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sure Hunt" announced fgr March 26'-27 by West Seattle
stores
win
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spare IV°I XXXV]H, No. ,l. . Distributed to West Seattle Homes Every Thursday :-'"ThursdaY'7 :March ' "15', 62::
efforts of mem-
of Seattle Pub-
rewarded with
the results of
favoring the
vith 14.000 votes
complete count,
ballots.
967 voted on the
the 111.913 re-
of the levy.
tle members of
Association
every effort
votes to bring
the second at-
and have
yard they work-
on" of a full
guard
atackers
and parents of
school district
and regard
of two
young girls
school, one a
pit, and an-
Ly of this week
hey sent letters
)1 children from
trles O. Carroll,
,rney, Tuesday,
to be on their
ep special vigi-
their young-
Jug after the in-
,were seen walk-
to school. The
of- the P-TA
evening, w i t h
Robbins, presi-
which they
and planned to
elementary p.
D. W. Burns
advised to
not to talk to
use well trav-
alleys and
of the dis-
:LP PROTECT
FROM
CASE BY
THESE
young children
at all
own determi-
neighborhood
is supervised.
children
of the day.
inst hitchhiking
alone.
your child to
in you by as-
you will at all
and try to pro-
harm.
Open house for Decker remodeling
The Decker building remodeled front
of file and glass greatly improves appear-
ance. The fall plate glass windows on the
The firm of Decker Bros.,
3239 Calif. Ave. S. W., estab-
lished in West Seattle for 16
years, is having an open
house this Friday and Saturday,
March 16 and 17, to celebrate
its newly remodeled store and
their 16th anniversary.
A complete renovation h a s
been done on the Decker Bros.
building, and so efficiently that
they not only have a better
showroom for themselves b u t
also room for two other offices.
One of these is occupied al-
ready by the Edythe Carlson
Realty Co. Edythe Carlson says
"We had always wanted to be
on California Avenue and when
Gene Decker remodeled h i s
building, it gave us the oppor-
tunity for the right location and
also a brand new office." The
new address of Edythe Carlson
Realty is 3237 California A v e.
S.W.
Decker Bros. is planning big
things for their open house and
hopes that everyone will attend.
There will be refreshments and
prizes to be awarded by draw-
ings. Two Disneyland V in y 1
Rugs will be given away, and
also three custom made coffee
table. The are one,of-a-kind
Jaycee dinner
meeting planned
To all those who would be in-
terested, the West Seattle Jun-
ior Chamber of Commerce will
be holding an open dinner meet-
ing in the very near future.
The time. date and place are
as follows: 8 p.m. on Tues-
day, March 20 at Kermit's Res-
taurant.
Special guests will include Bob
Surina the past president of
the Pierce County Young Demo-
crats and the featured speaker
of the evening, Hank Sewell,
Congressional candidate of the
[UGH General
is WS resident
/ Mrs. Richard H. Rice has
/,- been appointed to one of the key
positions in the neighborhood di-
vision for this year's United
Good Neighbor campaign. Her
appointment as "associate gen-
eral" is announced today by
Mrs. Ronald M. Fraser. division
general.
Mrs. Rice is well quaIified for
her role as a LL G. N. leader.
In Community Chest days she
served as a campaign secretm y
an at one time worked on stud-
left are among the new touches. Interior
improvements also extensive.
mHerald photo.
tables. Formica covered and are
unusual free form designs.
Factory representatives of the
fine carpet lines carried by the
Decker Bros. will be in the
store Friday and Saturday to
demonstrate their lines. N e w-
est linoleum and vinyls will be
on display as well as the com-
plete line of window shades and
blinds carried by Decker Bros.
Incidentally, they are the only
firm south of Pike Street that
manufacturers window shades.
Gene Decker invites all of W.
Seattle to drop in this Friday
and Saturday, have some re-
freshments, register for t h e
drawings and inspect their
new store. They will be open
until 9 p.m. Friday flight in hon-
er of the occasion.
Shafran's Sign Sets New
size - brightness standard
Across the
Edit0r's Desk
EASTER BREAKFAST
While Easter is still a mont
away the W. S. Lions are mak-
ing plans for their popular Eas-
ter Breakfast at the West Seat-
tle Community Y. M. C. A. Tom-
Men's store installs new sign this week. Proves par-
tlcularly attractive at night.Herald photo.
