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;tuber 31, 1959 SlqELTON- MKSON COUNTY JOURNAL--Published in "Oh rdstmaAtown,' U:S:A.," Shetton Washin BOAT STORAGE Inside- to 18 Feet :MONTHLY RATES DELIGHT PASS 2 HOOP TESTS IN 57-51 WIN NORTH--RALLY ABILITY, BENCH RESERVE M:trk down A grades for the i l in morale-lifting than the two Highclimbers in two more basks%- [ i.,fi] points it gave the Climbers at a ball leers. [ ::iz: time when they were trailing, 32- They answered with clarity and l 37. conviction, during a pulse-l)ound- : FIT(?HETT got another one just itlz 57-51 victory owr N(wlh Kit- . like it early in the fourth period PARK Phone HA 6-4045 all we have served the past year all those we hope k serve in the coming we extend our best Wishes for 1960. MASON GOUNTY ROQFING AND INSULATION GO. VERN OLSON 220 South 8th St. Phone HA 6-6417 .'tp Last week, the imporLant ques- tiorls of their ability to come-from- behimt and is there anything on the bench to bolster the six play- trs wire have been putting in vir- lually all the heavy duty so far. The way this club scrapped back after being ten points down three times during tile first quarter an- swered the first question, and the performance of Bill Ftchett an- swered the other'. NORTll KITSAP, a mighty good looking ball clnb in any fan's eyes, raced off to discouraging looking ten-point leads at 14-4, 16-6, and 18-8 during the first quarter and appeared to be set for a comfort- able evening's workout at High- climber expense. Scrappy little Ray Manke. got the Highclimber comeback rolling with two morale-building bits of thievery which resulted in break- away baskets sandwiched around a Viking basket and a lay-in by Laurie Somers which chopped the count to 20-15 at the first quarter buzzer. :Manke's second steal and basket barely beat the timer. AND  DID Roy Buzzard's rebound basket at the half which sent the Climbers to the dressing room with a 30-29 advantage. They had gained their first level- ing of the count at 3:15 of the second period on Greg Vermillion's shot from the key for a 26-26 deadlock and their first lead at 2:27 when lanky Greg converted a pair of foul shots, only to have the Vikings snatch it back on a field goal by Paulson and a foul shot by Mehus at 1:32. Then came Buzzard's last second bucket. Starting the second half, the Vikings again pulled ahead and held five-point leads twice dnring the third period, which ended at 41-38, and at 43-38 as Milton hit for the opening score of the final quarter. BUT TIlE CLIMBERS weren't buying tim loser's role this night. Vermillion and Fitchett hit jump shots from the key and Vermin lion connected three more times in the next two minutes to pull Shelton into a 48-45 advantage, Let's celebrate the arrival of the New Year with best wishes t0 our many hometown friends. MANLEY'S Fountain Service Vl AND JACK. MANLEY Seen at Almost Every Local Sports Event I BILL FITCHETT Hits In Pinch-hit Role only a break-away lay-in by North's Steve Maddocks interrupt- ing the skein. The Vikings refused to play dead, however, and Milton and Maddocks hit quick baskets to give the visitors a 49-48 edge with 2:14 showing on the clock. Then Manke pulled off the night's most unlikely score. Mak- ing another interception, the little guy drove hard for the basket, ap- parently was completely covered, tried to find a teammate, couldn't, so leaped high for a desperate jump shot around the foul line. He was fouled and that probably helped make the shot hit its mark. It put Shelton ahead, 50-49, with 1:43 on the clock and started a string of eight straight points which sewed up the game. VERMILLION followed Manke's circus shot with a rebound basket, Bloomfield and Buzzard converted fouls, Vermillion cashed in anoth- er rebound and it was 56-49 before Paulson broke the string with a Viking goal. Bloomfield finished the night's scoring with a foul Just before the final buzzer. It was the kind of ball game that sent the customers home with pounding pulses and an appetite for more of the same, the second contest in a row of the same fla- vor, the fourth straight success for the Highclimbers after their season opening loss. Getting back to Fitehett a mo- ment, the 6-1 senior got his chance when Bloomfield couldn't find the range from h/s outside post. He entered the game momentarily at the end of the first half, returned in the middle of the third quarter and promptly hit a long Jump shot back of hte key which meant more with Shelton trailing, 43-40, and that seemed to light the fire for from that moment on the Climb- ers outscored the Vikings, 15 to 8, in the remainder of the game. Had the Climbers enjoyed any kind of luck on their shooting it would have been a breeze, but in the third quarter particularly and to some extent in the second at least a dozen shots crawled right out of the mouth of the iron ring when they seemed headed for the twine. For the entire game the Climbers made only 23 of 81 at- tempts while the Vikings made 22 of 61. Foul .shooting was better, 11 of 17 for Shelton, poorer for North Kitsap, 7 of 15. SIX-FOUR VERMILION con- tinued to show why he was an all- stater in