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The Glasgow courier., 1944-08-17
20 Oklah0manS
Arrive for
Harvest Work

OF 80 Oklahomans who arrived
here in special coach Monday, 20
have been assigned to Valley county
farms for harvest work, it was re-
ported by County Agent James K.
McGibney. The balance went to
Daniels county.
Most of these men are farmers
themselves, who will be here about
month before they return to the
south to take care of their own
crops" the extension official said
Most of them, too, are experienced
truck and tractor drivers, although
few have had combine experience.
Before being assigned to farmers
who had requested their services,
the Oklahomans met with the coun-
ty agent, who outlined the crop and
wage situation in this locality.
With the arrivals and with 81
Mexican nationals in the county, the
crop labor situation is meaSurably
eased, the agent commented. How
ever, more farm labor could be used.
He said that an extension service
is working in eastern
Montana locating custom combines
for those who wish such services.
A comparatively small wheat acre
age has been cut so far, the county
agent said. Barley yields generally
nave been good. ranging from As to
10 bushels an acre.
The Glasgow courier., 1944-08-17
Jennings Is
Reelected
G. .O.P.Leader

Milo Jennings of Opheim was re-
elected chairman of the Valley
county Republican central committee
at its reorganization meeting held in
the Allen cafe Monday night.
Other officers elected at the meet
ing were George Demko of Nashua
vice chairman; Mrs. F. P. Whalen
state committeewoman; F. j. Mer-
sen, state committeeman; Sam Gill
luly, secretary, and A. B. Friedlund
treasurer.
The state committeeman and COM
mitteewoman. together with Albert
o. Nelson of Hinsdale, candidate for
state representative. compose the Of
ficial delegation to the state Repub-
lican convention in Lewistown Mon
day.
The meeting was also featured by
a report made by Mr.. Friedlund,
who is chairman of the county Re-
publican financial campaign. The
quota assigned the county by the
state organization has been exceed
ed, Mr.. Friedlund said, with a num-
ber of pledges still to come in.
A general discussion of the COM
ing campaign followed the election
of officers.
The Glasgow courier., 1944-08-17
Weber Named
TO Head
Democrats

Stephen Weber was elected chair
man of the Valley county DEM
ocratic central committee Saturday
night at its organization meeting in
the Allen cafe. He succeeds Mrs. A
B. Eaton of Hinsdale. The meeting
of the party officers and precinct
committeeman and committee wom-
en- followed a public program at
which Sen. B. K. Wheeler had
spoken.
other officers selected at the
meeting are Paul Friedl. vice chair
man; Mrs. Paulina Stephens of
Tampico, secretary-treasurer; Mr..
F1iedl, state committeeman, and
Mrs. Ruth Putt, state committee
woman.
The state committeeman and
committeewoman, along with the
party's nominee for legislative Of
ficers. will be delegates to the Mont
ana Democratic convention. Call for
the state convention has not been
issued but it is expected that it will
be held soon.
The Glasgow courier., 1944-08-17
OPHEIM STAFF
OF TEACHERS
IS ANNOUNCED
Almost All Positions Filled i'm
North Country School,
Greer States.
BY Courier Correspondent

OPHEIM. The Opheim school
will open the morning of Sept. 5
Superintendent william c. Greer
announces. Teaching staffs in both
the grade and high schools are now
almost complete.
The only vacancy existing in the
Opheim school is in the commercial
department and there is every
reason to believe it will be filled by
the time school opens, Mr.. Greer
said.
Grade school teachers will be Mrs.
Dorothy B. Mccormick. grades
and 2: Mrs. Ethel Taylor. grades 3
and 4; Mrs. Esther Halvorson,
grades and 6, and Miss Anna
Johnson, principal and grades Z
and 8.
The high school staff will be
made up of Miss Dorothy Bohlig,
Miss Anne Schuster and Mrs. Will
lam G. Greer. The district is also
Hicks as music instructor for both
the high school and grade school.
Mr.. Greer will teach one or two
classes and coach.
Glentana will have the same
JedcnlnS SJaII as laSJ year. MIS-.
Marjorie st. John in the lower
grades and Mrs. Bessie Robinson in
the upper grades. The position at
Richland is now open.
SO far, contracts have been signed
for three rural teachers. They are
Miss Helen Sullivan, Golden Valley;
Miss Helen thinner. Hopper; and
Miss Verna Olson, Wheatland.
Positions are open at Highland,
North Bench, Happy Valley, Lost
Sunflower and at a school to be
opened near Baylor.
The Glasgow courier., 1944-08-17
Peck Sergeant
Gets Air Medal
For Bombings

