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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-01-17
Karl Reese Promoted
To Commanders Rank

The Navy department has an
nounced the promotion of Karl 3
Reese to Commander, USNR, to
rate from November /, l945. Com.
Reese is the son of Mrs. E. F.
Reese of Kennewick, and has re-
Gently returned with his family tc
their home in Hood River, Ore
gon, following fifty-four months
on active duty.
He was called to active duty in
April, l94l, and after receiving
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-01-17

spec: special instruction in min. y
posal and deep-sea divinp. !. -,
sent Sc to England for several nv
IN the fall of 1871 as Nav ,1On y
server. He also served at ~!
quarters, 18th Naval District1 e
attic, and was officer in "h y
Explosive Investigation IaS s
tory, Port Townsend, Wash e0Gs
1ne past year he was IN
bureau Of Ordnance, Nayv \
partnent, Washington, D. y
sponsible for the coordinatic,a =
mine disposal and the invest;I
tion OF enemy underwater ny.
I pons. w
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the forefront Of every drive. It
requires the cooperation Of all to
make them successful. Here Is an
other opportunity that we are sure
local people will not muff.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-01-17
Want to Stay
I'VE want to stay in this coun-

try"
That statement is heard almost
every day from people who came
to this area to work in war indus
tries. They say that they like the
people and the climate. In addition
local residents as well as the
Chamber Of Commerce receive
numerous letters from people who
have returned to their midwest
homes and want to come back,
from servicemen who had been
stationed here during their time Of
service.
It Is gratifying to hear these
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Member Washington Newspaper Publishers Association, Inc
= In Benton County s. outside Entered second class
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March s. 1872 The Courier established March a. 1902 The
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Bynoe, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Thompson, James Jones, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ballard, Archie Paris, Miss
Claudia Hardwick, Miss Viola
Crosson, Miss Isabella Vaughan,
Mr.. and Mrs. Worthington, Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. H. Janey, Miss
Gertrude Smith, Miss Virginia
Tabb, and Rev. Perry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph A. White
are back home for keeps. Ralph,
known to his friends around Bos-
ton as Alvin, has been stationed
for the past two years at Tuske-
gee as an air technical inspector.
His lovely wife Margaret (nee
Barnett) was with him there.
These are happy days for Mr.. and
Mrs. John White of Notre Dame
street to have both their soldier
sons home for good.
The perpetual grin on the face
of Miss Virginia Tabb of Crawford
street means that she has heard
that S-Sgt. Henry B. Battle, Jr.,
of Cambridge is heading states
ward. Will it mean wedding bells,
"Ginny"???
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SOUTH
ARMORY
DARTMOUTH ST., BOSTON
The Societeers
BY Cookie and Penny

The Fisk Jubilee Singers really
gave Boston quite a treat when
they sang at Jordan Hall on Thurs
day evening of last week. The
concert was sponsored by Helen
Canterbury for the benefit of
Camp Nippinicket. These world
famous singers are three genera
tons removed from the first
group that went out and saved
Fisk U, financially. Their ar
rangements and their delivery of
the songs were beautiful. Among
those seen at the concert were
Mrs. Isabelle Brooks, Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Jackson, Mr.. and Mrs. Tho
mas Cleland, Miss Ethel Ennis,
Atty. and Mrs. John Lane, Mrs.
Peay, Mr.. AMI Mrs. Wayne, Mrs.
Erickson, Mrs. Middleton, DR.. W.
o. Taylor, Miss Vivian Hodge,
Estelle Williams, VIM. A. Rhodes,
Miss Africa Hayes, VIM. Howard,
Loe Watkins, Mr.. and Mrs. Otis
Skinner, Helen w. Holiday, Regina
Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Hardwick,
Mrs. Ella Martin, Miss Hazel
Campbell, Mr.. and Mrs. Victor
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Mrs. Cotton and Mrs. Alexander
being MesdameS Wilbur Cole
man, Lillian Wethers, Fleming
Norris and E. KinkIe Jones.
