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Percy M Pio
6017 8.E. 86th Ave
portland, Ore
I [og Monument
YEAR--No. 50
December 17, 1964
CHUCK ROWE
Leaves Retatil Fiet
of the Shelton division of
ml erm n's Mercantile In-
& Builders Supply to Ro-
ett.da'nl, a veteran of 20
in the building supply field,
announced yesterday by
Rowe, p,'esident of the
Mercantile Co., Inc.
date of the transac-
be Feb. 1, 1965.
has been affiliated
L.M. since Oct. 1, 1962,
business manager of the
His purchase includes the
and property at First
streets in which the bus-
situated,
of the L.M. building supply!
removes Rowe completely I
Shelton's retail business fa-!
With which he has been as-
actively since 1949, when
0remdent of Lumber-
stile Co., Inc. His sale
L.~vL department store,
known as Miller's, to the
~irsch Co. in 1962 was the
step, although back before
War II Rowe had operated
~all fmmtain-type business
I as The Penguin for a short
In the Shelton Hotel build-
LUMBERMEN'S Mercan-
0., inc, still operates build-
divisions in Olympia:
ater as well as one in
Larson
Masons
' LOUI LAItSON
~orshipfld Master
• Masonic Lodge No.
Loui Larson to its
at the anm,al elec-
night when he was
Worshipful Master for
1 be installed during tra-
St. Johns Night rituals
r 26, in the 101st instal-
r Mt. Moriah Lodge, along
~ill Brickert, Senior War-
rge Howard, Junior War-
lrren Tobey, treasurer;
lhcney, se'~retary; Lorrell
senior deacon; Fred
Junior deacon; Victor El-
steward; Edward Au-
steward; Alex Smith,
Stanley Phillips, chap-
~hd 'toy Hicks, Tyler.
RCA VICTOR
COLOR TV
Eells & Valley
Appliance Center
& Cots 426-4663
Published in "Ckristmastown, U.8.A.", Shelton, Washington
Entered as second class matter at the post office at Shelton. Washington,
undor Act nf March 8. 1879. Publ|shed weekly at 227 West Cots.
20 Pages -- 3 Sections
10 Cents per Copy
THE CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
BOB SLETTEDAHL
New O~mr of L.M.
Fremont, Calif., and currently is
constructing another in Orange]
County, Calif., southeast of Los]
Angeles on the San Diego high-I
way.
Rowe said the sa:e of the Shel-
ton division was made so his eom-i
pany conld concentrate on a new
cash-and-carry type of building
supply operation which is grow-
ing rapidly in California,
However, the L.M. will contin-
ue to maintain its headquarters
offices in Shelton, in the Lum-
bermen's building, for an indef-
inite time and Rowe will continue
to maintain his home on Hood
Canal.
He is a 1933 graduate of-Shel-
by Rev. Lewis B. ~Vysong
In John 1:4 we read these
words, "In Him was life and tim
life was tim light of men".
When Jesus was born in Beth-
lehem, he came to a small town
rather than a big city. Palentine
:¢as an agricultural rather than
an industrial center. Thinking
~ong this line you might expect
Him to be a better fa]~ner than
factory worker or a better car-
penter than a clerk. However, Je-
sus, as our Eternal One, became
all things to all men. He was the
Man of all ages.
t Jesus was also born with hand-
icaps. Nazareth was such a mnall
village that people even comment-
ed "Can any good thing come out
of Nazareth?" He was born in
reproach. He was not Joseph's son.
He was born in poverty with no
crib or pillow of His own. Yet,
He did not live a cloistered life.
He knew His Mission for early
in His life He said, "Wist ye not
that I must be about my Father's
business ?"
With these and other apparent
contradictions we are confronted
with the simple fact that if there
were no Christ there would be no
Christmas. Concerning His com-
ing, there are three points that
we would like to emphasize.
First - CHRIST WAS A SEP-
ARATOR OF MEN---When Jesus
was born He separated history in-
to two distinct segments--B.C.
and A.D. Wise men and shepherds
welcomed Him. Herod and the inn-
keeper did not.
