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......... Rayonier Shifts Cropper,
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Scott Made Nanager, ,
- , , _ In Personnel Changes Here
" ' " ° , WASHINGTON. 6ePER COPY; $2.50 PER YEAI George Cropper, who has been resident manager of
Rayonier Incorporated s Shclton division since 1937, has
i I--N T G O--n " IO--On H--USe--- H----st-a e been appointed resident manager of the Grays Harbor divi-
: : ! [¢ih)n Rts sion, according to an announcement from President Edward
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thinking about, ,: with evergreens and glittering Shelton. but he least one makes his annual at her. His was J --" / ---
some study and
bring out,"
Lo'5,95
:adia
n Ware
tarter Set
of this week's
develop some con-
on behalf of Shelton
Znd retailers, so that
be overlooked when
for Mr. and Mrs.
do their Christmas
usher in the 1947
Shopping season all
hold an "open house,"
remaining open until
night, so that
mrs, and others
aids to
can have a
of seeing just
sen accumulated for
by retail dealers
invitation has
every man, woman
county and
area to visit
evening hours of
There will be no de-
there be any
exercised to
the visitors being
and permitted to
shop through the
the most excel-
have been gath-
sale in the
$25.50
$41.40
that many shoppers
by the greater
more lurid of big
but contrary to
your friendly and
nlerchant, you are
strangers, and in
you are
defray the costs,
by same ad-
decoration
li local merchant has
:" i". end in many ways,
g With credit and ser-
,0f his transactions with
the year. In addition
L"ackbone and mainstay
lending his en-
support for
you and the
It is be-
assistance that the
Commerce is sup-
enabled to do things
It is his unselfish-
efforts and money
..*" and. kindly
n Page Eight)
County
Bids
bidding which
price to nearly
appraised value of
tracts marked the
L Sale which was held
I'Iouse Tuesday morn-
:.est price paid was
.++.25 acres of land pur-
. the Harems Harems
iPany of Seattle. That
'ilPPraised value of the
larg,est purchase was
a land along the can-
Joe Leonard of Lil-
t,500 on an appraised
The other heavily
Was 2.77 lineal chains
at $138.50, which
to Perry R. Me-
for $1,200.
was
- appraised value was
e following men: 3.0
Sold tO Dpnald A.
Shelton, for $75;
L78 lineal chains
Wellons of Belfair
chains went to
of Bemerton for
Sold to the Hamma
company for
sold to William
merton, for $450,
chains purchased
of Seattle for
'Juice Jam'
Causes Shift
Moves Here
Extreme shortage of pow-
er in the Pacific Northwest
between the "supper hours"
of 5 to 7 o'clock has resulted
in temporary shift changes
in Shelton and MeCleary in-
dustrial plants, it was learned
today.
The drain on power caused by
water heating, supper cooking,
street and store lighting just as
darkness falls is so acute, power
officials report, that industry is
slowing its wheels to make juice
available to the homes.
The Simpson Logging Company
reported the shortage has required
changing the swing shift at Reed
Mill Two from a 5 .p.m. start te
9 p.m. As a result, the men are
getting off shift at 5:30 a.m in-
stead of 1:30.
RAYONIER Incorporated, co
operating in the program which
is being followed by industrial
plants throughout the northwest
under the direction of the North-
west Power Pool, has changed
shift hours and reduced power
loads in the finishing rooms duripg
peak 'periods.
Woodfiber has made sore e
changes in its chipping operations
and is reducing the use of certain
heavy-consumption motors during
the peak evening hours. Evening
shift .work also is undergoing re-
vision in Simpson's McCleary
plants.
Joint Power m contributing ad-
ditional power at peak load to
help offset the shortage.
POWER authorities have been
mumbling for months that serv-
ing the public need by restricting
industrial usage may not be suf-
ficient.
Restriction of home consumption
may follow is voluntary conserva-
tion of power in the home is not
practiced, some powermen have
forecast.
The current shortage is expected
to last until February, perhaps
longer.
Local Teachers At
Spokane Conference
.Arne Johnson and Grant Pack-
ard, instructors in the Shelton
high school, attended sessions of
the Representative Assembly of the
Washington Education Association
in Spokane last Friday and Satur-[
day.
