The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-10-05
By ALMA HELLAND

I
3 from that city. The Roosevelt
County Princess Rohwene Annette
TONED me at Culbertson and from
there on to Helena, our little group
was made larger so that when the
Great Northern Superintendent, Mr..
Wear, invited US to take charge of
his private car Tuesday morning, /
there were eleven of us glad to ac-
cept his kind offer.
MET BY CHAPERONES s,
We arrived in Helena Tuesday noon |
at 1850 and were met at the train
by our chaperones of the week. We
were hurried to the home of Senator
Walsh, which had been re-Opened and |
furnished especially for the Princesses |
of the counties. There were thirty
six girls at this home and needless to
say there were several chaperOnes.
Our chaperone had charge of five or
six Processes, and this chaperone
knew where each of of her girls was
at all times. For instance l had writ
! ten a letter to mother and father and
wanted to get the letter out on the
! evening train without fail. At just
! the time | wanted to get the letter
mailed, the Official ChaperOne, Mrs.
Mallette had no assistant to send
with me so after weighing the matter
! carefully she consented to let me go
| to the pOst-office which was a block
and a half from the Walsh mansion,
provided l would be back in ten min
utes. This is just an example of the
responsibility the ChaperOnes felt had
been instructed with them.
ENTERTAINED AT PLACER
Tuesday at 100 o'clock we were
entertained at a Placer Hotel luncheon
by the management of the New York
Store of Helena. The members of
the Woman's Club were hostesses at
4 a reception given at the Y. w. C. A.
4 from 300 to 500, and at 6:30 we
We're entertained by the Faculty and
Student Body of Wesleyan College at
Mills Hail. At 900 the two Yellow
stone Park buses, which had been
sent to Helena by Harry w. Child for
!. the use of the Princesses took US to
the Fair Grounds where we were in
vited to see the carnival shows and
enjoy the merry-gO-round and ferris
wheel. We were not permitted to
buy a ticket for any one of the forms
of amusement. 1t seemed as if things
run merely for our special benefit.
! L
! lion, we were taken to Senator
Walsh's home to get bit of rest pre-
paratory for the next days program.
GO SHOPPING WEDNESDAY
. Wednesday morning we went shop
ping. At 1915 we were the GUSTS
of the Rotarians at luncheon at the
+ Placer Grill after which we were TAX
en- to the Fair Grounds and officially
: introduced to the people of Helena
! and visitors of the State Fair We
were at the Fair grounds all after
5 noon, enjoying the high dives and
{ races, and at 600 we had our dinner.
After seeing the exhibits we were
taken to the Placer Hotel for the
t dance.
t RECEIVED BY GOV. DIXON S
Thursday at 1000 we were received
: by Governor Joseph M. Dixon at the
: State Capitol. After seeing the Cap
, ital including the Senate and House
D where l located the chairs of Senator
5 Charles Taylor and Representatives
5 Aage TIL. Larsen and Clair Stoner
5 we were taken to the executive man.
5 sion where Miss Virginia Dixon was
D hostess at breakfast. We were then
taken to the Shrine Temple where we
elected our Queen. Although this
was the important part of the weeks
program, it took only twenty minutes
to choose Miss Alice Smith of Baker
FallOn County, as our Queen. We
| were assembled in a room and after q
short talk by our Official Chaperone
on the seriousness of the election we
were given paper and pencil to make
the vote. One can hardly realize the
task of choosing one out of a number
of girls who We're as accomplished
pretty and popular as were the girls
it was my pleasure to meet at the
Walsh mansion hut only one could be
chosen so we had to vote as we
thought best. The three girls having
the most number of votes which were
LOrine WilsOn-Park county, May
Belle Ronglie-Daniels county, anC
Alice Smith-Fallon county, were
voted upon again and of these three
our Queen" Alice Smith received the
most number of votes. Queen Alice
was most worthy of the honor be-
slowed upon her and after we haC
hurried to congratulate her we wer,
take ntO the Walsh mansion for ou
dinner. At 900 the Coronation Bal
at the Shrine Temple was one which
can never be forgotten. "Queen Alice
was the first in the procession, wear
ing the Official Robe and was followed
by the Queen of 1922, Miss Doroth!
Bevier of Gallatin county. Then tn,
Princesses marched by pairs with
flower birl separating each pair. W.
marched to the platform where Gov
ernOr Dixon crowned our Queen
and after a short march the orchestr;
started playing a Fox-trot and tn
crowd started dancing.
"QUEEN ALICE" INTRODUCED
Friday morning we were taken t.
BrOadwater for a plunge and at 1870
were taken to the All-MOntana break
fast at the Montana Club. At. 20
our "Queen" was introduced at tn
fair and at $50 we were entebtaine
by the WOman's Division of the Hel
ena Commercial Club at the COuntr
Club. At this dinner the Princesse
presented our Official Chaperone Mrs
Mallette with a Beaded purse, tn
III TevVie and Clark county Princes