
and that the 10 percent would be
less than the normal annual
growth in sales tax revenue re-
ceived bY_ the state.
He said it was estimated that it
would mean about $14 per capita
to the cities or an estimated $88,-
000 to Shelton. The money, he said,
would be available in the budget
which starts Jan. 1, 1967 if it gets
on the ballot and is approved by
~he voters.
Mayor Frank Travis appointed
Mrs. Elroy Nelson to serve on the
Park Board. She had been recom-
mended in a letter from the Dirt
Dobbers Garden Club last week.
THE MAYOR SAID he was
~igning a proclamation setting
Nov. 11 as Veterans Day in Shel-
ton.
The Commission voted to ap-
prove requests for zoning vari-
'races for the construction of du-
p!exes to Bruce Jorgensen and
,rancis Mayer on the recommen-
dation of the Planning Commis-
sion.
Mrs. Bill Peele appeared at the
:ommission meeting to voice an
)bjection to a pile of wood which
is lying along side of the street at
!llth and Cota Streets which she
had reported several times and
about which nothing had been
done. She also asked Commissioner
Elroy Nelson to investigate what
she believed was a member of the
city street crew taking sick leave
Lime when he 'was not sick.,
EX.SH ELTONIAN PROMOTED
Harold T. Brazil, 49, who began
school board aild sut)erilltelldent Bob Quiggle. '" his lifetime connection in public
Both sides are to be commended for corn- utility service at the age of 14
when he dug power pole holes, read
promising, for not forcing the situation into ameters and served as a relief cash-
knock-down-and-drag-out court struggle, ler for the old West Coast Power
We have seen these things happn numrous tinls in ,Company in Shelton, has been
the past in other areas of Mason County with resultant :named manager of the far-flung
wounds which take years to heal, if they ever do. Okanogan County P'ublic Utility
/:)/strict. He had been regional
Shlton has been spared that cleavage, thanks to the lf~ghting engineer for Line Mate-
ability of sensible men to submerge their differences for rfals, Inc., of Seattle prior to ac-
the public good. ee tinl the Okanogan post,,
ROBERT STRACHILA
Robert L. Strachila has joined
the staff of Rayonicr's Olympic
Research Division in Shelton. In
making the announcement, Dr. Ed-
win L. Lovell, Division Manager,
said Strachila will be a research
chemist in the laboratory's silva-
chemicals program.
A native of the Bellingham area,
Strachila received his Bachelor of
Science degree in June from Cen-
tral Washington State College at
Ellensburg, where he majored in
chemistry.
Married, Strachila, his wife, Vir-
ginia, 18-month,old daughter, and
new son, are living at 1928 South
Second, in Shelton.
Agnes M. Crnich
Dies In Montana
Agnes Martin Crnich died last
Thursday in Butte, Mont., aL 75
years of age. Mrs. Crnich came
to Washington as a young girl and
spent most of her early years in
Shelton. She moved Lo Montana
about 35 years ago.
Survivors include her husband
William Crnich, Butte, Mont., two
sons and three grandchildren; a
sister, Mrs. Margaret McConkey,
and a nephew, Roy McConkey,
both of Shelton.
Mrs. Ottermatt
Succumbs At 92
Jeanette Ottermatt, 604 Cedar
St., died last Saturday in the
Shelton General Hospital at 92
years. She was born June 24, :1873
in Mason County and lived here
all her life.
In 1901 Mrs. OttermatL was .op-
SCHOOL DIRECTORS MEET--Officers of the
newly-formed Mason County School Directors as-
sociation talk with State Rep, Paul Conner at the
dinner meeting of the group last week. Conner
was the speaker at the meeting and discussed
problcms encountered by the legislature in adopt-
ing school legislation and reviewed the legislation
Kiwanians
&hod Board
Candidates
Shelton Kiwanians doubled-up
on their weekly luncheon program
Tuesday, holding one of their pop-
ular "ballot battalion" features and
hearing of plans for the formation
here of a Key Club for high school
boys.
Candidates for the. Shelton school
board election to be held next
Tuesday were heard on the "ballot
battalion" end of the program.
Only three of the five candidates
were present, but through state-
ments made by those present and
on behalf of the absentees it was
disclosed all five favor passage of
the 14-mill levy proposition which
will be voted upon Tuesday along
with the candidates.
Unanimously they felt "there is
no other choice" in order to main-
lain school finances at adequate
levels.
TO THE QUESTION "do you
believe the present management.
system in use by the Shelton
school district will work?" there
was a difference of opinion among
the candidates present.
Jim Barrom said he thought it
would work if given enough time
and pointed out that the system
is now used by the Simpson Timber
Company.
erator of the first telephone ,ex-[
change
in Shelton. After 27 'jests I ment by committee is .the mo~L
she retired as manager ()~ the i confusing, expensive, tired consum-
Shelton Exchange. She also served ing manner to do things, and sug-
eight years as City treasurer and gested that a "vertieal form of
at one time did typesetting in the
old Mason County Journal office.