Johnson was the official dele-
gate of the local unit of the edu-
cation association, while Packard
gave a repor. to the group from
the School Lands committee, of
which he is chairman.
ENJOY TURKEY
IN HOSPITAL ON
THANKSGIVING
Probably the- most unusual
Thanksgiving celebration in the
cRywas "enjoyed" by Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Stuart at the Clinic
Hospital in Shelton last Thurs-
day.
The couple entered the hospital
for treatment of yellow jaundice
with Mrs. Stuart able to leave
Friday, while Jack is still there,
although he is recovering satis-
factorily.
Mrs. Stuart said, "We both en-
joyed our turkey."
[I I
STOCK
+ " Attend Shelton'00g
;e .• Crystal,
This Friday Evening
Merchants are keeping their stores
tlntil 8 o'clock Friday night( Decem-
to enable residents of this community
themselves that Shelton's retail stores
everything that is desired for complete
Gift satisfaction.
+he Shelton Chamber of Commerce
i [ flponsors of This Message
i i! + 8 THE PEOPLE OF MASON COUNTY TO
$
: FRIDAY'S OPEN HOUSE
and
Shelton Stores First
Optional extended service
on a complete basis can be of-
fered Shelton teIephone sub-
scribers next July, according
to J. M. Thomas, manager for
the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph company in this
district.
Mr. Thomas' statement followed
announcerfient of approval by the
Washington Department of Pub-
lic Utilities of new state-wide tele-
phone rates and improved service
.plans for many localities.
Under the complete extended
service plan, a subscriber who
elects to take this service will be
able to call Olympia, Belfair and
Hoodsport without toll charges.
Facility shortages between Shel-
ton and Olympia prevent the im-
mediate introduction of complete
extended service here, Mr. Thom-
as said.
HOWEVER, for those custom-
ers who request it, a partial ex-
PHONE LINE FRANCHISE
Olympia, (Special)--Clarence B.
Shain, State Director of High-
ways, last week granted to the
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
Company a franchise for a tele-
phone and telegraph line on Sec-
ondary Highway No. 14-B from
the junction of SSH 14-A in A1.
lyn northerly for one mile in Ma-
son county for a period of 25
years.
tended service can be offered be-
ginning December 1. This will
permit toll free calling from Shel-
ton to Belfair and Hoodsport.
This offer is being made because
it is felt that some Shelton cus-
tomers may find such an arrange-
ment to their financial advantage,
Mr. Thomas said.
He added that the work of pro-
viding the necessary circuits and
other equipment to make possible
the introduction of full extended
(Continued On Page Eight)
Fiberboard Men
Visit 29 States
On Eastern Tour
Two men from the Fiberboard
plant in $helton returned Mon-
day evening from an extended
"Mares Polo" journey around the
Eastern United States and Can-
ada.
Chief Engineer W. A. McKenzie,
and Engineer Bob Holt made sev-
en different air flights, several
train trips and a return journey
by auto in visiting 29 states and
two provinces.
The pair went to see different
hard-board and insulation board
plants, comparing methods used
in the East with those used in
Shelton.
THEY ALSO attended a.confer-
ence of the technical association
of the pulp and paper industry
which was held in Philadelphia
for three days.
tinsel and "snow" for its big
Christmas "opening" slated
for tomorrow. Toys, tools and
ties nestle among gifts for
everyone from Sister and Jun-
ior to Grandpop and Grandma
in local store windows.
Sparked by a "blinking" Santa
Claus adorning the front of the
L.M.'s furniture store, decora-
tions on every hand indicate that
Shelton merchants and townspeo-
ple are going to do everything pos-
sible to make this a big Christ-
mas,
Although many may have
missed the electric lights' this year,
the Chamber of Commerce and
most of the merchants in town
who have cooperated in putting up
exterior decorations have heeded
the request of the PUD and elim-
inated extra electric illumination.
BUT, NOT to let the lack of
lights darken their " enthusiasm,
clever use of new decorating ma-
terials and a large showing of
HISS ivlOIAN-A}J'DON'T j
vom+Er YOu ONLY HAW i
MORE SHOPRN5 DAYS
.,/UNTI L CHRIS THAS.
hundreds of gift suggestions have
blossomed forth in the display
windows of the city.
