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The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-05
COLLECTIONS
OF CLOTHING
ARE STARTED
Holland in Charge of United
National Campaign in
Valley County
Period from April 1 to 30 Is
Fixed for Aid of
Destitute

What can you spare that they
can wear" is the slogan for the
united national clothing collection
from April l to 80, which is being
sponsored in Valley county by the
Kiwanis club under the direction of
j. A. Holland, chairman, Of the
clubs wartime citizenship COM
mittee.
Voluntary contributions of good
clothing are needed, he said, for
the lbs, 900 900 needy men, women
and children of Europe.
Every Saturday during April
will be clothing collection day in
Glasgow and collection depots also
will be established throughout the
county" MI. Holland announced to-
day.
Clothing can be left in the old
Ellis studio space in the Sutter
building in Glasgow any Saturday
afternoon. Boy Scouts of Troops
80 and 81 in Glasgow will make
collections Saturday. Those who
wish Scouts to call for clothing
should phone 60, the Chamber of
Commerce. In addition, a box has
Dtell pldCeu III Ilie pOoIOl1iCe lODDy'
where clothing may be left.
Most wearable garments, as well
as disable remnants and piece goods,
will be welcomed. Shoes and bed
ding also are needed, Mr.. Holland
said.
The drive is under the sponsor
ship of a national committee and
President Roosevelt appointed Henry
Kaiser as chairman. Service clubs
and other groups throughout the
States are cooperating.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-05
VETERANS TO
Be WELCOMED
HERE TUESDAY
County Advisory Board Plans
Program and Dance
at Center

Returned veterans of this war will
be honored at a welcome home
dance and program sponsored by the
Valley county veterans advisory
board in the Glasgow civic center
Tuesday night at 8:15, o.. H. Bundy.
board chairman, announced this
week.
The dance and the brief program
preceding it r open to the general
public without charge, but a special
invitation is extended to all ex-ser-
vice men, Mr.. Bundy said. I'VE do
not have a complete list of veterans
at this time, so we hope that all
will consider themselves special
guests" he said. Men on furlough
or leave are especially invited.
The American Legion Auxiliary
veterans will be guests also for this.
talks will be made by Mr.. Bundy
and the Rev. Grant S. Moore in
which they will outline the purpose
and plans of the advisory board.
Mayor E. j. Kjelstrup will preside.
The dance is an activity of the well
fare committee of the board.
The welfare committee is COM
posed of Robert Rumble, chairman;
j. A. Holland, Mark Kotkin, Mrs. r.
l.. Sheppard, Mrs. Hugo Hansen.
Miss Ella Hammerness, the Rev.
Grant S. Moore, Clarence Tichenor
and Everett McInerney.
Music for the dance is being don
ated by Mr.. Rumble and a group
of musicians composed of Mr.. and
Mrs. Gsorge Robinson, Elizabeth
Thompson, Mr.. and Mrs. Russell ALL
Berg, Cecil Dystra, Albert Thomp-
son. Charles Clarke, Charles Zeige
and Don Thill.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-05
SCHOOL BOARD
ELECTIONS TO
Be SATURDAY
District Trustees to Be Chosen
and in Many Cases Levies
Will Be Voted

: School districts in Valley county
will have their annual election of
trustees Saturday. voters at school
elections must be United States
citizens, past 81 years of age, have
resided in the state n year and the
district 80 days. They need not be
registered. The same qualifications
apply to trustees, Miss Ella Ham
merness, Valley county superinten-
dent OF schools said
The voting places and hours have
been announced by the trustees in
the various districts. The polls can
be open as long as the trustees order,
but must be open from 2 to 6 on
Saturday according to state law.
Special levies will be voted upon by
residents of Glasgow, Frazer, Tiger
Butte, Wheeler. Larb Creek, Fort
Peck and Lustre districts. To be
qualified to vote on these levies the
voter must have taxable real or
personal property in the district
and be listed upon the last complete
asSeSsenmt list in the county. The
special levies in these districts are
made necessary by the increased
costs of conducting the schools, Miss
HammerneSS said.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-05
DICNAN
REPORTED AS
DEAD IN War
mo Hope for His Survival" Is
Word Received from
Navy Chief

