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Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-03-25
PTA Hears Report
On IA. c. Bond Issue

MARTIN CITY-PTA met Mon
day evening at the school house.
Jerry Baldwin gave a report on
the bond issue and urged all voters
to turn out for the election April 2.
Bill Hoppe, George Devers and
Mrs. Jean Smith were appointed
on the nominating committee.
Mrs. Bud Chef, chairman Of the
talent show and the various COM
mittee chairmen gave their reports.
These included Mrs. Snyder and
Mrs. Withrow, concessions, who
reported they are sending out cards
to all the parents asking for home
made candy and etc. to be sold at
the show. Durward Bollinger re-
ported that the tickets are being
sold and several ladies volunteered
to make a drive, selling tickets
Monday. Mrs. Cady and Mrs. Bald
win, publicity committee, will
place posters over all the area
this weekend.
Mrs. Rowles, PTA president,
stated that there will be cancer
program at our next meeting, April
18.
Room count went to Mrs. Stru-
ble's room this meeting. Mrs. Ag-
mes Withrow and Mrs. Jean Smith
served lunch at the close of the
meeting.
The cast for the skit "The Sui
tan's Harem" with their wives met
at the Herman Byrd home Tues
day evening. Present were Mr.. and
Mrs. Don Rowles, Mr.. and Mrs
Bob Gesek, Mr.. and Mrs. Dor
Lietz, Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Baeth
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Baldwin, Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Hoppe, MIR. and Mrs
Floyd Mcclure, Mr.. and Mrs
Johnny Steiner, Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Smithson, Mr.. and Mrs. Bud Chef.
and Ross Luding.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bud Chef ane
son, Buddy, were business visitor!
at Poison and Roman Saturday.
Mrs. Bill Duer has been i'll tn,
past few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Rogers, Nilsson,
La, and Jess Rogers and son, Tom.
my, San Francisco, visited will
relatives in Martin City and Col
umbia Falls, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Soren Hansen, Nor
ma, N. OAK, spent several day
last week at the Bill Hoppe home
Mrs. Hansen is Mrs. Hopes sister
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-03-25
Greggs Leave For
st. Lawrence Project

HUNGRY HORSE - Kenneth
Gregg, junior powerplant operator
at the Hungry Horse Project, and
Mrs. Gregg left Tuesday for Mess
ina, New York.
He will be employed as an m
spector on the st. Lawrence Sea-
way Powerhouse Project.
Gregg started work for the Bu-
reau of Reclamation at Hungry
Horse in August, 1948.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-03-25
n. II. Children Get
FIuoride for Teeth

HUNGRY HORSE-First in q
series Of four sodium fluoride
treatments were given Sc children
OF Hungry Horse school for their
teeth March II at the school by
DR.. 4. K. Schroeder, Whitefish
dentist, assisted by Mrs. Ted Kraft,
Mrs. Leonard Lee and Mrs. Pat
McVay.
This is a Hungry Horse PTA
sponsored project, with Dick Gre
iner in charge of arrangements.
Fred Seiber, formerly of Hungry
Horse, visited friends here March
II. He Is now with the Bureau at
Palisades, Idaho.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Crandall and
Gail spent Monday and Tuesday in
Spokane.
Don Brownson and Don Patter-
son, both students at Montana
State college, Bozeman, arrived
home Saturday for weeks visit
before the spring quarter starts.
The Neal Turner's have moved
from house No. 35 to No. Is, for
merly occupied by the Ben Smith
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Geissler
Bad Rock, spent Sunday at thu
Jim Mcdonald home.
Hungry Horse PTA met March
Is at the school house with fifth
and sixth grades entertaining will
| a spelling bee that ended in a tie
Ann Macleod remained for tn
sixth grade and Harold Nordstron
for the fifth.
/ Two plays Fathers Night In
and "Janie Finds a Friend" wer
!. given by the students under tn
direction of Otto Nordstrom. The
were well received.
!. Hostesses were third grade roo1
, mothers with Mrs. Jim Wallac
! and Mrs. Carroll serving.
: Election of officers was held fC
the next year with Mrs. Bill Kra
, being elected president; Fran
: Sharr and Otto Nordstrom, vic
7; presidents; Mrs. Stratton, secretar
> and Mrs. Jim Wallace, treasurer
Mrs. Charles Simmons returne
home March Is from the Whitefis
I Memorial hospital where she ha
surgery.
: Regular l / am. services of Mai
tin City Hungry Horse Commun
> ty Presbyterian church will be he
: this Sunday in the Bureau confer
ence hall. All are welcome and II
vited.
Westminster Fellowship OF Il
church will meet Saturday at
pm. at the Bill Moore home, Ma,
e tin City. There will be election
e officers.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-03-25

