Bainbridge Review 1942-05-14

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11 Teachers Resign!Bainbridge Island-Gem of Puget SoundBainbridge ReviewBest Weekly In the NorthwestPublished every Thursday; entered as second class matter, Port Blakely, Washington.BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1942. VOL. XVIII, NO. 2 8 PAGES, 5 CENTSDENNIS TO TAKE JOB AT POULSBOThe School Board Tuesdaynight received the stunning newsthat 11 of the school system's25 teachers have resigned andwill not return to the Islandnext fall.Included in the resignationswas that of Roy G. Dennis, popularprincipal of Bainbridge High School for the past six years.Mr. Dennis, Ferncliff, secretaryof the Chamber of Commerce,announced he had accepted anoffer to be principal of NorthKitsap High School, Poulsbo.Mr. Dennis will also be principalof the Poulsbo junior highschool when it is completed andultimately will have supervisionover 800 students. There are about 300 students at Bainbridgehigh school.The board accepted the resignationsand directed P. F. Ruidl,superintendent to face the difficult task of finding replacements.Six of the departing teachersare in the high school and the other five are in the Lincoln School, Winslow. The entirePleasant Beach Grade School facultyapparently will remain. Thereare twenty-five teachers in the entiresystem.Handing written resignationsto Mr. Ruidl from the high schoolfaculty were Coral Ausve, art, French and English; MargaretGleason, home economics; HelenLawrence, commercial subjectsand girls' physical education;George Hodson, English, dramacoach and journalism; GeorgeZiegenfuss, social science, boys'physical education and basketballand tennis coach, and Mr. Dennis.Going from Lincoln Schoolwill be Margaret Mulkey, thirdgrade; Erma Ruth Danekas, fifth;Mr. and Mrs. Ray Forrey, seventhgrade and Roy Jones, sixth.A variety of reasons explainthe withdrawals, Mr. Ruidl said.Some of the women teachers planto be married this summer. Othershave been offered more attractive teaching jobs, while others planto forsake the teaching professionfor other types of work.Mr. Hodson will teach at CentraliaHigh School.Mr. Ruidl said all other teachersand principals in the systemhad signed contracts for nextyear. He said these may be brokenonly with the permission ofthe School Board.Turning to other business, theboard noted a report by Mr.Ruidl that he still was attemptingto get federal remuneration for the estimated $1,300 whichthe school district will lose inrevenues next year because of theevacuation from the Island of 87Japanese-American studentsThe board set August 24 asthe opening day of school nextfall, and May 25, 1943, as theclosing day.
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Tags: Exclusion, Bainbridge Island, WWII

Air Raid Siren Fails to Reach Most of IslandBainbridge Island's first testTuesday of its new air-raid whistlewas "disappointing," Dr. HolbartT. Cave, Crystal Springs,Island defense chief, announcedyesterday.The big whistle was heard insidebuildings only in Eagle Harborcommunities and along theEastern shore to Rolling Bay andto the Country Club.Even in the high school, justnorth of Winslow, the wailingtone of the whistle was headpoorly in some rooms.Official spotters in communitiesin the northern and southernportions of the Island and alongthe western shore reported onlyfaint reception outside and noneinside buildings.Dr. Cave said adjustmentswould be attempted to improvethe reaching power of the whistlebefore the next test at 9:45o'clock Tuesday morning. He saidthat he still would continue effortsto provide an adequate air raidalarm system if the bigwhistle could not do the entirejob.
