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Hungry Horse news., 1954-04-02
So Lions Picnic
Set for Moy %

WEST GLACIER-Annual Lions
picnic in Glacier National Park
is scheduled for May % at Nc
Donald meadows between West
Glacier and Apgar.
The picnic is sponsored each
year by the Lions for the public
with the objective of giving a big
send-off to Glaciers travel sea-
son.
First picnic was held May Is,
1949 at Avalanche campground and
the day saw 2,400 persons visit
Glacier, the largest re-Memorial
day travel figure in park history.
Jean Sullivan is general chair
man for the coming May % pic
mic.
Events of the day will include
games for the whole family.
Prizes include a dressed beef
steer and a case of coffee. The
coffee winner must be present,
while the steer winner need not
be.
Plans for the picnic were dis
cussed at a West Glacier Lions
board Of directors meeting Tues
Gay evening.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-04-02
TO Pick School
Boord Members

District residents Saturday
along with the bond issue for the
proposed high school addition
will choose two school boarc
members.
There are three candidates DR.
w. K. Bennett, Columbia Falls
o'tr + ealI ~ Corani william
Krall, Hungry Horse. The two
men with the highest number OF
votes will win.
All residents of Montana for a
year, and of the district for 80
days, who are American citizens
over 81, may vote. No previous
registration is necessary.
Polling places are grade schools
at Columbia Falls, Martin City,
Coram, West Glacier and the Wal
ton hotel at Essex.
Otto Fehlberg, a board member
since Aug. IL, 1941, seeks re-elec-
ton. He is chairman of the pre-
sent board, and has not missed a
meeting in the more than Is years
he has served. Fehlberg owns a
grocery store, service station and
cabin camp at Coram. He is ac-
tive in civic affairs in Coram and
is a member of the county REA
board. Mr.. and Mrs. Fehlberg have
a son and daughter who attended
Coram school and then were grad
uated from Columbia Falls high
school.
James Marantette, Columbia
Falls, is not a candidate for re-
election to the board.
First nominating petition filed
for the election was for William
Krall, Hungry Horse pharmacist.
He is Montana State University
graduate, who during the war was
in the air force. Mr.. and Mrs.
Krall have a son in the first grade.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Krall have been
active in the community and in
school affairs. Last year he was
president of the Hungry Horse
Community club.
Completing the list of candi-
dates for the board is DR.. W.. F.
Bennett, Columbia Falls. He is a
Kansas University medical school
graduate, class of 1945, who then
served as a Navy surgeon, in
cluding duty aboard the U. S. 5.
Helena.
In 1948 DR.. Bennett came to
Hungry Horse, where he was ac-
tive in community affairs serving
as president of the Hungry Horse
Chamber of Commerce. In 1857
he moved to Columbia Falls, and
this winter was elected president
of the Columbia Falls Chamber OF
Commerce. He is interested IN
school activities. DR.. and Mrs.
Bennett have two sons, Gary D,
and Steven, 8.
The two candidates with the
highest vote tally will join Con
Lundgren, West Glacier; Herman
Byrd, Martin City, and William
Knapton, Columbia Falls, on the
board.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-04-02
Falls Area Gains
Two Additions

Two of the proposed additions
to Columbia Falls are scheduled
to come into the Incorporated lin
its. These are the Hoerner addi-
ton from highway 40 to 18th
street, and the Monegan-Sparks-
AAC tract between Fourth and
Sixth avenues East. Property own
ers generally favor the move.
Deadline for protests was Thurs
day. The third proposed addition
from the Red bridge north to high
way 40 is not coming into the
town. Owners of more than so per
cent of the land have protested,
and residents generally opposed
the move. There were over 80 op-
posing.
Columbia Falls gains about $50
residents in the new additions. Es-
timated population of the town is
1900, up from the 1850 census
figure of 1892.
Action on the three addition
resolutions will be taken at the
April meeting of the town council,
Monday.
Other topics include the Slifer
Improvement district to bring wa
ter lines into the new residential
area west of the high school, and
the proposed improvement district
for the Hoerner addition.
The council is also being asked
to take legal action closing Fifth
street East at the spot where the
new grade school physically blocks
tho ctraaf
Hungry Horse news., 1954-04-02
SUperior's New
Burner RISING