Harlem matrons Of sspromin-
ence are enthusiastically parti-
cipating in the annual Harlem
Branch YMCA fund drive. This
Is the first time ladies have
been invited to help and they
are going to show 'em." The
goal is $4,000 by Feb. 10 of
which $4,000 is pledged by the
Special Gifts Committee. Lead
ers in the glamour group are
Mrs. Fannie Robinson, former
wife of Bill BojangleS Robin
SOM Mrs. Bessie B uchanan,
Mrs. Louise Morris and Mrs.
Gertrude Robinson. The cam
paign is the Harlem Branch's
most ambitious money-raising
project. Commissioner Samuel
j. Battle heads the committee
with such well-known persons
as Justice Hubert T. Delany,
DR.. Charming H. Tobias, Paul
Robson, William Sachs Of Sachs
Furniture Company, Robert De
Franz and the executive direc-
tor of the institution, Henry X.
Craft, all contributing their eff
forts to the campaign. Gifts
are expected to range in sums
from at least one in the amount
Of $4,000 to eleven in the am
cunt Of $500 each.
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Post No. IL
10 Vets

Impressive installation exer-
ciseS were held at the last
meeting of the William E Car
ter Post, No 10, American Lee
gion when 10 new members Of
World War II were installed by
Commander Laurence II Banks.
Those given their obligations
were Luther Allen, George
Kilt, George Kendall, woodrow
Corbin, James E Darlington,
William H Paul, Fitz Springer,
James Nutter, Arthur Utter,
Johnny Jeuleius, Noah H Arm
strong, Booker Washington.
At the same meeting the pic
ture Of Sgt william E Carter,
after whom the Post is named,
was unveiled and presented to
the Post by Mrs Horne, daugh-
ter of the late SGT Carter.
James Pyburn, historian OF the
Post, took care Of all details of
the picture, including a plaque
which went with it, and acted
as Master Of Ceremonies during
the dedication exercises. The
ladies' of the Auxiliary, led by
President Sadie Thompson,
were the invited guests Of the
evening.
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Gunter, ] Cave, S Palmer, A
Roadway, Charles Quick, U A
Brown; Mesdames William Da-
ley, John Best, Julia Hill, Vic
torio Bowman, Ethel Terry,
Thelma Aston, Lillian Fuller
and son; Misses N. Best, Violet
Taylor, Gladys McConny, Pearl
Watson, Cynthia Watson;
Messrs Melvin Daley, Grady
Adams, Luther Jones, Steve
Miller, George Adams, Jerry
Martin, John Clark, Kenneth
Thomas, E. Gilhllian, Stanley
Layne and Mr. Montgomery.
LINCOLN DAY SPEAKERS,
Sunday, Feb. 10, $3.50 pm, the
John Calvin Fidelity Union of
Gloucester Presbyterian Church,
54i Mass. avenue, Boston, be-
tween fremont and Shawmut
avenue, will present Rev. Ken
meth Hughes of st. .BarthOlO-
news Church, Cambridge, pres
ident of Boston N.A.ACP.,
speaking on Fred Douglas. Atty.
c. Bruce Robinson, former Asst.
Mass. Atty. General, for .mer
corporation councillor of City of
Boston, speaking on Lincoln;
Miss ROsamOnd Campbell, BOs-
ton public school teacher, Blu.
post graduate student, AristO
Club member, speaking on Paul
Lawrence Dunbar. The John
Calvin Choral Society, directed
by G. G. Quaker, assisted by
Bernice Bonner, Agnes W. Van
derZee, .EIrina Bighams will
sing anthems. James Darling
ton will be sOloist. Admission
free. For choice seats come
early.
The Rose Tea Club met at the
home of Ann Ross, 1888 Shaw
NUT ave Tuesday, Feb 5. the US
ual opening Of prayer was car
ried through and important
business transacted The host
ess served a delectable collation.
and a pleasant evening was
spent. The next meeting will be
Feb IL at II Benton st.
Miss Beatrice CIeland arrives
Saturday from Washington, D C
where she is employed in the
government service in the UPA
division. She was expected home
Feb l date on which the son
of the family, Thorn Cleland,
was due to arrive from the
armed service. The family has
not given up hope as no official
word has come of his death.
