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Sunday School Class To
or Treat" For World's Kids
a.of the seventh and that each family will receive only
4[L' class of the Method- one call.
School will turn in The Sunday school class and
tdY bags this year and their director Freeman Felt de-
rrtreat" for ell of the cided to do this work after leaxn-
Pen this Saturday ing there are a billion children in
hUnited Nations In- the world and three-fourths of
ling i lldren'Sto theEmergenCYRev. Rob- yearthem 55aremlllionSiCk andyoungstershUngry. Laan
"i,. their mothers were treated and
" class members will fed by UNICEF.
i'arly two million more After making their house to
! 'i:'tlghout the nation m house rounds on Halloween eve
t:NICEI,'. the students will have a party of
.NG people can be their own with games and refreah-
.$ ! the UNICEF tag on ments in the fellowship hall of the
t! e and will carry the Methodist church.
F,alf pint milk carton Felt has been ably assisted by
'NICEF, label. They plan his wife and Mrs. ttarvey Warn-
i
on door knobs so aca in the planning of the eve-
I ,,'----, nings activity. Class members
4-H
Win
have spent several hours painting
advertising posters now on display
in the city as well as making
pumpkin door tags.
THE SUNDAY school class
would like to remind the public
that a" UNICEF dime will provide
50 children with a glass of milk
I . ': , or provide enough vaccine to pro-
IIi . tect 50 children against TB or
P th dren of yaw, a crippling tropical
e worthy
:' of Mason
nt night
ational
constitut- disease.
County's
ni, last Sat-PETITIONS
Guard Arm-,
er three hdred -H
- ][ tee county. This was
ae Washington Farm-
l'Rtive Association and thPetTsrSn Z,O available on
bookmobile
Otho V. Bostwlck, proposition for those desiring to
t |'. T h e Kiwanis sign, reports Herbert G. Nelson of
.enez.al
ich
j
club achieve-
to the Live Wires
has Mrs. Frank
and Nancy Bur-
Mr. Frank Wil-
Of the boys and
of Kiwanis pre-
i' leadership awards
' Martin Auseth and
larsh; achievement
[Ject and club wok
en Wolf, Bob Ieds,
tter and Dick Ed-
r°gnition was given
• .ing members: can-
'emRae and Nova AU-
M'rded medals; cloth-
Were given to Karen
__ Wetter and Clristi
i',:.' revue medals were
ey Burnett, Karen
l Wetter and Chrisms
wMabel Burke pre-
00'00rds.
• :Aehlevement medals
..! to Bob Brewer,
Bradley
LYerly. Dairy Foods
:/t. medal went to
00du00tion00 Fo00-
=z' medals for out-
LV. electric pojects
Martin
: ebert Spooner.
a d h a n c e 00eived
awed for hls
WtComology project.
Was given a medal
0000para00on projsct
of South Oly00-
t !ltal Presented Robert
:,,,!)[' a medal in forestry
aflricex Forest Prod-
€ . and Bob Leeds
tals for their work
'.
K%00man, and Gordon
;- project work was
;titn with an award
:aeth. Tractor Project
:l:.Uized with medals
°f nearly 400 present
s Shown slides of 4-H
lt , Mason County by
t Charles K, Peck.
l.t; county officers
ose elected were
¢k Edwards; vice
n Wolf; secretary,
i:and reporter, Deans
who were given
five years of sets-
Frank Wolf, Mrs.
Robert Wlt-
ca Yq;, ;
Skookum Bgy.
THE PETITIONS ask dissolu-
tion of the Mason-Thurston Libra-
ry District and that people of both
counties have the opportunity to
vote in the 1960 general election if
they wish such a district.
"Anyone believing In the repre-
sentative form of government
wishing to sign one of the peti-
tions may find them at various
places throughout the county,"
Nelson said.
Those wishing to obtain a peti-
tion themselves may do so by
writing to Nelson, Route 3, Box
280, She]ton.
Only Mason County residents
living outside the city of Shelton
are eligible to sign the petitions.
Shelton residents are not eligibl
BOYS TO WORK
Three teen-age youths from Bei-
fair and one from Port Orchard
were sentenced to 10 days at hard
labor by justice of the peace, Joe
Peters of Belfair Monday for
drinking alcoholic beverage.
The boys, all high school stu-
dents, were ordered to dig ditches
and paint buildings owned by the
county. Besides the 10 days of
work the boys also paid court
costs of $3.50 each.
The parents of the youths ap-
proved the penalty of the court
and one boy's father offered to
buy more paint himself if they
should run out.
Justice Peters had previously
meted out a similar penalty to
four boys who were caught steal,
lng gasoline on the North Shore
road.
JAGUARS,
Shelton scored the winning
touchdown 'on a 22.yard Leroy
Austin to Joe Waters pass in the
final ten seconds of play for a
13-6 upset victory over Jefferson
of Olympia in a junior high foot-
ball game on Loop Field this aft-
ernoon.
Gary Combs banged across the
try-for-point. He had previously
plunged 3 yards for Shelton's sec-
ond quarter touchdown to tie the
score at 6-6. Jefferson had tallied
in the first quarter on a double.
reverse which Dennis Bolton car-
tied around right end for 47 yard.
eLtry-f0r-potut wa g0gl
HINTO00N HANDED 45 DAY SUSPENSION
City Suspends 14-DAY HEARING ENDS
rishe[ From WEDNESDAY EVENING
Everything from baseball to concentrated "night school
Police Force law courses" came into the testimony in the final day of the
The Shelton City Commis-
sion suspended police officer
Herbert Rishel from duty
Tuesday night in city hall.
The commission's position on
the suspension is that Rishel
was never legally hired as a
police officer since he at one
time had been convicted of a
felony.
Civil Service Commission
Chairman Rocky Hembroff
was notified of the suspen-
sion and was present at he
meeting but said he had no
comment on the matter at
that time.
RISHEL'8 NAME has come up
on several occasions during the
hearing of Police Chief Paul Hin-
ton. One of the charges against
Hinton is that he hired a former
felon as a police officer. Rthel
was notified of his dismissal by
the city Tuesday night.
The charges against Rlshel
made reference to the alleged
falseness of his application for
employment when he was hired
by the city in 1958. The city's
viewpoint on the Rlshel hiring is
that although he had received a
restoration of civil rights from
the governor he was still not
eligible to hold a civil service
office.
The move to suspend Rishel had
the backing of Mayor Earl MOore
and Commissioner Joe Simpson
and W. F. McCann.
THE STATE passed a new law
In regard to parole in 1951 which
has caused some confusion as to
the lgal status of persons con-.
Vmted of felonies, acc0rlng to
State Parole and Probation Offic-
er Harry Peterso of Bremerton.
VFW Winners
To Be Named
Veterans of Foreign Wars Area
Director John W. Riley will an-
nounce the names of the writers
of the three best scripts entered
in the Irene S. Reed High School
"Voice of Democracy" competition
at 9:05 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 2, on
radio station KITN.