As the years slipped by He was
destined to be a divider of men
all through life. "I came not to
send peace but a sword", He said
on one occasion. Christ, the great
sepaxator of Men. From the crib
to the cross it just had to be so.
American tragedy--the divided
family---one half busily prepar-
ing for Sunday School and church,
the other half either still in bed
or equally busy getting ready for
a pleasure trip.
Men, women and children have
been torn to pieces by wild beasts
crucified upside down, burned at
the stake, because of their love
for God and because of the hatred
of their tormentors. There is no'
a church in America but that
there are ~dves with aching
hearts, mothers with lumps in
their throats, husbands sitting
done in the pew, boys and girls
wondering why Morn and Dad nev-
er come.
Jesus also was.the Greater Sep-
arator at His death. This is evi-
denced by the attitudes of two
thieves. It ~s portrayed by the'on-
lookers. "Come down from the
Crossv one group cries while the
other whispers, "He was a just
Man".
The line is still drawn today.
There is the broad and narrow
way. There is the wheat and the
chaff, the sheep and the goats,
the converted and the unconvert-
ed. Into which group are you
found ?
CHRIST WAS NOT only the
"separator of men", but He w~s
(Continued on Page 2)
Week
For Vacation
CHAPEAU FOR A MONUMENT---Construction of this roof over
the Log Monument on the South entrance to Shelton was complet-
ed recently. Plans for the protective covering for the monument
were drawn by C. E. Beauchamp and the labor and material were
donated by Roy Kimbel. The City Commission this week sent a
letter to Kimbel thanking him for his efforts. Mayor Frank Travls
Jr., at the city commission meeting Tuesday, expressed appreci-
ation to Kimbel and Beauchamp for their work on behalf of
the preservation of Shelton's "symbol",
@
One week away from Christmas]have to increase approximately
tim 40 & 8-Journal Christmas]twice as fast as last week.
fund finds itself $229 away fromI 40 & 8 Voyageurs plan to as-
its goal. i semble the Christmas baskets of
At press time yesterday the food and toys for unfortunate Ms-
fund had reached $661 on its way] son County families next Wednes-
to a hoped-for $900. I day evening in the PUD 3 audi.-
Included in the $109 contribu- tm'ium and deliver them Thurs-
ted to the fund since last week's
report was a $5 personal check
from Gib Rucker and his wife,
now living in San Diego. As
member of the 40 & 8 heze, Ruc-
ker was one of the original foun-
ders of the project back in 1947
and until his retirement and move
day, the day before Christmas un-
der the direction of BilI Pearson,
this year's general chairman.
ton high school and finished his
higher education at the University Virtually all Simpson Timber
of Washington in 1937. Co. woods and plant operations
Sletledahl also a University of But it happens in our very midst, will be closed down daring the to soutitel~n Califo!'tfia last year
Washit~ton'~rad of 1934 sai'd he too. Few families escape. It is Christmas holidays so eligible ent- na(~ ocen the 4u ~: ~ Iiuaz\ciaL rej~-
wiD chmwe ~l~e name of 'the bus- in evidence here, now--this very ployees may take their third week reseniative t.t, nu signer ot ~:necKs
• .¢ o • - ........ ]- in ever" church crrou'~ Ev-of ~,acatior{ tor the nlnn s operation, tae was
incss ne nas purcnaseo to Lure- ~:~* z . • ,,~" v. • ; ~ , . .. •
el Sunda nlornlng the g'teat and also ~:eneIa]~ . cltanman foz a couple
J
bermen's of Shelton with title held "Y , Y , Camps Grisdale and Govcy
officiallly by the Slettedahl In- separation" takes pmce. The great the .raiiroad will be closed' after oz year~. . ..~ ....
