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Evening star., 1949-01-22
National Youth Week
AT Mt. Vernon Church

The Youth Division of Mount
Vernon Place Methodist Church
will observe National Youth Week
January 1880. The observance
will begin with the evening services
tomorrow with a joint meeting of
the intermediates, seniors and
young people at o'clock. At
o'clock they will have charge of the
evening church services. Marian
Gochenour of the senior depart
ment will be the speaker. Other
members of the Youth Division will
participate in the Scripture lessons,
prayers and responsive readings.
On Friday the division will have a
banquet. DR.. John Rustin will be
the main speaker.
The and 11:15 am. services to-
morrow will be in charge Of DR..
Rustin.
Evening star., 1949-01-22
Philippine Minister
AT Foundry Methodist

The Minister from the Philip
pines, Narciso Ramos, together with
Mrs. Ramos, both Christian leaders
from their country, will participate
with DR.. Frederick Brown Harris
at II am at Foundry Methodist
Church, when the sermon subject
will be Religion and the Present
World Situation"
DR.. and Mrs. Ramos, who are
members of the Foundry fellow
ship, will leave shortly for Buenos
Aires, Argentina, where he will be
the first diplomatic representative
from his country. Prayer will be
offered by the Ambassador from
Australia, Norman j. O. Maxim.
The Rev. Ralph c. John will
preach at 8 pm. on God With Us.
Evening star., 1949-01-22

lain T. c. Miller, Chaplain H. G.
Elsam, DR.. R. r. Hill, DR.. w. H.
Erskine. Representative Victor
Wickersham, the Rev. William j..
Lineback, DR.. Harry L. Bell, the
Rev. Myron w. Chrisman and DR..
J. Warren Hastings. DR.. Hastings
will be in charge of the laying on
of hands ceremony, which is the
climax of the ordination service.
when Stones Cry Out" is the
Evening star., 1949-01-22

Isubject of DR.. Hastings at 1880 am.
DR.. Hastings will speak following
the Thursday church dinner on
Toward Religious Maturity" Res
ervations may be made at the
church Office, National $3.50, by
Monday evening.
Evening star., 1949-01-22

National G t y
C h r i S t / a n
Church. At a
recent meeting
the Board of
Elders, DR.. r. r.
Hill, chairman,
approved Mr..
Miller's applica-
ton for ordina-
ton.
Those partici-
pating in the
S erV ice ar e
Chaplain Harris
w. Howe, Chap
lain M on rO e
nrnur ir Ghon
Evening star., 1949-01-22
Ordination Services
OF Thornton Miller, Jr.

Thornton C. Miller, jr., son of
Rear Admiral Thornton c. Miller,
will be ordained to the Protestant
ministry at pm. tomorrow in the
Laurel outlook., 1949-09-14
JAMES BYRD DIES
At HOME IN EDGAR

Funeral services for James A,
Byrd, 70, who died Sept. 10 at his
home in Edgar, were conducted
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock
in the Edgar high school gymna-
SUM, with H. G. Oliver of Great
Falls and C. H. Richter as speak
ers. Interment was in Rockville
cemetery.
Music at the gymnasium was
provided by a sextet composed of
T. C. Schrumpf, Mrs. Walter
Schenck, Mrs. John Robinson, Mr..
and Mrs. Clyde Stephens and Miss
Dorothy Sheldon, with M. G. Eng
elhardt as pianist. They sang
"He Is the One" and "Only Re-
membered." For the ~graveside
service they sang Called Home to
Rest"
Pallbearers were Rodney Sim,
Charles Mcpherson, Claude Mes
sic, C. R. Boquette, J.. E. Patter-
son and Stanley Collins.
Mr.. Byrd was born Nov. 81,
1870, in Tennessee, the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Lewis Byrd. He and Ida
Akin were married June z, 1899,
at Thornfield, Mo. They had been
residents of Edgar SO years at the
time of Mr.. Byrd's death.
He is survived by his widow; a
brother, John Byrd; five sons,
Hugh, Otis, Russell, Lawrence and
Jack Byrd; five daughters, Mrs.
Bertha Rippee, Mrs. Galvesta Tay-
Tor, Mrs. Ruby Roberts, Mrs. w.
B. Truman and Mrs. A. c.. Krug;
"a grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
Laurel outlook., 1949-09-14
New Course Offered
At State College