Construction is underway on
the new 78-foot high, 70-foot di-
ameter burner for Superior Build
ings Co., mill.
Contractor and supplier is
Gates Steel Construction Co., Cot
tage Grove, Ore, and Standpoint,
Idaho. Superintendent on the pro-
ject is Tom Harris.
The new burner along with the
new burner at Devoe Lumber Co.
mill at Somers become the largest
in the Flathead.
Last month saw erection of a
55-foot high burner at Rocky
Mountain Lumber Co., Columbia
Falls, by the Gate company who
two years ago erected another
burner at Rocky Mountain.
Other burner construction is
scheduled this spring at the Lev
erson and Page and Rex Brown
mills at Coram.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-04-02
Teachers Desk
NoW Incubator

Eighth graders in Don Steffen-
sens science class are particularly
interested in one drawer in the
room.
In another ten days the drawer
is to see the Matching of six chick
en- eggs. Steffensen keeps a light
bulb in the drawer and a ther-
mometer Temperature is kept at
991s degrees.
After five days, Steffensen op-
ened an egg for the class to see
the forming of chick, but plan is
to let the other six eggs hatch.
Members of the class have al
ready spoken for the three ban
ties and three Rhode Island Reds
if they hatch. They'll be Easter
chicks The teacher commented
that risk is if a bulb happens to
burn out overnight. He replaced
the 100 watt bulb once just after it
burned out. The eggs were still
warm.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-04-02

: WEST GLACIER-Snowfall al
Glacier National Park headquar-
ters since last fall totals 165
inches, compared to the normal
winters l11.6 inches.
The parks snowiest winter was
1951-52 with total fall of 204.8
inches at headquarters. Last win
ter there was 1912 inches.
Snow depth on the ground at
West Glacier, lowest spot in the
park is 35 inches. Closer to the
continental divide, Essex has SO
inches on the ground.
Helping create a deep snow sit
uation for the first of April was
fall of 81 inches this past week
at West Glacier. Il. D. Cannavina,
assistant chief ranger and wealth
er recorder, has tally of 80 inch
es of snow Tor the whole month,
compared to 1874 inches normal at
headquarters. Precipitation total
was 2.05 inches up from a 166
inch normal.
February snowfall was 15.9 in
ches down from a normal 20.5
inches, while precipitation, much
of it as rain, was 2.69 inches above
the normal 2.13.
January had 741z inches snow
fall compared to a normal 30.7
inches, while precipitation totaled
4.98 inches with normal of 2.93.
April ordinarily brings but 26
inches snow at headquarters. Last
year the spring month brought
ia inches.
Rangers Bud Estey and Bruce
Miller left Wednesday by skis for
Cattle Queen cabin in the heart
of the park. They expect to COM
plete the trip by Sunday.
A month ago, the two rangers
found a snow depth of 1855 inch
es with 38.4 inch water content at
Cattle Queen, compared to a March
/ normal of 81. .38 inches snow with
a water content of 34.9 inches.
April measurements are usually
somewhat less.
Rangers Adolph Opalka and Ed
Olmstead left Polebridge ranger
station for Kishenehn cabin on
the Canadian line, travelling on
skis. A month ago they found |
snow depths up to 54 inches at the
cabin with 1877 inch water con-
tent. This is also a four or five
day trip up the Flathead rivers
North Fork.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-04-02
To Vote on High School Addition

/ Question of a 100000 bond is.
sue to build and equip an eight
room addition to Columbia Fall!
high school will be decided at the
polls Saturday from noon until
p. m.
To carry the issue will need 4C
per cent turnout on the part OF
1929 registered taxpaying voters
or COG votes, and then majority
in favor of the proposal.
Voting on the question will be
voters from Essex through Col
umbia Falls and in Bad Rock and
Canyon View school districts.
Office of A. j. Shaw, county
clerk, shows the following regist-
cred voters who were on the 1858
assessment rolls: (by precincts)
Essex At, Bolton 1856, Coram 127,
Martin City including Hungry
Horse 353, and Columbia Falls
town 412
In addition Bad Rock high
school bonding district has 129
living from Bad Rock canyon to
Deer Park. The Canyon View
bonding district includes all of
Columbia Falls with 224 regist-
cred, taxpaying voters, and a sec
ton of the North Fork with 25, a
fraction of LaSalle with 16, and
a slice of Whitefish Lake precinct
with go eligible to vote on the
bond question.
People who live in the proposed
Hoerner addition or on the North
Fork road for example, if they
are eligible to vote, will find their
names on the Canyon View dis
trict roll, and will vote in Half
Moon at the school. In regular
elections, they vote at the Soldiers
Home. They can vote for district
6 board members at Canyon View
or Columbia Falls, but in bonds
only at Canyon View.
School officials point out that
the district high school built in
1910 when there were 100 stu
dents, last fall had 265, and can
expect $50 next fall, even without
a population increase.
The present building is consid-
cred full with 200 students.
Polling places will be grade
schools in Canyon View, Bad
Rock, Columbia Falls, Martin Ci-
", Coram, West Glacier and at
he Walton hotel, Essex. Judges
we're listed in previous issues.
Results of the election will be
broadcast by KGEZ.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-04-02

