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The Sidney herald., 1955-11-10
Shorthorn Breeder
Assn. Members

James M. tSrack, Skaar Route.
Sidney, and Norman o. Eldridge.
Andes, have been elected to mem
bership in the American Short
horn Breeders Association, oldest
purebred livestock organization in
America.
Purpose of the group is to col
lect, verify and preserve pedi-
grees of Shorthorn beef cattle and
to promote greater use of the
breed.
Originally known as Durham
cattle, the breed took the name
Shorthorn from the popular ex-
preston after it was found that
by cross breeding, the old Western
Longhorn cattle grew short horns.
S%horthorns have received inter
national recognition for improve
ment of today's beef animals.
The Sidney herald., 1955-11-10
IOaStmaSterS
Hear Speakers

Following a general business
session, President Stan Levno
called on table topics master, o.
al H~alvorSen, who capably di-
rected a wide variety of unusual
subjects for extemporaneous talks
to members in attendance at the
Tuesday meeting of the Sidney
TOastmaSterS club. CONCLUDING
table topics %evaluation which fea-
tured constructive criticism of in
dividual speakers, by Stan Lev
no. recess was declared for prem
aration of the formal part of the
evenings program - the pre-
pared speeches. Four toastmasters
- Don Haga Twelfth specify
Bill Lillevig (second speech1
Clint Fulkerson (second speech
and Chuck Coleman extra
speech), were introduced bv
POSTMASTER Syl Braatin. They 60.
lected as the titles of their die
sertationS, GA National Lottery
Why Have a Merchant Marine"
Traffic Violators," and Gilman
cal Security for Teachers" re-
spectively. A special. events ses-
sion on descriptive adiectives was
presented by Al Johns who point
ed out the value Of description
pa speech. General Evaluator Dick
Ilppett called onSa individual
speaker critics, c. 3. watkins.
Frank Wodnic, Oscar Halvorsen
and Bob Hall, who summarized
good points and weaknesses of
the prepared speeches. Tippett
gave a summary of suggestions
for further improvement of the
general schedule. Ralph Osborn
reviewed the weaknesses in
grammar during the entire pro-
gram.
Plans were made for Ladies
Night" which will be held Mon
day. Nov. "A, at the regular meet
ing time.
The Sidney herald., 1955-11-10
Music Club Holds
Guest Night

The Sidney Music club held if,
first guest night Tuesday at the
home of Mrs. Harry johnson. Mrs
G. E. FitzGerald and Mrs. 7 7
Turner were assisting hostesses
Mrs. Wayne K. Cumming, pres
ident, opened the meeting bY
welcoming the guests. These in,
eluded Mrs. G.. R. Magruder Mrs.
j. w. Whitaker, Mrs. Louise HIT
ton' Mrs. John Hall, Mrs. Alfred
Lane, Mrs. Robert Ouenenmoan
MRS. q. G.. Redlin and Miss airline
Teigen. AiInle
Mrs. Cumming welcomed the
cIuOs new member, Mrs. Earl Nell
Son Roll call was answered hv
giving musical current events.
Mrs. Phyllis Ellington. program
chairman, introduced the program
Oh the evening and announced the
numbers as follows:
MY message - Guy d'Harde-
Iot, sung by Mrs. John Walburn.
Notes on American Indian mu-
SIC were given by Mrs. Walburn.
Final Movement American In
dian rhapsody - Preston Mare
Orem, a piano solo played by
Mrs. Harold Rounce.
From the Land of the Sky Blue
Waters - Cadman, sung by Mrs.
Ellington.
Indian Love Call - Friml. A
flute solo played by Mrs. Cum
ming.
Notes on the Opera Natoma
and on the life of Cadman were
by Mrs. Ellington.
Pale Moon = Logan sung
by Mrs. Walter Quilting.
Notes on Mrs. H. Beach were
given by Mrs. FitzG Gerald.
An Indian Lullaby, Mrs. H.
Beach, sung by a quartet.
The members are Mrs. Quill
ing, Mrs. Dick Helten, Mrs. Mel
and Mrs. Syl Braaten.
Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Rounce
we're accompanies for the solo
SITS.
The program was followed bv
'horal singing with Mrs. Cum
nIng as director and Mrs. Rounce
IS accompaniSt.
A social hour followed in which .
ne h~ostesses served a dainty
The Sidney herald., 1955-11-10
Peoples Church
Council Meets

