Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-05-29
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BILLINGS Avent, 80, OF
Cody, Wyo., who died here, trailed
cattle over the Chisholm trail into the
state in 1879.
GREAT FALLSRobert G. STAINS
berry, assistant coach Of the Great
Falls high school. has been appointed
recreation director here.
BUTTE-David Killham, who died
here. had been a resident Of this city
for SO years. He was a Waterman for
the Anaconda Copper Mining Co.
GREAT FALLS-Jane Surface, local
traffic representative for Northwest
Airlines, has been transferred from
here to the general office OF the COM
pany in Chicago.
GREAT FALLS-Degrees from the
18th to the 18th were given to a class
of II candidates by the Great Falls
chapter of Rose Croix here at the
Scottish Rite reunion.
HELENA-Mrs. Flora E. Diamond,
g. who died in San Francisco, was
later lived in Butte. She came from
lived here about 80 years.
ROY-John Bishop, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Bishop of Roy, was re-
ported missing after the fall of Cor
regidor. Bishop was raised in this
community and graduated from Roy
high school about eight years ago.
BUTTSLynn U. Stambaugh, ma
tional commander of the American
Legion, and his aide, Jack Williams,
both North Dakota men, will be in
Butte July Is at the Montana depart
ment convention. Silver Bow post No.
l, Butte, will be the host unit.
Cone, 25, son of the late Senator
George McCone Of Dawson county
and brother of Mrs Mark Farris OF
Gently released by the navy department
as missing in action between Dec.
7 and March 15'
GREAT FALLS-Mrs. William w.
Kline, who died at her home at the
age of 70, was native of Pennsylvania
and came to Montana in 1895. She
and her husband located on the site
of the lower Sun river addition, later
settling on a cattle ranch north Of
here.
MISSOULA-Prof. J. P. Rowe, one
of the founders of the annual inter-
scholastic meet here and director of
the event for SO years, was given a
watch by Missoula business men and
presented with a gold first place"
medal by the Montana High School
association.
HELENA-The executive council Of
the Montana preparedness and ad-
vlsory commission has authorized Tom
D. Caverly, state co-ordinator, to or
ganize local defense consumer coun-
ellis and has approved appointment Of
w. G. Ferguson of Helena as executive
director of state civilian defense.
BUTTE. A. Poore, prominent local
attorney and trapshooter, has been
named Montana:s trapshooting repre-
sentative in connection with the pro-
gram of the division of physical fit
ness, office of civilian defense, to in
crease Americas potential home guard
army.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. D. Peters,
n, who died at his home here, came
to Montana in 1887 Born In Nova
Scotia, he arrived in Great Falls on
the first mixed train to reach that
city. He then came by stage to the
Sage creek ranch near Utica, where he
was employed for a number of years
by L. H. Hamilton, now of Great Falls
MISSOULA-C. G. Polk, an inspec-
ton engineer for the public roads ad-
mlnlstratlon here for five years, has
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construction engineer on the northern
section of the new Alaskan highway.
He will be assigned to the 7OO-mile
section under supervision of Frank
Edwards of Portland, former district
engineer for the public roads admins
tration here.
L1BBY-Mrs. John Geiger, 81, who
died here. had been a resident of this
vicinity almost half century. When a
young girl, accompanied by her par
ents and a sister, she came overland
by covered wagon to Oregon. Later
the family returned to Iowa. At the
age of ID, Mrs. Geiger came to Helena.
where she was married She and her
husband soon afterward moved toI
Libby.
GREAT FALLS-Mr. and Mrs Clar-
ence A. Scott have learned that their
son. Kenneth, and another Montanan,
Kenneth Eugene Nearman, seaman
first class, were among the men on a
submarine that brought large part
OF the negotiable wealth of the islands"
out of the Philippines in February.
The submarine was also the vessel that
carried ammunition to Corregidor.
Both Scott and Nearman, whose faith
er lives at Turah, received the silver
star. the navy's third highest award.
Scott holds machinist's mate rating