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By CARMEN YATES
ttARSI INt- Jhe tlarstme
(;range plan.~ Io hold its ('hristmas
party and meeting Friday evening
of this week. This party' marks the
last ot the Island organizations to
hold their annual festive get
together at this time of the year.
The (;rangers plan a pot luck
dinner at t~:30 p.m. This is always
an especially enjoyable evening so
hope all the membership makes a
real etlort to come Friday
evening.
The (ommunity Club held its
Christmas dinner at the Ilall last
Saturday evening. The table was
laden with gorgeous looking food
that tasted as good as it looked,
maybe even a little better. The
food committee included tielen
Olson, Thora Seward and Ella
McAuliffc. For the most part it
was pot luck. ttowever, the gals
made sure that the food would be
in the right proportions to
aw)ld having ten salads and no
desserts or vica-versa or all fried
chicken etc.
Fveryone was delighted to see
Beula Browning make the effort
to j~nn the group. For following
the surgery on both of her feet
about two short weeks ago
everyone knows it sure would
have been easy to say 'the heck
with (hrislrltas parries' and just
stay home and take it easy.
Walking, for Beula, was land still
2st sheer torture, but it was also
her l)octor's best advice, tier
fancy Christmas decorated special
toolwear n2ade a real conversation
p~ece lot everyone present.
Alter tile delicious dinner and
the kitchen was cleaned up there
was an exchange ol gifts among
the group. Part of the group then
migrated to tile dining room
tables to play the number game
with beans. (In place ol beans,
however, Audry Itinchcliff
generously loaned out her button
collection for the evening!}
Fhursday ol las~ week many
members ol the tlarstine Women's
Club gathered at the Ilall tor their
annual Christmas dinner. The
good, tasty lood was the results
ol the selection of the menu by
the comnlfllee, Mary Baunsgard,
ttilda Williams and Margaret
Mc('ulloch. After such good
eating I'm sure most of the Island
husbands probably don't fare so
well on Ibis day each year. For
when the gals' tun|m2es arc full
and ciHilenled, who wants to go
hom~ and, ~prepare another
delicious' meal. Orvaline Olds and
Ilel't, fl Olson headed 'tile
Ct)[n i122 [ tee for decoral ions.
The warm glow was reduced
to a dull chill and the season's
shine was tarnished on Tuesday of
last week, however, when the gals
arrived to decorate the Itall and
discovered il had been broken
into and robbed.
After the ('ommunity " ('lub
dinner Glenn and 1 brought the
small-lry home and gathered
(;randma irom down the hill to
keep the home fires burning while
we headed for the Moose Ilall to
loin Ihe ('ounly Christmas party
already Jn progress. ()lhcr
Islanders already there included
Bud (;laser and the AI Nagels. It
was an especially fun evening with
a very congeniable group of nice
people, lhe Country-Western
mus2~, was enioyed very tnuch by
everyone lhe conlnlit lee that
planned the party really did an
outstanding iob. The party sure
came to a screeching halt at 2:30
p.m. when the P.U.I). flipped a
switch and plunged the Ilall ahmg
with many other places int~ pitch
blackness, t{veryone present that
nighl sorted out their partner by
voice identification and headed
home.
A couple of weeks ago over
the l'hanksgiving tloliday Carroll
and I)orothy lmo with a little
over a week oi free time decided
to throw a few things in the
family jalopy and head cast to
Nebraska to spend the Ilolidays
with his brother. Dell m l.incoln.
Then they drove on to Sioux
City, iowa for a brief but
enjoyable visit with a nephew and
also a brother-in-law and his wife.
The trip east was delightful,
weather-wise, but the return trip
back home was something else
again! In western Nebraska and
on west the highways were a sheet
of snow and compact ice. They
passed cars lined up in the ditches
like dominos. Driving was
treacherous with nerves filed to a
razor-edge sharpness. But they
arrived home safe and sound,
happy to be back and with
memories of a very enjoyable visit
with relatives and friends.
Dorothy and Phil Chapman of
the ttarstine Grange were the only
members who traveled to Twanoh
last Friday evening to take part in
the installation of officers that
had been scheduled for the two
granges. Most of the officers trom
Jwanoh were present, however.
The installing officer was Martin
Auseth, State Deputy for Mason
County.
