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P I " " ' ' "" u. "''t J" "'ashlnlto! n 18 ents: .
ii[20dy of a Brcmerton man,
iil,Ckham,;sl, 44, was recorered
'aaven Lake Tuesday.
I.Pparently drowned in the
llfile on a fishing trip Oct.
east side of the lake, the Mason
County Sheriff's office said.
THE BODY was removed by
sheriff's officers and taken to Bat-
stone Funeral Home.
. : Coroner Byron McClanahan said
Y was discovere(; about the death was due to accidental
tl00.esday by a Mrs Fran- 00row00ing
Sheriff's officers have been
checking the lake every day since
JldS TO Wiekham was reported missing
Oct. 19. His overturned boat, h=at,
cigarets and boat cushion were
WO o found floating in the lake.
Tank Skin divers from Mason and
Kitsap counties put in more than
: ' lt=Rat'So!u? tons : , 300 man hours in searching for
l¥ickham's body since he was re-
ported missing. VVeather hamper-
ed search efforts some days.
Mr. Wiekham's body will be ta-
'( • . ken to Vancouver Funeral Home,
irk-off for a recruiting Vancouver, for burial.
Ii[0000ag November, will have
,-'t8 tanks on display.-- fl-- * " Of
,vergreen Square parking im
Ml'ua,Y from9 a.m. to noon. eClslon
;llay will give young men
::i,xY service age and their . o ,
::Il. g chance to 100k over
' and to get information .,ire Ulstrlct
i/L tational Guard.
ii l<en RoSe,unit administra-b/dly ca D layed
II:}Y technician for the un- e
:11 a03rd Armoured Batal- ange
the is in
qt:zr recruits to keep its
The
Mason
County
Commission,
]] up to the amount neces-
after hearing views from a num-
:';L' bet of interested parties, voted to
," PAUL A. KOCH, corn- continue for two weeks a hearing
)'r,0f the unit is now at Ft. on the transfer of one section, now
;;Y., attending a course in the Grapeview Fire District to
/ 0red officers, the Allyn Fire District.
his absence 1st Lt. At a hearing on the request of
,4
qlm=:: uVeensby, Port Orchard, residents of section 29, represen-
'eompans; commander, tatives of the Grapeview Ffre Dis-
,Vclit from the unit, Mich- trct opposed the transfer and sug-
ar=-, son of Mr. and Mrs. gested a. compromse wle'by part
,,Lee, Shelton, is taking of the section would be in eaclt
'ms of active duty train- fire district. Representatives of the
Allyn Fire District said they would
I: be willing for the entire section to
join their district if they so desr-
Trip ed.
RESIDENTS OF TIlE area, ex-
pressing their feelings, said the
TO area was closer to the Allyn Fire
station than to the Grapeview
Fire station and that they believed
they would have more adequate
Student preCook,on by being attached to
the fire station to which they were
the closest.
] The county comnussmn asied
that .lnring ..the two-veek, contin-
uance the commissioners of ..the
tW6 fir districts ge togetter.d
see if ,they could work out a com-
promise which would be agree-
able to all.
The commission receivcdua letter
from Mrs. Pearl Bergeson with-
drawing her name from the list of
applicants for civil defense direc-
tor.
A right-of-way grant for the
Mission Creek South Camp Road
was received from the SLate De-
partment of Natural Resources.
G_ IA FREEMAN
):00t000reeman Shelton hig!00
was awarded an
..[ trip to San Frsncisco
'ate
".i[ in the 1963 NASA-
:;!:lI tth Science Congress at
arch Center at Moffatt
.::lf., Sunday - Tuesday.
'::ernan was Girls' Sweep-
er at the Puget Sound
ittai r in April and partici-
[ 1963 National Science
Uquerque, N.h¢.
?ts in the Youth Con-
esent abstracts of their
eel and talk with NASA
Visit NASA research
exchange ideas and
With other ctudents.
selected from
10 Regonal Confer-
trticipate as finalists
Youth Science
be held in Washing-
November.
Sought-
:00,l;Jf nominees for nt00nt-
b the ASC Comity cent-
"(etag established" at thc
.Ii:LY office, Donald Ra-
;:;'/llall, Agricultural Sta-
Conservation Co,u,-
'e, announced today.
Ji. 11 include a minimum
;%*mees, from which a
:*)le mittee of three regu-
1 ^l's and two alternates
I',cted by farmers cligi-
| allots in the election.
llOlninces nlllSt be
Nov. 15.
will be held by
a voters will be fa|'lu
or sharecroppers
g part or who are
part in one or
Programs which t]e
helps admiuister.
be tabulated puh-
County Commit-
t the ASCS County
. ,aih'oad Ave.