This year for the first time, a
four-year course in agricultural
engineering will be offered at
Montana State college, Bozeman,
and upon completion of the course
the student is eligible to receive a
bachelor of science degree with a
major in agricultural engineering.
The course is designed to train
students to operate and maintain
machinery used on farms and
ranches, to work in the service
field for farm machinery dealers
and manufacturers or to serve as
extension specialists in agricultur-
al engineering.
Students interested in taking
the course will find detailed infor-
nation in the 1949-50 Montana
State college catalogue which
may be obtained by writing the
Registrar, Montana State college,
Bozeman. Autumn quarter begins
with freshman week Sept. 26 and
formal classroom work will begin
Oct. 8.
Laurel outlook., 1949-09-14
Whitehall All Club
Wins a HOnOrs
For Best Meetings

Bozeman, Sept. 14.-Because of
it's complete program of activities
and service, the Whitehall Whizz
club of jefferson county has been
named state winner of the All
Club Meetings contest. The an
nouncement is by T. w. Thompson,
stateclub lelader at Montana State
college.
Seven other clubs receiving hon
orable mention are Upper High
wood club, Choteau county; Lively
Livestock club, Yellowstone coun-
ty; Hogeland Star club, Blaine
county; Banana Belt Workers club,
Lake county; Lucky Star club,
Saltwater county; Big Hole club,
Deer Lodge county, and Oilfield
Opportunists club, Toole county.
The leader, the president and the
Laurel outlook., 1949-09-14
MONTANA REGIMENT is
PLANNING 1949 REUNION

The annual reunion of the 163rd
infantry, Montana's own, is to be
held in Helena Sept. 16, II and IS.
Advance registration for the re-
union promises that this will be
the top get-together since the regi-
ment was inactivated at Kure-
Hiroshima Dec. 81, 1915. Last
years reunion was in Billings. Of
ficers of the organization forecast
that as the years go by these occa-
,sions will become more and more
popular. Members of the organi-
cation are scattered all over the
United States.
Laurel outlook., 1949-09-14
K|WAN|S CONVENTION
TOLD BY DELEGATES

Reports concerning the Kiwanis
convention held in Great Falls the
latter part of August occupied the
majority of the program when the
Laurel Kiwanis club met Wednes-
day evening at the parish hall. DIR.
W. A. Mccormick led off on the
convention report by describing
some of the functions of the con-
vention organization and the work
accomplished by that organization.
He described the meeting as "out-
standing" Among the other fea-
lures of the convention, he was
much impressed with the fact that
IL was set up on a strict time
schedule which was closely fol-
H. Lee Hamlet followed on the
program schedule and filled in on
points he thought had been over
looked by DR.. Mccormick. Ham,
lett spoke of the new park that
was given to the city of Great
on the first day of the con-
vention by the Kiwanis club there.
Developing from this point, Ham
lett spoke of the stress placed on
youth programs by Kiwanis. He
on the note hat though rec
reation programs Should be given
a high place in Kiwanis activities,
children should be taught to work
well as to play.
Pres. j.. Willard Baldwin also
made a short address on the sub
'ect of the convention.
When he arrived at the meeting,
DR.. E. c. Hall was given a spon-
,aneous ovation by the club MEM
,ers in consideration of his attend
nee record.
Laurel outlook., 1949-09-14
COLLEGE STUDENTS
TO RESUME STUDIES

Laurel students returning this
week to colleges of their choice are
Paul Void, Campbell Calvert,
Gwen Dyer, Jack Mitchell, Wayne
Willis, John Smith, William
Speare, Richard Moran, Stanley
Ronnie, Joel Roth, Donald Graft
and George Fox to Montana State
university at Missoula.
James Sherrow, Gerald Early,
George Lantz, Stanley Olson, Jer-
ry Dull, Jesse Long, Paul Dull and
Delbert Teeters are going to Mon
tana State college at Bozeman.
Bonnie Barr, Marilyn Albertus,
Walter Hall, Victor Frank and
Melvin Lackman will attend East
ern Montana College of Education
at Billings.
Vernon Alvin will go to Kansas
City Art Institute, Leo Fink to
Rocky Mountain college in Billings,
Donald Smith to Spokane Telegra-
piers school, Pat Johnston to Car
Institute of Technology in
Pittsburgh, Pa, Dorothy Hilgert
to the University of Wyoming at
Laramie and Keith Brown to the
University of Southern California.
Laurel outlook., 1949-09-14
SLATE OFFICER OF
U.S.C.C. TO SPEAK

