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Senior Citizen
Discount
Ray's Barber Shop
Belfair
Fireplaces
Block foundations
Anything with masonry
JOHN KIMMEL
bonded and insured.
Box 947 426-1512
Shelton
... SOU
By THELMA FLOOR 898-2346
The news about possible
cutbacks in small post offices has
had a disturbing effect on us.
Tampering with these
long-established services is almost
like threatening one of the four
freedoms. If it should come to
that, let's all get up on our hind
legs and protest with all our
might. We do have our freedom of
speech and freedom of the press
Bay View Farm
Choose-N-Cut
Christmas Trees
Bring the family!
VICTOR 275-2275
Russ & Patti
LARGEST SELECTION OF MOBILE HOMES
IN THE NORTHWEST
Come in and see Jim Yoest,
AI Logan & Dave Macomber
Phone 3774461
il
BELFAIR HWY & GORST TRIANGLE
Formerly Wold's Meat
WINTER HOURS: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Closed Sunday
5 miles down S. Shore Rd. from Belfair
Set of
1275-2991
SPARK PLUGS
t,,
, with Winter Tune-up
SPECIAL MINI TOOL!
KEY CHAIN
Real set of little tools
with lube, oil and filter job
19"' PORTABLE
No. G 40 20 .............. $470
No. G 40 10 .............. $449
275-6244 Belfair
B ELFAI R
in
1"o do custom finishing on cabinets, millwork and
lOors. Cabinet shop owner has hot liquid pump,
;l ray guns, etc. to set up in your shop. Person
Rust be reliable, plus references, All work done by
%ntract.
75-3109 Allyn, Wash.
in America but let's remember
that eternal vigilance is the price
of freedom. There's always
someone hiding in the wings
waiting to snatch it from us.
Remember the "Saturday Night
"Massacre" and the fire storm of
mail with which we bombarded
Washington? That united display
of concern did more for my
morale than anything that has
happened since. We've done it
before and, if necessary, we can
do it again.
Speaking of mail, rural
carriers ask that approaches to
mailboxes be kept clear of
encumbrances such as snow,
undergrowth, etc. These people
do a terrific job of delivering our
mail in all kinds of weather and
will appreciate our consideration
for them. Also, with the heavy
mail load still to come, it is more
important than ever to use the
proper zip code. We do ourselves
a favor when we comply. Mail is
delivered much faster. If you
don't know a zip code, the post
office has a big catalog chuckful
of them and can tell you just
which one to use.
Now that "Mack the Knife" is
back in town, we can tell you the
McKinneys spent a wonderful
month in the sunny south. They
visited relatives in Hemet, La
Punete and Isabel Lake and took
side trips to Palm Springs and the
Yucca Valley. What a way to go!
Mac visited five Lions' meetings
during his travels and came back
with lots of new ideas. At the
Hemet Lions club meeting they
had an attendance of 82 out of 85
members. Collections are so large
there that the tailtwister uses a
bedpan to collect fines and
donations.
Remember the local Lions
Club is having its annual
children's party Oct. 18 at 7:30
p.m. at the Women's Clubhouse
near Potlatch. Members are asked
to bring a dish of food for
the potluck dinner after which the
jolly old tellow in the red suit will
visit the children.
Christmas won't be that great
for the Hammond family at
Pebble Cove~ They lost their
home and everything in it to a fire
last Tuesday morning. The fire
apparently started in the garage
but fire is not discriminating and
will burn anywhere. This is a time
of the year when we should exert
extra caution. Check and double
check.
Our s6veral trips to the big city
in this pre-holiday buying fever
have caused us to reflect a little on
how things used to be. We
were reminded of this by the
recollections of Sigfrid Ohrt who
has many tales to tell of her
childhood days on a Norwegian
fjord in the 1890's. She says,
"The spirit of Christmas is almost
lost. We should make it simpler."
In her cozy mobile home, amidst
odors of homemade bread baking
in the oven, Mrs. Ohrt recalled a
Christmas long gone...