vestment Co., Inc. ~ work Dec. 18 and are scheduled His ires.rest in tn¢. wnrmtmas
,~xrnw,, m,[a~ ~m~ ,~m~ h~ - • ~ to redden Jan .4, However, both lprojcct dimTt die with his move. License Tabs for 1965 will g'c
z,J~_1 i.,FI:~V I.a.azz~ ,...~•.... ............ ' " ' ~ ~ *O "' ) :' C '
................ l~& ~m=~ I ~ the elosin~' and o,~emn,~ dates may I OTHERS ~II0 c n'h~bt led hu- on sale Jazz. 4, and continue
ownefl and opera~eu Lne ~.l ~VXUnL~ ~ " ~ ~ '~ a "
r ...... *. ~,,~ 0 .......i,, ~I.~,~ L~• JUly ~| be affected by s0ow ling the p, st we~k included Mr. through Jan. 30. Licenses must. be
~t ...... 2~2-:~. ~,~...v~-;:~...-.- ~;~:-~, ' '-- - • In.~ul'atin~ Board "Pla-t~ ~b:'v-'l and Mr'~. Paul LOcke $5, Mr. and on l.he vehicle by Feb. 1 to avoid
the Elms firm he lived in Calif,' ".,~ T~t~ ~#~s~,'~ ton w, ilt.,close doom ,at' 8 ~'.,~m,,~2,irs.; £1,£e,~ C. Baylcy.$5, Degroe being picked up. Applications may
.... is for lU. -ears then returned] ]r~F[ $lllJ~ iiq~Jlllll IDac. 24 and reopen at 8 a:m.,"Jan.]of I{on.or $5,Pete Ko?nt?nel! $~ be made at the County. Auditor's
...... ~ :" '-- .... 4 /anonymous Szu Mr "m(~ Mrs t~, z offiee in the Court House, or
to Elms for ~-snor~ time Deiore ' ' r. " ' "~ .....
'oinin the ~,.~VI staff in Shelton ][_ ~'~,~_.,~ Shelton Sawmills, Shelton Ven-l Grant $,), H. l-I. $1, Mrs. Sandra. with one of the three outside Ag-
J~, :" ~'~-,'s a~:o" I~ .11~_I111~_11 err, Olympic Plywood, Shelton;tPortzlinc $1, St. David's El)is-ents.
be mailed from the License YJe-
partment in Olympia Dec. 28 and
should be in applicant's hands by
the opening date. Those who can t
wait. longer should bring in their
last Certificate of Registration
ior high Another son, Rick, is on the docket for this month was bez" of those e p '..V~. s . ::] a : . . . or, if not available, bring their
now a ~resnman "' " at" t~he. Universi~ty..... seLuea': ou~" o~" court~ this.• week. not edgmm, zor a tnirct week o~!, In or(let to resin its $900• goat Certificate of Ownership and the
of Waslfington, the oldest son, Several others were settled last vacation. ]the fund's accumulation pace will Validation Stickers (plate tabs)
Terry, a graduate student at the week and were taken off the can ----------- will be issued, providcd, your lic-
University of Alabama seeking endar. B I ~ . • a ease plate number is furnished.
his Masters degree. He is a grad- The case settled this week, ]~_~f ~=t¢ ~g~llfD PRE-RUN cards will be mailed
uate of Western Washington State which ~as scheduled to have out on Motorcycles this year.
College. A daughter, Catherine started Monday. The Pre-Runs for House Trail-
Rust, is a teacher at Oxnard, Cal- The case involved damages for ers will be mailed out at a later
ifornia, injuries to the boy, then 8, suf- date, since they have until March
IN cOMMENTING on his pur- fered when hit by a car on the 31 to be issued.
chase of the L.M. division Slette- North Shore Road July 28, 1963. The County Auditor's Office is
dahl said: "Chuck Rowe through On the court calendar in Decem- regularly ()pen 8 to 5 p.m. Mon-
Lumbermen's Mercantile Company ber, with all of the cases sched- day through Friday, except lmli-
has done an outstanding job ef uled this month now settle'd out days, for over-the-counter licens-
servicing the building needs of of court, ing. Applications will be handled
this community. With Gayle The case of Merwin Henslin by mail for those who are unable
Wentz as manager and a fine against Melvin Morgan, a suit or- to apply in person.