Emphasizing their quality and
low prices, local merchants are
working on the theme of "Shop
Shelton First," and providing ev-
erything to make Christmas com-
plete for each member of the fam-
ily.
The stores in Shelton will re-
main open until 8 p.m. tomorrow
night as part of tim opening • plans.
Santa Claus will appear at the
L.M. store for two days, chatting
.w:th .the children, and accepting
"orders."
Most stores will remain open a
half-hour later than usual every
evening until Christmas, with an-
other evening of extra-late shop-
ping until 8 p.m.slated for De-
cember 22.
But stocks are complete this
week: and the best gifts will be
waiting tomorrow for your ap-
proval in any store in town. Drop
in for a look--you will enjoy it.
Wife of Former
Shelton Student
Dies in Chehalis
Injuries suffered in an automo-
bile accident the evening before
Thanksgiving Day resulted in the
While in New York, they visited
the offices of Simpson Logging
company there and also spent
three days talking to machinery
manufacturers.
On the return trip McKenzie
picked up a new Chrysler at De-
troit and drove it to St. Louis
where Mrs. McKenzie joined them
for the final drive back to Shel-
ton. She flew from here.
The men left Shelton October
25, and were gone five weeks.
Little Danger Of
Gas Shortage In
West, Reported
Los Angeles, Calif, (special)-
In the Far West the oil industry
will fully meet this winteffs un-
usually heavy demands for gaso-
line and fuel oil, Don E. Gilman,
executive vice-president of the
Western Oil and Gas Association
announced here today, e
"Full utilization, of the indus-
try's potential in this area," he
said, "will make it possible to meet
the unprecedented demand for
petroleum products and still fill
the abnormally large peacetime
quotas for military purposes."
Gihnan has just returned from
petroleum meetings in Denver and
Chicago. "In some sections of the
country remote from producing
areas the terrific demand for oil
products is creating a strain on
transportation facilities," he said.
HE EXPLAINED that demand is
setting" new high records and is
substantially ahead of wartime lev-
els. The United States is now us-
ing as much oil as the entire world
did about ten years ago.
So far this year, Gilman said,
domestic consumption of finished
products is at the rate of about
582 gallons a year for every man,
woman and child in the country.
This is n increase of 118 gallons,
or 25.4 per cent over the 464 gal-
lons per capita consumed in 1941,
and is an increase of 64 gallons,
or 12.3 per cent, as compared with
the 518-gallon average of 1946.
The full impact of this unpre-
cedented demand on the oil indus-
try is being felt at a time when
the industry is still struggling un-
der the accumulated effects of a
rigidly controlled wartime econ-
omy,
death last Friday in a Chehalis
hospital of the wife of Sam WiN
son, Shelton high school graduate
'and athlete new studying opto-
metry at Pacific University in
Forest Grove, Ore.
Mrs. Wilson, 22, the former Jean
Marie Strating of Chehalis, had
returned from Forest Grove with
her husband to spend Thanksgiv-
ing with her parents only a half
hour prior to the accident and was
riding with her father, Jack Strat-
ing, Chehalis grocer, in his truck
when it was struck head-on by a
car driven by Joseph Bilodeaux of
Portland near Forest, south of
Chehalis.
MRS. BILODEAUX was criti-
cally injured in the accident and
both drivers were hospitalized al-
though not seriously hurt. Bile
deaux was clmrged with negligent
driving by Lewis County Prose.
cut0r Dorwin Cun ningham after
an investigation of the accident.
Funeral services for Mrs. Wilson
were held Tuesday in Chehalis.
She was born in Hoquiam on Oc-
tober 18, 1925, but had lived in
Chehalis for the past 18 years,
graduating from Chehalis high
school.
She later attended Washington
State College for two years before
her marriage to Sam Wilson on
June 30, 1946. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wilson of 1403
Railroad avenue.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Wil-
son is survived by her parents and
three sisters,
CAR LICENSES
AVAILABLE AT
BELFAIR SOON
ReSidents of the north end of
Mason county will be able to
buy cr licenses at Belfair for
three Fridays, December 12 and
19, and Jannary 2, ccordlng to
present plans of the County
Auditor's office.