j. R. Pratt of Minneapolis, man.
ager of the northwestern division
of the Chamber of Commerce of
the United States will speak on
Federal Aid to Education" at a
general meeting of the Laurel
Commercial club the evening of
Monday, Sept. 26. The session,
preceded by a dinner at $50, will
be at the Odd Fellows hall on West
Main street. Announcement of
Pratt's speaking engagement here
was made this week by Hugh
Sweeney, secretary of the Com
mercial club.
Pratt has degrees in liberal arts
and law from the University of
Minnesota. Before coming to the
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States he was associated
with the Duluth Chamber of Com
merce for 16 years, five of which
was as assistant executive secre-
tary and IL as executive secretary.
He was a director of the National
Association of Commercial Organ
ization Secretaries during 1887, '3S
and '39 and for several years was
a member of the board of the
Minnesota Association of CONNER
cial Secretaries. He also served as
It's president.
Since August, 1943, he has been
of the northwestern divi- !
sion of the Chamber of Commerce
Of the United States, which covers
Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska,
and South Dakota and Wyo-
Laurel outlook., 1949-09-14
800 Ring-N ecks
Are Released In
Vicinity OfCity

Laurel Rod and Gun club liber-
ated 300 ring-neck pheasants in
the vicinity of Laurel last Thurs
day. Some were placed in terri
tory about three miles west of
Laurel, others on the flat south of
town and a number in the lower
Clarks Fork valley. They will help
replenish the stock of game birds
in this locality.
C. G. Scott, secretary of the
Laurel club, said hat although the
birds were but six or seven weeks
old they e large and well col
ored. They were Matched at the
states game bird farm east of
Billings.
Laurel outlook., 1949-09-14
CONTRACTS LET FOR
FAIR IMPROVEMENTS

Contracts totaling $8,976 for re-
pairs and improvements of the
grandstand, bleachers and audito-
rum at the Midland Empire fair
ground, Billings, were let Thurs
day by the county commissioners.
Riedesel Construction company,
whose bid was an even $4,000, was
awarded the contract for bleacher
improvement. The offer of a sec
ond bidder, Hitz Construction COM
pany, was $6,187. The work in
wolves extension of a mezzanine to
meet another to be constructed in
the new grandstand. Except for
the paddock, a cement floor is to
be laid under the grandstand.
The plumbing section of the i'm
provements was awarded to Dreier
Plumbing G. Heating Co., whose
bid was $1,403. Christensen
Plumbing & Heating Co. submitted
a bid of SLIT. This is for in
stallation of rest rooms in the
bleacher section.
The wiring contract went to En-
pire Electric company, S245. Other
bids were by Billings Electric COM
pany, $3.50; Treasure State Elec-
trio company, 1920, and Yellow
stone Electric, 1858. The wiring
will be done in the bleacher sec-
ton.
j. c. Boespflug Construction
company was awarded the contract
for repairs to the roof of the audi
forum on a bid of S2,32S. Empire
Cooling G. Heating Co. bid $4,-
1920. A portion of the dome
roofing is to be replaced, together
with work on flat sections of the
roof.
Laurel outlook., 1949-09-14
DEMOCRACY IS
NOT NEW TO INDIA

Mahatma Gandhi, the late Hindu
nationalist leader in India, achiev-
ed his position of prominence be-
cause he maintained a close and
sympathetic contact with his peo-
pie and because he adopted the
principles of Christianity to his
political program, according to
Rev. Benjamin Balaram. Balaram,
who is a native of India, an or
dained Methodist minister and a
high school instructor in Bombay,
who has been doing graduate work
at schools in the eastern United
States. He is now travelling
through the United States on a
speaking tour and made his first
appearance in Laurel when he adj
dressed the Rotary club Tuesday.
The major point of Balaram's
address vas the future of democ-
racy in India. 1t was his view that
India has been well prepared to
receive democracy by such demo-
cratic institutions as the village
councils, which have been the
source of local government since
the inception of the caste system
in that country. The people of
India, he said, are eager to achieve
a complete democracy and are
bending their efforts to the task.
He cited the example of high
caste men trained in the best Eu-
ropean and American universities
who on their return to their ma
tive land have given up great
wealth and power to adopt the
habit of the peasants and to work
for the independence of midas
millions.
People in the United States are
in error, Balaram said, when they
assume that their greatness in
Asia is attributable to the atom
bomb or powerful armed services.
my people are not impressed by
DEATH" he stated, "for you cannot
invent a weapon that will take
greater toll than the disease and
poverty in which they live. You
are considered great by those peo-
pie not as a result of powerful
weapons, but as a result of your
gifts of life and freedom from
suffering"
At one point Balaram defended
the caste system as it existed
when originally introduced in In
1ia: a system designed to bring
security and organization to the
vast population of India, but a sys-
tenn which degenerated to the
of class distinction and in
Restating his stand on the fu-
,ure of democracy in India, Bal
aram said good leadership and
he heritage of democracy from
village council make India the
center of strength of democracy in
D.,
Irving auckland, San Francisco,
vas a guest at the meeting. ,
Laurel outlook., 1949-09-14
ROtana Opens Its
New Season With
Dinner Meeting

