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March 23, 1945 Bainbridge Island Gem of Puget Sound Bainbridge Review Best Weekly In The Northwest Published Fridays; entered Port Blakely, Wa. Bainbridge Island Washington, Friday, March 23, 1945 Volume XX No.47 8 PAGES, 8 CENTS THE OLD MAN SAYS I was surprised the other day. The phone rang and I took down the receiver and said, Commence. Over the wire came the querry Is that you, Bones? Immediately 40 years dropped away. Sure, I said, who is this? Jim Lewis, he aswered. Where are you and where have you come from?, I asked. I'm down at pier 91, I've just come in from Guam. I'm commander in the Navy, Bones. Now, I said, I know one of us is crazy. You are too blooming old to be in the Navy! Oh, shut up, he said, Come down here and get me. You and I have a lot of visiting to do. I'm ordered to proceed East right away. So I went and got my old friend, Jim Lewis. He and I were in school together. After we got through pounding each other on the back and stopped yelling the inane greetings that come to men who have suddenly lost 40 odd years, I asked, How is it that you are in the Navy at your age? Well, he said, It is because of a mixture of ignorance and pride. You remember Bill Eaton, who was in our class? Yes, I replied. Bill , who always knew the worst was going to happen. That's just it, Jim answered. In 1935 he went around saying, There's going to be a war. I'm going to organize a unit or a company or something. Will you be in it? To stop his teasing a lot of the old gang agreed and I was one of them. Occasionally we would get a letter from the Navy department but, of course, it didn't really mean any of us, or so we thought. Well, Jim went on, come Pearl Harbor and I got a telegram from Washington, DC, to get examined. I took it around to Bill and asked what it was all about. Bill explained that it was just a matter of form. If there is a was, he said, it won't last more than three weeks. Get examined. Was I ever proud! I was the only one of the old bunch who passed. The doctors said I wasn't more than 30 years old. I gave the gang the laugh and said, Now you old dodoes know who is the only real man amongst you. I was glad I had that laugh when I did, Jim went on, In a week I got another telegram to report to Newport. I had four days to sell my businesses and I have been in the Navy ever since. Simple as that. We sat down to dinner and did he make my wife's eyes shine! The first real food I've had for months. And with my old friends! It's great to be alive!, Jim said that from the bottom of his heart. Then we took Jim Lewis to his train and I shouldered the 40 years again. Meeting Jim recalled among many other things, how I came back to our 25th reunion. I was told they were in a big room in the hotel. I walked in and started to walk out again. It was the wrong room, I thought. I didn't know any of those funny looking old men. Then I saw a big fellow with a bald head: Roger Lee! He used to sit right in front of me. I went over and banged him on the back and said, Hello, you hairless old ape, how are you? and the hairless old ape turned around and said, Really, you have the advantage of me, I'm the Dean, Dean Edsall. And so it was ! But after a half an hour that bunch of funny looking old men looked the same as the crowd of boys I had known for years back in school. Then the very next day the telephone rang again. When I answered, it's a voice asked, Do you have a son Bob? I admitted that I did and the voice continued, Bob and I were in school together. I'm in kind of a jam. Would it trouble you too much if I talked with you a few minutes? So I went and got Bob's classmate. He's in the Navy, too. His wife and baby were on their way here but he couldn't find a place to stay. His wife had shipped their furniture, which had arrived a good two weeks ahead of time, and he had been told to move it out of the freight rooms pronto. Gee, I'm kind of flustered, he said, We're going to have another baby in May, too. Now, our Bob is messing around somewhere in Germany and his wife and baby are being looked after in Boston. So in we pitched to see what we could be done for this friend and family. Bob's classmate has had his furniture stored. He has found and rented a furnished house. He has a doctor and a hospital reservation for his wife and a nurse for his kid. He has done pretty well for a fellow who was, kind of flustered. So, in two days I had been back to my yesterday, been mixed up with men of today