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l 2 .5? 3 r y. .age 4 “A.” Fire Warden ICominued from pagr , jack, :1 inill Worker, 3 white col- 0 h Mi t on Worker or a mill owner, a. oug u my wood lot owner, a farmer or a. An Outstanding SucceSSn ! bare foot boy with stubbed toes. We come here for a purpose—stile In Canada—Made in U.S.A Great for Bronchial Coughs or forest and what it means to us. _Forestl-y must be cooperative. Perhaps no other crop or industry Throat lrrii'ations Due to Colds needs the Who“! hearted cooper’ The King of all cough medicines {or coughs or bronchial irritations resulting from colds in cold wintry l ‘ Journal Want Ads get Results: ulwl ation of eVerybody so much as forestry. And perhaps no county in the state can boast the whole Canada. is Buckley's CANADIOL . . . Mixture. Fast working—triple act- ’ he?! ted coopelatlor} .we ha“? re. , in’g Bickl “:1 Mixture quickly loos- caved from the C‘tlzens 0f Ma‘ (Ans {mil 1» ses phlegm lodged in the , Illllf‘S-—-Cil‘ill air passages—soothes rasped raw tissucs, one or two sips and worst coughing spasm eases. You get results fast. You feel the effect of Buckley’s instantly. Compounllcd from rare Canadian l‘ine Balsam and other soothing {Hillng ingredients Buckley’s (,‘AN— son county. We have something to be proud of~the most beautiful growing crop of junior forests and second growth in the land. to say noth- ing of the mature timber being harvested. That is something to -‘.DlOI. Mixture is different from , mytlling you ever tried—all medi- {be ploud Of- ‘ ' tiltlont—no syrtdp.1 CPL a bottle to- ; But your fire warden is proud .ay 3 any goo «rug SlOl'l‘, Satls- ' ’ ' friction guaranteed or mom-y back. 01 the finest Citizens that have eVer liVed in any land. And bro- McCONKEY PHARMACY than I thank you PREPP’S REXALL STORE GRAHAM THEATRE , are both in the service but widely separated. Phil is just finishing Thu-mm. his basic training at camp Hood in Texas. He has volunteered for the. paratroop training so will soon be sent to another camp. He tells of a long maneuver trip, when they learned to pitch their tents so they were invisible from the air. Billy is still “somewhere in the Pacific." He was in on the Philippine invasion but was back at'base compare ively cool weather of the Grapeview Boys Miss Hattie Barker two very interesting letters this “CRIME. BY NIGHT” with Jane Wyman and Jerome Cowan Friday - Saturday IN P. I. made him wish to return. MANHATTAN" The "Christmas program at with school will be on Thursday eve- Dennis Day and Anne Shirley eryone is invited. Mrs. Charles Lombard Went to Sunday - Monday — Tuesday “CASANOVA BROWN” with Cooper and Teresa Wright Betty Walls, who will make her home with the Lombards for some time. Mrs. Sarah Hansen received a long distance I call saying that Sigrid (and perhaps Kathleen Anne) wil be going through Seat~ ,tle on Wednesday. She is on her way to San Francisco to meet Bob for Christmas. He has been 'recently transferred there. Mrs. ‘Hansen plans to visit Sigrid on her way through Seattle. The employees of the Stretch Island Winery had a cooperative Christmas dinner Friday evening at the Coleman home. There were exchange presents and games af- ter dinner. Mrs. Jerry Finger and daughter Gary Wednesday only VICTORY THROUGH AIRPOWER Technicolor film by WALT DISNEY Thursday Friday - Sat. :Helen arrived Friday for with .Christmas holidays. Lamarr and Paul ‘ Henried i lournal want-Ads 8.1"" snowin their value in every lFEllp of the paper! Hedy massacres-r masses" ‘3" ii is. This Store Will Be Open Send News Home , received coma to visit- with her parents, Week from the Bosch boys. They- gain. He wrote that thel :ning, December 21 at 7:30. Ev-‘ Bremerton to get her small niece, l the ,Shelton Valley ‘ Party Tonight Huiidaiy Greetings to the Jollr= nal staff and all its readers! The chief eVent here this Week is the Grange Christmas party this _'I‘hursda'y, night, December 21. The ladies will bring gain bcdecked boxes of delectable eats to be auctioned off for the sup- per and besides there Will be a program, exchange of Christmas cards and dancing. Come and hate a merry time. l .109 Kneeland, A. 0rd. M.M. 2/c, -was here last week end from the Quilliute for a visiit at the High- lands with his mother, Mrs. Signe Kneela'nd. l .Cld friends here have received word that Mrs. Gordon McKay, who left Shelton in November, is settled for the winter with a sis- ter in Los Angelcs and is enjoy- ing the lovely weather there. In- cidentally she writes that while ,Walking one day she passed a market where Washington Christ- mas trees were being sold. Trees about the size of an average house plant were retailing for 50c. Mrs. Ina Fort is here from Ta- ?Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Rutledge, un- til after Christmas. Little Edward Allan Kneeland stayed with his grandmother, Mrs. Signe Kneel‘and, Saturday after- noon while his mother, Mrs. John Kneeland, did some Christmas Shopping. Mr. and Mrs. Knee» land came out from Shelton af- ter him and spent the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kneeland and children, Tommy, Karen and An- drea, were also out from town and visited there that evening. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Shafer ac- companied Mr. and Mrs. R._ E. Grenber and little daughter Han- nah; of helto’n, on a trip to Buck- ley on Sunday, returning late that eVening. Miss Marie Sc‘huffenhauer Was Tout from Shelton Monday e’vening for a brief visit With her parents, er. and Mrs. Albert 0. Schuffen- hauer. Mrs. Signe Kneeland entertain- ed at a pre-Christmas dinner and the exchange of family gifts Sun- day, as Joe Kneeland will not be able to get off duty and come home for Christmas. Christmas Party 1 At Pickering by Virtue E. Hanlon A Christmas party sponsored by the Pickering Homemaker’s Club was held at the school house on Thursday evening. The room and tree were beautifully decorated— thanks to, the, special efforts of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Fitts. A short program was given in- cluding a reading by Mrs. L. C. Smith, piano solo by Miss Laurene Lundquist and several group songs. | After refreshments Were served lthere was an exehangc of gifts. ,About 35 were present. 3 Lt. and AMrs. Donald Wiss, of Traverse City, Mich., are spend- ing the week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lantz Wiss. They expect to leave Saturday for Florida where Lt. Wiss will be stationed. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Scofield are grandparents again, the third time this year. Lt. and Mrs. v' Claude M. Sheridan, of Petaluma, the Calif, parents of a are I daughter, Carole Anne, born Nov- ember 28. Mrs. Sheridan was Vir- ginia Scofield before her mar- riage. Mrs. Fred Pratt, of Tonasket, visited from Saturday to Tues- day at the home of her niece, 3- Mrs. Claude Hanlon. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Welton, of Shelton, spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lantz Wiss. The next meeting of the Pick- ering Homemaker’s Club will be held on January 18 With Mrs. Frank Wylie and Miss Mabel Wylie as hostesses. It was de- cided at the last meeting to serve lunch at 1 pm. hereafter so ev- eryone come early. STOVE, CLEANING Vacuum cleaning of oil stoves and furnaces is a new service of- fered by Hillcrest Hardware, Jim Roush, proprietor, announced this week. Anyone wishing this ser‘ vice should call the store. - __.._.__.._—_-._. Evenings . 0.11 Thursday, Friday and Saturday December 21-22-23 THE FINEST SELECTION OF GIFTS IN TOWN F. E. BECKWITH Gifts — Jewelry equipment which would speed the end of the war and the SHELTONQMASON com govern. SHELTON-MASON COUNTY JOURNAL Published ’ every Thursday ' morning p.