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By Rob May
The Bulldog basketball team
dropped two games last week,
including their league opener in a
tough game against the Sequim
Wolves. Earlier in the week, they
were completely overpowered by
a tail Laughbon team 83-46. The
score of the Sequim contest was
58-49 in favor of the Wolves.
At Laughbon; the Bulldogs
ran into one of the finest high
school teams that I've ever seen.
They were a well-coached
defensive team, as well as great
shooters on offense. The Panthers
jumped out to an early 9-1 lead,
and they never looked back as
they strode easily to a 27-6 first
quarter lead. At the half, with
reserves playing most of the
second quarter, they led 46-16.
Leading the Bulldog scoring
attack was junior Terry Peterson,
who cashed in on 10 points, the
only Bulldog to hit in double
figures. Tom Ball, another junior,
finished with 9. AI Baselt, Bruce
Landram, Don Havens, and Glen
Landram all followed with 5, Rob
May had 4, Dave Dimmen had 2,
and Jan Criss had 1.
The Sequim game saw a close
battle the entire game, with the
Wolves maintaining a slight lead
throughout the game, ranging
from 4 to 10 points. The first
quarter ended g,th Sequim
leading 13-12, and they kept that
lead at the half, 26-19. The third
quarter saw that lead diminish by
3, to 40-36, but North Mason
couldn't get any closer. With
around two minutes remaining to
play, the Bulldogs put on a rally,
and made the score 46-42, but the
Wolves scored two quick baskets
to put the game out of reach for
North Mason.
The game was won at the foul
line for the Wolves, as both teams
connected on 20 shots from the
field, but the Wolves went 18 for
30 from the line, while North
Mason could only connect on 9 of
25. The win was Sequim's In'st of
the year, while North Mason's
record fell to 0-3 on the season,
0-1 in league play.
Leading scorers for North
Mason were Bruce and Glen
Landram, who both recorded 13
points. They were followed by
Terry Peterson's 8, AI Baselt's 6,
Tom Bali's 5, and Jan Criss' 4
)Dints. Three Sequim players had
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The next game will be Friday,
as the Forks Spartans, 75-49
loser's to Port Townsend, will
come to Belfair.
G. Landram 3 32 10.7
B. Landram 3 26 8.7
A. Baser 3 22 7.3
T. Peterson 3 19 6.3
R. May 3 18 6.0
T. Ball 3 17 5.7
D. Havens 3 14 4.7
J. Criss 3 5 1.7
D. Dimmen 3 2 0.7
D. Guidi 2 0 0.0
Sequim 58, North Mason 49;
Port Townsend 75, Forks 49;
Chimacum 47, Vashon 46;
The Wrestling team dropped
their first decision of the year in a
close battle, as the Yelm
Tornadoes edged them 29-28. The
Bulldogs won only 5 of the 12
matches, 4 of them being pins.
Heavyweight Roy Kelley picked
up his first win of the season as he
pinned his man in 4:48. Keith
Pederson, who has yet to allow
his opponent to score a point,
decisioned his man by an 8-0
Score.
Results: Yelm 29, North
Mason 28.
98-John Hannan was pinned
by Enoch Wilkenson in 3: 12.
105-Joey Johson pinned Neis
Anderson in 3:08.
1 1 2-Joel Werdall was
decisioned by Mark Swain, 9-5.
1 1 9-Mark Harder was
decisioned by Russ Booth, 8-7.
1 26-Ran Johnson was
decisioned by Orval Johnson,
10-8.
132-Doug Raines was
decisioned by Pat Jones, 6-5.
1 38-Keith Pederson
d'ecisioned Cliff Anderson, 8-0.
145-Jack , Johnson pinned
Ran Miller in 5: 11.
155-Ben Van Horn pinned Pat
Martin in 5:19.
167-Jeff Werdall was
decisioned by Doug Martin, 14-3.
185-Bob Greenleaf was
pinned by Dan Ranger in :34.
HVY.-Roy Kelley pinned Bill
Anderson in 4:48.
VANDALS STRIKE
T. L. McMeckan reported
vandalism to a truck parked in
Allyn on December 12, according
to a report from the local
Sheriff's office. He left the vehicle
for ten minutes and when he
returned the keys were missing
and wires under the dashboard
pulled out. Later he returned to
find the radio and heater missing
and the battery cracked.
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game as the Bulldogs
Graesch.
Savings Bonds
suggested for
Christmas gifts
"This year, U.S. -Savings
Bonds make better-than-ever
Christmas gifts," Rend Odlin,
Washington State Chairman for
the Treasury's Savings Bonds
Program, said today. "The
interest rate is higher than ever,
and the popular E Bond has a
shorter-than-ever maturity
period."
There are other reasons for
buying Savings Bonds as gifts,
Odlin pointed out. "You don't
have to worry about style, size,
shape, or color. And they're
priced to fit almost any
pocketbook. They're
indestructible - if lost, stolen,
mutilated, or destroyed, the
Treasury will replace them free of
charge. They're patriotic, too.
