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Percy M Pio 6017 S.E. 86th Ave Portland, Ore CONTEST WINNER  This Nativity at the Delbert Weston home, 701 North street (Mt. View), was one of three division- At J.P. Here Mason county board of and Prosecut- Byron McClan- discussed the justice of courts in Mason at length Monday af- in the courthouse. said the whole of justice courts in needs revamping, that the U.S. Supreme has ruled justice fee to be unconstitutional. present time the state court has an appeal a fee justice court and to make a ruling INTEREST o the county in the justice of the was stimulated by the case of former Shelton po- K. P. Warner who re- had a charge of furnishing "to minors thrown out of court. commission also asked why justice of the Bob Moffett of Lilliwaup in the courthouse when is t Lilliwaup. W. C. Strecken- McClanahan if it was for Moffett to hold court 'said, "I think he court here but only on fall under the juris- Of the justice of the peace county has three justices peace. Rolls Halbert in Bob Moffett at Ltlliwaup' Peters at Belfair. Hal- Peters are paid a salary a month while Moffett is a fee basis. COMMISSION asked Me- why the county had to for handling cases they were already pay- a salary to hold court. are paying out more than on court expense;" said Streckenbaeh. ruling of the U.S. Supreme Would effect justices of the Such as Moffett who in the of the high court have a interest in the outcome case. The high court feels prevent the defendant a fair trial. Justices Peters and Halbert, how- tre not affected by this de- Peters has recently been postmaster at Belfair resign his justice Job as of 1. The board of county will appoint a new to replace him. WAS quite apparent the were not too hap- the justice of the peace Mason county. e Peters Drinking To Work of the Peace Joe Peter continued his policy of offending juveniles to he sentenced five more the holiday week for being of liquor. ERS SENTENCED Elle:T 17, Port Orchard, to 10 plus $3.50 court James D. Deisler, 16, Port 10 days work plus $3.50 Dennis G. Knutson, to 10 days work plus Court costs, William Short, Orchard, 10 days work corn% Costs and Robert 17, Belfair, 15 days work costs. who will rcsign from his January 1 because of his as postmaster, has statewide attention for of putting juvenile of to work instead of giving High School Burglarized Police Department an attempted bar- the junior high school place over the week- h) police, a window was hl'oke]l to gain *ld an attempt was made a vault in the princl- Several Lords includ- hammer and chisel were rom the janitor's room h to open the vault. al winners in the home decorating contest this year sponsored by the Shelton Chamber of Com- merce and Zonta Club. PRIZE +AKER -- This Christmas scene won top honors in Its di- vision of the 1959 home decorating contest for the J. R. Latimers at 6th and Seattle streets. Judging was supervised by the Zonta Club. The third divisional winner, arranged at the Bob Holt homo, 223 West I street (Mt. View) is not pictured because of lighting problems. Herb Rotter'$ Christmas Display Draws Attention By Ethel Dalby It took Herb Rotter to think up semething unusual and border- ing on the bizarre for Christmas tree decorations. The 40 foot fir tree in ilia yard decorated by over 300 dried and treated starfish painted in luminous substance of shades of pink, blue and reds pre- dominating, may be termed the most unusual, fantastic or spec- tacular Christmas tree of the yea,'. ROTTER HAS a black fluor- escent lighting system acroms the highway from his tree which casts its own peculiar light thus illuminating the chemically treat- ed and painted starfish. This blck-tigh.t system, coa-it of two banks. Of four eight foot tubes each. Rotter thin2s the star shape of the fish identifies its use at Christ- mastime. He became interested in trying to preserve and later used a paint to make the starfish more attractive. Experiments began in June of last year, after drying the fish in the sun. Rotter consulted the U. S. Fish- cries Department biologists and with their help furthered a sub- stance of his own, which formula he copyrighted. According to Rotter, he is able to treat and chemically prepare 400 to 500 starfish per hour. The chemical is administered with a hypodermic needle. The Rotters took a trip East with their product and received much encouragement from the maaagtrr of Malhal Fields of 1st 1960 Baby Gets 'Gifted' Start in Life The big race is on to see if it's a pink or blue bundle from heav- en, and who the lucky parents will be of the 1960 New Year baby. LOCAL MERCHANTS will shower the new arrival and his/her parents with gifts to help keep baby healthy and happy. Merch- ants donating to the annual con- test are Prepp's Rexall Drug, $10 In merchandise; Ncedham Fo)d Centqr, a case of 24 cans of baby food; Sprouse-Roity., a baby blan- ket; J. C. Penncy 7o, a crib blan- ket and pair of baby shoes; Me- Conkey Drug Center, baby scale; Coast to Coast Store, $5 in mer- chandise; Cook Plant Farm, a beautiful potted plant; Dean's Studio, baby ix)rtraits; Kitsap-MH- son Dairymen's A'n., 2 quarts of ntilk a day for 30 days; M and S Food Store, a case of 48 cans of baby food; Beckwith's Jewelry, a sterling silwr engraved cup; Lnm- hermen's Mercantile, $10 in mer- chandise; Mode O' Day, a house- dress for mother; Shelton Electric a bottle warmer; Western Auto Supply, a baby jumper; Taylor's Radio Electric, $10 in merchan- dise and a dozen baby bottles, and The Journal, personalized station- cry for morn and dad. Claim Filed For $2860 F]'ank L. Morton and Flora Morton, 915 Cascade, have filed a claim of $2860 for damages re- suiting from an accident whict I,or, k place at Second and Crda oxi De('(,Xlll)er 1. The claim sial.ca l,'lora Morton suffered injuries in a fall due to poor lighting and a faulty curbing at the above h)cation. The $2860 covers medical costs, loss of em- ployment and discomfort resulting trom the accident, " Chicago and also the Mays De- partment Store of New York, both of whom were very interested in his new type of decoration for in- terior decor and also for window display purposes. PERHAPS it was Chuck Rowe who first became interested in RoLLer's product and encouraged im to commercialize the starfish. In any event, this is good news for the local lowly clam and oy- sters, for starfish by the hundred.