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ursday, December 13, 1 -- ii .......... • ,. 2/:)5&apos; ......... ,o,. 19' ...... • ,. 2/29 ° ncy grade nuts dnuts, Almonds, 49, tzils, Pecans, & berts. LB. . Percy M Pie 6017 S.E. 86th Ave Portland, Ore i0000hrJstmas Day Marks 55th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. 6. A. "6us'" Swanson tRISTMAS COUPLE -- Mr. and Mrs. G. A. it, s,, Swanson were wed Christmas day 65 are ago. In the above photo they look over the !reed marriage certifi_cate given to them on it eventful day. The Swansons were married helton and have spent all but 15 of those happy years here. No special celebration is planned to honor the occasion, however, they plan to be at home most of the day to receive any friends who happen to drop in to offer their congratulations. lie Y)ecember 31, 1897 Mason ty "Journal reports as follows; wanson-Sinipon. Married at home of the hride's parents, Dec: 25th, ]897, Gustaf Wtlson to Miss Lydilt Shnp. Rex'. L. J. Co-lsgton, of- Will D. Morrlson and Daisy Steward acted as brats their 65th wedding anni- versary this Christmas. day, have lived all of those married years except 15 in the Shelton area. As rop0xted in the 1897 .hmrnal they did make their first home at Chapman ti<Ck¢iVe:where their only mode of transportation was by boat. Gus was pretty happy when Lydia said "Yes'. He had i Gus and Lydia first came to Shelton about the same Lime. She was nine years old when she moved "m:-;re with her parents. At tSe age of six (]us moved from Sweden to Kansa with his' pail-' eats then on to Washington when he was fourteen. When saved the formula for 65 years of happy marriage Gas was people," After the sere- been refitting her by boat, t0r six the spokesman. His advice was, about forty reitlve: am! months. After the ceremony they "Never forget marriage is a 50-50 sa,t down to a splendid made the trip to town fob" gro-proposition. There is nothing like has dinner, prepared for certes once a week. , companionship when you are :occasion, and the afternoon Originally Gus was a carpenter, older." spent in enjoyable pas- In 1909 the couple moved to TR- No special party has been es by the young friends of coma where he worked in the ship- planned for the anniversary of the happy eoullle. The families yard • They returned to'Shelton in 65th year of their marriage. How- 'i the eontrae¼ing parties have 1924 In 1928 Gus built their pres- ever 'Gus is taking Lydia out to .!  residents of this vlelnit ant home on Arcadia Road. At the dinner because sle has cooked her ::i lix or more years, and ha;e same time he built a boat shop fair share of large Christmas-An I ly well-wishers. They will and went into the boat building niversary dinners in the past. . iL ee their hOmO for the present, business "for himself. They will be home most of the 1 l the farm of A. Swanson, in ,The Swansons have one adopted day, though, and will be happy to 1 ilman's Cove, where Gust. is daughter. They now have five receive any of their many Inends. 1 - $ :!este/l in the potato evapo- grandchildren. All are in Call- HAPPY ANNIVERSARY_GUS U )t," fornia. Their only relative in this AND LYDIA, AINu 2, vir.tetx 1 ',i  Swansons, who will eels- area is a sister of Mrs. Swansons'. CHRISTMAS, TOO! O00'¢,als Outline (he g ' .n Meet Shifting Market Conditions • •• • 'ARY  Changes to inset between the company and the fed- to the right plant for the proper  rket conaitions and eral government, utilization at the lowest possible md-icate an -in- Included I in the possible expan- cost, Oswald said, and it is to- !  in Simpson Timber Corn- alon of the company's Shelton fa- ward this end that the studies are ::ies- in Shelton were ciltttes are new, centralized, yen- working, il ' ' mpson officials at ear peeling drying and warehous- REED SAID thinn g" of second : here "Monday niglt, ing facilities instead 9f the sap- growth stands is producing 27 'y, entertained-about arate facilities now in Slelton, million board feet annually, com- nd-civic leaders McCleary and Olympia. pared with 18 million five years o, Grays Harbor and C H Bacon Jr nresider  ,,. ago. Contractors logging small ,!ryC::n:lhe:':l?g.teg5t7  tSemPcSoOp:Oly d thentthcem !Tifye!