Ella and Jim McAuliffe said
they just received a delightful
letter from their son, Mike and his
wife, Betty. Enclosed was an
especially adorable picture of
their granddaughter, Gina. Betty
also told ol what spring will bring
for their family. Mike is scheduled
to go to Japan. She and the two
children will go to Pennsylvania
Lake Limerick
rls mas
and stay ,with relatives during
Mike's absence.
Very warm and sincere thanks
this week are being sent across the
Pickering Pass to some kind folks
who live between Philips and
Spencer Lake. Mudd and Leona
Clay upon hearing of our
predicament at the tlall following
the break-in generously called and
offered a good supply of
silverwareto the l]arstine
Community.Thanks, folks, both
for thinking of us and your very
kind offer which we accept with
our very sincere thanks!
Friday evening Chuck and
Mirja Bridges traveled to
Montesano to attend the
December Zone meeting of the
tIorse Clubs. Then on Saturday
the family headed for the annual
Christmas Banquet. Awards for
the year were presented and a
wonderful evening was enjoyed
by all present.
The next day w~,:, also another
feast day, with the trail club they
Puts Area In
By MARY HILL
LAKE LIMERICK All of
Lake Limerick, with the
exception of Division 1 was
literally "in the dark" Wednesday
night and the early hours of
Thursday morning when the big
wind that brought 12 calls for
help throughout Mason County's
P.U.I). District 3 sent high w)ltage
wires dancing on the street on St.
Andrews l)rive.
The power outage occurred
when a dead tree at the end of the
ninth hole on the Limerick golf
course fell across the main wires
and let loose a 7,000 volt hazard.
The loose wires extended from
the clubhouse to beyond the Bob
Smith summer home, a distance
of nearly halt a block. Fire
('aptain Glen Robbins who is also
a special deputy sheriff drove to
the scene immediately where he
found Ralph Bennett and Bob
Wallace, club employees and also
special deputy sheriffs guarding
each end of the road to stop cars
from driving through.
Glenn blockaded the road
with the fire truck and also used
the truck's radio to send out calls
for assistance from other
volunteer firemen. Those
answering the call for help were
Patti Gronseth and her son, Pat,
Roy J. Brown, Wade and Pat
Paradise and Terry Brocha. They
guarded the road in two-hour
shifts from 7:30 p.m. until 12:30
a.m. when the P.U.D. truck
arrived, ltowever it wasn't until
nearly 4 a.m. before the P.U.D.
tr,,uble-shooters were able to
restore power to the community.
A living fir tree on the A. H.
Adams lot. Tacoma residents,
blew down about 750 feet west
on St. Andrews Drive, but it fell
in lhe same northeast direction
toward the lakeside. A change of
wind would have caused it to
strike a corner of the cabin roof
o f theDick Spear family of
Milton.
Fern Latimer of Shelton who
with her husband, linT, are lot
owners on Ballantrae Drive and
are expecting to build there next
year, was the guest of honor at a
party in honor of her retirement
from the Simpson Lumber
(7ompany on Wednesday night.
Fifty employees and former
employees of the company
attended the "hen party" which
began at Colonial House,
Simpson's recreation hall, for a
social hour and continued with a
progressive dinner at three homes.
Fern will retire Dec. 30 after 19//2
years with Simpson as a secretary.
She and Jim, spend much of their
weekend time at Lake Limerick
where Jim is a member of the
Board of Trustees.
A large Christmas tree is now
decorating the main hall of the
Lake Limerick club house and
shines a bright welcome to guests.
Ralph Bennett and Bob Wallace
.erected the tree on the orchestra
platform and also strung the
ligh Is, while Pat Wells, Patti
Gronseth and Patsy Jones added
the bulbs and other decorations.
For the second year the.
largest outside lighted Christmas
tree (to date at least) on the lake
is that of Rudy Boettsher and his
son on Ballantrae Drive.
Employees of the Shelton
Branch, Seattle-First National
Bank with their spouses or escorts
held their pre-ChrLstmas din31¢r
pah~, Satu~"daj on'}he main fl~r
of Limerick inn.
Mrs. Adele Devins of Auburn
spent the past weekend with Mrs.