The report is that he is miss
Ing.
On Jan % the st Marks
Players presented their first
performance of the year enti-
tied "The Whole Towns Talk
ing" a farce in three acts. The
play proved a huge success and
was enjoyed by a large audi
~'e excellent cast includ-
ed Granville Stewart, Mrs Irene
o Robinson. Harriet Amey, Les
ter Lopez, Marion Phillips and
Charles Cobb, supported by
Matte Black, Audrey Saunders,
Leonora Lopez. Vera Laviscount,
Charles Lewis and Eleanor
Stewart.
On Monday evening, Feb 10,
st Mark Congregational church
presents Ellabelle Davis, cele-
brated soprano, at Jordan Hall.
Miss Davis is an outstanding
artist in her field and it is ex-
pected that her recital will be
supported by a large Boston
audience.
The attention of the members
and friends of st. Mark Broth
erhood is called to the annual
Breakfast of that organization,
which takes place in the vestry
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CULLEN

the condition of Miss Bessie Mil
ton who has been confined in the
Deconess Hospital for some months
. The stork, they say, after
many years calling elsewhere has
decided to visit the home of very
well known couple on Rutland So.
Mrs. Ethel Smith of st. Ger
main St. is convalescent after con-
finement to her home the past
several weeks. Councilman and
Mrs. Herbert L. Jackson of Maiden
will be honor guests Monday eve
ming at the Women's Service Club
when president Harriet Hall en-
tertains the members of the club
as is her annual custom. The new
councilman will be guest speaker
as well at the social evening.
The Spotlight again turns to
New York and discovers the fol-
lowing social doings -.
Mrs. Julia Delany, Director OF
Literary Training at st, Angus
tine College in North Carolina
was a visitor much entertained
by her many relatives and
friends in New York City. OF
special note was the party
hostessed by Mrs. Hubert De-
lany on Saturday evening, when
a large number Of special guests
joined with the club members
in a lively evening of Bridge in
the delightful West Hath Street
residence Of the Judge and his
attractive young wife whose
originality as a hostess is &C
companied by much charm of
| personality. Mrs. Julia Delany
was also the guest of honor in
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Aug
Justine A. Austin of q. Convent
Avenue where Bridge was again
the special feature. Those pre-
ent were Capt. and Mrs. Mat
thew Boutte, Mrs. Jennie John
son, Mr. and Mrs Henry K
Craft, Mrs. Donald Diamond,
Mr.. and Mrs, Harry Austin, and
their house guests, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Harris, Of Amity. L. l.,
Mrs. Edward Moore, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clifford Alexander and the
Misses Viola and May Henry.
Mrs. Rhea Finley of Cleve-
land, Ohio, who has been house
guest of DR.. and Mrs. Norman
Cotton of Montclair, New Jersey
for the past two weeks, will
spend the latter part of her N.
7. soJourn as the guest OF Com
missioner and Mrs, Samuel Bat
tie Of West 18Th Street. On
Monday evening the members
of LIE Vendredi LIE Trieze Bridge
Club entertained Mrs. Finley at
a cafe party at the Skakza Rus
sian on West 46th Street. Mrs.
Finley is former cub member.
Mrs. Walter Alexander is presi-
dent and Mrs. Bertha Cotton is
secretary and founder. This
club is now nearly 10 years old,
the charter members besides
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On her way to stardom is Vir-
ginia Strother, soprano, who makes
her debut at Jordan Hall, Sunday
afternoon, February 10, accom-
panied by William Lawrence, in
ternationally renowned as former
accompanies of Roland Hayes.