and children of tomorrow. Two good days! RECREATION PROGRAM IS SUSPENDED Suspension of the all Island recreational program, as set up this winter, does not mean that the program is abandoned, Mrs Frank Mariner, Agate Point, chairman of the school board and T Roy Thordarson, Fletcher Bay, superintendent of schools, announced this week. Lack of immediate funds was reported as one reason, as was the fact that the per capita cost seemed out of proportion with the results obtained. A committee of Island men and women began work on a recreational program last spring, under the impetus of promised funds from federal, state and local contributions, some of which were not forthcoming, it was reported, as the decision to suspend activities was announced. William Linn, Rolling Bay, a former director of such activities on the Pacific Coast, was chosen to organize recreational activities. Under his supervision a program of athletics was arranged for after school hours and Saturdays at the Lincoln School, Winslow, and at the high school. With the assistance of members of the school faculty, other events included dancing classes at the Winslow Park recreation hall two evenings a week. Residents of Seabold established a program in that area, holding a weekly schedule of several hours play at the community hall. Funds were provided by the Washington state program, which underwrote the current expenses while federal grants were pending, it was explained. Refusal of the federal funds to many such programs, including the large scale Bremerton plan, was announced recently, and the local schedule was abondoned, the announcement concluded. A closer tie in with the public school program will be made in coming plans, Mrs Mariner reported. Since outside funds seem doubtful more community activity will be needed to establish the new program, she said. A state allotment of $250,000 has been made for all such recreational programs, Mrs Mariner added. At present the receational committee and the school officials are waiting to ascertain what portion of the money may be allocated locally. Spring and summer programs may be planned by local Parent Teacher associations, it was stated, with suggested public forums as one idea in the immediate future. Assistance has been volunteered by members of the school faculty for the development of any temporary recreational program, Mr Thordason reported. While this does not mean that individual teachers will take charge of organized play in various communities, he said, interested communities may receive the advice and assistance in planning local programs. Tags: Education, Bainbridge Island OPA SEEKS CLERK FOR OFFICE JOB A full time job as price clerk at the War Price and Rationing Board office, Winslow, is open for a qualified applicant, board officials announced this week as they disclosed the resignation of Mrs Ethel Andrews, Battle Point. Mrs Andrews, employed on the ration board staff for the past year and a half, asked that her resignation be accepted, effective April 15, it was said. She plans to spend several months away from the Island, according to reports. Applicants were asked to call J F Henry, Rolling Bay, chairman of the Island board, evenings at Port Madison 3302, or to call at the Winslow rationing headquarters. The position requires a full day schedule plus attendance at two evening meetings each month, it was said. Tags: Civilian War Effort, Bainbridge Island, WWII SUMMER CAMP REUNION Mr and Mrs Frank Shryock and their son, Dick, Wing Point, and Mrs J Harvey Griffith and daughter Marilyn and Jean, Ferncliff, attended a summer camp reunion at the Tennis Club, Seattle, last Friday evening. This reunion was a get together of boys and girls who have attended the San Juan Camp for Boys, the North Star Camp for Girls and the San Juan Ski Lodge. LAND SLIDE HITS HOME Mr and Mrs Bernard Lueck, tenants of Judge Howard Findley's home, Crystal Springs, were forced out of their home early Tuesday morning when a landslide completely demolished more than half of the house, it was reported this week. Awakening at about 1 o'clock Tuesday morning, Mr and Mrs Lueckwere horrified to find their young baby and the baby bed thrust upon their own bed, it was learned. Dashing out of the house into a driving rain they saw that land on the hill behind their home had slid into the building. Taking temporary shelter with friends in the vicinity, the couple were able to rescue some personal belongings and part of the furniture the next morning. They