The funeral service was held at
11 a.m. Wednesday with Rev. Clar-
ence Lody officiating followed by
burial in Shelton Memmial Park.
Surviving are two brothers, L. B.
Fredson and Phil Fredson, both
of Shelton; one nephew, Paul
Fredson, of Shelton; and three nie-
ces, Misses Rose and Dora Fred-
son, both of Shelton, and Mrs.
Betty Austin of Yakima.
IN ROTC
Cadet Steven W. Anstey, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin J. Anstey,
Shelton, has begun training lead-
ing to a commission as a Second
Lieutenant in the United States
Air Force under th~ auspices of
management" in which responsi-
1)fifties: and authorities are clearly
defined produces more effective
and efficient management.
NEITHER DICK BREWER nor
Les Joslin, opponents for the other
directorship, were present. Brewer
was represented by Ken Frank,
who presented his qualifications
and personal history. Joslin had no
stand-in but his statement of qual-
ifications and history were read by
Bill Seiners, chairman of the "bal-
lot battalion" program.
Bill Watts, Northwest Pacific
district chairman of Key Club ac-
tivities for the Kiwanis Club, a
British Columbian from Vancou-
ver, explained the Key Club pro-
gram, which he described as an ef-
fort to teach community and pub-
the Reserve Officer Training Pro- lie service to high school boys.
gram at Central Washington State "THIS IS ONE of the few things
College. Anstey is a 1965 graduate not taught now in our public
of Shelton High School; he will schools," Watts said. "Key Clu,'~
participate in four years of in- membership is chosen from boys
tens/fled classroom and leadership wl~o have proven capabilities in
instruction, take part in visits to their classes, sports, and extra-
Air Force Bases, and attend AF- curricular activities. It is a Kiwan-
ROTC Field Training between his is effort to build citizenship and
junior and senior years. Upon suc- leadership early in lfie."
cessfully completing the General Kiwanis President John Pill
Military Course (in which he is named Pat Byrne and Jack Chris-
now enrolled) and the Profession- tenses as co-chairmen to study the
al Officer Course at Central, he possibility of forming a Key Club
will be eligible for commissioning aL Shelton high school, with Bud
as an Air Force Officer upon grad- Knutzen, Rod Cottrell and Rocky
uation. Hembroff as advisors.
THROUGH THE FLOOR--Shelton Police arc looking for the bur-
glar who entered the Shelton Liquor Store through this hole in
the floor in the rest room on the second flo'or of the building
which houses the store. The burglar got away with $88.67 in
cash, an adding machine valued at $250, a transistor radio.direc-
tional finder for navigation valued at $300; two half-gallons of
Canadian Club whiskey valued at $17.95 each and four fifths of
whiskey valued at $9.65 each. The radio-directional finder be-
longed to Mrs. Helen Barnes, a clerk in the s~ore. The break.in
was discovered by Mrs. Agnes Alexander of the Coast Credit
Service office which adjoins t~e rest room through which entry
was made, The burglary ooourred some time Sunday night,
passed which affects schools. The group adopted
its by-laws at the meeting also. Left to right are
Chnr]es Jackson, secretary-treasurer; Les Spil-
seth, trustee; Connor; Herb Brehmeyer, vice-pres-
ident; Barrie Stroud, president, and Dick Rasmus-
sen trustee.
From The
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MASON COUNTY JUSTICE
COURT
Appearing on the docket in Ma-
son County Justice Court before
Judge Glenn Correa during the
days in jail, six suspended; Jul-
ein Driessche, driving while intox-
icated, $110 fine, five days in jail,
suspended, license revoked 30
days; Rudy Pierson, driving while
intoxicated, $110 fine, five days
in jail, suspended, license revoked
30 days; William D. Hartman,
reckless driving, $110 fine, $50
suspended, license revoked 30 days;
George E. Towner, driving while
intoxicated, $110 fine, five days
in jail, suspended, license revoked,
30 days.
Sheriff's Office
Raymond K. Anderson, driving
while intoxicated, $110 fine, five
days in jail, suspended, license re-
yoked 30 days; Stephen Lovely,
litterbugging, $50 forfeit; Doug-
las Price, littcrbugging, $50 for-
feit; Melvin Braaten, Jitterbugging,
$50 forfeit; Robert Houston, lit-
terbugging, $50 forfeit; Carl T.
Chapman, faihtre to stop, $12 for-
feit; Gerald L. Puckett, failure to
comply with safety responsibility
act:, driving while intoxicated, $220
fine, 10 days in jail, suspended,
license revoked 60 days.
$ ~." ,
(~ame l)elmrtmcnt
Ernest Kinney, overpossession of
smelt, $29 forfeit; Garland Cross-
while, possession of deer in closed
season, $250 fine, $]00 suspended;
Dale Boquint, illegal possession of
deer, $250 fine, $150 suspended.
