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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-01-15
JUNEAU CHURCH OF CHRIST
 in WaYnor Addition

JUNEAU CHURCH OF CHRIST
 in Waynor Addition
 Ministers Boyd Field and Robert Rowland
 Phone Red 379
 Sunday Morning Services Bible Glasses pre-school through Senior grade, 10:00 am. Worship-1la.m.
 Sunday Evening Services Adult Bible Class-7:45 pm. Worship-8:0O pm.
 Mid-Week Service Thursday, 800 pm A nursery is provided for small children and babies. Visitors always welcome. Resurrection Lutheran
 Church
 Main and Third Streets "tss the heart ot the City tor thf
 heorts ot the Citp' q. HERBERT HILLERMAN, Pastor
 MRS. EUNICE NEVIN,
 Choir Director MRS. KATHERINE ALEXANDER.
 Organist. SUNDAY SERVICES: 9.45-Sunday School. 11:00 am-The Worship Service Sermon by the Pastor, The Impo- sition of The Christ Senior choir: Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Mans Desir- ing"
 200 pm-Church Council meet ing.
 Monday, p.m.-Annual Congre- gational meeting. Monday, 5:qo p.m.-Year ?, Sec ton l, Catechetical Class. Wednesday, 3:45 pm Year l, Section l, Catechetical Class. Wednesday, TOO pm Junior Choir practice. Thursday, 800 p.m.-Ladies Aid meeting at the church Saturday, 10 am.-Year ?, Sec ton 2, Catechetical class.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-01-15

APIS, Roens wIth Kitchen priv. ileges. Home Hotel. Ph. 886. 97 U
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-01-15

NICE CLEAN steam heated room
 also steam baths. Scandinaviar
 Rooms. 736 c
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-01-15

NICE Clean Room, steam-Aeatet
 Lower rent. 3.o Gold St 656 u
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-01-15
Russian Orthodox Church Of St. Nicholas

Fffh Streef Tonight (SatuIuayJ 700 p. m.- Evening Service. Sunday Service. 10:00 a. m. Higf Mass and Holy Communion. Choir rehearsal every Thursoa! at 7.3C D. m.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-01-15

SEAVIEW Ap.. for rent, one blocA
 from Federal Bldg. 890 tt
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-01-15

Fog is cloud at ground level
Laurel outlook., 1949-03-30
Garden Club Has
Program On Wild
Flowers Of Area

Mrs. Lucius Conrad and Mrs.
Ralph Baker were hostesses
Thursday at a meeting of the
Laurel Garden club at Mrs.
Bakers home. The meeting was
conducted by the president, Mrs.
Hugh Phelps.
Roll call was answered by each
member naming her native state
flower. Mrs. R. o. Steele, presi-
dent of the Montana Federation
of Garden clubs, presented a
program on "Our Captivating
Wild Flowers" She told of a
mar in Connecticut who had
turned 1000 acres of land into
a sanctuary for the preservation
of wild flowers. In connection
with the program, Mrs. Peter
Thomson described the wild flow
of Denmark.
Guests were Mrs. Pete Cook
and Mrs. Ralph Cook of Billings
and Mrs. Russell Orr.
TIE next meeting is to be at
the home of Mrs. Thomson on
Thursday, April IA.
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Laurel Garden Club
Has Annual Banquet

