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The Sidney herald., 1962-09-26
School Problems
70 be Aired at
Meeting Here

Teachers of Sidney, through the
Sidney unit of the Montana Educ
alton Association, are sponsoring
a community meeting on educa-
tional problems and school legis-
lation in Sidney at the Junior
High School Auditorium October
Is at 1880 pm.
Lloyd A. Markell, Director of
Research of the MEA, will speak.
Those attending will have a
chance to ask questions after his
talk.
Markell will discuss the School
Foundation Program, school lands,
curriculum and enrolment pro-
blems, and other items which may
facoiegislatOrs in the biennial SEES
SIGN starting in January.
eff Sidney is typical Of the state,
our three per cent enrolment
growth this year, and our need to
have located % new teachers to
fill vacarAies and additional posi-
tions ind- ates serious statewide
problems" said Harry Mikelson,
Sidney Superintendent of Schools.
Total state public school en-
rollment is expected to increase
about five per cent this year.
Teacher loss studies indicate
that % per cent of the teaching
Continued On Page a
The Sidney herald., 1962-09-26
County ASC Elections
MOI Far Away


Programs administered by the
ASC county and community COM
include acreage allotments,
marketing quotas, commodity
loans, the feed grain program, the
wheat sterilization program, the
sugar Act program, the National
Wool program, the Agricultural
Conservation Program, farm stor-
age facility loans, and others as
assigned by the Secretary of Agri-
culture.
Throughout Richland County,
local elections will be held by
mail between Nov. is and Nov. 80,
1862. Each voter, upon receiving
his ballot, may check the names of
five people, on the list Of candi-
dates or add and check other
names as candidates.
The elections will choose three
community committeeman and
two a~lternates. The chairman, vice
chairman, and regular member of
the elected AS committee will also
serve respectively as delegate,
alternate delegate, and second
alternate delegate to the county
convention to be held soon there
after, where the ASC county COM
mittee will be chosen.
The Sidney herald., 1962-09-26
Holly Sugar
Got Rolling
Last Week

Holly Sugar factory opened its
fall run here Friday morning with
operations expected to run until
late January.
Harvesting of the 1862 crop got
under way Thursday but is eX-
pected to be in full swing, if good
weather holds, and to be complet-
ed in late October.
One major change in the opera
ton Of the factory has been be-
gun this year with a change over
to an average AZ hour week, in
stead of the full So hour week
used in the past. Under the new
system, men viii work for three
weeks on a regular eight hour
shift for five days, making three
40 hour weeks, and for six days
on a fourth week. for a ~ hour
average.
The new system win employ
more men while continuing fac
tory operations on a round the
clock seven day week of contin-
uous operation during the cam
paign.
The Sidney herald., 1962-09-26
Dem Soys Toxoromo IS
Nothing But G Side Show

sales tax, but that is their inten-
ton just the same.
Elmer Fladmo, Richland County
Democratic Chairman announced
this week that he was asking all
voting citizens to be on guard
as the Republican "Sales Taxo-
rama" is on the road again.
"This phoney band hits the
road every election year and is
largely an instrument of big busi-
ness interests from outside the
state endeavoring to put across
a sales tax" Fladmo said.
Small home owners, farmers
and local businessmen are already
taxed to capacity" Fladmo stated,
without some of these interests
trying to shift an additional bur
den on them" "The recent legis-
latiOn to tax income by outsiders
which was earned in Montana was
a step in the right direction" the
Democratic chairman stated, "And
we undoubtedly have many more
tax loOp-holes to plug"
The Sidney herald., 1962-09-26

Waag was killed near the Oc-
cident Elevator in Savage. He
was returning home after going
to the elevator for some papers
and Information. Witnesses said
Waag stopped at the crossing,
then started across.
Engineer l.. S. Nielsen, Jr., of
Glendive said he saw the shadow
of the car which was INSTRUCTED
from view by a work train parked
on the siding.
Nielsen said he at once made
emergency application of brakes
known as observation-disclosures
the 15-car freight was moving
only about 10 miles an hour.
The engineer said the train
stopped in about go feet, but not
before blowing into Waag's car
and rolling into a space between
two sets Of tracks.
The car caught fire and dam
aged a work train car before the
fire was put out by the Savage
Fire Department.
Nielsen said he had Slgnaled
for the crossing and was blowing
the last long whistle of routine
warning when he saw the cars
shadow.
Helping Gorder with the in
vestigation we're Highway Patrol
men James Fischer Of Sidney and
Clarence Owens of Glendive, also
Sheriff Sam Childress and Deputy
Sam Collins. A decision on an ia-
quest is pending further investi-
cation.
Waag is survived by his widow.
Rachel; one son, the Rev. Rich~
ard Waag of Great Falls; a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Dorothy Coulter Of
Richey and several grandchildren.
Funeral rites r Sept. % as
10 am. in Zion Lutheran Church
in Glendive.
The Sidney herald., 1962-09-26
Plenty Of Work
Is Available
Around Sidney