A dinner meeting of the Rotans
club was held Monday evening al
Z o'clock at the Moose hall, with
Miss Grace Stadalman and Mrs,
Ina Eschom as hotsesses. Mrs.
Eleanor Greening, vice president,
conducted the business in the abb
sence of the president, Mrs. Helen
Toombs.
An invitation was issued to all
Rotana members to attend a pro-
gram tea at the Y. w. C.. A. in
Billings Sunday afternoon, Sept.
Is, from 3 to 6 o'clock.
Christmas gift wrappings were
ordered and will be sold by mem
bers.
Congratulations were extended
to Miss Elizabeth Cooke on her
election to the national board of
directors Of Rotana clubs.
Mrs. Inez Simmns presented pi-
ano numbers by Connie Pewitt,
who played climbing" and Carol
Walton, who played "Polywog."
they played a duet, "Bi-
cycle Built for Two"
The next meeting will be Sept.
26 at the home of Mrs. Edythe
Teeters, with Mrs. Elizabeth Kais-
erman and Mrs. Lois Russell as
co-hostesses.
Laurel outlook., 1949-09-14
Locomotives Going
To BOZeman Friday
To Meet Hawks II

The Laurel football squad, 25
strong, travels to Bozeman Friday
afternoon to play the Hawks at 8
p. m. that night.
Laurel fans are a bit skeptical
over a repeat of last years VIC
tory, after BoZeman's easy win
over the Fergus Eagles. The
Hawks showed a strong running
attack and held Lewistown to a
minus ~ yards from scrimmage.
The local squad is in good shape
and if they play like they did
against Powell the second half,
they might be able to hold Boze-
man to a low score.
This is a non-conference game.
Laurel outlook., 1949-09-14
MONTANA FARM COMMODITY
PRICES CONTINUE DECLINE

Lower prices Aug. 10 for grains
and some classes of meat animals
were largely responsible for an
other APPOINT drop in the Montana
farm products index. The all-com-
modify index of 241 per cent of
the 19O9-14 average was a points
lower than on July 10 and 40
points lower than a year earlier.
The all-grains index slipped II
points during the month and the
meat animal index 5 points. Ex-
.ceptions were a APPOINT increase in
the dairy products index, a z point
increase in the chickens and eggs
index and a 10-point increase in
the miscellaneous group.
Laurel outlook., 1949-09-14
SEISMIC PARTY Of
20 SETSUP To MAP
SUB-T0POGRAPHY
Gulf Company Group Moves
Here From Wyoming For
Fact Gathering Work

A seismic geophysical party Of
the Gulf Oil company has set up
an office in Laurel and is now pre-
pairing maps of the sub-surface.
structure at various points in this
area. There have previously been
some minor operations of this ma
ture carried on in Montana by
crews based in neighboring states;
however, this is the first time that
a party has been based in Montana
and extensive mapping operations
undertaken.
j. w. Rupert, party chief, states
that his group consists of 20 men.
For the past six and one-half
years, he said, they have been
working in Wyoming and were at
Riverton several years before COM
ing to Laurel. Of the 20 men in
the party, II have brought their
families with them. Ten trailer
houses which they brought along
and some houses in Laurel have
provided almost all the housing the
party needs, but one house is still
needed.
Statistics are used to show that
the odds against a wildcat we'll be-
ing a producing well are 100 to 1;
however, when using information
obtained by the seismic survey the
odds are reduced to II to 1.
In order to obtain information
'egarding sub-surface structure,
he seismic crews use instruments
hat are extremely sensitive to
Earth vibrations. After placing
.hese instruments in their proper
ocations, the crew detonates a
of dynamite in a shallow
veil. The defamation of the dyna-
mite sends shock waves down
through the earth and these waves
reflected by the various sub
surface strata. The instruments
which were set up before the dyna-
mite a set off record the reflec-
ion of these shock waves and
the information thus obtain
ID it is possible to plot the deep
itructures of the earth.
The party in Laurel is not look
ng for oil, but it is merely map
ing the sub-surface structure.
after maps of this structure are
ompleted, the maps will be turned
yer to the Gulf Oil company's
Biological department which will
etermine whether or not worth
lille oil structures exist in the
rea mapped.
Laurel outlook., 1949-09-14
FIRST GRADE TRANSFERS
WOULD BE APPRECIATED

