Arthur B. Govey, ,7]; who held the distinction of 52 years of‘ser- ivice with the Simpson Logging Company, ‘pa’sed away Tuesday, evening at the, Shelton General; Hospital aftera long _iliness._‘His ‘ passing closed a life ofi quiet un- ostentatious community Service“ ‘ Funeral services will ‘be held at the Witsier Funeral Home on Fri: 1 day at 2 p. m., conducted by ‘Rth.; Ho ert Maulden of the Methodist Church where Mr. and Mrs. Govey 1 w regular; attendants. Pall b' rers will be chosen associates i on ‘the board of theShelton hos- pital. - ‘ ‘- Intermeiit nwiil follow ~iegm‘nltgemoriaiccemete \ orn Inmngiana , Arthur B"G°Vey was born . England February 11, .0 {this country . for ‘ , , from 11‘ 016331313th bhad many. and after, ‘36 ,ca y “We hlm‘.‘ ._ , me to Ma , , mum-V Fabmary'l 50'” of statehood and {foil . the yez‘u’i (. thelogging‘o” “‘1 W0Yk'm ‘ . . amp 0t Pete‘Peter 0n the» Port “Blakel , so, where he Started ty . Railroad; task «of Jgreasin' a the, lowly; . ivséhich 'logs were thin 2112353; hover. e , to the landin « a“ ' h -* {S by oxen. H ad some interi stmg‘recollection: in . the road, w ch succeeded the-several ‘ pioneer loggers ,for the «Blakely Company, including Sam Willey,» Ed Callow and Peterson, and as , One the few pictures everr posed for by Arthur Gov‘ey . ‘shows him in this ‘charaeteristic'pose at the 'old desk he'used for so [many years. Mr. Govey died last‘fl'uesdayrevenlng ,at the Shel- tonv General Hos ital {allowing a'long illness. stalls of hi ‘lon , , , , _ , career.«with thep mpson Logging 'Companyj re- given in t7 glaerdfatltlir?§ugrai’r:§ie:gmg west! , . t , , , ”I . “”3”“ °°"""" ‘NG‘i 11$ ‘ 15¢ , AMW” It was here in the big Sn w of ' ‘ four feet or more, lasting 1’ 'mJ ’ ARTHUR*B: GOVEY PASSES 0N November, V1892 to ,March" at 1; i 1893, that the camps were sno ed in and for” thYoeiweeks the trains could not bring in fresh food or hay for the oxen and ‘ Again this week The Journal ’is called upon to note the passing of an older citizen whg has sometléinig more than». a e to his credit in the ‘recor growth’sn evelop- h , merit ogf Mason County; one who has‘given‘ of his service sffifiignfhe“ ”St used by 5°" {to his neighbors, his community and his country. . x“ (Arthur B. Govey was the last connecting link 'be-; tweenlt-he’ old' and the new, the beginning and the present, 3 f the‘ Simpson Logging Company; one who served well uring the early and lean years of the old days of the log- ging industry through to its present importance; .one who, has seen and mourned the passing of the fine timber in: which he beganhis life’s work, ,, i misfit Co. Organized impson and Company was organized in 1890, taking over the interests of the Port Blakeiy Mills and Capt. Kenton, with the Camp- bell Brothers and other mill com- pany officials ,joining in expand- ing the logging operation. In 1895 > .the 'Simpson Logging Company '. Arthur Govey was a good, sound Citizen in his modesty 3&5 ingggpgragzgiggdfgég; ?:d:i: and retiring way, which held his good works in the back: Peninsular, Railroad, became ground, but who was mindful 'of others less fortunate; in 1:32??? an the company‘which‘refi particular those victims .of sickness and acoldent who came at as ci’tsayéafif figsvgmelpagqmgfl from the' hazardous work‘ of the woods, now happily safe- in Mr. Govey‘s.death the as: link‘ guarded through modern methods and care " ‘ between the I, 01d and 'the'. new, in ' Arthur Govey was saddened in his last years by the Egafigtaud 1n the men who bunt recurrence of World‘War, ,not .only‘because it concerned, “1:8 want/55$??? :2: fgmfiff those of his old home, but'also‘hecanse of.1.ts‘;effects uponi operation in the statfhas’pggedg; our own people and their economic conditions, and from“ {his own desire for a world living in peace and harmony as ., freely as possible from thef‘disturbmg rI‘lancor among‘ peoples and nations. He lived w ' “ ‘ ' . , 'Vlieaflquai'ters at Matiocx With .the‘ extending .of the Blakeiy Railroad in this period the two railroads crossed at Mat- Iock, where the Simpson‘Company; maintained" its headquarters fori some years; and eventually ab- sorbed the Peninsularsginto the; sole, ownership of, the Simpson Logging Company, .Itrwas here‘ that the late,Mark‘E.