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Laurel outlook., 1949-03-09
Helena Seems Empty After Legislature Adjourns;;
Some Say It Was Most Hectic Session Since '35

committee meetings, arguments,
roll calls and sound of gavels on
the rostrum.
The host of lobbyists, from
farm organizations, industry and
the professions to rackteers and
just plain individuals seeking
some special law, have also gone
their way, some to lick their
wounds and others to bask in the
glow of their self-proclaimed ac-
complishments.
The noise of the iron bandits
and the blurr of spinning wheels
will now subside somewhat. The
bartenders' evening shifts will be
less arduous. Room maids, bell
hops and mattresses will for
another two years miss the
numerous tips. The lawmakers
as a whole have been good spend
ers. Most of them a out of
blank checks on home town banks
weeks ago.
"We will miss you very much
and we hope you will be back
in two years." is the Gus
tomary farewell. Many of those
may be shattered when
January 1851 roll around. But
the general scene will be about
the same, with one possible ex-
ception-there may not be as
many means of extracting the
Legislative and nome town checks
if the slot machine referendum
and the $4,000 law enforcement
appropriation become as effective
as the fond hopes of their spon-
sors.
Accomplishments: Opinions re-
Continued on Page Six
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RED CROSS DRIVE
OPENS NEXT WEEK
Two WOmen's Clubs Cooper
ate In Annual Project
To Raise Funds

The annual Red Cross drive
for funds, usually known as the
roll call of members, is again be-
ing conducted by the Laurel Fed
Grated club, Mrs. Harlan r. Rus
sell announced this week when
describing plans for the coming
campaign. She is chairman of
the drive.
The Laurel Woman's club, CO.
operating with the Federated
club, will operate a booth in
the lobby of the post office Mon
day through Friday of the COM
ing week to receive subscriptions
and issue membership cards and
insignia. The hours will be from
8 to II mornings and l to 8
afternoons. During the week the
Federated club will conduct a
house-to-house canvass.
The drive will close officially
at the end of March.
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Instructor From
England Speaks
At Club Meeting

"World Citizenship" was the
subject of an address by Miss
Blodwyn Jones, exchange teacher
from England who spoke at a
meet of the Laurel Federated
club Monday evening at the home
of Mrs. Charles Shelton. Mrs.
Paul Boyer was cohostess and
Mrs. w. c. Porter, who was in
charge of the program, introduc-
ed the speaker.
Miss Jones, a teacher at the
junior high school in Billings,
emphasized the need of recog-
nizing individual responsibility in
maintaining world peace. She
stressed the Importance of edu-
cation as a ear of furthering
understanding between nations.
Mrs. Harold Burns had charge
of the music for the evening and
several recorded selections for
the pleasure of members and
guests.
At the business meeting, plans
for the clubs annual style show
and tea, scheduled for March 20
in the Odd Fellows Hall, were dis
cussed. Mrs. Harold Price, chair
man of the committee in charge
of business arrangements for the
show, announced that tickets will
go on sale this week and will be
sold through club members and
through merchants participating
III the style show and also at the
door. There will be two show
ings, at 2 and 5 p. M, with tea
served between shows.
Continued on Page Ten)
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PVT. WEBER TO Be
THURSDAY
Laurel Soldier Was Killed
Oct. Is, 1913, In Action
80 Miles From Naples

Funeral services will held at 1
p. m. Thursday in Settergren's
chapel in Billings for Pfc. Har-
ry Weber, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Weber, Sr., of Laurel.
Rev. NJ. H. Juengel, pastor of st.
Johns Lutheran church, will of
ficiate.
Military rites will be conduct
ed in soldiers block at the Laurel
cemetery, with the Veterans Of
Foreign Wars in charge.
Private Weber was born in
Laurel May 26, 1917. He was in
headquarters company, second
battalion of the Fifteenth di-
vision, and was killed in action
in Italy, 80 miles from Naples,
Oct. 10, 1943.
Surviving besides his parents
are four brothers, Henry, Jr., of
Jacob of Seattle, Alex
and George of Billings; four sis
tiers, Mrs. Ralph Roman near Lau-
rel, Mrs. Emma Burton of Den
yer, Mrs. George Schreiner of
Laurel and Miss Hulda Weber
of Laurel.
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FOUR CANDIDATES
FILE FOR OFFICES
At CITY ELECTION
Mayor Thomson Is Candidate
For Re- ElectiOn-Two File
In First Ward