Marine Commuter Cruiser Landing
[
ies for the Health and Welfare
Council.
Mrs. Rice is active in com-
munity affairs• She is a mem-
ber of Lafayette Elemeutary
P-TA and is serving as a room
mother. She is past chairman
of Katherin Torland Circle. Se-
attle Milk Fund and past secre-
tary of Chi Omega Alumnae As-
sociation.
Mr. and Mrs. Rice and
their six-year old daughter, Ro-
bin, reside at 4516 S. W. Atlan-
tic.
As associate general for the
Southwest District. Mrs. R i c e
is responsible for recruiting the
leaders in the West Seattle, the I
South West Seattle and N o r t h I
Highline sections of the neigh-
borhood division.
Little League sets
date for sign-up
Baseball is just around t h e
corner. Tim West Seattle Little
League and Pee Wee League
coaches, managers and officers
have been meeting regularly.
The plans for this year are just
about formulated. The most im-
portant one for the boys though
is Sign-Up Date.
West Seattle Little L e a g u e
Sign-Up Date is on Satm'day,
March 24. at l0 a.m. at the fol-
lowing places:
Boys' Club -- West Seattle Sta-
dium. 35th S. W. and W. Sno-
qualmie; Bar S -- Bar-S Field,
63rd Ave. S. W. and Admiral
Way. Olympic Heights -- E. C.
Hughes Playfield. 29th Avenue
S. W. and West Kenyon
- W. S. ' Brokers"- Delridge
Playfield, Delrklge Way a n d
West Edmonds. Carlsen W i n-
quist Arbor Heights School,
3701 S7W. 104th. W. S. Mer-
chants -- James Madison
Field.
Gene Fietdler- Lincoln Park
7800 block. Fauntleroy. Sportin
Goods Genesee Hill Field
5012 S. W. Genesee.
Boys go to the playgound list
ed above that is nearest their
grand opening Friday and Sat-
homes.
All boys who are at least 9
years old and who will not be 13
before Aug. 1, can sign up and
will be given every opportunity
to make the team.
Pea Wee Sign-Up Date is
my O'Neitl is chairman for the
c'veul,
STARTING THE WFEK
RIGHT
While it may be raining or
even snowing when this week's
Herald is distribu:ed we can't
help but remark about the nice
weather Monday. Although the
thermometer recorded 7 a 33-
degree temperature at a.m.
the bright sunshine soon sent it':
souring above the 40-degree::
makr. Monday was the kind of
day that fills one with pep and
desire for accomplishment.
, * ,k
NEW ROTARY PREXY
Our compliments to Rolf
Johnson, who has been elected
3resident of the W. S. Rotary
Club. Rolph is sales manager
of Blake, Moffitt & Towne.
YOUNG PIANIST TO
OPEN FAIR
Van Cliburn, gifted concert
pianist appearing on the "What's
My Line" program on Sunday
night, gave Seattle's World's
Fair a boost when he announced
that he was scheduled to play
a concert at the Fair on open-
ing night.
Rotary Girl-of-Month
;: !:>f
• ..::.:
Sally Granqulst, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Granqulst,
7729 46th Ave, S.W., end editor
of the Chinook, West Seattle
High School paper, is Rotary
Girl of the Month, She is active
in student government and is
W. S. H. S. representative tO the
Inter Hiqh School Council, a
member of the student cabinet
and has a 3.5 grade average.
Dr. Aiken Defeat
shocks friends
By F. CLYDE DUNN
The experts had said t h a t
Wing Luke, candidate for Posi-
tion No. 5 on the City Council.
had shown his full strength in
the primary and that Dr. Joe
Aiken would win in a c lose
race. The experts were wrong.
Joe ran strong in West Seatth
but that was not enough.
-W'hen we irt,,t,ttr
one precinct Luke 199 and
Aiken 100. we tossed it off as a
fluke. As subsequent return
came m a definite trend f o I
Luke was indicated. ]
In the Dr. Joe Aiken heat 1
quarters, loyal supporters gath-
ered at 8:30 p.m. for what
they hoped would be a celebra-
tion. No campaign group h a d
ever worked harder than this
loyal organization of men and
women headed by Cec Davis.
