Bainbridge Review 1943-11-18

              
November 18, 1943

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Washington Merry-Go-Round

I Want Riders... A Free Review Service to Drivers
Tag: Civilian War Effort, Bainbridge Island, WWII

Grotle Rites Friday at 1
Tag: Death Notices, Bainbridge Review

Red Cross Gets $64 Paper sale
Tag: Civilian War Effort, Bainbridge Island, WWII

Guild Plans Yule Party December 10

Yard Filipinos Searched for Knives; 4 Held
Tag: Military Activity on Bainbridge Island

OES Meeting Set

Thanksgiving Service Set November 25
Tag: Religion, Bainbridge Island

Night Bus Serves Yard

Christmas Seals on Sale Here November 22

Dear Mom
Tag: Bainbridge Islanders in the Armed Forces

Footsteps to Freedom
Tag: Bainbridge Islanders in the Armed Forces

Winslow Way Parking Law Revised

Ministers Start Temperance Campaign Here
Tag: Religion, Bainbridge Island

13 Island Tire Applications Okehed
Tag: Civilian War Effort, Bainbridge Island, WWII

BEST WEEKLY IN THE" NORTHWEST
BAINBRID6E ISLAND, WASHINGTON. THURS.. NOV, IB. 1943. VOL XIX. NO.,29 t PASES. 5
SERWCESET
NOVEMBER 25 i t i p u i r r n nCTtoCy
- • Parking regulations were clari-fied
and strengthened for Wlas-low
Way a t a. conference of basi-nets
men and law enforcement
officer* Monday.
Drastic new regulations will go
into effect aa soon as the sher-
I f f a office can post signs along
affected areas They will be rtg-~
Idly enforced by Issuance of t r a f -
fic tlcketa t o vlolatora. Deputy
Sheriffs W. B. (Caaey) Joneaand
James Johnson aaid.
The regulations: .
1. No double parking on cither
aide of Wlnalow Way at any time.
2. Angle parking on the aouth
aide of Wlnalow Wny f r o n t i n g
Anderson Price-Rite. Anderson
Hardware, Wlnalow Coffee Shop
and the liquor store (45 degree
angle inatcad of the present right
angle) for one hour only.
3. Parallel curb parking on Uio
north aide of Wlnalow Way f r o n t -
ing the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph Company, the Puget
Sound Power and Light Company
and the Bainbrldge. Drug Com-pany
for one hour only. No park-ing
weat of the drug store t o
corner.
4. No parking on, the north
side of Wlnalow Way from the
telephone company building t o
the Dieael Oil Sales Company
5. One-hour parallel curb park-ing
on the north side of Wins-low
Way from the Diesel Oil
Salea Company corner east to tho
arterial stop sign.
6. One-hour parallel curb park-ing
on the aouth side of Wlnalow
Way cast from Anderson's Price-
Rite to the fill.
Merchants who attended t h e
conference, held in the power
coAtpany office, were Harold Har-mony,
power company; Walter
Keya, Bainbrldge Motor Com-pany;
H. E. Anderson. Anderson
Price-Rite; John Yost, Wlnalow
Coffee Shop; Art Lund, telephone
company; Jack Marshall, Eagle
Harbor Market, and Buck Buck-lln,
Diesel Oil Salea Company.
Deputy Sheriffs Cliff Sargent,
Dean Jonea, W. B. Jonea and
Jamea Johnaon, and Justice of
the Peace Walt Woodward, Roll-ing
Bay, also attended.
Moscow. But ,to represent the Unit-ed
States on the Mediterranean
Corned. Secretary Hull sent Ed Wil-son.
U. S. ambassador to Panama.
Wilson la a thorough-going. compe-tent
diplomat who r a n handle any
routine Job and handle it well. But
almost no one outside diplomacy or
Panama has heard of him. He has
no national s u t u r e and be cannot act NIGHT BUS
senser and report everything back SERVES YARD
to Washington. The British repre-sentative
waa to do the same. In
Ready now for assignment to a
combat unit or a specialist's school
ia Went. John T. Nate, 32 yearn
old, rf'ort Blakely Marine Corp*
officer who recently completed his
advanced officer-training at Quan-tlco,
Va. A graduate of the Univer-sity
of Washington and a member
of Zeta Pal fraternity, he. I* the
husband of the former Bette L.
Wood.
• With the inauguration of a
midnight round t r ip from Port
Madison to Wlnalow, there waa
eaat aide bus service to all three
s h i f t s a t t h e Wlnalow shipyard
this week.
Henry TJiompson, Rolling Bay,
bua manager, said the midnight
t r ip was made possible a f t e r a
group of yard employees organ-ized
t o charter the bus.
The bua leaves Port Madison a t
11:15 p.m., taking graveyard
