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Thursday, November INGS AS TIIEY I00EEM aeed to words, what ilv are thinking about, Wlmt some study and gs of a pioneer nature ...ason county, the editor o.ayjd this day, 0f his first year in the r&apos;agoT-on"Dec- ;1, the ownersii of the -- had been in the PERCY ',' :- I .• (_,,.)17 F '-" ,<'C7' ;77 (3 ,, ( "" ' $11¢1t " ;av 00E:lists . SH_EL_TO_N, WASHINGTON Thursday, November28,1946 __ 6c Y 31 Reservists ' --. , Dead, Three ]In Past Week <. '- Hurt In Car T since its inception for Years following, changed. had commanded a the community, and of leadership in the its contemporaries, With some foreboding publisher started here, not sure of of welcome would be be the response effort To sum has happened in con- this year of Shelton newspapering, with all truth and the association with d institutions here has of a long and it is the coming years will the newsPaPer and closer together. The of the Journal has but arabiUon, and that is to County's only newspaper the .community and its wants to have a part of this area, it to have faith in the those who have to do Publicatiqn, but more Would liRe to have the past year repeat- a long period of much for at this Thanks- for the series of brought him to one of pleasant communities ever had the priv- : a part, :gN's young men, who ):.,lrough the sweat, tears '':llhlps of United States llee during the recently ar, against the Axis in ring Pearls the Pacific, still have ')ft in their hearts for that I; national defense and 95 of their service. 6 tonstrated it here last • :t a over 30 of them, con- their naval connections by fl in their highest grades :Ls)led activity in the Naval l a an inactive basis. Re- °fficers of the 13th Naval Pins '°eking to continue the * t 0f men who had gained ' pecial Significance to d up igs ) y Candles 4 In Gift Box In Gift B0x 4 In Gift Box 7 Inches High ch 9 Inches High ch Candles 00.25 Thirty-one naval reserve re- cruits have been sworn in in the Shelton area during the Novem- ber 18 to 23 period, according to naval officers attached to the mo- bile display unit which was in Shelton last week. This number is the largest to be enlisted in any small town area visited by the display unit, according to Commander L. M. Jacobsen, US NR, who was in charge of the unit. Those signing up for naval re- serve were William Grant BeNch. SM1/c, 412 Alder St.; Hugh Fred- erick Gruver, RM2/c, Deegan Apt.; Franklin Paul Berets, SK3/c. 128 N. 1st St.; Craig Post Eliot, CEM, P.O. Box 158; Warren James Woods, RH2/c, 636 Cascade; Don- ald Henry Woods, SSML3/c, 533 Cascade; Wilbur Henry Flint, PR l/c, 620 Arcadia; Ernest William Booth, Jr•, QM2/c, Rt. 3, Box 71; Gerald Douglas Samples, EM1/c, McKinley ad Stevens St.; Elmer Roy Meek, Sp(I)lc, Kay Dee Apt•; Norman R. McNulty, BM2/c, Rt. 3, Box 105• Paul Frederickson, Jr., MoMM 3/c, 1223 Birch St.; RuNNel Em- mett Stuck, CM1/c, Rt. 3, Box 142-A; George LaVerne Valley, SKI/c, St. Rt. 1, Box 84; Frank Henry Giblet, WT2/c, 1727 Stev- ens; Fred Ray Archer, AOM2/c, c-o L.M. Company; John Leonard Luhm, $2/c, 2034 Summit Drive; Kelly Hemminger Nutt, SM2/c, Rt. 1, Box 205; Robert Allen Nutt, QM3/c, Rt. 1, Box 205; Otis Ar- thur Coffman, CPhM (SS), 629 Cota St.; Jay Wendell Umphen- our, MoMM1/c, 1317 Birch St.; Gene Charles Lindberg, GM3/c, St. Rt. 1. Frank Dudley Guyer, QM3/c, Rt. 1, Box 222; Charlie Thomas Hanson, MoMM3/c, 119 Front St.: Robert Allen Williams, SK1/c, 604 Dearborn; Arthur Oscar Biehl, Jr., CM3/c, St. Rt. 1; Wilbur Neal Pitzer, $2/c, Rt. 2," Box 129; Jes- sie Lee James, F1/e, 4 Park St. Wallace Eugene Sharpe, Cox, c-o Shelton Transfer; Philip Ray Sharpe, $2/c, 521 Pine St.; Milton Washington Patterson, MoMM2/c, Mountain View P.O., Box 413. Other ex-servicemen who wish to enlist in the Naval Reserve may Were enthusiastic over do so by applying to W. L. Jes- ' of their campaign here sup, Journal publisher and veter- , and the public got a an of the last two world wars, ...... ilaof 'the medea) in- ]who has been named volunteer re- " t ka, mh:, dU@,.eKdtlii'g" tittl-e r' for" the