The office at Theler's store in
Belfalr will be open from 12:30
to 6 p.m. on those days, in order
to save residents of the area a
special trip to Shelton.
New licenses must be pur-
chased and dlspl0yed on the
cars before January I0, or a
"fine" of .$3 will bo added to
the regular price, the Auditor's
office wanmd.
II II
good friend here.
Mrs. Rae Melcum of Shelton,
lost her handbag a week ago Tues-
day while returning here from
eastern Washington. As near as
she can tell. the purse dropped
from the Melcum's car either near
Eaaton, or in Ellensburg. It wasn't
missed until thte couple arrived
here.
Tuesday, a package identified
only by the return address of Mr.
Haveman m Seattle, was deliver-
ed to t.he Melcums by mail. It
contained the lost purse.
NEEDLESS to say, Mrs. MeN
cure wa thrilled, and firmly con-
vinced that there ARE honest peo-
ple left in the world.
Besides her identification eards
and papers used for her work in
the egion Auxiliary, the purse
contained a wallet with nearly $40
in cash and a chargaplate good for
credit n most of the stores of
Seattle.
Everything was returned intact
and undisturbed. The mystery of
how a man in Seattle happened to
find a purse which had presumably
been lobt in Eastern Washington
is unexplained.
In any case, Mrs. Melcum is
grateful for its return, and thank-
ful that Haveman is an honest
man.
Emil Lauber In
First Action As
Kiwanis Prexy
President - elect Emil Lauber,
who will be installed as directing
head of $helton's Kiwanis club at
a meeting in early January, is
getting off to a good start by
naming chairmen of committees
who will direct business affairs
during the coming year. Lauber
will succeed to the post held dur-
ing thepast year by Fred Beck-
with.
His new committee chairmen in-
clude: Agriculture, Andy Kruis-
wyk; Attendance, Cliff Wivell;
Boys and Girls, Bob Watson; Bus-
iness Standards, Herb Rotter;
Membership and Classification.
Warren Lincoln; Programs, Roy
Ritner; Finance, Hal Olstead;
Ho.e. :,k Hudson; Kiwanis Ed-
ue£tio; 4g'B. 'ndern;" Intr
Club, W. D, Bryan and George
Hermes.
Chairman of Laws and Regula-
tions is A. C. Bayley; Music, Walt
Eckert; Public Affairs, Ed Fau-
bert; Publicity, V¢. L. Jessup; Re-
ception, Vern Miller; Underpriv-
ileged Child, Harold Ahlskog; Vo-
cational Guidance Homer Tay-
lor; Support of Churches, Roy
Eells; Boy Scouts, Ernie Grant;
Post War Services, W. B. Judah.
The regular weekly luncheon
meeting of the club was cancelled
this week because of the Annual
Football Dinner being given by
the club in honor of the Sheltoa
high school footbal team, at which
t e a m members fathers were
guests of the Kiwanian members.
The dinner was held at 6:30 last
night in the Masonic Temple with
Henry Bacon acting as master of
ceremonies. Dorsett V. "Tubby"
Graves, well known figure of the
University of Washington athletic
department, was speaker of the
evening.
Legion to Award
Hats at Meetings .
A new innovation at American
Legion meetings finds the award-
ing of Legion caps as door prizes
being instituted as of Tuesday's
session
Winner of the first cap to be
awarded was Frank Beret, pure-
ly by coincidence, and with no
thought of advertising the hat
program, according to Adjutant
Gay Taylor.
The Legion post will organize
a burial team which will officiate
at military funerals for men re-
turned from cemeteries overseas.
About 11 men will serve on the
team, Taylor said.
Legion members were asked to
volunteer for blood typing to form
a reserve of blood donors in case
of emergency. The records of
blood types will be kept both at
the post and at the hospital.
New candidates for membership
to the lost include George Kelly,
Merle Westmoreland, Roy Banner,
Charles Erickson and Harold
Peck. An initiation ceremony is
scheduled for the first meeting in
January.
3 Simpson Men
Retire; Total 69
gears of Service
Dave Ryan, fireman at the Joint
Power plant here ever since its
first day of operation in 1925,
worked his final shift last Satur-
day prior to retiring.
