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10 LAUNDRY SERVICE AND DRESS SHIRT SUPPLY SERVIOE PHONE HA 6-3165 Evenings WALT WOLDEN Local Representative for NORTHWEST , INDUSTRIAL LAUNDRY COMPANY I ill l i i go for The Good Ught Beer Ha0clber00 SiowBrewed m ,..., ,,, = © m t, , a.,,=L ,,= TV SET SICK? e (Continued from Page 2) commissioners instructed County Prosecuting Attorney Byron Mc- Clanahan to draw up an ordi- nance requiring the identification of power driven boats in Mason .ounty. DICK ANGLE, president of the Shelton Insurance Agents Associ- ation, protested the awarding of the county&apos;s 1959 liability insur- ance to Farmer's Group agent Bill Pearson. Angle said his group had submitted a bid $200 lower than the one submitted by Pearson. The ssion said they gave the bid rsen onthe recommendation state insurance commission- rice becatme it was consid- ood policy to deal with one company on insurance needs if possible. Herb Cromer, who has been a city fireman since 1938, retired from service effective April 1. R. J. (Rocky) Hembroff was named winner of the Shelton Jun- ior Chamber of Commerce Distin- guished Service award for 1958. The state supreme court has ruled that the 1957 law giving the state jurisdiction over law en- forcement on Indian lands is legal. The city of Shelton rejected a bill for $3192 from the Teeney Truck and Tractor company of Olympia on the grounds tt was ex- cessive and also the law did not allow cities to spend more than $2500 without letting bids. LITTLE BRIAN Brehmeyer was found by two sheriff's deputies from Lewis county on Sunday morning about 6:45 April 12 after being lost all night in the woods near Lake Nahwatzel. The bey was was unharmed and in good spirits when found. Prime Minister Nehru of India declined an invitation from Herb Rotter, chairman of the Republi- can Central Committee of Mason county, to attend an international friendship dinner to be held here April 18. A jury of six men and six wom- en found Mrs. Irene Creech guilty of first degree murder on Apql 23. Mrs. Creech's defense maintained she was insane. The trial presided i over by judge Henry Clay Agnew lasted three days. Mrs. Creech's attorney, Henry Opendack, said he would appeal the case to the state supreme court. Plans for a $3,000,000 expansion progranl for th.e Alderbrook Inn were made here by Was ,lohnson te tf. year tube.'.H It is, mew sot tim mute ctms: an a//mew RCA SILVERAMA. As the warranty" card tells you, every SILVERAMA is made of a//-m7 glass, a//. new part,.., ots yea de, sha lifelike pio,. turin. 8o tf your picture tube is out at sorts, why not ask us to replace it with an RCA SILVERAMA. J=t l00ham = m7 is. O.Silvermna. D&K tocal TY Headuars for ALL'N(W SERVICE HA 6,2441 110 Cota St. 8- Pll Steel Eeek00 a'rr00cnv00 l, uct, v, wrm CmLDm00, I¢CONOMICAIe HELPS nET-tIN VITAL FOOD ELEMENTS, OUii OPINIONS ON COOKING UTENSILS, FOOD AND ITS ]['REPARATION MAY WIN A SET FOR YOU. Not necesu to buy to eater. MA  ce SHELTON-MASON COUNTY JOURNAL-- Publishei in hrtsfmasown t I a Hood Canal realtor. A corpora- tion was formed and if present plans materialize the inn will be one of the most plush resorts in the world. Architect's plans for the new expansion have already been completed. The first week in May saw a conflict between the city com- mission and Dean Palmer about the use of wood facings on down- town buildings. The city said Pal- mer must obey a city oIzlinance which prohibits the use of wood fronts on buildings because they are fire hazards. Palmer said his facing was not a fire hazard. A meeting between officials of Simpson, the city of Sheiton, the state fire marshal's office and in- surance underwriters resulted in a change of the ordinance allow- ing the use of certain types of wood facings. THE BODY of Ab Osmun who drowned here on March 30 was found in Hammersley's Inlet. The local office of the state de- partment of public assistance an- nounced that recent budget cuts made by the state in the last legis- lature would mean a reduction of their services in Mason county. The stats cut the budget by about 19 million dollars, j Queen Andrea visited Olympia with governor Albert D. Roselltnt. Judge Henry Clay Agnew turn- ed down a request for a new trial for Mrs, Irene Creech who was convicted here of first degree mur- der. Michael Scrafford, a 15 year old local boy, is recovering from in- juries sustained in an accident with a car while driving his bike. The bey was carried 181 feet by the car which struck him while he was delivering his paper route. QUEEN ANDREA Kneeland presided bver a banquet held in her honor May 21 at the Mt. View grade school. The banquet opened the four day 15th annual Mason County Forest Festival. Among the outstanding events of the festival was the dedication of the Shay locomotive in Brewer Park and the coronation of the Queen at colorful ceremonies held in the high school gym. Large crowds enjoyed the kid- dies Kartoon Parade and Paul Bunyan Parade Saturday morning as it wound through the streets of Shelton with bands, floats produc- ing all the excitement expected of a parade. Saturday afternoon a Logger's Sports show was held at Loop Field and Saturday night the Queen's Ball was held at the Skat- ing Rink on Mt. View. The four day celebration ended Sunday with a big sports car race at the Shelton airport. A Citizens Advisory Committee is studying the space problem of school district 309. The schools are facing this situation because of a continued increase in enrollment. One of the worst space problems exists at the high school lunch :oom which can accommodate 150 students. However, the junior high school