Local demand for workers con-
tinues it's upswing, stated Howard
Sarbu, manager Sidney office of
the Montana State Employment
Service.
Local and area construction pro-
jects and the current sugar beet
campaign has absorbed most of
the available supply of manpower,
and current shortages + eX-
pected to continue until the end
of October.
He said that approximately so
workers are presently employed
in various local construction pro-
iects and an additional so to 20
workers will find work at the
sugar factory by October /. In
addition, the demand for beet
truck drivers has surpassed the
available supply. The Sidney en-
ployment office plans to wage a
vigorous campaign to recruit a
/ sufficient number Of local worker:
to fill all vacancies by October J.
He added that women will be
/ encouraged to take jobs driving
beet trucks or work at weighers al
beet dumps.
Sarbu said his office stin need
carpenters, experienced sale.
clerks auto mechanics, cook part
time), plumber, welder, linOleun
layer, cat operator. cement fin
isher. and construction labOrers
in addition to spot job workers. He
encouraged workers interested in
any Of these jobs to come into the
employment office and make APP
] plicatiOn.
The Sidney herald., 1962-09-26

Farmers who are participating
or are eligible to participate in one
or more Of the national farm pro-
grams administered locally by
Agricultural Sterilization and
Conservation farmer-committee-
men were reminded today that
community elections will soon be
taking place.
Fred Iversen, Chairman, ASC
County committee, said that such
participation is required in order
to be eligible to cast a ballot for
the men a farmer wants to repre-
sent him on the committee. Elig-
ible voters must also Cd have an
interest in a farm as owner, ten
ant, or sharecrOpper if they are
Of legal voting age, or CD be iE
charge of the supervision and con-
duct of the farming operations on
an entire farm if they are not Of
legal voting age.
The Sidney herald., 1962-09-26

'aThe Republican side show, also
known as the taxorama, will be
on the road early in October,
staffed with the usual carnival
bankers and Others" Fred Barrett,
chairman of the Montana Demo-
cratic State Central Committee
charged this week.
''They will claim nOn-partisan
support, but that is a lot of hot
air" Barrett said. 'The Demo-
Gratis want no part Of this medi-
cine show Of half-truths, over-
simplifications and pure eXagger-
ations."
while the hired hands Of the
big businesses and associations,
mostly controlled outside the state
of Montana, are out beating their
gums for their bosses, the Demo-
Gratis will be out giving the voters
of Montana a true picture of the
financial and tax situation of the
state" Barret said. "Call it a
facts-orama or truth train, what
ever, the voters will get the true
The Sidney herald., 1962-09-26
New LOnsdaIe
Building Plan
Is Approved

The Lonsdale Methodist Church
members voted in an all MEM
Der conference to proceed with an
$4,000 addition to the church.
Rev. Wilbur Whanger who con-
Quoted the conference said that
the proposed building included
Sunday School Class Rooms for
all ages, chapel-overflow room,
parlor, library, study and new
kitchen.
The Building Committee which
was elected at a special call quar-
terly Conference several months
ago, brought in the report which
included the above Accommodations.
Mr.. Whanger reported that the
next step would be a financial
drive which will take place in the
next few weeks.
The Sidney herald., 1962-09-26
Concert Association
Seeks New Members

The board Of directors Of the
Sidney Concert Association met
to make plans for new teachers
and other new residents to pur-
chase memberships in the ~assOcia-
ton.
The meeting was held at the
home of Alan Villesvik in Fair
view and also discussed were the
concerts for the coming season.
The Concert Association cou-
ducts its membership drive each
spring and only by purchasing a
season membership at that time
can residents obtain tickets. The
only exception TO this rule is that
any new residents who have NOV
ed in since the membership drive
The Sidney herald., 1962-09-26
Moose Lodge
To Initiate IL
Members on Sat.