Slmlton :e enemy Moat of these /area and tS authorized to swear in ilk:fUll knowledge of what |reservists enrolled here. !?.e'rvice means, would be | iServe their country if a ] lr 1 #- • . :gency was created and 15an{l-tmolr winter tlng i .Y have :re the :la a bra  Special re train :clitions. ,. in the naval re- offered their set- they would be best branch of the service Specialization for which trained during actual Enlistment of in the naval reserve, precludes them from for any other arm ROOSEVELT, who with rrent wife i being lion- !l people )f Soviet Rus-  are now visiting, nature of his public makes the averpge just what kind t courses through the LVeins. Everything that Welts ever gained thru came from the great- that this for its eiti- Roosevelt, in his Bolsheviki has much about Uncle Sam. He motives pf our gov- calls the United and generally belit- before another ha- does everything it can men of the last and democracy |YOrld. Mr Roosevelt is  a national publication l said recently to a RuN ? tenee; that he doubted o States has "in one in- hered to further the cause iI'.e stated that the UnV !0 is supporting the Uni- for purely selfish and hi c reasons, and tha ::.Sia has never broken )llt[Ooth the United States /1 m have repeatedly Vio- Il" Pledges of Tehran, Yal- |r,°tadam. There seems to !el aaingi e answer for Mr. =t. nd that is for him to ,]g living amortg his high r friends, for he surely , :? t choose to return and ag those he considers so life and during the Concert Scheduled Tuesday Evening Next Tuesday evening, Decem- ber 3, the senior high school band and choir will give their annual winter concert, starting at 8 p.m. in the new gymnasium which is again open to the public and a fine program has been arranged, ac- cording to Lynn Sherwood,' di- rector. The band gave a very fine con- cert Tuesday evening in the Lin- coln gym. While the attendance was poor, due no doubt to the weather, a previous sale of ap- p,.oximately 200 tickets help con- siderably with the fund which is to be used for the elementary school band instruments. A pand for the grade school is a new activity m the schools hero and it is necessary to secure in- struments, and the senior high school band sponsored the concert to help raise the funds. The pro- gram was varied and well done. The majorettes also assisted in several novelty acts, one of which was unusually good and well en- joyed. It was "A Bedtime Story" with Dave Castagno as marrator. Tim band's rendition of "Bells of St. Mary's" was also very much enjoyed. DEM0 COMMITTEE MEETING SUNDAY The Democratic Central Com- mittee and the newly elected pre- / meeting. ] S THE PILGRIM FATHERS found it in their hearts to observe the first Thanksgiving on bleak New England shores, we who have so much more can Certainly say grace in all sincerity, inspired by the history of our founding fath- ers' faith, on this WhanksgivinDay, 1946. , This country is rich in traditions which are so basically sound they will outline all the changes which may take place in another three centuries of progress and existence. Motor cars may give way to flying vehicles; our baths may be plastic rather than porcelain; all our, foods processed, com- pressed or fed to us like pills; the tempo of our dance music and of our very lives speeded up and slowed down in alter- nating generations. Still the great humane urges to tolerance, personal free- dom and individual security characteristic of those who gave us the tradition of Thanksgiving will never be forsaken. Cameron Hotel Has New Owner; Seattle Man Is Purchaser A• P. Bissell, former Seattle apartment house owner, has pur- chased the Cameron Hotel, Second and Grove Streets, from Edward Clemen, owner and operator of the hotel for the past two years. Blsaell, who took over the' hotel the middle of this month, recently sold thh Fleming apartments in Seattle, which he and Mrs. Bissell cinct committeemen will meet Sun- managed. No change in opera- day afternoon at 1 o'clock in the tions is planned by the new owner. courthouse for a re-organization lr. and Mrs. Clenlen are