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Laurel outlook., 1947-12-31
Wallace, Secretary To
Stettinius, Is Holiday
Guest Of His Parents

Lilburn F. Wallace of Virginia
and New York, who is secretary to
Edward H. Stettinius, former U, S.
secretary of state and prominent
figure in United Nations affairs, is
spending the present holiday period
in Montana with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Lilburn ]. Wallace. Dur
ing the war in the Pacific young
Wallace was secretary to General
Eichelberger and for considerable
time was at headquarters in Japan.
His parents received before Christ
mas 25-pound Virginia turkey from,
the Stettinius farm in the Old Do
minion.
Wallace the younger arrived Dec.
10 in Billings, where his parents
were then living, and will remain
with them until Jan. 2. His father,
life insurance company agent, and
his mother moved to Laurel this
week to reside. They have purchased
the Kurk property at 4OS Fifth
avenue.
The family resided a number of
years in Park City where the SEN
ior Wallace was..With the Park City
State bank. later going to Columbus
when the Yellowstone bank was es-
tablished there. He subsequently
left banking to enter the insurance
field.
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-31
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Smoking Sparrow and Hitchhikine Mouse
Lead Off Freak Squeak Parade Of 1917

the struggling swimmer, flipped her
neatly back on it's prov.
:, Angel Without Wings
And in Seattle, John Angel drove
into a service station, ordered a
change of oil, stepped out, discover
ed too late that he was eight feet
aloft on a grease rack.
Worlds champion freak faller of
the year, so far as distance is con-
cerned, was Charles Arter, pitboy in
a mine in South Yorkshire, England.
Charlie fell down a 1,554-foot shaft
and escaped with only broken leg.
Halfway down the shaft he over
took an elevator cage which was
going down almost as fast as he
was. He landed on it and road the
rest of the way down.
In Lille, France, a tile setter
named .Yvon Dherire slipped off a
roof, fell six stories and landed
snugly in a baby buggy from which
an alert mother had frantically
snatched her child. Dherire was un-
hurt, but the mother tainted and
broke an ankle.
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-31
MONTANA'S OUTPUT
CONTINUED To FALL.
IN Al; CASH GAINS.
Grand Total Was Almost 25%o
Above 1853 PeriOd-Lum-
ber Production Was Up

Montana's total production in ag-
riculture, mining and lumber, still
almost 25 per cent above the COM
parison period of 1859, showed a
slight decrease during 1947, thus
continuing a downward trend since
1912, according to the 1947 issue Of
Montana Production" released this
week. Montana's income, however,
was up STA million over 1945.
The publication is an annual sta
tistical summary of the states in
dustries, finance and trade prepared
by Roy ]. w. Ely, chairman of the
department of economics at Mon
tana State university, and is pub
lished through the bureau of busi-
ness research and the public service
division of the university.
Within the overall picture, agri-
Continued on Page Six)
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-31
MRS. WARFIELO'S MOTHER
SUCCUMBS IN MISSOURI

Mrs. A. B. Warfield returned last
Tuesday from Pierce City, Mo-,
where she attended funeral -services
for her mother, Mrs. C. A. Ridpath.
The services and burial were held
Dec. 18 in Pierce City. under the
auspices of the Congregational
church. A girls choir, of which
Mrs. Warfield's niece is a member,
sang several selections.
Mrs. Ridpath, the former Mrs. J.
F. Nicola. resided in Laurel for a
number of years, leaving here for
Missouri in 1928. She had lived
there the last 20 years.
Surviving are four sons. Lloyd
Nicola of Casper. Kenneth Nicola .of
Yuba City, Calf. Verne Nicola of
Basin, Wvo., and Don Nicola of Oak
land, Calf; three daughters, Mrs.
Mae Freeman Of Casper, Wvo., Mrs.
Merle Major of Pierce City, and
Mrs. Warfield of Laurel, and five
grandchildren.
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-31