Members of the Laurel Garden
club gathered Saturday evening
at the Parish hall for a 7 o'clock
banquet, an annual event given
by the club for their husbands
and other guests. Floral decora-
tions were used on the tables
which we're lighted with candles
ir lavendar and green, the club
colors. Places were laid for 46
members and guests.
Out of town guests Mr..
and Mrs. Tim Galloway, Miss
Helen Shearer of Billings; Miss
Catherine Conrad and Miss Phyl-
lis Michael, teachers in the
schools of Sheridan, Wyo.
Mrs. Harold VanNice was in
charge of the program and in.
troduced officers of Montana
Federation of Garden clubs, Mrs.
r. o. Steele, president and Mrs.
Lucius Conrad, secretary. Peter
d. Thomson, magyar, gave a brief
address and Mrs. Steele spoke
on the Blue Star memorial coast
to-coast highway which is being
sponsored by the garden clubs.
Special entertainment was pro-
vided by Mr.. and Mrs. X. l..
Baker, who gave a negro comedy
skit, with Mrs. Ted Bundy piano
accompanist; Mrs. William Gerke
and Mrs. Charles Gowen, two pi-
ano duets; Mrs. Frank Taylor,
several readings; two vocal duets
by Mrs. Gerke and Frank Platz,
accompanied by Mrs. Gowen, and
an impromptu skit presented by
the men guests.
Concluding the program, Mr..
Galloway showed moving pictures
of scenes he had taken in Ven
and other South Ameri-
can countries.
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4,640 ACRES LAND
SOLD BY COUNTY
Total Is $13,646 With S12,-
662 In ~Cash-AnOther] Sale
Set For April 6

Yellowstone county conducted
another auction sale of tax-title
lands Wednesday at the front
dior of the courthouse in which
IL parcels of land, consisting of
4,640 acres, brought an average
of So per acre or a total of
$13,646. Of this amount, $12,.
662 was cash.
The land was all in the Castle
butte vicinity, six to II miles
north of the Yellowstone river
and Pompeys Pillar.
The county will sell 1928
acres in the same general area
but somewhat carer the river
at an auction at the front door
of the courthouse on April 6.
Laurel outlook., 1949-03-30

seven years while Mr.. Cooper
operated the Goodrich-Ca lum-
Der yard at Belmont. They went
to Silesia during World war I
to close out the interests of
Rogers Lumber company.
In the fall of 1919 they came
to Laurel where they have since
resided. During the first seven
years here Mr.. Cooper was en-
ployed as interior finisher at
Canyon hotel in Yellowstone
park, and since then has been a
Laurel contractor.
Ninety-one friends and neigh
bors signed the guest book at the
reception. They extended con-
gratulations and presented many
beautiful gifts to Mr.. and Mrs.
Cooper.
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N. {. NICHOLAS, 81,
PASSES TUESDAY
Was Formerly Employed Al
Laurel Railroad Shops
Burial In Billings

Norman Emmett Nicholas, "a
died Tuesday at the home of a
son-in-law and daughter, Nh. and
Mrs. Henry Beck of Billings,
after suffering a heart attack.
Mr.. Nicholas had been a pa
tient in a Billings hospital with
pneumonia for several days, but
had been taken to his daughters
home Tuesday night, apparently
recovering. Shortly after reach
ing the Beck home he suffered
the fatal attack. A r~esuscitator
crew of the Billings fire depart
ment administered oxygen for 25
minutes before he was pronounc-
ed dead.
He was a longtime resident of
the Billings area, first coming
there in 1901. He had resided
in Laurel, since coming here in
1909. He was employed in the
Laurel railroad shops until his
retirement in 1884.
Mr.. Nicholas was born, May
ID, 1864, in Wyoming, ILL.,, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Nichol-
as. His family moved to Whit
man, Mo-, in 1868. He married
Miss Emma Patterson Jan. 81,
1897 at Skidmore, Mo. After
moving to Billings in 1901, Mr..
Nicholas farmed near Billings
and Silesia before entering the
the employ of the railroad.
He was a member of the Bill
lodge, No. sos, Loyal Or.
der of Moose.
He is survived by the widow,
.wo daughters, Mrs. Beck and
Mrs. Howard E. Smith, both of
Billings; a son, Portus Nicholas,
south of Laurel, and seven grand
.hildren.
The body is at Settergren's
uneral home in Billings. Burial
will be in Billings.
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Farmers Plan Larger
Crop Acreage mag
Gain Is 3 Per Cent Over 1913, With Spring
Wheat, Corn, Peas and Potatoes Leading
Growing Prospects Appear Good