THE THREE scripts will be
broadcast at this time and the
winner will be selected by the
judges who are; Shelton Postmas-
ter Mr. J. H. Gray, Norman H.
Smith of the She]ton Toastmas-
ters Club and Kurt Mann of the
She]ton Kiwanis Club.
The success of the Shelton
'oice of Democracy" contest was
due to the cooperation of Irene S.
Reed High School Principal Geor-
e Hermes and English Teacher
aul J. Grille, through who
courtesy this school program
broadcast will be "piped" through-
out the school, via their public ad-
dreu system.
Employment
Office Set Up
State Employment SeCurity -
partment staff members will open
a temporary employment office
for Christmas tree workers start-
ing next Monday in the Bell Build-
tng.
ANYONE SEEKING employ-
ment in any phase of the Christ-
mas tree cutting activity, which
gets into full swing next week
and is already under way on a
small scale in some areas of the
county, are requested to make
their applications through the of.
rice, which will be located in the
old quarters of the Shelton TiUe
Company just across the alley
from the Journal.
John Kane of the department s
head office in Olympia will be ip
charge of the temporary Shelton
office and will be assisted by an-
other staff member.
Former Idaho Bishop
To Officials Sunday
Bishop Rhea, retired Bishop of
Idaho, will officiate at the serv-
ices Sunday, Nov. 1 at St. David's
Episcopal Church.',, The women of
am ml ccthenPartsh will participate in the
• orporate communion at
the 11 a.m. service. The women'
United Thank Offering will be
given at this service.
Following the 11 a.m. service
there will be a coffee hour honor-
ing Bishop Rhea. St. Cecelias
Gtdld is in charge o£ planning the
f.fo0 hour,
civil service commission hearing of the dismissal charges
against suspended chief of police Paul Hinton.
The "night school law" came into the hearing during the
testimony of Bernard Bailey, Shelton barber, who has filed
and subsequently withdrawn
civil service board.
BAILEY SAID that at the time
he arranged a meeting through
Police Sift. V. J. Santamaria with
Mayor Earl Moore and city attor-
ney Barry Hatten, that all he
wanted was information about the
hiring of a convicted felon by the
police department. He said he had
asked about this of the mayor be-
fore and had never felt that he
had been given a satisfactory an-
swer.
As the evening meeting, on Oc-
tober 10, progressed Barley stated
that points in the civil service
code were pointed out to him, and
that by the time the meeting was
over it seemed like a good idea to
file charges against the commis-
sion.
BAILEY MAINTAINED that
at first he had been interested
only in the moral issue of a felon
on the police department, but that
at his meeting with Hatten and
Moore, Moore had suggested that
if things were going to blow up
they might as well go the whole
way.
Through questions asked by At-
torney Frank Heuston, counsel for
Paul Hinton, Bailey related that
after the session he went home
and wrote a letter stating the
charges against the commission
and that the next morning Barry
Hatten picked the letter up at his
barber shop and that later in the
day he met with Hatten and
Moore and Hatten gave him an
amended letter of his charges
telling him to copy it in his own
haled and submit it to the.city
odiiton, wiich he.dld.
UNDER CROSS examination by
Hatten, Bailey said that the city
attorney had advised him that as
a citizen he would have to draw
up the charges himself, that he
Hatten couldn't do it for him.
In further cross examination
Bailey said that he was "shook",
when at a meeting with County
Prosecutor McClannahan. Sheriff
Potter and Frank Houston, Heu-
ston brought up the possibility of
filing charges against him of con-
spiracy to subvert Jnstiee and
criminal libel.
LATER ON during the morn-
ing hearing, County Prosecutor
Byron Mcclannahan was called
to the stand to testify about the
meeting with Bailey when the
possibility of criminal action was
discussed and about complaints he
had made in the past to the mayor
and the city attorney about the
police department.
He stated that he did not recall
having been critical of the chief
or the department but had men-
ttoned specific cases where he was
dissatisfied with the manner of
investigations.
He also said that after he found
out that the mayor had relayed
things he had told him in confi-
define on to other people, things
that he felt were gossip and hear-
say, he deetded to clear them up
by his own investigation and
found that the majority of them.
were Without foundation.
IN A DrREc exchange with
Hatten, McClannahan said, "Do
you honestly want to know what
I think about this whole thing? I
think you gave Barley some bum
advice."
The day that Chicago beat Los
Angeles 1-0 was the day officer
Dick Nelson recalled, ehzring his
testimony as being the time he
met in the Shelton Hotel With
Hatten and Moore and told them
that he thought they were using
him as a "patsy" in the Hinton
ea. During his testimony Nelson
said that it was also clear between
him and Heustcn that tf hc was
part of a conspiracy "to get Htn-
ton" that Heuston would have his
Job.
Other witnesses called during
the morning were Frank Wfllard,
principal of the vocational school
of the city school who testified
that he felt the handling of juve-
nile problems had been greatly
improved since Hinton had be-
come chief and that he was the
best police chief he had worked
with.
GEORGE HERMES,, high school
principal, said that his associa-
tion with Hinton had been a g,ee-
able and that he felt that Hinton
had helped many teen-agers who
otherwise would have gotten into
trouble.
YEE, ITERDAY afternoon o o t h
sides wound up their cases in the
hearing with City Attorney Barry
Hattcn demanding Hinton's dis-
charge from office on the grounds
that all the charges had been
proven against the Police Chief by
the evidence presented and by the
testimony of witnesses including
Hinton.
Frank Houston and Stanberry
F0nter, an Olympia lawyer WOrk.
charges against the present
ing with Houston, were equally
adamant on their position that
none of the charges had been
proved by the city and that Hin-
ton should be restored to duty.
"I have listened to City Attor-
ney Hatten for the last 55 min-
utes and not once did he have any-
thing good to say about the chief",
said Heuston.
In referring to the hiring of
Rishel, Houston added, "Is there
anything in our social culture
which requires that a man be pre-
sscuted forever for a mistake he
made in the past?"
HATTEN devoted a large part
of his summary to the employ-
ment application of Herbert Rish-
el, who was suspended from the
force Tuesday night. Hatten stat-
ed, "Tbe employment application
of Rishel had been tampered with.
The original answer to a question
on the form which asked if he had
ever been convicted of a felony
had been crossed out. Hinton
knew about Risbel's record all the
time".
The City Attorney also accused
Hinton of trying to cover up the
whole Warner incident, calling
down his own police officers for
investigating the case and refus-
ing to cooperate with the mayor
on the disposition cf the charges
against Waaaer.
FRANK HEUSTON told the
commission that if Hinton was
really trying to cover up the Rish-
el application he would have had
the whole thing typed over again
instead of writing on the appltca-
or Houston also took issue with
the''ity on the charge of destroy-
ing evidence, namely the state:
ments taken by police officers
from Francis Beatty and the tapes
of their conversations with him
and his 16-year-old sister.
