The Rise And Decline Of The Olympia Oyster 



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Benefactors 



F. W. MATHIAS 



SOME PEOPLE JUST DO THINGS BECAUSE THEY 

 love to do them. Others because they have a financial 

 interest in what they do. Such is the relationship be- 

 tv/een F. W. (Mat) Mathias and the Olympia Oyster. He 

 has never owned or operated an Olympia Oyster bed nor 

 had any financial interest in the packing or distribution 

 of them. Yet, he has contributed generously of his time 

 and energy. 



Mat was Secretary of the Olympia Chamber of Com- 

 merce for thirteen years. Before he came here, he was a 

 booster for Olympia Oysters because he was fond of them 

 as a food. When he accepted the said position in 1941, he 

 took up as his keynote the advancement of Olympia's ex- 

 pansion by the use, in all the city's publicity, of the 



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