A T-V set and a radio were
reporting results at intervals
Even when Luke had gained
10200 lead Arvid Anaresen re-
marked. "I'm not giving up
,J
Joe Logozo. ,a long
of Dr. Atken's said, "Joe will
come through."
Paul Hogan had visited sever-
al polling places and listed the
results. Aiken was running 2 to 1
and 3 to l in West Seattle but
(Continued on Page I I)
Totem Cleaners open for business
belongs to any
or organized,
with its lead-
in the
be sure he jus-
in him.
'TO AGED
West Seattle
7th district, who will be giving
a general talk on "Government-
al Affairs."
Reservations may be made by
contacting Peter Vincent at WE
7-6733 by March lg.
CHURCH FATHER-
DAUGHTER BANQUET
A big night for food, singing,
Club will dixieland music and magic will
speak onlbe at Tibbetts M e t h o d i s t
Aged" at Church Monday night, March
Mar 21 at 19 at 6:30 p.m. when the annual
at S.W. Genesse Father - Daughter banquet will
r.. S.W. Thelbe held. Reservations, WEst
to attend. 5-7821.
0 PREPARE FOR
FAIR GUESTS
have time to finish that
or recreation room
Fair guests arrive.
! Just ask us about a West
HOME IMPROVE-
LOAN.
ALASKA ST, (W. Seattle Junction) WE 2-2950
4 S.W. I52nd (NEW Location) CH. 4-4950
The Marine Commuter I is approaching the Sea Crest
landing after a 6-minute run from the Polynesia Res-
taurant on the Seattle side. Water commuting is popular.
Herald photo.
Marine Commuter Hawaiian pageant
service from West to be given
Side to Seattle
Way back when -- one of the
favorite marine rides was on
the ferry from Seattle to West
Seattle. Those unique paddle
propelled ferries are now but
figments of memot'y.
But now the modern version
is at hand with a marine €om-
muter service being established
between Seattle and West Seat.
tle, via the Marine Commuter
I. And the trip which used to
take about a half hour now
takes 6 to 8 minutes on this
fast cruiser.
The Marine Commuter I of-
fers convenient departures and
arrivals for business appoint-•
ments, luncheon engagements,
and shopping tours, from the
Sea Crest Marina, 1660 Harbor
Ave. S. W. to the Polynesian
Restaurant on Pier 51 on the
Seattle side of Elliott Bay.
Commuters may relax in in-
dividual contour seats and for-
get the highway traffic conges-
tion and noise as they s c o o t
through the water from here to
Seattle in 6 to 8 minutes. Free
parking is available. Charter
service is also available.
The Mahealani School of Poly-
nesian Dance at 4147½ Califor-
nia Avenue will give a Hawai-
ian Pagent on Saturday, March
17 at the Fauntleroy Community
Center. Fellowship Hall. 9260
Calif, Ave. S.W.
Dances of Hawaii, China, Ja-
pan, Tahiti, New Zealand, Sa-
moa and the Phillippines will
be performed. In this pagent,
Mrs. Noble, director of the stu-
dio, hopes to show the influence
of other nations of the world on
the dancing art of Hawaii, of-
ten called the "Melting Pat of
the World".
HAT SALE BY GUADALUPE
The Beach Drive Guild of
Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish
will sponsor a hat sale March
23 from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m and on
March 24 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
in the Sun Room of the High
Point Administration Building,
3000 W. Graham St.
Hats by Howard Hanlon for
women and children will be fea-
tured. There will be attractive
door prizes. Mrs. Coy Carter,
chairman, and Mrs. Richard Bid-
die, co-chairman.
CARD OF THANKS
For rates and schedules see I wish to thank the neighbors
the Marine Commuter Corpora- and friends who were so kind
tion advertisement on page 00 and thoughtful during my recent
of this issue. For information bereavement.
call MA 3-5723. Rosa M. Sutherland.
prospective Pee Wee players
March 31 and the coaches,
managers and officers urge all
prospective Pee Wee players
who are qualified, and particu-
larly the 10-year olds. to be sure
to sign up for Little League.
