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Evening star., 1949-07-10
A Short Story

DARBARA HILTON was radiant bride. She
- was also triumphant one Her mother,
anxiously watching her change from the deli
cate lace wedding dress into her travelling
clothes. smiled in spite of her misgivngs.
You do look like the cat who swallowed
the canary, Barby" she murmured
Barbara's brown eyes glinted and her
mouth twisted in grin. why shouldn't II"
she retorted You know how hard had to
work to get him."
Yes" said her mother
The extraordinary thing was that it was
true. Barbara, who was lovely and gay and
intelligent, who had had first choice of every
eligible young man in Marsden since she was
sixteen, had pursued Dave Carmichael shame
lessly. He was not only the first man she had
ever wanted to marry, but he was the first
man who had steadfastly refused to become
interested in her. Mrs. Hilton suppressed
sigh. She liked and admired Dave Carmichael
and she loved her only child. Dave had appar-
emily conquered. or sublimated, his appre-
tensions about their marriage; Mrs Hilton,
not being young man in love, retained hers.
IN write you. darling" promised Barby
She swooped up the mink coat which her
father had given her as an additional wedding
present. "Oh, Mother. I'm so happy"
WEDDING guests filled the double drawing
rooms of the big. bright city house Barby
hurried down the stairs to where Dave stood,
and they ran together through shower of
rice to Dawes car. with the doctors insignia
above the license plate.
We'll" said Barby, as they moved down
the road between tall yellow elms and scarlet
naples, that wasn't so bad. was it?"
His mouth jerked. "Barbaric," he contra
dicted. "A relic of prehistoric customs"
His gray eyes left the road for an instant to
look at her. But on the WHOLE worth it,
I'd say"
"Darling" cried Barby Oh like your
voice and the way your mouth looks when
you say words and your eyes and your
nose -" Her voice choked, and she put her
hand over his strong. sensitive fingers.
He pulled the Car to the side of the road
and kissed her. "Oh, Dave" said Barby,
I'm going to make you so glad you married
me-"
"The trick now." he said, is to make you
glad you married me-
Aren't you silly?" she murmured. Lets
60. Well never get home, this way"
He grinned. Want to get homer He
turned the car back on the highway. Some
times think you're crazy. If you'd married
almost anyone else, you'd be on your way to
Bermuda. or suite at the Ritz. or -"
"Or almost anywhere but home." she
stopped him. will Mrs. Burch be there?"
Evening star., 1949-07-10

Mrs. Burch was the neighboring woman who
had agreed to help Barby with the house.
work.
Dave was still grinning. do you want her
to be there?" He looked at his wristwatch
I'VE ought to make it by seven. If you'll stop
interrupting the driver"
Barby pulled off her suede tam and leaned
her chestnut head against his shoulder Il
won't say another word" -.
Already her familiar world was behind
them, the gracious rich old Massachusetts,
towns with big houses screened by hedges of
arbor-vitae. Three-car garages and tennis
courts, tiled swimming pools and country
clubs with rolling expanses of golf links and
handicapped gardens. . The smooth wide road
narrowed, became less smooth and more
winding.
They had been heading west, toward the
dropping sun, and now the road turned and
they sped due north, while the distant hills
piled higher about them, wooded and wild
The New England villages made repetitive
pattern. scattered farms. the sign, Thickly
Settled - Reduce Speed, the huddled cluster
of houses and stores, with leaf-strewn COM
mon, white church and schoolhouse and
hall, scattered farms again, miles of curving
road
Harper's Mill, where Dave had taken over
the practice of the late and only DOCTOR was
a town of less than thousand inhabitants.
What you have to understand, Barby,"
Dave told her, lis that, for me, it's life
sentence. You see, know what | want.
Nothing - not even you - is going to change
it,
Il want in fifty years. to be the Old Doc,
delivering third generation of babies The
only thing in this disordered world that
doesn't change or turn to ashes in your mouth
is relationship with a living community"
Sometimes she loved the sound of his voice
so much that she could not hear the words.
1t was warm voice, unusually deep for
slender young man of twenty
Ut ISN'T easy to be a doctors wife," he
warned her, not once but dozen times. He
was the son of doctors wife; he knew. I'm
be late for meals, or not even there Some
times I'll be gone all night. Well probably
never have quite enough money. -"
She did not care what she did not have,
so long as she had Dave. She had never known
man like him. He had everything she had
ever liked, in other men. He could be as
sophisticated and adventurous as Hal Abbott.
her wealthiest - and, until she met Dave,
her heaviest - suitor. He was as sensitive
and imaginative as the young Harvard in
structor who had asked her to marry him; as
practical as Billy Barnwell, who earned his
first hundred thousand at the age of twenty
five
Dave pulled the car to the side of the road
Evening star., 1949-07-10

