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prosecuted in Mason County Officers remained hidden at anything to do with the suspected
1 Justice Court. the scene where the packages drugs which were found in the
Arrested were Robert Selby, were found and arrested Selby home.
t 20, 512 S. 8th, Shelton, and
t David A. Miskinis, 20, 2214V
I Adams, Shelton.
t A third youth, Allen Maggie, Army
Weatherbee, 18, 2214A Adams,
was arrested with the other two
but was released for lack of
evidence Monday morning. Split On Gos
Miskinis and Weatherbee were
mt'00on"er arrested at the Miskinis home
shortly after 2 a.m. by officers
.$11001t who had come to the home with a bee!!nWimedSatMnh!gt!r°ehAeann''; i! Mfndajd! a
]:Request search warrant issued by Judge t he had
Pro-Tern B. Franklin Heuston of
the Mason County District Justice at least
Court. I t gas from
[Denied aa Officers said substances they Okinowa which would be unloaded at the Naval Ammunition
...... -. believed to be marijuana and Depot at Bangor and transfered from there by train to the
Thursday, December 25, 1969 PmUabtlt:hed o :lgtcst°?nSltSo. Walvnltonn /:;ln.gt°e?:2 a ¢s:°Bn.dl?g$. 24 Pages Two Sechons mescaline were found in the Umatilla Ordinance Depot at Hermiston, Ore.
83rd Year -- No. 52 pun.sne weekly at 227 West Cota. $5.00 per year in Mason County, $6.00 elsewhere. 10 Cents Per Copy
The Shelton Planning
COmmission has recommended to
the City Commission that a
.'quest for a variance from
I lifer Inc. for the property on
¢hich the old Shelton General
] spital is located and some
adjoining property by rejected.
Conifer had asked for a
variance in the density provision
of the zoning ordinance to allow
the construction of an 80-unit
tOartment complex which would
tse elderly persons and would
tUalify under the federal
ernment's rent supplement
Program.
The planning commission
lotion came after a meeting
I lay to consider the question
Vhich had been held over after a
PUblic hearing earlier in the week.
1[ Cornier plans to appeal tile
--ii mng Commission action to
i, !mte city commission, according to
art Mann, local real estate man
- iWho has been working with
11 Conifer in the proposed project.
II The Planning Commission, in
l| a letter to the city commission,
/ltated the members of the
k[llanning Commission had at first
l: Yeen ,, favorable to the request,
|but, careful examination of the
|reCord, however reveals that the
| Proof submitted in support of the
|aPplication failed to satify the
|requirements of section 13.07,
/=tb section 1 (b) and (d) of
i 1'/v zoning ordinance 682 of the city
Pf Shelton.
19 The first subsection referred
in the Planning Commission
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TwoJ il For
Druc. I Po s:s,on
Prosecuting Attorney John C. Selby wasarrested about 6:30 Officers said Weatherbee had
Ragan. a.m. near where he had been seen been living at the Miskinis
The two youths were being earlier and where officers had residence for several weeks and
held in Mason County on $250 found two packages which they was arrested along with the
bail on the possession of believed to contain marijuana and others, but, was released because
marijuana charges, which will be mescaline, of lack of evidence that he had
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THESE ARE the two buildings which will house sleeping
quarters for those who attend the State Patrol Academy in
the new facilities which were recently completed. The
The Army Tuesday morning denied the planned
.......... Grand Larceny shipments had been suspended.
Sen. Magnuson's office told The Journal Tuesday
Charges Filed morning that he was standing firm on his statement of
buildings will each house 36 men. They will be occupied
Jan. 12 when the first class starts after moving into the new
quarters.
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Charges of attempted grand Monday that he had been informed the shipments had been
larceny have been filed against suspended.
Richard Lee Hart and David A spokesman in the senator's office said the information
Paulus. The charges were filed by of the suspension of the shipments had come from legislative
Prosecuting Attorney John C. people in the Defense Department.
Ragan in Mason County Superior
Court. Magnuson had asked the Army to make a clarification
They are accused, in Tuesday.
information filed with thecharge, The Public Information Office of the Pentagon said
of attempting to take a fire Tuesday morning "there is no truth to the report that
hydrant belonging to the Belfair shipments of gas from Okinowa have been suspended."
Water District. In his statement Monday, Magnuson said he had been
informed by the Defense Department it is conducting a
00heck t.narge review the "entire matter and pending the results of this
review, no movement of chemical or biological warfare
Brings Jail materials will be made".
The original information given Gee. Daniel ]. Evans by
David Ward, Perry Ave., the Army was that the shipments would begin late this
Bremerton, isbeing held in Mason month or early next month.
