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Percy M. Pio Bookbinding Co.
6017 S. E. 86th
Portland, Ore. 97216
Officials Answer Harstlne Bridge Bond Questions
officials ans-
of 13 questions
bond issue which
the ballot Tuesday
of the construction
Island Bridge.
were prepared
of county residents
to the officials
t °hI rft e r s, Grapeview,
fSP0kesman for the dele-
Lch included residents
l areas in the county
:eatatives o f m a j o r
nan, secretary-man-
,". Chamber of Com-
d the group that the
0ard of Trustees had
la Support for the pro-
.. recent meeting.
|ttions and answers
| e Presented were:
|..1 a home in Mason
i|ithth a market value of
in dollars the first year? How
much after 10 years?
The first year, the proposed
bond issue would cost between
$2 and $3 on a home of this
value. As the assessed valuation
of the county increases, the
amount would get smaller.
2. We live on the North Shore
of Hood Canal and consider that
our taxes are fairly high now.
We are retired and live on a
pension so we must economize
to make ends meet. However,
we would vote for the bend issue
if it could be proven to be of
benefit to us. Can you prove this
to us?
Removing the annual deficit
operation of the ferry from the
county would put the operation
of county government on a more
s o u n d financial basis. Antici-
pated increases in development
and values on the island when it
tion and services to taxpayers of
the county. It would be difficult
to point out a specific benefit to
anyone not directly affected by
the proposed bridge.
3. We understand that the bud-
get for the Harstine Ferry for
1968 is $50,000 and that the loss
on the ferry system operation
will cost Mason County tax-
payers $37,000 in 1968. What are
the possible alternatives to stop
this wasteful loss.
The construction of a bridge
is the only solution. Replacement
of the present ferry would not
do away with the subsidy which
is presently required, in fact, it
would probably be larger.
4. Is it legally possible for the
Board of County Commissioners
to stop operaion of the ferry
without an alternate means of
transportation to Harstine Is-
land.
ferry self-sustaining?
The rate would have to be in-
creased four or five times, with
no decrease in the amount of
use at the present. If fares were
increased that amount, there
would almost certainly be a de-
crease in the amount of use.
6. Could the ferry be sold to
private interests for operation to
Harstine Island?
Private enterprise could not be
expected to take over a money
losing operation with hopes of
making it pay.
7. If the bridge bond issue is
defeated and the present ferry
has to be replaced, could the
commissioners build a new ferry
without a vote of the people?
What would this cost for a ferry
of the present type? How much
for a conventional ferry includ-
ing docks? How would operating
costs compare for this type of
revenues without a vote. There
would be no use in building an-
other ferry of the present type,
and, even if it was built, is doubt-
ful if the Coast Guard would ap-
prove it. A conventional ferry
would cost about $250,000. Opera-
ting costs would be between $50,
000 and $60,000 initially, with
little chance of increases in reve-
nue.
8. What is the county en-
gineer's estimate of the life of
the present ferry?
The economic life of the pres-
ent ferry has already been ex-
ceeded. While the Coast Guard
will not set a definite limit on
how long the present ferry can
he used, any time it gets to the
point where they consider it un-
safe, they will order it taken out
of use.
9. What is the comparative
cost to Mason County taxpayers
The cost of the two, consider-
ing initial construction cost, up-
keep and operating expenses,
would be about the same in 20
years. At the end of that time,
the county would have a 20-year-
old ferry, while if a bridge was
built, it would still have many
years of useful life, with a mini-
mum of upkeep at the end of
that time. The type of bridge
proposed should have a life of
50 to 100 years.
10. We understand that the
present tax levy on Harstine Is-
land property only yields $37,000
to the county U'easury. If the
bridge is built, what are the in-
creased estimates for this levy
in five, ten and 20 years?
Revenue from the island prop-
erty should double in five years.
How much this increase would
amount to over an extended
period will depend on the rate
valuation on Harstine Island af-
fect the county as a whole.
The increased valuation would
provide badly needed revenue
for county-wide services.
12. We understand that the
present ferry subsidy consumes
17 per cent of the road funds
in District One. How does this
affect Road Districts Two and
Three, either directly or in-
directly?
The most noticable effect is in
roads which run in more than
one district. Those in the other
road districts who use the roads
in District One, some which are
main routes into Shelton, drive
over roads which need improve-
ment, which cannot be handled
because of the lack of financing.
