Laurel Outlook du lieu suivant : Laurel, Montana • 1

Official Paper of Yellowstone County LAUREL MONTANA WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 28 1945 FIVE CENTS VOLUME 37 NO 23 SOLICITORS TAKE COLLECTIONS TOR II Swimming Pool Body Is Formed To Handle Details Speed Construction State Also Is Over Nosed Out Of First Place By North Dakota Goal Is Passed Here On Thanksgiving Eve District Finishes general committee will also serve as design committee Moran and Campbell Calvert were appointed to the publicity committee A slogan I am in the Laurel Swim was adopted Buttons bearing the slogan will be given to contributors Several plans were examined Tuesday but no selection was made 4do jliioii CHURCH SERVICE Oil THAISGIilG EVE South Laurel Church Is Scene Of Joint Observance Three Ministers Lead Service More than 400 people representing several Laurel churches joined Wednesday evening of last week in a union Thanksgiving service at the German Congregational church in South Laurel Three ministers led the service and musicians from several churches contributed to the program The processional was played by Mrs Albertus the call to worship and invocation were by Rev Theodore Strobel of the German Congregational church and Mrs Albertus played the prelude of meditation The congregation joined in a hymn Praise Him! Praise Him! and responsive reading A vocal solo was by Mrs Braswell singing The Lords Prayer Rev Haueter of the Church of the Nazarene read scriptural passages and offered the pastoral prayer The prayer response was by the Methodist choir Rev Strobel officiated in the offertory pray er During the offertory a tno from the Church of the Nazarene played marimba violin and piano This was followed by the Doxology and the Methodist choir sang an anthem with Miss Florence Shirk directing The sermon The Mood Ox Thanksgiving was delivered by Rev Wilcox of the Methodist church Concluding numbers were a hymn We Thank Thee Now Our God by the congregation benediction by Rev Wilcox and choir recessional At request Rev Haueter played two additional marimba numbers The evenings offering of money by agreement of members of the Laurel Ministerial association will be used for the benefit of war victims homeless and churchless in war-tom Europe Mi DIES OF HEART ATTACK DRUG GAR John Barnes Snell a 69-year-old resident of Billings died of a heart attack Tuesday as he was driving into Laurel from the east He was en route to Montaqua when he suffered the attack and his car swerved from the road as he was nearing the Laurel yard office of the Northern Pacific The car went into the ditch on the north side of the highway and was stopped by a bridge The body was found upright in the car J3nell had been living in Billings since Dec 1 1941 and formerly had been a ranch foreman in the Cody Wyo area An organization was set up Friday night at -a meeting of representatives of civic and fraternal bodies to carry forward the early construction of a municipal swimming pool The meeting at the city hall named Clyde Cromwell chairman and Sam Bliss secretary and appointed a central committee to exercise general control The sentiment expressed at the meeting was for early construction beginning if possible in the soring Bliss Painter ancfPaul Wold gave the histoiV-ofne movement which began several years ago and was recently revived by the American Legion who gained the cooperation of the city council Committees from the two decided to call a general meeting which was held Friday night The plan of finance is for securing contributions with the city government taking over later -and bearing part of the cost Operation and maintenance would also be the citys The central committee is composed of Mrs Burdett Fred Graff Chester Eyer Parker Joe Larson Packard Mrs Roysdon Mayor Peter Thomson and Roysdon Representatives of the council and administration said the citys participation would be governed by the extent of popular interest shown in the proposal which would be represented by contributions by individuals and organizations City Engineer Eyer urged that the pool if built be amply large for present and future needs He made a guess of $10000 to $12000 as the probable cost Size and type of pool will have to be determined first by the central committee A fairly accurate estimate of the cost can then be arrived at The recommended location is in North park Mrs Roysdon representing the club said the club has a $25 bond to turn over to the pool The central committee met Tuesday night at the Commercial club and appointed a finance committee composed of Paul Wold chairman and treasurer Mrs Burdett Heebner Wold A Johnston and Mrs I Smith The Glenn Roysdon and Ted Neville flight officers in the armys glider command until receiving discharges recently were speakers on the Rotary club program Tuesday noon The buddies