spring. This is 9 per cent more
than the 100000 acres seeded
last year and the largest acreage
since 1887. Last fall 1,674,OO0
acres of winter wheat were
planted, which with the expected
spring wheat paintings, would
make a total of $4,000 acres
for all wheat. This compares
with 5,053,O0O acres of all wheat
for 1913. Abandonment of fall
sown wheat may be larger than
last year, but should be far less
than the heavy abandonment two
years ago. Part of the spring
wheat acreage will be ~reseeding
of winter wheat fields which
have thin stands.
Prospective paintings of 242,-
900 acres of corn is indicated as
Of March l.. This is an Is
per cent increase over the 205,-
900 acres planted last year and
would be the largest acreage
since 1925. Total acreage of feed
grains, however, is expected to
be less than in 1913. Aggregate
paintings of corn, barley and oats
will cover 100000 acres COM
pared with 1,494,OOO acres last
year. A sharp reduction of Is
per cent in barley seedlings from
904 900 acres in 1948 to 741,-
900 acres this year, principally
accounts for the feed grain re-
duction. Although flaxseed acre
age may shift considerably in the
principal producing areas, plant
of $4,000 acres this spring
will be the same as in 1913.
Dat paintings of 377,000 acres
will be only 2 per cent less than
last year.
Sugar beet paintings r. indi-
Gated at 10000 acres, a reduction
of 5000 acres from last year.
This would be the smallest acre
age since 1943 and would be 81
per cent below the record plant
of $1,000 acres in 1915.
The 10000 acres intended to be
to dry beans is IN
changed from last year but
would be a large peace-time acre
lge. Montana farmers planted
$1,000 acres of beans for war
in 1913. Reduced sup
lilies of seed peas is principally
esponsible for the sharp increase
n expected paintings of dry peas
his spring. The intended acre
.ge is 10000 compared with
900 in 1913. The wartime
,lantings in 1943 reached a peak
f 10000 acres. More intense
perations of commercial grow
rs accounts for the 8 per cent
Increase in expected potato
lantings this spring. The 49,
90 acres for 1949 is up 1,200
yer last year, but is well be-
wv the $4,000 acres planted in
943.
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LEGISLATIVE RESUME
IS GIVEN BY HOLINESS

Melvin Holiness of Billings
former Yellowstone county at
torney and member of of the
house of representatives at the
last session of the Legislature,
gave Laurel Kiwanians a resume
of the 1949 session and described
several of the important mea-
sures while sp k in 6 here
Wednesday evening. He said he
thought both the senate and the
house were composed of people
who were fair minded and wished
to do right by the people back
home and the state as a whole.
The diversity of interests with
in the state often made it diff
ficult to design and pass a law
that would be entirely s~atisfact-
DRY to all. Sometimes a measure
that would work we'll for large
towns would not be fair to small
communities. All the different
angles had to be considered.
Repeal of the anti-premium
law, in operation since 1917 and
requiring a $4,000 license in each
county, brought on a lot of fire
works and a public hearing in
which sponsors and opponents
aired their views. Women of
the state seemed to want it re-
pealed, possibly so they could
participate in radio give-aways.
Some merchants, particularly in
the west end of the state, did
not want it repealed.
Slot machine bills produced d
torrent of words. Most of the
legislators went to Helena with
the expectation of killing the
machines outright, but finally :
left the law unchanged. The
will vote on slot machines
in 1850, but their decision,
whether for or against, will be
a poll of sentiment that
probably will influence a decision
by the legislature.
A bill on county planning,
was really a coming bill,
sounded all right, but would
Continued on Page Ten)
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IMPORTANT LOCAL
SLATED
People To Elect School Trus-
tee Saturday, City Officers
Monday, Pass On Bond Issue

Laurel people will elect 9
school trustee Saturday, a COM
plete corps of city officers Mon
day and say whether the city
shall issue bonds for a swim
ming pool.
Three candidates are in the
field for school trustee, three
year term. One is to be elected.
Russell Barr seeks reelection,
with Harold E. Burns and A. E.
Weber as the other two candi-
dates.
The election will be at the
high school gymnasium from 2
to 6 p. m.
Mayor Peter Thomson is a
candidate for reelection at the
city election Monday. He is I'M
opposed.
Others are Fred Feuerbacher
and George Mccormick for alder
men from the first ward; Paul
Void and Jack Freebury, second
ward; Steve Romeo and Charles
McManus, third ward, and Ira
Rodgers and John L. Tubman,
fourth ward.
Elizabeth Stormont and Ger
hard Baus are candidates for
treasurer, and w. V. D.. Chap
man for reelection as police
Qualified resident taxpayers
will also vote Monday on a pro-
posal to bond the city in the
sum of $4,000 for construction
If a swimming pool. The bonds
would run 20 years, unless soon
paid, and would bear a per
.ent interest. The swimming
,ool would probably be located
lear the new ball park grand
Laurel outlook., 1949-03-30