AN EIGHT AIR FORCE BOMB
Err STATION TECHNICAL
Serg. John H. Boysun, 81, engineer
and gunner on the Eight air force
B-24 Liberator "Umbriago", has
been awarded the Air Medal for
"meritorious achievement. cool
ness, courage and skill" during
bombing attacks on Nazi war max
ing installations.
Sergeant Boysun is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Matt Boysun of Fort
Peck, Mont. Before entering the
AAF the gunner was employed on
the farm of Hubbard, of Wolf
Point, Mont
In awarding the Air Medal to
Sergeant Boysun, Col. Ernest F.
Wackwitz, Jr.. commanding officer
OF this B-24 Liberator unit, COM
mended the flyers successful par
ticipation in bomber attacks which
are knocking out Nazi resistance
and helping TO insure victory for the
allied armies invasion Of Western
Europe"
The Glasgow courier., 1944-08-17
"A" Ration Books
Will Be Renewed
Late This Month

With announcement by the OPA
that all "A" gasoline ration books
will be renewed late this month, the
local ration board stated today that
application blanks for the new "A"
books are available at all service sta
tions in Valley county.
1T is advisable that each car
owner obtain his application blank
and mail it in Immediately in order
that he will have no delay in re-
ceiving his new book on or before
Sept. %" John F.. Wall, chief clerk
of the board, said.
Any applications received after
Sept. 81 cannot be taken care of
until some time in October, he said.
Tire inspection records should ac-
company applications.
The new books will provide the
same ration as before-eight gallons
or about 120 miles a month. New
coupons, however, will be worth four
gallons each instead of the present
value of three. Six four gallon cou-
pons will become valid every three
months.
The Glasgow courier., 1944-08-17
TOWN LIGHTS
FOR FRAZER
ARE PLANNED
County Board Gives Approval
to Plan for Improvement
District.

County commissioners Monday
approved creation of special rural
improvement district to provide
street lighting at Frazer, which will
be serviced by the Montana-Dakota
Power company from Wolf Point.
The move pointed to anticipated
increased use of electricity in Fra
ger when a bureau of reclamation
power line from Fort Peck to Wolf
Point to connect with Montana
Dakota lines is completed.
Under terms of the resolution Gre
ating the new district, the Montana
Dakota company will install 13
street lights in Frazer. A ten-year
contract is proposed under which
the company will be paid Sl9
month for maintenance and opera
ton.
Cost of the improvement will be
met by levying a tax on town lots
in Frazer. A petition by the re-
quired number of freeholders in Fra
ger previously was filed requesting
the improvement.
A Frazer delegation composed of
r. l.. Sheppard, M. A. Lien and L.
r. HoVey met with commissioers
last week to request the system.
FRAZER Street lights will be in
stalled at the same time as other
lighting and wiring installations are
made by the Montana-Dakota Pow
er company. 1t is expected that the
system for Frazer will
be ready in about two months.
The Glasgow courier., 1944-08-17
Civic Center
BleacherS
Are Put Up

