Bainbridge Review 1943-03-18

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BAINBRIDGE REVIEW
BEST WEEKLY IN THE NORTHWEST
Published every Thursday, entered as second
class mailer, Port Blakely, Washington   BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WASHINGTQN THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1943 VOL. XVIII, NO. 46 8 PAGES 5c

MADISON PO
MAIL NOW ON
WINSLOW RFD

EffectIve last Saturday, the
Port MadIson postofffice, one of
the last landmarks of a once
thriving community - was no
more.

Approximately fifty boxholders
at the postoffice were receiving
their mail through the Winslow
rural route and their mailing addresses
were changed accordingly.

This was a hard blow for some
Madisonites in addition to the 
inconvenience caused by the lack of
a postoffice. Some veteran residents
there felt the postoffice was
the last landmark officially to call
the world's attention to the history
laden community that once
was a large lumber production
center.

They gave up the postoffice only
after a bitter struggle. When
the Postoffice Department order
was made last week they still
were trying to find a postmaster.
Failure to obtain one, plus the 
closing two weeks ago of the 
grocery that had housed the postoffice, 
caused the change.

The Review, earlier this week, 
and ignorant of the fact that the
change already had been made,
sent a telegram to Congressman
Warren G Magneson asking that 
Madisonites be given one month
in which to find a postmaster. Mr 
Magneson's office replied by telephone
Tuesday that it was "impossible" 
for Postoffice Department
inspectors to find anyone for the
job."

Incidentally, the telegram said
no announcement had been made
on results of examinations held
recently for postmaster positions
at Winslow and Port Blakely.

SIX ISLANDERS
NAMED JURORS IN
SUPERIOR COURT
Six Islanders are among [ ]
talesmen chosen to hear nine
criminal and seven civil cases
during the spring jury session in
Superior court at Port Orchard
it was learned this week.

Identified by their mailing addresses
they are; C L Cleaver, 
Winslow; Ida W Ross, Port 
Blakely; Martha Raymen, Port Blakely; 
William Hansen Jr,  Port
Blakely; Robert Wilson Beggar, 
Rolling Bay and Ole Monsaas,
Port Madison.

The most important case on the
calendar is the first degree murder
charge against Edward Bradley,
64 years old, Port Orchard, accused
of killing Louis Stornelli,
Port Orchard, last November.

HAVE MEASLES
Mrs Wayne Howell, Manitou,
expects to be extremely busy for
some time since three of her eight
children have the measles.

BRINGS DAUGHTER HOME
Mrs T Murdock Hale, Rolling
Bay, returned home from the hospital
Saturday with her infant
daughter, Dorinda Munson.

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SHE SHOULD HAVE 
BEEN A GIRL,
ONLY HE WASN'T
Everybody was all set for a girl.

A number of showers had been 
given for the mother and an
elaborate layette featuring pink
the traditional baby girl's color,
had been collected.

But when Mrs Nels Christensen
Rolling Bay, gave birth to
her first child at Seattle General
Hospital at 4 o'clock the afternoon
of March 12, it was a 
boy. He was a fine one, too,
weighing 8 lbs 2 ounces. The
baby was named Russell Charles.

Mr Christensen is employed as
a rigger at the Winslow yard. The
child's grandfather is Capt Nels
Christensen, Winslow.

Despite the pink ribbons, last
reports had it that all hands were
well satisfied with the arrival.

MRS JOHNSON
FLAYS HANKS
In an open letter to the Bremerton
Sun, Mrs Gertrude L Johnson,
Rolling Bay, the Island's 
first representative in the State
Legislature, attacked the record
of her fellow Kitsap County
legislator, C A Hanks, Port
Orchard.

Mrs Johnson, however, made no
mention of her accusation in the
column which she has been writing
weekly for the Review.

Dated after the close of the
legislative session, Mrs Johnson's
letter said Mr Hanks, a fellow
Democrat, "sat here for the whole
session and voted with the
Republicans."

"Whenever a political fight
came on the floor when it was
Democrats against Republicans,
Hanks went with the Republicans.
He also voted for the governer's
forestry bills, the most vicious
legislation to ever come before a
legislature, to abolish our elective
land commissioner's office," the
letter continued.

Mr Hanks, in a series of letters
to county newspapers earlier had 
written about the "motley crowd
of political opportunist's, communists
Utopian dreamers and wild
eyed fanatics who advocate all
manner of reforms." Mr Hanks
said in his letter that he
attempted to avoid party lines in
deciding how to vote on measures.


Mrs Markey Will Speak
To High School PTA

The Bainbridge High School
Parent Teacher Association will
meet in the school's cafeteria at
8 o'clock Monday night.