MARTIN CITY-Martin City
PTA's annual home talent show
will be presented next Friday at
the Columbia Falls grade school
multi-purpose room at 8 pm.
In past years the show has been
given at the Royal theatre in Mar
tin City, but with installation OF a
wide screen, stage space in Martin
City, was no longer available.
The home talent shows, some
times in cooperation with the Hun
cry Horse PTA, have attracted
packed houses.
Master of ceremonies next Fri
day evening viii be Rev. Elwyn
TeSche.
The program includes vocal se-
lections by high school chorus
group; readings by Mrs. Al Carter;
short act by grade school teachers.
Chrissy Chef is to sing; Kay
Sanderson, Ronald Harris and Jim
Mcdonnell are to present musical
orchestra numbers, and Smoky"
from the Club Rocco is to appear.
Martin City volunteer firemen's
skit features Earl Hollingsworth
and Bill Sands. D. Snyder is to
play on his saw.
Bud Chef and sons, Mickey and
Bucky, will put on their Indian
war dance, an annual feature. -Four
year-old Happy Chef joins them
this year.
Mrs. Laverne Willows is direct
ing a one act play Tommy Take.
Wife" that finds Tommy faced
with the task of presenting a wife
to his rich uncle on very short no.
tice. He ends up in an embarrass.
| ing predicament with three wives
Cast includes Bill Duer as Tommy
Betty Joe Byrd as Sue; Corrin
Duer as Eunice; Bertha Devers a
Maribelle; George Devers as Jerry
Floyd Mcclure as Uncle Peter
Ross Luding as Sam, the colore,
house boy, and Alice Murgich a
Mile, the colored maid.
Another act features Marti
City beauties. 1t is called 9Th
Sultan and His Wives" with A.
Ben Deever, slave trader, sellin
some Of his slave girls to the sui
tan. Cast is Sultan Jack Smithsor
SLAYER trader, Floyd Mcclure, an
slave girls, John Stiner, Don Row
: les, Don Lietz, Bill Hoppe, Ros
, Luding, Russell Baeth, Bob Gesel
: Herman Byrd and Jerry Baldwin
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Gone With Win d
Showing at RoyuI

MARTIN CITY-The famed mo-
ton picture "Gone with the Wind"
in technicolor and starring Clark
Gable, Leslie Howard, Olivia De-
Havilland and Vivien Leigh will be
brought back to the Royal theatre
screen in Martin City Sunday and
Monday.
There's Sunday matinee at 1870
and Sunday and Monday evening
shows start at pm.
Margaret Mitchells story of the
old South was made into one of
the all-time great motion pictures
and it is now being reshoWn.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-03-25

son, Allen, who will spend some
time at the Larsons.
Alfred Hoye is home from Mon
tana State college, Bozeman, to
spend week between quarters,
with his folks.
Marlene, Ricky and jeanne
Harris enjoyed supper and an eve
ming of TV March II at the Alfred
Hoye home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Larson
and family and Mrs. Cora Larson
and Allen were supper guests Sum
day evening at the Merle Baldwin
home in Creston.
Mrs. Norman Bergen accompan-
led Pastor and Mrs. Corliss Ras-
mussen to Plains, Sunday, where
the new First Lutheran church was
dedicated.
Officers and department secre-
tary of WMF circuit met at the
home of Mrs. w. B. French, Kali
ispell, to make plans for the work.
ers' conference in Missoula, April
25. Mrs. Norman Bergen, president
presided at the meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Eklund
Sharon and Ava Harder, returned
from a trip to Spokane.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-03-25
Holding Session On
Duplicate BRIDGE