-.Reed came into the organizations first 3415 clerk, than}: pidly~to managerand to succeed tithe interests and manageme a‘vwhich :Mr. ‘Simpsoni had until.”thon i solely ieiteroisedg ~ It 1‘ was there also; at “headquarters? that Mr.’G_6vey, was. in charge of the bookkeeping detail of logging. and of selling logs to the mills, a task he» c lied on through an: the years early‘ io’years in Lthe office-,injishcltoh which be- ,came headquarters of the com- IPEnY- 1‘ ‘. ' i In a review -in iJanuary~ ,16, ,1941. . marking. 50' ayears oi?“ service} with the "Simp- son, Company,’ ‘Mr. , shown «behind :Zthe‘ des first .used},~”a'nd‘~ which ‘he, refused [to part with for modern ‘equipé :me‘nt liners," in keeping x'with “his. ilities,’ but- which he'has , ' seldom» :in’ recent ‘months. He, as Nice-president of. the Simpson Logging Company.: 1' , ,Led"Domestic Life —_ Arthur. Govey led a Very- dom estic lite,“divided only between-his duties andhis home, following‘his marria e-ito‘ Miss Gracelstlrange, at Men shafiWisc” Decemberflfi; 19100.‘>.-Their home in town was. built soon . ment ,in . , , was their hobby. .Mr. Govey's,,o_ni-y playing was; at golf; and .even this was abandoned . severa years, a o, . and ” he-grdevoted muchfiof' his ’tim‘e‘ ito his dutiesas president of the i Shelton ‘Hospital- Association ‘be-g, ing ‘ Vlar sly,» responsible , for , , fine istagndingv or "this ‘hstitqtltigiai among‘rgthqse, devoted to c I of the‘slck, ‘i The-bhlyipublidof ,ce vet held by Arthur‘ 5 that» of. La because «of in 111‘, 1‘. i ., on, me‘iandihlélan,_ , , OCR Text: Arthur B. Govey, ,7]; who held the distinction of 52 years of‘ser- ivice with the Simpson Logging Company, ‘pa’sed away Tuesday, evening at the, Shelton General; Hospital aftera long _iliness._‘His ‘ passing closed a life ofi quiet un- ostentatious community Service“ ‘ Funeral services will ‘be held at the Witsier Funeral Home on Fri: 1 day at 2 p. m., conducted by ‘Rth.; Ho ert Maulden of the Methodist Church where Mr. and Mrs. Govey 1 w regular; attendants. Pall b' rers will be chosen associates i on ‘the board of theShelton hos- pital. - ‘ ‘- Intermeiit nwiil follow ~iegm‘nltgemoriaiccemete \ orn Inmngiana , Arthur B"G°Vey was born . England February 11, .0 {this country . for ‘ , , from 11‘ 016331313th bhad many. and after, ‘36 ,ca y “We hlm‘.‘ ._ , me to Ma , , mum-V Fabmary'l 50'” of statehood and {foil . the yez‘u’i (. thelogging‘o” “‘1 W0Yk'm ‘ . . amp 0t Pete‘Peter 0n the» Port “Blakel , so, where he Started ty . Railroad; task «of Jgreasin' a the, lowly; . ivséhich 'logs were thin 2112353; hover. e , to the landin « a“ ' h -* {S by oxen. H ad some interi stmg‘recollection: in . the road, w ch succeeded the-several ‘ pioneer loggers ,for the «Blakely Company, including Sam Willey,» Ed Callow and Peterson, and as , One the few pictures everr posed for by Arthur Gov‘ey . ‘shows him in this ‘charaeteristic'pose at the 'old desk he'used for so [many years. Mr. Govey died last‘fl'uesdayrevenlng ,at the Shel- tonv General Hos ital {allowing a'long illness. stalls of hi ‘lon , , , , _ , career.«with thep mpson Logging 'Companyj re- given in t7 glaerdfatltlir?