,r.lllan explained that
led by six or mnre
1 's nolninating persons
!lip oil, i.hc County
il be received aL the
office any time be-
' ne names of per-
hated will be included
of nominees if ttey
ad eligiblc to serve.
Jury Session
Starts Monday
Jurors will roper; at 10 a.m.
Monday for the first of the o.aes
slated for the Superior Court Jury
session for this {all.
The first case, slated to take
one day, is that of Janet Dyer
and Lila Becket against Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Fatlin and their daugh-
ter, Iolet, and Duane Ward.
The case is for damages for
injuries received by the girls while
they were passengers in a cat" dri-
ven by Iolet Fattin which coilded
with one dfiiven by Ward.
Slated to start Tuesday morn-
ing is the case of Carroll B. Mor-
row, hwin Nestell, Alfred Diereck
and Arden Pierce against Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Rice. This also is a
personal injury suit.
Scout Fund Campaign
Workers Encouraged
By Public Response
With more than $2200 reported
collected or pledged by about half
he work force, hopes of reach-
ing the $4500 goal of the annual
Boy Scout fund campaigm fanned
to a high temperature yesterday.
Thc drive was kicked off Tues-
day mornmg at a breakfast ses-
sion in the Sitelton Hotel attended
by 87 campaigm workers directed
b'rsgeneral chairman. . Bill Batstone,
and general solicmmons chairman
Bud Lyon.
District Finance ChaiTaan War-
ren Moo reported the response giv-
eu by the general public to the
campaign wor]cers was highly en-
couraging for a final wrap-up of
the drive by lonigM.
Boating Safety
Classes Are Planned
WATCH OUT FOR GOBLINSGhosts, witches,
black cats and other assorted evil spirits will be
out in force tonight so be careful. Depicting the
traditions of Halloween her9 are Gary Nelson. left,
and Bonnie Pitts, right, as they display the cosumes
The Spooks Will Be Out Tonight
70000btmas Tree
('.ui'Eng About
5el To Start
they will be wearing, standing along side a large
pumpkin which would rrmke an excellent jack-o-
lantern. The little trick-or-treaters will be knocking
on doors tonight collecting candy cookies and other
goodies.
The first stirring of activity
a Mason County Christmas Tree
MH'ds thin.week heralds the start
of the cutting season which starts
next month.
I!hnployccs were busy at some
of the yards getting equipment
in ,shape for the start of cutting.
The weather hasn't been to co-
operative so far this fall---it's
been too warm.
A couple of good freezes are
needed to set the needles on the
trees before cutting, one pro-
ducer said this week.
Cutting should start within tim
next 10 days to two weeks, with
the first in the higher elevations
where the temperatures have been
lower, and, where it is necessary
Youth Club Priscilla Smith
Here To Be Remanded To
Discussed
A committee was formed this
week interested in getting a,Youth
Club for Shelton.
Tlie group has set a public nmet 2
ing for 7:30 p,m. Nov. 14 in the
court room of the Com-t House to
get the program started.
Speaker at tim meeting will be
Harold Nickerson, director of the
Olympia YMCA. The meeting is
open to all interested persons,
adults and young l;ople. Nicker-
son will speak on the youth acti-
vities conducted by the YiCA.
THE IMMEDIATE GOAL of the
group is the establishment of a
youth club in Shelton, Dick IVinne,
chairman of the committee said.
Other members of the commit-
tee are Duane Torsak, Under-
sheriff %ratly Anderson, Juvenile
Probation Officer Marvin Chris-
tensen, Sgt. V. J. Santamaria of
the Shelton Police Department, B.
to get the trees out before theY IR.l
get snowed in.
Caskin
and
William
Merrifield.
t Pointing out the rising nmnber
FERRY RECEIPTS of incidents of juveuile delinquency
Receipts from the Harstinc in Shelton and MasonCounty, the
Island Ferry were $301.50 for the committee said ,thai: - youtl club
week ending Oct..26, the Mason was badly needed to give the
County Engineer's office reported., young people something to do.
Adult Court
Prosecuting Attorney Byron Mc-
Clanahan said this week he is pre-
parmg the necessary papers to
remand action against Pricilla
Smith, 18, Shelton, to Superior
Court for disposition as an adult.
