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Members of the Big Hom Future Farmers of Ameica chapter are planning observance of National
FFA week. Seated (left to right) are Willson Hammond, Willard Lackman, Leroy Enzmlnger, John
Wemple, Gary Heller, Bonnie Davis, Ray Wemple and Douglas pitsch. Standing—Tom Weinberg, El
mer Showman, advisor, Wesley Swenson, Wayne Cox, Jhn Hamburg, Dan Eggart, Irvin John, John
Schilreff, Robert Brown, Gary Pltshc, Donald Fox, Carl Boheman, Ron Schilreff, Tony Maack, Alan
Ballensky, Teddy Maack, Lester Hammond, Floyd Bostrum, Porte Ray Forney, James Herbel, Gary
Noyes, Alvie Hager, Robert Hawks, Verne Wagenaar, Melvin Hert, Irvin Pitsch and Larry Jenkins.
Saddle Club Formed
At Lame Deer
Lame Deer.—A meeting was held
in Lame Deer Februay 2 to or
ganize a riding club. Officers were
elected as follows:
Carl Blaine, president; Floyd
Orclup, vice president, and Leon
ard Elliott, secretary - treasurer.
The board of directors consists of
George Pitman, chairman; Victor
Small, Muggs Cady, Leon Sioux
and Clarence Spotted Wolf.
The name selected by the group
is Lame Deer Saddle club. Pur
poses of the organization are to
promote Interest in horses, recre
ational riding, good horsemanship
and equestrian sports.
Dale Small, president of the
Hardin Ridin' and Ropin’ club,
was present to help organize the
Lame Deer group.
Hard Surfacing
School Attracts
Adults, Students
About 35 adults and 15 high
school boys attended the hard sur
facing school and demonstration
conducted last Thursday evening
In the classrooms and shop of the
Hardin high school vo-ag depart
ment, according to Elmer Show
man, vo-ag Instructor. The school
was the second of its type spon
sored by the Big Hom FFA chap
ter.
.Ray Larson, field representative
bf the Stoody Manufacturing 00.,
Whittier, Cal., fed a discussion of
the several types of hard facing
rod and their proper use for the
most efficiency.
Ray Sederholm of the H-R Sup
ply Co., Billings, demonstrated the
use of the rod on farm imple
ments, applying hard surfacing
material to beet topper knives,
cultivator shovels and knives and
to plow shares, furnished by Leroy
Enzmlnger and Willard Lackman,
vo-ag students. Those attending
were then invited to apply the
materials under the supervision of
Larson.
Plans are in the offing for a
similar school to be sponsored next
year by the • FFA chapter, Show
man said.
Refreshments were served by
chapter members during the shop
demonstration period.
WINS SALES PRIZE
Henry Hochhalter, operator of
Hank’s Standard Service, was
among prize winners in a sales
contest recently concluded by
Standard Oil Co., in which its
dealers participated.
Hochhalter won a television set
In the year-long competition be
tween 372 dealers in the Billings
division.
New Absentee Policy Is in Effect for
Schools of District During Semester
A new absentee policy for schools
of district No. 17-H was adopted
by the board of trustees at its
last meeting, it was announced by
H. R. Salyer, district superintend
ent. The policy is to be in force
during the current semester.
Under the new policy, any stu
dent who is absent from school
must bring an excuse signed by
his parents. High school and ju
nior high school students will pre
sent the excuses to the principal,
while elementary students must
Square Dance Will
Benefit Polio Fund
A square dance for benefit of
the Big Hom county polio fund
has been scheduled Satusday, Feb.
18, at the Crow Agency school
gym. The affair Is sponsored by
the Circle Four square dance club.
All proceeds from the dance will
be contributed to the polio fund,
club o. fleers stated.
Headed by Jack Clawson of
Lodge Grass, special callers from
surrounding towns will call the
dances.
All interested persons ars invit
ed to attend.