"None of this evidence was le-
gally admissible in court", said
Houston.
Houston was also critical of the,
mayor for going to Seattle to get
advice on a local problem.
"Is mayor Gordon Clinton of
Seattle going to run the city of
Shelton?" Houston asked.
After Mayor Moore had rein-
stated Hinton he went to Seattle
to seek the advice of mayor Clln-
ton who referred him to Seth Tay-
lor, a retired Seattle police officer,
who in turn advised Moore it
would take an outside investigator
a month to learn what he knew
already and it would be better for
Moore to handle the situation with
local personnel.
STANBERRY FOSTER also
took a few verbal potshots at the
city by comparing their case
against Hinton with Shakespeare's
stm T of the "Merchant of Venice".
Foster said that as Shylock de-
manded his pmmd of flesh from
the merchant of Venice the city
was demanding its pound of flesh
because Francis Beatty was re-
leased from jail.
"I am afraid Beatty doesn't
make a very good whipping post",
added Foster.
Foster also said. "I once heard
that Napoleon could be two peo-
ple at the same time by changing
the position of his hat on his head
but I have never heard of a case
where a City Attorney could be
both the prosecutor and the de-
fender of the same person at the
same time".
Foster was making reference to
the fact that Hatten was as City
Attorney responsible for the pros-
ecutlon of Beatty but at the same
time had been appointed his de-
fense cotmsel by the Superior
Court.
HATTEN SCOFFED at the
comparison of the city to Shylock
wanting his pound of flesh and
said the city only wanted the
whole matter to be handled ac-
cording to law. Hatten claimed
Hinton's record of actions in the
case reflected deceit by attempt-
lng to cover things up and by
failing to cooperate with the may-
or.
On Thursday the ramming ses-
sions of the hearing, Chief Hinton
was questioned by his attorney,
Frank Houston, about the hiring
of officer Herbert Rlshel. Hinton
said he first met Rishel in 1952
when Rishel was working for the
department of natural resources.
Hinton said that Rishel came
down to the station many times
bcfo l. was on tbe force and
visited with Sgt. Vincent Santa-
maria. The chief maintained he
did not know anything about
Rishel's rec, ord as a felon at first
but heard runmrs to that effect
later. Hinton said sheriff Jug
Potter came down to his office
one day and showed him a super-
ior court record of Rishel's fel-
ony conviction.
HITON ADDED, "I was arn-
a,zed that he had a record," Tire
mspendsd chief maid he chkdJ
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Warnor's Letter ]+Reinstatement Ordered
Charges Hinton
A ndSantamf/a After Temporary Layoff
a new hot potato on its hands to-
day when K. P. Warner, resigned
city police officer, filed a letter
with the board charging Police
Chief Paul Hinton and Police Ser-
geant V. J. Santamaria with ne-
glect of duty and depriving him l
of his civil rights by withholding
service of a warrant for his arrest
in the Francis Beatty case which
led to Warner's resignation.
Warner's letter follows:
Oct. 28, 1959
Civil Service Commission
City of Shelton
Francis Beatty charged me with
providing him with intoxicating
liquor on the 6th day of Sept.,
1959. After this charge was mad
against me Chief of Police Hlnton
and SgL Santamaria told me that
if I would resign as patrolman no
further charges would be made.
In view of my past record of 11
years as a patrolman and this out-
rageous charge made by a drunk-
en Indian with a past criminal
record I agreed to do as requested
by Sgt. Santamaria and Chief
Hinton and resign, primarily be-
cause I felt that charges of this
kind and from this character im-
pressed my superior officers better
than my past record.
Had I known that at the time
of these charges that my super-
iors held a warrant for my arrest
(signed by Judge Rolla Halbert}
I would not have resigned. War-
rant dated Sept. 6. 1959. I hereby
charge Chief Hinton and Sgt. San-
tamaria with neglect of duty for
not serving me with the warrant
there and then, also depriving me
of my civil rights by withholding
this warrant information from me.
SignedKlee Warner.
with the sheriff's office and the
Bureau of Criminal Identification
in Olympia and that neither of-
fice ld a record of Rishel.
"]eZ I found Rlshel did have
a" l'ecord I told him he Would have
to clear the matter up," said Hin-
ton. Rishel took a four month
leave of absence from the force
and obtained a restoration of civil
rights. The chief told the court he.
and Moore had discussed the Rish-
el case several times and he un-
derstood that as far as the mayor
was concerned it was a closed
case.
Hinton also gave some back-
ground information about officer
K. P. Warner who has since re-
signed from the force. The chief
said Warner had worked nights
for several years. After finding
out about his drinking with juv-
enile Indians the chief said he
told Warner to resign or he would
see that charges were brought
against him.
OFFICER RICHARD Nelson
took the stand and told of his
feelings towards a charge made
by Chief Htnton that the other
police officers railroaded Warner.
Nelson said he was unhappy about
the attitude of the chief on that
matter but added that he never
intended that hearing on the
chief's fitness as a police chief
would result from the incident.
Nelson denied that he tried tc
railroad Warner. Other officets
including V. J. Santamaria. War-
ren Baumgsrt and Richard Booth
also stated that they have no in-
tention of bringing charges against
Hinton as a result of the Warner
case but admitted that they tm
were unhappy with the statement
of the chief that they had rail-
roaded Warner.
COUNTY PROSECUTING at-
torney Byron Mcclanahan took
the stand last Thursday and Fri-
day and told the commission about
F r a n c i s Beatty's backgrotmd.
Beatty is the 19-year-old Indian
who told police "vVarner had furn-
ished him and his sister with
vodka on Sunday, September 6.
McClanahan said Beatty had been
convicted on eight counts of being
drunk in public and three counts
of petty larceny in the last two
years. McClanahan said Beatty
had been sent to the Western
State Hospital by the court for
observation. McClanahan added
that Beatty did not seem to
chagc any after being in jail
and that it was the opinion of
himself and Judge Wright that
keeping him in jail would serve
no useful purpose,. McClanahan
stated this was the reason Judge
Wright suspended his fine of $1000
and his jail sentence of a year
on the condition that he leave
town.
Legion Officers ,
To Visit Local Post
District offmers will make an
official visit to Fred B. Wivell
Post 31 of the American Legion,
Tuesday evening, Nov. 3. at 8
o'clock in tlc Memorial Hall.
Fourth District Commander Ed
Davis of Tacoma will be accom-
panied by District Vice Command-
er Verne Hill of Puyallup. All Le-
gionnaires and ex-servieemen are
invited. Refreshments will be
served.
Suspension without pay for 45 days, then re-
instatement of Paul Hinton as Shelton's police
chief is ordered by the Civil Service Board in the
decision it rendered late this afternoon after four
days of public hearing on
by Mayor Earl Moore.