are making their home with friends until they can occupy a residence in Winslow. M'DONALD PTA DADS DUE FOR PLAYFIELD WORK ON SUNDAY Men of the McDonald School Parent Teacher Association, Eagledale, with their picks and shovels, are asked to gather for completion of the playground work at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon, weather permitting, Dean Holt, Bucklin's Corner, said this week. Preliminary work was done more than a month ago, Mr Holt said, and this meeting should see the ground completed. Coffee and cake will be furnished by a group of ladies of the organization. Tag: Education, Bainbridge Island Rev J M Robinson, Rolling Bay, suffered a fractured collar bone as a result of a fall at his home Monday. Meet Your Neighbors EMIL WILLIAMS, PIONEER, 10 YEAR VETERAN OF ROAD CREW, DRIVES HUGE GRADING MACHINE OVER ISLAND HIGHWAYS Image Caption: Emil Williams pauses at the helm of the huge machine used for maintenance of Island roads. by Jean Henry Day after day the rain pours down until it seems spring and dryer roads will never come. Mud and ruts, unexpected miniature rivers of foaming brown water make driving a strenuous business these days. No one knows this better than the driver of the big yellow road grader. He has worked early and late the last two months keeping the roads open so we can get our cars through as usual. Up and down, back and forth from one end of the Island to the other, the grader scrapes the dirt and gravel filling in the holes, opening the ditches, smoothing the ruts. Let's follow the long mound of rubble made by the scraping blades down the center of the road, up to the top of the next hill, past the gray barn with the sagging roof to the shivering poplar tree and being careful to stay astride the dividing line of mud, we round a sharp bend and come out on a straight stretch and there he is at last! The driver waves cheerily and leans out of the cab of the road hogger as we came alongside. He's eating his lunch and there is time between bites to talk. Emil Williams of Rolling Bay has had the most colorful life that a road grader operator could ever have. He first saw the green forests of Bainbridge Island from the decks of the German windjammer, Marie, as she was being towed into Port Blakely fresh from her voyage from Australia. The Marie, was the finest full rigged ship ever to come into Blakely. She was a gleaming white inside and out and her crew worked endlessly to keep her this way. Emil was only 18 and the three years he had spent at sea under the German flag made him long for freedom. Here was his chance! While the ,Marie, lay at anchor, loading lumber in the harbor, Emil jumped ship. The first man he met happened to be John Silven, who until his death recently had been a resident of Seabold. Emil was (Please turn to Page Three) OPA STARTS NEW PANEL A community service panel, to act as a liaison group between Office of Price Administration headquarters and various social and civic groups, has been selected by the War Price and rationing Board, Winslow, according to an announcement this week. This group will meet each month to discuss information on rules and regulations as distributed by Office of Price Administration headquarters, it was revealed. The chief purpose of this new panel will be to distribute the information to the participating organizations, the board explained. Heading the new panel is Rev Charles P Milne, Winslow, representing the Bainbridge Island Ministerial Association. Others serving with Mr Milne are L A Peterson, Wing Point,from the American Legion, Mrs Maurice McMicken, Wing Point, representing the USO; Mrs S J Clark, Ferncliff, the Parent Teacher Association; Mrs Frank Vert, Winslow, the Bainbridge Island Grange; Ray Williamson, Winslow, Bainbridge Business Association and Chamber of Commerce, and Richard Judd, Battle Point, from the Renton Lodge, No 29, F & A M. First meeting of the service panel will be next Friday evening, it was announced, when two state OPA officials will discuss the duties of the organization with relation to rationing and controls operated by the board. The community service panel system has been organized by many local boards throughout the nation, it was reported. Tags: Civilian War Effort, Bainbridge Island, WWII SCOUTS GAIN ON PAPER GOAL Still aiming at a goal of 1,000 pounds of paper for each member of the Boy Scouts or Cub Scouts, more than 11,000 pounds of waste paper was salvaged within the last several weeks, V E Urich, Winslow, chairman