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December 30, 1965     Shelton Mason County Journal
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Percy N. PioBookbinding 6017 S. E. 86th Portland Ore. 97216 Co, .Mason County was slowly re- @ here's the story on 20th annual 40 & 8-Journal basket project: RAISED ~ $1,057.44. the top. Goal was $1,000. -- 85. CHEERED -- 302. FAMILY AIDED -- and their widowed FAMILY --- One without children. could say--and we'll cer- concur--the 1965 Christmas was hugely successful, to the 98 separate :rid:rid- and organizations who con- hard cash to the fund the supplies for the were purchased. Christmas baskets were de- in all sections of Mason last Thursday amidst a 'Christmas setting--the sea- first falling snow. PUD 1, 3, Sheriff's office, city police, & 8 personnel participated deliveries, a few of which into Friday. joy on the faces of. the particularly, in most was all the reward the ~rers needed. baskets had been assembled by members of the 8 and the 8 & 40, some of like Mr. and Mrs. Claude Mr. and Mrs. Ray Parr, general chairman Jay Urn- worked virtually the en- before being Joined in the by other members. Christmas fund itself reach- $1,000 plateau when a $50 by the Mell Chevrolet reached the Journal last morning. Subsequent pushed it to the final e of $1,057.44 at which it now to the weather conditions have kept him on the run Pun 3 repair crews project chairman Urn- has not been able to pre- county state and federal offices will be closed and most businesses inI County will be closed Sat- in observance of New Day. government offices close holiday falls on Saturday, is not a working day for Post Office will observe its holiday mail schedule for with no city or rural Mail will arrive at dispatched from the Post and will be distributed to boxes. Mason County Federal ere- will be closed Thursday for ye~r-end closing of figuring dividends. ,y licenses for 1966 go on the County Auditor's of- at three agencies in the in for licenses either the pre-runs been sent out by the or the 1965 registration for License tabs will be again this year in lieu of plates. AT WHIClt licenses Obtained are Jim Sneddon, Insurance Agency, Shel- Kilbourne, Hood Canal Hoodsport; and Er- res, Bclfair Home Hard- elf air. Auditor's office will be 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mrs. County Auditor, said, The office nor- at 4:30 p.m. of Member F.D.I.C. pare a final statement on expenses or the list of acknowledgements for assistance which normally wraps up each year's Christmas project activities. This will be forthcoming next week. At this time we will have to settle for a genuine "THANK YOU, EVERYONE" on behalf ot the 40 & 8 and the co-sponsoring Journal to all who assisted in any measure in making this 1965 Christmas project one of the most successful in the 20 years of its life. Contributors who helped push the fund over the top since last week's listing include: Bob & Louise Kimbel .......... $10.00 Anonymous .............................. 5.00 Mr. & Mrs. Jim Sutherland .. 3.00 Shelton Lions Club .............. 15.00 Mrs. F. K. Shelley .................. 10.00 Anonymous .............................. 2.00 Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Campbell 2.00 Frank's E!ectric ...................... 5.00 Mell Chevrolet ........................ 50.00 Mr. & Mrs. M. A. Clothier .... 5.00 Ming Tree Cafe ..................... 5.00 :ninth Brotherhood of Electrical ~rorkers .......... 10.00 Previously listed .............. 935.44 Final Grand Total .......... $1057.44 Get 79th YEAR No. 52 Thursday, December 30, 1965 and a SNOW CAME DOWN ~ Huge snow flakes were falling in Shel- ton when this picture was taken Tuesday. The snowfall Tuesday added to the accumulation of up to 18 inches in some parts of the The first baby to be born in Mason County in 1966 is due for a warm welcomc from 20 me,'- New Year's chants who have gifts for him or her all selected. Rules of the contest state that the baby must be born in Mason County, the parents must live in Ma~z~ County ~nd t)le exact tim~ . • ~. ..... . ::~ ,~lt.; Birth inUst b~:specified in writ- , By .REV. ELMER V. SMITH ing by the attending physician. Thin'year the American people In case of a tie, the award will be distributed at the discretion of the spent $8.5 billion on Christmas contest committee,gifts. The average family purchas- The first baby of 1965 was Mich- ed 30 Christmas gifts at the av- ael Lawrence Holt, son of Mr. anti erage cost of $5.75 a gift for a Mrs. Lonnie Holt. This is the 16th year for the contest in Shelton. total of, roughly, $173.00. This THE LIST OF GIFTS includes is about $5.00 more per family two quarts of milk a (lay from than last year. The American peo- Darigold; a blanket from Millers; ple bought 3.5 billion Christmas a $5 merchandise certificate from cards a~d the Government picked Shelton Electric; a sleeping bag up close to $200 million in posts- from Sprouse Reitz; an over sleep- age. er blanket from Penneys; a pull Now that Christmas is over and toy from Hamlins; a $10 gift cer- the New Year is right around the tificate from Olsen Furniture; ba- corner, how many of us can say by's first portrait from Ziegler's we received this year the