County' Jail. on a charge of To go by rail, the shipments would have to pass through
attempted :grand larceny in
connection with a stolen check Mason County and Shelton on the Northern Pacific railroad
which was presented for payment tracks.
at the National Bank of Mason Mrs. Janet Fisk, vice-chairman of the Mason County
County last week. Democrat Central Committee, who sent letters to Magnuson,
The person who attempted to Sen. Henry M, Jackson and Rep. Julia Butler Hansen,
cash the check fled after bank
officials became suspicious, protesting the gas shipments, said this week she had received
A warrant was issued for aletter from Mrs. Hansen.
Ward's arrest after Police In the letter, Mrs. Hansen said she had already
investigated the incident, encouraged that no gas shipments be made through the Third
He was arrested by Bremerton Congressional District and had joined with Gov. Tom McCall
authorities and was picked up
there by Mason County Sheriff's of Oregon in asking that the gas be deactivated as close to its
deputies, present storage place as possible.
er relates to the question as to
,hether or not the property can
:'s°:i!°lnilitYuowri:!lh![eodrdY°iein!it Pa tro I Aca d e m y Ded i ca ti o n I Dece m ber 29
The new Washington State
Patrol Academy at Sanderson
Field will be dedicated in
ceremonies at 11 a.m. Monday,
with Gee. Daniel J. Evans giving
the dedicatory address.
Guests will be welcomed by
Lt. Warren Maynard, training
officer for Patrol Academy here.
Greetings will be given by Maj. E.
J. Parka, director of personnel
and training for the State Patrol.
Attorney General Slade
Gorton, chairman of the State
lad the second relates to whether
ar not the variance could adversly
ffect the comprehensive plan or
t lies thereof.
:: Conife had announced plans
:it,r the purchase of the old
i] lton General property several
mths ago and the development
i he housing complex.
The Planning Commission,
:ther a hearing at which some
'operty owners in the area
re-zoned the property
RI to R3 on the request of
the group. The governor will be
introduced by State Patrol Chief
Will Bachofner.
The invocation will be given
by Ray. Bernard Salter and the
benedication by Rev. Thomas
Park O.S.B., both State Patrol
chaplains. The State Patrol Honor
Guard will officiate at the flag
ceremony.
Attendance at the dedication
ceremony is by invitation only.
An open house to give those
to 9 p.m. Jan. 2 and from noon to
5 p.m. Jan. 3. The open house
will be open to the public.
The Academy staff was busy
last week moving from the old
quarters in the old Navy Air Base
buildings at Sanderson Field to
the new facility.
The new facility was
constructed on land purchased
ad leased trom the Port of
Shelton. The site totals 190 acres,
of which 28 were purchased and
of the Academy staff, a research
library along with an area for a
duty officer.
Maynard said the plan is to
have an officer on duty at all
times at the new facility.
The administration building
also includes three sleeping rooms
to accommodate visiting officers
or instructors.
Maynard said that in time, if
these rooms are needed for offices
for the Academy staff, there is
It will accommodate 120
persons eight to a table to be
served family style. As the
number of persons using the
facility increase, the dining room
can be converted to cafeteria type
service and will then
accommodate 160 persons at a
meal, Maynard said.
All of the buildings are
connected by covered walkways.
In the center of the area
surrounded by the buildings is an
outdoor demonstration area
where things can be shown which
would be impossible to do in an
enclosed classroom.
The State Patrol has
conducted training for its officers
from its beginning in 1926. A
complete cadet and in service
training program was started in
1939 and the first permanent
Academy was established in the
Naval Air Base buildings here in
1947.
The Academy has been
housed in those buildings from
that time until the move this
month to the new facilities just
down the road.
The new facilities will permit
the Academy to have 72 men in
training at a time, either cadets or
Troopers taking in service
training.
The facilities would
accommodate 36 of each if
desired.
interested a chance to see the new the rest leased for driver training room in an area directly behind
Training Commission, will address facilities, will be held from noon and gunnery range, t he building to construct
Total cost of the new facility additional space for sleeving
is $1,066,000 whichtheCame in quarters forvisitingofficers. Aided)r00k Headng January 24
Years On School Board appropriations from the 40th and The academy building
45 t 41st sessions of State contains three classrooms which
Legislature. will each hold 36 men, the same
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.oncluded By Robert Smith
When Robert M. Smith of
tlatch retired from the Hood
'al School Board after the
tcember meeting, he had
aapleted 22 years as a school
oard member.