Miss Smith has admitted firing
a rifle, the bhllet from which
killed Mrs. Emily Fruichantie, 41,
Shelton, last August.
McClanahan said after the case
is remanded to Superior Court,
he will determine what action wiU
be taken.
A coroner's jury in September
ruled that Mrs. Fruichantie's
death was tl:e result of negligence
on Miss Smith's .art.
COUNTY BUILDING PERMITS
Building permits approved by
the Mason County Commission
Monday were to R. W. Welch, re-
model and addition to residence
$4,000; William L. Cooper, patio,
$150; Robert C. Bayne, wood root
for trailer house. $150; Robert E.
Deck, wood residence, $7,500 ann
Allen Hickson. move and add to
residence. '$900.
Spotted Deer Shot/n County
A series of boatinff safety clas-
ses. sponsored by the Olynlpia
Power Squadron and the Shclton
Yacht Clnb. will start at 7:30
p,m, Nov. 13 in the PUD 3 Audi-
toriuni.
The course is offered frec by
the two groups. EYE-POPPER Most hunters
Those interested arc asked Lo would rub their eyes in dis-
register before the class Further belief if they saw the hide you
inforntation can be obtained from ,see above running around in
J. S. Elmhmd at 426-8097 betweeu =the woods on four legs. Not
5-10 p.m: in the evening. Chet Woodworth. Twice before,
The classes will be held on Wed- I in his long hunting life, he'd
ncsday evcnings, [ shot albino deer which looked
somewhat like the 2-point he
downed north of the Shelton
airport Friday morning., The
buck was Within 50 feet of
Woodworth so he could see-
plainly it wasn't a calf or goat,
as one WOuld suspect if unable
to =ee the head, The animal
dressed out at 80 pounds.
Woodworth, a retired logger,
shot his two other albinos during
the days when he worked for
the old Phoenix Logging Comp-
any around Lake Cushman. See
pages 5 and 11 for additional
dccr pictures,
City Hears Protests Against
(:losing Foot Path Down Hill
The Shelton City Commission
said Tuesday night they would
have a decision next week on what
action they would take in the pro-
posed vacation of unopened por-
tions of Magnolia and Bich
Streets on Capitol Hill.
Mayor Frank Travis Jr. told
the standing room only crowd the
commission would, have a decision
at its meeting next Tuesday.
The crowd which filled the city
commission room to capacity ap-
peared to be almos unammouslv
in favor of keeping the footpath
down what would be Magnolia
Street open for publ:c use If pos-
sible.
THE COMMISSION was presen-.
ted witl a petition with 118 sig-
natures from Capitol Hill residents
opposing the vacation. The peti-,
tion stated that the foot path
should be kept open since cltsing
it would force pedestrians to walk
up the hill on Becket Road, which
already had sharp, dangerous cur-
ves and was so narrow there was
barely room for two cars to meet.
In contrast, the petition to va-
cate the street, was signed by only
three persons.
Appearing in support of the va-
Eduration Lack
Big Faaor In
Crime: Timpani
"Lack of education is the larg-
est single factor contributing to
crime and juvenile delinquency,"
declared Ernest Timpani, superin-
tendent of the Washington Correc-
tions Center, as he spoke at the
October meeting of the Mr. View
PTA Monday night.
Timpani, who until last July,
was superintendent of the state
reformatory a.t Monroe, said that
practically the entire inmate pop-
ulati0n at that institution is from
the ranks of the school drop-outs,
He cited other problems that
contribute to the crime pattern
and included narcotics, teenage
drinking, lack of religious train-
hg, lack of constructive work as-
signed to the youngster at home,
and of paramount importance, a
lack of the type of discipline that
instills a sense o£ respect in a
child for his parents, authority
and himself.
He described the program at
the Washington Corrections Cen-
ter that will be geared to ttesa
ckuses and will see the bulk of th
inmates enrolled in ac&demiC and
vocational school classes. Through
this training and constructive
work projects the personnel at the
institution will work towara chan-
ging the /nmates attitude and re-
store him to a useful life.
The greatest asset we have in
controlling juvenile delinquency,
said Timpani, is the 95 percent
of the good kids.
In t}e business meeting that
proceeded Timpani's talk the pro-
posed budget was submitted. Crit-
icism of several items resulted
in the budget being rejecte d and
returned to the fance and bud-
get committee to be reviewed and
balanced.
There was discussion of the pro-
posed standing rules for the as-
sociation and these were tabled
until the next scheduled business
meeting in January.