of the Bainbridge Island Scout committee, announced this week. Four boys have gathered more than their individual quota it was revealed when a Cub Scout, Loren (Minky) Peterson reported collection of 1,275 pounds of paper. Donnell McNulty, Boy Scout, turned in 1,194 pounds. Both boys are members of Troop No 496, Winslow and south Island group. Most paper was reported from Erling Gunderson, Seabold Scout, who has brought in 1,276 pounds. Russell Trask, a Cub, was six pounds over his quota this week with 1,006 pounds to his credit. These two boys are from Troop 497, Rolling Bay, Seabold and the north end of the Island. Gen Dwight Eisenhower has endorsed the Boy Scout paper campaign through March and April, with the promise of an autographed shell casing from the European war front, for each Scout Troop averaging more than 1,000 pounds of paper per member. Local American Legion members are supporting the Scouts in this drive. Tags: Civilian War Effort, Bainbridge Island, WWII Mrs Matilda Hope, Island Center, is home due to an illness of the last 10 days. LIDRAL CO STARTS WORK ON FIRE HALL Completed in the eyes of expectant watchers as first shovels of earth cleared away the site of the new firehall, Bainbridge Island's newest structure, the $15,000 firehall construction ordered by fire commissioners was started Monday morning. The firehall contract was awarded the Lidral Construction Company, Seattle, owned by J F Lidral, Ferncliff, commissioners announced. The building was designed by Charles Palmer, Manitou. To be completed by July 15th, or earlier, the structure will house space for fire trucks, a meeting room approximately 18 by 30 feet, a dormitory and kitchen, a half basement and furnace room, and a drying tower 30 feet high. Concrete block construction is called for in the plan. The actual construction culminated several months of endeavors on the part of the commissioners, it was learned. Nearly a month ago the War Production Board, Washington, DC, released the necessary priorities for the building providing for construction to start within 60 days. Several months aago the commissioners cancelled applications on file with the Federal Works Agency, stating at that time that differences between local and federal cost estimates showed that a saving would be made by acting through local channels. On hand, the commissioners estimated $9,000 from tax monies would start the work. Further monies were to be secured from local contributions and from future taxes, it was reported. During the past two years the fire crews have been very busy. Fire Chief Louis Sinnett, Creosote, reported, with an estimated saving of more than $200,000 during the time. The recent fires at the USO building, Winslow, the Winslow Park recreation hall, and at half a dozen residences were cited as cases whereby consideralble damage was avoided due to the efficiency of the crew. Necessity for the firehall, and especially the drying tower, was noted during the Winslow Park fire, it was reported. At that time the fire hose burst and leaked badly. because of dampness and lack of thorough drying facilities. Possibilities of a reduction of fire insurance rates on Island property is being considered, it was reported. Island property values are placed at more than $5,000,000, it was said, and some saving may be realized when the added value of the firehall is realized. TRAFFIC CASES LEAD 1944 JUSTICE SESSIONS HERE Traffic violations continued to lead the list of Island justice court cases, Walt Woodward, Rolling Bay, revealed in his 1944 report to county authorities. Mr Woodward serves as a justice of the peace for the Island and reported 57 cases for the year. Nineteen cases of faulty parking topped the list, with 15 cases of speeding as runner up. There were five cases of negligent driving and four cases for failure to stop at an arterial sign. Other trials included two cases, no operator's license; one case, failing to yield the right of way; two cases, reckless driving; one case, disorderly conduct; one case, drunkenness; three cases, drunkenness on the public highway; one case, third degree assault; two cases, violation of the fire code, and one case, petty larceny. THE CALENDAR Sunday Palm Sunday McDonald PTA dads meet MONDAY OPA Non Shipyard Mileage Panel TUESDAY OPA Fuel Oil Panel WEDNESDAY Port Madison Lutheran Ladies' Aid Sportmen's Club meeting THURSDAY OPA Shipyard Mileage Panel FRIDAY OPA Community Service Panel Island School Vacation Day