has an enrollment of 600 students. * JUNE GOT started on a happy note when representatives of the Simpson Logging Company and the International Woodworkers of America signed an agreement which will run until May 31, 1961. This was the first two year con- tract signed between the company and the union. Union officials said the new contract would mean an increase in pay of from 20 to 23 cents an hour over the two year period. Mason county finds itself in a financial pinch as the result of a law which requires time and a half pay for employees after 40 hours of weekly work. Both the city of Shelton and the county are " Sheln Washin r for I,ounty trying to figure out ways to main- appeared before the city commis- taln present services without get- sion protesting the establishment ting into trouble over the law. of a tavern in that area. The corn- The State Department of Nat- mission referred the matter to the ural Resources sold 475 acres of State Board of Liquor Control. Christmas land here on a 10 year Earl Crumb, principal of the lease basis. Lower Skokomish school, told the The Washington, D. C. office of Mason county board of commis, the U. S. Soil Conservation Serv- stoners he is against any change ice is now considering making a in the present intercounty book- full scale Investigation of the Sko- mobile. Crumb said rural students komish valley for flood control depend heavily on the bookmobile purposes, and it is important to the educa- Joe Lawson, a 16 year Ine S. tional development of the children. Reed high scholl student, saved The Skokomish teacher said Ma- the lives of a 12-year-old boy and son county is a culturally back- his mother when they were swim-: ward area. ruing in Hammersley Inlet. The MAON COUNTY sheriff's dep- mother was watching her son uties are combing Harstine Island swim when he appeared to be in after reports that a man, possibly trouble. She went out to help but mentally deranged, has been breaking into homes and causing a havoc. Shelton Police Chief Paul Hin- ton has returned to duty after be- mg suspended from his position September 17 by mayor Earl Moore. Hinton said he was not mad over his suspension. The dif- ficulty between Moore and Hinton developed concerning his handling of a case involving a police officer K. P. Warner who was accused by fellow policemen of furnishing liquor to two minor Indians. THE MONTH of october saw judge Charles T. Wright rule against Mason county in regard to its present ordinance regarding the acceptance of plats. Judge Wrigh t . ruled that the county must accept the plat of the Ayock Land Compemy at LflUwaup. The board of commissioners had previously rejected the plat on the grounds it did not meet county platting regulations. Judge Wright, in de- livering his decision on the case, said the county did not have the right to demand public access when accepting plats except in cases where public safety is in- volved. He added that the Lilli- waup plat did not involve the pub- lic safety. The court ruling actu- ally went one step further than the demand of the Ayock com- pany in that judge Wright ruled the county could not france a prop- erty owner to sell his land to the county for recreational purposes unless the owner wanted to do so. Shelton Police Chief Paul His- ton, who was suspended from of- rice by mayor Moore on Septem- ber 17, reinstated September 19 and suspended again on Septem- ber 24 said he will appeal his case to the civil service commission. Mrs. Byron Deffinbaugh lost her right leg in a hit and run acci- dent on the Bayshore highway about tlu'ee miles north of town. The car came around the corner as Mrs. Deffinbaugh was picking up shingles from the highway. Local and state police are conducting an intense search for the driver. The county approved a budget of $287,527.84 for 1960 and the city O.K.'ed a budget of $226,189 for the coming year. BERNIE BAILEY, a local bar- ber, filed a list of charges with the city saying the present civil service commission should not hear the Hinton case pending be- fore them because of bias. How- ever, Bailey withdrew his charges the following day. The county board of education approved a budget of $1,600,835 for 1960. The civil service hearing of Po- lice Chief Paul Hinton got under- way here this week with the city presenting their case. The city claims Hinton is guilty of negli- December 31, gent duty on 15 counts including thc destruction of evidence, allow. ing a prisoner to escape from jail and of being critical of police of- ficers when they were performing their duty. The city wanted to have a tape recording allowed in, to the hearing which was made on the evening of September 16 in city hall. The civil service boad ruled the tape inadmissable as evidence. Ac- cording to testimony made by sev- eral police officers, Francis Beat. ty, a 19 year old Indian boy, was arrested by city police on a com. plaint from Larry Durkin. Beatty was di'unk and sleeping on the porch of the home when found by police. Later at the police station Beatty said officer K. P. Warner could not swim herself. Joe saw the mother and boy in trouble as he was leading his cow out to pas- ture near the inlet. He jumped over a fence, ran across the beach and out into the water in a brave effort to save the mother and her boy. Fortunately, he was success- ful. County assessor Willis Burnett increased the valuations on some 600 parcels of land in the north end of the county. Most of the property is waterfrontage. JULY OPENED on a sad note when the home of William White at Lost Lake was destroyed by fire with the loss running around $15,000. Deputy sheriff Sam Clark was restored to