had been associated in school before the war and were in the same type of service during the war Neville exhibited a collection of money from countries in which he had served showed a number of pictures he had taken from the air while over countries in Europe and described many of the maneuvers of airplanes His descriptions centered on the performance of gliders ships without- power of their own which was extensively used to land men and material in enemy territory Roysdon took up other aspects of their service overseas He said Europe has good crops and that the Germans were the best fed of all the Europeans Given transportation crops could be moved to city dwellers and alL would fare better A real shortage' is meat In France and Belgium he was amazed at the black market operations and the premium paid for English and American money the rate being about two to one The speakers were presented by Clay Greening November program committeeman President Clyde Cromwell presided The club voted to not meet on two approaching holidays Christmas and New Years ERT close of business Wednesday of the present week the Laurel sales stood at 123 per cent The quota was $113295 and sales were $13955575 Laurel Rural was 1098 per cent Wednesday the sales amounting to $3072125 as compared to its quota of $27975 Duck creek continued its big lead by showing 2626 per cent Its quota was $4995 and its sales were $1311700 Laurels bond quota has also been reached and passed in the past week although the figure was not given Wednesday Commenting on the standing of states Harris chairman of Montanas district No 7 said North Dakota went over first with Montana close behind it Next und far behind is South Dakota and then Wyoming Iowa of the corn belt and Mississippi of the deep south are tied for next place bond sales in five heavily populated Montana counties give Lewis and Clark 1059 per cent Yellowstone 802 Cascade 783 Missoula 742 and Silver Bow 484 In total individual sales in the seventh district Big Horn has 1381 per cent Carbon 906 Gallatin 965 Park 118 Rosebud 1209 Stillwater 1344 Sweet Grass 93 Treasure 1536 and Yellowstone 1165 The average for the district is 1136 Montana was 1069 per cent at the close of business Nov 26 the date of the last figures from Helena In bonds the state was 1012 per cent IHREElifliAillS ENDORSE SEAL SALES Three Montana organizations this weelT added their endorsements to the 1945-Christmas seal sale They are the Montana American Legion Auxiliary the Montana Federation of Womens clubs and the Parent-Teacher association Mrs Blackstone Chinook) president of the Montana American Legion Auxiliary stated that returning servicemen expect to come back to healthy communities Our men overseas have seen the awful havoc wrought by war not only the destruction caused by gunfire but also by disease which finds ready victims in wartom countries When cur boys return home they naturally expect to find communities which from the standpoint of health and security offer them the best opportunity for resuming normal living We can prevent a sharp rise in tuberculosis by buying Christmas Seals Defeat tuberculosis with Christmas Seals! Mrs Dean King Kalispell president of the Montana Federation of Womens clubs pointed out that tuberculosis is a communicable disease and wherever it occurs it threatens the health of others Each of us must assume personal responsibility for bringing this disease under control One way we can do this is by supporting the Montana Tuberculosis through the purchase of Christmas seals Every package every letter every postcard you send out this Christmas should bear your own personal good wishes in the form of Christmas seals Mrs' Gross Helena president of the Montana Parent-Teacher association emphasied that one way we can help protect the health of our community is by cooperating with the Montana Tuberculosis association in its campaign against the dread White Plague Unfortunately in 1944 the death rate from tuberculosis rose in 12 states due in all probability to the stress and strain of war conditions Buy Christmas seals today They are the only means of support of the Montana Tuberculosis association Herman Frank returned home the first week of the present month after receiving his discharge from the service He enlisted Nov 7 1941 at Missoula and exactly four years later he was discharged Nov 7 1945 at Baxter general hospital Spokane He was overseas two years He expects to return to railroad work Prominent Old-Timer Of Billings Succumbs Tuesday To Stomach Ailment The Midland Empire lost a respected and valuable old-time citizen Tuesday morning when Charles Chappie 68 Billings pioneer druggist died at a hospital ofa stomach ailment He had been a resident of Billings since 1892 when he located there to' open Chappies Inc' with two brothers as associates He became