Lieut.. George j. Dignan, 90. OF
Glasgow, previously reported missing
in action in the Pacific, is now listed
as dead, according to a telegram re-
ceived by his family from Vice Ad-
miral Randall Jacobs, chief of naval
personnel.
The telegram stated that "a care
full review of all facts available re-
lating" to his disappearance leads
to the conclusion that there is no
hope for his survival and that he
lost his life as the result of enemy
action on Feb. 81, 1945, while in the
service of his country"
Lieutenant Dignan raj a fighter
pilot and squadron executive. He was
on the escort carrier Bismarck Sea,
which has been identified as having
been sunk by the Japanese by
bombing. Before his death he had
participated in a number of actions.
The pilot was born in Glasgow,
Feb. II, 1916, the son of the late
Thomas Dignan and of Mrs. Mary E.
Dignan of Glasgow. He graduated
from Glasgow high school and later
attended the State university at
Missoula, from which he graduated
in 1910.
He had been in the navy since
April, 1941, receiving his pilot train
ing and wings at Corpus Christi,
Texas. He was marred to Miss
Georgia Reckert of Glasgow here in
December, 1912. They have a son,
George John, Is months.
Besides his mother, widow and
son, Lieutenant Dignan is survived
by his brother, Thomas Dignan of
Glasgow, and by two sisters. Mar
garet Dignan, with the war depart
ment in Washington. and Capt.
Helen Dignan, a member of the
WAC stationed at Fort Worth,
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-05
Fort Peck Nurses
Are Aiding in
Glasgow Hospital

Appreciation for the services Of
four Fort Peck nurses who are giving
two or three days a week to aid at
the Glasgow Deaconess hospital
during the present emergency was
expressed today by Miss Maybelle
Stensrud, hospital superintendent.
They are Mrs. James Martin, Mrs.
L. j. Leist, Mrs. B. N. Harmon and
Mrs. Norman Fuller.
All travel to and from Fort peck
by bus and help tighten the burden
for our staff Miss Stensrud COM
mented. THE board of directors and
the hospital staff express their ap-
probation to these nurses for their
splendid cooperation and spirit OF
patriotism" Miss Stensrdd declared.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-05
Three Ballots
i'm Glasgow
District Pol.

Most voters will have opportunity
to check three ballots at the Glas-
gov district school election Satur-
day, according to A. B. Friedlund,
clerk of the district. The voting
place in the North Side building
will be open from 2 to 6 Saturday
afternoon.
Robert S. Cotton, trustee and
board chairman, has been renorl-
mated for a three-year term and is
unopposed.
Electors also will be asked to vote
on the question of authorizing the
board to sell at public auction to
the highest bidder 20 lots on the old
north side school property.
To be decided by voters who pay
either real or personal property
taxes is the question Of a special
six-mill levy for maintenance Of the
common schools and the high
school. Such a levy has been usual
in recent years.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-05
CURB PAPER
PICKUP SET
FOR SUNDAY
Local Residents Asked to Have
Paper Outdoors Before
2 That Day
Waste Should Be Securely Tied
or Boxed for Loading
in Car Here

The sixth Glasgow waste paper
pickup jointly staged by Glasgow
Boy Scouts and Kiwanians will bt
conducted here beginning at 2 Sun
day afternoon, with pickup from
Glasgow curbs beginning at that
hour.
Truck crews will haul paper to a
freight "a where it will be loaded
for direct shipment east to a paper
processing plant. Proceeds of the
Glasgow collection will go to Boy
Scout troop funds.
Trucks again will be needed
for the campaign. Those who
can provide trucks are asked TO
call the Montana-Dakot Utili-
ties office, phone POS, from
where truck crews will be
assigned Sunday. The COM
mittee in charge asks that n0ti-
fication be given in advance so
il can plan the drive.
Farmers who wish to give paper
for the drive may leave it at any
Glasgow business place this week
and it will be picked up.
There is no time when there
has been a more acute need for
paper to help our fighting forces on
many fronts" the committee de-
clared. Paper is urgently needed
and it is used in almost every mill
tary operation, from the training
camp to battle. Shortages + now
dangerous and every American
help in the campaign"
1t "a pointed out that the fac
tory will not accept paper unless it
is securely tied in bundles or is
in paper boxes. The coopera-
ton of all donors was requested in
making certain that paper is pre-
pared so it can be shipped.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-05
2 REA GROUPS
COMBINE and
ELECT HEADS
North and South Valley Co-ops
Complete Consolidation
at Meeting

