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Laurel outlook., 1947-03-12
STAMP 4 SOON GOOD
FOR 10 POUNDS SUGAR

Spare stamp IL in family ration
books will be validated on April 1,
1947, for 10 pounds of sugar, Fred
eric A. Adams, regional sugar ex-
ecutive, has announced.
The new stamp is provided to
cover both regular home use and
current canning needs. There will
be no special stamps for home can
ming sugar validated during 1947.
Spare stamp II will remain valid
through Sept. 80, 1947. Barring
unpredictable disasters affecting
sugar supplies, it will be possible
to make another ten pound stamp
good on July 1. 1t is emphasized
that such sugar is to cover both
home canning and other home uses.
Stamp No. SO, now valid and
good for five pounds, will expire
on March 81.
Laurel outlook., 1947-03-12
RIFLE CLUB COMPLETES
IN 8 POSTAL MATCHES

Three postal matches fired recent
ly by Laurel Rifle club in Compel
ition with Greybull, Wyo., Utica and
Manhattan, Mont, resulted in Laur-
ell winning from Greybull and los
ing to the other two clubs. Total
scores were Laurel, 1882, and Grey
bull, 1854; Utica, 935, and Laurel,
532; Manhattan, LAG, and Laurel,
1921.
In the match with Greybull the
Laurel team had four 100 scores for
the prone position and one 100 score
for the sitting position. In the
Utica match Laurel again had five
zoos, all prone, but the Utica men
were best standing and so won the
match. Laurel made six zoos, four
prone and two sitting, when shoot
ing in competition with Manhattan,
but Manhattan Jared better in the
other positions and won.
Individual scores of the three
watches warp.
Laurel outlook., 1947-03-12
LOCAL WOMAN DIES
SUDDENLY TUESDAY
Mrs. Elizabeth Frank, SO, Col
lapses On Street-Had Lived
Here Since 1913

Mrs. Elizabeth Frank, SO, wife of
Philip Frank, died of a heart attack
Tuesday at $3.50 a. m. in the home
of Mrs. John Rel, where she was
taken after collapsing on the side
walk.
Mrs. Frank was born April 80,
1887 in Kautz, Russia, a daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Philip Reiter.
She married Mr.. Frank in Russia
on Nov. 25, 1908, and they came to
Laurel in 1913. Nh. Frank is m
ployed at the Northern Pacific a
shops.
Besides the widower, survivors in
clude a daughter, Mrs. William
Schneidmiller of Waitsburg, Wash;
six sons, Alev, Emanuel, Harvey,
Herman, David and Albert, all of
Laurel, and eight grandchildren.
Funeral services at the German
Congregational church have been
tentatively set for Friday. Burial
will be in the family plot in the
Laurel cemetery.
Laurel outlook., 1947-03-12

Laurel Locomotives, champions
of the sixth district B class basket
ball tournament, won second place
in the Southern Montana division
al tournament here Monday night
and will go to the state tournament
at Glasgow. At a drawing conduct
ed this week by officials the Laurel
team was paired with Scoby for the
opening round at Glasgow. 1t will
be the first time a Laurel squad
has participated in a state tourna-
ment.
The Locomotives narrowly missed
first place in the southern division
Saturday night, losing the champ
ionship game to Hardin by a score
of Sc to 50. Because Laurel had
not met Cathedral of Helena earlier
in the tournament it was necessary
for Laurel to play in the game
Monday night for second place. The
state B class tourney at Glasgow
will be March 20-22.
The Locomotives were red hot
in the first half of the play-off
Monday night, swapping Cathedral
Sc to 35, the final score. They
couldn't miss. Even a long pass
from the center of the floor by
Bill Speare, intended for a team
mate at the end of the court, went
through the basket to the astonish-
ment of the players and spectators.
Laurel took a 8 to 2 lead early
in the first quarter and was never
threatened by the bewildered Cath
edral. The first period ended with
the tally standing 10 to 7 for the
purple and white. The second was
AZ to Is. Although cooling in the
quarter the Laurel squad
rolled on to 81 to %. Cathedral
in the fourth made a better show
ing against the reserve-filled out
The varsity came back into
the game near the end and passed
The 60 mark.
Roth and Kimberley of the Lo-
Laurel outlook., 1947-03-12
MISS COOK IS NAMED
PRESIDENT OF ROTANA