Big Hom Chapter
Will Observe
National FFA Week
Future Farmers of America mem
bers thoughout the nation are
scheduling special activities to fo
cus public attention on the work
of their oganization during Na
tional FFA week, Februay 18-25.
Locally, members of the Big
Horn FFA chapter plan to hold
their first annual parent-son ban
quet in the recreation room of Har
din high school Tuesday evening,
Feb. 21. in addition the chapter
will display posters in store win
dows in the shopping district and
will have a major window display
in the window of the Montana
Power Co.
Membership in the FFA is made
up of farm boys who are stu
dents of vocational agriculture in
high school. The organization's
activities are designed primarily
to develop rural leadership and
good citizenship, and to stimulate
better achievement in study and
work toward successful establish
ment in farming.
The Big Hom chapter has 35,
in school, active members. Offi
cers are John Wemple, president;
Ray Wemple, vice president; Gary
Heller, secretary: Ronnie Davis,
treasurer; Leroy Enzmlnger, re
porter: Willson Hammond, senti
nel; Douglas Pitsch. parliamenta
rian, and Willard Lackman,' stu
dent council representative. Elmer
S. Showman, vocational agricul
ture instructor at Hardin high
school, is advfedr of the chapter.
Future Farmers chose the week
of GCOrge Washington’s birthday
for the observance of National FFA
week. Although generally recog
nized as a 'revolutionary war gen
eral and as our first president.
Washington’s first love was the
farm he called Mount Vernon.
There he was one of the first
in the nation to practice contour
planting, crop rotation, fertiliza
tion and other soil conse-vation
and improvement methods.
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Democratic Women
Conduct Meeting
A meeting of the Democratic
women was held at the home of
Mrs. J. S. Simmons Monday. The
following officers were elected:
President, Mrs. J. S. Simmons;
vice president, Mrs. James Guen
ther, and secretary-treasurer, Mrs.
Joseph Olenlk.
A discussion of pertinent politi
cal Issues was the main feature
of the evening.
Callie B. Carter will attend the
Democratic meeting to be held
in Billings Saturday, Feb. 18. The
next meeting will be at the home
of Mrs. Joseph Olenlk In March.
present the excuse to their re
spective teacher.
Salyer explained that this poli
cy is being reverted to following
trial of a different absentee ex
cuse system which has not proven
satisfactory. Previously, students
were permitted to write their own
excuses for the principal or teach
er. The superintendent said the
return to the original system Is
being instituted In an effort to
improve school attendance.
Under the policy now In effect,
Salyer said, students will be ex
cusable for make-up work for the
following four reasons only:
1. Illness of the student.
2. Illness in the family.
3. For doctor or dental appoint
ment.
4. Farm work, providing parents
make arrangements with the prin
cipal before the student is taken
from school for farm work.
The superintendent also stated
that he land Paul Goller, princi
pal of Hardin high school, are
cuftently working out a program
to establish n honor roll system
for high'school studen t. They ex
pect to! establish the honoi roll
for the .current semester, but de
tails haip not 3«t been completed.
Action Deferred on
Attorney Appointment
Action on appointment of a
county attorney for Big Hom
county was postponed by the
county commissioners at a meet
ing called Tuesday for that pur
pose.
According to County Clerk and
Recorder Harry E. Cox, there has
been no definite acceptance of ap
pointment as yet, and the matter
was postponed until a later date,
probably the regular meeting of
the board In March.
Appointment of an attorney is
made necessary by the resignation
of C. W. Jones, which becomes ef
fective April 1. Jones will move
his law practice to Billings, where
he will be associated with two
other attorneys in a law firm.
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Weather Outlook
Forecast by U. 8. Weather Bu
reau, Helena, for area east of
Continental Divide, through Sun
day:
Temperatures Tuesday night
through Sunday will average much
below normal. Colder first two
days, continued cold thereafter.
