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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29
KOGOD & BOOKOFF

CORNER APT. BLDG.-Closing es-
S tsts; units uni 6edr In:,. Nv; nm:
J unit, . bedrms.. liv. rm., dinette.
kit. bath: and rm. and hath
bachelor apt. Low rents 81. $50 VI.
Offer $4,000 considered. Situated
upper northwest at Decatur ST.
Eve. EN-. 2-69l6. L. T. GRAV-
ATE, Realtor, 1918 X st. NV
The Sidney herald., 1959-06-17
SOCIAL AFFAIRS HONORING
OUT OF TOWN GUESTS

Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Dove Roache
Of San Francisco, who visited in
Sidney last week at the home of
Mrs. Reaches parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Rounce, were enter
tanned at several social functions
during their brief visit here.
Mrs. George Swenson and Mrs.
Earl Kraus entertained at coffee
parties at their respective homes
for Mrs. Roache, nee Barbara
Rounce. Guests included former
girl friends. Mrs. Guy Severson
also entertained at a coffee party
for Mrs. Roache, and Mrs. Roache
and her mother were breakfast
guests at the home of Mrs. Walter
Quilting.
Mr. and Mrs. Roache were hon
ored guests at dinner parties at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Blubaugh and at the Wayne Cum
ming home. They were also guests
at a barbecue dinner at the Bud
Nelson ranch at which hosts were
the Bud Nelson, Paul Hurds and
Mrs. Axel Nelson.
The Sidney herald., 1959-06-17
LIBERALIZATION IN
SOCIAL LAW

"A recent liberalization of the
retirement test in the social
security law will benefit some
semi-retired workers in the Sid
ney area" Chester v. Buchanan,
representative of the Billings
social security office said today.
Before this year, Buchanan
said, "a beneficiary who earned
over $1,000 in a year was still
eligible to receive his social sec
urlty check for any month in
which he did not earn over $50 in
wages and did not work a sub
stanial amount in a business of
his own"
The 1858 amendments to the
law raised this to $500. Thus. a
man over IS Cor woman over 62)
who is insured under social Sec
urlty can receive a benefit check
for those months in which he did
not earn over 500 in wages, even
though his earnings in the other
months of the year were high
enough to make the total yearly
earnings well over $1,000.
This liberalization was effective
January 1859.
Chester V. Buchanan, repre-
sentative of the Billings social
security office, will be in Sidney
Thursday, June rs, 1859 at the
NYA Building from 8 am. to 5
The Sidney herald., 1959-06-17
Proposals For Land
Lease Offered BY
Reclamation Bureau

Great Falls, Montana-Sealed
proposals for the lease Of 1882
acres in northeastern Montana
will be received at the Bureau OF
Reclamation office in Great Falls
until 2 pm, July l, H. E. Aldrich,
Project Manager, announced re-
Gently.
The tract to be leased, acquired
by the Bureau of Reclamation in
connection with the proposed
Missouri Diversion irrigation pro-
ject, includes lis acres of alfalfa
hay land and 40 acres of cropland,
irrigated by pumping from the
Missouri River, with the lessee
furnishing everything; 255 acres
of native hay land, flooded from
natural runoff; 1875 acres of dry
farmland; 922 acres of river
bottom pasture, and 85 acres of
upland pastures.
As a part of the tract, there are
also attached to this property
privileges for approximately 1000
animal unit months of Federal
range use. These privileges are
administered by the District
Bureau of Land Man
agement, Miles City.
The tract will be leased for a
beginning July l and end
ng April Is, 1860. The lessee will
an OpfiOn to renew fhe lease
rom year to year, but not beyond
April IS, 1864, provided the
States does not, by written
go days prior to the ex-
.,iration of annual period notify
he lessee that the lease cannot
re renewed.
Additional information can be
'btained by writing to my ~office,p
dr. Aldrich stated.
The Sidney herald., 1959-06-17
Many Making
Vacation Plans
SO you're going on vacation!

