The Carbon County news., 1928-05-17

Mont, were visiting friends at Edgar
Saturday evening, en- route to From
berg to visit at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. Holton.
The Edgar Woman's club was en-
tertained at the final meeting for this
season at the F. S. Putnam ranch,
west of Edgar, Thursday afternoon.
At this meeting the Officers for the
coming year were installed.
Several cars of local people and
grade pupils motored to Belfry last
Friday to attend the annual grade
track meet there. Edgar did not come
out as good this year as we would
like to have had, but our record still
stands very good from past seasons.
Mr.. and Mrs. Austin Mcmahon are
the proud parents Of fine baby boy,
born to them last Friday at the Dea-
coness hospital at Billings. Both
mother and baby are reported as do
ing nicely and expect to be home with
in a few days.
The high school pupils and faculty
are planning picnic on Friday of this
week to the higher points, possibly
some place in the vicinity of Red
Lodge. The different grade rooms will
also have picnics on Friday, but will
not journey so far from home.
In last weeks issue Of Edgar news,
there was mistake made either by
the correspondent or the printer which
we wish to take this opportunity to
correct. The item stated that Mrs.
J. A. Byrd and Bud Parkinson mo-
tored to Cody, when it should have
been Mr.. Byrd.
The senior class of '28 very ably
presented their play, GO Easy Mable'
at the high school gymnasium last
Tuesday evening. All took their parts
very well and are to be complimented
upon their talent. The play was put
on under the directions of the class
sponsor, Miss Dona Buzzetti.
Gordon Steele motored to Billings
Thursday afternoon, accompanied by
Sandy Cordero, to confer with doc
tors at Billings regarding Brigija
Cordero, who is a patient at the st.
Vincent hospital. 1t was reported at
Edgar Monday that Miss Cordero
would undergo an operation Tuesday
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Keller, accom-
panied by Mr. and Mrs. E. Holton
of Fromberg, motored to Billings Sun
day MORNING to attend Mothers day
services at the Congregational church
Mrs. Harry Mccain of Missoula, who
has been spending the past several
weeks visiting at the home Of hel
aunt, Margaret Scally, returned to hel
home Sunday evening.
C. N. Marten of the Grant Smith
Construction company was comforting
with railway officials in Billings Tues
day relative to interstate rates OF
shipments Of sand and gravel. Tht
material of the Grant Smith company
is becoming state wide known and is
wanted in large quantities for building
and road work in different parts 0.
this state as we'll as Wyoming.
Lawrence Wilson, who is a studen
and teacher at Bozeman, arrived hom
Saturday morning for brief sta.
with his parents. Lawrence returned
to Bozeman Sunday with his ney
Chevrolet coupe, delivered to him b,
7. G. Humphrey, Saturday. Lawrenc
has accepted a position at Ryegate
Mont, for the coming year as count
agent. His many friends at Edga
wish him success as he starts out hi
life's work.
Two aeroplanes from Billings II
vaded the air over Edgar Tuesday c
last week and finally came to terr
firma near the elevators and in shol
time there were a good number of tn
resident folks at the field. Sever;
Of the local people made their fir'
flight with the pilots and all that roc
crave a desire to again have the OF
portunity to take another ride. Thel
is some talk of establishing a landin
field short way east of town.
While driving into school last We
nesday morning, the Ford car, drive
by the Jake Hilderman children, b.
came unmanagable on the PetersC
hill east of Edgar and the car turnt
turtle with the occupants. At the poi
where the car upset, the hill is vel
steep and only few rods from
} cut bank of the Clarks Fork river,
drop of a couple hundred feet. Fo
tunately the car upset considerab
, distance from the bank, and with vel
little harm to the children. This is Il
second time in the past few wee
that the Hilderman children have h;
narrow escapes with their car, and
no particular fault of the driver.
The graduation exercises Of t
> class of '28 will take place at the hil
school gymnasium Wednesday ev
ming. G. A. Holmes Of the Polytechr
will deliver the address to the cla'
The class this year consists of fo
girls, Dorothy Mcpherson, vailed
torian; Maxine Clawson, salutatoria
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