See editorial on settling strike,
page 2.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-04-02
Water Resources Above Normal

Reports of unusually deep snow
and high water contents are COM
ing in from the regular April l
snow measurement trips being
made by Flathead National Forest
and Glacier National Park men
for the U. S. Soil Conservation
service. Hungry Horse reservoir is
expected to have no difficulty fill
ing to its 3,5O0,0eo acre foot cap
acity.
Harry Mccarthy on Upper Hol-
land lake in the forest found 103
inches of snow with a 1872 inch
water content, compared to go
inches of snow and 35 inches of
water content a year ago. A month
ago the reading was 1925 inches
of snow with 1863 inches of water,
above normal.
johnson Flying Service found
AT inches of snow with 17.3
inches of water content on Basin
creek up the Flathead rivers
South Fork. Last year the reading
was 81 inches of snow with 7 inch
es of water content. At Holbrook
the reading was 43.7 inches of
snow with 16 inches of water con-
tent compared to 81 and SO inches
a year ago.
Brush creek in Tally lake dist
trict snow reading by John Pike
and Pat Taylor showed 81 inches
of snow with 19 inches water con-
tent compared to 38 inches of snow
with IL inches of water content
year ago.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-04-02
Boby Sitters

Columbia Falls high school stu
dents are supporting the bond is
sue by mimeographed sheet con-
tanning two editorials from the
student newspaper, "The Cat
Paw" The editorials point out
that the school is crowded, and
the difficulties of trying to hold
classes when there aren't rooms
available.
The student council is support
ing the bond question, and the
Y-Teens are sending out list OF
available baby sitters over the
district. There is also campaign
to provides rides to the polls.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-04-02
Awurd Contract foi
Plant PoWerline

Fishbach and Moore, Casey
Electric Co. and Brown-Johnston
were awarded the contract to
build the two parallel mile-long
100000 volt transmission lines
from the BPA line across the Flat
head river to the aluminium plant.
They will erect towers and
string the lines this spring and
summer. Clearing and some pier
work was done by Foley Con-
structors, the plants general con-
tractor.
The Fischbach Moore group
have the contract to install the
plants substations and take care
of electrical work between the
transmission line to the potlines.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-04-02
Olsen Rules: Enough Sieners

1 Arnold H. Olsen, Montana's at
torney general, has advised Mary
Condor, state superintendent of
public instruction, that the petit
ton calling the Bad Rock annex
alton election contained sufficient
signatures.
Olsen's office was asked to rule
on the question by Miss Condor
following receipt of the complete
transcript from Lulu Barnard,
county superintendent.
81 TO 81 VOTE
In view of this advise it is an
ticipated Miss Condor will come
to the same conclusion as Miss
Barnard. That in view of the 81
to 54 vote favoring annexation,
Bad Rock district be consolidated
with district g.
Bad Rock voted Feb. 4 on the
question of annexation, and the
vote turnout of lis was record.
1t then became apparent that %
signatures on the petition request
ing the election was not the re-
quired 20 per cent of all voters
who lived in the district.
An appeal based on insufficient
signatures was filed in behalf of
Charles Everett Baker, Mrs. Eli
zabeth label and George Matthei-
sen, Bad Rock residents.
On March 4 Judge Dean King
directed that all information be
sent to Mary Condor, state super
intendent. Miss Condor previous
ly felt that it was a matter for the
courts and not for her office.
If the appeal is continued pro-
testing the annexation, it will be
in court.
COMING LSGAt ACTION
Ed Schroeder, county attorney,
said in effect that in view of the
attorney generals decision, the
law requires him to institute ac-
ton to see that Bad Rock school
district books are turned over to
district 6. The county does not
recognize that there is a legally
Bad Rock school board !,
in view of the 61-54 vote by Bad
Rock residents with due process
of law followed. Attorneys for the
appeal could ask the court for a
restraining order. The court would |
then pass on the question.
QUOTES DECISIONS
The five page transcript by Oh
sen to Miss Condor quotes vari-
Gus Montana court decisions.
There was the recent case of State
ex rel. Graham VS.. Board of Ex-
aminers which held: "But after
the people voted on the measure
and a great majority of the voters
throughout the state have ex-
pressed their approval the courts
presume that the public interest
vas there, and technical objec-
ions to the petition or its suffi-
,iency are disregarded."
Another decision quoted was:
But the election should be held
valid unless it appears that suf-
icient number of legal voters to
lave changed the result were pre-
rented from caSIlnS Cnelr pd11oIS.
In determining the number of
ignatures, the attorney general
aid "It is not reasonable to re-
luire the county superintendent to
onduct door to door census" in
rider to determine the number OF
esidents in a district. ;
BASIS FOR SIGNATURES
Basis of Miss Barnard's calcula-
ion that % signatures were suffl-
lent was upheld in view of there
,eing 78 votes cast in the 1852
Bad Rock election when there was
contest for trustee. In the 1858
election, also contested, there were
Y ballots cast. Number of parents
(pIaaen hIIrn To nane 4l
Hungry Horse news., 1954-04-02
WEATHER forecast: Cloudy