The decision was given in 'a
written form which had been pro.
pared Thursday morning in Olym-
pia in the offic, es of Ralph Swan-
son, attorney for the board during
the hearing.
The beard reached its decision
at a late hour Wednesday night
after completion of testimony
from witnesses called by both
sides and summations made by
attorneys for both sides,
The decision of the board,
signed by Chairman Rocky Hem-
broff and Stan Parker and Archie
Dittman, is summarized here-
with:
The Civil Service Commission
grouped the charges against Hin-
t.on into five general categories.
The Commission ruled that the
charge that Hinton had released
Vrancis Beatty from jail without
authority constituted misconduct
,as rejected by the commission.
They ld that while the dis-
charge of Beatty from Jail was
technically improper it did not
warrant disciplinary action.
The second charge was that
Hinton accepted the resignation of
Warner without taking any fur-
ther criminal action against him.
On this charge, the Commission
ruled that the Police Chief should
have referred the matter to coun-
ty authorities since the incident
took place outside of the city.
The Commission led that. the
inaction of the Chief on this issue
was not in the best interest of the
Shelto Police department and is
deserving rO£ censure. Tle Cure-
mission however felt that the ad-
ministrative action in accepting
the resignation of Warner from
the police force was proper. The
report of the Commission took
into account the fact that Beatty
was dznk at the time the state-
ments against Warner were made
and since the incident, took place
out of the city the matter did not
come trader his direct .lurisdiction.
B--That the action of the de-
fendant in destroying the written
statements taken from Barbara
n(l Freddie Beatty and In erasing
the tape recording of the interro-
gations of Francis Beatty was im-
proper.
The commission is of the opin-
ion that the determination of
whether the evidence was or was
not competent was one which was
beyond the authority of the de-
fendant to make and that the ac-
tion of the Chief of Police in de-
stroying this ewdence was im-
proper and deset'¢lng of censure.
4-.That the chief of police
knowingly deceived the Civil Set-
'ice Commission with respect to
the hiring of Officer Rlshel or was
so grossly negligent in his inves-
tigation of the background of
Rishel as to indicate incompe-
tency and dereliction of duty,
The commission does not feel
that the defendant altered the ap-
plication of Rtshel with any inten,
tics to deceive the Civil Service
Commission. The Commission fur-
thor feels that while the steps
taken to detezwaine the true facts
regarding the application were not
mffficient, nevertheless u s u al
operatiug p;edures were fol-
lowed. We therefore do not find
the facts sufficient to warrant
disciplinary action under this
charge,
5.-That the conduct of the Chief
of Police toward the officers in-
volved in the investigation of the
Beatty.Warner matter was im-
proper and caused dissension in
the Police Department.
While we believe that the Beat°
ty-Warner situation might have
multiple charges brought
overlooked.
The good faith of the mayor has
been challenged in this proceeding
and an attempt made to show be
had some personal grievances
against tile chief.
While we are of the opinion that
some of the methods used by the
mayor In bringing this matter be-
fore this Commission were tmfor-
tmate, nevertheless we find that
the mayor acted in what he con-
tdered to be the bet interests of
the Shelton Police Department and
the City of Shelton in preferring
these charges.
The Commission is aware that,
except for the Rtshel matter .... ,
all of the matters involved arose
out of an incident which occur-
red September 6, 1959. We do not
feel that in view of the length af
service of the defendant .... and
his excellent reputation . . . that
charges warrant his removal. We
do not, however, feel that the
matter can be overlooked and
that some disciplinaT action must
be taken by this Cmuuission.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDER-
ED RY THE CIVIL SERVICE
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
SHELTON as follows:
1. That Paul Hinton be suspend-
ed as Chief of Police of the CRy
of Shelton without compensation
for a perind of forty-five (4b)
days from September 24, 1959 and
that he be immediately thereafter.
on November 12, 1959, restored to
duty as Chief og+ Police under t.lte
l>rmanent etx, il erviee of the
City of Shelton.
2. The Commission its'thor uz'ge
that the Commissioner of Puhiic
Safety and the Chief of Police
meet periodically to ,i:termine the
program of the Shelton Police De-
partment and the means and
methods whereby it may be
strengthened and improved; the
Conamlssion further suggests that
better communications be estab-
lished between the Mayor, as
Commissioner of Public Safety
and the Chief of Police, and be-
tween the Chief of Police and the
men nf his department to the end
that matters which may arise in
the future may be settled ami-
cably without the necessity of re-
sorting to drastic action; the
Commission further nrges that
whatever personal differences may
exist among all parties concerned
be immediately forgotten and that
all parties move forwa in s, splr+
it of cooperation to the end that
tim department may be a credit
to the community in which we
live.
PO Work ApplicHls
Now Being Ae00epled
Applications are being taken
now at the Shelton post office
for Christmas season work, Post-
master J. H. Gray announces.
Depending on the mail load dur-
ing the period, two or three wo-
men or six men will be employed
at the post office between Dec-
ember 10 and 25, the postmaster
said.
Gray also said that if cnough
peons express interest lm will
request the civil service board to
set up a register from which fu-
ture employment needs of the post
office can be drawn.
DAVlSON ELEOTED
TO UNION POSITION
Greater nnion responsibilities
been handled better by the offi- have been accepted by Ralph Dao
cers in that we feel the defendant vison of She]ton, active for maw
should llave been called as soon years in affairs of Lo,'al 161 t
as it; became apparent that a po- ShelLon s RayoRier plant, with hh
ice officer was involved, neverthe- election as secretary-treasurer of
le, the later conduct of the de- the Northwest l'ulp a+d Pap:r-
fendant toward his" officers was workers Council during a three-
not justified. This attitude on thc da. confercncc in Aberdeen la+t
part of the defendant cannot be week.
Neither Side Happy With Board
d May Make App /
Ruling An ea
rRANK+ IIII[TON, Hinton's have to ,ive- the, matter a great,,
a ttonmy, and Chief Hinton were deal of thought bct'o,' any action
not too happy with the ruling w¢,lld hi. itltel.
which amounted LOa loss of $750 MAYOR EARL My)lll! was
in salary which calls for a 45-day cemtacted shortly after receiving
suspension for Hlnton from his s copy of the Cnnmtssion's ruling
job. and xaid. "As thing stand now
iteuston said, "We are seriously
considering appealing the action
of the Civil Service Commission
to the Superior Cotu."
As far as we are concerned said
Houston, "The ruling amounts to
a $750 fine for the chief." Houston
added howver L riley would
,Ve arUe noL s:tiisfied wtlh the rul-
ing of the con:mission but we wil}
have to gn'e the matter m,n'c
study before making any official
statcntent." Moore added he
would have a fotm] statentenL
next week nn the city' view o
Um Coamliion' z+alin.