Many out-of-towners from New
York;, Providence and Dee Gee are
| flocking to the Hub for the event
which is expected to make musical
history. Miss Strother received her
training at the Longy School and
under Nine Olga Ayerino of We'll
lesley College and the Longy
School o.. Honeymooning this
week are Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Bailey who were married in Wor-
cester. The young couple will, re-
side in Philadelphia &. st, Marks
Church, Roxbury, will be the scene
of Aristo Clubs Race History
Week Observance. Monday even
ing, Feb. II, at 7:3O. Speakers
are Miss Marian Cuthbert of
Brooklyn College whose subject
is "The Four Freedoms--A Pro-
gram for Living, and Atty. Mat
thew W. Bullock, Parole Board
chairman, who recently returned
from a tour of colored outfits in
the Pacific at the request of the
Secretary of the Navy. Special
musical talent will be a feature
of the program which marks Aris-
to's twentieth anniversary. There
vii lalso be an art exhibit On
the February calendar is an in
formal Valentines dance to be
given by the Ivy Leaf Club of A.
K. A. Sorority 4. Delta's Found
ers' Day observance was, we hear,
an outstanding success DR..
and Mrs. Alva jenkins of Jersey
will arrive in Beantown around
Feb. Is, for gay weekend. They
Will be house guests of DR.. and
Mrs. Henry Hill of Walnut Ave,
Roxbury The Reynold Costas
very pleasantly entertained at their
Rutland So. home, the Harold
Fryes and the Victor Bynoes last
Saturday evening Boston
Chapter of Girl Friends are ex-
pecting their 7any friends to par
ticipate in the gaigety planned
lflr them at their first annual
Beaux Arts Ball. Affairs of this
sort have received tremendous
support in other leading cities and
this Boston event bids Fair to be
huge success, the ball viii be in
Conycation Hall, Feb. 2l .
Bacl, home from Tuskegege is
lr5. Herbert Clark (Clytie RaI-
mann) who spent several months
down South where sister Antoi-
nette Reed is resident of the
school town. There does not
seem to be much Improvement in
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1946-02-09
MRS. ROOSEVELT
HAS The ANSWER

NEW YORK, (C) = "Your
granddaughter, Miss Doll is quite
q young lady now. Are you con-
templating encouraging her to
have colored young men present at
her debut or any other of her
parties?" asked young
woman of Mrs. Roosevelt. The
forever-first lady printed her
answer in her January column,
"If You Ask Me- a monthly fea-
ture of the Ladies Home Journal.
Said Mrs. Roosevelt, 81 have
never contemplated interfering
with what my children or my
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grand children do. I would neithe
encourage nor discourage an
plans which they had for socis
recreation, nor interfere in any
way in which they wished to condct
their lives. Once your children are
grown up and have children Of
their own, the problems are theirs,
and the less the older generation
interferes, the better. I should
hope, however, that like any other
mature person, my granddaughter
would know men and women of all
races and appreciate them for
what they are worth"
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CITY NEWS
NEGRO HISTORY WEEK


GUIDE
As Presented by Anna ..RObitt-
Gardner, State Director
Feb. 9-LuncheOn at Twentieth
Century Club. Paintings by
Charles Bland Of BrOckton on
exhibition. Invitation only.
Feb. 1O-Mrs. Paul Robson
(wife of the celebrated actOr)
at Lecture Hall, Public Library
at 3 o'clock. Public invited.
Feb. 11-Reception to the Con-
temporary Colored Artists at
the West End Branch Library.
Invitation only.
Feb. 13-YWCA will have pro-
gram featuring paintings by
local professional artists to-
gether with music and read
ings as a special attraction by
outstanding local talent.
Feb. 17-Brigadier General Ben
ian1in o. Davis, ST., will be
guest at Symphony Hall, for
the theme of the program,
1.-THE Negro in the Wars of
America. . Lt,-Col. LAKELAND
Hewitt, guest speaker. For
trayls of the Finer Arts and
Span of Progress exhibition
VIII follow, showing RACE
ACHIEVEMENT.
The Maryland Club will hold
their annual Douglass Night
Celebration, Tuesday evening,
February IL, at Harriet Tub
man House, rs Holoyke Street,
$3.50 p m. Mrs spratley will be
the guest speaker. Refresh
ments will be served. The public
is cordially invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl w. Phillips
had as their weekend guest,
Mr.. Floyd Clement of Corona,
New York, who came over by
plane.
Three of the adult clubs of
the Robert Gould Shaw House,
Inc, are jointly sponsoring the
Race History program to be
held on Tuesday, February IL,
at IL Windsor Street, 8:15 pm.