Maximums 5 below to 10 above at
first, falling to below zero all
sections by Thursday, with mini
mums reaching 10 to 30 below.
One to three inches of new snow
during period occurring in brief
snows Tuesday night and Wednes
day and again about Friday and
Sunday.
Annual Meeting of
Stockmen Is Slated
The annual meeting and election
of the Big Hom County Livestock
association will be held at Har
din Saturday, Feb. 25, it has been
announced by Bert W. Kronmiller,
secretary-treasurer of the organi
zation.
A principal speaker at the meet
ing will be Ralph Miracle of Hel
ena, secretary of the Montana
Stockgrowers association. William
Cheney, secretary of the Montana
Livestock commission, will also be
Ashland Boy Scouts
Advance at
Court of Honor
Ashland.—Second class Scout
awards were presented to Ken
neth Gress, James McKelvey, Ro
ger, Grotbo, Roland Grotbo and
Edward Anderson at a Troop 40,
Ashland district Court of Honor
at the America: Legion hall here
Thursday night.
The ceremony was the highlight
of the National Boy Scout week
observance In Ashland. A candle
lighting ceremony, led by Roger
Grotbo, opened the Court of Hon
or, at which tenderfoot badges
were awarded Jake Shepard, Clay
ton Sherard, Richard Hurr, Clin
ton Gress and James McCurry.
Scoutmaster Walter Sundell was
master of ceremonies, with George
Woolcock, field director of the Yel
lowstone Valley council presenting
the second class awards. Roy Mc-
Kelvey was chairman of the board
of review committee.
The advancement night program
was planned by Edward Hanson,
the Rev. Harley Van Duyn, Ho
kan Grotbo, Mr. McKelvey and
the scoutmaster, who also showed
slides of camping and hiking ex
peditions of the Scouts.
Refreshments were served by
the parents to the large crowd
attending the affair.
CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN
Mrs. Virginia Bender has ac
cepted appointment as chairman
ot the IBM Easter Seal campaign
in Custe:, it hue been announced
by Fred N. Dugan of Billings, state
chairman qf the annual Montana
appeal.
Mrs. Bender will conduct the
local campaign for funds to aid
children crippled with cerebral pal
sy and other handicaps.
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Miss Marlene Pitsch of Hardin
was recently elected treasurer of
the Student Nurses at Montana
State college, Billings Deaconess
hospital division. Helen Sargent of
Big Timber was named president.
Other officers Include Laurie
Adams of Laurel, secretary; Hazel
Fare of Worland, Wyo., treasurer;
Mary Helen Bly of Forsyth, so
cial chairman; Sue Devault of
Livingston, constitution chairman,
and Alice Peckham of Billings,
publicity chairman.
A committee has been appointed
to rewrite the Nursing School
handbook. Changes in rules recom
mended by the students and
passed by the faculty and hospital
administrator, will be made.
Question Juveniles
in Break-in,
Robbery Cases
Several juveniles have been ques
tioned by Roy G. Riley, juvenile
officer, in connection with break
ins and thefts being Investigated
by sheriff’s officers and city po
lice during the past two weeks.
Seven cases of beer were taken
from the Midget bar Saturday
night, Feb. 4, according to sher
iff’s officers. Part of the stolen
property was later recovered by
officers. Juveniles were questioned
in connection with the incident,
but officers would not say whether
definite proof has been obtained,
or whether the same persons were
involved in the break-in and de
struction of property at the Big
Hom County Rod and Gun club
house, located near the Fort Cus
ter golf course two miles south
east of the city.
Rod and Gun club members
discovered Sunday, Feb. 5, that
the clubhouse had been broken
into sometime previously. Win
dows and lights had been shot out,
and property of the club inside
the building destroyed. s
A break-in and robbrey„at St.
Joseph’s Catholic church was re
ported to officers Sunday, Feb. 12.