staff, we intend to continue of- er damages for a traffic accident, Outside agencies will issue lic-
feting Shelton the best in service was settled last week. The case
and p~-ice. Our plans call for ex- had been scheduled for. Dec. 14 enses, during their regular busin-
ess hours, beginning Jan. 4 and
panding the lines and moderniz- and 15. continuing through the year. They
ing the store, but this will be ALSO SETTLED last week was
done over a period of time. the case of Joseph F~iehantie are operated for the convenience
of the public and are authorized
'Sh:lton has a stron~futme,:nC~lel.e~OtloSi~s~emsoand against Janet Priscilla Smith.
ai Fruichantie had sued for damag- to charge a 50 cent fee on each
es for the wrongful 'death of his license issued. They are: Belfair
family and I are" anxious to join wife, Emily, in August of 1963. Hardware, Belfair; Hood Canal
and be an integral part of the Mrs. Fruichantie was killed acci- I~eal Estate Office, Hoodsport.
community." dentally while working in her and Jim Sneddon Insurance Ag-
ency, 125 N. 5th, Shelton.
garden at the family's home on ~;~
Early Deadline For by Miss Smith. " ;i ....
Fruichantie had stied on behalf
Journal Next Week Ofren.himself and his minor child- 0C8
The Jonrnal will go to press The case Monday will complete Pla,¢_.._.ri, fl, lr, n"
(lay e~rly next week because' all except two of the civil cases •~,w (
of the Ci)rist~a,~ lu)liday. I)c|ul- for ti~e jury term this time. The
two remaining civil cases are the Chris Pa ty
dines for news items an;I adver- $325,00@ .~o, .~,,, o, St.,o tmas r
ti.~ing will be moved ahetul one Charles Savage against. Harry
day. Elmlund, John W. Bennett and
Corresl)ondent's eoh,mns and Mr. a}td Mrs. Lawrence Timbers I\VA Local 3.38 is planning its
society items will have to be which is scheduled to start Jan. annual children s Christmas Par-
19 and the case of William B. ty to start at 2 p.m. Dec. 20.
Bergeson against Tot~,ald and The~party is for all members of
I-~.ilda Westby which is set for the union Local and their families
Jan. 16-17. and will be in the auditorium of
Several criminal cases, most of the IWA building.
them appeals front Justice and :"! : : Santa will be on hand and Liters
City Police com't conviction~, are MR. & MRS. PETE STR.OEM Iwili be a program of entertain-
sct~'eduled in January before the Mam~ge New Apartment Units
]start of the last two civil suits. ':: * * * * I ment for the children. Each child
Open house is scheduled this I a correctional officer on the staff will receive a sack of favors.
City Saturday and Sunday in tim ncw at the \Vashington State Correc- s pp/emen l--B-udget
20-unit apartntent structure ou[tions Center., U
Mt. View bL~ilt by Elwood Larsen. I
Street Ordinance , of Vanco.vcr. App
The Shelton City Cmnmi.;sion To bc known as Elwood Manor, For Fair roved
approved an ordinance establishr the new apartment building of- A supplemental budget for the
• ¢,
Mason County Fan' for $1,300 wa..
approxed b.~" the Mas)n County
, v ( •
Commission Monday, The supple-
mcntal budget was to get funds
in by uoon Monday in order to
be published in the I)ai~r next
week. Display advertising d(m d-
line will bo noon Monday and
el:l,ssit'ied a.(h'crtising 3r p.nt.
Monday,
TIn': Journal will Im printed
Tuesday afteruooll and delh'ercd
to subscribers Wednesday.
The ,~.ne schedule will ap-
lilY the followlug week whcn
The Journa,!
will agah~ come out
day early because of the Ncw
Years ] Ioli(h,,y,
EXCEPTIONAL FORESTERS INC.