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Full Text | March 23, 1945 Bainbridge Island Gem of Puget Sound Bainbridge Review Best Weekly In The Northwest Published Fridays; entered Port Blakely, Wa. Bainbridge Island Washington, Friday, March 23, 1945 Volume XX No.47 8 PAGES, 8 CENTS THE OLD MAN SAYS I was surprised the other day. The phone rang and I took down the receiver and said, Commence. Over the wire came the querry Is that you, Bones? Immediately 40 years dropped away. Sure, I said, who is this? Jim Lewis, he aswered. Where are you and where have you come from?, I asked. I'm down at pier 91, I've just come in from Guam. I'm commander in the Navy, Bones. Now, I said, I know one of us is crazy. You are too blooming old to be in the Navy! Oh, shut up, he said, Come down here and get me. You and I have a lot of visiting to do. I'm ordered to proceed East right away. So I went and got my old friend, Jim Lewis. He and I were in school together. After we got through pounding each other on the back and stopped yelling the inane greetings that come to men who have suddenly lost 40 odd years, I asked, How is it that you are in the Navy at your age? Well, he said, It is because of a mixture of ignorance and pride. You remember Bill Eaton, who was in our class? Yes, I replied. Bill , who always knew the worst was going to happen. That's just it, Jim answered. In 1935 he went around saying, There's going to be a war. I'm going to organize a unit or a company or something. Will you be in it? To stop his teasing a lot of the old gang agreed and I was one of them. Occasionally we would get a letter from the Navy department but, of course, it didn't really mean any of us, or so we thought. Well, Jim went on, come Pearl Harbor and I got a telegram from Washington, DC, to get examined. I took it around to Bill and asked what it was all about. Bill explained that it was just a matter of form. If there is a was, he said, it won't last more than three weeks. Get examined. Was I ever proud! I was the only one of the old bunch who passed. The doctors said I wasn't more than 30 years old. I gave the gang the laugh and said, Now you old dodoes know who is the only real man amongst you. I was glad I had that laugh when I did, Jim went on, In a week I got another telegram to report to Newport. I had four days to sell my businesses and I have been in the Navy ever since. Simple as that. We sat down to dinner and did he make my wife's eyes shine! The first real food I've had for months. And with my old friends! It's great to be alive!, Jim said that from the bottom of his heart. Then we took Jim Lewis to his train and I shouldered the 40 years again. Meeting Jim recalled among many other things, how I came back to our 25th reunion. I was told they were in a big room in the hotel. I walked in and started to walk out again. It was the wrong room, I thought. I didn't know any of those funny looking old men. Then I saw a big fellow with a bald head: Roger Lee! He used to sit right in front of me. I went over and banged him on the back and said, Hello, you hairless old ape, how are you? and the hairless old ape turned around and said, Really, you have the advantage of me, I'm the Dean, Dean Edsall. And so it was ! But after a half an hour that bunch of funny looking old men looked the same as the crowd of boys I had known for years back in school. Then the very next day the telephone rang again. When I answered, it's a voice asked, Do you have a son Bob? I admitted that I did and the voice continued, Bob and I were in school together. I'm in kind of a jam. Would it trouble you too much if I talked with you a few minutes? So I went and got Bob's classmate. He's in the Navy, too. His wife and baby were on their way here but he couldn't find a place to stay. His wife had shipped their furniture, which had arrived a good two weeks ahead of time, and he had been told to move it out of the freight rooms pronto. Gee, I'm kind of flustered, he said, We're going to have another baby in May, too. Now, our Bob is messing around somewhere in Germany and his wife and baby are being looked after in Boston. So in we pitched to see what we could be done for this friend and family. Bob's classmate has had his furniture stored. He has found and rented a furnished house. He has a doctor and a hospital reservation for his wife and a nurse for his kid. He has done pretty well for a fellow who was, kind of flustered. So, in two days I had been back to my yesterday, been mixed up with men of today and children of