"It's easy to buy Bonds. Your
bank has them available in
denominations ranging from $25
to $1,000. And you now have a:
choice of four colorful - and free
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"While Savings Bonds are
especially appropriate at
Christmas time, they are ideal
gifts for almost any occasion,"
Odlin added. "For birthdays, new
babies, anniversaries, graduations,
weddings - you name it -
Savings Bonds are the gift that
keeps on giving."
WALLET RETURNED
The Wallet which was
reported lost in last week'-s Herald
has been found and returned,
intact, to the owner it was learned
from the local Sheriff's office this
week. A reward was given the
finder.
WITHOUT KNOWING the
force of words, it is impossible to
know men.
Confucius
HITS for two in last Friday night's
bowed to Sequim. Photo by John
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Dec. 20 -- Dec. 23
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TUESDAY -- Meat pie,
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Fruit Salad, cookie and milk.
WEDNESDAY -- Chili, mixed
green salad, orange halves,
cinnamon rolls and milk.
THURSDAY -- Pork burgers
on homemade bun, mixed
vegatables, Waldorf salad, ice
cream and milk.
FRIDAY -- Christmas
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By LOU DONNELL
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Being an editor is never dull. Besides the stimulation of meeting
new people every week there are constant opportunities to do things
I've never tried before.
One such opportunity came my way two weeks ago when 1 visited
the North Mason School garage to view the new $27,000 bus just
delivered to the district. After taking my pictures I was asked by
Ormand Ormiston, the district's transportation supervisor and head
mechanic, if I would like to go for a ride in the large 73-passenger
vehicle. That sounded like fun, so off we went headed for Allyn.
As he pulled off the highway just south of the Sherwood Creek
bridge to head back to the schoolgrounds, he casually asked if I would
like to drive it back. My first reaction was "Good Heavens, No!" I
could see the bus lying on its side in a ditch somewhere between Allyn
and Belfair with me trying to explain to the local taxpayers in an article
in the paper why there was a $2,000 repair bill on the bus before it had
ever taken a student to or from school. But he assured me the HUGE (it
seemed bigger every second) bus was easy to handle and that many of
the regular drivers were women who had no trouble driving the buses so
I took a deep breath, crossed my fingers, said a short prayer and got
behind the wheel.
And made it back to the entrance to the school grounds driveway
with no trouble at all. I didn't take my eyes off the road long enough to
check whether Mr. Ormiston was biting off any fingernails or not but I
did glance at the rearview mirror occasionally and after being used to a
little Datsun, you wouldn't believe how FAR back that rear window
appeared to be. Like a couple inches short of a quarter mile.
I would like to apologize to the unwary motorist who was behind
the bus as we approached the schoolgrounds. He's probably been
wondering why a school bus should come to a full stop for about half a
minute on the highway before entering the driveway. Well, you see, it's
this way. The turn looked awfully sharp and the driveway awfully
narrow and the bus awfully long and the closer I got the less confidence
I had that I could get off the highway without running into trouble so I
did the only thing I could do. I put on the brakes, jumped out of the
driver's seat and exclaimed "Here, you take it the rest of the way."
Shortly after we had returned, Vi Cokelet appeared at the garage
for a trial run in the bus before she took her first busload of children
home in it that afternoon. When I told her I had driven her brand new
bus before she had, she got a big smile on her face and said "Oh, good, I
didn't want to be the first one to put a dent in it." I haughtily assured
her that I had returned the bus without even a scratch and she looked
dissappointed. She said that was the only thing she didn't like about
being chosen as driver of the new bus; she was going to feel so bad
when she put that first dent in it.
She didn't have long to wait. As I was half way through this column
I got a phone call telling of the black ice casualties at the high school
that morning and I shed a little tear for Vi when I heard that the bus,
involved but not damaged badly, was the new one driven by her. I heard
from one of the students who witnessed the slippery scene that Vi did an
admirable job of controlling the bus as well as possible under the
circumstances and was responsible for averting greater damages or
possible injuries. Was I glad I hadn't been behind the wheel! Although,
news is short this week, and a big picture of a bus lying upside down
would have made a g_ood story.
One consolation for Vi. She only had to worry about that first dent
for one week and a day. Now she can relax. The second one won't be so
bad.
Boy drowns at Tiger Lake
Tragedy struck at Tiger Lake
last Friday afternoon when
17-month old Greggory Macaulay,
son of Dr. and Mrs. Dennis
Macaulay, was found face down
in the lake and all efforts at
resuscitation by his father and
later by a Sheriff's deputy and the
Belfair Aid Car crew failed.
The drowrdng occured at
approximately 4:45 p.m., a short
time after the youngster
apparently wandered out the back
door of the house.
Dr. Macaulay, who took over
the dental practice of Dr. Ran
Harmon when the latter moved
his family to California so he
could further his education, had
brought his family to Belfair to
live in the Harmon house on the
lake.
Funeral services were held in
Bremerton Monday afternoon.
Survivors in addition to his
parents include paternal
grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. C. G.