Miss Elizabeth Cook was elected
president of the Rotana club Mon
day to succeed Mrs. Mona Pewitt,
who served through the last year.
The new staff will include Miss
Pearl Davis, vice president; Mrs.
Elsie Goodenbour, second vice presi-
dent; Miss Rosetta Fritz, secretary,
and Mrs. Helen Toombs, treasurer.
Two new board members will be
Mrs. Pewitt and Miss Grace Stadal-
man.
A contribution was made by the
club to the Red Cross drive. Mrs.
Allen Gatewood, a guest speaker
and local Red Cross chairman, de-
scribed the progress, service and
needs of the Red Cross organization.
Dessert was served before the
meeting by Lois DeuSe, hostess. The
session was held at the Commercial
club.
Laurel outlook., 1947-03-12
CAMPAIGN TO RAISE
MONEY FOR CRIPPLED
CHILDREN OPENS SOON

More than $4,000 letters contain
ing Easter seals will be mailed to
Montana residents beginning March
Is in an effort to raise funds to
increase aid to Montana's spastic
children, George E. Smell, Billings
attorney has announced.
Smell, chairman of the sponsor
ing committee of the Montana chap
ter of the National Society for
Crippled Children and Adults, said
each letter would contain 100 seals.
He explained that this is the first
time such a campaign has been
carried out in Montana. "More than
80 per cent of the money contribut-
ed VII be used in the state" he
said, ''while the remainder will be
used for research by the national
society"
Smell emphasized that "At least
70 per cent of all spastic children
have normal or above normal in
telligence." He said most of them
can be trained to lead a useful life
if facilities are provided. Funds
raised by the sale of Easter seals
will be used to increase these train
ing facilities in Montana.
Cerebral palsy, the malady that
afflicts spastics, is not a disease
but is caused by. injury to a certain
of the brain, usually at
birth, which cause the child to lose
control of various muscles. Through
instruction the spastic child is
to use another part of his
brain to perform the functions of
he injured part.
This training requires a consider
amount of time and trained
.echnicians.
While work is being done in Mon
ana now, lack of money makes it
impossible for all the states spastics
be trained.
Laurel outlook., 1947-03-12
STATE INCOME TAX IS
DUE MIDDLE OF APRIL

The state board of equalization
has completed arrangements to as.
sist taxpayers in preparing and fill
ing 1916 state income tax returns
The deadline is April Is.
Auditor Chester Rusek will be a;
the city hall in Laurel March II to
20 and at the Pollard hotel in Red
Lodge March 81 and % for the
purpose of aiding taxpayers in the
preparation of their returns.
Blank forms with instructions
have been mailed to all who filed
returns for 1915. New taxpayers
and all those who did not receive
their blanks may obtain them at
the county clerk and recorders Of
flee, from any bank, or by writing
direct to the state board of equaliz-
alton in Helena.
Single persons should file a re-
turn if their income was $1,000 or
more. If married a return should
be filed if the income was $4,000 or
more.
Penalties are imposed on all de-
linquent returns. They will not be
delinquent if filed on or before
April Is.
Laurel outlook., 1947-03-12
MARCH Of DIMES
TOTALS s|,290.64
Chairman Expresses Gratifica-
ton Over Generous Response
From Laurel People

A record amount, $1,29O.64, was
contributed during this years March
of Dimes collection campaign, Mrs
R. P. Palmer, chairman of the coun-
ty women's division and general
chairman for Laurel, has announced.
Contributions by mail, in envelopes
sent out for that purpose, totaled
$5S0.76, while tin can receptacles,
house to house collections, theater
collections and money raised by
other means accounted for $709.S8
In making the announcement, Mrs.
Palmer said she was gratified by
Laurel's response and wished to
thank committees, solicitors and all
individuals who had generously CO.
operated in making the campaign a
success.
Laurel outlook., 1947-03-12
TWO MEMBERS PRESENT
PROGRAM FOR ROTARY

