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Group pictured above participated in presentation of charter to Hardin high school Key club Suncay
at American Legion hall. Left to right: Harold Doolen, Billings, Kiwanis International trustee; Dr. D. E.
Branson, president Hardin Kiwanis club; Don Wolfe, president. Key club; Dick Egnew, secretary*; James
McArthur, vice president; L. O. Wallin, immediate past president of Kiwanis; Steven Dyche, Key club
treasurer; Peter Yegen, Kiwanis lieutenant governor, Dist. 4; Gene Marans, Montana district govrnor,
Key club; J. F. Wolfe, Kiwanis Key club chairman, 1958; Bradley Burns, Montana district Key club sec
retary, and E. O. Preston, 1957 Key club committee chairman of Hardin Kiwanis club.
Hardin High School
Key Club
Gets Charter
Gene Marans, governor of the
Montana district of Key club Inter
national made the presentation of
Charter No. 1975 to the Hardin high
school chapter Key club in an im
pressive ceremony Sunday at the
American Legion hall.
The local Key club is sponsored
by Hardin Kiwanis club.
Marans outlined the history and
objectives of Key Club Internation
al and challenged the members of
the new club to fulfill their respon
sibilities, principal of which is ser
vice.
Peter Yegen Jr., of Billings, lieu
tenant governor of District 4, Mon
tana division of Kiwanis Interna
tional, inducted the club officers,
who are as follows:
Don Wolfe, president; Jo-Jo Mc-
Arthur, vice president; Dick Eg
new, secretary; Steven Dyche, trea
surer; Bob Frazer, senior director;
Don Ragland, Junior director and
Jimmy Netz, sophomore director.
Presentation of gifts to the new
club from Hardin Kiwanis was
made by J. F. Wolfe, Key club
committeeman. Byron Bair, facul
ty advisor of the Key club, and P.
M. Goller, high school nrincipal,
addressed the group briefly.
Harold Doolen of Billings, Inter
national Trustee of Kiwanis, ex
pressed the congratulations of Ki
wanis and welcomed the new club
into the international organization.
He stressed the ideal of service
in the school as the cardinal rule
guiding all activities. He said the
club’s purpose was not to make
future Kiwanians, but to foster the
ideal of service to fellowmen.
Final remarks were by D. E.
Branson, president of Hardin Ki
wanis club. The meeting opened
with group singing, and other mu
sical entertainment was by the Kl
wanlkatz quartet. The invocation
was by the Rev. James Hanson.
Key club members and parents
were introduced by Jo-Jo McAr
thur, club vice president.
Nearly 100 persons attended the
ceremony, which was followed by
the serving of refreshments.
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School District to
Participate in
Drive for Clothing
Beginning Monday, Jan. 27, local
school children will bring bundles
of used clothing to school during
World Clothing Week.
According to H. R. Salyer, super
intendent of District No. 17-H, the
drive will continue through Friday
and is a part of a nation-wide
campaign to raise three million
pounds of used clothing, shoes and
bedding for orphaned and needy
children and adults in the United
States and overseas.
World Clothing Week is conduc
ted by the schools in cooperation
with the Christian Children's Fund,
Inc., an international charitable or
ganization which assists orphans
and other needy children in the
United States and 33 countries
overseas.
The Christian Children’s Fund
reports that good clothing is one
of the most vital needs of children
and adults the world over. The
minimum goal this year alone is
three million pounds.
Through World Clothing Week,
the school children of District 17-H j
will see to It that many needy boys
and girls will be warmly clad this
winter. At the same time the young
people here will be learning a valu
able lesson in humanity and ex
perience the joy that comes with
sharing with those less fortunate
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MINISTERS MEET
A meeting of the Hardin Minis
terial association was held Monday
evening at the home of the Rev.
and Mrs. James Hansen. Mrs. Jack
Amen and Mrs. Al Wilcin were
hostesses.
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REPORT DISEASES
Montana Public Health District
No. 1 reports 13 flu, 1 trachoma
and 1 mumps for the week ending
January 17.
