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December 4, 1969     Shelton Mason County Journal
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Nerve Gas May Travel Through Mason County About five shipments of nerve gas, which the Army informed Gov. Daniel J. Evans Tuesday will pass through Washington, in being transferred l¥om Okinawa to the Umatilla, Ore., ordinance depot, will almost certainly pass through Mason County. Gov. Evans was informed of the shipments by Undersecretary of the Army Thaddeus Beal in Olympia Tuesday. The Army official said the times or route to be used for the shipments were secret, but, did say they would come through the Bangor Naval Ammunition Depot on Hood Canal and would be transferred by rail to Umatilla. Beal told the governor the shipments would be made the end of this month or the first part of January. While the route of the shipments was labeled secret by the Army, there is only one rail route between Bangor and Olympia and that passes through Mason County. The shipments would apparently go from Bangor to Bremerton and then on the Northern Pacific tracks which go between Bremerton and Shelton and then from Shelton to Olympia. The tracks from Bremerton pass near Belfair, past Mason Lake, Lake Limerick and Cranberry Lake to run along Highway 3 just before crossing the overpass on Highway three to run along the outside of the Simpson Timber Co. fence to the Northern Pacific Depot here. From there, the tracks run out along Hammersly Inlet in the Southside area, head out across Cole Road through the Kamilche area and into Thurston County toward Olympia. Beal told the governor that specially-trained teams will handle the shipments and that all precautions possible will be taken to assure no accidents will occur. The governor was informed under a new law signed recently by President Richard Nixon which requires the military services to intbrm governors of the states involved when shipments of chemical military material will cross their states. A spokesman for the governor's office said the Army action apparently was only to inform the governor what it planned to do. The gas which will be involved in the shipments caused international controversy earlier this year when it was found • to be stored on Okinawa. Thursday, December 4, 1969 PuPllghed In "Christmastown, U.S.A.", Shelton, Washington. Entered as second class 20 Pages -- Two Sections matter at the post office at Shelton, Washington 98584, under act of March 8, 1879. 83rd Year -- No. 49 Pub.Shed weekly at 227 West Cota. $5.00 per year in Mason County, $6.00 elsewhere. 10 Cents Per Copy YOUNG LADY was curious about Santa's beard as talked to him during his first visit in Shelton. Santa on a fire truck Friday night shortly after the lights the Community Christmas Tree on the Post Office lawn I were turned on. Santa ater visited with the youngsters in the Thurston County Savings and Loan building where he will be Friday evenings and Saturday afternoons each weekend until Christmas. imber Says Tree $250,000 Suit In Good Shape Over Loss Of Arm the big community Christmas on the Post Office lawn will |fe to put lights on for several Years, Larry Burfiend, who the tree to string the the ast several years told of ('omnerce in a r last 'week. rhe Chamber had asked to make a written report condition of the tree after climb this year. They had the tree was in poor and would be unsafe to for a community Christmas In the near future. this letter to the Chamber, stated the tree had been When it was younger and a had then taken over to form top. Later, the top blew of the tree in a storm and other limbs are growing to start the formation of top again. climber stated he had no evidence of the tree out or of rotten bark when Fund i S Slow ]'he air is crisp, cheeks are $helton's streets are ablaze Colorful lights and a jolly old in a fur-trimmed red arrived on a fire truck to the kids. Christmas season is upon he made the climb this year. If there had been weak spots in the trunk, he stated, the bark would have broken out under the stress of the climb. It did not. Burfiend said measurements show the tree is now more than 100 feet tall. T h e Mason County Commission was served with a sumnlons in a $250,000 damage suit filed by Louis Mottet, Seattle, who lost his left arm last June 20. Also named as defendants in the suit were Harrington City Seeks Change In B,,pass Plans write a letter to the ltighway Department asking that they consider this change in plans before final plans for the bypass are drawn. Another delegation who attended the commission meeting asked about a letter sent Nov. 19 to Ken Wolden, operator of the new Chevron Service Station on Hillcrest informing him he would have to remove facilities