PAGE TWO Monroe Monitor, Monroe, Washington Oct. 24, 1963
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Howard Voland , Editor
Observations On:
Dr. Peterson, The Speaker
The Audience, The Lack Of
Herewith, a few observations on the Monroe Chamber of Com-
merce's first public evening meeting:
Last week we had our first opportunity to see and hear Dr. Del-
bert G. Peterson in action as a public speaker. He was forceful. He
knew and documented his subject exceedingly well, as we would
have expected. By virtue of his newness here as superintendent of
schools, his presentation was national in scope and context, yet ap-
plicable in the Monroe district. It was well put forth, evidencing
many hours of research and preparation.
We shall be looking forward to the day when he will assess the
merits and shortcomings of our school district. This he promised
during a question and answer period when he said in essence:
"This is a year of evaluation, a period of appraisal. I etm attempt-
ing to develop, mith the assistance of the staff, minimal standards,
then set about to measure mhat exists in the district. Once this is
accomplished mhat me do here to achieve these standards in a large
measure mill be "dependent upon the community."
On another tack, we were more than chagrined at the turnout
17 souls -- especially in light of the preparations taken by Dr. Peter-
son. This was no credit to the chamber, nor the general public.
Should he have elected as his subject "The Immediate Sale of the
Park Place School and Grounds" the PUD Hall could not have ac-
commodated the turnout.
Be that as it may -- but if the chamber is to continue these open-
to-the-public excursions -- a very commendable undertaking -- then
the membership per se at least should turn forth.
Trick Or Treat: For 'Children'
Like as not this move probably won't reach the State Legisla-
ture or the Congress, but rumor has it that some parents, fed to
the gills with "treating" near adult size "children," m a y shortly
seek legislation making it unlawful for "children" over I I-years-
of-age to participate in trick or treat activities Halloween, as well
as out-of-neighborhood delegations.
Thus, "children," if you look eye-to-eye, or down upon house-
holders from your youthful heights, why not forego trick or treat-
ing in favor of the real children you know, little kids.
(This comment is brought to you at the request of outsiders and
does not necessarily reflect the views of this writer who, alas, will
miss our annual forage for goodies.)
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Olympia .... Although Gov. Durkan proposes to change that, Also the Supreme Court called With Lincoln
iI$1SilITOIq BAR ASSOClATIOq Albert D. Rosellini is in Japan in the- interests of greater free- for the courts to review and look
SPORTS FANS
Each year more than 100 mil-
lion fans watch or take part in
sports. They get hurt by foul
balls, flying pucks and the like.
Many of them get no damages
from the show owner or promo-
ter, for the fan may voluntarily
assume the risk of injury.
There are, however, some risks
that the fan does not assume.
These are occurrences not a ne-
nessary part of the sporting
event or risks from which the
promoter should reasonably pro-
tect the spectator. Thus, protec-
tive walls for auto racing, screens
behind home plate at baseball
games, or rules for the conduct
o=f participants.
Of late, the injured participant
of the sport has raised some new
problems. In golf, for instance,
bad shots occasionally do injury.
The person hitting a golf ball
has two duties: To make sure
that no one is exposed to an un-
reasonable risk by being within
the area of play to whic.h the
golfer is playing, and, if neces-
sary, to give a loud warning to
anyone who may be affected. The
call of "fore" may he required
either before or after the shot. If
he abides by these rules, usually
he has no liability for the ball or
club that hits someone, even
though the ball "hooked" or
"sliced" in the wrong direction.
As a general rule, participants
and spectators, by entering into
the area of the sports activities
are accepting certain obvious
risks. But they do not accept any
acts of misconduct or misjudg-
ment not inherent in the conduct
of the sporting event. Thus, a foul
ball which causes an injury dur-
ing the course of a baseball game
does not give rise to a right to
recover damages, but a ball de-
liberately hit into the stands dur-
ing. m'actice probably would en-
title the spectator to a recover..
The sports injury rules apply
to strange events: In one rolling
pin throwinu contest, a pin went
awry and knocked out a nearby
spectator. No recovery: It was
an obvious risk that he under-
took in standing within the range
of the flying pins. In another case.
contestants tried to see who could
catch a hen. Some eager hen-
catchers pushed a spectator and
participant through a plate
glass window. No financial re-
covery.
electricity: your
washday friend
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With an automatic e!ectric washer, you just put dirty clothes into
the washer . . . add detergent . . . set the dials . . . and electricity
does the wash. An electric water heater -- placed near your electric
laundry equipment keeps plenty of hot water on tap for washday.
And you take clean clothes from the electric washer, put them in the
electric clothes dryer, set the dial . . . and washday's over!
Use these three wonderful electric appliances washer, water
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PUBLIC UTiLiTY DISTRICT
No. 1 ef Snohomish County
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS:
Tom Quast, President
William B. Berry, Vice-President W.G. Hulbert Jr., Secretary
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as this is written, we do not look
for state affairs to get out of
hand. Lieut. Gov. John Cherberg
is available if any emergency
arises. And Rosellini will be back
by the time that the Legislative
Council opens its inquiry into af-
fairs of the State Liquor Control
Board, although we do not know
just what the governor can do
about the probe, obviously enter-
ed into with one of its objectives
be!ng embarrassment of the in-
cumbent administration.
