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The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1958-04-17
I!nrortunt Decisions
Will Be Made Az
ApriI 80 Election

Many important decisions will
bc made by members of the
Blackfcct tribe at their April 30
Constitutional Amendments cleo.
ton which. nj the request of
members of the Blarkfcr; tribe.
has been called by the Secretary
of the Interior. 1893 absentee
ballots have been mailed to mem.
hers Of the tribe living off the
reservation.
There have only been two
amendments to the Constitution
which were adopted November
IL. 1873. since the Constitute
and Charter came into effect on
the reservation rs the result o!
tho l"dian Reorganization Art
tWhcclcr.iioward AcO June IL.
1894. and amended June ~. 1898.
One Of tho amendments was
voted upon November 30. 1913.
was In reference to the method
Of selecting c0uncilmcn: the other
was adopted January 20. 1910.
and had to do with terms Of
office. There have been no
mcndmcn:s to the Charter up.
proved by popular vote August
IS. 1895.
April 10 will he an impor,aa,
date for the Blackfcct pcOplc,
They will make their own dc.
ciSi0nS nj tina, time on ciVh.
amendments 10 their Constitution
and two amendments to the Char.
ter.
4 sample Of both ballots to b.
voted on nj the April - election
appears In this issue II tho Ola.
ricr Reporter for the conve ;,icncc
Of study BY all members. aud Is
nm exact facsimile Of the ballo, 10
be- given out nj the voting places.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1958-04-17

striking of young Davis by Brink.
man and the trip home by the
teen-age party.
The actual cause which prompt.
ed Brinkman to single out Ron
old Davis was not dwelled upon,
other than by statements from
the group who were with Ronald.
and who stated that Ronald had
raped on the Brinkman car win.
dow and asked Mrs. Brinkman
when she was going to let him
drive her new car.
The inquest was held only to
establish the cause and time of
the death of Ronald and to dc.
termine who was responsible for
striking the fatal blow. There.
fore, no cross examining was per.
mitted, other than to ask a few
questions for the purpose of
clearing related points of the
testimony.
Jurymen included Warren
Scheck. Carl Matthews. Donald
Watson. Russell Boyd, Charles
Gerard, George Andrus and vii.
son Woodger.
Dan WEIGH and John Moore of
Cut Bank represented the Davis
family and Wilbur Werner and
Cedar B. Aronow represented
Wayne Brinkman.
Brinkman was arrested on a
charge of manslaughter shortly
after the death of Davis and was
released after posting a $4,000. 90
bond. The outcome of the in.
quest in. no way affects his free.
dom and he will remain free on
bond until . jury term is called
for District Court. presumably
this fall. at which time the trial
Is expected to be held.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1958-04-17

Mrs. Acct Chattin. has been So.
lccicd as one Of the Boys State
representatives from Browning
high school. Terry Is O letter win.
ner In football. basketball and
track: member Of the art club.
president Of the junior class.
Junior class representative to the
student council. and member of
the Etumoc and Etaikasi staff.
lie Is being sponsored by Black.
feet Indian Post l27 Of the Ameri.
can Legion.
Galcn Sinclair. son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. william Sinclair, will BE-
the second Browning representa-.
tive to Boys State. Galen Is trea.
surcr Of the junior class. letter
winner In football and basketball
and has won band letters In pre-.
vious years. lie Is being sponsor.
Cd by the Lions Club.
Russell Douglas. son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Douglas. and James
johnson. son Of Mr.. and Mn.
Howard johnson. have bssn
named alternates.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1958-04-17
Tribal Election Notices Posted
At Reservation Polling Places

