Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-04-17
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HHENA-Bank cleartngs here 70
March totaled $l7,o4627N. vhicl
represents gain Of $3.243.l4ls owe
the same month last year.
TOWNSENDIBetty Ann Berberet
IS. Of Toston, died at a hospital her,
Of injuries suffered when she wa!
thrown from . horse.
MISSOULA-Two hundred and .
Aontanans enlisted in the army II
March, the district recruiting offic,
here reported.
LIvINGSTON-Mike OLeary, pop.
ular coach Of the Anaconda high
school. was named president OF the
Montana Coaches association at the
annual meeting held here.
BOZEMAN-Jake Barer, Bozemar
fur dealer, pleaded guilty in justice
court TO charge Of unlawful pos
session of beaver pelts and paid fine
Of $3.50.
CASCADE-Mrs. J. B. Taylor OF
Cascade was injured fatally and her
husband, prominent sheepman, Sc
verely injured when their pickup truck
was struck by an Intermountain bus
HELENA-The population of the
state prison at Deer Lodge dropped
from 473 to 462 in March, but that
Of the state insane hospital at Warm
Springs increased from 1858 to 1852,
the board of examiners reported.
BUTTE-A car broke loose from its
parking place on the north side of
East Broadway, ran across the street,
smashed a big plateglass window and
damaged the front Of the Montana
Power Co. here.
HELENA The Montana supreme
court has affirmed Silver Bow county
district court judgment. holding that
Lawrence Weir, sheriff of that county
from 1881 through 1898, Is entitled to
a $l6,52S.s7 mileage claim.
GREAT FALLS-Members of the
Woodmen of the World from all parts
Of Montana honored T. w. Midkiff,
national president, at banquet here.
Aidkiff, now located at Denver. was
q Great Falls resident for many years.
HELENA Ralph E. Hart has been
elected chairman of the Lewis and
Clark county commissioners, replacing
Paul A. Standby. recently ousted un-
der court order declaring his election
Illegal.
BOzEMAN-J. Craig Sheppard, art
instructor at Montana State college for
two years, has resigned to accept a
position with the Cessna Aircraft Corp
of Wichita, Kan. Jane McAllister, who
has been teacher at the University
Of Arkansas, is his successor here.
RED LODGE-Mrs. Mary Albertina
Iindgren, SO, who died recently, had
lived in Red Lodge 81 years. A native
OF Sweden, she came to the United
States 60 years ago and lived in Iowa
and Minnesota before coming to Red
Lodge in 1888.
90, who died at local hospital, was
. former teacher. Born in Kansas City,
Mo-, she came to Montana with her
husband in 1899, settling at Logan
They moved here In 1916 Mrs. Smith
taught at Broadwater school from 1925
10 1882.
GREAT FALLS-Dr. William II.
Barth, Sc, who died at his home here
after a short illness, was a pioneer
local dentist. Born in Wisconsin, Dr.
Barth came to Great Falls in 1900 and
was instrumental in bringing about Or
ganization of the state dental associa-
ton and was its first president.
GREAT FALLS Closing of the Ger
aid cafe, one of this city's pioneer
eating establishments, has been an
nounced by Julius Rinan, who had
operated the restaurant under lease
from Mrs. William Grills since 1899.
William Grills had operated the Ger
aid for some time prior to 1915 in
the same location but in smaller quar-
ters.
HELENA-Jobs in wartime industries
are awaiting graduates of Montana's
two defense training schools, o. C..
Lamport, state director for the United
States employment service, says. There
is particular need for persons trained
In arc welding and sheet metal work,
both Of which are taught at the trade
school in Helena and the shipwright
school at MisSoula.
GREAT FALLS%Local high school
students made a clean sweep Of the
north central district forensic tourna-
ment here, winning both the oratorical
and debate championships. Leo Gray
bill and Robert Hoffman took the dis
trict debate title and Graybin won top
honors in original oratory. Rachel
Hansen was awarded first in defense
oratory.
GREAT FALLS-James Shaffroth,
IA, and Robert Walworth, 16, were
drowned in the Missouri river two miles
southeast of here when they abandoned
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