Young People Will
Conduct Services
Sunday morning worship services
at the E & R church will be con
ducted by members of the youth
group, according to the Rev. A. C.
Kroehler.
Carol Kern will be at the organ
and Judy Besel at the piano. The
scripture will be read by Bob De
wald and prayers will be offered
by Jolm Zier and Jerry Becker.
A trio, consisting of Joan Keller,
Arlene Hochhalter and Linda Ben
zel, will sing, and the sermon topic
will be presented by Richard Stah
ley.
Others participating in the ser
vice will be Donald Benzel, Pearl
Hert, Donald Seader, Karen Kern,
Geraldine Steinmetz, Beverly Ben
zel, Eddie Strecker, Larry Stein
metz, John Kern and Barbara Fox.
Drive Organized
To Complete
Band Uniform Fund
Eight teams of Hardin business
men and others have begun a drive
to complete the campaign which
has been under way for several
weeks for funds to purchase new
uniforms for the Hardin high school
band.
At a meeting Wednesday night at
the grade school, the group organi
zed the drive which is expected to
see the final goal reached within
the coming week.
Teams of solicitors include Mel
vin Cook, Carl Nordqulst, Everett
Bullis, Troy French, Frank Solazzi,
H. R. Salyer, Keith Martin, Ray
Criswell, L. R. Cool, L. O. Wallin,
Marlin Johnson, E. O. Preston,
Clyde Rader, Harold Stanton, Floyd
Slattery and Roy Chambers.
Chambers is chairman of the
drive committee.
Committee members will seek
sponsorship of band uniforms from
business firms and others in the
community. It Is estimated that the
uniforms will cost approximately
$65 each. Contributions to date to
tal approximately $2,000 and it is
expected the current drive will com
plete the fund, and that uniforms
can be ordered in the near future.
Deadline for completing the drive
in the business district was set as
January 31. The committee will
meet that evening to examine uni
form samples and will make its
recommendations to the Hardin
Band Boosters club for the purchase
of uniforms.
It was pointed out that the uni
forms will not be purchased through
a local retailer, but the order will
be placed with some outside com
pany directly through the school.
Bail Set at SISOO
For Man Charged
With Grand Larceny
Ball was set at $1,500 in Justice
court of R. L. Danielson January
20, in a charge of grand larceny
filed against George Carns.
The defendant is charged with
theft of a horse, in a complaint
signed by Adolph Schaak and filed
January 15. Carns entered a plea of
not guilty, when he appeared in
court January 20, and the ball was
set.
A fine of S2O and six months in
the county Jail was pronounced
January 16 by Judge Danielson for
Benancio Carrlsalez, who entered a
plea of guilty to a charge of petit
larceny.
He was charged with theft of
two cartons of cigarettes from the
local Safeway store, in the com
plaint signed by Eugene Rick. The
court reserved the right to alter
sentence.
David Haun was given until Jan
uary 28 to enter a plea, when he
posted SIOO ball January 10. Haun
is charred In a complaint by How
ard Parker with removing livestock
from Big Horn county without
brand inspection.
It was charged the defendant
took 36 head of cattle from a ranch
near Pryor into Yellowstone county
without inspection by the state
Inspector.
Community Pupil
Places Third
In State Contest
Glenda Kurtz, 7, of Community
school north of Hardin, has been se
lected third place winner for sec
ond grade children In the Mon
tana Christmas Seal coloring con
test, John H. Casebold, executive
director of the Montana Tubercu
losis association, has announced.
More than 650 Big Hom county
primary-grade children took part
in the contest, designed to aid
teachers in stimulating Interest in
tuberculosis control and good gen
eral health habits. The children
colored an B',-2 xl4 Inch replica of
the 1957 Christmas seal.
Approximately 17,000 Montana
children took part in the state
wide coloring contest.
Glenda’s entry was selected,
along with other state winners, by
a panel of three Montana artists:
Irvin ’’Shorty” Shope, prominent
professional artist; Mrs. Ray O.