which were installed for dumping sewage from storage tanks of travel trailers. Godat stated that when the sewer permit for the service station was obtained, it was for only the rest rooms at the station. The trailer dumping facilities were installed later without any knowledge of the city and were in violation of the permit. He stated that the material from the trailer storage tanks was not raw sewage and could cause problems at the sewage treatment plans. He also stated there was no rate structure in the city sewer rates to take care of charges on an operation of this kind. Godat said he believed some solution to the problem could be worked out through an agreement between the city and Standard Oil Co., the owners of the station. Barrie Stroud, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce City and County Affairs Committee, told the commission the service being provided for trailer owners at the station was needed with the increasing tourist traffic. Wolden commented tlt no charge is made for the use of the dumping facilities, and, that most of those who have used the facilities so far are local residents. The commission asked Godat to meet with the oil company representatives and the station operator to see if some sort of agreement could be worked out (Please turit to page 2) The Shelton City Commission was asked Tuesday to support efforts to get the State Highway Department to change its plans to cut off C St. in the construction of the freeway bypass. The plans presented at the hearing on the bypass last week showed C. St. blocked and plans for a new access road to the city garbage dump through the construction of a new road which would be an extension of Franklin St. John Kneeland told the commission that in studying the bypass plans, it appeared that a better solution would be to build an overpass for C St. over the freeway which would then provide access to the city dump and to a large block of undeveloped property which will be on the other side of the freeway. Kneeland said the state plans indicated that the freeway would be in a 27-foot cut when it crossed C. St., and, that with a cut this deep, construction of an overpass would not be difficult. City Engineer Howara odat told the group that when the city officials had originally talked to the state about the bypass that the plans had not called for a cut that deep and that the construction of an overpass for C St. would have been quite expensive. With the change in plans, which includes the 27-foot cut at that point, Godat said, the picture is changed considerably. Supporting K neeland's recommendation that the city contact the Highway Department were John K. Bennett, and John W. Bennett representing the Chamber of Commerce Legislative and tlighway Committees. The city commission said they had discussed the idea informally, and, then voted to ask Godat to Manufacturing Co. Inc. and Caldwell Machinery Co. Inc. in the complaint filed in Superior t:ourt nere, Mottet stated he was watching the operation of a brush cutter as it worked along the road in front of his summer home on Franjo Beach in the Agate area. He stated that a piece flew off one of the blades of the cutter, striking his left arm and cutting it off above the elbow. ttarrington Manufacturing Co. is the maker of the machine and Caldwell Machinery Co. was the firm which sold the machine to the county. is a gentle reminder that Mason County residents will be bleak, indeed, ause of permanent or adversity. can help brighten the for some 100 families by a donation to the 40 & 8 Christmas Fund. goal this year is $1000. a fast start the first week, to the fund slacked week and a real effort will made to reach the goal. and Eight members use lOney to buy food and toys they distribute just prior to to families throughout It is the happiest of the year for most of )Onations this week came • Mr. and Mrs. Paul Locke, ill and Ethel McKinstry and mous donor, bringing to $97.00. City Final Budget Approved recreational facilities and the establishment of businesses and manufacturing, an orderly and progressive future for our city is assu red. "While the assessed valuation increased slightly from $1 1,947,745 in 1968 to $ 1 2,892,758 in 1969, an employee salary raise of 5 percent for the year of 1970 could not have been funded without a paring of expenditures in the previous year's budget. Financially, a constant dilemma of government officials is the proper ratio of city inlprovements to city personnel. "Current Expense Fund is composed of the (;eneral Government, Police, Fire, Legal and Engineering departments. This fund receives all your city tax dollars. Based on population, the city's share of all state liquor profits, liquor excise tax, motor ufill. The