Official consolidation of the two
Valley county rural identification
groups, previously approved by vote
of stockholders at recent meetings
in Glasgow and Opheim. was COM
pieted at a meeting of officers Of the
two Groups here Wednesday after
noon.
Jasper DeDobbeleer of Glasgow
was named president of the organi-
zatjon. which will now be known as
the Northern Electric Coop, 26 and
81, the numerals denoting the pro-
ject numbers. E. A. Walstad of
Opheim was elected vice president
and Mrs. John RogeneS OF Larslan,
secretary-treaSurer.
Directors chosen are Robert S.
Cotton of Paisley. l.. E. Stratton OF
Frazer, MI. DeDobbeleer, Albert Mel
son of Hinsdale, Fred Rusher OF
Whatley, Martin Sauber of Glen
tana- Mrs. Rogenes, L. E. Jones OF
Peerless, Mr.. Walstad, H. o. Dohlen
of Opheim and Karl Reddig OF
Lustre.
Routine business, including adop-
ton of bylaws. followed the organi-
cation.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-05
400 GERMANS
ASSIGNED TO
LOCAL FARMS
Extension Labor Man Receives
Word of Quota Given
to Valley
First Contingent of M~exicans
Will Arrive This.
Week End

Valley county has been assigned
400 German war prisoners for work
on irrigated farms within a 25-mile
radius Of the city, it was announced
this week by Wayne Putt, county
emergency farm labor assistant foI
the extension service.
He also said the first group OF
Mexican nationals for work in the
county will arrive here Saturday or
Sunday. There will be "a in the con-
tingent for Valley county, assigned
TO spring farm work or Landing for
ranchers.
Use of war prisoners will be under
about the same plan as last fall.
Definite date of their arrival has
not been announced, Mr.. Putt said,
but it is expected to be early in May.
All prisoners will be quartered
under guard at the base barracks,
as they were last fall, and will be
taken to and from work on irrigated
farms by truck.
Under war department regulations,
they may not be taken more than
% miles from camp. However, irriga-
ted areas outside this radius will be
supplied with Mexican nationals or
other workers.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-05
Sheriff Selected
District Rural
Fire Chief Here

County commissioners have APP
pointed Sheriff E. L. Mcpherson
as district rural fire chief under
powers granted them by new rural
fire control laws passed at the last
legislative session. If necessary 1t
empowers commissioners to set
seasons when fires in rural areas
can be set only by permit. 1t also
makes it possible to make a county
tax levy to buy rural firefighting
equipment. A notice in this issue
signed by Chairman Carl Shellerud
gives details of the law.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-05
Conatser Resigns
Courthouse Post;
paulSon Successor

county commissioners meeting TINS
week received the resignation of
William Conatser as a custodian in
the courthouse. Mr.. Conatser has
been employed in the courthouse for
the past IA years. Appointed to sue
coed him was Arthur Paulson. w. B.
Scbmitten will continue as custo-
dian. as in the past.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-05

will operate the yard under a
long-term lease as soon as it
is completed.
Application for the yard is to be
presented at a meeting of the state
livestock sanitary board in Helena
Monday. A commission firm repre-
sentative will be backed by a large
delegation from Glasgow.
Besides local business houses. in
terested stockmen and farmers, will
contribute.
Temporary officers of a non-profit
corporation to handle construction
of the yard were elected at the
meeting Wednesday night.
T. H. Markle was named president,
with A. B. Friedlund as secretary
treasurer. Directors are Chales H.
McChesney of Saco Divide, Guy
Pagan of Baylor, w. A. White of
Hinsdale, o. r. McCleery and j. E.
Brown.
Besides presenting an advantage
eous, permanent market for stock
growers, the yard will be a major
factor in developing irrigable acreage
and livestock feeding in the Milk
and Missouri river valleys, MI.
Hanson said in opening the meet
ing Wednesday night.
He pointed out that railroad fig
ures show shipments of 1000 car
loads of stock the past year in a
territory from Dodson to Wolf Point
on the main line and from Opheim
80 CaAk1vv -, a. L.....l, H.
"A yard will attract buyers from
the major packing concerns, as we'll
as feeders and Others" he said. 1t
must be operated under stringent
laws passed at the last legislative
session and will require a payroll
of about Is.
7. j. Hooking and j. E. Brown are
co-chairmen of the special sales
yard committee. MI. Hooking said
the proposed site is just east of the
present s~tockyards and reported
the Great Northern is willing to
lease the proposed site. 1t was indi-
Gated railroad officials would also
recommend cooperation in salesyard
operations to allow use Of present
facilities in caSe of an
extra heavy volume of stock in the
sales yard. The commission firm
would maintain and operate the yard
and the only costs to the lessons
would be for taxes and insurance.
He recommended election of a
temporary board of trustees so that
1 local organization can back the
commission firm in presenting its
to the state board.
I'VE must have this money raised
the Monday meeting in
Helena" Paul j. Campbell, who,
With T. H. Markle, heads the fin
lncial committee, stated. He said
hat there is no definite assurance
low that the state board will grant
permit. However, if it refuses to
10 so, checks will be returned to all
Who subscribe. Proposed lease fee
y the commission firm is 81 1000 a
ear and all money owe expenses
nil be returned.
It was stressed that the project
ill be self -liquidating over a period
f years, with the balance of the
ease money, after expenses, being
eturned to subscribers on a pro-
alta basis.
H. K. Near, Montana Power COM
any manager, said his firm is
illing to build a power line to the
tie. Cost is estimated at 81 900.
A number of questions were
.swered at the meeting and Others
no spoke included Charles E. Jar
TT. Great Northern agricultural
evelopment agent; James K. Nc
ibney. county agent; State Sen.
ebert S. Cotton. c. H. Roberts and
)sef Sklower, Chamber secretary.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-05
Shea Is Appointed
Deputy Attorney;
Dignan Is Leaving

