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Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020 — Shelton-Mason County Journal Page A-13 nA‘i'IE's COMPUTER SERVICE N0 Fees Free Estimate COMPUTER SERVICE @ YouR__ ., a L a .5: 360-898~3800m_ SEPTIC . restroom rentals 360.427.6ll0 360.275.6460 3: orble Above, from left, Col. Sherrill, Lt. Cmd. Fagergren, C. H. Kreienbaum, Sgt. Duncan, W. S. Rawding display the the Army-Navy E flag. Below, a gathering at Simpson Co. garage. Courtesy photos ' Simpson Logging Co. receiVes prestigous Army-Navy "E" award large crowd gathered in front of the Simpson Co. garage at 3rd and Franklin to witness a special awards ceremony. Repre- sentatives of the US. Army and Navy were in town to present the employees of Simpson Logging Co. with the Army—Navy “E” award. The ““E” Award Was presented to com- panies that achieved “Excellence in Pro- duction” of war equipment. At the end of World War II, only 5% of more than 85,000 companies involved in producing materials for the US, military war effort had received By JAN On the afternoon of Thursday, Oct. 5, 1944, a the award. Simpson was being recognized PARKER organization to set an inspiring example 2pm_8pm for its record of producing large quantities _ for the rest of us. We have many men in ' I, V ‘ four organizationprith; records of lOng and faithful . W , ' - f " a (If spa "cutsand gradesof lumber service, and as it would be impossible to have them FuHFMe¥ukAvaliable to make airplane stock and pon‘toOns. All employees all on this platform, we have three men here to or, a e‘pu of the company’s sawmills, railroad, shop, booms, represent them.” Those three senior company men IndUd'ng GWW'erS ' construction and Logging Camps '3 and 5 were in- were Bill Kronquist (41 years), Joel Anderson (45 of Beer‘& Cider. vited to attend.“ ' years) and Bill Grisdale (47 years). .- Wine by the bottle! The program began with the singing of “America ‘ the Beautiful,” accompanied by the Army Service Forces Band from Fort Lewis, followed by an in- vocation given by. the pastor of the local Lutheran Church. Awards were then presented by Col. Fred Sherrill, Chief Procurement Division Office, Chief ‘ 'of Engineers, representing the Army, and Lt. Com- mander A. H. Fagergren, U.S.N.R. Commanding Officer, Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Shelton, repre- senting the Navy. Lt. Commander Fagergren read the names of 10 employees who were on stage to receive token E-Award lapel pins on behalf of their fellow workers. Sgt. Jack Duncan, an Army infan- tryman who had been wounded in Italy and still had one arm in a sling, pinned the emblems to the coats of the recipients. Each man woman work- . ing in Simpson’s logging and milloperations would later receive a pin. ' ' I v E-Pennant to Simpson Executive Vice President C. bring an‘end to this dreadful conflict.” ’ ' I Jan Parker is a researcher for the Mason County l.877.978.6700 000.septictunkpumping.com “Participants in a consultative process see reality from different points of view, and as these views are examined and understood, clarity is achieved. in this conception of the collective investigation of reality, truth is not a compromise between opposing interest ,_ groups. Nor does the desire to exercise power over one another animate participants in the consultative process. What they ( seek, rather, is the power of unified thought and action." , , “WQWWW Commander Sherrill presented the Army-Navy H. Kreienbaum, representing management, and W. S. Rawding, president of Local 38, I.W.A. (0.1.0.), representing employees. In his speech following acceptance of the pennant, Kreienbaum said that since all of the younger employees, including company president Lt. Commander Bill Reed, were in the armed forces, and many men who were just past active service age were now making tanks, guns, ships and planes, “it has remained for the older members of our Open Mon.-Sat. In conclusion, Kreienbaum said, “Anything that I might say of the continued need for the utmost effort of all of us in this battle of production would have little meaning. We all have sons or daughters or friends in the service of our country. I think we know the job we have to perform. Commander Sher- rill, your military commanders can continue their faith in our organization.,We know our responsibil— ity. We will continue to do our duty. We. are anxious that our every energy be felt in the great effort to 221 w. Railroad AVE o sen-868.2500 - railroadtapstationegmaiuom Lake Limerick Golf Club a Cafe 360.426.6290 - 360.545.2896 , ' Thursday 9am-3pm ‘ Fri-Sun 7:30am-3pm (breakfast lunch) Curbside PickU mm 81 1 Saint Andrers’ Dill/e Lake Limerick-Golf Club 811 E. St. Andrews Drive, Shelton, WA 98584 LakeLimeriCkGoltcom GolfPro@l-_akeLimerick.com The Army band concluded the program by play- ing the. national anthem. Historical Museum. She can be reached at parkerj@ ' hctc.com. Membership in the Mason County Histori- cal Society is‘ $25 per year.