Bjork, art teacher and accomplished
artist, and Shirley Kemp Ganon,
national prize-winning designer.
Glenda is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Alvin Kurtz. Her second
grade teacher at Community school
is Mrs. Merle Bowers.
Improvements at Custer Battlefield Are
Planned in National Park's "Mission 66"
Plans for improvements at Custer
Battlefield national monument un
der the "Mission 66” program, have
been announced by the National
Park Service of the U. S. Depart
ment of Interior.
"Mission 66" is a program of im
provement to national parks and
monuments to be completed in
1966. Custer Battlefield improve
ments will cost an estimated $385,-
000.
In a report on the local portion
of the program, the National Park
Service said approximately 4V4
miles of roadway are to be improv
ed. This includes portions of both
Nine Charges of
Traffic Violation
Filed During Week
Nine charges were filed against
Big Hom county motorists during
the past week by the Montana
Highway Patrol.
Lloyd Knight of Seattle, Wash,
paid a $25 fine Jan. 15 for exceed
ing the weight limit. Two were
charged with driving without a dri
ver’s license Jan. 16. Fred Last Bull
of Busby has yet to appear and
Raymond D. Nicholson of Levelin,
Texas, paid a $lO fine on the
charge.
On Jan. 17 Duane F. Johnson of
Billings, John D. Kern of Hardin
and William Russell of Lodge Grass
were charged with speeding John
son paid S2O, Russell has not ap
peared and Kern paid $lO.
Failure to drive in a careful and
prudent manner cost Howard J.
Faber of San Diego, Calif., $lO Jan.
18. Caleb Plain Bull of Pryor paid
a $lO fine for driving without a
driver’s license.
Don Barragon of Lodge Grass
was fined $lO for driving without a
license Jan. 19 and was given until
Jan. 27 to enter a plea on a charge
of failure to drive in a careful and
prudent manner.
Royal Arch Chapter
Plans Ham Dinner
Hardin chapter No. 37, Royal
Arch Masons, will serve a ham din
ner at 6:30 p. m. Tuesday. Jan. 28,
preceding their regular meeting.
The program will be in charge of
Harold Nordwall, high priest. A re
view of the district meeting held in
BiUlngs January 18, and degree
work, are planned for the evening.
Hardin member* participating in
the district meeting of Royal Arch
Mason* in Billing* included Nord
wall. Chester Roup, S. R. Young,
Floyd Slattery and Russell Daniel
son.
Che fiardin Cribuncfierald
DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF BIG HORN COUNTY
VOL 51, NO. 4
January 311$ Last
Day to Secure
Support Loans
January 31 will be the last day
farmers can secure price support
loans and purchase agreements on
1957 crop commodities, according to
Leo S. Kolstad, state ASC adminis
trative officer.
All necessary inspections must be
made and papers signed by that
date, he emphasized. Because of this
requirement, many counties have es
tablished a deadline two weeks or
10 days ahead of January 31 for
accepting applications for loans on
farm-stored grains.
Applications made after this
deadline are accepted on the con
dition that the loan will be made
if the necessary inspection and
testing can be accomplished by
January 31.
Loans are made on both farm and
warehouse-stored wheat, barley oats
rye and flaxseed and on dry edible
beans stored in warehouses. Pur
chase agreements are available on
all these commodities-
Testing and inspection of ware
house-stored commodities and com
modities covered by purchase agree
ments is not required. Therefore,
application for support on commo
dities in these categories can be ac
cepted almost until the final day.
but producers are urged to apply
as early as possible to avoid any
last minute rush and consequent
financial loss that might be incur
red if an application cannot be
processed by January 31.
Details of the program, including,
support prices, are available at all
county ASC offices.
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Commissioner Fixes
Bond in FBI Case
U. S. Commissioner John Putnam
set bond at $1,500 January 20 for
Frank Lloyd Covers Up, 22, arrest
ed at Lodge Grass by Claud E.
Gamble, special agent of the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation.