Six sections of five-row bleachers,
which will have a seating capacity
of 800, have arrived and are now
being installed at the civic center,
Milt Kabeary, center manager, an
nounced this week.
The sections are of folding type
and, when not in use, will occupy
a small space in recesses along the
walls of the center. They can be
rolled out on wheels. ready for use,
within a few minutes.
Each 15-foot section has steel
bracing and the wooden benches are
bolted to the steel.
With the new bleachers, plus
other bleacherS, chairs and balcony
space, we can comfortably seat,
without crowding or use of the play
ing floor more than 1900 people" +"
Manager Kabeary commented.
Movement for the bleachers was
some time ago. The Glas-
gov Chamber of Commerce is plan
ming a benefit to help pay for the
cost of the new bleachers.
The Glasgow courier., 1944-08-17
TO
OPEN DOORS
ON SEPT. 5TH
State Teachers Institute Here
September 8, Says County
Superintendent.
Some Instructors Are Needed
to Fill Vacancies Before
Opening.

Valley county schools will open
Sept. 5, the day after Labor day,
and the annual Valley county teach
erS' institute will be held Saturday,
Sept. 9, Miss Ella Hammerness, act
ing county superintendent of schools,
announced Wednesday.
The teacher shortage this year is
more serious than it has ever been
here, and though teaching positions
have been filled more completely
than was anticipated, there are still
several vacancies, Miss Hammerness
said.
Needed are teachers for the North
Thurman and Sunnyside schools in
the Glasgow district, two elementary
primary teachers and one high
school mathematics and science
teacher in the Frazer school, one
rural teacher in the Hinsdale dis
trict, one commercial teacher in the
Opheim high school, rural teachers
for the Baylor, North Bench, High
land, Wiota, Tampico and Pleasant
View schools, and one elementary
school teacher at Nashua.
Miss Hammerness said school su-
made a special effort to secure reg
ularly certificated teachers. Elemen-
tary graded positions have been filled
by teachers who have at least two
years or more of training. 1t has
been necessary to fill some of the
rural positions with high school
graduates who have completed one
or more quarters at a normal school
a number of the teachers
in the rural schools are two-year
graduates.
Miss Hammerness anticipates a
good attendance at the institute
Miss Elizabeth Ireland, state super
of public instruction, will
conduct the institute. Assisting her
will be Mrs. Lillian Peterson, state
rural school supervisor; Mrs. Thelma
Forester, state music supervisor, and
Miss K. Elizabeth Anderson of the
state board of health. Previous toi
coming to Glasgow, the group will
conduct institutes at Broadus, Wi
oauX, Circle and Glendive.
The Glasgow courier., 1944-08-17
Johnson Has
Contract on
Diesel Shop

Elmer johnson of Glasgow has
been awarded the plumbing and
heating contract for the new Great
Northern Diesel house and shop at
Havre, it was announced here We'd
nesday.
Information released by railroad
officials stated that the cost of the
house and shop would be in the
neighborhood of S386,000
The S. M. Askevold Construction
company of Great Falls has been
awarded the contract for construc-
tion. 1t is expected that construction
will be started soon.
The railway is building many
Diesel installations on its lines in
anticipation of increased use of
Diesel-electric motive power follow
ing the war.
The Glasgow courier., 1944-08-17
2 Contributions
Are Received by
Red Cross Board

Gifts of S25 from the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
and $40 from the Larslan Sunday
school were acknowledged with
thanks at a meeting of the Valley
county Red Cross chapter in the
Red Cross rooms Thursday night.
Chapter board members also in
Spected workrooms, equipment and
supplies for the armed forces turned
out by the production department,
under Mrs. I. w Humphries, and
surgical dressings, under Mrs. w. G..
Crawford.
A special meeting Was held Tues
day night at which l.. A. White of
Minot, N. D., new area field repre-
sentative, spoke. Mr.. White until re-
Gently was superintendent of Minot
schools. He spoke on Red Cross aims
and praised the people of Valley
county for their showing in the re-
cent War Fund campaign.
The Glasgow courier., 1944-08-17
3,o39 in Valley Get Test for
T.B., County Nurse Reports

