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Hungry Horse news., 1954-06-04
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/ Flathead county commissioners
are contracting Montana's congress
sional representatives for federal
financial aid in connection with
the new bridge at Polebridge
crossing the Flathead rivers North
Fork into Glacier National Park.
State high way department
bridge engineers estimate that
erecting a single-lane steel bridge
at Polebridge will cost $4,000.
In May, 1858, the county was sue
cessfu1 bidder at a Bureau of Rec
lamation opening to sell bridges
that formerly crossed Wheeler,
Sullivan and Graves creeks in the
area now included in Hungry
Horse reservoir.
The county's bid was $3.50 for
two 60-foot spans weighing 21,000
pounds and a deck type weighing
$4,000 pounds with ia and %
foot spans. The state highway
department bridge engineers
worked out design for the three
bridges to be connected at Pole
bridge for crossing.
Balance of funds to be raised
for this construction is more than
$4,000. Former plan was for the
National Park Service and Flat
head county to share the cost.
Now Flathead county commits
sioners find themselves in posi-
ton of being asked to spend over
$4,000 when the law limits them
to $4,000 expenditures without
bond issue authorized by cleo
ton.
Getting 20 per cent of Flathead
voters to sign petitions for North
Fork bridge bond issue is viewed
as not at hand.
The county commissioners stand
asking more federal assistance for
the bridge is also based on the
situation, where most of the whole
land area on the west side of the
bridge is forest service holding,
and on the east side of the river
with few exceptions the federal
government owns all the land in
Glacier National Park. The park
owned acres are not taxed by the
county.
Meanwhile flood conditions of
the Flathead's North Fork further
weakened the pole bridge at Pole
bridge until it was closed to traf-
fic. Temporary repairs are re-op-
ening the structure for cars and
pickups only.
Meeting with Flathead commits
sioners Tuesday on the bridge
question were Glaciers Supt. j.
w. Emmert, with George Miller,
assistant superintendent, and R. T.
Montgomery, park engineer.
The bridge problem will be dis |
cussed at meeting of the North
Fork Improvement association
Sunday at pm, at their COM
hall near Trail creek.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-06-04
I'll. III. Lake Rising

HUNGRY HORSE - Level Of
water in Hungry Horse reservoir
rose 1873 feet in the last ten days
of May. May inflow averaged a.
900 cubic feet per second; aver
age inflow for last 10 days Of
May, 1890 CTS, and peak, 36,40s
cfs May 20. Outflow average was
625 cfs. Storage total was 2,577-
$50 acre feet May 81. Capacity OF
3,500,0O0 is expected to be reached
this summer, and it is nearing the
100000 previous top level reach
ed last fall
Hungry Horse news., 1954-06-04
Shoe Horses Monday

ST. MARY - Charles Ray,
Whitefish blacksmith, Monday
will start shoeing Glacier National
Parks herd of 33 horses and 26
mules. The animals are being
brought back from winter pasture
on the Fred Stone ranch north of
Browning. For the first time in
years, the park herd experienced
winter casualty. Prince and Pie
gan, park service veterans, are not
returning. These horses and mules
are for lookout and trail crew pro-
visioning and ranger inspections.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-06-04
Fathers and Sons
Fish at Logging

WEST GLACIER-Fathers and
scout sons of West Glacier-Apgar
troop took a two-day overnight
hike over Memorial day to Log
ging lake in Glacier National
Park. 1t was a five mile hike in,
and a number of limits were
caught on opening day Of fishing
season.
Making the hike were Lynn
Coffin, Dave Thompson and Dick
Nelson accompanying scouts, Den
mis- Mollberg, Leonard Johnson,
CLAUDE Coffin, Richie Nelson,
Tommy Thompson and his scout
cousins from Missoula, David and
Brs an Maughn,
Tents were dry.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-06-04
StevensviIIe Firm Low on Painting