£lSH!f/p!aii7 !90O Yield Unit agreement others in the nation, were feeling Claude Daniel. i manager of P UD 3 will try Samples, 44, a 1936 ate of Irene S. Reed high Who has been a mem- the district's staff for 17 the .last six years as sup- ndent. His duties aa sup- dent are being assigned ly Umphenour; who has assistant superintendent .Past five years. Samples most of his life in , coming here from Ab- in 1928. His daughter was graduated from =. Reed high school last and his son Roger is now grader in Shelto n junior ' (see page 3) the "price squeeze", and can and will make the changes necessary to remain competitive in the mar- ket. THE LUMBER industry can no longer cut a tree up in the most profitable way and say to the consumer, here it is, come and get it, Bacon said. Because of the competition from other materials in construction, the lumber industry must make a product which the consumer will buy. Bacon said Simpson's future program includes changes iU pro- ducts, in manufacturing proces- ses and possible shifting of some plant facilities within the Shel- ton Unit witlin the next few years. Bacon sad the company would cent!hue to do everytling it can to promote stable employment in the cities and towns in the Shel- ton Unit. Gil Oswald, vice president in charge of manufacturing, outlined some of the ideas which had come up in a detailed study of the com- pany's operation and the future of products in the building in- dustry. HE SAiD from the results of the ,hzdies so far, the shifting of wneer operations to Shelton fob' peeling, drying ancl warehousing vaa indicated, but, that the study was continuing and no firm de- cision had been made yet. He said that studies were also being made in means of increas- ing the use of hardwood in the door plant at McCleary. The problem is getting the log and employment WOUld restllt from utilization of 400 million bd. ft. of alder previously untapped on unit lands. Growth withii! the lllfit since it.s founding was stressed hy Be, con's reference to these tatistics: PAYROLLS ....... Simpson's pay- rolls in the Sustained Yield Unit in 1962 will total $12,036,000 com- pared with $11,85L000 in 1957 and $5,707,000 in 19d7. By year's end, Simpyon will have lTaid a total of $152,000.000 to Unit employees since 19,i7. EMPL,OYMENT .... The Unit had 1,482 emph)yoes in its open- tug year and 2,295 in 1957. As of this year, the total is 1,984, a decline which Bacon described as "now past: bottom and "not bad in view of conditions the past two years," TAX SUPPORT OF COUN- TIES ...... Simpson paid Mason Cotinty taxes of'$236636 in 1961 compared with $165,078 five years ago and $51,037 in 1947. Payments to Grays Harbor County were $78,675 last year; $48,780 in 1956, and $30,157 in 1947. TIMBER ACREAGI --- U.S. Forest Service land, 111,108 ac- res, within the Unit has not changed.since 19,i7, but Simpson has expanded its commitment to the Unit from ]58,760 acres in 1947 to 233,924 at present. Volume of timber now standing on the 3,i5,032 acres within the Unit is estimated at 5/fi bilIion bd. ft. The Unit has 175 acres producing wood for each Simpson job. x ASSESSED VALUATIONS Grays Harbor County valuation (Continued oa page 5) NATIONAL EDITORIAL 1:9<t),,p  baillll iL, l i liill l&i tl 1 ,I Thursday, December 20, 1962 76TH YEAR--NO. 51 Published in "Ohristmastown, U.S.A." Shelton, Washington Entered as second class matter at the post office at Shelton, Washington. under Act of March 8, 1879. Published weekly at 227 West Cola. 10 Cents per Copy 24 Pages 3 Sections Engineer Tells Construction Of Post Offic Federal, Local ,,,hw., Wor00IAdditio n Planned Next Year ;yr !r F;a:s: 'iin:s'!to ti :TPila " feet on everyone, George Krishlake, Construction of the addition to State Highway Department En- .the Shelton Post Office is schedul. gineer for the Third District, told Shelton Rotarians last Thursday. When Interstate 99 is completed, he said, it will bring San Fran-i cisco within a one-day drive from! Shelton over a road designed for! 70 miles an hour. This could mean a great deal as recreation-hungry Californians *seek some other place than their own ah'eady Overcrowded facili- ties. Many of them discovered the Pacific Northwest during visits to the World's Fair this summer and many will be hack, Kirshlake com- mented. The state is in good shape on the Interstate sections in its borders, with 99 from Vancouver to Olympia completed except for some finishing touches. Work is in progress with some sections al- ready in use taking the route to the Canadian border. The state has two other inter- state sections, No. 10 from Seat- tle through Spokane to the Idaho border and a branch of this sec- tion ,extending through the Yak- ima Valley to connect with Inter- state 30 In Oregon. The construction of the Inter- state system is the largest con- I struction effort ever attempted by l man. It is 35 times larger than the combined effort for the Panama Canal, Grand Coulee Dam and the St. Lawrence Seaway which now rate as the top construction ef- forts of all time. • Sp'eaking 6f State Highway pertinent projects h)cally, Kirsh- lake said the grading and other work in preparing the roadbed for the extension of the freeway from Kennedy Creek to Lynch Road was 95 per cent complete, but, the re- maining five per cent had pre- sented some real problems. It will be completed in the spring, and a contract fob" paving,- this section tins already been awarded. How much, further toward Shel- ton the freeway can be extended in the next fe' years depends on the State Legislature, Kirshlake said. All funds now appropriated will be used ut) in sections present- ly under construction, t He said the section crew from the Department had just recently moved to the new building con- atrueted near Shelton this sum- mar. The section Crew facility at Belfair has been closed, Kirshlake said, and the crew now stationed in Shelton will handle work on both aides of the city. " (Illustration by SHARON EVERS --- Age 10 Mr. View School) Bud Lyon, Rota,T representa- tive on the Forest Festival Board, ff ' D D V [' Ill D T ( rT'q I/l, A reported that membership cards lyJ[ l' J[ JL J[ t) I1 J[ J[ k I i¥1 2"]k had been printed up and were From The Journal Staff available. The club has agreed to take over the button sales for Bill Dick@- Jm Shrum Lodema Johnson- Barbara Nelson th:bestival next year. _ . AI Ford -- Marj Waters  Mary Kci,,t -- Russ Stuck  Dave Thaeher u nu,L was o am enalr mall. " p- gr - Ass Pearson,  Jerry Stiller Christmas fund Short00 Forest feshva/" Members&ps" $200 Of Intended Goal ed to start in 1963, The Journal was informed by Congresswoman Julia Butler Hansen this week. In a telegram, Mrs. Hansen maid Robert H. Wohleb. Olympia ar- chitect, was awarded a contract by the General Services Adminis- tration for drawing plans and spe- cifications for the addition. Con- struction is to start in 1963, Mrs. Hansen said. EARLIER THIS YEAR, the Ge- neral Services Administration and the Postal Department approved $290,000 ]:m the addition to the Post Office here. The Post Office work includes a 56-foot extention on the west side of the present building, wMch will extend the building to a 117-. foot frontage. Extensive remodel- ing of the interior of the building is also in the plans along with a covered loading platform and blacktopping of the area in hack of the building to Franklin Street except for a small strip of lawn along the street. The postmaster's office will be moved from its present location in the Southside corner of tile h,dt-rag to new quarters in the Louthwest corner in the new sec- tion. The vault beside the office will also be moved. The area presently occupied by the postmaster's office wil be Used for post office boxes, the number of which will be increased about 50 per cent from the present 428 to 629. THE STAMP, money order and 0tKr mergtces windows Will be rno. v,ed to the new addition with open bank-type .counters installed. A ceiling higll glass door'wfll be In- stalled btLween the present, lobby area and the new service COtlrfl:er area. "i'nese doors will be h.)cked when the Post Office closes leav- lug the present lobby area open, The present lobby'area will hou- se the leLt;er, paper and package drops coin-operated stamp dispen- sers anti the relocated post of.fic boxes. Ohildren Draw ; Ghrislmas Greelinp:,, Each year our children's +en- thusiasm for Christmas is reflec- ted in this. holiday issue of 'the Journal. We think it is particur- ly fitting that in Cirlstmst.Wn USA the traditional g'reelg, of the business community at(e drawn by yougatera in She.lion grade schools. :< While they may lack thd iolish of commercial art work they rt flect the sponsors sincere (Sest wishes fox' your holiday happiness. We hope you will read them ti%l and know both the yoffng artists"  and the sponsors will appreciate your comments. (COlltinl, led oil ila,gl 5) On Sde Still shy nearly $200 of its inten- ded $750 goal, the 40'& 8 Journal Chrislmas fund gets down to bu- siness tonight when members of the 40 & 8 and its auxiliary, the 8 & 40, go to work assembling the baskets which will go into many