Taken from the church was a to
tal of $119.50 in cash, plus a num
ber of checks. Officers said juve
niles were involved in the ease,
and that all of the cash, with the
exception of a few dollars, had
been recovered, but gave io 'fur
ther information, pending innplcz
tion of the case. 1 >
present and address the gathering,
Kronmiller said.
A discussion of new tax laws
passed by the 1955 state legisla
ture, will constitute a major por
tion of the business session. Spec
ial emphasis will be devoted to the
1955 law providing for re-evalua
tion of rural lands.
The board of directors of the
Big Horn County Livestock asso
ciation has previously gone on
record opposing the provisions of
this new law, but the entire mat
ter will be brought before the
membership at the annual meet
ing, Kronmiller said.
Election of a full slate of nine
directors of the organization will
be conducted during the after
noon. The organization’s con
stitution provides for the election
of officers by the new directors
after their election.
The meeting will get under way
at noon with a luncheon served
by the Sunshine club, an organiza
tion of ranch women of North
Valley.
Crow Schoolman Is
Selected for
Publication Honor
Orow Agency—According to in
formation received in Crow Agency
this week, the biography of W. J.
Henderson, principal of the Crow
Agency school, has been selected
to appear In Who’s Who In Amer
ican Education.
The publication will be the 17th
edition, and will be released by
the publishers early this summer.
The announcement came from
Paul M. Cook, editor of the pub
lication.
Membership in Who’s Who in
American Education is by Invita
tion only, and comes as a dis
tinct honor to those so selected
who have rendered outstanding
service as administrators and clam
room teachers.
Before coming "to Crow Agency
In IBM, Mr. Henderson had head
ed elementary schools at Gardi
ner and Superior, Mont.
RUBY INITIMEr)
Robert Ruby, freshman at Mon
tana State university, Missoula,
and son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Ruby of Hardin, was recently ini
tiated into Sigma Nu fraternity at
the university.
DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF BIG HORN COUNTY
Hardin, Big Hom County, Montana
Right-Of-Way Question to
Again Be Aired by Tribe
The knotty Yellowtail dam right
of-way question will again go be
fore a meeting of the Crow Tri
bal Council Saturday at Crow
Agency. The meeting was called
by James Real Bird, vice chair
man.
The meeting was requested
through petitions seeking to re
consider or amend Resolution No.
63 adopted by the Council Janu
ary 11 and offering to sell the
right-of-way for $5,000,000. Subse
quently a resolution has been in
troduced in the U. 8. Senate seek
ing approval for the tribe’s ask
ing price.
Hearings on the resolution, pre
viously set for February 21, have
been postponed to Wednesday,
Feb. 29. Senator James E. Mur
ray, Interior committee chairman,
said the delay was asked by the
Crow Tribal Council.
Also to be considered at Sat
urday’s Council meeting will be
the selection of delegates to the
Senate hearing. The issue is ex
pected to bring heated action,
since both proponents and op
ponents of the resolution will seek
to seat members of their factions
on the delegation.
The council will also consider
the association of another attor
ney with Bert W. Kronmiller of
Hardin, tribal attorney, in the
condemnation action which was
Early Pay Hardin
Residents to Make
Home in Southwest
A pioneer family left Hardin
this week to make their home in
California or Arizona. They are
Mr. and Mrs. Matt Bown who
first arrived in Hardin in 1917.
“Brownie,” as his many friends
call him, recently sold his barber
shop to Ernest Ketterling and the
couple sold their home on Fifth
street to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mat
tox. They left Monday for Ven
ice, Cal., to visit her sister, Mrs.
Jessie Johnson, and are "going
to look around a bit” before pur
chasing a home in either Califor
nia or Arizona.
Brownie, whose home town is
Stanford, Hl., learned his trade as
an apprentice barber back in the
days when water for shaves was
heated over a gas flame, the only
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MR. AND MRS. MATT BROWN
artificial light in shops came from
kerosene lamps and shaves and
haircuts were ten and twenty
five cents. After serving for three
years as an apprentice, he opened
his own basement shop in Stan
ford and a year later married Mrs.
