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Greeting Drawn by Jim Skaggs
5th Grade, Evergreen School
DRILLING
Greeting Drawn by
Barbara Lyon
6th Grade Evergreen School
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By JAN DANFORD
''There seems to be
considerable controversy," states
Dottle Hurley, "as to just who has
the largest Christmas tree; but as
yet unchallenged is my claim to
the smallest."
Her perfectly-proportioned
little Douglas Fir, grown Bonsai
fashion in a concrete block,
measures a mere eight and a half
inches from base to tip.
The diminutive evergreen was
given to her as a bare root
seedling about three and a half
years ago. For approximately two
years it was grown in the open
ground before its establishment in
the concrete block, which has
now been brought indoors for the
first time.
The block, covered with
cotton and silver foil to simulate
ice and snow, rests on a table
which is decorated with miniature
figures to create a winter scene. A
tiny creche is approached by a
shepherd and a lamb, and little
pine cone people dot the downy
hillside. In the foreground Santa
rides in a candy-filled sleigh and
reindeer run riot.
The midget Christmas tree
itself is like a jewel, each
accessory in perfect scale. The 22
very small lights are encircled by
reflectors made of the tips of
plastic straws, and the 25
brilliantly colored glass balls are
approximatly one fourth inch in
diameter. A wee angel tops the
tip, and the entirety is swathed in
a delicate film of spun glass.
The winter wonderland
created by Mrs. Hurley will be loves animals. She collects
taken to a lacoma nursing home antiques, and she is a clever
as a gift for her mother, h a ndicrafter, preferring to
Dottle Hurley is an execute her handmades with
enthusiastic gardener, and she nature's materials or to fashion
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A TINY LIVING Christmas tree was decorated by Dottle
Hurley.
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them from what she terms "other
people's junk."
"I can always figure out a way
to make something out of things
other people think are worthless,"
she says. Unusual containers hold
her many plants, and she makes
tiny tree ornaments from little
shells gathered on the beach -
oyster, clam, mussell and
barnacle. They are spray painted
in many colors and glued to them
are beads or brilliants.
In addition to her many other
talents, Mrs. Hurley is quite a
saleslady. A real estate broker by
profession, she listed a piece of
property near Potlatch and
succeeded in selling it to herself.
She and her husband, Tom, are
owners and operators of the Marc
I Drive-In and Trailer Court,
named for their son Marc, serving
in the U.S. Navy.
Nursing Course
Olympia Vocational Technical
Institute is offering a new nurse
aide course to begin Jan. 5. Class
hours will be Tuesday, 6 to 10
p.m. and Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m.
The course will last
approximately three and one half
months, including clinical
experience. The teacher is Mrs.
Ethel Clements, and the course is
being offered at the new OVTI
Campus on the Mottman Road,
two miles southwest of Olympia.
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Greeting Drawn by Dan Brown,
6th Grade, Bordeaux
Open Christmas and New Year's -- 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Florence Felix
Greeting Drawn by Joe Lovato
6th Grade, Mt. View School
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LUMBERMEN'S
SHELTON
Greeting Drawn by Debbie Frost
6th Grade, Bordeaux School
,SEATTLE'FIRsT NATIoNAL BANtf
SHELTON BRANCH
HARRY JAMES, Manager
L. K. HENDERSON, Assistant Manager
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Greeting Drawn by Eileen Clark
Sth Grade, Mt. View School
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SHELTON PRINTING
COMPANY
Ellen and Russ Stuck
Greeting Drawn by Kathy Turner
4th Grade, Mr. View School
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