EXTRA
10 Cents per Copy
29, 1959
, * * *
Sunday School Class To
or Treat" For World's Kids
a.of the seventh and that each family will receive only
4[L' class of the Method- one call.
School will turn in The Sunday school class and
tdY bags this year and their director Freeman Felt de-
rrtreat" for ell of the cided to do this work after leaxn-
Pen this Saturday ing there are a billion children in
hUnited Nations In- the world and three-fourths of
ling i lldren'Sto theEmergenCYRev. Rob- yearthem 55aremlllionSiCk andyoungstershUngry. Laan
"i,. their mothers were treated and
" class members will fed by UNICEF.
i'arly two million more After making their house to
! 'i:'tlghout the nation m house rounds on Halloween eve
t:NICEI,'. the students will have a party of
.NG people can be their own with games and refreah-
.$ ! the UNICEF tag on ments in the fellowship hall of the
t! e and will carry the Methodist church.
F,alf pint milk carton Felt has been ably assisted by
'NICEF, label. They plan his wife and Mrs. ttarvey Warn-
i
on door knobs so aca in the planning of the eve-
I ,,'----, nings activity. Class members
4-H
Win
have spent several hours painting
advertising posters now on display
in the city as well as making
pumpkin door tags.
THE SUNDAY school class
would like to remind the public
that a" UNICEF dime will provide
50 children with a glass of milk
I . ': , or provide enough vaccine to pro-
IIi . tect 50 children against TB or
P th dren of yaw, a crippling tropical
e worthy
:' of Mason
nt night
ational
constitut- disease.
County's
ni, last Sat-PETITIONS
Guard Arm-,
er three hdred -H
- ][ tee county. This was
ae Washington Farm-
l'Rtive Association and thPetTsrSn Z,O available on
bookmobile
Otho V. Bostwlck, proposition for those desiring to
t |'. T h e Kiwanis sign, reports Herbert G. Nelson of
.enez.al
ich
j
club achieve-
to the Live Wires
has Mrs. Frank
and Nancy Bur-
Mr. Frank Wil-
Of the boys and
of Kiwanis pre-
i' leadership awards
' Martin Auseth and
larsh; achievement
[Ject and club wok
en Wolf, Bob Ieds,
tter and Dick Ed-
r°gnition was given
• .ing members: can-
'emRae and Nova AU-
M'rded medals; cloth-
Were given to Karen
__ Wetter and Clristi
i',:.' revue medals were
ey Burnett, Karen
l Wetter and Chrisms
wMabel Burke pre-
00'00rds.
• :Aehlevement medals
..! to Bob Brewer,
Bradley
LYerly. Dairy Foods
:/t. medal went to
00du00tion00 Fo00-
=z' medals for out-
LV. electric pojects
Martin
: ebert Spooner.
a d h a n c e 00eived
awed for hls
WtComology project.
Was given a medal
0000para00on projsct
of South Oly00-
t !ltal Presented Robert
:,,,!)[' a medal in forestry
aflricex Forest Prod-
€ . and Bob Leeds
tals for their work
'.
K%00man, and Gordon
;- project work was
;titn with an award
:aeth. Tractor Project
:l:.Uized with medals
°f nearly 400 present
s Shown slides of 4-H
lt , Mason County by
t Charles K, Peck.
l.t; county officers
ose elected were
¢k Edwards; vice
n Wolf; secretary,
i:and reporter, Deans
who were given
five years of sets-
Frank Wolf, Mrs.
Robert Wlt-
ca Yq;, ;
Skookum Bgy.
THE PETITIONS ask dissolu-
tion of the Mason-Thurston Libra-
ry District and that people of both
counties have the opportunity to
vote in the 1960 general election if
they wish such a district.
"Anyone believing In the repre-
sentative form of government
wishing to sign one of the peti-
tions may find them at various
places throughout the county,"
Nelson said.
Those wishing to obtain a peti-
tion themselves may do so by
writing to Nelson, Route 3, Box
280, She]ton.
Only Mason County residents
living outside the city of Shelton
are eligible to sign the petitions.
Shelton residents are not eligibl
BOYS TO WORK
Three teen-age youths from Bei-
fair and one from Port Orchard
were sentenced to 10 days at hard
labor by justice of the peace, Joe
Peters of Belfair Monday for
drinking alcoholic beverage.
The boys, all high school stu-
dents, were ordered to dig ditches
and paint buildings owned by the
county. Besides the 10 days of
work the boys also paid court
costs of $3.50 each.
The parents of the youths ap-
proved the penalty of the court
and one boy's father offered to
buy more paint himself if they
should run out.
Justice Peters had previously
meted out a similar penalty to
four boys who were caught steal,
lng gasoline on the North Shore
road.
JAGUARS,
Shelton scored the winning
touchdown 'on a 22.yard Leroy
Austin to Joe Waters pass in the
final ten seconds of play for a
13-6 upset victory over Jefferson
of Olympia in a junior high foot-
ball game on Loop Field this aft-
ernoon.
Gary Combs banged across the
try-for-point. He had previously
plunged 3 yards for Shelton's sec-
ond quarter touchdown to tie the
score at 6-6. Jefferson had tallied
in the first quarter on a double.
reverse which Dennis Bolton car-
tied around right end for 47 yard.
eLtry-f0r-potut wa g0gl
HINTO00N HANDED 45 DAY SUSPENSION
City Suspends 14-DAY HEARING ENDS
rishe[ From WEDNESDAY EVENING
Everything from baseball to concentrated "night school
Police Force law courses" came into the testimony in the final day of the
The Shelton City Commis-
sion suspended police officer
Herbert Rishel from duty
Tuesday night in city hall.
The commission's position on
the suspension is that Rishel
was never legally hired as a
police officer since he at one
time had been convicted of a
felony.
Civil Service Commission
Chairman Rocky Hembroff
was notified of the suspen-
sion and was present at he
meeting but said he had no
comment on the matter at
that time.
RISHEL'8 NAME has come up
on several occasions during the
hearing of Police Chief Paul Hin-
ton. One of the charges against
Hinton is that he hired a former
felon as a police officer. Rthel
was notified of his dismissal by
the city Tuesday night.
The charges against Rlshel
made reference to the alleged
falseness of his application for
employment when he was hired
by the city in 1958. The city's
viewpoint on the Rlshel hiring is
that although he had received a
restoration of civil rights from
the governor he was still not
eligible to hold a civil service
office.
The move to suspend Rishel had
the backing of Mayor Earl MOore
and Commissioner Joe Simpson
and W. F. McCann.
THE STATE passed a new law
In regard to parole in 1951 which
has caused some confusion as to
the lgal status of persons con-.
Vmted of felonies, acc0rlng to
State Parole and Probation Offic-
er Harry Peterso of Bremerton.
