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Evening star., 1950-06-15
Johless Clerk,
Wife Seized as
C0unterfeiters
They Passed $500,
Mostly for Candy,
Secret Service Says

1aA4 4O-yCoA -O1O QIlClIIplOyCt
Washington grocery clerk VIII
claims he learned counterfeitin,
from magazine article is beinl
held with his 17-year-old wife il
Albany, N. Y. on charges of max
ing and passing bogus $40 bills.
Secret Service agents identified
the couple as William H. Zoernd
and his wife, Helen, who is preg.
nant. They lived until May Z il
the 1900 block of A street S. E.
agents said.
Their arrest Tuesday in Amster.
dam, N. Y, was due to the wife's
craving for candy.
George Van Fleet, Secret Ser
vice agent in Utica, N. Y, said
they signed statement admitting
they passed as estimated 5000 ir
IL cities.
Most Passed for Candy.
"They admitted passing most OF
1t at candy shops" Mr.. Van Fleet
said. "She loved candy and they
thought small shops were the best
places to pass the money"
But, Mr.. Van Fleet said, it was
a candy shop proprietor who be-
came suspicious and called police
when one of their $40 bills looked
a little too glossy, agents reported
He said they made the fake bills
by a Photographic process which
Zoerndt mastered after reading
in magazine about the process
used by a master counterfeiter.
Agents had a good description
of the girl because of her hair
pregnancy and candy-craving
Mr.. Van Fleet said she passed the
bills while her husband stood
nearby.
Bills Dumped i'm Sewer.
Zoerndt gave himself up at the
Amsterdam police station aftel
his wife's arrest. Mr.. Van Flee
said zoerndt left the candy store
when the proprietor became sus.
picious and dumped his photo.
graphic equipment and severa
phony bills from his car trunk ir
sewer. Then he went to thu
police station.
Mr.. Van Fleet gave this account
of the couples activities:
They ran away from their homes
in Springfield, Mass, last Novem-
ber and were married in Spartan
burg, S. c. Then they came to
Washington, zoerndt working in
a Silver Spring grocery.
Zoerndt was fired in April. He
was desperate for money. His
hobby is photography. He read
of the counterfeiting process de-
veloped by Hugo Hedin, now doing
is years in a Federal penitentiary.
Stuck to $40 Bills.
Zoerndt tried the Hedin tech
nique. His $40 bills looked good.
His SIS and $40 bills weren't, so he
stuck to SOS. The process con-
sists of splitting a bill, front from
back. Then the halves are photo
graphed. In this way, clear pic
ture of each side is obtained. The
two pieces of Photographic paper
are shaved very thin and pasted
together and the green is tinted
on with special ink,
The Zoerndts went to Baltimore
April %, Mr.. Van Fleet said, and
passed $50 there. The agent said
their route took them to Phila-
delphia, Providence, Boston, Cleve-
land, Cincinnati, st. Joseph, Mo-,
Chicago, Albany, Troy, Utica,
Syracuse and finally Amsterdam.
Mr.. Van Fleet said the youth
was graduated from high school
in Springfield just before he was
married.
The couple waived examination
at arraignment yesterday in
Schenectady and were committed
to Albany County Jail pending
Federal grand jury action
Zoerndt's bail was set at $4,000
and his wife's at $4,000.
Evening star., 1950-06-15
Legion lnitiotion Set

College Park American Legion
Post viii initiate new members at
8:15 pm. tomorrow in the Holy
Redeemer School. Berwyn.
Evening star., 1950-06-15
Camp Gifts Reach $76,OO7

Further contributions for The
Evening Star Summer Camp Fund
acknowledged today are:
Previously acknowledged.
Evening star., 1950-08-06
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Evening star., 1950-06-16
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Evening star., 1950-06-16
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Evening star., 1950-06-16
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Laurel outlook., 1950-02-08

