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CONN. AVE.-3-4 rms. 1-hedrm.,
liy. rm., din.-kit,, foyer, Sl00,
effic.. SIS plus utils. NO. 7-a0.3,
CONN. AVE, best iocation--Lovely
1-bedrm. apt. Ice. liv. rm., din
foyer. modern Kit. laundry rm
24-hr. secy, serv. Also 2 bed.
rms. avail, July l.. Call Res. Mgr
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16

ST. NV. aI2e-Lse.
unit in Westmoreland eo-opera,
tive. 2 bedrms,, iiv. rm., full din.
rm.,. foyer. kit. and porch. Pkg.
avail: Adults only. no. 2-4l34,
The Sidney herald., 1963-04-17
Number PIeuse
IS Being Retired

phones in Fairview, Glasgow,
Harlem, Hinsdale, Lambert,
Malta, Saco, Savage, Sidney
and Wolf Point. Long distance
telephone lines connected the
area from Savage and Sidney
on the east to Harlem on the
west.
The Four Valleys Company
was one of the successful in
dependent companies then OPP
Grating in Montana and was
one Of the last to be purchased
by the Bell System in Mon
tana.
The date of the opening of
the Sidney exchange or when
the first telephones were used
in Sidney is not known from
existing records.
In 1917 when operation Of
Sidney's telephone service was
The Sidney herald., 1963-04-17
County Schools
Get Payment
From State

Superintendent of Public In
struction, Harriet Miller, this
week notified County Treasur-
er, Maurice S.. Herrick and
County Superintendent of
Schools Mabel l.. Ernster that
Richland County will receive
$12,886.37 as the first of two
transportation reimbursement
payments for elementary and
secondary schools from the
State Public School Equaliza-
ticn Fund.
This payment is based or
claims submitted to the Depart
ment of Public Instruction anc
is approximately one-half OF
the total amount. the county:
schools will receive from thi.
source in the current schoO.
year.
The state payments aid il
the support of the schools
transportation costs. The state
reimburses one-third of the
basic costs of transportation il
accordance with a schedule Sc
by statute. The balance of tn,
money to support the transpor
tation budget comes from
countrywide tax levy and from
school district taxes, Miss Mil
Ter said.
The Sidney herald., 1963-04-17

Thousands of test calls are
being put through the new dial
facilities" Packard said, with
local calls being made to all
telephones in Sidney" Actually,
a unique 'dual" telephone sys-
tenn is operating in Sidney,
Packard explained, since spe-
cial equipment enables the test
dial calls to be made and the
operators are handling calls on
a manual basis at the same
time.
Local dialing and direct dis
lance dialing will be inaugera-
ted simultaneously. Special cen
trail office equipment has been
installed enabling local phones
to be switched to centralized
automatic message accounting
equipment, necessary for direct
distance dialing. Calls will then
be directed automatically to
the distant city desired. A per
forated tape will record details
of calls for billing purposes.
Telephone users will dial 81"
to connect to the direct distance
dialing equipment, then dial
the regular seven digit num-
Der if in Montana. If outside
of the state the number 81"
plus the distant area code, for
example 303 for Colorado, will
be dialed followed by the To-
cal number of the phone being
called. An operator will ask
for the number of the tele-
phone from which a call is
dialed. Only Standardization
calls can be dialed direct,
Packard said.
Personal directory blue books
which list the area code num-
bers for all parts of the United
States where direct dialing is
possible have been mailed to
telephone subscribers. Over rs
million telephones in 100000
cities will be at the fingertips
of local customers under the
new system.
Institutional booklets ex-
planning pertinent facts about
the new local dial system are
also being mailed to all custom
erS.
New seven-digit number
have been assigned and no one
will retain his present manua.
number, Packard said. A direc-
tory containing the new num-
berS will be distributed this
week.
The Sidney herald., 1963-04-17
BY Judy Mercer