Covers Up was charged with bur
glarizing the Lodge Grass high
school the night of January 18. Re
portedly taken from the school was
a typewriter and an adding ma
chine.
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BAND BOOSTERS TO MEET
The Hardin Band Boosters club
will meet tonight (Thursday) in the
high school band room at 8 p. m.
All Interested persons are invited to
attend.
the Custer and Reno-Benteen bat
tle areas.
A trail will be constructed from
the museum to provide easy access
to the prominent and important
Custer ridge. A traU also will be
constructed to guide the visitors
on the walking tour of the Reno-
Benteen position.
An expanded system of interpre
tive markers is planned for the area
between the Custer and Reno-Ben
teen sites. It was in this area that
Custer first contacted the Indians
and where Captain Weir made his
advance toward Custer ridge.
Archeological research Is expec
ted to reveal the evidence necessary
for accurate restoration of the
trenches and rifle pits in the Reno-
Benteen siege area. A self-guiding
interpretive booklet for the visi
tor’s use on the trail through this
area will cover major points of in
terest.
There will be a wayside exhibit
to orient the visitor and to pro
vide information for those who do
not take the hike.
A resurvey of the markers, which
indicate where the soldiers fell,
will make it possible to locate by
name some of those who died and
are now listed as ’unknown". Some
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At a meeting Wednesday night. Jan 16. die Aux a.ary of uames Louk post No. 7481. Veterans of
Foreign Wars, presented a flag to Hardin Brownie Troop No. 317. Making presentation is Mrs. Frank
Nelson <second from right). Flag was received by Mrs. Wm. Talmage, leader of the Brownie troop. In
rear, center are Mrs. H. A. Brosz, assistant troop leader, and Mrs. Robert Jacobson, president of the VFW
Auxiliary.
Hardin, Big Hom County, Montana
Air Force Reserve
May Organize Here
Organization of an Air Force re
serve unit in Hardin will be dis
cussed at a meeting at the Ameri
can Legion hall here at 7:30 this
(Thursday) evening.
Col. Bud Esterline and Sgt.
Schuyler of Billings will be here to
take charge of the meeting. All
those Interested in becoming mem
bers of the Air Force reserve are
urged to attend the meeting.
Previous service in any branch of
the service makes the veteran eli
gible to join the Air Force reserve,
the officers stated.
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BILLINGS CIRCUIT MEET
Pastors of the Billings circuit of
the Evangelical Lutheran church
held their meeting Monday at First
American Lutheran church.
A communion service preceded
the noon meal, served by ladies of
the church. During the business
meeting which followed, the topic
was presented by the Rev. James
Hanson.
Acreage Reserve Program for Spring
Wheat Available to Farmers of County
Farmers in Big Horn county
might well benefit from opportuni
ties offered by the soil bank’s acre
age reserve program for spring
wheat, A. G. Westwood Jr., chair
man of the county ASC committee,
advised today.
Any farmer who has an "old
farm" acreage allotment for wheat
and who has grown spring wheat
in one of the last three years can
put any part of his allotment in
the reserve, Westwood explained.
The signup period for winter
wheat producers closed in early
October and only farmers who can
qualify as spring wheat producers
will be permitted to put wheat al-
Oddfellows Seat
New Officers
Wednesday Night
Officers of Hardin Oddfellows
Lodge No. 93 were Installed lost
Wednesday in ceremonies conduct
ed by L. L. Smith, district deputy
grand master of Laurel lodge No.
87, assisted by Don Bundy of Os
burn lodge No. 22.
Those Installed were Richard M
Miller, noble grand; Roy Hallowell,
vice grand; Richard M Hathaway,
secretary; Alex Martin, treasurer;
Walter Hleltzman, warden; J. C.
Miller, conductor; Howard Wagner
Sr., chaplain.
Bert Romine, right seen support;
Walfred Johnson, left seen support;
S. L. Couture, RSNG; L. K. Grubbs,
LSNG; John M. Thompson, RSVG:
Conrad Seader, LSVG; Howard
Hert, outside guardian and J. Er
nest Weinberg, inside guardian.