The Pee Wee coaches and man-
agers want to remind the 9 and
10-year old boys to turn out for
Pee Wee if they don't make Lit-
tle League.
SEASIDE PIIARMACY
ghe Alkl Community IT,'ugstore
C. A. Richey - wE -,
61st and Alkl
Prescription Pharmacist
Always on D.-"
Free orchids will be given each
day to the first 50 adults to
visit the new Totem Coin-Oper-
ated Dry Cleaning Shop at 60
California Ave. S.W. at S.W.
Graham St., which will hold a
urday, March 16 and 17 from
HI i i I tl
HERR LUMBER (0
, il
"'On the Way to Alki"
2400 Harbor Ave. S. W.
Delivery Available
U.SAVE HERE
Fir Plywood
(Sanded 2 Sides)
Ext. It.
4xSx %" . . • - $2.36 $2.11
4x8x " . . . . 2.99
4x8x 'h" . . . . 4.07 3.82
4x8x %" . . .'. 4.49 4.24
4x8x" . . . . 5.04 4.79
(ECONOMY & BEST)
4 x 8x % " . ....... $1.76
x8x %" . ....... 2.56
Pre-Finished Paneling
4'x 8' Mahogany
Utilit T ....... $2.88
Econoply ...... 3.69
First Quality .... 4,49
INSULATION
(Fiberglass)
s39 60"
Blanket ..... •
* $48 95"
Blanket ..... •
$66 O0 "
Blanket ..... •
s55 25"
Blanket ..... •
CEILING TILE
16 x 32 Unpainted .. $|27.65 M
(64 sq. box)
16 x 32 Painted . . . 132.25 M
(64 sq. box)
12 x 12 Painted . .. 134.55M
(64 sq. box)
12 x 12 Constellation 161.00 M
(64 sq. box)
12 x 12 Fissured ... 208.00M
($B sq. box)
CARPENTER AVAILABLE FOR SMALL ODD JOBS
WE 5-9711
ii
HOURS:
8 A. M. TO S P. M.
MONDAY THRU ,TURDAY
9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Coffee will be
served also.
The Totem Coin-Op Dry Clean-
ing Shop will be operated jointly
by Bob Brerman and his wife
Provie who also own and oper-
ate the Laundromatic at 4216
S.W. Admiral Way. Cleaning is
done by a battery of six auto-
matic Philco-Bendix units.
Brennan points out that con-
stant filtering of the cleaning
solvent assures clean solvent at
all times. An attendant will be
on duty at all times to assist
patrons of the shop.
The Grand Opening special
features cleaning of 10 shirts or
sweaters or2 topcoats or 3 suits
or 9 dresses, a $2 for $1.50.
The Philco-Bendix dry cleaner
holds a full 8 pound load. You
c an clean a child's dress,
woolen sport coat plus a man's
suit at one time. Cleaning takes
only 45 minutes.
Brennan, who has been a resi-
dent of West Seattle for 37 years
was in the real estate business
for some time. He was one of
the developers of Arroya Beach
and Heights and built the first
bowling alley in West Seattle.
ARBOR HEIGHTS
COMMUNITY CLUB DANCE
Arbor Heights Community
Club invites the community to
"Dancing in the Dark" w tt h
KVI's Dave Clarke. on Satur-
day, March 24, from g p.m. to
I p,m.
The occasion is for adults
and Clarke will play muise, ad
!ib, and even give away an al-
bum or two. For reservations
call WE 5-6469 or CH 3-5767.
Mixer, ice, popcorn and mid-
night snack provided by club.
Save The Dates
To be held Men.- Tues.
Annual event brings
store of loot in prizes
The annual West Seattle
"Treasure Hunt" epic event
in which the entire commu-
nity tunas out to win the loot
which mercbants heap up tn
prize upon prize for the having
will be held two days this time
on Monday and Tuesday, March
26-27.
Beautification
is pre-C 21
topic for city
City-wide beautification, from
gardens to new paint, light-up
and clean-up was the major ef-
fort of the Chamber of Co m-
merce meeting of the Century
21 State Beautification Com-
mittee on Thursday noon.
