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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-01
Theme Is Casual

Also included in Ivy League
fashions are the "head-shrinker"
caps and "crew-neck" sweaters over
the Ivy" shirts. Don't forget the
matching plaid or striped belts to
go with the shirts.
The best-dressed students on
campus are casual cat the right
times). and very neat casual, too.
Other people interviewed on the
subject Of clothes we're college
students themselves Here is a list
Of dos and don'ts CLEANED from the
upperclassmen.
Remember to bring a slicker rain
coat. There Is nothing that keeps
you quite as dry when you need to
run between classes. They come
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-01
Christmas Candy Canes
Have a Sweet Story

While no one has been able
to find out exactly who put
the gay stripes on the tradi-
tional Christmas candy cane.
historians nevertheless do
record who 1t was who put
the crook at the end Of it. :.
II seems that Christmas
candy canes started out some
$50 years ago as mere
straight cylindrical sticks Of
nodded white sugar. These
sugar cane sticks were used
by harried mothers as chill
dren's pacif1ers.
The straight white canes
remained in that shape until
1870 when q major change
occurred. It happened at the
Cologne Cathedral in connec-
ton with the Living Creche
celebration. To hold the at
tention Of the fidgety young
children attending the
lengthy ceremony. the choir
master passed out white
sugar sticks bent at the end
to represent q shepherds
crook. These the children du-
tifully sucked In blissful
silence.
From Cologne the practice
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-01
New Dolls Are Both
'Pitiful' and Pretty

welk) doll. Just out to "en-
tertain."
The youngster looking for
. 'yes-man" viii find the
very thing In an Answer
DOLL" which obligingly mods
its head at the push of q but
ton. 1t can also say no." II
one likes.
Small Dolls
Miniature dolls. sized 8 to
II inches. are popular and
abundant. These are espe-
cially good for dressing up"
and playing house" be-
cause 1t is now possible to
provide them with large,
stylish wardrobes (from lin
gerie through fur coats) and
q complete set Of sturdy furn-
iture. without spending .
fortune.
Which brings us to some
noteworthy stuffed animals.
Any parent or rich uncle.
who doesn't mind spending q
small fortune to delight the
children, might be inter-
ested In the magnificent
hound which sits outside
an Eighteenth street toy
store. or in the diversified
dachshund and giraffe in
aide. A downtown depart
ment store has lions, tigers
and leopards big enough 70
make safaris exciting for
little hunters. and some Of
the silliest looking Rhesus
monkeys you ever saw.
Also deserving Of . long
look are "Winnie-the- Pooh"
characters. which will be
familiar TO readers Of the
A. A. Mine series. ''Piglet,"
Pooh" 'Kanga" and Roo"
Trigger" "Heffalump." "Ee-
yore." Rabbit" and owl"
have bounced right on the
pages into . Connecticut ave-
nue. toy shop. without losing
. sriidgeon Of their charm.
These sre the newer models
In the doll and animal line.
They haven't replaced the old
favorites. Of course-the baby
dolls. rag dolls, teddy bears.
pandas and 20 on-but. given
Q chance. they should merit
their own special corner in
children's hearts. A.Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-01

Any little girl who Graves
q doll TO love couldn't do bet
ter than Poor Pitiful Pearl"
Tender loving care Is Just
what this doll needs.
Pitiful Pearl Il an 1o-inch
waif with long. straight hair.
soulful eyes, q pug nose and
thin smile Her body Is Of
flexible vinyl. Designed by
the famous eartoonist. VII
liam Steig. she Is guaranteed
to evoke sympathetic atten-
ton from her mistress.
Pearl comes dressed In Q
patched blue dress and red
bandana. AS the booklet Of
instructions says. what she'd
appreciate Is q bath and .
change Of clothes. kindly
provided blue party frock.
stiff petticoat. white shoes
and socks. And her blond
locks can be tied with o rib
bon into . pony tail, pig tails
or what have you. The re-
suit IL fetching.
The manager Of one toy
store called her "ths most
beautiful doll on the market
this year" Certainly she u
one Of the most appealing.
Other New Dolls
However. other new dolls
are also bidding fer atten-
ton.
For girls with more sophis-
ticated tastes there are
grown-up dolls cutnttsd IN
everything from delicate
shifts to high-style cocktail
dresses. And ballerinas who
not only dance on their toes
but. with jointed bodies. can
assume dimcult ballet post
tons. A certain lady doll.
not necessarily Q dancer, has
almost - many joints - Q
person: abe comes with
lounging pajamas to relax in.
One manufacture. whose
stately creations include .
queen In gold brocade and
an old-fashioned belle, this
year introduces 'tCissette," Q
chic l0-ineh teen-ager. An
other has turned out o whole
family Of dolls for girls TO
play with. Labeled The Most
Happy Family" this set con-
sists Of q mama-doll wear
ing wedding and engagement
rings. no less). o daughter.
q son and Q baby who Ats
into the mothers arms.
After q long absence, shir-
ley Temple dolls are back. a.
dtmpled as ever. Their re-
appearance was prompted by
the release Of Shirley's old
movies on television. Also in
splred by television Is the
Champagne" Lawrence
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-01

