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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-16
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of attraction of new industry,
greater development of agriculture
and many other undertakings for
this section of the state.
Besides promoting Will Nlgton,
the management of the Star-News
is ever anxious to please its sub
scribers by putting out the bes,
newspaper possible. In order to dc
this new equipment and extra Of
flee space is required.
The installation of a 64-page
high speed Goss press has been
completed and is now in operation.
This gives Wilmington the largest
and most modern press in the
eastern part of the state. The new
press is capable of printing in
color and producing newspapers
at the speed of 70, 900 an hour.
= Construction of two new floors
color a n d producing newspapers
over the new press room adjacent
to the Murchison building annex,
and also a floor over the business
offices of the Star-News ana the
Security National Bank is now
underway.
Plans include an addition to the
composing room, the establish
ment of a new and modern photo.
engraving department, more spa
cious news tand editorial depart
ments, a larger mail room and
several storage rooms. Each one
is to be designed so as to increase
the efficiency of the. various de-
partments.
So, with its combined history OF
1873 years, the Star-NeWs news,
papers are today in better position
not only to continue but enlarge
their field of service to a large
and rich part Of North Carolina.
This position was attained
through the sincere support of TIE
public and a determination on the
part of the publications manage.
ment to always follow a progress
sive policy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-16
Bandit Is Captured
With 'Nitroglycerine'

DETROIT, Feb. Is. - [9 - A
young bandit, brandishing two
walls of "nitroglycerine," was cap
tured by police today 60 second:
after he passed a holdup note t.
an executive of a midtown branch
bank.
Det. Lieut.. James Maher identi
fled him as Henry G.. Benson, q
and said he was held withou
charge for investigation of rob
berry armed.
The officer said Benson, an anna
teur Negro) chemist, had con
cocted the bottled mixture himseI
and had come within a hair:
breadth of creating a powerful ex
plosive.
George w. Blatchford, manage,
of the bank, stepped on a police
alarm button when the youth de-
manded money.
Cruising squad cars shrieked te
a stop before the bank a minute
later, Maher said, and five police
officers rushed and overpowereo
Benson.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-16
VA Hospital Care
Uttered Women ,

IT Women Won veterans Of uo,,,
IL are entitled 10 the world \,
eai, care for service re sa5as D.:
aplllIy as male veteran, fst i
W. Barrett, state ser ~,S' Lou
said yesterday. we Off,
In addition they NAV
for non-service connec,. os tfss,
ty either In Veterans bos cs'a,
by private dictors in "oslptal
pltals when government p'9 , !
are not available, he said '''l3
However, VA suthoril,-t,.
be obtained before pri ,ssa'n d,
or private hospitals NAV dit
he added. ''y be uu
Male veterans with n.r...
connected disabilities un nS.sr
ing laws can not be N trss. y
private hospitals or by pri's s's'
tors at federal expense p' !. i
They are entitled to ,r.s s'''
Ior non-service connected : sNl
ties in VA hospitals When !, aI'S
available and in VA oeos
restricted conditions. he ,s an'
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-16
METHODIST CHURCH.
STARTING COURSE
Training School Will Start
Tonight And Continue
Through Thursday

A training school. s%,oonsored by
the Methodist churches Of Viii,
mington, will begin tonight at 7:S(
o'clock in the Fifth Avenue Metho'
dist church, it was announced yes
terday.
The school will meet each night
at the same time through Thurs
day and four courses will be Of
fered.
The Rev. Edgar Fisher, pastor,
Trinity Methodist church, and act.
ing dean of the school, will have
charge of the opening devotional
services.
Mrs. w. r. Reed, Luray, Va,
who is active in the work Of reli.
gious education in the Virginia
Conference, will teach the course.
''Use Of the Bible With Children
Workers with children will be
especially interested in t h .
course.
Mrs. Emmett H. Saville, Roa
noke, Va, has had wide experience
in training school work and viii
offer a curse On Guiding Inter
mediates."
The Rev. K. R. Wheeler, pastor
Wesley Memorial Methodist church
will lead the course on Method
ISM" designed especially fol
young people and young adults.
The course for adults, Steward
ship in Life" will be lead by Mrs
Helen B. Bourne OF Greenwood
S. c., who is well known among
the Methodists for her work will
the hoard of missions
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-16
No Definite Action
Seen On Truck Route
NO DEFINITE ACTION