tomorrow. Two good days! RECREATION PROGRAM IS SUSPENDED Suspension of the all Island recreational program, as set up this winter, does not mean that the program is abandoned, Mrs Frank Mariner, Agate Point, chairman of the school board and T Roy Thordarson, Fletcher Bay, superintendent of schools, announced this week. Lack of immediate funds was reported as one reason, as was the fact that the per capita cost seemed out of proportion with the results obtained. A committee of Island men and women began work on a recreational program last spring, under the impetus of promised funds from federal, state and local contributions, some of which were not forthcoming, it was reported, as the decision to suspend activities was announced. William Linn, Rolling Bay, a former director of such activities on the Pacific Coast, was chosen to organize recreational activities. Under his supervision a program of athletics was arranged for after school hours and Saturdays at the Lincoln School, Winslow, and at the high school. With the assistance of members of the school faculty, other events included dancing classes at the Winslow Park recreation hall two evenings a week. Residents of Seabold established a program in that area, holding a weekly schedule of several hours play at the community hall. Funds were provided by the Washington state program, which underwrote the current expenses while federal grants were pending, it was explained. Refusal of the federal funds to many such programs, including the large scale Bremerton plan, was announced recently, and the local schedule was abondoned, the announcement concluded. A closer tie in with the public school program will be made in coming plans, Mrs Mariner reported. Since outside funds seem doubtful more community activity will be needed to establish the new program, she said. A state allotment of $250,000 has been made for all such recreational programs, Mrs Mariner added. At present the receational committee and the school officials are waiting to ascertain what portion of the money may be allocated locally. Spring and summer programs may be planned by local Parent Teacher associations, it was stated, with suggested public forums as one idea in the immediate future. Assistance has been volunteered by members of the school faculty for the development of any temporary recreational program, Mr Thordason reported. While this does not mean that individual teachers will take charge of organized play in various communities, he said, interested communities may receive the advice and assistance in planning local programs. Tags: Education, Bainbridge Island OPA SEEKS CLERK FOR OFFICE JOB A full time job as price clerk at the War Price and Rationing Board office, Winslow, is open for a qualified applicant, board officials announced this week as they disclosed the resignation of Mrs Ethel Andrews, Battle Point. Mrs Andrews, employed on the ration board staff for the past year and a half, asked that her resignation be accepted, effective April 15, it was said. She plans to spend several months away from the Island, according to reports. Applicants were asked to call J F Henry, Rolling Bay, chairman of the Island board, evenings at Port Madison 3302, or to call at the Winslow rationing headquarters. The position requires a full day schedule plus attendance at two evening meetings each month, it was said. Tags: Civilian War Effort, Bainbridge Island, WWII SUMMER CAMP REUNION Mr and Mrs Frank Shryock and their son, Dick, Wing Point, and Mrs J Harvey Griffith and daughter Marilyn and Jean, Ferncliff, attended a summer camp reunion at the Tennis Club, Seattle, last Friday evening. This reunion was a get together of boys and girls who have attended the San Juan Camp for Boys, the North Star Camp for Girls and the San Juan Ski Lodge. LAND SLIDE HITS HOME Mr and Mrs Bernard Lueck, tenants of Judge Howard Findley's home, Crystal Springs, were forced out of their home early Tuesday morning when a landslide completely demolished more than half of the house, it was reported this week. Awakening at about 1 o'clock Tuesday morning, Mr and Mrs Lueckwere horrified to find their young baby and the baby bed thrust upon their own bed, it was learned. Dashing out of the house into a driving rain they saw that land on the hill behind their home had slid into the building. Taking temporary shelter with friends in the vicinity, the couple were able to rescue some personal belongings and part of the furniture the next morning. They are making their home