SHEI.TON POLICE COURT
Appearing on the docket in
Shelton Police Court Monday night
before Judge Rolls Halbert was
Gordon SLeenson, drunkenness, $25
forfeit.
CITY BUILDING PERMITS
Building permits approved by
the City of Shelton during the
past week were to Andrew Cho-
jinacki; fense, $250, and W. C.
Knight, mobile home, $6,400.
¢ $ :;;
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Oct. 23, 3:04 a.m.--Fire in the
Irene Miklethun home, 415 Fair-
mont, cansed $2,000 damage to
the home and $500 to the contents.
Oct. 23, 12:35 p.m.--A chimney
fire at the Lawrence Wilson home,
600 S. 6th St., caused no damage.
Oct. 24, ~:35 P.m.--A work shed
on the Earl Schmidtke home out-
side the city limits burned.
$ '$ $
SUPERIOR COURT
New Cases
Albert LeGault against West
:oastTelephone Co., suit.
Adjustment Department Credit
Bureau against Roger Heath, debt.
$ $ $
SHERIFF'S OI~'ICE ARRESTS
Booked at the Mason County
Sheriff's office during the past
week were Rudy Pierson, driving
while intoxicated; Stephen Love-
ly, aiding and abetting litterbug-
ging; Douglas Prme, aiding and
abetting litterDuggmg; Robert
Houston, aiding an(] abetting lit-
' Salvation Army
Group Here
The Service Extensi0
tee of the Salvation
the Timbers
This committee
McArthur, Miss Diane
Mrs. Geraldine Watt,
Sgt. Frank Rains
DicRinson.
Last year the
helped with food,
clothing for 116 people
Some of these were
campships for children
otherwise not attend
camp. The Booth
pital in Spokane is
Salvation Army and
unwea mothers. 174
l:his home last year
money of the
provided through
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terbugging; Melvin Braaten, litter-
bugging; Alan Middleton, safety
responsibility act violation; Julien
Driessche, driving while intoxicat-
ed; Robert D. Chamberlin, tres-
pass; Clarence Goff, Pierce County
bench warrant; Raymond K. An-
derson, driving while intoxicated;
Gerald L. Puckett, driving while
license revoked, failure to comply
with safety responsibility act, dri-
ving while intoxicated, negligent
driving.
SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Henry Baker, Belfair, reported
his house entered and a .22 rifle
taken.
Reba Gustafson reported two
chain saws stolen.
Donald Doak reported two rifles
taken.
Ed Kroh reported about two
cords of firewood which the Ex-
ceptional Foresters had cut was
taken.
¢ .$ $
SHELTON POLICE
Fred D. Smith reported vandal-
ism Lo his car.
Ralph Robinson reported a ve-
hicle he reported stolen Feb. ]2
was found by a friend on a logging
road in the Kamilche vicinity
while hunting. The car had been
stripped and wrecked.
Thomas O'Brein, McCleary, re-
ported a wallet lost.
Dude Sanderson reported a six-
pack of beet" taken from his car.
, Dennis Cardinal reported ann-
ther vehicle had sideswiped his.
Myrtle Ro~e reported a ~ga1~
theft.
Donald Hickham reported a tool
box and some tools taken from
his car.
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WORLD WAR II VETS
ENTITLED TO DIVIDEND
A recent employe newsletter at
Bangor carried the following item
provided that all veterans of World SHELTON SCHOOL
War II.
" 'll )'~s.~ed by Congress has
b, i ..... , . . • Purnose
pz.ovzded that ahvetmans of World
War II receive a dividend on their • D,rectlon'--
GI life insurance of 50 cents per
thousand for earn month in the • Comlnon Sense
service. This i~ wheLhcr or not
they still carrv this insurance. • Experience
"Veter;~ns wPl not get this
money unless theyask for it. It • Planning
!should amount Lo $~uu. If you are • Perception
veteran and haven't received this
money, yoU should ask for it to- • Sound Thinking
day. ivVrite to: Veterans Aclminis-
i tration Center, Fort Snelling St
Paul, Minn. 55111.
"You must give your name, ad-
dress, the branch of service you SENSIBLE
were in. serial number, date of
,hnroebirth' dateSand OfyourenlistmentGi Insuranceand dis- Shelton Needs Such Ability on the
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number, if you know :.a~!}e V.A.
"hat everY worJ,= war 1I
urges '.. ". NEXT TUESDAY VOTE
• a'-nly regardless of who-
veteran Pt ' : r '
n ..... )r not you t,hmR you d~d ap.
":"" L-'~e,-'ll "leL you know if you
p y. e/ad,, received this ,noSey
nave air ,c ~"
DIRECTOR HAVE GIVEN
-C-k--(IS
Shelton Police Tuesday found a
car in a garage at a home which
has been vacant for several weeks.
The car turned out to be one which
was stolen frol~ Tumwater several
months ago.
Wrapped in One Package This All Means -- ,:
FOR SCHOOL
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