City Manager J.. R. Benson said
yesterday that no definite action
by the city council was expected 10
be taken on the truck bypass route
when the State Highway commits
sion recommendations are report
ed by She chairman A. H. Graham
at a meeting Wednesday.
Graham will present the findings
and proposed plans OF the commits.
sion to the council following its
scheduled session.
Benson announced the meeting
would be open to the pblic, ano
when asked by a Star-News report
er wheree the group might adjourn
should the council chamber over
flow. the city manager said thai
he did not anticipate a crowd SC
large.
About 20 per cent of all passen'
ger automobiles registered in the
United States are On farms.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-16
REPORTED

WEST POINT, Va, Feb. IS
(P)-The Chesapeake Corporation
of Virginia, manufa cturer of pulp
paper products, reported today a
net profit for the calendar year
1916 of $1,437, 747.20 after provision
for federal and state income taxes.
The earnings are equal to So. los
each on 1852, 665 shares of common
stock. This compares with 1945
earnings of S1.204 per share.
The United States has II times
as many miles Of railway as
Great Britain and So times as
many as China.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-16

were attended by midwives be-
cause a doctor was not available?
This problem of hospital ana
medical care is statewide, but
more Significantly it is rural in
its more serious aspects and i'm
plications. AL the statistics bear
ing On the problem must be in
terpreted in terms of the humani-
ties and economics of a state
which, despite ideas to the con
trary, is still predominantly agri-
cultural.
Now that the disturbing facts
have been revealed. the North
Carolina Good Health association
IS spearheading the movement to
make a reality out of the hospital
and medical care commission rec
concentrations.
At the top of the commission S
six-point list Of things to be done
is a proposal that the state match
federal funds under the Hill-Bur-
ion Act for the construction of
local general hospitals and health
centers. In order to get a better
distribution of medical care and
more adequate. service. it is pro-
posed that there be at least one
hospital or health center in everv
county.
However, these hospitals and
health centers will not solve the
pioblem of rural health unless
there are enough physicians to
staff them and to look after the
physical wellbeing of 70 percent OF
our population. So it is proposed
TO have a medical education fund
to encourage young North Caro-
llnians to become doctors and
practice in these rural areas. Par
ticularly, the need is for young
farm boys to be trained as ply.
siclans for service among the peo-
pie Of their home communities.
The N FORTH Carolina Medical
Care commission estimates that il
will cost $48, 900, 900 over a five.
year period 10 achieve the pro-
posed ''hospital-or : health center.
'ntever-county plan" The states
share will be about $40, 600, 900.
while the share of the counties and
zeal communities will approx.
mate $40, 500, 900. The remainde,
VIII come from 1ede al assistance.
What will be the cost if the pro.
gram is not carried out? The an.
sWer cannot be correctly stated ir
collars and cents; rather, it car
De given only in terms of the
tragic consequences of failure te
zeal a22ressively with this chal
lenge Of orr hospital and medica
care deficiencies.
A North Carolina manufacture.
recently reported that time los
last year in his plant due to sick
ness was SIS percent above tn,
national average.
II such is the case in the fiel,
OF industry, the facts must b
much more disturbing when W
turn to agriculture since it i
North Cardinals biggest bushes
end the health problem has a de
cidedly rural angle.
North Carolina will have az
vanced far along the road of pros
ress when it has hospital facilitie
within an area of n to Is mile
for every family within it's bound;
ries.
The real measure in this matt,
Is not the dollar but rather IL
lawful and moral claim of eve
man, woman and child to a be
ter break in this all importa
Yl business Of health.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-16

