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Ralph J. Mcmahon, Athlete
IAtSt. John S and NuvyVeteron

him into less demanding work
he went with the National Insti-
Itutes Of Health, where he was
employed at the time of his
death.
A member of the Holy Name
Society, Mr.. Mcmahon also be-
longed to the Rosensteel Coun-
ell of the knights of Columbus
and the Catholic War Veterans.
Coilins-M Murdoch Post.
Mr.. Mcmahon leaves, besides
his parents. his wife, the former
Sarah Murphy. and two chill
dren, Richard. S, and Jude Anne,
3, of 1929 Colchester drive, Ken
sington, Md. Also surviving are
four brothers, John K, James p,
jr.; Eugene and Michael Nc
Mahon, all of Washington.
A requiem mass will be cele-
brated at 10 am. tomorrow in
st. JoSeph's Church, Second and
C streets NE. Burial will be in
Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-05

Ralph j. Mcmahon, %, a
fourth generation WaShingto-
nian and former star athlete at
st. Johns College High School
here, died Friday in Doctors
Hospital after a three-year ILL
ness with cancer.
The son of Ellen Smith Nc
Mahon and James P. Mcmahon
of 1341 T street Sc, he at
tended Nativity School and st.
Teresa School before going to
st. Johns, where he was a let
terman in football and basket
ball and a commissioned officer
in the cadet corps.
Mr.. Mcmahon served in the
Navy in World War II, after
graduating from st. Johns in
l945. After the service he be-
came associated with his father
in the latter's plumbing business,
which was his grandfather's
field also. When illness forced
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-05

where his father was stationed.
He was educated at Sidwell
Friends School in Washington
and the Mercersburg Academy
in Pa. He graduated from Har-
ward College in 1926, and from
the Harvard Law School in 1929.
After practicing law in Char
lotte, NJ c., for a year. Mr.. An
sell began practicing here in
1890. In 1886, he became a
partner in the law firm Of
Ansell and Ansell, now in the
Tower Building, Fourteenth and
K streets NV.
Served with NRA
From 1888 to 1886, Mr.. Ansell
served in the legal division of
the National Recovery Admins
tration. and as general solicitor
for the National Bituminous
Coal Commission.
From 1886 to 1912, he served
as legal representative for the
'Bituminous Coal Producers
Board for the Eighth District.
He was general counsel for
the Bituminous Coal Producers
Adviory Board during World
War II. created to assist the
Department Of the Interior in
maintaining the production and
distribution of bituminous coal
to meet wartime needs. From
1913 to l947, Mr.. AnselI served
as general counsel to the Coal
Producers Committee.
Widow and Children Survive
Surviving are his widow, the
former Mary Elizabeth Waesche
"a daughter, Ann Sturgis Tracy
Ansell. and a son, John Putnam
Ansell, all of the home address
He also is survived by sister
Mrs. Harold N. Norman, OF
Kingston, Ontario. and a broth
er, Samuel T. Ansell. jr.. of 350s
Shepherd street. Chevy Chase
the surviving partner in the law
firm.
Funeral services will be held
at 10 am. tomorrow at Gawler's
funeral home, 1856 Pennsylvania
avenue. N. w. The body will be
cremated, and the ashes taken
70 Mr.. Ansell's native West
Point.
The family requests that ex-
pressions of sympathy be sent
to the American Heart Associa-
ton.
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MRS. CutIett Davis,
Native of District

Mrs. Catlett G. Davis, II, wife
of a retired employe of the
Chestnut Farms Dairy, died Of
a heart attack Saturday at the
home of her daughter, Mrs.
Roland Bourgeois of 4301 Cul-
breath avenue, Tampa, Fla.
The former May Sparshott,
Mrs. Davis was a native Wash
ingtonian.
Surviving, besides her husband
and daughter, is her son, c.
Gibson Davis of Gaithersburg,
Md; sister, Mrs. Elizabeth U.
Cogswell of Alexandria; four
brothers, Frank Sparshott Of
Arlington, Charles Sparshott of
Washington, Alfred Sparshott of
st. Petersburg, Fla. and Will
liam Sparshotf of Riviera Beach,
Fla, and four grandsons.
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NviIIiom Montgomery Dies;
Acacia Chief for 81 Years
Continued From First Page