Montana last year, stuff- ing in 26 points for his best out- put of the season so far, his fourth 20-point total in five games. Sein- ers continued to show improve- ment, picked up 11 points and did a fine rebounding job. Maddocka hit 17 for the Vikings, Milton 14, Paulson 12 for a well- balanced soring &ttack. The Climbers do some traveling in the next few days with treks scheduled to Port Angeles Dec. 30, to Kelso Jan. 2, and to .North Kit- sap Ja. 5, all top-flight clubs. A Central League engagement brings Montesano here Jan. 8 for thenext home game. The llneups: SHELTON 57 NORTH 51 Close 3 f Maddocks 17 Somers II f Blrd Vermillion 26 c Dahistrom 7 Make 6 g Milton 14 Bloomfield 4 g Paulson 12 Subs: Shetton--Fitchett 4, Buz- zard 3, Sharpes. North --Mehus I, Williams, Clark, Ellason. Seers by Qurte Shelton .......... 15 15 8 19---.57 North ............ 20 9 14 8---51 ls LOSE THRILLER TO VIKINGS Corky Petersun and Bill Den- nis, two promising sophs, scored 35 points between them but got little scoring aid from their team- mates ao the Little Climbers went down to a narrow 49-46 defeat at the hands of the Viking B team in the prelim last week. The game was even all the way with quarterly margins of 11-10 and 23-21 for the winners and a 35-35 starloff going into the last period. Dennis had eight field goals in his 17 points, Peterson six with his 18 points. The lineups: NORTH 49 SHELTON 46 Lawrence 13 f Carlson 5 Wilson 9 f Dennis 17 Mauser 8 c Peterson 18 Uusitalo 5 g Simons 3 Eliason 8 g Watson 3 Subs: North -- Smallback 6, Clark, Adair. Shelton- Schnei- der, Sells, Johnston. Score by Quarters Shelton .......... 10 11 14 11---46 North ............ 11 12 12 14---49 Members on Seashore, Mountain Foothills SEAHOUNT NEW LEAGUE TITLE Seamount! There's the name of the new athletic conference in which the Shelton Highcltmbera will be com- peting starttng next fall. Seamount was chosen as the new league mordker by majority vote of approximately 3,000 stu- dents in the seven schools com- posing the league membership. It won out over Ttmbertide and Suburban, the second and third place choices in the voting of stu- dent bodies at Shelton, North Thurston, Fife, White River, Pen- insula, Bethel and Curtis high schools. Curtis is a new school located in University Plaee, a Ta- coma suburb. ORGANIZATION OF the new league has been completed during a series of meetings among rep- resentatives of the seven schools during the past three months and football  and basketball schedules have already been completed for the first year's competition among the conference members. Spring sports schedules for 1961 will be arranged at later session, In forming the new league, Shelton and North Thurston dropped out of the Central League, the other schools from the West Central League, except Curtis, Which is a new school without previous league affiliation and which will not have its flint se- nior class until the 1961-62 school term. i IN ARRANGING the football i schede, elton and North ] Thurston asked to be dated for II the week of Armistice Day aa a traditional pdIng hereafter. For l the past several yea the High- climbers have playe Chehalis during the Armistice Day week, with North Thurstoh as one of the first three or four tmes o their slate. ' .... .The new lgue Still faces, the threat of an adverse 'deelslon on a tate level which woud affect She!ton and North Thuron, cur- rently included geographically in the Southwest Washington ditrict. i i i i uu 'CATS OR CI.IMBEJS? The Central League basketball season which Shelton and Elma activated Tuesday night, some six hours after this Journal was put to bed shapes up as a duel be- tween Jerry Vermillion's Shelton Highclimbers and Tom Smith's Chehalis Bearcats, with Woody Bozarth's North Thurston Rams as a dangerous da-k-horse third party which could understandably usurp the title either or both of the favorites aspire to. Chehalis has been in the fore- front of the forecasting race since the first turnouts back around Armistice Day. At that time the Rams were figured to be the chief challenger, with an all-veteran re- turning lineup which had excel- lent size in Dale Ford, Gary Bow- er, and Gary Shugarts, but the Highclimbers have come along in their half dozen practice games has skyrocketed them from their role Of the unknown quantity right into a share of the favorite role. No one euld forer then the ren,.kble tragflguration the addition of oe good ball player could nikko to tl 1958-59 Hlg- climber club which finbhed tffth in the seven.tem eoifference with a 4.aatd.8 record. It was conceded the Climbers would be considerably improved, but no one entertained even re- mote hopes that the clnb would have any championship possibili- ties. After a half dozen practice games, and on the eve of the opening of the conference sched- ule, things are vastly different. The six-foot-four Vermillion has clearly demonstrated why he was named an all-stater in Montana last year and has provided the Highelimbers with the one criti- cal ingredient they needed to be a good, solid ball club--a man prop- erly equipped to handle the pivot post. Each game the Cllmber have