Mrs Elizabeth Markey, Rolling 
Bay,  high school nurse, will give
an informative talk on the care
of sick children when a physician
is not available.

Tags:
Education, Bainbridge Island

GEORGE WICKMAN HOME
PFC George Wickmann, attached
to a military police detachment
at Camp Young, Calif, arrived
here Monday for a week's visit
with his parents, Mr and Mrs
V A Wickman, Winslow. He will
return Sunday.

Tags:
Bainbridge Islanders in the Armed Forces

RED CROSS
DRIVE HITS
$2000 MARK
[ ]er collected for a Red Cross drive
here. With a national slogan of
"give double" and informed by
Bremerton Red Cross leaders that
the Island could set its own goal
this year. Mrs Shepard last week
resolutely said the Island would 
attempt to "give triple" not
double.

The drive combines the regular
membership roll call with a 
special War Fund donation.

With only a scattering of
reports received from field workers
in every community, the Island's
total yesterday was more than
two thirds along the way toward
the $3000 mark. Field workers,
too busy to make reports until
the end of the drive on March 31,
were reported unofficially as 
"doing fine."

Given high praise by Mrs Shepard
for leading the Winslow yard's
$1700 contribution effort were
Art Lindgren, assistant superintendent,
Hal Carimann, personel director and 
Ed Black, lead man.

With more than a week remaining
in the month long campaign,
Bainbridge Island yesterday had
more than $2000 of its self made
"give triple" $3000 Red Cross
War Fund goal.

Largest single group of donors
were employees of the Winslow
Marine Railway and Shipbuilding
Company. They gave in excess of 
$1700. Mrs Frank L Shepard, 
Winslow, chairman of the Island
drive, announced.

"It is simply grand the way
everyone is giving this year"
Mrs Shepard exclaimed.

She had reason to be proud, for
it began to appear that the Island
might accomplish its $3000 
goal three times the amount

Tags:
Civilian War Effort, Bainbridge Island, WWII


FIVE TICKETS
GIVEN MOTORISTS
A bench warrant was issued
for failure to appear for a traffic 
ticket and $38 in fines and forfeited
bail money was collected
as sheriff deputies made good
on their promise to "clamp down"
on Island motoring violations last
week.

The bench warrant was issued 
Friday against Rueben E Wagner,
Fletcher Bay, after he failed
to appear for trial on a ticket
for no valid license plates. The
ticket was written by State
Patrolman L N Serwold, who 
accompanied Deputy Hal Jones on
a checkup here, earlier last week
The warrant was issued by 
Justice of the Peace Walt Woodward,
Pleasant Beach.

Disposition of other cases:
John Mayo, Island Center, failure
to stop at arterial and no
driver's license, forfeited $15 bail
John Selstrom, Crystal Springs, 
no driver's license, forfeited $5
bail; Johnny W Coleman, Winslow,
no driver's license, $15 fine;
Irene Ericksen, Winslow, illegal 
parking, forfeited $3 bail.

PAT HINKLE ARRIVES
FOR NAVY TRAINING
Farragut, Idaho, Wednesday,
March 17, A new representative
of the Port Blakely community
has joined the forces of the US
Navy, reporting here at the US 
Naval Training Station last week.
He is Robert Patrick Hinkle, son
of Mr and Mrs R L Hinkle, Port
Blakely.

During the period of his recruit
training, he will learn the fundamentals
of seamanship and undergo
physical hardening in the 
intensive program. On graduation,
he will either be sent to a Navy
Service School for additional
training in a specialized field or
ordered to join the combat forces
of the US fleet in action. He is 
a former basketball star at 
Bainbridge High School.

Tags:
Bainbridge Islanders in the Armed Forces

VISITS PARENTS
Mrs Jess Stacy, Mount Vernon,
spent two days last week with her
parents, Mr and Mrs Frank
McDonald, Eagledale.

VISITS OVER WEEKEND
Miss Christine Belling, Seattle,
visited Island relatives last
weekend.

VISIT IN EVERETT
Mr and Mrs John Ralson, 
Seabold, visited relatives in 
Everett last weekend.

NOW YOU KNOW
FUEL STAMP 5
BUYS 10 GALLONS
A question thousands of fuel
oil users in the state of Washington
have been awaiting answer
was answered last week.

The question "How much are
my No 5 fuel oil coupons worth?
"The answer, 10 gallons each.
The No 5 fuel oil coupon 
becomes effective April 6.