A. M. Jacobson, past noble grand,
was elected trustee.
Representatives of other lodges
present for the ceremonies were O.
M. Wiggins, grand master, Alex
Nagel. Clarence Brag, Floyd Cooper I
and Glen Blackford of Billings Star I
lodge No. 41; H. S. Van Nice and j
Ralph Lumsdon of Laurel lodge No.
87; J. K. Miller of Osburn lodge
No. 22 and C. D. Bolinert of Joliet
lodge No. 77.
A lunch was served following the
meeting.
Lions Club Holds
Business Session
Lodge Grass. — Lodge Grass
Lions club held a short business
meeting Monday evening with A.
G. Westwood, president, in charge.
Following the meeting a number
of club members attended tlie
Chamber of Commerce meeting in
Hardin.
Hosts at the Lions meeting were
Calvin Buckingham, Wayne Cris
well and Mike Carney.
Highway Construction
Program Is Explained
i An explanation of the Federal.
Interstate highway project as it as- I
I sects Montana was given at the an
nual banquet of the Big Hom
County Chamber of Commerce
' Monday evening at the Legion hall
here.
Grover Powers, Interstate high
way engineer for the Montana
Highway commission and Paul
Johnson of Billings, district high
way engineer were featured speak
ers on the highway topic.
Powers explained the federal In
terstate system set up and some of
the regulations governing construc
! tion under the program. Johnson
, gave a short report on plans for
construction of Highway 87 through
this area. Highway 87 is one of three
Montana highways which have
been designated for eventual four-
lotments in the acreage reserve at
tills time. Farmers who have wheat
acreage allotments for the first
time in 1958—50-called new farm
allotments—are not eligible to par
ticipate.
Farmers who want to take part
in tlie program—under which they
withhold allotment acres from pro
duction in return for a payment
designed to maintain net farm in
come on that land—must sign an
agreement with their county ASC
committee.
The agreement specifically desig
nates the land on their farm to be
put in the acreage reserve. Land
designated must be crop land that
could produce wheat in 1958 and
which has produced a crop during
one of the past five years.
Average payment rate per acre
for land placed In the acreage re
serve by Big Horn county farmers
will be $22.71. Payment rates for
individual farms are based on this
average rate. Westwood explained,
but vary from the average in rela
tion to tlie farm’s productivity.
A farm’s payment rate will be
increased 10 per cent for 1958 if
the land placed in the 1957 acreage
reserve is redesignated for the 1958
program. A producer may earn an
acreage reserve payment of as much
as $3,000 for each farm which he
operates or in which he is interest
ted.
More detailed Information about
the 1958 acreage reserve program
is available at the county ASC of
fice. The signup for spring wheat
closes March 7, 1958, Westwood
added.
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Attend Area Meeting
Of Lutheran Church
Leo Colstad, Ronald Koebbe, Nils
Torske and James Svaren were
among those attending an area
meeting Sunday evening In Billings.
The Rev. Conrad Thompson, exe
cutive secretary of the department
of evangelism in the Evangelical
Lutheran church, conducted the
meeting which was held in connec
tion with a "Preaching. Teaching,
Reaching" mission scheduled for i
February 6-20 in First American |
Lutheran church here.
Leaves to Attend
Brother's Funeral
Carl Aldrich of Hardin left to
day for Council Bluffs, lowa, where
he will attend funeral services Sat
urday for hLs brother. Floyd C. Al
drich of Council Bluffs.
The latter Mr. Aldrich passed
away at Council Bluffs Wednesday
He was for 40 years a missionary
in India, returning to this country
about eight years ago. He had re
tired from the ministry two years
ago.
Thursday, January 23, 1958
lane construction under the Federal
Highway Act of 1956.
Approximately 150 persons atten
ded the annual banquet. Out-of
town guests Included the president
and secretary of the Billings Cham
ber of Commerce, as well as groups
from Lodge Grass and Crow Agen
cy.