again. II didn't say one word," said Barby.
"You didn't say no." he retorted.
1t was seven-thirty when they entered the
township of Harper's Mill, and turned in the
drive of the square, clapboarded house with
the new sign: DAVID CARMICHAEL, MD.
OFFICE HOURS: 8-lO-2-4. Barby had seen
the house twice before, once when Dave had
bought it, and again when their furniture
arrived. 1t was almost quarter of a mile
from the center of the village, but it had been
the only good house available. Barby loved
the location, the absence of near neighbors,
the rolling fields and meadows with tumbled
stone walls, dipping and rising toward the
shadowed mountains on the west
HERE was lighted candle in every one
of the twenty-four paned windows on the
front of the house. She said, "Oh Dave!'
and clutched his hand.
He looked at her face and blinked, as
though he had looked into an overnight
light
"1'1l get the suitcases later" he told her,
huskily. The bride goes first"
He lifted her in his arms holding her tight,
and walked up the tagged path. Barbys
arms clung about his neck. The wedding had
been beautiful, but this was the moment she
would never forget, she and Dave alone, the
sllhouettes of the hills and mountains darker
than the pewter sky, the silence, and their
own bright house awaiting them
The paneled door swung open as Dave
put his foot on the step. In the wavering
light of the candles, the figure blocking their
entrance seemed impossibly tall, gaunt and
grotesque, like an apparition. 1t moved back
ward, as Dave carried Barby across the
threshold and gently set her down. Unsmilng
and grim. Mrs. Burch looked at them
I'm sorry, Doctor. but had to stay"
Her voice was nasal and rasping. The
Everetts' little girl is awful burned. She
tipped over kettle of boiling fat on herself
They got the district nurse there, but the poor
little tyke is in agony, and -"
when did it happen, Mrs Burch?" Dave
asked, steadily
Must have been about an hour ago. was
just making to leave. They've KEEP calling -
they tried to get DR.. Walker from Riverton,
but he's gone to Maine and ="
You'd better put on your coat and show
me the way" said Dave. He did not look at
Barby, as he crossed the hall to the rooms on
the right which were his Offices
Mrs. Burch's angular face was expression
less in the candlelight She looked down at
Barby as though she we're about to speak
Then she turned abruptly and picked up her
black coat, got into it awkwardly
Barby moved into the living room and sat
down on the Sheraton sofa which she and
Dave had bought together. Dave returned,
carrying his black bag. He took hold of her
Evening star., 1949-07-10

octors wifi warnedB But Barbaa
ncouldc jus scaried
BY PHYLLIS DUCANNE
Uunutey yCeueeH
Laurel outlook., 1949-08-31

Charlotte and Darlene Decker,
daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde
Decker, are spending their vaca-
ton visiting their grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Goyer, at Au-
burn, Wash.
Visiting at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Void were Mrs.
Wold's aunt, Miss Pauline Drol-
linger of Cheyenne, Wyo., and her
sister, Mrs. Ward Pope and son
Christopher of Allentown, Pa. On
Saturday morning the visitors left
to tour Yellowstone park.
Mrs. Ray Stevens and two chill
dren left Monday morning to drive
to Miles City where they will
visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
L. A. Jacobsen. In Forsyth they
will be guests of Mr.. Stevens
mother, Mrs. Anne Stevens, and
will return to Laurel next week.
Laurel outlook., 1949-08-31
The Outlook Says

MI. and Mrs. Albert Shay and
daughter Gail Ann, and MI. Me
Ruder, owner and editor of the
Hungry Horse News at Columbia
Falls, visited in Laurel last week.
Mr.. Ruder attended the meeting
of the Montana State Press asso-
citation in Red Lodge, Aug. 20 and
Fl.
Mrs. R. l.. Scribner and two sons
left Thursday morning for San
Francisco. Sept. 7 they will sail
for Guam to join MI. Scribner,
who is in the navy. Mrs. Scribner
had been in Laurel since Febr-
uary at the home of Mr.. Scrib-
ner's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L.
D. Scribner. She was accompanied
as far as San Francisco by her
brother, George Wagner.
Mrs. Fred Hilgert returned
Tuesday from a Billings hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Marshall
and son of Dayton, Wash, were
overnight guests Saturday of Mr..
and Mrs. Ray Stevens. Mrs.
Stevens and Mrs. Marshall are sis
tiers. The Washington people had
been through Glacier national park
and had visited relatives in Miles
City. They stopped here en- route
to their home.
Mrs. Clinton Anderson was hos
tess to her bridge club Friday
afternoon. Mrs. E. M. Kucera was
a guest. Dessert luncheon was
served by the hostess and scoring
awards went to Mrs. Howard
Carter, Mrs. Eddie Burke and
Mrs. Ralph Bailey.
Mrs. Harold VanNice entertain
ed Friday evening at a shower in
honor of Mrs. Thomas Everett.
Games e played with prizes
being awarded and the remainder
of the evening was devoted to
hand work. Refreshments were
served by the hostess and the
gifts were presented on a table
decorated in pink and blue crepe
paper bows. Those invited to at
tend were Mesdames r. c. Col
son, Frank Bartholf, Clyde Deck
er, Wesley Freeberg, Dewey Ha-
fer, Ray Harris, Tom Matthias,
Lamar Orndorff, Albert Leuthold,
Platz, Kenneth Shay, Mer-
rift Williams, Charles George, o.
C. Cooper, Glenn Fry, Hazel Har-
den and the honor guest.
Laurel outlook., 1949-08-31
Local News Items