When a sparrow smokes in bee
and a cockroach kicks a man down
stairs, things are getting good and
wacky. But that's what happened in
1947.'
And that isn't all. A dead deer
shot a hunter. A hit-skip cow made
traffic history. A mouse upset a
truck, a quail committed suicide,
and some busy little bees boarded
streetcar and caused a honey Of
an accident.
Yes, the annual roundup of odd
accidents by the National Safety
Council reveals that animals stole
the show in 1947. To-wit:
Firemen in Camden, N. j., finally
found the source of smoke pouring
through the home of Mrs. Marie
Baugher-a birds nest under the
roof. A sparrow hads carried home
a lighted cigarette. And just to
prove that smoking in bed isn't re-
stricted to sparrows, a pigeon in
started an apartment
house fire the same way.
Cockroach Wins in One Fall
The celebrated case of the can
5ankerous cockroach occurred in De-
5roit and involved John Natico, a
bakery employee. Mr.. Natico said
ne was ascending stairs made Slip !
perry by spilling cake frosting when |
le looked into the leering eyes of
he biggest cockroach any man ever
;aw. He kicked at the roach, the !
,ther foot slipped and he landed at
he bottom of the stairs with q
,roken leg.
A dead deer shot Clarence Gerkin
# Hudson, Colo, in a neat bit OF
'osthumous vengeance. Mr.. Gerkin
lad shot the deer first and was pre-
aring to dress it when a reflex
ick by the animal hit his gun and
ischarged it. The bullet tore
trough Gerkin's left arm.
The hit-skip cow became part of
he nations traffic problem when
bowled over Mrs. Lucy Nostrand
S she alighted from a bus at {
usy intersection in Milwaukee. The {
ounding bovine, fugitive from ali
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-31

farm, whammed into Mrs. Nostrand,
knocked her flat, and barreled on
down street. 4
Hitchhiking Mouse Has Day
The British Women's Land Army
had trained 19-year-old Christine
Woodward to face bombs, bullets
and battle without flinching, but
they hadn't thought of a mouse. So
when a mouse scampered across the
toes of Miss Woodward while she
was driving an army truck in Dav-
entry, England, she just did what
came naturally. She tainted. The
truck went into a ditch, the mouse
into a field, and the victim to a
hospital.
Far less intrepid was the suicidal
quail that found itself looking down
the barrel of gun held by Gene
Hatfield in Joplin, Mo. Realizing
the jig was up, the quail decided to
end it all. 1t flew straight against
the barrel of the gun and dropped
at Hatfield's feet with a broken
neck.
Apparently stung by the high cost
of living, bees took to streetcars !
in 1947. A -frolicsome bunch of
them swarmed aboard a trolley in
Cincinnati and evinced great interest
in Motorman Earl Armstrong. As
ne frantically batted at his bumbling
the streetcar bumped
an auto, which rammed the rear of
another, which rammed the rear Of
another. Meanwhile, buzz, buzz
vent the trolley.
AS Fireman Horace LeBouf was
carrying Mrs. Catherine Markowski
lown a ladder from a burning build
ng in Detroit, they passed a first
loor window. Flames shot out and
tipped LeBouf in the seat of his
'ants. He yelped, spanked himself
rantically and let go of Mrs. Mar
,cwski. LeBouf lost his balance !
anded smack on the lady, who pre-
eded him to the ground. Mrs. !,
1arkowski was bruised, her res |
urer apologetic.
A speedboat carrying Miss Georgia /
'rcoks of Chicago during a holiday /
uting on Lake Geneva, Wis, swev- !
d so sharply it threw Miss Brooks \
ito the water, swerved again, hit a
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-31
SEVEN SCOUTS GO TO
CAMP NEAR RED LODGE

