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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.
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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
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...... 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
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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.
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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 .........
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...... 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
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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 )