13. What per centage of voters
and property owners on Harstine
Island are in favor of the bond
issue from past records?
property owners, on a dollar
basis, favored the formation of
the Road Improvement District
which will finance $300,000 under
the proposed plan.
County Englneer J. C. Bridger
said the proposed bridge is al-
ready in the preliminary draw-
ing stage and has been for sev-
eral years.
The bridge would be 1,475 feet
long and would consist of 13
spans of pre-stressed, prefabri-
cated concrete with a poured in
place concrete deck.
The bridge would be located
a short distance from the present
ferry landing.
The remainder of the cost of
the bridge, in addition to the
$450,000 bond issue and the $300,
000 from the Road Improvement
District would come from bonds
from Road District One to be
b e c o m e s readily accessable No. operation? of the proposed b r i d g e as op- of growth on the island and in Island voters voted 77.3 per repaid out of Road District One
posed to a new ferry and docks the rest of the county, revenue. This would be about
IL. v nuch will the pro- would provide more money for 5. Is it economically practical The commission could issue cent in favor of the bond issue _
iaissue raise my taxes the general government opera- to raise ferry rates to make the bonds, to be paid out of existing over a 20-year period? 11. How would the increased in 1966 and 80 per cent of the $250,000, Bridger said.
Port, School Posts See onos0itinnonteer, Htaes, ll
! rural areas in Ms- rural districts in the county are: School District are Ruth Pr t 1 , p "" ; y y ,
Will face a number Southside, Reuben J. Nutt, for position one and Sterling Jr., district five, and no candi-
and contests f r o m position one, and Harold John- Rhodes for position two. date, to be filled by write-in in
and port districts son and Walter Parsons, posi- North Mason School District district three.
:|'Y o to the polls Tues- tion two Candidates are Alma Jacobsen Fire District candidates are: 81st Year No. 44 Published in "Christmastown, U.S.A.", Shelton, Washington 24 Pages 2 Sections
Thursday, November 2, 1967 Entered as second class matter at the post office at Shelton, Washington 98584
under act of March 8, 1879 Published at 227 West Cots. 10 Cents Per Copy
Grapeview, Phillip Hardie and
1W_ Bruce Fullmer, position one;
Donald Pogreba and Mrs. Vir-
ginia Hicks, position two.
In the Harstine Island School
District, candidates are Charles
Bridges for position one and Hu-
go Glaser for position two.
In the Mary M. Knight School
District, candidates are J. Phil-
lip Simmons and Dave Whither
for position one and Edwin Tay-
lor for position two.
Candidates in the Pioneer
and Theodore Blair, Jr. for dis-
trict one; Kenneth Leatherman,
Laurence Dutton. Jr. and Antho-
ny Hannah for district three and
Wendell Harder and Phyllis Mey-
er for district four.
In the Mary M. Knight School
District, candidates are Herbert
Brehmeyer, Jr., district one;
Clarence Palmer district four,
and James K. Gribble, district
five.
Candidates in the Hood Canal
School District are Charles Dil-
Hoodsport, Walter Carpenter.
Belfair, John R. Matson, and
a two-year term for which no
candidate filed to be filled by
v'ite-ins.
Grapeview. Orin Buckingham
and William Spooner.
Arcadia, Henry Unger.
Allyn, Richard Gilbert.
Union, Robert Gwin.
Tahauya, two, four and six
year terms to be determined by
the number of votes, Jess Tharp,
Jesse Cates and Phyllis Fixemer.
l, e special issues are
l
the formation of a
ia the Matlock
area
[000 bond issue pro-
!a Vote in the Septem-
Y Election.
t,lview and Arcadia
ta and the Grapeview
'ct are asking approval
rs to levy the full mill
assessed value ratio
t.
i, districts are asking Skokomsh, two, four and six
' levy of four mills II V T V ' year terms to be determined by
Jtrt district tw° mills' A-- the number of votes, Chester
I lUw they are allowed Po S en O oters Rosenberg,a third positionChesterforValleY'which andno
aWM tloek area are d B candidate filed to be filled by
!}'i the a write-ins.
to vote
on the for-At U aeme |uesaay Port District Commission can-
' a fire district. Also didates are :
t °ts Will be three can- Allyn, William DeMiero.
Commissioner, if the Polls will be open for the ty offices will be closed, although
s approved. They are election Tuesday from 8 a.m. to her office will be open to handle DeWatto, no candidate, to be
ansen, Ira Ford and 8 p.m. County Auditor Ruth Boy- election business, filled by write-in.