Five Boy Scouts from Laurel
troop ID and two from the troop at
Park City left Monday morning for
winter Scout camp beyond Red
Lodge. They were accompanied by
Scoutmaster H. E. "Bob" Burns Of
Laurel and John McFate. The
group will return to Laurel this
afternoon, Wednesday.
Park City boys in the group are
Alvin McFate and Jack Hansfor1,
while from Laurel are Jim Morrison,
Jim Graft, Jim Gass, Bobby Stickel-
berger and Don Hodges.
transportation for the trip to
Red Lodge was provided by William
Barnet, driving the Roysdon fur
niture store pickup; Scoutmaster
driving his own pickup,
and Edward L. Coombs with his
car. Coombs and McFate will bring |
the boys home.
The winter camp is under the
auspices and guidance of the Yellow
stone council of Boy Scouts. Only
hose boys who have attained the
rank of first-class Scouts are per-
nitted to make the trip.
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-31
Romance Beginning In Europe eliminates In
Wedding Dec. 16 At Congregational Church

The elimination of a romance be-
gun in Germany was the marriage
Dec. 16 of Miss Herta Eifer of
Bremen, Germany, and Alexander
Frank, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Philip
P. Frank of Laurel. The First
Congregational church here was the
scene of the candlelight ceremony
performed by Rev. H. c. Haem-
melmann. Incidental music was
PLAYED by Mrs. Haemmelmann.
With her formal gown the bride
wore a veil of fingertip length and
carried a bouquet of pink roses.
The bridegroom's sister, Mrs.
Richard Weishaar, wearing a blue
formal made with satin bodice and
net skirt, was matron of honor. Mr..
Weishaar was best man.
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-31
R. ". DUNN, PIONEER
COWBOY, SUCCUMBS
Trailed Cattle From Texas In
Early SOS, Lived Many Years
In Silesia Community

At the age of 81, after some 65
years in Montana, Richard w. Dunn
of Silesia died of a protracted i'll
ness Sunday morning at 2:20 at a
hospital in Billings. He was an
early-day western cowboy who in
the early '80s trailed herds of Texas
cattle to the lush natural pastures
on the plains of eastern Montana
Territory. X
The new country was attractive
to the young man. He stayed and
for a time herded cattle in the
Madison valley near Ennis, later go
ing to the Powder river near Miles
City in eastern Montana when the
district was being first opened and
developed. He worked for some
of the big cattle outfits. He came
to the Clarks Fork of the Yellow
stone in the late 1880s, and when
the area was opened for homestead
ing in 1893 he preempted one of the
first tracts near Silesia. This he
later sold and then purchased a
ranch adjoining Silesia in 1907,
which had since been his home.
He was born Aug. 2, 1868, in
Washington, Mo. He never married. !
He is survived by brother, Thomas,
and two sisters, Miss Mary Dunn
and Miss Cassie Dunn, all of st. |
Louis, Mo.
Mr.. Dunn was a member of the
Catholic church and was an honor
ary member of the Billings council
of the Knights of Columbus.
The rosary was recited Tuesday
evening at $3.50 at the Settergren
funeral chapel in Billings and re-
QUEEN mass was celebrated today,
at 10 a. m. at st. Johns
church in Joliet. Entombment was
in the Red Lodge mausoleum.
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-31

A wedding reception and dance
at Riverside park followed the cere-
mony and was attended by 140
guests.
The bride arrived in New York
early in December and was met by
her aunt, Mrs. Freda Finegly OF
New York City, who accompanied
her to Laurel for the wedding.
Other out of town guests were Mr..
and Mrs. Jack Yost, Mr.. and Mrs.
B. Yost of Billings, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Yost of Melville and Miss
Kathleen Wagner of Chinook.
Mr.. Frank spent nearly four years
in Germany, and it was while he
was in service there that he met
his bride. They are residing at the
Frank ranch southwest of Laurel.
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-31
Two Play Tennis On
North Parks Court
On Christmas Day