Four candidates have filed
nominating petitions with the
city clerk, Miss Tillie Hohendorf,
for the general municial election
of April a.
Peter D. Thomson is a candi-
date for reelection as mayor,
Fred Feuerbacher seeks ~re-elec-
ton as alderman from the first
ward, C. C. Carpenter is also
a candidate in the first ward,
and Herbert Roger is a candidate
for city treasurer.
Mayor Thomson, a Northern
Pacific wrecker engineer, was
first elected to the office in
1943. Previously he had served
several years as alderman.
Alderman Feuerbacher, also an
N. P. employee, has served on
the council several times. Car
penter is employed at the Laurel
refinery.
Roger, candidate for treasurer,
is a teller at the Yellowstone
bank.
Miss Rosetta Fritz, clerk of
school district 7, said no filings
had been made at her office for
trustees.
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MITCHELL IS CHOSEN
FOR De M0LAY HONOR

Wayne Hageman, advisor of
the Norman c.. Johnston chapter,
Order of DeMolay for Boys, has
been notified by Chandler C.
Cohagen of Billings, past grand
master and active member of the
grand council of DeMolay that
John Ambert Mitchell of Laurel
has been nominated to receive
the Chevalier degree, the highest
award given for outstanding and
marked DeMolay activity and
labor. 1t is the first time a
Laurel DeMolay member has re-
ceived the honor.
John Mitchell, also known as
Jack Mitchell, is the grandson
of Mr.. and Mrs. Nels Vordahl of
Laurel and is attending Montana
Ctate university at Missoula. He
is a charter member of the Nor
man C. Johnston chapter here,
of which he was master coun-
sellor in 1916, and is active in
DeMolay work at both Laurel
and Missoula.
The degree will be conferred
in the spring.
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Girl Scout Council
Arranges Mother,
Daughter Banquets

A meeting of the Laurel Girl
Scout council Tuesday evening
at the home of Mrs. Joe Stoltz
was attended by % members.
Final plans were discussed for
the Girl Scout and Brownie ban
quets that are to be Wednesday
and Thursday at the Masonic
temple for mothers and daugh-
tiers.
Troop 6 was in charge of the
social hour. Moving pictures
shown by Mr.. and Mrs. Pafford
illustrated camp life at Beehive,
which is being considered for the
Girl Scout outing this summer.
Following the meeting, a Girl
Scout snack lunch was served by
Mrs. L. r. Stickelberger and Mrs.
J. Melvin Williams.
The next council meeting will
be April ~ at the home of Mrs.
E. R. Bradford, 523 Date avenue,
with troop 7 in charge of the
social hour.
Brownie Scouts at their meet
ing at the South school with
their leader, Mrs. Harry Defines,
rehearsed their parts for the
Brownie mother-daughter ban
quet, Thursday evening at the
Masonic temple.
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Hawthorne District
Forms New P.T.A.
At Meeting Friday

At a meeting Friday evening
at the Hawthorne school, a Par
emit Teacher association was or
ganized with Mrs. M. F. Craw-
ford, third vice president of
Montana State Parent Teacher
association, assisting.
The officers named are Neil
Shay, president; Mrs. Jack
Coombs, vice president, and Mrs.
Lena Sheets, secretary-treasurer.
Mrs. Hazel Wallace is chairman
of the membership committee.
Following the meeting a lunch
was served by Mrs. Sheets and
Mrs. Wallace, teachers of the
school.
Meetings are to be held on the
fourth Friday of each month, the
next to be on March 25.
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OFFICE STOPS
PARCELS FOR BERLIN

The Laurel post office has
been informed that until further
notice no packages will be ac-
cepted for delivery in Berlin.
A telegram received here March
5 by Postmaster Wayne Willis
said that lowing to technical and
transportation difficulties in Eu-
rope, acceptance of parcel post
packages for American, British,
French and Russian sections COM
prising the entire city of Berlin,
Germany, should be stopped i'm
mediately until further notice.
"Postmasters shall refuse all
parcels for Berlin and should
return to senders, suitably en-
dorsed, any parcels now on hand"
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YOUNG LADIES GIVE
K|WAN|ANS PROGRAM