SO you're going on vacation!
Just load up the trunk, herd the
family into the car and away we
go - but hold on a second. It's
not quite that simple.
Lots of things to be done before
you start. Such as:
/. Stop milk and newspaper
deliveries. Ask a neighbor to keep
advertising circulars off your
porch.
2. Don't lower window shades
= this is a tipoff for burglars.
And make sure someone mows
your lawn while you're gone -
several inches of grass is a sure
sign you're away from home,
too.
3. Tell the post office to hold
your mail, or arrange delivery
to a neighbor.
4. Lock windows and doors.
Don't forget basement windows
and the coal chute.
5. Tell the police how long
you'll be gone and where you
can be reached in an emergency.
6. Shut off gas and water at
main valves. Electricity can be
Shut off at the master switch.
unless the freezer or refrigerator
is to be left op
And from the National Safety
Council came these tips on what
to do before you leave on vaca-
ton:
l. Have your car serviced
thoroughly. Give special atten-
ton to lights, brakes, tires, steer
ing and windshield wipers.
2. Take a f1ashlght along for
Use in emergencies. Equally handy:
trouble light" that can be
plugged into the cigarette lighter
receptacle.
3. Make sure you take along
necessary equipment for repair
ng a flat-spare tire lis it in
'lated?), jack and tools.
4. Put a first-aid kit in your
glove compartment - and be
the contents are not stale or
Missing.
One additional Council sugges-
ion:
Start early on your vacation,
md don't plan to drive too far
a day. Make this a vacation
vouU really enjoy"
The Sidney herald., 1959-06-17
BIRTHDAY PARTY HONORING
MRS. HAROLD HENDERSON

Mrs. Harold Henderson was
happily surprised Saturday eve
ming, May 80, when friends and
relatives Joined her at her home
IN the celebration of her birthday
anniversary. Guests were Mr.
and Mrs. George Olsen, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ted Rogers, Mr.. and Mrs.
Bill Petty, Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett
Young and Mr.. and Mrs. Art
Henderson and family. The eve
nlng was spent visiting and view
ing Nv after which lunch was
served. A beautiful birthday cake
was pne gift of Mrs. Henderson's
husband and children. MANY
otner birthday remembrances were
presented to the honored guest.
The Sidney herald., 1959-06-17
PFC ROBERT HERRICK
COURSE

FORT BLISS, TEX (AHTNC)
Army Pfc Robert L. Herrick,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice S.
(Herrick, 424 Second St., NE,
Sidney, Montana, recently COM
pleted the eight-week Nike
Hercules conversion course at
Fort Bliss, Tex.
Herrick was trained in the
operation, maintenance and use
of the more advanced Nike-Her-
cules guided missile.
The 20-year-old soldier entered
the Army in July 1858 and COM
pleted basic training at Fort Ord,
Calf.
He was graduated from As
sumption Abbey High School,
Richardton, N. Oak, in 1855 and
attended Carroll College, Helena,
Mont.
The Sidney herald., 1959-06-17
LEGAL NOTICES
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
OF THE STATE OF MONTANA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY

IN THE DISTRICT COURT CT TIL
SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
OF THE STATE OF MONTANA,
OF RICHLAND
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
GUsTov JOHNSON, DECEASED.
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
PROPERTY
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
pursuant to an order of the District
Court of the Seventh Judicial District
OF the State of Montana, in n for
the County of Richland, made on the
Bird day of June. A. d. 1853, in the
above captioned estate the undersigned
as Administrative of the estate of
Gustov Johnson. deceased. will on
Tuesday the 3Oth day of June, AID.
1859. at 200 o'clock Pm. of said day
at the offices of v. G. Koch, Attorney
at Law. Courthouse, Sidney. Montana,
hereby designated as the place for
t~ransacting the business of said estate.
sell at private sale subject to the
interests of the lessor under a farm
contract of record to the highest and
best bidder for cash all right. title,
interest and estate of the said Gustov
Johnson, deceased, at the time of his
death and all right. title and interest
the said estate has by operation
of law or otherwise acquired other
than or in addition to that of the said
Gustov Johnson, deceased, at h time
of his death in and to all of that real
property described as follows. to-wit:
North One-Half of Section Twenty
(2O), Township T~wenty-four t24)
Range Fifty-six t56).
All bids shall be in writing accom-
panied by ten percent C10%l OF the bid
at the time OF sale and the
upon confirmation by the
District Court.
Dated this 5th day of June. "A. d.
MABEL ROGSTAD
Administrative
7. G.. KOCH
Attorney at Law
: Box 831
sidney, Montana
Attorney for Administrative
Publish June II. "a
The Sidney herald., 1959-06-17

Whenever you need advice, just
remember that anybody can tell
you what you ought to do under
any circumstances.
The Sidney herald., 1959-06-17

