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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1961
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Churches Ot The Valley.., A Series Petition Seeking New School Dist.
Enters Mill, Jan. Election Sought
Methodism Began Here In 1894,
Congregation Today Is 300
By Ann Trout Blinks
Monroe Methodism began in 1894 when the Rev. Edward B.
Reese, a "drcuit rider." served Monroe as one of a five-point cir-
cuit and organized a Sunday school that year in Austin's livery
ham, a frame building. \\;
'Nites in Ole Monroe'
Will Benefit School
"Nights In Old Monroe," plan.
ned for Saturday, November 18,
,ill afford adults of the commun.
- 'Nnrlt;"- and- "at "the same t'ne
helt defray the cost of a Monroe
high school athletic field grand.
stand roof.
The dlnner.,dan aflai¢ will
be staged by the Monroe Lions
club, builders of the sorely need-
ed, and much mdcome grand-
stand covering. L
Tickets for the shindig are
available at OK Sundries, W.
Main SL, Monroe Hard,are
Monroe Sming Center, or ith
an. Lions club member. They are
selling for $1.50 per terson.
Co.chalrmen of "Nights" are
Rau DahI and Dick Searle, both
of Monroe. I L
Wagner Lumber
Plans Weekend
Truckload Sale
In 1896 Monroe's first Metho-
dist ohurch building was com-
pleted when a frame building
with a bell tower was erected.
The ¢ive charter members have
grown to a congregation of 299
meLbers, housed in a $20,000
brick structure dedicated debt-
free in December, 1924, by Bishop
William O. Shepard. The Rev. E.
)'D. White was ehuroh ,pastoc-a
the ReV. George W. Frame dis-
trict superintendent at that time.
Charter members, now deceas-
ed, were Amelia Austin, Andrew
Braaten, Addie Hayes, Maria
2ohnson and Frances Regan.
O. L. Dearie and Meade L. Cun-
ningham were the circuit riders
in 1896.
Four of the church's present
membership joined the congrega-
tion more than 50 Fears ago,
They are Mrs. B. F. Dickinson
now resides in Montesano,
62 years; J. Albert Countryman,
56 years; :Mrs. Countryman, 54
years; and 3. Leslie Brady 51
years, all of "Monroe•
In 1900 the congregation be-
came a one-point charge with the
Rev. A. H. Marsh as the first
full-time minister.
Today, the church is served by
the Rev. Forrest D. Tibbitts who
came to Monroe in June, 1955.
The church is a part of the
Methodist Puget Sound District
served by the Rev. Jack M. Tuell
as superintendent and of the Se-
atUe area served by Bishop Ev-
erett W. Palmer.
The administrative body of tbe
church is the official board which
is responsible for the promotion
and general administrative over-
sight of the spiritual and tempor-
al work of the body.
Last year Monroe Methodists
gave $4,200 for missionary work
in various parts of the world in
addition to meeting the local
budget.
There is a Board of Trustees,
Wagner Luraber Co., corner
Hill and Ldwis Streets, has sched-
uled its "Big Truckload Sale"
complete with free coffee, cook-
ies and doe? prizes all day Fri-
day and Saturday, November 10-
11.
The sale will feature savings
on Wepco A'tuminum storm-screen
doors and windows, paints and
Armstrong ceilings.
Austin's livery barn, 1894, was the inauspicious beginnings for
a church that was to grow and grow with the community--
The Monroe Methodist. From "circuit rider" services to the
299-member congregation of today is indicative of the many
spiritual and community accomplishments of the Methodists
here.
Re-organization Of Evergreen Fair
From Cround Up Slated Monday
Lad Is Norm Michel
Minor Motors
Has Region.P,P,K
Contest Wmner
Minor Motor's Skykomish Val-
ley Pass, Punt & Kick contest
paid off big dividends to the Mon-
roe Ford dealership thanks to a
little, husky, nine-year-old, Norm
Michel of Rt. 2, Monroe. Norm
is the announced winner of the
Ford Regional P. P. & K. con-
test.
As such, reports Jack Minor,
Norm has won a free trip for
liimself, his dad and Minor to the
NFL 49ers game in San Francisco
November 19.