o. M. Void reviewed the March
issue of The Rotarian and R. B.
Packard exhibited a motion picture
biography of Alexander Graham
Bell at the weekly meeting Tuesday
of the Rotary club. Attention to
the magazine conformed to estab-
lished policy and the picture was ap-
~propriate in the centennial year of
the inventor of the telephone.
Void called attention to the wood
cut picture of Paul Harris, founder
of Rotary, on the cover of the
March issue of the magazine, and
the many tributes on interior pages.
Harris died last Jan. 81.
Other articles mentioned we're
San Francisco, where the next con-
vention will be held; international
relations; employment; the good old
days, and Trailing the First Amer
leans" This last, by Frank C..
Hibben, professor of archaeology at
the University of New Mexico and
member of the Rotary club at Albu-
querque, showed that first humans
arrived owe dry Boring Strait from
Asia and followed the general route
of the present Alcan highway when
they moved south. They were hunt
ers living off vast herds of wild
animals. Animal meat, hide, horns
and bones, preserved by freezing,
were uncovered by bulldozers when
Alcan was being built. With the
remains were found the spear points
Of the first Americans. The time
said to have been $4,000 years
ago.
Packard took over after Void had
completed his section of the pro-
gram. The picture biography of
Bell was prepared for the Bell tele-
phone system and probably is au-
in its essentials of history.
Bell had many interests, and his
nquiring mind saw also the pos
of communication without
wires, and release of atomic energy.
Carly in his life he taught deaf
to speak, married a deaf girl
md was always interested in de-
ices that would aid them in COM
nunications.
He was working on multiple trans
mission of messages over a single
CONDUCTOR when events turned his
attention to talking by wire. The
,icture showed the first model of
he telephone (it was scientifically
%Orrect, but for some un%accountable
eason it did not work. and Bells
ater success when he accidently
piled acid in water and made the
electrically conductive. He
allied his assistant, Watson, to help
i'm with the acid, and the suddenly
ctivated experimental model car
led the spoken words to Watson in
mother room.
Late in his life as he addressed .
roup of scientists he said that al
he had invented the tele-
hone the young scientists knew
1ore about it than he did. He said
effect that the exploring mind is
on the frontier of discovery.
At the meeting a week ago Marvin
was introduced as a new
lember of the club. u
Laurel outlook., 1947-03-12
Rainbow Order Initiates
Group OF Candidates

Several candidates for member
ship were initiated at the meeting
of the Laurel Assembly of the Or
der of Rainbow for Girls last We'd
nesday evening at the Masonic tenn
pie. Barbee Anderson, worthy adj
visor, presided. A number of Ma
sons and Stars were guests.
After the business session an i'm
promptu musical program and guess
ing contest was presented, for which
prizes were awarded Shirley Wilson,
Eleanor Fisher and Dorothy Hilgert.
Lunch was served by Joyce Brad
ford and Betty Marshall.
Laurel outlook., 1947-03-12
Department President
VIEW. Auxiliary To
Visit Here March Is

The Auxiliary of Billy Price
post of Veterans of Foreign Wars
at a regular meeting March 5 in
itiated a group of candidates and
discussed plans for entertaining the
department president, Mrs. Ella
Johnson of Great Falls, who will
make an official visit to the Aux
iliary March IS.
For her visit a special meeting
will be held at the home Of the
president, Mrs. Nina G. Larson of
sol Alder avenue, at 1880 p. m.
A regular meeting will be held
March 10 at the L. L. club for
election of officers. Arrangements
are to be made at that time for
attending the meeting of district
No. 3, which will nve April 20
at Joliet.
Laurel outlook., 1947-03-12
Solicitation At
Places of Employment
For Red Cross Drive

Bad weather of the past week
delayed the annual Red Cross col
lection that is being conducted by
the Federated club. With more
favorable conditions now existing it
is hoped by the solicitors to speed
the work and come to an early con-
clusion.
Solicitation is being made this
year from house to house. No
solicitation will be made at places
of employment, such as car shops,
roundhouse and refinery.
Laurel outlook., 1947-03-12
Livingston Meeting
RecOunted At Session
Of Women Of Moose

Meeting Tuesday evening at the
l.. L. club, with Mrs. Alice Fisher
senior regent, presiding, the Women
of the Moose heard various commit
tee reports. A resume was given
on the program of the conference
of the College of Regents held at
Livingston in January. Members
who attended were Mrs. Florence
Hereford and Mrs. Julia Times, who
visited while in the city with Mrs.
Olive Ryan, former Laurel resident,
who served as drill team captain at
the conference.
A discussion on a future meeting
place for the chapter followed the
reading of a notice from the L. l..
club that the hall would no longer
be available for the purpose. II
was decided bv a vote of the chan
ter that meetings will be held in
the homes of members until other
arrangements can be made.
An invitation was read from the
Billings chapter which is to be hos
tess to the Academy of Friendship
to be held in Billings in May when
the Friendship decree will be con-
ferred upon qualified candidates.
Hostesses at a lunch which fol-
lowed the business session were
Mrs. Clara Getz, Mrs. Elsie Kuper
and Mrs. Fisher. The next meet
ing is to be held Tuesday. April s.,
1T the home of Mrs. Julia Phillips.
Laurel outlook., 1947-03-12
Eight Retired Railroad Men Are
Feted At Party By Fellow Workers