WEATHER forecast. cloudy
with occasional snow through Fri
day. Southwest wind Thursday,
shifting to north Thursday even
ing with 20 to 80 mile winds, dim
inishing Friday. Much colder
Thursday night with lows down
to 10 and IS; high Thursday 38,
and Friday rs and 80. Blizzard
conditions prevail just east OF the
mountains
Hiqhs and lows of week: March
26. 1922, Saturday 22-8, Sunday
23-1. Monday 34-2, Tuesday 34-8,
Wednesday 1922, Thursday 38-
25, all at airport. There were sub
7r~0 readings on the edges OF the
valley
Evening star., 1954-06-06
First -Four Winners Selected
In Stars SNAPSHOT Contest

The flrSt four winners in The
Stars 1854 Amateur Snapshot
Contest now can focus clearly on
the $15.400 worth of local and
national prizes.
Judges last Wednesday care
fully studied 229 photos sub
mitted before picking the lucky
four. There was an unusually
fine selection to choose from,
and judges felt the initial
winners entries were better than
in previous years.
Winning photographs will ap-
pear weekly in The Star Pictorial
Magazine. starting June q. The
contest lasts IS weeks.
Weekly Prizes Listed.
. Weekly prizes will be $40 for
the best photo, regardless of
classification. two prizes of IS
each and an honorable mention
award. The best picture in each
classification is chosen each
week.
Winners of the four grand
prizes of $25 in The Stars con-
test will be entered in the 18th
a n nual Newspaper National
Snapshot Awards. These prize
winning photographers will COM
pete in the national finals with
the winners of contests con-
Quoted by other American and
Evening star., 1954-06-06

Canadian newspapers. AS many
as 280 prizes are offered.
There are four classes: (A)
Babies and Children; (B) Young
People and Adults: Co Scenes
and Still Life, and CD Animal
Life.
In the National Awards, a
grand prize of $1,000 will be
awarded to the winner in each of
the four classifications. Runners
up in each class will be awarded
$500 and each third-prizes win
ner. $3.50. There will be 68 Spe-
cial Merit Awards of $50 and 200
Honor Awards of $25. Z.
For Amateurs Only.
The Star contest and the Ma
tional Awards are exclusively for
amateurs. Contestants may en-
ter any number of snapshots as
often as they like. Only black
and-white photos taken since last
July l are eligible.
Copies of rules of the contest
are available at The Stars busi-
ness counter and Photographic
stores in the Metropolitan area.
Also. the rules appear on the
camera page in today's Star.
Entries should be addressed to
Amateur Snapshot Contest Edi-
tor. 401 Star Building, Washing
ton 4, D, C..
Evening star., 1954-06-06

who probably will have some COL
ored classmates next fall, de-
clared:
Some parents were surprised
the school board took action so
fast, feeling it might have waited
until the Supreme Courts final
ruling"
He added he wasn't particu-
larly surprised himself, however.
Regarding the reaction of some
white parents to the courts de-
cision on May II. he said:
There was quite strong feel
ing at first, but believe when
they find how it's working out
it won't be as big a problem as
they think it will be-"
Furman Templeton, a recent
PTA council vice president and
executive secretary of the Urban
League, and a Negro, said:
II don't anticipatae any diff
ncultleS. We have the advantage
of six years of school system con-
ditioning through the Joint
teacher meetings, in service
training and so on"
The school changeover will
give a big boost to civil rights
efforts with which the Urban
League is concerned. he added.
Carl Murphy, leader in the Ma
tional Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Colored People
and publisher Of the Baltimore
Afro-American. Negro newspa-
paper, predicted that Negro cit
izens would take the change
calmly.
Evening star., 1954-06-06
Glen Echo Firemen Plan
Open House at Noon Today