shift workers t o the yard. I t leaves
the yard, carrying homeward
bound swing-shifters. at 12:10 a.
m. for Port Madison.
Changes also were announced
in two afternoon runs in order to
get swing-shifters to work on
time. The 3:40 p.m. departure
from Rolling Bay, daily except
Sunday, was moved t o 3:30 p.m.
The 3:30 p.m. departure f r om Port
Madison, Saturday'only, w a s
changed t o 3:15 p.m.
veil were to make tbe decision*, sod
the much publicized Mediterranean
Council was to be a ^nere reporting
agency.
This Immedistely roused Russisn
wrath. They bsd welcomed tbe
Council, appointed a top man. So
for a moment they considered with-drawing.
However, for the sake of
Allied harmony, they stayed on and
are giving tbe Mediterranean Coun-cil
a trial. GROTLE RITES
FRIDAY AT 1
YARD FILIPINOS
SEARCHED FOR
KNIVES; 4 HELD
• Lieut. Andrew J . Johnson ia
visiting his aunt, Mrs. Anna Nel-son,
Creosote. Lieutenant John-son
who waa a graduate of Bain-brldge
High School, waa ccmmla-aioned
recently in the Medical
Adminlatrative Corps at Camp
Barkeley, Tex., and has been as-signed
to McCaw General Hoapi-tal.
Walla Walla.
POOS 'PA' WATSON
Toughest Job White House Secre-tary
Maj. Gen. Edwin <"Pa"> Wat-son
of the White House Secretariat
has to tackle each day Is keeping
the President's appointment sched-
• One Island Filipino was in jail
and three others were convicted
of carrying concealed weapons af-ter
Coast Guard police last week
opened a campaign to halt threat-ened
violence a t the Wlnalow shlp-yard.
Four complaints* were filed by
Tom Myers. Ferncliff. head of the
yard police, before Justice of the
Peace Walt Woodward, Rolling,
Bay. a f t e r all Filipinos in the yard
were searched for weapons F r i -
day. Mr. Myers said he acted a f t e r
gcttng reports o f impending
trouble between Filipino and In-dian
workmen at the yard.
Jose Tejano was given a 30-day.
term in the county Jail a t Port
Orchaid, 15 da f a of which were to
be suspended If he paid a fine of
$100 and costs. Mr. Tejano pleaded
guilty to carrying a four-inch
knife the day a f t e r he waa struck
on the j aw by another workman
in an altercation a t the yard.
Manuel Ollgario, Pablo Lambin-
Ico and Manuel Corpus each were
given fines of 50 cents and costs
of $2.50 a f t e r they were convicted
of the same offense. Each pleaded
not guilty and said they used the
knives which they had while work-ing
a t the yard.
All knives were ordered confis-cated
and Mr. Woodward warned
tbe defendants that It la contrary
to atate law to c a r r y knlvea larger
than a small jack-knife. Mr. Laro-binicio
testified that he believed
"many white workers at the yard.
If searched, would be found carry-ing
knives.
In two other yard eases. Virgil
Cornelius.' Seattle Indian, and E.
J. Charpentier, Seattle, each were
fined $10 and costa a f t e r being
convicted of drunk and diaordedly
charges. Mr. Myers said they re-ported
for work Friday and be-came
abusive when Coast Guard
police suggeaUd they return home
for the day. Mr. Charpentier was
committed to Jail a f t e r he refused
to pay the fine.
• Rasmus K. Grotle, West Port
Madison, died quietly in his sleep
Monday.
Services will be held a t the
Port Madison Lutheran Church
a t 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon,
the Rev. Gordon Loren officiating.
Burial will be In the Port Madi-aon
Cemetery.
Mr. Grotle, whoae wife preceded
him. in death two yeara ago. ia
survived by a daughter. Bertha,
with whom he made hia home,
and two aona. Knute, of San Di-ego,
Calif., and Harold, Seattle.
He also had three grandchildren.
Mr. Grotle was born in Norway.
July 5. ,1857. >Je came to thla
country when 25 years old, work-ing
in Seattle for two years be-fore
returning to Norway. He
married (Carolina Solheim there,
and coming here on their honey-moon
they settled on Vaahon Ia-land.
After a t r i p to Alaaka and
a few years work in Seattle, the
Grotles moved to Port Madlaon
35 years ago, and except for a
few trips t o Alaaka on fiahlng
expeditions, remained on the Is-land
until his death.
• Harry Speakes, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. E. Speakea, Fern-cliff,
left Armiatlce Day for
Tuacon. Ariz., for Naval training.
Harry had been employed at the