Tags: Civilian War Effort, Bainbridge Island, WWII

SPRAINS ANKLERussell Denton, owner of theDenton Radio Service and Hardware,Pleasant Beach is back atwork at the Lynwood Theatreafter a week's absence due to asprained ankle sustained in a tennisgame recently.Mrs. Johnson's Mother's Day Was SomethingThere was a family gatheringat the home of Mrs. MattieJohnson Seabold, on Mother'sDay, with four generations beingrepresented.Those of the family were:Mrs. Johnson's son, Alvin, Seattle;her daughter and son-in-law,Mr. and Mrs. Al Bethel, Spokane;her daughter and son-in-law,Mr. and Mrs. Ted Severson,Poulsbo; her granddaughterand grandson-in-law, Mr. andMrs. Rudy Iverson, Poulsbo;daughter and son-in-law of Mr.and Mrs. Severson; and her threegreat grandchildren, children ofMr. and Mrs. Iverson.Mrs. Johnson, now in hereighties, resigned her position aspostmistress at Scabold fiveyears ago last week, at whichtime she was the oldest postmasterin the state of WashingtonNew Citizens To Hear Sutton Tomorrow NightAn impressive ceremony in theWinslow Congregational Church,to which the public is invited,will mark the Island's observanceof Citizenship Day at 8 o'clocktomorrow night.Superior Judge H. G. Sutton,Port Orchard, a former Islander,will speak.He and others will address thepresent citizenship class of twelvepersons as well as the more thanten others who previously tookthe course. The class is sponsoredby the Charles Wilkes Chapter ofthe Daughters of the AmericanRevolution. Pro-America, women'spolitical organization, will assistin sponsoring tomorrow's program.The program will be openedwith an invocation by the Rev.Charles P. Milne, pastor of thehost church. The flag salute willbe led by Mrs. R. S. Pierce,Crystal Springs. A piano interludewill be played by Ruth Wallace,Rolling Bay.Judge Sutton will speak aftersome remarks by the Rev. T.Murdock Hale, pastor of the RollingBay Presbyterian Church.Also to appear on the programis Mrs. Gus Sundfelt, Seattle regentof the Charles Wilkes Chapter.
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4,441 SIGN FOR RATIONS; NEW REGISTRATIONS MONDAYOn the basis of consumer rationingregistrations taken lastweek, Bainbridge Island's permanentpopulation, not countingsummer residents, is more than4,500 persons, Walt Woodward,Pleasant Beach, chairman of therationing board, said last night.Making application last weekfor War Ration Book One were4,441 persons. From calls at TheReview, rationing headquarters,since the registration closed lastThursday, it is apparent that theIsland's population is in excessof 4,500.The 1940 census showed apopulation here of 3,454. This would indicate a two-year populationgain of 23 percent. The summerseason adds about 6,000 residents.Of the 4,441 persons registered,981 were denied books becauseof excess quantities on hand ofsugar, the first commodity to berationed.The Rationing Board decidedSunday that it would receive applicationsstarting Monday fromconsumers and commercial userswho failed to register. Under federallaw, however, new applicantsmust convince the board they hadgood reason for failing to register.Persons who registered butwere denied books for excess sugarwere asked not to apply forbooks until their sugar is exhaustedat the rationing rate of one halfpound per week per person.Little difficulty was experiencedat the registration centers atPleasant Beach Grade School.Lincoln Grade School (Winslow)and Port Madison LutheranChurch. The vast majority of Islanderscooperated well in promptregistration, only a comparativelyfew finding it necessary toregister on the last day. Only afew instances of non-cooperationwere reported to the board.The registration was handled smoothly and on schedule - insharp contrast to many othercommunities in the state - underthe supervision of P. F. Ruidl,school superintendent. He paidhigh compliment to the siteadministrators - Mrs. Flora Hopkinsat Pleasant Beach, Miss TheraseLundquist at Lincoln, and MissKatherine Allison at Port Madison.They were aided by otherTeachers, Parent-Teacher Associationvolunteers and senior highschool girls."The entire school system deservesthe public's sincere thanksfor handling this big task so efficiently"Mr. Woodward said ina letter to the school board.