At midnight Saturday the
familiar number please" in
Sidney will be a thing of the
past.
That's when the Switch
over" from manual to dial will
be carried out by Mountain
State Telephone in the new
quarters on Central Avenue.
The earliest records on file
in the Mountain States Tele-
phone and Telegraph Com
pany's historical library show
that Sidney was one of ten ex-
changes purchased from R. J..
Moore, Manager of the Four
Valleys Telephone Company in
April, 1917.
The Four Valleys Company
at that time operated ten ex-
changes serving 1892 tele-
The Sidney herald., 1963-04-17
RichIand National Bank
Plans Special Edition

The Richland National Bank
will join with other CONNER
cial banks of the country dur
ing 1868 in observing the Cen
tennial of commercial banking,
by carrying on activities to
focus the attention of Sidney,
and area on the important role
that the bank has played in
local community progress.
Plans for Centennial activi-
ties were approved last week
by directors at their annual
meeting, according to Glenn
Hall, President of Richland
National Bank.
The Richland National Bank,
along with the Sidney Herald,
will publish a special eight
page tabloid in observance of
the Centennial next week. The
tabloid will contain many To-
cal banking pictures and stor-
The Sidney herald., 1963-04-17
Research Center Bids
Will Be Called in June

Bids for construction of the
Sidney research center will
be called in June, according to
information received from Sen,
Mike Mansfield.
Architectural plans are ex-
pected to be ready within five
or six weeks.
The timetable calls for COM
pletion of construction in Aug
ust 1864. The director for the
research center, however, will
arrive in Sidney in September
of this year. Agricultural Re-
search Service officials report
ed that they had originally In
tended to have a larger research
staff at the Sidney facility dur
ing construction, but their re-
quest for an additional $780,
600 for this purpose had been
cut by the Budget Bureau.
They told Mansfield that the
Agricultural Research Service
will submit to the committee
a complete report on available
ity of funds for sewage and
water facilities at the new soil
and water lab.
F. H. Siddoway will assume
the program leadership in Sep
TENDER for the lab. H. A. Rod
enhiser, Deputy Administrator
of the AIRS, has stated that
if funds are available, Siddo-
way would have two of his
staff on hand this fall and win
ter to assist in the basic plan
ming for the development OF
field experiments.
Some of the field equipment
could also be purchased to the
point where the tempo of re-
search at both Sidney and Cul-
bertSon could be materially in
creased with several basic stu.
dies being initiated during the
spring and summer of 1864
This would permit collection
Of soil and plant samples flo.
analysis and study in the nev
laboratory upon its expectet
completion in mid 1864, h,
said.
Provision of an increase TO
opening funds at Sidney in tn
amount of $3.50, 900 during fis
cal year 1864 would permit thi
type of orderly program de
velopment, he said. Provisio.
of such operating funds woul
also take care of any costs {
water and sewer facilities an
of the construction of portabl
The Sidney herald., 1963-04-17
Meeting Scheduled
To Discuss Sale
OF Legion Building

"A public meeting with the
Richland County Commissioners
will be held at 1920 am.
Thursday to discuss the pur-
chase of the American Legion
building in Sidney.
The sale has been discussed
by the Commissioners and the
meeting will be held to dis
cuss the possible purchase of
the building. The Legion
building is located two blocks
left of the Sidney Herald Of
flee.
The public is invited to at
tend this meeting.
The Sidney herald., 1963-04-17