duty by the Mason County Civil Service Commission. Clark was discharged from duty last January and had appealed his case to the commission. Prosecuting A t t o r n e y Byron McClanahan filed a writ of use and necessity in order to acquire property on the north shore road for a new highway. Many of the residents there are not in favor of the highway. The Mason county beard of com- missioners turned down a request from Edson Case, a Puyallup law- yer, to compromise the valuations recently made by assessor Willie Burnett on Hood Canal. The price of plywood took a seven dollar wholesale cut accord- ing to the Simpson Logging com- pan3?. Hood Canal property owners were on hand in the Mason coun- ty courthouse when they protest- ed raises in property valuation to the Mason county board of equal- ization. The Shclton Port Commission is trying to acquire a 500 acre In- dustrial site from the U. S. gov- ernment at John's Prairie. The city of McCleaT celebrated their Second Growth Festival from July 31 to August 2. The city of Shelton ordered Bev- erly Heights residents to replace a waterline within 90 days. Ken Eacrett, a 21 year old Shel- ton youth, is in San Matco hos- pital after nearly drowning while swimming in the ocean there re. cently. He is in serious condition. The Mason county board of commissioners turned down a re- quest for the acceptance of a 40 acre plat near Lilliwaup by the Ayock Land Company of Taco- ma. The commission turned dowr the plat on the grounds it did not meet county platting regulations. Law Florence of Olympia won the second annual Sea Fair Sports Car Race held at the Shelton air- port. The city of Shelton ordered 36 property owners to eliminate blind corners on their property which they feel is a traffic hazard. Some 350 north Mason county residents plan to protest their re- cent porperty valuations to the State Tax Commission. They had recently been turned down for tax relief by the Mason county beard of equalization. THE ].959 Mason county fair opened this week at the fair- grounds in the Shelton valley. It is expected the fair will last draw about 6000 people. Nannte L. Cos, 820 Alder street, filed a claim with the city for $1250 because of injuries suffered !in a fall at Second and Cota streets. She maintains the city is at fault because of faulty side- walks. Fourteen million board feet of timber was sold here this month by the U. S. Forestry Se-ice at Hoodsport for $752,775. The Ayock Land Company of Tacoma plans to take their case for the acceptance of a plat at IAlliwaup to superior court on No- vember 2. The board of county commissioners recently turned down their request for the plat acceptance. The city of Shelton is facing budget problems for 1960 and must cut $39,320 off present de* artmental request l the budget to be balanced. • SEPTEMBER got off to a stormy start when Gene Elms, a 32 year old Aberdeen salesman, was forced at gunpoint to drive a stranger to the woods near Mat- lock. Elms said the stranger hit him over the head with the pistol and robbed him of between eight to ten dollars. Police are invetl. gating the matter. County officials will have to chop $68,037 from their prelimin- mT 1960 budget if they are to stay out of the red. County school Superintendent Bill Goodpaster says the one teacher, one pupil school at Ta- huya. is legal. All of the families at Tahuya except onc are sending their children to school at Belfair. Residents of Tahuya voted dowel a consolidation move with school district 403 at. Belfa.ir. Goodpaster feels the one pnpil school is a re- sult of that election and the par- ants of the other Tahuya children are going t0 school at Belfair as a protest against the election. Prior to the one pupil school at Tahuya. Mason county did have the smallest school in the state which is at Harstiue Island and has seven students. Tahuya usu- ally has about 25 students. Dr. Harry Deegan's history of Mason county began appearing in this issue of the Shelton-Mason County Journal. vntm t. Vmw kit ly completed. The pool is being l Dr. Kelvin Hamilton, a native of built by Lee and Betty Kiefer. Mason county's 1959 Christmas trees began hiting the yards this weal/. The Shelton Civil Service Com- mission turned down a request for reconsideration of the 45 day sus- pension meted out to Chief Hinton recently. Police officer Herbert Rishel has notified the civil service board he plans to appeal his case to them. Rishel was recently sus- pended from the force. Chief Deputy Mel Robertson re- turned from a 90 day training pe- riod at the National FBI aca(lemy in Washington, D. C. Mason county observed National Retm'ded Children's Week Irom November 15 to 26. THE LAST WEEK in Novem- ber provided a news story which had great economic significance. This was the announcement by the Simpson Logging Company of their intention of building a new one milion dollar mill on the Shel- ton waterfront. Besides the new mill, plans for deepening Shelton's harbor and creating new indus- trial acreage on the waterfront were announced. The dredging op- eration itself will involve 475,000 cubic yards of silt and gTavel. The new mill will employ about 35 men when completed. The new mill will process about 20,000,000 beard feet of lumber a year and will have the most modern mill equipment. The , new mill will bring Simpson's total daily output here to more than 700,000 board feet making Shelton one of the biggest lumber producing cities in the nation. ; i Damage by recent floods caused losses amounting to about $50,0001 on county roads according to the county engineer's office. Mrs. Gene Rutledge was taken to the University of Washington medical