greatest Studio; a case of baby food from gift that could possibly bc given M & S Food Store; a $5 merchan- to man? The gift I am speaking iise certificate from Coast-to- about is the Lord Jesus Christ. Coast; a hat box electric hair dry- In John 3:16 it says, "For God er from Lem Warren Refrigera- so loved the world that he gave tion; $10 worth of baby supplies his only begotten Son, that who- from Prepps; a potted plant for soever believeth in him should the mother of the infant from not perish, but have everlasting Cook Plant. Farm; an engraved life." Christ can give to all of us sterling silver cup from Beck-!a new life. withs; a baby scale from Ever- IN II CORINTHIANS 5:17 we green Drug Center; a $10 savings read,' "Therefore if any man be account from Thurston County in Christ, he is a new creature: Savings and Loan Association; a playtex nurser kit from NeWs old things are passed away; be- Pharmacy; a case of baby food hold, all things are become new." So by trusting this One as our from Tradewell; two dozen diapers personal Saviour God will give to From Sears and a case of baby each one of us eternal life and food from Stewart's Foodliner. as we receive Him there will be new joy in our hearts--the joy in Y0uth injured in knowing that our position before God is taken care of by the blood Trafh0 Mishap of the Lord Jesus Christ. Not only joy but also hope, and that hope A 19-year-old Shelton youth is is the appearing of the Lord Jesus in Shelton General Hospital re- Christ. covering from two fractured legs We are told in Titus 2:13, "Look- received when the improvised sled ing for that blessed hope, and the on which he was riding skidded glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ." Publish.ed in "Christmastown, U.S.A.", Shelton, Washington Entered as second el~/~s~ matter at the Post office at Shelton, Washington, 98584 under. Act of Mar~h 8, 1879, Published weekly at 327 West Cota ]4 Pages--2 Sections I0 Cents Per Copy into the path of a car. The Washington State Patrol said that Gary D. Brown was rid- ing on the hood of a car being towed by a car driven by David Glassey, Shelton, on Arcadia Road when it skidded into the path of a car driven by Frank H. Hughes, Shelton. MASONIC INSTALLATION POSTPONED TO TIIURSDAY The Masonic Installation which had been planned for Monday night was postponed until today because of the weather and power outage Monday. William Brickert will be installed as worshipful mas- ter at the public installation cere- mony at 8 p.m. today. New Year At this time of the year we think of peace and this peace will only come t 11 r o u g h the Lord Jesus Christ, the One God sent as a little Babe many years ago. ChrL.t was born to (lie to bear our sin~ so that we could have this eternal life and peace and joy. In I Peter 2:24 we read, "Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed." As God looked upon us Hc saw that man was helpless, incapable of saving himself, and that there was no help for him apart from God's own love, so the greatness of this love has been seen in the gift of His Son. JESUS SAID, "I am the way, the trui,h, and the life; no man cometh unto the father but bS, me," so that ti~e way to Heaven lies open bcforc us through this One Whom wc worship at this season of tlm year. If we turn our backs upon Him there can be no hope for us. The Bible says, "I-tc cants mite his own but his own received him not; but as many as received him to them gave he power to become the sons of God," As we look back to Christmas and fm~vard to tile New Year, would it not be reas- onable and right to accept thit~ One as our egaona, l l vioal, county which fell Sunday night and Monday. The pile of snow in the picture is at the intersec- tion of Railroad Ave. and Thrid Street left there by city street crews when they plowed out - -. [ - " *',";,.,.,...,~,,. h~,.,',:,.£.~: .~', ....... ~...,,U ,,..,,~; ........ traffic lanes on the streets. The streets had streets running deep snow which fell Tuesday was with slush which clogged sto.rm partially melting as it came drains. down, combining with melting PEACEFUL SCENE---These from the snow piled in the snow-laden trees along a rural road present a peacatul secoc to look at in a picture, but, they can be the cause of a lot of trouble when the branches break and fall acro~s electric power or telephone line~. Four StmMed The top news in Mason County during 1965 was growth and pro- gre~, with the announcement in May that the Simpson Timber Co. would construct a new $5 million saw mill on the waterfront here to replace the outdated Mills One and Two. Site preparation for the new mill has been started and contract let for its constrain;ion. The Corrections Center went in- to operation during 1.965 with the ;Reception Center section of the i institution opening in February and the Educational System open-: ing in September. There was disagreement, in the Shelton School District which came and finally did so in October. After the November elections, in which B. Franklin Heuston was re-elected to the board and Richard Brewer was elected to the position which had been held by Mrs. Betty Mc- Clanahan, Q~iggle submitted his resignation to the board and it was accepted. The year closes with retired