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The Daily Chronicle from Centralia, Washington • Page 13

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News Briefs Library lluurd To Meet The Tlmherlaiul Regional Library liourd will hold Its July meeting Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the W. II. Abel Memorial Library in Montesuno. Dukoiuiui To Gather The annual North Dakota Association Picnic will he Sunday, July 29, at Norm's Resort, located on Cottage Lake at Woodinville.

There will be free coffee and ice cream. Games will be held. Car Recovered A 1966 Oldsmobile sedan stolen from City Motors, Centralia, was recovered by Fife police Wednesday, Centralia police report. A 34-year-old Tacoma man is in custody of the Pierce County Sheriff's office pending completion of the investigation of the theft. Articles Filed Articles of incorporation have been filed in the Lewis County Auditor's Office by And Truck Leasing, with an office at Ajlune.

Registered agent and incorporator is Arnold Blankenship. Directors include Blankenship, Leora Blankenship, Mossyrock, and John Repp, Morton. Log Haulers Incorporate Centralia General Trucking, route 2, Centralia, has filed articles of incorporation in the Lewis County Auditor's Office to haul logs. Capitalization authorized is $50,000 with $500 listed as paid in. Incorporator and registered agent is Philip N.

Jones, route 2, Centralia. Directors include Jones, William J. Bailey and Theodore Billman, all of Centralia. Strike Continues A strike involving 26 production workers at The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company plant in the Chehalis Industrial Park moved into the fifth day Thursday. Wayne Johnson, Rochester, union local 565 president of United Rubber Workers, said negotiations are deadlocked over the amount of a wage increase.

The union is asking for an 81-cent hourly increase over a three-year period. The company has offered about 30 cents, Johnson said. No further negotiating session has been scheduled as the strike continues. Production workers earn about $4 per hour now. Board To Reconvene The Lewis County Board of Equalization will reconvene-next Tuesday to hear appeals from property owners on the assessed valuations of real property.

Mrs. Alice Thomson, board secretary, said 41 petitions have been filed with 18 hearings yet to be held. The filing deadline was last weekend. Members of the board include Tom Wood and Mrs. Jean Senk, both of Chehalis, and Gary i Coleman, Morton.

Films Available--A film entitled "The OSHA Controversy" and a film strip called "Threads of Tyranny," both of which deal with the Occupational Safety and Health Act of" 1970, are available for viewing by organizations in Lewis County, according to George Heck, chairman of the John Birch Society-sponsored Nix on OSHA Committee. The films may be reserved by telephoning 736-8601. Heck will speak and show one of the films Friday noon at a meeting of the Retail Committee of the Centralia Chamber of Commerce at the Lewis-Clark Hotel. Marijuana Plants Destroyed--Lewis County sheriff's deputies and Centralia police seized and destroyed 16 1 marijuana plants Wednesday on the Ham Hill Road, east of Centralia. i Deputies said the plants were growing in an orchard.

No arrests were made. a Chambers, Kelso, reported to Lewis County sheriff's deputies Wednesday that his trailer-residence at Cowlitz Timber Trails near Salkum was entered and 10 sleeping bags taken along with other miscellaneous articles valued at $438. Entry was gained through a window, deputies said. The incident is under investigation. Meeting Reminders Timberland Regional Library board, Thursday, 7:30 p.m., W.

H. Abel Memorial Library, Montesano. Washington TOPS Club 656, Friday, 9 a.m., SI Mary's Catholic Church CCD Center. Friday Brunch Bunch Bridge Club, Friday, 10:30 a.m., 1017 Chehalis Chehalis. Nickelodeon Club public card party, Friday, 1 p.m., 632 Chehalis.

Lewis County Barrack 184 and Auxiliary, World War Friday, 1:30 p.m., Veterans hall, Chehalis. Universal Hobby Club, Friday, 6 p.m. lotluck dinner, 315 North Buckner, Centralia. Chehalis Alcoholics Anonymous, Friday ami Monday, 8 p.m., 963 Chehalis Chehalis. Cougar Flat Grange, Saturday, 8 Grange hall.

Displayed The public is invited to see an exhibit of paintings this weekend in the windows of The Hook Ruck, Chehalis, by local watercolor artist Itoscoc Doane. The display Includes some of his award-winning paintings. Coffee will be served inside the store by The Book Rack staff. Salute To Chief Law enforcement officers from throughout the area are invited to a July 27 dinner honoring Centralia Police Chief Bill Mcrriman, who is retiring after 25 years of service. The no-host dinner and social hour will begin at 0:30 p.m.

at the Lewis-Clark Hotel. The event is open to the public. Reservations should be made through the Centralia Police Officers Wives Auxiliary, through Mrs. Jay Orr, chairman, 736-C972. Warrant Served--Daniel Butterworth, 23, Centralia, was served by Centralia police with a County District Court warrant Wednesday charging him with illegal trespass and possession of marijuana, Lewis County sheriff's deputies said Thursday.