Governor and 1V[rs. Rosellini are
in Japan for two weeks as part
of an exchange visit with Japan-
ese governors. R0sellini is one of
ten American governors asked by
the United States state depart-
ment to meet with Japanese of-
ficials, business men, educators,
scientists and cultural leaders.
We are pleased to see that Mrs.
Rosellini is making the trip.
If anyone is interested in know-
ing, none of her expenses are be-
ing paid from public funds. She
will scarcely have the accommo-
dation and luxuries that Mrs.
John F. Kennedy has enjoyed on
her yacht tour of the Mediterra-
nean, but the circumstances are
different. The Rosellini parties in
Japan may be a little stuffier, but
they will be a change of pace.
There will be no deprivations.
Prediction
Decision of the Legislative
Council to look into administra-
tion and policies of the L i q u o r
Control Board apparently irked
the state Democratic organization
no end. Frank Keller, Democrat-
ic state chairman, predicted last
week that the 1965 Legislature
will wipe out the Council.
House Speaker William S. Day,
Spokane Democrat who is chair-
man of the Legislative Council,
labeled Keller's prediction of doom
as being without responsibility to
the Legislature itself. We would
agree with Day that trying to pre-
dict at this time what the 1965
Legislature will do :is a highly
speculative pastime. In any case
the Liquor Board probe is tenta-
tively scheduled to get under way
about Oct. 25.
New Highway Director
We have a new highway direc-
tor. The State Highway Commis-
sion has appointed Charles G.
Prah] to the post. Prahl, 50, has
been in charge Of the State Fer-
ry System since Sept. 24, 1962, a
spot he took less tltia month aft-
er his retiremen[ -d Captairi in
the U.S. Navy.
The general reaction to the ap-
nointment is favorable, both with-
in the highway department and
outside. It is not a partisan politi-
cal appointment. Prahl has had
extensive experience in supervis-
ing large construction projects in
his Navy career. He is an engi-
neer and belongs to all the right
engineering societies and organi-
zations. He took over the high-
way job on Oct. 21.
We do not look for any drastic
shake-up in the highway depart-
ment by Prahl. In the next few
months and years he is going to
lose some of the top men he has.
but it will be a normal process of
retirement rather than one spark-
ed by dissatisfaction. It is a tough
spot to be in, for Prah] cannot
give everyone all that he wants
in freeways and state highways
and roads overnight, any m o r e
than could anyone else. B u t
we look for him to last, and grad-
ually to impress his policies and
personality on the big hiuhway
organization. He will be subject,
of course, to the policies of t h e
State Highway Commission which
employed him. It also ould be
pointed out that he still will have
supervision of the ferry system.
The highway director is the su-
perior of the ferry system man-
ager.
Will Introduce Bill
State Sen. Martin J. Durkan, Se-
attle Democrat, says he will in-
troduce a bill at the next session
of the Legislature, requiring the
state insurance commissioner to
give public notice before permit-
ting insurance companies to boost
their rates. His decision stems
from a July 25 increase in auto-
mobile insurance rates that will
cost the motorists of this s t a t e
$1,500,000 annually. The increased
rates went into effect without pri-
or notice to the public. Atty. Gen.
John J. O'Connell gave Sen. Dur-
kan an opinion that State Insur-
ance Commissioner Lee Kueckel-
has was within his legal riuhts in
not giving notice to the public un-
til the rates came effective.
dom of information and the right
of the public to know.
Population Increase
We are advised by the S t a t e
Health Department that the popu-
lation of the 'State of Washington
is now 3,005,100, having increased
151,882 persons during the 1 a s t
three years. The health depart-
ment based its estimate on the
excess births over deaths since
the last federal census April 1,
1960, and in an estimate of the
average annual migration into the
state since that time.
Research Council
The WashingtonState Research
Council has challenged the shuff-
ling of welfare recipients to pro-
duce an additional $6,000,000 in
federal matching funds for t h e
state in the present 1963-65 bien-
nium. The Department of Public
Assistance qualified for the extra
funds by shifting old-age recip-
ients in nursing homes to the dis
abled and medical aid programs.
The Council said the state thus
receives federal aid for the same
recipient under the two programs,
or double federal matching. The
Council accused the federal g0v-
ernment of following a double
standard of fiscal ethics in ap-
proving the procedure while de-
crying tax loopholes for individ-
duals. Whatever the ethics, it en-
abled the state to reduce welfare
outlay and give most of the extra
money, or more accurately, its
equivalent, to schools.