The program will consist of a
lively debate between the Shaw
House Discussion Group and the
Lenox Street Housing Project
Forum: book reviews; poems by
colored authors and music by
colored composers. The public
Is cordially invited.
On Tuesday, January %, the
South End Recreation Commit
tee held their monthly meeting
at a luncheon at the Hyde
School. Lunch which consisted
of: Tuna and Vegetable Casser-
ole, Cranberry Sauce, Pepper
Relish, Yeast Rolls, Butter,
Mincemeat Turnovers, Cheese,
Coffee or Tea, was prepared by
the following members of the
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Domestic Arts Glasses: Delphina
Martin, Lila May Turner, Carol
Barros, Jacinth Sims, Elva Will
liams, Veida Foster, Florence
Campbell, Carrie Winston, Irene
Johnson, Gwendolyn Miles, Luz
ellie Lewis and Charlzetta Neal.
The following girls attired in
spotless white uniforms served:
Delphina Martin, Lila May Tur-
ner, Carol Barros and Jacinth
Sims. All food used in the
luncheon was prepared in the
school kitchen, even to the
making Of the mince meat.
ANNA BoBTTT GARDNER
announces the opening of the
NEGRO HISTORY WEEK GEL
EBRATI0N with a Lecture by
Mrs. Paul Robertson, wife of the
celebrated actor. Topic: "THE
NEGRO IN THE PATTERN OF
WORLD AFFAIRS" Open
forum will follow at the Boston
Public Library in Lecture Hall,
Sunday afternoon, Feb. 10, 1916,
at 3 O'Clock. Mrs. Alice Taylor,
mistress of ceremonies.
The Girl Scout Leaders and
Troop Committee Members of
Neighborhood 5, Roxbury, met
in the school rooms Of st. Aug
Justine and st. Martins Church
on Tuesday evening. Plans for
Juiette Low International
Festival, Troop Committee
Training, and Camping were
discussed. At the present time
all troops are busy doing COM
munity service, making friend
ship bags and working on their
part of the program for the
festival, These troops are I'M
der the supervision OF the Bos-
ton Council of Girl Scouts, Inc,
Red Feather Agency. The fol-
lowing members were present:
Mrs. Randolph Chase, Miss Bar
bara Jackson, Mrs. Mary I. Jack
son, Miss Alma Mayo, Mrs. Julia
Kennedy, Mrs. James Mayo, Mrs.
Kenneth Moore, Mrs. James
Massey, Sister Hope Margaret.
The Liberal Arts Club of Bos-
ton, Matilda Birch Charleston,
president, will present three Of
it's members in concert at
Brown Hall on Sunday, March
10 at $3.50 p m. The following
artists will appear: Angelyn N
De Vaughn, contralto, Viola
Prout, pianist, John Powell, ten
or. Tickets are on sale now and
may be obtained from members
of various clubs as well as from
members of the Liberal Arts
Club.
Mr. and Mrs Egbert A Mills of
357 Mass ave celebrated their
10th wedding anniversary on
Wednesday, Jan 30, 1916. Many
friends and relatives attended
and beautiful gifts were pre-
sented the couple. A delicious
collation. was served and dane
ing was enjoyed and a lovely
evening spent by all. The guests
were Messrs and Mesdames w H
Daley. Jr, Sylvester Mills and
family, Amos Gibson, Godfrey
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CABARET AND DANCE
TO Furnish Veterans Recreation Room
SUBSCRIPTION 40 tax incl

of st. Mark Congregational
Church, Townsend Street, ROx-
bury, on February II, at 9 am.
George Freeman, chairman of
engaged the services of cater
er with long, seasOnable exper-
fence. The speaker on this Oc-
casion will be the Rev. Walter
Muelder, dean of the school Of
Theology at Boston University.
Immediately I / wins the
Breakfast, the Brotherhood will
assemble in a body in the main
auditorium of the church for
of the organization will take
part in the service. The Rev.
S. L. LaviscOunt, pastor of the
church, will have as his guest,
the Rev. MIR. Helm, of Morgan
Memorial Church.