Indicating the very mild win
ter that Laurel has so far en-
joyed, o. K. Chapman, proprietor
of the Chapman pharmacy, and
Rev. NJ. ]. Wilcox, pastor of the
Methodist church, played tennis
last Thursday, Christmas day, on
the tennis court in North park.
Those who wanted a white
Christmas had to be content with
a brown one, for the only snow
on the ground was residual
patches in the lee of buildings
and other objects that offered
protection from the warm rays
of the winter sun.
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-31
Rainbow Officers Are
Installed For Term

Officers for the new term were
installed by the Order of Rainbow
for Girls at their meeting this week
at the Masonic temple. Comprising
the staff are Margery Lou Hartley,
worthy advisor; Patty Anderson,
associate advisor; Betty Strand,
charity; Bonnie Barr, hope; Darlene
Moon, faith; Phyllis Toombs, chap
lain; Donna Sheets, treasurer; Betty
Marshall, recorder; Meriem Fox,
Continued on Page Six)
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-31

sports events, important domestic
affairs and the highlights of foreign
affairs are arranged in order of
occurrence in the Laurel Outlook's
annual chronology of the year ap-
pearing on page of this issue.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
FINAL CLINICS
FOR DOGS SET
Rural Owners Given Op.
portunity Monday And
Tuesday

William E. Lassiter county
rabies inspector, will conduct dog
vaccination clinics for the last
time this year, beginning Tuesday.
Clinics will be operated for the
benefit Of dog owners living in the
rural areas of the county who
were unable to attend earlier this
year.
The schedule follows:
Tuesday = 900 1000 Wrights-
boro Railroad Station, 10:15-11:OO
wilkins Store, Castle Hayne road,
1870 1890 Castle Hayne Club
house, 230-315 Intersection, Mid
die Sound Road and Highway II,
3:3O4:OO East Wilmington Colored
school, 4:30-5:30 McCumbers Sta
ton, Old Wrightsville Beach Road.
Wednesday - 100000 Winter
Park school, 1915 HOO Rogers
Store, Greenville Sou,l Road.
1~1:30-12:OO Robinsons Store, Car
lima Beach Road, 2:00-2:30 Kure
Beach, 2:45-3:3o Town Hall, Caro-
lima Beach, 400 -4:30 Seabreeze.
5%:0O-5:3O Spindles Store, Carolina
Beach Road.
Clinic fee is rs cents. During the
house to house roundup one dol
lar will be charged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
HAYES POLICE
GIVEN PRAISE
Railway Express Detective
Reports Aid Given
Him

Praising the cooperation he re-
ceived from the Wilmington police
department., J. M. Long, special
agent for the Railway Express
Agency yesterday brought to a
close the successful trapping of a
man who repeatedly embezzled the
express company for $758.18.
r. o. Sellers, 29-year-old deliv-
cry man for Railway Express, was
bound over to Superior cour+ yes
terday after signing a three-page
written confession of his guilt.
Judge H. Winfield Smith in Re
corder's court placed him under
i, ZOO bond and ordered him to ap'
pea. for the August 10 term of SUI
perior court.
By delivering All packages to q
Wilmington department store, col
lecting the money for the freight
and destroying the receipts, Sell
ers employed by Railway Express
for five years, pocketed $758.1s
over the period from March Is tc
July IL, Long said. On 3 days in
this time Sellers turned no money
in to the express company, he add
ed.
Long, who has been in Whining
ton four days on the case, worked
in close cooperation with 1t. L. A.
league, city detective. Il have
never worked in a city in which
the police department offered bet
ter assistance than Wilmington
Long said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
LAST OF RESERVE
GROUP ARRIVES
Lejeune Gets Second And
Last Oh Reservists From
Many Points