Tag: Civilian War Effort, Bainbridge Island, WWII

ISLAND LEADS
GARDEN WORK
There is more Victory Garden
plowing being done on Bainbridge
Island this spring than in any other
section of Kitsap County, the
Rev Charles P Milne, Winslow, 
chairman of the Chamber of 
Commerce plowing committee,
announced this week.

Authority for Mr Milne's statement
was Dino Sivo, Port 
Orchard county extension agent, 
who conferred with the pastor
here Monday.

Further proof was the amount
of plowing being done through
the combined chamber and Grange
plowing committee, which was 
acting as a clearing house for
gardeners and plowers. Mr Milne
said the committee still was short of
plowing equipment, but was 
attempting to direct gardeners to
plowers living near them. 

Tags:
Agriculture, Bainbridge Island
Civilian War Effort, Bainbridge Island, WWII

DANCE IN MIND,
HOSPITAL GUILD
TO MEET FRIDAY
With all members planning
to attend the Junior Unit's annual
St Patrick's Day Dnce at
Island Center Hall Saturday night,
the all Island Orthopedic Hospital
Guild will hold its regular monthly
meeting tomorrow afternoon at
the home of Mrs Lawrence Holm,
Head of the Bay.

The meeting will start with a
luncheon at noon which those
attending are expected to bring
their own sandwiches, as is
the regular practice

Two reports will feature the
meeting, One is the report by Mrs
Charles Hays, Ferncliff, on the
Sister Kenny treatment for
infantile paralysis.

The other is the report of Mrs
J F Lidral, Ferncliff, chairman
of the recently appointed Ways 
and Means Committee.  This 
committee met Tuesday afternoon at
the home of the Guild's president,
Mrs Paul Hardy, Ferncliff. On
the basis of their report, members
will work out a tentative plan for
this year's work.

Meeting last week were the
Ferncliff and LaView Units, the
former at the home of Mrs E J
Hungerford, Ferncliff, and the 
latter at the home of Mrs Don
Sweetman, Manitou.

OPA TELLS OF NEW
MEAT, BUTTER RATIONING
Beginning Monday, March 29, 
housewives will begin to use the
red stamps from Ration Book No
2 to obtain their family supplies
of meats, edible fats and oils. 
(including butter) cheeses and 
canned fish, under the prevailing
point system, it was announced 
last week.

The question of whether it will 
be necessary to "freeze" retail
sales of any of the storable
rationed products will not be decided
until it is seen how public buying
proceeds during the week
remaining until rationing begins. In
no event, however, will there be
a "freeze" on sales of meats.

The latest program does not
involve any declaration by consumers
of the amount of newly rationed
foods on hand. This exemption
extends to food stocks in so called
"frozen locker plants."

In the first month, each holder
of war ration book two, regardless
of age, will have a basic 
allotment of 16 points a week to
spend and the family shopping may
be done with the books of all
members. During the first five
weekly periods, red stamps from
war ration book two will become
valid and will expire as follows

Starts Red Stamp Letter Expires
March 29 A (16 points) April 30
April 14 B (16 points) April 30
April 11 C (16 points) April 30
April 18 D (16 points) April 30
*April 25 E (16 points) *
* To be announced 

The official lists of point values
will be made public sometime
during next week.

All restaurants will be alloted
supplies of the rationed foods on
a basis that will reduce their use
of these foods to approximately
the same level as that of the 
private individual who eats at home.

The rationing plan makes no provision
for pet rations.

At least one official point list
must be posted in each store, and,
in addition, point values must be
at or near the place where the
rationed items themselves are sold.

As each series of red stamps
becomes valid it may be used with 
complete freedom of choice by a
consumer to buy any one of the
rationed products. There is no
distinction made in the use of red
stamps as between meats and
cheeses, butter, the other edible
fats and oils and canned fish. A
housewife may divide up her point
spending in any manner to fit her
family's eating habits, using
whichever series of stamps 
happens to be valid at the time.

The new program permits 
retailers to give "change" in ration
stamps where a customer finds it
impossible to give the exact
amount of valid red stamps when
making a purchase. This is a
departure from the processed
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Tag: Civilian War Effort, Bainbridge Island, WWII

THREE ISLAND YOUTHS
CONFESS BURGLARIES
OF FREIGHT CO, GROCERY

The sheriff's office yesterday announced that it held three
Island youths who had confessed two burglaries here, including
the theft of $390 from Bainbridge Auto Freight, Winslow
March 8.

One, 16 years old, admitted taking a large filing cabinet
containing cash, about $300 in checks and many valuable
business papers from the freight company office. An accomplice
whose identity was known 
to the sheriff's office, was being
sought, Chief Criminal Deputy
Sheriff Charles Durgin told
The Review.

