Laurel outlook., 1949-12-28
Though ~ Was Full OF Work For Most,
laurel Had It's Fun and Achievements Too
Pool Now In Making me Recreation Program and Delegates Sent To BNsa Girls States Dem
phyes People Fbed Hunted and Enjoyed Life Despite umbmes.A Affair."

The year 1919, centennial of the
California gold rush which some
savants believe supplied the North
with important sinews to win lat
er over the South in the Civil
war, was in the main a year of
work for most Laurel people. They
listened with concern to the re-
ports of threats to world peace,
and also to the efforts of the
United Nations to avert disaster.
But although the continental hori-
IONS of the Forty-Niners had been
extended in a mere 100 years to
worldwide dimensions and to even
~interstellar space with no place
more than a matter of hours dis
tant from any other, the atten-
ton of Laurel people was more
frequently on what went on at
the fireside, within their circle of
intimate friends and near rela-
tives, and at the job. They took
time to be interested in sports,
a youth recreation program, cleo
lions, the labors of the state legis-
lature, and the local developments
of industry.
The year began with county Of
ficers and a good many state Of
ficers starting on terms of public
service. Laurel saw two of its
citizens, c. H. Barney as commits
sioner and Charles B. Sande as
attorney, so enter work at the
county courthouse after having
been elected the preceding autumn.
This was in January, the month
the legislature convened in Helena.
Title to the land and equipment
of the new athletic park was Of
fered to the city and accepted
by the council. DR.. D. A. Not
tingham was elected president of
the Commercial club for the n
suing year.
By the second week in February
the legislature had more than 400
bills before it. A critical live
stock and feed condition existed
in three southeastern Montana
counties, resulting from a storm
of widespread proportions that en-
veloped states farther south and
southeast. The annual basketball
tournament of district 6 was play
ed the last week in February,
Laurel high school won the
third consecutive year. The dis
trict was later remade and the
awarded to Joliet for
1850.
Three freight cars from France,
part of the Gratitude train the
French had sent to the Americans,
stood several hours in the Laurel
railroad yards early in March. The
,ity council approved a resolution
a special election to pass on
whether bonds should be issued
a swimming pool. The mail
ng of packages to Berlin was
by the Laurel post office,
tut later in the year the service
vas resumed after the Russians {
.ased the blockade. A Carnegie !
Zero medal was presented to John t
Kelly of Laurel for having res {
ued a child from a burning build
ng in June 1947. r
The swimming pool bonds were
pproved at a special election in
Ipril, opening the way for a re-
reation the people of Laurel had J
many years for their child C
en-. Charles Davis, former Laurel
mayor, died in California. Burg e
irs robbed the high school of ?
$50 to 5000. The mobile X-ray t
nit of the Montana tuberculosis p
ssociation visited Laurel in April. r
ate that month the city placed a +
arbage packer in operation for
lie first time. S
H. j. Newton retired as general j
brennan of the Northern Pacific S
hops in April after serving here u
2 years. The planting of crops a
nd other farm work got well t
nder way. Fifty-four seniors b
raduated from Laurel high o
.hool. Wilmont Wykoff of San O
h, N. D., arrived to direct a b
rge-scale recreation program for n
oung people. A two-day amateur Il
'deo was put on May % and 90. .
was a successful affair.
The Midland baseball league n
1ened it's summer schedule of a