WEST GLACIER-Demonstra-
ton and practice session in dup
licate bridge is scheduled for Sat-
urday at 7:30 pm. at the park
conference hall.
Bridge players from Columbia
Falls, Hungry Horse, Martin City,
Coram, West Glacier and Apgar
are especially invited.
If sufficient interest develops,
there may be a duplicate bridge
club started. Sponsors are Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed Beatty.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-03-25

We wish to thank friends and
neighbors for their interest and
kind acts during this time that we
have been convaIescing since the
car accident March IL. We fe.i
fortunate to be getting along so
we'll and hope the people In the
other car are as fortunate too. Mr.,
and Mrs. vern Greene.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-03-25

We wish to thank friends for
their many expressions Of SYM
pathy at the time of Orson Reeds
passing. Mrs. Orson Reed, Hollis,
Elwin, Wilbur and Hubert Reed
and Mrs. HazIe French.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-03-25
Holding Bake Sale
At Byrd's. M. c..

MARTIN CITY-Catholic ladies
of Hungry Horse and Martin City
are sponsoring a bake sale Satur-
day, April 2 from l to $50 pm.
at Byrd's grocery.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-03-25
Home from College

Students home this past week
from Montana State college in
clude Don Brownson, Don Patter-
son, both of Hungry Horse, and
Gary Preston, Half Moon, accom-
panied by Terry Tice, formerly OF
Hungry Horse, whose parents now
live at MeSsina, N. Y.
Evening star., 1955-07-28
I430 Fired in 6 Months
For Security ,'YoungSoys

llished" practice of keeping
secret investigative information
regarding Federal employees
4. Mr.. Young testified that
the administrations security
program is done" except for
new employees being taken into
the Government. He said there
are only 34,660 cases pending
adjudication and pointed out
that about $4,000 a month are
in the new applicant program.
5. James A. Campbell. presi-
dent of the American Federation
Iof Government Employees, sub
mitted a statement saying the
Truman administrations loyalty
program was certainly vastly
superior" to the one in operation
lat the present time. He proposed
la number of recommendations to
encourage a more judicious use
i of the broad power" exercised by
the Executive Department in
carrying out the loyalty program
Mr.. Young was questioned
pointedly after he testified that
between May 2S, 1858 and March
I31, 1855, that there had been
AL ,025 designations in the Fed
|eral Government and 34,257 dis
charges for cause.
Senator Johnston, Democrat
of South Carolina, chairman of
the subcommittee as well as the
full committee, suggested that
there had been quite a number
iof designations" and that it
looks like there's some dissatis-
faction in the government"
Mr.. Young replied that the
rate of resignation was lower
than it has been for years. The
Civil Service Commission last
January 3 reported that there
had been a total of 5000 dis
charges for security" reasons
and 5,006 designations while in
vestigations were going on. for
a total of 8.008 for the two cate
gories at that time.
| The newest figures put the
total at 8,879.
Mr.. Young. in reply to ques-
tions, said he did not know
whether any of the >cases in
volving discharges for security
reasons had been referred to the
Justice Department for possible
prosecution. He added this
would be a responsibility of the
agency involved.
Asked About McDavitt
Mr.. Young was questioned at
some length about Mr.. McDavitt
Evening star., 1955-07-28
Dolores Del Rio
Visits HOLLYWOOD