Notices Of the April 30 cOnS,i.
iutiOnal election have brrn pos:
I'd this week =; BrJwning No.
in the Tribal Councii Office,
Browning No 2 in the Agency
Barracks Conference room. Babh
Public S,'hool. Heart Butte round
house. Old Agency No. l. Ulcbcr
school house. old Agency NJ.
and Culdicri school house. Starr
School srhoolhousr. Little BAD.
ger and the Seville Community
hall The p"lliag lists will be
posted Friday. April Is.
The April 10 notice omitted
Little Badger as n polling.
The l.o!i> will be- open from q
am TO I pm April 80 En-.
rolled members Of the tribe. q
years Of age or older. living with
IL the exterior boundaries Of the
reservation. will he eligible 10
vote on the proposed Charter
changes
All members Of the tribe. re-
Gardlrss Of where they may live.
will be eligible TO vote on the
proposed Amendments to the
Constitution.
The Constitutional Amendments
election will be- conducted IN ac'
rnrdancc with Department Of IN.
terror rules and regulations. The
rules specify that the election
shall bc conducted under the aus
piccs al an election tUart..
This board Is composed 0f
James cO.nr:'. th man. Super.
in'cnGrn, howard r. johnson.
Walter Wri2ri. iiifr Mckay and
Donald Maynard. The alternate
members are George Kipp. Henry
Maprr and A. -. Stephenson.
The election has been called
for the reason that some mem
beers of tho tribe have expressed
dissatisfaction about certain pro
visions Of the Constitution and
bylaws and of the Corporate
Charter: and members Of tho
Tribal Business Council have fcl,
that certain changes should be
made.
These suggestions were discuss
cd nj considerable length al com
muri.y meetings called for this
purpose. and tho proposed amend
ncnis arc tho results Of these
suggestions.
They arc not the proposals Of
the Bureau Of Indian Affairs Of
OF the Secretary Of the Interior;
but rather. the Department ol
interior has called the election
at tho request Of members Of the
Blackfcct tribe.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1958-04-17
sTockMEN's MEETING

There will be- \ meeting Of the
Glacier S,ockmcn's Association
at 7 pm. Saturday. April 10. nj
the Cowboy Inn. Mcriwcthcr.
Montana. All S,ockmcn are In.
Vitcd to attend.
Signcd--Davc higgins. President
Paul circuit. Extension Live.
stock Specialist. will conduc, a
hcifcr grading demonstration.
Wednesday. April %. at 2 pm.
nj the Wiley WEIGH ranch west
Of Cut Bank.
Those ranchcrS that have ~.
tended these demonstrations IN
the past have found them to be
very worthwhile and these same
ranchcrs have requested this hci.
fer grading demonstration this
spring.
All Interested ranchcrs arc
cordially invited to attend this
event.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1958-04-17
Great Falls Attorney
To Address Young
Republicans ~ Cut Bank

william Ballie. attorney from
Great Falls. will speak at the
Young Republicans buffet. dinner
TO be held \, the Vets Club IN
Cut Bank April -. at 7 pm
Baillc Is state president Of the
Young Republicans and has re-.
Gently returned from q Republi.
can work shop In Washington. u.
G.. where he spent two weeks
lie will explain that session and
show slides Of the trip. City and
county Republican candidates
will be introduced. The public Is
invited. the tickets will be Si.8S.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1958-04-17

Frank MacCormlck went 10
Babb Wednesday on welfare bust.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1958-04-17

Earl Old Person wet 10 Fort
Harrison today TO bring Orvillc
Goss home from the veterans
hospital.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1958-04-17
william 0ldroek
Killed IN Car
Accident Saturday

Funeral services were held on
Thursday. April II. for William
OldrJck No. II. ~. who was killed
in q car accident at about ll:30
pm. April II. approximately IA
miles from the city limits on the
Depot road. Richard Little Dog
discovered the car. which belong
Cd to Richard Iicavygun. about
Is minutes before midnight on
the same night that Oldr0ck was
killed.
The car Travelled In q borrow
pi, about 375 feet before striking
slider Dad approach.
Injured in the accident was
Henry iicavygun. II. who suffer
cd a compound fracture Of tho
right leg. and Gladys Rcdhcad
licavyrunrer. who suffered facial
decorations and a broken nose.
The injured were taken to tho
local hospital for treatment.
No inquest Is planned into the
death Of Oldrock.
Survivors include the widow
Grnrvicvc RcdfJx OldrOrk: two
daughters. Mcrlcnc and Dolores
IS. Of Heart Butte: two sisters,
Katherine ard Beatrice. stcpm0
ihcr. Catherine Spotted Eagle
and two sons IN North Dakota.
The accident was investigated
by state highway patr0lman
Frank Hubert and Indian Agent
Rankin Brown.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1958-04-17
WEEKS WEATHER
BROWNIE TROOP Z

Brownie Troop 2 met Tuesday.
April IS. 1858. The older girls
who arc flying up practiccd the
laws and the other girls made
scrapbooks.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-12-25
Taxi Business
Is BlufftOn
Newest Service

