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Mason County Fire
District No. Two
Telephone 275-671 I
/cember Lynch Cove,
19,
Pain, transported to Dr.
tes office in Belfair.
lcember 19, 11 a.m., auto
at, the Arco Station in
no damage, fire was out
val.
cember 20, 3:45 a.m.,
en illness, North Shore
tied, transported to Naval
|Pltal.
[3ecember 22, 12:22 a.m.,
i K. pain, Old Belfair Highway,
Ported to Harrison Hospital.
ANTED
Custodian
2 hours a day,
at local
laundromat.
i 377-4408
Mason County Fire
Protection District
No. Three
Telephone 275-2889
No reports.
Mason County Fire
Protection District
No. Eight
Telephone 275-6478
No reports.
Mason County Fire
Protection District
No. 15
Telephone 275-3458
December 21, 7:30 p.m.,
head injury, Collins Lake, non
transport.
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Whizzing down tile road on a
bicycle 25 or 30 mph would be
quite a tiat, especially if one
could keep it up for any length
of tin]e.
Wayne Parker, 28, of NQrth
Shore does it. But he has some
help from a little one-horse
motor called a "Whizzer."
Of course motor-assisted
.: ,, ,.:> bicycles are not that uncommon.
Factory equipped bikes have
been axiving from Europe for
some years now.
r Parker's motorized bike,
however, is a bit different than
the sleek imports. His is an old
bike called a Schwinn Cycle
Truck, and its kind hauled
mailmen and delivery boys
around cities in the 30s and 40s.
"The baskets could hold 200
pounds," said Parker who was
flagged down recently for an
interview on the South Shore.
The bikes without the engine
were very popular, he said.
And how did he come across
this rare find?
"My dad bought it from a
guy that retired out of the Navy
when I was 12," he said.
When Parker was a junior at
West Brcmerton High, he gave
his dad $15 for the bike which
by then was showing its age.
The eager teenager tore it
apart and then replaced the
bearings, spokes and wheels.
"Luckily a guy had a set of
rings," recalled Parker.
After the bike was
reassembled, the finishing stroke
was a coat of green paint.
From the side, Parker's
cycle-truck is pretty odd looking.
It has a large 26-inch balloon tire
in the rear and a 22- or 24-inch
tire in the front to accommodate
the large carrying basket.
A high seat and extended
handlebars enables a man to
comfortably peddle the normally
26-inch boy-sized bike.
Sometime in the 4Os, Parker
said, Schwinn came out with the
"Whizzer" engine kit which
would fit any 26-inch bike
frame. Along with the engine,
the kits included a gas tank, a
large sprocket for the rear wheel,
a long drive chain, and controls
that attached to the handlebars.
To start the engine, a lever is
adjusted, releasing the
compression on the
single-cylinder, and Parker
starts peddling. After getting up
a little speed, the lever is
adjusted again, sealing the
cylinder, and presto- the
"Whizzer" takes over and Parker
gives his legs a rest.
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Menu for
Grapeview School
Happy
Christmas
Vacation
Puget Sotmd
National Bank
The hometown bank.
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Menu For
North Mason
Schools
January I-5
Monday: No school.
Tuesday: Beef stew with
potatoes and vegetable,
biscuit/butter, fruit, ice cream,
milk.
Wednesday: Corn dog, tater
tots, green peas, jello, milk.
Thursday: Meatloaf,
potatoes/gravy, buttered corn,
biscuit/butter, fruit, milk.
Friday: Cheeseburger, tossed
salad, fruit, dessert, milk.
Puget Sound
National Bank
The hometown bank.
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By ELEANORA FEDENK CR 5-2774
A perfect ('hristmas gift for
the Bilderl)ack family along the
Old Belfair Iiighway is the arrival
t)l' Andrea Jane l)ecember 15, at
Itarrison Memorial Itospital.
Proud parents, iloward and
l)cbbie Bilderback, said their
first baby weighs eight pounds
nille t)unces, ;.led is 20½ inches
long.
Grandparents of the "little
butterball with lots of black
hair" arc Robert and Evelyn
Seaboh: lloward and Deborah
Bilderback; and great-gr:md-
inother Mary Kelch.
.lira and Cindy Seabolt will
be serving cake and ice cream to
celebrate the first birthday this
Christmas of their son Justin.
Their h:llpiness is that Justin
now tips the scales at 16 pounds,
a whopping gain from his birth
weight of two potmds last year.
Proceed with caution in
disposing of the Christmas tree.
Pushing the fire into the
fireplace can be hazardous. It
could explode like a firebomb.
A good test is to bend the
needles of the tree. If one breaks
in half instead of bending, the
tree is extra dry from the early
cutting and the glorious days in
Ihe warm house.
Ted tlowerton, operator of
the Mason County garbage
collection station on the Sand
I
Hill Road, said the trees may be
brought there for safe disposal.
He notes, "The trees must be cut
in small pieces so they don't
take too much room."
Freebie visits for the family
at the Seattle Aquarium at Pier
59, Waterfront Park, are
scheduled for January 11
through January 13 (Thursday,
Friday and Saturday). The hours
are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The request is that every 10
children, or teenagers, be
accompanied by an adult. Call
625-4358 for more information.
The Kitsap Audubon
Society's annual bird count on
December 17 listed 90 species of
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birds. These were seen by about
40 counters, divided in seven
parties, for the bird census over
an area of 170 square miles in
Bremerton and the county.
Compiler Jim .Galbraith was
not .aware of the wild swans on
Mission Lake during the
countdown, and plans to visit
the lake to propertly identify the
large, graceful birds. He said
these could be either the
whistling swan, or the rare
trumpeter swan.
A warning to hunters is
"hands off." Galbraith warns
both swan species have been
placed in the protective habitat
category.
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December 28, 1978 - Huckleberry Herald section of Shelton-Mason County Journal . ia0e 3