Three young ladies, Joan Green
ing, Shirley Collins and Virginia
Baldwin, furnished the Laurel
Kiwanis club with a pleasant pro-
gam at its meeting Wednesday
evening. Miss Baldwin, daugh-
ter of the clubs president, j.
Willard Baldwin, contributed two
clarinet solos; Miss Greening, a
reading; and Miss Collins, daugh-
ter of the clubs vice president,
Harold Collins, a piano solo.
The concluding number was a
piano duet by Miss Collins and
Miss Greening. Collins as pro-
gram committeeman, introduced
the performers.
James Wilson, president, and
Ralph Hodges, program chairman,
represented the Kiwanis-sponsor-
ed high school Key club. Wilson
said that at least six and pos
sibly eight Key club members
will leave here March 81 for
Washington, D. c., to attend the
International Key club conven-
ton. The Montana delegation,
standing now at 80, will travel
in three special buses. High
school boys from the 48 states
and numbering 1000 or more
are expected to attend the con-
vention.
The Montana district, newly
started, may win the annual
award for the greatest percent
age of representation, Wilson in
dicated. The district has a total
membership of something like
100, of which the approximately
80 delegates will be about three
fourths. The district also rates
high for activities, accomplished
by first earning funds with which
to perform a variety of school
and community services.
Wilson thanked the Kiwanis
club for it's assistance to the
Key club, and also reported that
a score board for the Laurel
gymnasium, a project initiated
by the Key club, would be in
operation at the Southern divi-
sional basketball tournament this
President Baldwin presented
Dick Shotwell with a Kiwanis
pin and welcomed Walter Menello
Who had returned to active men,
,ership. A guest was Harold
rhorne of the Laurel Trading
company.
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Divisional Joust, Now
Opening 10 Be Hot Contest
Any Team May Take Hardware HOme-Lau-
rel Paired With Manhattan For Thursday
Night-Sell-Out Indicates Wide Interest

The Southern Montana class B
divisional tournament will get
under way in the Laurel gym
nasium Thursday in what is ex-
pected to be the most holly con-
tested inter-district clashes for
some time. No favorites have
been established for this meet
and any one of the eight par
Elephants could carry home the
hardware.
Opening the meet in the after
noon fray at 2 p. m. Thursday
will see the defending champion
H ardin Bulldogs against the
Harlowton Engineers. This will
be followed by the Belgrade Pan
theirs and the Central Catholic
Rams from Billings. In the first
game at 1880 Thursday night the
Laurel Locomotives will meet the
Manhattan Tigers, to be followed
by the Red Lodge Coyotes and
the Roundup Panthers.
The winners and losers will ad-
vance Friday in a double elimina-
ton contest that will determine
two teams for the state meet to
be held in Deer Lodge two weeks
later.
Coming into the mix here as
district winners r Belgrade,
Roundup, Laurel, and Hardin.
However, on the basis of sea-
sons play, none rate top ceding.
IEtra-district play shows that
Hardin, Laurel and Roundup
each won and lost one game.
Central holds two wins over
Roundup and splits with Laurel
and Hardin while Red Lodge suf-
fered its only defeat to Laurel
and forced the Locomotives into
overtime in the district finals.
and Harlowton went
down in the district finals by
margins, and Belgrade
In its wv district during
the seasons play.
Referees for the meet were
assigned by the board of con-
which selected Mike Henry
IF Lewistown, Jim Emmons of
Anaconda and Charles Hunt of
Missoula. Official scorers are
Leon Foote and Sam Bliss of
while Art T%iernary of
Billings and Wayne Willis of
laurel will handle the clock and
icoreboard.
Tournament chairman Fred
iraff says that the 400 reserv-
d seats set aside for the evening
have all been sold, but
out that some 800 rush
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Collection OF Fats
Set For Week End