looked better after a stumbling start n their operant, and they llve met Some very good bail clubs in the five gamet they've pl.yed so few. Their triumphs over North and South K/tsap and East Bremerton all real tests, have lifted Climber stock high on the Central Lea- gue stock market as the race for the title gets under way. The Central League as a whole flguPes to be considerably strong- er than it was a year ago, even though this year it appears to have two distinct divisions, for Elms and Montesano have the stuff to give trouble to favored three on any given night, and St. Martins, although destined for an- other tallender, won't be any push- oven" for the rest. Chehalis Ima six iettermon re- turning from last yr's sevnd place club, including 0-3 Jerry Klja and 6-1 Dave Dowling, both starters in 1959. Bud We- din, 6-0, Roffer Gaxrett, 54, AI- la Allle, 5-8, and Orrin Smith, 5-10, are other 1959 lettermen. With these six and a fine crop of B squad grads, the Barcats rto the No, I choLc for the champlonxhlp. The Climbers get the No. 2 spot with Vermillion added to five re. turning lettermen--Ray Manke, Meal Close, Laurie Seiners, Ron Guthrie, and Sherry Halbert. Ver. million, Close and Seiners give the Climbers a front line averaging 6-3. North Thurston's No. 3 spot is earned by the presence of the Ford-Bowers Shugarts trio already mentioned, a front line only an inch under that of the Climbers. Montessno and Elma are hard to choose between for the No. 4 spot. The Bulldogs have foul" let- termen, including the execption- ally capable George Ralnes, who has been moved from center to forward t0 get non-letterman Roy Frizzell's '6-foot-2 range into the lineup. Doug Hoflin,: Ken Napion- tek and Glenn Roderick are the other returning vets. Is supplied with fair experleeice, too, la the persons of Bob Beeebower and Chuck Hepwortb 6- eentt, from last year's Sflzrters, Mike Murphy and To Eaton from the var lty resevve  On the flip of a coin weql give Montesano the 4th spot, Ehna the fifth. Tlit leaves the cellar for St, Martins, which got short changed most severely on experience of all i GELLULOUSES WIN RESEARGII TITLE RAYONIER RESEARCH (final first half) fashion his 1959-60 club frol B squad returnees and sophomores chiefly. One of the best of the latter" is husky Hugh Antonson while the pick of the former are Bob Bucsko, Keith Bonlac, Art Acuff and Frank Bertak. The lone letterman is Chuck Johnson. So this is the Sideliner's fore- cast. Late in February we'll look again and see where the teams upset the dope. YEAR-END NOTES Washington State Sports Writ- ers Association surprised a lot of people when they placed Mac Ar- rington of Chehall, at fullback on their mythical all-state football team, announced last week. Other players whom the High- climbers met during their 1959 season who made honorable men- tion from the Sports Writers se- lections included Don Moore, Bell- armine, and Tom Kelley, Mt. Ver- non, both ends; Roger Bird, North K'itsap tackle; Steve Maddocks, North Kitsap, and John Day, Mt. Vernon, both quarterbacks. No Highclimbers were mention- ed by the Association voters, and suprisingly neither was Bxxme Wilson, the Mt. Vernon halfback who gave the Climbers so much trouble in the opening game of the season. Yim ad Rochester, two s'hoois who join the Central League next year, pro'ed they are rtdy for the move to high- er ranking by ianging Imaket. ball defeats on a couple of their future league brothers last week, Yalm shading both North Thurstun and Monto and Rochester avenging an eavlier defeat by haghtg & ten-point licking on Elms. Appreciation for the voluntary aid Pat Smith has given St. Mar- tins prep football teams the past three seasons was expressed in the form of a special placque pre- sented him as a surprise at the annual Ranger awards dinner last week. , Smith is a former Highclimber football and basketball star of pre-World War II vintage who now owns a restaurant in Olym- pia and has a son attending St. Martins. Pat has been assisting the St. Martins coaching staff without pay. There are more, undobutedly, but as you read these lines more than 15 Mason County folk known to this scrivener are either on their way to or trove already arrived at the scene to see the Rose Bowl football game New Year's Day. This Column knows these neigh- bore to be among the group Harold and Kay Sutherland, Kay Scott, Joe Tics, Buck Armstrong, Joe McConkey, Pat Price, Virginia Wvatt, Barb Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. Cole, Barb Cole, Ted Han- son, Ed and Rick Beck. THREADS NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS by Wlllard Kessel Another year is nearly com- plete and everyone, well, al- most everyone, is determined to' resolutions which he vows to keep during the New Yea'. " Since most teenagers also set up resolutions for themselves,, I would like to take the oppor- tunity to suggest that one of' the resolutions on each teen-, ager's llst should be to follow the Teen Commandments during' the New Year and every year, thereafter. . , These commandments were drawn up by San' Francisco high school students, and, since then, have appeared in many articles concerning tgenagers. Read and hsedfor, they apply to YOU. W L ') 1 ' Cellulouses ....................... 