The Peoples CongregationaI
church council met Tuesday eve
ming at the parsonage with DR..
Gordon Beagle, moderator. The
trustees reported that the curb
ing was done, but that more heat
was needed in the Kindergarten
room. The Every Member Can
vaSs" is to be held the first Sun
day Of December with Paul Cres-
ap, chairman. The deacon re-
ported that several babies were
to be baptized on THANKSGIVING
Sunday, Nov. 20 and also new
members to be received.
The church school has an x
cellent staff of teachers. Mrs.
Stanley Levno will teach the high
school class with Mrs. Vincent
Holmquist assisting with the
cradle roll department. Miss Lois
Hamer stimulated our thinking
in her visit.
The Pilgrim Fellowship report
ed on the large rally that was
held here. They wish to begin
now with what it means to Q
ship together. A leaders and Of
hcer's workshop is planned for
Saturday, Nov. 10 at Glendive.
Missionary education report
was that six reports have been
given so far this year.
READ HERALD WANT ADS!
The Sidney herald., 1955-11-10

READ HERALD WANT ADSI
And Use Them For Best Results!
The Sidney herald., 1955-11-10

places, where the t-rava1i,u
lie may use them. pup
Officers of the Sidnau
c1I,Jo wgIe recently elected, in
If ~ larry Ducello, president
Tica Albert Groskinsky, Jr.
mce-president; Otis Fencl, sec
aeUary-treasurer; and Henry NolI-
meyer Bible secretary.
Inc Sidney camp now num-
peIS only nine members, having
oeen recently divided to form two
camps, one here and one at Wolf
Point.
The Sidney herald., 1955-11-10

Outstanding between the nations.
l hope | can visit the states again,
or you can come to Germany.
Isabel Bengert (from Montana)
visit me for 3 days in my home.
We had a good time.
Sincerely Yours,
Ursula.
The Sidney herald., 1955-11-10
A. A. u. w. To
Sponsor Story
Hour for Children

All boys and girls AGED five
SIX, and seven are invited 10 a.
tend the AAUW children's story
hour at the Sidney Public IL
prary this Saturday afternoon
Nov. II at Ais p. m. ACCORDING ~
Mrs. Oscar Halvorson. president
OF the local University Women
With Mrs. Frank Wodnik as
chairman of the project a nre1
vlously unused downstairs room
IN the library building has been
decorated and furnished bv sew
eral AAUW members and their
husbands to provide a very At
tractlve and comfortable place
for the youngsters.
Plans for the project were in
ltlated at the May meeting of the
University Women and put into c
ton this fall. In October Frank
Wodnik, Vic Koch, Jim Carr and
Oscar EHalvorson built kinder
garten ! type benches at the Hal
vorSon home at the KICK trans
mltter building north of town.
Mrs. Wodnik, Mrs. Koch. Mrs.
Carr, Mrs. w. w. Hall. Mrs.
Dexter Lille, and Mrs. Oscar
Halvorson painted the benches
and floor in colors taken from
clever animal design curtains
made by Mrs. w. A. Turner. Mrs.
Hall is providing pictures for the
walls.
The purpose of the weekly
series which will continue into
spring is to acquaint children at
an early age with the library ia
clllties, encourage the library
habit, and develop interest in de-
sirable juvenile literature. The
sessions r designed to supple
ment home and school story times.
not to replace them, and will
draw upon rich resources Of time
proven and up-to-date writ
lngs for little people. Specially
The Sidney herald., 1955-11-10
Farm Youth
Exchange Writes
From GERMANY
By Ms. Bert BradIev

I received the following letter
from Ursula Leitgen which I
would like to share with the
readers of The Herald. Ursula
was an international Farm Youth
Exchange delegate from Germany
to the United States from NAV
to October. This program is spon-
sored in this countryaby the All.
Before coming to the U. S. in
May, Ursula could neither speak
nor write English. She lived in
our home from July II to 81 and
met many All leaders and mem
DerS IN Richland county. The let
ter follows:
The Sidney herald., 1955-11-10
Giershofen 2 November .