The Sidney Moose Lodge will
hold a special meeting this Satur-
day night, Sept. % at which y
candidates will be initiated.
Refreshments will be served
and there win be a social hour
of dancing following the meet
ing. All members and their ladies
are urged to be present.
This viii be the first Golden
Jubilee class and viii be in honor
of Nick Schneider, Junior Gov
ernor Of the Sidney lodge. Among
the other highlights Of the new
class Saturday night, is the 50th
anniversary Of Child City at
Mooseheart and it is the 18th an
niversary of the Moose.
Each month the Sidney lodge
will have an honor class Of y.
The Sidney herald., 1962-09-26
Farmers Union
Convention to
Hear Frank

Jake Frank, Farmers Union
state board member, will be the
guest speaker at the fall conven-
ton OF the Richland County Farm
erS Union.
The convention will be held in
the Moose Hall on Friday, Sept.
% at 1870 pm, at which time an
nual reports will be made, Of
ficers elected for the ensuing year.
and other business transacted.
Lunch will be served by the Jun
Tor members.
This meeting is open to all
Farmers Union members and to
all friends of the organization.
The Sidney herald., 1962-09-26

picture from the Democrats, not
from these paid bankers"
'This carnival approach to a
very serious problem of state
government will not fool the Mon
tana voters this time" Barrett
said. 'The Republican medicine
men are going to find it a little
harder to peddle their snake oil
to the people. They'll be work
ing in teams, dancing to the tune
played by the giant outside cor
porations that are interested only
n taking a profit out of Mon
tana, not building better state
for us ALL"
"This group Of side show bark
ers will be doing a lot Of crying
about federal spending, state
spending, city and county spend
ing and maybe this year they
viii even complain about local
money on local Schools" Barrett
said. "They may not De SO brave
this year as to come right out
and say they n proposing q
The Sidney herald., 1962-09-26
Eagles to Tangle
With Billings
Rams on Friday

The Sidney Eagles will do battle
against the Billings Central Rams
here Friday night.
The Rams will be bringing
along two powerful ends that
should put on a good performance
trying to stop the outside running
of the Eagles.
Last week at Glendive the Rams
completed Il Of 20 passes, 50 the
Eagles can expect to see a lot of
passes coming their direction.
The Sidney herald., 1962-09-26
Gartside Lake
To Get Some


The Montana Game and Fish
Department has agreed to pay
a part of the cost of work on
Gartside Dam, according TO Wal
ter Anderson, president of the
Richland County S~portsman's
Club.
Anderson said they authorized
the payment of rs per cent of
the cost of the improvement not
to exceed $4,000. The remaining
% per e will be paid for by the
Richland SportSman's Club.
Work will consist of construc-
ton of a new spillway over the
coal vein. Dirt taken from the
Spillway construction will be used
TO raise the existing dam. Ander-
son said this will provide more
flood storage and water depth.
Elimination Of the weed prob
lem should make fishing better"
he added.
The Sidney herald., 1962-09-26
Conservation Tour
Here September ~

may be constructed during 1868.
During the forenoon they will in
spect land leveling and drainage
projects in the Yellowstone Valley.
The Richland County Soil Con-
servation District, headed by Leo
Hackley, will host a noon lunch
con. During the afternoon they
will inspect stockwater dams,
waterspreading systems, wildlife
developments and other dryland
concentrations practices in the
county.
The Sidney herald., 1962-09-26

The Richland County Soil and
Water Conservation District Will
conduct a conservation tour Sept
ember 81 beginning at 10 am,
according to Walter Anderson,
Work Unit Conservationist.
The tour group will meet at the
office of the Soil Conservation
Service in the basement OF the
Sidney Post Office building.
detectives of the tour will be
60 inspect conservation projects
completed in 1862 and conserva-
ton projects under study which
The Sidney herald., 1962-09-26
More Than 5000
Took Oral Vaccine