The Colonial type two-story
will hold an open house from
noon to 6 pm. today at their
new fire station at Massachus-
etts avenue and Sangamore road.
The colonial type two-story
structure has been in operation
for about two weeks. It Is de-
signed to handle six pieces of
equipment and to house q club
room for f1remen on the second
floor.
The building was constructed
with funds received from q $126,-
600 bond issue last year. The old
flrehouSe at VaSsar circle, Glen
Echo, is up for sale.
The Fire Department serves
the area bounded by Wilson
lane, River road, Western ave-
nue. and the Potomac River.
Evening star., 1954-06-06

cials as well as from Represen-
tatiye Whitten. Democrat. Of
Mississippi. the riders author.
These appears to be consider
able sentiment among some
House committee members
against repeating the rider en-
tirely. These members advocate
modifying the rider considerably.
but want to retain some controls
against too many, permanent ap-
pointments being made.
Chairman Rees said he hoped
the committee would wind up it's
hearings on the Whitten rider in
one day, so the group can report
the pay-fringe bill the following
week. Regarding pay, the COM
mittee has two proposals before
it. One would provide an across
the-board 5 per cent increase,
while the other would provide a
500 to $500 increase. with an
average of nearly $275.
On Thursday. the Senate Civil
Service Committee will start
hearings on the administrations
group life insurance proposals
for Government employees.
Chairman Carlson said he ex-
pected the committee to finish
its hearings on Friday. Admins
tration officials as well as Gov
ernment employe union officials
will be heard during the two
days. Senator Carlson is sponsor
of the bill which embodies the
administrators insurance pro-
poSals.
The measure would provide
life insurance policies for Fed
eral employees equal to their SAL
aries, at a rate of $3.50 year
per $1,000 worth of coverage.
-
PERFORMANCE RATINGS
On Wednesday. a House Civil
Service Subcommittee headed by
Representative Hagen, Repub-
lican, Of Minnesota, will meet to
draft proposed legislation for
changing the Governments per-
formance rating system.
The group will consider a rec
ommendation from it's profess
sional staff that the present
three-adjective rating system
outstanding, satisfactory and un-
satisfactory-be changed to per-
NIT agencies to use a fourth rat
Evening star., 1954-06-06
Baltimore Leads in School Integrotion

mitted, according to DR.. Fischer.
But officials intend to encourage
both colored .and> white parents
to keep their children where
they are, so that there will nei-
ther be an invasion by colored
nor an exodus by white in the
face Of the new policy.
Like DR.. Fischer. who has fire.
quently expressed his personal
disapproval of segregation, DR..
Houston Jackson. Baltimore's
Negro assistant school superin-
tendent. expects no wholesale
movement Of Negro children into
white schools. A good many
transfers may occur on the jun
ior and senior high level. how
ever. according to DR.. jackson.
IF we get 500 Negro children
in white schools next fall that
will be a big number" he said.
conceding, however, that this
was just a guess.
One school already certain to
get some Negro enrollees Is the
new Mergenthaler Vocational
High, which among other courses
features printing. Plans have
just been dropped for installing
printing equipment in a Negro
school.
Court Battle Waged.
A group of colored pupils has
been waging a court battle since
last year seeking admission to
Mergenthaler and another vo-
cational school. following the
precedent of the group Of IA
who gained admission to the
white Polytechnic Institute two
years ago in another court suit
on grounds that colored schools
did not offer equal facilities.
DR.. jackson, who Joined the
Baltimore schools as a Junior
high teacher in 1927 and was
promoted to administer the
Negro schools in 1851. has al
ready been assured a new post in
the fall. DR.. Fischer announced
Friday that DR.. Jackson would
be assigned to general admins
trative duties covering the school
system as whole.
Baltimore's school system has
five other assistant superintend-
entS, all white. One handles
general administrative duties
with special emphasis on the
budget. The others are RESPONSE
BILE respectively for elementary,
secondary, vocational and busi-
ness education, on a system wide
basis.
Until now DR.. Jackson has
been charged with selection of
Negro teacher applicants. But a
single examination is already
given to both white and colored
applicants, by the same exam
inerS, so existing lists of eligible
applicants will be simply merged.
The future handling of teacher
appointments and assignments is
still to be decided by the school
board. Under consideration, DR..
jackson said, is a decentraliza-
tion plan under which the school
system would be divided into five
areas. each headed by a CO.
ordinator who would appoint
teachers and oversee instruction.
Two Of the co-ordinators would
be colored, three white. and there
would probably be both white
and colored teachers and princi-
pals in all areas.
The one problem to be guarded
against under this setup, DR..