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The Sidney herald., 1957-01-17
Vets Mail Bau
More Than Five Million
Veterans Get CT Loans

Gil loans guaranteed or insur-
ed by the Veterans Administra-
ton for World War II and Ko-
rean conflict period veterans have
topped the five million mark
Harvey v. Higley, Administrator
of Veterans Affairs, announced.
More than $4,000 CT loans were
closed during November, Mr..
Higley. said, bringing the total
loans made since the start of the
Gil loan program in 1941 to
5,O21,570, amounting to $50, 249,-
100000 (billion).
This is an important milestone
IN the history of the CT Bill" Mr..
Higley stated. Zone out of every
four veterans who served in the
two great conflicts has been as
sisted with VA-guaranteed loans
in his adjustment to civilian life"
VA said that of all loans closed,
4,724,l51 were home loans
amounting to $38, $40, 600, 900:
227,375 were business loans to-
falling 1924, 600, 900 and 7O,O44
were farm loans for $276,O OO, 900.
MIR. Higley also reported that
one out of every four loans made,
or l,118,227 loans amounting to
nearly S6.2 billion, have been
repaid in full.
VA has paid claims on only
45,2O2 loans, Mr.. Higley said.
THE excellent repayment and
record under the CT loan
program shows that veterans are
excellent credit risks" Mr.. Hig-
ley added.
Through November 5000
claims were paid on home loans,
Or slightly more than one-half of
one percent of the 4,724, 900 home
loans guaranteed.
The net amount of claims paid
to date on all CT loans is $685.
BIS, 1000, or about 81 cents for
every $1,000 borrowed. VA point
ed out that this amount is subject
to further recovery through liu-
lldation of tangible security and
payments by veterans.
Question of the Week:
Q. Last spring l sold my home
and let the purchaser take over
ny CT loan. That was before a
lew law was passed, releasing
'eterans from liability when they
iell CT homes. Would this new
aw cover me? Could l now
'btain a release from liability
rom VA?
A. Yes, the new law could be
applicable, even though you sold
our home before it was enacted.
lou may obtain a release from
liability, provided the loan is
urrent and the present owner
ssumes liability and qualities as
good credit risk.
The Sidney herald., 1957-01-17

Helena - In Governor j. Hugo
Aronson's state of the state mes
sage to the 35th legislative as
sembly, his greatest emphasis was
on the fiscal condition of the
state government. In pointing out
that appropriation requests far
exceed anticipated income for the
next biennium and that there is
need for more revenue, he was
not telling the legislators anything
of .shich most of them were not
already aware. In varying degree
this has long been a major prob
lem.
Perhaps without exception the
legislators approve the governors
detectives regarding finances, in
Guiding the desirability of keep
ing the state general fund in bal
ance. What is not clear in the
minds of some of the lawmakers
is what the governors ideas may
be as to specific measures for
obtaining more income for the
state general fund and for the
university unit. AS to the uni
versity system, the governor IN
Dictated that he believed that the
present millage tax should be
replaced by some other form of
revenue but he did not specify
what this other source of reve-
nue. should be. Controversy i'm
mediately developed over what
Governor Aronson really meant
when he said, in effect, that un-
less other sources of additional
revenue are found the state might
nave to resort to a sales tax.
1t would have been better if
the governor had stated his posi-
ton more precisely. He did say
that he had opposed the sales tax.
up, restrained only by constitu-
preted his reference to the sales
tax as a backhanded endorsement
OF 1t. On the other hand, republi-
can leaders in the assembly ex-
planned that the governor merely
stated the problem and left the
up to the legislature. MY
The Sidney herald., 1957-01-17

Quinto Ruffatto took his pick
up to Culbertson Wednesday for
repair work.
Leroy and Gloria Fisher went
to Frazer Saturday night to the
basketball game between Frazer
and Brockton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Ruff
fatto and children Frank and
Thelma attended the basketball
game in Culbertson Friday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Fisher and
son Joe wer supper guests at
the Leslie Candee home Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Fisher and
children and Mrs. Clara Smith
were dinner and supper guests
at the Edward Smith home in
Brockton Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. AL Schmitz were
callers in Sidney Saturday. Mrs.
Schmitz will visit a few days
with her sister, Dorothy Fink.
Bobby Ruffatto and Mary Kay
Schmitz have the mumps. This
The Sidney herald., 1957-01-17
Creek
Ruffatto School