center in Seattle because of an attack of paralytic polio. THE CITY OF Shelton passed a motion in the first week of De- cember to recommend the freeway i plan of Harlan Nelson and As- i sociates of Portland to the state J highway department for the new fern" lane Shelton-Olympia free- way. The engineering firm was hired by the city to make a com- plete study of the highway here and to recommend the locations el interchanges into the city. The Nelson plan calls for a cloverleaf to be located about a mile up Railroad avenue and another ac- cess to be located on the Cole road at the south end of the city. Besides drawing up a freeway plan the company is also making a comprehensive study of the en- tire county. This study is called a comprehensive plan and its pur- pose is to help the area gTOW more effectively from a long range economic standpoint. The city and county have put about $10,000 into this project. The city of Shelton completed a report at the request of the Uni- versity of Washington and Wash- ington State University stating it would take $2.583,000 to put all of the city's streets, highways and storm sPwcrs in first class shape. Roy Dunn was elected presfdent of the Shelton Chamber of Com- merce for 1960. He replaces Dick Souliere. Dr. Louis Beck, Rayonier's Shel- ton research head, was transferred to the corporation's Vancouver, B.C., research department. Dr. Beck had been here since 1950 and was very active in community af- fairs. Replacing Dr. Beck will be of the post office. THE YEAR 1959 was a very active one for Mason county. While the year started with an attitude of cautious optimism, it ended with an attitude of defin- ite optimism. The expansion plans of Simpson was the big story in an economic sense but along with that the Chamber of Commerce has been extremely active. The chamber has several irons in the fire right now and 1960 could see more industrial expansion in Ma- son county. Much credit is due to past chamber president, Dick Souliere, who has worked very hard in an effort to develop the area. HAPPY NEW YEAR. Journal Want Ads JUSTARR New Johnson 1306 Olympio Hwy SO. H illcrest Resident. Shelton Area Special TV Antenna Custom Built Gold Anodized Model SXA 413 Built for this area. Especially better on Channels 7 and 9. D&K SERVICE After exhaustive research in the Shelton area, Designs, Inc., custom built the SXA 13 antenna to the maximum amount of signal to your TV set, and asurei more snow free - ghost free pictures on both black and white and color TV. HA 6-2441 110 COTA ST. 1952 Ford. , . . , $175.00 ty said War00er picked Bcatty, his 16 year old sister and 14 year old :i brother up while off duty on Cota ,r ': street and tool< them f()r a drive Beattytn the aC°'mtrY'bottle ofWarnervodka which°fferedhe: This year glv0 y0ur family ! e i i0 enjoy for years ...... di'ank. Police officers said Chief l Hinton was critical of them for ---[he oonvenieRe and pleasure of a mud oars Our taking this information from Beatty because he was drunk and accused the officers of trying to railroad Warner. School district 404 voters ap- proved a bond issue of $316,000 for the building of a new junior high school at Hoodsport. The bond issue passed by a four to one count. The Shelton Civil Service Com- mission suspended Police Chief Paul Hlnton from duty for 45 days without pay as the result of cbarges brought against him by the city. Hinton was found guilty of censure on three of five counts, The loss in pay-to Hinton will amount to $750. TIlE CITY COMMISSION sus- pended police officer Herbert Rishel from duty on the grounds he was once convicted of a felony and ineligible to hold a job in the department. Rishel's name came up repeatedly in the rccent hear- ing of Chi Hinton. One of the chargcs against Hinton was that he knew Rishel had a record when he hired him. The civil service conunission ruled that he was not guilty of censure on that count. NOVEMBER saw the city com- mission accept the verdict of the civil service commission concern- ,ing Police Chief Paul Hinton who was suspended from duty for 45 days. The commiion however made a motion not to accept the recommendation of the civil serv. ice board in regards to certain criticisms made by the board of the mayor and his advice which the board felt was improper. Construction of a new swim- quality used oars are winlwizod and ready for the road. Oome look and drive these Late Models and Older Oars, If Our Prices Don't Please You Make'an Offer 1958 STUDEBAKER WAGON 1958 RAMBLER 4-DOOR 1957 FORD V-8 FAIR 500 2-DOOR 1957 FORD CUSTOM 6-CYL. 2-DOOR 1955 STUDEBAKER 4-DOOR 1955 G.M.C, PICKUP 1955 MERCURY 2-ODOR 1953 FORD 2-DOOR 6 CYL. l ii ,,| , i 1953 CHEVROLET 4-DOOR • 1953 FORD V-8 1953 PONTIAC 4-DOOR 8 1951 BUICK 4-DOOR  1951 CHRYSLER 4-DOOR 1950 BUICK 4-DOOR 1950 CHEVROLET :, TON 4 SPEED 1947 DODGE 2-TON PICKUP 1941 CHEV, FLATBED ll/-TON RED SAYS: IF YOU MUST DRINK AND DRIVE REMEMBER US FOR EXPERT REPAIR WORK. Jim Pauley, Inc. TERMS -- TRADES FIFTH and RAILROAD PHONE HA. 6-8231 Saegor Motor Canada. '------- The State Finance Committee motors for of Washington was low bidder on $294,000 worth of school district 1960 40t bonds. The interest rate was 4.5 per cent per year It is ex- pected the new school will be ready by September of 1960. B. FRANKLIN Heuston, attor- ney for Police Chief Paul Hinton, said he will take Hinton's 45-day suspension from office without pay to superior court. A public polio clinic is slated for the armory on December 30 from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. 