Start of construction: Sept.
1853; Occupancy of facility:
Aug. 10 Oct. 1864.
Assuming that initial operat-
ing funds of $4,000 were
available in fiscal year 1864
to implement the preliminary
program outlined above, it
would then be feasible to COM
plete the proposed funding of
the project at the $347, 900 level
by an additional appropriation
of operating funds in the
amount of $174,400, Rodenhiser
said.
The Sidney herald., 1963-04-17

les and will be printed in two
colors.
This will make an interesting
souvenir to keep and this is
particularly the reason for pub
fishing the special section in
tabloid size.
"The past year has been a
period of marked progress for
both the Richland National and
the community" Hall said.
On February Is, 1868, Presi-
dent Abraham Lincoln signed
into law the National Currency
Act, which gave the United
States its first uniform national
currency, and created a new
system of nationally chartered
banks which took their place
beside the already established
state-chartered banks. Thus,
Continued on page 81
The Sidney herald., 1963-04-17
Jefferson-Jackson Day
Dinner Here Will
Feature Sen. David James

David F. James of Liberty
County, President Protein of
the Senate during the past leg
islative session, will speak at
the Jefferson-Jackson Day
dinner on May End.
Eastern Montana Democrats
will gather at the Moose Hall
in Sidney for a $50 dinner on
that date to hear Mr.. James,
who has served in thirteen ses-
sions of the Montana Legisla-
ture.
Senator James came to Mon
tana as a schoolteacher in 1925
and after teaching three years
The Sidney herald., 1963-04-17
Farm Bureau
Will Discuss


DR.. Warren E. Collins, AS
sistant Director Commodity
Division of the American Farm
Bureau, Chicago, Illinois, will
Dire Collins primary respon-
sibilities of the national organi-
zation is in the field of feed
grains, wheat, cotton, rice and
tobacco.
Collins will explain Mon
tana's stake in the overall pic
ture, pointing out specifically
how Montana wheats are SUI
perior and consequently should
be treated as such at the mar
ket place with the least amount
Of government Intervention and
manipulation.
Collins will explain the
Farm Bureaus approach to
solving the problem if the
Wheat Referendum is voted
down.
There will be a question and
answer period after DR.. Col
Inns presentation. The public
is invited.
Collins is a native of Ken
lucky, where he was reared
on a farm. He did his college
work at Western Kentucky
State College where he receiv
ed a BIS. degree in agriculture
In 1947 he entered the gradu-
ate school of the University Of
Illinois as a part-time teaching
and research assistant in the
Department of Agricultural
Economics. There he received
an MS. degree in 1948 and a
Ph.D degree in 1850.
In the fall Of 1850 he was
employed by the US. Depart
ment of Agriculture and served
for three years as coordinator
of Dairy Marketing Research
with the Southen Association
of Land Grant Colleges.
The Sidney herald., 1963-04-17

transferred to Mountain States
Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany, a magnetic system served
the community and connected
337 telephones.
improvements were added to
the equipment from time-to
time. In 1925 the equipment
was changed to a manual COM
mon battery system with one
operator position, and at this
time, 272 telephones were in
service. Again in 1885 the
equipment was changed to a
larger type which included
two operator positions. There
were 376 telephones in service.
The equipment now has nine
operator positions and serves
nearly 5000 telephones.
With the increase in popula-
ton and telephones in Sidney,
the long distance calls also in
creased. In January, 1949, there
were GIG long distance calls
1861, 1887.
The first long distance tele-
phone service across the con-
tinent was opened in January
25, 1925. 1t was the beginning
of nationwide long distance
service, and consequently great
er use of telephone service. An
other transcontinental system
was completed through this
area in 1926.
In the past 19 years the num-
Der of operators has increased
from five to the present 20;
and increased from a two-poSi-
ton board to the current nine
position board.
Two Of Sidney's 81 operators
will be transferring to the
Glendive office. Three of them
are still undecided as to what
they will do and others have
their homes and families here
and will "retire" from the tele-
phone service.
There's that old say about
the postman and through rain,
wind, hail or sleetn that is GER
tainly applicable to the Sidney
telephone operators. During the
Vaux Dam flood about 10 years
ago, every one of the girls re-
ported for work whether on
call or not and all continued
on until things were restored
to normal in Sidney.
Every operator at one time
another has experienced the
faint Chip from one of the
smaller users. But one of the
Sidney operators believes she's
got one that is different from
the ordinary conversation in
these instances.
Zone afternoon a cute little
voice from Lambert lifted the
receiver from the phone and
began carrying on a rather
muddled conversation" one of
the operators recalled. "When
I asked her if she was playing
with the telephone she said
yes, but quickly informed me
that it was her daddy's tele-
phone"
When asked how old she
CONTINUED on page 81
The Sidney herald., 1963-04-17