There will be a collection OF
kitchen waste fats over the week
end by Girl Scouts of troops l
and 9. An extra large collection
is expected because of the long
period of time between collec-
tons and the extreme cold
weather.
Housewives are asked to CO.
operate again in having the
waste fat strained and cooled
and in tin containers, when the
girls make the door to door can
vass. Those who have waste fat
for which no girl calls, may
notify, Mrs. E. B. Murphy, SOP
Fourth avenue; Mrs. Joe Stoltz,
West Second street; Mrs. Harry
Defines, 303 Forest avenue; Mrs.
John Alvin, south of Laurel, or
Mrs. Robert c. Campbell, 423
Alder VENUE. They are mem
bers of the finance committee.
The finance committee wishes
all to know that the money re-
ceived from collecting and SELL
ing kitchen waste fats, and the
receipts from the travelling gift
basket and bank that have been
circulated among interested
and workers of Girl
Scouts, is to be used throughout
the year for the general Girl
Scout program. The committee
appreciates the splendid coopera-
ton that has made both projects
success so far this year.
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TypistS Here Score
Well In State Test

In a statewide tipping survey
conducted by a business college
at Missoula, three Laurel high
school students placed high on
the list, according to word re-
ceived by Miss Kammerzell, COM
mercial teacher.
The highest in the state
was GIG words a minute, ac-
cording to the survey. In a
15-minute test given in tipping
class II, Billie Lou Bartley's score
was 86.6; Miriam Franks, 1871
and Eleanor Mossman's, 1927.
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COMMERCIAL CLUB
APPROVES BUDGET
General Meeting Learns To-
tai May Be $~3,OOO-Coming
Sports Activities Aired

A general meeting of the Lau-
rel Commercial club Thursday
evening of last week approved a
proposed budget of 1920 for the
coming year. The figure, repre-
senting the total costs the re-
spective committees expect to
encounter, may be increased to a
goal of $4,000 when the solicit
tation is made among the MEM
bers. This was indicated by DR..
D. A. Nottingham, recently elect
ed president.
Although the treasury con-
tains about $1,000, most of the
money was earmarked during the
past year for various projects,
which will nearly wipe out the
balance.
An invitation to Gov. John
Bonner to attend a meeting of
the Laurel club brought a reply
from the governor that he ex-
poets to be in Billings April 8
and A and will be pleased to at
tend. The officers and men,
bers of the club favored a din
rer affair and speeches, with
provisions for a large attendance.
Business people we're urged by
President Nottingham to have
pictures made of their
chests when the mobile equip
ment operating in the state
comes here in April. 1t was re-
commended that all employees
be requested to cooperate in the
to detect tuberculosis and
other health threatening condi-
DR.. w. A. Mccormick reported
Continued on Page Ten)
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Opening Of New
Bowling Alleys
Set For Friday

The grand opening of a recent
ly completed bowling alley, to
be known as the Palace Lanes,
was announced this week by
Howard Carter for Friday, March
II, beginning at noon. The al
leys have been under construction
for some time and bear the
Brunswick label. They are four
in number.
The opening comedies with the
Southern divisional b k t b all
tournament which opens here
Thursday. Visitors and local
people interested in bowling are
invited to inspect the new alleys.
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Newly Organized
P.T.A. Chapter To
Meet March 23rd

The next meeting of the Laurel
Parent Teacher association will
be Wednesday evening, March %,
at 1880, F. E. Mayes, newly elect
ed president of the organization,
has announced.
Mayes stated he has called a
meeting of the executive board
and committee chairmen for the
early part of next week. Elec-
ton of standing committees and
plans for meetings will be COM
pleted at the first session.
Details of the prograss of the
association are to appear in the
Laurel Outlook for the benefit
of those interested.
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PROMINENT ARTISTS
SLATED FOR CONCERT

Three distinguished members
of Montana State university's
school of music are to appear
in a concert here Wednesday
March 16, sponsored by the Lau-
rel high school music department.
They are Eugene Andre, violin
list; Hasmig Gedickian, soprano,
and Rudolph Wendt, pianist.
Each year the university group
makes a tour of Montana and
this year has included Laurel in
its itinery, which the high
school music department consid-
ers fortunate. ...
Violinist Andre is director of
the university symphony orches-
ira and instructor in violin at the
Montana school of music. He
made his formal debut at the
age of Is with the Grand Rapids
symphony orchestra and later
was a member of two other or
chestras. He was soloist with
the Salt Lake symphony, and in
1910 won the New Artists award
for violin virtuosity.
Miss Gedickian, soprano, is in
structor in voice at the Montana
school of music, with degrees
from Shenandoah Conservatory at
Dayton, Va, and Northwestern
university's school of music. She
is one of the favorite instruct
ors of Miss Pattie Luer, the Miss
of 1913.
Mr.. Wendt, pianist, is very
well known throughout Montana
as a piano soloist and accompan-
list. He is professor of piano
at the Montana school of music,
holds degrees from Eastman
school of music, has studied at
the Julliard school of music and
has appeared as guest soloist
both the Rochester, N. Y,
and the Eastman symphony or
chestras.
The concert here will be open
to the public. Tickets for both
adults and students have been
on sale. Proceeds from
the concert will be used to send
several members of the high
music department to the
district music festival at Billings
in April and to the state music
meet in Great Falls in NAV.
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Program To
Precede Seal Sale