spread throughout Europe
till Living Creche ceremonies
everywhere were accompa-
MED by souvenir" sugar
shepherds crooks. And in
well-to-do congregations the
souvenir crooks were soon
embellished with sugar roses.
In Northern Europe the rose
embellished sugar crook was
taken into the home and
used as a yule decoration.
The first American use Of
the candy cane as q Christ
mas tree decoration &C.
CURED in ie47 when a Ger
man-Swedish i'm migrant
named August Imgard Of
Wooster. Ohio. decorated q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-01
HANDLE ALL CANDY
CANES WITH CARE

Has II been your expert
ence to have colorful
Christmas candy canes
crisp and inviting when
you bought them--break
or grow sticky during the
holidays?
II so. here are q few
helpful hints on how to
handle them--for the fault
may be entirely yours not
the candies.
First, Christmas candy
canes are usually broken
before they get home. so
take care!
Once at home, keep the
canes in q cool, dry place
until ready to eat or for
use as q decoration.
II canes are lett IN an
open candy dish at normal
room temperature without
celephane wrapptngs. they
should be eaten within
three or four days. Other
wise they'll grow moist and
sticky.
When hanging candy
canes to q Christmas tree
with or without their cell
lophane wrappingsI. care
should be taken tying them
TO the trees branches. Tie
q thin ribbon 70 the crook
Of the cane without pres
sure. Do not use wire. wire
cord. metallic string or cell
lophane tape.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-01

small blue spruce with paper
ornaments and candy canes
to entertain his nephews and
nieces. His candy canes were
much simpler and more
streamlined than the Euro
pean versions. The roses were
left OF and they were re-
duced in size so that they
might hang more easily on
q yule tree.
The traditional candy cane
stripping was made standard
sometime around the turn Of
this century. However. no
one seems to know exactly
who 1t was who striped the
canes the first time. Christ
mas cards before 1900 de-
pict plain canes. while cards
printed after that date clearly
indicate stripes. At about
this time. too. peppermint or
wintergreen was added as q
standard flavor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-01
Music TO Soothe Body

Music soothes not only the
savage beast" but babies.
too. Gifts to lull the youngest
set this year include . musical
kangaroo. musical milk cups.
musical hot plates and cake
plates which spin happy tunes
as they turn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-01
Eosy to Suve

Saving for the future isn't
hard when the bank is a gay
ceramic pig from Italy. Piggy
banks In the nursery depart
ment Of Woodward a. Lothrop
sports field flowers. bow knots
and butterflies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-01

HEY, UP THERE-Donold Buroy, oeed 3h,
tokes long look up at the stuffed oroffe out
side the Play Center at 1918 Eighteenth street
NV. Inside the store ore hound and dochs-
hund. also Of heroic proporons.-Stor Stoff
Photos by Francis Routt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-01
Pinofores, Please