People who fight change should
revert to the stone age and try
out the living standard of that
day.
The Sidney herald., 1959-06-17

reconvened in Special Welfare Ses-
sion.
]. Bonnie Dave. Jr.. District Fire
Chief. met with the Board on fire
of 2:3O o'clock P. M. a hearing will
be held in the office of the County
Commissioners, relating to a fire dis
trict. Great Northern and Northern
Pacific Railroads have been notified
of his hearing.
Board on welfare matters.
At % recess was taken for
lunch.
At 100 P. M. the Board. Attorney,
v. G.. Koch. and clerk reconvened.
Harold Mercer, Sidney Mayor called
were presented to the Board
relating to establishment of a county
library. No further action was
taken at this time.
Donald w. Pentz called on the
Board on Redistribution work.
assisted the Board on welfare claims.
Routine matters occupied the at
of the Board until 5:OO pm.
when on motion made and carried
was taken until
June 5, 1859 when all members and
clerk reconvened in Special Session,
Budget matters were aiken up until
noon when recess was had for lunch.
100 P. M. the Board ~reconvened to
with Sanitarian. Albert DUDE.
Matters of health and sanitation
occupied the attention of the Board
when on motion made and carried
-ecess was taken until
June 8. 1859 the Board reconvened
n Special Session with Spurgeon,
3akken. and clerk present.
Chamber of Commerce Secretary,
ManseI Woods met with the Board re-
Sportsman's Club property.
Routine matters occupied the at
of the Board until noon when
-ecess was taken for lunch.
100 P. M. S%purgeon. Candee. Attor-
". C. Koch. and clerk were pre-
tent.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Sissel called
with respect to road troubles
IT their farm.
Review of the budgets was had until
100 pm. when recess was taken until
IL. 1859.
E. l.. Hooker. Clerk
The Sidney herald., 1959-06-17
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
!. of TOM C~HRISTTANSEN.

Estate OF lOM 1llfsAo
Deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the
undersigned, Alvin l.. Christensen,
Administrator of the estate of Tom
Christensen, deceased, to the creditors
of and all persons having claims
against the said deceased, to exhibit
them with the necessary vouchers
within four a. months after the first
of this notice, to the
said administrator at the offices of
Brattin, Habedank & Cumming. Sid
ney National Bank Building, Sidney,
Montana, the place for the transaction
of the business of said estate.
Dated June 10. 1859.
Alvin l.. Ch~ristiansen
Administrator of the estate
of Tom Christensen.
Deceased.
BRATTN, HABEDANK & CUMMING
Sidney National Bank Bldg.
Montana
Attorneys for Administrator
Publish June II. d. July /. 8
The Sidney herald., 1959-06-17
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate OF Adolph Rud, Deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. by
the undersigned, Bergliot Norden and
Maline Eidsness. .Co-Admdnistratrices
of the Estate of Adolph Rud. deceased.
to the creditors OF and all persons
having claims against the said de-
ceased. to exhibit them with the
necessary vouchers within four "a
months after the first publication of
this notice. to the said Bergliot Nor
den and Maline Eidmess at the law
OF Paul H. CreAap, 212 Central
Avenue South. Sidney. County of
Richland. Montana. hereby designated
as the place for the transaction OF
business OF said estate.
Dated this 9TH day Of May. A. D.,
1859.
BURGLIOT NORDEN
MAIRE MDSNESS
Co-Admtntgtratrtces
H. UUSAP
Attorney for ADMINISTRATORS
PO. Address. Box 9S3 q
Addre0:
IL Central Avenue South
s.ney. Montana
Publish May n. June ;. 10. II
Evening star., 1959-12-27
Downtown

During the sos, steady stream
of new Office buildings, shops,
stores and apartments took their
places on the downtown skyline
one of the greatest periods of
private construction in the city's
history.
Not all the results, however,
were net gains. For the growth
was characterized by a dramatic
shift in new construction to the
north and west Of the old down
town"-with Connecticut avenue
as the focus of new growth
leaving gaping pockets of blight
and further drying up the eastern
section of the central area.
Little more than 10 years ago,
for example, the section south
east of New York avenue repre-
sented fully so per cent of the
central areas assessed value.
Since then, the value of real estate
northwest of New York avenue
gained by $50 million; the area to
the southeast, only $1l million.
AS the decade ends, businessmen
and planners have joined forces
in an ambitious drive to halt fur
ther blight, and to revitalize the
downtown. Business leaders
pledged thousands of dollars to the
effort.
Evening star., 1959-12-27