* fatten and thrive on what used to be fine clam beds. Journal 40/8 Fund Drive Hits $878.74 You wonderful, warm-hearted Mason County neighbors have done it again . . . the 40 & 8- Journal Christmas fund is all it needs to be. LATE contributions amounting to $74.21 have placed the totaJ fund figure at $878.74, near enough to the $900 goal that all expenses have been amply covered with the aid of numerous non- money type donations which help- ed reduce costs. Fifty-nine different homes re- ceived Christmas baskets deliver- ed last Wednesday by 40 & 8 members and PUD 3 personnel. In those homes were 240 children and 105 adults who enjoyed food and toys contained in the Christmas baskets. In addition, 12 bachelor men were fed Christmas meals at the Cota Grill through the courtesy of Edna Johnson and the Christmas fund. Late contributors of money to the fund included: Mr. and Mrs. Roy Castle $I0.00 Dirt Dobbers Garden Club.. 5.00 Lumbermen's Mercantile .... 15.00 Eagles Aerie 2079 .............. 14.00 Mr. anti Mrs. Roy McConkey ........................ 10:00 Mr. and Mrs. J. Eber Angle 5.00 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Locke .... 5.00 Anonymous ............................ 5.00 40 & 8 Club piggy bank .... 5.21 Week's total .............. $74.21 Previous total .......... $804.53 GRAND TOTAI ....... $878.74 CONTRIBUTIONS.. of a non- money type came from the Ki- wanis Club, Cab Scout Pack 110 sponsored by the Rotary Club un- der Cub Master John Halvorsen, the Lil Chilhms 4-H Club, 230 pounds of squash by Harry Bay, candy and nuts by I.W.A. Local 38, about $80 worth of candy by the General Supply Company of Bremerton, James;' Stwens JOG, four boxes of candy canes, plus toys from the American Legion Christmas party and the Junior Chamber of Conuncrce toy collec- tion. The Chrishnas project was di- rected by Mel Dobson of the 40 & 8 witll aid in assembling, packing and delivering the boxes from (Continued on Page 2) Friends Can Give Best Tonic for Mac Rutledge Letters and visits from friends re the best medicine Mac Rut- ledge can take right now as she lies in her hospilal bed in Seattle fighting polio. Th(me are the two XUOSt effec- tive rcnledie for the lonesomeness and deprc.sion which handicap the rcr.overy of any person confined like that :)fi.er leadiug the active kind of life the young Shelton' wonmn has always enjoyed. Her address is South 4th Room, [ 418 University Hospital, Univera- t ity of Wuhington, Seattle 5, Weather High Low Prectp. Dec. 22 .. 39 deg. 32 deg ......... Dec. 23 .. 47 deg. 36 deg. q9 in. Dec. 24 .. 45 deg. 36 deg. .17 in. Dec. 25 .. 46 deg. 32 deg .......... Dec. 26 .. 44 deg. 29 deg ......... 73RD YEAR--NO. 53 Thursday, December 31, 1959 Published in "Uhristmastown, U.S.A.," nter(l a econd cl' matter at th post otfiee at 8helton.Wuhington, qnder Act" of March 8, 1879. Publiehe0 weekly at 107 South 4th ttreet 10 Cents per Copy Dec. 27 .. 37 deg. 32 deg ......... 22 Pages- Three Sections Dec. 28 ,iS deg. 28 deg ........... ...... Rayonier Incorporated. Business Leaders Confident of' 1960 THE PROUD EPKER FAMILY of Camp Gris- dale gather around the new car won by Mrs. Epker in the worldwide Kitchen Queen cooking ware contest. Her entry of 25 words why she liked the ware was chosen by the judges from Woman Wins $10 Award Second Time The first repeat winner was re- corded in the Journal's Who's Who in Ma.m County contest when Mrs. Charles Kent, Star Route 2, box 22, hit the jackpot for $10. HER PREVIOUS success, in the 17th week, was also for $10. On both occasions she Infused one clue and this time she also rots-copied one. It cost her $140, which car- ciea over to the 28th week's jack- pot for a total of $185 to a lucky winner who finds every clue in to- day's Journal. Mrs. Kent found .t5 of the 46 chxes and correctly identified Rookie Morrison, Mason county deputy sheriff who ,.rsontLea Santa Claus for Mason c0nnty youngsters, as the 27th mystery character in the contest, now iU the final stages of il. 30-week span. Mrs. Kent has boon one of the most faithful of the hundreds of contesbmts who have participated in the Who's Who game for near- ly seven months now. This week there were 1193 entrants, the v- enth Umc during the 27 weeks that the entry list has passed the thousand mark. With that $185 jackpot to shoot at, and the holiday hustle out of the way to a large extent, it might be that a record entry list will participate in this 28th chapter of the contest this week. The record was 1445 set in the tenth week when $290 was in the jackpot and Marian Speece won it. County Heads IWant Meeting The Mason county board of com- missioners approved a motion Monday to send a letter to the Commissioner of Public Lands immediately asking for a meeting to discuss the disposition of state forest board lands in Ma)n coun- ty. THE ACTION was taken after the board learned the Department of Natural Resources have re- cently )ld $215,000 worth of state forest bvard lands in Clallam county. The Mason cmmty comnission- ers want forest board land in this county to bc sold in larger amounts than in the past since the county gets 80 per cent of the nmney re- sulting from the sales. thousands of contestants. Sales Director E. M. Evje and Division Manager, Bill Wall, from Ta- coma, made the presentation in front of the Shelton City Hall. See story on page 14 for further particulars. Mr. View Minister Sees Story Of Wise Men As Important Lesson By Rev. Eugene Breid Mt. View Alliance Church Christmas of 1959 is history ...... in homes trhC trees are taken down, premts put away and commer- cially in tile stores, on the streets in our town, everything pertaining to Christmas will all be put away and things will go