Welfare Program
Another development in the pub-
lic assistance picture is that near-
ly 350 families were helped to
leave the welfare rolls in the last
fiscal year, and now are earning
twice as much as they received in
relief checks. The State Division
of Vocational Rehabilitation said
the families were reeiying $47,-
473 a month in welfare grants,
and in private employment are
drawing $94,575 monthly. The pro-
gram to help the welfare recip-
ients, started in 1955, provides vo-
cational counseling, guidance and
job perparation, mostly for moth-
ers on the aid to dependent chil-
dren rolls. It is carried out by the
Division of Vocational Rehabilita-
tion in cooperation with the De-
partments of Public Assistance
and Employment Security.
Appeals Being Heard
So far the state's Personnel De-
partment has heard about half of
the appeals filed by state em-
ployes objecting to their new job
clas'sifications and salaries.
About 2,000 employes have appeal-
ed their ratings under the new
system that went into effect last
May. The department says it
hopes to get through the appeals
by early next Spring, if possible.
Theft Still Being Investigated
Frustrated in attempts to get
any good leads on who ran away
with almost 83,000 signatures to
referendum petitions which would
have r)laced a vote on the 1963
ambling tolerance law on t h e
1964 general election ballot, in-
vestigators have been giving lie
detector tests to state emplnyes,
including workers in the office of
the secretary of state. Don Red-
mond, under-sheriff in the Thurs-
ton County sheriff's office, said
it was decided to administer the
tests after other phases of the in-
vestigation failed to turn up any
tangible clues about the two men
who were seen leaving the Legis-
lative Building on the evening of
the. theft. The lie detector tests
have also failed to turn up any-
thing. A State Supreme Court
test is now pending on whether
the gambling tolerance law can
go on the ballot next year in spite
of the theft of the petitions.
Unemployment C0mPensatibn
The State Supreme Court held
a few days ago that an individ-
ual who quits his job for "a com-
pelling personal reason" is just
as eligible for unemployment com.
pensati0n as a man who is laid
off because of a force reduction.
The Department of Employment
Security reported that of 37,500
persons who drew unemploy-
ment compensation last month,
only 741 were persons who volun-
tarily quit their jobs. The others
were laid off by their employers
for one reason or another. The
department said another 495 per-
sons who qpit their jobs were rul-
ed ineligible for jobless benefits
because they did not have "good
cause" for giving up their work,
or were not available for o t h e r
work.
Drivers' Licenses Suspensions
Special, Services
CHURCH oF THE NAZARENE
Laymen Sunday, October 20
To
ReformutJon Sunday, October 27
Soecial Speaker: Rev. Art Fish
7:4S p.m. each evening
into the merits of drivers' licenses
suspensions handed out by the di-
rector Of the State Department of
Licenses. The high court ordered
the trial judge to consider wheth-
er the director of licenses h a d
personally acted on the case or
merely allowed it to be handled
by subordinates. The power to
suspend a license was given ex-
clusively to the licenses director,
and should not be delegated to
assistants or relegated to a sim-
ple mechanical process, the high
court said. The judges Said a driv-
er's license is of sufficient value
to a motorist to require a f u 1 1
hearing at some stage in the pro-
ceedings of suspending it. The
Supreme Court said the trial
courts are not limited to deter-
mining whether the director acted
arbitrarily, capriciously, or con-
trary to law, because the director
performs a judicial function in
suspending the license.
State Board Against
Discrimination
Gov. Rosellini has provided
$20,000 from his emergency fund
1o allow the State Board Against
Discrimination to hire a f i e 1 d
representative for Eastern Wash-
ington. The board now has a staff
of five, but no representative in
Eastern Washington. The $20,000
will cover the salary of the new
employe, a part-time secretary,
travel and state pension benefits.
Alan Clough Chosen
For WSU Faculty-
Freshman Retreat
Alan Clough, son of Mr. and
Mrs. 'Storrs Clough of South Lewis
Street, was chosen to participate
with 84 other freshmen and 21
faculty members in Washington
S t a t e University's traditional
freshman-faculty retreat, held
last weekend in Camp Lutherha-
van at Lake Coeur d' Alene,
Idaho.
The retreat was started in 1951
by P. J. Remple, coordinator for
the WSU curriculum advisory
program.
Remple said its purpose is to
give 'freshmen, chosen by their
living groups as leaders of tomor-
row, an opportunity to discuss
with faculty members, what
seems important to them and
what is happening to them a
month after classes have started.
Monroe High School's f r o s h
football team dropped a return
night engagement with Lincoln
Junior High up on a wind-rain
swept Stanwood field last Thurs-
day night. The Lincoln eleven
bested the Bearkittens 13-0.
Coach Joe Redfield described
the game as a "good defensive"
contest, Stanwood winning their
first TD and conversion n e a r
half time.
During the final quarter M0n-
roe moved the ball to Lincoln's
1-yard line but in four plays fail-
ed to score.
Lincoln garnered a second TD
in the final seconds of play on a
50-yard pass play.
Redfield had words of praise
for Mike Keck and Steve Smith
for their defensive play and the
running ability of Russ Boyes.
Monroe plays here this after-
noon at 3:45 p.m. when they will
meet the Lake Stevens frosh.
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