168,000 bales of Christmas trees were shipped from Mason county this year. A case of furnishing liquor to rearurin minors was dismissed by the su- the new parlor court on grounds that for- mer policeman K. P. Warner was J0hns0n not notified of his trial. The county is preparing for the celebration of Christmas with Vm75 many decorations in town includ- ing a 100 foot tree on the lawn fastest moving Sea-Horse ever launchedl See the mighty V-75 and d=' other excttin new 19601 Johnson modem from $ 40 hp--now on our 1960 Preview. Now's a good to talk trade-in| 10 LAUNDRY SERVICE AND DRESS SHIRT SUPPLY SERVIOE PHONE HA 6-3165 Evenings WALT WOLDEN Local Representative for NORTHWEST , INDUSTRIAL LAUNDRY COMPANY I ill l i i go for The Good Ught Beer Ha0clber00 SiowBrewed m ,..., ,,, = © m t, , a.,,=L ,,= TV SET SICK? e (Continued from Page 2) commissioners instructed County Prosecuting Attorney Byron Mc- Clanahan to draw up an ordi- nance requiring the identification of power driven boats in Mason .ounty. DICK ANGLE, president of the Shelton Insurance Agents Associ- ation, protested the awarding of the county's 1959 liability insur- ance to Farmer's Group agent Bill Pearson. Angle said his group had submitted a bid $200 lower than the one submitted by Pearson. The ssion said they gave the bid rsen onthe recommendation state insurance commission- rice becatme it was consid- ood policy to deal with one company on insurance needs if possible. Herb Cromer, who has been a city fireman since 1938, retired from service effective April 1. R. J. (Rocky) Hembroff was named winner of the Shelton Jun- ior Chamber of Commerce Distin- guished Service award for 1958. The state supreme court has ruled that the 1957 law giving the state jurisdiction over law en- forcement on Indian lands is legal. The city of Shelton rejected a bill for $3192 from the Teeney Truck and Tractor company of Olympia on the grounds tt was ex- cessive and also the law did not allow cities to spend more than $2500 without letting bids. LITTLE BRIAN Brehmeyer was found by two sheriff's deputies from Lewis county on Sunday morning about 6:45 April 12 after being lost all night in the woods near Lake Nahwatzel. The bey was was unharmed and in good spirits when found. Prime Minister Nehru of India declined an invitation from Herb Rotter, chairman of the Republi- can Central Committee of Mason county, to attend an international friendship dinner to be held here April 18. A jury of six men and six wom- en found Mrs. Irene Creech guilty of first degree murder on Apql 23. Mrs. Creech's defense maintained she was insane. The trial presided i over by judge Henry Clay Agnew lasted three days. Mrs. Creech's attorney, Henry Opendack, said he would appeal the case to the state supreme court. Plans for a $3,000,000 expansion progranl for th.e Alderbrook Inn were made here by Was ,lohnson te tf. year tube.'.H It is, mew sot tim mute ctms: an a//mew RCA SILVERAMA. As the warranty" card tells you, every SILVERAMA is made of a//-m7 glass, a//. new part,.., ots yea de, sha lifelike pio,. turin. 8o tf your picture tube is out at sorts, why not ask us to replace it with an RCA SILVERAMA. J=t l00ham = m7 is. O.Silvermna. D&K tocal TY Headuars for ALL'N(W SERVICE HA 6,2441 110 Cota St. 8- Pll Steel Eeek00 a'rr00cnv00 l, uct, v, wrm CmLDm00, I¢CONOMICAIe HELPS nET-tIN VITAL FOOD ELEMENTS, OUii OPINIONS ON COOKING UTENSILS, FOOD AND ITS ]['REPARATION MAY WIN A SET FOR YOU. Not necesu to buy to eater. MA  ce SHELTON-MASON COUNTY JOURNAL-- Publishei in hrtsfmasown t I a Hood Canal realtor. A corpora- tion was formed and if present plans materialize the inn will be one of the most plush resorts in the world. Architect's plans for the new expansion have already been completed. The first week in May saw a conflict between the city com- mission and Dean Palmer about the use of wood facings on down- town buildings. The city said Pal- mer must obey a city oIzlinance which prohibits the use of wood fronts on buildings because they are fire hazards. Palmer said his facing was not a fire hazard. A meeting between officials of Simpson, the city of Sheiton, the state fire marshal's office and in- surance underwriters resulted in a change of the ordinance allow- ing the use of certain types of wood facings. THE BODY of Ab Osmun who drowned here on March 30 was found in Hammersley's Inlet. The local office of the state de- partment of public assistance an- nounced that recent budget cuts made by the state in the last legis- lature would mean a reduction of their services in Mason county. The stats cut the budget by about 19 million dollars, j Queen Andrea visited Olympia with governor Albert D. Roselltnt. Judge Henry Clay Agnew turn- ed down a request for a new trial for Mrs, Irene Creech who was convicted here of first degree mur- der. Michael Scrafford, a 15 year old local boy, is recovering from in- juries sustained in an accident with a car while driving his bike. The bey was carried 181 feet by the car which struck him while he was delivering his paper route. QUEEN ANDREA Kneeland presided bver a banquet held in her honor May 21 at the Mt. View grade school. The banquet opened the four day 15th annual Mason County Forest Festival. Among the outstanding events of the festival was the dedication of the Shay locomotive in Brewer Park and the coronation of the Queen at colorful ceremonies held in the high school gym. Large crowds enjoyed the kid- dies Kartoon Parade and Paul Bunyan Parade Saturday morning as it wound through the streets of Shelton with bands, floats produc- ing all the excitement expected of a parade. Saturday afternoon a Logger's Sports show was held at Loop Field and Saturday night the Queen's Ball was held at the Skat- ing Rink on