for Mr.. Montgomer cry, who
doubled as clerk.
Reviewing the records. he
learned more about the $l1 900
in assets. the 100000 worth Of
in force. and the plan
by which q member paid $1.l0
into the fund upon each death
Of another member.
It was the paltry beginning of
more than half a century as
chief officer and guiding genius
of company which is nowo en-
sconced in handsome white
stone building facing the. Capitol.
His personal interest in money
was such that he could say to
the end of his career that he
never asked for a salary raise.
and on more than one occasion
offered to take a cut.
Headed Tax List
Even SO, the directors saw At
to elevate him to a SIS. 000-a-
year salary which for many
years put him at the top of the
Washington income tax list.
Mr.. Montgomery had his own
ideas about the way insurance
companies should invest policy
holders money. It evolved from
an early conviction that an In
surance company should be a
home builder as we'll as a home.
protector. and was predicated
upon the principle of monthly
payment mortgage loans.
This idea Powered fully DUR
ing the depression, when thou
sands Of home-owners were suf-
fering from short-term mort
cages. bringing on foreclosures.
The a m irritation principle
worked out so successfully that
after Acacia pioneered it In 1888,
the Federal Housing Authority
adopted the plan. as did other
life insurance companies.
Now Acacia has about half its
total investment, or more than
500 million. in more than II 900
monthly payment mortgage
loans.
Insurance Pioneer
Few men are credited with
pioneering more insurance ideas.
Though he was set against build
ing a one-man organization, and
surrounded himself with capable
executives. his aggressive think
ing was the basis for every long
stride the company made.
His first basic tenet found ex-
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Burr 7. AnseII, 4o, Lawyer
Here for Quarter Century

Burr Tracy Ansell. 40. an at
torney mere for Is years, died
Of a heart condition Saturday
at his home. 4107 Bradley lane,
Chevy Chase. Md.
The son of the late Gen.
Samuel T. AnselI. MIR. Ansell
was born at West Point, N. Y.
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1n Mrntnriattt

BRRNAU, MARY In Iovino ,.,,o =,
our beloved mother, MARY BERNAuEii
ago today Septenber 4 faaa YEARS
Our tbouehts Of you w,u rsy.. ..a.
When ali the wears hayr fiovn
Your memory. as ne hrien ~,
WIN always iieht our home e'~''
ARCHIE AND KATIE.
GEORGE n. In loving mem
ory of our husband .55 tatLnr
GEORGE II FAuIKNER who danart Il
this life seventeen years ago today.
SEPTEMBER ;. ia3S:
HIS LOVING WIFE AND CHILDREN.
-----------.-.-.-.----.----
memory Of our danshs sea s and i i9yine
ANNABELLE LEE. who entered into
eternal rest two years ago today. Sep
TENDER 8. 1853.
Loved and remembered s,v.,.
HER LOVING M0THFa sisrxp
BROTHER AND sfsTER-iN-LAW.
LENNON. MAGGIE G. In loving memory
o. Mo our beloved one, MAGGIE G. LEM
Years ago TO-DAY ssntem ln NE toa zine
In our hears yonr a.na,s 49,. 49,
rhsEe Is not ssG't dsy iG that 'p psss saus'
That We DO not think Of you:
THE FAMILY.
LFMERISE RIRRY R00IpTCE +. 7s,,
tas memory q q my dear husband and
who passed away two Years ago TO-
gay. september D, 1898
When you departed from this life
M Inc dow was so severe,
Ahst oeep Witnin my aching neart
IL lett and endless tear.
SO now ! live with thoughts of you
That sometime / can feel vol near
IL lust in memory
H fhs sun nlr XII viii Ti' follow ihs 'S day win SET
nu h so day Sh you m Went s aWag never forget
YOUR LOVING WIFE. ALICE: SON.
Leg. AND DAUGHTER. LORETTA. .
Price r. FRANCES z: IN loving memory
mother FRAMerso fIsI pRfcr "r rho S me
parted this lie one year cara ago today.
Ny heart still aches with sadness.
Only God knows S how / miss Mss you
r,s ,s sne END Of this Ions -, year
:. fingers forever in my mind,
You are with me each End every d.
The LOVING FAMILY. EMMA WHIT
SON, BROOK M. PRICE EREI.INE
:. sEfcn. 'ERIliN& LUCAS JOAN
sCHaRTNTR ma CT II s.d .ad ,ov-
;ns n,emasv ~ " INV IN d sac ano !ov5
sister. TIA r. sSuAP1TNrppa rho a., a,nS S
into eternal rest twenty wears ago an
Labor nav ' Ns' VA
M. -. -. 49,. ., 49,
TO brins YOU sso TO enc our. f minds; Gays
Are we yery We hard ar hG ~ ' fina u you
IDEyo'rrn EaMuv
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CEMETERY LOTS.