371, ,,2 ,,. Maintenance ................... 36 24 Acctate Aces .................. 33 27 Silva Foxes ...................... 31 29 Wood Birds .................... 29 31 Clockwatchers ................ 27 33 Pin Curlers .................... 26!/,., 33!. Rayonettes ...................... 20 40 High gme .-- Ted Wittenberg 203 High total  Ted Wittenberg 566 Maintenance fell one game short of overtaking the Cellulouses in a driving finish last week as first half play closed in the Rayonier Research bowling league. Maintenance t Don Woods 486) needed all four points but man- aged only three in the face-to-face  match with the CeUulousea (Rolls Halbert 497). In Other finales, the Silva Foxe (Ted Wittenberg 566) blanked the Pin Curlers (Wanda Sehirmer 465), the Clockwatchers (Bob El- liot(516) won a 3-1 verdict from the Rayonettos (Norma Smith 35) and the Acetate Aces (Dick Nelson 516) drew with the Wood Birds (Ralph Davison 520). o Our Many Friends Whom We Have Enjoyed Serving in 1959 We Extend Wishes FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR Walter Tyyniemaa, Lillian Dale, Merritt Eells, Tony Bisser, Judy Trail, George Valley Diamonds Mean Baseball to Him Eells and Valley Appliance Center The district i attempting to compel both ech001 to affiliate ,the_conference clubs. with proposed new league align, coach Bernie Harvey has had.to ments within the boundaries of I ; =  - - -, I the district but to which the two [| TII I TU 1 II ( schools strongly object because of l[ |IlUI IV InS lllta I I} the excessive travel diances |n- I| Computed for Hood Canal ground and Mark Morris of Long- I | umana troy uass are I hr. ann | I vw in the propoaed district sel- It appeal from the district edict ha been made by Shelton and North Thurston to the State Athletic Board, whoe decision l expected at Its next meeting Jan- uary 30. PREP  BASKETBALL SCORES North Tkurston 80, Peninatla 60 Olympia 45, Sumner 9 East Brem 52, South Kit 37 Sequim 68, Chimacum 42 Port Angeles 33, West Brera 32 Rochester 49, llma 39 Vancouver 59, Centralia 38 Anacortes 56, Sedro Woolley 38 Yelm 40, Montesao 39 Renton 44, Aberdeen 31 Hudson's Bay 62, Hoquiam 4,2 Chehalis 65, Castle Rook 37 MIXED FOURSOME W b Bluffed ................................. 4 0 Deer Slayers ........................ 2 2 Who Knows .......................... 2 Rusy Ducks ......................... 2 2 Timber Ducks .................... 2 2 Wee Uns ................................ 2 2 Odd Bal ................................ 2 2 Pin Busters .......................... 0 4 High Scores Men:e game--harlie Savage 214 Men s total .--rlie m 598 GaYs game--Shlrley Stltes 195 GI's total--Shirley Stltes 511 Friday, +an. 1 Low ................ .. 0:11 a.m. High ................ 7:23 a.m. Low .................. 1:10 p.m. High ................ 6:04 p.m. S.V, =a Low .................. 0:58 m. High ................ 8:07 a,m. Low .................. 2:05 p.m, High ................ 7:04 p.m. Low .................. 1:46 a.m. High ................ 8:41 a.m. Low .................. 3:08 p.m. High ................ 8:12 p.m. Monday, J 4 Low .................. 2:36 a.m. High ................ 9:35 a.m. LOw .................. 4:09 p.m. High ................ 9:32 p,m. Low .................. 3:30 a.m. I High ................ 10:19 a.m. i Low .................. 5:11 p.m. [High ................ 11:04 p,m. Wednesday, Jam 6 Low ' 4:28 a.m. ttigh ................ 11:04 a.m. Low .................. 6:10 p,m. Thars, Jail 7 High ................ 0:40 a.m. Low ................ 5:32 .m. High ................ 11:49 a.m. Low .................. 7:04 p.m. -2.7 ft. 13,8 ft. 6.3 ft. 11.0 ;t. -1.7 ft. 13.7 ft. 6.7 ft. 10.2 ft. 0.5 ft. 13,4 ft. 5,1 ft. 9,4 ft. 2.0 ft. 13.0 ft. 4.5 ft. 8.8 ft. 3.4 ft. 12.5 ft. 3.7 fL 8.5 ft. 4.8 ft. 12.0 ft. 3.0 ft. 8.8 ft. 6.0 it. 11.7 ft. 2.2 ft. 1. Stop and think before you, drink. 2. Don't let your parents' down--they brought you up. 3. Be humble enough to obey, You'll be giving orders yourself, some day. 4. At the first moment turn  away from unclean thinking---' at the first moment. 5. Don't show off when driv- ing. If you want to race, go to Indianapolis. 6. Choose a date who would make a flood mate. 7. Go to church faithfully. The Creator gives you a week; give Him back an hour. 8. Choose your companions carefully. You are what they are. 9. Avoid the crowd. Be an engine---not a caboose. 