About $3.50 doses Of oral polio
vaccine type l, were administered
at a two-day polio clinic in the
Junior High School Saturday and
Sunday.
The clinic was sponsored by the
Southeastern Montana Medical As
ISOLATION, with the Richland Couli-
ty Health Service, and the Dis
trict Nurses Association cooper
ating.
Local pharmacists and the Jay
ceens and JayceeS Of Sidney and
Fairview, also cooperated, with
much of the volunteer work Of
registration and other details be-
ing handled by Jayceens. Local
doctors and workers took turns
on three-hour shifts conducting
the clinic.
The Sidney herald., 1962-09-26

may purchase their season mem
berships UP to November /, 1862.
Plans have been made to con-
tact all new teachers in the Sid
ney, Fairview, Savage and Lam
bert areas as well as any other
new residents to acquaint them
with the Concert Association and
the program scheduled for this
season.
President Villesvik stated if any
new residents are not contacted
they may purchase memberships
by calling one of the following:
Alan Villesvik in Fairview, Mrs.
Chas. Johnson in Savage, Mrs.
c. R. Thiessen in Lambert and
Continued Gu Page a
The Sidney herald., 1962-09-26
ToxoruEmu TO be Held i'm
Sidney on October ;

tana Chamber of Commerce, Mon
tana Contractors association,
Montana Division, Rocky Noun
tain Oil and Gas association, Farm
Bureau Federation, Montana Hard
ware and Implement Dealers as
ISOLATION. Montana Hotel associa-
ton, Montana Medical association,
Montana Motor Transport associ-
alton, Montana Petroleum associ-
alton, Montana Railroad associa-
ton. Montana StockgrOwers As
socition. Montana Taxpayers As
ISOLATION, Montana Wood Pro-
ducts association, and Montana
Wool Growers association.
The Sidney herald., 1962-09-26
Farm Classes
Set For Some
Area Towns

Under the Montana state Col
lege Continuing Education Pro
gram classes VIII be offered this
fall in Advanced Farm and Ranch
Management in Glendive, Miles
City and CulbertsOn.
These classes viii be taught
by DR.. Clarence Jensen, a native
Continued ca Page a
The Sidney herald., 1962-09-26

to come to the meeting. At the ses-
sion, he said, questions will be an
swered by the panel members and
Informative material will be dis
tributed.
Chairman LaFay emphasized
the public is welcome.
Sponsoring associations are:
Montana Automobile Dealers as
ISOLATION, Montana Automotive
Wholesalers association, Montana
Bankers association, Montana
Building Chapter, Association of
General Contractors, Montana
Building Material Dealers, Mon
The Sidney herald., 1962-09-26
] he Feathers Will Fly i'm
Sidney on October z

The chicken market in Sidney
is going to go up in the next
couple of weeks.
This information comes straight
from the Sidney Chamber of Com
merce They said chickens in Sid
ney will be worth much more
than the going market price for
at least one day ~ October u.
That's when the big Sidney
Fall Frolic" will get under way.
The highlight Of the day, of
The Sidney herald., 1962-09-26

Richland County residents are
invited to a TaXorama nonpart-
isan international meeting on
government at all levels Wednes-
dav. oct. 8 at noon in the Lalonde
Hotel at Sidney, sponsored by ~
Montana business and profession
al organizations.
Local Chairman Lamoine LaFay
said the teams will bring an in
formational message on taxation,
education and regulation in fed
eral. state and local government"
He urged all persons who are in
terested in taxes and government
The Sidney herald., 1962-09-26
Savage Farmer
Killed in Car-Train
Crash on Tuesday

A retired area farmer was killed
instantly Tuesday morning in a
car-train accident in Savage.
Olaf Waag, IS, was apparently
killed outright when his car was
hit by a slow-moving Northern
Pacific freight train and ''crum-
pied like a sheet of paper into
an unacceptable mass of metal,
said Richland County Coroner
Homer Gorder.
The Sidney herald., 1962-09-26

course, will be the releasing Of
so chickens along Central Avenue.
You'll have an opportunity to
pick yourself up a good settin'
hen or two, along with some cash.
This is how it win work:
The fifty chickens will be re-
LEASED from a moving vehicle
about Z pm, the evening of Oct.
u. Attached 10 each chicken will
be a band that can be exchanged
for cash prizes at the Chamber
The Sidney herald., 1962-09-26

We used to worry about future
generations going soft, but no
more. Not when we think Of
the bond issues they're going to
have to pay for.
Evening star., 1962-09-27
NAACP OfficiuI
And Womun Are
Found Dead