Butterworth was being held in the county jail Thursday morning in lieu of $450 bail. Accident reported--A 17-year-old Tacoma woman, Catherine P. Crockett, escaped serious injury Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. when the 1957 foreign car she was driving went off the Morton- Mineral Highway into a ditch, recrossed the highway, struck a dirt embankment and rolled over 9.3 miles north of Morton. Damage to the vehicle was estimated by troopers of the State Patrol at $200.

The woman was taken to Morton General Hospital, treated and released. Now at Penney's in Chehalis and Centralia all women's jackets 20 per cent off. 310-2t Air conditioners and fans in stock. David's Appliance TV. 309-3t David's Appliance TV will be closing at 12 noon on Saturdays until further notice.

309-3t Hairdresser needed at Chuck's Carousel, 736-3073. 309-51 Coleman's TV has new telephone No. 748-7105. 309-4t Marriages Applications for marriage licenses have been filed in the Lewis County Auditor's Office by: William Ernest Schoelkopf, Centralia, and Susan Jean Carey, Chehalis. Jerrold Alfred Jenkins arid Mary Lanette Smyth, both of Rainier.

Divorces Petition has been filed in the Lewis County Clerk's Office for dissolution of the marriage of: Oscar D. Mieks and Lois Mieks, petitioners. Obituaries air ticke being sold Births Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Roark, Salkum, a girl, 6 pounds, 3 ounces, Tuesday, Morton General Hospital.

Mr. and Mrs. David Runyon, Morton, a girl, 9 pounds, Tuesday, Morton General Hospital. Mr. and Mrs.

Ardelle K. Keller, Rochester, a boy, 8 pounds, Wednesday, Centralia General Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce McHenry, Chehalis, a girl, 6 pounds, 7 ounces, Thursday, St.

Helen Hospital. Blood drives due next week With Lewis County lagging behind from 300 to 325 replacement units for 1973, two emergency blood drawings have been scheduled next week in the Twin Cities. Maude Meyers, Centralia, chairman for the Red Cross Bloodmobile effort, said persons may also donate blood on behalf of several ailing county residents, all of whom need from four to 13 replacement units each. They include Rodney E. Wilber, Chehalis; Loretta Gustafson, Centralia the Rev.

Raymond Hill and Mr. Massina Fairhart, both of Morton; Cdoney Anderson, Winlock, and Marc Westley, Centralia, who is being treated at the burn center in Galveston, Tex. The first drawing next week will be Tuesday, from 3 to 7 p.m., at the Chehalis Eagles hall, 2435 Market St. The second drawing will be Wednesday, also from 3 to 7 p.m., at the Moose hall, 1400 Grand Centralia. BIG TIME in MOOSE COUNTRY! FRIDAY, JULY 20 STEAK NIGHT Dancing to the Travelers.

Take yourself out to a big night. A SATURDAY. JULY 21 ENROLLMENT AT 8 P.M. Dancing afterwards. Come out and meet your new Brothers.

--MEMBERS ONLY. 1109 MOOSE LODGE, CENTRALIA CHEHALIS FLOYD FUNIGAN Floyd Flunigun, age 63, died in Centralia hospital Thursday following a brief illness. lie wus horn August 9, 1909, at Ethel. He had resided at Hio Dell, for the past 23 years. He was formerly of Chehalis and Onalaska and was former member of the Centralia Veterans of Foreign Wars.

His survivors include his widow, Mrs. Beatrice K. Flanigan, Uio Dell, his mother, Mrs. Amy R. Flanigan of Portland, one sister, Mrs.

Myrtle M. McBride, Medford, and numerous nieces and nephews. Visitation may be made until funeral time when the casket will be closed. Services will be Saturday at 1 p.m. the Sticklin Funeral Chapel.

Burial will follow at the Salkum cemetery. The Rev. William Mayoh will officiate. Tacoman's body found PACKWOOD--A 59-year-old Tacoma man, Bertrum Myhre, was found dead Wednesday night in a tent where he had been camping at Wallup Lake. The Packwood Ranger Station notified Lewis County sheriff's deputies at 9:07 Wednesday night a man's body had been discovered, deputies said Thursday.

