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Thursday, November
17, 2011 -- Week 46 -- The Voice of Mason County since
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1886 -- PubliShed
in Shelton, Washington -- $1
ed the fire," said Fire District her first court appearance on
Fire causes 5 Chief Tim McKern. Wednesday.
$80Kil"~ ~4rlO rice Mason County SherifFs Of- The fire caused approxi-
t~i/a6e Chief Deputy Dean Byrd mately $80,000 damage and
said that Shelton's Lisa Sue no one was injured in the
Chamberlain, 50, was wit- blaze.
By KEVANMOORE nessed outside the burningFourteen fire department
home yelling about how shevehicles and 20 personnel re-
Firefighters responded to started the fire because she sponded to the blaze.
a house fire at 181 East Mid- was facing eviction. ,'Upon our first units' ar-
land Lane in the Shorecrest "She also made statements rival we found a one-story
neighborhood at about 3:51leading our officer to believe residential dwelling structure
p.m. Tuesday afternoon that that she was the suspect and fully involved," McKern said.
appears to have been started she was placed under arrest," "The fire was brought under
by a distraught woman. Byrd said. control within 15 minutes of
"While fighting the fire, the Chamberlain was sub- the fire engines' arrival."
occupant of the house con-sequently booked into the The fire is still being inves-
fessed to neighbors, and later Mason County Jail for first- tigated by the Fire District 5
to a Mason County Sheriffsdegree arson and held with- Fire Marshal and the Mason
Office Deputy, that she start- out bail. She was set to have County Sheriffs Office.
Shelton's Lisa
Sue Chamberlain
allegedly
admitted to
police that she
started a fire
that destroyed
her Shorecrest
home, at left, late
Tuesday
afternoon
because she
faces eviction.
Courtesy photo
MASt.,pN ..... s UNTY HONORS ITS HEROES
Vets find
@
common
ground :
By NATALIE JOHNSON ~
@
While some people chose
to merely fixate on the nov-
elty of 11/11/11 as an unusu-
al date, many more people in
Mason County and beyond
regarded it as the same day *
it's been for more than 90
years, Veterans Day.
Jim C offman, chaplain:
of the American Legion in
Mason County, and a 28- .
year veteran of the U.S. Air ®
Force, talked about how
Veterans Day, originally ~
called Armistice Day, was
@
created to honor veterans of
World War I. '~
"We fought World War I, ~
the war to end all wars, but *
it didn't end all wars," he ®
said. ~.~
While Coffman said Ma-
son County is on the whole
very patriotic, he voiced
concerns about patriotism
and support of veterans na-
tionwide.
"We have failed in this
country to keep the wars
we've been in in the eyes of ~
our young people," Coffman
said. "We let our children ~
forget the things that have
gone on."
But if you sit with a veter- ~
an and talk with them only ,
for a few minutes, many
will be glad to tell you about
those they served with in
wars long past, and the men
and women still serving our
country today.
"The Battle of the Bulge
Was very cold," said World ~
War II veteran Charles Hal- ~
lin, at the veterans lunch in . *
Hoodsport Saturday.
Hallin said everyone, not
just former veterans, should
get involved with Veterans
Day events.
"More should get in-
volved. We were giving our
lives for our country," he
said.
Bud Hays served in Iwo
Jima during World War II.
"I was just a farm boy,"
he said.
Hays said he doesn't like
to talk about all aspects of
his service in the Pacific
during the war.
"That's a story we said
we'd never take home," he
said. "Most of the guys in
my outfit decided we didn't
want to take it home."
See Veterans on page A-7
Journal photos by Natalie Johnson
Harvey Farrimond is the new publiciste at the 40 et 8 in Shelton. He is enthusiastic about all the programs the club
has to offer veterans and noted that the organization is a nonprofit and collects donations for its building fund
through the sale of memorials on the brick wall near the bar.
40 et 8 offers wide
array of services
By NATALIE JOHNSON
@
In February, the 40 et 8, a national non-
profit veterans organization, will celebrate its
. 90th birthday and the Shelton branch is get-
ting ready to celebrate.
Harvey Farrimond is one of the 40 et 8 in
Shelton's 30 volunteer officers and recently
~tepped into the role of publiciste, French for
publicist, as many of the 40 et 8's terms come
® from France, where the club originated.
while many people know about the bar and
® social activities in the 40 et 8, which started
out as "the playground of the American Le-
gion," Farrimond said some people may not
be aware the group at its heart is a non-profit
The walls of the 40 et 8 in Shelton are
covered with memorials and historical
artifacts related to military service,
like these newspaper clippings from
World War II.
about his military service.
"World War II affected me because it affect-
charitable organization with a laundry list of ed my parents - of course Vietnam affected me
causes it supports, most directly," he said.
Farrimond said veterans can find support
through the 40 et 8 and its parent organiza-
tion, the American Legion.
"I see my job in two ways, one to keep our-
selves informed and to let the rest of the folks
know we're here. There are people here, they
can come and See, come and talk to," he said.
~ "Sometimes all they do is c0me down and shoot
the breeze and joke and that makes them feel
:~ little better.
Farrimond joined the Marines in 1972 and
served in the Vietnam War, reaching the rank
of Sergeant in two and a half years.
"That's screaming fast - I was a super
trooper," he said.
when he was discharged he moved back to
Shelton and joined the National Guard at the
Armory in Shelton. After finishing his service
in the National Guard, he joined the Army Re-
serves for ten years.
At one point Farrimond worked on tank
training scenarios.
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Farrimond knows a thing or two about ser-
vice. The week after Veterans Day, he thought
"I feel good in knowing that I helped train
the troops that did such an outstanding job in
Desert Storm," he said.
Soon after that he went to Officer Candi-
date School and reached the rank of Lieuten-
ant, then First Lieutenant.
The very bricks and mortar that make up
the 40 et 8 are there because of the charity of
its members, Farrimond said.
Members can put their name, or a memorial
for a loved one, on a plate on one of the 40 et
8's bricks in the bar, with all proceeds going to
the building fund.
Each year, he said, the 40 et 8 gives out
$1,000 scholarships to nursing students. The
national group publishes the Carville Star,
a newspaper published at a former United
States Public Health Service Hospital doing
research on Hansen's Disease, or leprosy.
Farrimond said the organization celebrates
Americanism and has child welfare programs
originally created to help orphans after World
War II.
The organization also raises more than
$30,000 annually to supply Christmas baskets
to needy families in Shelton.
The 40 et 8 also keeps a donation jar at the
bar that funds care packages for troops cur-
rently deployed who have Shelton and Mason
County connections.
"I just picked up another name today," Far-
rimond said.
Farrimond is proud to be part of such an or-
ganization and wants veterans to know that
See Club on page A-7