At halftime, during the '49er
go, Norm will take the field to
compete for the National Cham-
pionship. And that could, mean a
"Tour of Champions', with dad
and the sponsoring Ford dealer,
Minor, to the championship NFL
game, and an official White
House reception.
Norm, whose ather is W. N.
"Tex" Michel, first won in the
nine-year division of the Skyko-
mish Valley competition Judged
by the Monroe Junior Chamber
of Commerce.
Minor learned yesterday, that
upon the basis of points register-
ed in the ,local meet, Norm had
garnered the regional title.
Re-organization o f the Evergreen Fair. now a Snohomish
County function, from the ground up will be set upon at a dinner meet- S f way's West
ing of the old association Monday. November 1, at Lake Stevens. a e
Robert H. Follis, incumbent
,fair president-}Danager , said the .-ToLeave Here
CounfT Fab'00s " " ..... ....
For Auburn Post
'adoption of new by-laws to con-
form with the new county seup.
He said election d new tmmttees
and appointment of a manager
is expected to foaov.
Appointment of the managerial-
ship rests in the hands of Sno-
homlsh County commissioners.
Follis exvlained that much of
the Power for running future
fairs will be vested in a seven-
man executive committee. W h e
seven-man committee, which will
so function as the budget com-
mittee, will be selected "m ma-
jority by commissioners.
"John West, Safeway Stores
manager here since 1957, was
promoted to the managership of
the firm's Auburn store last Mon-
day, according to Wayne Chand-
ler, .d%strict Saeway manager.
West's replacement will prob-
ably 'be named sometime next
week, Chandler said.
Coming here from Everett in
1956, West won the mmmgership
a year later. He has been active
$80,000 Budget
To Be Studied
Each commissioner will up- in community affairs, eluding
point one board member, for a a membership in the Monroe
total of three, then jointly name
the fourth, or majorityship, mem-
ber. The remaining three will be
selected by the trusteeship which
s expected to exced 20 in num-
ber.
The new by-hws are currently
being framed by a group for the
old association.
The Monday meet will be held
at the Frontier Vitlage Inn and
is set r 6:45 p.m.
Lion's Club, and more recently,
as a wurker in the current move
to re-activate the Monroe Cham-
ber of Commerce.
The Wests, who make their
home in Park Place with their
three children, plan to move to
the Auburn area.
Evergreen County Fair's 1962
budget, set at $80,000, will beup
for examination when a new /air
board, of directors convene at
Lake Stevens next Monday eve-
ning.
Meanwhile, fair president-man-
ager Robert H. Follis 1el it be
known that finalized figures on
the '61 event allowed payment
of all obligations. He predicted
the '62 run--the irst under coun-
ty control--will show a $13 to $14-
thousand profit.
The '62 budget's major call
for, expenditures is' for mate
nance and operation at a cost of
$58,300. Included in that sum is
an anticipated outlay of $15,160
for awards and premiums.
Total salaries and wages budg-
eted are $7,250, $4,800 of which
is earmarked as the manager's
(Coaued o Page 8)
Hansen s 'Ct ts End League Play
With 27.19 Defeat; Turk Go Is Next
A petition, signed by Monroe school district patrons, asking the
formation of a new school district went into channels Monday.
Meanwhile, Monroe schools superintendent Thomas E. Marsden
travelled to the state capital this week to asce"ain technical pro-
cedures
The first petition submitted to Snohomish County Schools Super-
intendent Dorothy Bennett had more than enough signers for the
calling of a special dection in the Monroe district.
Patrol Adds Hour
To Licensing Period
Valhyites are advised t h a' t
the Washington State Patrol Li-
censing division will be at the
Monroe town hall an additional
hour Thursday of each week. The
patrol will be available for licen-
sing from 1 to 5 p.m., an hour
longer than has been the practice.
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Evergreen Pt.
Bridge Approach
Bid Call Made
Opening of bids €or the east ap-
proach to the new Evergreen
Point bridge across Lake Wash-
ington will be held November
21, reports the State Highway
Commission• The bridge is sched.
uled for completion in June of
1963, and shortly thereafter, the
Monroe-Bothell cutoff opening is
planned.
Plans for the approach project
call for clearing, draining, grad-
ing and paving about 1.9 miles of
new highway. The new roadway
Will have four lanes each 12 feet
wide. A 4-foot median strip will
separate opposing traffic lanes.