TaMcab service, a type of bus
mess not operated in BIuffton
since shortly after World War II,
has been inaugurated this week
by Kermit Kibele, Route 2, Bluff
ton.
Mr.. Kibele has announced that
he has rented the office building
formerly used by Bixel Motor
Sales as used car sales office.
This has been set up as head
quarters for Kib-Cabs, the name
chosen by Mr.. Kbele for his bus
mess.
Taxi service win be offered on
an around-the-clock basis. When
the owner is out on a cali, his
phone win be answered at his
home. Prompt, safe service is
promised.
Taxi services operate satisfac-
torily in many towns of Bluff
TONS size, Mr.. Kibe1e said in ez-
planning his venture. I am hope
full that I shall also be able 70
offer parcel pickup business
later on, If PUCO license is avail
able, he said. The pickup serv-
ice would be between Bluffton
and Lima and Lima and Findlay.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-12-25
ZeissIer Santa Display Takes
Top Prize in Lighting Contest

plant were awarded the S. third
prize. A Merry Christmas cut
out is outlined against the white
house front and an artistic ar
rangement of lights brightens the
setting.
Judges of this years contest
were all previous winners in the
annual Jaycee contest. They in
cluded Mrs. Ray Reichenbach.
Mrs. Ralph Rammel and Mrs. B.
w. Travis.
Mr.. Steiner reported that more
homes than ever before displayed
outdoor lighting this year, and
decisions were difficult for the
judges. The Jaycees thank all
who are participating and max
ing the community brighter and
more cheerful than ever this
year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-12-25
Christmas Mail
Volume Drops at
Post Office Here

The output of Christmas greet
ing cards and other first class
mail from the Bluffton post of
flee, which has been steadily in
creasing for the past four years,
fell behind the records set the
last two years.
Records at the post Office i'm
dicated that there were only 98,-
524 cancellations during the bus
lest 13 days prior to Christmas.
Last year for the same period
there were 110,491 cancellations
and in 1856, 101, 1893 cancellations.
Postmaster Ralph Stearns said
that he felt earlier mailing may
have accounted for some of the
let-down the last 13 days. He said
that he wished to thank local pa
irons for their cooperation.
Higher postage rates this year
may also account for fewer cards
and letters being mailed.
Incoming sacks of mail were
also somewhat fewer than in the
previous two years. A count of
individual pieces is not kept, but
this year there were 1,426 sacks
of incoming mail compared with
1,5A last year, and 1,485 in 1856.
Outgoing mail of all types was
heavier than last year. There
were 1855 bags dispatched from
the local office as compared with
1,5A last year and 1878 in 1856.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-12-25
Teen-Agers Injured
In Two Accidents

Three teen-agers were injured
in two accidents on icy roads
last weekend.
Janet Kurt, route 1, Williams
town and Phyllis Knepper, Raw
son, were both treated at Com
munity hospital after their car
skidded into a tree on Hancock
county road IS, half a mile west
of route 25 at 11:3O p. m. Fri
day.
There was extensive damage
to the car.
Minor damage resulted in the
other accident, at noon Sunday,
when an auto driven by Lee
Badertscher, II, Rawson, skidded
into a guard rail at the inter-
section of Hancock county II
and Hancock county 81 two miles
north of Rawson. He was unin-
jured.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-12-25

offices of the NLRB in Cleveland.
The ruling held against the
local and international union on
three counts:
BY insisting the company ne
gotiate "only on the basis of a
multi-plant unit of the company
for a national agreement.
Refusing to meet and negot-
late with the company with re-
.spect to wages, hours and other
conditions concerning only
the Bluffton employees"
BY insisting that any agree
ment reached should include
other units besides the Bluffton
unit and refusing to enter a
written agreement for the local
unit.
The union was ordered to file
AN answer to the complaint with
in ten days, which would make
the answer due by Monday, De-
cember %. Union officials were
preparing a statement as The
Bluffton News went to press
Tuesday afternoon.
A hearing on the entire case
will be held Tuesday, February
IL in Lima by a trial examiner of
the NLRB.
E. Hugh Jones, operations
manager of the three Ohio Ex-
Cello plants closed by the
strike issued the following state
ment after the NLRB ruling was
handed down last week:
The issuance of the complaint
against the Bluffton unit of local
1911 and the international union
is the most encouraging develop
ment since this strike was called
by the union. This complaint
against the JAW, when coupled
with the dismissal last week of
union charges against the COM
pany, makes it clear the union
has failed to carry out its legal
responsibility to bargain for new
contracts in our local plants"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-12-25