in Joplin, he became superin-
tendent and served in that
capacity for five years. In 1888
he bought a wheat farm in
that area and has farmer since
that time.
Elmer F1admo, as Chairman
of the Central Committee, is
co-ordinating the activities of
all Democrat organizations in
sponsoring the affair.
Final details were settled
last evening when representa-
tives of all Democrat organiza-
tons met at the Girl Scout
Cabin in Sidney.
The Sidney herald., 1963-04-17
Mayors Prayer
Breakfast Will
Be Held Saturday

The second annual Mayors
Prayer Breakfast will be held
Saturday morning at 6:45 am,
in the Lalonde Hotel.
Guest speaker at this event
will be DR.. Robert Hagstrom
of Billings. Local participants
in the program include Mayor
Harold Mercer, HUI Williamson,
Paul Johnson, Ed Thogersen,
Syl Braaten, Vance Curtis and
Bob johnson. j. Harry Johnson
will be master of ceremonies.
All men of Sidney and sur
rounding area are cordially in
vited to attend this hour of
fellowship together. There will
be a no-host breakfast follow
ed by the program.
The Sidney herald., 1963-04-17

steel service-type building (es-
timated cost $25,OO0) for the
Culbertson research farm, he
added.
Both Sen. Mansfield and Met
calf have pledged their support
to secure these funds.
Here's a time table that has
been set UP for construction of
the Sidney research center.
Completion of final plans
and specifications: June.
1863; Advertising for bids:
July, 1868; Awarding of
contract. August. 1863;
The Sidney herald., 1963-04-17
Authorities
Had A Busy
Easter Holiday

Law enforcement officials in
this area were kept busy over
the Easter weekend.
Seven-year-old Bonnie An
derson, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ivan j. Anderson, was
hit by a car north of Sidney On
Highway 20 Saturday at Sis
p. m. when she was crossing
the highway.
The young girl apparently
started across the road after
two cars had passed. A car
CONTINUED on page 81
The Sidney herald., 1963-04-17
Switch TO Dial On 3uturduy Mite
Direct Distance
DiaIing Available

Work on Sidney's new tele-
phone system is Gin the home
stretch" and conversion of the
city's 1887 telephones for dial
operation and direct distance
dialing will be completed to
meet the changeover date of
midnight, April 20. r. E. Pack
ard, manager for Mountain
States Telephone announced
today.
The Sidney herald., 1963-04-17
City Council Okays
2 Commercial Permits

on the site of the former NYA
building, diagonally opposite
their present location.
The Phillips Sc station, a
$29,70O project will be located
at the corner South Central
Ave. and Eighth st. Work of
clearing the site has already
CONTINUED on page 81
The Sidney herald., 1963-04-17

The Sidney City Council
approved two building permits
at their Monday evening meet
ing, one for a new building
for Safeway Stores and the
second for a filling station to
be built by Phillips Sc Co.
The Safeway building will
be erected at a cost of S142,7 200
The Sidney herald., 1963-04-17
Speech And Hearing
Clinic Scheduled Here

The regular Elk's Speech
and Hearing Clinic will be held
Wednesday, Thursday, and Fri
day, April "a, 25 and 26,
at the Elk's Home with
Nancy Crosby as Therapist.
Contact Miss Mildred Thorsen
for any further information.
The Sidney herald., 1963-04-17