Mrs. j. j. Stanley was hostess
to a group of former classmates
Friday evening. Those present
were Roberta Speare Ambrose of
Oakland, Calf, Georgia Richards
Meng of Oregon, lila Easton Olson,
Lenore Combs Waddell, Leila Ba-
ker Harris, Lillian Bait Sorg and
Kay Green LaPrath. The eve
ming was spent in conversation,
and refreshments were served by
the hostess.
Fred Huntington celebrated his
tenth birthday by entertaining a
group of his friends last Thurs
day evening. The group enjoyed
a wiener roast at his home, fol-
lowed by a theater party. Those
present were David Baldwin,
Douglas Void, Carl Dahl, Jack
and Donald Sekora, Pat Giblin,
David Alters, Dick Egnew, Dick
Nolte and Don Nottingham.
Miss Shirley Wilson visited
friends here from Sunday until
Tuesday. She will also spend
some time in Billings before go
ing to Great Falls where she will
teach this year in the primary
department.
Thursday of last week Mrs. H.
A. Bundy, Mrs. Dominic Phelan,
Mrs. J.. R. Heebner, Mrs. C. H.
Barney, Joan Greening and Patsy
Bundy drove beyond Red Lodge.
At the Evert cabin they joined
Mrs. Theodore Evert and Mrs.
Ray Finley and children for a
picnic. Mrs. Evert, Mrs. Barney
and Mrs. Heebner remained at the
cabins for the rest of the week
and were joined Saturday by their
husbands. Sunday the group cele-
brated Mr.. Heebner's birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Price and
son Clyde and Mrs. Hugh Dickson
spent Thursday visiting relatives
in Billings. They were dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Dickson.
P~icnicking above Red Lodge
Sunday were Mr.. and Mrs. j. c..
Gruhlke, Mr.. and Mrs. F. N. Barney
and MI. and Mrs. Floyd Dean and
son Tommy. Mr.. and Mrs. Dean
are from Marshall, Mich, and
have been visiting relatives here
the past month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip Fountain
Of Spokane are visiting their son
and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Harris. %
Laurel outlook., 1949-08-31

Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Bait were
dinner hosts Thursday evening
when their guests were Rev. Theo-
dore Strobel of Portland, Ore,
Rev. and Mrs. Harry Pfeiff and
family of Billings and Rev. and
Mrs. Herbert Haemmelmann and
family.
Mrs. C. G. Scott and daughters,
Betty and Nancy, spent last week
at the home of Mrs. Scott's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Bulls, in
Hardin. Saturday evening they
were joined by Mr.. Scott and Low
ell Bulls and the group returned
home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Hageman
were hosts at their cabin at Camp
Sonia to a group of young people
last week end. Those making the
trip we're Linda Johnston, Kenneth
Laurel outlook., 1949-08-31
Expert Claims Women Waste
Too Much Time on Trinss