DlSII1CL SCuOOl OOdl u OPG11CN
bids this week for painting, fue
oil and janitorial supplies.
Dickerson Paint shop, Stevens
vile, was low bidder on the con-
tract to paint the interior of Col
umbia Falls high school and a
portion of the old Talbot grade
school.
The Stevensville firm bid $2,-
1880 to paint six rooms and cor
ridors of the old Columbia Falls
Grade school and So, ,152.40 to
paint the interior of the high
school except for the gym.
Other bids with the grade
school price listed first were: Kali
ispell Glass and Paint Co., $1,423
and $5,985; Russell Anderson, Kali
ispell, $3,280 and $6,785; Leonard
NJ. Holcomb, Kalispell, $1,839 and
$4,989.75; Home Improvement Co.,
Great Falls, $3,440 and $6,895.
Robert Sanders drew up paint
ing contract Specifications, and
will supervise the improvement on
a 7 per cent fee basis. The paint
ing is to be completed in As days,
with contract award expected
shortly.
AWARDED FUEL OIL
Smith Brothers, Columbia Falls,
were successful bidders for sup
plying No. fuel oil at 14.9 cents
a gallon and No. for 7.5 cents
gallon. Willard Aronow, Kalispell
bid 14.8 cents on No. 8 and 7,2
cents on No. 5, and Snappy Servi-
center, Kalispell, Is cents on No.
3. Award was to Smith Brothers
on availability of service and
price.
Between December and June,
74,45O gallons of the heavier No.
5 oil was used in Columbia Falls
high school, the new grade school
and old Talbot building, and be-
tween December and May 21,294
gallons of No. 3 oil were used at
Essex, West Glacier, Apgar, Cor
am, Martin City and Hungry
Horse schools.
Carpenter Paper Co., Missoula,
was successful bidder on janitor-
ial supplies asking $7.46 a case
for 20 cases of Ft. Howard toilet
tissue; $3.05 a case for 100 cases
of No Rival towels; 1887 a hun
dred for fifty 100 pound cans of
oil base sweeping compound, and
$4.87 a drum for thirty rs pound |
drums of wax base sweeping COM
pound. Price is fob Columbia Falls
with l per cent discount.
Other bidders were Davall Mer-
camille Co., Hungry Horse News
and Park Mercantile Co., Colum-
bia Falls, and Northern School
Supply Co., Great Falls.
The board renewed an $8,832
insurance policy on Columbia
Falls high school with Barton Pet
tit, Bad Rock, and $21, 900 worth
of insurance on the high school
with F. P. Fleming, Columbia
Falls.
Supt. Dulane Fulton was in
Structed to work on playground
at the new Colum-
bia Falls grade school. Plum Creek
mill is donating use of a dozer to
evel the school yard.
NEW ESSEX SCHOOL
The board expressed interest in
4 new school building and teach
erage for Essex to replace the old
building across the tracks up on
he hill. Present building is to be
'epaired for next fall, and a new
school is possible in 1855.
Resignation of Mrs. Dorothy Ray
IS intermediate teacher at Coram
vas accepted. The family is NOV
ng to Libby.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-06-04
Look for End OF AAC Strike

1 Developments last week and
this. continue to indicate that the
strike that closed down construc-
ton of the Anaconda Aluminium
Co., plant April 5 will be settled
this month.
J. w. Cullen, vice president Of
j. A. Mcneil Co, Inc, Alhambra,
Calf, plant excavations and foun-
dations contractor, is to return to
the Flathead Monday from Los
Angeles for meeting with labor
representatives.
RAISE INDICATED
Union sources feel that the
settlement will be IL to Is cents
an hour increase. Contractor COM
ment is not available.
Next Wednesday will be the
first anniversary of plant con-
struction beginning. Starting day
was June 8, 1858. A carpenters
picket line backed by other
crafts shut down construction that
had continued through the winter,
April 5, when payrolls were over
100000 a week with loo men
employed. The strike now is ap-
preaching its ninth week. Issue
was carpenters asking for Is
cents an hour increase to $2.65.
Qualification of the Mcneil con-
tract with Anaconda was appar-
emily made in mid-May with the
result that the California concern
is proceeding as we predicted last
week, in its own negotiations with
labor leaders.
OPPOSE SIX DAYS
Several of the crafts object
strongly to settling the strike only
on the basis of a six instead of
five day week which would boost
paychecks over 20 percent through
overtime. 1t is also reported that
the Mcneil Co., is likewise not in
terested in a six-day week which
would increase their costs more
than the is cents an hour or Sc a
week wage boost.
A complication has been the
situation where bidding on exca-
vations and foundations (origin-
ally considered a $3,000,000 con-
tract) was extremely competitive
early in 1858. Total cost of the
plant is stated as $50,00O,000.
Mcneil was finally awarded the
initial construction phase in a
May 18, 1853 announcement fol-
lowing months and weeks of de-
lay. Official first spadeful turn
ing was June 8, 1858.
Interested observers feel that
McNeil's low bid followed the
pattern of many low bids. No
money was made. Then a month
later on July 8 came the an
nouncement of the general con-
tract to Foley Constructors on a
cost plus basis. Mcneil being on
the job first, and having had the
major contract at the ACM's Yer
rington plant had good reason to
be disappointed.
Reason for the cost plus award
to Foley's apparently was that de-
sign of the plant was not at the
stage IOT award on q IlTIIl contract.
WINTER JOBS
When winter arrived, Mcneil
costs scared. Anaconda wanted the
plant built, and the Flathead knew
an unusual winter-time prosperity
with record numbers of construc-
ton men working. Mcneil was put
On a cost plus basis, which was to
terminate April l, but then ended
with the April strike.
AS it stands any increase grant
he crafts now by Mcneil will be
paid by Mcneil, who have firm
contract. 1t is a difficult situation
n view of the competitive bid.
George n. Gohn Thursday noon
as president Of the Kalis-
,ell Building and Construction
Trade council. Complete text Of
he resignation is on page 4.
Resignation of Harold Gohn, as
president of the Kalispell Build
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Hungry Horse news., 1954-06-04