THE OFFICIAL POSTER, above,
is being displayed this week
throughout the nation in connec-
ton with the birthday celebration
OF Boy Scouts. The national OBJ
servance is the week of Feb. 6-12.
Scouting was brought to the
United States by Baden Powell, a
Chicago newspaper editor who,
while on a mission to England, be-
came lost in a fog in London. A
young man offered to help him and
said he was a Scout. Powell asked
further about the idea and was in
vited to attend a meeting. He be-
came so interested in the program
that he remained in England two
months to study it. He introduced
scouting in the United States in
1903; in 1907 the boys had their
first camp-out. Authorized by
congress to do so, the federal
government issued a charter to the
10y Scouts in 1916.
Laurel has one troop, No. ID,
with an unusually large member
ship. There are a great many Cub
Scouts, boys too young for the
N ore advanced groups, who meet
as dens and have den mothers as
supervisors.
The Cubs have a window display
this week at the j. C. Penney COM
pany store. Among decorations
are suits of armor Zone is jointed
and made of aluminum) which the
boys have worn. Troop Ia, COM
posed of older boys, has a window
at the o. M. Weld company
store. II shows & complete camp
;et-up, for which the actual work
ing equipment was made by the
boys themselves.
Troop ID is sponsored by the
Methodist Men. a church laymen's
Next Monday evening there
will be a Board of Review and an
Inspection of uniforms at the
at 8 o'clock.
Laurel outlook., 1950-02-08
Education Unit Has
Panel Discussion At
Its Feb. | Meeting

The regular monthly meeting of
the Laurel local of the Montana
Education Association was held
Wednesday evening, Feb. l, in the
high school home economics de-
p&rtment, with j. G. Macdonald
presiding and 80 members present.
The chief item OF business was
the discussion of a preliminary
report by the Teacher Welfare
committee chairman, H. Lee Ham
lett. on suggestions for the basis
of negotiations on next years con-
tracts. The salary, schedule, health
insurance, and a maximum number
Of pupils in elementary school
classrooms were among the items
discussed.
The program, presented by the
committee chairman, Pierre Rob.
erts, was composed of a panel dis
cussion of the subject of sex edu-
cation and family living instruc-
ton in the public schools, with
Nh. Roberts, Mrs. Charles White
and Mrs. Genevieve McGary max
ing up the panel. Discussion from
the entire group following.
The meeting closed with refresh
ments served by the teachers oil
the South and East schools. The
next regular meeting will be
Wednesday evening, March /.
Laurel outlook., 1950-02-08
.ALONzO W. ORR, II,
DIES At HOSPITAL

Alonzo w. Orr, II, of 4O6 Datc
avenue, died Wednesday in a Bill.
lings hospital where he had gone
Ter treatment for a heart ailmcnt
lie contracted pneumonia which
caused his death.
Mr.. Orr was born July ~, 1872,
in Fort Scott, Kan, a son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Orr, and mar
ried Miss Mona Alexander there
Feb. 2, 1899. They celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary
just a year ago. The family farm
ed in Carbon county from 1912
until 1885, when they moved to
Laurel.
Survivors include the widow; a
daughter, Mrs. George LaFarge of
Yreka, Cal; three sons, Lester A.
Orr of 80 Broadwater venue and
Alden w. Orr of Gil North Twen-
ty. seventh street, Billings, and
Charles H.. Orr of Laurel; three
sisters, Mrs. A. C. Ford of Billings,
Mrs. Fanny Spaur of Banning,
and Mrs. Emma Payton of
Ell Monte, Cal; three brothers, T.
l.. Orr and George Orr of Fort
Scott and Thurman Orr of Paola,
II grandchildren and one
great grandchild.
Funeral services were held Sat
lrday in Settergren's chapel with
rev. T. F. Rutledge Beale,
of the First Congregational
officiating. Alec Brown,
accompanied by Mrs. Otto Western
sang "In the Garden" and
Beautiful Isle of Somewhere"
allbearers We're Albert Bird, Earl
Clawson, Knox Gibson, James Jen.
zen, Frank McClintock and Ray
Helson. Burial was in Rockville
emetery.
Laurel outlook., 1950-02-08
CONDUCT FUNERAL
FOR MRS.. JONES
Laurel Woman Dies Al Home
OF Daughter-Had Resid-
ed Here Many Years