Brown, the former Miss Josie Hunt
of Armington.
The couple’s first date came
about through their mutual inter
est in baseball. Brownie and his
brother, Frank, were star players
for their home town team. Fol
lowing a game, their team and the
visiting players were entertained
at a picnic which Included their
sweethearts and wives and the
then Miss Hunt, who had accom
panied some friends to the game,
was escorted to the picnic by
Brownie.
The couple made their first trip
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German Refugees
To Arrive Here
Tom Koyama of Hardin Isspon
»o- of sorr refugee* who ^rc
among 1170 arriving in this cour-
Feonuiy 13 uniter tie Refugee Re
lief Act, emerge ?y legi'lativt'. A
tot i. of 5v other.: cam? at the
san' t!•>.»■ ti.der the basic immi
giMion ’at
The refugees, from Germany,
sponsored by Koyama are Hein
rich Schoen, 34, farm worker; his
wife, Sigrid, 32, and children Pe
ter, 14, and Margaret, 4.
Governors’ committee for the
Refugee Relief program, and
church, fratenal and nationality
organizations, cooperate In help
ing bring refugees to this coun
try.
filed recently in U. S. District
court at Great Falls. Kronmiller
said Burton K. Wheeler, former
Montana senator, was interested
in joining him in the defense of
the tribe.
John L. Glenn of Billings, presi
dent of the River Crow club, has
announced a meeting of his group
for 7 p. m. Thursday (today) in
the Billings Chamber of Commerce
to discuss plans for the council
meeting. Glenn said he expected
a large delegation of reservation
Battlefield Historian Explains Plans
For Improvements by Park Service
Don Rickey, historian at Cus- ,
ter Battlefield national monument,
was principal speaker at the reg- ;
ular meeting of Hardin Lions club
Monday evening at the banquet
room of the Masonic temple.
Rickey, who was introduced by
Everett Bullis, progam chairman,
discussed plans of the National
Park Service for a 10-year im
provement progam of national
parks and monuments, Keith Mar
tin, club president, was in charge
of the meeting.
Rickey gave an Illustrated talk
explaining the need for improve
ment of national parks, and sa
lient features of a suggested 10-
year plan which would put the
National Park Sevice in position
to adequately accommodate the
public with facilities at national
parks and national monuments.
The speaker said at the present
time adequate housing for both
visitors and personnel, and a lack
of sufficient personnel as well as
improved roads are among the most
serious problems facing the Na
tional Park Service. Under the
present federal financing system,
funds are not available to meet
needs of the Service.
The suggested 10-year improve
ment program is planned to begin
this year, he said. However, legis
lation, is necessary to put the plan
into operation, and he asked sup
port of the public in getting the
needed legislation through Con
gress.
Rickey said Custer Battlefield
Spanish Tenor to
Entertain at
School Assembly
Santos Moza, Spanish tenor, will
present a program at 11 a. m.
Wednesday, Feb. 29, for students
of the Hardin senior and junior
high schools, Paul M. Golfer, se
nior high principal, said this week.
The tenor is one of many artists
presented to the students under
the National School Assemblies
program.
Santos was bom In Riego, Spain,
coming to the United States at
the age of eight. Following his
graduation from Syracuse univer
sity he served two years overseas
in tie armed forces, as well as
entertaining troops m Eurono.
He has been soloist for several
symphony orchestras and has sung
leading roles in "The Student
Prince,” and “The Mikado,” as
well as starring In his own radio
show. Santos recently returned
from a tour of South America and
his program includes both Spanish
and South American numbers.
Accompanying the artist will be
James Gregory, pianist.
Hardin Youth Council Supervisor Begins
Duties Monday; Office Is Established
Members of the Hardin Youth
Council met Roger Shaw of Bil
lings at a meeting of the Council
held at the Chuckwagon case
Tuesday noon. Shaw has been en
gaged by the Council as super
visor and counselor for the organ
ization.