Mr. and Mrs. Pete P. Ruffatto
and daughter Joan went to Pop
lar, Wolf Point and Circle Tues
day. Mr.. Ruffatto went to the
doctor at Wolf Point.
Mr.. and Mrs. Quinto Ruffatto,
Al Schmitz, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Miller, Raymond and Stepen
Schmitz attended Bible study
club at the Fred Tolksdorf home
Wednesday night.
Alvin Fisher, John Ruffatto,
and Raymond Schmitz helped
Quinto Ruffatto haul cattle to
the Sidney cattle ring Tuesday.
Julia Ruffatto baby-sat at
the Quinto Ruffatto home We'd
nesday night.
Pete P. Ruffatto and Julia took
Joan to Culbertson to high school
Wednesday morning. Joan could
not return to school Monday af-
ter the Christmas vacation as she
was recuperating from an attack
of mumps.
ihi- diid IulS. 1tOIRe flSnGT
and boys Dan and Jerry helped
Alvin Fisher celebrate his birth
day Tuesday evening. Mrs. Geo.
Fisher brought him an angel food
cake.
Alvin Fisher is hauling grain
to Rrockton this week, taking
advantage of the ice bridge.
MI. and Mrs. VIM. Fisher were
callers in Sidney Thursday.
VIM. Fisher and Elof Larson
went to a telephone meeting in
Cifcle Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Patch were
business callers in Culbertson last
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Patch and
Mrs. Lefty Wesin motored to
Sidney Friday afternoon. MIR. and
Mrs. Patch spent the night with
their son Kenneth and family
while Mrs. Wesin was an over
night guest at the Andrew Peter
home. They returned home
Saturday afternoon.
Raymond Schmitz purchased
he hundred-sixty acre river bot
land from Paul Patch. The
The Sidney herald., 1957-01-17

deal was closed Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Ruff
fatto and Mrs. VIM. Fisher were
business callers in Brockton
Monday.
Mrs. Clara Smith attended the
WINS meeting of the Lutheran
church in Brockton Wednesday.
MI. and Mrs. Harry Foss en-
tertained with a dinner Sunday in
honor of their little daughter
Kathy's birthday. Those present
were Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Fisher
and children, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Miller and Tommie, Ross Brad
ley, and Kenneth Foss.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Fisher and
children, Mr.. and Mrs. Quinto
Ruffatto and boys and Mr.. and
Mrs. Pete P. Ruffatto and daugh-
tiers Joan and Julia attended the
basketball game in Brockton Fri
day night.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Fisher took
alfalfa seed to Williston Thurs
day.
The Sidney herald., 1957-01-17

republican governor are most
likely to develop. Governor Aron-
son has shown a disposition to
go at least half way with the leg
islature and l think this is also
the disposition of the legislature.
My contact with Montana legis-
latures goes back 80 years. /
have never seen a finer group of
lawmakers than those comprising
the present assembly. One thing
to be noticed especially is that
there is a large number of young
er people, all of them obviously
eager to do the very best job they
can for their own immediate con-
stituents and for the citizens of
Montana at large.
In Speaker Eugene H. Mahoney
and David F. James, president
pro tenn of the senate, the demo-
Gratis have two very capable lead
ers. The same can be said for the
republicans whose chiefs are r.
F. Judeman in the house and
Donovan Worden in the senate.
Some degree of partisanship is
sure to develop as the legislature
progresses, but there is at least
something to suggest that in such
p~artisanship as may arise the law
makers in general will not lose
sight of their primary RESPONSE
bilities of the legislature for the
general welfare of the people of
Montana.
The Sidney herald., 1957-01-17
1.-THE USA In A Trailer
BY Ed Koterba-

When he strobe into the Press
Club ballroom before 300 news
men, he held a stance of aloof-
ness, yet was ready with an easy
smile. This may sound incongru-
GUS, but on him it looked natural.
He kept dabbing the perspira-
ton from his deeply-tanned face
in the glare of the television
lights, but not once did he have
to adjust the cap that appeared
to be cutting into his white
matched scalp.
There's an attitude of unemo-
tionalism about him - as if he
had worked to perfect it during
his many years in prison. No
matter how tough the question
newsmen tossed at him land the
Washington news corps is unre-
lenting), the Indian leader dis
played the passiveness of a Ma
hatma Ghandi.
Nevertheless, you could tell,
watching closely during that As
minute session, that Nehru was a
grandstander - though a subtle
one. When he saw the 16 TV
cameras and dozens of still cam
eras pointed at him at the outset
of the meeting, he struck a dra-
matte finger-on-the-cheek pose of
contemplation. And he held the
pose until it was obvious the
picture-taking was over.
What he accomplished at the
conference was a master
piece of side-stepping. 1t was as
if he were playing by ear" bend
ing a little to the Russians, then
a slight love-pat to the
u. S.
Frank Holeman, president of
the Press Club, perhaps describ-
ed Nehru most accurately when
he introduced him as "The mys-
tic man in the middle"
There are two definite i'm
pressions Nehru left upon Wash
when he departed last
Thursday.
One is that he possesses a deep
sense of nationalism and is a
politician on a world scale.
The second impression is that
he'd prove a powerful man
On OUR side.
The Sidney herald., 1957-01-17