plan- . ning to leave Shelton to make their home in California• Before settling in California the couple will visit relatives in Penticton and Parkeville, British Columbia. Arriving with the Bissell's were their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Gudge] and their baby son, Kim. They came from Jacksonville, Fla.. where Mr. Gad- gel was released from the service. They also plan to live in Shelton. A I FIRE CHIEF DEER AGAIN CHAIRMAN MARCH OF DIMES The Mason county March of Dimes campaign, January 15 to 30, again will be under the direc- tion of Fire Chie T. E. Deer, according to an announcement from W. Walter Williams, state ACA ELECTION SPOTS, DATES, ANNOUNCED BY CHAIRMAN RAU Meeting places and dates for coming elections to select county committeemen for Mason County Agricultural Conservation Assoc- iation Were announced today by Bert Rau, chainnau. The primary purpose of the Con- servation Program is to increase soil fertility and in that manner increase the quality and quantity of crops which the farmers pro, duce. A few of the practices to produce these results are: 1. Application of lime and fer- tilizers. 2. Fall seeding of lcgumcs to prevent erosion. 3. Seeding of legumes and grasses for pasture and hay. 4. Ditching and land clearing to increase the acres of tillable land• The government is cooperating in this prograrh and has oveT $24,000 to be distributed to. farm- ers of Mason County who cooper- Scouts to Collect Papers, Magazines ate in this program during the Sunday Afternoon year of 1946. This conservation program is ad- Completion of the waste-pape ministered entirely by committee- drive it started two weeks ag • is planned this Sunday by E men elected by the farmers who are cooperating and it is to elect plorer Post No. 99. Senior Boy these connnitteemen that these Scouts. who ask all Shelton resi- el ccns are scheduled All farm- dents having old papers and maga- ¢'s he are signed up'in the 1946 zincs they wish to dispose of to bundle them separately an.d leave program a eligible to vote and n their parking strips or in their may select the voting place most convenient .Below are dates and front yrds Sunday  s'o it can be • coiled:ted. places of elections: Anyone having a particularly December 2nd at 10:30 ft.m. at large am(rant of paper are asked Harstine Community Hail, ire !,,:)re their addresses at tele- L'lec(!lnber 31'(1 at 10:30 ,t.nl. at ])hoP,;, t ti-,] to nlake sure it is I.amilcile Grange 14ttll. n.,. rnis.,:cti. DeCClnbcr 3rd 0.t S:00 ).ln. at Middle Skokonlish School. December 4th al S:00 p.m. at 13clfair School. Decembcr 5th at 8:00 p.m• at Dayton Community Hall. December 6th at 8:00 p.m. at Matlock Grange Hall, Come and bring your neiglbor, ]',n>; f()r coml)leting the paper dri,., w(qe drafted at last week's l:OL mo,.Lmg at which City At- torltey Charles I,. Lewis gave an interesting and informative talk OU the Alllel'lcan forln of govcrr meat as a means of prcparin nmmbevs of the post for thei Civics merit badge tests. His talk was followed by an lnfornative When his car and that of Thom- as Torrez of Fort Lewis crashed at an intersection Sunday morning about 1:30 in Tacoma, Harold W. (Budl Forbes. 46, foreman of Reed Mill No. 2 (the old McCleary Mill), was fatally injured and three other Shelton occupants were badly in- ju,'ed and removed to Tacoma hos- pitals. According to reports at the state patrol office. Torrez failed to stop at an arterial highway and Forbers' car was literally wrapped around a telephone pole, trapping them in the machine for more than an houm Others in the car were Marie Kubik, Bill Slelton and Nell I-Iud- son, all of Shelton, Miss Kubik is reported seriously hurt with head injuries and a fractured arm, while Mr. She, lion is reported to have suffered broken ris, a frac- tured arm and a sligllt COllCnS- slon. Mrs, Hudson wa:1 the least injured of all and suffered cuts %vhn she was ]'en'lovt!d ll'onl tile cal'. Details ti!l Obscure Accordiny4 to reports the police are still not certain how the ac- cident occurred• Forbes' car was so badly dam* aged that a fire