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December 11, 1947     Shelton Mason County Journal
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SUBSCRIBE TO The HOOD CANAL NEWS Union, Wash. $1,50 year in Mason County Roy Sherry Dies At Airport Job L. ROy Sherry, a resident of tim Airport district, passed away Fri- da,y while at work at tbc school bus garage near there. American Legion MEETS AT 8 P. M. IN MEMORIAL HALL 1st and 3rd TUESDAYS Mr. Sbcrry was a machinist-in- structor for the schools, and also worked [is maintenance mechanic for the school buses. He suddenly became ill about noon Friday, and left the strop to rest m a chair and died a few minutes later. tie had lived here for six years and was born June ,1, 1890, in Franldin Kentucky. Survivors include his wife,. I&apos;S. Margaret Sherry, three daughters, Ethel Mac and Vicki Lee Sherry and Mrs. Ben Fiefs, all of Wallace. Idaho, three sisters, Mrs. Ethel Mitchell and Mrs. Ola McCoy, both of Tennessee and Mrs. Dott Hartliegh of Michigan,. and two grandchildren. A Masonic [unera] sel'vme was held at Witsicr funeral home on Tuesday for Mr. Sherry, and his body was taken to Chinook, Mont.. for burial. SHELTON-MASON COUNTY JOURNAL THE OLDTIMER RECALLS Recollections from 50 Years Ago By Lafe Redafe Wal, I recall, back in '97, they wuz a lotta talk about thet there gold strike they hed up in A-Laska an' the Yukon territory. Right smart pile o' gold dust come out'n there, a-ccordin' to the reports. * I rec'clect seein' a letter, er Shoulda been a lotta money made by some-one, since the prices wuz so high up there about thet time. Might nigh as high as they is 'round here right now. rather a bunch o' letters, writ by Gee. Draham from the Yukon back in September o' '97. He give a runnin' account o' the trip o' the Shelton men up to the gold fields. AN' about 20 other men from around herd started from Seattle back in August, some time, an' rode the boats to Skag- ---- - i I llJ ii I I I "CUTTING iN" KILLS ONE OUT OF EIGHT In chanqinq position rom one side of the road to the other, or from lane to lane on a modern hiqh- way, remember the other fellow. Glance in your rear view mirror and from side to side. See that you can make the shiit in position without inter- fer/nq with the movement of traffic. If you make a sudden shift of position without warninq, you may force cars approachinq from behind to swerve sharply to avoid strikinq you. Play it safe. Siqnal your intention clearly by us. inq hand siqnals as well as by the qradual shift in the positior of your car. By "inchincj" toward the position you intend to occupy, other drivers will recoqnize your intention and allow you room to complete the maneuver. But above all. avoid the common habit of 7impatient" driving. "Impatient drivers" in this state last year killed and injured hundreds of people. To eliminate this loss in the future, see that your next turn is not a TURN FOR THE WORSE. RAYONIER INCORPORATED GEO. M, GRISDAL] CONSTRUCTION CO. ROY I KIBEL ENTERPRISES " WERBERGEg WINERY Thursday, way, then hiked over the moun-Ivvv..-*., tains an' built some rowin' boats Shelton ..yTa"e'" fer the trip through the lakes to Dawson city. v.........vvv. The first letter which I re-call It isn't just the old styles in readin' in The Journal wuz-writ- dresses conlmg back as was dcm- ten September 21 at Fifty Mile river. Gee. told o' comin' through a series o' lakes, and he said it wuz a beeyootiful trip. These here lakes, Bennett, Tag- ish and Marsh, are 24, 19 an' 20 miles long, an' in some places as much as five miles wide. Gee. said he caught a four-lb, speck- eld trout on Marsh as they sailed across with a fair breeze. Usin' a trollin' line, he wuz. THE PARTY wuz slippin' right a-long 'bout that time. Passed up everyone on the trail an' the lakes, 'cordin' to Gee. He said thet a story in the P-I about the difficulties o' the Swagway trail wuzn't axagerated, neither. In the second letter, writ at the head o' the White Horse rapids, he de-scribed the canyon they had come to. Said it wuz the only reely dangerous part o' the trip. They stopped there about 4 p.m., an' went over fer a good