"Everything was made in the
home. Ornaments, chains and
baskets were made and placed on
the tree and homemade toys were
hung unwrapped from the limbs.
The only lights were small candles
clamped to the branches." (We
remember the candies but also we
remember that one never, NO
NEVER, left the tree
unattended.)
"Getting a tree was as much
fun as decorating it," Mrs. Ohrt
continued. "Bestefar would hitch
up the horse to a sled and take
the children out to cut a tree.
Finally, Christmas came and the
children received a toy, a piece of
clothing and a ball of butter in a
dish. If one was lucky, he had a
store-bought horn hanging from
the tree or an orange from a
relative. There were also songs,
programs and community
Christmas trees at school. I had
my first cup of hot chocolate at
one of these festivities and
thought it was the best thing I'd
ever tasted."
The ghosts of Christmases
past also haunt Mrs. Arta
Lawrence. She feels the joy of
community fellowship has
evolved into nothing but an
expensive, tiring season. Mrs.
Lawrence's Christmas memories
are of her childhood in
Davenport, a small eastern
Washington town. She said the
community Christmas tree was an
important part of Davenport's
celebration back in the 1890's.
Very little was actually done in
the home. The community would
get together to string popcorn,
cranberries and paper chains to
decorate a tree put up in the
school or church.
On Christmas Eve, she said,
hot bricks and jars of hot water
were packed amo ig blankets for
the chilly sleigh ride to the
church. Families brought one
present for each child and hung
them all on the tree. Extravagant
gifts were frowned upon. Mrs.
Lawrence stressed the real
meaning Christmas has for her
when she said, "Christmas is not a
holiday. It's a holy day!"
We grant you these mgm0ries
• have been recalled thr~gh a long
tunnel of yebrs' and are
impressions imprinted in
childhood but there is •something
to be said for getting back to a
simpler observance of this "holy
day." It should be a time of
rejoicing for us rather than the
merchants.
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The Melugin family would like to make it known to everyone
who gave in our behalf that we appreciate your concern and help
in making our lives much happier and easier at this time.
We sincerely thank the community of Belfair, Bremerton, and
surrounding areas. In order to make sure we didn't leave any one
person out, as there were so many that gave, we hope that by just
saying "thank you to all" that everyone will understand.
We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Bob and Ruth Melugin,
Tammy, Shawn and Treva
Along the ., ELEANORA FEDENK
CR 5-2774
Old Beffair Itighway
After living in Guam for a few
years, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Lohman are not exactly planning
to leave the Belfair homestead for
any more jogging around the
country after a recent trip to
Denver. With a truckful of
furniture for their daughter, their
Denver trail led through the
snow-clogged Snoqualmie Pass,
flooded roads with running water
from Kachess Lake and North
Bend where about 200 trucks
were stopped from crossing the
pass because of the weather
conditions.
Their truck managed the
Washington elements, but the
Continental Divide in Wyoming
was more than they bargained for
with winds up to 100 m.p.h. Gas
stations along their route were
closed and travel between towns
was difficult with running out of
gas because of high winds bringing
the mileage factor to almost
nothing. Other cars were in the
same situation and thumbing a
ride towards a gas pump was the
only solution.
The Lohmans have received
cards from friends still in Guam
that tell of two recent destructive
typhoons that hit the island, but
did not damage the home they
bwn. During their stay in Guam,
there had been severe windstorms
that stripped the leaves from trees
and sent coconuts flying, but they
had never experienced a real
typhoon.
It's "hats off" time again for
two North Mason High gal
graduates now active at Olympic
College. Karen Schillinger and
Jean Fedenk were on the OC
women's varsity volleyball team
participating in tournament
playoffs held on the Mt. Hood
campus at Gresham, Oregon.
Olympic College took ninth place
in the 12 participating colleges
representing Idaho, Oregon and
Washington. Karen was the key
spiker and an excellent blocker on
the varsity team from the
beginning of the volleyball season,
starting in every game, with Jean
on the serving spot. Their team
captured a second place in league
ratings on the peninsula.