superintendent R. W. Olt- man once again at the helm of the dis[rict which the board be- gins its search for a new super- intendent. A NEW IIOSi'Yr&L for Mason Cmmty appeared closer with pro- gress during the year including the passage of a $1,100,000 bond issue by the voters in May and a federal allocation of $668,533 al- most assured under the Hill-Harris program by recent action by a state committee for the program. The county saw a new lnaustry with the opening of the Shelton Mobile Homes plant at the Shel- ton Airport by H. O. "Red" Rowe during the year. The community showed it had a generous heart when in the period of a few weeks, it donated or pledged more than $10,000 to the fund to provide kidney ma- chine treatments for Buddy Frank- lin of Island Lake. The effort brought national recog'nition to the community when segments of an NBC-TV special on kidney machine treatment featuring Shelton wer~ • sh own. The weather ma(ae news in 1965 also with the year starting witll one of the heaviest snow storms in years with up to four feet of snow in some of the outlying areas. The snow kept the loggers out of the woods. The severe winter was followed by a pleasant summer which saw a great deal of dry we.athcr which kept fire fighting crews on the ale~-t for much of the time. The community was Jarred by an earthquake in late April, which, while it was sharp, did little major damage. RETIREMENTS and resigna- tions saw several familiar faces no longer in the offices with which they had been associated with. Shelton Police Chief Paul Hinton resigned in May to be sucres,led by Richard Camper of San Rafacl, Calif. In Septcmber, long-tintc ShelLon Fire Chief T. E. Deer re- tired to be succeeded by Allan F. Nevitt of Elms. C. Nolan Mason reslg~]ed as County Auditor to accept a state position and was succeeded by hi~ chief deputy Mrs. Rutl] Boysen sigwHions lo n]o've Two recent IS, _ ..... ' on to other jobs were those of Shelton City Librarian Shirley Beelik, and Home Extension A~'ent Jane Windsor. Successors for both positions have not yet been named. These are the stories which Per$ ns [l'ro g, t The Mason County Sheriff's of- fice Tuesday afternoon brouxht two Bellevue couples out by boat fIom the cabin in which they were stranded on Little I_)eWatto Bay on Hood Canah ;The two e, ouples, Mr. and Mrs:. ;I~red Sessions and ~dr. sDd Nlrs. Robert MeAfee, both of Bellevue, had gone to the cabin Sunday with i the intention of returning home ~{onday. The snow Monday clogged roads so they were unable to get out. Worried relatives in the Seattle area contacted author:tics there and the Coast. Guard relayed the information about the stranded people to the Sheriff's Office here. USING A BOAT behmging to Oliver Gray, Lilliwaup, and pilot- ed by his son, Rex, the deputies crossed the canal Tuesday after- noon and brought the two couples out. The Sheriff's office said that the stranded .people were in no difficulty, and, the two men had crossed the canal in a small boat Tuesday and obtained some food and made arrangemenls for SOITIC- one to come across amt get them by boat \Vednesday morni~tg. Yes, we;m- L;ie ........ You Can Guess Why Last Week when we promised an early Journal this week we did a loosy job of weather forcea:ding. To lip hl)llCSt, ll'e ncvPr ~.~av¢, it a thonght--ncver dreamed there'd be no imwer to operate the lino- |ypes or ;lira the llresaes or evell give us light to lmund at typewriter by on. Monday. Coasequently, Menday was au- other holiday as far a,~ the ,h)urnal s~tff Was ooIlPorne(I, And ,hat's why ymlr Jmlr:ual this weei,; didn't arrive lira dnv ahead of schedule you were promi~ed laM. We4'|¢. One thing We ha)k flu'ward to a.t lhia writing--..m) more early ,Ieul~lals now nI|til Forest Festival week late next May. h:vl,iI~g to normal aftor a tleavy snowfall Sunday night and Men- (iuy clogged roads and s~reets and interrupted electric power and [)hol:e sot'vice. DUD ,3 crews assisted by eight t:ir'(~'S II'OS]I outside the area, were workillg an resloFing electric serv- ice to, rural areas after the most extensive power olltage seen here in many years. F:,r almost. 12 hours Monday, the entn'e aren se.rvieed by PUD 3 lr(:n: the 13em:eville substation on h:p.coland Streel was without povder. Eleclrieily wns restored to the dnwnLowq area :113(1111 :{ p.nL Mon- dHx* ;'~Iid to i:itleh Of lhc rest of the, city about 5 p.m, Ti~e repair cr:,',v~: lben went a i.~ol.tt the task of ehec:.i k." out power lines and re- l)ai:'i,sg them to the rural areas. PUD MANAGER Jerry Sam- p]cs qai,1 Wednet~day morning that b?: V/:,dnesday evening about 80 ~er cent o~ the service shoald be rca%o:'ed. Assisting local repair crc~'s xve~,'o t\vo el'evqs lroln Clark C(nln- Ly f-UD at Vancouver; two from l:{olh Construction Co. Seattle; o~e f.von~ Poteleo Construction Co., Yeh)~.: Iwo from Penin,~tda Power and Light. Gig Harbor and one h'()m Lewis County PUD at Cl~e- hali:~. i)tll'ill/~ the OUiIl~:e in the city Mond: y. three small ClPWS fronl l~mmeville assisted ti~e local men in restoring power Lo the city. Telephone crews also faced a massive repair lob after the heavy ,~;no\v lsvoke nlany lines. A te!ephone company spokes- man said Wednesday roorning that abeut 900 phones were still out of s(,rvi