Mt. View. The four day celebration ended Sunday with a big sports car race at the Shelton airport. A Citizens Advisory Committee is studying the space problem of school district 309. The schools are facing this situation because of a continued increase in enrollment. One of the worst space problems exists at the high school lunch :oom which can accommodate 150 students. However, the junior high school has an enrollment of 600 students. * JUNE GOT started on a happy note when representatives of the Simpson Logging Company and the International Woodworkers of America signed an agreement which will run until May 31, 1961. This was the first two year con- tract signed between the company and the union. Union officials said the new contract would mean an increase in pay of from 20 to 23 cents an hour over the two year period. Mason county finds itself in a financial pinch as the result of a law which requires time and a half pay for employees after 40 hours of weekly work. Both the city of Shelton and the county are " Sheln Washin r for I,ounty trying to figure out ways to main- appeared before the city commis- taln present services without get- sion protesting the establishment ting into trouble over the law. of a tavern in that area. The corn- The State Department of Nat- mission referred the matter to the ural Resources sold 475 acres of State Board of Liquor Control. Christmas land here on a 10 year Earl Crumb, principal of the lease basis. Lower Skokomish school, told the The Washington, D. C. office of Mason county board of commis, the U. S. Soil Conservation Serv- stoners he is against any change ice is now considering making a in the present intercounty book- full scale Investigation of the Sko- mobile. Crumb said rural students komish valley for flood control depend heavily on the bookmobile purposes, and it is important to the educa- Joe Lawson, a 16 year Ine S. tional development of the children. Reed high scholl student, saved The Skokomish teacher said Ma- the lives of a 12-year-old boy and son county is a culturally back- his mother when they were swim-: ward area. ruing in Hammersley Inlet. The MAON COUNTY sheriff's dep- mother was watching her son uties are combing Harstine Island swim when he appeared to be in after reports that a man, possibly trouble. She went out to help but mentally deranged, has been breaking into homes and causing a havoc. Shelton Police Chief Paul Hin- ton has returned to duty after be- mg suspended from his position September 17 by mayor Earl Moore. Hinton said he was not mad over his suspension. The dif- ficulty between Moore and Hinton developed concerning his handling of a case involving a police officer K. P. Warner who was accused by fellow policemen of furnishing liquor to two minor Indians. THE MONTH of october saw judge Charles T. Wright rule against Mason county in regard to its present ordinance regarding the acceptance of plats. Judge Wrigh t . ruled that the county must accept the plat of the Ayock Land Compemy at LflUwaup. The board of commissioners had previously rejected the plat on the grounds it did not meet county platting regulations. Judge Wright, in de- livering his decision on the case, said the county did not have the right to demand public access when accepting plats except in cases where public safety is in- volved. He added that the Lilli- waup plat did not involve the pub- lic safety. The court ruling actu- ally went one step further than the demand of the Ayock com- pany in that judge Wright ruled the county could not france a prop- erty owner to sell his land to the county for recreational purposes unless the owner wanted to do so. Shelton Police Chief Paul His- ton, who was suspended from of- rice by mayor Moore on Septem- ber 17, reinstated September 19 and suspended again on Septem- ber 24 said he will appeal his case to the civil service commission. Mrs. Byron Deffinbaugh lost her right leg in a hit and run acci- dent on the Bayshore highway about tlu'ee miles north of town. The car came around the corner as Mrs. Deffinbaugh was picking up shingles from the highway. Local and state police are conducting an intense search for the driver. The county approved a budget of $287,527.84 for 1960 and the city O.K.'ed a budget of $226,189 for the coming year. BERNIE BAILEY, a local bar- ber, filed a list of charges with the city saying the present civil service commission should not hear the Hinton case pending be- fore them because of bias. How- ever, Bailey withdrew his charges the following day. The county board of education approved a budget of $1,600,835 for 1960. The civil service hearing of Po- lice Chief Paul Hinton got under- way here this week with the city presenting their case. The city claims Hinton is guilty of negli- December 31, gent duty on 15 counts including thc destruction of evidence, allow. ing a prisoner to escape from jail and of being critical of police of- ficers when they were performing their duty. The city wanted to have a tape recording allowed in, to the hearing which was made on the evening of September 16 in city hall. The civil service boad ruled the tape inadmissable as evidence. Ac- cording to testimony made by sev- eral police officers, Francis Beat. ty, a 19 year old Indian boy, was arrested by city police on a com. plaint from Larry Durkin. Beatty was di'unk and sleeping on the porch of the home when found by police. Later at the police station Beatty said officer K. P. Warner could not swim herself. Joe saw the mother and boy in trouble as he was leading his cow out to pas- ture near the inlet. He jumped over a fence, ran across the beach and out into the water in a brave