The body was taken to Brown Mortuary in Morton, arriving there at 3:15 a.m. Authorities said the man had been dead two to three days, apparently of natural causes. Rangers who had remained up all night were not available Thursday morning for comment but deputies were anticipating further details on the incident Thursday afternoon. The Daily Chronicle, 98531, Thursday, July 19, 1973 Well bids requested 13 44 return contracts Forty-four signed contracts have been returned to Community College District 12, its president, Dr. Nels Hanson, said Thursday in response to a Daily Chronicle inquiry.

The contracts are from faculty members and administrators at Olympia Vocational Technical Institute (OVTI) and Centralia College. Dr. Hanson said 28 faculty members and 15 administrators from both campuses have now returned contracts. There are 14 administrators and the president, and 95 faculty members on both campuses. A motion by the Centralia College Education Association (CCEA) for a temporary restraining.order to prevent the return of teacher contracts by July 25 was denied Tuesday in Olympia.

Thurston County Superior Court Judge Hewitt A. Henry, who denied the motion, set as the date for a hearing on a preliminary injunction. The hearing will start at 9:30 a.m. in Thurston County Superior Court. CCEA, in bringing the action, contends the college has not allowed sufficient time for negotiations prior to the issuance of contracts.

Swimmers pass tests Twenty-eight youngsters have completed swimming lessons during the second session at the Chehalis Community Pool, Ray Muyskens, park superintendent, has reported. Cindy Christensen and Lisa Metzenberg passed their tests for swimmer certificates. Curt Dean, Valerie Haack, Carole McCullough and Carol Vasereno completed their requirements for intermediate swimmers. Passing tests for advanced beginners were Susan Allen, Kim Bremergarten, Kristina Christensen, Stacy Colton, Bobbi Gilbertson, Mark Morgan, Monty Morgan, Lajoska Nozsar and Gayle Young. Beginner swimmers receiving certificates were Bryce Anderson, Lisa Bowen, Christy Buchanan, Gregory Davidson, Sharlynn Gates, Mike Gilbertson, Tama Grunenfelder, Richard Hartman, Tuck Hoffman, Julie Janke, Terri Pratt, Kathy Touchette and Traci Walker.

Muyskens said the fourth annual swim meet will be held Aug. 19 at the pool. Registration for the swim meet competition will start Monday at the pool where rules, regulations and events are posted. The meet is open to any County youngster up to 18 years of age. There is no entrance fee.

Sales of advance ticket books for the 1973 Southwest' Washington Fair continued this week with the bargain hooks available only at County banks and savings and loan offices as well as at the Fair office. The special books, priced at $3.50, represent a value of $7.50. They contain detachable tickets entitling Fair patrons to enter the grounds six times, once each day of the Fair if they so desire. The Fair opens Aug. 7 for six days.

i According to Frank Jones, Fair revenue officer, the advanced ticket book sales do not cover grandstand admission. The usual exhibitors and concessionaires passes arc available at the Fair office. Opening day of the Fair will be "Kids Day" with youngsters under 13 admitted free to the grounds until 5 p.m. Senior citizens, those born in 1908 or before, will be given free fairgrounds admission all day Thursday of Fair week plus free admission to the 2 p.m. grandstand show that day.

Servicemen in uniform will be admitted free anytime during the six-day run of the Fair. Entry forms needed soon With opening day of the 1973 Southwest Washington Fair less than three weeks away, all potential fair exhibitors are urged to complete their entry forms and return them to the fair office. Fair Manager Tony Wildhaber, noting that the 64th annual fair opens Aug. 7 for six days, reports that a record number of entries have already been submitted to the fair office. However, to afford the exhibitor opportunity to acquire space suitable to his needs, emphasis is placed on early completion of the forms and their return to the fair office.

About 5,000 exhibits are featured at the Southwest Washington Fair annually, making it the fourth largest in the state among agricultural fairs. No injuries in accidents There were two non-injury vehicle accidents in Centralia Wednesday, police report. The first mishap occurred on North Tower Avenue between Pine and Magnolia Streets at 1:44 p.m. A 1966 sedan driven by Mary N. Anders, 48, and 1969 sedan driven by John E.

Anderson, 69, both Centralia, collided resulting in $100 damage to each vehicle. At 7:56 p.m., a 1968 station wagon driven by Beverly A. Sexsmith, 37, Centralia, and a 1967 foreign sedan driven by Robert A. Austin, 23, Olympia, collided at of Washington Avenue' 1 arid' Plum St. The station wagon received $300 damage and the sedan $250 damage.

68 enroll at college Sixty-eight students enrolled for Centralia College's fall quarter last week during the college's first week of open registration, according to Donald Hughes, director of counseling. Centralia College is holding open registration on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays throughout the summer with sessions beginning at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. The number enrolled for fall quarter day school is now 538. Docket aired at Morton MORTON--Three persons appeared in Morton Municipal Court Tuesday evening to faces charges stemming from traffic and other violations while several others failed to appear and forfeited bail.