JACKSONVILLE, Aug. 9-Sche-
duled to arrive at Tent Camp,
Camp Lejeune, yesterday was the
second and last group OF organ
lied Marine Corps reserve batta-
lions to be trained here this year.
Comprising this group which
will be trained by officers and
men of the Second Marine divi-
sion stationed at Lejeune will be
the Fourth Infantry battalion from
Minneapolis, the Fifth Infantry
battalion from Washington, the
Sixth Infantry battalion, Philadel-
phia, the Seventh Infantry battal-
ion from Cleveland, the Eighth
Infantry battalion from Toledo,
the Ninth Infantry battalion from
Chicago; the Sixteenth Infantry
battalion from Indianapolis, the
Third los nm. Howitzer battalion
from Atlanta, the Eleventh Engi-
neers battalion from Baltimore,
the Sixteenth Engineers battalion
from Roanoke and tine Twentieth
Engineers battalion from Charles
ton
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10

sistant resident, Harriet Lane,
Johns Hopkins hospital. For two
years she was first assistant to
DR.. Helen Tausig who is Harriet
Lane cardiologist in chief and CO.
worker with DR.. Alfred Blalock Of
tetrology operations.
Registration for the symposium
will start at 10 o'clock am, on
August %, at the Ocean Terrace
hotel, Wrightsville Beach. The
opening session, at Lumina pavil'
ion will convene at 11:15, when
DR.. W. Houston Moore of Whining
ton will preside. Mayor E. L.
White of Wilmington will offer the
city's greetings and will be fol
lowed by Mayor Raeford Trask,
Wrightsville mayor.
At 1870 o'clock the actual bust
ness Of the symposium will get
under way with DR.. Paul Whitak'
er of Kinston presiding. There will
be afternoon and evening sessions.
On the following day the guests
will have the choice of swimming,
fishing, golfing or such other rec
reation as they prefer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
Commissioner
Hewlette To Attend
Asheuille Meeting

New Hanover county will be
represented in Asheville this week
at the annual convention OF the
North Carolina County Commls-
sioners association by Addison
Hewlett, chairman of the New
Hanover board, and Charles F.
Smita, county auditor.
Hewlett left for the mountains
yesterday and Smith is to leave
today. They are expected to re-
turn Wednesday.
DR.. James Hall will preside to-
morrow as chairman pro tenn at
the weekly meeting Of the New
Hanover board Of county commits
sioners in the absence Of Addison
Hewlett, chairman.
Only routine business had been
placed On the agenda yesterday.
| Jurors for a forthcoming term OF
superior court also navy be drawn
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10

John Akens, Negro, 92O North
Eighth street, pleaded guilty 70
~disorderly conduct, fined court
costs.
Alex R. Riley, 70 Bellwell alley,
pleaded guilty to disorderly con-
duct, fined court costs.
Jasper Leo Pridgen, 1916 Dock
street, pleaded guilty to disorderly
conduct, fined court costs.
Daniel Jackson Gurganous, 1914
Dock street, pleaded guilty to dis
orderly conduct, fined court costs.
Rayford Merideth, Negro, COS
Campbell street, pleaded guilty to
engaging in an affray, fined court
costs.
Emerson Jr. Bennerman, Negro,
81e Dawson street, guilty of lar.
cepy and receiving of n bottle OF
ink and one pair of shoes from II,
H. Mallette, sentenced to 60 days
On county farm, suspended or two
years good behavior.
Charles c.. James, SIG South
Sixth street, charged with disor'
derby conduct, continued to August
16.
Helena McKoy, Negro, 920
Schutts alley, charged with disor-
derby conduct, continued to August
II.
Moses Banister, Negro, 217 King
street, Love Grove, charged with
assault with intent to kill, continu.
ed to Aug. 10.
Stanley Fuller, 21o Henry street,
charged with assault on a female
and malicious damage to property,
continued to August Is.
Joe Brown, Jr., 511 Walnut
street, continued to August %.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
TRAFFIC DEATHS
AT 81 IN STATE
Wilmington Lists z Fatal
ties From Motor
Accidents