Monday, but with small peaks
showing on the chart each morn
ing during the week.
Bathing, formerly a Saturday
night indulgence, does not show ur
on the chart, revealing that folks
bath several times or more during
the week.
Added loads are noticed during
the summer months. Harriss said
as refrigeration units come into
the fore.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-16
Light Switch Tells
Tales On City Folk
By JACK COWIE

The switc hon your lamp and plug on your electric
washer, ironer and other household equipment has turned
detective, and is now telling on you to the extent of letting
the world-at-large know what time Wilmington eats, goes
to bed, gets up and comes home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-16
HUGE COUNTRY

Brazil, largest nation in the
western hemisphere, is SO large
that we could place all 48 Of the
United States within its borders,
with an extra Texas thrown in.
Kodiak mirror., 1947-07-26
iACS Adds Two
 New Services

The Alaska Communicat on System is now making available to the public ? more telegraphic services which have proved to be highly popular with Alaskan res- idents.
 These are overnight telegraph ic money orders and the inclusion of supplementary messages with the order.
 This was announced today in Seattle by Colonel T. J. Fully, commanding officer of the ACS
 The new serv ce js provided by the ACS between their own offices and to those money order offices on connecting lines having similar service, including West ern Union.
 Supplementary messages may also be sent wi h the regular tele- grsphic monsy order.
 Heretofore the only telegraph Ic money order service was the regular telegraphic money order and accompanying messages were sent separately and not in cluded Tn the money order. Fun ther details concerning this new service may be obtained from any ACS station in Alaska.
Kodiak mirror., 1947-07-26
(continued from page 9

Bill Kettle, L. c. Jacobson, Mrs. Magnuson, Jim Angell
 Secsnd flight: VeaHo Passo, Virginia Fosner, Fred & Evelyn Rave, Kenneth Rein, Nancy Barron, Wilbur & Wanda Full Ter, MT. Kizer, Betty Jean Xxi, ger
 MT. & Mrs. Dick Weisser, MT. & Mrs. Joe Mulqueen, Owen Boyle, John Drewes, W. Benchia, Mrs. Gage. Mrs. Ward Ellis, Mrs Ray Ellis, MT. & Mrs. Boy CT, George Mason, Mike Coule. han, Walt & Mildred Muller, Bon & Alma Heaton, Mrs. W. e. Price, Richard Pack, Sgt, Butcher, Sgt. Martin, MT. & F M. Bourne, Mrs Sutliff, Felix Sczpanaski, Mary Ruth Bourne Francis Egan, MT. & Mrs. H. W Leath
 MI. & Mrs. Morris Burnham, George Evans, Mrs. Howard FurlonG, J. s. Eaton, Mrs. Don Hutchings, Don Sharp, Wanda Sharp, Edith Wiley. Myrtle Anderson, G. A. Sundberg
 Bill Vernard. Sam Aeillo, Ivar Munson, Mrs Ray Geiser, Jin Angell
Kodiak mirror., 1947-07-26
Operation Musk-Ox

Frank Beals, of the Fish & Wildhfe service, has been sent to Nunivak island to count noses among the musk-ox on tbat is- and. He will be gone several weeks.
Kodiak mirror., 1947-07-26

Bill Kettle, L. c. Jacobson, Mrs. Magnuson, Jim Angell
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-01-16
TROY NEWS

tracted pneumonia which despite
all that loving care and medical at
tention could do resulted in her
death.
Thirty years ago Mrs. Mullins
came to Troy and made her home
with her daughter, Mrs. Lena Rives.
Later living at Rives Court, this
woman of so solid character war
med many hearts with her kindness
TO and consideration of strangers
within her gates.
Mentally active and alert to the
last she was a keen conversation
alist and enjoyed discussions Of
world topics, despite the fact tina.
her eyesight was gradually dim
ming. She will be greatly missed
in the home:
Funeral services conducted at the
Gompf Funeral Home preceded in
terment in the Libby Cementery,
on Thursday.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-01-16