WASHINGTON NATIONAL: Lot II. Sec
ton O, 26gs reduction In price. Call
Feirview 2-3q31. -
PARKLAWN CEMETERY-I lot, 4 sites.
In garden Of Memories: reas. WA.
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BURTON. LOUISA. The Senior Sodality
Of ST. cyprian's Church VIII
IN assemble at the Mcclure
N Funeral Home, SEQ 9th 81.
H&M NV, to reci.e the rosary
WT$u for our late Socialist. MRS.
~ LOUISA BURTON, at 8 p m.
Tuesday, September q, 1929.
REV. FRANCIS TtGHE. ssh,
GnfrsttIal Advisor.
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BURTON, LOUISA. Ofhcers and members
OF st Thomas Ladies, AUX
N Hilary, No. "a. and District
~ Auxiliary. No. ., Knishts OF st;
lem a.: IL s'Is 81 R sss :f.,: E
LOUISA BURTON CT 1893 18th
ST. ne. Cali meeting Tuesday.
September g.. 1865. at MeGuire,s F-
neral Home, $50 9th st. NV, at 8 pm.
FUNERAL at o am Wednesday, Septem-
Der Z, at st. Cyprian's Catholic Church.
18th and c SITS: s,e. 49,.
SARAH r. NJ. BROWN. President.
GENEVA TIPPITT. District President.
EVELYN HOWELL. Recording Secretary.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-01-07
Park N FIFE Holds
New Years Dance

WEST GLACIER - A dance
sponsored by the Glacier National
Federation of Federal Employees at
the park conference hall ushered
in the New Year at West Glacier.
Thursday evening community
get-together at the conference hall
saw motion pictures of Big Bend
National Park sent by Lon Garri-
son, former Glacier assistant SUI
perintendent, who is leaving Big
Bend as superintendent, for Wash
ington, D. c.
Succeeding Garrison as the
Texas Parks superintendent is
George Miller, former Glacier as
sistant superintendent, who left
Monday.
| Supt. ]. w. Emmert in behalf
OF the community wished the
Millers well in their new assign
ment.
| The RKO color picture, Dan
gerous Mission" about Glacier wa!
also shown. It had appeared at To-
cal movie houses earlier.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-01-07
Forest Service Quits
Bunker Creek Road

The u. S. Forest Service this
week publicly announced that it
was dropping plans to construct
a road to salvage spruce bark
beetle infested timber up Bunker
creek drainage.
P. D. Hanson, Missoula, regional
forester, sent letters to interested
parties announcing the decision.
Considerable opposition to the
proposed road on the part of Wild
life and conservation groups de-
velped early in 1854. This storm
of protest saw the Forest Service
back down and by mid-1954 it be-
came apparent that the road would
not be built. The question was re-
viewed in Washington as well as
in Kalispell and Missoula.
Value of timber to be salvaged
and the long haul to mills resulted
in little interest on the part of the
Flatheads timber industry.
Columbia Falls, however, along
with Martin City and Coram sup
ported the proposed road. Only
dissenting vote from this area was
the Rocky Mountain Riders saddle
club which sent in a letter of pro-
test.
i Otherwise sentiment here gener-
ally was that the primitive area
should be preserved, and timber
not in the primitive area Should
| be salvaged where beetle killed
and be subject to sustained yielC
logging practices. LAUNDERING is tn,
Flathead's principal source of in,
come.
Opposition to the PROPOSED
Bunker creek road centered il
Kalispell, and it was well organ
lied, and sincere in its efforts t.
preserve the wilderness heritage.
The road would extend from tn
present South Fork roads end a
Spotted Bear south to near Mea
dow creek on the Bob Marshal
Wilderness area border, and the.
, up Bunker creek drainage.
> Bunker is just another creek u
the Flathead rivers South Forl
> 1t happens to be in the next drain
age north of Bob Marshall Wilder
ness which contains nearly 1000
900 acres without a road.
! A study of Bob Marshall Wild
), erness area boundaries has bee
= planned for several years by til
Hungry Horse news., 1955-01-07
John McAfee Dies
At Fort Benton

