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1he Mason County
Commission Monday voted to
award contracts for stockpiling
gravel and for gasoline and fuel oil
products for the coming year.
They voted to delay awarding a
contract for tire service for the
Shelton Chamber ot
Commerce members heard a
discussion of the Small Business
Administration at the December
county until 3 p.m• next Monday
to give the County Engineer time
to study the bids.
Interstate Asphalt Co. of
Aberdeen was awarded the
contract for stockpiling about
12,000 cubic yards of gravel at
membership meeting last
Thursday night at Heinie's
Broiler.
William P. Morgan,
Non-High Districts
Sell Bonds Tuesday
Seattle First National Bank
was the successful bidder on
almost $2 million worth of
general obligation bonds sold
Tuesday by the five non-high
school district which are
participating in the construction
Wings
Second Lieutenant Greg W.
Branch, son of Mr. and Mrs. Barry
D. Branch, Bremcrt()n, has been
awarded his silver wings at I,aredo
AFB, Tex., upon graduatinn from
U. S. Air Force pih)t training.
Lieutenant Branch is being
assigned to Yokota AB. Japan,
where he will fly the W(-135
Stratolifter weather recona~ssancc
aircraft with a unit ol the Air
Weather Service which provides
weather informahon for military
flight operations.
The lieutenant's wife, Joan, is
the daughter of Mr. andMrs.
George R. Quimby, Shelton.
Batstone
Is Appointed
William R. Batstone, Shelton,
has been appointed a teaching
assistant in philosophy at
Washington State University for
the fall semester.
Batstone has received a B.A.
from Central Washington State
College and is working toward a
M.A. in philosophy at Washington
State University.
Thomas Shawver
At Whidbey
Navy Petty Officer Second
Class Thomas L. Shawver, son of
Mrs. Helen F. Shawver, Shelton, is
,serving at the Naval Air Station
Whidbey Island, Oak Harbor.
He is a 1966 graduate of
Powell High School, Deerlodge,
Mont.
4-H Group
Has Meeting
The Groovy Goolies met at
Mrs. Pleines' home. Karma Knight
called the meeting to order.
Books and record books were
distributed by Mrs. Pleines.
The Christmas party followed
at 5 p.m.. lasting until 7 p.m.
by Penni Pleines. reporter
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of the new Shelton ttigh School.
The five districts had agreed
earlier to all sell their bonds at the
same time.
The only other bidder was
National Bank of Commerce.
The school districts, amount
of bond sale and interest rate
were Southside, $175,000 at
6.040 1 per cent; (;rapeview,
$250,000 at 6.0421 per cent;
Kamilche, $128,000 at 6.0883;
Pioneer, $845,000 at 5.5530 and
ttood Canal, $595,000 at 5.5525
per cent.
"[he funds from the bond sales
will provide the non high district's
share of the cost of the new
Shelton High School facility.
ine
Because of the Christmas
holiday, The Journal will publish
a day early next week.
All deadlines will be moved
up one day in order to meet the
early publication date.
Rural correspondents news
will have to be in by 10 a.m.
Monday. The deadline for society
news ilems will be 10 a.m.
Monday and the deadline for
general news items and sports will
be 5 p.m. Monday.
The deadline for classified
advertising will be 2 p.m.
Monday•
Jerry Glasscock
Is On Carrier
Navy Petty Officer Second
Class Jerry W. Glasscock, husband
of the former Miss Mary P.
Kneeland, Shelton returned to
Quonset Point, R.I. aboard the
aircraft carrier USS Intrepid
following a six-month voyage to
the Mediterranean and North
Atlantic.
During the 45,000 mile cruise,
his ship participated in two
NATO training exercises, crossed
the Arctic Circle four times and
visited ports in Spain, Portugal,
France, Italy, Denmark, Norway,
England and Scotland.
Deegan History
the county's John's Prairie
stockpile site. The firm's bid of
$1.85 a cubic yard was the only
bid received.
The contract award was made
on the recommendation of
County Engineer J. C. Bridger,
management assistance speclanst
with the Seattle Regional SBA
office, was the speaker.
The primary purposes of the
SBA, he told the Chamber
members, is to give financial
assistance to small businesses and
to provide them with
management counseling.
The direct loan program.
which the SBA had for a number
(1t years, has now been taken off,
Morgan said. The SBA now
guarantees loans from other
institutions to small businessmen.