Mr. and Mrs Herbert Collins
of 555 Shawmut ave celebrated
their 4Srd wedding anniversary
Jan -. Aco;ytes Of S. ugus-
tine and st Martins church of
whom Mrs Collins is Mother"
and Keeper Of the Seals pre-
senteo her with q gold cross
and the Mems Club presented
her VIII a god char.
Mrs Louise Holeman of 212 w
Springfield st, Chaplain Of the
Unity Charity Club who has
been confined to her home
home the past four weeks is
now convalescing.
Mrs Sarah Thompson, a dea-
coness of Moore's Tabernacle, is
spending the winter in Tampa,
Fla.
Mr. and Mrs William Bradford
and son, Bill Jr who lust re-
turned from overseas, are visit
ing their cousin, Mrs Irene
Jackson, and the latter's moth
er, Of Camden st. philadelphia
Tribune, please copy
Mr. BilloWS. Moore tabernacle
trustee, was called suddenly to
his home in N. Carolina by news
of the serious illness of his
daughter. He has now returned
to Boston having left his
daughter well on the way to-
ward recovery.
The Book Lovers Club will
hold a race history celebration
Sunday from 4 to 6 p m at $50
Mass ave.
Miss Virginia Strother whose
recital comes tomorrow, sun
day afternoon, in Jordan Hall,
was in New York last weekend
on a business trip.
The New England Conference
of the AME Church hold their
annual meeting at Moore's Tab
ernacle on Monday, Feb II.
Mr. and Mrs Robert Tabb and
family have moved to 1853 Craw-
ford st, Roxbury.
Atty G. Bruce Robinson was
at a joint meeting Of the
House Wives League and Bust
.leSs Men and Women Jan %
at $50 Mass ave. There was Q
display of cooperative products.
Final plans were made for the
seventh anniversary celebration
With a musical tea on March II.
Mrs Eula Wright is chairman.
The Young Women's Bible
Class oe Columbus Ave A Me
Zion Church held its monthly
meeting at tine home of Mrs M
Fuller, 63 Humboldt ave. Plans
were completed for a musical
tea to be held Feb "a at $3.50
p nj. Miss Gladys Holmes, dean
of women, speaker; Mrs zelta
Williams, pres; Otis Skinner,
teacher.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1946-02-09
THE SPOTLIGHT
By ALMIRA PARK

know a lover when see one,
And can tell the way they fare:
If those they dote on shed some sun,
Or blow cool and lanquid air.
Those that are loved, though niggardly,
Move with a lively foot and eye;
The others drag like men who see
Their day and minute set to die.
-COUNTEE CULLEN
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lecting such good things as the
country afforded.
They had one large living room
in the post, about 20 by 80 feet,
with a large fireplace that burned
cordwood, and on Christmas eve the
good things began to pile up in this
room. These included canned fruits
of all available kinds; nuts and
candy that cost 81 a pound; and to-
bacco and whisky.
A dozen of the Grosventre Indian
chiefs having noticed this prepara-
ton were invited to have Christ
mas dinner with the men. More
Indians came during the day to
trade furs for trinkets, blankets and
tobacco, so all together they had
about 80 redskins at dinner.
Preparations for. this dinner start
ed early Christmas morning. One
half of a fat yearling buffalo was
stretched across the big fireplace
to roast. A lot of sourdough bread
had been baked for the meal, and
the chief cook concocted a dessert
called duff" which was made as
follows:
He first placed a liberal amount
buffalo fat in a large Dutch
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Christmas Has Been
Celebrated In Region
More Than Century
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
in the bears nesting place in the
rea room a miners pick, shovel
and a gold pan. In time they found
a cache of gold dust left by a pros
pector who would never claim it, and
they felt that after all Santa had
not passed them by.
Christmas dinner in 1874 is de-
scribed by a man named AL H. Will
kins who when a lad of II worked
with his father and other bull
whackers at Nicholson trading post
on the Marias river, not far from
Fort Benton.
AS Christmas drew near his faith
er asked all of the men to furnish
something to help make Christmas
a merry one.
Long before Christmas the men
tried to out-do each other in COL