Job Training for the mentally retarded
Selling Trees and Swags in Tradewell Lot
1964 Falcon Drawing Dec. 19, 1964
KMAS Radio Station
Member F.D.I.C.
of
ing arrterial streets in the city'.~ fers the most modern accommo-
artericl ,4treet program and r,,~. daLions to its occupants, inclnd-
vising traffic laws all into one ing a large swimming pool. Tho
m'dinancc when they met Tues- stmtcture, built iu three units, fac-
day. es Adams Street between G & H
A five-year renewal of a lease streets.
on the city dock to the Standard Tlte public is invited to inspect
Oil Co. was approved, the new apartment units all day
False arrest insurance for the Saturday and Sunday.
city's police department was ap- Elwood Manor is the second
Zenilh
COLOR TV & STEREO
proved.
Olsen Furniture
328 Cots 426-4702
major housing structure built in
Shelton by Larsen and his assoc-
iates. The 34-unit Timbers Motel
is the first, opened early t]~is
year. Both structures are owned
and operated by Elwood Larscn,
Inc., as well as built by the firnL
Larsen has retained Mr. and
Mrs. Peter Stroem to manage El-
wood Manor. Stroem came ,to
Shelton recently from Ionroe
ELwooD LARSEN
Opens °nd Major Structure
r.
i J in the 196,) budget which had not
:} . . ,
i been animzpated at tim tnne the
budget was prepared.
A hearing on mt emergency
budget request by the Sheriff's of-
rice for $1.,500 was set for 11:30
a.m. Dee. 28.
Bids will be opened Monday on
improvements in the lighting in
the Auditor's offices in the cotu't
hollse.
The ammal winter road restric-
tions resolution vvas approved by
the commission after being pre-
sented by tho county engineer.
@
hamber
Talk On
Des/in,
Protection of both the con-
sumer and the legitimate business.
man as one of the major functions
of the Washington State attorney
general's office was explained by
word and film for a large turnout
of Shelton Chamber of Commerce
members last week by Dean
Floyd, a member of the attorne.~
general's staff assigned to the
consumer protection division.
The meeting was held in the}
new banquet room at Heinie's
Broiler.
Floyd reviewed the history of
the Consumer Protection Act and
the law against false advertising
pas~ed in 1961 and the Installment
Credit Disclosure Act passed in
1963 by the Washington legislat-
ure and pointed out that since
it began functioning in 1961 the
consumer protection division of
the attorney general's office has
been responsible for refunds or
contract cancellations worth many
hundreds of thousands of ~dollars
for consumers who were victims
of misrepresentation or fraud on
the part of unscrupulous sales-
men and have put an early end
to consumer rackets that, if al-
lowed to run unchecked, could
have cost Washington citizens
ntillions of dollars.
FLOYD GAVE a running com-
mentary on a half-hour motion
film depicting some of the com-
mon fraudulent sales practices
which bring thousands of com-
plaints to the attorney general's
office. "We have already had over
1,000 letters protesting Christmas
selling methods this season,"
Floyd stated.
He suggested that consumers
look with suspicion on the "free"
gift offer, the model home pitch,
and the "bait-and-switch" adver-
tising practices.
Floyd also advised individuals
approached by salesmen with
whom he is not acquainted to
never sign anything he imd not
read and UNDERSTOOD, refuse
to sign a blank contract or any
sales contract in which the blanks
are not completely filled in (it
is a violation of the 1963 install-
ment credit disclosure law to sign
a blank contract which is filled
in later, and the law also re~,uii~s
that the'~lg~er get a copy),--'"never
accept oral guarantees or prom-
ises (they are worthless), silence
the high pressure salesman who
talks ..incessantly while you are
trying to read the contract, be
critical of phony price tags (was
$50, now $15), ~sk questions about
finance charges and compare in-
terest rates and carrying charges,
compare prices asked by door-to-
door salesmen with those offered
by stores in your community (of-
ten the store price is lower).
FLOYD'S KEY bits of advice,
however, were these: don't buy m
haste, buy only what you can
afford, and abo~e,,, all, shop with
established firms in your own
community.
He suggested that any person
who feels he has been deceived or
defrauded write a letter giving
all facts of the instance to the
attorney general's office, includ-
ing any guarantees, booklets, bro-
chures, etc., which are involved.