with friends until they can occupy a residence in Winslow. M'DONALD PTA DADS DUE FOR PLAYFIELD WORK ON SUNDAY Men of the McDonald School Parent Teacher Association, Eagledale, with their picks and shovels, are asked to gather for completion of the playground work at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon, weather permitting, Dean Holt, Bucklin's Corner, said this week. Preliminary work was done more than a month ago, Mr Holt said, and this meeting should see the ground completed. Coffee and cake will be furnished by a group of ladies of the organization. Tag: Education, Bainbridge Island Rev J M Robinson, Rolling Bay, suffered a fractured collar bone as a result of a fall at his home Monday. Meet Your Neighbors EMIL WILLIAMS, PIONEER, 10 YEAR VETERAN OF ROAD CREW, DRIVES HUGE GRADING MACHINE OVER ISLAND HIGHWAYS Image Caption: Emil Williams pauses at the helm of the huge machine used for maintenance of Island roads. by Jean Henry Day after day the rain pours down until it seems spring and dryer roads will never come. Mud and ruts, unexpected miniature rivers of foaming brown water make driving a strenuous business these days. No one knows this better than the driver of the big yellow road grader. He has worked early and late the last two months keeping the roads open so we can get our cars through as usual. Up and down, back and forth from one end of the Island to the other, the grader scrapes the dirt and gravel filling in the holes, opening the ditches, smoothing the ruts. Let's follow the long mound of rubble made by the scraping blades down the center of the road, up to the top of the next hill, past the gray barn with the sagging roof to the shivering poplar tree and being careful to stay astride the dividing line of mud, we round a sharp bend and come out on a straight stretch and there he is at last! The driver waves cheerily and leans out of the cab of the road hogger as we came alongside. He's eating his lunch and there is time between bites to talk. Emil Williams of Rolling Bay has had the most colorful life that a road grader operator could ever have. He first saw the green forests of Bainbridge Island from the decks of the German windjammer, Marie, as she was being towed into Port Blakely fresh from her voyage from Australia. The Marie, was the finest full rigged ship ever to come into Blakely. She was a gleaming white inside and out and her crew worked endlessly to keep her this way. Emil was only 18 and the three years he had spent at sea under the German flag made him long for freedom. Here was his chance! While the ,Marie, lay at anchor, loading lumber in the harbor, Emil jumped ship. The first man he met happened to be John Silven, who until his death recently had been a resident of Seabold. Emil was (Please turn to Page Three) OPA STARTS NEW PANEL A community service panel, to act as a liaison group between Office of Price Administration headquarters and various social and civic groups, has been selected by the War Price and rationing Board, Winslow, according to an announcement this week. This group will meet each month to discuss information on rules and regulations as distributed by Office of Price Administration headquarters, it was revealed. The chief purpose of this new panel will be to distribute the information to the participating organizations, the board explained. Heading the new panel is Rev Charles P Milne, Winslow, representing the Bainbridge Island Ministerial Association. Others serving with Mr Milne are L A Peterson, Wing Point,from the American Legion, Mrs Maurice McMicken, Wing Point, representing the USO; Mrs S J Clark, Ferncliff, the Parent Teacher Association; Mrs Frank Vert, Winslow, the Bainbridge Island Grange; Ray Williamson, Winslow, Bainbridge Business Association and Chamber of Commerce, and Richard Judd, Battle Point, from the Renton Lodge, No 29, F & A M. First meeting of the service panel will be next Friday evening, it was announced, when two state OPA officials will discuss the duties of the organization with relation to rationing and controls operated by the board. The community service panel system has been organized by many local boards throughout the nation, it was reported. Tags: Civilian War Effort, Bainbridge Island, WWII SCOUTS GAIN ON PAPER GOAL Still aiming at a goal of 1,000 pounds of paper for each member of the Boy Scouts or Cub Scouts, more than 11,000 pounds of waste paper was salvaged within the last several weeks, V E Urich, Winslow, chairman of the Bainbridge