Ryan had been in the employe of
the Simpson Logging company for
22 years.
Mr. and Mrs. Ryan arc moving I
to a 40-acre ranch near Dayton[
after having resided in Shelton
throughout Mr. Ryan's working|
years. ' /
Two other Simpson employees|
who recently retired were Charliel
Butts 77 te
, , ga guard at the Reed
Mill., who started with the Me-]
Cleary mill here in 1926, and Din-I
gamon Tack, 67, who had worked
on the Simpson raih'oad since 192i,
the Lumbermen's Mercantile Kid-
dies Korner this weekend, on Fri-
day and Saturday, for two two-
hour periods each day.
On Friday he'll listen to all the
wishes of Mason county's younger
generation from 2 to 4 o'clock in
the afternoon and again from 6 to
8 o'clock in the evening.
On Saturday he'll be back again
between 10 and noon, and from 2
to 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
DON'T MISS HIM, KIDS!
Precinct Change
Shifts Voters In
Hillcrest District
Some Shelton citizens who last
voted in precincts four or seven
may find they are now in another
precinct, following a revision of
these two and precinct nine in
order to equalize the number of
voters in each.
The equalization was accom-
plished by County Auditor Susie
Pauley and City Clerk Alma K.
Carte and the revised precinct map
made effective December 1.
The new boundaries have chang-
ed the sizes of the original pre-
cincts four and seven, making
them somewhat smaller and of a
different shape. Precinct nine was
added with the annexation of the
district east of Hillcrest and inside
the harbor line in Shelton.
FOLLOWING the special elec-
tion for representatives last spring
to appoint a successor for the late
Fred Norman, it was revealed that
only 35 votes were cast in the new
precinct.
In order to relieve the burden in
four and seven, and to put more
voters in nine, the new boundaries
were worked out by Mrs. Catto
and Mrs. Pauley.
Precinct four now is bounded by
the Olympic highway, Boundary
street and Bellevue avenue. Num-
ber seven is bounded by Bellevue
avenue, and the Olympic highway
to the city limit line. No changes
were made in the rest of the two
precincts.
Precinct nine now includes all
of the property within the city
limit which is east of the Olympic
highway, as well as the rest of
.the oidginal precinct ,+ deaall
last year.
Tree Harvesting
In Final Stages;
Light Year Here
Christmas tree harvesting in
Shelton and Mason county was
reaching its final stages today
with most of the cutters finished,
or expecting to conclude opera-
tions within a few days.
In general, the harvest this year
has been lighter than in the past
few years, with shipments of trees
at the Northern Pacific freight
depot only 50 cars so far, as com-
pared with the normal 100 cars.
Agent H. E. DeShields stated
that the shipping is nearly done,
and he expects few more trees to
go through the yard. Some of the
local trees were .:shipped from
Olympia this year.
!M[. F. SIMPSON and A. P.
Thomas, two of the largest Christ-
mas tree cutters in the county,
left this week for Clifornia
where the selling season is about
to begin,
Harley Neldon, of Union, also
is now in California, having left
last Tuesday with his wife.
Because of the unstable market
for trees this year, most of the
operators have held back on cut-
ting, preferring to "wait and see"
rather than be overstocked with,
trees which would have to be de-
stroyed.
r
High Sehool Concert
Set for Tuesday
The Irene S. Reed High School
Music Department under the dir-
ection of Lynn'M. Sherwood, pro.
sents its" annual Fall Music Con-
cert in the Shelton New Gymnas-
ium at 8 p.m. Tuesday evening,
December 9. Featured will be the
senior band, the 70-voice choir,
and the girls' glee club. The
German band will also be heard in
a few selections. The Whole con-
cert will be of interest to all be-
cause it ranges in selections from
the well known classics to popu-
lar and boogie for old and young
alike.
E ED ENDS SECOND
YEAR IN SHELTON
part of a general personnel
shift in the company.
Cropper was a Chcmical, engin-
eer at the University of Washing-
ton, and was employed as a chem-
ist in a Tacoma refinery before
going to the Washington Pulp and
Water Meters
A contract for the purchase
of approximately $3,500.00
worth of water meters was
approved Tuesday by the city
Paper company in Port Angeles.