own impression is that Governor
Aronson was merely warning the
lawmakers of extremes to which
they might have to go if they
failed to provide additional in
come from other sources.
The governor referred the leg
islators to the state board of
equalization for ways in which
to procure additional revenue. II
does not seem to me that the
board has any very specific for
mulas for accomplishing such a
result, at least in a large enough
scope to meet the needs. The
board and probably everyone else
agree that property taxes have
become about as high as the peo-
pie can stand and that it is high
time that the property taxpayer
got relief. The question is where
the relief is going to come from.
Back to the time of Governor
Joseph M. Dixon, who was the
states chief executive from 1921
to 1925, Montana has been en-
acting various kinds of license
and income taxes, the declared
purpose of virtually all of which
is to replace taxes on real prop
erty. 1t has not worked out that
way. They are merely additional
taxes. Meanwhile, property tax
levies have been going up and
up, restrained only by constitu-
tional and statutory limits.
Governor Aronson recommend
ed provision for an interim tax
study committee with the same
objective. Experience has shown
that during a 60-day legislative
session the assembly can do little
more than a superficial job in
attacking the tax problem. 1t is
probable attention in the assem-
bly, is focusing on loopholes in
the tax laws which the state
board of equalization says exists.
This may mean more revenue but
probably far from enough. If the
problem is assigned to an interim
committee, obviously the result of
its labors will not be available
for legislative consideration until
1859.
Criticism by a democratic con-
trolled legislature of the recon-
mendations by a republican gov
ernor is to be expected, but the
chief dissent expressed by the
democrats seems to be that Gov
ernor Aronson was not specific
enough in some of his major pro-
Yet the governor is hardly
TO be censured if he does not
his recommendations in
minute detail. Working out the
details is perhaps more the re-
;ponsibility of the lawmakers
han of the governor.
In general, particularly as to
he main detectives, the message
appears to have been acceptable
both parties. One democratic
pokesman said that some of the
Governors recommendations were
contained in the democratic plat
orm. So in a sense the message
night be considered nonpartisan.
The fact is that, avoiding ex-
remes, the legislative aims of
10Th parties are much the same.
or example, both parties are
to better government and,
ere in Montana, to promoting a
uture for the state consistent
With Montana's great resources
nd the widening opportunities
hat are now unfolding. J
The dispute between the par
les is not SO much over objec-
ives as to the method to be used
4 achieving the objectives. This :
where the main differences ;
f opinion between the democrat :
controlled legislature and the
The Sidney herald., 1957-01-17
Los LOOK AT NEHRU

WdSDlIlStOn IL IL appeared 10
the outsider that Washington fell
/ over itself to please Prime
Minister Nehru of India during
lis re-Christmas visit here, then
hat impression is correct.
Rarely has there been such a
to-do for a visiting dignitary.
One may say that the royal car
pet-plus treatment was an at
tempt to WOO the prime minister
from his neutralist tight-rope.
Whatever it was, the interest
was copounded by a strictly hu-
man element - just plain curios-
ity.
Wherever Jawaharlal Nehru
stepped into public view there
was a throng of onlookers. One
such crowd lined the corridors
and stairways of the National
Press building just before Nehru
was to show up for a news con-
ference.
l asked n of the spectators,
an office secretary, why she
was waiting to see the Indian.
Il want to see his jodhpurs," she
said directly.
The jodhpurs are the white
pants which from a distance look
similar to the old-style winter
flannels.
Actually, Nehru is dashingly
handsome especially for his
age of 81 - attired in the jodh-
purs, a three-quarter-length ach-
can coat and white Ghandi "ov-
erseas" cap.
The Sidney herald., 1957-01-17

surely is the end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Fisher and
children were callers in Sidney
Saturday.
Father Heretick was a supper
guest at the Joe Schmitz home
Sunday.
MI. and Mrs. George Fisher
and family and MIR. and Mrs.
Pete j. Ruffatto and children of
the Armstrong District visited at
the Alvin Fisher home Saturday
night.
The Sidney herald., 1957-01-17