Final reports were given on the
candval to be held this Saturday
night at the school. This is the
PTA's annual fund raising project
and begins with & ham dinner at
5:30 p.m.
Plea h
Not Guilty
A plea of not guilty to first
degree murder charges was en-
tered in Mason County Superior
Cour befot Judge Charles T.
Wright by Robert L. Booth, 41,
Shelton, Friday.
Jan. 6 has been e.t for his trial
on charges stemming fro the
death of his ex-wife, Novella
(Sally) Booth, from a single bullet
from a .22 caliber rifle in the
early morning hours Sept. 24.
Booth was represented in court
Friday morning by his two court°
appointed attorneys, John Ragan
and Robert Snyder.
The charges against him were
filed in Superior 1 Court Sept. 27
by Prosecuting Attorney Byron
McClanahan.
Booth is being held in Uason
County jail without bail pending
trial.
Drug Discounts Are
Offered To Elderly
The Mason County Steering
Conmtittce for the Aged has again
moved forward in obtahfing an-
6ther service from our commun-
ity for our comnmnity and for our
aging population.
All persons 62 years or age and
over whose physician has pre-
scrihed medication and who lists
their age as 62 years or older on
the presc_'iption blank will, a,s of
Dec. 1. receive a 10 pepcent re-
duction in the cost of their drags
at Sells' Pharmacy, Pcpps' fox-
all Store and Roy McConkey's
Drug Center.
In order to receive this discount
dmgs must be paid for in cash at
the tim of pm:clmo,
cation at the hearing Tuesday
night were Mrs. Bernice Stewart,
who started the action for the
closure, her attorney, Marion Gar-
land, Bremerton, and Engineer
] Fred Snelgrove, who has made lo-
cation studies for here.
Most frequently stressed by
those who spoke in support of
keeping the foot path open was
the safety for both pedestrian and
vehicle traffic in having someplace
other than the road for child-
ren going to school and adults go-
ing downtown.
Another point was the neces-
sity of a sewer system on Capitol
Hill in the near future and the
probability of Maglmlia Street be-
ing the best location for a sewer
line to reach the area.
IT WAS POINTED out that the
area wan platted in 1897 and the
foot path had been used for 60
years or more and had never been
closed off before.
It was remarked that at one
time there was a road up through
there, and, that lumber for two of
the earliest homes on Capitol Hill
was hauled up by that route.
Garland stated that an unpolic-
ed foot path such as this would be
a natural spot for some bent on
grime, and, that the city could not
afford to police it properly so it
would be a liability to the city.
He said that the city has never
opened the street in the 75 years
since it was platted.
In answer to Garland's com-
ments about policing the path, a
high school student who said he
ted that he would much rather
take his chances on someone with
criminal intent along the path
than on getting hit by a ear walk*
ing on the narrow Becker Road.
City Attorney John Ragan told
the crowd that any rights the pub-
lic had to use the unopened street
were acquired between 1900 and
1907, and, even though the path
, had been used eouthmousiy smce
that time, it did not give the pub-
lic adverse possession.
The problem hinges, ne said, ell
whether or not the street was oa-
rs.ted under the "non-user law" in
effect from 1900 to 1907 as a mat-
ter of law. or whether the street
was still platted as a sreet even
though it had not been opened.
TIIE LACK OF IECORDS of
the city during that period and
the disparity between those which
are availab'ie makes the matter
more complicated.
Mrs. Stewart, while petitioning
for the city commission to close
the street, maintains that it was
vacated as a matter of law by the
"non-user law". A vacation by the
city now would clear the problem
and would Kive the property to the
owners of the property bordering
the disputed streets without ques-
tion.
The commission will have to de-
cide between now and next Tues-
day if there is sufficient evidence
that they still have jurisdiction
over the street and, if so, if they-
want to keep it open for use by
the public as a foot path and for
utility easements.
Conclusion Of Buildin,
Perm|t Case Set Friday
The conclusion of arguments by final arguments by attorneys star-
attorneys in the'action of W. A. ted,
Norris, Shetton, to force the Ma-
son County Commission to approve
a building permit for him will
be heard in Superior Court Friday.
Judge Raymond Clifford set that
date for hearing the conclusion
of the case after a full day of
hearing testimony and arguments
by attorneys last Wednesday.
All of the testimony from wit-
nesses was concluded Friday and
TESTIFYING at the afternoon
session were County Comnlissiori-
er lohn Bariekman. who said
that he voted against approval of
the building permit because it was
not good for the county, that the
area. Mill Creek Road and High-
way 101 Intersection) was a res-
idential area..