ST. PAUL. MINN.-Fellas. gath
er round!
But, girls. you'd better not read
this because it might make you
madden than maybe you T al
ready.
DR.. Walter c. Alvarez-to get
the worst out first-says that wom-
en- make a mess of their lives be-
cause they constantly blow in $40
worth of energy on a 10-cent prob
lem"
DR.. Alvarez, hero Of the day that
he was, went on to declare that
women also wear themselves out
trying to make over an ordinary.
good. kind. prosaic husband into
a Charles Boyer"
The doctor is senior consultant
Of the division Of medicine at the
Mayo Clinic, Rochester. MINI. He
gave the ideas above-and below
at Ramsey county's (St. Paul's)
first health day program.
Now for the "below" part
DR.. Alvarez claims that women
""shop too long and then take back
what they buy"
MANY women cannot make up
their minds quickly enough
still the doctor talking-''and
when they do reach a decision
they reopen the matter again.
Some women court trouble for
themselves by trying to make a
sanity little Lord Fauntleroy out
of a normal noisy and active boy.
And" concluded DR.. Alvarez,
women love to get themselves
all upset having post mortems over
old sorrows. tragedies and I'M
pleasantnesses."
His advice to the girls: Learn
to live more sensibly and COM
P. S.-Yes, there were ONE in
the audience and DR.. Alvarez was
But-a mere male wrote
this.
Laurel outlook., 1949-08-31
Laurel New, Item.

News was received here last
week that R. E. Schuett has been
transferred to Duluth. Mr.. and
Mrs. Schuett and two daughters
have been living in Bismark and
will soon move to Duluth. Mrs.
Schuett is a daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. R. Heebner.
Julian Maetzker of Lake Wood,
n. l., a student at Carnegie In
stitute of Technology, Pittsburg,
Pa, has been a guest at the 2.
A. Johnston home. Last week he
was joined here by his mother,
Mrs. j. A. Naetzker, who came
by plane. They left Wednesday
morning to return to their home
by car,
Laurel outlook., 1949-08-31
Says Some Firms
Violate State Law
On Eight Hour Day

Robert C. Brown, chief of tn
labor division of the Montana de
partment of agriculture, labor ant
industry has requested the pub
fishing of the following:
"a partial survey recently con
Quoted by the labor division o.
the Montana state department Of
agriculture, labor and industry, il
a number of Montana cities dis.
closes that a number of employ
ers of labor are occasionally, anc
in a few cases frequently, violat-
ing the provisions of the state
eight hour law.
"The survey also shows that
most such violations occur in the
smaller establishments, lie. those
employing from one or two to 20
or 25 workers. Very. few. viola
tions have been uncovered among
the larger concerns.
"In most cases it appears that
the employer is not fully cogni-
zant of the provisions of the Mon
tana labor code. Many employ
ers seem to think that it is all
right to work employees in ex-
cess of eight hours per day if
they pay overtime for the excess
hours; this is not so. The consti-
tuition of the state of Montana
states:
"A period of eight hours shall
constitute a days work in all in
dustries, occupations, undertakings
and employments, except farming
and stock raising; provided, how
ever, that the legislative assem-
bly, may by law reduce the num-
Der of hours constituting a days
work whenever in it's opinion a
reduction will better promote the
general welfare, but it shall have
no authority to increase the num-
Der of hours constituting a days
work beyond that herein provid-
ed
SIN some occupations the work
week is limited to not more than
As hours. Among these are work
in retail stores, restaurants, cafes,
lunch counters and other CONNER
cial eating establishments. Vio-
lations of the section relating to
hours of labor in retail stores
are punishable by a fine of not
less than $50 or than 5000,
or by Imprisonment in the county
Jail for not less than 80 days
or more than seven months, or
by both fine and Imprisonment.
'The division of labor of the
department of agriculture, labor
and industry, is charged with the
enforcement of the labor laws of
Montana. The department does
not wish to prosecute anyone but
their duties and responsibilities
are plain. They will appreciate
the full cooperation of all en-
ployers that come under these pro-
visions, in order that they may be
saved the unpleasant duty of in
voking the penalties that apply
and the employer be saved en-
barrassment and unnecessary ex-
pense.
"Unless full cooperation is rea-
lized it will become necessary to
take proper action to enforce the
Laurel outlook., 1949-08-31
The News |
ofLAURELi

Complimenting Mrs. John Void
on her birthday, a group of IA
friends and relatives surprised her
Friday afternoon. Mrs. Void re-
ceived many gifts and after an
afternoon of bingo, refreshments
featuring a birthday cake were
served.
Visitors at the J. w. Baldwin
home last week were Rev. and
Mrs. Donald Baldwin and family
of MERGED, Calf.
Laurel outlook., 1949-08-31
Mother Is a freshman
And So lis Her Daughter!