County commissioners this week
appointed James T. Shea, Glasgow
attorney. as deputy county attorney
to serve this month. Thomas Dignan.
acting county attorney, has been
called to report with the Valley
county selective service quota on
April 26. commissioners were in
formed. Thomas Marion. last elected
county attorney. is now serving as a
navy lieutenant in the Pacific and
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-05
Chamber Opens Drive
For $4,000 To Build
Livestock Sales Yard
COMMISSION FIRM TO OPERATE 1T
UNDER LONG TERM LEASE
FROM CIVIC GROUP

Special committees of the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce
this week launched a campaign to raise $50 900 by Saturday
night to finance the construction of a livestock sales ward and
pavilion here.
The plan, which has been under consideration for several
months, was explained at a meeting in the courthouse Wednes-
day night attended by more than 100 business men, stockmen
and farmers. Leslie Hanson, Chamber president, presided
The Chamber sales yard committee reported it had re-
ceived written assurance that a prominent commission firm
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-05
Final Call Made
For Names To Go
On Legion Board

The American Legion commit
tee i'm charge this week issued
a final call for names of service
men and women that are to be
placed on an "hOnOr board" to
be erected i'm Glasgow.
I'VE have by no mean a COM
plete response yet and We be-
iieve relatives and friends will
want to see a complete list on
the board" +. J. Heller, of the
committee i'm charge. said. we
have no source, except through
friends and relatives for secur-
ing names" -.
The service mans name, his
home address and branch of ser
vice should be mailed TO Legion
war Memorial" Box 975, GlaS-
gov. Mr.. Heller said immediate
action is necessary to insure
placing of the name on the
board.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-05
BrockSmith Named
to Head 9TH
War Loan Drive

J. p. Sternhagen, chairman of the
valley county war savings staff. an
nounced this week that c. H. Brock
smith has been appointed chairman
Of the Seventh War Loan for valley
county, which will open May IA.
The county's E bond quota for the
drive is S44l ,440. A northeastern
Montana district meeting is slated
IN Glasgow April 26, at which county
chairmen and other officials from
northeastern Montana will meet TO
hear plans for the campaign.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-05
Bohlig Is Renamed
Mayor Of 0pheim
i'm Poll ON Monday
BY Courier Correspondent

OPHEIM-Mayor E. C. Bohlig was
reelected at a quiet Opheim town
election Monday. which saw NOM
mated candidates selected with a
few written votes for others. Ward
2 aldermen are Dewitt st. John and
Milo Jennings, with John Redfield
and Samuel Paus named aldermen
for Ward /.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-05
Sixty-O One Votes
in Peaceful
Glasgow Election

A quiet Glasgow city election
Monday. with all candidates UNI
opposed for reelection. brought out
81 votes here, 35 in the south side
and 26 in the north side ward.
Officials reelected are Mayor E. j
Kjelstrup, Aldermen Rubin Sinclair,
c. o. Johnson, Neil D. Campbell and
c. A. DunneI; Treasurer Martin
Miller and Police Magistrate c. w.
Kampfer.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-05
Candidates
Tied I'm
Nashua Poll
BY Courier Correspondent

ny Souiiti
NASHUA - The town election
Monday created more interest thar
in some years past, both in the
number of votes cast and also in
the number of candidates names on
the ballot.
Victor Dostert with SO votes, was
elected mayor. j. d. Irwin received
81 votes and B. Stenbakken, 30
votes.
In the north ward, Elmer Hanger
as alderman received So votes. E.
P. Hensrud and George Fisher tied
with 43 votes each. The tie will be
decided at a meeting on Monday
night.
In the south ward, Ed Metzger re-
ceived 90 votes, T. L. Fouts, %;
Charles Alsberg 16, and Arvie Wat
tiers, Is.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-05
Sen. Cotton Will
Give Report:
to W0man'S Club