Hours of Columbia Falls city
clerk are to p.nn., and from
1870 to $50 pm. Mrs. Ruby J.
Guillaume- Berg has this hour
schedule to accommodate persons
who want to pay water bills at
noon or after 5 pm.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-06-04

Columbia Falls received fav-
orsbIe report in the annual exam
ination by state examiners in
April. Complete text of the re-
port with comments at the bottom
is printed on page 3.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-06-04

George n. Gohn Thursday noon
resigned as president of the Kalis-
pell Building and Construction
Trade council. Complete text Of
the resignation is on page 4.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-06-04

Resignation of Harold Gohn, as
president of the Kalispell Build
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-06
Bethel Church
Choir No. |
Gives Banquet

The members Of Choir No. 1, OF
Bethel A. NJ. E. Church gave a
banquet Monday, February /, at
their church hall. This affair was
given In honor OF the cooperation
received in their many efforts. Be-
fore the guests assembled in the
hall program was given in the
church which was as follows:
Prelude -- "The End of a Per-
feet Day - Mrs. Theodore Thurs
ton. pianist.
Hymn pass Me Not o Gen.
de Savior" Audience.
Hymn - "Some Day" - Aud
fence.
Introduction of Officers - Mrs.
Phalona McClain
Hymn Jesus VIII Roll All
Burdens Away" - Audience.
Reading - "Jesus Teaches Per-
severance" - Mrs. Grace Butler.
Remarks Mrs. Chisrn.
Short Talk - Mrs. Winifred
Sand Johnson.
Address - Rev. w. NJ. Everett,
pastor.
Hymn - when My Savior Calls
Me Home" -- Audience.
Remarks Mrs. Phalona Nc.
CLAIM, Vice President.
Benediction - Rev. Everett.
The officers of the club are as
follows:
President 1870 Frank Holloman.
Vice President - Phalona Nc.
Claim.
Secretary Arthur Mcintosh
Organist - Theodore Thurston.
Choir Director and Chaplain -
Mr.. ChiSm.
Business Manager -- Willie Ward
Those attending this grand af.
fair were Mrs. Marie Green, Mrs.
MaliHda Harrington, Miss Viola
Manuel, Mrs. c. Everett, Mrs. Bea.
|trice Mcintosh, Mrs. Mary Nc.
Intosh. Mrs. Olive Sands, Mrs.
Carrie Walker, Miss Elizabeth Da-
Wis, Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Fisher,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Henderson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Allen, Willie
Ward, Mrs. Grace Butler, Mrs.
Theodore ThurSton, Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Curry, Jr,, Mr.. and Mrs.
BaSsalieu, Helen Johnson and Ms.
Winifred Sands Johnson.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-06
Roosevelt Sands
lis HonOred AT
Gala Banquet