Karen is now turning out for
basketball, and it will be
interesting to follow the calendar
of games scheduled. Jean is out of
it with an injured cartilage in her
right knee.
This last week has been a
wowser with the arrival of a baby
boy for our Dell and Penny
Gibson in Olympia. Following the
prerogative of grandmothers, I
spent several days with the new
parents getting acquainted with
young Scott Gibson and his habit
of eating in the ungodly early
morning hours.
Tiny Scott made his
appearance earlier than expected
and set the family in a tizzy with
shopping for the holidays an
unfinished project. At almost the
same day, our daughter Jean was
in the OC volleyball playoffs in
Oregon and had arranged for me
to take notes for her by attending
her classes. (What I learned
during her required Psych 101
would curl the stoutest
whiskbroom.) The fuzz on the
peach was the long distance call
from Jean about the injured knee,
while Penny was trying to find
where she had put a package of
diapers purchased before the
baby's arrival.
I can beat anyone on the draw
to show pictures of our new
grandson and to tell how he is
growing already. Prepare yourself.
PeeWee basketball
season underway
By LOIS COLDIRON
Our Pee Wee basketball got
off to a fine start when our A
team won the jamboree two
weeks ago. They are the only
team that plays a jamboree. The
rest of our teams began their
season Dec. 4 against South
Kitsap East. The D and C teams
played their games at home in the
primary gym with the following
scores:
D team: NM 2, SKE 20.
C team: NM 33, SKE 31.
The A and B teams played
theft games at South Kitsap with
the following scores:
B team: NM 29, SKE 31.
A team: NM 34, SKE 30.
Last Thursday night our D
and C teams hosted South Kitsap
Central with the following scores:
D team: NM 6, SKC 26.
C team: NM 44, SKC 22.
A and B games cancelled until
Dec. 16.
Former Bulldogs shine
With plenty of help form
former Bulldog basketball players,
Belfair Thriftway defeated
Haselwood Datsun in overtime for
its second straight win in the
Men's City League B Division
game in Bremerton Dec. 11.
Mike Huson scored just as the
game was about to end, resulting
in a tie, 81-81. In overtime,
Huson, Steve Turner and Phil
Baldy each scored two points to
give Belfair an 87-82 victory.
During the game Huson and
Baldy both scored 16 points, with
Turner getting 26 points and
grabbing 19 lebounds.
The game was played at
Sheridan Park gym in Bremerton.
Solid-state 4-track stereo cassette tape recorder
with AM/FM stereo radio - Panasonic Model
RS.2525 - like new, $75. Also white Naugahyde
recliner rocker chair - new condition - $60.
Bud Brown, South Shore -- 275-2961
Bremerton SUZUKI
Stop in Today for These
NGK SPARK PLUGS Reg. 1.3s ............. 751
Comp. SHI E LDS Reg. 1.95 ............... $1.25
Suzuki CCI INJECTOR OIL Rag. 1.40 ..... Qt. 99¢
Cold Weather RIDING SUIT Reg. s7.gs •.. $49.95
Kitsap Lake Junction 377-9660
Manager -- Jerry Riley
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". MAKE-IT-YOU RSELF
Christmas Decorations J W EKEND SPECIAL
Arts and Crafts from Cathy's I New York Steak
lO a.m. to 6 p.m. from elementary school in Belfair CDOnmnePlrete $595
Men. thru Sat. or call after 6:30 p.m. 275-2546 .
• I ,~: Sam's Gang in the G,o Room
I ~i" Every Wed. night ' Ladies Night" in the GIo Room
iJlr- - - . Monday Night "Football Night"
I~ ?~ .... , Breakfast * Lunch • Dinner •
I ¢ I "-~r~!!~.: • Homemade Pie • Child'S Plate I
COCKTAILS AND DANCING I
ccr, 7 "i!i!:' DA Y$ OPEN A WEEK I J l
I~'~ Plenty of free Pirking L~J
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Gift items in housewares '*'="°*'""' J/Ill