managed of the business at the age of 19 and had since been actively in charge He served on many committees and boards of municipal and civic bodies and was known throughout a wide territory in Montana and Wyoming Many years ago when Laurel was an infant town with prospects of growing he opened a branch store on West Main street in the building that is now the Laird apartments with the late Charles Sande as manager Sande later bought the' store which moved to new locations several times and is now the property of Merwin Price Chappie was senior member of the Billings city council when he died He was a member of the state pharmacy board and had served several years as its president was a past master of Ashlar lodge No 29 A A vice president of the Billings Masonic Temple association charter member of the Billings Rotary club and vice president of the Eastern Montana Pioneers association Mr Chappie was bom March 9 1877 at Bomansville Ont Canada a son of Mr and Mrs William Chappie He was married June 12 1901 to Winifred Rixon member ofan early Billings family who diC-1 Feb 20 1942 Surviving are three sons one daughter and three brothers Funeral services wil be conducted Thursday at 2 at St Lukes Episcopal church and bunal will be in Mountview cemetery II TO PAY $104297 10 YELLOWSTONE FOR IAXES OF THIS YEAR Taxes' for 1945 on the property of the Northern Pacific railway and Northwestern Improvement company in Montana total $1705890 an increase of I8V2 per cent over 1944 according to A McCrary tax commissioner of the railway The first installment of $987520 will be paid to county treasurers Nov 30 and the remainder next May 31 McCrary said In addition Northern Pacific will pay approximately $120000 direct to the state for the Improvement company coal mines license tax and an undetermined amount for property gas and oil taxes of the Northern Pacific Transport company also a wholly-owned subsidiary The various levies make Northern Pacific one of the largest taxpayers in Montana McCrary said Yellowstone countys levy on Northern Pacific for the year 1945 totals $10429775 More than half of Ps tax money $944453 goes to Montanas schools The remainder goes to: Roads and bridges $252305 Other county purposes 445350 Other city purposes 63782 McCrary said While $127374 of tax money will go to county poor funds for use in paying old age pensions and for other relief purposes our company this year will expend approximately $1000-000 in federal payroll taxes to cover pensions and unemployment compensation for its own employes Mrs Noels Sister Dies In California Mrs Philip Noels sister Mrs Emily Fellows died Wednesday afternoon of last week at her home in Bakersfield Calif Mrs Noel left here for California the Saturday before her sisters death Mrs Fellows 36 had been ill about two months She was bom at Fromberg and was raised near Cody She and her family had been in California the past eight years She is survived by her widower and four children her parents Mr and Mrs John Regal and two sis-fers Mrs Noel and Mrs Tony Munich! Canvass Begins Here Tuesday Morning To Raise $750 Expect Speedy Completion Solicitors began work here Tuesday morning to gather funds for the Sister Elizabeth Kenny foundation an organization which seeks to extend the use of the Kenny system of treatment for those who have had infantile paralysis with crippling effect Included in the foundation's program is research work to learn more about the dis-ease and provide for prevention and remedy A city-wide campaign is being conducted to raise $750 as Laurel's contribution Scattering reports from solicitors indicate the work is progressing rapidly and that the response is generous Packard chairman of the Kenny appeal presided Monday evening at the Methodist church at a meeting of delegates from women's organizations The meeting was for the purpose of assigning districts to solicitors in the residential areas Assisting at the meeting was- President Clyde Cromwell of the Rotary club sponsoring organization Packard authorized the placing of collection cans in public places in which contributions of money may be placed He also appointed committees to conduct a solicitation in the business district consisting of Johnston Allen Gatewood Harschlip Stewart Johnson Laird Barney Roysdon Charles Staiger Clay Greening and Rev Theodore Strobel A general committee meeting is to be called this week for reports on progress of the work Packard said Wednesday he expected the job would be completed soon In the nation the campaign is to run until Dec 8 to raise $5000000 Dr and Mrs Huene were over-njght guests Saturday of Mr and Mrs Burdett and went to Bridger Sunday to attend a meeting of district No 3 Veterans of Foreign Wars and auxiliary Dr Huene is department commander of the and Mrs Huene is president of the ladies auxiliary A large number