The checks and papers were
found in the woods near Ferncliff,
but the cash was not recovered.

Two other youths, 16 and 17 
years old, confessed they stole $8
in cash and cigarettes and candy
from Coombs' IGA Grocery,
Head of the Bay, in a burglary 
last month.

A third looting, the pilfering of
petty cash and jugs of wine from
Bainbridge Merchantile Company,
Lynwood Center, last month, also
was announced as solved by
Deputy Durgin after a resident of
Crystal Springs pleaded guilty
Monday before Superior Judge
H G Sutton, Port Orchard, to
second degree burglary. He was
given a suspended fifteen
year maximum sentence in the 
state penitentiary.

A fourth youth was questioned
and released this week after 
discussing with officers the stealing
of gasoline from parked cars here.

In all cases, Deputy Durgin
said, the Island's resident deputy
sheriff James B Johnson, Island
Center, did "excellent detective
work."

Still unsolved were the burglaries
February 26 of Anderson's
Price Rite, Bainbridge Motor
Company and a service station
formerly operated by John Lund,
all in Winslow.

In another case Monday, Judge
Sutton sentenced Anton Nelson,
51, Island resident, to serve 
90 days in the county jail after
Mr Nelson pleaded guilty to
perjury in a case involving his
falsifying the age of his son, Richard,
who was attempting to get a job
at an Island war plant.

HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS
PLAN ANNUAL BANQUET
Bainbridge High School's 1943
senior class will hold its annual 
banquet in the school at
6:30 o'clock Saturday night.

Featured speaker will be Dr
Linden A Mander, Seattle,
University of Washington political
science department professor.
Louis Waldron, Rolling Bay, class 
president will be toastmaster.
There are 30 students in the class.

Tags:
Education, Bainbridge Island

NEED PERMIT
FOR FIRE
The ban on no outside fires was
lifted last week with the installation
of a permit system.

O I Myers, Head of the Bay,
Island fire warden, said persons
wishing to do outside burning first
must apply to him. He will inspect
the proposed burning area. If it
meets with his approval, a permit
will be issued.

In no instance must a fire burn
after sundown.

Previous to this order, all fires
were banned after an "epidemic"
of grass and brush fires caused
by an unusual dry condition. The
announcementof the permit system
came about a month earlier
this year.

Fire wardens, rangers and state
patrolmen have been instructed to
arrest persons burning without
permits. Mr Myers is the only
authority on the Island for
issuing permits.  

TIRE INSPECTIONS
NOT RELAXED 
BY RECAP ORDER
Periodic tire inspection requirements
are in no way relaxed by
the Office of Price Administrations's
recent order freeing tire
recapping with passenger type
camelback from ration restrictions,
John Graham, Port Madison, 
head of the Island's War
Price and Rationing Board mileage
panel, said this week.

The OPA officials made this
statement to correct a mistaken
belief apparently held by some
motorists.

"It is true that a car owner can
get his tires recapped with
reclaimed rubber without first 
getting the recommendation of an
official OPA official," Mr Graham
said, "but the periodic 
inspection program to preserve tires
remains in effect. Motorists who 
do not get the inspections made
and recorded in their Tire 
Inspection Records will not be 
eligible for renewal of gasoline 
rations or for purchase of tires in
the future.

Passenger cars with "B" and
"C" mileage ration books and
those which get bulk rations as 
members of fleets were required
to get initial tire inspections not
later than February 28. This was
the deadline for commercial
vehicles also. Motorists who have 
only "A" rations have until the 
end of March to get their initial
inspections.

Meanwhile, the mileage panel
last week approved 13 applications
for tire relief. They are:

W E Nance, Walter H Jacobsen,
F C Woods and Carl E
Humbyrd, all of Winslow; Raymond
J Wilson, John M Haskins,
John Erickson and Wayne Murray,
all of Port Blakely.

R S Pierce, Crystal Springs, 
Dale Richards, Rolling Bay, O L
Myers, Head of the Bay; Olaf J
Osbjornson, Island Center and
Kitsap County Road District.

Tags:
Civilian War Effort, Bainbridge Island, WWII

AIR DRILL SLATED
Comdr B C Purrington, USN,
commandant at the Naval
Radio Station, said earlier this
week that the station's next
routine air raid drill will be held at
1:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.

Tags:
Military Activity on Bainbridge Island

LUNCHEON HELD
Mrs Ralph Anderson, Island
Center, entertained at a birthday
luncheon for her daughter-in-law,
Mrs Gene Anderson, Creosote.

HERE FOR WEEKEND
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Short,
Seattle, were at their Port
Madison home last weekend.