He asked that all instances of
deceptive dealing, misrepresenta-
tion, broken promises, misleading
advertising, phony contests, and
"other shady business practices be
reported to the Conmnner Protec-
tion Division of the Attorney Gen-
eral's office or to the local Cham-
ber of Commerce.
Shelton and Mason County shiv-
ered Wednesday morning as tem-
peratures dropped to 13 degrees,
as reported by the vohmteer wea-
ther observer at Rayonier Inc.
Outside of frozen water pipes
in some homes and trying to get
enougtt heat out of heating sys-
tems to keep warm, the cold wea-
ther was not giving much trou-
ble.
Most of the snow which had
fallen Sunday night and Monday
was gone front the roads before
the freezing weather hit, leaving
only an occasional patch of ice
on-" the roads witcre wat:er had
been standing.
People here could take one con-
solation, that the winter storm
which brought the chilly weather
]tit many other areas much hard-
er witi~ below zero tentperatures
and blizzards reported across
nmch of the nation.
"-----------T-------
Charles A. Zowiski, 48, Shel-
ton, lost his life in a fire which
destroyed a cabin in which he
lived at Tuppcr's Resort on Lake
Nahwatzel early Sunday morning.
The fire was discovered by
Ronald Moore, Matlock~ about
4:30 a.m. He notified A1 Tupper,
operator of the resort, who in
tnrn called police and firemen.
MR. ZO1VISKI'S body was
found in the burned cabin by
s,w.rfff's officer: The cause of Lh0
fire is undetermined.
A memorial service will be held
at l0 a.m. Saturday in Batstone
Phmeral Home with Rev. Charles
Wigton officiating; cremation will
follow the services.
Mr. Zowiski was born March
4, 1916 in Carbonado.
Survivors include his wife of
Shelton, and two sisters, Mrs.
Charles Clebenger, Seattle, and
Miss Violet Zowiski, Seattle•
Santa will be making his final
appearance in Shelton for the
season this weekend when he is
at his place on Railroad Avemm
next to Mann Real Estate Friday
evening and Saturday afternoon,
He will be there from 7-8:30
Friday night and again Saturday
afternoon from 2:30 to 4 p.m.
Stores will be open evenings
from now until Christmas Eve
for the convenience of shoppers'.
Stores will close at. the regular
closing hour Saturday night and
on Christmas Eve.
Schools in the county will be
out Dec. 23 for Christmas vaca-
tion. Shelton schools will have a
full day of school that day. Clas,
ses will resume Jan. 4.
County
Tree Production
The state of Washington ill
receive about $13,000 from the
sale of 28,400 Christmas trees off
state-owned land this year, Land
Commissioner Bert L. Cole an-
nounced today.
Maspn county led .in Christmas
tr~e production, with a total of
1,400,000 trees sold off both public
and private land. In Mason county
the Department of Natural Re-
sources sold about 24,500 trees
wm'th $10,000 from state-owned
land, both througlt public auction
sales and leases.
OTHER SALES were in Kitti'
tas county, 3,000 trees ~,,,orth
$1,000; Cowlitz county, 400 trees',
$560; Thurston county, 500 trees,
$405; Kitsap county, 600 trees,
$426; and Whatcom county, 500
trees worth $500.
State law sets a $1-per-tree fine
for persons caught cutting Cbrist~
mas trees on state or private land
without the owner's permission,
log patrol supmwisor John Grif-
fiths of the Department of Natu-
ral Resources said.
In addition 11 counties have
laws providing that anyone see~;.
with five or more Christntas trees
in his vehicle may be required
to show proof of ownership. The
counties are Grays Harbor, Lewis,
Pend Oreillc, Thurston, Whatcom,
Mason, Island, Kitsap, Pierce,
Kliekitat and Clallam.
i Shelton Police are investigating
the theft of $1,392.38 front ti~e
Canteen Service Co. at 225 S.
Seventh St. Wednesday evening,
The money was taken from a
building used to store merchan.
dise for the service by Roger D.
Russell, who is the representative
of Canteen Service imre.
'][:HE THEFT WAS reported by
Gl