. AA1NAV1G1e HGNHNG
Dresses plus nylon. organdy.
and starched broadcloth PIN
azores prove perfect for par
ties now and doubly perfect
for other dresses come spring.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-11-22

attorney for the Great Falls Trades
and Labor Assembly and participated
in the cross examination of power
company witnesses earlier in the
week.
Graybill remained unperturbed un-
der the usual ruthless cross-eXamina-
ton on the question of qualifications
by R. D. Corette, power company
counsel. Graybill stated he wasn't
representing himself as a rate eX-
pert but was presenting exhibits and
testimony that had resulted from re-
search and compilation of figres avail
able to him from company exhibits,
reports to the stockholders and the
Public Service Commission and the
source used by the company for some
of its testimony, Standard and
PORES, Ga financial directory.
His fortnight statement did not
lessen the pounding on the expert"
question by Corette, who contended
evidence could only be given by an
expert. LeaPhart, however, pointed
out that the commission may con-
slider measures a value presented
by anyone, and just because new
concept may be presented does not
necessarily mean it is wrong.
Because it was impossible to raise
enough money protestants were not
able to hire Lawrence Knappen to as
sist on the power company case, there
fore they had to rely on sources avail
able to them-the public records.
Rejecting back over past rate hear
ngs, however, attorneys for protest
ants did remarkable job that showed
many hours of work, research and
consideration, and certain
Y presented to the commission the
asic elements of their contentious
n how to reach a flair value" in a
ate case.
Leaphart, in his opening statement,
aid they intended to put in evidence
n accordance with the recent State
supreme Court decision and show:
1. A leveling off of costs that indi-
ate generally that company costs
ave risen slowly and have not af-
ected the stability of the company;
2. A comparison of the value of
Wrestling in the Montana Power and
Their investments;
3. A fair value of the company and
figures on the test year
f 1853.
In comparing the cost of labor
in relationship to other costs Gray
bill pointed out all operating and
payroll had risen
35.28 %, but administrative and
general operations increase had
been 89.66@o, with the result the
Increase under administrative and
general has been going up faster
han other operations and main
enance costs.
In an attempt to close the hearings
'iday the commission did not adj
urn until after six o'clock.
Both sides will be allowed 20 days
flowing receipt of the transcript to
e closing briefs.
Telephone rate increase hearings
gan Monday so it will take the
reporter little longer
an it otherwise would to get the
lnscript out.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-11-22
RESEARCH SPECIALISTS
RETAINED

|
Tuesday, following prolonged dis
cussion of general school problems
with DR.. w. D. McClurkin of Peabody
Institute, Nashville, Tenn, the COM
mission unanimously voted to avail
itself of the research services of the
institute, providing the institute can
work a Montana educational study
into its schedule in the nine or ten
months ahead
DIR. McClurkin, called to the state
by the commission, outlined research
jobs done for other states by Peabody
Institute, and emphasized that the
men who do these research assign
ments are not theorists alone but have
much practical experience in the
fields of school administration and
finance.
The proposed Peabody study would
cover four general fields of the Mon
tana school problem: 1. organization
and administration, 2. elementary
education, 8. secondary education,
and 4. finance. The institute, after
I'D LIEU WOuIu
evaluate Montana's school problems,
prepare a report on its findings and
then present it to the Manning COM
mission for consideration.
McClurkin made it plain that Pea
body does not attempt to pontificate
what is good for the people of state
or community, combining their activi-
ties, rather, to compiling facts and
drawing conclusions for consideration |
by those in whose interests the studies
are made.
Present at the November commits
sion meeting in addition to Chairman
and Member Mahoney were
members Sen. Jack Bremen Beaver
lead), Pete Fontana, Great Falls;
;. R. Anderson, Helena; William
tombstone, Fort Benton; Les Hansen,
glasgow; and Harry Oats, Butte, sit
ing in in place of member Mike Lacey
Who is i'll. Carl Infanger, executive
ecretary, was also present and par
in the two-day meeting. i
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-11-22
Opponents Claim MPCo.
Valuation $22 Million High
By GRETCHEN BILLINGS

Protestans to the recent application of the Montana Power
Company for rate increase presented exhibits Friday before
the Public Service Commission showing their estimate of the
flair value of the companys electric division to be %
million dollars less than the claimed its exhibits
Above and beyond the % Million protesans argued that such
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-11-22

CnlIlSS as SCreeC lighting systems, anC
the Yellowstone Park installations il
Wyoming should not be considered il
the rate base.
The % million dollars included
161a million dollars disallowed by
the Federal Power Commission, and
million dollars not included in
company reports to the Montana
commission as Electric plant in
service, but listed separately as
property purchased and put in at
purchase cost.
Leo C. Graybill, Jr., Great Falls
attorney, was the witness for pro-
testing groups and testified under di-
rect and cross-eXamination most of
the day Friday.
Graybill, who was put on direct
testimony by C. w. Leaphart, Jr.,
Helena attorney, counsel for ten To-
Gals of the Mine-Mill Union, was also
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-11-22

man, State Board OF EquaIlZatlOn. He
cited three major reasons for having
at least five million-dollar short
age: 1. Loss of upwards of three mil
lion dollars due to the successful ref
erendum action initiated by the retail
liquor dealers; 2. the declining eco
nomic condition of the state with re-
sultant decreased revenues from the
individual income tax and corporation
license tax; 3. the gap in 1857 legis-
lative appropriation and the smaller
amount of revenue estimated as avail
able for the biennium by the state
equalization board.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-11-22