attended the meeting and banquet at Bridger and remained for the dance in the evening From Laurel were Burdett department historian Mrs Burdett department past president George Prouty and Dewey Fellows service officer for the An interesting and instructive meeting was held in the afternoon with George Robinson of Billings commander of district No 3 presiding Among matters discussed were the I bill of rights and Montanas part in veterans welfare Interesting talks were given by a Mr Hayes of the veterans administration at Billings and by Dewey Fellows of the Montana veterans welfare commission The latter pertained to veterans welfare and readjustment Father Of Ferguson Dies At Reed Point Funeral services were held at Reed Point Wednesday for William Ferguson 82 father of Ferguson who died at his home at Reed Point Sunday Mr Ferguson had suffered a paralytic stroke about two months ago and had apparently recovered He hkd frequently visited his son here He was born at Blontville Tenn and was married there to Miss Melinda Ford They moved to a farm in Illinois in 1889 and in 1911 moved to Bozeman where the family resided until going to Reed Point in 1918 Mr Ferguson is survived by two sons Floyd of Reed Point- and Ferguson of Laurel a brother John Fergu-Bon of Ringsport Tenn and two sisters Mrs- Rebecca Conglm and Miss Tina Ferguson both of Rings- Services were conducted by Rev Schroeder at the Evangelical church in Reed Point and bunal was in a Bozeman cemetery Laurel Laurel Rural Duck creek Yellowstone county and Montana are over the top in the Victory loan Montana was the second state to reach its quota being nosed out of top position by North Dakota In most of the drives Montana was first in the nation Laurel reached its total individual quota Wednesday of last week on the eve of Thanksgiving At the ROGERS FUNERAL IS Railroad Employee Died Wed nesday At Glendive Hospital Of Heart Ailment Funeral services for Robert Henry Rogers 59-year-old Northern Pacific employe were held Monday at Our Saviors Lutheran church He died Wednesday at the railroad hospital in Glendive of a heart ailment Mr Rogers who had lived in Laurel two and a half years was bom Jan 15 1886 at Balsam Lake Wis a son of Mr and Mrs William Rogers He was married Dec 6 1910 at Howe to Agnes Hilda Lueck who survives him The family came to Laurel in 1942 from Medora where Mr Rogers had operated a service station He was a member of Our Saviors Lutheran church at Laurel Surviving besides the widow are four daughters Miss Beatrice Rogers Mrs Dayton Jackson both of Laurel Mrs Gail Weatherby of Herman Minn and Mrs Leslie Anderson of Lieth three brothers William Rogers of Amery Wis George Rogers of South St Paul and Charles Rogers of St Croix Falls Wis five sisters Mrs Nellie McLean Carson Mrs Don Montieth of St Paul Mrs Will McLean St Croix Falls Mrs Hubert Blatner of Centuria Wis and Mrs A1 LaDue of St Paul and eight grandchildren Rev A Hanson conducted the services and Mrs Anderson and Mrs Fred Herink with Mrs Anderson accompanying sang Abide with Me and Some Day Well Understand Pallbearers were Robert Dantic Frank Andrews Fred Herink Dan Behm Stanley Ellingsen and Walter Hoffman Burial was in the Billings Mount-view cemetery Here from a distance to attend the funeral were Mr and Mrs Gan Weatherly of Herman Minn Mrs Leslie Anderson of Leith and Mrs John McLean of Carson The Laurel chapter of the Montana Aviation met Monday evening in the basement of the Methodist church and elected officers The newly formed efiapter composed of Laurel people interested in thfc subject of aviation elected Roys-dpn president Ted Nevell vice president and Betty Packard sec tary-treasurer Glen Roysdon and Ted Nevell ere appointed to attend the state eeting of the association Wednes-iy at Helena where in general scussion the problems of aviation this state will be revived and 1A11 Sherry Rose Porters fourth birthday was celebrated Tuesday afternoon when her mother Mrs Porter entertained at a childrens party Games were played and when lunch was served pink fcnd blue decorations were used and horns were given as favors Guests were Leanne Mace Jerry Lee Mace Sheron Morrison Bruce Morrison Willy Tipps Gail Nevins Myrna Nevins Sandy Stoltz Ronnie Lums-don Allen Lumsdon Billy Torter and the honor guest Sherry Rose Porter 1 Packard Chairman Laurel Kenny Appeal Laurel Montana Yes I want to help sock polio by making the Sister Kenny Treatments available to all the children of Montana So heres my contribution: Check Draft Money Order War or Victory Bond Mr and Mrs Dane VanNice and family and Mrs Porter and children have returned from Grey-bull Wyo where they spent Thanksgiving as guests of Mr and Mrs Harry Kimbell Mrs Almeda Porter accompanied them to Laurel for a visit of several days Sister Elizabeth Kenny Foundation) (Make all remittances payable to.