Macaulay of Riverside, Calif.,
maternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles B. Arve of San
Gabriel, Calif.; paternal
great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. G. Macaulay, Sr. of Redland,
Calif. and maternal
great-grandmother, Mrs. A. J.
Belzer of Glendale, Calif.
Section of the Shelton-
Mason County Journal
A STUDENT FALLING in front of the bus, quick application of brakes by
the driver and black ice combined to cause a freak accident at North Mason
High School last Thursday morning. Jerry Haughton, a student at the school,
happened to be right at the scene with his camera and caught this picture of
the district's brand new bus sliding down the hill, where it ended up hitting a
parked car.
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Quicker than a magician can
produce a rabbit from his hat, the
weather man last Thursday
morning turned the roadways,
sidewalks and parking lot
pavement on the hill leading up to
North Mason High School from a
merely "very wet" condition,
following a hearer shower of rain,
into one of hidden danger from
black ice. All of a sudden kids
were falling all over the place as
the wet cement under their feets
turned into ice, according to an
eyewitness report.
By the time the black ice
melted, about thirty minutes
later, it had left a lot of bruises on
its fallen victims and a broken
wrist on one, a badly damaged
parked car in the parking lot and
the first dent and a broken
backup light on the school
district's brand new 73-passenger
bus.
The only serious injury was
sustained by Debbie Wolle, a fifth
grader, who was taken to a doctor
for treatment of a broken wrist.
She had sprained her wrist a few
days earlier so it wasn't until the
doctor examined it that it was
known whether the pain was due
to aggravation of the sprain or a
broken wrist. According to
Debbie's sister, Debbie was
wearing new shoes and the
combination of the slippery soles
and the slippery ice sent her
falling while going up a hill. Other
students, finding it impossible to
get up the suddenly-slippery hills
followed the lead of one girl who
removed her shoes and made it to
the top without a mishap, and
they, too, arrived at the top in
stockinged feet.
Another fallen student was
the cause of the damages to the
car, driven to school by Dale Van
Slyk, and the bus. As Mrs. Vi
Cokelet drove the school bus up
the hill in low gear and pulled up
to the high school a girl walking
from the parking lot to the high
school building crossed in front of
the South Shore bus and fell. To
avoid running over the girl, Mrs.
Cokelet put on the brakes, the
bus started sliding down the hill,
the rear end slid into the parking
lot and hit the student's parked
car.
While the car was damaged
extensively, a report from
Ormand Ormiston, the school
district's transportation
supervisor, indicated that the new
bus, in service for only a week,
suffered only a little dent on the
rear bumper and a broken backup
light. He said the sudden black ice
conditions around 7:30 to 8 that
morning were not only on the hill
at the high school. Several drivers,
as tl]ey brought their busloads of
children to school, reported
trouble from sudden icy spots on
their routes, but no other serious
accidents occured.
Principal of the high school,
Ralph Lackey, said that
everything had been normal as he
drove up to the school about 7
a.m. Just wet pavement.
Custodian Len Rose checked the
sidewalks about that time and
found them to be wet but safe.
Evidently a short time later black
clouds came overhead and doused
the area in a heavy shower and
within a few minutes of its
termination some quirk in the
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LIBRARY HOURS
A reminder from the North
Mason librarian was issued this
week of the change in library
hours during the holidays ahead.
The library, situated in the rear of
Belfair TV, will be open
Thursdays, noon to 6 p.m.
(December 23 and 30) and closed
on Fridays and Saturdays
(December 24, 25 and 31 and
January 1.) Regular Friday and
Saturday hours will resume
January 10.
Prayer meetings
at school before
school starts vetoed
At a meeting that lasted
almost until midnight, the North
Mason School Board, in a 3 to 2
vote, denied a teacher, Miss Jan
Johnson, permission to hold
prayer meetings in the school
cafetorium each morning before
the start of school. A letter was
read from liaison officer between
the State Dept. of Education,and
the State Attorney General's
office in which he declared that
the use of school buildings, if rent
were charged, would be legal for
early morning prayer meetings
but that he personally felt it
would not be a good idea because
it was so close to school hours.
Miss Johnson appeared befoP:
the Board and said she had been
prompted to make the request by
a majority of the students who
had been participating in weekly
prayer meetings with her in
private homes in the evening. She
said the meetings were not an
attempt to replace the church's
role nor were they attempting to
take the place of any religious
denomination. They simply
needed a place to meet.
Several members in the
audience spoke in favor of
permission. However three
members of the Board seemed to
think the time requested, just
before the beginning of the school
day, was an adverse factor. They
also pointed out that not all
school buses would have arrived
by then so many students would
be arriving late if they wished to
be included.
Carol Wentlandt and Gene
Foster voted against permission;
Jerry Reid and Bob Sills voted for
it. Ray Kronquist, chairman of
the Board, was required to vote to
break the tie, and he, too, voted
against it.
Details of other matters
brought up at the meeting will be
in next week's Herald. There were
25 other subjects on the agenda
of the unusually lengthy meeting.