LATER, he joined the Olympic commission
Forest Products company staff in
Port Angeles as assistant super-
intendent. This company later be-
came the Port Angeles division of
Rayonier Incorporated.
Cropper was transferred to Shel-
ton in 1936 as assistant to tile
resident manager and was made
resident manager of the Shelton
division a year later. I=Ie also
served in the same cspaeity when
Rayonier acquired the Shaffer,
Pulp and Paper company plant in
Tacoma.
Succeeding Cropper as resident
manager in the Shelton plant is
Winston Scott, who has been the
assistant here since May of 1946.
He is a graduate of the University
of Washington and first started
with Rayonier in Shelton in 1930
as a chemist.
()TILER CHANGES in person-
nel in the Shelton division will find
Steve Rupert advanced from the
position of pulp mill superintend-
ent to that of assistant resident
manager.
Fred B. Doherty, who has been
pulp mill shift superintendent at
Shelton since returning in 194.6
from nearly five years in the
Navy, has been made pulp mill
superintendent.
Changes in the Grays Harbor
division find Lyall Tracy, who has
been resident manager since 1942,
taking over the new position of
Public Relations manager for the
company.
JOHN B. GRAY, assistant plant
engineer there, has been appointed
assistant resident manager of the
division. Dr. Robert Brown, as-
sistant to the resident manager,
will go to New York as an assist-
ant on technical sales.
Martin N. Deggeller, vice presi-
dent in charge of timber division,
was recently elected a director and
a member of the executive com.
mitLee of the company. He played
a major role in the recent acqui-
sition of the Poison Logging com-
pany p'opertes by Rayonier,
GIFT BOXES FOR
'YANKS WHO GAVE'
BEING PREPARED
Sheil:onites w h o remember
the "Yanks who Gave," are In-
vited to l)ly Santa Claus I)y
providing at least 50 gift boxes
for war veterans who are now
confined to service hospitals in
Washington state.
The drive to provide the gift
boxes Is sponsored by the Amer-
icau Legion and auxiliaries lu
the state, and will include pres-
ents amounting to approximate-
ly $3.50 in value for each war-
injured veteran.
Gifts for women veterans lu
the hospitals will be provided by
the Women's Legion POSTS, ac-
cording to Mrs. Rcggie Sykes of
the Shelton auxiliary.
Anyone who wishes to pro-
vide a gift box may bring suit-
able l)resents, such, as toilet ar-
ticles, cards, writing material,,,
cribbage boards and other items
useful to hed patients, to Mrs.
Eula Martin, Lwton apart-
ments before December ]0.
Her phone unmber is 277.
Either cash or gifts are accept-
able, according to Mrs. Sykes.
SON VISITS MORROWS
J. R. "Pete" Morrow of New
York City has been a guest of his]
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. "Dick"]
Morrow at their Skokomish VaN [
l.ey ranch since before Tlanksgiv-|
at its regular
afternoon heeting.
The meters, which will be use
starting January 1 to provide
netered water service for busi-
ness installations in Shelton. will
be supplied by the Pittsburgh
Equitable Meter company.
Robert Heyde appeared before
the commission seeking action on
his use,' of a bridge over Golds-
borough creel( near Railroad ave-
nue and 15th street,
HEYDE ASKED the city tO de-
termine whether oz" not the bridge
which was installed about 14 years
ago belongs to the city or is pri-
vately owned. He owns four acres
of land which is accessible only
by the use of the bridge, he said
H. L. Alexander also appeared
before the city 'ficials in con-
nection with parking autos in
Shelton alleys. He said that neigh-
bors have obstructed his driveway
into his garage by parking too
close to the building.
CHIEF CLAUD Havens of the
police department reported that he
had investigated the. matter and
warned the neighbors about the
parktngs. The commissioners pro-
mised to investigate further and
determine the legality of alley
parking.
Other business at the meeting
included the readlng of ordinances
which will repeal many obsolete
ordinances which are still officially
on the Shelton law books.
Included in the group was one
which prohibited the driving "fast-
er than a walk," over any bridge
in Shelton. Others concerned sa-
loons and liquor sales in Shelton,
and regulations applying to tray-
cling medicine shows and circuses.