Total paintings of principal
crops in Montana this season is
expected to be 3 per cent larger
than last year. On March !
farmers expressed their inten-
tions to seed 5,308,0 900 acres,
compared with 5,134,OO0 acres
during the spring of 1913. The
increased acreage will be largely
comprised of new breaking or
land not previously cultivated.
Paintings of spring wheat, corn,
dry peas and potatoes are to
exceed last year, but will be
partially offset by reduced acre
age of barley, oats and sugar
beets. No change in the acreage
of flaxseed, dry beans and tame
hay is now indicated.
Conditions generally appear ia
vorable for another good crop
year. Precipitation which ex-
ceeded normal during each of the
months, November to
February, has provided good sup
plies of soil moisture. Early
crops should terminate
thick stands. Surveys of
snow cover on water sheds that
water will be abund-
ant. The supply of farm labor
IS expected to be adequate for
The season. Large counts of
yrasshopper eggs in southeastern
and north central portions of the
state pose as a threat of heavy
damage, but concerted eff
of control should reduce in
'estation and crop loss.
Paintings of 3,702 900 ere of
wheat are expected this
Laurel outlook., 1949-03-30
CONDUCT SERVICES
FOR KOBUS SM|OT
Joliet Farmer Victim Of Ac-
cidental Death-Burial
In Laurel Cemetery

A Joliet farmer, Kobus Smidt,
as, brother of Walter Smidt, was
found dead at his ranch north
of Joliet, pinned under a rubber
tired tractor with which he had
been searching for stock. The
tractor overturned on a steep
hillside.
Investigation showed that he
had died instantly. Searchers
had been looking for him since
Friday night.
Mr.. Smidt was born March 81,
1902 at Kanawha, Iowa, and
came to Montana 81 years ago
with his parents, who first set
tied at Columbus, then at Lau.
rel, and then at a ranch near
He was not married.
Surviving are two brothers,
Walter of Laurel and Henry of
and five sisters, Mrs. An
ME Aissinik of Kanawha, Mrs.
Lillian Butler, Mrs. Grace Blain,
Mrs. Elsie Bothman and Miss
Gertie Smidt, all of Joliet.
Funeral services were held Tues
day at the Christian church in
Joliet with Rev. Hough JUL Of
ficiating.
Mrs. Kastelitz sang Sometime
We'll Understand" Beautiful
Isle of Somewhere" and "Abide +
With Me-"
Pallbearers were Leonard Ike,
Glen Mcbride, Harold Arthur,
Dan Arthur, Horace Winkler
and Otis Arthur. Burial was lin
Laurel cemetery.
Among the relatives here to
attend the funeral were Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul Hasten of Watkins
md Mr.. and Mrs. George Smith
If Circle.
Laurel outlook., 1949-03-30

Representatives of the Laurel
Garden club, Evergreen Rebekah
lodge and Laurel lodge of Odd
Fellows were hosts and hostesses
at a reception Tuesday, March
%, in honor of the fiftieth we'd
ding anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs.
o. c. Cooper. The affair was at
the Cooper home, 314 West First
street. The rooms were beauti-
fully decorated with many floral
gifts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cooper were
married March %, 1899, at
Ames, Iowa. Four years later
they moved to Artesian, S. D.,
and then to Mitchell, S. D., where
they lived until 1909.
Forty years ago they came to
to homestead on public
domain, on which they lived
Laurel outlook., 1949-03-30
MISS BETTY WARDEN
SPEAKER At P. 7. A.
MEETING WEDNESDAY