KALISPELL-John McAfee, 96,
Fort Benton, former Flathead
county assessor and representa-
tive died Saturday at Fort Benton.
Funeral services were in Fort
Benton with burial in Conrad
Memorial cemetery where john
son Funeral Home had charge of
arrangements. Rev. Frank B. Hills
officiated.
Mr.. McAfee was born Jan. ID,
1859, in Pana, ILL.,, and in Nov.
IA, 1890 was married to Margaret
S. Hopkins in Green Mountain,
Iowa. They moved to Bigfork in
1897 and later to the Deer Park
and Lower Valley areas.
Mr.. McAfee served three terms
in the state legislature as Flat
head county representative from
1919, and then was county assessor
from 1927 to 1880.
Mrs. McAfee died Jan. 5, 1896
in Kalispell. In 1888 he went tc
Fort Benton to live with daugh-
ter, Mrs. Blanche Hagie. Other sur
vivors are a grandchild, grea'
grandchild, and a niece, Mrs. Mar
garet Lemon, Kalispell.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-01-07

Forest Service. There is no
thought of reducing the size of the
area that is to remain primitive. 1t
may be increased.
The Flathead Lake Wildlife as
ISOLATION of Kalispell has requested
that the Wilderness area be en-
larged to include considerable ac-
reage in the Flathead's Middle
Fork below Glacier National Park
as well as Bunker creek and all
land above Spotted Bear.
The letter from Regional For
ester Hanson to various FlatheaC
individuals and groups in respect
to Bunker creek said:
1.-THE Forest Service has com
pleted a detailed investigation O.
the timber in Bunker Creek, it!
degree of infestation, and the re-
quirements for access road de.
velopment into that area, with
the objective of attempted con.
troll of the spruce bark beetle in.
festation through logging the in.
tested timber.
"This field investigation dis
| closed a serious infestation. 1t wa
found that in that portion of tn
Bunker creek drainage lying out
side the wilderness area, some
what more than one third of tn
| spruce has already been killed a
the time of our reconnaissance. TIL
infestation proved to be highl
varied and ranged from no infes
tation in some areas to a complet
kill in other limited areas at thu
time.
"The volume of spruce timbe
subject to saving or salvage we
: found to be appreciably less tina
: was indicated by early prelimi
nary estimates. The cost of neces
: sary extension of the road syste1
4 and its amortization by timbt
a subject tn salvage indicated tn;
Hungry Horse news., 1955-01-07
Mortin cityHoIding
Public Card Parties

MARTIN CITY-First of a SER
les of six Thursday evening pub
lie card parties sponsored by Mar
tin City volunteer fire department
have started.
The parties are held each
Thursday at 8 p. m. at Martin
City school. Admission is so cents
for an evening or $3.50 for the six
week series. Lunch is served ano
there are prizes.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-01-07

baby IS being checked over by al
local physician as she has been
ailing.
Russell Glinkman went to Colo
RADIO to work in the ice harvest
there. He remarked he wouldn't
make lot over expenses but
would get trip out of it and save
on his wood pile here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Lee left for
California to be near their son,
Donald, and to find employment
for the winter months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pat Peach and
family went by train to Priest
River, Idaho, to spend Christmas
with their relatives. They returned
over the weekend as Pat is depot
agent here.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Baker Hagestad
returned Sunday from a 10 day
stay with Bakers relatives on the
east side.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Page spent
: the holidays in Seattle returning
| Vic Liz VI ILLS week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Kaufman and
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Fosjord went
by train to Cut Bank for Christ
mas. The Fosjords returned after
!, the weekend because of Carl!
| work. The Kaufmans stayed on ir
Cut Bank until after the funeral.
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Seiben, wh<
! lost their lives in an auto acciden
Christmas eve near Nyack. Mrs
! Selben was tiny child when frs
1 known by the Kaufmans and Eos.
lords.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Hanson ans
! Skip enjoyed Christmas with rela
tives in Bigfork.
; Mr.. and Mrs. Cy Tonner an,
Jimmy House went to Oregon TO
. the holidays to be with Mrs. Ton
ner's and Jimmy's relatives.
al Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff Travis spen
; Christmas day at Eureka wit.
= Mrs. Travis folks.
: Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Harner an
: family and Mrs. Glenn Harne
: drove to Osburne, Idaho, wher
a they were joined by Glenn Harne
: from Smyrna, Wash, to spen
= Christmas with Mrs. Harner's par
ents. Mrs. Glen Harner went O
IS to Smyrna with her husband, VIII
: is employed by the Bureau Their
y She was employed in the Meme
~ office at the aluminium plant unit
as few days before Christmas.
m Sunday School Christmas pre-
lie gram was given Dec. 10 in II
church. A large crowd turned Of
Hungry Horse news., 1955-01-07
Free Librury Open
At IA. C. School