VFW Winners
To Be Named
Veterans of Foreign Wars Area
Director John W. Riley will an-
nounce the names of the writers
of the three best scripts entered
in the Irene S. Reed High School
"Voice of Democracy" competition
at 9:05 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 2, on
radio station KITN.
THE THREE scripts will be
broadcast at this time and the
winner will be selected by the
judges who are; Shelton Postmas-
ter Mr. J. H. Gray, Norman H.
Smith of the She]ton Toastmas-
ters Club and Kurt Mann of the
She]ton Kiwanis Club.
The success of the Shelton
'oice of Democracy" contest was
due to the cooperation of Irene S.
Reed High School Principal Geor-
e Hermes and English Teacher
aul J. Grille, through who
courtesy this school program
broadcast will be "piped" through-
out the school, via their public ad-
dreu system.
Employment
Office Set Up
State Employment SeCurity -
partment staff members will open
a temporary employment office
for Christmas tree workers start-
ing next Monday in the Bell Build-
tng.
ANYONE SEEKING employ-
ment in any phase of the Christ-
mas tree cutting activity, which
gets into full swing next week
and is already under way on a
small scale in some areas of the
county, are requested to make
their applications through the of.
rice, which will be located in the
old quarters of the Shelton TiUe
Company just across the alley
from the Journal.
John Kane of the department s
head office in Olympia will be ip
charge of the temporary Shelton
office and will be assisted by an-
other staff member.
Former Idaho Bishop
To Officials Sunday
Bishop Rhea, retired Bishop of
Idaho, will officiate at the serv-
ices Sunday, Nov. 1 at St. David's
Episcopal Church.',, The women of
am ml ccthenPartsh will participate in the
• orporate communion at
the 11 a.m. service. The women'
United Thank Offering will be
given at this service.
Following the 11 a.m. service
there will be a coffee hour honor-
ing Bishop Rhea. St. Cecelias
Gtdld is in charge o£ planning the
f.fo0 hour,
civil service commission hearing of the dismissal charges
against suspended chief of police Paul Hinton.
The "night school law" came into the hearing during the
testimony of Bernard Bailey, Shelton barber, who has filed
and subsequently withdrawn
civil service board.
BAILEY SAID that at the time
he arranged a meeting through
Police Sift. V. J. Santamaria with
Mayor Earl Moore and city attor-
ney Barry Hatten, that all he
wanted was information about the
hiring of a convicted felon by the
police department. He said he had
asked about this of the mayor be-
fore and had never felt that he
had been given a satisfactory an-
swer.
As the evening meeting, on Oc-
tober 10, progressed Barley stated
that points in the civil service
code were pointed out to him, and
that by the time the meeting was
over it seemed like a good idea to
file charges against the commis-
sion.
BAILEY MAINTAINED that
at first he had been interested
only in the moral issue of a felon
on the police department, but that
at his meeting with Hatten and
Moore, Moore had suggested that
if things were going to blow up
they might as well go the whole
way.
Through questions asked by At-
torney Frank Heuston, counsel for
Paul Hinton, Bailey related that
after the session he went home
and wrote a letter stating the
charges against the commission
and that the next morning Barry
Hatten picked the letter up at his
barber shop and that later in the
day he met with Hatten and
Moore and Hatten gave him an
amended letter of his charges
telling him to copy it in his own
haled and submit it to the.city
odiiton, wiich he.dld.
UNDER CROSS examination by
Hatten, Bailey said that the city
attorney had advised him that as
a citizen he would have to draw
up the charges himself, that he
Hatten couldn't do it for him.
In further cross examination
Bailey said that he was "shook",
when at a meeting with County
Prosecutor McClannahan. Sheriff
Potter and Frank Houston, Heu-
ston brought up the possibility of
filing charges against him of con-
spiracy to subvert Jnstiee and
criminal libel.
LATER ON during the morn-
ing hearing, County Prosecutor
Byron Mcclannahan was called
to the stand to testify about the
meeting with Bailey when the
possibility of criminal action was
discussed and about complaints he
had made in the past to the mayor
and the city attorney about the
police department.
He stated that he did not recall
having been critical of the chief
or the department but had men-
ttoned specific cases where he was
dissatisfied with the manner of
investigations.
He also said that after he found
out that the mayor had relayed
things he had told him in confi-
define on to other people, things
that he felt were gossip and hear-
say, he deetded to clear them up
by his own investigation and
found that the majority of them.
were Without foundation.
IN A DrREc exchange with
Hatten, McClannahan said, "Do
you honestly want to know what
I think about this whole thing? I
think you gave Barley some bum
advice."
The day that Chicago beat Los
Angeles 1-0 was the day officer
Dick Nelson recalled, ehzring his
testimony as being the time he
met in the Shelton Hotel With
Hatten and Moore and told them
that he thought they were using
him as a "patsy" in the Hinton
ea. During his testimony Nelson
said that it was also clear between
him and Heustcn that tf hc was
part of a conspiracy "to get Htn-
ton" that Heuston would have his
Job.
Other witnesses called during
the morning were Frank Wfllard,
principal of the vocational school
of the city school who testified
that he felt the handling of juve-
nile problems had been greatly
improved since Hinton had be-
come chief and that he was the
best police chief he had worked
with.
GEORGE HERMES,, high school
principal, said that his associa-
tion with Hinton had been a g,ee-
able and that he felt that Hinton
had helped many teen-agers who
otherwise would have gotten into
trouble.
YEE, ITERDAY afternoon o o t h
sides wound up their cases in the
hearing with City Attorney Barry
Hattcn demanding Hinton's dis-
charge from office on the grounds
that all the charges had been
proven against the Police Chief by
the evidence presented and by the
testimony of witnesses including
Hinton.
Frank Houston and Stanberry
F0nter, an Olympia lawyer WOrk.
charges against the present
ing with Houston, were equally
adamant on their position that
none of the charges had been
proved by the city and that Hin-
ton should be restored to duty.
"I have listened to City Attor-
ney Hatten for the last 55 min-
utes and not once did he have any-
thing good to say about the chief",
said Heuston.
In referring to the hiring of
Rishel, Houston added, "Is there
anything in our social culture
which requires that a man be pre-
sscuted forever for a mistake he
made in the past?"
HATTEN devoted a large part
of his summary to the employ-
ment application of Herbert Rish-
el, who was suspended from the
force Tuesday night. Hatten stat-
ed, "Tbe employment application
of Rishel had been tampered with.
The original answer to a question
on the form which asked if he had
ever been convicted of a felony
had been crossed out. Hinton
knew about Risbel's record all the
time".
The City Attorney also accused
Hinton of trying to cover up the
whole Warner incident, calling
down his own police officers for
investigating the case and refus-
ing to cooperate with the mayor
on the disposition cf the charges
against Waaaer.