Mrs. Carrie T. Jones, 55, died
Thursday at $50 p. m. at the
home of her son-in-law and daugi,-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Walton.
Cause of death was a heart all
ment. She had suffered a stroke
about a year ago and had been in
poor health since that time.
Mrs. Jones, a daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. H. C. Johnston, was horn
July /, 1894, at Long Prairie,
MINI. The family moved to Liv-
ingston in 1905 and she was mar
ried at Bozeman to Grover C.
Jones Sept. 1, 1915.
They made their home in Lau-
rel for many years where Mr..
Jones was employed by the N. P.
He died July 18, 1945.
Survivors besides the daughter
are two sisters, Mrs. w. C. Brent
gan of Glendive and Mrs. Earl
of Pocatello, Ida; two
brothers, H. c. Johnston of Boze-
man and Myron Johnston of Miles
and five grandchildren.
Funeral services were held MOI
day afternoon from the Masonic
temple in Laurel, with Rev. Wal
ACE Bristor, vicar general, Episco-
pal church, officiating. Officers
ot Zidonian chapter, o. E. S., of
Mrs. Jones was a member,
conducted their services. Donald
md Fred Scheidecker. accompanied
Mrs. j. H. Albertus, sang 'Beau-
5ful Isle of Somewhere" and mo
There"
Pallbearers we're G. w. Fenton,
Oscar Anderson, Hugh Boyd, Viii.
lam Altimus, Phil Gardner and F..
). Mjelde. Interment was in
.aurel cemetery.
Laurel outlook., 1950-02-08
WOman's Club Adopts
A School In Europe

The Laurel Woman's club was
entertained Monday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. Leslie Dahl. The
meeting was as a Valentine party
and was attended by &c members
and guests. At a brief business
session the club decided to support
the March of Dimes; also to spon-
sor a school in Europe by donating
to the Save the Children Fedora
ton.
Card bingo provided entertain
ment. The club project was won
by Mrs. r. w. Bates, and the door
prize by Mrs. Fred Hilgert. Co.
hostesses were Mrs. G. P. Lindahl
and Mrs. Hilgert, who served re-
freshments.
Laurel outlook., 1950-02-08
60 Tourney Tickets
AllOcated To Laurel

Sixty reserved seat tickets have
been allotted Laurel patrons wish
ing to attend the Southern divi-
sion class B basketball tournament
of Feb. %, "a, and 2G at the Cen
tral Catholic high school in Bill
lings. The tickets are for the
three night sessions only and may
be- had at the office of Supt.
Fred w. Graft in the Laurel high
school building. The Laurel Lo-
comotives will be playing in the
tournament.
The three-night tickets are 81
each, which includes both the re-
servation and admission. They will
be available until Wednesday, Feb.
Is. After that date, unsold tickets
will be returned to the tournament
committee for reallocation.
Laurel outlook., 1950-02-08
FARM INSTITUTE
SLATED FEB. 1917
Prominent Authorities o n
Agriculture Secured For
First Affair Of Kind

The services of a number OF
prominent speakers have been Sc
cured for a farm institute to be
held Feb. 16 and II at the new
Shrine temple in Billings. AS rec
ognized authorities in the several
fields they will be representing,
they will tell farm and ranch
people about the new developments
In agriculture, together with d
forecast of what to expect in the
coming year.
The institute is the first of It's
kind in this area. Rex Stratton,
Billings, chairman OF the general
committee, announced in publicity
matter of the past week that i
would hereafter be an annual af-
fair. The Montana extension serv-
ice has the Billings Commercial
club as co-sponsor this year.
The sessions at which the speak
ers r to appear will open at 9
a. M, with the serving of coffee
and doughnuts until $3.50, and end
at a p. m. A buffet lunch will be
served at noon. Of special interest
to farm and ranch women will be
separate discussions on clothing,
housing, nutrition and family life.
"The Agricultural Picture for
1850" is the topic at the opening
Laurel outlook., 1950-02-08
Laurel Ladies Of
w. S. C.. S. Provide
Program In Billings

