Laurel outlook., 1949-04-06
WOMAN'S CLUB ELECTS
MRS. PRICE PRESIDENT

Mrs. B. l.. Price was elected
president of the Laurel Woman's
club at a meeting Monday at the
home of Mrs. A. B. Warfield,
with Mrs. H. Lee Hamlet, this
years resident, presiding. Other
officers chosen for the coming
year were Mrs. Edward Coombs,
vice president; Mrs. l.. H. Dahl,
recording secretary; Mrs. w. K
Simmons, reelected financial
secretary; Mrs. E. L.. Sommers,
treasurer, and Mrs. H. A. Car
Isle, reelected historian for the
thirteenth consecutive year.
Clubs of the sixth Montana
district will have their biannual
meeting at Miles City May %
and "a, with Mrs. Marion Craw-
ford of Laurel presiding as pres
ident of the district. Mrs. B. L..
Price as local club president will
attend. Delegates elected at the
meeting Monday were Mrs.
Coombs and Mrs. Hamlet, and
Mrs. O.. R. Burdett and Mrs.
Warfield, alternates.
The next meeting of the club
will be April IS at Mrs. C. B.
Calvert's home. A tea for girls
of the high school graduating
class is being arranged for May
2 at Mrs. Hamlett's home, which
is also the date for installing the
clubs new officers.
At the meeting this week, Mrs.
E. L. Sommers gave an account
of a visit she and Mr.. Sommers
made to Los Alamas, N. NJ, the
home of their son and the site
of an atomic plant. Arrange
ments for their admittance had
to be made in advance.
The town is brand new and
has a population of 5000. The
location is on the top of a mesa
with sheer cliff sides and an
elevation of 1900 feet. AS a
protection against fire the houses
are made of steel, and fire
guards are on duty constantly as
part of the elaborate precautions
for safety on the 450-acre site.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sommers' son is
paymaster there.
Most of the employees are ex-
service men who have passed
rigid tests before their accept
ance-for security of atomic Sc
crets.
Mrs. Roy Roseberry read "a
paper, Getting Ready for Our
Flower Show Next August" in
which she mentioned the beauty
of tuberous-rooted begonias. The
bulbs require about the same
care as gladioli, and when dry
may be placed in a screw-top
glass jar as a means for pre-
serving their moisture during
storage. The plants worst en-
emies, slugs, may be combatted
with poisoned bait properly plac-
ed nearby.
"Do not spray your roses when
watering them; irrigate instead.
The spraying ruins the foliage"
Mrs. Roseberry said.
Mrs. S. S. Bliss gave a COM
prehensive review of Raw Coun-
try, a partial autobiography by
L. A. Nutting which also con-
tains a chapter by B. F. Lamb.
Nutting, born July 1, 1858, in
northeastern Kansas, decided to
go west when he was 20. In his
book he tells a story of varied
experiences in often odd circum-
stances. He came to Gallatin
in the early Cos, helped
to supply meat to captive In
dams at Miles City, later home
steaded land in the Yellowstone
that is now the site of
the Northern Pacific plants and
yards at Laurel. Mrs. .Nutting,
deceased, was an early member
Of the Laurel Woman's club.
Mrs. Bliss reviewed a part of
six Horses" which contained
an account of the Atlantic sink
ing of the ship that was bring
.ng Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Ellis
and their three children in the
sos from San Francisco to a
north Atlantic port. Mr.. Ellis
was among those who persisted.
Mrs. Ellis and her three children,
enc of which later became Mrs.
Nuttinp. survived.