operations for tonsils and adenoids.
dental work and glasses to improve
vision.
Immunization from disease has
been another feature of the work.
with 80 such immunizations for
smallpox, 365 for diphtheria and ATS
for whooping cough. The Schick test
to determine immunity to diphtheria
has been given to 258.
Miss Liam announced she is work
ing on plans for complete physical
examinations for all school pupils.
starting with those of high school
age. Complete report blanks will be
used so that parents will have full
information.
I'VE are in hopes that such ex-
aminations will lead to corrections
Of physical defects so that every
child will have an equal physical
opportunity and lead TO the habit
of annual examinations. Such ex-
aminations support the old slogan.
A stitch in time saves nine,'" Miss
Liam concluded.
The Glasgow courier., 1944-08-17

Tests of 3.O39 Valley county resi-
dents for tuberculosis have been
made during her residency, it was
reported this week by Miss Aagot
Liam, county health nurse, in sum-
mariZing work of her department.
OF these tests. 1873 showed reactors,
indicating that they had at some
time been infected with the dis
ease, while 65 cases of childhood
tuberculosis and 81 of adult tuber-
culosis were indicated.
Follow-ups are made in necessary
cases and children are recommended
for re-X-ray. All X-rays are sent to
the state sanitorium at Galen for
Interpretation by DR.. F. I. Terrill,
specialist. These reports are sent to
parents as soon as received.
The county nurse reported that
1873 home calls have been made in
connection with the tuberculosis
cases, prenatal care and examina-
tions of infants and pre-school,
school and crippled children. Physi-
cal corrections made include many
The Glasgow courier., 1944-08-17
State Will Make
No General Fund
Levy for Taxes

HELENA - For the third consec-
tive year, Montana's general fund
levy has been eliminated. resulting
in a saving to taxpayers of more
than s2,000,000 over the threeyear
period, the state board of equaliza-
tion reported, after fixing state
levies for 1914.
Also eliminated this year was the
customary half-mill levy for insane
asylum bonds. The board reported
that the fund already contained suf-
ficient money to retire the bonds
when due.
The university millage fund levy
remained at 81 mills, the same as
last year.
The special levy against livestock.
which is paid entirely by stockmen,
was increased from 3 to mills at
the request of the livestock sanitary
board and the state livestock COM
mission.
The Glasgow courier., 1944-08-17
GROUP
FOR SERVICE
LEAVES CITY
SelecteeS Are Guests of Honor
at Dinner Sponsored by
Chamber.

Twelve men of the Vally county
quota of selectees for August left
this morning for Fort Douglas, Utah.
They were entertained at dinner at
the Allen cafe blue room Wednesday
night by a committee of the Cham
ber of Commerce in charge of the
selectees parties and were presented
with testaments by the Glasgow
churches, with certificates of honor
from the city of Glasgow. and with
writing kits by the American Legion
auxiliary.
Calvin Hamilton Brown of
Glasgow was leader of the group
Others were Norman Hopstad
Frank Fujikawa, Dale harrington
Wayne Abern and Bert Russel
Waetzig of Glasgow, Jacob Schmidt
of Nashua. Alden K. Herring
Robert Claypool and Richard
Gaasch of Hinsdale, Howard B.
WhiteSide of Frazer and Henry
House of Opheim. The men will be
assigned to the army or the navy
at Fort Douglas.
Leaving with the group of Valley
county selectees we're a number of
men who had been transferred here
by other local boards. They were
Lyle wilhelm of Jordan, Morris
Lund of Plentywood. william T.
Shiroishi of Long Bach. Calf, Roy
c. Miyamoto of Exeter, Calf,
Robert S. Okubo and George M.
of Fresno, Calf, and
Bruce R. Schuler of Culver City,
Calf.
Norman Hopstad. Dale Earring
ton and Lyle Wilhelm are volun-
teers.
Twelve men from this county
went to Butte last Tuesday for pre-
induction examinations. Nine of
them were young men just passed
their 18th birthday.
The Glasgow courier., 1944-08-17
F.D.R. TRAIN
ON HICHLINE
ROUTE EAST
Special Stops Here Ten Years
TO Week Since President
First Visited.
Wartime Precautions Surround
Executive on Return
from Pacific.