effort to save the mother and her boy. Fortunately, he was success- ful. County assessor Willis Burnett increased the valuations on some 600 parcels of land in the north end of the county. Most of the property is waterfrontage. JULY OPENED on a sad note when the home of William White at Lost Lake was destroyed by fire with the loss running around $15,000. Deputy sheriff Sam Clark was restored to duty by the Mason County Civil Service Commission. Clark was discharged from duty last January and had appealed his case to the commission. Prosecuting A t t o r n e y Byron McClanahan filed a writ of use and necessity in order to acquire property on the north shore road for a new highway. Many of the residents there are not in favor of the highway. The Mason county beard of com- missioners turned down a request from Edson Case, a Puyallup law- yer, to compromise the valuations recently made by assessor Willie Burnett on Hood Canal. The price of plywood took a seven dollar wholesale cut accord- ing to the Simpson Logging com- pan3?. Hood Canal property owners were on hand in the Mason coun- ty courthouse when they protest- ed raises in property valuation to the Mason county board of equal- ization. The Shclton Port Commission is trying to acquire a 500 acre In- dustrial site from the U. S. gov- ernment at John's Prairie. The city of McCleaT celebrated their Second Growth Festival from July 31 to August 2. The city of Shelton ordered Bev- erly Heights residents to replace a waterline within 90 days. Ken Eacrett, a 21 year old Shel- ton youth, is in San Matco hos- pital after nearly drowning while swimming in the ocean there re. cently. He is in serious condition. The Mason county board of commissioners turned down a re- quest for the acceptance of a 40 acre plat near Lilliwaup by the Ayock Land Company of Taco- ma. The commission turned dowr the plat on the grounds it did not meet county platting regulations. Law Florence of Olympia won the second annual Sea Fair Sports Car Race held at the Shelton air- port. The city of Shelton ordered 36 property owners to eliminate blind corners on their property which they feel is a traffic hazard. Some 350 north Mason county residents plan to protest their re- cent porperty valuations to the State Tax Commission. They had recently been turned down for tax relief by the Mason county beard of equalization. THE ].959 Mason county fair opened this week at the fair- grounds in the Shelton valley. It is expected the fair will last draw about 6000 people. Nannte L. Cos, 820 Alder street, filed a claim with the city for $1250 because of injuries suffered !in a fall at Second and Cota streets. She maintains the city is at fault because of faulty side- walks. Fourteen million board feet of timber was sold here this month by the U. S. Forestry Se-ice at Hoodsport for $752,775. The Ayock Land Company of Tacoma plans to take their case for the acceptance of a plat at IAlliwaup to superior court on No- vember 2. The board of county commissioners recently turned down their request for the plat acceptance. The city of Shelton is facing budget problems for 1960 and must cut $39,320 off present de* artmental request l the budget to be balanced. • SEPTEMBER got off to a stormy start when Gene Elms, a 32 year old Aberdeen salesman, was forced at gunpoint to drive a stranger to the woods near Mat- lock. Elms said the stranger hit him over the head with the pistol and robbed him of between eight to ten dollars. Police are invetl. gating the matter. County officials will have to chop $68,037 from their prelimin- mT 1960 budget if they are to stay out of the red. County school Superintendent Bill Goodpaster says the one teacher, one pupil school at Ta- huya. is legal. All of the families at Tahuya except onc are sending their children to school at Belfair. Residents of Tahuya voted dowel a consolidation move with school district 403 at. Belfa.ir. Goodpaster feels the one pnpil school is a re- sult of that election and the par- ants of the other Tahuya children are going t0 school at Belfair as a protest against the election. Prior to the one pupil school at Tahuya. Mason county did have the smallest school in the state which is at Harstiue Island and has seven students. Tahuya usu- ally has about 25 students. Dr. Harry Deegan's history of Mason county began appearing in this issue of the Shelton-Mason County Journal. vntm t. Vmw kit ly completed. The pool is being l Dr. Kelvin Hamilton, a native of built by Lee and Betty Kiefer. Mason county's 1959 Christmas trees began hiting the yards this weal/. The Shelton Civil Service Com- mission turned down a request for reconsideration of the 45 day sus- pension meted out to Chief Hinton recently. Police officer Herbert Rishel has notified the civil service board he plans to appeal his case to them. Rishel was recently sus- pended from the force. Chief Deputy Mel Robertson re- turned from a 90 day training pe- riod at the National FBI aca(lemy in Washington, D. C. Mason county observed National Retm'ded Children's Week Irom November 15 to 26. THE LAST WEEK in Novem- ber provided a news story which had great economic significance. This was the announcement by the Simpson Logging Company of their intention of building a new one milion dollar mill on the Shel- ton waterfront. Besides the new mill, plans for deepening Shelton's harbor and creating new indus- trial acreage on the waterfront were announced. The dredging op- eration itself will involve 475,000 cubic yards of silt and gTavel. The new mill will employ about 35 men when completed. The new mill will process about 20,000,000 beard feet of lumber a year and will