§ugrai’r:§ie:gmg west! , . t , , , ”I . “”3”“ °°"""" ‘NG‘i 11$ ‘ 15¢ , AMW” It was here in the big Sn w of ' ‘ four feet or more, lasting 1’ 'mJ ’ ARTHUR*B: GOVEY PASSES 0N November, V1892 to ,March" at 1; i 1893, that the camps were sno ed in and for” thYoeiweeks the trains could not bring in fresh food or hay for the oxen and ‘ Again this week The Journal ’is called upon to note the passing of an older citizen whg has sometléinig more than». a e to his credit in the ‘recor growth’sn evelop- h , merit ogf Mason County; one who has‘given‘ of his service sffifiignfhe“ ”St used by 5°" {to his neighbors, his community and his country. . x“ (Arthur B. Govey was the last connecting link 'be-; tweenlt-he’ old' and the new, the beginning and the present, 3 f the‘ Simpson Logging Company; one who served well uring the early and lean years of the old days of the log- ging industry through to its present importance; .one who, has seen and mourned the passing of the fine timber in: which he beganhis life’s work, ,, i misfit Co. Organized impson and Company was organized in 1890, taking over the interests of the Port Blakeiy Mills and Capt. Kenton, with the Camp- bell Brothers and other mill com- pany officials ,joining in expand- ing the logging operation. In 1895 > .the 'Simpson Logging Company '. Arthur Govey was a good, sound Citizen in his modesty 3&5 ingggpgragzgiggdfgég; ?:d:i: and retiring way, which held his good works in the back: Peninsular, Railroad, became ground, but who was mindful 'of others less fortunate; in 1:32??? an the company‘which‘refi particular those victims .of sickness and acoldent who came at as ci’tsayéafif figsvgmelpagqmgfl from the' hazardous work‘ of the woods, now happily safe- in Mr. Govey‘s.death the as: link‘ guarded through modern methods and care " ‘ between the I, 01d and 'the'. new, in ' Arthur Govey was saddened in his last years by the Egafigtaud 1n the men who bunt recurrence of World‘War, ,not .only‘because it concerned, “1:8 want/55$??? :2: fgmfiff those of his old home, but'also‘hecanse of.1.ts‘;effects uponi operation in the statfhas’pggedg; our own people and their economic conditions, and from“ {his own desire for a world living in peace and harmony as ., freely as possible from thef‘disturbmg rI‘lancor among‘ peoples and nations. He lived w ' “ ‘ ' . , 'Vlieaflquai'ters at Matiocx With .the‘ extending .of the Blakeiy Railroad in this period the two railroads crossed at Mat- Iock, where the Simpson‘Company; maintained" its headquarters fori some years; and eventually ab- sorbed the Peninsularsginto the; sole, ownership of, the Simpson Logging Company, .Itrwas here‘ that the late,Mark‘E.-.Reed came into the organizations first 3415 clerk, than}: pidly~to managerand to succeed tithe interests and manageme a‘vwhich :Mr. ‘Simpsoni had until.”thon i solely ieiteroisedg ~ It 1‘ was there also; at “headquarters? that Mr.’G_6vey, was. in charge of the bookkeeping detail of logging. and of selling logs to the mills, a task he» c lied on through an: the years early‘ io’years in Lthe office-,injishcltoh which be- ,came headquarters of the com- IPEnY- 1‘ ‘. ' i In a review -in iJanuary~ ,16, ,1941. . marking. 50' ayears oi?“ service} with the "Simp- son, Company,’ ‘Mr. , shown «behind :Zthe‘ des first .used},~”a'nd‘~ which ‘he, refused [to part with for modern ‘equipé :me‘nt liners," in keeping x'with “his. ilities,’ but- which he'has , ' seldom» :in’ recent ‘months. He, as Nice-president of. the Simpson Logging Company.: 1' , ,Led"Domestic Life —_ Arthur. Govey led a Very- dom estic lite,“divided only between-his duties andhis home, following‘his marria e-ito‘ Miss Gracelstlrange, at Men shafiWisc” Decemberflfi; 19100.‘>.-Their home in town was. built soon . ment ,in . , , was their hobby. .Mr. Govey's,,o_ni-y playing was; at golf; and .even this was abandoned . severa years, a o, . and ” he-grdevoted muchfiof' his ’tim‘e‘ ito his dutiesas president of the i Shelton ‘Hospital- Association ‘be-g, ing ‘ Vlar sly,» responsible , for , , fine istagndingv or "this ‘hstitqtltigiai among‘rgthqse, devoted to c I of the‘slck, ‘i The-bhlyipublidof ,ce vet held by Arthur‘ 5 that» of. La because «of in 111‘, 1‘. i ., on, me‘iandihlélan,_ , , Mason County Genealogical Society,Obituaries,Other Obituaries,G Last Name,Govey, Arthur B..tif,Govey, Arthur B..tif, Govey, Arthur B..tif