Every child should be taken
to his own doctor, if possible,
for a ~pre-school examination"
said Miss Betty Warden, county
health nurse, in her talk to the
Laurel Parent Teacher Associa-
ton Wednesday evening, March
%, at the Laurel high school
auditorium. u n o rt%unately,"
Miss Warden added, "this is not
always financially possible"
The association voted to sup
port a %pre-school clinic this
spring for all pre-school children
and Miss Warden was instructed
to consult local physicians on the,
advisability of an inocuuation'
program for all school children.
A committee to make arrange
ments for the clinic will be Sc
lected by the executive commit
tee of the PTA this week and
volunteer workers were requested
to offer their services. The need
for typists and stenographers
stressed in making the
records. Miss Warden
that it was hoped that
these health records could be
kept permanently and added to
from year to year until a COM
plete health record for each
child would be on file.
She added that all children in
the age group of 5 to Is should
have a thorough medical examin-
alton at least every three years.
Mrs. Winifred Mcdonnell pre-
several musical selections
performed by high school stu
dents whom she hopes to pre-
sent in these numbers at the
state meet to be held in Great
Falls in May.
The selections included a
solo, Romance" by
.ubenstein, played by Don
Schessler; baritone solo, "An-
by Mendelssohn, played
oy John Goodenbour; a trumpet
rio, "Trumpeters Three" with
Dan Freund, John G%oodenbour
and Bill Smith, taking part; a
girls triple trio, including Vir-
yinia Harlan, Laurel St~enerson
and Pat Ward, first sopranos;
Marleen Freeman, Audrey Moon
md Linda Johnson, second So
,ranos, and Darleen Moon, Mar
an Henry and Donna Sheets,
altos, sang Lift Thine Eyes"
" Mendelssohn and "The Lass
the Delicate Air." an old
folk song.
At the business meeting, F. E.
president. announced that
he fourth Wednesday in each
month has been set aside as the
Meeting date for the association.
lie also announced that the
CONTINUED on Page Ten)
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Social Clubs Form
With Speed Since
End Of Legislature

Non-profit social clubs are or
ganizing at an unprecedented
rate in Montana, incorporation
records in the secretary of
states office reveal.
The clubs have been filing in
corporation articles at the rate
of 10 to Is a day since the two
month legislative session ended
early this month.
Only 38 such clubs yer form
ed during the January-February
session but deputies predict more
than 100 will organize in March.
About 260 clubs Incorporated
during 1947 and about 500 in
1948.
Deputies in the office of Sc
cretary of state Sam Mitchell
explain the few filings in Janu-
ary-February and the many in
corporations this month in this
way:
Those who were considering
the formation of nonprofit So
cial clubs early this year waited
to see if the state legislature
would enact laws affecting the
groups or statutes outlawing
slot machines, which r per-
mitted in such clubs.
After the session, directors
went ahead and formed their
clubs in the belief that they will
be able to operate for at least
two years. The only new legis-
lation affecting the clubs was q
measure which will put the slot
machine question to a vote of
the people on a referendum dur
ing next years general election.
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ODGERS DESCRIBES
LITTLE KNOWN BURMA

Burma, a country about which
little was known by most Ameri-
cans until some had to Ego over
the hump" to reach it and serve
in it during the last war, was in
terestingly described Tuesday for
Laurel Rotarians by George
Odgers, dean of Rocky Mountain
college, Billings. Earlier in his
life he taught in some of the
Burmese schools, which gave
him an opportunity to observe
and know the people and their
country. The population is be-
tween 16 and II million, speak
ing % to go languages.
The British took control of the
country more than 100 years ago,
possibly as a source of teak, a
hard and enduring wood that
England needed for shipbuilding
when its native supply of oak
diminished. 1t is now a British
dependency.
A characteristic that impressed
the speaker is the social and
economic position of women in
Burmese life. They, the women,
are go-getters while the males
are indolent, luxury loving ne'er-
do-wells. Women run the bust
nesses and general affairs as
well as the homes.
Divorces are simple. When a
woman wishes to be rid of her
spouse she simply marches him
to the door, smashes a dish and
"Get going, big boy"
all there is to it. He
goes.
At the time Odgers was there,
men were much in de-
mand for husbands because of
the then existing prestige of the
race. First choice was for
followed by any white,
then Chinese, East Indian next,
and Burmese last. The results in
hildren are remarkable. The
pest combination seems to be the
Chinese Burmese mixture, pro-
people who are energetic,
Intelligent, often scholarly.
A food delicacy which comes
rom the forest is roast monkey
really good. Hungry at the
md of a hard day, Odgers once
curried rabbit for his
.vening meal while afield. 1t
vas at the close of the rice
eason, when food had been
Ibundant for small animals.
got to thinking in the
light that he had not seen rab-
its running about. When he
inquired next day, someone
and said, There's your
1t was a large rat.
Many of the people are Bud
hists and regard the taking of
ife as a sin. Along a river
ank at evening sat men with
,oles in hand. One after another
hey flicked fish from the stream
lille they gazed at the wonders
Continued on Page Ten)
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Moran To Open
Motor Theatre On
Friday, April ]