Dear Bradley Family!
Thank you very much for vour
very nice letter. I was so glad
to hear from you. Now I have
time to write a little letter. I am
now 5 weeks in my home. NV
father is glad to have me in his
house.
My ride on the boat vas very
nice, the weather was nice and
not much wind. I think many
times on my very nice time in
the United States. Every people
was good to me. You can every
friends hello say from me.
was 8 days in south Germany
IN the mountains. I had to 90 on
the train, now I miss to 90 every
time on the car. I hope my faith
er buy me some time a car.
We Germany IFYE's met the
American IFYE's in Bonn for two
days. There we had a wonderful
time. A lot of discussions about
the stay in USA. We also showed
our slides from America and the
other from Germany. That was a
lot Of fun.
l think this program is a Won
dertul experience. I hope we can
90 the exchange program many
years. 1t is good for better IN
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-09-15

wet he never had a chance to get
his ground worked like it should
have been; and soon's he had his
seed all in bout half just rotted in
the soil and left him nothing for his
toll What little grew was shortly
hit by bugs which ate up most of it;
then drought and heat both took their
toll and sorely tried poor neighbor's
soul and made his wonder ev'ry day
why he was farming anyway.
His livestock operation, too, has
left him mighty blue; a lot of baby
pigs were friz, or squashed by
clumsy sows, gee whiz. When wealth
er turned his pastures brown, his
milk production went way down, and
when his lambs began to die I
thought that guy would start to cry.
To me. them things are nothing new
and they don't put me in stew; |
FIGURE there is nauoht I can do about
them if I try. So when my stuff don't
do SO well always just relax and
tell myself the silver linin's this:
Just think of all the work I miss.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-09-15

Mormon crickets, but a species of the
Mexican grasshopper.
Tn the early stages of growth, the
cricket may be many colors - tan,
!. fawn, brown, purple, black-and many
shades. AS it reaches maturity. it is
generally dark brown, black, deep
purple, and sometime runs to the grey
side. In size, it's approximately 2 inches
long and from II to "a of an inch in
diameter in the larger part of the body.
The female is adorned with a tail like
a s'Katydid cricket''-curved like
scirnitar-
Go for Heads of Grain
It was believed that they fed mainly
on weeds and would do little harm to
grains and meadows, but that was
certainly proved falIacy right here in
Powell County In the pastures, they
fed mainly on Iupine and weeds, but
when they moved into a grain field,
they went for the heads. They strip
the leaves of alfalfa hay, leaving
FCAy SIO1hy Cup 10 uGA NCot- AASJ
dearly love timothy heads and viii also
eat the blades off the stems.
Spraying with aldrin will result in a
fair kill if you can get at the Matching
grounds when the crickets are very
small; however, it has little or no eff
feet on them when mature The best
method of eradication to date seems
to be rolled wheat which is impregnated
with aldrin under a high pressure
I write this that you may be alerted
to keep watch in your own locality. My
advice is to get after these pests quick
ly. Alert your neighbors to this insects
disastrous effects. Help the public to be
of such destructiveness. Don't
wait until you can not make step with
out killing Mormon crickets.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-09-15

,crickets pop. This was all right for a
while, until the road finally became
alive with them and about as slick as
an recovered winter road.
Real Hatch
My brother, Gene, got in touch with
our state entomologist, Ivor Twilde.
Since it was late in the summer, there
wasn't much we could do about them
that year. They had already laid their
eggs. Mr.. Twilde and his local assistant,
John Helding, checked the situation
over and said they'd check on them
again early the next spring when the
eggs began to hatch When that hatch
came, it was real ''honest-to- goodness
hatch"I
We had local meeting with a num-
Der of men from the Department of
Entomology, our county commissioner,
Werner Berthleson, our county agent,
Glenn Jones, and representative of a
flying service, who was interested in
scattering bait by plane
Enough people were not involved in
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-09-15
They Took IS Years TO Build Up
In orr Valley But Then We Had
Mormon Crickets
BIZ WENDELL COPENHAVER, PoaOeH County