The city of Sidney will
be taking applications for
radio and telephone opera
tors for work ar the new
communications center at
the City Hall.
Those interested in this
type of work may contact
Chief of Police James
Moore or Sheriff Wilbur
Cornelia.
The Sidney herald., 1963-04-17
The Weather

Total Pep. to date-.O3.
for same PERIOD. 80
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BITTINGER

Miss Marie Russell and her
nephew Bill. and Mrs. Sally Elrick,
Pittsburgh, are vacationing with
EIr. and Mrs. Jonas Beachy Mr.
and Mrs. Luther Russell, also of
Pittsburgh, we're Sunday dinner
guests
Mr.. and Mrs. f. II. Ault. of Ac-
cident, and Mr.. and Mrs. Mervin
Hoover, Denver, Colo, visited Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence Brenneman
and Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Hersh-
berger, Saturday mroning. Satur-
day afternoon Mr. Ault died of a
heart attack
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Glotfelty
entertained with a picnic supper
on the Fourth. Present were Mr..
and Mrs Jack Buckle and sons,
MontouIsville. Pa: Mrs. Helen
Englar and sons, Westminster;
Mrs. Ralph Hummel and children.
Sedro Woolley, Wash; Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Buckle, Mir and Mrs,
0. c. Glotfclty and Dale Glotfelty.
The following had a picnic at
the Allen Brenneman home, Sun
day: Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Bylcr
and children and Naomi Peachy.
of Allensville Pa; MIR and Mrs.
Ernest Brcnncman. Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Bethel Mayard Bethel, Mr..
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and Mrs. Marvin Bethel and Ruth
Ann. MIR. and Mrs. Ernest Brenne-
man, Jr. and sons Bud Brenneman
and children were afternoon Wis
itors.
Rudolph Fischer and sons, Of
Pittsburgh. are mentioning this
week at the Marvin Bethel home.
MI and Mrs. Lyman SchrOck,
Baltimore, and Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Welsh and granddaughters,
of Washington. we're recent Wis
itors OF Mr.. and Ms. Ernest Bren-
neman.
Edward Kellison has returned to
his home from the MeYersdale
community hospital where he was
a surgical patient for ten days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Livingston
and Miss Maxine McIndoe. of Ora
vosburg Pa, we're guests for sever
al days last week of Mr.. and Mrs
Lester Smith
Mr.. and Mrs Harry HENDERSON
and Miss Gertrude Richter, of Ac-
cident. we're Saturday afternoon
visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. Nile Lech-
liter and family
Sharon Bethel and Linda Ellis
were recent visitors of Mrs. Leah
Bethel.
Rev. and Mrs. Roy Glass and
family, of Altoona, Pa, are spend
ing several days this week with
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Brcnncman
and family
Mr.. and Mrs Bernard Mazer and
family, Washington. were week
end visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Jonas
Beachy and family Susan and
Stephen remained for a weeks
visit
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Buckle and
sons spent several days last week
with their parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Buckle.
Larry Miller is spending this
week with his grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs Ernest Brenneman.
Miss Maxine McIndoe was a Sat
urday evening guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Donald Smith
Mr. and Mrs Nile Lechliter and
family visited Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Dewitt, Sunday evening.
David Bucket, Hancock, spent
the weekend with his parents. Mr..
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EVANSVILLE COMM UNITY
Cal