back to the normal routine. Let us look back to the time right after the birth of Christ and find something on which to nleditate. We h)ok to the st;ory of the Wise Men as found in Matthew 2:1-12. MEN ARE not usually born Kings; they are born s princes and then when the Monarch dies, they become the King. But the birth of the Ln'd Jesus Christ was unique. He was born into this world a King. God's official rep- resentatives were so far from [!m for this important annuncia- tto't that God called to His aid the 'raysierious Gefltih, s dcig'nate.d in Scriptures as "wise men from the East"; they appear and then quickly disappear from all further record; having accomplished fhe mi,sion of proclaiminl the Child as King according to the plan of God. We see in the coming of these Gentiles an indication of the wideniug scope of the Gospel to finally include "WLosoever." The arrival of their caravan in Jerusalem made such an impress- ion in the capital that Herod "was troubled and ,all Jerusalem with Him," (Matt. 2:3). The wise men too became troubled for when they interviewed the rulers, they found that not one of them in Jerusalem had heard a word about the birth of this King in Bethle- hem, a city only six miles away. Surely they must have made a mistake in undertaking their Jour- ney. For how could a King have been born so close and no one had heard of it? But they were re- lieved when they again started out for Bethlehem for the star again appeared before them and they rejoiced with exceeding great joy (Matt. 2:10). They had not been mistaken. The King had been born after all, for "When they came into the house, they saw the young child with Mary His mother and fell down and worshipped Him, and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto Him gifts; gold, frankincense and myrrh." Chrimas is history--yet from the story we have just related, God has a message for the people of Shelton and the world as a whole, that we can like the wise men of old, he wise men and wor- ship the King. Why were these men called wise men in that day? Was is because of their learning; their occnpation of men who stud- ied the stars? PERHAPS THAT is true, but Xt;I,Iliil)tl,',d on Page' 2) Industrial Park Acreage Moves Step Nearer One further step in unraveling the red tape connected with gov- ernment property sales was taken last week when approval of the sale of the 407-acre Navy depot on Johns Prairie to the Shelton Port District was given by Frank- lin Ploete administrator for the General Services Administration. Congressman Russell V. Mack ootified the Journal of Floete's approval in a telegram which read "Adnfinistrator Franklin Fioete of General Services Admin- istration has approved a nego- tiated sale to Port of Shelton of 407 acres of land at Shelton which was used by the Navy and is now surplus. Property contains rail and road facilities which the port can use for future industrial de- velopment. Price is set at $25,000. Final action Armed Services Com- mittee has right of determination." THE PROPOSED sale of the government property now goes into a 30-day waiting period dur- ing which any member of Con- gress can object and hold up its disposal. The Shelton Port Commission made application for the property several months ago when it was declared surplus With the idea of developing it into an industrial park and negotiated a $25,000 price with the GSA office in Se- attle. Alremdy one sizeable industry is interested in locating on a 20- acre segment of the property and efforts to hasten the transfer of ownership to the Port District are being made to permit immediate development of the site. THE STATE Department of Economics and Development has declared the Johns Prairie site one of the finest of its kind in the state and has actively aided in advertising its existence and ad- vantages through channels which would gain attention in industrial circles. "That ts one of the greatest bar- gains we've ever seen in industrial type land," Charles Crocker, staff member of the state agency, told the port commissioners. If the transfer of ownership pro- cedure goes according to antici- pated schedule the site should be actually deeded to the Port Com- mission about February 1. Parr, Claude Jackson, Wilbur Flint and Jay Umphenour filling a truck just before starting a delivery, HITTING THE ReAD--Christmas baskets made possible by the annual 40 & 8- Journal Christmas fund are being loaded for delivery to Mason County families lut wsok. Shown hle ar Ray Simpson Hopes for New Wood Products Market Most Mason county business people are looking forward to the year 1960 with a definite spirit of optimism. Among those who are optimistic about the county's future is Simp- son Logging Company vice,president and general manager, H. W. McCiary. McClary feels Simpson will be able to maintain its pres. ent production, cary on its waterfront expansion program and hope to be able to introduce new wood products to fur- ther expand present markets. Despite the fact that American industry is already geared to a business boom expected in the middle 1960's and competition is keen, McClary thinks Simpson's research, product development, national advertising and merchandis. ing programs will keep the company in a favorable position for national markets. AS FAR AS 1960 is concerned, I McClary had this to say, "We are ,--I LOCAL GIRL .-,o w00o.