National Boy Scout Week viii be
observed from February 7, through
ID. There are many people in the
city highly interested in this won
Iderful movement but none can be
more interested than ScoutmaSter
Roosevelt Sands who has given his
time to holding Troop SO together
The people of the community ap-
ipreciate the many services render
ed by Mr.. Sands for this reason
several organizations got together
Friday, January 20, at the Service
mems Community Center to give
him a testimonial dinner.
The gala affair given by the Boy
Scouts, Cub Scouts and the Key
West Progressive League was elo.
quently presided over by the Mas
ter of Ceremonies, Benjamin G.
Johnson.
The principal speaker of the
evening, Ernest N. Taylor, field
Scout executive of Monroe, Dade
and Broward Counties, who resides
lin Miami, Florida, chose a very
timely and appealing subject,
packing A Knapsack for Our
Boys Who Are Travelling to the
City of Adulthood.
Honored guests on the program
were Rev. Manuel Figueroa, invo.
cation; William S. Perry, Welcome
address; Roosevelt Sands, guest OF
honor; E. N. Taylor, principal
speaker; Rev. A. Franklin Hooper,
response; Captain A. H. Dropp,
Scout commissioner of Monroe dis
trict, presentation of award of ap-
IpreciatiOn; Mayor and Mrs. c. B.
Harvey, remarks and Milton A.
Evans, ST., benediction.
The entire audience went on re-
cord in unanimously agreeing that
too much can never be said about
the splendid work being done by
Mr.. Sands in building stronger
manhood in our young boys.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-06
High
Announces
Honor Roll

Exactly one-half of the school
term has passed and by now you
have your child's report card in
your hand. You are the Judge and
you should be able to see what
your child is doing.
If for some reason or the other
you do not have your child's card,
go and see his teacher and find
out why. 1t is absolutely necessary
that you do this.
Each days delay IS dangerous.
Don't wait until the last moment
to find out why your child is not
making passing grades.
Don't say that l did not tell you
about the report cards.
Douglass is striving hard to build
scholarship. With this in mind an
honor roll is posted at the end of
every six weeks. Following is the
honor roll" for the first SemeS-
ter.
Honor Roll"
Grade II, Milton M. Thompson,
sponsor; HortenSe Curry, Virginia
Burgohy, and Arthur Clarke.
Grade 10, Alfred T. Saunders,
Sr., sponsor; Alfred Gibson, Bill
Dorset, Larry Clarke and Alma
Sparks.
Grade 81, Mrs. Winifred Sands
Johnson, sponsor; Alveda James,
Viria Role, Juanita Saunders and
Phyllis Marie Allen.
Grade 80, Theodore T. Sands,
sponsor; Rudolph Manuel and RAN
dolph Storr.
Grade 9, Mrs. Isabel Sands, spon-
Sor: Nancy Evans.
Grade 10-1, Mrs. MiZpah Crutch-
field, sponsor; Alfred Curry and
Juanita Mingo.
Grade 1912, George Dean, spon-
Sor; Paula Dean, Freda Saunders
and Judy Gibson.
Grade IL, Mrs. Doris H. Miller,
sponsor; Marguerite Ashe and The
odore Suarez.
Grade IL, Mrs. c. Minor, spon-
Sor; Rufus Role and Sylvia Smith.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-06
Zion Church NeiUs

Ushers Board No. of Zion A.
NJ. E. Church held its weekly meet
ing Wednesday, February 1, at
1890 p. m. at the home of Mrs.
Ruth MunningS.
Business of importance was dis.
cuSsed. 1t was decided that money
be raised by the club with a final
date being set for Saturday, Feb.
.ruary 20.
All members are asked to be pre-
sent for the first Sunday and in
the professional line at 700 p. M,
promptly for conservation.
New members present were Mr..
and Mrs Z Rochelle Mcintyre, Mrs.
Nellie Davis and Mrs Ella Mae
lBookman.
The next meeting will be held
Wednesday, February 10. at 1880
Ip. M, at the hoi-e of Miss Maxi.
nina Valdez, 12-F Fort Village.
Refreshments are always served
at the meetings.
E. D. Lampkins, reporter
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-06
NAVY WIVES
CLUB NOTES

Southemmost Navy Wives Club
No. ia, met at the home Of Mrs.
Bessie King, HIS Fort Village, on
January a. The occasion was q
shower for little baby Piggie.
Mrs. Edwina Piggie. the mother,
brought her beautifnl daughter ~
a lovely pink outfit.
The gifts received by the baby
were as lovely as she.
We are pleased to announce
three new members 10 our club:
Mrs. Eva Patterson. Mrs. r.
Bryant and Mrs. Norma Blanco.
We welcome these new men,
berS into our circle and we con-
tinue to remind all Navy wives
that We want them 30. Join the
club.
There Is sufficient room IN our
club 10 welcome each and all.
The world is full. OF talk Of i'm
portant things, but no one talks
about the Navy wires who come
into Key West IN the wee hours Of
the morning with small children
and an abundance of luggage and
no living quarters only 10 find their
husbands out to sea.
II is plainly evident that some.
thing has 10 be done ior Q group
so bewildered. e
The Navy Wives Club b one Of
the few helping agents by which
such problems are handled.
It is mot for glory OF. praise that
the club works, but. coy for ap-
probation. -. -
Won't you, - . Navy wife, 3oin
US? = -
Mrs. Florence Fry, reporter
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-06
FATHERS DESERVE PRAISE