Einer Olsoe, who operates the
Mill Creek IV[otel which adjoins
the property on which ,Nois
wants to establish the wrecking
yard. said he was one of the group
of residents of the area who cir-
culated a petition in opposition
-Joe }L. He said the.wrecking yard
would be an attractive nuisance
to children, would possibly at-
an
1KERV INGABD
Merv Wingard has been appoint-
ed cbairman ot the Mason County
Chapter Of the American Cancer
Society. Wingard accepted the post
last week, filling the spot vacated
by A. S. Vigor who has moved to
British Columbia.
Aside from his duties as credit
manager of the five Lumbermen's
Mercantile stores, Wingard is ac-
tNe in the Shelton First Methodist
Church, the Boy Scouts in Mason
County, is past president of Ki-
wanis, past president of tle Cham-
ber of Commerce.
Other committee chaiTnen and
,10card anembers of the ounty
chapter are Laurie Carlson, treas-
urer; Mrs. V: T. Connolly, mem-
orial chairman; Mrs. Ed Faubert,
service chainman; Mrs, Henry
Hanmneier, secretary; Mrs. Gee.
Shackleford, Mrs, Gee. Cropper,
Mrs. Corrine AHem Dr, Wayne
Carte is the medical advisor fez
the association.
1
Toaslmaslers Hear
Three Speakers
Clive Troy, spealdng on "Should
We Sell Wheat to Russia?" was
awarded honors for the best speech
at the Shelton Toastntastcrs Club
nteeting Thursday morning. Other
speakers were Gale Feuling and
George Nichols,
Table topics, directed by Arn
Chency, was on the subject "Would
You Change Places With Your
Wife ?"
Pmfl Gillie was chief evaluator
assisted by Don l¥crmlinger, Jim
Barrom and Bob Ost, mnan.
Guests were Roger Anderson
and Jolm ] lorek,
Speakers at this morning's
meeting were Don Brown, Elroy
Nelson and Harold Van DeRiet, all
giving their "Icc Breaker" speech-
es. Toastmaster was Jim Barrom,
evaluator, Dave Thacher, table
topics, San Clark. and "the wiz-
ard o£ ah's", K Frmlc,
Roy Kembel, acffhoJ" of J:he
prote'sting property Ownm's, said
he had .ne wrecking yard ad-
joining him, and, he did not want
another one across the road. He
said he did not believe a seven-
foot fence, such as proposed by
Norris. would hide the wrecking
yard operation from vmw fronl
the highway.
COUNTY ENGINEER J. .
Bridger estified that the area
in question was located in an area
designated as suburban resident-
ial in the comprehensive land use
map adopted by the county sev-
eral years ago.
John Ragan, attorney for Nor-
ris, told tim court in his closing
argmment, that the county build-
ing permit ordinance, under which
the commi,sion denied the permit,
was a taxiing ordinance, and, that
the commission had nÙ power to
deny Norris a permit, as long as
he had met all the requiements
for getting a permit.
The county has no zoning ord-
inance under which it would be
possible for the use to which a
person puts his property, Ragan
said.
PROSECUTING Attorney Byro
McClanahan, zepresenting " the
county, and Glen Cortes, repre-
senting a group of residents of the
area who were allowed by the
court to join in the action, told
the court that tim e0unty build*
ing permit ordinance given the
commission powei- to reject a buil-
ding permit if they thought that
it would be detrimental to, the
county.
The emnmission rejected Normis'
permit, they said, because It did
not fit in the suburban resident,
ial classification of the area In
the county's land use plan adopg-
ed as a first step in setting up
connty zoning ordinance.
Local Couple
Win Trip To
Miami Meeting
Mr, and Mrs. Stanley Johnsom,
Skokomish Valley dairy farmers,
have been awarded a trip to the
National Milk Producers Fedcra
tion convention in Mianfi, Fla,,
December 8-12.
They are one of two young dait2
farming couples selected to make
the trip by the United Dair.nen'a
Association aL a meeting i{ Scat-
tle Oct. 10-11.
Tley were sponsored in the
contest by the Kitsap,Maso
Dairymen's Association. of which
Lhcy are members.
About 35 couples from XYash*
ington, Oregon, Idaho and Mon-
tana attended rite Seattle meet-
inf. Eact submitted a writte
essay on their dairy operations
and were interviewed by a panel
o1: three judges who selected the
WillllCro