Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-10-25

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urer; w. w. LESLEY, Bozeman, national
| Forsyth, national committeewoman
Named state committeeman were VIII
liam Mannery. Helena; James OBrien,
Roman, and Shorty" Saylor, Winnett.
Margaret Anderson, Miles City, and
Helen McGrew, Baker, were named
state committeewomen.
FORSYTH. - Mrs. Emily Florence
Church, 81, recent death victim, who
was born at Port Elizabeth, South
Africa, the daughter of missionaries,
came to Glendive IN 1882 and to For
syth two years later. She died after
a long illness.
BIGFORK. r. Coverdell, who has
lived here 35 years, recently celebrat-
ed his Tooth birthday. He has 26 grand
children and II great-grandchildren.
He and Mrs. Coverdell moved from
Missouri to the Flathead valley in
1899. Mrs. CoverdeH died in 1920.
BUTTE.-Kirby Hoon Of Missoula is
new chairman of the Montana state
athletic commission. He succeeds Joe
L. Markham Of Butte, who resigned.
The commission also includes Ed True
worthy of Butte and Jeff Lingle of
Billings.
GREAT FALdS-For the Hawaiian
football game here Armistice day, the
most elaborate gridiron entertainment
ever staged here is being planned The
theme to be used by the Pep club
at the field show viii be along Ha-
waiian and patriotic lines Hawaiian
leis will be sold.
GREAT FALLS.-Ernest Beatty, for
merly of Great Falls, enlisted with
the American Eagle squadron of the
royal air force as Gregory A. Day
mond has been awarded the distin-
guished flying cross. He was credited
with bringing down five German |
planes.
HAVRE.-The Salvation Army dedi- |
Gated its new building here, with Col. /
Archie Laymen, social secretary of the
giving the dedication adj
dress. Veterans of Foreign Wars and |
the Hi-Line Ministerial association /
in the ceremony.
BILLINGS Lockwood Brown, at /
toney, c. NJ Holiness, insurance man,
and E. J. Maynard, livestock specialist,
have been appointed to the board of
directors of the Midland Empire fair
They succeed J. w. Currie, president;
Ben Cardwell, vice president, and J.
W. Foote, all of whom have retired.
HARLOWTON. - Material gains in
water storage during the period from
Sept. IS to Sept 80 on the upper
conservation project have
1een reported by Project Manager
David Lake. The Martinsdale reservoir
gained from 1860 acre-feet to 1890
md the Durand reservoir from 1893 to
1895.
HELENA. - Reynolds Prosser, 20,
gho died here recently, was one Of
he states best known trapshooters
nd secretary of the Montana State
-rapshooting association. ProSser came
lere SIS years ago as a bookkeeper
or the government assay office. Later
le was employed at the old American
bank and then at the First
bank & Trust Co.
HELENA.-M as unemploy-
lent compensation payments for Sep
,783-were the lowest of
ny month since the job insurance
Ian was inaugurated, Barclay Craig
cad, chairman of the unemployment
commission, said Only
few more than 1 400 jobleSs workers
eceived benefits last month.
HAVRE.-R. G. Linebarger, publish
r of the Havre Independent, was
Iected president of the North Mon
ma Press association. w. L. RAIDER of
tanford was elected vice president
nd Frank milestone, Cut Bank, re-
Iected secretary. Leo Sanford, Chi
ook, and George Tout, Harlem, were
AIMED directors.
HELENA - Mrs. Maybelle Rookie
sller, Butte, is the new president Of
ne Montana Hairdressers association.
lillian Wittkamper, Butte, is first
Ice president; Mrs Reba House, Hell
IA, second vice president; Nell Har-
ION, Missoula, third vice president;
Tarcia Weimer, Havre, fourth vice
resident, and May Ellis, Butte, re-
ected treasurer. The next conven-
ON viii be held in Butte.
HELENA.-The 100000 that has
cen allotted for extending rural cleo
ification lines of the Vigilante Elec-
lie Cooperative at Twin Bridges will
ring electricity to some 500 outlets"