HOLLYWOOD, July % tP.-
Mexican Actress Dolores Del Rio
has returned to Hollywood for
her first visit in IL years. but
she says she intends to make no
movie here and will stay only
a week or 10 days.
Once a top flight actress in
Hollywood. Miss Del Rio said it
took her nine months to- get an
American visa. but that the
American Embassy in Mexico
City continually assured her the
delay was due only to regular
processing" She denied printed
rumors that she had indicated
Communist sympathies.
Il am not a Communist and
t1ever have been," she tol6 a re-
porter. Il never have signed any
Red peace petition. Further
more, I am Catholic and I re-
gard this country as I do my
own"
Evening star., 1955-07-28
DUKE OF KENT COMMISSIONED
LIEUTENANT IN BRITISH ARMY

SANDHURST. England N1-The Duke of Kent. 19-
yearod cousin of Queen Elizabeth today commissioned
a second lieutenant in the British Army
The young duke among cadets who marched in the
soveregns parade at the Royal Military Academy Sand
hurst after graduating officers.
The Duchess of Kent watched her march sword in
hand at the head of his company
The duke seventh in line of succession to the throne.
recently recovered from injuries suffered in his third
accident year. There have been reports that the Queen
had ordeerd army instructor to accompany her cousin
whenever he out in But today the Daily Mail
quoted the duke saying:
st shall be driving for three four months. 1t is
not because any ban-there has not been Of
kind 1t is simply that have not got car to drive"
Evening star., 1955-07-28

HOLLYWOOD, July % (P.-
Millions of Americans will get
"a chance this year to hand out
their own oscars.
This academy award Of the
masses was outlined today by
Elmer C. Rhoden, head of the
big movie house chain, National
|Theaters Inc.
Mr.. Rhoden also heads the
Audience Awards Poll Commit
Itee which, in cooperation with
the movie industry and the pub
|lic. will name the top picture,
top actor and actress and most
promising newcomers next De-
Icember Z. The selections will
Ibe televised nationally.
Managers and owners of TO-
900 theaters in the Nation will
nominate stars and pictures.
From the list of nominees, COW
ering the period from October,
1854, to october, 1855. ticket
buyers will get a chance to vote
|on their favorites.
Eleven Days for Balloting
Mr.. Rhoden said a so million
figure is a conservative estimate
of the balloting.
1.-THE public balloting will last
III days from November II to
November 27, inclusive-the very
busy Thanksgiving season-and
figuring 10000 theaters. it means
that each theater will need to
count less than 500 votes a day.
Mr.. Rhoden said.
Nominations will be made on
Ia three months basis-the first
SIX months are already in. The
early list of nominees are:
Ten best pictures:
Evening star., 1955-07-28
BY CECIL HOLLAND

Chairman Philip Young of the
Civil Service Commission today
reported that 43o Federal en-
ployes were discharged between
September 80. 1854. and March
81, 1855, for what the Eisen-
hover administration chooses to
call security" reasons.
During the same 6-month pc
Iriod, Mr.. Young said. al en-
ployes resigned "before deter
Imination was completed in cases
where the file was known to con-
ltain unfavorable information"
| Mr.. Young gave the figures in
Testimony before a Senate Post
IOfice and Civil Service subcom-
Imittee investigating the admins
Itration's security program.
AS he began reeling off the
figures, Paul Hadlick, associate
subcommittee counsel, interrupt
ed to say. "Oh. you're going back
Ito the numbers racket"
Drunkenness Included
Mr.. Hadlick brought out that
dismissals for so-called "secur-
lity" reasons included discharges
flor drunkenness and other un-
Suitability causes. Mr.. Young
agreed that they did. but he
was not asked for nor did he
volunteer any breakdown to
show the actual number fired
for loyalty reasons.
Other developments at the
hearing included:
/. Mr.. Young revealed that
the Civil Service Commission
has undertaken a reappraisal OF
the security program Of the
Small Business Administration
whose security director, George
IV. McDavitt, was fired this week
2. The reappraisal, Mr.. Young
said, was ordered as a result oi
disclosures in the subcommit.
tees inquiry regarding Mr.. Nc
Davitt and the SBA's security
program. and because he "wa'
not satisfied" with an earliel
study made by William j. Hous'
ton of the commission staff.
Calls Program "DOne"
:, 3. MIR. Young refused to turr
over to the subcommittee in
vestigative reports concerninl
Mr.. McDavitt, Alice M. Cooney
'lformer SBA employe, and M,
. Houston. He based his refusa
, on presidential directives ant
what he called the "long -estab
Evening star., 1955-07-28
Girl, d, Injured
Fatally by Truck