Mason County homes to- morrow to provide a brighter Christmafl for families in unfor- tunate circumstances" The 40 & 8, 8 & 40 workers will make up the baskets in the PUD 3 auditorium tonight, from whence trucks operated by PUD 3  pcrsormel and 40 & 8 members will disperse them to their destin- ations tomorrow. The donation pace slowed down onlcwhat last week, surprisingly, This usually is the strongest per- iod for contributions, but only $238.50 came in since last week's report, for a total now of $559.55, just $190 short of the goal. Perhaps late donations will still hit the target. Journal, Has Early Deadline Ned Week The Journal will have an early deadline .for news and advertising next week because of Christmas. : ' The" Journal will be delivered on i the regular day, Thursday. The deadline for correspondence i and advertising will be noon Mon-I day. The deadline for society newel will be .3 p.m. Friday and for: other news items and sports 5 p.m. Monday. Donors of the past week were: Golden Age Club ................... :$25.00 Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Grant ........ $5,00 Prepp's Rexall Store ............ $i0.00 Dr. & Mrs. A. C. Linkletter $10.00 Kitse(p-Mason Dairy ............ $10.00 Donald B. Smith ................ $2.00 Dorothy Jeasup ........................ $5.00 Mrs. Louis Van Arsdalc .... $5.00 Anonyntous .............................. $5.0(/ Mr. and Mrs. Andy Hopland $2.00 Mrs. Stella Hillier ................ $5.00: Madrona Barracks 1462 WWI Veterans ................. $10.00: Mary Sykes ................... $5.00 Welfare "office Staff ........... $7 O0 ! Boyaen Constmiction Co ..... $10.00 Madrona Barracks WWI Veterans Auxiliary ...... .......... $5,00 Anonynous ................................. $2.00 Mr. and Mrs. Chris Hansen $5,00 Anonymous ................................ $2.50 St. I)avids Episcopal Guild .... $5.00 Susic E. Pauley ........................ $5.00: Mr. and Mrs. George Cropper $5.00! Irene a.nd Roy Dunn ............ $5.00 Mr. and Mrs. Herb Nelson .... $5.00 Anonymous ................................ $1.00 Ads and Ann Frank ................ $5.0(} Rae Melcum ........................ $5 00 Journal staff .......................... $12.00 Helen and Lud Andersen ........ $5.00 Olsen Fm'niture ¢2o ............. $10.00 Dr. and Mrs. R.W. Norvold $5.00 Mr. and Mrs. A. Y. Bennett $10.00 Mr. & Mrs. Claude Danielson$5.00 Lions Club ................................ $20.00 Mr. & Mrs. Alden. C. Bayley $5.00 Total for week ................ $238,50 Given Previously ............ $321.05 Grand Total .................... $559,55 • FOREST FESTIVal MEMBERSHIPS  Get- "ling two of the first membership cards for the 1963 Forest Festival this week were Mayor Frank Travis Jr., center, and County Cornmis- sociation. The membership drive for the can be turned in shortly before the Mason Cotuity Forest Festival wung into action this week with the start of sale of membership cards. The bncnibership cards qlich are bein sold now are a new inovation this year. Membership sales are being handled by the Shelton Ro- tary Club. "MUCI[ EXPRESSION of sup- port was given thropghout the county fob" the Forest Festival," said M. M. "Bud" Lyon, Rotary representative on the Festival Board. "Now we hope folks will back this up with purchase of thl mmberhip card which sion Chairman, Harry Elmlund, right. The cards were presented by M. M. "Bud" Lyon, rep resenting the Rotary Club and the Festival As. dates of the festival for the umial activity button?' The membership cards went on sale today at tile Mason County Savings and Loan Association, Ma- son County Federal Credit Union, Simpson Credit Union and Thura- ton County Federal Savings and Loan and ' Sea-lst National Bank. Receiving two or the first mem- bership cards were Mayor Frank A Travis Jr. of Siielton, and Har- ry Elmlnnd. Mason County Com- mission Chairman. Getting into the spiblit of the season, the Rotary Club augg'est- ed that a membership card for the Forest Festival WOu](l lllakc an appropriate Christmas or bi'rt.h- day gift for the, person who Ills everytiing. The dates of the 1963 Forest Festival have been set for May 23-25. The sale of membership cards was inagurated this year a.s part of the effort to increase button sales for the Festival. These hut- ton sales, along with donations, make up the bulk cf the income to finance the Festival. "Show your faith in the Forest Festival, buy your memberllp I10%V."