Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-05-23

! HELENA Thelrna Ward. super
intendent at st. Peters hospital sine
the first OF the year, has resigned.
HELENA Sophia skladanv. &,
who died at her home, had been
resident Of East Helena for a wear,
She was a native OF Austria Hungary
DnLON-Eugene L. Polndexter. VIII
died at his home here. had lived il
Dillon for 90 years and had served a.
postmaster for seven.
MISSOULA-Coach Doug Fessendel
Of the University Of Montana win servt
as football instructor at the annua
Nampa, Idaho, high school coachint
school at Sun Valley, Aug. 1922.
CHESTER-The Chester voIuntee,
fire department has sent President
Roosevelt $3.50 to apply on another
bomb for Tokyo" The money was
raised at a basket social.
BOHEMIAN William L. Stockton. 76
prominent stockman Of the CIarkson
district northwest Of here, who died
at his home, was president OF the Mon
tana farm bureau in 1922.
HELENA-L, w. Upshaw, secretary
Of the Great Falls z. M. c. A.. has
been appointed assistant campaign
manager Of the Montana U S. o. drive
by Payne Templeton, state chairman
HELENA r. Hills. negro
charged with murder in the hit-and-
run death of Tony Natanski here in
April, pleaded guilty and was sentenced
to 10 years in prison.
LEwIsTOwN-Peter Martin, 60 who
was found dead at his home here,
came to Lewistown from Michigan in
1900 and worked as a blacksmith until
forced by advanced age to retire.
SHELBY-O. E. Fagerberg, under
sheriff for the last four years. has
been appointed acting sheriff, succeed
ing c. D. Alsup, who left to join the
army.
BUTTE-Prof. John P Spielman,
head of the metallurgy department at
Montana School Of Mines, has been
granted leave of absence to report
to the army at Fort Douglas, Utah, as
a lieutenant.
CHINOOK - William Granger, 79.
killed in an automobile accident near
Hayes recently, was an old-time resi-
dent Of this area and for many years
was superintendent of the water plant
at Harlem.
HEIENA-Leases numbering 1.195
N GAS, 497 acres of state land have been /
so far this year Grazing land '
,otaling 585,551 acres is expected to
BRING in approximately $4,000 to the
tate.
LEWISTOWN-The Lewistown CCC |
amp will be closed June l. Enrollees /
AVE made substantial contributions to I
he development of agricultural prof.
cts in this section and also furnished
crest fire fighting crews.
GLACIER PARK-George w. Miller. :
.hief ranger at Glacier national parks '
las been appointed assistant superin- 4
endent Of the Rocky Mountain ma /,
tonal park In Colorado. He win take =
ID his new duties May %.
GREAT FALLS-Dr. E. M. Larson.
)r. E. M. Porter and DR. r. B. Durnin, =
he three remaining founders, were :
oSt at a dinner here in celebration of Z
ne 25th anniversary Of the Great Falls y
Iinic. 3
Because of changes in d
larket conditions, the Yale on Co.
sfinery here will close about June 1. :.
II employees have been offered work :.
! other plants. The company win :,
'ntinue to maintain bulk plant here. =
DARBY-Ted Matteson, sawyer at it
lie Taber mill near here, was fatally L.
jured when the tree he and his part cl
sr had just cut fell and uprooted
cad tree which crushed Mattesons !.
FAD and chest. = q
HELENA Gov. Sam C. Ford has re- n,
)pointed Anna Pearl Sherrick of ii,
reat Falls and Sister Mary Linus of of
ute to the state board of examiners hs
nurses for terms ending May S, ell
4S. m
BUTTE-Mrs. Percy w. Metz of
asin, Wyo., was elected regional de
airman Of the Girl Scouts at the M
invention for adult leaders here. Mrs. II
ebert Galloway, Butte, was named 10
20 chairman and Mrs Cecil G. john ar
n, Havre, reelected secretary m
DEER William Flynn, son al
Mr.. and Mrs. J. J. Flynn, has been ~
med night editor of the San Fran
co Examiner. Flynn grew to man 1y
cd in this community and studied 10,