Criblez has supplemented his
milk check from a small herd
with the sale of animals.
He helped to prove one eek
cellent" bull that sold to the Cen
trail Ohio Breeding association.
Another bull sold to Kansas State
college. Still another that was
junior champion at the Ohio State
Fair and the Waterloo Dairy
Cattle Congress went to South
America where he has been
grand champion the last two
years.
Criblez sold another bull in
Venezuela, and a COW sold to
New Jersey has produced 1S,-
400 pounds of milk and BIT pounds
of fat in the first lit days oi
her current lactation. She fresh
ened at II years and six months
of age. He stresses longevity ir
his herd.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-12-25
Births

The following births were re-
corded at Bluffton Community
hospital during the past week:
MIR. and Mrs. Alfred Pundt,
Mt. Cory. a girl, Barbara Anne,
born last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Neff.
Rawson, a boy, Brent Lee, born
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy DeVore,
Findlay, a boy, Mark Allen, born
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyle Hendricks,
Jr., Arlington, a boy, kevin
Allen, born Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. LaVerne Her
miller, Pandora, a girl, Jane
Marie, born Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Dalt, Ada
girl, Donna Jean, born Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. Arden Slotter,
(Joanne Gratz) Bluffton, a girl,
Sharon Kathleen, born Tuesday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-12-25
Loss OF National Agreement Would
Hurt Union Power, Businessmen Told

Declaring that the union did not
wish the strike to continue any
more than The Ex-Cell-O COM
pany, Joe Tomasi, international
representative for the UAW in
this district, told Bluffton busi-
nessmen at meeting last Thurs
day evening that the principles
involved in the expired national
agreement were worth fighting
for.
To give up the national agree
ment, the union spokesman said,
would be to weaken the JAWS
economic" strength.
He declared that the strike at
the Bluffton plant was not illegal
as charged by plant manager Joe
Browne, and that the union would
appeal the ruling of the National
Labor Relations Board that the
Bluffton Bargaining Committee
has refused to negotiate.
If we are guilty of failure to
sit down at the bargaining table
on a local basis, the entire Elk.
Cello organization is guilty of
failure to negotiate on a national
basis, Tomasi said.
The international representa-
tive was introduced to approx
mately so Bluffton businessmen
by Robert Logan, chairman of
the local bargaining committee.
The meeting was opened with
prayer by the Rev. James Helm
niger, pastor of the First Meth
odist church.
Logan and Tomasi discussed
several aspects of the 55-para-
graph expired national agree
ment which has piled up total
of 952 unsettled grievances
against the company.
The speakers said that the
transfer of work clause" at
tenpts to protect jobs that
started with a particular product
In a particular plant. 1t provides
that If the work is sent else
where because of lack of capa-
city in the originating plant, the
work must be returned If con-
ditions change bringing unem-
ployment.
Another part of the agreement
provides that if work is slack at
one plant, and another is employ
ing men, laid-off employees of the
first plant are given priority in
employment at the second plant.
Inter-plart seniority is not pro-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-12-25

country as one day stretched in
to another before the winner fl
nally was acclaimed.
Randy was also the first baby
with an address within the cor
poration limits Of Bluffton to win
the derby in recent years. Usu-
ally the winner has been a COM
try" baby.
Rules of the Baby Derby,
I .siich usually have required that
the parents of the newborn in
FAINT must live within a 1O-mile
radius of the hospital, have been
amended. Parents of the winner
may live beyond the 10-mile linn
it provided the attending physi-
(See PRIZES on p. a.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-12-25

The popular Santa Claus theme
in outdoor Christmas decorations
won the first two prizes in the
Bluffton Junior Chamber of COM
merce contest, it was announced
Monday evening by Paul Stein
er, general chairman.
At the Winfield Zeissler resi-
dence on old Route IS, about a
mile south of town, Santa, his
sleigh and reindeer team pranc-
ing across the front of the house,
captured first prize. The pranc-
ing reindeer actually move in the
Zeissler display.
Santa is attractively spotlight
ed casting an interesting shadow
effect, and the entire cave line of
the house is decorated with col
ored lights.
Second prize went to the Santa
Claus scene on the front porch
of the Aldine Weiss home on Ril-
ey street. Stuffed figures of San
ia and his wife are seated on
rocking chairs. A tea kettle of
hot water stands on the mantel,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Claus are in
the act of bathing their tired feet
in tub on the floor.
The entire front of the house
is outlined with colored lights.
The Herbert Reichenbach dec
orations on their home on JEFF
ferson street near the Ex-Cell-O
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-12-25
Freight Hits
Page Truck at
lO3 Crossing