!, "A 4-year-eIde girl was fatally
injured yesterday when she was
struck by a truck near her home
The victim, Ella Mae Nowlin,
colored, daughter of Mrs. Vic
toria Nowlin, of TAB Fourth street
NV. was pronounced dead on
arrival at Emergency Hospital.
Police said the girl apparently
was running across an alley when
she was hit by the truck. Police
said the driver. Carlyle Brenne-
man. 36, of the 1000 block of r
street NV. a route agent for
The Star, told them he did not
see the child until after the
truck had struck her.
Evening star., 1955-07-28
RESORT FORECAST

Upper and Lower Bay
Partly cloudy tomorrow with
high 1896 and winds north
east Is miles per hour.
Ocean Beaches and South
Jersey - Cloudy tomorrow
with high 1882 and winds
northeast is miles per hour.
Skyline Drive - Rather
cloudy tomorrow with high
00-84.
Evening star., 1955-07-28
Boy browns in Pond
On Fuuquier Farm

DELAPLANE. Va. July 26
R.-Melvin Lunceford, Is. of
Delaplane drowned last night
while swimming in a pond on a
Fauquier farm near here.
He was swimming with his
sister, Mary Jane Lunceford. 81,
on the nearby estate of Maj. j,
H. Herbert.
Evening star., 1955-07-28

District and vicinity -- Some
cloudiness and cooler tonight and
tomorrow. Low tonight about 10
and high tomrrow about 81.
Maryland-Generally fair and
cooler tonight and tomorrow
with a few thundershowers pos
sible early tonight. Low tonight
ranging from 1854 in the noun
tains to the lower 70s near the
bay and coast. High tomorrow
In the 80s.
% Virginia-Scattered thunder
Showers tonight with low 68-74.
Partly cloudy with scattered
thundershowers in southwest
tomorrow and cooIer except in
the extreme southwest.
Evening star., 1955-07-28
E-Officio| Is Convicted
In Texos Lond Scandal

County for resale on subdivided
basis to 81 war veterans.
The $1,000 was the price paio
for a tract for which Tom Re-
|gian of Temple was listed as the
veteran wanting to buy the land
Mr.. Regain testified he did not
know he was an applicant and
told the, jury he thought he was
signing for a 500 loan when he
signed blank application papers
The Texas veterans land pro-
gram was started in the fall o1
1949 as a plan to reward World
War II veterans. Korean wal
veterans later were included
The program allowed veterans
to buy land at a maximum cost
of $500 each, with 5 per cent
down and 40 years to pay the
balance at 3 per cent interest.
Evening star., 1955-07-28

the SBA's security program. Both
Mr.. Young and Mr.. Campbell
were to be called back later for
further questioning as the SUBJ
committee recessed early for a
Senate session at II am. in the
congressional rush toward ad-
journment.
Mr.. Campbell, in his statement
said that security under "the
vague and underlined criteria'
set forth in the Eisenhower ad-
Evening star., 1955-07-28