Smith attended the December
ting at which his successor
Endicott was seated. Smith
ttd not sought re-election.
leln 1947 when Smith was first
cted to the school board, he
rVed on the board of the old
[Oodsport School District which
¢laprised the area from the
aunty line to Potlatch.
He was elected to the board
succeed Francis Radtke, who
ad moved out of the district. He
ed as clerk of the board until
he Hoodsport district
nsolidated with the Union,
Pper Skokomish, Middle
Okomish and Lower Skokomish
stricts to form the Hood Canal
strict in 1957.
i I When the district was first
'nsolidated, Smith said, it
operated elementary schools at
UniYn, Lower and Middle
Skokomish and Hoodsport until
the new school was built near the
junction of Highways 101 and 21.
The Middle Skokomish and
Union Schools were closed first.
Robert M. Smith
The school at Hoodsport
continued to operate until about
two years ago, Smith said, when it
was also closed.
The only school remaining
which is still in operation is the
Lower Skokomish school and it
will be closed with the
completion of a building program
which is now underway.
Smith said he had ran for
election each time his term on the
school board was up. The terms
were supposed to have been for
four years, but, because of
changes in the state law, he served
terms of five years on some
occasions.
During his years on the board
he represented the
Hoodsport-Portlatch Director
District on the board.
Smith said his oldest son
started in the first grade shortly
after he was elected to the school
board for the first time, and, his
youngest son graduated from
Hood Canal Junior High last year.
Contractor for the project was
D-A Construction, Shelton, and
the Architects were Dalke and
Andring, Shelton.
The complex consists of five
buildings, an administration
building, an academic building,
two living halls and a dining hail.
The facilities were designed
for future expansion if needed,
with the two major items which
will come later, a gymnasium and
an additional living hall.
All the training for the State
Patrol will be done at the new
facility. The training includes
basic training for new State
Troopers, in service training for
those already on the Patrol.
Specialized training in
communications, for
weighmasters, for breathalizer
operation and others is planned.
The Academy will also
conduct training for other
departments in traffic-related
subjects.
The administration building,
called Bachofner Hall, includes
the receptionists's area and office
space for secretarial and clerical
workers, offices for the member
number which will be housed in
each of the riving units.
The building also includes
three seminar rooms which can be
used for communications training
or for small classes.
The academic building also
has a weapons room and a gun
cleaning room where all guns will
be cleaned after use on the firing
range.
The academic building is
named Pryde Hall, after a former
Patrol Chief.
Each of the two living units
contain 18 rooms which will
accommodate two men to a
room. There are also a reading
room and a television room. A
parking area behind these two
buildings will accommodate 72
vehicles and will be used by the
trainees for their vehicles.
The living units are called
Cole Hall and Alego Hall, also
after former Patrol chiefs. The
proposed third living unit will be
called Huse Hall.
The dining hall is called
Betlach Hall, also after a former
Patrol Chief.
The U. S. Army Corps of
Engineers announced this week
the date and location of a public
hearing to be held on an
application by the owner of
Alderbrook Inn to construct a
bulkhead with fill on Hood Canal
near Union, Washington.
The hearing will be held at the
Hood Canal Junior High School
Auditorium on Jan. 24, at 1 p.m.
The school is at the junction of U.
S. Highway 101 and State
Highway 106 between Union and
Hoodsport at the southerly end Of
Hood Canal.
In making the announcement,
Col. Richard E. McConneti,
Seattle District Engineer, invited
all individuals or groups having an
interest in this permit application
to attend or be represented.
Those present will have the
opportunity to express their views
so that they may be included in
the official hearing transcript. For
accuracy, all important testimony
should be submitted in writing at
the heating or sent to the Seattle
District Engineer at 1519 Alaskan
Way South, Seattle, Washington
98134, prior to the hearing.
Col. McConnell said that has
decision to hold a public hearing
will give the applicant an
opportunity to inform the Corps
of Engineers, other interested
Federal, State, and local
Governmental agencies, and the
general public of his detailed plan;
will provide all interested parties
the opportunity to express their
views relative to this application,
and will assure that all data
pertinent to this application are
developed so that a sound and
just decision can be made
regarding issuance of a permit.
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For News Stand Return
Someone has a new toy to play with on Christmas
morning.
It's the shiny green metal newsstand which formerly
reposed - full of Journals - in front of the Safeway
supermarket in downtown Sheiton.
This awkward plaything was removed from that location
during the dark of night and, although the Journal believes in
Christmas giving, we didn't have this in mind this holiday
season.
If the person who took the newsstand will return it to the
Journal office, we will present him with a brand-new toy
choo-choo train and, in an added burst of philanthropy, buy
a wedding license for his parents.
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