A split second may have
measured the difference between
life and death for Clifford Houts,
Page Dairy company tank truck
driver Monday at noon.
AS it was, Mr.. Houts escaped
without a scratch when the tail
end of his long, double tank trail
er truck was struck at the Route
103 crossing by speeding three
engined freight train, which
could not stop short of the Col
lege avenue crossing, half a mile
down the track.
Mr.. Houts was driving west on
Route 103. The train was speed
ing south. He said he stopped for
the flasher lights at the cross
ing, but cars on the siding OBJ
structed his view of the oncom-
ing train.
The impact of the tail-end col
lision tossed the trailer off the
track, bending a section of rail
on the siding and tearing off the
flasher signal on the west side of
the track. The rear wheel and
axle of the trailer were badly
damaged, and the tank pune
tured.
The cab and first trailer were
able to proceed to the dairy COM
pany. The trailer tanks, which
have a $4,000 pound capacity of
raw milk, were empty. Houts was
returning from an early morning
haul to Mansfield, Ohio.
H. L. Morris, Lima, was en-
gineer on the Nickel Plate train
with T. B. Bennett, fireman and
0. r. Dietrich, conductor.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-12-25
Churches Mark
Christmas With
Special Programs

Perhaps highlighted by filmed
and tape recorded production at
the First Mennonite church,
practically an the churches in
the Bluffton area presented
Christmas programs Sunday eve
ming.
One church, the Mt. Cory
Methodist, win present a pro-
gram this Sunday at 1880 p. m.
Christmas programs were pre-
sented Sunday evening at the
First Missionary, Evangelical
Mennonite, First Mennonite, First
Presbyterian, Liberty Chapel
EUB, Lutheran, Emmanuels and
st. Johns United Churches OF
Christ and the First Methodist
church.
The program at the First Men
MONTE church had the enure cast
seated in the audience, enjoying
their own performance. The en-
tire. program was filmed and
tape recorded during rehearsals
and was presented as a series OF
color slides with appropriate
sound accompaniment.
The Lutheran program took the
form of a re-enactment of the
Christmas story, told in child's
storybook fashion.
"A number of church groups OBJ
served the season by caroling
(See CHURCHES on p. 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-12-25

HARRIETT MOYER, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Burkhart,
231 Lawn avenue, was recently
elected vice-president of the
Northern Ohio Industrial Editors
Association in Cleveland, one of
the largest local organizations of
industrial editors in the nation.
Mrs. Meyer is editor of Shell
Oil Company's Cleveland Divi-
sion employee publication which
covers Ohio, Kentucky, West Vir-
ginia and Pennsylvania. She has
held this position for the past
five years.
Before joining Shell she was an
industrial editor for The Mead
Corporation in Chillicothe. Mrs.
Meyer was graduated from Ohio
State university with a degree in
journalism. She is a member of
Theta Sigma Phi, women's ma
tional professional journalism
honorary.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-12-25
Woman RecoUers
S22O of $3.50
Lost on Main ST.

For approximately half an hour
Monday morning a thoroughly
wet blanket threatened to smoth-
er all of the holiday cheer for
Mrs. Eunice Smith of Beaver
dam, but a stroke of good for
tune frightened the picture again.
Mrs. Smith, Beaverdam beau
ty shop operator, had driven to
Bluffton on several errands,
among which was the mission of
depositing $3.50 in cash for use
when January 1 tax bills come
due. When she arrived at the
bank, after stopping at the post
office, her roll of bills had van
isE1ed.
Quickly retracing her steps to
her parked car on the east side
of Main street, the Beaverdam
woman found first $40 bill, then
a $40, and then another $40 in
the street. They were wet and
dirty as though passing autos had
run over them.
After searching for about Is
minutes for the remainder of the
cash, Mrs. Smith was approached
by Larry Core, a clerk at the
A&P.
Lose something?" asked Lar
ry.
5000" painted the excited
searcher.
well, here's $170 I just found"
Larry smiled, handing her a
soiIed roll.
Thirty dollars may still be
blowing around Main street, and
it would be nice if that could be
returned, too, but Mrs. Smith is
happy at the way it all turned
out.