- w- 0000,otoo., KILLED crate at full capacity and main-| |&| Lain steady employment for our| | worldng force. We expect not only| || t° °perate °ur present facilities t° [ AU T0 CRASH a maximum but to expand to the extent of completing our new mill and our waterfront development program. We are optimistic about the future because we are begin- Evelyn Joy Simons, 20-year-old ning to feel the results of our long range programs which include re- search, product development, na- tmnal advertising and merehan- d::dng. We have introduced sev- eral new products in 1959 and plan to introduce more in 1960 in an effort to further establish Simp- son as a leader in the building products field." "We are c$nfident of '60 in spite of the fact the forest products in- dustry is expanded for the predict- ed boom in the 60's, which has not arrived as yet, and competition for markets Is keen". THE SIMPON company execu- tive based his confidence largely on the long range planning of the company which was instituted several years ago and is now pay- ing off. In tire field 0t "btilldng Pr0ducts Simpson has competed successfully with other wood pro- ducers as well as mantffaeturers of non-wood building products. Harvey Warmwa, mnager of the insulating board plant, pointed out that Simpeon has been able to keep its board mill going steady all through 1959 while the indus- try as a whole was operating on a three to five day week. IIURIE CARLSON, manager of the Shelton First National Bank, is also confident of Mason county's future and said banking (Continued on Page 2) daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Sinmns of Harstine Island, was killed in an auto-think accident near Eugene, Oregon early Tues- day morning. BESIDE8 M] SIMON, three other University of Washington students lost their lives when the car in which they were traveling collided with a ttck on the foggy, ice covered highway. The students were on their way to the Rose Bowl game at Pasadena on Janu- ary 1. Miss Simons was a 1957 gradu- ate of Irene S, Reed high school i where, she won a $100 National Honor Society scholarship upon graduating here. She was a junior at the university at the time of her death. She was ve*T active in : ljg'h school activities while a stu- dent at Irene S. Reed belonging to the Pep Club, Latin Club, year- book assistant eidtor, Rifle Club, the Scarlet S and was one of the 10 top students academically ill her graduating class. She is survived hy her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Simona, Harstine Island; a brother, Frank, Harstine Island; a sister, Mrs. Joe Ursini, Seattle and ber grandpar- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Loute Carlson of Harstine Island. "FUNERAL SERVICES are pending. 1959 VeryActive Year b Mason County By Ed Doherty Mason cotmty looked to the year 1959 with an attitude of cautious timisnL Most l cadets in the lds of government, industry, business and banking felt our economy will depend upon the for- est products market to a large extent. THE COUNTY had made the adjustment resultIItg from the closure of the Rayonier pulp mill. After having stlrvived mmh a heavy blow most business people seemed to be more confident of the arca's economic stability than before the shutdown of Rayonicr. Although there were no positive indications of specific economic growth here, the feeling that the future could bring brighter days was apparent. The reason for this optimism seemed to result from some inborn intuitlve sense rather than from concrete facts to this reporter. Thc first part of January saw the superior court send George Templeton, a 25 year old sex.crim- inal, to the Monroe State Reforn- story on a life sentence. He had been caught here after an extend- ed career molesting women all over the Northwst. Nohm Mason sold his title in- surauee business to Dudley D. Dohm of Olympia. The Mason County Historical Society WarS busy making plans for a complete report on the his- tory of early Mason county. Dick Souliere took over his du- ties as the new president of the Chamber of Commerce in January and hardly started his job when several Chamber members report- ed the state was planning to stop construction of the proposed new Shelton-Olympia freeway. THIS CAUSED quite a stir in bnsiness circles since the new :highway would have a definite cf- :feet ou tourism and business gen- craJly in the county. Roy Dunn took over the post of president nf the Kiwanis. County employees gave a party fox" Susie Pautey who relired from her job as ct)unty auditor after 37 years of local governnmntal serv- ice. Many people from all over the state came to the party paying honor to ior for her many years of faithful, friendly government service. Th board o county ¢omlnla- sioners started working on a plan to get some of the timberlands. now under the conhl of the State Department of Natural Resomces. back under jurisdiction of the county. January had one gloomy day and that was the funeral of Pres- ton Armstrong. Mr. Armstrong had a long career as a boom man on the Shelton waterfront and had :made many close friends here in those years. A building code was proposed for the city of Shelton. The city Jumped sewer rates from $1.25 to $2.50 in order to get funds for needed repairs. Henry Openda'k, a Seattle law- yer, took over the defense of Irene Creech, a 42 yeax old Kennewick woman, held in the county jail on a first degree murder charge. The I state contends Mrs. Creech shot her sister, Mrs. Ehora Bloomflehi, to death in May of 1958 at Mtn- mwa Beach. Death called another well known Sheltonian in Jammry when last rites were held here in the St. David's Episcopal church for Charles Rxlnacres wile was a re- tired vice-president of thc Strop- sol, Logging Company. The Agate grange held a 50tI anniversary celebration at. the grange hall. Lantz Wiss, a charter member of the Agate grange was presented a special golden sheaf by State Grange Master A. tars Nelson. A crowd of over 300 at- tended this outstanding celebra- tion. Tile MONTII of l,'ebm,ary saw Belfair, Allyn a, nd Victor residents vote in a 31 mill levy o raise $50, 000 fox" the cmnstruction of a four yea," Iigh school at Belfair. Tile levy won by a four to one vote. Don Brown was appointed Ma- son county fail" manager for 1959. The mot:hers larch on polio raised $900 fox" medical resealx:h in the areas of birth defects, polio a,nd arthritis. A senate ft)rPstry committee in ()lympia heard an appeal for sen- ate bill 200 wilich wotxld I,esto[c 30,000 acres of tinlherland in Ma- son county to local control if pass- ed. The senate comnntLce was un- happy with SLate Land Commis- sioner Bert Cole when hc told the committee his deparLment had not had enough time to