RALEIGH, N. c., Aug. 9 -
During the first six months of this
year, 371 persons were killed an1
2,909 injured in 1928 traffic acct
dents on North Carolina streets
and highways, Col. L. c. Rosser,
Commissioner Of Motor Vehicles
reported today.
These figures show a "a per :en1
decrease in fatalities over the
same period last year, when 48s
persons were killed and 1922 were
injured in 1894 accidents.
Charlotte, with IS traffic deaths,
led all cities and towns in the
State in number of fatalities for
the first six months Of tis year.
During the same period last year,
Charlotte and Greensboro tied for
first place, with seven fatalities
each.
Meck1enburg led all counties SC
Ear this year, with 20 fatalities,
and Wake ran a close second with
10 traffic deaths. Duging the same
period last year, Guilford county
led with % fatalities and Mecken'
burg was second with 10.
Col. Rosser had high praise for
Guilford - the County with the
greatest decrease in fatalities -
from % killed during the first six
months Of 1916 to seven for the
same period this year.
On the other hand, Wake had
the greatest increase-eight more
persons killed from January
through June Of this year thar
during the same period last year.
Number OF fatalities by type for
the first six months of this year,
followed by the number during the
same period last year. follows:
Motor Vehicles ran off roadway,
ia, 113; collision between motor
vehicles, 104, 1877; motor vehicle
with pedestrians, So, 1872; motor
vehicle colliding with train "a, 26;
motor vehicle with bicycle 10, 10;
motor vehicle overturning in road
wayy, 10, IS; other non-collision, 10
10; motor vehicle colliding with
fixed object, 6 7; and motor We
hicle colliding with animal-drawr
vehicle 2, l.
Col. Rosser said the report
showed that 1888 accidents occur
red in cities and towns; of these,
70 we're fatal accidents in which
II persons were killed; 653 were
non-fatal, resulting in 908 injuries;
and 1867 accidents resulted in
property damage.
A % per cent decrease in ia
t~alities was noted for cities and
towns over the same period in
1916.
On rural highways, there were
1880 accidents resulting in 294 ia
talities and 2,001 injuries, slowing
a "a per cent decrease over the
first SIX months OF 1916 in fatal
tiles occurring on rural highways.
According to the report, nc
other city came close to hitting
Charlotte's unenviable record Of
10 fatalities. The second cty in
the fatality group was Durham
with four. Fayetteville, Weldon
and Wilson had three each; and
Greensboro, Asheville, China
Grove, Kannapolis, Evergreen,
Lexington Wilmington and Nor
risville had two each. Thirty-five
other cities and towns reported
one fatality each; eight of them
had two each. Thirty-five other
cities and towns reported n ia
tally each; eight Of them had a
population of 10000 or more,
namely: Elizabeth City, CASTOR
ia, Hickory, Raleigh, Roanoke
Rapids, Rocky Mount, Statesville
and Winston-Salem.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10

Dia! 2-3311 For Newspaper Service.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
|DR. WHITTEM0RE
TO SPEAK HERE
Connecticut Health Con
sultant Symposium

Among distinguished mem
hers of the medical profession
Who will address the symposium
at Wrightsville Beach on August
%. when the New Hanover County
Medical society will be host to
the doctors of North Carllna, is
nr Ruth Whittemore, pediatric
c~ardiology consultant for the Con-
necticut State Board Of Health.
Doctor Whittemore is a gradu-
ate of Johns Hopkins Medical
school. She served her internship
and was assistant resident at New
Haven hospital, New Haven, Conn.
Her next assignment was as as
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
Onslow Navy Vets
May Get Medals
OF World War II

JACKSONVILLE, Aug. 9-CPO
David E. Boyce Of the Wilmington
Naval recruiting office announced
here today that victory medals
of World War II and American
Defense medals may be obtained
by Onslow county veterans who
can produce their honorable dis
charge papers.
Boyce said that he would be in
the local post office each Friday
TO award the medals to those eligl-
BILE.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
FRUIT CONTRACT G

HONOLULU Aug. 9-(P-Repre.
sentatives of the Hawaiian pine
apple industry and the CLIO Inter
national Longshoremen's an d
Warehousemen's union signed an
agreement today containing a no
strike, no lockout clause assuring
peace at least until Feb. l.