Shelton City Commission adopted its final 1970 budget unchanged from the preliminary budget after a hearing at city hall Monday. The total budget for the city is $1,071,993 of which $394,091 is allocated for salaries of city employees. The city has $25,000 on its arterial street budget for the installation of a traffic light on Railroad Ave. Mayor Frank Travis commented that the city is hopeful of final state app,'oval of the use of arterial street money for theproject. Tim city, hesaid, Injuries To Boy has been working on improvements on Railroad Ave. Are Investigated which were suggested by the State Highway Department in an inspection of the street. The Shelton Police Twelliger who live in the Mt. He commented that the Park Department is investigating an View area. and Recreation Department incident in which a five-year-old The mother told officers the Budget contained a $2,500 boy suffered a broken.arnt and boy had gone out between 9:30 allocation for property purchase, concussion, and 9:45 p.m. the evening of the Discussions are in progress on The youth and his parents incident. She heard bin cry out an offer made to sell the city told officers he had gone outside and went out to find him lying on some property for park purposes the family home Nov. 22 to put the ground. the mayor said. some garbage in a garbage can The boy was taken to the In a statement accompanying when he was attacked by another hospital the next morning for the budget, Travis said: boy, whom he described as about treatment. "Shelton had a modest nine years old. Officers were not notified of increase of residents in 1969 and The injured youth is Bruce the incident until they were called we anticipate a similar growth for Twelliger, son of Mr. and Mrs. by a doctor Nov. 26. 1970. Being situated in an area that is recognized for its §lll|llml|l vehicle excise, stale aid to cities, police fines and licenses are deposited in this fund. "Monies are lhen transferred from this fund 1o the Library, Park and Recreation, and Street. fund. The amount allotted to these funds is determined by the need. Your commission makes every effort to evaluate this need to best serve your conmtunity. ''In 1969 this fund contributed $7,000 to a comprehensive plan which will be used on a matching basis to obtain tderal funds for future needs. The county and city are sharing in the cost of a county-wide regional planner. "Assessments to the local health district and to the state for the clean air and pure water acts are made from this fund. "The Municipal Court Department of the city is to be established in the Justice Court of Mason County district. "The Street fund receives the gas tax money from the state as well as the tax money transferred from the current expense fund. The most extensive street improvement in the history of Shelton will be completed in 1969. Hopefully, this program will be continued in 1970. Cost of street lighting will be $17,000. A program is planned that will in time replace all incandescent lights with mercury vapor. "For Urban Arterial Street projects, the State of Washington will provide funding for 90 per cent of the following: San Joaquin Avenue from Magnolia to Birch, Railroad Avenue from 8th to I lth, 7th Street from Alder to Angteside, Ravenna Way from 7th to l Oth, at a total cost of $ I I 1,000. Cost to the city will be $11,100. "An outstanding debt of $58,000 for the sewer disposal plant will be paid in 1975. The Water fund has an indebtedness of $138,000 from the 1953 improvement program. In addition, a 1966 sewer and water bond issue in the amount of $35,000 is outstanding. These bonds and interest are paid annually from current revenue. To take care of future growth, a reserve fund for an additional water tank has been established. Due to an emergency which required the installation of the sanitary sewer on Mountain View, all reserves of these redemption funds were expended, but the city was not required to add to its indebtedness. "In the interest of brevity, only the highlights and salient features of our program for 1970 have been discussed." THE SHELTON HIGH School Choir under the direction of Robert Miller presented the musical portion of the program during the tree lighting program  Friday evening. The crowd was welcomed by Dr. Jud Holloway, president of the Chamber of Commerce. The light switches were turned on by R. W. Oltman, secretary-manager of the Chamber. Fire Destroys Rural Residence Fire Saturday night destroyed the home of the Robert Brewer family orl tke Deegan Road about four miles from Shelton. Mr. and Mrs. Brewer and their three children escaped from the house with no injury and were ble to save some furniture and clothing, The l'irc apparently started from an overheated chimney.