Getting to the nub of the prob
lem why Montana has difficulty Sc
curing and retaining good teachers,
Sletten, who before joining the
MSU staff spent many years as an
elementary and high school teacher
| in various parts of the state,
pointed out that Montana ranks
eighth among the Ii western states
in average teacher salaries with
$3.50 per school year. California,
which is reaching out for 10000
new teachers each year, pays an
average salary of $500 per school
year; New Mexico, $4,000; Ari-
IONA, $4,000; Washington, $4,595;
Oregon, $4,000; Nevada, SASS,
and Colorado, $4,000.
On the other hand. Montanans are
willing to pay for education, he said,
and as evidence, cited that the aver
age current operating expenditure
per child in our state is $3.50 with
only Wyoming and Oregon spending
more per child, among the IL west
ern states. The Montana effort in
support of schools is also relatively
high, DR.. Sletten stated, saying that
we put 3.9 per cent of our total state
income into education, and are fourth
among the IL states. Utah puts Az
per cent, Oregon and New Mexico,
both 40 per cent.
Admitting that school "reorgani-
cation" is "a bad word in Montana,
he said that eff Montana people wish
the most return for the educational
dollar and an effective competing
position for teachers with other west
ern states, reorganization of school
districts will take place - Noting
that district reorganization had not
worked out particularly well in a
number of states Except for those
who cut down to the county unit !
nethod) he cautioned that any re-
program must be most |
arefully worked out, that public
and participation must
re had if it is to be successful.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-11-22
State Urged to Carry
Own Property Insurance

Plan Outlined Tax Education Committee Taxing of All
SIS Bnnum
prbab
of
headed
the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-11-22
REDUCED NUMBER OF SCHOOL
DISTRICTS SUGGESTED

DR.. Vernon Sletten, professor in
the bureau of educational research
at Montana State University, sug-
gested the commission consider rec
ommending reducing the present
1,173 school districts to 56-or one
per county. In so doing he said the
county unit system isn't "the most
desirable (method) theoretically but
it does provide a means whereby
something can be done toward more
efficient administration and use of
school funds.
DR.. Sletten's proposal brought forth
sharp questioning from commission
member Sen. Charles Mahoney Gar
field) who saw in it means whereby
the larger community would gain con-
troll over all schools in such district.
DR.. Sletten stated that such has not
happened in states where the county
unit system has been established be-
cause of legislative provisions to safe
guard the smaller schools in such
districts.
The MSU professor said that this
system makes it possible, among other
things, to end costly duplication of
school transportation facilities; to
hire "circuit riding speciality teach |
ers who teach one or two days a week |
in the schools on their circuit. For
example, he pointed out that many
smaller high schools hire music teach
ers and then, to fill out his schedule
put him to teaching subjects he is
illy-prepared for, if prepared at all.
MORE EMPHASIS NEEDED ON
CURRICULA
While advising the commission he
didn't think any Of them would care
10 go back to the good old days of the
'three-R's", Sletten said he thought
he schools should place greater en-
ohasis on more serious curricula,
md less on "frills''. He said the basics t
-math, science, English, history, for {
ign language, and social studies, for t
ever greater atten- {
ion as we look forward to the future c
nd the growing competition with the c
soviet Union for world leadership. +
n this connection, he pointed out r
hat the Russians understand how S
cry important education is and their t
eachers are paid among the very \
est of all professions. This emphasis t
n education and good salaries, he il
aid, keep capable teachers in the il
o
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-11-22
GREATER FUNDS EQUALIZATION
URGED BY SALVAS