10. Or even better--lveep the  original Ten Commandments. From the staff at Parker's Mr. and Mrs. Shop to you: best wishes for a very happy and prosperous New Year! The opinions expressed in this column do not necessarily re- flect the views of the sponsor. rkerY Mr. & Mrs. Shop Happy New Yearl We hope the year ahead will I: the most successful of m=ny and that you'll have grelt happiness. Delight Park Mr. and Mrs. Art Hazelqtdst • • We're celebrstln| t1e New Year by thankin you for your fr/end0hip, Needs Pneumatic Protectien at Times PLUMBING, HEATING & SHEET METAL LES HANSEN, OWNER i i UUll Ulll i Ulllll War Threatens In Indo-China! Starvation Faces Civilization Due To Population Increase ! Million Dollar U. S. Missile Explodes On Lunching Pad! Cuba To Receive War Goods From Russia! Top Heavy Government Increasing Tax Load! Cost of Living Index Up 2%! Have a Happy New Year Mr. & Mrs. Shop ;tuber 31, 1959 SlqELTON- MKSON COUNTY JOURNAL--Published in "Oh rdstmaAtown,' U:S:A.," Shetton Washin BOAT STORAGE Inside- to 18 Feet :MONTHLY RATES DELIGHT PASS 2 HOOP TESTS IN 57-51 WIN NORTH--RALLY ABILITY, BENCH RESERVE M:trk down A grades for the i l in morale-lifting than the two Highclimbers in two more basks%- [ i.,fi] points it gave the Climbers at a ball leers. [ ::iz: time when they were trailing, 32- They answered with clarity and l 37. conviction, during a pulse-l)ound- : FIT(?HETT got another one just itlz 57-51 victory owr N(wlh Kit- . like it early in the fourth period PARK Phone HA 6-4045 all we have served the past year all those we hope k serve in the coming we extend our best Wishes for 1960. MASON GOUNTY ROQFING AND INSULATION GO. VERN OLSON 220 South 8th St. Phone HA 6-6417 .'tp Last week, the imporLant ques- tiorls of their ability to come-from- behimt and is there anything on the bench to bolster the six play- trs wire have been putting in vir- lually all the heavy duty so far. The way this club scrapped back after being ten points down three times during tile first quarter an- swered the first question, and the performance of Bill Ftchett an- swered the other'. NORTll KITSAP, a mighty good looking ball clnb in any fan's eyes, raced off to discouraging looking ten-point leads at 14-4, 16-6, and 18-8 during the first quarter and appeared to be set for a comfort- able evening's workout at High- climber expense. Scrappy little Ray Manke. got the Highclimber comeback rolling with two morale-building bits of thievery which resulted in break- away baskets sandwiched around a Viking basket and a lay-in by Laurie Somers which chopped the count to 20-15 at the first quarter buzzer. :Manke's second steal and basket barely beat the timer. AND  DID Roy Buzzard's rebound basket at the half which sent the Climbers to the dressing room with a 30-29 advantage. They had gained their first level- ing of the count at 3:15 of the second period on Greg Vermillion's shot from the key for a 26-26 deadlock and their first lead at 2:27 when lanky Greg converted a pair of foul shots, only to have the Vikings snatch it back on a field goal by Paulson and a foul shot by Mehus at 1:32. Then came Buzzard's last second bucket. Starting the second half, the Vikings again pulled ahead and held five-point leads twice dnring the third period, which ended at 41-38, and at 43-38 as Milton hit for the opening score of the final quarter. BUT TIlE CLIMBERS weren't buying tim loser's role this night. Vermillion and Fitchett hit jump shots from the key and Vermin lion connected three more times in the next two minutes to pull Shelton into a 48-45 advantage, Let's celebrate the arrival of the New Year with best wishes t0 our many hometown friends. MANLEY'S Fountain Service Vl AND JACK. MANLEY Seen at Almost Every Local Sports Event I BILL FITCHETT Hits In Pinch-hit Role only a break-away lay-in by North's Steve Maddocks interrupt- ing the skein. The Vikings refused to play dead, however, and Milton and Maddocks hit quick baskets to give the visitors a 49-48 edge with 2:14 showing on the clock. Then Manke pulled off the night's most unlikely score. Mak- ing another interception, the little guy drove hard for the basket, ap- parently was completely covered, tried to find a teammate, couldn't, so leaped high for a desperate jump shot around the foul line. He was fouled and that probably helped make the shot hit its mark. It put Shelton ahead, 50-49, with 1:43 on the clock and started a string of eight straight points which sewed up the game. VERMILLION followed Manke's circus shot with a rebound basket, Bloomfield and Buzzard converted fouls, Vermillion cashed in anoth- er rebound and it was 56-49 before Paulson broke the string with a Viking goal. Bloomfield finished the night's scoring with a foul Just before the final buzzer. It was the kind of ball game that sent the customers home with pounding pulses and an appetite for more of the same, the second contest in a row of the same fla- vor, the fourth straight success for the Highclimbers after their season opening loss. Getting back to Fitehett a mo- ment, the 6-1 senior got his chance when Bloomfield couldn't find the range from h/s outside post. He entered the game momentarily at the end of the first half, returned in the middle of the third quarter and promptly hit a long Jump shot back of hte key which meant more with Shelton trailing, 43-40, and that seemed to light the fire for from that moment on the Climb- ers outscored the Vikings, 15 to 8, in the remainder of the game. Had the Climbers enjoyed any kind of luck on their shooting it would have been a breeze, but in the third quarter particularly and to some extent in the second at least a dozen shots crawled right out of the mouth of the iron ring when they seemed headed for the twine. For the entire game the Climbers made only 23 