About 80 women from Laurel
were in attendance when circle 5
of the Woman's Society of Chris
tian Service of the Billings Meth
odist church was hostess at O 1880
luncheon Wednesday. Mrs. C. S.
Kothwell, former Laurel resident,
was chairman of the hostess group.
Mrs. P. A. Johnston was in
charge of the program given by
the Laurel women. Mrs. A. f.
Leuthold led the devotions and
was assisted by Mrs. Forrest
Gomon, Mrs. Gus Carlson, Mrs.
j. Z. Galusha and Mrs. C. G. SPELL
man.
Mrs. Fred Graft, who was pro-
gram leader, spoke on eve Discov-
er the ~Illiterates." Mrs. G. A..
Cromwell's topic was "We Dis
cover How to Help Them" Mrs.
Charles Georges talk was on "Hcw
Literacy Works." Mrs. V. E.
Shay used for her topic, "Literacy
AS Evangelism"
Special music wa by the choral
group composed of Mrs. Harlan
Russell, Mrs. Charles White, Mrs.
hay Harris, Mrs. Donald Hoppe,
Mrs. Farrell Woodland, Mrs. ]. G.
Macdonald, Mrs. George Paisley
and Mrs. P. A. Johnston. They
sang 81 Wonder us I Wander" and
"Now Abideth Faith, Hope and
accompanied by Mrs. Win
ona Denny. Mrs. Harry Smart and
Mrs. Harlan Russell sang Hills Of
Home" and were also accompanied
by Mrs. Denny.
Laurel outlook., 1950-02-08
Next Duck Stamp To
Show Montana Swans
Flying Over Refuge

When a Maine, Minnesota or
California hunter buys a federal
duck stamp next fall he will be
purchasing a small-sized picture of
part of Montana The U. S. fish
and wildlife service recently in
formed the Montana fish and game
department that the winner of the
annual duck stamp competition
was Walter A. Weber of Washing
ton, D. c., and the cen he paint
ed was that of two trumpeter
swans flying over the Red Rocks
Lakes refuge.
Entries were received from 25
states, the district of Columbia
and Canada. Montana was not
represented among the entrants.
Laurel outlook., 1950-02-08

president, announced today. The
announcement followed the annual
meeting of the trustees of the
foundation in Detroit Monday.
Smith, an international author
ity on beet culture, had entered
Great Western service as a field
man at Fort Morgan in 1924 and
had served as manager of the fac
tories at Lowell, Wyo.. and Eaton
and Greeley, Colo, when he was
selected by the entire beet industry
as the logical man to head the new
foundation, organized in 1915 as an
ipdustry-wide agency to promote
progressive sugar beet culture. 1t
represented "a American and Ca
madam companies. Under Smith the
foundation also worked closely
with so research agencies in thirty
foreign countries.
Kemp said that much credit
must be given Smith personally
for recent progress by the beet in
dustry in mechanical harvesting,
m echanica al thinning, improved
planting equipment, weed and pest
control, seed research and other
noteworthy advances.
Smith was born in Texas and
received his degree from Ohio
State University in 1924, majoring
in animal husbandry and soil
chemistry. He has travelled ex-
tensively through the sugar beet
areas of the United States AMI
Europe.
Laurel outlook., 1950-02-08
WORK OF RAILROADS
ILLUSTRATED IN FILM

A motion picture on railroads
constituted the program Tuesday
noon at the weekly meeting of the
Laurel Rotary club. 1t was pre-
sented by j. R. Heebner of the
February program committee, as
sisted by his son Jack. Visitors
were DR.. William Copeland, presi-
dent of Rocky Mountain college,
Fittings; Worthington Smith, as
s~istant division superintendent of
the Northern Pacific, Billings; R.
A. Nutting, livestock and invest.
%lnents, Red Lodge. and Sam
Erown, Massachusetts,, manufe:-
turing. Guests YER Lon Crumley
Of Shelby and DR.. Walter Spauld-
ing of Missoula, the latter a men,
Der of the state board of education
Of the Methodist church. Pres.
Wayne Hageman extended greet
ings to o. K. Chapman, present
for the first time since a recent
illness. Attendance of members
was nearly 100 per cent
The picture called attention to the
transcontinentals and their feed
er lines, as being connected with
the welfare, happiness and pros
perjty Of all Americans, as well as
contributing to others benefi'ing
from the Marshall plan. To ac-
ccmplish the purpose of the rail-
roads for providing the nation
with smooth, uninterrupted, all
r'evading transportation, a M
tipation was early found necessary
and has been continued to the
present. The combination of three
elements consists of tools, training
end teamwork, each of which was
fully illustrated by the film. A
statement of the commentator was
tt at about $4,000 is invested by
American industry for each Of it's
employees. The total. of astro-
lomical proportions, is is for tools.
They, coupled with training ano
cooperation Of employees and
departments, give America the SUI
Jerb service it receives from rail
Dads. .
Declaring that experience has
shown industry must yield at least
per cent on its investment, the
'icture and commentator presented
statistical matter to show that as
of labor, material and taxes
rave increased since 1921 the me- I
'eturn has steadily decreased. At !
% time during the period, inclUd- :
ng the war years when the rail /
Dads hauled their greatest vol /
lme and rendered their greatest |
iational service, the net never
cached 6 per cent. I
Laurel outlook., 1950-02-08
MRS.. STR0H, 81, DIES
AFTER HEART ATTACK