FRANK HEUSTON told the
commission that if Hinton was
really trying to cover up the Rish-
el application he would have had
the whole thing typed over again
instead of writing on the appltca-
or Houston also took issue with
the''ity on the charge of destroy-
ing evidence, namely the state:
ments taken by police officers
from Francis Beatty and the tapes
of their conversations with him
and his 16-year-old sister.
"None of this evidence was le-
gally admissible in court", said
Houston.
Houston was also critical of the,
mayor for going to Seattle to get
advice on a local problem.
"Is mayor Gordon Clinton of
Seattle going to run the city of
Shelton?" Houston asked.
After Mayor Moore had rein-
stated Hinton he went to Seattle
to seek the advice of mayor Clln-
ton who referred him to Seth Tay-
lor, a retired Seattle police officer,
who in turn advised Moore it
would take an outside investigator
a month to learn what he knew
already and it would be better for
Moore to handle the situation with
local personnel.
STANBERRY FOSTER also
took a few verbal potshots at the
city by comparing their case
against Hinton with Shakespeare's
stm T of the "Merchant of Venice".
Foster said that as Shylock de-
manded his pmmd of flesh from
the merchant of Venice the city
was demanding its pound of flesh
because Francis Beatty was re-
leased from jail.
"I am afraid Beatty doesn't
make a very good whipping post",
added Foster.
Foster also said. "I once heard
that Napoleon could be two peo-
ple at the same time by changing
the position of his hat on his head
but I have never heard of a case
where a City Attorney could be
both the prosecutor and the de-
fender of the same person at the
same time".
Foster was making reference to
the fact that Hatten was as City
Attorney responsible for the pros-
ecutlon of Beatty but at the same
time had been appointed his de-
fense cotmsel by the Superior
Court.
HATTEN SCOFFED at the
comparison of the city to Shylock
wanting his pound of flesh and
said the city only wanted the
whole matter to be handled ac-
cording to law. Hatten claimed
Hinton's record of actions in the
case reflected deceit by attempt-
lng to cover things up and by
failing to cooperate with the may-
or.
On Thursday the ramming ses-
sions of the hearing, Chief Hinton
was questioned by his attorney,
Frank Houston, about the hiring
of officer Herbert Rlshel. Hinton
said he first met Rishel in 1952
when Rishel was working for the
department of natural resources.
Hinton said that Rishel came
down to the station many times
bcfo l. was on tbe force and
visited with Sgt. Vincent Santa-
maria. The chief maintained he
did not know anything about
Rishel's rec, ord as a felon at first
but heard runmrs to that effect
later. Hinton said sheriff Jug
Potter came down to his office
one day and showed him a super-
ior court record of Rishel's fel-
ony conviction.
HITON ADDED, "I was arn-
a,zed that he had a record," Tire
mspendsd chief maid he chkdJ
* * • ,
Warnor's Letter ]+Reinstatement Ordered
Charges Hinton
A ndSantamf/a After Temporary Layoff
a new hot potato on its hands to-
day when K. P. Warner, resigned
city police officer, filed a letter
with the board charging Police
Chief Paul Hinton and Police Ser-
geant V. J. Santamaria with ne-
glect of duty and depriving him l
of his civil rights by withholding
service of a warrant for his arrest
in the Francis Beatty case which
led to Warner's resignation.
Warner's letter follows:
Oct. 28, 1959
Civil Service Commission
City of Shelton
Francis Beatty charged me with
providing him with intoxicating
liquor on the 6th day of Sept.,
1959. After this charge was mad
against me Chief of Police Hlnton
and SgL Santamaria told me that
if I would resign as patrolman no
further charges would be made.
In view of my past record of 11
years as a patrolman and this out-
rageous charge made by a drunk-
en Indian with a past criminal
record I agreed to do as requested
by Sgt. Santamaria and Chief
Hinton and resign, primarily be-
cause I felt that charges of this
kind and from this character im-
pressed my superior officers better
than my past record.
Had I known that at the time
of these charges that my super-
iors held a warrant for my arrest
(signed by Judge Rolla Halbert}
I would not have resigned. War-
rant dated Sept. 6. 1959. I hereby
charge Chief Hinton and Sgt. San-
tamaria with neglect of duty for
not serving me with the warrant
there and then, also depriving me
of my civil rights by withholding
this warrant information from me.
SignedKlee Warner.
with the sheriff's office and the
Bureau of Criminal Identification
in Olympia and that neither of-
fice ld a record of Rishel.
"]eZ I found Rlshel did have
a" l'ecord I told him he Would have
to clear the matter up," said Hin-
ton. Rishel took a four month
leave of absence from the force
and obtained a restoration of civil
rights. The chief told the court he.
and Moore had discussed the Rish-
el case several times and he un-
derstood that as far as the mayor
was concerned it was a closed
case.
Hinton also gave some back-
ground information about officer
K. P. Warner who has since re-
signed from the force. The chief
said Warner had worked nights
for several years. After finding
out about his drinking with juv-
enile Indians the chief said he
told Warner to resign or he would
see that charges were brought
against him.
OFFICER RICHARD Nelson
took the stand and told of his
feelings towards a charge made
by Chief Htnton that the other
police officers railroaded Warner.
Nelson said he was unhappy about
the attitude of the chief on that
matter but added that he never
intended that hearing on the
chief's fitness as a police chief
would result from the incident.
Nelson denied that he tried tc
railroad Warner. Other officets
including V. J. Santamaria. War-
ren Baumgsrt and Richard Booth
also stated that they have no in-
tention of bringing charges against
Hinton as a result of the Warner
case but admitted that they tm
were unhappy with the statement
of the chief that they had rail-
roaded Warner.
COUNTY PROSECUTING at-
torney Byron Mcclanahan took
the stand last Thursday and Fri-
day and told the commission about
F r a n c i s Beatty's backgrotmd.
Beatty is the 19-year-old Indian
who told police "vVarner had furn-
ished him and his sister with
vodka on Sunday, September 6.
McClanahan said Beatty had been
convicted on eight counts of being
drunk in public and three counts
of petty larceny in the last two
years. McClanahan said Beatty
had been sent to the Western
State Hospital by the court for
observation. McClanahan added
that Beatty did not seem to
chagc any after being in jail
and that it was the opinion of
himself and Judge Wright that
keeping him in jail would serve
no useful purpose,. McClanahan
stated this was the reason Judge
Wright suspended his fine of $1000
and his jail sentence of a year
on the condition that he leave
town.
Legion Officers ,
To Visit Local Post
District offmers will make an
official visit to Fred B. Wivell
Post 31 of the American Legion,
Tuesday evening, Nov. 3. at 8
o'clock in tlc Memorial Hall.
Fourth District Commander Ed
Davis of Tacoma will be accom-
panied by District Vice Command-
er Verne Hill of Puyallup. All Le-
gionnaires and ex-servieemen are
invited. Refreshments will be
served.
Suspension without pay for 45 days, then re-
instatement of Paul Hinton as Shelton's police
chief is ordered by the Civil Service Board in the
decision it rendered late this afternoon after four
days of public hearing on
by Mayor Earl Moore.