Volumes have been written on
the Mothers March On Polio
while nothing or very little has
been written On the fathers who
really become 1.-The hands tha.
rock the cradle" while the mothers
march. Let Us take q true per.
spective of the picture and give the
men some credit.
When a nationwide army OF wo.
men took the field to participate in
the Mothers March on Polio, y
they had the support at their home
bases from an unsGmg troop d
fathers who did baby sitting while
mothers marched. The chances
were that the marching hour found
most fathers whose wives were
taking part in the March, arrayed
in kitchen aprons washing the din.
ner dishes and later reading a
story to junior and tlcking him
into bed.
If the Mothers March on Polio
happened 10 be lodge night, OF
Dads bowling night or the sche
duled date for a poker session. the
husbands of marching mothers just
had to forego these recreational
pursuits for that night.
There probably was q certain
amount Of policy grimbling on the
part Of baby-sitting fathers lest
their polio-crusading wives get the
notion that in enlisting their ser.
vices to man the home front in
the interest of the fight against
polio they were conditioning them
for like service on future occasions
for less worthy activities In which
friend wife would like to PARTED.
pate.
Mere male also assisted in the
Mothers March in other capacities
than that of baby-Sitters and guar
dams OF the hearth. Volunteers
from the police and fire department
acted as escorts In transferring
funds from the various collection
centers to a central depository.
Male volunteers offered to donate
their services to help count and
package Mothers March contribu-
tons.
And seme male volunteers even
marched in the porchlight parade
as Contacts. Our own Paul j.
Sher offered a splendid example.
More power to the men!
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-06
Senior Choir
OF Zior, Church
Holds Election

The senior choir Of Cornish Me-
mortal A. M. z. Zion Church held
its annual election On January q,
with the following officers being
elected:
President Edwin Lanpiins
Vice President-Ben Spicer
Secretary-Willie johnson
Assistant Secretary-Exie Hoop
er
Treasurer-IeCO Sumner
Pianist Marguerite Welters
Choir Mistress-Meresdes Haa-
nibal sBFss
Chaplain Hilda MCGEE
Critic-Grace Spicer
Mrs. Ruby Bain, reporter
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-06
SUGAR CHILE" WANTS TO QUIT
SHOW BUSINESS, BE A DOCTOR

Detroit - LR - "Sugar Chile
Robinson, a renowned jazz pianist
when he was knee.high to a tun
ing fork, is a typically American
I14-year-old today, who collects
snakes, stamps and records, plays
baseball and hopes to become Z
doctor.
In fact, Sugar Chile" whose
real name is Frank Isaac Robin
son - is a modest teenager who
seems to have absorbed all the ad
vantages of fame without stumb
ling over its headaches.
When he was 6, with never a les
son, Frank astounded audiences or
two continents with shOw-stop
ping boogie-woogie style of play
ing and singing that earned him a:
much as $4,000 a week.
He hasn't given up show bust
ness yet although his bookings are
limited to holidays and summer
vacations.
Frank performed at New York.
Apollo Theater Thanksgiving weel
at . salary Of about $500.
In 1916 he entertained President
Truman and 300 members of the
White House Correspondents Assn
at their annual Washington dinner
at was the biggest thrill in my
life," Frank recalls, "but some
thing happened that I'll never for
get"
Right in the middle of a hot
chorus one of the piano legs gave
way and the instrument collapsed
well, the President laughed so
I got down on the floor and finish
ed playing on my knees. l guess
he knew that a piano players life
is not easy" Frank says.
In the 10th grade at Detroit'S
Northern High School, Franks tea
Ichers speak proudly of him. He s
an A or B student in all his sub
jects and sings in the school choir
- standing in the front row. He
has to in order to be seen. He's
only a feet, inches tall.
Little Frank thinks he may give
ul show business when he reaches
college age.
1--WE always wanted to be a
doctor. I've always wanted to
make sick things we'll. I'm lucky
I'll have the money to get the
education IN need" he says.
Frank has earned about $10O, OOC
from vaudeville tours. Under Mich.
igan law, his net earnings are
being kept intact until he's 81. The
estate is under jurisdiction of Pro.
bate Judge Thomas c. Murphy
Franks father is administrator
Franks mother died in 1913.