Tags: Civilian War Effort, Bainbridge Island, WWII

Board Okehs Rigid Zone RestrictionsBainbridge Island and the restof Kitsap County was subject torigid building and building userestrictions this week as theBoard of County Commissioners approveda zoning resolution.The commissioners said theywould appoint a zoning commissionwhich will be empowered,after public hearings, to classifyvarious portions of the countyinto any one of eight kinds ofdistricts. Penalties were providedin the resolution for violation ofrestrictions after a district is established.An emergency appropriation of$3,000 was executed to pay thehire of two zoning employees andoffice expenses.Under the new law, prospectivebuilders on either homes or commercialstructures must apply atPort Orchard for a county permit,for which a fee will be charged.Commercial buildings will be approvedor denied, after a publichearing by the board. Dwellingpermits will be issued by thecounty engineer's office after thebuilder files a plot plan showingsize, location of property and astatement of the use of thestructure.The types of zones which maybe established by the planningcommission: two types of residentialdistrict, recreational district, forest district, unclassifieddistrict and manufacturing,industrial district.The lawful use of any building,land or premise existing prior tothis week, even though such usedoes not conform to the restrictionsof a district, will not bebarred unless the non-conforminguse is discontinued for six months.Upon resumption after such adiscontinuance, the property mustobserve zoning restrictions.The resolution specified certaindistances which new buildingsmust be set back from publicthoroughfares in the varioustypes of districts.A petition for zoning by thecommissioners must be signed byat least 50 percent of the propertyowners within the district.Penalties for violation were setat fines of not less than $10more than $200 or, in default ofpayment, imprisonment in thecounty jail for not less than oneday nor more than six months, oruntil all fines and costs have beenpaid.Legion Dance All Set Now; Fosters DueLate last night it was announcedthat the American Legiondance Saturday night wouldlast until 2 o'clock as a party for"swing shift" workers. Wives ofthese workers will be admitted atreduced prices if they come earlier."Ma" and "pa" Foster, (shucks,if you must be formal, they'reMr. and Mrs. E. W. Foster) arecoming back to the Island for abrief visit [ ] and it took theAmerican Legion dance at StanleyPark Saturday night to do it.Since moving to Soap Lakeafter selling their amusementpark at Fletcher Bay to Mr. andMrs. Vesterman F. Stanley, theFosters frequently have visitedthe Island but rarely together.However, The Review this weekreceived a note from them saying"We notice in The Review thatthe Legion is giving a dance May16 in our old place. We are goingto go over and be there andhope to meet the 'old gang.'"That, said Legionnaires, shouldassure a bumper attendance atColin Hyde Post's first dance,scheduled to start at 9 o'clock.200 Students In Music Festival Tomorrow NightMore than 200 participantswill be heard in the annualSpring Music Festival of thethree Island schools in theBainbridge High School auditoriumat 8 o'clock tomorrow night.Taking part will be instrumentaland vocal departments of the high school,augmented by students from theLincoln Grade School, Winslow,and the Pleasant Beach Grade School.In charge will be Miss JanetAdams, high school musicinstructor, assisted by Miss ErmaRuth Danekas, Lincoln, and MissDorothy Watson, Pleasant BeachA small charge will be madethe money going to benefit themusic departments in all schoolsfor the purchase of the new equipment
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Only 25 Attend Health RoundupThe Island's ambitious health"roundup" for 300 infants andchildren up to 6 years old wasabandoned on its third day yesterdaywhen it was reported thatonly 25 children had been broughtto Bainbridge High School by parents.Mrs. Harold Clinton, Eagledale,president of the Pre-SchoolParent-Teacher Association, whichcooperated with Dr. Russell H.Wilson, county health officer, inarranging the clinic, said anotherattempt would be made nextmonth to interest more childrenin another examination.