It will be paved with asphaltic
concrete.
Included in the plans for the
project is coustmetion of four
concrete bridge, three of which
will be prestressed and one which
will be of the erdimary type. The
first structure will carry 76th
Avenue N.- E. trac over the new
roadway. It will be 93 feet king
and will have a 28-foot roadway
with a 4½-fot sidewalk on each
sde. A" pedestrian crossing will
be built to carry pedestrians over
the new roadway :at 80m Avenue
N. E. It will be 163 feet long and
'6 feet wide.
At 84th Averme N. E. a struc-
ture will be built to cay traffic
over the new road. It will be
92½ feet lcmg and will have a 32-
foot roadway.
The structure to carry 92rid Ave-
nue N. E. traffic over the new
road will be 97 feet long and will
have a 28-foot roadway with 4½-
koot sidewalks on each side•
Cost of the project is estimated
at between $1½ and $2 million.
The plans call for about 72
acres of clearing, 737,770 cubic
yards of ecanmon excavation,
27,655 cubic ,yarcls of excavation
of unsuitable material, 22,590 tons
of asphaltic concrete and various
other items.
Chamber Group
To Meet Tues.
A second re-organizatkmal
meeting for a :Monroe Chamber
of Commerce will be held as a
7 a.m. breakfast affair next Tues-
By Danny Weaver
Coach Steve Hansen's Monroe Bearcats ended their 1961 Cas-
cade League season on a despairing note; a 27-19 defeat at the
00roo are o,eo00o00 E g ncy Pl os of the Lake Stevens Vikings. Thus the Bearcats end their
nually for a three-year term. mer e an league play with a 2-3 won-lostrecord. Only Monroe s traditional day • • , ,
They are O• Lewis Morse, ch@Lr C Caldorma Food Fzrm P
Fo R ti0 ing romzses
man, O. H. Jameson, Henry Za- game with arch-rival Sultan remains on the schedule.
darski, CliFf A. Gillies, Ellery r a n The Lake Stevens game was # i--
f'! 1 It, __ highlighted with high-scoring and Consideration' In Expans on Plah
(Centred on page 6) H J __ U b/ougtl blamed : frequent brawls. Seven touch-
unuerway here _ were 00core00 Vacu.00 Oom00o00 00ten.00,
Ir A /;,,,..;_. P,.,¢.u teams with Lake getting a 4-3 nia firm specializing in low reels- ed.
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• - .... ,,, , --v,,,j, *split decision. Neither team gain-, ture feeds. "careful "I
promises think we've got just what
usa ]m011 ces ews of volunteer workers ed anything from their temper eons]dert_on" ; " for the Monroe they need in their contemplated
day, November 14, at the Holi-
day Inn.
It is expected that by-laws will
come up for consideration, and
possibly, permanent officer selec-
tions.
The session wiql be presided
over by temporary chairman
Nell McCaffery.
Only 5 Signers Needed
Legal requirements state that
five heads of families within a
district can make the move. Thus
it stands that successful petitions
may well be forthcoming from
Sultan, Startup, Gold Bar and In-
dex school districts.
Upon receipt of the Monroe re-
quest for a new district forma-
tion, Mrs. Bennett will, in turn,
make the bid known to the Sno-
homish County School District
Organization Committee. Repre-
senting the valley on tha body
is Charles Taylor, Rt. 2 Monroe.
Request Travels
Upon approval of the Monroe
petition, as well as those of other
communities in the valley, the
Organization Committee will re-
fer the special election request to
the State Board of Education.
The State Board, as ,it is now
understood by Marsden, is im-
,powered to call an election.
San. 20 Date Sought
Proponents of the consolidation
move are hopeful of an election
day of Saturday, January 20.
Spearheading the petition move-
ment is the advisory groups of
the five valley school districts.
Inquiries Should Help
Marsden's'inquiries at Olympia
shotdd clear tlp many of the
questions of vital concern to the
electorate. For example:
It is not known just how the
consolidation question will be
framed, for it is within this verb-
age that the future of valley
schools will be dearly dependent.
Likewise, it is not known wheth-
er the election will pose the ques-
tion of a new high school plant,
and the financing thereof.
