Laurel outlook., 1950-05-03
COMMERCIAL CLUB
VIEWS KIDS DAY,
BASEBALL
Mcbride Tells Members They
Have Great Idea For Chill
dren, Neighbours Beauties

club, reported at a general meet
ing Thursday evening of last weel
that $1,376 of the 1850 budget
amounting to $2,260, had beer
collected. The initial response Of
the membership had been good, bur
since then collections have Jagged
Sweeney hoped to see the cam
paign completed in the coming
month, as the club has a big pro-
gram coming up.
Murray w. Mcbride of Billings
the kids "Uncle Mac" of radio.
said the Laurel business people
had hit OF a unique theme for
their community celebration this
season. All the other towns go in
for drug store and real cowboys,
swagger in thick and scraggly
boards as nature willed, and talk
horsy. Laurel, departing from the
groove, will have a beauty show
pretty girls in bathing suits, a
sight for tired eyes. He'd bet 5000
people would come to town to see
the show and watch the kids have
fun.
Mcbride was talking about Kids
Day, set for Saturday, June "a,
which a section of the Commercial
club has got up to celebrate the
opening of the towns new swim
ming pool at North and Athletic
parks. The sponsors regard it as
a water carnival, and toy with the
idea of making it an annual event.
C.. G.. Scott, chairman of pub
earlier told the club MEM
bers how the project started,
has now definitely developed
into Kids Day for graders and
teen-agers, little kids, too. The
planners decided that the boy and
girl grade children who are to be
chosen as king and queen and
Who will be the first to enter the
pool, shall be Laurel kids. They
will be chosen by Uncle Mac, who
is to make his selections from
the kids are writing him
about the event and the pool.
Scott outlined the plans for the
starting with gag races in
he morning at North park, fol-
owed by a parade, free lunch for
lids at Athletic park, an Uncle Mac
show in front of the ~grandstand,
speech making and formal opening
If the pool, selection of teen-age
;weetheart (she gets a 500 ward
ODE as her prize and chooses the
luds ~herself), and the American
baseball game in the eve
ing as the finish.
Although Laurel kids will be
ing and queen, and will enter the
,ool first, teen-age s~weethearts
re something else again. The COM
nittee has talked to superintend-
hts and principals of several high
ohools in Carbon and Saltwater
ounties and have invited the COM
nunities they represent to select
nd send their candidates to the
,aurel sweetheart competition.
Judges of the contest will be Sc
scted from those communities that
ave candidates.
Harold Collins reported concern
NJ store hours. His committee had
gently decided to continue the
resent schedule, provided that
ONE advertising is done to attract
art of the weekend shopping to
The committee expects to
{ port further at a later date.
President J. Willard Baldwin
rought up the subject of baseball
or the coming summer saying the
commercial club is carrying the
reject this year because the
'armers Union refinery has chosen
OF to sponsor a team. DR.. d. A.
ottingham, continuing the re-
crt, said the 1850 club will be
he community's, financed by indi-
businessmen and the re-
Moreover, the Midland
league has been organized,
onsisting of Worland, Wyo., Miles
ity, Forsyth, Roundup and Laurel.
here will be no team from Bill
ngs. The other towns in the
thought Worland was too
ar away and that travel expenses
-ould be too high, but Worland
rushed aside distance and money
nd asked to be admitted anyway.
Jack Parker will be mana :
err of the Laurel team, as {
isted by a business manager who
ill help with the transportation. I
good team and a staff Of good s
itchers have been lined up, DR.. {
'ottingham reported. The financ- S
lg will be by advance sale of sea-
On tickets, which Paul Void ex-
Business concerns buying /
locks of tickets are expected to a
i've them to employees and |
lends, which will raise the money |
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