Hogs top barrows and gifts. 1875
TO 1890: hwy. butcher, 1926 to 1880;
light butcher, 1875 to 1925; butch
er soWs, 1915 to 1850; feeder
shoats 600.
Veal: good. 26.50 to 1880 stand
ard, 22OO to 2425; utility. 1880 to
200O.
Sheep and Lambs: utility, 1915
to 1925.
Steers: good, 1850 to 2510: stand
ard, 21.50 to 22.OO; utility, 20.5O to
2100.
Heifers: good. 1000 to 21.5O:
standard, 1880 to 1925; utility. 14.75
to 1900.
Cows: commercial 1900 to 1920;
utility. 1475 to 1925. Gamer and
cutter, 1915 to 1850.
Bulls: commercial, 1900 to 1880:
cutter and utility 100 to II so.
Eggs, jumbo, 81 to 39c large. 25
to SAC; medium, % to 24c.
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tcrs we're Mr. and Mrs. Hobert
BoWscr and daughter, Accident
Mr. and Mrs Harry Collier spent
a few days last week with Mrs.
Louisa Martcl. TaneytoWn, and
also visited Mr. ana Mrs. Thomas
SullinS. Baltimore.
Friday afternoon visitors Of Mrs.
Robert Resh and daughter were
Mr. and Mrs. Oswald Weber and
son. Canton. o.; Mrs Artic Burk-
hard. Accident: and Mr.. and Mrs.
William Hanft.
Mrs Richard Thomas and daugh-
ter and Miss Nancy Griffith were
Monday evening visitors Of Mr. and
Mrs. Harold jenkins, near Acct
dent.
Guests of Mr.. and Mrs Sam
Friend and daughter for several
days last week were Mr. and Mrs
Arthur Hanft and daughters of
Youngstown. o. Other Thursday
visitors were Mr.. and Mrs Gerald
Glass and daughters.
Rev. and Mrs. A NJ Bicker and
family. accompanied by several
il4tllDtlS VI llit l-uliltI an Lay illtll =
League spent Monday evening on
League sponsored boatride in
Pittsburgh
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Bender
and family. Mr.. and Mrs. Orcn
Bender and family, Jeffrey Ross.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hanft and
family and Miss Carolyn Oester,
all attended the Bible school com
mencement program at the Maple
Glen Mennonite church, Sunday
evening.
Mrs. Anna Gcorg and son Ralph.
were business callers in Cumber-
land. on Friday
Donald Ray Oester, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Jacob Oester suffered a
cracked bone in his arm when he
fell at his home on Thursday. His
arm has been put in a cast and he
is rocuperating at his home.
Jeffrey Ross. New York City. re-
turned to his home on Tuesday
after spending two weeks vacation
with Mr.. and Mrs. Oren Bender
and family.
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COVE

Mr. and Mrs Wayne Collier an
nouncc tie birth Of their second
child and first son at the Meyers
dale hospital on Monday. July 8.
Mrs. Collier was the former Miss
Yvonnc Richter, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs Carl Richter. Grantsvillc.
Wayne is the son OF MI and Mrs.
Joe Collier.
Mr.. and Mrs Fred Bcutz and
family were Sunday dinner guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Ramp and
family. Confluence.
Friday evening picnic supper
guests of Mr. and Mrs. William
Hanft we're Mr.. and Mrs. Oswald
Weber and son, Canton o.: Mrs.
Artie Burkhard Accident. and
Mrs. Robert Resi- and daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Frazee and
son we're Sunday dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Erman Frazcc. Adj
Olson.
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Collier were MIR. and Mrs.
Thomas Taylor, Keyser; Mr.. and
Mrs Carl Bowman. Cresaptown:
and Mr. and Mrs. w. II. Collier.
Fairfax. Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Glass were
Sunday visitors of Mr.. and Mrs
John Wass and family. Mill Run.
Saturday supper guests of Mr.
and Mrs Lloyd Friend and sons
were Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Steiding
and sons. Frederick. Sunday after
noon visitors were Spencer Nc
Cartncy. MorgantoWn: Jeffrey
Ross, New York City; Miss Caro-
Ign Oester, Meyersdale; Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Hanft and family Mr..
and Mrs Robert Friend and fami-
ly and Miss Carolyn Devine.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Vernon Richter and family
we're Mr. and Mrs. William Sim
mons, Grantsvillc: Mr.. and Mrs.
Bernard Dorff and family, Balti-
more: Mr. and Mrs. Arthur But
Ter and family MIR. and Mrs. Fred
Dickinson. Mrs. Edith Butler and
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Smith.