of 81 at- tempts while the Vikings made 22 of 61. Foul .shooting was better, 11 of 17 for Shelton, poorer for North Kitsap, 7 of 15. SIX-FOUR VERMILION con- tinued to show why he was an all- stater in Montana last year, stuff- ing in 26 points for his best out- put of the season so far, his fourth 20-point total in five games. Sein- ers continued to show improve- ment, picked up 11 points and did a fine rebounding job. Maddocka hit 17 for the Vikings, Milton 14, Paulson 12 for a well- balanced soring &ttack. The Climbers do some traveling in the next few days with treks scheduled to Port Angeles Dec. 30, to Kelso Jan. 2, and to .North Kit- sap Ja. 5, all top-flight clubs. A Central League engagement brings Montesano here Jan. 8 for thenext home game. The llneups: SHELTON 57 NORTH 51 Close 3 f Maddocks 17 Somers II f Blrd Vermillion 26 c Dahistrom 7 Make 6 g Milton 14 Bloomfield 4 g Paulson 12 Subs: Shetton--Fitchett 4, Buz- zard 3, Sharpes. North --Mehus I, Williams, Clark, Ellason. Seers by Qurte Shelton .......... 15 15 8 19---.57 North ............ 20 9 14 8---51 ls LOSE THRILLER TO VIKINGS Corky Petersun and Bill Den- nis, two promising sophs, scored 35 points between them but got little scoring aid from their team- mates ao the Little Climbers went down to a narrow 49-46 defeat at the hands of the Viking B team in the prelim last week. The game was even all the way with quarterly margins of 11-10 and 23-21 for the winners and a 35-35 starloff going into the last period. Dennis had eight field goals in his 17 points, Peterson six with his 18 points. The lineups: NORTH 49 SHELTON 46 Lawrence 13 f Carlson 5 Wilson 9 f Dennis 17 Mauser 8 c Peterson 18 Uusitalo 5 g Simons 3 Eliason 8 g Watson 3 Subs: North -- Smallback 6, Clark, Adair. Shelton- Schnei- der, Sells, Johnston. Score by Quarters Shelton .......... 10 11 14 11---46 North ............ 11 12 12 14---49 Members on Seashore, Mountain Foothills SEAHOUNT NEW LEAGUE TITLE Seamount! There's the name of the new athletic conference in which the Shelton Highcltmbera will be com- peting starttng next fall. Seamount was chosen as the new league mordker by majority vote of approximately 3,000 stu- dents in the seven schools com- posing the league membership. It won out over Ttmbertide and Suburban, the second and third place choices in the voting of stu- dent bodies at Shelton, North Thurston, Fife, White River, Pen- insula, Bethel and Curtis high schools. Curtis is a new school located in University Plaee, a Ta- coma suburb. ORGANIZATION OF the new league has been completed during a series of meetings among rep- resentatives of the seven schools during the past three months and football  and basketball schedules have already been completed for the first year's competition among the conference members. Spring sports schedules for 1961 will be arranged at later session, In forming the new league, Shelton and North Thurston dropped out of the Central League, the other schools from the West Central League, except Curtis, Which is a new school without previous league affiliation and which will not have its flint se- nior class until the 1961-62 school term. i IN ARRANGING the football i schede, elton and North ] Thurston asked to be dated for II the week of Armistice Day aa a traditional pdIng hereafter. For l the past several yea the High- climbers have playe Chehalis during the Armistice Day week, with North Thurstoh as one of the first three or four tmes o their slate. ' .... .The new lgue Still faces, the threat of an adverse 'deelslon on a tate level which woud affect She!ton and North Thuron, cur- rently included geographically in the Southwest Washington ditrict. i i i i uu 'CATS OR CI.IMBEJS? The Central League basketball season which Shelton and Elma activated Tuesday night, some six hours after this Journal was put to bed shapes up as a duel be- tween Jerry Vermillion's Shelton Highclimbers and Tom Smith's Chehalis Bearcats, with Woody Bozarth's North Thurston Rams as a dangerous da-k-horse third party which could understandably usurp the title either or both of the favorites aspire to. Chehalis has been in the fore- front of the forecasting race since the first turnouts back around Armistice Day. At that time the Rams were figured to be the chief challenger, with an all-veteran re- turning lineup which had excel- lent size in Dale Ford, Gary Bow- er, and Gary Shugarts, but the Highclimbers have come along in their half dozen practice games has skyrocketed them from their role Of the unknown quantity right into a share of the favorite role. No one euld forer then the ren,.kble tragflguration the addition of oe good ball player could nikko to tl 1958-59 Hlg- climber club which finbhed tffth in the seven.tem eoifference with a 4.aatd.8 record. It was conceded the Climbers would be considerably improved, but no one entertained even re- mote hopes that the clnb would have any championship possibili- ties. After a half dozen practice games, and on the eve of the opening of the conference sched- ule, things are vastly different. The six-foot-four Vermillion has clearly demonstrated why he was named an all-stater in Montana