have the most modern mill equipment. The , new mill will bring Simpson's total daily output here to more than 700,000 board feet making Shelton one of the biggest lumber producing cities in the nation. ; i Damage by recent floods caused losses amounting to about $50,0001 on county roads according to the county engineer's office. Mrs. Gene Rutledge was taken to the University of Washington medical center in Seattle because of an attack of paralytic polio. THE CITY OF Shelton passed a motion in the first week of De- cember to recommend the freeway i plan of Harlan Nelson and As- i sociates of Portland to the state J highway department for the new fern" lane Shelton-Olympia free- way. The engineering firm was hired by the city to make a com- plete study of the highway here and to recommend the locations el interchanges into the city. The Nelson plan calls for a cloverleaf to be located about a mile up Railroad avenue and another ac- cess to be located on the Cole road at the south end of the city. Besides drawing up a freeway plan the company is also making a comprehensive study of the en- tire county. This study is called a comprehensive plan and its pur- pose is to help the area gTOW more effectively from a long range economic standpoint. The city and county have put about $10,000 into this project. The city of Shelton completed a report at the request of the Uni- versity of Washington and Wash- ington State University stating it would take $2.583,000 to put all of the city's streets, highways and storm sPwcrs in first class shape. Roy Dunn was elected presfdent of the Shelton Chamber of Com- merce for 1960. He replaces Dick Souliere. Dr. Louis Beck, Rayonier's Shel- ton research head, was transferred to the corporation's Vancouver, B.C., research department. Dr. Beck had been here since 1950 and was very active in community af- fairs. Replacing Dr. Beck will be of the post office. THE YEAR 1959 was a very active one for Mason county. While the year started with an attitude of cautious optimism, it ended with an attitude of defin- ite optimism. The expansion plans of Simpson was the big story in an economic sense but along with that the Chamber of Commerce has been extremely active. The chamber has several irons in the fire right now and 1960 could see more industrial expansion in Ma- son county. Much credit is due to past chamber president, Dick Souliere, who has worked very hard in an effort to develop the area. HAPPY NEW YEAR. Journal Want Ads JUSTARR New Johnson 1306 Olympio Hwy SO. H illcrest Resident. Shelton Area Special TV Antenna Custom Built Gold Anodized Model SXA 413 Built for this area. Especially better on Channels 7 and 9. D&K SERVICE After exhaustive research in the Shelton area, Designs, Inc., custom built the SXA 13 antenna to the maximum amount of signal to your TV set, and asurei more snow free - ghost free pictures on both black and white and color TV. HA 6-2441 110 COTA ST. 1952 Ford. , . . , $175.00 ty said War00er picked Bcatty, his 16 year old sister and 14 year old :i brother up while off duty on Cota ,r ': street and tool< them f()r a drive Beattytn the aC°'mtrY'bottle ofWarnervodka which°fferedhe: This year glv0 y0ur family ! e i i0 enjoy for years ...... di'ank. Police officers said Chief l Hinton was critical of them for ---[he oonvenieRe and pleasure of a mud oars Our taking this information from Beatty because he was drunk and accused the officers of trying to railroad Warner. School district 404 voters ap- proved a bond issue of $316,000 for the building of a new junior high school at Hoodsport. The bond issue passed by a four to one count. The Shelton Civil Service Com- mission suspended Police Chief Paul Hlnton from duty for 45 days without pay as the result of cbarges brought against him by the city. Hinton was found guilty of censure on three of five counts, The loss in pay-to Hinton will amount to $750. TIlE CITY COMMISSION sus- pended police officer Herbert Rishel from duty on the grounds he was once convicted of a felony and ineligible to hold a job in the department. Rishel's name came up repeatedly in the rccent hear- ing of Chi Hinton. One of the chargcs against Hinton was that he knew Rishel had a record when he hired him. The civil service conunission ruled that he was not guilty of censure on that count. NOVEMBER saw the city com- mission accept the verdict of the civil service commission concern- ,ing Police Chief Paul Hinton who was suspended from duty for 45 days. The commiion however made a motion not to accept the recommendation of the civil serv. ice board in regards to certain criticisms made by the board of the mayor and his advice which the board felt was improper. Construction of a new swim- quality used oars are winlwizod and ready for the road. 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FRANKLIN Heuston, attor- ney for Police Chief Paul Hinton, said he will take Hinton's 45-day suspension from office without pay to superior court. A public polio clinic is slated for the armory on December 30 from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. 168,000 bales of Christmas trees were shipped from Mason county this year. A case of furnishing liquor to rearurin minors was dismissed by the su- the new parlor court on grounds that for- mer policeman K. P. Warner was J0hns0n not notified of his trial. The county is preparing for the celebration of Christmas with Vm75 many decorations in town includ- ing a 100 foot tree on the lawn fastest moving Sea-Horse ever launchedl See the mighty V-75 and d=' other excttin new 19601 Johnson modem from $ 40 hp--now on our 1960 Preview. Now's a good to talk trade-in|