The decision was given in 'a
written form which had been pro.
pared Thursday morning in Olym-
pia in the offic, es of Ralph Swan-
son, attorney for the board during
the hearing.
The beard reached its decision
at a late hour Wednesday night
after completion of testimony
from witnesses called by both
sides and summations made by
attorneys for both sides,
The decision of the board,
signed by Chairman Rocky Hem-
broff and Stan Parker and Archie
Dittman, is summarized here-
with:
The Civil Service Commission
grouped the charges against Hin-
t.on into five general categories.
The Commission ruled that the
charge that Hinton had released
Vrancis Beatty from jail without
authority constituted misconduct
,as rejected by the commission.
They ld that while the dis-
charge of Beatty from Jail was
technically improper it did not
warrant disciplinary action.
The second charge was that
Hinton accepted the resignation of
Warner without taking any fur-
ther criminal action against him.
On this charge, the Commission
ruled that the Police Chief should
have referred the matter to coun-
ty authorities since the incident
took place outside of the city.
The Commission led that. the
inaction of the Chief on this issue
was not in the best interest of the
Shelto Police department and is
deserving rO£ censure. Tle Cure-
mission however felt that the ad-
ministrative action in accepting
the resignation of Warner from
the police force was proper. The
report of the Commission took
into account the fact that Beatty
was dznk at the time the state-
ments against Warner were made
and since the incident, took place
out of the city the matter did not
come trader his direct .lurisdiction.
B--That the action of the de-
fendant in destroying the written
statements taken from Barbara
n(l Freddie Beatty and In erasing
the tape recording of the interro-
gations of Francis Beatty was im-
proper.
The commission is of the opin-
ion that the determination of
whether the evidence was or was
not competent was one which was
beyond the authority of the de-
fendant to make and that the ac-
tion of the Chief of Police in de-
stroying this ewdence was im-
proper and deset'¢lng of censure.
4-.That the chief of police
knowingly deceived the Civil Set-
'ice Commission with respect to
the hiring of Officer Rlshel or was
so grossly negligent in his inves-
tigation of the background of
Rishel as to indicate incompe-
tency and dereliction of duty,
The commission does not feel
that the defendant altered the ap-
plication of Rtshel with any inten,
tics to deceive the Civil Service
Commission. The Commission fur-
thor feels that while the steps
taken to detezwaine the true facts
regarding the application were not
mffficient, nevertheless u s u al
operatiug p;edures were fol-
lowed. We therefore do not find
the facts sufficient to warrant
disciplinary action under this
charge,
5.-That the conduct of the Chief
of Police toward the officers in-
volved in the investigation of the
Beatty.Warner matter was im-
proper and caused dissension in
the Police Department.
While we believe that the Beat°
ty-Warner situation might have
multiple charges brought
overlooked.
The good faith of the mayor has
been challenged in this proceeding
and an attempt made to show be
had some personal grievances
against tile chief.
While we are of the opinion that
some of the methods used by the
mayor In bringing this matter be-
fore this Commission were tmfor-
tmate, nevertheless we find that
the mayor acted in what he con-
tdered to be the bet interests of
the Shelton Police Department and
the City of Shelton in preferring
these charges.
The Commission is aware that,
except for the Rtshel matter .... ,
all of the matters involved arose
out of an incident which occur-
red September 6, 1959. We do not
feel that in view of the length af
service of the defendant .... and
his excellent reputation . . . that
charges warrant his removal. We
do not, however, feel that the
matter can be overlooked and
that some disciplinaT action must
be taken by this Cmuuission.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDER-
ED RY THE CIVIL SERVICE
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
SHELTON as follows:
1. That Paul Hinton be suspend-
ed as Chief of Police of the CRy
of Shelton without compensation
for a perind of forty-five (4b)
days from September 24, 1959 and
that he be immediately thereafter.
on November 12, 1959, restored to
duty as Chief og+ Police under t.lte
l>rmanent etx, il erviee of the
City of Shelton.
2. The Commission its'thor uz'ge
that the Commissioner of Puhiic
Safety and the Chief of Police
meet periodically to ,i:termine the
program of the Shelton Police De-
partment and the means and
methods whereby it may be
strengthened and improved; the
Conamlssion further suggests that
better communications be estab-
lished between the Mayor, as
Commissioner of Public Safety
and the Chief of Police, and be-
tween the Chief of Police and the
men nf his department to the end
that matters which may arise in
the future may be settled ami-
cably without the necessity of re-
sorting to drastic action; the
Commission further nrges that
whatever personal differences may
exist among all parties concerned
be immediately forgotten and that
all parties move forwa in s, splr+
it of cooperation to the end that
tim department may be a credit
to the community in which we
live.
PO Work ApplicHls
Now Being Ae00epled
Applications are being taken
now at the Shelton post office
for Christmas season work, Post-
master J. H. Gray announces.
Depending on the mail load dur-
ing the period, two or three wo-
men or six men will be employed
at the post office between Dec-
ember 10 and 25, the postmaster
said.
Gray also said that if cnough
peons express interest lm will
request the civil service board to
set up a register from which fu-
ture employment needs of the post
office can be drawn.
DAVlSON ELEOTED
TO UNION POSITION
Greater nnion responsibilities
been handled better by the offi- have been accepted by Ralph Dao
cers in that we feel the defendant vison of She]ton, active for maw
should llave been called as soon years in affairs of Lo,'al 161 t
as it; became apparent that a po- ShelLon s RayoRier plant, with hh
ice officer was involved, neverthe- election as secretary-treasurer of
le, the later conduct of the de- the Northwest l'ulp a+d Pap:r-
fendant toward his" officers was workers Council during a three-
not justified. This attitude on thc da. confercncc in Aberdeen la+t
part of the defendant cannot be week.
Neither Side Happy With Board
d May Make App /
Ruling An ea
rRANK+ IIII[TON, Hinton's have to ,ive- the, matter a great,,
a ttonmy, and Chief Hinton were deal of thought bct'o,' any action
not too happy with the ruling w¢,lld hi. itltel.
which amounted LOa loss of $750 MAYOR EARL My)lll! was
in salary which calls for a 45-day cemtacted shortly after receiving
suspension for Hlnton from his s copy of the Cnnmtssion's ruling
job. and xaid. "As thing stand now
iteuston said, "We are seriously
considering appealing the action
of the Civil Service Commission
to the Superior Cotu."
As far as we are concerned said
Houston, "The ruling amounts to
a $750 fine for the chief." Houston
added howver L riley would
,Ve arUe noL s:tiisfied wtlh the rul-
ing of the con:mission but we wil}
have to gn'e the matter m,n'c
study before making any official
statcntent." Moore added he
would have a fotm] statentenL
next week nn the city' view o
Um Coamliion' z+alin.