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VISIT IN BELLINGHAMMr. and Mrs. R. T. Frost,Port Madison, spent the weekendin Bellingham visiting Mrs.Frost's mother.SISTERS VISITMrs. Claude Williams, Hawley,was visited this weekend by hertwo sisters, Mrs. Anna Hill, andMrs. Francis Ross, Seattle.ILL WITH MEASLESMrs. Verna May Anderson,daughter of Mr. and MRs. RichardAnderson, Seabold, was illthis week with the measles.ON ROAD TO RECOVERYFriends of Mrs. W.J. Howell,Seattle, were pleased this week tolearn of her improvement froman illness.IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY TO MARK DEDICATION OF U.S.O. CENTER SundayThe pride of Bainbridge Island - a community built$3,000 combined U.S.O. - civilian defense headquarters -will be dedicated at a colorful open air ceremony in Winslowat 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon.Stirring martial music by an Army band, a formal militaryflag-raising ceremony and a few short, time-limitedspeeches will highlight the event, after which the publicwill be invited to inspect the new structure, built with Islandfunds and by Island donations of materialand labor.Featured speaker will be W.Walter Williams, Seattle, chairmanof the Washington StateDefense Council.Presiding will be James Hodges,Port Madison, credited by organizersof the structure with being largelyresponsible for itsorigination.After an invocation by anArmy chaplain, William Cunningham,a service-man color guardof three sailors, three marinesand three soldiers will raise aflag presented by Mrs. Gus Sundfelt,Seattle, regent of the Island's Charles Wilkes Chapter ofthe Daughters of the AmericanRevolution.An Army band from Bremertonwill open the program with thenational anthem and will playmilitary music during the program.After remarks by Comdr. B. CPurrington, commandant of theNaval Radio Station, and by theRev. Charles P. Milne, pastor ofthe Winslow CongregationalChurch, the U.S.O. portion ofthe building will be turned overto Miss Frieda O. Hartzfield,Bremerton district representativeof the United Service Organizations,and - in turn - to Mrs. Harold Clinton, Eagledale, chairmanof the Island's new U.S.O. Citizen'sCommittee.An [ ] man will speak in behalfof the men using the building.The [ ] defense portionwill be presented by Dr. Hobart[ ] Crystal Springs, Islanddefense chief who was creditedby [ ] sponsors with[ ] speedy construction.At [ ] of the program,Mr. Hodges will read the completelist of [ ] donors to theirproject.
Tags: Civilian War Effort, Bainbridge Island, wWII

Chamber May Get Constitution Wednesday NightThe proposed new constitutionof the Chamber of Commerce, involvingseveral vital changes, willbe acted upon at a chamber meetingin the Winslow CongregationalChurch at 6:30 o'clockWednesday night.Laurance A. Peters, Port Blakely,chamber president, said RoyG. Dennis, Ferncliff, chamber secretary,and Mervyn Williams,Flether Bay, members of the constitutioncommittee, would maketheir final report.Another highlight of the programwill probably be a considerationof the garbage situation.It was known that severalchamber members were becoming increasinglydispleased with the apparentlack of concern shown bycounty officials in the matter ofproviding a garbage dump here.It was possible that the chambermight vote some drastic actionat Wednesday's meeting.Mr. Peters said the commissionerstold him last week thatthe Island should consider theformation of a garbage district.[ ] was indicated that there maybe some further discussion of theproposed bus schedule and farechanges, although a public hearingis not scheduled on this topicby the State Department of PublicService until mid-June.BABY BORNMr. and Mrs. Ed Knutson, Seattle,became the parents of aneight pound boy Tuesday morningin a Seattle hospital. Mrs. Knutsonwill be remembered as IngridEvanson, daughter of Mr andMrs. Carl Evanson, SeaboldDINNER GUESTSMr. Frances, Niemeyer, PortMadison, and Miss Maybelle Branen,Seattle, were dinner guestsat the home of Mr. and Mrs. CarlPherson, Eagledale, Thursday.SUNDAY GUESTSJerome Harlan Jr. Sand PointNaval Station in Seattle, was aguest Sunday at the home of Mr.and Mrs. Harvey Rogers, Seabold.Advertisement At The RIALTO THEATREDOORS OPEN 5 P.M.Today and TomorrowTHE BUGLE SOUNDSWallace Beery, Adolphe Menjou, George MontgomeryAlso-Dr. Kildare's Victory (Ayres, L. Barrymore)May 16 to 20SHANGHAI GESTUREGene Tierney, Victor Mature, Walter HustonMR. AND MRS. NORTHGracie Allen, William Post, Jr., Paul KellyAt The ADMIRAL THEATRECONTINUOUS DAILY FROM 12 NOONMAY 15 to 21James Cagney in"CAPT. OF THE CLOUDS"All in Beautiful TechnicolorBREMERTON