Mrs. Anna Margaret Stroh, 80,
died in a Billings hospital Sunday,
Feb. 5, at 9 p. m. She had been
admitted to the hospital Saturday
when she suffered a heart attack.
The funeral will be Thursday.
She was born in Frank, Russia,
July 2, 1867, and married Henry
Stroh in 1888. They came to the
United States and lived for a time
in Nebraska and Wyoming before
settling in this vicinity in 1909.
Mr.. Stroh died in 1919.
Survivors include five children:
Mrs. Anna Kirsch. John Stroh and
Fred Stroh all of Laurel; Henry
Stroh of Sacramento, Calf, and
George Stroh of Tacoma, Wash;
also three brothers, Jacob Wagner,
ST., of Spokane, Henry Wagner of
Tacoma, Wash, and George Wag-
e of Odessa, Wash; II grand
children and five great grandchil-
dren.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday at 2 p. m at st. Johns
Lutheran church in Laurel with
Rev. Martin Jucngel officiating.
Burial will be in Mountview Gene
terry in Billings. The Laurel funer-
al home is in charge of arrange
nients.
Casket bearers will be Wilbur
Kirsch, Roy Stroh, John Stroh,
George Stroh, Henry Heimbichner,
and Jake Heimbichner.
Laurel outlook., 1950-02-08

T.. G.. CHASE of packing con-
Germs research department for
agriculture will speak at first
farm institute of area. His topic:
Marketing Livestock"
session which Franklin L. Par
sons will discuss. He is agricu..
tural economist with the Federal
Reserve bank of Minneapolis. An
other speaker, j. w. Haw, director
of the department of agriculture
development of the Northern Pa
citic railway, will speak on "Agri-
cultural Public Policy"
ways and Means of Improv-
ing the Dairy Industry" has been
assigned to DR.. A. o. Shaw, head
Of the department of dairy hus-
handry at the State college of
Washington. T. G. Chase of tie
research department Of Swift &
Co. is to discuss marketing Live
Stock" an important division Of
animal husbandry.
Other topics and speakers are
"The Montana Agricultural Out
look" by H. R. STICKY Of Montana
State college; "New Weapons in
Weed Wars" C. E. Otis of Dow
Chemical company; "Brucellosis,"
DR.. Howard WEIGH of Montana
State college; "Feedlot Manage
ment and Feeding Rations," E. j.
Maynard, general livestock con-
sultant of Great Western Sugar
company; "Dry Land Farming"
M. p. Hansmeier and Ralph Mer-
GER of Montana State college, and
livestock Diseases and Pests"
Tir. H. F. Wilkins, chief deputy
state veterinary. Irrigated farm
ing will also be discussed.
DR.. Wilkins was born and raised
in the Laurel community; Maynard
of the sugar company has often
spoken here; Chase, a prominent
Authority on livestock, has been
with Swift & Co. since the early
'3Os; Otis had an extensive back
I hound in weed control and allied
subjects of forage and grass sill
..ge, seed production and certifica-
ton, grain production and potatoes
before he joined Dow Chemical
company in Seattle, and Haw of
the Northern Pacific has been in
t. aching capacities and %agricultur-
al work since 1910.
Laurel outlook., 1950-02-08
Rho Prepares
For Official Visit

Joyce Resser, president. corduct-
ed the meeting when Theta Rho
girls met Thursday evening at the
l. o. %. F. hall. A letter from
the state assembly president an
nounced an assembly meeting for
April 20 in Butte. A number of
delegates from Laurel will attend.
Mrs. Ardeth Dixon, chairman of
the board of control of Theta Rho
clubs of Montana, will make an
official visit to Mistletoe club
April 6.
H~ostesses for the evening wore
Joyce Jordan, June Kroh. and Del
phine Koch.