Ten years almost to the day since
he first visited in Glasgow. Pres
ident Roosevelt was here again early
this week but only briefly while the
presidential special carrying him
from the west coast after a tour of
the Pacific stopped here.
A number of local residents saw
the chief executive, who sat in the
rear car and had a friendly wave
for byStanders when the train
pulled out.
His nine car special had more the
appearance of a small troop train
when it arrived here. Many army
and navy officers were in evidence,
some of them of high rank.
one parsonage was instantly rec
ognized by both youngsters and
adults. He was Falla, the presidents
Scotty dog. A woman in the pres
idential encourage took him for an
airing as soon as the train stopped
He won the hearts of a group OF
small boys who scrambled up the
underpass grade to see him at close
range.
The train made a stop of about
Is minutes here before continuing
east. Special wartime precautions
were in evidence.
President Roosevelt visited Glas-
gov and toured Fort Peck in Aug
ust. 1884. He was again here in Oct
ober, 1887, and inspected progress
at the dam.
WASHINGTON. d. C.-President
today is back in the cap
ital after a tour of more than
month.
The Glasgow courier., 1944-08-17
Local WAC Finds
Recreation Part
OF Her Training

Bring your bathing suits
and riding clothes, when you leave
for WAC basic training at Fort Des
Moines." is the advice a Montana
WAC. Private Ardelle r. Boreson,
of Glasgow, gives to women about
to leave for training.
Private Boreson left Butte with
the June 26 contingent. and says
in a letter to Corp. Rose NJ. Fonk of
the WAC headquarters here, Am
starting my third week Of basic
training. and have loved every min
ute of it, and I know all the Mont
ana girls who came with me feel
the same way"
Many of the recruits did not know
that swimming and horseback rid
ing were offered as part of the rec
reation program at Fort Des
Moines. Private Boreson said, and
did not bring clothing for these
sports with them"
The Glasgow courier., 1944-08-17
Carold Kjelstrup
Gets Commission
At Fort Belv0ir

Garold Kjelstrup, son of Mayor
and Mrs. E. J. Kjelstrup, OF
Glasgow, has graduated from the
engineer officer candidate school at
Fort Belvoir, Va, and is now a
second lieutenant in the corps of
engineers, according to a release
from the public relations branch
there.
Lieutenant Kjelstrup is a grad
uate of Glasgow high school and
Montana State college Before he
entered the army in November, 1912
he was employed by the corps of
engineers as a senior draftaman at
Omaha, Neb. His wife is now with
him.
Lieutenant Kjelstrup has been
ordered to remain at Fort Belvoir
an additional four weeks for special
advanced training.
The Glasgow courier., 1944-08-17
Stock Scale
In Operation at
Railroad Yards

A new livestock shipping scale,
recently installed, is now in OPP
peration at the Great Northern
stockyard near Glasgow, it was re-
ported this week.
The scale is next TO the unload
ing chute. The apparatus is new
throughout and has been tested. 1t
is for use of all stock shippers.
A number of other Improvements
for convenience of shippers have
been made at the yards.
The scale and other improve
mentS are the result of efforts made
by George Lane. Great Northern
agent here, and the Glasgow Cham
ber of Commerce.
The Glasgow courier., 1944-08-17
Ballots Printed
Early So Men i'm
Service May Vote

Ballots for the general election in
November were off the press this
week, much earlier than ordinary so
that service men may cast their bal
lots in time to be counted after the
election.
Clerk and Recorder Stephen Web
er emphasized this week that appli-
cations for service voters may be
made at any time now.
He also pointed out that any serv-
ice men home on furloughs may reg
lister to vote and cast their ballots
as soon as they register. Such bal
lots will be held and counted at the
time of election.
The Glasgow courier., 1944-08-17
Clarence MolStad
New Physical Ed
Instructor Here