L. O Wallin acted as master of
ceremonies. J. D. Kelly, outgoing
president of the local Chamber, re
ported on the year's work and call
sd on the following committee
chairmen for reports:
Wallin, hospital construction; E.
S. Mclntyre, sign program and
Black Hills tour, and C. O. Lund
berg. president of Southeastern
Montana Gateway association.
Edwin Jacobson, newly elected
president of the Chamber introduc
ed directors and committee chair
men for the coming year and listed
goals of the organization for 1958-
Musicial entertainment was by
tlie Hardin high school girl’s triple
trio, directed by Miss Ethel Schus
ter.
Johnson said the route of High
way 87 through Big Horn county
will follow present alignment from
the Montana-Wyoming line through
Hardin to Toluca. From that point
to Billings, considerable change in
route is anticipated.
He said some of the four-lane
right-of-way has been purchased,
and that present construction can
be utilized by following the present
route. Several small portions of the
highway probably will be construc
ted In four lanes In the near future
although Highway 87 will not be
entirely four-lane for many years.
Interchanges will be necessary at
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Expresses Thanks
To Contributors
To Local Hospital
Mrs. Ray Zelka, superintendent of
the Big Horn County Community
hospital this week expressed ap
preciation on behalf of the hospital
staff and patients for the many
generous donations by Individuals
and organization* during the post
two years.
“We wish to express our appreci
ation to all those who have taken
so much interest in the hospital,”
Mrs. Zelka said. "It is our sincere
wish tliat tire citizens of the coun
ty will feel free to visit the hospital
at any time."
Among those who have contri
buted needed items, food, cash,
equipment, etc., to the hospital are
the following:
Woodcraft club, Lazonta club,
Mrs. Robert Campbell, Lodge Grass
Home Demonstration club. First
Lutheran church evening circle,
American Legion Auxiliary, Mrs.
Ola Maddox. Methodist WSCS,
Catholic Altar Society, Mrs. S. R.
Young, Mrs. Maude Kilbourne, VFW
Auxiliary.
Sunshme club. Mrs. E. Morissette,
Little Brown church, Camp Fire
Girls, Lodge Grass MEA. Mrs. Ole
Nelson, Mrs. J. A. Perry, A. G-
Westwood, William Gentry, Open
Bible church. Methodist church.
Congregational Women's circle. Sev
enth Day Adventist church.
Baptist mission society. Odd Fel
lows and Rebekah lodge and Frank
Kopac.
William Warner, 87
Passes Away
At Nursing Home
William (Chochtaw Bill) Warner
87, passed away January 21 at 5 p.
m. at tlie Rickett nursing home at
Huntley. He had been ill tor about
one year. Death was attributed to
infirmities of age-
Funeral services will be conduc
ted at 2 p. in. at the Bullis funeral
chapel in Hardin, with the Rev.
Herschell Daney of Lodge Grass of
ficiating. Music will be by Mrs.
Woh of Lodge Grass, accompanied
by Mrs. Wm. Burns.
Burial will be ui Fairview ceme
tery at Hardin.
Mr. it arner was born April 24,
1870, at Salem, Mo, the son of Mr.
and Mrs Wesley Warner. He liad
been a resident of Uns vicinity for
the past 33 years.
He is survived by a son, Ray War
ner of Mason City, Wash.; two dau
ghters. Mrs. Fioyd Mayberry of
Claremore, Okla., and Mi's. Jack
Brown of Glendale, Calif., and a
niece, Mrs. Frank W. Martin of
Rolla, Mo.
Mr. Warner had been employed
by various ranchers in this area and
had made his home at Lodge Grass
in recent years.
Week's Weather
Recorded by Holly Sugar Corp.,
Hardin. tor week endmg 8 a. m.,
Thursday. Jan. 23:
Maximum temperature: 62 de
grees, Jan. 18.
Minimum temperature: 1 de
gree, Jan. 20.
Precipitation for the week: .05
inch.
Precipitation for the year to date:
05 inch.