“ —-—-. L mfimwwwggaamwmmwg Vlt‘nlbe' of Washington Newspaper Publishers Assocmnon and National Editorial Assocmtlon mule-red is second-class matter at the postoffice at Shelton. Wpshington GRANT C. ANf (LE, Editor J. EBER ANGLE. Manager Richard Watson. News Editor} CI’HE‘. season's“ qusnrlucs 19V 44 Subscription Rates . £2.50 per year in advance: 8 monthsn 50. outside Mason County $2.75 Canada and Foreign $3.60; Special Service Men‘s Rate $1.50 per year CHEERFUL CHRISTMAS GREETINGS For this third war Christmas the time-honored greet- ing of “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year” seems a bit out of place, when ten million homes in the land have either been bereft or are watching the daily events with more or less apprehension. Thus our passing greetings may be restrained to some ‘cxtent, and limited to expreSsions of hope for the best in the exchange of the season; for behind it all there is the sobering thought that America is in-the midst of war and all that means to every home and family. ‘ But the basic thought reverts to V_ the beginning of* l the Christian World and the long eras of “Peace on Earth and Good Will to Men" that have prevailed almost un-' broken through the generations; and the fervent hope- enduring peace will Soon return and the families again There will be a hall) over the homes of Am- erica this Christmas. ra- diating from the new hope for the ‘vvorld. Mason County Steam Laundry & be. united. V . l I V Here in America which is untouched by the ravages . " of war we may observe the Christmas occasion with the I DryEClednerS- s‘nl, -, asymmsnmsmmmmmmm $- lbest cheer possible in order that Young America may learn ;and not forget the blessings of peace and continue to en-E joy the heritage of a Christian people typified at this season by exchange of gifts and cheerful greetings. i i ii ii i ii i i ll According to figures published by the Bureau of Cen- sus, the total 1941 property tax collection of all local governments amounted to $4,223,733,000. The eXecutive: federal budget estimates $3,750,000,000v is needed to pay: interest on the federal debt in the fiscal year beginningl July 1, 1944. THE “BIG l ONE” IN THE END l As the politicial plot unfolds in Europe the U. S. isl beginning to wonder what’s cooking on. the other side.| We have been informed only that the “Big Four" will do the after-war carving up of the conquered and little couni tries, but it looks as though the “Big Two” are getting ; their cut first. 1 Our boys are fighting, so it is claimed, to “make the l Each Christmas as it comes and goes proves anew that love is the only binding -' :world safe for demoracy,” but England is making sure of ’ 1ts control of the ruling powers in Greece and Italy and the partition of 1 %" Mediterranean, while Russia has dictated the Poland and taking its slice. In the end it will be the “Big % Power of the WOTId- 1“ these One,” With the U. s. holding the sack. % dark dal'fh“ 1:“? hfecembe‘; is I when e rig ness 0 . Perhaps. the simplest definition of “free enterpriSe,” I ll Smiles make Smple amends and one whlch may express the objectives of the great £01” 1”“ 0f brightness over' maJorlty, 1s one.offered recently by Dr. Harley L. Lut_z,. headv We agam send our ll of Princeton Universtly: “If you want to make a dollar i g “105’; hearty CHR'STMAS by honest means you are free to try, and if you succeed, GREET'NGS' x you may keep it, if you can.” . Mason Count ll. TAKING LIFE EASY ON HOME FRONT C A y i . I 3,; reamery ssn. The World War 11 1S Just starting its fourth year, of Hi what looked like an eaSy'job, time our country had patch: d up its losses at Pearl Harbor, and pushed its produc- .lon of war supplies for both fronts. ' At this stage it looks as though the war was only Just reaching its crucial point, nip and tuck so to speak, only slowly gaining, with American boys in the thick of the fighting on all fronts. . . The casualty toll now nearing 600,000 boys warns 'V. thls country that it may be nearer a million in losses before I the cleanup comes, and strike that many homes in Am- erica; a tenth of those in service. Now our nation is celebrating the Christmas holi- days m more or less cheerful manner, and life is easy forl everybody; plenty of money to spend, and many luxuries; also too many who are not takin this war seriousl a d doing their best. g y n I mmmmmsasnsayasamssmmsass The c0st of the war is brought home sharply to the factory employee when he realizes that his personal share in the national war debt load, as of 1944, is $1,600 in round figures. The size of this debt is doubly significant when he 15 told that the average annual wage of all employed persons in 1943 was approximately $1,900. iHearty' and cheery l DODGING THE REAL, ISSUE And happy and true. t Now that the end of the year is nearing it is not so An ever so fewen hopeful to recall the encouragement given before election that the end of the war on Hitler was in sight and every- thlngitwas gomg well on the battle front. now appears that the fighting is growin ,harder, and that there is a growing shortage of shells angd certain Merry Christmas to you! M&S :zzélfig of young American lives if it were within easy Nor is it encouraging to learn that the country is short of war workers and fighting men and a revision of the draft. IS needed to supply the demand; to offset the in- creasmg number of strike differences which slow up pro- duction. It does not seem to haVe occurred to the powers~that- be that the men who are striking or slacking in industry l could quickly be drafted to supply the war needs; and giv- l en some experience in dodging bullets at the front could lstop the petty fighting at home. Washington State paid $2,627,614 to 60,175 old age ' pensxoners 1n June of this year. This is an average grant ‘ of $43.67 per person. The total cost of relief, care of chil- dren, blinanssistance and old age pensions was $3,600,350 in the same month. Assistance was granted to 91,236 per- . i sbns 1n these four divisions at an aVerage cost of $39.46. in l i" a: Were visitors at the Cassidy ranch on Sunday. 1 Wm. Gail of Kittitas is spending ’ an indefinite time at the Gleason i place. éiDewatto News ‘ Sent by Scribe ‘ by Vera. T. Gleason Dewatto area. is to be congra- 1tulated on our efficient mail ser- l vice. No matter what the wea- ther our mail gets here on time. The Community Club of Ta- huya are sponsoring a Christmas party December 21 in the eve- ning at the school house. There will be a program by the school, a. Christmas tree and Santa Claus. S. S. Shelton and Rolla. Tobyne were in Bremerton on business Tuesday. ‘ G. R. Milbourn has resigned from the Dewatto-Tahuya school board. Mr. and Mrs. Pfundt, of Union, Mrs. W. A. Gleason was called to Ellensburg by the illness of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Albert Glea- son but at this writing is much improved. S. S. Shelton and sons Stanley and John plan to spend the Christ- mas vacation at their former home in Yakima. . H. Bremmer and sons are tear- ing down some large buildings and mOVing the lumber to their ranch in this section where they expect to start building in the near future. If you don’t mm It pays tr advertise—place a Want-Ad in the Journal! ,. , , ! l ! That your Christmas season may be both joy- ous and happy is the sincere wish of NEEDHAM FOOD STORE g, l *The message of good will that emanated Wfiflféfififlfifififififififlfiwfifififi from Bethlehem 2,000 years ago not only transforms the World at Christmas but is the foundation of every honest transaction. We de- pend upon your good will; you depend upon OUTS. F. Beckwith immaflmmmxmmmxmmmsmmmmmmmmmmsmmv May the blessings of be with on, u ll God y. o r 71‘\\\ friends, and w1th all. \ in our souls .( ll 1 ;9 4 g. A of us . . . and upon our hearths.‘ We can offer no more gracious greeting this Yuletide. ristmas J. L. Catto Hardware \ As THE NIGHT. .BEFORE CHRISTMAS #5». H‘W ‘: . Sleighbells tinkling down old roads, farm homes gleaming in the dark, the spirit of kind- ness brooding over the land. Yes, ’tis the night before Christmas and all men are kin. ’ We hope that your Christmas will be merry and bright, and that you will receive a. full share of the good things this happy season' brings. - Shelton Electric Co. The nearness of Yuletide is unmistakable' v earth still awaits its mantle of white, woods and‘ fields, city and town breathe Christmas and 1t5'_ spirit of kindness. . We sincerely hepe. that the Christma5 ,' season of 1944 will be richer for you, fuller, and- more satisfying than for many a year, and thank . you for twelve months of very pleasant relation?" Olympic Garage Jack Simmons - Hoodsport, Wash. ' ‘ mess: A -l 4&4: #éfi‘a float/3m? Good - d” chee thheld Merry . Let u 4, for we but Whether snow festoons the fir trees or whether \ or S] fath that Wislr just