Weather 'Usual';
Little Rain, No
Temp Excesses
Shelton weath'er 'i as Unpredict-
able as the ways of a woman. This
last month the weeping practically
ceased, and at times some hints
of warmth were felt, although it
was generally cool.
Contrasting with the total of
some 13 inches of rain in October
this year, November slunk in with
a measly, drizzly 3,60 inches.
While the wettest day in October
was recorded with 2,00 inches, the
drippiest of November was t2m last
day with .85 inches.
On the other hand, the ten-year
average for Shelton ending in 1941
gave a total of 8.34 inches of rain
in November. The driest Novem.
ber recorded here was in 1936
with only 1.03 inches, while the
wettest was in 1937 with 18 inches.
There was 14.84 inches in 1942.
THE TEMPERATURES for
November of 1947 turned oat to
be fairly normal, according to the
records compiled by Rayonier In-
corporated "Weatherman" Ber-
nard Winiecki, who was relieving
vacationing Bob Weaver.
Winieeki reported that the mean
maximum for the month this year
was 52 degrees and the mean mini-
mum 37: There were within two
degrees of the means for the last
five years. The average tempera-
ture was 43 degrees, the highest
60 degrees on November I, and
the lowest 26 on November 23.
Winiecki also reported there
were three clear days, six partly
cloudy and 21 cloudy during the
month. With all those clouds, it
seems Shelton has enjoyed a driz-
rag. zly, but comparatively dry month.
Sunday evening.
The show was greeted so
enthusiastically by the large
audience that tentative plans
are being made by the Wal-
This edition of The Mason Lher league of the church to
Craft Fair Exhibits Show
Widely Varied Activities
More than 50 different exhibits ranging from stamps,
antique china and gla:sware and paintings to wood-carv-
ing and other hand.craft collections were displayed at the
Hobby and Craft Fair at the Mount Olive Luthern church
fair, Pastor Albach showed a
small portion of his stamp collec-
tion. Since his complete collect2on
contMns approximately'30,000 pos-
tage stamps, he chose to display
only a few of his most interesting
specimens.
MR, A. A, HAYFIELD'showed
a numher of his wood and metal
County Journaltwenty pges,
carrying tho advertising rues-, stage a repeat show next
sage of almost every Shelton year.
retail merchant a hich points ou
the completeness of stocks of One of the many interesting col-
local atores for Christmas buy-
ing, marks the second anniver-
sary of the present Journal own-
ership. Transfer of operation of
The Mason County Journal from
the Angle family which had
been in continueus control of the
local newspaper field to Wii-
ford L. Jessup was carried out
on December 1, 1945, and short-.,
ly tfter Mr. Jcsup had disposed
of his Bremerton publishing in-
terests, The Jodrnal is pleased
in announcing the anniversary
event to give thanks to those
mertsnts and subscribers who
have mae" posaible many con-
stmmtive changes in the news-
paper during the past,two years,
hand carvings. Mr. Hayfield does
all his carving with less than 20
old fashioned tools. Among his
group of pictures was an extreme-
lcctions was a group o salt dip- ly well-done bas-relief o£ Charles
Dickens and another of Jean Si-
pers, goblets and pitchers by Mrs. belius. He sells some of his work,
T. J. Cain. Mos of Mrs. Caiu's
salt holders are heavy cut glass; as a hobby,
some small ones m pairs and oth-
ers, lngle large ones. From a col-
lection of over 400 pitchers, she
chose about' 50 to exhibit, Lira
smallest of wlfich was only one
quarter inch high,
PITCH ERS made of bopc china,
sea shells,, nut shells, woods and
chinas from the four corners of
he world are in Mrs. Cain's col-
lection.
She also was showing lovely
gobleL some of which were at
least 100 years old.
Contributing his share to the
however, most of it is done Just
Mrs. J. K. Needham showed four
paintings which she did some time
ttgo. One pictured a girl at a piano
in the room in which Mrs. Need-
ham took her piano lessons as a
child.
Mr. B, M. Gohrick also display.
ed some Of lis oil paintings Mrs.
A. M. Graf exhibited a group of
her drawings ad Mrs. J. 0. Careen,
Jr., showed a gathering of her
pencil sketches on which she has
won two prizes.
A MULTITUDE of original
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