nearly a third increase-spread
all over the region.
Perhaps the most dramatic as
pect was a continued expansion Of
Washington as a "science-indus-
try" center, and as a headquar-
ters for national organizations.
More than SO new trade organiZa-
tions alone located here in the
decade, and the 1000 Offices of as
soclationS which now exist here
make Washington rank only be-
hind New York in this field.
Among the Capitals fast-growing
industries, 81 new research and
development firms were eStab-
liShed, swelling the total of such
new companies to 128 by mid
1859.
On a metro area basis, retail
sales jumped from $1.4 billion in
1948 to $2.3 billion in 1858.
The District, however, which
had rs per cent of the areas
total retail trade in 1948, dropped
to so per cent in 1854 and to 50
per cent last year. This drop. of
course, reflected the new trend
of suburbanites to shop near their
homes. and the growth of such
huge regional shopping centers as
those at Seven Corners, Langley.
Wheaton, Rockville and Prince
Georges Plaza were among the
most dramatic developments of
the decade.
Evening star., 1959-12-27
by PhotoErammetry, Inc.

in the test results-had never
been learning enough.
In the Maryland suburbs. de-
segregation has been almost with
out ncident-accompanied. how
ever, by only minor shifts in
Negro-white ratios.
Only token integration has
taken place in Virginia, but the
first critical steps were taken
without serious incident. Arling-
ton and Alexandria were among
the first Virginia schools to bow
reluctantly to integration in Feb
ruary, 1959-16 Negroes in Ar
lington and nine in Alexandria
have been admitted to previously
all-White schools. In Fairfax, in
tegration appears for the first
time to be imminent. with 26
Negro youngsters applying for en-
rollment in the coming year.
AS of today, there is a total
enrolment in suburban juriSdic-
tions alone of more than 100000
more than a quarter of a mil
lion.
Evening star., 1959-12-27
Urban Renewal

The term urban renewal was
added to the city's vocabulary
during the sos. In its broadeSt
sense, it means the reclamation
OF rundown blighted neighbor-
hoods and it took many forms.
Probably the best expression of
renewal in the Nation is George
town, whose home-b home rem
ovation into fine new neighbor-
hood, distinctive in character,
dates to the '20S. The sos saw
an extension of the same efforts
to the old Foggy Bottom area
and, to lesser but equally prom
ising degree, on Capitol Hill.
Many neighborhoods, such as
the Adams Morgan area, began
their own rehabilitation projects.
AS well, number of large, OBJ
solete office buildings and apart
mentS were gutted and rebuilt
with spanking new facades, air
conditioning and all the other
modern amenities.
The District, after bitter fights,
revised its zoning code for the
first time since 1890 1t developed,
for the first time in its history, a
housing code to specify minimum
standards of housing decency.
But the dramatic emphasis of
urban renewal was on "redevelop-
ment"-the total demolition and
reconstruction of blighted areas
concentrated in the slum- ridden
600acre Southwest.
Reconstruction of the demol-
ished Southwest today is proceed
ing with frustrating sloWness. In
terms of the decade. however the
perspective reveals an unbeliev-
ably complex series of problems
most of which have been resolved.
These first tedious steps were due
in part to the newneSS of the
urban renewal concept. They in
volved seemingly endless govern
ment ~ tape. And literally years
Evening star., 1959-12-27
Schools

The Explosive sos" were an
era of critical change for schools
but the changes took sharply
different forms.
In the suburbs, the major event
was the effort to build enough
new schools and to find enough
new teachers to serve the grow
ing populations.
In the District, the major
event was desegregation. 1t was
effected quickly, peacefully and
on scale which has not been
duplicated anywhere. When the
schools closed in June. 1854, there
was no racial mixing whatever;
when they opened in September,
116 of the schools-73 per cent
included both Negro and white
pupils. During the decade, Dis
trict enrolment increased from
$4,000 to 118,000-and the pro-
portion of Negro children went
from 507 per cent to 767 per
cent.
Despite the smoothnesS of the
transition, desegregation revealed
more clearly than ever the tre-
mendous educational problems in
volved. Achievement tests, taken
for the first time by Negro and
white pupils together, showed
that some grades were as much
as two years behind the national
norm. Segregationists argued this
meant decline in the quality of
education. But the fact, educa-
tors stressed, was that not that
children were learning less, but
that the majority of students here
Negroes not previously included
Evening star., 1959-12-27