look, an' it wuz a bad piece of one. Gee. said the river wuz about half a mile wide before the canyon, then it narrows down to about 100 feet very suddenlike. SEEMS THIS here canyon had a couple curves in it, an' a lot o' jagged rocks an' steep, rough walls. The boys went through with nearly all their load in their boats, takin' out only about a half of a ton of their three tons. The portage wuz half a mile a-round the canyon, and Draham said the canyon wuz a-bout a quarter of a mile. They come a-flyin' through, however, an' they said they wuz shootin' out like a swaller when they hit the bottom end o' the canyon. They went over fer a look at the White Horse rapids after they landed at the bed o' it, an' he said it looked even worse. River wuz wider, but the rocks and the jagged ledges wuz worse, and the river dropped faster there, he said. liE TOLD about two fellers who cracked up on a rock with their boat, an' had lots o' luck--mostly bad. They lost their outfit, an' just skun through themselves without lrownin,. But, even after gettin' through the White Horse rapids, which turned out to be not too bad, the party found the situation in Daw- son city wuz the worst. That wuz where they found the high prices. They said things like candles wuz sellin' fer a $1 a piece. They wuz needed in the gold mines• COULDN'T buy a sack o' flour at any price, an fresh meat sold fer a $1.25 to $1.50 a pound. Had- da buy a whole side o' it at a time, too. Newspapers wuz sell- in' fer a $1.50 to $2 a piece. Wish't I'd knowed about thet--I'd been up there writin' my stuff long a- fore this. They wuz tryin' to get wages down from $15 to $10 per a day, but wuzn't havin' such good luck at it. Grub wuz scarce, an' Gee. figured wages would stay up there at $1,50 a hour fer ten hours a day. Draham wuz figgerin' on stayin' in the town, though. He said he planned to throw up a shack ona town lot, givin' him the first chance to buy the lot from the govimint when the land wuz ap- praised, cause it wuz improved.' Them shore musts been excitin' times, up there in A-Laska an' Canady. Times has shore changed, right enough, Lake Cushman Cushman people scored again as prize winners during the recent Hood Canat Woman's club baz- aar. Mrs. Ira Collins, who is noted for her winning luck, won the maple occasional chair. She won a large lace table cloth at the Union ladies' bazaar last month, and a turkey at the fire- men's bingo party. Verne Hill won the upholstered living room chair Saturday night, and Lee Hale of Camp B won the electric clock, but would not trade it to Jack Manley for two dozen eggs as he offered to do before he knew it was his. Mr. ancf Mrs. Les Sandvig, who left November 29 on a business trip to Montana, did not complete the deal they expected, but sur- prised friends and neighbors, as well as themselves by bringing back a tiny adopted daughter, born November 24. The beauti- ful baby girl has been named Julie Ann. Raymond stayed with Mrs. Del Laramie while the Sandvigs were away. Mr. and Mrs. Del Laramie were in Dupont Wednesday to attend the funeral of Mr. Laramie's brother-in-law, L. 1I. Townsend, who was fatally injured Monday when a building caved in upon which he was working. Verne Hill spent Sunday fish- ing in his newly completed boat and reported the boat in fine working condition but no fish. Kenneth Linscott returned home Sunday on leave from the Navy. He expects to remain until De- cember 24. Mrs.. Robert Rains, who arrived recently from San Francisco, tells of seeing the first official flight of the X99, largest plane in the world, which took off from the Lindbergh field in that city. A crowd of 15,000 people were pres- ent, many of whom pessimistical- ly said it wasn't going to make the takeoff but it did, and when the pilot stepped out of the plane after landing, he received an enor- mous oation. Guests of Mrs. Vera Linscott Wednesday were Mesdames Mabel Avey, Rule Dickinson, Floy Yen- ter, Beulah Worl, Edna Haines, Francis HiM, Frances Radtke, Hazel Bleecker, Iva Collins, Gee. Yokum, Blanch Radtke and Cora Peterson. They worked on Christ- mas decorations for the bazaar. Dewey Webster was the victim