State Sen. Robert S. Cotton will
be in charge of a program to be pre-
sented at the Glasgow Woman's
club meeting in the civic center club
room Tuesday night. A report Of
legislation enacted at the recent
session of the state legislature will
be given. The club will welcome Wis
itors at the program.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-05
Mother, Sister and
Aunt Of DrOgitis
All Die i'm Greece
Nv Courier correspondent

OPHEIM 49, Chris Drogitis this
week received word of the death in
Vate. Greece, of his mother. Mrs.
Vasil Drogitis; his sister, Marian,
and an aunt. The news of their
death was sent from Greece in Dec
ember. but the card did not reach
him until this week. Mr.. Drogitis
said the country had been swept
bare of food by the Germans and he
believes that their death came from
slow starvation.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-05
Hopes Strong FOR
Zimmerman;
Allies Take Camp

Mrs. Jake Ness of Long Beach,
Calf, former Glasgow resident, in
writing to friends here said that the
German war prisoner camp at which
her s~on-in-law, Philip Zimmerman,
had been held, had been taken by
the Allies, and that her daughter,
Mrs. Faye Zimmerman, and their
family we're very hopeful that ne
had been released.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-05
WAR FUNDS
GOAL TOPPED
NEAR $4,000
Total Given Is $13,465, With
County Quota of
$500

Valley county's Red Cross War
Fund goal of $500 was exceeded by
almost $1,000, with total contribu-
lions of S13,465, it was reported to-
day by c. H. Brocksmith, county
chairman.
Virtually every community ex-
ceeded its quota and in many cases
the goal was doubled. This is a fine
indication of willingness to aid on
the home front" Chairman Brock
smith said.
The tabulaton below shows each
community's quota and the amount
oDtpsb,sfad.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-05
Nashua Wastepaper
Drive Is Saturday
INV Courier Correspondent

~NASHUA-The Nashua Boy Scouts
announce that they will sponsor g
scrap paper drive Saturday and all
donors are asked to have their paper,
boxed or tied and placed in front OF
the houses, as heretofore.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-05
TO HOME

NASHUA-Miss Mary Nicol, who
spent the winter in st. Paul, re-
turned home Monday morning.
Bradley beam., 1945-06-16
Blue Plate Special

Willie Hoppe probably is the
 greatest billiards player this side
 of Casey's pool hall, but Welker
 Cochran has his number. The pair
 recently completed an exhausting coast-to-coast cue session in which
 Hoppe tried to capture Cochran's three-cushion billiards title, but
 Welker won the marathon, 4819 to 4771 after 90 games. Cochran gave Hoppe the same business last year. Pete Gray, one-armed out fielder employed by the St. Louis Browns, is the most popular ball player in the Mississippi Valley. His batting and fielding helped the Browns sweep a recent 4-game series with the New York Yankees. Cpl. Billy Conn, stationed in the ETC, wants to fight Max Schmeling- -"for nothing, with bare fists, until one of us is killed" ac- cording to a story in the Stars and Stripes. Top pitchers in majors at the one-third mark are Dave Ferriss, undefeated rookie Red Sox sensation, and Bill Voiselle, Giants, with eight wins apiece. Ferriss, an ex-GI, has pitched three shutouts. Biggest fops so far are Bucky Walters, Reds great veteran, who has a three won, five lost record, and Blk Donnelly, Cards world series hero, who has won one, lost five. Sports had it's biggest
Bradley beam., 1945-06-16

Girls Softball Game At Base Tomorrow

Two girls softball teams will swing into action at the diamond adjacent to the Base gymnasium tomorrow afternoon at 400 hours. The teams, which will travel from Waterbury, are composed of girls from the US. Time Corporation and Benrus.
 Both teams have excellent rec ords so far this season and the novelty appeal should presage a good crowd. Each squad is com posed of fifteen gals. The Timers are coached by Pat Quilter while the Benrus team has Joe Cava- naugh and B Rossi as it's mentors.