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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-02-15
A New High In
Members & Business
BY Group Health

Group Health delegates TO the
Twin cities district meeting Sat
urday, February o. nominated An
thony Sandys, St Paul, financial
secretary Of the Retail Clerks
Union to the Supervisory commit
tee. The committee composed OF
five members will be elected from
~ district nominees at the annual
meeting in Minneapolis, March o.
District directors Louis Ler-
man. Of Mahtomedi and A. j,
Nielsen, Of Minneapolis. are not up
for reelection this year.
Elected to the district commit
tee we're Miss Dorothy schiager
Minneapolis. Louis Krengcl, st.
Paul, e. F. Jopp, Richfield, Lloyd
Peterson, st. Paul, PETER van den
Bergh, Minneapolis, Miss Leila
Asher, 81. Paul, and Walter Kiff-
meyer, Bloomington.
A new high In membership and
business volume has been reached
by the Group Health organization
George Jacobson, executive presi-
dent. reported TO the delegates He
revealed that the new building at
$500 Como Avenue will be dedicat-
ed In connection with the annual
meeting on March 8.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-02-15
Who viii Be
The Queen Of
Hearts 2 !?

One Of six lovely young ladies
win be crowned Queen OF Hearts"
at Loafers Inc. Annual Queen of
Hearts Ball 10 be held Sunday.
February II, from 9 to 10 p. m,
Advance ticket sale Sl25,
This spectacular and colossal af-
fair will be held at Electrical
Workers Union Hall. Dale at
Hague Av., st. Paul, with music
by Mel Carter,
The lucky queen win be crowned
by Boreas Rex. 2ist King of the
st. Paul Winter Carnival and his
lovely Queen OF Shows. The coro-
nation will take place at s p. m.
Queen candidates and their
sponsoring clubs are as follows:
Jackie Moffatt, Regalettes Club;
Frances Carroll, Tanga Club; Bon
ME Gray, Queens Civic Club; Jo-
tllh htlnpt Soiu phliA Niubt war
va Webster, Just For Fun Club
and Norma Goss. Twentieth Cen
fury Club.
Present at the coronation will
be three former Queens Of Hearts,
Mrs. Barbara Young. Mrs. Myr-
rhene Bonner and Miss Marcella
sayles.
In addition to the trophy award
flowers and dinner, the newly
crowned Queen will be presented
with jewelry, blouse, lingerie, re-
cords, four entertainment tickets
and will receive a gift or remem.
brance every month during her
reign from the Loafers. Her pic
ture will also appear in Jet Maya
zine.
The club will feature former
queens and the six contestants In
parade at 2 p. m Saturday after
noon starting from the Loafers
clubrooms. $50 Rondo Az st.
Paul.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-02-15
Surprise Party
initiates Rumpus
Room Of Couple

Gaiety and merriment was the
order OF the evening on Saturday,
February o. when Mrs. Herbert
Harris was RECALLED at a surprise
anniversary and rumpus room In
itiation party given at her home,
4421 Third Av. s. Hostesses were
the Mines. Ira Allen, Norman Da-
Wis and Fred Ingram, who appar-
entity worked overtime on plans TO
surprise her
Mrs. Allen had called and said
that she and two other friends
would come over for a few rounds
of bridge and when the door bell
rang that evening. Mrs. Harris
was completely aghast to see a
large group Of friends who greet
ted her with surprise, surprise
After greetings were over. they
retired TO the rumpus room which
was the center Of attraction and
admired with many "ohs" and
"ahs" by the group.
Bridge. listening and dancing to
the records OF the record player
was enjoyed. Cocktails were serv-
ed throughout the gala evening,
The party came TO gay close
with the serving OF a midnight
supper.
The honoree was showered with
many useful and beautiful gifts
for the rumpus room.
Enjoying the delightful affair
and the hospitality OF the gracious
hostesses were the honoree, Mrs.
Harris, the Mines Kenneth Wal
lace, Earl MCGEE, Chandler Nc
Watt, John Collins, Earl Bowman
Jr., Donald McMoore, Gwen stepp
and Myrrhcne Bonner.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-02-15
Horace Brown Is
. Victim" Of Sneak
Birthday Dinner