prepare thoh' (tlatmd oa Pa ) Percy M Pio 6017 S.E. 86th Ave Portland, Ore CONTEST WINNER  This Nativity at the Delbert Weston home, 701 North street (Mt. View), was one of three division- At J.P. Here Mason county board of and Prosecut- Byron McClan- discussed the justice of courts in Mason at length Monday af- in the courthouse. said the whole of justice courts in needs revamping, that the U.S. Supreme has ruled justice fee to be unconstitutional. present time the state court has an appeal a fee justice court and to make a ruling INTEREST o the county in the justice of the was stimulated by the case of former Shelton po- K. P. Warner who re- had a charge of furnishing "to minors thrown out of court. commission also asked why justice of the Bob Moffett of Lilliwaup in the courthouse when is t Lilliwaup. W. C. Strecken- McClanahan if it was for Moffett to hold court 'said, "I think he court here but only on fall under the juris- Of the justice of the peace county has three justices peace. Rolls Halbert in Bob Moffett at Ltlliwaup' Peters at Belfair. Hal- Peters are paid a salary a month while Moffett is a fee basis. COMMISSION asked Me- why the county had to for handling cases they were already pay- a salary to hold court. are paying out more than on court expense;" said Streckenbaeh. ruling of the U.S. Supreme Would effect justices of the Such as Moffett who in the of the high court have a interest in the outcome case. The high court feels prevent the defendant a fair trial. Justices Peters and Halbert, how- tre not affected by this de- Peters has recently been postmaster at Belfair resign his justice Job as of 1. The board of county will appoint a new to replace him. WAS quite apparent the were not too hap- the justice of the peace Mason county. e Peters Drinking To Work of the Peace Joe Peter continued his policy of offending juveniles to he sentenced five more the holiday week for being of liquor. ERS SENTENCED Elle:T 17, Port Orchard, to 10 plus $3.50 court James D. Deisler, 16, Port 10 days work plus $3.50 Dennis G. Knutson, to 10 days work plus Court costs, William Short, Orchard, 10 days work corn% Costs and Robert 17, Belfair, 15 days work costs. who will rcsign from his January 1 because of his as postmaster, has statewide attention for of putting juvenile of to work instead of giving High School Burglarized Police Department an attempted bar- the junior high school place over the week- h) police, a window was hl'oke]l to gain *ld an attempt was made a vault in the princl- Several Lords includ- hammer and chisel were rom the janitor's room h to open the vault. al winners in the home decorating contest this year sponsored by the Shelton Chamber of Com- merce and Zonta Club. PRIZE +AKER -- This Christmas scene won top honors in Its di- vision of the 1959 home decorating contest for the J. R. Latimers at 6th and Seattle streets. Judging was supervised by the Zonta Club. The third divisional winner, arranged at the Bob Holt homo, 223 West I street (Mt. View) is not pictured because of lighting problems. Herb Rotter'$ Christmas Display Draws Attention By Ethel Dalby It took Herb Rotter to think up semething unusual and border- ing on the bizarre for Christmas tree decorations. The 40 foot fir tree in ilia yard decorated by over 300 dried and treated starfish painted in luminous substance of shades of pink, blue and reds pre- dominating, may be termed the most unusual, fantastic or spec- tacular Christmas tree of the yea,'. ROTTER HAS a black fluor- escent lighting system acroms the highway from his tree which casts its own peculiar light thus illuminating the chemically treat- ed and painted starfish. This blck-tigh.t system, coa-it of two banks. Of four eight foot tubes each. Rotter thin2s the star shape of the fish identifies its use at Christ- mastime. He became interested in trying to preserve and later used a paint to make the starfish more attractive. Experiments began in June of last year, after drying the fish in the sun. Rotter consulted the U. S. Fish- cries Department biologists and with their help furthered a sub- stance of his own, which formula he copyrighted. According to Rotter, he is able to treat and chemically prepare 400 to 500 starfish per hour. The chemical is administered with a hypodermic needle. The Rotters took a trip East with their product and received much encouragement from the maaagtrr of Malhal Fields of 1st 1960 Baby Gets 'Gifted' Start in Life The big race is on to see if it's a pink or blue bundle from heav- en, and who the lucky parents will be of the 1960 New Year baby. LOCAL MERCHANTS will shower the new arrival and his/her parents with gifts to help keep baby healthy and happy. Merch- ants donating to the annual con- test are Prepp's Rexall Drug, $10 In merchandise; Ncedham Fo)d Centqr, a case of 24 cans of baby food; Sprouse-Roity., a baby blan- ket; J. C. Penncy 7o, a crib blan- ket and pair of baby shoes; Me- Conkey Drug Center, baby scale; Coast to Coast Store, $5 in mer- chandise; Cook Plant Farm, a beautiful potted plant; Dean's Studio, baby ix)rtraits; Kitsap-MH- son Dairymen's A'n., 2 quarts of ntilk a day for 30 days; M and S Food Store, a case of 48 cans of baby food; Beckwith's Jewelry, a sterling silwr engraved cup; Lnm- hermen's Mercantile, $10 in mer- chandise; Mode O' Day, a house- dress for mother; Shelton Electric a bottle warmer; Western Auto Supply, a baby jumper; Taylor's Radio Electric, $10 in merchan- dise and a dozen baby bottles, and The Journal, personalized station- cry for morn and dad. Claim Filed For $2860 F]'ank L. Morton and Flora Morton, 915 Cascade, have filed a claim of $2860 for damages re- suiting from an accident whict I,or, k place at Second and Crda oxi De('(,Xlll)er 1. The claim sial.ca l,'lora Morton suffered injuries in a fall due to poor lighting and a faulty curbing at the above h)cation. The $2860 covers medical costs, loss of em- ployment and discomfort resulting trom the accident, " Chicago and also the Mays De- partment Store of New York, both of whom were very interested in his new type of decoration for in- terior decor and also for window display purposes. PERHAPS it was Chuck Rowe who first became interested in RoLLer's product and encouraged im to commercialize the starfish. In any event, this is good news for the local lowly clam and oy- sters, for starfish by the hundred.