left Sunday for Indiana. She spent
ten days visiting her sister, Mrs.
William Wallace and other rela-
tives.
Jack Haaland was the lucky vet
eran who purchased the first new
Plymouth that the Kootenai Val
ley Garage had in stock this sea-
son.
The Dress and Gift Shop is max
ing ready for spring goods and
have reduced many articles twenty
per cent.
Mrs. James Cobbledick who spent
the weekend at her home here re-
ports that her husband has i'm
proved considerably since going to
Spokane, and she expects he will
be released from the doctors care
and return home over the week
end
Mrs. John Lindholm who has
been i'll at her home since Christ
mast, left Saturday for Spokane to
consult a doctor
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-01-16

Home for Crippled Children. Minor
business came before the members.
A committee to arrange the pro-
gram for next meeting which will
be Joint with the Junior Woman's
Club was appointed. Also hostesses
for that meeting were chosen.
Mrs. Peterson and the assisting
hostess. Mrs Maurice Nelson ser
we'd delicious chill and coffee.
Program for the evening was a
discussion of current events, led
bv Mrs Cole McDougall. Mrs.
Leon Laffoon read a paper on Rus
STA. The balance of the time was
spent socially.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-01-16
Mike FuImore Passed Away

Mike Fillmore, a long time resi-
dent of Troy passed away at his
home Monday evening. He had
been in failing health for some time
but had been around until Saturday
when he collapsed and had to be
carried to bed. He is survived by
his widow at the home. Funeral
services will be held at Libby.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-01-16

TROY CLUBS, LODGES AND
ORGANIZATIONS

Troy Development Association
meets lst and 3rd Tuesday of
each month in Moose Hail.
Chairman, Ford Grippe; V. Chair
man, Joseph r. Devich; Secre-
tary, J. B. Farris; Treasurer, Jack
Brown.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-01-16

at nine-thirty obeyed the lights
OUT rule. They had brought their
sleeping bags. Morning came and
the boys were ready for more food
and fun. They left in time to. reach
home by noon. Those attending
were: Wayne Wallace, Wayne Coo.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-01-16

ley, Alan Hodges, Donald Johnston,
Larry Chimenti, Kenneth French
and Bobby Westover,
Mrs. Westover speaks very high
ly CT the boys good conduct while
at her home.
Other Troy Items on page two
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-01-16

School News
Troy high school students will
take semester tests Thursday and
Friday, January 10th and 18th.
In basketball games played on
the local court Saturday night Lib
by Junior High defeated the Troy
Junior High team % to IL and
Lincoln County High School de-
feated Troy high AS to II. The
high school game was hard-fought
with eighteen fouls called on Troy
and 20 on Eureka Officials were
Keel and Erickson of Libby.
The Trojans basketball team will
travel this weekend, playing White
fish Friday evening and Columbia
Falls Saturday evening.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-01-16
WOmen's Club

Troy Woman's Club met Tues
day evening at the home of Mrs.
Alice Peterson. The attendance was
small but the meeting was much
enjoyed. Mrs. Nelson, president
called the meeting to order. A
thank YOU note was read from the
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-01-16
Ruck Hand Host

Can there be a "Slumber Party
without sleep. Buck Hand should
know for he was host to a number
of his friends at the Ranger Sta
ton on Saturday night following
the basketball game. Eats and fun
whiled away the wee small hours.
The boys had a grand time.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-01-16
Cnh scouts Have Fun

On Friday evening seven Cub
Scouts went to the home of their
Den mother, Mrs. Robert Westover.
They enjoyed supper there, played
able Tennis and other games and
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-01-16
Death Calls Mrs. NJ. Mullins