Wlnalow Marine Railway and
Shipbuilding Co. yard until hia
departure.
Frequently. FDR win (it talking to
an old friend for IS or 20 minutes
over the allotted time, and that
' snarls the White House schedule lor
the rest of the day.
Tfeia Is hard on the general's nerv-ous
system, especially when bigwigs
from the war or navy departments
are waiting to discuss military mat-ters.
On sueh occasions Watson la
oot above barging in and breaking
CHRISTMAS SEALS
ON SALE HERE
NOVEMBER 22
• A no-host farewell p a r t y waa
held Saturday night for John
Whittleeey, Manltou. a t the home
of Mr. and Mra. Henry Rodal,
Rolling Bay. Mr. Whittlesey re-ported
for induction into the Ar-my
Tuesday. Among guests a t the
p a r t y were Mrs. Ray Wingsness.
Seattle, and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Quitslund. Mr. Wingsness left
Thursday on sea duty, and Mr.
Qultalund ia now being transferred
from Pssco to Chicago.
The other day when the Presi-dent's
old friend. Governor Bob Kerr
•f Oklahoma, waa overstaying his
time—In rough no fault of bis own—
Wstsoo/wslked In snd b f sn to pa-rade
narvously about the room.
"Well, here's the undertaker. Mr.
President," grinned Kerr, catching
the hint "If ope of your callers gets
so ha doesn't raoiw. 'Pa* will move
him."
Roosevelt laughingly motioned
Watson to s chair.
"Sit down snd talk to us for
swhile, general." he «ald. "We're
having a very interesting conversa-tion."
With.a sigh. Watson took a chair.
BACK TO NORMALCY
Industry's eagerness to get back
to pescetime operation is seen In
the deluge c<. mail j received by the
chemical /Uyiflop of WP8. Theme
of every letter Is: Unlace the • The laland Red Croaa last week
stralgbtjaskst'astd give us a chance p r e n t e d by $*4.59 in a belated sale
of was^e paper collected here ear-lier
this year and Mra. Mervyn
Williams. Ftetaher .Bay, hinted of
plans to renew the collection cam-paign;
Three, tons, smallest amount
ever shipped from here, brought
the $84 price, indicating a sharp
upturn lh the pticejbelng paid for
waste paper, Mra. Will lama aaid.
About three,more tons still re-main
a t t h e Fair Grounds. Island
Center. Van (Jala, who broke Into
the building this summer, scat-tered
the paper and Mr. and Mrs.
'Williams spent several daya re-bun
dllng it.
• The 1943 Christmas Seals will
arrive In homes on Bainbrldge Is-land
November 22, . Mrs. Frank
Mariner, Seabold. reported yester-day.
Mrs. Mariner, who has again
been appointed laland aale chair-man.
aaya the aeala are very col-orful.
with a child's vision of
Christmas portrayed by an Hun-garian
artist. She is sending them
out in conformity with the annual
campaign of the Kitsap County
Tuberculosis League.
MINISTERS START
TEMPERANCE
CAMPAIGN HERE
• The Bainbrldge Island Minister-ial
Association, meeting Tuesday
a t the Congregational Church,
Wlnalow, endorsed and took steps
to put into action a temperance
campaign that will reach a high
point on Sunday, January 16,
when moat of t h e laland churches
will hold temperance services.
The sermon on that day will call
attention t o the congregation of
the amount of liquor consumed on
• Albert Glaser, aon of Mr. and
Mrs. A. Glaser, Pleasant Beach,
started school recently in Amar'
Mo. Tex., as an aviation machin-iat
in the Army Air Corps.
• Allan Foaa, aon of Mr. and
Mra. Harold Foaa," Eagledale. ar-rived
home last week f r om boot
camp, Farragut, Ida., for a 15-day
furlough.
Another step was taken by t h e
ministers Tuesday when they ap-proved
the financing of a aeries of
temperance advertisements to a p -
pear in The* Review, sponsored by
various church organisations on
the Island.
/Members 0 f the association also
made plans for a house to house
canvass of all trailer camps and
also of t h e new housing project a t
Winslow, to encourage Sunday
School and church attendance.
The Rev. T. Murdock Hale, pas-tor
of the Rollng Bay Presbyter-ian
Church, was named chairman
of the association, to succeed i t s
first'chairman, the Rev. Charlea P.
Milne, of the Wlnalow Congrega-tional
Church.
• A family reunion waa held
during the past week when PFC
Robert Johanson arrived home on
leave early in the week. from the
Arffiy Ordnance Division. Nash-ville.