* fatten and thrive on what used to be fine clam beds. Journal 40/8 Fund Drive Hits $878.74 You wonderful, warm-hearted Mason County neighbors have done it again . . . the 40 & 8- Journal Christmas fund is all it needs to be. LATE contributions amounting to $74.21 have placed the totaJ fund figure at $878.74, near enough to the $900 goal that all expenses have been amply covered with the aid of numerous non- money type donations which help- ed reduce costs. Fifty-nine different homes re- ceived Christmas baskets deliver- ed last Wednesday by 40 & 8 members and PUD 3 personnel. In those homes were 240 children and 105 adults who enjoyed food and toys contained in the Christmas baskets. In addition, 12 bachelor men were fed Christmas meals at the Cota Grill through the courtesy of Edna Johnson and the Christmas fund. Late contributors of money to the fund included: Mr. and Mrs. Roy Castle $I0.00 Dirt Dobbers Garden Club.. 5.00 Lumbermen's Mercantile .... 15.00 Eagles Aerie 2079 .............. 14.00 Mr. anti Mrs. Roy McConkey ........................ 10:00 Mr. and Mrs. J. Eber Angle 5.00 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Locke .... 5.00 Anonymous ............................ 5.00 40 & 8 Club piggy bank .... 5.21 Week's total .............. $74.21 Previous total .......... $804.53 GRAND TOTAI ....... $878.74 CONTRIBUTIONS.. of a non- money type came from the Ki- wanis Club, Cab Scout Pack 110 sponsored by the Rotary Club un- der Cub Master John Halvorsen, the Lil Chilhms 4-H Club, 230 pounds of squash by Harry Bay, candy and nuts by I.W.A. Local 38, about $80 worth of candy by the General Supply Company of Bremerton, James;' Stwens JOG, four boxes of candy canes, plus toys from the American Legion Christmas party and the Junior Chamber of Conuncrce toy collec- tion. The Chrishnas project was di- rected by Mel Dobson of the 40 & 8 witll aid in assembling, packing and delivering the boxes from (Continued on Page 2) Friends Can Give Best Tonic for Mac Rutledge Letters and visits from friends re the best medicine Mac Rut- ledge can take right now as she lies in her hospilal bed in Seattle fighting polio. Th(me are the two XUOSt effec- tive rcnledie for the lonesomeness and deprc.sion which handicap the rcr.overy of any person confined like that :)fi.er leadiug the active kind of life the young Shelton' wonmn has always enjoyed. Her address is South 4th Room, [ 418 University Hospital, Univera- t ity of Wuhington, Seattle 5, Weather High Low Prectp. Dec. 22 .. 39 deg. 32 deg ......... Dec. 23 .. 47 deg. 36 deg. q9 in. Dec. 24 .. 45 deg. 36 deg. .17 in. Dec. 25 .. 46 deg. 32 deg .......... Dec. 26 .. 44 deg. 29 deg ......... 73RD YEAR--NO. 53 Thursday, December 31, 1959 Published in "Uhristmastown, U.S.A.," nter(l a econd cl' matter at th post otfiee at 8helton.Wuhington, qnder Act" of March 8, 1879. Publiehe0 weekly at 107 South 4th ttreet 10 Cents per Copy Dec. 27 .. 37 deg. 32 deg ......... 22 Pages- Three Sections Dec. 28 ,iS deg. 28 deg ........... ...... Rayonier Incorporated. Business Leaders Confident of' 1960 THE PROUD EPKER FAMILY of Camp Gris- dale gather around the new car won by Mrs. Epker in the worldwide Kitchen Queen cooking ware contest. Her entry of 25 words why she liked the ware was chosen by the judges from Woman Wins $10 Award Second Time The first repeat winner was re- corded in the Journal's Who's Who in Ma.m County contest when Mrs. Charles Kent, Star Route 2, box 22, hit the jackpot for $10. HER PREVIOUS success, in the 17th week, was also for $10. On both occasions she Infused one clue and this time she also rots-copied one. It cost her $140, which car- ciea over to the 28th week's jack- pot for a total of $185 to a lucky winner who finds every clue in to- day's Journal. Mrs. Kent found .t5 of the 46 chxes and correctly identified Rookie Morrison, Mason county deputy sheriff who ,.rsontLea Santa Claus for Mason c0nnty youngsters, as the 27th mystery character in the contest, now iU the final stages of il. 30-week span. Mrs. Kent has boon one of the most faithful of the hundreds of contesbmts who have participated in the Who's Who game for near- ly seven months now. This week there were 1193 entrants, the v- enth Umc during the 27 weeks that the entry list has passed the thousand mark. With that $185 jackpot to shoot at, and the holiday hustle out of the way to a large extent, it might be that a record entry list will participate in this 28th chapter of the contest this week. The record was 1445 set in the tenth week when $290 was in the jackpot and Marian Speece won it. County Heads IWant Meeting The Mason county board of com- missioners approved a motion Monday to send a letter to the Commissioner of Public Lands immediately asking for a meeting to discuss the disposition of state forest board lands in Ma)n coun- ty. THE ACTION was taken after the board learned the Department of Natural Resources have re- cently )ld $215,000 worth of state forest bvard lands in Clallam county. The Mason cmmty comnission- ers want forest board land in this county to bc sold in larger amounts than in the past since the county gets 80 per cent of the nmney re- sulting from the sales. thousands of contestants. Sales Director E. M. Evje and Division Manager, Bill Wall, from Ta- coma, made the presentation in front of the Shelton City Hall. See story on page 14 for further particulars. Mr. View Minister Sees Story Of Wise Men As Important Lesson By Rev. Eugene Breid Mt. View Alliance Church Christmas of 1959 is history ...... in homes trhC trees are taken down, premts put away and commer- cially in tile stores, on the streets in our town, everything pertaining to Christmas will all be put away and things will go back to the normal routine. Let