Mrs. James Mullins, one Of Troy's
Oldest citizens, passed away at the
Boomers Ferry, Ida, hospital Jan
s l947 Margaret Jameson was
born in Marshield, Missouri. March
%, 1854 Her Pirlhood was spent
in the south. There she married
James Mullins and they remained
there for some time Later they
moved to Lewiston, Ida, where Mr..
Mullins passed away. Mrs Mullins
IS survived by two daughters in
Troy, Mrs Lena Rives and Miss
Helen Mullins; two daughters in
Beverley Hills, Calf, and two sons
Ed Mullins of Spokane and George
of Asotin, Wn., and several grand
children and great grandchildren
Mrs. Ben Brown of Troy is a grand
daughter. 1t was while visiting at
her home that Mrs. Mullins con-
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-01-16
Drurv Service Station Robhed


On Friday night sometime. the
service station on the corner was
entered and some petty cash taken.
Entrance was made through break
in the glass door, where the thief
managed to insert something and
turn the night latch on the inside
of he door Some cigarettes were
taken. Apparently the entrant
wandered to the back room and
laid a burning cigarette on a bench.
When it burned the stub fell into
carton where there was four cans
of oil. The carton ignited and a
large hole was burned in its side,
but luckily the fire went out so no
great damage was done Marsha
jenkins IS working to identify the
culprit,
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-01-16
ArIene Laffoon Bride

Arlene LaffOOn Bride
The Methodist parsonage, at Lib
by, was the setting for the we'd
ding of Arlene " Laffoon. youngest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl LAT
toon, and Fred r. Nieman of Sal
mon, Ida. On Jan 5th, Rev. VIM
c. Stearns read the marriage vows
IN the presence of the brides par
cntS, and her sister and brother-in-
law Mr.. and Mrs Eugene Lien,
the only attendants.
The bride wore a navy blue crepe
street dress with black accessories.
She attended elementary school in
Troy, also Mt. Ellis Academy, Boze-
man, and Walla Walla College at
College Place, Wn.
The groom is employed by the
Nyberg Construction Company. At
present Mr. and Mrs. Nieman are
al home in Troy. They expect to
move to Odessa, Wn., shortly.
here and There
Blight days. How we drink in the
sunshine even if it is frosted.
Mrs. Emma Cassidy, Woodlawn,
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-01-16
BOv Scouts

The committee for Troy Boy
Boy Scouts, Troop No. "a met Fri
day evening at the school and, with
the assistance of District Scout Elk
ecutive Judson Compton, reorgani-
zed for the years scouting activi-
ties n
Lester S. Coffman was elected as
chairman of the committee and Had
ley H. Sullivan was elected Scout
master. Other members of the COM
mittee are c. B. Hand, J. H. Coff-
man, Cole McDougall, and Alvin
T. Lindsey. The sponsoring insti-
tuition is the Moose Lodge.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-01-16

: A. F. & A. NJ, Troy Lodge No.
1875 meets End and 4th Tuesdays
Of month at the Maconic Temple.
w. M, John Lindholm; Secretary,
Frank Frye.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-01-16
Helen Frances Fisher

When God called Helen Frances
Fisher home, he relieved one of his
little ones from much suffering. In
the late summer Helen underwent
an appendectomy in the Sacred
Heart Hospital From this she was
barely recovered when her eyesight
began to fail She was again taken
to the hospital where a major OPP
Grafton for brain tumor was per-
formed. This had more critical
development and her parents, Mr..
and Mrs Otto Fisher were informed
that nothing further could be done
for her Six weeks she suffered
Death came on January 6, 1947
She was born in Columbia Falls
Sept. 26, 1884. There are left to
mourn, her parents, six brothers,
Robert, James, Edward, Alvin,
John and Charles and two sisters,
Mary Margaret and Linda Jean;
besides her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs Henry Fisher, Kalispell, Mr.
A. L. Peck, Nome, Alaska, and
Mrs. Pearl Carlson, Columbia Falls.
Funeral services were held in
Kalispell on Jan g. Mr. Wick was
the pastor. Interment was in the
Conrad cemetery beside her little
sister, Phyllis Mae
Helen Frances, a child with love
able disposition, attended school at
Troy. She was member of the
Methodist Sunday School since pre-
school days, and attended the young
peoples services.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-01-16
o. E. S. Installation