.rbower. sen stated. City Hall will be open, but Grapeview, Marjorie Hall.
Fire District 11, There are a number of candi- the conunission meeting sched- Hoodsport, H. E. Lockwood.
i el the formation of dates and issues to be decided, uled for next Tuesday will be
she said, and urged all voters postponed until Wednesday.
L' district in the Island to get to the polls to cast their A complete l!st of p o l li n g Chamber Plans
Airport areas Sept. 19, ballots, places appear on page 16 of The
|. ked to approve a The Shelton Chamber of Com-
issue for the con- Tuesday has been declared a Journal this week.
ld equipping of a fire legal holiday in an opinion from Other election stories and pic- merce is again making plans for
Attorney General John J. O'Con- tures on pages 13 and 14 this its Outdoor Lighting Contest for
|e.el've the district. noil, Mrs. Boysen said. All coun- week. the Chrislmas Season ......... , .....
II:P: of candidates for Bud Lyon is chairman of the
'l'd Positions in the committee for the project.
ATED SEASON and the league fall tennis
brought home to Shelton High School
lassies pictured above. They are: left to
Sandra Pozorski, Linda Barrington, Betsy
Wtllard, Sue Hembroff; standing, Sue Standley, Anne
Connolly, Linda Barrom, Beth Quimby, Lareah Seljestad,
and the teams coach, Mrs. Ruth Willard.
(See story on page 11)
4-Hers Get Awards At
Achievement Night
. About 300 persons gathered
in the new multi-purpose build-
ing at Southside School Friday
night for the annual 4-H Achieve-
ment Night program.
In addition to special awards
presented during the evening,
4-H members and leaders re-
ceived their pins and the young-
sters received their fair checks
and ribbons for their record
books.
The special awards presented
included :
Achievement, sponsored by
Ford Motor Company Fund, Pat-
ty iVell, Aleca Ruddell, Marlene
Schmidt, Toni Cole.
Agriculture, sponsored by In-
ternational Harvester Co., Ron
Sharer.
Alumni Recognition sponsored
by O I i n Mathieson Chemical
Corp4 Joyce Snyder, Maxine
£utomoflve, sponsored by Fire-
stone Tire and Rubber CO., Ron
Sharer and Barbara Brown.
Beef, sponsored by E.I. du
ont de Nemours Co., Barbara
Brown.
Clothing, sponosred by COats
and Clark Inc., Alberta Evers,
Nancy Evers, Sharon Evers and
Chris Rickards.
Dairy, sponsored by the Oliver
Corp., Bill Hunter.
Dairy Foods, sponsored by Car-
nation Co., Cheryl Chambers.
Dog Care and Training, spon-
sored by Ralston Purina Co.,
Carol Evers and Peggy Cum-
mings.
Food Nutrition, sponsored by
General F o o d s Corp., Nancy
Dean, Diane Bourgault, Denise
Nelson.
Food Preservation, sponsored
by K e r r Glass Manfifacturing
Co., Diane Bourgault and Denise
Nelson.
Horse, sponsored by Merck
and Company, Inc., Beverly
Brown, Toni Cole, Marlene Seh-
midt.
Horticulture, sponsored by A1-
lis-Chalmers, Rebecca Chapman.
Leadership, sponsored by Sears
Roebuck Foundation, Patti Mell,
Aleca Ruddell and Carol Evers.
Photography sponsored by
Eastman Kodak Co., Oliver Chap-
man and Brian Chambers.
Poultry, sponsored by Heisdorf
and Nelson Farms, Inc., Frank
Brown.
Swine, sponsored by Moorman
Manufacturing Co., J a n i c e
Brown.
Kiwanis Plaque, Cornupcopia
4-H Club.
PUD Money Management
Award, presented by the PUD
Employees Association, Janiee
Wittenberg and Nancy Evers.
Secretary Book Awards, senior,
Shelton Valley Clovers, Sharon
Stausell, secretary; junior, Ever-
green Wranglers, M arlene
Schmidt, secretary.
Youth Corps
Dress Revue, sponsored by r p a"ro-ose-'
Simplicity Pattern Co., Wendy
Bolender, Linda Auseth, Patti
Bourgault, and Nancy Evers.
For County
A proposal for Mason County
to join with Thurston and Lewis
County in a multi-county Neigh-
borhood Youth Corps program
was presented to the Mason
County Commission londay by
Everett Fourre, Thurston County
Commissioner.
He told the commissioners here
that Thurston County already
has the program in operation
and it has been successful there.