of an accident November 14 when he cut his left hand with an ax while cutting Christmas tgees on his property near Hoodsport. Ten- dons were severed between the thumb and forefinger, which nec- essitated his spending two days in the Shelton General ospital for penicillin shots. His hand will be in a cast for three weeks. Lloyd Webster." brother of Dew- ey Webster. is back working with the tree planting crew, onstrated by the young folks of Shelton and Isabella Valleys while home on their Thanksgiving vaca- tion. They got hold of a truck, I put some hay in it and went for a truck hayride. No doubt had there been snow on the ground they would have talked some rancher fortunate to own a team, into letting them use it for a real sleigh ride. The first meeting of Shelton Grange 403 had a good turnout of its members and a Christmas par- ty was planned for the next meet- ing December 18. Those attending the pre-Christ- mas party held at the Winsor place in town from here were Mrs. Ned Wivell and Sign, Knee- land. While here from Tacoma Dick Kimbel added one more to the in- I ter-Valley phone line, the Hack- erds. That makes four who can talk to each other,via phone. Mr. Hackerd and Walter Cook were in Tacoma on business one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. Joe C. Brown [were in Olympia on business last week and also called at the home of Mr. Brown's parents who live at Oyster Bay. M.rs. Stella  Holman had 1¢r. and Mrs. Gordon Bennett and son, Don, from Elma call on her Sat- urday evening, also her daughter, Mrs. Ray Howry, called the same evening. J. Keith Bennett made a brief call at the Highlands Monday noon. ] The Glover home had many vis- itors last week. Mrs. Anna Paul- son and daughters, Louise and Sandra, spent the afternoon with them on Tuesday. On Thursday, Mrs. Inga Kneeland and her sis- ter, Mrs. Tom Myers, and Mrs. Ralph Paulson called in the eve- ning, and on Sunday the Spilseths spent the day wlth them. Miss Peggy Slater attended the Sunday evening Young Adult meeting held in the Methodist Church. David Glover went to i Sunday School with the Slaters earlier in the day. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Baker called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bennett one evening last week. Mrs. S. Slater and Mrs. S. Knee- land were callers at Winsors and Bennetts Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Christen Ander- son of Anacortes were overnight visitors at the Highlands, coming Thursday and leaving Friday. Mrs. Anderson is a brother of Mrs. Kneeland. While here they also, along with Mrs. Kneeland. called at the homes' of Joe and John Kneeland and at the DeRosier home in town. Allyn Mr. and Mrs. Enock Uldrikson are the proud parents of a baby boy, Lee Arthur, December 2. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Austin spent Sunday evening in Bremerton vis- iting with their daughter, Mrs. Scherfenberg, who had been ill. Beverly Benson and lna Mc- Farland spent the Week "end at the Benson home in Allyn Mr, and Mrs. Carl Fogde and daughters of Aberdeen visited with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vern Hawk, over the week end. Mrs. Ruth Hawk has announced that the Christmas school program will be given on Thursday evening, Dec. 18, at 7:30 sharp. The theme for the upper grades is a Christ- mas cantata. There will be treats for all. Everybody welcome. Buster Wilson is in a Seattle hospital recovering from injuries sustained in an auto accident. We wish him a speedy recovery. Don't forget your gift for the school Christmas treat. You will find donation boxes at the stores. Milk Quality Clean, sterile utensils, prompt cooling of milk or cream, and keep- lng milk and cream cool until mar- keted are key actors in maintaining high quality. 86 PROOF 68.45 Grain Neutral Spirits JAS. BARCLAY & CO., )Scember 1l, 19< Meets Eve5, 8 p.m. LO.O.F, ILa--IA h Visiting Members W. S. GUY CALL Ruby Rebekah Second and Mary Dobson, Elizabeth Butler, ,rancisco ........ $11.9Q ........ $1.50 KIMBEL' ................ LOGGING i! r00i00,e .................. . ,205 COMPANY! 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