last year and has provided the Highelimbers with the one criti- cal ingredient they needed to be a good, solid ball club--a man prop- erly equipped to handle the pivot post. Each game the Cllmber have looked better after a stumbling start n their operant, and they llve met Some very good bail clubs in the five gamet they've pl.yed so few. Their triumphs over North and South K/tsap and East Bremerton all real tests, have lifted Climber stock high on the Central Lea- gue stock market as the race for the title gets under way. The Central League as a whole flguPes to be considerably strong- er than it was a year ago, even though this year it appears to have two distinct divisions, for Elms and Montesano have the stuff to give trouble to favored three on any given night, and St. Martins, although destined for an- other tallender, won't be any push- oven" for the rest. Chehalis Ima six iettermon re- turning from last yr's sevnd place club, including 0-3 Jerry Klja and 6-1 Dave Dowling, both starters in 1959. Bud We- din, 6-0, Roffer Gaxrett, 54, AI- la Allle, 5-8, and Orrin Smith, 5-10, are other 1959 lettermen. With these six and a fine crop of B squad grads, the Barcats rto the No, I choLc for the champlonxhlp. The Climbers get the No. 2 spot with Vermillion added to five re. turning lettermen--Ray Manke, Meal Close, Laurie Seiners, Ron Guthrie, and Sherry Halbert. Ver. million, Close and Seiners give the Climbers a front line averaging 6-3. North Thurston's No. 3 spot is earned by the presence of the Ford-Bowers Shugarts trio already mentioned, a front line only an inch under that of the Climbers. Montessno and Elma are hard to choose between for the No. 4 spot. The Bulldogs have foul" let- termen, including the execption- ally capable George Ralnes, who has been moved from center to forward t0 get non-letterman Roy Frizzell's '6-foot-2 range into the lineup. Doug Hoflin,: Ken Napion- tek and Glenn Roderick are the other returning vets. Is supplied with fair experleeice, too, la the persons of Bob Beeebower and Chuck Hepwortb 6- eentt, from last year's Sflzrters, Mike Murphy and To Eaton from the var lty resevve  On the flip of a coin weql give Montesano the 4th spot, Ehna the fifth. Tlit leaves the cellar for St, Martins, which got short changed most severely on experience of all i GELLULOUSES WIN RESEARGII TITLE RAYONIER RESEARCH (final first half) fashion his 1959-60 club frol B squad returnees and sophomores chiefly. One of the best of the latter" is husky Hugh Antonson while the pick of the former are Bob Bucsko, Keith Bonlac, Art Acuff and Frank Bertak. The lone letterman is Chuck Johnson. So this is the Sideliner's fore- cast. Late in February we'll look again and see where the teams upset the dope. YEAR-END NOTES Washington State Sports Writ- ers Association surprised a lot of people when they placed Mac Ar- rington of Chehall, at fullback on their mythical all-state football team, announced last week. Other players whom the High- climbers met during their 1959 season who made honorable men- tion from the Sports Writers se- lections included Don Moore, Bell- armine, and Tom Kelley, Mt. Ver- non, both ends; Roger Bird, North K'itsap tackle; Steve Maddocks, North Kitsap, and John Day, Mt. Vernon, both quarterbacks. No Highclimbers were mention- ed by the Association voters, and suprisingly neither was Bxxme Wilson, the Mt. Vernon halfback who gave the Climbers so much trouble in the opening game of the season. Yim ad Rochester, two s'hoois who join the Central League next year, pro'ed they are rtdy for the move to high- er ranking by ianging Imaket. ball defeats on a couple of their future league brothers last week, Yalm shading both North Thurstun and Monto and Rochester avenging an eavlier defeat by haghtg & ten-point licking on Elms. Appreciation for the voluntary aid Pat Smith has given St. Mar- tins prep football teams the past three seasons was expressed in the form of a special placque pre- sented him as a surprise at the annual Ranger awards dinner last week. , Smith is a former Highclimber football and basketball star of pre-World War II vintage who now owns a restaurant in Olym- pia and has a son attending St. Martins. Pat has been assisting the St. Martins coaching staff without pay. There are more, undobutedly, but as you read these lines more than 15 Mason County folk known to this scrivener are either on their way to or trove already arrived at the scene to see the Rose Bowl football game New Year's Day. This Column knows these neigh- bore to be among the group Harold and Kay Sutherland, Kay Scott, Joe Tics, Buck Armstrong, Joe McConkey, Pat Price, Virginia Wvatt, Barb Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. Cole, Barb Cole, Ted Han- son, Ed and Rick Beck. THREADS NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS by Wlllard Kessel Another year is nearly com- plete and everyone, well, al- most everyone, is determined to' resolutions which he vows to keep during the New Yea'. " Since most teenagers also set up resolutions for themselves,, I would like to take the oppor- tunity to suggest that one of' the resolutions on each teen-, ager's llst should be to follow the Teen Commandments during' the New Year and every year, thereafter. . , These commandments were drawn up by San' Francisco high school students, and, since then, have appeared in many articles concerning tgenagers. Read and hsedfor, they apply to YOU. W L ') 1 ' Cellulouses ....................... 