The program is financed, he
said, with federal Poverty Pro-
gram funds in 90 per cent, with
the remaining 10 per cent being
provided by the counties in kind
contributions for supervision and
other help.
The program is open to high
school drop outs between the
ages of 16 and 22 from low in-
come families. The employees
are utilized in the various offices
in the court house and road de-
partment in Thurston County.
There would be room for at
least five of these people in Ma-
son County, he said, according
to a survey by the Department
of Labor, which handles the pro-
gram.
The new programs will start
in March, Fourre said, and if
Mason County was interested, the
commission would have to pass
a resolution setting up the pro-
gram and places would have to
be found to employ the five pro-
posed participants.
The commission received a-
request from the Health Depart-
ment for a transfer of $1,350 in
its budget from salaries to main.
tenance and operation to cover
the cost of preparing the new
Belfair dump and fire fighting
at the Hoodsport dump last sum-
met,
A hearing was set for 11:30
a.m. Nov. 20 on changing the
name of Gibler's Cove Road to
North Cove Road. The action
came on the request of the coun-
ty engineer, who stated the road
had been mis-narned in the ori-
ginal naming.
Sdmo/s Plan
Parent. Tearher
ConFerences
This year, for the first time,
the Shelton Schools will be sched-
uling individual Parent-Teacher
Conferences in all grades, kind-
ergarten through the senior year
of high school, according to Louis
Grinnell, superintendent. L a s t
year conferences were held only
in grades kindergarten through
six.
Nov. 16, and 17, will be con-
ference days for all teachers in
the school district. There will be
no school for Shelton youngsters
during these days. The confer-
ence days are extra days for
teachers and do not shorten the
school year for the student.
The conferences in beth the
elementary and juniors e n i o r
high are planned to give all
parents an opportunity to meet
with the child's teacher to dis-
cuss their youngsters progress. It
is exPected that the teacher will
be able to report on the child's
total school experience in a more
positive and constructive man-
ner than by means of a report
n ard. Report cards will be given
addition to conferences, how-
ever. In the person-to-person
contact it is felt the teacher will
be better able to discuss the
child's self-c o n t r o 1, concen-
tration, self-reliance, dependabili-
ty, effort and cooperation along
with his academic progress.
Although individual p a r e n t-
teacher conferences are encour-
aged at all times during the year
if a problem arises, the sehed-
tiled conferences during the two
days are being set up to give
all Parents an opportunity to
meet with the child's teacher to
pica for the improvement of
their youngster's education.
FRANK McGUIRE
Frank McGuire Named
As Acting Postmaster
Frank McGuire, an employee nations can be given held for the
of the Shelton Post Office the position and a permanent ap-
past 16 years, was named Friday pointment made.
as Shelton's acting Postmaster. ,McGuire was informed of his
He will serve as acting Post-
master until civil service exami-
Halloween
Quiet Here
Halloween activity in Shelton
and Mason County was hardly
noticable Tuesday night, accord-
ing to reports to the Shelton
Police and Mason County Sher-
iff's offices.
Police reports showed only
two incidents, an areial broken
off a car and paint splattered on
another car.
The Mason County Sheriff's of-
fice reported the only activity
during the night was a fire in
an abandoned house in the Bel-
fair area.
One of the biggest attractions
for Halloween was the haunted
house, sponsored by the Jaycees
on East Pine Street.
Good crowds of youngsters,
along with a mmaber of adults,
went through the house all three
appointment in a letter from the
regional Post Office in Seat*de
Friday.
He started working for the
Post Office May 12, 1936 in
Seattle. He later was with the
Post Office in Grandview for two
years before coming to Shelton
in September, 1951.
He and his wife make their
home at 2002 King St.
M c G u i r e had been recom-
mended for appointment to the
Postmaster's position by the Ma-
son County Democrat Central
Committee after the death of
former Postmaster Jack Gray.
Assistant Postmaster Howard
Yule has been in charge of the
Post Office during the time since
Gray's death until McGulre's ap-
pointment.
Improving
Roger Dahlstrom, the Shelton
Jaycee who was seriously in-
jured in a fall from a fire escape
at the Chinook Hotel in Yakima
Oct. 21 was showing considerable
nights it was in operation. He was able to be up cmce
Comments from adults who Saturday and twice Sunday and
wenz through were all compli- is in a much improved cunditiom
mentary to the Jaycees for an ex- He is still in the hospital in
cellent job. Yakima.