us look back to the time right after the birth of Christ and find something on which to nleditate. We h)ok to the st;ory of the Wise Men as found in Matthew 2:1-12. MEN ARE not usually born Kings; they are born s princes and then when the Monarch dies, they become the King. But the birth of the Ln'd Jesus Christ was unique. He was born into this world a King. God's official rep- resentatives were so far from [!m for this important annuncia- tto't that God called to His aid the 'raysierious Gefltih, s dcig'nate.d in Scriptures as "wise men from the East"; they appear and then quickly disappear from all further record; having accomplished fhe mi,sion of proclaiminl the Child as King according to the plan of God. We see in the coming of these Gentiles an indication of the wideniug scope of the Gospel to finally include "WLosoever." The arrival of their caravan in Jerusalem made such an impress- ion in the capital that Herod "was troubled and ,all Jerusalem with Him," (Matt. 2:3). The wise men too became troubled for when they interviewed the rulers, they found that not one of them in Jerusalem had heard a word about the birth of this King in Bethle- hem, a city only six miles away. Surely they must have made a mistake in undertaking their Jour- ney. For how could a King have been born so close and no one had heard of it? But they were re- lieved when they again started out for Bethlehem for the star again appeared before them and they rejoiced with exceeding great joy (Matt. 2:10). They had not been mistaken. The King had been born after all, for "When they came into the house, they saw the young child with Mary His mother and fell down and worshipped Him, and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto Him gifts; gold, frankincense and myrrh." Chrimas is history--yet from the story we have just related, God has a message for the people of Shelton and the world as a whole, that we can like the wise men of old, he wise men and wor- ship the King. Why were these men called wise men in that day? Was is because of their learning; their occnpation of men who stud- ied the stars? PERHAPS THAT is true, but Xt;I,Iliil)tl,',d on Page' 2) Industrial Park Acreage Moves Step Nearer One further step in unraveling the red tape connected with gov- ernment property sales was taken last week when approval of the sale of the 407-acre Navy depot on Johns Prairie to the Shelton Port District was given by Frank- lin Ploete administrator for the General Services Administration. Congressman Russell V. Mack ootified the Journal of Floete's approval in a telegram which read "Adnfinistrator Franklin Fioete of General Services Admin- istration has approved a nego- tiated sale to Port of Shelton of 407 acres of land at Shelton which was used by the Navy and is now surplus. Property contains rail and road facilities which the port can use for future industrial de- velopment. Price is set at $25,000. Final action Armed Services Com- mittee has right of determination." THE PROPOSED sale of the government property now goes into a 30-day waiting period dur- ing which any member of Con- gress can object and hold up its disposal. The Shelton Port Commission made application for the property several months ago when it was declared surplus With the idea of developing it into an industrial park and negotiated a $25,000 price with the GSA office in Se- attle. Alremdy one sizeable industry is interested in locating on a 20- acre segment of the property and efforts to hasten the transfer of ownership to the Port District are being made to permit immediate development of the site. THE STATE Department of Economics and Development has declared the Johns Prairie site one of the finest of its kind in the state and has actively aided in advertising its existence and ad- vantages through channels which would gain attention in industrial circles. "That ts one of the greatest bar- gains we've ever seen in industrial type land," Charles Crocker, staff member of the state agency, told the port commissioners. If the transfer of ownership pro- cedure goes according to antici- pated schedule the site should be actually deeded to the Port Com- mission about February 1. Parr, Claude Jackson, Wilbur Flint and Jay Umphenour filling a truck just before starting a delivery, HITTING THE ReAD--Christmas baskets made possible by the annual 40 & 8- Journal Christmas fund are being loaded for delivery to Mason County families lut wsok. Shown hle ar Ray Simpson Hopes for New Wood Products Market Most Mason county business people are looking forward to the year 1960 with a definite spirit of optimism. Among those who are optimistic about the county's future is Simp- son Logging Company vice,president and general manager, H. W. McCiary. McClary feels Simpson will be able to maintain its pres. ent production, cary on its waterfront expansion program and hope to be able to introduce new wood products to fur- ther expand present markets. Despite the fact that American industry is already geared to a business boom expected in the middle 1960's and competition is keen, McClary thinks Simpson's research, product development, national advertising and merchandis. ing programs will keep the company in a favorable position for national markets. AS FAR AS 1960 is concerned, I McClary had this to say, "We are ,--I LOCAL GIRL .-,o w00o.