Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-02-20
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GREAT FAlLS-New quarters Of
the Montana Dakota Utilities Co. have
been opened here at 725-727 Central
avenue.
Hell e NA-Montana's tuberculosis
death total during 1871 dropped to 20l.
compared with 225 the previous year,
L. L Benepe, director Of the bureau Of
vital statistics. reported.
HAvRE- Directors Of the local
chamber Of commerce have elected
Dan Heltne president. Other officers
are Alvin J. Lucke. vice president, and
E. J. Bronson. secretary.
BILLINGS Montana wing of
the civil air patrol now has 273 men,
bers, about IS percent OF the states
registered pilots, H. H. Henrickson.
commander, has announced.
Easter service at Yellowstone park has
been Cancelled for this year because
Of lack Of local talent for staging the
program.
BUTTE-Sam R. White, pioneer
Butte resident and fraternal leader,
recently was presented a 5O-year Ger
tificate and pin signifying his men,
bership in the Masonic fraternity.
BOHEMIAN Because the national
defense program needs many trained
men, the special course in engineering
drawing and design started at Mon
tana State college last December will
be repeated beginning March 2.
HELENA-Montana rangelands and
livestock appear in better condition
than any between here and Texas, DR..
w. ]. Butler, state veterinarian, said
on returning from trip to the south
west.
BUTTFHerbert r. West of Lewis
ton, Idaho, was scheduled to arrive
here this month to assume his duties
as Scout executive Of the Silver Bow
area council, succeeding Percy Frazier.
retired.
Construction Of a mod
ernistic one-story brick building will
be started within a month to replace
the Shapard hotel and adjoining Gam
BILE Stores building destroyed by fire
New Years day.
DEER LODGE-Lafayette Scott. who
died here recently, had resided in Deer
Lodge for SO years. Born In Pennsyl-
vania in 1858, he came to Montana
when young man and followed the
trade Of plasterer. cement construction
worker and bricklayer.
HELENA-An officers Of the Mon
tana Assessors association were re-
elected at the state convention here.
They are ]. P. Best, Dillon. president:
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president, and R. G. Lutey, Helena,
secretary treasurer.
GREAT FALLS George e. Hurd
Jr., Is, has accepted one Of the lead
ing aviation engineering posts Of the
nation-the position Of chief mainte-
nance engineer for American Export
Airlines, whose large flying boats will
soon be spanning the Atlantic on reg
ular schedule.
GREAT FALIS-Mrs. Blanche
Weaver LaBreche Momon, 66, who
died here, came to Montana more than
40 years ago as teacher. A native Of
Illinois, she taught in Teton, Glacier
and F1athead counties. She lived at
Nyack for 10 years. For the past two
years she had lived with daughter
in Augusta.
MISSOULA-C. j. Doherty, president
Of the Montana Press association, has
announced the appointment of Howard
Hazelbaker, former Poison publisher,
as secretary Of the association. sue
ceeding the late Henry Woare OF Hell
ena. Hazelbaker, state senator from
Lake county, was publisher Of the
Flathead Courier for several years. He
IS now assisting at the State university
school Of journalism.
BOZEMAN-Bassett G. Leyson, II,
who died here after q stroke, was a
noted mining man and consulting en-
gineer for mining companies. He op-
Grated mines in VAUDEVILLE and Butte
for the late W. A. Clark and the IA
nous Mayflower property south Of
Whitehall. He had made his home In
Montana since late in the last century
A native of Wisconsin, Leyson came
west with his mother in 1871.
DARBY-This community presents
Mrs. Mary Kerlee, IS, as the states
champion grandmother. Shortly after
newspapers carried a story indicating
the title belonged to Mrs. D. E. Clark,
Ennis pioneer, who has 70 living de-
scendants, Darby offered the record of
Mrs Kerlee, who can list 100. Eight
of her 10 children are living and she
has 40 grandchildren and 50 great
grandchildren.
HELENA-The Helena city council
has taken steps to provide for post
war growth and improvements with
the drawing Of tentative plans for a.
465,581 worth Of work to be handled
through the public works reserve pro-
gram Of the WPA. Included In the
program are street projects, a recre-
alton park and swimming pool; q
stadium and fieldhouse and sewer,
water and lighting projects.
HELENA-Percy Train, 6e, who died
at Reno. New, was the last member
Of q pioneer Helena family. He was
the son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar H.
Train Of Kenwood, Helena's first
photographers, whose early day pic
lures are highly priced. After gradu-
alton from the Montana School Of
Mines, Train went to the Black Hills
and from there to Nevada. Later he