MY FATHER AND AUNT we're driv-
ing along on their way home when
something hoped across the road in
front of them My aunt from Salt Lake
City exclaimed, Moody. there goes a
Mormon cricket!''
My dad, realizing that she was ''crick-
ct conscious merely laughed and said,
'.Naw, that's just kangaroo mouse.
I use this incident, which occurred
approximately Is years ago, as it is
the first I can ever remember of hear
ing about Mormon crickets here on
Kleinschmidt Flats. From that time on,
they gradually increased in numbers
not fast enough to be a problen-until
about years ago, when they began
to band up and move into peoples
fields. If you have never witnessed a
bad infestation of Mormon crickets.
just hope for your own sake that it
doesn't happen around your locality.
Kleinschmidt Flats is an oval-shaped
valley, bounded on three sides by noun
tains, the fourth extending to the south
west in rolling agebrush-covered hills
emerging into the main BlackfoOt val
ley. The bulk of this approximately
5000 acre valley is pastureland with
croplands lying to the outside edges.
The first noticeable infestation showed
up in the southwest and, as it became
worse, moved northeasterly for the
entire length of the valley.
Strips Sprayed
The first to take action against the
crickets was neighbor, John Geary,
who sprayed strip around his grain
land when they began moving in He
used a double dose of aldrin which did
not prove too effective.
From this time, the infestation began
to reach the disaster stage, with not
many people interested in doing any
thing about it, as the crickets weren't
much apparent damage to
pasturelands. They seemed to be feed
ing on weeds mainly With nothing
being done to retard their growth. they
multiplied by the billions and began
mass marches-and since they hap
pened to be facing generally into the
northeast when the urge to move came
over them, that's the way they went
That year they moved into our pas
ture. They we're so thick that you were
bound to run over them when they
crossed the roads Being cannibals,
they'd stop to feed on the dead. II
became quite satisfaction to dodge
from one spot to the other as you
drove down the road, just to listen to
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-09-15
l Promoted Myself
To Combine Pilot
b. MRS. Ed HABEL
Hill C0zkntv

FIELD WORK is not new to me. In
fact / have been official driver of the
wheat truck for the last 10 years. But
last fall I promoted myself We had
just bought new self-propelled COM
bine and one day when my husband
was gone after gas and oil just
climbed aboard the combine and took
over
My husband was surprised when he
returned and found both me and the
combine gone but when he caught up
to us he decided that we were doing
such good job that we might as well
keep right en- After that he drove
the wheat truck.
Numerous visitors and especially
members of my family from my home
back in Iowa have been shocked to
find me running the combine, but |
enjoy it and they are reconciled when
they find that / can keep house and
prepare good meals for them as well.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-09-15

the situation for it to seem plausible to
bait by plane. SO arrangements were
made for a spreading machine mounted
on truck The Department of Entomol-
ogy also furnished us with a mixing
machine, 3 or 4 tons of wheat bran,
and sodium fluosilicate poison The
county donated the use of their truck,
trailer and labor to haul this material
in from Drummond. Some of us, of
course, had to stand the freight from
Miles City to Drummond, plus donating
our own time.
Areas Baited
BY this time, the crickets were large
enough to start banding and moving
again and were in our meadows and
grainland, really playing havoc. We
worked for week or two mixing. haul
ing, and spreading poisoned bait ON the
large concentrations. We finally had to
quit to get back to our neglected ranch
work with just these main concentra-
tions baited.
The next spring, necessity prompted
us to really organize, getting all land
owners in on the situation and donations
from other ranchers who were threat
ened by the devouring, rowing urges
of the crickets.
We again proceeded to use the sys-
tenn of spreading bait by truck, but we
soon saw that it was going to involve
quite a period of time and we all had
a lot of ranch work.
Entire Valley Baited
AT another well-represented meeting,
we finally gained sufficient funds to
make arrangements to fly the bait.
With the financial and physical assist
ance donated-which we certainly ap-
preciated- entire valley was baited.
The Department of Entomology fur
nished and trucked in a ready-mixed
bait free of charge. A Twin Falls, Idaho,
flying service flew 5000 acres at $.25
per acre. The Department of Entomol-
ogy brought in its own plane and flew
the additional 1000 acres. We paid our
shares according to the number of
acres we had to cover and, with the
we still had $349 SO to mop
Ip on the crickets.
There is not too much known about
he Mormon cricket, but I will grant
you that it is being studied very closely.
t got its name from an infestation that
occurred in Utah in the early 1905.
actually, according to the Department
f Entomology, these were not the
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-09-15

MY NEIGHBOR'S feeling awful
low, he tells fearful tale of woe
bout all the troubles he has had,
he thinks his luck has all been bad.
Last spring, he says, was SO darn
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-08-26
St. Gabriel Choir
Members to Sing
Mass at Chillicothe

Nine women members of st. Cab
riel parish have donated vocal tai
ent for the disabled veterans at
Chillicothe Veteran Administration
Hospital in answer to requests
made by the Columbus Committee
of the National Catholic Commun-
ity Service.
The group will sing the nine
o'clock Mass, Sunday, in the hos
pital chapel. Mrs. Jackson Little, a
charter member of the NCCS Com
mittee, will be in charge of ar
rangements.
Meanwhile, new project of
chaplaincy aid has been initiated
by the NCCS Committee for the
benefit of tubercular patients at
the hospital. Rules prohibit the
removal of all articles once used
in the TB division. A complete sci
of vestments and chalice, there.
fore, will insure that the Sacrifice
of the Mass can be offered regu.
larly for TB patients able to at
tend the chapel for services.
The committee will welcome aid
in the project. Those interested
may contact Michael McGee, 1867
Brentell Ave, NCCS chairman, or
Mrs. James Farrell, 1906 Linwood
Ave, hospital representative.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-08-26

