Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-11-14

MISSOULA-Walter j. Derrick. re
Gently retired from the forest servic,
after 81 years Of service, the last Il
as supervisor Of the Custer forest. ha.
been called back TO active duty
DILLON - Sheriff Paul Temple O.
Beaverhead county is the latest Mon.
tana peace officer to enter the armed
forces. Temple has enlisted, as a chiei
petty officer, in the navys Seabees.
KALISPELL-Dr. Archibald Nelson
Currie. So, died in a Kalispell hospital
after long illness. He was a captain
in the medical corps during the first
World war, and formerly practiced
medicine in Glasgow and Park Grove
HARDIN - Blanche M. Jensen OF
Hardin, student at the University of
Washington in Seattle, has enlisted
in the WAAC. Her brother, Henry
Jensen is a chief pharmacists mate in
the navy
LEWTSTOWN-Clif l.. Van Horn.
a. had 1927 touring car in running
condition, with five tires and a half
thankful Of gasoline. Unable to drive it
now, he donated the machine to the
scrap drive. 1t weighed $500 pounds.
HELENA - r. 3. Richardson has
been appointed director of the Helena
branch of the Federal Reserve Bank
of Minneapolis. The appointment was
board Richardson is president Of the
Western Life Insurance Co.
BILLINGS Edwin F. Parriott, Liv-
ingston, was elected president of the
Montana Implement and Hardware
association at the closing business ses-
sion of the organizations Saith con-
Vention at the Northern hotel. He sue
ceeded Anton Nelson of Plentywood.
ANACONDA-AGrs. Edna Olson, 70,
died in Butte at the home of her SON
in-law and daughter, Mr. assd5-Mrs
George j. Kern, after a long illness.
She was born in Smoland, Sweden.
She came to this country and to Ana
conda SIS years ago and was married
six weeks after arriving in this city.
BUTTE-Butte miners will receive
numbering about 1000
men from the United States army In
their fight to produce more copper for
the nations war machine. Army Of
ficials said approximately 800 soldier
miners are already in Butte and 200
more are on their way.
BIG TIMBER - A brown-leafed
mountain plant interested George A.
Campbell while he was hiking near |
Big Timber. A chemist identified 1t as
q valuable drug, henbane. Campbell
went back to the woods and gathered
10000 pounds. A drug company took
It all at SIPS pound. !
GREAT FAILsS-Rev Dr. Hugh B.
Jones Of Great Falls has been named
chairman of the first Montana Red
Cross camp and hospital service coun-
Ill, organized here by Red Cross
chapters from seven counties and
military officials from local army
units.
MISSOULA- Capt. Douglas FeSSen-
len has completed a six-weeks train
ng course at the air forces officer
raining school at Miami, Fla, and
;oon will be assigned to executive
iuties in air forces maintenance
operations. Fessenden, athletic director
It Montana State university, is on
cave Of absence.
ANACONDA - Rev. Augustine D.
Sc, pastor of ST. Paul Cath
,lic church more than is years, re-
emily brought to a close more than
10 years of active church service. FIR.
seitham announced his retirement
rom active church service effective ,
Iov. S. He will make his home in
3ozeman.
SCOBEY - The Scobey Lutheran !
congregation after a two-year building {
program, dedicated its church recently. !
Dr.. A. M. Skindlov Of Spokane, preSi- {
lent of the Rocky mountain district,
vas the officiating clergy. The SER
non was delivered by Rev. M. E. Han
leim of Howard,sS S. D., former pastor
n this Lutheran parish.
GREAT FALLS - Peter Gagulch, |
o, died at local hospital. Gagulich [
vas born in Yugoslavia and came to
his country 43 years ago. He came to I
Great Falls in 1909 and lived here I
Until about is years ago when he i
moved to Cut Bank. He had been en- {
,loyed there by the city.
DEER LODGE - Clarence Eugene 1
Goore, resident of Ovando district {
or more than 80 years, and re- {
nembered by many of his friends as {
Scoop" died at hospital in Deer S