Pat Wells of Ballantrae Drive. The
two are old school friends and
hadn't seen each other for 20
years when Pat visited her when
she lived in California.
Mrs. Arline Murphy of Seattle
has nearly completed all
arrangements to erect a modular
home on Shamrock Drive in the
spring. Her daughter, Nancy, Js
one of the most active members
of Lake Limerick's teen-age
group.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernie {Tish)
Lasseson of Seattle and Balmoral
Way told us in a Christmas note
that Ernie began working for the
Seattle Police Department the end
of November. He formerly
worked for the King County
Sheriff's Department, where Tish
is an employee. Now, they add,
they will be well informed on
crime in the city as well as in the
county.
Local Woman Honored At
Birthday Celebration
By VIVIEN OLSON
LILLIWAUP - A birthday
celebration honoring Mrs. Myrtle
Swearingen was held in the coffee
room of the tlamma Hamma
Oyster ('o. last Friday. Coffee and
birthday cake were served,
following which Myrtle was the
surprised and delighted recipiet,t
of a canary and cage -- something
she had long wanted. Guests
included Bart Robbins and his
daughter, Helena and Myrtle's
co-workers, John and Alice Clark,
Bud and Donna Green and their
daughter, Jennie, John and Wanda
Aaro and Kioka Everett. Ed
Olson, who is working on an
addition to the oyster house,
enjoyed a piece of the birthday
cake too.
Bob and Margaret Richter, of
Ayock Beach, spent last weekend
in Puyallup, at the home of their
son, George. The occasion was the
birthday of their grandson Bill.
Sunday they attended the
wedding reception for the
granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Laing of Puyallup and
Ayock Beach.
506 W. Franklin
INSURANCE
Page 20 - Shclton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, December 16, 1971
les
annln
belong to holding their annual
Christmas Banquet. The McCleary
Trail Riders all gathered at the
Black Lake Evergreen Hall for this
feed.
1 recently saw a former
Islander, Florence Jerrells in town
while shopping. Had a nice visit
with her. She and her husband,
Jack Powell had just returned
from a trip to California to see
her son, Nell and his family. The
young family had just moved into
a spacious lovely new home. Julie
works at one of the big studios
and they saw a scene for
Gunsmoke being filmed. At the
time she was employed by the
CB.S. studios, however, as her
boss was being laid off in an
economy drive she had just been
o ffered a position at Warner
Brothers.
Florence reports daughter,
Joan and her husband and their
two boys are doing well back east
and they hope to see them again
one of these days. Harlan and
Patty have a mobile home on the
back of the Powell property. But
after the weather gets settled next
spring they plan to move the
mobile home on their own
property just down the Arcadia
road apiece. Harlan is employed
with the P.U.D. in Shelton.
If anyone out there in the
reading audience and who lives in
the Agate-Pioneer area or even
here on the Island happens to be
leaving Shelton around 6 p.m. on
weekday eveningsthere is an
Island lad that sure would
appreciate locating a ride even
part way home. He was selected
for a regular on the basketball
team, but transportation is
creating a real hang-up! Call
426-8853 if you could be of
assistance, please. Even pretty
please.
By DOLORES DRAKE
HOODSPORT - The Hood
Canal School's primary grades,
kindergarten and pre-school
children will have an informal
Christmas sing-along in the
multi-purpose room Dec. 21 from
1 to 2:30 p.m. All parents and
friends are invited to join the fun.
The Johnston families
gathered at Mr. and Mrs. S. L.
Johnston's home last Sunday for
their annual Christmas dinner
party. Those present for the gift
exchange and dinner were Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard Johnston of Blyn,
Snow
By ANITA DUGGER
SKOKOM1SH - It is a
challenge to say the least, to write
a column without a telephone in
working order and a car without
snow tires. More frustrating after
getting six inches of snow, to
learn by the grapevine, there is no
snow in Shelton and along the
Canal and Bay.
The Skokomish Grange
Christmas potluck dinner drew 40
members out to enjoy a good
program Friday evening. Group
singing, a tableau, songs by Sherry
York and RaeAnn Calkins and an
exchange of gifts were included in
the program. A special gift was
presented to Mr. and Mrs. Des
Haines in honor of their 58th
wedding anniversary.