The new supervisor will spend
three days each week—Monday,
Tuesday and Thursday—in Hardin
on a part-time basis. He began
work Monday, when an office was
established in Room 16 of the
Trask-Westwood building on Third
Street. During the summer months
Shaw will devote full time to the
work In Hardin.
Presently associated with the
Yellowstone County Youth Guid
ance program, Shaw received his
BA degree in education at Whit
worth college, Spokane, Wash.,
with a minor in athletic program
ming. He has had some five yean
experience In youth work, which
Included one year with the Youhg
Life Ranch program in Colorado.
In addition he has had youth
work experience with various types
of athletic and social clubs dur
ing the past five years.
Monday morning* Shaw and the
Thursday, February 16, 1956
residents to attend the session.
It is open to all members of the
tribe, he said.
Glenn said Informal meetings
are being conducted this week in
the reservation districts both by
the groups favorable to the reso
lution and by the opponents,
headed by Robert Yellowtail.
Glenn said every effort win be
made by his group to see that the
resolution continues in force.
Yellowtail has taken issue with
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monument would be in line for
some improvements if the plan is
put into operation, however, de
tails are not available at this
time.
Business of the club Included a
report that $139 for club use for
community betterment was realized
from a recent basketball game
sponsored by the club.
Final plans were also made for
the annual. Hardin Lions club
carnival to be staged at the Amer
ican Legion hall here Saturday,
Feb. 18.
John Nigro was a guest of the
club.
Lodge Grass Lions
Will Sponsor
Boy Scout Drive
Lodge Grass.—The Lodge Grass
Lions club voted to sponsor the
annual Boys Scout financial drive
to be held in the near future. The
decision was reached when the
club met February 6 in the Amer
ican Legion hall with about 30
members present.
Also present for the meeting
were eleven members of the Big
Hom Chamber of Commerce of
Hardin. Discussion of future plans
for the development of Big Horn
county were discussed. High on
the discussion list were plans for
better hospital facilities and an
enlarged building, both of which
are much needed in Big Hom
county.
The Lodge Grass Lions club
agreed to help in this area with
petitions proposing that the county
commissioners submit to a vote of
the people the question of con
struction of additional facilities at
the Community hospital In Har
din.
The board of Directors of the
Lions club met Tuesday Feb. 7,
at noon. They decided to sponsor
an all-male play. Plans for a
ladles night, at which time awards
for the year will be given to
members, were also made. Dates
for the two activities were not set
but the month of April was men
tioned for the ladies night.
SSOO Bail Set in
Motor Vehicle Case
Ball of SSOO was set in justice
court of R. L. Danielson February
9 for James Bites, Jr., charged
with using a motor vehicle with
out the consent of the owner.
I In a complaint, signed by S. L.
' Coutune, Bites is charged with
taking the motor vehicle from the
street in Hardin without the own
er's consent.
I The defendant will be arraigned
in district court, probably next
Thursday.
Rev. James Hanson, Hardin Youth
Council chairman, met with coun
ty, city and school officials, and
with the juvenile officer to lay
groundwork for cooperation with
those officials In the Interest of
youth work. In addition to youth
counseling, one of Shaw's major
duties will be the formation of
long-range plans for an adequate
recreation program for boys and
girls of the area on a year-round
basis.
Financing of the Hardin Youth
Council was discussed. Harold
Stanton, who had been appointed
chairman of a committee to con
tact tne city council regadlng fi
nances, reported that the cite
council took a favorable attitude
toward the problem, but expects
to conduct further study before
making any commitment. It was
stated that approximately MOO
previously appropriated is avail
able to the Youth Council at the
present time.
A complete financial report, and
final adoption al the youth Coun
cil constitution is expected to
come before the next misting at
the group.