HULA HOOP: A tubular plastic
or metal hoop which, when
started rotating around the
body by thrust Of the hand, is
kept in motion by movement of
the body.
LUNAR PROBE: The sending Of
an unnamed satellite to the
region of the moon to obtain
useful data; space vehicle
used for this purpose.
PANTY RAID: A raid on a wom-
ans dormitory by male students
for the purpose of obtaining
pantieS.
PONY-TAIL: A woman'S hairdo.
ROCK -'N'-ROLL: A dance to
music heavily accented on the
second and fourth beats.
SPLIT-LEVEL: Descriptive of a
houses levels, one extending out
from a point midway between
the other two designed both
for convenience and for the
separation of different family
activities,
Evening star., 1959-12-27

suburbs left a concentration Of
lower-income families in the city
and these, in turn. demanded more
services and contributed less rev.
enueS.
Between 1850 and 1859, the Dis
trict budget increased from $114.8
million to $2413 million. The
Federal Governments annual pay
ment for its share of the load
increased from only $11 million
to $25 million. This increase
large in ratio-WaS small in dol
lars, and dollars were what was
needed. The deficit was made up
by higher and higher taxes. which
once more are on the board for
action by Congress next year.
The picture was the same all
over the region Local govern
mentS' budgets mushroomed-an
so did taxpayers bills.
District taxes. between 1851 and
1859, increased from 1924 million
to Sl38.6 million.
In Arlington County, total COL
lections of local and State taxes
jumped from S12.8 million to S32.6
million, with the bite applied all
along the line.
IN Alexandria. most stable of
the suburbs, the real estate tax
rate increased only from S2.75
and S3.l5 during the decade. But
its assessed value of real estate.
on which taxes are based, leaped
from S76 million to S163.3 million.
And its budget nearly trebled-
from S4.8 million in 1850 to $12.9
million this year.
In Montgomery County, the real
estate tax rate doomed from S1.90
per 500 of assessed value to
$2.48, and the aSsesSable base
jumped from 1852 million to over
81 billion. Prince Georges County,
which had a SO per cent popula-
ton gain in the decade, boosted
its annual expenses from $5.6 mil
lion to staggering $685. million.
Arlington's services already were
well established in 1850, and the
county already is near its ropu-
lation saturation point. Yet Ar
lington's bonded Indebtedness in
the decade rose from S5.5 million
to Sal million, and it's budget
jumped from S13.2 million to $3l.6
million.
Evening star., 1959-12-27
Federal Center

For Washington's Federal build
ings, the sos were a time of con-
flict and confusion. Out of it,
however. emerged the first long
range Federal construction pro-
gram here since the 1920s.
The sos saw the life and
sudden death of dispersal-the
exodus of Federal agencies away
from Washington. Dispersal was
born by the threat of the atomic
bomb, and by wish of Federal
agencies to escape to the wide
open spaces. 1t was killed by the
realities of the H bomb-a recog-
milton that nothing would be
gained by running 20 or 80 miles
into the suburbs except to en-
danger governmental efficiency
were only part of a vast 10-year
program agreed upon by the ad-
ministration. It's purposes: To rid
the city at last of its eyesore
tempos. and to provide permanent
Office space for all agencies.
Evening star., 1959-12-27
Costs of Growth

The biggest single challenge
before the metro area during the
SOS was how to pay for the stag
gering costs of growth and change.
For the District and its SUBURBS,
however, the problems were diff
ferent.
The suburban dilemma was
and is-a frantic race to provide
brand new public services for the
steady influx of new residents
schools, water, sewers, parks, high
ways and all the other recessi-
ties and amenities of urban living.
The District also suffered from
growth. 1t came face to-face, dur
ing the sos, with a severe obsoles-
cerce of public facilities which
forced public and civic leaders in
1854 to petition Congress for the
first real long-range public works
program in decades. The District
also suffered from sort of growth
in reverse. For the flight of
higherincome residents to the
Evening star., 1959-12-27
NEW WORDS

BUGOUT: Rapid evacuation.
CINERAMA: A type of motion
picture projected onto a screen
with an arc that covers a field
of vision about 146' wide and
55l2 high.
DACRON: Trademark of a wash
able, mothproof synthetic fabric
resistant to wrinkling.
DESEGREGATION: The elimina-
ton of discriminatory practices,
especially the use of separate
facilities, against certain races.
EGGHEAD: An intellectual.
FALLOUT: Particles falling from
the atmosphere, specifically
those originating in atomic
blasts.
FUSION: The physical process by
which light elements combine
to form a heavier one with re-
lease of substantial energy, as
in the hydrogen bomb.
McCARTHYISM: Repeated accu-
sation, especially of alleged
Communist connections.
SPUTNIK: Russian, something
accompanying a traveler'0 an
earth satellite; a specific satel-
lite, such as Sputnik l, etc.
TOLLWAY: A (modern) toll road,
TRANQUILIZERS: Natural or
Synth etic pharmaceuticals
which induce temporary peace
of mind in tense or disturbed
patients.