]he counseling service, he
said, has been greatly expanded
under the SCORE program, under
which retired business executives
give management advise to the
small businessmen.
Morgan said there are 86
members of the SCORE group in
the Seattle SBA office and that
they have been very successful in
assisting those who come to the
SBA for assistance.
Another part of the SBA
program, he said, is a series of
workshops and clinics designed to
provide the businessman with
needed information and
knowledge which he can use in his
business.
Youth Falls
From Car
turday
A youth, who Shelton Police
say either jumped or fell from a
moving car going up Hillcrest
Saturday morning, suffered
bruises and abrasions, officers
said.
I'olice received a call at 10:55
a.m. Saturday of an injury
accident about half way up
ttillcrest.
The investigating officer
found the youth, Stephen Bruce
McCarty apparently unconscious
and in convulsions. He
adminis!erll~d~4~Jal~aid and called
Hughes Ambulance Service which
took the youth to the hospital.
tie was treated at the hospital
and released.
Officers said he either jumped
or fell from a car driven by Mrs.
Maxine Peck.
Is Arres
Robert J. Selby, 22, P. O. Box
91, Shelton, was arrested last
week on a charge of possession
and delivery of a controlled
substance.
He was arrested at the
The revised edition of Dr.
tlarry W. Deegan's History of The charges against Selby had
Mason County is now out, Dr. been filed last summer along with
Deegan said this week, and can be a number of others after an
obtained from him at his home at investigation involving local law
323 S. First. enforcement officers and the
State Drug Control Unit.
Selby is being held in the
Post Offices county jail in lieu of $2,000 bail.
who told the commission the bid
was a good one comparable to the
pricethe county received last
year.
The product for all gasoline
and diesel fuel went to C. C. Cole
and Sons with bids of .2321 for
regular gas, .2531 for ethel
gasoline, .1347 for vehicle diesel
and .1347 for heating diesel.
Other bidders were Gott Oil (70.
and Atlanlic Richfield•
Bids on tires and tire service
were received from Merv's Tire
Cap and Shaub-Fllison. Bridger
asked he be given a week to study
the bids since there are a number
of items included•
"[he commission set 3 p.m.
next Monday for a decision on
that bid.
The commission, on the
recommendation of the county
engineer voted to close the West
River Road since construction
had been started by a contractor,
and, the road was in hazardous
condition. Work is presently
suspended because ol the
weather.
Group
The Mason County
Recreation Association has
received a total of $1,642.37 so
far in their efforts to raise money
to develop the recreational site
the group has on John's Prairie.
The fund raising effort started
last month after the vocational
classes at the Washington
Corrections (?enter agreed to
furnish labor for doing the work
on the recreation site.
The Recreation Association
must provide the materials for the
Corrections Center classes to
work with.
Members of the association
have been contacting businesses in
the area in the fund raising effort.
They commented this week that
individuals who might want to
donate to the project can send
their contributions to Mason
County Recreation Association,
First and Cota, Shelton.
Recent contributions have
been by Gene Bergeson Logging,
Evergreen Go Kart Club, Col. and
MrS. ,D• E. Tcberg, tlarry Toka~,
Frost. and Woody, Nell's
Pharmacy, Circle K Logging,
Charles White Logging, McComb
The Post Office at Union,
ttoodsport and Lilliwaup will
close at I p,m. Dec. 24, it was
announced this week.
To Place YOur
Christmas h
°Pping
der By Phone
Just Pick
Up The
Phone, Dial
i
Sears has a credit plan to suit your needs
EVERGREEN SQUARE
Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back
Business Service, Karl's Auto
Body, C and L Time Service,
Shelton Elks Lodge, Bob Ogden
Service, Pauley Motors, Dr.
George Radish, Don Pauley,
Verle'sSportingGoods, First
Church of Christ, Scientist,
Safeway Stores, Shelton Glass
CO., ttidden Haven Mobile Park,
Frank's Electric, J and J Service,
Minor's A and W and Grimes and
McNeil Auto Body.
Sets Program
The annual Christmas
Program for the Skokomish
Jefferson County Court House Indian Assembly of God Church
Dec. 10 by a Mason County will be Sunday evening at 7 p.m.
Deputy Sheriff. He was being held The program will include the
there on a Mason County Children's Choir, recitations,
Superior Court warrant on the special music, puppets, a
charge. Christmas filmstrip and candy•
BACHELOR: an average male
over twenty-one whom no average
female has ever made a serious
attempt to marry.
Henry Louis Mencken
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