AUSTIN, Tex, July % (P).-
Bascom Giles, former Texas land
commissioner, was found guilty
today of being an accomplice to
theft of $500 of the States
veterans land program funds.
The 12-man 98th District
Court jury assessed his punish
ment at three years in the State
penitentiary, but he remained
free on $4,000 bond after attor-
neys filed motion for a new
trial.
Giles, who had proclaimed
sponsorship of the 500 million
veterans land program, served
as chairman of the programs
administrative board. He had
been State land commissioner
for nine successive terms when
he refused to take the oath OF
office last January / for his 10th
term.
Surprised at Verdict
81 was a little bit surprised at
this one" he told reporters
when the verdict was returned
latter 3 hours and "a minutes
Bof deliberation. Il didn't think
1t would happen" he added.
7 Giles was the first to face trial
In the veterans land scandals
which have rocked the State
since last November when Ken
meth Towery, weekly newspaper
editor of Cuero, Tex, first broke
the story. In all, there have
been 319 indictments returned
against 81 individuals in .
counties.
The former commissioner also
faces trial in San Antonio Au-
gust IS on a three-count indict-
ment. Two charge that he con-
sented to accept a bribe and the
other charges acceptance of a
hribe of $4,000. Three indict-
ments charging him with con-
senting to accept bribes OF
$4,000, of $4,000 and of $4,000
have been returned against him
In Zavala County.
Giles conviction was on the
second count of a two-count in
dictment. Although it found
him guilty. the jury returned nc
finding in a. charge that he stole
the $500.
B. r. Sheffield, Brady, Tex.
land dealer, jointly indicted with
Giles, awaits later trial.
$500 Paid for Tract
The State based its charge or
the purchase by the veterans
land board of the l0,ll4-acr'
Rosenow Ranch in Kinney
Evening star., 1955-07-28

ministration's program "can
mean anything to anyone.
Among other things he suggested
specific legislative reforms to re-
|quire cases involving misconduct
and unsuitability to be handled
under normal civil service pro-
Icedure.
He also advocated that de-
PENDANTS have the opportunity
to face adverse witnesses unless
the FBI should ask in writing
that this not be done.
Evening star., 1955-07-28

WEATHER BUREAU FORECAsT-showers and thunder
showers are expected tonight in covering the Great
Plains from Canada the Upper Rio Grande valley Scat
tered thundershowers forecast parts of the
Upper Mississippi Valley the Gulf coast and the Central
Aupalachan Mountains 1t will be cooler in the North
east Northern Plains and the extreme Northern Rock
les with little temperature change expected elsewhere.
Hos weather will continue in the Mississippi valley the
Southeast and the Southern Plans-AP Wirephoto Mapj
Evening star., 1955-07-28
Bill Asks Pay Ruise

Senator Case, Republican OF
New Jersey, and four other men,
bers of the Senate District Com
.mittee yesterday co-sponsored a
bill to raise the pay of the Dis
trict Commissioners to $4,000
1t is now $14.600.
Evening star., 1955-07-28
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

Wind-Mostly northerly Is
miles per hour over lower Po-
tomac and shifting over bay be-
coming northeast Is miles pei
hour tonight. Mostly northeast
1918 miles per hour tomorrow
River Report
from q. s. Engineers)
: Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear 81
Harpers Ferry.
Temperatures for Yesterday:
tReadings washington National Airport
Midnight ---- so Noon 4------- IS
I am. ------ g pm. ------ ~
Record Temperatures ThisN Year
Highest. 9S. on July 81.
Lowest. 10. on February Z.
fiigh and Low Of last "a Hours
High. 81, at 4:45 pm.
Low, 10, at sos am.
Evening star., 1955-07-28

and said that he had nothing
to do" with his appointment as
|SBA's security director. Asked
If he had talked with SBA Ad-
ministrator Wendell Barnes
about it, Mr.. Young replied:
mo, not that I recall"
The subcommittee brought out
in questioning that Mr.. McDavitt
had applied to the Civil Service
Commission itself for a position.
Mr.. Young said that the Com
mission chose to put in the posi-
tion Mr.. McDavitt was applying
for one of its own employees be-
cause the Commission thought
the employe was better qualified
The Civil Service Commission
chairman denied that he had
promised to place Mr.. McDayitt
in another agency. In an inter-
view with The Star after his
dismissal Mr.. McDavitt said he
sought unSuccessfully to obtain
a position with the Civil Service
Commission and that Mr.. Young
had told him he would try "to
get you suitable employment in
another agency"