Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-06-26

here viii be the band, drum and bugle
corps competition for 81 900 In prizes
and trophies. The chief addresses viii
be delivered by Edward L. Curtis
Portland. regional director Of the Boy
Scouts of America, and by William r.
Ref of Bozeman, past district deputy
and a member Of the American Legion
national executive committee.
HELENA-The Montana board of
lands and investments has sold to the
Bar B Ranch Co. of Ogden, Utah.
/ .2sO acres of grazing land in Beaver
head county for $500.
DILLON-With only a total delin-
quency of s3,9l9O6. tax collections in
May were the best in years, Miss Ber-
tie Mathews, county treasurer. an
nounced. OF the 1.123 taxpayers on the
books, only SO were delinquent.
HELENA Thomas M. Robinson has
been elected president Of the Lions
club here. succeeding Al Johnson. w.
E. Fry was named first vice president;
John Morris, second vice president.
and DR.. o. w. Burgan, third vice
president.
NEIHART-Emil Anderson, ST. who
died at his home here, had been a
local resident for So years. Death fol-
lowed an illness Of four years. An
derson was born in Norway. His wife
died here 40 years ago.
HELENA - William G. Ferguson,
state director of civilian defense. has
received 60 gas masks for distribution
i,, 1,n tot in fro iy,ff i,ili
tense workers. The masks came from
a Fall River. Mass, factory.
-Elinor Waring, super
intendent of the Marcus DAILY hospital
for the last six months. has resigned
to return to her home in Battle Creek,
Mich. Elsie M. Denis of New Hartford,
N. Y, is her successor here.
MILTON-Charles E. Hartley has
been elected president of the Lions
club here. James K Potts, acting
president since the resignation several
months ago Of G. r. Walsh, was
chosen vice president.
BUTTE-John ]. Dodge, pioneer
resident of Walkerville and the only
Mason to have completed half CEN
fury in Minitor lodge. No. IS, A. F. g.
A. M, was honored by his lodge
brothers recently. They presented him
with 5o-year pin and membership
certificate.
HELENA - Montana has already
completed more than 1900 Of the
model planes asked Of 1t by the bureau
Of aeronautics and expects to have
the rest finished by Aug 81 by prison.
ers at the state penitentiary and by
boys at the Miles City industrial
school,
HELENA-W P. McComas, SO, who
died here, had been custodian at the
state capitol since March, 1s4l, and
was well known native Of Helena.
For 10 years previous to the time he
became custodian at the capitol, he
was guard at the First National bank.
HELENA Highway patrolmen will
cooperate with the state rationing
board by reporting owners of cars
abusing tires with high-speed driving.
Rationing boards may refuse new tires
and recaps to the persons who abuse
tires.
PH1L1PSBURG-M Eugene Smith
has received word Of the death Of her
brother, Harry L. Turner, In Ashland,
Ore. Turner, former well known resi-
dent of this city, was associated with
the late Louis Shodair In the grocery
and confectionery business here dur
ing the eighties.
BUTTE-Patrick ]. McDonough, SO,
who died at Portland where he had
been receiving medical attention, was
past grand knight Of the Butte
council Of the Knights of Columbus
and was present state deputy of the
Montana council. He was reelected
to that office at the state convention
at Missoula in May.
ANACONDA-John w. Bills, rs, who
died at Silver lake, apparently suf-
fering heart attack while chopping
wood in the forest, was an old-time
resident of Anaconda and retired
superintendent of pipefitters at the
reduction works. Bills was born in
Michigan and came to Montana SO
years ago, making his home here.
BUTTE-No new construction work
will be done on roads and bridges in
region l of the United States forest
service this summer, Fred Theme, re-
gional engineer, said here. The Deer
Lodge forest is part of the region,
which encompasses the area in east
ern Washington, northern Idaho and
western Montana.
LIVINGSTON Robert S. Phillips,