Also, t is not known how a
new district will share, or not
share, in current liabilities.
Simple Majority Suffices
As to an election tself, a sim-
ple majority vote will suffice,
and, with no strings attached to
any previous election. In other
wrds, voter turnout in a speci-
fic nmnber will not be necessary
for election validation. Therefore
it stands that a very small mi-
nority of the electorate can bring
the new cly into being.
Marsclen has pointed out the
method of selecting the first new
school district board when and if
the electorate chooses to form an
erdarged district.
He reports that existing boards
rom the consolidated area will
elect a new five-member board,
each member to 'be a resident
of pre-established, population de-
termined districts.
Talk of re-organizing valley
schools into one large district,
with the benefits of a new high
school facility came to a head last
spring when a State Department
of Education team surveyed val-
ley schools.
Since that time school boards
and their respective advisory
groups have mulled and chewed
the idea; however, the general
public remains relativly unin-
¢ormed as to the many and sun-
dry ramifications of such a mas-
Sive step• They--the electorate--
t now appears may have only
until January 20 to learn "what
• Turl ey Shoots
Games of kinds, door prizes
and free coffee will be eatured
at the Turkey Shoots planned by
the Vsa Lodge, Monroe. for
Sunday, November 12 and 19.
The events are planned (zvm
noon to dark at the :Monroe Vasa
Hall.
Features of the day will be the
games, turkey, ham, bacons and
door prizes and free coffee. The
publle is invited.
have ,been busy for the past
week putting mailing stickers on
envelopes getting them ready to
mai'l to a'll homes in Snohomish
County. These envelopes contain
the ood and gas ration card reg-
istration forms that are being
mailed during this week to an
estimated 750,000 heads of house-
holds in the State of Washington.
Washington will be the first
state in the nation to set up the
emergency rationing plan, order-
ed by Governor Rosellini as a
Civil Defense measure.
(Continued on Page 8)
Storrs Clough, MoLOe attorney,
lst week was electecl president
of the Monroe Kiwanis Club. He
will replace the incumbent presi-
dent, Paul Berglund, at. ustalla-
tion ceremonies in Deeemler.
Selected vice-president, a n d
theasurer were Rev. Ernest Li-
dell and Harold Fankhauser re-
spectively.
Kiwanians so named a new
board of directors, including C.
C. Devers, Percy Dyer, Ewalt
Schrag, Ralph Ramaley, Walter
A. Bourclage,, Dan Cxmnelly and
Verne Fankhatiscr. •
outbursts.
The Vikings started the scor-
ing parade with a quick first
quarter tally; taking the opening
kickoff and marching through the
Orange and Black. Monroe then
stormed back with two touoh-
downs with Keith Weeks, the
'Cats' outstanding halfback, do-
ing most of the ground gaining.
Despite the Lakers victory,
Weeks turned in the most out-
standing individual effort of the
season. Weeks, along with Sopho-
mores Roger Creswell and Mike
( on Page 8)
area in an exparon program
now under consideration, it was
learned here last week by Mayor
Robert H. Follis.
W. Edgar Galiwey, Vaeu-Dry
president, told Monroe's mayor
that this area would be up for
consideration when the firm ex-
pands its operations to the field
of dehydrated vegetables.
Keen on enticing new industry
here, .Follis plans to visit Vacu-
DrY's general offices in Oaldand,
Calffmmia ext week towaxd that
end.
"This is a growing concern with
expansion prograra."
In a communioation with "Gall-
wey, the mayok" recommended
the firm consult with George
Buffer, retiredfrozen foods plant
manager and Mom-oe town cotm-
eilman.
Recently Vecu-Dry completed, a
major expansion .program at Se-
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Accident Kills
Peninsula Man .
A Port Angeles man met acci-
]a'h, Washingtori by the purca dental death 'whlle dismatling a
of Ros.Paek'mgC0mpany..-_ giece of. heavy equipment 10
Ater his call n Calfforhia; Fol- miles • southeast Skykomish.
'lis said, he will report back-Ib .The.victim was identified by
the Monroe Chamber 0f Corn- Purdy & Kerr Funeral Home as
merce seeldng ts assistance. Kenneth Henderson, 38, a Priest
I.oggh Company employee.
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