j. H. Moran announced this
week that he would open his
Motor-Vu drive-in theatre April
/. 1t will be the third to open
for the 1949 season in the Salt
Lake City film distributing ter
ritory.
Located near Billings, the the
atre enjoyed extensive patronage
during it's first year of opera
ton in 1913.
Attractions for opening night
are California" a Popeye film,
sports and novelties.
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Bliss Returns From
Funeral Of Sister
Who Died In Ohio

S. S. Bliss returned to Laurel
Monday morning from Cincin-
natl where he had attended the
funeral of his sister, Mrs. Eva
lena Bliss Compton,, SO. She
was the wife of R. L. Compton,
secretary of Cincinnati Scottish
bodies, and succumbed to a heart
ailment early Tuesday morning,
March %.
She was the daughter of Rev.
John Bliss, Presbyterian minis
ter, and was born in Bridgeport,
Ill. She had lived in Cincinnati
the past "a years. She was a
graduate in voice and piano of
the Winona Lake, Ind, conser-
vatory of music, and "a a men,
Der of the Hyde Park Communi-
ty church and Of the Whining
ton, Ohio, chapter of the East
ern Star.
In addition to her brother lin
she is survived by a
Mrs. John F. Richard
SON of Geneva, ILL.,; a son, DIR.
E. D. Compton of Boston, and
three grandchildren. DR.. Comp
ton and his aunt, the sister of
his father, received degrees in
medicine at the same time at
The University of Cincinnati.
Bliss made the trip to Cincin-
natl by plane. Returning to
Laurel he was grounded at Chi
,ago and completed the journey
by train.
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MANY HAVE NOT PAID
STATE INCOME TAXES

State income tax collections
since Jan. l exceed those of last
year more than one-half million
dollars, so states John A. Mat
thews, chairman of the state
board of equalization, Sam D.
Coca and NJ. Joe Miller, men,
berS.
The total collections so far this
year is $1,532,000 compared t.
$969,179 for the same period last
year, or a net increase of SO
per cent. The number of re-
turns filed has not increased in
the same proportion.
The early filing of federal re-
turns may have persuaded tax
payers in the higher brackets to
file their state returns earlier
than last year. Many taxpayers
in the lower brackets are post
poning the filing of their re-
turns.
Less than three weeks remain
for the filing of than TO-
900 returns. The deadline is
April 5. Returns voluntarily
filed after that date will carry
a penalty.
The law provides for a $500
penalty for those who fail to
file returns for the purpose of
evading the tax.
The board states that offices
will be open until April Is in
the courthouses at Butte, Mis-
Great Falls and in the
Roosevelt school building in Bill
including all day Satur-
day.
Laurel outlook., 1949-03-30

tana Hospital association, will be
in Laurel Friday, April 1, to
talk to high school girls interest
ed in the nursing profession.
She will explain the require
ments for entering nurses train
ing and describe the opportun-
tiles available for graduate nurs-
es. Her trip is part of a state
wide tour sponsored by the two
associations to help relieve the
critical shortage of nurses.
Miss Rieke will also visit high
schools in Fromberg and Park
City.