Mr.. Horace Brown, s6s Carroll
Av., was the victim" Of a sneak
birthday dinner party on Monday
evening, February 4. Hostess was
his wife who worked overtime to
surprise him.
When Mr.. Brown arrived that
evening, to his great surprise he
was greeted on his front porch
with the singing of the Happy
Birthday" song by the group who
had assembled there. It was then
that he realized what is was all
about.
After dinner games were played
with Mrs. Walter Baines and
Dewey Johnson winning the prizes.
After the awarding Of prizes, the
many lovely gifts were opened by
the honoree.
Friends helping Mr.. Brown cele-
brate the occasion were the
Messrs. and Mines. ]. Robert
Jones. Dewey Jackson and Walter
B. Baines.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-02-15

white chiffon with rhinestone
straps and rhinestone iewelry CIV
ing dramatic accent; Mrs. Al
Moorehead's lovely choice was
white chiffon with which she COM
bined chartreuse to the bustline
ending in a flying panel in back
and Mrs. Donald Allen Sr., made
a charming portrait in ice blue
satin brocade with a plunging
neckline and accumulated with
pearl jewelry
Heading the committee in
charge of arrangements for the
party were Mrs. Lovey Parker and
Mrs. veda Schine with the cooper
alton OF the entire membership,
who made this years affair an out
standing social triumph.
Officers and members are Mrs
Sarah Nicholson, president; Mrs
veda Schine, secretary: Mrs. Low.
ey Parker. treasurer and members
the Mines. Ceola Webb, Veeda Bel
lamy. Harriet Gordon, Florence
Law and Gwendolyn Ray.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-02-15
Mrs. Clarence Young
Was t4onored Guest
At Stork Shower

A yellow and silver color scheme
and the stork motif dominated the
decor at a stork shower given In
honor of Mrs. Clarence Young Of
2s16 Elliot Av., on Friday evening
February 8.
Hostessing the affair were Mrs
Mary Lindsay, Mrs. Edward
withers and Miss Mary seaton.
They welcomed guests in the spa
cious home Of Mrs. withers, 1905
Second Av. 8.
A large yellow stork was the
unique centerpiece for the dining
table and flying yellow storks
we're suspended from the ceiling
Centering the buffet was a floral
arrangement Of yellow jonquils
and chrysanthemums encircled
with lighted yellow tapers, that
enhanced the beauty Of the setting.
All the decorations were done by
Mrs. Lindsay
Various games were played and
prizes awarded. Following games
the honoree opened the gifts that
had been placed in a baby bed by
guests on arrival
A tasty lunch was served by the
hostesses.
showering Mrs Young with
many practical and useful gifts
were: Mines. Myrtle Hill Clara
Mae Davis, Rita Davis, Emma l..
Hall, Dolores Brown, Shirley Cal
lander. Alice Bell, Javanese White,
Juanita w. Breedloye, Mary
Boone, Bessie Davis, Blanche
Cooper, Juanita v. Breedlove,
Charlotte Davis, Florence starks.
Luella Kay, Eta Ray, Marcella
Mayes, Rosie Mullen.
Also the Mines. Bessie Helm,
Evelyn Martin, Mary Riley, Betty
Strawder, Lenora Mckinney,
Phebe Givens. the Misses Joann
Tate, Roberta Ellis and Martha
Kay. Those who sent gifts but
were unable 10 be present, include
the Mines. Wilma Law, Oneida
Davis. Harriet Shannon, Helen
Harris, Jeonne spivey, Clara Pet
tiford and Pearl Mckinney.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-02-15
HOME BUILDER TO
SPEAK ON BIRTHDAY
OF JOINT COMMITTEE

Morris Milgram, Philadelphia
home builder, will speak in Mime
apolis on Feb. 21, at a luncheon at
the Hotel bennington, at 1915 p.
m.
Mr.. Milgram will come here I'M
der the auspices Of the Joint Com
mittee for Equal Opportunity in
cooperation with the Minneapolis
Board Of Realtors.
Tickets for the affair and $2.35
and can be secured by phoning
Mrs. Harley X. stephens, ia. A.
64S5 or Mrs. Carroll Binder, FIR. T.
O54s.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-02-15

Mrs. Ella r. Hughes of Chicago.
William Ridley attended funeral
services, which were held Satur-
day.
Critically III: Mrs. Emerson
Harris, Los Angeles, Calf. mother
of Jimmy Griffin, 5s7 Rondo, is
critically i'll in Queen Of the An
gels hospital, Los Angeles. Mr..
Griffin left by plane Tuesday
night to be at the bedside of his
mother. Her room number If 91e.
Congratulations From The Sena-
tor: Senator Hubert H. Humphrey
sent congratulatory letters to the
six Queen contestants in the Loaf
ers Annual Queen of Hearts Ball
Coronation wishing them success.