371, ,,2 ,,. Maintenance ................... 36 24 Acctate Aces .................. 33 27 Silva Foxes ...................... 31 29 Wood Birds .................... 29 31 Clockwatchers ................ 27 33 Pin Curlers .................... 26!/,., 33!. Rayonettes ...................... 20 40 High gme .-- Ted Wittenberg 203 High total  Ted Wittenberg 566 Maintenance fell one game short of overtaking the Cellulouses in a driving finish last week as first half play closed in the Rayonier Research bowling league. Maintenance t Don Woods 486) needed all four points but man- aged only three in the face-to-face  match with the CeUulousea (Rolls Halbert 497). In Other finales, the Silva Foxe (Ted Wittenberg 566) blanked the Pin Curlers (Wanda Sehirmer 465), the Clockwatchers (Bob El- liot(516) won a 3-1 verdict from the Rayonettos (Norma Smith 35) and the Acetate Aces (Dick Nelson 516) drew with the Wood Birds (Ralph Davison 520). o Our Many Friends Whom We Have Enjoyed Serving in 1959 We Extend Wishes FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR Walter Tyyniemaa, Lillian Dale, Merritt Eells, Tony Bisser, Judy Trail, George Valley Diamonds Mean Baseball to Him Eells and Valley Appliance Center The district i attempting to compel both ech001 to affiliate ,the_conference clubs. with proposed new league align, coach Bernie Harvey has had.to ments within the boundaries of I ; =  - - -, I the district but to which the two [| TII I TU 1 II ( schools strongly object because of l[ |IlUI IV InS lllta I I} the excessive travel diances |n- I| Computed for Hood Canal ground and Mark Morris of Long- I | umana troy uass are I hr. ann | I vw in the propoaed district sel- It appeal from the district edict ha been made by Shelton and North Thurston to the State Athletic Board, whoe decision l expected at Its next meeting Jan- uary 30. PREP  BASKETBALL SCORES North Tkurston 80, Peninatla 60 Olympia 45, Sumner 9 East Brem 52, South Kit 37 Sequim 68, Chimacum 42 Port Angeles 33, West Brera 32 Rochester 49, llma 39 Vancouver 59, Centralia 38 Anacortes 56, Sedro Woolley 38 Yelm 40, Montesao 39 Renton 44, Aberdeen 31 Hudson's Bay 62, Hoquiam 4,2 Chehalis 65, Castle Rook 37 MIXED FOURSOME W b Bluffed ................................. 4 0 Deer Slayers ........................ 2 2 Who Knows .......................... 2 Rusy Ducks ......................... 2 2 Timber Ducks .................... 2 2 Wee Uns ................................ 2 2 Odd Bal ................................ 2 2 Pin Busters .......................... 0 4 High Scores Men:e game--harlie Savage 214 Men s total .--rlie m 598 GaYs game--Shlrley Stltes 195 GI's total--Shirley Stltes 511 Friday, +an. 1 Low ................ .. 0:11 a.m. High ................ 7:23 a.m. Low .................. 1:10 p.m. High ................ 6:04 p.m. S.V, =a Low .................. 0:58 m. High ................ 8:07 a,m. Low .................. 2:05 p.m, High ................ 7:04 p.m. Low .................. 1:46 a.m. High ................ 8:41 a.m. Low .................. 3:08 p.m. High ................ 8:12 p.m. Monday, J 4 Low .................. 2:36 a.m. High ................ 9:35 a.m. LOw .................. 4:09 p.m. High ................ 9:32 p,m. Low .................. 3:30 a.m. I High ................ 10:19 a.m. i Low .................. 5:11 p.m. [High ................ 11:04 p,m. Wednesday, Jam 6 Low ' 4:28 a.m. ttigh ................ 11:04 a.m. Low .................. 6:10 p,m. Thars, Jail 7 High ................ 0:40 a.m. Low ................ 5:32 .m. High ................ 11:49 a.m. Low .................. 7:04 p.m. -2.7 ft. 13,8 ft. 6.3 ft. 11.0 ;t. -1.7 ft. 13.7 ft. 6.7 ft. 10.2 ft. 0.5 ft. 13,4 ft. 5,1 ft. 9,4 ft. 2.0 ft. 13.0 ft. 4.5 ft. 8.8 ft. 3.4 ft. 12.5 ft. 3.7 fL 8.5 ft. 4.8 ft. 12.0 ft. 3.0 ft. 8.8 ft. 6.0 it. 11.7 ft. 2.2 ft. 1. Stop and think before you, drink. 2. Don't let your parents' down--they brought you up. 3. Be humble enough to obey, You'll be giving orders yourself, some day. 4. At the first moment turn  away from unclean thinking---' at the first moment. 5. Don't show off when driv- ing. If you want to race, go to Indianapolis. 6. Choose a date who would make a flood mate. 7. Go to church faithfully. The Creator gives you a week; give Him back an hour. 8. Choose your companions carefully. You are what they are. 9. Avoid the crowd. Be an engine---not a caboose. 10. Or even better--lveep the  original Ten Commandments. From the staff at Parker's Mr. and Mrs. Shop to you: best wishes for a very happy and prosperous New Year! The opinions expressed in this column do not necessarily re- flect the views of the sponsor. rkerY Mr. & Mrs. Shop Happy New Yearl We hope the year ahead will I: the most successful of m=ny and that you'll have grelt happiness. 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