Railroad workers Thursday night
put on one of the largest parties
of its kind Laurel has ever known
when they honored eight of their
companions who had either recently
retired or were about to do so.
The eight are William Campbell,
engineer; w. w. Cusick, switchman;
B. P. Darham, clerk; w. w. Gran
mis-, conductor; 7. j. Hard, switch
man; M. j. Harrison, s~witchman;
C.. B. Martin, conductor, and Harry
Smith, engineer.
Hundreds attended the party, sew
eral from a distance, at the l.. L.
club. Beginning at 1880 a buffet
supper was served and was %continu-
ed until workers from the last shift
of the day had an opportunity to
greet the retired men and wish
them we'll in taking it easy"
P. j. Law, switchman, had charge
of the arrangements for the party,
with Jack Parker, yard clerk,
heading the supper committee. Earl
Wilson, engineer, was the toastmast-
er.
R~ailroaders from Billings who at
tended were j. w. earns and J.
F. Burch, switchmen; John Herman
son, engineer; Edward Jones, w. B.
Cosgriff, Homer Wheeler and B. R.
Bailey, clerks; ]. w. Tobin, Laurel
and Gordon Allison,
clerk representing the assistant
superintendent of the Yellowstone
division.
Most of those attending were
Northern Pacific men. Represent
ing the Burlington were H. N.
conductor, R. l.. McCarty and
A. c. Schultz, brakemen.
Several of the retired men had
been in railroad work so or more
years. Cussick spent a good part
IF his so years in Laurel, though
began work in Minnesota when
locomotives then in use were COM
to hand-fired cook stoves,
md trains were indeed short when
compared to the more than 100 big
ais Vic ulCoClo dllu OlOO > uTdR OUT
# Laurel.
Harrison's railroad career here
'egan 40 years ago in 1917. For
10 years Martin, who now lives
at Park City, knew the old
Montana division when headquarters
we're in Livingston. The others did,
90, for that matter. Martin ran
etween Helena, Butte, Livingston,
.aurel and Billings and on a num- /
er of the branch lines. For a
ime he was conductor on the North
'oast limited. Smith, a 5O-year ,
IAN, spent his last Is years run
ing to Belfry and Red Lodge =
here coal mines are located. His
experience includes a stretch Of
arvice in Mexico when he was a
Dung :
Grannis, one of the latest to re- '
re, was a conductor on the North !
cast limited. Like others his ex- :.
eriences have been many and var !
ID. Campbell was in service be- I
yeen 40 and so years, beginning !
Livingston. The last 20 years l
ave been spent here. Hard rail- y
,aded in Missouri and the south I,
Laurel outlook., 1947-03-12

west and for more than 25 years
has been in Laurel. He was i'll
service about As years. Darham be-
gan work here in 1920.
Music for the occasion, led by
Brad Wesphal and his drums, was
provided for the party. Ably as
sisting Wesphal were Ross Green,
Miss Joan Green, Bob Tharalson,
Frank Palmer and Vern Daniels.
Several dancing acts by j. w. earns,
Billings switchman, were greatly ap-
preciated by all. Gordon Allison
gave a number of representations
that won much applause.
Laurel outlook., 1947-03-12
Two COnvicts Take
University Courses

Missoula, March 1.-TWO con-
victs now serving terms in state
penitentiaries are among 625 stu
dents enrolled in correspondence
courses given by Montana State uni
versity. Inquiries about correspond
ence work for college credit have
been received from a dozen war
dens of penitentiaries on behalf of
convicts who do not wish to waste
their years in prison.
Laurel outlook., 1947-03-12
NOLTE SOON TO OPEN
AUCTION SALE CENTER

John w. Nolte announced this
week he will soon open the Laurel
Auction Center on West Main street,
with Howard l.. Wightman as auc-
tioneer and sales manager. The To-
cation is the building until recently
occupied by a bowling alley, and an
adjoining vacant lot. Sales are to
be held weekly.
Nolte bought the building and is
re%modeling it for Isl as a sales
room. The lot is being enclosed
with a fence. All types of mer-
chandise will be bought and sold,
Nolte said.
Laurel outlook., 1947-03-12
Move Here From Lewistown

Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Brown and
family moved last week from Lewis
town and are occupying the A. A.
Edwards tract west of Laurel.
Laurel outlook., 1947-03-12