MARTIN CITY Flathead county
free library is now open in its new
location at the Martin City school.
Mrs. Don Lietz, librarian, urges
everyone to take advantage of
these long winter evenings to get
in some reading.
Martin City Trap Line Trippers
will dance Saturday evening at the
Lions hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Olaf Barbo and
family have returned from Seattle
where they spent Christmas vaca-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Lietz, Otto
Lietz and family and the BuzzeD
family were New Years dinner
guests of the Keith Buzzells out OF
Coram.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Rogers enter
tanned the Bill Rogers, Chris Chef
and Johnny Sterner families al
New Years dinner.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Dever anG
children were dinner guests at thu
Bud Chef home, New Years. TIL,
Chris Chef family, Columbi;
Falls, stopped by also to wish then
a Happy New Year.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Dever en-
tertained Mr.. and Mrs Herman
Byrd, Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Hoppe
Mr.. and Mrs. Olaf Barbo and MI
and Mrs. Bud Chef, New Year
eve.
(deIayed)
MARTIN CITY-Christmas da
dinner guests at the S. D. Smit,
home were Mr.. and Mrs. w. I
Sands and children, Summit, JUL
Smith, Columbia Falls and Mr.. an
Mrs. w. H. Sands.
Sunday dinner guests at tn
Sam Beach home were their dau
ghter, Marilyn, Spokane; Mr.. an
Mrs. Verne Greene and Mr.. an
Mrs. w. H. Sands. Miss Beach le-
Monday for Spokane where 81
teaches school.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-01-07
Seek NC. School Addition

MARTIN CITY-Petitions for a |
$4,000 bond issue to build a new
four-room addition to Martin City
school are being circulated.
Plan of the petitioners is to OBJ
tain the necessary 20 per cent of
registered taxpayer signatures in
time to have the question on the
ballot at the April 2 election when
two school board members will be
elected. Terms expiring are those
of Herman Byrd, Martin City and
William Knapton, Columbia Falls.
The petition would authorize the
district school board to sell $780,
900 worth of bonds maturing in 20
years and drawing up to per cent
interest to build, furnish and equip
four rooms.
Martin City and Coram each
had four room schools built in
1948-49 following approval of the
voters. Cost of the structures was
$4,000 each.
Coram has all eight grades with
IS students attending school in
their own community.
Martin City has 81 students in
its four rooms. The seventh and
eighth graders are bussed to jun
ior high in Columbia Falls as are
five of the Is fifth graders.
Number of registered taxpayine
voters on the 1854 assessment list
eligible to vote in a school bono
election it is believed will be near
1900, compared to 1929 who were
eligible to vote on the $160,00(
high school bond issue last Apri
that won voter approval 381 to IL:
but failed since the voter turnou
of SOB was less than the 40 per cen
or 606 needed.
Over half the dam construction
and bureau employees eligible Il
vote last fall have moved away
The high scnool bond election
last April included Bad Rock nov
a part of the grade school distric
and Canyon View which has it
own grade school.
The number of registered voter
whose names were on 1858 assess
ment rolls and the vote cast is a
follows: Essex, AZ G yes-l no,
West Glacier, 1856 (37 yes, 8 no.
Coram, 1877 (45 yes, 4 no); Marti
City-Hungry Horse, 1853 (66 yes, 2
no); Columbia Falls, 412 (158 ye
Al no); Bad Rock, 129 (26 yes, 3
no); Canyon View, 224 al yes,
no).
Some difficulty in getting tn
registered, eligible voter list trim
med to present situations and resi-
dents in time for the April cleo
ton apparently are being encount
ered
The bond issue last spring faile
because of difficulty of getting
40 per cent turnout with so man
residents moved away but still c
the voter lists.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-01-07

and enjoyed the presentation.
Treats We're passed out to the chill
dren present. Mrs. Earl Page is
president of the Sunday school.
The school programs were pre-
sented to the mothers and pre-
school children on the afternoon of
Dec. %. Primary room program
was presented first and etc. The
treats which were purchased by
PTA were passed out to- the pre-
school and grade school children
by Santa Claus. 1t is at times like
this we realize how nice it would
] be to have a community hall.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-01-07
Jack Jost Dies

E. ]. "Jack" Jost, about 81, for
mer Coram district danger and
Flathead National Forest assistant
supervisor in charge of fire con-
troll, died suddenly Nov. 26 in
Standpoint. He had heart attack
Mr.. Jost had recently been pro-
NOTED from assistant supervisor
for the Kaniksu National Forest
to regional safety officer with
headquarters In Missoula.