department ace- tylene torch squad started to burn the trapped people out of the car and gave it up as too slow and hazardous. Police ripped the car apart with a heavy tow line attached to a fire engine. The auto was dis- mantled piece by piece until the four victims could be removed, according to reports. Forbes' death occurred three hours after he had been freed from the car, in a TIeoma hospital. I Funeral services for Forbes was] held in Mills and Mills Chapel Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Reverend Claude H. Lorimer pre-I sided and burial was in the Ma- sonic Cemetery in Olympia. Pall- bears were Mark Fredson, Sol Gustafson, Sr•, Robert Stewart, A1 Drummond, Joe Hanson and AI Ferrler. Native Son Mr. Forbes was born in Mason County July 24, 1899, and was graduated from Olympia high school with the class of 1917. He served in the Navy in World War I, ,and he.. as a member of She!- ton Amerlea,n Legion Post as well as a member of the American Bowling Congress. He is survived by his widow, Grace, of Shelton; two daughters, Miss Glenna Grace Forbes of Shel- ton and Mrs. Virginia Sullivan of Lake Quinault; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William D. Forbes of Shelton; a brother, George, of Olympia; and a granddaughter. The car he was driving was to have been a birthday gift to his wife the following day day and he hdd asked friends to join him in taking a ride to "break it in." Special Car Licenses Deadline Is Saturday Mason county car owners who wish to reserve special license numbers for 1947 have only until Saturday to take advantage of that special service offered by the county auditor's staff, License Clerk Marie Schuffenhauer re- minds the public. The license must be paid for at the time the reservation is made, she added. Watson Named News Editor of Olympia News Dick Watson, former Journal news editor and advertising man- ager, for the past two years exe- cutive secretary to Congressman Charles R. Savage, has been nam- ed news editor, of the Olympia News, a weekly publication serv- ing Thurston county. i ANOTHER ADVISOR FOR VETS HERE EACH WEDNESDAY A representative of the United States Veterans Administration, Nolan B. Turner, who will be available in Shelton to assist veterans and their families in all matters concerning the ad- ministration, will be here each Wednesday. He has securcd quarters at the City Hall and will be available to veterans be- " tween the hours of 10:30 a•m, and 3:30 p.m, on each Wednes- day. His first visit to Shelton has not been definitely an- nounced, but notice will be given in The Journal. FIRE DAMAGES FURNITURE STORH00M" blaze, which was first discovered by Justice Walter A. Magoon when he smelled smoke while sitting in his office at 325 Railroad, sit- uated directly in front of the store- room. Opening a door leading directly into the storeroom, Justice Ma- goon saw flames toward the back of the room and immediately noti- fied members of the furniture store staff. Hd the fire started about an hour later, after Mr. Ma- goon had closed his office and the furnitUre store staff llad left for the day, the flames probably would Imve obtained such a start a major conflagration might have resulted. Smoke Was so thick firemen could hardly see to put out the fire. which was chiefly in matt- resses and overstuffed furniture, when they were called at about four o'clock. Justice Magoon strongly praised the actions of the firemen in putting tim conflagra- tion out. C. L. Gifford, menaber of the furniture store stafL said he had been ill the stor(q'OOD'l ()lily stbout an hour ea,'lier to gel mattrens and there was no sig' of t fire then. No estimate of the damage was a.vailable as Tile Journal Wc'.nt to press Wednesday afternoon, hut Olc Olsell store OWllel •, said insur- anctovers most of the loss. How- cver: the principal loss will be due to the fact that most of the de- stroyed and damaged goods were extremely difficult to secure and will take a long time to replace. and coming just before Christmas like this is the harder take. A shipment of new furniture had