Officials were John Jones and F.
F. Griffin of Billings.
Saturday night, following the
championship game, trophies were
awarded Hardin for first place and
Holy Rosary of Bczeman for fourth.
The play-off Monday night gave
Laurel second and Cathedral third.
Laurel outlook., 1947-03-12
Team Places
Second In Divisional
Locomotives, Hardin, Southern Champions, To
Attend State b Tourney March 2O-22 At Glas-
gov Where Laurel Is Paired With ScOby

comotives shared scoring honors, 16
each, with Sorg next with 13.
Kelly of Cathedral led his team
with II. Jewett and Murphy were
next with six each.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-03

motor TO run its air-conditioning compress
sor alone.
With so large a percentage Of the ma
lions textile production located in the
South this great modernizaiion program
is sionificant. For one thing it shows the
South has both vision and energy not only
to keen abreast but TO move a step ahead
in the industrial procession.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-03
THE LEGION CONVENTION

The American Legion convention at
Carolina Beach in mid-June has been so
widely publicized by the state press that
the anticipated attendance Of twenty
thousand persons may prove conserva-
tive.
Carolina Beach has so many attractions.
and the time being at the height Of the
summer vacation period, all posts in the
state will send large delegations and
the delegates will bring their families and
influence their friends TO come TOO, that
all may enjoy dips in the surf and the
fishing and sundrY other sports and en-:
tertainment.
To accommodate so many visitors all
Of the resorts and Wilmington are uniting.
Rooms for five thousand are already listed
at the convention resort itself and the
survey there is still incomplete. Wrights-
vile Beach is pledging some hundreds
more. Kure Beach will do its part. And
Wilmington certainly will not fail 10 offer
roofs for several thousands. Ii will mean
a little crowding everywhere, but the
rewards of hospitality will offset this.
The point is that this resort area is
not accustomed to such a throng for any
special event. It marks step forward for
the region. And if also calls for a greater
cooperation than has been required in the
past.
Surely, with the unity now manifest, all
delegates and other visitors will return
to their homes with praise for the friend
lY treatment they were accorded. Twenty
thousand or more new friends for Caro-
= lima Beach and the entire resort reqiop
Is an aspiration worth fulfilling.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-03
THE DINNER HORN

Last week we had a story about the farm
dinner bell, but the dinner horn antedated this
instrument for summoning tired agricolas to
when we were growing up the dinner horn
reVerberated its sound over hills and down
the valleys just exactly at IL noon. Neighbors
also had their horns. some of which were down
at 1880. some at 11:15 while some at other
hours. Each horn had a sound all it's own and
different from others. Mules WORKING in the
field on our farm would pay no heed to the
sounding of othex horns, but when t"~ che~r're
sound came from the horn at home they wouir
begin to brav and whom thev roo~',ed tho e- =
of the row thev uto"'1 stc~ er' e"~~~~|
saw. own hitch e~A -" ~c - ~-c . ~'"N y
an1 dinror horn have had their d." p~d NO.
belong to the thir es TIT 1--we h'en,'-Joni
J H. Holder in Jackson, (Ga.) Herald.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-03
M OF DICTATORSHIP

AS Congress begins work on labor legis-
lation, it is clear that q primary duty
must be the elimination Of two Of the
worst existing abuses-the forcing Of a
man 10 pay tribute to a union before he
can work, whether he desires the unions
services or not; and the power Of unions
TO levy a tax on their members for polit-
ical and legislative purposes.
The case Of c. B. DeMille versus the
American Federation Of Radio. Artists,
which is now making its way through the
courts, exemplifies both these abuses.
The facts Of the case are that Mr.. De-
Mile was engaged in presenting a ma
tional radio program. Subsequent TO the
commencement of this program, ARA
had organized a closed shop in the pro-
fession, and Mr.. DeMille joined the union
because otherwise he would not have been
permitted to work on the air. In 1914
the Board Of Directors Of ARA assessed
each member one dollar TO finance q cam
paign in opposition to an anti-closed-shop
proposition on the California ballot. Mr..
DeMille favored the proposition and re-
fused to pay the assessment. ARA then
expelled him, thus making ii impossible
for him TO continue his radio work.
Mr.. DeMille went TO court. The Superior
Court Of Los Angeles County and, subse-
quentlY, the District Court of Appeal Of
California, held in favor Of ARA.
IT higher courts agree with the lower
courts in their Interpretation Of the ques.
lions Of law involved, Congress must pro.
vide redress. What would happen TO ar
industry if its management levied al
assessment on the wages of workers IL
finance a political campaign for or agains
some measure? That is precisely wha
ARA has done. And what would harper
: to an industry if a worker who refuse