Ernest Salvas, board member fol
Montana district of Mine-Mill, tolc
the committee that the generally ac-
copied idea in America is that we
must have equal educational oppor-
tunity; that the responsibility for pro-
viding such equal opportunity must
be shared by local, state and federal
governments.
'In order to have equality of
opportunity he said, "the wealth
of our nation should be taxed
wherever it is and distributed
wherever the educational needs
are"
Continuing, the union leader en-
phasized that the change in our econ
omy is such that small tax units can
no longer be expected to bear the
brunt of taxes for educational pur-
poses "In addition to recognizing
that we should use the entire state
as tax unit, we must also recognize
that actually the ideal situation for
CetA pun POoCo WOulu NC W lSCOSulZc
the whole nation as a single unit. We
certainly need federal support to our
education system in order to assure
that no one will be deprived of edu-
cational opportunities because of in
adequate resources in the community
or state in which he might happen to
be-"
Looking at taxes, Salvas insisted
hat tax laws must be "fair and equit- |
able and capable of good administra-
,ion'', and he said that the spending
If tax monies must be Economical,
efficient and honest Tax law
:hanges, he cautioned, should be APP
,roached very carefully and that i'm
be made by a "step-by-
tep' process. He said that property
axes must be equalized. Also, that
1ontana wage earners are paying
heir share of taxes on income earned
n the state whereas loopholes make
possible for out-of-state people
wning Montana property and in
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-11-22

vestments to escape paying state in
come tax.
AS for general sales tax, Salvas
told the commission 'the miners
and smeltermen in Montana are
absolutely opposed to its enact
ment."
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-11-22
WOULD SCRAP PRESENT
CORPORATION LICENSE TAX

II
holes whereby owners of bank time
deposits. stocks and bonds, are able
to escape their fair share of the tax
BILL He asked legislation to close
loopholes in the corporation license
tax which now permit major out-of-
state corporations to avoid paying
hundreds upon hundreds of thousands
of dollars in taxes. To do this he rec
commended scraping of the present
Corporation License Tax on net cor
porate income to be replaced by a
gross tax on corporate income, such
as the Indiana gross tax law which
has materially reduced corporate tax
evasion.
He also reviewed the case for
enactment of legislation to collect
income tax off out-of-state resi-
dents who own Montana real and
business property, and stocks and
bonds of Montana corporations
(sic, SD los, MCGOWAN bill of 1857
Legislature).
Finally, he said that if we are to
ever secure fair taxation on property
it must be assessed at full and true
value as required by the State Con-
stitution that 80, 40 or SO per
cent of full and true value will not
bring equity.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-11-22

such ''intangibles'' on the assessment
rolls of the counties, and a second
check which revealed better than one
half billion dollars in time deposits
in Montana banks alone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-03
Sports
Basketball

Soturdoy-Fort Woyne IS, St
LOUIS. 2:30 p.m.-4
Bowling
Friday -Duckpin Derby.
ll:Z0 PM
Saturday. Steve Macy Us. Lloyd
Berahoff. 600 PM
Boxing
Mondoy Turner vs. Rudy Gwin
l0.l5 pms
Wednesdoy-chcago Golden
Gloves Finals. 1000 PM
Fridoy-Gornett Sugar" Hart. vs.
Walter Byors 1000 p.m.--4
Hockey
Saturday Detroit Red Wings vs..
Boston Bruins, 200 p.m.-2. g
Wrestling
Tuesdoy-Notionol. 1000 PM
Thursdoy-Copitol. 1000 pms
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-03
Classified Index For Dton Sc. pms,om Listing. Week
Color Shows

Svndoy-The Alcoo Hour
900 pm-4
Mendey-Producer's Showcase.
500 pm.-4
Robert Montgomery.
go p.m.-4
Mon. Through Fri.-Club so.
l:30 PM
Motinee Theo,er. 800 pnn.-4
Tuesdoy-The M9rch Of Medicine
go p.m.-4
Red Shelton Show
$50 p-r,.-o
Hold Tho, Note. 10 50 p.r.-4
Wednesdoy-xovier Cuqot Show
$50 p.nn.-4
Chevolier's Paris. 500 p.m.-4
krott Theoter. 900 M
Thursdoy-Lux Video Theoter.
1000 p.n.-4
Fridoy-Bob Crosby Show.
$50 PM
Xavier Cueot Show
7:30 o M
The Lote Show. HIS pms
Soturdoy-Perry Como Show.
500 PM
The Lote Show HIS p.m.-9
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