arrived early in the day and had been stored in the room, which, while located in the Govey Building, adjoins the main store of the fumiture company, which is located in the Runaeres B,fllding. Considerable d a m a g e from smoke,was done to other offices and stores in the Govey Building, as well as to the "furniture store proper, and additional damage was inflicted on goods removed from the burning premises and left in the alley behind the build- ing in a heavy downpour of rain. Parking Meters Contract Given; Ready in 60 Days City Commissioners of Shelton at their regular monthly meeting Tuesday night awarded a contract for the supplying and installation of 232 parking meters on down- town streets to the M. H. Rhodes company, the machines to be ready for service within sixty days. The machines, known as the Marl Time will cost'the city $58 each. The decision to purchase th Rhodes machine was made afte several weeks of study and aer study had been given to the var- ious models that had been sub- mitted. E. H. Faubert, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, appeared before the meeting and asked that the city sponsor the need for the opening "of barracks and B.O.Q. at the naval auxiliary air station for public housing, The building would be remodeled into apart- ment quarters and would be made available under the Public Housing authority. A sponsorship by some official group is necessary before they may be made available. Of- ficials and chamber of commerce representatives were to make a survey of the buildings on Wed- nesday. Virginia Malloy wire was recent- ly appointel city police judge has tendered her resig-aation, effective as of November 30. She is leav- ing Shleton because of ill health. No successor is in prospect at present. Another addition to the city's official was amlounced with the appointment of C. J. Phillips as city engineer, Phillips has been, formerly attached to the city en- gineer's office at Olympia and was employed here part time. He now makes his home in Shelton. L.M. Changes Hours For Christmas Season Ill. O r d e r to ae,2on]inodate Christmas shoppers, the Lumber- men's Mercantile, starting Dec- ember 2 and continuing through December 24, will be ()pen daily from 9 a,m. to 6p.m., General Manager Henry Bacon announced tMs week. This schedule will hold only for the holiday season, he said, for the store will return to its regular daily hours of 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. after Christmas. kerchiefs .98 .RTMENT tll years of youth, cautioned against close to the hind end looking down an unloaded gun, and matches, but no- me against the that are latent chairman, of Seattle. The campaign will be one of the most important in the his- tory of the Foundation because of the recent serious outbreak of polio in Washington when 464 cases were reported through November 9 by the State De- of a modern cook- partment of Health. ORCUTT NAMED COUNTY SHERIFF UNTIL JAN. I The appointment of Daniel Orcutt as sheriff of Mason county was made this week by the county commissiouers. Mr. FLYING CLUB ORGANIZED HERE, PURCHAS00 AEI{ONCA AIRPLANE Along about mid-afternoon Tues- organized here, and anyone inter- day, people living along the high -• ested can join the club, whether they know lmw to fly or not. Ken way in Shclton from the airport Ensley of the C & E Aircraft is to Shelton, if they were looldng out to be instructor. discussion by post members. LESTERS IIAVE GIRL :Mr. and Mrs. William Lester are the parents of a girl born Wednesday morning, November 27. in the Shelton General Hos- pital. • ]] on page four) ' . [ 00E-00-DAI) HONESTY OF / Oreutt will replace ,¥iIIimn their windows, must have bee,, The Shelton Air Sc,wice will be DRAFT BOARD TO Compton, the lnemnbent, whose surprised to see a plane, with its approved within the next 30 days , t signatlon becomes effective on wings removed, calmly going up by tim C.A.A. and the State Board BE OPEN ONLY [BRINGS BACK LOST $70 t 00°v°m00r g" Mr. Orcutt was the road under its own power, but of Education which will then on- MONDAY, THURS, the