Clarence E. Molstad of Brainerd,
Mimi, has been engaged as full time
physical education instructor in
Glasgow Junior senior high school,
Superintendent r. L. Irle announced
today
Mr. Molstad will devote his full
time to boys physical education
classes.
The new instructor is a graduate
of st. Cloud. Mimi, State Teachers
college. He taught at Dover, Mimi,
for one year and for the past two
years has been boys physical edu-
cation instructor in Franklin junior
high school at Brainerd. He has had
extensive experience in sports and in
playground experience.
The Glasgow courier., 1944-08-17
vegge and Sisk
Are Partners i'm
Portland Agency

Louis Sisk and Tobias Vegge, both
former Valley county residents, are
partners in a new Firestone dealer
ship store in Portland. according to
word received here. An item in the
Portland Oregonian states they have
leased a double storeroom at 24l6-
24l8 NE. Union avenue. Mr.. Sisk
formerly lived in Opheim, while Mr..
Vegge is a son of Mrs. Marie Vegge
of Glasgow.
The Glasgow courier., 1944-08-17
VALLEY TAX
LEVYLOWEST
In MONTANA
Final Figure for Fiscal Year
Fixed by Commissioners
at 1919 Mills.
For Second Time No Levy Is
Made for General Fund
Purposes.

Final Valley county tax levies for
the year fixed by county commits
sioners Monday total l0la mills.
which is believed to be the lowest
county levy in Montana, Stephen
Weber, clerk and recorder, an
nounced. Last years levy was IL
mills.
The 1914 levies are poor fund, 3.5
mills; road fund, mills; bridge
fund 33 mills, and agricultural ex-
tension, Z mills.
There will be no levy for the
general fund This is the second sue
cessive year that no levy has been
necessary to defray the expenses of
county government" Mr.. Weber
stated.
I'VE have been informed by rep
resentative of the Great Northern
tax department that Valley county
will have the lowest levy in the
state" he added. For a time, Phil
lips county claimed this honor. How
ever, it has become necessary for
that county to increase its poor fund
levy, thus making Valley county the
lowest in Montana"
Land Income Aid
The low millage was made posi-
BILE, Mr.. Weber said, by building up
county receipts from other sources
besides taxes, principally the sale
and lease of county-owned lands.
Income from county-owned lands
the past year reached an all-time
high of S165 ,558. 1t is likely that
this is a peak and receipts may
never reach this total again.
The receipts from tax sales of
land also resulted in building up
large reserves in our
school districts, making a correspon-
dinghy low levy for school practi-
CAL" Mr. Weber continued. Hence,
total taxes for Valley county will be
lower than they have ever BEEN"
He commented that the county
also has set aside as much cash re-
serve as the law allows to be used
in the future. 1t also has budgeted
and set aside $4,000 for future con-
struction of a Jail and $4,000 for
the replacement of road machinery
which has been worn out and which
it has been impossible to purchase
because of the war.
The Glasgow courier., 1944-08-17
Sergeant OpsahI
Recovering from
Invasion Wound

Serg. Otto Opsahl, paratrooper
and veteran of five invasions, who
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Hans
Opsahl of Tampico, is now in an
English hospital recovering from a
wound he suffered in the attack on
the French mainland His sister,
Mrs. Martha Luck of Glasgow, said
he had written that he was wound
ed in the back but is now able to
be out of bed.
The Glasgow courier., 1944-08-17
Edward Lawrence
OF Richland Is
Now i'm Marines

Edward J. Lawrence, II, who en-
listed in the marine corps April 81
and has since been on inactive sta
tus, has now been called to active
duty. Private Lawrence left Butte
today for the Leatherneck training
base at San Diego. Calf, TO begin
his basic training. His parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Lawrence. reside
in the Richland community. Private
Lawrence is one of IL 17-year-old
Montana youths now being called to
active duty.