Mrs. S. A. Coulter of 219 East
Fifth street, president of the
Montana Parents of Cerebral Pal
sled Children, announced Wednes-
day that a special radio program
has been arranged by the Nation
al Broadcasting company for 4:30
EST Sunday afternoon and will
be heard here at 2:30 MIST. The
title of the program is Living
1949."
1t will be a preliminary before
the Easter sale of seals by the
National Society for Crippled
Children and Adults.
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Rv hurley BOWLER.

Helena, March 9.-The Desert
ed Village. While Goldsmith's
verses could hardly be applied to
the states capital city today,
Helena's hotels, restaurants, bars,
shops and streets present quite
a different scene from that of a
few days ago.
The states lawmakers, their
wives and families have departed
for their homes in the other 55
counties-all more than pleased
to get back to more placid sur
roundings and away from the
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PLAYERS ELIGIBILITY
DEFINED At ROTARY

To assist understanding of the
controversy over two basketball
PLAYERS, members of the Billings
Central schools team who were
ruled last week by the state
board of control as ineligible to
play in tournaments, Supt. Fred
w. Graft of the Laurel school
system spoke concerning the
matter at the meeting of the Ro-
tary club Tuesday. He was re-
cruited for the purpose by r. H.
Sterrett, program committeeman.
Graft, a former member of the
board of control, defined eligi-
bility and spoke of several in
stances where the board had
ruled certain players were in
eligible because of being too old,
q or more, or having played
more than four years in high
school competition. A Laurel
player was protested a few years
ago. Columbus also had the
same experience some years ear
lier. Billings high school was
once barred for a year from foot
ball. And Missoula was at one
time found playing two ineligi-
bles in football. This last caus-
ed the Missoula principal, who
was a member of the board of
control, to resign from the board.
Challenge of eligibility is not
uncommon, and for this and other
circumstances the board has rules
which it follows to insure de-
sired inter-school competition.
The speaker expressed surprise
that the board rendered a de-
cision with a split vote when
passing on the complaint reg
istered against the two Billings
players. He seemed to think that
the decision should have been
unanimous, either for or against
permitting the players to con-
tinue as team members. He was
of the opinion that the whole in
cident sprang from the two boys
having played in high school
competition while yet in the
eighth grade.
Pres. Oliver Void presented a
letter from the highway patrol
which accompanied a printed
agreement form between father
and teen-age son for safe opera
ton of the family car. Several
Rotarians requested copies of the
form.
DIR. D. A. Nottingham announc-
ed the state-operated mobile X
ray equipment would be two
days at the high school when It
comes to Laurel this year, and
later would be at a ~downtowwn
location. Heretofore there has
been little response from bust
ness people, which the sponsors
hope to correct during the ap-
preaching visit. Intended pri-
to detect tuberculosis, the
pictures also give warning of
cancer and heart ailments when
those conditions are present.
Acting Sec. Marvin Hoppel
reported that contributions to
the Rotary foundation fund were
in rapidly. !
A visitor was Ted Pierce OF
the Billings weather station, who
said the recent upset in the
weather occurred while he was {
a week end vacation from
his duties. L
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seats or more will be on sale
at the gate for each session.
Quotas to the participating towns
have been used up almost entire
ly by their fans, indicating the
whole-hearted backing that each
team will have during the three
day meet.
Laurel outlook., 1949-03-09

James H. Jordan returned to
Laurel Friday from Livingston
where he had spent a month as
the guest of his son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Claude
Gailbreath.