CHENEY. WASH.-Mother is a
freshman-and SO is daughter.
Mrs. Fred Mcdaniel has enrolled
in the education department of
Eastern Washington college.
Her daughter. Mary Lou, is a
freshman in business administra-
ton.
Laurel outlook., 1949-08-31
West Coast Town Has
A Sfagecoach Robbery

REDWOOD CITY, CALIF.-There
was a s~tagecoach robbery in this
little West Coast town recently.
A O-year-old stagecoach was re-
ported stolen from a parking lot.
It had been brought here as a part
Of the 49'er rodeo celebration.
Laurel outlook., 1949-08-31

Johnston, Joyce Bradford, Mar
lene Freeman, Donald Bradford
and Wayne Hageman, Jr., Mr.. and
Mrs. Hageman and sons Ronald
Richard and Gary.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-22

MEETING
Glass no. 6 will be entertained
at the home Of Mrs, |. t. Baker, Jr.,
at her home on Main Street, Fri
cay evening, August 18th. All men,
berst are cordially invited.
McCOlley's Methodist Chapel
Rev.. James OMEN, pastor
Sunday, July oath
Sunday school services at 2 p. M.
Preaching at 3 p m, by pastor.
Union Methodist Church
Rev. James 0'Neil, pastor
Sunday, July 24th
Sunday school services.
Faith Bible Holiness Church
Rev. Robert b. NailOr, pastor
Sunday, July 24th
Sunday school services.
Preaching by pastor.
Worship service in the evening
at z o'clock. Everyone is welcome
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-22
GLENDALE
COMMUNITY NEWS

COMMUNITY NEWS
Mrs. Fred Rogers is in the Mil
ford Memorial Hospital, she is i'm
proving.
Eldred Beebe of Richmond, Va,
was guest of his parents and sis
ters, Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Beebe,
during the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Dickerson
and family of Phila., Pa, were Sun
day callers of Mr.. and Mrs. John
B. Dickerson.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. S. Hoyt are
are spending a few weeks as guests
of their daughter and son-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Meek, of
Charleston, West Va.
Roy Macklin of Wilmington, Del,
visited Misses Allie and Mia Mack
lin during the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. w. Nelson Hall and
sons are spending the month at
Rehoboth Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dias Spicer of FL
lendafe and Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Webb of Milford are having a de-
lightful motor trip through the
lsouth visiting Kentucky and othei
interesting and beautiful places.
Guests of Mr.. and Mrs. L. ]
Fleming on Tuesday and Wednes.
day OF last week were: Mrs. Sal.
yador Greco, Mrs. Alfred Galbusers
and children and Misses Edith an(
Shirley Weiss of Lima, Pa. Mrs
Marion Fields and Children q
Wyoming, Delaware.
Mr.. and Mrs. James L. Webb en-
tertained guests on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Ireland an,
daughters visited friends on Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. w. Ellingswortl
and daughter, and Miss ShiFle,
Carey of Glendale, and Richar'
Elllngsworth of Milford. motore
= to Rehoboth Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Tucker an,
daughters visited relatives on Sun
Mrs. S. L. McIlvain and Mis-
Mary McIlvain were callers, of Nj
and Mrs. N. McIlvain of Lewes re
Gently.
Miss Elise VanKirk of Phila., Pa
Is spending a few weeks here.
Mr.. and Mrs. ElwOod Morgan an
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Jones enjoye
l Sunday evening in Rehoboth.
!. Miss June Carey of Wilmington
spent the weekend with her pa1
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Carey an
t family.
> Miss Betty Ellingsworth of Wi
mington' is spending a few day
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-22

with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
David A. Ellingsworth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Williams
has purchased a new car.
SPECIAL
The Glendale Fire Company is
expecting to purchase a new fire
truck in the near future to help The
people of this community when
necessary. This organization has
always been faithful and respond
ed to every call for help day or
night, in this community or other
towns, so when these good fire
| laddies call ON you for donations,
be generous and help them get a
new truck. Any help will be ap-
/ preciated. We never know when we
may have to carl them to help us.
SPECIAL
Mr.. Thomas Fleming, believed to
be one of the oldest clammers in
this section, and who will be "a
years old on August 31st., has the
honor of being champion clam dig
ser. He has not been beaten by his
friends in getting CLAIMS, and many
have gone with him, SO he is now
looking for new opponents.
Mr. and Mrs. George NJ. Reed, Jr.,
of Milford, were callers in town
last week.
Mrs. John Davies and Miss Hell
en- Davies, and friends had delig-
. htful trip to Washington, D. c., on
Monday.
,, John Lindale who has been re-
ceiving treatment in Wilmington
Hospital, has returned home.
CHURCH NEWS:
Z Glendale Methodist Church
Rev. James O'Neil, pastor
Sunday, July cath
/ Sunday school services in charge
= of F. w. Ireland, supt.
| Preaching at IL a. M, by pastor
/ Evening worship service at 8 p
nj.
I SPECIAL
: The Glendale w. S. C. S. will
meet with Mr.. and Mrs. I. w. War
s rem on Thursday evening, July 26
;. All members are invited to be pre-
= sent.