- w- 0000,otoo., KILLED crate at full capacity and main-| |&| Lain steady employment for our| | worldng force. We expect not only| || t° °perate °ur present facilities t° [ AU T0 CRASH a maximum but to expand to the extent of completing our new mill and our waterfront development program. We are optimistic about the future because we are begin- Evelyn Joy Simons, 20-year-old ning to feel the results of our long range programs which include re- search, product development, na- tmnal advertising and merehan- d::dng. We have introduced sev- eral new products in 1959 and plan to introduce more in 1960 in an effort to further establish Simp- son as a leader in the building products field." "We are c$nfident of '60 in spite of the fact the forest products in- dustry is expanded for the predict- ed boom in the 60's, which has not arrived as yet, and competition for markets Is keen". THE SIMPON company execu- tive based his confidence largely on the long range planning of the company which was instituted several years ago and is now pay- ing off. In tire field 0t "btilldng Pr0ducts Simpson has competed successfully with other wood pro- ducers as well as mantffaeturers of non-wood building products. Harvey Warmwa, mnager of the insulating board plant, pointed out that Simpeon has been able to keep its board mill going steady all through 1959 while the indus- try as a whole was operating on a three to five day week. IIURIE CARLSON, manager of the Shelton First National Bank, is also confident of Mason county's future and said banking (Continued on Page 2) daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Sinmns of Harstine Island, was killed in an auto-think accident near Eugene, Oregon early Tues- day morning. BESIDE8 M] SIMON, three other University of Washington students lost their lives when the car in which they were traveling collided with a ttck on the foggy, ice covered highway. The students were on their way to the Rose Bowl game at Pasadena on Janu- ary 1. Miss Simons was a 1957 gradu- ate of Irene S, Reed high school i where, she won a $100 National Honor Society scholarship upon graduating here. She was a junior at the university at the time of her death. She was ve*T active in : ljg'h school activities while a stu- dent at Irene S. Reed belonging to the Pep Club, Latin Club, year- book assistant eidtor, Rifle Club, the Scarlet S and was one of the 10 top students academically ill her graduating class. She is survived hy her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Simona, Harstine Island; a brother, Frank, Harstine Island; a sister, Mrs. Joe Ursini, Seattle and ber grandpar- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Loute Carlson of Harstine Island. "FUNERAL SERVICES are pending. 1959 VeryActive Year b Mason County By Ed Doherty Mason cotmty looked to the year 1959 with an attitude of cautious timisnL Most l cadets in the lds of government, industry, business and banking felt our economy will depend upon the for- est products market to a large extent. THE COUNTY had made the adjustment resultIItg from the closure of the Rayonier pulp mill. After having stlrvived mmh a heavy blow most business people seemed to be more confident of the arca's economic stability than before the shutdown of Rayonicr. Although there were no positive indications of specific economic growth here, the feeling that the future could bring brighter days was apparent. The reason for this optimism seemed to result from some inborn intuitlve sense rather than from concrete facts to this reporter. Thc first part of January saw the superior court send George Templeton, a 25 year old sex.crim- inal, to the Monroe State Reforn- story on a life sentence. He had been caught here after an extend- ed career molesting women all over the Northwst. Nohm Mason sold his title in- surauee business to Dudley D. Dohm of Olympia. The Mason County Historical Society WarS busy making plans for a complete report on the his- tory of early Mason county. Dick Souliere took over his du- ties as the new president of the Chamber of Commerce in January and hardly started his job when several Chamber members report- ed the state was planning to stop construction of the proposed new Shelton-Olympia freeway. THIS CAUSED quite a stir in bnsiness circles since the new :highway would have a definite cf- :feet ou tourism and business gen- craJly in the county. Roy Dunn took over the post of president nf the Kiwanis. County employees gave a party fox" Susie Pautey who relired from her job as ct)unty auditor after 37 years of local governnmntal serv- ice. Many people from all over the state came to the party paying honor to ior for her many years of faithful, friendly government service. Th board o county ¢omlnla- sioners started working on a plan to get some of the timberlands. now under the conhl of the State Department of Natural Resomces. back under jurisdiction of the county. January had one gloomy day and that was the funeral of Pres- ton Armstrong. Mr. Armstrong had a long career as a boom man on the Shelton waterfront and had :made many close friends here in those years. A building code was proposed for the city of Shelton. The city Jumped sewer rates from $1.25 to $2.50 in order to get funds for needed repairs. Henry Openda'k, a Seattle law- yer, took over the defense of Irene Creech, a 42 yeax old Kennewick woman, held in the county jail on a first degree murder charge. The I state contends Mrs. Creech shot her sister, Mrs. Ehora Bloomflehi, to death in May of 1958 at Mtn- mwa Beach. Death called another well known Sheltonian in Jammry when last rites were held here in the St. David's Episcopal church for Charles Rxlnacres wile was a re- tired vice-president of thc Strop- sol, Logging Company. The Agate grange held a 50tI anniversary celebration at. the grange hall. Lantz Wiss, a charter member of the Agate grange was presented a special golden sheaf by State Grange Master A. tars Nelson. A crowd of over 300 at- tended this outstanding celebra- tion. Tile MONTII of l,'ebm,ary saw Belfair, Allyn a, nd Victor residents vote in a 31 mill levy o raise $50, 000 fox" the cmnstruction of a four yea," Iigh school at Belfair. Tile levy won by a four to one vote. Don Brown was appointed Ma- son county fail" manager for 1959. The mot:hers larch on polio raised $900 fox" medical resealx:h in the areas of birth defects, polio a,nd arthritis. A senate ft)rPstry committee in ()lympia heard an appeal for sen- ate bill 200 wilich wotxld I,esto[c 30,000 acres of tinlherland in Ma- son county to local control if pass- ed. The senate comnntLce was un- happy with SLate Land Commis- sioner Bert Cole when hc told the committee his deparLment had not had enough time to prepare thoh' (tlatmd oa Pa )