The Bert Deyettes and Frank
Ragans attended the annual
Christmas party of the county
employees held in the Moose hall
Saturday night. A large crowd
danced to music provided by an
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnston of
Brinnon, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Johnston of Hoodsport and Mrs.
Jewell Carlson of Olympia.
Traveling to Renton for the
first all employees training
conference for Washington State
Parks and Recreation Commission
were Mr. and Mrs. George Carlson
of Potlatch, Mr. and Mrs. Armon
Tuberg of Twanoh and Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Mast and Leslie
McKinzie of Cushman.
The two day conference was
highlighted with a banquet and
dance on Wednesday evening. The
group rally had something to
celebrate as this year the
Washington State Park Rangers
received the National Gold Medal
Award for being the best Park
Rangers in the United States.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gleason
drove to Seattle for the weekend.
While Carl attended a dinner
party for retired ship purser's,
Dorothy completed her Christmas
shopping in the gaily decorated
stores.
P.U.D. No. 1 was relieved to
see the snow conic in spurts over
the weekend as long as it had to
Iley
Aberdeen band.
Larry Barger and family have
moved into the State Trout
ffatchery where he takes the place
of Doc McSweyne as
Superintendent. Barger has been
employed at the rearing ponds on
the Bogachiel near Forks.
McSweyne has retired.
The First Aid course
sponsored by the Fire department
meets every Tuesday night in the
Grange hall. More people are
urged to come out to these very
worthwhile meetings. They will
continue to meet until February.
Mr. and Mrs. Chet Valley
called on Chester's niece Mrs.
Allan Oster in Olympia and also
visited with Chet's brother, Ed
Ahern, Sunday.
Mrs. Gendereau of Island
Lake spent the weekend with her
daughter, Mrs. Arthur Johnson.
The two Hunter Tree yards in
Seattle are finding a good market
for Christmas trees especially the
rea
sheared trees. Bill and Carol
Hunter, Jim and Joan Hunter and
Martin Smith are working in the
yards.
Skokomish Valley
Community Church will have the
Christmas program in the church
Dec. 19 at 7 p.m. followed by
refreshments and fellowship
meeting. Everyone is welcome.
The Hood Canal Woman's
Club will meet in the Potlatch
Clubhouse today. Christmas
program will be furnished by the
Exceptional Foresters. Lunch will
be at 11:30 a.m. with the
Program at 2 p.m.
Curt Hunter is a member of
Shelton High Ski team and will
take part in the Jamboree on
Crystal Mountain this weekend.
ttis parents the Jim Hunters and
sister Janie and brother Gregg will
make up for lost time on the
slopes as soon as the Christmas
tree rush is over.
The
gift for the person,
nothin
A collection of the
humorous writings of Jan
Danford which you have
enjoyed weekly in the
Shelton-Mason County
Journal. You can now
throw away those scraps
of verse you cut out of
the Journal - they're all
here in 80 pages of
delightful reading.
as the stv
(o~d ~ .. ice as ~'~
~ua,t COSt ~-
Pick up a copy at the
Journal office, Third &
Cota, Shelton, for jUSt r
ram
come at all. Most power
were able to shed the snow,
ice loaded lines and falling
in the outlying areas caused
power outages that kept all
crews busy over the weekend.
Motorists traveling along
canal also found the icy
troublesome. A Port
woman demolished her car
it went over a bank north
Hoodsport. Fortunately she
not require hospitalization
arm and leg injuries. About
minutes later a Tacoma
over the bank at Potlatch
about $150 damage to his
model zar.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Durand
purchased Tom Mayte's
Hoodsport and are busy
moved into the larger
before Christmas arrives. Tom a
Anna Mayte have moved into
new mobile home on
property in the Kamilche
Jack Frost has really
busy in the area, but
color to the Frosty scene
week was Nina Challender.
paint and brush in hand,
seen decorating windoWS
businesses and homes
Canal. Every painting
different and the scenes
varied. One of Nina's
creations showed a big cat
had mistakenly receive~
package of cheese, but stan
nearby was the little
holding up the peace sign as
attempted to exchange his
of milk.
To sum up the Hood
News this week, it has
snowing, raining and cold.
local residents have been sti2
close to home, keeping the
burning, baking Christmas
and candies, and drying ou
kids' wet socks and soggy