Tenn.. a f t e r a year away
from home. His brother. PFC
Carl Johanson came In from Al-aaka
Saturday, a f t e r apending 18
months there. At the expiration
of hi* furlough he will be sta-tioned
a t Fort Lewis.
These boys, sons of Mra. John
Johanson, Wlnalow, have two oth-er
brothers in the aery Ice: PFC
Albert, atationed In Texaa, who
has been gone for more than a
year and Seaman George, 'who
waa home on furlough recently
from boot camp, Farragut, Ida.
The following Is a letter received
thla week by Mrs. K. C. McCann,
written by .her son. Eugene Royer
Andrews, Seaman First Class,
while his brother, Robert Owen
Andrews! was home on furlough
a t Wing P o i n t Both boys are serv-ing
In the Pacific War Zone.
"You asked In your last letter
about the natives. They are very
black, and about 5 feet 9 Inches
tall. They, look a bit like the Ne-groes
back home. When they wear
khakles It's quite a job to tell
them apart sometimes. When they
don't wear shoes you're sure they
are natives, but if they do you're
still not sure. In t h a t caae the only
way to make sure la to apeak to
them. The one word , they know
best la "dolla."
"If you. want t o b u y ' a grass
skirt t h e answer is 'one,dolla.' If
you want beads, a bracelet' or
something of the sort, it's usually
up to five 'dolla. One day we wyrc
quite surprised. We came across
one native who was educated by a
New Zealand missionary, and he
had a British accent. He told ua
quite a bit about his .home and
customs.
"Most of the natives wear
skirts, reaching to their kneea, but
when they can get any of .our
This praaaura hlta tbe chemical
division more than any other because
of .lbs.tight control *bicb t h ^ t j l W -
slon has exercised over the industry,
and also because of the tremendous
future of plastics and other develop-ments
In the chemical field
Controls are so tight that ho ma-terials
may be bought or sold with-out
clearance with WPB, and in the
course of getting clearance, the ap-plicant
must stale .a lot of kttirmis
facts about his business, including
buying price, leliiqg .price, profit,
and Inventories.
l b s rest meaning of the comp|alqt~
la that the Industry la not worried
sbout paper work so much as it la
worried about limitation on profita.
Under government control pricea
are held down by the fsct that salea
are limited to CV tjeeds. .but when
this restriction U removed, the de-mand
for chemical materials wiU be
terrific, and profits will go through
the celling
OE8 MEETING BET
Postponed from Last week, the
meeting of the O. E. S. Social
Club will be hold a t 1 o'clock thla
afternoon in the home of -Edith"
May Putnam. Wlnalow. The 6. E.
S. will hold its#'regular meeting
and initiation a t 8 o'clock Mon-day
night In the Masonic Temple,
Port Blakely.
M. L. O. Clinton, B. M. 2-2, U. S.
Coast Guard and wife are visiting
their parents. Mr. and Mrs. H. L.
Clinton, Creosote. Lawrence is on
patrol duty at Marshfield, Ore.
• Sergt. Dave Wd(d, son of1 Mr.,
and Mra. Fred Weld, Manltou. ar-rived
home Monday evening for a
two-weeks' furlough visit from
Camp Shelby, Miaa. .
GUILD PLANS YULE
PARTY DECEMBER 10
• A Chriatmaa p a r t y will be giv-en
by membera of the Bainbrldge
Guild of the Children's Orthopedic
Hospital at the home of Mra.
Sam Clarke, Ferncliff, a t - 2 o'-
clock the afternoon of December
10. All membera and friends are
invited.
La view Unit was appointed as
the entertainment committee for
the p a r t y by Mra Paul Hardy,
Ferncliff, president. The unit
-qamed Mra John Belling. Port
MWlison, and Mrs. John .Mlkkpla,
Baaing Bay, chairmen of t h e
• Thirteen Island, ajjpllcatlons f o r
tires were approved by the War
Pricq" and Rationing Board last
week. H i e y a r e :
Clarence Johnson. Frank Hills,
Kenneth Lyman, Olc FJarlie, J'. W.
Pike. Charlea Lindqulat and An-gelo
Pajaduan. all of Port Blakely
or Port Blakely RFC.
SHOPPING
WEEKS LEFT -, fe o &
• Charles McVicker, J r „ la~Jn
.the Marine Hospital. Seattle, where
he will be confined for four or
five months following an accident
near Aberdeen when he was run
Hepty N. Cheta, Charles Dixon.
School District Ke. 303 and Cecil
Gordon, all of Wlnalow or Wlnalow
RFD.
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