Members of the City Council
and Mayor Gordon Clinton,
newspaper editors, Garden club
representatives and City Beau-
iflcation committee members
from surrounding districts at-
tended the gathering, designed
to step-up efforts prior to Cen-
tury 21.
Ed Dunn. vice president of
the committee, presided, and
spoke of the formation of the
committee three years ago,
through the efforts of Council-
woman Helen Edwards and
Mayor Gordon Clinton.
Mayor Clinton, who has been
taking an active interest in the
anti-litter campaign and ord-
nance, an undertaking headed
up by City Ted
Seafair Pirates are not the
only buccaneers who favor W.
Seattle for their rendezvous.
Others in gaudy attire h a v e
been seen in the area. Any num.
bar of them, arms full of loot,
have been seen dodging into the
Junction stores -- and making
a hasty departure empty hand-
ed.
The annual visit of the pirates
with stores for the "Treasure
Hunt" is upon us, and each
week will see announcement of
the prize gifts which will be
awarded the nights of March
26-27. Participating stores will
remain open until 9 p.m. Mon-
day. Many merchants are plan-
ning "after 6 p.m." specials.
Swag, loot, treasure is hidden
throughout the Junction and
rumor has it that the value is
fabulous greater than a n y
previous "Treasure Hunt" plan-
ned for this community.
Some of this valuable treasure
could be yours if you participate
in the annual Junction Mer-
chants "Treasure Hunt."
Thirty or more Junction
stores will be participating in
the Treasure Hunt and indica-
tions are that there will be more
loot awaiting the treasure hunt-
ers than ever before.
Watch for your Herald March
22.
Each copy distributed will be
numbered and the number of
your copy could be a lucky one.
This as an adult party and priz-
es may be claimed by men and
women over 19 years of age.
Cards bearing the lucky num-
ber will be posted in
up all efforts toward the goal
of a' clean 'and beautiful Seat-
tle.
He looked with expectation' for
hopes of "a beautiful Seattle to
come into focus with World's
Fair upon us." and spoke of the
importance of creating the right
impression and image of o u r
city with World's Fair visitors.
"Beauty being a state of
mind," he spoke of the anti-lit-
ter law, and the need to enforce
it and "to educate people to
want to be clean and make a
city a better place in which to
live." He stressed the impor-
tance of taking active part to
help solve the problems which
are ours, although this may not
be easy to dO. He looked for all
citlzens to put effort into a coop-
erative mvement to bring
about the desired result, and as-
sured of continued cooperation
of City government. "With all
working together, there is ne
limit to what. we can do togeth-
er," he concluded.
Mrs. Edwards spoke of the
rogress which has been made
m the three years the commit-
tee has been in operation, and
Anderson spoke of the changes
he has seen from early Seattle
(continued on page 41
banners in the window.
C. D. Aaby joins
appraisal firm
C.D. Aaby, former owner of
Aaby Realty, has joined the
firm of Roland G. Hoefer M.A.I.,
doing business as Western Ap-
praisal Company as an as.
sociate appraiser.
Mr. Aaby has been active
in real estate, land developmelt
and appraisals in the "West Se-
attle area for the past I2 years.
He has appraised for F,H.A.,
the City of Seattle and for pro-
perry owners on the codem-
nation of Alki Sewage
Plant, Fairmoun.t Pla
north end of Boeing mad
the south end of the Seattle-
Tacoma Airport.
He has also appraised pro-
perties tot private owners and
the King County Probate Court,
Western Appraisal Company
has offices in Seattle and Helena
Montana. Clients represented in-
clude national industial firms,
F.H.A. and all branches of city,
county, school and state
agencies.
Serving West, Seattle..
Today, as for three generations past,
our-pledge to South and West Seattleites
is sympathetic, thoughtful and trustworthy
service--at reasonable COst, always,
WEst
e 2-9300
. Chapel
AIR-CONDI TIONED
MILTON HAGGARD. Owner and Manager
4400 California Ave. S.W. at S.W. Genesee
III I ] i i ,
WORLD FAIR TI K FAUNTLEROY CLEANERS
E l w.,., o,,::,s, DRY CLEANING " 40009 WlLDW00D PLACE F2uBnlt°:,:s/;$ry) WEst 2-9727