Downtown she gets a little ex-
citeMent in the rush of everyday
business plus feeling of value as
an economic unit. That's all a wom-
an can get out of job. At home
she has variety of functions to
fill, and she is indispensable to all
of them"
Particularly when the children
come, he said, any leaving Of
the home by fhe woman, except
in grave necessity, Is very
damaging"
The damage comes from the fact
that the children are deprived of
mothers love and affection during
the hours that she works. They
also miss the educational influence
which she so powerfully exerts, he
stated.
"The modern world holds Up for
our ideal the picture of a woman
who is wealthy, has two children
and lives semi-regally," the priest
said. ''H she is college graduate,
the picture may show her hand
ling a job in a publishing house
with charm and efficiency. This is
an ideal quite different from that
held by the Church.
THE Popss remind US That
The successful married woman
loves her husband, sxeeIs as both
wife and mother, inspires her
household, and is active In ths
church and eormvnity."
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-08-26

versity Of America, one tuition
scholarship to Marquette Uniyer-
sity, two tuition scholarships to
Indianapolis College, Montreal,
and about 80 scholarships in sec
ondary schools in Canada during
the 1855 school year.
The board announced it will con-
tinue the Home Study Course in
Religion, which was ipaugurated in
1941 by Father L. ]. Fallon, c. NJ
Since that time, it was reported,
sofhe 10000 persons have enrolled
in the course for religious instruc-
ton at home.
The national circle endorsed an
eight-point program designed to
combat false and lazy solutions"
for starvation throughout the world
and voted to commend the produc-
ers of worthwhile television shows
and to ask their members to notify
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-08-26

Even if the individual family
thinks it imperative that the wife
contribute to the support of the
family, the Pope has cautioned
that thorough study should be
made to determine if the added
salary may not be eaten up in ex-
ira expenses outside the home" !"
Father William B. Faherty. S.J.,
head of the department of sociolo-
gy of Regis College, Denver, de-
clared.
In few cases a mother must
take an outside job to help raise
her family, the Jesuit said. The
financial situation demands it.
But In many cases II is sim
ply the pressure Of our ssdsef.
saturated society which induces
q mother 70 work." he continued.
Americans tend 10 classify peo.
pie by the make Of their car,
and society begins TO look down
on Q fellow with Q model three
or four years old. The family
finds II difficult TO live Up 10
these false economic standards
on ths husbands salary alone"
Not one out of a hundred young
men getting married today pre-
SumeS that his bride would be
more valuable to him in the home
instead of in a business office
downtown, the priest said.
But beyond mere financial con-
siderations, he pointed out, the
presence of the women in the
home has many other values.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-08-26
NCCS Sounds
Call For More
Volunteers

ST. PAUL, Mimi. -(NC)-
The need for more Catholic
women in the volunteer pro-
gram of the National Catholic
Community Service for Veter-
ans Administration hospitals
was underscored by speaker
here.
She was Philomena F. Kerwin.
national director of the NCCS-VA
Hospital Service who told the BIZ
ennial convention of the Interna-
tional Federation of Catholic Alum
nae that approximately 30 per
cent of the 11o,31S patients in the
VA hospitals are Catholic"
Miss Kerwin who has visited 140
VA hospitals throughout the coun-
try, said that the purpose of the
NCCS-VA Hospital Service is to
provide special assistance to the
chaplains and to organize and CO.
ordinate Catholic volunteer activ-
tiles in the VA hospital program.
Another purpose, she stated, is to
stimulate the work of Catholic or.
carnations in providing volunteer
services to these hospitals.
Participating in the general
program for hospitalized veterans,
the NCCS volunteers render many
other services, such as reading to
bedfast patients, writing letters and
shopping for them, and feeding
patients who are paralyzed or can
not help themselves" the NCCS of
ficial said. "Their services are not
confined to Catholic patients. for
they serve all patients without re.
ligious distinction" she added.
Miss Kerwin made a special plea
for increased interest in the volun.
teer program for mental patients.