Defendants, charges and case dispositions were as follows: Norman Coleman, 20, Olympia, defective equipment on a motor vehicle; fined $15. Bail Forfeitures Albert Lee Taylor, 35, Randle, drunk in public; $50. James Moore, 18, Morton, illegal consumption of an intoxicant; $50. Sanford W. Brown, 46, Seattle, failure to stop at a stop sign; $15.

Gerald A. Walker, 34, Tacoma, failure to stop at a stop sign; $15. Morton police reported five other defendants also forfeited $5 edch on parking violations. HARLEQUIN PRODUCTIONS presents Carousel Music by RICHARD RODGERS Book and Lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II Aug. 2,3, 4,9,10,11 Curtain 8 p.m.

Staged by JAMES L. THIS Conducted by VERNE M. EKE ABBEY THEATRE Olympia All Seats $3.00 TICKETS AT CHEHALIS MUSIC CO. or at door Sponiortd by Capital Muilc Club T10NINO The Tenino Town Council will open bids Aug. 3 for drilling of 110-foot well, Mayor Ken Hedden has reported.

The bid opening date was set during the regular town council meeting Tuesday night. Drilling of the additional well is another phase of Scholars reported Twenty-two students from County were listed on the spring honor roll at Washington State University, the registrar's office has reported. To be listed on the honor roll, a student must have attained a grade point average of 3.3 or better in at least 14 hours of course work, 12 of which must carry grades. Courses taken on a pass-fail basis arc not counted in computing honor roll standing. Included among the list of 2,568 high scholarship students are 815 individuals on the President's List.

These students have received a minimum grade point average of 3.8 in one semester. The Chehalins on the honor roll are David L. Batchelor, Larry L. Granger, Barbara G. Holloway, Larry D.

McCalden, Samuel McReynolds, Gerard C. Riley and John H. Severns. Michael W. Cole, Barbara E.

Huprich and Suzanne Y. Iangille are listed on the President's List. Centralians include Gale F. Brink, Stanley D. Butterfield, Ann M.

Jelgerhuis, and Greg L. Allwine, John W. Grill and Robert L. Wuerth on the President's List. Others from Lewis County include: James T.

Church, Morton, on the President's List; Mary L. Manberg, Mossyrock; Duane E. Olsen, Napavine; Loran R. Sivers, Onalaska, and Sharon M. Aboen and Dennis L.

Wallace, both of Toledo. Scholarship received PE Davis, Pe Ell, a sophomore at the University of the Pacific, Stockton, has received a scholarship for the 1973-74 academic year from The United Methodist Church. Davis is a theory-composition major at the UOP Conservatory of Music. water improvement project. The first phase, the laying of eight miles of pipe in town' for the new water distribution system, was completed recently and the work formally accepted at the Tuesday council meeting.

When completed, the new well will join the existing 95-foot well in supplying water to the town. Another phase of the overall, federally-financed project is still in the study phase. It involves construction of a now reservoir. The council briefly discussed the development of a town museum. The Burlington Northern Railroad recently donated the old depot to the city, providing the city moves the building.

The building will be moved to the park and a museum developed in the historic structure. In other business, the council appointed Chick Haase to the Tenino Planning Commission. Lunar rock fo be shown A Lunar rock taken from the surface of the moon by American Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin will be available for viewing by Southwest Washington Fair patrons August 7-12, according to Tony Wildhaber, fair manager. After two years of negotiaions with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, arrangements have been completed to bring the precious display to the SWW Fair, the first fair in the Northwest to receive the exhibit and one of only three fairs in the nation to display the rock this year. The lunar sample will be under 24- hour armed guard in Exposition Hall, and further emphasizing the precious nature of the exhibit, it must be delivered to the fair and returned to NASA by a- specially-authorized courier.

Arrangements for transportation of the lunar rock are being made by Chehalin Wayne McDaniels in cooperation with the National Guard. Educational information will accompany the exhibit. Twin City DRIVE-IN THEATRE 736-5189 THREE SHOCKERS! Showing Sat "SON OF A GUN WE'RE HAVIN' FUN AT THE Ray Milland "Rosey'Grieras TAVERN 853 Chehalis CHEHALIS Why don't you join us this Friday Saturday Evening with JERRY RHODES His "NITE LIFES" A Saber Production il An American International Release Attention ELKS Friday Saturday DINNER DANCING To Don McCourt 1:30 The wait is over can thrill again to the happiest sound in all the world. CUNT EASTWOOD PANAVISION" A Kinnoy Company 'hlute' novision 1 1 'ochnicofof mi warncr bfos innoy loisuro SO'vicC.

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