Island Scout committee, announced this week. Four boys have gathered more than their individual quota it was revealed when a Cub Scout, Loren (Minky) Peterson reported collection of 1,275 pounds of paper. Donnell McNulty, Boy Scout, turned in 1,194 pounds. Both boys are members of Troop No 496, Winslow and south Island group. Most paper was reported from Erling Gunderson, Seabold Scout, who has brought in 1,276 pounds. Russell Trask, a Cub, was six pounds over his quota this week with 1,006 pounds to his credit. These two boys are from Troop 497, Rolling Bay, Seabold and the north end of the Island. Gen Dwight Eisenhower has endorsed the Boy Scout paper campaign through March and April, with the promise of an autographed shell casing from the European war front, for each Scout Troop averaging more than 1,000 pounds of paper per member. Local American Legion members are supporting the Scouts in this drive. Tags: Civilian War Effort, Bainbridge Island, WWII Mrs Matilda Hope, Island Center, is home due to an illness of the last 10 days. LIDRAL CO STARTS WORK ON FIRE HALL Completed in the eyes of expectant watchers as first shovels of earth cleared away the site of the new firehall, Bainbridge Island's newest structure, the $15,000 firehall construction ordered by fire commissioners was started Monday morning. The firehall contract was awarded the Lidral Construction Company, Seattle, owned by J F Lidral, Ferncliff, commissioners announced. The building was designed by Charles Palmer, Manitou. To be completed by July 15th, or earlier, the structure will house space for fire trucks, a meeting room approximately 18 by 30 feet, a dormitory and kitchen, a half basement and furnace room, and a drying tower 30 feet high. Concrete block construction is called for in the plan. The actual construction culminated several months of endeavors on the part of the commissioners, it was learned. Nearly a month ago the War Production Board, Washington, DC, released the necessary priorities for the building providing for construction to start within 60 days. Several months aago the commissioners cancelled applications on file with the Federal Works Agency, stating at that time that differences between local and federal cost estimates showed that a saving would be made by acting through local channels. On hand, the commissioners estimated $9,000 from tax monies would start the work. Further monies were to be secured from local contributions and from future taxes, it was reported. During the past two years the fire crews have been very busy. Fire Chief Louis Sinnett, Creosote, reported, with an estimated saving of more than $200,000 during the time. The recent fires at the USO building, Winslow, the Winslow Park recreation hall, and at half a dozen residences were cited as cases whereby consideralble damage was avoided due to the efficiency of the crew. Necessity for the firehall, and especially the drying tower, was noted during the Winslow Park fire, it was reported. At that time the fire hose burst and leaked badly. because of dampness and lack of thorough drying facilities. Possibilities of a reduction of fire insurance rates on Island property is being considered, it was reported. Island property values are placed at more than $5,000,000, it was said, and some saving may be realized when the added value of the firehall is realized. TRAFFIC CASES LEAD 1944 JUSTICE SESSIONS HERE Traffic violations continued to lead the list of Island justice court cases, Walt Woodward, Rolling Bay, revealed in his 1944 report to county authorities. Mr Woodward serves as a justice of the peace for the Island and reported 57 cases for the year. Nineteen cases of faulty parking topped the list, with 15 cases of speeding as runner up. There were five cases of negligent driving and four cases for failure to stop at an arterial sign. Other trials included two cases, no operator's license; one case, failing to yield the right of way; two cases, reckless driving; one case, disorderly conduct; one case, drunkenness; three cases, drunkenness on the public highway; one case, third degree assault; two cases, violation of the fire code, and one case, petty larceny. THE CALENDAR Sunday Palm Sunday McDonald PTA dads meet MONDAY OPA Non Shipyard Mileage Panel TUESDAY OPA Fuel Oil Panel WEDNESDAY Port Madison Lutheran Ladies' Aid Sportmen's Club meeting THURSDAY OPA Shipyard Mileage Panel FRIDAY OPA Community Service Panel Island School Vacation Day |
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