The annual installation services
were conducted for the l947 Of
ficers of Kootenai Chapter No 88,
Order of Easter Star, in the Ma
sonic Hall, Wednesday, Jan. 8. Mrs.
Lorraine Brown assumed her sta
ton as worthy matron when in
stalled by Mrs. Florence Drury. In
stalling officer. Walter Zimmerman
is the new Worthy Patron. Other
appointive and elective officers are:
Mrs. Evelyn Bissell, Associate Ma
iron, Maurice Nelson Associate
Patron, Mrs. Edith Bason secretary,
Mrs. Delsie Slice Treasurer, Mrs.
Maxine Peterson conductresS, Mrs.
Petrea Zimmerman associate con-
ductress, Mrs. Isabel Zimmerman
Adah, Mrs. Ralph Drury Rith, Mrs.
Edith Grippe Esther, Mrs Dorothy
Joy Martha. Mrs. Ann Strom,
Electa, Mrs. Dorothy Morrison Chap
lain, Mrs. Florence Nelson Marshal,
Mrs. Margaret Maness Organist,
Mrs. Dorothy Perkins Warder and
Fred Perkins, Sentinel.
Other installing officers who as
sisted were Mrs. Leona Weidner,
W Oh oilGAAf AAA ,. OOlOtily MlOiIlSOllt
Chaplain, and Mrs. Edith Farris,
organist.
The chapter presented the retir-
ing matron, Mrs. Florence Drury
with a beautiful jewel, the past
matron's pin, and her officers pre-
sented her with lovely white Bible
and other gifts.
In conclusion Mrs. Drury quoted:
My labors in the Eastern Star, My
efforts here below, May never help
me enter Paradise at sunsets glow,
But have tried, and in the shadow
of the setting sun, Please judge by
what l tried to do. Not by what
I've done And if any sheaves Il
have brought at last, When the
work Of the year is done, And our
beautiful star rays have cast,
will thank the trusting one, And
/ viii say with proud yet humble
head, Not mine the harvest be, For
mine was nourished tended and fed
BY those who believed in mel
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-01-16

Junior Woman's Club-Pres.,
Evelyn Bissell; Secretary, Doro-
thy Landon. Meetings LIST and 3rd
Wednesdays Of each month.
In case of changes in officers,
or errors in hstings, proper Of
ficials should notify The West
ern News Of Same.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-01-16

Ladies Aux. to John E. Free
man Post V. F. w. No. 55I4
meets on the End and 4th Tues
day of each month. Mrs. VIM.
Purcell, acting president
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-01-16

Troy o. E. S. meets End and
4th Wednesdays of month. Worthy
Matron, Florence Drury; Sec
rotary, Edith Mason.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-01-16

Troy Boy Scouts meet each
Wednesday in School Bldg. Scout
Master, Ivan S. Hodges; Asst
S. NJ, Ralph L. Dunkle Cub
Pack meets weekly. Master,
Walter Morrison. Pack No. l
meets Tuesdays, Mrs. Hodges,
den mother; Pack No. 2 meets
Thursdays, Mrs. Glen Thorn, den
mother; Mrs. Al Watt, asst den
mother.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-01-16

John E. Freeman Post No. 5514
V. F. w. meets LIST Thursday Of
month, 500 p. m, Moose Hall.
Eddie Cady, Pres; Doris Nc
Donald, Sec'y; Faye Jones, Treas.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-01-16

Troy Volunteer Fire Dept.
Pres, R. M. Russell; Secretary,
R. R. Peterson; Fire Chief, VIM.
]. Dolan.