Due to unexpected large enroll
ment in the first grade depart
ment, Supt. Fred W. Graft has IN
nounced that he will appreciate
voluntary transfers to either East
or South schools, especially if the
added distance means only a block
or two.
The two first grades at the
North school are not now nor will
be later divided on an ability ba-
sis; consequently, transferees will
not be affected in going to a school
where there is but one room.
Laurel outlook., 1949-09-14
ADULT FELLOWSHIP MEETS

The Adult Bible Fellowship met
Tuesday evening at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold VanNice for
a pitch-in supper at $50, with
about 80 members present. Wes-
ley Freeburg was appointed to
take charge of sending CARE
packages from the class this year.
Rev. Clarence Spellman will be
the teacher, and a new series in
Bible study was outlined,
Laurel outlook., 1949-09-14
NEW REGULATIONS
IN PAYMENT Of
FEDERAL TAXES|
Collector Of Internal Revenue
Says Instructions From
Washington Are Final

"a great deal is heard these
days regarding government spend
ing, and the possibility of expendi-
lures exceeding income," Tom Rob-
inson of Helena, collector of in
ternal revenue for the district of
Montana, has said. "The POSSIBLE
ity of a deficit occurring would be
greatly lessened if we could con-
vince taxpayers who are indebted
to the government that We cannot
operate or promises, but that when
a tax is due, it must be paid.
There are some 1,015,000 tax
payers in the United States today
who are not paying federal taxes
as promptly as they are required
to do under law, and we have our
share of them in the state of
Montana. This condition has
brought about a situation which
has made it necessary for the COM
missioner of internal revenue at
Washington to issue drastic in
structions to all collectors of in
ternal revenue relative to out
standing taxes. Starting immedi-
ately we are proceeding to carry
out the bureaus instructions, and
have put into operation in the dis
trict of Montana a definite plan of
procedure looking to the collection
of all warrants for distraint now
in the hands of our field deputies.
$50 many taxpayers seem to be-
ieve that the government should
be paid last, and that all other
demands upon their incomes should
be met before the payment of tax
es. Under the law, exactly the re-
verse is true. Federal taxes are a
preferred claim against the assets
of any individual or company in
debted to the United States gov
eminent for taxes.
ut is the plan to discontinue
permitting taxpayers to make par
tial payments on delinquent taxes,
or on deficiencies in taxes. Any
leniency that we have accorded in
the past for the payment of taxes
will have to be discontinued to a
considerable extent, and all ac-
counts when due must be paid in
full within a reasonable time, or
it will be necessary to distrain
upon and seize property to satisfy ]
the governments claims, and l
shall have no alternative other {
than to proceed in that manner.
The taxpaying public car be of t
great service to its government, !
and to this office, if it will coop !
crate and meet its federal tax OBJ 8
legations without necessity of legal |
force by this office. l
81 dislike very much having to c
proceed in the manner outlined, 7
but it is my duty as a servant of '
the people to carry out the in I
structions of my superiors in '
Washington and to perform my I
iuty as collector of this district, I
and in justice to the thousands of n
who do pay their taxes -.
promptly and without protest, we L
it is only fair that every a
effort be made to collect all unpaid +
and overdue accounts" .
Laurel outlook., 1949-09-14
ENROLMENT IN
SCHOOLS GAINS
N Nearly Complete Figures
Show Increase OF 113
Over Last Year

With enrolment for the school
year practically completed, there is
a substantial gain shown over last
years figures.
North school has the largest
number of pupils, with an enroll
ment of 402 in grades l to 6 inclu-
sive. South school is second with
1872 pupils in the first six grades.
East school is a close second to
South school with a total of 1873.
Byam has 80 pupils in the first
eight grades. This shows a total
of TIT children in the elementary
grades, an increase of 81 over last
years number.
Junior high school students this
year number 1872, which is an in
of % over last years 169.
In the senior high school, 264
students are listed, an increase of
nine over last years 255.
Thanks For Flowers
On behalf Of the entire person
mel of the Laurel school system,
Supt. Fred w. Graft said this
week that the staff wishes to ex-
press their appreciation for the
bouquets of garden flowers
were placed in every school
room and office on the opening
day of school by the members OF
the Laurel Woman's club.
"This is an annual custom of
the Woman's club and one that
expresses a warm welcome from
The community to the members of
he education department." Graft
said.
Laurel outlook., 1949-09-14
O. E.. S. HEAD TO VISIT

Mrs. j. w. Long, Mrs. o. K
Chapman and Mrs. Walter Chap
man were hostesses Wednesday
afternoon to the Past Matrons club
at the Masonic temple. Following
a 1 o'clock dessert, the afternoon
was devoted to sewing. Plans were
made for entertaining the worthy
grand matron when she makes her
official visit to Zidonian chapter
No. so, o. E. S., Oct. 6.