TRENTON. N. j.. Sept. q
(AP)-A Negro dentist and a
blond white woman who disap-
peared from her home last
week end were found dead in
the dentists offices last night.
The double death was listed
by police as a possible murder
suicide or suicide pact.
The dead man was DR..
Arthur L. Thomas. jr.. 80, twice
married and the father Of five
children. He was the president
Of the local chapter Of the Ma
tional Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Colored People.
The woman was Mrs. Mary
Mucciarelli, IS. mother Of
three girls, aged 6, ( and 2. Her
husband. Louis. reported to po-
lice Monday that he had not
seen his wife since Saturday
evening.
The deaths were due to as
phyxiation with a cerebral de-
pressant, possibly chloroform,
Dr.. Frank Commini, deputy
county physician, said today.
Dr.. Thomas. had practiced
general dentistry with oral sur
gerry here since July. 1855.
He was born in Trenton and
educated in local public schools.
In 1850 he received q bachelor
Of science degree at Rutgers
University. Four years later he
received a doctor Of dental
science degree at Howard Uni
versity in Washington. He in
termed in oral surgery at Freed
mans Hospital, Washington.
Evening star., 1962-09-27

all countries. great and small,
can live without fear"
He urged the Assembly to
"give urgent consideration to
the conclusion of a treaty to
outlaw the further spread of
nuclear weapons"
Foreign Minister Hector Es-
cobar Serrano Of El Salvador,
without naming Cuba, said a
Communist element "is invad-
ing our country with suhver-
sion whose agents are sent !.
by a sister republic not far from
u.s." He said ''this inadmissible
interference" is a threat to all
countries of the Americas.
On the other hand, Ukrain-
ian Foreign Minister Luka r.
Palamarchuk criticized the
stated United States policy en-
visioning use Of force against
Cuba under certain circum-
stances. He said: "The defiant
statements of the United States
are addressed not only against
Cuba but against the charter
of the United Nations"
Evening star., 1962-09-27
Teomster Official
Indicted in Detroit

DETROIT. Sept. 27 (AP).-
Teamster Official Leaun A.
Harrelson was indicted by a
Federal grand jury yesterday
on two counts of embezzlement
and two counts of Justification
of union records.
United States Chief Assistant
District Attorney william Mer-
rill said Mr.. Harrelson, presi-
dent of Pontiac, Mich, team
sters Local GA, was charged
with embezzling union funds
in the amount of $500 on April
IA, 1860, and 5000 on April
Is, 1860.
The two counts of falsifica-
ton of union records to cover
the embezzlement were on the
same dates, Mr.. Merrill said.
Mr.. Merrill said the grand
jury action followed a year of
Investigation by agents Of the
Federal Bureau of Labor Man
agement Reports.
Evening star., 1962-09-27
University Group Hits
CIV Teachers S Custer

An investigating COMMITTEES
.of the American Association OF
University Professors has
charged there were gross ir-
regularities" in George Wash
ington University's withdrawal
of the teaching appointment OF
Richard w. Reichard.
Mr.. Reichard lost his two
year appointment as an associ-
ate professor Of European his
tory after taking the Fifth
Amendment in the summer Of
1859 before the House Un-
American Activities Committee.
He invoked the amendment
against Standardization or
questions of membership in the
Communist Party, stating al
one point, its a question Of my
politics.
He subsequently was re-
lieved of the courses he was
scheduled to teach that Sep
ternber. The university has
however. paid him $12.4O0. two
years salary, it was disclosed
Not Cleared Up
The report Of the associa-
tion's three-man investigating
committee said the financial
settlement does not compensate
Mr.. Reichard "for the anxiety
he has undergone during a long
period" and makes no pro-
vision for a final clearing ur
Of charges the university may
have believed existed against
him.
The report declared no evil
Evening star., 1962-09-27
Grunt to Take
Health Director
Post Tomorrow

DR.. Murray Grant win be
sworn in tomorrow as the Dis.
trict's health director. the
Board of Commissioners an
nounced today.
Appointed early this month,
DR.. Grant was originally not
scheduled to take over the
vacant health post here until
late October or November. He
had told the Commissioners he
had business to wind up in his
present post as health officer
of Prince Georges County.
At today's board meeting,
Commissioner John B. Duncan
told fellow board members that
he was attempting to get DR..
Grant to report as soon as pos
sible.
The appointment of DR.. Ma
rion Mann of 2s17 Brentwood
road NE, assistant professor
of pathology at Howard Uni
versity. as a deputy coroner was
announced today by the Dis
trict personnel office. The posi-
ton pays s13.510 annually.
Evening star., 1962-09-27

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