unsueessful candidate for escorted by the Shclton police, title them to train veterans, at no Beglmflng next wtk, the Ma 'd like to claim that man found no identification with/ sheriff en the Republican tick- The plane, an Aeronca Chain- cost to the veterans except his sou County Dral't Board office Y thc result of a Jour- : the money and there were 'no] et November 5, and his success- pion, lind flown in a few minutes medical examination,. Applications lu lhe Memorial Building will cd ad that brought identifying dcscriptions in the ad  ful opponent, aek Cole, had sig- prcviously to the Shelton airbasc are now awdlable at the airbasc be open only two day a week, Cturn of $70 lost last t that Letds had puhlmhed  Ihe nifie4 his intention of lmving from Seattle, and then came on and by the time they have bccn Mondays and Thursdays, from mn Leids, Rt 2, Box Journal, Mrs. Chapman felt re- Oreutt as his delmty when he to Slelton where it is on display filled out and returned, it is ex- 8:30 to 5:30, with the Thurs- 2owntom street, thc[ sponsible enough to return the took over the office in January. in the window of the Stoehr and pected the C.A.A. approval will ton county draft board clerk r the recovery of the ' bills on the chance that they might Mr. Oreutt had accepted Mr. Richcrt Motors aL First and Rail- have been made• \\;. handling the office duties, as to the honesty of Mrs. be the same that he had lost. CoWs offer, so on the reslgna- road. This particular plane is be- For any further iifformatiolq re- Mrs. Carol I leree, clerk of the in the Shelton man of Tacoma who Mrs. Chapman's Imnesty, while tton of William Compton, Or- ing purchased bY the Shelton Fly- garding membership d local board, has resigned. )ills scattered on the more than gratifying to Mr. Leid, cutt was assigned as sheriff un- ing Club from the Shelton Air Ser- Flying Club, intereste persons While annomming the new of- after seeing the ad, is enough to recall one s belief in til Cole takes office, the latter vice and the C & E Aircraft. should contact the Shelton Air Ser- rice schedule, Mrs. Pierce re- money to The Journal the Thanksgiving and Christmas spirit .whic begins to bloom about fact that Mrs. Chap- this time of year. being committed to his present Since the Navy has turned over vice, the C. & E. Atrcra, or the minds Mason connty .yqpng men r  "1 empIoyers until alter the hell- the navat mroase to civilian use, garage at the corner oz ,i's an¢l they must still regmer Ul)On me day ruh. ' ' the Shelton Flying Club is being Railroad avenue, reachhtg their 18th birthday, GIVE GIFTS TO 'YANKS WHO GAVE' ASKS LEGION AUXILIARY UNIT A continuation of the '"Gifts to Stggested gifts for servicemen the Yanks Who Gave" program, or women include books, pocket this year has been announced by t size. editions of mysteries, classics, the Fred B. Wivell Post 31 Aux-[Bibles, comics, westerns and cur- iliary of the Anlerican Legion[ rent book digest magazines; sta here. The object of the program/ttonery and games including play- is to provide Christmas gift pack-/ing cards, checker boards, chess ages to cvcry wounded, sick and t sets and poker chips, and writing disablcd service man and woman  materials; toiletries such as toilet and veteran, wire is hospitalized at kits, pocket combs, sllaving soaps, Christmas time, tooth paste and other necesitie.u; The prog,'am is sponsored by the American Igion and the Le- gion Auxiliary ad Edce Cantor over his Thursday evening radio show, according to Mrs. Warren Earl and Mrs. Vern Eaton, Aux- iliary committee members• To persons 'who wish to donate, uniform gift boxes will be avail- able at the Lumbezen's Mercan- tile, Beckwith's, The Fir Drug Store and McConkey's Drug Store, and smoking equipmqnt. Suggested varing apparel for men includes T-shirts, handker- chiefs, billfolds, bedroom slippers, socks, Sun glasses and identifica= tion bracelets; for Women, head scarfs, bed SOCks, handkerchiefs, bedroom slippers and washable bed jackets. Gifts should be as near uniform as t.flsible and slloulld " cost between mrce and five dol lars.